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Would you lead us in the pledge, please?
>> I pledge algiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

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» Okay.
>> Attendance. Roll call, please.

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» Council member Rivers,
>> Council Member Murphy,

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» present. Council member Doro
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» Council member Garcia
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» Council member Wall
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» Mayor Pro Tim Martinez Catoos
>> present.

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» Mayor McRum
>> present. And as I understand it, um,

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clerk Shelley. Um, we don't have any
excused absences today.

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» We do not
>> for anybody. Okay. Well, that's cuz

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

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The agenda has been distributed. Um any
are there any changes that you would

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like to make?

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Hearing none, I need a call for motion
to accept today's agenda.

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» I make a motion we accept today's
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» A second.
>> Second. Uh the motion to accept the

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agenda has been moved and seconded. All
those in favor um signify by saying I

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» I
um opposed. No.

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» Motion has
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» Okay.
>> Um now this is a little bit different.

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Public comment has been placed near the
beginning of the our agenda so that

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members of the public have an
opportunity to address the council

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before we begin discussing and taking
action on council business. This allows

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council members to hear public input
before considering the matters before us

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tonight. Public comment is not limited
to items on tonight's agenda. Members of

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the public may also address other
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time. The purpose of placing the public
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public has an opportunity to be heard
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And we'd appreciate it if you could keep
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Mr. Bunzer.
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comment, that's not what I'm going to be
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it because I would like to hear what you
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idea what what you're going to be
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So, it is hard for me to address those
in advance. Okay. With that being said,

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two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to
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I want to tell you, you have a clerk
here in Shelly and Amanda that helped

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her that did a fantastic job. I the
first election I ever worked, it seemed

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so well organized and everything was
orchestrated so well, you know, was just

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it was a pleasure to work here and it
really was. And I think, you know, we

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owe her a big deal of gratitude for for
what she does and the amount of work

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that actually goes into it. I did not
realize until I went to that class for

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elections of of what it entails and then
I see the work that that she has to do

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prior to it and then the work she has to
do after the polls close and go to go to

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PA off you know it's quite an ordeal and
and then come to find out she sent a

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little email out and showed that
everything that was done here was done

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exactly the way it should have been done
and she got a little good Yeah.

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» Thank you.

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» Thank you. I appreciate that.
>> Thank you.

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» And thank you for working elections.
You're welcome.

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

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comment? Yes, Mr. Dorl.
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I, uh, gave all the council members a
copy of our activity report for July. I

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can look at that. Couple other things I
want to report on. We have a public

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hearing on our budget for the county uh
for 2627 and it's going to be like $32.9

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million.
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also uh up in the top this you see
there's a new name Britney Wrath fun

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been hired as an executive assistant.
She is from understand she's very good.

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Can't wait for her to start. And we're
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what we're going to do um with our
facilities. Um even though Wood TP said

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it was all set in stone, what we had was
the uh it came back um from the folks

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that kind of did some work for us and
we're looking at it to see what we want

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

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if you hear otherwise that's not not
true. So anyhow questions, concerns,

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thank you. Like to welcome our new
member, introduce myself to him. So

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welcome. Thank you.
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» Thank you.
>> Okay. Um next is to adopt the consent

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agenda. Um I need a motion. I call for a
motion to accept the consent agenda. Um

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with the approval of the regular meeting
me minutes for 8326, the approval of the

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general checking AC um accounts payable
and payroll for $817 for $97,000

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um $97,364.85

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and the approval of the roads accounts
payable for 817 in the amount of

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$1,895.95.

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» I'll make a motion to adopt the consent
agenda. I second.

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» Okay. Um, agenda has been moved and
seconded. Are any discussion?

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» Then at this time, we'll call for a roll
call vote, please.

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» Council member Garcia,
>> yes.

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» Mayor Pro Tim Martinez,
>> yes.

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» Council member Rivers,
>> yes.

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» Council member Murphy,
>> yes.

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» Council member Doro,
>> yes.

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» Council member Wall,
>> yes.

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» Mayor Mcgrum,
>> yes.

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» Okay. Thank you.
Okay, regular business. Uh, first order

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of business are reports from department
heads. Um, Mr. Louderder, public works.

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» Package, you got my report.
Any questions? Anything I can answer for

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you?

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» Not off. Are you Are you spraying? It
was asked today if you are doing the

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spraying. public works is doing the
spraying for the sidewalk and like the

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curb along in front of um Sponsy.
It's between the curb and the road.

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Weeds are coming out between there. Um
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» It needs it.
>> Yeah. Put a note on there, please.

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Thank you. I wasn't sure if you guys did
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» We do it.
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» Anybody else?

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police department.
Um, officer Drake.

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» Um, police service uh calls for service
in the month of June is 229. Uh, 66

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traffic stops. Uh, tickets tickets
issued is 26. Uh, monthly ticket

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percentage is 39%.
Uh, year traffic stops is 356.

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gives us 153 uh tickets issued for this
year's reform. Uh gives us a percentage

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of 46% chance.
Um parking violations been one. Just a

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reminder on that a lot of people parking
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So make sure you're parking with
traffic. Uh lobby visits was 78. Uh this

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month we had train last month in the
month of June we had uh handling heat

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stress, work stress and then science of
science of employee engagement for that

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month for our officer training and then
uh total calls traffic stops and defense

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was 295
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calls
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» For the month
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» for the year. I'm sorry
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» Thank you.
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Thank you. Um,
Chief Babcock, Fire Department.

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» All right, keep that up, Justin. Hang
on. Scroll up. Scroll up. Scroll up. So,

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you can tell Paul was working this
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the ticket percentages were down to 39%.
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49 to 50%. Just to tell you, Paul
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in there. You can tell him that cuz he's
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um so we've had uh July we had 38 uh
calls for the month, 13 in the city. We

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had eight medicals, uh false alarm, some
power lines down, some storm damage, uh

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one vehicle accident, one illegal burn
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So we're uh a little bit behind last
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where we were 24 and 23. So, pretty much
running running right average for the

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month of July. Nothing out of the
ordinary. A lot of stuff uh up and

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coming. I got two new uh members going
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this uh in January when it starts again
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We have our pancake breakfast coming up
September 5th, so in two weeks. So,

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

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backpack giveaway. So, if you got kids
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school supplies, make sure after the
open house, so open house at the schools

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from 4:30
4:30 to 6. Yeah, 4:30 to 6. And then at

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6:00 p.m., we're doing the uh, out front
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of booth set up and everything. So,
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supplies giveaway this year. So, bring
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supplies. Uh we had a great uh if you
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had a company down that did our a rescue
training. We had 22 uh students show up

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from pretty much all around Southwest
Michigan. We had eight different

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departments representative for that uh
that class. It was all evening on a

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Friday and then all day Saturday we set
up scenarios out in the backyard with an

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augur and tractor and all kinds of
scenarios. Learned about a rescue stuff.

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And then on Sunday, uh we went to the uh
to the fly in uh to every uh every year

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the three departments, Covert, South
Haven, and us uh split shifts to work

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for two hour two hours each shift to uh
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was probably the most well attended.
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their Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast.
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» At the fly in that that morning. So, it
was very busy, crazy morning. So, uh

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lots of things up and happening next
week. I'm leaving this Friday. We'll be

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gone Friday to Friday. I'm going up to
Canada. So, uh, don't try to call me cuz

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

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we're going to stop by the Common Falls
on the way back. Lived here for 20

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years. I've never been to Common Falls.
So, we're going to stop there on the on

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the way back through and see that on the
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department wise. Anybody have any
questions as far as that before I get

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into something else?

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on his phone.

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» Um, so on another note, uh, the fire
inspections. So, uh, we finished, we're

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trying to finish up the, uh, the
business inspections. We've been working

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on that since, uh, since March. And um
so far on our list, we keep a running,

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it's kind of hard to see on here, but we
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uh document that uh us and city hall all
share. So whenever inspections come in,

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we we can document a live document. So
as of right now, we have 73 total

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businesses on the spreadsheet uh with 11
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like the library, public works, this
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transportation building, vir
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are exempt from paying the uh paying the
inspection fee. Um of that 73, we got 11

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exempt. Five that are vacant on the
list, but actually going through the

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list, there's probably about three or
four more. So, eight or nine vacant

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buildings that'll still need to get
inspected, but that inspection will come

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once they are not vacant anymore and get
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So, right about 57 that are billable.
Uh, so far to date, we've had 31 pay.

