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first I'd like to call the ORD connect
the city council committee meeting for
Tuesday February 18th
2025 the first um committee is
government
operations I'd like to call order
government operations we have two
items on the agenda today the first is
the United neighborhood appointment to
cprb Mayor
McCarthy thank you Mr
chairman submitted uh I think have the
attached
resume which was the recommendation
from son know council president raising
a question on that but that just
happened it's still in the code
requiring that to be a standing
organization where we take references
from and so at this point
to look to be able to get a quum on the
board would ask for the council to move
this forward well the email said that
they're disbanding it and deactivating
it for now so sun's not even going to
meet until they can get a number of
people there the email that Lori sent
and um she's going to send it to the
entire Council I just was got that one
which I forwarded to you so I would hope
that we could wait until they made that
final decision before so you're going to
change the criteria for the police
Community review board also we would
have to if they're going to deactivate
because they're on it's in the cold that
they are part of them but they're saying
they're not going to meet anymore
something that we don't have control
over so if we could just wait until they
she's on vacation right now and she
comes back and we can have that
conversation on what that would look
like and hold up until
then Mr um I have been in contact with
the chair for the even prb unrelated
this issue I will be attending their
upcoming meeting in March I know they
had a number of suggestions for changes
so I don't think that would be uh that
fall in line with addressing and
bringing up this issue as
well so I was wonder if we could just
hold it for two weeks until m m uh the
president of of sun comes back and have
a conversation with her and I don't know
if we'll need to change the code but
they she her email clearly was that
they're going to not be meeting
okay I don't have any problem with that
I don't have the information any other
questions comments concerns around that
I'm go to okay all right I'll bring you
back two weeks um second item on our
agenda is amending chapter 28
disconnected the city code and updated
update the outdated language president
pteri thank you so uh we know that we
had our initial concern and what brought
this forward was uh about meet getting
meeting this is via email versus in in
person or or snail mail us U postal mail
so we already changed that but in that
conversation some other things came up
that people FL the language is outdated
especially as it related to gender so um
that's what this Mr uh O'Brien has
brought forward and put forward some
things that and changed it from him to
them or there or um or the member so
this is for everyone to review I did
have one other question though there was
there's um one of the part on the code
because this isn't the entire code right
here right this is just what the
discussions are last time so the one
where the very last um item in there
about uh smoking and Chambers um you can
always leave that in there because that
way in case the law on nationally or not
nationally the the law Statewide changes
no smoke in the chambers always that I
mean it's it's it's you can delete it
but it's always good to have I mean I
think
um I know it's it's Statewide but you
never know therefore you just leave it
as is okay whatever you want to do I to
me it's it's null and void because we
don't smoke inside I don't smoke period
but um but if living it there is no harm
then it yes M um I was just wondering on Section
2824 procedure for Resolutions it says
that we have to get our resolutions to
the city clerk no later than 12 12 noon
on the Thursday and I think it's isn't
it 1:00 or is that just practice now
it's probably this is the code so this
is
the and because the reason um is that 12
noon is because the legislative
conference happens at 1:30 1:45 so Sam's
given that additional hour to give you
that room but if you want if we want to
move it up we can we can always V
strictly by the code and make sure it's
I like the 1:00 the 1:00 works for me I
just didn't know if changing in here
she's just giving that the grace that
you know so people can get it in the
same Mr chairman if if the council's
okay with proposed amendments as
indicated in the outline here um we
require a public hearing and I'll you
can do a resolution calling for a public
hearing and then uh this will be have a
public hearing on the 10th and then you
can take care of this on the 24 of okay so a motion to um
call
to move I I'll move it I'll call for
public hearing when that will be the
10th of March okay I'll second okay all
those in favor hi hi okay that's the
last item on our agenda for government
operations um so I take motion to ajour
so move second those in
favor I'd like to call to order the
Public Safety Committee we have we have
one item on the agenda tonight that is
the discussion for the review of noise
permanent applications
Mr thank you uh Mr chairman um and thank
you for holding this um until I get back
um this is something that we have been
working um with for quite some time for
a couple years now and finally we were
able to pass the noise amended noise
ordinance and I think it's fitting that
