[0:14] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.

[0:20] I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE MONDAY, AUGUST 17

[0:24] 2026 COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

[0:32] I WILL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO GO AHEAD AND CALL ROMEO AND I WILL

[0:36] REMIND EVERYBODY SPEAKING FROM THE DAIS TODAY YOU HAVE TO PUSH

[0:40] THE MICROPHONE SPEAK INTO IT, THEY ARE NO LONGER ALL HOT SO

[0:43] IT'S MY WARNING FOR EVERYBODY, SHEILA.

[0:46] >>Mayor Buffaloe: HERE.

[0:47] >>Council Member Carroll: HERE.

[0:49] >>Council Member Elwood: HERE.

[0:51] >>Council Member Sample: HERE.

[0:53] >>Council Member Geuea Jones:

[0:56] >>Council Member Hartman: HERE.

[0:58] >>Council Member Peters: HERE.

[1:02] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I'LL INVITE THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO RISE AND

[1:06] JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[1:14] >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF

[1:17] AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION

[1:21] UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[1:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME COMING TO A

[1:32] COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE UPGRADES

[1:37] INCLUDING A NEW PODIUM. IF YOU NEED ANY ADJUSTMENTS

[1:39] THERE IS AN UP AND DOWN BUTTON, YOU CAN DO THAT TO MOVE THE

[1:43] MICROPHONE CLOSER. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE JUST

[1:48] REQUEST. A QUICK OVERVIEW OF CITY

[1:50] COUNCIL AGENDAS, THE ITEMS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA,

[1:53] THERE'S NOT NORMALLY A PRESENTATION ON THOSE ITEMS AND

[1:57] NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, FOR ITEMS UNDER

[2:00] INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READ THEY WOULD BE ON OUR CONSENT

[2:17] AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING. ITEMS UNDER INTRO DO NOT HAVE

[2:20] AN ASTERISK COULD BE PUBLIC HEARINGS OR ON OLD BUSINESS AT

[2:23] THE NEXT MEETING AND THAT MEANS THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

[2:27] FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR RULES ARE THERE ARE

[2:30] MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK AT COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL

[2:35] MEETINGS, YOU CAN TALK DURING PUBLIC HEARING, OLD BUSINESS A

[2:37] NEW BUSINESS PORTIONS OF THE AGENDA.

[2:40] I ASK THAT PEOPLE KEEP THEIR COMMENTS TO THE AGENDA ITEM

[2:43] BEING DISCUSSED AND I'LL REMIND YOU THAT IF THE COMMENTS VEER

[2:46] OFF, OTHER TOPICS CAN BE ALLOWED AT THE END UNDER PUBLIC

[2:50] COMMENT BUT WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND WARD SO WE

[2:53] CAN GET IT IN THE MINUTES CORRECTLY.

[2:55] INDIVIDUALS ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES AND GROUPS AFFECTED CAN

[3:03] REQUEST FIVE MINUTES. I ASK THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT

[3:07] SO WE CAN ADJUST THE TIMER SHOW YOU HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT

[3:10] REAR RESPECT THE TIME LIMITS SO EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

[3:14] SPEAK AND WE ARE NOT HERE UNTIL TUESDAY LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO AND WE

[3:18] ASK THAT WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK

[3:22] SO AVOID DEMONSTRATIONS THAT MIGHT INTIMIDATE YOUR

[3:24] NEIGHBORS. WE ADDRESS INDIVIDUALS, NOT

[3:27] INDIVIDUALS, DISRUPTION WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH A WARNING AND IF

[3:31] NECESSARY REMOVAL AND RECESS. GETTING INTO OUR THE FIRST

[3:35] ITEM WE HAVE IS WE DON'T HAVE MINUTES BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING

[3:39] ON THOSE FROM THAT MEETING. ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?

[3:42] SEEING NONE I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS

[3:45] POSTED, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY JACQUE.

[3:48] UP FIRST IS OUR FIRST SPECIAL ITEM.

[3:50] I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SHARON GEUEA JONES TO JOIN MYSELF AND

[3:53] THE CITY CLERK AT THE PODIUM.

[4:20] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I SHARON GEUEA JONES DO SOLEMNLY

[4:23] SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE

[4:29] OF WARD 4 CITY COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA,

[4:34] MISSOURI AND THAT I AM NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OF THE

[4:39] DISQUALIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF

[4:45] COLUMBIA. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE

[4:48] CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE

[4:52] OF MISSOURI AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF

[5:00] COLUMBIA AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES

[5:03] OF MY OFFICE, SO HELP ME GOD. [APPLAUSE]

[5:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THEN I HAVE YOUR OFFICIAL COMMISSION, IS

[5:27] SAYS TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENT GREETINGS NO I HAVE

[5:40] BEEN CERTIFIED THAT SHARON GEUEA JONES WAS ON THE FOURTH

[5:44] DAY OF AUGUST 2026 DULY ELECTED FOURTH WARD COUNCIL MEMBER FOR

[5:47] THE CITY OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE IN THE

[5:50] STATE OF MISSOURI AND THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF SAID CITY OF

[5:54] COLUMBIA STATE, THAT SHE SAID SHARON GEUEA JONES IS

[5:57] COMMISSIONED TO SERVE AS COUNCILMEMBER IN THE TERM

[6:00] ENDING 2028 AS SPECIFIED BY LAW AND AUTHORIZED TO DISCHARGE THE

[6:05] DUTIES OF SAID OFFICE ACCORDING TO LAW ON THIS HISTORIC DAY.

[6:09] [APPLAUSE]

[6:33] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BEFORE WE MOVE ON I'D LIKE TO GIVE OUR

[6:36] NEWEST COUNCILMEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE

[6:40] AUDIENCE, IF THERE'S ANYONE ESPECIALLY WANT TO POINT OUT OR

[6:43] SAY A FEW WORDS.

[6:45] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO

[6:48] EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY AND I

[6:51] AM SO PLEASED UNDERPRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO

[6:55] REPRESENT IT. THERE ARE MANY OF YOU I WOULD

[6:57] NOT BE HERE WITHOUT AND I WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU ALL IN A

[7:01] PUBLIC FORUM AT THIS TIME BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND I

[7:05] LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING.

[7:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU SHARON, WELCOME.

[7:12] [APPLAUSE] AND I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING YOU'LL NOTICE

[7:16] THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL IS AN

[7:19] ALL-FEMALE COUNSEL.[APPLAUSE] AND I THINK I WOULD BE REMISS

[7:27] IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WOMEN THAT CAME BEFORE US

[7:30] STARTING WITH OUR FIRST FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIAL BETTY

[7:36] McCASKILL IN THE 70S WHO SERVED AS WARD REPRESENTATIVE, PAST

[7:40] BOARD REPRESENTATIVES ARE IN THE ROOM, MULTIPLE WARDS AS

[7:44] WELL AS SERVING IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND OF COURSE OUR

[7:47] FIRST FEMALE MAYOR MARY McCOMB AT THE BACK.

[7:54] OUR FEMALE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE AND

[7:58] REPRESENTATIVES SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME BEFORE US AND

[8:01] CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US TO THIS DAY.

[8:03] IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY BEING A FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIALS SO

[8:06] THANK YOU WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE INCLUDING THE LADIES UP HERE

[8:10] RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME

[8:21] FOR THAT YOU CAN LEAVE.MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR PART OF OUR

[8:24] AGENDA THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE

[8:28] THROUGH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ONCE A MONTH WE HAVE

[8:32] APPOINTMENTS TO ANY VACANCIES AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CHECK

[8:36] THOSE OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE CITY AND

[8:38] VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT TO LOOK ON WEDNESDAY ON THE WEBSITE TO

[8:41] SEE WHAT VACANCIES ARE COMING UP THE NEXT DAY.

[8:44] AT FIRST WE HAVE A FEW APPLICATIONS AND A FEW

[8:47] APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE SO FIRST, HOLLAND.

[9:01] SO FIRST WE HAVE FOR BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THIS ONE WE ARE

[9:04] GOING TO NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

[9:06] FOR THE HEALTH WORKER POSITION SHEILA WE HAVE 2 APPLICANTS FOR

[9:10] ONE VACANCY.

[9:11] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BRIDGET KRAUSE.

[9:13] >>Council Member Carroll: BRIDGET KRAUSE.

[9:16] >>Council Member Elwood: BRIDGET KRAUSE.

[9:19] >>Council Member Sample: BRIDGET KRAUSE.

[9:22] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: BRIDGET KRAUSE.

[9:25] >>Council Member Hartman: BRIDGET KRAUSE.

[9:28] >>Council Member Peters: BRIDGET KRAUSE.

[9:30] >> BRIDGET HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

[9:34] >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR THE NEXT POSITION.

[9:36] I THINK THIS IS A GENERAL INTEREST POSITION.

[9:40] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JOE CELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.

[9:45] >>Council Member Carroll: JOE CELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.

[9:54] >>Council Member Sample:

[10:01] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.

[10:05] >>Council Member Hartman: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.

[10:12] >>Council Member Peters: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.

[10:23] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING INTO THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES

[10:26] COMMISSION FOR THE ALTERNATE LAYPERSON WILL YOU PLEASE CALL

[10:30] THE ROLL.

[10:31] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTOPHER HOW.

[10:33] >>Council Member Carroll: CHRISTOPHER HOW.

[10:36] >>Council Member Elwood: LEANN CRAVEN.

[10:43] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: CHRISTOPHER HOW.

[10:47] >>Council Member Hartman: LEANN CRAVEN.

[10:49] >>Council Member Peters: CHRISTOPHER HOW.

[10:52] >> CHRISTOPHER HAS BEEN APPOINTEDTED.

[10:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR APPLICANTS FOR ONE VACANCY ON

[11:00] THE CLIMATE COMMISSION, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL.

[11:03] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JULIA THOMASON.

[11:06] >>Council Member Carroll: JULIA THOMASON.

[11:09] >>Council Member Elwood: JULIA THOMASON.

[11:12] >>Council Member Sample: JULIA THOMASON.

[11:15] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: JULIA THOMASON.

[11:18] >>Council Member Hartman: LESLIE FRAMER.

[11:21] >>Council Member Peters: LESLIE FRAMER.

[11:23] >> JULIA HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

[11:35] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THEN FOR THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT

[11:38] SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION ANDREA KAISER CAN SERVE ON THE

[11:42] DANGEROUS OR AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL ADVISORY BOARD.

[11:44] AND THEN MOVING ON FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, WE

[11:47] HAVE BOTH APPLICANTS FOR GENERAL INTEREST AND HISTORIC

[11:51] PRESERVATION CAN BE APPOINTED IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION SO

[11:59] STEPHEN BYBEE AND CLARISSA EASTON.

[12:01] NO OBJECTIONS. THEN FINALLY THE LAST ONE FOR

[12:03] THAT TAX AND FINANCING COMMISSION IF AGREEABLE I WILL

[12:07] REAPPOINT TOM MENDENHALL TO SERVE IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION

[12:10] FROM COUNSEL. OKAY, MOVING ON SCHEDULED

[12:13] PUBLIC COMMENT SO MEMBERS CAN REACH OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S

[12:17] OFFICE THE MONDAY PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ONE WEEK

[12:28] PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY 5:00 P.M. TO SCHEDULE FIVE

[12:33] MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY

[12:36] COUNCIL MEETING, THE TOPIC CAN'T BE ON ANYTHING ON THAT

[12:40] BUDGET THAT EVENING. OF NOTE HAS BEEN A TYPICAL

[12:43] PRACTICE OF CITY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP AT THE

[12:47] END OF THE MEETING UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS IF WARRANTED

[12:50] SO TONIGHT WE HAVE FIVE SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I

[12:54] THINK ONE WITHDREW THEIR REQUEST.

[12:56] I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR JAMIE AND PARKER TO COME FORWARD TO

[13:00] >>Public ic Speaker: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL, MY NAME IS

[13:03] JALEN PARKER, CURRENTLY A RESIDENT OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI

[13:11] AT 2106 CAROL DRIVE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF VIDWEST.

[13:16] TONIGHT IT'S EASY TO SEE THIS EPIC CONVERSATION ABOUT FUNDING

[13:20] FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE VIDEO CENTER.

[13:24] IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, IT'S ABOUT ACCESS, IT'S ABOUT

[13:27] WHETHER SOMEONE WITH TALENT BUT NOT MONEY GETS THE CHANCE TO

[13:42] CREATE SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND WHEN

[13:46] PEOPLE HEAR COMMUNITY VIDEO CENTER THEY MIGHT THINK IT'S A

[13:49] PLACE WITH CAMERAS AND COMPUTERS BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE

[13:52] THAN THAT, IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DISCOVER WHAT THEY ARE

[13:56] CAPABLE OF, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE FIND PASSION AND BUILD

[13:59] CONFIDENCE, WHERE ARTISTS FILMMAKERS PHOTOGRAPHERS

[14:02] MUSICIANS AND ENTREPRENEURS ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO CREATE

[14:06] SOMETHING MEANINGFUL AND NOT EVERYONE HAS THOUSANDS OF

[14:09] DOLLARS TO BUY CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES EDITING SOFTWARE OR

[14:13] STUDIO SPACE, I DIDN'T. THIS GIVES PEOPLE ACCESS TO

[14:16] RESOURCES THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE NEVER HAVE AND FOR MANY ACCESS

[14:20] IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A DREAM AND PURSUING IT.

[14:23] FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS IS WHERE THEY SHOOT THEIR FIRST FILLED

[14:26] IN FOR OTHERS IS WHERE THEY PHOTOGRAPH A FIRST CLIENT, FOR

[14:30] THEIR FIRST INTERVIEW OR DISCOVER A SKILL THAT TURNS

[14:33] INTO A CAREER. THOSE MOMENTS DON'T HAPPEN BY

[14:36] ACCIDENT.WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE BUT

[14:39] THIS IS WHAT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.

[14:42] THIS CENTER DOESN'T JUST PRODUCE VIDEOS, IT BUILDS

[14:45] CONFIDENCE AND LAUNCHES SMALL BUSINESSES, CREATES CAREERS AND

[14:48] MOST IMPORTANTLY GIVES PEOPLE A PLACE TO LEARN, MAKE MISTAKES,

[14:54] GROW AND BUILD AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN FEEL OUT OF REACH.

[14:57] YOU CAN'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DREAM BIG WHILE TAKING AWAY ONE

[15:00] OF THE FEW PLACES THAT MAKES THAT DREAM POSSIBLE.

[15:03] YOU CAN'T SAY YOU SUPPORT THE ARTS INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

[15:07] WHILE ALLOWING ONE OF OUR RESOURCES TO DISAPPEAR.

[15:10] EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED REACHES BEYOND THESE WALLS, IT SUPPORTS

[15:18] CREATORS STRENGTHENS LOCAL BUSINESSES BRINGS PEOPLE

[15:21] TOGETHER THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ENCOURAGES TALENTED

[15:25] PEOPLE TO BUILD HERE INSTEAD OF SOMEWHERE ELSE KOREA ONCE

[15:29] SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOD IS NOT EASY TO REPLACE.

[15:31] THE BUILDING CAN BE REBUILT, OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE LOST

[15:36] CONNECTIONS NEVER MADE AND DREAMS THAT ARE NEVER GIVEN A

[15:39] CHANCE, THOSE THINGS DON'T COME BACK.

[15:41] MAYBE THE NEXT FILMMAKER IS WALKING THROUGH THOSE DOORS

[15:44] TODAY AND MAYBE THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPHER JOURNALIST EDITOR

[15:48] OR ENTREPRENEUR IS LEARNING SOMETHING THAT WILL SAVE THE

[15:51] REST OF THEIR LIVES WE HAD JUST AS SO MANY BEFORE THEM DO,

[15:54] TONIGHT YOU'RE NOT DECIDING WHETHER TO FUND THE BUILDING,

[15:57] YOUR DECIDING WHAT CITY WE WANT TO BE, A CITY THAT SEES

[16:01] CREATIVITY AS AN EXPENSE OR ONE THAT RECOGNIZES IT AS AN

[16:04] INVESTMENT, ESSAY THAT CLOSES DOORS OR OPENS THEM.

[16:06] I HOPE YOU WILL CHOOSE TO INVEST IN OPPORTUNITY, INVEST

[16:10] IN PEOPLE ARE LEARNING READING AND BUILDING SOMETHING BIGGER

[16:14] THAN THEMSELVES BECAUSE WHEN YOU INVEST IN A CENTER YOU'RE

[16:18] NOT JUST FUNDING A BUILDING, YOUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND

[16:22] FUTURES.

[16:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, I'D NOW LIKE TO ASK NICKIE

[16:25] DAVIS AND LARA PIEPER TO COME FORWARD.

[16:37] >>Public Speaker: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,

[16:40] I AM LARA PIEPER CHAIR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DISTRICT

[16:46] AND ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE

[16:50] CITY OF COLUMBIA IN DEVELOPING A CLEAR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND

[16:54] ENFORCEABLE URBAN COUNTY ORDINANCE.

[16:56] THIS REQUEST IS NOT ABOUT CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS,

[16:59] IT'S ABOUT CREATING CLARITY CONSISTENCY SAFETY AND

[17:08] COMPASSION FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND

[17:11] BROADER COMMUNITY NAVIGATING CONCERNS RELATED TO PUBLIC

[17:14] CAMPAIGN, OBSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS AND SANITATION

[17:17] ISSUES. CURRENTLY EXISTING ORDINANCES

[17:19] APPEAR FRAGMENTED BROAD AND DIFFICULT TO LOCATE OR

[17:23] INTERPRET. THIS CREATES CONFUSION FOR

[17:25] RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUTREACH PROVIDERS

[17:29] AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SERVICES.

[17:31] COMMUNITIES ACROSS MISSOURI AND THE NATION ARE REEVALUATING HOW

[17:35] THEY ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN PUBLIC SPACES.

[17:39] LOCAL AGENCIES AND REGIONAL HOMELESS COUNTS SHOW RISING

[17:42] NEEDS AND STRAINED SHELTER CAPACITY.

[17:44] A WELL-CRAFTED ORDINANCE WOULD HELP COLUMBIA CLEARLY DEFINED

[17:49] PROHIBITED CAMPING AND SLEEPING ACTIVITIES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY

[17:53] ESTABLISH TRANSPARENT STANDARDS FOR ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH,

[17:58] PROTECT SIDEWALKS PARKS BUSINESSES AND SHARED PUBLIC

[18:01] SPACES, IMPROVE SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS,

[18:05] CREATE CLEAR PATHWAYS TOWARDS SHELTER TREATMENT AND SUPPORT

[18:08] SERVICES, ENSURE CONSISTENCY CITY STAFF OUTREACH WORKERS

[18:11] BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. IMPORTANTLY WE STRONGLY

[18:16] ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO IMPAIR ANY ORDINANCE WITH COMPASSION

[18:24] DIVERGENT AND OUTREACH MEASURES INCLUDING MORNING, SHELTER

[18:27] REFERRALS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE OUTREACH AND

[18:30] COORDINATION WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS.

[18:32] MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE ADAPTED TIERED ENFORCEMENT MODELS THAT

[18:36] PRIORITIZE EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE BEFORE

[18:40] CITATIONS OR PENALTIES. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE

[18:43] CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REVIEW EXISTING ORDINANCES

[18:47] IDENTIFY GAPS IN ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES, RESEARCH BEST

[18:53] PRACTICES FROM PEERS CITIES AND WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO DRAFT

[18:57] A CLEAR URBAN CALVING ORDINANCE FOR DISCUSSION AND

[19:02] CONSIDERATION. ADDITIONALLY AS THE CITY OF

[19:04] COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AND THE DISTRICT BEGIN

[19:08] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW BLOCK BY BLOCK SAFETY AMBASSADOR

[19:11] PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT ORDINANCES RELATED TO PUBLIC SPACES,

[19:15] CAMPING SLEEPING OBSTRUCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS

[19:18] ARE CLEARLY WRITTEN AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.SAFETY AMBASSADORS

[19:22] ARE INTENDED TO DE-ESCALATE CONDITIONS, CONNECT INDIVIDUALS

[19:25] TO SERVICES AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS BEFORE

[19:29] SITUATIONS ESCALATE TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.CLEAR

[19:32] ORDINANCE WILL ENSURE TRANSPARENCY CONSISTENCY AND

[19:35] THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.

[19:39] DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA IS ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL ORAL PARTS OF THE

[19:43] COMMUNITY ENDANGERING PUBLIC SPACES REMAIN SAFE ACCESSIBLE

[19:45] AND COMPASSIONATE BENEFITS EVERYONE INCLUDING THOSE

[19:49] CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY.

[19:53] THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS IMPORTANT

[19:56] ISSUE.

[19:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUICKLY, NICKIE DAVIS, WELCOME SHARON.

[20:08] I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS FROM BOTH SIDES OF

[20:12] THIS REQUEST, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE BUT I

[20:16] ALSO WANT TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART ON BEHALF OF OUR DOWNTOWN

[20:19] BUSINESSES. MANY ARE STRUGGLING, CLEANING

[20:22] UP HUMAN WASTE ADDRESSING UNSAFE BEHAVIOR OUTSIDE THEIR

[20:25] DOORS, COMFORTING FRIGHTENED EMPLOYEES AND WATCHING TRIP

[20:29] CUSTOMERS LEAVE. THESE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS OR

[20:32] INVESTING, HAVE INVESTED THEIR SAVINGS TIME AND LIVES IN

[20:36] DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA. THEY CANNOT CARRY THIS WEIGHT

[20:39] ALONE. TONIGHT WE ARE NOT ASKING

[20:41] COUNSEL TO ADOPT A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE, WE ARE ASKING FOR

[20:44] YOU TO DIRECTED STAFF TO RESEARCH WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES

[20:48] ARE DOING AND IDENTIFY OPTIONS THAT BALANCE COMPASSION, PUBLIC

[20:52] SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY AND CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERYONE.

[20:55] OUR EMPLOYEES, RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND PEOPLE

[20:58] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALL DESERVE A THOUGHTFUL CONSISTENT

[21:04] SOLUTION. WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT

[21:06] CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD. THE RESEARCH PROCESS AS MUCH AS

[21:09] WE CAN. IF YOU ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF

[21:11] THIS REQUEST PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND

[21:19] TAKING THIS CONCERN SERIOUSLY.

[21:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I LIKE TO ASK KRISTA MARIE TO PLEASE COME

[21:26] FORWARD TO SPEAK.

[21:34] >> I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THIS ROOM. HELLO.

[21:39] IT'S ALREADY. THANK YOU SO MUCH BARBARA.

[21:52] TODAY I'D LIKE TO START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.

[21:54] I AM KRISTA MARIE, 1/6 GENERATION HICKMAN HIGH SCHOOL

[21:58] GRADUATE. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN

[22:00] MID-MISSOURI SPECIFICALLY COLUMBIA FOR A LONG TIME AND

[22:03] YOU CAN FIND BRICKS WITH MY NAME ON IT IN THE HISTORIC

[22:06] BRICK DISTRICT AND I'M HERE FORGET THE FLOCK OUT OF

[22:14] COLUMBIA AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND TO INTRODUCE THE WHOLE

[22:17] CROWD TO THE COLUMBIA I KNOW AND LOVE BY BRIEFLY READING THE

[22:20] PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY THAT COLUMBIA SUBMITTED IN 2018.

[22:24] WE AFFIRM THE DIGNITY AND VALUE OF EVERY PERSON AND STRIVE TO

[22:28] MAINTAIN A CLIMATE BASED ON INSPECTED UNDERSTANDING.

[22:35] WE AFFIRM THE RIGHT OF EACH PERSON TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS AND

[22:39] OPINIONS FREELY, ENCOURAGE EXPRESSION WITHIN A CLIMATE OF

[22:42] CIVILITY SENSITIVITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT.

[22:45] WE AFFIRM THE VALUE OF HUMAN DIVERSITY BECAUSE IT ENRICHES

[22:48] OUR LIVES AN ORGANIZATION, WE RESPECT OUR DIFFERENCES WITH

[22:53] WHILE AFFIRMING OUR COMMON HUMANITY, WE REJECT ALL FORMS

[22:55] OF PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION INCLUDING THOSE BASED ON,

[23:02] COLOR, DIVERSE ABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION

[23:05] NATIONAL ORIGIN POLITICAL AFFILIATION, RACE RELIGION

[23:08] ACTUAL ORIENTATION VETERAN STATUS.

[23:11] WE TAKE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING

[23:15] ELIMINATE BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION WERE INCREASING

[23:17] OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING ISSUES THROUGH EDUCATION TRAINING AND

[23:26] INTERACTION WITH OTHERS, WE PLEDGE OUR COLLECTIVE

[23:30] COMMITMENT TO INCORPORATING THESE PRINCIPLES INTO THE CITY

[23:34] OF COLUMBIA'S MISSION. I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN

[23:36] EVERY WORD OF THAT STATEMENT AND THE LOOKS ON YOUR FACES

[23:39] TELL ME YOU DO TO SO I LIKE TO PAINT A PICTURE.

[23:44] WHAT DOES COLUMBIA IN 10 YEARS LOOK LIKE, A THRIVING

[23:48] OPPORTUNITY CAMPUS WHERE INDIVIDUALS DOWN ON THEIR LUCK

[23:51] WHAT THEY NEED AND FOOD BANKS THAT HAVE LITERALLY ADVOCATED

[23:55] THEMSELVES OUT OF NECESSITY. WE GROW THE FOOD WE EAT IN OUR

[23:59] COMMUNITIES AND CHILDREN WALK FREELY TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND

[24:02] WE HAVE THINGS LIKE BICYCLE BUSES TRACK THROUGH

[24:09] NEIGHBORHOODS. WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, SMILE AT

[24:11] EACH OTHER AND CRIED RATES ARE DOWN, WE HAVE SOME OF THE

[24:14] LOWEST CRIME RATES IN THE STATE.LET ME PAINT THE

[24:17] PICTURE OF WHAT I SEE WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH COLUMBIA.

[24:28] THERE ARE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES BEING MONITORED BY

[24:31] AI THAT TRACKS MY EVERY MOVE NOT JUST MY FACE OR CHILDREN

[24:35] WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL BUT MY VEHICLE AND ALL ITS

[24:38] IDENTIFIERS. THANK GOODNESS IN 2024 WE

[24:40] PASSED THE RIGHT TO ABORTION BECAUSE IF I NEEDED ONE IN THIS

[24:43] STATE AND NEEDED TO TRAVEL OUT OF IT, I COULD BE TRACKED, WE

[24:46] SEE THAT OUT OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW THE MONEY AND ENERGY WE INVEST

[24:50] IS BUILDING ONE TOMORROW. WE COLLECTIVELY WANT SECURITY,

[24:53] WE COLLECTIVELY WANT SCHOOLS, WE COLLECTIVELY WANT BEAUTIFUL

[24:57] WRITING DISTRICTS. BUT WHEN HAS BEING WATCHED EVER

[25:03] MADE A PERSON DO THEIR BEST? I REMEMBER WHEN CELL PHONES HIT

[25:07] DANCE FLOORS AND PEOPLE STOP DANCING.

[25:11] WHEN I KNOW I AM BEING WATCHED I AM NERVOUS, ANXIOUS EVEN IF I

[25:15] HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. IN 2018, THE CITY OF COLUMBIA

[25:20] SAID WE CARE ABOUT DIVERSITY. IN 2023 THE CITY WENT SO FAR AS

[25:25] TO NAME ITSELF IN THE FACE OF FEDERAL BACKLASH A SANCTUARY

[25:34] CITY FOR LGBT Q PLUS INDIVIDUALS AND I JUST READ THE

[25:38] PLEDGE THAT THIS CITY STANDS FOR.

[25:41] BUT WHY ARE WE SPENDING EQUIVALENT OF 30 CADET SALARIES

[25:44] A YEAR ON AI DRIVEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ASSUMES WE

[25:56] ARE ALL GUILTY LONG BEFORE THERE'S EVER BEEN AN OPEN

[26:00] INVESTIGATION? I MAY NOT HAVE A DEGREE IN LAW

[26:03] ENFORCEMENT BUT I LOVE TO READ AND I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME

[26:06] LOOKING INTO WHAT IS POLICING AND HOW DO WE MAKE IT BETTER?

[26:09] IN FACT, I SAT AT A COLUMBIA RUN LAST YEAR TO TALK ABOUT

[26:12] COMMUNITY POLICING AND THAT THE EVENT TALKED ABOUT BLOCK BY

[26:16] BLOCK PROCEDURES AND KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS, IT TALKED ABOUT

[26:22] GIVING ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO DECREASE THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO

[26:26] STEAL. ARE WE INVESTING AS A CITY IN

[26:31] OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR PEOPLE OR ARE WE

[26:35] INVESTING IN AI SURVEILLANCE? I WOULD LIKE THIS COUNSEL TO

[26:37] PLEASE BRING THE FLOCK CONTRACT BACK FOR A VOTE, I'D LIKE YOU

[26:42] TO VOTE NO AND LET YOUR CITY DICTATE TO YOU ORDINANCES THAT

[26:52] PROTECT US MOVING FORWARD. THIS ISN'T ANTI-TECHNOLOGY,

[26:56] THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING THE COMMUNITY WE WANT.

[26:59] [APPLAUSE]

[27:01] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JORDAN LUNDY WITH YOUR GROUP?

[27:06] I ASK YOU TO PLEASE LET ME RESPECT AND HAVE BEEN ASKED

[27:13] PERSON WHO HAS SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME

[27:17] FORWARD SO I DON'T THINK JORDAN IS COMING, HE WITHDREW THE

[27:20] REQUEST SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE RECORD ROOF TO COME

[27:37] FORWARD.

[27:38] >>Public Speaker: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS,

[27:41] HEATHER HARGROVE WARD 5. AUGUST 4 ELECTIONS TEN-DAY MESSAGE

[27:47] THAT DESERVES CAREFUL REFLECTION.

[27:50] WHILE PROPOSITION ONE WAS APPROVED PAST BY AN

[27:52] EXCEPTIONALLY NARROW MARGIN. THAT IS CERTAINLY A

[27:58] MATHEMATICAL VICTORY BUT IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS

[28:02] EVIDENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS DIVIDED AND MANY RESIDENTS

[28:05] APPROACH THIS DECISION WITH STATION RENT REGARDLESS OF HOW

[28:09] ANYONE VOTED WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SUCH A CLOSE RESULT CALLS

[28:12] FOR HUMILITY, THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

[28:15] IT MEANS THAT WHILE A MAJORITY SUPPORTED THE PROPOSITION, A

[28:19] VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY DID NOT.

[28:22] RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW THEIR CONCERNS WERE HEARD AND THEIR

[28:29] TAX DOLLARS WILL BE TREATED WITH THE SAME SERIOUSNESS I

[28:33] WOULD EXPECT IN THEIR SAME HOUSEHOLDS OR BUSINESSES.

[28:36] ONE ISSUE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IS PUBLIC

[28:40] SAFETY PERMITTED COMMUNITY SURVEYS HAVE REPEATEDLY

[28:44] IDENTIFIED THE LEASE AND FIRE SERVICES AS ONE OF THE

[28:47] RESIDENTS HIGHEST PRIORITIES, THAT MESSAGE HAS NOT CHANGED.

[28:50] EVERY MORNING OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS

[28:54] IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH ONE MISSION AND THAT'S TO PROTECT

[28:57] US. THEY STAND READY TO RESPOND ON

[28:59] WHAT MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE'S WORST DAY WE HAD THEY WALKED

[29:02] INTO SITUATIONS MOST OF US HOPE WE WILL NEVER ENCOUNTER AND

[29:05] THEY DESERVE OUR RESPECT, GRATITUDE AND THE RESOURCES

[29:10] NECESSARY TO DO THEIR JOBS SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY THAT

[29:13] PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITY 'S MOST VALUABLE ASSET WHICH IS ITS

[29:22] PEOPLE. SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS

[29:24] RECOGNIZING PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES REQUIRES THE CHOICES

[29:27] WE HAVE WE CANNOT SIMPLY SAY SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, WE MUST

[29:31] DEMONSTRATE IS A PRIORITY BUDGET, STAFFING DECISIONS

[29:34] INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND THE WAY WE ALLOCATE LIMITED

[29:38] RESOURCES AND WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT PERCEPTION MATTERS READ

[29:42] HEADLINES ABOUT CRIME WHETHER THEY FULLY REPRESENT THE

[29:45] BROADER STATISTICAL PICTURE OR NOT SHAPE HOW RESIDENTS FEEL

[29:48] ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY INFLUENCE WHETHER PEOPLE

[29:51] FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING DOWNTOWN, WHETHER BUSINESSES

[29:57] DECIDE TO INVEST HERE WHETHER FAMILIES CHOOSE COLUMBIA AS THE

[30:01] PLACE TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN OR LEATHER STUDENTS AND YOUNG

[30:05] PROFESSIONALS COLUMBIA AS A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY WANT TO

[30:08] BUILD THEIR FUTURE. IN MANY WAYS PERCEPTION BECOMES

[30:12] REALITY. A COMMUNITY IS MORE ATTRACTIVE

[30:14] TO FAMILIES BUSINESSES VISITORS AND INVESTORS.

[30:27] MAINTAINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY

[30:30] MUST REMAIN A PRIORITY NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE FEAR

[30:34] BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY MATTERS TO OUR

[30:37] QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC FUTURE.

[30:39] IT WILL MATTER WHEN FUTURE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS

[30:41] COMPARE COLUMBIA TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHEN MAKING A

[30:45] DECISION ABOUT WHERE THEY WILL CALL WHOLE.

[30:47] THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE ARRIVED

[30:51] AT THE POINT OF NEEDING A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX BUT THAT IS

[30:55] NO LONGER THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION.

[30:57] YOU ARE THE COUNCIL THAT'S BEEN ELECTED TO LEAD FROM THIS POINT

[31:00] FORWARD. THE QUESTION IS WHAT WILL YOU

[31:02] DO WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF VOTERS HAVE PLACED IN YOUR

[31:06] HANDS? I WOULD URGE YOU TO RESIST THE

[31:08] TEMPTATION TO RETURN TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.

[31:10] THIS SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS PERMISSION TO BECOME

[31:14] COMPLACENT IN THE FACE OF RISING EXPENSES, INSTEAD IT

[31:17] SHOULD SERVE AS A REMINDER EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLARS MUST BE

[31:21] SPENT THOUGHTFULLY REPEATEDLY WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND

[31:24] PLANNING AND THAT TIMES HAVE CHANGED.WE MUST CHANGE WITH

[31:31] THEM. FAMILIES ACROSS COLUMBIA MAKE

[31:33] DIFFICULT FINANCIAL DECISIONS EVERY MONTH, A PRIORITIZED

[31:36] NEEDS OR WANTS, POSTPONE PURCHASES AND MAKE DIFFICULT

[31:47] CHOICES WHEN THEIR INCOME DOES NOT KEEP PACE WITH EXPENSES

[31:50] RENT LOCAL BUSINESSES DO THE SAME THING CONSTANTLY

[31:54] EVALUATING EXPENSES PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS AND

[31:57] FINDING WAYS TO DO MORE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, NONPROFIT

[32:01] ORGANIZATIONS DRENCHED EVERY DOLLAR TO FULFILL THEIR

[32:04] MISSIONS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE RESOURCES ARE

[32:07] NOT UNLIMITED. CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD APPROACH

[32:10] TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITH THAT SAME DISCIPLINE AND A FOCUS ON

[32:14] PRIORITY. THIS I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAS

[32:16] AN OBLIGATION TO HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS IN THE MONTHS AND

[32:20] YEARS AHEAD, SOME DECISIONS WILL BE POPULAR AND SOME WILL

[32:23] NOT. BESIDES TALKING TALK TALK LEADS

[32:25] TO BIGGER PROBLEMS. OBSERVING ON COUNSEL SHOULD NOT

[32:29] BE AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE PET PROJECTS.

[32:31] YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT SERVE

[32:35] THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

[32:38] GOOD STEWARDSHIP REQUIRES DISCIPLINE, ASKING HARD

[32:41] QUESTIONS, SETTING PRIORITIES AND INJURING TAXPAYERS RECEIVE

[32:45] VALUE FOR EVERY DOLLAR ENTRUSTED TO THE CITY.

[32:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON. I FORGOT TO SAY MY EARLIER

[32:52] THING ABOUT CLAPPING, WE WERE GOING TO CLAP FOR SHARON BUT

[32:58] SHEILA WILL YOU READ PUBLIC HEARING 2426.

[33:06] >> PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES ON

[33:10] WINGATE DRIVE BETWEEN PARIS ROAD AND SQUIRE CIRCLE.

[33:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?

[33:16] YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.

[33:24] >> I'M LEARNING. GOOD EVENING, SHANE PREACH AND

[33:27] I'M THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THIS PROJECT WOULD INSTALL

[33:31] TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ALONG WHITEGATE DRIVE AND LAMBETH

[33:37] DRIVE. WHITEGATE SCORED AS THE HIGHEST

[33:39] PRIORITY PROJECT IN THE 2024 NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

[33:43] AND HAD AN 84 PERCENTILE SPEED OF 35 MILES LES BROWARD.

[33:53] WHITEGATE HAS 2600 VEHICLES TRAVELING ON IT PER DAY AND HAS

[33:56] A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 25 MPH. STAFF HELD TO INTERESTED

[33:59] PARTIES MEETINGS, ONE DECEMBER 4, 2025 AND ANOTHER MAY 27TH OF

[34:16] THIS YEAR. FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND

[34:19] SUBSEQUENT DESIGN STAFF IS RECOMMENDING INSTALLATION OF

[34:23] THREE SPEED BUMPS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNS AND MARKINGS

[34:26] ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROADWAY. STAFF ESTIMATES THE COST AT

[34:29] $25,000 PAID FROM OUR TRAFFIC CALLING ACCOUNT.

[34:32] AND FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MO DOT IS PROPOSING TO

[34:35] SIGNALIZED TOWN DRIVE AND WHITEGATE DRIVE AS PART F PHASE

[34:38] 4 OF THE IMPROVE I-70 ROJECT READ DISCUSSIONS AT PUBLIC

[34:44] HEARINGS AND THE INTERESTED PARTIES MEETINGS ASSOCIATED

[34:47] INCLUDE A DESIRE BY SOME IN ATTENDANCE FOR PURSUIT OF A

[34:50] ROUNDABOUT. PUBLIC WORKS STAFF AGREES A

[34:52] ROUNDABOUT WOULD BE A PREFERRED OPTION IN THIS LOCATION.

[34:55] TO THAT END PUBLIC WORKS HAVE PREPARED A CONCEPT PLAN HERE

[35:01] AND REQUESTED MODOT PROVIDE US COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR

[35:04] TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US IF WE

[35:09] CAN FIND FUNDING FOR THE DIFFERENCE AND FOR REFERENCE A

[35:13] DIFFICULT PROJECT COST BETWEEN 1 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS

[35:15] WITH THE SIGNAL AROUND ONE THIRD OF THAT COST BUT IT'S

[35:18] IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS IS NOT IN THE CORRECT TAX.

[35:23] WE WANT THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS WITH ME

[35:27] AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

[35:31] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS PROJECT, VALERIE.

[35:34] >>Council Member Carroll: CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT OTHER TRAFFIC

[35:42] CALLING DEVICES WERE CONSIDERED AND HOW YOU ENDED UP ON SPEED

[35:57] TABLES?

[35:58] >> WITH ALMOST ALL OUR TRAFFIC CALLING PROJECTS THE FIRST

[36:01] INTERESTED PARTIES MEETING IS MORE OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE

[36:04] DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE.

[36:07] SOME DO A BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE

[36:10] ISSUE IS SO ALL THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST MEETING.

[36:15] THERE WAS A PREFERENCE FOR SPEED HUMPS.

[36:18] WE THINK THAT THE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES WE SEE ON WHITEGATE

[36:22] AND THAT'S WHY WE PROPOSED THEM ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

[36:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR

[36:31] STAFF, SHARON. SHARON AND THEN VERA.

[36:40] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE OTHER 2 PROJECTS DISCUSSED

[36:49] IN THE APRIL MEETING, WHERE ARE THOSE IN THE PROCESS?

[36:52] THE LAKE.

[37:03] >> THAT'S A VERY UNIQUE PROJECT AS THERE WAS A HOLD MAILBOX

[37:07] COLLECTOR. ISSUE THAT CAME UP DURING THESE

[37:11] MEETINGS WHERE THEY WERE NOT MAYBE LOCATED AS THEY WOULD BE

[37:17] TODAY AS I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE CITY TO

[37:20] IMPLEMENT THE MAILBOX CLUSTER.

[37:23] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: AND THE OTHER ONE, I'M TRYING

[37:27] TO LOOK BACK AT THE MEMO, HIGHLANDS PARKWAY.

[37:31] BECAUSE ALL THREE WERE APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME.

[37:36] >> HIGHLANDS PARKWAY IS A FEW WEEKS BEHIND.

[37:43] WE TRY NOT TO DO THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

[37:46] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA.

[37:53] >>Council Member Elwood: JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, COULD YOU

[37:56] GO BACK TO THE SLIDE OF THE PROJECT WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING

[38:00] ABOUT? THANK YOU.

[38:01] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, CHRISTINA.

[38:10] >>Council Member Hartman: TO TALK ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT,

[38:14] SORRY. IF IT'S WITHIN THIS AGENDA

[38:17] ITEM, I AM CURIOUS.

[38:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IT IS NOT ON WHAT WE ARE PROVING TONIGHT.

[38:33] >>Council Member Hartman: THEN I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL

[38:36] WAIT.

[38:37] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING ON

[38:40] WHITEGATE DRIVE, I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISH TO

[38:44] SPEAK ON INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING ON WHITEGATE

[38:47] DRIVE. YOU ARE IT.

[38:52] >>Public Speaker: PAUL LAND, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER:

[38:56] WHITEGATE DRIVE AT 2100 WHITEGATE UNDER THE TITLE OF

[39:06] LAST ENTERPRISES LLC. LAST ENTERPRISES CONSISTS OF 2

[39:09] PEOPLE, MY WIFE AND YSELF. LESLIE THERE ARE THREE

[39:14] BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN THAT BUILDING AND THE LEAD TENANT BE

[39:18] IN COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY. I SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC CALMING

[39:27] DEVICES, I ATTENDED A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT

[39:29] TALKED ABOUT THOSE. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE

[39:33] ROUNDABOUT SPECIFICALLY EVEN THOUGH THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS.

[39:37] TO THE EAST, BUT THE I-70 CHANGES WILL MAKE MATERIAL

[39:40] CHANGES HERE WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS.

[39:42] CLARK LANE AS IT COMES WEST FROM HIGHWAY 63 AND TRAVELS

[39:53] BEHIND THE BUILDING COLUMBIA INSURANCE AS ON THAT MAP WHERE

[39:57] IT'S LOCATED WILL BE OBLITERATED AS PART OF THE I-70

[40:06] EXPANSION SO ALL TRAFFIC WILL NOT TRAVEL BEHIND THIS BUILDING

[40:09] ANYMORE, IT WILL TRAVEL TO THE SIDE OF TOWN DRIVE AND HEADING

[40:13] TO THE WEST ALONG WHITEGATE TO THE WEST WHERE IT BECOMES HERE

[40:16] FOR SO CLARK LANE WILL TURN INTO TOWN DRIVE AND THEN TURN

[40:21] INTO HERE FOR ALL WITHIN AND A HALF MILE.

[40:23] SEEMS NOTABLE TO BE THERE WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING TO CALL THAT

[40:27] CLARK LANE. I HAVE NO OBJECTION, I'M THE

[40:33] ONLY PROPERTY OWNER BETWEEN TOWN DRIVE AND PARIS ROAD THAT

[40:49] HAS A WHITEGATE ADDRESS. IF IN THE FUTURE A DECISION IS

[40:52] MADE TO CALL OUT CLARK LANE I WOULD SUPPORT IT.I ALSO

[40:55] SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A ROUNDABOUT THERE VERSUS A

[40:58] TRAFFIC LIGHT PERMIT THE LOCATION OF THOSE DRIVES, THE

[41:01] DRIVES SERVING THE BACKSIDE OF CLARK LANE WILL BE OBLITERATED

[41:05] TO. SO THE LOCATION OF THOSE DRIVES

[41:10] WILL CAUSE A STRAIN ON THE POTENTIAL OCCUPANTS OF THAT

[41:13] PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE IF A TRAFFIC LIGHT IS PUT THERE

[41:16] BECAUSE IT WOULD CAUSE A STACKING OF TRAFFIC DURING PEAK

[41:21] HOURS. DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOURS

[41:23] AND EVENING PEAK HOURS SO A ROUNDABOUT BE DESIRABLE.

[41:26] TO THAT END WE ARE WILLING TO MAKE A DONATION OF THE LAND

[41:28] THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT THAT ROUNDABOUT IF THAT DECISION IS

[41:34] REACHED IN THE FUTURE. NOW OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A

[41:41] COUPLE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS THERE THAT HAVE TO MAKE A

[41:44] SIMILAR POSITION MAYBE WE BELIEVE THE CITY SUPPORTS IT IN

[41:47] THE CITY OWNS LAND TO THE NORTHEAST AND I'M WILLING TO

[41:51] REACH OUT TO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ASSISTANCE SO THAT'S

[41:55] THE EXTENT OF MY COMMENTS.

[41:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO

[42:01] SPEAK ABOUT THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALLING ON WHITEGATE

[42:04] DRIVE? SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE

[42:06] PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL OR

[42:09] ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT CAME UP ON THIS?

[42:14] I WILL HAVE SHEILA GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLE OR MAKE A MOTION FOR

[42:19] STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING

[42:34] ON WHITEGATE DRIVE, DO I HAVE A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

[42:37] AYE. ANY OPPOSED.

[42:38] ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ

[42:42] PUBLIC HEARING 2526.

[42:43] >> THE CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF

[42:46] COLUMBIA PHASE 2 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WASTEWATER

[42:49] AND STORMWATER.

[42:51] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?

[42:56] YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT DOWN, SORRY.

[43:07] >> GOOD EVENING. ERIN KEYS, UTILITIES DIRECTOR

[43:10] WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SEWER AND STORM WATER PERMIT

[43:13] THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR ADOPTION OF PHASE 2 OF THE

[43:16] WASTEWATER STORMWATER INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN.

[43:20] QUICK HISTORY, WE EMBARKED UPON THIS PLAN TO ALLOW THE CITY TO

[43:25] PRIORITIZE AND DIRECT HOW WE SPEND FUNDS TO ADDRESS ALL OUR

[43:29] MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL AND REGULATORY NEEDS IN BOTH SEWER

[43:33] AND STORM WATER. THE CITY WAS FACED WITH, AND

[43:40] THIS WAS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO THE CITY WAS FACED WITH AN

[43:44] ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT THAT REQUIRE THE UTILITIES,

[43:47] THAT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE THE UTILITIES SPEND MORE THAN 57

[43:51] MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AS DICTATED BY THE REGULATORY

[43:55] AGENCIES NOT HAVE COMPLETELY BENEFITED OUR COMMUNITY.

[43:59] INSTEAD WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN

[44:04] THAT ALLOWS THE CITY.

[44:05] >> ABILITY TO ORGANIZE AND FUND WORK AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

[44:09] AS OUR COMMUNITY SEES FIT. SO WHAT IS THE INTEGRATED

[44:15] MANAGEMENT PLAN? IT'S A COMMUNITY DRIVEN

[44:17] AFFORDABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT LEVERAGES EXISTING ASSETS

[44:23] AND IMPLEMENTS INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE

[44:27] OUR COMMUNITIES PRIORITIES WHICH ARE IMPROVING PUBLIC

[44:33] HEALTH AND SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE, SUSTAINABLE SERVICE FOR

[44:36] THE FUTURE, WATER QUALITY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.

[44:40] THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PHASE I WAS COMPLETED IN 2019 AND HAS

[44:55] BEEN IMPLEMENTED SINCE THAT TIME.

[44:57] PHASE 2 WAS STARTED IN 2024 AND WE ARE STARTING IMPLEMENTATION

[45:00] THIS YEAR. IT'S TYPICALLY ON A FIVE-YEAR

[45:03] CYCLE RUNS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR DNR PERMITS AS PART OF THIS

[45:07] PROCESS WE HAD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN OUTREACH WHICH

[45:10] INCLUDED A CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER SURVEY ONLINE FROM MAY

[45:17] THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024 KOREA PUBLIC MEETING IN AUGUST 2024

[45:21] THIS WAS ALSO PRESENTED TO THE THINGS IN GREEK COLLABORATIVE

[45:24] MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER GROUP. SO WHAT DID WE DO IN PHASE 1?

[45:28] AGAIN WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR ACTION PLAN SO THAT FIRST PHASE

[45:31] INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COMPLETE ONLY REGULATORY ITEMS, WE SPEND

[45:33] OUR MONEY AND EFFORTS ON BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON MAINTAINING

[45:43] AND IMPROVING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

[45:46] AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT WE COMPLETED A REHABILITATION OF

[45:52] THE DIGESTER COMPLEX WHICH INCLUDES THE ROOFS AND MIXING

[45:55] SYSTEM AND WE ALSO UPGRADED ALL OUR 25 PUMP STATIONS WITH

[46:09] TELEMETRY SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AT ALL TIMES.

[46:11] FOR OUR WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM WE REDUCED SANITARY

[46:15] SEWER OVERFLOW EVENTS. THAT'S WHAT SSO STANDS FOR.

[46:18] AND WE DID THAT THROUGH HIGHFLYING PROJECTS WHICH ALSO

[46:21] EXTENDS THE LIFE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

[46:23] WE ALSO COMPLETED A NUMBER, COMPLETED SOME SIGNIFICANT

[46:30] OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO REDUCE OUR SSO'S.

[46:32] WE COMPLETED A NEW SEWER LEVEL WHICH WILL HELP US IDENTIFY

[46:37] WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR REHABILITATION EFFORTS IN THE

[46:44] SEWER SYSTEM. ON STORMWATER, IN ADDITION TO 2

[47:06] SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL PROJECTS A REGIONAL DETENTION PROJECT

[47:09] OVERLIE CALVERT DRIVE AND OUR HANG SENG CREEK BANK

[47:12] STABILIZATION PROJECT WE DID A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK ON

[47:16] INSPECTING OUR STORMWATER OUTFALLS LOOKING FOR DISCHARGE

[47:19] DETECTION ISSUES AND THEN WE DID A SIGNIFICANT GAIN IN

[47:22] MIDDLE TYPE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION.

[47:25] SO CURRENTLY OUR PERMITS, CURRENT PERMITS FOR WASTEWATER

[47:30] TREATMENT PLANT AND OUR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER

[47:34] SYSTEM PERMIT WHICH IS OUR STORMWATER PERMIT, THE CURRENT

[47:38] REQUIREMENTS ON WASTEWATER PLANT WE HAVE LIMITS ON BOD AND

[47:41] TSS AND AMMONIA. IN THE FUTURE WITH THE WATER

[47:45] QUALITY CRITERIA UPDATES FROM DNR WE WILL BE EXPECTED TO, OR

[47:53] THE LIMITS FOR AMMONIA COULD CHANGE THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND

[47:57] THERE IS AN EXPECTATION WE WILL START REMOVING, HAVE LIMITS FOR

[48:02] TOTAL PHOSPHORUS. CURRENTLY PLANS OF OUR SIZE

[48:11] THAT TOTAL PHOSPHORUS LIMIT IS REQUIRED BY 2029 BECAUSE OF OUR

[48:15] INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH THAT OFF

[48:20] HOPEFULLY WE WILL PUSH THAT OFF UNTIL 2033.

[48:22] GIVE US TIME TO DO OPTIMIZATION WORK.

[48:28] E. COLI IS ANOTHER WATER QUALITY PARAMETER BOTH

[48:31] IMPORTANT AT THE WASTEWATER PLAN AND IS ON MANY, WE HAD A

[48:37] NUMBER OF IMPAIRED WATER IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA THAT ARE

[48:40] LISTED FOR HOLLAND, THAT'S WHAT THE 303D LIST IS THOSE ARE SOME

[48:46] ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO INCORPORATE IN THIS PLAN.

[48:53] SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSALS IN PHASE 2?

[48:56] AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT YOU NEED TO, WE ARE PLANNING ON

[48:59] DOING AN OPTIMIZATION STUDIES THAT WILL INCLUDE A LOT OF

[49:05] THINGS. THE FIRST THING IS NUTRIENT

[49:07] REMOVAL WHICH IS PHOSPHORUS AND AMMONIA RENT WHAT ARE THE BEST

[49:11] MECHANISMS FOR US TO DO THAT IN THE MOST COST-EFFICIENT WAY

[49:17] POSSIBLE. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THAT

[49:19] OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR ENERGY USE AT THE WASTEWATER

[49:25] PLANT, THE WASTEWATER PLANT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ENERGY

[49:28] USERS IN THE CITY SO IF WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THAT ELECTRICAL

[49:31] USE SOMEHOW WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT.

