1 00:00:14,172 --> 00:00:17,772 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. 2 00:00:20,578 --> 00:00:24,449 I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE MONDAY, AUGUST 17 3 00:00:24,449 --> 00:00:26,849 2026 COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 4 00:00:32,390 --> 00:00:36,193 I WILL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO GO AHEAD AND CALL ROMEO AND I WILL 5 00:00:36,193 --> 00:00:40,640 REMIND EVERYBODY SPEAKING FROM THE DAIS TODAY YOU HAVE TO PUSH 6 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,267 THE MICROPHONE SPEAK INTO IT, THEY ARE NO LONGER ALL HOT SO 7 00:00:43,267 --> 00:00:46,337 IT'S MY WARNING FOR EVERYBODY, SHEILA. 8 00:00:46,337 --> 00:00:47,338 >>Mayor Buffaloe: HERE. 9 00:00:47,338 --> 00:00:49,340 >>Council Member Carroll: HERE. 10 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:51,342 >>Council Member Elwood: HERE. 11 00:00:51,342 --> 00:00:53,344 >>Council Member Sample: HERE. 12 00:00:53,344 --> 00:00:55,744 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: 13 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,349 >>Council Member Hartman: HERE. 14 00:00:58,349 --> 00:01:00,749 >>Council Member Peters: HERE. 15 00:01:02,954 --> 00:01:06,831 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I'LL INVITE THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO RISE AND 16 00:01:06,831 --> 00:01:11,310 JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 17 00:01:14,439 --> 00:01:17,375 >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF 18 00:01:17,375 --> 00:01:21,245 AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION 19 00:01:21,245 --> 00:01:26,645 UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 20 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:32,991 >>Mayor Buffaloe: IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME COMING TO A 21 00:01:32,991 --> 00:01:37,610 COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE UPGRADES 22 00:01:37,610 --> 00:01:39,731 INCLUDING A NEW PODIUM. IF YOU NEED ANY ADJUSTMENTS 23 00:01:39,731 --> 00:01:43,468 THERE IS AN UP AND DOWN BUTTON, YOU CAN DO THAT TO MOVE THE 24 00:01:43,468 --> 00:01:47,668 MICROPHONE CLOSER. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE JUST 25 00:01:48,806 --> 00:01:50,875 REQUEST. A QUICK OVERVIEW OF CITY 26 00:01:50,875 --> 00:01:53,878 COUNCIL AGENDAS, THE ITEMS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, 27 00:01:53,878 --> 00:01:57,810 THERE'S NOT NORMALLY A PRESENTATION ON THOSE ITEMS AND 28 00:01:57,810 --> 00:02:00,885 NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, FOR ITEMS UNDER 29 00:02:00,885 --> 00:02:06,885 INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READ THEY WOULD BE ON OUR CONSENT 30 00:02:17,635 --> 00:02:20,705 AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING. ITEMS UNDER INTRO DO NOT HAVE 31 00:02:20,705 --> 00:02:23,708 AN ASTERISK COULD BE PUBLIC HEARINGS OR ON OLD BUSINESS AT 32 00:02:23,708 --> 00:02:27,779 THE NEXT MEETING AND THAT MEANS THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 33 00:02:27,779 --> 00:02:30,715 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR RULES ARE THERE ARE 34 00:02:30,715 --> 00:02:35,530 MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK AT COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL 35 00:02:35,530 --> 00:02:37,722 MEETINGS, YOU CAN TALK DURING PUBLIC HEARING, OLD BUSINESS A 36 00:02:37,722 --> 00:02:40,580 NEW BUSINESS PORTIONS OF THE AGENDA. 37 00:02:40,580 --> 00:02:43,594 I ASK THAT PEOPLE KEEP THEIR COMMENTS TO THE AGENDA ITEM 38 00:02:43,594 --> 00:02:46,797 BEING DISCUSSED AND I'LL REMIND YOU THAT IF THE COMMENTS VEER 39 00:02:46,797 --> 00:02:50,602 OFF, OTHER TOPICS CAN BE ALLOWED AT THE END UNDER PUBLIC 40 00:02:50,602 --> 00:02:53,604 COMMENT BUT WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND WARD SO WE 41 00:02:53,604 --> 00:02:55,540 CAN GET IT IN THE MINUTES CORRECTLY. 42 00:02:55,540 --> 00:03:00,940 INDIVIDUALS ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES AND GROUPS AFFECTED CAN 43 00:03:03,948 --> 00:03:07,217 REQUEST FIVE MINUTES. I ASK THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 44 00:03:07,217 --> 00:03:10,955 SO WE CAN ADJUST THE TIMER SHOW YOU HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT 45 00:03:10,955 --> 00:03:14,892 REAR RESPECT THE TIME LIMITS SO EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 46 00:03:14,892 --> 00:03:18,830 SPEAK AND WE ARE NOT HERE UNTIL TUESDAY LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO AND WE 47 00:03:18,830 --> 00:03:22,100 ASK THAT WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK 48 00:03:22,100 --> 00:03:24,969 SO AVOID DEMONSTRATIONS THAT MIGHT INTIMIDATE YOUR 49 00:03:24,969 --> 00:03:27,905 NEIGHBORS. WE ADDRESS INDIVIDUALS, NOT 50 00:03:27,905 --> 00:03:31,909 INDIVIDUALS, DISRUPTION WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH A WARNING AND IF 51 00:03:31,909 --> 00:03:35,460 NECESSARY REMOVAL AND RECESS. GETTING INTO OUR THE FIRST 52 00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:39,500 ITEM WE HAVE IS WE DON'T HAVE MINUTES BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING 53 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:42,520 ON THOSE FROM THAT MEETING. ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? 54 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,923 SEEING NONE I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS 55 00:03:45,923 --> 00:03:48,126 POSTED, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY JACQUE. 56 00:03:48,126 --> 00:03:50,328 UP FIRST IS OUR FIRST SPECIAL ITEM. 57 00:03:50,328 --> 00:03:53,931 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SHARON GEUEA JONES TO JOIN MYSELF AND 58 00:03:53,931 --> 00:03:57,531 THE CITY CLERK AT THE PODIUM. 59 00:04:20,624 --> 00:04:23,627 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I SHARON GEUEA JONES DO SOLEMNLY 60 00:04:23,627 --> 00:04:29,270 SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE 61 00:04:29,767 --> 00:04:34,772 OF WARD 4 CITY COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, 62 00:04:34,772 --> 00:04:39,777 MISSOURI AND THAT I AM NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OF THE 63 00:04:39,777 --> 00:04:45,777 DISQUALIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF 64 00:04:45,916 --> 00:04:48,519 COLUMBIA. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE 65 00:04:48,519 --> 00:04:52,590 CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE 66 00:04:52,590 --> 00:04:59,190 OF MISSOURI AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF 67 00:05:00,931 --> 00:05:03,601 COLUMBIA AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES 68 00:05:03,601 --> 00:05:08,401 OF MY OFFICE, SO HELP ME GOD. [APPLAUSE] 69 00:05:24,889 --> 00:05:27,892 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THEN I HAVE YOUR OFFICIAL COMMISSION, IS 70 00:05:27,892 --> 00:05:35,920 SAYS TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENT GREETINGS NO I HAVE 71 00:05:40,838 --> 00:05:44,708 BEEN CERTIFIED THAT SHARON GEUEA JONES WAS ON THE FOURTH 72 00:05:44,708 --> 00:05:47,779 DAY OF AUGUST 2026 DULY ELECTED FOURTH WARD COUNCIL MEMBER FOR 73 00:05:47,779 --> 00:05:50,915 THE CITY OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE IN THE 74 00:05:50,915 --> 00:05:54,718 STATE OF MISSOURI AND THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF SAID CITY OF 75 00:05:54,718 --> 00:05:57,855 COLUMBIA STATE, THAT SHE SAID SHARON GEUEA JONES IS 76 00:05:57,855 --> 00:06:00,925 COMMISSIONED TO SERVE AS COUNCILMEMBER IN THE TERM 77 00:06:00,925 --> 00:06:05,730 ENDING 2028 AS SPECIFIED BY LAW AND AUTHORIZED TO DISCHARGE THE 78 00:06:05,730 --> 00:06:09,667 DUTIES OF SAID OFFICE ACCORDING TO LAW ON THIS HISTORIC DAY. 79 00:06:09,667 --> 00:06:11,667 [APPLAUSE] 80 00:06:33,291 --> 00:06:36,227 >>Mayor Buffaloe: BEFORE WE MOVE ON I'D LIKE TO GIVE OUR 81 00:06:36,227 --> 00:06:40,980 NEWEST COUNCILMEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE 82 00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:43,301 AUDIENCE, IF THERE'S ANYONE ESPECIALLY WANT TO POINT OUT OR 83 00:06:43,301 --> 00:06:45,369 SAY A FEW WORDS. 84 00:06:45,369 --> 00:06:48,306 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO 85 00:06:48,306 --> 00:06:51,442 EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY AND I 86 00:06:51,442 --> 00:06:55,312 AM SO PLEASED UNDERPRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO 87 00:06:55,312 --> 00:06:57,448 REPRESENT IT. THERE ARE MANY OF YOU I WOULD 88 00:06:57,448 --> 00:07:01,319 NOT BE HERE WITHOUT AND I WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU ALL IN A 89 00:07:01,319 --> 00:07:05,256 PUBLIC FORUM AT THIS TIME BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND I 90 00:07:05,256 --> 00:07:06,591 LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING. 91 00:07:06,591 --> 00:07:10,191 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU SHARON, WELCOME. 92 00:07:12,796 --> 00:07:16,000 [APPLAUSE] AND I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING YOU'LL NOTICE 93 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,737 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL IS AN 94 00:07:19,737 --> 00:07:25,737 ALL-FEMALE COUNSEL.[APPLAUSE] AND I THINK I WOULD BE REMISS 95 00:07:27,211 --> 00:07:30,348 IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WOMEN THAT CAME BEFORE US 96 00:07:30,348 --> 00:07:35,148 STARTING WITH OUR FIRST FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIAL BETTY 97 00:07:36,570 --> 00:07:40,774 McCASKILL IN THE 70S WHO SERVED AS WARD REPRESENTATIVE, PAST 98 00:07:40,774 --> 00:07:44,644 BOARD REPRESENTATIVES ARE IN THE ROOM, MULTIPLE WARDS AS 99 00:07:44,644 --> 00:07:47,848 WELL AS SERVING IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND OF COURSE OUR 100 00:07:47,848 --> 00:07:52,648 FIRST FEMALE MAYOR MARY McCOMB AT THE BACK. 101 00:07:54,587 --> 00:07:58,458 OUR FEMALE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE AND 102 00:07:58,458 --> 00:08:01,528 REPRESENTATIVES SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME BEFORE US AND 103 00:08:01,528 --> 00:08:03,730 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US TO THIS DAY. 104 00:08:03,730 --> 00:08:06,666 IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY BEING A FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIALS SO 105 00:08:06,666 --> 00:08:10,537 THANK YOU WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE INCLUDING THE LADIES UP HERE 106 00:08:10,537 --> 00:08:15,937 RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME 107 00:08:21,810 --> 00:08:24,818 FOR THAT YOU CAN LEAVE.MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR PART OF OUR 108 00:08:24,818 --> 00:08:28,888 AGENDA THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE 109 00:08:28,888 --> 00:08:32,826 THROUGH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ONCE A MONTH WE HAVE 110 00:08:32,826 --> 00:08:36,950 APPOINTMENTS TO ANY VACANCIES AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CHECK 111 00:08:36,950 --> 00:08:38,831 THOSE OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE CITY AND 112 00:08:38,831 --> 00:08:41,967 VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT TO LOOK ON WEDNESDAY ON THE WEBSITE TO 113 00:08:41,967 --> 00:08:44,837 SEE WHAT VACANCIES ARE COMING UP THE NEXT DAY. 114 00:08:44,837 --> 00:08:47,841 AT FIRST WE HAVE A FEW APPLICATIONS AND A FEW 115 00:08:47,841 --> 00:08:51,441 APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE SO FIRST, HOLLAND. 116 00:09:01,654 --> 00:09:04,523 SO FIRST WE HAVE FOR BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THIS ONE WE ARE 117 00:09:04,523 --> 00:09:06,659 GOING TO NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. 118 00:09:06,659 --> 00:09:10,463 FOR THE HEALTH WORKER POSITION SHEILA WE HAVE 2 APPLICANTS FOR 119 00:09:10,463 --> 00:09:11,531 ONE VACANCY. 120 00:09:11,531 --> 00:09:13,533 >>Mayor Buffaloe: BRIDGET KRAUSE. 121 00:09:13,533 --> 00:09:16,533 >>Council Member Carroll: BRIDGET KRAUSE. 122 00:09:16,535 --> 00:09:19,535 >>Council Member Elwood: BRIDGET KRAUSE. 123 00:09:19,539 --> 00:09:22,539 >>Council Member Sample: BRIDGET KRAUSE. 124 00:09:22,541 --> 00:09:25,478 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: BRIDGET KRAUSE. 125 00:09:25,478 --> 00:09:28,478 >>Council Member Hartman: BRIDGET KRAUSE. 126 00:09:28,547 --> 00:09:30,683 >>Council Member Peters: BRIDGET KRAUSE. 127 00:09:30,683 --> 00:09:33,830 >> BRIDGET HAS BEEN APPOINTED. 128 00:09:34,754 --> 00:09:36,956 >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR THE NEXT POSITION. 129 00:09:36,956 --> 00:09:40,760 I THINK THIS IS A GENERAL INTEREST POSITION. 130 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,360 >>Mayor Buffaloe: JOE CELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO. 131 00:09:45,965 --> 00:09:50,165 >>Council Member Carroll: JOE CELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO. 132 00:09:54,107 --> 00:09:56,107 >>Council Member Sample: 133 00:10:01,781 --> 00:10:05,718 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO. 134 00:10:05,718 --> 00:10:09,318 >>Council Member Hartman: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO. 135 00:10:12,992 --> 00:10:16,592 >>Council Member Peters: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO. 136 00:10:23,202 --> 00:10:26,939 >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING INTO THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES 137 00:10:26,939 --> 00:10:30,143 COMMISSION FOR THE ALTERNATE LAYPERSON WILL YOU PLEASE CALL 138 00:10:30,143 --> 00:10:31,144 THE ROLL. 139 00:10:31,144 --> 00:10:33,146 >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTOPHER HOW. 140 00:10:33,146 --> 00:10:36,146 >>Council Member Carroll: CHRISTOPHER HOW. 141 00:10:36,215 --> 00:10:39,215 >>Council Member Elwood: LEANN CRAVEN. 142 00:10:43,356 --> 00:10:46,956 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: CHRISTOPHER HOW. 143 00:10:47,260 --> 00:10:49,962 >>Council Member Hartman: LEANN CRAVEN. 144 00:10:49,962 --> 00:10:52,310 >>Council Member Peters: CHRISTOPHER HOW. 145 00:10:52,310 --> 00:10:54,431 >> CHRISTOPHER HAS BEEN APPOINTEDTED. 146 00:10:57,503 --> 00:11:00,373 >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR APPLICANTS FOR ONE VACANCY ON 147 00:11:00,373 --> 00:11:03,576 THE CLIMATE COMMISSION, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL. 148 00:11:03,576 --> 00:11:05,976 >>Mayor Buffaloe: JULIA THOMASON. 149 00:11:06,446 --> 00:11:09,446 >>Council Member Carroll: JULIA THOMASON. 150 00:11:09,515 --> 00:11:12,515 >>Council Member Elwood: JULIA THOMASON. 151 00:11:12,585 --> 00:11:15,521 >>Council Member Sample: JULIA THOMASON. 152 00:11:15,521 --> 00:11:18,591 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: JULIA THOMASON. 153 00:11:18,591 --> 00:11:21,527 >>Council Member Hartman: LESLIE FRAMER. 154 00:11:21,527 --> 00:11:23,930 >>Council Member Peters: LESLIE FRAMER. 155 00:11:23,930 --> 00:11:26,330 >> JULIA HAS BEEN APPOINTED. 156 00:11:35,750 --> 00:11:38,878 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THEN FOR THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT 157 00:11:38,878 --> 00:11:42,140 SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION ANDREA KAISER CAN SERVE ON THE 158 00:11:42,140 --> 00:11:44,818 DANGEROUS OR AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL ADVISORY BOARD. 159 00:11:44,818 --> 00:11:47,753 AND THEN MOVING ON FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, WE 160 00:11:47,753 --> 00:11:51,490 HAVE BOTH APPLICANTS FOR GENERAL INTEREST AND HISTORIC 161 00:11:51,490 --> 00:11:57,490 PRESERVATION CAN BE APPOINTED IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION SO 162 00:11:59,699 --> 00:12:01,634 STEPHEN BYBEE AND CLARISSA EASTON. 163 00:12:01,634 --> 00:12:03,836 NO OBJECTIONS. THEN FINALLY THE LAST ONE FOR 164 00:12:03,836 --> 00:12:07,707 THAT TAX AND FINANCING COMMISSION IF AGREEABLE I WILL 165 00:12:07,707 --> 00:12:10,777 REAPPOINT TOM MENDENHALL TO SERVE IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION 166 00:12:10,777 --> 00:12:13,179 FROM COUNSEL. OKAY, MOVING ON SCHEDULED 167 00:12:13,179 --> 00:12:17,500 PUBLIC COMMENT SO MEMBERS CAN REACH OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S 168 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:23,650 OFFICE THE MONDAY PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ONE WEEK 169 00:12:28,995 --> 00:12:33,660 PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY 5:00 P.M. TO SCHEDULE FIVE 170 00:12:33,660 --> 00:12:36,135 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY 171 00:12:36,135 --> 00:12:40,140 COUNCIL MEETING, THE TOPIC CAN'T BE ON ANYTHING ON THAT 172 00:12:40,140 --> 00:12:43,760 BUDGET THAT EVENING. OF NOTE HAS BEEN A TYPICAL 173 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,130 PRACTICE OF CITY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP AT THE 174 00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:50,283 END OF THE MEETING UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS IF WARRANTED 175 00:12:50,283 --> 00:12:54,154 SO TONIGHT WE HAVE FIVE SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I 176 00:12:54,154 --> 00:12:56,356 THINK ONE WITHDREW THEIR REQUEST. 177 00:12:56,356 --> 00:13:00,260 I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR JAMIE AND PARKER TO COME FORWARD TO 178 00:13:00,260 --> 00:13:03,290 >>Public ic Speaker: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL, MY NAME IS 179 00:13:03,290 --> 00:13:07,829 JALEN PARKER, CURRENTLY A RESIDENT OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI 180 00:13:11,370 --> 00:13:15,837 AT 2106 CAROL DRIVE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF VIDWEST. 181 00:13:16,309 --> 00:13:20,313 TONIGHT IT'S EASY TO SEE THIS EPIC CONVERSATION ABOUT FUNDING 182 00:13:20,313 --> 00:13:24,184 FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE VIDEO CENTER. 183 00:13:24,184 --> 00:13:27,253 IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, IT'S ABOUT ACCESS, IT'S ABOUT 184 00:13:27,253 --> 00:13:33,853 WHETHER SOMEONE WITH TALENT BUT NOT MONEY GETS THE CHANCE TO 185 00:13:42,135 --> 00:13:46,720 CREATE SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND WHEN 186 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,208 PEOPLE HEAR COMMUNITY VIDEO CENTER THEY MIGHT THINK IT'S A 187 00:13:49,208 --> 00:13:52,145 PLACE WITH CAMERAS AND COMPUTERS BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE 188 00:13:52,145 --> 00:13:56,160 THAN THAT, IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DISCOVER WHAT THEY ARE 189 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,850 CAPABLE OF, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE FIND PASSION AND BUILD 190 00:13:59,850 --> 00:14:02,850 CONFIDENCE, WHERE ARTISTS FILMMAKERS PHOTOGRAPHERS 191 00:14:02,962 --> 00:14:06,990 MUSICIANS AND ENTREPRENEURS ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO CREATE 192 00:14:06,990 --> 00:14:09,969 SOMETHING MEANINGFUL AND NOT EVERYONE HAS THOUSANDS OF 193 00:14:09,969 --> 00:14:13,172 DOLLARS TO BUY CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES EDITING SOFTWARE OR 194 00:14:13,172 --> 00:14:16,175 STUDIO SPACE, I DIDN'T. THIS GIVES PEOPLE ACCESS TO 195 00:14:16,175 --> 00:14:20,113 RESOURCES THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE NEVER HAVE AND FOR MANY ACCESS 196 00:14:20,113 --> 00:14:23,182 IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A DREAM AND PURSUING IT. 197 00:14:23,182 --> 00:14:26,986 FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS IS WHERE THEY SHOOT THEIR FIRST FILLED 198 00:14:26,986 --> 00:14:30,256 IN FOR OTHERS IS WHERE THEY PHOTOGRAPH A FIRST CLIENT, FOR 199 00:14:30,256 --> 00:14:33,126 THEIR FIRST INTERVIEW OR DISCOVER A SKILL THAT TURNS 200 00:14:33,126 --> 00:14:36,129 INTO A CAREER. THOSE MOMENTS DON'T HAPPEN BY 201 00:14:36,129 --> 00:14:39,265 ACCIDENT.WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE BUT 202 00:14:39,265 --> 00:14:42,135 THIS IS WHAT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. 203 00:14:42,135 --> 00:14:45,137 THIS CENTER DOESN'T JUST PRODUCE VIDEOS, IT BUILDS 204 00:14:45,137 --> 00:14:48,207 CONFIDENCE AND LAUNCHES SMALL BUSINESSES, CREATES CAREERS AND 205 00:14:48,207 --> 00:14:54,800 MOST IMPORTANTLY GIVES PEOPLE A PLACE TO LEARN, MAKE MISTAKES, 206 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,830 GROW AND BUILD AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN FEEL OUT OF REACH. 207 00:14:57,830 --> 00:15:00,860 YOU CAN'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DREAM BIG WHILE TAKING AWAY ONE 208 00:15:00,860 --> 00:15:03,156 OF THE FEW PLACES THAT MAKES THAT DREAM POSSIBLE. 209 00:15:03,156 --> 00:15:07,226 YOU CAN'T SAY YOU SUPPORT THE ARTS INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 210 00:15:07,226 --> 00:15:10,230 WHILE ALLOWING ONE OF OUR RESOURCES TO DISAPPEAR. 211 00:15:10,230 --> 00:15:15,630 EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED REACHES BEYOND THESE WALLS, IT SUPPORTS 212 00:15:18,504 --> 00:15:21,574 CREATORS STRENGTHENS LOCAL BUSINESSES BRINGS PEOPLE 213 00:15:21,574 --> 00:15:25,445 TOGETHER THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ENCOURAGES TALENTED 214 00:15:25,445 --> 00:15:29,516 PEOPLE TO BUILD HERE INSTEAD OF SOMEWHERE ELSE KOREA ONCE 215 00:15:29,516 --> 00:15:31,651 SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOD IS NOT EASY TO REPLACE. 216 00:15:31,651 --> 00:15:36,522 THE BUILDING CAN BE REBUILT, OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE LOST 217 00:15:36,522 --> 00:15:39,659 CONNECTIONS NEVER MADE AND DREAMS THAT ARE NEVER GIVEN A 218 00:15:39,659 --> 00:15:41,928 CHANCE, THOSE THINGS DON'T COME BACK. 219 00:15:41,928 --> 00:15:44,731 MAYBE THE NEXT FILMMAKER IS WALKING THROUGH THOSE DOORS 220 00:15:44,731 --> 00:15:48,601 TODAY AND MAYBE THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPHER JOURNALIST EDITOR 221 00:15:48,601 --> 00:15:51,537 OR ENTREPRENEUR IS LEARNING SOMETHING THAT WILL SAVE THE 222 00:15:51,537 --> 00:15:54,607 REST OF THEIR LIVES WE HAD JUST AS SO MANY BEFORE THEM DO, 223 00:15:54,607 --> 00:15:57,677 TONIGHT YOU'RE NOT DECIDING WHETHER TO FUND THE BUILDING, 224 00:15:57,677 --> 00:16:01,481 YOUR DECIDING WHAT CITY WE WANT TO BE, A CITY THAT SEES 225 00:16:01,481 --> 00:16:04,617 CREATIVITY AS AN EXPENSE OR ONE THAT RECOGNIZES IT AS AN 226 00:16:04,617 --> 00:16:06,753 INVESTMENT, ESSAY THAT CLOSES DOORS OR OPENS THEM. 227 00:16:06,753 --> 00:16:10,556 I HOPE YOU WILL CHOOSE TO INVEST IN OPPORTUNITY, INVEST 228 00:16:10,556 --> 00:16:14,961 IN PEOPLE ARE LEARNING READING AND BUILDING SOMETHING BIGGER 229 00:16:14,961 --> 00:16:18,164 THAN THEMSELVES BECAUSE WHEN YOU INVEST IN A CENTER YOU'RE 230 00:16:18,164 --> 00:16:22,340 NOT JUST FUNDING A BUILDING, YOUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND 231 00:16:22,340 --> 00:16:22,568 FUTURES. 232 00:16:22,568 --> 00:16:25,305 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, I'D NOW LIKE TO ASK NICKIE 233 00:16:25,305 --> 00:16:29,505 DAVIS AND LARA PIEPER TO COME FORWARD. 234 00:16:37,183 --> 00:16:40,530 >>Public Speaker: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, 235 00:16:40,530 --> 00:16:46,392 I AM LARA PIEPER CHAIR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DISTRICT 236 00:16:46,392 --> 00:16:50,396 AND ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE 237 00:16:50,396 --> 00:16:54,200 CITY OF COLUMBIA IN DEVELOPING A CLEAR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND 238 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,536 ENFORCEABLE URBAN COUNTY ORDINANCE. 239 00:16:56,536 --> 00:16:59,405 THIS REQUEST IS NOT ABOUT CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS, 240 00:16:59,405 --> 00:17:03,605 IT'S ABOUT CREATING CLARITY CONSISTENCY SAFETY AND 241 00:17:08,548 --> 00:17:11,484 COMPASSION FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND 242 00:17:11,484 --> 00:17:14,487 BROADER COMMUNITY NAVIGATING CONCERNS RELATED TO PUBLIC 243 00:17:14,487 --> 00:17:17,757 CAMPAIGN, OBSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS AND SANITATION 244 00:17:17,757 --> 00:17:19,759 ISSUES. CURRENTLY EXISTING ORDINANCES 245 00:17:19,759 --> 00:17:23,562 APPEAR FRAGMENTED BROAD AND DIFFICULT TO LOCATE OR 246 00:17:23,562 --> 00:17:25,631 INTERPRET. THIS CREATES CONFUSION FOR 247 00:17:25,631 --> 00:17:29,231 RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUTREACH PROVIDERS 248 00:17:29,836 --> 00:17:31,838 AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SERVICES. 249 00:17:31,838 --> 00:17:35,842 COMMUNITIES ACROSS MISSOURI AND THE NATION ARE REEVALUATING HOW 250 00:17:35,842 --> 00:17:39,979 THEY ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN PUBLIC SPACES. 251 00:17:39,979 --> 00:17:42,915 LOCAL AGENCIES AND REGIONAL HOMELESS COUNTS SHOW RISING 252 00:17:42,915 --> 00:17:44,917 NEEDS AND STRAINED SHELTER CAPACITY. 253 00:17:44,917 --> 00:17:49,717 A WELL-CRAFTED ORDINANCE WOULD HELP COLUMBIA CLEARLY DEFINED 254 00:17:49,989 --> 00:17:53,859 PROHIBITED CAMPING AND SLEEPING ACTIVITIES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY 255 00:17:53,859 --> 00:17:58,590 ESTABLISH TRANSPARENT STANDARDS FOR ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH, 256 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,867 PROTECT SIDEWALKS PARKS BUSINESSES AND SHARED PUBLIC 257 00:18:01,867 --> 00:18:05,710 SPACES, IMPROVE SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, 258 00:18:05,710 --> 00:18:08,942 CREATE CLEAR PATHWAYS TOWARDS SHELTER TREATMENT AND SUPPORT 259 00:18:08,942 --> 00:18:11,944 SERVICES, ENSURE CONSISTENCY CITY STAFF OUTREACH WORKERS 260 00:18:11,944 --> 00:18:15,544 BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. IMPORTANTLY WE STRONGLY 261 00:18:16,282 --> 00:18:21,682 ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO IMPAIR ANY ORDINANCE WITH COMPASSION 262 00:18:24,223 --> 00:18:27,427 DIVERGENT AND OUTREACH MEASURES INCLUDING MORNING, SHELTER 263 00:18:27,427 --> 00:18:30,296 REFERRALS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE OUTREACH AND 264 00:18:30,296 --> 00:18:32,565 COORDINATION WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS. 265 00:18:32,565 --> 00:18:36,369 MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE ADAPTED TIERED ENFORCEMENT MODELS THAT 266 00:18:36,369 --> 00:18:39,969 PRIORITIZE EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE BEFORE 267 00:18:40,239 --> 00:18:43,443 CITATIONS OR PENALTIES. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE 268 00:18:43,443 --> 00:18:47,247 CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REVIEW EXISTING ORDINANCES 269 00:18:47,247 --> 00:18:51,447 IDENTIFY GAPS IN ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES, RESEARCH BEST 270 00:18:53,386 --> 00:18:57,524 PRACTICES FROM PEERS CITIES AND WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO DRAFT 271 00:18:57,524 --> 00:19:02,324 A CLEAR URBAN CALVING ORDINANCE FOR DISCUSSION AND 272 00:19:02,328 --> 00:19:04,397 CONSIDERATION. ADDITIONALLY AS THE CITY OF 273 00:19:04,397 --> 00:19:08,334 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AND THE DISTRICT BEGIN 274 00:19:08,334 --> 00:19:11,471 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW BLOCK BY BLOCK SAFETY AMBASSADOR 275 00:19:11,471 --> 00:19:15,341 PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT ORDINANCES RELATED TO PUBLIC SPACES, 276 00:19:15,341 --> 00:19:18,411 CAMPING SLEEPING OBSTRUCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS 277 00:19:18,411 --> 00:19:22,281 ARE CLEARLY WRITTEN AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.SAFETY AMBASSADORS 278 00:19:22,281 --> 00:19:25,418 ARE INTENDED TO DE-ESCALATE CONDITIONS, CONNECT INDIVIDUALS 279 00:19:25,418 --> 00:19:29,422 TO SERVICES AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS BEFORE 280 00:19:29,422 --> 00:19:32,425 SITUATIONS ESCALATE TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.CLEAR 281 00:19:32,425 --> 00:19:35,628 ORDINANCE WILL ENSURE TRANSPARENCY CONSISTENCY AND 282 00:19:35,628 --> 00:19:39,228 THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF THIS PARTNERSHIP. 283 00:19:39,298 --> 00:19:43,369 DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA IS ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL ORAL PARTS OF THE 284 00:19:43,369 --> 00:19:45,972 COMMUNITY ENDANGERING PUBLIC SPACES REMAIN SAFE ACCESSIBLE 285 00:19:45,972 --> 00:19:49,572 AND COMPASSIONATE BENEFITS EVERYONE INCLUDING THOSE 286 00:19:49,775 --> 00:19:52,175 CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY. 287 00:19:53,246 --> 00:19:56,782 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS IMPORTANT 288 00:19:56,782 --> 00:19:57,249 ISSUE. 289 00:19:57,249 --> 00:20:01,449 >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUICKLY, NICKIE DAVIS, WELCOME SHARON. 290 00:20:08,928 --> 00:20:12,640 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS FROM BOTH SIDES OF 291 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:16,100 THIS REQUEST, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE BUT I 292 00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:19,872 ALSO WANT TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART ON BEHALF OF OUR DOWNTOWN 293 00:20:19,872 --> 00:20:22,740 BUSINESSES. MANY ARE STRUGGLING, CLEANING 294 00:20:22,740 --> 00:20:25,811 UP HUMAN WASTE ADDRESSING UNSAFE BEHAVIOR OUTSIDE THEIR 295 00:20:25,811 --> 00:20:29,834 DOORS, COMFORTING FRIGHTENED EMPLOYEES AND WATCHING TRIP 296 00:20:29,834 --> 00:20:32,838 CUSTOMERS LEAVE. THESE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS OR 297 00:20:32,838 --> 00:20:36,400 INVESTING, HAVE INVESTED THEIR SAVINGS TIME AND LIVES IN 298 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,911 DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA. THEY CANNOT CARRY THIS WEIGHT 299 00:20:39,911 --> 00:20:41,913 ALONE. TONIGHT WE ARE NOT ASKING 300 00:20:41,913 --> 00:20:44,916 COUNSEL TO ADOPT A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE, WE ARE ASKING FOR 301 00:20:44,916 --> 00:20:48,120 YOU TO DIRECTED STAFF TO RESEARCH WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES 302 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:52,560 ARE DOING AND IDENTIFY OPTIONS THAT BALANCE COMPASSION, PUBLIC 303 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,193 SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY AND CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERYONE. 304 00:20:55,193 --> 00:20:58,663 OUR EMPLOYEES, RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND PEOPLE 305 00:20:58,663 --> 00:21:02,863 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALL DESERVE A THOUGHTFUL CONSISTENT 306 00:21:04,736 --> 00:21:06,805 SOLUTION. WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT 307 00:21:06,805 --> 00:21:09,941 CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD. THE RESEARCH PROCESS AS MUCH AS 308 00:21:09,941 --> 00:21:11,943 WE CAN. IF YOU ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF 309 00:21:11,943 --> 00:21:17,343 THIS REQUEST PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND 310 00:21:19,484 --> 00:21:21,884 TAKING THIS CONCERN SERIOUSLY. 311 00:21:22,821 --> 00:21:26,891 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I LIKE TO ASK KRISTA MARIE TO PLEASE COME 312 00:21:26,891 --> 00:21:28,891 FORWARD TO SPEAK. 313 00:21:34,766 --> 00:21:38,366 >> I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THIS ROOM. HELLO. 314 00:21:39,437 --> 00:21:43,637 IT'S ALREADY. THANK YOU SO MUCH BARBARA. 315 00:21:52,317 --> 00:21:54,853 TODAY I'D LIKE TO START WITH INTRODUCTIONS. 316 00:21:54,853 --> 00:21:58,389 I AM KRISTA MARIE, 1/6 GENERATION HICKMAN HIGH SCHOOL 317 00:21:58,389 --> 00:22:00,391 GRADUATE. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN 318 00:22:00,391 --> 00:22:03,462 MID-MISSOURI SPECIFICALLY COLUMBIA FOR A LONG TIME AND 319 00:22:03,462 --> 00:22:06,598 YOU CAN FIND BRICKS WITH MY NAME ON IT IN THE HISTORIC 320 00:22:06,598 --> 00:22:12,598 BRICK DISTRICT AND I'M HERE FORGET THE FLOCK OUT OF 321 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:17,142 COLUMBIA AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND TO INTRODUCE THE WHOLE 322 00:22:17,142 --> 00:22:20,946 CROWD TO THE COLUMBIA I KNOW AND LOVE BY BRIEFLY READING THE 323 00:22:20,946 --> 00:22:24,816 PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY THAT COLUMBIA SUBMITTED IN 2018. 324 00:22:24,816 --> 00:22:28,753 WE AFFIRM THE DIGNITY AND VALUE OF EVERY PERSON AND STRIVE TO 325 00:22:28,753 --> 00:22:32,953 MAINTAIN A CLIMATE BASED ON INSPECTED UNDERSTANDING. 326 00:22:35,893 --> 00:22:39,764 WE AFFIRM THE RIGHT OF EACH PERSON TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS AND 327 00:22:39,764 --> 00:22:42,834 OPINIONS FREELY, ENCOURAGE EXPRESSION WITHIN A CLIMATE OF 328 00:22:42,834 --> 00:22:45,103 CIVILITY SENSITIVITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT. 329 00:22:45,103 --> 00:22:48,239 WE AFFIRM THE VALUE OF HUMAN DIVERSITY BECAUSE IT ENRICHES 330 00:22:48,239 --> 00:22:53,111 OUR LIVES AN ORGANIZATION, WE RESPECT OUR DIFFERENCES WITH 331 00:22:53,111 --> 00:22:55,847 WHILE AFFIRMING OUR COMMON HUMANITY, WE REJECT ALL FORMS 332 00:22:55,847 --> 00:23:00,647 OF PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION INCLUDING THOSE BASED ON, 333 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:05,924 COLOR, DIVERSE ABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION 334 00:23:05,924 --> 00:23:08,927 NATIONAL ORIGIN POLITICAL AFFILIATION, RACE RELIGION 335 00:23:08,927 --> 00:23:11,327 ACTUAL ORIENTATION VETERAN STATUS. 336 00:23:11,997 --> 00:23:15,200 WE TAKE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING 337 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,402 ELIMINATE BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION WERE INCREASING 338 00:23:17,402 --> 00:23:22,202 OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING ISSUES THROUGH EDUCATION TRAINING AND 339 00:23:26,945 --> 00:23:30,882 INTERACTION WITH OTHERS, WE PLEDGE OUR COLLECTIVE 340 00:23:30,882 --> 00:23:34,190 COMMITMENT TO INCORPORATING THESE PRINCIPLES INTO THE CITY 341 00:23:34,190 --> 00:23:36,888 OF COLUMBIA'S MISSION. I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN 342 00:23:36,888 --> 00:23:39,825 EVERY WORD OF THAT STATEMENT AND THE LOOKS ON YOUR FACES 343 00:23:39,825 --> 00:23:44,495 TELL ME YOU DO TO SO I LIKE TO PAINT A PICTURE. 344 00:23:44,495 --> 00:23:48,299 WHAT DOES COLUMBIA IN 10 YEARS LOOK LIKE, A THRIVING 345 00:23:48,299 --> 00:23:51,303 OPPORTUNITY CAMPUS WHERE INDIVIDUALS DOWN ON THEIR LUCK 346 00:23:51,303 --> 00:23:55,373 WHAT THEY NEED AND FOOD BANKS THAT HAVE LITERALLY ADVOCATED 347 00:23:55,373 --> 00:23:59,710 THEMSELVES OUT OF NECESSITY. WE GROW THE FOOD WE EAT IN OUR 348 00:23:59,710 --> 00:24:02,847 COMMUNITIES AND CHILDREN WALK FREELY TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND 349 00:24:02,847 --> 00:24:07,647 WE HAVE THINGS LIKE BICYCLE BUSES TRACK THROUGH 350 00:24:09,187 --> 00:24:11,389 NEIGHBORHOODS. WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, SMILE AT 351 00:24:11,389 --> 00:24:14,325 EACH OTHER AND CRIED RATES ARE DOWN, WE HAVE SOME OF THE 352 00:24:14,325 --> 00:24:17,195 LOWEST CRIME RATES IN THE STATE.LET ME PAINT THE 353 00:24:17,195 --> 00:24:23,195 PICTURE OF WHAT I SEE WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH COLUMBIA. 354 00:24:28,206 --> 00:24:31,476 THERE ARE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES BEING MONITORED BY 355 00:24:31,476 --> 00:24:35,213 AI THAT TRACKS MY EVERY MOVE NOT JUST MY FACE OR CHILDREN 356 00:24:35,213 --> 00:24:38,282 WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL BUT MY VEHICLE AND ALL ITS 357 00:24:38,282 --> 00:24:40,284 IDENTIFIERS. THANK GOODNESS IN 2024 WE 358 00:24:40,284 --> 00:24:43,421 PASSED THE RIGHT TO ABORTION BECAUSE IF I NEEDED ONE IN THIS 359 00:24:43,421 --> 00:24:46,491 STATE AND NEEDED TO TRAVEL OUT OF IT, I COULD BE TRACKED, WE 360 00:24:46,491 --> 00:24:50,361 SEE THAT OUT OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW THE MONEY AND ENERGY WE INVEST 361 00:24:50,361 --> 00:24:53,498 IS BUILDING ONE TOMORROW. WE COLLECTIVELY WANT SECURITY, 362 00:24:53,498 --> 00:24:57,435 WE COLLECTIVELY WANT SCHOOLS, WE COLLECTIVELY WANT BEAUTIFUL 363 00:24:57,435 --> 00:25:02,235 WRITING DISTRICTS. BUT WHEN HAS BEING WATCHED EVER 364 00:25:03,575 --> 00:25:07,379 MADE A PERSON DO THEIR BEST? I REMEMBER WHEN CELL PHONES HIT 365 00:25:07,379 --> 00:25:10,979 DANCE FLOORS AND PEOPLE STOP DANCING. 366 00:25:11,849 --> 00:25:15,653 WHEN I KNOW I AM BEING WATCHED I AM NERVOUS, ANXIOUS EVEN IF I 367 00:25:15,653 --> 00:25:20,570 HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. IN 2018, THE CITY OF COLUMBIA 368 00:25:20,570 --> 00:25:25,997 SAID WE CARE ABOUT DIVERSITY. IN 2023 THE CITY WENT SO FAR AS 369 00:25:25,997 --> 00:25:32,597 TO NAME ITSELF IN THE FACE OF FEDERAL BACKLASH A SANCTUARY 370 00:25:34,606 --> 00:25:38,743 CITY FOR LGBT Q PLUS INDIVIDUALS AND I JUST READ THE 371 00:25:38,743 --> 00:25:41,120 PLEDGE THAT THIS CITY STANDS FOR. 372 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:44,549 BUT WHY ARE WE SPENDING EQUIVALENT OF 30 CADET SALARIES 373 00:25:44,549 --> 00:25:49,949 A YEAR ON AI DRIVEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ASSUMES WE 374 00:25:56,227 --> 00:26:00,310 ARE ALL GUILTY LONG BEFORE THERE'S EVER BEEN AN OPEN 375 00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:03,330 INVESTIGATION? I MAY NOT HAVE A DEGREE IN LAW 376 00:26:03,330 --> 00:26:06,171 ENFORCEMENT BUT I LOVE TO READ AND I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME 377 00:26:06,171 --> 00:26:09,240 LOOKING INTO WHAT IS POLICING AND HOW DO WE MAKE IT BETTER? 378 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,977 IN FACT, I SAT AT A COLUMBIA RUN LAST YEAR TO TALK ABOUT 379 00:26:12,977 --> 00:26:16,113 COMMUNITY POLICING AND THAT THE EVENT TALKED ABOUT BLOCK BY 380 00:26:16,113 --> 00:26:21,513 BLOCK PROCEDURES AND KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS, IT TALKED ABOUT 381 00:26:22,654 --> 00:26:26,457 GIVING ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO DECREASE THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO 382 00:26:26,457 --> 00:26:31,257 STEAL. ARE WE INVESTING AS A CITY IN 383 00:26:31,329 --> 00:26:35,266 OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR PEOPLE OR ARE WE 384 00:26:35,266 --> 00:26:37,736 INVESTING IN AI SURVEILLANCE? I WOULD LIKE THIS COUNSEL TO 385 00:26:37,736 --> 00:26:42,474 PLEASE BRING THE FLOCK CONTRACT BACK FOR A VOTE, I'D LIKE YOU 386 00:26:42,474 --> 00:26:49,674 TO VOTE NO AND LET YOUR CITY DICTATE TO YOU ORDINANCES THAT 387 00:26:52,283 --> 00:26:56,220 PROTECT US MOVING FORWARD. THIS ISN'T ANTI-TECHNOLOGY, 388 00:26:56,220 --> 00:26:59,899 THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING THE COMMUNITY WE WANT. 389 00:26:59,899 --> 00:27:01,168 [APPLAUSE] 390 00:27:01,168 --> 00:27:05,368 >>Mayor Buffaloe: JORDAN LUNDY WITH YOUR GROUP? 391 00:27:06,305 --> 00:27:13,505 I ASK YOU TO PLEASE LET ME RESPECT AND HAVE BEEN ASKED 392 00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:17,851 PERSON WHO HAS SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME 393 00:27:17,851 --> 00:27:20,920 FORWARD SO I DON'T THINK JORDAN IS COMING, HE WITHDREW THE 394 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:27,520 REQUEST SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE RECORD ROOF TO COME 395 00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:38,204 FORWARD. 396 00:27:38,204 --> 00:27:41,208 >>Public Speaker: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, 397 00:27:41,208 --> 00:27:45,408 HEATHER HARGROVE WARD 5. AUGUST 4 ELECTIONS TEN-DAY MESSAGE 398 00:27:47,881 --> 00:27:50,150 THAT DESERVES CAREFUL REFLECTION. 399 00:27:50,150 --> 00:27:52,685 WHILE PROPOSITION ONE WAS APPROVED PAST BY AN 400 00:27:52,685 --> 00:27:56,885 EXCEPTIONALLY NARROW MARGIN. THAT IS CERTAINLY A 401 00:27:58,357 --> 00:28:02,361 MATHEMATICAL VICTORY BUT IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS 402 00:28:02,361 --> 00:28:05,565 EVIDENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS DIVIDED AND MANY RESIDENTS 403 00:28:05,565 --> 00:28:09,369 APPROACH THIS DECISION WITH STATION RENT REGARDLESS OF HOW 404 00:28:09,369 --> 00:28:12,572 ANYONE VOTED WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SUCH A CLOSE RESULT CALLS 405 00:28:12,572 --> 00:28:15,842 FOR HUMILITY, THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 406 00:28:15,842 --> 00:28:19,646 IT MEANS THAT WHILE A MAJORITY SUPPORTED THE PROPOSITION, A 407 00:28:19,646 --> 00:28:22,248 VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY DID NOT. 408 00:28:22,248 --> 00:28:28,248 RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW THEIR CONCERNS WERE HEARD AND THEIR 409 00:28:29,389 --> 00:28:33,126 TAX DOLLARS WILL BE TREATED WITH THE SAME SERIOUSNESS I 410 00:28:33,126 --> 00:28:36,329 WOULD EXPECT IN THEIR SAME HOUSEHOLDS OR BUSINESSES. 411 00:28:36,329 --> 00:28:40,267 ONE ISSUE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IS PUBLIC 412 00:28:40,267 --> 00:28:43,867 SAFETY PERMITTED COMMUNITY SURVEYS HAVE REPEATEDLY 413 00:28:44,137 --> 00:28:47,273 IDENTIFIED THE LEASE AND FIRE SERVICES AS ONE OF THE 414 00:28:47,273 --> 00:28:50,410 RESIDENTS HIGHEST PRIORITIES, THAT MESSAGE HAS NOT CHANGED. 415 00:28:50,410 --> 00:28:54,147 EVERY MORNING OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS 416 00:28:54,147 --> 00:28:57,350 IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH ONE MISSION AND THAT'S TO PROTECT 417 00:28:57,350 --> 00:28:59,353 US. THEY STAND READY TO RESPOND ON 418 00:28:59,353 --> 00:29:02,489 WHAT MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE'S WORST DAY WE HAD THEY WALKED 419 00:29:02,489 --> 00:29:05,625 INTO SITUATIONS MOST OF US HOPE WE WILL NEVER ENCOUNTER AND 420 00:29:05,625 --> 00:29:10,425 THEY DESERVE OUR RESPECT, GRATITUDE AND THE RESOURCES 421 00:29:10,430 --> 00:29:13,500 NECESSARY TO DO THEIR JOBS SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY THAT 422 00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:19,500 PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITY 'S MOST VALUABLE ASSET WHICH IS ITS 423 00:29:22,642 --> 00:29:24,710 PEOPLE. SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS 424 00:29:24,710 --> 00:29:27,847 RECOGNIZING PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES REQUIRES THE CHOICES 425 00:29:27,847 --> 00:29:31,718 WE HAVE WE CANNOT SIMPLY SAY SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, WE MUST 426 00:29:31,718 --> 00:29:34,654 DEMONSTRATE IS A PRIORITY BUDGET, STAFFING DECISIONS 427 00:29:34,654 --> 00:29:38,391 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND THE WAY WE ALLOCATE LIMITED 428 00:29:38,391 --> 00:29:42,462 RESOURCES AND WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT PERCEPTION MATTERS READ 429 00:29:42,462 --> 00:29:45,531 HEADLINES ABOUT CRIME WHETHER THEY FULLY REPRESENT THE 430 00:29:45,531 --> 00:29:48,601 BROADER STATISTICAL PICTURE OR NOT SHAPE HOW RESIDENTS FEEL 431 00:29:48,601 --> 00:29:51,404 ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY INFLUENCE WHETHER PEOPLE 432 00:29:51,404 --> 00:29:55,400 FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING DOWNTOWN, WHETHER BUSINESSES 433 00:29:57,610 --> 00:30:01,481 DECIDE TO INVEST HERE WHETHER FAMILIES CHOOSE COLUMBIA AS THE 434 00:30:01,481 --> 00:30:05,418 PLACE TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN OR LEATHER STUDENTS AND YOUNG 435 00:30:05,418 --> 00:30:08,688 PROFESSIONALS COLUMBIA AS A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY WANT TO 436 00:30:08,688 --> 00:30:12,292 BUILD THEIR FUTURE. IN MANY WAYS PERCEPTION BECOMES 437 00:30:12,292 --> 00:30:14,294 REALITY. A COMMUNITY IS MORE ATTRACTIVE 438 00:30:14,294 --> 00:30:17,894 TO FAMILIES BUSINESSES VISITORS AND INVESTORS. 439 00:30:27,390 --> 00:30:30,243 MAINTAINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY 440 00:30:30,243 --> 00:30:34,470 MUST REMAIN A PRIORITY NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE FEAR 441 00:30:34,470 --> 00:30:37,117 BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY MATTERS TO OUR 442 00:30:37,117 --> 00:30:39,510 QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC FUTURE. 443 00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:41,988 IT WILL MATTER WHEN FUTURE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS 444 00:30:41,988 --> 00:30:45,570 COMPARE COLUMBIA TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHEN MAKING A 445 00:30:45,570 --> 00:30:47,527 DECISION ABOUT WHERE THEY WILL CALL WHOLE. 446 00:30:47,527 --> 00:30:51,330 THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE ARRIVED 447 00:30:51,330 --> 00:30:55,134 AT THE POINT OF NEEDING A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX BUT THAT IS 448 00:30:55,134 --> 00:30:57,537 NO LONGER THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION. 449 00:30:57,537 --> 00:31:00,673 YOU ARE THE COUNCIL THAT'S BEEN ELECTED TO LEAD FROM THIS POINT 450 00:31:00,673 --> 00:31:02,676 FORWARD. THE QUESTION IS WHAT WILL YOU 451 00:31:02,676 --> 00:31:06,546 DO WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF VOTERS HAVE PLACED IN YOUR 452 00:31:06,546 --> 00:31:08,748 HANDS? I WOULD URGE YOU TO RESIST THE 453 00:31:08,748 --> 00:31:10,684 TEMPTATION TO RETURN TO BUSINESS AS USUAL. 454 00:31:10,684 --> 00:31:14,754 THIS SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS PERMISSION TO BECOME 455 00:31:14,754 --> 00:31:17,824 COMPLACENT IN THE FACE OF RISING EXPENSES, INSTEAD IT 456 00:31:17,824 --> 00:31:21,627 SHOULD SERVE AS A REMINDER EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLARS MUST BE 457 00:31:21,627 --> 00:31:24,631 SPENT THOUGHTFULLY REPEATEDLY WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND 458 00:31:24,631 --> 00:31:30,631 PLANNING AND THAT TIMES HAVE CHANGED.WE MUST CHANGE WITH 459 00:31:31,304 --> 00:31:33,373 THEM. FAMILIES ACROSS COLUMBIA MAKE 460 00:31:33,373 --> 00:31:36,575 DIFFICULT FINANCIAL DECISIONS EVERY MONTH, A PRIORITIZED 461 00:31:36,575 --> 00:31:41,375 NEEDS OR WANTS, POSTPONE PURCHASES AND MAKE DIFFICULT 462 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,790 CHOICES WHEN THEIR INCOME DOES NOT KEEP PACE WITH EXPENSES 463 00:31:50,790 --> 00:31:54,660 RENT LOCAL BUSINESSES DO THE SAME THING CONSTANTLY 464 00:31:54,660 --> 00:31:57,660 EVALUATING EXPENSES PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS AND 465 00:31:57,730 --> 00:32:01,734 FINDING WAYS TO DO MORE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, NONPROFIT 466 00:32:01,734 --> 00:32:04,804 ORGANIZATIONS DRENCHED EVERY DOLLAR TO FULFILL THEIR 467 00:32:04,804 --> 00:32:07,940 MISSIONS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE RESOURCES ARE 468 00:32:07,940 --> 00:32:10,810 NOT UNLIMITED. CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD APPROACH 469 00:32:10,810 --> 00:32:14,614 TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITH THAT SAME DISCIPLINE AND A FOCUS ON 470 00:32:14,614 --> 00:32:16,816 PRIORITY. THIS I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAS 471 00:32:16,816 --> 00:32:20,620 AN OBLIGATION TO HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS IN THE MONTHS AND 472 00:32:20,620 --> 00:32:23,756 YEARS AHEAD, SOME DECISIONS WILL BE POPULAR AND SOME WILL 473 00:32:23,756 --> 00:32:25,758 NOT. BESIDES TALKING TALK TALK LEADS 474 00:32:25,758 --> 00:32:29,629 TO BIGGER PROBLEMS. OBSERVING ON COUNSEL SHOULD NOT 475 00:32:29,629 --> 00:32:31,965 BE AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE PET PROJECTS. 476 00:32:31,965 --> 00:32:35,768 YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT SERVE 477 00:32:35,768 --> 00:32:38,370 THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 478 00:32:38,370 --> 00:32:41,637 GOOD STEWARDSHIP REQUIRES DISCIPLINE, ASKING HARD 479 00:32:41,708 --> 00:32:45,711 QUESTIONS, SETTING PRIORITIES AND INJURING TAXPAYERS RECEIVE 480 00:32:45,711 --> 00:32:48,848 VALUE FOR EVERY DOLLAR ENTRUSTED TO THE CITY. 481 00:32:48,848 --> 00:32:52,510 >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON. I FORGOT TO SAY MY EARLIER 482 00:32:52,510 --> 00:32:58,191 THING ABOUT CLAPPING, WE WERE GOING TO CLAP FOR SHARON BUT 483 00:32:58,191 --> 00:33:01,791 SHEILA WILL YOU READ PUBLIC HEARING 2426. 484 00:33:06,999 --> 00:33:10,537 >> PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES ON 485 00:33:10,537 --> 00:33:13,739 WINGATE DRIVE BETWEEN PARIS ROAD AND SQUIRE CIRCLE. 486 00:33:13,739 --> 00:33:16,542 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? 487 00:33:16,542 --> 00:33:21,342 YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON. 488 00:33:24,751 --> 00:33:27,373 >> I'M LEARNING. GOOD EVENING, SHANE PREACH AND 489 00:33:27,373 --> 00:33:31,377 I'M THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THIS PROJECT WOULD INSTALL 490 00:33:31,377 --> 00:33:36,177 TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ALONG WHITEGATE DRIVE AND LAMBETH 491 00:33:37,317 --> 00:33:39,452 DRIVE. WHITEGATE SCORED AS THE HIGHEST 492 00:33:39,452 --> 00:33:43,323 PRIORITY PROJECT IN THE 2024 NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 493 00:33:43,323 --> 00:33:48,723 AND HAD AN 84 PERCENTILE SPEED OF 35 MILES LES BROWARD. 494 00:33:53,533 --> 00:33:56,669 WHITEGATE HAS 2600 VEHICLES TRAVELING ON IT PER DAY AND HAS 495 00:33:56,669 --> 00:33:59,805 A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 25 MPH. STAFF HELD TO INTERESTED 496 00:33:59,805 --> 00:34:05,205 PARTIES MEETINGS, ONE DECEMBER 4, 2025 AND ANOTHER MAY 27TH OF 497 00:34:16,556 --> 00:34:19,426 THIS YEAR. FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND 498 00:34:19,426 --> 00:34:23,430 SUBSEQUENT DESIGN STAFF IS RECOMMENDING INSTALLATION OF 499 00:34:23,430 --> 00:34:26,432 THREE SPEED BUMPS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNS AND MARKINGS 500 00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:29,568 ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROADWAY. STAFF ESTIMATES THE COST AT 501 00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:32,372 $25,000 PAID FROM OUR TRAFFIC CALLING ACCOUNT. 502 00:34:32,372 --> 00:34:35,508 AND FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MO DOT IS PROPOSING TO 503 00:34:35,508 --> 00:34:38,511 SIGNALIZED TOWN DRIVE AND WHITEGATE DRIVE AS PART F PHASE 504 00:34:38,511 --> 00:34:43,911 4 OF THE IMPROVE I-70 ROJECT READ DISCUSSIONS AT PUBLIC 505 00:34:44,717 --> 00:34:47,653 HEARINGS AND THE INTERESTED PARTIES MEETINGS ASSOCIATED 506 00:34:47,653 --> 00:34:50,122 INCLUDE A DESIRE BY SOME IN ATTENDANCE FOR PURSUIT OF A 507 00:34:50,122 --> 00:34:52,125 ROUNDABOUT. PUBLIC WORKS STAFF AGREES A 508 00:34:52,125 --> 00:34:55,261 ROUNDABOUT WOULD BE A PREFERRED OPTION IN THIS LOCATION. 509 00:34:55,261 --> 00:35:01,134 TO THAT END PUBLIC WORKS HAVE PREPARED A CONCEPT PLAN HERE 510 00:35:01,134 --> 00:35:04,871 AND REQUESTED MODOT PROVIDE US COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR 511 00:35:04,871 --> 00:35:09,675 TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US IF WE 512 00:35:09,675 --> 00:35:13,546 CAN FIND FUNDING FOR THE DIFFERENCE AND FOR REFERENCE A 513 00:35:13,546 --> 00:35:15,882 DIFFICULT PROJECT COST BETWEEN 1 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS 514 00:35:15,882 --> 00:35:18,951 WITH THE SIGNAL AROUND ONE THIRD OF THAT COST BUT IT'S 515 00:35:18,951 --> 00:35:23,890 IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS IS NOT IN THE CORRECT TAX. 516 00:35:23,890 --> 00:35:27,260 WE WANT THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS WITH ME 517 00:35:27,260 --> 00:35:31,300 AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 518 00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:34,701 >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS PROJECT, VALERIE. 519 00:35:34,701 --> 00:35:40,701 >>Council Member Carroll: CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT OTHER TRAFFIC 520 00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:48,975 CALLING DEVICES WERE CONSIDERED AND HOW YOU ENDED UP ON SPEED 521 00:35:57,724 --> 00:35:58,257 TABLES? 522 00:35:58,257 --> 00:36:01,794 >> WITH ALMOST ALL OUR TRAFFIC CALLING PROJECTS THE FIRST 523 00:36:01,794 --> 00:36:04,797 INTERESTED PARTIES MEETING IS MORE OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE 524 00:36:04,797 --> 00:36:07,734 DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE. 525 00:36:07,734 --> 00:36:10,937 SOME DO A BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE 526 00:36:10,937 --> 00:36:15,875 ISSUE IS SO ALL THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST MEETING. 527 00:36:15,875 --> 00:36:18,770 THERE WAS A PREFERENCE FOR SPEED HUMPS. 528 00:36:18,770 --> 00:36:22,215 WE THINK THAT THE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES WE SEE ON WHITEGATE 529 00:36:22,215 --> 00:36:28,215 AND THAT'S WHY WE PROPOSED THEM ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. 530 00:36:29,220 --> 00:36:31,957 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR 531 00:36:31,957 --> 00:36:35,557 STAFF, SHARON. SHARON AND THEN VERA. 532 00:36:40,166 --> 00:36:44,966 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE OTHER 2 PROJECTS DISCUSSED 533 00:36:49,108 --> 00:36:52,377 IN THE APRIL MEETING, WHERE ARE THOSE IN THE PROCESS? 534 00:36:52,377 --> 00:36:54,377 THE LAKE. 535 00:37:03,589 --> 00:37:07,193 >> THAT'S A VERY UNIQUE PROJECT AS THERE WAS A HOLD MAILBOX 536 00:37:07,193 --> 00:37:11,393 COLLECTOR. ISSUE THAT CAME UP DURING THESE 537 00:37:11,464 --> 00:37:17,202 MEETINGS WHERE THEY WERE NOT MAYBE LOCATED AS THEY WOULD BE 538 00:37:17,202 --> 00:37:20,206 TODAY AS I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE CITY TO 539 00:37:20,206 --> 00:37:22,606 IMPLEMENT THE MAILBOX CLUSTER. 540 00:37:23,142 --> 00:37:27,790 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: AND THE OTHER ONE, I'M TRYING 541 00:37:27,790 --> 00:37:31,351 TO LOOK BACK AT THE MEMO, HIGHLANDS PARKWAY. 542 00:37:31,351 --> 00:37:36,751 BECAUSE ALL THREE WERE APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME. 543 00:37:36,956 --> 00:37:41,156 >> HIGHLANDS PARKWAY IS A FEW WEEKS BEHIND. 544 00:37:43,763 --> 00:37:46,833 WE TRY NOT TO DO THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. 545 00:37:46,833 --> 00:37:48,833 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA. 546 00:37:53,906 --> 00:37:56,776 >>Council Member Elwood: JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, COULD YOU 547 00:37:56,776 --> 00:38:00,646 GO BACK TO THE SLIDE OF THE PROJECT WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING 548 00:38:00,646 --> 00:38:01,781 ABOUT? THANK YOU. 549 00:38:01,781 --> 00:38:06,581 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, CHRISTINA. 550 00:38:10,722 --> 00:38:14,527 >>Council Member Hartman: TO TALK ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT, 551 00:38:14,527 --> 00:38:17,262 SORRY. IF IT'S WITHIN THIS AGENDA 552 00:38:17,262 --> 00:38:19,265 ITEM, I AM CURIOUS. 553 00:38:19,265 --> 00:38:25,865 >>Mayor Buffaloe: IT IS NOT ON WHAT WE ARE PROVING TONIGHT. 554 00:38:33,146 --> 00:38:36,883 >>Council Member Hartman: THEN I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL 555 00:38:36,883 --> 00:38:37,483 WAIT. 556 00:38:37,483 --> 00:38:40,953 >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING ON 557 00:38:40,953 --> 00:38:44,157 WHITEGATE DRIVE, I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISH TO 558 00:38:44,157 --> 00:38:47,159 SPEAK ON INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING ON WHITEGATE 559 00:38:47,159 --> 00:38:49,559 DRIVE. YOU ARE IT. 560 00:38:52,565 --> 00:38:56,235 >>Public Speaker: PAUL LAND, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER: 561 00:38:56,235 --> 00:39:01,350 WHITEGATE DRIVE AT 2100 WHITEGATE UNDER THE TITLE OF 562 00:39:06,111 --> 00:39:09,849 LAST ENTERPRISES LLC. LAST ENTERPRISES CONSISTS OF 2 563 00:39:09,849 --> 00:39:14,987 PEOPLE, MY WIFE AND YSELF. LESLIE THERE ARE THREE 564 00:39:14,987 --> 00:39:18,124 BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN THAT BUILDING AND THE LEAD TENANT BE 565 00:39:18,124 --> 00:39:23,524 IN COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY. I SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC CALMING 566 00:39:27,533 --> 00:39:29,736 DEVICES, I ATTENDED A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT 567 00:39:29,736 --> 00:39:33,605 TALKED ABOUT THOSE. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE 568 00:39:33,605 --> 00:39:37,543 ROUNDABOUT SPECIFICALLY EVEN THOUGH THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS. 569 00:39:37,543 --> 00:39:40,546 TO THE EAST, BUT THE I-70 CHANGES WILL MAKE MATERIAL 570 00:39:40,546 --> 00:39:42,214 CHANGES HERE WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS. 571 00:39:42,214 --> 00:39:48,214 CLARK LANE AS IT COMES WEST FROM HIGHWAY 63 AND TRAVELS 572 00:39:53,970 --> 00:39:57,173 BEHIND THE BUILDING COLUMBIA INSURANCE AS ON THAT MAP WHERE 573 00:39:57,173 --> 00:40:03,173 IT'S LOCATED WILL BE OBLITERATED AS PART OF THE I-70 574 00:40:06,316 --> 00:40:09,586 EXPANSION SO ALL TRAFFIC WILL NOT TRAVEL BEHIND THIS BUILDING 575 00:40:09,586 --> 00:40:13,389 ANYMORE, IT WILL TRAVEL TO THE SIDE OF TOWN DRIVE AND HEADING 576 00:40:13,389 --> 00:40:16,860 TO THE WEST ALONG WHITEGATE TO THE WEST WHERE IT BECOMES HERE 577 00:40:16,860 --> 00:40:21,197 FOR SO CLARK LANE WILL TURN INTO TOWN DRIVE AND THEN TURN 578 00:40:21,197 --> 00:40:23,266 INTO HERE FOR ALL WITHIN AND A HALF MILE. 579 00:40:23,266 --> 00:40:27,470 SEEMS NOTABLE TO BE THERE WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING TO CALL THAT 580 00:40:27,470 --> 00:40:32,270 CLARK LANE. I HAVE NO OBJECTION, I'M THE 581 00:40:33,809 --> 00:40:39,809 ONLY PROPERTY OWNER BETWEEN TOWN DRIVE AND PARIS ROAD THAT 582 00:40:49,425 --> 00:40:52,495 HAS A WHITEGATE ADDRESS. IF IN THE FUTURE A DECISION IS 583 00:40:52,495 --> 00:40:55,364 MADE TO CALL OUT CLARK LANE I WOULD SUPPORT IT.I ALSO 584 00:40:55,364 --> 00:40:58,435 SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A ROUNDABOUT THERE VERSUS A 585 00:40:58,435 --> 00:41:01,504 TRAFFIC LIGHT PERMIT THE LOCATION OF THOSE DRIVES, THE 586 00:41:01,504 --> 00:41:05,508 DRIVES SERVING THE BACKSIDE OF CLARK LANE WILL BE OBLITERATED 587 00:41:05,508 --> 00:41:09,708 TO. SO THE LOCATION OF THOSE DRIVES 588 00:41:10,713 --> 00:41:13,783 WILL CAUSE A STRAIN ON THE POTENTIAL OCCUPANTS OF THAT 589 00:41:13,783 --> 00:41:16,853 PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE IF A TRAFFIC LIGHT IS PUT THERE 590 00:41:16,853 --> 00:41:21,457 BECAUSE IT WOULD CAUSE A STACKING OF TRAFFIC DURING PEAK 591 00:41:21,457 --> 00:41:23,459 HOURS. DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOURS 592 00:41:23,459 --> 00:41:26,596 AND EVENING PEAK HOURS SO A ROUNDABOUT BE DESIRABLE. 593 00:41:26,596 --> 00:41:28,998 TO THAT END WE ARE WILLING TO MAKE A DONATION OF THE LAND 594 00:41:28,998 --> 00:41:34,537 THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT THAT ROUNDABOUT IF THAT DECISION IS 595 00:41:34,537 --> 00:41:39,937 REACHED IN THE FUTURE. NOW OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A 596 00:41:41,277 --> 00:41:44,413 COUPLE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS THERE THAT HAVE TO MAKE A 597 00:41:44,413 --> 00:41:47,550 SIMILAR POSITION MAYBE WE BELIEVE THE CITY SUPPORTS IT IN 598 00:41:47,550 --> 00:41:51,221 THE CITY OWNS LAND TO THE NORTHEAST AND I'M WILLING TO 599 00:41:51,221 --> 00:41:55,358 REACH OUT TO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ASSISTANCE SO THAT'S 600 00:41:55,358 --> 00:41:58,940 THE EXTENT OF MY COMMENTS. 601 00:41:58,940 --> 00:42:01,300 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO 602 00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:04,100 SPEAK ABOUT THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALLING ON WHITEGATE 603 00:42:04,100 --> 00:42:06,102 DRIVE? SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE 604 00:42:06,102 --> 00:42:09,972 PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL OR 605 00:42:09,972 --> 00:42:14,172 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT CAME UP ON THIS? 606 00:42:14,710 --> 00:42:19,582 I WILL HAVE SHEILA GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLE OR MAKE A MOTION FOR 607 00:42:19,582 --> 00:42:24,982 STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING 608 00:42:34,530 --> 00:42:37,600 ON WHITEGATE DRIVE, DO I HAVE A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY 609 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:38,868 AYE. ANY OPPOSED. 610 00:42:38,868 --> 00:42:42,672 ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ 611 00:42:42,672 --> 00:42:43,873 PUBLIC HEARING 2526. 612 00:42:43,873 --> 00:42:46,609 >> THE CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF 613 00:42:46,609 --> 00:42:49,745 COLUMBIA PHASE 2 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WASTEWATER 614 00:42:49,745 --> 00:42:51,745 AND STORMWATER. 615 00:42:51,747 --> 00:42:56,547 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? 616 00:42:56,618 --> 00:43:00,818 YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT DOWN, SORRY. 617 00:43:07,429 --> 00:43:10,990 >> GOOD EVENING. ERIN KEYS, UTILITIES DIRECTOR 618 00:43:10,990 --> 00:43:13,236 WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SEWER AND STORM WATER PERMIT 619 00:43:13,236 --> 00:43:16,906 THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR ADOPTION OF PHASE 2 OF THE 620 00:43:16,906 --> 00:43:19,906 WASTEWATER STORMWATER INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN. 621 00:43:20,977 --> 00:43:25,848 QUICK HISTORY, WE EMBARKED UPON THIS PLAN TO ALLOW THE CITY TO 622 00:43:25,848 --> 00:43:29,718 PRIORITIZE AND DIRECT HOW WE SPEND FUNDS TO ADDRESS ALL OUR 623 00:43:29,718 --> 00:43:33,255 MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL AND REGULATORY NEEDS IN BOTH SEWER 624 00:43:33,255 --> 00:43:38,655 AND STORM WATER. THE CITY WAS FACED WITH, AND 625 00:43:40,997 --> 00:43:44,800 THIS WAS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO THE CITY WAS FACED WITH AN 626 00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,937 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT THAT REQUIRE THE UTILITIES, 627 00:43:47,937 --> 00:43:51,741 THAT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE THE UTILITIES SPEND MORE THAN 57 628 00:43:51,741 --> 00:43:55,110 MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AS DICTATED BY THE REGULATORY 629 00:43:55,110 --> 00:43:59,211 AGENCIES NOT HAVE COMPLETELY BENEFITED OUR COMMUNITY. 630 00:43:59,282 --> 00:44:04,200 INSTEAD WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN 631 00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:05,355 THAT ALLOWS THE CITY. 632 00:44:05,355 --> 00:44:09,291 >> ABILITY TO ORGANIZE AND FUND WORK AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 633 00:44:09,291 --> 00:44:15,291 AS OUR COMMUNITY SEES FIT. SO WHAT IS THE INTEGRATED 634 00:44:15,564 --> 00:44:17,700 MANAGEMENT PLAN? IT'S A COMMUNITY DRIVEN 635 00:44:17,700 --> 00:44:21,900 AFFORDABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT LEVERAGES EXISTING ASSETS 636 00:44:23,439 --> 00:44:27,577 AND IMPLEMENTS INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE 637 00:44:27,577 --> 00:44:31,777 OUR COMMUNITIES PRIORITIES WHICH ARE IMPROVING PUBLIC 638 00:44:33,649 --> 00:44:36,786 HEALTH AND SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE, SUSTAINABLE SERVICE FOR 639 00:44:36,786 --> 00:44:40,723 THE FUTURE, WATER QUALITY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. 640 00:44:40,723 --> 00:44:47,323 THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PHASE I WAS COMPLETED IN 2019 AND HAS 641 00:44:55,137 --> 00:44:57,340 BEEN IMPLEMENTED SINCE THAT TIME. 642 00:44:57,340 --> 00:45:00,142 PHASE 2 WAS STARTED IN 2024 AND WE ARE STARTING IMPLEMENTATION 643 00:45:00,142 --> 00:45:03,120 THIS YEAR. IT'S TYPICALLY ON A FIVE-YEAR 644 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:07,150 CYCLE RUNS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR DNR PERMITS AS PART OF THIS 645 00:45:07,150 --> 00:45:10,953 PROCESS WE HAD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN OUTREACH WHICH 646 00:45:10,953 --> 00:45:16,353 INCLUDED A CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER SURVEY ONLINE FROM MAY 647 00:45:17,930 --> 00:45:21,970 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024 KOREA PUBLIC MEETING IN AUGUST 2024 648 00:45:21,970 --> 00:45:24,901 THIS WAS ALSO PRESENTED TO THE THINGS IN GREEK COLLABORATIVE 649 00:45:24,901 --> 00:45:28,104 MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER GROUP. SO WHAT DID WE DO IN PHASE 1? 