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Uh, so that leaves us about 26 that are
unpaid. So, a little more than 50% have

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paid their inspection fee of the $150
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most of these businesses have all been
notified twice

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uh of the the the fee. They get a nice
letter. Shelley does a wonderful job

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putting together a nice letter
explaining the ordinance, explaining the

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uh the requirements and the uh the
inspection situation. Um the the the

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problem we're coming across now is the
businesses the 20ome businesses that

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have not paid or refusing to pay or
maybe not getting the letter potentially

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that you know maybe we've got some wrong
information. Um, do we treat this as any

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other type of
ordinance violation? Because this was an

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ordinance passed by the council to to do
this. Um, as far as sending a a third

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

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as an ordinance violation, you know. Um,
don't know if that's completely that

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would be a Scott question, you know, or
how do we how do we go about So, what

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we're coming across also is businesses
that are owned by somebody but rented to

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somebody else. So, who's responsible for
paying it? Is is it the the renter or is

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it the owner, you know, and um and if
there's going to be a fee, does the fee

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go the fee actually probably goes to
whoever paying the tax bill? But the tax

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bill is there's two different tax bills.
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» personal
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the owner
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» So
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» or is it backwards the personal is the
business itself. Yeah.

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» The real is usually paid by whoever owns
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» Right. So that would be kind of the
caveat to how do we how do how do we get

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you know I think a handful of these can
get worked out by just going face to

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face and handing it to them and saying
hey maybe you didn't get it let's let's

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talk about it you know uh we're going to
inspect all these anyway you know but

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what's we just want to be fair to
everybody

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if you're a business owner and you're
paying it why are you getting treated

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any different than than anybody else.
So, we want to treat everybody the same,

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you know, and and say that this isn't a
punishment. This isn't a we're not

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punishing anybody. We're just trying to
have a better, safer community, you

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know, and we're trying to wrap these
businesses up so we can move on to the

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residential to the uh to the rental
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then the commercial rental, which is all
the commercial rental buildings, which

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we're going to tackle next. And so, the
plan was to start tackling those

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starting around September time, but
we're trying really trying to get this

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wrapped up. So, Scott, do you have any
kind of guidance or what what do you

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think what do you think should be the
next step?

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» Sure. Uh the
the key to taking this final step is

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making sure
that the business is given

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explicit notice of
what is due,

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a deadline to pay and the consequences.
So there could be a third letter. There

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would have to be a third letter under
the uh home rule city act that says you

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received prior notes you haven't paid.
You are hereby notified that you owe the

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city the amount of X. Mhm.
>> Uh if the balance is not paid by a

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certain date whether 1421 2830 whatever
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Now, in terms of um
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um the
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to whether or not the property in
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for use as an
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» In that case, I would agree. Yes.
>> Yeah. Totally. Um, and so, you know, if

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you'd like a draft of
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» has to be explicit,
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» on exactly what's going to happen,
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» Then it can be done.
>> So, why don't we uh we'll work on

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getting a third draft to you as long as
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it back from you
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first letter the second letter was given
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so they got a letter uh se March 17th
and then June 11th. So about every 3

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months. So June September. So we're
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three months and so we're about at that
threemonth window from where the first

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one, the second one, and now the third
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» so the that I guess the question is
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» how much time do you want to give them,
right? You know, to make this payment.

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» Yeah. I I I feel I feel 15 to 30 day is
plenty of after the past three months of

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you know and so so um what's your
thought as far as mailing and maybe hand

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delivering also to try to actually face
to face touch base with them without

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getting yelled at too much?
>> Yeah, I don't know if you need face to

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face but I do think you need to be able
to prove right

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» that either the owner or an agent
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» Right. So, I think that's what we're
going to hear is, "Well, I never got

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letter number one or number two. This is
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» So, and and that we can deal with that
and we can deal with maybe there's a

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mistake in the address or maybe there's
a mistake somewhere or the owner or

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something like that. We can we can deal
with all that, but we just need to we

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

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not doing it. You're not going to make
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» you send them out certified so you have
signature of some

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just it just adds to the expense. and
it's only, you know, it's it's $150 and

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so we're not making this isn't a money-m
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cost money either. And so, you know, um
let's just try the third letter. I mean,

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after we sent the second letter, we got
quite a few back in. So, maybe let's

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just try this third letter, but we
wanted the board to know that's kind of

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where we're at. That's where we're
standing. We're going to try to wrap

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this up and then we're moving into we're
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into the uh to the rental uh the rental
space this fall to you know catching up

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with all the uh the commercial rentals
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well. That's going to be the big the big
uh hurdle to climb. So, we do have a

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list. We're starting to acquire a list
here at the city with all the uh the

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rentals and the and the main players in
the rental game here in town. That'll

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that'll multiple rentals. And so,
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is dealing with all of them.
>> Any questions?

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

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report. Do you have anything to add to
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» I do not. Thank you. We also have the
report in the packet of the treasures

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report. Do you have anything to add?
>> So we'll go back. We'll go to the

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planning commission. There's the report
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Anything extra for the planning
commission.

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Cemetery commiss committee has not met.
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advisory board is Miss here. She's
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» Okay.
That meeting was moved till the end of

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the month. So it has not met for July
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» All right. Very good. Thank you.
And the DDA U mayor prom Martinez

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Seratos.
>> Um I don't really have anything to add

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

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what do you call it?
>> Board member.

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» Board member. Thank you. And uh that'll
happen tonight probably. So okay, that's

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all I have.
>> Okay. Thank you. Um Bangor Housing

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Commission, Senior Services.
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but one thing I would like to say in
regards to the Housing Commission, the

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the Bangor Housing Commission has been
in critical status for I don't know how

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many years now, at least since I've been
on the board, and that's like four

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years. And we are slowly getting to the
point of hopefully within the next year

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we will be able to get off of that
critical status and that will mean that

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we will probably receive more money from
them and um things will just be able to

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run a whole bunch easier. So we're we're
headed in the right direction. It's been

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a battle but we're we're slowly getting
there. And the other thing is that it's

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kind of interesting.
The last few times that I have been down

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there, I stop by and see Brandy once
every couple weeks. Seems like every

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time I am there, somebody is calling
about wanting a place to live. It it's

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amazing how many people are looking to
to get into the the housing commission

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and there there's no room, you know,
we're filled up. So, and she's got a a

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list of probably I don't know, stack
about 10 inches tall of of people with

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applications. Now, as far as for senior
services, there's not a whole lot going

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on other than than what's been there,
but just want to remind people of

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something. I I saw somebody or talked to
somebody the other day and they said,

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"Well, I can't get there." Well, yes,
you can. If you live in Van Beern

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County, you can ride the transportation
bus. The transportation bus will pick

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you up, will take you to senior services
and they also have one or two buses that

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come back in the afternoon. So you can
go there, you can get involved in

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activities, you can participate in the
lunch and do things. So that should not

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be an excuse that that is available.
Also, uh to remind people and the last

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couple months or weeks that we've had
the meal, it's been a little on the low

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side. We do have a meal at the Simpson
United Methodist Church, second and

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fourth Mondays of the month. That's at
noon. It's $5. It's the same meal that

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they do provide in South Haven. Uh if
you know seniors in the community,

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invite them, tell them, you know,
encourage them to come there. Uh and the

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other thing is
um I found out today I I gave a

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gentleman a ride from Decatur, a medical
ride, and he's he's talking about he

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needs a new ramp. He was not aware that
senior citizen services did ramps for

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people, you know, and it's amazing some
of the stuff that that people are not

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aware of. And I asked him, I said, "Do
you get that uh booklet that comes out

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every it's quarterly I think it is. It
talks about the different places that

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

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start sending you one of them each month
and it tells you about some of the

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things that they provide in there. So,
if you know somebody that is not getting

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that, contact Senior Services in South
Haven and they should get you on the

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mailing list so that you can get that.
You can see what's going on. And I just

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encourage more people to use it. You can
always It's a fantastic facility they

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have in South Haven. I I see a few of
you people that are there quite a bit,

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

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just want some of these people that are
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» Any questions on either of them?
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» Thank you.
>> Okay. Next, we have presentations. Our

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first presentation is from Bella Point
Development Brownfield Plan. And

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David, are you giving that presentation?
>> I am.

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» Okay. I wasn't sure who was. And we have
I believe we have this in our packet.

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Are we following along in our the
handout or is this something different?

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» Um I am not going to run through every
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» Okay. Which is quite extensive.
>> Yes, it is. Um

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so um we have guests here to answer
questions

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from being here in the county
Springfield redevelopment authority

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market one and our developers. So we're
here to answer any questions that you

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have. Um what uh we've been talking
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appreciate all the uh support we're
getting is the matter of a brownfield

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plan to support a residential
development project here in the city of

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Bangor. Um, a brownfield plan works by
uh using the property taxes that are

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created from the development
and using those as a resource to

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reimburse the developer for certain
eligible costs and in this case

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infrastructure.
Um so it is a situation where we are

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asking the city to forego the benefit of
seeing all the property taxes from the

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residential development for a period of
time but in exchange for that support

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uh the development can now occur and go
forth. Um so the plan is a projection

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based on how fast we think uh the
structures are going to get built out,

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how much we think the infrastructure is
going to cost, how much we think each

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home is going to be valued at. Uh it's
all um educated guess at this point in

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time. Uh what we do have a pretty good
handle on is what the cost of the

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infrastructure are going to be. Um, this
is projected out over a 10-year period,

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a buildout period. Um, but we're looking
at about $5.2 million worth of

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infrastructure costs. So, that's roads,
water, sewer, um, storm water retention,

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uh, power, all those things that need to
be there before you can construct any

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homes whatsoever.
So, it's a huge investment.

