Oct 04, 2022 Council Work Session

AND NUMBER THREE ARE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION THIS EVENING.

[ City Manager Report]

AND WE START WITH ITEM THREE A, WHICH IS OUR STATE MANAGER REPORT.

BRIAN, OR ARE YOU SIR? I'M GOOD, SIR.

HOW ABOUT YOURSELF? VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

GOOD.

UH, COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR, UH, COUNSEL IN THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT.

UH, FIRST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT, UH, WE RECEIVED SOME CONCEPT FLOOR PLANS FOR THE NEW CITY CENTER.

THOSE CAME IN LATE LAST WEEK, AND THAT INCLUDES THE SPACE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS FOR THE SENIORS.

THAT PLAN'S BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE CLERK TO REVIEW ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND SOLICITED INPUT FROM COUNCIL AS APPROPRIATE AND TO WORK WITH THE ARCHITECT.

AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, UH, TO SOLIDIFY THE CITY COUNCIL PORTION, THAT THE PLAN WILL FORWARD THAT OVER TO, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER FOLKS SO THAT THEY CAN REVIEW AND, AND EVALUATE THE PLAN, UH, AS PROPOSED AND OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO, UH, SPACE ALLOCATIONS IN NEED.

SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT.

UH, ALSO WANNA LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT, UH, WITH RESPECT TO SIDEWALK ON BELL FOUNTAIN, UH, IN FRONT OF THE OAK SUBDIVISION, UH, THAT PORTION HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR POOR, UH, THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 31ST.

SO THAT LEG WILL BE GOING IN HERE SHORTLY.

UH, SPEAKING OF WORK, UH, IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, OR THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AT OLD TROY PIKE IN TAYLORSVILLE ROAD, UH, WILL GET UNDERWAY, UH, NEXT WEEK.

UH, THAT'LL START WITH SOME, UH, RE STRIPING TO, UH, MOVE THE LANES, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ALL THE TRAFFIC WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THERE, UH, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

AND THEN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

UH, THAT'S ESTIMATED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT WEEKS.

UH, AND THEN THAT'LL COMPLETE THE DEVELOPER'S WORK.

UH, THE CITY IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ITS WORK, UH, WHEN THE WEATHER BREAKS IN 2023.

UH, SO WE'LL BE, UH, WE'LL BE SEEING SOME, UH, CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA FOR, UH, FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

UH, AND THEN, UH, SPEAKING OF ROAD WORK, UH, THE CITY'S PAVING PROGRAM, UH, WE'LL ALSO START NEXT WEEK.

UH, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS.

UH, AND THEN THAT WILL BE CONCLUDED.

SO THOSE ARE THE MAJOR UPDATES I HAVE FOR COUNCIL TONIGHT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON, UH, THESE OR ANY OTHER MATTER.

THANKS, BRIAN.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RYAN? OKAY.

[ Culture And Diversity Citizen Action Commission Update]

NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS THE CULTURAL UNIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION UPDATE.

GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING.

HOW'S EVERYONE DOING THIS EVENING? HOW ARE YOU? WELL, THANK YOU.

GOOD, GOOD.

WELL, I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU ON THE DIETS KNOW WHO WE ARE, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT, MY NAME IS JEAN NEWBY.

OH, I AM TARA PURVIS.

AND WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION.

AND THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A RECAP REGARDS TO THE COMMISSION'S, MISSION INITIATIVES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS YEAR, AND GOALS IN THE FUTURE AS FAR AS NEXT YEAR.

AND WHAT WE STAND FOR HAS ALREADY MENTIONED IN THE MISSION, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TO ACT AS AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT TO MINIMIZE ANY CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES OR CONCERNS WHERE THEY MAY BE SOME PANEL DISCUSSIONS FOR ANY COMPLAINTS ON BIASES THAT MAY OCCUR AS FAR AS RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO MAXIMIZE THE DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFORTS SUCH AS EDUCATION ON D E AND I, VOTER REGISTRATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL FORUMS, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AWARE OF AND INTENDED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF SINCE THE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED.

SO, JUST TO REITERATE, AS YOU ALL KNOW ON CITY COUNCIL, THE MISSION FOR THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED TO ACT IN A ADVISORY CAPACITY TO CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY COUNCIL TO PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND THE FULL EXERCISE OF CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL PERSONS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF RACE, ETHNICITY, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION, RACISM, AND OTHER BIASES THROUGH RESOLUTION, EXCUSE ME, EDUCATION, MEDIATION, POLICY, LEGISLATION, AND COMPLAINANT REVIEW RESOLUTION.

SO SINCE THE COMMISSION WAS FORMED IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT WE ATTAIN AND SUSTAIN THIS MISSION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, JUST TO REITERATE AGAIN, THE REASON WHY THAT THE COMMISSION IS HERE

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AND AS I ALREADY MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2022 FOR THE COMMISSION, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORTH TO CITY COUNCIL AND OUR GOALS AS A WHOLE FOR 2023.

SO, SO FOR THIS YEAR, I WANNA SAY AFTER WE HAD THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND THE WHOLE WEEK OF EVENTS, US AS A COMMISSION DECIDED TO NO LONGER HAVE COMMITTEES.

WE WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON TASK GROUPS IN ORDER TO ATTAIN AND FOCUSED ON THE FOUR MAIN FOCAL AREAS OF THE COMMISSION, WHICH ARE ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, REFORM, AND OUTREACH.

AND GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO MEET IN TASK GROUPS TO IMPLEMENT MORE PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES FOR THE CITY.

AND WE'VE BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN HAVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HAVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS CAN BE CONDUCIVE, YOU KNOW, A WASTE OF TIME.

WE WANNA STAY FOCUSED ON TRACK TO WHAT NEEDS TO BE PLANNED.

NOW, MS. TARA PURVIS, SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW IN REGARDS TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR REFORM AND ADVOCACY FOR THIS YEAR AS FAR AS, UM, FUTURE GOALS AS WELL.

CONCERNS THAT YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING AND THAT PART OF IT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

TASKING ME MANY COMPUTERS TODAY.

UM, AGAIN, I'M TARA PURVIS.

I AM ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF BOTH THE REFORM AND THE ADVOCACY GROUPS.

SO I'M JUST GONNA QUICKLY SNAPSHOT, UM, OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THESE TWO AREAS AND OUR FUTURE GOALS.

UM, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE REFORM GROUP FOR 2020, UM, WE SUBMITTED A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH, UM, AN INDEPENDENT CITIZENS ACTION REVIEW BOARD TO ESTABLISH, UM, A PROCESS IN A WAY TO REVIEW CITIZENS COMPLAINTS, UM, SPECIFIC TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, BEN, AND CONTINUE TO MEET ONGOING WITH, UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER BRIAN, AS WELL AS, UH, POLICE CHIEF LITNER.

UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS OR SO.

UM, WE HAVE CREATED A DRAFT WORKFLOW OF THE CCC B.

UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE DRAFT FORMS FOR USE, INCLUDING, UM, THE INTAKE TYPE FORMS FOR THE CCR B.

THAT IS OUR NEXT STEP, UM, AS WE MEET IN NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK.

UM, AND THEN WE HAD A PUBLIC FORUM ON POLICING, UM, ALSO WITH THE EDUCATION GROUP AT THE EARLY, UH, JANUARY OF 2022.

SEEMS LIKE IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO NOW.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR EARLY 2023.

WE'VE STARTED KIND OF THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR THIS ALREADY.

WE'RE GONNA COLLABORATE, UM, WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE HUBER POLICE DEPARTMENT TO OFFER SOME EDUCATIONAL FORUMS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TOWARDS THOSE POPULATIONS.

UM, ONE SPECIFIC TWO POLICING ISSUES FACED IN, UM, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TYPE POPULATION, AND THEN A SEPARATE ONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, WE WANNA COVER TOPICS AS EASY AS KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS WHEN YOU ARE APPROACHED OR HAVE, UM, INTERACTIONS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALL THE WAY UP TO C SAY, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

WE'VE HAD SOME INCIDENTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN CONCERNING AS A PARENT WITH A CHILD IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SOME EDUCATION AROUND THOSE ISSUES THAT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OR HAVE

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UM, WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO GET SOME BUY IN FROM ATHLETES AND YOUTH TO HELP WITH THAT.

SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

PEACE DOES IT MEAN A LOT COMING FROM THE ADULTS MEANS A WHOLE LOT COMING FROM PEERS.

SO, UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR REFORM.

THAT'S GONNA TAKE UP A LOT OF OUR TIME, UH, PLANNING THOSE, UH, TWO FORUMS FOR THE EARLY NEXT YEAR.

UH, ADVOCACY 2020.

WE DID THE THIRD ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING UNITY WALK AND DAY OF SERVICE, JANUARY 17TH.

UM, THAT WILL BE ON THE CALENDAR, UH, FOR 2023 AS WELL.

THAT IS A GREAT, UM, EVENT THAT STARTS WITH A WALK AND ENDS WITH, UM, A SERVICE OF SOME TYPE.

UM, WE WERE LOOKING TO DO A MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY ACTIVITY THIS YEAR, BUT WE JUST FRESH RAN OUT OF TIME.

SO 2023, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO DO A LARGE MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY PROJECT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

DAY IS A LARGE NATIONAL DAY OF GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

UM, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT SERVICE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS NATIONWIDE.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ADD HUB HEIGHTS TO THAT LIST OF COMMUNITIES THAT HOLD, MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY PROJECTS.

SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR A PINK OUT AND PEARLS EVENT, WHICH WILL REVOLVE AROUND, UM, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND, UM, SOME SERVICES.

AND I'M GONNA KICK THIS BACK OVER TO JEAN.

THANK YOU, DEAR.

TO TALK ABOUT WHAT COURSES OF ACTION THAT WE CAN ASSIST YOU ALL WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE POINTS ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED.

OKAY, SO IN REGARDS TO EDUCATION FOR 2022, WE HAVE HOSTED MULTIPLE FORUMS IN THE CITY, WHICH ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN AWARE OF AND EVEN ATTENDED IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY.

AND AS FAR AS THOSE FORUMS THAT WE HAVE HOSTED AS A COMMISSION, WE DID, AS MS. PERVIS STATED, A COLLABORATION WITH REFORM ON POLICING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO, AS SHE ALSO MENTIONED, A SERIES WITH THE YOUTH SOMETIME BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, EARLY 2023.

NOW, AS FAR AS THE OTHER FORMS THAT WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR, DURING MULTICULTURAL WEEK, WE HAD TWO.

ON TUESDAY, JUNE 21ST, WE HAD THE FINANCIAL LITERACY SEMINAR AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY POLICE CENTER, WELL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED.