650 00:45:28,104 --> 00:45:31,240 AGAIN WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR ACTION PLAN SO THAT FIRST PHASE 651 00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:33,710 INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COMPLETE ONLY REGULATORY ITEMS, WE SPEND 652 00:45:33,710 --> 00:45:40,310 OUR MONEY AND EFFORTS ON BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON MAINTAINING 653 00:45:43,453 --> 00:45:46,453 AND IMPROVING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. 654 00:45:46,789 --> 00:45:52,189 AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT WE COMPLETED A REHABILITATION OF 655 00:45:52,595 --> 00:45:55,864 THE DIGESTER COMPLEX WHICH INCLUDES THE ROOFS AND MIXING 656 00:45:55,864 --> 00:46:01,864 SYSTEM AND WE ALSO UPGRADED ALL OUR 25 PUMP STATIONS WITH 657 00:46:09,344 --> 00:46:11,547 TELEMETRY SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AT ALL TIMES. 658 00:46:11,547 --> 00:46:15,418 FOR OUR WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM WE REDUCED SANITARY 659 00:46:15,418 --> 00:46:18,488 SEWER OVERFLOW EVENTS. THAT'S WHAT SSO STANDS FOR. 660 00:46:18,488 --> 00:46:21,491 AND WE DID THAT THROUGH HIGHFLYING PROJECTS WHICH ALSO 661 00:46:21,491 --> 00:46:23,827 EXTENDS THE LIFE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 662 00:46:23,827 --> 00:46:28,627 WE ALSO COMPLETED A NUMBER, COMPLETED SOME SIGNIFICANT 663 00:46:30,340 --> 00:46:32,168 OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO REDUCE OUR SSO'S. 664 00:46:32,168 --> 00:46:37,907 WE COMPLETED A NEW SEWER LEVEL WHICH WILL HELP US IDENTIFY 665 00:46:37,907 --> 00:46:43,907 WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR REHABILITATION EFFORTS IN THE 666 00:46:44,314 --> 00:46:48,514 SEWER SYSTEM. ON STORMWATER, IN ADDITION TO 2 667 00:47:06,670 --> 00:47:09,673 SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL PROJECTS A REGIONAL DETENTION PROJECT 668 00:47:09,673 --> 00:47:12,742 OVERLIE CALVERT DRIVE AND OUR HANG SENG CREEK BANK 669 00:47:12,742 --> 00:47:16,746 STABILIZATION PROJECT WE DID A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK ON 670 00:47:16,746 --> 00:47:19,817 INSPECTING OUR STORMWATER OUTFALLS LOOKING FOR DISCHARGE 671 00:47:19,817 --> 00:47:22,753 DETECTION ISSUES AND THEN WE DID A SIGNIFICANT GAIN IN 672 00:47:22,753 --> 00:47:25,955 MIDDLE TYPE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION. 673 00:47:25,955 --> 00:47:30,693 SO CURRENTLY OUR PERMITS, CURRENT PERMITS FOR WASTEWATER 674 00:47:30,693 --> 00:47:34,764 TREATMENT PLANT AND OUR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER 675 00:47:34,764 --> 00:47:38,502 SYSTEM PERMIT WHICH IS OUR STORMWATER PERMIT, THE CURRENT 676 00:47:38,502 --> 00:47:41,571 REQUIREMENTS ON WASTEWATER PLANT WE HAVE LIMITS ON BOD AND 677 00:47:41,571 --> 00:47:45,175 TSS AND AMMONIA. IN THE FUTURE WITH THE WATER 678 00:47:45,175 --> 00:47:51,775 QUALITY CRITERIA UPDATES FROM DNR WE WILL BE EXPECTED TO, OR 679 00:47:53,250 --> 00:47:57,120 THE LIMITS FOR AMMONIA COULD CHANGE THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND 680 00:47:57,120 --> 00:48:02,459 THERE IS AN EXPECTATION WE WILL START REMOVING, HAVE LIMITS FOR 681 00:48:02,459 --> 00:48:06,659 TOTAL PHOSPHORUS. CURRENTLY PLANS OF OUR SIZE 682 00:48:11,268 --> 00:48:15,710 THAT TOTAL PHOSPHORUS LIMIT IS REQUIRED BY 2029 BECAUSE OF OUR 683 00:48:15,710 --> 00:48:20,610 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH THAT OFF 684 00:48:20,610 --> 00:48:22,145 HOPEFULLY WE WILL PUSH THAT OFF UNTIL 2033. 685 00:48:22,145 --> 00:48:26,345 GIVE US TIME TO DO OPTIMIZATION WORK. 686 00:48:28,618 --> 00:48:31,487 E. COLI IS ANOTHER WATER QUALITY PARAMETER BOTH 687 00:48:31,487 --> 00:48:37,493 IMPORTANT AT THE WASTEWATER PLAN AND IS ON MANY, WE HAD A 688 00:48:37,493 --> 00:48:40,630 NUMBER OF IMPAIRED WATER IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA THAT ARE 689 00:48:40,630 --> 00:48:46,903 LISTED FOR HOLLAND, THAT'S WHAT THE 303D LIST IS THOSE ARE SOME 690 00:48:46,903 --> 00:48:52,303 ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO INCORPORATE IN THIS PLAN. 691 00:48:53,310 --> 00:48:56,246 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSALS IN PHASE 2? 692 00:48:56,246 --> 00:48:59,382 AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT YOU NEED TO, WE ARE PLANNING ON 693 00:48:59,382 --> 00:49:05,122 DOING AN OPTIMIZATION STUDIES THAT WILL INCLUDE A LOT OF 694 00:49:05,122 --> 00:49:07,190 THINGS. THE FIRST THING IS NUTRIENT 695 00:49:07,190 --> 00:49:11,128 REMOVAL WHICH IS PHOSPHORUS AND AMMONIA RENT WHAT ARE THE BEST 696 00:49:11,128 --> 00:49:17,728 MECHANISMS FOR US TO DO THAT IN THE MOST COST-EFFICIENT WAY 697 00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:19,936 POSSIBLE. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THAT 698 00:49:19,936 --> 00:49:25,208 OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR ENERGY USE AT THE WASTEWATER 699 00:49:25,208 --> 00:49:28,211 PLANT, THE WASTEWATER PLANT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ENERGY 700 00:49:28,211 --> 00:49:31,281 USERS IN THE CITY SO IF WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THAT ELECTRICAL 701 00:49:31,281 --> 00:49:35,481 USE SOMEHOW WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT. 702 00:49:36,190 --> 00:49:39,423 SLUDGE MANAGEMENT IS ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. 703 00:49:39,423 --> 00:49:45,962 AS A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH OUR FLOWS 704 00:49:45,962 --> 00:49:49,320 HAVE NOT ACTUALLY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST 705 00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:54,432 DECADE, THE CONCENTRATION OF SOLIDS IN THAT FLOW HAVE 706 00:49:55,171 --> 00:49:57,240 INCREASED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS PEOPLE 707 00:49:57,240 --> 00:50:01,844 ARE PUTTING IN MORE WATER SAVING DEVICES AND CONSERVATION 708 00:50:01,844 --> 00:50:07,984 DEVICES, WE DON'T GET AS MUCH FLOW BUT WE ARE GETTING MORE 709 00:50:07,984 --> 00:50:14,584 SOLIDS IN THAT FLOW. SO WE NEED TO BE SURE OUR 710 00:50:18,528 --> 00:50:21,598 FACILITY CAN ADEQUATELY TREAT THOSE SOLIDS IN THE FUTURE. 711 00:50:21,598 --> 00:50:24,667 AND THEN DISINFECTION WILL BE ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE 712 00:50:24,667 --> 00:50:27,537 WASTEWATER PROCESS. AS FAR AS OUR COLLECTION 713 00:50:27,537 --> 00:50:33,537 SYSTEM, AGAIN, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO IS CONTINUING 714 00:50:34,811 --> 00:50:38,411 OUR COMMON COLLECTOR ELIMINATION PROJECTS WHICH 715 00:50:38,815 --> 00:50:41,284 PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT. 716 00:50:41,284 --> 00:50:46,840 WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THAT LIST. 717 00:50:54,497 --> 00:50:57,633 AN ORDERLY SYSTEM EXPANSION TO PROTECT OUR CREEKS AND STREAMS 718 00:50:57,633 --> 00:51:01,637 AND CONTINUED WORK ON INFLOW AND INFILTRATION REDUCTION TO 719 00:51:01,637 --> 00:51:05,375 REDUCE OVERFLOWS AND BACKUPS. MOST OF THAT WORK IS OUR 720 00:51:05,375 --> 00:51:08,511 REHABILITATION OF PIPES AND THEN USING THE HYDRAULIC MODEL 721 00:51:08,511 --> 00:51:11,647 WE RECENTLY COMPLETED TO BETTER IDENTIFY AREAS WE NEED TO TAKE 722 00:51:11,647 --> 00:51:14,651 MORE FOCUSED EFFORTS. WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL EVENTS 723 00:51:14,651 --> 00:51:20,651 WE KNOW WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR EXISTING REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS 724 00:51:23,727 --> 00:51:26,663 AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU IN 725 00:51:26,663 --> 00:51:31,463 DECEMBER WITH THOSE UPDATES. AND THEN REGARDING STORMWATER 726 00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:39,403 MANAGEMENT, WE ARE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH 727 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:47,284 FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECTS. IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR 728 00:51:47,284 --> 00:51:50,420 STREAMS THROUGH OUR MS 4 PROGRAMS AND GOING BACK TO THE 729 00:51:50,420 --> 00:51:53,490 CORRUGATED METAL PIPE, WE'VE DONE THAT CONDITION ASSESSMENT 730 00:51:53,490 --> 00:52:00,900 SO WE ARE PRIORITIZING WHICH TYPES WE NEED TO FOCUS ON 731 00:52:00,430 --> 00:52:02,832 REPLACING OR POTENTIALLY WHINING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 732 00:52:02,832 --> 00:52:08,832 SO WITH THAT I'M WILLING TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY 733 00:52:12,175 --> 00:52:13,443 QUESTIONS. 734 00:52:13,443 --> 00:52:16,313 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU ERIN, ANY QUESTIONS FROM 735 00:52:16,313 --> 00:52:17,981 COUNCILMEMBERS FOR STAFF, CHRISTINA. 736 00:52:17,981 --> 00:52:23,119 >>Council Member Hartman: COULD YOU ELABORATE ON WHY WE 737 00:52:23,119 --> 00:52:26,189 ARE PUSHING BACK TOTAL PHOSPHORUS TO 2033 BECAUSE OF 738 00:52:26,189 --> 00:52:27,791 WHAT YOU SAID? 739 00:52:27,791 --> 00:52:32,462 >> SURE. THE IDEA IS WE WANT TO, WE 740 00:52:32,462 --> 00:52:37,862 ALREADY DO SOME PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT 741 00:52:39,536 --> 00:52:42,538 SO WE WANT TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AT OUR PROCESS TO SEE 742 00:52:42,538 --> 00:52:45,608 IF WE CAN OPTIMIZE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND MEET THE 743 00:52:45,608 --> 00:52:51,800 REMOVAL REQUIREMENTS. THEN WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE 744 00:52:52,940 --> 00:52:55,564 IN OUR BEST INTEREST INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME 745 00:52:55,564 --> 00:52:58,833 MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT TO 746 00:52:58,833 --> 00:53:03,705 MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. WE WANT TO DO THE STUDY FIRST 747 00:53:03,705 --> 00:53:07,175 AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND IF IT DOESN'T 748 00:53:07,175 --> 00:53:13,915 WORK OUT LIKE WE HOPED, WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME CAPITAL 749 00:53:13,915 --> 00:53:18,120 PLANNING IN ORDER TO FUND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. 750 00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:21,122 >>Council Member Hartman: FOLLOW-UP, WHAT KIND OF 751 00:53:21,122 --> 00:53:28,729 TIMELINE THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT 752 00:53:28,729 --> 00:53:32,467 THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THE SECOND WOULD BE WOULD DO THE 753 00:53:32,467 --> 00:53:36,667 OPTIMIZATION STUDY? WOULD THAT BE IN-HOUSE OR 754 00:53:38,940 --> 00:53:39,408 EXTERNAL? 755 00:53:39,408 --> 00:53:42,878 >> WE WOULD PROBABLY HIRE AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO HELP US 756 00:53:42,878 --> 00:53:47,678 WITH THE AUGMENTATION BECAUSE IT COULD BE COMPLEX. 757 00:53:49,817 --> 00:53:52,220 IT INVOLVES A LOT OF ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS. 758 00:53:52,220 --> 00:53:55,900 THEN YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN THE 759 00:53:55,900 --> 00:54:00,490 PLANT WAS UPGRADED IN 2013, WHEN THAT UPGRADE WAS DESIGNED, 760 00:54:00,829 --> 00:54:06,229 IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT NITROGEN REMOVAL WAS GOING TO 761 00:54:06,301 --> 00:54:12,106 BE MORE IMPORTANT. SO IT WAS SET UP FOR AN 762 00:54:12,106 --> 00:54:14,108 IMPROVEMENT FOR NITROGEN REMOVAL. 763 00:54:14,108 --> 00:54:19,508 THEN DNR ACTUALLY CHANGED AND THEY BROUGHT FORWARD PHOSPHORUS 764 00:54:20,248 --> 00:54:23,248 REMOVAL BEFORE THE NITROGEN REMOVAL. 765 00:54:24,386 --> 00:54:26,988 THERE ARE PROBABLY STILL SOME ASPECTS OF THE FACILITY WE 766 00:54:26,988 --> 00:54:31,788 COULD USE TOWARDS PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL BUT THERE'S 2 DIFFERENT 767 00:54:32,660 --> 00:54:34,663 KINDS. YOU CAN EITHER DO CHEMICAL OR 768 00:54:34,663 --> 00:54:41,263 YOU CAN DO IT OPERATIONALLY. SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE 769 00:54:46,608 --> 00:54:49,770 OPTIMIZATION TO SEE WHICH ONE WILL BEST SUIT OUR NEEDS. 770 00:54:49,770 --> 00:54:53,877 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, VALERIE. 771 00:54:58,620 --> 00:55:00,555 >>Mayor Buffaloe: 772 00:55:00,555 --> 00:55:03,491 >>Council Member Carroll: YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMIND 773 00:55:03,491 --> 00:55:06,294 ME EVERY TIME. YOU CALLED OUT THAT YOU WOULD 774 00:55:06,294 --> 00:55:11,633 BE LOOKING AT WHAT AREAS TO DO LINING IN OVER THE NEXT FIVE 775 00:55:11,633 --> 00:55:15,233 YEARS. IS THAT SHORT IN-PLACE PIPE 776 00:55:16,705 --> 00:55:19,400 PROGRAM YOU'RE REFERRING TO? 777 00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:25,400 >> YES, WE ARE DOING THE CURE IN-PLACE PIPE LIGHTING PROJECTS 778 00:55:26,381 --> 00:55:31,386 BUT FOR THE INI PROGRAM THERE IS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT CAN BE 779 00:55:31,386 --> 00:55:33,321 DONE. THERE'S LIGHTING MANHOLES, 780 00:55:33,321 --> 00:55:38,721 PUTTING THEY CALLED TOP HATS IN THE LATERAL CONNECTION. 781 00:55:44,733 --> 00:55:48,300 THERE'S SMOKE TESTING, THERE'S SOME MORE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE 782 00:55:48,300 --> 00:55:50,738 ON SPECIFICALLY INFLOW AND INFILTRATION. 783 00:55:50,738 --> 00:55:56,678 WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR LINING THAT IS PART OF THIS 784 00:55:56,678 --> 00:55:58,613 PLAN. $2.7 MILLION IS FUNDED EVERY 785 00:55:58,613 --> 00:56:01,883 YEAR JUST TO GO TOWARDS LIGHTING. 786 00:56:01,883 --> 00:56:05,553 BUT WE WILL ALSO START LOOKING WITH OUR SEWER MODEL WE WILL BE 787 00:56:05,553 --> 00:56:12,153 ABLE TO START HONING IN ON THOSE AREAS THAT REALLY HAVE 788 00:56:13,895 --> 00:56:16,965 INFLOW AND INFILTRATION PROBLEMS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO 789 00:56:16,965 --> 00:56:19,330 WORK ON THAT A LITTLE FURTHER. 790 00:56:19,330 --> 00:56:22,704 >> HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY AREAS THAT HAVE INFLOW AND 791 00:56:22,704 --> 00:56:24,704 INFILTRATION PROBLEMS. 792 00:56:27,909 --> 00:56:31,780 >> THEY DO THAT THROUGH FLOW MONITORING WHERE THEY MONITOR 793 00:56:31,780 --> 00:56:35,450 THE FLOW IN DRY WEATHER AND WET WEATHER TO SEE WHAT THE 794 00:56:35,450 --> 00:56:38,653 DIFFERENCE IS AND THERE'S UNEXPECTED DIFFERENCE AND IF IT 795 00:56:38,653 --> 00:56:43,525 GOES ABOVE THAT THEN THAT MAY BE AN AREA WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. 796 00:56:43,525 --> 00:56:46,661 YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE A CONTRACT COMING THROUGH COUNSEL HERE IN 797 00:56:46,661 --> 00:56:53,261 THE NEXT MEETING I BELIEVE. FOR OUR CONTRACT TO DO JUST 798 00:56:56,404 --> 00:56:56,871 THAT. 799 00:56:56,871 --> 00:56:59,541 >> I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. IS THERE ANY DATA AVAILABLE 800 00:56:59,541 --> 00:57:05,814 THAT WE CAN REVIEW AS A COUNSELOR AS TO WHAT AREA HAS 801 00:57:05,814 --> 00:57:10,140 THOSE DIFFERENCES THAT WERE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED? 802 00:57:12,870 --> 00:57:18,687 >> IS STUDIES THAT WE DID IN THE PAST ARE OLDER NOW. 803 00:57:24,699 --> 00:57:27,769 WE'VE LINED SO MUCH THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE 804 00:57:27,769 --> 00:57:30,769 THEN. IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE 805 00:57:30,772 --> 00:57:34,372 ACCURATE I GUESS OR UP-TO-DATE. CORRECT. 806 00:57:44,185 --> 00:57:47,189 >>Council Member Carroll: WE HAD AREAS IN THE PAST WHERE WE 807 00:57:47,189 --> 00:57:49,189 HAVE FILLED IN. 808 00:57:49,925 --> 00:57:54,125 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? 809 00:58:07,141 --> 00:58:10,278 SEEING NONE I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING. 810 00:58:10,278 --> 00:58:14,149 WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON PHASE 2, YOU 811 00:58:14,149 --> 00:58:17,218 CAN KEEP WALKING. I'M FILLING TIME UNTIL YOU GET 812 00:58:17,218 --> 00:58:21,230 UP HERE FOR THE SEWER AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN YOU CAN 813 00:58:21,230 --> 00:58:24,159 DIRECT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AWARD AND DIRECT YOUR 814 00:58:24,159 --> 00:58:25,360 QUESTIONS TO ASK. 815 00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:26,228 >>. 816 00:58:26,228 --> 00:58:29,230 >>Public Speaker: I'M A CITIZEN AND FOR THE WASTEWATER FACILITY 817 00:58:29,230 --> 00:58:32,767 WHICH IT WAS STATED THERE'S SO MUCH SOLID THAT IT'S THE SOLID 818 00:58:32,767 --> 00:58:35,904 CONCENTRATION IN THE WATER IS TOO HIGH SO CAN YOU USE SOME OF 819 00:58:35,904 --> 00:58:39,173 THAT OUTLET STREAM THAT HAS ALL THE SOLIDS REMOVAL DILUTE THE 820 00:58:39,173 --> 00:58:43,378 SOLID BEFORE IT ENTERS THE FACILITY SO YOU HAVE THE SAME 821 00:58:43,378 --> 00:58:50,578 SOLID WATER MIXTURE AS BEFORE AND THEN FOR THE SECOND ONE THE 822 00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:58,126 PIPE IS LINED, THE LINING WILL NOT STOP, IF IT'S PROMOTED AND 823 00:58:58,126 --> 00:59:01,929 THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS REDUCED WILL THAT LINING STILL KEEP A 824 00:59:01,929 --> 00:59:07,736 TUNNEL OR PIPE UPRIGHT OR IS THERE GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE. 825 00:59:07,736 --> 00:59:14,936 LIKE DO YOU STILL NEED TO REPLACE SOME OF THE PIPE 'S. 826 00:59:15,477 --> 00:59:18,346 >>Mayor Buffaloe: SHEILA, DID YOU GET HIS NAMES? 827 00:59:18,346 --> 00:59:21,352 YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE MINUTES. 828 00:59:21,352 --> 00:59:24,952 >>Public Speaker: LAST NAME IS THOMAS. 829 00:59:29,159 --> 00:59:32,763 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK 830 00:59:32,763 --> 00:59:37,563 ON THE PROPOSED INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PHASE 2 FOR WASTE 831 00:59:39,303 --> 00:59:42,390 WATER AND SEWER. SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE 832 00:59:42,390 --> 00:59:45,390 PUBLIC HEARING. ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP, FURTHER 833 00:59:49,580 --> 00:59:51,649 QUESTIONS ASKED. IF YOU WANT TO THE QUESTIONS 834 00:59:51,649 --> 00:59:58,249 ASKED FROM THE PUBLIC IF YOU HAVE ANSWERS THOSE WOULD BE 835 00:59:59,523 --> 01:00:00,560 HELPFUL. 836 01:00:00,560 --> 01:00:02,726 >> IN TERMS OF THE SOLIDS MANAGEMENT, MOVING PHOSPHORUS 837 01:00:02,726 --> 01:00:06,597 MAY INCREASE THE SOLIDS WE HAVE TO MANAGE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S 838 01:00:06,597 --> 01:00:12,597 DRIVING THE SOLIDS STUDY. AND THAT'S ALSO A FUNCTION OF 839 01:00:15,939 --> 01:00:18,142 WHETHER WE REMOVE IT CHEMICALLY OR BIOLOGICALLY. 840 01:00:18,142 --> 01:00:24,481 IF WE REMOVE IT CHEMICALLY WE WILL BE ADDING A MATERIAL THAT 841 01:00:24,481 --> 01:00:27,551 WILL CAUSE THE SOLIDS TO PRECIPITATE AND INCREASE THE 842 01:00:27,551 --> 01:00:30,554 AMOUNT OF SOLIDS. THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING 843 01:00:30,554 --> 01:00:33,423 THE SOLIDS STUDY. IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURAL 844 01:00:33,423 --> 01:00:36,427 QUESTION ABOUT THE PIPE IF WE GET TO THE CORRUGATED METAL 845 01:00:36,427 --> 01:00:40,164 PIPE SOON ENOUGH AND REHAB IT AND LINE IT BEFORE IT'S TOO BAD 846 01:00:40,164 --> 01:00:42,366 WE CAN MAINTAIN ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. 847 01:00:42,366 --> 01:00:50,166 IF WE GET TO IT TOO LATE THAT IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. 848 01:00:52,176 --> 01:00:54,111 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL. 849 01:00:54,111 --> 01:00:56,111 YES STAFF. 850 01:00:56,180 --> 01:01:01,580 >> BAGS FOR UPGRADING THE SYSTEM ON THE PHASE 1 BECAUSE 851 01:01:01,919 --> 01:01:04,988 THE CYBERSECURITY SIDE OF ME WORRIES ABOUT THAT STUFF. 852 01:01:04,988 --> 01:01:10,393 AND THEN IN TERMS OF IF YOU DON'T GET TO THE CORRUGATED 853 01:01:10,393 --> 01:01:17,593 PIPE IN TIME TO APPLY THE LINING IS THAT, DO YOU COME 854 01:01:21,872 --> 01:01:24,875 BACK TO COUNSEL FOR THAT, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A PROCESS 855 01:01:24,875 --> 01:01:28,479 QUESTION BUT TO UPDATE TO A NEW PIPE OR WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT 856 01:01:28,479 --> 01:01:28,946 POINT? 857 01:01:28,946 --> 01:01:31,615 >> MOST OF THE PIPE WHEN WE REPLACE IT OR LINE IT IS 858 01:01:31,615 --> 01:01:34,150 CONSIDERED A MAINTENANCE PROJECT. 859 01:01:35,353 --> 01:01:38,555 SO WE DO IT AS MAINTENANCE. WE HAD TO UPSIZE OR ADD INLETS 860 01:01:38,555 --> 01:01:41,959 OR DO SOME IMPROVEMENT TO IT, THAT'S WHEN IT COMES TO COUNSEL 861 01:01:41,959 --> 01:01:43,827 AS AN IMPROVEMENT. 862 01:01:43,827 --> 01:01:45,827 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE. 863 01:01:52,103 --> 01:01:55,390 >>Council Member Carroll: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING 864 01:01:55,390 --> 01:01:59,430 OUT THE PLAN TO EXPAND THE REIMBURSEMENT PROJECT WRITTEN 865 01:01:59,430 --> 01:02:02,113 THOSE HAVE BEEN A HUGE SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HEAR A LOT 866 01:02:02,113 --> 01:02:05,983 OF INTEREST IN THEM AND AS YOU MENTIONED AFTER THE RACE I 867 01:02:05,983 --> 01:02:10,855 HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF CITIZENS WHO ARE ENGAGING TO FIND OUT 868 01:02:10,855 --> 01:02:14,792 HOW CAN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'VE LEARNED 869 01:02:14,792 --> 01:02:17,995 THEY NEED THOSE SUPPORTS. THAT AS WELL AS OUR MAINTENANCE 870 01:02:17,995 --> 01:02:24,100 I THINK HELPS US STAY AHEAD OF THE MORE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS 871 01:02:24,100 --> 01:02:28,201 AND MORE FREQUENT FLOODING WE'VE BEEN SEEING. 872 01:02:38,149 --> 01:02:41,752 >>Mayor Buffaloe: A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTEGRATED 873 01:02:41,752 --> 01:02:44,955 MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER, DO I HAVE A 874 01:02:44,955 --> 01:02:48,292 SECOND. FROM VERA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, 875 01:02:48,292 --> 01:02:51,162 ANY OPPOSED.THANK YOU. MOVING ON SHEILA WILLIE REED 876 01:02:51,162 --> 01:02:55,362 PUBLIC HEARING 26 - 26 AND ACCOMPANYING BILL 208 - 26. 877 01:02:56,366 --> 01:03:02,966 >> THE SETTING OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THE 2026 CITY OF 878 01:03:07,111 --> 01:03:10,247 COLUMBIA AND COUNSEL BILL 208 26 IS AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE 879 01:03:10,247 --> 01:03:13,316 RATES OF TAXATION AND ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN COLUMBIA OR 880 01:03:13,316 --> 01:03:19,316 THE YEAR 2026 DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE OF 881 01:03:21,191 --> 01:03:24,995 THE PROPERTY TAX RATES AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE 882 01:03:24,995 --> 01:03:27,465 SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. 883 01:03:27,465 --> 01:03:30,267 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT. 884 01:03:30,267 --> 01:03:33,267 >> MATTHEW LU, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. 885 01:03:33,404 --> 01:03:37,700 THIS IS FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT SETS THE PROPERTY RATE FOR 886 01:03:37,700 --> 01:03:39,810 COLUMBIA AT .3918 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION. 887 01:03:39,810 --> 01:03:43,748 THE CITY LEVIES PROPERTY TAXES TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND BASIC 888 01:03:43,748 --> 01:03:46,748 SERVICES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. 889 01:03:57,360 --> 01:04:00,163 THESE RATES ARE SENT EACH YEAR WITHIN LIMITS SET BY THE 890 01:04:00,163 --> 01:04:02,500 CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES OF MISSOURI. 891 01:04:02,500 --> 01:04:06,360 THE RATES ARE BASED ON REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR 892 01:04:06,360 --> 01:04:08,972 WITH AN ALLOWANCE FOR GROWTH BASED ON THE RATES OF 893 01:04:08,972 --> 01:04:11,174 INFLATION. THE 2026 PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTS 894 01:04:11,174 --> 01:04:15,974 THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. THESE PROPERTY TAXES COMPRISED 895 01:04:23,187 --> 01:04:26,190 APPROXIMATELY 9% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 896 01:04:26,190 --> 01:04:28,458 AND THAT IS ROUGHLY $12.2 MILLION. 897 01:04:28,458 --> 01:04:31,328 THE COMPUTER DRAPED FOR 25 WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FISCAL 898 01:04:31,328 --> 01:04:34,198 YEAR 26 REVENUE WAS .39 07 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION. 899 01:04:34,198 --> 01:04:37,868 THIS RATE IS INCREASED TO ABOUT .0011 FOUR 2026. 900 01:04:37,868 --> 01:04:40,268 TWO .3918 PER ASSESSED VALUATION. 901 01:04:47,744 --> 01:04:51,810 AND SO BASICALLY FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 ARE LOOKING AT 12.2 902 01:04:51,810 --> 01:04:54,681 MILLION IF THIS RATE IS PASSED. 903 01:04:57,888 --> 01:05:01,758 >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL TO STAFF. 904 01:05:01,758 --> 01:05:03,758 >>. 905 01:05:08,310 --> 01:05:10,167 >>Mayor Buffaloe: SO IT FLUCTUATES. 906 01:05:10,167 --> 01:05:13,767 YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON. 907 01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:20,444 >> IT FLUCTUATES YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON HOW MANY HOUSES CAME 908 01:05:20,444 --> 01:05:24,181 ON AND ALLOWANCE SO WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO INCREASE 5% FROM 909 01:05:24,181 --> 01:05:27,251 YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE OF THE HANCOCK AMENDMENT. 910 01:05:27,251 --> 01:05:30,254 IF IT INCREASES MORE THAN 5% YOU'LL SEE THAT RATE GO DOWN. 911 01:05:30,254 --> 01:05:33,254 TO ALLOW FOR THAT ONLY 5%. 912 01:05:39,663 --> 01:05:43,333 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC 913 01:05:43,333 --> 01:05:45,669 HEARING, CHRISTINA. >>Council Member Hartman: WHAT 914 01:05:45,669 --> 01:05:49,420 STUDY HAVE WE DONE TO EVALUATE WHAT THE AVERAGE JANE WOULD BE 915 01:05:49,420 --> 01:05:50,687 FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS. 916 01:05:50,687 --> 01:05:53,557 >> THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO. EVERYTHING WE GET THE RATES 917 01:05:53,557 --> 01:06:00,364 THAT ARE SET ARE SET BY THE COUNTY AND BY THE STATE. 918 01:06:00,364 --> 01:06:03,567 SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH YOUR TOLD HOW MUCH YOU CAN INCREASE. 919 01:06:03,567 --> 01:06:09,372 WE DO HAVE A SELLING THAT WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR BUMPING UP 920 01:06:09,372 --> 01:06:14,645 AGAINST AND ARE CEILING THIS YEAR IS AT .4136 SO WE ARE 921 01:06:14,645 --> 01:06:19,250 QUITE A BIT OFF OF OUR TAX CEILING. 922 01:06:19,250 --> 01:06:23,450 BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS BASICALLY A GIVEN. 923 01:06:24,655 --> 01:06:28,855 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. 924 01:06:35,866 --> 01:06:38,869 OKAY, I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, IF ANYONE FROM THE 925 01:06:38,869 --> 01:06:42,807 PUBLIC WOULD WISH TO SPEAK ON THE 2025 PROPERTY TAX RATES. 926 01:06:42,807 --> 01:06:44,875 SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 927 01:06:44,875 --> 01:06:47,875 ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. VERA. 928 01:06:49,346 --> 01:06:55,946 >>Council Member Elwood: I THINK IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE 929 01:06:59,823 --> 01:07:02,893 GOOD TO SEE ANYTIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT INVOLVES 930 01:07:02,893 --> 01:07:06,960 NUMBERS AND DECIMAL POINTS, VISUALS ON THE SCREEN IT WOULD 931 01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:09,299 BE HELPFUL TO TRACK THE CONVERSATION. 932 01:07:09,299 --> 01:07:12,899 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS, 933 01:07:13,771 --> 01:07:17,971 SHEILA WILL YOU CALL ROLE UNBUILT 208 - 26. 934 01:07:20,577 --> 01:07:22,512 >> COUNSEL BILL 208 - 26. 935 01:07:22,512 --> 01:07:23,647 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 936 01:07:23,647 --> 01:07:26,470 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 937 01:07:26,584 --> 01:07:30,388 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES. 938 01:07:30,388 --> 01:07:31,989 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 939 01:07:31,989 --> 01:07:34,389 >>Council Member Hartman: NO. 940 01:07:34,392 --> 01:07:36,792 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 941 01:07:41,665 --> 01:07:44,468 >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON, SHEILA WILLIE REED PUBLIC 942 01:07:44,468 --> 01:07:48,680 HEARING 27 - 26 AND ACCOMPANYING BILL 209 - 26. 943 01:07:57,881 --> 01:08:00,751 >> PUBLIC HEARING 27 - 26 IS THE FY 2027 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR 944 01:08:00,751 --> 01:08:06,151 THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, COUNSEL BILL 209 26 IS AN ORDINANCE 945 01:08:18,235 --> 01:08:21,439 ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 946 01:08:21,439 --> 01:08:23,839 OCTOBER 1, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2027 FY 2027 947 01:08:24,375 --> 01:08:28,179 PROVIDING CERTAIN AMOUNTS SHOWN IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ARE 948 01:08:28,179 --> 01:08:32,249 APPROPRIATED FOR THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SPECIFIED IN SAID 949 01:08:32,249 --> 01:08:35,319 BUDGET AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME 950 01:08:35,319 --> 01:08:37,319 EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. 951 01:08:37,455 --> 01:08:39,590 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT. 952 01:08:39,590 --> 01:08:42,325 >> YES WE DO. I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE 953 01:08:42,325 --> 01:08:46,263 BUDGET PRESENTATION, THEN WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE 954 01:08:46,263 --> 01:08:49,266 AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. THEN ALSO WE HAVE A SMALL 955 01:08:49,266 --> 01:08:51,401 PRESENTATION ON THE PARKING RATE CHANGES. 956 01:08:51,401 --> 01:08:55,205 HERE ARE A LIST OF THE BUDGET ENGAGEMENTS WE HAVE DONE SO FAR 957 01:08:55,205 --> 01:08:58,542 THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL TOWN HALLS, 958 01:08:58,542 --> 01:09:01,542 SEVERAL ACADEMIES, SOME COMMUNITY CLASSROOMS. 959 01:09:07,284 --> 01:09:13,884 WE'VE HAD BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, OUR LET'S TALK LOCALS AND NOW 960 01:09:13,958 --> 01:09:18,696 WE ARE GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL BUDGET HEARINGS. 961 01:09:18,696 --> 01:09:25,296 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND. 962 01:09:28,839 --> 01:09:31,975 SO THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET AS GENERAL FUND 963 01:09:31,975 --> 01:09:36,175 WITH TOTAL REVENUES OF 133.8 MILLION AND OPERATING 964 01:09:37,782 --> 01:09:41,982 EXPENDITURES OF 133.8 MILLION. WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY 965 01:09:41,985 --> 01:09:45,456 $14,000 REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 966 01:09:45,456 --> 01:09:49,459 27. HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR OUTLOOK 967 01:09:49,459 --> 01:09:55,265 FOR THE GENERAL FUND. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 968 01:09:55,265 --> 01:10:01,265 BOTTOM ROW, THAT IS BASICALLY YOUR CASH ABOVE THE 20% CASH 969 01:10:04,474 --> 01:10:07,343 RESERVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27 970 01:10:07,343 --> 01:10:10,943 PROPOSED. WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, 971 01:10:15,619 --> 01:10:19,556 WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT 30% OF ALL THE REVENUE COMES 972 01:10:19,556 --> 01:10:24,961 FROM SALES AND USE TAX. THE NEXT BIGGEST CHUNK IS 14.5% 973 01:10:24,961 --> 01:10:29,365 COMING FROM PILOT PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. 974 01:10:29,365 --> 01:10:35,365 THEN INTERGOVERNMENTAL FEES AND OTHER TAXES ROUND OUT THE TOP 975 01:10:43,580 --> 01:10:45,649 FOUR. FOR FINAL REVENUE BY COMPARISON 976 01:10:45,649 --> 01:10:51,490 LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 2026 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 27, ONE 977 01:10:51,388 --> 01:10:54,524 OF THE BIG CHANGES HERE IS REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL 978 01:10:54,524 --> 01:10:58,195 OR GRANTS. SEEING THE DECREASE, THIS IS 979 01:10:58,195 --> 01:11:01,998 SOMETHING THAT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR BUT I BELIEVE THAT 980 01:11:01,998 --> 01:11:06,198 IS THE DECREASE FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 981 01:11:10,540 --> 01:11:14,211 HERE IS OUR EXPENDITURE COMPARISON FROM FISCAL YEAR 26 982 01:11:14,211 --> 01:11:18,411 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27. WE'VE DECREASED EXPENDITURES BY 983 01:11:20,684 --> 01:11:26,840 ABOUT 1% IN FISCAL YEAR 27 COMPARED TO 26 KOREA, OF THAT 984 01:11:28,292 --> 01:11:33,692 AS COME FROM SERVICES THEN PERSONNEL SERVICES AS WELL. 985 01:11:38,702 --> 01:11:45,902 SO WHAT IS A NET SERVICES LINE. TYPES OF SERVICES WE PURCHASE, 986 01:11:47,440 --> 01:11:50,440 PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDED. 987 01:11:51,480 --> 01:11:55,248 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, BUILDING 988 01:12:01,124 --> 01:12:04,328 MAINTENANCE, THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC 989 01:12:04,328 --> 01:12:07,928 PLANNING EFFORTS, LITIGATION, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND 990 01:12:08,131 --> 01:12:11,201 ADVERTISING TO NAME A FEW OF THE SERVICES PURCHASED.WITHIN 991 01:12:11,201 --> 01:12:14,201 THE MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE CATEGORY, MISCELLANEOUS 992 01:12:18,746 --> 01:12:25,346 EXPENSES ARE BASICALLY A GROUP OF EXPENSES THAT ARE ALL ROLLED 993 01:12:26,821 --> 01:12:29,823 UP INTO ONE TERM WHICH IS MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES BUT 994 01:12:29,823 --> 01:12:33,694 WITHIN THAT CATEGORY WE HAVE CREDIT CARD FEES WHICH IS YOUR 995 01:12:33,694 --> 01:12:36,300 LARGEST PORTION AT 24% OR SECOND-LARGEST. 996 01:12:36,300 --> 01:12:42,630 AN ACTUAL MISCELLANEOUS WHICH IS THINGS THAT DO NOT FIT WELL 997 01:12:42,703 --> 01:12:46,907 IN ANY OTHER CATEGORY ARE ABOUT 27% OF ALL THOSE EXPENSES. 998 01:12:46,907 --> 01:12:51,707 WHERE THE MONEY GOES. FROM FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH 999 01:12:52,312 --> 01:12:55,912 FISCAL YEAR 27 POLICE INCREASED .7%, 5.25%, PUBLIC WORKS 1000 01:12:59,119 --> 01:13:03,457 INCREASED 2.3% WHILE A REMAINDER OF THE GENERAL FUND 1001 01:13:03,457 --> 01:13:08,395 FOR MY INCREASED BY 1.1% SO HERE'S A LIST OF ALL THOSE 1002 01:13:08,395 --> 01:13:10,395 EXPENSES BY DEPARTMENT. 1003 01:13:28,549 --> 01:13:35,149 >> THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET OR A NET 1004 01:13:35,156 --> 01:13:39,160 REDUCTION EQUIVALENT POSITIONS FTPS IN THE GENERAL 122 OF 1005 01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:44,498 THOSE POSITIONS WERE RELATED TO MOVING COMMUNICATION OUT OF THE 1006 01:13:44,498 --> 01:13:47,634 GENERAL FUND INTO AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND RENT THERE IS NEW 1007 01:13:47,634 --> 01:13:52,434 ADDED FOR THE 78 VACANT POSITIONS HOLD OPEN FOR 27 1008 01:13:55,910 --> 01:14:00,710 WHICH MEANS THEIR SALARY WAS BUDGETED AT ZERO. 1009 01:14:03,718 --> 01:14:07,318 >> NOW WE LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 27. 1010 01:14:08,456 --> 01:14:10,856 SO FOR ALL FUNDS. 1011 01:14:12,593 --> 01:14:17,393 >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR VERIFICATION GO BACK AND SLIDE 1012 01:14:18,131 --> 01:14:23,137 WHAT ARE THE EIGHT VACANT POSITIONS, WE KNOW WHAT GOES 1013 01:14:23,137 --> 01:14:27,937 ON? AND MORE TO BE LISTED AND NO 1014 01:14:35,482 --> 01:14:35,949 AVAIL. 1015 01:14:35,949 --> 01:14:43,149 >> I DON'T HAVE THEM OFTEN. IN MY HEAD THAT I CAN GET. 1016 01:14:43,157 --> 01:14:46,930 >> LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS WE ARE 1017 01:14:46,930 --> 01:14:50,293 LOOKING AT TOTAL REVENUE CITYWIDE 5500 74 MILLION WITH 1018 01:14:55,302 --> 01:14:58,302 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES OF 546 MILLION. 1019 01:15:01,642 --> 01:15:05,513 WE HAVE TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHICH IS 1020 01:15:05,513 --> 01:15:09,850 ONE-TIME MONEY BEING SPENT AT 56 BILLION THEN TOTAL 1021 01:15:09,850 --> 01:15:14,650 EXPENDITURES OF $603 MILLION. SO HOW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE 1022 01:15:29,200 --> 01:15:33,730 FUNDED, THE GENERAL FUND FUNDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH 1023 01:15:33,730 --> 01:15:36,760 TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX, 1024 01:15:36,760 --> 01:15:39,790 GENERAL FUND RESERVES INVESTMENT REVENUE BONDING 1025 01:15:39,790 --> 01:15:42,149 DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS. WHILE ENTERPRISE FUNDS FUND 1026 01:15:42,149 --> 01:15:45,285 THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BASICALLY THROUGH OPERATING 1027 01:15:45,285 --> 01:15:48,155 REVENUES, WITH THE BIGGEST PORTION WE ALSO HAVE 1028 01:15:48,155 --> 01:15:51,158 TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX BOND FUNDING DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS 1029 01:15:51,158 --> 01:15:56,296 AND PARKS AND RECREATION FUNDS THERE THROUGH THEIR PARKS AND 1030 01:15:56,296 --> 01:15:59,232 RECREATION SALES TAX, INVESTMENT REVENUE, GENERAL 1031 01:15:59,232 --> 01:16:02,832 FUND RESERVES AND DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS. 1032 01:16:09,109 --> 01:16:12,980 SO CITYWIDE WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR 1033 01:16:12,980 --> 01:16:15,983 MONEY COMES FROM FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES, 57.7% OF ALL 1034 01:16:15,983 --> 01:16:18,986 REVENUE COMES FROM FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES. 1035 01:16:18,986 --> 01:16:22,586 89% OF ALL THAT COMES FROM UTILITIES. 1036 01:16:26,193 --> 01:16:28,996 HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR COMPARATIVE NUMBERS FROM FISCAL 1037 01:16:28,996 --> 01:16:32,466 YEAR 26 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AN 1038 01:16:32,466 --> 01:16:38,466 INCREASE OF 2.7%. THIS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE 1039 01:16:41,942 --> 01:16:45,812 CHANGES IN REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES WHICH WE 1040 01:16:45,812 --> 01:16:50,617 RECEIVED A LARGER NUMBER OF GRANTS FOR AIRPORT THIS YEAR. 1041 01:16:50,617 --> 01:16:53,553 AND THAT YOUR RENTS REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL 1042 01:16:53,553 --> 01:16:59,553 SERVICES AND FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES CHANGED FROM YEAR TO 1043 01:17:03,964 --> 01:17:05,980 YOU. SO WHERE THE MONEY GOES. 1044 01:17:05,980 --> 01:17:11,698 WE ARE A ORGANIZATION SO ABOUT 30% OF ALL OUR MONEY GOES 1045 01:17:14,374 --> 01:17:18,574 TOWARDS PERSONNEL SERVICES. 17.6% GOES TO NORMAL SERVICES 1046 01:17:22,516 --> 01:17:28,516 AND THEN POWER SUPPLY, 15% AND THAT POWER SUPPLY IS REALLY 1047 01:17:32,192 --> 01:17:36,620 SOMETHING WE WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S IN ONE FUND BUT 1048 01:17:36,620 --> 01:17:42,620 IT'S 15% OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE 1049 01:17:43,136 --> 01:17:46,136 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES FOR CITYWIDE BUDGET. 1050 01:17:50,544 --> 01:17:54,481 SO MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES ARE THOSE THAT MAY NOT FIT WELL 1051 01:17:54,481 --> 01:18:01,810 INTO OTHER ACCOUNTS. BUT IT IS A TITLE ALL OF THESE 1052 01:18:01,221 --> 01:18:04,291 EXPENSES ROLL UP TO. SO INSURANCE IS ABOUT 12.8%, 1053 01:18:04,291 --> 01:18:08,491 MEDICAL CLAIMS ABOUT 8 MILLION, 12.8 MILLION SORRY.8 MILLION 1054 01:18:14,167 --> 01:18:17,170 FOR MEDICAL CLAIMS. 7.2 FOR DAMAGE CLAIMS. 1055 01:18:17,170 --> 01:18:22,570 THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE. THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPOSED 1056 01:18:26,780 --> 01:18:30,116 EXPENDITURE COMPARISON, FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27, 1057 01:18:30,116 --> 01:18:33,716 WE ARE DOWN ABOUT .8% FROM 608,000,026 TO 603,000,027. 1058 01:18:37,570 --> 01:18:43,657 WE SAW BASICALLY THAT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR DOWN IN CAPITAL 1059 01:18:48,170 --> 01:18:51,754 AND TRANSFERS ARE DOWN AS WELL. THOSE TWO ARE TO THAT CHANGE 1060 01:18:51,754 --> 01:18:54,956 YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON SPECIALTY CAPITAL DEPENDING HOW 1061 01:18:54,956 --> 01:18:59,828 MANY PROJECTS MAY HAVE COME FORWARD IN THE FISCAL YEAR. 1062 01:18:59,828 --> 01:19:04,628 THAT NUMBER CAN CHANGE DRAMATICALLY YEAR TO YEAR. 1063 01:19:07,350 --> 01:19:12,435 EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION, JUST LIKE THE REVENUE, UTILITIES ARE 1064 01:19:12,841 --> 01:19:19,441 THE BIGGEST EXPENSE AS WELL. ALMOST HALF OF ALL OUR EXPENSES 1065 01:19:20,115 --> 01:19:24,119 COME FROM UTILITIES. FOLLOWED BY TRANSPORTATION AND 1066 01:19:24,119 --> 01:19:26,522 PUBLIC SAFETY. AND JUST LIKE POWER SUPPLY, 1067 01:19:26,522 --> 01:19:30,722 PUBLIC SAFETY IS 2 DEPARTMENTS IN ONE FUND. 1068 01:19:31,593 --> 01:19:37,593 THAT MAKES UP A LARGE CHUNK OF ALL YOUR EXPENSES. 1069 01:19:57,553 --> 01:20:01,556 HERE WE HAVE THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON OF FUNDS. 1070 01:20:01,556 --> 01:20:04,559 THIS JUST SHOWS THE CHANGE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET 1071 01:20:04,559 --> 01:20:07,496 THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. 1072 01:20:07,496 --> 01:20:10,365 I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER THE. THE ONE THING I GUESS I'LL 1073 01:20:10,365 --> 01:20:14,303 POINT OUT IS THIS IS LOOKING AT THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND 1074 01:20:14,303 --> 01:20:17,439 THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU CAN SEE A HUGE CHANGE IN 1075 01:20:17,439 --> 01:20:20,175 CAPITAL PROJECTS. JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT IS 1076 01:20:20,175 --> 01:20:23,175 PROPOSED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. 1077 01:20:29,785 --> 01:20:32,587 >>Mayor Buffaloe: MATTHEW, REALLY QUICK ON THE SLIDE 1078 01:20:32,587 --> 01:20:35,724 REMIND US DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY ARBOR PROJECTS IN THE GENERAL 1079 01:20:35,724 --> 01:20:37,724 FUND EXPENDITURE. 1080 01:20:49,538 --> 01:20:53,738 >> NEXT WE WILL GET TO OUR STAFF. 1081 01:20:57,612 --> 01:21:01,215 >> GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE POSITION HELD OPEN 1082 01:21:01,215 --> 01:21:06,615 HELD OPEN THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AND INNOTECH 2 AND MUNICIPAL 1083 01:21:07,155 --> 01:21:10,825 COURT WE HELD OPEN COURT SERVICES AND DEPUTY COURT 1084 01:21:10,825 --> 01:21:15,250 CLERK. IF THERE IS ONE POLICE RECORDS 1085 01:21:21,369 --> 01:21:23,304 CLERK. AND THEN IN HEALTH WE HELD OPEN 1086 01:21:23,304 --> 01:21:26,508 A PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING 1087 01:21:26,508 --> 01:21:31,908 SUPERVISOR THERE WAS ALSO AN ENGINEERING POSITION OPEN IN 1088 01:21:36,851 --> 01:21:38,854 STREET. SO THE PACKET ALL OF YOU PASSED 1089 01:21:38,854 --> 01:21:41,656 AROUND IS A LIST OF THE AMENDMENTS ON THE SLIDE IN CASE 1090 01:21:41,656 --> 01:21:44,793 YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THEN WE PRESENT. 1091 01:21:44,793 --> 01:21:48,663 NORMA SLIDES THESE ARE BROKEN UP INTO FOUR DIFFERENT 1092 01:21:48,663 --> 01:21:50,998 CATEGORIES. THE FIRST IS UPDATES SO THESE 1093 01:21:50,998 --> 01:21:56,400 ARE ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET NUMBERS 1094 01:21:56,400 --> 01:21:59,808 THAT WERE PROPOSED BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN UPDATED INFORMATION FOR 1095 01:21:59,808 --> 01:22:04,145 FURTHER DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THESE ITEMS. 1096 01:22:04,145 --> 01:22:10,145 SO THESE AMENDMENTS ARE ALL RELATED TO UPDATING THINGS THAT 1097 01:22:12,888 --> 01:22:15,824 WERE INCLUDED ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 1098 01:22:15,824 --> 01:22:19,761 SO THE FIRST ONE IS AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE AMOUNT WE'RE 1099 01:22:19,761 --> 01:22:22,897 EXPECTING TO RECEIVE ON THE BLUE SHIELD RENTS FOR POLICE. 1100 01:22:22,897 --> 01:22:29,497 THE NEXT ONE IS THE REMOVAL OF THE NORTHWEST PARKING LOT 1101 01:22:31,840 --> 01:22:34,976 PROJECT FOR AIRPORT. AND I APOLOGIZE, THE PROJECT IS 1102 01:22:34,976 --> 01:22:38,847 NOT LISTED OUT ON THE SLIDES BUT IN THE PACKET YOU HAVE IT 1103 01:22:38,847 --> 01:22:40,849 DOES HAVE WHICH PROJECT IS LISTED. 1104 01:22:40,849 --> 01:22:43,851 THEN THE NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 20 ON THE NEXT SLIDE ARE 1105 01:22:43,851 --> 01:22:48,990 RELATED TO THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL TO CUT 1106 01:22:48,990 --> 01:22:51,993 DOWN BOARDS AND COMMISSION BUDGETS CLOSER TO WHAT THEY 1107 01:22:51,993 --> 01:22:57,393 SPENT. THE WAY WE DID THAT WAS WE TOOK 1108 01:23:01,403 --> 01:23:04,473 FIVE-YEAR ACTUAL EXPENSES OR SIX YEARS OF ACTUAL EXPENSES 1109 01:23:04,473 --> 01:23:07,409 FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FROM FY 20 THROUGH 25. 1110 01:23:07,409 --> 01:23:10,478 WE LOOKED AT WHAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED FOR THEM COMPARED TO 1111 01:23:10,478 --> 01:23:13,415 WHAT THEY SPENT. AND WE DECIDED TO CUT THEM DOWN 1112 01:23:13,415 --> 01:23:17,615 TO WHAT THEIR AVERAGE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE. 1113 01:23:20,221 --> 01:23:23,224 THOSE NEW BUDGET AMOUNTS WERE COMMUNICATED TO THE STAFF 1114 01:23:23,224 --> 01:23:26,294 LIAISONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING THAT TO THEIR 1115 01:23:26,294 --> 01:23:30,980 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND EACH BOARD OR COMMISSION AT AN 1116 01:23:30,980 --> 01:23:35,636 OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TO US AND TELL US WHETHER THEY NEEDED 1117 01:23:35,636 --> 01:23:38,774 MORE THAN WE WERE PROPOSING TO CUT THEM DOWN TO OR NOT. 1118 01:23:38,774 --> 01:23:41,643 AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LIST HERE ARE THE BOARDS AND 1119 01:23:41,643 --> 01:23:45,646 COMMISSIONS THAT DID NOT CONTEST WHAT WE PROPOSED TO CUT 1120 01:23:45,646 --> 01:23:46,848 THEM DOWN TO. 1121 01:23:46,848 --> 01:23:47,983 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA. 1122 01:23:47,983 --> 01:23:50,785 >>Council Member Elwood: QUESTION WITH THE FIVE-YEAR 1123 01:23:50,785 --> 01:23:53,855 AVERAGES KNOWING THAT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED 2020, WOULD THAT 1124 01:23:53,855 --> 01:24:00,262 I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A WEIRD BUDGET YEAR FOR EVERYONE. 1125 01:24:00,262 --> 01:24:03,264 WITHOUT HAVE SKEWED, DO YOU FEEL LIKE FOR ALL AVERAGES IS 1126 01:24:03,264 --> 01:24:06,401 THAT ALL WHAT YOU HEARD FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT DID 1127 01:24:06,401 --> 01:24:08,470 CONTEST THE CHANGE BUDGET? 1128 01:24:08,470 --> 01:24:14,470 >> THERE WAS ONE BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT REACHED OUT AND 1129 01:24:16,110 --> 01:24:22,110 SAID THEY NEEDED MORE FUNDING THAN WE WERE PROPOSING GIVING 1130 01:24:23,685 --> 01:24:25,687 THEM. THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE 1131 01:24:25,687 --> 01:24:28,890 AVERAGE ACTUALS WHICH WE ALSO GAVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS AS PART 1132 01:24:28,890 --> 01:24:31,959 OF THE GENERAL FUND WORK SESSION WE DID A MONTH AGO SO 1133 01:24:31,959 --> 01:24:35,897 IT'S BEEN A WHILE YOU DID HAVE THE AVERAGES BY YEAR AND LOOKED 1134 01:24:35,897 --> 01:24:39,634 AT IT THERE WASN'T A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE TWEEN 1135 01:24:39,634 --> 01:24:41,703 2020 AND 2025. A LOT OF THE CHANGES OR THE 1136 01:24:41,703 --> 01:24:45,574 DIFFERENCES WE SAW IN REGULAR GENERAL FUND BUDGETS OR CITY 1137 01:24:45,574 --> 01:24:49,845 BUDGETS WERE RELATED TO TRAVEL AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 1138 01:24:49,845 --> 01:24:52,914 DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A TRAVEL BUDGET SO THAT MAY BE WHY THERE 1139 01:24:52,914 --> 01:24:55,117 WASN'T A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 1140 01:24:55,117 --> 01:24:57,117 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE. 1141 01:24:57,119 --> 01:25:00,719 >>Council Member Carroll: I HAVE 2 QUESTIONS. 1142 01:25:01,656 --> 01:25:07,620 MY FIRST QUESTION IS SIMPLE. I DON'T THINK I'VE SEE THE 1143 01:25:07,620 --> 01:25:13,662 SLIDES ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. AND I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC 1144 01:25:15,341 --> 01:25:21,148 HAS ACCESS TO OUR HANDOUTS. CAN YOU SUGGEST A WAY TO MAKE 1145 01:25:21,148 --> 01:25:24,148 THIS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC? 1146 01:25:24,284 --> 01:25:29,684 >> WE COULD MAKE THE HANDOUTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 1147 01:25:33,359 --> 01:25:38,165 WE CAN MAKE IN THE HANDOUTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 1148 01:25:38,165 --> 01:25:44,165 >>Mayor Buffaloe: AND THESE ARE NORMALLY AN ATTACHMENT WHEN WE 1149 01:25:53,580 --> 01:25:56,784 ARE VOTING ON THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T VOTE ON THESE TONIGHT, 1150 01:25:56,784 --> 01:25:59,586 IT'S ON THE BUT IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST 1151 01:25:59,586 --> 01:26:01,921 IF ANYONE WANTS TO REQUEST ONE OF THE HANDOUTS. 1152 01:26:01,921 --> 01:26:04,724 >> ALL THE PREVIOUS POWER POINTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE 1153 01:26:04,724 --> 01:26:06,860 FINAL HEARING WHEN WE VOTE. 1154 01:26:06,860 --> 01:26:10,597 >> WE DIDN'T GET FINALIZED NUMBERS ON AMENDMENTS UNTIL 1155 01:26:10,597 --> 01:26:15,269 FRIDAY DIDN'T GIVE US TIME TO GET THESE POSTED TO THE AGENDA. 1156 01:26:15,269 --> 01:26:18,338 >>Council Member Carroll: UNDERSTOOD, SO ALL THE POWER 1157 01:26:18,338 --> 01:26:22,142 POINTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS ARE ATTACHED TO THE 1158 01:26:22,142 --> 01:26:23,476 NEXT MEETING. 1159 01:26:23,476 --> 01:26:26,279 >> WE CAN ATTACH THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT WHAT 1160 01:26:26,279 --> 01:26:28,279 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? 1161 01:26:28,347 --> 01:26:30,347 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANKS. 1162 01:26:30,349 --> 01:26:32,285 >>Council Member Carroll: SECOND QUESTION. 1163 01:26:32,285 --> 01:26:39,485 WHAT USE DO WE HAVE FOR THE CHANGE FOR EACH BOARD AND 1164 01:26:40,627 --> 01:26:41,828 COMMISSION. 1165 01:26:41,828 --> 01:26:48,428 >> EACH ITEM LISTED ON THESE SLIDES AND ALL IN YOUR HAND 1166 01:26:54,241 --> 01:26:57,511 OUT, LIKE BARBARA MENTIONED WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON 1167 01:26:57,511 --> 01:27:01,314 STAFF AMENDMENTS TONIGHT, YOUR OPENING THE DISCUSSION AND 1168 01:27:01,314 --> 01:27:04,451 PRESENTING A FAIRLY COMPLETE LIST OF WHAT WE THINK ARE THE 1169 01:27:04,451 --> 01:27:08,255 CHANGES WE WILL HAVE TO BUDGET. IN EACH OF THESE BOARDS AND 1170 01:27:08,255 --> 01:27:11,391 COMMISSIONS ARE BROKEN OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE THEIR OWN 1171 01:27:11,391 --> 01:27:13,393 ENTITIES. THEY ARE ALSO SOMETHING TO AS 1172 01:27:13,393 --> 01:27:16,463 THE COUNCIL OF A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER AS FAR AS WHAT IS 1173 01:27:16,463 --> 01:27:19,599 BUDGETED FOR THEM AND THAT'S THE REASON THEY ARE BROKEN OUT 1174 01:27:19,599 --> 01:27:21,999 INDIVIDUAL. HISTORICALLY SOMETIMES COUNCILS 1175 01:27:22,602 --> 01:27:25,872 HAVE VOTED ON AMENDMENTS INDIVIDUALLY BY LINE ITEM OR 1176 01:27:25,872 --> 01:27:29,543 NUMBER AND OTHER TIMES THEY'VE BEEN VOTED ON AS A GROUP SO THE 1177 01:27:29,543 --> 01:27:33,413 WAY THEY ARE LISTED IS TO HELP YOU ALL MAKE DECISIONS AND TO 1178 01:27:33,413 --> 01:27:38,213 SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING. 1179 01:27:40,220 --> 01:27:43,900 >>Council Member Carroll: SO IS THIS FOR ONE OF OUR PROPOSED 1180 01:27:43,900 --> 01:27:45,491 AMENDMENTS WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON YET? 1181 01:27:45,491 --> 01:27:48,962 >> ALL THESE ARE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE PROPOSED 1182 01:27:48,962 --> 01:27:50,962 BUDGET. BUT ALSO. 1183 01:27:51,431 --> 01:27:53,431 >>Council Member Carroll: 1184 01:27:54,634 --> 01:27:58,438 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THE SUGGESTION IS FOR THE AMENDMENT 1185 01:27:58,438 --> 01:28:01,507 THAT JACQUE HAD PUTTING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN FOR PUBLIC 1186 01:28:01,507 --> 01:28:06,907 SAFETY WOULD THIS BE THE POTENTIAL REVENUE FOR THAT 1187 01:28:11,451 --> 01:28:14,387 AMENDMENT?BECAUSE IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND. 1188 01:28:14,387 --> 01:28:17,524 IT JUST GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND AT FUND AT LARGE. 1189 01:28:17,524 --> 01:28:20,393 >> THESE COMMITMENTS WOULD DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL 1190 01:28:20,393 --> 01:28:24,197 FUNDS SO THEY WOULD OFFSET THE COST OF THE AMENDMENT THAT 1191 01:28:24,197 --> 01:28:26,197 JACQUE PROPOSED. 1192 01:28:27,800 --> 01:28:31,337 >>Council Member Carroll: THAT'S HELPFUL, THANKS. 1193 01:28:31,337 --> 01:28:35,475 DO WE HAVE THE OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT COUNSEL MADE 1194 01:28:35,475 --> 01:28:38,878 REFLECTED IN HERE? I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PACKET 1195 01:28:38,878 --> 01:28:41,140 THAT FAST, I'M SORRY. 1196 01:28:41,140 --> 01:28:43,883 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU SAID THESE AMENDMENTS ARE BROKEN 1197 01:28:43,883 --> 01:28:45,883 INTO THREE SECTIONS. 1198 01:28:46,486 --> 01:28:50,860 >> THEY ARE BROKEN INTO FIVE SECTIONS. 1199 01:28:57,898 --> 01:29:01,330 TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS I 1200 01:29:01,330 --> 01:29:03,770 GUESS THEY ARE. THESE AMENDMENTS WE ARE 1201 01:29:03,770 --> 01:29:06,973 DISCUSSING FIRST WERE ITEMS ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET 1202 01:29:06,973 --> 01:29:10,844 AND WE ARE PROPOSING THE AMOUNT THAT WAS IN MY BUDGET 1203 01:29:10,844 --> 01:29:12,450 ORIGINALLY. 1204 01:29:12,450 --> 01:29:14,781 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THOSE 1205 01:29:14,781 --> 01:29:15,382 COMBINED. 1206 01:29:15,382 --> 01:29:18,185 >> THEY ARE IN THE SLIDES AS WE GO ALONG. 1207 01:29:18,185 --> 01:29:22,385 >>Mayor Buffaloe: CONTINUE. I MEANT BY SECTION. 1208 01:29:26,460 --> 01:29:28,860 THESE ARE ALL UPDATES. 1209 01:29:30,663 --> 01:29:35,268 >> ARE NOT SURE WHY IT IS RED, SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH OUR 1210 01:29:35,268 --> 01:29:40,680 PRESENTATION COMING OVER FROM GOOGLE SLIDES TO POWERPOINT. 1211 01:29:47,147 --> 01:29:50,160 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THESE ARE STILL UPDATES, THERE WILL BE A 1212 01:29:50,160 --> 01:29:53,860 TOTAL WHEN UPDATES ARE DONE AND A NEW CATEGORY.THE NEXT ONE 1213 01:29:53,860 --> 01:29:56,556 IS RELATED TO THAT MISERY ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS, WE JUST GOT A 1214 01:29:56,556 --> 01:30:00,156 SLIGHTLY HIGHER NUMBER THAN ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED. 1215 01:30:03,163 --> 01:30:06,166 SAME WITH THE NEXT GRANT FOR POLICE, WE HAVE AN UPDATED 1216 01:30:06,166 --> 01:30:09,102 NUMBER SINCE WE PUT OUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 1217 01:30:09,102 --> 01:30:14,173 NUMBER 38 IS PROPOSING REMOVING AN NDI THAT STREETS REQUESTING 1218 01:30:14,173 --> 01:30:18,311 PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET THIS MACHINE IS NOT OPERATIONAL 1219 01:30:18,311 --> 01:30:24,311 ANYMORE SO YOU WILL SEE A 20 6/4 4 AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE THE 1220 01:30:29,388 --> 01:30:32,525 MACHINE AND 26 RATHER THAN IN 27 SO IF WE PURCHASED IT IN 26 1221 01:30:32,525 --> 01:30:38,525 WE KNOW WE NEED THE BUDGET IN 27 TO PURCHASE IT. 1222 01:30:39,466 --> 01:30:42,536 CVB GOT A BIT OF A PRICE INCREASE ON THEIR SPECIAL EVENT 1223 01:30:42,536 --> 01:30:45,539 PERMITTING SOFTWARE AND NUMBER 41 IS SUPPOSED TO BE ZERO. 1224 01:30:45,539 --> 01:30:48,608 THIS IS MOVING THE COST OF THE TELEPHONE LINE FROM ONE 1225 01:30:48,608 --> 01:30:51,545 DIVISION OF HEALTH TO A DIFFERENT DIVISION WITHIN 1226 01:30:51,545 --> 01:30:54,545 HEALTH. NUMBER 43 IS ANOTHER AIRPORT 1227 01:30:55,148 --> 01:30:58,148 PROJECT. THIS PROJECT HAD FUNDING 1228 01:30:59,285 --> 01:31:02,285 BROUGHT TO COUNSEL IN THIRD-QUARTER. 1229 01:31:07,627 --> 01:31:10,764 THIS WAS FOR THE BODINE BRIDGE 1841 AND ALSO BUDGETED IN FY 1230 01:31:10,764 --> 01:31:14,634 27TH SO WE WILL REMOVE IT FROM 27TH SINCE THE AUTHORITY IS 1231 01:31:14,634 --> 01:31:21,400 ALREADY IN THE PROJECT. THE NEXT FEW ARE RELATED TO FEE 1232 01:31:21,400 --> 01:31:24,177 CHANGES APPROVED BY YOU ALL IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THESE 1233 01:31:24,177 --> 01:31:27,981 ARE REVENUE INCREASES RELATED TO THOSE RATE ADJUSTMENTS AND 1234 01:31:27,981 --> 01:31:32,781 FEE INCREASES. AND THEN THE VERY LAST UPDATE 1235 01:31:33,787 --> 01:31:36,856 NUMBER 53 IS RELATED TO THE CONDO ASSOCIATION DUES WE PAY 1236 01:31:36,856 --> 01:31:39,590 FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING. 1237 01:31:39,590 --> 01:31:42,678 THAT CAME BACK A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY 1238 01:31:42,678 --> 01:31:47,951 ESTIMATED SO THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE UPDATES ON REVENUE WOULD 1239 01:31:47,951 --> 01:31:51,200 BE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 5.8 MILLION AND AN EXPENSE INCREASE 1240 01:31:51,200 --> 01:31:54,620 OF ABOUT 8 MILLION. THE NEXT CATEGORY. 1241 01:32:02,980 --> 01:32:07,237 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA, YOU HAD A QUESTION ON UPDATES. 1242 01:32:07,237 --> 01:32:10,240 >>Council Member Elwood: CAN YOU DO THE MATH AND TELL US 1243 01:32:10,240 --> 01:32:13,243 WHAT THE TOTAL NET IMPACT IS? BECAUSE I SEE REVENUE GOING G 1244 01:32:13,243 --> 01:32:15,243 UP, YEAH. 1245 01:32:16,979 --> 01:32:21,179 >> IT WOULD BE A DECREASE OF 2.3, 2.2 MILLION. 1246 01:32:33,596 --> 01:32:35,932 THE NEXT CATEGORY OUR CORRECTIONS. 1247 01:32:35,932 --> 01:32:38,668 THESE ARE ITEMS WE FOUND EITHER A TYPO OR A MISTAKE. 1248 01:32:38,668 --> 01:32:41,738 SOMETHING WAS DUPLICATED, SOMETHING WAS LEFT OUT OF THE 1249 01:32:41,738 --> 01:32:45,542 ORIGINAL BUDGET AND WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE, THE FIRST ONE IS 1250 01:32:45,542 --> 01:32:48,544 PARKING REVENUE CORRECTION, REVENUE DUPLICATED IN THE 1251 01:32:48,544 --> 01:32:51,614 BUDGET WE NEED TO REMOVE. THE NEXT ITEM IS COMPUTER 1252 01:32:51,614 --> 01:32:55,418 REPLACEMENTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. 1253 01:32:55,418 --> 01:32:58,555 THERE IS AN INTEREST REVENUE CORRECTION IN WATER BASED ON 1254 01:32:58,555 --> 01:33:01,557 UPDATED FORECASTS RELATED TO THEIR CURRENT CASH LEVELS. 1255 01:33:01,557 --> 01:33:04,494 THEN THE NEXT TO OUR FEE CORRECTIONS RELATED TO FEES IN 1256 01:33:04,494 --> 01:33:08,694 CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ONE IS A 1257 01:33:12,635 --> 01:33:15,638 RECALCULATION OF FEES TO CORRECT A FEW DEPARTMENTS AND 1258 01:33:15,638 --> 01:33:18,842 NUMBER 23 IS TO MOVE IT FEES OUT OF CITY COUNCIL AND PUT IT 1259 01:33:18,842 --> 01:33:22,178 IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING DISCUSSED AT 1260 01:33:22,178 --> 01:33:27,578 THE GENERAL FUND WORK SESSION. THEN NUMBER 25 IS ADDING 1261 01:33:28,250 --> 01:33:31,387 DEVELOPMENT FEE REVENUE NOT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE 1262 01:33:31,387 --> 01:33:35,587 PROPOSED BUDGET. NUMBER 36 IS RELATED TO THE 1263 01:33:38,260 --> 01:33:43,600 NUMBERS WE HAD IN FIRST USE TAX REVENUE. 1264 01:33:46,690 --> 01:33:49,739 THERE WAS A FORMULA ISSUE WITH THOSE SO WE HAVE A SMALL 1265 01:33:49,739 --> 01:33:52,676 INCREASE TO ADJUST IT TO MATCH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX 1266 01:33:52,676 --> 01:33:55,612 AND THE NEXT TO OUR BUDGET INPUT ERRORS WHICH ARE 1267 01:33:55,612 --> 01:34:02,812 BASICALLY THERE WAS A NEGATIVE LINE THAT WAS A TYPO SO THOSE 1268 01:34:03,886 --> 01:34:07,690 ARE CORRECTIONS IN WATER AND ELECTRIC AND NUMBER 52 IS TO 1269 01:34:07,690 --> 01:34:10,760 ADD PILOT REVENUE BACK TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THAT WAS ALSO 1270 01:34:10,760 --> 01:34:13,296 NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 1271 01:34:13,296 --> 01:34:17,330 SO THERE'S ABOUT A $1.5 MILLION INCREASE IN TOTAL REVENUE 1272 01:34:17,330 --> 01:34:19,330 $672,000 INCREASE IN EXPENSE. 1273 01:34:22,972 --> 01:34:25,372 >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA, QUESTION. 1274 01:34:26,410 --> 01:34:30,841 >>Council Member Hartman: SIMILAR TO VERA'S POINT EARLIER 1275 01:34:36,586 --> 01:34:39,789 HOW DOES THIS IMPACT WHAT WE HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE 1276 01:34:39,789 --> 01:34:42,725 SET. >> WE HAVE TOTALS BY DEPARTMENT 1277 01:34:42,725 --> 01:34:43,793 AT THE END. 1278 01:34:43,793 --> 01:34:47,530 >>Mayor Buffaloe: CAN I ASK A QUESTION, GOING BACK TO WHEN WE 1279 01:34:47,530 --> 01:34:49,532 WERE TALKING ABOUT FEE ADJUSTMENTS. 1280 01:34:49,532 --> 01:34:52,735 THE BUDGET AND NUMBERS WE HAVE LIKE A DEAD END ATTACHED TO 1281 01:34:52,735 --> 01:34:56,806 THIS DO NOT INCLUDE THE THINGS WE VOTED ON AT THE LAST 1282 01:34:56,806 --> 01:34:58,808 MEETING. SO WILL THAT WHOLE DOCUMENT 1283 01:34:58,808 --> 01:35:00,808 THEN THE OPTIMUM? 1284 01:35:10,953 --> 01:35:14,690 >> SOME OF THE FEE INCREASES WERE INCLUDED FOR HEALTH AND 1285 01:35:14,690 --> 01:35:17,760 PARKS AND REC, MOST OF THEM WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE 1286 01:35:17,760 --> 01:35:21,631 REVENUE NUMBERS, THERE WERE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THEY WEREN'T 1287 01:35:21,631 --> 01:35:23,766 INCLUDED AT ALL. AFTER YOU VOTED TO PASS THOSE 1288 01:35:23,766 --> 01:35:27,771 RATE ADJUSTMENTS, WE WILL ADD BACK THE REVENUE AND THE FINAL 1289 01:35:27,771 --> 01:35:31,841 ADOPTED BUDGET PRODUCED WILL HAVE THOSE NEW UPDATED REVENUE 1290 01:35:31,841 --> 01:35:33,710 NUMBERS IN THERE. >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS IT AN 1291 01:35:33,710 --> 01:35:37,310 ASSUMPTION THERE MORE CONTROVERSIAL, WHAT'S THE 1292 01:35:37,647 --> 01:35:38,514 THOUGHT. 1293 01:35:38,514 --> 01:35:41,317 >> WE NORMALLY DON'T PUT REVENUE INCREASES INTO THE 1294 01:35:41,317 --> 01:35:44,454 BUDGET UNTIL WE PASSED THEM BY THE COUNCIL SO THAT'S USUALLY 1295 01:35:44,454 --> 01:35:48,324 OUR NORMAL WAY OF THINKING. I'M NOT SURE WHY THOSE WEREN'T 1296 01:35:48,324 --> 01:35:52,995 INCREASED THIS YEAR BUT USUALLY THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 1297 01:35:52,995 --> 01:35:57,795 WE PASS THEN PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET. 1298 01:36:06,900 --> 01:36:09,546 >> THE NEXT CATEGORY WE CALL NEW FUNDING REQUESTS, THESE ARE 1299 01:36:09,546 --> 01:36:12,749 ITEMS NOT INITIALLY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, KIND OF A LATE 1300 01:36:12,749 --> 01:36:15,751 REQUEST WE GOT THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE ADDED BACK TO 1301 01:36:15,751 --> 01:36:21,751 REHAB FOR THESE WE HAD SOME COMMONLY FUNDED REVENUE FOR 1302 01:36:23,492 --> 01:36:26,563 HEALTH RECEIVED DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THEY LIKE TO 1303 01:36:26,563 --> 01:36:28,898 APPROPRIATE THE EXPENSE TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 1304 01:36:28,898 --> 01:36:32,701 SO THEY'VE RECEIVED THE REVENUE IN 26 THEY DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY 1305 01:36:32,701 --> 01:36:35,504 TO SPEND THAT. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO 1306 01:36:35,504 --> 01:36:40,176 INCREASE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO SPEND THE REVENUE THEY HAVE 1307 01:36:40,176 --> 01:36:42,378 RECEIVED. THEN WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC RATE 1308 01:36:42,378 --> 01:36:46,249 STUDY AND AIRPORT BUSINESS PLAN AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE 1309 01:36:46,249 --> 01:36:49,849 LEASE FOR TRUCKS AND SOLID WASTE. 1310 01:36:53,789 --> 01:36:57,327 >> HOW LONG IS THAT LEASE TO BE FOR THE CITY, IS THAT THREE OR 1311 01:36:57,327 --> 01:36:59,327 FIVE YEARS? 1312 01:37:01,331 --> 01:37:05,531 >> I BELIEVE THEY ARE FIVE YEAR LEASES. 1313 01:37:16,613 --> 01:37:19,682 >> THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS A LITTLE CONFUSING SOMETIMES SO 1314 01:37:19,682 --> 01:37:23,420 STOP ME IF YOU NEED TO. ENCUMBRANCES ARE SOMETHING THAT 1315 01:37:23,420 --> 01:37:26,356 HAPPENS WHEN YOU'VE GOT EXPENSES THAT ARE ON AN OPEN 1316 01:37:26,356 --> 01:37:28,223 PO. THE BUDGET IS ALREADY 1317 01:37:28,223 --> 01:37:33,623 ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PO ROLLS OVER AUTOMATICALLY THE NEXT 1318 01:37:35,231 --> 01:37:37,166 FISCAL YEAR. IF THERE IS AN ITEM THE 1319 01:37:37,166 --> 01:37:40,236 DEPARTMENT IS NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE OR GET ON A PO FOR THE 1320 01:37:40,236 --> 01:37:44,106 END OF THE FISCAL YEAR YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY ROLL THAT BUDGET 1321 01:37:44,106 --> 01:37:47,176 INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THESE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO 1322 01:37:47,176 --> 01:37:51,470 THINGS WE HAVE TO MANUALLY ROLL INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT 1323 01:37:51,470 --> 01:37:54,500 FOR THE MOST PART IS GOING TO BE UTILITY ITEMS. 