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uh to make and then hope that you're
going to be able to build these homes.

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So, the brownfield plan provides some u
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that okay, I can get that back if I can
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it only works if there are actually
homes built. One question that I know is

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coming is what happens if the project
fails in some way. Uh the developer is

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going to get whatever benefit they get
from their own work, from their own

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projects, from their own building and
selling of the homes. If there are no

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homes built, there's no new taxes,
there's no benefit to the developer, and

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there's no loss benefit to the city. So,
this plan relies on the developer to go

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forth and and build this out as fast as
they can. Um

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the benefit to the project and the city
too in this brownfield plan is that it's

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infrastructure cost.
Um uh our developers going to carry this

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cost for build up here for 10 years.
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most developers would try to put that
infrastructure cost into the sale price

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of the homes
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82 homes to absorb $5 million. You know,
we're talking $62,000

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which would price these homes out of the
market for Bangor. It'd be in the 320

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mix.

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So, this plan allows a development to
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I I don't think it will happen without
public support. Um, and we don't say

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that to hold anybody hostage. It's just
the facts of the matter that

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construction is so expensive and the
market is only bearing so much. People

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are only willing to pay or able to pay
so much for their homes. So this plan is

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um
projected to last um 25 years. Uh the

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developer is probably uh looking at
about 18 years of um benefit and then

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the county uh gets a little bit more.
One thing that we negotiated

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was that with the increased number of
residences that there might be more

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demands on the city for services. makes
sense. Um, so as soon as phase one is

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constructed, which we defined as 30
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Um, that's the first phase that would
trigger a municipal services fee that

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would be collected every year and would
be the equivalent of 35%

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of your police and fire milites combined
and that would be all managed at the

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county level. Uh, the county brownfield
redevelopment authorities managed

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numerous brownfield plans across the
county. Uh so they're very adept at

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collecting the taxes locally,
distributing what needs to go to the

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developer and distributing what needs to
come back to the city. We're not going

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

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much more streamlined if if we just work
between local units of government.

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Katie, would you like to say any words
about the need for this plan, too?

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» Yes, I would love to, though. Good
evening, council. Katie Molto, Market

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One, your local economic development
organization, serving both you and Cass

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County. Pleasure to be here tonight. Um,
it's my role as the economic development

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manager to meet with businesses and
communities to ensure that they have

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everything they need to thrive and grow.
And one of the consensus needs that we

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consistently hear is housing. And the
one thing that you guys have amongst

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other things is the control to
strategically invest in what the

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community and businesses are asking. And
in the business retention expansion

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space, um there's projects going on
around here and um businesses are

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looking to for housing and if we can't
provide it locally,

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they're going to they're going to live
somewhere else, right? And so if we can

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have that here, they are spending their
money here. The kids are going to school

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here. So I don't have to preach to the
choir for the economic impact that it

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creates, but it's absolutely a need and
um we're happy to support um this

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00:33:27,279 --> 00:33:34,240
project of course and then working
alongside Dave and Fishbach. They're

412
00:33:31,279 --> 00:33:40,399
experts in this. So um we appreciate
your support and happy to answer any

413
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:44,880
questions, but absolutely a need and
there's some growth and projects going

414
00:33:42,399 --> 00:33:47,880
on that need this. So we we appreciate
it.

415
00:33:48,799 --> 00:33:56,919
Is there anything that we can answer for
you or that we've

416
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,919
» not attended to?

417
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:04,720
» You've been pretty thorough.
>> Appreciate all the information you've

418
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:09,839
given us.
>> We got a lot of reading to do.

419
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:15,440
» I'm a little curious about phase two and
phase three. In my packet, I see phase

420
00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:21,280
one, but what what is phase two and what
is phase three? I'm just curious.

421
00:34:17,679 --> 00:34:24,240
» It's just additional build out um both
geographically and then with the number

422
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:31,919
of homes.
>> Okay. So, um, like 30 site plane that

423
00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:36,639
labels them, but, uh, yeah, the first
one will be a

424
00:34:34,079 --> 00:34:43,520
kind of a street loop and then there'll
be homes on the interior and exterior of

425
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:47,359
that loop and then just gradually move
westward as as the project builds out.

426
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:50,879
» Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

427
00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:54,399
What I also want to add too is that um
ideally if we could rip off and

428
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:58,000
duplicate this, I would love to do that
because it's not every day that you have

429
00:34:55,679 --> 00:35:04,640
developers knocking on your door like
Mr. Spencer is. So it's admirable and

430
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:08,320
it's like a pioneer effort. So it's uh
it's very special and unique. So I'm

431
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:13,359
just going to leave it at that.
>> Thank you. Any questions? Any

432
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:17,440
» Thank you very much.
>> All right.

433
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:20,440
You're special.
Now,

434
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:29,920
next on our agenda, a Bangor, Michigan
festivals. Jeremy Uplinger is here to um

435
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:34,240
present the Apple Festival.
>> All right. So, I'm Jeremy Uplinger. I

436
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:37,839
took over the Apple Festival um
recently.

437
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:45,040
Um
I filed the paperwork for a GBA.

438
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:51,359
Um we got a tax EIN number. We also have
the bank account set up.

439
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:59,119
Um, we're working on flyers, the banner
for downtown Charles Park. Um, we're

440
00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:03,920
working on the vendor applications,
the car show with the Lions Club. We're

441
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:08,480
kind of
teaming up with them, too, so we could

442
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:15,440
kind of keep all this together and keep
the the family momentum going with with

443
00:36:11,359 --> 00:36:20,480
the car show and the Apple Festival.
Um, also we have the class reunion

444
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:25,839
that's going to be going on at the
Legion later on that that evening after

445
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:28,839
the car shows.
Um,

446
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:36,720
there's a lot of interest in the
community of building this thing back up

447
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:42,000
and getting it back to what it was when
a lot of us were younger and our kids

448
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:47,599
were little.
Um,

449
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:53,040
my motorcycle club is
donating like a free kids carnival.

450
00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:57,599
We've been building a kids carnival for
the last year, year and a half. Um,

451
00:36:55,599 --> 00:37:03,200
we'll be donating the free kids
carnival,

452
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:10,320
um, carnival games, bounce house, um,
the foam party pit thing that's new with

453
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:14,960
all the bubbles and stuff. Um, if the
weather permits,

454
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:20,560
um, I'd like to bring a signup sheet
down here

455
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:25,920
for volunteers for like in the office if
people wanted to volunteer to either

456
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:31,920
help work the thing or participate in
some of the the functions or vendor

457
00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:37,839
applications. I want to make sure that
the city stays completely involved in

458
00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:43,680
this as well because this doesn't just
benefit the community, it also benefits

459
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:48,880
people coming in. We have a lot of
people coming for the car show anyways.

460
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:54,800
Um there's
going to be two

461
00:37:51,920 --> 00:38:01,119
uh craft shows. One
they'll be at two different churches

462
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:06,000
here in town um during that weekend. So
there's a lot of stuff already coming

463
00:38:03,599 --> 00:38:11,440
into this starting off and that's
starting with zero money at all. So we

464
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:16,640
are
about finished with all the paperwork.

465
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:22,079
Um we will have some kind of like vendor
application and stuff for you guys by

466
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:29,440
the next meeting so you guys know kind
of what the vendor application fee um

467
00:38:26,079 --> 00:38:35,280
layout looks like. um
and kind of our flyer and

468
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:40,480
our banner for Charles Park and all that
as well. Okay. For the I have a

469
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:46,160
question. I'm not sure who to direct it
to exactly, but for the children's

470
00:38:43,359 --> 00:38:50,480
portion, do we need insurance if there's
bounce houses and things going on? Is

471
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:53,680
does there need to be an insurance?
>> You'd want to have binder.

472
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:56,720
» Yeah, you'd want to have insurance
anyway. a general

473
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:59,440
» and general insurance will cover
everything.

474
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:01,440
» Yeah, Rocky Johnson normally does that
for us.

475
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:04,720
» Okay. And that covers everything.
>> That's in my packet of

476
00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:08,240
» perfect things. Once we get to that
point,

477
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:10,560
» we will acquire insurance at least for
the weekend or for the day.

