>>Mayor Buffaloe: ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE MONDAY, AUGUST 17
2026 COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I WILL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO GO AHEAD AND CALL ROMEO AND I WILL
REMIND EVERYBODY SPEAKING FROM THE DAIS TODAY YOU HAVE TO PUSH
THE MICROPHONE SPEAK INTO IT, THEY ARE NO LONGER ALL HOT SO
IT'S MY WARNING FOR EVERYBODY, SHEILA.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: HERE.
>>Council Member Carroll: HERE.
>>Council Member Elwood: HERE.
>>Council Member Sample: HERE.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones:
>>Council Member Hartman: HERE.
>>Council Member Peters: HERE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I'LL INVITE THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO RISE AND
JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME COMING TO A
COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE UPGRADES
INCLUDING A NEW PODIUM. IF YOU NEED ANY ADJUSTMENTS
THERE IS AN UP AND DOWN BUTTON, YOU CAN DO THAT TO MOVE THE
MICROPHONE CLOSER. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE JUST
REQUEST. A QUICK OVERVIEW OF CITY
COUNCIL AGENDAS, THE ITEMS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA,
THERE'S NOT NORMALLY A PRESENTATION ON THOSE ITEMS AND
NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, FOR ITEMS UNDER
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READ THEY WOULD BE ON OUR CONSENT
AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING. ITEMS UNDER INTRO DO NOT HAVE
AN ASTERISK COULD BE PUBLIC HEARINGS OR ON OLD BUSINESS AT
THE NEXT MEETING AND THAT MEANS THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR RULES ARE THERE ARE
MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK AT COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS, YOU CAN TALK DURING PUBLIC HEARING, OLD BUSINESS A
NEW BUSINESS PORTIONS OF THE AGENDA.
I ASK THAT PEOPLE KEEP THEIR COMMENTS TO THE AGENDA ITEM
BEING DISCUSSED AND I'LL REMIND YOU THAT IF THE COMMENTS VEER
OFF, OTHER TOPICS CAN BE ALLOWED AT THE END UNDER PUBLIC
COMMENT BUT WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND WARD SO WE
CAN GET IT IN THE MINUTES CORRECTLY.
INDIVIDUALS ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES AND GROUPS AFFECTED CAN
REQUEST FIVE MINUTES. I ASK THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
SO WE CAN ADJUST THE TIMER SHOW YOU HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT
REAR RESPECT THE TIME LIMITS SO EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK AND WE ARE NOT HERE UNTIL TUESDAY LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO AND WE
ASK THAT WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK
SO AVOID DEMONSTRATIONS THAT MIGHT INTIMIDATE YOUR
NEIGHBORS. WE ADDRESS INDIVIDUALS, NOT
INDIVIDUALS, DISRUPTION WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH A WARNING AND IF
NECESSARY REMOVAL AND RECESS. GETTING INTO OUR THE FIRST
ITEM WE HAVE IS WE DON'T HAVE MINUTES BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING
ON THOSE FROM THAT MEETING. ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?
SEEING NONE I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS
POSTED, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY JACQUE.
UP FIRST IS OUR FIRST SPECIAL ITEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SHARON GEUEA JONES TO JOIN MYSELF AND
THE CITY CLERK AT THE PODIUM.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: I SHARON GEUEA JONES DO SOLEMNLY
SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE
OF WARD 4 CITY COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA,
MISSOURI AND THAT I AM NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OF THE
DISQUALIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
COLUMBIA. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE
OF MISSOURI AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
COLUMBIA AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES
OF MY OFFICE, SO HELP ME GOD. [APPLAUSE]
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THEN I HAVE YOUR OFFICIAL COMMISSION, IS
SAYS TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENT GREETINGS NO I HAVE
BEEN CERTIFIED THAT SHARON GEUEA JONES WAS ON THE FOURTH
DAY OF AUGUST 2026 DULY ELECTED FOURTH WARD COUNCIL MEMBER FOR
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE IN THE
STATE OF MISSOURI AND THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF SAID CITY OF
COLUMBIA STATE, THAT SHE SAID SHARON GEUEA JONES IS
COMMISSIONED TO SERVE AS COUNCILMEMBER IN THE TERM
ENDING 2028 AS SPECIFIED BY LAW AND AUTHORIZED TO DISCHARGE THE
DUTIES OF SAID OFFICE ACCORDING TO LAW ON THIS HISTORIC DAY.
[APPLAUSE]
>>Mayor Buffaloe: BEFORE WE MOVE ON I'D LIKE TO GIVE OUR
NEWEST COUNCILMEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE
AUDIENCE, IF THERE'S ANYONE ESPECIALLY WANT TO POINT OUT OR
SAY A FEW WORDS.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY AND I
AM SO PLEASED UNDERPRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO
REPRESENT IT. THERE ARE MANY OF YOU I WOULD
NOT BE HERE WITHOUT AND I WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU ALL IN A
PUBLIC FORUM AT THIS TIME BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU SHARON, WELCOME.
[APPLAUSE] AND I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING YOU'LL NOTICE
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL IS AN
ALL-FEMALE COUNSEL.[APPLAUSE] AND I THINK I WOULD BE REMISS
IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WOMEN THAT CAME BEFORE US
STARTING WITH OUR FIRST FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIAL BETTY
McCASKILL IN THE 70S WHO SERVED AS WARD REPRESENTATIVE, PAST
BOARD REPRESENTATIVES ARE IN THE ROOM, MULTIPLE WARDS AS
WELL AS SERVING IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND OF COURSE OUR
FIRST FEMALE MAYOR MARY McCOMB AT THE BACK.
OUR FEMALE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE AND
REPRESENTATIVES SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME BEFORE US AND
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US TO THIS DAY.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY BEING A FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIALS SO
THANK YOU WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE INCLUDING THE LADIES UP HERE
RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME
FOR THAT YOU CAN LEAVE.MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR PART OF OUR
AGENDA THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
THROUGH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ONCE A MONTH WE HAVE
APPOINTMENTS TO ANY VACANCIES AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CHECK
THOSE OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE CITY AND
VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT TO LOOK ON WEDNESDAY ON THE WEBSITE TO
SEE WHAT VACANCIES ARE COMING UP THE NEXT DAY.
AT FIRST WE HAVE A FEW APPLICATIONS AND A FEW
APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE SO FIRST, HOLLAND.
SO FIRST WE HAVE FOR BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THIS ONE WE ARE
GOING TO NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
FOR THE HEALTH WORKER POSITION SHEILA WE HAVE 2 APPLICANTS FOR
ONE VACANCY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
>>Council Member Carroll: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
>>Council Member Elwood: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
>>Council Member Sample: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
>>Council Member Hartman: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
>>Council Member Peters: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
>> BRIDGET HAS BEEN APPOINTED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR THE NEXT POSITION.
I THINK THIS IS A GENERAL INTEREST POSITION.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: JOE CELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
>>Council Member Carroll: JOE CELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
>>Council Member Sample:
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
>>Council Member Hartman: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
>>Council Member Peters: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING INTO THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES
COMMISSION FOR THE ALTERNATE LAYPERSON WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTOPHER HOW.
>>Council Member Carroll: CHRISTOPHER HOW.
>>Council Member Elwood: LEANN CRAVEN.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: CHRISTOPHER HOW.
>>Council Member Hartman: LEANN CRAVEN.
>>Council Member Peters: CHRISTOPHER HOW.
>> CHRISTOPHER HAS BEEN APPOINTEDTED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR APPLICANTS FOR ONE VACANCY ON
THE CLIMATE COMMISSION, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: JULIA THOMASON.
>>Council Member Carroll: JULIA THOMASON.
>>Council Member Elwood: JULIA THOMASON.
>>Council Member Sample: JULIA THOMASON.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: JULIA THOMASON.
>>Council Member Hartman: LESLIE FRAMER.
>>Council Member Peters: LESLIE FRAMER.
>> JULIA HAS BEEN APPOINTED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THEN FOR THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT
SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION ANDREA KAISER CAN SERVE ON THE
DANGEROUS OR AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL ADVISORY BOARD.
AND THEN MOVING ON FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, WE
HAVE BOTH APPLICANTS FOR GENERAL INTEREST AND HISTORIC
PRESERVATION CAN BE APPOINTED IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION SO
STEPHEN BYBEE AND CLARISSA EASTON.
NO OBJECTIONS. THEN FINALLY THE LAST ONE FOR
THAT TAX AND FINANCING COMMISSION IF AGREEABLE I WILL
REAPPOINT TOM MENDENHALL TO SERVE IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION
FROM COUNSEL. OKAY, MOVING ON SCHEDULED
PUBLIC COMMENT SO MEMBERS CAN REACH OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE THE MONDAY PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ONE WEEK
PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY 5:00 P.M. TO SCHEDULE FIVE
MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING, THE TOPIC CAN'T BE ON ANYTHING ON THAT
BUDGET THAT EVENING. OF NOTE HAS BEEN A TYPICAL
PRACTICE OF CITY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP AT THE
END OF THE MEETING UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS IF WARRANTED
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE FIVE SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I
THINK ONE WITHDREW THEIR REQUEST.
I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR JAMIE AND PARKER TO COME FORWARD TO
>>Public ic Speaker: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL, MY NAME IS
JALEN PARKER, CURRENTLY A RESIDENT OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI
AT 2106 CAROL DRIVE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF VIDWEST.
TONIGHT IT'S EASY TO SEE THIS EPIC CONVERSATION ABOUT FUNDING
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE VIDEO CENTER.
IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, IT'S ABOUT ACCESS, IT'S ABOUT
WHETHER SOMEONE WITH TALENT BUT NOT MONEY GETS THE CHANCE TO
CREATE SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND WHEN
PEOPLE HEAR COMMUNITY VIDEO CENTER THEY MIGHT THINK IT'S A
PLACE WITH CAMERAS AND COMPUTERS BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE
THAN THAT, IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DISCOVER WHAT THEY ARE
CAPABLE OF, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE FIND PASSION AND BUILD
CONFIDENCE, WHERE ARTISTS FILMMAKERS PHOTOGRAPHERS
MUSICIANS AND ENTREPRENEURS ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO CREATE
SOMETHING MEANINGFUL AND NOT EVERYONE HAS THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS TO BUY CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES EDITING SOFTWARE OR
STUDIO SPACE, I DIDN'T. THIS GIVES PEOPLE ACCESS TO
RESOURCES THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE NEVER HAVE AND FOR MANY ACCESS
IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A DREAM AND PURSUING IT.
FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS IS WHERE THEY SHOOT THEIR FIRST FILLED
IN FOR OTHERS IS WHERE THEY PHOTOGRAPH A FIRST CLIENT, FOR
THEIR FIRST INTERVIEW OR DISCOVER A SKILL THAT TURNS
INTO A CAREER. THOSE MOMENTS DON'T HAPPEN BY
ACCIDENT.WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE BUT
THIS IS WHAT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.
THIS CENTER DOESN'T JUST PRODUCE VIDEOS, IT BUILDS
CONFIDENCE AND LAUNCHES SMALL BUSINESSES, CREATES CAREERS AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY GIVES PEOPLE A PLACE TO LEARN, MAKE MISTAKES,
GROW AND BUILD AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN FEEL OUT OF REACH.
YOU CAN'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DREAM BIG WHILE TAKING AWAY ONE
OF THE FEW PLACES THAT MAKES THAT DREAM POSSIBLE.
YOU CAN'T SAY YOU SUPPORT THE ARTS INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
WHILE ALLOWING ONE OF OUR RESOURCES TO DISAPPEAR.
EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED REACHES BEYOND THESE WALLS, IT SUPPORTS
CREATORS STRENGTHENS LOCAL BUSINESSES BRINGS PEOPLE
TOGETHER THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ENCOURAGES TALENTED
PEOPLE TO BUILD HERE INSTEAD OF SOMEWHERE ELSE KOREA ONCE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOD IS NOT EASY TO REPLACE.
THE BUILDING CAN BE REBUILT, OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE LOST
CONNECTIONS NEVER MADE AND DREAMS THAT ARE NEVER GIVEN A
CHANCE, THOSE THINGS DON'T COME BACK.
MAYBE THE NEXT FILMMAKER IS WALKING THROUGH THOSE DOORS
TODAY AND MAYBE THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPHER JOURNALIST EDITOR
OR ENTREPRENEUR IS LEARNING SOMETHING THAT WILL SAVE THE
REST OF THEIR LIVES WE HAD JUST AS SO MANY BEFORE THEM DO,
TONIGHT YOU'RE NOT DECIDING WHETHER TO FUND THE BUILDING,
YOUR DECIDING WHAT CITY WE WANT TO BE, A CITY THAT SEES
CREATIVITY AS AN EXPENSE OR ONE THAT RECOGNIZES IT AS AN
INVESTMENT, ESSAY THAT CLOSES DOORS OR OPENS THEM.
I HOPE YOU WILL CHOOSE TO INVEST IN OPPORTUNITY, INVEST
IN PEOPLE ARE LEARNING READING AND BUILDING SOMETHING BIGGER
THAN THEMSELVES BECAUSE WHEN YOU INVEST IN A CENTER YOU'RE
NOT JUST FUNDING A BUILDING, YOUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND
FUTURES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, I'D NOW LIKE TO ASK NICKIE
DAVIS AND LARA PIEPER TO COME FORWARD.
>>Public Speaker: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,
I AM LARA PIEPER CHAIR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DISTRICT
AND ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE
CITY OF COLUMBIA IN DEVELOPING A CLEAR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND
ENFORCEABLE URBAN COUNTY ORDINANCE.
THIS REQUEST IS NOT ABOUT CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS,
IT'S ABOUT CREATING CLARITY CONSISTENCY SAFETY AND
COMPASSION FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
BROADER COMMUNITY NAVIGATING CONCERNS RELATED TO PUBLIC
CAMPAIGN, OBSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS AND SANITATION
ISSUES. CURRENTLY EXISTING ORDINANCES
APPEAR FRAGMENTED BROAD AND DIFFICULT TO LOCATE OR
INTERPRET. THIS CREATES CONFUSION FOR
RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUTREACH PROVIDERS
AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SERVICES.
COMMUNITIES ACROSS MISSOURI AND THE NATION ARE REEVALUATING HOW
THEY ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN PUBLIC SPACES.
LOCAL AGENCIES AND REGIONAL HOMELESS COUNTS SHOW RISING
NEEDS AND STRAINED SHELTER CAPACITY.
A WELL-CRAFTED ORDINANCE WOULD HELP COLUMBIA CLEARLY DEFINED
PROHIBITED CAMPING AND SLEEPING ACTIVITIES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
ESTABLISH TRANSPARENT STANDARDS FOR ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH,
PROTECT SIDEWALKS PARKS BUSINESSES AND SHARED PUBLIC
SPACES, IMPROVE SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS,
CREATE CLEAR PATHWAYS TOWARDS SHELTER TREATMENT AND SUPPORT
SERVICES, ENSURE CONSISTENCY CITY STAFF OUTREACH WORKERS
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. IMPORTANTLY WE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO IMPAIR ANY ORDINANCE WITH COMPASSION
DIVERGENT AND OUTREACH MEASURES INCLUDING MORNING, SHELTER
REFERRALS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE OUTREACH AND
COORDINATION WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS.
MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE ADAPTED TIERED ENFORCEMENT MODELS THAT
PRIORITIZE EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE BEFORE
CITATIONS OR PENALTIES. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE
CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REVIEW EXISTING ORDINANCES
IDENTIFY GAPS IN ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES, RESEARCH BEST
PRACTICES FROM PEERS CITIES AND WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO DRAFT
A CLEAR URBAN CALVING ORDINANCE FOR DISCUSSION AND
CONSIDERATION. ADDITIONALLY AS THE CITY OF
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AND THE DISTRICT BEGIN
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW BLOCK BY BLOCK SAFETY AMBASSADOR
PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT ORDINANCES RELATED TO PUBLIC SPACES,
CAMPING SLEEPING OBSTRUCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS
ARE CLEARLY WRITTEN AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.SAFETY AMBASSADORS
ARE INTENDED TO DE-ESCALATE CONDITIONS, CONNECT INDIVIDUALS
TO SERVICES AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS BEFORE
SITUATIONS ESCALATE TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.CLEAR
ORDINANCE WILL ENSURE TRANSPARENCY CONSISTENCY AND
THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.
DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA IS ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL ORAL PARTS OF THE
COMMUNITY ENDANGERING PUBLIC SPACES REMAIN SAFE ACCESSIBLE
AND COMPASSIONATE BENEFITS EVERYONE INCLUDING THOSE
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS IMPORTANT
ISSUE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: QUICKLY, NICKIE DAVIS, WELCOME SHARON.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS FROM BOTH SIDES OF
THIS REQUEST, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE BUT I
ALSO WANT TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART ON BEHALF OF OUR DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES. MANY ARE STRUGGLING, CLEANING
UP HUMAN WASTE ADDRESSING UNSAFE BEHAVIOR OUTSIDE THEIR
DOORS, COMFORTING FRIGHTENED EMPLOYEES AND WATCHING TRIP
CUSTOMERS LEAVE. THESE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS OR
INVESTING, HAVE INVESTED THEIR SAVINGS TIME AND LIVES IN
DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA. THEY CANNOT CARRY THIS WEIGHT
ALONE. TONIGHT WE ARE NOT ASKING
COUNSEL TO ADOPT A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE, WE ARE ASKING FOR
YOU TO DIRECTED STAFF TO RESEARCH WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES
ARE DOING AND IDENTIFY OPTIONS THAT BALANCE COMPASSION, PUBLIC
SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY AND CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERYONE.
OUR EMPLOYEES, RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALL DESERVE A THOUGHTFUL CONSISTENT
SOLUTION. WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT
CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD. THE RESEARCH PROCESS AS MUCH AS
WE CAN. IF YOU ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF
THIS REQUEST PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND
TAKING THIS CONCERN SERIOUSLY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I LIKE TO ASK KRISTA MARIE TO PLEASE COME
FORWARD TO SPEAK.
>> I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THIS ROOM. HELLO.
IT'S ALREADY. THANK YOU SO MUCH BARBARA.
TODAY I'D LIKE TO START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
I AM KRISTA MARIE, 1/6 GENERATION HICKMAN HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATE. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN
MID-MISSOURI SPECIFICALLY COLUMBIA FOR A LONG TIME AND
YOU CAN FIND BRICKS WITH MY NAME ON IT IN THE HISTORIC
BRICK DISTRICT AND I'M HERE FORGET THE FLOCK OUT OF
COLUMBIA AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND TO INTRODUCE THE WHOLE
CROWD TO THE COLUMBIA I KNOW AND LOVE BY BRIEFLY READING THE
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY THAT COLUMBIA SUBMITTED IN 2018.
WE AFFIRM THE DIGNITY AND VALUE OF EVERY PERSON AND STRIVE TO
MAINTAIN A CLIMATE BASED ON INSPECTED UNDERSTANDING.
WE AFFIRM THE RIGHT OF EACH PERSON TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS AND
OPINIONS FREELY, ENCOURAGE EXPRESSION WITHIN A CLIMATE OF
CIVILITY SENSITIVITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT.
WE AFFIRM THE VALUE OF HUMAN DIVERSITY BECAUSE IT ENRICHES
OUR LIVES AN ORGANIZATION, WE RESPECT OUR DIFFERENCES WITH
WHILE AFFIRMING OUR COMMON HUMANITY, WE REJECT ALL FORMS
OF PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION INCLUDING THOSE BASED ON,
COLOR, DIVERSE ABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION
NATIONAL ORIGIN POLITICAL AFFILIATION, RACE RELIGION
ACTUAL ORIENTATION VETERAN STATUS.
WE TAKE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING
ELIMINATE BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION WERE INCREASING
OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING ISSUES THROUGH EDUCATION TRAINING AND
INTERACTION WITH OTHERS, WE PLEDGE OUR COLLECTIVE
COMMITMENT TO INCORPORATING THESE PRINCIPLES INTO THE CITY
OF COLUMBIA'S MISSION. I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN
EVERY WORD OF THAT STATEMENT AND THE LOOKS ON YOUR FACES
TELL ME YOU DO TO SO I LIKE TO PAINT A PICTURE.
WHAT DOES COLUMBIA IN 10 YEARS LOOK LIKE, A THRIVING
OPPORTUNITY CAMPUS WHERE INDIVIDUALS DOWN ON THEIR LUCK
WHAT THEY NEED AND FOOD BANKS THAT HAVE LITERALLY ADVOCATED
THEMSELVES OUT OF NECESSITY. WE GROW THE FOOD WE EAT IN OUR
COMMUNITIES AND CHILDREN WALK FREELY TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND
WE HAVE THINGS LIKE BICYCLE BUSES TRACK THROUGH
NEIGHBORHOODS. WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, SMILE AT
EACH OTHER AND CRIED RATES ARE DOWN, WE HAVE SOME OF THE
LOWEST CRIME RATES IN THE STATE.LET ME PAINT THE
PICTURE OF WHAT I SEE WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH COLUMBIA.
