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so the back area Danielle wants to use
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the agenda
um with a slight change we just got word

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that Danisha Brewers unable to be with
us this evening so we will strike the

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presentation from the agenda
can I get a second for this please

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second
uh hold on there yeah I'd also like to

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make a motion
to move some stuff around do I have to

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wait for this vote
you want me to wait the second just

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opens up for discussion okay
thank you fine

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I'm coming he also at his request or do
we do a vote on this first no well

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you can realistically do it either way I
mean if there's another amendment it

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might make more sense to bring up and
propose the amendment

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okay that's what I said all right so um
I told him to go ahead and I was

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listening
I would like to move the closed session

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to after the items for individual
discussion with respect for the time of

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the people that we have here
um and audience today

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and
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um switch
item A and B

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so B will take the place of a and then
they will take the place of B

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so you want to discuss the question yeah
so discuss uh

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the region affordable housing before
um discussions will approve

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uh changes LLC

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why

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you have a rationale for it
for moving those two discussion items

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yeah flipping A and B yes
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I think it's pertinent to the discussion
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tell them do I need support on that
so there's been the mayor's suggested

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changes and years suggested changes need
a motion and exciting

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summer

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Motion in a second so but then we also
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to after the right before future agenda
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all right

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so I guess the only issue is that we had
told she's not she's on okay okay so

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then do we so we have three different
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we're moving the presentation
moving closed session

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to after apps and then we are respecting

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doing the discussion before the approval
and it was correctly yes okay

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what's the number Williams
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read yes Jackson yes
David yes Brent yeah

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in their standard yes Miss Jones can you
mute please

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public comments
um if there's anybody in the gallery

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that would like to stand and address
counsel in regards to an agenda item

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before we we have the opportunity to do
some reference time and you will have

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three minutes

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thank you

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all right

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foreign

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minutes for our March 6 study session
and the mark six regular session do I

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have a motion to approve some will
support it

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all in favor say aye aye opposed

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all right we don't want to on our
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uh when you affordable housing in

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thank you

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anyways
do I leave this discussion

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the discussion on uh affordable housing
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um I believe this should be led by the
city manager this is a project that

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you've worked on right
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I think we need to discuss it openly in
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um
to really

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be brought up to speed as to what this
exactly is and what the intent of it is

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as well
yeah so this is um

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that's your request to have this on as a
discussion this was provided to

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you all so myself along with EDC CEO
president first ammerman but with Jane

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Jones along with Mark Newman and I
believe mayor you were on that initial

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meeting
um to discuss potential opportunity to

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secure
um Federal Appropriations or dollars to

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address an issue in our community when
talking we know that affordable housing

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or just housing is there's a need for
that here in our community as well as

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addressing the underrepresentation of
home ownership

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um so we had discussions on that if
there is an opportunity to to kind of

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improve those issues or address those
issues in our community

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um this model it was um or this pilot
was creator

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modeled after
um other models that were successfully

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implemented one being in Raleigh and the
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testing of the other one
um but it would there are two requests

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one would be working on financial
research to identify appropriate land to

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um to build more housing options as well
as work with

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um Banks and different developers to
identify a method that would work for to

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finance their potential developments
also working with like I said local

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banking institutions to offer Financial
opportunities to those to to essentially

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secure I'm owning a home
second piece to that of that would be a

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programming aspect to provide
opportunities for financial literacy I

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know a lot of individuals right now are
living paycheck to paycheck so through

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these programs they would learn and are
subjecting themselves to Payday Loans

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which are
in my opinion predatory loans that put

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you further behind when you enter you go
you take this Loadout with the hopes or

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and plans to pay it back upon your when
you get paid but the interest rates on

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them are so so high that it just puts
you further behind so this program piece

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would offer that financial literacy or
education to to our residents or

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Community learn on how to improve your
credit how to be approved to finance a

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home to become a homeowner how to better
budget and manage your manage um the

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money that you bring in through working
so this with um conversations we worked

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with Miss Jones to to draft an
application to submit for uh the

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Congressional spending requests they are
tight timelines and deadlines

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um shift from day to day
um so these were submitted to

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um Senator stabenow and Senator Peter's
office for for consideration

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okay

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now um in this document I see that we so
we requested 2.8 million

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between the two programs between the two
programs and then there's a match

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associated with this as well that it
looks like about 2.2

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is that correct no so the One in-kind
support for coming across would be a

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hundred thousand so we are looking at
other opportunities to secure funding at

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the state level
um work with other foundation and

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corporations to to support that budget
okay hold on so

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let's start with the first one
so the amount requested was 2 million

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um the total project cost is 4 million
so are we required to provide a match to

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that so the One in-kind support would be
our match which is a hundred thousand

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dollars

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so the city already has
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1.9 million
no so there's time to identify other

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funding opportunities to
um to secure that to take advantage of

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this as I said earlier in our study
session we won't hear an answer on this

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until probably late November December if
it's even selected to move forward it

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has to be approved as a both on the
Senate as well as the house level so

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there's there's always a possibility
that this will not move forward so it's

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not a guarantee

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Okay so
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we're asking for two million correct we
have to through

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um
reaching out to found foundational

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funding corporate funding
um State funding and other funding

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sources come up within with the
additional 1.9 million it's not the

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additional 1.9 million it's the project
support below so a hundred thousand

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hundred thousand
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I think the confusion is if you look in
the first page it says total project

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cost is 4 million yeah and then amount
requesting is two million so we're doing

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math and where's the other two million
coming your project support only comes

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in at 550. there's three items develop
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and renovation 1.5 and Technology a half
a million

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where that's the question where's this
other 2 million coming from

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um that make the four million dollar
project I would suggest that the 2

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million probably allows us to get
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that we would then and because it took
probably a multi-year program that the

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development and research part has to
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buildings that we have to do and then
developers would be the ones that we

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saddling up with the 1.5 recognizing
they would have access to additional

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money to help them build a project a
build a building or buildings plural

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that cost more than two million correct
so let me clarify so this request it's

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only for the development of research
aspect of it so it's not including any

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of the actual building
that's just like for the total

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completion of this program those are
other aspects of that

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so right now we're just looking to
research to identify methods to

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to bring new housing
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um

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so this for development and research
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development and research of affordable
housing or low-income housing what part

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of a housing affordable housing okay
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the process
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allocating funds to a plan right for a
plan like this being that we've had so

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many conversations around housing
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has this I've been on college for a year
has this been a typical way that things

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are done here
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um we go out and look for funding before
we actually have a set plan in place or

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a plan that we've actually
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I think November or December 1 we voted
on um coming back with the Strategic

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well
a plan for three different plans for

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housing and then now we have
this pilot plan which is already

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um been applied for funding to support
it

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and

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all the way up until me asking you to
talk about this in this meeting today

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it has been pretty much shut out from us
all I'm not sure

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um we've seen it in the email
um but that email was what two weeks ago

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I think maybe
um and after after the funding was

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already applied for
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I I don't know do you you guys have any
input as far as

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strategically us as a city applying for
funds before we actually have been able

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to vet or add any additional input on
um something that at the federal level

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will tie us to what's already in this
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there are several bull areas and one of
them is to address and bring different

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um
types of housing here so this would fall

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under this is kind of what we're doing
we're identifying a way to bring a

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different level of housing to our
community which falls under what was

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approved by our Planning Commission as
well as this body so we're not working

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outside coming up out of anything this
we're following what has been identified

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as a goal by our by our residents
because we did engage with our residents

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stakeholders through that entire process
and they would like to see new housing

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options here in our community
councilman bench so with regard to

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Federal funding I know that again based
on my experience last year at my job

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um we get a call we got a call from our
from Branch County representative saying

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you've got literally five days to submit
a proposal for uh you know an allocation

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so we didn't have a chance to get our
Board of Trustees on board other than by

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email and we had to graph something we
had to get it to our Senator within five

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days like we found out on a Monday it
had to be there by Friday there was no

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way we were going to get a meeting
together for everybody to get approval

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The Proposal that was written was vague
enough so that after the fact we could

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hone that
proposal to meet needs that individual

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board members needed to have a say in
right so it was for restoration of the

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theater we asked for a million dollars
and well what does that mean it's a big

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General thing we narrowed it down while
the folks at the federal level were

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evaluating it we ended up not getting it
we it didn't make it past the first

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round but
um so that happens all the time because

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when people this when the politicians in
Washington or even in Lansing decide

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they're going to start working on
budgets it's not set that like on April

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1st is when we start budgeting they got
all kinds of other stuff going on and

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then all of a sudden boom it goes and so
it doesn't surprise me at all that this

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was sort of like hey we got to act fast
because the deadline is is approaching

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and if we miss the deadline we're out
we're out for a whole year and so I

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think that in this in defense of of the
process that happened it's sort of like

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we're at the we're at the mercy of the
federal government people saying okay

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we've decided we're going to start
talking about budgets even though it

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it's March normally it's maybe it's
April or May but you know they decided

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they want to start early so
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I also think that it's not necessarily
the one and only thing we're going to

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apply for
right so

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it doesn't shut out any other plans that
other people have this is just one thing

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so this does address the two two areas
that we had talked about at length in

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regards to being able to have ourselves
prepared to bring in Housing Development

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this is going to give us the money to
start that process but also the

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educational part the resources that are
also going to be given to our residents

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so these this is two different pieces of
Housing and programming which is why we

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know we need what we've discussed is a
necessity

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so you know with this going forward this
I don't remember in my lifetime living

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here 55 years that we've seen this type
of money be able to come into our

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community to be able to create developer
Housing Development when was the last

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time we've seen large houses

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so we are way overdue and the fact that
we have somebody who's going to be in

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our Corner fighting for us every step of
the way

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this is just hopefully given us a
leverage to get these funds and so like

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with the cash part and having that money
already in place that allowed us to

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leverage other funds that were available
at given opportune times so this would

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also help leverage us
when it comes time for other type of

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Brands and funds that may be coming down
to hopefully get more money on top of

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this
yes thank you

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um no definitely thank you for the
additional feedback I think it was very

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constructive
and brought a lot of context to

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um
you know what's in the document but

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a few very important points were touched
on there

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um
one being the residents and Resident

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feedback so
resident feedback is what

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should govern
Council right we should be here as

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advocates for the constituents of the
city

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um our precincts and also the rest of
the city as well right

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um and in doing so we need to ensure
that we're able to actually Advocate

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when the planning of certain things are
taking place to ensure that

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um
the representation for underrepresented

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groups
um is being

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handled delicately but also being
addressed more importantly right

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um
understand the budgetary funding and

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having funds available but I also know
that if I tell the federal government

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that I'm going to do something that I'm
then in turn tied to specifically do

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that thing
um my

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for lack a better word frustration in
this scenario is

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the fact that we're now just seeing this
in a printed document inside of the um

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the council agenda whereas we probably
should have been brought in on this

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conversation a little bit sooner
so that

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um if we had any additional input we
would have been able to have that

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um I know in the past deadline was also
brought up as um one of the barriers

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possibly and I know a lot of the times
we're under um a certain constraint

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because you only have a week and it's a
meeting in between a meeting or we don't

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have a meeting you know in between to
actually discuss it right

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um
this isn't one of those things

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um
the

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the follow-up conversation we're going
to have with um

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Mrs Jones
will be about her providing services for

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the city right now it's been said that
she also helped on this now the February

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14th date on the document that was
that's in that section right I would

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imagine it's tied to this right
am I far off from that