[49:36] SLUDGE MANAGEMENT IS ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

[49:39] AS A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH OUR FLOWS

[49:45] HAVE NOT ACTUALLY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST

[49:49] DECADE, THE CONCENTRATION OF SOLIDS IN THAT FLOW HAVE

[49:55] INCREASED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS PEOPLE

[49:57] ARE PUTTING IN MORE WATER SAVING DEVICES AND CONSERVATION

[50:01] DEVICES, WE DON'T GET AS MUCH FLOW BUT WE ARE GETTING MORE

[50:07] SOLIDS IN THAT FLOW. SO WE NEED TO BE SURE OUR

[50:18] FACILITY CAN ADEQUATELY TREAT THOSE SOLIDS IN THE FUTURE.

[50:21] AND THEN DISINFECTION WILL BE ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE

[50:24] WASTEWATER PROCESS. AS FAR AS OUR COLLECTION

[50:27] SYSTEM, AGAIN, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO IS CONTINUING

[50:34] OUR COMMON COLLECTOR ELIMINATION PROJECTS WHICH

[50:38] PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT.

[50:41] WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THAT LIST.

[50:54] AN ORDERLY SYSTEM EXPANSION TO PROTECT OUR CREEKS AND STREAMS

[50:57] AND CONTINUED WORK ON INFLOW AND INFILTRATION REDUCTION TO

[51:01] REDUCE OVERFLOWS AND BACKUPS. MOST OF THAT WORK IS OUR

[51:05] REHABILITATION OF PIPES AND THEN USING THE HYDRAULIC MODEL

[51:08] WE RECENTLY COMPLETED TO BETTER IDENTIFY AREAS WE NEED TO TAKE

[51:11] MORE FOCUSED EFFORTS. WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL EVENTS

[51:14] WE KNOW WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR EXISTING REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS

[51:23] AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU IN

[51:26] DECEMBER WITH THOSE UPDATES. AND THEN REGARDING STORMWATER

[51:34] MANAGEMENT, WE ARE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH

[51:43] FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECTS. IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR

[51:47] STREAMS THROUGH OUR MS 4 PROGRAMS AND GOING BACK TO THE

[51:50] CORRUGATED METAL PIPE, WE'VE DONE THAT CONDITION ASSESSMENT

[51:53] SO WE ARE PRIORITIZING WHICH TYPES WE NEED TO FOCUS ON

[52:00] REPLACING OR POTENTIALLY WHINING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

[52:02] SO WITH THAT I'M WILLING TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY

[52:12] QUESTIONS.

[52:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU ERIN, ANY QUESTIONS FROM

[52:16] COUNCILMEMBERS FOR STAFF, CHRISTINA.

[52:17] >>Council Member Hartman: COULD YOU ELABORATE ON WHY WE

[52:23] ARE PUSHING BACK TOTAL PHOSPHORUS TO 2033 BECAUSE OF

[52:26] WHAT YOU SAID?

[52:27] >> SURE. THE IDEA IS WE WANT TO, WE

[52:32] ALREADY DO SOME PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT

[52:39] SO WE WANT TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AT OUR PROCESS TO SEE

[52:42] IF WE CAN OPTIMIZE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND MEET THE

[52:45] REMOVAL REQUIREMENTS. THEN WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE

[52:52] IN OUR BEST INTEREST INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME

[52:55] MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT TO

[52:58] MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. WE WANT TO DO THE STUDY FIRST

[53:03] AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND IF IT DOESN'T

[53:07] WORK OUT LIKE WE HOPED, WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME CAPITAL

[53:13] PLANNING IN ORDER TO FUND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.

[53:18] >>Council Member Hartman: FOLLOW-UP, WHAT KIND OF

[53:21] TIMELINE THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT

[53:28] THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THE SECOND WOULD BE WOULD DO THE

[53:32] OPTIMIZATION STUDY? WOULD THAT BE IN-HOUSE OR

[53:38] EXTERNAL?

[53:39] >> WE WOULD PROBABLY HIRE AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO HELP US

[53:42] WITH THE AUGMENTATION BECAUSE IT COULD BE COMPLEX.

[53:49] IT INVOLVES A LOT OF ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS.

[53:52] THEN YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN THE

[53:55] PLANT WAS UPGRADED IN 2013, WHEN THAT UPGRADE WAS DESIGNED,

[54:00] IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT NITROGEN REMOVAL WAS GOING TO

[54:06] BE MORE IMPORTANT. SO IT WAS SET UP FOR AN

[54:12] IMPROVEMENT FOR NITROGEN REMOVAL.

[54:14] THEN DNR ACTUALLY CHANGED AND THEY BROUGHT FORWARD PHOSPHORUS

[54:20] REMOVAL BEFORE THE NITROGEN REMOVAL.

[54:24] THERE ARE PROBABLY STILL SOME ASPECTS OF THE FACILITY WE

[54:26] COULD USE TOWARDS PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL BUT THERE'S 2 DIFFERENT

[54:32] KINDS. YOU CAN EITHER DO CHEMICAL OR

[54:34] YOU CAN DO IT OPERATIONALLY. SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE

[54:46] OPTIMIZATION TO SEE WHICH ONE WILL BEST SUIT OUR NEEDS.

[54:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, VALERIE.

[54:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe:

[55:00] >>Council Member Carroll: YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMIND

[55:03] ME EVERY TIME. YOU CALLED OUT THAT YOU WOULD

[55:06] BE LOOKING AT WHAT AREAS TO DO LINING IN OVER THE NEXT FIVE

[55:11] YEARS. IS THAT SHORT IN-PLACE PIPE

[55:16] PROGRAM YOU'RE REFERRING TO?

[55:19] >> YES, WE ARE DOING THE CURE IN-PLACE PIPE LIGHTING PROJECTS

[55:26] BUT FOR THE INI PROGRAM THERE IS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT CAN BE

[55:31] DONE. THERE'S LIGHTING MANHOLES,

[55:33] PUTTING THEY CALLED TOP HATS IN THE LATERAL CONNECTION.

[55:44] THERE'S SMOKE TESTING, THERE'S SOME MORE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE

[55:48] ON SPECIFICALLY INFLOW AND INFILTRATION.

[55:50] WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR LINING THAT IS PART OF THIS

[55:56] PLAN. $2.7 MILLION IS FUNDED EVERY

[55:58] YEAR JUST TO GO TOWARDS LIGHTING.

[56:01] BUT WE WILL ALSO START LOOKING WITH OUR SEWER MODEL WE WILL BE

[56:05] ABLE TO START HONING IN ON THOSE AREAS THAT REALLY HAVE

[56:13] INFLOW AND INFILTRATION PROBLEMS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO

[56:16] WORK ON THAT A LITTLE FURTHER.

[56:19] >> HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY AREAS THAT HAVE INFLOW AND

[56:22] INFILTRATION PROBLEMS.

[56:27] >> THEY DO THAT THROUGH FLOW MONITORING WHERE THEY MONITOR

[56:31] THE FLOW IN DRY WEATHER AND WET WEATHER TO SEE WHAT THE

[56:35] DIFFERENCE IS AND THERE'S UNEXPECTED DIFFERENCE AND IF IT

[56:38] GOES ABOVE THAT THEN THAT MAY BE AN AREA WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.

[56:43] YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE A CONTRACT COMING THROUGH COUNSEL HERE IN

[56:46] THE NEXT MEETING I BELIEVE. FOR OUR CONTRACT TO DO JUST

[56:56] THAT.

[56:56] >> I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. IS THERE ANY DATA AVAILABLE

[56:59] THAT WE CAN REVIEW AS A COUNSELOR AS TO WHAT AREA HAS

[57:05] THOSE DIFFERENCES THAT WERE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED?

[57:12] >> IS STUDIES THAT WE DID IN THE PAST ARE OLDER NOW.

[57:24] WE'VE LINED SO MUCH THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE

[57:27] THEN. IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE

[57:30] ACCURATE I GUESS OR UP-TO-DATE. CORRECT.

[57:44] >>Council Member Carroll: WE HAD AREAS IN THE PAST WHERE WE

[57:47] HAVE FILLED IN.

[57:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?

[58:07] SEEING NONE I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.

[58:10] WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON PHASE 2, YOU

[58:14] CAN KEEP WALKING. I'M FILLING TIME UNTIL YOU GET

[58:17] UP HERE FOR THE SEWER AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN YOU CAN

[58:21] DIRECT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AWARD AND DIRECT YOUR

[58:24] QUESTIONS TO ASK.

[58:25] >>.

[58:26] >>Public Speaker: I'M A CITIZEN AND FOR THE WASTEWATER FACILITY

[58:29] WHICH IT WAS STATED THERE'S SO MUCH SOLID THAT IT'S THE SOLID

[58:32] CONCENTRATION IN THE WATER IS TOO HIGH SO CAN YOU USE SOME OF

[58:35] THAT OUTLET STREAM THAT HAS ALL THE SOLIDS REMOVAL DILUTE THE

[58:39] SOLID BEFORE IT ENTERS THE FACILITY SO YOU HAVE THE SAME

[58:43] SOLID WATER MIXTURE AS BEFORE AND THEN FOR THE SECOND ONE THE

[58:52] PIPE IS LINED, THE LINING WILL NOT STOP, IF IT'S PROMOTED AND

[58:58] THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS REDUCED WILL THAT LINING STILL KEEP A

[59:01] TUNNEL OR PIPE UPRIGHT OR IS THERE GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE.

[59:07] LIKE DO YOU STILL NEED TO REPLACE SOME OF THE PIPE 'S.

[59:15] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SHEILA, DID YOU GET HIS NAMES?

[59:18] YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE MINUTES.

[59:21] >>Public Speaker: LAST NAME IS THOMAS.

[59:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK

[59:32] ON THE PROPOSED INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PHASE 2 FOR WASTE

[59:39] WATER AND SEWER. SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE

[59:42] PUBLIC HEARING. ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP, FURTHER

[59:49] QUESTIONS ASKED. IF YOU WANT TO THE QUESTIONS

[59:51] ASKED FROM THE PUBLIC IF YOU HAVE ANSWERS THOSE WOULD BE

[59:59] HELPFUL.

[1:00:00] >> IN TERMS OF THE SOLIDS MANAGEMENT, MOVING PHOSPHORUS

[1:00:02] MAY INCREASE THE SOLIDS WE HAVE TO MANAGE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S

[1:00:06] DRIVING THE SOLIDS STUDY. AND THAT'S ALSO A FUNCTION OF

[1:00:15] WHETHER WE REMOVE IT CHEMICALLY OR BIOLOGICALLY.

[1:00:18] IF WE REMOVE IT CHEMICALLY WE WILL BE ADDING A MATERIAL THAT

[1:00:24] WILL CAUSE THE SOLIDS TO PRECIPITATE AND INCREASE THE

[1:00:27] AMOUNT OF SOLIDS. THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING

[1:00:30] THE SOLIDS STUDY. IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURAL

[1:00:33] QUESTION ABOUT THE PIPE IF WE GET TO THE CORRUGATED METAL

[1:00:36] PIPE SOON ENOUGH AND REHAB IT AND LINE IT BEFORE IT'S TOO BAD

[1:00:40] WE CAN MAINTAIN ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY.

[1:00:42] IF WE GET TO IT TOO LATE THAT IT HAS TO BE REPLACED.

[1:00:52] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL.

[1:00:54] YES STAFF.

[1:00:56] >> BAGS FOR UPGRADING THE SYSTEM ON THE PHASE 1 BECAUSE

[1:01:01] THE CYBERSECURITY SIDE OF ME WORRIES ABOUT THAT STUFF.

[1:01:04] AND THEN IN TERMS OF IF YOU DON'T GET TO THE CORRUGATED

[1:01:10] PIPE IN TIME TO APPLY THE LINING IS THAT, DO YOU COME

[1:01:21] BACK TO COUNSEL FOR THAT, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A PROCESS

[1:01:24] QUESTION BUT TO UPDATE TO A NEW PIPE OR WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT

[1:01:28] POINT?

[1:01:28] >> MOST OF THE PIPE WHEN WE REPLACE IT OR LINE IT IS

[1:01:31] CONSIDERED A MAINTENANCE PROJECT.

[1:01:35] SO WE DO IT AS MAINTENANCE. WE HAD TO UPSIZE OR ADD INLETS

[1:01:38] OR DO SOME IMPROVEMENT TO IT, THAT'S WHEN IT COMES TO COUNSEL

[1:01:41] AS AN IMPROVEMENT.

[1:01:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.

[1:01:52] >>Council Member Carroll: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING

[1:01:55] OUT THE PLAN TO EXPAND THE REIMBURSEMENT PROJECT WRITTEN

[1:01:59] THOSE HAVE BEEN A HUGE SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HEAR A LOT

[1:02:02] OF INTEREST IN THEM AND AS YOU MENTIONED AFTER THE RACE I

[1:02:05] HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF CITIZENS WHO ARE ENGAGING TO FIND OUT

[1:02:10] HOW CAN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'VE LEARNED

[1:02:14] THEY NEED THOSE SUPPORTS. THAT AS WELL AS OUR MAINTENANCE

[1:02:17] I THINK HELPS US STAY AHEAD OF THE MORE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS

[1:02:24] AND MORE FREQUENT FLOODING WE'VE BEEN SEEING.

[1:02:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTEGRATED

[1:02:41] MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER, DO I HAVE A

[1:02:44] SECOND. FROM VERA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,

[1:02:48] ANY OPPOSED.THANK YOU. MOVING ON SHEILA WILLIE REED

[1:02:51] PUBLIC HEARING 26 - 26 AND ACCOMPANYING BILL 208 - 26.

[1:02:56] >> THE SETTING OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THE 2026 CITY OF

[1:03:07] COLUMBIA AND COUNSEL BILL 208 26 IS AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE

[1:03:10] RATES OF TAXATION AND ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN COLUMBIA OR

[1:03:13] THE YEAR 2026 DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE OF

[1:03:21] THE PROPERTY TAX RATES AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE

[1:03:24] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.

[1:03:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.

[1:03:30] >> MATTHEW LU, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

[1:03:33] THIS IS FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT SETS THE PROPERTY RATE FOR

[1:03:37] COLUMBIA AT .3918 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION.

[1:03:39] THE CITY LEVIES PROPERTY TAXES TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND BASIC

[1:03:43] SERVICES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.

[1:03:57] THESE RATES ARE SENT EACH YEAR WITHIN LIMITS SET BY THE

[1:04:00] CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES OF MISSOURI.

[1:04:02] THE RATES ARE BASED ON REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR

[1:04:06] WITH AN ALLOWANCE FOR GROWTH BASED ON THE RATES OF

[1:04:08] INFLATION. THE 2026 PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTS

[1:04:11] THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. THESE PROPERTY TAXES COMPRISED

[1:04:23] APPROXIMATELY 9% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27

[1:04:26] AND THAT IS ROUGHLY $12.2 MILLION.

[1:04:28] THE COMPUTER DRAPED FOR 25 WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FISCAL

[1:04:31] YEAR 26 REVENUE WAS .39 07 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION.

[1:04:34] THIS RATE IS INCREASED TO ABOUT .0011 FOUR 2026.

[1:04:37] TWO .3918 PER ASSESSED VALUATION.

[1:04:47] AND SO BASICALLY FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 ARE LOOKING AT 12.2

[1:04:51] MILLION IF THIS RATE IS PASSED.

[1:04:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL TO STAFF.

[1:05:01] >>.

[1:05:08] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SO IT FLUCTUATES.

[1:05:10] YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.

[1:05:17] >> IT FLUCTUATES YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON HOW MANY HOUSES CAME

[1:05:20] ON AND ALLOWANCE SO WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO INCREASE 5% FROM

[1:05:24] YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE OF THE HANCOCK AMENDMENT.

[1:05:27] IF IT INCREASES MORE THAN 5% YOU'LL SEE THAT RATE GO DOWN.

[1:05:30] TO ALLOW FOR THAT ONLY 5%.

[1:05:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC

[1:05:43] HEARING, CHRISTINA. >>Council Member Hartman: WHAT

[1:05:45] STUDY HAVE WE DONE TO EVALUATE WHAT THE AVERAGE JANE WOULD BE

[1:05:49] FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

[1:05:50] >> THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO. EVERYTHING WE GET THE RATES

[1:05:53] THAT ARE SET ARE SET BY THE COUNTY AND BY THE STATE.

[1:06:00] SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH YOUR TOLD HOW MUCH YOU CAN INCREASE.

[1:06:03] WE DO HAVE A SELLING THAT WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR BUMPING UP

[1:06:09] AGAINST AND ARE CEILING THIS YEAR IS AT .4136 SO WE ARE

[1:06:14] QUITE A BIT OFF OF OUR TAX CEILING.

[1:06:19] BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS BASICALLY A GIVEN.

[1:06:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

[1:06:35] OKAY, I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, IF ANYONE FROM THE

[1:06:38] PUBLIC WOULD WISH TO SPEAK ON THE 2025 PROPERTY TAX RATES.

[1:06:42] SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[1:06:44] ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. VERA.

[1:06:49] >>Council Member Elwood: I THINK IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE

[1:06:59] GOOD TO SEE ANYTIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT INVOLVES

[1:07:02] NUMBERS AND DECIMAL POINTS, VISUALS ON THE SCREEN IT WOULD

[1:07:06] BE HELPFUL TO TRACK THE CONVERSATION.

[1:07:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS,

[1:07:13] SHEILA WILL YOU CALL ROLE UNBUILT 208 - 26.

[1:07:20] >> COUNSEL BILL 208 - 26.

[1:07:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[1:07:23] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[1:07:26] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[1:07:30] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[1:07:31] >>Council Member Hartman: NO.

[1:07:34] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[1:07:41] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON, SHEILA WILLIE REED PUBLIC

[1:07:44] HEARING 27 - 26 AND ACCOMPANYING BILL 209 - 26.

[1:07:57] >> PUBLIC HEARING 27 - 26 IS THE FY 2027 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR

[1:08:00] THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, COUNSEL BILL 209 26 IS AN ORDINANCE

[1:08:18] ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR

[1:08:21] OCTOBER 1, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2027 FY 2027

[1:08:24] PROVIDING CERTAIN AMOUNTS SHOWN IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ARE

[1:08:28] APPROPRIATED FOR THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SPECIFIED IN SAID

[1:08:32] BUDGET AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME

[1:08:35] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.

[1:08:37] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.

[1:08:39] >> YES WE DO. I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE

[1:08:42] BUDGET PRESENTATION, THEN WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE

[1:08:46] AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. THEN ALSO WE HAVE A SMALL

[1:08:49] PRESENTATION ON THE PARKING RATE CHANGES.

[1:08:51] HERE ARE A LIST OF THE BUDGET ENGAGEMENTS WE HAVE DONE SO FAR

[1:08:55] THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL TOWN HALLS,

[1:08:58] SEVERAL ACADEMIES, SOME COMMUNITY CLASSROOMS.

[1:09:07] WE'VE HAD BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, OUR LET'S TALK LOCALS AND NOW

[1:09:13] WE ARE GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL BUDGET HEARINGS.

[1:09:18] WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND.

[1:09:28] SO THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET AS GENERAL FUND

[1:09:31] WITH TOTAL REVENUES OF 133.8 MILLION AND OPERATING

[1:09:37] EXPENDITURES OF 133.8 MILLION. WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY

[1:09:41] $14,000 REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR

[1:09:45] 27. HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR OUTLOOK

[1:09:49] FOR THE GENERAL FUND. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT

[1:09:55] BOTTOM ROW, THAT IS BASICALLY YOUR CASH ABOVE THE 20% CASH

[1:10:04] RESERVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27

[1:10:07] PROPOSED. WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM,

[1:10:15] WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT 30% OF ALL THE REVENUE COMES

[1:10:19] FROM SALES AND USE TAX. THE NEXT BIGGEST CHUNK IS 14.5%

[1:10:24] COMING FROM PILOT PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.

[1:10:29] THEN INTERGOVERNMENTAL FEES AND OTHER TAXES ROUND OUT THE TOP

[1:10:43] FOUR. FOR FINAL REVENUE BY COMPARISON

[1:10:45] LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 2026 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 27, ONE

[1:10:51] OF THE BIG CHANGES HERE IS REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL

[1:10:54] OR GRANTS. SEEING THE DECREASE, THIS IS

[1:10:58] SOMETHING THAT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR BUT I BELIEVE THAT

[1:11:01] IS THE DECREASE FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

[1:11:10] HERE IS OUR EXPENDITURE COMPARISON FROM FISCAL YEAR 26

[1:11:14] THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27. WE'VE DECREASED EXPENDITURES BY

[1:11:20] ABOUT 1% IN FISCAL YEAR 27 COMPARED TO 26 KOREA, OF THAT

[1:11:28] AS COME FROM SERVICES THEN PERSONNEL SERVICES AS WELL.

[1:11:38] SO WHAT IS A NET SERVICES LINE. TYPES OF SERVICES WE PURCHASE,

[1:11:47] PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDED.

[1:11:51] SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, BUILDING

[1:12:01] MAINTENANCE, THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC

[1:12:04] PLANNING EFFORTS, LITIGATION, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND

[1:12:08] ADVERTISING TO NAME A FEW OF THE SERVICES PURCHASED.WITHIN

[1:12:11] THE MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE CATEGORY, MISCELLANEOUS

[1:12:18] EXPENSES ARE BASICALLY A GROUP OF EXPENSES THAT ARE ALL ROLLED

[1:12:26] UP INTO ONE TERM WHICH IS MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES BUT

[1:12:29] WITHIN THAT CATEGORY WE HAVE CREDIT CARD FEES WHICH IS YOUR

[1:12:33] LARGEST PORTION AT 24% OR SECOND-LARGEST.

[1:12:36] AN ACTUAL MISCELLANEOUS WHICH IS THINGS THAT DO NOT FIT WELL

[1:12:42] IN ANY OTHER CATEGORY ARE ABOUT 27% OF ALL THOSE EXPENSES.

[1:12:46] WHERE THE MONEY GOES. FROM FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH

[1:12:52] FISCAL YEAR 27 POLICE INCREASED .7%, 5.25%, PUBLIC WORKS

[1:12:59] INCREASED 2.3% WHILE A REMAINDER OF THE GENERAL FUND

[1:13:03] FOR MY INCREASED BY 1.1% SO HERE'S A LIST OF ALL THOSE

[1:13:08] EXPENSES BY DEPARTMENT.

[1:13:28] >> THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET OR A NET

[1:13:35] REDUCTION EQUIVALENT POSITIONS FTPS IN THE GENERAL 122 OF

[1:13:39] THOSE POSITIONS WERE RELATED TO MOVING COMMUNICATION OUT OF THE

[1:13:44] GENERAL FUND INTO AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND RENT THERE IS NEW

[1:13:47] ADDED FOR THE 78 VACANT POSITIONS HOLD OPEN FOR 27

[1:13:55] WHICH MEANS THEIR SALARY WAS BUDGETED AT ZERO.

[1:14:03] >> NOW WE LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 27.

[1:14:08] SO FOR ALL FUNDS.

[1:14:12] >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR VERIFICATION GO BACK AND SLIDE

[1:14:18] WHAT ARE THE EIGHT VACANT POSITIONS, WE KNOW WHAT GOES

[1:14:23] ON? AND MORE TO BE LISTED AND NO

[1:14:35] AVAIL.

[1:14:35] >> I DON'T HAVE THEM OFTEN. IN MY HEAD THAT I CAN GET.

[1:14:43] >> LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS WE ARE

[1:14:46] LOOKING AT TOTAL REVENUE CITYWIDE 5500 74 MILLION WITH

[1:14:55] TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES OF 546 MILLION.

[1:15:01] WE HAVE TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHICH IS

[1:15:05] ONE-TIME MONEY BEING SPENT AT 56 BILLION THEN TOTAL

[1:15:09] EXPENDITURES OF $603 MILLION. SO HOW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE

[1:15:29] FUNDED, THE GENERAL FUND FUNDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH

[1:15:33] TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX,

[1:15:36] GENERAL FUND RESERVES INVESTMENT REVENUE BONDING

[1:15:39] DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS. WHILE ENTERPRISE FUNDS FUND

[1:15:42] THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BASICALLY THROUGH OPERATING

[1:15:45] REVENUES, WITH THE BIGGEST PORTION WE ALSO HAVE

[1:15:48] TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX BOND FUNDING DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS

[1:15:51] AND PARKS AND RECREATION FUNDS THERE THROUGH THEIR PARKS AND

[1:15:56] RECREATION SALES TAX, INVESTMENT REVENUE, GENERAL

[1:15:59] FUND RESERVES AND DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS.

[1:16:09] SO CITYWIDE WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR

[1:16:12] MONEY COMES FROM FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES, 57.7% OF ALL

[1:16:15] REVENUE COMES FROM FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES.

[1:16:18] 89% OF ALL THAT COMES FROM UTILITIES.

[1:16:26] HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR COMPARATIVE NUMBERS FROM FISCAL

[1:16:28] YEAR 26 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AN

[1:16:32] INCREASE OF 2.7%. THIS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE

[1:16:41] CHANGES IN REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES WHICH WE

[1:16:45] RECEIVED A LARGER NUMBER OF GRANTS FOR AIRPORT THIS YEAR.

[1:16:50] AND THAT YOUR RENTS REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL

[1:16:53] SERVICES AND FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES CHANGED FROM YEAR TO

[1:17:03] YOU. SO WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

[1:17:05] WE ARE A ORGANIZATION SO ABOUT 30% OF ALL OUR MONEY GOES

[1:17:14] TOWARDS PERSONNEL SERVICES. 17.6% GOES TO NORMAL SERVICES

[1:17:22] AND THEN POWER SUPPLY, 15% AND THAT POWER SUPPLY IS REALLY

[1:17:32] SOMETHING WE WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S IN ONE FUND BUT

[1:17:36] IT'S 15% OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE

[1:17:43] MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES FOR CITYWIDE BUDGET.

[1:17:50] SO MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES ARE THOSE THAT MAY NOT FIT WELL

[1:17:54] INTO OTHER ACCOUNTS. BUT IT IS A TITLE ALL OF THESE

[1:18:01] EXPENSES ROLL UP TO. SO INSURANCE IS ABOUT 12.8%,

[1:18:04] MEDICAL CLAIMS ABOUT 8 MILLION, 12.8 MILLION SORRY.8 MILLION

[1:18:14] FOR MEDICAL CLAIMS. 7.2 FOR DAMAGE CLAIMS.

[1:18:17] THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE. THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPOSED

[1:18:26] EXPENDITURE COMPARISON, FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27,

[1:18:30] WE ARE DOWN ABOUT .8% FROM 608,000,026 TO 603,000,027.

[1:18:37] WE SAW BASICALLY THAT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR DOWN IN CAPITAL

[1:18:48] AND TRANSFERS ARE DOWN AS WELL. THOSE TWO ARE TO THAT CHANGE

[1:18:51] YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON SPECIALTY CAPITAL DEPENDING HOW

[1:18:54] MANY PROJECTS MAY HAVE COME FORWARD IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

[1:18:59] THAT NUMBER CAN CHANGE DRAMATICALLY YEAR TO YEAR.

[1:19:07] EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION, JUST LIKE THE REVENUE, UTILITIES ARE

[1:19:12] THE BIGGEST EXPENSE AS WELL. ALMOST HALF OF ALL OUR EXPENSES

[1:19:20] COME FROM UTILITIES. FOLLOWED BY TRANSPORTATION AND

[1:19:24] PUBLIC SAFETY. AND JUST LIKE POWER SUPPLY,

[1:19:26] PUBLIC SAFETY IS 2 DEPARTMENTS IN ONE FUND.

[1:19:31] THAT MAKES UP A LARGE CHUNK OF ALL YOUR EXPENSES.

[1:19:57] HERE WE HAVE THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON OF FUNDS.

[1:20:01] THIS JUST SHOWS THE CHANGE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET

[1:20:04] THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET.

[1:20:07] I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER THE. THE ONE THING I GUESS I'LL

[1:20:10] POINT OUT IS THIS IS LOOKING AT THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND

[1:20:14] THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU CAN SEE A HUGE CHANGE IN

[1:20:17] CAPITAL PROJECTS. JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT IS

[1:20:20] PROPOSED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

[1:20:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MATTHEW, REALLY QUICK ON THE SLIDE

[1:20:32] REMIND US DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY ARBOR PROJECTS IN THE GENERAL

[1:20:35] FUND EXPENDITURE.

[1:20:49] >> NEXT WE WILL GET TO OUR STAFF.

[1:20:57] >> GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE POSITION HELD OPEN

[1:21:01] HELD OPEN THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AND INNOTECH 2 AND MUNICIPAL

[1:21:07] COURT WE HELD OPEN COURT SERVICES AND DEPUTY COURT

[1:21:10] CLERK. IF THERE IS ONE POLICE RECORDS

[1:21:21] CLERK. AND THEN IN HEALTH WE HELD OPEN

[1:21:23] A PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING

[1:21:26] SUPERVISOR THERE WAS ALSO AN ENGINEERING POSITION OPEN IN

[1:21:36] STREET. SO THE PACKET ALL OF YOU PASSED

[1:21:38] AROUND IS A LIST OF THE AMENDMENTS ON THE SLIDE IN CASE

[1:21:41] YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THEN WE PRESENT.

[1:21:44] NORMA SLIDES THESE ARE BROKEN UP INTO FOUR DIFFERENT

[1:21:48] CATEGORIES. THE FIRST IS UPDATES SO THESE

[1:21:50] ARE ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET NUMBERS

[1:21:56] THAT WERE PROPOSED BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN UPDATED INFORMATION FOR

[1:21:59] FURTHER DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THESE ITEMS.

[1:22:04] SO THESE AMENDMENTS ARE ALL RELATED TO UPDATING THINGS THAT

[1:22:12] WERE INCLUDED ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

[1:22:15] SO THE FIRST ONE IS AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE AMOUNT WE'RE

[1:22:19] EXPECTING TO RECEIVE ON THE BLUE SHIELD RENTS FOR POLICE.

[1:22:22] THE NEXT ONE IS THE REMOVAL OF THE NORTHWEST PARKING LOT

[1:22:31] PROJECT FOR AIRPORT. AND I APOLOGIZE, THE PROJECT IS

[1:22:34] NOT LISTED OUT ON THE SLIDES BUT IN THE PACKET YOU HAVE IT

[1:22:38] DOES HAVE WHICH PROJECT IS LISTED.

[1:22:40] THEN THE NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 20 ON THE NEXT SLIDE ARE

[1:22:43] RELATED TO THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL TO CUT

[1:22:48] DOWN BOARDS AND COMMISSION BUDGETS CLOSER TO WHAT THEY

[1:22:51] SPENT. THE WAY WE DID THAT WAS WE TOOK

[1:23:01] FIVE-YEAR ACTUAL EXPENSES OR SIX YEARS OF ACTUAL EXPENSES

[1:23:04] FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FROM FY 20 THROUGH 25.

[1:23:07] WE LOOKED AT WHAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED FOR THEM COMPARED TO

[1:23:10] WHAT THEY SPENT. AND WE DECIDED TO CUT THEM DOWN

[1:23:13] TO WHAT THEIR AVERAGE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE.

[1:23:20] THOSE NEW BUDGET AMOUNTS WERE COMMUNICATED TO THE STAFF

[1:23:23] LIAISONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING THAT TO THEIR

[1:23:26] BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND EACH BOARD OR COMMISSION AT AN

[1:23:30] OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TO US AND TELL US WHETHER THEY NEEDED

[1:23:35] MORE THAN WE WERE PROPOSING TO CUT THEM DOWN TO OR NOT.

[1:23:38] AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LIST HERE ARE THE BOARDS AND

[1:23:41] COMMISSIONS THAT DID NOT CONTEST WHAT WE PROPOSED TO CUT

[1:23:45] THEM DOWN TO.

[1:23:46] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA.

[1:23:47] >>Council Member Elwood: QUESTION WITH THE FIVE-YEAR

[1:23:50] AVERAGES KNOWING THAT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED 2020, WOULD THAT

[1:23:53] I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A WEIRD BUDGET YEAR FOR EVERYONE.

[1:24:00] WITHOUT HAVE SKEWED, DO YOU FEEL LIKE FOR ALL AVERAGES IS

[1:24:03] THAT ALL WHAT YOU HEARD FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT DID

[1:24:06] CONTEST THE CHANGE BUDGET?

[1:24:08] >> THERE WAS ONE BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT REACHED OUT AND

[1:24:16] SAID THEY NEEDED MORE FUNDING THAN WE WERE PROPOSING GIVING

[1:24:23] THEM. THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE

[1:24:25] AVERAGE ACTUALS WHICH WE ALSO GAVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS AS PART

[1:24:28] OF THE GENERAL FUND WORK SESSION WE DID A MONTH AGO SO

[1:24:31] IT'S BEEN A WHILE YOU DID HAVE THE AVERAGES BY YEAR AND LOOKED

[1:24:35] AT IT THERE WASN'T A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE TWEEN

[1:24:39] 2020 AND 2025. A LOT OF THE CHANGES OR THE

[1:24:41] DIFFERENCES WE SAW IN REGULAR GENERAL FUND BUDGETS OR CITY

[1:24:45] BUDGETS WERE RELATED TO TRAVEL AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

[1:24:49] DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A TRAVEL BUDGET SO THAT MAY BE WHY THERE

[1:24:52] WASN'T A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

[1:24:55] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.

[1:24:57] >>Council Member Carroll: I HAVE 2 QUESTIONS.

[1:25:01] MY FIRST QUESTION IS SIMPLE. I DON'T THINK I'VE SEE THE

[1:25:07] SLIDES ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. AND I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC

[1:25:15] HAS ACCESS TO OUR HANDOUTS. CAN YOU SUGGEST A WAY TO MAKE

[1:25:21] THIS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC?

[1:25:24] >> WE COULD MAKE THE HANDOUTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

[1:25:33] WE CAN MAKE IN THE HANDOUTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

[1:25:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: AND THESE ARE NORMALLY AN ATTACHMENT WHEN WE

[1:25:53] ARE VOTING ON THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T VOTE ON THESE TONIGHT,

[1:25:56] IT'S ON THE BUT IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST

[1:25:59] IF ANYONE WANTS TO REQUEST ONE OF THE HANDOUTS.

[1:26:01] >> ALL THE PREVIOUS POWER POINTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE

[1:26:04] FINAL HEARING WHEN WE VOTE.

[1:26:06] >> WE DIDN'T GET FINALIZED NUMBERS ON AMENDMENTS UNTIL

[1:26:10] FRIDAY DIDN'T GIVE US TIME TO GET THESE POSTED TO THE AGENDA.

[1:26:15] >>Council Member Carroll: UNDERSTOOD, SO ALL THE POWER

[1:26:18] POINTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS ARE ATTACHED TO THE

[1:26:22] NEXT MEETING.

[1:26:23] >> WE CAN ATTACH THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT WHAT

[1:26:26] YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?

[1:26:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANKS.

[1:26:30] >>Council Member Carroll: SECOND QUESTION.

[1:26:32] WHAT USE DO WE HAVE FOR THE CHANGE FOR EACH BOARD AND

[1:26:40] COMMISSION.

[1:26:41] >> EACH ITEM LISTED ON THESE SLIDES AND ALL IN YOUR HAND

[1:26:54] OUT, LIKE BARBARA MENTIONED WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON

[1:26:57] STAFF AMENDMENTS TONIGHT, YOUR OPENING THE DISCUSSION AND

[1:27:01] PRESENTING A FAIRLY COMPLETE LIST OF WHAT WE THINK ARE THE

[1:27:04] CHANGES WE WILL HAVE TO BUDGET. IN EACH OF THESE BOARDS AND

[1:27:08] COMMISSIONS ARE BROKEN OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE THEIR OWN

[1:27:11] ENTITIES. THEY ARE ALSO SOMETHING TO AS

[1:27:13] THE COUNCIL OF A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER AS FAR AS WHAT IS

[1:27:16] BUDGETED FOR THEM AND THAT'S THE REASON THEY ARE BROKEN OUT

[1:27:19] INDIVIDUAL. HISTORICALLY SOMETIMES COUNCILS

[1:27:22] HAVE VOTED ON AMENDMENTS INDIVIDUALLY BY LINE ITEM OR

[1:27:25] NUMBER AND OTHER TIMES THEY'VE BEEN VOTED ON AS A GROUP SO THE

[1:27:29] WAY THEY ARE LISTED IS TO HELP YOU ALL MAKE DECISIONS AND TO

[1:27:33] SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING.

[1:27:40] >>Council Member Carroll: SO IS THIS FOR ONE OF OUR PROPOSED

[1:27:43] AMENDMENTS WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON YET?

[1:27:45] >> ALL THESE ARE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE PROPOSED

[1:27:48] BUDGET. BUT ALSO.

[1:27:51] >>Council Member Carroll:

[1:27:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THE SUGGESTION IS FOR THE AMENDMENT

[1:27:58] THAT JACQUE HAD PUTTING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN FOR PUBLIC

[1:28:01] SAFETY WOULD THIS BE THE POTENTIAL REVENUE FOR THAT

[1:28:11] AMENDMENT?BECAUSE IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

[1:28:14] IT JUST GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND AT FUND AT LARGE.

[1:28:17] >> THESE COMMITMENTS WOULD DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL

[1:28:20] FUNDS SO THEY WOULD OFFSET THE COST OF THE AMENDMENT THAT

[1:28:24] JACQUE PROPOSED.

[1:28:27] >>Council Member Carroll: THAT'S HELPFUL, THANKS.

[1:28:31] DO WE HAVE THE OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT COUNSEL MADE

[1:28:35] REFLECTED IN HERE? I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PACKET

[1:28:38] THAT FAST, I'M SORRY.

[1:28:41] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU SAID THESE AMENDMENTS ARE BROKEN

[1:28:43] INTO THREE SECTIONS.

[1:28:46] >> THEY ARE BROKEN INTO FIVE SECTIONS.

[1:28:57] TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS I

[1:29:01] GUESS THEY ARE. THESE AMENDMENTS WE ARE

[1:29:03] DISCUSSING FIRST WERE ITEMS ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET

[1:29:06] AND WE ARE PROPOSING THE AMOUNT THAT WAS IN MY BUDGET

[1:29:10] ORIGINALLY.

[1:29:12] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THOSE

[1:29:14] COMBINED.

[1:29:15] >> THEY ARE IN THE SLIDES AS WE GO ALONG.

[1:29:18] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CONTINUE. I MEANT BY SECTION.

[1:29:26] THESE ARE ALL UPDATES.

[1:29:30] >> ARE NOT SURE WHY IT IS RED, SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH OUR

[1:29:35] PRESENTATION COMING OVER FROM GOOGLE SLIDES TO POWERPOINT.

[1:29:47] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THESE ARE STILL UPDATES, THERE WILL BE A

[1:29:50] TOTAL WHEN UPDATES ARE DONE AND A NEW CATEGORY.THE NEXT ONE

[1:29:53] IS RELATED TO THAT MISERY ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS, WE JUST GOT A

[1:29:56] SLIGHTLY HIGHER NUMBER THAN ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED.

[1:30:03] SAME WITH THE NEXT GRANT FOR POLICE, WE HAVE AN UPDATED

[1:30:06] NUMBER SINCE WE PUT OUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

[1:30:09] NUMBER 38 IS PROPOSING REMOVING AN NDI THAT STREETS REQUESTING

[1:30:14] PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET THIS MACHINE IS NOT OPERATIONAL

[1:30:18] ANYMORE SO YOU WILL SEE A 20 6/4 4 AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE THE

[1:30:29] MACHINE AND 26 RATHER THAN IN 27 SO IF WE PURCHASED IT IN 26

[1:30:32] WE KNOW WE NEED THE BUDGET IN 27 TO PURCHASE IT.

[1:30:39] CVB GOT A BIT OF A PRICE INCREASE ON THEIR SPECIAL EVENT

[1:30:42] PERMITTING SOFTWARE AND NUMBER 41 IS SUPPOSED TO BE ZERO.

[1:30:45] THIS IS MOVING THE COST OF THE TELEPHONE LINE FROM ONE

[1:30:48] DIVISION OF HEALTH TO A DIFFERENT DIVISION WITHIN

[1:30:51] HEALTH. NUMBER 43 IS ANOTHER AIRPORT

[1:30:55] PROJECT. THIS PROJECT HAD FUNDING

[1:30:59] BROUGHT TO COUNSEL IN THIRD-QUARTER.

[1:31:07] THIS WAS FOR THE BODINE BRIDGE 1841 AND ALSO BUDGETED IN FY

[1:31:10] 27TH SO WE WILL REMOVE IT FROM 27TH SINCE THE AUTHORITY IS

[1:31:14] ALREADY IN THE PROJECT. THE NEXT FEW ARE RELATED TO FEE

[1:31:21] CHANGES APPROVED BY YOU ALL IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THESE

[1:31:24] ARE REVENUE INCREASES RELATED TO THOSE RATE ADJUSTMENTS AND

[1:31:27] FEE INCREASES. AND THEN THE VERY LAST UPDATE

[1:31:33] NUMBER 53 IS RELATED TO THE CONDO ASSOCIATION DUES WE PAY

[1:31:36] FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING.

[1:31:39] THAT CAME BACK A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY

[1:31:42] ESTIMATED SO THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE UPDATES ON REVENUE WOULD

[1:31:47] BE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 5.8 MILLION AND AN EXPENSE INCREASE

[1:31:51] OF ABOUT 8 MILLION. THE NEXT CATEGORY.

[1:32:02] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA, YOU HAD A QUESTION ON UPDATES.

[1:32:07] >>Council Member Elwood: CAN YOU DO THE MATH AND TELL US

[1:32:10] WHAT THE TOTAL NET IMPACT IS? BECAUSE I SEE REVENUE GOING G

[1:32:13] UP, YEAH.

[1:32:16] >> IT WOULD BE A DECREASE OF 2.3, 2.2 MILLION.

[1:32:33] THE NEXT CATEGORY OUR CORRECTIONS.

[1:32:35] THESE ARE ITEMS WE FOUND EITHER A TYPO OR A MISTAKE.

[1:32:38] SOMETHING WAS DUPLICATED, SOMETHING WAS LEFT OUT OF THE

[1:32:41] ORIGINAL BUDGET AND WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE, THE FIRST ONE IS

[1:32:45] PARKING REVENUE CORRECTION, REVENUE DUPLICATED IN THE

[1:32:48] BUDGET WE NEED TO REMOVE. THE NEXT ITEM IS COMPUTER

[1:32:51] REPLACEMENTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.

[1:32:55] THERE IS AN INTEREST REVENUE CORRECTION IN WATER BASED ON

[1:32:58] UPDATED FORECASTS RELATED TO THEIR CURRENT CASH LEVELS.

[1:33:01] THEN THE NEXT TO OUR FEE CORRECTIONS RELATED TO FEES IN

[1:33:04] CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ONE IS A

[1:33:12] RECALCULATION OF FEES TO CORRECT A FEW DEPARTMENTS AND

[1:33:15] NUMBER 23 IS TO MOVE IT FEES OUT OF CITY COUNCIL AND PUT IT

[1:33:18] IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING DISCUSSED AT

[1:33:22] THE GENERAL FUND WORK SESSION. THEN NUMBER 25 IS ADDING

[1:33:28] DEVELOPMENT FEE REVENUE NOT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE

[1:33:31] PROPOSED BUDGET. NUMBER 36 IS RELATED TO THE

[1:33:38] NUMBERS WE HAD IN FIRST USE TAX REVENUE.

[1:33:46] THERE WAS A FORMULA ISSUE WITH THOSE SO WE HAVE A SMALL

[1:33:49] INCREASE TO ADJUST IT TO MATCH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX

[1:33:52] AND THE NEXT TO OUR BUDGET INPUT ERRORS WHICH ARE

[1:33:55] BASICALLY THERE WAS A NEGATIVE LINE THAT WAS A TYPO SO THOSE

[1:34:03] ARE CORRECTIONS IN WATER AND ELECTRIC AND NUMBER 52 IS TO

[1:34:07] ADD PILOT REVENUE BACK TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THAT WAS ALSO

[1:34:10] NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

[1:34:13] SO THERE'S ABOUT A $1.5 MILLION INCREASE IN TOTAL REVENUE

[1:34:17] $672,000 INCREASE IN EXPENSE.

[1:34:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA, QUESTION.

[1:34:26] >>Council Member Hartman: SIMILAR TO VERA'S POINT EARLIER

[1:34:36] HOW DOES THIS IMPACT WHAT WE HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE

[1:34:39] SET. >> WE HAVE TOTALS BY DEPARTMENT

[1:34:42] AT THE END.

[1:34:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CAN I ASK A QUESTION, GOING BACK TO WHEN WE

[1:34:47] WERE TALKING ABOUT FEE ADJUSTMENTS.

[1:34:49] THE BUDGET AND NUMBERS WE HAVE LIKE A DEAD END ATTACHED TO

[1:34:52] THIS DO NOT INCLUDE THE THINGS WE VOTED ON AT THE LAST

[1:34:56] MEETING. SO WILL THAT WHOLE DOCUMENT

[1:34:58] THEN THE OPTIMUM?

[1:35:10] >> SOME OF THE FEE INCREASES WERE INCLUDED FOR HEALTH AND

[1:35:14] PARKS AND REC, MOST OF THEM WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE

[1:35:17] REVENUE NUMBERS, THERE WERE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THEY WEREN'T

[1:35:21] INCLUDED AT ALL. AFTER YOU VOTED TO PASS THOSE

[1:35:23] RATE ADJUSTMENTS, WE WILL ADD BACK THE REVENUE AND THE FINAL

[1:35:27] ADOPTED BUDGET PRODUCED WILL HAVE THOSE NEW UPDATED REVENUE

[1:35:31] NUMBERS IN THERE. >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS IT AN

[1:35:33] ASSUMPTION THERE MORE CONTROVERSIAL, WHAT'S THE

[1:35:37] THOUGHT.

[1:35:38] >> WE NORMALLY DON'T PUT REVENUE INCREASES INTO THE

[1:35:41] BUDGET UNTIL WE PASSED THEM BY THE COUNCIL SO THAT'S USUALLY

[1:35:44] OUR NORMAL WAY OF THINKING. I'M NOT SURE WHY THOSE WEREN'T

[1:35:48] INCREASED THIS YEAR BUT USUALLY THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

[1:35:52] WE PASS THEN PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET.

[1:36:06] >> THE NEXT CATEGORY WE CALL NEW FUNDING REQUESTS, THESE ARE

[1:36:09] ITEMS NOT INITIALLY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, KIND OF A LATE

[1:36:12] REQUEST WE GOT THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE ADDED BACK TO

[1:36:15] REHAB FOR THESE WE HAD SOME COMMONLY FUNDED REVENUE FOR

[1:36:23] HEALTH RECEIVED DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THEY LIKE TO

[1:36:26] APPROPRIATE THE EXPENSE TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

[1:36:28] SO THEY'VE RECEIVED THE REVENUE IN 26 THEY DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY

[1:36:32] TO SPEND THAT. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO

[1:36:35] INCREASE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO SPEND THE REVENUE THEY HAVE

[1:36:40] RECEIVED. THEN WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC RATE

[1:36:42] STUDY AND AIRPORT BUSINESS PLAN AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE

[1:36:46] LEASE FOR TRUCKS AND SOLID WASTE.

[1:36:53] >> HOW LONG IS THAT LEASE TO BE FOR THE CITY, IS THAT THREE OR

[1:36:57] FIVE YEARS?

[1:37:01] >> I BELIEVE THEY ARE FIVE YEAR LEASES.

[1:37:16] >> THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS A LITTLE CONFUSING SOMETIMES SO

[1:37:19] STOP ME IF YOU NEED TO. ENCUMBRANCES ARE SOMETHING THAT

[1:37:23] HAPPENS WHEN YOU'VE GOT EXPENSES THAT ARE ON AN OPEN

[1:37:26] PO. THE BUDGET IS ALREADY

[1:37:28] ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PO ROLLS OVER AUTOMATICALLY THE NEXT

[1:37:35] FISCAL YEAR. IF THERE IS AN ITEM THE

[1:37:37] DEPARTMENT IS NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE OR GET ON A PO FOR THE

[1:37:40] END OF THE FISCAL YEAR YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY ROLL THAT BUDGET

[1:37:44] INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THESE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO

[1:37:47] THINGS WE HAVE TO MANUALLY ROLL INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT

[1:37:51] FOR THE MOST PART IS GOING TO BE UTILITY ITEMS.

[1:37:54] THESE ARE BUDGET AUTHORITY THAT WILL NOT BE SPENT IN A 26, THEY

[1:38:00] WILL NOT SPEND IT IN 26, THEY NEED TO ADD IT TO THEIR 27

[1:38:03] BUDGET TO SPEND 27.

[1:38:15] >> SO BASICALLY ENCUMBRANCES DECREASE ONE FISCAL YEAR AND

[1:38:19] INCREASE ANOTHER. SO IT WILL DECREASE THE

[1:38:22] EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND INCREASED EXPENDITURES FOR

[1:38:26] FISCAL YEAR 27.

[1:38:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WOULD SHOW UP WHEN WE HAVE THE

[1:38:30] COLUMNS THAT SAME REVISE IF THE OPPOSED ORIGINAL REVISED AND

[1:38:33] ACTUAL. >> FOR 26 IT WOULD SHOW IN THE

[1:38:36] REVISED.

[1:38:37] >> WOULDN'T IT SHOW, BECAUSE ARE WE AMENDING THAT BUDGET

[1:38:47] BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AMENDING THAT BUDGET SO THOSE NUMBERS

[1:38:50] SHOULD SHOW UP IN ACTUAL.

[1:38:55] >> THEY WILL SHOW UP FOR BOTH. THEY WILL BE IN BOTH SIDES

[1:38:59] BECAUSE IF WE DID NOT AMEND THE 26 BUDGET TO TAKE THOSE

[1:39:01] EXPENSES THAT THEY ARE STILL THERE IN 26.

[1:39:10] >> ACTUAL WOULD BE WHAT WAS SPENT, CORRECT?

[1:39:21] >> FIRST ITEM ON THIS LIST IS RECYCLING OLD PARTS, THESE WILL

[1:39:25] NOT BE PURCHASED OR ENCUMBERED BY THE END OF 26 SO THEY LIKE

[1:39:28] THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE THEM IN 27 READ THE NEXT FIVE ARE

[1:39:31] RELATED TO NDI FROM 26 IN THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT, THAT WILL

[1:39:35] EITHER NOT BE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED ON A CONTRACT OR PO

[1:39:38] BY THE END OF THE YEAR SO THEY LIKE TO ROLL THE AUTHORITY TO

[1:39:42] PURCHASE THOSE ITEMS INTO 27. AND THE FIVE LISTED ON THE

[1:39:47] SLIDE ARE THE SAME THING, THEY ARE 26 IN THE EYES THAT WON'T

[1:40:01] BE SPENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR FOR SEWER SO THEY'D LIKE TO

[1:40:04] TAKE THAT BUDGET AUTHORITY AND PUSH IT INTO THE NEXT FISCAL

[1:40:08] YEAR. THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THESE IS

[1:40:10] 10.3 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS MONEY THAT WON'T

[1:40:12] BE SPENT IN 26, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE AND THEY

[1:40:16] LIKE TO RE-APPROPRIATE IT INTO 27.

[1:40:20] I'M SORRY, THERE WAS ONE MORE CATEGORY I FORGOT ABOUT SO WE

[1:40:23] ALSO BROKE OUT THE PERSONNEL FTE OR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT

[1:40:33] CHANGES. THESE CHANGES ARE RELATED TO

[1:40:35] POSITIONS THEY REQUIRE YOU TO AN END THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED

[1:40:38] FTE WE HAVE AND ALSO HAD A BUDGET IMPACT.