THERE ARE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES BEING MONITORED BY
AI THAT TRACKS MY EVERY MOVE NOT JUST MY FACE OR CHILDREN
WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL BUT MY VEHICLE AND ALL ITS
IDENTIFIERS. THANK GOODNESS IN 2024 WE
PASSED THE RIGHT TO ABORTION BECAUSE IF I NEEDED ONE IN THIS
STATE AND NEEDED TO TRAVEL OUT OF IT, I COULD BE TRACKED, WE
SEE THAT OUT OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW THE MONEY AND ENERGY WE INVEST
IS BUILDING ONE TOMORROW. WE COLLECTIVELY WANT SECURITY,
WE COLLECTIVELY WANT SCHOOLS, WE COLLECTIVELY WANT BEAUTIFUL
WRITING DISTRICTS. BUT WHEN HAS BEING WATCHED EVER
MADE A PERSON DO THEIR BEST? I REMEMBER WHEN CELL PHONES HIT
DANCE FLOORS AND PEOPLE STOP DANCING.
WHEN I KNOW I AM BEING WATCHED I AM NERVOUS, ANXIOUS EVEN IF I
HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. IN 2018, THE CITY OF COLUMBIA
SAID WE CARE ABOUT DIVERSITY. IN 2023 THE CITY WENT SO FAR AS
TO NAME ITSELF IN THE FACE OF FEDERAL BACKLASH A SANCTUARY
CITY FOR LGBT Q PLUS INDIVIDUALS AND I JUST READ THE
PLEDGE THAT THIS CITY STANDS FOR.
BUT WHY ARE WE SPENDING EQUIVALENT OF 30 CADET SALARIES
A YEAR ON AI DRIVEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ASSUMES WE
ARE ALL GUILTY LONG BEFORE THERE'S EVER BEEN AN OPEN
INVESTIGATION? I MAY NOT HAVE A DEGREE IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT BUT I LOVE TO READ AND I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
LOOKING INTO WHAT IS POLICING AND HOW DO WE MAKE IT BETTER?
IN FACT, I SAT AT A COLUMBIA RUN LAST YEAR TO TALK ABOUT
COMMUNITY POLICING AND THAT THE EVENT TALKED ABOUT BLOCK BY
BLOCK PROCEDURES AND KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS, IT TALKED ABOUT
GIVING ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO DECREASE THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO
STEAL. ARE WE INVESTING AS A CITY IN
OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR PEOPLE OR ARE WE
INVESTING IN AI SURVEILLANCE? I WOULD LIKE THIS COUNSEL TO
PLEASE BRING THE FLOCK CONTRACT BACK FOR A VOTE, I'D LIKE YOU
TO VOTE NO AND LET YOUR CITY DICTATE TO YOU ORDINANCES THAT
PROTECT US MOVING FORWARD. THIS ISN'T ANTI-TECHNOLOGY,
THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING THE COMMUNITY WE WANT.
[APPLAUSE]
>>Mayor Buffaloe: JORDAN LUNDY WITH YOUR GROUP?
I ASK YOU TO PLEASE LET ME RESPECT AND HAVE BEEN ASKED
PERSON WHO HAS SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
FORWARD SO I DON'T THINK JORDAN IS COMING, HE WITHDREW THE
REQUEST SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE RECORD ROOF TO COME
FORWARD.
>>Public Speaker: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS,
HEATHER HARGROVE WARD 5. AUGUST 4 ELECTIONS TEN-DAY MESSAGE
THAT DESERVES CAREFUL REFLECTION.
WHILE PROPOSITION ONE WAS APPROVED PAST BY AN
EXCEPTIONALLY NARROW MARGIN. THAT IS CERTAINLY A
MATHEMATICAL VICTORY BUT IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS
EVIDENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS DIVIDED AND MANY RESIDENTS
APPROACH THIS DECISION WITH STATION RENT REGARDLESS OF HOW
ANYONE VOTED WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SUCH A CLOSE RESULT CALLS
FOR HUMILITY, THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT MEANS THAT WHILE A MAJORITY SUPPORTED THE PROPOSITION, A
VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY DID NOT.
RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW THEIR CONCERNS WERE HEARD AND THEIR
TAX DOLLARS WILL BE TREATED WITH THE SAME SERIOUSNESS I
WOULD EXPECT IN THEIR SAME HOUSEHOLDS OR BUSINESSES.
ONE ISSUE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IS PUBLIC
SAFETY PERMITTED COMMUNITY SURVEYS HAVE REPEATEDLY
IDENTIFIED THE LEASE AND FIRE SERVICES AS ONE OF THE
RESIDENTS HIGHEST PRIORITIES, THAT MESSAGE HAS NOT CHANGED.
EVERY MORNING OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS
IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH ONE MISSION AND THAT'S TO PROTECT
US. THEY STAND READY TO RESPOND ON
WHAT MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE'S WORST DAY WE HAD THEY WALKED
INTO SITUATIONS MOST OF US HOPE WE WILL NEVER ENCOUNTER AND
THEY DESERVE OUR RESPECT, GRATITUDE AND THE RESOURCES
NECESSARY TO DO THEIR JOBS SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY THAT
PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITY 'S MOST VALUABLE ASSET WHICH IS ITS
PEOPLE. SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS
RECOGNIZING PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES REQUIRES THE CHOICES
WE HAVE WE CANNOT SIMPLY SAY SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, WE MUST
DEMONSTRATE IS A PRIORITY BUDGET, STAFFING DECISIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND THE WAY WE ALLOCATE LIMITED
RESOURCES AND WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT PERCEPTION MATTERS READ
HEADLINES ABOUT CRIME WHETHER THEY FULLY REPRESENT THE
BROADER STATISTICAL PICTURE OR NOT SHAPE HOW RESIDENTS FEEL
ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY INFLUENCE WHETHER PEOPLE
FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING DOWNTOWN, WHETHER BUSINESSES
DECIDE TO INVEST HERE WHETHER FAMILIES CHOOSE COLUMBIA AS THE
PLACE TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN OR LEATHER STUDENTS AND YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS COLUMBIA AS A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY WANT TO
BUILD THEIR FUTURE. IN MANY WAYS PERCEPTION BECOMES
REALITY. A COMMUNITY IS MORE ATTRACTIVE
TO FAMILIES BUSINESSES VISITORS AND INVESTORS.
MAINTAINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY
MUST REMAIN A PRIORITY NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE FEAR
BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY MATTERS TO OUR
QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC FUTURE.
IT WILL MATTER WHEN FUTURE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS
COMPARE COLUMBIA TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHEN MAKING A
DECISION ABOUT WHERE THEY WILL CALL WHOLE.
THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE ARRIVED
AT THE POINT OF NEEDING A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX BUT THAT IS
NO LONGER THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION.
YOU ARE THE COUNCIL THAT'S BEEN ELECTED TO LEAD FROM THIS POINT
FORWARD. THE QUESTION IS WHAT WILL YOU
DO WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF VOTERS HAVE PLACED IN YOUR
HANDS? I WOULD URGE YOU TO RESIST THE
TEMPTATION TO RETURN TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS PERMISSION TO BECOME
COMPLACENT IN THE FACE OF RISING EXPENSES, INSTEAD IT
SHOULD SERVE AS A REMINDER EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLARS MUST BE
SPENT THOUGHTFULLY REPEATEDLY WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND
PLANNING AND THAT TIMES HAVE CHANGED.WE MUST CHANGE WITH
THEM. FAMILIES ACROSS COLUMBIA MAKE
DIFFICULT FINANCIAL DECISIONS EVERY MONTH, A PRIORITIZED
NEEDS OR WANTS, POSTPONE PURCHASES AND MAKE DIFFICULT
CHOICES WHEN THEIR INCOME DOES NOT KEEP PACE WITH EXPENSES
RENT LOCAL BUSINESSES DO THE SAME THING CONSTANTLY
EVALUATING EXPENSES PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS AND
FINDING WAYS TO DO MORE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS DRENCHED EVERY DOLLAR TO FULFILL THEIR
MISSIONS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE RESOURCES ARE
NOT UNLIMITED. CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD APPROACH
TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITH THAT SAME DISCIPLINE AND A FOCUS ON
PRIORITY. THIS I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAS
AN OBLIGATION TO HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS IN THE MONTHS AND
YEARS AHEAD, SOME DECISIONS WILL BE POPULAR AND SOME WILL
NOT. BESIDES TALKING TALK TALK LEADS
TO BIGGER PROBLEMS. OBSERVING ON COUNSEL SHOULD NOT
BE AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE PET PROJECTS.
YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT SERVE
THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
GOOD STEWARDSHIP REQUIRES DISCIPLINE, ASKING HARD
QUESTIONS, SETTING PRIORITIES AND INJURING TAXPAYERS RECEIVE
VALUE FOR EVERY DOLLAR ENTRUSTED TO THE CITY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON. I FORGOT TO SAY MY EARLIER
THING ABOUT CLAPPING, WE WERE GOING TO CLAP FOR SHARON BUT
SHEILA WILL YOU READ PUBLIC HEARING 2426.
>> PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES ON
WINGATE DRIVE BETWEEN PARIS ROAD AND SQUIRE CIRCLE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?
YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.
>> I'M LEARNING. GOOD EVENING, SHANE PREACH AND
I'M THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THIS PROJECT WOULD INSTALL
TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ALONG WHITEGATE DRIVE AND LAMBETH
DRIVE. WHITEGATE SCORED AS THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY PROJECT IN THE 2024 NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
AND HAD AN 84 PERCENTILE SPEED OF 35 MILES LES BROWARD.
WHITEGATE HAS 2600 VEHICLES TRAVELING ON IT PER DAY AND HAS
A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 25 MPH. STAFF HELD TO INTERESTED
PARTIES MEETINGS, ONE DECEMBER 4, 2025 AND ANOTHER MAY 27TH OF
THIS YEAR. FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND
SUBSEQUENT DESIGN STAFF IS RECOMMENDING INSTALLATION OF
THREE SPEED BUMPS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNS AND MARKINGS
ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROADWAY. STAFF ESTIMATES THE COST AT
$25,000 PAID FROM OUR TRAFFIC CALLING ACCOUNT.
AND FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MO DOT IS PROPOSING TO
SIGNALIZED TOWN DRIVE AND WHITEGATE DRIVE AS PART F PHASE
4 OF THE IMPROVE I-70 ROJECT READ DISCUSSIONS AT PUBLIC
HEARINGS AND THE INTERESTED PARTIES MEETINGS ASSOCIATED
INCLUDE A DESIRE BY SOME IN ATTENDANCE FOR PURSUIT OF A
ROUNDABOUT. PUBLIC WORKS STAFF AGREES A
ROUNDABOUT WOULD BE A PREFERRED OPTION IN THIS LOCATION.
