[0:00] Would you lead us in the pledge, please? >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[0:05] United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:12] under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[0:17] » Okay. >> Attendance. Roll call, please.

[0:22] » Council member Rivers, >> Council Member Murphy,

[0:27] » present. Council member Doro >> present.

[0:30] » Council member Garcia >> present.

[0:32] » Council member Wall >> present.

[0:35] » Mayor Pro Tim Martinez Catoos >> present.

[0:37] » Mayor McRum >> present. And as I understand it, um,

[0:44] clerk Shelley. Um, we don't have any excused absences today.

[0:48] » We do not >> for anybody. Okay. Well, that's cuz

[0:51] everybody's here. Okay. So item five, approval of the postage agenda for 8:17.

[0:58] The agenda has been distributed. Um any are there any changes that you would

[1:03] like to make?

[1:07] Hearing none, I need a call for motion to accept today's agenda.

[1:12] » I make a motion we accept today's agenda.

[1:15] » A second. >> Second. Uh the motion to accept the

[1:18] agenda has been moved and seconded. All those in favor um signify by saying I

[1:25] » I um opposed. No.

[1:30] » Motion has been voted on.

[1:35] » Okay. >> Um now this is a little bit different.

[1:39] Public comment has been placed near the beginning of the our agenda so that

[1:43] members of the public have an opportunity to address the council

[1:47] before we begin discussing and taking action on council business. This allows

[1:52] council members to hear public input before considering the matters before us

[1:57] tonight. Public comment is not limited to items on tonight's agenda. Members of

[2:03] the public may also address other matters of city concern during this

[2:07] time. The purpose of placing the public comment here is simply to make sure the

[2:13] public has an opportunity to be heard before the council conducts business.

[2:18] And we'd appreciate it if you could keep your comments to 3 minutes or less. Um

[2:24] Mr. Bunzer. >> Yes. Um in in regards to that last

[2:29] comment, that's not what I'm going to be commenting on. I I I still disagree with

[2:34] it because I would like to hear what you guys are going to say and do. I have no

[2:39] idea what what you're going to be talking about on some of these things.

[2:43] So, it is hard for me to address those in advance. Okay. With that being said,

[2:49] two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to work as an election inspector here. And

[2:55] I want to tell you, you have a clerk here in Shelly and Amanda that helped

[3:01] her that did a fantastic job. I the first election I ever worked, it seemed

[3:08] so well organized and everything was orchestrated so well, you know, was just

[3:13] it was a pleasure to work here and it really was. And I think, you know, we

[3:17] owe her a big deal of gratitude for for what she does and the amount of work

[3:22] that actually goes into it. I did not realize until I went to that class for

[3:28] elections of of what it entails and then I see the work that that she has to do

[3:34] prior to it and then the work she has to do after the polls close and go to go to

[3:39] PA off you know it's quite an ordeal and and then come to find out she sent a

[3:44] little email out and showed that everything that was done here was done

[3:50] exactly the way it should have been done and she got a little good Yeah.

[3:55] » Thank you.

[3:58] » Thank you. I appreciate that. >> Thank you.

[4:02] » And thank you for working elections. You're welcome.

[4:05] » It was a nice I enjoyed it. Thank you. >> Um, is there anybody else in the public

[4:12] comment? Yes, Mr. Dorl. >> Mr.

[4:16] I, uh, gave all the council members a copy of our activity report for July. I

[4:22] can look at that. Couple other things I want to report on. We have a public

[4:26] hearing on our budget for the county uh for 2627 and it's going to be like $32.9

[4:33] million. Um

[4:36] also uh up in the top this you see there's a new name Britney Wrath fun

[4:42] been hired as an executive assistant. She is from understand she's very good.

[4:47] Can't wait for her to start. And we're also working on our long range plan for

[4:51] what we're going to do um with our facilities. Um even though Wood TP said

[4:56] it was all set in stone, what we had was the uh it came back um from the folks

[5:03] that kind of did some work for us and we're looking at it to see what we want

[5:07] to do. So it's not cast in stone yet. We don't know what we're going to do. So um

[5:13] if you hear otherwise that's not not true. So anyhow questions, concerns,

[5:19] thank you. Like to welcome our new member, introduce myself to him. So

[5:24] welcome. Thank you. >> Thank you.

[5:26] » Thank you. >> Okay. Um next is to adopt the consent

[5:31] agenda. Um I need a motion. I call for a motion to accept the consent agenda. Um

[5:39] with the approval of the regular meeting me minutes for 8326, the approval of the

[5:44] general checking AC um accounts payable and payroll for $817 for $97,000

[5:52] um $97,364.85

[5:56] and the approval of the roads accounts payable for 817 in the amount of

[6:00] $1,895.95.

[6:05] » I'll make a motion to adopt the consent agenda. I second.

[6:08] » Okay. Um, agenda has been moved and seconded. Are any discussion?

[6:16] » Then at this time, we'll call for a roll call vote, please.

[6:19] » Council member Garcia, >> yes.

[6:21] » Mayor Pro Tim Martinez, >> yes.

[6:24] » Council member Rivers, >> yes.

[6:27] » Council member Murphy, >> yes.

[6:29] » Council member Doro, >> yes.

[6:31] » Council member Wall, >> yes.

[6:33] » Mayor Mcgrum, >> yes.

[6:35] » Okay. Thank you. Okay, regular business. Uh, first order

[6:40] of business are reports from department heads. Um, Mr. Louderder, public works.

[6:47] » Package, you got my report. Any questions? Anything I can answer for

[6:52] you?

[6:55] » Not off. Are you Are you spraying? It was asked today if you are doing the

[7:01] spraying. public works is doing the spraying for the sidewalk and like the

[7:05] curb along in front of um Sponsy. It's between the curb and the road.

[7:12] Weeds are coming out between there. Um >> spray it if it needs it.

[7:16] » It needs it. >> Yeah. Put a note on there, please.

[7:21] Thank you. I wasn't sure if you guys did it or somebody else did it.

[7:24] » We do it. >> Okay. Thank you.

[7:26] » Anybody else?

[7:30] police department. Um, officer Drake.

[7:36] » Um, police service uh calls for service in the month of June is 229. Uh, 66

[7:43] traffic stops. Uh, tickets tickets issued is 26. Uh, monthly ticket

[7:49] percentage is 39%. Uh, year traffic stops is 356.

[7:55] gives us 153 uh tickets issued for this year's reform. Uh gives us a percentage

[8:01] of 46% chance. Um parking violations been one. Just a

[8:08] reminder on that a lot of people parking the wrong direction on Montro.

[8:13] So make sure you're parking with traffic. Uh lobby visits was 78. Uh this

[8:20] month we had train last month in the month of June we had uh handling heat

[8:24] stress, work stress and then science of science of employee engagement for that

[8:29] month for our officer training and then uh total calls traffic stops and defense

[8:36] was 295 which brings a total of 4,626

[8:41] calls >> for the month.

[8:43] » For the month >> you are busy

[8:44] » for the year. I'm sorry >> for the year.

[8:46] » Thank you. >> Wow.

[8:49] Thank you. Um, Chief Babcock, Fire Department.

[8:54] » All right, keep that up, Justin. Hang on. Scroll up. Scroll up. Scroll up. So,

[8:58] you can tell Paul was working this summer uh for the month of July because

[9:01] the ticket percentages were down to 39%. When he's not working, it's up to about

[9:07] 49 to 50%. Just to tell you, Paul doesn't write all the tickets

[9:13] in there. You can tell him that cuz he's not here tonight to

[9:18] um so we've had uh July we had 38 uh calls for the month, 13 in the city. We

[9:24] had eight medicals, uh false alarm, some power lines down, some storm damage, uh

[9:30] one vehicle accident, one illegal burn brought out year to date to 314.

[9:35] So we're uh a little bit behind last year, but we're right on top of right

[9:38] where we were 24 and 23. So, pretty much running running right average for the

[9:44] month of July. Nothing out of the ordinary. A lot of stuff uh up and

[9:48] coming. I got two new uh members going to be going through the fire academy uh

[9:52] this uh in January when it starts again for next year.