we um we also passed um look at a formit
application that we put in place so that
we do not deny someone who would like to
do a 5-year-old birday party in the
backyard but at the same time we want to
put things in place that we can hold
these private events in your backyard
but at the same time have respect for
others in the surrounding neighborhood
so what we have here and I want to thank
Corporation Council and staff for
working with this and put this together
and chief Clifford and team to review it
and to come back with changes to the
coporation council and to kind of um
preliminary um agree with the format
that we have in front of us here so what
we have here I would like to just you
know open up for discussion review and
if you would like to suggest any changes
or you would like to add anything or
delete any any stuff let us know before
we move for with this um perit
application any questions M PTO so will
in terms of getting a permit is it going
to be similar to like when there's a
street closing multiple departments have
to sign off on it would it be similar to
that was that your that was not the
intent okay um Mr chairman the intent
was that just right now the code says
the the chief of police is the the
designated person or there designate and
that's what this is it goes to the chief
police they make the decision they know
you know where it's going to be and who
the points of contact are and and just
following up with Mr M veren's comments
and and to thank him for providing us
with models from the city of New York
and some towns out on of Long Island so
this this template that see you know is
kind of a
u combining those and trying to make it
as simple and easy to use as possible
okay thank you m p yes um thank you um thanks for putting this together um
and I appreciate that we're doing this I
just had a couple of questions um I'm
wondering about the whole professional
fundraiser thing I'm assuming it that it
must be part of a law or something that
the person has to be a professional
fundraiser and where are you getting
that from on the first page on page well
in our packet is I think it's just it's
kind of is the applicant just just
putting us on notice this is a
fundraising event or is it's a
professional fundraiser is going to be a
fundraising EV if you don't want to have
that in there you don't have to have
that in there that was something we saw
in some of the applications out on one
Island they have that mhm cuz I would
think that there might be you know um
smaller Grassroots organizations that um
I I guess is that going to influence a
decision about whether somebody gets a
permit because just as an example
someone might be having an event at The
Pavilion at Central Park for example and
they might just be a
Grassroots volunteer organization that
doesn't have um staff at all or
professional you know you know what I'm
saying so I'm not sure if we need that I
guess what I'm I mean if go ahead so I
think it's just for a point of
information I don't think it's going to
prohibit them from from smaller groups
that you talked about from doing it it's
just for our information to know who's
actually putting it on is how I see that particular question okay and then
um just two other things one is um in
terms of the proof of identity which I
think it needs to say proof of identity
but um same on still on page one down a
little bit got it um just wanted to
inquire about that so I want to make
sure that we're not um putting up a
barrier um you know if someone doesn't
have a driver's license I know it says
other form of photo ID but you know that
might be a passport um but I mean what
would be the other acceptable photo ID I
think the the beauty of that is official
it it doesn't limit you
from an official means some sort of
government entity whether it be a
passport or Sheriff's ID or a driver's a
non driver's license ID issued by Motor
Vehicles something like that so the so
the because we are asking the
individuals to be have a responsible
contact responsible person Etc this is
just a matter of confirming that we'll
take some sort of official ID so the
person who's signing this is who they say they are so it's it's I think
by saying official photo ID we're not
limited to any particular Source but it
has to be a government and I think
that's implied okay and then my final
thing is um
whether we need to ask someone's age I
mean would there be um you
know if it was just a teenager with no
parent or Guardian um is that something
that we want or once again I think it's
for situational Awareness on
right no we we don't have that on here
we don't ask we don't ask them for their
age I'm not again I'm not trying to put
up barriers but I just want
to I I don't you
know I we have not asked and you're
saying we should ask is that what you're
saying I'm not sure I mean again must be
over yeah that's what I was if it's
using a public space if it's using no
these are private um private this is not
for public space these are for private
um private events then maybe somebody
would need to have a parent or Guardian
so whe rather than ask someone their age
we could if if if you feel there's a
stipulation there should be a
stipulation that younger a person under
18 let's use that it for example then we
could always put in there that um
permits are only issue to individuals 18
and older well or have a parent or
Guardian signature or something the that
means that the parent would have to get