UM, AS FAR AS EVALUATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOYED THE, UM, ADVICE THAT WAS GIVEN BY, UM, TWO OF OUR SPEAKERS THAT ATTENDED, WHICH WERE MR. RON JACKSON AND MR. DWIGHT DUBERRY.

AND BASICALLY THEY GAVE SOME VERY GOOD ADVICE DURING THESE TIMES OF INFLATION AS FAR AS HOW TO TAKE LITTLE RISKS IN TERMS OF MAKING YOUR MONEY GROW AND PROSPER DURING THESE TIMES, WHICH IS VERY VALUABLE.

ALSO, DURING THAT WEEK, WE HAD THE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS TWO ON THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD.

AND THE FOCUS FOR THAT PARTICULAR FORUM WAS TO REITERATE SOME OF THE KEY POINTS THAT WERE ILLUSTRATED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS SIGNED BY CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL, 2021.

AND DURING THAT DISCUSSION, WE HAD SEVERAL PANEL MEMBERS PRESENT TO TALK ABOUT THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND, UM, PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF RACISM.

AND THAT WAS AN INFORMED DIALOGUE WHERE THERE WERE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

AND I DO WANNA SAY THAT IN REGARDS TO THAT FORUM, WE HAD VERY GOOD POSITIVE EVALUATIONS.

THE ONLY THING THAT WAS RECOMMENDED WAS GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS SUCH AS THIS ON THIS TOPIC, AND TO ILLUSTRATE ON SIX OF THE EIGHT SECTIONS OF THE RESOLUTION ON COURSES OF ACTION THAT THE CITY SHOULD TAKE IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BASED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, UM, ECONOMIC, UM, INEQUALITY, THOSE THINGS THAT WERE ILLUSTRATED.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THAT GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AS FAR AS HAVING ANOTHER FORUM TO FOCUS ON THAT.

AND EVEN A WORK SESSION BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL

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AS YOU KNOW, THAT RESOLUTION IS ALMOST TWO YEARS OLD.

INDEFINITELY, IT WILL BE OF GOOD SERVICE TO HUBER HEIGHTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ACTION ENFORCED ON THE RESOLUTION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

NOW, OUTREACH, THIS IS KIND OF A COLLABORATION AS FAR AS, UM, CULTURE WEEK IN TERMS OF WHAT OUTREACH DID AS A WHOLE.

SO, AS YOU ALL CAN REMEMBER, DURING MID-JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE COMMISSION HOSTED OUR FIRST FOR THE CITY MULTICULTURAL WEEK.

AND WE HAD PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE DAY, UM, EVENTS.

WELL, NEXT YEAR IT WILL NOT BE LIKE THAT.

IT WAS JUST TOO JAMPACKED .

BUT WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

BUT OVERALL, WE HAD TREMENDOUS PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

EVEN INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF HUBER CAME TO THE JUNETEENTH FATHER'S DAY FUNK FESTIVAL.

I KNOW WE KEPT CHANGING THAT TIME SEVERAL TIMES, , BUT THERE WERE ABOUT 250 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

UM, 400 FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, I WANNA SAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH BIZARRE, MAYBE AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE, AT LEAST, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

BUT THERE WERE MEMBERS FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT DID COME FOR BIOMETRIC SCREENINGS, AND WE DID A NUTRITION SEMINAR THAT WAS FACILITATED BY MR. ERIC STEVENS ON THE COMMISSION, WHICH WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

AND I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE SEMINARS AS FAR AS THE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND THE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

AND FINALLY, THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.

I MEAN, WHAT CAN I SAY IN THE 41 HISTORY, YEAR HISTORY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I NEVER KNEW, CAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 32 YEARS, MY FAMILY AND I, EXCUSE ME, HOW DIVERSE THIS CITY IS, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE IT, ENHANCE IT, AND EMBRACE IT, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO GROW AS A COMMUNITY.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AND JUST TO CONTINUE ON NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL GOALS, INITIATIVES FOR THE COMMISSION, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON DIVERSITY HIRING INITIATIVES, WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH THROUGH VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL AS FAR AS HAVING E E O DATA IMPLEMENTED IN TERMS OF HIRING CITY STAFF AND EVEN CITY MANAGER.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EIGHT POINT INITIATIVE PER THE NAACP.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE REFORM COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.

BUT WE WANNA CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS.

NOW, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THIS FOR YOUR PURVIEW, BUT AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS BROUGHT FORTH AS A WHOLE DURING THE COMMISSION'S TENURE.

TENURE, WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE COMPLETED A MAJORITY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SOME ARE ONGOING, SUCH AS THE CCRB, THE CITIZENS COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD, AND ALSO IT'S CUT OFF AT THE BOTTOM.

SO MY APOLOGIES.

CAN YOU GO BACK, PLEASE? YEAH.

IN REGARDS TO THE RFQ, THAT IS STILL ONGOING.

GATHERING EEO DATA IN THE APPLICANT PROCESS, WHICH AGAIN, I JUST MENTIONED THAT EARLIER.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S ENFORCED AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HR TO MAKE SURE THAT'S IMPLEMENTED.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ANOTHER ONGOING RECOMMENDATION THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH IS TO ADOPT A PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE BLACK OWN BUSINESSES IN HUBER HEIGHTS.

THERE'S SEVERAL THAT ARE IN THE CITY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP A FORM PROPOSAL TO BRING FORTH TO CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS INITIATED.

AND ALSO, AS YOU ALL ARE ALREADY AWARE

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AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AS OF NOW, I BELIEVE THAT MRS. STEVENS IS WORKING WITH MR. EELY IN TERMS OF GETTING, NO, HE'S GONE.

HE'S GONE.

HE'S BEEN GONE FOR OVER NINE MONTHS.

WHO WAS THE INDIVIDUAL? UM, I, I, I KNOW I MISSPOKE HIS NAME.

MY APOLOGIES.

GENTLEMAN WITH THE NVR P.

MS. BURGE, HE HAS A VERY DIFFERENT NAME AND IT'S NOT COMING TO MIND RIGHT NOW.

OH, THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH, HIS, HIS NAME IS ON MY MIND FOR SOME REASON.

BUT ANYWAY, SHE AND THE COMMISSION, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

AND WE'LL PROVIDE UPDATES, YOU KNOW, TO CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE DEFINITELY WANNA GET THIS IMPLEMENTED TOO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND FINALLY, UM, I MENTIONED SOME OF THIS ALSO, UM, BEING MORE INVOLVED IN TERMS OF THE HIRING PROCESS AS PART OF OUR ROLE AS SERVING AS AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY COUNCIL AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT CANDIDATES ARE HIRED IN TERMS OF POSITION, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WE HAVE A DIVERSE POOL OF CANDIDATES CONSIDERED.

SO, IN SUMMARY, UM, AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE THESE POINTS, WE DEFINITELY WOULD ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, WATCHING, YOU KNOW, VIRTUALLY TO ATTEND OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS.

AND ALSO ANY EVENTS THAT WE HOST AND SPONSOR.

ALSO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE COMMISSION IN YOUR WARDS.

CUZ SOME PEOPLE, AND I CAN ATTEST TO THIS THROUGH TALKING TO PEOPLE IN MY WARD, THEY DO NOT KNOW WHO THEIR WARD REPS ARE.

SO IT'LL BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO SEE CITY COUNCIL COME TO YOUR WARS AND TALK ABOUT, AGAIN, WHO YOU ARE, YOUR FOCUS POINTS, AND AGAIN, THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING THIS COMMISSION AS FAR AS THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

CONTINUOUSLY CONNECT WITH YOUR DIVERSE CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO THE PURPOSE OF THE RFQ THAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON TO COMPLETE, CONTINUE TO INITIATE, EMBRACE, AND BE A VOICE OF CHANGE IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY IN THIS CITY.

AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD, THAT WE CELEBRATE AND APPRECIATE OUR DIFFERENCES DESPITE OF RACE, GENDER, CREED.

NO, WE ALL KNOW THAT TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.

BE OPEN IN RECEPTIVE TOWARDS DIFFERENT IDEAS AND THOUGHTS.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BE THE STATUS QUO.

YOU HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, BE RECEPTIVE OF CHANGE.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD AND PROSPER AND GROW.

SHARE WHAT YOU LEARNED, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE FORMS THAT WE HAVE PERTAINING TO EDUCATION.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS, AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, I DIDN'T REALLY REFLECT ON, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THESE FORUMS, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT THINGS NOT ONLY THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS, BUT THROUGH OWN LENS AS WELL.

AND FINALLY, PARTNER WITH US, COLLABORATE WITH US.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL BE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED WITH THE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS FORUM TO KIND OF SHARE IDEAS ON HOW TO GET THOSE KEY POINTS IN THAT RESOLUTION ENFORCED.

SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE DOING PHENOMENAL THINGS, ESPECIALLY WITHIN TWO YEAR TIME.

AND THANKS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ONGOING SUPPORT I WILL ADD TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUR INITIATIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT HUB HEIGHTS CONTINUES TO BE A DIVERSE CITY AND KEEPS ON GROWING AND PROSPERING.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS.

ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY, TARA? OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, NANCY? I DO, UH, WELL FIRST OF ALL, THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME IS FOR STU.

THAT'S, UM, AND HE'S BEEN THERE PROBABLY AT LEAST 10 MONTHS.

UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.

A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAVE COME OUT OF

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THIS.

UM, WE APPRECIATE IT.

UM, BUT I DO HAVE, UH, ONE QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH CHIEF LIDER, UH, TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS AND EVERYTHING.

AND AS WE'VE SEEN HIM INTRODUCE HIS NEW MEMBERS TO COUNCIL, THE THE NEW HIREES, UH, BOY DO WE HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP.

SO I'M REALLY WONDERING, OR I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, MAYBE YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE YOU THINK, WHAT YOU THINK WE STILL NEED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT THEY HAVE NOT DONE ALREADY.

UM, IT'S, I I I'M SEEING A LOT OF COOPERATION, A LOT OF CHANGE.

UM, YEAH, I THINK I WOULD BE THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT.

UM, FROM THE REFORM COMMITTEE STANDPOINT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ASKS LEFT FOR CHIEF LEER.

UM, HE HAS LISTENED TO ALL OF OUR CONCERNS AND WAS VERY PROACTIVE, HONESTLY, IN HIS APPROACH TO ALL OF THIS TYPE OF REFORM WORK.

WHEN WE ARE SPEAKING OF THE EEO DATA AND CONTINUED DIVERSITY TARGETS, IT'S NOT JUST POLICE, IT'S ALSO CITY STAFF.

IT IS ALSO, AND WE'VE TANGLED WITH EMT, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, I, I THINK FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE ONLY MOVED IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION AND I AM INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH HIS HIRING AND THE CURRENT DIVERSITY OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS VERY HARD TO FIND.