478
00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:13,680
» Okay.
>> Um

479
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,440
» Rocky normally writes all that stuff for
us.

480
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:18,400
» October 10th.
>> October 10th.

481
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,400
» October 10th.
>> Very good.

482
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:25,200
» Madam Mayor, I have a
>> Please. Are you going to have a dunk

483
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:28,960
tank that Jerry can Jerry can put up on
the chair?

484
00:39:27,119 --> 00:39:34,280
» If I go, will you go?
>> Absolutely.

485
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:34,280
» I've got the dunk tanks already ordered.

486
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:45,680
» I own the dunk tank, so better.
>> Okay. Any questions? Did you I just want

487
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:50,160
to clarify you We're going to close down
M43 for the cars this year, too, right?

488
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:53,760
» Yeah. Uh, the Lions Club has already
filled out that paperwork and I believe

489
00:39:52,079 --> 00:39:56,560
it's already been approved for
>> Yes, it has.

490
00:39:54,640 --> 00:40:00,240
» All right. So, yeah, that's that'll be
closed down from like 6:00 a.m. to 2:30,

491
00:39:59,359 --> 00:40:03,680
I believe.
>> Like to hang out.

492
00:40:01,359 --> 00:40:08,720
» So, it will be right down Main Street
like it always is. And then

493
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:12,320
» I'm still kind of working on where we're
going to put

494
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:18,160
» uh the kids carnival and stuff. We're
still kind of ironing that out. Um, I'd

495
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:22,720
like to put it between Roma's and Dale's
hair care, but we're still talking to

496
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:24,800
people right now.
So,

497
00:40:23,119 --> 00:40:29,760
» well, Jeremy, thank you so much for
taking this on

498
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:36,320
» for the city. Um,
one thing when I um came to be on

499
00:40:33,359 --> 00:40:40,960
council in this office, that was the one
request that people had was to bring

500
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:44,400
back Apple Festival. So, thank you so
much for starting that and and getting

501
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:50,079
the ball rolling. And I got some lo I
got some local people that are helping

502
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:55,119
me get this going with a lot of support
from the community as well. So it's not

503
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:59,359
just it's not just me doing it there.
There's a lot of locals that are that

504
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:04,640
were meeting and trying to get things
put together and try to get people, you

505
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:08,960
know, in the right right places to make
the right moves to to bring this back

506
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:12,800
and make it
>> but you're kind of the central cog. So

507
00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:16,920
thank you. That's a that's a big
>> because he's such a people person.

508
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:25,680
» Anything else council? Okay. Thank you
very much.

509
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:31,440
» Okay. Um the next action item is the
marijuana licensing and potential new

510
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:34,440
business. And that's Mark Smith. Mr.
Smith.

511
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:40,960
» Hi.
>> Well, my name is Mark Smith. I own the

512
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:45,599
green door pure Michigan growers green
spout on non-industrial park. Um before

513
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:50,880
I get started I'd just like to comment
that in my opinion any housing you can

514
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:54,880
do in Bangor you need to really look at
that. That's an important thing to grow

515
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:57,920
your city and and housing is a need. I
think I've called you what like three

516
00:41:56,319 --> 00:42:03,760
times looking for housing for my
employees. So I encourage you to look at

517
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:07,680
that. Uh secondly uh we want to be the
main sponsor for the Apple Fest this

518
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,480
year for our business. So, we've already
reached out to them. We're going to be

519
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:13,520
on the committee. So, we want to help
support that as well.

520
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:23,440
Uh, I'm here tonight to warmly ask the
city of Eno to change the ordinance 209

521
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:28,400
adopted February 5th, 2020, recreational
adult use marijuana establishment

522
00:42:25,599 --> 00:42:34,480
ordinance, page 2, section 4, adult use
marijuana establishment, part three,

523
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:40,079
not to exceed more than three retails,
uh, authorized by the city. uh you'd

524
00:42:38,079 --> 00:42:45,520
like to make a request that be changed
to one.

525
00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:54,800
In 2025, uh the state put a bill through
597 to introduce uh to the house uh in

526
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:58,560
an attempt to stop the oversaturation of
the marijuana situation in the state of

527
00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:04,240
Michigan. If you know New Buffalo, you
know what I'm talking about. Um their

528
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:10,319
recommendation in that bill is to have
one for every 5,000 residents. Um that

529
00:43:08,079 --> 00:43:16,000
bill's been on hold until after the vote
from the governor. So it's supposed to

530
00:43:13,119 --> 00:43:21,760
um hit the floor after that. It it it
appears from the people I've talked to

531
00:43:18,079 --> 00:43:26,960
that it'll probably go through. Um so
we're asking you to be a little more

532
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:32,880
proactive and and help us there. And I'd
like to touch base a little bit about

533
00:43:29,119 --> 00:43:39,359
why that's important to me and to you.
Okay. In 2017, I've committed my time,

534
00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:43,359
effort, money, investment in Bangor's
economy.

535
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:48,720
And I'd just like to share a few numbers
with you, just so you know.

536
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:54,720
So, I built all those factories out
there, three of them,

537
00:43:51,440 --> 00:44:01,280
and that was a cost of $5 million to do
that. And over the over that time, we've

538
00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:06,079
created $82,000 worth of tax base a year
from that vacant land since we've been

539
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:11,839
there. So every year, that's 82,000 that
we generated that the money that goes to

540
00:44:08,319 --> 00:44:18,640
that tax base to the city.
Beyond that, the state, because I have a

541
00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:24,960
retail store, the city gets paid between
55 and $59,000 a year. And since I've

542
00:44:21,599 --> 00:44:31,119
been there, the city has recouped 30
72,000 because I'm there. The state

543
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:36,000
actually pays the city because I'm
there.

544
00:44:33,119 --> 00:44:39,200
Okay. So, it's a good deal for for you
for me to be there and it's a really

545
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:43,119
good deal for me and my employees for us
to be there. But we want to stay there

546
00:44:41,119 --> 00:44:48,240
and it's been really difficult. the
market is saturated and our margins have

547
00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:52,400
really shrank and every time a new
business comes in and there's been three

548
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:57,839
of them across the street and now a new
one going in in Breezeville I take about

549
00:44:55,359 --> 00:45:04,000
a 20%
deduction for for 6 8 months to fight

550
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:09,440
that and last year it almost got us but
I pumped another 100 grand in it to keep

551
00:45:06,079 --> 00:45:13,359
it running and here we are but my grow
depends on that as well because that's

552
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:19,440
where I sell that to and that keeps
those 50 employees. So, we have 37

553
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:27,520
employees in these groups which we pay
about $1.5 million of um pay to them a

554
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:32,560
year. They, you know, they need that
money, too. So,

555
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:37,280
that's why that portion is important to
us as well.

556
00:45:34,319 --> 00:45:44,400
The licensing fees that we pay since
we've been here has been $762,000.

557
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:48,800
That's what I've paid out over an 8-year
period to be here.

558
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:51,760
Let that sink in. That's a lot of money,
right?

559
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:57,280
» Okay.
So, the Bambiran County also receives a

560
00:45:54,880 --> 00:46:03,280
portion of that money that I pay in.
They also receive $279,000

561
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:08,319
because we're here. So the county also
receives that money.

562
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:14,720
So it's a benefit and I, you know, I'm
preaching to the choir about that. We've

563
00:46:11,359 --> 00:46:20,000
also invested about $30,000 into the
city with just pure donations, us

564
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:25,520
giving, and people ask the fire
department, um, fireworks,

565
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:33,119
whatever it is, we're happy to do it.
Softball games, whatever it is. Um,

566
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:40,400
recently I just put a bid in on the
property at 133 West Monroe

567
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:46,400
with the idea that I would move my
business over there

568
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:51,280
because it's a bigger space.
The problem I have is the space contains

569
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:56,480
two
uh sections to it about 2,000 square

570
00:46:53,520 --> 00:47:01,920
foot each. So, what to do with the other
space? So, I was asking the city

571
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:06,880
recently, what do you guys need? What
what business could I put in there that

572
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:11,359
would benefit the city?
Uh, one of the big ones that came up to

573
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:19,359
the top of the list was we were thinking
about putting a dog grooming dog uh

574
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:23,520
store in there. Okay. And and house dogs
and whatnot. We were told that you guys

575
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:29,599
were thinking about making a dog park,
so that might tie into that. Um,

576
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:33,520
somebody suggested a tackle store. Um,
I'm I'm open to suggestions. We can't

577
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:38,480
let the space sit empty, but if I'm
going to move over there, that project

578
00:47:35,599 --> 00:47:43,680
will cost about $245,000
just to move over there and to get it

579
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:48,240
all back up to code. And I really don't
want to invest that money into the city

580
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:53,520
if I'm going to have to fight another
dispensary for 6, eight months to stay

581
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:59,119
alive.
So, that's my pitch.