[9:59] We have our pancake breakfast coming up September 5th, so in two weeks. So,

[10:03] Labor Day weekend. Uh, next Wednesday, uh, the 26 from, uh, 6:00 to 7:30 is the

[10:10] backpack giveaway. So, if you got kids in Bangor School District that need

[10:14] school supplies, make sure after the open house, so open house at the schools

[10:18] from 4:30 4:30 to 6. Yeah, 4:30 to 6. And then at

[10:23] 6:00 p.m., we're doing the uh, out front of the high school. There'll be a bunch

[10:27] of booth set up and everything. So, we're doing our backpack and school

[10:30] supplies giveaway this year. So, bring your kids down and uh get some school

[10:35] supplies. Uh we had a great uh if you drove by the station last weekend, we

[10:40] had a company down that did our a rescue training. We had 22 uh students show up

[10:45] from pretty much all around Southwest Michigan. We had eight different

[10:48] departments representative for that uh that class. It was all evening on a

[10:53] Friday and then all day Saturday we set up scenarios out in the backyard with an

[10:57] augur and tractor and all kinds of scenarios. Learned about a rescue stuff.

[11:01] And then on Sunday, uh we went to the uh to the fly in uh to every uh every year

[11:08] the three departments, Covert, South Haven, and us uh split shifts to work

[11:13] for two hour two hours each shift to uh give protection to the fly in. And that

[11:17] was probably the most well attended. They had over 2,000 people show up to

[11:20] their Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast. >> Wow.

[11:22] » At the fly in that that morning. So, it was very busy, crazy morning. So, uh

[11:29] lots of things up and happening next week. I'm leaving this Friday. We'll be

[11:32] gone Friday to Friday. I'm going up to Canada. So, uh, don't try to call me cuz

[11:36] my phone will not work. So, we're going up there fishing for 5 days. And so,

[11:41] we're going to stop by the Common Falls on the way back. Lived here for 20

[11:45] years. I've never been to Common Falls. So, we're going to stop there on the on

[11:49] the way back through and see that on the way. Um, that's everything fire

[11:54] department wise. Anybody have any questions as far as that before I get

[11:57] into something else?

[12:03] on his phone.

[12:08] » Um, so on another note, uh, the fire inspections. So, uh, we finished, we're

[12:13] trying to finish up the, uh, the business inspections. We've been working

[12:16] on that since, uh, since March. And um so far on our list, we keep a running,

[12:24] it's kind of hard to see on here, but we keep a running uh a running spreadsheet

[12:28] uh document that uh us and city hall all share. So whenever inspections come in,

[12:34] we we can document a live document. So as of right now, we have 73 total

[12:38] businesses on the spreadsheet uh with 11 of those are exempt. And so exempt means

[12:44] like the library, public works, this building, uh the schools, uh the the

[12:51] transportation building, vir uh post office, those kind of buildings

[12:56] are exempt from paying the uh paying the inspection fee. Um of that 73, we got 11

[13:01] exempt. Five that are vacant on the list, but actually going through the

[13:06] list, there's probably about three or four more. So, eight or nine vacant

[13:09] buildings that'll still need to get inspected, but that inspection will come

[13:13] once they are not vacant anymore and get reoccupied.

[13:17] So, right about 57 that are billable. Uh, so far to date, we've had 31 pay.

[13:23] Uh, so that leaves us about 26 that are unpaid. So, a little more than 50% have

[13:29] paid their inspection fee of the $150 for the uh for the annual inspection. Uh

[13:34] most of these businesses have all been notified twice

[13:38] uh of the the the fee. They get a nice letter. Shelley does a wonderful job

[13:42] putting together a nice letter explaining the ordinance, explaining the

[13:46] uh the requirements and the uh the inspection situation. Um the the the

[13:52] problem we're coming across now is the businesses the 20ome businesses that

[13:57] have not paid or refusing to pay or maybe not getting the letter potentially

[14:02] that you know maybe we've got some wrong information. Um, do we treat this as any

[14:08] other type of ordinance violation? Because this was an

[14:12] ordinance passed by the council to to do this. Um, as far as sending a a third

[14:18] notice with a hey, if you don't pay, it's going to get put on your tax bill

[14:23] as an ordinance violation, you know. Um, don't know if that's completely that

[14:27] would be a Scott question, you know, or how do we how do we go about So, what

[14:32] we're coming across also is businesses that are owned by somebody but rented to

[14:36] somebody else. So, who's responsible for paying it? Is is it the the renter or is

[14:42] it the owner, you know, and um and if there's going to be a fee, does the fee

[14:47] go the fee actually probably goes to whoever paying the tax bill? But the tax

[14:51] bill is there's two different tax bills. It could be the

[14:55] » personal >> personal

[14:56] » or real >> or real which the personal gets paid by

[14:59] the owner >> the real gets paid by the renty.

[15:03] » So >> personal re

[15:04] » right >> well the the

[15:06] » or is it backwards the personal is the business itself. Yeah.

[15:12] » The real is usually paid by whoever owns the building.

[15:14] » Right. So that would be kind of the caveat to how do we how do how do we get

[15:18] you know I think a handful of these can get worked out by just going face to

[15:23] face and handing it to them and saying hey maybe you didn't get it let's let's

[15:27] talk about it you know uh we're going to inspect all these anyway you know but

[15:32] what's we just want to be fair to everybody

[15:35] if you're a business owner and you're paying it why are you getting treated

[15:38] any different than than anybody else. So, we want to treat everybody the same,

[15:42] you know, and and say that this isn't a punishment. This isn't a we're not

[15:45] punishing anybody. We're just trying to have a better, safer community, you

[15:49] know, and we're trying to wrap these businesses up so we can move on to the

[15:52] residential to the uh to the rental business to the residential rental and

[15:56] then the commercial rental, which is all the commercial rental buildings, which

[16:00] we're going to tackle next. And so, the plan was to start tackling those

[16:04] starting around September time, but we're trying really trying to get this

[16:06] wrapped up. So, Scott, do you have any kind of guidance or what what do you

[16:10] think what do you think should be the next step?

[16:12] » Sure. Uh the the key to taking this final step is

[16:21] making sure that the business is given

[16:27] explicit notice of what is due,

[16:33] a deadline to pay and the consequences. So there could be a third letter. There

[16:41] would have to be a third letter under the uh home rule city act that says you

[16:47] received prior notes you haven't paid. You are hereby notified that you owe the

[16:55] city the amount of X. Mhm. >> Uh if the balance is not paid by a

[17:03] certain date whether 1421 2830 whatever the amount will be added the tax rule.

[17:12] Now, in terms of um whether it's real or personal,

[17:20] um the inspection relates, as I understand it,

[17:26] to whether or not the property in question is safe based on the inspection

[17:34] for use as an >> So, I think it's real.

[17:39] » In that case, I would agree. Yes. >> Yeah. Totally. Um, and so, you know, if

[17:44] you'd like a draft of >> a third letter, again,

[17:49] » has to be explicit, >> okay,

[17:51] » on exactly what's going to happen, >> okay?

[17:53] » Then it can be done. >> So, why don't we uh we'll work on

[17:56] getting a third draft to you as long as we get that third. As long as we can get

[18:01] it back from you >> soon, you know, because because the

[18:05] first letter the second letter was given to them. Um,

[18:10] so they got a letter uh se March 17th and then June 11th. So about every 3

[18:15] months. So June September. So we're about at that three months. We waited

[18:21] three months and so we're about at that threemonth window from where the first

[18:25] one, the second one, and now the third one. And so um

[18:28] » so the that I guess the question is really just

[18:32] » how much time do you want to give them, right? You know, to make this payment.

[18:35] » Yeah. I I I feel I feel 15 to 30 day is plenty of after the past three months of

[18:43] you know and so so um what's your thought as far as mailing and maybe hand

[18:49] delivering also to try to actually face to face touch base with them without

[18:52] getting yelled at too much? >> Yeah, I don't know if you need face to

[18:55] face but I do think you need to be able to prove right

[18:58] » that either the owner or an agent received it.