[1:40:41] THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO SHOW ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES

[1:40:44] THE FIRST ONE IS A NEW POSITION AT COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR

[1:40:48] AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS AND A HALF FTE POSITION

[1:40:52] THERE IS OFFSETTING REVENUE FROM READY ALLOW POINT OUT THE

[1:40:59] FAR RIGHT COLUMN ON THIS SLIDE IS A NET BUDGET IMPACT WHICH

[1:41:02] MEANS EITHER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT EXPENSES

[1:41:05] ARE EXPENSE AND REVENUE. THIS IS TOTALLY WHAT WILL THIS

[1:41:09] DECISION ON THIS POSITION COST KOREA THERE ARE ALSO TWO NEW

[1:41:13] POSITIONS IN FIRE THAT WERE REQUESTED AN ADMIN TECH ONE AND

[1:41:16] A FIRE CAPTAIN.THERE'S A REQUEST AS BEING REQUESTED BUT

[1:41:24] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE AN ADMIN TECH TO DO AN ASSISTANT

[1:41:27] TO THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT WILL NOT HAVE A

[1:41:36] NET FTE IMPACT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING RID OF ONE POSITION AND

[1:41:40] MAKING IT A DIFFERENT POSITION. ALSO AS A NET BUDGET IMPACT

[1:41:43] OF $12,000. THEN NUMBER 59 IS RELATED TO

[1:41:46] MOVING AN ADMIN TECH 2 FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHICH

[1:41:50] WILL DECREASE THE NET FTE FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND

[1:41:55] MOVING IT INTO THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHICH

[1:41:59] WOULD INCREASE THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

[1:42:02] WE HAVE THE SAME KIND OF SHIFT OR PARKS AND RECREATION

[1:42:07] INVASION WE HAD A FRANTIC SUPERINTENDENT ORIGINALLY

[1:42:10] BUDGETED INCORRECTLY AND PARKS, THAT WILL MOVE FUNDS TO TRANSIT

[1:42:14] DECREASE ARTS AND REC TRANSIT FOR THEN ONE IS ANOTHER CLASS

[1:42:26] 62 IS A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE INTERNAL AUDITOR POSITION

[1:42:48] IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE RENT THIS WAS ONE OF THE

[1:42:52] POSITIONS HELD OPEN ORIGINALLY BUT THEN A DECISION WAS MADE TO

[1:42:55] ELIMINATE THE POSITION COMPLETELY SO THE COST IF THAT

[1:42:58] IS RELATED TO THE BENEFITS THAT WERE TIED TO THE POSITION THE

[1:43:02] SALARIES.

[1:43:03] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNAL

[1:43:06] AUDITOR AT THE COMING WORK SESSION.

[1:43:09] >>Council Member Hartman: WE ARE ALL AWARE I SHARE A LOT

[1:43:12] ABOUT THE INTERNAL AUDITOR I'M CURIOUS WHY WE'RE CHOOSING TO

[1:43:15] DO THIS LINE HERE.

[1:43:16] >> WE HAVEN'T FILLED THE POSITION SINCE 2019.

[1:43:19] WE HELD IT INTO THE BUDGET SO IT'S A WHOLE OVER AND IF WERE

[1:43:26] GOING TO DO AN INTERNAL AUDITOR, IT'S MORE THAN A

[1:43:29] POSITION, IT'S AN ON TEAM AND THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT

[1:43:32] BACK. SO IT'S JUST BEEN HELD HERE AND

[1:43:34] IT HASN'T BEEN BUDGETED FOR. LET'S ELIMINATE IT AND BRING

[1:43:37] BACK SOMETHING THAT WILL MEAN GARDENS.

[1:43:46] >>Council Member Elwood: I DON'T WANT IT REMOVED BECAUSE I

[1:43:50] UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WE NEED MORE TO HAVE, AND THEN

[1:43:53] WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP SOON.

[1:43:55] I JUST THINK THAT I DON'T WANT IT OUT OF MIND.

[1:44:06] I WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS VISIBLE THAT WE DISCUSSED

[1:44:10] BECAUSE IF IN A YEAR I'M SITTING HERE AND WE STILL DON'T

[1:44:13] HAVE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY AWKWARD.

[1:44:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHAT WAS THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE RATHER

[1:44:23] THAN HOLD IT AND ADJUST THE BUDGET FOR WHAT YOU'RE THINKING

[1:44:26] YOU MIGHT DO.

[1:44:27] >> WE'VE HAD IT HELD FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT'S JUST SET.

[1:44:32] >> THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE WAS IN 18.

[1:44:34] WE HAVE CONTRACTED THOSE SERVICES OUT FOR THE LAST FEW

[1:44:42] YEARS.AND JUST HOLDING THAT POSITION OPEN HOLDS MONEY THAT

[1:44:46] COULD BE SPENT ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE BUDGET.

[1:44:48] WE WERE REALLY TIGHT WITH THIS BUDGET WHEN WE MADE THE FISCAL

[1:44:52] YEAR 27 BUDGET SO EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.

[1:44:57] SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHY WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR IT IN THE

[1:45:06] BEGINNING OF THIS BUDGET. IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO

[1:45:09] OTHER THINGS WITH THOSE MONIES ESPECIALLY KNOWING WE HAD MONEY

[1:45:13] BUDGETED FOR EXTERNAL PERSON TO COME IN AND DO THAT INTERNAL

[1:45:24] ROLE.

[1:45:25] >>Council Member Elwood: TO CLARIFY ON THE LAST POINT DOES

[1:45:27] THAT MEAN THERE IS FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR AUDITING, IT

[1:45:32] WOULD JUST BE YOUNGER SERVICES RATHER THAN PERSONNEL.

[1:45:36] >> THAT'S CORRECT.

[1:45:49] >> I PROMISED TOTALS YOU HAVE TOTALS.

[1:45:52] THESE ARE NOT NEW BUDGET NUMBERS BUT THIS WILL SHOW THE

[1:45:55] IMPACT IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE ALL OF THE LISTED STAFF

[1:45:58] AMENDMENTS. THIS IS THE IMPACT BY

[1:46:00] DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE ON YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET.

[1:46:03] WHICH WOULD BE A DECREASE TO CITY COUNCIL, DECREASED OF THE

[1:46:06] CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WE HAD A REVENUE AND EXPENSE DECREASED

[1:46:10] POLICE KOREA AND INCREASED TO FIRE DEPARTMENT, A SMALL

[1:46:13] INCREASE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REHAB COMMUNITY

[1:46:16] DEVELOPMENT WHEN JUST HAVE A REVENUE INCREASE, ECONOMIC

[1:46:19] DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE BOTH AVENUE AND EXPENSE.

[1:46:23] CULTURAL AFFAIRS WOULD HAVE A PRETTY SMALL INCREASE TO

[1:46:26] REVENUE. STREETS WOULD HAVE A SLIGHT

[1:46:28] EXPENSE DECREASED AND THE GENERAL FUND, CITY GENERAL

[1:46:39] WOULD HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE AS WELL.

[1:46:41] PARKS AND REC WOULD HAVE A REVENUE INCREASE IN EXPENSE

[1:46:44] DECREASED THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FUND WOULD HAVE A

[1:46:47] REVENUE INCREASE. CDV WOULD HAVE A REVENUE AND

[1:46:49] EXPENSE INCREASE, WATER WOULD HAVE A PRETTY SIZABLE REVENUE

[1:46:58] INCREASE IN THE SMALL EXPENSE DECREASED.

[1:47:01] ELECTRIC WOULD INCREASE BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSE TRANSIT AND

[1:47:04] AIRPORT WOULD ALSO BOTH INCREASE IN EXPENSE AND AIRPORT

[1:47:07] CIP REVENUE AND EXPENSE BE DECREASED SEWER WOULD INCREASE

[1:47:10] IN EXPENSE. NOW I'M REGRETTING I READ ALL

[1:47:20] OF THESE PRINT PARKING WOULD DECREASE IN REVENUE.

[1:47:23] SOLID WASTE WOULD INCREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE GRID ID

[1:47:26] WOULD DECREASE SLIGHTLY AND INCREASE EXPENSE TO PUBLIC

[1:47:31] COMMUNICATION WOULD INCREASE EXPENSE THE TOTAL NET IMPACT ON

[1:47:34] THE BUDGET OF ALL THE STAFF AMENDMENTS COMBINED WOULD BE A

[1:47:38] REVENUE INCREASE OF ABOUT 7.3 MILLION.

[1:47:39] AND EXPENSE INCREASE OF 3.8 MILLION.

[1:47:42] WHICH IS ABOUT EIGHT 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE.

[1:47:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I DON'T REMEMBER THE PARKING ONE.

[1:47:52] >> WE HAD A DUPLICATE REVENUE IN PARKING.

[1:47:58] >> NOW WE MOVE ON TO COUNSEL AMENDMENTS.

[1:48:07] >> IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE TONIGHT ON ANY COUNSEL

[1:48:10] AMENDMENTS YOU MAY. I WON'T STOP YOU THE THREE

[1:48:13] THINGS WE REQUESTED WERE FUNDING FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS

[1:48:16] FOR COUNCILMEMBERS. JACQUE REQUESTED THIS WAS ADDED

[1:48:21] AND WOULD BE OFFSET BY THE DECREASE TO BOARD AND

[1:48:29] COMMISSION FUNDING THAT WAS PART OF STAFF AMENDMENT, NUMBER

[1:48:32] TWO IS RELATED TO PURCHASE AND STREET BARRIERS THIS IS BROKEN

[1:48:37] OUT INTO IT A AND B BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT

[1:48:40] DECISIONS RELATED TO THAT ITEM. NUMBER THREE IS AN UPDATE TO

[1:48:43] INCREASE THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

[1:48:47] BACK TO 600,000 WHICH WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 200,000 AND THIS

[1:48:50] THE SOURCE FOR THAT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

[1:49:01] >> SATURDAY PARKING GARAGE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT?

[1:49:12] >> THAT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET SO IT'S NOT ITEM THEM AND IT WOULD

[1:49:16] BE SOMETHING DISCUSSED WITH THE DEPARTMENT RENT CHANGES.

[1:49:25] >>Council Member Elwood: I THINK MY OTHER ONE IS THE SAME

[1:49:29] SITUATION.

[1:49:30] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHAT'S THE TOTAL IN SAVINGS FROM THE BOARD

[1:49:33] AND COMMISSION ADJUSTMENTS? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S DONE

[1:49:37] THE MATH. AND THEN MY ADDITIONAL QUESTION

[1:49:46] IS IN RELATION TO THE PURCHASE OF STREET BARRIERS, I KNOW WE

[1:49:53] HAVE A HOLD THAT SOME OF THE PROPOSED STATE FUNDING THAT'S

[1:50:00] SUPPOSED TO GO TO DOWNTOWN SAFETY OF CITIES OF A CERTAIN

[1:50:03] SIZE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US IF WE HEAR THAT EFFICIENTLY COMES

[1:50:12] THE ROUTE THAT WOULD BE THE OFFSET FOR THE PROPOSED STREET

[1:50:16] BARRIERS? I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE INTENT

[1:50:18] OF THOSE.

[1:50:25] >> THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THAT PROJECT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY

[1:50:28] THE STATE SO THAT MAY NOT BE A CATEGORY OF SOMETHING THEY

[1:50:32] ACCEPT SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD CAUTION US.

[1:50:34] >> TOTAL DECREASE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS JUST UNDER

[1:50:38] 65,000.

[1:50:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. AND FOR ALL OF THESE THAT,

[1:50:48] BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUGGESTED REVENUE THAT WOULD THEN BE OUT

[1:50:51] OF COUNSEL OR CITY GENERAL FUND RESERVES, CORRECT?

[1:50:55] >> THAT'S CORRECT.

[1:50:59] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF

[1:51:03] OUR RESERVES?

[1:51:07] >> I BELIEVE IT'S $19 MILLION ABOVE THE REQUIREMENT.

[1:51:11] WE ARE ANTICIPATING IT TO BE ABOUT 19.2 BILLION.

[1:51:22] >> HOW MUCH IS THE ABOVE? I KNOW YOU USUALLY SHOW ON A

[1:51:26] SPREADSHEET. IF THAT'S TYPICAL AND ANYTHING

[1:51:29] ABOVE THAT.

[1:51:30] >> SO ABOVE THE CASH RESERVE TARGET, THE AMOUNT OF CASH

[1:51:38] RESERVE TARGET IS 19.2 MILLION. CASH RESERVES ARE EXPECTED TO

[1:51:43] BE ABOUT 26 MILLION.

[1:51:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BETSY.

[1:51:51] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT.

[1:51:56] >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WENT INTO THE SECURITY SYSTEMS FOR

[1:52:05] COUNCILMEMBERS, WHAT ALL FITS UNDER THAT?

[1:52:07] >> WE DID A BASIC REQUEST FOR PRICING AND WE LOOKED AT A

[1:52:14] YEARLY PRICE FOR SEVEN MEMBERS AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL.

[1:52:23] THIS IS A ONE YEAR PRICE, IT'S NOT AN ONGOING PRICE BUT ONCE

[1:52:26] THE EQUIPMENT IS PURCHASED, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD DROP TO

[1:52:31] 2500, MAYBE 3000 A YEAR.

[1:52:35] >> SO IT'S NOT LOOKING AT REIMBURSEMENT, IT'S LOOKING AT

[1:52:39] THE CITY PURCHASING EQUIPMENT.

[1:52:44] >> REIMBURSEMENTS ARE HANDLED THROUGH THE CHARTER OR THROUGH

[1:52:49] THE ORDINANCE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.I BELIEVE IT'S

[1:52:58] CHARTER SO WE DID ONE TRYING TO CHANGE THE CHARTER FOR

[1:53:01] REIMBURSEMENT. THE IDEA WAS FOR IT TO BE

[1:53:12] SUPERVISED.

[1:53:13] >> SORRY, THAT CREATES MANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ABOUT WHOM

[1:53:17] THE PROVIDER WOULD BE AND WHERE DATA WOULD BE STORED.

[1:53:20] >> THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDED.

[1:53:24] WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE BEST OPTION AND I DON'T KNOW.

[1:53:27] IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CHEAPEST OPTION BUT THE BEST

[1:53:35] OPTION FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE SYSTEM WE LOOKED

[1:53:38] AT WAS THE RANK. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT

[1:53:42] OPTIONS YOU ALL COULD LOOK AT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IF YOU

[1:53:49] DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT.

[1:53:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I THINK FOR THE MOMENT PUTTING A DOLLAR

[1:53:59] FIGURE IN THERE AND WE CAN WORK OUT, I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT YOU

[1:54:03] WERE IMPLYING.

[1:54:04] >> THAT'S CORRECT, IF YOU WILL APPROVE IT I CAN SEND YOU ALL

[1:54:08] THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION.

[1:54:18] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PART OF THE

[1:54:21] AMENDMENT, JACQUE, SHARON, BETSY.

[1:54:23] >>Council Member Sample: I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN GET

[1:54:26] BACKUP DOCUMENTATION BEFORE WE APPROVE IT.

[1:54:31] >> IT'S A LOT. >>Council Member Sample: OKAY,

[1:54:33] A SUMMARY OR IS THAT A HUGE ASK?

[1:54:41] >> I HAVE IT IN A GOOGLE SHEET, I COULD SEND IT RIGHT NOW.

[1:54:44] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO VOTE ON THESE, SHE

[1:54:47] DIDN'T MEAN TODAY. SHARON AND THEN BETSY.

[1:54:59] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THE

[1:55:13] AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY JACQUE DOESN'T HAVE NECESSARILY

[1:55:16] AUTHORIZATION YET AS FAR AS A POLICY AND ALL OF THAT, WE'VE

[1:55:19] NOT DONE ANY OF THAT. THIS IS JUST THE FUNDING FOR

[1:55:22] SOMETHING WE HAVE NO MECHANISM TO DO, IS THAT CORRECT?

[1:55:26] >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO MECHANISM?

[1:55:33] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I MEAN WE HAVE NO ORDINANCE OR

[1:55:36] POLICY DOCUMENT OR INTERNAL POLICY OR ANY OF THAT RELATED

[1:55:40] TO IT. THIS IS JUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

[1:55:42] >> THIS ALLOWS US TO ALLOCATE FUNDS, WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS

[1:55:46] THAT PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE.

[1:55:47] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: HOW DID WE COME TO $5000 IF WE

[1:55:50] HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE?

[1:55:55] >> THAT'S HOW MUCH THE HIGHEST SERVICE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT

[1:55:59] SERVICE PROVIDERS WAS, BASICALLY SO THAT'S THE YEARLY

[1:56:02] SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT.

[1:56:12] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: OF THE HIGHEST BID YOU WERE

[1:56:15] ABLE TO FIND, I SHOULDN'T SAY HIGHEST, THE SERVICE YOU WERE

[1:56:18] ABLE TO FIND IN YOUR RESEARCH. SO THIS IS A GUESSTIMATE?

[1:56:26] >> THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO PURCHASE WHATEVER WITHIN THE

[1:56:29] BIDS WE RECEIVED SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE, IT WOULD

[1:56:32] ALLOW US TO PURCHASE IT YEARLY OR MONTHLY ARTIST ON TOP OF THE

[1:56:36] SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED. >>Council Member Geuea Jones:

[1:56:48] I KNEW AND TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS SEEMS

[1:56:51] WEIRD TO ME, YOU SAID THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE,

[1:56:55] THIS DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE, THIS GIVES AN

[1:56:58] APPROPRIATION IF WE APPROVE A POLICY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO

[1:57:01] PURCHASE.

[1:57:02] >> IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A BUDGET NUMBER FOR THAT EXPENSE,

[1:57:05] WE STILL HAVE TO DEVELOP.

[1:57:09] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M

[1:57:12] CLEAR WHERE THINGS ARE IN THIS PROCESS WITH THE IDEA.

[1:57:16] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY.

[1:57:21] >>Council Member Peters: MY QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE

[1:57:24] STREET BARRIERS. SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD NOT BE

[1:57:27] SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE FROM THE STATE YET AND WHY

[1:57:30] WOULDN'T THIS COME THROUGH THE POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT IF

[1:57:33] THEY WANT TO DO THIS, HOW DID THIS AND AS A COUNSEL AMENDMENT

[1:57:37] AS OPPOSED TO WAITING UNTIL WE GET THE MONEY, MAKING SURE IT

[1:57:40] CAN BE USED FOR THIS AND THEN, I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE

[1:57:45] CIRCUMVENTING A WELL-KNOWN PATH.

[1:57:56] >> IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH POLICE AND FIRE AND I THINK

[1:57:59] THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE

[1:58:02] BARRIERS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. THE IDEA, I THINK IDEALLY WE'D

[1:58:05] LOVE FOR IT TO COME FROM THE STATE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE

[1:58:08] STATE WILL FUND THIS THAT'S THE REASON IT WILL COME OUT OF THE

[1:58:12] EXCESS RESERVE FUND.

[1:58:14] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SMALL QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT,

[1:58:18] VALERIE.

[1:58:19] >>Council Member Carroll: IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT TO GET USED

[1:58:23] TO THE BUTTON. I GUESS I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW

[1:58:25] THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT JUST BY POLICE OR FIRE.

[1:58:33] WE HAVE AS YOU MENTIONED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INPUT,

[1:58:36] POLICE AND FIRE FAVORING THESE BARRIERS.

[1:58:40] AS OF RIGHT TELL, OUR BUDGET FOR POLICE AND FIRE IS A

[1:58:45] GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO THIS WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND

[1:59:00] EXPENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD LOOK

[1:59:02] DIFFERENTLY. I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS A

[1:59:05] DIDN'T ASK FOR IT IN THEIR BUDGETING PROCESS.

[1:59:07] IS THERE ANY OTHER DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD PLAY OUT IN FISCAL

[1:59:11] YEAR 27?

[1:59:12] >> NO, I MEAN IT'S A GENERAL FUND EXPENSE.

[1:59:23] >>Council Member Carroll: OKAY.

[1:59:25] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I HAVE ONE REAL QUICK BEFORE I COME BACK

[1:59:28] TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A SLIDE UP HERE THAT WILL

[1:59:32] SHOW US LET'S SAY THE PREVIOUS STAFF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS GO

[1:59:35] FORWARD. WHAT THAT DOES ESPECIALLY FOR

[1:59:38] THE GENERAL FUND, THAT 13,000 SPREAD BETWEEN EXPENDITURES AND

[1:59:42] REVENUES. IS IT NARROWER OR IS IT WIDER?

[1:59:46] DO WE HAVE A SLIDE OR DO WE HAVE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK

[1:59:50] LIKE.

[1:59:51] >> WE WILL HAVE NEW NUMBERS ON THE EIGHTH, I KNOW FROM LOOKING

[1:59:53] AT THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY THIS WILL REMAIN

[1:59:58] ABOUT THE SAME SOMEHOW IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE, $13,000

[2:00:03] STILL JUST THIS AMENDMENT SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF

[2:00:06] THESE COUNSEL AMENDMENTS BEING CONSIDERED.

[2:00:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE, YOU HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

[2:00:12] >>Council Member Sample: CAN THE BARRIERS, CAN WE USE

[2:00:18] RESERVE FUNDS FOR THAT PURCHASE SINCE IT'S A ONE-TIME PURCHASE.

[2:00:26] >> YES.

[2:00:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS THERE MORE TO YOUR PRESENTATION.

[2:00:30] >> YES THERE IS.

[2:00:32] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE HAD ANOTHER, VERA.

[2:00:40] >>Council Member Elwood: JACQUE'S QUESTION MADE ME THINK

[2:00:43] OF ONE. ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU SAID

[2:00:46] ALL THESE EXPENSES WOULD COME OUT OF RESERVE, THAT WOULD MEAN

[2:00:49] THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE INCREASE WOULD ALSO BE RESERVED RATHER

[2:00:53] THAN MAIN BUDGET. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

[2:00:56] >> ALL IT MEANS WHEN WE SAY IT COMES OUT OF RESERVE IS THE

[2:01:00] REVENUE IS INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INCREASE IN EXPENSE

[2:01:05] SO IT'S NOT A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE, IT'S JUST THE EXPENSE

[2:01:08] WOULD EXCEED THE REVENUE.

[2:01:11] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES, VALERIE.

[2:01:23] >>Council Member Carroll: IS THAT TRUE FOR THE OTHER SLIDES,

[2:01:26] THE OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS? I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEM WERE

[2:01:30] INCREASES IN FUNDING AND SOME OF THEM WERE DECREASES.

[2:01:34] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

[2:01:38] >>Council Member Carroll: DOES THAT BALANCE TO A REQUEST TO

[2:01:41] RESERVES OR AN OVERALL INCREASE.

[2:01:44] >> FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE REMAINS ABOUT

[2:01:47] THE SAME ABOUT 13,000. FOR THOSE OTHER FUNDS, I'M

[2:01:55] SORRY TO SAY DO THE MATH BUT THE NUMBERS FOR EACH FUND ARE

[2:01:59] LISTED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE GAVE YOU THE INCREASE OR

[2:02:03] DECREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH FUND

[2:02:07] INDIVIDUALLY TO DECIDE THAT WE WILL HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS ON

[2:02:10] THE EIGHTH FOR YOU WITH ALL THESE AMENDMENTS INCLUDED.

[2:02:17] >>Mayor Buffaloe: GOING FORWARD .

[2:02:25] >> WE MET WITH THE PARKING COMMISSION ON FRIDAY.

[2:02:31] WEDNESDAY. LAST WEEK.

[2:02:33] THESE ARE THE PRESENTATIONS WE SHOWED THEM.

[2:02:35] SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THIS ARE WORTH

[2:02:44] GOING OVER, ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT

[2:02:47] MAY CHANGE THE BUDGET. FIRST, I WANTED TO DO THE

[2:02:56] PURPOSE FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, PURPOSE FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO

[2:02:59] COLLECT REVENUE TO OPERATE A SELF-SUSTAINING BUSINESS TYPE

[2:03:03] ENTITY. THE COST OF THE TOTAL COST TO

[2:03:06] PROVIDE A SPECIFIC GOODS AND SERVICES IS RECOVERED DIRECTLY

[2:03:09] FROM A USER OF THE SERVICES RATHER THAN GENERAL REVENUES.

[2:03:12] THIS FULL COST RECOVERY IS BASICALLY SAYING REVENUES MUST

[2:03:17] COVER DIRECT OPERATING COSTS, GENERAL AND CAPITAL NEEDS,

[2:03:25] UPGRADES PLACEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT AS

[2:03:28] WELL AS NON-CASH ASSET DEPRECIATION.

[2:03:30] SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE LOOKED AT IT BY STREET METERS

[2:03:35] AND THE GARAGES AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL FOR BOTH WE

[2:03:44] PROPOSE NO CHANGE FOR STREET METERS.

[2:03:56] BASICALLY IT IS AN EQUITABLE CHANGE THAT WILL MAKE GARAGES

[2:03:59] AT THE SAME LEVEL AS STREET METERS.

[2:04:02] CURRENTLY IN THE RATES ARE ONE DOLLAR FOR TWO HOURS IN GARAGES

[2:04:06] AND WE GO TO ONE DOLLAR PER HOUR.

[2:04:08] SO THIS GIVES US AN UNCAPTURED REVENUE OF 253,000 FOR THAT ONE

[2:04:11] HOUR PARKING CHANGE. THEN AN ADDITIONAL 93,000 WOULD

[2:04:14] BE LOST IF NOT ENFORCED IN PARKING FEES AND GARAGES

[2:04:20] SATURDAY. IN TOTAL WE HAVE AN UNCAPTURED

[2:04:24] REVENUE OF $346,000. AND IF ANY CHANGE WAS DONE,

[2:04:33] THIS WOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL JANUARY 2027.

[2:04:41] A BIG ISSUE HERE IS WE HAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION IN UNFUNDED

[2:04:44] CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR PARKING. THIS INCLUDES PROJECTS ON TO

[2:04:48] THE SHORT STREET GARAGE, SIXTH AND JERRY, SOME SIGNS AND

[2:04:55] WAYFINDING AND THEN THE GATE UNLICENSED ASSIST.

[2:05:06] THIS IS OUR BASELINE FORECAST. IF THIS IS BASICALLY IF THINGS

[2:05:10] WERE AS THEY ARE NOW, INCLUDING THAT CIP WE MENTIONED THAT WAS

[2:05:15] UNFUNDED BECAUSE WE LOST FUND THAT, WE HAVE TO GET A LOT OF

[2:05:19] THAT, THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DONE.

[2:05:26] THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT SO BY

[2:05:29] FISCAL YEAR 2031 YOU WOULD, FISCAL YEAR 2030 YOU WOULD BE

[2:05:35] BANKRUPT WITHIN THE PARKING SYSTEM.

[2:05:38] SO IF WE DID THE GARAGE ADJUSTMENT WITHOUT THE SATURDAY

[2:05:46] CHARGE, IT DOES MAKE THIS, IT MAKES THE OUTLOOK LOOK MUCH

[2:05:52] BETTER. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT NO REAL

[2:05:57] ISSUES AND MAYBE GETTING BACK ON TRACK IN FISCAL YEAR 29.

[2:06:03] WITH THE CHARGE WE GET THERE A LITTLE FASTER IN FISCAL YEAR 28

[2:06:10] WOULD BE THE TIMING WHERE WE COULD HAVE A CASH RESERVE

[2:06:15] TARGET OF 20% OR MORE. THERE IS ONE ISSUE.

[2:06:23] THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE KIOSK FOR THE PARKING.

[2:06:28] SO THE KIOSK WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 1.2, $1.3 MILLION IN

[2:06:38] ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS. WHAT THAT DOES TO THE FORECAST,

[2:06:43] BASICALLY IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD.

[2:06:48] FEET, OUR CASH RESERVE OF 20% WOULD NOT BE MET FOR THE

[2:06:52] FORESEEABLE FUTURE THAT IS WITH THE SATURDAY CHARGE.

[2:07:00] SO EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY 93,000 YEAR IT MAKES

[2:07:04] A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS

[2:07:08] THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO. AND THAT'S IT.

[2:07:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.

[2:07:22] >>Council Member Carroll: CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE

[2:07:28] WITH NO SATURDAY CHARGE, SORRY. THE FIRST TABLE SLIDE.

[2:07:34] SO THERE'S BASELINE, FORECASTING WITHOUT SATURDAY

[2:07:44] CHARGE. OKAY, SO BASELINE IS WITHOUT

[2:07:46] THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES.

[2:07:46] >> THAT'S CORRECT.

[2:07:57] >>Council Member Carroll: SO IF WE FOLLOW THE FEE CHANGES AND

[2:08:01] HAVE NO SATURDAY CHARGE OR CONTINUE OUR NOTE SATURDAY

[2:08:04] CHARGE, WE HIT CASH RESERVES AT 20% BY FISCAL YEAR 2029.

[2:08:08] >> THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 1.2 MILLION YOU

[2:08:11] NEED TO DO FOR THE NEW LICENSE PLATE READERS AND GATE ALARM

[2:08:19] SYSTEM.

[2:08:20] >>Council Member Carroll: WAS THAT ON THE SECOND?

[2:08:24] >> THAT IS ON THE LAST SO THIS IS THIS ONE.

[2:08:29] >>Council Member Carroll: THAT'S WITH SATURDAY CHARGE,

[2:08:32] CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ONE BEFORE THAT?

[2:08:34] NO SATURDAY CHARGE ON KIOSK.

[2:08:38] >> WE HAVE NO SATURDAY CHARGE AND WITH THIS IS WITHOUT THE

[2:08:43] 1.2 MILLION AND IT IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

[2:08:48] SOME OF THIS WILL BE COVERED AS WELL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARKING

[2:08:52] RATE. I BELIEVE IN A FEW.

[2:08:54] >>Council Member Carroll: OKAY. THINK I WILL HOLD THAT

[2:09:00] DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT ITEM THEN.

[2:09:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU CAN ADVANCE SINCE THAT'S THE END OF

[2:09:10] THE STAFF PRESENTATION. REQUEST FOR COUNSEL WE WILL

[2:09:17] HOLD OUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS UNLESS THEY ARE BURNING UNTIL

[2:09:20] AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL.

[2:09:34] WE HAVE A FEW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED

[2:09:38] LETTERS OR SUBMITTED WITHOUT AGENDA AS WELL AND IT'S COMMON

[2:09:41] PRACTICE TO INVITE THEM TO COME FORWARD ONCE I'VE OPENED UP THE

[2:09:46] PUBLIC HEARING SO I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED

[2:09:49] FOR DIANA, CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON THE COMMISSION

[2:09:52] AND THE TOM ROSE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY

[2:09:56] DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO COME FORWARD.

[2:09:58] THEN EITHER SPEAK, YES.

[2:10:00] >>Public Speaker: DIANA MARKSON CHAIR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND

[2:10:04] I'M HERE TO ACCOMPANY THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO

[2:10:08] THE CITY'S ANNUAL ARTS GRANT FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027

[2:10:11] AND I REQUEST FIVE MINUTES.

[2:10:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE WILL ADD 2 MORE.

[2:10:17] >>Public Speaker: THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATIONS

[2:10:20] TO INCREASE ANNUAL FUNDING FROM THE ARTS FROM 100,000 TO

[2:10:24] $200,000. I KNOW IT'S WHAT YOU RECEIVE IN

[2:10:34] FUNDING EACH YEAR, JOIN ME IN EXPRESSING THEIR THANKS YOUR

[2:10:38] RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT OF THE CULTURAL WORK THEY DO.

[2:10:44] WHAT MAKES COLOMBIAN THE BEST PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE WORK

[2:10:47] AND PLAY AND JUST TO PUT THAT FUNDING INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT

[2:10:51] 200,000 THE CITY ALLOCATES TO ANNUAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS

[2:10:54] REPRESENTS LESS THAN 2/10 OF 1% OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND

[2:11:03] EXPENDITURE. THESE FUNDS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE

[2:11:05] IN SUPPORTING THE CULTURE AND VITALITY OF OUR CITY AND ARE

[2:11:09] ALSO AN ECONOMIC ENGINE AND A 2022 ARTS AND ECONOMIC

[2:11:28] PROSPERITY STUDIED THE DIRECT IMPACT OF THE NONPROFIT ARTS

[2:11:31] AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN COLUMBIA AND THEIR AUDIENCES

[2:11:34] WAS OVER $18 MILLION OF WHICH OVER $420,000 WENT TO LOCAL TAX

[2:11:38] REVENUE SO CITY MONEY HARD AT WORK.THANKS TO THE SUPPORT

[2:11:41] FROM CITY ARTS FUNDING 125,000 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE

[2:11:45] ATTENDED ARTS EVENTS ORGANIZED BY OUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES THIS

[2:11:48] PAST YEAR AND HERE ARE SOME MORE LOVELY NUMBERS OF WHAT

[2:11:52] THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE ARTS COMMUNITY 11 AND A HALF

[2:11:55] THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED THE TRUE FALSE FILM FESTIVAL IN

[2:11:58] MARCH, 3700 ATTENDED THE UNBOUND BOOK FESTIVAL IN APRIL

[2:12:02] AND 15 AND HALF THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED OUT IN THE PARK IN

[2:12:05] JUNE. OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE CITIES

[2:12:07] DOLLARS DOING GREAT THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 2 AND A

[2:12:11] HALF THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH CHILDREN'S

[2:12:14] THEATER, ACCESS ARTS AS PROVIDED ARTS EDUCATION FOR

[2:12:17] 1500 PEOPLE, 8000 PEOPLE VIEWED CONCERTS BY THE ODYSSEY CHAMBER

[2:12:25] MUSIC SERIES, 12,000 HAVE TAKEN PART IN EVENTS IN THE NORTH

[2:12:28] VILLAGE ARTS DISTRICT AND 13,000 PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO

[2:12:31] EVENTS AT THE BOONE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ALL THESE

[2:12:34] ARTS AGENCIES ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE CITY'S ARTS FUNDING

[2:12:38] PROGRAM. DURING THE GRANT APPLICATION

[2:12:41] PROCESS COLUMBIA'S NONPROFIT ARTS AGENCIES SUBMIT REQUESTS

[2:12:44] FOR PROJECTS SPECIFIC FUNDING TO THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL

[2:12:51] AFFAIRS. THIS YEAR OCA RECEIVED 30

[2:12:53] APPLICATIONS AND ESTIMATED THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 140,000

[2:12:58] RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WILL PARTICIPATE IN CITY FUNDED ARTS

[2:13:01] ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. IF FUNDING IS APPROVED TO THE

[2:13:06] BUDGET CONTRACTS WILL BE AUTHORIZED IN OCTOBER TO

[2:13:09] SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ARTS PROJECTS.

[2:13:11] WE ARE FORTUNATE IN MISERY AT HAVING AN EARMARKED STATE

[2:13:20] STATUTE THAT DRAWS FROM TAXES PAID BY NONRESIDENT

[2:13:23] PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS TO PROVIDE FUNDING

[2:13:26] TO THE MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL. HOWEVER DUE TO ANNUAL

[2:13:34] APPROPRIATIONS FROM THIS FUND IN FY 27 LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF

[2:13:37] THE WITHHELD AMOUNT WILL REACH THE ARTS.

[2:13:40] 7.2 MILLION ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE WHICH MAKES CITY FUNDING

[2:13:43] ALL THE MORE CRITICAL TO OUR OWN NONPROFIT ARTS AGENCIES.

[2:13:47] AS YOU ALL KNOW THE ARTS POWER THE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE

[2:13:52] WANT TO LIVE AND WORK, SHARE ALL OF TO STICK ON CULTURAL

[2:13:57] EXPERIENCES STRENGTHEN ALL OF OUR SENSE OF BELONGING AND

[2:14:01] COMMUNITY PRIDE AND WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS

[2:14:06] COUNSEL'S RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE

[2:14:09] ARTS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[2:14:11] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU DIANA, STACY FORD WITH HUMAN

[2:14:15] SERVICES. STACY FORD WITH THE HUMAN

[2:14:17] SERVICES COMMISSION AND TOM ROSE, COME CLOSER.

[2:14:21] I'M MAKING STACY WALK. WHEN I FIRST SAID HIS NAME HE

[2:14:33] WAS AT THE BACK AS WELL.

[2:14:40] >>Public Speaker: STACY FORD, CHAIR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES

[2:14:43] COMMISSION THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR

[2:15:04] COMMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S LONG-STANDING INVESTMENT

[2:15:08] IN OUR COMMUNITY SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE

[2:15:11] SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING PROCESS. THE HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION

[2:15:15] AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ARE CHARGED

[2:15:18] WITH MAKING ANNUAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY

[2:15:21] COUNCIL. THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF

[2:15:24] THE PURCHASE OF SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

[2:15:28] AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS.

[2:15:32] UTILIZING THE CITY SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING.

[2:15:34] THE GOAL OF THE CITY'S PURCHASE OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS TO ENSURE

[2:15:38] OUR BASIC NEEDS ARE MET AND ALL CITIZENS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

[2:15:41] TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

[2:15:44] DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING PROCESS

[2:15:47] AND ISSUES WE ADDRESS WERE PROVIDED IN OUR REPORT TO THE

[2:15:51] COUNCIL WHICH WAS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE BUDGET.

[2:15:54] THE HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION HAS ASKED FOR SOCIAL SERVICE

[2:15:58] FUNDING TO BE RESTORED OR INCREASED EACH BUDGET CYCLE AND

[2:16:02] AFTER AN INCREASE IN THE LAST THREE BUDGETS WE ARE CONCERNED

[2:16:05] TO SEE THE CITY'S MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A 10%

[2:16:08] CUT IN SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING ALL TAKEN OUT OF THE RFP FOR

[2:16:12] OPPORTUNITY. THIS ADJUSTMENT IF ADOPTED

[2:16:14] WOULD DECREASE THE TOTAL FOR THIS FUNDING BY $422,666 TO

[2:16:20] $285.54, $542. ALMOST 137, 1307, I'M SORRY.

[2:16:28] THANK YOU. I'VE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME

[2:16:33] WORKING TODAY. 1025 DISTRICTS.

[2:16:40] LIKELY RESULTING IN FEWER AGENCIES BEING FUNDED,

[2:16:46] PREVIOUSLY FUNDED AGENCIES INCLUDE GRADE A+, JOB POINT,

[2:16:49] LOVE COLUMBIA AND COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY LOW INCOME

[2:16:53] SERVICES. SOME SERVICES WE'VE PURCHASED

[2:16:55] WE ARE INCLUDING JOB REVENUE TRAINING, PERSONAL FINANCE

[2:17:01] EDUCATION AND OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMMING SO PARENTS CAN STAY

[2:17:05] AT WORK. THIS FEELS MORE IMPACTFUL NOW

[2:17:19] RATHER THAN EVER WITH THE BUDGET CUTS TOO MANY LOCAL

[2:17:22] PROGRAMS. THE MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN

[2:17:24] SERVICES COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR

[2:17:28] ITS LONG-STANDING SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL

[2:17:32] INFRASTRUCTURE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING

[2:17:34] OUR 2027 SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS IN

[2:17:38] DECEMBER, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE HELP BARBARA.

[2:17:45] >>Public Speaker: TOM ROSE, CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITY

[2:17:49] DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SO I'M NOT TALKING TONIGHT, THAT WILL

[2:17:53] BE LATER. WHEN I PRESENT TONIGHT IS OUR

[2:17:55] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR FISCAL

[2:17:58] YEAR 27 FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

[2:18:01] AND THE WHOLE PROGRAM. THE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR 25

[2:18:05] THROUGH 29 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE COMMISSION REVIEWED

[2:18:15] THESE AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TODAY

[2:18:17] TO CONSIDER SO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.

[2:18:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU TOM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO

[2:18:27] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 CITY OF COLUMBIA BUDGET

[2:18:38] ?

[2:18:39] >>Public Speaker: MARK KLEIN, THIRD WARD.

[2:18:41] I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING BUT HEARING ABOUT THE PARKING

[2:18:45] GARAGE SITUATION I WANTED TO CALL TWO THINGS TO YOUR

[2:18:48] ATTENTION, ONE OF WHICH IS I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE ADOPTING

[2:18:52] OR PLANNING ON ADOPTING A LICENSE PLATE READING SYSTEM

[2:18:56] BUT IT SEEMS THIS IS ANOTHER EXPANSION OF THE SURVEILLANCE

[2:18:59] STATE, SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE BIG BROTHER AND I DON'T WANT TO

[2:19:04] SEE COLUMBIA GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.

[2:19:08] THE OTHER THING IS AS YOU KNOW I WORKED FOR MID-MISSOURI PIECE

[2:19:12] WORKS AND WE OPERATED THE PIECE NOOK AND BY FAR OUR BUSIEST DAY

[2:19:15] IS SATURDAY. IF WE START CHARGING PARKING ON

[2:19:41] SATURDAYS, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON

[2:19:44] SMALL SHOPS AND OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT.

[2:19:47] AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU NOT TO DO THAT BASED ON THAT BASIS

[2:19:51] ALONE. WE DO HERE A LOT COMPLAINTS

[2:19:53] ABOUT PARKING METERS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.

[2:19:55] I CAN ALWAYS POINT TO THEM AND SAY WEEKENDS ARE FREE, THERE IS

[2:19:59] PARKING IN THE PARKING GARAGE ON SATURDAY OR WHEREVER YOU

[2:20:02] PART AND IT WILL HURT US IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND HURT A LOT

[2:20:05] OF OTHER PEOPLE TO.

[2:20:07] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?

[2:20:10] >> I WILL NOT SAY MY ADDRESS PUBLICLY.

[2:20:12] I JUST WANT TO FIRST OFF TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUE.

[2:20:16] I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HAVING THE POWER POINTS AND

[2:20:34] THEN BEING MISSING. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS

[2:20:37] HAS HAPPENED. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

[2:20:40] TO APPEAR AS COMPETENT ESPECIALLY NOW YOU ARE A FULL

[2:20:43] PANEL OF WOMEN TO RENT ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS BE

[2:20:47] MORE CONSISTENT IN PROVIDING AS MUCH RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE.

[2:20:50] I WAS HOPING YOU WERE JOKING ABOUT PUTTING THINGS TO A VOTE

[2:20:54] TODAY BECAUSE AGAIN THE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT

[2:20:58] THIS INFORMATION AND I'M GLAD YOU CHOSE NOT TO RIP THESE ARE

[2:21:01] THE KIND OF SMALL THINGS THAT GIVE PEOPLE AN EXCUSE TO SAVE

[2:21:04] YOU GUYS ARE INCOMPETENT SO THINGS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE

[2:21:08] APPROVED UPON AND TO BE CONSISTENT.

[2:21:11] ANOTHER THING I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS THE PARKING.

[2:21:13] AS A SERVER DUE TO MINIMUM WAGE AND HOUR OF OUR LABOR GOES INTO

[2:21:17] PARKING WHEN YOU RAISE THE PARKING METERS.

[2:21:20] THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT I DO HERE SURPRISINGLY IN SPITE ALL

[2:21:28] THE SUPPOSED VIOLENCE IS PARKING.

[2:21:30] THE REASON WHY PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO DOWNTOWN IS THEY ARE TIRED

[2:21:34] OF DRIVING FOR 20 MINUTES, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME,

[2:21:38] THEY CAN'T FIND PARKING. AND I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THEY

[2:21:41] DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR CERTAIN PARKING.

[2:21:43] I KNOW WE NEED TO GET THE MONEY SOMEWHERE BUT MAYBE THERE'S A

[2:21:47] COMPROMISE THAT CAN BE MADE PEOPLE WORKING HERE AND MAYBE

[2:21:54] THERE COULD BE SOMETHING SO IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO

[2:21:57] SPEND MORE OF OUR HOURS IN THE PARKING.

[2:22:00] BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP AS WE ARE

[2:22:04] TALKING ABOUT INCREASING AND THE FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T

[2:22:07] EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GARAGES OR KNOW THAT IT'S

[2:22:11] FREE, MOST DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE

[2:22:14] MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THIS PARKING WAS GOING TO BE AN

[2:22:18] ISSUE SO TRANSPARENCY AGAIN NEEDS TO BE MORE IMPROVED.

[2:22:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DOES ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO

[2:22:25] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

[2:22:29] >>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES FROM WARD ONE AND I HAVE

[2:22:32] A QUESTION FOR THE BUDGET, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS BUDGET

[2:22:36] REFLECTS THE 1% SALES TAX INCREASE AND WILL THE NEXT

[2:22:39] PROPOSED BUDGET SHOW THAT?

[2:22:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: AFTER PUBLIC HEARING I WILL ASK THE

[2:22:53] QUESTIONS, ANYONE WISH TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

[2:22:57] >>Public Speaker: EUGENE ELKINS, SECOND WARD.

[2:23:00] MY ONLY COMMENT IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IN MY PAST

[2:23:04] I WITNESSED IT WITH MY OWN EYES.

[2:23:06] YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT AND THE WORD IS ASSETS IN CITY OWNERSHIP.

[2:23:16] IF YOU SHOULD DRIVE BEHIND THE POWER PLANT YOU WILL WITNESS

[2:23:19] ITEMS THAT ARE RUSTING AWAY. THEY COULD BE A WRITE OFF OR

[2:23:23] COULD IT BE WE NEED TO HAVE LESS WASTING OF ITEMS PURCHASED

[2:23:29] BY WAY OF PUTTING A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS.

[2:23:31] BEFORE YOU ALL SERVED ON THE COUNCIL, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL

[2:23:49] TONIGHT. THERE WAS A A LOT OF DISCUSSION

[2:23:51] ABOUT THE ELECTRIC BUSES.I'D LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO START

[2:23:55] MONITORING THE ACTUAL EXPENSES. THEY ONLY GAVE THEM ABOUT A

[2:23:58] YEAR AND THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE BREAKDOWNS.

[2:24:01] TECHNOLOGY COULD HAVE CHANGED BUT COULD BE VERY ITEMS WE GIVE

[2:24:04] THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO RIDE FOR FREE BE COSTING YOU WAY MORE

[2:24:08] THAN THE OLD DIESEL OR THEY WE GO BACK TO GASOLINE VERSION OF

[2:24:12] BUSES? THE REASON I'M BRINGING ALL

[2:24:14] THIS UP IS YES, YOU ALL HAVE A MAJOR JOB.

[2:24:16] YOU HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO LOOK AT BUT THE REALITY IS WE SPENT

[2:24:19] THE MONEY AND LET'S TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER IT IS WE OWN, THANK

[2:24:26] YOU.

[2:24:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PROPOSED

[2:24:29] FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET?

[2:24:33] >>Public Speaker: NIKKI DAVIS, SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET AND I

[2:24:37] PLAN TO SPEAK ON THIS LATER IN THE AGENDA BUT I WILL SPEAK AT

[2:24:52] BOTH. SATURDAY IS ONE OF THE MOST

[2:24:54] IMPORTANT SHOPPING DAYS FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.

[2:24:58] THEY ARE ALREADY COMPETING WITH A LOT OF OTHER BIG BOX STORES,

[2:25:01] A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT JUST COME WITH THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

[2:25:05] BUT THE PARKING IN GARAGES ON SATURDAYS IS SOMETHING THAT'S

[2:25:09] VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

[2:25:14] I GUESS WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THEY HAVE A LARGER IMPACT TO

[2:25:17] CONSIDER HERE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF PARKING

[2:25:19] REVENUE FOR THE CITY TO COME WHEN THE EXPENSE OF A

[2:25:22] SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING SPENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN

[2:25:27] RESTAURANTS, RETAILERS, SALONS, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND OTHER

[2:25:39] LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES. SATURDAY PARKING SHOULD BE

[2:25:42] VIEWED AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL, NOT SIMPLY AS

[2:25:45] A POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR PARKING REVENUE.

[2:25:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE

[2:25:52] PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET?

[2:25:54] >>Public Speaker: MAC SHACK, 709 LIME STREET, WARD 1 AND

[2:25:59] LAST TIME I SPOKE IT WAS 10:00 A.M. THE DAY AFTER YOU STARTED

[2:26:02] YOUR MEETING I WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO LET EVERYBODY

[2:26:07] KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST CITY BUDGET THAT HAS ZEROED OUT ALL

[2:26:11] FUNDING IS NO PLAN TO CONTINUE. IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING

[2:26:20] TO PINCH PENNIES AND TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS WANT TO LET YOU KNOW

[2:26:23] YOU'VE DONE THAT SUCCESSFULLY SINCE 2015.

[2:26:26] COMMUNITY BUDGET AT A BUDGET OF $50,000 AND YOU WHITTLE IT DOWN

[2:26:29] TO 35 SO IF THE IDEA EVERYBODY HAS TO DO THEIR FAIR SHARE CITY

[2:26:33] TO COMMUNITY MEDIA TO DO THAT AND IF YOU ELIMINATE COMMUNITY

[2:26:37] MEDIA THAT'S OVERBURDENING OF THAT SERVICE BY ELIMINATING IT.

[2:26:50] I LIVE ON LYON STREET SO LAST WEEK AT 1:30 I WENT TO SLEEP

[2:26:54] WITH MY WINDOW OPEN, I HEAR SHOTS FIRED AND WITHIN 30

[2:26:57] SECONDS POLICE WERE THERE. VERY FAST RESPONSE AT WALNUT

[2:27:00] AND EVEN SO NO COMMUNITY WAS LOSING THEIR MIND ON SOCIAL

[2:27:03] MEDIA ABOUT THE FACT THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED.

[2:27:06] THE OWNERS OR MANAGER IS A VIDWEST MEMBER SO WE SAID

[2:27:10] WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY SAY THERE'S YOUNG PEOPLE WITH

[2:27:13] NOWHERE TO GO. WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO,

[2:27:17] THEY CAN'T GO TO THE BARS, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

[2:27:22] THEY NEED THINGS TO DO, THEY MAY BE GRADUATED, THEY MIGHT BE

[2:27:26] 19 OR 20, WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM TO GO?

[2:27:28] WE ARE PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SPACE.

[2:27:30] IT'S OPEN FOR THEM TO COME. YOU'RE TAKING THAT AWAY, TAKING

[2:27:46] AWAY THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND IF THEY MAKE THE WRONG DECISIONS

[2:27:50] THEY'RE GOING TO GET SUCKED INTO A SYSTEM YOU'RE GOING TO

[2:27:53] PUNISH THEM SO WE LITERALLY HAVE VOLUNTEERS, THEY DON'T GET

[2:27:57] PAID. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE IF

[2:27:58] FUNCTION AND YOUR FUNDING PAYS FOR THE RENT SO YOU HAVE

[2:28:01] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO HELP OTHER MEMBERS, THE CITY

[2:28:05] FUNDING ENABLES THAT HELP. I DON'T THINK THIS THINKING OF

[2:28:08] COMMUNITY MEDIA WENT INTO THE BUDGET DECISION A YEAR AGO.

[2:28:15] YOU GOT A LETTER THAT SAID THIS WAS GOING TO GET DEFUNDED,

[2:28:19] NOBODY DID LISTENING SESSIONS, NOBODY SAID LET'S TALK TO YOUR

[2:28:23] MEMBERS, NOBODY ASKED FOR OUR DATA WHICH WE BEEN GATHERING

[2:28:26] BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RECKONING, WE KNEW THE

[2:28:31] CITY WAS GOING TO SAY DEFEND YOUR SERVICE, NOBODY HAS ASKED

[2:28:33] FOR THAT DATA WHICH BLOWS MY MIND.

[2:28:36] I THOUGHT THAT WAS THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION AND IT NEVER

[2:28:39] HAPPENED. SO I DISAGREE WITH THE IDEA OF

[2:28:40] WAITING FOR DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HAVING TO

[2:28:44] PAY FOR THESE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS.

[2:28:50] YOU SHOULD BE INVESTING UPSTREAM WHICH IS

[2:28:53] METAPHORICALLY PLANTING THE TREES THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE

[2:28:56] TOGETHER SO THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUNISH

[2:28:59] THEM.

[2:29:00] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED

[2:29:03] BUDGET?

[2:29:04] >>Public Speaker: GREAT, KRISTEN MARIE, 1101 WARD ONE,

[2:29:13] NOW I'M ENTERING IT INTO THE RECORD.

[2:29:15] WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS ON THE SPREADSHEET REMEMBER

[2:29:21] IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR AND PLANT THE SEEDS

[2:29:24] THAT WILL GROW INTO THE COLUMBIA MY CHILDREN GROW UP

[2:29:28] IN, THAT YOUR CHILDREN GROW UP IN.

[2:29:31] WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET ITEMS AND CONSIDERING WHAT

[2:29:35] SEEDS TO WATER REMEMBER THE PARABLE OF THE TWO WOLVES AND

[2:29:39] THE ONE THAT WINS IS THE ONE YOU FEED SO ARE WE FEEDING

[2:29:41] MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO TECHNOLOGY THAT ISN'T

[2:29:44] CONTROLLED HERE AND ULTIMATELY WILL ALLOW US TO CRIMINALIZE A

[2:29:50] GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OR ARE WE FEEDING

[2:29:53] ARTS PROGRAMS TO SOCIAL SERVICES?

[2:29:57] ARE WE FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY PLANTING TREES AND

[2:30:00] CLEANING STREAMS SO PEOPLE COME HERE AND TAKE A WALK IN ONE OF

[2:30:03] OUR PARKS AND NEVER LEAVE. THANK YOU.

[2:30:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK

[2:30:13] ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET?