UM, I THINK OUR ASK IS THAT THE REST OF THE CITY IS AS AN INTENTIONAL, AS CHIEF LEER IS TO THESE ISSUES.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHALLENGE IN, AND IT'S A GOOD CHALLENGE IN A WAY THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T WANNA LEAVE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A STRONG IN-HOUSE PROMOTION SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOOD FOR ANY ORGANIZATION.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

SO I THINK THAT YOUR MESSAGE IS COMING ACROSS LOUD AND CLEAR, BUT THE OPPORTUNITIES IN SOME PLACES ARE, ARE NOT AS FREQUENT AS, AS WE WOULD HOPE, BUT YES.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

COUNCIL, ANY OF THE COMMENTS? GOOD.

I JUST WANNA SAY YOU REALLY DID PACK A LOT IN, IN A SHORT TIME, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I LOOK VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE EVENTS.

I'VE ENJOYED THE ONES YOU'VE HAD SO FAR.

UM, TO THE, UH, THE BUSINESS RECOGNITION, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH CHAMBER FOLKS YET? I, I WANNA SAY AGAIN, ADVOCACY.

UM, I, FROM MY STANDPOINT, UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT LIST.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE INTENDING TO DO AS ADVOCACY AND DO IT AS PART OF THEIR INITIATIVES OR GOALS.

UM, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW OR WHEN THAT GOT ADDED THERE.

UM, HONESTLY, I I, IF WE ADD IT TO A TASK GROUP, IT WILL GET ADDED TO A TASK GROUP AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AS A COMMISSION WITH THAT EVENT OR THAT, UH, RECOGNITION.

UM, BUT THAT WAS NOT ANYTHING I FELT THAT WE NEEDED COUNSEL TO APPROVE FOR US AS A COMMISSION.

NO, NOT AT ALL.

SO THAT VERY MUST VERY WELL MAY HAVE BEEN ERRONEOUSLY ADDED, HONESTLY.

I'M JUST GONNA SAY ANY, ANY ASSIST YOU MAY NEED WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IF YOU WANNA DO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU CAME AND TALK AND TALKED WITH US.

UM, YOU WENT OVER SEE OF THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS FOR EACH OF THE EVENTS IN JUNE.

CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE WAS A COST OR A REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVED FOR EACH OF THOSE EVENTS? THERE WAS NOT.

THERE WAS NOT ANY COST.

NO, NO COST TO THE CITY AT ALL FOR ANYTHING.

NO.

WAS THERE ANY REVENUE MADE ON BOOST OR ANYTHING? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.

AND I WILL SAY, WELL, IF YOU WANNA CALL THIS AS A COST ITEM, WE HAD TO PAY HONORARIUMS TO OUR SPEAKERS MM-HMM.

FOR THE TWO FORMS THAT WERE HELD DURING THAT WEEK.

AND, UM, THAT'D BE A COST.

AND I WANNA SAY FOR THAT MONDAY FOR THE HEALTH BIZARRE, WE HAD TWO MASSAGE THERAPISTS MM-HMM.

THAT DID CHAIR MASSAGES.

SO MISS SOMEONE HAD HANDLED THE HONORARIUMS FOR THAT.

SO AS FAR AS COST, THOSE WERE THE ONLY COST ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSION HAD

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OCCURRED.

SO WE DIDN'T PAY THE GENTLEMAN WHO DID THE FINANCE SPEAKING.

THAT WOULD'VE ALL COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET THOUGH.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A COST OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE SERVING WITH HOW MUCH IT COST TO BEEN ON THE EVENT.

AS WE'RE MEASURE WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONS, WE, WE ARE PROVIDING, UH, THE CHAIRS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, MONTHLY BUDGET UPDATES WITH FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S GREAT TO SHOW THEIR BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES.

UM, I'VE BEEN SENDING THOSE THE LAST TWO MONTHS OKAY.

FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, BUT I COULD SHARE THOSE WITH YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORE DETAIL ON THAT INFORMATION.

YEP.

GREAT.

THANK YOU MR. ROGERS.

AND JUST TWO MORE QUESTIONS.

IT'S JAN KIPER AND HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THAT, FOR OUR CITY? THAT HAS NOT BEEN, UM, ADDRESSED.

I KNOW THAT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS ALMOST OVER WITH, BUT I CAN BRING THAT UP DURING THURSDAY'S COMMISSION MEETING TO DO SOME TYPE OF COMMEMORATION, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, BUT YES.

AND EVEN GOING FORWARD OR EVEN TO RECOGNIZE IT, RIGHT.

NOT RECOGNIZE IT YET, EVEN IF NOT TO RECOGNIZE IT FOR 2022.

DEFINITELY FOR 2023.

WELL, I THINK WE HAVE STILL HAVE ABOUT TWO WEEKS LEFT FOR HISPANIC CARE THAT GOES TO LIKE THE 15TH AND KIPER LAST ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK OR 10 DAYS.

SO I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY GET SOMETHING OUT, COULDN'T WE? OKAY.

I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ADDRESSED DURING OUR COMMISSIONING ON THURSDAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, UM, SUGGESTIONS LIKE THAT MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ON OUR RADAR MM-HMM.

, UM, IF IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AND MARK THESE ON OUR CALENDAR AS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS EVER AN EXPECTATION THAT WE MADE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO EVERY MONTH, DAY, OR CLASS IN THE YEAR.

THAT, THAT, AND SORRY.

YES, THAT IS TRUE CUZ IT'S JUST SO MUCH TO, YOU KNOW, COMMEMORATE MM-HMM.

AS FAR AS ALL THESE DIVERSE GROUPS.

BUT LIKE MS. PERVIS JUST SAID, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS US IN TERMS OF OBSERVANCE OF ANY KIND PERTAINING TO DIVERSITY, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS LET US KNOW EITHER BY AGAIN, ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS OR EVEN CONTACTING MRS. STEVENS, MISS SOMEONE OR ANY ONE OF US THROUGH EMAIL.

THAT WAY WE KNOW THANK MAYOR.

ANYONE ELSE? DON? THANK YOU.

TO THE, UH, REFORM GOALS AND, UM, UH, THE TOPIC OF COLLABORATING WITH THE SCHOOLS MM-HMM.

, DO YOU ENVISION THAT HAPPENING THROUGH OR WITH THE SROS? UH, YES.

AND WITHIN THE SCHOOLS, YES.

THE INTENTION IS TO CONNECT WITH BOTH THE RSOS OF THE SCHOOLS, UM, AS WELL AS CHIEF LEITNER AND, UH, OFFICER LAMBERT WHO IS THE COMMUNICATIONS.

UM, THAT IS OUR INTENTION.

GOOD.

THE TIMING OF YOUR PRESENTATION IS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD COMING UP.

AND I BELIEVE MR. ROGERS IS LOOKING FOR, UM, ITEMS OF DISCUSSION FOR THAT AGENDA.

SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME FOR COUNCIL TO BROACH THAT SUBJECT AS WELL.

UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS YOU'D LIKE US TO, UH, WORK INTO THAT, OR YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO COME TO THAT MEETING, OF COURSE.

AND, UM, GET THAT DISCUSSION STARTED.

I'M SORRY, MR. WEBB, WHEN IS THAT MEETING GONNA BE HELD? MR. ROGERS? IT'S, UH, THREE WEEKS FROM THURSDAY.

SO I THINK THE 27TH, IT'S AT 6:00 PM ME, STEWART BAKER.

WOULD THAT BE AT 7:00 PM SORRY? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT, SORRY.

WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT US AS EITHER REFORM AND, UM, EDUCATION WOULD BE ABLE TO PRESENT OR JUST TO COME AND BE THERE TO FEEL QUESTIONS? JUST SHOW MORE? I THINK, UH, COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO AGREE TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA.

AND IT WOULD BE MORE, NOT A PRESENTATION, BUT IT MAY BE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES, AND THEN YOU COULD POSSIBLY BE PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE OR CLARIFICATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD SEND US AN INVITE.

YEAH, WE WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND.

AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE PERFECT, PERFECT TIMING BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO, AS WE ALREADY STATED IN OUR PRESENTATION, TO HAVE THAT FORM WITH THE YOUTH IN TERMS OF JUNIOR HIGH, JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH SROS.

SO THAT IS PERFECT TIMING.

YES, IT IS.

TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, DIALOGUE.

THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WOULD HAVE IS THAT WAS A, A FAIRLY LENGTHY LIST THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US THERE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTED, UM MM-HMM.

GOT IT DONE ON THAT LIST.

UH, I THINK CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER.

I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

[ Increase Not To Exceed Amount - Dell Computers - IT Department]

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE C, WHICH IS THE INCREASED NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR OUR DELL COMPUTERS THROUGH THE IT DEPARTMENT.

BRANDON? UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, THIS RESOLUTION IS TO, I CHANGED THE BATTERIES THIS AFTERNOON.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S NOT THAT.

THIS RESOLUTION IS TO INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR FOR DELL TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH NEEDS COUNCIL APPROVAL.

UH, THIS APPROVAL NEEDED, SO WE CAN PURCHASE SOME DELL TABLETS TO REPLACE SOME FAILING EQUIPMENT DOWN AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DUE TO SOME OVERHEATING ISSUES.

UM, AT THIS POINT, UH, THE FACT THAT STAFF AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE HAVING TO SWAP OUT SOME EQUIPMENT FROM THE OLDER MEDICS, UM, WHICH CAUSES THEM TO TAKE THE MEDICS OUTTA SERVICE, WHICH INCREASES, UM, OR COULD INCREASE SOME, UH, SERVICE, UM, ISSUE TIMES, UM, IF WE HAVE ANY 9 1 1 CALLS.

UM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THESE TABLETS ORDERED AS SOON AS WE CAN.

SO, UM, THIS INCREASE WOULD BE, UH, GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THREE D, WHICH IS THE INCREASED ON EXCEED AMOUNT FOR CAPITAL ELECTRIC TRAFFIC, SIGNAL MAINTENANCE, AND DECORATIVE LIGHTING.

ANY QUESTIONS, ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING? OKAY.

SEEING THAT WE'LL MOVE THIS ON.

AND NEXT IS ITEM

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MIKE? UH, YES.

UM, THIS IS, UM, A RESOLUTION, UM, TO AMEND THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR SIMILAR.

UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED WITH A TRAFFIC, UM, INTERSECTION WHERE TRAFFIC BOX GOT HIT BY AN AUTOMOBILE, UM, ACCIDENT.

UM, AND BASICALLY I BETTER, BUT, UM, YEAH.

WELL, UM, SO BASICALLY THE SAME, SAME INCIDENT THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS WITH THE, UM, INTERSECTION OF WALFORD IN 2 0 2.

IS THAT NOT COMING ON OR YOU GOT, YOU GOTTA DO FROM THE BOTTOM FIRST? YEAH, I JUST CHANGED THE BATTERIES LIKE THREE HOURS AGO.