[19:03] » Right. So, I think that's what we're going to hear is, "Well, I never got

[19:05] letter number one or number two. This is the first time I'm seeing this."

[19:08] » So, and and that we can deal with that and we can deal with maybe there's a

[19:12] mistake in the address or maybe there's a mistake somewhere or the owner or

[19:15] something like that. We can we can deal with all that, but we just need to we

[19:19] know that there's a handful that are just kind of holding off saying we're

[19:21] not doing it. You're not going to make us. Well,

[19:24] » you send them out certified so you have signature of some

[19:28] just it just adds to the expense. and it's only, you know, it's it's $150 and

[19:32] so we're not making this isn't a money-m thing, you know, and we don't want it to

[19:35] cost money either. And so, you know, um let's just try the third letter. I mean,

[19:41] after we sent the second letter, we got quite a few back in. So, maybe let's

[19:44] just try this third letter, but we wanted the board to know that's kind of

[19:47] where we're at. That's where we're standing. We're going to try to wrap

[19:50] this up and then we're moving into we're going to be creating a letter and moving

[19:54] into the uh to the rental uh the rental space this fall to you know catching up

[19:59] with all the uh the commercial rentals and then the residential rentals as

[20:03] well. That's going to be the big the big uh hurdle to climb. So, we do have a

[20:07] list. We're starting to acquire a list here at the city with all the uh the

[20:11] rentals and the and the main players in the rental game here in town. That'll

[20:16] that'll multiple rentals. And so, that'll be that'll be the next challenge

[20:20] is dealing with all of them. >> Any questions?

[20:25] » All right. Thank you, Chief Babcock. >> Next, we have in our packet the clerk's

[20:31] report. Do you have anything to add to that?

[20:33] » I do not. Thank you. We also have the report in the packet of the treasures

[20:39] report. Do you have anything to add? >> So we'll go back. We'll go to the

[20:44] planning commission. There's the report has been provided.

[20:50] Anything extra for the planning commission.

[20:53] Cemetery commiss committee has not met. Parks and recreation

[20:59] advisory board is Miss here. She's working.

[21:04] » Okay. That meeting was moved till the end of

[21:07] the month. So it has not met for July yet.

[21:11] » All right. Very good. Thank you. And the DDA U mayor prom Martinez

[21:17] Seratos. >> Um I don't really have anything to add

[21:21] except we're having a meeting tomorrow. We have somebody that's a potential um

[21:28] what do you call it? >> Board member.

[21:30] » Board member. Thank you. And uh that'll happen tonight probably. So okay, that's

[21:36] all I have. >> Okay. Thank you. Um Bangor Housing

[21:39] Commission, Senior Services. >> Yes. I don't have a whole lot to say,

[21:44] but one thing I would like to say in regards to the Housing Commission, the

[21:48] the Bangor Housing Commission has been in critical status for I don't know how

[21:53] many years now, at least since I've been on the board, and that's like four

[21:57] years. And we are slowly getting to the point of hopefully within the next year

[22:03] we will be able to get off of that critical status and that will mean that

[22:08] we will probably receive more money from them and um things will just be able to

[22:14] run a whole bunch easier. So we're we're headed in the right direction. It's been

[22:18] a battle but we're we're slowly getting there. And the other thing is that it's

[22:23] kind of interesting. The last few times that I have been down

[22:27] there, I stop by and see Brandy once every couple weeks. Seems like every

[22:31] time I am there, somebody is calling about wanting a place to live. It it's

[22:38] amazing how many people are looking to to get into the the housing commission

[22:43] and there there's no room, you know, we're filled up. So, and she's got a a

[22:48] list of probably I don't know, stack about 10 inches tall of of people with

[22:54] applications. Now, as far as for senior services, there's not a whole lot going

[22:58] on other than than what's been there, but just want to remind people of

[23:03] something. I I saw somebody or talked to somebody the other day and they said,

[23:07] "Well, I can't get there." Well, yes, you can. If you live in Van Beern

[23:13] County, you can ride the transportation bus. The transportation bus will pick

[23:18] you up, will take you to senior services and they also have one or two buses that

[23:24] come back in the afternoon. So you can go there, you can get involved in

[23:29] activities, you can participate in the lunch and do things. So that should not

[23:34] be an excuse that that is available. Also, uh to remind people and the last

[23:40] couple months or weeks that we've had the meal, it's been a little on the low

[23:44] side. We do have a meal at the Simpson United Methodist Church, second and

[23:49] fourth Mondays of the month. That's at noon. It's $5. It's the same meal that

[23:54] they do provide in South Haven. Uh if you know seniors in the community,

[23:59] invite them, tell them, you know, encourage them to come there. Uh and the

[24:03] other thing is um I found out today I I gave a

[24:08] gentleman a ride from Decatur, a medical ride, and he's he's talking about he

[24:12] needs a new ramp. He was not aware that senior citizen services did ramps for

[24:18] people, you know, and it's amazing some of the stuff that that people are not

[24:23] aware of. And I asked him, I said, "Do you get that uh booklet that comes out

[24:28] every it's quarterly I think it is. It talks about the different places that

[24:33] has the menus in it." And he says, "No." I said, 'Well, call them and they will

[24:38] start sending you one of them each month and it tells you about some of the

[24:42] things that they provide in there. So, if you know somebody that is not getting

[24:47] that, contact Senior Services in South Haven and they should get you on the

[24:53] mailing list so that you can get that. You can see what's going on. And I just

[24:58] encourage more people to use it. You can always It's a fantastic facility they

[25:02] have in South Haven. I I see a few of you people that are there quite a bit,

[25:07] people that are here in the audience, and it's just you can't beat it. And I I

[25:12] just want some of these people that are missing out to be able to get involved.

[25:17] » Any questions on either of them? >> No. Thank you.

[25:20] » Thank you. >> Okay. Next, we have presentations. Our

[25:24] first presentation is from Bella Point Development Brownfield Plan. And

[25:32] David, are you giving that presentation? >> I am.

[25:36] » Okay. I wasn't sure who was. And we have I believe we have this in our packet.

[25:41] Are we following along in our the handout or is this something different?

[25:46] » Um I am not going to run through every page of

[25:50] » Okay. Which is quite extensive. >> Yes, it is. Um

[25:56] so um we have guests here to answer questions

[26:02] from being here in the county Springfield redevelopment authority

[26:05] market one and our developers. So we're here to answer any questions that you

[26:10] have. Um what uh we've been talking about for several months with you and we

[26:18] appreciate all the uh support we're getting is the matter of a brownfield

[26:22] plan to support a residential development project here in the city of

[26:27] Bangor. Um, a brownfield plan works by uh using the property taxes that are

[26:37] created from the development and using those as a resource to

[26:42] reimburse the developer for certain eligible costs and in this case

[26:47] infrastructure. Um so it is a situation where we are

[26:55] asking the city to forego the benefit of seeing all the property taxes from the

[27:01] residential development for a period of time but in exchange for that support

[27:08] uh the development can now occur and go forth. Um so the plan is a projection

[27:16] based on how fast we think uh the structures are going to get built out,

[27:22] how much we think the infrastructure is going to cost, how much we think each

[27:26] home is going to be valued at. Uh it's all um educated guess at this point in

[27:34] time. Uh what we do have a pretty good handle on is what the cost of the

[27:40] infrastructure are going to be. Um, this is projected out over a 10-year period,

[27:46] a buildout period. Um, but we're looking at about $5.2 million worth of

[27:53] infrastructure costs. So, that's roads, water, sewer, um, storm water retention,

[28:01] uh, power, all those things that need to be there before you can construct any

[28:06] homes whatsoever. So, it's a huge investment.

[28:11] uh to make and then hope that you're going to be able to build these homes.

[28:16] So, the brownfield plan provides some u uh some comfort to the developer to know

[28:24] that okay, I can get that back if I can now build these homes.

