* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. SO [00:00:01] IT IS NOW SIX OH THREE. SO, [1. Call Meeting To Order/Roll Call] UH, WELCOME EVERYONE. UH, THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. DECEMBER EIGHT, 2020. WE'RE GETTING STARTED AT SIX OH THREE AND THIS IS ONE MORE REMOTE MEETING. THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER. AND MR. ROGERS, IF YOU WOULD CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. MR. SHAW HERE. MS. BAKER HERE. MR. CAMPBELL. THANK YOU. STILL TRYING TO CONNECT. THIS IS VERGE HERE, MR. OTTO HERE. MR. LYON HERE, MR. HILL HERE. MR. WEBB, HERE, HERE. THE MAYOR IS PRESENT JOHNNY. YOU'RE FREE. TONY. YOU'RE FREEZING UP ON ME. SO, UH, DID YOU, UH, I, I AM HERE THOUGH. YEAH, I THINK FROZE UP ON ME. UM, OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, NEXT ITEM IS THERE. YOU'RE HERE JOINED US. OKAY. I DON'T SEE, I DON'T SEE HIM AS OF YET. WE'LL JUST, UM, I KNOW HE'S TRYING TO CONNECT SO ONCE HE DOES CONNECT AND WE'LL JUST GET THE LOBBY WAITING TO GET IN. YEAH, TONY, YOU'RE ON MUTE I TO PUT ON MUTE BECAUSE THE PRINTER IS GOING CRAZY TOO. OKAY. I THINK MARK HAS JOINED US. I LET HIM HANDLE FROM THE LOBBY. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? KENNY HEARING MAYOR. YUP. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. I'M ON FRONT OR WHAT I HEARD EARLIER SOUNDED LIKE AN OLD DIESEL FIRING UP. YEAH, JUST IT WON'T STOP FOR, IT KEEPS PRINTING OUT PAGES WITH DOTS. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S GOING ON. SO I DO SHOP THE YANK, THE CORD OUT OF THAT ANXIETY. SO HERE WE GO. SO I REMEMBER FOR TWO, WE'VE TAKEN A ROLL CALL, SO LET'S JUST LET THE RECORD SHOW MR. CAMPBELL WAS HERE AND, [2. Approval of Minutes] UH, NEXT UP IS OUR NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THERE'S ONE SET OF MINUTES. UM, FROM NOVEMBER 19TH OF 2020, THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. UH, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR REVISIONS, UH, THEN MORE OBJECTIONS. THOSE MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED AND NOT HEARING ANY, UH, ITEM TWO-WAY THOSE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED. NEXT UP IS I NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OUR WORK SESSION, A DISCUSSION TOPICS THIS EVENING. [ City Manager Report] AND ITEM THREE WILL GO DIRECTLY TO MR. SCHOMER FOR THE ST. ANDREW UPDATE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. UM, UH, JUST BRIEFLY TONIGHT, UH, STILL TRANSFERRING OVER MY, UH, MY COMPUTER CRASHED EARLIER TODAY. COMPLETELY. SO I'M ON MY PHONE. SO I'M TRYING TO GET SOME FORM OF CONNECTION ON THE OTHER END. UH, THE BELL FOUNTAIN, I'M SORRY. YES, THE BELL FOUNTAIN ROAD, UH, PROJECT OVER THE CLOSE THE CULVERT THAT WAS REPLACED BY COUNTY ENGINEERS. I'M TOLD THAT THE ROADWAY SHOULD BE OPEN, UH, AROUND DECEMBER THE 18TH. UH, SO THAT PROJECT THEY'RE DOING SOME CLEANUP AND SOME FINAL GRADING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. UM, AND, UH, AND THAT SHOULD, SHOULD, SHOULD BE UP IN UP AND GOING. UH, ALSO WE ARE STILL AWAITING FINAL WORK DONE AT THE BRUTE PIKE AND CHAMBERSBURG GROUP MASTER ARM INSTALLATION, UH, AT MY LAST CHECK, WHEN WE'RE STILL AWAITING CONNECTION OF POWER FROM D P AND L, THEY WERE BACKLOG TO DO TO AND SERVICE FIXES DUE TO THE WIND DAMAGE, UH, FROM A FEW WEEKS BACK. UH, AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE ARE, UM, ARE HOPING TO ANNOUNCE, UH, TOMORROW AN EVENT, UH, FOR VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, UH, CITY HALL HAS HAD LIGHTS AND STOWED EICHELBERGER, AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE UP AND I CAN PROGRESS LIGHTS INSTALLED AND, UM, UH, GOD WILLING WITH ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT LIVE STREAM AT LEAST A QUICK PLAYBACK OF A RECORDED EVENT, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY ON, UH, ON SATURDAY. UM, REACHED OUT, UH, YESTERDAY AND HAD AN IDEA, UM, AND TALKING, UM, ABOUT INCORPORATING A TOUR OF HUBER HEIGHTS FROM SANTA CLAUS. SO WE WILL ALSO BE ANNOUNCING A SCHEDULED TOUR OF LOCATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, PARENTS CAN BRING THEIR KIDS OUT TO AT LEAST HAVE A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH SANTA CLAUS, UM, AND BE ABLE TO SEE HIM AND IN GREET HIM, UH, IN A KIND OF A DRIVE-THRU PARKING LOT TYPE OF APPROACH AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. AND THEN, UH, ALL THE KIDS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO RUN BACK HOME, UH, HOPEFULLY. AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE THE BLIND STREAM UP AND GOING AT THAT TIME [00:05:01] AND BE ABLE TO GET A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM SANTA AS WELL LATER ON POST THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING. SO, UM, DETAILED IS OF THAT OR BEING FINALIZED IN SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. UM, IT WAS, UM, UH, I THINK A GREAT COMPLIMENT TO THE, UH, TO THE EVENT AND MAKING USE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, UNDER THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE, BUT STILL BRING, UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, THE TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY SPIRIT AND SOME MORE MODERN METHODS. SO THANKS FOR THE A AND B THANKS FOR THE WORK FOR THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE STILL WILLING TO PUT THEIR, PUT