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I haven't read
um

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either way
um

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this document has been around for over a
month and we're now just having this

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conversation last meeting I was I I was
told we were going to have the

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discussion at the meeting it was put
into the

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um city manager smokes which is the last
thing on the agenda on my agenda and

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barely anything that we actually
discussed right so

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for clarity transparency and
to actually allow council members to

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have an input or Insight on planning
decisions like this I think we need to

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actually have these conversations openly
so that especially if there's

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in a lot of the amount of time
let's have these discussions so that

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I can make sure that my constituents are
represented you often make sure the

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chores are represented as well and if we
have any additional input cares or

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concerns we're filled in and we're able
to tell people hey look we're working on

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housing we know it's something that's a
constraint here in town and we have a

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plan in place or you know if the plan
doesn't meet our our demands we have

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input to try to bolster it up to try to
help right

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okay
I haven't talked to him but I kind of

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agree with him I would very much like
the things of this importance because

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it's very important I read it over I
understand most of it but I I think

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that's when we're going to have things
that are because people are constantly

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saying with what's happening in Marshall
Albion needs to do Elvia needs housing

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needs that and and and I agree with that
but I think that there's some people who

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are brought in on the conversation and
others who are left out and I think that

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everybody should be brought in on the
conversation so that we all will

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understand what's happening
Council in French so um

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so I I hear both of you in your comments
and and I respect them both but I think

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that what I'm hearing is is that we as a
council approve the Strategic plan and

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in that strategic plan there were calls
for figuring out a way to improve the

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housing and Albion
and then I and so our city manager goes

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out and tries to address that
and now we're telling her that no we

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need to approve and be involved in all
that conversation before she does that

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is that what I'm hearing or is that not
what I'm hearing that's not what you're

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hearing okay what what you're hearing is
if

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um one of the directors needed to
purchase some heavy equipment they don't

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just go out and purchase heavy equipment
they contact their

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um higher up which is the city manager
and they say hey I have a plan in order

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to do this or we had discussions about
tearing down Builders they don't just go

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out there and order the demolition of
this of a building right instead they

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run the plan by the city manager what
I'm saying is is we're all beholding to

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the people of the city of Albion that's
who I answer to right right so in order

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to do so I need to be able to say yes I
had input on this and you all are

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representing but you
I would argue that in fact they were

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represented because they were part of
strategic planning process

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so they had their input
we heard from them that they wanted us

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to address housing and this is a method
for addressing housing

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not being able to vet the process not
being able to vet the clan

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does not guarantee that they're
represented

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Colin I have a question can you clarify
on on that with vetting the plan and

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just clear on administrative roles and
can we how does that all pertain to our

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form of government
well

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I think
some some members of council were on the

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council the last time we did an MML
training and and some were not but I

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think
probably the best line that I think came

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from our last MML trainer is
kind of the division of labor between

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Council and city managers best summed up
as

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for household determined the what and
the why

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the who where when and how is for the
city Administration

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thank you
I don't think I I'm not trying to and I

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don't think Donovan is it's just trying
to tell the city manager how to do birds

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are we need to understand what is being
done and what we answer to the people

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now she's voted in by us we are voted in
by our Precinct

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and if we don't take under consideration
the people in our Precinct then that'll

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take us into consideration either
and so therefore everybody's got

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somebody else to answer to in order to
get this thing done not that we want to

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tell her what to do is to instructor as
to what we want to do but the thing of

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it is is help me to understand don't
leave me out and then all of a sudden

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you want me to vote on something that
I'm really have been left out all this

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time and don't understand and as far as
that strategic plan

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in a way that was a first because I know
I went around to people's door and

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knocked on it in the people's houses and
to different churches and everything

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trying to get those things signed and so
many of them wasn't so that really

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cannot counter as what Albion is saying
okay

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but I don't but it is not that we're
trying to tell her with it we just need

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to have some understanding too before it
comes down to we need your approval and

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vote on this mayor Tom Jackson yes Colin
I need your help

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so when all this
planning was going on were you a part of

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it did you know about it going on
yeah that's the release of this stuff

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the only thing I did was review the um
Consultants contract and make changes to

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it okay so anytime anything goes to the
federal you're not supposed to know

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anything about it now I'm sorry did you
say that

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anyone before any information goes to
them shouldn't we know something about

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it I mean I'm lost well I don't know I I
think the same I'm asking you a question

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wait I'm giving you an answer okay I
think the term any would be very very

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broad okay so I'm if if something of
this sort will stick right here where

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we're at was brought to the federal to
the Senate and we know nothing about it

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is that okay
I think is that okay I don't think it's

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a yes or no question I think what you
have before I think

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what's before you tonight is maybe
getting

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a little over complicated I mean what in
in my mind what you have before you is a

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question of
do you want two million dollars in free

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Federal money to study
for development and Research into

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uh underrepresented chronic poverty uh
and homeownership in Albion and the city

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is required to provide a hundred
thousand dollar match

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for that for a government program I mean
that's what's before you and so should

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the council be involved in the decision
as to whether or not the a that that's

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something that the city warrants
spending money on absolutely that's a

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question for the council
whether or not that money gets approved

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absolutely that's a question for the
council I think you as a council have

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in in a variety of ways given the
manager big picture

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on on what she's supposed to be doing as
a manager

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how she goes about that
is largely her purview and brings

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anytime she needs to spend money or
approve contracts or things like that to

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council for approval which in my opinion
is what you've got in front of you

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that's that's my two cents on it

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there's a lot that we don't know about
we're happy to get the money I mean I

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don't think anybody would turn away free
money to improve our community so

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there's a lot that goes on from the hip
to the seed from the city manager from

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the foundation there's a lot that goes
on in different agencies and entities to

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improve our community and we're not
aware of it but we're happy to get that

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money because it's improving our
community

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I mean I wouldn't I mean I'm not
doubting him saying that we don't want

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the money and there's a lot of money
that comes in I'm just asking that

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question because this is a large amount
of money if we can't match that even

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though she says she's going to you know
there's other entities that's fine

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because which talks about the military
anything else she's brought that to us

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and actors that we want to go forward
with that okay and I believe that's what

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she's saying now but I just want more
transparency because I understand

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there's I just know there's more
conversation that is yet going on with a

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few of you and I want transparency okay
I want everything that we do okay to be

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legal and that we have to we have to
we have to hold this city up okay so

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don't don't hit me don't knock me over
the head

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I was right you let me raise my hand and
I said what was on my heart and the

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reason I asked you those questions okay
I'm not giving sugar cookies with you

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guys all right so if I'm able to ask the
questions and I want the answers and I'm

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telling you why so and you can come
behind me if you would like to whatever

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but I'm just letting you know why I'm
asking these questions because I'm not

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sitting in this seat if we were to get
something of this sort we don't know how

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to begin how is that who's all involved
with it who's really holding up who

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who's the middle man who's the body man
who's taught me okay I'm not here for

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this city to go bankrupt I'm not here to
stop this from being in progress I

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just want my questions answered and make
sure when I say yeah I'm singing yay to

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what you guys say you are going to do
and next and what maybe I don't believe

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it's going to happen
but I also think there's a lot of your

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guys's questions I could be answered by
Mrs Jones

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in regards to how this process plays out
and I think if we are able to hear from

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her
we can probably get a lot of questions

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answered in that trying to figure that
out amongst ourselves well you're right

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and I just think when you put something
on a piece of paper and it has from the

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uh I mean February the 14th 2023 to
February 14

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2024. that tells me something that's
already started and I think this is why

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you're getting all these questions okay
that's what I'm just gonna be honest

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with you when you misrepresent that or
put dates like that but there I'm quite

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sure they're true but no one's going to
tell us that and that's where I'm going

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to go back again
legal

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and not unevitable because I don't want
to date nothing I'm gonna tell you that

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now that you guys started on didn't talk
to us about

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and then you want me to sign
there's nothing illegal that has taken

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place or happened when talking with Mrs
Jones on the date and as Colin stated

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earlier in study session it went to his
office there were some back and forth

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and that's why it's here now for formal
approval there's nothing illegal

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happening about putting in uh
Congressional

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um spending requests a lot of
surrounding communities are doing I

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actually just submitted two letters of
support for Calhoun County I know Miss

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ammerman she was approached by County to
support their

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um their request City about a break
they're submitting two requests this is

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not it an uncommon thing for our
municipalities to do and I think we

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should be taking advantage of any
possible opportunity to bring in

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additional dollars to our community
but I if this is not what this Council

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would like to do I have we can resend
our application and we will

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we will not take advantage of this round

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yes
um Okay so

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or Clarity on my position and everything
that I've spoken to

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um
yes I'm concerned about us having a

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possible 1.9 million that we need to
raise yes I'm concerned possible

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possibly possibly
um I am concerned about the process in

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which we handle these things now

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my position is
when

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um such a large ask or something like
this that has come

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um has been a Hot Topic right housing
has been a very high topic here

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um why not bring it to council
it it we could have had this

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conversation the second meeting in
February

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at that second meeting in February
um

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and had I not requested to have this
conversation today we still wouldn't be

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having this conversation and we'd still
be out of the loop as far as any

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contacts to what this really is
that's what I'm saying so I don't

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understand the
um the animosity and unwillingness to

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receive that feedback because that's the
feedback I'm giving you all

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hey when we're going to ask for
something at the federal level that

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um is going to impact all of our the
citizens of Albion and possibly any

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other funding that we may be able to
receive as well

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let's talk about them
let's talk about it

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what's the apprehension to having a
discussion that's why we meet we can't

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have this conversation in closed session
and I'm not going to sit down and meet

444
00:42:14,579 --> 00:42:21,960
with each one of you individually
because I don't have the time to do so

445
00:42:18,540 --> 00:42:26,220
so this is both the place and the forum
for this discussion so there shouldn't

446
00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:28,820
be such apprehension to having this
discussion

447
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:36,320
hi there my name is Jane Jones I'd like
to correct some information that's been

448
00:42:32,460 --> 00:42:36,320
stated repeatedly if that's okay

449
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,300
is that okay

450
00:42:44,359 --> 00:42:55,020
so I'm I'm asking uh okay so it's we are
just having that discussion about the

451
00:42:51,140 --> 00:43:00,300
affordable housing okay so she
and correct me if I'm wrong Colin

452
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:03,300
are we inviting her into this discussion
or

453
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:07,560
um because I just feel like she should
be able to have her own discussion in

454
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:11,940
the next topic well you can have your
own you can I mean it's up to council to

455
00:43:09,839 --> 00:43:16,200
decide whether or not you think
adding information from a third party

456
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:20,460
will agent discussion on the current on
the current item

457
00:43:17,940 --> 00:43:26,280
if the council thinks that it would you
can you can have any third party

458
00:43:22,619 --> 00:43:31,099
at the discussion if you don't then you
can wait until the next

459
00:43:27,839 --> 00:43:31,099
agenda item

460
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:38,400
it appears oh wait oh yeah the
counseling lawyer has made a point of

461
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:43,140
ours so the mayor has to deal with the
point of water groups

462
00:43:41,099 --> 00:43:47,420
so then you want to make it to a well
whether or not we can allow Miss Jones

463
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:51,839
to speak at this point
it's your decision it's your decision

464
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:55,319
and then if the council doesn't like
your decision there could be an appeal

465
00:43:53,579 --> 00:43:59,040
but it's up to you to decide whether or
not

466
00:43:56,760 --> 00:44:03,180
basically to say yay or native
unemployment because like she had said

