Jul 21, 2020 Council Work Session

AND, UH, AND WE'RE ALL SET.

IT IS A SIX O'CLOCK

[1. Call Meeting To Order/Roll Call:]

SO THIS IS, IF YOU WERE HEIGHTS, STATE OF OHIO CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS, THEY USED LIKE 21ST, 2020.

WE STARTED RIGHT AT 6:00 PM AND THEN ONE IS OUR COLUMBIA OR IN THE ROLL CALL.

SO MR. ROGERS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, MR. SHAW, MS. BAKER HERE, MR. CAMPBELL HERE.

THIS IS HERE, MR. OTTO HERE.

MR. LYONS HERE, MR. HILL HERE.

MR. ROB, MR. WEB, LIKE HE'S NOT HERE.

UH, YEAH, A MIRROR BAR HERE.

SO EVERYONE IS HERE CURRENTLY, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. WEBB.

SO YEAH, I WOULD IMAGINE HE'LL BE LOGGING INTO YOUR SHORTLY.

[2. Approval of Minutes:]

NEXT UP IS NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

THERE IS ONE SET OF MINUTES DATED JULY 7TH, 2024.

LAST WORK SESSION.

THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, OR CHANGES, THOSE MINUTES WILL STAND AS A PREACHER.

RIGHT IN HERE WITH ITEM THREE, WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.

HERE, NONE THAT'S SET FROM JULY 7TH, 2020 WILL BE APPROVED.

I REMEMBER THREE IS OUR WORK SESSION, TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.

SO WE'LL JUST MOVE

[ City Manager Report]

MR. CHAIRMAN, NEW MAYOR COUNCIL, A FEW UPDATES FOR THIS EVENING.

UM, START OFF WITH, I KNOW MR. SHAWL SENT AN EMAIL, BUT, UH, UM, UH, FIGURE IT'S BEST JUST TO UPDATE EVERYBODY HERE REGARDING THE BELL FOUNTAIN ROAD BRIDGE.

UH, THAT PROJECT AGAIN IS ON SCHEDULE AS, UM, UH, AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY STATED TO BE COMPLETED, HOPEFULLY BY DECEMBER, THAT IS THE PROJECTED TIMELINE.

THAT'S WHAT WAS REPORTED FOR THE CURRENT STATUS OF IT IS IT'S BEEN BID OUT.

A CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN AWARDED.

UH, THEY ARE, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER BEFORE THEY CAN START THE PROJECT SO THAT, SO THEY DON'T DISRUPT THE BROWN BAT.

UH, THEY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER BEFORE THEY CAN REMOVE TREES, ET CETERA.

SO, UH, ONCE THEY START WORK THERE ON OCTOBER, I REMOVE THEM SOME OF THE TREES AND THE REPLACEMENT, UM, UH, CULVERT AND THE, UH, THE BRIDGE BOX.

THEN, UH, THEY SHOULD, SHOULD TAKE THEM ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO DO THAT.

THEY SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF DECEMBER.

UH, THE BODY CAMERA PROJECT, UH, BODY CAMERAS ARE IN, UH, THEY ARE BEING CHARGED AND SHOULD BE DEPLOYED A SHIFT BY SHIFT THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE MADE OUR 30 DAY COMMITMENT AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

UM, UH, ALSO SPEAKING ABOUT BELL FOUNTAIN, AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT A CULVERT REPLACEMENT FURTHER SOUTH ON BELL FOUNTAIN, CLOSE TO THE OAKS SUBDIVISION.

UH, THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE READY TO GO TO BED TOWARDS THE, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR HERE.

UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EFFORTS IN THE CENSUS AS WELL.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, OUR, UH, OUR OWN, UH, SARAH WILLIAMS WAS ASKED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF HALF OF THE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND, UH, COALITION REGARDING THE OUTREACH AND COMMENTARY, UM, THAT WAS REACHED BASED ON SOME OF THE POSTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BY HER.

AND, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT, THEY FEEL THAT THAT'S BEEN A, A MODEL TO USE AND TO SHOW SOME SUCCESS.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, PROBABLY, UH, NEAR 74% RETURN, UH, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE WE WERE AT THE COMPLETION OF THE SENTENCE CENSUS, I KEEP SAYING SENTENCE CENSUS LAST, UH, LAST TIME AROUND THE STATE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 66%.

SO AS WE CONTINUE TO DO ADDITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA PUSHES, UH, WE ASK THAT, UH, UH, IF ANYBODY TAKES AND SHARES, WHAT IS FROM OUR MAIN PAGE, SO THAT THERE IS CONSISTENT MESSAGING, AND WE CAN CHANGE YOU TO GATHER THE AMOUNT OF OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT ON THAT, UH, AND, AND RATE THE DISCOURSE REGARDING THE COMMENTARY TO SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL GROUPS OR SUBGROUPS OR DEMOGRAPHICS WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO.

AS YOU'VE NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE EVENTS WE'VE ORDERED UP SOME YARD SIGNS, ET CETERA, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, UM, UH, THE WE COUNT, UH, DRIVE IS, IS OUT AN ACTIVE.

SO AGAIN, AS WE GET INTO THE FINAL MONTHS, WE, WE ASKED EVERYBODY TO REALLY GET INVOLVED, UM, MAKE YOUR, MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT, MAKE YOUR, UM, POPULAR SOUND HUMP BY CONTRIBUTING TO AND CONDUCTED THE CENSUS.

VERY SIMPLE, VERY EASY TO DO.

AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY ASK, UH, ALL OFFICIALS TO SPREAD THE WORD AND SHARE ANY OF THE OUTREACH POSTINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

UH, WE RECENTLY HAD A COUPLE OF GREAT EVENTS.

UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST FARMER'S MARKET, UH, HAD GREAT EVENT, THE FOOD VENDORS AND THE PRODUCE, UH, WAS, UH, THEY HAD RUN OUT, UM, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME AND VISITED.

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I THINK OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A NEED WITH A, WITH A LACK OF ONE THAT STARTED UP THIS YEAR.

I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, UH, THAT, UM, UM, SOME VOLUNTEERS AND SOME STAFF WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND GET THAT, GET THAT OFF AND ROLLING.

SO WE LOOKED FOR THAT TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT SHOW INTEREST IN AND PROVIDING THAT GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO HAD THE, UM, UH, RIBBON CUTTING OF THE NEW TENNIS COURTS FACILITY, THE RESURFACING, I SHOULD SAY, OF THE TENNIS COURTS.

UH, AND WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE 56, UM, ATTENDEES JOINED FOR OUR UPCOMING TENNIS CAMP.

ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT IS IN WITH THAT.

JOSH KING HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THAT FACILITATED AND PUT TOGETHER, UH, PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, RACKETS NETS, ET CETERA, FOR THAT CAMP, AND HOPEFULLY REACH THAT OUTDOOR SPORT AND ACTIVITY FOR, UH, FOR SOME ADDITIONAL YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CONCERT EVENING AT THE EICHELBERGER.

UH, IT STARTED OFF FOR PRETTY HOT, UH, TIME AT SIX O'CLOCK, A FEW PEOPLE THERE.

I SAW THE WEB THERE.

I SAW, UH, UH, THE THURSDAY AND, UM, WE STUCK THE HEAT OUT AT THE BEGINNING, AND THEN IT STARTED TO COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT.

AND I WOULD SAY PROBABLY BY THE END, THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE THERE, UH, WHICH THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE THERE.

UM, EVERYBODY WAS, UM, UH, WAS ENJOYING THE EVENING AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO BE OUTSIDE, TO LISTENING TO SOME LIVE MUSIC.

SO WE HAVE MORE EVENTS COMING UP AND WE ENCOURAGED THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND SEE WHAT'S UPCOMING.

UH, ALSO THE, UH, STREET PROGRAM IS STILL UNDERWAY.

UM, IF YOU HEAR OF ANY RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT, HEY, I THOUGHT MY STREET WAS BEING REPAVED, THEY JUST CAME, THEY CUT OUT A PATCH, THEY PUT A PATCH IN, AND THAT PATCH IS SITTING LOWER THAN THE ORIGINAL SURFACE OF THE STREET.

THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO REPAIR AREAS, IT HAS TO SETTLE AND PATCH.

THEN THEY COME BACK, THEY GRIND THE ENTIRE THING BACK DOWN AND THEN RESURFACE IT.

SO IN SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE YOU SEE SOME PATCHWORK OF THE AREAS AND THE ROADS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED TO BE RESURFACED, THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT.

THAT'S JUST STEP ONE.

SO IF YOU HEAR OR SEE SOME OF THAT, UH, JUST BE MINDFUL.

UM, AND WE TRY TO COMMUNICATE THAT AS WELL.

AND THE LAST QUICK, QUICK UPDATE THAT I HAVE IS REGARDING A BELL PLAYING PARK.

UH, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AS WE, UH, AS WE INDICATED, WAS, WAS PURCHASED LAST YEAR AND IN BEGINNING TO GO UP, UH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO START LAYING THE, UM, THE RUBBER MOLD AS A GROUND BASE, AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SET, UH, LATER ON, WE'LL BE CONTRACTING FOR AN ASTROTURF ACCESS RAMP, UH, MORE OF A HARDER SURFACE FOR THE ACCESSIBLE COMPONENTS OF THE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE.

AND WE HAVE A LOCAL EAGLE SCOUT THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THAT PROJECT, UH, THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, WORK WITH HIM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, JOSH KING, AGAIN, UH, FACILITATING THAT AND WORKING WITH THAT YOUNG MAN.

SO, UH, UH, VERY PLEASED TO SEE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE PARKS AND MANY MORE THINGS TO COME AS WE, UH, ARE MIDWAY THROUGH THE SUMMER AND, UH, THE HEAT AND EVERYTHING IS UPON US.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE STILL IN A POSITION THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN STILL GET OUT AND ENJOY, UH, AT LEAST BEING OUTDOORS AND, AND, AND THE PARKS AND AMENITIES, UM, AS, UH, AS TIME AS TIME GOES ON THROUGH THE SUMMER.

SO, UM, THAT'S ABOUT ALL THAT I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING AND THE REST I'LL LEAVE UP TO THE, UH, TO THE AGENDA.

I THINK TRUMP, IS THERE ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR, UH, FOR ANYTHING IN MR. SCHUMER'S UPDATE ON THE CV? YES.

WE ALSO HAVE A SHREDDING EVENT ON SATURDAY.

AND THE VEHICLES TO THE BAND, AND THEN THEY'D BE SHREDDED ONSITE WITHIN THE TRUCK.

I KNOW THAT THAT, UH, THAT'S GOING UP TO IS STILL ONE TRUCK AT THE ROSE AND THE OTHER ONE, A CLOUD, OR WERE WE JUST DOING ONE LOCATION THIS TIME BASED ON BOTH LOCATIONS? UH, SATURDAY FROM NINE TO 11, I'M AT THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER AND THOMAS CLUB PARK.

THANK GOOD.

GOOD TO SEE THAT STILL CONTINUING UNDER, THAT'S BEEN A PRETTY POPULAR, PRETTY POPULAR DAY FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE OVER THE, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE DONE THAT.

ROB, I SENT YOU A MESSAGE ON ANSWER TO YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS THERE? THESE TRUCK DRIVERS DON'T DO THAT, DON'T DO EVERYTHING WELL.

I'LL LET TONY SPEAK TO IT, BUT THEY SPOKE TO THE DRIVER AND THE COMPANY.

UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT MAYBE THEY'VE CHANGED MAYBE IN YEARS PAST WHEN, UM, UH, WHEN THINGS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, THEY MIGHT HAVE, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF A LOT OF THE LOADING AND, UH, MUCH FOR SOME OF THE SAME REASONS THAT, UM, OTHERS DON'T WANT TO GET OUT IN AND PARTICIPATE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK VOLUNTEERS TO HANDLE ITEMS DIRECTLY FROM PERSON TO PERSON AS WELL.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S MIGHT BE WHY THEY ARE DOING THINGS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO WHAT YOU SAID, YOU BASICALLY SUMMARIZE THAT, UM, KAREN TALKED TO THE DRIVER, UH, THIS MORNING AND HAD A, THE COMPANY, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WENT FALL ALL THE MASK REQUIREMENTS WITH THEIR DRIVERS AND THAT, UM, AND ENSURING THAT SECURITY THAT THE DRIVERS WOULD, UH, TRANSFER THE GOODS FROM THE CAR

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UM, AS I MENTIONED TO ROB LAST YEAR AT THE ROSE, WE HAD SUCH A TURNOUT THAT THE PLACE THAT THE TRAFFIC GOT BLOCKED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TWO OH ONE, AND THE POLICE CAME OUT AND ASKED US TO FORM TWO LINES.

SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO HANG AROUND FOR A WHILE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THE TRAFFIC DOESN'T BECOME A PROBLEM.

AGAIN, THIS YEAR, THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO STACK THE TRUCK TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE LOT, SO THAT THERE'S MORE STAGING AREA FOR CARS COMING INTO THE PARKING LOT.

I THINK THAT WILL HELP FOR SIR, FOR SURE.

WELL, WE GENERALLY GET ONE, ONE ROW, AND THEN AFTER THE POLICEMAN CAME BY, WE CREATED A SECOND ROW AND, AND WHERE HE HAD THE TRUCK WAS REALLY, REALLY A GREAT LOCATION.

SO IT WAS MORE A MATTER OF TRAFFIC CONTROL THAN IT WAS ON WHERE HE SAT.

SO, YEAH, JUST A HEADS UP.

YES, YES.

I'M GOING TO BE THERE ONE LOCATION AND KAREN WILL BE AT THE OTHER LOCATION.

GLEN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING I DID.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY RABBI, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE EVENTS.

UH, I WAS GLAD TO GET OUT AND, AND GO TO SOME, YOU GO TO ALL THESE EVENTS THIS WEEKEND AND IT WAS JUST NICE TO BE OUT.

AND I DID SEE THE WORK AT THE PARK AS WELL.

I APPRECIATE WHAT STAFF'S DOING TO KIND OF KEEP THINGS MOVING THROUGH ALL THIS MESS THAT WE'RE IN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. SCHOMER FOR HIS UPDATE TO SEE WHAT MR. MAYOR, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

UH, I WANTED TO SEE IF, UM, IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE REGARDING THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER, UM, AND THE LIST OF SHOWS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, ROB HAS THAT INFORMATION.

SO WE HAVE NOW PUT THAT ON TO ABSOLUTELY.

ANY, ANYTHING.

IN A, IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION AS WELL.

ANY, ANYTHING WE, WE, AS A FACILITY ARE NOT CANCELING ANYTHING, UM, THAT IS SCHEDULED WITHIN A TIMEFRAME THAT THERE AREN'T EXISTING, UH, RESTRICTIONS OR ORDERS.

HOWEVER MANY OF THE ARTISTS HAVE, UH, CHOSEN TO RESCHEDULE.

AND THAT IS THE, UM, UH, THAT IS THE BEST POSITION TO, TO ALLOW THAT, TO OCCUR ANY REMAINED SCHEDULED SHOWS THAT MAY, UH, THAT ARE STILL SCHEDULED FOR 2020, UH, IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD OCCUR, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY MAY, UM, BUT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED TO THE 2021 SCHEDULE, UH, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ONES.

SO, UH, THE SCHEDULING OF THE, UH, THE, UH, EVENTS IS REALLY BASED ON, AND THE RELEASE AND ANNOUNCEMENT AND, OR THE RESCHEDULING IS REALLY BASED ON, UH, THE ARTISTS AND THE MANAGEMENT AND AGENCIES OF THOSE ARTISTS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REMAIN AT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THERE, UM, I GUESS, BECK AND CALL REGARDING FINDING ADDITIONAL DATES IF THEY NEED TO RESCHEDULE OR, UM, IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY, UM, ANY PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, AS THE SUMMER GOES ON, I THINK, YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY, EVERYBODY SEES AND KNOWS THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT IS, IS NOT VERY STRONG AT ALL.

UM, AND AGAIN, MAYBE WE MAY BE ABLE TO, BUT WITHIN THE CIRCUIT OF THE PERFORMER, UH, OTHER AREAS MAY NOT BE OPEN EVEN IF WE ARE, AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE FOR A GOOD ABILITY TO, UH, TO TRAVEL OUT AND DO A PERFORMANCE.

SO, UM, WE, WE REALLY RELY ON THE ARTISTS AND THOSE THAT HAVE NOT RESCHEDULED YET.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, AGAIN, WE RELY ON THEM TO GIVE US THE INDICATION AS TO WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, CONTINUE OR WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO RESCHEDULE.

SO AS THOSE COME OUT, UH, THOSE ARE ANNOUNCED, THE TICKET HOLDERS ARE, UH, ARE NOTIFIED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE IS UP TO DATE, UM, PER DAY AND A PART OF THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT, UM, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON THE SCHEDULE AND DEPENDING ON THE PERFORMANCE.

I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE, I'VE BEEN ASSURING PEOPLE THAT, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF THE ORDER WAS LIFTED MORAL, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE CONCERTS THIS YEAR.

UM, IF AT ALL FEASIBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DYNAMICS INVOLVED.

IT'S NOT JUST US OR OUR FACILITY, AS I SAID, IT MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR AN ARTIST TO COME FROM NASHVILLE TO DO ONE PERFORMANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S TRULY IS DEPENDENT ON THEM.

AND, UH, AS A FACILITY AND AS THE, THE PROMOTER, UH, WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION TO ALLOW THAT DECISION TO BE MADE BY THE, UM, BY THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES.

UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE THERE ARE AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS INVOLVED, FLOODING THEM, MAKE THE DECISION, UM, AND BEING IN CONTROL OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, LEAVES US IN,

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AND ONE LAST THING I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON BELLTOWN ROAD.

UM, WE HAVE HAD A LOT, I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY.

I'M ASKING ABOUT THAT STRETCH OF ROAD AND A TIMEFRAME OF WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.

UM, I'VE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, REASSURING THEM AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF AT ALL, OR WRONG.

UM, THIS IS A COUNTY PROJECT.

THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THE CITY HAS TAKEN ON AND BECAUSE OF A WILDLIFE CONDITIONS AND THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S CONTROL, THAT'S WHY THE LONG DELAY OUT TO DECEMBER.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

OKAY, EXCELLENT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, RICHARD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. SHU? OKAY.

[ Request For Proposals - SCBA Compressor/Fill Station - Fire Division]

HEARING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE SCBA COMPRESSOR FILL STATION.

THE FIRE DIVISION CHIEF ASHWORTH IS WITH US THIS EVENING.

SO CHEAP TO DO A GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

IT'S UM, PLEASURE SEEING EVERYBODY.

AND ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN A WHILE I TRUST EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

WE HAD A GRANT GIVEN TO US BY THE AFG ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT THAT REPLACED ALL OF OUR CBAS, OUR BREATHING, OUR READING CYLINDERS AND APPARATUS.

WE DID ASK AT THAT TIME FOR A COMPRESSOR THAT WAS NOT PART OF IT.

SO WE DID BUDGET FOR 2020 THAT REPLACEMENT THE COMPRESSOR AND FILL STATION IS PUSHING WELL OVER 30 YEARS OLD.

AND WE ARE NOW STARTING TO SEE SOME FAILURES WITHIN THAT.

I HAD HOPED THAT WE COULD HAVE PUSHED THIS OFF TILL NEXT YEAR, MAYBE UNDER A LITTLE BETTER FINANCIAL TIMES.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE COMPRESSOR TO FILL ALL OF OUR BREATHING APPARATUS.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M REQUESTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLISH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS IS GOING TO COST BETWEEN 25 AND $35,000.

THAT IS WHY WE'LL NEED TO DO AN RFP.

THERE ARE NO COMPRESSOR COMPANIES OR COMPRESSOR SYSTEMS THAT ARE ON THE STATE OR FEDERAL BID.

AGAIN, THERE WERE, THEREFORE I CANNOT USE EITHER ONE OF THOSE AS BEING A PROPRIETARY SYSTEM, SO WE WILL NEED TO GO TO BED.

DO YOU THINK ACHIEVE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE WOULD MOVE QUESTION REGARDING THIS WITH CHIEF? YES.

YES, SIR.

DO YOU SEE ANY DELAY IN THIS PROCESS, RICHARD? I THINK THAT YOU WERE, YOU WERE FROZEN THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.

SO COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF PLEASE? SORRY.

I WAS WONDERING IF WE ANTICIPATE ANY DELAY, UM, THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL OR IF WE KNOW AT THIS TIME, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, MR. SEAN, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.

WE HAVE RUN INTO SOME VENDORS THAT ARE DELAYING ANY TYPE OF DELIVERY BECAUSE OF THE COVID AND THE PANDEMIC.

HOWEVER, THIS ISN'T REALLY A PPE.

THIS IS MORE OF A MANUFACTURING TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WHERE WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY, WE JUST HAD THE COMPRESSOR THAT HAVE, UH, SOME MAINTENANCE DONE TO IT BECAUSE A COUPLE OF THE EMERGENCY INDICATING LIGHTS HAVE COME ON.

SO IT IS FUNCTIONING.

UH, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN SHORT, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE VENDOR.

THE QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF ACHIEVE LEGISLATION WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS, JUST THAT THE EXHIBIT WITH RP.

SO WE'LL DO THE LEGISLATION TOMORROW FOR THAT.

NO PROBLEM.

I'LL PUT THAT IN.

AND ALSO IF YOU NOTED THE DATES ON THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WERE LEFT, OPEN, UH, PENDING THE APPROVAL BY COUNCIL.

SO YEAH, TONY, I'LL GET THAT LEGISLATION DONE AND I'LL GET IT IN, GET IT INTO AGENDA QUICK FOR YOU IMMEDIATELY.

UM, SURELY EXISTING EQUIPMENT HAS, UH, UM, CALLS FOR MAINTENANCE OR REPLACEMENT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR, UH, CHIEF, UM, UH, AFTER, UH, READING THROUGH YOUR PROPOSAL, UM, THE, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA YOU MENTIONED, UH, TRADE IN VALUE.

UH, IS THERE A VALUE, UM, OF MUCH THAT WILL OFFSET THE I'M HOPING THAT'S WHY I WROTE IT IN THE RFP.

I WANT THAT VENDOR TO IDENTIFY THAT THERE IS VALUE AND TO APPLY THAT TO THE COST OVERALL COST.

THE OTHER THING I'M REALLY TRYING TO AVOID IS I DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT WITH AN SCBA COMPRESSOR SITTING OUT ON AN APPARATUS FLOOR EITHER IF IT HAS VALUE, THEN I, THAT, AND MOST OF THE VENDORS THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH IN PAST ARE ON THE UP AND UP.

THEY'LL GIVE ME AN HONEST ANSWER AND THEY'LL GIVE ME AN HONEST PRICE.

THE ONLY OTHER OPTION I HAVE IS TO PUT IT OR PLACE IT ON GOV DEALS, IF WE'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT PARTICULAR ANSWER FROM THEM.

GOT IT.

AND THEN JUST, UM, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

UM, IT'S ABOUT YOUR, UM, FINAL PURIFICATION FILTERS.