, SOMEONE WANTS HOLD THE BUTTON.

IF SOMEONE WANTS TO HAND ONE UP TO ME, I'LL GET IT ACTIVATED.

BRANDAGE, SHOULD WE INCREASE THAT? UH, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT TO INCLUDE NEW MICROPHONES BATTER? THERE ARE NEW BATTERIES IN THERE.

WELL, THAT WOULD SEEM TO HAVE TO DO WITH SOMETHING, WITH A CONNECTIVITY RATHER THAN THE, YOU CAN GRAB THAT, UM, HANDHELD MIC RIGHT THERE.

OR GO TO THE PODIUM.

YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, BASICALLY THIS IS, UM, SIMILAR LEG LEGISLATION THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WITH INCIDENTS THAT WERE THE TRAFFIC INCIDENTS.

UM, WE HAVE AN ANNUAL, UM, CONTRACT WITH, UM, CAPITAL ELECTRIC.

THE COUNCIL'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

UM, IT HAS AN ANNUAL SPENDING LIMIT OF $50,000.

THIS BASICALLY INCREASES THAT AMOUNT DUE TO THE FACT WE, THIS INTERSECTION PARTICULAR THIS YEAR, THEY'RE QUITE EXPENSIVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT $40,000.

SO THAT'S JUST FOR A ONE TIME INCREASE, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR THIS YEAR, ANNUALLY ONLY.

UM, I HAVE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

MIKE, DO WE HAVE BALLARDS AROUND THE BOXES THAT ARE KEEP GETTING HIT? WELL, NO.

UM, BUT, UM, THERE'S, IT'S, I I DON'T HAVE A REALLY ANSWER FOR THAT OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BALLERS AROUND A LOT OF THINGS, BUT, UM, YEAH, I, I CAN'T HELP DRIVERS.

YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW.

ARE THERE ANY INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME EMERSIONS THAT WE'RE SEEKING FOR THAT.

SO THOSE ARE, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL BE REIMBURSED BACK FOR, HOPEFULLY THAT WE HAVE BEEN, HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, SO, RIGHT.

WE'RE HOPING FOR THAT AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING TO REPLACED IN THE QUICKEST, TIMELY MANNER POSSIBLE.

THIS IS JUST HAVE TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT.

AS LONG AS WE EXPECT TO SEE SOMETHING BACK FROM CORRECT.

PEOPLE WHO ARE DAMAGING THEM.

UM, SO LOWE'S WAS DEFINITELY THE EASIEST TO WORK WITH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTION TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY? OKAY, THANK

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YOU.

AND EXCEPT AS ITEM THREE E, WHICH IS THE WATER VOUCHER PROGRAM.

AND THIS WOULD BE, UH, UH, BRIAN AND SARAH TO KIND OF GO OVER THIS.

UH, YES, SIR.

SO, UH, JUST TO, UH, UH, KIND OF, UH, PREEMPT, UH, SOME SARAH'S COMMENTS OR SARAH'S PRESENTATION

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TONIGHT.

UH, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL, UH, WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.

UH, WE TURNED THIS OVER TO, UH, BOTH SARAH AND PAM, UH, TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, UH, FROM START TO FINISH.

UM, OUR GOAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION YOU'RE GONNA SEE TONIGHT, THIS PILOT PROGRAM, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO IMPLEMENT, UH, NEXT MONTH.

UH, THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD PROVIDE, UH, THE EASIEST METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION, THE EASIEST METHOD OF, UH, ACCESSIBILITY, UH, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE PRODUCT, UH, BEING UTILIZED.

SO, UH, I'M SURE SARAH WILL TOUCH ON MANY OF THESE POINTS, BUT, UH, I THINK SHE AND PAM DID A, A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, UH, THE, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY COUNCIL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE MET, UH, THE OBJECTIVE, UH, THAT COUNCIL HAD SET FOR US FOR AS MANY POTENTIAL IMPACTED RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE.

SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SARAH.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

EVENING.

UM, ALRIGHT.

SO I PUT TOGETHER, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT'S HARD TO READ, COPY AND PASTE METHOD DIDN'T WORK.

I WOULD RATHER LISTEN TO YOU ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

SO, UH, THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER BREAKS THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING.

UM, AND THE OTHER BACKGROUND PIECES ARE, YOU KNOW, VIOLA WORKS VERY QUICKLY TO RESTORE SERVICE AS BEST THEY CAN.

UM, AVERAGE TIME WITHOUT WATER IS TWO TO FOUR HOURS, DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE BREAK.

SO IF THEY'RE SHUTTING WATER OFF TO DO SOME WORK, IT'S USUALLY ABOUT TWO TO FOUR HOURS.

SO IT ISN'T A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

HOWEVER, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WHEN IT COMES TO DOING A BOIL ADVISORY AND THE SAFETY OF THE WATER WHEN IT COMES TO BE ABLE TO BE DRUNK.

UM, SO THERE ARE WOR, UH, RED DOOR TAGS NOTING THE BOIL ADVISORY THAT ARE HUNG, UM, ONCE THE REPAIR HAS BEEN COMPLETED, TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS, WHICH INCLUDE WATER SAMPLING.

UM, AND THEN ONCE THE WATER SAMPLING HAS BEEN DONE, THEN BLUE TAGS ARE HUNG AND THE BOIL ADVISORY IS LIFTED.

SO THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROGRAM ARE TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR DRINKABLE WATER, UM, TO THOSE IMPACTED BY A BOIL ADVISORY, IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS, AND ALSO TO, UH, REDUCE SPREAD OF MIS MISINFORMATION, MEANING THAT BOILED WATER ISN'T SAFE TO DRINK, UH, INCREASE AWARENESS ON WHAT TYPES OF WATER MAY BREAKS AND REPAIRS INCLUDE, UH, REQUIRE A BOIL ADVISORY, INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THEN ALSO IMPROVING AND INCREASING CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR BOTH THE CITY AS WELL AS BULIA.

UH, THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM, I KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN INTO THE FOUR BIG SEGMENTS.

SO THE RESIDENTS BEING THE BIGGEST PIECE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT TYPES OF BREAKS HAPPEN.

UM, THROUGH THIS WHOLE RESEARCH, I DID FIND THAT THERE ARE, UH, BULIA HAS, UH, KIND OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BREAKS, ONE THROUGH FOUR, FOUR BEING THE WORST.

SO IT WOULD BE LIKE A MASSIVE AREA, UM, MEANING LIKE THE WHOLE CITY OR HALF OF THE CITY.

AND THAT WOULD BE WHERE VIOLA'S EPA GUIDELINES WOULD STEP INTO PLAY, UM, WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PROVIDE WATER TO RESIDENTS.

UM, KIND OF LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH D UH, DAYTON.

UM, SO THEN CITY COUNCIL, BETTER COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION ABOUT WATER MAIN BREAKS AND, UH, REPAIRS FROM VIOLIA, WHICH THEN ALLOWS YOU TO FOSTER BETTER CONSTITUENT RELATIONSHIPS, UH, CITY STAFF, BETTER INCREASED CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND THEN, UM, BY REMOVING BARRIER, REMOVING AND ASSISTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BARRIERS TO BEING ABLE TO, UH, TURN IN THE VOUCHERS TO GET WATER.

AND THEN VELIA AS WELL AS ENSURING, UM, THAT THEY, THAT RESIDENTS KNOW THEY'RE IMPACTED BY A WATER MAIN BREAK AND THE TIMELINES FOR THE REPAIRS.

SO, WITH ALL THAT SAID, HERE IS THE PROPOSED WATER VOUCHER PROGRAM.

OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ONE CASE OF DRINKABLE WATER TO RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY A BOIL ADVISORY, RECEIVING A RED, UH, RED TAG ON THE DOOR.

UM, BRIAN DOES HAVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT ARE KIND OF GOING THROUGH.

SO THE RED TAG AND THE BLUE TAG ARE WHAT WE CURRENTLY USE.

THE GREEN TAG IS A NEW, UM, NOTIFICATION THAT I'LL EXPLAIN IN THE SECOND.

UH, THE VOUCHER IS PRINTED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RED TAG.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A PERFORATED TAG, UM, THAT IS LIKE A COUPON, IT'S A VOUCHER THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE TO, UM, LOWE'S, UH, WHO WE'VE WORKED WITH.

SO I HAD REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL PLACES AND, UM, THAT THE CITY HAS VENDOR, EXISTING VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH.

AND SO LOWE'S WAS THE MOST, UM, EASIEST TO WORK WITH.

UH, I DID INQUIRE WITH BOTH OF THEM ABOUT WORKING WITH SEVERAL VENDORS KNOWING THAT LOWE'S IS IN ONE LOCATION, UH, VERSUS OTHER PLACES, UM, TO SEE IF WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE, UH, SEVERAL VENDORS LISTED ON THE COUPON.

UM, BUT THAT WAS NOT GONNA WORK FOR ANYBODY.

EVERYBODY DOESN'T LIKE TO SHARE AND GET ALONG.

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AND THEN THERE'S NO CASH VALUE TO THE VOUCHER, SO NO MATTER IF THE PRICE DECREASES OR INCREASES, THAT'S ONLY GONNA AFFECT US ON OUR SIDE WHEN THE BILLS COME TO PAY THOSE.

UM, SO IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE RESIDENTS AT ALL.

SO, UM, AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY BARRIERS THAT EXIST FOR RESIDENT TO REDEEM A VOUCHER, THE FIRST STEP WILL BE HOPEFULLY THAT THEY UTILIZE THEIR NETWORK, UM, WHO THEY GET THEIR GROCERIES THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S A NEIGHBOR, A FRIEND, A FAMILY MEMBER.

UM, IF THEY'VE EXHAUSTED ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES, THEN WE HERE AT THE CITY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO, UM, HAVE THAT PLAN IN PLACE.

SO, UH, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE WITH THE WATER AND SEWER ADVISORY BOARD TO SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER SOME TIME.

UM, OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, I WILL WORK MY MAGIC AND WE WILL, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH THAT PLAN, UH, AS IT COMES ABOUT.

UM, WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, THAT IS WHAT I HAVE AND IF I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? SO, EFFECTIVE DATE WAS NOVEMBER 1ST.

IS THAT FIRST OF THE MONTH? UM, YEAH.

COUNCIL WILL NEED TO ADOPT LEGISLATION, UH, RECOGNIZING THIS PROGRAM IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE, SO THERE WOULD BE A RESOLUTION, UH, ON AT THE NEXT, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.

SO I THINK THAT'S, UH, OCTOBER 24TH.

UH, AND THEN ONCE YOU DO THAT, UH, WE WOULD BEGIN, UM, WITH ANY BREAK THAT IF HAPPENS AFTER NOVEMBER ONE, UH, UTILIZING THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM TO BE OUR TEST RUN OR SEVERAL TEST RUNS.