1324 01:37:54,500 --> 01:38:00,255 THESE ARE BUDGET AUTHORITY THAT WILL NOT BE SPENT IN A 26, THEY 1325 01:38:00,255 --> 01:38:03,325 WILL NOT SPEND IT IN 26, THEY NEED TO ADD IT TO THEIR 27 1326 01:38:03,325 --> 01:38:05,325 BUDGET TO SPEND 27. 1327 01:38:15,344 --> 01:38:19,215 >> SO BASICALLY ENCUMBRANCES DECREASE ONE FISCAL YEAR AND 1328 01:38:19,215 --> 01:38:22,850 INCREASE ANOTHER. SO IT WILL DECREASE THE 1329 01:38:22,850 --> 01:38:26,220 EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND INCREASED EXPENDITURES FOR 1330 01:38:26,220 --> 01:38:27,290 FISCAL YEAR 27. 1331 01:38:27,290 --> 01:38:30,260 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WOULD SHOW UP WHEN WE HAVE THE 1332 01:38:30,260 --> 01:38:33,229 COLUMNS THAT SAME REVISE IF THE OPPOSED ORIGINAL REVISED AND 1333 01:38:33,229 --> 01:38:36,320 ACTUAL. >> FOR 26 IT WOULD SHOW IN THE 1334 01:38:36,320 --> 01:38:37,700 REVISED. 1335 01:38:37,700 --> 01:38:43,100 >> WOULDN'T IT SHOW, BECAUSE ARE WE AMENDING THAT BUDGET 1336 01:38:47,430 --> 01:38:50,980 BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AMENDING THAT BUDGET SO THOSE NUMBERS 1337 01:38:50,980 --> 01:38:53,980 SHOULD SHOW UP IN ACTUAL. 1338 01:38:55,785 --> 01:38:59,455 >> THEY WILL SHOW UP FOR BOTH. THEY WILL BE IN BOTH SIDES 1339 01:38:59,455 --> 01:39:01,991 BECAUSE IF WE DID NOT AMEND THE 26 BUDGET TO TAKE THOSE 1340 01:39:01,991 --> 01:39:06,191 EXPENSES THAT THEY ARE STILL THERE IN 26. 1341 01:39:10,266 --> 01:39:14,466 >> ACTUAL WOULD BE WHAT WAS SPENT, CORRECT? 1342 01:39:21,878 --> 01:39:25,748 >> FIRST ITEM ON THIS LIST IS RECYCLING OLD PARTS, THESE WILL 1343 01:39:25,748 --> 01:39:28,752 NOT BE PURCHASED OR ENCUMBERED BY THE END OF 26 SO THEY LIKE 1344 01:39:28,752 --> 01:39:31,821 THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE THEM IN 27 READ THE NEXT FIVE ARE 1345 01:39:31,821 --> 01:39:35,825 RELATED TO NDI FROM 26 IN THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT, THAT WILL 1346 01:39:35,825 --> 01:39:38,761 EITHER NOT BE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED ON A CONTRACT OR PO 1347 01:39:38,761 --> 01:39:42,565 BY THE END OF THE YEAR SO THEY LIKE TO ROLL THE AUTHORITY TO 1348 01:39:42,565 --> 01:39:47,360 PURCHASE THOSE ITEMS INTO 27. AND THE FIVE LISTED ON THE 1349 01:39:47,360 --> 01:39:54,236 SLIDE ARE THE SAME THING, THEY ARE 26 IN THE EYES THAT WON'T 1350 01:40:01,651 --> 01:40:04,654 BE SPENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR FOR SEWER SO THEY'D LIKE TO 1351 01:40:04,654 --> 01:40:08,591 TAKE THAT BUDGET AUTHORITY AND PUSH IT INTO THE NEXT FISCAL 1352 01:40:08,591 --> 01:40:10,659 YEAR. THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THESE IS 1353 01:40:10,659 --> 01:40:12,862 10.3 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS MONEY THAT WON'T 1354 01:40:12,862 --> 01:40:16,733 BE SPENT IN 26, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE AND THEY 1355 01:40:16,733 --> 01:40:19,733 LIKE TO RE-APPROPRIATE IT INTO 27. 1356 01:40:20,670 --> 01:40:23,673 I'M SORRY, THERE WAS ONE MORE CATEGORY I FORGOT ABOUT SO WE 1357 01:40:23,673 --> 01:40:29,730 ALSO BROKE OUT THE PERSONNEL FTE OR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT 1358 01:40:33,616 --> 01:40:35,751 CHANGES. THESE CHANGES ARE RELATED TO 1359 01:40:35,751 --> 01:40:38,888 POSITIONS THEY REQUIRE YOU TO AN END THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED 1360 01:40:38,888 --> 01:40:41,691 FTE WE HAVE AND ALSO HAD A BUDGET IMPACT. 1361 01:40:41,691 --> 01:40:44,761 THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO SHOW ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES 1362 01:40:44,761 --> 01:40:48,832 THE FIRST ONE IS A NEW POSITION AT COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR 1363 01:40:48,832 --> 01:40:52,835 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS AND A HALF FTE POSITION 1364 01:40:52,835 --> 01:40:58,835 THERE IS OFFSETTING REVENUE FROM READY ALLOW POINT OUT THE 1365 01:40:59,420 --> 01:41:02,845 FAR RIGHT COLUMN ON THIS SLIDE IS A NET BUDGET IMPACT WHICH 1366 01:41:02,845 --> 01:41:05,915 MEANS EITHER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT EXPENSES 1367 01:41:05,915 --> 01:41:09,986 ARE EXPENSE AND REVENUE. THIS IS TOTALLY WHAT WILL THIS 1368 01:41:09,986 --> 01:41:13,790 DECISION ON THIS POSITION COST KOREA THERE ARE ALSO TWO NEW 1369 01:41:13,790 --> 01:41:16,860 POSITIONS IN FIRE THAT WERE REQUESTED AN ADMIN TECH ONE AND 1370 01:41:16,860 --> 01:41:22,860 A FIRE CAPTAIN.THERE'S A REQUEST AS BEING REQUESTED BUT 1371 01:41:24,400 --> 01:41:27,604 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE AN ADMIN TECH TO DO AN ASSISTANT 1372 01:41:27,604 --> 01:41:33,604 TO THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT WILL NOT HAVE A 1373 01:41:36,613 --> 01:41:40,483 NET FTE IMPACT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING RID OF ONE POSITION AND 1374 01:41:40,483 --> 01:41:43,753 MAKING IT A DIFFERENT POSITION. ALSO AS A NET BUDGET IMPACT 1375 01:41:43,753 --> 01:41:46,956 OF $12,000. THEN NUMBER 59 IS RELATED TO 1376 01:41:46,956 --> 01:41:50,893 MOVING AN ADMIN TECH 2 FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHICH 1377 01:41:50,893 --> 01:41:55,565 WILL DECREASE THE NET FTE FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND 1378 01:41:55,565 --> 01:41:59,435 MOVING IT INTO THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHICH 1379 01:41:59,435 --> 01:42:02,638 WOULD INCREASE THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. 1380 01:42:02,638 --> 01:42:07,644 WE HAVE THE SAME KIND OF SHIFT OR PARKS AND RECREATION 1381 01:42:07,644 --> 01:42:10,580 INVASION WE HAD A FRANTIC SUPERINTENDENT ORIGINALLY 1382 01:42:10,580 --> 01:42:14,584 BUDGETED INCORRECTLY AND PARKS, THAT WILL MOVE FUNDS TO TRANSIT 1383 01:42:14,584 --> 01:42:21,184 DECREASE ARTS AND REC TRANSIT FOR THEN ONE IS ANOTHER CLASS 1384 01:42:26,662 --> 01:42:32,620 62 IS A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE INTERNAL AUDITOR POSITION 1385 01:42:48,217 --> 01:42:52,288 IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE RENT THIS WAS ONE OF THE 1386 01:42:52,288 --> 01:42:55,910 POSITIONS HELD OPEN ORIGINALLY BUT THEN A DECISION WAS MADE TO 1387 01:42:55,910 --> 01:42:58,940 ELIMINATE THE POSITION COMPLETELY SO THE COST IF THAT 1388 01:42:58,940 --> 01:43:02,310 IS RELATED TO THE BENEFITS THAT WERE TIED TO THE POSITION THE 1389 01:43:02,310 --> 01:43:03,232 SALARIES. 1390 01:43:03,232 --> 01:43:06,102 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNAL 1391 01:43:06,102 --> 01:43:09,238 AUDITOR AT THE COMING WORK SESSION. 1392 01:43:09,238 --> 01:43:12,410 >>Council Member Hartman: WE ARE ALL AWARE I SHARE A LOT 1393 01:43:12,410 --> 01:43:15,111 ABOUT THE INTERNAL AUDITOR I'M CURIOUS WHY WE'RE CHOOSING TO 1394 01:43:15,111 --> 01:43:16,445 DO THIS LINE HERE. 1395 01:43:16,445 --> 01:43:19,181 >> WE HAVEN'T FILLED THE POSITION SINCE 2019. 1396 01:43:19,181 --> 01:43:26,550 WE HELD IT INTO THE BUDGET SO IT'S A WHOLE OVER AND IF WERE 1397 01:43:26,550 --> 01:43:29,124 GOING TO DO AN INTERNAL AUDITOR, IT'S MORE THAN A 1398 01:43:29,124 --> 01:43:32,195 POSITION, IT'S AN ON TEAM AND THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT 1399 01:43:32,195 --> 01:43:34,196 BACK. SO IT'S JUST BEEN HELD HERE AND 1400 01:43:34,196 --> 01:43:37,266 IT HASN'T BEEN BUDGETED FOR. LET'S ELIMINATE IT AND BRING 1401 01:43:37,266 --> 01:43:40,866 BACK SOMETHING THAT WILL MEAN GARDENS. 1402 01:43:46,342 --> 01:43:50,212 >>Council Member Elwood: I DON'T WANT IT REMOVED BECAUSE I 1403 01:43:50,212 --> 01:43:53,349 UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WE NEED MORE TO HAVE, AND THEN 1404 01:43:53,349 --> 01:43:55,684 WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP SOON. 1405 01:43:55,684 --> 01:44:02,284 I JUST THINK THAT I DON'T WANT IT OUT OF MIND. 1406 01:44:06,962 --> 01:44:10,633 I WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS VISIBLE THAT WE DISCUSSED 1407 01:44:10,633 --> 01:44:13,702 BECAUSE IF IN A YEAR I'M SITTING HERE AND WE STILL DON'T 1408 01:44:13,702 --> 01:44:18,502 HAVE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY AWKWARD. 1409 01:44:19,441 --> 01:44:23,112 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHAT WAS THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE RATHER 1410 01:44:23,112 --> 01:44:26,248 THAN HOLD IT AND ADJUST THE BUDGET FOR WHAT YOU'RE THINKING 1411 01:44:26,248 --> 01:44:27,650 YOU MIGHT DO. 1412 01:44:27,650 --> 01:44:32,588 >> WE'VE HAD IT HELD FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT'S JUST SET. 1413 01:44:32,588 --> 01:44:34,656 >> THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE WAS IN 18. 1414 01:44:34,656 --> 01:44:40,656 WE HAVE CONTRACTED THOSE SERVICES OUT FOR THE LAST FEW 1415 01:44:42,216 --> 01:44:46,860 YEARS.AND JUST HOLDING THAT POSITION OPEN HOLDS MONEY THAT 1416 01:44:46,860 --> 01:44:48,489 COULD BE SPENT ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE BUDGET. 1417 01:44:48,489 --> 01:44:52,159 WE WERE REALLY TIGHT WITH THIS BUDGET WHEN WE MADE THE FISCAL 1418 01:44:52,159 --> 01:44:55,759 YEAR 27 BUDGET SO EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS. 1419 01:44:57,564 --> 01:45:04,764 SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHY WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR IT IN THE 1420 01:45:06,507 --> 01:45:09,443 BEGINNING OF THIS BUDGET. IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO 1421 01:45:09,443 --> 01:45:13,313 OTHER THINGS WITH THOSE MONIES ESPECIALLY KNOWING WE HAD MONEY 1422 01:45:13,313 --> 01:45:19,913 BUDGETED FOR EXTERNAL PERSON TO COME IN AND DO THAT INTERNAL 1423 01:45:24,592 --> 01:45:25,192 ROLE. 1424 01:45:25,192 --> 01:45:27,862 >>Council Member Elwood: TO CLARIFY ON THE LAST POINT DOES 1425 01:45:27,862 --> 01:45:32,599 THAT MEAN THERE IS FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR AUDITING, IT 1426 01:45:32,599 --> 01:45:36,300 WOULD JUST BE YOUNGER SERVICES RATHER THAN PERSONNEL. 1427 01:45:36,300 --> 01:45:38,300 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 1428 01:45:49,884 --> 01:45:52,190 >> I PROMISED TOTALS YOU HAVE TOTALS. 1429 01:45:52,190 --> 01:45:55,689 THESE ARE NOT NEW BUDGET NUMBERS BUT THIS WILL SHOW THE 1430 01:45:55,689 --> 01:45:58,692 IMPACT IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE ALL OF THE LISTED STAFF 1431 01:45:58,692 --> 01:46:00,694 AMENDMENTS. THIS IS THE IMPACT BY 1432 01:46:00,694 --> 01:46:03,630 DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE ON YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET. 1433 01:46:03,630 --> 01:46:06,834 WHICH WOULD BE A DECREASE TO CITY COUNCIL, DECREASED OF THE 1434 01:46:06,834 --> 01:46:10,704 CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WE HAD A REVENUE AND EXPENSE DECREASED 1435 01:46:10,704 --> 01:46:13,707 POLICE KOREA AND INCREASED TO FIRE DEPARTMENT, A SMALL 1436 01:46:13,707 --> 01:46:16,644 INCREASE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REHAB COMMUNITY 1437 01:46:16,644 --> 01:46:19,713 DEVELOPMENT WHEN JUST HAVE A REVENUE INCREASE, ECONOMIC 1438 01:46:19,713 --> 01:46:23,117 DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE BOTH AVENUE AND EXPENSE. 1439 01:46:23,117 --> 01:46:26,854 CULTURAL AFFAIRS WOULD HAVE A PRETTY SMALL INCREASE TO 1440 01:46:26,854 --> 01:46:28,789 REVENUE. STREETS WOULD HAVE A SLIGHT 1441 01:46:28,789 --> 01:46:33,589 EXPENSE DECREASED AND THE GENERAL FUND, CITY GENERAL 1442 01:46:39,400 --> 01:46:41,402 WOULD HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE AS WELL. 1443 01:46:41,402 --> 01:46:44,271 PARKS AND REC WOULD HAVE A REVENUE INCREASE IN EXPENSE 1444 01:46:44,271 --> 01:46:47,340 DECREASED THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FUND WOULD HAVE A 1445 01:46:47,340 --> 01:46:49,543 REVENUE INCREASE. CDV WOULD HAVE A REVENUE AND 1446 01:46:49,543 --> 01:46:54,943 EXPENSE INCREASE, WATER WOULD HAVE A PRETTY SIZABLE REVENUE 1447 01:46:58,486 --> 01:47:01,422 INCREASE IN THE SMALL EXPENSE DECREASED. 1448 01:47:01,422 --> 01:47:04,625 ELECTRIC WOULD INCREASE BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSE TRANSIT AND 1449 01:47:04,625 --> 01:47:07,695 AIRPORT WOULD ALSO BOTH INCREASE IN EXPENSE AND AIRPORT 1450 01:47:07,695 --> 01:47:10,764 CIP REVENUE AND EXPENSE BE DECREASED SEWER WOULD INCREASE 1451 01:47:10,764 --> 01:47:15,564 IN EXPENSE. NOW I'M REGRETTING I READ ALL 1452 01:47:20,410 --> 01:47:23,110 OF THESE PRINT PARKING WOULD DECREASE IN REVENUE. 1453 01:47:23,110 --> 01:47:26,981 SOLID WASTE WOULD INCREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE GRID ID 1454 01:47:26,981 --> 01:47:31,510 WOULD DECREASE SLIGHTLY AND INCREASE EXPENSE TO PUBLIC 1455 01:47:31,510 --> 01:47:34,187 COMMUNICATION WOULD INCREASE EXPENSE THE TOTAL NET IMPACT ON 1456 01:47:34,187 --> 01:47:38,580 THE BUDGET OF ALL THE STAFF AMENDMENTS COMBINED WOULD BE A 1457 01:47:38,580 --> 01:47:39,993 REVENUE INCREASE OF ABOUT 7.3 MILLION. 1458 01:47:39,993 --> 01:47:42,396 AND EXPENSE INCREASE OF 3.8 MILLION. 1459 01:47:42,396 --> 01:47:48,396 WHICH IS ABOUT EIGHT 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE. 1460 01:47:49,690 --> 01:47:52,273 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I DON'T REMEMBER THE PARKING ONE. 1461 01:47:52,273 --> 01:47:56,473 >> WE HAD A DUPLICATE REVENUE IN PARKING. 1462 01:47:58,946 --> 01:48:03,146 >> NOW WE MOVE ON TO COUNSEL AMENDMENTS. 1463 01:48:07,421 --> 01:48:10,424 >> IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE TONIGHT ON ANY COUNSEL 1464 01:48:10,424 --> 01:48:13,227 AMENDMENTS YOU MAY. I WON'T STOP YOU THE THREE 1465 01:48:13,227 --> 01:48:16,763 THINGS WE REQUESTED WERE FUNDING FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS 1466 01:48:16,763 --> 01:48:20,963 FOR COUNCILMEMBERS. JACQUE REQUESTED THIS WAS ADDED 1467 01:48:21,635 --> 01:48:27,635 AND WOULD BE OFFSET BY THE DECREASE TO BOARD AND 1468 01:48:29,110 --> 01:48:32,980 COMMISSION FUNDING THAT WAS PART OF STAFF AMENDMENT, NUMBER 1469 01:48:32,980 --> 01:48:37,450 TWO IS RELATED TO PURCHASE AND STREET BARRIERS THIS IS BROKEN 1470 01:48:37,450 --> 01:48:40,387 OUT INTO IT A AND B BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT 1471 01:48:40,387 --> 01:48:43,590 DECISIONS RELATED TO THAT ITEM. NUMBER THREE IS AN UPDATE TO 1472 01:48:43,590 --> 01:48:47,528 INCREASE THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1473 01:48:47,528 --> 01:48:50,597 BACK TO 600,000 WHICH WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 200,000 AND THIS 1474 01:48:50,597 --> 01:48:55,997 THE SOURCE FOR THAT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND RESERVES. 1475 01:49:01,141 --> 01:49:05,341 >> SATURDAY PARKING GARAGE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? 1476 01:49:12,419 --> 01:49:16,223 >> THAT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET SO IT'S NOT ITEM THEM AND IT WOULD 1477 01:49:16,223 --> 01:49:21,230 BE SOMETHING DISCUSSED WITH THE DEPARTMENT RENT CHANGES. 1478 01:49:25,499 --> 01:49:29,436 >>Council Member Elwood: I THINK MY OTHER ONE IS THE SAME 1479 01:49:29,436 --> 01:49:30,437 SITUATION. 1480 01:49:30,437 --> 01:49:33,440 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHAT'S THE TOTAL IN SAVINGS FROM THE BOARD 1481 01:49:33,440 --> 01:49:37,511 AND COMMISSION ADJUSTMENTS? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S DONE 1482 01:49:37,511 --> 01:49:41,711 THE MATH. AND THEN MY ADDITIONAL QUESTION 1483 01:49:46,986 --> 01:49:53,460 IS IN RELATION TO THE PURCHASE OF STREET BARRIERS, I KNOW WE 1484 01:49:53,460 --> 01:50:00,600 HAVE A HOLD THAT SOME OF THE PROPOSED STATE FUNDING THAT'S 1485 01:50:00,467 --> 01:50:03,670 SUPPOSED TO GO TO DOWNTOWN SAFETY OF CITIES OF A CERTAIN 1486 01:50:03,670 --> 01:50:10,870 SIZE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US IF WE HEAR THAT EFFICIENTLY COMES 1487 01:50:12,879 --> 01:50:16,160 THE ROUTE THAT WOULD BE THE OFFSET FOR THE PROPOSED STREET 1488 01:50:16,160 --> 01:50:18,180 BARRIERS? I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE INTENT 1489 01:50:18,180 --> 01:50:20,180 OF THOSE. 1490 01:50:25,826 --> 01:50:28,762 >> THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THAT PROJECT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY 1491 01:50:28,762 --> 01:50:32,566 THE STATE SO THAT MAY NOT BE A CATEGORY OF SOMETHING THEY 1492 01:50:32,566 --> 01:50:34,902 ACCEPT SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD CAUTION US. 1493 01:50:34,902 --> 01:50:38,705 >> TOTAL DECREASE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS JUST UNDER 1494 01:50:38,705 --> 01:50:39,707 65,000. 1495 01:50:39,707 --> 01:50:45,707 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. AND FOR ALL OF THESE THAT, 1496 01:50:48,582 --> 01:50:51,585 BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUGGESTED REVENUE THAT WOULD THEN BE OUT 1497 01:50:51,585 --> 01:50:55,122 OF COUNSEL OR CITY GENERAL FUND RESERVES, CORRECT? 1498 01:50:55,122 --> 01:50:57,122 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 1499 01:50:59,927 --> 01:51:03,597 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF 1500 01:51:03,597 --> 01:51:05,597 OUR RESERVES? 1501 01:51:07,750 --> 01:51:11,275 >> I BELIEVE IT'S $19 MILLION ABOVE THE REQUIREMENT. 1502 01:51:11,946 --> 01:51:16,746 WE ARE ANTICIPATING IT TO BE ABOUT 19.2 BILLION. 1503 01:51:22,757 --> 01:51:26,361 >> HOW MUCH IS THE ABOVE? I KNOW YOU USUALLY SHOW ON A 1504 01:51:26,361 --> 01:51:29,230 SPREADSHEET. IF THAT'S TYPICAL AND ANYTHING 1505 01:51:29,230 --> 01:51:30,365 ABOVE THAT. 1506 01:51:30,365 --> 01:51:36,365 >> SO ABOVE THE CASH RESERVE TARGET, THE AMOUNT OF CASH 1507 01:51:38,706 --> 01:51:43,979 RESERVE TARGET IS 19.2 MILLION. CASH RESERVES ARE EXPECTED TO 1508 01:51:43,979 --> 01:51:45,979 BE ABOUT 26 MILLION. 1509 01:51:48,249 --> 01:51:51,849 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BETSY. 1510 01:51:51,853 --> 01:51:55,453 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT. 1511 01:51:56,391 --> 01:52:02,391 >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WENT INTO THE SECURITY SYSTEMS FOR 1512 01:52:05,200 --> 01:52:07,402 COUNCILMEMBERS, WHAT ALL FITS UNDER THAT? 1513 01:52:07,402 --> 01:52:14,142 >> WE DID A BASIC REQUEST FOR PRICING AND WE LOOKED AT A 1514 01:52:14,142 --> 01:52:19,542 YEARLY PRICE FOR SEVEN MEMBERS AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL. 1515 01:52:23,818 --> 01:52:26,955 THIS IS A ONE YEAR PRICE, IT'S NOT AN ONGOING PRICE BUT ONCE 1516 01:52:26,955 --> 01:52:31,826 THE EQUIPMENT IS PURCHASED, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD DROP TO 1517 01:52:31,826 --> 01:52:33,826 2500, MAYBE 3000 A YEAR. 1518 01:52:35,630 --> 01:52:39,300 >> SO IT'S NOT LOOKING AT REIMBURSEMENT, IT'S LOOKING AT 1519 01:52:39,300 --> 01:52:41,700 THE CITY PURCHASING EQUIPMENT. 1520 01:52:44,906 --> 01:52:49,177 >> REIMBURSEMENTS ARE HANDLED THROUGH THE CHARTER OR THROUGH 1521 01:52:49,177 --> 01:52:55,177 THE ORDINANCE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.I BELIEVE IT'S 1522 01:52:58,320 --> 01:53:01,389 CHARTER SO WE DID ONE TRYING TO CHANGE THE CHARTER FOR 1523 01:53:01,389 --> 01:53:06,189 REIMBURSEMENT. THE IDEA WAS FOR IT TO BE 1524 01:53:12,867 --> 01:53:13,535 SUPERVISED. 1525 01:53:13,535 --> 01:53:17,500 >> SORRY, THAT CREATES MANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ABOUT WHOM 1526 01:53:17,500 --> 01:53:20,274 THE PROVIDER WOULD BE AND WHERE DATA WOULD BE STORED. 1527 01:53:20,274 --> 01:53:24,790 >> THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDED. 1528 01:53:24,790 --> 01:53:27,816 WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE BEST OPTION AND I DON'T KNOW. 1529 01:53:27,816 --> 01:53:33,216 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CHEAPEST OPTION BUT THE BEST 1530 01:53:35,623 --> 01:53:38,760 OPTION FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE SYSTEM WE LOOKED 1531 01:53:38,760 --> 01:53:42,164 AT WAS THE RANK. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT 1532 01:53:42,164 --> 01:53:49,171 OPTIONS YOU ALL COULD LOOK AT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IF YOU 1533 01:53:49,171 --> 01:53:52,171 DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT. 1534 01:53:56,778 --> 01:53:59,848 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I THINK FOR THE MOMENT PUTTING A DOLLAR 1535 01:53:59,848 --> 01:54:03,585 FIGURE IN THERE AND WE CAN WORK OUT, I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT YOU 1536 01:54:03,585 --> 01:54:04,786 WERE IMPLYING. 1537 01:54:04,786 --> 01:54:08,190 >> THAT'S CORRECT, IF YOU WILL APPROVE IT I CAN SEND YOU ALL 1538 01:54:08,190 --> 01:54:10,190 THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION. 1539 01:54:18,399 --> 01:54:21,202 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PART OF THE 1540 01:54:21,202 --> 01:54:23,602 AMENDMENT, JACQUE, SHARON, BETSY. 1541 01:54:23,872 --> 01:54:26,341 >>Council Member Sample: I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN GET 1542 01:54:26,341 --> 01:54:29,941 BACKUP DOCUMENTATION BEFORE WE APPROVE IT. 1543 01:54:31,813 --> 01:54:33,882 >> IT'S A LOT. >>Council Member Sample: OKAY, 1544 01:54:33,882 --> 01:54:38,682 A SUMMARY OR IS THAT A HUGE ASK? 1545 01:54:41,222 --> 01:54:44,893 >> I HAVE IT IN A GOOGLE SHEET, I COULD SEND IT RIGHT NOW. 1546 01:54:44,893 --> 01:54:47,962 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO VOTE ON THESE, SHE 1547 01:54:47,962 --> 01:54:52,162 DIDN'T MEAN TODAY. SHARON AND THEN BETSY. 1548 01:54:59,441 --> 01:55:04,241 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THE 1549 01:55:13,654 --> 01:55:16,658 AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY JACQUE DOESN'T HAVE NECESSARILY 1550 01:55:16,658 --> 01:55:19,728 AUTHORIZATION YET AS FAR AS A POLICY AND ALL OF THAT, WE'VE 1551 01:55:19,728 --> 01:55:22,797 NOT DONE ANY OF THAT. THIS IS JUST THE FUNDING FOR 1552 01:55:22,797 --> 01:55:26,670 SOMETHING WE HAVE NO MECHANISM TO DO, IS THAT CORRECT? 1553 01:55:26,670 --> 01:55:29,667 >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO MECHANISM? 1554 01:55:33,340 --> 01:55:36,344 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I MEAN WE HAVE NO ORDINANCE OR 1555 01:55:36,344 --> 01:55:40,150 POLICY DOCUMENT OR INTERNAL POLICY OR ANY OF THAT RELATED 1556 01:55:40,150 --> 01:55:42,416 TO IT. THIS IS JUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. 1557 01:55:42,416 --> 01:55:46,220 >> THIS ALLOWS US TO ALLOCATE FUNDS, WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS 1558 01:55:46,220 --> 01:55:47,756 THAT PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE. 1559 01:55:47,756 --> 01:55:50,692 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: HOW DID WE COME TO $5000 IF WE 1560 01:55:50,692 --> 01:55:55,430 HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE? 1561 01:55:55,430 --> 01:55:59,300 >> THAT'S HOW MUCH THE HIGHEST SERVICE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT 1562 01:55:59,300 --> 01:56:02,236 SERVICE PROVIDERS WAS, BASICALLY SO THAT'S THE YEARLY 1563 01:56:02,236 --> 01:56:04,236 SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT. 1564 01:56:12,180 --> 01:56:15,183 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: OF THE HIGHEST BID YOU WERE 1565 01:56:15,183 --> 01:56:18,987 ABLE TO FIND, I SHOULDN'T SAY HIGHEST, THE SERVICE YOU WERE 1566 01:56:18,987 --> 01:56:25,587 ABLE TO FIND IN YOUR RESEARCH. SO THIS IS A GUESSTIMATE? 1567 01:56:26,594 --> 01:56:29,397 >> THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO PURCHASE WHATEVER WITHIN THE 1568 01:56:29,397 --> 01:56:32,867 BIDS WE RECEIVED SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE, IT WOULD 1569 01:56:32,867 --> 01:56:36,738 ALLOW US TO PURCHASE IT YEARLY OR MONTHLY ARTIST ON TOP OF THE 1570 01:56:36,738 --> 01:56:41,538 SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED. >>Council Member Geuea Jones: 1571 01:56:48,883 --> 01:56:51,886 I KNEW AND TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS SEEMS 1572 01:56:51,886 --> 01:56:55,890 WEIRD TO ME, YOU SAID THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE, 1573 01:56:55,890 --> 01:56:58,826 THIS DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE, THIS GIVES AN 1574 01:56:58,826 --> 01:57:01,896 APPROPRIATION IF WE APPROVE A POLICY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO 1575 01:57:01,896 --> 01:57:02,364 PURCHASE. 1576 01:57:02,364 --> 01:57:05,330 >> IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A BUDGET NUMBER FOR THAT EXPENSE, 1577 01:57:05,330 --> 01:57:08,330 WE STILL HAVE TO DEVELOP. 1578 01:57:09,370 --> 01:57:12,239 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M 1579 01:57:12,239 --> 01:57:16,311 CLEAR WHERE THINGS ARE IN THIS PROCESS WITH THE IDEA. 1580 01:57:16,311 --> 01:57:18,311 >>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY. 1581 01:57:21,649 --> 01:57:24,518 >>Council Member Peters: MY QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE 1582 01:57:24,518 --> 01:57:27,455 STREET BARRIERS. SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD NOT BE 1583 01:57:27,455 --> 01:57:30,458 SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE FROM THE STATE YET AND WHY 1584 01:57:30,458 --> 01:57:33,661 WOULDN'T THIS COME THROUGH THE POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT IF 1585 01:57:33,661 --> 01:57:37,418 THEY WANT TO DO THIS, HOW DID THIS AND AS A COUNSEL AMENDMENT 1586 01:57:37,418 --> 01:57:40,621 AS OPPOSED TO WAITING UNTIL WE GET THE MONEY, MAKING SURE IT 1587 01:57:40,621 --> 01:57:45,625 CAN BE USED FOR THIS AND THEN, I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE 1588 01:57:45,625 --> 01:57:48,250 CIRCUMVENTING A WELL-KNOWN PATH. 1589 01:57:56,637 --> 01:57:59,306 >> IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH POLICE AND FIRE AND I THINK 1590 01:57:59,306 --> 01:58:02,243 THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE 1591 01:58:02,243 --> 01:58:05,579 BARRIERS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. THE IDEA, I THINK IDEALLY WE'D 1592 01:58:05,579 --> 01:58:08,515 LOVE FOR IT TO COME FROM THE STATE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE 1593 01:58:08,515 --> 01:58:12,452 STATE WILL FUND THIS THAT'S THE REASON IT WILL COME OUT OF THE 1594 01:58:12,452 --> 01:58:14,452 EXCESS RESERVE FUND. 1595 01:58:14,722 --> 01:58:18,458 >>Mayor Buffaloe: SMALL QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT, 1596 01:58:18,458 --> 01:58:19,793 VALERIE. 1597 01:58:19,793 --> 01:58:23,597 >>Council Member Carroll: IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT TO GET USED 1598 01:58:23,597 --> 01:58:25,799 TO THE BUTTON. I GUESS I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW 1599 01:58:25,799 --> 01:58:31,199 THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT JUST BY POLICE OR FIRE. 1600 01:58:33,207 --> 01:58:36,344 WE HAVE AS YOU MENTIONED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INPUT, 1601 01:58:36,344 --> 01:58:39,944 POLICE AND FIRE FAVORING THESE BARRIERS. 1602 01:58:40,348 --> 01:58:45,486 AS OF RIGHT TELL, OUR BUDGET FOR POLICE AND FIRE IS A 1603 01:58:45,486 --> 01:58:51,486 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO THIS WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND 1604 01:59:00,501 --> 01:59:02,636 EXPENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD LOOK 1605 01:59:02,636 --> 01:59:05,572 DIFFERENTLY. I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS A 1606 01:59:05,572 --> 01:59:07,707 DIDN'T ASK FOR IT IN THEIR BUDGETING PROCESS. 1607 01:59:07,707 --> 01:59:11,711 IS THERE ANY OTHER DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD PLAY OUT IN FISCAL 1608 01:59:11,711 --> 01:59:12,779 YEAR 27? 1609 01:59:12,779 --> 01:59:17,579 >> NO, I MEAN IT'S A GENERAL FUND EXPENSE. 1610 01:59:23,570 --> 01:59:25,192 >>Council Member Carroll: OKAY. 1611 01:59:25,192 --> 01:59:28,796 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I HAVE ONE REAL QUICK BEFORE I COME BACK 1612 01:59:28,796 --> 01:59:32,132 TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A SLIDE UP HERE THAT WILL 1613 01:59:32,132 --> 01:59:35,936 SHOW US LET'S SAY THE PREVIOUS STAFF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS GO 1614 01:59:35,936 --> 01:59:38,271 FORWARD. WHAT THAT DOES ESPECIALLY FOR 1615 01:59:38,271 --> 01:59:42,275 THE GENERAL FUND, THAT 13,000 SPREAD BETWEEN EXPENDITURES AND 1616 01:59:42,275 --> 01:59:46,213 REVENUES. IS IT NARROWER OR IS IT WIDER? 1617 01:59:46,213 --> 01:59:50,684 DO WE HAVE A SLIDE OR DO WE HAVE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK 1618 01:59:50,684 --> 01:59:51,285 LIKE. 1619 01:59:51,285 --> 01:59:53,954 >> WE WILL HAVE NEW NUMBERS ON THE EIGHTH, I KNOW FROM LOOKING 1620 01:59:53,954 --> 01:59:58,691 AT THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY THIS WILL REMAIN 1621 01:59:58,691 --> 02:00:03,491 ABOUT THE SAME SOMEHOW IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE, $13,000 1622 02:00:03,764 --> 02:00:06,900 STILL JUST THIS AMENDMENT SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF 1623 02:00:06,900 --> 02:00:09,503 THESE COUNSEL AMENDMENTS BEING CONSIDERED. 1624 02:00:09,503 --> 02:00:12,839 >>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE, YOU HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. 1625 02:00:12,839 --> 02:00:18,239 >>Council Member Sample: CAN THE BARRIERS, CAN WE USE 1626 02:00:18,779 --> 02:00:24,779 RESERVE FUNDS FOR THAT PURCHASE SINCE IT'S A ONE-TIME PURCHASE. 1627 02:00:26,520 --> 02:00:27,540 >> YES. 1628 02:00:27,540 --> 02:00:30,570 >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS THERE MORE TO YOUR PRESENTATION. 1629 02:00:30,570 --> 02:00:32,570 >> YES THERE IS. 1630 02:00:32,325 --> 02:00:35,925 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE HAD ANOTHER, VERA. 1631 02:00:40,467 --> 02:00:43,470 >>Council Member Elwood: JACQUE'S QUESTION MADE ME THINK 1632 02:00:43,470 --> 02:00:46,339 OF ONE. ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU SAID 1633 02:00:46,339 --> 02:00:49,476 ALL THESE EXPENSES WOULD COME OUT OF RESERVE, THAT WOULD MEAN 1634 02:00:49,476 --> 02:00:53,213 THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE INCREASE WOULD ALSO BE RESERVED RATHER 1635 02:00:53,213 --> 02:00:56,213 THAN MAIN BUDGET. >> THAT'S CORRECT. 1636 02:00:56,750 --> 02:01:00,487 >> ALL IT MEANS WHEN WE SAY IT COMES OUT OF RESERVE IS THE 1637 02:01:00,487 --> 02:01:05,626 REVENUE IS INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INCREASE IN EXPENSE 1638 02:01:05,626 --> 02:01:08,829 SO IT'S NOT A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE, IT'S JUST THE EXPENSE 1639 02:01:08,829 --> 02:01:11,229 WOULD EXCEED THE REVENUE. 1640 02:01:11,965 --> 02:01:14,365 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES, VALERIE. 1641 02:01:23,711 --> 02:01:26,713 >>Council Member Carroll: IS THAT TRUE FOR THE OTHER SLIDES, 1642 02:01:26,713 --> 02:01:30,651 THE OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS? I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEM WERE 1643 02:01:30,651 --> 02:01:34,721 INCREASES IN FUNDING AND SOME OF THEM WERE DECREASES. 1644 02:01:34,721 --> 02:01:38,725 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. 1645 02:01:38,725 --> 02:01:41,661 >>Council Member Carroll: DOES THAT BALANCE TO A REQUEST TO 1646 02:01:41,661 --> 02:01:44,640 RESERVES OR AN OVERALL INCREASE. 1647 02:01:44,640 --> 02:01:47,600 >> FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE REMAINS ABOUT 1648 02:01:47,600 --> 02:01:52,400 THE SAME ABOUT 13,000. FOR THOSE OTHER FUNDS, I'M 1649 02:01:55,542 --> 02:01:59,345 SORRY TO SAY DO THE MATH BUT THE NUMBERS FOR EACH FUND ARE 1650 02:01:59,345 --> 02:02:03,817 LISTED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE GAVE YOU THE INCREASE OR 1651 02:02:03,817 --> 02:02:07,755 DECREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH FUND 1652 02:02:07,755 --> 02:02:10,624 INDIVIDUALLY TO DECIDE THAT WE WILL HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS ON 1653 02:02:10,624 --> 02:02:16,240 THE EIGHTH FOR YOU WITH ALL THESE AMENDMENTS INCLUDED. 1654 02:02:17,297 --> 02:02:19,697 >>Mayor Buffaloe: GOING FORWARD . 1655 02:02:25,505 --> 02:02:30,305 >> WE MET WITH THE PARKING COMMISSION ON FRIDAY. 1656 02:02:31,911 --> 02:02:33,460 WEDNESDAY. LAST WEEK. 1657 02:02:33,460 --> 02:02:35,782 THESE ARE THE PRESENTATIONS WE SHOWED THEM. 1658 02:02:35,782 --> 02:02:42,982 SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THIS ARE WORTH 1659 02:02:44,725 --> 02:02:47,861 GOING OVER, ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT 1660 02:02:47,861 --> 02:02:53,861 MAY CHANGE THE BUDGET. FIRST, I WANTED TO DO THE 1661 02:02:56,136 --> 02:02:59,940 PURPOSE FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, PURPOSE FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO 1662 02:02:59,940 --> 02:03:03,944 COLLECT REVENUE TO OPERATE A SELF-SUSTAINING BUSINESS TYPE 1663 02:03:03,944 --> 02:03:06,790 ENTITY. THE COST OF THE TOTAL COST TO 1664 02:03:06,790 --> 02:03:09,149 PROVIDE A SPECIFIC GOODS AND SERVICES IS RECOVERED DIRECTLY 1665 02:03:09,149 --> 02:03:12,285 FROM A USER OF THE SERVICES RATHER THAN GENERAL REVENUES. 1666 02:03:12,285 --> 02:03:17,685 THIS FULL COST RECOVERY IS BASICALLY SAYING REVENUES MUST 1667 02:03:17,958 --> 02:03:22,758 COVER DIRECT OPERATING COSTS, GENERAL AND CAPITAL NEEDS, 1668 02:03:25,432 --> 02:03:28,502 UPGRADES PLACEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT AS 1669 02:03:28,502 --> 02:03:30,838 WELL AS NON-CASH ASSET DEPRECIATION. 1670 02:03:30,838 --> 02:03:35,909 SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE LOOKED AT IT BY STREET METERS 1671 02:03:35,909 --> 02:03:43,109 AND THE GARAGES AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL FOR BOTH WE 1672 02:03:44,510 --> 02:03:47,651 PROPOSE NO CHANGE FOR STREET METERS. 1673 02:03:56,596 --> 02:03:59,533 BASICALLY IT IS AN EQUITABLE CHANGE THAT WILL MAKE GARAGES 1674 02:03:59,533 --> 02:04:02,268 AT THE SAME LEVEL AS STREET METERS. 1675 02:04:02,268 --> 02:04:06,282 CURRENTLY IN THE RATES ARE ONE DOLLAR FOR TWO HOURS IN GARAGES 1676 02:04:06,282 --> 02:04:08,284 AND WE GO TO ONE DOLLAR PER HOUR. 1677 02:04:08,284 --> 02:04:11,488 SO THIS GIVES US AN UNCAPTURED REVENUE OF 253,000 FOR THAT ONE 1678 02:04:11,488 --> 02:04:14,557 HOUR PARKING CHANGE. THEN AN ADDITIONAL 93,000 WOULD 1679 02:04:14,557 --> 02:04:20,363 BE LOST IF NOT ENFORCED IN PARKING FEES AND GARAGES 1680 02:04:20,363 --> 02:04:24,167 SATURDAY. IN TOTAL WE HAVE AN UNCAPTURED 1681 02:04:24,167 --> 02:04:28,967 REVENUE OF $346,000. AND IF ANY CHANGE WAS DONE, 1682 02:04:33,109 --> 02:04:37,309 THIS WOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL JANUARY 2027. 1683 02:04:41,785 --> 02:04:44,921 A BIG ISSUE HERE IS WE HAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION IN UNFUNDED 1684 02:04:44,921 --> 02:04:48,124 CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR PARKING. THIS INCLUDES PROJECTS ON TO 1685 02:04:48,124 --> 02:04:54,124 THE SHORT STREET GARAGE, SIXTH AND JERRY, SOME SIGNS AND 1686 02:04:55,332 --> 02:04:59,532 WAYFINDING AND THEN THE GATE UNLICENSED ASSIST. 1687 02:05:06,943 --> 02:05:10,880 THIS IS OUR BASELINE FORECAST. IF THIS IS BASICALLY IF THINGS 1688 02:05:10,880 --> 02:05:15,552 WERE AS THEY ARE NOW, INCLUDING THAT CIP WE MENTIONED THAT WAS 1689 02:05:15,552 --> 02:05:19,556 UNFUNDED BECAUSE WE LOST FUND THAT, WE HAVE TO GET A LOT OF 1690 02:05:19,556 --> 02:05:22,556 THAT, THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DONE. 1691 02:05:26,629 --> 02:05:29,632 THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT SO BY 1692 02:05:29,632 --> 02:05:35,320 FISCAL YEAR 2031 YOU WOULD, FISCAL YEAR 2030 YOU WOULD BE 1693 02:05:35,505 --> 02:05:38,174 BANKRUPT WITHIN THE PARKING SYSTEM. 1694 02:05:38,174 --> 02:05:44,174 SO IF WE DID THE GARAGE ADJUSTMENT WITHOUT THE SATURDAY 1695 02:05:46,916 --> 02:05:52,588 CHARGE, IT DOES MAKE THIS, IT MAKES THE OUTLOOK LOOK MUCH 1696 02:05:52,588 --> 02:05:57,388 BETTER. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT NO REAL 1697 02:05:57,460 --> 02:06:03,266 ISSUES AND MAYBE GETTING BACK ON TRACK IN FISCAL YEAR 29. 1698 02:06:03,266 --> 02:06:10,140 WITH THE CHARGE WE GET THERE A LITTLE FASTER IN FISCAL YEAR 28 1699 02:06:10,140 --> 02:06:15,879 WOULD BE THE TIMING WHERE WE COULD HAVE A CASH RESERVE 1700 02:06:15,879 --> 02:06:20,679 TARGET OF 20% OR MORE. THERE IS ONE ISSUE. 1701 02:06:23,419 --> 02:06:28,157 THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE KIOSK FOR THE PARKING. 1702 02:06:28,157 --> 02:06:33,557 SO THE KIOSK WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 1.2, $1.3 MILLION IN 1703 02:06:38,368 --> 02:06:43,639 ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS. WHAT THAT DOES TO THE FORECAST, 1704 02:06:43,639 --> 02:06:47,239 BASICALLY IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. 1705 02:06:48,430 --> 02:06:52,182 FEET, OUR CASH RESERVE OF 20% WOULD NOT BE MET FOR THE 1706 02:06:52,182 --> 02:06:56,982 FORESEEABLE FUTURE THAT IS WITH THE SATURDAY CHARGE. 1707 02:07:00,323 --> 02:07:04,327 SO EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY 93,000 YEAR IT MAKES 1708 02:07:04,327 --> 02:07:08,264 A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS 1709 02:07:08,264 --> 02:07:13,664 THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO. AND THAT'S IT. 1710 02:07:19,742 --> 02:07:21,742 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE. 1711 02:07:22,878 --> 02:07:28,551 >>Council Member Carroll: CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE 1712 02:07:28,551 --> 02:07:33,951 WITH NO SATURDAY CHARGE, SORRY. THE FIRST TABLE SLIDE. 1713 02:07:34,230 --> 02:07:37,623 SO THERE'S BASELINE, FORECASTING WITHOUT SATURDAY 1714 02:07:44,100 --> 02:07:46,102 CHARGE. OKAY, SO BASELINE IS WITHOUT 1715 02:07:46,102 --> 02:07:46,970 THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES. 1716 02:07:46,970 --> 02:07:48,970 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 1717 02:07:57,847 --> 02:08:01,584 >>Council Member Carroll: SO IF WE FOLLOW THE FEE CHANGES AND 1718 02:08:01,584 --> 02:08:04,721 HAVE NO SATURDAY CHARGE OR CONTINUE OUR NOTE SATURDAY 1719 02:08:04,721 --> 02:08:08,925 CHARGE, WE HIT CASH RESERVES AT 20% BY FISCAL YEAR 2029. 1720 02:08:08,925 --> 02:08:11,928 >> THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 1.2 MILLION YOU 1721 02:08:11,928 --> 02:08:19,128 NEED TO DO FOR THE NEW LICENSE PLATE READERS AND GATE ALARM 1722 02:08:19,669 --> 02:08:20,804 SYSTEM. 1723 02:08:20,804 --> 02:08:24,273 >>Council Member Carroll: WAS THAT ON THE SECOND? 1724 02:08:24,273 --> 02:08:29,145 >> THAT IS ON THE LAST SO THIS IS THIS ONE. 1725 02:08:29,145 --> 02:08:32,948 >>Council Member Carroll: THAT'S WITH SATURDAY CHARGE, 1726 02:08:32,948 --> 02:08:34,951 CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ONE BEFORE THAT? 1727 02:08:34,951 --> 02:08:37,951 NO SATURDAY CHARGE ON KIOSK. 1728 02:08:38,221 --> 02:08:43,760 >> WE HAVE NO SATURDAY CHARGE AND WITH THIS IS WITHOUT THE 1729 02:08:43,760 --> 02:08:47,360 1.2 MILLION AND IT IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. 1730 02:08:48,698 --> 02:08:52,435 SOME OF THIS WILL BE COVERED AS WELL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARKING 1731 02:08:52,435 --> 02:08:54,370 RATE. I BELIEVE IN A FEW. 1732 02:08:54,370 --> 02:08:59,770 >>Council Member Carroll: OKAY. THINK I WILL HOLD THAT 1733 02:09:00,510 --> 02:09:04,110 DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT ITEM THEN. 1734 02:09:06,849 --> 02:09:10,319 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU CAN ADVANCE SINCE THAT'S THE END OF 1735 02:09:10,319 --> 02:09:15,119 THE STAFF PRESENTATION. REQUEST FOR COUNSEL WE WILL 1736 02:09:17,594 --> 02:09:20,730 HOLD OUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS UNLESS THEY ARE BURNING UNTIL 1737 02:09:20,730 --> 02:09:26,730 AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL. 1738 02:09:34,144 --> 02:09:38,140 WE HAVE A FEW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED 1739 02:09:38,140 --> 02:09:41,951 LETTERS OR SUBMITTED WITHOUT AGENDA AS WELL AND IT'S COMMON 1740 02:09:41,951 --> 02:09:46,220 PRACTICE TO INVITE THEM TO COME FORWARD ONCE I'VE OPENED UP THE 1741 02:09:46,220 --> 02:09:49,250 PUBLIC HEARING SO I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED 1742 02:09:49,250 --> 02:09:52,161 FOR DIANA, CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON THE COMMISSION 1743 02:09:52,161 --> 02:09:56,320 AND THE TOM ROSE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY 1744 02:09:56,320 --> 02:09:58,367 DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO COME FORWARD. 1745 02:09:58,367 --> 02:10:00,767 THEN EITHER SPEAK, YES. 1746 02:10:00,903 --> 02:10:04,707 >>Public Speaker: DIANA MARKSON CHAIR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND 1747 02:10:04,707 --> 02:10:08,644 I'M HERE TO ACCOMPANY THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO 1748 02:10:08,644 --> 02:10:11,714 THE CITY'S ANNUAL ARTS GRANT FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 1749 02:10:11,714 --> 02:10:13,717 AND I REQUEST FIVE MINUTES. 1750 02:10:13,717 --> 02:10:17,317 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE WILL ADD 2 MORE. 1751 02:10:17,787 --> 02:10:20,790 >>Public Speaker: THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATIONS 1752 02:10:20,790 --> 02:10:24,527 TO INCREASE ANNUAL FUNDING FROM THE ARTS FROM 100,000 TO 1753 02:10:24,527 --> 02:10:28,727 $200,000. I KNOW IT'S WHAT YOU RECEIVE IN 1754 02:10:34,825 --> 02:10:38,629 FUNDING EACH YEAR, JOIN ME IN EXPRESSING THEIR THANKS YOUR 1755 02:10:38,629 --> 02:10:44,290 RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT OF THE CULTURAL WORK THEY DO. 1756 02:10:44,435 --> 02:10:47,705 WHAT MAKES COLOMBIAN THE BEST PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE WORK 1757 02:10:47,705 --> 02:10:51,508 AND PLAY AND JUST TO PUT THAT FUNDING INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT 1758 02:10:51,508 --> 02:10:54,578 200,000 THE CITY ALLOCATES TO ANNUAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS 1759 02:10:54,578 --> 02:10:59,978 REPRESENTS LESS THAN 2/10 OF 1% OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND 1760 02:11:03,530 --> 02:11:05,255 EXPENDITURE. THESE FUNDS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE 1761 02:11:05,255 --> 02:11:09,259 IN SUPPORTING THE CULTURE AND VITALITY OF OUR CITY AND ARE 1762 02:11:09,259 --> 02:11:14,659 ALSO AN ECONOMIC ENGINE AND A 2022 ARTS AND ECONOMIC 1763 02:11:28,612 --> 02:11:31,682 PROSPERITY STUDIED THE DIRECT IMPACT OF THE NONPROFIT ARTS 1764 02:11:31,682 --> 02:11:34,818 AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN COLUMBIA AND THEIR AUDIENCES 1765 02:11:34,818 --> 02:11:38,621 WAS OVER $18 MILLION OF WHICH OVER $420,000 WENT TO LOCAL TAX 1766 02:11:38,621 --> 02:11:41,692 REVENUE SO CITY MONEY HARD AT WORK.THANKS TO THE SUPPORT 1767 02:11:41,692 --> 02:11:45,562 FROM CITY ARTS FUNDING 125,000 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE 1768 02:11:45,562 --> 02:11:48,898 ATTENDED ARTS EVENTS ORGANIZED BY OUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES THIS 1769 02:11:48,898 --> 02:11:52,635 PAST YEAR AND HERE ARE SOME MORE LOVELY NUMBERS OF WHAT 1770 02:11:52,635 --> 02:11:55,773 THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE ARTS COMMUNITY 11 AND A HALF 1771 02:11:55,773 --> 02:11:58,776 THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED THE TRUE FALSE FILM FESTIVAL IN 1772 02:11:58,776 --> 02:12:02,713 MARCH, 3700 ATTENDED THE UNBOUND BOOK FESTIVAL IN APRIL 1773 02:12:02,713 --> 02:12:05,716 AND 15 AND HALF THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED OUT IN THE PARK IN 1774 02:12:05,716 --> 02:12:07,851 JUNE. OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE CITIES 1775 02:12:07,851 --> 02:12:11,588 DOLLARS DOING GREAT THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 2 AND A 1776 02:12:11,588 --> 02:12:14,792 HALF THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH CHILDREN'S 1777 02:12:14,792 --> 02:12:17,861 THEATER, ACCESS ARTS AS PROVIDED ARTS EDUCATION FOR 1778 02:12:17,861 --> 02:12:22,661 1500 PEOPLE, 8000 PEOPLE VIEWED CONCERTS BY THE ODYSSEY CHAMBER 1779 02:12:25,201 --> 02:12:28,405 MUSIC SERIES, 12,000 HAVE TAKEN PART IN EVENTS IN THE NORTH 1780 02:12:28,405 --> 02:12:31,408 VILLAGE ARTS DISTRICT AND 13,000 PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO 1781 02:12:31,408 --> 02:12:34,344 EVENTS AT THE BOONE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ALL THESE 1782 02:12:34,344 --> 02:12:38,148 ARTS AGENCIES ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE CITY'S ARTS FUNDING 1783 02:12:38,148 --> 02:12:41,148 PROGRAM. DURING THE GRANT APPLICATION 1784 02:12:41,418 --> 02:12:44,488 PROCESS COLUMBIA'S NONPROFIT ARTS AGENCIES SUBMIT REQUESTS 1785 02:12:44,488 --> 02:12:49,888 FOR PROJECTS SPECIFIC FUNDING TO THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL 1786 02:12:51,628 --> 02:12:53,630 AFFAIRS. THIS YEAR OCA RECEIVED 30 1787 02:12:53,630 --> 02:12:57,830 APPLICATIONS AND ESTIMATED THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 140,000 1788 02:12:58,102 --> 02:13:01,972 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WILL PARTICIPATE IN CITY FUNDED ARTS 1789 02:13:01,972 --> 02:13:06,376 ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. IF FUNDING IS APPROVED TO THE 1790 02:13:06,376 --> 02:13:09,379 BUDGET CONTRACTS WILL BE AUTHORIZED IN OCTOBER TO 1791 02:13:09,379 --> 02:13:11,781 SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ARTS PROJECTS. 1792 02:13:11,781 --> 02:13:17,781 WE ARE FORTUNATE IN MISERY AT HAVING AN EARMARKED STATE 1793 02:13:20,390 --> 02:13:23,460 STATUTE THAT DRAWS FROM TAXES PAID BY NONRESIDENT 1794 02:13:23,460 --> 02:13:26,663 PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS TO PROVIDE FUNDING 1795 02:13:26,663 --> 02:13:32,630 TO THE MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL. HOWEVER DUE TO ANNUAL 1796 02:13:34,700 --> 02:13:37,207 APPROPRIATIONS FROM THIS FUND IN FY 27 LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF 1797 02:13:37,207 --> 02:13:40,143 THE WITHHELD AMOUNT WILL REACH THE ARTS. 1798 02:13:40,143 --> 02:13:43,279 7.2 MILLION ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE WHICH MAKES CITY FUNDING 1799 02:13:43,279 --> 02:13:47,951 ALL THE MORE CRITICAL TO OUR OWN NONPROFIT ARTS AGENCIES. 1800 02:13:47,951 --> 02:13:52,220 AS YOU ALL KNOW THE ARTS POWER THE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE 1801 02:13:52,220 --> 02:13:57,294 WANT TO LIVE AND WORK, SHARE ALL OF TO STICK ON CULTURAL 1802 02:13:57,294 --> 02:14:01,364 EXPERIENCES STRENGTHEN ALL OF OUR SENSE OF BELONGING AND 1803 02:14:01,364 --> 02:14:06,369 COMMUNITY PRIDE AND WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS 1804 02:14:06,369 --> 02:14:09,440 COUNSEL'S RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE 1805 02:14:09,440 --> 02:14:11,508 ARTS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1806 02:14:11,508 --> 02:14:15,578 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU DIANA, STACY FORD WITH HUMAN 1807 02:14:15,578 --> 02:14:17,514 SERVICES. STACY FORD WITH THE HUMAN 1808 02:14:17,514 --> 02:14:21,251 SERVICES COMMISSION AND TOM ROSE, COME CLOSER. 1809 02:14:21,251 --> 02:14:27,851 I'M MAKING STACY WALK. WHEN I FIRST SAID HIS NAME HE 1810 02:14:33,196 --> 02:14:36,796 WAS AT THE BACK AS WELL. 1811 02:14:40,137 --> 02:14:43,873 >>Public Speaker: STACY FORD, CHAIR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES 1812 02:14:43,873 --> 02:14:50,473 COMMISSION THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR 1813 02:15:04,161 --> 02:15:08,298 COMMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S LONG-STANDING INVESTMENT 1814 02:15:08,298 --> 02:15:11,435 IN OUR COMMUNITY SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE 1815 02:15:11,435 --> 02:15:15,172 SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING PROCESS. THE HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION 1816 02:15:15,172 --> 02:15:18,375 AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ARE CHARGED 1817 02:15:18,375 --> 02:15:21,311 WITH MAKING ANNUAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY 1818 02:15:21,311 --> 02:15:24,248 COUNCIL. THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF 1819 02:15:24,248 --> 02:15:28,385 THE PURCHASE OF SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 1820 02:15:28,385 --> 02:15:30,785 AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS. 1821 02:15:32,188 --> 02:15:34,324 UTILIZING THE CITY SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING. 1822 02:15:34,324 --> 02:15:38,328 THE GOAL OF THE CITY'S PURCHASE OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS TO ENSURE 1823 02:15:38,328 --> 02:15:41,398 OUR BASIC NEEDS ARE MET AND ALL CITIZENS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 1824 02:15:41,398 --> 02:15:44,200 TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. 1825 02:15:44,200 --> 02:15:47,471 DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING PROCESS 1826 02:15:47,471 --> 02:15:51,141 AND ISSUES WE ADDRESS WERE PROVIDED IN OUR REPORT TO THE 1827 02:15:51,141 --> 02:15:54,344 COUNCIL WHICH WAS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE BUDGET. 1828 02:15:54,344 --> 02:15:58,282 THE HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION HAS ASKED FOR SOCIAL SERVICE 1829 02:15:58,282 --> 02:16:02,219 FUNDING TO BE RESTORED OR INCREASED EACH BUDGET CYCLE AND 1830 02:16:02,219 --> 02:16:05,422 AFTER AN INCREASE IN THE LAST THREE BUDGETS WE ARE CONCERNED 1831 02:16:05,422 --> 02:16:08,491 TO SEE THE CITY'S MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A 10% 1832 02:16:08,491 --> 02:16:12,296 CUT IN SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING ALL TAKEN OUT OF THE RFP FOR 1833 02:16:12,296 --> 02:16:14,431 OPPORTUNITY. THIS ADJUSTMENT IF ADOPTED 1834 02:16:14,431 --> 02:16:19,831 WOULD DECREASE THE TOTAL FOR THIS FUNDING BY $422,666 TO 1835 02:16:20,437 --> 02:16:22,437 $285.54, $542. ALMOST 137, 1307, I'M SORRY. 1836 02:16:28,645 --> 02:16:32,845 THANK YOU. I'VE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME 1837 02:16:33,517 --> 02:16:35,517 WORKING TODAY. 1025 DISTRICTS. 1838 02:16:40,256 --> 02:16:44,456 LIKELY RESULTING IN FEWER AGENCIES BEING FUNDED, 1839 02:16:46,929 --> 02:16:49,933 PREVIOUSLY FUNDED AGENCIES INCLUDE GRADE A+, JOB POINT, 1840 02:16:49,933 --> 02:16:53,203 LOVE COLUMBIA AND COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY LOW INCOME 1841 02:16:53,203 --> 02:16:55,471 SERVICES. SOME SERVICES WE'VE PURCHASED 1842 02:16:55,471 --> 02:17:00,271 WE ARE INCLUDING JOB REVENUE TRAINING, PERSONAL FINANCE 1843 02:17:01,355 --> 02:17:05,760 EDUCATION AND OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMMING SO PARENTS CAN STAY 1844 02:17:05,760 --> 02:17:09,960 AT WORK. THIS FEELS MORE IMPACTFUL NOW 1845 02:17:19,774 --> 02:17:22,777 RATHER THAN EVER WITH THE BUDGET CUTS TOO MANY LOCAL 1846 02:17:22,777 --> 02:17:24,846 PROGRAMS. THE MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN 1847 02:17:24,846 --> 02:17:28,717 SERVICES COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 1848 02:17:28,717 --> 02:17:32,787 ITS LONG-STANDING SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL 1849 02:17:32,787 --> 02:17:34,989 INFRASTRUCTURE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING 1850 02:17:34,989 --> 02:17:38,589 OUR 2027 SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS IN 1851 02:17:38,793 --> 02:17:43,593 DECEMBER, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE HELP BARBARA. 1852 02:17:45,533 --> 02:17:49,471 >>Public Speaker: TOM ROSE, CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITY 1853 02:17:49,471 --> 02:17:53,408 DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SO I'M NOT TALKING TONIGHT, THAT WILL 1854 02:17:53,408 --> 02:17:55,476 BE LATER. WHEN I PRESENT TONIGHT IS OUR 1855 02:17:55,476 --> 02:17:58,546 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR FISCAL 1856 02:17:58,546 --> 02:18:01,682 YEAR 27 FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM 1857 02:18:01,682 --> 02:18:05,620 AND THE WHOLE PROGRAM. THE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR 25 1858 02:18:05,620 --> 02:18:09,820 THROUGH 29 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE COMMISSION REVIEWED 1859 02:18:15,960 --> 02:18:17,298 THESE AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TODAY 1860 02:18:17,298 --> 02:18:20,898 TO CONSIDER SO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. 1861 02:18:24,439 --> 02:18:27,175 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU TOM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO 1862 02:18:27,175 --> 02:18:33,175 SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 CITY OF COLUMBIA BUDGET 1863 02:18:38,920 --> 02:18:39,387 ? 1864 02:18:39,387 --> 02:18:41,989 >>Public Speaker: MARK KLEIN, THIRD WARD. 1865 02:18:41,989 --> 02:18:45,600 I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING BUT HEARING ABOUT THE PARKING 1866 02:18:45,600 --> 02:18:48,129 GARAGE SITUATION I WANTED TO CALL TWO THINGS TO YOUR 1867 02:18:48,129 --> 02:18:52,133 ATTENTION, ONE OF WHICH IS I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE ADOPTING 1868 02:18:52,133 --> 02:18:56,400 OR PLANNING ON ADOPTING A LICENSE PLATE READING SYSTEM 1869 02:18:56,400 --> 02:18:59,140 BUT IT SEEMS THIS IS ANOTHER EXPANSION OF THE SURVEILLANCE 1870 02:18:59,140 --> 02:19:04,145 STATE, SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE BIG BROTHER AND I DON'T WANT TO 1871 02:19:04,145 --> 02:19:07,745 SEE COLUMBIA GOING DOWN THAT ROAD. 1872 02:19:08,416 --> 02:19:12,153 THE OTHER THING IS AS YOU KNOW I WORKED FOR MID-MISSOURI PIECE 1873 02:19:12,153 --> 02:19:15,356 WORKS AND WE OPERATED THE PIECE NOOK AND BY FAR OUR BUSIEST DAY 1874 02:19:15,356 --> 02:19:20,156 IS SATURDAY. IF WE START CHARGING PARKING ON 1875 02:19:41,316 --> 02:19:44,519 SATURDAYS, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON 1876 02:19:44,519 --> 02:19:47,389 SMALL SHOPS AND OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT. 1877 02:19:47,389 --> 02:19:51,326 AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU NOT TO DO THAT BASED ON THAT BASIS 1878 02:19:51,326 --> 02:19:53,328 ALONE. WE DO HERE A LOT COMPLAINTS 1879 02:19:53,328 --> 02:19:55,663 ABOUT PARKING METERS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 1880 02:19:55,663 --> 02:19:59,401 I CAN ALWAYS POINT TO THEM AND SAY WEEKENDS ARE FREE, THERE IS 1881 02:19:59,401 --> 02:20:02,470 PARKING IN THE PARKING GARAGE ON SATURDAY OR WHEREVER YOU 1882 02:20:02,470 --> 02:20:05,607 PART AND IT WILL HURT US IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND HURT A LOT 1883 02:20:05,607 --> 02:20:07,475 OF OTHER PEOPLE TO. 1884 02:20:07,475 --> 02:20:10,611 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? 1885 02:20:10,611 --> 02:20:12,680 >> I WILL NOT SAY MY ADDRESS PUBLICLY. 1886 02:20:12,680 --> 02:20:16,217 I JUST WANT TO FIRST OFF TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUE. 1887 02:20:16,217 --> 02:20:22,217 I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HAVING THE POWER POINTS AND 1888 02:20:34,369 --> 02:20:37,505 THEN BEING MISSING. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS 1889 02:20:37,505 --> 02:20:40,308 HAS HAPPENED. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER 1890 02:20:40,308 --> 02:20:43,378 TO APPEAR AS COMPETENT ESPECIALLY NOW YOU ARE A FULL 1891 02:20:43,378 --> 02:20:47,182 PANEL OF WOMEN TO RENT ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS BE 1892 02:20:47,182 --> 02:20:50,251 MORE CONSISTENT IN PROVIDING AS MUCH RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE. 1893 02:20:50,251 --> 02:20:54,255 I WAS HOPING YOU WERE JOKING ABOUT PUTTING THINGS TO A VOTE 1894 02:20:54,255 --> 02:20:58,193 TODAY BECAUSE AGAIN THE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT 1895 02:20:58,193 --> 02:21:01,328 THIS INFORMATION AND I'M GLAD YOU CHOSE NOT TO RIP THESE ARE 1896 02:21:01,328 --> 02:21:04,398 THE KIND OF SMALL THINGS THAT GIVE PEOPLE AN EXCUSE TO SAVE 1897 02:21:04,398 --> 02:21:08,269 YOU GUYS ARE INCOMPETENT SO THINGS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE 1898 02:21:08,269 --> 02:21:11,720 APPROVED UPON AND TO BE CONSISTENT. 1899 02:21:11,720 --> 02:21:13,341 ANOTHER THING I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS THE PARKING. 1900 02:21:13,341 --> 02:21:17,278 AS A SERVER DUE TO MINIMUM WAGE AND HOUR OF OUR LABOR GOES INTO 1901 02:21:17,278 --> 02:21:20,147 PARKING WHEN YOU RAISE THE PARKING METERS. 1902 02:21:20,147 --> 02:21:26,747 THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT I DO HERE SURPRISINGLY IN SPITE ALL 1903 02:21:28,489 --> 02:21:30,692 THE SUPPOSED VIOLENCE IS PARKING. 1904 02:21:30,692 --> 02:21:34,429 THE REASON WHY PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO DOWNTOWN IS THEY ARE TIRED 1905 02:21:34,429 --> 02:21:38,433 OF DRIVING FOR 20 MINUTES, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME, 1906 02:21:38,433 --> 02:21:41,369 THEY CAN'T FIND PARKING. AND I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THEY 1907 02:21:41,369 --> 02:21:43,705 DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR CERTAIN PARKING. 1908 02:21:43,705 --> 02:21:47,442 I KNOW WE NEED TO GET THE MONEY SOMEWHERE BUT MAYBE THERE'S A 1909 02:21:47,442 --> 02:21:53,442 COMPROMISE THAT CAN BE MADE PEOPLE WORKING HERE AND MAYBE 1910 02:21:54,249 --> 02:21:57,384 THERE COULD BE SOMETHING SO IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO 1911 02:21:57,384 --> 02:22:00,788 SPEND MORE OF OUR HOURS IN THE PARKING. 1912 02:22:00,788 --> 02:22:04,459 BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP AS WE ARE 1913 02:22:04,459 --> 02:22:07,728 TALKING ABOUT INCREASING AND THE FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T 1914 02:22:07,728 --> 02:22:11,399 EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GARAGES OR KNOW THAT IT'S 1915 02:22:11,399 --> 02:22:14,669 FREE, MOST DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE 1916 02:22:14,669 --> 02:22:18,539 MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THIS PARKING WAS GOING TO BE AN 1917 02:22:18,539 --> 02:22:22,677 ISSUE SO TRANSPARENCY AGAIN NEEDS TO BE MORE IMPROVED. 1918 02:22:22,677 --> 02:22:25,546 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DOES ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO 1919 02:22:25,546 --> 02:22:28,546 SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 1920 02:22:29,550 --> 02:22:32,487 >>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES FROM WARD ONE AND I HAVE 1921 02:22:32,487 --> 02:22:36,491 A QUESTION FOR THE BUDGET, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS BUDGET 1922 02:22:36,491 --> 02:22:39,560 REFLECTS THE 1% SALES TAX INCREASE AND WILL THE NEXT 1923 02:22:39,560 --> 02:22:41,960 PROPOSED BUDGET SHOW THAT? 1924 02:22:49,504 --> 02:22:53,173 >>Mayor Buffaloe: AFTER PUBLIC HEARING I WILL ASK THE 1925 02:22:53,173 --> 02:22:57,373 QUESTIONS, ANYONE WISH TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 1926 02:22:57,645 --> 02:23:00,514 >>Public Speaker: EUGENE ELKINS, SECOND WARD. 1927 02:23:00,514 --> 02:23:04,519 MY ONLY COMMENT IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IN MY PAST 1928 02:23:04,519 --> 02:23:06,721 I WITNESSED IT WITH MY OWN EYES. 1929 02:23:06,721 --> 02:23:13,321 YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT AND THE WORD IS ASSETS IN CITY OWNERSHIP. 1930 02:23:16,597 --> 02:23:19,667 IF YOU SHOULD DRIVE BEHIND THE POWER PLANT YOU WILL WITNESS 1931 02:23:19,667 --> 02:23:23,470 ITEMS THAT ARE RUSTING AWAY. THEY COULD BE A WRITE OFF OR 1932 02:23:23,470 --> 02:23:29,770 COULD IT BE WE NEED TO HAVE LESS WASTING OF ITEMS PURCHASED 1933 02:23:29,770 --> 02:23:31,813 BY WAY OF PUTTING A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS. 1934 02:23:31,813 --> 02:23:38,413 BEFORE YOU ALL SERVED ON THE COUNCIL, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL 1935 02:23:49,970 --> 02:23:51,365 TONIGHT. THERE WAS A A LOT OF DISCUSSION 1936 02:23:51,365 --> 02:23:55,170 ABOUT THE ELECTRIC BUSES.I'D LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO START 1937 02:23:55,170 --> 02:23:58,306 MONITORING THE ACTUAL EXPENSES. THEY ONLY GAVE THEM ABOUT A 1938 02:23:58,306 --> 02:24:01,109 YEAR AND THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE BREAKDOWNS. 1939 02:24:01,109 --> 02:24:04,312 TECHNOLOGY COULD HAVE CHANGED BUT COULD BE VERY ITEMS WE GIVE 1940 02:24:04,312 --> 02:24:08,316 THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO RIDE FOR FREE BE COSTING YOU WAY MORE 1941 02:24:08,316 --> 02:24:12,187 THAN THE OLD DIESEL OR THEY WE GO BACK TO GASOLINE VERSION OF 1942 02:24:12,187 --> 02:24:14,256 BUSES? THE REASON I'M BRINGING ALL 1943 02:24:14,256 --> 02:24:16,324 THIS UP IS YES, YOU ALL HAVE A MAJOR JOB. 1944 02:24:16,324 --> 02:24:19,394 YOU HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO LOOK AT BUT THE REALITY IS WE SPENT 1945 02:24:19,394 --> 02:24:26,334 THE MONEY AND LET'S TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER IT IS WE OWN, THANK 1946 02:24:26,334 --> 02:24:26,735 YOU. 1947 02:24:26,735 --> 02:24:29,471 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PROPOSED 1948 02:24:29,471 --> 02:24:31,471 FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET? 1949 02:24:33,541 --> 02:24:37,345 >>Public Speaker: NIKKI DAVIS, SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET AND I 1950 02:24:37,345 --> 02:24:45,745 PLAN TO SPEAK ON THIS LATER IN THE AGENDA BUT I WILL SPEAK AT 1951 02:24:52,894 --> 02:24:54,896 BOTH. SATURDAY IS ONE OF THE MOST 1952 02:24:54,896 --> 02:24:58,900 IMPORTANT SHOPPING DAYS FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN. 1953 02:24:58,900 --> 02:25:01,970 THEY ARE ALREADY COMPETING WITH A LOT OF OTHER BIG BOX STORES, 1954 02:25:01,970 --> 02:25:05,774 A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT JUST COME WITH THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 1955 02:25:05,774 --> 02:25:09,710 BUT THE PARKING IN GARAGES ON SATURDAYS IS SOMETHING THAT'S 1956 02:25:09,710 --> 02:25:13,310 VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 1957 02:25:14,182 --> 02:25:17,852 I GUESS WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THEY HAVE A LARGER IMPACT TO 1958 02:25:17,852 --> 02:25:19,921 CONSIDER HERE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF PARKING 1959 02:25:19,921 --> 02:25:22,857 REVENUE FOR THE CITY TO COME WHEN THE EXPENSE OF A 1960 02:25:22,857 --> 02:25:27,529 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING SPENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN 1961 02:25:27,529 --> 02:25:31,729 RESTAURANTS, RETAILERS, SALONS, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND OTHER 1962 02:25:39,340 --> 02:25:42,477 LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES. SATURDAY PARKING SHOULD BE 1963 02:25:42,477 --> 02:25:45,480 VIEWED AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL, NOT SIMPLY AS 1964 02:25:45,480 --> 02:25:48,817 A POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR PARKING REVENUE. 1965 02:25:48,817 --> 02:25:52,354 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE 1966 02:25:52,354 --> 02:25:54,560 PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET? 1967 02:25:54,560 --> 02:25:58,856 >>Public Speaker: MAC SHACK, 709 LIME STREET, WARD 1 AND 1968 02:25:59,828 --> 02:26:02,831 LAST TIME I SPOKE IT WAS 10:00 A.M. THE DAY AFTER YOU STARTED 1969 02:26:02,831 --> 02:26:07,502 YOUR MEETING I WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO LET EVERYBODY 1970 02:26:07,502 --> 02:26:11,306 KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST CITY BUDGET THAT HAS ZEROED OUT ALL 1971 02:26:11,306 --> 02:26:18,506 FUNDING IS NO PLAN TO CONTINUE. IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING 1972 02:26:20,582 --> 02:26:23,718 TO PINCH PENNIES AND TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS WANT TO LET YOU KNOW 1973 02:26:23,718 --> 02:26:26,655 YOU'VE DONE THAT SUCCESSFULLY SINCE 2015. 1974 02:26:26,655 --> 02:26:29,791 COMMUNITY BUDGET AT A BUDGET OF $50,000 AND YOU WHITTLE IT DOWN 1975 02:26:29,791 --> 02:26:33,595 TO 35 SO IF THE IDEA EVERYBODY HAS TO DO THEIR FAIR SHARE CITY 1976 02:26:33,595 --> 02:26:37,532 TO COMMUNITY MEDIA TO DO THAT AND IF YOU ELIMINATE COMMUNITY 1977 02:26:37,532 --> 02:26:42,932 MEDIA THAT'S OVERBURDENING OF THAT SERVICE BY ELIMINATING IT. 1978 02:26:50,345 --> 02:26:54,216 I LIVE ON LYON STREET SO LAST WEEK AT 1:30 I WENT TO SLEEP 1979 02:26:54,216 --> 02:26:57,352 WITH MY WINDOW OPEN, I HEAR SHOTS FIRED AND WITHIN 30 1980 02:26:57,352 --> 02:27:00,288 SECONDS POLICE WERE THERE. VERY FAST RESPONSE AT WALNUT 1981 02:27:00,288 --> 02:27:03,291 AND EVEN SO NO COMMUNITY WAS LOSING THEIR MIND ON SOCIAL 1982 02:27:03,291 --> 02:27:06,294 MEDIA ABOUT THE FACT THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED. 1983 02:27:06,294 --> 02:27:10,632 THE OWNERS OR MANAGER IS A VIDWEST MEMBER SO WE SAID 1984 02:27:10,632 --> 02:27:13,702 WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY SAY THERE'S YOUNG PEOPLE WITH 1985 02:27:13,702 --> 02:27:17,639 NOWHERE TO GO. WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO, 1986 02:27:17,639 --> 02:27:22,910 THEY CAN'T GO TO THE BARS, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. 