[28:31] Um

[28:34] it only works if there are actually homes built. One question that I know is

[28:38] coming is what happens if the project fails in some way. Uh the developer is

[28:47] going to get whatever benefit they get from their own work, from their own

[28:53] projects, from their own building and selling of the homes. If there are no

[28:59] homes built, there's no new taxes, there's no benefit to the developer, and

[29:04] there's no loss benefit to the city. So, this plan relies on the developer to go

[29:13] forth and and build this out as fast as they can. Um

[29:19] the benefit to the project and the city too in this brownfield plan is that it's

[29:28] infrastructure cost. Um uh our developers going to carry this

[29:33] cost for build up here for 10 years. Um,

[29:41] most developers would try to put that infrastructure cost into the sale price

[29:46] of the homes and that would be

[29:50] 82 homes to absorb $5 million. You know, we're talking $62,000

[29:57] which would price these homes out of the market for Bangor. It'd be in the 320

[30:03] 330 mix.

[30:06] So, this plan allows a development to happen.

[30:12] I I don't think it will happen without public support. Um, and we don't say

[30:17] that to hold anybody hostage. It's just the facts of the matter that

[30:22] construction is so expensive and the market is only bearing so much. People

[30:28] are only willing to pay or able to pay so much for their homes. So this plan is

[30:35] um projected to last um 25 years. Uh the

[30:42] developer is probably uh looking at about 18 years of um benefit and then

[30:48] the county uh gets a little bit more. One thing that we negotiated

[30:54] was that with the increased number of residences that there might be more

[30:59] demands on the city for services. makes sense. Um, so as soon as phase one is

[31:07] constructed, which we defined as 30 one homes, I think 31 or 32, I'm sorry.

[31:17] Um, that's the first phase that would trigger a municipal services fee that

[31:23] would be collected every year and would be the equivalent of 35%

[31:29] of your police and fire milites combined and that would be all managed at the

[31:35] county level. Uh, the county brownfield redevelopment authorities managed

[31:39] numerous brownfield plans across the county. Uh so they're very adept at

[31:47] collecting the taxes locally, distributing what needs to go to the

[31:51] developer and distributing what needs to come back to the city. We're not going

[31:56] to ask the developer to do that. That's a burden and um I just think it'll be

[32:01] much more streamlined if if we just work between local units of government.

[32:09] Katie, would you like to say any words about the need for this plan, too?

[32:14] » Yes, I would love to, though. Good evening, council. Katie Molto, Market

[32:18] One, your local economic development organization, serving both you and Cass

[32:22] County. Pleasure to be here tonight. Um, it's my role as the economic development

[32:26] manager to meet with businesses and communities to ensure that they have

[32:30] everything they need to thrive and grow. And one of the consensus needs that we

[32:39] consistently hear is housing. And the one thing that you guys have amongst

[32:47] other things is the control to strategically invest in what the

[32:51] community and businesses are asking. And in the business retention expansion

[32:56] space, um there's projects going on around here and um businesses are

[33:03] looking to for housing and if we can't provide it locally,

[33:08] they're going to they're going to live somewhere else, right? And so if we can

[33:12] have that here, they are spending their money here. The kids are going to school

[33:17] here. So I don't have to preach to the choir for the economic impact that it

[33:20] creates, but it's absolutely a need and um we're happy to support um this

[33:27] project of course and then working alongside Dave and Fishbach. They're

[33:31] experts in this. So um we appreciate your support and happy to answer any

[33:36] questions, but absolutely a need and there's some growth and projects going

[33:42] on that need this. So we we appreciate it.

[33:48] Is there anything that we can answer for you or that we've

[33:53] » not attended to?

[33:58] » You've been pretty thorough. >> Appreciate all the information you've

[34:03] given us. >> We got a lot of reading to do.

[34:07] » I'm a little curious about phase two and phase three. In my packet, I see phase

[34:12] one, but what what is phase two and what is phase three? I'm just curious.

[34:17] » It's just additional build out um both geographically and then with the number

[34:23] of homes. >> Okay. So, um, like 30 site plane that

[34:29] labels them, but, uh, yeah, the first one will be a

[34:34] kind of a street loop and then there'll be homes on the interior and exterior of

[34:39] that loop and then just gradually move westward as as the project builds out.

[34:46] » Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you.

[34:48] What I also want to add too is that um ideally if we could rip off and

[34:52] duplicate this, I would love to do that because it's not every day that you have

[34:55] developers knocking on your door like Mr. Spencer is. So it's admirable and

[35:00] it's like a pioneer effort. So it's uh it's very special and unique. So I'm

[35:06] just going to leave it at that. >> Thank you. Any questions? Any

[35:12] » Thank you very much. >> All right.

[35:15] You're special. Now,

[35:21] next on our agenda, a Bangor, Michigan festivals. Jeremy Uplinger is here to um

[35:27] present the Apple Festival. >> All right. So, I'm Jeremy Uplinger. I

[35:32] took over the Apple Festival um recently.

[35:35] Um I filed the paperwork for a GBA.

[35:41] Um we got a tax EIN number. We also have the bank account set up.

[35:47] Um, we're working on flyers, the banner for downtown Charles Park. Um, we're

[35:55] working on the vendor applications, the car show with the Lions Club. We're

[36:02] kind of teaming up with them, too, so we could

[36:06] kind of keep all this together and keep the the family momentum going with with

[36:11] the car show and the Apple Festival. Um, also we have the class reunion

[36:18] that's going to be going on at the Legion later on that that evening after

[36:23] the car shows. Um,

[36:29] there's a lot of interest in the community of building this thing back up

[36:32] and getting it back to what it was when a lot of us were younger and our kids

[36:40] were little. Um,

[36:44] my motorcycle club is donating like a free kids carnival.

[36:50] We've been building a kids carnival for the last year, year and a half. Um,

[36:55] we'll be donating the free kids carnival,

[36:59] um, carnival games, bounce house, um, the foam party pit thing that's new with

[37:06] all the bubbles and stuff. Um, if the weather permits,

[37:12] um, I'd like to bring a signup sheet down here

[37:16] for volunteers for like in the office if people wanted to volunteer to either

[37:23] help work the thing or participate in some of the the functions or vendor

[37:30] applications. I want to make sure that the city stays completely involved in

[37:34] this as well because this doesn't just benefit the community, it also benefits

[37:41] people coming in. We have a lot of people coming for the car show anyways.

[37:46] Um there's going to be two

[37:51] uh craft shows. One they'll be at two different churches

[37:56] here in town um during that weekend. So there's a lot of stuff already coming

[38:03] into this starting off and that's starting with zero money at all. So we

[38:09] are about finished with all the paperwork.

[38:13] Um we will have some kind of like vendor application and stuff for you guys by

[38:19] the next meeting so you guys know kind of what the vendor application fee um

[38:26] layout looks like. um and kind of our flyer and

[38:33] our banner for Charles Park and all that as well. Okay. For the I have a

[38:38] question. I'm not sure who to direct it to exactly, but for the children's

[38:43] portion, do we need insurance if there's bounce houses and things going on? Is

[38:48] does there need to be an insurance? >> You'd want to have binder.

[38:51] » Yeah, you'd want to have insurance anyway. a general

[38:55] » and general insurance will cover everything.

[38:57] » Yeah, Rocky Johnson normally does that for us.

[38:59] » Okay. And that covers everything. >> That's in my packet of

[39:02] » perfect things. Once we get to that point,

[39:05] » we will acquire insurance at least for the weekend or for the day.

[39:10] » Okay. >> Um

[39:11] » Rocky normally writes all that stuff for us.

[39:14] » October 10th. >> October 10th.

[39:16] » October 10th. >> Very good.

[39:18] » Madam Mayor, I have a >> Please. Are you going to have a dunk

[39:22] tank that Jerry can Jerry can put up on the chair?

[39:27] » If I go, will you go? >> Absolutely.

[39:29] » I've got the dunk tanks already ordered.

[39:34] » I own the dunk tank, so better. >> Okay. Any questions? Did you I just want

[39:43] to clarify you We're going to close down M43 for the cars this year, too, right?

[39:48] » Yeah. Uh, the Lions Club has already filled out that paperwork and I believe

[39:52] it's already been approved for >> Yes, it has.

[39:54] » All right. So, yeah, that's that'll be closed down from like 6:00 a.m. to 2:30,

[39:59] I believe. >> Like to hang out.