UH, AND THEN WE WOULD MODIFY AS WE WENT.

AWESOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, SARAH, WHAT WAS YOUR LAST NAME? WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS. AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING? UH, IT'S FEBRUARY OF 2020.

QUITE A BIT IN TIME.

WELL, WELCOME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THANKS.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

ANITA, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY DO THE CHECKS ON OR ELDERLY OR DISABLED? SO THAT WAY IF THERE'S AN AREA HIT, OBVIOUSLY THOSE PEOPLE PROBABLY ARE GONNA NEED OUR ASSISTANCE TO GET THE WATER TO THEM.

I MEAN, I CAN NAME ON HUB TWO PEOPLE I'M THINKING OF RIGHT AWAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE FAMILY AROUND HERE THAT WE TAKE WATER TO, THAT THEY CAN'T CARRY A CASE.

THE ONE LADY CARRIES TWO BOTTLES AT A TIME IN, UM, CAN WE WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? MAYBE WHEN THERE IS A BREAK IN AN AREA TO GET THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO CHECKS ON THAT OBVIOUSLY LIVE ALONE AND OR DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCE SO THAT THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW TO CALL NECESSARILY AND STUFF THAT WE CAN GET THOSE CASES TO 'EM IN.

IN THIS INSTANCE, THERE'S IN, I, I BELIEVE THERE'S CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE, ON THE CARD, ON THE RED CARD THAT SAYS IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, CONTACT THE CITY.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF NISLEY, UM, I WON'T CALL IT A, UM, A PARAMEDICINE UNIT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT, UH, PROVIDED WITH THE ADDITIONAL STAFF IN 2023, CHIEF IS LOOKING TO DO SOME, UM, UM, SOME MORE AVANT-GARDE, UH, TYPE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY.

UH, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK WITH HIM ABOUT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY KNOWING THE FULL EXTENT OF WHAT IT IS THAT, THAT HIS PARTICULAR UNIT OR, OR THIS CONCEPT THAT HE'S PUTTING TOGETHER, HOW THAT WOULD ALL WORK.

I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR HIM TO SAY THAT, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO BRING IT TO HIS ATTENTION AND SEE WHAT HE CAN DO TO, TO TRY AND ACCOMMODATE THAT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.

ALSO IS, OKAY, A WATER MAIN BREAK HAPPENS FRIDAY NIGHT AT 10 O'CLOCK, SOMEBODY NEEDS ASSISTANCE, SOMEBODY MANNING THE PHONES OVER THE WEEKEND, HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? SO WITH, UH, WEEKEND BREAKS, UM, THEY'LL RECEIVE THOSE DOOR TAGS AND SO, UM, WE WILL HAVE TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET THERE.

ELSE? YES, GLEN, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO BRIAN, SARAH AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKED ON THIS.

ANYTHING, UH, MS. SHOWER, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG, UH, THE AVERAGE BOIL ADVISORY IS? UM, I DO NOT, BUT I CAN FIND THAT OUT.

UH, THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE IF IT IS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND YOU HAVE A HOUSE THAT, UH, HAS MULTIPLE TENANTS IN IT, THEN MAYBE ONE CASE WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH.

SO FOR, SO FOR THE BOIL ADVISORIES, AGAIN, IT'LL BE PART OF THAT EDUCATION PIECE THAT WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO BOIL WATER FOR.

IT'S SAFE TO SHOWER, IT'S SAFE TO WASH DISHES, IT'S MAY NOT BE SAFE FOR THEM TO DRINK UNLESS THEY BOIL IT FOR FIVE MINUTES.

SO THIS IS JUST A PREEMPTIVE AND A CASE OF 32 WATER, YOU KNOW, DOES GO PRETTY FAR.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANYONE

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I THINK THAT'S VERY DIRECT TO THE POINT THAT'S GONNA GET THE JOB DONE.

I'M JUST FINGERS CROSSED WE GET SOME MORE, UH, UM, LOCAL PROVIDERS TO JUMP ON, YOU KNOW, SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO GO TO LOWE'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A SOUTHERN PERSON LIVES FURTHER SOUTH OR WAY UP, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.

IF THERE'S A CLOSER PLACE, IT'D BE NICE, BUT RIGHT.

AND OTHERWISE IT'S GOOD.

AND, AND SARAH'S COMMENTS SHOULDN'T BE, SHOULDN'T BE MISCONSTRUED TO SAY THAT NO OTHER PARTNERS WANTED TO WORK WITH US, RIGHT? RIGHT.

THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS THAT GO INTO TO WHO WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT WHAT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PACKAGE IT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET IT FROM POINT A AT THE START OF, OF THE VENDOR TO THE END USER? AND SO THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, KROGER WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE GIFT CARDS.

OKAY, WELL, UM, GIFT CARDS CAN BE SPENT ON MULTIPLE THINGS, NOT JUST WATER.

UM, THERE WERE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO, UM, THEY NEEDED TO HAVE CERTAIN PIECES OF INFORMATION OR CERTAIN PIECES OF DOCUMENTATION THAT WE JUST COULDN'T GIVE TO PEOPLE, UH, TO, TO INCLUDE IN THE VOUCHER OR TO INCLUDE IN THE DOOR HANGERS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

IT HAPPENED TO BE THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, LOWE'S WAS AS VERSATILE AS WE NEEDED THEM TO BE AND ACCOMMODATING AS THEY COULD BE.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY ROSE TO THE TOP.

IT WASN'T THAT OTHERS WEREN'T WILLING TO HELP OR UNWILLING TO HELP THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAD TO GO INTO TO GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B FOR SURE.

WELL, CUZ REALLY THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS CREATE BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE TO GET ASSISTANCE.

AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS I ASKED EVERYBODY, ARE YOU WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER? AND IT WAS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, EITHER CORPORATE ED TAPE OR YOU KNOW, ALL THAT.

YES, I NEEDED ANSWER.

YOUR ANSWER IS 48 TO 72 HOURS.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM LIVING IN THE AREA, 48 TO 72 HOURS IS THE AVERAGE.

THAT'S, OH, THAT'S THE AVERAGE.

MM-HMM.

UM, SO TWO TO FOUR DAYS.

UM, THANK YOU ALSO WITH THAT, GOING BACK, SO YOU HAVE THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSON THAT LIVES DOWN IN MY AREA OF TOWN, UM, GETTING TO BE WINTER.

SO YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO GO GET THE WATER OUT LOWE'S AND DELIVER IT? IT WOULD BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

MAYOR, I'M JUST GONNA THROW THIS OUT HERE AS AN IDEA.

UM, SOMETIMES THE MILITARY HAS THOSE TABLETS YOU JUST DROP IN THE WATER AND IT'S DONE.

WOULD THAT BE MORE SUITABLE OF A PRODUCT? I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A CASE OF WATER, BUT IF FOR THE ELDERLY PERSON THAT COULDN'T GET OUT THAT WOULD FIRST RISE A PILL IN THE WATER, WE CAN CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE THAT.

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GONNA KEEP HAVING BREAKS AND IF THIS PERSON REALLY IS AT A DISADVANTAGE, YOU COULDN'T GET OUT, THAT WOULD F SUFFICE THE QUANTITY, THE LOAD AND IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THAT.

YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE THAT.

NO ONE ELSE.

WELL, YES, NOT SARAH.

WILL THE, UH, WILL THE VOUCHER OR THE BOIL ADVISORY WITH THE VOUCHER, WILL IT BE DATED? WILL THERE BE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON THIS? UM, I DON'T SEE PEOPLE, UM, MASSIVELY ABUSING THE PROGRAM, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE VOUCHER SHOULD BE, UM, ETERNAL IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T USE IT DURING THE NEEDED PERIOD.

SO AGAIN, WORKING WITH LOWE'S, THEY'RE VERY VERSATILE.

UM, AND WE WILL HAVE MONTHLY CONTACT WITH THEM.

UM, AGAIN, AS PART OF REEVALUATING THIS ON AN ONGOING BASIS, UM, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED.

UH, CURRENTLY THERE ISN'T ONE THAT WE'VE PRINTED ON THERE, BUT I WILL RUN THAT BY PM UM, AND SEE CUZ THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, THAT PRINT THESE TAGS.

ANYTHING ELSE? UH, JUST A QUICK POINT.

UH, WE'LL PROVIDE THE COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION TO THE CLERK SO IT CAN BE UPLOADED, UH, ONLINE SO OTHER FOLKS CAN SEE IT.

AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE EMAIL OUT COPIES OF THE, UH, VOUCHERS TO MEMBERS OF COUNSEL SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

ANY OBJECTION TO SAME, THIS RESOLUTION ON MONDAY, DID YOU SAY? MONDAY THE NEXT, UH, IT'LL BE AT THE, UH, PROVIDED THERE WERE NO CONCERNS TONIGHT, SIR.

WE'LL HAVE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, THE 24TH, I BELIEVE.

IS THAT OKAY? THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE F, WHICH IS THE ODOT PRELIMINARY LEGISLATION FOR THE BR PIKE, CHRIS SURFACING, RUSS.

[ ODOT Preliminary Legislation - Brandt Pike Resurfacing]

THAT'S MINE.

UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

UM, WHAT THIS IS LED, UH, THIS LEGISLATION IS, UH, FOR ODOT TO OBTAIN OUR CONSENT, UM, TO INITIATE PROJECT PROGRAMMING FOR THE RESURFACING OF GRANT PIKE, WHICH IS STATE ROUTE 2 0 2 FROM, UM, I'M SORRY, 2 0 1 FROM, UH, FISHBURG ROAD TO THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS.

SO IT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE, WHAT WE DID

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THIS YEAR ON DETROIT PIKE.

IT'LL BE NEXT YEAR ON, ON, UH, BRENT PIKE.

UM, SO AS I SAID, NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE PROJECT.

THEY'LL MILL AND PA THE FULL WIDTH OF BRENT PIKE AND THEN RESTRIPE THE ROAD.

UM, THEY'LL, ODOT WILL BID THIS PROJECT OUT, UM, PROBABLY AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THE PAVING USUALLY WILL OCCUR IN THE FALL SIMILAR TO THIS YEAR.

AND, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY RECOMMEND THAT THEY DO IT AT NIGHT.

AGAIN, I THINK THAT WORKS BEST FOR, UH, TRAFFIC.

UM, ODOT WILL MANAGE AND INSPECT ALL THE WORK, AND THE CITY WILL ULTIMATELY PAY 20% OF THE TOTAL COST.

AND THAT'S, UM, UM, YEAH, I GUESS PART OF THIS LEGISLATION IS US AGREEING TO PAY THAT 20.