TO THAT END PUBLIC WORKS HAVE PREPARED A CONCEPT PLAN HERE
AND REQUESTED MODOT PROVIDE US COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR
TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US IF WE
CAN FIND FUNDING FOR THE DIFFERENCE AND FOR REFERENCE A
DIFFICULT PROJECT COST BETWEEN 1 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS
WITH THE SIGNAL AROUND ONE THIRD OF THAT COST BUT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS IS NOT IN THE CORRECT TAX.
WE WANT THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS WITH ME
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS PROJECT, VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT OTHER TRAFFIC
CALLING DEVICES WERE CONSIDERED AND HOW YOU ENDED UP ON SPEED
TABLES?
>> WITH ALMOST ALL OUR TRAFFIC CALLING PROJECTS THE FIRST
INTERESTED PARTIES MEETING IS MORE OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE.
SOME DO A BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE
ISSUE IS SO ALL THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST MEETING.
THERE WAS A PREFERENCE FOR SPEED HUMPS.
WE THINK THAT THE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES WE SEE ON WHITEGATE
AND THAT'S WHY WE PROPOSED THEM ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR
STAFF, SHARON. SHARON AND THEN VERA.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE OTHER 2 PROJECTS DISCUSSED
IN THE APRIL MEETING, WHERE ARE THOSE IN THE PROCESS?
THE LAKE.
>> THAT'S A VERY UNIQUE PROJECT AS THERE WAS A HOLD MAILBOX
COLLECTOR. ISSUE THAT CAME UP DURING THESE
MEETINGS WHERE THEY WERE NOT MAYBE LOCATED AS THEY WOULD BE
TODAY AS I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE CITY TO
IMPLEMENT THE MAILBOX CLUSTER.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: AND THE OTHER ONE, I'M TRYING
TO LOOK BACK AT THE MEMO, HIGHLANDS PARKWAY.
BECAUSE ALL THREE WERE APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME.
>> HIGHLANDS PARKWAY IS A FEW WEEKS BEHIND.
WE TRY NOT TO DO THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA.
>>Council Member Elwood: JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, COULD YOU
GO BACK TO THE SLIDE OF THE PROJECT WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING
ABOUT? THANK YOU.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, CHRISTINA.
>>Council Member Hartman: TO TALK ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT,
SORRY. IF IT'S WITHIN THIS AGENDA
ITEM, I AM CURIOUS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: IT IS NOT ON WHAT WE ARE PROVING TONIGHT.
>>Council Member Hartman: THEN I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL
WAIT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING ON
WHITEGATE DRIVE, I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISH TO
SPEAK ON INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING ON WHITEGATE
DRIVE. YOU ARE IT.
>>Public Speaker: PAUL LAND, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER:
WHITEGATE DRIVE AT 2100 WHITEGATE UNDER THE TITLE OF
LAST ENTERPRISES LLC. LAST ENTERPRISES CONSISTS OF 2
PEOPLE, MY WIFE AND YSELF. LESLIE THERE ARE THREE
BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN THAT BUILDING AND THE LEAD TENANT BE
IN COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY. I SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC CALMING
DEVICES, I ATTENDED A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT
TALKED ABOUT THOSE. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE
ROUNDABOUT SPECIFICALLY EVEN THOUGH THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS.
TO THE EAST, BUT THE I-70 CHANGES WILL MAKE MATERIAL
CHANGES HERE WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS.
CLARK LANE AS IT COMES WEST FROM HIGHWAY 63 AND TRAVELS
BEHIND THE BUILDING COLUMBIA INSURANCE AS ON THAT MAP WHERE
IT'S LOCATED WILL BE OBLITERATED AS PART OF THE I-70
EXPANSION SO ALL TRAFFIC WILL NOT TRAVEL BEHIND THIS BUILDING
ANYMORE, IT WILL TRAVEL TO THE SIDE OF TOWN DRIVE AND HEADING
TO THE WEST ALONG WHITEGATE TO THE WEST WHERE IT BECOMES HERE
FOR SO CLARK LANE WILL TURN INTO TOWN DRIVE AND THEN TURN
INTO HERE FOR ALL WITHIN AND A HALF MILE.
SEEMS NOTABLE TO BE THERE WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING TO CALL THAT
CLARK LANE. I HAVE NO OBJECTION, I'M THE
ONLY PROPERTY OWNER BETWEEN TOWN DRIVE AND PARIS ROAD THAT
HAS A WHITEGATE ADDRESS. IF IN THE FUTURE A DECISION IS
MADE TO CALL OUT CLARK LANE I WOULD SUPPORT IT.I ALSO
SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A ROUNDABOUT THERE VERSUS A
TRAFFIC LIGHT PERMIT THE LOCATION OF THOSE DRIVES, THE
DRIVES SERVING THE BACKSIDE OF CLARK LANE WILL BE OBLITERATED
TO. SO THE LOCATION OF THOSE DRIVES
WILL CAUSE A STRAIN ON THE POTENTIAL OCCUPANTS OF THAT
PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE IF A TRAFFIC LIGHT IS PUT THERE
BECAUSE IT WOULD CAUSE A STACKING OF TRAFFIC DURING PEAK
HOURS. DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOURS
AND EVENING PEAK HOURS SO A ROUNDABOUT BE DESIRABLE.
TO THAT END WE ARE WILLING TO MAKE A DONATION OF THE LAND
THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT THAT ROUNDABOUT IF THAT DECISION IS
REACHED IN THE FUTURE. NOW OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A
COUPLE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS THERE THAT HAVE TO MAKE A
SIMILAR POSITION MAYBE WE BELIEVE THE CITY SUPPORTS IT IN
THE CITY OWNS LAND TO THE NORTHEAST AND I'M WILLING TO
REACH OUT TO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ASSISTANCE SO THAT'S
THE EXTENT OF MY COMMENTS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
SPEAK ABOUT THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALLING ON WHITEGATE
DRIVE? SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL OR
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT CAME UP ON THIS?
I WILL HAVE SHEILA GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLE OR MAKE A MOTION FOR
STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING
ON WHITEGATE DRIVE, DO I HAVE A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. ANY OPPOSED.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ
PUBLIC HEARING 2526.
>> THE CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF
COLUMBIA PHASE 2 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WASTEWATER
AND STORMWATER.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?
YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT DOWN, SORRY.
>> GOOD EVENING. ERIN KEYS, UTILITIES DIRECTOR
WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SEWER AND STORM WATER PERMIT
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR ADOPTION OF PHASE 2 OF THE
WASTEWATER STORMWATER INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN.
QUICK HISTORY, WE EMBARKED UPON THIS PLAN TO ALLOW THE CITY TO
PRIORITIZE AND DIRECT HOW WE SPEND FUNDS TO ADDRESS ALL OUR
MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL AND REGULATORY NEEDS IN BOTH SEWER
AND STORM WATER. THE CITY WAS FACED WITH, AND
THIS WAS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO THE CITY WAS FACED WITH AN
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT THAT REQUIRE THE UTILITIES,
THAT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE THE UTILITIES SPEND MORE THAN 57
MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AS DICTATED BY THE REGULATORY
AGENCIES NOT HAVE COMPLETELY BENEFITED OUR COMMUNITY.
INSTEAD WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN
THAT ALLOWS THE CITY.
>> ABILITY TO ORGANIZE AND FUND WORK AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
AS OUR COMMUNITY SEES FIT. SO WHAT IS THE INTEGRATED
MANAGEMENT PLAN? IT'S A COMMUNITY DRIVEN
AFFORDABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT LEVERAGES EXISTING ASSETS
AND IMPLEMENTS INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE
OUR COMMUNITIES PRIORITIES WHICH ARE IMPROVING PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE, SUSTAINABLE SERVICE FOR
THE FUTURE, WATER QUALITY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PHASE I WAS COMPLETED IN 2019 AND HAS
BEEN IMPLEMENTED SINCE THAT TIME.
PHASE 2 WAS STARTED IN 2024 AND WE ARE STARTING IMPLEMENTATION
THIS YEAR. IT'S TYPICALLY ON A FIVE-YEAR
CYCLE RUNS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR DNR PERMITS AS PART OF THIS
PROCESS WE HAD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN OUTREACH WHICH
INCLUDED A CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER SURVEY ONLINE FROM MAY
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024 KOREA PUBLIC MEETING IN AUGUST 2024
THIS WAS ALSO PRESENTED TO THE THINGS IN GREEK COLLABORATIVE
MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER GROUP. SO WHAT DID WE DO IN PHASE 1?
AGAIN WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR ACTION PLAN SO THAT FIRST PHASE
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COMPLETE ONLY REGULATORY ITEMS, WE SPEND
OUR MONEY AND EFFORTS ON BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON MAINTAINING
AND IMPROVING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT WE COMPLETED A REHABILITATION OF
THE DIGESTER COMPLEX WHICH INCLUDES THE ROOFS AND MIXING
SYSTEM AND WE ALSO UPGRADED ALL OUR 25 PUMP STATIONS WITH
TELEMETRY SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AT ALL TIMES.
FOR OUR WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM WE REDUCED SANITARY
SEWER OVERFLOW EVENTS. THAT'S WHAT SSO STANDS FOR.
AND WE DID THAT THROUGH HIGHFLYING PROJECTS WHICH ALSO
EXTENDS THE LIFE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ALSO COMPLETED A NUMBER, COMPLETED SOME SIGNIFICANT
OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO REDUCE OUR SSO'S.
WE COMPLETED A NEW SEWER LEVEL WHICH WILL HELP US IDENTIFY
WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR REHABILITATION EFFORTS IN THE
SEWER SYSTEM. ON STORMWATER, IN ADDITION TO 2
SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL PROJECTS A REGIONAL DETENTION PROJECT
OVERLIE CALVERT DRIVE AND OUR HANG SENG CREEK BANK
STABILIZATION PROJECT WE DID A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK ON
INSPECTING OUR STORMWATER OUTFALLS LOOKING FOR DISCHARGE
DETECTION ISSUES AND THEN WE DID A SIGNIFICANT GAIN IN
MIDDLE TYPE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION.
SO CURRENTLY OUR PERMITS, CURRENT PERMITS FOR WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT AND OUR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER
SYSTEM PERMIT WHICH IS OUR STORMWATER PERMIT, THE CURRENT
REQUIREMENTS ON WASTEWATER PLANT WE HAVE LIMITS ON BOD AND
TSS AND AMMONIA. IN THE FUTURE WITH THE WATER
QUALITY CRITERIA UPDATES FROM DNR WE WILL BE EXPECTED TO, OR
THE LIMITS FOR AMMONIA COULD CHANGE THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND
THERE IS AN EXPECTATION WE WILL START REMOVING, HAVE LIMITS FOR
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS. CURRENTLY PLANS OF OUR SIZE
THAT TOTAL PHOSPHORUS LIMIT IS REQUIRED BY 2029 BECAUSE OF OUR
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH THAT OFF
HOPEFULLY WE WILL PUSH THAT OFF UNTIL 2033.