the permit maybe the parent would be the
getting the permit that's not a bad IDE
yeah right so why don't we just add
applicant must be over 18 yeah we I just
good point good point no that makes
sense so we can just put applicant must
be over 18 years yes any other questions
or comments um M Toro thank you so I I
again will there be a cost associated
with this yes that's what I was going to
address we discuss it but um we just
want to bring it to the council um there
is no cost in the there is no fees for
this I mean the the sound noise
ordinance does not set a fee it says
that that it this is issued by the chief
of police and it does not set a fee so
whether you want a set a fee that's
going to require an amendment to the
city code right now this is in keeping
with the code this is this is an
application based on the code if you're
looking to formalize through a fee then
you're going to have to have a public
hearing and then the ordinance is going
to be have to be amended so it's up to
you what you want to do on on on that Mr
I was say can can I finish I have a few
questions is that was it an additional
question or were you going to comment on
that additional questions I think people
going to comment on that response okay
Mr so quickly what I was going to say is
that um this seems like a tool so in
case there's somebody at their house and
having an event
and it's loud and police have to respond
and therefore we have a record of the
point person who we can say listen you
know this is the person in J in charge
of this event so I think that that was
the purpose for this more than uh trying
to uh further tax people have another
fee I don't think that that's the
intention and then Mr M yes and exactly
to the point when this was discussed
initially is how do we utilize our
police resource in a better way rather
than we sending to office or there just
to tell someone loading music down here
we have information on the desk and
precin to call this individual to let
them know that you're you know music is
loud we're getting complaint you need to
turn it down if you don't turn it down
we have to come out here we're going to
have to issue a citation so this is kind
of like helping to kind of utilize or U
the Staffing in a better way at the same
time um in terms of fees yes we did
discuss it initially but um we didn't
arrive we were talking about 100 we're
talking about 50 we were talking
$25 so I say let's bring it to the
counil and let's see what collectively
we can add because yes this will will be
taken away sometime to put the permit
together and things like that and to
kind of like Mand this in a way that you know if there has to make calls and
things like that so this this individual
which we hope not um so I think um I
have in agreement that we put a fee
attached to this but how much I will
defer to to my colleagues to say what
about the best possible fee we can
attach here and at the same time yes
once we put a fee to this we'll have to
call for a public hearing so I'd say in
my response to that I would kind of
respond the the opposing I don't agree
with us putting in place a fe I think
especially in a year where taxes both in
the city and county I think there was an
article saying that those have increased
I would agree with Mr Farley that this
my support for this was to provide a
clear means of addressing just um
excessive noise and then also providing
the police as you highlighted with the
point of contact I think if we attribute
a feed to this too early I think it
might deter people from processing
forward with these um again I would look
at this from a cost savings to your
point Mr M if officers have this
information at the beginning um this may
make it easier for them to address potential uh calls for excessive
noise and I know Mr turo had additional
points but mine was going to say to add
in a component that required or expected
anyone submitting for a permit to notify
their adjacent neighbors just so that
ensures that there is just clear
communication all
around we can add that about the
application applicant acknowledgement
form we'll just add that and bold you
know a whole bunch of acknowledgements
down here we just add that Mr Carl um
thank you so I guess uh my next question
would be um we know that the response
time for police for noise complaints can
be very
lengthy um who intends to make these
phone calls and um having a party do you
think uh the individual hosting the
party has a cell phone on them all the
time and if the music's Lou are they
going to be able to hear the phone call
which would prompt a visit from the
police anyway meanwhile the neighbors
next door are trying to enjoy an
afternoon um of peace after a hard week
of work or whatever gardening and
there's loud noise I probably have more
noise complaints and a combination of
all of you sitting around the table from my neighborhood at times uh where
the complaints are addressed 2 4 6 8
hours later and only because that our
Police Department is busy making other
calls in the city I'm not in favor of a
permit to make noise um I just don't
think uh it's something that we should allow especially
just we're going to tell you there's six
points now that we just passed for noise
but yet you where you're allowed to make
noise if someone says you can make noise
at a certain hour I I just don't think
that we should have a sound here in the
city Miss bfield so I don't I don't see
this as a permit to make noise it's just