[2:30:18] I'LL REMIND YOU THIS IS THE FIRST OF MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES

[2:30:21] TO SPEAK, IT WILL NOT BE VOTED ON UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21.

[2:30:25] SEEING NONE I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[2:30:28] PETER, ARE YOU COMING TO TALK, OKAY.

[2:30:33] SO I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8 WHERE

[2:30:40] WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL

[2:30:44] YEAR 27 BUDGET. I WILL NOW GO TO COUNSEL

[2:30:56] COMMENTS OR COUNSEL FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

[2:30:59] THE ONLY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR SHORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WE

[2:31:02] HAVE BEFORE US DOES NOT INCLUDE THE REVENUE FROM PROPOSITION

[2:31:06] ONE TO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.

[2:31:08] >> THAT IS CORRECT. THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT.

[2:31:11] THE TIMING OF THE VOTE DID NOT ALLOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT

[2:31:14] THIS MONEY INTO THIS BUDGET, WE COULD NOT ANTICIPATE WE WERE

[2:31:18] GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS BUDGET SO WE WILL CREATE

[2:31:21] AN AMENDMENT AND HAVE THAT IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF

[2:31:24] FISCAL YEAR 27.

[2:31:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, BETSY AND THEN VALERIE.

[2:31:30] >>Council Member Peters: STARTING IN JANUARY WE WOULD BE

[2:31:35] COLLECTING THIS MONEY BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY MONEY FROM

[2:31:40] THE STATE UNTIL MARCH SO YOU'RE BRINGING THE AMENDMENT, YOU'RE

[2:31:44] BRINGING BUDGET AMENDMENT IN JANUARY?

[2:31:47] IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?

[2:31:56] >> IT COULD BE BEFORE JANUARY, I AM NOT SURE BUT WE WILL AMEND

[2:32:00] THE BUDGET TO CREATE THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FUND.

[2:32:03] >>Council Member Peters: OKAY, THANKS.

[2:32:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.

[2:32:08] >>Council Member Carroll: COULD THE BARRICADES COME FROM THE 1%

[2:32:14] TAX GIVEN IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSE?

[2:32:23] >>Mayor Buffaloe: D'CARLON, I THINK THAT'S A YOU QUESTION.

[2:32:43] >> POSSIBLY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED

[2:32:45] ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY FUND ITSELF IS WE

[2:32:49] WOULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH POLICE AND FIRE BEFORE WE

[2:32:52] BROUGHT ANYTHING FORWARD SO THAT WOULD BE A LARGER

[2:32:56] CONVERSATION.

[2:32:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL?

[2:33:00] >>Council Member Carroll: IF JACQUE HAS A RELEVANT COMMENT I

[2:33:03] WOULD DEFER TO HER.

[2:33:05] >>Council Member Sample: BASED ON VALERIE'S QUESTION IF THE

[2:33:08] AMENDMENT PASSES TO PURCHASE A BARRICADE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE

[2:33:11] IN TIMELINE, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA ON TIMELINE?

[2:33:14] >> IF YOU USE THE AMENDMENT PASSES AND YOU USE THE RESERVES

[2:33:19] WE CAN PURCHASE BARRIERS NOW. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT USING THE

[2:33:26] PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX YOU'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING IT MORE

[2:33:31] TOWARDS THE SPRINGTIME. SPRING, SUMMER.

[2:33:36] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WAS INTO COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS

[2:33:44] BUT IF YOU HAVE ONE ON THE SUBJECT, BETSY IS THAT YOURS?

[2:33:54] >>Council Member Peters: COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT THESE

[2:33:57] BARRIERS ARE BECAUSE I HEARD ABOUT THEM BUT WE NEED TO BUY

[2:34:01] THEM BUT I DON'T EXACTLY, I'VE NEVER SEEN A COUNSEL MEMO AS TO

[2:34:05] WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY WILL DO FOR US?

[2:34:08] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE.

[2:34:18] >> I'LL SPEAK BASED ON WHAT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH

[2:34:22] CHIEF SCHAEFER AND CHIEF SCHLUTE AND VALERIE AS WELL.

[2:34:25] WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DOWNTOWN SAFETY BUT ALSO

[2:34:28] PROTECTED PEDESTRIAN HEADWAYS. AND IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE

[2:34:32] TALKED ABOUT HOW TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WITHIN THOSE SPACES.

[2:34:40] SO THE BARRIERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE BEST PRACTICE

[2:34:44] BARRIERS TO KEEP PEOPLE WITHIN THE CLOSED SECTION OF THE ROAD

[2:34:47] SAFE FROM OTHER VEHICLES COMING THROUGH TRYING TO BREAK DOWN

[2:34:51] THE BARRICADE.SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT SO WE CAN USE

[2:34:54] IT FOR A CLOSING STREETS FOR EVENTS OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER WE

[2:34:57] USE PARADES, HOWEVER WE USE FEES SO IT'S THE BEST BARRICADE

[2:35:01] IN TALKING WITH CHIEF SCHAEFER IT'S THE BEST OPTION TO KEEP

[2:35:04] PEOPLE SAFE. >>Council Member Peters: I

[2:35:07] APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATION BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REAL

[2:35:10] PRESENTATION ON THIS BEFORE WE COMMIT $1 MILLION TO THIS, DID

[2:35:15] WE HAVE ONE AND I MISSED IT, VALERIE?

[2:35:30] >>Council Member Carroll: WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION ON

[2:35:33] THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM BUT IT'S BEEN

[2:35:36] PRESENTED WITH SLIDES AND PICTURES AND I REMEMBER CHIEF

[2:35:40] SCHAEFER AND SCHLUTE. I MATCHED BOTH OF YOUR NAMES

[2:35:43] TOGETHER. I REMEMBER THEM SPEAKING TO US

[2:35:45] ON IT DURING REGULAR, PERHAPS THE RING COUNSEL COMMENT.

[2:35:54] >>Council Member Peters: THANKS, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK

[2:35:57] AT THAT.

[2:35:58] >>Council Member Carroll: IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM

[2:36:01] THEM AGAIN. MY SUPPORT COMES NOT ONLY FROM

[2:36:04] THE DESIRE TO PUT US DOWN STREETS IN THE FUTURE BUT THE

[2:36:13] LACK OF HAVING THEM FOR OUR CURRENT STREET CLOSURES.

[2:36:16] WE HEARD BOTH OF OUR CHIEFS SAY THEY WERE FLABBERGASTED WE

[2:36:20] DIDN'T HAVE MORE ALREADY AND THAT A COMMUNITY OUR SIZE OUGHT

[2:36:24] TO HAVE THEM BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME BACK-AND-FORTH OVER

[2:36:29] SEVERAL YEARS AS TO WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD COME FROM AND WHICH

[2:36:34] BUDGET IT WOULD COME FROM. I WOULD SUGGEST A 1% TAX WOULD

[2:36:40] HELP.

[2:36:41] >>.

[2:36:52] >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIND THE VIDEO FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

[2:37:01] >> ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS GOING FORWARD.

[2:37:04] COUNSEL AS ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT

[2:37:14] TO VOTE ON FOR THE SEPTEMBER 8 13 AT IT BUT THEY HAD

[2:37:17] OBVIOUSLY, AT THAT TIME AS WELL.

[2:37:18] AS WELL AS THIS ONE. CHRISTINA.

[2:37:20] >>Council Member Hartman: IF YOU COULD REFRESH MY MEMORY.

[2:37:26] SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT ONCE, I DIDN'T WRITE THAT

[2:37:29] DOWN AND I APOLOGIZE BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A REQUEST TO

[2:37:33] MOVE ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET. TOO FYI, FROM 26 TO 27 IF YOU

[2:37:41] CAN RUMOR THAT THAT KOREA IS THAT GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN

[2:37:48] OUR QUARTERLY MEMO WHERE IT'S LIKE THESE ARE ALL THE CHANGES.

[2:38:01] WE WANT INCREASES HERE, WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM THIS FUND TO

[2:38:05] THIS FUND, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WILL SEE IN THAT REPORT WORK

[2:38:08] PRESENTATION BECAUSE I JUST DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT IN THE

[2:38:12] ONE WE WILL SEE TONIGHT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS COMING

[2:38:15] OUT.

[2:38:16] >> FOURTH-QUARTER AMENDMENTS ARE ON THE AGENDA LATER

[2:38:19] TONIGHT. THESE ITEMS WILL NOT BE A

[2:38:21] DECREASE IN THE BUDGET, THEY WILL BE ACTUAL FUNDING THAT

[2:38:24] ISN'T SPENT IN 26 WHICH AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WILL GO

[2:38:27] BACK TO THE RESERVES OF WHATEVER FUND IT WAS BUDGETED

[2:38:30] IN AND COULD BE REAPPROPRIATED IN THE 27.

[2:38:35] I WAS TRYING TO MATCH UP WHAT YOU GUYS WERE SHOWING ME AND I

[2:38:39] MISSED ALL THAT.

[2:38:44] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS,

[2:38:54] JACQUE.

[2:38:55] >>Council Member Sample: AS WE CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE

[2:38:58] BUDGET I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THE HUMAN SERVICES

[2:39:02] COMMISSION LETTER. THAT'S AN AREA WE NEED TO

[2:39:04] PRIORITIZE SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

[2:39:07] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WOULD AGREE WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICES

[2:39:10] FUNDING READ ONE OF MY HOPES IS THAT SALES TAX IMPROVEMENTS

[2:39:14] WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS SOCIAL SERVICES

[2:39:18] FUNDING SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO

[2:39:22] RESTORE THAT PERCENTAGE OPPORTUNITY PART OF IT.

[2:39:29] ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS. IF NOT I WILL CONTINUE.

[2:39:32] WE WILL CONTINUE THIS TO THE SEPTEMBER 8 2026 CITY COUNCIL

[2:39:42] MEETING. AGAIN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER

[2:39:44] PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT TIME AND THE VOTES WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL

[2:39:48] SEPTEMBER 21. MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC

[2:39:51] HEARING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ PUBLIC HEARING 2826.

[2:39:54] >> A PROPOSED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED

[2:39:57] ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I-70 DRIVE AND EAST EASTER LANE, 7208 I-70

[2:40:01] DRIVE SOUTHEAST.

[2:40:05] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?

[2:40:09] YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON DOWN THE ENTIRE TIME YOU SPEAK.

[2:40:21] >> AS THE CLERK HAD READ, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

[2:40:27] WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE HELD PRIOR TO THE

[2:40:29] ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY INTO THE CITY.

[2:40:32] WITH NOTE THIS ITEM IS ALSO ON COUNSEL AGENDA FOR FIRST

[2:40:46] READING CONSIDERED AT SOME SUMMARY FOR ADDITIONAL

[2:40:49] DISCUSSION ON THE PERMANENT ZONING WHICH GOES ALONG WITH

[2:40:52] THE ANNEXATION. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AT

[2:40:55] 7208 I-70 DRIVE SOUTHEAST. AND AGAIN THIS IS A PUBLIC

[2:40:59] HEARING FOR THE ANNEXATION. THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION

[2:41:01] DURING SUBSEQUENT SECOND READING IF NECESSARY.

[2:41:04] THE PERMANENT ZONING THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR THIS SITE IS IN

[2:41:08] THE SEAT WHICH IS OUR MIXED-USE CORRIDOR SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR

[2:41:12] HIGH-LEVEL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

[2:41:15] THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 4 ACRES LOCATED ABOUT A MILE WEST

[2:41:19] OF TRADEWINDS PARK. JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT ON THE

[2:41:23] LOCATION OF THAT PROPERTY, ON I-70 DRIVE OUTER ROAD SOUTH BY

[2:41:27] 70 TO THE EAST AGAIN TRADE CENTER PARKWAY TO THE WEST YOU

[2:41:36] SEE THE SOLAR FARM LOCATED NOT TOO MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD

[2:41:40] TO THE WEST AS WELL. TO THE SOUTH SOME UNDEVELOPED

[2:41:43] PROPERTY CURRENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY DOES HAVE RESIDENTIAL

[2:41:46] DEVELOP LIST ASSOCIATED WITH IT PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE.

[2:41:49] THE SITE IS CURRENTLY IMPROVED WITH A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE,

[2:41:52] HOME TO A BUSINESS MID-MISSOURI GOLF CARS WHICH IS A

[2:41:56] LONG-STANDING VEHICLE REPAIR LOCATION.

[2:41:58] THIS WOULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE CG UPON ANNEXATION.

[2:42:06] GENERALLY THE REASON FOR SEEKING ANNEXATION WOULD BE

[2:42:12] GOOD TO CONNECT WITH CITY SEWER FOR USE OF THAT PROPERTY AND

[2:42:15] THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH RS, THAT IS COUNTY

[2:42:23] ZONING. THAT IS SINGLE-FAMILY BUT TO

[2:42:25] THE WEST YOU ALSO SEE CG SO CG IS THE COUNTY EQUIVALENT OF THE

[2:42:29] CITY MC SO THAT'S THEIR GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

[2:42:35] IT RECOGNIZES THESE PROPERTIES ONE OF TWO THINGS, AS AN

[2:42:39] EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ON THE SITE AND ALSO GIVEN ITS

[2:42:42] LOCATION ALONG THAT I-70 DRIVE AT THAT TYPE OF PARCEL WITH

[2:42:46] FRONTAGE ON A STREET IS CONTEXTUALLY MORE AGAIN TO

[2:42:51] CONDITIONAL USE. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION

[2:42:56] DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING I THINK ANALYSIS AS WELL ABOUT

[2:43:01] THAT USE BUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFIC USE THAT'S

[2:43:09] ON THERE RIGHT NOW.IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT MC ZONING.

[2:43:12] THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT MN BUT THE REQUEST IS FOR MC.

[2:43:15] IT DOES MEET MOST SITE-SPECIFIC STANDARDS.

[2:43:19] WHEN YOU SERVE THE BOONE COUNTY REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT IT'S

[2:43:23] SERVED BY BOONE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.

[2:43:29] AS PART OF THE ANNEXATION GENERALLY THE ANALYSIS IS

[2:43:33] WHETHER IT'S COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CITY PER

[2:43:40] STATE STATUTE. RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS NOT

[2:43:43] FOR ANY COUNCIL ACTION BUT TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING,

[2:43:46] RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANNEXATION.

[2:43:52] I DID WANT TO RELAY THE CONVERSATION ON THE PERMANENT

[2:43:55] ZONING. THAT WAS AGAIN ON A COUNSEL

[2:43:57] AGENDA BUT PLANNING AND ZONING DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE

[2:44:01] REQUESTED ZONING 7 TO 1 THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE

[2:44:04] COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND-USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS.

[2:44:11] I THINK THE CONVERSATION IS SOMETIMES THESE SMALL

[2:44:14] INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES CAN FALL OUTSIDE THE ANALYSIS DONE IN

[2:44:18] 2013 BUT THE EXISTING CONTEXT IS COMMERCIAL ZONED IN THE

[2:44:21] COUNTY SO STAFF IS CONFIDENT RECOMMENDING THAT PERMANENT

[2:44:25] ZONING BUT TONIGHT JUST TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

[2:44:31] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL TO STAFF?

[2:44:35] SEEING NONE I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[2:44:43] WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED

[2:44:47] ANNEXATION AT 7208 I-70 DRIVE SOUTHEAST?

[2:44:50] SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.ANY ADDITIONAL

[2:44:54] QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL.

[2:45:02] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND I'M

[2:45:05] SORRY IF THIS ISN'T EXACTLY RIGHT.

[2:45:11] AT SOME POINT I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS FORM OF

[2:45:15] ANNEXATION, THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TO ANNEX TO CONNECT

[2:45:18] INTO OUR SEWER BUT IT'S NOT EVEN A DIRECT CONNECTION SO I

[2:45:21] WANT TO LOOK AT OUR POLICIES CAUSING THIS CASE TO COME

[2:45:24] BEFORE US.

[2:45:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SEEING NONE THIS IS ONLY THE PUBLIC

[2:45:32] HEARING, THIS WILL HAPPEN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE

[2:45:38] SEPTEMBER 8 COUNCIL MEETING. MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS

[2:45:41] SHEILA WILLIE READ BILL 164 - 26.

[2:45:50] >> COUNSEL BILL 164 - 26 AMENDS CHAPTER 24 OF THE CITY CODE AS

[2:45:54] RELATES TO RATES FOR MUNICIPAL PARKING STRUCTURES AND FIXING

[2:45:57] THE TIME OF THIS ORDINANCE BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRD READING.

[2:46:01] >> STAFF REPORT.

[2:46:05] >> THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AT THE AUGUST 3 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA OR

[2:46:09] AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO PROVIDE TIME TO DISCUSS THE

[2:46:12] MATTER WITH THE CITY'S PARKING ADVISORY COMMISSION READ THAT

[2:46:21] MEETING OCCURRED AUGUST 12 READ REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIES

[2:46:24] FINANCED PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS PRESENTED SLIDES

[2:46:28] SIMILAR TO THOSE CITY COUNCIL HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS BUDGET

[2:46:31] MEETINGS IN THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SHOULD THIS EVENING.

[2:46:35] FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION THE COMMISSION VOTED 4 TO DO IN

[2:46:38] SUPPORT OF THE CHANGES DETAILED IN THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT TO

[2:46:42] READ THE SLIDES BEFORE YOU ARE THE SAME AS THOSE PRESENTED AT

[2:46:45] THE AUGUST 3 MEETING WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS.

[2:46:50] WE HAVE ADDED A SLIDE WHICH SHOWS SATURDAY PARKING GARAGE

[2:46:53] INFORMATION FOR THE 17 COLLEGE TOWNS WE LOOKED AT LAST YEAR

[2:47:00] WHEN ON STREET METER RATES WERE ADJUSTED TO A DOLLAR PER HOUR

[2:47:03] WITH WHAT IS EASY TO SEE FROM THIS INFORMATION IS THERE ARE

[2:47:07] MANY WAYS IN WHICH CITY HANDLED PARKING RATES HOWEVER ONLY

[2:47:11] BOULDER COLORADO HAS AS MANY GARAGES AS COLUMBIA DOESN'T

[2:47:14] CHARGE ON SATURDAY FOR THEIR SIX GARAGES, THE OTHER GARAGE

[2:47:17] HAD A DOLLAR AND ONE FOURTH HOURLY RATE.

[2:47:19] THE PARKING UTILITIES, PARKING CONSULTANT HAS BEEN WORKING ON

[2:47:24] TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS WHICH HAD DRAFT REPORTS SUBMITTED SINCE

[2:47:27] THE AUGUST 3 MEETING, THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET INCLUDES

[2:47:35] $750,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE 10TH AND JERRY GARAGE BUT THERE

[2:47:38] REPORT DETAILS THE NEEDS OF $750,000 NEXT YEAR TO 2.6

[2:47:41] MILLION TOTAL BEFORE 2032. THEY'VE ALSO SUBMITTED A

[2:47:45] PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A MOVE TO A NEW GATE ARM SYSTEM WHICH

[2:47:48] INCLUDES LICENSE PLATE READERS READ THIS TOTALS AN ESTIMATED

[2:47:52] 1.2 MILLION AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY OUR PRESENT SYSTEM.

[2:48:01] ALL UPGRADES IN 2027 AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD ISSUES WITH REPAIR

[2:48:05] HEALTH AND ART ACQUISITION. WE BELIEVE WHAT IS PROPOSED

[2:48:19] CREATES A CONSISTENT PARKING EXPERIENCE DOWNTOWN WHICH IS IN

[2:48:22] LINE WITH WHAT WE SEE IN SIMILAR COLLEGE TOWNS.

[2:48:25] WE SEE THIS AS PHASE 2 OF THE MULTIPHASIC PROCESS, FISCAL

[2:48:29] YEAR 2028 WILL LIKELY INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERMIT RATES

[2:48:32] AND PARKING GARAGES WHICH HASN'T BEEN DONE IN SOME TIME.

[2:48:36] FROM THERE WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO INCREASE HOURLY

[2:48:39] RATES WHEN NECESSARY IN THEORY AS A SINGLE UNIT.

[2:48:42] THE AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

[2:48:45] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR STAFF, VERA.

[2:48:49] >>Council Member Elwood: TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHEN YOU'RE

[2:48:52] LOOKING AT OTHER COLLEGE TOWNS AND WHETHER OR NOT PARKING IS

[2:48:55] FREE ON SATURDAY. YOU MENTIONED BOULDER IS THE

[2:48:58] ONLY ONE KIND OF COMPARABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE AS MANY

[2:49:02] GARAGES AS US IN TERMS OF THE ONES THAT ARE FREE ON

[2:49:05] SATURDAYS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT LOGIC

[2:49:07] THERE OF LIFE FEWER GARAGES MEANS IT'S MORE FEASIBLE TO BE

[2:49:10] FREE ON SATURDAY?

[2:49:16] >> THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT WOULD BE MORE GARAGES

[2:49:20] MEANS MORE MAINTENANCE SO THE MORE GARAGES YOU HAVE EACH ONE

[2:49:23] OF THOSE WILL AGE FROM THE TIME THEY ARE BUILT.

[2:49:26] IN PERPETUITY. AND SO YOU ATTEND TO SEE, OF

[2:49:38] COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREN'T HERE.

[2:49:41] I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ON STREET METER SPOTS THESE CITIES HAVE.

[2:49:44] THAT WOULD FACTOR IN TO HOW MUCH REVENUE THEY GENERATE ON

[2:49:48] STREET VERSUS THE PARKING GARAGE BUT LIKE I SAID THE BEST

[2:49:51] WAY I KNEW YOU PUT APPLES TO APPLES WAS BASED ON THE NUMBER

[2:49:54] OF PARKING GARAGES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE

[2:49:58] THAT'S HOW WE SORTED THIS INFORMATION FROM NUMBERED

[2:50:01] PARKING GARAGES.

[2:50:03] >>Council Member Hartman: WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE

[2:50:06] BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE DISCUSSED THE COST TO HAVE

[2:50:09] PEOPLE GOING AND EVALUATING THE METERS AND STUFF.

[2:50:14] IS THERE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN ORDER

[2:50:19] TO, FOR MAINTAINING THE REGULATION OR THE COST OF IT?

[2:50:29] >> AS FAR AS PERSONNEL IS CONCERNED, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T

[2:50:33] ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONAL. THE STUDY WE DID ON THE GATE

[2:50:40] ARM SYSTEM AND HOW TO BEST MOVE FORWARD FROM A TECHNICAL

[2:50:44] TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT, THERE WILL BE EFFICIENCIES BUILT

[2:50:48] THEIR. WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF

[2:50:50] PARKING ENFORCEMENT AGENTS WE NEED, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO

[2:50:53] COME DOWN OVER TIME BUT WE ARE PROBABLY TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT

[2:50:57] RIGHT NOW.

[2:51:09] >>Council Member Sample: SAY WE DON'T DO LICENSE PLATE READERS,

[2:51:12] WE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT PEOPLE WE HAVE DOING THAT?

[2:51:15] OR AT THE STATE WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE GATE READER GATES.

[2:51:19] I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE

[2:51:21] OUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE PEOPLE FOR OUR CURRENT

[2:51:24] STATE OR LESS PEOPLE TO ENFORCE THAT RULE.

[2:51:32] >> AS FAR AS THE GATE ARMS ARE CONCERNED WE WOULD NEED A NEW

[2:51:36] GATE ARM SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE USED LICENSE,

[2:51:39] WHETHER WE USED LICENSE PLATE READERS READ WE HAVE A LOT OF

[2:51:43] ISSUES WITH THE GATE ARM SYSTEM, SOME HAS TO DO WITH THE

[2:51:46] AGE OF THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE NOT BEING SUPPORTED.

[2:51:49] BUT THERE'S ALSO JUST ISSUES IN GENERAL WITH GATE ARM SYSTEMS.

[2:51:53] SO THE CONSULTANT LOOKED AT BOTH A GATED GATE ARM SYSTEM

[2:51:56] THAT CONTINUES TO HAVE GATES IF WE HAD LICENSE PLATE READERS

[2:52:00] AND ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE DATES.

[2:52:03] WITH THE HOTELS, THAT THAT USED OUR GARAGES ESPECIALLY WITH THE

[2:52:06] SHORT STREET GARAGE. IT WAS THERE FEELING THAT A

[2:52:09] GATED SYSTEM REMAINS THE BEST CHOICE FOR US WHEN LOOKING AT

[2:52:13] DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY.

[2:52:15] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANKS.

[2:52:18] >> ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, VALERIE.

[2:52:23] >>Council Member Carroll: IS THE AIRPORT PARKING LOT MANAGED

[2:52:26] BY THE AIRPORT OR BY THE PARKING?

[2:52:29] UTILITY.

[2:52:30] >> AIRPORT.

[2:52:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WITH THAT?

[2:53:00] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I HAVE A QUESTION, WHEN WAS THE LAST

[2:53:03] TIME WE INCREASED THE HOURLY RATE IN PARKING GARAGES?

[2:53:07] >> I HAVE THAT SLIDE, THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.

[2:53:10] REALLY NO CHANGES SINCE 2020. GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT

[2:53:21] HAPPENED IN 1517 AND 20 ARE A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME BUT NO

[2:53:24] CHANGES AT ALL SINCE 2020.

[2:53:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT'S FOR PERMITS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE

[2:53:29] HOURLY, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING IS 2001.

[2:53:37] I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER BECAUSE WE WENT TO FREE ARM

[2:53:40] SATURDAYS IN 2011 IN THE GARAGES AND THEN THE LAST

[2:53:43] INCREASE WAS 2001 IN THE PARKING GARAGE.

[2:53:49] FOR HOURLY RATES REAL BECAUSE I WAS LIKE WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN.

[2:53:52] I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING SO I WANTED

[2:53:55] TO ASK YOU THAT QUESTION, SHARON QUESTION AND WE WILL

[2:53:58] OPEN IT UP.

[2:54:07] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: HAVE YOU DONE A SPLIT ANALYSIS

[2:54:09] OF THE REVENUE INCREASE OF SATURDAY VERSUS JUST THE RATE

[2:54:14] INCREASE?

[2:54:15] >> FINANCE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THEIR SLIDES EARLIER.

[2:54:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT

[2:54:26] WAS MATTHEW. ONE MORE.

[2:54:43] THERE.

[2:54:43] >> IN THE COUNSEL MEMO WE'VE GOT 350,000.

[2:54:45] FOR THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE. MY QUESTION IS IF THIS

[2:54:49] ORDINANCE CHANGED WAS JUST THE DOLLAR AN HOUR FEE AND NOT THE

[2:54:52] SATURDAY PARKING WHAT'S THAT NUMBER?

[2:54:54] INSTEAD OF 350. IS IT.

[2:55:07] >> THE $253,000, THE ADDITIONAL, THERE IS THE

[2:55:10] ADDITIONAL $93,000 NOT ENFORCING PARKING FEES ON

[2:55:13] SATURDAY SO IT WOULD BE 253 WOULD BE THE REVENUE INCREASE.

[2:55:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, VALERIE.

[2:55:27] >>Council Member Carroll: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME

[2:55:30] TROUBLE TRACKING CARS THAT ARE LEFT LONG TERM.

[2:55:33] AND PERMANENT USERS. DOES THE GATE ARM SYSTEM GIVE

[2:55:39] YOU ANY ADVANTAGE TO THAT OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GATE ARM

[2:55:45] SYSTEM? OR DO YOU NEED TO MOVE TO

[2:55:51] LICENSE PLATE TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER TRACK THOSE THINGS.

[2:55:57] >> LICENSE PLATE READERS WOULD BE THE BEST AVENUE FOR THIS

[2:56:02] TRACKING. THE GATE ARM SYSTEM AS WE

[2:56:06] CURRENTLY USE IT CAN TRACK SOME BUT DUE TO HOW THINGS ARE

[2:56:09] OPERATED, WHERE THE GATES ARE OPEN ON SUNDAYS SOME PEOPLE

[2:56:14] JUST LEAVE AND WE CANNOT CAPTURE WHEN THEY LEAVE AND HOW

[2:56:17] LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN HERE.

[2:56:24] >>Council Member Carroll: SO SUNDAY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE

[2:56:28] FREE, WE WOULD CHANGE THE RATE TO SATURDAY IF THE AMENDMENT

[2:56:31] FAILS AND THE SUNDAY WOULD STILL BE FREE SO WE DON'T HAVE

[2:56:34] A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT CHANGE. OR THAT IMPACT FROM CARS THAT

[2:56:38] ARE LONG-TERM PARKING.

[2:56:39] >> CORRECT, OTHER THAN WHEN THEY GATE ARM IS BROKEN ON

[2:56:45] SATURDAYS AS WELL.

[2:56:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?

[2:57:00] WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK, IF YOU WANT TO

[2:57:04] ADVANCE THE SLIDES. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO

[2:57:07] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE HOURLY RATES IN PARKING

[2:57:14] GARAGES.

[2:57:14] >> HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU'LL HAVE TO HEAR ME,

[2:57:21] DISTRICT DOWNTOWN CIE. AN ATTEMPT TO NOT REPEAT MYSELF

[2:57:24] OVER WHAT I'VE SAID ABOUT THE SATURDAY PARKING, SOME OF THE

[2:57:26] OTHER BIG CONCERNS WE HAVE IS IT SEEMS LIKE THE EXISTING

[2:57:31] SYSTEM HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN FULLY COLLECTING WHAT IT SHOULD

[2:57:39] BE COLLECTING. SOME IF THAT IS WHAT THE MAYOR

[2:57:42] HAD TALKED ABOUT AND IT'S EASY TO PARK YOUR CAR AND LEAVE IT

[2:57:46] HOWEVER LONG YOU WANT AND GET A TICKET WITHOUT HAVING THE ARMS

[2:57:50] OPEN SO MAKING SURE THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T ESCAPE US AGAIN.

[2:57:53] THE SYSTEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN SLIGHTLY FLAWED SO WHILE WE

[2:57:56] AGREE WE NEED A NEW SYSTEM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE ARE

[2:58:15] COLLECTING CURRENTLY IS PROPER. WE KNOW THE CBD HAD BEEN

[2:58:19] COLLECTING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT DID NOT GO WELL WHICH

[2:58:22] I'M SURE SET US BACK FROM MOST OF IT BUT WE ALSO DEFINITELY

[2:58:26] WANT TO LOOK INTO, I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PORT IS NOT COLLECTING

[2:58:44] THEIR OWN PARKING REVENUE BECAUSE IT'S FREE BUT HOW DO WE

[2:58:47] SEE WHAT THAT COULD BRING IN FOR COLUMBIA AS WELL.

[2:58:50] THEN ALSO THE PARKING PERMITS, WE KNOW THE PARKING PERMITS ARE

[2:58:54] CONSISTENTLY PULLED OUT SO MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE GO

[2:58:57] FIRST AS OPPOSED TO PENALIZING OUR CUSTOMERS SHOPPING OUR

[2:59:00] BUSINESSES ON SATURDAY. THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS

[2:59:04] HERE WE COULD LOOK AT MORE THAN JUST THESE COUPLE OUT HERE THAT

[2:59:08] WE SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE PENALIZING PEOPLE FOR COMING

[2:59:12] DOWN ON SATURDAYS AND SHOPPING AND BEING ABLE TO PARK FOR

[2:59:15] FREE. IT IS SOMETHING OUR BUSINESSES

[2:59:19] TALK ABOUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT

[2:59:22] PARKING DOWNTOWN. PARKING GARAGES ARE FREE

[2:59:25] SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SO THAT IS SOMETHING VERY MUCH I KNOW ARE

[2:59:28] SMALL BUSINESSES COUNT ON AND THEIR CUSTOMERS.

[2:59:32] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU NIKKI, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO

[2:59:34] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO DOWNTOWN PARKING.

[2:59:37] >> DANNY PEREZ AGAIN. IF WE DO THIS I WOULD ASK WHEN

[2:59:40] WE DO BUDGET START INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SO THAT

[2:59:44] PEOPLE HAVE OTHER METHODS TO GET TO DOWNTOWN.

[2:59:47] ABEL DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE IS NO BUS STOPS.

[2:59:50] NOBODY IN THE FORUM GOES TO THE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T

[2:59:53] WANT TO DEAL WITH THE PARKING, THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH

[2:59:56] STUDENTS AND THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

[3:00:00] ROUTE FROM FORUM TO DOWNTOWN. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WALKABLE

[3:00:04] OPTIONS. WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT

[3:00:06] FAVORS NEIGHBORHOODS STAYING AND SHOPPING IN THEIR

[3:00:10] NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT COMING INTO DOWNTOWN SO THE

[3:00:13] CONSEQUENCES OF MAKING THESE GO UP MEANS WE NEED TO PROVIDE

[3:00:16] OTHER OPTIONS, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING SHORT BUSES ON THE

[3:00:20] OUTSKIRTS OF DOWNTOWN THAT CAN BRING THEM TO AND FROM EVEN

[3:00:24] LIKE LOG BOATS, WE NEED TO HAVE OTHER SOLUTIONS.

[3:00:27] IF WE HAVE TO GET REVENUE THIS WAY WE NEED TO PROVIDE

[3:00:30] TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AND OTHER METHODS ANOTHER WAY.

[3:00:34] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK

[3:00:37] ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE.

[3:00:41] SEEING NONE THAT I WILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL COMMENTS AND

[3:00:45] REMIND US WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT SHEET ATTACHED SO I'LL VOTE ON

[3:00:58] THAT, THAT IS IF IT WERE TO PASS TO GO INTO EFFECT ON

[3:01:01] JANUARY 1 RATHER THAN UPON ITS PASSAGE.

[3:01:04] SO WE CAN BE CLEAR I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND BILL 164 - 26

[3:01:07] WITH EFFECTIVE DATE FROM IMMEDIATE TO JANUARY 1, 2027,

[3:01:10] DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND FROM VERA.

[3:01:12] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SHEET SAY AYE, ANY

[3:01:19] OPPOSED? NOW COUNSEL COMMENTS OR OTHER

[3:01:21] POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS WHICH I MIGHT HAVE MORE IF YOU WANT IT,

[3:01:29] VALERIE.

[3:01:30] >>Council Member Carroll: PARKING HAS BEEN FREE ON

[3:01:33] SATURDAY SINCE 2011. IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SMALL

[3:01:36] BUSINESSES. IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SERVICE

[3:01:42] PERSONNEL WHO ARE WORKING IN OUR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES.

[3:01:45] IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SHOPPERS AND OUR CITIZENS AND IT'S

[3:01:52] MEANINGFUL TO OUR TRANSPORTATION PATTERNS TO

[3:01:58] TEACH PEOPLE TO FIND GARAGES AND LOOK FOR PARKING IN GARAGES

[3:02:02] AND NOT ONLY ON STREETS. ONE DAY THAT'S A POPULAR

[3:02:05] SHOPPING DAY IT HELPS CHANGE PEOPLE'S PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR.

[3:02:10] I AGREE THAT PARKING NEEDS TO OPERATE LIKE A UTILITY, LIKE AN

[3:02:24] ENTERPRISE. I AGREE WE NEED TO RECOVER

[3:02:26] THOSE FEES AND I SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN PARKING FEES,

[3:02:32] ABSOLUTELY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO WAIVE

[3:02:34] SATURDAY PARKING. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO

[3:02:39] CONTINUE THE SATURDAY PARKING AT NO COST.

[3:02:44] AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

[3:02:52] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IF I CAN, IT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION IS FOR

[3:02:56] COUNSEL BILL 164 26 TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE AMENDING SECTION

[3:03:00] 14391 B WHICH WOULD HAVE CHANGED TO FRIDAY AND ADDED

[3:03:08] SATURDAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE

[3:03:15] MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE

[3:03:18] AMENDMENT. I WILL SAY I THINK RIGHT NOW WE

[3:03:26] NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO HOW WE ARE CHECKING THE DATA TO

[3:03:29] DO THAT RIGHT NOW I THINK BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM

[3:03:32] IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED I THINK MAKING THAT CHANGE I WOULD

[3:03:35] AGREE WITH YOU. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE

[3:03:39] AMENDMENT WHICH IS BASICALLY CONTINUING TO HAVE PARKING FREE

[3:03:45] IN THE GARAGE IS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SAY AYE.

[3:03:48] ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE 2, CHRISTINA AND BETSY.

[3:03:55] SO WE'VE GOT, CONTINUAL COUNSEL COMMENTS OR I CAN HAVE SHEILA

[3:04:04] CALL THE ROLL.

[3:04:16] >> VERY BRIEFLY AND ONLY FOR CLARITY AS TO THOSE WHO MAY BE

[3:04:20] WATCHING THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT AUTHORIZES

[3:04:23] LICENSE PLATE READERS. THIS IS ABOUT THE FEES AND

[3:04:27] LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR DISCUSSION.

[3:04:28] >> CORRECT, VERA.

[3:04:30] >>Council Member Elwood: I ALSO I THINK HAVING BETTER KEPT DATA

[3:04:34] ABOUT USAGE OF OUR PARKING GARAGES IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT

[3:04:37] AS WE LOOK INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE.

[3:04:40] I'M EXCITED TO HEAR SOME OF THE INCREASED, SOME OF THE CHANGES

[3:04:46] TO THE GATE ARMS WILL UP WITH COLLECTION OF THAT AND I ALSO

[3:04:53] THINK THERE ARE LIKELY PRACTICES WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK

[3:04:56] AT INTERNALLY AND HOW WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT DATA.I

[3:04:59] THINK IT IS HARD TO, I MEAN EVEN THOUGH VOTE ON WHETHER

[3:05:03] PARKING SHOULD BE FREE ON SATURDAYS, THAT FELT LIKE

[3:05:06] SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG AMOUNT OF DATA BEHIND SO

[3:05:10] THIS ONE WOULD NOT AFFECT SO WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

[3:05:12] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS.

[3:05:17] >> SINCE I WAS A DISSENTING VOTE I WANT TO SAY WHAT VERA

[3:05:21] WAS SAYING ABOUT THE DATA. AGAIN I FEEL LIKE OUR DECISIONS

[3:05:28] NEED TO BE MORE DATA-DRIVEN WITH THE RISK APPROACH AND I

[3:05:35] ALSO THINK A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHERE INCREASING FEES

[3:05:39] TO A LOT OF THINGS. BUT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE

[3:05:42] HAVE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE ARE COLLECTING VERSUS WHAT

[3:05:47] IT IS TO COST. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE

[3:05:50] LOOKING AT FOR THOSE LARGE CHUNKS.

[3:06:01] >>.

[3:06:07] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ONE OF THE THINGS IN LOOKING AT THIS FOR

[3:06:10] THE CHANGES NEEDED, THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE THE RATE

[3:06:13] CHANGES OR HOURLY IN THE PARKING GARAGES SINCE 25 YEARS.

[3:06:18] I THINK KIND OF LIKE THE COST OF SERVICE DISCUSSION WE HAD

[3:06:22] DURING PRE-COUNSEL INCREASING THE REVIEW OF THAT AND I

[3:06:25] APPRECIATE YOU SAYING YOU'RE REVIEWING THE PERMITS AS WELL.

[3:06:30] BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER FEEDBACK WE HEAR IS THE

[3:06:32] UTILIZATION OF THE PERMITS TO WHO THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO AND I

[3:06:35] WANTED TO ASK ON THIS COUNSEL WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE

[3:06:38] INTRO AND FIRST READ THE EMPLOYEE PARKING PROGRAMS WHERE

[3:06:41] WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE DEDICATED, FOR PEOPLE OF OUR

[3:06:44] EMPLOYEES DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES TO GET SPECIAL PARKING THAT

[3:06:50] WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR THEM TO DO AND LOOKING AT A SHUTTLE

[3:06:53] SYSTEM.

[3:06:54] >> EVENTUALLY A SHUTTLE SYSTEM IS A HOPE.

[3:06:59] BUT HAVING AN EMPLOYEE PROGRAM FOR FLEAS TO HAVE CHEAPER

[3:07:03] PARKING LOCATED, IS THAT CORRECT.

[3:07:05] >> THAT PROGRAM ALREADY EXISTS. ONCE ON FIRST READ TONIGHT IS

[3:07:12] BRINGING THAT COST MORE IN LINE WITH THE DOLLAR PER HOUR ON

[3:07:19] STREET METERS THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT

[3:07:24] THAT IS.

[3:07:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD ANOTHER COUNSEL COMMENT.

[3:07:32] >> I APPRECIATE THE CALL FOR MORE DATA TO TRACK PARKING.

[3:07:36] AND I WANT TO CITE THAT IN THE LETTERS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED

[3:07:45] FROM THE CIV THERE WERE CALLS FOR DATA AND TRACKING OF PERMIT

[3:07:50] PARKING. SPECIFICALLY.

[3:08:01] SO PURSUIT OF THAT WILL BE KEY AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR

[3:08:05] EVALUATION OF PERMIT PARKING.

[3:08:07] >> SHEILA PLEASE.

[3:08:16] >> I LIKE TO POINT OUT WE DIDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE

[3:08:19] GOING TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED DATA YOU ALL WOULD LIKE.

[3:08:22] SO JUST AS A SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, I DON'T WANT TO BAKE IT,

[3:08:29] IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DECIDE BUT IT DOES REQUIRE AS

[3:08:33] CHRISTINA'S ASKING WHAT IS THE COST TO.

[3:08:36] >> I THINK THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SLIDES PRESENTED BY

[3:08:39] FINANCE. I THINK THIS OPTION STILL

[3:08:43] INCLUDES THAT INTENT.

[3:08:55] >> IT DEPENDS IF WE DO THE KIOSK.

[3:08:57] THAT'S PART OF THAT NEXT CONVERSATION BUT NOT PART OF

[3:08:59] THE ORDINANCE WE ARE VOTING ON THIS EVENING WRITTEN FOR OUR

[3:09:03] ORDINANCE THIS EVENING SHEILA WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON

[3:09:06] BILL 164 - 26 AS AMENDED.

[3:09:08] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[3:09:09] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[3:09:13] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[3:09:17] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES SPIELER.

[3:09:20] >>Council Member Hartman:

[3:09:22] >>Council Member Peters: NO.

[3:09:30] >> MOVING ON SHEILA WILLIAM READ BILL ONE 7826 BILL 170

[3:09:34] 926.

[3:09:41] >> ORDINANCE APPROVING A MAJOR AMENDMENT IN THE PD PLAN FOR

[3:09:44] COLUMBIA SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY AT THE SOUTHEAST

[3:09:47] CORNER OF SCOTT BOULEVARD AND BROADER SCHOOL ROAD INCLUSIVE

[3:09:50] OF THE REQUEST DESIGN EXCEPTIONS APPROVING A REVISED

[3:09:55] STATEMENT OF INTENT, APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO

[3:09:59] DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL LAND INVESTMENT LLC

[3:10:07] DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD THE DEVELOPMENT

[3:10:11] AGREEMENT AND KEPT FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL

[3:10:14] BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING ONE 7826 IS AN ORDINANCE

[3:10:18] APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF COLUMBIA SENIOR LIVING PLAT ONE

[3:10:21] ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS,

[3:10:25] AUTHORIZING A PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND FIXING THE TIME

[3:10:28] THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.

[3:10:32] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.

[3:10:35] >> THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNSEL AND I WOULD NOTE THIS WAS CONTINUED

[3:10:38] FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AN

[3:10:45] SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO TO READ AS THE CLERK HAD READ THIS IS

[3:10:48] REALLY WE WILL BE PRESENTING TWO THINGS BUT THIS IS THE PD

[3:10:51] PLAN AND IT PERTAINS TO THE FINAL PLAT THAT ESSENTIALLY

[3:10:56] WILL CREATE THE SINGLE LOT REFLECTED IN THE PD PLAN WHICH

[3:10:59] ALSO SERVES AS A PRELIMINARY PLAT.

[3:11:01] REAL QUICK THIS IS LOCATED SOUTHEAST CORNER OF VAWTER

[3:11:05] SCHOOL ROAD, SOUTH SCOTT BOULEVARD AND COPPER SOON

[3:11:08] RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH.

[3:11:11] THAT PROPERTY VISUAL CONTEXT TO THE EAST OF THIS SITE IS WHAT

[3:11:15] WE CALL PHASE ONE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS COMMERCIAL

[3:11:19] DEVELOPMENT, AS IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED WITHIN THAT PHASE

[3:11:22] SINCE ITS INCEPTION MANY YEARS AGO.

[3:11:25] YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING ZONING TO THE WEST IS COUNTY

[3:11:28] PRETTY BUT ALL THE COLORED SHADINGS REPRESENT CITY ZONING

[3:11:37] AND THEREFORE WITHIN THE CITY SAW A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY

[3:11:41] ZONED PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH READ THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IS

[3:11:45] COMMERCIAL AREA WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED LAND DEVELOPMENT WHICH

[3:11:49] DOES ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AND FUTURE

[3:11:52] DEVELOPMENT.AGAIN AND ASKED SINCE 1998, THAT CP IS NOW

[3:11:56] REFERRED TO AS PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT READ ONE OF THE

[3:12:03] FIRST PLANS WAS APPROVED IN 2023, DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF

[3:12:07] SPECIFICITY WHICH IS PERMITTED. IT DIDN'T HAVE TO PHASES THIS

[3:12:11] REPRESENTED THE SECOND PHASE SO THE REQUEST IS FOR A

[3:12:14] DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE REMAINING PART OF THAT

[3:12:16] UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

[3:12:18] IT WOULD PREVENT OR PERMIT DEVELOPMENT OF THE CP RC WHICH

[3:12:24] IS ESSENTIALLY A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN IN OUR

[3:12:28] DEPOSITION FOR CONTINUING CARE. THE PART OF THIS REVISION TO

[3:12:41] THIS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IS TO ADD THAT SPECIFIC USE TO OUR

[3:12:45] STATEMENT OF INTENT, THE PERMITTED USES ALLOWED WITHIN

[3:12:49] THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT JUST TO RECAP PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS

[3:12:53] ALMOST LIKE A MINI ZONING DISTRICT IN END OF ITSELF SO IT

[3:12:57] HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN BE MODIFIED TO READ THIS

[3:13:02] PARTICULAR ONE OUTSIDE OF THAT HAD A COUPLE OTHER WHAT WE

[3:13:04] REFER TO AS EXCEPTIONS AND I'LL BRIEFLY STATE THOSE HERE IN THE

[3:13:08] SUBSEQUENT SLIDE. OVERALL THOUGH THIS IS 181

[3:13:10] DWELLING UNITS AND ACCESSORY FACILITIES, CONTAIN THE GANNETT

[3:13:14] OF RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS. FOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES SO

[3:13:19] AS ASSISTED LIVING, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AS WELL AS MEMORY CARE.

[3:13:23] ALSO 15 VILLA STYLE UNITS IN THE BACK COMES IN A LITTLE

[3:13:28] LATER IN PARKING. THE LANDSCAPE GENERALLY IS

[3:13:31] CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING,

[3:13:35] DOES HAVE RETENTION AND THERE WERE TWO EXCEPTIONS, ONE IS TO

[3:13:37] THE HEIGHT THAT PERTAINS TO AN ELEVATOR FACILITY, IT'S ON THE

[3:13:46] FAR NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE

[3:13:49] RED AREA, THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY ON THE LOWEST

[3:13:52] RATE. AND THEY ANALYSIS WAS THE

[3:13:54] CONCERNS ARE EXCEEDING THE 45 MAXIMUM IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT

[3:13:58] BEYOND THAT 45 ALLOWED HEIGHT. GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES JUST

[3:14:02] FOR THE ELEVATOR FACILITY IT DID MAKE SENSE FOR THIS

[3:14:16] FACILITY, THE OTHERS FOR THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THIS IS

[3:14:20] ONE WHERE I WOULD POINT OUT A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF

[3:14:23] USE IS ONE SPACE FOR EVERY THREE UNITS.

[3:14:25] UNDER THAT WOULD CONFIRMED THE APPLICANT AND TESTIMONY WOULD

[3:14:30] HAVE SEVERELY UNDER PART SO WHAT IT REFLECTS IS THE FACT

[3:14:34] THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN

[3:14:38] RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES AND OUR CODE REFLECTS THE LOWEST NEED

[3:14:41] FOR PARKING IN THAT MEMORY CARE SO ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY

[3:14:45] THREE DWELLING UNITS IS A PRETTY LOW STANDARD THE WAY OUR

[3:14:48] PARKING REQUIREMENTS RESTRICT THE UPPER 10 IS 200% OF YOUR

[3:14:52] MINIMUM SO A LOW MINIMUM. SO THIS REFLECTS THE FACT THAT

[3:14:55] THEY HAVE NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHERE YOU WOULD NOT

[3:14:58] EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE DRIVING. IT ALSO HAS LOWS SO THE

[3:15:09] IMPORTANT THING TO FOCUS ON IS THE MEMORY CARE SECTION WOULD

[3:15:12] BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE

[3:15:17] WRITTEN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS ON NET EXEMPTION IS TO ALLOW

[3:15:21] ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES SO ONE SPACE FOR EACH INDEPENDENT

[3:15:24] CARE TO SPACES FOR EACH VILLA WHICH WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT

[3:15:28] YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE IN A TOWNHOME.

[3:15:30] ESSENTIALLY YOU WOULD BE ASKED TO PARK IN A SIMILAR TYPE

[3:15:35] RESIDENTIAL STYLE WOULD BE. HAD IT NOT BEEN PART OF A

[3:15:39] RESIDENTIAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.

[3:15:41] THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS

[3:15:45] OVERALL DEVELOPMENT DID ADDRESS SOME SPECIFIC UPGRADES TO THE

[3:15:50] SITE, MANY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN MADE.

[3:15:52] TWO ITEMS I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WERE INCLUDED WAS A

[3:15:55] TWO-WAY LEFT TURN ON SCOTT BOULEVARD EXTENDING 50 FEET

[3:16:02] NORTH FROM WHERE TRAFFIC WOULD BE ENTERING THE SITE AND DOES

[3:16:06] REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN LEAVING THE FACILITY ALSO

[3:16:10] ON SCOTT. BASED ON A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT

[3:16:12] THEY LOOKED AT THEIR ACTUALLY DECREASED IN TRAFFIC

[3:16:15] GENERATION.THERE WAS A INITIAL REQUIREMENT TO BUILD A

[3:16:18] KIND OF SPLIT WAY ESSENTIALLY ON THE ROUNDABOUT GIVEN THE

[3:16:21] REDUCTION IN TRIPS THAT WAS REMOVED.

[3:16:31] AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WE HAD 2 SPEAKERS

[3:16:34] THERE WERE CONCERNED WITH WATER PRESSURE.

[3:16:40] THAT HAS BEEN I THINK BACKLOGGED TO OUR UTILITIES

[3:16:43] DEPARTMENT AND THE RESPONSE WE HAVE IS THIS FACILITY WOULD

[3:16:46] LIKELY TAKE UP LESS THAN 1% OF THE EXISTING CAPACITY SO THERE

[3:16:50] ARE NO CONCERNS WITH WATER CAPACITY WITH THIS SPECIFIC

[3:16:53] STRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING TWO, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT LANDSCAPING

[3:16:58] BUT IT'S MEETING STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.

[3:17:03] MOTION TO PASS THE PD PLAN WITH STATEMENT OF INTENT DID PASS

[3:17:14] 820. WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO

[3:17:16] ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND BOTH OF THESE ARE THE PD PLAN AND

[3:17:19] FINAL PLAT WERE OPEN SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

[3:17:23] ON THE FINAL PLAT BUT IT IS APPROVING THE ARRANGEMENT OF

[3:17:26] THIS WITHIN THE PD PLAN.

[3:17:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THIS IS YOUR AWARD.

[3:17:36] >>Council Member Carroll: I HAD PEOPLE REACHING OUT CONCERNED

[3:17:40] ABOUT THE WATER PRESSURE AND WITH THE TOWER NOT BEING PUT UP

[3:17:43] YET. I KNOW YOU SAID, CAN YOU SPEAK

[3:17:45] MORE TO WHY THIS WILL NOT IMPEDE WATERFLOW FOR EITHER

[3:17:51] FIRE SAFETY OR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR IRRIGATION?

[3:18:03] >> ERIN KEYES, UTILITIES DIRECTOR AND TO HELP POINT OUT

[3:18:08] THAT EXCESS WATER CAPACITY OF THE MAIN IN THAT AREA IS 5000

[3:18:11] GALLONS PER MINUTE AND WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE USED BY THIS

[3:18:14] DEVELOPMENT IS AROUND AND MAXIMUM 500 GALLONS A MINUTE.

[3:18:20] SO THAT'S LESS THAN 1% OF THE EXCESS CAPACITY IN THE WATER

[3:18:25] MAIN IN THAT AREA SO THAT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT THE AMOUNT OF

[3:18:29] WATER THAT GETS USED BY THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH.