467
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:07,440
that she has information and I think
that can kind of help

468
00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:09,859
a green resolution to a lot of us if
that's okay

469
00:44:15,420 --> 00:44:22,260
okay Jane floor is yours
I think I'm off mute so I just have a

470
00:44:20,819 --> 00:44:25,560
couple of couple of concerns that were
raised to make sure that they're

471
00:44:23,220 --> 00:44:30,300
clarified answers when the request for
the two million dollars was done through

472
00:44:27,060 --> 00:44:34,260
HUD HUD EDI there is no match required
on the federal side what typically a

473
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:37,680
Senate Office likes to see is that
there's a total project cost and that

474
00:44:36,359 --> 00:44:41,520
total project cost they want to know
what the CDs amount is of that total

475
00:44:39,900 --> 00:44:45,660
project cost but they want to see the
total project cost as far as what that

476
00:44:43,619 --> 00:44:49,800
looks like over you know one to two year
period of time like the council member

477
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:54,900
said he was spot on so actually there is
no actual match required

478
00:44:52,319 --> 00:45:00,119
um so on HUD and HUD dollars typically
are get can be spent over six years

479
00:44:57,660 --> 00:45:03,660
period of time so typically cities like
yourselves many of who I've worked with

480
00:45:02,099 --> 00:45:07,380
in the past I've never been before a
city council meeting before or never had

481
00:45:05,220 --> 00:45:11,520
even a city console involved in a CDS
request before

482
00:45:09,180 --> 00:45:14,880
um and done larger amounts they
typically go ahead and have their City

483
00:45:13,260 --> 00:45:19,560
Manager work with their department heads
so like Public Works would work on one

484
00:45:16,740 --> 00:45:23,040
for I don't know Police Department you
could have a housing project this works

485
00:45:21,060 --> 00:45:26,940
throughout the Public Works director or
through whatever employee agencies that

486
00:45:25,260 --> 00:45:31,380
they have or departments that they have
but typically never never Rises to the

487
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:37,920
level of the city council from my from
my understanding perspective HUD again

488
00:45:33,780 --> 00:45:42,180
is up to six years so if I was in your
shoes of course I'm Not Elected but if I

489
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:46,560
was in your shoes and they're asking for
proposals from municipalities

490
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:50,520
you submit
at the time when they're asking for them

491
00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:56,220
in this situation just so you know for
the city manager's perspective the time

492
00:45:52,680 --> 00:46:00,540
frame got eliminated down to one week
for the application due date that came I

493
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:04,680
believe out of my expertise and
knowledge that kind of came after the

494
00:46:03,119 --> 00:46:09,060
Republicans took control of the house
there was a delay in the speakership

495
00:46:06,660 --> 00:46:12,300
because usually the house acts first for
the Constitution this year that was a

496
00:46:10,859 --> 00:46:17,819
little different and the Senate acted
first so we had we had a very tight

497
00:46:15,359 --> 00:46:23,579
deadline come up against us that nobody
expected to happen usually these aren't

498
00:46:19,619 --> 00:46:27,780
doing in the offices until my gosh end
of March beginning of April this year

499
00:46:25,980 --> 00:46:32,000
anything was fast forwarded really fast
and I think it has to do with politics

500
00:46:29,460 --> 00:46:32,000
unfortunately

501
00:46:33,660 --> 00:46:40,460
so now is the opportunity to ask her
questions

502
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:40,460
if you don't have any

503
00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:52,980
yeah I don't have a question but it
seems to me after hearing you know from

504
00:46:48,140 --> 00:46:58,920
Miss Jones as well as what uh Mr French
had to say this is something we can't

505
00:46:56,040 --> 00:47:03,900
turn down we can't rescind our
application if there's something that

506
00:47:01,380 --> 00:47:08,880
needs to be done the next time let's
look at the next time but this is too

507
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:14,819
much money to get Petty about the
smaller things in terms of how it's

508
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:20,780
going to be and the nuances let's look
at the bigger picture in terms of what

509
00:47:17,460 --> 00:47:20,780
can be brought to the community

510
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:29,940
thank you so much I don't think it's
it's um that we don't want to take the

511
00:47:27,599 --> 00:47:36,960
money or anything like that I think the
concern for most of us well for some of

512
00:47:33,300 --> 00:47:41,280
us um is how the process went
um I've been on console for six six

513
00:47:39,900 --> 00:47:45,599
years now
um my first term

514
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:49,200
um things were coming at us and I'm just
being frank about it things were coming

515
00:47:47,099 --> 00:47:54,420
at us which
um within a couple weeks couple days we

516
00:47:52,260 --> 00:47:59,880
had to make decisions you know when you
rushed into a decision sometimes you

517
00:47:56,700 --> 00:48:04,920
make wrong decisions so I think well
um some of us are asking here today is

518
00:48:02,579 --> 00:48:09,540
to you know you basically had enough
time to let us know even if this was a

519
00:48:08,099 --> 00:48:13,079
political
um slow down

520
00:48:10,700 --> 00:48:17,819
it still could have been put out there
that you know we doing this but it's

521
00:48:15,240 --> 00:48:23,400
being held up at the house you know just
keep us informed like some of us are

522
00:48:19,740 --> 00:48:28,619
saying because what if uh somebody from
the house or or higher up from Lansing

523
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:33,960
it came to us about this and we know
nothing about it that makes us looks not

524
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:38,640
like we want to but
I mean to go out and do something we

525
00:48:37,079 --> 00:48:42,000
don't know nothing about it you know
it's really embarrassing when somebody

526
00:48:40,140 --> 00:48:45,060
say well hey you know I heard this that
and we like

527
00:48:43,260 --> 00:48:49,319
I know nothing about it that's that's
not a good feeling because I've been in

528
00:48:46,619 --> 00:48:54,480
that place before but we do um I think
what's what's here today is

529
00:48:52,140 --> 00:48:57,420
we need to do a little bit better on our
process

530
00:48:56,040 --> 00:49:01,140
councilman Williams
yes

531
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:08,280
um yeah I think the conversation has
gotten a little convoluted in that

532
00:49:03,839 --> 00:49:11,520
um the topic of not wanting the money or
we're sending the application whatever

533
00:49:09,780 --> 00:49:15,960
what have you
um we're not guaranteed to get the funds

534
00:49:13,020 --> 00:49:22,740
for one and then secondly this is more
so a conversation that we needed to have

535
00:49:18,420 --> 00:49:28,680
about the actual plan itself because we
haven't had a discussion about this plan

536
00:49:25,980 --> 00:49:31,440
now if you all are on board with not
having discussions about things that

537
00:49:30,119 --> 00:49:36,540
take place in the city going forward
then we should vote on not having

538
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:40,140
discussions on anything that takes place
in the city going forward other than

539
00:49:38,220 --> 00:49:45,119
that I will
um always Advocate to make sure that

540
00:49:42,660 --> 00:49:49,079
things are being discussed openly so
that we are informed and we are aware

541
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:54,540
that what's taking place here in the
city

542
00:49:50,940 --> 00:50:00,660
and when we are not informed when we are
not aware if a constituent asks me what

543
00:49:58,079 --> 00:50:05,099
has happened with the housing or what is
happening with something you know it is

544
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:09,540
really okay to say I don't know right
now but I can get the answer for you

545
00:50:07,500 --> 00:50:15,420
that's when you pick up the phone and
call one of these three people we are

546
00:50:12,240 --> 00:50:20,819
here to answer all of the questions all
of the time you know we've hired people

547
00:50:17,819 --> 00:50:25,619
to do that and when we don't have the
answer all we have to do is pick up the

548
00:50:23,220 --> 00:50:30,599
phone and call and say I'll get back
with you as soon as I get an answer so

549
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:38,160
but the Nuance of trying to run
day-to-day activities really isn't what

550
00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:43,980
MML tells us we're here for so you know
that part of it really concerns me I

551
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:49,619
don't expect to know everything but I
expect to know when I have a question

552
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:52,520
that I always have someone to go to to
answer that question

553
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:57,680
can I call the question

554
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:14,819
that's right councilman Williams yes
um

555
00:51:13,500 --> 00:51:18,720
okay
um well being that we have Miss Jones on

556
00:51:17,940 --> 00:51:23,400
um
I do have a couple questions for her now

557
00:51:21,359 --> 00:51:26,400
I can reserve a few of these questions
for the actual

558
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:31,140
um
her actual agenda item

559
00:51:29,220 --> 00:51:35,880
um but I do have
um a question or two that I would like

560
00:51:32,460 --> 00:51:35,880
to ask her okay

561
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:41,180
let me see

562
00:51:41,339 --> 00:51:47,160
all right Mr Jones is is there a reason
why the 2010

563
00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:49,760
um Census Data was used as opposed to
the 2020

564
00:51:49,980 --> 00:51:58,740
oh man I it was it was accessible to us
that's what that's what we used

565
00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:01,260
we can if you want to go back and change
it I mean

566
00:51:59,819 --> 00:52:05,040
now would be the time for you to change
it but there was no there was no edits

567
00:52:03,359 --> 00:52:08,700
or grammars for that or grammar changes
for that it went through

568
00:52:07,140 --> 00:52:12,599
um at least three or four different
levels of review

569
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:16,200
um within the city and
it was never questioned it might just be

570
00:52:14,819 --> 00:52:19,500
accessibility
yeah the reason I ask is because

571
00:52:18,900 --> 00:52:27,660
um
the population numbers different

572
00:52:23,220 --> 00:52:31,500
a lot in between uh 2010 and 2020
um we could easily send a correction

573
00:52:29,819 --> 00:52:34,200
letter to the Senators if that's what
you choose to do I would be cautious

574
00:52:32,940 --> 00:52:37,980
about
um modifying application before it even

575
00:52:36,059 --> 00:52:43,200
gets approved or looked at
no I think you answered my question as

576
00:52:39,780 --> 00:52:47,460
far as why the um information was used
um I trust that you all know what you're

577
00:52:45,540 --> 00:52:52,619
doing as far as that goes I just you
know had that question because it came

578
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:54,740
up yeah
um

579
00:52:57,540 --> 00:52:59,540
um

580
00:53:06,660 --> 00:53:10,880
yeah I think that's it I can ask the
rest of them

581
00:53:13,740 --> 00:53:16,339
Jones right now

582
00:53:20,579 --> 00:53:25,460
right now all right so we're done with
the discussion

583
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:36,180
so do I have a motion to approve of the
consultant agreement with Miss Jane

584
00:53:34,319 --> 00:53:38,780
Jones so I moved
before

585
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:43,880
all right so

586
00:53:45,839 --> 00:53:54,599
sitting in the Schneider do you want to
get the lead on this one yeah so through

587
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:58,859
excuse me
um as stated in the study session with

588
00:53:56,400 --> 00:54:03,599
we were connected with machines
um Miss Jane Jones through Mark Newman

589
00:54:00,839 --> 00:54:07,859
with the college she does this work for
us her profession

590
00:54:06,240 --> 00:54:11,400
um she recently worked with the
battlefield 9 say as well as album comes

591
00:54:09,780 --> 00:54:16,680
into secure funding through the last
year's round I don't want to speak for

592
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:19,800
her so I'll let her um share a little
bit about herself and

593
00:54:19,140 --> 00:54:23,359
um
allow you guys to answer any questions

594
00:54:24,660 --> 00:54:32,760
you're up James okay let me get back on
so good evening hope you can hear me uh

595
00:54:30,780 --> 00:54:39,599
my name is James
is that a yes yes my name is Jane Jones