582
00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:03,520
So, I really like you. I've asked before
and it hasn't really seemed to go

583
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:06,720
anywhere. This time, I'd really like you
guys to talk about it and see what you

584
00:48:05,839 --> 00:48:10,880
think.
>> So, Mark, I have a question. Um, I know

585
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:12,319
that the green door is in other
communities.

586
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:17,119
» We are.
>> And I suspect in the other communities,

587
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:21,760
I don't know this as a fact, that you
have competition.

588
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:28,960
» Yeah, we try to stay away as much as we
can like in South Haven. Um

589
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:34,240
and the same thing happened. Uh they had
three uh and and there's two left and

590
00:48:32,559 --> 00:48:39,200
the other one I'm being told is going to
close soon. So, you know, we try to run

591
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:45,119
our margins really small so that we can
compete, but it's a really hard

592
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:49,839
to to stay open.
>> So, are you going to South Haven asking

593
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:53,680
them to reduce the number of licenses?
>> Yeah, we already have actually. And we

594
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:58,800
also asked them to let us put a
drive-thru through, which they're going

595
00:48:55,280 --> 00:49:05,119
to do. Um, uh, we also asked for a
license reduction from the 5,000. You

596
00:49:01,839 --> 00:49:11,599
guys have already done it. Um, to the
2500 that we pay here. Uh, they started

597
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:16,640
out at 5,000 like a lot of places do.
Um, we did get a few

598
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:20,480
sort of like what they're asking for. We
we bought that land and had to build it.

599
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:23,839
We had to put the infrastructure in. So
we got a little tax abatement for a

600
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:27,520
little bit to get that done. So we did
ask for a few things to build that

601
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:31,200
building and get it up. It was about a
million dollar build out for that

602
00:49:29,359 --> 00:49:37,920
building. Water delete was a little
different. Um you know we bought the old

603
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:44,880
um uh restaurant there right next to
Casey's. Uh that was about a five uh

604
00:49:41,359 --> 00:49:49,280
about a $500,000 remodel uh to bring it
back up to code. and they waved a few

605
00:49:47,119 --> 00:49:53,599
fees for us as well there to get that up
and get it up to code and whatnot. So,

606
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:59,359
» so what I'm hearing you say is you would
like the council to look at reducing the

607
00:49:56,559 --> 00:50:01,040
number of licenses available for
competition.

608
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:04,720
» Yes.
>> Okay. And that of course is not on the

609
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:08,960
agenda tonight. This just a
presentation. But I just wanted to

610
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:12,400
clarify what you're what you're asking
us.

611
00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:15,599
» It's just harder to say in business. I
don't I'm just going to be honest. I

612
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:19,720
don't want to make that kind of an
investment across the street

613
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:23,040
if I'm going to have to go down that
battle again.

614
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:26,559
» Sure. So,
>> Mark, I have one more question, too. So,

615
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:29,920
are you planning on doing something with
the present building or is that

616
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:32,240
» Well, we're not sure about that either.
You know, I just put a facelift on that

617
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:36,640
building,
>> but it's got some issues, too. I

618
00:50:35,119 --> 00:50:40,400
probably want to tear it down and build
something new. Um, but it's got some

619
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:44,720
basement issues, and that's part of the
reason as well. So, you know, the water

620
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:51,040
table there when I first bought that
building came right to the floor. And we

621
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:56,000
we basically had to put 2 ft of sand in
there to so the water wouldn't come up

622
00:50:53,599 --> 00:50:59,920
and put two cell pumps in. So, it's not
the ideal. It's very small space. I've

623
00:50:58,319 --> 00:51:05,680
tried to buy the building next to me.
Bobby won't sell it to me. Um not sure

624
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:09,359
why. Um but um
>> so

625
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:13,040
» that that's my next option. That is a
really nice space. It needs a lot of

626
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:18,720
work though. It has electrical issues.
It has a roof issue. It has water in the

627
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:24,640
basement as well, but it's fixable. Um,
a B dry system would probably fix that

628
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:29,119
situation pretty quick.
But it would be an investment. Yes.

629
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:32,079
» I'm more I'm more concerned about what I
would do with the other side.

630
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:37,440
» Well, I was just going to ask that. So,
have you done any kind of um

631
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:39,760
investigation surveys besides just
asking?

632
00:51:37,839 --> 00:51:42,720
» No, I' i've looked a little bit online
about certain businesses, how they

633
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:46,800
perform.
>> Um,

634
00:51:44,079 --> 00:51:48,559
» but I, you know, I I threw it out to,
>> you know, to the city a little bit. It's

635
00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:52,000
like,
>> sure,

636
00:51:49,599 --> 00:51:55,119
» as you know, what do people ask for,
>> you know, cuz I don't I don't know. I

637
00:51:53,839 --> 00:52:01,520
mean, in your line of business,
obviously a bakery would

638
00:51:59,359 --> 00:52:06,240
that was that was a coffee shop bakery
was brought up as well. That would be

639
00:52:03,839 --> 00:52:10,160
right down my daughter's alley. She's
she's in the coffee

640
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:16,079
» snob.
>> But like I told her, you're not going to

641
00:52:11,839 --> 00:52:19,359
sell a $8 cup of coffee in Bangor.
>> Maybe

642
00:52:17,599 --> 00:52:23,680
» I say summer is my best friend right
now.

643
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:28,000
» Okay. So, anything else, council? Yes.
>> Sure.

644
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:33,760
» Does any other party, any other entity
right now hold you you talked about

645
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:40,880
competition that hasn't really panned
out. Um but does any entity hold a

646
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:43,280
provisioning license other than Green
Door?

647
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:47,760
» No.
>> So any anything anybody had has expired?

648
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:49,359
» Yes.
>> Thank you.

649
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:53,359
» Thank you.
>> Okay. Thank you very much,

650
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:58,400
» Mayor. I would just like to add I I
wouldn't I wouldn't think of it as uh

651
00:52:56,079 --> 00:53:02,240
limiting competition, but more of
supporting a local business that's been

652
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:08,240
here since 2018 and
>> has really helped the city um provide

653
00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:12,720
employment and you talked about the tax
revenues and whatnot. Um I would I would

654
00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:16,880
approach it that way, not on limiting
competition.

655
00:53:13,599 --> 00:53:20,000
» Okay, great. That's a positive spin on
that, Mark.

656
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:26,079
» Yeah. Thank you.
So, um, manager Weber, what do we do

657
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:27,839
with this next to
>> uh there I don't think there's any

658
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:31,280
action for
>> I'm not for tonight.

659
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:35,280
» Tonight, but um maybe at a future
council meeting we would have on the

660
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:39,200
agenda for for a motion.
>> Okay, great. Thank you.

661
00:53:36,720 --> 00:53:42,319
» Something we want to look at. Maybe
>> that's completely up to the council.

662
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:45,760
Yeah. If you direct us to do that, we
can do it.

663
00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:49,760
» It sounds like you're endorsing that um
as the as as a state manager,

664
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:52,960
» local business. Yeah, exactly.
>> I feel like with the information we were

665
00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:56,400
given tonight, it should be put on the
agenda and up for a vote.

666
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:59,440
» Can we put that on the
>> Yes.

667
00:53:57,599 --> 00:54:02,960
» Is it like put on agenda to vote to
update it or are we making changes to it

668
00:54:01,359 --> 00:54:07,359
already when it comes in front of us?
>> Scott, what would you recommend?

669
00:54:04,319 --> 00:54:12,640
» Well, you'd have to uh this would be an
ordinance change. So, you'd have to put

670
00:54:10,240 --> 00:54:19,200
it on
for a first reading and either then or

671
00:54:16,319 --> 00:54:25,359
at the next meeting take action on
whether to go forward with it. Um, and I

672
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:34,319
do think I would make one comment about
I have any dis factual disagreement with

673
00:54:28,559 --> 00:54:39,359
what Mark said. Uh, the bill that
uh is presently pending

674
00:54:37,839 --> 00:54:45,280
um
is seems bogged down.

675
00:54:43,040 --> 00:54:50,000
Uh and it could well be because people
are waiting to see the outcome of the

676
00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:54,800
election.
Um

677
00:54:52,480 --> 00:55:01,440
the
it started actually uh being proposed as

678
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:09,119
one provisioning license per 10,000
people dropped down at least seems like

679
00:55:05,119 --> 00:55:13,760
for working versions to five.
Um,

680
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:19,280
and it's a lot harder on small
communities than large ones.