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UM, I NOTICED IN YOUR PROPOSAL, YOU ASKED FOR, UM, UH, THEM TO PRICE THAT OUT AS WELL.

THE REPLACEMENT FILTERS AND MAINTENANCE.

UH, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU BUDGET FOR ROUTINELY? UM, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

SO, UH, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE STB PRESS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS AROUND 30 PLUS YEARS OLD, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED.

THUS, THE FILTERING HAS CHANGED, SO THAT IS PUT IN THERE STRICTLY FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES, AND WE HAVE THAT ALREADY IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET, OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS MATCH.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT PROPOSAL.

I HAVE TO GET MARRIED AT, TO MY STAFF, SO THANK YOU.

I CAN.

AND, UH, YES.

AND, UH, GLEN AND DON, I APPRECIATE YOU USING THE, THE HAND THERE.

THAT THAT'S A MUCH EASIER WAY FOR ME TO KNOW WHEN SOMEONE HAS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SAY, RATHER THAN EVERYBODY JUST KINDA JUMPING INTO ME HAVING TO DECIPHER VOICES.

SO, SO I APPRECIATE THE USE OF THAT FEATURE THAT WE HAVE HERE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE CHIEF ON THE, UH, ON THE PROPOSAL BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD FACING THAT? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ONTO A MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING, HEARING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE THAT ON TO A ONCE A MONDAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE C, WHICH IS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, MR. BELL, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAVE BEFORE YOU, UM, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF DOLLARS.

AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

[ Supplemental Appropriations]

THE, UH, AS YOU'RE ALL WELL AWARE, WE HAVE RECEIVED CARES, ACT FUNDING, AND THE COMBINATION OF MONIES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND MIAMI COUNTY, TOTAL $557,583 AND 57 CENTS.

SO IT'S NOW, UM, OUR JOB TO, UM, FIND A WAY TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY.

AND, UH, WHAT I DID, UM, IN PREPARING FOR THIS SUPPLEMENTAL WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE THE, UM, PAYROLL FIGURES THAT I'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT FOR WHAT MIGHT BE ACCEPTED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF TRANSFERS.

UH, THOSE ARE TRANSFERS TO REIMBURSE, UH, EXPENSES THAT WE'VE ALREADY, UH, TAKEN ON OR THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, CLAIM, UH, AS I'M STILL LEARNING, UH, NEARLY EVERY WEEK.

UH, SOMETHING NEW COMES OUT FROM OMB AS TO HOW THEY'RE, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO ACCEPT, UH, FOUR CLAIMS. AND SO WHAT I DID WAS I, UH, PUT IN $349,000 OF, UH, TRANSFERS TO REIMBURSE, UH, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT OUT OF THE OTHER FUNDS.

AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL, UM, LITTLE OVER 208,000 WOULD BE ACTUALLY IN THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.

AND, UH, THAT WILL BE FOR, UM, SUPPLIES.

THAT'LL BE FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, ANYTHING THAT WE, UH, TAKE ON BETWEEN HERE AND OCTOBER 15TH.

AND IF WE, AND IF WE DETERMINE THAT WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN THAT AMOUNT, THEN OCTOBER 15TH, I THINK THERE'LL BE A PROCESS WHERE I CAN, UH, ASK FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WILL BE GRANTED TO US BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER 31ST, UH, IN ADDITION TO THOSE ITEMS, UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET FOR 2020, UM, UH, ROB HAD ASKED THAT WE INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF DISPATCH SALARIES THAT WE PAY OUT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE DOLLARS COME IN FROM THE NINE 11 WIRELESS, UH, MONIES THAT THE MOBILE COMPANIES, UM, PROVIDE THE COUNTY.

AND SO WE'RE ONE OF FOUR DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVED THOSE MONIES, THE COUNTY PLUS THE LARGEST CITIES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SPEND THAT AND ONE OF THE APPROPRIATE WAYS TO SPEND IT, UH, ACCORDING TO HIGH RISE CODE ONE 28.57 IS ON PERSONNEL.

AND SO THE, UM, UH, WE MEANT TO DO THAT.

IT DID NOT GET INTO THE FINAL BUDGET.

AND SO I'M ASKING FOR THAT INCREASE NOW OF $106,700, UH, THE, UM, MONEY WAS BUDGETED IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR A DECREASE TO THE GENERAL FUND OF 99,400.

AND YOU MIGHT ASK WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO? THE DIFFERENCE IS RELATED TO, UH, SOME INCREASES IN BENEFITS THAT THE DISPATCHERS RECEIVED IN THEIR CONTRACT THAT JUST WAS RENEWED, BUT IT WASN'T RENEWED.

IT WASN'T ACCEPTED UNTIL 2020.

SO IT DIDN'T GET INTO THE 20, 20, 20 BUDGET, WHICH WAS PASSED AT THE END OF 19.

SO THAT'S THE SMALL AMOUNT OF DIFFERENCE THERE.

UH, THE OTHER, UM, INCREASE THAT I'M ASKING FOR IS $26,700.

UH, ONE DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE, AND NOW THEY'RE, UM, UH, TAKING THE FAMILY PLAN, ANOTHER CHANGED FROM THE SINGLE PLAN TO THE FAMILY PLAN.

SO THERE'S, UH, THOSE,

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UM, CHANGES WERE DONE IN DECEMBER AND THE BUDGET WAS PASSED, I BELIEVE AT THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER.

SO, UH, THE OPEN ENROLLMENT, UH, HAPPENED AFTER THE BUDGET WAS PASSED.

SO I NEED TO BRING THOSE TWO, YOU WILL NEED THAT MONEY, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, OBVIOUSLY.

AND I AM ASKING THAT THIS BE, UH, PAST SOME MONDAY NIGHT, BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE, UM, EXPENSES THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AND ARE WANTING TO REIMBURSE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.

SO I LIKE TO GET STARTED ON A, IF WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT, UH, COME MONDAY NIGHT, THEN WE CAN START SPENDING.

THANK YOU, JIM.

ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE METALS? OKAY.

SO THEN THIS WOULD BE A, YOU'RE ASKING TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING ON MONDAY.

YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

ANY OBJECTION? SO THIS ONTO MONDAY, UH, WITH LIVING IN SECONDARY.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET, JIM, UH, ITEM THREE D THE COUNTY ASSESSMENT AUTHORIZATION.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE THAT ON AND

[ County Assessments Authorization]

UH, WE, THIS IS YOU AS WELL.

UH, YES, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME, UH, COMING TO A COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF ASSESSMENTS.

AND, UH, THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE FOR, UM, UH, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, UH, UM, WEED CUTTING, UNPAID WATER AND SEWER BILLS.

AND I BELIEVE, UH, TONY SET OUT, UH, OUR MOST RECENT, UH, WELL, WHAT DO I CALL EXHIBIT A THAT LISTS ALL OF THE DOLLARS, ALL OF THE SPECIFIC REASONS FOR ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS, UH, WHICH IS NOW A REQUIREMENT, I THINK FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, MY GUMTREE COUNTY NOW REQUIRES US TO LIST EVERY SPECIFIC, UM, UH, ADDRESS AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THOSE ASSESSMENTS FOR THEM TO ACCEPT IT.

AND SO WE COMPLY WITH THAT.

UH, THE LAST ONE WE DID WAS DECEMBER, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE READY TO GO HERE IN 2020.

I WOULD EXPECT WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

UH, BUT THIS ONE I'M ASKING THAT WE, UM, UH, THESE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED, HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU, UM, UH, PASS THIS ON EMERGENCY FOR MONDAY NIGHT SO WE CAN GET THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS GOING WITH THE COUNTY.

UP AS WELL, JIM, THE, UH, ITEM THREE, THE 2020 SIDEWALK PROGRAM, OUR ORDINANCE OF ASSESSMENT.

THANK YOU, JIM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR JIM REGARDING THESE ASSESSMENTS? ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS AS AN EMERGENCY TO MONDAY'S MEETING? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, MOVE THAT ON TO MONDAY AND NEXT

[ 2020 Sidewalk Program - Ordinance of Assessment]

UM, UM, AND WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS LEGISLATION, UH, ON THIS.

UM, IT STARTS, UH, ACTUALLY IN 2019, WE IDENTIFY WHAT STREETS NEED TO BE DONE, UH, FOR 2020, UH, THOSE STREETS HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED AND NOW COMES THE TIME TO, UM, UH, BEST, UH, FOR THOSE, FOR, UH, THE, WE DO GIVE THE INDIVIDUALS OR THE RESIDENTS, THE ABILITY TO PAY SO THAT IT'S, SO IT'S NOT ASSESSED.

SO IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT, UH, THEY CAN UNTIL AUGUST 17TH.

AND THE REASON WE'VE CHOSEN THAT DATE IS THAT WE WANT TO GET ALL PAYMENTS IN BEFORE WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST, TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEADLINE OF THE ASSESSMENT DEADLINE FOR NEXT YEAR, UH, FOR PROPERTY TAXES FOR THESE SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS, UH, IS THE SECOND MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER.

SO IN ORDER TO MEET THAT DEADLINE, UH, I NEED, UH, UM, I NEED ALL PAYMENTS THAT ANYONE WISHES TO MAKE DONE BY AUGUST 17TH.

OF COURSE, THEY WERE NOTIFIED A YEAR AGO AND GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKELY BE PAID, UH, PAYING.

AND SO THEY KNOW THAT, AND THIS LEGISLATION ALSO, UM, IF NO ONE DECIDES TO PAY IN THE NEXT, UH, UM, THREE WEEKS, THEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENTS WILL BE $106,167 AND 79 CENTS.

OBVIOUSLY THAT NUMBER WILL BE LOWER IF WE HAVE PAYMENTS BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 17TH, COMPLETELY, UH, THE CHOICE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE THOSE, WHETHER THEY CHOOSE TO PAY OR NOT.

AND OBVIOUSLY I WOULD ALSO ASK THIS TO BE APPROVED AS EMERGENCY ON MONDAY NIGHT.

UH, SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET THE LETTERS OUT, UH, WE'RE PREPARED TO SEND LETTERS OUT, UH, GIVING THE FINAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF WHAT IS OWED TO EACH RESIDENT THAT WILL BE NOT HAVE A POTENTIAL SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT.

I THINK A GYM, MR. OKAY.

IT DEPENDS ON WHO HAS THAT SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT EACH YEAR.

UH, JOHN, DO YOU HAVE A GUESSTIMATE AS TO A PERCENTAGE LIKELY PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD PAY VERSUS THOSE WHO WILL TAKE THE ASSESSMENT? I WOULD SAY A, WE TEND TO GET BETWEEN 10 AND 20% THAT WOULD PAY EACH YEAR IS DIFFERENT.

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AND THIS YEAR, IF, UH, SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LAID OFF AND HAVING A DIFFICULT YEAR, WE MIGHT SEE MORE PEOPLE DECIDE TO CHOOSE THE ASSESSMENT ROUTE RATHER THAN A PAY IN CASH.

AND WE ALSO NOW HAVE THE OPTION TO PAY BY CREDIT CARD.

SO ANYONE THAT HAS A SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT, THAT'S WATCHING THE MEETING TONIGHT, UH, THEY CAN GO RIGHT OFF OUR WEBSITE AND, UH, CHOOSE THE ASSESSMENT CATEGORY AND PAY THAT BY CREDIT CARD, IF THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, STRETCH OUT THE PAYMENTS FOR THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING IT BE ASSESSED WITH A INTEREST RATE AND SO FORTH.

THANK YOU, MR. WEBB, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BELL? OKAY.

OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THAT ON TO MONDAY AS AN EMERGENCY JC AND NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL MOVE THAT ON TO MONDAY.