596
00:54:37,140 --> 00:54:43,380
um thank you so much I have spent I have
to think about that for a second here

597
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:47,880
I've spent at least the last three years
doing um cds's Community direct support

598
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:51,119
which is kind of the new word for
earmark

599
00:54:49,020 --> 00:54:56,220
um before that I did rfps for City
councils for non-profits uh after

600
00:54:53,760 --> 00:55:00,839
earmarks were um gone away from
government for a couple of years I

601
00:54:58,260 --> 00:55:04,980
worked in the U.S Senate for three or
four years worked for our governor for a

602
00:55:03,180 --> 00:55:09,599
couple years was a professor of
political science absolutely love

603
00:55:07,339 --> 00:55:14,700
helping organizations that are smaller
in tight get funding there they don't

604
00:55:11,700 --> 00:55:18,059
have to go and um hire a very expensive
person to do this sort of work for them

605
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:21,180
I will say this
um I don't have a website on purpose

606
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:24,059
because I would get junk thrown at me
every Sunday and I'm very picky about

607
00:55:22,319 --> 00:55:27,599
who I choose to work with I have a very
fond appreciation for

608
00:55:25,980 --> 00:55:31,859
um album College I have a fun
appreciation for the album Community I

609
00:55:29,940 --> 00:55:37,319
like that you have a direct need for
housing and I think that that's a very

610
00:55:33,420 --> 00:55:41,760
strong proposal right now
um I think that it is

611
00:55:39,380 --> 00:55:47,940
nonpartisan I think that that's that's
good that you are looking to help your

612
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:52,920
community with a need that fits into the
priorities and the so-called buckets of

613
00:55:50,579 --> 00:55:57,059
funding that's available right now and I
um this process will be long for the

614
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:59,220
next two years cycle we're in the first
year that cycle I don't know what's

615
00:55:58,079 --> 00:56:02,460
going to happen after two years after
that the House Republicans just voted

616
00:56:01,319 --> 00:56:06,000
for this process to continue for at
least the next two cycles we're in year

617
00:56:03,960 --> 00:56:09,660
one like I just said and so we'll have
other opportunities to do other projects

618
00:56:07,859 --> 00:56:12,720
come year two
that you wish you can use the money for

619
00:56:11,339 --> 00:56:18,119
programming building your innovation
technology

620
00:56:14,700 --> 00:56:19,800
um law enforcement uh specialized
equipment

621
00:56:19,260 --> 00:56:24,180
um
everything patrol cars to fire trucks is

622
00:56:22,619 --> 00:56:27,960
all type of funny that most
municipalities go after I will say that

623
00:56:26,099 --> 00:56:32,640
Senator Peters has a different take on
it than other Senators do where he

624
00:56:30,180 --> 00:56:37,559
actually requested as a public entity
that applies for the funding and I think

625
00:56:34,859 --> 00:56:41,339
that is a direct show that he wants uh
municipalities and counties to be

626
00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:46,140
applying for these type of those type of
dollars versus what traditionally seems

627
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:49,500
to be for um any way that's a non-profit
anything that anything that's not

628
00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:53,640
for-profit can apply for
it's a year-long process it takes about

629
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:57,059
a year to get funding usually
um you have to go through the community

630
00:56:55,079 --> 00:57:01,619
process once he goes to the committee
process we should be hearing um if we

631
00:56:59,579 --> 00:57:06,119
made the first round of cuts so to speak
we should be hearing probably oh gosh

632
00:57:04,020 --> 00:57:09,720
Transportation HUD would be
don't I I when I second when I was

633
00:57:08,700 --> 00:57:13,200
saying on a date people are gonna be
like Jane said April 30th so I'm not

634
00:57:11,880 --> 00:57:17,640
going to say that but it should be early
be before the second week of May and

635
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:23,520
then we'll have another round of
one more probably before June 1st and

636
00:57:21,119 --> 00:57:27,000
then um the Senate typically passes
their bills the house passes their bills

637
00:57:24,900 --> 00:57:31,319
they negotiate together and then they
finalized on this bill and that always

638
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:37,640
seems to now come down um after the
first CR it'll come down to probably

639
00:57:32,839 --> 00:57:37,640
passage in November or December

640
00:57:41,359 --> 00:57:45,980
anybody have any questions for Miss
Jones

641
00:57:49,859 --> 00:57:57,180
right all right
um

642
00:57:54,660 --> 00:58:02,160
all right Miss Jones now you're still
awake a little too quick but I'm gonna

643
00:58:00,180 --> 00:58:07,200
see if I can't remember some of what you
said previous to not ask any additional

644
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:11,220
questions that you've already addressed
um

645
00:58:08,460 --> 00:58:14,880
so areas that you typically have success
in

646
00:58:12,420 --> 00:58:19,740
um in raising funds for
um can you mention a few of those of

647
00:58:17,579 --> 00:58:24,300
course yeah it's a bigger bucket so it's
Healthcare education it's Arts it's

648
00:58:22,079 --> 00:58:28,380
building a renovation absolutely it's
the the what what where the buckets are

649
00:58:26,220 --> 00:58:35,400
funding are allocated for
okay okay now um

650
00:58:31,859 --> 00:58:38,339
are you mainly focused on
um

651
00:58:36,119 --> 00:58:43,500
Congressional spending or federal level
spending or is there also like private

652
00:58:41,579 --> 00:58:47,040
spending that you you know private
funding that you

653
00:58:45,299 --> 00:58:51,420
um raise as well
well I don't raise money I actually go

654
00:58:49,559 --> 00:58:54,720
and consult and write the for the
funding I'm not raising and solicitating

655
00:58:52,980 --> 00:58:58,079
for any dollars I don't ask for dollars
for anybody on your behalf or never have

656
00:58:56,760 --> 00:59:01,680
never will
um so I'm the I'm I'm traditionally just

657
00:59:00,059 --> 00:59:05,700
called a grant writer not a solicitor of
funds that's actually a really big

658
00:59:03,059 --> 00:59:10,140
technical question to assume
um I pretty much do federal I do some

659
00:59:07,980 --> 00:59:13,859
State and I have been asked to do some
foundation work for folks which I'd like

660
00:59:11,940 --> 00:59:17,119
to do
okay perfect

661
00:59:26,960 --> 00:59:33,200
okay I think
so cool

662
00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:42,480
I'm sorry Johnny Hartness I just wanted
to note that the there's a motion and a

663
00:59:40,980 --> 00:59:45,440
second to approve it it would need to be
with the amended days

664
00:59:47,880 --> 00:59:50,960
we need to burn that out

665
00:59:55,799 --> 01:00:03,859
so then the date would have to be
amended to actually when we go into this

666
01:00:01,500 --> 01:00:03,859
agreement

667
01:00:07,859 --> 01:00:11,540
any other questions for Miss Jones

668
01:00:12,660 --> 01:00:19,260
councilman French I I just want to say
thank you for um for doing this

669
01:00:17,339 --> 01:00:24,240
speculative work for us we do appreciate
it

670
01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:26,720
um and uh I'll keep our fingers and toes
crossed

671
01:00:26,819 --> 01:00:35,420
councilman yeah um Mr Jones just for a
little Clarity how long have you been

672
01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:35,420
working with the city

673
01:00:35,760 --> 01:00:40,200
well I wouldn't consider myself not
working with the city because I've been

674
01:00:38,339 --> 01:00:44,520
under no contract I've been working with
Albin college for the last oh Lord I

675
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:48,359
wish Mark was here could you tell me I
think we've done it for two cycles

676
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:53,520
yeah
and then I was I was contacted by the

677
01:00:51,420 --> 01:00:57,180
help me please Haley to correct me I
think it was a Elven Economic

678
01:00:55,079 --> 01:01:01,799
Development Corporation
is who reached out to me the first time

679
01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:05,160
to say that we have a housing issue when
we did we did a phone call and I said

680
01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:09,119
listen the deadlines coming up if you're
going to hop on this we need to move

681
01:01:06,900 --> 01:01:11,819
when you get in while the Iron's hot if
you don't you'll be sitting sitting

682
01:01:10,380 --> 01:01:15,980
stale like every some other cities do
and you'll never be able to be in a

683
01:01:13,319 --> 01:01:15,980
favor moving forward

684
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:25,500
all right thank you any other questions
comments

685
01:01:22,859 --> 01:01:29,760
but Jane thank you for being patient and
being with us tonight to give us

686
01:01:27,059 --> 01:01:32,000
information my pleasure
thank you

687
01:01:34,020 --> 01:01:41,520
all right yes Thompson Williams yes so
um

688
01:01:38,819 --> 01:01:47,339
if I'm understanding this right the
utilization of herb services and every

689
01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:52,339
use is ten thousand dollars
is that the case at I mean like foreign

690
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:08,579
per month so you could use me for up to
like I don't know it would be silly to

691
01:02:07,079 --> 01:02:11,220
use me if you do like 15 different
requests because we'll never get 15

692
01:02:09,900 --> 01:02:14,640
different requests to go through and
that's that's something I would advise

693
01:02:12,839 --> 01:02:20,640
but if we wanted to use this again for
next year it's a yearly feeser

694
01:02:16,980 --> 01:02:23,819
okay thank you
and Johnny Hartness do you have a

695
01:02:22,319 --> 01:02:28,020
question or comment I was just going to
say that I mean unless the original

696
01:02:26,640 --> 01:02:30,780
motion maker is going to accept as a
friendly and then the day change to a

697
01:02:29,640 --> 01:02:36,599
vote
with the the chain with the change dates

698
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:40,680
and then vote on the main question
right

699
01:02:38,700 --> 01:02:50,000
I would move that we changed the
Consulting agreement timeline from

700
01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:50,000
February 14 2023 to March 20th of 2023.