[40:01] » So, it will be right down Main Street like it always is. And then

[40:06] » I'm still kind of working on where we're going to put

[40:10] » uh the kids carnival and stuff. We're still kind of ironing that out. Um, I'd

[40:15] like to put it between Roma's and Dale's hair care, but we're still talking to

[40:20] people right now. So,

[40:23] » well, Jeremy, thank you so much for taking this on

[40:26] » for the city. Um, one thing when I um came to be on

[40:33] council in this office, that was the one request that people had was to bring

[40:38] back Apple Festival. So, thank you so much for starting that and and getting

[40:42] the ball rolling. And I got some lo I got some local people that are helping

[40:46] me get this going with a lot of support from the community as well. So it's not

[40:52] just it's not just me doing it there. There's a lot of locals that are that

[40:57] were meeting and trying to get things put together and try to get people, you

[41:02] know, in the right right places to make the right moves to to bring this back

[41:07] and make it >> but you're kind of the central cog. So

[41:10] thank you. That's a that's a big >> because he's such a people person.

[41:17] » Anything else council? Okay. Thank you very much.

[41:22] » Okay. Um the next action item is the marijuana licensing and potential new

[41:28] business. And that's Mark Smith. Mr. Smith.

[41:34] » Hi. >> Well, my name is Mark Smith. I own the

[41:38] green door pure Michigan growers green spout on non-industrial park. Um before

[41:43] I get started I'd just like to comment that in my opinion any housing you can

[41:48] do in Bangor you need to really look at that. That's an important thing to grow

[41:52] your city and and housing is a need. I think I've called you what like three

[41:56] times looking for housing for my employees. So I encourage you to look at

[42:00] that. Uh secondly uh we want to be the main sponsor for the Apple Fest this

[42:06] year for our business. So, we've already reached out to them. We're going to be

[42:09] on the committee. So, we want to help support that as well.

[42:13] Uh, I'm here tonight to warmly ask the city of Eno to change the ordinance 209

[42:19] adopted February 5th, 2020, recreational adult use marijuana establishment

[42:25] ordinance, page 2, section 4, adult use marijuana establishment, part three,

[42:31] not to exceed more than three retails, uh, authorized by the city. uh you'd

[42:38] like to make a request that be changed to one.

[42:42] In 2025, uh the state put a bill through 597 to introduce uh to the house uh in

[42:50] an attempt to stop the oversaturation of the marijuana situation in the state of

[42:56] Michigan. If you know New Buffalo, you know what I'm talking about. Um their

[43:01] recommendation in that bill is to have one for every 5,000 residents. Um that

[43:08] bill's been on hold until after the vote from the governor. So it's supposed to

[43:13] um hit the floor after that. It it it appears from the people I've talked to

[43:18] that it'll probably go through. Um so we're asking you to be a little more

[43:23] proactive and and help us there. And I'd like to touch base a little bit about

[43:29] why that's important to me and to you. Okay. In 2017, I've committed my time,

[43:36] effort, money, investment in Bangor's economy.

[43:40] And I'd just like to share a few numbers with you, just so you know.

[43:46] So, I built all those factories out there, three of them,

[43:51] and that was a cost of $5 million to do that. And over the over that time, we've

[43:57] created $82,000 worth of tax base a year from that vacant land since we've been

[44:03] there. So every year, that's 82,000 that we generated that the money that goes to

[44:08] that tax base to the city. Beyond that, the state, because I have a

[44:15] retail store, the city gets paid between 55 and $59,000 a year. And since I've

[44:21] been there, the city has recouped 30 72,000 because I'm there. The state

[44:28] actually pays the city because I'm there.

[44:33] Okay. So, it's a good deal for for you for me to be there and it's a really

[44:37] good deal for me and my employees for us to be there. But we want to stay there

[44:41] and it's been really difficult. the market is saturated and our margins have

[44:45] really shrank and every time a new business comes in and there's been three

[44:49] of them across the street and now a new one going in in Breezeville I take about

[44:55] a 20% deduction for for 6 8 months to fight

[45:00] that and last year it almost got us but I pumped another 100 grand in it to keep

[45:06] it running and here we are but my grow depends on that as well because that's

[45:11] where I sell that to and that keeps those 50 employees. So, we have 37

[45:16] employees in these groups which we pay about $1.5 million of um pay to them a

[45:24] year. They, you know, they need that money, too. So,

[45:30] that's why that portion is important to us as well.

[45:34] The licensing fees that we pay since we've been here has been $762,000.

[45:41] That's what I've paid out over an 8-year period to be here.

[45:47] Let that sink in. That's a lot of money, right?

[45:50] » Okay. So, the Bambiran County also receives a

[45:54] portion of that money that I pay in. They also receive $279,000

[46:00] because we're here. So the county also receives that money.

[46:05] So it's a benefit and I, you know, I'm preaching to the choir about that. We've

[46:11] also invested about $30,000 into the city with just pure donations, us

[46:17] giving, and people ask the fire department, um, fireworks,

[46:23] whatever it is, we're happy to do it. Softball games, whatever it is. Um,

[46:30] recently I just put a bid in on the property at 133 West Monroe

[46:36] with the idea that I would move my business over there

[46:43] because it's a bigger space. The problem I have is the space contains

[46:49] two uh sections to it about 2,000 square

[46:53] foot each. So, what to do with the other space? So, I was asking the city

[46:59] recently, what do you guys need? What what business could I put in there that

[47:03] would benefit the city? Uh, one of the big ones that came up to

[47:09] the top of the list was we were thinking about putting a dog grooming dog uh

[47:16] store in there. Okay. And and house dogs and whatnot. We were told that you guys

[47:21] were thinking about making a dog park, so that might tie into that. Um,

[47:26] somebody suggested a tackle store. Um, I'm I'm open to suggestions. We can't

[47:31] let the space sit empty, but if I'm going to move over there, that project

[47:35] will cost about $245,000 just to move over there and to get it

[47:40] all back up to code. And I really don't want to invest that money into the city

[47:46] if I'm going to have to fight another dispensary for 6, eight months to stay

[47:51] alive. So, that's my pitch.

[47:56] So, I really like you. I've asked before and it hasn't really seemed to go

[48:00] anywhere. This time, I'd really like you guys to talk about it and see what you

[48:05] think. >> So, Mark, I have a question. Um, I know

[48:09] that the green door is in other communities.

[48:11] » We are. >> And I suspect in the other communities,

[48:14] I don't know this as a fact, that you have competition.

[48:19] » Yeah, we try to stay away as much as we can like in South Haven. Um

[48:25] and the same thing happened. Uh they had three uh and and there's two left and

[48:32] the other one I'm being told is going to close soon. So, you know, we try to run

[48:36] our margins really small so that we can compete, but it's a really hard

[48:43] to to stay open. >> So, are you going to South Haven asking

[48:47] them to reduce the number of licenses? >> Yeah, we already have actually. And we

[48:52] also asked them to let us put a drive-thru through, which they're going

[48:55] to do. Um, uh, we also asked for a license reduction from the 5,000. You

[49:01] guys have already done it. Um, to the 2500 that we pay here. Uh, they started

[49:08] out at 5,000 like a lot of places do. Um, we did get a few

[49:14] sort of like what they're asking for. We we bought that land and had to build it.

[49:18] We had to put the infrastructure in. So we got a little tax abatement for a

[49:22] little bit to get that done. So we did ask for a few things to build that

[49:25] building and get it up. It was about a million dollar build out for that

[49:29] building. Water delete was a little different. Um you know we bought the old

[49:34] um uh restaurant there right next to Casey's. Uh that was about a five uh

[49:41] about a $500,000 remodel uh to bring it back up to code. and they waved a few

[49:47] fees for us as well there to get that up and get it up to code and whatnot. So,

[49:52] » so what I'm hearing you say is you would like the council to look at reducing the

[49:56] number of licenses available for competition.

[50:00] » Yes. >> Okay. And that of course is not on the

[50:03] agenda tonight. This just a presentation. But I just wanted to

[50:06] clarify what you're what you're asking us.