GIVE US TIME TO DO OPTIMIZATION WORK.
E. COLI IS ANOTHER WATER QUALITY PARAMETER BOTH
IMPORTANT AT THE WASTEWATER PLAN AND IS ON MANY, WE HAD A
NUMBER OF IMPAIRED WATER IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA THAT ARE
LISTED FOR HOLLAND, THAT'S WHAT THE 303D LIST IS THOSE ARE SOME
ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO INCORPORATE IN THIS PLAN.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSALS IN PHASE 2?
AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT YOU NEED TO, WE ARE PLANNING ON
DOING AN OPTIMIZATION STUDIES THAT WILL INCLUDE A LOT OF
THINGS. THE FIRST THING IS NUTRIENT
REMOVAL WHICH IS PHOSPHORUS AND AMMONIA RENT WHAT ARE THE BEST
MECHANISMS FOR US TO DO THAT IN THE MOST COST-EFFICIENT WAY
POSSIBLE. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR ENERGY USE AT THE WASTEWATER
PLANT, THE WASTEWATER PLANT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ENERGY
USERS IN THE CITY SO IF WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THAT ELECTRICAL
USE SOMEHOW WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
SLUDGE MANAGEMENT IS ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
AS A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH OUR FLOWS
HAVE NOT ACTUALLY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST
DECADE, THE CONCENTRATION OF SOLIDS IN THAT FLOW HAVE
INCREASED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS PEOPLE
ARE PUTTING IN MORE WATER SAVING DEVICES AND CONSERVATION
DEVICES, WE DON'T GET AS MUCH FLOW BUT WE ARE GETTING MORE
SOLIDS IN THAT FLOW. SO WE NEED TO BE SURE OUR
FACILITY CAN ADEQUATELY TREAT THOSE SOLIDS IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN DISINFECTION WILL BE ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE
WASTEWATER PROCESS. AS FAR AS OUR COLLECTION
SYSTEM, AGAIN, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO IS CONTINUING
OUR COMMON COLLECTOR ELIMINATION PROJECTS WHICH
PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THAT LIST.
AN ORDERLY SYSTEM EXPANSION TO PROTECT OUR CREEKS AND STREAMS
AND CONTINUED WORK ON INFLOW AND INFILTRATION REDUCTION TO
REDUCE OVERFLOWS AND BACKUPS. MOST OF THAT WORK IS OUR
REHABILITATION OF PIPES AND THEN USING THE HYDRAULIC MODEL
WE RECENTLY COMPLETED TO BETTER IDENTIFY AREAS WE NEED TO TAKE
MORE FOCUSED EFFORTS. WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL EVENTS
WE KNOW WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR EXISTING REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS
AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU IN
DECEMBER WITH THOSE UPDATES. AND THEN REGARDING STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT, WE ARE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH
FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECTS. IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR
STREAMS THROUGH OUR MS 4 PROGRAMS AND GOING BACK TO THE
CORRUGATED METAL PIPE, WE'VE DONE THAT CONDITION ASSESSMENT
SO WE ARE PRIORITIZING WHICH TYPES WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
REPLACING OR POTENTIALLY WHINING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO WITH THAT I'M WILLING TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU ERIN, ANY QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR STAFF, CHRISTINA.
>>Council Member Hartman: COULD YOU ELABORATE ON WHY WE
ARE PUSHING BACK TOTAL PHOSPHORUS TO 2033 BECAUSE OF
WHAT YOU SAID?
>> SURE. THE IDEA IS WE WANT TO, WE
ALREADY DO SOME PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT
SO WE WANT TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AT OUR PROCESS TO SEE
IF WE CAN OPTIMIZE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND MEET THE
REMOVAL REQUIREMENTS. THEN WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE
IN OUR BEST INTEREST INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT TO
MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. WE WANT TO DO THE STUDY FIRST
AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND IF IT DOESN'T
WORK OUT LIKE WE HOPED, WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME CAPITAL
PLANNING IN ORDER TO FUND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.
>>Council Member Hartman: FOLLOW-UP, WHAT KIND OF
TIMELINE THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THE SECOND WOULD BE WOULD DO THE
OPTIMIZATION STUDY? WOULD THAT BE IN-HOUSE OR
EXTERNAL?
>> WE WOULD PROBABLY HIRE AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO HELP US
WITH THE AUGMENTATION BECAUSE IT COULD BE COMPLEX.
IT INVOLVES A LOT OF ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS.
THEN YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN THE
PLANT WAS UPGRADED IN 2013, WHEN THAT UPGRADE WAS DESIGNED,
IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT NITROGEN REMOVAL WAS GOING TO
BE MORE IMPORTANT. SO IT WAS SET UP FOR AN
IMPROVEMENT FOR NITROGEN REMOVAL.
THEN DNR ACTUALLY CHANGED AND THEY BROUGHT FORWARD PHOSPHORUS
REMOVAL BEFORE THE NITROGEN REMOVAL.
THERE ARE PROBABLY STILL SOME ASPECTS OF THE FACILITY WE
COULD USE TOWARDS PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL BUT THERE'S 2 DIFFERENT
KINDS. YOU CAN EITHER DO CHEMICAL OR
YOU CAN DO IT OPERATIONALLY. SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE
OPTIMIZATION TO SEE WHICH ONE WILL BEST SUIT OUR NEEDS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, VALERIE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe:
>>Council Member Carroll: YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMIND
ME EVERY TIME. YOU CALLED OUT THAT YOU WOULD
BE LOOKING AT WHAT AREAS TO DO LINING IN OVER THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS. IS THAT SHORT IN-PLACE PIPE
PROGRAM YOU'RE REFERRING TO?
>> YES, WE ARE DOING THE CURE IN-PLACE PIPE LIGHTING PROJECTS
BUT FOR THE INI PROGRAM THERE IS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT CAN BE
DONE. THERE'S LIGHTING MANHOLES,
PUTTING THEY CALLED TOP HATS IN THE LATERAL CONNECTION.
THERE'S SMOKE TESTING, THERE'S SOME MORE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE
ON SPECIFICALLY INFLOW AND INFILTRATION.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR LINING THAT IS PART OF THIS
PLAN. $2.7 MILLION IS FUNDED EVERY
YEAR JUST TO GO TOWARDS LIGHTING.
BUT WE WILL ALSO START LOOKING WITH OUR SEWER MODEL WE WILL BE
ABLE TO START HONING IN ON THOSE AREAS THAT REALLY HAVE
INFLOW AND INFILTRATION PROBLEMS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO
WORK ON THAT A LITTLE FURTHER.
>> HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY AREAS THAT HAVE INFLOW AND
INFILTRATION PROBLEMS.
>> THEY DO THAT THROUGH FLOW MONITORING WHERE THEY MONITOR
THE FLOW IN DRY WEATHER AND WET WEATHER TO SEE WHAT THE
DIFFERENCE IS AND THERE'S UNEXPECTED DIFFERENCE AND IF IT
GOES ABOVE THAT THEN THAT MAY BE AN AREA WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.
YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE A CONTRACT COMING THROUGH COUNSEL HERE IN
THE NEXT MEETING I BELIEVE. FOR OUR CONTRACT TO DO JUST
THAT.
>> I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. IS THERE ANY DATA AVAILABLE
THAT WE CAN REVIEW AS A COUNSELOR AS TO WHAT AREA HAS
THOSE DIFFERENCES THAT WERE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED?
>> IS STUDIES THAT WE DID IN THE PAST ARE OLDER NOW.
WE'VE LINED SO MUCH THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE
THEN. IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE
ACCURATE I GUESS OR UP-TO-DATE. CORRECT.
>>Council Member Carroll: WE HAD AREAS IN THE PAST WHERE WE
HAVE FILLED IN.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
SEEING NONE I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON PHASE 2, YOU
CAN KEEP WALKING. I'M FILLING TIME UNTIL YOU GET
UP HERE FOR THE SEWER AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN YOU CAN
DIRECT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AWARD AND DIRECT YOUR
QUESTIONS TO ASK.
>>.
>>Public Speaker: I'M A CITIZEN AND FOR THE WASTEWATER FACILITY
WHICH IT WAS STATED THERE'S SO MUCH SOLID THAT IT'S THE SOLID
CONCENTRATION IN THE WATER IS TOO HIGH SO CAN YOU USE SOME OF
THAT OUTLET STREAM THAT HAS ALL THE SOLIDS REMOVAL DILUTE THE
SOLID BEFORE IT ENTERS THE FACILITY SO YOU HAVE THE SAME
SOLID WATER MIXTURE AS BEFORE AND THEN FOR THE SECOND ONE THE
PIPE IS LINED, THE LINING WILL NOT STOP, IF IT'S PROMOTED AND
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS REDUCED WILL THAT LINING STILL KEEP A
TUNNEL OR PIPE UPRIGHT OR IS THERE GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE.
LIKE DO YOU STILL NEED TO REPLACE SOME OF THE PIPE 'S.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: SHEILA, DID YOU GET HIS NAMES?
YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE MINUTES.
>>Public Speaker: LAST NAME IS THOMAS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
ON THE PROPOSED INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PHASE 2 FOR WASTE
WATER AND SEWER. SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC HEARING. ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP, FURTHER
QUESTIONS ASKED. IF YOU WANT TO THE QUESTIONS
ASKED FROM THE PUBLIC IF YOU HAVE ANSWERS THOSE WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
>> IN TERMS OF THE SOLIDS MANAGEMENT, MOVING PHOSPHORUS
MAY INCREASE THE SOLIDS WE HAVE TO MANAGE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S
DRIVING THE SOLIDS STUDY. AND THAT'S ALSO A FUNCTION OF
WHETHER WE REMOVE IT CHEMICALLY OR BIOLOGICALLY.
IF WE REMOVE IT CHEMICALLY WE WILL BE ADDING A MATERIAL THAT
WILL CAUSE THE SOLIDS TO PRECIPITATE AND INCREASE THE
AMOUNT OF SOLIDS. THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING
THE SOLIDS STUDY. IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURAL
QUESTION ABOUT THE PIPE IF WE GET TO THE CORRUGATED METAL
PIPE SOON ENOUGH AND REHAB IT AND LINE IT BEFORE IT'S TOO BAD
WE CAN MAINTAIN ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY.
IF WE GET TO IT TOO LATE THAT IT HAS TO BE REPLACED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL.
YES STAFF.