701
01:02:50,119 --> 01:02:57,500
extending extending for one calendar
year

702
01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:57,500
support

703
01:03:03,299 --> 01:03:10,500
so you vote on that report on the main
questions

704
01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:18,380
so revolting and agreeing to change the
date from March 20th and include for one

705
01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:18,380
February 20th

706
01:03:18,900 --> 01:03:26,240
yes
for one year

707
01:03:22,799 --> 01:03:26,240
that's what we're voting on right now

708
01:03:26,839 --> 01:03:36,780
council member Williams
yes Reid yes Jackson no Butler

709
01:03:35,460 --> 01:03:44,819
yes
Davis yes friends yes and mayor Snyder

710
01:03:40,980 --> 01:03:50,280
yes now we are voting on
the contract for the approval

711
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:56,640
because
council member Reed we're going on the

712
01:03:53,280 --> 01:04:00,000
what so now we're voting on The Congress
yes

713
01:03:58,260 --> 01:04:04,220
Jackson
no

714
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:04,220
Lawler

715
01:04:04,500 --> 01:04:14,000
yes
Davis yes French yes Williams yes and

716
01:04:10,980 --> 01:04:14,000
mayor Schneider yeah

717
01:04:14,099 --> 01:04:19,400
thank you Jane
welcome aboard

718
01:04:19,859 --> 01:04:23,000
Bring It On

719
01:04:23,160 --> 01:04:31,440
all right next and your packets we have
applications for reappointment for my

720
01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:35,579
timq for the building authority in nydia
walks

721
01:04:32,640 --> 01:04:41,180
um for the CDA
support

722
01:04:37,980 --> 01:04:41,180
questions or comments

723
01:04:42,180 --> 01:04:53,640
benefits
local number Jackson yes yes

724
01:04:48,619 --> 01:04:57,420
right yes well yeah yes three yes and
mayor standard yes

725
01:04:55,440 --> 01:05:05,400
they have a motion to approve the second
reading ordinance 202302

726
01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:10,220
to amend uh Finance for purchase and
bids

727
01:05:07,559 --> 01:05:10,220
support

728
01:05:10,680 --> 01:05:16,559
attorney Hartness
um so this is the same ordinance you saw

729
01:05:15,059 --> 01:05:22,079
at your last meeting this is the second
reading the primary changes are

730
01:05:19,220 --> 01:05:27,119
raising the uh managers budgeted
spending Authority from 5 000 to 15 000

731
01:05:24,900 --> 01:05:31,140
without pyramiding
um anything over fifteen thousand

732
01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:34,859
dollars has to be uh pursuant to our bid
process

733
01:05:32,819 --> 01:05:41,400
um
Steve here uh the uh

734
01:05:38,339 --> 01:05:44,160
uh city manager has to uh report all
expenditures in excess of a thousand

735
01:05:43,260 --> 01:05:48,059
dollars
uh to um

736
01:05:46,140 --> 01:05:51,839
to counsel
um

737
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:56,760
we built in a provision such that uh if
the city manager goes out for bids and

738
01:05:54,420 --> 01:06:01,319
there are no responsive bids
um the process from that point is to

739
01:05:58,740 --> 01:06:06,599
solicit not less than three plus three
proposals to bring to council uh for

740
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:12,660
approval uh based on the recommendation
of the city manager for one of them

741
01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:17,640
um and uh the other change that we made
is once city council approves a contract

742
01:06:15,780 --> 01:06:21,839
the city manager does not then have to
come back to council to experience

743
01:06:19,140 --> 01:06:26,700
approve expenditures under that contract
because it's redundant in that Council

744
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:31,140
has already approved
the contract so it's intended to

745
01:06:28,680 --> 01:06:35,220
streamline things in that regard but the
biggest change was raising the spending

746
01:06:32,940 --> 01:06:40,140
threshold because uh that 5 000 personal
hasn't been updated since the early 90s

747
01:06:37,980 --> 01:06:47,359
and five thousand dollars does not go
very far the city of Albion

748
01:06:43,980 --> 01:06:47,359
do we have questions for our attorney

749
01:06:48,839 --> 01:06:58,220
pretty quick let me go council member
Lawler

750
01:06:52,920 --> 01:07:05,039
yes Davis yes friends yes William yes
Rainey yes Jackson yes and there's yes

751
01:07:05,099 --> 01:07:18,140
do I have a motion to approve the first
reading of ornaments 202303 uh to and

752
01:07:12,660 --> 01:07:18,140
chapter 18 for the rental registration

753
01:07:19,380 --> 01:07:25,039
and it's director Arnold are you going
to give us some insight

754
01:07:37,339 --> 01:07:45,500
essentially changing these yearly data
that we require residential units to be

755
01:07:42,420 --> 01:07:50,339
registered on April 1st of each year in
October 1st of YouTube with our adoption

756
01:07:48,839 --> 01:07:55,640
schedule our plans to get that rolled
out this year lining up we're right with

757
01:07:52,980 --> 01:07:55,640
instructions

758
01:07:57,440 --> 01:08:06,980
in the city and that state will to start
an instruction season and a practical

759
01:08:04,140 --> 01:08:10,380
inspection season at the same time and
with the nature of our office we're

760
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:15,000
going to run into that issue every year
so here before we get started easier to

761
01:08:12,900 --> 01:08:21,140
go ahead and put that out into the
registration date out past the summer

762
01:08:17,100 --> 01:08:21,140
and give everyone some breathing room

763
01:08:21,660 --> 01:08:28,799
do we have any questions for director
artist councilman

764
01:08:25,440 --> 01:08:36,179
thank you so much was there a reason
um that that we decided to do a yearly

765
01:08:33,000 --> 01:08:40,440
yeah so we registered events yearly in
programs like this I guess in general

766
01:08:38,580 --> 01:08:44,520
everyone else who was doing the rental
certification program was doing the year

767
01:08:42,239 --> 01:08:48,239
of the registration so they have a
different schedule for the inspection

768
01:08:46,440 --> 01:08:52,319
than they do for the registration they
want to make sure that they know every

769
01:08:49,799 --> 01:08:56,940
year where the revenue units are there's
tax purposes for that accept results as

770
01:08:55,259 --> 01:09:01,319
well as just paying a lot of good
information for our residents on the

771
01:08:59,160 --> 01:09:05,219
conditional properties
and even I'd like to be able to quite

772
01:09:03,120 --> 01:09:10,799
get some better customer service
people really call my office with a lot

773
01:09:07,199 --> 01:09:13,679
of bad questions and being able to
provide them some additional information

774
01:09:12,299 --> 01:09:17,819
like we were planning on our
registration sheets to just ask each

775
01:09:16,319 --> 01:09:22,140
property owner if they'd like to be
included when residents come to us and

776
01:09:19,980 --> 01:09:25,699
ask hey who's running
um and so we were going to start using

777
01:09:23,880 --> 01:09:33,380
it also other stuff
information on where you can find

778
01:09:27,900 --> 01:09:33,380
housing actively to our residents

779
01:09:36,620 --> 01:09:43,620
when you look at the draft of the
ordinance here really the only changes

780
01:09:40,799 --> 01:09:48,900
to the language or in section and
subsection a numbers one two and three

781
01:09:46,500 --> 01:09:53,219
everywhere you see where it says October
one that previously read April 1. so

782
01:09:51,719 --> 01:09:57,980
that's the only change that was made in
those three sections we just switched

783
01:09:54,660 --> 01:09:57,980
April one cut over one

784
01:09:59,100 --> 01:10:02,960
yep any other questions

785
01:10:07,679 --> 01:10:13,920
yeah I'm just having a hard time with um
if you already registered why you gotta

786
01:10:12,719 --> 01:10:18,840
registered
I'm just having a hard time yeah so that

787
01:10:17,400 --> 01:10:22,800
um
get back something we want to look back

788
01:10:20,760 --> 01:10:25,620
at that was in the ordinance uh we
adopted in order to parental

789
01:10:23,940 --> 01:10:29,460
registration and now so we have that
yearly registration so that we have an

790
01:10:27,300 --> 01:10:33,960
accurate list of what part of the
properties of properties so that we're

791
01:10:32,040 --> 01:10:38,600
not asking to inspect our properties
that we don't know right under the

792
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:38,600
rental agreement

793
01:10:44,060 --> 01:10:52,920
we don't want to have someone registered
in two years ago that you know this year

794
01:10:50,820 --> 01:10:56,940
imagine a situation in the future where
you register once now you've sold that

795
01:10:55,199 --> 01:11:01,199
moments it's a different family in there
and then the city starts sending letters

796
01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:05,640
to that address based on a previous
owner's registration that start

797
01:11:03,719 --> 01:11:09,840
pressuring uh an owner occupied payment
for inspections that we have no right to

798
01:11:08,280 --> 01:11:15,679
and they haven't released
so it's it's the yearly registration

799
01:11:12,659 --> 01:11:19,560
um it's a 35 per unit registration fee
which is

800
01:11:17,520 --> 01:11:25,199
all that's considered or municipalities
fairly modest and uh yeah it's kind of

801
01:11:23,340 --> 01:11:29,040
essential to to the ordinance if there
were changes to that I I'd love that in

802
01:11:27,179 --> 01:11:31,880
a longer conversation maybe we can get
some coming back together

803
01:11:34,260 --> 01:11:43,140
mayor pretend Jackson yeah so um the fee
so that's another whole yearly free yeah

804
01:11:41,580 --> 01:11:48,239
I just don't want to make sure that
we're not going to use the word tax not

805
01:11:45,480 --> 01:11:53,159
taxes but taxing our
um homeowners right rental and I think

806
01:11:50,940 --> 01:11:56,820
that is kind of the
to do that every year

807
01:11:55,020 --> 01:12:00,440
I think it's something that we need to
rework it to revisit

808
01:12:01,679 --> 01:12:05,360
any other questions or comments

809
01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:09,020
any questions

810
01:12:09,199 --> 01:12:21,000
yes friends yes well you know yes read
yes Jackson yes Butler yes and there's

811
01:12:18,420 --> 01:12:29,580
Daniel yes they have a motion to approve
the white men uh proposal for the medc

812
01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:29,580
cdbt public General stage France support

813
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:37,320
yes thank you mayor so the Michigan
Economic Development Corporation or the

814
01:12:34,500 --> 01:12:40,020
medc they recently released the cdbg
public gathering spaces Grant

815
01:12:38,760 --> 01:12:44,340
application
um So currently the DVA they've been

816
01:12:41,580 --> 01:12:48,000
working with Whiteman and Associates to
develop a site master plan for Stouffer

817
01:12:46,440 --> 01:12:52,140
Plaza um they've been working with
project engineer Ben Baker I'm upon this

818
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:57,420
grant announcement
um Ben reached on said the Stanford

819
01:12:54,719 --> 01:13:02,460
Plaza is an ideal project for this type
of funding so we discussed

820
01:13:00,659 --> 01:13:05,820
um there's a subcommittee from the DDA
we've met with them and we discussed if

821
01:13:04,080 --> 01:13:09,480
they will provide us with a proposal to
move forward with this I think this is a

822
01:13:07,739 --> 01:13:13,620
good opportunity for the city to
collaborate or partner with the DDA to

823
01:13:11,640 --> 01:13:18,540
submit a Grant application to get this
to complete some of the projects that

824
01:13:15,780 --> 01:13:22,440
have been identified in that Master Plan
um so the application deadline is April

825
01:13:20,940 --> 01:13:26,880
28th
um there is a 10 local match requirement

826
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:32,880
for a total project cost the minimum
Grant award is 750 000 up to 2 million

827
01:13:30,540 --> 01:13:38,040
um so we will be splitting this proposal
cost so the city will cover 2004 87.50

828
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:44,360
with the DDA remaining covering that
remaining half

829
01:13:40,440 --> 01:13:44,360
any questions for our city managers

830
01:13:48,239 --> 01:13:59,100
they declared to meet up council member
friends yes Williams yes three yes

831
01:13:54,000 --> 01:14:02,940
Jackson yes dollar yes David yes and
they're excited yes

832
01:14:01,020 --> 01:14:07,860
did I have a motion to adjourn to closed
session

833
01:14:04,760 --> 01:14:09,980
all in favor say aye happy roll call I'm
sorry

834
01:14:11,659 --> 01:14:26,420
councilmember Jackson yeah Butler yes
Davis yes friends yes William yes yes

835
01:14:22,040 --> 01:14:26,420
meeting adjourned at 11 PM

836
02:12:15,239 --> 02:12:21,080
right everybody please make sure that
your microphones are turned back on

837
02:12:24,119 --> 02:12:30,139
go ahead and resume council meeting at
909 pm

838
02:12:33,980 --> 02:12:40,580
close up our meetings do we have any
future agenda items

839
02:12:45,360 --> 02:12:48,860
all right oh

840
02:12:50,659 --> 02:13:00,840
I have to refocus just a minute I have
some notes to myself

841
02:12:56,460 --> 02:13:08,340
um I would just like to follow up on the
collaboration and to make sure when we

842
02:13:04,860 --> 02:13:15,179
present ourselves when we collaborate
regarding that policy in terms of