1987 02:27:22,910 --> 02:27:26,470 THEY NEED THINGS TO DO, THEY MAY BE GRADUATED, THEY MIGHT BE 1988 02:27:26,470 --> 02:27:28,784 19 OR 20, WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM TO GO? 1989 02:27:28,784 --> 02:27:30,786 WE ARE PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SPACE. 1990 02:27:30,786 --> 02:27:37,386 IT'S OPEN FOR THEM TO COME. YOU'RE TAKING THAT AWAY, TAKING 1991 02:27:46,935 --> 02:27:50,710 AWAY THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND IF THEY MAKE THE WRONG DECISIONS 1992 02:27:50,710 --> 02:27:53,874 THEY'RE GOING TO GET SUCKED INTO A SYSTEM YOU'RE GOING TO 1993 02:27:53,874 --> 02:27:57,110 PUNISH THEM SO WE LITERALLY HAVE VOLUNTEERS, THEY DON'T GET 1994 02:27:57,110 --> 02:27:58,947 PAID. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE IF 1995 02:27:58,947 --> 02:28:01,949 FUNCTION AND YOUR FUNDING PAYS FOR THE RENT SO YOU HAVE 1996 02:28:01,949 --> 02:28:05,190 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO HELP OTHER MEMBERS, THE CITY 1997 02:28:05,190 --> 02:28:08,890 FUNDING ENABLES THAT HELP. I DON'T THINK THIS THINKING OF 1998 02:28:08,890 --> 02:28:14,890 COMMUNITY MEDIA WENT INTO THE BUDGET DECISION A YEAR AGO. 1999 02:28:15,963 --> 02:28:19,900 YOU GOT A LETTER THAT SAID THIS WAS GOING TO GET DEFUNDED, 2000 02:28:19,900 --> 02:28:23,838 NOBODY DID LISTENING SESSIONS, NOBODY SAID LET'S TALK TO YOUR 2001 02:28:23,838 --> 02:28:26,975 MEMBERS, NOBODY ASKED FOR OUR DATA WHICH WE BEEN GATHERING 2002 02:28:26,975 --> 02:28:31,450 BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RECKONING, WE KNEW THE 2003 02:28:31,450 --> 02:28:33,981 CITY WAS GOING TO SAY DEFEND YOUR SERVICE, NOBODY HAS ASKED 2004 02:28:33,981 --> 02:28:36,251 FOR THAT DATA WHICH BLOWS MY MIND. 2005 02:28:36,251 --> 02:28:39,530 I THOUGHT THAT WAS THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION AND IT NEVER 2006 02:28:39,530 --> 02:28:40,989 HAPPENED. SO I DISAGREE WITH THE IDEA OF 2007 02:28:40,989 --> 02:28:44,590 WAITING FOR DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HAVING TO 2008 02:28:44,590 --> 02:28:47,590 PAY FOR THESE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS. 2009 02:28:50,665 --> 02:28:53,334 YOU SHOULD BE INVESTING UPSTREAM WHICH IS 2010 02:28:53,334 --> 02:28:56,404 METAPHORICALLY PLANTING THE TREES THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE 2011 02:28:56,404 --> 02:28:59,540 TOGETHER SO THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUNISH 2012 02:28:59,540 --> 02:29:00,475 THEM. 2013 02:29:00,475 --> 02:29:03,411 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED 2014 02:29:03,411 --> 02:29:04,546 BUDGET? 2015 02:29:04,546 --> 02:29:08,746 >>Public Speaker: GREAT, KRISTEN MARIE, 1101 WARD ONE, 2016 02:29:13,210 --> 02:29:15,423 NOW I'M ENTERING IT INTO THE RECORD. 2017 02:29:15,423 --> 02:29:21,423 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS ON THE SPREADSHEET REMEMBER 2018 02:29:21,962 --> 02:29:24,966 IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR AND PLANT THE SEEDS 2019 02:29:24,966 --> 02:29:28,770 THAT WILL GROW INTO THE COLUMBIA MY CHILDREN GROW UP 2020 02:29:28,770 --> 02:29:31,390 IN, THAT YOUR CHILDREN GROW UP IN. 2021 02:29:31,390 --> 02:29:35,910 WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET ITEMS AND CONSIDERING WHAT 2022 02:29:35,910 --> 02:29:39,460 SEEDS TO WATER REMEMBER THE PARABLE OF THE TWO WOLVES AND 2023 02:29:39,460 --> 02:29:41,983 THE ONE THAT WINS IS THE ONE YOU FEED SO ARE WE FEEDING 2024 02:29:41,983 --> 02:29:44,986 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO TECHNOLOGY THAT ISN'T 2025 02:29:44,986 --> 02:29:50,191 CONTROLLED HERE AND ULTIMATELY WILL ALLOW US TO CRIMINALIZE A 2026 02:29:50,191 --> 02:29:53,127 GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OR ARE WE FEEDING 2027 02:29:53,127 --> 02:29:56,127 ARTS PROGRAMS TO SOCIAL SERVICES? 2028 02:29:57,277 --> 02:30:00,146 ARE WE FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY PLANTING TREES AND 2029 02:30:00,146 --> 02:30:03,349 CLEANING STREAMS SO PEOPLE COME HERE AND TAKE A WALK IN ONE OF 2030 02:30:03,349 --> 02:30:07,549 OUR PARKS AND NEVER LEAVE. THANK YOU. 2031 02:30:09,823 --> 02:30:13,627 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK 2032 02:30:13,627 --> 02:30:17,227 ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET? 2033 02:30:18,365 --> 02:30:21,501 I'LL REMIND YOU THIS IS THE FIRST OF MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES 2034 02:30:21,501 --> 02:30:25,305 TO SPEAK, IT WILL NOT BE VOTED ON UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21. 2035 02:30:25,305 --> 02:30:28,410 SEEING NONE I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 2036 02:30:28,410 --> 02:30:32,241 PETER, ARE YOU COMING TO TALK, OKAY. 2037 02:30:33,180 --> 02:30:39,180 SO I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8 WHERE 2038 02:30:40,788 --> 02:30:44,591 WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL 2039 02:30:44,591 --> 02:30:49,391 YEAR 27 BUDGET. I WILL NOW GO TO COUNSEL 2040 02:30:56,803 --> 02:30:59,206 COMMENTS OR COUNSEL FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. 2041 02:30:59,206 --> 02:31:02,943 THE ONLY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR SHORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WE 2042 02:31:02,943 --> 02:31:06,120 HAVE BEFORE US DOES NOT INCLUDE THE REVENUE FROM PROPOSITION 2043 02:31:06,120 --> 02:31:08,148 ONE TO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US. 2044 02:31:08,148 --> 02:31:11,170 >> THAT IS CORRECT. THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT. 2045 02:31:11,170 --> 02:31:14,955 THE TIMING OF THE VOTE DID NOT ALLOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT 2046 02:31:14,955 --> 02:31:18,825 THIS MONEY INTO THIS BUDGET, WE COULD NOT ANTICIPATE WE WERE 2047 02:31:18,825 --> 02:31:21,895 GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS BUDGET SO WE WILL CREATE 2048 02:31:21,895 --> 02:31:24,965 AN AMENDMENT AND HAVE THAT IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2049 02:31:24,965 --> 02:31:26,100 FISCAL YEAR 27. 2050 02:31:26,100 --> 02:31:30,504 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, BETSY AND THEN VALERIE. 2051 02:31:30,504 --> 02:31:35,575 >>Council Member Peters: STARTING IN JANUARY WE WOULD BE 2052 02:31:35,575 --> 02:31:40,514 COLLECTING THIS MONEY BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY MONEY FROM 2053 02:31:40,514 --> 02:31:44,517 THE STATE UNTIL MARCH SO YOU'RE BRINGING THE AMENDMENT, YOU'RE 2054 02:31:44,517 --> 02:31:47,454 BRINGING BUDGET AMENDMENT IN JANUARY? 2055 02:31:47,454 --> 02:31:50,454 IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? 2056 02:31:56,730 --> 02:32:00,533 >> IT COULD BE BEFORE JANUARY, I AM NOT SURE BUT WE WILL AMEND 2057 02:32:00,533 --> 02:32:03,737 THE BUDGET TO CREATE THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FUND. 2058 02:32:03,737 --> 02:32:06,606 >>Council Member Peters: OKAY, THANKS. 2059 02:32:06,606 --> 02:32:08,606 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE. 2060 02:32:08,608 --> 02:32:14,800 >>Council Member Carroll: COULD THE BARRICADES COME FROM THE 1% 2061 02:32:14,948 --> 02:32:19,148 TAX GIVEN IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSE? 2062 02:32:23,223 --> 02:32:28,623 >>Mayor Buffaloe: D'CARLON, I THINK THAT'S A YOU QUESTION. 2063 02:32:43,177 --> 02:32:45,912 >> POSSIBLY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED 2064 02:32:45,912 --> 02:32:49,490 ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY FUND ITSELF IS WE 2065 02:32:49,490 --> 02:32:52,986 WOULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH POLICE AND FIRE BEFORE WE 2066 02:32:52,986 --> 02:32:56,790 BROUGHT ANYTHING FORWARD SO THAT WOULD BE A LARGER 2067 02:32:56,790 --> 02:32:57,925 CONVERSATION. 2068 02:32:57,925 --> 02:33:00,994 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL? 2069 02:33:00,994 --> 02:33:03,997 >>Council Member Carroll: IF JACQUE HAS A RELEVANT COMMENT I 2070 02:33:03,997 --> 02:33:05,999 WOULD DEFER TO HER. 2071 02:33:05,999 --> 02:33:08,935 >>Council Member Sample: BASED ON VALERIE'S QUESTION IF THE 2072 02:33:08,935 --> 02:33:11,537 AMENDMENT PASSES TO PURCHASE A BARRICADE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE 2073 02:33:11,537 --> 02:33:14,674 IN TIMELINE, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA ON TIMELINE? 2074 02:33:14,674 --> 02:33:19,412 >> IF YOU USE THE AMENDMENT PASSES AND YOU USE THE RESERVES 2075 02:33:19,412 --> 02:33:26,120 WE CAN PURCHASE BARRIERS NOW. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT USING THE 2076 02:33:26,153 --> 02:33:31,358 PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX YOU'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING IT MORE 2077 02:33:31,358 --> 02:33:34,358 TOWARDS THE SPRINGTIME. SPRING, SUMMER. 2078 02:33:36,290 --> 02:33:41,429 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WAS INTO COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS 2079 02:33:44,304 --> 02:33:51,504 BUT IF YOU HAVE ONE ON THE SUBJECT, BETSY IS THAT YOURS? 2080 02:33:54,314 --> 02:33:57,984 >>Council Member Peters: COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT THESE 2081 02:33:57,984 --> 02:34:01,254 BARRIERS ARE BECAUSE I HEARD ABOUT THEM BUT WE NEED TO BUY 2082 02:34:01,254 --> 02:34:05,125 THEM BUT I DON'T EXACTLY, I'VE NEVER SEEN A COUNSEL MEMO AS TO 2083 02:34:05,125 --> 02:34:08,261 WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY WILL DO FOR US? 2084 02:34:08,261 --> 02:34:10,261 >>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE. 2085 02:34:18,538 --> 02:34:22,142 >> I'LL SPEAK BASED ON WHAT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH 2086 02:34:22,142 --> 02:34:25,211 CHIEF SCHAEFER AND CHIEF SCHLUTE AND VALERIE AS WELL. 2087 02:34:25,211 --> 02:34:28,348 WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DOWNTOWN SAFETY BUT ALSO 2088 02:34:28,348 --> 02:34:32,285 PROTECTED PEDESTRIAN HEADWAYS. AND IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE 2089 02:34:32,285 --> 02:34:38,285 TALKED ABOUT HOW TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WITHIN THOSE SPACES. 2090 02:34:40,827 --> 02:34:44,564 SO THE BARRIERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE BEST PRACTICE 2091 02:34:44,564 --> 02:34:47,834 BARRIERS TO KEEP PEOPLE WITHIN THE CLOSED SECTION OF THE ROAD 2092 02:34:47,834 --> 02:34:51,771 SAFE FROM OTHER VEHICLES COMING THROUGH TRYING TO BREAK DOWN 2093 02:34:51,771 --> 02:34:54,841 THE BARRICADE.SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT SO WE CAN USE 2094 02:34:54,841 --> 02:34:57,778 IT FOR A CLOSING STREETS FOR EVENTS OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER WE 2095 02:34:57,778 --> 02:35:01,647 USE PARADES, HOWEVER WE USE FEES SO IT'S THE BEST BARRICADE 2096 02:35:01,647 --> 02:35:04,785 IN TALKING WITH CHIEF SCHAEFER IT'S THE BEST OPTION TO KEEP 2097 02:35:04,785 --> 02:35:07,721 PEOPLE SAFE. >>Council Member Peters: I 2098 02:35:07,721 --> 02:35:10,790 APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATION BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REAL 2099 02:35:10,790 --> 02:35:15,195 PRESENTATION ON THIS BEFORE WE COMMIT $1 MILLION TO THIS, DID 2100 02:35:15,195 --> 02:35:19,995 WE HAVE ONE AND I MISSED IT, VALERIE? 2101 02:35:30,610 --> 02:35:33,547 >>Council Member Carroll: WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION ON 2102 02:35:33,547 --> 02:35:36,616 THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM BUT IT'S BEEN 2103 02:35:36,616 --> 02:35:40,554 PRESENTED WITH SLIDES AND PICTURES AND I REMEMBER CHIEF 2104 02:35:40,554 --> 02:35:43,490 SCHAEFER AND SCHLUTE. I MATCHED BOTH OF YOUR NAMES 2105 02:35:43,490 --> 02:35:45,759 TOGETHER. I REMEMBER THEM SPEAKING TO US 2106 02:35:45,759 --> 02:35:51,159 ON IT DURING REGULAR, PERHAPS THE RING COUNSEL COMMENT. 2107 02:35:54,300 --> 02:35:57,170 >>Council Member Peters: THANKS, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK 2108 02:35:57,170 --> 02:35:58,372 AT THAT. 2109 02:35:58,372 --> 02:36:01,241 >>Council Member Carroll: IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM 2110 02:36:01,241 --> 02:36:04,111 THEM AGAIN. MY SUPPORT COMES NOT ONLY FROM 2111 02:36:04,111 --> 02:36:11,311 THE DESIRE TO PUT US DOWN STREETS IN THE FUTURE BUT THE 2112 02:36:13,587 --> 02:36:16,522 LACK OF HAVING THEM FOR OUR CURRENT STREET CLOSURES. 2113 02:36:16,522 --> 02:36:20,393 WE HEARD BOTH OF OUR CHIEFS SAY THEY WERE FLABBERGASTED WE 2114 02:36:20,393 --> 02:36:24,864 DIDN'T HAVE MORE ALREADY AND THAT A COMMUNITY OUR SIZE OUGHT 2115 02:36:24,864 --> 02:36:29,738 TO HAVE THEM BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME BACK-AND-FORTH OVER 2116 02:36:29,738 --> 02:36:34,676 SEVERAL YEARS AS TO WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD COME FROM AND WHICH 2117 02:36:34,676 --> 02:36:40,749 BUDGET IT WOULD COME FROM. I WOULD SUGGEST A 1% TAX WOULD 2118 02:36:40,749 --> 02:36:41,817 HELP. 2119 02:36:41,817 --> 02:36:43,817 >>. 2120 02:36:52,361 --> 02:36:58,961 >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIND THE VIDEO FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 2121 02:37:01,770 --> 02:37:04,573 >> ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS GOING FORWARD. 2122 02:37:04,573 --> 02:37:09,373 COUNSEL AS ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT 2123 02:37:14,383 --> 02:37:17,385 TO VOTE ON FOR THE SEPTEMBER 8 13 AT IT BUT THEY HAD 2124 02:37:17,385 --> 02:37:18,854 OBVIOUSLY, AT THAT TIME AS WELL. 2125 02:37:18,854 --> 02:37:20,856 AS WELL AS THIS ONE. CHRISTINA. 2126 02:37:20,856 --> 02:37:26,256 >>Council Member Hartman: IF YOU COULD REFRESH MY MEMORY. 2127 02:37:26,328 --> 02:37:29,398 SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT ONCE, I DIDN'T WRITE THAT 2128 02:37:29,398 --> 02:37:33,669 DOWN AND I APOLOGIZE BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A REQUEST TO 2129 02:37:33,669 --> 02:37:40,269 MOVE ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET. TOO FYI, FROM 26 TO 27 IF YOU 2130 02:37:41,676 --> 02:37:48,817 CAN RUMOR THAT THAT KOREA IS THAT GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN 2131 02:37:48,817 --> 02:37:55,417 OUR QUARTERLY MEMO WHERE IT'S LIKE THESE ARE ALL THE CHANGES. 2132 02:38:01,363 --> 02:38:05,234 WE WANT INCREASES HERE, WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM THIS FUND TO 2133 02:38:05,234 --> 02:38:08,303 THIS FUND, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WILL SEE IN THAT REPORT WORK 2134 02:38:08,303 --> 02:38:12,174 PRESENTATION BECAUSE I JUST DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT IN THE 2135 02:38:12,174 --> 02:38:15,377 ONE WE WILL SEE TONIGHT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS COMING 2136 02:38:15,377 --> 02:38:16,445 OUT. 2137 02:38:16,445 --> 02:38:19,248 >> FOURTH-QUARTER AMENDMENTS ARE ON THE AGENDA LATER 2138 02:38:19,248 --> 02:38:21,250 TONIGHT. THESE ITEMS WILL NOT BE A 2139 02:38:21,250 --> 02:38:24,319 DECREASE IN THE BUDGET, THEY WILL BE ACTUAL FUNDING THAT 2140 02:38:24,319 --> 02:38:27,389 ISN'T SPENT IN 26 WHICH AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WILL GO 2141 02:38:27,389 --> 02:38:30,393 BACK TO THE RESERVES OF WHATEVER FUND IT WAS BUDGETED 2142 02:38:30,393 --> 02:38:34,593 IN AND COULD BE REAPPROPRIATED IN THE 27. 2143 02:38:35,330 --> 02:38:39,201 I WAS TRYING TO MATCH UP WHAT YOU GUYS WERE SHOWING ME AND I 2144 02:38:39,201 --> 02:38:41,201 MISSED ALL THAT. 2145 02:38:44,807 --> 02:38:48,407 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS, 2146 02:38:54,483 --> 02:38:55,684 JACQUE. 2147 02:38:55,684 --> 02:38:58,686 >>Council Member Sample: AS WE CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE 2148 02:38:58,686 --> 02:39:02,491 BUDGET I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THE HUMAN SERVICES 2149 02:39:02,491 --> 02:39:04,560 COMMISSION LETTER. THAT'S AN AREA WE NEED TO 2150 02:39:04,560 --> 02:39:07,629 PRIORITIZE SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. 2151 02:39:07,629 --> 02:39:10,499 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WOULD AGREE WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICES 2152 02:39:10,499 --> 02:39:14,636 FUNDING READ ONE OF MY HOPES IS THAT SALES TAX IMPROVEMENTS 2153 02:39:14,636 --> 02:39:18,774 WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS SOCIAL SERVICES 2154 02:39:18,774 --> 02:39:22,778 FUNDING SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO 2155 02:39:22,778 --> 02:39:26,978 RESTORE THAT PERCENTAGE OPPORTUNITY PART OF IT. 2156 02:39:29,184 --> 02:39:32,254 ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS. IF NOT I WILL CONTINUE. 2157 02:39:32,254 --> 02:39:37,654 WE WILL CONTINUE THIS TO THE SEPTEMBER 8 2026 CITY COUNCIL 2158 02:39:42,640 --> 02:39:44,660 MEETING. AGAIN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER 2159 02:39:44,660 --> 02:39:48,700 PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT TIME AND THE VOTES WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL 2160 02:39:48,700 --> 02:39:51,139 SEPTEMBER 21. MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC 2161 02:39:51,139 --> 02:39:54,409 HEARING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ PUBLIC HEARING 2826. 2162 02:39:54,409 --> 02:39:57,479 >> A PROPOSED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED 2163 02:39:57,479 --> 02:40:01,216 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I-70 DRIVE AND EAST EASTER LANE, 7208 I-70 2164 02:40:01,216 --> 02:40:03,216 DRIVE SOUTHEAST. 2165 02:40:05,487 --> 02:40:09,758 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? 2166 02:40:09,758 --> 02:40:16,958 YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON DOWN THE ENTIRE TIME YOU SPEAK. 2167 02:40:21,569 --> 02:40:27,410 >> AS THE CLERK HAD READ, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. 2168 02:40:27,410 --> 02:40:29,978 WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE HELD PRIOR TO THE 2169 02:40:29,978 --> 02:40:32,314 ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY INTO THE CITY. 2170 02:40:32,314 --> 02:40:38,914 WITH NOTE THIS ITEM IS ALSO ON COUNSEL AGENDA FOR FIRST 2171 02:40:46,127 --> 02:40:49,640 READING CONSIDERED AT SOME SUMMARY FOR ADDITIONAL 2172 02:40:49,640 --> 02:40:52,200 DISCUSSION ON THE PERMANENT ZONING WHICH GOES ALONG WITH 2173 02:40:52,200 --> 02:40:55,270 THE ANNEXATION. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AT 2174 02:40:55,270 --> 02:40:59,274 7208 I-70 DRIVE SOUTHEAST. AND AGAIN THIS IS A PUBLIC 2175 02:40:59,274 --> 02:41:01,810 HEARING FOR THE ANNEXATION. THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION 2176 02:41:01,810 --> 02:41:04,746 DURING SUBSEQUENT SECOND READING IF NECESSARY. 2177 02:41:04,746 --> 02:41:08,550 THE PERMANENT ZONING THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR THIS SITE IS IN 2178 02:41:08,550 --> 02:41:12,955 THE SEAT WHICH IS OUR MIXED-USE CORRIDOR SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR 2179 02:41:12,955 --> 02:41:15,355 HIGH-LEVEL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. 2180 02:41:15,357 --> 02:41:19,227 THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 4 ACRES LOCATED ABOUT A MILE WEST 2181 02:41:19,227 --> 02:41:23,310 OF TRADEWINDS PARK. JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT ON THE 2182 02:41:23,310 --> 02:41:27,636 LOCATION OF THAT PROPERTY, ON I-70 DRIVE OUTER ROAD SOUTH BY 2183 02:41:27,636 --> 02:41:34,236 70 TO THE EAST AGAIN TRADE CENTER PARKWAY TO THE WEST YOU 2184 02:41:36,111 --> 02:41:40,490 SEE THE SOLAR FARM LOCATED NOT TOO MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD 2185 02:41:40,490 --> 02:41:43,510 TO THE WEST AS WELL. TO THE SOUTH SOME UNDEVELOPED 2186 02:41:43,510 --> 02:41:46,255 PROPERTY CURRENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY DOES HAVE RESIDENTIAL 2187 02:41:46,255 --> 02:41:49,124 DEVELOP LIST ASSOCIATED WITH IT PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE. 2188 02:41:49,124 --> 02:41:52,327 THE SITE IS CURRENTLY IMPROVED WITH A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE, 2189 02:41:52,327 --> 02:41:56,331 HOME TO A BUSINESS MID-MISSOURI GOLF CARS WHICH IS A 2190 02:41:56,331 --> 02:41:58,133 LONG-STANDING VEHICLE REPAIR LOCATION. 2191 02:41:58,133 --> 02:42:03,533 THIS WOULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE CG UPON ANNEXATION. 2192 02:42:06,750 --> 02:42:10,875 GENERALLY THE REASON FOR SEEKING ANNEXATION WOULD BE 2193 02:42:12,348 --> 02:42:15,617 GOOD TO CONNECT WITH CITY SEWER FOR USE OF THAT PROPERTY AND 2194 02:42:15,617 --> 02:42:21,617 THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH RS, THAT IS COUNTY 2195 02:42:23,759 --> 02:42:25,761 ZONING. THAT IS SINGLE-FAMILY BUT TO 2196 02:42:25,761 --> 02:42:29,697 THE WEST YOU ALSO SEE CG SO CG IS THE COUNTY EQUIVALENT OF THE 2197 02:42:29,697 --> 02:42:34,497 CITY MC SO THAT'S THEIR GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. 2198 02:42:35,704 --> 02:42:39,575 IT RECOGNIZES THESE PROPERTIES ONE OF TWO THINGS, AS AN 2199 02:42:39,575 --> 02:42:42,711 EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ON THE SITE AND ALSO GIVEN ITS 2200 02:42:42,711 --> 02:42:46,248 LOCATION ALONG THAT I-70 DRIVE AT THAT TYPE OF PARCEL WITH 2201 02:42:46,248 --> 02:42:51,520 FRONTAGE ON A STREET IS CONTEXTUALLY MORE AGAIN TO 2202 02:42:51,520 --> 02:42:55,120 CONDITIONAL USE. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION 2203 02:42:56,739 --> 02:43:01,410 DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING I THINK ANALYSIS AS WELL ABOUT 2204 02:43:01,410 --> 02:43:08,100 THAT USE BUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFIC USE THAT'S 2205 02:43:09,618 --> 02:43:12,154 ON THERE RIGHT NOW.IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT MC ZONING. 2206 02:43:12,154 --> 02:43:15,490 THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT MN BUT THE REQUEST IS FOR MC. 2207 02:43:15,490 --> 02:43:19,900 IT DOES MEET MOST SITE-SPECIFIC STANDARDS. 2208 02:43:19,628 --> 02:43:23,365 WHEN YOU SERVE THE BOONE COUNTY REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT IT'S 2209 02:43:23,365 --> 02:43:26,365 SERVED BY BOONE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE. 2210 02:43:29,705 --> 02:43:33,508 AS PART OF THE ANNEXATION GENERALLY THE ANALYSIS IS 2211 02:43:33,508 --> 02:43:38,908 WHETHER IT'S COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CITY PER 2212 02:43:40,249 --> 02:43:43,252 STATE STATUTE. RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS NOT 2213 02:43:43,252 --> 02:43:46,989 FOR ANY COUNCIL ACTION BUT TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, 2214 02:43:46,989 --> 02:43:50,589 RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANNEXATION. 2215 02:43:52,461 --> 02:43:55,197 I DID WANT TO RELAY THE CONVERSATION ON THE PERMANENT 2216 02:43:55,197 --> 02:43:57,133 ZONING. THAT WAS AGAIN ON A COUNSEL 2217 02:43:57,133 --> 02:44:01,300 AGENDA BUT PLANNING AND ZONING DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE 2218 02:44:01,300 --> 02:44:04,139 REQUESTED ZONING 7 TO 1 THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 2219 02:44:04,139 --> 02:44:07,739 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND-USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS. 2220 02:44:11,881 --> 02:44:14,816 I THINK THE CONVERSATION IS SOMETIMES THESE SMALL 2221 02:44:14,816 --> 02:44:18,753 INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES CAN FALL OUTSIDE THE ANALYSIS DONE IN 2222 02:44:18,753 --> 02:44:21,890 2013 BUT THE EXISTING CONTEXT IS COMMERCIAL ZONED IN THE 2223 02:44:21,890 --> 02:44:25,761 COUNTY SO STAFF IS CONFIDENT RECOMMENDING THAT PERMANENT 2224 02:44:25,761 --> 02:44:31,161 ZONING BUT TONIGHT JUST TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. 2225 02:44:31,299 --> 02:44:35,360 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL TO STAFF? 2226 02:44:35,360 --> 02:44:40,436 SEEING NONE I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. 2227 02:44:43,112 --> 02:44:47,116 WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED 2228 02:44:47,116 --> 02:44:50,116 ANNEXATION AT 7208 I-70 DRIVE SOUTHEAST? 2229 02:44:50,586 --> 02:44:54,123 SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.ANY ADDITIONAL 2230 02:44:54,123 --> 02:44:56,123 QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL. 2231 02:45:02,664 --> 02:45:05,667 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND I'M 2232 02:45:05,667 --> 02:45:09,267 SORRY IF THIS ISN'T EXACTLY RIGHT. 2233 02:45:11,606 --> 02:45:15,277 AT SOME POINT I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS FORM OF 2234 02:45:15,277 --> 02:45:18,747 ANNEXATION, THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TO ANNEX TO CONNECT 2235 02:45:18,747 --> 02:45:21,750 INTO OUR SEWER BUT IT'S NOT EVEN A DIRECT CONNECTION SO I 2236 02:45:21,750 --> 02:45:24,887 WANT TO LOOK AT OUR POLICIES CAUSING THIS CASE TO COME 2237 02:45:24,887 --> 02:45:26,887 BEFORE US. 2238 02:45:29,491 --> 02:45:32,294 >>Mayor Buffaloe: SEEING NONE THIS IS ONLY THE PUBLIC 2239 02:45:32,294 --> 02:45:38,294 HEARING, THIS WILL HAPPEN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE 2240 02:45:38,900 --> 02:45:41,903 SEPTEMBER 8 COUNCIL MEETING. MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS 2241 02:45:41,903 --> 02:45:44,903 SHEILA WILLIE READ BILL 164 - 26. 2242 02:45:50,579 --> 02:45:54,249 >> COUNSEL BILL 164 - 26 AMENDS CHAPTER 24 OF THE CITY CODE AS 2243 02:45:54,249 --> 02:45:57,453 RELATES TO RATES FOR MUNICIPAL PARKING STRUCTURES AND FIXING 2244 02:45:57,453 --> 02:46:01,457 THE TIME OF THIS ORDINANCE BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRD READING. 2245 02:46:01,457 --> 02:46:03,457 >> STAFF REPORT. 2246 02:46:05,327 --> 02:46:09,640 >> THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AT THE AUGUST 3 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA OR 2247 02:46:09,640 --> 02:46:12,267 AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO PROVIDE TIME TO DISCUSS THE 2248 02:46:12,267 --> 02:46:17,667 MATTER WITH THE CITY'S PARKING ADVISORY COMMISSION READ THAT 2249 02:46:21,276 --> 02:46:24,480 MEETING OCCURRED AUGUST 12 READ REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIES 2250 02:46:24,480 --> 02:46:28,800 FINANCED PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS PRESENTED SLIDES 2251 02:46:28,350 --> 02:46:31,486 SIMILAR TO THOSE CITY COUNCIL HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS BUDGET 2252 02:46:31,486 --> 02:46:35,290 MEETINGS IN THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SHOULD THIS EVENING. 2253 02:46:35,290 --> 02:46:38,494 FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION THE COMMISSION VOTED 4 TO DO IN 2254 02:46:38,494 --> 02:46:42,431 SUPPORT OF THE CHANGES DETAILED IN THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT TO 2255 02:46:42,431 --> 02:46:45,634 READ THE SLIDES BEFORE YOU ARE THE SAME AS THOSE PRESENTED AT 2256 02:46:45,634 --> 02:46:49,234 THE AUGUST 3 MEETING WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS. 2257 02:46:50,380 --> 02:46:53,775 WE HAVE ADDED A SLIDE WHICH SHOWS SATURDAY PARKING GARAGE 2258 02:46:53,775 --> 02:46:59,775 INFORMATION FOR THE 17 COLLEGE TOWNS WE LOOKED AT LAST YEAR 2259 02:47:00,115 --> 02:47:03,986 WHEN ON STREET METER RATES WERE ADJUSTED TO A DOLLAR PER HOUR 2260 02:47:03,986 --> 02:47:07,256 WITH WHAT IS EASY TO SEE FROM THIS INFORMATION IS THERE ARE 2261 02:47:07,256 --> 02:47:11,126 MANY WAYS IN WHICH CITY HANDLED PARKING RATES HOWEVER ONLY 2262 02:47:11,126 --> 02:47:14,620 BOULDER COLORADO HAS AS MANY GARAGES AS COLUMBIA DOESN'T 2263 02:47:14,620 --> 02:47:17,132 CHARGE ON SATURDAY FOR THEIR SIX GARAGES, THE OTHER GARAGE 2264 02:47:17,132 --> 02:47:19,401 HAD A DOLLAR AND ONE FOURTH HOURLY RATE. 2265 02:47:19,401 --> 02:47:24,720 THE PARKING UTILITIES, PARKING CONSULTANT HAS BEEN WORKING ON 2266 02:47:24,720 --> 02:47:27,876 TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS WHICH HAD DRAFT REPORTS SUBMITTED SINCE 2267 02:47:27,876 --> 02:47:32,676 THE AUGUST 3 MEETING, THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET INCLUDES 2268 02:47:35,150 --> 02:47:38,953 $750,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE 10TH AND JERRY GARAGE BUT THERE 2269 02:47:38,953 --> 02:47:41,890 REPORT DETAILS THE NEEDS OF $750,000 NEXT YEAR TO 2.6 2270 02:47:41,890 --> 02:47:45,760 MILLION TOTAL BEFORE 2032. THEY'VE ALSO SUBMITTED A 2271 02:47:45,760 --> 02:47:48,830 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A MOVE TO A NEW GATE ARM SYSTEM WHICH 2272 02:47:48,830 --> 02:47:52,768 INCLUDES LICENSE PLATE READERS READ THIS TOTALS AN ESTIMATED 2273 02:47:52,768 --> 02:47:57,568 1.2 MILLION AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY OUR PRESENT SYSTEM. 2274 02:48:01,776 --> 02:48:05,470 ALL UPGRADES IN 2027 AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD ISSUES WITH REPAIR 2275 02:48:05,470 --> 02:48:10,447 HEALTH AND ART ACQUISITION. WE BELIEVE WHAT IS PROPOSED 2276 02:48:19,394 --> 02:48:22,397 CREATES A CONSISTENT PARKING EXPERIENCE DOWNTOWN WHICH IS IN 2277 02:48:22,397 --> 02:48:25,333 LINE WITH WHAT WE SEE IN SIMILAR COLLEGE TOWNS. 2278 02:48:25,333 --> 02:48:29,204 WE SEE THIS AS PHASE 2 OF THE MULTIPHASIC PROCESS, FISCAL 2279 02:48:29,204 --> 02:48:32,541 YEAR 2028 WILL LIKELY INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERMIT RATES 2280 02:48:32,541 --> 02:48:36,211 AND PARKING GARAGES WHICH HASN'T BEEN DONE IN SOME TIME. 2281 02:48:36,211 --> 02:48:39,280 FROM THERE WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO INCREASE HOURLY 2282 02:48:39,280 --> 02:48:42,217 RATES WHEN NECESSARY IN THEORY AS A SINGLE UNIT. 2283 02:48:42,217 --> 02:48:45,621 THE AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 2284 02:48:45,621 --> 02:48:49,491 >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR STAFF, VERA. 2285 02:48:49,491 --> 02:48:52,427 >>Council Member Elwood: TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHEN YOU'RE 2286 02:48:52,427 --> 02:48:55,497 LOOKING AT OTHER COLLEGE TOWNS AND WHETHER OR NOT PARKING IS 2287 02:48:55,497 --> 02:48:58,367 FREE ON SATURDAY. YOU MENTIONED BOULDER IS THE 2288 02:48:58,367 --> 02:49:02,571 ONLY ONE KIND OF COMPARABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE AS MANY 2289 02:49:02,571 --> 02:49:05,507 GARAGES AS US IN TERMS OF THE ONES THAT ARE FREE ON 2290 02:49:05,507 --> 02:49:07,575 SATURDAYS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT LOGIC 2291 02:49:07,575 --> 02:49:10,512 THERE OF LIFE FEWER GARAGES MEANS IT'S MORE FEASIBLE TO BE 2292 02:49:10,512 --> 02:49:12,512 FREE ON SATURDAY? 2293 02:49:16,452 --> 02:49:20,550 >> THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT WOULD BE MORE GARAGES 2294 02:49:20,550 --> 02:49:23,395 MEANS MORE MAINTENANCE SO THE MORE GARAGES YOU HAVE EACH ONE 2295 02:49:23,395 --> 02:49:26,198 OF THOSE WILL AGE FROM THE TIME THEY ARE BUILT. 2296 02:49:26,198 --> 02:49:31,598 IN PERPETUITY. AND SO YOU ATTEND TO SEE, OF 2297 02:49:38,276 --> 02:49:41,280 COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREN'T HERE. 2298 02:49:41,280 --> 02:49:44,350 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ON STREET METER SPOTS THESE CITIES HAVE. 2299 02:49:44,350 --> 02:49:48,860 THAT WOULD FACTOR IN TO HOW MUCH REVENUE THEY GENERATE ON 2300 02:49:48,860 --> 02:49:51,222 STREET VERSUS THE PARKING GARAGE BUT LIKE I SAID THE BEST 2301 02:49:51,222 --> 02:49:54,359 WAY I KNEW YOU PUT APPLES TO APPLES WAS BASED ON THE NUMBER 2302 02:49:54,359 --> 02:49:58,163 OF PARKING GARAGES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE 2303 02:49:58,163 --> 02:50:01,233 THAT'S HOW WE SORTED THIS INFORMATION FROM NUMBERED 2304 02:50:01,233 --> 02:50:03,233 PARKING GARAGES. 2305 02:50:03,635 --> 02:50:06,571 >>Council Member Hartman: WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE 2306 02:50:06,571 --> 02:50:09,574 BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE DISCUSSED THE COST TO HAVE 2307 02:50:09,574 --> 02:50:14,460 PEOPLE GOING AND EVALUATING THE METERS AND STUFF. 2308 02:50:14,460 --> 02:50:19,510 IS THERE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN ORDER 2309 02:50:19,510 --> 02:50:25,510 TO, FOR MAINTAINING THE REGULATION OR THE COST OF IT? 2310 02:50:29,261 --> 02:50:33,650 >> AS FAR AS PERSONNEL IS CONCERNED, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T 2311 02:50:33,650 --> 02:50:39,650 ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONAL. THE STUDY WE DID ON THE GATE 2312 02:50:40,806 --> 02:50:44,609 ARM SYSTEM AND HOW TO BEST MOVE FORWARD FROM A TECHNICAL 2313 02:50:44,609 --> 02:50:48,680 TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT, THERE WILL BE EFFICIENCIES BUILT 2314 02:50:48,680 --> 02:50:50,616 THEIR. WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF 2315 02:50:50,616 --> 02:50:53,752 PARKING ENFORCEMENT AGENTS WE NEED, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO 2316 02:50:53,752 --> 02:50:57,556 COME DOWN OVER TIME BUT WE ARE PROBABLY TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT 2317 02:50:57,556 --> 02:50:59,556 RIGHT NOW. 2318 02:51:09,168 --> 02:51:12,170 >>Council Member Sample: SAY WE DON'T DO LICENSE PLATE READERS, 2319 02:51:12,170 --> 02:51:15,907 WE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT PEOPLE WE HAVE DOING THAT? 2320 02:51:15,907 --> 02:51:19,111 OR AT THE STATE WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE GATE READER GATES. 2321 02:51:19,111 --> 02:51:21,980 I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE 2322 02:51:21,980 --> 02:51:24,983 OUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE PEOPLE FOR OUR CURRENT 2323 02:51:24,983 --> 02:51:29,783 STATE OR LESS PEOPLE TO ENFORCE THAT RULE. 2324 02:51:32,991 --> 02:51:36,662 >> AS FAR AS THE GATE ARMS ARE CONCERNED WE WOULD NEED A NEW 2325 02:51:36,662 --> 02:51:39,932 GATE ARM SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE USED LICENSE, 2326 02:51:39,932 --> 02:51:43,735 WHETHER WE USED LICENSE PLATE READERS READ WE HAVE A LOT OF 2327 02:51:43,735 --> 02:51:46,872 ISSUES WITH THE GATE ARM SYSTEM, SOME HAS TO DO WITH THE 2328 02:51:46,872 --> 02:51:49,741 AGE OF THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE NOT BEING SUPPORTED. 2329 02:51:49,741 --> 02:51:53,110 BUT THERE'S ALSO JUST ISSUES IN GENERAL WITH GATE ARM SYSTEMS. 2330 02:51:53,110 --> 02:51:56,882 SO THE CONSULTANT LOOKED AT BOTH A GATED GATE ARM SYSTEM 2331 02:51:56,882 --> 02:52:00,952 THAT CONTINUES TO HAVE GATES IF WE HAD LICENSE PLATE READERS 2332 02:52:00,952 --> 02:52:03,155 AND ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE DATES. 2333 02:52:03,155 --> 02:52:06,758 WITH THE HOTELS, THAT THAT USED OUR GARAGES ESPECIALLY WITH THE 2334 02:52:06,758 --> 02:52:09,762 SHORT STREET GARAGE. IT WAS THERE FEELING THAT A 2335 02:52:09,762 --> 02:52:13,765 GATED SYSTEM REMAINS THE BEST CHOICE FOR US WHEN LOOKING AT 2336 02:52:13,765 --> 02:52:15,765 DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY. 2337 02:52:15,901 --> 02:52:17,901 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANKS. 2338 02:52:18,637 --> 02:52:20,637 >> ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, VALERIE. 2339 02:52:23,508 --> 02:52:26,444 >>Council Member Carroll: IS THE AIRPORT PARKING LOT MANAGED 2340 02:52:26,444 --> 02:52:29,648 BY THE AIRPORT OR BY THE PARKING? 2341 02:52:29,648 --> 02:52:30,182 UTILITY. 2342 02:52:30,182 --> 02:52:32,182 >> AIRPORT. 2343 02:52:43,128 --> 02:52:49,128 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WITH THAT? 2344 02:53:00,612 --> 02:53:03,615 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I HAVE A QUESTION, WHEN WAS THE LAST 2345 02:53:03,615 --> 02:53:07,819 TIME WE INCREASED THE HOURLY RATE IN PARKING GARAGES? 2346 02:53:07,819 --> 02:53:10,555 >> I HAVE THAT SLIDE, THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. 2347 02:53:10,555 --> 02:53:16,555 REALLY NO CHANGES SINCE 2020. GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT 2348 02:53:21,767 --> 02:53:24,837 HAPPENED IN 1517 AND 20 ARE A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME BUT NO 2349 02:53:24,837 --> 02:53:26,905 CHANGES AT ALL SINCE 2020. 2350 02:53:26,905 --> 02:53:29,775 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT'S FOR PERMITS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE 2351 02:53:29,775 --> 02:53:33,375 HOURLY, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING IS 2001. 2352 02:53:37,982 --> 02:53:40,852 I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER BECAUSE WE WENT TO FREE ARM 2353 02:53:40,852 --> 02:53:43,655 SATURDAYS IN 2011 IN THE GARAGES AND THEN THE LAST 2354 02:53:43,655 --> 02:53:47,255 INCREASE WAS 2001 IN THE PARKING GARAGE. 2355 02:53:49,861 --> 02:53:52,931 FOR HOURLY RATES REAL BECAUSE I WAS LIKE WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN. 2356 02:53:52,931 --> 02:53:55,868 I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING SO I WANTED 2357 02:53:55,868 --> 02:53:58,804 TO ASK YOU THAT QUESTION, SHARON QUESTION AND WE WILL 2358 02:53:58,804 --> 02:54:00,804 OPEN IT UP. 2359 02:54:07,120 --> 02:54:09,948 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: HAVE YOU DONE A SPLIT ANALYSIS 2360 02:54:09,948 --> 02:54:14,687 OF THE REVENUE INCREASE OF SATURDAY VERSUS JUST THE RATE 2361 02:54:14,687 --> 02:54:15,287 INCREASE? 2362 02:54:15,287 --> 02:54:20,870 >> FINANCE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THEIR SLIDES EARLIER. 2363 02:54:22,627 --> 02:54:26,432 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT 2364 02:54:26,432 --> 02:54:28,832 WAS MATTHEW. ONE MORE. 2365 02:54:43,115 --> 02:54:43,715 THERE. 2366 02:54:43,715 --> 02:54:45,584 >> IN THE COUNSEL MEMO WE'VE GOT 350,000. 2367 02:54:45,584 --> 02:54:49,187 FOR THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE. MY QUESTION IS IF THIS 2368 02:54:49,187 --> 02:54:52,257 ORDINANCE CHANGED WAS JUST THE DOLLAR AN HOUR FEE AND NOT THE 2369 02:54:52,257 --> 02:54:54,325 SATURDAY PARKING WHAT'S THAT NUMBER? 2370 02:54:54,325 --> 02:54:56,725 INSTEAD OF 350. IS IT. 2371 02:55:07,939 --> 02:55:10,743 >> THE $253,000, THE ADDITIONAL, THERE IS THE 2372 02:55:10,743 --> 02:55:13,812 ADDITIONAL $93,000 NOT ENFORCING PARKING FEES ON 2373 02:55:13,812 --> 02:55:19,812 SATURDAY SO IT WOULD BE 253 WOULD BE THE REVENUE INCREASE. 2374 02:55:22,754 --> 02:55:26,954 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, VALERIE. 2375 02:55:27,693 --> 02:55:30,695 >>Council Member Carroll: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME 2376 02:55:30,695 --> 02:55:33,765 TROUBLE TRACKING CARS THAT ARE LEFT LONG TERM. 2377 02:55:33,765 --> 02:55:39,165 AND PERMANENT USERS. DOES THE GATE ARM SYSTEM GIVE 2378 02:55:39,371 --> 02:55:45,644 YOU ANY ADVANTAGE TO THAT OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GATE ARM 2379 02:55:45,644 --> 02:55:50,444 SYSTEM? OR DO YOU NEED TO MOVE TO 2380 02:55:51,731 --> 02:55:56,531 LICENSE PLATE TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER TRACK THOSE THINGS. 2381 02:55:57,404 --> 02:56:02,750 >> LICENSE PLATE READERS WOULD BE THE BEST AVENUE FOR THIS 2382 02:56:02,750 --> 02:56:06,120 TRACKING. THE GATE ARM SYSTEM AS WE 2383 02:56:06,120 --> 02:56:09,149 CURRENTLY USE IT CAN TRACK SOME BUT DUE TO HOW THINGS ARE 2384 02:56:09,149 --> 02:56:14,220 OPERATED, WHERE THE GATES ARE OPEN ON SUNDAYS SOME PEOPLE 2385 02:56:14,220 --> 02:56:17,290 JUST LEAVE AND WE CANNOT CAPTURE WHEN THEY LEAVE AND HOW 2386 02:56:17,290 --> 02:56:20,290 LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN HERE. 2387 02:56:24,898 --> 02:56:28,501 >>Council Member Carroll: SO SUNDAY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE 2388 02:56:28,501 --> 02:56:31,705 FREE, WE WOULD CHANGE THE RATE TO SATURDAY IF THE AMENDMENT 2389 02:56:31,705 --> 02:56:34,775 FAILS AND THE SUNDAY WOULD STILL BE FREE SO WE DON'T HAVE 2390 02:56:34,775 --> 02:56:38,578 A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT CHANGE. OR THAT IMPACT FROM CARS THAT 2391 02:56:38,578 --> 02:56:39,512 ARE LONG-TERM PARKING. 2392 02:56:39,512 --> 02:56:45,512 >> CORRECT, OTHER THAN WHEN THEY GATE ARM IS BROKEN ON 2393 02:56:45,652 --> 02:56:47,652 SATURDAYS AS WELL. 2394 02:56:57,263 --> 02:57:00,133 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? 2395 02:57:00,133 --> 02:57:04,300 WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK, IF YOU WANT TO 2396 02:57:04,300 --> 02:57:07,730 ADVANCE THE SLIDES. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO 2397 02:57:07,730 --> 02:57:13,673 SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE HOURLY RATES IN PARKING 2398 02:57:14,347 --> 02:57:14,881 GARAGES. 2399 02:57:14,881 --> 02:57:21,870 >> HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU'LL HAVE TO HEAR ME, 2400 02:57:21,870 --> 02:57:24,230 DISTRICT DOWNTOWN CIE. AN ATTEMPT TO NOT REPEAT MYSELF 2401 02:57:24,230 --> 02:57:26,893 OVER WHAT I'VE SAID ABOUT THE SATURDAY PARKING, SOME OF THE 2402 02:57:26,893 --> 02:57:31,498 OTHER BIG CONCERNS WE HAVE IS IT SEEMS LIKE THE EXISTING 2403 02:57:31,498 --> 02:57:36,898 SYSTEM HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN FULLY COLLECTING WHAT IT SHOULD 2404 02:57:39,773 --> 02:57:42,843 BE COLLECTING. SOME IF THAT IS WHAT THE MAYOR 2405 02:57:42,843 --> 02:57:46,245 HAD TALKED ABOUT AND IT'S EASY TO PARK YOUR CAR AND LEAVE IT 2406 02:57:46,245 --> 02:57:50,717 HOWEVER LONG YOU WANT AND GET A TICKET WITHOUT HAVING THE ARMS 2407 02:57:50,717 --> 02:57:53,720 OPEN SO MAKING SURE THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T ESCAPE US AGAIN. 2408 02:57:53,720 --> 02:57:56,857 THE SYSTEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN SLIGHTLY FLAWED SO WHILE WE 2409 02:57:56,857 --> 02:58:05,257 AGREE WE NEED A NEW SYSTEM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE ARE 2410 02:58:15,141 --> 02:58:19,790 COLLECTING CURRENTLY IS PROPER. WE KNOW THE CBD HAD BEEN 2411 02:58:19,790 --> 02:58:22,281 COLLECTING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT DID NOT GO WELL WHICH 2412 02:58:22,281 --> 02:58:26,860 I'M SURE SET US BACK FROM MOST OF IT BUT WE ALSO DEFINITELY 2413 02:58:26,860 --> 02:58:33,286 WANT TO LOOK INTO, I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PORT IS NOT COLLECTING 2414 02:58:44,104 --> 02:58:47,106 THEIR OWN PARKING REVENUE BECAUSE IT'S FREE BUT HOW DO WE 2415 02:58:47,106 --> 02:58:50,911 SEE WHAT THAT COULD BRING IN FOR COLUMBIA AS WELL. 2416 02:58:50,911 --> 02:58:54,915 THEN ALSO THE PARKING PERMITS, WE KNOW THE PARKING PERMITS ARE 2417 02:58:54,915 --> 02:58:57,451 CONSISTENTLY PULLED OUT SO MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE GO 2418 02:58:57,451 --> 02:59:00,987 FIRST AS OPPOSED TO PENALIZING OUR CUSTOMERS SHOPPING OUR 2419 02:59:00,987 --> 02:59:04,560 BUSINESSES ON SATURDAY. THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS 2420 02:59:04,560 --> 02:59:08,995 HERE WE COULD LOOK AT MORE THAN JUST THESE COUPLE OUT HERE THAT 2421 02:59:08,995 --> 02:59:12,132 WE SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE PENALIZING PEOPLE FOR COMING 2422 02:59:12,132 --> 02:59:15,935 DOWN ON SATURDAYS AND SHOPPING AND BEING ABLE TO PARK FOR 2423 02:59:15,935 --> 02:59:19,600 FREE. IT IS SOMETHING OUR BUSINESSES 2424 02:59:19,600 --> 02:59:22,943 TALK ABOUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 2425 02:59:22,943 --> 02:59:25,211 PARKING DOWNTOWN. PARKING GARAGES ARE FREE 2426 02:59:25,211 --> 02:59:28,810 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SO THAT IS SOMETHING VERY MUCH I KNOW ARE 2427 02:59:28,810 --> 02:59:32,850 SMALL BUSINESSES COUNT ON AND THEIR CUSTOMERS. 2428 02:59:32,850 --> 02:59:34,955 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU NIKKI, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO 2429 02:59:34,955 --> 02:59:37,624 SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO DOWNTOWN PARKING. 2430 02:59:37,624 --> 02:59:40,960 >> DANNY PEREZ AGAIN. IF WE DO THIS I WOULD ASK WHEN 2431 02:59:40,960 --> 02:59:44,964 WE DO BUDGET START INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SO THAT 2432 02:59:44,964 --> 02:59:47,834 PEOPLE HAVE OTHER METHODS TO GET TO DOWNTOWN. 2433 02:59:47,834 --> 02:59:50,360 ABEL DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE IS NO BUS STOPS. 2434 02:59:50,360 --> 02:59:53,907 NOBODY IN THE FORUM GOES TO THE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T 2435 02:59:53,907 --> 02:59:56,976 WANT TO DEAL WITH THE PARKING, THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH 2436 02:59:56,976 --> 03:00:00,981 STUDENTS AND THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 2437 03:00:00,981 --> 03:00:04,584 ROUTE FROM FORUM TO DOWNTOWN. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WALKABLE 2438 03:00:04,584 --> 03:00:06,919 OPTIONS. WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 2439 03:00:06,919 --> 03:00:10,857 FAVORS NEIGHBORHOODS STAYING AND SHOPPING IN THEIR 2440 03:00:10,857 --> 03:00:13,860 NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT COMING INTO DOWNTOWN SO THE 2441 03:00:13,860 --> 03:00:16,996 CONSEQUENCES OF MAKING THESE GO UP MEANS WE NEED TO PROVIDE 2442 03:00:16,996 --> 03:00:20,933 OTHER OPTIONS, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING SHORT BUSES ON THE 2443 03:00:20,933 --> 03:00:24,400 OUTSKIRTS OF DOWNTOWN THAT CAN BRING THEM TO AND FROM EVEN 2444 03:00:24,400 --> 03:00:27,730 LIKE LOG BOATS, WE NEED TO HAVE OTHER SOLUTIONS. 2445 03:00:27,730 --> 03:00:30,943 IF WE HAVE TO GET REVENUE THIS WAY WE NEED TO PROVIDE 2446 03:00:30,943 --> 03:00:34,800 TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AND OTHER METHODS ANOTHER WAY. 2447 03:00:34,800 --> 03:00:37,884 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK 2448 03:00:37,884 --> 03:00:41,755 ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE. 2449 03:00:41,755 --> 03:00:45,250 SEEING NONE THAT I WILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL COMMENTS AND 2450 03:00:45,250 --> 03:00:52,225 REMIND US WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT SHEET ATTACHED SO I'LL VOTE ON 2451 03:00:58,771 --> 03:01:01,774 THAT, THAT IS IF IT WERE TO PASS TO GO INTO EFFECT ON 2452 03:01:01,774 --> 03:01:04,110 JANUARY 1 RATHER THAN UPON ITS PASSAGE. 2453 03:01:04,110 --> 03:01:07,780 SO WE CAN BE CLEAR I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND BILL 164 - 26 2454 03:01:07,780 --> 03:01:10,116 WITH EFFECTIVE DATE FROM IMMEDIATE TO JANUARY 1, 2027, 2455 03:01:10,116 --> 03:01:12,519 DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND FROM VERA. 2456 03:01:12,519 --> 03:01:19,119 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SHEET SAY AYE, ANY 2457 03:01:19,792 --> 03:01:21,861 OPPOSED? NOW COUNSEL COMMENTS OR OTHER 2458 03:01:21,861 --> 03:01:28,461 POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS WHICH I MIGHT HAVE MORE IF YOU WANT IT, 2459 03:01:29,535 --> 03:01:30,736 VALERIE. 2460 03:01:30,736 --> 03:01:33,672 >>Council Member Carroll: PARKING HAS BEEN FREE ON 2461 03:01:33,672 --> 03:01:36,609 SATURDAY SINCE 2011. IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SMALL 2462 03:01:36,609 --> 03:01:40,209 BUSINESSES. IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SERVICE 2463 03:01:42,481 --> 03:01:45,618 PERSONNEL WHO ARE WORKING IN OUR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES. 2464 03:01:45,618 --> 03:01:51,618 IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SHOPPERS AND OUR CITIZENS AND IT'S 2465 03:01:52,692 --> 03:01:56,292 MEANINGFUL TO OUR TRANSPORTATION PATTERNS TO 2466 03:01:58,965 --> 03:02:02,702 TEACH PEOPLE TO FIND GARAGES AND LOOK FOR PARKING IN GARAGES 2467 03:02:02,702 --> 03:02:05,705 AND NOT ONLY ON STREETS. ONE DAY THAT'S A POPULAR 2468 03:02:05,705 --> 03:02:10,110 SHOPPING DAY IT HELPS CHANGE PEOPLE'S PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR. 2469 03:02:10,110 --> 03:02:17,310 I AGREE THAT PARKING NEEDS TO OPERATE LIKE A UTILITY, LIKE AN 2470 03:02:24,729 --> 03:02:26,931 ENTERPRISE. I AGREE WE NEED TO RECOVER 2471 03:02:26,931 --> 03:02:32,670 THOSE FEES AND I SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN PARKING FEES, 2472 03:02:32,670 --> 03:02:34,739 ABSOLUTELY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO WAIVE 2473 03:02:34,739 --> 03:02:39,210 SATURDAY PARKING. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO 2474 03:02:39,210 --> 03:02:43,410 CONTINUE THE SATURDAY PARKING AT NO COST. 2475 03:02:44,816 --> 03:02:47,216 AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 2476 03:02:52,824 --> 03:02:56,495 >>Mayor Buffaloe: IF I CAN, IT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION IS FOR 2477 03:02:56,495 --> 03:03:00,966 COUNSEL BILL 164 26 TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE AMENDING SECTION 2478 03:03:00,966 --> 03:03:06,366 14391 B WHICH WOULD HAVE CHANGED TO FRIDAY AND ADDED 2479 03:03:08,974 --> 03:03:13,774 SATURDAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE 2480 03:03:15,380 --> 03:03:18,380 MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE 2481 03:03:18,983 --> 03:03:24,383 AMENDMENT. I WILL SAY I THINK RIGHT NOW WE 2482 03:03:26,124 --> 03:03:29,600 NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO HOW WE ARE CHECKING THE DATA TO 2483 03:03:29,600 --> 03:03:32,730 DO THAT RIGHT NOW I THINK BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM 2484 03:03:32,730 --> 03:03:35,734 IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED I THINK MAKING THAT CHANGE I WOULD 2485 03:03:35,734 --> 03:03:39,204 AGREE WITH YOU. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE 2486 03:03:39,204 --> 03:03:44,604 AMENDMENT WHICH IS BASICALLY CONTINUING TO HAVE PARKING FREE 2487 03:03:45,944 --> 03:03:48,880 IN THE GARAGE IS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SAY AYE. 2488 03:03:48,880 --> 03:03:53,800 ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE 2, CHRISTINA AND BETSY. 2489 03:03:55,153 --> 03:04:01,753 SO WE'VE GOT, CONTINUAL COUNSEL COMMENTS OR I CAN HAVE SHEILA 2490 03:04:04,563 --> 03:04:06,563 CALL THE ROLL. 2491 03:04:16,307 --> 03:04:20,645 >> VERY BRIEFLY AND ONLY FOR CLARITY AS TO THOSE WHO MAY BE 2492 03:04:20,645 --> 03:04:23,248 WATCHING THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT AUTHORIZES 2493 03:04:23,248 --> 03:04:27,118 LICENSE PLATE READERS. THIS IS ABOUT THE FEES AND 2494 03:04:27,118 --> 03:04:28,586 LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR DISCUSSION. 2495 03:04:28,586 --> 03:04:30,188 >> CORRECT, VERA. 2496 03:04:30,188 --> 03:04:34,326 >>Council Member Elwood: I ALSO I THINK HAVING BETTER KEPT DATA 2497 03:04:34,326 --> 03:04:37,395 ABOUT USAGE OF OUR PARKING GARAGES IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 2498 03:04:37,395 --> 03:04:40,599 AS WE LOOK INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE. 2499 03:04:40,599 --> 03:04:46,604 I'M EXCITED TO HEAR SOME OF THE INCREASED, SOME OF THE CHANGES 2500 03:04:46,604 --> 03:04:53,278 TO THE GATE ARMS WILL UP WITH COLLECTION OF THAT AND I ALSO 2501 03:04:53,278 --> 03:04:56,148 THINK THERE ARE LIKELY PRACTICES WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK 2502 03:04:56,148 --> 03:04:59,284 AT INTERNALLY AND HOW WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT DATA.I 2503 03:04:59,284 --> 03:05:03,421 THINK IT IS HARD TO, I MEAN EVEN THOUGH VOTE ON WHETHER 2504 03:05:03,421 --> 03:05:06,424 PARKING SHOULD BE FREE ON SATURDAYS, THAT FELT LIKE 2505 03:05:06,424 --> 03:05:10,280 SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG AMOUNT OF DATA BEHIND SO 2506 03:05:10,280 --> 03:05:12,764 THIS ONE WOULD NOT AFFECT SO WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. 2507 03:05:12,764 --> 03:05:16,364 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS. 2508 03:05:17,169 --> 03:05:21,239 >> SINCE I WAS A DISSENTING VOTE I WANT TO SAY WHAT VERA 2509 03:05:21,239 --> 03:05:27,839 WAS SAYING ABOUT THE DATA. AGAIN I FEEL LIKE OUR DECISIONS 2510 03:05:28,460 --> 03:05:34,646 NEED TO BE MORE DATA-DRIVEN WITH THE RISK APPROACH AND I 2511 03:05:35,987 --> 03:05:39,123 ALSO THINK A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHERE INCREASING FEES 2512 03:05:39,123 --> 03:05:42,593 TO A LOT OF THINGS. BUT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE 2513 03:05:42,593 --> 03:05:47,666 HAVE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE ARE COLLECTING VERSUS WHAT 2514 03:05:47,666 --> 03:05:50,669 IT IS TO COST. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE 2515 03:05:50,669 --> 03:05:54,269 LOOKING AT FOR THOSE LARGE CHUNKS. 2516 03:06:01,412 --> 03:06:03,412 >>. 2517 03:06:07,180 --> 03:06:10,755 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ONE OF THE THINGS IN LOOKING AT THIS FOR 2518 03:06:10,755 --> 03:06:13,825 THE CHANGES NEEDED, THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE THE RATE 2519 03:06:13,825 --> 03:06:18,963 CHANGES OR HOURLY IN THE PARKING GARAGES SINCE 25 YEARS. 2520 03:06:18,963 --> 03:06:22,701 I THINK KIND OF LIKE THE COST OF SERVICE DISCUSSION WE HAD 2521 03:06:22,701 --> 03:06:25,904 DURING PRE-COUNSEL INCREASING THE REVIEW OF THAT AND I 2522 03:06:25,904 --> 03:06:30,641 APPRECIATE YOU SAYING YOU'RE REVIEWING THE PERMITS AS WELL. 2523 03:06:30,641 --> 03:06:32,844 BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER FEEDBACK WE HEAR IS THE 2524 03:06:32,844 --> 03:06:35,914 UTILIZATION OF THE PERMITS TO WHO THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO AND I 2525 03:06:35,914 --> 03:06:38,115 WANTED TO ASK ON THIS COUNSEL WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 2526 03:06:38,115 --> 03:06:41,186 INTRO AND FIRST READ THE EMPLOYEE PARKING PROGRAMS WHERE 2527 03:06:41,186 --> 03:06:44,923 WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE DEDICATED, FOR PEOPLE OF OUR 2528 03:06:44,923 --> 03:06:49,723 EMPLOYEES DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES TO GET SPECIAL PARKING THAT 2529 03:06:50,610 --> 03:06:53,264 WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR THEM TO DO AND LOOKING AT A SHUTTLE 2530 03:06:53,264 --> 03:06:54,199 SYSTEM. 2531 03:06:54,199 --> 03:06:58,399 >> EVENTUALLY A SHUTTLE SYSTEM IS A HOPE. 2532 03:06:59,471 --> 03:07:03,541 BUT HAVING AN EMPLOYEE PROGRAM FOR FLEAS TO HAVE CHEAPER 2533 03:07:03,541 --> 03:07:05,877 PARKING LOCATED, IS THAT CORRECT. 2534 03:07:05,877 --> 03:07:11,877 >> THAT PROGRAM ALREADY EXISTS. ONCE ON FIRST READ TONIGHT IS 2535 03:07:12,417 --> 03:07:19,290 BRINGING THAT COST MORE IN LINE WITH THE DOLLAR PER HOUR ON 2536 03:07:19,290 --> 03:07:24,290 STREET METERS THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT 2537 03:07:24,290 --> 03:07:26,290 THAT IS. 2538 03:07:27,499 --> 03:07:32,299 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD ANOTHER COUNSEL COMMENT. 2539 03:07:32,970 --> 03:07:36,974 >> I APPRECIATE THE CALL FOR MORE DATA TO TRACK PARKING. 2540 03:07:36,974 --> 03:07:44,174 AND I WANT TO CITE THAT IN THE LETTERS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED 2541 03:07:45,116 --> 03:07:50,388 FROM THE CIV THERE WERE CALLS FOR DATA AND TRACKING OF PERMIT 2542 03:07:50,388 --> 03:07:52,388 PARKING. SPECIFICALLY. 2543 03:08:01,599 --> 03:08:05,336 SO PURSUIT OF THAT WILL BE KEY AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR 2544 03:08:05,336 --> 03:08:07,405 EVALUATION OF PERMIT PARKING. 2545 03:08:07,405 --> 03:08:09,405 >> SHEILA PLEASE. 2546 03:08:16,348 --> 03:08:19,350 >> I LIKE TO POINT OUT WE DIDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE 2547 03:08:19,350 --> 03:08:22,286 GOING TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED DATA YOU ALL WOULD LIKE. 2548 03:08:22,286 --> 03:08:29,827 SO JUST AS A SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, I DON'T WANT TO BAKE IT, 2549 03:08:29,827 --> 03:08:33,498 IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DECIDE BUT IT DOES REQUIRE AS 2550 03:08:33,498 --> 03:08:36,167 CHRISTINA'S ASKING WHAT IS THE COST TO. 2551 03:08:36,167 --> 03:08:39,504 >> I THINK THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SLIDES PRESENTED BY 2552 03:08:39,504 --> 03:08:43,104 FINANCE. I THINK THIS OPTION STILL 2553 03:08:43,508 --> 03:08:45,508 INCLUDES THAT INTENT. 2554 03:08:55,200 --> 03:08:57,700 >> IT DEPENDS IF WE DO THE KIOSK. 2555 03:08:57,700 --> 03:08:59,873 THAT'S PART OF THAT NEXT CONVERSATION BUT NOT PART OF 2556 03:08:59,873 --> 03:09:03,811 THE ORDINANCE WE ARE VOTING ON THIS EVENING WRITTEN FOR OUR 2557 03:09:03,811 --> 03:09:06,947 ORDINANCE THIS EVENING SHEILA WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON 2558 03:09:06,947 --> 03:09:08,883 BILL 164 - 26 AS AMENDED. 2559 03:09:08,883 --> 03:09:09,884 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 2560 03:09:09,884 --> 03:09:12,284 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 2561 03:09:13,287 --> 03:09:17,224 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES. 2562 03:09:17,224 --> 03:09:20,561 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES SPIELER. 2563 03:09:20,561 --> 03:09:22,163 >>Council Member Hartman: 2564 03:09:22,163 --> 03:09:24,563 >>Council Member Peters: NO. 2565 03:09:30,905 --> 03:09:34,642 >> MOVING ON SHEILA WILLIAM READ BILL ONE 7826 BILL 170 2566 03:09:34,642 --> 03:09:36,642 926. 2567 03:09:41,982 --> 03:09:44,985 >> ORDINANCE APPROVING A MAJOR AMENDMENT IN THE PD PLAN FOR 2568 03:09:44,985 --> 03:09:47,922 COLUMBIA SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY AT THE SOUTHEAST 2569 03:09:47,922 --> 03:09:50,924 CORNER OF SCOTT BOULEVARD AND BROADER SCHOOL ROAD INCLUSIVE 2570 03:09:50,924 --> 03:09:55,724 OF THE REQUEST DESIGN EXCEPTIONS APPROVING A REVISED 2571 03:09:55,729 --> 03:09:59,934 STATEMENT OF INTENT, APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO 2572 03:09:59,934 --> 03:10:04,134 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL LAND INVESTMENT LLC 2573 03:10:07,674 --> 03:10:11,545 DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD THE DEVELOPMENT 2574 03:10:11,545 --> 03:10:14,615 AGREEMENT AND KEPT FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL 2575 03:10:14,615 --> 03:10:18,618 BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING ONE 7826 IS AN ORDINANCE 2576 03:10:18,618 --> 03:10:21,622 APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF COLUMBIA SENIOR LIVING PLAT ONE 2577 03:10:21,622 --> 03:10:25,222 ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS, 2578 03:10:25,959 --> 03:10:28,695 AUTHORIZING A PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND FIXING THE TIME 2579 03:10:28,695 --> 03:10:32,766 THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. 2580 03:10:32,766 --> 03:10:35,236 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT. 2581 03:10:35,236 --> 03:10:38,506 >> THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNSEL AND I WOULD NOTE THIS WAS CONTINUED 2582 03:10:38,506 --> 03:10:43,906 FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AN 2583 03:10:45,779 --> 03:10:48,915 SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO TO READ AS THE CLERK HAD READ THIS IS 2584 03:10:48,915 --> 03:10:51,919 REALLY WE WILL BE PRESENTING TWO THINGS BUT THIS IS THE PD 2585 03:10:51,919 --> 03:10:56,560 PLAN AND IT PERTAINS TO THE FINAL PLAT THAT ESSENTIALLY 2586 03:10:56,560 --> 03:10:59,860 WILL CREATE THE SINGLE LOT REFLECTED IN THE PD PLAN WHICH 2587 03:10:59,860 --> 03:11:01,795 ALSO SERVES AS A PRELIMINARY PLAT. 2588 03:11:01,795 --> 03:11:05,866 REAL QUICK THIS IS LOCATED SOUTHEAST CORNER OF VAWTER 2589 03:11:05,866 --> 03:11:08,869 SCHOOL ROAD, SOUTH SCOTT BOULEVARD AND COPPER SOON 2590 03:11:08,869 --> 03:11:11,720 RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH. 2591 03:11:11,720 --> 03:11:15,900 THAT PROPERTY VISUAL CONTEXT TO THE EAST OF THIS SITE IS WHAT 2592 03:11:15,900 --> 03:11:19,746 WE CALL PHASE ONE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS COMMERCIAL 2593 03:11:19,746 --> 03:11:22,750 DEVELOPMENT, AS IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED WITHIN THAT PHASE 2594 03:11:22,750 --> 03:11:25,485 SINCE ITS INCEPTION MANY YEARS AGO. 2595 03:11:25,485 --> 03:11:28,289 YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING ZONING TO THE WEST IS COUNTY 2596 03:11:28,289 --> 03:11:33,689 PRETTY BUT ALL THE COLORED SHADINGS REPRESENT CITY ZONING 2597 03:11:37,698 --> 03:11:41,569 AND THEREFORE WITHIN THE CITY SAW A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY 2598 03:11:41,569 --> 03:11:45,306 ZONED PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH READ THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IS 2599 03:11:45,306 --> 03:11:49,242 COMMERCIAL AREA WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED LAND DEVELOPMENT WHICH 2600 03:11:49,242 --> 03:11:52,446 DOES ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AND FUTURE 2601 03:11:52,446 --> 03:11:56,917 DEVELOPMENT.AGAIN AND ASKED SINCE 1998, THAT CP IS NOW 2602 03:11:56,917 --> 03:12:02,917 REFERRED TO AS PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT READ ONE OF THE 2603 03:12:03,256 --> 03:12:07,127 FIRST PLANS WAS APPROVED IN 2023, DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF 2604 03:12:07,127 --> 03:12:11,640 SPECIFICITY WHICH IS PERMITTED. IT DIDN'T HAVE TO PHASES THIS 2605 03:12:11,640 --> 03:12:14,680 REPRESENTED THE SECOND PHASE SO THE REQUEST IS FOR A 2606 03:12:14,680 --> 03:12:16,603 DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE REMAINING PART OF THAT 2607 03:12:16,603 --> 03:12:18,603 UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. 2608 03:12:18,939 --> 03:12:24,678 IT WOULD PREVENT OR PERMIT DEVELOPMENT OF THE CP RC WHICH 2609 03:12:24,678 --> 03:12:28,682 IS ESSENTIALLY A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN IN OUR 2610 03:12:28,682 --> 03:12:34,682 DEPOSITION FOR CONTINUING CARE. THE PART OF THIS REVISION TO 2611 03:12:41,895 --> 03:12:45,899 THIS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IS TO ADD THAT SPECIFIC USE TO OUR 2612 03:12:45,899 --> 03:12:49,360 STATEMENT OF INTENT, THE PERMITTED USES ALLOWED WITHIN 2613 03:12:49,360 --> 03:12:53,907 THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT JUST TO RECAP PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS 2614 03:12:53,907 --> 03:12:57,430 ALMOST LIKE A MINI ZONING DISTRICT IN END OF ITSELF SO IT 2615 03:12:57,430 --> 03:13:02,248 HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN BE MODIFIED TO READ THIS 2616 03:13:02,248 --> 03:13:04,985 PARTICULAR ONE OUTSIDE OF THAT HAD A COUPLE OTHER WHAT WE 2617 03:13:04,985 --> 03:13:08,789 REFER TO AS EXCEPTIONS AND I'LL BRIEFLY STATE THOSE HERE IN THE 2618 03:13:08,789 --> 03:13:10,991 SUBSEQUENT SLIDE. OVERALL THOUGH THIS IS 181 2619 03:13:10,991 --> 03:13:14,995 DWELLING UNITS AND ACCESSORY FACILITIES, CONTAIN THE GANNETT 2620 03:13:14,995 --> 03:13:19,660 OF RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS. FOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES SO 2621 03:13:19,660 --> 03:13:23,300 AS ASSISTED LIVING, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AS WELL AS MEMORY CARE. 2622 03:13:23,300 --> 03:13:28,475 ALSO 15 VILLA STYLE UNITS IN THE BACK COMES IN A LITTLE 2623 03:13:28,475 --> 03:13:31,411 LATER IN PARKING. THE LANDSCAPE GENERALLY IS 2624 03:13:31,411 --> 03:13:35,282 CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING, 2625 03:13:35,282 --> 03:13:37,551 DOES HAVE RETENTION AND THERE WERE TWO EXCEPTIONS, ONE IS TO 2626 03:13:37,551 --> 03:13:44,151 THE HEIGHT THAT PERTAINS TO AN ELEVATOR FACILITY, IT'S ON THE 2627 03:13:46,250 --> 03:13:49,763 FAR NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE 2628 03:13:49,763 --> 03:13:52,899 RED AREA, THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY ON THE LOWEST 2629 03:13:52,899 --> 03:13:54,835 RATE. AND THEY ANALYSIS WAS THE 2630 03:13:54,835 --> 03:13:58,370 CONCERNS ARE EXCEEDING THE 45 MAXIMUM IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT 2631 03:13:58,370 --> 03:14:02,175 BEYOND THAT 45 ALLOWED HEIGHT. GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES JUST 2632 03:14:02,175 --> 03:14:08,175 FOR THE ELEVATOR FACILITY IT DID MAKE SENSE FOR THIS 2633 03:14:16,256 --> 03:14:20,260 FACILITY, THE OTHERS FOR THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THIS IS 2634 03:14:20,260 --> 03:14:23,464 ONE WHERE I WOULD POINT OUT A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF 2635 03:14:23,464 --> 03:14:25,599 USE IS ONE SPACE FOR EVERY THREE UNITS. 