681
00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:23,920
Um,
and you know there are examples that are

682
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:28,640
not Bangor. The most common example is
KCASa. They have an inability. They have

683
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:34,800
five.
They receive almost $275,000

684
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:39,119
a year for those. And if they were to
get cut to one, they'd be down to

685
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:44,599
59,000. Well, Bangor isn't that, but I'm
just telling you it's something that

686
00:55:41,599 --> 00:55:44,599
there's

687
00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:52,160
legislature is struggling over it
because there are issues, you know, uh

688
00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:59,520
all the way uh around. The proponents
would like it to kind of morph into uh

689
00:55:56,480 --> 00:56:05,119
the model used by the liquor control
commission, which is one license per

690
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:08,559
certain number of people. Kind of along
those lines, not exactly. and we could

691
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:12,400
do something similar to the ordinance
that way.

692
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:16,319
» Well, you still would be picking your
numbers, but I'm just saying that's kind

693
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:23,440
of what they're looking at because at
the same time, the bill uh has an

694
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:34,079
equally strong component that says
anyone who owes uh any state or local

695
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:40,640
taxes uh cannot cannot have a license.
So they're they're trying to get it uh

696
00:56:36,240 --> 00:56:46,400
more than one problem, but um you would
if you wanted to consider this think you

697
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:52,319
would put it on the agenda. I mean the
the amendment itself very simple. I mean

698
00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:56,960
we're talking about I think literally
one sentence.

699
00:56:54,480 --> 00:57:04,640
um and then have a first reading and
then discuss it and then uh uh set it

700
00:57:00,799 --> 00:57:07,680
for um a second reading which would mean
either adoption or rejection.

701
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:12,400
» Okay.
>> I have a question. Um, would it be

702
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:17,359
acceptable to put in the ordinance
something like

703
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:23,839
to the effect of with our town growing
that in 10 years the ordinance could be

704
00:57:19,359 --> 00:57:29,520
relooked at see the population um change
and if we've grown that we could um

705
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:31,920
bring back a second license or something
like that?

706
00:57:30,319 --> 00:57:37,040
» Well,
you could do that. The answer is yes,

707
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:44,079
but you could do that anyway.
Um, out of fairness, if this is done to

708
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:50,240
be supportive of a local business, you
might want to build in a period of time

709
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:54,400
when you would be guaranteed no
additional license. And then of course

710
00:57:52,559 --> 00:57:58,319
when that time period was up, whatever
you chose.

711
00:57:56,240 --> 00:58:01,040
» So like no additional license for five
years.

712
00:57:58,799 --> 00:58:06,240
» Five years, three, five, 10, 20, 50,
whatever.

713
00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:08,799
» Sure. So, I feel like we might not
always be the same size that we are

714
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,520
today.
>> Well, we hope not,

715
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:18,559
» right? I mean, thanks to Spencer, we
hope we we hope not. Right. So, Right.

716
00:58:16,079 --> 00:58:22,799
» And I think that will keep up the um
momentum of

717
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:28,319
um businesses helping the city,
>> but yet following manager Weber's

718
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:31,520
suggestion of supporting the local
businesses who have supported us.

719
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:35,040
» That's right. Yeah. So,
>> I think as we just take a look at it,

720
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:38,559
just probably look at as a whole because
I think there's a different section of

721
00:58:36,079 --> 00:58:41,920
it that might call out like Sundays and
stuff like that that we can correct at

722
00:58:39,839 --> 00:58:45,200
the same time that I think preferably we
want to get

723
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:50,880
» corrected. So,
>> very good overhaul as a as a whole.

724
00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:56,480
» Okay. Anything else on that subject?
Okay. Thank you very much um council and

725
00:58:54,240 --> 00:59:03,119
u Mr. Smith.
The next item we have is a resolution

726
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:10,319
and I call let's Oops, I just lost my
spot here. Okay. Um, a resolution

727
00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:16,960
2026
23 supporting the adoption of a

728
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:23,440
brownfield plan Bella Point development.
Um and

729
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:27,920
whereas the city of Bangor pursuant to
and in accordance with the provisions of

730
00:59:25,599 --> 00:59:34,880
the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing
Act being act 381 of the public act of

731
00:59:31,119 --> 00:59:38,960
the state of Michigan of 1996 as amended
has formally resolved to participate in

732
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:43,599
the Van Beerren County Brownfield
Redevelopment Authority and has

733
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:49,359
designated that all related activities
shall proceed through the authority And

734
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:53,920
whereas the authority pursuant to and in
accordance with section 13 of the act

735
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:59,359
has reviewed and recommended for
approval the Brownfield plan attached

736
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:03,599
here too to be carried out within the
city of Bangor relating to the

737
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:09,200
development of property located at
Summit Road, Bangor, Michigan, as shown

738
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:13,520
in figures one and two of the plan and
more particularly described in the legal

739
01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:18,480
description of the property contained
within the attached plan. Is that Do I

740
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:21,760
need to read any more of that or is that
>> No, you don't need to.

741
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:25,760
» Okay, good.
>> You're You're free to

742
01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:29,839
» Oh, that's good. That's good. I just
wanted to make sure that everybody was

743
01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:37,119
clear exactly what we were doing. Okay.
So, I call for a motion to support the

744
01:00:34,480 --> 01:00:45,680
adoption of Brownfield Plan Bell
development. Could I uh uh uh are you is

745
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:50,799
the council ready to vote on this uh or
do you need further review of the

746
01:00:48,799 --> 01:00:54,799
materials? I I'm just asking.
>> Well, we've

747
01:00:52,960 --> 01:01:00,000
in my opinion I think we're ready to
vote on it. Um we've been going through

748
01:00:57,839 --> 01:01:04,799
this for several months. We have a lot
of information. If any of the council

749
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:12,640
members disagree with me, please speak
now and we can, you know, we'll table

750
01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:17,400
it. Otherwise, I I feel we are ready to
support the adoption of the brownfield

751
01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:17,400
plan.

752
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:24,880
» But when you're asking for a motion,
it's a motion to take action, whether

753
01:01:23,359 --> 01:01:28,000
that's
>> uh positive or negative.

754
01:01:26,319 --> 01:01:34,000
» Right. And that's for the that's for the
resolution. Yes.

755
01:01:31,359 --> 01:01:39,599
So I call for for a motion yes to take
action on the resolution of 202623.

756
01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:43,920
So move
>> second.

757
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:48,599
» Okay. Um being moved and seconded. Is
there any discussion on that motion?

758
01:01:50,319 --> 01:01:54,920
And we'll ask for a roll call vote.

759
01:01:55,599 --> 01:02:00,799
» Council member Rivers.
>> Yes.

760
01:01:58,240 --> 01:02:02,960
» Council member Murphy. Yes.
>> Council member Doro.

761
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:05,520
» Yes.
>> Council member Garcia.

762
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:08,400
» Yes.
>> Council member Wall.

763
01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:11,359
» Yes.
>> Mayor Pro Tim Martinez Cadoos.

764
01:02:10,559 --> 01:02:17,119
» Yes.
>> Mayor McM.

765
01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:22,319
» Yes. So the um resolution has passed
unanimously for the adoption of the

766
01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:26,720
Brownfield Bell point development plan.
>> Congratulations.

767
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:33,599
» Thank you.
Okay. Now the next thing we have is new

768
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:40,799
business and that is action item second
reading of the adopt ordinance of 299

769
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:46,319
resoning 700 Lincoln.
And I know there's just a small bit here

770
01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:50,640
that I need to read.
>> Got it. I think I got it here. Yep.

771
01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:54,559
» I'm organized this time. Good job.
The purpose of this ordinance is to

772
01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:59,599
amend the official zoning map of the
city of Bangor by changing the zoning

773
01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:04,559
classification of the property commonly
known as 700 Lincoln Avenue, Bangor,

774
01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:09,440
Michigan from R1 single family
residential district to R3 multiple

775
01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:16,400
family residential district in
accordance with the Michigan Zoning

776
01:03:11,119 --> 01:03:20,160
Enabling Act public act 110 of 2006 as
amended and the city of Bangor zoning

777
01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:31,119
ordinance.
Um, this is a second reading. So, I call

778
01:03:23,839 --> 01:03:36,720
for a motion um to adopt the ordinance
299 reszoning 700 Lincoln Avenue.

779
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:40,240
» Mayor, I'm sorry. I don't want to
>> Oh, did you guys have the public hearing

780
01:03:39,119 --> 01:03:45,119
at this?
>> Yeah, we're Shel got us all set. We are

781
01:03:43,119 --> 01:03:50,960
good. We're ready to rock and roll.
>> Keeps us.

782
01:03:47,359 --> 01:03:57,359
» Okay. So, um, be that said, I, um, I I
need the motion, please.