trying to regulate because they because
the noise is already being made the
noise is already being made I'll finish
my point and so this isn't u a permit to
say hey you can make noise cuz they're
already doing it this is a way for us to
keep track of what's going on and and
also we just added that the neighbors
would have to be informed so this is
just what for us to try to get a better
handle on what's already going on and
making people aware that you're you
signing this permit that you will go by
these guidelines that you will inform
your neighbors and those things it's
already happening we're just trying to
essentially regulate what already
happening not not saying make more noise
cuz I am not going to pull a permit to
make noise I don't I don't do that now
and many of my neighbors don't do that
now so I'm expected to start happening
since we have this so who who who Mr
mudon will be responsible for calling
these individuals that are hosting a
city code um is clear that the police
department is responsible for this this
forment must yes I mean and just to
follow up on the council president's
earlier comments the individuals by
acknowledging you still have to comply
with this connected city code in fact
they're giv a copy of the ordinance and
they still have to comply with the you
know the the the sound re you know you
know this the sound the noise limits as
set forth in that code this doesn't give
them an exemption this this is just
saying this is what we're doing we're
putting you on notice this is what I got
to do and is just for for us and the
city to go out and if there's any issues
they have a point of contact in which to
reach but in order to get this there
they're getting given a copy of the code
and the acknowledgement says and says I acknowledge the sound reproduction
rules of section 1824 J applied
regardless of a sound permit any
violations of disconnected noise ordance
will be prosecuted so it's putting them
on notice in sound reproduction is um
you know noise you know between the
hours 11 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the
following day I mean you can go through
all the requirements of that section
dealing with that applies and they're
put on notice that
applies so they that's it's it's it's a
point of contact it's putting them on
notice and uh uh the noise ordinance
requirements all comply uh before
switching to Mr mudaron I would say I
think an underemphasized point from our
previous Year's budget proceedings was
the fully um fully approving the
budgeted request from the fire
department and the police department so
on paper they have all of their
requested positions now does that mean
they have them in departments no because
there's some individuals going through
the academy however that pipeline was
fully funded so I'd say the expectation
very much is for them to respond based
on their priorit of calls but I would be
hesitant to not enforce this sort of
progressive measure based on the
perceived challenges or obstacles again
to miss porterfield's point I think
having information on the front end
ensures that any response is more
streamlined which is Saving Time Mr M
yeah um thank you Mr Brian for
clarifying this I mean on page three it
outlined that the requirements and the
followup documents that will be
accompanying this formit so in my words
it's not a free-for all I mean you have
to apply for this um this song format
it's not a noise formit it's a song
formit so we just need to clarify those
words because words matters and uh they
clearly um given um private um homeowner
an opportunity to have an event there
but at the same
time you are doing it in a way that does
not affect your M birs and the
information that is being that is being
put on the application is to help our
police department and I'm sure there are
police officers there at the desk that
can eventually identify this and we're
not going to have 10 15 20 formates per
week I mean this going to come in a few
formates for weeks but theyve been able
to manage it better and this is you know
that's how we looked at it in a way of
managing it and utilizing the resource
in a better way mrle yeah I think um
adding on to what Shar this is just this
is a piece this is about accountability
as well as efficiency so if you have so
if we're you know if the concerns there
are our um police officers limited uh
ability to respond to some of these
things and thank you for highlighting
that Mr that um the the request was
fully funded what this does is instead
of those to earlier point two officers
may be going to a house whatever you
have a point of contact so which makes
it more efficient so it really should be
doing um addressing another one of your
concerns around like well you know 2 to
6 hours responding now if there's some
if a call comes in they can say let me
speak to Mr John hey you have your sound
permit here um to let you know that
there has been some complaints and being
able to mitigate that and and it's
really around that level of efficiency
and accountability for the person people
are far less likely to violate um the
code if they are going about it um and and doing this in the right way and
now it's the educational piece of hey
this is what the code is this is what it
says M
Patrick um I'm still thinking about my
question so Mr if someone doesn't get a
permit then what
happens same thing Happ well I mean my
answer to that would then they get shut