THEIR FIRST FOOT FORWARD AND EFFORTS INTO MAKING, MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN. AND ALSO THE GREAT SUPPLEMENTAL IDEA, UH, ABOUT THE TOUR OF SAND. AND SO, UH, MORE DETAILS WILL COME. WE HOPE TO GET THAT ANNOUNCED AND OUT, UH, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT LOCATIONS FROM THERE. SO THE EVENT WOULD BE SATURDAY STARTING THE SANTAS TOUR, UH, LATE AFTERNOON, AROUND THREE OR FOUR, THE WILL BE ANNOUNCED TO FINALIZE IT AS WELL LOCATIONS, BUT THE GOAL WILL BE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS FOR, UH, FOR KIDS TO GO TO, AND ALSO A COUPLE OF, UM, LARGER AREAS, UH, FOR, UH, THE ABILITY TO SPREAD OUT, UH, AND IN CASE ANYBODY MISSED ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I THINK IT WOULD BE A REALLY, OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NO OTHER UPDATES FOR THIS EVENING. HEY, ROB, NANCY. OH, HOLD ON. HOLD ON ONE SEC, NANCY, HOLD ON. JUST ONE SECOND. CAUSE UM, MR. OTTO HAS HAD HIS HAND UP. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE BY ACCIDENT OR, UM, OR IF HE DID HAVE SOMETHING TO, UM, TO TALK TO ROB ABOUT, AND THEN WE'LL GO DIRECTLY TO NANCY ONCE, UH, ONCE GLEN IS FINISHED. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, UH, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY DIRECTED TOWARDS ROB. UM, JUST A GENERAL QUESTION. I'D LIKE TO ADD A TOPIC TONIGHT'S WORK SESSION, AND IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO SO, I WOULD, BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD THE TOPIC OF BRAND PIKE REVITALIZATION PROJECT. UM, SO WE CAN GET SOME DISCUSSIONS STARTED ON THAT THE, UH, THE, THE, THE VIDEO THURSDAY DIDN'T REALLY, UH, I'M GOING TO SAY ALIGN WITH WHAT I HAD THOUGHT OUR VIEW WAS. AND, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO BEGIN TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GO AS A COUNCIL. OKAY. SO IS THAT A DISCUSSION YOU WOULD HAVE THIS EVENING, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO ADD THAT, UH, GET SOME FEEDBACK TO ADD THAT ON TO OUR FIRST WORK SESSION IN JANUARY? UM, HONESTLY I COULD GO EITHER WAY ON IT. IT, IT REALLY MATTERS NOT TO ME. I JUST WANT IT TO GET OUT THERE. I WANT THIS TO BE A, A FULL COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON OUR DIRECTION. OKAY. SO WE'LL ADD THAT TO A WORK SESSION FIRST WORK SESSION IN JANUARY. THANK YOU. OKAY, MS. BURCH? YES, ROB. UM, AS FAR AS THE TRAVELING SANTA, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO PUT THE SANTA MAILBOX OUT THERE SO KIDS COULD DROP THEIR, UM, LETTERS TO SANTA IN IT? YEAH, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PLAN WE HAVE, UH, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE'LL HAVE THE, UM, MAILBOX HERE AT CITY HALL FOR PEOPLE TO DROP OFF. AND THAT'LL CERTAINLY BE, UM, BE PART OF OUR GREETINGS WITH SANTA. ABSOLUTELY. SURE. MS. BAKER SEEGER YOUR HANDS UP. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH. AND ONE QUESTION, ROB, WHAT WERE THE SIGHTS YOU WERE THINKING LIKE OUR LOCAL PARKS IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD OR, OR CITY BUILDINGS ROB YOU'RE ON MUTE? I THINK SO HOPEFULLY, UH, VOLUMES ARE LOW. I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT NOT REALLY WELL. OKAY. UM, YES, WE'RE STILL THE, UM, THE LOCATIONS, BUT, UH, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND UTILIZING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, UH, SINCE THEY HAVE, UH, PARKING SPACES AND THEY ARE KIND OF CENTRALLY LOCATED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE LOCATIONS AS WELL AS, UH, TOM CLOUD PARK AND ROSE MUSIC CENTER FOR KIND OF A NORTH AND SOUTH KIND OF, UM, ROLLOVER OVERFLOW AREA. IF PEOPLE AREN'T FAMILIAR, UM, ON THE OUTSKIRTS WHERE THE, UM, WHERE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE. UH, BUT THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE LOCATIONS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON AND WE'LL SCHEDULE THOSE TIMES OUT AND PLAN THE ROUTE AND GET THOSE FUN DETAILS OUT, UH, TOMORROW. CAN I BE INCLUDED IN THAT EMAIL? IS THAT POSSIBLE? OH, YEAH. IT CERTAINLY IT'LL BE A GREAT, YEAH. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW ABOUT IT. IT'LL BE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT AND, UH, UH, ON ALL OF OUR NORMAL ROUTES OF OKAY. YEP. YEP. CERTAINLY THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR, UH, FOR ROB NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER, [ Supplemental Appropriations] UH, THREE B, WHICH IS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS. UM, MR. BELL, UH, GOOD EVENING [00:10:01] MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I HAVE BEFORE YOU, UH, THE, UM, FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE 2020 BUDGET. I HAD ONE ITEM IN THE, UM, IN YOUR PACKET AND THEN A FEW ITEMS, UH, ADDITIONALLY WERE ADDED. UH, I THINK TONY SENT THAT OUT ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND, UH, AS YOU KNOW, I'M, UM, UM, MY STAFF AND I TRY TO LOOK OVER THE BUDGET AND, UH, BRING UP ANY, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, ITEMS THAT COULD COME UP BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR, SINCE YOU WERE NOT MEETING AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY. SO, UH, SUCH AS THE LIST IS WHAT WENT OUT EARLIER TODAY. FIRST ITEM WAS, UM, THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, WHICH I TOLD YOU