NEXT UP

[ 2021 Sidewalk Program - Resolution of Necessity]

WAS THREE F AND A THAT RESOLUTION NECESSITY THAT IS NOT QUITE PUT TOGETHER YET.

SO WE'RE GOING TO FOREGO ITEM F INTO OUR NEXT WORK SESSION, WHICH WOULD BRING US TO ITEM

[ Public Works Facility Study Presentation]

THREE G, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY STUDY PRESENTATION.

I BELIEVE MR. WAKOWSKI IS HERE TO DENTIST SCOTT.

SCOTT, YOU'RE ON MUTE, BUT I SEE MR. GRAY HERE TOO.

SO YEAH, I COULD GO, MIKE, ARE YOU DOING THIS ONE? SURE.

YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY.

BASICALLY, JUST LIKE TO DO A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, UM, BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2019, UM, AS YOU MAY OR NOT REMEMBER, UM, A RFP WAS RELEASED FOR THE STUDY OF A PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, CUNY ARCHITECTS CAME BACK AS THE AWARDED BIDDER AND THE LOWEST AND BEST RESPONSE WITH THE LIST OF EXTENSIVE PROJECTS, SIMILAR PROJECTS THEY'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND COMPLETELY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

UM, AND THEY STARTED WITH A REVIEW OF OUR CURRENT SETUP AND OPERATIONS OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING A WALKTHROUGH OF WORKING SPACES, SEEING THE EQUIPMENT AND TALKING TO STAFF, UM, GETTING THE HANDS ON IDEA OF THE WORK REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED WITH OUR CURRENT PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES.

UM, TO STEP THIS BACK A LITTLE BIT, UM, MORE IN A SENSE OF HOW I FIRST COME IN CONTACT WITH COONEY WAS I MET THEM, UM, BACK IN, I BELIEVE APRIL OF 2019 AT EIGHT AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, UM, UH, PROGRAM AND, UM, AT A CON, UH, CONFERENCE AND, UM, KINDA GOT TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT AND, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THEIR BACKGROUND.

AND BASICALLY, UM, AS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UM, I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, UM, PUT THIS ON THE FOREFRONT AS FAR AS THE NEED FOR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY FOR SOME TIME.

UM, AND WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO THEM, NUMBER ONE WAS A, A REQUIREMENT OF THEM DOING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST COMING FOR ME AS A PUBLIC WORKS MANAGER, SAYING WHAT WE NEED AS A COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO, UM, GROUND FLOOR COMING THROUGH WITH ALL THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, SIMILAR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, AND BASICALLY THEY THEY'D HAVE A MATRIX BUILT FOR, FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, TO MOVE ON WITH THE PRESENTATION, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO JOHN WETLAND CAMP, HE'S FROM CUNY ARCHITECTURE AND, UM, HE'S ONLINE WITH US TONIGHT.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM, UH, INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESENTATION AND UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LEADING UP TO THAT, I'LL LEAVE THE FLOOR TO HIM.

GREAT EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

UM, SCOTT HELPED ME SHARE THE SCREEN.

CAN YOU SEE THE SLIDE, JONATHAN? NO, I'M NOT MUTED.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? SCOTT CAN, NOW I CAN HEAR YOU.

IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS SINCE 1959.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.

UM, I'VE ONLY CUNY ARCHITECTS FOR 30 YEARS.

OUR FIRM, UM, HAS SPECIALIZED

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UM, I'VE PRETTY MUCH HAVE HAD THAT SEGMENT OFF OF OUR FIRM FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS AND JUST REALLY COMPLETING OVER ABOUT $350 MILLION WITH THE PROJECTS AND WHAT LITTLE GROUND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS.

WHAT WE WOULD SEE IS A LOT OF THESE PUBLIC WORKS, SMITHVILLE FACILITIES WERE BEING BUILT AND CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT DOING NEED ASSESSMENTS AND REALLY FINDING OUT WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY GO INTO A BUILDING INSTEAD OF HAVING STAFF OR CITIZENS OR WHATEVER.

SAY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THAT 5,000 SQUARE FEET HERE, 10,000 SQUARE FEET THERE.

SO WE NEED 50,000 SQUARE FEET.

OUR, OUR METHOD WAS TO REALLY BACK UP FROM THAT AND COME UP WITH MEANS AND METHODS.

I'LL CALL IT AND HISTORICAL DATA AND STANDARDS.

SO YOU TRULY RIGHT SIZE YOUR FACILITY FOR WHAT YOU NEED AND ALSO WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD.

BUT BOTTOM LINE AT THE END, THE DAY THAT IT'S DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR EFFICIENCIES, THAT THE BUILDING KEEPS PAYING FOR ITSELF THROUGH EFFICIENCIES, AS YOU'LL SEE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, I'LL HIGHLIGHT WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.

UM, THIS IS JUST A LONG LIST OF RECENT PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN WITH, UM, IT'S IT'S COMMUNITY, ALL DIFFERENT SIZES FROM A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND POPULATION DOWN TO 5,000, UM, SAME THING AND DOLLAR VALUE THEIR PROJECTS WE WORK ON FROM, UM, 5,000, TWO 50,000.

SO IT'S, IT, IT KIND OF GIVES US A WIDE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW IT IS IT COMES TOGETHER, UM, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO YOUR FACILITY.

IF, IF NO, ONE'S, IF, IF YOU GOT, I JUST, HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE FACILITY, I RECOMMEND WE VISIT IT AND MAKE SURE YOU SEE WHAT YOU HAVE THERE TODAY.

THE GOAL REALLY TODAY IS JUST TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE'RE NOT PRESENTING ANY FINAL FINDINGS, BUT IT'S REALLY TO MAKE YOU GUYS PART OF THIS PROCESS AND CITIZENS, PART OF THE PROCESS OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY TO DO FOR THE CITY.

CURRENTLY, YOU'RE TUCKED BEHIND THE EXISTING FIRE STATION.

THERE'S ABOUT 16,000 LITTLE OVER 16,000 SQUARE FOOT OF WHAT WE'LL CALL COVERED, UM, BUILDING TO COVER ASSETS OR EMPLOYEES, UM, BESIDES, UH, JUST THUNDER 3.6 ACRES.

AND AS I SAID, IT'S SHARED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THE BACK HALF THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN THE RED IS ABOUT 1.7 ACRES THAT DPW IS OCCUPYING.

THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SITE IS THE EXISTING SALT STRUCTURE.

AND THEN BETWEEN THE LARGE GREEN AND THE YELLOW IS EXISTING FUELING OPERATIONS.

MMM.

THE BUILDINGS YOU CAN SEE ARE PRETTY MUCH A CONGLOMERATE OF ADDITION AND ADDITIONS OVER THE YEARS, THE BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO, UM, IS WHAT I'LL CALL THE MAIN PUBLIC ENTRY OR A STAFF ENTRY.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT SOME GOOD CURB APPEAL.

MMM.

OR RIGHT.

TWO PHOTOS ARE JUST A DIFFERENT OUTBUILDINGS, THE GARAGE DOOR AND THIS LAST, AND JUST SHOWING THE, THE KIND OF WHAT YOU HAVE ON SITE ABOVE GROUND FUELING AND THE TANKS TO THE RIGHT ARE THE DIFFERENT, UH, BLENDING, UM, LIQUIDS THAT GO ON THE ROAD, UH, TURNED A SALT OPERATIONS, OKAY.

IN INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, UPPER LEFT IS YOUR VEHICLE STORAGE, UH, WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE THEY'RE MAKING DO WITH WHAT THEY HAVE THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

VEHICLES ARE AT THE END OF THE DAY, PARKED IN ALL DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS, PRETTY MUCH TO GET THE ASSETS OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, UPPER MIDDLE AND THE BOTTOM MIDDLE ARE THE EXISTING MAINTENANCE REPAIR BAYS.

UM, VERY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ADEQUATE WORKING SPACES AS IT WORKS TODAY WHEN THEY'RE WORKING AROUND THINGS THAT THE GOAL IN A NEW PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION IS OBVIOUSLY TO CREATE MORE, UH, VERTICAL CEILING HEIGHT AND FLOOR SPACE FOR SAFETY AND TO MOVE AROUND AND ALSO ENOUGH BAYS TO MAINTAIN OR MAINTAIN A VEHICLE OR WORK ON A VEHICLE.

IF YOU DO HAVE TO TEAR IT APART.

AND IT HAS TO SIT IN A BAY FOR A DAY OR TWO WAITING FOR PARTS THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TOWED OUT AND MOVED IN.

SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING, UM, AND LOOKING FOR THE AREAS, UM, DIFFERENT OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS, WHICH IS, UH, MIKE WILL PROBABLY TELL YOU, IT'S BEEN QUITE INTERESTING THROUGH THE COVID.

UM, YOU, YOU PRETTY HAVE PRETTY MUCH HAVE ONE MAIN OFFICE THAT, UM, THE UPPER LEFT IS THE KIND OF THE RECEPTIONIST.

THEN YOU HAVE A BACKUP PERSON TO THE RIGHT, AND THEN BEYOND THAT AS MIKE'S OFFICE.

SO KIND OF IN A ROW,

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ONE LARGE OFFICE WITH A BACKROOM, YOU, YOU HAVE THE MAIN OFFICE WORK STAFF.

UM, SO AT ANY TIME, UH, FIELD EMPLOYEES NEED TO TALK TO SUPERVISOR MIKE, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE PATH OF THE THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, THE AMENITIES, UM, PRETTY MUCH OUR ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING.

UM, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAIN DOOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING DOWN THAT HALLWAY IS THE MAIN, UH, PUBLIC ENTRY EMPLOYEE ENTRY BREAK ROOM LOCKER ROOM.

UM, TOILET ROOMS ARE KIND OF SOMEWHAT A LITTLE BIT OF INTERMIXED THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE SPACE THAT, UH, THE BUILDING HAS TO OFFER.

BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE STAFF IS USING EVERY SQUARE INCH POSSIBLY.

SO WHAT WE DO, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE NUMBERS TOO MUCH IS WE, WE ANALYZE EVERY EXISTING SQUARE FOOTAGE AND WE KIND OF RANK THOSE TOWARDS STANDARD.

WHAT WE SEE IN THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR DIFFERENT WORK ENVIRONMENTS AND KIND OF COME UP WITH, UM, CHARTS TO SHOW HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE WE NEED.

AND THIS IS NOT ONLY BY TOURING THE BUILDING INTERVIEWING LISTS, BUT IT'S ALSO LISTENING.

AND REALLY THE BIG THING IS OBSERVING AND WATCHING OUR STAFF USES BECAUSE BOTTOM LINE IS ALL THE KNOWLEDGE WE BRING INTO THIS.

IT'S STILL CUSTOMIZED FOR THE CITY AND YOUR WORKERS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE AND LEARN THOSE PIECES, HOW WE NEED TO CUSTOMIZE THIS FOR YOU.

UM, IN ADDITION TO EMPLOYEES, WE LOOK AT EVERY PIECE OF ASSET THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BUILDING AND COME UP WITH HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT ASSET NEEDS.

SO THE CHART ON THE LEFT IS YOU'RE SEEING DIFFERENT PIECES OF ROLLING STOCK, AND WE'LL GIVE IT A UNIFORM BASE SIZE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE PARKED IN THE ITEMS ON THE RIGHT HELP US DETERMINE EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUT THERE BETWEEN A STANDARD PICKUP TO A LOADER HAS DIFFERENT HOURS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR MAINTENANCE.