down because that's
required something bring automatically
we'll get somebody over there in 4 to 6
hours but I I do know and I think at one
point when we've talked about these loud uh parties or music or Sound
or whatever you want to call it that happens in the neighborhood
I I believe that the police have the
ability to confiscate the equipment that
I right there are depending on the set
of circumstances yes and do we have any
way and I thought I I thought that they
said that they do have a deciel kind of
reading uh so that or if they can hear
it 50 F 50 ft so
50 yeah it's the there's a DB
rating so many bells and also a what the common sense
component where if it can be heard so
many feet away within a certain 50 50 ft
yes yes and if it can be Hur in any
residence regardless of whether the
windows of the open are open or not so
it's 50 ft open or Clos it doesn't
matter if somebody's can hear it they
can hear it as they approach and it's
obviously so one more question so should
neighbors you know notify your neighbors
and your neighbors aren't willing they
might be having a little afternoon
brunch in the backyard and they're not
in favor of this I mean can they reach
out to the police department and say U
my neighbor is putting a request in for
a having a DJ birthday party in the yard
and uh I'm having something of my own
that won't be of any nuisance to anyone
um then what happens Mr far so wouldn't
I mean again I think it states really
clearly that you still even with
applying for this permit you still have
to operate within the existing
parameters of the code so that doesn't
take away any of that so if I put in for
a sound permit and my neighbor was
putting in for a sound permit and then
I'm having um tea in my yard and their
sound is still loud or louder than what
it should be then we still have those
existing graduated interventions that we
would have now so um it this doesn't in
any way shape or form allow people act
outside of the code as it exists this
just is another piece of accountability
and efficiency to make sure they do
so so should Che and every per they will
uh they will accompany the city the
section with regards to this uh the
noise every everybody will get a copy
everybody will have a copy attached to
the form it so it's really going to be
defined in there and they're going to be
knowledgeable to know that you know if
there are things that stipulate how do
we conduct ourselves not because you
have a permit you are free to do
whatever you want there are also
limitation Mr
Mayor I'll defer to the council member
Mr oh thank you so where will they will
the permits be available online will
they file in the F office or the police
department they'll be filed with the
police department because the current
code says the police chief or their
designate will issue it so it's a matter
of working up the rules and regulations
that the internally with the police
department but the code already says the
police chief can make rules and
regulations to implement
this uh Mr Mar
yeah
again in terms of quantity sometimes we
get uh 8 10 15 sometimes 20 calls for
noise backed
up uh to make this
enforceable I don't believe you can
allow just anybody to apply for the
perit it has to be a property owner
somebody who has dominion and control
over the site and that if in fact there
is a poor choice in their judgment that
the strength becomes you ability to go
back
and they are fined cuz you get there the
police get there and say oh uh it's not
me it's John mudon that started this
permit but he left an hour ago oh no
it's uh Carl Williams that did it you
get this circular debate from people who
are doing these events and you have to
be able to have some ability to assess
the penalty and go back to the property
owner is what I believe the strongest
message that we can send to try and get
compliance from this m and I think one
of the idea that we asked for the ID the
ID matches the address uh for the
applicant so can then that brought one
question should we say resident and
non-resident or should we remove the
non-resident because that's a a good
point brought up by in terms of buy you
know linking this to the
homeon or the person who's living at
that address sorry I should broaden that
Miss Patrick I guess you could change I hear what you're saying and that's a
good point but if they're the owner
might be the non-resident in other words
so it might just the the semantical
semantics in terms of owner or or or
something like that but that's a that's
a good point and the only other question
that I had was um a process question of
did did you um talk about this with with
the police department yeah okay thanks
it was V by the commission of Public
Safety uh Eric Clifford and his staff
great thank you and our cooperation
Council
yeah I have a couple of questions well a
statement actually so because the mayor
talked about well first of all I think
that when if the police have to go
somewhere in here we should have written
that um the permit must be produced if
police request because they may say oh I
have a permit that we should let them
know that if the police do have to come
you have to produce the permit that's
been issued um and in terms of homeowner
or resident or whatever we're going to
call them I guess for me the question
becomes what if it's a PR event but it's
at a it's someplace else it's in it's at
a different venue rather than someone's
home then it's not the homeowner but it
