[00:00:12] >>. >>> GOOD EVENING, TOWNS PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, IT IS APRIL 21ST. TONY WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE. >> TONE. >> MR. BAKER. >> HERE. >> MR. BAKER. >> HERE. >> MAYOR GORE. >> MR. BAKER. >> HERE. >> MS. KITCHEN. >> HERE. >> MR. WEBB. >> PRESENT. >> AWESOME. THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE, AND THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO BE HERE, AND HE [2. Approval Of Minutes] INFORMED TONY WHY HE WOULD NOT BE HERE. WE WILL MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR APRIL 7TH IF YOU ALL HAD TIME TO READ THEM, APRIL 27TH, 26, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE [ City Manager Report] MINUTES? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WITHOUT OBJECTION, MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ITEM NO. 3, WORK ACTION TOPICS OF DISCUSSION, CITY MANAGER, JOHN. >> YES, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR DID HE RECOLLECT DOING WELL. >> A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE, IF YOU AREN'T AWARE, WE JUST ENED TAX SEASON. JUST A COUPLE OF NUMBERS I HAD ALEX LOOK AT AND PREPARE FOR. FIRST OF ALL, I'VE DONE IT, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE TAX DEPARTMENT. I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB. WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, THEY HAD 2,858 AND HAD IN-HOUSE APPOINTMENTS TO PREPARE TAXES. THAT'S A LOT. WE HAD 279030 EFILES. 2733 WERE PREPARED BY SOMEONE ELSE. THEY HANDLED JUST ABOUT 5700 PHONE CALLS JUST ABOUT TAXES AS WELL. AND HE SAID WHEN HE WAS OVER THERE, STAFF ARE WORKING THROUGH TWO TABLES OF CURRENT FILINGS. THEY'RE NOT TOTALLY DONE. IT'S A LOT GOING ON, AND ALEX WILL GET US THE TOTAL NUMBERS HERE, CORRECT? >> YES. ONCE WE GO THROUGH THOSE, FINISH ALL THOSE FILINGS, I'LL GIVE COUNSEL AN UPDATE AND ALSO COMPARISON FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. YEAH. >> SO BIG WEEK IN THE LAST CUP OF WEEKS HERE, SO JUST BIG SHOUTOUT TO JIM AND HIS STAFF AND EVERYONE AT TAX. SECONDS, COMMUNITY VENTS GOING ON. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT COMING UP THIS, THE 25TH, SO THIS COMING SATURDAY. BE A 5K RACE THAT WILL BE UP. IT'S THE COMMUNITY ANNUAL DPLUNT 5K RACE, SO IF YOU'RE NOT A RUNNER AND WANT TO GO OUT AND HELP OUT AND LOOK AND SEE, IT WILL RUN FROM 8 TO NOON THIS COMING SATURDAY. IT IS A TIME 5K RACE. THEY'LL HAVE SOME VENDORS OUT THERE, SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME FOOD AS WELL, SO. >> NEXT, A BIG SHOUTOUT GENE JUST PARKS AND RECS AND THE JOB THEY DO, SARAH AND HER STAFF, SO THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE ARBOR DAY TREE PROGRAM. I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT CURRENTLY THE ENTIRE REGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY BOOKED, SO THERE ARE NO MORE OPENINGS. SO THEY'VE GOT 155 TREES DISTRIBUTED AND 110 NATIVE PLANTS. SHE WANTED ME TO ADD THAT IF ANYBODY DOESN'T CLAIM THE TREES PLANTS AT 11 O'CLOCK, THEY WILL BE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND NEED A TREE OR PLANT AND IT'S 11 OCLUKE, HEAD UP TO THE SENIOR CENTER. ALSO, JUST AN UPDATE, I KNOW LAST YEAR, WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF RENAMING THE PARK. SO THEY'RE STARTING TO WORK ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND ADD SOME OF THE POLLINATORS, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SELECTED AREAS MOWED DOWN FIRST AND THEN THEY'LL PLANT 200 MILKWEED PLANTS THAT WILL SUPPORT THOSE MONARCH. THIS IS BEING FACILITATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB. I WAS SPEAKING WITH CHUCK YESTERDAY. HE'S WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO GET THAT DONE. >> COMING UP MAY IT 2ND IS THE ART AND BEAUTIFICATION ART SHOW. THAT WILL BE UP THERE AS WELL. SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. JOHN, AT ROTARY THE OTHER DAY, THE MONARCH PART CAME UP. WE WILL BE BRANDING THAT AND PUTTING SIGNAGE ON IT? >> I DON'T KNOW. LET ME TALK TO SARAH AND GET YOU AN ANSWER, UNLESS AARON, YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? YEAH. I'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT. >> AND I GUESS FOLLOWUP TO THAT WOULD BE WHEN THAT HAPPENS WILL WE HAVE A LITTLE CELEBRATION DOWN HERE TO RENAME IT? >> SHIRE NANCY. >> YEAH. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PARK? IS? [00:05:01] >> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING. OH, SO DIAL PARK, THAT WAS SATURDAY A COUPLE WEEKS BACK. IT'S BEEN VANDALIZED. THE FRAME WAS IN SAFE TO SUPPORT THE ROOF, SO I HAVE PUBLIC WORKS REMOVE IT. IT WAS UNREPAIRABLE, SO I THINK SCOTT WAS AWARE THEY HAD A COUPLE LISTENING SESSIONS. SARAH HAD SOME IDEAS FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THERE MOVING FORWARD, BUT THE GAZEBO WAS UNSAFE TO BE USED, SO IT WAS REMOVED. >> COULD NUMEROUS TIMES. >> IT WAS SIDE PIECES, AND THEY ACTUALLY FASHIONED AND REPLACED THEM AND PAINTED THEM. THIS TIME TWO OF THE PIECES WERE DAMAGED SO MUCH THAT THE ROOF WAS TEETERING AND MARK SAID -- I TALKED TO MIKE, AND HE SAID THAT WE REALLY JUST NEED TO TEAR IT DOWN. >> I GUESS NO. I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE. >> I GUESS IT WAS SO MUCH WIND, AND ON THE -- IN FRONT OF MACCO'S WHERE YOU GUYS PUT THE BOLLARDS FOR THE BUS STATION, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL BUSS STATION WAS TAKEN OUT FROM THE FRONT. I KNOW THE BOLLARDS ARE BEHIND IT NOW, BUT IT'S BEEN KIND OF HIT FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD WANT TO PUT ONE OR TWO IN FRONT OF IT. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TAKEN OUT THREE TIMES NOW. >> THAT'S KITRIDGE AND BRAN, RIGHT? >> YES. I'LL TAKE A LOOK. >> I'LL HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. YES, MA'AM. >> THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? >> YEAH. THAT'S BEEN WITH LEGAL WITH ALEX. I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FRAMEWORK, AND ACTUALLY SPOKE TODAY. HE'S HOPING TO TARGET A NETWORK SESSION TO BE PRESENTED WITH FEEDBACK FROM COUNSEL. >> AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE IT? >> I THINK IT WILL BE PRESENTED AT FEEDBACK. >> I HOPE IT IS STRUCTURED A CERTAIN WAY THAT IT PROMOTES PARTNERTIONS WITH BUSINESSES AND NON PROFITS IN THAT -- AND THAT WE DON'T OVERBURDEN THEM WITH EVERYTHING, THAT WE CONSIDER IT. >> YEAH, AND I THINK RIGHT NOW THE FRAMEWORK IS BUILT TO BE BOTH, YOU KNOW, TO PROTECT THE CITY AND THEIR AS AND THES MAKE SURE IT'S EQUITABLE IN ALL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ALSO EFFICIENT. >> SURE. THANK YOU. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE. >> NO. I'VE GOT ONE MORE. WHERE ARE WE ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. WE NEED TO DO THOSE IN COUNSEL EMPLOYEES? HAVE THEY PUT ANYTHING TOGETHER? >> SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. SO OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE HAD. >> NO. I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE DO. >> I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT SHOULD -- I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM HR. >> WELL, I THOUGHT SHE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER -- AT ONE POINT SHE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THE FRAMEWORK. SHE WAS ASKED FIRST TO RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT WE NEED TO GET YOU GUYS EVAL EVALUATED. >> THAT'S BEEN WITH COUNSEL IN THE PROCESS THAT'S VARIED WITH DIFFERENT COUNSELS OVER THE YEARS. SOME YEARS WE'VE DONE EVALUATIONS. SOME YEARS WE HAVE NOT, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE I THINK SUGGEST TO COUNSEL TO DISCUSS, AND IT COULD BE DONE IN A SESSION AT SOME POINT BEHIND THAT PROCESS, AND THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED MYSELF, JOHN. >> ABSOLUTELY, AND IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR SO LONG, BUT YOU GUYS JUST LIKE YOUR [00:10:05] EMPLOYEES CAN'T KNOW HOW THEY MIGHT IMPROVE, CANNOT ADVANCE OR ANYTHING ELSE WITHOUT THOSE EVALUATIONS, SO WE NEED TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY AND DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> I SUGGEST THAT THOSE CONCERNS BE ADDRESSED TO THE MAYOR, AND SO YOU SCHEDULE. >> DO WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY? >> NOT AT THIS POINT, NO. >> CAN WE DO IT? I MEAN, CAN WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS COUNSEL THAT THAT BE PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR, I MEAN, IF WE CAN ALL AGREE OR DISAGREE OR WHATEVER, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. THIS HAS BEEN DANGLING OUT THERE FOR TOO LONG. >> I'LL TALK TO THE MAYOR ABOUT IT. >> AND I THINK I WOULD SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU, NANCY. SCOTT. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. CAN WE GET WITH SARAH AND ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT DIAL PARK, I KNOW THAT GAZEBO HAS BEEN DAMAGED MULTIPLE TIMES. THAT'S WHERE THEY KEPT ON KICKING OUTS THE LOWER PART. CAN WE GET SOME SECURITY IN THERE, WHATEVER WE PUT BACK IN, EVEN IF IT'S A GAZEBO, SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. FOR SOME REASON, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN ROUGH ON THAT AREA. >> YEAH. YEAH. I THINK CAMERAS ARE CERTAINLY IN THE WORKS THERE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE CITY MANAGER REPORT. THANK YOU, JOHN. ONE QUESTION, WAS THERE A STYROFOAM COLLECTION HIS PAST WEEKEND? >> THERE WAS. >> I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YET, BUT AS SOON AS YCKT THEM, I'LL INTEREST TO HAVE THEM. >> FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AFTER FROM THE PROVIDER. >> YEAH. GOES TO THE COUNTY WHERE AND THEN IT TAKES THEM SOME TIME TO PROCESS IT. >> AND REPORT IT. >> YEP. THANK YOU. >> AND I WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT [ Military And Veterans Commission Update] TO FILE MY TAXES ELECTRONICALLY NEXT YEAR. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE, MILITARY ITEM 3B MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION UPDATE. >> SO WE HAVE CHARLES HANCOCK I BELIEVE IS THE CURRENT VICE CHAIR OF THE MILITARY VETERANS COMMISSION HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LIMITED IN THEIR ABILITIES IN RECENT WEEKS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF RESIGNATIONS AND OTHER VACANCIES ON THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION AS WELL AS A MEMBER WAS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS AS PART OF THE CURRENT CONFLICT THAT'S GOING ON IN IRAN. AND SO THEY DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A FORUM TO ME, SO THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. I KNOW CHARLES HAS REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HE KNOWS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED. I ALSO SENT SOME LETTERS OUT TO THE LOCAL VFW AMERICAN LEGEND AND MASONIC LODGE AND TRY TO GET THOSE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST MEMBERS TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL PERSONS TO PRODUCE MAINTENANCE PARTICULAR COMMISSIONS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT TO FILL THOSE, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK. >> HOW MANY VACANCIES DO YOU HAVE? DO YOU KNOW OF ANY? >> FOUR. >> YEP, FOUR. SO WE HAVE FIVE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE FIVE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW. LIKE I SAID, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS IS DEPLOYED. HAE'S RIGHT NOW ON THE SIX-MONTH DEPLOYMENT, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. A COUPLE OF THINGS I HAD TO GO OVER, JUST TOUCH BACK ON THE VETERAN'S DAY EVENT FROM LAST YEAR. I KNOW SOME OF COUNSEL WAS AT THE VETERANS DAY EVENT. IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD EVENT. WE WERE ABLE TO DO PARTNERSHIPS. ONE OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WAS WITH THE VA, SO THAT'S BEEN PRETTY PRODUCTIVE. THEY HAVE THE MOBILE VET CENTER WHICH CAME OUT LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S JUST A VETERAN'S MOBILE CENTER THAT ALLOWS VETERANS THAT CAN'T TRAVEL TO THE VA TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE HELP THAT THEY MAY NEED RIGHT THERE AT THE MOBILE VET CENTER. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE RED CROSS, AND THEY'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THEIR ACCESS OUT THERE AT OUR MEMORIAL DAY AND OUR VETERAN'S DAY EVENTS AS WELL. ANOTHER THING TO TOUCH ON IS DWAYNE HIGH SCHOOL HONOR WALL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN OVER THERE TO SEE IT, BUT IT'S GOING WELL. PEOPLE WHO PUT IN THEIR NAME TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE WALL PRIOR TO DECEMBER 1ST, 2025, THEIR NAMES HAVE NOW BEEN ADDED TO THAT WALL, SO MS. DAVIS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS PARTNERING WITH US AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN SHOW OFF. OUR PAPER PROGRAM, WE'RE ACCEPTING ORDERS FOR THE PAVERS UP UNTIL JULY 31ST. AFTER JULY 331ST, THOSE [00:15:08] PAVERS THAT WILL GO IN WILL GO IN NEXT YEAR BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. AND FOR INFORMATION FOR THOSE, THOSE PAVERS ARE 125 DOLLARS. AND LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF PIVOT ON, AS FAR AS WORKING AS GETTING PEOPLE ON THE BOARD IS AS FAR AS OUR RULES, 2/3 OF THE BOARD HAS TO BE ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS OR THEIR SPOUSES. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND PIVOT ON THAT AND REACH FOR THOSE THREE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE NORMAL CIVILIANS THAT STILL HAVE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE BOARD. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVING AND PEOPLE GETTING SICK ORDERS, SOME OF OUR HURDLES OR SOME OF OUR BLUFFS THAT WE MAY BE FACING AS FAR AS GETTING PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE BOARD, SO I'LL BE OPEN TO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THAT, AND JUST OUR LAST THING, WE'RE STILL MOVING FOR IT, EVEN HAVING OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. WE HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD THINGS LINED UP FOR THAT AS WELL, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> QUESTION, NANCY? >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT -- I'M SORRY. >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN PUT UP A NEWSLETTER ABOUT THE MILITARY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT IT, AND THEY MIGHT REALLY LIKE TO BE PART OF IT. >> SO I AM SURPRISED. I TALKED WITH OUR, MS. DAVIS, AND SHE SAYS IT'S BEEN GOING PRETTY WELL. THEY HAVE AN INFLUX OF TRAFFIC THAT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH. PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE ATTENTION THEY NEED TO GET THE NAMES POSTED ON THE WALL. I'M ALMOST WORRIED THAT THEY'LL RUN OUT OF SPACE BEFORE THEY THINK, SO I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, BUT I COULD TALK TO INTERNALLY, ALEX AND I CAN TAKE THAT COMMUNICATIONS TO THEM, AND THE CURRENT NEWSLETTER IS JUST FINALIZED, SO WE'LL MAKE THIS EDITION, BUT WE'LL PUT IT ON THE NEXT EDITION FOR NEXT QUARTER. >> SO SOMEBODY WANTED TO SEE THE WALL WOULD THEY NEED TO CONTACT YOU OR THE SCHOOL, OR HOW WOULD THAT HAPPEN? >> SO THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL. I KNOW THEY JUST HAD A SHOWING. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LAST WEEK WHERE THEY INVITED PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SEE THE WALL, BUT ANYTIME, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING THERE FOR A SPORTING EVENT OR SOMETHING, IT'S NOT OFF LIMITS, SO IF YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THE CAFETERIA OR GYM, IT'S RIGHT THERE TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, SO IT'S VISIBLE WHETHER THE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION OR NOT. >> AND THE CONTACT FOR THE PAVERS I BELIEVE YOU SAID IS 125 DOLLARS. WHO DO WE CONTACT? >> TO GET ONE? >> UH-HUH. >> SO THE PAY ROLL PROGRAM, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. PEOPLE WILL FILL THAT OUT. >>UE SYMPTOM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND CONTINUING WITH THE COMMITTEE. WE LOVE TO SEE THAT. WE'LL PUSH THE WORD AND TRY TO GET SOME FOLKS ENGAGED WITH THE COMMISSION. >> YEAH. AND SINCE IT'S FILLING UP NICE AND QUICKLY. >> THE WALL? >> YEAH. >> YES. >> HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE'LL EXPAND IT? >> I HAVE NOT TALKED TO MS. DAVIS ABOUT EXPANDING. THAT IS HER PROJECT, BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK AT IF THEY NEED SOMETHING FROM MILITARY ASSISTANCE, OR IF THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WILL TAKE ON THEIR OWN AND RUN WITH IT. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE -- THAT THE COMMISSION INITIALLY TOOK TO HIGH SCHOOL. >> YEAH. AND THAT'S BEEN GOING FOR BACK TO WHEN RAY WAS PART OF THE COMMISSION. LIKE, THAT'S BEEN GOING FOR A LONG TIME, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WORK GET DONE AND WITH THE HELP OF COUNSEL, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU MR. HANCOCK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. [ Disposal Of Surplus Vehicles] >> THANK YOU. >>> ITEM 3C DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS VEHICLES. I THINK THAT'S YOU, ASHLEY. >> GOOD EVENING. THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS A 2004 OLD AMBULANCE THAT WE TRANSITIONED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CRITICAL. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT VEHICLE IS FINALLY MET ITS END. THE ENGINE AND THE BODY, THE GAS TANK IS JUST A MESS. IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S [00:20:03] JUST -- IT'S REALLY NOT FEASIBLE TO FIX IT, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT A REPLACEMENT AND THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO MAKE ITS WAY. >> WE HAVE TWO OTHERS ON THERE TOO, FIRE, THE CHIEF COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVE A 2008 HORTEN MEDIC THAT'S ALSO SIMILAR TO THE VEHICLE. THAT'S BASICALLY DOA RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A 2015 CHEVY TAHOE WHICH IS A PREVIOUS SHIFT VEHICLE, SO WE'RE GOING TO SURPLUS ALL OF THOSE. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? >> NO, SIR. >> THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. JOHN, CAN YOU ANSWER A QUESTION, SO ARE WE GOING TO REPLACE IT WITH A LEASE VEHICLE OR GOING TO PURCHASE IT WITH SOMETHING? >> WHICH ONE? >> ALL OF THEM, ACTUALLY. >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEASE THEM. >> AN AMBULANCE. >> WE PURCHASED AN AMBULANCE. WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THE CRITICAL VEHICLE. AND THEN THE OTHER 2015 HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. >> AND AT SOME POINT CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY LEASE VEHICLES? I SEE A LOT OF WHITE CARS THAT THE CITY USES IN A DAY TO DAY. >> REMEMBER WE'RE RELEASING POLICE CRUISERS TOO. >> BECAUSE WHEN I COME BY ON THE WEEKEND, THERE ARE A LOT OF WHITE CARS HERE, AND I ASSUME THEY'RE ALL LEASES. >> YEP. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. SCOTT. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, SO FOR THE AMBULANCE. >> THEY TOOK AN OLD -- IT WAS ONE OF OUR -- WE'VE SINCE TRANSITIONED TO THE MEDIUM DUTY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE LAST ONES WE HAD, AND WE'VE BEEN USING THAT FOR HOW LONG. IT'S SERVED ITS PURPOSE, BUT IT'S DOA RIGHT NOW. >> IS IT FEASIBLE TO GET SOMETHING ON DEALS TO REPLACE IT? >>> ONE HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE ANOTHER ONE, YES, SIR. WE HAVE PLENTY. >> THAT'S ALL I HAD VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. [ Issuance Of Bonds - Creekside Woods Incentive Districts * General Bond Ordinance] >> THANK WHERE, SCOTT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING THIS ONTO MONDAY, ITEM 3D, CREEK SIDE WOODS, INCENT STUDENT: DISTRICTS. >> YES. SO THIS REALLY THE LAST STEP FOR THE CREEKSIDE WOODS INCENTIVE DISTRICTS. THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS. IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS 159-UNIT TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT. THE BONDS ARE TO SUPPORT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT, THE CITY WILL NET ABOUT 3.4 MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AS YOU RECALL THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROCESS WE USE FOR CANAL HEIGHTS, SO THESE BONDS ARE FOR THE DEVELOP. THIS IS A PASS-THROUGH MECHANISM. THERE IS NO RECOURSE ON THE CITY IF THE PROJECT WERE NOT TO PERFORM AS WE EXPECTED. >> RESULTS IN TWO ORDINANCES. >> YEAH, SORRY. THERE'S A GENERAL BONDS ORDINANCE AND CITY BOND ORDINANCE. THEY'RE RELATED. >> THEY'RE BOTH LISTED AS EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. ARE YOU LOOKING TO HAVE WAIVING OF THE SECOND READING ON MONDAY IN THE ADOPTION OF THOSE? >> CORRECT. THEY'VE STARTED PROJECTS, SO THEY ARE ARNSHTIOUSLY AWAITING THE ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS -- ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS. >> SO WE ARE LOOKING TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING ON MONDAY? >> AND THE EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. >> AND THE EMERGENCY [ CRA Agreement Amendment - Simms Development - The Gables] LEGISLATION? >> RIGHT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, AARON. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 3E. >> YEAH. SO THIS WAS A CRA AGREEMENT WITH A SIMS DEVELOPMENT WHO ARE CONSTRUCTING THE HUBER HEIGHTS. IT STIPULATED THAT THE MINIMUM SERVICE PAYMENT WAS DUE FROM THE HOME OWNERS WOULD BE 9500 DOLLARS ANNUALLY IN YEARS 11 THROUGH 15, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE ANTICIPATED PROPERTY TAXES DUE BY THE HOME OWNERS, SO WE ARE REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE TERMS FOR YEARS 11 THROUGH 15. THERE MINIMUM SERVICE PAYMENT WOULD BE EQUAL TO WHAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY OWE AS HOME OWNERS IN THOSE TAX YEARS, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE AROUND 17 TO, SHOULD BE CLOSER TO 3,000 DOLLARS A YEAR, SO. >> SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS. >> IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN PLACE SPUR SALES, TO ENCOURAGE SALES BECAUSE IT IS AN INCENTIVE TO THE HOME BUYING, [00:25:01] OR THE HOME OWNER. THE DEVELOPER BENEFITS FROM AN INCREASED PACE OF SALES. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE TERMS THAT ENDED UP BEING IN PLACE WITH THE 9500 DOLLAR MINIMUM SERVICE PAYMENTS IS REALLY ENDED UP BEING MORE OF A DETRIMENT TO SALES, AND SO AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEVELOPER, WE REQUEST THAT WE CHANGE THOSE TERMS. SO IT ALSO BENEFITS THE HOME BUYERS AND ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO HAVE PURCHASE SAID PREVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S MORE, IN MY VIEW, IT'S A MORE FAIR AND EQUITABLE PROCESS THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. >> THANK YOU, AARON. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THIS WAS THE ITEM THAT WAS MOVED FROM THE LAST WORK SESSION TO THIS WORK SESSION BECAUSE WE WERE SEEING POTENTIAL QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS AND COUNSELS, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S HERE TONIGHT FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN I THINK WE HAD IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE LAST COUNSEL MEETING. >> IT HAD A FIRST READING. WE DIDN'T MOVE IT TO THE FIRST READING, SO WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION FOR WORK SESSION. >> IN THE DISCUSSION, WE HAD HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER. HE HAS INDICATED THAT SALES ARE STARTING TO PICK UP WITH THEM, TALKING TO POTENTIAL BUYERS ABOUT THE CHANGE OF THESE TERMS. >> OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> SCOTT. >> THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. AARON, I THINK JUST CLARIFY THIS, THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FROM THE GET-GO, IS THAT CORRECT? >> I THINK THAT'S THE -- I THINK THAT'S THE. >> AND THAT'S WHY THE SCREWUP IS? >> YES. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE, VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. ALL RIGHT. ANY PROBLEMS MOVING THIS ONTO MONDAY? ANY OBJECTION? DONE. >> SCOTT, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES. IN SPEAKING WITH COUNCILMAN CAMPBELL AND GOING OVER THE DETAILS THIS MERE CLOSELY MIRRORS WHAT THE INTENT WAS GOING THE FIRST GO-ROUND, AND HOW WE GOT TO THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE NOW, I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT THIS IS, IN MY BELIEF, THIS IS THE INTENT WHEN WE CAME INTO NEGOTIATIONS FIRST ROUND, SO. >> YEAH, ALSO THAT WAS MY RESEARCH WHEN I WAS TALKING TO OTHER COUNSEL MEMBERS. THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON THE ORIGINAL ONE. SO THANK YOU, DON. >> THANK YOU. >> I STAND CORRECTED. IT WAS A FIRST READING IN THE LAST COUNSEL MEETING SO IT'S FWHIFEND TO SECOND READING. >> SO SECOND READING ON MONDAY? THANK YOU. >> I HAD SPOKE TO AARON ABOUT THIS SUBJECT AND WHAT DON SAID IS IN LINE TO WHAT AARON HAD MENTIONED TO ME, AND I AM GOING TO VOTE YES FOR THIS ONE IT'S BACK ON THE AGENDA MONDAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNSEL. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER [ K.E. Rose TIF District] COMMENT? QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? ITEM 3F, TIFT DISTRICT SNEERNG YOU MR. IVICE MAYOR AND COUNSEL MEMBERS. I COME TO YOU TODAY WITH AN ORDINANCE, COMMERCIAL ORDINANCE, COMMERCIAL TIP ORDINANCE LOCATED AT 3595 CHAMBERSBURG ROAD HERE. IT HAS CONSTRUCTED A FACILITY WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO HIRE FIVE NEW EMPLOYEES WHICH WILL HAVE AN INCOME TAX RESERVE NEW OF 9,000 DOLLARS A YEAR. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THE TOTAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT WAS 900,000 DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT. OVER THE LIFE OF THE TIP, THE TOTAL ANTICIPATED TIP RESERVE NEW WILL BE 275 THOUSAND DOLLARS. I'M ASKING THAT THIS BE PASSED AS AN EMERGENCY WITHOUT A SECOND MEETING ON MONDAY. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? AND THE REQUEST IS THAT WE WAIVE THE SECOND READING ON MONDAY. >> WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR AN EMERGENCY? I MEAN, THE BUILDING IS ALREADY BUILT. . >>>, I SUPPOSE THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. >> SO ONE THING WE WANT TO DO IS GO AHEAD AND GET THIS FILED WITH THE COUNTY SOONER THAN LATER, SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE THE TIP RESERVE NEW FOR A FULL-TERM OF THE TIFF. THAT'S WHAT THE REQUEST IS, AND THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM LEGAL. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALEX. I BELIEVE MARK. >> YES. I APPRECIATE, JASON, [00:30:02] THAT YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TIFF IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CRA. I THINK IT WILL MAKE A REALLY GOOD PROJECT. >> THANK YOU. ANY OBJECTION MOVING THIS TO MONDAY, WAIVING [ Street Lighting Contract] OF THE SECOND READING? ALL RIGHT. ITEM 3G STREET LIGHTING CONTRACT. AARON. >> YES. SO EXCUSE ME, THIS IS WE -- WELL, THIS IS A SEVEN-YEAR CONTRACT WITH MIAMI VALLEY LIGHTING STREET LIGHTING SERVICES. WE'VE HAD MIAMI VALLEY LIGHTING IS REALLY THE PROVIDER FOR MOST JURISDICTIONS FOR STREET LIGHTS. OUR OLD CONTRACT WAS A TEN-YEAR CONTRACT WHICH EXPIRED AT THE END OF 2025. MIAMI VALLEY, I THINK IS A FEW NAME, MIAMI VALLEY AND TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS GROUP HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH MVL FOR THIS CONTRACT EXTENSION. THIS WOULD SET UP A PREDICTED COST FOR US OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 30. IT WILL BE ABOUT 31,000 DOLLARS A YEAR GIVE OR TAKE BASED ON OUR CURRENT INVENTORY, WE DO PLAN ON ADDING NEW DECORATIVE LIGHTS TO OUR INVENTORY. JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 2200 STREET LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, SO WE ARE SUGGESTING AND RECOMMENDING THAT THIS BE PROVED, AND SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. >> AND THESE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CURRENT BUDGET? >> YES. WE HAVE A CURRENT BUDGET THAT WILL MORE THAN COVER THIS YEAR'S CONTRACT. >> THANK YOU. >> SO THE REASON THAT THE COST DECLINED IS BECAUSE IN 2027 WE'RE ANTICIPATING HAVING MORE LIGHTS THAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND THEN THAT NUMBER WILL KIND OF STABILIZE AS THE YEARS GO ON. >> IT WILL. THERE'S -- SO THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IS 4% IN 27, AND THEN 3.25% IN 2028. THE OTHER REASON THAT OUR COSTS HAVE GONE DOWN IS THAT OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN SWITCHING OUT THE HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LIGHTS FOR LED WHICH HAS A