[3:18:32] AND THIS IS THE EXCESS AVAILABLE.

[3:18:42] >>Council Member Carroll: I ASSUME YOU HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT

[3:18:46] THAT.

[3:18:47] >> WE HAVE A WATER MODEL WE USE AND STAFF HAS VERIFIED THAT

[3:18:59] MODEL.

[3:19:00] >>Council Member Carroll: SO IN TERMS OF, THIS IS JUMPING AWAY

[3:19:06] FROM THE WATER QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS NO SLIP

[3:19:12] LAYING REQUIRED NOW, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

[3:19:16] >> THE INITIAL TRAFFIC STUDY, INITIALLY CONTEMPLATED A MUCH

[3:19:33] MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SO THERE'S A

[3:19:36] CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ANTICIPATED BEING GENERATED

[3:19:39] FROM THOSE SPECIFIC USES. BASED ON THAT THEY WOULD LOOK

[3:19:43] AT THE TRAFFIC ENTERING AND EXITING THE ROUNDABOUT AT

[3:19:47] VAWTER UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THOSE TRAFFIC

[3:19:50] GENERATORS IS WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED AT THE FULL BUILDOUT OF

[3:19:53] THE SITE. SO AFTER RECONSIDERING THE

[3:19:56] ACTUAL IN THE USE, THIS SPECIFIC USE WHICH IS MORE

[3:20:07] RESIDENTIAL, PUT THAT BACK INTO THEIR MODELING AND TRAFFIC

[3:20:10] STUDY AND DEBATE LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE EXPECTED FOR

[3:20:13] THAT ROUNDABOUT AND WHAT COULD PRECIPITATE THE NEED TO HAVE A

[3:20:17] SLIP LAYING THEIR CONCLUSION IS IT WAS NO LONGER NECESSARY.

[3:20:22] >>Council Member Carroll: WITH THE HILL DOES NOT HAVE ANY

[3:20:25] EFFECT ON THE PLACEMENT OR SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE I KNOW

[3:20:28] PUBLIC COMMENT HAD MENTIONED THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT

[3:20:37] HILL.

[3:20:37] >> TYPICALLY A TRAFFIC STUDY WILL LOOK AT ALL THE POINTS OF

[3:20:41] INGRESS AND EGRESS TO A SITE SO I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT BEFORE

[3:20:44] THE MEETING BUT I'M CERTAIN THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE ACCESS

[3:20:47] POINT ON SCOTT AND THEY ALWAYS DO COMMENT ON EXPECTED SIGHT

[3:20:51] DISTANCE FOR ENTERING AND EXITING ONTO A ROAD,

[3:21:04] SPECIFICALLY CLASSIFIED SCOTT BOULEVARD WITH THE SPEED THEY

[3:21:07] HAVE ON THERE AND GENERALLY THEY LEAVE IT AS THERE IS A

[3:21:11] CERTAIN SIDE NECESSARY AND IT'S LEFT TO THE FINAL ENGINEERS TO

[3:21:14] COME BACK AND SUBMIT THEIR PLANS TO OUR TEAM TO VERIFY THE

[3:21:17] SIGHT DISTANCE SO THAT'S A STEP THAT WOULD BE TAKEN AT THAT

[3:21:21] TIME.

[3:21:22] >>Council Member Carroll: SORRY, THE OTHER BEING AROUND,

[3:21:25] THE PARKING EXCEPTION. IF WE WERE TO NOT WANT A

[3:21:27] PARKING EXCEPTION FOR THIS CASE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE

[3:21:31] IF WE WERE TO VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT?

[3:21:35] >> IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THAT DESIGN ADJUSTMENT I'M NOT SURE

[3:21:39] THAT WOULD RESULT IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE BUT

[3:21:48] IT IS IN THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY SO WE WOULD HAVE TO

[3:21:52] ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ACCEPT OUT

[3:21:55] THAT SPECIFIC DESIGN EXEMPTION AS MENTIONED.

[3:21:59] >>Council Member Carroll: THANK YOU AND FINALLY ONE OF THE

[3:22:02] OTHER THINGS I'VE BEEN TOLD IS, AND THIS JUST CAME TO ME SO

[3:22:05] THIS ONE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DATA

[3:22:09] PROBABLY ON. BUT IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT

[3:22:27] IN OUR AREA, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT AS A

[3:22:31] COUNCILPERSON IS THERE IS NO GROCERY STORES OR ANYTHING IN

[3:22:35] WARD 5. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE EVERYWHERE AND MY UNDERSTANDING

[3:22:37] IS SOME OF THIS AREA WAS ORIGINALLY HOPED TO BE THAT

[3:22:41] KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. WHAT DO YOU SEE, FORESEE IN

[3:22:44] THIS AREA IN TERMS OF THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE?

[3:22:47] >> IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF SPECULATION.IN EVALUATING

[3:22:50] BOTH STATIONS THAT WAS THE INITIAL HOPE IS THERE COULD BE

[3:23:00] A GROCERY STORE.EVERYONE WOULD APPRECIATE A GROCERY

[3:23:03] STORE IN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.

[3:23:07] AS TIME WENT ON AND THIS WAS ANNEXED IN 1998.

[3:23:09] THE REALITIES OF THIS AREA AS A GROCERY PROBABLY BECAME LESS

[3:23:13] AND LESS TENABLE. MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL

[3:23:16] BUSINESSES DO HAVE CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS THEY ARE LOOKING

[3:23:20] FOR AS FAR AS POPULATION WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE AND TRAFFIC

[3:23:24] GENERATED BY THAT SITE. MY GUESS IS ANYONE LOOKING YOU

[3:23:27] CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS COMING TO FRUITION SO THAT'S MOST LIKELY

[3:23:30] WHAT RESULTED, I DON'T SPECULATE ON THE PROPERTY

[3:23:34] OWNERS WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH TO SOLICIT A GROCERY STORE

[3:23:37] THERE BUT NOT NECESSARILY A WHOLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

[3:23:40] WILL BE WELL-SUITED IN ALL COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTIES IN

[3:23:46] TOWN.

[3:23:47] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF,

[3:23:50] JACKIE, VERA, VALERIE.

[3:23:56] >>Council Member Sample: I'M GOING TO ASK THIS AND YOU

[3:23:59] PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER

[3:24:02] AS WE ARE LOOKING MY QUESTION IS HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION ON

[3:24:05] HOW MANY POTENTIAL JOB POSITIONS THIS WOULD BRING TO

[3:24:09] OUR CITY.

[3:24:10] >> THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY PART OF OUR ANALYSIS.

[3:24:19] >>Council Member Sample: I DIDN'T THINK SO BUT I WANTED TO

[3:24:22] ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFTEN WE HAVE THE

[3:24:26] OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT NOT ONLY

[3:24:29] BRINGS HOUSING BUT POTENTIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

[3:24:32] >> I WOULD POINT OUT THE APPLICANTS ARE YEAR AND WOULD

[3:24:35] BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS .

[3:24:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA.

[3:24:40] >>Council Member Elwood: AND THE QUESTION OF THE PARKING

[3:24:43] EXCEPTION, I AM PARTICULARLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEED FOR

[3:24:46] THIS EXCEPTION AS WE SEE A GROWING CHANGE IN WHAT SENIOR

[3:24:50] LIVING COMMUNITIES LOOK LIKE ON THE ABILITIES OF PEOPLE LIVING

[3:24:53] THERE AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF THEM INVOLVED IN THEIR

[3:24:56] COMMUNITY SO THE QUESTION TO THAT IS SHOULD THIS

[3:25:00] CONSIDERATION POTENTIALLY TRIGGER LOOKING AT THE CODE SO

[3:25:02] THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN EXCEPTION EVERY TIME.

[3:25:15] >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT OBSERVATION, SOME OF THE

[3:25:18] CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD INTERNALLY AND ANYTIME WE GET

[3:25:21] AN EXEMPTION FOR THE VARIANCE THAT'S THE EXCEPTION IS IS THIS

[3:25:25] A ONE OFF SITUATION OR IS THERE CONSISTENCY OR TISSUE WITHIN

[3:25:28] OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING SO THIS

[3:25:32] PROBABLY FALLS WITHIN THE LATTER.

[3:25:34] I THINK OUR PARKING MAXIMUM WORKS REALLY WELL IN A LOT OF

[3:25:38] SITUATIONS AND WE'VE SEEN GOOD OUTCOMES FROM IT AND REDUCING

[3:25:43] MAYBE OVER PARKING ON-SITE BUT THERE ARE SOME USES THAT HAVE

[3:25:46] SUCH A HUGE VARIANCE BASED ON WHAT THAT PARTICULAR USE MIGHT

[3:25:50] LOOK LIKE THAT IT'S HARD TO HIM IN ALL USES WITHIN THAT 100 TO

[3:25:54] 200% RANGE IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

[3:25:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD A QUESTION.

[3:25:59] >>Council Member Carroll: SIMILAR QUESTION, WHY ARE WE

[3:26:02] SEEING THIS ON ALL BUSINESS AS OPPOSED TO CONSENT?

[3:26:06] >> I BELIEVE THERE WAS A REQUEST TO REMOVE IT FROM

[3:26:10] CONSENT.

[3:26:15] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN IT TO

[3:26:18] PUBLIC COMMENT, WOULD ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE BILLS 178

[3:26:22] - SIX AND 129 - 26.

[3:26:24] >>Public Speaker: ERIC WALSH AND CAN SOMEBODY PULL UP MY

[3:26:34] PRESENTATION?

[3:26:35] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IF YOU PULL IT UP THERE IT WILL MAGICALLY

[3:26:38] SHOW UP ON OUR SCREEN WITH A BRIEF DELAY.

[3:26:41] IT'S USUALLY ON THE DESKTOP BUT I DON'T SEE.

[3:26:45] YOU KNOW IF IT'S GOT IN-SERVICE.

[3:26:52] >>Public Speaker: IT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH JAY AT THE

[3:26:55] CIVIL GROUP.

[3:26:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ICA PDF THAT IS OPENED, ALBERT IS COMING UP

[3:27:01] HERE TO HELP YOU AND MICHIGAN CORRECT, ARE YOU GOING TO BE

[3:27:06] REQUESTING FIVE MINUTES ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

[3:27:09] >>.

[3:27:11] >>Public Speaker: IT'S GETTING LATE AND CLINT SAVE ME TIME SO

[3:27:15] I WON'T BE REPETITIVE.

[3:27:31] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS IT NOT THAT ONE, THE OLD RILEY

[3:27:35] DEVELOPMENT.

[3:27:36] >>Public Speaker: THAT'S PROBABLY IT.

[3:27:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I THINK IT IS .

[3:27:55] >>Public Speaker: MY NAME IS ERIC WALSH WITH RILEY

[3:27:58] DEVELOPMENT COMMIT COMMITTEE OUT OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI, DO

[3:28:05] YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? LIKE I SAID YOU SAVED ME A LOT

[3:28:08] OF TIME, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A TIMELINE

[3:28:12] OF HOW WE GOT HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I KNOW

[3:28:15] A NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBERS DO. WE STARTED LOOKING FOR A SITE

[3:28:18] IN 2024. WE OWNED THE WESTBERRY ABOUT 5

[3:28:22] MILES FROM HERE AND IT IS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

[3:28:43] IT'S GOT A WAITING LIST OF OVER 70 PEOPLE.

[3:28:46] WE SECURE THE PROPERTY WITH THE FARMER FAMILY IN AUGUST 2025

[3:28:50] AND PUT IT UNDER CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS CONTINGENCIES.

[3:28:52] WE HAD A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH THE COLUMBIA

[3:28:56] PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER 2025 AND THEN WE MET

[3:28:59] WITH THE NEIGHBORS AT THE COPPER STONE CLUBHOUSE IN

[3:29:03] OCTOBER 2025 AND AS YOU MENTIONED THEIR CONCERN WAS

[3:29:05] WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER PROMISED TO THEM EARLIER BY THE

[3:29:09] FARMER FAMILY. WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM

[3:29:20] THAT AT CLOSING WE WILL WITHHOLD 125% OF THAT COST TO

[3:29:23] ENSURE IT IS COMPLETED. SO IF IT'S 100 GRAND AND IT

[3:29:27] PROBABLY IS WE WILL WITHHOLD 125,000.

[3:29:29] ADDITIONALLY MR. HALL TO THE EAST HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE

[3:29:32] BUFFER AND WE DID NOT LEGALLY OR BY CODE HAVE TO PROVIDE A

[3:29:35] BUFFER BUT WE ARE PROVIDING HIM A BUFFER AT OUR COST.

[3:29:47] WE HAD A CONCEPT REVIEW MEETING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN

[3:29:51] OCTOBER 25. THAT'S JUST MORE INTENSE

[3:29:53] PRE-APP MEETING IF YOU WILL. AND BECAUSE THIS IS MISSOURI WE

[3:29:57] ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FROM THE

[3:30:00] STATE OF MISSOURI FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING WHICH IS A

[3:30:03] CHOICE PROCESS. WE DID SECURE THAT ON JANUARY 5

[3:30:05] OF THIS YEAR AND THEN AS MENTIONED EARLIER WE SUBMITTED

[3:30:08] OUR PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FINAL PLAT SUBMISSION IN MARCH

[3:30:12] OF THIS YEAR AND AS CLINT MENTIONED EARLIER WE WERE

[3:30:15] APPROVED AT PLANNING COMMISSION 8 TO ZERO IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

[3:30:18] WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS, THE UNIT MIX SO I'M NOT GOING TO

[3:30:22] REHASH THAT. HERE'S THE BENEFIT OF SENIOR

[3:30:29] HOUSING OTHER THAN TAKING CARE OF RESIDENTS AND KEEPING THEM

[3:30:32] IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S A VERY LOW TRAFFIC GENERATOR.

[3:30:42] IT FREES UP WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW MORE AND MORE IS IT FREES

[3:30:46] UP HOUSING FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS, WE KNOW ABOUT THE

[3:30:50] HOUSING CRISIS AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES,

[3:30:56] STAY IN THE COMMUNITY BY THEIR ADULT CHILDREN AND RELATIVES

[3:30:59] AND FREEZE UP THAT HOUSING STOCK FOR OTHER GENERATIONS.

[3:31:03] THEN I THINK IT WAS JACKIE WHO MENTIONED OR SOMEBODY MENTIONED

[3:31:07] ABOUT JOB CREATION.UNLIKE A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, YES WE

[3:31:11] CREATE 65 TO 75 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS AND OUR ANNUAL

[3:31:14] PAYROLL WILL EXCEED $3 MILLION. THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS ABOUT 450

[3:31:17] ARE OBVIOUSLY TEMPORARY. AND OBVIOUSLY NO NEGATIVE

[3:31:30] IMPACTS ON THE SCHOOLS. IN FACT I'VE BEEN DOING SENIOR

[3:31:33] HOUSING SINCE 1996 AND IF ANYTHING THERE IS A POSITIVE

[3:31:37] EFFECT BECAUSE OUR FOLKS WILL VOLUNTEER AT THE SCHOOL SO WITH

[3:31:40] THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT WITH SWD ARCHITECTS WHO

[3:31:43] WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS.

[3:31:47] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU.

[3:31:49] >> THIS IS A TOUGH SITE TO BUILD ON.

[3:31:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WILL YOU SAY YOUR NAME.

[3:31:59] >> SCOTT ALLMOND, FWD ARCHITECTS, KANSAS CITY.

[3:32:02] JACQUE YOU HAD A QUESTION REGARDING A GROCERY.

[3:32:21] THIS IS A TOUGH SITE TO BUILD ON, THERE'S 50 FEET OF WALL

[3:32:24] ACROSS THIS SITE SO THAT LEADS TO WHY WE'VE STRUCTURED THIS

[3:32:28] BUILDING THE WAY WE'VE DONE WITH THE MEMORY CARE AND

[3:32:32] ASSISTED LIVING ON THAT SOUTH END.

[3:32:33] WE WANT TO THE ONE STORY STRUCTURE ADJACENT TO A

[3:32:36] RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR ASSISTED LIVING AS WE STEP DOWN

[3:32:40] ITS TWO STORIES AND WE GOT A ONE STORY THAT LINKS BOTH THE

[3:32:44] ASSISTED LIVING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING TOGETHER AND THAT

[3:32:47] BECOMES OUR CENTRAL HUB FOR OUR MAIN ENTRY FOR BOTH AND THEN

[3:32:50] OUR INDEPENDENT LIVING IS THREE-STORY WINGS HEADING

[3:32:54] TOWARDS THE NORTH. THOSE TWO LONG WINGS ARE

[3:32:57] BASICALLY OUR THREE-STORY PORTIONS AND WE STEPPED THOSE

[3:32:59] DOWN 10 FEET EACH AND THAT'S WHAT NECESSITATED THE NEED FOR

[3:33:03] THE ELEVATOR SHAFT THAT FOUR-STORY OPTION THAT

[3:33:06] INCREASES IT TO 60 FEET. SOME AMENITIES WE INCLUDE HIS

[3:33:11] DOG PARKS. OUTDOOR LIVING, COOKING AREA,

[3:33:14] SHUFFLEBOARD, COMMUNITY ROOMS, GAME ROOMS, FULL KITCHEN AND

[3:33:17] DINING AND ERIC MENTIONED ABOUT THE STAFFING.THAT'S WHAT

[3:33:20] LEADS TO THE INCREASED PARKING. THROUGH THE HISTORY AND THE

[3:33:24] DATA WE'VE COLLECTED FROM SENIOR LIVING, OUR OPERATOR

[3:33:27] THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A FORMULA THAT ARE INDEPENDENT LIVING IS

[3:33:31] MORE OR LESS A MULTI FAMILY PROJECT RATHER THAN AN ASSISTED

[3:33:34] LIVING. SO WE NEED ONE SPACE FOR EVERY

[3:33:36] ONE OF THOSE LIVING UNITS RENT FOR ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY

[3:33:48] CARE WE CAN GET BY WITH ONE SPACE FOR EVERY TWO UNITS BUT

[3:33:51] THEN WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY PEOPLE SO I TOWN

[3:33:55] CAR THAT NEEDS TO BE PARKED. WE'VE GOT A BUS THAT NEEDS TO

[3:33:58] BE PARKED.AMY WILL HIT ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.

[3:34:01] AS WELL AS VISITORS. WE NEED SPACE FOR VISITORS

[3:34:04] COMING TO SEE LOVED ONES. WE NEED PARKING FOR THE STAFF.

[3:34:19] THERE IS A TURNOVER OF STAFF THAT AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT

[3:34:22] STAFF COMING IN AND STAFF LEAVING THAT WE NEED TO

[3:34:25] ACCOMMODATE THOSE VEHICLES. CASE IN POINT WHEN WE LOOK AT

[3:34:28] THE WESTBERRY WE HAVE A LACK OF PARKING AT THE WESTBERRY.

[3:34:32] THEY'RE HAVING TO FIND PARKING ELSEWHERE.

[3:34:34] THEY HAVE TO PARK ALONG SOME OF THE DRIVES.IT'S NOT A GOOD

[3:34:37] SITUATION WE'VE HAD OVER THERE SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR

[3:34:41] THE INCREASE IN PARKING. AND WITH THAT.

[3:34:44] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS.

[3:34:46] >> CAN WE HAVE TIME FOR ANY? AND THE ELEVATION WITH A

[3:34:51] THREE-STORY AND THE MEMORY CARE TRYING TO RESPECT WHAT WE'RE

[3:34:54] DOING WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

[3:34:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU SCOTT, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO

[3:35:00] SPEAK.

[3:35:03] >> AMY DEAR BILL, FOURTH WARD. I'M HERE, LET ME SEE IF I CAN

[3:35:13] SKIP TO THE SLIDE. MAYBE I CAN, MAYBE I CAN'T.

[3:35:20] FORWARD OR BACKWARD? FANTASTIC.

[3:35:21] I THINK MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ADVANTAGES OF SENIOR

[3:35:31] LIVING ARE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES

[3:35:35] WESTBERRY REALLY AN OUTSTANDING SITE IS A ROLE SENIOR LIVING IS

[3:35:44] OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY THEY INVEST IN WHAT WE DO.

[3:35:50] WE RUN ABOUT 45, 50 TOURS EVERY MONTH WITH 20 TO 30 INQUIRIES.

[3:35:56] I THINK ERIC MENTIONED WE HAVE UP TO 85 INDIVIDUALS ON OUR

[3:36:04] WAITLIST AT ANY TIME SO THE NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY AS I

[3:36:12] THINK A REALLY, I WANT TO DRIVE DOWN THE NUMBERS WITH OUR

[3:36:15] PARTNERSHIPS ON OUR THERAPY GROUP.

[3:36:21] USING DECREASING HOSPITALIZATION RIGHTS, THERE

[3:36:23] IS ADVANTAGES WE SEE WITH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, EMERGENCY ROOM

[3:36:29] VISITS DOWN 19% FOR OUR POPULATION.

[3:36:35] YOU SEE LESS COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND I'M SORRY.

[3:36:39] THE ACTIVE ENROLLEES IN THAT, 1100 ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES.

[3:36:48] LOTS AND LOTS OF PARTICIPATION THERE KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS

[3:36:52] ACTIVE AND IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, HERE'S JUST SOME

[3:37:04] PICTURES. AGAIN WE WERE 100% OCCUPIED IN

[3:37:06] LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER BEING BUILT AND OUR FOCUS HERE ON

[3:37:17] RESIDENT WELL-BEING AND DIRECTION, WELLNESS, FOCUS IN

[3:37:21] COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS

[3:37:24] YOU WILL HEAR FROM A COUPLE RESIDENTS HERE.

[3:37:27] I WILL LET THAT GO. >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD

[3:37:29] ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?

[3:37:35] >>Public Speaker: IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME.

[3:37:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SAME.

[3:37:40] >>Public Speaker: FIRST OF ALL.

[3:37:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

[3:37:52] >>Public Speaker: I AM BARBARA FOX, ORIGINALLY FROM KALAMAZOO

[3:37:56] MICHIGAN BUT I'M NOW LIVING IN THAT INDEPENDENT FACILITY AT

[3:38:03] WESTBERRY. MY LIFE TURNED ON A DIME IN

[3:38:05] JUNE 2021 WHEN MY HUSBAND OF 57 YEARS PASSED AWAY AND WE HAD NO

[3:38:11] FAMILY UP THERE. SO I KNEW I HAD TO GET CLOSER

[3:38:13] TO A FAMILY MEMBER. SO MY SON IS CHIEF OF THE

[3:38:19] SURGERY AT THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL HERE, AT THE

[3:38:23] UNIVERSITY SAID MAMA, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU I

[3:38:30] CANNOT KEEP DRIVING UP TO MICHIGAN AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT.

[3:38:37] SO I THOUGHT I'VE GOT TO GET DOWN TO COLUMBIA.

[3:38:40] I CAME DOWN AND IT WAS THE BEST MOVE I EVER MADE I THINK.

[3:38:47] I KNOW MY HUSBAND IS VERY HAPPY.

[3:38:49] I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER THAN I HAVE BEEN IN WESTBERRY.

[3:38:52] IT IS A WONDERFUL FACILITY.I COULD HAVE GONE INTO A CONDO

[3:38:55] BUT I KNEW I WOULDN'T BE SOCIALIZING AS MUCH AND IT'S

[3:38:58] BEEN PROVEN THAT SOCIALIZATION REALLY HELPS YOUR COGNITIVE

[3:39:04] ABILITY. I'M NERVOUS.

[3:39:08] AND ALSO THE FOOD I'M EATING THERE IS GOOD REHAB AND A VERY

[3:39:16] VERY HEALTHY. AND I KNOW THAT IF I WAS LIVING

[3:39:19] ALONE I WOULD NOT BE FEEDING MYSELF MERELY AS WELL AND FOR

[3:39:31] THAT REASON I THINK I'VE BEEN VERY HEALTHY SINCE I'VE BEEN

[3:39:34] HERE. I JUST TURNED 85.

[3:39:35] AND I PLAN TO STAY AROUND A LOT LONGER BECAUSE I LOVE IT HERE

[3:39:39] AND I THINK A NEW FACILITY LIKE WESTBERRY WOULD BE A WONDERFUL

[3:39:43] ADDITION TO THIS COMMUNITY, THANK YOU.

[3:39:55] >> I'M DAVID WAKEMAN, WIC HMIN. I CAME TO THE WESTBERRY THREE

[3:40:02] YEARS AGO. ST. LOUIS.

[3:40:08] TO BE NEVER TO MY DAUGHTER AND MY THREE SONS IN COLUMBIA.

[3:40:13] I AM DELIGHTED WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT THE

[3:40:20] WESTBERRY. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE SEED.

[3:40:32] YOU MIGHT IMAGINE YOU WERE DRIVING UP TO THE WESTBERRY AS

[3:40:35] I WAS THREE YEARS AGO. I CAME AROUND A BOULEVARD AND

[3:40:38] SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BEAUTIFULLY PERFECTLY

[3:40:46] MANICURED. AND I COULDN'T GET IN, IT WAS

[3:40:48] THROUGH THE BACK OF THE BUILDING THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL

[3:40:53] AND I FINALLY FOUND THE FRONT AND IT WAS EVEN BETTER.

[3:40:57] BEAUTIFUL FLAGPOLE UPFRONT GRID WONDERFUL LANDSCAPING,

[3:41:02] EVERYTHING IS IMMACULATE. AS YOU GO INTO THE LOBBY,

[3:41:05] YOU'LL FIND SMILING PEOPLE. IT IS A FRIENDLY AND A POSITIVE

[3:41:13] COMMUNITY WE HAVE FORMED AT THE WESTBERRY.

[3:41:14] IF YOU COME THROUGH THE LOBBY, AND YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER

[3:41:21] YOU WILL FIND OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTOR.

[3:41:28] I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS.

[3:41:32] IF YOU COME TO OUR PLACE AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET THERE WHEN WE

[3:41:37] ARE PLAYING BEACH VOLLEYBALL, IN OUR THEATER WE REWORK OUR

[3:41:46] THEATER, PUT THEM IN A LOW VOLLEYBALL NET.

[3:41:49] SIX ARMCHAIRS ON EACH SIDE AND WE HAVE A BEACH VOLLEYBALL

[3:42:02] ABOUT 18 INCHES AND WE MAKE ABSOLUTE FOOLS OF OURSELVES.

[3:42:05] IT IS A FUNNIEST MOST HILARIOUS THING YOU'VE EVER

[3:42:12] SEEN. SO MY CHALLENGE TO YOU GUYS IS

[3:42:14] COME AND SEE US REALLY COME AND SEE WHAT I JUST SAID.

[3:42:17] PARTICULARLY THE MAYOR, SHE WAS THERE LAST CHRISTMAS AND HELPED

[3:42:21] US WITH SOME THINGS. ONE OR ALL OF YOU COME AND WILL

[3:42:24] LET YOU PLAY OUR BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND YOU WILL I'LL

[3:42:29] GUARANTEE YOU WILL LEAVE WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.

[3:42:32] AS I SEE THIS WHOLE THING, YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

[3:42:38] YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT

[3:42:46] WESTBERRY RIGHT NEXT DOOR DOWN THE STREET.

[3:42:48] YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED

[3:42:53] CARE, 276 PEOPLE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE

[3:42:58] A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WELL MANICURED.

[3:43:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU MR. WICKHAM, YOU ARE AT TIME.

[3:43:09] I'M SORRY.

[3:43:14] >> COME AND VISIT US. YOU'LL LOVE IT, YOU'LL LOVE US

[3:43:17] AND YOU'LL SEE A GOOD THING.

[3:43:20] >>Mayor Buffaloe: APPRECIATE IT, WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE

[3:43:24] PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - 26.

[3:43:31] >> JULIE RYAN WARD 5. YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE TO PASS

[3:43:39] THIS AND I KNOW THAT BUT I CAN'T BE HERE AND NOT SAY WHAT

[3:43:42] I NEED TO SAY. YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE A DINNER

[3:43:45] PARTY YOU'RE HOLDING FOR 50 AND YOU LIE ON YOUR FOOD, SET YOUR

[3:43:50] TABLE AND YOU INVITE 50 MORE AND YOU INVITE 50 MORE.

[3:43:56] YOU'VE RUN OUT OF THINGS AND YOU HAVEN'T PLANNED

[3:43:59] EFFECTIVELY. CAN IT WORK, MAYBE.

[3:44:03] IS IT THE BEST PRACTICE? NO.WE DID SEE A SIGNIFICANT

[3:44:06] WATER MAIN BREAK IN JUNE 2023. NEW DEVELOPMENT ROUTINELY

[3:44:30] OUTPACES LIFECYCLE OF EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITIES AND OTHER

[3:44:33] COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS OF PURSUING DEVELOPMENT

[3:44:37] WITHOUT PRIORITIZING INFRASTRUCTURE.

[3:44:39] ATLANTA GEORGIA AND JACKSON MISSISSIPPI ARE A FEW

[3:44:42] COMMUNITIES WHO FAILED TO PRIORITIZE MANY LAYERS OF WATER

[3:44:46] UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE ALLOWING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.

[3:44:53] TWO THINGS CANNOT BE TRUE. WE CAN HAVE THIS AMAZINGLY

[3:44:57] SIGNIFICANT WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION CAPABILITY TO

[3:45:00] SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY YET ALSO NEAR A WATER TOWER THAT

[3:45:03] CONTINUES TO BE DEFERRED. THERE CAN'T BE AN ORDINANCE

[3:45:07] WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF REDUCING STRESS ON CURRENT

[3:45:10] INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED TO PUT

[3:45:13] STRESS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS THE WATER TOWER

[3:45:16] UNNECESSARY? IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF

[3:45:18] DISTRIBUTION INCORRECT? IS THERE A SECRET DOCUMENT THAT

[3:45:22] SHOWS HOW FAR WE CAN PUSH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE IT

[3:45:25] BREAKS? DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE A

[3:45:27] POSITIVE IN A TOWN SUCH AS COLUMBIA BUT THE WRONG

[3:45:30] PRIORITIES ARE CONTINUOUSLY BEING CHOSEN.

[3:45:32] IT'S ONE THING TO IMPACT RESIDENTS LIKE ME FURTHER DOWN

[3:45:35] THE PATH BUT IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS LIKE WATER BOIL

[3:45:38] ADVISORIES OR WATER SIMPLY NOT BEING ABLE TO BE PROVIDED

[3:45:41] BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL WATER MAIN BREAKS, THINK ABOUT THE

[3:45:45] HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SENIOR COMMUNITY WHICH CAN

[3:45:49] INCLUDE MEDICALLY FRAGILE RESIDENCE, IS THERE CONFIDENCE

[3:45:51] TO ENSURE THOSE WATER MAIN BREAKS WON'T BE PART OF THEIR

[3:45:56] EXPERIENCE OR COMPROMISE THEIR HEALTH?

[3:45:58] IT'S BOLD UPON YOU TO ENSURE THERE IS APPROPRIATE

[3:46:01] INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHILE I KNOW OF MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE

[3:46:04] CONCERNED I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WON'T SPEAK UP

[3:46:08] BECAUSE OF THE BELIEF YOUR MINDS ARE ALREADY MADE UP.

[3:46:11] THERE IS NO WATER TOWER, THE ORDINANCE IS SUGGESTED TO NOT

[3:46:14] PUT UNDUE STRAIN. YOU CANNOT REASONABLY APPROVE

[3:46:18] THIS COMMUNITY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR RATEPAYERS AND

[3:46:20] IF YOU APPROVE THIS YOU CANNOT TURN AROUND AND IMPROVE AN

[3:46:23] IRRIGATION ORDINANCE.

[3:46:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK

[3:46:30] ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - MONEY SIX.

[3:46:32] >> I LIVE OFF THE INTERSECTION AND I THINK THE SENIOR LIVING

[3:46:45] COMMUNITY SHOULD BE CONTINGENT ON A TAX TO BUILD THE WATER

[3:46:49] TOWER. ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY

[3:46:51] THREE PEOPLE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE FOR WHAT IS

[3:46:55] REQUIRED FOR A NORMAL PERSON SO UNLESS THERE IS A BUS FACILITY

[3:47:01] TO GET THEM TO THE HOSPITAL AND GET THEM TO THE GROCERY STORES

[3:47:05] IT WILL REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARKING SPACE FOR

[3:47:12] EVERY THREE PEOPLE AND THE SOUTH IS EXPENDING MORE SO

[3:47:15] LIKELY THAT ROUNDABOUT WILL ALSO NEED TO BE INCREASED LATER

[3:47:18] ON AND THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE MORE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE.

[3:47:23] SINCE IT'S NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL LIVING SINCE IT'S A COMMERCIAL

[3:47:40] PROPERTY I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE REASONABLE TO EXPECT THEM

[3:47:43] TO PAY MORE AND TO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDOUT AS THEY

[3:47:48] ARE A PROPERTY GENERATING BUSINESS SO THEN WE CAN GET A

[3:47:51] BIT MORE TAX REVENUE TO BUILD A WATER TOWER AND INCREASE THE

[3:47:55] ROADS. >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE

[3:47:57] ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND

[3:48:01] 179.

[3:48:01] >>Public Speaker: J GEPHARDT WITH THE CIVIL GROUP, COLUMBIA.

[3:48:04] I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS THAT CAME UP.

[3:48:07] THIS SLIP LANE ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE TRAFFIC

[3:48:10] STUDY WE ARE PROVIDING RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE AREA FOR

[3:48:13] THAT BUILD. THAT IS PART OF THE FINAL PLAT

[3:48:19] YOU ARE DEDICATING RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR.

[3:48:22] SO YOU HAVE THE LANE IN THE FUTURE.

[3:48:24] I DON'T THINK I WILL TALK ABOUT THE WATER OTHER THAN THAT

[3:48:32] THERE'S SEVERAL WATER LIENS HERE, LARGE WATER REMAINS ON

[3:48:35] THIS PROPERTY AND THAT'S NOT TRUE SELF.

[3:48:39] SO OTHER THAN THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

[3:48:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK

[3:48:51] ON BILLS 178 AND 179 - 26.

[3:48:53] >>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES, WARD 1.

[3:49:05] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BRING IT CLOSER TO YOU.

[3:49:07] >>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES, WARD 1. HARRIS THERE

[3:49:10] BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY BECAUSE I SEE THERE ARE

[3:49:15] WATER MAINS BUT ALSO A RIVER NEARBY.

[3:49:17] IF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS ONCE THE IMPACT OF THE WATER TABLE

[3:49:21] IN THAT AREA DUE TO CHEMICALS AND OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HIT

[3:49:25] THAT, THANK YOU.

[3:49:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK

[3:49:29] ON BILLS ONE 7826.

[3:49:34] >>Public Speaker: CRYSTAL MARIE, WARD 1. SPECIFIC TO

[3:49:37] DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA AND THE CITY BUSES GOING BACK TO

[3:49:41] FULL SERVICE IF THIS BODY DECIDED TO MAYBE NOT JUST

[3:49:44] INCREASE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS BUT ALSO ABILITIES TO MOVE

[3:49:46] THOSE PEOPLE TO I DON'T KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN SHOPPING AREAS

[3:49:55] BECAUSE THERE'S NO GROCERY STORES IN WARD 5 SO CONSIDER

[3:49:58] THE DEVELOPMENT ON A BROADER SPECTRUM AS THIS IS NOT A

[3:50:06] VACUUM.

[3:50:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK

[3:50:10] ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - 26. SEEING NONE WE COME TO COUNSEL

[3:50:14] COMMENTS. VERA OR SORRY, VERA.

[3:50:22] >>Council Member Elwood: I WANTED TO SAY WHEN I SAW THIS,

[3:50:27] ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE

[3:50:33] DEVELOPMENT. FIRST BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN

[3:50:38] ADDISON SOUTH WENT IN AND I REMEMBER THINKING THIS IS A

[3:50:41] PLACE THAT'S GOING TO START A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, AN AREA WE

[3:50:45] WILL SEE REAL GROWTH SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME

[3:50:48] FORWARD. ALSO BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I HAVE

[3:50:50] EVER LIVED THERE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT CONVERSATION OF WE DO

[3:50:57] NOT HAVE ENOUGH SENIOR LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

[3:51:01] WE DO NOT HAVE PLACES FOR OUR PARENTS TO GO TO KEEP THEM HERE

[3:51:04] IN TOWN WITH US. AND I KNOW THAT IS A

[3:51:11] CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MANY PEOPLE HERE IN COLUMBIA IN

[3:51:14] PARTICULAR AND WE HEARD THAT WITH THE WAITLIST AND OTHER

[3:51:17] FACILITIES SO SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SENIOR LIVING

[3:51:21] FACILITY, I THINK IT SERVES SUCH A NEED AS WE TALK ABOUT

[3:51:27] HOUSING AND THE ABILITY FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS TO BE ABLE

[3:51:31] TO STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR HOUSING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR

[3:51:37] YOUNGER GENERATIONS AS WELL WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR HOUSING FOR

[3:51:40] OUR OLDER GENERATIONS SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT THIS FITS VERY

[3:51:43] WELL WITHIN THE VISION OF HOUSING I HAVE NIC FOR

[3:51:46] COLUMBIA.

[3:51:47] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.

[3:51:56] >>Council Member Carroll: I'M ALSO GOOD ABOUT THIS.

[3:51:59] I THINK ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOUSING HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID

[3:52:03] AND I VERY MUCH AGREE. I HAVE AGING PARENTS AND I LOOK

[3:52:06] FORWARD TO HAVING MORE FACILITIES AVAILABLE.

[3:52:10] ONE OF MY CLAIMS TO FAME IS THAT I HAVE NEVER APPROVED A

[3:52:14] DESIGN EXEMPTION FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR EXCEEDING A PARKING

[3:52:20] MAXIMUM. I THINK I'M GOING TO BREAK THAT

[3:52:23] TODAY. AND OUR PARKING MAXIMUMS ARE

[3:52:28] CALCULATED BY A PERCENTAGE OF A MINIMUM.

[3:52:35] I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH VARIETY IN STYLES OF SENIOR LIVING THAT

[3:52:39] ARE MINIMUM MAY NOT CALCULATE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT

[3:52:46] ARRANGEMENTS OF LIVING THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FACILITY AND THE

[3:52:53] DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF LIVING WE MAY HAVE COMING

[3:52:57] FORWARD. SO I REGRET I WILL BE ABLE TO

[3:52:59] BRAG ABOUT THAT ANYMORE. BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A VALID

[3:53:05] REQUEST.

[3:53:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, CHRISTINA.

[3:53:13] >>Council Member Hartman: WITH THIS BEING IN MY WARD I TRAVEL

[3:53:16] THAT AREA QUITE FREQUENTLY, IT'S A MAJOR CORRIDOR, BOTH OF

[3:53:20] THOSE ROADS ARE. BEING ABLE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT

[3:53:25] OCCUR THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO

[3:53:28] LISTEN TO THE RESIDENCE THAT ARE SAYING WE HAVE BEEN

[3:53:31] PROMISED A WATER TOWER AND THESE ARE THE THINGS I WANT TO

[3:53:34] SEE GOING FORWARD. WE DO NEED TO TAKE THOSE THINGS

[3:53:36] INTO CONSIDERATION HOWEVER WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WE ARE SEEING

[3:53:41] JOB GROWTH. WE ARE SEEING ADDITIONAL

[3:53:46] HOUSING WHICH ARE ALSO THINGS I SAID WERE IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN

[3:53:52] BEFORE I EVEN GOT IN THE SEAT SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE COMING

[3:53:55] TOGETHER OF LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE VERSUS THE

[3:54:01] DEVELOPMENT AND I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH PLANNING AHEAD AND

[3:54:04] SEEING THAT FORWARD. BUT IN THIS CASE I AM LEANING

[3:54:10] MORE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FACILITY.

[3:54:20] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS?

[3:54:22] I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH O'REILLY FOR YEARS, THEY ON THE

[3:54:26] DEVELOPMENT AND THE CARE THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND

[3:54:30] WESTBERRY IS IMPRESSIVE AND I'VE NOT BEEN OUT TO PLAY

[3:54:32] VOLLEYBALL YET BECAUSE I SWEAR SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS SAND

[3:54:43] VOLLEYBALL AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE INJURIES BUT IT LOOKS

[3:54:46] WAY EASIER AND I CAN TOTALLY DO SITTING IN A CHAIR BUT I'LL

[3:54:53] TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THESE

[3:54:56] INDIVIDUALLY SO SHEILA WOULD YOU READ BILL 178 - 26 AND 179

[3:54:59] - 26 INDIVIDUALLY COLLECTS.

[3:55:02] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[3:55:04] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[3:55:05] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[3:55:09] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[3:55:11] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[3:55:13] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[3:55:15] >> COUNSEL BI.

[3:55:20] >>Mayor Buffaloe:

[3:55:22] >>Council Member Carroll:

[3:55:24] >>Council Member Elwood:

[3:55:26] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[3:55:28] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[3:55:29] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[3:55:32] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[3:55:34] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. MOVING ON SHEILA WILL YOU

[3:55:37] PLEASE READ BILLS 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 217 AND 218 -

[3:55:47] SIX.

[3:55:47] >> TWO 1026 REVEALS ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 26 RELATED TO THE

[3:55:52] 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE

[3:56:04] ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 2 IS CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE

[3:56:07] ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE

[3:56:11] AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME

[3:56:15] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. 211 26 IS AN ORDINANCE

[3:56:18] REPEALING ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO

[3:56:21] THE 2017 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AND SPCA

[3:56:24] AND ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 3 ADOPTING THE 2006 EDITION OF

[3:56:29] THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL ELECTRICAL CODE ADMINISTRATIVE

[3:56:39] PROVISIONS AND THE 2023 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL

[3:56:42] ELECTRIC CODE IN NSP 70 FIXING THE TIME OF THIS ORDINANCE

[3:56:45] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, COUNSEL BILL 212

[3:56:49] REVEALS ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 6 RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION

[3:56:52] OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE AND ENACTING IN LIEU

[3:56:56] THEREOF IN ARTICLE 4 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE

[3:56:59] INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE

[3:57:03] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, COUNSEL BILL TWO 1326

[3:57:15] IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ARTICLE 5 CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY

[3:57:18] CODE RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL

[3:57:22] MECHANICAL CODE ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW ARTICLE 5

[3:57:25] ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL

[3:57:29] CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME

[3:57:33] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. COUNSEL BILL 214 26 REVEALS

[3:57:50] ARTICLE 6 CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 2018

[3:57:53] ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY

[3:57:57] DWELLINGS ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 6 ADOPTING THE 2024

[3:58:00] ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY

[3:58:03] DWELLINGS FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME

[3:58:07] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, TO 15TH 26 IT REPEALS ARTICLE 7

[3:58:10] CHAPTER 6 RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL

[3:58:14] PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 7

[3:58:17] ADOPTING 2024 ADDITION OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE

[3:58:21] FIXING THE TIME AT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME

[3:58:24] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, 216 - 26 APPEALS ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER

[3:58:27] 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE

[3:58:31] INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW

[3:58:34] ARTICLE 9 ADOPTING A 2024 ADDITION OF THE FUEL GAS CODE

[3:58:37] AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME

[3:58:41] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. COUNSEL BILL 217 - 26 REPEALS

[3:58:44] ARTICLE 11 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE

[3:58:47] ADDITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND ACTING A NEW

[3:59:10] ARTICLE 11 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL

[3:59:14] EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE

[3:59:17] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, 218 26 AS AN ORDINANCE

[3:59:21] REPEALING ARTICLE 2 CHAPTER 9 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO

[3:59:24] THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE FIRE CODE AND ENACTING IN LIEU

[3:59:28] THEREOF A NEW ARTICLE 2 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF

[3:59:31] THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE

[3:59:35] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.

[3:59:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING?JUST KIDDING.

[3:59:40] YOU THINK YOU'RE GOOD, OKAY. STAFF REPORT AND I APPRECIATE

[3:59:44] THE PROPS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.

[3:59:46] >> WE DID BRING ALL RELEVANT CODES SO WE CAN REFLECT ON

[3:59:49] THESE ARE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CODES THAT STAFF AND INDIVIDUALS WHO

[3:59:53] HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES

[3:59:56] COMMISSION GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE EVALUATING POTENTIAL

[4:00:07] CHANGES FOR 2024. I DID WANT TO START OUR

[4:00:10] PRESENTATION OFF WITH A BIT OF INFORMATION SO TO RECAP WHAT WE

[4:00:13] WILL BE DISCUSSING ARE NINE BUILDING CODES, WHAT WE

[4:00:17] REFERRED TO AS BUILDING CODES BUT A SUITE OF CODES THAT ARE

[4:00:20] PUT FORTH BY THE ICC WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL,

[4:00:24] GENERALLY ON A FAIRLY REGULAR SCHEDULE EVERY THREE YEARS AND

[4:00:28] COLUMBIA IS AT THE PERSUASION WHERE WE REVIEW EACH CYCLE FOR

[4:00:31] POTENTIAL ADOPTION SO COUNSEL DID AUTHORIZE THE BCC TO

[4:00:34] EVALUATE THE 2024 SUITE OF CODES AND I THINK IT WAS LATE

[4:00:37] 2024 AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA

[4:00:40] IS NINE BILLS AND NINE SPECIFIC BUILDING CODES THAT WERE

[4:00:46] RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE BCC.

[4:00:48] I POINT OUT THERE IS ONE IN PARTICULAR AND THAT'S THE I

[4:00:55] ECC, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE IS NOT ONE OF

[4:00:59] THOSE BILLS. SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR

[4:01:10] RECOMMENDATION THEY VOTED TO STAY WITHIN THE 2018 SO WE ARE

[4:01:13] OPERATING ON THE 2018 ENERGY CODE.

[4:01:15] THEY DID NOT ADOPT OR RECOMMEND TO ADOPT 2024.

[4:01:18] THE CONVERSATION STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING IS ON THE NINE BILLS

[4:01:21] THAT CAME OUT AS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL.

[4:01:24] HOWEVER STAFF DOES UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE

[4:01:27] CONTINUING CONVERSATION AROUND THE ENERGY CODES GIVEN ITS

[4:01:31] RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE AS I THINK HIGHLIGHTED IN SOME OF

[4:01:38] THE PARTICULAR PLANS THE CITY HAS APPROVED AND WE WANT TO

[4:01:41] GIVE THAT CONVERSATION A VENUE SO STAFF WOULD BE ANTICIPATING

[4:01:46] BRINGING BACK OUR REPORT TO COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 21 WHICH

[4:01:49] INCLUDES A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IN THE MEMO AND

[4:01:55] WE'VE POINTED OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE MEMO TO

[4:01:58] EXPLAIN WHY IT'S NOT PART OF THE CONVERSATION BUT THAT WOULD

[4:02:01] ALLOW THE CONVERSATION TO OCCUR THEN REGARDING THAT CODE, SOME

[4:02:05] OF THE CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED DURING THE REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY

[4:02:09] SOME PARTICULAR INFORMATION FROM STAFF ON POTENTIAL NEXT

[4:02:13] STEPS AND DEPENDING ON THE CONVERSATION WHERE COUNSEL

[4:02:16] WOULD LIKE THAT CONVERSATION TO PROCEED SO WE ARE TARGETING

[4:02:25] SEPTEMBER 21 FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ENERGY CODE SO THERE

[4:02:28] WILL BE A DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT THAT ENERGY CODE.

[4:02:32] HERE IN A MINUTE I'M GOING TO TURN THE CONVERSATION OVER TO

[4:02:36] ERIN DECKER, OUR BUILDING REGULATIONS SUPERVISOR AND ALSO

[4:02:41] HAVE FILLED PEOPLE WHOSE OUR ENGINEERING MANAGER WITHIN OUR

[4:02:44] SITE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN SPEND A LOT

[4:02:48] OF TIME WITH THE BCC REVIEWING THE CODE AND I WANT TO SAY WE

[4:02:52] APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT BY STAFF AND BY THE BCC REVIEWING

[4:02:55] THIS STACK OF LITERATURE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS OR AT

[4:02:59] THIS POINT PROBABLY YEARS. SO JUST A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE

[4:03:06] BUILDING CODES AND WHY WE HAVE BUILDING CODES, THE ABILITY TO

[4:03:10] SAFELY REGULATE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, A NUMBER

[4:03:16] OF COMMUNITIES ADOPT BUILDING CODES BUT IT IS NOT UNIVERSAL

[4:03:19] BUT COLUMBIA DOES ADOPT UPDATED BUILDING CODES AND WE DO UPDATE

[4:03:23] THESE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ADDRESS ITEMS WITHIN THE CODE

[4:03:27] THAT ARE UPDATED THAT RELATE TO SAFETY ISSUES, NEW

[4:03:30] TECHNOLOGIES. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY WE

[4:03:33] UPDATE BUILDING CODES OVER TIME AND OF COURSE WHEN I SAY

[4:03:42] BUILDING CODES IT'S A BIT OF A CATCHALL, THERE ARE A LOT OF

[4:03:45] THINGS THAT GO INTO THESE CODES THERE'S A FIRE CODE,

[4:03:50] INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE USED BY OUR

[4:03:54] NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN REGULATING OF

[4:03:57] THAT NATURE SO THERE USED ACROSS THE BOARD WITHIN THE

[4:04:01] COMMUNITY BUT OVERALL DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND THE

[4:04:04] MODEL FOR SAFE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

[4:04:07] I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DECKER IN A MINUTE TO PROVIDE

[4:04:18] INFORMATION. AT SOME OF THE I THINK MORE

[4:04:20] SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE NOTEWORTHY WITHIN THE CODE AND

[4:04:24] AT THAT POINT WE BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

[4:04:27] >> AS MANY OF YOU KNOW YOU RECOMMENDED BACK IN OCTOBER

[4:04:31] 2024 TO START THIS REVIEW PROCESS SO THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR

[4:04:34] AND AND A HALF OF GOING THROUGH THE THOUSAND PLUS CHANGES THROW

[4:04:37] OUT ALL THESE CODES WITH THE BCC SEE.

[4:04:41] OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THAT TIME, WE'VE HAD

[4:04:44] SEVERAL OPEN MEETINGS WE'VE INVITED CONTRACTORS AND OTHER

[4:04:48] STAKEHOLDERS TO LOOK AT THE CODES WITH US AND TAKE SOME

[4:04:54] FEEDBACK. WE'VE MET WITH LOCAL

[4:04:56] ARCHITECTS, MET WITH HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATIONS.

[4:04:59] WE'VE ALSO TOOK IN SOME WEBSITE COMMENTS FROM A BE HEARD PAGE

[4:05:03] WE STARTED UP. AN HOUR BCC HAS HAD SEVERAL

[4:05:11] MEETINGS JUST OPENING THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC TO GAIN FEEDBACK

[4:05:14] FROM THEM. SO WE'VE SPENT AMPLE TIME

[4:05:19] TRYING TO GARNER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND IT.

[4:05:23] SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS BASED ON THE 2024 CODE CYCLE, THAT

[4:05:28] ALSO INCLUDES THE 21 CODE CYCLE ADDS AND CHANGES REFLECTED IN

[4:05:38] THE 24. THIS IS NOT JUST ONE CODE CYCLE

[4:05:40] CHANGE FROM WHERE WHEREAT, THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE 21 AND 24

[4:05:48] CODE CYCLES. I.E. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF

[4:05:51] CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF ALL THE BOOKS.

[4:05:53] THERE'S A NEW SECTION IN THE FIRE CODE THAT GIVES

[4:05:56] DISTILLERIES AND WINERIES SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.

[4:06:03] AS MANY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS IN MISSOURI THERE WAS A FIRE

[4:06:07] RELATED TO ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.

[4:06:09] THE BUILDING CODES EVOLVED AS EITHER SIGNIFICANT HAPPEN

[4:06:13] EVENTS HAPPENED OR AS MATERIALS CHANGE.

[4:06:16] AS WAYS TO BUILD A BUILDING CHANGE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

[4:06:18] ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FACTS IS LITHIUM BATTERY STORAGE.

[4:06:26] WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE LITHIUM BATTERIES AND WE NEED

[4:06:30] TO BE PROTECTING AGAINST THAT, THE RISK OF FIRE ASSOCIATED OR

[4:06:34] THE CHALLENGES THEY PROVIDE WHEN THEY DO CATCH FIRE.

[4:06:41] THERE IS A WHOLE SECTION FOR TENANTS, TEMPORARY EVENTS,

[4:06:44] HEATING AND COOLING HERE IN COLUMBIA WE DO HAVE TIMES OF

[4:06:51] THE YEAR WHERE WE WANT TO HEAT OR COOL OUTSIDE.