AND WE GO THROUGH ALL THE CHARTS AND GERMANS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE LAND IN THE RIGHT, CORRECT NUMBER OF MAINTENANCE BAYS, INSTALLS FOR THE MECHANICS AFTER WE TOOK ALL THAT DATA.

UM, WE COME UP WITH THAT.

IT'S KIND OF RECOMMENDED, IT'S RECOMMENDED.

WE NEED ABOUT 50,000, 53,000 SQUARE FOOT OF BUILDING ENVELOPE TO HOUSE ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT, YOUR MAINTENANCE OPERATION WASH FACILITY SHOPS, AND OFFICE, THE, THE FACILITY, AS I MENTIONED, 53,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND REALLY THE IMAGERY ON TO SHOW HERE IS A SHARE WHERE, AND WHAT TYPE OF FACILITY THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, SO THE LARGE GREEN AREA THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE, WHAT WE CALL THE VEHICLE PARKING.

AND THAT WOULD BE A DRIVING CONFIGURATION, HORSESHOE LEFT TURN, AND EXIT OUT.

SO YOU HAVE A DIRECT TRAFFIC FLOW TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING, EVERY PIECE OF ROLLING STOCK HAS ITS DESIGNATED, UM, STALL AND IT'S SIZED APPROPRIATELY FOR PLOWS ACCESSORIES, THINGS TO BE RIGHT IN THAT STALL WITH IT.

SO THERE'S ELIMINATES CHASING TOO.

IF I GOT A TRUCK AND I ENDED UP PLOW OR A, UM, A SKIDSTER AND WITH THE ATTACHMENTS EVERYTHING'S RIGHT THERE.

AND THOSE PIECES WE SEE ARE IMPORTANT, CAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST SAVINGS YOU'LL SEE IN THE BUILDING ON TIME, EMPLOYEE TIME SAVINGS TO HELP GAIN EFFICIENCIES AND, AND SAVE MONEY OVER THE LONG HAUL, UM, VEHICLE REPAIR BAY.

THIS WOULD BE A SIMILAR TYPE REPAIR BAY THAT YOU WOULD SEE THERE TODAY, WHERE YOU PULL IN ONE SINGLE GARAGE DOOR AND YOU BACK OUT.

SO WE DO HAVE A STALL WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPERATION WHERE YOU COULD PULL IN THE MAIN DOOR, BUT ALSO GO THROUGH A RECORD AND GO INTO THE VEHICLE STORAGE.

SO THESE ARE ALL PIECES THAT WE'VE KIND OF ANALYZED AND HAVE LANDED THAT THE TYPE OF REPAIR BY YOU WOULD HAVE IN YOUR FACILITY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STALLS AND NUMBER OF MECHANICS, OFFICE AMENITIES, WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 4,200 SQUARE FOOT PER OFFICE AMENITIES.

THE BIG THING THAT WE SEE LACKING AT THE FACILITY IS NOT ACTUAL OFFICE SPACE.

IT'S REALLY FOR THE FIELD WORKERS, THE LUNCH ROOM, LUNCH TRAINING ROOM, THE MEN'S LOCKER ROOM, THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM AND AREAS FOR THEM TO JUST, TO, TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SPACE WHEN THEY COME BACK AND USE, UM, A FACILITY LIKE THIS WOULD JUST HAVE A SMALL, UM, PUBLIC ENTRY PIECE.

THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF VISITORS, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO CREATE A LARGE ANSWERS, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE THERE'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE HERE IS REALLY MAINLY FOR THE STAFF THAT CURRENTLY WORKS IN A FACILITY AND THE FIELD STAFF.

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SO WE CAME UP WITH A SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THEN WE HAD THE TASK OF WHERE THIS NEEDS TO LAND WITHIN THE CITY.

UM, WE TRIED TO, WE BASICALLY CAME UP WITH A ZONE THAT WE KNEW WE HAD TO KIND OF BE WITHIN TO HAVE RESPONSE TIMES IF WE WERE GOING NORTH, SOUTH, EAST WEST, THAT THE FACILITY WOULD HAVE TO BE LOCATED IN.

AND WE ENDED UP, UM, STUDYING FIVE DIFFERENT SITES.

THESE SITES ARE ALL ACTIVE STUDY SITES.

UM, AND BY NO MEANS, ARE WE PINPOINTING THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO, BUT THEY WERE.

THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GIVE US THE PROS AND CONS OF HOW MUCH SITE AREA WE NEED.

UM, SITE NUMBER ONE, UM, IS A CURRENT SITE THAT HAS AN OLD VACANT BUILDING ON IT.

UM, I'M SPECIFICALLY NOT GOING TO GO INTO ADDRESSES IN THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO GLOBALLY.

CAUSE THE, THE EXERCISE HERE IS TO SEE INLAND OF HOW MUCH ACREAGE WE NEED FOR THIS BUILDING.

UM, WHAT IT'S SHOWING US IS WHERE WE NEED ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO EIGHT ACRES TO POSITION THE BUILDING.

UM, THE MAIN BUILDING AS YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THE SALT STRUCTURE AND AN OUTDOOR COLD STORAGE.

UM, SO IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN BUILDING FOOTPRINT, WE'VE ALSO ANALYZED THE EQUIPMENT THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN A HEATED STORAGE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE UNDERCOVER TO CREATE LONGEVITY FOR THE ASSET SITE.

NUMBER TWO HERE AGAIN, SAME FOOTPRINT.

THIS WAS, THIS SITE PARTICULARLY HAD A 13.5 ACRES, BUT IT HAD MORE ACREAGE THAN WE NEED SITE THREE, SAME THING, 10.5 ACRES.

UM, BUT WE COULD EASILY FIT IT IN THE SEVEN AS MENTIONED SIDE FOR SITE FIVE.

AND SO REALLY GOING THROUGH ALL THE SITES, GOING THROUGH ALL THE DATA, IT'S REALLY WHY AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO GET TO? WELL, BOTTOM LINE, THE WHY TO US IS TO HELP YOU GUYS EXTEND THE LIFE OF EVERY ONE OF YOUR VEHICLES AND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS IF YOU TOOK AND LOOKED AT YOUR ASSET COUNT, AND IF A TYPICAL ACID AVERAGES BETWEEN BETWEEN 10 AND 13 YEARS, IF WE CAN EXTEND EACH PIECE OF ASSET OUT ONE MORE YEAR, IT'S IT ENDS UP ADDING UP AND ADDING UP.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO THAT'S.

ONE PIECE IS TO LONG TO GET LONGEVITY OF THE ASSETS, UM, ALLOW TRUCKS TO BE STORED INDOORS INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW WHEN PIECES OF EQUIPMENT HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE, THERE'S TIME INVOLVED, THE CLEANING THEM OFF FOR SNOW EVENTS.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET THEM AS MANY PIECES INSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

UM, WE WANT TO CREATE SPACES THAT THE CIRCULATION IS SAFE AND IN AND OUT, IF I WANT TO LEAVE AND DISPATCH, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MOVE THREE OTHER PIECES TO GET OUT.

THE GOAL IS THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A CENTER AISLE CIRCULATION YOU'RE IN AND OUT WITHIN A TIMELY MATTER, UM, DAYLIGHT, UH, NATURAL LIGHT TO THE BUILDING.

EVERYTHING'S SAVED.

EVERYTHING ADDS UP TO BOTTOM LINE, OUR EFFICIENCIES, UM, THESE ILLUSTRATIONS YOU'LL SEE IN THE UPPER, IN THE YELLOW ARE YOUR CURRENT BUILDINGS.

THE BOTTOM LEFT IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE 53,000.

WHAT YOU NEED, YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO THERE'S, THERE'S A DEFINED CENTER DRIVE AISLE.

AND EACH PIECE OF APPARATUS HAS ITS OWN STALL.

EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SIZED WRITERS, EVERYTHING THE STALLS ARE SIZED FOR THAT, AND THEY'RE NOT OVERSIZED WHERE WE'RE WASTING SQUARE FOOTAGE.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT SQUARE FOOTAGE, A MECHANIC SHOP.

AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO GIVE THEM A WORKING ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR JOB DONE AND EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELY PARTS AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE.

UM, THINGS ARE BEING STORED OVER THERE IN THE BEST FASHION THEY CAN JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPACE.

SO WE'RE PUTTING THEM UP ON RACKS.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE AREA DESIGNED IN EVERY AREA IN YOUR BUILDING DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ENTRANCE POINTS, AMENITIES.

THIS IS A BIG THING.

SO HOW WE HELP YOU DEFINE WHY YOU GO THE NEXT STEP AND SOMEDAY BUILD THIS THING AND HOW YOU DO IT AND HOW YOU SAVE MONEY IS WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ANY EFFICIENCY, PAYBACK CHART, WHICH THROUGH FACILITY EFFICIENCY,

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EMPLOYEE TIME SAVINGS.

THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE CHART.

IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO YOUR JOB YET.

UM, TRIPS, DIFFERENT WHERE YOU'RE DISPATCHING, IT'LL SAVE UTILITY SAVINGS.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU'RE SPENDING FOR UTILITIES IN THIS BUILDING MAY EQUAL, OR EVEN BE LESS THAN A NEW EFFICIENT BUILDING.

UM, AND IN ANY POTENTIAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, SAVINGS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN THIS BUILDING BEFORE YOU'RE DONE, UM, TO HELP EVERYBODY IMAGINE WHAT A FACILITY LIKE THIS WOULD BE.

THIS IS JUST AN ANIMATION, JUST TO SHOW YOU AS WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND COME TO ANOTHER WORK SESSION, UM, WE'LL KEEP DEFINING AND REDEFINING THE PROGRAM, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS OF, OH, ONE SECOND, PLEASE, THIS IS JUST A TOOL THAT WE'LL DO TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'D BE GETTING, HELP CITIZENS, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE AND THE IMPORTANT PIECE WITH THIS TOOL.

AS WE'RE SEWING, ONCE WE PICK A SITE, WE CAN TRULY INTEGRATE IT INTO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND BUSINESS PARK OR WHEREVER IT IS.

SO PEOPLE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'D BE BUILDING BY NO MEANS IS IT THIS BUILDING? OUR GOAL IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THE TOOL THAT WE'D USE TO HELP SHOW YOU WHAT COULD BE DONE, THIS'LL FLY AROUND.

UM, AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO YOUR SHOT.

SO IT REALLY GIVES YOU A HIGH LEVEL OF, OF WHAT, WHAT YOU EVENTUALLY WILL GET IN OUT OF THE PROGRAM.

SO THAT THE GOAL REALLY TONIGHT IS JUST TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU, UH, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OF WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU WANT TO SEE IN HOW YOU WANT US TO PRESENT IT.

SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING.

WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 85% DONE WITH THE PROGRAM AND ALL THE DATA COLLECTING, REALLY.

WE WANT TO CUSTOMIZE AND BUILD THIS TO WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE TO MAKE SURE YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ON, UM, FOR A FUTURE FACILITY.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW, I HAVE A QUESTION FROM DON YOU'RE MUTED.

I WAS JUST SAYING, I BELIEVE COUNCIL NUMBER URGE WAS AHEAD OF ME, SIR.

MR. BERT.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, UH, MR. ROLLAND CAMP FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION.

IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

UM, I'M LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT WE HAVE A NEW FACILITY.

UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, I DON'T, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS FUTURE NEEDS? UM, I DON'T WANT TO SEE A BUILDING THAT'S CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW TO MEET TODAY'S NEEDS WHEN OUR CITY IS GROWING CONTINUES TO GROW, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE MORE EQUIPMENT.

UM, SO HOW MUCH, UM, FLEXIBILITY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE IN THERE AS WE GROW? YEAH, A GREAT QUESTION.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T POINT THAT OUT.