definitely with the ID and whoever those
things should match but the question
comes up again what if it's I'm not
holding it at my home I'm holding it
someplace
else I um go
ahead yes I mean there is a responsible
party has to be on premises Point time
so there has to be they're they're agreeing that you know they're
consenting to the inspection as well as
that the responsible P
primary party or primary point of
contact shall be at the premises at all
times wherever the premises is right yes
that's where we're talking where this
point is okay and um my other this is
food for discussion do we want to add
something that says if after a violation
or a number of violations that people
are no longer
issued permits for a certain amount of
time well though then we would have to
change the code for that there's nothing
in the code right now so you want you
would have to the code okay Mr U thank
you so I I do like the idea of the
property owner for sure um having to get
the so if it's hold off premisis like in
a park a lot of people have things in a
park do they need a permit to use the
Park area they already do that's already
done Park Department right so they'd
have to um
you know being in Central Park and up at
Hill h a lot I mean there's just a lot
of um it it's beautiful you know uh
individuals who decide that day they're
going to just set up overide the duck
pond and have themselves you know little
canopy bring a barbecue you know all the
kids are there they got music flaring I
mean is that being enforced that they
have a permit to be there at that
time and now with a sound permit as
well you just brought up premises I'm
wondering Miss Patrick I think it more
is just um on the public um on the for
example just to stick with the Central
Park it's the Pavilion I mean it's know
if they were on the you know the grass
um somewhere in you
know near the rose you know on the other
side of the Rose Garden I don't think
you required to have a permit to use the
public facility in aart I'm sorry
interrupt is a news person from Channel
13 supposed to see you at some point did
you do you know anything about that no
are you Mr M there yes should tell him
he needs to leave yes okay he's not
filming but well they're it's a public
meeting so they can be in the building
okay all right fine thank
you so they need the permit anywhere in
the park not just to rent not to use a
space like Pavilion well in Central Park
I'm sorry in Central Park you actually
do have to pay for the Pavilion yes no I
know I know that's why we get complaints
in Central Park from people who bring
their cars there turn music up to
extraordinary
levels and whose logic behind that I
don't quite understand but it
happens M yeah so um I just want to
reference a couple notes that we're
taken in so we're making some adjustment
here so added to this application is
applicant must be over 18 years
and you must notify adjacent neighbors
and um thank you for your point U permit
must be posted so that way it's visible
that uh if the police happen to show up
there well they already know that
there's a permit but it must be visible
to others to to notify the the
surrounding
neighbors I'm still going to go back in
terms of the cost I mean this across the
board if you should not be charging or
just could be pastro
M bfield I'm I'm not in favor of
charging at this point Mr Farley and
know Miss
Patrick so I yeah I I think that right
now this is again about accountability
and some level of efficiency so at this
point I think that we don't need to
assign a fee um to it uh because if
anything this operates in the way we
think it will make the enforcement of
the existing noise ordinance uh easier
to enforce without having those
resources out so I don't see the logic
behind the signing a feed to it at this
time I mean I'm fine with that I think
that um you know they'll have to pay a
fine which is in the ordinates if if
they you know break this
it Mr
Toro M uh Mr chairman you could always
revisit this issue and add a fee and
like to see how this rolls out and if
you feel you want to add a fee to it you
can do it a later date so you have that
op U just being responsive to Mr M's
question um Mr to you response um I'm
not in favor of the permit to begin with
but I if anything that has to generate
time and paper and energy into um having
a permit issue should be charged to
fee and I just say uh in response to
that U definitely reating what Mr
highlighted this is a living document um
just because something has passed
doesn't mean it's going to fully address
all the issues so I think it's going to
require us to continue to UM Vet any
complaints or U comments that we reive
in regards to this and just as a city
it's our requirement to be responsive to
those in Good
Nature Patrick yeah that was kind of
what I was going to say was um maybe you
know once first of like when would this
go into when would this start and then
um could we have an evaluation period
you know set something like 6 months or
whatever I don't know but um where we
come back and um evaluate whether this
is working or you know what are the
tweaks that type of
thing is this is this change the the
code in there and in
the existing fee structure for say the
street closing perits or is that able to
be done by resolution
or by ordinance Chang got be ordinance
especially for this
because right now it's the noise
ordinance doesn't have it never created
that so it's just the council or time