2636 03:14:25,599 --> 03:14:30,203 UNDER THAT WOULD CONFIRMED THE APPLICANT AND TESTIMONY WOULD 2637 03:14:30,203 --> 03:14:34,541 HAVE SEVERELY UNDER PART SO WHAT IT REFLECTS IS THE FACT 2638 03:14:34,541 --> 03:14:38,479 THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN 2639 03:14:38,479 --> 03:14:41,948 RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES AND OUR CODE REFLECTS THE LOWEST NEED 2640 03:14:41,948 --> 03:14:45,552 FOR PARKING IN THAT MEMORY CARE SO ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY 2641 03:14:45,552 --> 03:14:48,621 THREE DWELLING UNITS IS A PRETTY LOW STANDARD THE WAY OUR 2642 03:14:48,621 --> 03:14:52,359 PARKING REQUIREMENTS RESTRICT THE UPPER 10 IS 200% OF YOUR 2643 03:14:52,359 --> 03:14:55,495 MINIMUM SO A LOW MINIMUM. SO THIS REFLECTS THE FACT THAT 2644 03:14:55,495 --> 03:14:58,499 THEY HAVE NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHERE YOU WOULD NOT 2645 03:14:58,499 --> 03:15:05,990 EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE DRIVING. IT ALSO HAS LOWS SO THE 2646 03:15:09,242 --> 03:15:12,446 IMPORTANT THING TO FOCUS ON IS THE MEMORY CARE SECTION WOULD 2647 03:15:12,446 --> 03:15:17,246 BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE 2648 03:15:17,390 --> 03:15:21,327 WRITTEN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS ON NET EXEMPTION IS TO ALLOW 2649 03:15:21,327 --> 03:15:24,865 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES SO ONE SPACE FOR EACH INDEPENDENT 2650 03:15:24,865 --> 03:15:28,334 CARE TO SPACES FOR EACH VILLA WHICH WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT 2651 03:15:28,334 --> 03:15:30,337 YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE IN A TOWNHOME. 2652 03:15:30,337 --> 03:15:35,675 ESSENTIALLY YOU WOULD BE ASKED TO PARK IN A SIMILAR TYPE 2653 03:15:35,675 --> 03:15:39,546 RESIDENTIAL STYLE WOULD BE. HAD IT NOT BEEN PART OF A 2654 03:15:39,546 --> 03:15:41,546 RESIDENTIAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. 2655 03:15:41,948 --> 03:15:45,618 THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS 2656 03:15:45,618 --> 03:15:50,289 OVERALL DEVELOPMENT DID ADDRESS SOME SPECIFIC UPGRADES TO THE 2657 03:15:50,289 --> 03:15:52,492 SITE, MANY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN MADE. 2658 03:15:52,492 --> 03:15:55,228 TWO ITEMS I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WERE INCLUDED WAS A 2659 03:15:55,228 --> 03:16:00,280 TWO-WAY LEFT TURN ON SCOTT BOULEVARD EXTENDING 50 FEET 2660 03:16:02,903 --> 03:16:06,773 NORTH FROM WHERE TRAFFIC WOULD BE ENTERING THE SITE AND DOES 2661 03:16:06,773 --> 03:16:10,777 REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN LEAVING THE FACILITY ALSO 2662 03:16:10,777 --> 03:16:12,845 ON SCOTT. BASED ON A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT 2663 03:16:12,845 --> 03:16:15,849 THEY LOOKED AT THEIR ACTUALLY DECREASED IN TRAFFIC 2664 03:16:15,849 --> 03:16:18,852 GENERATION.THERE WAS A INITIAL REQUIREMENT TO BUILD A 2665 03:16:18,852 --> 03:16:21,988 KIND OF SPLIT WAY ESSENTIALLY ON THE ROUNDABOUT GIVEN THE 2666 03:16:21,988 --> 03:16:25,588 REDUCTION IN TRIPS THAT WAS REMOVED. 2667 03:16:31,998 --> 03:16:34,867 AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WE HAD 2 SPEAKERS 2668 03:16:34,867 --> 03:16:38,467 THERE WERE CONCERNED WITH WATER PRESSURE. 2669 03:16:40,730 --> 03:16:43,743 THAT HAS BEEN I THINK BACKLOGGED TO OUR UTILITIES 2670 03:16:43,743 --> 03:16:46,813 DEPARTMENT AND THE RESPONSE WE HAVE IS THIS FACILITY WOULD 2671 03:16:46,813 --> 03:16:50,817 LIKELY TAKE UP LESS THAN 1% OF THE EXISTING CAPACITY SO THERE 2672 03:16:50,817 --> 03:16:53,486 ARE NO CONCERNS WITH WATER CAPACITY WITH THIS SPECIFIC 2673 03:16:53,486 --> 03:16:58,286 STRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING TWO, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT LANDSCAPING 2674 03:16:58,692 --> 03:17:01,692 BUT IT'S MEETING STANDARD REQUIREMENTS. 2675 03:17:03,830 --> 03:17:11,300 MOTION TO PASS THE PD PLAN WITH STATEMENT OF INTENT DID PASS 2676 03:17:14,841 --> 03:17:16,420 820. WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO 2677 03:17:16,420 --> 03:17:19,846 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND BOTH OF THESE ARE THE PD PLAN AND 2678 03:17:19,846 --> 03:17:23,783 FINAL PLAT WERE OPEN SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS 2679 03:17:23,783 --> 03:17:26,520 ON THE FINAL PLAT BUT IT IS APPROVING THE ARRANGEMENT OF 2680 03:17:26,520 --> 03:17:28,455 THIS WITHIN THE PD PLAN. 2681 03:17:28,455 --> 03:17:32,550 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THIS IS YOUR AWARD. 2682 03:17:36,996 --> 03:17:40,660 >>Council Member Carroll: I HAD PEOPLE REACHING OUT CONCERNED 2683 03:17:40,660 --> 03:17:43,803 ABOUT THE WATER PRESSURE AND WITH THE TOWER NOT BEING PUT UP 2684 03:17:43,803 --> 03:17:45,805 YET. I KNOW YOU SAID, CAN YOU SPEAK 2685 03:17:45,805 --> 03:17:51,210 MORE TO WHY THIS WILL NOT IMPEDE WATERFLOW FOR EITHER 2686 03:17:51,210 --> 03:17:55,410 FIRE SAFETY OR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR IRRIGATION? 2687 03:18:03,355 --> 03:18:08,755 >> ERIN KEYES, UTILITIES DIRECTOR AND TO HELP POINT OUT 2688 03:18:08,761 --> 03:18:11,764 THAT EXCESS WATER CAPACITY OF THE MAIN IN THAT AREA IS 5000 2689 03:18:11,764 --> 03:18:14,100 GALLONS PER MINUTE AND WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE USED BY THIS 2690 03:18:14,100 --> 03:18:18,900 DEVELOPMENT IS AROUND AND MAXIMUM 500 GALLONS A MINUTE. 2691 03:18:20,507 --> 03:18:25,645 SO THAT'S LESS THAN 1% OF THE EXCESS CAPACITY IN THE WATER 2692 03:18:25,645 --> 03:18:29,982 MAIN IN THAT AREA SO THAT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT THE AMOUNT OF 2693 03:18:29,982 --> 03:18:32,652 WATER THAT GETS USED BY THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH. 2694 03:18:32,652 --> 03:18:36,252 AND THIS IS THE EXCESS AVAILABLE. 2695 03:18:42,862 --> 03:18:46,999 >>Council Member Carroll: I ASSUME YOU HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT 2696 03:18:46,999 --> 03:18:47,467 THAT. 2697 03:18:47,467 --> 03:18:54,667 >> WE HAVE A WATER MODEL WE USE AND STAFF HAS VERIFIED THAT 2698 03:18:59,746 --> 03:19:00,212 MODEL. 2699 03:19:00,212 --> 03:19:06,353 >>Council Member Carroll: SO IN TERMS OF, THIS IS JUMPING AWAY 2700 03:19:06,353 --> 03:19:12,353 FROM THE WATER QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS NO SLIP 2701 03:19:12,491 --> 03:19:16,830 LAYING REQUIRED NOW, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. 2702 03:19:16,830 --> 03:19:21,630 >> THE INITIAL TRAFFIC STUDY, INITIALLY CONTEMPLATED A MUCH 2703 03:19:33,646 --> 03:19:36,849 MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SO THERE'S A 2704 03:19:36,849 --> 03:19:39,852 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ANTICIPATED BEING GENERATED 2705 03:19:39,852 --> 03:19:43,723 FROM THOSE SPECIFIC USES. BASED ON THAT THEY WOULD LOOK 2706 03:19:43,723 --> 03:19:47,594 AT THE TRAFFIC ENTERING AND EXITING THE ROUNDABOUT AT 2707 03:19:47,594 --> 03:19:50,864 VAWTER UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THOSE TRAFFIC 2708 03:19:50,864 --> 03:19:53,933 GENERATORS IS WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED AT THE FULL BUILDOUT OF 2709 03:19:53,933 --> 03:19:56,736 THE SITE. SO AFTER RECONSIDERING THE 2710 03:19:56,736 --> 03:20:02,736 ACTUAL IN THE USE, THIS SPECIFIC USE WHICH IS MORE 2711 03:20:07,213 --> 03:20:10,483 RESIDENTIAL, PUT THAT BACK INTO THEIR MODELING AND TRAFFIC 2712 03:20:10,483 --> 03:20:13,553 STUDY AND DEBATE LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE EXPECTED FOR 2713 03:20:13,553 --> 03:20:17,290 THAT ROUNDABOUT AND WHAT COULD PRECIPITATE THE NEED TO HAVE A 2714 03:20:17,290 --> 03:20:22,294 SLIP LAYING THEIR CONCLUSION IS IT WAS NO LONGER NECESSARY. 2715 03:20:22,294 --> 03:20:25,231 >>Council Member Carroll: WITH THE HILL DOES NOT HAVE ANY 2716 03:20:25,231 --> 03:20:28,234 EFFECT ON THE PLACEMENT OR SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE I KNOW 2717 03:20:28,234 --> 03:20:33,634 PUBLIC COMMENT HAD MENTIONED THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT 2718 03:20:37,443 --> 03:20:37,911 HILL. 2719 03:20:37,911 --> 03:20:41,581 >> TYPICALLY A TRAFFIC STUDY WILL LOOK AT ALL THE POINTS OF 2720 03:20:41,581 --> 03:20:44,651 INGRESS AND EGRESS TO A SITE SO I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT BEFORE 2721 03:20:44,651 --> 03:20:47,653 THE MEETING BUT I'M CERTAIN THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE ACCESS 2722 03:20:47,653 --> 03:20:51,457 POINT ON SCOTT AND THEY ALWAYS DO COMMENT ON EXPECTED SIGHT 2723 03:20:51,457 --> 03:20:56,257 DISTANCE FOR ENTERING AND EXITING ONTO A ROAD, 2724 03:21:04,938 --> 03:21:07,940 SPECIFICALLY CLASSIFIED SCOTT BOULEVARD WITH THE SPEED THEY 2725 03:21:07,940 --> 03:21:11,478 HAVE ON THERE AND GENERALLY THEY LEAVE IT AS THERE IS A 2726 03:21:11,478 --> 03:21:14,748 CERTAIN SIDE NECESSARY AND IT'S LEFT TO THE FINAL ENGINEERS TO 2727 03:21:14,748 --> 03:21:17,950 COME BACK AND SUBMIT THEIR PLANS TO OUR TEAM TO VERIFY THE 2728 03:21:17,950 --> 03:21:21,754 SIGHT DISTANCE SO THAT'S A STEP THAT WOULD BE TAKEN AT THAT 2729 03:21:21,754 --> 03:21:22,222 TIME. 2730 03:21:22,222 --> 03:21:25,910 >>Council Member Carroll: SORRY, THE OTHER BEING AROUND, 2731 03:21:25,910 --> 03:21:27,894 THE PARKING EXCEPTION. IF WE WERE TO NOT WANT A 2732 03:21:27,894 --> 03:21:31,297 PARKING EXCEPTION FOR THIS CASE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE 2733 03:21:31,297 --> 03:21:35,635 IF WE WERE TO VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT? 2734 03:21:35,635 --> 03:21:39,772 >> IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THAT DESIGN ADJUSTMENT I'M NOT SURE 2735 03:21:39,772 --> 03:21:45,772 THAT WOULD RESULT IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE BUT 2736 03:21:48,400 --> 03:21:52,270 IT IS IN THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY SO WE WOULD HAVE TO 2737 03:21:52,270 --> 03:21:55,340 ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ACCEPT OUT 2738 03:21:55,340 --> 03:21:58,940 THAT SPECIFIC DESIGN EXEMPTION AS MENTIONED. 2739 03:21:59,277 --> 03:22:02,213 >>Council Member Carroll: THANK YOU AND FINALLY ONE OF THE 2740 03:22:02,213 --> 03:22:05,216 OTHER THINGS I'VE BEEN TOLD IS, AND THIS JUST CAME TO ME SO 2741 03:22:05,216 --> 03:22:09,353 THIS ONE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DATA 2742 03:22:09,353 --> 03:22:14,153 PROBABLY ON. BUT IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT 2743 03:22:27,105 --> 03:22:31,175 IN OUR AREA, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT AS A 2744 03:22:31,175 --> 03:22:35,246 COUNCILPERSON IS THERE IS NO GROCERY STORES OR ANYTHING IN 2745 03:22:35,246 --> 03:22:37,449 WARD 5. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE EVERYWHERE AND MY UNDERSTANDING 2746 03:22:37,449 --> 03:22:41,252 IS SOME OF THIS AREA WAS ORIGINALLY HOPED TO BE THAT 2747 03:22:41,252 --> 03:22:44,321 KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. WHAT DO YOU SEE, FORESEE IN 2748 03:22:44,321 --> 03:22:47,592 THIS AREA IN TERMS OF THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE? 2749 03:22:47,592 --> 03:22:50,461 >> IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF SPECULATION.IN EVALUATING 2750 03:22:50,461 --> 03:22:57,610 BOTH STATIONS THAT WAS THE INITIAL HOPE IS THERE COULD BE 2751 03:23:00,472 --> 03:23:03,541 A GROCERY STORE.EVERYONE WOULD APPRECIATE A GROCERY 2752 03:23:03,541 --> 03:23:07,278 STORE IN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL HOUSE. 2753 03:23:07,278 --> 03:23:09,547 AS TIME WENT ON AND THIS WAS ANNEXED IN 1998. 2754 03:23:09,547 --> 03:23:13,618 THE REALITIES OF THIS AREA AS A GROCERY PROBABLY BECAME LESS 2755 03:23:13,618 --> 03:23:16,487 AND LESS TENABLE. MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL 2756 03:23:16,487 --> 03:23:20,240 BUSINESSES DO HAVE CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS THEY ARE LOOKING 2757 03:23:20,240 --> 03:23:24,762 FOR AS FAR AS POPULATION WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE AND TRAFFIC 2758 03:23:24,762 --> 03:23:27,300 GENERATED BY THAT SITE. MY GUESS IS ANYONE LOOKING YOU 2759 03:23:27,300 --> 03:23:30,902 CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS COMING TO FRUITION SO THAT'S MOST LIKELY 2760 03:23:30,902 --> 03:23:34,305 WHAT RESULTED, I DON'T SPECULATE ON THE PROPERTY 2761 03:23:34,305 --> 03:23:37,841 OWNERS WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH TO SOLICIT A GROCERY STORE 2762 03:23:37,841 --> 03:23:40,110 THERE BUT NOT NECESSARILY A WHOLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2763 03:23:40,110 --> 03:23:45,510 WILL BE WELL-SUITED IN ALL COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTIES IN 2764 03:23:46,984 --> 03:23:47,451 TOWN. 2765 03:23:47,451 --> 03:23:50,120 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, 2766 03:23:50,120 --> 03:23:52,120 JACKIE, VERA, VALERIE. 2767 03:23:56,994 --> 03:23:59,797 >>Council Member Sample: I'M GOING TO ASK THIS AND YOU 2768 03:23:59,797 --> 03:24:02,933 PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER 2769 03:24:02,933 --> 03:24:05,936 AS WE ARE LOOKING MY QUESTION IS HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION ON 2770 03:24:05,936 --> 03:24:09,600 HOW MANY POTENTIAL JOB POSITIONS THIS WOULD BRING TO 2771 03:24:09,600 --> 03:24:10,800 OUR CITY. 2772 03:24:10,800 --> 03:24:14,208 >> THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY PART OF OUR ANALYSIS. 2773 03:24:19,283 --> 03:24:22,219 >>Council Member Sample: I DIDN'T THINK SO BUT I WANTED TO 2774 03:24:22,219 --> 03:24:26,900 ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFTEN WE HAVE THE 2775 03:24:26,900 --> 03:24:29,930 OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT NOT ONLY 2776 03:24:29,930 --> 03:24:32,229 BRINGS HOUSING BUT POTENTIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES. 2777 03:24:32,229 --> 03:24:35,320 >> I WOULD POINT OUT THE APPLICANTS ARE YEAR AND WOULD 2778 03:24:35,320 --> 03:24:38,632 BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS . 2779 03:24:38,969 --> 03:24:40,772 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA. 2780 03:24:40,772 --> 03:24:43,708 >>Council Member Elwood: AND THE QUESTION OF THE PARKING 2781 03:24:43,708 --> 03:24:46,710 EXCEPTION, I AM PARTICULARLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEED FOR 2782 03:24:46,710 --> 03:24:50,480 THIS EXCEPTION AS WE SEE A GROWING CHANGE IN WHAT SENIOR 2783 03:24:50,480 --> 03:24:53,718 LIVING COMMUNITIES LOOK LIKE ON THE ABILITIES OF PEOPLE LIVING 2784 03:24:53,718 --> 03:24:56,654 THERE AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF THEM INVOLVED IN THEIR 2785 03:24:56,654 --> 03:25:00,324 COMMUNITY SO THE QUESTION TO THAT IS SHOULD THIS 2786 03:25:00,324 --> 03:25:02,593 CONSIDERATION POTENTIALLY TRIGGER LOOKING AT THE CODE SO 2787 03:25:02,593 --> 03:25:08,593 THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN EXCEPTION EVERY TIME. 2788 03:25:15,206 --> 03:25:18,876 >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT OBSERVATION, SOME OF THE 2789 03:25:18,876 --> 03:25:21,212 CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD INTERNALLY AND ANYTIME WE GET 2790 03:25:21,212 --> 03:25:25,820 AN EXEMPTION FOR THE VARIANCE THAT'S THE EXCEPTION IS IS THIS 2791 03:25:25,820 --> 03:25:28,886 A ONE OFF SITUATION OR IS THERE CONSISTENCY OR TISSUE WITHIN 2792 03:25:28,886 --> 03:25:32,957 OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING SO THIS 2793 03:25:32,957 --> 03:25:34,892 PROBABLY FALLS WITHIN THE LATTER. 2794 03:25:34,892 --> 03:25:38,280 I THINK OUR PARKING MAXIMUM WORKS REALLY WELL IN A LOT OF 2795 03:25:38,280 --> 03:25:43,340 SITUATIONS AND WE'VE SEEN GOOD OUTCOMES FROM IT AND REDUCING 2796 03:25:43,340 --> 03:25:46,170 MAYBE OVER PARKING ON-SITE BUT THERE ARE SOME USES THAT HAVE 2797 03:25:46,170 --> 03:25:50,240 SUCH A HUGE VARIANCE BASED ON WHAT THAT PARTICULAR USE MIGHT 2798 03:25:50,240 --> 03:25:54,178 LOOK LIKE THAT IT'S HARD TO HIM IN ALL USES WITHIN THAT 100 TO 2799 03:25:54,178 --> 03:25:56,247 200% RANGE IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 2800 03:25:56,247 --> 03:25:59,316 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD A QUESTION. 2801 03:25:59,316 --> 03:26:02,653 >>Council Member Carroll: SIMILAR QUESTION, WHY ARE WE 2802 03:26:02,653 --> 03:26:06,858 SEEING THIS ON ALL BUSINESS AS OPPOSED TO CONSENT? 2803 03:26:06,858 --> 03:26:10,461 >> I BELIEVE THERE WAS A REQUEST TO REMOVE IT FROM 2804 03:26:10,461 --> 03:26:12,461 CONSENT. 2805 03:26:15,533 --> 03:26:18,403 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN IT TO 2806 03:26:18,403 --> 03:26:22,339 PUBLIC COMMENT, WOULD ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE BILLS 178 2807 03:26:22,339 --> 03:26:24,339 - SIX AND 129 - 26. 2808 03:26:24,676 --> 03:26:30,676 >>Public Speaker: ERIC WALSH AND CAN SOMEBODY PULL UP MY 2809 03:26:34,686 --> 03:26:35,887 PRESENTATION? 2810 03:26:35,887 --> 03:26:38,889 >>Mayor Buffaloe: IF YOU PULL IT UP THERE IT WILL MAGICALLY 2811 03:26:38,889 --> 03:26:41,826 SHOW UP ON OUR SCREEN WITH A BRIEF DELAY. 2812 03:26:41,826 --> 03:26:45,830 IT'S USUALLY ON THE DESKTOP BUT I DON'T SEE. 2813 03:26:45,830 --> 03:26:49,430 YOU KNOW IF IT'S GOT IN-SERVICE. 2814 03:26:52,703 --> 03:26:55,573 >>Public Speaker: IT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH JAY AT THE 2815 03:26:55,573 --> 03:26:57,573 CIVIL GROUP. 2816 03:26:58,242 --> 03:27:01,913 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ICA PDF THAT IS OPENED, ALBERT IS COMING UP 2817 03:27:01,913 --> 03:27:06,183 HERE TO HELP YOU AND MICHIGAN CORRECT, ARE YOU GOING TO BE 2818 03:27:06,183 --> 03:27:09,887 REQUESTING FIVE MINUTES ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. 2819 03:27:09,887 --> 03:27:11,789 >>. 2820 03:27:11,789 --> 03:27:15,593 >>Public Speaker: IT'S GETTING LATE AND CLINT SAVE ME TIME SO 2821 03:27:15,593 --> 03:27:17,993 I WON'T BE REPETITIVE. 2822 03:27:31,342 --> 03:27:35,279 >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS IT NOT THAT ONE, THE OLD RILEY 2823 03:27:35,279 --> 03:27:36,214 DEVELOPMENT. 2824 03:27:36,214 --> 03:27:38,482 >>Public Speaker: THAT'S PROBABLY IT. 2825 03:27:38,482 --> 03:27:42,820 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I THINK IT IS . 2826 03:27:55,699 --> 03:27:58,436 >>Public Speaker: MY NAME IS ERIC WALSH WITH RILEY 2827 03:27:58,436 --> 03:28:03,236 DEVELOPMENT COMMIT COMMITTEE OUT OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI, DO 2828 03:28:05,443 --> 03:28:08,579 YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? LIKE I SAID YOU SAVED ME A LOT 2829 03:28:08,579 --> 03:28:12,391 OF TIME, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A TIMELINE 2830 03:28:12,391 --> 03:28:15,594 OF HOW WE GOT HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I KNOW 2831 03:28:15,594 --> 03:28:18,663 A NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBERS DO. WE STARTED LOOKING FOR A SITE 2832 03:28:18,663 --> 03:28:22,263 IN 2024. WE OWNED THE WESTBERRY ABOUT 5 2833 03:28:22,601 --> 03:28:27,401 MILES FROM HERE AND IT IS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. 2834 03:28:43,888 --> 03:28:46,691 IT'S GOT A WAITING LIST OF OVER 70 PEOPLE. 2835 03:28:46,691 --> 03:28:50,229 WE SECURE THE PROPERTY WITH THE FARMER FAMILY IN AUGUST 2025 2836 03:28:50,229 --> 03:28:52,898 AND PUT IT UNDER CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS CONTINGENCIES. 2837 03:28:52,898 --> 03:28:56,835 WE HAD A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH THE COLUMBIA 2838 03:28:56,835 --> 03:28:59,972 PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER 2025 AND THEN WE MET 2839 03:28:59,972 --> 03:29:03,709 WITH THE NEIGHBORS AT THE COPPER STONE CLUBHOUSE IN 2840 03:29:03,709 --> 03:29:05,844 OCTOBER 2025 AND AS YOU MENTIONED THEIR CONCERN WAS 2841 03:29:05,844 --> 03:29:09,715 WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER PROMISED TO THEM EARLIER BY THE 2842 03:29:09,715 --> 03:29:14,515 FARMER FAMILY. WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM 2843 03:29:20,259 --> 03:29:23,195 THAT AT CLOSING WE WILL WITHHOLD 125% OF THAT COST TO 2844 03:29:23,195 --> 03:29:27,332 ENSURE IT IS COMPLETED. SO IF IT'S 100 GRAND AND IT 2845 03:29:27,332 --> 03:29:29,201 PROBABLY IS WE WILL WITHHOLD 125,000. 2846 03:29:29,201 --> 03:29:32,337 ADDITIONALLY MR. HALL TO THE EAST HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE 2847 03:29:32,337 --> 03:29:35,474 BUFFER AND WE DID NOT LEGALLY OR BY CODE HAVE TO PROVIDE A 2848 03:29:35,474 --> 03:29:42,740 BUFFER BUT WE ARE PROVIDING HIM A BUFFER AT OUR COST. 2849 03:29:47,190 --> 03:29:51,230 WE HAD A CONCEPT REVIEW MEETING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN 2850 03:29:51,230 --> 03:29:53,158 OCTOBER 25. THAT'S JUST MORE INTENSE 2851 03:29:53,158 --> 03:29:57,280 PRE-APP MEETING IF YOU WILL. AND BECAUSE THIS IS MISSOURI WE 2852 03:29:57,280 --> 03:30:00,310 ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FROM THE 2853 03:30:00,310 --> 03:30:03,102 STATE OF MISSOURI FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING WHICH IS A 2854 03:30:03,102 --> 03:30:05,237 CHOICE PROCESS. WE DID SECURE THAT ON JANUARY 5 2855 03:30:05,237 --> 03:30:08,307 OF THIS YEAR AND THEN AS MENTIONED EARLIER WE SUBMITTED 2856 03:30:08,307 --> 03:30:12,377 OUR PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FINAL PLAT SUBMISSION IN MARCH 2857 03:30:12,377 --> 03:30:15,460 OF THIS YEAR AND AS CLINT MENTIONED EARLIER WE WERE 2858 03:30:15,460 --> 03:30:18,183 APPROVED AT PLANNING COMMISSION 8 TO ZERO IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. 2859 03:30:18,183 --> 03:30:22,254 WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS, THE UNIT MIX SO I'M NOT GOING TO 2860 03:30:22,254 --> 03:30:26,454 REHASH THAT. HERE'S THE BENEFIT OF SENIOR 2861 03:30:29,610 --> 03:30:32,264 HOUSING OTHER THAN TAKING CARE OF RESIDENTS AND KEEPING THEM 2862 03:30:32,264 --> 03:30:37,664 IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S A VERY LOW TRAFFIC GENERATOR. 2863 03:30:42,741 --> 03:30:46,611 IT FREES UP WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW MORE AND MORE IS IT FREES 2864 03:30:46,611 --> 03:30:50,616 UP HOUSING FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS, WE KNOW ABOUT THE 2865 03:30:50,616 --> 03:30:56,616 HOUSING CRISIS AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES, 2866 03:30:56,622 --> 03:30:59,691 STAY IN THE COMMUNITY BY THEIR ADULT CHILDREN AND RELATIVES 2867 03:30:59,691 --> 03:31:03,428 AND FREEZE UP THAT HOUSING STOCK FOR OTHER GENERATIONS. 2868 03:31:03,428 --> 03:31:07,432 THEN I THINK IT WAS JACKIE WHO MENTIONED OR SOMEBODY MENTIONED 2869 03:31:07,432 --> 03:31:11,436 ABOUT JOB CREATION.UNLIKE A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, YES WE 2870 03:31:11,436 --> 03:31:14,106 CREATE 65 TO 75 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS AND OUR ANNUAL 2871 03:31:14,106 --> 03:31:17,109 PAYROLL WILL EXCEED $3 MILLION. THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS ABOUT 450 2872 03:31:17,109 --> 03:31:21,309 ARE OBVIOUSLY TEMPORARY. AND OBVIOUSLY NO NEGATIVE 2873 03:31:30,122 --> 03:31:33,992 IMPACTS ON THE SCHOOLS. IN FACT I'VE BEEN DOING SENIOR 2874 03:31:33,992 --> 03:31:37,662 HOUSING SINCE 1996 AND IF ANYTHING THERE IS A POSITIVE 2875 03:31:37,662 --> 03:31:40,198 EFFECT BECAUSE OUR FOLKS WILL VOLUNTEER AT THE SCHOOL SO WITH 2876 03:31:40,198 --> 03:31:43,135 THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT WITH SWD ARCHITECTS WHO 2877 03:31:43,135 --> 03:31:47,138 WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS. 2878 03:31:47,138 --> 03:31:49,207 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. 2879 03:31:49,207 --> 03:31:54,700 >> THIS IS A TOUGH SITE TO BUILD ON. 2880 03:31:56,281 --> 03:31:59,218 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WILL YOU SAY YOUR NAME. 2881 03:31:59,218 --> 03:32:02,200 >> SCOTT ALLMOND, FWD ARCHITECTS, KANSAS CITY. 2882 03:32:02,200 --> 03:32:06,820 JACQUE YOU HAD A QUESTION REGARDING A GROCERY. 2883 03:32:21,840 --> 03:32:24,777 THIS IS A TOUGH SITE TO BUILD ON, THERE'S 50 FEET OF WALL 2884 03:32:24,777 --> 03:32:28,714 ACROSS THIS SITE SO THAT LEADS TO WHY WE'VE STRUCTURED THIS 2885 03:32:28,714 --> 03:32:32,184 BUILDING THE WAY WE'VE DONE WITH THE MEMORY CARE AND 2886 03:32:32,184 --> 03:32:33,118 ASSISTED LIVING ON THAT SOUTH END. 2887 03:32:33,118 --> 03:32:36,722 WE WANT TO THE ONE STORY STRUCTURE ADJACENT TO A 2888 03:32:36,722 --> 03:32:40,993 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR ASSISTED LIVING AS WE STEP DOWN 2889 03:32:40,993 --> 03:32:44,730 ITS TWO STORIES AND WE GOT A ONE STORY THAT LINKS BOTH THE 2890 03:32:44,730 --> 03:32:47,732 ASSISTED LIVING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING TOGETHER AND THAT 2891 03:32:47,732 --> 03:32:50,802 BECOMES OUR CENTRAL HUB FOR OUR MAIN ENTRY FOR BOTH AND THEN 2892 03:32:50,802 --> 03:32:54,673 OUR INDEPENDENT LIVING IS THREE-STORY WINGS HEADING 2893 03:32:54,673 --> 03:32:57,676 TOWARDS THE NORTH. THOSE TWO LONG WINGS ARE 2894 03:32:57,676 --> 03:32:59,945 BASICALLY OUR THREE-STORY PORTIONS AND WE STEPPED THOSE 2895 03:32:59,945 --> 03:33:03,949 DOWN 10 FEET EACH AND THAT'S WHAT NECESSITATED THE NEED FOR 2896 03:33:03,949 --> 03:33:06,885 THE ELEVATOR SHAFT THAT FOUR-STORY OPTION THAT 2897 03:33:06,885 --> 03:33:11,357 INCREASES IT TO 60 FEET. SOME AMENITIES WE INCLUDE HIS 2898 03:33:11,357 --> 03:33:14,359 DOG PARKS. OUTDOOR LIVING, COOKING AREA, 2899 03:33:14,359 --> 03:33:17,429 SHUFFLEBOARD, COMMUNITY ROOMS, GAME ROOMS, FULL KITCHEN AND 2900 03:33:17,429 --> 03:33:20,432 DINING AND ERIC MENTIONED ABOUT THE STAFFING.THAT'S WHAT 2901 03:33:20,432 --> 03:33:24,169 LEADS TO THE INCREASED PARKING. THROUGH THE HISTORY AND THE 2902 03:33:24,169 --> 03:33:27,439 DATA WE'VE COLLECTED FROM SENIOR LIVING, OUR OPERATOR 2903 03:33:27,439 --> 03:33:31,430 THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A FORMULA THAT ARE INDEPENDENT LIVING IS 2904 03:33:31,430 --> 03:33:34,179 MORE OR LESS A MULTI FAMILY PROJECT RATHER THAN AN ASSISTED 2905 03:33:34,179 --> 03:33:36,181 LIVING. SO WE NEED ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 2906 03:33:36,181 --> 03:33:42,781 ONE OF THOSE LIVING UNITS RENT FOR ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY 2907 03:33:48,193 --> 03:33:51,262 CARE WE CAN GET BY WITH ONE SPACE FOR EVERY TWO UNITS BUT 2908 03:33:51,262 --> 03:33:55,000 THEN WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY PEOPLE SO I TOWN 2909 03:33:55,000 --> 03:33:58,203 CAR THAT NEEDS TO BE PARKED. WE'VE GOT A BUS THAT NEEDS TO 2910 03:33:58,203 --> 03:34:01,674 BE PARKED.AMY WILL HIT ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AS WELL. 2911 03:34:01,674 --> 03:34:04,676 AS WELL AS VISITORS. WE NEED SPACE FOR VISITORS 2912 03:34:04,676 --> 03:34:11,276 COMING TO SEE LOVED ONES. WE NEED PARKING FOR THE STAFF. 2913 03:34:19,900 --> 03:34:22,226 THERE IS A TURNOVER OF STAFF THAT AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT 2914 03:34:22,226 --> 03:34:25,163 STAFF COMING IN AND STAFF LEAVING THAT WE NEED TO 2915 03:34:25,163 --> 03:34:28,232 ACCOMMODATE THOSE VEHICLES. CASE IN POINT WHEN WE LOOK AT 2916 03:34:28,232 --> 03:34:32,370 THE WESTBERRY WE HAVE A LACK OF PARKING AT THE WESTBERRY. 2917 03:34:32,370 --> 03:34:34,373 THEY'RE HAVING TO FIND PARKING ELSEWHERE. 2918 03:34:34,373 --> 03:34:37,976 THEY HAVE TO PARK ALONG SOME OF THE DRIVES.IT'S NOT A GOOD 2919 03:34:37,976 --> 03:34:41,265 SITUATION WE'VE HAD OVER THERE SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR 2920 03:34:41,265 --> 03:34:44,335 THE INCREASE IN PARKING. AND WITH THAT. 2921 03:34:44,335 --> 03:34:46,737 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS. 2922 03:34:46,737 --> 03:34:51,809 >> CAN WE HAVE TIME FOR ANY? AND THE ELEVATION WITH A 2923 03:34:51,809 --> 03:34:54,812 THREE-STORY AND THE MEMORY CARE TRYING TO RESPECT WHAT WE'RE 2924 03:34:54,812 --> 03:34:57,812 DOING WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. 2925 03:34:57,882 --> 03:35:00,751 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU SCOTT, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO 2926 03:35:00,751 --> 03:35:02,751 SPEAK. 2927 03:35:03,955 --> 03:35:11,755 >> AMY DEAR BILL, FOURTH WARD. I'M HERE, LET ME SEE IF I CAN 2928 03:35:13,765 --> 03:35:19,765 SKIP TO THE SLIDE. MAYBE I CAN, MAYBE I CAN'T. 2929 03:35:20,370 --> 03:35:21,572 FORWARD OR BACKWARD? FANTASTIC. 2930 03:35:21,572 --> 03:35:28,172 I THINK MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ADVANTAGES OF SENIOR 2931 03:35:31,248 --> 03:35:35,787 LIVING ARE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES 2932 03:35:35,787 --> 03:35:42,387 WESTBERRY REALLY AN OUTSTANDING SITE IS A ROLE SENIOR LIVING IS 2933 03:35:44,328 --> 03:35:49,728 OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY THEY INVEST IN WHAT WE DO. 2934 03:35:50,268 --> 03:35:55,668 WE RUN ABOUT 45, 50 TOURS EVERY MONTH WITH 20 TO 30 INQUIRIES. 2935 03:35:56,207 --> 03:36:02,807 I THINK ERIC MENTIONED WE HAVE UP TO 85 INDIVIDUALS ON OUR 2936 03:36:04,415 --> 03:36:11,615 WAITLIST AT ANY TIME SO THE NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY AS I 2937 03:36:12,557 --> 03:36:15,760 THINK A REALLY, I WANT TO DRIVE DOWN THE NUMBERS WITH OUR 2938 03:36:15,760 --> 03:36:18,760 PARTNERSHIPS ON OUR THERAPY GROUP. 2939 03:36:21,499 --> 03:36:23,768 USING DECREASING HOSPITALIZATION RIGHTS, THERE 2940 03:36:23,768 --> 03:36:29,168 IS ADVANTAGES WE SEE WITH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, EMERGENCY ROOM 2941 03:36:29,640 --> 03:36:32,640 VISITS DOWN 19% FOR OUR POPULATION. 2942 03:36:35,847 --> 03:36:39,717 YOU SEE LESS COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND I'M SORRY. 2943 03:36:39,717 --> 03:36:44,517 THE ACTIVE ENROLLEES IN THAT, 1100 ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES. 2944 03:36:48,926 --> 03:36:52,930 LOTS AND LOTS OF PARTICIPATION THERE KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS 2945 03:36:52,930 --> 03:36:58,330 ACTIVE AND IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, HERE'S JUST SOME 2946 03:37:04,675 --> 03:37:06,678 PICTURES. AGAIN WE WERE 100% OCCUPIED IN 2947 03:37:06,678 --> 03:37:13,878 LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER BEING BUILT AND OUR FOCUS HERE ON 2948 03:37:17,822 --> 03:37:21,759 RESIDENT WELL-BEING AND DIRECTION, WELLNESS, FOCUS IN 2949 03:37:21,759 --> 03:37:24,895 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS 2950 03:37:24,895 --> 03:37:27,164 YOU WILL HEAR FROM A COUPLE RESIDENTS HERE. 2951 03:37:27,164 --> 03:37:29,834 I WILL LET THAT GO. >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD 2952 03:37:29,834 --> 03:37:34,634 ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? 2953 03:37:35,706 --> 03:37:38,910 >>Public Speaker: IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME. 2954 03:37:38,910 --> 03:37:40,445 >>Mayor Buffaloe: SAME. 2955 03:37:40,445 --> 03:37:43,445 >>Public Speaker: FIRST OF ALL. 2956 03:37:43,581 --> 03:37:47,181 >>Mayor Buffaloe: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 2957 03:37:52,123 --> 03:37:56,127 >>Public Speaker: I AM BARBARA FOX, ORIGINALLY FROM KALAMAZOO 2958 03:37:56,127 --> 03:38:02,127 MICHIGAN BUT I'M NOW LIVING IN THAT INDEPENDENT FACILITY AT 2959 03:38:03,670 --> 03:38:05,200 WESTBERRY. MY LIFE TURNED ON A DIME IN 2960 03:38:05,200 --> 03:38:11,209 JUNE 2021 WHEN MY HUSBAND OF 57 YEARS PASSED AWAY AND WE HAD NO 2961 03:38:11,209 --> 03:38:13,344 FAMILY UP THERE. SO I KNEW I HAD TO GET CLOSER 2962 03:38:13,344 --> 03:38:19,817 TO A FAMILY MEMBER. SO MY SON IS CHIEF OF THE 2963 03:38:19,817 --> 03:38:23,821 SURGERY AT THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL HERE, AT THE 2964 03:38:23,821 --> 03:38:29,221 UNIVERSITY SAID MAMA, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU I 2965 03:38:30,428 --> 03:38:36,428 CANNOT KEEP DRIVING UP TO MICHIGAN AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT. 2966 03:38:37,702 --> 03:38:40,637 SO I THOUGHT I'VE GOT TO GET DOWN TO COLUMBIA. 2967 03:38:40,637 --> 03:38:47,244 I CAME DOWN AND IT WAS THE BEST MOVE I EVER MADE I THINK. 2968 03:38:47,244 --> 03:38:49,446 I KNOW MY HUSBAND IS VERY HAPPY. 2969 03:38:49,446 --> 03:38:52,316 I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER THAN I HAVE BEEN IN WESTBERRY. 2970 03:38:52,316 --> 03:38:55,319 IT IS A WONDERFUL FACILITY.I COULD HAVE GONE INTO A CONDO 2971 03:38:55,319 --> 03:38:58,256 BUT I KNEW I WOULDN'T BE SOCIALIZING AS MUCH AND IT'S 2972 03:38:58,256 --> 03:39:03,560 BEEN PROVEN THAT SOCIALIZATION REALLY HELPS YOUR COGNITIVE 2973 03:39:04,661 --> 03:39:06,661 ABILITY. I'M NERVOUS. 2974 03:39:08,866 --> 03:39:16,730 AND ALSO THE FOOD I'M EATING THERE IS GOOD REHAB AND A VERY 2975 03:39:16,730 --> 03:39:19,544 VERY HEALTHY. AND I KNOW THAT IF I WAS LIVING 2976 03:39:19,544 --> 03:39:26,744 ALONE I WOULD NOT BE FEEDING MYSELF MERELY AS WELL AND FOR 2977 03:39:31,880 --> 03:39:34,225 THAT REASON I THINK I'VE BEEN VERY HEALTHY SINCE I'VE BEEN 2978 03:39:34,225 --> 03:39:35,960 HERE. I JUST TURNED 85. 2979 03:39:35,960 --> 03:39:39,960 AND I PLAN TO STAY AROUND A LOT LONGER BECAUSE I LOVE IT HERE 2980 03:39:39,960 --> 03:39:43,968 AND I THINK A NEW FACILITY LIKE WESTBERRY WOULD BE A WONDERFUL 2981 03:39:43,968 --> 03:39:47,568 ADDITION TO THIS COMMUNITY, THANK YOU. 2982 03:39:55,379 --> 03:40:01,979 >> I'M DAVID WAKEMAN, WIC HMIN. I CAME TO THE WESTBERRY THREE 2983 03:40:02,319 --> 03:40:04,719 YEARS AGO. ST. LOUIS. 2984 03:40:08,659 --> 03:40:13,464 TO BE NEVER TO MY DAUGHTER AND MY THREE SONS IN COLUMBIA. 2985 03:40:13,464 --> 03:40:20,640 I AM DELIGHTED WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT THE 2986 03:40:20,204 --> 03:40:25,400 WESTBERRY. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE SEED. 2987 03:40:32,550 --> 03:40:35,619 YOU MIGHT IMAGINE YOU WERE DRIVING UP TO THE WESTBERRY AS 2988 03:40:35,619 --> 03:40:38,622 I WAS THREE YEARS AGO. I CAME AROUND A BOULEVARD AND 2989 03:40:38,622 --> 03:40:42,222 SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BEAUTIFULLY PERFECTLY 2990 03:40:46,163 --> 03:40:48,231 MANICURED. AND I COULDN'T GET IN, IT WAS 2991 03:40:48,231 --> 03:40:53,904 THROUGH THE BACK OF THE BUILDING THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL 2992 03:40:53,904 --> 03:40:57,575 AND I FINALLY FOUND THE FRONT AND IT WAS EVEN BETTER. 2993 03:40:57,575 --> 03:41:01,175 BEAUTIFUL FLAGPOLE UPFRONT GRID WONDERFUL LANDSCAPING, 2994 03:41:02,847 --> 03:41:05,783 EVERYTHING IS IMMACULATE. AS YOU GO INTO THE LOBBY, 2995 03:41:05,783 --> 03:41:12,383 YOU'LL FIND SMILING PEOPLE. IT IS A FRIENDLY AND A POSITIVE 2996 03:41:13,660 --> 03:41:14,868 COMMUNITY WE HAVE FORMED AT THE WESTBERRY. 2997 03:41:14,868 --> 03:41:21,875 IF YOU COME THROUGH THE LOBBY, AND YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER 2998 03:41:21,875 --> 03:41:25,475 YOU WILL FIND OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTOR. 2999 03:41:28,281 --> 03:41:32,219 I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS. 3000 03:41:32,219 --> 03:41:37,958 IF YOU COME TO OUR PLACE AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET THERE WHEN WE 3001 03:41:37,958 --> 03:41:43,958 ARE PLAYING BEACH VOLLEYBALL, IN OUR THEATER WE REWORK OUR 3002 03:41:46,500 --> 03:41:49,350 THEATER, PUT THEM IN A LOW VOLLEYBALL NET. 3003 03:41:49,350 --> 03:41:55,635 SIX ARMCHAIRS ON EACH SIDE AND WE HAVE A BEACH VOLLEYBALL 3004 03:42:02,849 --> 03:42:05,852 ABOUT 18 INCHES AND WE MAKE ABSOLUTE FOOLS OF OURSELVES. 3005 03:42:05,852 --> 03:42:11,252 IT IS A FUNNIEST MOST HILARIOUS THING YOU'VE EVER 3006 03:42:12,659 --> 03:42:14,861 SEEN. SO MY CHALLENGE TO YOU GUYS IS 3007 03:42:14,861 --> 03:42:17,797 COME AND SEE US REALLY COME AND SEE WHAT I JUST SAID. 3008 03:42:17,797 --> 03:42:21,534 PARTICULARLY THE MAYOR, SHE WAS THERE LAST CHRISTMAS AND HELPED 3009 03:42:21,534 --> 03:42:24,538 US WITH SOME THINGS. ONE OR ALL OF YOU COME AND WILL 3010 03:42:24,538 --> 03:42:29,409 LET YOU PLAY OUR BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND YOU WILL I'LL 3011 03:42:29,409 --> 03:42:32,278 GUARANTEE YOU WILL LEAVE WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. 3012 03:42:32,278 --> 03:42:38,850 AS I SEE THIS WHOLE THING, YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. 3013 03:42:38,850 --> 03:42:43,485 YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT 3014 03:42:46,426 --> 03:42:48,494 WESTBERRY RIGHT NEXT DOOR DOWN THE STREET. 3015 03:42:48,494 --> 03:42:53,299 YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED 3016 03:42:53,299 --> 03:42:58,990 CARE, 276 PEOPLE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE 3017 03:42:58,972 --> 03:43:01,972 A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WELL MANICURED. 3018 03:43:06,713 --> 03:43:09,649 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU MR. WICKHAM, YOU ARE AT TIME. 3019 03:43:09,649 --> 03:43:11,649 I'M SORRY. 3020 03:43:14,854 --> 03:43:17,857 >> COME AND VISIT US. YOU'LL LOVE IT, YOU'LL LOVE US 3021 03:43:17,857 --> 03:43:20,727 AND YOU'LL SEE A GOOD THING. 3022 03:43:20,727 --> 03:43:24,597 >>Mayor Buffaloe: APPRECIATE IT, WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE 3023 03:43:24,597 --> 03:43:29,997 PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - 26. 3024 03:43:31,204 --> 03:43:36,604 >> JULIE RYAN WARD 5. YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE TO PASS 3025 03:43:39,546 --> 03:43:42,482 THIS AND I KNOW THAT BUT I CAN'T BE HERE AND NOT SAY WHAT 3026 03:43:42,482 --> 03:43:45,685 I NEED TO SAY. YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE A DINNER 3027 03:43:45,685 --> 03:43:50,289 PARTY YOU'RE HOLDING FOR 50 AND YOU LIE ON YOUR FOOD, SET YOUR 3028 03:43:50,289 --> 03:43:55,689 TABLE AND YOU INVITE 50 MORE AND YOU INVITE 50 MORE. 3029 03:43:56,163 --> 03:43:59,299 YOU'VE RUN OUT OF THINGS AND YOU HAVEN'T PLANNED 3030 03:43:59,299 --> 03:44:02,299 EFFECTIVELY. CAN IT WORK, MAYBE. 3031 03:44:03,236 --> 03:44:06,373 IS IT THE BEST PRACTICE? NO.WE DID SEE A SIGNIFICANT 3032 03:44:06,373 --> 03:44:11,173 WATER MAIN BREAK IN JUNE 2023. NEW DEVELOPMENT ROUTINELY 3033 03:44:30,620 --> 03:44:33,933 OUTPACES LIFECYCLE OF EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITIES AND OTHER 3034 03:44:33,933 --> 03:44:37,700 COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS OF PURSUING DEVELOPMENT 3035 03:44:37,700 --> 03:44:39,700 WITHOUT PRIORITIZING INFRASTRUCTURE. 3036 03:44:39,806 --> 03:44:42,943 ATLANTA GEORGIA AND JACKSON MISSISSIPPI ARE A FEW 3037 03:44:42,943 --> 03:44:46,947 COMMUNITIES WHO FAILED TO PRIORITIZE MANY LAYERS OF WATER 3038 03:44:46,947 --> 03:44:50,547 UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE ALLOWING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. 3039 03:44:53,860 --> 03:44:57,240 TWO THINGS CANNOT BE TRUE. WE CAN HAVE THIS AMAZINGLY 3040 03:44:57,240 --> 03:45:00,894 SIGNIFICANT WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION CAPABILITY TO 3041 03:45:00,894 --> 03:45:03,964 SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY YET ALSO NEAR A WATER TOWER THAT 3042 03:45:03,964 --> 03:45:07,340 CONTINUES TO BE DEFERRED. THERE CAN'T BE AN ORDINANCE 3043 03:45:07,340 --> 03:45:10,904 WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF REDUCING STRESS ON CURRENT 3044 03:45:10,904 --> 03:45:13,907 INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED TO PUT 3045 03:45:13,907 --> 03:45:16,909 STRESS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS THE WATER TOWER 3046 03:45:16,909 --> 03:45:18,978 UNNECESSARY? IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF 3047 03:45:18,978 --> 03:45:22,182 DISTRIBUTION INCORRECT? IS THERE A SECRET DOCUMENT THAT 3048 03:45:22,182 --> 03:45:25,510 SHOWS HOW FAR WE CAN PUSH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE IT 3049 03:45:25,510 --> 03:45:27,520 BREAKS? DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE A 3050 03:45:27,520 --> 03:45:30,123 POSITIVE IN A TOWN SUCH AS COLUMBIA BUT THE WRONG 3051 03:45:30,123 --> 03:45:32,325 PRIORITIES ARE CONTINUOUSLY BEING CHOSEN. 3052 03:45:32,325 --> 03:45:35,128 IT'S ONE THING TO IMPACT RESIDENTS LIKE ME FURTHER DOWN 3053 03:45:35,128 --> 03:45:38,998 THE PATH BUT IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS LIKE WATER BOIL 3054 03:45:38,998 --> 03:45:41,868 ADVISORIES OR WATER SIMPLY NOT BEING ABLE TO BE PROVIDED 3055 03:45:41,868 --> 03:45:45,710 BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL WATER MAIN BREAKS, THINK ABOUT THE 3056 03:45:45,710 --> 03:45:49,275 HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SENIOR COMMUNITY WHICH CAN 3057 03:45:49,275 --> 03:45:51,878 INCLUDE MEDICALLY FRAGILE RESIDENCE, IS THERE CONFIDENCE 3058 03:45:51,878 --> 03:45:56,148 TO ENSURE THOSE WATER MAIN BREAKS WON'T BE PART OF THEIR 3059 03:45:56,148 --> 03:45:58,284 EXPERIENCE OR COMPROMISE THEIR HEALTH? 3060 03:45:58,284 --> 03:46:01,888 IT'S BOLD UPON YOU TO ENSURE THERE IS APPROPRIATE 3061 03:46:01,888 --> 03:46:04,958 INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHILE I KNOW OF MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE 3062 03:46:04,958 --> 03:46:08,280 CONCERNED I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WON'T SPEAK UP 3063 03:46:08,280 --> 03:46:11,300 BECAUSE OF THE BELIEF YOUR MINDS ARE ALREADY MADE UP. 3064 03:46:11,300 --> 03:46:14,834 THERE IS NO WATER TOWER, THE ORDINANCE IS SUGGESTED TO NOT 3065 03:46:14,834 --> 03:46:18,304 PUT UNDUE STRAIN. YOU CANNOT REASONABLY APPROVE 3066 03:46:18,304 --> 03:46:20,973 THIS COMMUNITY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR RATEPAYERS AND 3067 03:46:20,973 --> 03:46:23,976 IF YOU APPROVE THIS YOU CANNOT TURN AROUND AND IMPROVE AN 3068 03:46:23,976 --> 03:46:25,976 IRRIGATION ORDINANCE. 3069 03:46:27,447 --> 03:46:30,383 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK 3070 03:46:30,383 --> 03:46:32,785 ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - MONEY SIX. 3071 03:46:32,785 --> 03:46:39,385 >> I LIVE OFF THE INTERSECTION AND I THINK THE SENIOR LIVING 3072 03:46:45,397 --> 03:46:49,202 COMMUNITY SHOULD BE CONTINGENT ON A TAX TO BUILD THE WATER 3073 03:46:49,202 --> 03:46:51,204 TOWER. ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY 3074 03:46:51,204 --> 03:46:55,740 THREE PEOPLE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE FOR WHAT IS 3075 03:46:55,740 --> 03:47:01,147 REQUIRED FOR A NORMAL PERSON SO UNLESS THERE IS A BUS FACILITY 3076 03:47:01,147 --> 03:47:05,819 TO GET THEM TO THE HOSPITAL AND GET THEM TO THE GROCERY STORES 3077 03:47:05,819 --> 03:47:12,558 IT WILL REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARKING SPACE FOR 3078 03:47:12,558 --> 03:47:15,562 EVERY THREE PEOPLE AND THE SOUTH IS EXPENDING MORE SO 3079 03:47:15,562 --> 03:47:18,831 LIKELY THAT ROUNDABOUT WILL ALSO NEED TO BE INCREASED LATER 3080 03:47:18,831 --> 03:47:23,436 ON AND THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE MORE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE. 3081 03:47:23,436 --> 03:47:29,436 SINCE IT'S NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL LIVING SINCE IT'S A COMMERCIAL 3082 03:47:40,607 --> 03:47:43,677 PROPERTY I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE REASONABLE TO EXPECT THEM 3083 03:47:43,677 --> 03:47:48,415 TO PAY MORE AND TO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDOUT AS THEY 3084 03:47:48,415 --> 03:47:51,752 ARE A PROPERTY GENERATING BUSINESS SO THEN WE CAN GET A 3085 03:47:51,752 --> 03:47:55,489 BIT MORE TAX REVENUE TO BUILD A WATER TOWER AND INCREASE THE 3086 03:47:55,489 --> 03:47:57,558 ROADS. >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE 3087 03:47:57,558 --> 03:48:01,562 ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 3088 03:48:01,562 --> 03:48:01,962 179. 3089 03:48:01,962 --> 03:48:04,564 >>Public Speaker: J GEPHARDT WITH THE CIVIL GROUP, COLUMBIA. 3090 03:48:04,564 --> 03:48:07,500 I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS THAT CAME UP. 3091 03:48:07,500 --> 03:48:10,504 THIS SLIP LANE ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE TRAFFIC 3092 03:48:10,504 --> 03:48:13,507 STUDY WE ARE PROVIDING RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE AREA FOR 3093 03:48:13,507 --> 03:48:18,907 THAT BUILD. THAT IS PART OF THE FINAL PLAT 3094 03:48:19,646 --> 03:48:22,582 YOU ARE DEDICATING RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR. 3095 03:48:22,582 --> 03:48:24,117 SO YOU HAVE THE LANE IN THE FUTURE. 3096 03:48:24,117 --> 03:48:31,317 I DON'T THINK I WILL TALK ABOUT THE WATER OTHER THAN THAT 3097 03:48:32,125 --> 03:48:35,329 THERE'S SEVERAL WATER LIENS HERE, LARGE WATER REMAINS ON 3098 03:48:35,329 --> 03:48:39,529 THIS PROPERTY AND THAT'S NOT TRUE SELF. 3099 03:48:39,733 --> 03:48:45,133 SO OTHER THAN THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. 3100 03:48:48,608 --> 03:48:51,478 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK 3101 03:48:51,478 --> 03:48:53,547 ON BILLS 178 AND 179 - 26. 3102 03:48:53,547 --> 03:48:56,547 >>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES, WARD 1. 3103 03:49:05,759 --> 03:49:07,895 >>Mayor Buffaloe: BRING IT CLOSER TO YOU. 3104 03:49:07,895 --> 03:49:10,764 >>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES, WARD 1. HARRIS THERE 3105 03:49:10,764 --> 03:49:15,702 BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY BECAUSE I SEE THERE ARE 3106 03:49:15,702 --> 03:49:17,971 WATER MAINS BUT ALSO A RIVER NEARBY. 3107 03:49:17,971 --> 03:49:21,775 IF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS ONCE THE IMPACT OF THE WATER TABLE 3108 03:49:21,775 --> 03:49:25,578 IN THAT AREA DUE TO CHEMICALS AND OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HIT 3109 03:49:25,578 --> 03:49:26,847 THAT, THANK YOU. 3110 03:49:26,847 --> 03:49:29,716 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK 3111 03:49:29,716 --> 03:49:31,716 ON BILLS ONE 7826. 3112 03:49:34,121 --> 03:49:37,924 >>Public Speaker: CRYSTAL MARIE, WARD 1. SPECIFIC TO 3113 03:49:37,924 --> 03:49:41,128 DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA AND THE CITY BUSES GOING BACK TO 3114 03:49:41,128 --> 03:49:44,197 FULL SERVICE IF THIS BODY DECIDED TO MAYBE NOT JUST 3115 03:49:44,197 --> 03:49:46,733 INCREASE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS BUT ALSO ABILITIES TO MOVE 3116 03:49:46,733 --> 03:49:52,733 THOSE PEOPLE TO I DON'T KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN SHOPPING AREAS 3117 03:49:55,743 --> 03:49:58,879 BECAUSE THERE'S NO GROCERY STORES IN WARD 5 SO CONSIDER 3118 03:49:58,879 --> 03:50:05,479 THE DEVELOPMENT ON A BROADER SPECTRUM AS THIS IS NOT A 3119 03:50:06,860 --> 03:50:06,620 VACUUM. 3120 03:50:06,620 --> 03:50:10,156 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK 3121 03:50:10,156 --> 03:50:14,280 ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - 26. SEEING NONE WE COME TO COUNSEL 3122 03:50:14,280 --> 03:50:17,280 COMMENTS. VERA OR SORRY, VERA. 3123 03:50:22,569 --> 03:50:27,174 >>Council Member Elwood: I WANTED TO SAY WHEN I SAW THIS, 3124 03:50:27,174 --> 03:50:33,113 ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE 3125 03:50:33,113 --> 03:50:36,713 DEVELOPMENT. FIRST BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN 3126 03:50:38,385 --> 03:50:41,387 ADDISON SOUTH WENT IN AND I REMEMBER THINKING THIS IS A 3127 03:50:41,387 --> 03:50:45,391 PLACE THAT'S GOING TO START A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, AN AREA WE 3128 03:50:45,391 --> 03:50:48,328 WILL SEE REAL GROWTH SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME 3129 03:50:48,328 --> 03:50:50,397 FORWARD. ALSO BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I HAVE 3130 03:50:50,397 --> 03:50:56,997 EVER LIVED THERE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT CONVERSATION OF WE DO 3131 03:50:57,337 --> 03:51:01,740 NOT HAVE ENOUGH SENIOR LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 3132 03:51:01,740 --> 03:51:04,945 WE DO NOT HAVE PLACES FOR OUR PARENTS TO GO TO KEEP THEM HERE 3133 03:51:04,945 --> 03:51:10,945 IN TOWN WITH US. AND I KNOW THAT IS A 3134 03:51:11,351 --> 03:51:14,287 CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MANY PEOPLE HERE IN COLUMBIA IN 3135 03:51:14,287 --> 03:51:17,290 PARTICULAR AND WE HEARD THAT WITH THE WAITLIST AND OTHER 3136 03:51:17,290 --> 03:51:21,361 FACILITIES SO SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SENIOR LIVING 3137 03:51:21,361 --> 03:51:27,367 FACILITY, I THINK IT SERVES SUCH A NEED AS WE TALK ABOUT 3138 03:51:27,367 --> 03:51:31,104 HOUSING AND THE ABILITY FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS TO BE ABLE 3139 03:51:31,104 --> 03:51:37,430 TO STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR HOUSING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR 3140 03:51:37,430 --> 03:51:40,113 YOUNGER GENERATIONS AS WELL WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR HOUSING FOR 3141 03:51:40,113 --> 03:51:43,250 OUR OLDER GENERATIONS SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT THIS FITS VERY 3142 03:51:43,250 --> 03:51:46,319 WELL WITHIN THE VISION OF HOUSING I HAVE NIC FOR 3143 03:51:46,319 --> 03:51:47,454 COLUMBIA. 3144 03:51:47,454 --> 03:51:49,454 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE. 3145 03:51:56,930 --> 03:51:59,799 >>Council Member Carroll: I'M ALSO GOOD ABOUT THIS. 3146 03:51:59,799 --> 03:52:03,737 I THINK ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOUSING HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID 3147 03:52:03,737 --> 03:52:06,807 AND I VERY MUCH AGREE. I HAVE AGING PARENTS AND I LOOK 3148 03:52:06,807 --> 03:52:10,143 FORWARD TO HAVING MORE FACILITIES AVAILABLE. 3149 03:52:10,143 --> 03:52:14,130 ONE OF MY CLAIMS TO FAME IS THAT I HAVE NEVER APPROVED A 3150 03:52:14,130 --> 03:52:19,413 DESIGN EXEMPTION FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR EXCEEDING A PARKING 3151 03:52:20,820 --> 03:52:23,230 MAXIMUM. I THINK I'M GOING TO BREAK THAT 3152 03:52:23,230 --> 03:52:26,623 TODAY. AND OUR PARKING MAXIMUMS ARE 3153 03:52:28,495 --> 03:52:32,695 CALCULATED BY A PERCENTAGE OF A MINIMUM. 3154 03:52:35,350 --> 03:52:39,840 I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH VARIETY IN STYLES OF SENIOR LIVING THAT 3155 03:52:39,840 --> 03:52:45,240 ARE MINIMUM MAY NOT CALCULATE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT 3156 03:52:46,580 --> 03:52:53,180 ARRANGEMENTS OF LIVING THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FACILITY AND THE 3157 03:52:53,386 --> 03:52:57,523 DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF LIVING WE MAY HAVE COMING 3158 03:52:57,523 --> 03:52:59,525 FORWARD. SO I REGRET I WILL BE ABLE TO 3159 03:52:59,525 --> 03:53:05,999 BRAG ABOUT THAT ANYMORE. BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A VALID 3160 03:53:05,999 --> 03:53:06,533 REQUEST. 3161 03:53:06,533 --> 03:53:10,733 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, CHRISTINA. 3162 03:53:13,140 --> 03:53:16,943 >>Council Member Hartman: WITH THIS BEING IN MY WARD I TRAVEL 3163 03:53:16,943 --> 03:53:20,147 THAT AREA QUITE FREQUENTLY, IT'S A MAJOR CORRIDOR, BOTH OF 3164 03:53:20,147 --> 03:53:24,947 THOSE ROADS ARE. BEING ABLE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT 3165 03:53:25,151 --> 03:53:28,880 OCCUR THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO 3166 03:53:28,880 --> 03:53:31,958 LISTEN TO THE RESIDENCE THAT ARE SAYING WE HAVE BEEN 3167 03:53:31,958 --> 03:53:34,294 PROMISED A WATER TOWER AND THESE ARE THE THINGS I WANT TO 3168 03:53:34,294 --> 03:53:36,496 SEE GOING FORWARD. WE DO NEED TO TAKE THOSE THINGS 3169 03:53:36,496 --> 03:53:41,501 INTO CONSIDERATION HOWEVER WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WE ARE SEEING 3170 03:53:41,501 --> 03:53:45,101 JOB GROWTH. WE ARE SEEING ADDITIONAL 3171 03:53:46,973 --> 03:53:52,245 HOUSING WHICH ARE ALSO THINGS I SAID WERE IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN 3172 03:53:52,245 --> 03:53:55,315 BEFORE I EVEN GOT IN THE SEAT SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE COMING 3173 03:53:55,315 --> 03:53:59,515 TOGETHER OF LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE VERSUS THE 3174 03:54:01,722 --> 03:54:04,198 DEVELOPMENT AND I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH PLANNING AHEAD AND 3175 03:54:04,198 --> 03:54:10,198 SEEING THAT FORWARD. BUT IN THIS CASE I AM LEANING 3176 03:54:10,270 --> 03:54:14,470 MORE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FACILITY. 3177 03:54:20,800 --> 03:54:22,950 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS? 3178 03:54:22,950 --> 03:54:26,954 I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH O'REILLY FOR YEARS, THEY ON THE 3179 03:54:26,954 --> 03:54:30,230 DEVELOPMENT AND THE CARE THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND 3180 03:54:30,230 --> 03:54:32,626 WESTBERRY IS IMPRESSIVE AND I'VE NOT BEEN OUT TO PLAY 3181 03:54:32,626 --> 03:54:38,626 VOLLEYBALL YET BECAUSE I SWEAR SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS SAND 3182 03:54:43,837 --> 03:54:46,907 VOLLEYBALL AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE INJURIES BUT IT LOOKS 3183 03:54:46,907 --> 03:54:53,646 WAY EASIER AND I CAN TOTALLY DO SITTING IN A CHAIR BUT I'LL 3184 03:54:53,646 --> 03:54:56,517 TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THESE 3185 03:54:56,517 --> 03:54:59,586 INDIVIDUALLY SO SHEILA WOULD YOU READ BILL 178 - 26 AND 179 3186 03:54:59,586 --> 03:55:01,586 - 26 INDIVIDUALLY COLLECTS. 3187 03:55:02,522 --> 03:55:04,124 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 3188 03:55:04,124 --> 03:55:05,859 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 3189 03:55:05,859 --> 03:55:09,596 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES. 3190 03:55:09,596 --> 03:55:11,432 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 3191 03:55:11,432 --> 03:55:13,600 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 3192 03:55:13,600 --> 03:55:15,602 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 3193 03:55:15,602 --> 03:55:17,602 >> COUNSEL BI. 3194 03:55:20,807 --> 03:55:22,276 >>Mayor Buffaloe: 3195 03:55:22,276 --> 03:55:24,276 >>Council Member Carroll: 3196 03:55:24,278 --> 03:55:26,213 >>Council Member Elwood: 3197 03:55:26,213 --> 03:55:28,282 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 3198 03:55:28,282 --> 03:55:29,783 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 3199 03:55:29,783 --> 03:55:32,183 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 3200 03:55:32,218 --> 03:55:34,288 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 3201 03:55:34,288 --> 03:55:37,230 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. MOVING ON SHEILA WILL YOU 3202 03:55:37,230 --> 03:55:39,423 PLEASE READ BILLS 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 217 AND 218 - 3203 03:55:47,567 --> 03:55:47,968 SIX. 3204 03:55:47,968 --> 03:55:52,639 >> TWO 1026 REVEALS ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 26 RELATED TO THE 3205 03:55:52,639 --> 03:55:56,239 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE 3206 03:56:04,784 --> 03:56:07,921 ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 2 IS CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE 3207 03:56:07,921 --> 03:56:11,859 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE 3208 03:56:11,859 --> 03:56:15,796 AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME 3209 03:56:15,796 --> 03:56:18,665 EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. 211 26 IS AN ORDINANCE 3210 03:56:18,665 --> 03:56:21,802 REPEALING ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO 3211 03:56:21,802 --> 03:56:24,938 THE 2017 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AND SPCA 3212 03:56:24,938 --> 03:56:29,409 AND ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 3 ADOPTING THE 2006 EDITION OF 3213 03:56:29,409 --> 03:56:33,609 THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL ELECTRICAL CODE ADMINISTRATIVE 3214 03:56:39,619 --> 03:56:42,688 PROVISIONS AND THE 2023 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL 3215 03:56:42,688 --> 03:56:45,892 ELECTRIC CODE IN NSP 70 FIXING THE TIME OF THIS ORDINANCE 3216 03:56:45,892 --> 03:56:49,629 SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, COUNSEL BILL 212 3217 03:56:49,629 --> 03:56:52,899 REVEALS ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 6 RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION 3218 03:56:52,899 --> 03:56:56,702 OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE AND ENACTING IN LIEU 3219 03:56:56,702 --> 03:56:59,706 THEREOF IN ARTICLE 4 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE 3220 03:56:59,706 --> 03:57:03,242 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE 3221 03:57:03,242 --> 03:57:08,420 SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, COUNSEL BILL TWO 1326 3222 03:57:15,588 --> 03:57:18,724 IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ARTICLE 5 CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY 3223 03:57:18,724 --> 03:57:22,462 CODE RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL 3224 03:57:22,462 --> 03:57:25,665 MECHANICAL CODE ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW ARTICLE 5 3225 03:57:25,665 --> 03:57:29,670 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL 3226 03:57:29,670 --> 03:57:33,539 CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME 3227 03:57:33,539 --> 03:57:37,139 EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. COUNSEL BILL 214 26 REVEALS 3228 03:57:50,157 --> 03:57:53,226 ARTICLE 6 CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 2018 3229 03:57:53,226 --> 03:57:57,970 ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY 3230 03:57:57,970 --> 03:58:00,167 DWELLINGS ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 6 ADOPTING THE 2024 3231 03:58:00,167 --> 03:58:03,236 ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY 3232 03:58:03,236 --> 03:58:07,173 DWELLINGS FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME 3233 03:58:07,173 --> 03:58:10,176 EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, TO 15TH 26 IT REPEALS ARTICLE 7 3234 03:58:10,176 --> 03:58:14,113 CHAPTER 6 RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL 3235 03:58:14,113 --> 03:58:17,384 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 7 3236 03:58:17,384 --> 03:58:21,121 ADOPTING 2024 ADDITION OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3237 03:58:21,121 --> 03:58:24,191 FIXING THE TIME AT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME 3238 03:58:24,191 --> 03:58:27,326 EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, 216 - 26 APPEALS ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER 3239 03:58:27,326 --> 03:58:31,131 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE 3240 03:58:31,131 --> 03:58:34,267 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW 3241 03:58:34,267 --> 03:58:37,404 ARTICLE 9 ADOPTING A 2024 ADDITION OF THE FUEL GAS CODE 3242 03:58:37,404 --> 03:58:41,141 AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME 3243 03:58:41,141 --> 03:58:44,210 EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. COUNSEL BILL 217 - 26 REPEALS 3244 03:58:44,210 --> 03:58:47,214 ARTICLE 11 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 3245 03:58:47,214 --> 03:58:53,214 ADDITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND ACTING A NEW 3246 03:59:10,771 --> 03:59:14,707 ARTICLE 11 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL 3247 03:59:14,707 --> 03:59:17,711 EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE 3248 03:59:17,711 --> 03:59:21,648 SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, 218 26 AS AN ORDINANCE 3249 03:59:21,648 --> 03:59:24,784 REPEALING ARTICLE 2 CHAPTER 9 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO 3250 03:59:24,784 --> 03:59:28,721 THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE FIRE CODE AND ENACTING IN LIEU 3251 03:59:28,721 --> 03:59:31,858 THEREOF A NEW ARTICLE 2 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF 3252 03:59:31,858 --> 03:59:35,729 THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE 3253 03:59:35,729 --> 03:59:38,198 SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. 3254 03:59:38,198 --> 03:59:40,934 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING?JUST KIDDING. 3255 03:59:40,934 --> 03:59:44,737 YOU THINK YOU'RE GOOD, OKAY. STAFF REPORT AND I APPRECIATE 3256 03:59:44,737 --> 03:59:46,139 THE PROPS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. 3257 03:59:46,139 --> 03:59:49,676 >> WE DID BRING ALL RELEVANT CODES SO WE CAN REFLECT ON 3258 03:59:49,676 --> 03:59:53,680 THESE ARE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CODES THAT STAFF AND INDIVIDUALS WHO 3259 03:59:53,680 --> 03:59:56,683 HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES 3260 03:59:56,683 --> 04:00:01,483 COMMISSION GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE EVALUATING POTENTIAL 3261 04:00:07,294 --> 04:00:10,163 CHANGES FOR 2024. I DID WANT TO START OUR 3262 04:00:10,163 --> 04:00:13,366 PRESENTATION OFF WITH A BIT OF INFORMATION SO TO RECAP WHAT WE 3263 04:00:13,366 --> 04:00:17,170 WILL BE DISCUSSING ARE NINE BUILDING CODES, WHAT WE 3264 04:00:17,170 --> 04:00:20,306 REFERRED TO AS BUILDING CODES BUT A SUITE OF CODES THAT ARE 3265 04:00:20,306 --> 04:00:24,111 PUT FORTH BY THE ICC WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, 3266 04:00:24,111 --> 04:00:28,314 GENERALLY ON A FAIRLY REGULAR SCHEDULE EVERY THREE YEARS AND 3267 04:00:28,314 --> 04:00:31,317 COLUMBIA IS AT THE PERSUASION WHERE WE REVIEW EACH CYCLE FOR 3268 04:00:31,317 --> 04:00:34,273 POTENTIAL ADOPTION SO COUNSEL DID AUTHORIZE THE BCC TO 3269 04:00:34,273 --> 04:00:37,275 EVALUATE THE 2024 SUITE OF CODES AND I THINK IT WAS LATE 3270 04:00:37,275 --> 04:00:40,678 2024 AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA 3271 04:00:40,678 --> 04:00:46,180 IS NINE BILLS AND NINE SPECIFIC BUILDING CODES THAT WERE 3272 04:00:46,180 --> 04:00:48,353 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE BCC. 3273 04:00:48,353 --> 04:00:55,227 I POINT OUT THERE IS ONE IN PARTICULAR AND THAT'S THE I 3274 04:00:55,227 --> 04:00:59,164 ECC, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE IS NOT ONE OF 3275 04:00:59,164 --> 04:01:02,164 THOSE BILLS. SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR 3276 04:01:10,642 --> 04:01:13,846 RECOMMENDATION THEY VOTED TO STAY WITHIN THE 2018 SO WE ARE 3277 04:01:13,846 --> 04:01:15,914 OPERATING ON THE 2018 ENERGY CODE. 3278 04:01:15,914 --> 04:01:18,116 THEY DID NOT ADOPT OR RECOMMEND TO ADOPT 2024. 3279 04:01:18,116 --> 04:01:21,720 THE CONVERSATION STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING IS ON THE NINE BILLS 3280 04:01:21,720 --> 04:01:24,790 THAT CAME OUT AS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL. 3281 04:01:24,790 --> 04:01:27,926 HOWEVER STAFF DOES UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE 3282 04:01:27,926 --> 04:01:31,630 CONTINUING CONVERSATION AROUND THE ENERGY CODES GIVEN ITS 3283 04:01:31,630 --> 04:01:37,630 RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE AS I THINK HIGHLIGHTED IN SOME OF 3284 04:01:38,300 --> 04:01:41,873 THE PARTICULAR PLANS THE CITY HAS APPROVED AND WE WANT TO 3285 04:01:41,873 --> 04:01:46,745 GIVE THAT CONVERSATION A VENUE SO STAFF WOULD BE ANTICIPATING 3286 04:01:46,745 --> 04:01:49,814 BRINGING BACK OUR REPORT TO COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 21 WHICH 3287 04:01:49,814 --> 04:01:55,220 INCLUDES A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IN THE MEMO AND 3288 04:01:55,220 --> 04:01:58,223 WE'VE POINTED OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE MEMO TO 3289 04:01:58,223 --> 04:02:01,426 EXPLAIN WHY IT'S NOT PART OF THE CONVERSATION BUT THAT WOULD 3290 04:02:01,426 --> 04:02:05,430 ALLOW THE CONVERSATION TO OCCUR THEN REGARDING THAT CODE, SOME 3291 04:02:05,430 --> 04:02:09,367 OF THE CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED DURING THE REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY 3292 04:02:09,367 --> 04:02:13,371 SOME PARTICULAR INFORMATION FROM STAFF ON POTENTIAL NEXT 3293 04:02:13,371 --> 04:02:16,441 STEPS AND DEPENDING ON THE CONVERSATION WHERE COUNSEL 3294 04:02:16,441 --> 04:02:22,441 WOULD LIKE THAT CONVERSATION TO PROCEED SO WE ARE TARGETING 3295 04:02:25,490 --> 04:02:28,987 SEPTEMBER 21 FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ENERGY CODE SO THERE 3296 04:02:28,987 --> 04:02:32,570 WILL BE A DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT THAT ENERGY CODE. 3297 04:02:32,570 --> 04:02:36,328 HERE IN A MINUTE I'M GOING TO TURN THE CONVERSATION OVER TO 3298 04:02:36,328 --> 04:02:41,128 ERIN DECKER, OUR BUILDING REGULATIONS SUPERVISOR AND ALSO 3299 04:02:41,199 --> 04:02:44,335 HAVE FILLED PEOPLE WHOSE OUR ENGINEERING MANAGER WITHIN OUR 3300 04:02:44,335 --> 04:02:48,206 SITE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN SPEND A LOT 3301 04:02:48,206 --> 04:02:52,143 OF TIME WITH THE BCC REVIEWING THE CODE AND I WANT TO SAY WE 3302 04:02:52,143 --> 04:02:55,413 APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT BY STAFF AND BY THE BCC REVIEWING 3303 04:02:55,413 --> 04:02:59,284 THIS STACK OF LITERATURE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS OR AT 3304 04:02:59,284 --> 04:03:05,884 THIS POINT PROBABLY YEARS. SO JUST A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE 3305 04:03:06,825 --> 04:03:10,950 BUILDING CODES AND WHY WE HAVE BUILDING CODES, THE ABILITY TO 3306 04:03:10,950 --> 04:03:14,895 SAFELY REGULATE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, A NUMBER 3307 04:03:16,101 --> 04:03:19,304 OF COMMUNITIES ADOPT BUILDING CODES BUT IT IS NOT UNIVERSAL 3308 04:03:19,304 --> 04:03:23,174 BUT COLUMBIA DOES ADOPT UPDATED BUILDING CODES AND WE DO UPDATE 3309 04:03:23,174 --> 04:03:27,450 THESE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ADDRESS ITEMS WITHIN THE CODE 3310 04:03:27,450 --> 04:03:30,248 THAT ARE UPDATED THAT RELATE TO SAFETY ISSUES, NEW 3311 04:03:30,248 --> 04:03:33,785 TECHNOLOGIES. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY WE 3312 04:03:33,785 --> 04:03:40,385 UPDATE BUILDING CODES OVER TIME AND OF COURSE WHEN I SAY 3313 04:03:42,394 --> 04:03:45,330 BUILDING CODES IT'S A BIT OF A CATCHALL, THERE ARE A LOT OF 3314 04:03:45,330 --> 04:03:50,268 THINGS THAT GO INTO THESE CODES THERE'S A FIRE CODE, 3315 04:03:50,268 --> 04:03:54,272 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE USED BY OUR 3316 04:03:54,272 --> 04:03:57,275 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN REGULATING OF 3317 04:03:57,275 --> 04:04:01,790 THAT NATURE SO THERE USED ACROSS THE BOARD WITHIN THE 3318 04:04:01,790 --> 04:04:04,149 COMMUNITY BUT OVERALL DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND THE 3319 04:04:04,149 --> 04:04:07,419 MODEL FOR SAFE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 3320 04:04:07,419 --> 04:04:14,619 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DECKER IN A MINUTE TO PROVIDE 3321 04:04:18,630 --> 04:04:20,832 INFORMATION. AT SOME OF THE I THINK MORE 3322 04:04:20,832 --> 04:04:24,636 SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE NOTEWORTHY WITHIN THE CODE AND 3323 04:04:24,636 --> 04:04:27,572 AT THAT POINT WE BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 3324 04:04:27,572 --> 04:04:31,176 >> AS MANY OF YOU KNOW YOU RECOMMENDED BACK IN OCTOBER 3325 04:04:31,176 --> 04:04:34,312 2024 TO START THIS REVIEW PROCESS SO THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR 3326 04:04:34,312 --> 04:04:37,516 AND AND A HALF OF GOING THROUGH THE THOUSAND PLUS CHANGES THROW 3327 04:04:37,516 --> 04:04:41,252 OUT ALL THESE CODES WITH THE BCC SEE. 3328 04:04:41,252 --> 04:04:44,456 OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THAT TIME, WE'VE HAD 3329 04:04:44,456 --> 04:04:48,126 SEVERAL OPEN MEETINGS WE'VE INVITED CONTRACTORS AND OTHER 3330 04:04:48,126 --> 04:04:54,199 STAKEHOLDERS TO LOOK AT THE CODES WITH US AND TAKE SOME 3331 04:04:54,199 --> 04:04:56,201 FEEDBACK. WE'VE MET WITH LOCAL 3332 04:04:56,201 --> 04:04:59,201 ARCHITECTS, MET WITH HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATIONS. 3333 04:04:59,203 --> 04:05:03,742 WE'VE ALSO TOOK IN SOME WEBSITE COMMENTS FROM A BE HEARD PAGE 3334 04:05:03,742 --> 04:05:09,142 WE STARTED UP. AN HOUR BCC HAS HAD SEVERAL 3335 04:05:11,483 --> 04:05:14,819 MEETINGS JUST OPENING THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC TO GAIN FEEDBACK 3336 04:05:14,819 --> 04:05:19,190 FROM THEM. SO WE'VE SPENT AMPLE TIME 3337 04:05:19,224 --> 04:05:23,161 TRYING TO GARNER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND IT. 3338 04:05:23,161 --> 04:05:28,233 SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS BASED ON THE 2024 CODE CYCLE, THAT 3339 04:05:28,233 --> 04:05:34,233 ALSO INCLUDES THE 21 CODE CYCLE ADDS AND CHANGES REFLECTED IN 3340 04:05:38,243 --> 04:05:40,245 THE 24. THIS IS NOT JUST ONE CODE CYCLE 3341 04:05:40,245 --> 04:05:46,245 CHANGE FROM WHERE WHEREAT, THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE 21 AND 24 3342 04:05:48,787 --> 04:05:51,590 CODE CYCLES. I.E. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF 3343 04:05:51,590 --> 04:05:53,658 CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF ALL THE BOOKS. 3344 04:05:53,658 --> 04:05:56,661 THERE'S A NEW SECTION IN THE FIRE CODE THAT GIVES 3345 04:05:56,661 --> 04:05:59,661 DISTILLERIES AND WINERIES SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 3346 04:06:03,335 --> 04:06:07,205 AS MANY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS IN MISSOURI THERE WAS A FIRE 3347 04:06:07,205 --> 04:06:09,407 RELATED TO ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. 3348 04:06:09,407 --> 04:06:13,780 THE BUILDING CODES EVOLVED AS EITHER SIGNIFICANT HAPPEN 3349 04:06:13,780 --> 04:06:16,214 EVENTS HAPPENED OR AS MATERIALS CHANGE. 3350 04:06:16,214 --> 04:06:18,616 AS WAYS TO BUILD A BUILDING CHANGE FROM THAT STANDPOINT. 3351 04:06:18,616 --> 04:06:24,160 ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FACTS IS LITHIUM BATTERY STORAGE. 3352 04:06:26,691 --> 04:06:30,762 WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE LITHIUM BATTERIES AND WE NEED 3353 04:06:30,762 --> 04:06:34,900 TO BE PROTECTING AGAINST THAT, THE RISK OF FIRE ASSOCIATED OR 3354 04:06:34,900 --> 04:06:40,300 THE CHALLENGES THEY PROVIDE WHEN THEY DO CATCH FIRE. 3355 04:06:41,373 --> 04:06:44,443 THERE IS A WHOLE SECTION FOR TENANTS, TEMPORARY EVENTS, 3356 04:06:44,443 --> 04:06:51,430 HEATING AND COOLING HERE IN COLUMBIA WE DO HAVE TIMES OF 3357 04:06:51,490 --> 04:06:53,918 THE YEAR WHERE WE WANT TO HEAT OR COOL OUTSIDE. 3358 04:06:53,918 --> 04:06:57,855 IT MIGHT BE A WINTERTIME EVENT WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE 3359 04:06:57,855 --> 04:07:00,580 TEMPORARY HEAT. THE CODE STARTS TO ADDRESS 3360 04:07:00,580 --> 04:07:02,736 THOSE IN THE 24 CODE. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF 3361 04:07:02,736 --> 04:07:07,874 PERMITTING IN THE FIRE CODE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS 3362 04:07:07,874 --> 04:07:11,878 GONE THROUGH AND REVIEWED OVER TIME AND THEY'VE DETERMINED OF 3363 04:07:11,878 --> 04:07:17,278 THE 50+ PERMITS THAT COULD BE REQUIRED, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR 3364 04:07:20,687 --> 04:07:24,958 THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY REQUIRE ALL THOSE IS NOT FEASIBLE RIGHT 3365 04:07:24,958 --> 04:07:28,962 NOW.SO THEY HAVE DIALED THAT BACK AND CREATED AMENDMENTS TO 3366 04:07:28,962 --> 04:07:36,162 THAT CODEBOOK TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE ONES THAT ARE OF 3367 04:07:39,439 --> 04:07:42,174 HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA. 3368 04:07:42,174 --> 04:07:45,445 SO PERSONALIZING THE CODE A LITTLE BIT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS 3369 04:07:45,445 --> 04:07:48,247 WELL. IN THE BUILDING CODE THERE ARE 3370 04:07:48,247 --> 04:07:50,383 CHANGES. IN CHAPTER 16 IT DEALS WITH THE 3371 04:07:50,383 --> 04:07:55,540 STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCT OF THE BUILDING AND IN CODE CYCLES 3372 04:07:55,540 --> 04:07:58,190 PREVIOUSLY THE BUILDING CODE WOULD SPELL OUT THE EQUATIONS 3373 04:07:58,190 --> 04:08:04,790 USED FOR CREATING OR FACTORING IN THE STRESSES ON A BUILDING. 3374 04:08:09,602 --> 04:08:13,539 THEY HAVE, THE ICC HAS VOTED TO ALIGN WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 3375 04:08:13,539 --> 04:08:17,543 OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE 3376 04:08:17,543 --> 04:08:20,613 TO ALIGN THE EQUATION THEY USED TO CALCULATE ALL THAT THAT 3377 04:08:20,613 --> 04:08:24,484 MAKES OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS A LOT MORE HAPPY SO THEY'RE 3378 04:08:24,484 --> 04:08:28,684 USING ONE EQUATION FOR MEETING BOTH STANDARDS. 3379 04:08:29,622 --> 04:08:32,825 ALSO IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY YOU WILL SEE METAL 3380 04:08:32,825 --> 04:08:36,696 BUILDINGS GOING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT'S BECOME A POPULAR 3381 04:08:36,696 --> 04:08:42,696 STYLE OF BUILDING VERSUS TIMBER IN THE BUILDING CODE HAS 3382 04:08:43,903 --> 04:08:46,906 FINALLY ADDRESSED REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO METAL BUILDING 3383 04:08:46,906 --> 04:08:51,977 SYSTEMS WITH RESPECT TO EGRESS, AIR SEALING, WITH RESPECT TO 3384 04:08:51,977 --> 04:08:56,182 FIRE PROTECTION OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND THE ELEMENTS THAT 3385 04:08:56,182 --> 04:09:00,382 KEEP THEM UPRIGHT. ALSO THE 2024 CHAPTER 17 DEALS 3386 04:09:01,654 --> 04:09:06,454 WITH SPECIAL INSPECTIONS. BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN CHANGES OVER 3387 04:09:09,262 --> 04:09:12,932 TIME HOW CONCRETE IS MIXED TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER, 3388 04:09:12,932 --> 04:09:18,932 THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO THE SPECIAL INSPECTION OR ADDED 3389 04:09:22,342 --> 04:09:26,278 INSPECTIONS BY A CERTIFIED INDIVIDUAL REQUIRED BY PROJECTS 3390 04:09:26,278 --> 04:09:29,282 REVOLVING AROUND THE WAY CONCRETE IS POURED OR 3391 04:09:29,282 --> 04:09:32,418 CONSTRUCTED OR MIXED AS WELL AS THE STEEL PUT INTO THAT 3392 04:09:32,418 --> 04:09:35,288 CONCRETE AND HOW IT'S FORMULATED TO MAKE IT STRONGER 3393 04:09:35,288 --> 04:09:40,880 FROM THAT STANDPOINT. IN ADDITION TO STRUCTURAL AND 3394 04:09:51,237 --> 04:09:55,410 FIRE RATED CHANGES, WE SEE LIFE SAFETY CHANGES WITHIN THE NEWER 3395 04:09:55,410 --> 04:09:57,177 MODEL CODES. THIS MAY INCLUDE ELEVATOR 3396 04:09:57,177 --> 04:10:00,246 LOBBIES AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE ESSENCE OF THE MEANS OF 3397 04:10:00,246 --> 04:10:03,249 EGRESS USING THAT ELEVATOR LOBBY TO GET OUT WHEN YOU NEED 3398 04:10:03,249 --> 04:10:07,120 TO CONSIDER ACCESSIBILITY. ALSO EGRESS FROM OCCUPIED ALL 3399 04:10:07,120 --> 04:10:10,990 ROADS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN COMMUNITIES IS USE OF 3400 04:10:10,990 --> 04:10:14,661 GROWTH SPACE TO EXPAND SPACE TO HAVE PARTIES, EVIDENCE. 3401 04:10:14,661 --> 04:10:21,261 THERE IS ONE ACTUALLY UP ON JUST OVER FROM WIZARDS AND 3402 04:10:22,268 --> 04:10:25,939 WITCHES I BELIEVE IT'S WHERE IT'S AT THAT JUST CAME ABOUT SO 3403 04:10:25,939 --> 04:10:31,939 WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT LOCALLY AS WELL FROM THAT 3404 04:10:36,282 --> 04:10:38,351 STANDPOINT. EXISTING BUILDING CODES ARE 3405 04:10:38,351 --> 04:10:42,355 ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE CODEBOOK THAT DEALS WITH THOSE BUILDINGS 3406 04:10:42,355 --> 04:10:45,424 THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT. WHEN THAT BOOK 1ST CAME OUT 3407 04:10:45,424 --> 04:10:48,428 THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CLARITY AS TO HOW TO USE IT AND HOW TO 3408 04:10:48,428 --> 04:10:51,898 APPLY IT. OVER THE YEARS IT'S GROWN IT'S 3409 04:10:51,898 --> 04:10:54,834 KIND OF PRETTY MUCH DOUBLED IN SIZE BUT IN THE 24 CODE HAS 3410 04:10:54,834 --> 04:10:58,638 BEEN A LOT OF CLARITY PUT INTO THAT BOOK TO MAKE IT EASIER TO 3411 04:10:58,638 --> 04:11:01,908 UNDERSTAND WHAT TRIGGERS REQUIREMENTS AND WHEN YOU HAVE 3412 04:11:01,908 --> 04:11:07,908 TO UPGRADE ACCESSIBILITY. WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE THE 3413 04:11:09,181 --> 04:11:12,919 FIRE PROTECTION IN EXISTING BUILDINGS OR WHEN DO YOU NEED 3414 04:11:12,919 --> 04:11:16,122 TO ADDRESS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FROM THAT STANDPOINT 3415 04:11:16,122 --> 04:11:19,992 THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE THAT 3416 04:11:19,992 --> 04:11:23,592 ARE CLARITY RELATED FROM THAT STANDPOINT. 3417 04:11:25,799 --> 04:11:29,535 FROM AN ELECTRICAL STANDPOINT THE ELECTRICAL CODE PROBABLY 3418 04:11:29,535 --> 04:11:32,405 HAS THE MOST CHANGES IN A GIVEN CODE CYCLE. 3419 04:11:32,405 --> 04:11:36,476 THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODES ARE ALSO ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT 3420 04:11:36,476 --> 04:11:39,612 BOOKS TO READ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND YOUR WAY THROUGH IT SO 3421 04:11:39,612 --> 04:11:43,350 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE 2023 AND 24 ICC 3422 04:11:43,350 --> 04:11:46,419 BOOKS, THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO MAKING IT 3423 04:11:46,419 --> 04:11:52,910 EASIER TO NAVIGATE ANY, AND EASIER TO READ THROUGH RID 3424 04:11:52,910 --> 04:11:55,161 CONTRACTORS WILL HAVE AN EASIER TIME MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH 3425 04:11:55,161 --> 04:11:58,164 THE BOOK THAT WILL SAVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM. 3426 04:11:58,164 --> 04:12:02,340 HOPEFULLY SAVE FAILING INSPECTIONS AS WELL FROM THAT 3427 04:12:02,340 --> 04:12:05,340 STANDPOINT. BUT SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC CHANGES 3428 04:12:05,371 --> 04:12:09,241 CONSTANTLY I THINK THEY'RE CHANGING AT A FASTER RATE THAN 3429 04:12:09,241 --> 04:12:12,712 THE CODE CHANGES TODAY. SO GIVING UP WITH THOSE SOLAR 3430 04:12:12,712 --> 04:12:16,783 CHANGES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONTRACTORS 3431 04:12:16,783 --> 04:12:22,588 ASKING US TO LOOK AT THE 23 CODE TO BE ABLE TO USE 3432 04:12:22,588 --> 04:12:27,394 EXCEPTIONS AND ITEMS FROM THE 23 CODE IN THEIR INSTALLATION 3433 04:12:27,394 --> 04:12:30,394 INTO 2017. ALSO COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL 3434 04:12:38,671 --> 04:12:42,542 CHANGES TO GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS, THOSE ARE THE 3435 04:12:42,542 --> 04:12:45,745 GFCI'S THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR BATHROOM NEXT 3436 04:12:45,745 --> 04:12:49,683 TO YOUR SINK, ONE ON YOUR KITCHEN COUNTERTOPS REHAB THOSE 3437 04:12:49,683 --> 04:12:52,619 WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT WERE NUISANCES AT SOME POINT IN TIME 3438 04:12:52,619 --> 04:12:55,755 BUT THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. THAT PRODUCT HAS EVOLVED QUITE 3439 04:12:55,755 --> 04:12:59,920 A BIT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE ANYMORE. 3440 04:12:59,920 --> 04:13:03,290 THE CODE HAS CAUGHT UP TO ALL THE PLACES WHERE YOU COULD HAVE 3441 04:13:03,290 --> 04:13:08,635 A WET SURFACE BEING ENGAGED WITH AG SCI AT THIS POINT. 3442 04:13:08,635 --> 04:13:12,638 WE ARE BEHIND THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE 2017 BUT WE CAN CATCH UP 3443 04:13:12,638 --> 04:13:16,238 WITH 2023. THE NEWEST AND PROBABLY THE 3444 04:13:19,846 --> 04:13:23,480 MOST EXPENSIVE COMPONENT IN THE ELECTRICAL CODE IS PROBABLY THE 3445 04:13:23,480 --> 04:13:26,786 SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE ON A RESIDENTIAL HOLD READ WHEN YOU 3446 04:13:26,786 --> 04:13:29,875 THINK ABOUT WHAT A SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE DOES, IT 3447 04:13:29,875 --> 04:13:34,147 PROTECTS YOUR MODEM, IT PROTECTS ALL OF THE SMART 3448 04:13:34,147 --> 04:13:37,216 FUNCTIONS IN YOUR HOME. FROM ANY SORT OF SEARCH THAT 3449 04:13:37,216 --> 04:13:41,754 MAY COME FROM THE GRID OR MAYBE FROM A CONTACT ON WIRE COMING 3450 04:13:41,754 --> 04:13:48,954 DOWN FROM YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM ON THE ROOF, TREE BRANCH FALLS AND 3451 04:13:50,629 --> 04:13:54,434 HITS THOSE WIRES, CREATES A SURGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU 3452 04:13:54,434 --> 04:13:58,504 HAVE A PROBLEM, THAT DEVICE IS THERE TO PROTECT ALL THE NEW 3453 04:13:58,504 --> 04:14:03,904 ADVANCEMENTS WE HAVE COMING FORWARD THAT PEOPLE ARE USING 3454 04:14:04,510 --> 04:14:07,513 IN THEIR HOMES FROM THAT STANDPOINT SO IT'S A KEY 3455 04:14:07,513 --> 04:14:10,516 COMPONENT OF THE ELECTRICAL CODES THIS TIME AROUND. 3456 04:14:10,516 --> 04:14:13,519 LOOKING AT EXISTING CODES, THERE ARE NEW MATERIALS. 3457 04:14:13,519 --> 04:14:16,522 THERE IS NEW APPLICATIONS OF HOW WE USE THINGS. 3458 04:14:16,522 --> 04:14:21,794 WE GOT RIGID FOAM INSULATION AND BEING ABLE TO APPLY THAT ON 3459 04:14:21,794 --> 04:14:25,798 THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME OR INSIDE OF THE HOME READ THERE 3460 04:14:25,798 --> 04:14:29,669 ARE NEW MATERIALS, WE GOT A NEW SIDING THAT IS GROUND CONTACT 3461 04:14:29,669 --> 04:14:33,739 RATED THEY COME OUT WITH THAT'S ACTUALLY COUNTERS SOME OF THE 3462 04:14:33,739 --> 04:14:39,139 REQUIREMENTS YOU WOULD HAVE FOUR WOOD BASED SIDING FROM 3463 04:14:43,616 --> 04:14:46,618 THAT STANDPOINT. TO KEEP UP WITH THE CHANGE IN 3464 04:14:46,618 --> 04:14:50,556 THE MATERIALS THAT THE ECONOMY AND THE MARKET IS REQUIRING OF 3465 04:14:50,556 --> 04:14:53,626 BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANIES OR BUILDING SCIENCE, THE CODE 3466 04:14:53,626 --> 04:14:57,429 NEEDS TO MOVE AND STAFF NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THINGS AS 3467 04:14:57,429 --> 04:15:01,290 WELL. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO FRAME 3468 04:15:08,174 --> 04:15:10,243 NOW. EVERYBODY OR SOME PEOPLE HAVE 3469 04:15:10,243 --> 04:15:14,246 HEARD OF ADVANCED FRAMING OR YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT STUD SPACE 3470 04:15:14,246 --> 04:15:18,184 AND TRY TO GET MORE INSULATION IN THE WALLS, HELP WITH THE 3471 04:15:18,184 --> 04:15:21,320 AFFORDABILITY, HELPED WITH THE IMPACT OF THERMAL RIP THERE IS 3472 04:15:21,320 --> 04:15:25,580 ALSO A TOP EXTENDED TOP PLATE AMENDMENT IN THE IRC THAT'S 3473 04:15:25,580 --> 04:15:28,260 RECOMMENDED TO ADOPT BECAUSE IT'S A NEXT OF 2 X 6 AND TWO BY 3474 04:15:28,260 --> 04:15:31,330 FOURS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO INTEGRATE FOAM INSULATION AS 3475 04:15:31,330 --> 04:15:35,680 WELL AS HAVING ALL THE PROPER BRACING FOR THE WALL FOR A WIND 3476 04:15:35,680 --> 04:15:37,203 RATING AS WELL AS ATTACHING SIDING TWO. 3477 04:15:37,203 --> 04:15:43,803 THERE'S A LOT MORE REGULATION AROUND TINY HOMES OR IN SOME 3478 04:15:47,613 --> 04:15:50,616 CASES YOU MIGHT CALL THEM ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FROM 3479 04:15:50,616 --> 04:15:53,686 THAT STANDPOINT AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK 3480 04:15:53,686 --> 04:15:57,623 IN APPLICATIONS FOR LOCALLY. BEING ABLE TO KEEP THOSE IN THE 3481 04:15:57,623 --> 04:16:00,260 PAR WITH THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS, LOSS TYPES, 3482 04:16:00,260 --> 04:16:04,163 LATTER STRUCTURES, WE GET INTO THOSE LOFTS, ALL THE EXTRA 3483 04:16:04,163 --> 04:16:08,963 SAFETY CODES RELATIVE TO PUTTING THOSE IN PLACE. 3484 04:16:11,104 --> 04:16:14,390 AND THEN THERE'S THE ACCESSIBILITY. 3485 04:16:14,390 --> 04:16:16,308 CURRENTLY WHEN THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL CODE CYCLE THAT 3486 04:16:16,308 --> 04:16:19,908 HAS ALIGNED WITH THE 2009 ACCESSIBILITY CODES. 3487 04:16:23,449 --> 04:16:26,510 GOING TO THE 24 CODES ALSO BRINGS US UP TO THE 2017 AMC 3488 04:16:26,510 --> 04:16:31,451 WHICH IS THE MORE RECENT ACCESSIBILITY CODE OUT THERE. 3489 04:16:40,660 --> 04:16:43,690 HE DID HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN THIS PROCESS WITH OUR 3490 04:16:43,690 --> 04:16:46,205 AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WITH ALL THESE CHANGES THEY CHANGE THE 3491 04:16:46,205 --> 04:16:51,100 ORDER IN THE BOOKS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID 3492 04:16:51,100 --> 04:16:54,213 THAT TOOK SOME TIME WAS GOING THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS MAKING 3493 04:16:54,213 --> 04:16:57,216 SURE ALL OUR AMENDMENTS LINED UP CLEANLY WITH THE NEW CODE 3494 04:16:57,216 --> 04:17:01,220 AND ALIGNED WITH FINDING EVERYTHING ONE BOOK TO THE NEXT 3495 04:17:01,220 --> 04:17:06,620 FROM THAT STANDPOINT. LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST WE DON'T 3496 04:17:09,228 --> 04:17:13,990 WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 3497 04:17:13,990 --> 04:17:15,368 WRITTEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES ARE THERE. 3498 04:17:15,368 --> 04:17:19,305 THEY KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES HEALTHY, SAFE, LOOKING NICE. 3499 04:17:19,305 --> 04:17:23,376 THEY ALSO HELP US MAINTAIN THESE PROPERTIES LONG-TERM READ 3500 04:17:23,376 --> 04:17:27,246 IT ONCE A BUILDING IS BUILT IT STARTS TO FAIL OR IF IT STARTS 3501 04:17:27,246 --> 04:17:30,382 TO FALTER PRETTY MAINTENANCE CODES COME IN AND HELP US KEEP 3502 04:17:30,382 --> 04:17:34,120 THOSE PROPERTY HEALTH EAST RIP IT'S SEEN SEVERAL UPDATES, 3503 04:17:34,120 --> 04:17:37,322 WE'VE HAD A FEW SUNSHINE OR A FEW THEY CALL HIM SUNSHINE 3504 04:17:37,322 --> 04:17:42,722 DATES ON SOME REQUIREMENTS SO THOSE ARE GETTING ADDRESSED. 3505 04:17:44,464 --> 04:17:48,267 THE ARE FAR PAST THE 1993 AT REQUIREMENTS WE'VE HAD IN THERE 3506 04:17:48,267 --> 04:17:51,404 SO WE HAD OUTDATED AMENDMENTS WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS AS WELL 3507 04:17:51,404 --> 04:17:53,873 FROM THAT STANDPOINT. ALSO LASTLY HOW MUCH OF THESE 3508 04:17:53,873 --> 04:17:57,744 CODES ARE GOING TO COST PEOPLE, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST 3509 04:17:57,744 --> 04:17:59,879 QUESTIONS. YEAR THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 3510 04:17:59,879 --> 04:18:04,160 THE FRAMING OPTIONS AVAILABLE RESIDENTIALLY PROVIDED A 3511 04:18:04,160 --> 04:18:10,423 DECREASE IN COSTS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM JUST THIS 3512 04:18:10,423 --> 04:18:17,623 CODE SET.THIS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ENERGY CODE TODAY BUT 3513 04:18:20,330 --> 04:18:22,902 THESE ARE FISCAL IMPACTS WITH JUST THESE CODES. 3514 04:18:22,902 --> 04:18:25,905 INTEGRATION OF LIFE SAFETY PARAMETERS WITHIN TINY HOMES 3515 04:18:25,905 --> 04:18:29,175 WILL HELP THOSE 80 USED TO STAY AND LAST LONGER READ RIGHT NOW 3516 04:18:29,175 --> 04:18:33,713 HIV HOME SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HOW IT'S DESIGNED FOR THE LAST 10 3517 04:18:33,713 --> 04:18:37,649 YEARS BEFORE IT STARTS TO FALL APART OR DECREASE IN ITS 3518 04:18:37,649 --> 04:18:40,586 EFFECTIVENESS SO WITH THE NEWER CODE THEY PUT PARAMETERS IN 3519 04:18:40,586 --> 04:18:44,590 THERE TO HELP THEM LAST LONGER. THE AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED 3520 04:18:44,590 --> 04:18:48,590 MINIMIZE THE ELECTRICAL COSTS. THERE ARE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS 3521 04:18:48,590 --> 04:18:54,659 THEY MADE KEEPING A FCI WHERE THEY ARE WITH RESIDENTIAL, NOT 3522 04:18:55,401 --> 04:18:59,601 REQUIRING THE EXTERIOR DISCONNECTS ON RESIDENTIAL AND 3523 04:19:01,474 --> 04:19:06,274 REDUCING SOME OF THE GFCI REQUIREMENTS IN SPECIFIC 3524 04:19:11,216 --> 04:19:15,870 INSTANCES WHERE WE DON'T SEE THEM REGULARLY IN COLUMBIA AND 3525 04:19:15,870 --> 04:19:18,687 HELPING DECREASE THOSE COSTS. THINKING AFFORDABILITY, 3526 04:19:19,250 --> 04:19:22,161 THINKING OF THE IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE 3527 04:19:22,161 --> 04:19:24,163 HOMEOWNERS. ALSO ALL OF THE CODES HAVE 3528 04:19:24,163 --> 04:19:28,633 CODIFIED BEST PRACTICES WITH SAFETY IN MIND, ONE OF THE 3529 04:19:28,633 --> 04:19:32,104 THINGS YOU'LL SEE IS IN THE IRC AMENDMENTS ARE ASKING TO CODIFY 3530 04:19:32,104 --> 04:19:36,904 A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND GRADING PLAN COMPONENT THAT 3531 04:19:42,314 --> 04:19:45,384 ALIGNS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE. 3532 04:19:45,384 --> 04:19:48,521 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE HAS ITS OWN CHAPTER, THE IRC WAS 3533 04:19:48,521 --> 04:19:52,324 MISSING THAT WE'VE ASKED TO PUT THAT IN SO WE CAN APPLY THAT TO 3534 04:19:52,324 --> 04:19:57,124 ONE FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS FROM THAT STANDPOINT. 3535 04:19:57,739 --> 04:20:00,676 COMMERCIALLY, THERE ARE ADDED SPECIAL INSPECTIONS THAT'S 3536 04:20:00,676 --> 04:20:02,878 GOING TO INCREASE THE INSPECTION COST. 3537 04:20:02,878 --> 04:20:05,947 I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY TO GET AROUND THAT.THERE IS 3538 04:20:05,947 --> 04:20:11,947 GOING TO BE IN GENERAL PROBABLY TWO OR THREE SPECIAL 3539 04:20:14,822 --> 04:20:17,826 INSPECTIONS FOR A LARGE COMMERCIAL PROJECT LIKE THE 3540 04:20:17,826 --> 04:20:24,426 WEST VERY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH THE CODES. 3541 04:20:24,832 --> 04:20:28,970 HOWEVER NEW REFRIGERATION AND PIPING REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S AN 3542 04:20:28,970 --> 04:20:31,105 HO L REFRIGERANT THAT'S BEING USED. 3543 04:20:31,105 --> 04:20:34,776 IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY THAT MECHANICAL SYSTEMS HAVE CHANGED 3544 04:20:34,776 --> 04:20:38,713 YOU WANT A MORE EFFICIENT FURNACE, A MORE EFFICIENT AIR 3545 04:20:38,713 --> 04:20:39,981 CONDITIONER. THE IMPROVEMENT IN 3546 04:20:39,981 --> 04:20:42,851 REFRIGERATION IS WHAT'S CREATING THAT SO BY CREATING 3547 04:20:42,851 --> 04:20:45,921 THAT REFRIGERANT WE HAVE INCREASED REQUIREMENTS AND THAT 3548 04:20:45,921 --> 04:20:51,321 WILL ADD INCREASE TO THOSE BUILDINGS FROM THAT STANDPOINT. 3549 04:20:53,328 --> 04:20:56,264 HOWEVER THERE ARE CHANGES TO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE 3550 04:20:56,264 --> 04:21:01,937 COMMERCIAL THAT ARE A BENEFIT TO CONSTRUCTION PERMIT THERE IS 3551 04:21:01,937 --> 04:21:05,730 EXCEPTIONS PUT INTO WAREHOUSE RACKING THAT CAN DECREASE THE 3552 04:21:05,730 --> 04:21:08,143 COST BECAUSE YOU CAN STORE MORE STUFF IN A SMALLER SPACE TO 3553 04:21:08,143 --> 04:21:11,947 THOSE EXCEPTIONS. THERE IS ALSO AN INSTITUTIONAL 3554 04:21:11,947 --> 04:21:15,217 PLUMBING FIXTURE ACCOUNT AND INSTITUTIONAL I 2 BUILDINGS, 3555 04:21:15,217 --> 04:21:21,217 THAT'S YOUR ASSISTED LIVING AND YOUR IN-HOME, TRYING TO THINK 3556 04:21:23,692 --> 04:21:28,492 OF THE NAME. THE IN RESTAURANT OR FACILITY 3557 04:21:40,108 --> 04:21:42,243 CARE. SO NOT ASSISTED BUT NOT JUST 3558 04:21:42,243 --> 04:21:45,113 ASSISTED BUT GOING ON THAT ONE STEP FORWARD. 3559 04:21:45,113 --> 04:21:48,717 NURSING HOME. SKILLED NURSING, THERE YOU GO. 3560 04:21:48,717 --> 04:21:51,586 I APOLOGIZE, I WAS GOING THE OTHER WAY WITH MY BRAIN. 3561 04:21:51,586 --> 04:21:55,723 THOSE, THEY ARE ALLOWING THE COUNTY INDIVIDUAL FIXTURES FOR 3562 04:21:55,723 --> 04:22:01,723 THE ROOMS AND TOTAL FACILITY COUNTS WHICH CAN DECREASE THE 3563 04:22:02,263 --> 04:22:06,100 AMOUNT OF PLUMBING FIXTURES WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHER 3564 04:22:06,100 --> 04:22:08,470 COSTS FOR A BUILDING FROM THAT STANDPOINT. 3565 04:22:08,470 --> 04:22:15,670 SO FISCAL IMPACTS KIND OF GO BOTH WAYS READ THE CODE HAS 3566 04:22:17,145 --> 04:22:21,160 SOME THAT WILL INCREASE COSTS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT THE 3567 04:22:21,160 --> 04:22:24,850 WAY THE CODES ARE STRUCTURED THIS GO AROUND THEY'VE PROMOTED 3568 04:22:24,850 --> 04:22:27,489 AS DECREASING COSTS FROM THAT STANDPOINT. 3569 04:22:27,489 --> 04:22:31,930 THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES 3570 04:22:31,930 --> 04:22:35,970 COMMISSION IS TO ADOPT THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL FAMILY OF CODES 3571 04:22:35,970 --> 04:22:39,901 WITH THEIR AMENDMENTS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OR TO REMAIN 3572 04:22:39,901 --> 04:22:42,838 CURRENTLY IN THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY 3573 04:22:42,838 --> 04:22:47,380 CONSERVATION CODE AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED. 3574 04:22:49,440 --> 04:22:57,444 AND THIS IS A LIST OF THE CODES THAT WOULD BE UP FOR ADOPTION. 3575 04:22:59,454 --> 04:23:01,323 >>Mayor Buffaloe: APPRECIATE THAT. 3576 04:23:01,323 --> 04:23:05,927 QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL. I WILL GO SHARON AND CHRISTINA. 3577 04:23:05,927 --> 04:23:11,327 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE CEC RECOMMENDED A OPTION, 3578 04:23:14,202 --> 04:23:16,202 IS THAT CORRECT? 3579 04:23:17,739 --> 04:23:22,539 >> RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED ON THE PACKET, THEIR MOST RECENT 3580 04:23:26,281 --> 04:23:29,350 RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THE IEC C, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY 3581 04:23:29,350 --> 04:23:30,552 CONSERVATION CODE. 3582 04:23:30,552 --> 04:23:35,891 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: IS THERE AND THE BCC 3583 04:23:35,891 --> 04:23:40,691 RECOMMENDED NOT ADOPTING IT, THOSE ARE BOTH RECOMMENDATIONS 3584 04:23:41,496 --> 04:23:44,566 FROM TWO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS THAT REVIEWED ALL THOSE. 3585 04:23:44,566 --> 04:23:46,566 >> CORREC. 3586 04:23:51,839 --> 04:23:54,843 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: WHY ARE WE AS CITY COUNCIL NOT 3587 04:23:54,843 --> 04:23:59,580 GIVEN THE OPTION TO CHOOSE WHICH RECOMMENDATION WE WANT TO 3588 04:23:59,580 --> 04:24:00,381 FOLLOW. 3589 04:24:00,381 --> 04:24:03,317 >> THE BCCC WAS A SPECIFIC BOARD AUTHORIZED TO REVIEW AND 3590 04:24:03,317 --> 04:24:09,560 TO BRING BACK A SIG. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS SO THE CEC OVER 3591 04:24:09,560 --> 04:24:12,600 THE LAST COUPLE CYCLE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THAT AND 3592 04:24:12,600 --> 04:24:15,864 THAT'S INTENTIONAL, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A DESIRE TO HAVE 3593 04:24:15,864 --> 04:24:17,933 THAT INPUT WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY. 3594 04:24:17,933 --> 04:24:24,500 AS FAR AS WHAT THE BCCC WAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED AND PER 3595 04:24:24,500 --> 04:24:27,208 CODE ALLOWS THEM TO DO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES BACK 3596 04:24:27,208 --> 04:24:30,945 IS THAT SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION BUT WE INCLUDED THEIR 3597 04:24:30,945 --> 04:24:36,345 RECOMMENDATION IN THE PACKET SO IT'S CLEAR WHAT THEIR 3598 04:24:37,685 --> 04:24:39,888 RECOMMENDATION WAS. >>Council Member Geuea Jones: 3599 04:24:39,888 --> 04:24:42,957 WHICH I DO APPRECIATE, I GUESS MY CONFUSION IS BECAUSE A LOT 3600 04:24:42,957 --> 04:24:46,695 OF TIMES COMMISSIONS RECOMMEND REJECTING OR NOT ADOPTING OR 3601 04:24:46,695 --> 04:24:49,697 DENYING DIFFERENT THINGS AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 3602 04:24:49,697 --> 04:24:52,967 DENIAL, FOR A NO VOTE STILL COME BEFORE COUNSEL BUT IN THIS 3603 04:24:52,967 --> 04:24:56,104 CASE YOU'VE CHOSEN NOT TO GIVE US THE OPTION TO EITHER ACCEPT 3604 04:24:56,104 --> 04:24:59,240 THE RECOMMENDATION DO NOT ADOPTED OR TO GO AHEAD AND 3605 04:24:59,240 --> 04:25:02,910 ADOPT IT OVER THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND I'M 3606 04:25:02,910 --> 04:25:06,313 WONDERING WHY THAT DECISION WAS MADE DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME 3607 04:25:06,313 --> 04:25:09,250 BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR 3608 04:25:09,250 --> 04:25:15,850 COUNSEL IN THIS CASE THAT ISN'T USUAL, AM I MISSING SOMETHING? 3609 04:25:27,535 --> 04:25:31,473 >> YEAH, IT WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT COUNSEL USUALLY DIRECTS 3610 04:25:31,473 --> 04:25:35,276 THE BCC TO DO AND THAT'S RENEW IT AND BRING BACK THEIR 3611 04:25:35,276 --> 04:25:38,345 RECOMMENDATION SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE SO NO DECISION HAS 3612 04:25:38,345 --> 04:25:42,283 BEEN MADE, NO ACTION YOU MAKE TONIGHT KIND OF REMOVES THE 3613 04:25:42,283 --> 04:25:46,221 POSSIBILITY TO DO ANYTHING WITH EITHER CODE SO THAT'S WHAT WE 3614 04:25:46,221 --> 04:25:49,290 WANTED TO COME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 21 TO FURTHER EXPLAIN 3615 04:25:49,290 --> 04:25:51,426 WHAT THAT NEXT STEP COULD BE. 3616 04:25:51,426 --> 04:25:54,362 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: AND ON THE 21ST WERE NOT GIVEN 3617 04:25:54,362 --> 04:25:57,432 AN OPTION, WERE GOING TO BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT 3618 04:25:57,432 --> 04:25:58,499 MORE? 3619 04:25:58,499 --> 04:26:01,436 >> COUNSEL AT ANY TIME GOODS CONSTRUCT A BILL TO BE BROUGHT 3620 04:26:01,436 --> 04:26:07,509 FORWARD WITH THE ENERGY CODE BUILT IN FRONT OF THEM TO ACT 3621 04:26:07,509 --> 04:26:09,511 ON. AT THIS POINT WE ARE ADVISING 3622 04:26:09,511 --> 04:26:12,647 THEM TO COME BACK SEPTEMBER 21 TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK 3623 04:26:12,647 --> 04:26:16,451 LIKE IF COUNSEL WANTS TO HAVE THAT BILL BROUGHT FORTH. 3624 04:26:16,451 --> 04:26:19,587 RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS BASED ON 3625 04:26:19,587 --> 04:26:23,787 THEIR REVIEW. SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE 3626 04:26:35,491 --> 04:26:38,761 THAT SAME RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BCC FOR THE ENERGY CODE. 3627 04:26:38,761 --> 04:26:42,565 WE BROUGHT THE CODES THAT HAD POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK 3628 04:26:42,565 --> 04:26:45,500 AND IT'S DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT BODIES. 3629 04:26:45,500 --> 04:26:48,771 COMING FROM PLANNING AND ZONING EVERYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH 3630 04:26:48,771 --> 04:26:51,707 THEIR GOES TO COUNSEL BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT BASED ON THE 3631 04:26:51,707 --> 04:26:53,642 NATURE OF THE REQUEST. 3632 04:26:53,642 --> 04:26:56,642 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: UNDERSTOOD. 3633 04:26:56,711 --> 04:26:58,781 >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA HAD YOUR HAND. 3634 04:26:58,781 --> 04:27:02,451 >>Council Member Hartman: IN REGARDS TO THE 21ST, IS THERE 3635 04:27:02,451 --> 04:27:05,654 ADDITIONAL WORK BEING DONE, IS THAT WHY IT'S BEING DELAYED? 3636 04:27:05,654 --> 04:27:08,654 HOW IS THE MONTH HELPING? 3637 04:27:23,539 --> 04:27:27,275 >> I DON'T THINK A MONTH DELAY WAS AN INTENT THAT WE NEEDED 3638 04:27:27,275 --> 04:27:30,212 ADDITIONAL TIME. HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND 3639 04:27:30,212 --> 04:27:33,281 THE BUILDING CODE AS IT PROGRESSED THERE WAS A 3640 04:27:33,281 --> 04:27:36,351 REALIZATION WE NEEDED TO SEPARATE THESE TWO TOPICS SO WE 3641 04:27:36,351 --> 04:27:40,355 COULD HAVE A CONCENTRATED FOCUSED CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 3642 04:27:40,355 --> 04:27:43,426 ENERGY CODE AND I THINK IT CLOUDS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION 3643 04:27:43,426 --> 04:27:45,428 IS. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT, 3644 04:27:45,428 --> 04:27:48,230 THOSE NINE BILLS. THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE A 3645 04:27:48,230 --> 04:27:50,432 CONVERSATION JUST ABOUT THESE TWO. 3646 04:27:50,432 --> 04:27:52,501 >> SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO PAGE BY PAGE. 3647 04:27:52,501 --> 04:27:54,570 >> IF THAT IS COUNSEL'S DESIRE. 3648 04:27:54,570 --> 04:27:58,307 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS 3649 04:27:58,307 --> 04:28:00,576 ONE. OTHERWISE I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR 3650 04:28:00,576 --> 04:28:03,779 PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 210 3651 04:28:03,779 --> 04:28:05,779 THROUGH 218 - 26. 3652 04:28:11,587 --> 04:28:15,323 >>Public Speaker: MARK I AM REPRESENTING MID-MISSOURI PIECE 3653 04:28:15,323 --> 04:28:17,993 WORKS. I APPRECIATE YOUR ENDURANCE 3654 04:28:17,993 --> 04:28:22,793 INTO THESE HOURS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE 3655 04:28:25,670 --> 04:28:28,270 DOING. THE WHOLE ISSUE OF BUILDING 3656 04:28:28,270 --> 04:28:30,806 CODES IS ONE THAT PIECE WORKS IS SUPPORTIVE OF. 3657 04:28:30,806 --> 04:28:36,806 WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE NUMEROUS WAYS IN WHICH BUILDING CODES 3658 04:28:39,949 --> 04:28:43,549 ARE VERY HELPFUL. SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY OF 3659 04:28:47,890 --> 04:28:49,357 MATERIALS. DURABILITY OF STRUCTURES, 3660 04:28:49,357 --> 04:28:55,357 THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE SHOULD 3661 04:28:55,564 --> 04:28:59,568 BE ADOPTING BUILDING CODES AND WE RECOMMEND YOU ALL PAST 3662 04:28:59,568 --> 04:29:00,770 QUALITIES. IT'S IMPORTANT. 3663 04:29:00,770 --> 04:29:03,572 THE OTHER SIDE AS WE ARE DISAPPOINTED. 3664 04:29:03,572 --> 04:29:10,172 WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION TONIGHT WAS GOING TO BE A 3665 04:29:11,380 --> 04:29:14,449 DISCUSSION OF THE ENTIRE PACKAGE OF BUILDING CODES 3666 04:29:14,449 --> 04:29:16,852 INCLUDING APPENDIX ON ENERGY CONSERVATION. 3667 04:29:16,852 --> 04:29:22,524 AND WE DEEPLY ARE TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN PUT 3668 04:29:22,524 --> 04:29:24,726 OFF A MONTH. ALSO I'VE HEARD AND THIS MIGHT 3669 04:29:24,726 --> 04:29:27,730 NOT BE THE CASE BUT I'VE HEARD WHATEVER WOULD BE TASKED WHEN 3670 04:29:27,730 --> 04:29:33,730 WE RETURNED TO THIS WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE 2028 3671 04:29:35,404 --> 04:29:37,339 YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE 3672 04:29:37,339 --> 04:29:45,140 BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S INDICATIVE OF A LACK OF A SENSE 3673 04:29:45,140 --> 04:29:47,283 OF URGENCY AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE. 3674 04:29:47,283 --> 04:29:54,483 AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE 3675 04:29:58,627 --> 04:30:01,830 CLIMATE IS JUST BEING SWEPT UNDER THE RUG AND LET'S NOT PAY 3676 04:30:01,830 --> 04:30:05,700 ATTENTION TO THAT AND IT'S MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL THERE ARE 3677 04:30:05,700 --> 04:30:08,771 REALLY GOOD THINGS IN THE CODE, NOT SAYING THERE AREN'T. 3678 04:30:08,771 --> 04:30:12,708 I'M JUST SAYING THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IS THIS ENERGY 3679 04:30:12,708 --> 04:30:18,708 CONSERVATION APPENDIX AND WE OUGHT TO BE ADOPTING THAT AS 3680 04:30:19,470 --> 04:30:19,514 WELL. 3681 04:30:19,514 --> 04:30:22,984 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU MARK, IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC 3682 04:30:22,984 --> 04:30:25,988 WISHES TO SPEAK ON NOTE 210 THROUGH 218 RELATED TO 3683 04:30:25,988 --> 04:30:27,988 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES. 3684 04:30:28,190 --> 04:30:32,990 >>Public Speaker: FIRST IS THERE CONCLUSION FOR HOMEOWNERS 3685 04:30:32,995 --> 04:30:37,198 AND THE SECOND IS THE SOLAR PANEL REGULATION WILLING TO 3686 04:30:37,198 --> 04:30:40,736 SLOW DOWN THE ADOPTION OF SOLAR PANELS? 3687 04:30:40,736 --> 04:30:46,341 AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTED COST ADDITION FOR PUTTING A 3688 04:30:46,341 --> 04:30:48,741 RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PANEL ON. 3689 04:30:52,147 --> 04:30:55,951 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED 3690 04:30:55,951 --> 04:30:57,951 CODE FOR ADOPTION. 3691 04:31:03,250 --> 04:31:05,961 >>Public Speaker: CALEB KOHLBERG, ATTORNEY AT 1203 W. 3692 04:31:05,961 --> 04:31:10,761 BROADWAY TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR A PROCEDURAL 3693 04:31:14,702 --> 04:31:16,772 CONSIDERATION. AS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IF THE 3694 04:31:16,772 --> 04:31:19,908 COUNCIL ADOPTS THE CODE AS PRESENTED IT GOES TO OCTOBER 1, 3695 04:31:19,908 --> 04:31:25,848 2026 AND BASICALLY ANY PROJECT IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW IF THEY 3696 04:31:25,848 --> 04:31:28,983 HAVE A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT SUBMITTED 3697 04:31:28,983 --> 04:31:34,383 BEFORE OCTOBER 1 THEY WILL QUALIFY TO BE REVIEWED UNDER 3698 04:31:35,390 --> 04:31:38,527 THE CODE AS IT EXISTS TODAY AND AFTER OCTOBER 1 THERE WILL BE A 3699 04:31:38,527 --> 04:31:42,397 NEW CODE BUT WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS JURISDICTIONS THEY TEND 3700 04:31:42,397 --> 04:31:45,401 TO BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TRANSITION SO NASHVILLE 3701 04:31:45,401 --> 04:31:50,201 HAD 180 DAY TRANSITION PERIOD, GLENDALE ARIZONA SIX MONTHS, 3702 04:31:51,339 --> 04:31:55,210 AUBURN ALABAMA FOUR MONTHS, BOSTON EIGHT MONTHS, YOUR WE'RE 3703 04:31:55,210 --> 04:32:00,100 LOOKING AT OCTOBER 1 KOREA WHEN WE'RE TALKING DESIGN 3704 04:32:04,190 --> 04:32:07,890 PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE NOW PRESENTED WITH THE CODE THAT'S 3705 04:32:07,890 --> 04:32:11,260 OVER A THOUSAND CHANGES THAT'S A LOT TO DIGEST IN THE NEXT SIX 3706 04:32:11,260 --> 04:32:15,290 WEEKS SO RESPECTFULLY THERE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER 3707 04:32:15,290 --> 04:32:18,166 CHANGING THE DATE FOR BILLING IN PROTECTION FOR PROJECTS 3708 04:32:18,166 --> 04:32:22,170 ALREADY IN DESIGN. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 3709 04:32:22,170 --> 04:32:25,173 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO 3710 04:32:25,173 --> 04:32:29,373 SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED 2024 CODES FOR ADOPTION. 3711 04:32:30,712 --> 04:32:34,312 >>Public Speaker: PETER CHEEVER, FOURTH WARD. 3712 04:32:39,587 --> 04:32:44,993 THERE IS A LOT OF CODES BEING UPDATED HERE AND ONLY ONE SMALL 3713 04:32:44,993 --> 04:32:51,593 PORTION IS NOT GETTING UPDATED. BUT THE REALITY IS BY NOT 3714 04:32:51,934 --> 04:32:57,334 TAKING THAT ONE PORTION YOU'RE GOING THE WHOLE UPDATE. 3715 04:33:01,830 --> 04:33:04,487 HOW CAN ALL THESE BE IMPORTANT BUT THE ENERGY ONE IS NOT 3716 04:33:04,487 --> 04:33:07,487 IMPORTANT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 3717 04:33:08,758 --> 04:33:17,158 A LOT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO 3718 04:33:20,770 --> 04:33:23,773 COME UP WITH THESE, NOT JUST OUR BUILDING CODES COMMISSION 3719 04:33:23,773 --> 04:33:26,776 ACROSS THE WORLD PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE BEST 3720 04:33:26,776 --> 04:33:30,646 PRACTICES AND CAME UP WITH ENERGY PRACTICES THAT ARE BEST 3721 04:33:30,646 --> 04:33:33,716 PRACTICES AND COLUMBIA IS READY TO BE UP-TO-DATE IN ALL 3722 04:33:33,716 --> 04:33:37,587 RESPECTS EXCEPT ENERGY? WE DON'T WANT TO BE UP-TO-DATE 3723 04:33:37,587 --> 04:33:41,187 IN THAT ASPECT? IT SEEMS STRANGE. 3724 04:33:47,396 --> 04:33:51,334 I UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE THINK THIS WILL COST MORE TO BUILD 3725 04:33:51,334 --> 04:33:55,138 WITH THOSE ENERGY CODES BUT THE EXTRA COSTS ARE OFFSET OVER THE 3726 04:33:55,138 --> 04:33:57,340 PERIOD OF THE MORTGAGE AS ENERGY SAVINGS. 3727 04:33:57,340 --> 04:34:01,144 AND THAT'S JUST THE COST OF MORTGAGE, THAT'S 30 YEARS. 3728 04:34:01,144 --> 04:34:07,744 THERE IS A MUCH LONGER USEFUL LIFE OF THAT HOUSING STOCK. 3729 04:34:10,220 --> 04:34:13,356 I LIVE IN A 100 YEAR OLD HOUSE IN THE CITY SO THAT WOULD BE 70 3730 04:34:13,356 --> 04:34:17,226 YEARS WE ARE GETTING BENEFITS ALREADY PAID OFF IN THE FIRST 3731 04:34:17,226 --> 04:34:20,296 30 YEAR MORTGAGE SO WE WILL LOSE THAT SAVINGS IF WE DON'T 3732 04:34:20,296 --> 04:34:23,166 ADOPT THIS. IN THE PRESENTATION, HE WAS 3733 04:34:23,166 --> 04:34:25,566 TALKING ABOUT NUANCE, NUISANCES. 3734 04:34:26,503 --> 04:34:30,173 BUT NOW WE TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED. 3735 04:34:30,173 --> 04:34:36,173 THE SAME THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THESE ENERGY COSTS, 3736 04:34:40,649 --> 04:34:43,653 THOSE LOOK LIKE UNNECESSARY EXTRAS BUT 30 YEARS FROM NOW 3737 04:34:43,653 --> 04:34:46,723 THEY WILL BE AWESOME, I APPRECIATE THEY DID THIS 30 3738 04:34:46,723 --> 04:34:49,725 YEARS AGO AND DECEIVED ME A HUMONGOUS RETROFIT DEED INTO 3739 04:34:49,725 --> 04:34:52,528 THE FUTURE. EVENTUALLY THIS HOUSING BEING 3740 04:34:52,528 --> 04:34:57,200 BUILT NOW IT'S RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND ITS LIFECYCLE RIGHT 3741 04:34:57,200 --> 04:35:02,605 NOW BUT THIS WILL BECOME RENTAL STOCK AND EVENTUALLY THAT WILL 3742 04:35:02,605 --> 04:35:08,110 BE BETTER RENTAL STOCK IF WE BUILD BETTER HOUSING NOW. 3743 04:35:08,110 --> 04:35:10,213 SO I SUPPORT PASSAGE OF ALL THIS. 3744 04:35:10,213 --> 04:35:15,351 PLEASE VOTE AND PASS ALL THIS BUT DON'T LET THIS GET 3745 04:35:15,351 --> 04:35:18,354 SEPARATED AND THEN CANCELED ON THE ENERGY CODES. 3746 04:35:18,354 --> 04:35:22,425 PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALSO GETS INCLUDED IN PASSAGE KOREA AND I 3747 04:35:22,425 --> 04:35:28,425 HAVE 14 SECONDS LEFT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WOW, 3748 04:35:31,501 --> 04:35:36,372 THANK YOU ALL, CONGRATULATIONS READ IT WAS AN AMAZING SIGHT IN 3749 04:35:36,372 --> 04:35:37,573 FRONT OF ME. WOW. 3750 04:35:37,573 --> 04:35:42,111 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU PETER, WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH 3751 04:35:42,111 --> 04:35:45,314 TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THE 2024 BUILDING 3752 04:35:45,314 --> 04:35:51,314 CODES AS LISTED HERE. SEEING NONE WE WILL COME TO 3753 04:35:51,520 --> 04:35:53,989 COUNSEL COMMENTS. BEFORE WE GET INTO, CLINT CAN 3754 04:35:53,989 --> 04:36:01,130 YOU WALK US THROUGH ANY OF THE QUESTIONS, WALK US THROUGH WHAT 3755 04:36:01,130 --> 04:36:05,930 POTENTIAL CONVERSATION WILL BE LIKE ON THE 21ST. 3756 04:36:08,538 --> 04:36:12,342 BECAUSE I LOOK BACK TO THE 2019 WHAT WAS PROPOSED AT COUNSEL 3757 04:36:12,342 --> 04:36:16,745 FOR ADOPTION OF THE 2019 CODES AND AT THIS TIME BUILDING 3758 04:36:16,745 --> 04:36:19,882 CONSTRUCTION CODES COMMISSION BOTH AGREED ON ADOPTING THE 3759 04:36:19,882 --> 04:36:22,819 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE IN ITS 3760 04:36:22,819 --> 04:36:25,488 ENTIRETY SO IS THAT WHY IT CAME BEFORE COUNSEL TOGETHER WITHOUT 3761 04:36:25,488 --> 04:36:29,959 MAKING CHANGES TO GO BACK TO THE 2012 OR I GUESS THAT'S MY 3762 04:36:29,959 --> 04:36:35,959 QUESTION, WHAT COULD WE EXPECT TO SEE ON THE 21ST. 3763 04:36:40,503 --> 04:36:44,373 >> THE 21ST IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT 3764 04:36:44,373 --> 04:36:48,243 THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOT IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU SO THAT 3765 04:36:48,243 --> 04:36:51,247 OUTLAYS A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE VCC 3766 04:36:51,247 --> 04:36:54,383 EVALUATED SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK THROUGH 3767 04:36:54,383 --> 04:36:58,521 THAT WITH COUNSEL, EXPLAIN WHY IN THE END THEY FELT LIKE SOME 3768 04:36:58,521 --> 04:37:01,723 OF THE CHALLENGES WITHIN THE IPCC OR GREATER THAN THEY WERE 3769 04:37:01,723 --> 04:37:06,996 ABLE TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF IT AND I WILL POINT OUT ALL THE 3770 04:37:06,996 --> 04:37:12,996 CODES WE HAVE ON THE BOARD WERE EVALUATED WITH RECOMMENDED 3771 04:37:15,738 --> 04:37:18,741 AMENDMENTS AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS PUT FORTH FOR ADOPTION. 3772 04:37:18,741 --> 04:37:22,100 THERE REALLY WASN'T I THINK A TECHNICAL WAY FOR THAT BCCC TO 3773 04:37:22,100 --> 04:37:24,947 SAY NO AND HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE COUNSEL WE COULD SAY IT 3774 04:37:24,947 --> 04:37:30,347 WAS EVALUATED AND HEARS SPECIFIC THINGS THAT BCCC WOULD 3775 04:37:30,887 --> 04:37:32,955 AMEND OUT. WE COULD HAVE I THINK HAD A 3776 04:37:32,955 --> 04:37:40,755 BILL THAT WAS THE IEC C BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO 3777 04:37:46,340 --> 04:37:48,340 RECOMMEND IT VERBATIM. 3778 04:37:48,104 --> 04:37:50,973 >>Mayor Buffaloe: SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THE COMMISSION DID 3779 04:37:50,973 --> 04:37:54,110 NOT, I KNOW YOU WERE TRYING TO DO THIS KNOWING IT WOULD BE A 3780 04:37:54,110 --> 04:37:57,913 LONG MEETING AND I APOLOGIZE BUT IT IS PART OF THIS 3781 04:37:57,913 --> 04:38:03,313 CONVERSATION SO THE IECC, THE BUILDING COMMISSION DID NOT 3782 04:38:04,387 --> 04:38:06,387 MAKE AMENDMENTS. 3783 04:38:12,929 --> 04:38:16,532 >> THEY DID, THEY EVALUATED EARLY ON AND ERIN DID A GOOD 3784 04:38:16,532 --> 04:38:20,536 JOB OF WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WE'VE 3785 04:38:20,536 --> 04:38:24,473 HAD SO EARLY ON THERE IS AN INITIAL EVALUATION, THERE WAS A 3786 04:38:24,473 --> 04:38:27,410 RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE IECC WITH SOME AMENDMENTS. 3787 04:38:27,410 --> 04:38:31,147 AT THAT POINT WHEN I THINK CAME ON BOARD LATE 2025 WE STARTED 3788 04:38:31,147 --> 04:38:34,950 TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ABOUT 3789 04:38:34,950 --> 04:38:38,954 CONCERNS THERE WERE PORTIONS OF THE IECC, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND 3790 04:38:38,954 --> 04:38:42,910 RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAYBE NEED FURTHER EVALUATION. 3791 04:38:42,910 --> 04:38:45,961 SO AT THAT POINT WE DID START TO LOOK AT SOLICITING MORE 3792 04:38:45,961 --> 04:38:49,980 PUBLIC INPUT SO WE HAD A PUBLIC FORUM AND AB HEARD PAGE WE 3793 04:38:49,980 --> 04:38:55,980 CREATED AND AFTER EVALUATING AND HEARING A LOT OF PUBLIC 3794 04:39:01,110 --> 04:39:04,980 TESTIMONY ABOUT CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY 3795 04:39:04,980 --> 04:39:08,984 SOURCES REQUIREMENTS SOME OF THE SPECIFIC GENERAL 3796 04:39:08,984 --> 04:39:12,121 REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE FOR RESIDENTIAL, THEY 3797 04:39:12,121 --> 04:39:15,991 DECIDED TO REEVALUATE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINAL 3798 04:39:15,991 --> 04:39:18,994 RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO ADOPT LAWS PASSED OUT OF THE 3799 04:39:18,994 --> 04:39:24,394 COMMITTEE, SO THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO ADOPT 3800 04:39:29,624 --> 04:39:32,693 THE IECC TRIP THERE WAS A LOT OF I THINK STARTS AND STOPS IN 3801 04:39:32,693 --> 04:39:35,697 THAT PROCESS. IT WAS A BIT OF A TIME PERIOD 3802 04:39:35,697 --> 04:39:38,699 WHERE BETWEEN THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION AND WHERE WE 3803 04:39:38,699 --> 04:39:41,703 STARTED SO THERE IS A VERSION OUT THERE THAT HAS AMENDMENTS 3804 04:39:41,703 --> 04:39:45,507 AND THAT SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT ON THE 21ST BUT THAT 3805 04:39:45,507 --> 04:39:48,709 SPECIFIC VERSION WAS NOT PASSED ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE 3806 04:39:48,709 --> 04:39:51,312 THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT BY THE FULL BOARD. 3807 04:39:51,312 --> 04:39:55,116 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WAS THE VERSION EVALUATED IN THE PUBLIC 3808 04:39:55,116 --> 04:39:59,988 MEETINGS OR WAS THE FALL AS WRITTEN EVALUATED IN THOSE 3809 04:39:59,988 --> 04:40:00,455 MEETINGS? 3810 04:40:00,455 --> 04:40:04,392 >> AS WE HELD THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THE HOLD IECC 2024 WAS 3811 04:40:04,392 --> 04:40:11,592 UP FOR CONVERSATION SO WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER INPUT ON ALL 3812 04:40:15,470 --> 04:40:18,473 ASPECTS AND WE DID MAKE IT KNOWN THERE WAS DISCUSSION 3813 04:40:18,473 --> 04:40:22,878 ABOUT CERTAIN PARTS BEING AMENDED OUT ALONG WITH THAT 3814 04:40:22,878 --> 04:40:26,810 PROCESS TO TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY AS WE UNCOVERED FEASIBILITY 3815 04:40:26,810 --> 04:40:29,217 WITHIN OUR OWN UTILITY TO MEET SOME STANDARDS OF THE CODE, AS 3816 04:40:29,217 --> 04:40:33,888 WE DOVE INTO THE DIFFERENT CONSTRAINTS PROPOSED BY 3817 04:40:33,888 --> 04:40:38,260 BUILDERS AND DESIGNERS, WE MET WITH ACTUAL ENGINEERS THAT 3818 04:40:38,260 --> 04:40:42,826 DESIGNED THESE BUILDINGS. AND TALKED THROUGH WITH THEM 3819 04:40:42,964 --> 04:40:46,835 WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT IF WE 3820 04:40:46,835 --> 04:40:50,505 AMENDED THAT CODE. THOSE RESULTS WERE NOT 3821 04:40:50,505 --> 04:40:54,420 FAVORABLE EITHER. THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECES THAT 3822 04:40:54,420 --> 04:40:57,912 AS WE REVIEWED THE CODE AND WHY THEY ARE THERE THEY SEEMED TO 3823 04:40:57,912 --> 04:41:03,251 MAKE SENSE BUT AFTER WE STARTED LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTATION, 3824 04:41:03,251 --> 04:41:08,456 COMPLIANCE COSTS AND ALL THOSE OTHER VARIABLES BCCC DECIDED TO 3825 04:41:08,456 --> 04:41:12,127 SAY LET'S STAY IN THE 15TH UNTIL WE CAN GET A FURTHER 3826 04:41:12,127 --> 04:41:16,197 HANDLE AND REAPPROACH COUNSEL AT THAT POINT. 3827 04:41:16,197 --> 04:41:19,868 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DID THE BUILDING CODES CONSTRUCTION 3828 04:41:19,868 --> 04:41:25,868 COMMISSION AND STAFF THOUGHT WE WILL BE ADOPTING SOME VERSION 3829 04:41:36,217 --> 04:41:39,287 OF AN APPROVED ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE AND NOT 3830 04:41:39,287 --> 04:41:42,356 STAYING UNTIL WE REVIEWED THE NEXT CODE CYCLE AND I APOLOGIZE 3831 04:41:42,356 --> 04:41:46,160 I'M GETTING INTO THE 21ST CONVERSATION BUT IT IS PART OF 3832 04:41:46,160 --> 04:41:49,363 THIS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 3833 04:41:49,363 --> 04:41:52,299 >> THERE WASN'T AN EXPECTATION SUMMERWOOD CONSIDER THROUGH 3834 04:41:52,299 --> 04:41:56,170 2024 ABOUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION LEFT OPEN THE DOOR AS 3835 04:41:56,170 --> 04:41:59,373 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAME FORWARD WITH COST IMPACTS WITH 3836 04:41:59,373 --> 04:42:03,311 OTHER COMMUNITIES BEING ABLE TO ADOPT IT AND SOMEHOW NAVIGATING 3837 04:42:03,311 --> 04:42:07,315 SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD 3838 04:42:07,315 --> 04:42:09,315 BE REEVALUATED. 3839 04:42:09,317 --> 04:42:12,520 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN IS THE NEXT CODE CYCLE REVIEW? 3840 04:42:12,520 --> 04:42:16,124 >> 2027 IS DUE TO BE PUBLISHED NEXT YEAR AND AT SOME POINT 3841 04:42:16,124 --> 04:42:21,524 AFTER THAT WE WOULD THEN BEGIN THE ZIP CODES. 3842 04:42:22,130 --> 04:42:25,800 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP FROM THE PUBLIC, 3843 04:42:25,800 --> 04:42:31,200 ONE WHAT TRIGGERS SOMEBODY WORKING ON THEIR OWN WHOLE 3844 04:42:37,945 --> 04:42:41,820 HAVING TO UPDATE FOR THE EXISTING THRESHOLD PRINT SECOND 3845 04:42:41,820 --> 04:42:44,850 WAS CAN YOU REEVALUATE YOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IMPACT 3846 04:42:44,850 --> 04:42:47,880 ON SOLAR INSTALLATION, WHAT CHANGED IN THE CODE FROM 3847 04:42:47,880 --> 04:42:50,958 PREVIOUS VISITS AND THE THIRD ONE WAS IMPLEMENTATION 3848 04:42:50,958 --> 04:42:53,280 TRANSITIONAL. I KNOW WE TRIED TO DO THIS IN 3849 04:42:53,280 --> 04:42:56,230 LINE WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR. BUT WHAT CAN YOU GIVE FEEDBACK 3850 04:42:56,230 --> 04:43:00,340 TO THAT SORT OF WE ADOPT THIS AND TWO WEEKS LATER WE HAVE A 3851 04:43:00,340 --> 04:43:04,305 DIFFERENT CODE. PUT THAT IN ANY ORDER YOU WANT. 3852 04:43:04,305 --> 04:43:07,975 >> I CAN SAY BE AN OPTION FOR THESE CODES IS SPECIFICALLY 3853 04:43:07,975 --> 04:43:10,975 TIMED. THAT IMPLEMENTATION WOULD START 3854 04:43:20,254 --> 04:43:23,992 OCTOBER 1 SO THAT'S BOTH BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL REASONS, 3855 04:43:23,992 --> 04:43:27,194 THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT THE LAST COUPLE CYCLES BUT THERE IS 3856 04:43:27,194 --> 04:43:31,132 A TECHNICAL REASON THAT ALLOWS AN ALIGNMENT OF EVERY PERMIT 3857 04:43:31,132 --> 04:43:34,202 THAT IS ISSUED STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO BE KNOWN TO 3858 04:43:34,202 --> 04:43:38,600 BE UNDER A SPECIFIC CODE. OCTOBER 1 WE RESET ALL OUR 3859 04:43:38,600 --> 04:43:41,142 PERMIT NUMBERS TO NUMBER ONE FOLLOWED BY THE YEAR SO 2027. 3860 04:43:41,142 --> 04:43:45,790 IT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY MUCH EASIER FOR STAFF TO IDENTIFY A 3861 04:43:45,790 --> 04:43:47,815 PERMIT AND WHAT CODE VERSION IS BEING EVALUATED UNDER. 3862 04:43:47,815 --> 04:43:55,150 IF WE POSTPONED IT TO A LATER TIME SAY JANUARY 1 EVERY TYPE 3863 04:43:57,225 --> 04:44:01,950 OF PERMIT, FIRE CODE PERMITS, ANY PERMIT WE HAVE, ELECTRICAL 3864 04:44:01,950 --> 04:44:04,165 MECHANICAL, ALL THOSE PERMIT NUMBERS BEGIN TO CHANGE 3865 04:44:04,165 --> 04:44:07,101 EVERYONE HE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHICH SPECIFIC PERMIT AND WE 3866 04:44:07,101 --> 04:44:10,971 HAVE MANY OF THEM THAT NOW WILL BE EVALUATED UNDER THE NEW 3867 04:44:10,971 --> 04:44:15,171 BUILDING CODES. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO DELAY 3868 04:44:16,644 --> 04:44:19,780 ADOPTION BUT THERE IS A SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE REASON 3869 04:44:19,780 --> 04:44:23,718 WE ARE SUGGESTING WE ADOPT IT OCTOBER 1 AND THAT'S FOR THESE 3870 04:44:23,718 --> 04:44:25,720 CODES. THE ENERGY CODE IS SOMETHING 3871 04:44:25,720 --> 04:44:30,925 THAT GETS FORMS, IT INFORMS THE OTHER CODES SO IT WOULD NOT BE 3872 04:44:30,925 --> 04:44:34,610 IMPACTED BY IR DESIRE TO HAVE IT OCTOBER 1 SO THERE'S NOT A 3873 04:44:34,610 --> 04:44:37,331 RESTRICTION WE WOULD PUSH IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ADOPTION 3874 04:44:37,331 --> 04:44:41,202 OF AN ENERGY CODE. IT IS REALLY REGARDING THESE 3875 04:44:41,202 --> 04:44:45,473 CODES IN FRONT OF US TODAY. SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT 3876 04:44:45,473 --> 04:44:50,873 OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVING LONGER PERIOD'S, I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE. 3877 04:44:54,549 --> 04:44:57,686 IN 2018 THIS IS THE SAME CYCLE WE USE ADOPTED IN AUGUST FOR 3878 04:44:57,686 --> 04:45:01,956 OCTOBER.WE HAVE MAYBE NOT A LARGE COMMUNITY AS SOME OF THE 3879 04:45:01,956 --> 04:45:06,494 ONES QUOTED SO MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE WELL AWARE WE'VE 3880 04:45:06,494 --> 04:45:13,940 BEEN EVALUATING THESE BUILDING CODES SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK 3881 04:45:13,568 --> 04:45:16,637 FOR ANY OF THEM BUT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF ANY OF THEM 3882 04:45:16,637 --> 04:45:19,640 WEREN'T CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AT THIS ADOPTION CYCLE BEGINNING 3883 04:45:19,640 --> 04:45:21,640 OCTOBER 1. 3884 04:45:26,514 --> 04:45:30,384 >> HOMEOWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO PULL PERMITS ON THE WORK. 3885 04:45:30,384 --> 04:45:33,455 THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PULL THEIR OWN PERMIT IF THEY'RE WORKING 3886 04:45:33,455 --> 04:45:39,861 ON THEIR OWN HOLD. IF THEY LIVE IN, IF IT'S A 3887 04:45:39,861 --> 04:45:43,640 RENTAL PROPERTY THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LICENSED AND 3888 04:45:43,640 --> 04:45:46,934 HIRED TO DO THAT WORK. SO IF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING 3889 04:45:46,934 --> 04:45:51,148 REQUIRES A PERMIT BY THE CODE THE IRC IN THAT CASE THEN THEY 3890 04:45:51,148 --> 04:45:57,748 WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PULL THE PERMIT THAT THEY COULD PULL 3891 04:45:58,889 --> 04:46:00,958 THEMSELVES. AS FAR AS PHOTOVOLTAIC, A LOT 3892 04:46:00,958 --> 04:46:04,161 OF THE CHANGES ARE IN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SOLAR PANELS 3893 04:46:04,161 --> 04:46:07,300 AND THE POWER GRID AND THE SYSTEM BREAKER BOX. 3894 04:46:07,300 --> 04:46:13,300 THERE IS ALSO ADDED PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO BATTERY STORAGE OR 3895 04:46:19,176 --> 04:46:22,246 ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. FROM THAT STANDPOINT BECAUSE A 3896 04:46:22,246 --> 04:46:25,316 LOT OF OUR SOLAR PANEL SYSTEMS ARE NOW COMING INTO A BATTERY 3897 04:46:25,316 --> 04:46:28,985 PACK STORING THE ENERGY AND WAITING FOR IT TO BE DEMANDED. 3898 04:46:28,985 --> 04:46:32,923 SO THE EXPENSIVE PHOTOVOLTAIC CODES ARE THOSE AROUND HOW DO 3899 04:46:32,923 --> 04:46:36,126 WE PROTECT THAT STORAGE, HOW IS IT INTERFACED TO RENT WHAT TYPE 3900 04:46:36,126 --> 04:46:43,400 OF SWITCHES ARE PUT IN PLACE TO REGULATE WHEN THE SOLAR GRID IS 3901 04:46:43,400 --> 04:46:50,000 TALKING TO THE DEMAND GRID OR THE UTILITY GRID FROM THAT 3902 04:46:52,609 --> 04:46:53,143 STANDPOINT. 3903 04:46:53,143 --> 04:46:55,746 >> IS ONE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ADDRESS. 3904 04:46:55,746 --> 04:46:59,682 I THINK THERE IS A STATEMENT WE WOULD BE DELAYING THESE UNTIL 3905 04:46:59,682 --> 04:47:03,553 2028 AND THAT'S NOT FACTUAL, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SPECIFIC 3906 04:47:03,553 --> 04:47:07,624 TIMETABLE. IF THERE WAS SOME DESIRE TO 3907 04:47:07,624 --> 04:47:12,363 MOVE AHEAD THERE'S NO NEED TO WAIT UNTIL 2028. 3908 04:47:12,363 --> 04:47:14,763 >> HERE RATHER THAN VALERIE. 3909 04:47:15,698 --> 04:47:20,498 >> I WENT INTO A COMMENTS RATHER THAN QUESTION. 3910 04:47:27,377 --> 04:47:31,181 I WENT INTO TODAY THINKING I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER 3911 04:47:31,181 --> 04:47:34,251 AN AMENDMENT TO THIS ALLOWING US TO INCLUDE THE IECC AS PART 3912 04:47:34,251 --> 04:47:40,257 OF WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON TONIGHT AND IT WAS A SURPRISE 3913 04:47:40,257 --> 04:47:43,393 TO ME TO FIND OUT THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION BASED ON WHAT IS IN 3914 04:47:43,393 --> 04:47:46,863 FRONT OF US TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR 3915 04:47:46,863 --> 04:47:50,801 FROM THE COUNSEL MEMO ITSELF WHICH AS YOU MENTIONED TALKS A 3916 04:47:50,801 --> 04:47:56,201 LOT ABOUT THE BCCC EXTENSIVELY, THESE ARE DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED 3917 04:48:02,545 --> 04:48:05,682 CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK THE COUNSEL MEMO ALSO MAKES IT SEEM 3918 04:48:05,682 --> 04:48:07,885 LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT. 3919 04:48:07,885 --> 04:48:10,754 I THINK IT'S CLEAR FROM COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED THE 3920 04:48:10,754 --> 04:48:14,557 PUBLIC ALSO BELIEVES THAT IS WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON TONIGHT. 3921 04:48:14,557 --> 04:48:17,561 AND EVEN CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONS LETTER 3922 04:48:17,561 --> 04:48:22,432 AND IN REFERENCES THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE BCCC MADE 3923 04:48:22,432 --> 04:48:25,368 ON A DOCUMENT WE HAVE NOT YET HAD ACCESS TO. 3924 04:48:25,368 --> 04:48:30,768 AND THEY ARE CONVERSATIONS IN EITHER ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS OR 3925 04:48:30,774 --> 04:48:33,174 RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THOSE AMENDMENTS. 3926 04:48:33,177 --> 04:48:37,977 AND THAT'S THOSE ARE REMINISCENT TO THE IECC. 3927 04:48:38,648 --> 04:48:41,652 I GUESS JUST AGAIN I'M NOT AGAIN ALSO IN THE FALL FAVOR OF 3928 04:48:41,652 --> 04:48:45,522 ALL THESE BUILDING CODES BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS FULL 3929 04:48:45,522 --> 04:48:48,459 PROCESS HAS BEEN ABOUT A COMBINATION OF THE BUILDING 3930 04:48:48,459 --> 04:48:52,396 CODES AND IECC HAS DEEPLY INVOLVED ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONS 3931 04:48:52,396 --> 04:48:56,199 THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THEN IS NOT GETTING US THE 3932 04:48:56,199 --> 04:49:00,399 ABILITY TO VOTE ON THAT COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION. 3933 04:49:04,475 --> 04:49:08,545 THE CDC'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT ABOUT THE GENERAL BUILDING 3934 04:49:08,545 --> 04:49:15,745 CODE, THEY ARE ABOUT THE IECC AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING ON THE 3935 04:49:16,887 --> 04:49:20,824 TABLE FOR US TO CONSIDER AND AS WE'VE HEARD WE WON'T BE ABLE TO 3936 04:49:20,824 --> 04:49:24,270 CONSIDER UNTIL 2027. SO I FIND HOW THIS PROCESS HAS 3937 04:49:24,270 --> 04:49:26,427 FUNCTIONED A LITTLE CONCERNING. 3938 04:49:27,898 --> 04:49:32,698 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. 3939 04:49:35,572 --> 04:49:36,390 SORRY. 3940 04:49:36,390 --> 04:49:39,643 >> I'M THINKING ABOUT MY COMMENTS BECAUSE YOUR COMMENTS 3941 04:49:39,643 --> 04:49:46,382 CHANGED SOME OF MY PERCEPTION. I AGREE, I WISH WE HAD THOSE 3942 04:49:46,382 --> 04:49:51,782 DOCUMENTS AT HAND PARTICULARLY. I'M THRILLED THAT THESE CODES 3943 04:49:56,593 --> 04:49:58,529 ARE IN FRONT OF US TO ACCEPT NOW. 3944 04:49:58,529 --> 04:50:02,599 IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME AND IT'S BEEN A NEED FOR A LONG 3945 04:50:02,599 --> 04:50:06,799 TIME. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WORKING ON 3946 04:50:14,545 --> 04:50:17,681 ADDING WHAT WAS IT, ARTISAN INDUSTRY TO OUR ZONING CODES 3947 04:50:17,681 --> 04:50:20,751 AND WONDERING HOW WE WOULD MANAGE A MICRO DISTILLERY WITH 3948 04:50:20,751 --> 04:50:24,288 FIRE CODES. AND HOW THAT WOULD BE HANDLED. 3949 04:50:24,288 --> 04:50:28,158 SO I'M GLAD TO SEE WE HAVE NOW ADOPTED THE BUILDING CODES THAT 3950 04:50:28,158 --> 04:50:32,958 ANTICIPATE THOSE NEEDS. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. 3951 04:50:36,320 --> 04:50:41,432 I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT AS A FULL PACKAGE. 3952 04:50:44,908 --> 04:50:47,644 I'D AT LEAST LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO READING THE FULL 3953 04:50:47,644 --> 04:50:51,844 PACKAGE AND CONSIDERING ALL OF IT TOGETHER. 3954 04:50:56,386 --> 04:51:02,986 >>Council Member Peters: I THINK AS THE HOUR GETS LATE AND 3955 04:51:07,330 --> 04:51:10,333 AFTER OUR LAST MEETING I WAS OKAY AND I JUST HAD THE 3956 04:51:10,333 --> 04:51:13,470 ADVANTAGE OF TALKING TO CLIENTS WHEN I WAS GOING TO TALK TO 3957 04:51:13,470 --> 04:51:16,540 SOME OF OUR ENVIRONMENTALISTS ABOUT THIS CODE TO DISCOVER WE 3958 04:51:16,540 --> 04:51:23,140 WERE NOT GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS 3959 04:51:25,215 --> 04:51:28,285 IMPORTANT ENOUGH AND THERE'S ENOUGH CONTROVERSY AND WANTED 3960 04:51:28,285 --> 04:51:32,890 TO PULL IT OUT AND HAVE IT AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND I 3961 04:51:32,890 --> 04:51:35,358 REMEMBER ASKING WHAT MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IT 3962 04:51:35,358 --> 04:51:40,758 OFF FOREVER SO I WAS, YOU KNOW. I'M SORRY? 3963 04:51:43,233 --> 04:51:50,433 AND I'M NOT SPEAKING LOUDLY? I WAS PLEASED THEY HAD A TIME 3964 04:51:53,377 --> 04:51:55,446 SCHEDULED SO THAT IT WASN'T JUST IN THE FUTURE. 