>> BAGS FOR UPGRADING THE SYSTEM ON THE PHASE 1 BECAUSE
THE CYBERSECURITY SIDE OF ME WORRIES ABOUT THAT STUFF.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF IF YOU DON'T GET TO THE CORRUGATED
PIPE IN TIME TO APPLY THE LINING IS THAT, DO YOU COME
BACK TO COUNSEL FOR THAT, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A PROCESS
QUESTION BUT TO UPDATE TO A NEW PIPE OR WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT
POINT?
>> MOST OF THE PIPE WHEN WE REPLACE IT OR LINE IT IS
CONSIDERED A MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
SO WE DO IT AS MAINTENANCE. WE HAD TO UPSIZE OR ADD INLETS
OR DO SOME IMPROVEMENT TO IT, THAT'S WHEN IT COMES TO COUNSEL
AS AN IMPROVEMENT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING
OUT THE PLAN TO EXPAND THE REIMBURSEMENT PROJECT WRITTEN
THOSE HAVE BEEN A HUGE SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HEAR A LOT
OF INTEREST IN THEM AND AS YOU MENTIONED AFTER THE RACE I
HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF CITIZENS WHO ARE ENGAGING TO FIND OUT
HOW CAN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'VE LEARNED
THEY NEED THOSE SUPPORTS. THAT AS WELL AS OUR MAINTENANCE
I THINK HELPS US STAY AHEAD OF THE MORE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
AND MORE FREQUENT FLOODING WE'VE BEEN SEEING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTEGRATED
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER, DO I HAVE A
SECOND. FROM VERA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
ANY OPPOSED.THANK YOU. MOVING ON SHEILA WILLIE REED
PUBLIC HEARING 26 - 26 AND ACCOMPANYING BILL 208 - 26.
>> THE SETTING OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THE 2026 CITY OF
COLUMBIA AND COUNSEL BILL 208 26 IS AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE
RATES OF TAXATION AND ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN COLUMBIA OR
THE YEAR 2026 DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE OF
THE PROPERTY TAX RATES AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
>> MATTHEW LU, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
THIS IS FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT SETS THE PROPERTY RATE FOR
COLUMBIA AT .3918 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION.
THE CITY LEVIES PROPERTY TAXES TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND BASIC
SERVICES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
THESE RATES ARE SENT EACH YEAR WITHIN LIMITS SET BY THE
CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES OF MISSOURI.
THE RATES ARE BASED ON REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR
WITH AN ALLOWANCE FOR GROWTH BASED ON THE RATES OF
INFLATION. THE 2026 PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTS
THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. THESE PROPERTY TAXES COMPRISED
APPROXIMATELY 9% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27
AND THAT IS ROUGHLY $12.2 MILLION.
THE COMPUTER DRAPED FOR 25 WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FISCAL
YEAR 26 REVENUE WAS .39 07 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION.
THIS RATE IS INCREASED TO ABOUT .0011 FOUR 2026.
TWO .3918 PER ASSESSED VALUATION.
AND SO BASICALLY FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 ARE LOOKING AT 12.2
MILLION IF THIS RATE IS PASSED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL TO STAFF.
>>.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: SO IT FLUCTUATES.
YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.
>> IT FLUCTUATES YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON HOW MANY HOUSES CAME
ON AND ALLOWANCE SO WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO INCREASE 5% FROM
YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE OF THE HANCOCK AMENDMENT.
IF IT INCREASES MORE THAN 5% YOU'LL SEE THAT RATE GO DOWN.
TO ALLOW FOR THAT ONLY 5%.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC
HEARING, CHRISTINA. >>Council Member Hartman: WHAT
STUDY HAVE WE DONE TO EVALUATE WHAT THE AVERAGE JANE WOULD BE
FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
>> THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO. EVERYTHING WE GET THE RATES
THAT ARE SET ARE SET BY THE COUNTY AND BY THE STATE.
SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH YOUR TOLD HOW MUCH YOU CAN INCREASE.
WE DO HAVE A SELLING THAT WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR BUMPING UP
AGAINST AND ARE CEILING THIS YEAR IS AT .4136 SO WE ARE
QUITE A BIT OFF OF OUR TAX CEILING.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS BASICALLY A GIVEN.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
OKAY, I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, IF ANYONE FROM THE
PUBLIC WOULD WISH TO SPEAK ON THE 2025 PROPERTY TAX RATES.
SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. VERA.
>>Council Member Elwood: I THINK IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE
GOOD TO SEE ANYTIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT INVOLVES
NUMBERS AND DECIMAL POINTS, VISUALS ON THE SCREEN IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL TO TRACK THE CONVERSATION.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS,
SHEILA WILL YOU CALL ROLE UNBUILT 208 - 26.
>> COUNSEL BILL 208 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: NO.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON, SHEILA WILLIE REED PUBLIC
HEARING 27 - 26 AND ACCOMPANYING BILL 209 - 26.
>> PUBLIC HEARING 27 - 26 IS THE FY 2027 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, COUNSEL BILL 209 26 IS AN ORDINANCE
ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
OCTOBER 1, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2027 FY 2027
PROVIDING CERTAIN AMOUNTS SHOWN IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ARE
APPROPRIATED FOR THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SPECIFIED IN SAID
BUDGET AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
>> YES WE DO. I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE
BUDGET PRESENTATION, THEN WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. THEN ALSO WE HAVE A SMALL
PRESENTATION ON THE PARKING RATE CHANGES.
HERE ARE A LIST OF THE BUDGET ENGAGEMENTS WE HAVE DONE SO FAR
THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL TOWN HALLS,
SEVERAL ACADEMIES, SOME COMMUNITY CLASSROOMS.
WE'VE HAD BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, OUR LET'S TALK LOCALS AND NOW
WE ARE GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL BUDGET HEARINGS.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET AS GENERAL FUND
WITH TOTAL REVENUES OF 133.8 MILLION AND OPERATING
EXPENDITURES OF 133.8 MILLION. WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY
$14,000 REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR
27. HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR OUTLOOK
FOR THE GENERAL FUND. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
BOTTOM ROW, THAT IS BASICALLY YOUR CASH ABOVE THE 20% CASH
RESERVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27
PROPOSED. WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM,
WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT 30% OF ALL THE REVENUE COMES
FROM SALES AND USE TAX. THE NEXT BIGGEST CHUNK IS 14.5%
COMING FROM PILOT PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.
THEN INTERGOVERNMENTAL FEES AND OTHER TAXES ROUND OUT THE TOP
FOUR. FOR FINAL REVENUE BY COMPARISON
LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 2026 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 27, ONE
OF THE BIG CHANGES HERE IS REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
OR GRANTS. SEEING THE DECREASE, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR BUT I BELIEVE THAT
IS THE DECREASE FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
HERE IS OUR EXPENDITURE COMPARISON FROM FISCAL YEAR 26
THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27. WE'VE DECREASED EXPENDITURES BY
ABOUT 1% IN FISCAL YEAR 27 COMPARED TO 26 KOREA, OF THAT
AS COME FROM SERVICES THEN PERSONNEL SERVICES AS WELL.
SO WHAT IS A NET SERVICES LINE. TYPES OF SERVICES WE PURCHASE,
PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDED.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, BUILDING
MAINTENANCE, THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC
PLANNING EFFORTS, LITIGATION, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND
ADVERTISING TO NAME A FEW OF THE SERVICES PURCHASED.WITHIN
THE MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE CATEGORY, MISCELLANEOUS
EXPENSES ARE BASICALLY A GROUP OF EXPENSES THAT ARE ALL ROLLED
UP INTO ONE TERM WHICH IS MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES BUT
WITHIN THAT CATEGORY WE HAVE CREDIT CARD FEES WHICH IS YOUR
LARGEST PORTION AT 24% OR SECOND-LARGEST.
AN ACTUAL MISCELLANEOUS WHICH IS THINGS THAT DO NOT FIT WELL
IN ANY OTHER CATEGORY ARE ABOUT 27% OF ALL THOSE EXPENSES.
WHERE THE MONEY GOES. FROM FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH
FISCAL YEAR 27 POLICE INCREASED .7%, 5.25%, PUBLIC WORKS
INCREASED 2.3% WHILE A REMAINDER OF THE GENERAL FUND
FOR MY INCREASED BY 1.1% SO HERE'S A LIST OF ALL THOSE
EXPENSES BY DEPARTMENT.
>> THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET OR A NET
REDUCTION EQUIVALENT POSITIONS FTPS IN THE GENERAL 122 OF
THOSE POSITIONS WERE RELATED TO MOVING COMMUNICATION OUT OF THE
GENERAL FUND INTO AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND RENT THERE IS NEW
ADDED FOR THE 78 VACANT POSITIONS HOLD OPEN FOR 27
WHICH MEANS THEIR SALARY WAS BUDGETED AT ZERO.
>> NOW WE LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 27.
SO FOR ALL FUNDS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR VERIFICATION GO BACK AND SLIDE
WHAT ARE THE EIGHT VACANT POSITIONS, WE KNOW WHAT GOES
ON? AND MORE TO BE LISTED AND NO
AVAIL.
>> I DON'T HAVE THEM OFTEN. IN MY HEAD THAT I CAN GET.
>> LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS WE ARE
LOOKING AT TOTAL REVENUE CITYWIDE 5500 74 MILLION WITH
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES OF 546 MILLION.
WE HAVE TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHICH IS
ONE-TIME MONEY BEING SPENT AT 56 BILLION THEN TOTAL
EXPENDITURES OF $603 MILLION. SO HOW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE
FUNDED, THE GENERAL FUND FUNDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH
TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX,
GENERAL FUND RESERVES INVESTMENT REVENUE BONDING
DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS. WHILE ENTERPRISE FUNDS FUND
THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BASICALLY THROUGH OPERATING
REVENUES, WITH THE BIGGEST PORTION WE ALSO HAVE
TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX BOND FUNDING DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS
AND PARKS AND RECREATION FUNDS THERE THROUGH THEIR PARKS AND
RECREATION SALES TAX, INVESTMENT REVENUE, GENERAL
FUND RESERVES AND DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS.
SO CITYWIDE WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR
MONEY COMES FROM FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES, 57.7% OF ALL
REVENUE COMES FROM FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES.
89% OF ALL THAT COMES FROM UTILITIES.
HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR COMPARATIVE NUMBERS FROM FISCAL
YEAR 26 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AN
INCREASE OF 2.7%. THIS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE
CHANGES IN REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES WHICH WE
RECEIVED A LARGER NUMBER OF GRANTS FOR AIRPORT THIS YEAR.