WERE, UH, COMING FROM THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, IF, UH, ANY OF THE OTHER, UM, MUNICIPALITIES TURNED MONIES BACK IN, UH, THAT ENDED UP BEING $23,371 AND 54 CENTS. AND SO WE NEED TO SPEND THAT REAL QUICKLY HERE. SO I NEED TO HAVE YOU, UH, APPROVE AN INCREASE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, UH, BUDGET TO TRANSFER THOSE MONIES OVER TO THE POLICE FUND, TO PAY FOR POLICE SALARIES, UH, THAT WERE RELATED TO COVID. UH, ADDITIONALLY THERE WAS $125, UM, UH, COUNTY AUDITOR COLLECTION FEE THAT WAS RELATED TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY CENTRAL TIF FUND. UH, WE JUST STARTED GETTING THOSE DOLLARS IN THIS YEAR. AND SO THAT, UH, FEE WAS NOT KNOWN WHAT IT MIGHT BE AHEAD OF TIME. SO WE JUST NEED AN ADDITIONAL ONE 25 FOR THAT. AND THEN, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS, UM, UH, WHEN WE GET TO DECEMBER, SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO PERSONNEL COUNTS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE, UM, CHANGE THEIR, UH, INSURANCE WITHHOLDINGS FROM FAMILY TO SINGLE AND VICE VERSA AND OVER NINE FUNDS, UH, THE TOTAL OF THOSE CHANGES OR ADJUSTMENTS IS $19,750. AND SO I NEED THAT TO BE AN INCREASE. AND THEN SINCE COUNCIL ACTED, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO, UH, CANCEL THE DAYTON INTERCONNECT PROJECT, UM, THAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED. AND, UH, FOR CAPRA PURPOSES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, THE, THE BUDGET FOR THOSE DOLLARS TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET. SO THAT WAY AN EXPLANATION DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN THE CAFFER IS TO, HEY, YOU BUDGETED THIS MUCH MONEY, BUT NOW THE ACTUAL WAS FAR LESS. SO THAT REQUIRES, UM, A DECREASE TO THE WATER FUND, UH, 1 MILLION, $100,000, WHICH WAS, UH, GOING TO BE A TRANSFER OVER TO THE WATER UTILITY RESERVE FUND, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE WATER CAPITAL FUND, UH, ALSO 1 MILLION, $100,000 WHERE THAT MONEY WAS BUDGETED TO SPEND FOR THAT PROJECT. SO, UH, THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO ALONE, UH, REDUCES THE BUDGET BY $2.2 MILLION. UH, THE NET IMPACT OF ALL OF THESE CHANGES, A REDUCTION OF 2 MILLION, $180,125. YES, I DID SAY REDUCTION. AND SINCE THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING COMING UP ON MONDAY, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF COUNCIL WOULD, UM, APPROVE THAT, UH, THOSE CHANGES, UH, FOR MONDAY NIGHT. THANKS, JEN, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS TO, UM, MR. BELL'S REQUESTS FOR MONDAY PACING ON HEARING ON, WE WILL MOVE ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BELL, NEXT UP THE TIME [ Bellefontaine Road Widening/Culvert Replacement - Award Contract] THREE C, WHICH IS THE BELL FOUNTAIN ROAD, WHITE COLBERT REPLACEMENT AND AWARDING THAT CONTRACT. UM, MR. BERMAN. YEAH, GOOD EVENING. UH, THIS ONE, THIS LEGISLATION IS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH BROOMBALL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FELL FOUNTAIN ROAD, WIDENING AND CULVERT REPLACEMENT PROJECT. UH, THIS PROJECT INVOLVES WIDENING BELL FOUNTAIN ROAD FROM CHAMBERSBURG ROAD TO THE ENTRANCE, INTO THE OAKS. UH, BASICALLY THE THREE LANES. UH, THE WORK ALSO INCLUDES REPLACING A LARGE CORRUGATED METAL CULVERT AND RAISING THE ROAD ABOUT FIVE FEET TO IMPROVE THE DRIVING SITE DISTANCE THERE AND INSTALLING STORM SEWER AND CURBING GUTTER. UH, THERE WERE 12 BIDDERS ON THIS PROJECT, UH, AND BROOMBALL CONSTRUCTION WAS THE LOWEST AND BEST BETTER AT $797,622. UH, THE BID TABULATION FOR THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, UH, BROOMBALL HAS DONE MANY PROJECTS FOR THE CITY IN THE PAST, AND THEY, THE ONES THAT JUST COMPLETED ARE COMPLETING THE CULVERT REPLACEMENT. THEY'RE ON BELL FOUNTAIN DOWN BY 70. UM, THEY PLAN TO BEGIN THE PROJECT IN EARLY APRIL, UH, AND COMPLETE THE PROJECT IN APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS. UH, THE, THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED DURING THAT TIME. A PORTION OF THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED WITH A GRANT MONEY FROM, UH, THE OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION. THAT'D BE 250,000 ALONG WITH THE LOAN OF 250,000 THROUGH THEM ALSO, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ABOUT IT AND IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE THEM. AND, UH, THIS IS ON FOR MONDAY NIGHT. THANKS FOR US, MR. BURCH. YES, RUSS, THANK YOU. UM, FOR MOVING US FORWARD. UM, WELL, THERE'LL BE SIDEWALKS INCLUDED IN THIS FROM NO, WE DID NOT [00:15:01] HAVE SIDEWALKS AND THERE'LL BE ROOM TO PUT SIDEWALKS IN IF WE WANT TO, BUT AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE THEM IN THERE. IS THERE SOME REASON WHY NOT? I MEAN, WHEN WE DID THE, UH, WIDENING OF CHAMBERSBURG, WE PUT SIDEWALKS IN, BUT WHEN WE DID CHAMBERSBURG YET, WE'LL BE PUT THAT BIKE PATH IN GOING NORTH AND SOUTH EASTERN WEST. I UNDERSTAND, BUT IS THERE SOME REASON WHY WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AS WE'RE GOING DOWN BELL FOUNTAIN NOW? UH, I GUESS AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT, THAT THERE WAS MUCH TRAFFIC. OUR FESTER IS WALKING BETWEEN THERE. WELL, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK. WELL, YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT WE WOULD CALL WITH THE OAK SUBDIVISION IS THEIR