LOWER ENERGY COST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO REMOVE THE FEW HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN OVERACHIEVER RATE FOR US, A BETTER QUALITY LIGHTS AND ONE THAT'S MORE PREDICTABLE, BECAUSE THE LIFESPAN ON THE LED IS MUCH LONGER THAN THE HPS. >> AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS NOW, WE'RE PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THIS ENERGY SAVER, WHATEVER. DO WE HAVE ANY METRICS OR ANY CHART TO SHOW WHAT WE'VE SAVED OVER THE YEARS BY DOING THIS? >> I CAN -- I'M SURE I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ALSO, MVL IS ALSO EXPERIMENTING WITH SMART TECHNOLOGY, SMART-LIGHT TECHNOLOGY, AND I HAVE INDICATED TO THEM THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ONE OF THEIR FIRST COMMUNITIES. THE REAL BENEFIT OF THAT AS WE PUT IN NEW LIGHTS IS THEY KNOW WHEN THEY GO OUT, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO REPORT THEM OR US NOTICE THEM AND REPORT THEM. THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFIED AND THEN DISPATCHED OUT OF MAINTENANCE GREW, YOU KNOW, WITHIN TWO TO THREE DAYS, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE CURRENTLY. >> THAT'S GREAT. IS THERE GOING TO BE AN INITIAL CONTESTAMENT COST IN ORDER TO DO THAT TRANSITION? >> WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO THOSE DETAILS WITH THEM. WHEN I TALKED WITH THEM YESTERDAY, THEY ARE STILL LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THE BEST AVENUE OF IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO US. >> COOL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT ANY OBJECTION MOVING THIS ONTO MONDAY? ITEM 3. SORRY. I N NEED-- ANITA. >> MICROPHONE. >> OH, SORRY. >> HOW DO YOU GET LIGHTS OUT ON GRANT PIKE ON GRANT VISTA ON THE ROAD? >> THERE'S TWO WAYS. ONE IS JUST TO APPROACH US, AND WE WILL START TO GO DOWN THAT PATH. THE SECOND WAY IS THAT AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, MVL IS GOING TO DO ILLUMINATION STUDY OF EVERY COMMUNITY AND IDENTIFY THOSE DARK AREAS THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR DECORATIVE LIGHTING WOULD BE ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD, BECAUSE THERE'S NONE HERE AS WELL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SWITCH OUT THE TALL COVEER HEADS IMMEDIATELY AROUND THIS AREA BETWEEN BRAND AND CHAMBERSBURG FOR MORE OF A DECORATIVE LOOK, SO WE CAN [00:35:04] BEGIN TO BOIUILD OUT THIS DISTRICT AS WELL. THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT ARE IMMEDIATE, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS ADD MORE. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY IF YOU'RE HEADING FROM HERE UP TO BRANT, BRANT VISTA AND THE SIDE STREETS, THEZ REALLY NO LIGHTING ON THAT SIDE, AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE TURN REAL QUICK. AND IT'S JUST NOT REAL SAFE I DON'T THINK. >> THERE'S ALSO SOME LOW AREAS WHERE WE ONLY HAVE STREET LIGHTS ON ONE SIDE. IT'S A PRETTY WIDE STREET AND CAN BENEFIT FROM STREET LIGHTS ON THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> NANCY. >> I THINK ALSO SCOTT, AREN'T THERE SOME AREAS DOWN THERE ON RIFT RAFT THAT ARE -- . >> YES. I WAS JUST TALKING TO JOHN. THEY JUST PUT SOME LIGHTING DOWN TOMBBURG. SO WE HAVE NEW STREET LIGHTS FOR THAT AREA. AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME DOWN RIFFRAFF ALSO. >> YEAH, AND ESPECIALLY WHERE IT GOES FROM THE PARK TO THE PARKING LOT DOWN THERE. >> OKAY. >> KATE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. >> AND IF THERE'S LIGHTS OUT, JUST CALL THE NUMBER, AND IT'S NUMBERS ON THERE, JUST LET THEM KNOW LIGHTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. >> AND THEY CAN REPORT THOSE ONLINE TOO. >> THANK YOU, DON. >> AARON, JUST A QUESTION CAME TO MIND. DOES THE LIGHTING, WHICH IS CALLED A SOMETHING LIGHTING FEE ON OUR TAX BILL, DOES THAT IN ANY WAY CHARGED AS A TAX BILL STREET ITEM. >> YEAH. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STREET LIGHTING DISTRICTS WHICH WE COLLECT AN ASSESSMENT FOR WHICH PAYS FOR THIS. >> SO IS THIS. >> FOR THE MOST PART, YES, FOR THE MOST PART. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MOVING THIS ONTO MONDAY? [ Police Division Building Renovation Project] QUESTIONS? ITEM 3H, POLICE DIVISION RENOVATION PROJECT. ALEX. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, CITYEN COUNSEL. AS COUNSEL IS FULLY AWARE, THAT THE POLICE STATION OR THE POLICE DIVISION STATION IS THE LAST FACILITY TO EVALUATE TO UPDATE AS INDICATED IN AN INFORMATION IN THE PACKET TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY, IN 2020 CITY COUNSEL ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ESG. IN THAT AGREEMENT, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ALREADY ABOUT THIS FACILITY AS WELL AS REMODELING OLD CITY HALL, WHICH IS NOW THE FINANCE TAX UTILITY CENTER. AND IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE PHASE 2 OF THE ESG AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH REMODEL PROJECT THROUGH THAT AGREEMENT. WE HAD SOME MANAGEMENT CHANGES. I STARTED WORKING ON THE FINANCE TAX AND UTILITY CENTER, AND I GOT TO HAVE GREAT LUNCH WITH KEITH TO DISCUSS PHASE 2 OF THE AGREEMENT AND THEN FORTUNATELY, WE HAD ALREADY MOVED FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS THAT WE DID. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING AS STAFF WITH THAT AGREEMENT THAT IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASE 2 OF ESG TO BE AN EVALUATION OF OUR POLICE STATION, OF OUR NEEDS. WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE THAT WILL INCLUDE PATROL, SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANTS AND COMMAND STAFF AS WELL AS MYSELF TO WORK WITH ESG. ESG IS ALREADY ENGAGING WITH AN ARCHITECT THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDING. THAT'S APP ARCHITECT WHO IS DOING THE WORK FOR US ON THE OLD CITY HALL WHERE THE FINANCE TAX AND UTILITY CENTER. SO VERY SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION IN REGARDS TO REALLY THE BIGGEST DUE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS IS THE POLICE DIVISION AS A BASEMENT COMPARED TO, WELL, WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT OLD CITY HALL. THIS PHASE WOULD JUST BE TO EVALUATE WHAT WE NEED TO DA, AND IS THAT A REMODEL, A REMODEL WITH AN ADDITION? IS IT DO WE START OVER? THIS WILL BE ABLE FOR US, AS STAFF, TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNSEL OF WHAT DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO WITH UPDATING THE LAST OF OUR FACILITIES THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, AND THAT'S OUR POLICE STATION. KEITH IS HERE FROM ESG. TIM HERE FROM APP ARCHITECT TO ANSWER ANY [00:40:03] QUESTIONS. I THINK EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH BOTH OF THEM. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUEST QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> NO. >> HOLD ON ONE SECOND. >> I'M SORRY. >> DON. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE AS TO A TIMELINE. I KNOW THE INITIAL LONG EVALUATION PHASE, YOU PROBABLY GOT THAT DOWN PRETTY GOOD, BUT WHAT'S THE OVERALL LOOK OF WHEN WE'LL BE SEEING THIS PROJECT SORT OF TO COMPLETION? >> WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK TO ONCE THIS PHASE IS DONE, SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THIS SUMMER WE WILL BE BRING ING YOU A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT DIRECTION WE GO WITH AS WELL AS A FUNDING SOURCE TO BACK UP ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE IN REGARDS TO A COST. >> OKAY. NANCY. >> YEAH. I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGREEMENT. TWO THINGS. MAYBE IT'S THE TERMINOLOGY THAT YOU GOT IN HERE THAT'S JUST THE COST. FOR THE 20% DESIGN AND EVALUATION PHASE, 20%, WHAT IS THAT? I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> SO 20% WILL GET US TO WHERE WE GET THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT DONE AND SOME DRAWINGS. >> OKAY. >> THAT SHOW YOU WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION. THIS WOULD NOT BE FULL OF CONSTRUCTION. IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE OLD CITY HALL PROJECT WHERE WE GIVE YOU SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO PRESENT TO BUILD OR REMODEL OR REMODEL IN ADDITION. >> OKAY. SO I KNOW THIS BASICALLY AMOUNTS TO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. >> ESSENTIALLY, YES. >> I DON'T SEE THE DELIVERABLE SPELLED OUT IN THE AGREEMENT, SO ASIDE FROM THAT, WHAT OTHER DELIVERABLES? >> SO IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO GET US THROUGH THAT FIRST PHASE. FIRST OF ALL MEETING WITH STAFF AND COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT ALL THE NEEDS. AND IT'S NOT JUST NEEDS TODAY. I MEAN, WE KNOW WHAT OUR CURRENT NEEDS ARE TODAY. THAT'S EASY. IF WE REMODEL THIS BUILDING AND REMODEL AN ADDITION, IT'S PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION. IT'S WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE 30 YEARS FROM NOW AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW. AND VERY SIMILAR TO BUT YOU'VE DONE WITH OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN A PART OF SO FAR WHETHER IT'S THIS FACILITY, THE OTHER FACILITY, THE ADDITION TO STATION 23, SO THAT -- WHAT THE DELIVERABLE IS TO REALLY TELL YOU TO CITY COUNSEL, WHAT IS THE NEEDS? WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDS, AND WHAT'S THE COST AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO -- . >> THERE ARE DELIVERABLES ON PAGE 6 OF THE APPENDIX, PDF VERSIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF PLAN, STUDY BREACH LOCATION, AND THEN PROBABLE COSTS. >> IT'S APPENDIX A. >> YEAH, PAGE 6 OF APPENDIX A. >> OKAY. OH, THERE IT IS. I DIDN'T SCROLL DOWN FAR ENOUGH. OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, THEIR NEEDS. IS IT -- IS THIS EFFECTEDT ALL, OR HAVE WE STOPPED TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER, THE TRAINING CENTER THAT WOULD -- THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ONE TIME. >> RIGHT NOW THIS IS NOT INCLUDING ANY OF THOSE TALKS. THIS IS NOT INCLUDING ANY OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE KIND OF PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. >> ALL RIGHT. >> THIS IS JUST TO FOCUS ON POLICE DIVISIONS. >> THIS IS LONG OVERDUE. >> RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> MARK. >> YES. ALEX, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YEAR THE CURRENT POLICE FACILITY WAS BUILT? >> 1992. WELL, IT WAS OPENED IN 1992. >> OKAY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOUR TEAM IS INCLUDING PERSONNEL FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. A DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT THE NECESSARY VARIETY OF PEOPLE FROM THE POLICE AGENCY THAT CAN GIVE YOU THAT FUTURE VISION? >> YES. SO THE COMMITTEE, AND I HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND HAD A DISCUSSION WITH OUR CITY MANAGER TODAY WITH THIS AS WELL. THE COMMITTEE WILL BE SET UP AS ONE PATROL OFFICER AND ONE SERGEANT, ONE LIEUTENANT, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF IS GOING TO BE ON THERE. AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH A STAFF THAT WE HAVE HERE. SO, EXCUSE ME. I FORGOT ONE. OUR DISPATCH CENTER. THANK YOU. OUR DISPATCH MANAGER WILL BE ON THERE AS WELL. THEY WORK IN [00:45:03] THAT FACILITY. THEY WERE THE NEEDS. I CAN SIT HERE ALL DAY AND SAY YEP, I THINK THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE, BUT I WANT TO HEAR FROM STAFF AND THEIR NEEDS AND WHAT THEY THINK THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE POLICE DIVISION IS GOING TO