783
01:03:53,920 --> 01:04:02,880
I'll make a motion. Okay. Second. Okay.
Motion has been moved and seconded to

784
01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:07,920
adopt ordinance 299, reszoning 700
Lincoln Avenue. Um, we need a roll call

785
01:04:05,760 --> 01:04:10,240
vote for that, please.
>> Council member Murphy,

786
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:12,400
» yes.
>> Council member Doro,

787
01:04:11,599 --> 01:04:15,119
» yes.
>> Council member Garcia,

788
01:04:13,839 --> 01:04:18,559
» yes.
>> Council member Rivers,

789
01:04:16,480 --> 01:04:20,559
» yes. Council
member Wall.

790
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:23,599
» Yes.
>> Mayor Pro Tim Martinez.

791
01:04:22,720 --> 01:04:28,000
» Yes.
>> Mayor McMrum.

792
01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:32,079
» Yes. So the action item for the adoption
of ordinance has passed um unanimous.

793
01:04:31,599 --> 01:04:36,480
» Finally.
>> Thank you.

794
01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:42,240
» Okay. Finally. Yes. Okay. The next one
is the second reading and to adopt

795
01:04:39,039 --> 01:04:46,000
ordinance 300 for flood plane
management.

796
01:04:43,839 --> 01:04:52,079
And
the second reading of that

797
01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:57,119
is community name city of Bangor, Van
Beern County, Michigan. an amended

798
01:04:53,920 --> 01:05:02,000
ordinance to affirm an enforcing agency
to discharge the responsibility of the

799
01:04:59,359 --> 01:05:08,079
city of Bangor located in Van Beern
County and to designate regulated flood

800
01:05:04,799 --> 01:05:17,280
hazard areas under the provisions of the
state construction code act number 230

801
01:05:13,599 --> 01:05:23,039
of the public acts of 1972 as amended.
Um, I call for a motion

802
01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:27,119
for that ordinance. Adopting that
ordinance.

803
01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:32,680
» Make a motion that we adopt
ordinance number three 0.9.

804
01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:45,119
Okay. Um, any discussion, questions?
We moved and seconded the um adopt

805
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:50,640
ordinance 299 resoning or no, sorry,
excuse me. Um, we moved and seconded

806
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:55,119
ordinance 300, floodplane management.
Um, we need a roll call vote, please.

807
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:57,359
» Council member Murphy,
>> yes.

808
01:05:55,920 --> 01:05:59,440
» Council member Doro,
>> yes.

809
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:02,319
» Council member Garcia,
>> yes.

810
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:04,160
» Mayor Pro Martinez,
>> yes.

811
01:06:02,960 --> 01:06:06,240
» Council member Rivers,
>> yes.

812
01:06:04,799 --> 01:06:08,160
» Council member Wall,
>> yes.

813
01:06:07,039 --> 01:06:12,880
» Mayor McCum,
>> yes.

814
01:06:10,240 --> 01:06:18,160
Okay. And that also has passed that
action item. The next thing we need to

815
01:06:15,599 --> 01:06:24,480
um action item is the regular city
council meeting 97 needs to be

816
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:31,200
rescheduled to 98 due to the holiday. So
we um I uh

817
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:33,359
call for a motion to reschedule that
meeting, please.

818
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:38,880
» I'll make a motion that we reschedule
the regular city council member on or

819
01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:41,760
council meeting on 97 to be rescheduled
to 98 due to the holiday.

820
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:47,680
» Second.
>> Okay. And um all those in favor of

821
01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:53,520
changing that meeting signify by saying
I.

822
01:06:49,359 --> 01:06:59,440
» All those the same. No. Okay. Motion is
passed.

823
01:06:56,480 --> 01:07:05,760
And the next action item we have is a
DDA appointment of Ashley Carrington.

824
01:07:03,039 --> 01:07:10,799
Um Ashley Carrington,
I don't know if any of you know her. Um

825
01:07:08,240 --> 01:07:16,079
I just met her last week.
She is the nighttime manager at

826
01:07:13,039 --> 01:07:23,599
Hardings. Um, she is interested in
sitting on the DDA as a

827
01:07:20,559 --> 01:07:29,280
business is representing a business, the
Harding's business in the DDA. Um, I

828
01:07:26,240 --> 01:07:34,720
think she's from what I can see, I
recommend that we we appoint her.

829
01:07:33,119 --> 01:07:41,839
» I'll make a motion that we appoint
Ashley Carrington to the DDA.

830
01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:46,880
» Okay. Um all those in favor of
appointing Ashley Carrington um signify

831
01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:52,799
by saying I.
>> All those against opposed. No.

832
01:07:50,240 --> 01:07:56,079
» Okay. So Ashley Carrington and she would
have been here tonight but um one of her

833
01:07:54,640 --> 01:07:59,200
employees is in the hospital and she
couldn't get off to meet you. So she she

834
01:07:58,319 --> 01:08:02,400
did try to do that.
>> Guess it's come to the DDA meeting.

835
01:08:01,760 --> 01:08:07,760
» There you go.
>> No. Yeah. What's happening?

836
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:11,119
» Okay. Um,
so city manager updates and closing

837
01:08:09,839 --> 01:08:15,200
comments.
>> Uh, yeah, just real quick, uh, the air

838
01:08:13,200 --> 01:08:19,440
raators that we discussed at the last
council meeting, the frames have been

839
01:08:17,440 --> 01:08:24,719
sent up to Kennedy and they're currently
rebuilding them. Uh, we hope to get

840
01:08:21,440 --> 01:08:29,759
those back soon. Um, Shel's working on a
new project. We are going to try and get

841
01:08:27,839 --> 01:08:36,239
a new city website that's going to be
much more uh userfriendly

842
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:40,480
and it's going to have like an AI search
searchable feature on the website. So,

843
01:08:38,239 --> 01:08:44,880
it's going to be really cool. Um, we're
looking at October time frame for that.

844
01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:48,159
» That's excuse me ADA compliant.
>> Yes. Yeah, that is one of the important

845
01:08:46,799 --> 01:08:52,159
things. I think I mentioned it to the
council, but all websites have to be all

846
01:08:50,319 --> 01:08:57,440
government websites have to be ADA
compliant. And uh this new website will

847
01:08:55,359 --> 01:09:01,679
be ADA compliant where our current one's
not right now.

848
01:08:59,679 --> 01:09:06,319
Uh if you haven't drove by the Quanza
hut yet, please do. Bill has worked very

849
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:09,759
hard on getting that repainted and this
week public works is putting in the new

850
01:09:08,400 --> 01:09:14,799
windows for that. So it should be
wrapped up here real soon. Uh we also

851
01:09:12,640 --> 01:09:20,960
have a utility billing specialist
position posted on our website and on

852
01:09:17,199 --> 01:09:25,920
Indeed. Uh Amanda is leaving us in
Novemberish.

853
01:09:22,719 --> 01:09:29,920
Um, so we're looking to to replace her
position if if we can. I don't know if

854
01:09:27,839 --> 01:09:34,080
we can do that, but we're going to try.
>> Uh, we also have a request for

855
01:09:31,839 --> 01:09:38,319
information posted on our website for an
accountant to help with our audits and

856
01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:43,199
some of our, uh, accounting and
financial obligations.

857
01:09:40,480 --> 01:09:49,839
And then last, the
well, not last, uh, the Honor a Hero

858
01:09:45,679 --> 01:09:56,800
campaign is currently at $4,275.
So, we are only $725 away from reaching

859
01:09:53,359 --> 01:10:00,560
our goal. And then lastly, uh, as Patty
mentioned, the DDA meeting is tomorrow,

860
01:09:58,800 --> 01:10:05,440
but it'd be great to have some public
come to those meetings because that's

861
01:10:02,239 --> 01:10:09,360
where all the downtown projects are
developed and and decided on, and it'd

862
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:12,480
be great to have public there to give
some input on some of those downtown

863
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:14,800
projects.
>> And what time is it?

864
01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:16,400
» 7 o'clock tomorrow.
>> Right here.

865
01:10:15,360 --> 01:10:17,600
» Yep.
>> Thank you.

866
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:22,280
» That's all I have.
>> That's all. Thank you very much. Um,

867
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:25,440
Mr.
>> Can I just say one?

868
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:30,560
» Yeah, I was just going to ask you
>> the third letter that we talked about. I

869
01:10:27,760 --> 01:10:32,719
sent the text of the letter to the two
of you.

870
01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:35,920
» Okay.
>> Aren't you efficient?

871
01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:39,159
» Well,
thank you.

872
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:44,159
» It's like send
>> We've done this before.