ACCESS TO CHAMBERSBURG WAS PROVIDED ON A DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY THAT CUTS DIRECTLY FROM THAT TO CHAMBERSBURG ROAD. SO HAVING ACCESS ON A, UM, ROADWAY THAT ISN'T CLOSE TO MERCHANTS OR OTHER THINGS, GENERALLY, PEOPLE JUST DON'T WALK UP AND DOWN THOSE ROADS. SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO WALK TO, AND FROM THE AREAS THAT PEDESTRIANS WOULD LIKELY GO WHERE THE SHOPS AND THE RESTAURANTS WOULD BE, THERE IS ALREADY SIDEWALK THAT INTERCONNECTS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA TO CHAMBERSBURG ROAD, UH, WHICH WOULD THEN BYPASS THE NEED TO HAVE A CONNECTING SIDEWALK FROM BELL FOUNTAIN TO CHAMBERSBURG. OKAY. UM, AS, AS A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME, BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK TO MAKE OUR CITY BICYCLE FRIENDLY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A PLACE TO WALK. SO IF SOMEONE ARE RIDE A BIKE, IF THEY WANTED TO GO UP TO CARRIAGE HILLS PARK OR WHATEVER, AND THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY IS THERE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS VIA THOSE PATHWAYS THAT I JUST NOTED. WELL, I'M SPEAKING MORE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN THE OAKS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE FURTHER DOWN BELL FOUNTAIN, WHO MIGHT WANT TO, TO USE BELL FOUNTAIN ROAD INSTEAD OF USING, UH, BRENT PIKE. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE PATH, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME. CERTAINLY WE GOTTA BE MINDFUL OF THE FUNDS AVAILABLE AND HOW WE CAN EXERCISE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADWAY AS WELL. IT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF LINEAR WAYS OF EXPANSION OF THE ROAD. UH, SO WE JUST TRY TO MEASURE THOSE THINGS GAUGED ON WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN AND LIKELIHOOD OF, UH, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC WOULD BE. AND IN THIS EVALUATION, THAT ROADWAY IS MORE OF AN ACCESS ROAD, UH, PRIMARILY FOR VEHICLES. AND, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T PROHIBIT US AS EXPANSION OF BIKING PATH PATHWAYS AS MR. BERMAN INDICATED THE, UH, UM, THE ABILITY TO ADD THAT IS THERE, IT'S JUST AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. UM, UM, THE, THE CURRENT SYSTEM SEEMS ADEQUATE. THANK YOU, MR. LYONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, RUSS, YOU SAID, DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? 90 DAYS FOR CONSTRUCTION? YEAH, THEY SAID ROUGHLY THREE MONTHS TO FOUR MONTHS, BUT THEY THINK THEY CAN GET IT DONE AT THREE MONTHS. OKAY. OKAY. CAUSE THE PACKET HAS 300 CALENDAR DAYS. THAT'S WHAT THEY BID BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T START RIGHT AWAY. OKAY. WILL THAT BE, SO IT WILL BE IN THAT WINDOW OF 300 DAYS. OH YES, YES, YES. THEY'LL BE DONE FOR THAT. AND WE'LL HAVE THAT IN THE CONTRACT. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. AND MAYOR, UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I GOT AGREE WITH MRS. BERG, COUNCILWOMAN BURJ ON THE SIDEWALKS. EVENTUALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT SIDEWALKS INTO BELL FOUNTAIN, THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO START SOMEWHERE AND OTHERWISE WE'LL BE COMING BACK AND DOING THIS AGAIN AT A LATER DATE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THEY CAN INITIALIZE MAKING A NOTE OR A FUTURE WORK SESSION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FOR MR. BERGMAN. OKAY. OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS REQUEST, ASK ON TO ON TO MONDAY. OKAY. HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE THAT ONTO MONDAY'S MEETING. THANKS MR. BERGEN, NEXT UP AS ITEM THREE D WHICH [ Suez Water - Operations Contract] IS THE SUEZ WATER OPERATIONS CONTRACT WHO'S TAKING CARE OF THAT EVENING. IS THAT ROB OR IS THAT, UH, YEAH, I'LL TAKE A, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. IT WAS JUST LOOKING FOR, HERE WE GO. UM, I HAVE TO ACCESS MY EMAIL, UM, DIFFERENTLY HERE. OKAY. SO AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD A DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT IN A PRESENTATION REGARDING SOME OF THE EXPANSION OF NOT ONLY THE CUSTOMER BASE, BUT ALSO THE PHYSICAL OPERATION OF OUR WATER AND SEWER UTILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND SUEZ BEING THE, UM, THE OPERATOR OF THAT SYSTEM, UH, WAS CHARGED WITH GOING BACK AND EVALUATING WHAT THOSE INCREASED [00:20:01] COSTS WERE. UH, SO WE HAVE ALSO IN THE MEANTIME, GOING THROUGH AND IDENTIFIED SOME, SOME KEY ELEMENTS AS TO THE ACCOMMODATION OF THOSE INCREASED COSTS. AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT, UH, THAT IT WOULD IN FACT COVER IT. SO, UH, WE'VE REVIEWED THE WATER RATE ANALYSIS AND STUDY THAT WE DID PRIOR TO TAKING ON THOSE TWO MAIN PROJECTS AND, UH, LOOKING AT, UM, UH, LOOKING AT CURRENT NUMBERS UNDER OUR ESTIMATES ACTUAL NUMBERS IN 2019 AND ALSO PROJECTIONS FOR 2021. UM, THE, UH, IN, IN, IN SHORT, THE CITY'S WATER FUNDS CAN ANTICIPATE THESE, UH, THESE INCREASED COSTS AS AGAIN, PART OF THE RATE STUDY DID INCLUDE AN INCREASE IN OPERATIONS. THERE ARE A FEW, UH, UH, VARIANCES AND DIFFERENCES THAT WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH AND, UH, AND VALUE DOWN TO MAKE MORE PRECISE THINGS. AND AGAIN, AS WE HAVE A FULL YEAR OF OPERATION, A LOT OF THESE ARE ESTIMATES AT THIS TIME. SO, UH, AS YOU, AS WE NOTED IN THAT PRESENTATION, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT AS WE GO THROUGH AND, AND LEARN EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE SYSTEM, THAT SOME OF THOSE COSTS CONTINUE TO DRIVE DOWN, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE COSTS, UM, OF COURSE COME FROM THE, UH, FROM THE CURRENT WATER FUND. UH, AND OF COURSE, SOME OF SUEZ HAS WORKERS RELATED TO THE SANITARY SYSTEM AS WELL. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF, OF REVENUE SOURCES THAT THE SUEZ CONTRACT COMES FROM, UM, ABOUT, UM, ABOUT $400,000 A YEAR WAS COSTED, WAS COSTED FOR THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. AND THAT FALLS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE, UH, WITH WHAT SUEZ HAD VALIDATED AND STAFF HAD VALIDATED IN THE, IN THE MOST RECENT STUDY, UH, IN ADDITION, OUR DEBT SERVICE FOR THE WATER SOFTENING PROJECT, UH, BASED ON OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATES ACTUALLY HAS REDUCED BY ABOUT $110,000. SO, UH, THAT IS, UM, THAT IS A COST THAT WE ANTICIPATED, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE, SO THAT AGAIN HELPS ASSIST IN THE COVERAGE OF ANY ANTICIPATED INCREASED COSTS. AND, UH, AND FINALLY, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BUILT IN INCREASES IN THE, UH, IN THE WATER RATES, UH, THAT ALSO ALLOW FOR, UH, CONTINUED INCREASES BASED ON, UM, THE, UH, THE CPI OF THE, UH, OF THE YEARS. SO, UH, IN ALL, WE FEEL THAT THE, UH, THE WATER FUND HAS ADEQUATE REVENUES. UH, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WERE ANTICIPATED IN, COUNTED ON, WE HAD A, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A BONUS, BUT A, A UNANTICIPATED SAVINGS IN A REDUCTION IN THE COST OF THE DEBT SERVICE FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF. SO WE WILL BE, UH, WE WILL BE BRINGING THE, UM, THE CONTRACT ITSELF FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEXT MEETING. UH, AS WE INDICATED A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO IN THE PRESENTATION, WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND VALIDATE THOSE NUMBERS AND MAKE SURE THERE ARE SOME ONE-TIME COSTS IN THERE THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE DON'T REFLECT AN ANNUAL INCREASE. UH, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME TECHNOLOGY AND SOME EQUIPMENT, IF YOU RECALL, AND DOING SOME OF THE, I THINK IT WAS LIKE A SONAR TYPE OF READING OF THE SEWER LINES TO IDENTIFY CLOGS, TO, UH, MAKE REPAIRS IN THE, IN THE RED ZONES OR THE, OR THE HOT ZONES OF, UH, OF, OF FLOWS AND BACKUPS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST BLINDLY GOING IN AND DOING CLEANING JUST ON A REGULAR, WE CAN FOCUS OUR ATTENTIONS TO WHERE, UH, WE MAY HAVE, UH, WE MAY HAVE ISSUES IN, IN FLOWS, ET CETERA. SO A LOT OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES WILL THEN BACK PAY INCREASED EFFICIENCIES. AND AS WE HOPE THAT WE INCORPORATE THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEM, UH, OVER TIME, WE WILL SEE THE BENEFIT NOT ONLY OF WHAT OUR PLANNED ANTICIPATED INCREASED COST IS, BUT WE'LL SEE THE BENEFIT OF A REDUCTION BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS MORE EFFICIENT AND IS PROVIDING. AND THE, UH, THE FOURTH AND FINAL WOULD BE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE WATER CUSTOMERS PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND AN INCREASE THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AS WELL. UH, NOT HUGE, BUT IT IS STILL A PART OF THE FORMULA. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID OUR, OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON REVIEWING THAT AND ANALYZING WHAT OUR WATER RATE STUDY DID, WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY COLLECTING BASED ON ACTUALS IN 19, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN 20 AND WHAT OUR ESTIMATES ARE 21, UH, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT THAT AGREEMENT COVERS, UM, ALL OF THOSE, UH, NECESSARY INCREASES IN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. MAKE SURE I'M SURE WE WENT THROUGH ON THERE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. SEAN, MR. SEAN, THANK YOU. UH, ROBERT, I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL HAS DISCUSSED MULTIPLE TIMES OF A FUTURE REVIEW OF OUR, UM, OF OUR WATER SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF A POSSIBLE WELLS, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY ACQUISITION OF LAND THAT MAY TAKE PLACE. UM, I, I ASSUME THAT'S GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FUTURE DISCUSSION THAT YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. [00:25:01] WHEN WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION, UH, EARLY ON ABOUT CHANGING DIRECTIONS FROM THE INTERCONNECT, UH, WE WERE CHARGED WITH GOING IN AND CHECKING WITH, AND, UH, OUR CURRENT CONSULTANT AND LOOKING AT ANY ADDITIONAL STUDIES NEEDED. I KNOW MR. BERGMANN HAS, UH, BEGUN THAT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, UH, THAT WE'RE TAKING ON FIRST PART OF 2021 TO SEE, UM, KIND OF AN INITIAL LOOK APPROACH, AND THEN SEEING WHAT DIRECTION WE NEED TO DO FURTHER STUDIES, WHETHER IT IS A COMBINATION OF, OF, UH, OF ADDITIONAL WELLS. WE KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE OVERALL PLAN TO BEGIN WITH, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE CAPACITIES AND EXPANSIONS OF THE CURRENT PLANT