[4:06:53] IT MIGHT BE A WINTERTIME EVENT WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE

[4:06:57] TEMPORARY HEAT. THE CODE STARTS TO ADDRESS

[4:07:00] THOSE IN THE 24 CODE. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF

[4:07:02] PERMITTING IN THE FIRE CODE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS

[4:07:07] GONE THROUGH AND REVIEWED OVER TIME AND THEY'VE DETERMINED OF

[4:07:11] THE 50+ PERMITS THAT COULD BE REQUIRED, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR

[4:07:20] THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY REQUIRE ALL THOSE IS NOT FEASIBLE RIGHT

[4:07:24] NOW.SO THEY HAVE DIALED THAT BACK AND CREATED AMENDMENTS TO

[4:07:28] THAT CODEBOOK TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE ONES THAT ARE OF

[4:07:39] HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA.

[4:07:42] SO PERSONALIZING THE CODE A LITTLE BIT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS

[4:07:45] WELL. IN THE BUILDING CODE THERE ARE

[4:07:48] CHANGES. IN CHAPTER 16 IT DEALS WITH THE

[4:07:50] STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCT OF THE BUILDING AND IN CODE CYCLES

[4:07:55] PREVIOUSLY THE BUILDING CODE WOULD SPELL OUT THE EQUATIONS

[4:07:58] USED FOR CREATING OR FACTORING IN THE STRESSES ON A BUILDING.

[4:08:09] THEY HAVE, THE ICC HAS VOTED TO ALIGN WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY

[4:08:13] OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE

[4:08:17] TO ALIGN THE EQUATION THEY USED TO CALCULATE ALL THAT THAT

[4:08:20] MAKES OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS A LOT MORE HAPPY SO THEY'RE

[4:08:24] USING ONE EQUATION FOR MEETING BOTH STANDARDS.

[4:08:29] ALSO IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY YOU WILL SEE METAL

[4:08:32] BUILDINGS GOING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT'S BECOME A POPULAR

[4:08:36] STYLE OF BUILDING VERSUS TIMBER IN THE BUILDING CODE HAS

[4:08:43] FINALLY ADDRESSED REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO METAL BUILDING

[4:08:46] SYSTEMS WITH RESPECT TO EGRESS, AIR SEALING, WITH RESPECT TO

[4:08:51] FIRE PROTECTION OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND THE ELEMENTS THAT

[4:08:56] KEEP THEM UPRIGHT. ALSO THE 2024 CHAPTER 17 DEALS

[4:09:01] WITH SPECIAL INSPECTIONS. BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN CHANGES OVER

[4:09:09] TIME HOW CONCRETE IS MIXED TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER,

[4:09:12] THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO THE SPECIAL INSPECTION OR ADDED

[4:09:22] INSPECTIONS BY A CERTIFIED INDIVIDUAL REQUIRED BY PROJECTS

[4:09:26] REVOLVING AROUND THE WAY CONCRETE IS POURED OR

[4:09:29] CONSTRUCTED OR MIXED AS WELL AS THE STEEL PUT INTO THAT

[4:09:32] CONCRETE AND HOW IT'S FORMULATED TO MAKE IT STRONGER

[4:09:35] FROM THAT STANDPOINT. IN ADDITION TO STRUCTURAL AND

[4:09:51] FIRE RATED CHANGES, WE SEE LIFE SAFETY CHANGES WITHIN THE NEWER

[4:09:55] MODEL CODES. THIS MAY INCLUDE ELEVATOR

[4:09:57] LOBBIES AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE ESSENCE OF THE MEANS OF

[4:10:00] EGRESS USING THAT ELEVATOR LOBBY TO GET OUT WHEN YOU NEED

[4:10:03] TO CONSIDER ACCESSIBILITY. ALSO EGRESS FROM OCCUPIED ALL

[4:10:07] ROADS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN COMMUNITIES IS USE OF

[4:10:10] GROWTH SPACE TO EXPAND SPACE TO HAVE PARTIES, EVIDENCE.

[4:10:14] THERE IS ONE ACTUALLY UP ON JUST OVER FROM WIZARDS AND

[4:10:22] WITCHES I BELIEVE IT'S WHERE IT'S AT THAT JUST CAME ABOUT SO

[4:10:25] WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT LOCALLY AS WELL FROM THAT

[4:10:36] STANDPOINT. EXISTING BUILDING CODES ARE

[4:10:38] ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE CODEBOOK THAT DEALS WITH THOSE BUILDINGS

[4:10:42] THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT. WHEN THAT BOOK 1ST CAME OUT

[4:10:45] THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CLARITY AS TO HOW TO USE IT AND HOW TO

[4:10:48] APPLY IT. OVER THE YEARS IT'S GROWN IT'S

[4:10:51] KIND OF PRETTY MUCH DOUBLED IN SIZE BUT IN THE 24 CODE HAS

[4:10:54] BEEN A LOT OF CLARITY PUT INTO THAT BOOK TO MAKE IT EASIER TO

[4:10:58] UNDERSTAND WHAT TRIGGERS REQUIREMENTS AND WHEN YOU HAVE

[4:11:01] TO UPGRADE ACCESSIBILITY. WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE THE

[4:11:09] FIRE PROTECTION IN EXISTING BUILDINGS OR WHEN DO YOU NEED

[4:11:12] TO ADDRESS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FROM THAT STANDPOINT

[4:11:16] THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE THAT

[4:11:19] ARE CLARITY RELATED FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

[4:11:25] FROM AN ELECTRICAL STANDPOINT THE ELECTRICAL CODE PROBABLY

[4:11:29] HAS THE MOST CHANGES IN A GIVEN CODE CYCLE.

[4:11:32] THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODES ARE ALSO ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT

[4:11:36] BOOKS TO READ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND YOUR WAY THROUGH IT SO

[4:11:39] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE 2023 AND 24 ICC

[4:11:43] BOOKS, THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO MAKING IT

[4:11:46] EASIER TO NAVIGATE ANY, AND EASIER TO READ THROUGH RID

[4:11:52] CONTRACTORS WILL HAVE AN EASIER TIME MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH

[4:11:55] THE BOOK THAT WILL SAVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

[4:11:58] HOPEFULLY SAVE FAILING INSPECTIONS AS WELL FROM THAT

[4:12:02] STANDPOINT. BUT SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC CHANGES

[4:12:05] CONSTANTLY I THINK THEY'RE CHANGING AT A FASTER RATE THAN

[4:12:09] THE CODE CHANGES TODAY. SO GIVING UP WITH THOSE SOLAR

[4:12:12] CHANGES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONTRACTORS

[4:12:16] ASKING US TO LOOK AT THE 23 CODE TO BE ABLE TO USE

[4:12:22] EXCEPTIONS AND ITEMS FROM THE 23 CODE IN THEIR INSTALLATION

[4:12:27] INTO 2017. ALSO COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL

[4:12:38] CHANGES TO GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS, THOSE ARE THE

[4:12:42] GFCI'S THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR BATHROOM NEXT

[4:12:45] TO YOUR SINK, ONE ON YOUR KITCHEN COUNTERTOPS REHAB THOSE

[4:12:49] WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT WERE NUISANCES AT SOME POINT IN TIME

[4:12:52] BUT THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. THAT PRODUCT HAS EVOLVED QUITE

[4:12:55] A BIT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE ANYMORE.

[4:12:59] THE CODE HAS CAUGHT UP TO ALL THE PLACES WHERE YOU COULD HAVE

[4:13:03] A WET SURFACE BEING ENGAGED WITH AG SCI AT THIS POINT.

[4:13:08] WE ARE BEHIND THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE 2017 BUT WE CAN CATCH UP

[4:13:12] WITH 2023. THE NEWEST AND PROBABLY THE

[4:13:19] MOST EXPENSIVE COMPONENT IN THE ELECTRICAL CODE IS PROBABLY THE

[4:13:23] SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE ON A RESIDENTIAL HOLD READ WHEN YOU

[4:13:26] THINK ABOUT WHAT A SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE DOES, IT

[4:13:29] PROTECTS YOUR MODEM, IT PROTECTS ALL OF THE SMART

[4:13:34] FUNCTIONS IN YOUR HOME. FROM ANY SORT OF SEARCH THAT

[4:13:37] MAY COME FROM THE GRID OR MAYBE FROM A CONTACT ON WIRE COMING

[4:13:41] DOWN FROM YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM ON THE ROOF, TREE BRANCH FALLS AND

[4:13:50] HITS THOSE WIRES, CREATES A SURGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU

[4:13:54] HAVE A PROBLEM, THAT DEVICE IS THERE TO PROTECT ALL THE NEW

[4:13:58] ADVANCEMENTS WE HAVE COMING FORWARD THAT PEOPLE ARE USING

[4:14:04] IN THEIR HOMES FROM THAT STANDPOINT SO IT'S A KEY

[4:14:07] COMPONENT OF THE ELECTRICAL CODES THIS TIME AROUND.

[4:14:10] LOOKING AT EXISTING CODES, THERE ARE NEW MATERIALS.

[4:14:13] THERE IS NEW APPLICATIONS OF HOW WE USE THINGS.

[4:14:16] WE GOT RIGID FOAM INSULATION AND BEING ABLE TO APPLY THAT ON

[4:14:21] THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME OR INSIDE OF THE HOME READ THERE

[4:14:25] ARE NEW MATERIALS, WE GOT A NEW SIDING THAT IS GROUND CONTACT

[4:14:29] RATED THEY COME OUT WITH THAT'S ACTUALLY COUNTERS SOME OF THE

[4:14:33] REQUIREMENTS YOU WOULD HAVE FOUR WOOD BASED SIDING FROM

[4:14:43] THAT STANDPOINT. TO KEEP UP WITH THE CHANGE IN

[4:14:46] THE MATERIALS THAT THE ECONOMY AND THE MARKET IS REQUIRING OF

[4:14:50] BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANIES OR BUILDING SCIENCE, THE CODE

[4:14:53] NEEDS TO MOVE AND STAFF NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THINGS AS

[4:14:57] WELL. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO FRAME

[4:15:08] NOW. EVERYBODY OR SOME PEOPLE HAVE

[4:15:10] HEARD OF ADVANCED FRAMING OR YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT STUD SPACE

[4:15:14] AND TRY TO GET MORE INSULATION IN THE WALLS, HELP WITH THE

[4:15:18] AFFORDABILITY, HELPED WITH THE IMPACT OF THERMAL RIP THERE IS

[4:15:21] ALSO A TOP EXTENDED TOP PLATE AMENDMENT IN THE IRC THAT'S

[4:15:25] RECOMMENDED TO ADOPT BECAUSE IT'S A NEXT OF 2 X 6 AND TWO BY

[4:15:28] FOURS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO INTEGRATE FOAM INSULATION AS

[4:15:31] WELL AS HAVING ALL THE PROPER BRACING FOR THE WALL FOR A WIND

[4:15:35] RATING AS WELL AS ATTACHING SIDING TWO.

[4:15:37] THERE'S A LOT MORE REGULATION AROUND TINY HOMES OR IN SOME

[4:15:47] CASES YOU MIGHT CALL THEM ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FROM

[4:15:50] THAT STANDPOINT AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK

[4:15:53] IN APPLICATIONS FOR LOCALLY. BEING ABLE TO KEEP THOSE IN THE

[4:15:57] PAR WITH THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS, LOSS TYPES,

[4:16:00] LATTER STRUCTURES, WE GET INTO THOSE LOFTS, ALL THE EXTRA

[4:16:04] SAFETY CODES RELATIVE TO PUTTING THOSE IN PLACE.

[4:16:11] AND THEN THERE'S THE ACCESSIBILITY.

[4:16:14] CURRENTLY WHEN THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL CODE CYCLE THAT

[4:16:16] HAS ALIGNED WITH THE 2009 ACCESSIBILITY CODES.

[4:16:23] GOING TO THE 24 CODES ALSO BRINGS US UP TO THE 2017 AMC

[4:16:26] WHICH IS THE MORE RECENT ACCESSIBILITY CODE OUT THERE.

[4:16:40] HE DID HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN THIS PROCESS WITH OUR

[4:16:43] AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WITH ALL THESE CHANGES THEY CHANGE THE

[4:16:46] ORDER IN THE BOOKS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID

[4:16:51] THAT TOOK SOME TIME WAS GOING THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS MAKING

[4:16:54] SURE ALL OUR AMENDMENTS LINED UP CLEANLY WITH THE NEW CODE

[4:16:57] AND ALIGNED WITH FINDING EVERYTHING ONE BOOK TO THE NEXT

[4:17:01] FROM THAT STANDPOINT. LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST WE DON'T

[4:17:09] WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE

[4:17:13] WRITTEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES ARE THERE.

[4:17:15] THEY KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES HEALTHY, SAFE, LOOKING NICE.

[4:17:19] THEY ALSO HELP US MAINTAIN THESE PROPERTIES LONG-TERM READ

[4:17:23] IT ONCE A BUILDING IS BUILT IT STARTS TO FAIL OR IF IT STARTS

[4:17:27] TO FALTER PRETTY MAINTENANCE CODES COME IN AND HELP US KEEP

[4:17:30] THOSE PROPERTY HEALTH EAST RIP IT'S SEEN SEVERAL UPDATES,

[4:17:34] WE'VE HAD A FEW SUNSHINE OR A FEW THEY CALL HIM SUNSHINE

[4:17:37] DATES ON SOME REQUIREMENTS SO THOSE ARE GETTING ADDRESSED.

[4:17:44] THE ARE FAR PAST THE 1993 AT REQUIREMENTS WE'VE HAD IN THERE

[4:17:48] SO WE HAD OUTDATED AMENDMENTS WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS AS WELL

[4:17:51] FROM THAT STANDPOINT. ALSO LASTLY HOW MUCH OF THESE

[4:17:53] CODES ARE GOING TO COST PEOPLE, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST

[4:17:57] QUESTIONS. YEAR THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

[4:17:59] THE FRAMING OPTIONS AVAILABLE RESIDENTIALLY PROVIDED A

[4:18:04] DECREASE IN COSTS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM JUST THIS

[4:18:10] CODE SET.THIS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ENERGY CODE TODAY BUT

[4:18:20] THESE ARE FISCAL IMPACTS WITH JUST THESE CODES.

[4:18:22] INTEGRATION OF LIFE SAFETY PARAMETERS WITHIN TINY HOMES

[4:18:25] WILL HELP THOSE 80 USED TO STAY AND LAST LONGER READ RIGHT NOW

[4:18:29] HIV HOME SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HOW IT'S DESIGNED FOR THE LAST 10

[4:18:33] YEARS BEFORE IT STARTS TO FALL APART OR DECREASE IN ITS

[4:18:37] EFFECTIVENESS SO WITH THE NEWER CODE THEY PUT PARAMETERS IN

[4:18:40] THERE TO HELP THEM LAST LONGER. THE AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED

[4:18:44] MINIMIZE THE ELECTRICAL COSTS. THERE ARE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS

[4:18:48] THEY MADE KEEPING A FCI WHERE THEY ARE WITH RESIDENTIAL, NOT

[4:18:55] REQUIRING THE EXTERIOR DISCONNECTS ON RESIDENTIAL AND

[4:19:01] REDUCING SOME OF THE GFCI REQUIREMENTS IN SPECIFIC

[4:19:11] INSTANCES WHERE WE DON'T SEE THEM REGULARLY IN COLUMBIA AND

[4:19:15] HELPING DECREASE THOSE COSTS. THINKING AFFORDABILITY,

[4:19:19] THINKING OF THE IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE

[4:19:22] HOMEOWNERS. ALSO ALL OF THE CODES HAVE

[4:19:24] CODIFIED BEST PRACTICES WITH SAFETY IN MIND, ONE OF THE

[4:19:28] THINGS YOU'LL SEE IS IN THE IRC AMENDMENTS ARE ASKING TO CODIFY

[4:19:32] A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND GRADING PLAN COMPONENT THAT

[4:19:42] ALIGNS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.

[4:19:45] INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE HAS ITS OWN CHAPTER, THE IRC WAS

[4:19:48] MISSING THAT WE'VE ASKED TO PUT THAT IN SO WE CAN APPLY THAT TO

[4:19:52] ONE FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

[4:19:57] COMMERCIALLY, THERE ARE ADDED SPECIAL INSPECTIONS THAT'S

[4:20:00] GOING TO INCREASE THE INSPECTION COST.

[4:20:02] I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY TO GET AROUND THAT.THERE IS

[4:20:05] GOING TO BE IN GENERAL PROBABLY TWO OR THREE SPECIAL

[4:20:14] INSPECTIONS FOR A LARGE COMMERCIAL PROJECT LIKE THE

[4:20:17] WEST VERY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH THE CODES.

[4:20:24] HOWEVER NEW REFRIGERATION AND PIPING REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S AN

[4:20:28] HO L REFRIGERANT THAT'S BEING USED.

[4:20:31] IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY THAT MECHANICAL SYSTEMS HAVE CHANGED

[4:20:34] YOU WANT A MORE EFFICIENT FURNACE, A MORE EFFICIENT AIR

[4:20:38] CONDITIONER. THE IMPROVEMENT IN

[4:20:39] REFRIGERATION IS WHAT'S CREATING THAT SO BY CREATING

[4:20:42] THAT REFRIGERANT WE HAVE INCREASED REQUIREMENTS AND THAT

[4:20:45] WILL ADD INCREASE TO THOSE BUILDINGS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

[4:20:53] HOWEVER THERE ARE CHANGES TO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE

[4:20:56] COMMERCIAL THAT ARE A BENEFIT TO CONSTRUCTION PERMIT THERE IS

[4:21:01] EXCEPTIONS PUT INTO WAREHOUSE RACKING THAT CAN DECREASE THE

[4:21:05] COST BECAUSE YOU CAN STORE MORE STUFF IN A SMALLER SPACE TO

[4:21:08] THOSE EXCEPTIONS. THERE IS ALSO AN INSTITUTIONAL

[4:21:11] PLUMBING FIXTURE ACCOUNT AND INSTITUTIONAL I 2 BUILDINGS,

[4:21:15] THAT'S YOUR ASSISTED LIVING AND YOUR IN-HOME, TRYING TO THINK

[4:21:23] OF THE NAME. THE IN RESTAURANT OR FACILITY

[4:21:40] CARE. SO NOT ASSISTED BUT NOT JUST

[4:21:42] ASSISTED BUT GOING ON THAT ONE STEP FORWARD.

[4:21:45] NURSING HOME. SKILLED NURSING, THERE YOU GO.

[4:21:48] I APOLOGIZE, I WAS GOING THE OTHER WAY WITH MY BRAIN.

[4:21:51] THOSE, THEY ARE ALLOWING THE COUNTY INDIVIDUAL FIXTURES FOR

[4:21:55] THE ROOMS AND TOTAL FACILITY COUNTS WHICH CAN DECREASE THE

[4:22:02] AMOUNT OF PLUMBING FIXTURES WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHER

[4:22:06] COSTS FOR A BUILDING FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

[4:22:08] SO FISCAL IMPACTS KIND OF GO BOTH WAYS READ THE CODE HAS

[4:22:17] SOME THAT WILL INCREASE COSTS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT THE

[4:22:21] WAY THE CODES ARE STRUCTURED THIS GO AROUND THEY'VE PROMOTED

[4:22:24] AS DECREASING COSTS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

[4:22:27] THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES

[4:22:31] COMMISSION IS TO ADOPT THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL FAMILY OF CODES

[4:22:35] WITH THEIR AMENDMENTS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OR TO REMAIN

[4:22:39] CURRENTLY IN THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY

[4:22:42] CONSERVATION CODE AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED.

[4:22:49] AND THIS IS A LIST OF THE CODES THAT WOULD BE UP FOR ADOPTION.

[4:22:59] >>Mayor Buffaloe: APPRECIATE THAT.

[4:23:01] QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL. I WILL GO SHARON AND CHRISTINA.

[4:23:05] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE CEC RECOMMENDED A OPTION,

[4:23:14] IS THAT CORRECT?

[4:23:17] >> RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED ON THE PACKET, THEIR MOST RECENT

[4:23:26] RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THE IEC C, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY

[4:23:29] CONSERVATION CODE.

[4:23:30] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: IS THERE AND THE BCC

[4:23:35] RECOMMENDED NOT ADOPTING IT, THOSE ARE BOTH RECOMMENDATIONS

[4:23:41] FROM TWO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS THAT REVIEWED ALL THOSE.

[4:23:44] >> CORREC.

[4:23:51] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: WHY ARE WE AS CITY COUNCIL NOT

[4:23:54] GIVEN THE OPTION TO CHOOSE WHICH RECOMMENDATION WE WANT TO

[4:23:59] FOLLOW.

[4:24:00] >> THE BCCC WAS A SPECIFIC BOARD AUTHORIZED TO REVIEW AND

[4:24:03] TO BRING BACK A SIG. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS SO THE CEC OVER

[4:24:09] THE LAST COUPLE CYCLE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THAT AND

[4:24:12] THAT'S INTENTIONAL, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A DESIRE TO HAVE

[4:24:15] THAT INPUT WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY.

[4:24:17] AS FAR AS WHAT THE BCCC WAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED AND PER

[4:24:24] CODE ALLOWS THEM TO DO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES BACK

[4:24:27] IS THAT SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION BUT WE INCLUDED THEIR

[4:24:30] RECOMMENDATION IN THE PACKET SO IT'S CLEAR WHAT THEIR

[4:24:37] RECOMMENDATION WAS. >>Council Member Geuea Jones:

[4:24:39] WHICH I DO APPRECIATE, I GUESS MY CONFUSION IS BECAUSE A LOT

[4:24:42] OF TIMES COMMISSIONS RECOMMEND REJECTING OR NOT ADOPTING OR

[4:24:46] DENYING DIFFERENT THINGS AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR

[4:24:49] DENIAL, FOR A NO VOTE STILL COME BEFORE COUNSEL BUT IN THIS

[4:24:52] CASE YOU'VE CHOSEN NOT TO GIVE US THE OPTION TO EITHER ACCEPT

[4:24:56] THE RECOMMENDATION DO NOT ADOPTED OR TO GO AHEAD AND

[4:24:59] ADOPT IT OVER THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND I'M

[4:25:02] WONDERING WHY THAT DECISION WAS MADE DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME

[4:25:06] BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR

[4:25:09] COUNSEL IN THIS CASE THAT ISN'T USUAL, AM I MISSING SOMETHING?

[4:25:27] >> YEAH, IT WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT COUNSEL USUALLY DIRECTS

[4:25:31] THE BCC TO DO AND THAT'S RENEW IT AND BRING BACK THEIR

[4:25:35] RECOMMENDATION SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE SO NO DECISION HAS

[4:25:38] BEEN MADE, NO ACTION YOU MAKE TONIGHT KIND OF REMOVES THE

[4:25:42] POSSIBILITY TO DO ANYTHING WITH EITHER CODE SO THAT'S WHAT WE

[4:25:46] WANTED TO COME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 21 TO FURTHER EXPLAIN

[4:25:49] WHAT THAT NEXT STEP COULD BE.

[4:25:51] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: AND ON THE 21ST WERE NOT GIVEN

[4:25:54] AN OPTION, WERE GOING TO BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT

[4:25:57] MORE?

[4:25:58] >> COUNSEL AT ANY TIME GOODS CONSTRUCT A BILL TO BE BROUGHT

[4:26:01] FORWARD WITH THE ENERGY CODE BUILT IN FRONT OF THEM TO ACT

[4:26:07] ON. AT THIS POINT WE ARE ADVISING

[4:26:09] THEM TO COME BACK SEPTEMBER 21 TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK

[4:26:12] LIKE IF COUNSEL WANTS TO HAVE THAT BILL BROUGHT FORTH.

[4:26:16] RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS BASED ON

[4:26:19] THEIR REVIEW. SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE

[4:26:35] THAT SAME RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BCC FOR THE ENERGY CODE.

[4:26:38] WE BROUGHT THE CODES THAT HAD POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK

[4:26:42] AND IT'S DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT BODIES.

[4:26:45] COMING FROM PLANNING AND ZONING EVERYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH

[4:26:48] THEIR GOES TO COUNSEL BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT BASED ON THE

[4:26:51] NATURE OF THE REQUEST.

[4:26:53] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: UNDERSTOOD.

[4:26:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA HAD YOUR HAND.

[4:26:58] >>Council Member Hartman: IN REGARDS TO THE 21ST, IS THERE

[4:27:02] ADDITIONAL WORK BEING DONE, IS THAT WHY IT'S BEING DELAYED?

[4:27:05] HOW IS THE MONTH HELPING?

[4:27:23] >> I DON'T THINK A MONTH DELAY WAS AN INTENT THAT WE NEEDED

[4:27:27] ADDITIONAL TIME. HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND

[4:27:30] THE BUILDING CODE AS IT PROGRESSED THERE WAS A

[4:27:33] REALIZATION WE NEEDED TO SEPARATE THESE TWO TOPICS SO WE

[4:27:36] COULD HAVE A CONCENTRATED FOCUSED CONVERSATION ABOUT THE

[4:27:40] ENERGY CODE AND I THINK IT CLOUDS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION

[4:27:43] IS. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT,

[4:27:45] THOSE NINE BILLS. THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE A

[4:27:48] CONVERSATION JUST ABOUT THESE TWO.

[4:27:50] >> SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO PAGE BY PAGE.

[4:27:52] >> IF THAT IS COUNSEL'S DESIRE.

[4:27:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS

[4:27:58] ONE. OTHERWISE I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR

[4:28:00] PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 210

[4:28:03] THROUGH 218 - 26.

[4:28:11] >>Public Speaker: MARK I AM REPRESENTING MID-MISSOURI PIECE

[4:28:15] WORKS. I APPRECIATE YOUR ENDURANCE

[4:28:17] INTO THESE HOURS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE

[4:28:25] DOING. THE WHOLE ISSUE OF BUILDING

[4:28:28] CODES IS ONE THAT PIECE WORKS IS SUPPORTIVE OF.

[4:28:30] WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE NUMEROUS WAYS IN WHICH BUILDING CODES

[4:28:39] ARE VERY HELPFUL. SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY OF

[4:28:47] MATERIALS. DURABILITY OF STRUCTURES,

[4:28:49] THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE SHOULD

[4:28:55] BE ADOPTING BUILDING CODES AND WE RECOMMEND YOU ALL PAST

[4:28:59] QUALITIES. IT'S IMPORTANT.

[4:29:00] THE OTHER SIDE AS WE ARE DISAPPOINTED.

[4:29:03] WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION TONIGHT WAS GOING TO BE A

[4:29:11] DISCUSSION OF THE ENTIRE PACKAGE OF BUILDING CODES

[4:29:14] INCLUDING APPENDIX ON ENERGY CONSERVATION.

[4:29:16] AND WE DEEPLY ARE TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN PUT

[4:29:22] OFF A MONTH. ALSO I'VE HEARD AND THIS MIGHT

[4:29:24] NOT BE THE CASE BUT I'VE HEARD WHATEVER WOULD BE TASKED WHEN

[4:29:27] WE RETURNED TO THIS WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE 2028

[4:29:35] YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE

[4:29:37] BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S INDICATIVE OF A LACK OF A SENSE

[4:29:45] OF URGENCY AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE.

[4:29:47] AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE

[4:29:58] CLIMATE IS JUST BEING SWEPT UNDER THE RUG AND LET'S NOT PAY

[4:30:01] ATTENTION TO THAT AND IT'S MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL THERE ARE

[4:30:05] REALLY GOOD THINGS IN THE CODE, NOT SAYING THERE AREN'T.

[4:30:08] I'M JUST SAYING THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IS THIS ENERGY

[4:30:12] CONSERVATION APPENDIX AND WE OUGHT TO BE ADOPTING THAT AS

[4:30:19] WELL.

[4:30:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU MARK, IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC

[4:30:22] WISHES TO SPEAK ON NOTE 210 THROUGH 218 RELATED TO

[4:30:25] INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES.

[4:30:28] >>Public Speaker: FIRST IS THERE CONCLUSION FOR HOMEOWNERS

[4:30:32] AND THE SECOND IS THE SOLAR PANEL REGULATION WILLING TO

[4:30:37] SLOW DOWN THE ADOPTION OF SOLAR PANELS?

[4:30:40] AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTED COST ADDITION FOR PUTTING A

[4:30:46] RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PANEL ON.

[4:30:52] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED

[4:30:55] CODE FOR ADOPTION.

[4:31:03] >>Public Speaker: CALEB KOHLBERG, ATTORNEY AT 1203 W.

[4:31:05] BROADWAY TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR A PROCEDURAL

[4:31:14] CONSIDERATION. AS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IF THE

[4:31:16] COUNCIL ADOPTS THE CODE AS PRESENTED IT GOES TO OCTOBER 1,

[4:31:19] 2026 AND BASICALLY ANY PROJECT IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW IF THEY

[4:31:25] HAVE A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT SUBMITTED

[4:31:28] BEFORE OCTOBER 1 THEY WILL QUALIFY TO BE REVIEWED UNDER

[4:31:35] THE CODE AS IT EXISTS TODAY AND AFTER OCTOBER 1 THERE WILL BE A

[4:31:38] NEW CODE BUT WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS JURISDICTIONS THEY TEND

[4:31:42] TO BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TRANSITION SO NASHVILLE

[4:31:45] HAD 180 DAY TRANSITION PERIOD, GLENDALE ARIZONA SIX MONTHS,

[4:31:51] AUBURN ALABAMA FOUR MONTHS, BOSTON EIGHT MONTHS, YOUR WE'RE

[4:31:55] LOOKING AT OCTOBER 1 KOREA WHEN WE'RE TALKING DESIGN

[4:32:04] PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE NOW PRESENTED WITH THE CODE THAT'S

[4:32:07] OVER A THOUSAND CHANGES THAT'S A LOT TO DIGEST IN THE NEXT SIX

[4:32:11] WEEKS SO RESPECTFULLY THERE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER

[4:32:15] CHANGING THE DATE FOR BILLING IN PROTECTION FOR PROJECTS

[4:32:18] ALREADY IN DESIGN. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

[4:32:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO

[4:32:25] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED 2024 CODES FOR ADOPTION.

[4:32:30] >>Public Speaker: PETER CHEEVER, FOURTH WARD.

[4:32:39] THERE IS A LOT OF CODES BEING UPDATED HERE AND ONLY ONE SMALL

[4:32:44] PORTION IS NOT GETTING UPDATED. BUT THE REALITY IS BY NOT

[4:32:51] TAKING THAT ONE PORTION YOU'RE GOING THE WHOLE UPDATE.

[4:33:01] HOW CAN ALL THESE BE IMPORTANT BUT THE ENERGY ONE IS NOT

[4:33:04] IMPORTANT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

[4:33:08] A LOT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO

[4:33:20] COME UP WITH THESE, NOT JUST OUR BUILDING CODES COMMISSION

[4:33:23] ACROSS THE WORLD PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE BEST

[4:33:26] PRACTICES AND CAME UP WITH ENERGY PRACTICES THAT ARE BEST

[4:33:30] PRACTICES AND COLUMBIA IS READY TO BE UP-TO-DATE IN ALL

[4:33:33] RESPECTS EXCEPT ENERGY? WE DON'T WANT TO BE UP-TO-DATE

[4:33:37] IN THAT ASPECT? IT SEEMS STRANGE.

[4:33:47] I UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE THINK THIS WILL COST MORE TO BUILD

[4:33:51] WITH THOSE ENERGY CODES BUT THE EXTRA COSTS ARE OFFSET OVER THE

[4:33:55] PERIOD OF THE MORTGAGE AS ENERGY SAVINGS.

[4:33:57] AND THAT'S JUST THE COST OF MORTGAGE, THAT'S 30 YEARS.

[4:34:01] THERE IS A MUCH LONGER USEFUL LIFE OF THAT HOUSING STOCK.

[4:34:10] I LIVE IN A 100 YEAR OLD HOUSE IN THE CITY SO THAT WOULD BE 70

[4:34:13] YEARS WE ARE GETTING BENEFITS ALREADY PAID OFF IN THE FIRST

[4:34:17] 30 YEAR MORTGAGE SO WE WILL LOSE THAT SAVINGS IF WE DON'T

[4:34:20] ADOPT THIS. IN THE PRESENTATION, HE WAS

[4:34:23] TALKING ABOUT NUANCE, NUISANCES.

[4:34:26] BUT NOW WE TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED.

[4:34:30] THE SAME THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THESE ENERGY COSTS,

[4:34:40] THOSE LOOK LIKE UNNECESSARY EXTRAS BUT 30 YEARS FROM NOW

[4:34:43] THEY WILL BE AWESOME, I APPRECIATE THEY DID THIS 30

[4:34:46] YEARS AGO AND DECEIVED ME A HUMONGOUS RETROFIT DEED INTO

[4:34:49] THE FUTURE. EVENTUALLY THIS HOUSING BEING

[4:34:52] BUILT NOW IT'S RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND ITS LIFECYCLE RIGHT

[4:34:57] NOW BUT THIS WILL BECOME RENTAL STOCK AND EVENTUALLY THAT WILL

[4:35:02] BE BETTER RENTAL STOCK IF WE BUILD BETTER HOUSING NOW.

[4:35:08] SO I SUPPORT PASSAGE OF ALL THIS.

[4:35:10] PLEASE VOTE AND PASS ALL THIS BUT DON'T LET THIS GET

[4:35:15] SEPARATED AND THEN CANCELED ON THE ENERGY CODES.

[4:35:18] PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALSO GETS INCLUDED IN PASSAGE KOREA AND I

[4:35:22] HAVE 14 SECONDS LEFT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WOW,

[4:35:31] THANK YOU ALL, CONGRATULATIONS READ IT WAS AN AMAZING SIGHT IN

[4:35:36] FRONT OF ME. WOW.

[4:35:37] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU PETER, WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH

[4:35:42] TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THE 2024 BUILDING

[4:35:45] CODES AS LISTED HERE. SEEING NONE WE WILL COME TO

[4:35:51] COUNSEL COMMENTS. BEFORE WE GET INTO, CLINT CAN

[4:35:53] YOU WALK US THROUGH ANY OF THE QUESTIONS, WALK US THROUGH WHAT

[4:36:01] POTENTIAL CONVERSATION WILL BE LIKE ON THE 21ST.

[4:36:08] BECAUSE I LOOK BACK TO THE 2019 WHAT WAS PROPOSED AT COUNSEL

[4:36:12] FOR ADOPTION OF THE 2019 CODES AND AT THIS TIME BUILDING

[4:36:16] CONSTRUCTION CODES COMMISSION BOTH AGREED ON ADOPTING THE

[4:36:19] INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE IN ITS

[4:36:22] ENTIRETY SO IS THAT WHY IT CAME BEFORE COUNSEL TOGETHER WITHOUT

[4:36:25] MAKING CHANGES TO GO BACK TO THE 2012 OR I GUESS THAT'S MY

[4:36:29] QUESTION, WHAT COULD WE EXPECT TO SEE ON THE 21ST.

[4:36:40] >> THE 21ST IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT

[4:36:44] THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOT IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU SO THAT

[4:36:48] OUTLAYS A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE VCC

[4:36:51] EVALUATED SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK THROUGH

[4:36:54] THAT WITH COUNSEL, EXPLAIN WHY IN THE END THEY FELT LIKE SOME

[4:36:58] OF THE CHALLENGES WITHIN THE IPCC OR GREATER THAN THEY WERE

[4:37:01] ABLE TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF IT AND I WILL POINT OUT ALL THE

[4:37:06] CODES WE HAVE ON THE BOARD WERE EVALUATED WITH RECOMMENDED

[4:37:15] AMENDMENTS AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS PUT FORTH FOR ADOPTION.

[4:37:18] THERE REALLY WASN'T I THINK A TECHNICAL WAY FOR THAT BCCC TO

[4:37:22] SAY NO AND HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE COUNSEL WE COULD SAY IT

[4:37:24] WAS EVALUATED AND HEARS SPECIFIC THINGS THAT BCCC WOULD

[4:37:30] AMEND OUT. WE COULD HAVE I THINK HAD A

[4:37:32] BILL THAT WAS THE IEC C BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO

[4:37:46] RECOMMEND IT VERBATIM.

[4:37:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THE COMMISSION DID

[4:37:50] NOT, I KNOW YOU WERE TRYING TO DO THIS KNOWING IT WOULD BE A

[4:37:54] LONG MEETING AND I APOLOGIZE BUT IT IS PART OF THIS

[4:37:57] CONVERSATION SO THE IECC, THE BUILDING COMMISSION DID NOT

[4:38:04] MAKE AMENDMENTS.

[4:38:12] >> THEY DID, THEY EVALUATED EARLY ON AND ERIN DID A GOOD

[4:38:16] JOB OF WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WE'VE

[4:38:20] HAD SO EARLY ON THERE IS AN INITIAL EVALUATION, THERE WAS A

[4:38:24] RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE IECC WITH SOME AMENDMENTS.

[4:38:27] AT THAT POINT WHEN I THINK CAME ON BOARD LATE 2025 WE STARTED

[4:38:31] TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ABOUT

[4:38:34] CONCERNS THERE WERE PORTIONS OF THE IECC, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND

[4:38:38] RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAYBE NEED FURTHER EVALUATION.

[4:38:42] SO AT THAT POINT WE DID START TO LOOK AT SOLICITING MORE

[4:38:45] PUBLIC INPUT SO WE HAD A PUBLIC FORUM AND AB HEARD PAGE WE

[4:38:49] CREATED AND AFTER EVALUATING AND HEARING A LOT OF PUBLIC

[4:39:01] TESTIMONY ABOUT CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY

[4:39:04] SOURCES REQUIREMENTS SOME OF THE SPECIFIC GENERAL

[4:39:08] REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE FOR RESIDENTIAL, THEY

[4:39:12] DECIDED TO REEVALUATE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINAL

[4:39:15] RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO ADOPT LAWS PASSED OUT OF THE

[4:39:18] COMMITTEE, SO THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO ADOPT

[4:39:29] THE IECC TRIP THERE WAS A LOT OF I THINK STARTS AND STOPS IN

[4:39:32] THAT PROCESS. IT WAS A BIT OF A TIME PERIOD

[4:39:35] WHERE BETWEEN THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION AND WHERE WE

[4:39:38] STARTED SO THERE IS A VERSION OUT THERE THAT HAS AMENDMENTS

[4:39:41] AND THAT SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT ON THE 21ST BUT THAT

[4:39:45] SPECIFIC VERSION WAS NOT PASSED ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE

[4:39:48] THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT BY THE FULL BOARD.

[4:39:51] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WAS THE VERSION EVALUATED IN THE PUBLIC

[4:39:55] MEETINGS OR WAS THE FALL AS WRITTEN EVALUATED IN THOSE

[4:39:59] MEETINGS?

[4:40:00] >> AS WE HELD THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THE HOLD IECC 2024 WAS

[4:40:04] UP FOR CONVERSATION SO WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER INPUT ON ALL

[4:40:15] ASPECTS AND WE DID MAKE IT KNOWN THERE WAS DISCUSSION

[4:40:18] ABOUT CERTAIN PARTS BEING AMENDED OUT ALONG WITH THAT

[4:40:22] PROCESS TO TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY AS WE UNCOVERED FEASIBILITY

[4:40:26] WITHIN OUR OWN UTILITY TO MEET SOME STANDARDS OF THE CODE, AS

[4:40:29] WE DOVE INTO THE DIFFERENT CONSTRAINTS PROPOSED BY

[4:40:33] BUILDERS AND DESIGNERS, WE MET WITH ACTUAL ENGINEERS THAT

[4:40:38] DESIGNED THESE BUILDINGS. AND TALKED THROUGH WITH THEM

[4:40:42] WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT IF WE

[4:40:46] AMENDED THAT CODE. THOSE RESULTS WERE NOT

[4:40:50] FAVORABLE EITHER. THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECES THAT

[4:40:54] AS WE REVIEWED THE CODE AND WHY THEY ARE THERE THEY SEEMED TO

[4:40:57] MAKE SENSE BUT AFTER WE STARTED LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTATION,

[4:41:03] COMPLIANCE COSTS AND ALL THOSE OTHER VARIABLES BCCC DECIDED TO

[4:41:08] SAY LET'S STAY IN THE 15TH UNTIL WE CAN GET A FURTHER

[4:41:12] HANDLE AND REAPPROACH COUNSEL AT THAT POINT.

[4:41:16] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DID THE BUILDING CODES CONSTRUCTION

[4:41:19] COMMISSION AND STAFF THOUGHT WE WILL BE ADOPTING SOME VERSION

[4:41:36] OF AN APPROVED ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE AND NOT

[4:41:39] STAYING UNTIL WE REVIEWED THE NEXT CODE CYCLE AND I APOLOGIZE

[4:41:42] I'M GETTING INTO THE 21ST CONVERSATION BUT IT IS PART OF

[4:41:46] THIS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

[4:41:49] >> THERE WASN'T AN EXPECTATION SUMMERWOOD CONSIDER THROUGH

[4:41:52] 2024 ABOUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION LEFT OPEN THE DOOR AS

[4:41:56] ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAME FORWARD WITH COST IMPACTS WITH

[4:41:59] OTHER COMMUNITIES BEING ABLE TO ADOPT IT AND SOMEHOW NAVIGATING

[4:42:03] SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD

[4:42:07] BE REEVALUATED.

[4:42:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN IS THE NEXT CODE CYCLE REVIEW?

[4:42:12] >> 2027 IS DUE TO BE PUBLISHED NEXT YEAR AND AT SOME POINT

[4:42:16] AFTER THAT WE WOULD THEN BEGIN THE ZIP CODES.

[4:42:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP FROM THE PUBLIC,

[4:42:25] ONE WHAT TRIGGERS SOMEBODY WORKING ON THEIR OWN WHOLE

[4:42:37] HAVING TO UPDATE FOR THE EXISTING THRESHOLD PRINT SECOND

[4:42:41] WAS CAN YOU REEVALUATE YOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IMPACT

[4:42:44] ON SOLAR INSTALLATION, WHAT CHANGED IN THE CODE FROM

[4:42:47] PREVIOUS VISITS AND THE THIRD ONE WAS IMPLEMENTATION

[4:42:50] TRANSITIONAL. I KNOW WE TRIED TO DO THIS IN

[4:42:53] LINE WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR. BUT WHAT CAN YOU GIVE FEEDBACK

[4:42:56] TO THAT SORT OF WE ADOPT THIS AND TWO WEEKS LATER WE HAVE A

[4:43:00] DIFFERENT CODE. PUT THAT IN ANY ORDER YOU WANT.

[4:43:04] >> I CAN SAY BE AN OPTION FOR THESE CODES IS SPECIFICALLY

[4:43:07] TIMED. THAT IMPLEMENTATION WOULD START

[4:43:20] OCTOBER 1 SO THAT'S BOTH BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL REASONS,

[4:43:23] THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT THE LAST COUPLE CYCLES BUT THERE IS

[4:43:27] A TECHNICAL REASON THAT ALLOWS AN ALIGNMENT OF EVERY PERMIT

[4:43:31] THAT IS ISSUED STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO BE KNOWN TO

[4:43:34] BE UNDER A SPECIFIC CODE. OCTOBER 1 WE RESET ALL OUR

[4:43:38] PERMIT NUMBERS TO NUMBER ONE FOLLOWED BY THE YEAR SO 2027.

[4:43:41] IT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY MUCH EASIER FOR STAFF TO IDENTIFY A

[4:43:45] PERMIT AND WHAT CODE VERSION IS BEING EVALUATED UNDER.

[4:43:47] IF WE POSTPONED IT TO A LATER TIME SAY JANUARY 1 EVERY TYPE

[4:43:57] OF PERMIT, FIRE CODE PERMITS, ANY PERMIT WE HAVE, ELECTRICAL

[4:44:01] MECHANICAL, ALL THOSE PERMIT NUMBERS BEGIN TO CHANGE

[4:44:04] EVERYONE HE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHICH SPECIFIC PERMIT AND WE

[4:44:07] HAVE MANY OF THEM THAT NOW WILL BE EVALUATED UNDER THE NEW

[4:44:10] BUILDING CODES. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO DELAY

[4:44:16] ADOPTION BUT THERE IS A SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE REASON

[4:44:19] WE ARE SUGGESTING WE ADOPT IT OCTOBER 1 AND THAT'S FOR THESE

[4:44:23] CODES. THE ENERGY CODE IS SOMETHING

[4:44:25] THAT GETS FORMS, IT INFORMS THE OTHER CODES SO IT WOULD NOT BE

[4:44:30] IMPACTED BY IR DESIRE TO HAVE IT OCTOBER 1 SO THERE'S NOT A

[4:44:34] RESTRICTION WE WOULD PUSH IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ADOPTION

[4:44:37] OF AN ENERGY CODE. IT IS REALLY REGARDING THESE

[4:44:41] CODES IN FRONT OF US TODAY. SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT

[4:44:45] OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVING LONGER PERIOD'S, I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE.

[4:44:54] IN 2018 THIS IS THE SAME CYCLE WE USE ADOPTED IN AUGUST FOR

[4:44:57] OCTOBER.WE HAVE MAYBE NOT A LARGE COMMUNITY AS SOME OF THE

[4:45:01] ONES QUOTED SO MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE WELL AWARE WE'VE

[4:45:06] BEEN EVALUATING THESE BUILDING CODES SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK

[4:45:13] FOR ANY OF THEM BUT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF ANY OF THEM

[4:45:16] WEREN'T CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AT THIS ADOPTION CYCLE BEGINNING

[4:45:19] OCTOBER 1.

[4:45:26] >> HOMEOWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO PULL PERMITS ON THE WORK.

[4:45:30] THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PULL THEIR OWN PERMIT IF THEY'RE WORKING

[4:45:33] ON THEIR OWN HOLD. IF THEY LIVE IN, IF IT'S A

[4:45:39] RENTAL PROPERTY THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LICENSED AND

[4:45:43] HIRED TO DO THAT WORK. SO IF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING

[4:45:46] REQUIRES A PERMIT BY THE CODE THE IRC IN THAT CASE THEN THEY

[4:45:51] WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PULL THE PERMIT THAT THEY COULD PULL

[4:45:58] THEMSELVES. AS FAR AS PHOTOVOLTAIC, A LOT

[4:46:00] OF THE CHANGES ARE IN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SOLAR PANELS

[4:46:04] AND THE POWER GRID AND THE SYSTEM BREAKER BOX.

[4:46:07] THERE IS ALSO ADDED PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO BATTERY STORAGE OR

[4:46:19] ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. FROM THAT STANDPOINT BECAUSE A

[4:46:22] LOT OF OUR SOLAR PANEL SYSTEMS ARE NOW COMING INTO A BATTERY

[4:46:25] PACK STORING THE ENERGY AND WAITING FOR IT TO BE DEMANDED.

[4:46:28] SO THE EXPENSIVE PHOTOVOLTAIC CODES ARE THOSE AROUND HOW DO

[4:46:32] WE PROTECT THAT STORAGE, HOW IS IT INTERFACED TO RENT WHAT TYPE

[4:46:36] OF SWITCHES ARE PUT IN PLACE TO REGULATE WHEN THE SOLAR GRID IS

[4:46:43] TALKING TO THE DEMAND GRID OR THE UTILITY GRID FROM THAT

[4:46:52] STANDPOINT.

[4:46:53] >> IS ONE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ADDRESS.

[4:46:55] I THINK THERE IS A STATEMENT WE WOULD BE DELAYING THESE UNTIL

[4:46:59] 2028 AND THAT'S NOT FACTUAL, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SPECIFIC

[4:47:03] TIMETABLE. IF THERE WAS SOME DESIRE TO

[4:47:07] MOVE AHEAD THERE'S NO NEED TO WAIT UNTIL 2028.

[4:47:12] >> HERE RATHER THAN VALERIE.

[4:47:15] >> I WENT INTO A COMMENTS RATHER THAN QUESTION.

[4:47:27] I WENT INTO TODAY THINKING I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER

[4:47:31] AN AMENDMENT TO THIS ALLOWING US TO INCLUDE THE IECC AS PART

[4:47:34] OF WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON TONIGHT AND IT WAS A SURPRISE

[4:47:40] TO ME TO FIND OUT THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION BASED ON WHAT IS IN

[4:47:43] FRONT OF US TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR

[4:47:46] FROM THE COUNSEL MEMO ITSELF WHICH AS YOU MENTIONED TALKS A

[4:47:50] LOT ABOUT THE BCCC EXTENSIVELY, THESE ARE DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED

[4:48:02] CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK THE COUNSEL MEMO ALSO MAKES IT SEEM

[4:48:05] LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

[4:48:07] I THINK IT'S CLEAR FROM COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED THE

[4:48:10] PUBLIC ALSO BELIEVES THAT IS WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

[4:48:14] AND EVEN CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONS LETTER

[4:48:17] AND IN REFERENCES THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE BCCC MADE

[4:48:22] ON A DOCUMENT WE HAVE NOT YET HAD ACCESS TO.

[4:48:25] AND THEY ARE CONVERSATIONS IN EITHER ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS OR

[4:48:30] RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THOSE AMENDMENTS.

[4:48:33] AND THAT'S THOSE ARE REMINISCENT TO THE IECC.

[4:48:38] I GUESS JUST AGAIN I'M NOT AGAIN ALSO IN THE FALL FAVOR OF

[4:48:41] ALL THESE BUILDING CODES BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS FULL

[4:48:45] PROCESS HAS BEEN ABOUT A COMBINATION OF THE BUILDING

[4:48:48] CODES AND IECC HAS DEEPLY INVOLVED ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONS

[4:48:52] THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THEN IS NOT GETTING US THE

[4:48:56] ABILITY TO VOTE ON THAT COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION.

[4:49:04] THE CDC'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT ABOUT THE GENERAL BUILDING

[4:49:08] CODE, THEY ARE ABOUT THE IECC AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING ON THE

[4:49:16] TABLE FOR US TO CONSIDER AND AS WE'VE HEARD WE WON'T BE ABLE TO

[4:49:20] CONSIDER UNTIL 2027. SO I FIND HOW THIS PROCESS HAS

[4:49:24] FUNCTIONED A LITTLE CONCERNING.

[4:49:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.

[4:49:35] SORRY.

[4:49:36] >> I'M THINKING ABOUT MY COMMENTS BECAUSE YOUR COMMENTS

[4:49:39] CHANGED SOME OF MY PERCEPTION. I AGREE, I WISH WE HAD THOSE

[4:49:46] DOCUMENTS AT HAND PARTICULARLY. I'M THRILLED THAT THESE CODES

[4:49:56] ARE IN FRONT OF US TO ACCEPT NOW.

[4:49:58] IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME AND IT'S BEEN A NEED FOR A LONG

[4:50:02] TIME. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WORKING ON

[4:50:14] ADDING WHAT WAS IT, ARTISAN INDUSTRY TO OUR ZONING CODES

[4:50:17] AND WONDERING HOW WE WOULD MANAGE A MICRO DISTILLERY WITH

[4:50:20] FIRE CODES. AND HOW THAT WOULD BE HANDLED.

[4:50:24] SO I'M GLAD TO SEE WE HAVE NOW ADOPTED THE BUILDING CODES THAT

[4:50:28] ANTICIPATE THOSE NEEDS. THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

[4:50:36] I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT AS A FULL PACKAGE.

[4:50:44] I'D AT LEAST LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO READING THE FULL

[4:50:47] PACKAGE AND CONSIDERING ALL OF IT TOGETHER.

[4:50:56] >>Council Member Peters: I THINK AS THE HOUR GETS LATE AND

[4:51:07] AFTER OUR LAST MEETING I WAS OKAY AND I JUST HAD THE

[4:51:10] ADVANTAGE OF TALKING TO CLIENTS WHEN I WAS GOING TO TALK TO

[4:51:13] SOME OF OUR ENVIRONMENTALISTS ABOUT THIS CODE TO DISCOVER WE

[4:51:16] WERE NOT GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS

[4:51:25] IMPORTANT ENOUGH AND THERE'S ENOUGH CONTROVERSY AND WANTED

[4:51:28] TO PULL IT OUT AND HAVE IT AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND I

[4:51:32] REMEMBER ASKING WHAT MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IT

[4:51:35] OFF FOREVER SO I WAS, YOU KNOW. I'M SORRY?

[4:51:43] AND I'M NOT SPEAKING LOUDLY? I WAS PLEASED THEY HAD A TIME

[4:51:53] SCHEDULED SO THAT IT WASN'T JUST IN THE FUTURE.

[4:51:55] I AM SORRY SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T HEAR IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

[4:51:59] DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER. BUT I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THESE

[4:52:04] CODES AND HAPPY TO HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE THIS WILL BE AT LEAST

[4:52:08] THIS LONG OF A MEETING IF NOT LONGER JUST ON THOSE ENERGY

[4:52:13] CODES.I APPRECIATE THE FACT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THIS WOULD

[4:52:17] BE A PROBLEM.AND PULL IT OUT. >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA.