BE. >> I'M GLAD WE HAVE SELECTED TO CONTINUE TO CONTRACT AND USE THE SAME FOLKS. SO MY CONFIDENCE IS HIGH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU BRING BACK. >> THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ALEX, AND WE'LL BE MOVING THIS ON A [ Bethel Township - Conformance Of Boundaries] MONDAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE WHERE ARE WE? ITEM 3I, BETHEL TOWNSHIP CONFORMMENTS OF BOUNDARIES. >> I'LL TAKE THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. >> SO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, JILL WAS HERE, AND THEY REACHED OUT TO US. WE HAD A MEETING. I THINK IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING. I THINKWEAR IN AGREEMENT NOW WITH THE DIRECTION FORWARD OF THIS ANNIXATION AGREEMENT. I'LL LET JORDAN SPEAK TO THE NEED OF WHAT WE'VE GOT IN THE AGREEMENT. BUT MOST OF THIS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE. MOST OF IT IS FAMILIAR WITH YOU. WE DID JUST SO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, BASICALLY WE AGREED UPON AREAS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITHIN THE ANNEXATION OUTSIDE OF 40. ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT BOUNDARY WOULD BE BASICALLY, I'M NOT GOING TO CALL IT, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE NO ANNEXATION OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA FOR THE NEXT 25 YEA YEARS. >> I THINK THIS IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED IN THE PAST. LIKE I SAID THE KIND OF CORE FOR TERMS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS THAT BETHEL HADS AGREED TO REMOVE THE TIFF FROM THE ANNEXED PROPERTY WHICH I THINK IS PRIMARILY CC2, IS THAT CORRECT, AARON? >> CORRECT. >> THE CITY SHALL PETITION AND CONFORM THE BOUNDARIES THAT BRING IT INTO THE CITY AND LAST FOR THE ANNEXATION, AND THE TOWNSHIP AGREES TO WAIVER ALL COMPENSATION PAYMENTS THAT ARE AGREED TO BE OWED UNDER THE ARC. THERE ARE TO BE NO COMPENSATION WITH THESE AGREEMENTS. AND FINALLY MAYBE FAIR WORD TO USE, 25 YEARS, THAT'S ABOVE THE PERIMETERS THAT JOHN OUTLINED. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. ANY OBJECTION MOVING? I'M SORRY. >> I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED A MORATORIUM. I THINK THIS IS FAIR. I THINK IT'LL HELP US CONTINUE OUR VISION FOR HERE, AND AT THE SAME TIME GIVE BETHEL SOME ASSURANCE OF WHAT THEIR FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. >> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. ANY OBJECTION MOVING [ Board And Commission Appointments * Arts And Beautification Commission - Appointment] THIS ONTO MONDAY? THANK YOU, ITEM 3J FORWARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS ONLY. >> I HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO BRING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. THE FIRST IS THE POINT MEANT FOR THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR SAGE. SHE WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE INTERVIEW PANEL AND IS RECOMMENDED FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2029, AND THE APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THIS BRING S US TO 8 OF 9 SEATS OF BEAUTIFICATION. AS WE GO UP ON ONE, WE GO DOWN ON THE OTHER. IT'S A CONSTANT IN THAT AS WELL. I WOULD ASK FOR COUNSEL'S APPROVAL TO PLACE THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY. >> BACK GROUNDS CHECKS HAVE BEEN DONE. >> YEP. AND IT WAS ANOTHER ONE ON HERE. >> YEAH. THE OTHER ONE IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ONE REMAINING ON THE DIVERSITY CITY AND ACTION COMMISSION, AND THE APPOINTMENT IS THE LAWYER TO THIS COMMISSION DECEMBER 31ST, 2028 AND, AGAIN, A BACKGROUND CHECK ON THIS LAWYER HAS BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES. >> HOLD ON. DON'S HAVING A PARTY DOWN THERE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OBJECTION MOVING THIS ONTO [ Executive Session - Collective Bargaining Matters] MON MONDAY? >> OKAY. SO THERE IS A NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT. WE ADVERTISE ONE REASON, BUT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL REASON. FIRST REASON IN THE MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WOULD BE PREPARING FOR, CONDUCTING AND REVIEWING NEGOTIATIONS OR BARGAINING SESSIONS WITH PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CONCERNING THEIR COMPENSATION OR OTHER TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT. THE SECOND REASON IS TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE MARKETING PLANS, SPECIFIC BUSINESS STRATEGY, PRODUCTION [00:50:04] TECHNIQUES, TRADE SECRETS OR PERSONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR APPLICANT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF THE APPLICANT OR THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. WE'LL JUST REMIND COUNSEL THAT ON THE SECOND ITEM IT DOES REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> OKAY. FIRST AND SECOND. >> A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> SECOND. >> KATE. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. CALL THE ROLE. >> IT'S UNANIMOUS, AND WE'LL MAUVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:51, AND WE WILL RE >>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE, IT IS 7:47, AND WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. ONE THING TO REPORT, ITEM SCRKS K FOR THE -- LOOKING FORWARD TO LEGISLATION TO APPROVE A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ON MONDAY, AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL MOVE THAT TO MONDAY. >> SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE THE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE PRO UNIT AND THE POLICE UNIT. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND WE WILL NOW ADJOURN AT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.