has always tried to move away from the
change by ordinance but to be able to
change it by resolution so that if you
were putting it in it just simplifies
the process down the road what what you
could do do going forward is amend the
code allow for the fee and then say any
subsequent changes to the fee will be
done by
resolution but still I mean that's going
forward if you decide to do a
code Mr chairman just for the you know
for the short term I will go back take
the revisions that were discussed here
tonight and then two weeks I'll give you
a final draft and then you can take one
last look and then you can just pass
that out the committee it doesn't
require any legislative action and then
our office the legal office work with
the police department on the the process
on the way ahead of working this
out uh Mr thank you for your work on
this is that a suitable recommendation
back in two weeks with the Chang that's
fine yes look there's changes we need to
see the revised verion and move for and
thank everyone for uh you know your
input in regards to this thank you okay
uh if there are no other items thatall
Public Safety can I please have a motion
to adjourn second all in
favor I'd like to call the order St City
development and planning we have 10
items on the
agenda um the first item is just to Mrs
car is not here but simply a reminder
that St Clair's Redevelopment and
resoning will have a public hearing on
the 24th of
February the next item is a ceremony
resolution recognizing Reverend Bradley
Jones Mr T yes thank you so
uh Reverend has been a constant
throughout our uh years here at the city
council with prayer and invocation for
us and uh he's retiring and um we like
to uh see that we give him a u
ceremonial resolution at his requirement
service in April and I've been in CL
with his office and they will give us
some information uh that we can put on
the ceremonial resolution for him
any questions or comments I'm Mo second
all in
favor the next is a ceremonial
resolution recognizing women's History
Month Miss pck yes thank you um women's
history month is the month of March um
and we have uh done this in the past
where we've had a ceremonial resolution
recognizing women's History Month this
year uh the 2025 theme for women's
history month is moving forward together
women educating and inspiring
generations and so it really talks about
uh the ability to be able to nurture um
in all of us but you know in young
people um you know how educators uh do
nurture the idea of having critical
thought and and being able to have
debate and how that impacts impacts our
uh democracy um so I'd like to honor
that any questions or comments I'm Mo
those all second all in favor I thank
you the next item is a ceremonial
resolution welcoming the New York
Phoenix basketball team to SKC Mr
Williams so I going
to curtail my excitement but I am beyond
uh uh for the longest time I've been
looking forward to a professional team
returning to SKC um as we highlight um
the achievements of
um black or African-American teams in in
Prior years past with reference to the
mo Giants I think skincity and our our
booming City and the progressive steps
we're taking uh having a sporting team
that we can allow the city to Rally
behind um and I think looking beyond the
family fun and affordable entertainment
truly evaluating them on their
commitment to uh mentoring and putting
in place a lot of Youth Development
opportunities truly speaks for itself so
I am uh calling in the existence that
this will be a successful partnership
and I hope that I will see you all on
their opening night on the 20
I already brought my season courtside
tickets and I'm I'm identifying myself
as a Courtside season ticket
holder um but I'd be excited to um see
the support to push this forward Mr
Mayor Madam president will council
member Williams make the first basket
present the resolution or if they allow
him I think he would really want to do
that it's all excited official
jersey I'm I'm about this oh I'll second
it all those in favor I thank
you um the next item is the lease
agreement 13 North Broadway M M
Bar
um so the city parking lot on North
Broadway and Liberty Street uh there is
a uh section of Green Space um take a
look at the
separate um page in your folders excuse
me can I I thought we were um there was
an email that we were bringing this back
in 2 weeks Oh I thought so but you
called on before okay well then I
thought that you okay your back I just
wanted to you give you that
opportunity I beg your pardon yes you
were so we'll be bringing this back into
two weeks have to go to make sure that
everything is um all the information in
the uh permit was correct as the
information I
received okay
um the remaining items are property
sales we will handle those in the
executive
session so I will ask for a motion to
recess so move second all in favor we
are recessed thank you I will call to
where the claims committee we have one
item on the agenda tonight I'm pretty
sure that needs to be discussed in
executive session yes Mr chairman all
right so I'll ask
for
oops it's just him he left okay can you
see him can you see him
he for one
minut you has some kind of
BU you too what's that fight for I think
called
yeah he
sick Sam Sam
uh just asking for a motion to enter
executive session so move all right I
second all those in
favor members of the public will have to
leave
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