843
02:13:12,320 --> 02:13:21,659
inter-governmental agreement in terms of
who is going to do what so we will

844
02:13:18,179 --> 02:13:26,699
present ourselves in an organized and
fashionable manner when we're dealing

845
02:13:24,119 --> 02:13:30,840
with developers and when we're dealing
with people who are interested in the

846
02:13:28,860 --> 02:13:35,699
community I know
um

847
02:13:32,179 --> 02:13:42,679
at the last meeting we talked about the
housing Champion goals and we even took

848
02:13:39,659 --> 02:13:50,639
it to the point of a possible resolution
you know EDC and uh city council should

849
02:13:47,760 --> 02:13:57,239
work together you know along with and I
like the idea of the city manager and

850
02:13:53,639 --> 02:14:01,940
director of EDC working together and we
want that to be

851
02:13:58,940 --> 02:14:08,520
solid you know we want it to be
clear-cut in terms of who is responsible

852
02:14:05,280 --> 02:14:13,079
for what you know as it's presented to
the public you know the two

853
02:14:10,860 --> 02:14:18,020
organizations may know the two boards
may know but we want it to be presented

854
02:14:15,480 --> 02:14:24,780
to the public in terms of
inter-governmental agreement between

855
02:14:20,639 --> 02:14:30,239
city council and EDC and maybe to come
back and talk about who has

856
02:14:27,659 --> 02:14:34,560
responsibility for what and how it's
going to be carried out because we're in

857
02:14:32,699 --> 02:14:41,219
a pivotal
um position being on the edge of a

858
02:14:38,579 --> 02:14:44,639
marshall basically we don't want to
discourage any developer we don't want

859
02:14:43,380 --> 02:14:48,960
them to
feel that we don't know what we're doing

860
02:14:46,739 --> 02:14:55,040
we can't make up our own minds about
something so if their their cut dot

861
02:14:52,320 --> 02:15:02,520
guidelines in terms of everybody's
opinion then we won't need the housing

862
02:14:58,619 --> 02:15:06,780
Champion girls we won't need uh you know
a resolution because that

863
02:15:04,679 --> 02:15:13,380
intergovernmental agreement will be
there so we would like to have something

864
02:15:09,840 --> 02:15:20,239
like that in terms of what A.D EDC
expects as well as what

865
02:15:16,440 --> 02:15:20,239
um city council expects

866
02:15:20,340 --> 02:15:30,239
any other item uh Christmas is
she'll be here and then I would also

867
02:15:28,079 --> 02:15:36,060
I'm going by things people have asked me
can we have someone from the connector

868
02:15:32,880 --> 02:15:40,139
Elvia Marshall connector come and talk
about the program and how their

869
02:15:37,980 --> 02:15:45,960
schedules and things run
because

870
02:15:41,300 --> 02:15:49,980
sometimes they don't run it and so
people have to find other ways to get to

871
02:15:48,119 --> 02:15:54,659
where they're going so it'd be good to
have them come

872
02:15:52,320 --> 02:15:58,260
and not just as necessary for next
meeting but it just that idea popped

873
02:15:56,699 --> 02:16:01,199
into my head if we're thinking about a
battery plan we better get with

874
02:15:59,699 --> 02:16:05,280
transportation to figure out a way
whether we can get bus transportation

875
02:16:03,480 --> 02:16:10,260
for Albion residents out to that battery
plant as we start thinking about

876
02:16:07,500 --> 02:16:15,119
jobs and things to see the email that
came from I have an update on that for

877
02:16:12,179 --> 02:16:19,860
you yeah okay because there was an email
oh great

878
02:16:16,860 --> 02:16:19,860
okay

879
02:16:24,360 --> 02:16:32,280
any other agenda items
all right public comment so if there's

880
02:16:30,060 --> 02:16:37,740
anybody in the agenda that in the agenda
in the gallery that would like the stand

881
02:16:34,800 --> 02:16:41,179
and address Council you you can have the
opportunity in three minutes of Tours

882
02:16:44,519 --> 02:16:53,639
so okay my name is
here in Albion

883
02:16:50,240 --> 02:16:58,019
26836 B Drive South
um I just want to say well it's a couple

884
02:16:56,219 --> 02:17:02,760
of points I want to know
just like uh the land bank

885
02:17:01,320 --> 02:17:06,240
um we had a couple meetings with the
community I would like to have an

886
02:17:04,559 --> 02:17:11,359
opportunity to speak with whoever's
running the fan bank because there seems

887
02:17:08,639 --> 02:17:15,540
to me that it's it's like difficult
sometimes to uh there's certain

888
02:17:14,099 --> 02:17:20,340
developers that want to do things in
Albion and they're saying they're having

889
02:17:16,859 --> 02:17:25,139
a difficult time getting a property so I
want to be able to bring instead of

890
02:17:22,559 --> 02:17:29,880
uh asking you guys I want to go right to
the source and be up for the for the

891
02:17:27,420 --> 02:17:34,859
community can ask them questions so they
can have their questions answered by the

892
02:17:31,380 --> 02:17:38,099
right person oh that's one uh two uh uh
full hardly agreed with what Miss Davis

893
02:17:36,540 --> 02:17:43,979
was saying
um I'm all for the project coming from

894
02:17:40,559 --> 02:17:48,120
uh to Marshall uh but I don't want a
piece of the pie I want the whole pie

895
02:17:46,380 --> 02:17:53,939
I want
so that can spawn something for Albion

896
02:17:51,359 --> 02:17:59,280
but like she was saying we have to be in
order for that when you're in business

897
02:17:56,040 --> 02:18:02,639
and you're bringing that type of capital
um I'm not going to spend my money

898
02:18:00,780 --> 02:18:07,080
somewhere where they're where we're not
all on the same page because that's

899
02:18:05,160 --> 02:18:10,380
going the end result gonna be we're
gonna miss out on money

900
02:18:08,700 --> 02:18:15,960
so
far and I put this on me as far as me

901
02:18:13,920 --> 02:18:20,460
I played life like I play the game
Monopoly that's the only board game I

902
02:18:18,599 --> 02:18:24,660
would play with my children because I'm
teaching about life and they don't even

903
02:18:21,899 --> 02:18:31,679
know it so right now today
I see my business as Boardwalk

904
02:18:28,979 --> 02:18:39,120
here real shortly I'm trying to buy Park
Place so just you know if we all work on

905
02:18:36,179 --> 02:18:43,620
one Accord we can get a lot done you
know

906
02:18:40,019 --> 02:18:48,920
and one thing other thing that I see is
there's a trust

907
02:18:45,540 --> 02:18:55,500
uh link missing here
in order to be on a good team you have

908
02:18:52,139 --> 02:18:59,760
to trust one another you you have to you
know because

909
02:18:57,120 --> 02:19:03,780
I've seen it over the years I've been
hoping and wishing for some young people

910
02:19:01,979 --> 02:19:08,340
to get on city council and be the city
manager and all we we wanted that once

911
02:19:06,719 --> 02:19:12,179
they get there we got to support these
people and you all got to work together

912
02:19:10,380 --> 02:19:16,559
so because we're doing the greater good
for this community I want the end result

913
02:19:15,000 --> 02:19:19,740
is
um and I'm running out of time the end

914
02:19:17,880 --> 02:19:24,479
result is you want the little children
that grew up in Albion to have a similar

915
02:19:22,260 --> 02:19:28,080
story that I can tell about Alvin I
don't want to hear about the what could

916
02:19:26,160 --> 02:19:31,559
have been and what but we can have it
today we just got to work together

917
02:19:29,160 --> 02:19:34,280
that's it
thank you

918
02:19:36,200 --> 02:19:39,920
anyone else in the gallery

919
02:19:42,240 --> 02:19:44,780
come on

920
02:19:49,920 --> 02:20:01,859
I'm Charles Savage and I live at 4184
Brown Road in harm of Al Smith 1209

921
02:19:59,580 --> 02:20:08,760
Adams Street here in Albion
I moved to Albion in 1962.

922
02:20:06,479 --> 02:20:16,200
with my wife and daughter
and Mr Williams there was no housing in

923
02:20:11,760 --> 02:20:20,880
Albion in 1962 available to my wife and
my child

924
02:20:17,280 --> 02:20:26,040
and I'd like to see that change in the
near future

925
02:20:23,040 --> 02:20:33,120
what we and Mr Smith and I are out here
for is to address

926
02:20:28,859 --> 02:20:40,800
one item and that's the front lawn of
the karma correction the Albion American

927
02:20:36,660 --> 02:20:44,760
Legion Post it's referred to as Barnes
Park

928
02:20:42,180 --> 02:20:50,600
have any of you been down to Barnes Park
recently

929
02:20:46,740 --> 02:20:56,640
yeah don't lie and say it's been there
this Reed thank you yeah if you have and

930
02:20:55,140 --> 02:21:03,720
down there
don't bother to go with a picnic lunch

931
02:20:59,660 --> 02:21:08,580
because you will not find a table or
anything that you can put that picnic

932
02:21:05,880 --> 02:21:13,260
lunch on to eat and if you plan on
growing

933
02:21:09,960 --> 02:21:19,160
don't take your own Grill now the reason
Mr Smith and I are up here is because we

934
02:21:16,140 --> 02:21:28,520
as part of the Albion American Legion
want to take on that Park as a project

935
02:21:23,899 --> 02:21:35,760
this year to refurbish all those tables
all the underpinnings and make that a

936
02:21:32,819 --> 02:21:41,880
park that is a park it has been
deflected since

937
02:21:37,880 --> 02:21:48,120
1983 when the responded by the Land
Development on the Lansing and then

938
02:21:44,939 --> 02:21:52,380
there was a nice gift of I think I said
I quoted the wrong number the other day

939
02:21:49,979 --> 02:21:57,180
five thousand dollars in one year and
then fifteen hundred dollars next to

940
02:21:54,540 --> 02:22:03,359
make sure that was acceptable
that's what Mr Smith and I are here we

941
02:22:00,300 --> 02:22:10,140
can see anything we met with Mrs Miss
Snyder we went with Miss Jackson we

942
02:22:07,680 --> 02:22:14,760
showed them the pictures they had said
oh really

943
02:22:11,760 --> 02:22:19,439
let's see what we can do we are going to
take that on with the council's

944
02:22:16,859 --> 02:22:27,180
permission and everyone else to bring
that back to this it wasn't thing that

945
02:22:24,000 --> 02:22:31,620
your people want to enjoy if you were to
go down there on the fourth of July

946
02:22:29,340 --> 02:22:37,380
you couldn't have done it you'd have to
sit on the grass and the trees are

947
02:22:35,100 --> 02:22:43,439
overtaking the river we have to work
with the DNR so that's a task that's in

948
02:22:40,560 --> 02:22:48,840
front of us we're up to it and we want
to take it out so that's why we're

949
02:22:45,840 --> 02:22:52,280
sitting here as long as we have been and
being patient thank you

950
02:22:53,899 --> 02:23:03,920
there's a collaboration that we are
going to work with Miss Snyder and Miss

951
02:22:58,260 --> 02:23:03,920
Jackson on uh and what uh Mr

952
02:23:04,280 --> 02:23:10,920
well he had failed to mention is we are
funding this we are going to pay for the

953
02:23:09,359 --> 02:23:14,880
lumber we're paying for all the nuts and
bolts screws washers we're going to do

954
02:23:12,840 --> 02:23:18,600
all the Labor uh we're going to have the
Boy Scout Troops down there with us uh