AS A REDUNDANCY REDUNDANCY TYPE OF THING. SO, UH, SO YES, THAT IS CERTAINLY PART OF OUR CONTINUED STUDY AND RESEARCH, UH, IN IMPROVING THE SYSTEM. AND JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, ROB, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME PAST CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST THREE, FOUR YEARS THAT OTHER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE OF ACQUIRING THEIR QUALITY WATER FROM THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS. UH, NOT LOOKING FOR THAT ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT WAS STANDING, WE HAVE, WHAT CAPACITY WE HAVE TO POSSIBLY FEED ANOTHER COMMUNITY AS AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCE AS WE CONTINUE A 10, 15 YEAR OUTLOOK AND TO SEE IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE. SURE. WE CAN, UH, KIND OF INCLUDE SOME MODELS IN THAT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MS. BIRD? UH, YES. I THINK IF WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR RICH DOG CONTRACT, WHEN, UH, WHEN WE BOUGHT THE WATER DEPARTMENT, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT WE CANNOT SELL OUR WATER TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY. SO, UM, MAYBE WE IT'S TIME GO FOR COUNSELING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE LIMITS ARE ON WHAT WE CAN DO. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, IT'S JUDAH MAIN SEIZURE. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR DID YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR HAND DOWN? NO, I THOUGHT I TOOK IT DOWN. SORRY. WELL, THE PROBLEM IS JUST TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT EVERYBODY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. TRUMP, A MAYOR? YES. MR. CAMPBELL, UH, IN REGARD TO ANY POLICY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IN THE PAST REGARDING OUR WATER, UH, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD REVISIT, UM, AND MAKE SOME NEW DECISIONS IF IT'S APPROPRIATE? ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THAT'S, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN REVIEW ANY, ANY PAST POLICY. SO THE COUNCIL'S A CONTINUING BODY. SO ANYTHING THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE PAST THAT IS POLICY TODAY. CERTAINLY COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO REVIEW AND MAKE CHANGES AS COUNCIL SEES FIT AND RICHARDS. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. RICHARD, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD INCLUDE, UH, WHEN STAFF DOES GET BACK WITH YOUR REQUEST OR THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED AND BROUGHT UP TO TODAY'S TIME AND SEE HOW WE CAN FURTHER THAT AGREEMENT ALONG TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY IN TODAY'S TIME. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT IS NOTED. WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE. AND MR. ROGERS, ALSO, IF YOU COULD NOTE THAT WHEN, UH, WHEN THIS COMES BACK UP FOR, UH, AN AGENDA ITEM ON A WORK SESSION, JUST, UM, ADDED A SEPARATE PIECE OF THAT, WHERE, UH, WE KNOW WE NEED TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT, THAT CONTRACT AND SEE, SEE IF IT STILL MAKES SENSE TODAY, OR IF IT DOES NEED CHANGES. GOT IT. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. WE WILL MOVE ON [ Board and Commission Appointments * Property Maintenance Review Board - Appointment] TO ITEM E, WHICH IS BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. MR. ROGERS. YES. UH, HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THESE THIS EVENING, BOTH, UH, APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS. UM, SO I WOULD JUST PREFACE ALL OF THESE BY SAYING THAT, UM, I'M REQUESTING ACTION BY MOTION ON ALL OF THESE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS FOR THE MEETING ON MONDAY AND THAT, UM, WHERE APPROPRIATE THE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE EITHER BEEN COMPLETED OR IN PROCESS FOR COMPLETION PRIOR TO MONDAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UH, THE FIRST IS A APPOINTMENT TO THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REVIEW BOARD. UH, THIS WOULD BE MARYLAND ROSTER, UH, FOR DETERMINING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. UH, SHE HAD INTERVIEWED FOR THE PARKS AND REC BOARD AND ANOTHER CANDIDATE WAS SELECTED, BUT WE THOUGHT SHE WAS A MORE APPROPRIATE FIT FOR THIS BOARD. SO, UM, WE'RE ASKING TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT. SECONDLY, WE HAVE A REAPPOINTMENT TO THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR FRANK AMBROSE, UH, TO A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. AND, UM, WE'D LIKE TO ALSO DO THAT ON MONDAY. WE HAVE, UH, TWO REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE CITIZENS, [00:30:01] WATER AND SEWER BOARD, UH, THAT IS TANNER BANKS AND DONALD PETERSON, UH, BOTH FOR A TERM ENDING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2024. THEN WE HAVE THREE REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION, UM, THAT WOULD BE RAISED GERARD AND, UH, ALBERT GRIGGS AND DANIEL HOFF FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. UH, WE HAD ORIGINALLY STAGGERED THE TERMS TO THIS COMMISSION WHEN THESE PEOPLE WERE, UH, APPOINTED AND, UH, THE UNEXPIRED TERM PIECES IS BEING COMPLETED. SO THIS WOULD BE FOR THEIR FIRST FULL TERM ON THAT COMMISSION. AND THEN WE HAVE A REAPPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF JAN VARGO, UH, FOR A TERMINATING IN JANUARY 31ST, 2026. SO, UM, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WOULD REQUEST ALL OF THESE, UH, APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO BE MOVED TO THE, UH, AGENDA FOR MONDAY'S MEETING FOR ACTION BY COUNCIL BY MOTION. OKAY. THANKS TONY. ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, OBJECTIONS TO ANY OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS OKAY. HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ALL THOSE ON TO OUR MEETING ON MONDAY. [ 2021 First Tier Suburbs/MVRPC Appointments] AND NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE F WHICH IS THE 2021, UH, FIRST TIER SUBURBS IN THE RPC APPOINTMENTS. MR. ROGERS. YEAH. SO EACH YEAR, UM, COUNCIL HAS, UH, SOME APPOINTMENTS TO BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. UH, THE FIRST IS THE, UH, FIRST TIER SUBURBS. UM, THOSE COMPRISES, UH, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM CITY COUNCIL AND ONE ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, FROM COUNCIL TO SERVE ON THE, UH, FIRST TIER SUBURBS CONSORTIUM. SO USUALLY WE SEE WHERE THERE'S AN INTEREST IN DOING SO, AND THEN COUNCIL DEVELOPS A CONSENSUS ON WHO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT FOR, UH, THESE POSITIONS AND REPRESENTATIVES ON MONDAY. IT IS WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE, UH, FIRST TIER SUBURBS, MR. SHAW. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, FIRST BEFORE I DO CONTINUE, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY MANAGER, UM, UH, DURING THE LAST, UH, FIRST TIER SUBURBS MEETING, UH, UH, ALONG WITH HIM AND SEVERAL OTHER CITY MANAGERS, UH, PROVIDED A WONDERFUL UPDATE TO THE FIRST TIER SUBURBS REGARDING, UM, OUR, OUR INTERACTION WITH THE CARES FUNDING. UM, THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, UH, PROVIDED. AND I WANT TO THANK ROB FOR HIS TIME AND ATTENDANCE AT THAT MEETING. ADDITIONALLY, AT THAT MEETING, UH, PENDING, UH, COUNCIL'S DECISION ON THIS TOPIC. UM, I WAS ELECTED ONCE AGAIN TO SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIER SUBURBS, UH, CONSORTIUM AS A MEMBER AT LARGE. UM, SO I WOULD AT THIS TIME, UM, NOMINATE MYSELF TO CONTINUE THAT, UM, UH, ORGANIZATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, RICHARD, MR. RADO. YES. UH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REPRESENT THE CITY IN EITHER OF THOSE CAPACITIES. I KNOW LAST YEAR I WAS AN ALTERNATE TO THE FIRST TIER, UM, BOARD FIRST-YEAR SUBURBS BOARD, AND, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THE SAME THAT, UH, NEXT YEAR AND THE LAST, THIS CURRENT YEAR, NOTHING REALLY, THINGS DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN THE WAY THEY NORMALLY DO, BUT I WOULD, UH, AGAIN, BE MORE HAPPY, MORE THAN HAPPY TO REPRESENT EITHER POSITION. UM, I THINK FIRST HERE WOULD BE GOOD, BUT I CAN DO EITHER WAY. OKAY. SO, SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU WANTING TO BE THE ALTERNATE AGAIN FOR, UH, THE FIRST YEAR OR ARE YOU WANTING TO BE THE FIRST HERE REPRESENTS? I'D BE FINE BEING AN ALTERNATE AGAIN. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THE, UH, FIRST TIER APPOINTMENT OR ALTERNATE APPOINTMENT? ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING MR. SHAW AND MR. OTTO ON TO, UH, THOSE ROLES NOW NEXT YEAR FOR 2021 AS WELL? MAYOR, MAYOR, MR. . UM, I, I WOULD APPRECIATE, UH, IF, UH, MR. SHAW AND MR. OTTO WOULD BE SO KIND TO REPRESENT US TO SUPPORT THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT LEVEL OF REPRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MR. CAMPBELL? YES. OKAY. SO HEARING NO OBJECTION. THAT'S A WE'LL MOVE THAT. DID YOU HAVE TONY? UM, YEAH, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO FULL REPRESENTATIVES AND ONE ALTERNATE TO THE VERSE START TIER SOLVERS WE GOT. OKAY. SO, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH MR. SHAW AND MR. OTTO WOULD DO, AND WE NEED A THIRD PERSON. I TAKE THE OTHER PERMANENT SPOT. I THINK I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT. I CERTAINLY HAVE THE TIME FOR HIM IF SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO BE THE ALTERNATE, [00:35:02] IT IS BIGGER, WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER AS THE OPTION IF, IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY. YEP. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM, APPRECIATE YOU WANTING ANY OBJECTIONS TO, UH, MR. SHAW, MR. OTTO, AND THEN MR. BAKER AS THE ALTERNATE MAYOR. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TEAM TO REPRESENT OUR CITY IN THAT CAPACITY. THANKS FOR VOLUNTEERING ALL FOR YOU, PATRICIA CAMPBELL. OKAY. HERE ARE THE OBJECTIONS THEN. THAT'S HOW WE WILL THAT ON THE, ON THE MEETING FOR MONDAY. AND THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE INDY RPC APPOINTMENTS. MR. ROGERS. YES. ON THIS ONE. THERE'S ONE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND ONE ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE. AND THEN THE CITY ALSO APPOINTS REPRESENTATIVES TO THE, UH, MCRPC TECH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, TYPICALLY THAT HAS BEEN AS CITY ENGINEER, ROSS BERGMAN AS THE REPRESENTATIVE AND SCOTT IS THE ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE. SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TECH ADVISORY APPOINTMENTS. THOSE ARE PRETTY STANDARD. UM, AND THEN IT WOULD JUST BE THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THEM GRPC MRS. BIRCH. YES. UM, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN, UH, STAYING IN ON THAT, UH, POSITION. IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING YEAR AND I THINK THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. OKAY. AS A BAKER, DID YOU EVER HAND UP OR FOR, UH, OR WAS THAT FROM LAST TIME? THAT WAS FROM LAST TIME, SO SORRY. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. SO MRS. BIRD, UH, IS VOLUNTEERING TO BE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE. UH, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE TO BE THE ALTERNATE, MR. SHAWN, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, IN LIEU OF SOME ADDITIONAL TIME THAT I HAVE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, UM, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT MY NAME IN AS THE ALTERNATE FOR MCRPC, UM, TO ASSIST MRS. BERGE AND, UH, REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THAT ORGANIZATION. UH, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SERVE MULTIPLE POSITIONS. ARE WE? YEAH. COUNCIL COULD BE ON MULTIPLE BOARDS. UH THAT'S UH, A POLICY THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS. UM, I THINK MR. LAB IS THE ALTERNATE CURRENTLY IF HE WAS STILL INTERESTED OR, UH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T GET MY HAND UP, BUT YES, I AM STILL INTERESTED. THANK YOU. UH, AND MAYOR IN LIEU OF, UH, DON WEBB'S INTEREST, UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND WITHDRAWAL MY INTEREST, UM, AS, UH, AS MR. WEBB. UM, I DID A PHENOMENAL JOB ASSISTING MRS. BURJ LAST YEAR, MR. SHAW. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S, I THINK WE HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION, UH, AND, AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, SAY TO MS. BAKER, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO JUMP IN THERE. I THINK THAT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY EVEN THOUGH, UM, SO I WOULD JUST SAY, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE LISTED AS AN ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE, CERTAINLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T NOT ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, SO CERTAINLY FEEL FREE TO ATTEND ANY ONE OF THOSE THAT, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET AND SEE HOW THAT ORGANIZATION WORKS, UM, AND THE THING THEY DO FOR, FOR ALL OF THE FREE DATING FIRST PEER SUBURB. SO, SO THANK YOU AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, OF ALL THE INFORMATION YOU CAN GET THERE. I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. GREAT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES. OKAY. AND ANY, UH, ANY OTHER, SO NOT SEEING ANY OF THE HANDS, SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, UH, BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE HERE. SO MRS. BERG, UH, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE, MR. WEBB IS THE ALTERNATE FOR MCRPC, UH, WE WILL MOVE THAT ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING AS WELL. [ Liquor Permit #60766850010 - Modern Food and Gas - 5186 Brandt Pike] AND NEXT UP IS ITEM 3G, WHICH IS THE LIQUOR PERMIT NUMBER SIX ZERO (766) 850-0104, MODERATE FOOD AND GAS AT 51 86 BRANDT PIKE, UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS JUST SOME DIFFERENCES THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE WAY THEY WERE GOING TO FILE FOR THEIR PERMIT. SO, MR. ROGERS, IF YOU'D GIVE US THE DETAILS, PLEASE. YES, THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. MAYOR. UM, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT YOU DISCUSSED THIS, UH, SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO AND, UH, AT THE TIME, THE ROUTE THEY WERE PURSUING FOR MODERN FOOD AND GAS FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION LOCATED AT 51 86 BRAND PIKE, THEY WERE LOOKING TO TRANSFER THE LIQUOR PERMIT FROM THE FORMER DOUBLE DEUCES. UM, AFTER FURTHER RECONSIDERATION, THEY'VE DECIDED TO JUST, UH, NOT PURSUE THE TRANSFER AND GO FOR, UH, APPLICATION OF ENTIRELY NEW LIQUOR PERMIT, UH, FOR THIS LOCATION. [00:40:01] UH, IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AGAIN BY THE POLICE AND FIRE DIVISIONS, AND THEY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE APPROVAL OF THIS LIQUOR PERMIT. SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE WOULD ASK COUNCIL TO APPROVE PLACING ON MONDAY'S AGENDA, A MOTION TO, UH, TO, UH, ALLOW ME TO RESPOND TO THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL WITH NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ROGERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS REGARDING THAT? YEAH. OKAY. HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE THAT ONTO MONDAY'S MEETING, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THAT IS ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. SO, UH, IT IS NOW SIX 44 AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS WORK SESSION AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALL ON MONDAY AT SEVEN. EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD EVENING. YOU TOO. BYE EVERYBODY. HAVE A GOOD WEEK, EVERYBODY. GOODBYE. EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT WEEK. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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