IS ITEM THREE G, WHICH IS THE ODO BRIDGE INSPECTION AGREEMENT PRESS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING ON? OKAY, THANK YOU.

[ ODOT Bridge Inspection Agreement]

YEAH, THIS IS A KIND OF THE SAME TYPE OF THING.

UM, O DOT'S ASKING FOR OUR CONSENT, UH, TO RENEW A BRIDGE INSPECTION AGREEMENT FOR ONE MORE YEAR, WHICH WILL GO THROUGH, UH, 2023.

UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY YEARS AND IT HELPS, UH, MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE TO ACHIEVE THE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FOR, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BRIDGE INSPECTION AND THE CRITERIA FOR THAT.

UM, THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS 33 BRIDGES OR CULVERTS, MAINLY CULVERTS, THAT ARE INSPECTED BY AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT THAT IS HIRED BY ODA.

UM, CURRENTLY NONE OF THE STRUCTURES, INVER HEIGHT HAVE A POOR RATING, BUT EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH THESE, UH, INSPECTIONS AND VERIFY THAT WE'RE EVERYTHING'S OKAY YET.

UM, THE NEXT BRIDGE, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE NEXT BRIDGE ON TAYLORSVILLE ROAD AT WILLOW CREEK IS CURRENTLY, UH, BEING LOOKED AT AND WILL PROBABLY BE REPLACED, I THINK EITHER NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S HANDLING THAT.

SO, UM, AND THIS PROGRAM IS FULLY FUNDED BY ODA, SO THIS IS JUST THE AGREEMENT TO RENEW THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.

THEY'LL COME BACK AND, UH, HOPEFULLY START OF A NEW AGREEMENT AND DO IT OVER AGAIN FOR FREE.

HOPEFULLY IN THE PAST, PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE USED TO HAVE TO PAY THE COUNTY TO DO THE INSPECTIONS, BUT NOW IT'S BEEN FREE ALL THIS TIME.

IS ITEM THREE H RYAN STORMWATER FEES.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR US ON THIS AGREEMENT? ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS UP? OKAY, NEXT

[ Stormwater Fees]

UH, YES, SIR.

UH, I KNOW THIS IS AN ITEM THAT COUNCIL HAS SEEN PREVIOUSLY.

UM, LISTENED TO SOME, LISTENING TO SOME OF THE DIALOGUE, UH, FROM HERE ON THE DIAS AND THEN TALKING WITH SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UH, WANTED TO, UH, JUST SHARE IT WITH SOME COUNCIL, UH, SOME MORE INFORMATION OR I GUESS SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR FEE AND WHY IT EXISTS, WHAT WE INTEND TO USE IT FOR, UH, AND WHY, UH, IT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS, UH, ITEM MOVE FORWARD IS PRESENTED.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE, UH, THE CITY, UH, IS A PARTICIPANT, UH, IF YOU WILL, IN THE NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM.

UH, AND THIS IS AN EPA MANDATED PROGRAM THAT'S A DERIVATIVE OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.

UH, AND EFFECTIVELY, UH, WE ARE CHARGED WITH REDUCING THE POLLUTANTS THAT MAKE IT INTO THE GROUNDWATER, OR MOST DIRECTLY THE STREAMS IN THE RIVERS.

UH, THIS PROGRAM, UH, GOES BACK A MULTITUDE OF YEARS, UH, AND IN 2003, UH, WE WERE MANDATED AS THE CITY TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR A STORM WATER FEE TO HELP US COMPLY WITH, UH, THE EPA REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PERMIT.

UH, AND THAT'S WHERE THE ORIGINAL $2 CAME FROM, UH, BACK, UH, BACK IN, IN, UH, 2003.

UH, THROUGH THE COURSE OF THAT TIME, WE HAVE NOT RAISED, UM, WE HAVE NOT RAISED THAT FEE.

UH, AND THERE WAS A QUESTION AND CONCERN, UH, FROM A FEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ABOUT WHY WE, WE CHOSE THE PARTICULAR, UH, FEE THAT WE DID, UH, THE THREE 50, UM, AND, UH, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TOWARDS, UH, IN THE FUTURE, UH, GOING BACK AND WORKING THROUGH, UH, THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, THEIR WEBSITE, UH, WE RAN AN INFLATION, UH, COMPUTATION.

THEY HAVE A TABLE, UH, AND WE'LL MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL, UH, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IT.

UH, BUT IN 2003, UH, $2, UH, IF YOU WERE TO ACCOUNT FOR, UH, INFLATION BETWEEN THEN AND, UH, THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, UH, THE RATE WOULD BE $3 AND 22 CENTS IS WHAT INFLATION WOULD'VE DRIVEN THAT $2 TO, UH, IN THAT, THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO I WANTED COUNSEL TO BE AWARE OF THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF INFORMATION, UH, IN LOOKING TO, UH, IN LOOKING TO TALK ABOUT THE FEE AND, AND HOW THAT FEE WILL BE USED AND, AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE CITY.

UH, THE $3 AND 50 CENTS THAT'S PROPOSED, UH, WOULD GENERATE, UH, APPROXIMATELY, UH, ANOTHER $461,000 A YEAR.

UH, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, IN SOME OF THE EARLIER INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED,

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UH, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT PURCHASING EQUIPMENT AND DOING SOME OTHER THINGS, UM, THAT WOULD SEEM COUNTERINTUITIVE.

I, I GUESS IF YOU WERE, UH, IF YOU WERE THINKING THAT STORM WATER WAS JUST, UH, DITCHES AND STORM DRAINS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THE CITY CAN DO, AND MOST CITIES DO, UH, TO HELP MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THEIR, UH, THEIR STORM PERMIT THROUGH THE EPA IS STREET, UH, SWEEP THE STREETS.

UH, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SWEEPER AND WE CURRENTLY SWEEP, UH, ALL STREETS WITHIN THE CITY, UH, TWICE ANNUALLY IS THE GOAL.

UH, LARGER STREETS OR, OR THE MORE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WE ATTEMPT TO SWEEP MORE OFTEN.

AND THE REASON THAT WE DO THIS IS BECAUSE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING, WHEN THEY ARE DONE SMOKING THEIR CIGARETTES, THEY FLIP THEIR BUTTS OUT AND THEY GO IN THE PANS AND THEY SPIN THE BOTTLE CAPS OFF, AND THOSE GO IN THE GUTTER PANS AND ALL KINDS OF MATERIAL COLLECTS IN THE GUTTER PANS OVER TIME.

UM, WHEN IT RAINS, GUTTER PAN FILLS WITH WATER, AND THE WATER TAKES THAT TO THE CATCH BASINS.

THAT MATERIAL, UM, AT FIRST WILL MAKE IT TO THE CREEKS OR TO THE RIVERS.

UH, AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT SEDIMENT WILL SETTLE, AND THEN THAT STARTS CLOGGING AND BACKING UP THE STORM DRAINS.

AND THAT CREATES A WHOLE OTHER SET OF ISSUES.

AND SO THE, ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TRYING TO MEET THE STORM WATER COMPLIANCE MATTERS, UH, IS TO STREET SWEEP THE STREETS MORE OFTEN.

AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY, UH, STAFF IS ADVOCATING THAT WITH THE INCREASE OF THESE FUNDS THAT WE ACQUIRE A NEW STREET SWEEPER, UH, SIMILARLY, UH, LEAF ACT BECAUSE WE COLLECT LEAVES, PEOPLE RA THOSE LEAVES TO THE STREET, UH, OR TO THE, UH, CURB EDGE, THEY FALL INTO THE GUTTER PAN.

AND JUST LIKE DEBRIS, UH, LITTER DEBRIS, THEY'LL GO DOWN INTO THE GUTTERS, UH, AND CO THE STORM DRAINS.

UH, AND THEN WHEN THEY MAKE IT TO THE STREAMS IN THE RIVERS IN QUANTITY, UH, THEIR, UH, BIOLOGICAL CONTENT WILL ACTUALLY THROW OFF THE, UH, THE PH BALANCE OF THE STREAMS IN THE RIVERS.

AND THAT HAS A WHOLE OTHER CONNOTATION, UH, THAT SOMEBODY WEIGHS SMARTER THAN I AM CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU.

BUT, UH, SO THIS IS WHY, UM, THE LEAF BACK AND THE, THE, UH, THE JETAR TRUCK, OR EXCUSE ME, NOT THE JETAR TRUCK, BUT UM, UH, THE STREET SWEEP APPEAR ON THE LIST IN FUTURE YEARS, YOU MIGHT SEE THINGS LIKE A JETAR TRUCK, WHICH WE USE, UH, TO CLEAN OUT THE CATCH BASINS.

UH, AND THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER CAN FLOW TO THE RIVER, UH, OR TO THE STREAM.

AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, AS YOU'VE HEARD, UH, PRESENTATIONS FROM, UH, THE BIG THREE EARLIER IN THE YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE MANPOWER, UH, TO CONTINUE, UH, TO MAINTAIN THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, THAT WE HAVE, THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, AND SO PART OF THIS NEW FEE WOULD GO TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MANPOWER TO HELP MAINTAIN THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND TO UTILIZE THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, UH, AS INTENDED.

SO THAT'S ALSO A REASON WHY WE'RE REQUESTING THE FEE BE, UH, RAISED THE WAY THAT IT IS, UH, TO THE THREE 50.

IN ADDITION TO, UM, SPEAKING OF MAINTENANCE, I SHOULD SAY, UH, BACK TO STREET SWEEPING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU MIGHT NOTICE IF YOU DRIVE AROUND TOWN, UM, IN LATE SPRING, SOMETIMES EVEN IN EARLY FALL, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S WEEDS OR GRASS GROWING IN, UH, THAT SEAM BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE GUTTER.

UH, ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SWEEP THROUGH THERE, GET ALL OF THAT GRIT AND ALL OF THAT, UH, RESIDUAL BUILDUP OUTTA THE GUTTER PAN.

AND THEN THAT HELPS, UH, THE STREET AND THE CURVES LAST LONGER.

SO WE'RE MAINTAINING, UH, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, ANOTHER REASON THAT, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UH, COUNCIL CONSIDER THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE IS THAT CURRENTLY, UH, WE PULL APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, OUT OF THE STREET FUND ANNUALLY, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, CATCH BASE AND REPAIRS AS WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, RAISING THIS FEE WILL ALLOW US TO USE STORM WATER DIRECT, UH, DIRECTED REVENUES TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND ALLOW US TO RETURN THIS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BACK TO THE STREET FUND SO THAT WE CAN DO AN EXTRA A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF, OF ASPHALT WORK, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, WITH OUR STREET PROGRAM.