955
02:23:17,399 --> 02:23:24,960
we're going to clean up the park
completely build all new picnic tables

956
02:23:21,540 --> 02:23:29,280
well the bases are still paint those uh
pressure treated lumber on all the

957
02:23:26,580 --> 02:23:35,220
tables uh the only thing we're asking
from the city at this point is uh grills

958
02:23:32,399 --> 02:23:38,700
uh and trash cans and fix the water
fountain

959
02:23:36,240 --> 02:23:44,780
other than that it's our baby and
permission yeah thank you thank you very

960
02:23:42,600 --> 02:23:44,780
much

961
02:23:46,620 --> 02:23:53,359
anyone else like to stand in a dress I
was like Council

962
02:23:50,700 --> 02:23:53,359
pardon

963
02:23:53,479 --> 02:23:56,660
you're done

964
02:24:03,780 --> 02:24:13,080
hi my name is Virgie ammerman
um I live at 305 East Main uh in Homer

965
02:24:09,780 --> 02:24:17,819
and I'm the current EDC president and
CEO of Albion and I'm happy to be in

966
02:24:15,899 --> 02:24:25,500
that role
um uh I wanted to

967
02:24:20,899 --> 02:24:30,240
recognize uh Mrs Jones's Jane Jones's
comments about how much she appreciated

968
02:24:27,840 --> 02:24:36,260
that we have a housing lead and how
critical that's going to be so I take

969
02:24:32,280 --> 02:24:40,260
that as this council tonight opted to
contract with her for her Professional

970
02:24:38,700 --> 02:24:46,319
Services and I believe that's because
you see her as a professional subject

971
02:24:43,680 --> 02:24:50,399
matter expert and for her to say that
it's good that we're having a lead I

972
02:24:48,000 --> 02:24:55,620
think that gives us an idea that from
the external point of view that's very

973
02:24:52,680 --> 02:25:01,200
critical so I hope that that
um was Was Heard by you it was heard by

974
02:24:58,319 --> 02:25:05,460
me and I appreciate her for that comment
um we are working very diligently with a

975
02:25:03,420 --> 02:25:10,560
new housing committee to have an
oversight uh that is a mix between the

976
02:25:07,800 --> 02:25:14,220
city and the EBC board to make sure that
we're creating housing in the

977
02:25:12,060 --> 02:25:19,080
appropriate ways
um as most of you know uh by now I'm

978
02:25:16,920 --> 02:25:22,740
very process oriented
um I'm very transparent

979
02:25:21,120 --> 02:25:29,220
I mean
I'm also collaborative and strategic and

980
02:25:26,100 --> 02:25:34,500
uh intentionally compassionate so
um I grew up here this is my hometown

981
02:25:30,960 --> 02:25:38,819
this means a lot to me so if I ask a lot
of questions or I'm very curious you

982
02:25:36,300 --> 02:25:43,380
just need to know that's how I learn and
that's how I find out what I need to

983
02:25:41,340 --> 02:25:48,660
know so I can do the right thing and
make the right next steps I did

984
02:25:45,960 --> 02:25:52,200
appreciate the opportunity to be
involved

985
02:25:49,859 --> 02:25:57,300
um with the discussions with Jane Jones
I was introduced to her back in October

986
02:25:54,840 --> 02:26:02,220
by Mark Newman who's on my board and
very much appreciate that and we began

987
02:25:59,939 --> 02:26:07,439
conversation shortly thereafter between
the city manager and the mayor and I as

988
02:26:04,920 --> 02:26:13,680
we began to formulate those applications
so it was good to have a template that

989
02:26:10,140 --> 02:26:18,780
was used in the last round by Mr Newman
at Rustin and then we just uh kind of

990
02:26:16,680 --> 02:26:23,100
you know did some changes so it was good
to have that much time to spend on those

991
02:26:21,479 --> 02:26:29,160
we took a little break over Christmas
holiday but it was nice to have a long

992
02:26:25,740 --> 02:26:34,319
period of time and I think that it would
be good for us as a process to make sure

993
02:26:32,280 --> 02:26:38,100
that others are aware of some of those
things so that we can you know be in a

994
02:26:37,140 --> 02:26:43,979
Unity
um I know we just helped city with a 5.8

995
02:26:41,460 --> 02:26:48,840
million dollar infrastructure ask that
was for the roads and um I did circulate

996
02:26:46,380 --> 02:26:53,180
that out for letters of support and I do
appreciate that you were able to provide

997
02:26:50,640 --> 02:26:53,180
those things

998
02:26:55,100 --> 02:26:58,340
anyone else

999
02:26:59,280 --> 02:27:06,120
or in city managers reporter
yes thank you mayor so copying my report

1000
02:27:04,200 --> 02:27:10,380
wasn't included in the packet number one
so the American Legion service project

1001
02:27:07,859 --> 02:27:14,100
yes council member Jackson and I we met
with those two fine gentlemen in the

1002
02:27:11,819 --> 02:27:19,439
back on Tuesday March 7th to discuss the
proposed service project for Barnes Park

1003
02:27:16,859 --> 02:27:24,720
um so I have reached out to the DNR to
get approval so that we can remove or

1004
02:27:22,979 --> 02:27:30,060
they can remove some of the trees within
that watering clean up that area

1005
02:27:27,840 --> 02:27:34,920
um we're very thankful that they are
offered to take on refurbishing all of

1006
02:27:32,100 --> 02:27:39,420
the picnic tables at last week's
um Recreation advisory commission we the

1007
02:27:37,260 --> 02:27:43,800
board discuss amending our current Parks
and Recreation master plan

1008
02:27:41,280 --> 02:27:48,780
um it was shared at council meeting a
few meetings ago president Jackson the

1009
02:27:45,960 --> 02:27:53,340
other improvements to that Barnes Park
when talking with

1010
02:27:50,939 --> 02:27:57,300
um our grant administrator through the
state they recommend that we do include

1011
02:27:55,200 --> 02:28:01,800
those projects in our master plan it
just opens us up to additional grant

1012
02:27:59,280 --> 02:28:06,540
funding to to fund that additional
proposed project so that's in the

1013
02:28:03,540 --> 02:28:12,359
process but we are very thankful to um
for the American Legion offering to

1014
02:28:08,220 --> 02:28:16,200
assist us in cleaning up that park space
on the DDA they held their regular

1015
02:28:14,040 --> 02:28:21,180
meeting on March 1st um the biggest
topic of discussion was the Downtown

1016
02:28:19,080 --> 02:28:24,899
parking study the downtown speaker
system and the public gathering space

1017
02:28:23,280 --> 02:28:29,100
grant program
um with the Downtown parking study

1018
02:28:27,359 --> 02:28:33,780
um the results of that study shows that
we are in a good position to support the

1019
02:28:31,620 --> 02:28:37,979
new development that has already begun
to happen and will continue to happen in

1020
02:28:35,640 --> 02:28:43,260
our downtown area we have
um enough parking while I would say more

1021
02:28:40,859 --> 02:28:46,620
than enough to to support that I think
we wanted to get ahead of that new

1022
02:28:45,479 --> 02:28:50,819
development make sure that we can
support the new businesses and the

1023
02:28:49,080 --> 02:28:55,620
residential units that are planning to
come to the downtown area that parking

1024
02:28:53,280 --> 02:29:01,080
study supported what we kind of already
thought they also provided us with some

1025
02:28:58,740 --> 02:29:06,060
budget information on how much it would
take to repair not only a full lot but

1026
02:29:03,420 --> 02:29:09,300
even individual parking spaces
um so we will be trying to work that

1027
02:29:07,439 --> 02:29:13,620
into our budget so that we can start to
improve the parking lots in in parking

1028
02:29:11,819 --> 02:29:17,880
spaces out that surround our downtown
area

1029
02:29:15,899 --> 02:29:23,460
I'm the medc
um myself and CEO president of immerman

1030
02:29:20,700 --> 02:29:27,600
we met with our medc rep mashallah
Bauman on Wednesday March 8th just for

1031
02:29:25,740 --> 02:29:32,040
our monthly check-in meeting we just
discussed the two current projects um

1032
02:29:29,640 --> 02:29:35,819
which are the cdbg rental rehab and then
the first stage of the Albion plan

1033
02:29:34,319 --> 02:29:39,720
um she did share with us that a second
round of the revitalization and place

1034
02:29:38,100 --> 02:29:43,500
making program
um will be announced by the medc in the

1035
02:29:41,640 --> 02:29:47,160
near future so I know that we were going
to discuss possible projects that we

1036
02:29:45,660 --> 02:29:50,700
could take advantage of that grant
funding so stay tuned for more

1037
02:29:48,600 --> 02:29:54,899
information on that
um summary with employment the Workforce

1038
02:29:52,560 --> 02:29:58,319
Development Committee a few members of
that committee and I met on Thursday

1039
02:29:56,340 --> 02:30:01,920
March 9 to discuss summer youth
employment opportunities here in town so

1040
02:30:00,300 --> 02:30:06,000
the group Now is working to identify the
need for a 2023 youth employment we do

1041
02:30:04,380 --> 02:30:09,840
realize that we're kind of starting a
little late in the game for this um this

1042
02:30:07,859 --> 02:30:13,260
year summer season but still getting
that data will help put us in a better

1043
02:30:11,880 --> 02:30:19,740
position to make sure that we are ready
to go come next summer

1044
02:30:17,280 --> 02:30:23,280
baby held their regular meeting on
Thursday March 9th

1045
02:30:21,660 --> 02:30:27,600
um I did send out an email I believe was
the end of last week to you all so

1046
02:30:25,680 --> 02:30:31,800
um and to share that final report from
our Saturday strategic goal session so

1047
02:30:30,060 --> 02:30:35,700
myself and my team we met on Tuesday
March 14th to re review and discuss that

1048
02:30:34,319 --> 02:30:40,859
final report
um as suggested in the final report we

1049
02:30:37,920 --> 02:30:45,000
are working to refine the proposed goal
statements and identify initiatives to

1050
02:30:42,780 --> 02:30:49,680
address those goals and we will bring
that back to council and then it will be

1051
02:30:46,800 --> 02:30:53,460
up to the city council to prioritize the
goal statement so please um we should

1052
02:30:52,020 --> 02:30:56,160
have that report ready to go by the
first April meeting

1053
02:30:54,960 --> 02:31:02,340
um and we are meeting actually tomorrow
to continue to to refine and fine-tune

1054
02:30:59,819 --> 02:31:05,700
that document for you all
the collective bargaining process has

1055
02:31:04,200 --> 02:31:09,180
begun with two Union
um Union groups it's hard to believe

1056
02:31:07,260 --> 02:31:14,399
that we're already almost through a
three-year contract with all four unions

1057
02:31:11,340 --> 02:31:20,340
myself as well as HR Director
um event we met with our police officers

1058
02:31:17,640 --> 02:31:24,660
Union as well as our t-pom or public
services Union so we will continue to

1059
02:31:22,620 --> 02:31:28,560
meet with the both Union groups to
hopefully come up with some agreeable

1060
02:31:26,580 --> 02:31:32,760
terms for a new
um contractual agreement and then we

1061
02:31:30,540 --> 02:31:36,060
still do have two more two more Union
groups that we will have to begin that

1062
02:31:34,800 --> 02:31:40,680
process with
and then as um Miss amberman stated with

1063
02:31:38,819 --> 02:31:45,780
the assistance of the EDC we submitted
another appropriation request to the