[50:10] » It's just harder to say in business. I don't I'm just going to be honest. I

[50:14] don't want to make that kind of an investment across the street

[50:19] if I'm going to have to go down that battle again.

[50:22] » Sure. So, >> Mark, I have one more question, too. So,

[50:24] are you planning on doing something with the present building or is that

[50:28] » Well, we're not sure about that either. You know, I just put a facelift on that

[50:31] building, >> but it's got some issues, too. I

[50:35] probably want to tear it down and build something new. Um, but it's got some

[50:38] basement issues, and that's part of the reason as well. So, you know, the water

[50:42] table there when I first bought that building came right to the floor. And we

[50:48] we basically had to put 2 ft of sand in there to so the water wouldn't come up

[50:53] and put two cell pumps in. So, it's not the ideal. It's very small space. I've

[50:58] tried to buy the building next to me. Bobby won't sell it to me. Um not sure

[51:02] why. Um but um >> so

[51:06] » that that's my next option. That is a really nice space. It needs a lot of

[51:11] work though. It has electrical issues. It has a roof issue. It has water in the

[51:15] basement as well, but it's fixable. Um, a B dry system would probably fix that

[51:21] situation pretty quick. But it would be an investment. Yes.

[51:27] » I'm more I'm more concerned about what I would do with the other side.

[51:30] » Well, I was just going to ask that. So, have you done any kind of um

[51:34] investigation surveys besides just asking?

[51:37] » No, I' i've looked a little bit online about certain businesses, how they

[51:41] perform. >> Um,

[51:44] » but I, you know, I I threw it out to, >> you know, to the city a little bit. It's

[51:48] like, >> sure,

[51:49] » as you know, what do people ask for, >> you know, cuz I don't I don't know. I

[51:53] mean, in your line of business, obviously a bakery would

[51:59] that was that was a coffee shop bakery was brought up as well. That would be

[52:03] right down my daughter's alley. She's she's in the coffee

[52:08] » snob. >> But like I told her, you're not going to

[52:11] sell a $8 cup of coffee in Bangor. >> Maybe

[52:17] » I say summer is my best friend right now.

[52:20] » Okay. So, anything else, council? Yes. >> Sure.

[52:24] » Does any other party, any other entity right now hold you you talked about

[52:31] competition that hasn't really panned out. Um but does any entity hold a

[52:37] provisioning license other than Green Door?

[52:41] » No. >> So any anything anybody had has expired?

[52:46] » Yes. >> Thank you.

[52:48] » Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you very much,

[52:51] » Mayor. I would just like to add I I wouldn't I wouldn't think of it as uh

[52:56] limiting competition, but more of supporting a local business that's been

[53:00] here since 2018 and >> has really helped the city um provide

[53:05] employment and you talked about the tax revenues and whatnot. Um I would I would

[53:10] approach it that way, not on limiting competition.

[53:13] » Okay, great. That's a positive spin on that, Mark.

[53:18] » Yeah. Thank you. So, um, manager Weber, what do we do

[53:23] with this next to >> uh there I don't think there's any

[53:27] action for >> I'm not for tonight.

[53:29] » Tonight, but um maybe at a future council meeting we would have on the

[53:32] agenda for for a motion. >> Okay, great. Thank you.

[53:36] » Something we want to look at. Maybe >> that's completely up to the council.

[53:40] Yeah. If you direct us to do that, we can do it.

[53:42] » It sounds like you're endorsing that um as the as as a state manager,

[53:48] » local business. Yeah, exactly. >> I feel like with the information we were

[53:51] given tonight, it should be put on the agenda and up for a vote.

[53:54] » Can we put that on the >> Yes.

[53:57] » Is it like put on agenda to vote to update it or are we making changes to it

[54:01] already when it comes in front of us? >> Scott, what would you recommend?

[54:04] » Well, you'd have to uh this would be an ordinance change. So, you'd have to put

[54:10] it on for a first reading and either then or

[54:16] at the next meeting take action on whether to go forward with it. Um, and I

[54:22] do think I would make one comment about I have any dis factual disagreement with

[54:28] what Mark said. Uh, the bill that uh is presently pending

[54:37] um is seems bogged down.

[54:43] Uh and it could well be because people are waiting to see the outcome of the

[54:48] election. Um

[54:52] the it started actually uh being proposed as

[54:58] one provisioning license per 10,000 people dropped down at least seems like

[55:05] for working versions to five. Um,

[55:10] and it's a lot harder on small communities than large ones.

[55:16] Um, and you know there are examples that are

[55:20] not Bangor. The most common example is KCASa. They have an inability. They have

[55:26] five. They receive almost $275,000

[55:31] a year for those. And if they were to get cut to one, they'd be down to

[55:36] 59,000. Well, Bangor isn't that, but I'm just telling you it's something that

[55:41] there's

[55:44] legislature is struggling over it because there are issues, you know, uh

[55:48] all the way uh around. The proponents would like it to kind of morph into uh

[55:56] the model used by the liquor control commission, which is one license per

[56:02] certain number of people. Kind of along those lines, not exactly. and we could

[56:07] do something similar to the ordinance that way.

[56:10] » Well, you still would be picking your numbers, but I'm just saying that's kind

[56:13] of what they're looking at because at the same time, the bill uh has an

[56:21] equally strong component that says anyone who owes uh any state or local

[56:29] taxes uh cannot cannot have a license. So they're they're trying to get it uh

[56:36] more than one problem, but um you would if you wanted to consider this think you

[56:44] would put it on the agenda. I mean the the amendment itself very simple. I mean

[56:50] we're talking about I think literally one sentence.

[56:54] um and then have a first reading and then discuss it and then uh uh set it

[57:00] for um a second reading which would mean either adoption or rejection.

[57:07] » Okay. >> I have a question. Um, would it be

[57:10] acceptable to put in the ordinance something like

[57:14] to the effect of with our town growing that in 10 years the ordinance could be

[57:19] relooked at see the population um change and if we've grown that we could um

[57:27] bring back a second license or something like that?

[57:30] » Well, you could do that. The answer is yes,

[57:34] but you could do that anyway. Um, out of fairness, if this is done to

[57:41] be supportive of a local business, you might want to build in a period of time

[57:47] when you would be guaranteed no additional license. And then of course

[57:52] when that time period was up, whatever you chose.

[57:56] » So like no additional license for five years.

[57:58] » Five years, three, five, 10, 20, 50, whatever.

[58:03] » Sure. So, I feel like we might not always be the same size that we are

[58:08] today. >> Well, we hope not,

[58:10] » right? I mean, thanks to Spencer, we hope we we hope not. Right. So, Right.

[58:16] » And I think that will keep up the um momentum of

[58:20] um businesses helping the city, >> but yet following manager Weber's

[58:26] suggestion of supporting the local businesses who have supported us.

[58:30] » That's right. Yeah. So, >> I think as we just take a look at it,

[58:33] just probably look at as a whole because I think there's a different section of

[58:36] it that might call out like Sundays and stuff like that that we can correct at

[58:39] the same time that I think preferably we want to get

[58:43] » corrected. So, >> very good overhaul as a as a whole.

[58:48] » Okay. Anything else on that subject? Okay. Thank you very much um council and

[58:54] u Mr. Smith. The next item we have is a resolution

[59:00] and I call let's Oops, I just lost my spot here. Okay. Um, a resolution

[59:08] 2026 23 supporting the adoption of a

[59:12] brownfield plan Bella Point development. Um and

[59:20] whereas the city of Bangor pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of

[59:25] the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act being act 381 of the public act of

[59:31] the state of Michigan of 1996 as amended has formally resolved to participate in

[59:36] the Van Beerren County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and has

[59:41] designated that all related activities shall proceed through the authority And

[59:46] whereas the authority pursuant to and in accordance with section 13 of the act

[59:51] has reviewed and recommended for approval the Brownfield plan attached

[59:57] here too to be carried out within the city of Bangor relating to the

[1:00:01] development of property located at Summit Road, Bangor, Michigan, as shown

[1:00:06] in figures one and two of the plan and more particularly described in the legal

[1:00:11] description of the property contained within the attached plan. Is that Do I

[1:00:17] need to read any more of that or is that >> No, you don't need to.