3965 04:51:55,446 --> 04:51:59,383 I AM SORRY SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T HEAR IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 3966 04:51:59,383 --> 04:52:04,388 DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER. BUT I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THESE 3967 04:52:04,388 --> 04:52:08,324 CODES AND HAPPY TO HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE THIS WILL BE AT LEAST 3968 04:52:08,324 --> 04:52:13,130 THIS LONG OF A MEETING IF NOT LONGER JUST ON THOSE ENERGY 3969 04:52:13,130 --> 04:52:17,000 CODES.I APPRECIATE THE FACT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THIS WOULD 3970 04:52:17,000 --> 04:52:21,240 BE A PROBLEM.AND PULL IT OUT. >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA. 3971 04:52:21,240 --> 04:52:24,628 >>Council Member Hartman: I'D LIKE TO SAY I THINK WE SHOULD 3972 04:52:24,628 --> 04:52:28,298 BE DOING THIS FASTER, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO 3973 04:52:28,298 --> 04:52:33,437 REVIEW ALL THAT BUT 18 MONTHS PLUS WAITING FOR 90, 60 DAYS 3974 04:52:33,437 --> 04:52:36,373 AFTER REDUCTION, IF THAT ATTITUDE WE ARE ALMOST AT THE 3975 04:52:36,373 --> 04:52:42,373 NEXT DATE OF ADOPTION. I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE US 3976 04:52:47,584 --> 04:52:50,587 REVIEWING THOSE CODES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NOT ONLY THE 3977 04:52:50,587 --> 04:52:57,787 REPORT ON THE 21ST BUT LIKE LET'S MAKE A DECISION ON THE 3978 04:52:58,610 --> 04:53:00,630 21ST. I DON'T WANT US TO HAVE TO 3979 04:53:00,630 --> 04:53:05,869 REVIEW A CODE THEN COME BACK AND HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION 3980 04:53:05,869 --> 04:53:08,500 LATER. I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS 3981 04:53:08,500 --> 04:53:10,600 STUFF A LITTLE BIT FASTER. 3982 04:53:10,600 --> 04:53:12,576 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, SHARON. 3983 04:53:12,576 --> 04:53:19,150 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE PLAN FOR THE IECC IS NOT A 3984 04:53:19,150 --> 04:53:22,752 PLAN FOR ADOPTION, IS NOT EVEN A PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION, IT'S 3985 04:53:22,752 --> 04:53:28,291 A PLAN TO GET A REPORT AND IT WILL TELL US THE SAME THING THE 3986 04:53:28,291 --> 04:53:32,295 REPORT TONIGHT DID WHICH WAS THE CEC RECOMMENDED ADOPTION 3987 04:53:32,295 --> 04:53:35,566 WITH AMENDMENTS AND THE BCCC INITIALLY WANTED TO DO 3988 04:53:35,566 --> 04:53:41,304 AMENDMENTS OF ADOPTION AND CHANGED THEIR MIND.I AM NOT 3989 04:53:41,304 --> 04:53:45,242 INTERESTED IN PARTIAL ADOPTION. EITHER WE TRUST THE IECC WITH 3990 04:53:45,242 --> 04:53:52,442 AMENDMENTS OR WE DON'T. AND IF WE DO TRUST THEM THEN WE 3991 04:53:57,121 --> 04:54:00,190 NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US AT MOM ONCE BECAUSE 3992 04:54:00,190 --> 04:54:03,994 IT WAS BUILT AS A PACKAGE BY AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF EXPERTS 3993 04:54:03,994 --> 04:54:07,931 AND REVIEWED BY OUR FOLKS. AND I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD 3994 04:54:07,931 --> 04:54:13,136 IDEA TO ADOPT A PARTIAL PACKAGE WITH POTENTIAL FUTURE ADOPTION 3995 04:54:13,136 --> 04:54:16,940 OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHILE ASKING OUR BUILDING 3996 04:54:16,940 --> 04:54:19,543 COMMUNITY TO THROW TOGETHER THINGS ON A SHORT TIMEFRAME. 3997 04:54:19,543 --> 04:54:23,130 I GET THE OCTOBER 1 CYCLE START DATE. 3998 04:54:23,130 --> 04:54:28,170 I WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AND I THINK WOULD 3999 04:54:28,170 --> 04:54:35,817 SUGGEST THAT ON THE 21ST WE HAVE A FULL PACKAGE IN FRONT OF 4000 04:54:37,494 --> 04:54:39,630 US AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WANT TO ADOPT. 4001 04:54:39,630 --> 04:54:44,702 I DON'T WANT TO PARTIALLY ADOPT THE IECC'S RECOMMENDATION, 4002 04:54:44,702 --> 04:54:46,350 THAT'S WHERE I AM NOT. 4003 04:54:46,350 --> 04:54:49,635 >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTION WHERE THE ORIGINAL 4004 04:54:51,308 --> 04:54:54,378 RECOMMENDATION FOR AMENDMENTS FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 4005 04:54:54,378 --> 04:54:59,178 CODES COMMISSION. WERE THOSE AT A STAGE THEY 4006 04:55:01,718 --> 04:55:05,318 COULD BE PROVIDED AT THE 21ST. 4007 04:55:06,523 --> 04:55:10,260 >> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND THEM AFTER THIS MEETING. 4008 04:55:10,260 --> 04:55:13,330 THERE IS NO REASON TO NOT PROVIDE THOSE. 4009 04:55:13,330 --> 04:55:18,935 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THOSE WOULD BE AS POTENTIAL TO BE AS 4010 04:55:18,935 --> 04:55:23,140 INCLUDED AS INTRO AND THE FIRST READ AT THE NEXT MEETING OR 4011 04:55:23,140 --> 04:55:28,945 JUST IN ORDINANCE FORM OR AN ATTACHMENT AT THE 21ST MEETING. 4012 04:55:28,945 --> 04:55:32,615 >> IF COUNSEL DIRECTS US WE WILL BRING IT FORTH IN THE 4013 04:55:32,615 --> 04:55:34,615 MORNING. 4014 04:55:39,623 --> 04:55:42,559 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WAS THERE CLARIFICATION ON THAT, 4015 04:55:42,559 --> 04:55:44,559 COMMENTS, VALERIE. 4016 04:55:45,428 --> 04:55:49,299 >>Council Member Carroll: QUESTION, WE ADOPTED 2018 LAST. 4017 04:55:49,299 --> 04:55:55,299 HOW LONG WAS THAT IN WITH YOU? DOES ANYONE KNOW? 4018 04:55:58,709 --> 04:56:02,446 >> I WOULD SAY THIS REVIEW CYCLE DID TAKE LONGER THAN 4019 04:56:02,446 --> 04:56:05,582 TYPICAL. FROM MY CONVERSATIONS HERE I 4020 04:56:05,582 --> 04:56:10,987 THINK THERE WAS A TRANSITIONAL LEADERSHIP WHICH DELAYED IT SO 4021 04:56:10,987 --> 04:56:15,125 WHEN I STARTED WE RESTARTED THAT PROCESS TO GET IT BACK IN 4022 04:56:15,125 --> 04:56:17,125 FRONT OF COUNSEL. 4023 04:56:23,867 --> 04:56:26,803 >>Council Member Carroll: IS THIS SIMILAR TO 2019, I'M NOT 4024 04:56:26,803 --> 04:56:29,806 ASKING WHY IS THIS SO SLOW, I'M ASKING HOW LONG WAS IT IN 4025 04:56:29,806 --> 04:56:32,876 REVIEW BEFORE ADOPTION. PART OF THAT HELPS ME GAUGE HOW 4026 04:56:32,876 --> 04:56:38,276 LONG ARE BUILDING PROFESSIONALS HAD TO HAVE THESE CODES 4027 04:56:40,884 --> 04:56:44,154 AVAILABLE TO THEM WITH THE EXPECTATION SOME FORM OF THEM 4028 04:56:44,154 --> 04:56:46,154 WOULD COME FORWARD. 4029 04:56:46,757 --> 04:56:51,950 >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE 2018 ADOPTION AND REVIEW CYCLE 4030 04:56:51,950 --> 04:56:58,295 WAS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR FROM THE DIRECTIVE FROM CITY 4031 04:57:04,508 --> 04:57:06,510 COUNCIL. TO THE CODE ADOPTION BEING 4032 04:57:06,510 --> 04:57:09,579 PROPOSED ON THE FLOOR FOR ADOPTION.THE 2015 THROUGH THE 4033 04:57:09,579 --> 04:57:14,118 2018 ENERGY CODE ADD MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN IT, VERY SMALL 4034 04:57:14,118 --> 04:57:16,986 ADJUSTMENTS. AND THE 2018 THROUGH THE 2024 4035 04:57:16,986 --> 04:57:23,586 CODE CYCLE DOUBLED THE BOOK IN SIZE HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IN 4036 04:57:31,680 --> 04:57:32,936 IT. WE STARTED THE REVIEW IN 4037 04:57:32,936 --> 04:57:35,138 OCTOBER 24. WE GOT THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND 4038 04:57:35,138 --> 04:57:39,876 OF ENERGY CODE IN ABOUT A YEAR. AND AS WE WERE PREPARING 4039 04:57:39,876 --> 04:57:43,790 EVERYTHING FOR COMING BEFORE COUNSEL WITH IT, WE DISCOVERED 4040 04:57:43,790 --> 04:57:46,679 AND UNCOVERED ADDITIONAL FACTORS AND ADDITIONAL 4041 04:57:48,418 --> 04:57:51,621 VARIABLES THAT OPENED UP THE 24 ENERGY CODE FOR A SECOND ROUND 4042 04:57:51,621 --> 04:57:55,425 OF THE LOOK TERRIFIC AND THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP INCREASING THAT 4043 04:57:55,425 --> 04:57:58,962 TIME OF REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS UNCOVERED 4044 04:57:58,962 --> 04:58:04,962 AT THAT SECOND ROUND REVIEW ON BOTH DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE THAT 4045 04:58:05,969 --> 04:58:14,369 WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USING IT OUT IN THE FIELD AS WELL AS 4046 04:58:15,245 --> 04:58:16,379 INTERNALLY. 4047 04:58:16,379 --> 04:58:19,249 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: BLAME THE WHOLE PACKAGE BECAUSE 4048 04:58:19,249 --> 04:58:22,249 THERE WERE QUESTIONS ON IECC? 4049 04:58:22,719 --> 04:58:26,589 >> A YEAR AGO YES, WE DID DELAY THIS PACKAGE BECAUSE WE WERE 4050 04:58:26,589 --> 04:58:30,789 TRYING TO DIVE INTO THE IECC DEEPER. 4051 04:58:32,795 --> 04:58:35,799 >> FOR MY OWN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL TO WAIT UNTIL WE CAN 4052 04:58:35,799 --> 04:58:38,735 ACCEPT EVERYTHING. I SEE THE POINT AND I SEE WHY 4053 04:58:38,735 --> 04:58:46,220 YOU WOULD WANT TO DO THAT. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THAT 4054 04:58:46,220 --> 04:58:50,420 BECAUSE BETWEEN 2018 AND DIFFERING 2021, AND HAVING THIS 4055 04:58:53,693 --> 04:58:57,631 DELAYED FOR ONE PART OF IT I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH THAT WE 4056 04:58:57,631 --> 04:59:03,310 WANT TO HAVE IN PLACE REGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHER 4057 04:59:03,771 --> 04:59:07,641 QUESTIONS ARE. AND I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS 4058 04:59:07,641 --> 04:59:11,241 ACCEPTING THESE TO PREVENT FURTHER DELAY. 4059 04:59:27,994 --> 04:59:31,665 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS AND ONE OF THE 4060 04:59:31,665 --> 04:59:34,801 THINGS I'M HEARING IS I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT TO COME 4061 04:59:34,801 --> 04:59:37,671 FORWARD IN THE 21ST IN ORDINANCE FORM AS AMENDED BY 4062 04:59:37,671 --> 04:59:40,941 THE BUILDING CODES COMMISSION WITH MAYBE A VERY DETAILED MEMO 4063 04:59:40,941 --> 04:59:44,745 IN LINE WITH IT HAS THE ADDITIONAL ASPECTS THAT COME TO 4064 04:59:44,745 --> 04:59:47,681 IT AND IF STAFF HAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL 4065 04:59:47,681 --> 04:59:50,160 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 4066 04:59:50,160 --> 04:59:53,687 I'M SAYING THAT NOW FOR ANY COUNSEL COMMENTS SO MANY 4067 04:59:53,687 --> 04:59:55,889 COUNSEL COMMENTS BEFORE I MAKE THAT MOTION. 4068 04:59:55,889 --> 04:59:59,893 I MAKE A MOTION FOR SEPTEMBER 21 TWO COME BACK TO COUNSEL 4069 04:59:59,893 --> 05:00:03,764 SOAP INTERN FIRST READ THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES 4070 05:00:03,764 --> 05:00:07,364 COMMISSION AS AMENDED RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2024 4071 05:00:11,105 --> 05:00:14,241 IPCC WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO IF POSSIBLE RIPPED SUPPLEMENTAL 4072 05:00:14,241 --> 05:00:17,111 MEMO WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE 4073 05:00:17,111 --> 05:00:20,470 SUPPLEMENTAL, DOESN'T NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE 4074 05:00:20,470 --> 05:00:21,581 INTRODUCTION, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. 4075 05:00:21,581 --> 05:00:25,185 I KNOW I JUST ASKED YOU FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WANT 4076 05:00:25,185 --> 05:00:29,560 TO GIVE YOU THE TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER FOR THE 21ST MEETING 4077 05:00:29,560 --> 05:00:32,126 RED I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, IS THERE A SECOND. 4078 05:00:32,126 --> 05:00:35,995 >> I SECOND THE MOTION FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD 4079 05:00:35,995 --> 05:00:36,596 SEPTEMBER 21. 4080 05:00:36,596 --> 05:00:39,133 >> SO INTRO.THE FIRST ONE. BUT SECOND READ. 4081 05:00:39,133 --> 05:00:44,471 AT SEPTEMBER 21 TO BE VOTED ON. ANY DISCUSSION ON MOTION, 4082 05:00:44,471 --> 05:00:46,871 DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. 4083 05:00:48,809 --> 05:00:51,209 >> ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO. 4084 05:00:54,882 --> 05:00:57,818 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU CAN ASK FOR THAT ALSO AND WE CAN 4085 05:00:57,818 --> 05:01:00,218 CONTINUE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 4086 05:01:00,754 --> 05:01:07,761 >> JUST SOMETHING WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW BUT I'D LIKE 4087 05:01:07,761 --> 05:01:10,898 TO KNOW IN THE FUTURE YOU MENTIONED THE NEW FACTORS THAT 4088 05:01:10,898 --> 05:01:15,635 LED TO THAT SECOND. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 4089 05:01:15,635 --> 05:01:18,639 THOSE WORK, WHEREIN THE CONVERSATION THEY CAME UP AND 4090 05:01:18,639 --> 05:01:22,239 WHY THEY HADN'T BEEN SEEN EARLIER. 4091 05:01:24,644 --> 05:01:28,315 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, SEEING NONE VOTING 4092 05:01:28,315 --> 05:01:34,521 ON A MOTION FOR REQUESTING THE IECC 2024 TWO COME ON, EARL 4093 05:01:34,521 --> 05:01:39,993 YOU'RE THE LAWYER COMING DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE, SECOND BY 4094 05:01:39,993 --> 05:01:42,863 SHARON. IT'S NEVER GOOD WHEN A LAWYER 4095 05:01:42,863 --> 05:01:48,263 BRINGS THE MICROPHONE DOWN. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON THE 4096 05:01:50,337 --> 05:01:52,406 MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 4097 05:01:52,406 --> 05:01:54,806 ANY OPPOSED? THAT'S THAT. 4098 05:01:57,878 --> 05:02:03,878 ON TO THAT BEFORE I CAN HAVE SHEILA CALL ROLE. 4099 05:02:06,753 --> 05:02:09,556 >> INTRODUCTION ON THE SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING THAT WOULD 4100 05:02:09,556 --> 05:02:14,356 INCLUDE THE ORDINANCE. SO AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS 4101 05:02:17,431 --> 05:02:21,435 REVIEWED WITH AMENDMENTS BY BCCC, THAT VERSION WAS NOT 4102 05:02:21,435 --> 05:02:27,435 APPROVED BY THE WHOLE BCCC. THAT ORDINANCE WOULD BE ON 4103 05:02:28,308 --> 05:02:31,445 SEPTEMBER 8 FOR CONSIDERATION WITH POTENTIAL APPROVAL ON 4104 05:02:31,445 --> 05:02:34,715 SEPTEMBER 21 AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO WHICH WE HAVE 4105 05:02:34,715 --> 05:02:40,320 ALREADY DISCUSSED COULD BE I THINK ATTACHED TO THE SEPTEMBER 4106 05:02:40,320 --> 05:02:42,320 21 MEETING AS WELL. 4107 05:02:51,640 --> 05:02:54,668 >>Mayor Buffaloe: IN CASE WE WANTED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL 4108 05:02:54,668 --> 05:02:57,938 AMENDMENTS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS LIKE 4109 05:02:57,938 --> 05:03:01,942 YOU BROUGHT UP THE RENEWAL ENERGY IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH 4110 05:03:01,942 --> 05:03:02,409 OF IT. 4111 05:03:02,409 --> 05:03:05,946 >> ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS I DON'T THINK, WE WILL GO AHEAD 4112 05:03:05,946 --> 05:03:09,883 AND HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA AND IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO SEE IT 4113 05:03:09,883 --> 05:03:11,952 EARLIER WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. 4114 05:03:11,952 --> 05:03:14,954 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON BILLS 4115 05:03:14,954 --> 05:03:18,758 210 THROUGH 218 - 26, IF NOT I WILL HAVE SHARON CALL ROLE ON 4116 05:03:18,758 --> 05:03:20,758 THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 4117 05:03:24,364 --> 05:03:25,498 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4118 05:03:25,498 --> 05:03:27,500 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4119 05:03:27,500 --> 05:03:31,438 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4120 05:03:31,438 --> 05:03:32,939 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4121 05:03:32,939 --> 05:03:35,339 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4122 05:03:35,442 --> 05:03:37,842 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4123 05:03:41,715 --> 05:03:44,584 >> COUNSEL BUILD TO 11 - 26. >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4124 05:03:44,584 --> 05:03:46,653 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4125 05:03:46,653 --> 05:03:50,523 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4126 05:03:50,523 --> 05:03:52,920 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4127 05:03:52,920 --> 05:03:54,492 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4128 05:03:54,527 --> 05:03:55,795 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4129 05:03:55,795 --> 05:03:58,195 >> COUNSEL BUILD TO 12 - 26. 4130 05:03:58,732 --> 05:04:00,533 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4131 05:04:00,533 --> 05:04:02,535 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4132 05:04:02,535 --> 05:04:04,537 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. 4133 05:04:04,537 --> 05:04:06,539 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4134 05:04:06,539 --> 05:04:08,108 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4135 05:04:08,108 --> 05:04:10,508 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4136 05:04:10,543 --> 05:04:11,811 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4137 05:04:11,811 --> 05:04:13,679 >> COUNSEL BUILD 213 - 26. 4138 05:04:13,679 --> 05:04:15,615 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4139 05:04:15,615 --> 05:04:17,617 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4140 05:04:17,617 --> 05:04:19,552 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. 4141 05:04:19,552 --> 05:04:21,621 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4142 05:04:21,621 --> 05:04:23,123 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4143 05:04:23,123 --> 05:04:25,523 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4144 05:04:25,558 --> 05:04:26,827 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4145 05:04:26,827 --> 05:04:28,628 >> COUNSEL BUILD 214 - 26. 4146 05:04:28,628 --> 05:04:30,563 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4147 05:04:30,563 --> 05:04:32,565 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4148 05:04:32,565 --> 05:04:34,567 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. 4149 05:04:34,567 --> 05:04:36,636 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4150 05:04:36,636 --> 05:04:38,138 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4151 05:04:38,138 --> 05:04:40,538 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4152 05:04:40,573 --> 05:04:41,775 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4153 05:04:41,775 --> 05:04:43,709 >> COUNSEL BUILD 215 - 26. 4154 05:04:43,709 --> 05:04:45,645 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4155 05:04:45,645 --> 05:04:47,647 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4156 05:04:47,647 --> 05:04:49,649 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. 4157 05:04:49,649 --> 05:04:51,651 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4158 05:04:51,651 --> 05:04:53,153 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4159 05:04:53,153 --> 05:04:55,553 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4160 05:04:55,655 --> 05:04:56,790 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4161 05:04:56,790 --> 05:04:58,658 >> COUNSEL BILL 216 - 26. 4162 05:04:58,658 --> 05:05:00,658 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4163 05:05:00,660 --> 05:05:02,662 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4164 05:05:02,662 --> 05:05:04,664 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. 4165 05:05:04,664 --> 05:05:06,666 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4166 05:05:06,666 --> 05:05:08,201 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4167 05:05:08,201 --> 05:05:10,601 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4168 05:05:10,670 --> 05:05:11,938 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4169 05:05:11,938 --> 05:05:13,807 >> COUNSEL BILL 216 - 26. 4170 05:05:13,807 --> 05:05:15,609 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4171 05:05:15,609 --> 05:05:17,611 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4172 05:05:17,611 --> 05:05:19,613 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. 4173 05:05:19,613 --> 05:05:21,615 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4174 05:05:21,615 --> 05:05:23,217 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4175 05:05:23,217 --> 05:05:25,617 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4176 05:05:25,619 --> 05:05:26,887 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4177 05:05:26,887 --> 05:05:28,756 >> COUNSEL BUILD 218 - 26. 4178 05:05:28,756 --> 05:05:31,625 >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR THE FINAL TIME YES. 4179 05:05:31,625 --> 05:05:33,627 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4180 05:05:33,627 --> 05:05:35,629 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. 4181 05:05:35,629 --> 05:05:37,631 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4182 05:05:37,631 --> 05:05:39,233 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4183 05:05:39,233 --> 05:05:41,633 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4184 05:05:41,635 --> 05:05:43,704 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4185 05:05:43,704 --> 05:05:46,706 >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON, APPRECIATE YOU ALL.MOVING ON, 4186 05:05:46,706 --> 05:05:50,306 SHEILA WILL YOU READ BILL 219 - 26. 4187 05:05:57,451 --> 05:06:00,187 >> COUNSEL BUILD TO 19 - 26 AMENDED ORDINANCE NUMBER 62509 4188 05:06:00,187 --> 05:06:03,323 BY REVISING A POWER COST ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE WITH 4189 05:06:03,323 --> 05:06:07,328 METERED ELECTRIC SERVICE AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE 4190 05:06:07,328 --> 05:06:09,730 SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READ. 4191 05:06:09,730 --> 05:06:13,200 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? 4192 05:06:13,200 --> 05:06:15,600 >> ERIN KEYS UTILITIES DIRECTOR . 4193 05:06:22,543 --> 05:06:25,479 COUNCIL APPROVED THE CURRENT PROCEDURE IN 2023 AND 4194 05:06:25,479 --> 05:06:29,283 ASSOCIATION WITH THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY PERFORMED AT THAT 4195 05:06:29,283 --> 05:06:31,485 TIME. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING COUNSEL 4196 05:06:31,485 --> 05:06:34,488 ELECTED TO CAP THE RECOVERY RATE AT 15% OF THE TIER 1 4197 05:06:34,488 --> 05:06:39,288 RESIDENTIAL RATE. AND JUST AS A REMINDER ACTUAL 4198 05:06:39,493 --> 05:06:44,898 COSTS OF POWER SUPPLY CAN SWING FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THE PCA, 4199 05:06:44,898 --> 05:06:48,969 POWER COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM THE UTILITY USES TO ADJUST 4200 05:06:48,969 --> 05:06:52,906 REVENUE COLLECTION TO AVOID ANY LARGE ANNUAL DEFICITS OR 4201 05:06:52,906 --> 05:06:56,177 SURPLUSES DUE TO CHANGES IN THE ENERGY MARKET. 4202 05:06:56,177 --> 05:07:01,577 SO IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THERE'S BEEN INCREASING 4203 05:07:01,782 --> 05:07:04,782 UNRECOVERED COSTS AND POWER PURCHASE. 4204 05:07:12,726 --> 05:07:16,463 FOR EXAMPLE IN FY 24 THERE WAS WITH THE CAP THERE WAS ABOUT 3 4205 05:07:16,463 --> 05:07:19,533 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT DID NOT GET RECOVERED. 4206 05:07:19,533 --> 05:07:22,936 IN 2025 THAT UNRECOVERED AMOUNT INCREASED TO 10 MILLION AND AS 4207 05:07:22,936 --> 05:07:28,936 OF JULY THIS YEAR WE ARE ALREADY UP TO 16.8 BILLION. 4208 05:07:35,416 --> 05:07:38,486 THOSE ARE POWER COSTS DUE TO OUR POWER SUPPLY WE HAVE NOT 4209 05:07:38,486 --> 05:07:42,490 YET RECOVERED SO THAT MEANS IT COMES OUT OF OUR CASH RESERVES 4210 05:07:42,490 --> 05:07:45,559 AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS THAT IMPACTS ARE FORECAST FOR 4211 05:07:45,559 --> 05:07:49,363 THE FUTURE OF AND IT IMPACTS THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE 4212 05:07:49,363 --> 05:07:52,433 ABLE TO DO.IF WE ARE HAVING TO DIP INTO OUR CASH RESERVES 4213 05:07:52,433 --> 05:07:55,369 TO COVER THOSE ENERGY COSTS. SO WATER AND LIGHT ADVISORY 4214 05:07:55,369 --> 05:08:01,969 BOARD WERE LOOKING AT HIS QUARTERLY AND IN THE LAST YEAR 4215 05:08:04,440 --> 05:08:07,715 AND AND A HALF THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT MONTHLY BECAUSE 4216 05:08:07,715 --> 05:08:11,719 THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED WE ARE NOT RECOVERING OUR COSTS DUE TO 4217 05:08:11,719 --> 05:08:14,922 INCREASED POWER SUPPLY. SO THEY LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD 4218 05:08:14,922 --> 05:08:18,392 LOOK LIKE IF THERE WAS NO CAP, IF THERE WAS A 17 AND A HALF% 4219 05:08:18,392 --> 05:08:23,464 CAP, A 20%, 25% AND THEY WERE TRYING TO BALANCE OUR FISCAL 4220 05:08:23,464 --> 05:08:27,134 NEEDS WITH CUSTOMER IMPACT. THEY RECOMMENDED INCREASING THE 4221 05:08:27,134 --> 05:08:32,534 CAP FROM 15% TO THE 20% OF RESIDENTIAL TIER 1 FOR AN 4222 05:08:40,147 --> 05:08:43,150 ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $6.1 MILLION IN FY 27 AND 4223 05:08:43,150 --> 05:08:47,488 REDUCE OUR ANNUAL TRUE UP.SO AGAIN THIS COST, APPROVING, 4224 05:08:47,488 --> 05:08:51,558 WELL THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL BILL CALCULATOR ON THE CITY'S 4225 05:08:51,558 --> 05:08:56,764 WEBSITE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN PUT IN THEIR ACCOUNT NUMBER AND SEE 4226 05:08:56,764 --> 05:09:00,330 WHAT THE DIFFERENCES FOR ALL THE GREAT CHANGES THAT HAVE, 4227 05:09:00,330 --> 05:09:06,330 THE ONES YOU'VE APPROVED AND THIS PCA WOULD LOOK LIKE. 4228 05:09:08,709 --> 05:09:12,645 SO APPROVING THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT WOULD UPDATE THE POWER 4229 05:09:12,645 --> 05:09:18,450 COST ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE TO INCREASE THE CAP FROM 15% OF 4230 05:09:19,530 --> 05:09:22,790 THE TIER 1 RESIDENTIAL RATE TO 20% OF THE TIER 1 RESIDENTIAL 4231 05:09:22,790 --> 05:09:27,193 RATE. AGAIN OUR PLAN IS IN FY 27 THE 4232 05:09:27,193 --> 05:09:29,930 COST OF SERVICE STUDY WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE 4233 05:09:29,930 --> 05:09:31,999 PROCEDURE. IT WILL UPDATE THE BASE RATE 4234 05:09:31,999 --> 05:09:37,300 THE PROCEDURE IS BASED ON AND UPDATE THAT PCA RATE BASED ON 4235 05:09:37,300 --> 05:09:41,203 OUR EXPERIENCE OVER THESE PAST THREE YEARS. 4236 05:09:45,479 --> 05:09:48,482 MANY OTHER MISSOURI UTILITIES DO HAVE A PCA. 4237 05:09:48,482 --> 05:09:51,418 EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF IMPLEMENTING IT. 4238 05:09:51,418 --> 05:09:58,180 WE ARE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. BUT AGAIN THIS IS A MECHANISM 4239 05:09:58,826 --> 05:10:01,962 TO RECOVER SOME OF THE INCREASED COSTS WE'VE BEEN 4240 05:10:01,962 --> 05:10:06,320 SEEING IN POWER SUPPLY. IT'S IMPLEMENTED UNIFORMLY OVER 4241 05:10:06,320 --> 05:10:10,832 ALL THE CUSTOMERS. WE ARE JUST USING THE 4242 05:10:12,972 --> 05:10:18,972 RESIDENTIAL TIER 1 RATE AS A MECHANISM TO IMPLEMENT THAT BUT 4243 05:10:19,980 --> 05:10:23,850 IF WE CHOSE TO UPDATE IT WITH THE COST OF SERVICE WE COULD 4244 05:10:23,850 --> 05:10:28,789 LOOK AT OTHER MECHANISMS FOR DOING, FOR OUR CURRENT 4245 05:10:28,789 --> 05:10:30,791 PROCEDURE. WITH THAT I'M WILLING TO 4246 05:10:30,791 --> 05:10:32,992 ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 4247 05:10:32,992 --> 05:10:37,192 >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS. 4248 05:10:41,534 --> 05:10:45,472 AT THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT IMPACT TO OUR INDUSTRIAL 4249 05:10:45,472 --> 05:10:48,408 CUSTOMERS AND WE'VE RECEIVED QUESTIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT 4250 05:10:48,408 --> 05:10:54,408 LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT IT'S PROCEDURE IS BASED ON 4251 05:11:02,623 --> 05:11:05,892 RESIDENTIAL RATES AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO 4252 05:11:05,892 --> 05:11:09,763 APPLY THAT 20% ACROSS ALL THE RATES, LIKE WHAT IMPACT THAT 4253 05:11:09,763 --> 05:11:12,833 WOULD HAVE TOWARDS REDUCING. HAS STAFF EVALUATED THE IMPACT 4254 05:11:12,833 --> 05:11:15,233 TO LARGE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS. 4255 05:11:17,104 --> 05:11:20,707 >> WHEN WE TOOK THIS TO WATER AND LIGHT ADVISORY BOARD AND 4256 05:11:20,707 --> 05:11:24,645 LOOKED AT PERCENTAGES ON INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS WAS PART 4257 05:11:24,645 --> 05:11:26,913 OF THE EQUATION. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY 4258 05:11:26,913 --> 05:11:32,652 DIDN'T GO WITH NO CAP OR A 25%. THEY JUST WENT UP 5% TO TRY TO 4259 05:11:32,652 --> 05:11:35,589 MINIMIZE THAT BUT ALSO TO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER MORE OF THE 4260 05:11:35,589 --> 05:11:39,259 FUNDS NEEDED TO PAY FOR OUR POWER SUPPLY COSTS. 4261 05:11:39,259 --> 05:11:45,411 STAFF TODAY WE DID LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE 4262 05:11:45,411 --> 05:11:51,411 TO DO SOME DIFFERENT MECHANISMS BESIDES TIER 1 BUT REALLY I 4263 05:11:57,890 --> 05:12:00,920 THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING CONFUSED THAT TIER 1 AS 4264 05:12:00,920 --> 05:12:02,694 RESIDENTIAL RATE, THAT'S JUST A MECHANISM WE ARE USING. 4265 05:12:02,694 --> 05:12:09,340 IF WE WERE TO USE EACH CUSTOMERS FOR LACK OF A BETTER 4266 05:12:09,340 --> 05:12:15,634 TERM TIER 1 RATE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER THE $6 4267 05:12:17,843 --> 05:12:23,449 MILLION WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR FORECAST AS WE'VE 4268 05:12:23,449 --> 05:12:27,490 PROPOSED EARLIER TO YOU IN JULY. 4269 05:12:28,721 --> 05:12:32,925 BECAUSE THE MILLION DOLLARS WE WOULDN'T RECOVER, THOSE 4270 05:12:32,925 --> 05:12:37,125 COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. SO THE QUESTION YOU'D ASKED 4271 05:12:40,199 --> 05:12:44,202 EARLIER TODAY, BUT OUR BREAKOUT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL RATE, 4272 05:12:44,202 --> 05:12:47,540 BETWEEN COMMERCIAL REVENUE AND RESIDENTIAL AND 63% OF OUR 4273 05:12:47,540 --> 05:12:52,940 REVENUE, IS THAT RIGHT? COMES FROM COMMERCIAL AND THE 4274 05:12:56,215 --> 05:12:58,483 REMAINDER COMES FROM RESIDENTIAL SO IT'S A BIG 4275 05:12:58,483 --> 05:13:04,483 IMPACT IF WE CHANGED THE PROCEDURE TO BE THOSE TEARS. 4276 05:13:05,290 --> 05:13:10,690 >>Mayor Buffaloe: TO CLARIFY THEN, WE ARE RECOVERING ENERGY 4277 05:13:11,363 --> 05:13:15,563 USED SO THIS IS THEIR ENERGY USED. 4278 05:13:23,242 --> 05:13:26,111 IT IS AFFECTING ALL OF US OBVIOUSLY BUT IT IS ALSO YOU 4279 05:13:26,111 --> 05:13:29,248 PAY MORE BECAUSE YOU USED MORE, IS THAT CORRECT. 4280 05:13:29,248 --> 05:13:32,510 >> THAT IS CORRECT. ON THEIR REGULAR RATES THE 4281 05:13:32,510 --> 05:13:35,987 LARGE GENERAL SERVICE AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS THEY HAVE 4282 05:13:35,987 --> 05:13:39,458 A DEMAND CHARGE SO THEIR REGULAR RATE IS LOWER. 4283 05:13:39,458 --> 05:13:45,458 THAT'S WHERE THEY SEE THEIR DISCOUNT IS IN THEIR NORMAL 4284 05:13:51,690 --> 05:13:53,710 RATE. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO RECOVER 4285 05:13:53,710 --> 05:13:56,208 IN THE PCA AGAIN IS JUST THAT ENERGY USE, IT'S NOT ALL THE 4286 05:13:56,208 --> 05:14:01,413 OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES WE ARE TRYING TO 4287 05:14:01,413 --> 05:14:01,947 RECOVER. 4288 05:14:01,947 --> 05:14:04,947 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, CHRISTINA. 4289 05:14:06,551 --> 05:14:09,488 >>Council Member Hartman: SO YOUR PEAK USAGE TIME IS SUMMER, 4290 05:14:09,488 --> 05:14:10,689 WINTER, FALL. 4291 05:14:10,689 --> 05:14:13,492 >> WE ARE A SUMMER PEEKING UTILITY. 4292 05:14:13,492 --> 05:14:18,290 >>Council Member Hartman: IF WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE RECOUPING 4293 05:14:18,290 --> 05:14:21,166 COSTS, IF SUMMER IS THE PEAK WHY DID WE WAIT UNTIL ALMOST 4294 05:14:21,166 --> 05:14:23,566 FALL TO DO ADJUSTMENTS. 4295 05:14:33,178 --> 05:14:36,782 >> I THOUGHT IT BEST TO BRING IT AT THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE 4296 05:14:36,782 --> 05:14:39,918 BRINGING RATES AND TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. 4297 05:14:39,918 --> 05:14:44,123 >>Council Member Hartman: I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LIKE 4298 05:14:44,123 --> 05:14:47,859 WHAT ALTERNATIVES DO WE HAVE INSTEAD OF RELYING SO HEAVILY 4299 05:14:47,859 --> 05:14:50,395 ON CONTRACTS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL 4300 05:14:50,395 --> 05:14:53,999 CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS BUT IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO 4301 05:14:53,999 --> 05:15:00,599 WHERE WE CAN EITHER PRODUCE MORE OF OUR OWN RATHER THAN 4302 05:15:02,874 --> 05:15:06,878 RELYING ON THESE CONTRACTS THAT REQUIRE THAT ADDITIONAL 4303 05:15:06,878 --> 05:15:08,878 UNPREDICTABILITY RATE. 4304 05:15:15,870 --> 05:15:17,956 >> OUR CONTRACTS ARE ONE PORTION OF OUR POWER SUPPLY 4305 05:15:17,956 --> 05:15:21,894 COSTS.THE ACTUAL ENERGY USED WE ARE PAYING MARKET RATES FOR 4306 05:15:21,894 --> 05:15:25,494 THAT. AND IT'S CALLED THE LOCATIONAL 4307 05:15:25,497 --> 05:15:28,567 MARGINAL PRICE, LLP'S. THOSE ARE ALL BASED ON THE 4308 05:15:28,567 --> 05:15:31,567 MARKET AND EVERYBODY PAYS THOSE. 4309 05:15:32,370 --> 05:15:39,837 SO THIS IS WHERE WE GET COMPLEX IN ELECTRICITY BUT THE L MPS 4310 05:15:40,712 --> 05:15:44,312 HAVE BEEN GOING UP CONSIDERABLY YEAR-OVER-YEAR. 4311 05:15:46,510 --> 05:15:51,923 OUR CONTRACT PRICES HELP KEEP OUR ENERGY PRICES LOWER BUT THE 4312 05:15:51,923 --> 05:15:55,928 L MPS GOING UP STILL IMPACT OUR OVERALL ENERGY POWER SUPPLY 4313 05:15:55,928 --> 05:15:57,129 PURCHASE. 4314 05:15:57,129 --> 05:16:00,198 >>Council Member Hartman: SO ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN DO TO 4315 05:16:00,198 --> 05:16:03,798 OFFSET THAT? BESIDES JUST INCREASING THAT 4316 05:16:09,408 --> 05:16:10,750 PERCENTAGE. 4317 05:16:10,750 --> 05:16:14,212 >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT WITH THE LMP PRICES 4318 05:16:14,212 --> 05:16:20,212 GOING UP, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO. 4319 05:16:21,954 --> 05:16:26,754 >> ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND I THINK SOMETHING 4320 05:16:29,894 --> 05:16:37,940 TO CLARIFY HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE LMP COSTS WHERE WERE 4321 05:16:43,908 --> 05:16:46,978 GETTING OUR ENERGY FROM IN OUR OWN FACILITIES IS INDEPENDENT 4322 05:16:46,978 --> 05:16:50,715 AND ALMOST A SEPARATE PROJECT SO LET'S SAY WE NEED 200 MW. 4323 05:16:50,715 --> 05:16:53,652 WE HAVE A CONTRACT WHERE WE RECEIVE THEM FROM EXCELLENT 4324 05:16:53,652 --> 05:16:56,789 SOURCES, IF THE COST OF THE ENTIRE MARKET AS A CERTAIN 4325 05:16:56,789 --> 05:16:59,792 PRICE COST IS SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY 4326 05:16:59,792 --> 05:17:02,928 ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE WE DO PURCHASE OR ENERGY FOR ALL 4327 05:17:02,928 --> 05:17:06,865 USAGE, NO MATTER WHERE WE GENERATE OUR OWN POWER FROM. 4328 05:17:06,865 --> 05:17:08,934 >>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. 4329 05:17:08,934 --> 05:17:14,500 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. SEEING NONE WOULD ANYONE FROM 4330 05:17:14,500 --> 05:17:18,805 THE PUBLIC WHICH TO SPEAK ON BILL 219 - 26. 4331 05:17:20,879 --> 05:17:24,483 WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL COMMENTS, CAN YOU REMIND US THE 4332 05:17:24,483 --> 05:17:27,286 TIMELINE WITH THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY AND WHEN WE CAN 4333 05:17:27,286 --> 05:17:29,286 EXPECT UPDATES. 4334 05:17:32,624 --> 05:17:36,295 >> WE WILL CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT EARLY IN OCTOBER 4335 05:17:36,295 --> 05:17:41,695 HOPEFULLY IS OUR PLAN TO START WORKING ON THAT. 4336 05:17:42,901 --> 05:17:45,971 THERE WILL BE AN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, THEY WILL COLLECT 4337 05:17:45,971 --> 05:17:49,841 INFORMATION FROM STAFF AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOMETHING 4338 05:17:49,841 --> 05:17:56,441 BACK IN THE EARLY PART OF 2027. SO THAT WHATEVER RATE INCREASES 4339 05:17:59,500 --> 05:18:01,987 WE WOULD NEED TO DO WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE WITH THE 4340 05:18:01,987 --> 05:18:03,987 BUDGET PROCESS FOR 2028. 4341 05:18:07,192 --> 05:18:09,995 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, SHEILA WILL 4342 05:18:09,995 --> 05:18:13,660 YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON BILL 219 - 26. 4343 05:18:13,660 --> 05:18:14,201 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4344 05:18:14,201 --> 05:18:16,203 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4345 05:18:16,203 --> 05:18:20,700 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4346 05:18:20,700 --> 05:18:21,642 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4347 05:18:21,642 --> 05:18:24,420 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4348 05:18:24,770 --> 05:18:26,477 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4349 05:18:28,148 --> 05:18:31,952 >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL OLD BUSINESS ITEM OF 4350 05:18:31,952 --> 05:18:36,752 THE EVENING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ BILL 220 - 26. 4351 05:18:45,499 --> 05:18:48,435 >> ORDINANCE VACATING A PEDESTRIAN STREET TRAIL UTILITY 4352 05:18:48,435 --> 05:18:52,305 AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT ADJACENT TO LOTS 227 TO 28 THROUGH 37 4353 05:18:52,305 --> 05:18:58,305 AND 238 WITHIN THE FINAL PLAT OF OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH PLAT 4354 05:18:58,712 --> 05:19:01,849 NUMBER ONE LOCATED EAST OF WALTON YOUTH DRIVE AND WEST OF 4355 05:19:01,849 --> 05:19:04,718 ASHDOWN DRIVE DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO HAVE A COPY OF 4356 05:19:04,718 --> 05:19:07,787 THIS ORDINANCE RECORDED ACCEPTING A GRANT OF EASEMENT 4357 05:19:07,787 --> 05:19:12,587 OR UTILITY AND DRAINAGE PURPOSES FROM THE GAIL 4358 05:19:15,620 --> 05:19:18,198 SERGEANT, JAMES AND DEBORAH PROBST NEW HAVEN CUSTOM HOMES 4359 05:19:18,198 --> 05:19:21,935 LLC DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO HAVE THE CONVEYANCE REPORTED 4360 05:19:21,935 --> 05:19:26,600 FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND 4361 05:19:26,600 --> 05:19:26,540 READING. 4362 05:19:26,540 --> 05:19:29,943 >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN 4363 05:19:29,943 --> 05:19:34,743 EASEMENT VACATION UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND THE 4364 05:19:35,615 --> 05:19:38,618 RERECORDING OF THE UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT. 4365 05:19:38,618 --> 05:19:41,555 SO I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE 4366 05:19:41,555 --> 05:19:46,560 LOCATION WISE, SO IT'S LOCATED REALLY ACROSS A RESIDENTIAL 4367 05:19:46,560 --> 05:19:49,829 BLOCK. THIS IS OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH SO 4368 05:19:49,829 --> 05:19:53,767 WE HAVE RICHLAND ROAD RUNNING ALONG THE TOP. 4369 05:19:53,767 --> 05:19:59,167 NEAR OLD HAWTHORNE REGIONAL SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH JUST 4370 05:20:04,440 --> 05:20:06,913 OFF THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT IS ROLLING HILLS ROAD. 4371 05:20:06,913 --> 05:20:09,982 WE CAN KIND OF ZOOM IN ON THAT SITE SO THAT'S THE EASEMENT 4372 05:20:09,982 --> 05:20:12,185 TONIGHT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR VACATION. 4373 05:20:12,185 --> 05:20:15,989 IT REALLY THAT VACATION WITH THE REDEDICATION AFFECTS THE 4374 05:20:15,989 --> 05:20:20,789 TRAIL EASEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED A SPECIFIC 4375 05:20:23,263 --> 05:20:26,333 TRAIL/SIDEWALK TO BE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THESE FOUR 4376 05:20:26,333 --> 05:20:28,733 RESIDENTIAL LOTS CONNECTING ASHDOWN. 4377 05:20:29,602 --> 05:20:32,338 SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHY WE HAVE THAT HERE. 4378 05:20:32,338 --> 05:20:35,542 SO WHEN THE OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS APPROVED 4379 05:20:35,542 --> 05:20:40,342 THIS SPECIFIC BLOCK RIPPED LOVELOCK REALLY BEING THE 4380 05:20:48,288 --> 05:20:52,225 PORTION NORTH OF SOUTH YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN PRINT WE HAVE A 4381 05:20:52,225 --> 05:20:55,295 REQUIREMENT IT CANNOT EXCEED 600 FEET IN LENGTH SO THAT'S A 4382 05:20:55,295 --> 05:20:58,364 STRAIGHT CONNECTIVITY TYPE COMPONENT OF OUR SUBDIVISION. 4383 05:20:58,364 --> 05:21:01,367 MEANT TO REALLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STREET SEGMENTS TO 4384 05:21:01,367 --> 05:21:05,171 CONNECT SO WE DON'T HAVE EXTREMELY LONG BLOCKS AND IT 4385 05:21:05,171 --> 05:21:09,242 ALLOWS FOR ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS FOR TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS WRIT IT 4386 05:21:09,242 --> 05:21:12,245 INCREASES THE EFFICIENCY OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE TRAFFIC 4387 05:21:12,245 --> 05:21:16,445 SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. SO MAXIMUM 600 FEET. 4388 05:21:17,918 --> 05:21:21,922 THEY REQUESTED THE APPLICANT AT THE TIME REQUESTED TO EXCEED 4389 05:21:21,922 --> 05:21:24,991 THAT UP TO 750 FEET SO AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED 50 FEET ON 4390 05:21:24,991 --> 05:21:28,929 THAT PACIFIC BLOCK WRITTEN CONDITION APPROVED WITH THAT 4391 05:21:28,929 --> 05:21:31,998 DESIGN ADJUSTMENT WAS THAT A MIDLIFE CROSS IF YOU WILL WAS 4392 05:21:31,998 --> 05:21:34,401 APPROVED TO ALLOW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. 4393 05:21:34,401 --> 05:21:39,539 KIND OF MIDWAY THROUGH THAT NOW LONGER BLOCK THAN IS STANDARD 4394 05:21:39,539 --> 05:21:46,139 TO ALLOW I THINK THAT CONTINUED KIND OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IF 4395 05:22:18,712 --> 05:22:22,648 YOU WILL OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK 4396 05:22:22,648 --> 05:22:25,786 AROUND THE ENTIRE BLOCK SO IT WAS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF 4397 05:22:25,786 --> 05:22:28,588 THE UPPER BLOCK. THERE WERE TWO OTHER ONES IN 4398 05:22:28,588 --> 05:22:31,524 THE SUBDIVISION.IT IS A I HESITATE TO SAY STANDARD BUT 4399 05:22:31,524 --> 05:22:34,660 DEFINITELY A JEWEL WE HAVE USED ON A COUPLE SUBDIVISIONS NOW 4400 05:22:34,660 --> 05:22:37,731 WHEN A REQUEST TO HAVE A LONGER BLOCK LENGTH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED 4401 05:22:37,731 --> 05:22:40,667 BY AN APPLICANT. SO SOMETHING WE ARE SEEING MORE 4402 05:22:40,667 --> 05:22:44,538 AND MORE OF READ THAT LEADS ME TO OUR NEXT CONVERSATION SO 4403 05:22:44,538 --> 05:22:47,674 THIS IS REALLY MORE ZOOMED IN DETAILED LOOK OF WHERE THAT 4404 05:22:47,674 --> 05:22:50,677 TRAIL WOULD HAVE GONE. IT IS NOT CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED 4405 05:22:50,677 --> 05:22:54,481 SO TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS, THE AND 4406 05:22:54,481 --> 05:22:56,750 WHY THE EASEMENT VACATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. 4407 05:22:56,750 --> 05:23:00,553 THE HOUSE TO THE NORTH OF THAT REDLINE LOT 227 A PERMIT WAS 4408 05:23:00,553 --> 05:23:03,690 ISSUED FOR THAT SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE. 4409 05:23:03,690 --> 05:23:07,560 THE HOUSE WAS ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTED, DIFFICULT FINAL 4410 05:23:07,560 --> 05:23:11,498 STEP IN CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE PROCESS IS INSPECTION AND 4411 05:23:11,498 --> 05:23:15,502 ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WHICH MEANS THAT THE 4412 05:23:15,502 --> 05:23:19,573 STRUCTURE CAN BE OCCUPIED READ EVERYTHING'S COMPLETED, SOMEONE 4413 05:23:19,573 --> 05:23:21,641 CAN MOVE IN. THE TRAIL WAS INTENDED TO BE 4414 05:23:21,641 --> 05:23:24,711 CONSTRUCTED HIGHER TO THE FIRST CO ISSUANCE OF ALL FOUR HOWEVER 4415 05:23:24,711 --> 05:23:28,648 THE CO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS PREMATURELY ISSUED BY THE 4416 05:23:28,648 --> 05:23:32,585 DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AND THE HOUSE WAS 4417 05:23:32,585 --> 05:23:34,588 SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD TO THE CURRENT OWNER. 4418 05:23:34,588 --> 05:23:38,592 THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE BEGAN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS 4419 05:23:38,592 --> 05:23:40,726 OWNER. I THINK IN THE LATE LAST YEAR 4420 05:23:40,726 --> 05:23:43,663 IT WAS AS WE WENT TO ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE NEXT HOUSE TO 4421 05:23:43,663 --> 05:23:46,733 THE SOUTH.IT WAS IDENTIFIED THE TRAIL WAS NOT COMPLETED AS 4422 05:23:46,733 --> 05:23:49,802 IT SHOULD SO WE TOOK APPROPRIATE STEPS TO MAKE SURE 4423 05:23:49,802 --> 05:23:54,474 IT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. AT THAT POINT WE RECEIVED 4424 05:23:54,474 --> 05:23:57,677 COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOTH THOSE OWNERS WITH ADDITIONAL I THINK 4425 05:23:57,677 --> 05:24:00,747 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THAT REQUIREMENT 4426 05:24:00,747 --> 05:24:04,618 BETWEEN THESE TWO OF STRUCTURES AND HOW IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT 4427 05:24:04,618 --> 05:24:07,754 ON THEIR PROPERTIES AND ALSO WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THEIR 4428 05:24:07,754 --> 05:24:10,824 HOUSES COULD DECREASE THE ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY SO 4429 05:24:10,824 --> 05:24:14,561 WE DID WORK WITH THEM ON POTENTIAL STEPS TO REMOVE THAT 4430 05:24:14,561 --> 05:24:17,697 REQUIREMENT IF THEY SO CHOSE TO SEEK THAT AND THEY DID SUBMIT 4431 05:24:17,697 --> 05:24:21,635 THE APPLICATION WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT SO WHAT THEY'VE 4432 05:24:21,635 --> 05:24:26,435 REQUESTED TO ALLEVIATE THE EXISTING IN THEIR VIEWPOINT 4433 05:24:27,774 --> 05:24:30,710 EXISTING HARDSHIP ON THESE PROPERTIES IS TO VACATE THE 4434 05:24:30,710 --> 05:24:34,514 TRAIL EASEMENT AND WE BE VACATING ALL EASEMENTS AND 4435 05:24:34,514 --> 05:24:37,517 HAVING TO PUT BACK TO WHERE JUST VACATING THE TRAIL 4436 05:24:37,517 --> 05:24:40,800 EASEMENT WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT TRAIL TO 4437 05:24:40,800 --> 05:24:43,803 BE CONSTRUCTED. I JUST POINT OUT OBVIOUSLY THIS 4438 05:24:43,803 --> 05:24:47,674 IS NOT A BEST CASE SCENARIO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE GO 4439 05:24:47,674 --> 05:24:51,611 FORWARD IF THIS CONTINUES TO BE A STANDARD DESIGN ADJUSTMENT 4440 05:24:51,611 --> 05:24:54,814 CONDITION IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO THAT IT'S 4441 05:24:54,814 --> 05:24:57,830 STANDARDIZED. ONE OF THE ISSUES WE IDENTIFIED 4442 05:24:57,830 --> 05:24:59,218 WAS REALLY AN AD HOC REQUIREMENT. 4443 05:24:59,218 --> 05:25:03,418 WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS IN PLACE. 4444 05:25:03,757 --> 05:25:06,893 THAT GUIDE REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AND WE WERE 4445 05:25:06,893 --> 05:25:10,163 TRYING TO ENFORCE IT SIMILAR TO OTHER SITUATIONS. 4446 05:25:10,163 --> 05:25:15,563 OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT SLIPPED BETWEEN THE CRACKS SO 4447 05:25:17,770 --> 05:25:23,170 WE DON'T BELIEVE NECESSARILY THIS WOULD IMPACT LIFE SAFETY. 4448 05:25:29,449 --> 05:25:32,385 AS I SAID THE PURPOSE OF THAT CROSS ACCESS WAS TO FIND THE 4449 05:25:32,385 --> 05:25:36,189 ADDRESS LONGER BLOCK LENGTH AS A CONDITION OF ALLOWING THAT SO 4450 05:25:36,189 --> 05:25:39,259 SORT OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ACCESS THROUGH THESE LOTS.I 4451 05:25:39,259 --> 05:25:42,328 WOULD SAY THAT WE DID REVIEW HOW THIS DID OCCUR AND THE 4452 05:25:42,328 --> 05:25:45,928 SITUATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO IT. 4453 05:25:49,935 --> 05:25:53,500 WORKED WITH STAFF TRYING TO ADDRESS MEANINGFUL STEPS TO 4454 05:25:53,500 --> 05:25:56,876 MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN SO WE'VE INITIATED 4455 05:25:56,876 --> 05:25:59,945 ADDITIONAL CONTACT REQUIREMENTS ANYTIME WE HAVE A TRAIL 4456 05:25:59,945 --> 05:26:02,949 EASEMENT LIKE THIS THAT'S NONSTANDARD MAKING SURE THE 4457 05:26:02,949 --> 05:26:06,886 OWNER OR BUILDER IS WELL AWARE. SO THEN STAFF IS MAKING SURE 4458 05:26:06,886 --> 05:26:09,822 EVERYONE ON BOARD UNDERSTAND THAT REQUIREMENT. 4459 05:26:09,822 --> 05:26:12,759 WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE CHANGING HOW AND WHEN IT GETS 4460 05:26:12,759 --> 05:26:14,961 CONSTRUCTED. RIGHT NOW WE VIEWED IT MORE 4461 05:26:14,961 --> 05:26:18,231 LIKE A SIDEWALK ALONG WITH THE HOUSE AND MOVING FORWARD WE 4462 05:26:18,231 --> 05:26:22,101 WILL LOOK AT MORE OF THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS SO 4463 05:26:22,101 --> 05:26:26,301 IT'S CONSTRUCTED UPFRONT. THE RECOMMENDATION JUST SOME 4464 05:26:36,916 --> 05:26:40,119 CONTEXT THESE ARE THE TWO HOMES THE TRAIL WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED, 4465 05:26:40,119 --> 05:26:43,857 A 8 FOOT PATH BETWEEN THE HOMES AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LINE 4466 05:26:43,857 --> 05:26:46,192 BETWEEN THE TWO HOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN. 4467 05:26:46,192 --> 05:26:49,863 IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE DIDN'T PUT FORTH A SPECIFIC 4468 05:26:49,863 --> 05:26:51,998 RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD PROVIDE THAT THIS IS 4469 05:26:51,998 --> 05:26:54,934 NOT REALLY A SITUATION WE APPRECIATE BEING IN. 4470 05:26:54,934 --> 05:26:58,400 IT'S UNFORTUNATE. THIS PATHWAY DOES PROVIDE A 4471 05:26:58,400 --> 05:27:02,804 PATHWAY FORWARD IF COUNSEL DETERMINES THE TRAIL EASEMENT 4472 05:27:07,130 --> 05:27:10,750 IS NOT NECESSARY AND WOULD ALLEVIATE CONCERNS FROM THE 4473 05:27:10,750 --> 05:27:14,954 PROPERTY OWNERS SO WITH THAT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 4474 05:27:14,954 --> 05:27:17,890 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR 4475 05:27:17,890 --> 05:27:20,760 RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS TO CLARIFY A YES VOTE ON THIS 4476 05:27:20,760 --> 05:27:23,830 ORDINANCE IS DOING THE ELIMINATION AND A NO VOTE IS 4477 05:27:23,830 --> 05:27:25,980 UPHOLDING THE REQUIREMENT. 4478 05:27:25,980 --> 05:27:28,980 >> I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT. 4479 05:27:30,370 --> 05:27:33,440 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WANT TO CLARIFY SO SINCE BOTH ARE ON 4480 05:27:33,440 --> 05:27:37,310 THEIR IT COULD BE CONFUSING SO QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL, 4481 05:27:37,310 --> 05:27:39,446 VALERIE. >>Council Member Carroll: A 4482 05:27:39,446 --> 05:27:43,182 LOT OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT VACATING THE 4483 05:27:43,182 --> 05:27:48,582 EASEMENT FOR THE TRAIL. WE ARE ALSO VACATING UTILITY 4484 05:27:48,588 --> 05:27:50,588 AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS. 4485 05:27:55,928 --> 05:27:59,666 >> WE WOULD BE RE-DEDICATING THOSE TWO TO MAKE IT SIMPLER TO 4486 05:27:59,666 --> 05:28:03,736 DEDICATE ALL THE EASEMENTS AND THE UTILITY. 4487 05:28:03,736 --> 05:28:06,606 >>Council Member Carroll: MY OTHER QUESTION IS, HOW IS IT 4488 05:28:06,606 --> 05:28:10,810 COMMUNICATED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND BUILDER THAT THERE 4489 05:28:10,810 --> 05:28:16,810 WAS AN EASEMENT PRESENT AND A REQUIREMENT FOR A PEDESTRIAN 4490 05:28:19,850 --> 05:28:19,552 PATH. 4491 05:28:19,552 --> 05:28:22,354 >> MOST DIRECTLY THE REQUIREMENT IS LISTED ON THE 4492 05:28:22,354 --> 05:28:29,554 PLOT PLAN SO WHEN SOMEONE TURNS IN A REQUIREMENT THEY HAVE TO 4493 05:28:35,101 --> 05:28:38,972 MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THE TRAIL WAS REFLECTED SO 4494 05:28:38,972 --> 05:28:42,108 THAT WAS ISSUED, THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED WITH THAT PLOT PLAN SO 4495 05:28:42,108 --> 05:28:45,111 THEY ARE AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENT AND THAT 4496 05:28:45,111 --> 05:28:48,114 REQUIREMENT IS ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AS WELL. 4497 05:28:48,114 --> 05:28:51,714 >>Council Member Carroll: THE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS 4498 05:28:51,984 --> 05:28:54,988 WORKING ON THIS, THEY WERE PRESENT AT THE HEARING? 4499 05:28:54,988 --> 05:28:58,124 THE PLANNING AND ZONING HEARING WHEN WE GAVE THEM THE WAIVER 4500 05:28:58,124 --> 05:29:01,124 FOR BLOCK LENGTH CONTINGENT ON. 4501 05:29:01,127 --> 05:29:03,620 >> AT THAT TIME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEVELOPER. 4502 05:29:03,620 --> 05:29:06,620 I THINK THEY ARE SEPARATE. 4503 05:29:09,402 --> 05:29:13,273 >>Council Member Carroll: SO THAT INFORMATION ISN'T PASSED 4504 05:29:13,273 --> 05:29:15,273 FORWARD. 4505 05:29:19,812 --> 05:29:22,812 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, SHARON. 4506 05:29:33,759 --> 05:29:36,695 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE BUILDER PULLED THE PLAT, 4507 05:29:36,695 --> 05:29:40,567 THE PLAT SHOWED THE EASEMENTS, THE BUILDER HAD TO HAVE PULLED 4508 05:29:40,567 --> 05:29:44,437 THE PLAT BEFORE HE BEGAN LAYING OUT WHERE THE HOUSE WOULD BE. 4509 05:29:44,437 --> 05:29:44,971 CORRECT? 4510 05:29:44,971 --> 05:29:48,707 >> I SUSPECT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE THE LOT DIMENSIONS. 4511 05:29:48,707 --> 05:29:54,107 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I AM INCREDIBLY HESITANT TO 4512 05:29:55,315 --> 05:30:01,721 REWARD A VIOLATION LIKE THIS. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW 4513 05:30:01,721 --> 05:30:07,927 THIS ISN'T DOING THAT IN YOUR MIND OR IS THIS JUST SUCH A 4514 05:30:07,927 --> 05:30:11,397 WEIRD, WE MESSED UP EXAMPLE THAT THERE'S NOT ANOTHER 4515 05:30:11,397 --> 05:30:12,532 OPTION? 4516 05:30:12,532 --> 05:30:17,932 >> THERE ARE CERTAINLY OPTIONS. I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THE TRAIL 4517 05:30:22,875 --> 05:30:24,877 COULD NOT BE BUILT. IT COULD BE BUILT. 4518 05:30:24,877 --> 05:30:28,681 I WOULD SUGGEST THOUGH THERE ARE CERTAINLY MISSTEPS MAYBE BY 4519 05:30:28,681 --> 05:30:34,681 ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED. WE DISCUSSED SOME BY THE CITY, 4520 05:30:35,200 --> 05:30:41,200 THE BUILDERS CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AWARE OF THIS 4521 05:30:44,564 --> 05:30:47,566 REQUIREMENT AND THE OWNERS MAY HAVE ONE TO DO A LITTLE MORE 4522 05:30:47,566 --> 05:30:50,570 DUE DILIGENCE BUT I HESITATE TO PUT BLAME ON ANYONE 4523 05:30:50,570 --> 05:30:52,638 SPECIFICALLY. I'M FINE WITH OUR MISSTEPS AND 4524 05:30:52,638 --> 05:30:55,380 LEAVE IT AT THAT. 4525 05:30:57,843 --> 05:31:00,713 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO 4526 05:31:00,713 --> 05:31:04,913 ACCEPT THE BLAME NECESSARILY OR BLAME ANYONE. 4527 05:31:07,990 --> 05:31:11,610 I'M MERELY CONCERNED THIS IS SOMETHING PLANNING AND ZONING 4528 05:31:11,610 --> 05:31:14,998 FECES A LOT WHERE PEOPLE WANT MUCH LARGER BLOCK LENGTH AND 4529 05:31:14,998 --> 05:31:17,934 THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE WE ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS BLOCKING 4530 05:31:17,934 --> 05:31:21,400 TRAIL AND WORD WILL GET OUT THAT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND BUILD 4531 05:31:21,400 --> 05:31:25,608 OVER IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ANYMORE. 4532 05:31:25,608 --> 05:31:29,412 I HEAR YOU SAYING THERE ARE PROCEDURES YOU ARE PUTTING IN 4533 05:31:29,412 --> 05:31:33,612 PLACE. IS THAT WHERE WE ARE AT? 4534 05:31:41,290 --> 05:31:45,270 >> WE WILL BE NOTIFYING ANYTIME WE HAVE AN APPLICATION COME IN 4535 05:31:45,270 --> 05:31:48,970 FOR A PERMIT THAT HAS ONE OF THESE UNCOMMON TRAILS WE WILL 4536 05:31:48,970 --> 05:31:51,234 BE REACHING OUT TO EVERYONE LISTED ON THAT PERMIT TO MAKE 4537 05:31:51,234 --> 05:31:54,370 SURE THEY ARE ALL AWARE IT IS A REQUIREMENT. 4538 05:31:54,370 --> 05:31:57,239 IN THE FUTURE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS WERE GOING TO MAKE 4539 05:31:57,239 --> 05:32:02,445 IT A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER AND THIS GOES BACK TO 4540 05:32:02,445 --> 05:32:04,460 THERE'S NO REAL SPECIFIC DIRECTION. 4541 05:32:04,460 --> 05:32:08,117 THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES ARE REQUIRED TO BE BUILT BY A 4542 05:32:08,117 --> 05:32:11,121 DEVELOPER, WE NEED SIDEWALKS AND FRONTAGE ON HOMES TO MEET 4543 05:32:11,121 --> 05:32:15,921 THE BUILDER SO THIS FALLS IN BETWEEN THOSE. 4544 05:32:15,925 --> 05:32:24,325 IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT ABLE TO BE ADDRESSED IF WE HAVE 4545 05:32:32,809 --> 05:32:35,745 THEM ALL BUILT UP FRONT. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY 4546 05:32:35,745 --> 05:32:38,881 PERTAIN TO SUBDIVISIONS APPROVED ALREADY SO THAT'S 4547 05:32:38,881 --> 05:32:41,840 WHERE THE NOTIFICATION WILL COME FROM. 4548 05:32:41,840 --> 05:32:44,821 WE HAVE OTHER ONES SUCH AS LEGACY FARMS AS WELL SO WE ARE 4549 05:32:44,821 --> 05:32:47,957 PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THIS WOULD 4550 05:32:47,957 --> 05:32:50,359 BE A GREEN LIGHT TO ANYONE TO START BUILDING. 4551 05:32:50,359 --> 05:32:54,297 WE ARE MORE AWARE IF WE SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING WE HAVE THE 4552 05:32:54,297 --> 05:32:57,300 ABILITY TO ISSUE CEOS. WE HAVE THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO 4553 05:32:57,300 --> 05:32:59,300 ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS. 4554 05:32:59,369 --> 05:33:02,305 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: CAN WE TREAT IT LIKE A STREET 4555 05:33:02,305 --> 05:33:04,106 TO REPLACE A STREET? THANK YOU. 4556 05:33:04,106 --> 05:33:08,440 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, ANYONE 4557 05:33:08,440 --> 05:33:11,644 HAVE ONE BEFORE VALERIE HAD ANOTHER. 4558 05:33:14,183 --> 05:33:19,550 >>Council Member Carroll: WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP OVER TIME. 4559 05:33:19,550 --> 05:33:22,391 THIS IS A SITUATION, NOT THIS SITUATION, THE SITUATION WHERE 4560 05:33:22,391 --> 05:33:29,591 WE OFFER A PEDESTRIAN PATH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE BLOCK 4561 05:33:30,266 --> 05:33:33,266 LENGTH AND KEEP PEDESTRIAN CONDUCTIVITY. 4562 05:33:35,471 --> 05:33:39,542 AND PARTICULARLY I LIKE THAT AS A WIN-WIN. 4563 05:33:39,542 --> 05:33:46,142 WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE'VE OFFERED IT A HANDFUL OF 4564 05:33:47,350 --> 05:33:49,686 TIMES. AND BUILDERS HAVE CAUGHT ON TO 4565 05:33:49,686 --> 05:33:53,556 THAT AND THEY'VE OFFERED IT IN PROPOSALS THEY'VE BROUGHT US 4566 05:33:53,556 --> 05:33:59,556 AND WE'VE ACCEPTED THAT. AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT TO ME 4567 05:34:02,432 --> 05:34:06,102 WHETHER IN OUR REVIEW OF THE CASE IS THIS ONE OF THE ONES 4568 05:34:06,102 --> 05:34:12,702 THAT WE BROUGHT TO THEM, THAT WE SUGGESTED AS A REQUIREMENT 4569 05:34:18,114 --> 05:34:21,984 IF YOU CAN DO THIS WE WILL APPROVE IT OR IS THIS ONE THEY 4570 05:34:21,984 --> 05:34:26,456 SUGGESTED TO US IN THEIR PLAN THAT THEY WOULD DO IT? 4571 05:34:26,456 --> 05:34:32,456 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, CLINT. 4572 05:34:35,732 --> 05:34:38,668 >> I THINK STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT ALWAYS WORK A 4573 05:34:38,668 --> 05:34:44,273 LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH CLARITY AND THE STANDARD WE'VE SET AS 4574 05:34:44,273 --> 05:34:47,343 WE ARE ACCEPTABLE OF BLOCK LENGTHS THAT EXCEED 1600 UP TO 4575 05:34:47,343 --> 05:34:53,343 A CERTAIN LENGTH AS LONG AS THERE'S A CROSS ACCESS 4576 05:34:54,484 --> 05:34:56,552 EASEMENT. THAT'S A PREFERABLE STANDARD TO 4577 05:34:56,552 --> 05:34:59,552 SET AS OPPOSED TO CASE-BY-CASE. 4578 05:34:59,622 --> 05:35:02,492 >>Mayor Buffaloe: SHE'S ASKING FOR THIS SPECIFIC ONE, WAS THIS 4579 05:35:02,492 --> 05:35:07,292 THAT RECOMMENDED OR DID A DEVELOPER PRESENT THIS? 4580 05:35:11,234 --> 05:35:14,170 >> I DON'T KNOW IF I RECALL. THIS ONE I DON'T BELIEVE WAS 4581 05:35:14,170 --> 05:35:18,970 STAFF RECOMMENDED. I DON'T THINK THESE BEGAN AS 4582 05:35:19,309 --> 05:35:23,313 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, IT CAME OUT OF A DESIGN ADJUSTMENT 4583 05:35:23,313 --> 05:35:27,517 REQUEST THROUGH HEARINGS AND DISCUSSION WITH PUBLIC BODIES. 4584 05:35:27,517 --> 05:35:30,520 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC. 4585 05:35:30,520 --> 05:35:35,258 THE FIRST ONE I RECALL COMING TO US PLANNING AND ZONING 4586 05:35:35,258 --> 05:35:39,458 SUGGESTED THIS, THE COMMISSIONER SUGGESTED THIS AND 4587 05:35:41,397 --> 05:35:45,335 THE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL ACCEPTED THAT AND SAID WE CAN 4588 05:35:45,335 --> 05:35:47,537 DO THAT AND IT WAS ACCEPTED WITH THAT. 4589 05:35:47,537 --> 05:35:52,675 THEN IN SUBSEQUENT THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US THE 4590 05:35:52,675 --> 05:35:55,675 DEVELOPERS SUGGESTED BUILDING A TRAIL. 4591 05:36:00,683 --> 05:36:04,420 I DON'T THINK EITHER WAS STAFF SUGGESTING BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW 4592 05:36:04,420 --> 05:36:07,557 WHETHER THE DEVELOPER OFFERED THIS OR WHETHER THE COMMISSION 4593 05:36:07,557 --> 05:36:09,557 OFFERED THIS. 4594 05:36:11,761 --> 05:36:14,764 >> THE INITIAL DESIGN ADJUSTMENT AND TRAIL EASEMENT, 4595 05:36:14,764 --> 05:36:18,435 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? I THINK WHEN THIS INITIALLY 4596 05:36:18,435 --> 05:36:25,350 CAME THROUGH, GOING OFF MEMORY IT WAS A DESIGN ADJUSTMENT TO 4597 05:36:31,247 --> 05:36:35,251 WEAVE THAT REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW A LONGER BLOCK AND THE TRAIL 4598 05:36:35,251 --> 05:36:38,320 EASEMENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH 4599 05:36:38,320 --> 05:36:41,190 PLANNING AND ZONING. WE FOUND A COUPLE OTHER 4600 05:36:41,190 --> 05:36:44,393 SUBDIVISIONS SINCE THEN AND HAVE NOW LIKE YOU SAID I THINK 4601 05:36:44,393 --> 05:36:48,197 HAVE TURNED MORE INTO WELL, THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE 4602 05:36:48,197 --> 05:36:51,200 SO WE WILL SUGGEST IT ON THE FRONT END SPEAKING FROM A 4603 05:36:51,200 --> 05:36:53,600 DEVELOPERS POINT OF VIEW. 4604 05:36:58,874 --> 05:37:02,612 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK 4605 05:37:02,612 --> 05:37:05,948 ON BILL 220 - 26 PROPOSAL FOR THE EASEMENT VACATION. 4606 05:37:05,948 --> 05:37:11,200 >>Public Speaker: KRISTA MARIE, AWARD 1. DID YOU LIVE ON WEST 4607 05:37:11,200 --> 05:37:16,358 AND THEY WANT TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK CITY WILL MAKE THAT 4608 05:37:16,358 --> 05:37:18,561 DECISION. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME TO A 4609 05:37:18,561 --> 05:37:24,967 HEARING BUT IF THE DEMAND IS LOWER THAN THEIR IT IS. 4610 05:37:24,967 --> 05:37:28,904 WHEN I WAS A KID IN COLUMBIA IN THE 90S I KNEW A LOT OF EMINENT 4611 05:37:28,904 --> 05:37:33,704 DOMAIN ESPECIALLY AROUND I-70 AND THERE'S BEEN INDIVIDUALS 4612 05:37:37,194 --> 05:37:40,197 WHO LOST THEIR LAND RECENTLY BECAUSE OF EXPANSION. 4613 05:37:40,197 --> 05:37:44,680 WHEN WE THINK OF THIS THINK OF THE PRESIDENT YOU'RE SETTING IT 4614 05:37:44,680 --> 05:37:46,671 WAS IMPORTANT, IS IT THE HOMEOWNERS FAULT? 4615 05:37:46,671 --> 05:37:48,939 OF COURSE NOT BUT ALSO DUE DILIGENCE. 4616 05:37:48,939 --> 05:37:51,809 I HAD NO THERE WERE WATER ISSUES IN THE HOUSE OR I DEAL 4617 05:37:51,809 --> 05:37:55,612 WITH THE CONSEQUENCES, I STILL HAVE TO FIX MY LEAKY BASEMENT 4618 05:37:55,612 --> 05:38:01,612 SO IS THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND POSSIBLE GROWTH 4619 05:38:01,952 --> 05:38:08,552 OF THAT COMMUNITY AND TRAFFIC FLOW WORTH IT OR IS THIS 4620 05:38:11,940 --> 05:38:14,165 SOMETHING WE END WAVE AND IT WAS NEVER SOMETHING IMPORTANT 4621 05:38:14,165 --> 05:38:17,167 IN THE FIRST PLACE AND IN 10 YEARS THERE ARE NO MORE 4622 05:38:17,167 --> 05:38:19,236 CROSSWALKS BECAUSE WHY BOTHER? 4623 05:38:19,236 --> 05:38:23,107 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK 4624 05:38:23,107 --> 05:38:25,507 ABOUT THE TRAIL EASEMENT. 4625 05:38:32,583 --> 05:38:35,586 >>Public Speaker: MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR 4626 05:38:35,586 --> 05:38:40,324 THE OPPORTUNITY, MY NAME IS JIM PROBST, I'M 80 YEARS OLD AND IN 4627 05:38:40,324 --> 05:38:44,395 MARCH MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A HOME ON WILTON DRIVE AND LIKE 4628 05:38:44,395 --> 05:38:47,397 MANY RETIREES WE DOWNSIZED FROM A LARGER HOME IN COLUMBIA. 4629 05:38:47,397 --> 05:38:51,268 WE CHOSE THIS PROPERTY FOR THE PRIVACY AND QUIET SETTING WE 4630 05:38:51,268 --> 05:38:54,204 BELIEVE IT OFFERED INTENDED TO MAKE THIS OUR FINAL HOME. 4631 05:38:54,204 --> 05:38:59,604 IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY WE PUT 4632 05:39:02,746 --> 05:39:07,546 IN AN AMOUNT OF MONEY. , THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 4633 05:39:17,962 --> 05:39:21,320 EIGHT DAYS AFTER CLOSING WE LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM 4634 05:39:21,320 --> 05:39:26,432 THE BUILDER'S REPRESENTATIVES A PUBLIC WALKWAY WAS PLANNED TO 4635 05:39:27,571 --> 05:39:31,375 GO THROUGH OUR WALKWAY TO READ IT SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CITY 4636 05:39:31,375 --> 05:39:34,578 WORKERS EXPLAINED THE WALKWAY WOULD RUN BETWEEN OUR HOME AND 4637 05:39:34,578 --> 05:39:38,381 NEIGHBORS PROPERTY IN THE PAST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO OUR 4638 05:39:38,381 --> 05:39:41,518 HOUSE AND BY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT I MEAN THE EASEMENT 4639 05:39:41,518 --> 05:39:43,654 COMES WITHIN 1 FOOT OF MY HOUSE. 