SO RIGHT NOW THIS, THIS FACILITY IS PROJECTED FOR, TO BE RIGHT-SIZED FOR 30 YEARS OUT.

SO, UM, IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR TODAY, BUT IT'S FOR IT'S FOR 30 YEARS OUT.

UH, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS I, I, THIS MAY BE JUST AN AMENITY THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED, BUT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE, UH, SAFETY AREAS IN THERE THAT WOULD HAVE LIKE EMERGENCY SHOWERS? I WASH STATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, UH, IF THEY'RE NEEDED, CORRECT.

GREAT.

UM, SO ALL THE MAJOR AREAS, THE REPAIR BAY, ANY SHOPS, BATTERY STORAGE, WE WOULD MEET ALL THESE, UH, THE STATE LATERAL FOCUS AND OSHA CODES WHERE THAT STUFF WOULD GO, AND THAT'LL ALL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THERE.

UM, THE, EVEN THE LUNCH TRAINING ROOM I'LL CALL IT, WE WOULD SET THAT UP IS I WE'LL CALL IT A REAL SOFT, UH, MOC, UH, EMERGENCY ZONE WHERE IF THERE WOULD BE AN EMERGENCY IN THE CITY STAFF COULD ACTUALLY COME AND EVERYBODY COULD COLLECT IN THAT LARGER ROOM FOR AN EVENT, IF NEED BE AS A BACKUP EOC, I'LL CALL IT.

SO EACH WE'LL ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT ALSO WITHIN THE PROGRAM AREA.

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AND THE, UM, THERE WILL BE FACILITIES, UH, RESTROOM FACILITIES FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN 100%.

UH, THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR, UH, ARKRAY.

UM, MY DOESN'T, UH, PUBLIC WORKS CURRENTLY UTILIZED, UM, UH, SEVERAL OFF-SITES BESIDES THE MAN SOLDIER THERE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE, WE CURRENTLY UTILIZE ABOUT, UH, FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, WHAT THIS WOULD HELP US DO IN ADDITION TO THAT IS KIND OF CENTRALIZED SOME DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, SEASONAL THINGS TO MAKE THEM CENTRALIZED TO SPECIFIC AREAS WHEN NEEDED OR WHEN NOT NEEDED.

UM, AND THEN GIVE US SOME MORE, UM, FLEXIBILITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, POSITION THINGS WHEN NEEDED AS FAR AS LIKE CLOUD PART, FOR INSTANCE, UM, MAKE THOSE SEASONAL THINGS DOWN THERE.

UM, AND IT JUST MAY BE A LOT, LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO MAINTAIN AND PUT THINGS WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, MORE EFFICIENCIES FOR THAT.

AND ONE THING I'D LIKE TO WENT OUT TO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, NANCY'S QUESTION AND FURTHER TO JOHN'S IS, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT, THIS IS A, BASICALLY A PINKY PRINT COMPARED TO WHERE YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN, IN A SENSE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY FOR THAT.

CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST THING FOR WHEN I'VE TALKING TO JOHN WAS SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE NEXT UMPTEEN YEARS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE GROWN IN THE PAST THREE YEARS OR IN THREE YEARS, THE PAST 20 YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE HAS BEEN THREE TIMES.

UM, SO THAT WAS MY BIG THING WITH, UM, IN SPEAKING WITH JOHN AND, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, IS THIS GOING TO BE A FACILITY THAT CAN REMAIN ADEQUATE FOR THE NEXT 20, 30 YEARS? AWESOME.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN OR MIKE? OKAY, SO MAY OR DO I, THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE MAYORS, IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO MAKE SURE WE PRESENT AND SHOW YOU GUYS TO HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND IT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MIKE AND LET ME KNOW.

I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.

UM, WILL IT BE ADDRESSED ABOUT THE NOISE COMING AND GOING? THERE'LL BE A LOT OF BIG TRUCKS IF WE PUT THIS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SETTING, CAN WE ADDRESS THAT? YEP.

GREAT POINT.

SO YEAH, WE WILL, UM, THE SITE ADJACENCIES AND HOW WE SCREEN THINGS, WE'LL ALL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE SITES, UM, WE WILL HELP PUT TOGETHER ON, UH, SAY IF WE ENDED UP WITH FIVE POTENTIAL SITES, WE WILL PUT A SCORING CHART TOGETHER THAT, UH, COUNCIL AND STAFF MEMBERS CAN ACTUALLY DO, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY HELP SCORE THIS SYSTEM TO ACTUALLY HELP DETERMINE WHERE IT SHOULD GO IF IT'S NOT EASILY WHITTLED DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, ONE SITE.

SO THERE'S OTHER SCORING CHARTS THAT WE CAN HELP WITH TOGETHER THAT WILL HELP LAND IT.

AND, AND THAT EXACTLY THAT PIECE WOULD BE ONE OF THE SCORING PIECES THAT WOULD BE IN IT.

IN ADDITION, WE'D HELP SHOW YOU HOW WE'D ADDRESS THAT.

AND MY OTHER COMMENT WAS LIKE HOW MUCH LANDSCAPING ID I SEE IN THE STREET.

WHAT YOU HAVE UP NOW IS LIKE, WOULD THERE BE TREES AS A PROPERTY LINE, LIKE JUST TO KIND OF SHADOW SOME OF THE, TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THIS HOUSES.

SO JUST CONCEPT WISE, UM, THE, THE SITE WOULD BE TOTALLY CIRCUMFERENCE BY AS MUCH AS BURMESE AS WE COULD AND ALSO ARCHITECTURAL.

SO LIKE A BUILDING LIKE THIS ARCHITECTURALLY, WE WOULD USE IT TO SCREEN THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND HELP WITH NOISE.

SO, UM, PRACTICES LEARNED, I SAID, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FROM OTHER EXPERIENCES IN DOING THIS AND OTHER AREAS AND, YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS AND WORKING, THAT'S WHY WE FEEL IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO DO THIS AND TO HELP DO THE ANIMATION PIECES.

CAUSE IT REALLY HELPS PEOPLE TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF IT.

HELP ME.

I THINK HE WAS BIGGER.

UM, MR. SHAW, THANK YOU.

UM, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO TO DIRECT THEM TO, SO I'LL THROW THEM OUT.

UM, FIRST ONE IS, UM, HOW CAN I OBTAIN A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION? UH, SCOTT, YOU CAN GET THAT TO HIM, RIGHT? YEP.

WE WON'T GET THIS TO TONY TO BE PART OF THE MINUTES.

EXCELLENT.

ALL LAUDED UP TO A GENDER QUICK AS WELL.

UH, MIKE, I TOOK A TOUR WITH YOU, UH, THROUGH THE CITY, UM, AND IT WAS VERY EYEOPENING TO WHAT WE HAVE AND W AND WHERE WE WERE GOING, UM, AND REALLY LISTENING TO, YOU KNOW, YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL AS SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES AND SEEING IT FIRSTHAND, UM, THAT HAS STUCK WITH ME SINCE THEN.

MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, WHERE DO WE MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE? UM, AND, UH, AND I SAY THIS IN A COUPLE OF PARTS, UM, BACK IN 2015, 2016, UM,

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UM, AND I'VE BEEN READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT SINCE THAT TIME PERIOD.

UM, I'M EXCITED, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND, UM, HOW BETTER WE CAN HELP SERVE OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION, UM, AND OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, SO I GUESS KIND OF A TWOFOLD QUESTION, UM, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE? AND, UM, WHAT IS IT THAT COUNCIL CAN DO TO HELP EXPEDITE THIS? WELL, I CAN, UH, I CAN JUMP IN ON THAT ONE.

UH, WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS, UH, CONCEPT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO, REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS TWO BUDGET CYCLES AGO.

WE APPROPRIATED MONEY, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SOME INITIAL, UH, DESIGN AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WE BACKTRACKED A LITTLE BIT AND FOCUSED ON THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT PIECE, REALIZING AND UNDERSTANDING, FIRST OF ALL, UM, RATHER THAN JUST DESIGNING A BUILDING AND NOT KNOWING WHAT'S ALL NEEDED, UM, TO THE POINT OF, UM, OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

SO AS INDICATED AT THE BEGINNING, THIS ISN'T QUITE YET FINALIZED THIS PRESENTATION IN THIS DISCUSSION AS PART OF THAT.

SO THE FINAL REPORT WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL UTILIZE THAT AND BEGIN TO EVALUATE THAT, UH, IN DETERMINING, UM, WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, UH, REGARDING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BIG, THE BIG POINT IS, IS, IS THE, UH, THE, THE COST, UH, AND, AND WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.

SO IF WE WERE TO LAY OUT A LIST OF CHRONOLOGICAL THINGS, IT WOULD BE A FINALIZED, THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT REVIEW IT, UH, VALIDATE IT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CAPTURED AND MET EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.

AND THEN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ATTACHING A VALUE TO THAT AS A PROJECT, UH, THEN ONCE THAT VALUE IS IDENTIFIED, UH, THEN WE DETERMINE, UH, WHAT WE CAN AFFORD AND WHAT CAN BE DONE.

UH, IS IT IN PHASES? IT IS ALL ONE THINGS, AND WE BEGIN TO, UH, TO CREATE IT AS A PROJECT.

SO, UH, TO ANSWER THE NEXT PART, WHAT ROB, YOU'RE FREEZING UP ON FREEZING UP ON US A LITTLE BIT.

WELL, MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, UNTIL WE BRING ROB BACK, MAKING SURE WE'RE OKAY.

SO ROB THERE, I THINK, UH, PROBABLY THE LAST 30 SECONDS YOU ARE FROZEN UP, WE DIDN'T HEAR HOW YOU, HOW YOU FINISHED THAT IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, WHETHER WE DO IT ALL AS ONE PROJECT OR IN PHASES, THE KIND OF THAT'S ABOUT THE LAST THING I HEARD.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, YEAH, PRETTY MUCH THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE, UH, THOSE KEY POINTS, A WHAT OUR CURRENT NEEDS ARE, WHAT OUR FUTURE NEEDS ARE AND MAKING SURE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE INTO A, INTO A PROJECT, WHETHER IT BE IN PHASES, WHETHER IT BE A ALL IN ONE, UH, IN FOCUSING ON, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY OF THINGS AND IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE PAYBACKS, UH, THE RETURNS ON THE INVESTMENT, UH, IDENTIFIABLE, UPFRONT FUNDING, UM, POTENTIAL GRANTS, ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO THOSE WILL BE THE SEQUENCE OF NEXT EVENTS.

UH, AND IF I DIDN'T GET IT OUT, AS FAR AS THE QUESTION IS HOW COUNCIL CAN SUPPORT IT, YOU ALREADY HAVE, WE'VE ALREADY APPROPRIATED THE FUNDS TO EXPEND FOR THIS STUDY.

UH, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO VALIDATE THAT, UH, AND, AND PROVIDE MORE FOCUS TO IT, UH, TO BRING IT, UH, UH, FOR, FOR THE NEXT LEVEL.

AND THAT WILL BE TAKING THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPING THAT INTO AN IDENTIFIED PROJECT AND START TO ATTACH COSTS.

NO, AND I WOULDN'T EVEN WANT TO THROW ONE OUT.

MY LAST POINT IS, UH, I WANT TO THANK JOHN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, I THINK IT WAS A REALLY NICELY LAID OUT.

UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS NOT, UM, UH, JOINED, UH, WITH MR. GRAY, UH, TO MAYBE CONTACT, UH, ROB AND SCHEDULE A TIME TO MAYBE VISIT THE PROPERTY AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THERE TO GET REALLY AN EYES ON THE PROJECT AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

I THINK THAT WILL BE HUGELY BENEFICIAL FOR US MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, RICHARD.