[1:00:19] » Okay, good. >> You're You're free to

[1:00:23] » Oh, that's good. That's good. I just wanted to make sure that everybody was

[1:00:27] clear exactly what we were doing. Okay. So, I call for a motion to support the

[1:00:34] adoption of Brownfield Plan Bell development. Could I uh uh uh are you is

[1:00:41] the council ready to vote on this uh or do you need further review of the

[1:00:48] materials? I I'm just asking. >> Well, we've

[1:00:52] in my opinion I think we're ready to vote on it. Um we've been going through

[1:00:57] this for several months. We have a lot of information. If any of the council

[1:01:02] members disagree with me, please speak now and we can, you know, we'll table

[1:01:07] it. Otherwise, I I feel we are ready to support the adoption of the brownfield

[1:01:14] plan.

[1:01:18] » But when you're asking for a motion, it's a motion to take action, whether

[1:01:23] that's >> uh positive or negative.

[1:01:26] » Right. And that's for the that's for the resolution. Yes.

[1:01:31] So I call for for a motion yes to take action on the resolution of 202623.

[1:01:38] So move >> second.

[1:01:40] » Okay. Um being moved and seconded. Is there any discussion on that motion?

[1:01:50] And we'll ask for a roll call vote.

[1:01:55] » Council member Rivers. >> Yes.

[1:01:58] » Council member Murphy. Yes. >> Council member Doro.

[1:02:02] » Yes. >> Council member Garcia.

[1:02:04] » Yes. >> Council member Wall.

[1:02:07] » Yes. >> Mayor Pro Tim Martinez Cadoos.

[1:02:10] » Yes. >> Mayor McM.

[1:02:12] » Yes. So the um resolution has passed unanimously for the adoption of the

[1:02:19] Brownfield Bell point development plan. >> Congratulations.

[1:02:24] » Thank you. Okay. Now the next thing we have is new

[1:02:30] business and that is action item second reading of the adopt ordinance of 299

[1:02:37] resoning 700 Lincoln. And I know there's just a small bit here

[1:02:43] that I need to read. >> Got it. I think I got it here. Yep.

[1:02:48] » I'm organized this time. Good job. The purpose of this ordinance is to

[1:02:52] amend the official zoning map of the city of Bangor by changing the zoning

[1:02:56] classification of the property commonly known as 700 Lincoln Avenue, Bangor,

[1:03:02] Michigan from R1 single family residential district to R3 multiple

[1:03:07] family residential district in accordance with the Michigan Zoning

[1:03:11] Enabling Act public act 110 of 2006 as amended and the city of Bangor zoning

[1:03:18] ordinance. Um, this is a second reading. So, I call

[1:03:23] for a motion um to adopt the ordinance 299 reszoning 700 Lincoln Avenue.

[1:03:35] » Mayor, I'm sorry. I don't want to >> Oh, did you guys have the public hearing

[1:03:39] at this? >> Yeah, we're Shel got us all set. We are

[1:03:43] good. We're ready to rock and roll. >> Keeps us.

[1:03:47] » Okay. So, um, be that said, I, um, I I need the motion, please.

[1:03:53] I'll make a motion. Okay. Second. Okay. Motion has been moved and seconded to

[1:03:59] adopt ordinance 299, reszoning 700 Lincoln Avenue. Um, we need a roll call

[1:04:05] vote for that, please. >> Council member Murphy,

[1:04:09] » yes. >> Council member Doro,

[1:04:11] » yes. >> Council member Garcia,

[1:04:13] » yes. >> Council member Rivers,

[1:04:16] » yes. Council member Wall.

[1:04:19] » Yes. >> Mayor Pro Tim Martinez.

[1:04:22] » Yes. >> Mayor McMrum.

[1:04:24] » Yes. So the action item for the adoption of ordinance has passed um unanimous.

[1:04:31] » Finally. >> Thank you.

[1:04:33] » Okay. Finally. Yes. Okay. The next one is the second reading and to adopt

[1:04:39] ordinance 300 for flood plane management.

[1:04:43] And the second reading of that

[1:04:48] is community name city of Bangor, Van Beern County, Michigan. an amended

[1:04:53] ordinance to affirm an enforcing agency to discharge the responsibility of the

[1:04:59] city of Bangor located in Van Beern County and to designate regulated flood

[1:05:04] hazard areas under the provisions of the state construction code act number 230

[1:05:13] of the public acts of 1972 as amended. Um, I call for a motion

[1:05:20] for that ordinance. Adopting that ordinance.

[1:05:24] » Make a motion that we adopt ordinance number three 0.9.

[1:05:34] Okay. Um, any discussion, questions? We moved and seconded the um adopt

[1:05:42] ordinance 299 resoning or no, sorry, excuse me. Um, we moved and seconded

[1:05:47] ordinance 300, floodplane management. Um, we need a roll call vote, please.

[1:05:53] » Council member Murphy, >> yes.

[1:05:55] » Council member Doro, >> yes.

[1:05:58] » Council member Garcia, >> yes.

[1:06:00] » Mayor Pro Martinez, >> yes.

[1:06:02] » Council member Rivers, >> yes.

[1:06:04] » Council member Wall, >> yes.

[1:06:07] » Mayor McCum, >> yes.

[1:06:10] Okay. And that also has passed that action item. The next thing we need to

[1:06:15] um action item is the regular city council meeting 97 needs to be

[1:06:20] rescheduled to 98 due to the holiday. So we um I uh

[1:06:28] call for a motion to reschedule that meeting, please.

[1:06:32] » I'll make a motion that we reschedule the regular city council member on or

[1:06:35] council meeting on 97 to be rescheduled to 98 due to the holiday.

[1:06:40] » Second. >> Okay. And um all those in favor of

[1:06:44] changing that meeting signify by saying I.

[1:06:49] » All those the same. No. Okay. Motion is passed.

[1:06:56] And the next action item we have is a DDA appointment of Ashley Carrington.

[1:07:03] Um Ashley Carrington, I don't know if any of you know her. Um

[1:07:08] I just met her last week. She is the nighttime manager at

[1:07:13] Hardings. Um, she is interested in sitting on the DDA as a

[1:07:20] business is representing a business, the Harding's business in the DDA. Um, I

[1:07:26] think she's from what I can see, I recommend that we we appoint her.

[1:07:33] » I'll make a motion that we appoint Ashley Carrington to the DDA.

[1:07:38] » Okay. Um all those in favor of appointing Ashley Carrington um signify

[1:07:44] by saying I. >> All those against opposed. No.

[1:07:50] » Okay. So Ashley Carrington and she would have been here tonight but um one of her

[1:07:54] employees is in the hospital and she couldn't get off to meet you. So she she

[1:07:58] did try to do that. >> Guess it's come to the DDA meeting.

[1:08:01] » There you go. >> No. Yeah. What's happening?

[1:08:05] » Okay. Um, so city manager updates and closing

[1:08:09] comments. >> Uh, yeah, just real quick, uh, the air

[1:08:13] raators that we discussed at the last council meeting, the frames have been

[1:08:17] sent up to Kennedy and they're currently rebuilding them. Uh, we hope to get

[1:08:21] those back soon. Um, Shel's working on a new project. We are going to try and get

[1:08:27] a new city website that's going to be much more uh userfriendly

[1:08:32] and it's going to have like an AI search searchable feature on the website. So,

[1:08:38] it's going to be really cool. Um, we're looking at October time frame for that.

[1:08:42] » That's excuse me ADA compliant. >> Yes. Yeah, that is one of the important

[1:08:46] things. I think I mentioned it to the council, but all websites have to be all

[1:08:50] government websites have to be ADA compliant. And uh this new website will

[1:08:55] be ADA compliant where our current one's not right now.

[1:08:59] Uh if you haven't drove by the Quanza hut yet, please do. Bill has worked very

[1:09:04] hard on getting that repainted and this week public works is putting in the new

[1:09:08] windows for that. So it should be wrapped up here real soon. Uh we also

[1:09:12] have a utility billing specialist position posted on our website and on

[1:09:17] Indeed. Uh Amanda is leaving us in Novemberish.