SO THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL REASONS, AND I THINK SOME LEGITIMATE REASONS, UH, WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE PREMISE BEHIND, UH, THE PERMIT AND WHY WE HAVE THE FEE, UH, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, THAT THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE MOVE FORWARD, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO TAKE CARE OF AND MAINTAIN THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND TO BE EPA COMPLIANT.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL, RECONSIDER THIS MATTER, UH, THIS EVENING AND, UH, TAKE THIS MATTER UNDER ACTION ON, UH, ON MONDAY.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, SIR, THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER.

THANKS.

BRIAN DOES NO, UH, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR LIKE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION FROM BRIAN, NANCY, BRIAN, I SEE HERE ON THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED AS THAT YOU HAVE THE 2021 TOTAL EXPENSES AND REVENUE BASED

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ON THE CURRENT FEE? UM, I WOULD, I WOULD BE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT OUR 2022 EXPENSES TO DATE ARE PROBABLY CLOSE TO OR EXCEEDING THE REVENUE THAT'S CITED RIGHT THERE, IF ONLY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED GAS AND DIESEL PRICES.

SO IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THREE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR.

IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR, UH, BECAUSE IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA GO RED.

AND IN, AND IN THIS INSTANCE, THOSE WILL, THOSE PLAN EXPENSES WILL JUST BE EXPENSES THAT WE WON'T INCUR TO STAY WITHIN THE BUDGET.

BUT, UH, YES, THIS WOULD, UH, THIS RATE INCREASE WOULD ALSO HELP US ACCOMMODATE FOR THE, UH, THE INFLATIONARY ISSUES THAT WE'VE ALL FACED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, GO AHEAD.

NOPE.

UM, BRIAN, IN THE, UM, THE ATTACHMENT TO THE, TO THE TOPIC HERE, UM, GOING THROUGH IT, YOU'RE SHOWING THE TOTAL EXPENSES, REVENUES, UM, THERE'S ANOTHER, THE ONLY OTHER RED ITEM ON THERE SHOWS THE STORMWATER FEE INCREASE FROM $2 TO $3.

IS THAT WHAT THE CURRENT ASK IS NOW? I CAUSED IT THREE.

I PUT THAT IN FROM THE FIRST MEETING I WAS HERE, AND AT THAT POINT WE WERE ADJUSTING IT TO $3.

SINCE THEN IT WAS CHANGED TO THREE 50.

ALRIGHT.

SO THANK YOU.

THE AGREEMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WAS RAISING TO THREE 50, BUT THEN REMOVING ANY FURTHER CPI INCREASES BEYOND THAT? I THINK THAT'S, SO IT WAS GONNA BE THREE, RIGHT? AND THEN THE CPI INCREASES, SO WE TOOK THOSE AWAY, THEN WE JUST SAID, HOW ABOUT THREE 50 AND IT JUST STOPS.

UM, BRIAN, WOULD YOU BE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BURGE MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, CURRENT COSTS, UH, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK, UH, STAFF TO THE NEXT WORK SESSION AND, UH, GIVE A BEST, UM, YOU KNOW, NUMBER THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN WITH STAFF ON WHAT THE CURRENT EXPENSES ARE? SURE.

SO I, A BUDGET BREAKDOWN OF WHERE WE ARE RELATIVE TO WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED AND, AND WHAT WE'VE EXPENDED OR PLANNED TO EXPEND.

THAT'S, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

CORRECT, BASED ON, YEAH, DON'T THINK BE ANYTHING ELSE.

UH, MAYOR, IF WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THAT, UH, ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION IN THE NEXT WORK SESSION, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

DOES THAT CHANGE THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEN FROM THE RESOLUTION, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT BRIAN COULD GATHER AN EMAIL TO ACCOUNTABLE? WELL, IT'S, IT'S AN ORDINANCE, SO IT WOULD LIKELY HAVE TWO READINGS.

UM, SO IT COULD BE PLACED ON MONDAY'S AGENDA FOR A FIRST READING, BE PASSED TO A SECOND READING AT THAT MEETING, AND THEN IN THE INTERIM IT COULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE NEXT COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.

WOULD THAT BE SATISFACTORY? YOU HAD TO HAVE IT AT THE FIRST READING AND THEN HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE THEN RATHER THAN MOVING IT FURTHER DOWN TO ANOTHER WORK SESSION.

COUNCILWOMAN BGE MADE THE REQUEST, SO YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

I I WOULD BE FINE WITH IT BEING PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING, BUT, SO, SO THAT'S GOTTA GO TO TWO READINGS.

YEAH, I KNOW.

HAVE THE INFORMATION.

WELL, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, UH, IS THERE A, IS THERE AN URGENCY TO GET THIS, UH, PASSED WHERE WE WOULD ASK, BE ASKED TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING? UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TYPICALLY ABOUT 90 DAYS OUT, SO COUNCIL'S ACTION TODAY PUTS US ABOUT 90 DAYS OUT BEFORE ANYTHING COULD BECOME EFFECTIVE.

UM, IF COUNCIL, IF COUNCIL HAS NO ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR FEE, IF IT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, BEING IN AN OFF CYCLE SAY, GOING INTO EFFECT IN FEBRUARY OR GOING INTO EFFECT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME OTHER POINT OTHER THAN MAYBE A MORE DEFINITIVE MARK, LIKE A JANUARY ONE, WHICH IS HOW THIS LEGISLATION IS SET UP, WE CAN DELAY IT.

I MEAN, IT'S COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE TO DELAY IT AND WE WOULD JUST ACCOMMODATE THAT DELAY FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

UH, AS THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK HAVE SUGGESTED, WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BETWEEN THE FIRST READING AND THE SECOND READING.

UH, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY HESITATION OR IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN FROM COUNCIL, UM, WE CAN RESPOND TO THAT AS WELL.

SO NANCY, YET, ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH, UH, THE FIRST READING ON MONDAY, SEEING THAT INFORMATION DELIVERED THEN? THAT'S FINE.

AND IF IT'S GOING, IT'S GOING TO A SECOND READING, CORRECT? YES.

THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH TIME TO READ AND DIGEST THE INFORMATION.

I HAVE SOMETHING, BRIAN? YES, SIR.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, SO ANY OBJECTION TO THIS? YES, MARK?

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YOU'VE INDICATED THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE COUNCIL AND YOU'VE ATTENDED THE MEETINGS WHERE PUBLICLY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE? YES, SIR.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS SUGGESTING THAT WE ELIMINATE THE FEE? NO, SIR.

ME EITHER.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ELIMINATING THE FEE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COVERING COST, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SO EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO RESEARCH IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAS INDICATED THAT MOST CITIES WILL COVER COST WITH THE STORM WATER FEE.

ITEM THREE I DOGTOWN DEMOLITION AND AWARDING THAT CONTRACT.

AND IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES, SIR.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND MAYOR, THIS WILL BE ON FOR MONDAY OF FIRST READING? YES.

OKAY, THANKS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE THAT ON TO MONDAY FOR FIRST READING.

NEXT IS

[ Dogtown - Demolition - Award Contract]

RUSS? UH, YES.

UM, OKAY.

UH, THIS LEGISLATION WILL, UM, EXCUSE ME, AUTHORIZE THE AWARD AND ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH MAX SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY CONSULTANTS.

UH, THEY WERE THE LOWEST AND BEST BIDDER ON THE, FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING, ITS SIT, STAY IN PLAY, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS DOG TOWN.

UH, IT'S THEIR CURRENT BUILDING, UH, LOCATED AT 61 21 BRAND PIKE.

UH, WE HAD A BID OPENING FOR THIS DEMOLITION ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.

THERE WERE FIVE CONTRACTORS THAT SUBMITTED BIDS AND, UH, I THINK YOU HAVE THE BID TABULATION IN YOUR PACKET.

UM, MAX SOLVE SUBMITTED A BID OF 97,400 WITH 40 CALENDAR DAYS COMPLETION TIME.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, AWARD IT TO THEM AND, UH, WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 110,000.

UM, MAX SOLVE IS THE COMPANY THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TO DO ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AT MARION METAL SITE.

I BELIEVE THEY WILL BE, THEY'RE USING A SUBCONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK.

SO, UM, THE WORK WILL BEGIN AROUND THANKSGIVING AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED AROUND NEW YEAR'S.

IS ITEM THREE J, WHICH IS TEXT AMENDMENTS AND THE USES FOR THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, RUSS.

ANY QUESTIONS? NANCY? RUSS? WHAT DID DURST BROTHERS THINK? THEY WERE BIDDING.

I THINK THEY'RE BUSY AND THEY JUST THREW IT IN THERE.

THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT.

I KIND OF THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WENT, THAT PEOPLE, YEAH.

MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY? OKAY.

AND NEXT UP

[ Text Amendments - Uses - Agricultural District]

BRIAN? UH, YES, SIR.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS A MATTER OF, UH, CONCERN TO COUNSEL.

UH, YOU HAD ASKED FOR, UH, CONTRACTED PLANNER CRE, UH, TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE ON WHAT MIGHT BE THE NEXT BEST APPROPRIATE WAY TO, UH, ADDRESS THE, UH, THIS, WE'LL CALL IT THE, THE SKILL WE ISSUE.

UM, UH, FROM, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS BACK.

UH, HE WAS HOPING TO BE HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO TALK WITH COUNSEL ABOUT HIS RECOMMENDATION.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, HE HAD A SCHEDULED CONFLICT, UH, WITH A CLIENT IN NEBRASKA, WHICH IS WHY HE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

UH, BUT HE DID PROVIDE A, UH, DETAILED MEMO ABOUT, UH, WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE BEST DIRECTION FORWARD BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE AND EVALUATION TO THIS ISSUE.

UH, BASED ON THAT, UH, MEMO, UH, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM COUNSEL OR STAFF WILL BEGIN THE NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THAT RECOMMENDATION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN THIS EVENING? OKAY, ON THE CONTENT THAT BROUGHT, THAT AARON GAVE US? YES.

UM, YEAH.

UNDER THE BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT.

YES, MA'AM.

ON ITEM THREE, IS THIS A COMMON BATHROOM OR IS THERE A DEDICATED ONE TO EACH, EACH GUEST.

NOW, IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, YOU'RE REFERRING TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, IS THAT CORRECT? ITEM THREE, EXCUSE ME.

ONE TIME UNDER BED AND BREAKFAST? UH, YES.

THAT WOULD BE ONE BATHROOM TO BE SHARED BY, UP TO BY FIVE BEDROOMS. UM, OH, WELL THAT WOULD BE FOUR, CORRECT? BECAUSE, UH, THE, I BELIEVE THE CONDITIONS REQUIRE THAT THE OWNER OPERATOR LIVE ON SITE AS WELL.

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE OWNER OPERATOR WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN AT ANY RATE.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS I WOULD ADD COMMON SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT, UM, AND, AND THIS WILL BE AN ITEM IN THAT COUNCIL WILL SEE LEGISLATIVELY.

PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD SEE AND RECOMMEND.

SO COUNCIL WILL HAVE TIME TO INPUT AND AMEND THE FINAL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD OFFICIALLY AMEND THE CODE, BUT THIS IS THE WORKING DRAFT THAT STAFF WOULD SPEND WOULD, EXCUSE ME, NOT SPEND, BUT WOULD SEND INTO THE PROCESS OF WHAT WOULD BE THE AMENDMENT, UH, THAT

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SO THIS IS JUST REALLY THE STARTING POINTS OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDED POINTS, WHAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS ABOUT NOT HAVING A BMV SIGN THERE? IF WE WOULD ALLOW THAT TO BE THERE, WHY NOT ALLOW A SIGN? UH, I BELIEVE THAT THE INTENT OF LIMITING OR PROHIBITING THE SIGNAGE IS THAT IT, IT STANDS OUT OF PLACE.

THAT SIGN STANDS OUT OF PLACE TO THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE IDEA BEING THAT THE BED AND BREAKFAST IS AN ELEMENT WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OR THAT IS A, AN ELEMENT IN A NON-COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

AND SO TO HAVE THE SIGN WOULD CALL OUT, UH, THE, UM, THE UNIQUENESS OF THAT USE WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY OR WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, OKAY.

UM, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, AARON'S MEMO? YES, RICHARD, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, BRIAN, IN, IN RELATION TO THE BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE'LL BE GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT, UH, FROM, FROM A VRBO, A VACATION RENTAL, UH, AIRBNB? UM, HOW ARE, HOW ARE WE DECIPHERING THE, THE TWO? WELL, AND, AND, AND, AND I'LL LET YOU THINK ON THAT BECAUSE THE REAL CRUX OF WHAT I'M GETTING TO IS THE REVENUE PORTION, UM, AND A MULTITUDE OF JURISDICTIONS TAKEN UP, UH, UH, VACATION HOME RENTALS, UH, BED BREAKFAST, UM, ORDINANCES.

UM, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THOSE ENTITIES, UM, FALL ALONG THE, THE HOTEL TAX, UH, THAT THIS CITY IS CURRENTLY NOT GETTING WITH SEVERAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

SO HOW WOULD THAT BE ANY DIFFERENT, UH, FROM THAT? WELL, IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, AGAIN, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE PURVEYOR WHO IS ON SITE, UH, AS OPPOSED TO A V B O WHERE, UM, YOU'RE RENTING OUT THE WHOLE HOUSE OR AS OPPOSED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AN AIRBNB WHERE THE RESIDENT SOMETIMES IS, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IS NOT AN OCCUPANT ON SITE.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BED AND BREAKFAST AND, UM, AND SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU PROVIDED.

UM, THESE TYPES OF ESTABLISHMENTS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE KNOWN TO US THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

SO THEREFORE WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE WANTED TO PROVIDE FOR THAT TAX.

UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO.

UH, BUT BASED ON THE RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE, UH, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE JUICES WERE TO SQUEEZE ON THAT AT THIS POINT.

SO, UM, AND AGAIN, UH, THESE ARE JUST STARTING DISCUSSIONARY POINTS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WHEN THIS COMES BACK BEFORE COUNCIL, I'M SURE IT'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS, UH, AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT AREN'T INCLUDED, UH, IN THIS PROPOSAL.

EXCELLENT.

I, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.

UM, AND I, I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, MAY HAVE COMMENTS ON THAT AS WELL, UH, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO KIND OF PREEMPT THAT JUST A BIT.

UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO FROM THERE WHEN COUNCIL REVISITS THIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR NANCY? YES.

UM, AND, AND IN THE, UH, FIRST PARAGRAPH OF, OF HIS LETTER, THE LAST SENTENCE, IT SAYS, UM, HOWEVER, UNLIKE REZONING OR VARIANCE, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT EXPIRES IF THE USE OF DISCONTINUED FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR.

THIS TAKES US BACK TO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HAVING A CONDITIONAL ZONING CHANGE.

I GUESS I'M HAVING A HARD TIME RECONCILING, UM, WHERE THE FINE LINE IS BETWEEN THE TWO.

UM, I WOULD DEFER THEN TO, UH, MR. CRELL WHEN HE MAKES HIS FINAL PRESENTATION TO COUNSEL ON THIS MATTER WHEN IT COMES THROUGH AS PART OF THE, UM, AS PART OF THE CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS.

ANYONE ELSE? ED? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, TONY, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PROCESS GOING TO BE GOING FORWARD FOR COUNSEL ON THIS MEASURE? UH, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD COUNSEL INITIATED, UH, TEXT AMENDMENTS, COUNSEL'S TAKEN FORMAL ACTION BY A VOTE OF, ON A MOTION OR A RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THAT THESE TEXT AMENDMENTS BE SENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE PREFERRED COURSE OF ACTION ONCE THAT'S DONE.

THEN AS, UH, MR. CHO KOWSKI INDICATED THE TEXT AMENDMENT WOULD BE PRESENTED IN A DRAFT FORM TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS TO EVALUATE IT, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WOULD THEN PROCEED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

VOTE REQUIREMENT ON THAT? IT WOULD BE A SUPER MAJORITY OF IT'S GONNA BE A CHANGE OR, UH, A DIFFERENT DECISION THAN THEY RECOMMENDED.

AND IN THAT FINAL APPROVAL, UH, BASED ON WHAT, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION HAS SENT US TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, UH, WHAT'S THE

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AND THEN, UH, THE TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND, UM, ARE THOSE GONNA BE ON THE LEGISLATION, UH, GOING FORWARD SOON? IS THAT GOING TO BE MONDAY'S MEETING? IS THAT GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE? I GUESS THAT'S CORRECT.

I WOULD DEFER TO THOSE CITY MANAGER FOR THAT PART.

AM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LAW DIRECTOR THIS MORNING.

UM, HE ADVISED THAT WE JUST TAKE THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, AND BEGIN THE PROCESS.

BUT IF IT HAS BEEN THE PAST PRACTICE OF COUNSEL TO INITIATE LEGISLATION ON THIS, WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD ON THE, UH, 24TH THINK.

IN SOME CASES IT'S BEEN DONE BY A MOTION 24TH OF OCTOBER, SIMPLE MOTION.

TO DIRECT THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO YEAH, IF IT'S COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE THAT LEGISLATION BE PASSED, WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE 24TH.

UH, HOWEVER, IF YOU WOULD PREFER THAT, UH, DIRECTION BE GIVEN, OR I GUESS I SHOULD SAY, UH, IF STAFF MOVE IN LIGHT OF NO OBJECTIONS, UH, THIS EVENING, WE'RE HAPPY TO, WE'RE HAPPY TO GO THAT ROUTE AS WELL.

COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE.

UM, ED, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? UH, WELL, ONE MORE STATEMENT.

UM, UH, BRIAN, I SEE MR. SORELL HAD, UH, THE INFORMATION IN HERE.

HE DID, UH, SEVEN NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, BATH TOWNSHIP, BETHEL BUTLER TOWNSHIP, DAYTON, FAIRBORNE, VANDEL, AND I'M ASSUMING HARRISON TOWNSHIP AS WELL.

YES, SIR.

SEVENTH.

SO I THINK THAT WAS THE INFORMATION THAT I REQUESTED, UH, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN SHAW HAD REQUESTED AS WELL, OR SECONDED THAT, I GUESS.

UM, BUT, UH, THAT INFORMATION IS INFORMATIVE AND I THINK THAT, UH, GIVES A BROADER PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, MAYOR, I DO NOTICE THAT IN THOSE SEVEN JURISDICTIONS, UM, MR. SORELL FOUND THAT THERE IS NO, UM, PERMIT USE FOR AUTO REPAIR IN THE, IN THE AG DISTRICTS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION FROM SOMEONE ABOUT HOW TO MOVE THIS FORWARD BY MOTION, BY, UH, BY RESOLUTION TO GO BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION.

YES, RICHARD? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, IT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION, UH, IN RECOMMENDATION, UH, ON MONDAY TO HAVE A MOTION, UH, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CLERK TO SEND THIS TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW, WHICH WILL THEN ULTIMATELY COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

SO MOTION NOT RESOLUTION, IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT I, I FIND A MOTION IS ACCEPTABLE.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO RICHARD'S RECOMMENDATION THAT A MOTION IS SUFFICIENT? I DO, I DO BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO HEAR BRIAN'S, I MEAN, UH, UH, AARON'S FURTHER EXPLANATION ON THE, UH, AND IT CAN, UH, REZONING THIS, THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UH, IF, IF WE, IF IT GOES TO THE MEETING ON MONDAY, IS AARON GONNA BE THERE TO ADDRESS IT? UH, THIS IS NEW INFORMATION, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE IS FOR THAT MEETING.

UM, HIS SCHEDULE IS AVAILABILITY FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, UH, I DON'T SEE A LOT HERE.

THAT MAKES ME WANNA JUMP UP AND DOWN AND, AND TURN AROUND AND SEND IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH ITERATIONS TRYING TO NARROW IT DOWN AND THEN COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

AND WE NEED A SUPER MAJORITY.

WELL, I THINK AARON WOULD BE WORKING WITH PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT COMES BACK BEFORE COUNCIL IS A FULL SUFFICIENT DOCUMENT.

UM, OKAY, SO RICHARD HAS A RECOMMENDATION AND NANCY HAS AN OBJECTION.

SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO'S, WHO'S, WHO'S WHERE GLENN, I WOULD SUPPORT, UH, RICHARD'S RECOMMENDATION TO SEND TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND HAVE THEM REVIEW AND RETURN.

SO THERE'S KIND OF, UH, A RECOMMENDATION.

RICHARD AND GLENN AGREES WITH THAT, UM, IS A MAJORITY OBJECTION TO, UH, DIRECTING PLANNING COMMISSION BY MOTION ON MONDAY.

THREE K, THE ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE PROPERTY AT THE WELL FIELD THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NOT SAYING A MAJORITY OBJECTION.

WE WILL MOVE THIS TO THE MEETING ON MONDAY TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, SEND THIS TO PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH WOULD THEN COME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

NEXT, ITEM

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IT'S AN EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION.

SO THEN BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WOULD TAKE THAT TO MEAN WE WOULD NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE A MOTION DON? SO MOVED.

WE'LL NEED A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF UNNEEDED PROPERTY BY COMPETITIVE BID.

AND FOR THE SECOND REASON FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY CONCERNING DISPUTES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF IMMINENT COURT ACTION.

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SECOND, ANITA.

SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING EITHER THE ITEMS THAT MR. ROGERS? OKAY, TONY, IF YOU WOULD.

AND MOTION CARRIES FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION EIGHT TO ZERO.

UH, UPON LEAVING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT WILL COME BACK OUT AND MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE IF ANY DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

MARK.