UH, MR. LYONS, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? UH, YES.

UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU, ROB.

UH, I REALIZED THE, UM, PROPOSAL IS NOT COMPLETED.

THIS IS JUST A STEP.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US.

UH, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS? I REALIZE IT'S BEFORE THE PROPOSAL, UH, BUT JUST A GENERAL BALLPARK ON WHAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS GOING TO COST.

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UM, I MEAN, WE COULD, WE COULD CREATE ONE BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE AVERAGE COST OF CONSTRUCTION.

THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION.

UH, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR A SITE, UH, ALL THOSE VARIOUS COMPONENTS.

SO, UH, REALLY, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE AND FINE TUNE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIES EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF STRUCTURES WE NEED.

AND THEN WE CAN START MAKING SOME COST ESTIMATES BASED ON A SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, CURRENT BUILD COSTS FOR THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, SITE, ET CETERA.

SO, UH, WE, WE REALLY DON'T, UM, WE'RE UTILIZING THIS INFORMATION TO START TO BEGIN TO CREATE THOSE ESTIMATES.

UNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. LYONS.

UH, MR. WEBB, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I DO.

UH, IF I COULD ASK JOHN TO GO TO JOHN A VOLVO SLIDE 14, THE SIDE SLIDE.

MIKE, DO I STILL HAVE THE SCREEN OR DO I GIVE IT BACK TO YOU? CAN YOU SEE YOUR SCREEN? I CAN SEE THAT.

YOU STILL HAVE THE SCREEN, JOHN.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S SLIDE 17.

AND THEN MY QUESTION WOULD BE FOR, UH, JOHN OR MIKE, UH, ARE THESE THE ONLY SITES THAT WOULD BE, UM, UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE, OR ARE YOU STILL, UH, AT A STAGE WHERE YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT OTHER SITES? GO AHEAD.

BUT YEAH.

YEAH, W WE, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH LOOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR SITES THAT WERE ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE TO EIGHT ACRES MINIMUM.

AND I WANT TO, I ALSO WANT TO NOTE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NUMBERS ATTACHED, THOSE ARE NOT PRIORITIZED NUMBERS.

THOSE ARE JUST NO AVAILABLE, UH, LOCATIONS.

UM, UH, SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE KIND OF DOING AS WE FINALIZE THE NEED, UH, IN THE STYLE OF THE PHYSICAL PLANT.

UH, WE'LL START APPLYING THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS ON WHAT POTENTIAL SITES THERE ARE OUT THERE.

UH, MAKING NOTE THAT IT IS A RELATIVELY, UM, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TYPE OF OPERATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIT IN WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, EXISTING ZONING, UH, AND, UH, AND FITTING IN BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER IT LOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S GREAT.

THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU, MR. WEBB, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

SO FOR THIS EVENING, AND THIS WAS JUST, UM, PRESENTATION.

UH, SO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NO REAL ASK OF THIS EVENING, UH, FOR ANYTHING MOVING FORWARD, OTHER THAN JUST, UH, TO DIRECT YOU GUYS TO KIND OF KEEP WORKING WITHIN THE STUDY AND THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO COMPLETE THIS, IS THAT CORRECT? MR. SCHUMER? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE SPECIFIC THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO DO THIS EVENING, UM, FOR, FOR A COUNCIL MEETING OR WAS THIS JUST FOR PRESENTATION PURPOSES? SO WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT PROCESS.

RIGHT.

I KNOW COUNCIL HAD APPROPRIATED, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT.

IT WAS ON THE, UH, THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THIS IS THE PRESENTATION.

UH, WE COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY AND PLEASED WITH THE, UH, UH, WITH THE WORK WITH THE FIRM.

UM, I KNOW MR. GRAY SPOKE HIGHLY OF HIM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I THINK REALLY WAS A, A, WAS A, UH, WAS A GREAT CATCH WITH THEM IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY CAME AND SPENT AT THE FACILITY.

WE WERE QUITE IMPRESSED WITH THAT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF GREEN KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WANTED TO GET, UH, OUT OF OUR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES OUT OF, UH, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GAVE THIS UPDATE, UH, INTRODUCED THE FIRM AND, UH, AS THEY FINALIZE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ANY INPUT FROM YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND POLICYMAKERS, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE IF WE NEED TO READDRESS OR REASSIGN ANY PRIORITIES.

UH, AND WE APPRECIATE THE INPUT THAT WE'VE GOT TONIGHT.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE, PLEASE SEND IT MY WAY, UH, AS WE FINALIZE THIS.

AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE PROGRESSING THROUGH MS. BAKER.

DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? YES.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OF JOHN JUST REAL LOOSE, THE SLIDE THAT HE HAS UP NOW, WOULD THIS BE CLOSE TO ANY OF THE SITES THAT HE'S PICKED? WAS IT CLOSE TO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WITH BUSTING NEARBY? I DID NOT STUDY IT FOR BICE BOSSING, SCOTT AND MIKE WOULD PROBABLY BETTER HAVE A BETTER FIELD THAN FOR THAT.

ARE YOU TALKING TO, I'M SORRY, IT'S BEEN GREAT.

TALKING LIKE RTA BUSING.

YES, YES, SIR.

UM, THERE ARE SITES THERE THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE PROXIMITY

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OF THOSE.

AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD, UM, ONE OF THE MAPS, I DIDN'T NOTICE WHETHER THE EMPLOYEES PARK ON THE SCHEMATICS OF THOSE YOU WERE SAYING WHERE EMPLOYEES WOULD PARK.

WHICH IS THE CARES ACT EXPENDITURES AND MR. SCHUMER IS ADDRESSING THOSE.

SO LIKE, LIKE A SITE HERE HAS A PARKING HERE.

WE HAVE PARKING UP THERE, BUT PRIMARILY, UM, LIKE THIS WAY OUT HERE, YOU WOULD HAVE EMPLOYEE PARKING HERE AND THEY HAVE ENTRANCE DIRECTLY.

AND SO PRETTY MUCH THEY'RE SIMPLY EMPLOYEE PARKING WHERE THEY'RE NOT GOING BACK IN THE MAIN YARD.

THAT'S JUST LEFT FOR LARGER TRUCKS AND VEHICLE.

YES, NO PROBLEM.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION? OKAY.

MIKE AND JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND APPRECIATE COUNCIL AND ALL YOUR TIME.

[ CARES Act Expenditures]

OF THE, THE AILMENT OR THE, UH, THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE OR CONTAGION.

UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAD THIS SLATED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

IT WAS GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE, UH, WHICH IS OKAY.

UM, I HAD TO, UH, HAD TO BE ABSENT THAT PARTICULAR MEETING, UH, BUT IT'S OKAY.

THE GAP IN TIME HAS BROUGHT US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FROM SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT I KNOW MR. BELL HAS ATTENDED, THAT HE HE'S MENTIONED, UH, IN CONTINUES.

UM, A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, AND WILL STEM FROM POTENTIAL LEGISLATION, UH, IN THE FUTURE IS WE WANT TO MODIFY ALL OF THE PLUMBING FIXTURES IN THE REST OF OUR CITY AND FACILITIES TO GO TO TOUCHLESS.

UH, WE, AS YOU RECALL, WE WERE GOING TO ADD FEATURES TO THE MUSIC CENTER, UH, WHICH IS IN PROGRESS BY THE WAY.

UM, BUT WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INCORPORATE THAT.

UM, AND THE REST OF THE FACILITIES IN THE CITY, WHEN WE MADE THAT DECISION EARLY ON, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE CARE ZACK FUNDS.

WE WERE JUST GOING TO DO THAT NONETHELESS, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'LL OF COURSE RECOUP THAT ORIGINAL EXPENSE, UH, BUT EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE AQUATIC CENTER, OUR PARK STRUCTURES THAT HAVE FAUCETS, UH, CITY HALL BUILDINGS, UM, POLICE, FIRE DIVISIONS, ALL THAT.

SO, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A COST TO THAT.

WE ASSUME IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF, UM, AS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST $75,000, UH, BASED ON JUST SOME INITIAL IN HOUSE ESTIMATES AND CONTACT WITH PLUMBERS.

SO THAT'S ONE MAJOR PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME BIDDING.

UH, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE ASSIGNED, UH, CARES ACT FUNDING TO, UH, ONE WOULD BE AS SIMPLE AS, UM, SOME OF THE RETROFITTING OF WORKSPACES, UH, SOME SUPPLIES, UH, THE FURNISHINGS THAT ARE DOWNSTAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN SWITCHED OUT FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, A 20 YEAR OLD, UH, FABRIC TO, UM, CLEANABLE, MICROBIAL ANTI-MICROBIAL TYPE OF, UM, UH, PIECES.

UM, ALSO JUST TODAY, WE FOUND ANOTHER, UH, ABILITY FOR THE, UM, UH, AN ADAPTER TO GO TO OUR PLACE STRUCTURES TO INCLUDE HAND SANITIZING STATIONS BUILT RIGHT IN, UH, JOSH FOUND THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE LOWER COST.

SOME OF THE LARGER COST ITEMS THAT WE FEEL THAT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL.

AND JIM TOUCHED ON THIS BRIEFLY WAS THE, UM, UH, THE ABILITY TO TAKE, UH, PAST AND PREVIOUS, UH, SALARIES AND EXPENSES THAT WERE DEDICATED TO, UM, RESPONSE AND WORK TOWARDS CORONAVIRUS.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT INCLUDES A MULTITUDE OF THINGS UP TO, AND INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, TIME, UH, FROM MY OFFICE EVEN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT AND SEE HOW WE CAN OFFSET SOME OF THAT IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE'VE MADE.

AND, UH, WE REALLY HOPE THAT, UH, IN COMBINATION OF THOSE AVAILABLE FUNDS AND SOME OF THE CUTS THAT WE'VE ABLE TO MAKE WILL OFFSET ANY OF THE LOSS OF REVENUES.

AND WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO, UM, NOT HAVING A NEGATIVE EFFECT, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A, A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS, UH, ALL OF, UH, UM, ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND KEEPING THIS AS A, UH, AS A PRIORITY, AS WELL AS THE, UM, UM, THE, THE CARES ACT FUNDING AVAILABILITY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ITSELF.

UM, AND, UM, UH, REGARDING SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT STAFF LOOKING AT, ANY CHANGES OR ALTERATIONS TO INTERIOR WORKSPACES THAT CREATES, UH, SOME BENEFITS, UH, FOR SOME SEPARATION OR ENCLOSURES, BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CORONA VIRUSES IS GONE NEXT WEEK, UH, THE HEALTH AND THE, UH, THE HYGIENE OF THINGS IS PROBABLY A PRACTICE THAT HAS BENEFICIAL REGARDLESS

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AND I THINK OUR GOOD PRACTICES, UH, I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE HAVE A CLEAN SHOP, UH, EVERYWHERE YOU GO.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THIS, UH, UH, IN THIS ISSUE, IN THIS SITUATION, WE'VE CERTAINLY LEARNED SOME LESSONS THAT WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY CARRY ON REGARDLESS OF OUR CURRENT SITUATION.

SO, UH, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.

UM, WE, UH, EVEN WHEN, AS FAR AS A, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT PROVIDING IF MASKS ARE GONNA BE AROUND FOR A WHILE HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AVAILABILITY OF PROVIDING, UH, YOU KNOW, BRANDED LOGO MAT, UH, MASKS, LIKE A LOT OF CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESSES ARE DOING, THAT'S AN EXPENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, BUT OF COURSE, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OR GUESTS WHEN AN ART WITHIN OUR FACILITIES WOULD HAVE THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF PROTECTION, UH, WHEN AND IF NEEDED.