[1:09:22] Um, so we're looking to to replace her position if if we can. I don't know if

[1:09:27] we can do that, but we're going to try. >> Uh, we also have a request for

[1:09:31] information posted on our website for an accountant to help with our audits and

[1:09:35] some of our, uh, accounting and financial obligations.

[1:09:40] And then last, the well, not last, uh, the Honor a Hero

[1:09:45] campaign is currently at $4,275. So, we are only $725 away from reaching

[1:09:53] our goal. And then lastly, uh, as Patty mentioned, the DDA meeting is tomorrow,

[1:09:58] but it'd be great to have some public come to those meetings because that's

[1:10:02] where all the downtown projects are developed and and decided on, and it'd

[1:10:07] be great to have public there to give some input on some of those downtown

[1:10:10] projects. >> And what time is it?

[1:10:13] » 7 o'clock tomorrow. >> Right here.

[1:10:15] » Yep. >> Thank you.

[1:10:16] » That's all I have. >> That's all. Thank you very much. Um,

[1:10:22] Mr. >> Can I just say one?

[1:10:24] » Yeah, I was just going to ask you >> the third letter that we talked about. I

[1:10:27] sent the text of the letter to the two of you.

[1:10:31] » Okay. >> Aren't you efficient?

[1:10:33] » Well, thank you.

[1:10:39] » It's like send >> We've done this before.

[1:10:42] » Okay. >> Thank you. Um, council member closing

[1:10:46] comments. Um, Council Member Rivers, uh, thank everybody for coming out and,

[1:10:53] uh, even though our new council member was voted in a

[1:11:00] little while ago, but was unable to attend. So, welcome to your very first

[1:11:05] council meeting. Hope we impressed you and uh, just thank everybody else for

[1:11:12] being here. >> Do you want to go next or do you want me

[1:11:15] to skip you to last? Wait till last. Okay, that's

[1:11:19] um Council Member Doro, thanks for coming. Um

[1:11:25] lots of thank yous really out here with everything that's going on with Spencer,

[1:11:29] what you're doing and and what you're doing with keeping up all

[1:11:34] the, you know, inspections and the Bangor, it's now Bangor, Michigan

[1:11:41] Festival. Can't thank you guys enough. I know you're working really hard and you

[1:11:45] guys really work well together um and have some great ideas. It should be a

[1:11:51] real blast. Um so, uh thank everybody for what you're doing. Um we're doing

[1:11:57] baby steps and we will as a council be at the open house for the school

[1:12:06] back the backpack giveaway. We will be there set up for some fun games like we

[1:12:11] did before. So come and visit us and have a good time.

[1:12:16] » Council member Garcia, >> I just want to say as an individual that

[1:12:20] I feel like um our city has finally turned a corner. I think the air feels

[1:12:26] lighter. I'm sure a lot of people would agree. Um I'm really excited about the

[1:12:31] good things that are happening in Bangor. And I want to say thank you to

[1:12:34] Jeremy. I knew we'd see you back again soon at one of your other got to be back

[1:12:40] » and I know that you know how to party. So, I'm looking forward to Apple

[1:12:45] Festival. >> So, uh yeah, thank you for that. And

[1:12:50] Steve, thank you for your guys and all their hard work that they put in every

[1:12:54] day. We really appreciate them. and um as far as the inspections go, I think

[1:12:58] it's a really good thing to make our city more safe

[1:13:04] and more presentable and pleasing to everybody. So, yeah, I just want to

[1:13:08] thank all the departments for all their hard work and dedication they put in

[1:13:11] every day. That's all I have. >> Thank you, Council Member Murphy.

[1:13:16] » I'll just thank everybody for coming out and everybody everybody's doing to

[1:13:20] everything you guys are doing to, you know, make Bangor better. Uh we're

[1:13:23] definitely moving that way and hopefully we can keep that way and we're excited

[1:13:26] about the Apple Festival. Definitely >> definitely being back downtown's nice.

[1:13:30] So >> yeah,

[1:13:33] » all set. Council member Wall, >> I don't have anything tonight.

[1:13:37] » Okay, thank you. Um Mayor Pro Tim Martinez.

[1:13:42] » Yes. So I was going to discuss that. Um we will be at the school, but I wanted

[1:13:47] to ask you guys if you wanted to be there. Um, I called it the meet and

[1:13:51] greet the council with a treat. So, we played a game last year. Um, I had a

[1:13:57] pool filled with water and then they came and picked a duck and if you got a

[1:14:00] duck with a star, you got a big giant candy bar and

[1:14:03] » not that big. >> And the three-foot ones,

[1:14:09] if you didn't get one, you still got a treat. You still got a treat. So, the

[1:14:13] kids love that. So, I was going to ask you guys if you wanted to do that again,

[1:14:16] but you already said you did. So, >> I think we will be there.

[1:14:19] » We will be there. >> I think we will be. That's okay.

[1:14:22] » Um anyway, I'll have everything if you guys want to. This is just um donations

[1:14:27] for from our personal money. It doesn't have anything to do with city money. Um

[1:14:32] we are just donating our time and money for this event. So, um maybe we'll see

[1:14:38] some of you guys out there. But thank you to everyone that's uh moving forward

[1:14:44] with projects. I think it's time that things start changing around here and

[1:14:48] I'm so glad it is. So, um, thank you everyone for coming tonight.

[1:14:54] » Thank you. >> All right. Um

[1:14:58] member um council members in your packet there is a um governing board audit that

[1:15:06] needs to be sent to and I think Hela just popped it over um that needs to be

[1:15:11] filled out and sent directly to uh Vervelt Vavvel.

[1:15:17] Um, what I'm wondering is if we can get um can we get envelopes may maybe

[1:15:24] self-ress stamped envelopes to make it >> make the possibility of getting those

[1:15:31] surveys to them a little bit more convenient.

[1:15:35] » Okay. Thank you. Um, also I uh represented Bangor at the renewable

[1:15:41] energy um update regarding public act 233 and 234 specifically for battery and

[1:15:48] solar renewable energy. Um, several townships are in various phases of um

[1:15:55] looking at renewable energy. Um, if you would like some more specifics, let me

[1:16:00] know. They do have another meeting coming up at the end of September that

[1:16:04] probably planning commission um probably be a good thing for more than just me to

[1:16:10] go um if possible. It's it's it there's a lot to it.

[1:16:16] » Okay. I was also invited to a meet and greet with Bronson um South Haven and

[1:16:22] Lake View Hospital executive team last week. Um they cover a 9count region. 1

[1:16:28] million people are served and 3.5 million outpatient visits are um given

[1:16:34] each year. Uh the administrative team is proud of the fact that they all live in

[1:16:38] Bambiran County and are very cognizant of the unique needs throughout the

[1:16:42] service area. There is an open house for Susan Heinrich at the Bronson Blueest

[1:16:48] Star Family Clinic um on September 3rd from 4 to 6. And I do have letters that

[1:16:56] if any of you would like that because she's been in she's been here for how

[1:17:01] many years? 30 >> 30 some years. A lot of people know her.

[1:17:05] So I do have the information here if you would like one. Um so you could go to

[1:17:09] that open house. Um South Haven is also adding um two MDs in September and a

[1:17:16] physician's assistant. So they're trying to stay pace with what's going on as

[1:17:21] well. So, um, we did have a question about how

[1:17:26] is that going to impact Bangor and I have sent out a um a a request to them

[1:17:31] because there was so much I was there an hour and a half and there was so much

[1:17:34] that they we went through. I I know that there are some changes that are going to

[1:17:38] be happening in Bangor, but I want to get the specifics before I

[1:17:43] state anything. So, I make sure I have the facts for you. But, thank you for

[1:17:48] coming. Thank you for everybody who is really working on making Bangor to be a

[1:17:52] better place. Um, and that's all I have. Okay. So, I need a

[1:18:02] uh motion to um adjourn the meeting at 8:18 p.m.

[1:18:08] » I'll make a motion to join the meeting at 8:18 p.m.

[1:18:12] » Second. >> All in favor signify by saying I.

[1:18:15] » I. Anybody wants to

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