1064
02:31:42,899 --> 02:31:49,979
office of Congressman Tim Wahlberg
um McIntosh Park as well as Holland Park

1065
02:31:48,060 --> 02:31:54,240
they've received quite a bit of
revitalization or enhancements over the

1066
02:31:52,319 --> 02:31:57,420
past few years
um so with the complete replacement of

1067
02:31:55,800 --> 02:32:01,620
the North Albion Street Bridge the
second phase of Macintosh Park in the

1068
02:31:59,760 --> 02:32:05,399
expansion of the Alvin River Trail along
the North Albion Street we thought it

1069
02:32:03,720 --> 02:32:09,420
would be a good idea to leverage all of
those projects that will happen this

1070
02:32:07,020 --> 02:32:15,479
this year to request
um I believe was 5.8 million to fully

1071
02:32:11,819 --> 02:32:19,380
replaced the Waterway water main sewer
Main and then the road within both of

1072
02:32:17,399 --> 02:32:25,020
those areas in which we'll hopefully
complete those revitalization

1073
02:32:22,859 --> 02:32:30,180
um efforts that have been underway for
quite some time so hopefully

1074
02:32:28,020 --> 02:32:32,220
um we get some good news on that and
then also

1075
02:32:31,380 --> 02:32:37,140
um
I will be participating

1076
02:32:34,260 --> 02:32:40,979
um as a MML 1650 Panama panelist member
for women leading local government at

1077
02:32:39,120 --> 02:32:46,100
the University of Michigan Sports School
of Public Policy event on Monday March

1078
02:32:43,260 --> 02:32:50,399
27th I'm really looking forward to
sitting with some of my colleagues I'm

1079
02:32:48,300 --> 02:32:54,180
Rebecca Fleury Backpage city manager and
then former Albion city manager Dr

1080
02:32:52,260 --> 02:32:56,520
Sheriff Arrow will also be a panelist
member

1081
02:32:55,080 --> 02:33:01,439
um and just get to engage with the
students to share our experiences and

1082
02:32:58,800 --> 02:33:05,280
leading local government
um and then this past Friday I had our

1083
02:33:03,540 --> 02:33:08,280
quarterly meeting with the County
Administrator controller and then the

1084
02:33:06,960 --> 02:33:11,880
surrounding
um city managers a lot is happening in

1085
02:33:10,080 --> 02:33:14,819
Calhoun County the big topic of
conversation

1086
02:33:13,319 --> 02:33:18,660
um was the county-wide transportation
initiative that has been well underway

1087
02:33:16,800 --> 02:33:22,800
for quite some time this started
pre-covet and then once covet hit it

1088
02:33:20,700 --> 02:33:26,460
kind of stopped um but we are in the
process of

1089
02:33:24,479 --> 02:33:31,200
um finalizing that and Council if you
can um recall it was last spring I

1090
02:33:29,399 --> 02:33:34,439
believe when we had two individuals Doug
Farrell who was the assistant Community

1091
02:33:32,819 --> 02:33:38,399
Development
um director for the county and I'm

1092
02:33:36,720 --> 02:33:43,140
blanking I'm pitching her face but she
oversees Battle Creek's Transportation

1093
02:33:40,140 --> 02:33:47,220
they came and gave a presentation on on
that service for um Town County

1094
02:33:45,780 --> 02:33:50,340
um we all I just emailed out a letter
that we received from the

1095
02:33:48,300 --> 02:33:55,140
administrator's office today so next
step they are looking to develop a

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County Transportation Authority so this
this board will oversee Transportation

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02:33:58,380 --> 02:34:05,399
which will be county-wide or Cal Calhoun
County obviously you have to identify a

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02:34:03,300 --> 02:34:08,280
level of funding so they are looking for
a county-wide millage to support this

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Authority
um it will not be on the ballot I

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believe until August of 2024 going into
effect in 2025. but the next step all

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municipalities or jurisdictions in
Calhoun County they have the option to

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02:34:21,300 --> 02:34:28,140
either opt in or opt out so if you opt
in to support this Transportation

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02:34:25,800 --> 02:34:33,180
Authority you will then receive service
if it is approved by the county voters

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02:34:30,840 --> 02:34:36,840
if you opt out unfortunately you will
not have access to to that

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02:34:35,280 --> 02:34:40,380
transportation service so that's the
next step I shared in my email

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02:34:38,280 --> 02:34:44,880
Administration we will be bringing forth
a recommendation for Council to consider

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02:34:42,300 --> 02:34:49,140
on whether we should opt in opt out I
will say we are looking to opt in

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02:34:46,200 --> 02:34:53,880
because we all know Transportation has
been a big topic and we need

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02:34:51,740 --> 02:34:57,840
Transportation here in our community so
it will also be

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02:34:55,859 --> 02:35:03,780
um transportation within the actual City
so you can go from the store to areas in

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02:35:01,500 --> 02:35:08,580
town but then also county-wide so it is
a step to further address the lb

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02:35:07,140 --> 02:35:12,120
Marshall connector because that just
goes from Albany to Marshall

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02:35:10,620 --> 02:35:15,960
um in that same meeting I had talked
with Derek Perry he is the Marshall city

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02:35:13,859 --> 02:35:19,500
manager we are we'll be scheduling a
meeting to discuss the Albion Marshall

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02:35:17,340 --> 02:35:24,600
connector I'm councilmember Reed maybe
the reason we haven't seen some

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02:35:22,319 --> 02:35:29,100
levels of service we have to identify a
new funding model for that the current

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02:35:26,520 --> 02:35:33,359
funding model is not supporting uh the
the maintenance for the vehicles and to

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02:35:31,200 --> 02:35:36,479
cover the costs for to provide that
service so we'll be having that

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02:35:34,500 --> 02:35:39,840
conversation and see how that plays a
part for this full county-wide

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02:35:38,100 --> 02:35:43,859
Transportation
um administrator controllers um Kelly

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02:35:42,180 --> 02:35:47,819
Scott she also discussed what we all
know with a blue oval

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02:35:45,720 --> 02:35:51,420
um battery plant coming that we will
probably develop a subcommittees

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02:35:49,620 --> 02:35:54,840
county-wide with all of the local city
managers to discuss how do we put

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02:35:52,920 --> 02:35:58,500
ourselves in good positions to support
this this new development that's coming

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02:35:56,760 --> 02:36:03,060
to our area it's not only going to
change the city of Marshall but but the

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02:36:01,020 --> 02:36:08,280
entire County she addressed talked about
housing we know that every not only City

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02:36:05,520 --> 02:36:12,300
volume but housing is an issue in all of
the Cities here in the county so we will

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02:36:09,960 --> 02:36:15,780
be meeting to discuss that being able to
support this plant by providing

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02:36:14,160 --> 02:36:18,840
Workforce
um so I will provide you with more

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02:36:17,040 --> 02:36:21,300
information as those meetings begin to
happen

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02:36:20,220 --> 02:36:23,880
um also in the report you have
individual Department updates from all

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02:36:22,979 --> 02:36:28,080
of the
all of the individual departments and

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02:36:25,979 --> 02:36:30,319
with that I will be happy to answer any
questions

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02:36:30,420 --> 02:36:40,080
um yes just dawned on me in terms of uh
Intercity uh collaboration in terms of

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02:36:37,380 --> 02:36:46,920
Transportation do you think in this
grant we can well we used to have a taxi

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02:36:43,979 --> 02:36:55,439
driver uh taxi service but maybe
employment for someone in the community

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02:36:50,180 --> 02:37:01,140
to do Uber not I mean uh Uber type of
Transportation or a taxi or something

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02:36:57,540 --> 02:37:05,100
like that in terms of uh Intercity
Transportation as well as

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02:37:03,899 --> 02:37:10,380
um
enter County transportation so if it's

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02:37:07,979 --> 02:37:12,479
approved that's kind of what it will be
um

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02:37:10,979 --> 02:37:17,040
um Kelly said she kind of referred to it
as Calhoun County's Uber service so it

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02:37:14,760 --> 02:37:21,300
will be able to transport you within the
city limits but then you can also take

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02:37:18,720 --> 02:37:25,920
it and it can transfer transport you all
the way to Battle Creek Marshall Homer

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02:37:23,399 --> 02:37:31,500
Springfield wherever you need to go if
that jurisdiction participates all right

1145
02:37:27,960 --> 02:37:37,680
it's not like the BC go on series yes oh
okay Branch County area code okay but

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02:37:35,819 --> 02:37:43,020
that's what we need because if you don't
have a car you can't go anyplace

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02:37:40,040 --> 02:37:49,500
the other thing I like the idea Human
Resources uh I like the idea of the

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02:37:46,500 --> 02:37:56,040
board member orientation and I would
like to kind of extend that to council

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02:37:53,100 --> 02:38:02,399
member orientation and I don't know if
there's a format that has been in place

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02:37:58,920 --> 02:38:06,960
previously you know during the middle
training

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02:38:03,680 --> 02:38:13,800
no I'm talking about here you know
orientation to work for lbs City Council

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02:38:11,100 --> 02:38:19,319
Members not just coming to the Council
seat and say oh you do that is that how

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02:38:16,800 --> 02:38:25,200
you do it you know so you know as you
are you know because orientation is very

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02:38:22,260 --> 02:38:30,540
important you know so just some minor
things that we may not know about

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02:38:27,439 --> 02:38:34,560
including the computer you know and the
systems that you know we haven't we

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02:38:32,580 --> 02:38:41,160
haven't been thrilled to but when you're
thinking of new new orientation for

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02:38:38,060 --> 02:38:46,140
employees you know as board numbers come
on we may want to just have a sit-down

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02:38:43,680 --> 02:38:50,460
conversation even you know with the new
board numbers as they're coming on board

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02:38:47,939 --> 02:38:57,200
to kind of bring us up in terms of
policies and procedures

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02:38:53,939 --> 02:39:03,240
any other questions
can we uh welcome you with new BBW

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02:39:01,920 --> 02:39:09,240
director
we're gonna actually have our new

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02:39:06,479 --> 02:39:11,479
gentleman Elmer Garrett
sorry

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02:39:14,700 --> 02:39:22,920
uh Mitchell and myself conducted some
interviews in early

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02:39:18,960 --> 02:39:27,120
February and we are fortunate enough to
have Elmer Garrett accept our position

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02:39:25,140 --> 02:39:31,979
as part of the Public Works
superintendent

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02:39:28,920 --> 02:39:37,380
um we're very glad to get him from
the school district of Olivet actor with

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02:39:35,160 --> 02:39:41,760
his management skills and directorship
with their facilities Elmer

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02:39:46,620 --> 02:39:55,620
well real short here all right
um I'm just I'm happy to be here uh 22

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02:39:53,040 --> 02:39:59,220
years at Halloween college and then they
took me now that we're like wait a

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02:39:57,540 --> 02:40:04,560
minute I want to be back home so the
opportunity came up Haley Kevin mayor

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02:40:02,880 --> 02:40:09,359
Snyder I just want to thank you guys and
I look forward to the opportunity of

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02:40:06,660 --> 02:40:12,200
serving the community so thank you we're
very happy to have you on thanks thank

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02:40:11,040 --> 02:40:17,300
you
he and I got to run the campground

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02:40:14,520 --> 02:40:17,300
together today

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02:40:19,260 --> 02:40:24,620
any other questions or comments or city
manager later

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02:40:25,620 --> 02:40:30,960
all right do I have a motion to again
opposed

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02:40:45,479 --> 02:40:47,660
okay