SO THOSE ARE, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW AND A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS.

UH, THE, THE PLUMBING EXPENDITURES I THINK IS, IS REALLY GOOD PRACTICE.

UH, THOSE TOUCHLESS FEATURES AND FAUCETS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, IT JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TOUCHLESS HAND SOAP, BUT THEN WE DON'T FOR THE FALSE SENSE AROUND.

SO WE WANT TO UP FIT AND RETROFIT ALL OF THAT.

UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HOPEFULLY FOR OUR LOCAL CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME, UH, UH, SOME EXTRA WORK OUT OF IT.

UH, IT'D BE, BE A PLUMBER OR A SUPPLIER, UH, AND DO, UH, DO ANOTHER PROJECT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN THE CITY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A BRIEF UPDATE ON, ON OUR EXPENDITURES.

YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT, AGAIN FROM JIM REGARDING THAT, UH, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL MEETING, I THINK, THROUGH OML AND OMB, UM, UH, IN THE UPCOMING WEEK REGARDING SOME OF THAT TRANSITION OF EXPENDED SALARIES.

AND, UH, I REST ASSURED WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE USE OF, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE, UH, AFFORDED TO US.

I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS EARLIER, UH, IN PAST, EARLY ON ABOUT, UH, TAKING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND CREATING LIKE LOCALIZED, UM, SUPPORT GRANTS.

UH, THE MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED THAT HAS THAT DEFINITION, UH, WAS NOT DISPERSED ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOLDS ALL OF THAT.

AND THERE IS A, UH, UH, PROGRAM, UM, THAT ANY BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, WE DIRECTLY LINK THROUGH THAT.

SO, UH, AND, AND I'VE, I, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE IT IS A, IT IS CENTRALIZED AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE WORKING OUT PRETTY GOOD.

IT'S NOT, UM, UH, QUITE LIKE THE EDGE GRANT SYSTEM.

UH, IT'S A, UM, A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SMALL BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE.

UH, THE MONIES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ARE DIRECTLY FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAREDO RELATED EXPENSES.

AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE'S AN ALLOWANCE TO CREATE, UM, EXPENDITURES OF THOSE FUNDS EXTERNAL FROM THAT MUCH LIKE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WERE CREATED THROUGH THE ACT THAT'S DEDICATED FOR THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IS STIMULUS.

SO, UH, IF THAT CHANGES, WE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WILL SEEK THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IF WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAD ON THAT, UM, AS, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING A RESOLUTION ON MONEY TO ALLOW US TO SEEK BIDS FOR THAT PLUMBING PROJECT, UH, TO GET THAT GOING.

AND, UM, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT TURNED AROUND A RELATIVE SHORT ORDER.

THANK YOU, ROB, MR. SHAW.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UM, LIKE, UH, LIKE JIM I'VE, UM, I'VE ATTENDED A FEW OF THE OML MEETINGS, UM, AND, UH, EVEN JUST HEARING THE VAST OF IDEAS, UH, FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, AND REALLY GETTING SOME OF THE FAQ FROM TREASURY ON WHAT WILL BE ACCEPTED AND WHAT WON'T.

ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD FROM MANY COMMUNITIES IS A, UM, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IS A UTILITY PROGRAM, UM, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A DRINK OF WATER BILLS, ELECTRIC BILLS, TRASH BILLS, UM, AND JUST NOT MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO FEW, BUT ALL, UM, FOR THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED TOO? I KNOW IT DOESN'T GO TO OFFSET REVENUE, BUT IN THIS CASE, UM, IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, IT WOULD DO THAT, BUT LEGALLY THROUGH THE FAQ FROM TREASURY YET, YES, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY TO, TO, TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLEST EXPLANATION TO FORM, UH, UH, BASICALLY USING THE MONEY TO CREATE A GRANT PER SE, TO ALLOW FOR FORGIVENESS OF EXISTING DUE BALANCES.

SO IT'S NOT A, UM, A COLLECTION OF LOST REVENUE IT'S TO ALLOW TO ISSUE GRANTS FOR, FOR HARDSHIPS AND INABILITY TO DO THAT.

SO, YES, THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, A COUPLE OF COMMUNITIES LOCALLY ARE LOOKING INTO STRUCTURE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT THAT OPPORTUNITY, WE CERTAINLY WILL MODEL THE SAME THING, UM, AND UTILIZE THEM FOR THAT.

BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

I SAW THE SAME THING, AND IT'S KIND OF, KIND OF THE PREMISE OF HOW IT WOULD WORK WOULD BE A MORE OR LESS A GRANT OR FORGIVENESS FOR, UM, FOR PAST DUE BALANCES UNDER HARDSHIPS.

AND ONE LAST QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF JIM MAY HAVE THIS DATE OR AREA INFORMATION.

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I KNOW THERE'S A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME WHERE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE NOT USED ALL OF THEIR CARES FUNDS OR, UM, WILL NOT, UM, HAVE TO REPORT THAT TO THE STATE AND THEN COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE, OR REQUESTING MORE AND ASK FOR MORE.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT TIME PERIOD IS? I BELIEVE IT'S THE END OF OCTOBER SOMETIME NOVEMBER, THAT, THAT SOUNDS, THAT RINGS A BELL.

UM, I WANTED TO SAY, UM, I WANT TO SAY IT'S OCTOBER, BUT I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE.

UM, AND I KNOW JIM HAD TO GET OFF THE CALL, UH, AND IF ANYBODY ELSE KNOWS FOR SURE, PLEASE CHIME IN OCTOBER.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT HAS TO BE BUDGETED BY OCTOBER EXPENDED BY DECEMBER THE EXACT DATE.

I'M NOT SURE I TOLD HER, I THINK IT'S 20 SOMETHING IN DECEMBER, 2017.

THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHOMER REGARDING THE CHARISMATIC EXPENDITURES? OKAY.

HEARING

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NONE.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, I, WHICH IS THE ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION, MR. ROGERS.

THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED BY MR. OTTO AT THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL WORK SESSION ABOUT, UH, IT'S ABOUT TIME TO, UH, GO ABOUT APPOINTING AN ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION.

AGAIN, UH, THE CITY CHARTER SPEAKS TO VERY BRIEFLY TO AN ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION SAYING THAT IT MUST BE COMPRISED OF AT LEAST SEVEN, UM, A MINIMUM OF SEVEN ELECTORS AND, UH, THAT IT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE EVERY 10 YEARS.

UH, UH, LOOKING BACK IN THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION, THE LAST ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION, UH, WAS APPOINTED IN THE LATTER PART OF 2010 AND CONTINUED INTO 2011.

SO WE ARE AT THAT POINT, UM, THE FIRST STEP REALLY IN THE PROCESS WOULD BE, UH, DEFINING AND DETERMINING WHO WOULD BE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UM, IN THE PAST PROCESS, UH, THE MOST RECENT ONE IN 2010, UH, IT WAS COMPRISED OF SEVEN, UH, LAC TOURS, TWO OF THOSE BEING, UH, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, AND FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

SO, UH, I THINK WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW COUNCIL SAW THAT PROCESS GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE COULD BEGIN TO IDENTIFY BOTH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF THAT'S THE WISH TO HAVE THEM INCLUDED, UM, WHO MIGHT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS AND THEN, UH, TO GO OUT FOR A POSTING AND ADVERTISED FOR CITIZENS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, UH, SERVING ON THIS ROUND OF THE ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE.

MR. WEBB? UH, YES, MAYOR.

UM, AFTER I DID A REVIEW, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, TONY, BY THE WAY.

UM, AFTER REVIEWING IT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SUBMIT MY NAME, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE.

MR. ODDO, UH, YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I, I THINK THAT THE FORMAT LAST TIME THAT WE USE THE SEVEN MEMBERS, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, FIVE PUBLIC MEMBERS, US TO WORK PRETTY WELL.

THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BROUGHT KNOWLEDGE, UM, THAT, THAT CERTAINLY CLEARED SOME THINGS UP AMONGST THE, UH, THE PUBLIC MEMBERS, UM, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

UM, I THINK THAT FORMAT WORKED WELL.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT FORMAT AGAIN, IF WE COULD.

AND, UH, AND I'M ALSO INTERESTED AS I STATED BEFORE AND BEING A PART OF THIS COMMISSION.

THIS IS, UH, YES, I, I THINK I MISSED IT.

HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE ON THAT? UH, WE DID HAVE STAFF MEMBERS AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IN THE PAST.

I SERVED AS THE STAFF LIAISON, UM, TO THE ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION THE LAST TIME AROUND, AND THEN, UH, INDIVIDUAL STAFF WERE BROUGHT IN, UH, BASED ON THE TOPIC OF THE DISCUSSION AT HAND.

SO IF WE WERE DISCUSSING THE, UH, FINANCIAL AND FISCAL POLICIES OF THE CITY, SUCH AS BIDDING AND SUCH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT STAFF WERE INVOLVED, UH, JUST AS PARTICIPANTS, BUT NOT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

AND THEN WE, WE BROUGHT IN THE LAW DIRECTOR IS NEEDED FOR, UH, POINTS OF LEGAL CLARIFICATION.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, SIR.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MR. SHAW? IS IT QUESTION? OH, MR. MAYOR? I WAS JUST SAYING I WOULD SUPPORT, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN WEBB AND COUNCILMAN AUTO.

UM, I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE, UH, AND TAKE THAT, UH, FOR A RECOMMENDATION ON MONDAY'S MEETING.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ALONG WITH FIVE, KEEPING THAT SEVEN THE WAY IT WAS LAST TIME.

SO I WAS, UH, APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'RE JUST GONNA ASK IF THERE'S

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AND THEN IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT, THEN I WOULD, UH, LOOK TO MR. SHAW'S RECOMMENDATION THAT MR. WEBB AND MR. OTTO, OR THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THEY REPRESENT, UH, COUNSEL ON THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.

HEARING NO OBJECTIONS TO THE SEVEN NUMBER PANEL AS IT WAS PRIOR, THEN WE'LL LOOK TO, IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MR. SHAW'S RECOMMENDATION OF MR. WEBB AND MR. OTTO WOULD BE, THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT VOLUNTEERED UNDER, THIS IS QUITE A TIME COMMITMENT.

SO I'M APPRECIATIVE BOTH OF THOSE MR. RED, MR. OUT OF VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT.

SEEING NONE, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE WILL, WE'LL MOVE THAT ON TO, UH, THE LEGISLATION FOR MONDAY AND WHAT WE NEED YOU TO CREATE THAT SPECIFIC COMMITTEE.

SO WHATEVER GUESS WHATEVER NEED TO BE DONE, TONY'S FROM MONDAY TO MAKE THAT OFFICIAL, UH, LISA, MR. WEBB, AND THEN WE'LL ADVERTISE FOR THE REMAINING MEMBERS.

IN THE PAST, I'M LOOKING AT THE HISTORICAL RECORD FROM THE LAST TIME, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS WERE JUST APPOINTED.

THERE WAS NOT A LEGISLATION THAT WAS DONE TO ESTABLISH IT BECAUSE IT'S, UH, BASICALLY A CHARTER ESTABLISHED COMMISSION.

SO, UH, WE CAN HAVE THE MOTION FOR THE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS ON MONDAY.

AND THEN, UM, I WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS TO DO LIKE A 30 DAY, UM, SEARCH FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE REMAINING OF, UH, CITIZEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FOLLOW UP BEFORE WE ADJOURN? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, WHICH GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, TAKE CARE, BE SAFE, AND WE WILL SEE YOU MONDAY, UH, VIA REMOTE COUNCIL MEETING.

ONCE AGAIN.

THANKS FOR READY TO HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.