4640 05:39:43,654 --> 05:39:46,590 TECHNICALLY I GUESS METER IS IN VIOLATION OF THE EASEMENT 4641 05:39:46,590 --> 05:39:53,190 THAT'S HOW TIGHT IT IS. THIS EASEMENT WILL TAKE OUT A 4642 05:39:56,333 --> 05:39:59,537 LARGE SECTION OF OUR NEW FENCE, TAKE OUT A LARGE SECTION OF OUR 4643 05:39:59,537 --> 05:40:02,540 BACKYARD AND SPRINKLER SYSTEM. IT WILL CONTINUE RIGHT TO THE 4644 05:40:02,540 --> 05:40:06,410 CENTER OF THE BACKYARD THAT REDLINE ON YOUR CHART I THINK 4645 05:40:06,410 --> 05:40:11,882 IS THE CENTER OF THE EASEMENT, NOT THE TOTAL EASEMENT BECAUSE 4646 05:40:11,882 --> 05:40:15,753 THAT EASEMENT SWINGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR BEDROOM AND 4647 05:40:15,753 --> 05:40:18,222 BATHROOM WINDOWS, SOMETHING I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD WANT. 4648 05:40:18,222 --> 05:40:21,959 IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE CENTER PART OF OUR BACKYARD AND 4649 05:40:21,959 --> 05:40:27,959 EVENTUALLY EXIT RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF PRIVACY AND 4650 05:40:31,350 --> 05:40:33,904 USE OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF OUR YARD. 4651 05:40:33,904 --> 05:40:36,774 HAD WE KNOWN A PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WAS PLANNED 4652 05:40:36,774 --> 05:40:39,910 WE WOULD NEVER, I MEAN NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS HOME. 4653 05:40:39,910 --> 05:40:45,249 I BELIEVE MOST HOMEBUYERS WOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE PURCHASING A 4654 05:40:45,249 --> 05:40:48,385 PROPERTY THAT HAD A PUBLIC WALKWAY IN THEIR BACKYARD SO 4655 05:40:48,385 --> 05:40:54,985 CLOSE TO THEIR RESIDENCE. I JUST DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO 4656 05:40:55,659 --> 05:40:58,596 DO IT. WHAT MAKES THIS SITUATION SO 4657 05:40:58,596 --> 05:41:00,731 DIFFICULT FOR US IS THIS WALKWAY SHOULD HAVE NEVER 4658 05:41:00,731 --> 05:41:06,131 EXISTED.WHEN WE VIEWED AND PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, WE'VE 4659 05:41:08,806 --> 05:41:12,810 LEARNED UNDER THE APPROVED PLAT ASSOCIATED CITY ORDINANCE THIS 4660 05:41:12,810 --> 05:41:16,790 WALKWAY WAS REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED BEFORE THE CITY ISSUE 4661 05:41:16,790 --> 05:41:18,282 THAT ORDER OF OCCUPANCY ON OUR HOME. 4662 05:41:18,282 --> 05:41:20,885 THAT DID NOT OCCUR. WE LATER LEARNED THE WOODEN 4663 05:41:20,885 --> 05:41:24,822 FORMS TO POUR THAT WALKWAY REPLACED OVER A YEAR BEFORE WE 4664 05:41:24,822 --> 05:41:27,290 BOUGHT THE HOUSE BUT THOSE FORMS WERE REMOVED AND IT WAS 4665 05:41:27,290 --> 05:41:32,900 NEVER INSTALLED WRITTEN EITHER THE DEVELOPER BUILDER SELLER 4666 05:41:33,363 --> 05:41:37,301 NOR THE CITY INFORMED US THERE WAS A PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT WHEN 4667 05:41:37,301 --> 05:41:40,304 IT WAS REQUIRED. HAD THE WALKWAY THEN VISIBLE 4668 05:41:40,304 --> 05:41:46,710 AND WE HAD BEEN FULLY INFORMED ABOUT THE DECISION WHETHER TO 4669 05:41:46,710 --> 05:41:53,310 PURCHASE THE HOME I CAN ALMOST BELIEVE NO ONE WOULD HAVE 4670 05:42:03,260 --> 05:42:06,330 WANTED TO BUY THAT HOUSE. I THINK I'M GETTING CLOSE TO MY 4671 05:42:06,330 --> 05:42:09,333 ALLOTTED TIME AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY WIFE BECAUSE 4672 05:42:09,333 --> 05:42:13,533 SHE USUALLY HAS THE LAST WORD ANYWAY. 4673 05:42:16,540 --> 05:42:20,740 >>Public Speaker: MY NAME IS DEBORAH PROBST. 4674 05:42:22,110 --> 05:42:25,820 I HAVE COCHLEAR IMPLANTS SO I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE 4675 05:42:25,820 --> 05:42:27,150 TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAY. 4676 05:42:27,150 --> 05:42:32,550 >>Mayor Buffaloe: PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOUR MOUTH. 4677 05:42:39,429 --> 05:42:46,629 >>Public Speaker: I THINK WELL, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO IMPRESS 4678 05:42:47,438 --> 05:42:51,308 UPON THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T JUST THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT 4679 05:42:51,308 --> 05:42:57,908 THE EASEMENT BUT THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, THAT 4680 05:43:02,453 --> 05:43:06,322 WALKWAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE THE HOUSE WAS EVER 4681 05:43:06,322 --> 05:43:11,722 ALLOWED TO BE SOLD.I UNDERSTAND THAT MISTAKES CAN 4682 05:43:11,728 --> 05:43:13,664 HAPPEN. HOWEVER, MY HUSBAND AND I 4683 05:43:13,664 --> 05:43:15,265 PLAYED NO ROLE IN CREATING THIS SITUATION. 4684 05:43:15,265 --> 05:43:20,665 WE RELIED ON THE REASONABLE ASSUMPTION THAT SENDS AMONG 4685 05:43:24,141 --> 05:43:27,277 OTHER THINGS THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR 4686 05:43:27,277 --> 05:43:31,147 ALMOST A YEAR, SO DID THE HOME WE PURCHASED WOULD HAVE BEEN 4687 05:43:31,147 --> 05:43:36,547 FULLY DEVELOPED AND APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THE 4688 05:43:38,210 --> 05:43:41,910 APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS. TODAY WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO 4689 05:43:41,910 --> 05:43:44,561 WOULD BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE EARLIER DECISIONS. 4690 05:43:44,561 --> 05:43:51,167 AT OUR AGE WE ARE UNLIKELY TO ENJOY THIS HOME FOR DECADES TO 4691 05:43:51,167 --> 05:43:53,103 COME. YET WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF 4692 05:43:53,103 --> 05:43:57,410 LOSING OUR PRIVACY, LOSING THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTY AND 4693 05:43:57,410 --> 05:44:00,310 SUFFERING A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN VALUE DESPITE 4694 05:44:00,310 --> 05:44:06,310 HAVING PURCHASED A HOME IN GOOD FAITH AND INVESTED ADDITIONAL 4695 05:44:06,455 --> 05:44:11,255 RESOURCES TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR OUR RETIREMENT. 4696 05:44:15,731 --> 05:44:19,734 FOR THOSE REASONS MY HUSBAND AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE 4697 05:44:19,734 --> 05:44:22,671 COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE VACATING THIS 4698 05:44:22,671 --> 05:44:25,740 PEDESTRIAN EASE WAY. DOING SO WOULD PROVIDE A FAIR 4699 05:44:25,740 --> 05:44:31,947 AND EQUITABLE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM WE DID NOT CREATE AND 4700 05:44:31,947 --> 05:44:34,883 CANNOT SOLVE ON OUR OWN. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 4701 05:44:34,883 --> 05:44:37,752 CONSIDERATION, YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR 4702 05:44:37,752 --> 05:44:40,880 THOUGHTFUL ATTENTION TO OUR REQUEST. 4703 05:44:40,880 --> 05:44:42,880 THANK YOU. 4704 05:44:42,557 --> 05:44:46,361 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO 4705 05:44:46,361 --> 05:44:48,361 SPEAK? 4706 05:44:58,707 --> 05:45:02,511 >>Public Speaker: DANNY PEREZ, I'VE BEEN A FAN OF PEDESTRIAN 4707 05:45:02,511 --> 05:45:10,311 WALKWAYS BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE FEATURE A PLAN THAT 4708 05:45:12,454 --> 05:45:15,591 WE DO HAVE BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE IN MIND AS WE 4709 05:45:15,591 --> 05:45:19,394 ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THERE WAS A LOT OF 4710 05:45:19,394 --> 05:45:22,464 MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE TRAIL AND I'M CURIOUS WHERE IS THE 4711 05:45:22,464 --> 05:45:24,533 TRAIL SUPPOSED TO LEAD TO IN THE STREETS? 4712 05:45:24,533 --> 05:45:27,268 JUST A CUT THROUGH? IS IT NECESSARY? 4713 05:45:27,268 --> 05:45:29,605 IS IT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE A THING? 4714 05:45:29,605 --> 05:45:36,278 IS IT JUST A CONVENIENCE OR IS IT CONNECTING, IF THIS IS ONE 4715 05:45:36,278 --> 05:45:39,415 OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I LIKE PEDESTRIAN STUFF BUT THERE 4716 05:45:39,415 --> 05:45:44,190 MIGHT NEED TO BE A PURPOSE AS TO WHAT IT'S DOING. 4717 05:45:44,190 --> 05:45:47,956 I'M SURE IT'S FINE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST THERE SO I WAS 4718 05:45:47,956 --> 05:45:49,956 CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. 4719 05:45:54,897 --> 05:46:00,897 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? 4720 05:46:00,902 --> 05:46:08,702 YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE. IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME SO 4721 05:46:10,645 --> 05:46:13,715 WHOEVER IS TALKING TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE. 4722 05:46:13,715 --> 05:46:18,987 >>Public Speaker: WE CURRENTLY LIVE AT 210 WALDEN HEATH DRIVE 4723 05:46:18,987 --> 05:46:20,987 AT 102 28 GARLAND STREET. 4724 05:46:27,663 --> 05:46:30,466 >>Public Speaker: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US OUR CHANCE TO 4725 05:46:30,466 --> 05:46:37,660 SPEAK, WE FOUND ABOUT THE PEDWAY BECAUSE WE GOT TO THE 4726 05:46:37,739 --> 05:46:40,742 BUILDER AND THEY GAVE US A CHOICE OF FIVE LOTS THAT RAN 4727 05:46:40,742 --> 05:46:46,742 ALONG ASH DRIVE AND BECAUSE THAT'S THE FRONT DRIVE COMING 4728 05:46:48,483 --> 05:46:52,487 INTO THE SUBDIVISION, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T 4729 05:46:52,487 --> 05:46:55,624 HAVE PRIVACY FROM THE TRUCKS AND EVERYBODY COMING THROUGH. 4730 05:46:55,624 --> 05:46:59,561 WHEN WE WERE DEBATING WHAT WE WERE DOING THEY BROUGHT US BACK 4731 05:46:59,561 --> 05:47:04,767 THIS LAST LOT WITH THE CONTINGENCY THAT IT WAS A 4732 05:47:04,767 --> 05:47:07,770 TRADITIONAL $10,000 OF THAT LOT BECAUSE THEY HAD IT FOR A YEAR 4733 05:47:07,770 --> 05:47:11,639 AND IT WAS NOT SOLD SO THEY PAID THAT ADDITIONAL $10,000 4734 05:47:11,639 --> 05:47:14,843 FOR THE PRIVACY TO BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS FINISHED 4735 05:47:14,843 --> 05:47:20,243 AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT PRIVACY RUINED. 4736 05:47:21,250 --> 05:47:27,250 ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT WE BOUGHT IT, STARTED BUILDING ON 4737 05:47:28,390 --> 05:47:31,393 IT AND WHEN IT'S THREE QUARTERS DONE APPROXIMATELY MARCH 27 WE 4738 05:47:31,393 --> 05:47:34,396 WERE INFORMED BY OUR PROJECT MANAGER ABOUT THE TRAIL 4739 05:47:34,396 --> 05:47:35,797 EASEMENT. AT THIS MOMENT IT'S BECAUSE WE 4740 05:47:35,797 --> 05:47:41,797 COULDN'T GET THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE OF THE EASEMENT SO THAT 4741 05:47:44,806 --> 05:47:46,942 WAS WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS. 4742 05:47:46,942 --> 05:47:50,110 ALTHOUGH THE INCONVENIENCE FOR US IS MORE OF AN INCONVENIENCE 4743 05:47:50,110 --> 05:47:55,283 THAT WE'RE LEAVING WITH YOU TO PLEASE WAIVE THIS NOT JUST FOR 4744 05:47:55,283 --> 05:48:01,283 US FOR THE INCONVENIENCE OF EVERYBODY HAVING THIS IN THEIR 4745 05:48:04,959 --> 05:48:08,960 BACKYARD AND IT'S UNFAIR. WE APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU FOR 4746 05:48:08,960 --> 05:48:10,960 YOUR TIME. 4747 05:48:15,504 --> 05:48:19,307 >>Public Speaker: TO PIGGYBACK WE WERE NEVER INFORMED ABOUT 4748 05:48:19,307 --> 05:48:23,177 THIS, NO ONE INFORMED US ABOUT THIS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF 4749 05:48:23,177 --> 05:48:25,380 BUILDING OUR HOME. THEY CAME AT THE END TO SAY WE 4750 05:48:25,380 --> 05:48:28,250 NEED TO PUT THIS IN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS OUR 4751 05:48:28,250 --> 05:48:33,855 FAULT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT BUT WE FEEL LIKE THE 4752 05:48:33,855 --> 05:48:36,570 BUILDERS SHOULD HAVE INFORMED US ABOUT THIS. 4753 05:48:36,570 --> 05:48:45,570 THE SECOND POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS IF THIS IS APPROVED TO GO IN 4754 05:48:49,710 --> 05:48:52,207 DAY ONE WE LOSE $10,000 BECAUSE WE PAID $10,000 COMPARED TO 4755 05:48:52,207 --> 05:48:55,760 OTHER LOTS. WE NOT ONLY LOSE $10,000, WE 4756 05:48:55,760 --> 05:48:59,800 WILL LOSE ADDITIONAL MONEY WHEN WE START DEVELOPING THIS 4757 05:48:59,800 --> 05:49:01,820 PROPERTY. WE NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT 4758 05:49:01,820 --> 05:49:03,840 THIS. I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S THE 4759 05:49:03,840 --> 05:49:06,221 CITY'S FAULT BUT WE FELT LIKE THE BUILDERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN 4760 05:49:06,221 --> 05:49:10,910 THERE TO INFORM US AND SHE DID MENTION WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS LOT 4761 05:49:10,910 --> 05:49:13,895 THEY HAD A LOT OF OTHER HOMES IN A ROW BUT WE HAVE TO BELIEVE 4762 05:49:13,895 --> 05:49:16,295 THEY KNEW ABOUT IT. 4763 05:49:17,499 --> 05:49:20,435 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU ARE AT TIME, APPRECIATE IT. 4764 05:49:20,435 --> 05:49:26,435 ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL 220 - 26. 4765 05:49:32,113 --> 05:49:36,384 >>Public Speaker: DAVID LANE, 102 WALDEN HEATH AND I LIVE IN 4766 05:49:36,384 --> 05:49:42,323 THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE MOVED TO TEXAS THREE MONTHS AGO, TO 4767 05:49:42,323 --> 05:49:45,326 COLUMBIA FROM TEXAS FOR A MONTHS AGO AND WHAT WE LOVED 4768 05:49:45,326 --> 05:49:48,329 ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ARE TWO HOUSES AWAY IS THE 4769 05:49:48,329 --> 05:49:51,929 WALKING NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A GREAT WALKING 4770 05:49:53,201 --> 05:49:57,401 NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT PATH BETWEEN TWO HOMES, OR 4771 05:49:58,406 --> 05:50:03,206 REALLY BETWEEN 4 HOMES DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD. 4772 05:50:04,746 --> 05:50:11,946 IT WAS JUST PUT THERE SO THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD MEET A 4773 05:50:13,689 --> 05:50:15,891 REQUIREMENT. SO I CAN SEE WHY THEY WEREN'T 4774 05:50:15,891 --> 05:50:21,891 TELLING ANYBODY ABOUT IT. NOBODY IS GOING TO USE IT 4775 05:50:21,963 --> 05:50:25,233 EXCEPT MAYBE KIDS RIDING BIKES AND GUESS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO 4776 05:50:25,233 --> 05:50:29,360 DO, LOOK AT THAT MAP THEY'RE GOING TO SCREAM THROUGH THEIR 4777 05:50:29,360 --> 05:50:31,172 T-BONE INTO A ROAD GRID IT MAKES NO SENSE. 4778 05:50:31,172 --> 05:50:33,572 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4779 05:50:37,795 --> 05:50:40,865 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL 220 4780 05:50:40,865 --> 05:50:41,733 - 26. 4781 05:50:41,733 --> 05:50:47,733 >>Public Speaker: MY TWO CENTS, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 4782 05:50:51,676 --> 05:50:56,214 BUILDING IT INSTEAD OF FUNDING THE BUILDER, THAT SEEMS WAY 4783 05:50:56,214 --> 05:51:01,614 MORE SENSIBLE INSTEAD OF TO PUNISH THEM FOR FLAGRANT 4784 05:51:05,289 --> 05:51:06,424 DISREGARD. 4785 05:51:06,424 --> 05:51:10,895 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK, 4786 05:51:10,895 --> 05:51:14,310 SEEING NONE I WILL COME TO COUNSEL COMMENTS, JACKIE THIS 4787 05:51:14,310 --> 05:51:16,310 IS YOUR WART. 4788 05:51:16,835 --> 05:51:19,771 >>Council Member Sample: I WANTED TO LET COUNSEL KNOW I 4789 05:51:19,771 --> 05:51:24,509 WAS INVITED BY THE OWNERS OUT TO THEIR HOME. 4790 05:51:24,509 --> 05:51:26,911 AND THIS PICTURE DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE. 4791 05:51:26,911 --> 05:51:34,510 THE AMOUNT OF YARD BEING TAKEN, IT'S LARGE AND THAT DOESN'T DO 4792 05:51:34,510 --> 05:51:37,789 IT JUSTICE EITHER BUT I HAVE PICTURES ON MY CELL PHONE I 4793 05:51:37,789 --> 05:51:40,925 TOOK BECAUSE I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE AMOUNT OF YARD THESE 4794 05:51:40,925 --> 05:51:45,725 PEOPLE WOULD BE LOSING. SO IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE 4795 05:51:45,730 --> 05:51:48,800 SITUATION THAT I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO 4796 05:51:48,800 --> 05:51:49,800 VACATE THIS. 4797 05:51:49,800 --> 05:51:51,800 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE. 4798 05:51:53,300 --> 05:51:59,603 >>Council Member Carroll: I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE 4799 05:52:05,283 --> 05:52:07,419 REASON THE LAW LENGTH REQUIREMENT EXISTS. 4800 05:52:07,419 --> 05:52:13,419 THE INTENTION OF THE SIDEWALK. HOW THE SIDEWALK IS NOT 4801 05:52:15,159 --> 05:52:18,362 FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED BECAUSE OF WHERE THE HOUSES WERE PLACED 4802 05:52:18,362 --> 05:52:25,370 AND THE PLANNING ON THE PLAT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW. 4803 05:52:25,370 --> 05:52:32,570 I HAVE A LOT TO SAY. I AM SHOCKED TO HEAR THE 4804 05:52:33,111 --> 05:52:39,111 TESTIMONY THAT WOULD INFORM TO PLACE THE SIDEWALK WHERE PLACED 4805 05:52:41,520 --> 05:52:44,589 AND REMOVED THEN THE SIDEWALK WAS NEVER POURED. 4806 05:52:44,589 --> 05:52:51,189 I WANT TO ADD SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE SHEILA HELPED ME LOOK 4807 05:52:53,630 --> 05:52:57,263 UP THE COUNCIL HEARING FROM THIS, SEPTEMBER 2021. 4808 05:52:59,300 --> 05:53:03,803 IT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNSEL, STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL 4809 05:53:06,144 --> 05:53:11,282 BECAUSE OF THE BLOCK LENGTH WAS INCONSISTENT IT DID NOT HAVE 4810 05:53:11,282 --> 05:53:15,482 THE SIDEWALK ON IT. IT WAS TABLED. 4811 05:53:20,892 --> 05:53:26,431 IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS OFFERED BY THE DEVELOPER AND THEN CAME 4812 05:53:26,431 --> 05:53:30,631 BACK IN OCTOBER 2021 WITH AN AMENDMENT SHEET. 4813 05:53:31,368 --> 05:53:36,768 THAT COUNCIL VOTED ON. IT WAS NOT FLOATED FLIPPANTLY. 4814 05:53:40,430 --> 05:53:47,785 IT WAS PLANNED AND TABLED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAT AND IT WAS 4815 05:53:47,785 --> 05:53:54,385 MARKED ON THE PLAT. I DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF 4816 05:53:59,263 --> 05:54:01,532 BEGINNING A COUNCIL ACTION WITH A VACATION. 4817 05:54:01,532 --> 05:54:08,132 I DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF NEGATING PLANNING AND ZONING 4818 05:54:09,807 --> 05:54:15,207 WITH A VACATION. I DO THINK THE CONSIDERATION OF 4819 05:54:17,281 --> 05:54:23,754 BLOCK LENGTH IN OUR CODE AND WHERE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE 4820 05:54:23,754 --> 05:54:29,154 REQUIRED AS MEANING. BECAUSE IT IS A LONGER LENGTH. 4821 05:54:36,500 --> 05:54:40,438 IT IS A LONG LENGTH FOR SOMEONE TO WALK AS A PEDESTRIAN TO GET 4822 05:54:40,438 --> 05:54:43,508 AROUND A LONGER LENGTH TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIR 4823 05:54:43,508 --> 05:54:45,908 DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS CASE. 4824 05:54:46,511 --> 05:54:51,911 WHEN WE DON'T FOLLOW BLOCK LENGTH STANDARDS, THIS IS 4825 05:54:52,183 --> 05:54:54,652 REPLACING A FULL STREET IN THE FALL SIDEWALK. 4826 05:54:54,652 --> 05:55:01,252 THAT SAID, THE WAY THIS LOOKS NOW NEGATES THE USEFULNESS OF 4827 05:55:03,127 --> 05:55:10,927 THAT PATH IN SO MANY WAYS. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I CAN 4828 05:55:14,605 --> 05:55:17,942 SUPPORT THIS AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I COULD VOTE TO NEGATE IT 4829 05:55:17,942 --> 05:55:22,742 EITHER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE, I 4830 05:55:23,548 --> 05:55:29,554 LOVE THAT WE OFFERED DEVELOPERS A WAY TO DO THEIR PLAN 4831 05:55:29,554 --> 05:55:33,624 EFFICIENTLY. I LOVE THAT WE OFFERED THEM AN 4832 05:55:33,624 --> 05:55:37,224 ALTERNATE ROUTE TO MEETING OUR CODE. 4833 05:55:42,833 --> 05:55:47,633 I DO NOT LOVE THIS SITUATION AT ALL. 4834 05:55:51,109 --> 05:55:54,709 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS, CHRISTINA. 4835 05:55:56,847 --> 05:55:59,851 >>Council Member Hartman: I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE THIS 4836 05:55:59,851 --> 05:56:02,520 GOT ANSWERED WHEN I HAD A BROKE BREAK. 4837 05:56:02,520 --> 05:56:09,720 WHAT KIND OF FEES, LIKE WHAT'S THE COST OF US SITTING HERE 4838 05:56:10,327 --> 05:56:16,927 DOING THIS, EVALUATING THIS. THE COST TO THE CITY FOR HAVING 4839 05:56:17,201 --> 05:56:23,607 TO TAKE CARE OF THIS AND WILL WE RECOUP THAT COST? 4840 05:56:23,607 --> 05:56:26,611 >> THERE IS AN APPLICATION FEE TO VACATE AN EASEMENT AND 4841 05:56:26,611 --> 05:56:30,211 THAT'S THE REQUEST BEFORE US TONIGHT. 4842 05:56:33,284 --> 05:56:36,220 >>Council Member Carroll: WILL WE RECOUP THE COST OR WILL IT 4843 05:56:36,220 --> 05:56:39,230 BE 2% OR WHAT IS THAT? 4844 05:56:39,230 --> 05:56:42,827 >> IT'S WHAT WAS REFLECTED ON THE COST OF SURVEY IT'S OUR 4845 05:56:42,827 --> 05:56:48,827 STANDARD EASEMENT VACATION FEET WOULD BE APPLIED HERE AND I 4846 05:56:51,301 --> 05:56:53,301 THINK IT'S ROUGHLY 350, $400. 4847 05:56:58,776 --> 05:57:02,376 >> WE'VE GOT A CITY MANAGER HERE. 4848 05:57:03,516 --> 05:57:06,516 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, SHARON. 4849 05:57:16,263 --> 05:57:19,265 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT A DEAD 4850 05:57:19,265 --> 05:57:22,269 HORSE AND I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR A POINT BUT THERE IS A 4851 05:57:22,269 --> 05:57:28,141 VERY CLEAR MISBEHAVIOR HERE AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HARMED BY IT. 4852 05:57:28,141 --> 05:57:32,813 AND IT IS IN MY OPINION ON THE PART OF THE DEVELOPER AND 4853 05:57:32,813 --> 05:57:34,800 BUILDER. THEY KNEW BETTER. 4854 05:57:34,800 --> 05:57:39,419 THIS IS WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. I AM FURIOUS IN A WAY THAT KIND 4855 05:57:39,419 --> 05:57:44,824 OF SURPRISES ME FRANKLY THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS TO THE 4856 05:57:44,824 --> 05:57:47,894 PEOPLE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO LIVE OUT HERE. 4857 05:57:47,894 --> 05:57:55,940 THAT THEY ARE FLAUNTING WHAT WE AS A CITY HAVE REQUIRED OF 4858 05:57:55,435 --> 05:57:57,371 THEM. I AM FURIOUS AND I'M NOT 4859 05:57:57,371 --> 05:58:01,774 PARTICULARLY HAPPY THAT OUR PROCESS ALLOWED IT TO GET THIS 4860 05:58:01,774 --> 05:58:05,974 FAR. THAT SAID, I CANNOT IN GOOD 4861 05:58:07,314 --> 05:58:13,914 CONSCIENCE CONTINUE THE HARM THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE FOLKS 4862 05:58:16,790 --> 05:58:20,726 THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE DEVELOPER BUILDER IN THE 4863 05:58:20,726 --> 05:58:23,463 CITY. AND EVEN IF WE DO VOTE THIS 4864 05:58:23,463 --> 05:58:27,867 DOWN AND CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE EASEMENT ON THE PLAT, THERE IS 4865 05:58:27,867 --> 05:58:33,272 NO WAY THEY ARE BUILDING AN 8 FOOT WALKING PEDWAY ON THESE 4866 05:58:33,272 --> 05:58:38,720 FOUR LOTS. IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET BUILT. 4867 05:58:42,415 --> 05:58:49,890 BUT IF THERE WHERE A WAY FOR US TO FIND THE BUILDER AND 4868 05:58:49,890 --> 05:58:54,489 DEVELOPER, TO PROSECUTE THEM FOR VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE, TO 4869 05:58:54,961 --> 05:59:02,435 CAUSE THEM TO BE FINANCIALLY HURT IN A WAY THAT IS NOT A 4870 05:59:02,435 --> 05:59:06,439 $350 VACATION FEE. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE 4871 05:59:06,439 --> 05:59:12,439 DOING BECAUSE THIS IS SO BLATANT BUT I CANNOT CONTINUE 4872 05:59:13,579 --> 05:59:19,452 THE APARTMENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE NEARLY TO PUNISH 4873 05:59:19,452 --> 05:59:25,658 SOMEONE WHO IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE HARMED BY IT. 4874 05:59:25,658 --> 05:59:29,858 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, BETSY. 4875 05:59:31,630 --> 05:59:34,867 >>Council Member Peters: I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT, I'D LIKE 4876 05:59:34,867 --> 05:59:38,400 TO ASK YOU TO REMIND US WHAT A YES VOTE MEANS AND WHAT A NO 4877 05:59:38,400 --> 05:59:40,400 VOTE MEANS. 4878 05:59:43,676 --> 05:59:47,413 >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE RECOURSE AGAINST BUILDERS OR 4879 05:59:47,413 --> 05:59:51,613 MAYBE THIS IS AN ANSWER FOR YOU . 4880 05:59:54,754 --> 05:59:57,223 >> IT MAY BE WORTHWHILE POINTING OUT THE BUILDER IS 4881 05:59:57,223 --> 06:00:00,292 MORE THAN WILLING TO BUILD TRAILS AND WE CAN HAVE THEM 4882 06:00:00,292 --> 06:00:02,561 BUILD THAT TRAIL. SO I WOULD SAY CONVERSATIONS 4883 06:00:02,561 --> 06:00:05,832 ABOUT FINES WHEN THEY ARE OPEN TO COMPLETING THE IMPROVEMENT 4884 06:00:05,832 --> 06:00:10,320 THAT'S REQUIRED WOULD CERTAINLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION 4885 06:00:15,308 --> 06:00:19,450 ON HOW THAT WOULD LOOK BUT I'M NOT SURE OF HOW WE FIND WOULD 4886 06:00:19,450 --> 06:00:21,314 OPERATE AT THE BEGINNING. 4887 06:00:21,314 --> 06:00:25,510 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WILL TAKE BETSY'S CALL. 4888 06:00:25,510 --> 06:00:28,530 >> WHERE YOU MAY BE GOING IS IS THERE POTENTIAL CIVIL ACTION BY 4889 06:00:28,530 --> 06:00:33,326 THE HOMEOWNERS AND THERE MIGHT BE, OF COURSE THAT INVOLVES 4890 06:00:33,326 --> 06:00:38,726 GETTING COUNSEL INVOLVED IN ACTION, THAT SORT OF THING. 4891 06:00:39,999 --> 06:00:43,736 >>Mayor Buffaloe: TO YOUR POINT A YES VOTE VACATES THE TRAIL, A 4892 06:00:43,736 --> 06:00:49,736 NO VOTE KEEPS IT AND REQUIRES IT TO BE BUILT. 4893 06:00:51,143 --> 06:00:55,150 WE HAVE A REQUEST TO GO AHEAD AND DEVOTE SO SHEILA WOULD YOU 4894 06:00:55,150 --> 06:00:58,150 CALL ROLE ON BILL 220 - 26. 4895 06:00:58,952 --> 06:01:00,754 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4896 06:01:00,754 --> 06:01:02,756 >>Council Member Carroll: YES. 4897 06:01:02,756 --> 06:01:04,758 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. 4898 06:01:04,758 --> 06:01:06,760 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4899 06:01:06,760 --> 06:01:09,760 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4900 06:01:11,310 --> 06:01:12,898 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4901 06:01:12,898 --> 06:01:15,298 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4902 06:01:22,241 --> 06:01:25,978 >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL YOU 4903 06:01:25,978 --> 06:01:30,516 READ THE ITEMS TWICE AND CALL THE RULE. 4904 06:01:30,516 --> 06:01:34,116 >> ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDE BILLS 206 26, 207 26, 4905 06:01:39,580 --> 06:01:42,328 TWO 2226, TWO 2326, TWO 2426, TWO 2526 AND RESOLUTIONS 155 4906 06:01:42,328 --> 06:01:44,728 26, 157 26, 159 26, ONE 6026, ONE 6126, ONE 6326 AND 164 26, 4907 06:02:02,615 --> 06:02:05,615 BILLS 206 26, 217 26, TWO 2226, TWO 2326, TWO 2426, TWO 2526 4908 06:02:08,821 --> 06:02:11,821 AND RESOLUTIONS 155 26, 157 26, 158 26, ONE 6026, ONE 6226, ONE 4909 06:02:17,563 --> 06:02:21,763 6326 AND 164 26. LET ME GET MY VOTE SHEET. 4910 06:02:30,576 --> 06:02:32,445 >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES. 4911 06:02:32,445 --> 06:02:34,445 >>Council Member Carroll: 4912 06:02:34,447 --> 06:02:36,449 >>Council Member Elwood: YES. 4913 06:02:36,449 --> 06:02:38,451 >>Council Member Sample: YES. 4914 06:02:38,451 --> 06:02:39,986 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES. 4915 06:02:39,986 --> 06:02:42,386 >>Council Member Hartman: YES. 4916 06:02:42,455 --> 06:02:44,855 >>Council Member Peters: YES. 4917 06:02:45,925 --> 06:02:48,795 >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON WE HOPE NO ITEMS UNDER NEW 4918 06:02:48,795 --> 06:02:51,797 BUSINESS SO SHEILA IF YOU CAN USE READ ITEMS UNDER 4919 06:02:51,797 --> 06:02:53,800 INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READ. 4920 06:02:53,800 --> 06:02:58,600 >> ALL BILLS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, BILL TWO 2726, TWO 4921 06:03:06,145 --> 06:03:09,145 2926, TWO 3026, 231 26, TWO 3226, TWO 3326, TWO 3526, TWO 4922 06:03:18,491 --> 06:03:21,491 3626, TWO 3726, TWO 3926 AND 200 4026 FIRST READING. 4923 06:03:21,828 --> 06:03:25,498 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, ONE REPORT ON OUR COUNCIL 4924 06:03:25,498 --> 06:03:27,898 MEETING. REPORT 4626 OUR UPDATE 4925 06:03:28,248 --> 06:03:33,921 REGARDING THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL INITIATIVE.DO WE HAVE A 4926 06:03:33,921 --> 06:03:35,522 STAFF REPORT. 4927 06:03:35,522 --> 06:03:40,922 >> COUNSEL REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON SEVERAL SAFE STREETS GRANT 4928 06:03:41,195 --> 06:03:47,195 PROJECTS, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE ROUNDS OF GRANT FUNDING WITH 4929 06:03:48,135 --> 06:03:51,138 THE CITY RECEIVING AWARDS IN THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS, THE 4930 06:03:51,138 --> 06:03:54,341 FIRST TWO INCLUDED OVER 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SPREAD 4931 06:03:54,341 --> 06:03:58,345 OVER 11 OF THE 12 PROJECTS IN THE MEMO WRITTEN THE LAST 4932 06:03:58,345 --> 06:04:02,216 PROJECT REGARDING CLARK LANE IS CLOSE TO HAVING A GRANT 4933 06:04:02,216 --> 06:04:07,616 AGREEMENT FOR REVIEW. WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO OCCUR IN 4934 06:04:12,250 --> 06:04:15,895 SEPTEMBER.THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITY OF 4935 06:04:15,895 --> 06:04:19,166 MISSOURI ON THE FIFTH ROUND OF FUNDING BUT THE RECIPIENTS HAVE 4936 06:04:19,166 --> 06:04:23,270 NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED.NEXT ITEMS COUNSEL WILL SEE INCLUDE 4937 06:04:23,270 --> 06:04:25,905 REPORTS ON UPDATED ACTION PLAN TITLED COMO ZERO AND 4938 06:04:25,905 --> 06:04:28,909 RE-EXAMINATION OF THE CITY'S COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. 4939 06:04:28,909 --> 06:04:32,713 THOSE REPORTS COULD SHOULD COME FORWARD THIS CALENDAR AR YEAR 4940 06:04:32,713 --> 06:04:36,849 AND THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSIT STUDY WAS PRESENTED TO COUNSEL 4941 06:04:36,849 --> 06:04:38,851 LAST YEAR. OF THE BUSINESS LOOP SAFETY 4942 06:04:38,851 --> 06:04:44,725 AUDIT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BEING USED TO RE- FORM THE 4943 06:04:44,725 --> 06:04:47,794 GRANT PROJECT CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ALONG BUSINESS LOOPS, 4944 06:04:47,794 --> 06:04:53,794 WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 4945 06:04:54,201 --> 06:04:57,203 >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS UPDATE, THERE ARE 4946 06:04:57,203 --> 06:05:00,273 A LOT OF IN PROCESS ONCE SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED BY THE 4947 06:05:00,273 --> 06:05:06,273 END OF THE YEAR. NOT TO BE FINISHED BUT CLOSING 4948 06:05:06,813 --> 06:05:08,614 UP. DO WE HAVE A WORK SESSION 4949 06:05:08,614 --> 06:05:14,614 PLANNED ON UPDATES TO ANY OF THESE PLANS OR PROJECTS? 4950 06:05:18,892 --> 06:05:23,630 >> WITH THE COMPLETE STREETS WE ARE MEETING WITH COUNCILMEMBERS 4951 06:05:23,630 --> 06:05:26,833 TRYING TO GAUGE WHETHER A WORK SESSION IS HOW COUNSEL WOULD 4952 06:05:26,833 --> 06:05:30,636 LIKE TO SEE THAT COME FORWARD OR IF WE WOULD BE READY TO 4953 06:05:30,636 --> 06:05:32,572 BRING SOMETHING FORWARD DIRECTLY. 4954 06:05:32,572 --> 06:05:35,708 WITH THE ACTION PLAN, ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FULL 4955 06:05:35,708 --> 06:05:38,712 WEEKEND, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING COUNSEL WANTED TO STATE WE 4956 06:05:38,712 --> 06:05:42,516 COULD DO THAT OR WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ONCE WE 4957 06:05:42,516 --> 06:05:45,652 HAVE THAT FINALIZED AND I'D CLARIFY A LOT OF THE OTHER 4958 06:05:45,652 --> 06:05:50,190 THINGS ON THAT LIST, THERE'S NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT THE END 4959 06:05:50,190 --> 06:05:52,992 OF 2026, THEY ARE JUST IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF 4960 06:05:52,992 --> 06:05:55,128 DEVELOPMENT. EVENT VACANCIES ON STAFF SO 4961 06:05:55,128 --> 06:05:59,533 WE'VE DELAYED SOME THINGS, PUT THINGS BACK ALL WITHIN THE 4962 06:05:59,533 --> 06:06:01,933 TIMEFRAME OF THE GRANT. 4963 06:06:04,337 --> 06:06:08,740 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, VERA AND 4964 06:06:08,740 --> 06:06:09,743 VALERIE. 4965 06:06:09,743 --> 06:06:13,746 >>Council Member Elwood: I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN 4966 06:06:13,746 --> 06:06:16,883 LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT. SEEING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOT 4967 06:06:16,883 --> 06:06:22,283 JUST THE METHODOLOGY THE MAP ITSELF WAS CREATED IN 2025. 4968 06:06:22,422 --> 06:06:29,622 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW AND IF THAT HAS BEEN UTILIZED FOR 4969 06:06:29,830 --> 06:06:33,430 DECISIONS ABOUT OTHER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THINGS. 4970 06:06:36,503 --> 06:06:40,703 >> IT'S INTENDED TO BE SOMETHING INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS 4971 06:06:42,242 --> 06:06:48,242 USE FOR DECISIONS AND REALLY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THIS 4972 06:06:48,248 --> 06:06:51,451 ACTION PLAN COME FORWARD FIRST AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT. 4973 06:06:51,451 --> 06:06:54,788 THE ACTION PLAN KIND OF REPLACES. 4974 06:06:54,788 --> 06:07:00,188 THE FIRST ACTION PLAN WHEN WE FIRST ADOPTED POLICY 4975 06:07:06,199 --> 06:07:08,201 RESOLUTIONS TO BE ENVISIONED ZERO CITY. 4976 06:07:08,201 --> 06:07:11,404 I THINK A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES INFORM THAT ACTION 4977 06:07:11,404 --> 06:07:12,806 PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE THAT, WHILE I 4978 06:07:12,806 --> 06:07:19,406 THINK THIS WILL HELP US MAKE CHOICES GOING FORWARD WE ARE 4979 06:07:22,682 --> 06:07:26,486 ALSO AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES 4980 06:07:26,486 --> 06:07:30,357 TAX SO AT LEAST INITIALLY WHERE WE WOULD LOOK TO USE SOME OF 4981 06:07:30,357 --> 06:07:33,427 THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE THE PLACES WHERE WE GET A LITTLE 4982 06:07:33,427 --> 06:07:37,497 MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SALES TAX AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE 4983 06:07:37,497 --> 06:07:39,497 AT LEAST INITIALLY. 4984 06:07:39,565 --> 06:07:44,365 >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. 4985 06:07:53,380 --> 06:07:57,250 >>Council Member Carroll: I ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN 4986 06:07:57,250 --> 06:08:00,386 PEDESTRIAN LEVEL COMFORT NAPS. I WOULD WELCOME A WORK SESSION 4987 06:08:00,386 --> 06:08:04,124 ON THE ACTION PLAN WITH THE PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF COMFORT 4988 06:08:04,124 --> 06:08:06,192 NAPS. GIVEN IT'S LATE AT NIGHT I'D 4989 06:08:06,192 --> 06:08:09,329 LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOU ARE USING PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF COMFORT TO 4990 06:08:09,329 --> 06:08:14,129 INFORM THE FLEXIBLE SIDEWALK PROJECTS IN THE YEAR. 4991 06:08:17,137 --> 06:08:20,540 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 4992 06:08:20,540 --> 06:08:24,611 HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE PLANNING THAT WORK SESSION, APPRECIATE 4993 06:08:24,611 --> 06:08:27,881 THAT. MOVING ON TO GENERAL COMMENTS 4994 06:08:27,881 --> 06:08:33,881 BY PUBLIC, WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? 4995 06:08:43,830 --> 06:08:47,434 >>Public Speaker: I KNOW IT'S LATE, THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT 4996 06:08:47,434 --> 06:08:50,637 IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON URBAN ENCAMPMENTS 4997 06:08:50,637 --> 06:08:52,572 AND ORDINANCES. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 4998 06:08:52,572 --> 06:08:56,443 NARRATIVE EVERYBODY IS WEAVING ABOUT THE SO-CALLED HOMELESS 4999 06:08:56,443 --> 06:08:58,843 POPULATION ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN. 5000 06:09:01,915 --> 06:09:05,919 ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF ACADEMIA HAVING 5001 06:09:05,919 --> 06:09:09,189 NARRATIVES AND BLAMING THEM FOR EVERY BIT OF CRIME IN DOWNTOWN, 5002 06:09:09,189 --> 06:09:12,590 FOR ONE THING THIS IS NOT JUST A DOWNTOWN ISSUE. 5003 06:09:12,590 --> 06:09:17,931 THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S ALL OVER COLUMBIA BUT WE NEED TO 5004 06:09:17,931 --> 06:09:21,868 REMEMBER THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO BECAUSE WE 5005 06:09:21,868 --> 06:09:24,804 DESTROYED A LOT OF THEIR ENCAMPMENTS AND WHERE DO PEOPLE 5006 06:09:24,804 --> 06:09:33,204 GO WHEN ONE OF THE MOST STABLE THINGS IN THEIR LIFE IS GONE SO 5007 06:09:46,560 --> 06:09:50,364 THESE ENCAMPMENTS WERE AROUND FOR 10 YEARS AND THAT IS A 5008 06:09:50,364 --> 06:09:53,366 PROBLEM IN ITSELF, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL THESE 5009 06:09:53,366 --> 06:09:56,369 ORDINANCES GETTING RID OF BUS SHELTERS AND GETTING RID OF 5010 06:09:56,369 --> 06:10:00,441 BENCHES AND REPLACEMENT WITH HOSTILE INFRASTRUCTURE AND 5011 06:10:00,441 --> 06:10:03,444 CALLING THAT SOLVING A PROBLEM WHEN ALL IT DOES IS SHIFT 5012 06:10:03,444 --> 06:10:06,580 PEOPLE AROUND FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER UNTIL 5013 06:10:06,580 --> 06:10:10,451 IT FINALLY GOES TO THE FIRST WARD BECAUSE NOBODY CARES ABOUT 5014 06:10:10,451 --> 06:10:13,454 THE FIRST WARD OR IT GOES TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING SMALL 5015 06:10:13,454 --> 06:10:16,723 TOWNS NOT EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THAT AND THEN THEY COME BACK 5016 06:10:16,723 --> 06:10:18,792 HERE AND IT'S A NEVER ENDING CYCLE. 5017 06:10:18,792 --> 06:10:21,662 AND IT'S SO UNFAIR WE ARE PUTTING ALL OUR BLAME ABOUT 5018 06:10:21,662 --> 06:10:25,598 WHAT'S GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN ON THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN THE 5019 06:10:25,598 --> 06:10:28,668 STUDENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING, THEY'RE RELEASING THEIR BODILY 5020 06:10:28,668 --> 06:10:32,539 FLUIDS AND DESTROYING PROPERTY BUT WE WANT TO PIN IT ON OUR 5021 06:10:32,539 --> 06:10:35,608 MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHILE INJURING OR MAKING PEOPLE WHO 5022 06:10:35,608 --> 06:10:39,546 HAVE DISABILITIES WHO HAVE LIFE HARDER BECAUSE WE HATE HOMELESS 5023 06:10:39,546 --> 06:10:42,549 PEOPLE THAT MUCH. IT'S NOT FAIR AND I WORRY AFTER 5024 06:10:42,549 --> 06:10:46,553 DOING THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE MEDIUM IS OPENING THE DOOR WAY 5025 06:10:46,553 --> 06:10:49,556 TO DO THIS WITH DOWNTOWN IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO NOW START 5026 06:10:49,556 --> 06:10:53,493 AND I'VE HAD HANDLING LAWS. LAST I CHECKED DOWNTOWN IS NOT 5027 06:10:53,493 --> 06:10:55,280 JUST ABOUT BROADWAY, PEOPLE LIVE HERE. 5028 06:10:55,280 --> 06:11:00,428 IT'S A CREATIVE HUB. IT'S FULL OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE 5029 06:11:07,373 --> 06:11:10,310 AND LAST I CHECKED THE SO-CALLED HOMELESS POPULATION 5030 06:11:10,310 --> 06:11:13,447 IS PART OF THE PUBLIC WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE IN 5031 06:11:13,447 --> 06:11:16,450 PUBLIC LANDS AND HIS PEOPLE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT'S REMEMBER 5032 06:11:16,450 --> 06:11:20,521 SOME OF THIS LAND WAS STOLEN SO WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE ON WHO IS 5033 06:11:20,521 --> 06:11:23,457 DESERVING OF WHAT? THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS BUT I 5034 06:11:23,457 --> 06:11:26,526 WANT CONCERNS THAT ARE MORE COEXISTING AND LESS PUSHING 5035 06:11:26,526 --> 06:11:27,594 ASIDE. 5036 06:11:27,594 --> 06:11:31,998 >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK. 5037 06:11:31,998 --> 06:11:35,802 >>Public Speaker: EUGENE ELKIN, SECOND WARD.A STRONG DITTO 5038 06:11:35,802 --> 06:11:38,338 BEHIND THE PREVIOUS LADY. I DON'T TALK EASILY ON THE 5039 06:11:38,338 --> 06:11:44,938 SUBJECT BUT EVERYTHING SHE HAD TO SAY WAS VERY VERY IMPORTANT. 5040 06:11:45,746 --> 06:11:49,549 MANY TIMES WE HEAR OVER AND OVER IS THE HOMELESS AGAIN AND 5041 06:11:49,549 --> 06:11:52,549 TONIGHT I HAVE SEVERAL SUBJECTS. 5042 06:11:53,820 --> 06:11:56,623 I'VE ASKED THIS REPEATEDLY, SOMEONE TAKE THIS ON. 5043 06:11:56,623 --> 06:11:59,692 WE NEED RESTROOM SIGNAGE IN OUR LOBBY. 5044 06:11:59,692 --> 06:12:04,492 IT CAN BARELY BE SIGNING FROM THE CEILING. 5045 06:12:05,499 --> 06:12:09,436 WE FED MANY PUBLIC INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO OUR 5046 06:12:09,436 --> 06:12:12,772 MEETINGS AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RESTROOM IS THERE IN YOUR 5047 06:12:12,772 --> 06:12:15,843 HALLWAY LOOKING AND LOOKING TO RENT THIS PAST WEEK MY MOTHER 5048 06:12:15,843 --> 06:12:19,313 WAS 89 YEARS OLD ON AUGUST 13. SHE'S BEEN ON A RECHARGEABLE 5049 06:12:19,313 --> 06:12:25,313 THREE YEAR BATTERY, HEADACHE AFTER HEADACHE AND AT HER AGE 5050 06:12:26,786 --> 06:12:31,859 OF 79 SHE WAS GIVEN A 25 YEAR NO MAINTENANCE INCONTINENCE 5051 06:12:31,859 --> 06:12:39,590 URINARY BATTERY WE HAD HOPE FOR THE FUTURE FOR THOSE AS THEY 5052 06:12:40,601 --> 06:12:43,300 AGE. WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE ADA 5053 06:12:43,300 --> 06:12:45,539 RECOGNITION OF EVERYONE HAS TO GO SOMETIME AND THEY HAVE EVERY 5054 06:12:45,539 --> 06:12:50,770 RIGHT TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND NOT HAVE TO ASK A TOTAL 5055 06:12:50,770 --> 06:12:55,477 STRANGER WHERE'S THE BATHROOM. MESSAGE ON-SCREEN OF THE NEW 5056 06:12:59,820 --> 06:13:03,900 TVS, WE HAVE NICE BRAND-NEW TVS SO PANEL I'VE HEARD THIS AND 5057 06:13:03,900 --> 06:13:08,490 I'M REPEATING IT. WE NEED NEW LARGER SCREENS ON 5058 06:13:11,365 --> 06:13:14,567 THE RIGHT CORNER, THE MESSAGE OF WHAT SUBJECTS YOU ARE ON, 5059 06:13:14,567 --> 06:13:19,367 THE DIGITS, WHATEVER IT BE, WHERE ARE THEY? 5060 06:13:19,573 --> 06:13:26,773 AND I'M BUSY TRYING TO EXPLAIN I THINK, WELL THAT DOESN'T MAKE 5061 06:13:33,386 --> 06:13:35,322 ME RIGHT. I MIGHT BE WRONG. 5062 06:13:35,322 --> 06:13:38,324 LOOK ON THE SCREEN AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU AS BARBARA 5063 06:13:38,324 --> 06:13:40,593 INTRODUCES IT, THAT'S WHEN IT SHOULD GO UP. 5064 06:13:40,593 --> 06:13:46,593 CITY OF COLUMBIA MIGHT BE DOING A WASTE OF MONEY. 5065 06:13:47,468 --> 06:13:50,804 WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTING THE PUBLIC TO PAY MORE AND MORE 5066 06:13:50,804 --> 06:13:54,408 WHEN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE CITY OF COLUMBIA WILL BE PLACED 5067 06:13:54,408 --> 06:13:57,411 ON A WATER TOWER ON WALNUT. I SEE THAT AS WASTE OF MONEY. 5068 06:13:57,411 --> 06:14:00,481 A LADY SAID TONIGHT WHY DO WE NEED TO BE TOLD, WE KNOW IT'S 5069 06:14:00,481 --> 06:14:07,681 THE CITY OF COLUMBIA TOWER. THIS HAS COME TO ME TONIGHT, WE 5070 06:14:08,822 --> 06:14:12,692 NEED TO BE REPORTING THE CORRECT BUSINESS THAT'S BEING 5071 06:14:12,692 --> 06:14:14,762 AFFECTED, NOT I THINK IT WAS THAT ONE. 5072 06:14:14,762 --> 06:14:21,962 BE SURE THE RIGHT BUSINESS IS IN ALL MESSAGES OR CALL THAT 5073 06:14:25,572 --> 06:14:28,642 COMEDIAN AND LET THEM KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG BUSINESS 5074 06:14:28,642 --> 06:14:31,645 IN YOUR REPORTS. YOUR BLOCKING THE SIDEWALKS 5075 06:14:31,645 --> 06:14:33,714 FORCING PEOPLE INTO THE STREETS. 5076 06:14:33,714 --> 06:14:37,914 YOU NEED TO OPEN UP THE GAP. 5077 06:14:40,587 --> 06:14:43,587 >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, EUGENE. 5078 06:14:44,458 --> 06:14:51,658 >>Public Speaker: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BILL AND I'D LIKE TO 5079 06:14:54,201 --> 06:14:59,100 ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE NOT 5080 06:14:59,606 --> 06:15:03,806 PROPOSED BUT THE URBAN CAMPAIGN ORDINANCE POSSIBILITIES. 5081 06:15:13,687 --> 06:15:17,490 THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC IN COLUMBIA. 5082 06:15:17,490 --> 06:15:20,693 AT LAST COUNT THERE WERE 309 INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY 5083 06:15:20,693 --> 06:15:24,980 AND THE OPPORTUNITY CAMPUSES ROUTINELY HOUSES 120 TO 150 5084 06:15:24,980 --> 06:15:27,340 GUESTS PER NIGHT SO THAT'S ROUGHLY A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF 5085 06:15:27,340 --> 06:15:34,234 OF THE LAST POPULATION WE HAD. THERE'S A LOT OF GUESTS THAT 5086 06:15:36,243 --> 06:15:41,430 SUFFER FROM TRAUMA IN THIS REMAINING POPULATION THAT 5087 06:15:41,848 --> 06:15:47,248 CANNOT DEAL WITH STAYING IN SHELTERS, CANNOT DEAL WITH 5088 06:15:48,121 --> 06:15:52,725 BEING IN LARGE PRIVATE ROOMS THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE CONFINES 5089 06:15:52,725 --> 06:15:58,125 AND OTHER SITUATIONS THAT GO ON WITHIN THE SHELTER. 5090 06:15:59,332 --> 06:16:03,532 SO THAT'S THE COMMUNITY I'M THINKING ABOUT. 5091 06:16:17,284 --> 06:16:23,884 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE IN THESE CROWDED CONFINED AREAS 5092 06:16:26,839 --> 06:16:32,839 SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE HOMELESS 5093 06:16:33,579 --> 06:16:36,715 COMMUNITY AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO FOLLOW PREVIOUS 5094 06:16:36,715 --> 06:16:39,719 RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED BY THE BUSINESS DISTRICT WE SEE 5095 06:16:39,719 --> 06:16:42,855 CHANGES IN THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, TAKEN AWAY THE 5096 06:16:42,855 --> 06:16:46,725 HOMELESS INCOME BY INSTITUTING MEDIAN ORDINANCES IN THE CITY 5097 06:16:46,725 --> 06:16:52,725 SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY MOVE DOWNTOWN BY 5098 06:17:01,540 --> 06:17:04,410 PANHANDLERS TO RENT THEIR BULLDOZING CAMPS IN THE 5099 06:17:04,410 --> 06:17:07,679 PERIPHERY OF THE CITY SO DON'T BE SURPRISED BY INCREASES IN 5100 06:17:07,679 --> 06:17:10,549 URBAN CAMPAIGN. ISN'T IT TIME WE STOPPED TRYING 5101 06:17:10,549 --> 06:17:13,552 TO CONSTRICT COLUMBIA'S HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND TO BE 5102 06:17:13,552 --> 06:17:15,688 PROACTIVE INSTEAD INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE? 5103 06:17:15,688 --> 06:17:19,425 IT'S TIME THE CITY STARTS IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE 5104 06:17:19,425 --> 06:17:22,628 HOMELESS PEOPLE CAN EXIST NOT CREATE AREAS WHERE ORDINANCES 5105 06:17:22,628 --> 06:17:25,431 SAY THEY CAN'T. YOU'VE RUN OUT OF FIELD PARK 5106 06:17:25,431 --> 06:17:29,301 AND THE PAVILION NEAR THE OPPORTUNITY CAMPUSES PER MINUTE 5107 06:17:29,301 --> 06:17:32,505 OF MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE CRAMMED WITH TRESPASS VIOLATIONS AS 5108 06:17:32,505 --> 06:17:36,375 PEOPLE TRY TO EXIST SOMEWHERE RENT HOW ABOUT WE CREATE A ZERO 5109 06:17:36,375 --> 06:17:39,512 BARRIER CAN BE AREA WITH THE ELECTRICITY TO CHARGE CELL 5110 06:17:39,512 --> 06:17:43,112 PHONES POTABLE WATER RESTROOMS AND SANITATION. 5111 06:17:43,315 --> 06:17:47,919 TECHNOLOGY THAT PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO EXIST AND PROVIDE THAT 5112 06:17:47,919 --> 06:17:48,387 SPACE. 5113 06:17:48,387 --> 06:17:51,923 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO 5114 06:17:51,923 --> 06:17:53,923 SPEAK? 5115 06:17:56,528 --> 06:18:01,928 >>Public Speaker: TIFFANY KRAVITZ AND THE REASON I STAYED 5116 06:18:05,871 --> 06:18:09,800 HERE IS BECAUSE OF FLOC CAMERAS, I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN 5117 06:18:09,800 --> 06:18:15,800 THE CITY, IT FEELS LIKE THE CAMERAS ARE SURVEILLING US. 5118 06:18:15,347 --> 06:18:18,483 THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY FOR DATA ANALYSIS, ALL THAT IS 5119 06:18:18,483 --> 06:18:22,554 STORED ON SERVERS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, PROBABLY 5120 06:18:22,554 --> 06:18:27,292 OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI RENT THEY'RE NOT APPLICABLE TO STATE 5121 06:18:27,292 --> 06:18:29,561 LAW AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ACCESS TO THEM. 5122 06:18:29,561 --> 06:18:36,769 SO EVEN IF YOU PASS A BILL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TURN 5123 06:18:36,769 --> 06:18:40,390 OFF THE FEATURE TO SHARE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS REALISTICALLY 5124 06:18:40,390 --> 06:18:43,842 IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED THEY CAN EVEN GO 5125 06:18:43,842 --> 06:18:46,979 STRAIGHT TO THE FOOTAGE, STRAIGHT TO THE HARD DRIVE THAT 5126 06:18:46,979 --> 06:18:50,490 IS UNENCRYPTED. IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE BUILDING 5127 06:18:50,490 --> 06:18:54,849 UP A SURVEILLANCE NETWORK, BUILDING UP THE CONCENTRATION 5128 06:18:56,389 --> 06:19:00,258 CAMPS WITH THE IMMIGRATION AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE I'M 5129 06:19:00,258 --> 06:19:03,262 CONSTANTLY UNDER THREAT. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO 5130 06:19:03,262 --> 06:19:05,865 HAPPEN, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF IF BUT WHEN AND I DON'T FEEL 5131 06:19:05,865 --> 06:19:09,465 SAFE. LIKE GENUINELY THE TRAILS HAVE 5132 06:19:11,670 --> 06:19:14,806 CAMERAS AND ALL THAT IS NOT IN THE CITY, THE FOOTAGE IS NOT 5133 06:19:14,806 --> 06:19:18,678 STORED IN THE CITY, EVERYTHING IS PROCESSED OUTSIDE BY A 5134 06:19:18,678 --> 06:19:24,750 CONTRACTOR WHO HAS AFFILIATION WITH THE IDF THAT ARE ALL USING 5135 06:19:24,750 --> 06:19:27,953 THE SAME CIRCUIT OF WHO ARE YOU WITH, WHO ARE YOU CLOSE TO OR 5136 06:19:27,953 --> 06:19:31,824 WHO HAVE YOU SEEN IT WITH YOU TO TARGET PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR 5137 06:19:31,824 --> 06:19:35,494 GENDER AND AGE. THAT SAME THING WAS ALSO TRYING 5138 06:19:35,494 --> 06:19:40,894 TO BE ROLLED OUT WITH INTEGRATION WITH AMAZON WHICH 5139 06:19:45,905 --> 06:19:48,974 WAS THE FOOTBALL ADD WHICH GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK AND 5140 06:19:48,974 --> 06:19:53,579 THANKFULLY SO. IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD 5141 06:19:53,579 --> 06:19:56,449 NOT BE PART OF THIS. I DON'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE OF IT 5142 06:19:56,449 --> 06:20:04,249 AND IN TERMS OF I MEAN, PLEASE GO BACK ON THE FLOC CAMERA. 5143 06:20:04,456 --> 06:20:07,456 I REALLY DON'T LIKE IT. 5144 06:20:08,728 --> 06:20:14,728 >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO 5145 06:20:19,710 --> 06:20:21,700 SPEAK? SEEING NONE I WILL GO TO 5146 06:20:21,700 --> 06:20:24,760 COUNSEL COMMENTS, VALERIE STARTING WITH YOU AND REMIND 5147 06:20:24,760 --> 06:20:28,276 ALL OF US IT IS AFTER MIDNIGHT. 5148 06:20:32,484 --> 06:20:37,884 >>Council Member Carroll: WHEN RUTH BADER GINSBURG WAS ASKED 5149 06:20:38,290 --> 06:20:42,270 HOW MANY WOMEN WERE ENOUGH FROM THE SUPREME COURT SHE SAID WHEN 5150 06:20:42,270 --> 06:20:46,565 THERE ARE NINE. LADIES, THERE ARE SEVEN OF US. 5151 06:20:46,565 --> 06:20:51,365 I'M HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS COUNSEL. 5152 06:20:51,771 --> 06:20:57,171 WITH REGARDS TO THE DISCUSSION OF VIOLENCE DOWNTOWN, WE'VE 5153 06:21:01,580 --> 06:21:06,980 BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN HOW WE ARE APPROACHING PUBLIC 5154 06:21:09,922 --> 06:21:13,522 SAFETY. WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN 5155 06:21:13,525 --> 06:21:17,596 HOW WE ARE COMMUNICATING PUBLIC SAFETY BOTH FROM THE PUBLIC AND 5156 06:21:17,596 --> 06:21:21,196 WITH OUR COLLABORATORS AT THE UNIVERSITY. 5157 06:21:22,334 --> 06:21:28,934 I THINK THAT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO RETHINK THAT. 5158 06:21:30,609 --> 06:21:33,212 I THINK THAT WE HAVE MADE THE CHANGES WE PLANNED ON AND THOSE 5159 06:21:33,212 --> 06:21:39,212 ARE WELL-KNOWN BUT WE'VE FOLLOWED THE PATH IN FRONT OF 5160 06:21:39,551 --> 06:21:46,151 US AND THAT IS WELL KNOWN. WE CANNOT LOOK AT EVERY 5161 06:21:49,627 --> 06:21:54,427 INCIDENT AND RETHINK OUR PATH. WE NEED CONSISTENCY. 5162 06:22:00,906 --> 06:22:06,306 CONSISTENCY IS WHAT GIVES US TRUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY. 5163 06:22:08,180 --> 06:22:11,250 IT'S WHAT GIVES US TRUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRUST IN OUR 5164 06:22:11,250 --> 06:22:15,253 POLICE AND WE NEED CONSISTENCY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ON OUR 5165 06:22:15,253 --> 06:22:19,453 POLICE. MY HOPE IS THAT THE 1% SAFETY 5166 06:22:19,591 --> 06:22:22,728 TAX AND THE INCREASE IN STAFFING CAN HELP US BUILD SOME 5167 06:22:22,728 --> 06:22:28,728 OF THOSE THINGS. I WOULD LIKE FOR US IN OUR 5168 06:22:29,868 --> 06:22:35,140 COMMUNICATIONS ESPECIALLY WITH THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 5169 06:22:35,140 --> 06:22:41,140 FOCUSING ON A DUCTING MINDSET. THAT WE CREATE ROOM FOR 5170 06:22:42,281 --> 06:22:48,281 EVERYONE TO COME DOWNTOWN, HAVE FUN, COEXIST WITH EACH OTHER 5171 06:22:50,221 --> 06:22:56,221 AND TO BE SAFE GOING HOME. AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS 5172 06:22:59,233 --> 06:23:02,903 PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS TO DO THAT. 5173 06:23:02,903 --> 06:23:05,639 WE'VE HAD SOME COMMENTS ON URBAN CAMPAIGN. 5174 06:23:05,639 --> 06:23:12,239 AND I APPRECIATE DANNY PEREZ'S COMMENT AT THE END CITING THE 5175 06:23:12,913 --> 06:23:20,113 COMMUNITY IN THE FIRST WARD. I DO HAVE A CONCERN AS WE 5176 06:23:20,454 --> 06:23:24,654 INCREASE RESTRICTIONS ON MEDIANS ON PANHANDLING, ON 5177 06:23:27,194 --> 06:23:31,465 CAMPING THAT WE TEND TO DISPLACE PEOPLE TOWARDS THE 5178 06:23:31,465 --> 06:23:36,865 SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I THINK THAT IS ALSO A 5179 06:23:43,343 --> 06:23:45,412 CONSIDERATION. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR 5180 06:23:45,412 --> 06:23:50,812 RESIDENTS, BOTH OUR UN-HOUSED RESIDENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS IN 5181 06:23:50,884 --> 06:23:54,621 PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA AND IN PROXIMITY TO OUR 5182 06:23:54,621 --> 06:24:00,621 SHOPPING DISTRICTS.I THINK IN THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE THEY HAVE 5183 06:24:00,828 --> 06:24:07,428 LARGELY BEEN LEFT OUT. I DON'T WANT TO OPEN A LARGE 5184 06:24:12,306 --> 06:24:14,375 PACKAGE. I DO SEE A ROOM FOR 5185 06:24:14,375 --> 06:24:17,375 CLARIFICATION ON SOME EXISTING ORDINANCES. 5186 06:24:28,722 --> 06:24:32,259 >> I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO TENDS TO THINK ABOUT LEGACY BUT 5187 06:24:32,259 --> 06:24:37,664 SITTING ON THIS DAIS RIGHT NOW AND GETTING TO BE PART OF THE 5188 06:24:37,664 --> 06:24:41,869 FIRST ALL-FEMALE COUNSEL IN COLUMBIA'S HISTORY IS A PRETTY 5189 06:24:41,869 --> 06:24:47,474 INCREDIBLE PART OF A LEGACY. I'M VERY HONORED TO BE SITTING 5190 06:24:47,474 --> 06:24:53,474 UP HERE WITH ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL LEADERS IN OUR 5191 06:24:53,747 --> 06:24:55,749 COMMUNITY. THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO 5192 06:24:55,749 --> 06:25:02,349 BRING UP, SOMETHING THAT WAS ON CONSENT TONIGHT WAS TAKING THE 5193 06:25:06,427 --> 06:25:10,231 NEXT STEP IN WHAT WILL BE AN ADMITTEDLY LONG PROCESS BUT WE 5194 06:25:10,231 --> 06:25:13,434 KEEP CHUGGING DOWN THE LINE OR THE ROUNDABOUT IN PROVIDENCE IN 5195 06:25:13,434 --> 06:25:16,370 THE BLUE RIDGE. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN SO 5196 06:25:16,370 --> 06:25:21,242 EXCITED ABOUT SINCE BEFORE I GOT ON COUNSEL ARE PARTICULARLY 5197 06:25:21,242 --> 06:25:25,646 EXCITED TO HAVE THAT ON CONSENT TONIGHT AS ON MY WAY HERE I SAW 5198 06:25:25,646 --> 06:25:31,646 AN ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION THAT HE APPEARED VISUALLY TO 5199 06:25:34,789 --> 06:25:38,592 TOTAL BOTH CARS INVOLVED SO MUCH NEEDED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 5200 06:25:38,592 --> 06:25:41,595 ARE COMING DOWN THE LINE. SHANE KNOWS HOW EXCITED I AM 5201 06:25:41,595 --> 06:25:42,863 ABOUT THIS. 5202 06:25:42,863 --> 06:25:44,863 >>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE. 5203 06:25:45,933 --> 06:25:51,333 >>Council Member Sample: I WOULD ASK FOR A BRIEF 5204 06:25:56,100 --> 06:25:59,800 DISCUSSION ON CONCERNS REGARDING WHO IS ENGAGED IN THE 5205 06:25:59,800 --> 06:26:04,480 HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN AND I HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH 5206 06:26:08,222 --> 06:26:11,291 D'CARLON BUT SINCE YOU LEFT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PREPARED 5207 06:26:11,291 --> 06:26:14,361 TO COMMENT SO MY PROPOSAL IS I WILL READ THE EMAIL. 5208 06:26:14,361 --> 06:26:17,164 I SAW A QUESTION COME UP REGARDING LIFE MOBILE 5209 06:26:17,164 --> 06:26:21,969 COLLECTIVE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN. 5210 06:26:21,969 --> 06:26:26,306 THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS YES, THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO 5211 06:26:26,306 --> 06:26:29,306 PARTICIPATE. A REPRESENTATIVE HAS ALREADY 5212 06:26:31,712 --> 06:26:34,314 SUBMITTED THEIR REGISTRATION TO ATTEND A FOCUS GROUP. 5213 06:26:34,314 --> 06:26:40,314 THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND A SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION 5214 06:26:40,453 --> 06:26:45,258 WITH ALL HER OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO DISCUSS THE CLINIC 5215 06:26:45,258 --> 06:26:49,329 SIDE AND THEIR ATTENDANCE IS PENDING, THE STEERING COMMITTEE 5216 06:26:49,329 --> 06:26:55,869 HAS DISCUSSED A NEED AFTER THE DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND 5217 06:26:55,869 --> 06:26:59,673 ANALYZED TO GET THEIR INPUT ON ACTION ITEMS CREATED BY THE 5218 06:26:59,673 --> 06:27:02,876 COMMITTEE, CALL MAC IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN BE 5219 06:27:02,876 --> 06:27:05,946 UTILIZED THOUGH I DID ASK A QUESTION AND I WANTED TO MAKE 5220 06:27:05,946 --> 06:27:09,683 SURE THEY WERE INCLUDED AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING 5221 06:27:09,683 --> 06:27:10,951 ELSE TO ADD. 5222 06:27:10,951 --> 06:27:16,490 >> I THINK IN PART I KNOW WHEN STAFF WAS PUTTING TOGETHER 5223 06:27:16,490 --> 06:27:19,490 POTENTIAL SUGGESTIONS THEY IDENTIFIED MEMBERS 5224 06:27:19,559 --> 06:27:22,762 REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND INSURED KEY STAKEHOLDERS 5225 06:27:22,762 --> 06:27:25,698 THEY WANTED TO INVOLVE AND ALSO FOCUS GROUPS. 5226 06:27:25,698 --> 06:27:30,170 I'D LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD PART OF THE FAULT IS MINE. 5227 06:27:30,170 --> 06:27:34,108 I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO EMAIL THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS 5228 06:27:34,108 --> 06:27:37,978 ABOUT THE STEERING COMMITTEE OR STAFF WAS SO THAT MEANS WE 5229 06:27:37,978 --> 06:27:39,446 ORIGINALLY SENT THAT EMAIL BACK IN MAY. 5230 06:27:39,446 --> 06:27:43,460 I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONE AS WELL. 5231 06:27:50,657 --> 06:27:53,527 >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'VE PONTIFICATED ENOUGH 5232 06:27:53,527 --> 06:27:56,663 TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT FIRST MEETING. 5233 06:27:56,663 --> 06:27:58,663 >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA. 5234 06:27:59,599 --> 06:28:02,402 >>Council Member Hartman: I ECHO ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT 5235 06:28:02,402 --> 06:28:05,472 BEING PART OF THE NEW TEAM. TRY TO LEAN FORWARD AS WE GO 5236 06:28:05,472 --> 06:28:08,472 FORWARD. I JUST REPEATED MYSELF. 5237 06:28:12,746 --> 06:28:16,616 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT IN A FEW 5238 06:28:16,616 --> 06:28:19,953 DIFFERENT WAYS WAS REGARDING FLOC CAMERAS. 5239 06:28:19,953 --> 06:28:23,957 I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING BUT COUNSEL NEEDS TO START 5240 06:28:23,957 --> 06:28:25,959 CONSIDERING. I'VE HAD A A LOT OF PEOPLE 5241 06:28:25,959 --> 06:28:32,766 REACH OUT ABOUT IT SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO START 5242 06:28:32,766 --> 06:28:35,636 CONSIDERING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING 5243 06:28:35,636 --> 06:28:38,838 THE CITY DOES WANT TO CONTINUE AFTER WE'VE REVIEWED AND I KNOW 5244 06:28:38,838 --> 06:28:41,374 WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION AROUND THAT SURVEILLANCE AUDIT 5245 06:28:41,374 --> 06:28:45,574 RECENTLY. IT CONTINUING TO BRING THAT TO 5246 06:28:45,912 --> 06:28:50,651 LIGHT AND I THINK THE COMMENTS TONIGHT ECHO WHAT I'VE BEEN 5247 06:28:50,651 --> 06:28:53,510 HEARING ELSEWHERE. THAT'S ALL. 5248 06:28:53,453 --> 06:28:55,453 >>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY. 5249 06:28:55,455 --> 06:29:02,550 >>Council Member Peters: FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF 5250 06:29:03,129 --> 06:29:05,265 COLUMBIA FOR PASSING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY TAX. 5251 06:29:05,265 --> 06:29:12,465 THAT WAS A BIG DEAL AND IT'S CERTAINLY AND ASK OF THE 5252 06:29:19,493 --> 06:29:22,495 CITIZENS AND I'M WELL AWARE IT DID PASS BUT NOT BY VERY MUCH 5253 06:29:22,495 --> 06:29:26,233 WHICH IS A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE IT'S 5254 06:29:26,233 --> 06:29:29,236 CLEAR THAT WE USE THE MONEY FOR AND IT'S TRANSPARENT. 5255 06:29:29,236 --> 06:29:34,775 THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WE GO 5256 06:29:34,775 --> 06:29:37,911 BACK TO A 6:00 P.M. START TIME. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING 5257 06:29:37,911 --> 06:29:41,782 STARTS AT SEVEN BUT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION THAT 5258 06:29:41,782 --> 06:29:48,982 WE HAVE ALONG WITH CHRISTINA'S POINT THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE MORE 5259 06:29:50,124 --> 06:29:53,993 ITEMS TO DISCUSS WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER MAKING IT A 6:00 5260 06:29:53,993 --> 06:29:57,197 P.M. MEETING FROM HERE ON OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO I THINK MAKE A 5261 06:29:57,197 --> 06:29:58,265 MOTION TO THAT. 5262 06:29:58,265 --> 06:30:02,469 >> MAY I INTERRUPT, WE HAVE A REVOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC 5263 06:30:02,469 --> 06:30:08,469 HEARINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT SAY 7:00 P.M. SO 5264 06:30:09,810 --> 06:30:13,747 YOU CANNOT START EITHER ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS AT 6:00 P.M.. 5265 06:30:13,747 --> 06:30:20,354 AFTERWARDS IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER IT BUT 5266 06:30:20,354 --> 06:30:23,290 I WOULD SAY A CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HAD WITH THE 5267 06:30:23,290 --> 06:30:26,359 MANAGER'S OFFICE BECAUSE YOU ARE SHORTENING PRE-COUNSEL 5268 06:30:26,359 --> 06:30:32,359 WHICH THEN PUSHES THINGS OFF FURTHER THAT WE ARE ALREADY 5269 06:30:32,833 --> 06:30:35,969 BUSY WITH WORK SESSIONS SO UNLESS WE WANT TO HAVE MORE 5270 06:30:35,969 --> 06:30:39,306 MEETINGS THAT COULD BECOME AN ISSUE SO I JUST WANT TO POINT 5271 06:30:39,306 --> 06:30:41,706 THOSE TWO THINGS OUT. 5272 06:30:47,648 --> 06:30:51,385 >>Council Member Peters: THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASON I BROUGHT 5273 06:30:51,385 --> 06:30:57,385 THAT UP REALIZING YOU HAVE NOT ADVERTISED FOR THE 21ST. 5274 06:30:58,992 --> 06:31:01,862 >> I HAD ADVERTISED BUT YOU PASSED RESOLUTIONS FOR TWO 5275 06:31:01,862 --> 06:31:04,998 ITEMS THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD BE HELD ON THE 21ST SO I 5276 06:31:04,998 --> 06:31:07,998 WILL BE ADVERTISING THIS SUNDAY. 5277 06:31:16,342 --> 06:31:19,480 >>Council Member Peters: I'M GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE 5278 06:31:19,480 --> 06:31:22,348 SAYING BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AFTER MIDNIGHT SO 5279 06:31:22,348 --> 06:31:25,285 I'D SAY WHY DON'T WE THINK ABOUT THIS AND TO BRING IT UP 5280 06:31:25,285 --> 06:31:28,354 AT THE SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING WHICH I WILL BE AT BUT I'M SURE 5281 06:31:28,354 --> 06:31:32,292 YOU GUYS WON'T DO THIS WITHOUT ME AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO START 5282 06:31:32,292 --> 06:31:35,562 AT SIX AND TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT BUT THE FACT 5283 06:31:35,562 --> 06:31:39,990 THAT IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT AND I WILL SAY ON THE 21ST GOING TO 5284 06:31:39,990 --> 06:31:42,302 HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ENERGY CODES, PERHAPS NOT. 5285 06:31:42,302 --> 06:31:48,302 I CAN HOPE FOR THE BEST BUT I'M TOO OPTIMISTIC. 5286 06:31:48,776 --> 06:31:52,713 AND THE LAST THING I AM ON THE HOMELESS STEERING COMMITTEE AND 5287 06:31:52,713 --> 06:31:57,184 I THOUGHT COMO OF MOBILE AID WAS INVOLVED. 5288 06:31:57,184 --> 06:32:00,387 THERE ARE 11 OR 12 FOCUS GROUPS AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE INVOLVED 5289 06:32:00,387 --> 06:32:06,987 AND IF NOT CERTAINLY AFTER THIS QUESTION THEY WILL BE INVOLVED 5290 06:32:11,265 --> 06:32:14,935 BECAUSE WE'VE LOOKED AT A STUDY SOMEONE DID USING COMO MOBILE 5291 06:32:14,935 --> 06:32:18,710 AID ENTRY INTO THE DIFFERENT HOMELESS GROUPS SO I THOUGHT 5292 06:32:18,710 --> 06:32:24,710 THEY WERE WELL REPRESENTED BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT. 5293 06:32:30,350 --> 06:32:34,200 >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WILL END, IT'S LATE AND I APPRECIATE WE 5294 06:32:34,200 --> 06:32:37,900 WILL BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER ABOUT OUR 5295 06:32:37,900 --> 06:32:40,160 COUNCIL MEETING PROCESS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES 5296 06:32:40,160 --> 06:32:44,163 BUT I'LL ECHO FROM EARLIER THAT IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE. 5297 06:32:44,163 --> 06:32:47,233 IT IS NOT ONLY A JOB WHERE PEOPLE SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION 5298 06:32:47,233 --> 06:32:50,236 FOR YOU WHETHER IT'S ONLINE OR CALLING UP YOUR OFFICE. 5299 06:32:50,236 --> 06:32:54,410 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU AND IT'S AN HONOR TO 5300 06:32:54,410 --> 06:32:55,975 SERVE. ANY STAFF COMMENTS? 5301 06:32:55,975 --> 06:32:59,000 ALL RIGHT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN US AT