AND THAT YOUR RENTS REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
SERVICES AND FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES CHANGED FROM YEAR TO
YOU. SO WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
WE ARE A ORGANIZATION SO ABOUT 30% OF ALL OUR MONEY GOES
TOWARDS PERSONNEL SERVICES. 17.6% GOES TO NORMAL SERVICES
AND THEN POWER SUPPLY, 15% AND THAT POWER SUPPLY IS REALLY
SOMETHING WE WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S IN ONE FUND BUT
IT'S 15% OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES FOR CITYWIDE BUDGET.
SO MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES ARE THOSE THAT MAY NOT FIT WELL
INTO OTHER ACCOUNTS. BUT IT IS A TITLE ALL OF THESE
EXPENSES ROLL UP TO. SO INSURANCE IS ABOUT 12.8%,
MEDICAL CLAIMS ABOUT 8 MILLION, 12.8 MILLION SORRY.8 MILLION
FOR MEDICAL CLAIMS. 7.2 FOR DAMAGE CLAIMS.
THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE. THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPOSED
EXPENDITURE COMPARISON, FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27,
WE ARE DOWN ABOUT .8% FROM 608,000,026 TO 603,000,027.
WE SAW BASICALLY THAT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR DOWN IN CAPITAL
AND TRANSFERS ARE DOWN AS WELL. THOSE TWO ARE TO THAT CHANGE
YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON SPECIALTY CAPITAL DEPENDING HOW
MANY PROJECTS MAY HAVE COME FORWARD IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
THAT NUMBER CAN CHANGE DRAMATICALLY YEAR TO YEAR.
EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION, JUST LIKE THE REVENUE, UTILITIES ARE
THE BIGGEST EXPENSE AS WELL. ALMOST HALF OF ALL OUR EXPENSES
COME FROM UTILITIES. FOLLOWED BY TRANSPORTATION AND
PUBLIC SAFETY. AND JUST LIKE POWER SUPPLY,
PUBLIC SAFETY IS 2 DEPARTMENTS IN ONE FUND.
THAT MAKES UP A LARGE CHUNK OF ALL YOUR EXPENSES.
HERE WE HAVE THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON OF FUNDS.
THIS JUST SHOWS THE CHANGE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET
THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET.
I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER THE. THE ONE THING I GUESS I'LL
POINT OUT IS THIS IS LOOKING AT THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU CAN SEE A HUGE CHANGE IN
CAPITAL PROJECTS. JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT IS
PROPOSED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: MATTHEW, REALLY QUICK ON THE SLIDE
REMIND US DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY ARBOR PROJECTS IN THE GENERAL
FUND EXPENDITURE.
>> NEXT WE WILL GET TO OUR STAFF.
>> GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE POSITION HELD OPEN
HELD OPEN THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AND INNOTECH 2 AND MUNICIPAL
COURT WE HELD OPEN COURT SERVICES AND DEPUTY COURT
CLERK. IF THERE IS ONE POLICE RECORDS
CLERK. AND THEN IN HEALTH WE HELD OPEN
A PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING
SUPERVISOR THERE WAS ALSO AN ENGINEERING POSITION OPEN IN
STREET. SO THE PACKET ALL OF YOU PASSED
AROUND IS A LIST OF THE AMENDMENTS ON THE SLIDE IN CASE
YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THEN WE PRESENT.
NORMA SLIDES THESE ARE BROKEN UP INTO FOUR DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES. THE FIRST IS UPDATES SO THESE
ARE ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET NUMBERS
THAT WERE PROPOSED BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN UPDATED INFORMATION FOR
FURTHER DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THESE ITEMS.
SO THESE AMENDMENTS ARE ALL RELATED TO UPDATING THINGS THAT
WERE INCLUDED ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE AMOUNT WE'RE
EXPECTING TO RECEIVE ON THE BLUE SHIELD RENTS FOR POLICE.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE REMOVAL OF THE NORTHWEST PARKING LOT
PROJECT FOR AIRPORT. AND I APOLOGIZE, THE PROJECT IS
NOT LISTED OUT ON THE SLIDES BUT IN THE PACKET YOU HAVE IT
DOES HAVE WHICH PROJECT IS LISTED.
THEN THE NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 20 ON THE NEXT SLIDE ARE
RELATED TO THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL TO CUT
DOWN BOARDS AND COMMISSION BUDGETS CLOSER TO WHAT THEY
SPENT. THE WAY WE DID THAT WAS WE TOOK
FIVE-YEAR ACTUAL EXPENSES OR SIX YEARS OF ACTUAL EXPENSES
FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FROM FY 20 THROUGH 25.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED FOR THEM COMPARED TO
WHAT THEY SPENT. AND WE DECIDED TO CUT THEM DOWN
TO WHAT THEIR AVERAGE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE.
THOSE NEW BUDGET AMOUNTS WERE COMMUNICATED TO THE STAFF
LIAISONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING THAT TO THEIR
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND EACH BOARD OR COMMISSION AT AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TO US AND TELL US WHETHER THEY NEEDED
MORE THAN WE WERE PROPOSING TO CUT THEM DOWN TO OR NOT.
AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LIST HERE ARE THE BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS THAT DID NOT CONTEST WHAT WE PROPOSED TO CUT
THEM DOWN TO.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA.
>>Council Member Elwood: QUESTION WITH THE FIVE-YEAR
AVERAGES KNOWING THAT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED 2020, WOULD THAT
I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A WEIRD BUDGET YEAR FOR EVERYONE.
WITHOUT HAVE SKEWED, DO YOU FEEL LIKE FOR ALL AVERAGES IS
THAT ALL WHAT YOU HEARD FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT DID
CONTEST THE CHANGE BUDGET?
>> THERE WAS ONE BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT REACHED OUT AND
SAID THEY NEEDED MORE FUNDING THAN WE WERE PROPOSING GIVING
THEM. THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
AVERAGE ACTUALS WHICH WE ALSO GAVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS AS PART
OF THE GENERAL FUND WORK SESSION WE DID A MONTH AGO SO
IT'S BEEN A WHILE YOU DID HAVE THE AVERAGES BY YEAR AND LOOKED
AT IT THERE WASN'T A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE TWEEN
2020 AND 2025. A LOT OF THE CHANGES OR THE
DIFFERENCES WE SAW IN REGULAR GENERAL FUND BUDGETS OR CITY
BUDGETS WERE RELATED TO TRAVEL AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A TRAVEL BUDGET SO THAT MAY BE WHY THERE
WASN'T A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: I HAVE 2 QUESTIONS.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS SIMPLE. I DON'T THINK I'VE SEE THE
SLIDES ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. AND I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC
HAS ACCESS TO OUR HANDOUTS. CAN YOU SUGGEST A WAY TO MAKE
THIS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC?
>> WE COULD MAKE THE HANDOUTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
WE CAN MAKE IN THE HANDOUTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: AND THESE ARE NORMALLY AN ATTACHMENT WHEN WE
ARE VOTING ON THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T VOTE ON THESE TONIGHT,
IT'S ON THE BUT IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST
IF ANYONE WANTS TO REQUEST ONE OF THE HANDOUTS.
>> ALL THE PREVIOUS POWER POINTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE
FINAL HEARING WHEN WE VOTE.
>> WE DIDN'T GET FINALIZED NUMBERS ON AMENDMENTS UNTIL
FRIDAY DIDN'T GIVE US TIME TO GET THESE POSTED TO THE AGENDA.
>>Council Member Carroll: UNDERSTOOD, SO ALL THE POWER
POINTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS ARE ATTACHED TO THE
NEXT MEETING.
>> WE CAN ATTACH THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANKS.
>>Council Member Carroll: SECOND QUESTION.
WHAT USE DO WE HAVE FOR THE CHANGE FOR EACH BOARD AND
COMMISSION.
>> EACH ITEM LISTED ON THESE SLIDES AND ALL IN YOUR HAND
OUT, LIKE BARBARA MENTIONED WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON
STAFF AMENDMENTS TONIGHT, YOUR OPENING THE DISCUSSION AND
PRESENTING A FAIRLY COMPLETE LIST OF WHAT WE THINK ARE THE
CHANGES WE WILL HAVE TO BUDGET. IN EACH OF THESE BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS ARE BROKEN OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE THEIR OWN
ENTITIES. THEY ARE ALSO SOMETHING TO AS
THE COUNCIL OF A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER AS FAR AS WHAT IS
BUDGETED FOR THEM AND THAT'S THE REASON THEY ARE BROKEN OUT
INDIVIDUAL. HISTORICALLY SOMETIMES COUNCILS
HAVE VOTED ON AMENDMENTS INDIVIDUALLY BY LINE ITEM OR
NUMBER AND OTHER TIMES THEY'VE BEEN VOTED ON AS A GROUP SO THE
WAY THEY ARE LISTED IS TO HELP YOU ALL MAKE DECISIONS AND TO
SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING.
>>Council Member Carroll: SO IS THIS FOR ONE OF OUR PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON YET?
>> ALL THESE ARE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE PROPOSED
BUDGET. BUT ALSO.
>>Council Member Carroll:
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THE SUGGESTION IS FOR THE AMENDMENT
THAT JACQUE HAD PUTTING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY WOULD THIS BE THE POTENTIAL REVENUE FOR THAT
AMENDMENT?BECAUSE IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
IT JUST GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND AT FUND AT LARGE.
>> THESE COMMITMENTS WOULD DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL
FUNDS SO THEY WOULD OFFSET THE COST OF THE AMENDMENT THAT
JACQUE PROPOSED.
>>Council Member Carroll: THAT'S HELPFUL, THANKS.
DO WE HAVE THE OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT COUNSEL MADE
REFLECTED IN HERE? I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PACKET
THAT FAST, I'M SORRY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU SAID THESE AMENDMENTS ARE BROKEN
INTO THREE SECTIONS.
>> THEY ARE BROKEN INTO FIVE SECTIONS.
TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS I
GUESS THEY ARE. THESE AMENDMENTS WE ARE
DISCUSSING FIRST WERE ITEMS ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
AND WE ARE PROPOSING THE AMOUNT THAT WAS IN MY BUDGET
ORIGINALLY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THOSE
COMBINED.
>> THEY ARE IN THE SLIDES AS WE GO ALONG.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: CONTINUE. I MEANT BY SECTION.
THESE ARE ALL UPDATES.
>> ARE NOT SURE WHY IT IS RED, SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH OUR
PRESENTATION COMING OVER FROM GOOGLE SLIDES TO POWERPOINT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THESE ARE STILL UPDATES, THERE WILL BE A
TOTAL WHEN UPDATES ARE DONE AND A NEW CATEGORY.THE NEXT ONE
IS RELATED TO THAT MISERY ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS, WE JUST GOT A
SLIGHTLY HIGHER NUMBER THAN ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED.