873
01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:50,719
» Okay.
>> Thank you. Um, council member closing

874
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:57,600
comments. Um, Council Member Rivers,
uh, thank everybody for coming out and,

875
01:10:53,840 --> 01:11:02,800
uh, even though
our new council member was voted in a

876
01:11:00,480 --> 01:11:10,560
little while ago, but was unable to
attend. So, welcome to your very first

877
01:11:05,040 --> 01:11:13,920
council meeting. Hope we impressed you
and uh, just thank everybody else for

878
01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:17,199
being here.
>> Do you want to go next or do you want me

879
01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:22,480
to skip you to last? Wait till last.
Okay, that's

880
01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:27,520
um Council Member Doro,
thanks for coming. Um

881
01:11:25,199 --> 01:11:33,360
lots of thank yous really out here with
everything that's going on with Spencer,

882
01:11:29,679 --> 01:11:39,120
what you're doing and and
what you're doing with keeping up all

883
01:11:34,800 --> 01:11:44,000
the, you know, inspections and the
Bangor, it's now Bangor, Michigan

884
01:11:41,440 --> 01:11:49,600
Festival. Can't thank you guys enough. I
know you're working really hard and you

885
01:11:45,920 --> 01:11:55,120
guys really work well together um and
have some great ideas. It should be a

886
01:11:51,360 --> 01:12:01,600
real blast. Um so, uh thank everybody
for what you're doing. Um we're doing

887
01:11:57,520 --> 01:12:08,719
baby steps and we will as a council be
at the open house for the school

888
01:12:06,400 --> 01:12:14,159
back the backpack giveaway. We will be
there set up for some fun games like we

889
01:12:11,040 --> 01:12:18,400
did before. So come and visit us and
have a good time.

890
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:23,920
» Council member Garcia,
>> I just want to say as an individual that

891
01:12:20,880 --> 01:12:28,080
I feel like um our city has finally
turned a corner. I think the air feels

892
01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:32,560
lighter. I'm sure a lot of people would
agree. Um I'm really excited about the

893
01:12:31,440 --> 01:12:37,440
good things that are happening in
Bangor. And I want to say thank you to

894
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:42,560
Jeremy. I knew we'd see you back again
soon at one of your other got to be back

895
01:12:40,719 --> 01:12:48,000
» and I know that you know how to party.
So, I'm looking forward to Apple

896
01:12:45,440 --> 01:12:52,719
Festival.
>> So, uh yeah, thank you for that. And

897
01:12:50,159 --> 01:12:56,800
Steve, thank you for your guys and all
their hard work that they put in every

898
01:12:54,159 --> 01:13:00,480
day. We really appreciate them. and um
as far as the inspections go, I think

899
01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:06,320
it's a really good thing to make our
city more safe

900
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:09,840
and more presentable and pleasing to
everybody. So, yeah, I just want to

901
01:13:08,320 --> 01:13:13,840
thank all the departments for all their
hard work and dedication they put in

902
01:13:11,360 --> 01:13:18,239
every day. That's all I have.
>> Thank you, Council Member Murphy.

903
01:13:16,719 --> 01:13:21,920
» I'll just thank everybody for coming out
and everybody everybody's doing to

904
01:13:20,239 --> 01:13:25,280
everything you guys are doing to, you
know, make Bangor better. Uh we're

905
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:29,120
definitely moving that way and hopefully
we can keep that way and we're excited

906
01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:31,120
about the Apple Festival. Definitely
>> definitely being back downtown's nice.

907
01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:36,400
So
>> yeah,

908
01:13:33,360 --> 01:13:40,880
» all set. Council member Wall,
>> I don't have anything tonight.

909
01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:45,600
» Okay, thank you. Um
Mayor Pro Tim Martinez.

910
01:13:42,719 --> 01:13:48,960
» Yes. So I was going to discuss that. Um
we will be at the school, but I wanted

911
01:13:47,280 --> 01:13:54,640
to ask you guys if you wanted to be
there. Um, I called it the meet and

912
01:13:51,920 --> 01:13:58,800
greet the council with a treat. So, we
played a game last year. Um, I had a

913
01:13:57,120 --> 01:14:01,840
pool filled with water and then they
came and picked a duck and if you got a

914
01:14:00,320 --> 01:14:06,480
duck with a star, you got a big giant
candy bar and

915
01:14:03,120 --> 01:14:11,760
» not that big.
>> And the three-foot ones,

916
01:14:09,440 --> 01:14:15,199
if you didn't get one, you still got a
treat. You still got a treat. So, the

917
01:14:13,199 --> 01:14:18,480
kids love that. So, I was going to ask
you guys if you wanted to do that again,

918
01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:20,480
but you already said you did. So,
>> I think we will be there.

919
01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:24,159
» We will be there.
>> I think we will be. That's okay.

920
01:14:22,239 --> 01:14:29,600
» Um anyway, I'll have everything if you
guys want to. This is just um donations

921
01:14:27,440 --> 01:14:35,520
for from our personal money. It doesn't
have anything to do with city money. Um

922
01:14:32,320 --> 01:14:40,960
we are just donating our time and money
for this event. So, um maybe we'll see

923
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:46,719
some of you guys out there. But thank
you to everyone that's uh moving forward

924
01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:52,960
with projects. I think it's time that
things start changing around here and

925
01:14:48,800 --> 01:14:56,480
I'm so glad it is. So, um, thank you
everyone for coming tonight.

926
01:14:54,400 --> 01:15:01,440
» Thank you.
>> All right. Um

927
01:14:58,960 --> 01:15:09,120
member um council members in your packet
there is a um governing board audit that

928
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:15,040
needs to be sent to and I think Hela
just popped it over um that needs to be

929
01:15:11,920 --> 01:15:20,960
filled out and sent directly to uh
Vervelt Vavvel.

930
01:15:17,600 --> 01:15:29,520
Um, what I'm wondering is if we can get
um can we get envelopes may maybe

931
01:15:24,880 --> 01:15:34,239
self-ress stamped envelopes to make it
>> make the possibility of getting those

932
01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:39,600
surveys to them a little bit more
convenient.

933
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:44,960
» Okay. Thank you. Um, also I uh
represented Bangor at the renewable

934
01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:52,000
energy um update regarding public act
233 and 234 specifically for battery and

935
01:15:48,880 --> 01:15:59,120
solar renewable energy. Um, several
townships are in various phases of um

936
01:15:55,920 --> 01:16:02,239
looking at renewable energy. Um, if you
would like some more specifics, let me

937
01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:07,679
know. They do have another meeting
coming up at the end of September that

938
01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:14,719
probably planning commission um probably
be a good thing for more than just me to

939
01:16:10,320 --> 01:16:18,880
go um if possible. It's it's it there's
a lot to it.

940
01:16:16,480 --> 01:16:24,640
» Okay. I was also invited to a meet and
greet with Bronson um South Haven and

941
01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:31,040
Lake View Hospital executive team last
week. Um they cover a 9count region. 1

942
01:16:28,719 --> 01:16:37,040
million people are served and 3.5
million outpatient visits are um given

943
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:41,280
each year. Uh the administrative team is
proud of the fact that they all live in

944
01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:46,080
Bambiran County and are very cognizant
of the unique needs throughout the

945
01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:53,440
service area. There is an open house for
Susan Heinrich at the Bronson Blueest

946
01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:59,040
Star Family Clinic um on September 3rd
from 4 to 6. And I do have letters that

947
01:16:56,800 --> 01:17:03,199
if any of you would like that because
she's been in she's been here for how

948
01:17:01,679 --> 01:17:07,679
many years? 30
>> 30 some years. A lot of people know her.

949
01:17:05,600 --> 01:17:13,440
So I do have the information here if you
would like one. Um so you could go to

950
01:17:09,679 --> 01:17:19,120
that open house. Um South Haven is also
adding um two MDs in September and a

951
01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:22,960
physician's assistant. So they're trying
to stay pace with what's going on as

952
01:17:21,520 --> 01:17:28,320
well.
So, um, we did have a question about how

953
01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:33,520
is that going to impact Bangor and I
have sent out a um a a request to them

954
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:37,120
because there was so much I was there an
hour and a half and there was so much

955
01:17:34,719 --> 01:17:40,000
that they we went through. I I know that
there are some changes that are going to

956
01:17:38,400 --> 01:17:45,440
be happening in Bangor, but I want to
get the specifics before I

957
01:17:43,760 --> 01:17:50,560
state anything. So, I make sure I have
the facts for you. But, thank you for

958
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:57,040
coming. Thank you for everybody who is
really working on making Bangor to be a

959
01:17:52,560 --> 01:18:07,440
better place. Um, and that's all I have.
Okay. So, I need a

960
01:18:02,400 --> 01:18:10,239
uh motion to um adjourn the meeting at
8:18 p.m.

961
01:18:08,960 --> 01:18:13,280
» I'll make a motion to join the meeting
at 8:18 p.m.

962
01:18:12,560 --> 01:18:19,040
» Second.
>> All in favor signify by saying I.

963
01:18:15,440 --> 01:18:19,040
» I. Anybody wants to