[4:52:21] >>Council Member Hartman: I'D LIKE TO SAY I THINK WE SHOULD

[4:52:24] BE DOING THIS FASTER, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO

[4:52:28] REVIEW ALL THAT BUT 18 MONTHS PLUS WAITING FOR 90, 60 DAYS

[4:52:33] AFTER REDUCTION, IF THAT ATTITUDE WE ARE ALMOST AT THE

[4:52:36] NEXT DATE OF ADOPTION. I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE US

[4:52:47] REVIEWING THOSE CODES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NOT ONLY THE

[4:52:50] REPORT ON THE 21ST BUT LIKE LET'S MAKE A DECISION ON THE

[4:52:58] 21ST. I DON'T WANT US TO HAVE TO

[4:53:00] REVIEW A CODE THEN COME BACK AND HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION

[4:53:05] LATER. I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS

[4:53:08] STUFF A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

[4:53:10] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, SHARON.

[4:53:12] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE PLAN FOR THE IECC IS NOT A

[4:53:19] PLAN FOR ADOPTION, IS NOT EVEN A PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION, IT'S

[4:53:22] A PLAN TO GET A REPORT AND IT WILL TELL US THE SAME THING THE

[4:53:28] REPORT TONIGHT DID WHICH WAS THE CEC RECOMMENDED ADOPTION

[4:53:32] WITH AMENDMENTS AND THE BCCC INITIALLY WANTED TO DO

[4:53:35] AMENDMENTS OF ADOPTION AND CHANGED THEIR MIND.I AM NOT

[4:53:41] INTERESTED IN PARTIAL ADOPTION. EITHER WE TRUST THE IECC WITH

[4:53:45] AMENDMENTS OR WE DON'T. AND IF WE DO TRUST THEM THEN WE

[4:53:57] NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US AT MOM ONCE BECAUSE

[4:54:00] IT WAS BUILT AS A PACKAGE BY AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF EXPERTS

[4:54:03] AND REVIEWED BY OUR FOLKS. AND I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD

[4:54:07] IDEA TO ADOPT A PARTIAL PACKAGE WITH POTENTIAL FUTURE ADOPTION

[4:54:13] OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHILE ASKING OUR BUILDING

[4:54:16] COMMUNITY TO THROW TOGETHER THINGS ON A SHORT TIMEFRAME.

[4:54:19] I GET THE OCTOBER 1 CYCLE START DATE.

[4:54:23] I WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AND I THINK WOULD

[4:54:28] SUGGEST THAT ON THE 21ST WE HAVE A FULL PACKAGE IN FRONT OF

[4:54:37] US AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WANT TO ADOPT.

[4:54:39] I DON'T WANT TO PARTIALLY ADOPT THE IECC'S RECOMMENDATION,

[4:54:44] THAT'S WHERE I AM NOT.

[4:54:46] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTION WHERE THE ORIGINAL

[4:54:51] RECOMMENDATION FOR AMENDMENTS FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

[4:54:54] CODES COMMISSION. WERE THOSE AT A STAGE THEY

[4:55:01] COULD BE PROVIDED AT THE 21ST.

[4:55:06] >> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND THEM AFTER THIS MEETING.

[4:55:10] THERE IS NO REASON TO NOT PROVIDE THOSE.

[4:55:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THOSE WOULD BE AS POTENTIAL TO BE AS

[4:55:18] INCLUDED AS INTRO AND THE FIRST READ AT THE NEXT MEETING OR

[4:55:23] JUST IN ORDINANCE FORM OR AN ATTACHMENT AT THE 21ST MEETING.

[4:55:28] >> IF COUNSEL DIRECTS US WE WILL BRING IT FORTH IN THE

[4:55:32] MORNING.

[4:55:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WAS THERE CLARIFICATION ON THAT,

[4:55:42] COMMENTS, VALERIE.

[4:55:45] >>Council Member Carroll: QUESTION, WE ADOPTED 2018 LAST.

[4:55:49] HOW LONG WAS THAT IN WITH YOU? DOES ANYONE KNOW?

[4:55:58] >> I WOULD SAY THIS REVIEW CYCLE DID TAKE LONGER THAN

[4:56:02] TYPICAL. FROM MY CONVERSATIONS HERE I

[4:56:05] THINK THERE WAS A TRANSITIONAL LEADERSHIP WHICH DELAYED IT SO

[4:56:10] WHEN I STARTED WE RESTARTED THAT PROCESS TO GET IT BACK IN

[4:56:15] FRONT OF COUNSEL.

[4:56:23] >>Council Member Carroll: IS THIS SIMILAR TO 2019, I'M NOT

[4:56:26] ASKING WHY IS THIS SO SLOW, I'M ASKING HOW LONG WAS IT IN

[4:56:29] REVIEW BEFORE ADOPTION. PART OF THAT HELPS ME GAUGE HOW

[4:56:32] LONG ARE BUILDING PROFESSIONALS HAD TO HAVE THESE CODES

[4:56:40] AVAILABLE TO THEM WITH THE EXPECTATION SOME FORM OF THEM

[4:56:44] WOULD COME FORWARD.

[4:56:46] >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE 2018 ADOPTION AND REVIEW CYCLE

[4:56:51] WAS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR FROM THE DIRECTIVE FROM CITY

[4:57:04] COUNCIL. TO THE CODE ADOPTION BEING

[4:57:06] PROPOSED ON THE FLOOR FOR ADOPTION.THE 2015 THROUGH THE

[4:57:09] 2018 ENERGY CODE ADD MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN IT, VERY SMALL

[4:57:14] ADJUSTMENTS. AND THE 2018 THROUGH THE 2024

[4:57:16] CODE CYCLE DOUBLED THE BOOK IN SIZE HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IN

[4:57:31] IT. WE STARTED THE REVIEW IN

[4:57:32] OCTOBER 24. WE GOT THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND

[4:57:35] OF ENERGY CODE IN ABOUT A YEAR. AND AS WE WERE PREPARING

[4:57:39] EVERYTHING FOR COMING BEFORE COUNSEL WITH IT, WE DISCOVERED

[4:57:43] AND UNCOVERED ADDITIONAL FACTORS AND ADDITIONAL

[4:57:48] VARIABLES THAT OPENED UP THE 24 ENERGY CODE FOR A SECOND ROUND

[4:57:51] OF THE LOOK TERRIFIC AND THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP INCREASING THAT

[4:57:55] TIME OF REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS UNCOVERED

[4:57:58] AT THAT SECOND ROUND REVIEW ON BOTH DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE THAT

[4:58:05] WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USING IT OUT IN THE FIELD AS WELL AS

[4:58:15] INTERNALLY.

[4:58:16] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: BLAME THE WHOLE PACKAGE BECAUSE

[4:58:19] THERE WERE QUESTIONS ON IECC?

[4:58:22] >> A YEAR AGO YES, WE DID DELAY THIS PACKAGE BECAUSE WE WERE

[4:58:26] TRYING TO DIVE INTO THE IECC DEEPER.

[4:58:32] >> FOR MY OWN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL TO WAIT UNTIL WE CAN

[4:58:35] ACCEPT EVERYTHING. I SEE THE POINT AND I SEE WHY

[4:58:38] YOU WOULD WANT TO DO THAT. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THAT

[4:58:46] BECAUSE BETWEEN 2018 AND DIFFERING 2021, AND HAVING THIS

[4:58:53] DELAYED FOR ONE PART OF IT I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH THAT WE

[4:58:57] WANT TO HAVE IN PLACE REGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHER

[4:59:03] QUESTIONS ARE. AND I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS

[4:59:07] ACCEPTING THESE TO PREVENT FURTHER DELAY.

[4:59:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS AND ONE OF THE

[4:59:31] THINGS I'M HEARING IS I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT TO COME

[4:59:34] FORWARD IN THE 21ST IN ORDINANCE FORM AS AMENDED BY

[4:59:37] THE BUILDING CODES COMMISSION WITH MAYBE A VERY DETAILED MEMO

[4:59:40] IN LINE WITH IT HAS THE ADDITIONAL ASPECTS THAT COME TO

[4:59:44] IT AND IF STAFF HAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL

[4:59:47] RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

[4:59:50] I'M SAYING THAT NOW FOR ANY COUNSEL COMMENTS SO MANY

[4:59:53] COUNSEL COMMENTS BEFORE I MAKE THAT MOTION.

[4:59:55] I MAKE A MOTION FOR SEPTEMBER 21 TWO COME BACK TO COUNSEL

[4:59:59] SOAP INTERN FIRST READ THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES

[5:00:03] COMMISSION AS AMENDED RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2024

[5:00:11] IPCC WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO IF POSSIBLE RIPPED SUPPLEMENTAL

[5:00:14] MEMO WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE

[5:00:17] SUPPLEMENTAL, DOESN'T NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE

[5:00:20] INTRODUCTION, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE.

[5:00:21] I KNOW I JUST ASKED YOU FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WANT

[5:00:25] TO GIVE YOU THE TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER FOR THE 21ST MEETING

[5:00:29] RED I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, IS THERE A SECOND.

[5:00:32] >> I SECOND THE MOTION FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD

[5:00:35] SEPTEMBER 21.

[5:00:36] >> SO INTRO.THE FIRST ONE. BUT SECOND READ.

[5:00:39] AT SEPTEMBER 21 TO BE VOTED ON. ANY DISCUSSION ON MOTION,

[5:00:44] DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.

[5:00:48] >> ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO.

[5:00:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU CAN ASK FOR THAT ALSO AND WE CAN

[5:00:57] CONTINUE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

[5:01:00] >> JUST SOMETHING WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW BUT I'D LIKE

[5:01:07] TO KNOW IN THE FUTURE YOU MENTIONED THE NEW FACTORS THAT

[5:01:10] LED TO THAT SECOND. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

[5:01:15] THOSE WORK, WHEREIN THE CONVERSATION THEY CAME UP AND

[5:01:18] WHY THEY HADN'T BEEN SEEN EARLIER.

[5:01:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, SEEING NONE VOTING

[5:01:28] ON A MOTION FOR REQUESTING THE IECC 2024 TWO COME ON, EARL

[5:01:34] YOU'RE THE LAWYER COMING DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE, SECOND BY

[5:01:39] SHARON. IT'S NEVER GOOD WHEN A LAWYER

[5:01:42] BRINGS THE MICROPHONE DOWN. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON THE

[5:01:50] MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[5:01:52] ANY OPPOSED? THAT'S THAT.

[5:01:57] ON TO THAT BEFORE I CAN HAVE SHEILA CALL ROLE.

[5:02:06] >> INTRODUCTION ON THE SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING THAT WOULD

[5:02:09] INCLUDE THE ORDINANCE. SO AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS

[5:02:17] REVIEWED WITH AMENDMENTS BY BCCC, THAT VERSION WAS NOT

[5:02:21] APPROVED BY THE WHOLE BCCC. THAT ORDINANCE WOULD BE ON

[5:02:28] SEPTEMBER 8 FOR CONSIDERATION WITH POTENTIAL APPROVAL ON

[5:02:31] SEPTEMBER 21 AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO WHICH WE HAVE

[5:02:34] ALREADY DISCUSSED COULD BE I THINK ATTACHED TO THE SEPTEMBER

[5:02:40] 21 MEETING AS WELL.

[5:02:51] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IN CASE WE WANTED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL

[5:02:54] AMENDMENTS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS LIKE

[5:02:57] YOU BROUGHT UP THE RENEWAL ENERGY IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH

[5:03:01] OF IT.

[5:03:02] >> ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS I DON'T THINK, WE WILL GO AHEAD

[5:03:05] AND HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA AND IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO SEE IT

[5:03:09] EARLIER WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.

[5:03:11] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON BILLS

[5:03:14] 210 THROUGH 218 - 26, IF NOT I WILL HAVE SHARON CALL ROLE ON

[5:03:18] THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

[5:03:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[5:03:25] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:03:27] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:03:31] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:03:32] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:03:35] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:03:41] >> COUNSEL BUILD TO 11 - 26. >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[5:03:44] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:03:46] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:03:50] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:03:52] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:03:54] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:03:55] >> COUNSEL BUILD TO 12 - 26.

[5:03:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[5:04:00] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:04:02] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.

[5:04:04] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:04:06] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:04:08] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:04:10] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:04:11] >> COUNSEL BUILD 213 - 26.

[5:04:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[5:04:15] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:04:17] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.

[5:04:19] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:04:21] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:04:23] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:04:25] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:04:26] >> COUNSEL BUILD 214 - 26.

[5:04:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[5:04:30] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:04:32] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.

[5:04:34] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:04:36] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:04:38] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:04:40] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:04:41] >> COUNSEL BUILD 215 - 26.

[5:04:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[5:04:45] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:04:47] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.

[5:04:49] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:04:51] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:04:53] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:04:55] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:04:56] >> COUNSEL BILL 216 - 26.

[5:04:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[5:05:00] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:05:02] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.

[5:05:04] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:05:06] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:05:08] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:05:10] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:05:11] >> COUNSEL BILL 216 - 26.

[5:05:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[5:05:15] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:05:17] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.

[5:05:19] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:05:21] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:05:23] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:05:25] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:05:26] >> COUNSEL BUILD 218 - 26.

[5:05:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR THE FINAL TIME YES.

[5:05:31] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:05:33] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.

[5:05:35] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:05:37] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:05:39] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:05:41] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:05:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON, APPRECIATE YOU ALL.MOVING ON,

[5:05:46] SHEILA WILL YOU READ BILL 219 - 26.

[5:05:57] >> COUNSEL BUILD TO 19 - 26 AMENDED ORDINANCE NUMBER 62509

[5:06:00] BY REVISING A POWER COST ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE WITH

[5:06:03] METERED ELECTRIC SERVICE AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE

[5:06:07] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READ.

[5:06:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?

[5:06:13] >> ERIN KEYS UTILITIES DIRECTOR .

[5:06:22] COUNCIL APPROVED THE CURRENT PROCEDURE IN 2023 AND

[5:06:25] ASSOCIATION WITH THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY PERFORMED AT THAT

[5:06:29] TIME. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING COUNSEL

[5:06:31] ELECTED TO CAP THE RECOVERY RATE AT 15% OF THE TIER 1

[5:06:34] RESIDENTIAL RATE. AND JUST AS A REMINDER ACTUAL

[5:06:39] COSTS OF POWER SUPPLY CAN SWING FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THE PCA,

[5:06:44] POWER COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM THE UTILITY USES TO ADJUST

[5:06:48] REVENUE COLLECTION TO AVOID ANY LARGE ANNUAL DEFICITS OR

[5:06:52] SURPLUSES DUE TO CHANGES IN THE ENERGY MARKET.

[5:06:56] SO IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THERE'S BEEN INCREASING

[5:07:01] UNRECOVERED COSTS AND POWER PURCHASE.

[5:07:12] FOR EXAMPLE IN FY 24 THERE WAS WITH THE CAP THERE WAS ABOUT 3

[5:07:16] AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT DID NOT GET RECOVERED.

[5:07:19] IN 2025 THAT UNRECOVERED AMOUNT INCREASED TO 10 MILLION AND AS

[5:07:22] OF JULY THIS YEAR WE ARE ALREADY UP TO 16.8 BILLION.

[5:07:35] THOSE ARE POWER COSTS DUE TO OUR POWER SUPPLY WE HAVE NOT

[5:07:38] YET RECOVERED SO THAT MEANS IT COMES OUT OF OUR CASH RESERVES

[5:07:42] AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS THAT IMPACTS ARE FORECAST FOR

[5:07:45] THE FUTURE OF AND IT IMPACTS THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE

[5:07:49] ABLE TO DO.IF WE ARE HAVING TO DIP INTO OUR CASH RESERVES

[5:07:52] TO COVER THOSE ENERGY COSTS. SO WATER AND LIGHT ADVISORY

[5:07:55] BOARD WERE LOOKING AT HIS QUARTERLY AND IN THE LAST YEAR

[5:08:04] AND AND A HALF THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT MONTHLY BECAUSE

[5:08:07] THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED WE ARE NOT RECOVERING OUR COSTS DUE TO

[5:08:11] INCREASED POWER SUPPLY. SO THEY LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD

[5:08:14] LOOK LIKE IF THERE WAS NO CAP, IF THERE WAS A 17 AND A HALF%

[5:08:18] CAP, A 20%, 25% AND THEY WERE TRYING TO BALANCE OUR FISCAL

[5:08:23] NEEDS WITH CUSTOMER IMPACT. THEY RECOMMENDED INCREASING THE

[5:08:27] CAP FROM 15% TO THE 20% OF RESIDENTIAL TIER 1 FOR AN

[5:08:40] ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $6.1 MILLION IN FY 27 AND

[5:08:43] REDUCE OUR ANNUAL TRUE UP.SO AGAIN THIS COST, APPROVING,

[5:08:47] WELL THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL BILL CALCULATOR ON THE CITY'S

[5:08:51] WEBSITE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN PUT IN THEIR ACCOUNT NUMBER AND SEE

[5:08:56] WHAT THE DIFFERENCES FOR ALL THE GREAT CHANGES THAT HAVE,

[5:09:00] THE ONES YOU'VE APPROVED AND THIS PCA WOULD LOOK LIKE.

[5:09:08] SO APPROVING THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT WOULD UPDATE THE POWER

[5:09:12] COST ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE TO INCREASE THE CAP FROM 15% OF

[5:09:19] THE TIER 1 RESIDENTIAL RATE TO 20% OF THE TIER 1 RESIDENTIAL

[5:09:22] RATE. AGAIN OUR PLAN IS IN FY 27 THE

[5:09:27] COST OF SERVICE STUDY WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE

[5:09:29] PROCEDURE. IT WILL UPDATE THE BASE RATE

[5:09:31] THE PROCEDURE IS BASED ON AND UPDATE THAT PCA RATE BASED ON

[5:09:37] OUR EXPERIENCE OVER THESE PAST THREE YEARS.

[5:09:45] MANY OTHER MISSOURI UTILITIES DO HAVE A PCA.

[5:09:48] EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF IMPLEMENTING IT.

[5:09:51] WE ARE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. BUT AGAIN THIS IS A MECHANISM

[5:09:58] TO RECOVER SOME OF THE INCREASED COSTS WE'VE BEEN

[5:10:01] SEEING IN POWER SUPPLY. IT'S IMPLEMENTED UNIFORMLY OVER

[5:10:06] ALL THE CUSTOMERS. WE ARE JUST USING THE

[5:10:12] RESIDENTIAL TIER 1 RATE AS A MECHANISM TO IMPLEMENT THAT BUT

[5:10:19] IF WE CHOSE TO UPDATE IT WITH THE COST OF SERVICE WE COULD

[5:10:23] LOOK AT OTHER MECHANISMS FOR DOING, FOR OUR CURRENT

[5:10:28] PROCEDURE. WITH THAT I'M WILLING TO

[5:10:30] ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

[5:10:32] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS.

[5:10:41] AT THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT IMPACT TO OUR INDUSTRIAL

[5:10:45] CUSTOMERS AND WE'VE RECEIVED QUESTIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT

[5:10:48] LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT IT'S PROCEDURE IS BASED ON

[5:11:02] RESIDENTIAL RATES AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO

[5:11:05] APPLY THAT 20% ACROSS ALL THE RATES, LIKE WHAT IMPACT THAT

[5:11:09] WOULD HAVE TOWARDS REDUCING. HAS STAFF EVALUATED THE IMPACT

[5:11:12] TO LARGE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS.

[5:11:17] >> WHEN WE TOOK THIS TO WATER AND LIGHT ADVISORY BOARD AND

[5:11:20] LOOKED AT PERCENTAGES ON INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS WAS PART

[5:11:24] OF THE EQUATION. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY

[5:11:26] DIDN'T GO WITH NO CAP OR A 25%. THEY JUST WENT UP 5% TO TRY TO

[5:11:32] MINIMIZE THAT BUT ALSO TO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER MORE OF THE

[5:11:35] FUNDS NEEDED TO PAY FOR OUR POWER SUPPLY COSTS.

[5:11:39] STAFF TODAY WE DID LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE

[5:11:45] TO DO SOME DIFFERENT MECHANISMS BESIDES TIER 1 BUT REALLY I

[5:11:57] THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING CONFUSED THAT TIER 1 AS

[5:12:00] RESIDENTIAL RATE, THAT'S JUST A MECHANISM WE ARE USING.

[5:12:02] IF WE WERE TO USE EACH CUSTOMERS FOR LACK OF A BETTER

[5:12:09] TERM TIER 1 RATE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER THE $6

[5:12:17] MILLION WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR FORECAST AS WE'VE

[5:12:23] PROPOSED EARLIER TO YOU IN JULY.

[5:12:28] BECAUSE THE MILLION DOLLARS WE WOULDN'T RECOVER, THOSE

[5:12:32] COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. SO THE QUESTION YOU'D ASKED

[5:12:40] EARLIER TODAY, BUT OUR BREAKOUT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL RATE,

[5:12:44] BETWEEN COMMERCIAL REVENUE AND RESIDENTIAL AND 63% OF OUR

[5:12:47] REVENUE, IS THAT RIGHT? COMES FROM COMMERCIAL AND THE

[5:12:56] REMAINDER COMES FROM RESIDENTIAL SO IT'S A BIG

[5:12:58] IMPACT IF WE CHANGED THE PROCEDURE TO BE THOSE TEARS.

[5:13:05] >>Mayor Buffaloe: TO CLARIFY THEN, WE ARE RECOVERING ENERGY

[5:13:11] USED SO THIS IS THEIR ENERGY USED.

[5:13:23] IT IS AFFECTING ALL OF US OBVIOUSLY BUT IT IS ALSO YOU

[5:13:26] PAY MORE BECAUSE YOU USED MORE, IS THAT CORRECT.

[5:13:29] >> THAT IS CORRECT. ON THEIR REGULAR RATES THE

[5:13:32] LARGE GENERAL SERVICE AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS THEY HAVE

[5:13:35] A DEMAND CHARGE SO THEIR REGULAR RATE IS LOWER.

[5:13:39] THAT'S WHERE THEY SEE THEIR DISCOUNT IS IN THEIR NORMAL

[5:13:51] RATE. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO RECOVER

[5:13:53] IN THE PCA AGAIN IS JUST THAT ENERGY USE, IT'S NOT ALL THE

[5:13:56] OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES WE ARE TRYING TO

[5:14:01] RECOVER.

[5:14:01] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, CHRISTINA.

[5:14:06] >>Council Member Hartman: SO YOUR PEAK USAGE TIME IS SUMMER,

[5:14:09] WINTER, FALL.

[5:14:10] >> WE ARE A SUMMER PEEKING UTILITY.

[5:14:13] >>Council Member Hartman: IF WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE RECOUPING

[5:14:18] COSTS, IF SUMMER IS THE PEAK WHY DID WE WAIT UNTIL ALMOST

[5:14:21] FALL TO DO ADJUSTMENTS.

[5:14:33] >> I THOUGHT IT BEST TO BRING IT AT THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE

[5:14:36] BRINGING RATES AND TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.

[5:14:39] >>Council Member Hartman: I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LIKE

[5:14:44] WHAT ALTERNATIVES DO WE HAVE INSTEAD OF RELYING SO HEAVILY

[5:14:47] ON CONTRACTS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL

[5:14:50] CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS BUT IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO

[5:14:53] WHERE WE CAN EITHER PRODUCE MORE OF OUR OWN RATHER THAN

[5:15:02] RELYING ON THESE CONTRACTS THAT REQUIRE THAT ADDITIONAL

[5:15:06] UNPREDICTABILITY RATE.

[5:15:15] >> OUR CONTRACTS ARE ONE PORTION OF OUR POWER SUPPLY

[5:15:17] COSTS.THE ACTUAL ENERGY USED WE ARE PAYING MARKET RATES FOR

[5:15:21] THAT. AND IT'S CALLED THE LOCATIONAL

[5:15:25] MARGINAL PRICE, LLP'S. THOSE ARE ALL BASED ON THE

[5:15:28] MARKET AND EVERYBODY PAYS THOSE.

[5:15:32] SO THIS IS WHERE WE GET COMPLEX IN ELECTRICITY BUT THE L MPS

[5:15:40] HAVE BEEN GOING UP CONSIDERABLY YEAR-OVER-YEAR.

[5:15:46] OUR CONTRACT PRICES HELP KEEP OUR ENERGY PRICES LOWER BUT THE

[5:15:51] L MPS GOING UP STILL IMPACT OUR OVERALL ENERGY POWER SUPPLY

[5:15:55] PURCHASE.

[5:15:57] >>Council Member Hartman: SO ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN DO TO

[5:16:00] OFFSET THAT? BESIDES JUST INCREASING THAT

[5:16:09] PERCENTAGE.

[5:16:10] >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT WITH THE LMP PRICES

[5:16:14] GOING UP, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO.

[5:16:21] >> ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND I THINK SOMETHING

[5:16:29] TO CLARIFY HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE LMP COSTS WHERE WERE

[5:16:43] GETTING OUR ENERGY FROM IN OUR OWN FACILITIES IS INDEPENDENT

[5:16:46] AND ALMOST A SEPARATE PROJECT SO LET'S SAY WE NEED 200 MW.

[5:16:50] WE HAVE A CONTRACT WHERE WE RECEIVE THEM FROM EXCELLENT

[5:16:53] SOURCES, IF THE COST OF THE ENTIRE MARKET AS A CERTAIN

[5:16:56] PRICE COST IS SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY

[5:16:59] ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE WE DO PURCHASE OR ENERGY FOR ALL

[5:17:02] USAGE, NO MATTER WHERE WE GENERATE OUR OWN POWER FROM.

[5:17:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.

[5:17:08] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. SEEING NONE WOULD ANYONE FROM

[5:17:14] THE PUBLIC WHICH TO SPEAK ON BILL 219 - 26.

[5:17:20] WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL COMMENTS, CAN YOU REMIND US THE

[5:17:24] TIMELINE WITH THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY AND WHEN WE CAN

[5:17:27] EXPECT UPDATES.

[5:17:32] >> WE WILL CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT EARLY IN OCTOBER

[5:17:36] HOPEFULLY IS OUR PLAN TO START WORKING ON THAT.

[5:17:42] THERE WILL BE AN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, THEY WILL COLLECT

[5:17:45] INFORMATION FROM STAFF AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOMETHING

[5:17:49] BACK IN THE EARLY PART OF 2027. SO THAT WHATEVER RATE INCREASES

[5:17:59] WE WOULD NEED TO DO WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE WITH THE

[5:18:01] BUDGET PROCESS FOR 2028.

[5:18:07] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, SHEILA WILL

[5:18:09] YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON BILL 219 - 26.

[5:18:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[5:18:14] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[5:18:16] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[5:18:20] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[5:18:21] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[5:18:24] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[5:18:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL OLD BUSINESS ITEM OF

[5:18:31] THE EVENING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ BILL 220 - 26.

[5:18:45] >> ORDINANCE VACATING A PEDESTRIAN STREET TRAIL UTILITY

[5:18:48] AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT ADJACENT TO LOTS 227 TO 28 THROUGH 37

[5:18:52] AND 238 WITHIN THE FINAL PLAT OF OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH PLAT

[5:18:58] NUMBER ONE LOCATED EAST OF WALTON YOUTH DRIVE AND WEST OF

[5:19:01] ASHDOWN DRIVE DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO HAVE A COPY OF

[5:19:04] THIS ORDINANCE RECORDED ACCEPTING A GRANT OF EASEMENT

[5:19:07] OR UTILITY AND DRAINAGE PURPOSES FROM THE GAIL

[5:19:15] SERGEANT, JAMES AND DEBORAH PROBST NEW HAVEN CUSTOM HOMES

[5:19:18] LLC DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO HAVE THE CONVEYANCE REPORTED

[5:19:21] FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND

[5:19:26] READING.

[5:19:26] >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN

[5:19:29] EASEMENT VACATION UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND THE

[5:19:35] RERECORDING OF THE UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT.

[5:19:38] SO I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE

[5:19:41] LOCATION WISE, SO IT'S LOCATED REALLY ACROSS A RESIDENTIAL

[5:19:46] BLOCK. THIS IS OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH SO

[5:19:49] WE HAVE RICHLAND ROAD RUNNING ALONG THE TOP.

[5:19:53] NEAR OLD HAWTHORNE REGIONAL SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH JUST

[5:20:04] OFF THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT IS ROLLING HILLS ROAD.

[5:20:06] WE CAN KIND OF ZOOM IN ON THAT SITE SO THAT'S THE EASEMENT

[5:20:09] TONIGHT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR VACATION.

[5:20:12] IT REALLY THAT VACATION WITH THE REDEDICATION AFFECTS THE

[5:20:15] TRAIL EASEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED A SPECIFIC

[5:20:23] TRAIL/SIDEWALK TO BE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THESE FOUR

[5:20:26] RESIDENTIAL LOTS CONNECTING ASHDOWN.

[5:20:29] SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHY WE HAVE THAT HERE.

[5:20:32] SO WHEN THE OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS APPROVED

[5:20:35] THIS SPECIFIC BLOCK RIPPED LOVELOCK REALLY BEING THE

[5:20:48] PORTION NORTH OF SOUTH YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN PRINT WE HAVE A

[5:20:52] REQUIREMENT IT CANNOT EXCEED 600 FEET IN LENGTH SO THAT'S A

[5:20:55] STRAIGHT CONNECTIVITY TYPE COMPONENT OF OUR SUBDIVISION.

[5:20:58] MEANT TO REALLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STREET SEGMENTS TO

[5:21:01] CONNECT SO WE DON'T HAVE EXTREMELY LONG BLOCKS AND IT

[5:21:05] ALLOWS FOR ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS FOR TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS WRIT IT

[5:21:09] INCREASES THE EFFICIENCY OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE TRAFFIC

[5:21:12] SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. SO MAXIMUM 600 FEET.

[5:21:17] THEY REQUESTED THE APPLICANT AT THE TIME REQUESTED TO EXCEED

[5:21:21] THAT UP TO 750 FEET SO AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED 50 FEET ON

[5:21:24] THAT PACIFIC BLOCK WRITTEN CONDITION APPROVED WITH THAT

[5:21:28] DESIGN ADJUSTMENT WAS THAT A MIDLIFE CROSS IF YOU WILL WAS

[5:21:31] APPROVED TO ALLOW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.

[5:21:34] KIND OF MIDWAY THROUGH THAT NOW LONGER BLOCK THAN IS STANDARD

[5:21:39] TO ALLOW I THINK THAT CONTINUED KIND OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IF

[5:22:18] YOU WILL OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK

[5:22:22] AROUND THE ENTIRE BLOCK SO IT WAS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF

[5:22:25] THE UPPER BLOCK. THERE WERE TWO OTHER ONES IN

[5:22:28] THE SUBDIVISION.IT IS A I HESITATE TO SAY STANDARD BUT

[5:22:31] DEFINITELY A JEWEL WE HAVE USED ON A COUPLE SUBDIVISIONS NOW

[5:22:34] WHEN A REQUEST TO HAVE A LONGER BLOCK LENGTH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED

[5:22:37] BY AN APPLICANT. SO SOMETHING WE ARE SEEING MORE

[5:22:40] AND MORE OF READ THAT LEADS ME TO OUR NEXT CONVERSATION SO

[5:22:44] THIS IS REALLY MORE ZOOMED IN DETAILED LOOK OF WHERE THAT

[5:22:47] TRAIL WOULD HAVE GONE. IT IS NOT CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED

[5:22:50] SO TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS, THE AND

[5:22:54] WHY THE EASEMENT VACATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

[5:22:56] THE HOUSE TO THE NORTH OF THAT REDLINE LOT 227 A PERMIT WAS

[5:23:00] ISSUED FOR THAT SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE.

[5:23:03] THE HOUSE WAS ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTED, DIFFICULT FINAL

[5:23:07] STEP IN CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE PROCESS IS INSPECTION AND

[5:23:11] ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WHICH MEANS THAT THE

[5:23:15] STRUCTURE CAN BE OCCUPIED READ EVERYTHING'S COMPLETED, SOMEONE

[5:23:19] CAN MOVE IN. THE TRAIL WAS INTENDED TO BE

[5:23:21] CONSTRUCTED HIGHER TO THE FIRST CO ISSUANCE OF ALL FOUR HOWEVER

[5:23:24] THE CO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS PREMATURELY ISSUED BY THE

[5:23:28] DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AND THE HOUSE WAS

[5:23:32] SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD TO THE CURRENT OWNER.

[5:23:34] THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE BEGAN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS

[5:23:38] OWNER. I THINK IN THE LATE LAST YEAR

[5:23:40] IT WAS AS WE WENT TO ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE NEXT HOUSE TO

[5:23:43] THE SOUTH.IT WAS IDENTIFIED THE TRAIL WAS NOT COMPLETED AS

[5:23:46] IT SHOULD SO WE TOOK APPROPRIATE STEPS TO MAKE SURE

[5:23:49] IT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. AT THAT POINT WE RECEIVED

[5:23:54] COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOTH THOSE OWNERS WITH ADDITIONAL I THINK

[5:23:57] INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THAT REQUIREMENT

[5:24:00] BETWEEN THESE TWO OF STRUCTURES AND HOW IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT

[5:24:04] ON THEIR PROPERTIES AND ALSO WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THEIR

[5:24:07] HOUSES COULD DECREASE THE ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY SO

[5:24:10] WE DID WORK WITH THEM ON POTENTIAL STEPS TO REMOVE THAT

[5:24:14] REQUIREMENT IF THEY SO CHOSE TO SEEK THAT AND THEY DID SUBMIT

[5:24:17] THE APPLICATION WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT SO WHAT THEY'VE

[5:24:21] REQUESTED TO ALLEVIATE THE EXISTING IN THEIR VIEWPOINT

[5:24:27] EXISTING HARDSHIP ON THESE PROPERTIES IS TO VACATE THE

[5:24:30] TRAIL EASEMENT AND WE BE VACATING ALL EASEMENTS AND

[5:24:34] HAVING TO PUT BACK TO WHERE JUST VACATING THE TRAIL

[5:24:37] EASEMENT WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT TRAIL TO

[5:24:40] BE CONSTRUCTED. I JUST POINT OUT OBVIOUSLY THIS

[5:24:43] IS NOT A BEST CASE SCENARIO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE GO

[5:24:47] FORWARD IF THIS CONTINUES TO BE A STANDARD DESIGN ADJUSTMENT

[5:24:51] CONDITION IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO THAT IT'S

[5:24:54] STANDARDIZED. ONE OF THE ISSUES WE IDENTIFIED

[5:24:57] WAS REALLY AN AD HOC REQUIREMENT.

[5:24:59] WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS IN PLACE.

[5:25:03] THAT GUIDE REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AND WE WERE

[5:25:06] TRYING TO ENFORCE IT SIMILAR TO OTHER SITUATIONS.

[5:25:10] OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT SLIPPED BETWEEN THE CRACKS SO

[5:25:17] WE DON'T BELIEVE NECESSARILY THIS WOULD IMPACT LIFE SAFETY.

[5:25:29] AS I SAID THE PURPOSE OF THAT CROSS ACCESS WAS TO FIND THE

[5:25:32] ADDRESS LONGER BLOCK LENGTH AS A CONDITION OF ALLOWING THAT SO

[5:25:36] SORT OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ACCESS THROUGH THESE LOTS.I

[5:25:39] WOULD SAY THAT WE DID REVIEW HOW THIS DID OCCUR AND THE

[5:25:42] SITUATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO IT.

[5:25:49] WORKED WITH STAFF TRYING TO ADDRESS MEANINGFUL STEPS TO

[5:25:53] MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN SO WE'VE INITIATED

[5:25:56] ADDITIONAL CONTACT REQUIREMENTS ANYTIME WE HAVE A TRAIL

[5:25:59] EASEMENT LIKE THIS THAT'S NONSTANDARD MAKING SURE THE

[5:26:02] OWNER OR BUILDER IS WELL AWARE. SO THEN STAFF IS MAKING SURE

[5:26:06] EVERYONE ON BOARD UNDERSTAND THAT REQUIREMENT.

[5:26:09] WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE CHANGING HOW AND WHEN IT GETS

[5:26:12] CONSTRUCTED. RIGHT NOW WE VIEWED IT MORE

[5:26:14] LIKE A SIDEWALK ALONG WITH THE HOUSE AND MOVING FORWARD WE

[5:26:18] WILL LOOK AT MORE OF THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS SO

[5:26:22] IT'S CONSTRUCTED UPFRONT. THE RECOMMENDATION JUST SOME

[5:26:36] CONTEXT THESE ARE THE TWO HOMES THE TRAIL WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED,

[5:26:40] A 8 FOOT PATH BETWEEN THE HOMES AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LINE

[5:26:43] BETWEEN THE TWO HOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.

[5:26:46] IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE DIDN'T PUT FORTH A SPECIFIC

[5:26:49] RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD PROVIDE THAT THIS IS

[5:26:51] NOT REALLY A SITUATION WE APPRECIATE BEING IN.

[5:26:54] IT'S UNFORTUNATE. THIS PATHWAY DOES PROVIDE A

[5:26:58] PATHWAY FORWARD IF COUNSEL DETERMINES THE TRAIL EASEMENT

[5:27:07] IS NOT NECESSARY AND WOULD ALLEVIATE CONCERNS FROM THE

[5:27:10] PROPERTY OWNERS SO WITH THAT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

[5:27:14] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR

[5:27:17] RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS TO CLARIFY A YES VOTE ON THIS

[5:27:20] ORDINANCE IS DOING THE ELIMINATION AND A NO VOTE IS

[5:27:23] UPHOLDING THE REQUIREMENT.

[5:27:25] >> I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT.

[5:27:30] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WANT TO CLARIFY SO SINCE BOTH ARE ON

[5:27:33] THEIR IT COULD BE CONFUSING SO QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL,

[5:27:37] VALERIE. >>Council Member Carroll: A

[5:27:39] LOT OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT VACATING THE

[5:27:43] EASEMENT FOR THE TRAIL. WE ARE ALSO VACATING UTILITY

[5:27:48] AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS.

[5:27:55] >> WE WOULD BE RE-DEDICATING THOSE TWO TO MAKE IT SIMPLER TO

[5:27:59] DEDICATE ALL THE EASEMENTS AND THE UTILITY.

[5:28:03] >>Council Member Carroll: MY OTHER QUESTION IS, HOW IS IT

[5:28:06] COMMUNICATED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND BUILDER THAT THERE

[5:28:10] WAS AN EASEMENT PRESENT AND A REQUIREMENT FOR A PEDESTRIAN

[5:28:19] PATH.

[5:28:19] >> MOST DIRECTLY THE REQUIREMENT IS LISTED ON THE

[5:28:22] PLOT PLAN SO WHEN SOMEONE TURNS IN A REQUIREMENT THEY HAVE TO

[5:28:35] MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THE TRAIL WAS REFLECTED SO

[5:28:38] THAT WAS ISSUED, THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED WITH THAT PLOT PLAN SO

[5:28:42] THEY ARE AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENT AND THAT

[5:28:45] REQUIREMENT IS ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AS WELL.

[5:28:48] >>Council Member Carroll: THE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS

[5:28:51] WORKING ON THIS, THEY WERE PRESENT AT THE HEARING?

[5:28:54] THE PLANNING AND ZONING HEARING WHEN WE GAVE THEM THE WAIVER

[5:28:58] FOR BLOCK LENGTH CONTINGENT ON.

[5:29:01] >> AT THAT TIME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEVELOPER.

[5:29:03] I THINK THEY ARE SEPARATE.

[5:29:09] >>Council Member Carroll: SO THAT INFORMATION ISN'T PASSED

[5:29:13] FORWARD.

[5:29:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, SHARON.

[5:29:33] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE BUILDER PULLED THE PLAT,

[5:29:36] THE PLAT SHOWED THE EASEMENTS, THE BUILDER HAD TO HAVE PULLED

[5:29:40] THE PLAT BEFORE HE BEGAN LAYING OUT WHERE THE HOUSE WOULD BE.

[5:29:44] CORRECT?

[5:29:44] >> I SUSPECT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE THE LOT DIMENSIONS.

[5:29:48] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I AM INCREDIBLY HESITANT TO

[5:29:55] REWARD A VIOLATION LIKE THIS. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW

[5:30:01] THIS ISN'T DOING THAT IN YOUR MIND OR IS THIS JUST SUCH A

[5:30:07] WEIRD, WE MESSED UP EXAMPLE THAT THERE'S NOT ANOTHER

[5:30:11] OPTION?

[5:30:12] >> THERE ARE CERTAINLY OPTIONS. I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THE TRAIL

[5:30:22] COULD NOT BE BUILT. IT COULD BE BUILT.

[5:30:24] I WOULD SUGGEST THOUGH THERE ARE CERTAINLY MISSTEPS MAYBE BY

[5:30:28] ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED. WE DISCUSSED SOME BY THE CITY,

[5:30:35] THE BUILDERS CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AWARE OF THIS

[5:30:44] REQUIREMENT AND THE OWNERS MAY HAVE ONE TO DO A LITTLE MORE

[5:30:47] DUE DILIGENCE BUT I HESITATE TO PUT BLAME ON ANYONE

[5:30:50] SPECIFICALLY. I'M FINE WITH OUR MISSTEPS AND

[5:30:52] LEAVE IT AT THAT.

[5:30:57] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO

[5:31:00] ACCEPT THE BLAME NECESSARILY OR BLAME ANYONE.

[5:31:07] I'M MERELY CONCERNED THIS IS SOMETHING PLANNING AND ZONING

[5:31:11] FECES A LOT WHERE PEOPLE WANT MUCH LARGER BLOCK LENGTH AND

[5:31:14] THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE WE ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS BLOCKING

[5:31:17] TRAIL AND WORD WILL GET OUT THAT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND BUILD

[5:31:21] OVER IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ANYMORE.

[5:31:25] I HEAR YOU SAYING THERE ARE PROCEDURES YOU ARE PUTTING IN

[5:31:29] PLACE. IS THAT WHERE WE ARE AT?

[5:31:41] >> WE WILL BE NOTIFYING ANYTIME WE HAVE AN APPLICATION COME IN

[5:31:45] FOR A PERMIT THAT HAS ONE OF THESE UNCOMMON TRAILS WE WILL

[5:31:48] BE REACHING OUT TO EVERYONE LISTED ON THAT PERMIT TO MAKE

[5:31:51] SURE THEY ARE ALL AWARE IT IS A REQUIREMENT.

[5:31:54] IN THE FUTURE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS WERE GOING TO MAKE

[5:31:57] IT A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER AND THIS GOES BACK TO

[5:32:02] THERE'S NO REAL SPECIFIC DIRECTION.

[5:32:04] THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES ARE REQUIRED TO BE BUILT BY A

[5:32:08] DEVELOPER, WE NEED SIDEWALKS AND FRONTAGE ON HOMES TO MEET

[5:32:11] THE BUILDER SO THIS FALLS IN BETWEEN THOSE.

[5:32:15] IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT ABLE TO BE ADDRESSED IF WE HAVE

[5:32:32] THEM ALL BUILT UP FRONT. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY

[5:32:35] PERTAIN TO SUBDIVISIONS APPROVED ALREADY SO THAT'S

[5:32:38] WHERE THE NOTIFICATION WILL COME FROM.

[5:32:41] WE HAVE OTHER ONES SUCH AS LEGACY FARMS AS WELL SO WE ARE

[5:32:44] PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THIS WOULD

[5:32:47] BE A GREEN LIGHT TO ANYONE TO START BUILDING.

[5:32:50] WE ARE MORE AWARE IF WE SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING WE HAVE THE

[5:32:54] ABILITY TO ISSUE CEOS. WE HAVE THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO

[5:32:57] ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS.

[5:32:59] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: CAN WE TREAT IT LIKE A STREET

[5:33:02] TO REPLACE A STREET? THANK YOU.

[5:33:04] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, ANYONE

[5:33:08] HAVE ONE BEFORE VALERIE HAD ANOTHER.

[5:33:14] >>Council Member Carroll: WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP OVER TIME.

[5:33:19] THIS IS A SITUATION, NOT THIS SITUATION, THE SITUATION WHERE

[5:33:22] WE OFFER A PEDESTRIAN PATH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE BLOCK

[5:33:30] LENGTH AND KEEP PEDESTRIAN CONDUCTIVITY.

[5:33:35] AND PARTICULARLY I LIKE THAT AS A WIN-WIN.

[5:33:39] WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE'VE OFFERED IT A HANDFUL OF

[5:33:47] TIMES. AND BUILDERS HAVE CAUGHT ON TO

[5:33:49] THAT AND THEY'VE OFFERED IT IN PROPOSALS THEY'VE BROUGHT US

[5:33:53] AND WE'VE ACCEPTED THAT. AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT TO ME

[5:34:02] WHETHER IN OUR REVIEW OF THE CASE IS THIS ONE OF THE ONES

[5:34:06] THAT WE BROUGHT TO THEM, THAT WE SUGGESTED AS A REQUIREMENT

[5:34:18] IF YOU CAN DO THIS WE WILL APPROVE IT OR IS THIS ONE THEY

[5:34:21] SUGGESTED TO US IN THEIR PLAN THAT THEY WOULD DO IT?

[5:34:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, CLINT.

[5:34:35] >> I THINK STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT ALWAYS WORK A

[5:34:38] LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH CLARITY AND THE STANDARD WE'VE SET AS

[5:34:44] WE ARE ACCEPTABLE OF BLOCK LENGTHS THAT EXCEED 1600 UP TO

[5:34:47] A CERTAIN LENGTH AS LONG AS THERE'S A CROSS ACCESS

[5:34:54] EASEMENT. THAT'S A PREFERABLE STANDARD TO

[5:34:56] SET AS OPPOSED TO CASE-BY-CASE.

[5:34:59] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SHE'S ASKING FOR THIS SPECIFIC ONE, WAS THIS

[5:35:02] THAT RECOMMENDED OR DID A DEVELOPER PRESENT THIS?

[5:35:11] >> I DON'T KNOW IF I RECALL. THIS ONE I DON'T BELIEVE WAS

[5:35:14] STAFF RECOMMENDED. I DON'T THINK THESE BEGAN AS

[5:35:19] STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, IT CAME OUT OF A DESIGN ADJUSTMENT

[5:35:23] REQUEST THROUGH HEARINGS AND DISCUSSION WITH PUBLIC BODIES.

[5:35:27] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC.

[5:35:30] THE FIRST ONE I RECALL COMING TO US PLANNING AND ZONING

[5:35:35] SUGGESTED THIS, THE COMMISSIONER SUGGESTED THIS AND

[5:35:41] THE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL ACCEPTED THAT AND SAID WE CAN

[5:35:45] DO THAT AND IT WAS ACCEPTED WITH THAT.

[5:35:47] THEN IN SUBSEQUENT THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US THE

[5:35:52] DEVELOPERS SUGGESTED BUILDING A TRAIL.

[5:36:00] I DON'T THINK EITHER WAS STAFF SUGGESTING BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW

[5:36:04] WHETHER THE DEVELOPER OFFERED THIS OR WHETHER THE COMMISSION

[5:36:07] OFFERED THIS.

[5:36:11] >> THE INITIAL DESIGN ADJUSTMENT AND TRAIL EASEMENT,

[5:36:14] IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? I THINK WHEN THIS INITIALLY

[5:36:18] CAME THROUGH, GOING OFF MEMORY IT WAS A DESIGN ADJUSTMENT TO

[5:36:31] WEAVE THAT REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW A LONGER BLOCK AND THE TRAIL

[5:36:35] EASEMENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH

[5:36:38] PLANNING AND ZONING. WE FOUND A COUPLE OTHER

[5:36:41] SUBDIVISIONS SINCE THEN AND HAVE NOW LIKE YOU SAID I THINK

[5:36:44] HAVE TURNED MORE INTO WELL, THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE

[5:36:48] SO WE WILL SUGGEST IT ON THE FRONT END SPEAKING FROM A

[5:36:51] DEVELOPERS POINT OF VIEW.

[5:36:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK

[5:37:02] ON BILL 220 - 26 PROPOSAL FOR THE EASEMENT VACATION.

[5:37:05] >>Public Speaker: KRISTA MARIE, AWARD 1. DID YOU LIVE ON WEST

[5:37:11] AND THEY WANT TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK CITY WILL MAKE THAT

[5:37:16] DECISION. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME TO A

[5:37:18] HEARING BUT IF THE DEMAND IS LOWER THAN THEIR IT IS.

[5:37:24] WHEN I WAS A KID IN COLUMBIA IN THE 90S I KNEW A LOT OF EMINENT

[5:37:28] DOMAIN ESPECIALLY AROUND I-70 AND THERE'S BEEN INDIVIDUALS

[5:37:37] WHO LOST THEIR LAND RECENTLY BECAUSE OF EXPANSION.

[5:37:40] WHEN WE THINK OF THIS THINK OF THE PRESIDENT YOU'RE SETTING IT

[5:37:44] WAS IMPORTANT, IS IT THE HOMEOWNERS FAULT?

[5:37:46] OF COURSE NOT BUT ALSO DUE DILIGENCE.

[5:37:48] I HAD NO THERE WERE WATER ISSUES IN THE HOUSE OR I DEAL

[5:37:51] WITH THE CONSEQUENCES, I STILL HAVE TO FIX MY LEAKY BASEMENT

[5:37:55] SO IS THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND POSSIBLE GROWTH

[5:38:01] OF THAT COMMUNITY AND TRAFFIC FLOW WORTH IT OR IS THIS

[5:38:11] SOMETHING WE END WAVE AND IT WAS NEVER SOMETHING IMPORTANT

[5:38:14] IN THE FIRST PLACE AND IN 10 YEARS THERE ARE NO MORE

[5:38:17] CROSSWALKS BECAUSE WHY BOTHER?

[5:38:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK

[5:38:23] ABOUT THE TRAIL EASEMENT.

[5:38:32] >>Public Speaker: MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR

[5:38:35] THE OPPORTUNITY, MY NAME IS JIM PROBST, I'M 80 YEARS OLD AND IN

[5:38:40] MARCH MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A HOME ON WILTON DRIVE AND LIKE

[5:38:44] MANY RETIREES WE DOWNSIZED FROM A LARGER HOME IN COLUMBIA.

[5:38:47] WE CHOSE THIS PROPERTY FOR THE PRIVACY AND QUIET SETTING WE

[5:38:51] BELIEVE IT OFFERED INTENDED TO MAKE THIS OUR FINAL HOME.

[5:38:54] IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY WE PUT

[5:39:02] IN AN AMOUNT OF MONEY. , THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

[5:39:17] EIGHT DAYS AFTER CLOSING WE LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM

[5:39:21] THE BUILDER'S REPRESENTATIVES A PUBLIC WALKWAY WAS PLANNED TO

[5:39:27] GO THROUGH OUR WALKWAY TO READ IT SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CITY

[5:39:31] WORKERS EXPLAINED THE WALKWAY WOULD RUN BETWEEN OUR HOME AND

[5:39:34] NEIGHBORS PROPERTY IN THE PAST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO OUR

[5:39:38] HOUSE AND BY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT I MEAN THE EASEMENT

[5:39:41] COMES WITHIN 1 FOOT OF MY HOUSE.

[5:39:43] TECHNICALLY I GUESS METER IS IN VIOLATION OF THE EASEMENT

[5:39:46] THAT'S HOW TIGHT IT IS. THIS EASEMENT WILL TAKE OUT A

[5:39:56] LARGE SECTION OF OUR NEW FENCE, TAKE OUT A LARGE SECTION OF OUR

[5:39:59] BACKYARD AND SPRINKLER SYSTEM. IT WILL CONTINUE RIGHT TO THE

[5:40:02] CENTER OF THE BACKYARD THAT REDLINE ON YOUR CHART I THINK

[5:40:06] IS THE CENTER OF THE EASEMENT, NOT THE TOTAL EASEMENT BECAUSE

[5:40:11] THAT EASEMENT SWINGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR BEDROOM AND

[5:40:15] BATHROOM WINDOWS, SOMETHING I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD WANT.

[5:40:18] IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE CENTER PART OF OUR BACKYARD AND

[5:40:21] EVENTUALLY EXIT RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF PRIVACY AND

[5:40:31] USE OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF OUR YARD.

[5:40:33] HAD WE KNOWN A PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WAS PLANNED

[5:40:36] WE WOULD NEVER, I MEAN NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS HOME.

[5:40:39] I BELIEVE MOST HOMEBUYERS WOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE PURCHASING A

[5:40:45] PROPERTY THAT HAD A PUBLIC WALKWAY IN THEIR BACKYARD SO

[5:40:48] CLOSE TO THEIR RESIDENCE. I JUST DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO

[5:40:55] DO IT. WHAT MAKES THIS SITUATION SO

[5:40:58] DIFFICULT FOR US IS THIS WALKWAY SHOULD HAVE NEVER

[5:41:00] EXISTED.WHEN WE VIEWED AND PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, WE'VE

[5:41:08] LEARNED UNDER THE APPROVED PLAT ASSOCIATED CITY ORDINANCE THIS

[5:41:12] WALKWAY WAS REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED BEFORE THE CITY ISSUE

[5:41:16] THAT ORDER OF OCCUPANCY ON OUR HOME.

[5:41:18] THAT DID NOT OCCUR. WE LATER LEARNED THE WOODEN

[5:41:20] FORMS TO POUR THAT WALKWAY REPLACED OVER A YEAR BEFORE WE

[5:41:24] BOUGHT THE HOUSE BUT THOSE FORMS WERE REMOVED AND IT WAS

[5:41:27] NEVER INSTALLED WRITTEN EITHER THE DEVELOPER BUILDER SELLER

[5:41:33] NOR THE CITY INFORMED US THERE WAS A PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT WHEN

[5:41:37] IT WAS REQUIRED. HAD THE WALKWAY THEN VISIBLE

[5:41:40] AND WE HAD BEEN FULLY INFORMED ABOUT THE DECISION WHETHER TO

[5:41:46] PURCHASE THE HOME I CAN ALMOST BELIEVE NO ONE WOULD HAVE

[5:42:03] WANTED TO BUY THAT HOUSE. I THINK I'M GETTING CLOSE TO MY

[5:42:06] ALLOTTED TIME AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY WIFE BECAUSE

[5:42:09] SHE USUALLY HAS THE LAST WORD ANYWAY.

[5:42:16] >>Public Speaker: MY NAME IS DEBORAH PROBST.

[5:42:22] I HAVE COCHLEAR IMPLANTS SO I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE

[5:42:25] TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAY.

[5:42:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOUR MOUTH.

[5:42:39] >>Public Speaker: I THINK WELL, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO IMPRESS

[5:42:47] UPON THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T JUST THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT

[5:42:51] THE EASEMENT BUT THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, THAT

[5:43:02] WALKWAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE THE HOUSE WAS EVER

[5:43:06] ALLOWED TO BE SOLD.I UNDERSTAND THAT MISTAKES CAN

[5:43:11] HAPPEN. HOWEVER, MY HUSBAND AND I

[5:43:13] PLAYED NO ROLE IN CREATING THIS SITUATION.

[5:43:15] WE RELIED ON THE REASONABLE ASSUMPTION THAT SENDS AMONG

[5:43:24] OTHER THINGS THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR

[5:43:27] ALMOST A YEAR, SO DID THE HOME WE PURCHASED WOULD HAVE BEEN

[5:43:31] FULLY DEVELOPED AND APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THE

[5:43:38] APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS. TODAY WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO

[5:43:41] WOULD BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE EARLIER DECISIONS.

[5:43:44] AT OUR AGE WE ARE UNLIKELY TO ENJOY THIS HOME FOR DECADES TO

[5:43:51] COME. YET WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF

[5:43:53] LOSING OUR PRIVACY, LOSING THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTY AND

[5:43:57] SUFFERING A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN VALUE DESPITE

[5:44:00] HAVING PURCHASED A HOME IN GOOD FAITH AND INVESTED ADDITIONAL

[5:44:06] RESOURCES TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR OUR RETIREMENT.

[5:44:15] FOR THOSE REASONS MY HUSBAND AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE

[5:44:19] COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE VACATING THIS

[5:44:22] PEDESTRIAN EASE WAY. DOING SO WOULD PROVIDE A FAIR

[5:44:25] AND EQUITABLE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM WE DID NOT CREATE AND

[5:44:31] CANNOT SOLVE ON OUR OWN. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

[5:44:34] CONSIDERATION, YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR

[5:44:37] THOUGHTFUL ATTENTION TO OUR REQUEST.

[5:44:40] THANK YOU.

[5:44:42] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO

[5:44:46] SPEAK?

[5:44:58] >>Public Speaker: DANNY PEREZ, I'VE BEEN A FAN OF PEDESTRIAN

[5:45:02] WALKWAYS BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE FEATURE A PLAN THAT

[5:45:12] WE DO HAVE BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE IN MIND AS WE

[5:45:15] ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THERE WAS A LOT OF

[5:45:19] MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE TRAIL AND I'M CURIOUS WHERE IS THE

[5:45:22] TRAIL SUPPOSED TO LEAD TO IN THE STREETS?

[5:45:24] JUST A CUT THROUGH? IS IT NECESSARY?

[5:45:27] IS IT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE A THING?

[5:45:29] IS IT JUST A CONVENIENCE OR IS IT CONNECTING, IF THIS IS ONE

[5:45:36] OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I LIKE PEDESTRIAN STUFF BUT THERE

[5:45:39] MIGHT NEED TO BE A PURPOSE AS TO WHAT IT'S DOING.

[5:45:44] I'M SURE IT'S FINE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST THERE SO I WAS

[5:45:47] CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.

[5:45:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?

[5:46:00] YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE. IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME SO

[5:46:10] WHOEVER IS TALKING TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE.

[5:46:13] >>Public Speaker: WE CURRENTLY LIVE AT 210 WALDEN HEATH DRIVE

[5:46:18] AT 102 28 GARLAND STREET.

[5:46:27] >>Public Speaker: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US OUR CHANCE TO

[5:46:30] SPEAK, WE FOUND ABOUT THE PEDWAY BECAUSE WE GOT TO THE

[5:46:37] BUILDER AND THEY GAVE US A CHOICE OF FIVE LOTS THAT RAN

[5:46:40] ALONG ASH DRIVE AND BECAUSE THAT'S THE FRONT DRIVE COMING

[5:46:48] INTO THE SUBDIVISION, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T

[5:46:52] HAVE PRIVACY FROM THE TRUCKS AND EVERYBODY COMING THROUGH.

[5:46:55] WHEN WE WERE DEBATING WHAT WE WERE DOING THEY BROUGHT US BACK

[5:46:59] THIS LAST LOT WITH THE CONTINGENCY THAT IT WAS A

[5:47:04] TRADITIONAL $10,000 OF THAT LOT BECAUSE THEY HAD IT FOR A YEAR

[5:47:07] AND IT WAS NOT SOLD SO THEY PAID THAT ADDITIONAL $10,000

[5:47:11] FOR THE PRIVACY TO BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS FINISHED

[5:47:14] AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT PRIVACY RUINED.

[5:47:21] ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT WE BOUGHT IT, STARTED BUILDING ON

[5:47:28] IT AND WHEN IT'S THREE QUARTERS DONE APPROXIMATELY MARCH 27 WE

[5:47:31] WERE INFORMED BY OUR PROJECT MANAGER ABOUT THE TRAIL

[5:47:34] EASEMENT. AT THIS MOMENT IT'S BECAUSE WE

[5:47:35] COULDN'T GET THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE OF THE EASEMENT SO THAT

[5:47:44] WAS WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.

[5:47:46] ALTHOUGH THE INCONVENIENCE FOR US IS MORE OF AN INCONVENIENCE

[5:47:50] THAT WE'RE LEAVING WITH YOU TO PLEASE WAIVE THIS NOT JUST FOR

[5:47:55] US FOR THE INCONVENIENCE OF EVERYBODY HAVING THIS IN THEIR

[5:48:04] BACKYARD AND IT'S UNFAIR. WE APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU FOR

[5:48:08] YOUR TIME.

[5:48:15] >>Public Speaker: TO PIGGYBACK WE WERE NEVER INFORMED ABOUT

[5:48:19] THIS, NO ONE INFORMED US ABOUT THIS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF

[5:48:23] BUILDING OUR HOME. THEY CAME AT THE END TO SAY WE

[5:48:25] NEED TO PUT THIS IN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS OUR

[5:48:28] FAULT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT BUT WE FEEL LIKE THE

[5:48:33] BUILDERS SHOULD HAVE INFORMED US ABOUT THIS.

[5:48:36] THE SECOND POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS IF THIS IS APPROVED TO GO IN

[5:48:49] DAY ONE WE LOSE $10,000 BECAUSE WE PAID $10,000 COMPARED TO

[5:48:52] OTHER LOTS. WE NOT ONLY LOSE $10,000, WE

[5:48:55] WILL LOSE ADDITIONAL MONEY WHEN WE START DEVELOPING THIS

[5:48:59] PROPERTY. WE NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT

[5:49:01] THIS. I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S THE

[5:49:03] CITY'S FAULT BUT WE FELT LIKE THE BUILDERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN

[5:49:06] THERE TO INFORM US AND SHE DID MENTION WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS LOT

[5:49:10] THEY HAD A LOT OF OTHER HOMES IN A ROW BUT WE HAVE TO BELIEVE

[5:49:13] THEY KNEW ABOUT IT.

[5:49:17] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU ARE AT TIME, APPRECIATE IT.

[5:49:20] ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL 220 - 26.

[5:49:32] >>Public Speaker: DAVID LANE, 102 WALDEN HEATH AND I LIVE IN

[5:49:36] THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE MOVED TO TEXAS THREE MONTHS AGO, TO

[5:49:42] COLUMBIA FROM TEXAS FOR A MONTHS AGO AND WHAT WE LOVED

[5:49:45] ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ARE TWO HOUSES AWAY IS THE

[5:49:48] WALKING NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A GREAT WALKING

[5:49:53] NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT PATH BETWEEN TWO HOMES, OR

[5:49:58] REALLY BETWEEN 4 HOMES DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD.

[5:50:04] IT WAS JUST PUT THERE SO THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD MEET A

[5:50:13] REQUIREMENT. SO I CAN SEE WHY THEY WEREN'T

[5:50:15] TELLING ANYBODY ABOUT IT. NOBODY IS GOING TO USE IT

[5:50:21] EXCEPT MAYBE KIDS RIDING BIKES AND GUESS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO

[5:50:25] DO, LOOK AT THAT MAP THEY'RE GOING TO SCREAM THROUGH THEIR

[5:50:29] T-BONE INTO A ROAD GRID IT MAKES NO SENSE.

[5:50:31] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[5:50:37] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL 220

[5:50:40] - 26.

[5:50:41] >>Public Speaker: MY TWO CENTS, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT

[5:50:51] BUILDING IT INSTEAD OF FUNDING THE BUILDER, THAT SEEMS WAY

[5:50:56] MORE SENSIBLE INSTEAD OF TO PUNISH THEM FOR FLAGRANT

[5:51:05] DISREGARD.

[5:51:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK,

[5:51:10] SEEING NONE I WILL COME TO COUNSEL COMMENTS, JACKIE THIS

[5:51:14] IS YOUR WART.

[5:51:16] >>Council Member Sample: I WANTED TO LET COUNSEL KNOW I

[5:51:19] WAS INVITED BY THE OWNERS OUT TO THEIR HOME.

[5:51:24] AND THIS PICTURE DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE.

[5:51:26] THE AMOUNT OF YARD BEING TAKEN, IT'S LARGE AND THAT DOESN'T DO

[5:51:34] IT JUSTICE EITHER BUT I HAVE PICTURES ON MY CELL PHONE I

[5:51:37] TOOK BECAUSE I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE AMOUNT OF YARD THESE

[5:51:40] PEOPLE WOULD BE LOSING. SO IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE

[5:51:45] SITUATION THAT I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO

[5:51:48] VACATE THIS.

[5:51:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.

[5:51:53] >>Council Member Carroll: I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE

[5:52:05] REASON THE LAW LENGTH REQUIREMENT EXISTS.

[5:52:07] THE INTENTION OF THE SIDEWALK. HOW THE SIDEWALK IS NOT

[5:52:15] FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED BECAUSE OF WHERE THE HOUSES WERE PLACED

[5:52:18] AND THE PLANNING ON THE PLAT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW.

[5:52:25] I HAVE A LOT TO SAY. I AM SHOCKED TO HEAR THE

[5:52:33] TESTIMONY THAT WOULD INFORM TO PLACE THE SIDEWALK WHERE PLACED

[5:52:41] AND REMOVED THEN THE SIDEWALK WAS NEVER POURED.

[5:52:44] I WANT TO ADD SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE SHEILA HELPED ME LOOK

[5:52:53] UP THE COUNCIL HEARING FROM THIS, SEPTEMBER 2021.

[5:52:59] IT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNSEL, STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL

[5:53:06] BECAUSE OF THE BLOCK LENGTH WAS INCONSISTENT IT DID NOT HAVE

[5:53:11] THE SIDEWALK ON IT. IT WAS TABLED.

[5:53:20] IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS OFFERED BY THE DEVELOPER AND THEN CAME

[5:53:26] BACK IN OCTOBER 2021 WITH AN AMENDMENT SHEET.

[5:53:31] THAT COUNCIL VOTED ON. IT WAS NOT FLOATED FLIPPANTLY.

[5:53:40] IT WAS PLANNED AND TABLED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAT AND IT WAS

[5:53:47] MARKED ON THE PLAT. I DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF

[5:53:59] BEGINNING A COUNCIL ACTION WITH A VACATION.

[5:54:01] I DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF NEGATING PLANNING AND ZONING

[5:54:09] WITH A VACATION. I DO THINK THE CONSIDERATION OF

[5:54:17] BLOCK LENGTH IN OUR CODE AND WHERE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE

[5:54:23] REQUIRED AS MEANING. BECAUSE IT IS A LONGER LENGTH.

[5:54:36] IT IS A LONG LENGTH FOR SOMEONE TO WALK AS A PEDESTRIAN TO GET

[5:54:40] AROUND A LONGER LENGTH TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIR

[5:54:43] DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS CASE.

[5:54:46] WHEN WE DON'T FOLLOW BLOCK LENGTH STANDARDS, THIS IS

[5:54:52] REPLACING A FULL STREET IN THE FALL SIDEWALK.

[5:54:54] THAT SAID, THE WAY THIS LOOKS NOW NEGATES THE USEFULNESS OF

[5:55:03] THAT PATH IN SO MANY WAYS. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I CAN

[5:55:14] SUPPORT THIS AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I COULD VOTE TO NEGATE IT

[5:55:17] EITHER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE, I

[5:55:23] LOVE THAT WE OFFERED DEVELOPERS A WAY TO DO THEIR PLAN

[5:55:29] EFFICIENTLY. I LOVE THAT WE OFFERED THEM AN

[5:55:33] ALTERNATE ROUTE TO MEETING OUR CODE.

[5:55:42] I DO NOT LOVE THIS SITUATION AT ALL.

[5:55:51] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS, CHRISTINA.

[5:55:56] >>Council Member Hartman: I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE THIS

[5:55:59] GOT ANSWERED WHEN I HAD A BROKE BREAK.

[5:56:02] WHAT KIND OF FEES, LIKE WHAT'S THE COST OF US SITTING HERE

[5:56:10] DOING THIS, EVALUATING THIS. THE COST TO THE CITY FOR HAVING

[5:56:17] TO TAKE CARE OF THIS AND WILL WE RECOUP THAT COST?

[5:56:23] >> THERE IS AN APPLICATION FEE TO VACATE AN EASEMENT AND

[5:56:26] THAT'S THE REQUEST BEFORE US TONIGHT.

[5:56:33] >>Council Member Carroll: WILL WE RECOUP THE COST OR WILL IT

[5:56:36] BE 2% OR WHAT IS THAT?

[5:56:39] >> IT'S WHAT WAS REFLECTED ON THE COST OF SURVEY IT'S OUR

[5:56:42] STANDARD EASEMENT VACATION FEET WOULD BE APPLIED HERE AND I

[5:56:51] THINK IT'S ROUGHLY 350, $400.

[5:56:58] >> WE'VE GOT A CITY MANAGER HERE.

[5:57:03] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, SHARON.

[5:57:16] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT A DEAD

[5:57:19] HORSE AND I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR A POINT BUT THERE IS A

[5:57:22] VERY CLEAR MISBEHAVIOR HERE AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HARMED BY IT.

[5:57:28] AND IT IS IN MY OPINION ON THE PART OF THE DEVELOPER AND

[5:57:32] BUILDER. THEY KNEW BETTER.

[5:57:34] THIS IS WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. I AM FURIOUS IN A WAY THAT KIND

[5:57:39] OF SURPRISES ME FRANKLY THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS TO THE

[5:57:44] PEOPLE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO LIVE OUT HERE.

[5:57:47] THAT THEY ARE FLAUNTING WHAT WE AS A CITY HAVE REQUIRED OF

[5:57:55] THEM. I AM FURIOUS AND I'M NOT

[5:57:57] PARTICULARLY HAPPY THAT OUR PROCESS ALLOWED IT TO GET THIS

[5:58:01] FAR. THAT SAID, I CANNOT IN GOOD

[5:58:07] CONSCIENCE CONTINUE THE HARM THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE FOLKS

[5:58:16] THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE DEVELOPER BUILDER IN THE

[5:58:20] CITY. AND EVEN IF WE DO VOTE THIS

[5:58:23] DOWN AND CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE EASEMENT ON THE PLAT, THERE IS

[5:58:27] NO WAY THEY ARE BUILDING AN 8 FOOT WALKING PEDWAY ON THESE

[5:58:33] FOUR LOTS. IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET BUILT.

[5:58:42] BUT IF THERE WHERE A WAY FOR US TO FIND THE BUILDER AND

[5:58:49] DEVELOPER, TO PROSECUTE THEM FOR VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE, TO

[5:58:54] CAUSE THEM TO BE FINANCIALLY HURT IN A WAY THAT IS NOT A

[5:59:02] $350 VACATION FEE. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE

[5:59:06] DOING BECAUSE THIS IS SO BLATANT BUT I CANNOT CONTINUE

[5:59:13] THE APARTMENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE NEARLY TO PUNISH

[5:59:19] SOMEONE WHO IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE HARMED BY IT.

[5:59:25] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, BETSY.

[5:59:31] >>Council Member Peters: I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT, I'D LIKE

[5:59:34] TO ASK YOU TO REMIND US WHAT A YES VOTE MEANS AND WHAT A NO

[5:59:38] VOTE MEANS.

[5:59:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE RECOURSE AGAINST BUILDERS OR

[5:59:47] MAYBE THIS IS AN ANSWER FOR YOU .

[5:59:54] >> IT MAY BE WORTHWHILE POINTING OUT THE BUILDER IS

[5:59:57] MORE THAN WILLING TO BUILD TRAILS AND WE CAN HAVE THEM

[6:00:00] BUILD THAT TRAIL. SO I WOULD SAY CONVERSATIONS

[6:00:02] ABOUT FINES WHEN THEY ARE OPEN TO COMPLETING THE IMPROVEMENT

[6:00:05] THAT'S REQUIRED WOULD CERTAINLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION

[6:00:15] ON HOW THAT WOULD LOOK BUT I'M NOT SURE OF HOW WE FIND WOULD

[6:00:19] OPERATE AT THE BEGINNING.

[6:00:21] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WILL TAKE BETSY'S CALL.

[6:00:25] >> WHERE YOU MAY BE GOING IS IS THERE POTENTIAL CIVIL ACTION BY

[6:00:28] THE HOMEOWNERS AND THERE MIGHT BE, OF COURSE THAT INVOLVES

[6:00:33] GETTING COUNSEL INVOLVED IN ACTION, THAT SORT OF THING.

[6:00:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: TO YOUR POINT A YES VOTE VACATES THE TRAIL, A

[6:00:43] NO VOTE KEEPS IT AND REQUIRES IT TO BE BUILT.

[6:00:51] WE HAVE A REQUEST TO GO AHEAD AND DEVOTE SO SHEILA WOULD YOU

[6:00:55] CALL ROLE ON BILL 220 - 26.

[6:00:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[6:01:00] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.

[6:01:02] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.

[6:01:04] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[6:01:06] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[6:01:11] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[6:01:12] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[6:01:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL YOU

[6:01:25] READ THE ITEMS TWICE AND CALL THE RULE.

[6:01:30] >> ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDE BILLS 206 26, 207 26,

[6:01:39] TWO 2226, TWO 2326, TWO 2426, TWO 2526 AND RESOLUTIONS 155

[6:01:42] 26, 157 26, 159 26, ONE 6026, ONE 6126, ONE 6326 AND 164 26,

[6:02:02] BILLS 206 26, 217 26, TWO 2226, TWO 2326, TWO 2426, TWO 2526

[6:02:08] AND RESOLUTIONS 155 26, 157 26, 158 26, ONE 6026, ONE 6226, ONE

[6:02:17] 6326 AND 164 26. LET ME GET MY VOTE SHEET.

[6:02:30] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.

[6:02:32] >>Council Member Carroll:

[6:02:34] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.

[6:02:36] >>Council Member Sample: YES.

[6:02:38] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.

[6:02:39] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.

[6:02:42] >>Council Member Peters: YES.

[6:02:45] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON WE HOPE NO ITEMS UNDER NEW

[6:02:48] BUSINESS SO SHEILA IF YOU CAN USE READ ITEMS UNDER

[6:02:51] INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READ.

[6:02:53] >> ALL BILLS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, BILL TWO 2726, TWO

[6:03:06] 2926, TWO 3026, 231 26, TWO 3226, TWO 3326, TWO 3526, TWO

[6:03:18] 3626, TWO 3726, TWO 3926 AND 200 4026 FIRST READING.

[6:03:21] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, ONE REPORT ON OUR COUNCIL

[6:03:25] MEETING. REPORT 4626 OUR UPDATE

[6:03:28] REGARDING THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL INITIATIVE.DO WE HAVE A

[6:03:33] STAFF REPORT.

[6:03:35] >> COUNSEL REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON SEVERAL SAFE STREETS GRANT

[6:03:41] PROJECTS, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE ROUNDS OF GRANT FUNDING WITH

[6:03:48] THE CITY RECEIVING AWARDS IN THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS, THE

[6:03:51] FIRST TWO INCLUDED OVER 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SPREAD

[6:03:54] OVER 11 OF THE 12 PROJECTS IN THE MEMO WRITTEN THE LAST

[6:03:58] PROJECT REGARDING CLARK LANE IS CLOSE TO HAVING A GRANT

[6:04:02] AGREEMENT FOR REVIEW. WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO OCCUR IN

[6:04:12] SEPTEMBER.THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITY OF

[6:04:15] MISSOURI ON THE FIFTH ROUND OF FUNDING BUT THE RECIPIENTS HAVE

[6:04:19] NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED.NEXT ITEMS COUNSEL WILL SEE INCLUDE

[6:04:23] REPORTS ON UPDATED ACTION PLAN TITLED COMO ZERO AND

[6:04:25] RE-EXAMINATION OF THE CITY'S COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.

[6:04:28] THOSE REPORTS COULD SHOULD COME FORWARD THIS CALENDAR AR YEAR

[6:04:32] AND THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSIT STUDY WAS PRESENTED TO COUNSEL

[6:04:36] LAST YEAR. OF THE BUSINESS LOOP SAFETY

[6:04:38] AUDIT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BEING USED TO RE- FORM THE

[6:04:44] GRANT PROJECT CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ALONG BUSINESS LOOPS,

[6:04:47] WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

[6:04:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS UPDATE, THERE ARE

[6:04:57] A LOT OF IN PROCESS ONCE SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED BY THE

[6:05:00] END OF THE YEAR. NOT TO BE FINISHED BUT CLOSING

[6:05:06] UP. DO WE HAVE A WORK SESSION

[6:05:08] PLANNED ON UPDATES TO ANY OF THESE PLANS OR PROJECTS?

[6:05:18] >> WITH THE COMPLETE STREETS WE ARE MEETING WITH COUNCILMEMBERS

[6:05:23] TRYING TO GAUGE WHETHER A WORK SESSION IS HOW COUNSEL WOULD

[6:05:26] LIKE TO SEE THAT COME FORWARD OR IF WE WOULD BE READY TO

[6:05:30] BRING SOMETHING FORWARD DIRECTLY.

[6:05:32] WITH THE ACTION PLAN, ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FULL

[6:05:35] WEEKEND, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING COUNSEL WANTED TO STATE WE

[6:05:38] COULD DO THAT OR WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ONCE WE

[6:05:42] HAVE THAT FINALIZED AND I'D CLARIFY A LOT OF THE OTHER

[6:05:45] THINGS ON THAT LIST, THERE'S NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT THE END

[6:05:50] OF 2026, THEY ARE JUST IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF

[6:05:52] DEVELOPMENT. EVENT VACANCIES ON STAFF SO

[6:05:55] WE'VE DELAYED SOME THINGS, PUT THINGS BACK ALL WITHIN THE

[6:05:59] TIMEFRAME OF THE GRANT.

[6:06:04] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, VERA AND

[6:06:08] VALERIE.

[6:06:09] >>Council Member Elwood: I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN

[6:06:13] LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT. SEEING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOT

[6:06:16] JUST THE METHODOLOGY THE MAP ITSELF WAS CREATED IN 2025.

[6:06:22] CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW AND IF THAT HAS BEEN UTILIZED FOR

[6:06:29] DECISIONS ABOUT OTHER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THINGS.

[6:06:36] >> IT'S INTENDED TO BE SOMETHING INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS

[6:06:42] USE FOR DECISIONS AND REALLY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THIS

[6:06:48] ACTION PLAN COME FORWARD FIRST AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT.

[6:06:51] THE ACTION PLAN KIND OF REPLACES.

[6:06:54] THE FIRST ACTION PLAN WHEN WE FIRST ADOPTED POLICY

[6:07:06] RESOLUTIONS TO BE ENVISIONED ZERO CITY.

[6:07:08] I THINK A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES INFORM THAT ACTION

[6:07:11] PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE THAT, WHILE I

[6:07:12] THINK THIS WILL HELP US MAKE CHOICES GOING FORWARD WE ARE

[6:07:22] ALSO AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES

[6:07:26] TAX SO AT LEAST INITIALLY WHERE WE WOULD LOOK TO USE SOME OF

[6:07:30] THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE THE PLACES WHERE WE GET A LITTLE

[6:07:33] MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SALES TAX AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE

[6:07:37] AT LEAST INITIALLY.

[6:07:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.

[6:07:53] >>Council Member Carroll: I ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN

[6:07:57] PEDESTRIAN LEVEL COMFORT NAPS. I WOULD WELCOME A WORK SESSION

[6:08:00] ON THE ACTION PLAN WITH THE PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF COMFORT

[6:08:04] NAPS. GIVEN IT'S LATE AT NIGHT I'D

[6:08:06] LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOU ARE USING PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF COMFORT TO

[6:08:09] INFORM THE FLEXIBLE SIDEWALK PROJECTS IN THE YEAR.

[6:08:17] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

[6:08:20] HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE PLANNING THAT WORK SESSION, APPRECIATE

[6:08:24] THAT. MOVING ON TO GENERAL COMMENTS

[6:08:27] BY PUBLIC, WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?

[6:08:43] >>Public Speaker: I KNOW IT'S LATE, THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT

[6:08:47] IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON URBAN ENCAMPMENTS

[6:08:50] AND ORDINANCES. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE

[6:08:52] NARRATIVE EVERYBODY IS WEAVING ABOUT THE SO-CALLED HOMELESS

[6:08:56] POPULATION ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN.

[6:09:01] ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF ACADEMIA HAVING

[6:09:05] NARRATIVES AND BLAMING THEM FOR EVERY BIT OF CRIME IN DOWNTOWN,

[6:09:09] FOR ONE THING THIS IS NOT JUST A DOWNTOWN ISSUE.

[6:09:12] THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S ALL OVER COLUMBIA BUT WE NEED TO

[6:09:17] REMEMBER THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO BECAUSE WE

[6:09:21] DESTROYED A LOT OF THEIR ENCAMPMENTS AND WHERE DO PEOPLE

[6:09:24] GO WHEN ONE OF THE MOST STABLE THINGS IN THEIR LIFE IS GONE SO

[6:09:46] THESE ENCAMPMENTS WERE AROUND FOR 10 YEARS AND THAT IS A

[6:09:50] PROBLEM IN ITSELF, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL THESE

[6:09:53] ORDINANCES GETTING RID OF BUS SHELTERS AND GETTING RID OF

[6:09:56] BENCHES AND REPLACEMENT WITH HOSTILE INFRASTRUCTURE AND

[6:10:00] CALLING THAT SOLVING A PROBLEM WHEN ALL IT DOES IS SHIFT

[6:10:03] PEOPLE AROUND FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER UNTIL

[6:10:06] IT FINALLY GOES TO THE FIRST WARD BECAUSE NOBODY CARES ABOUT

[6:10:10] THE FIRST WARD OR IT GOES TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING SMALL

[6:10:13] TOWNS NOT EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THAT AND THEN THEY COME BACK

[6:10:16] HERE AND IT'S A NEVER ENDING CYCLE.

[6:10:18] AND IT'S SO UNFAIR WE ARE PUTTING ALL OUR BLAME ABOUT

[6:10:21] WHAT'S GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN ON THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN THE

[6:10:25] STUDENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING, THEY'RE RELEASING THEIR BODILY

[6:10:28] FLUIDS AND DESTROYING PROPERTY BUT WE WANT TO PIN IT ON OUR

[6:10:32] MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHILE INJURING OR MAKING PEOPLE WHO

[6:10:35] HAVE DISABILITIES WHO HAVE LIFE HARDER BECAUSE WE HATE HOMELESS

[6:10:39] PEOPLE THAT MUCH. IT'S NOT FAIR AND I WORRY AFTER

[6:10:42] DOING THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE MEDIUM IS OPENING THE DOOR WAY

[6:10:46] TO DO THIS WITH DOWNTOWN IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO NOW START

[6:10:49] AND I'VE HAD HANDLING LAWS. LAST I CHECKED DOWNTOWN IS NOT

[6:10:53] JUST ABOUT BROADWAY, PEOPLE LIVE HERE.

[6:10:55] IT'S A CREATIVE HUB. IT'S FULL OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE

[6:11:07] AND LAST I CHECKED THE SO-CALLED HOMELESS POPULATION

[6:11:10] IS PART OF THE PUBLIC WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE IN

[6:11:13] PUBLIC LANDS AND HIS PEOPLE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT'S REMEMBER

[6:11:16] SOME OF THIS LAND WAS STOLEN SO WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE ON WHO IS

[6:11:20] DESERVING OF WHAT? THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS BUT I

[6:11:23] WANT CONCERNS THAT ARE MORE COEXISTING AND LESS PUSHING

[6:11:26] ASIDE.

[6:11:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK.

[6:11:31] >>Public Speaker: EUGENE ELKIN, SECOND WARD.A STRONG DITTO

[6:11:35] BEHIND THE PREVIOUS LADY. I DON'T TALK EASILY ON THE

[6:11:38] SUBJECT BUT EVERYTHING SHE HAD TO SAY WAS VERY VERY IMPORTANT.

[6:11:45] MANY TIMES WE HEAR OVER AND OVER IS THE HOMELESS AGAIN AND

[6:11:49] TONIGHT I HAVE SEVERAL SUBJECTS.

[6:11:53] I'VE ASKED THIS REPEATEDLY, SOMEONE TAKE THIS ON.

[6:11:56] WE NEED RESTROOM SIGNAGE IN OUR LOBBY.

[6:11:59] IT CAN BARELY BE SIGNING FROM THE CEILING.

[6:12:05] WE FED MANY PUBLIC INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO OUR

[6:12:09] MEETINGS AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RESTROOM IS THERE IN YOUR

[6:12:12] HALLWAY LOOKING AND LOOKING TO RENT THIS PAST WEEK MY MOTHER

[6:12:15] WAS 89 YEARS OLD ON AUGUST 13. SHE'S BEEN ON A RECHARGEABLE

[6:12:19] THREE YEAR BATTERY, HEADACHE AFTER HEADACHE AND AT HER AGE

[6:12:26] OF 79 SHE WAS GIVEN A 25 YEAR NO MAINTENANCE INCONTINENCE

[6:12:31] URINARY BATTERY WE HAD HOPE FOR THE FUTURE FOR THOSE AS THEY

[6:12:40] AGE. WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE ADA

[6:12:43] RECOGNITION OF EVERYONE HAS TO GO SOMETIME AND THEY HAVE EVERY

[6:12:45] RIGHT TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND NOT HAVE TO ASK A TOTAL

[6:12:50] STRANGER WHERE'S THE BATHROOM. MESSAGE ON-SCREEN OF THE NEW

[6:12:59] TVS, WE HAVE NICE BRAND-NEW TVS SO PANEL I'VE HEARD THIS AND

[6:13:03] I'M REPEATING IT. WE NEED NEW LARGER SCREENS ON

[6:13:11] THE RIGHT CORNER, THE MESSAGE OF WHAT SUBJECTS YOU ARE ON,

[6:13:14] THE DIGITS, WHATEVER IT BE, WHERE ARE THEY?

[6:13:19] AND I'M BUSY TRYING TO EXPLAIN I THINK, WELL THAT DOESN'T MAKE

[6:13:33] ME RIGHT. I MIGHT BE WRONG.

[6:13:35] LOOK ON THE SCREEN AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU AS BARBARA

[6:13:38] INTRODUCES IT, THAT'S WHEN IT SHOULD GO UP.

[6:13:40] CITY OF COLUMBIA MIGHT BE DOING A WASTE OF MONEY.

[6:13:47] WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTING THE PUBLIC TO PAY MORE AND MORE

[6:13:50] WHEN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE CITY OF COLUMBIA WILL BE PLACED

[6:13:54] ON A WATER TOWER ON WALNUT. I SEE THAT AS WASTE OF MONEY.

[6:13:57] A LADY SAID TONIGHT WHY DO WE NEED TO BE TOLD, WE KNOW IT'S

[6:14:00] THE CITY OF COLUMBIA TOWER. THIS HAS COME TO ME TONIGHT, WE

[6:14:08] NEED TO BE REPORTING THE CORRECT BUSINESS THAT'S BEING

[6:14:12] AFFECTED, NOT I THINK IT WAS THAT ONE.

[6:14:14] BE SURE THE RIGHT BUSINESS IS IN ALL MESSAGES OR CALL THAT

[6:14:25] COMEDIAN AND LET THEM KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG BUSINESS

[6:14:28] IN YOUR REPORTS. YOUR BLOCKING THE SIDEWALKS

[6:14:31] FORCING PEOPLE INTO THE STREETS.

[6:14:33] YOU NEED TO OPEN UP THE GAP.

[6:14:40] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, EUGENE.

[6:14:44] >>Public Speaker: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BILL AND I'D LIKE TO

[6:14:54] ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE NOT

[6:14:59] PROPOSED BUT THE URBAN CAMPAIGN ORDINANCE POSSIBILITIES.

[6:15:13] THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC IN COLUMBIA.

[6:15:17] AT LAST COUNT THERE WERE 309 INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY

[6:15:20] AND THE OPPORTUNITY CAMPUSES ROUTINELY HOUSES 120 TO 150

[6:15:24] GUESTS PER NIGHT SO THAT'S ROUGHLY A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF

[6:15:27] OF THE LAST POPULATION WE HAD. THERE'S A LOT OF GUESTS THAT

[6:15:36] SUFFER FROM TRAUMA IN THIS REMAINING POPULATION THAT

[6:15:41] CANNOT DEAL WITH STAYING IN SHELTERS, CANNOT DEAL WITH

[6:15:48] BEING IN LARGE PRIVATE ROOMS THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE CONFINES

[6:15:52] AND OTHER SITUATIONS THAT GO ON WITHIN THE SHELTER.

[6:15:59] SO THAT'S THE COMMUNITY I'M THINKING ABOUT.

[6:16:17] IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE IN THESE CROWDED CONFINED AREAS

[6:16:26] SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE HOMELESS

[6:16:33] COMMUNITY AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO FOLLOW PREVIOUS

[6:16:36] RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED BY THE BUSINESS DISTRICT WE SEE

[6:16:39] CHANGES IN THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, TAKEN AWAY THE

[6:16:42] HOMELESS INCOME BY INSTITUTING MEDIAN ORDINANCES IN THE CITY

[6:16:46] SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY MOVE DOWNTOWN BY

[6:17:01] PANHANDLERS TO RENT THEIR BULLDOZING CAMPS IN THE

[6:17:04] PERIPHERY OF THE CITY SO DON'T BE SURPRISED BY INCREASES IN

[6:17:07] URBAN CAMPAIGN. ISN'T IT TIME WE STOPPED TRYING

[6:17:10] TO CONSTRICT COLUMBIA'S HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND TO BE

[6:17:13] PROACTIVE INSTEAD INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE?

[6:17:15] IT'S TIME THE CITY STARTS IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE

[6:17:19] HOMELESS PEOPLE CAN EXIST NOT CREATE AREAS WHERE ORDINANCES

[6:17:22] SAY THEY CAN'T. YOU'VE RUN OUT OF FIELD PARK

[6:17:25] AND THE PAVILION NEAR THE OPPORTUNITY CAMPUSES PER MINUTE

[6:17:29] OF MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE CRAMMED WITH TRESPASS VIOLATIONS AS

[6:17:32] PEOPLE TRY TO EXIST SOMEWHERE RENT HOW ABOUT WE CREATE A ZERO

[6:17:36] BARRIER CAN BE AREA WITH THE ELECTRICITY TO CHARGE CELL

[6:17:39] PHONES POTABLE WATER RESTROOMS AND SANITATION.

[6:17:43] TECHNOLOGY THAT PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO EXIST AND PROVIDE THAT

[6:17:47] SPACE.

[6:17:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO

[6:17:51] SPEAK?

[6:17:56] >>Public Speaker: TIFFANY KRAVITZ AND THE REASON I STAYED

[6:18:05] HERE IS BECAUSE OF FLOC CAMERAS, I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN

[6:18:09] THE CITY, IT FEELS LIKE THE CAMERAS ARE SURVEILLING US.

[6:18:15] THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY FOR DATA ANALYSIS, ALL THAT IS

[6:18:18] STORED ON SERVERS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, PROBABLY

[6:18:22] OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI RENT THEY'RE NOT APPLICABLE TO STATE

[6:18:27] LAW AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ACCESS TO THEM.

[6:18:29] SO EVEN IF YOU PASS A BILL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TURN

[6:18:36] OFF THE FEATURE TO SHARE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS REALISTICALLY

[6:18:40] IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED THEY CAN EVEN GO

[6:18:43] STRAIGHT TO THE FOOTAGE, STRAIGHT TO THE HARD DRIVE THAT

[6:18:46] IS UNENCRYPTED. IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE BUILDING

[6:18:50] UP A SURVEILLANCE NETWORK, BUILDING UP THE CONCENTRATION

[6:18:56] CAMPS WITH THE IMMIGRATION AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE I'M

[6:19:00] CONSTANTLY UNDER THREAT. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO

[6:19:03] HAPPEN, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF IF BUT WHEN AND I DON'T FEEL

[6:19:05] SAFE. LIKE GENUINELY THE TRAILS HAVE

[6:19:11] CAMERAS AND ALL THAT IS NOT IN THE CITY, THE FOOTAGE IS NOT

[6:19:14] STORED IN THE CITY, EVERYTHING IS PROCESSED OUTSIDE BY A

[6:19:18] CONTRACTOR WHO HAS AFFILIATION WITH THE IDF THAT ARE ALL USING

[6:19:24] THE SAME CIRCUIT OF WHO ARE YOU WITH, WHO ARE YOU CLOSE TO OR

[6:19:27] WHO HAVE YOU SEEN IT WITH YOU TO TARGET PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR

[6:19:31] GENDER AND AGE. THAT SAME THING WAS ALSO TRYING

[6:19:35] TO BE ROLLED OUT WITH INTEGRATION WITH AMAZON WHICH

[6:19:45] WAS THE FOOTBALL ADD WHICH GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK AND

[6:19:48] THANKFULLY SO. IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD

[6:19:53] NOT BE PART OF THIS. I DON'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE OF IT

[6:19:56] AND IN TERMS OF I MEAN, PLEASE GO BACK ON THE FLOC CAMERA.

[6:20:04] I REALLY DON'T LIKE IT.

[6:20:08] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO

[6:20:19] SPEAK? SEEING NONE I WILL GO TO

[6:20:21] COUNSEL COMMENTS, VALERIE STARTING WITH YOU AND REMIND

[6:20:24] ALL OF US IT IS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

[6:20:32] >>Council Member Carroll: WHEN RUTH BADER GINSBURG WAS ASKED

[6:20:38] HOW MANY WOMEN WERE ENOUGH FROM THE SUPREME COURT SHE SAID WHEN

[6:20:42] THERE ARE NINE. LADIES, THERE ARE SEVEN OF US.

[6:20:46] I'M HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS COUNSEL.

[6:20:51] WITH REGARDS TO THE DISCUSSION OF VIOLENCE DOWNTOWN, WE'VE

[6:21:01] BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN HOW WE ARE APPROACHING PUBLIC

[6:21:09] SAFETY. WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN

[6:21:13] HOW WE ARE COMMUNICATING PUBLIC SAFETY BOTH FROM THE PUBLIC AND

[6:21:17] WITH OUR COLLABORATORS AT THE UNIVERSITY.

[6:21:22] I THINK THAT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO RETHINK THAT.

[6:21:30] I THINK THAT WE HAVE MADE THE CHANGES WE PLANNED ON AND THOSE

[6:21:33] ARE WELL-KNOWN BUT WE'VE FOLLOWED THE PATH IN FRONT OF

[6:21:39] US AND THAT IS WELL KNOWN. WE CANNOT LOOK AT EVERY

[6:21:49] INCIDENT AND RETHINK OUR PATH. WE NEED CONSISTENCY.

[6:22:00] CONSISTENCY IS WHAT GIVES US TRUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

[6:22:08] IT'S WHAT GIVES US TRUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRUST IN OUR

[6:22:11] POLICE AND WE NEED CONSISTENCY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ON OUR

[6:22:15] POLICE. MY HOPE IS THAT THE 1% SAFETY

[6:22:19] TAX AND THE INCREASE IN STAFFING CAN HELP US BUILD SOME

[6:22:22] OF THOSE THINGS. I WOULD LIKE FOR US IN OUR

[6:22:29] COMMUNICATIONS ESPECIALLY WITH THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE WE ARE

[6:22:35] FOCUSING ON A DUCTING MINDSET. THAT WE CREATE ROOM FOR

[6:22:42] EVERYONE TO COME DOWNTOWN, HAVE FUN, COEXIST WITH EACH OTHER

[6:22:50] AND TO BE SAFE GOING HOME. AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS

[6:22:59] PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS TO DO THAT.

[6:23:02] WE'VE HAD SOME COMMENTS ON URBAN CAMPAIGN.

[6:23:05] AND I APPRECIATE DANNY PEREZ'S COMMENT AT THE END CITING THE

[6:23:12] COMMUNITY IN THE FIRST WARD. I DO HAVE A CONCERN AS WE

[6:23:20] INCREASE RESTRICTIONS ON MEDIANS ON PANHANDLING, ON

[6:23:27] CAMPING THAT WE TEND TO DISPLACE PEOPLE TOWARDS THE

[6:23:31] SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I THINK THAT IS ALSO A

[6:23:43] CONSIDERATION. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR

[6:23:45] RESIDENTS, BOTH OUR UN-HOUSED RESIDENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS IN

[6:23:50] PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA AND IN PROXIMITY TO OUR

[6:23:54] SHOPPING DISTRICTS.I THINK IN THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE THEY HAVE

[6:24:00] LARGELY BEEN LEFT OUT. I DON'T WANT TO OPEN A LARGE

[6:24:12] PACKAGE. I DO SEE A ROOM FOR

[6:24:14] CLARIFICATION ON SOME EXISTING ORDINANCES.

[6:24:28] >> I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO TENDS TO THINK ABOUT LEGACY BUT

[6:24:32] SITTING ON THIS DAIS RIGHT NOW AND GETTING TO BE PART OF THE

[6:24:37] FIRST ALL-FEMALE COUNSEL IN COLUMBIA'S HISTORY IS A PRETTY

[6:24:41] INCREDIBLE PART OF A LEGACY. I'M VERY HONORED TO BE SITTING

[6:24:47] UP HERE WITH ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL LEADERS IN OUR

[6:24:53] COMMUNITY. THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO

[6:24:55] BRING UP, SOMETHING THAT WAS ON CONSENT TONIGHT WAS TAKING THE

[6:25:06] NEXT STEP IN WHAT WILL BE AN ADMITTEDLY LONG PROCESS BUT WE

[6:25:10] KEEP CHUGGING DOWN THE LINE OR THE ROUNDABOUT IN PROVIDENCE IN

[6:25:13] THE BLUE RIDGE. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN SO

[6:25:16] EXCITED ABOUT SINCE BEFORE I GOT ON COUNSEL ARE PARTICULARLY

[6:25:21] EXCITED TO HAVE THAT ON CONSENT TONIGHT AS ON MY WAY HERE I SAW

[6:25:25] AN ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION THAT HE APPEARED VISUALLY TO

[6:25:34] TOTAL BOTH CARS INVOLVED SO MUCH NEEDED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

[6:25:38] ARE COMING DOWN THE LINE. SHANE KNOWS HOW EXCITED I AM

[6:25:41] ABOUT THIS.

[6:25:42] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE.

[6:25:45] >>Council Member Sample: I WOULD ASK FOR A BRIEF

[6:25:56] DISCUSSION ON CONCERNS REGARDING WHO IS ENGAGED IN THE

[6:25:59] HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN AND I HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH

[6:26:08] D'CARLON BUT SINCE YOU LEFT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PREPARED

[6:26:11] TO COMMENT SO MY PROPOSAL IS I WILL READ THE EMAIL.

[6:26:14] I SAW A QUESTION COME UP REGARDING LIFE MOBILE

[6:26:17] COLLECTIVE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN.

[6:26:21] THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS YES, THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO

[6:26:26] PARTICIPATE. A REPRESENTATIVE HAS ALREADY

[6:26:31] SUBMITTED THEIR REGISTRATION TO ATTEND A FOCUS GROUP.

[6:26:34] THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND A SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

[6:26:40] WITH ALL HER OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO DISCUSS THE CLINIC

[6:26:45] SIDE AND THEIR ATTENDANCE IS PENDING, THE STEERING COMMITTEE

[6:26:49] HAS DISCUSSED A NEED AFTER THE DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND

[6:26:55] ANALYZED TO GET THEIR INPUT ON ACTION ITEMS CREATED BY THE

[6:26:59] COMMITTEE, CALL MAC IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN BE

[6:27:02] UTILIZED THOUGH I DID ASK A QUESTION AND I WANTED TO MAKE

[6:27:05] SURE THEY WERE INCLUDED AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING

[6:27:09] ELSE TO ADD.

[6:27:10] >> I THINK IN PART I KNOW WHEN STAFF WAS PUTTING TOGETHER

[6:27:16] POTENTIAL SUGGESTIONS THEY IDENTIFIED MEMBERS

[6:27:19] REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND INSURED KEY STAKEHOLDERS

[6:27:22] THEY WANTED TO INVOLVE AND ALSO FOCUS GROUPS.

[6:27:25] I'D LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD PART OF THE FAULT IS MINE.

[6:27:30] I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO EMAIL THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS

[6:27:34] ABOUT THE STEERING COMMITTEE OR STAFF WAS SO THAT MEANS WE

[6:27:37] ORIGINALLY SENT THAT EMAIL BACK IN MAY.

[6:27:39] I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONE AS WELL.

[6:27:50] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'VE PONTIFICATED ENOUGH

[6:27:53] TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT FIRST MEETING.

[6:27:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA.

[6:27:59] >>Council Member Hartman: I ECHO ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT

[6:28:02] BEING PART OF THE NEW TEAM. TRY TO LEAN FORWARD AS WE GO

[6:28:05] FORWARD. I JUST REPEATED MYSELF.

[6:28:12] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT IN A FEW

[6:28:16] DIFFERENT WAYS WAS REGARDING FLOC CAMERAS.

[6:28:19] I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING BUT COUNSEL NEEDS TO START

[6:28:23] CONSIDERING. I'VE HAD A A LOT OF PEOPLE

[6:28:25] REACH OUT ABOUT IT SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO START

[6:28:32] CONSIDERING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING

[6:28:35] THE CITY DOES WANT TO CONTINUE AFTER WE'VE REVIEWED AND I KNOW

[6:28:38] WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION AROUND THAT SURVEILLANCE AUDIT

[6:28:41] RECENTLY. IT CONTINUING TO BRING THAT TO

[6:28:45] LIGHT AND I THINK THE COMMENTS TONIGHT ECHO WHAT I'VE BEEN

[6:28:50] HEARING ELSEWHERE. THAT'S ALL.

[6:28:53] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY.

[6:28:55] >>Council Member Peters: FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF

[6:29:03] COLUMBIA FOR PASSING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY TAX.

[6:29:05] THAT WAS A BIG DEAL AND IT'S CERTAINLY AND ASK OF THE

[6:29:19] CITIZENS AND I'M WELL AWARE IT DID PASS BUT NOT BY VERY MUCH

[6:29:22] WHICH IS A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE IT'S

[6:29:26] CLEAR THAT WE USE THE MONEY FOR AND IT'S TRANSPARENT.

[6:29:29] THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WE GO

[6:29:34] BACK TO A 6:00 P.M. START TIME. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING

[6:29:37] STARTS AT SEVEN BUT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION THAT

[6:29:41] WE HAVE ALONG WITH CHRISTINA'S POINT THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE MORE

[6:29:50] ITEMS TO DISCUSS WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER MAKING IT A 6:00

[6:29:53] P.M. MEETING FROM HERE ON OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO I THINK MAKE A

[6:29:57] MOTION TO THAT.

[6:29:58] >> MAY I INTERRUPT, WE HAVE A REVOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC

[6:30:02] HEARINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT SAY 7:00 P.M. SO

[6:30:09] YOU CANNOT START EITHER ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS AT 6:00 P.M..

[6:30:13] AFTERWARDS IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER IT BUT

[6:30:20] I WOULD SAY A CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HAD WITH THE

[6:30:23] MANAGER'S OFFICE BECAUSE YOU ARE SHORTENING PRE-COUNSEL

[6:30:26] WHICH THEN PUSHES THINGS OFF FURTHER THAT WE ARE ALREADY

[6:30:32] BUSY WITH WORK SESSIONS SO UNLESS WE WANT TO HAVE MORE

[6:30:35] MEETINGS THAT COULD BECOME AN ISSUE SO I JUST WANT TO POINT

[6:30:39] THOSE TWO THINGS OUT.

[6:30:47] >>Council Member Peters: THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASON I BROUGHT

[6:30:51] THAT UP REALIZING YOU HAVE NOT ADVERTISED FOR THE 21ST.

[6:30:58] >> I HAD ADVERTISED BUT YOU PASSED RESOLUTIONS FOR TWO

[6:31:01] ITEMS THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD BE HELD ON THE 21ST SO I

[6:31:04] WILL BE ADVERTISING THIS SUNDAY.

[6:31:16] >>Council Member Peters: I'M GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE

[6:31:19] SAYING BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AFTER MIDNIGHT SO

[6:31:22] I'D SAY WHY DON'T WE THINK ABOUT THIS AND TO BRING IT UP

[6:31:25] AT THE SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING WHICH I WILL BE AT BUT I'M SURE

[6:31:28] YOU GUYS WON'T DO THIS WITHOUT ME AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO START

[6:31:32] AT SIX AND TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT BUT THE FACT

[6:31:35] THAT IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT AND I WILL SAY ON THE 21ST GOING TO

[6:31:39] HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ENERGY CODES, PERHAPS NOT.

[6:31:42] I CAN HOPE FOR THE BEST BUT I'M TOO OPTIMISTIC.

[6:31:48] AND THE LAST THING I AM ON THE HOMELESS STEERING COMMITTEE AND

[6:31:52] I THOUGHT COMO OF MOBILE AID WAS INVOLVED.

[6:31:57] THERE ARE 11 OR 12 FOCUS GROUPS AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE INVOLVED

[6:32:00] AND IF NOT CERTAINLY AFTER THIS QUESTION THEY WILL BE INVOLVED

[6:32:11] BECAUSE WE'VE LOOKED AT A STUDY SOMEONE DID USING COMO MOBILE

[6:32:14] AID ENTRY INTO THE DIFFERENT HOMELESS GROUPS SO I THOUGHT

[6:32:18] THEY WERE WELL REPRESENTED BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT.

[6:32:30] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WILL END, IT'S LATE AND I APPRECIATE WE

[6:32:34] WILL BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER ABOUT OUR

[6:32:37] COUNCIL MEETING PROCESS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES

[6:32:40] BUT I'LL ECHO FROM EARLIER THAT IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE.

[6:32:44] IT IS NOT ONLY A JOB WHERE PEOPLE SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION

[6:32:47] FOR YOU WHETHER IT'S ONLINE OR CALLING UP YOUR OFFICE.

[6:32:50] I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU AND IT'S AN HONOR TO

[6:32:54] SERVE. ANY STAFF COMMENTS?

[6:32:55] ALL RIGHT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN US AT

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