SAME WITH THE NEXT GRANT FOR POLICE, WE HAVE AN UPDATED
NUMBER SINCE WE PUT OUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
NUMBER 38 IS PROPOSING REMOVING AN NDI THAT STREETS REQUESTING
PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET THIS MACHINE IS NOT OPERATIONAL
ANYMORE SO YOU WILL SEE A 20 6/4 4 AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE THE
MACHINE AND 26 RATHER THAN IN 27 SO IF WE PURCHASED IT IN 26
WE KNOW WE NEED THE BUDGET IN 27 TO PURCHASE IT.
CVB GOT A BIT OF A PRICE INCREASE ON THEIR SPECIAL EVENT
PERMITTING SOFTWARE AND NUMBER 41 IS SUPPOSED TO BE ZERO.
THIS IS MOVING THE COST OF THE TELEPHONE LINE FROM ONE
DIVISION OF HEALTH TO A DIFFERENT DIVISION WITHIN
HEALTH. NUMBER 43 IS ANOTHER AIRPORT
PROJECT. THIS PROJECT HAD FUNDING
BROUGHT TO COUNSEL IN THIRD-QUARTER.
THIS WAS FOR THE BODINE BRIDGE 1841 AND ALSO BUDGETED IN FY
27TH SO WE WILL REMOVE IT FROM 27TH SINCE THE AUTHORITY IS
ALREADY IN THE PROJECT. THE NEXT FEW ARE RELATED TO FEE
CHANGES APPROVED BY YOU ALL IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THESE
ARE REVENUE INCREASES RELATED TO THOSE RATE ADJUSTMENTS AND
FEE INCREASES. AND THEN THE VERY LAST UPDATE
NUMBER 53 IS RELATED TO THE CONDO ASSOCIATION DUES WE PAY
FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING.
THAT CAME BACK A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY
ESTIMATED SO THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE UPDATES ON REVENUE WOULD
BE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 5.8 MILLION AND AN EXPENSE INCREASE
OF ABOUT 8 MILLION. THE NEXT CATEGORY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA, YOU HAD A QUESTION ON UPDATES.
>>Council Member Elwood: CAN YOU DO THE MATH AND TELL US
WHAT THE TOTAL NET IMPACT IS? BECAUSE I SEE REVENUE GOING G
UP, YEAH.
>> IT WOULD BE A DECREASE OF 2.3, 2.2 MILLION.
THE NEXT CATEGORY OUR CORRECTIONS.
THESE ARE ITEMS WE FOUND EITHER A TYPO OR A MISTAKE.
SOMETHING WAS DUPLICATED, SOMETHING WAS LEFT OUT OF THE
ORIGINAL BUDGET AND WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE, THE FIRST ONE IS
PARKING REVENUE CORRECTION, REVENUE DUPLICATED IN THE
BUDGET WE NEED TO REMOVE. THE NEXT ITEM IS COMPUTER
REPLACEMENTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
THERE IS AN INTEREST REVENUE CORRECTION IN WATER BASED ON
UPDATED FORECASTS RELATED TO THEIR CURRENT CASH LEVELS.
THEN THE NEXT TO OUR FEE CORRECTIONS RELATED TO FEES IN
CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ONE IS A
RECALCULATION OF FEES TO CORRECT A FEW DEPARTMENTS AND
NUMBER 23 IS TO MOVE IT FEES OUT OF CITY COUNCIL AND PUT IT
IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING DISCUSSED AT
THE GENERAL FUND WORK SESSION. THEN NUMBER 25 IS ADDING
DEVELOPMENT FEE REVENUE NOT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. NUMBER 36 IS RELATED TO THE
NUMBERS WE HAD IN FIRST USE TAX REVENUE.
THERE WAS A FORMULA ISSUE WITH THOSE SO WE HAVE A SMALL
INCREASE TO ADJUST IT TO MATCH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX
AND THE NEXT TO OUR BUDGET INPUT ERRORS WHICH ARE
BASICALLY THERE WAS A NEGATIVE LINE THAT WAS A TYPO SO THOSE
ARE CORRECTIONS IN WATER AND ELECTRIC AND NUMBER 52 IS TO
ADD PILOT REVENUE BACK TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THAT WAS ALSO
NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO THERE'S ABOUT A $1.5 MILLION INCREASE IN TOTAL REVENUE
$672,000 INCREASE IN EXPENSE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA, QUESTION.
>>Council Member Hartman: SIMILAR TO VERA'S POINT EARLIER
HOW DOES THIS IMPACT WHAT WE HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE
SET. >> WE HAVE TOTALS BY DEPARTMENT
AT THE END.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: CAN I ASK A QUESTION, GOING BACK TO WHEN WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT FEE ADJUSTMENTS.
THE BUDGET AND NUMBERS WE HAVE LIKE A DEAD END ATTACHED TO
THIS DO NOT INCLUDE THE THINGS WE VOTED ON AT THE LAST
MEETING. SO WILL THAT WHOLE DOCUMENT
THEN THE OPTIMUM?
>> SOME OF THE FEE INCREASES WERE INCLUDED FOR HEALTH AND
PARKS AND REC, MOST OF THEM WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE
REVENUE NUMBERS, THERE WERE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THEY WEREN'T
INCLUDED AT ALL. AFTER YOU VOTED TO PASS THOSE
RATE ADJUSTMENTS, WE WILL ADD BACK THE REVENUE AND THE FINAL
ADOPTED BUDGET PRODUCED WILL HAVE THOSE NEW UPDATED REVENUE
NUMBERS IN THERE. >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS IT AN
ASSUMPTION THERE MORE CONTROVERSIAL, WHAT'S THE
THOUGHT.
>> WE NORMALLY DON'T PUT REVENUE INCREASES INTO THE
BUDGET UNTIL WE PASSED THEM BY THE COUNCIL SO THAT'S USUALLY
OUR NORMAL WAY OF THINKING. I'M NOT SURE WHY THOSE WEREN'T
INCREASED THIS YEAR BUT USUALLY THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WE PASS THEN PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET.
>> THE NEXT CATEGORY WE CALL NEW FUNDING REQUESTS, THESE ARE
ITEMS NOT INITIALLY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, KIND OF A LATE
REQUEST WE GOT THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE ADDED BACK TO
REHAB FOR THESE WE HAD SOME COMMONLY FUNDED REVENUE FOR
HEALTH RECEIVED DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THEY LIKE TO
APPROPRIATE THE EXPENSE TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO THEY'VE RECEIVED THE REVENUE IN 26 THEY DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY
TO SPEND THAT. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO
INCREASE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO SPEND THE REVENUE THEY HAVE
RECEIVED. THEN WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC RATE
STUDY AND AIRPORT BUSINESS PLAN AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE
LEASE FOR TRUCKS AND SOLID WASTE.
>> HOW LONG IS THAT LEASE TO BE FOR THE CITY, IS THAT THREE OR
FIVE YEARS?
>> I BELIEVE THEY ARE FIVE YEAR LEASES.
>> THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS A LITTLE CONFUSING SOMETIMES SO
STOP ME IF YOU NEED TO. ENCUMBRANCES ARE SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU'VE GOT EXPENSES THAT ARE ON AN OPEN
PO. THE BUDGET IS ALREADY
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PO ROLLS OVER AUTOMATICALLY THE NEXT
FISCAL YEAR. IF THERE IS AN ITEM THE
DEPARTMENT IS NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE OR GET ON A PO FOR THE
END OF THE FISCAL YEAR YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY ROLL THAT BUDGET
INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THESE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO
THINGS WE HAVE TO MANUALLY ROLL INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT
FOR THE MOST PART IS GOING TO BE UTILITY ITEMS.
THESE ARE BUDGET AUTHORITY THAT WILL NOT BE SPENT IN A 26, THEY
WILL NOT SPEND IT IN 26, THEY NEED TO ADD IT TO THEIR 27
BUDGET TO SPEND 27.
>> SO BASICALLY ENCUMBRANCES DECREASE ONE FISCAL YEAR AND
INCREASE ANOTHER. SO IT WILL DECREASE THE
EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND INCREASED EXPENDITURES FOR
FISCAL YEAR 27.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WOULD SHOW UP WHEN WE HAVE THE
COLUMNS THAT SAME REVISE IF THE OPPOSED ORIGINAL REVISED AND
ACTUAL. >> FOR 26 IT WOULD SHOW IN THE
REVISED.
>> WOULDN'T IT SHOW, BECAUSE ARE WE AMENDING THAT BUDGET
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AMENDING THAT BUDGET SO THOSE NUMBERS
SHOULD SHOW UP IN ACTUAL.
>> THEY WILL SHOW UP FOR BOTH. THEY WILL BE IN BOTH SIDES
BECAUSE IF WE DID NOT AMEND THE 26 BUDGET TO TAKE THOSE
EXPENSES THAT THEY ARE STILL THERE IN 26.
>> ACTUAL WOULD BE WHAT WAS SPENT, CORRECT?
>> FIRST ITEM ON THIS LIST IS RECYCLING OLD PARTS, THESE WILL
NOT BE PURCHASED OR ENCUMBERED BY THE END OF 26 SO THEY LIKE
THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE THEM IN 27 READ THE NEXT FIVE ARE
RELATED TO NDI FROM 26 IN THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT, THAT WILL
EITHER NOT BE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED ON A CONTRACT OR PO
BY THE END OF THE YEAR SO THEY LIKE TO ROLL THE AUTHORITY TO
PURCHASE THOSE ITEMS INTO 27. AND THE FIVE LISTED ON THE
SLIDE ARE THE SAME THING, THEY ARE 26 IN THE EYES THAT WON'T
BE SPENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR FOR SEWER SO THEY'D LIKE TO
TAKE THAT BUDGET AUTHORITY AND PUSH IT INTO THE NEXT FISCAL
YEAR. THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THESE IS
10.3 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS MONEY THAT WON'T
BE SPENT IN 26, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE AND THEY
LIKE TO RE-APPROPRIATE IT INTO 27.
I'M SORRY, THERE WAS ONE MORE CATEGORY I FORGOT ABOUT SO WE
ALSO BROKE OUT THE PERSONNEL FTE OR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
CHANGES. THESE CHANGES ARE RELATED TO
POSITIONS THEY REQUIRE YOU TO AN END THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED
FTE WE HAVE AND ALSO HAD A BUDGET IMPACT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO SHOW ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES
THE FIRST ONE IS A NEW POSITION AT COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS AND A HALF FTE POSITION
THERE IS OFFSETTING REVENUE FROM READY ALLOW POINT OUT THE
FAR RIGHT COLUMN ON THIS SLIDE IS A NET BUDGET IMPACT WHICH
MEANS EITHER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT EXPENSES
ARE EXPENSE AND REVENUE. THIS IS TOTALLY WHAT WILL THIS
DECISION ON THIS POSITION COST KOREA THERE ARE ALSO TWO NEW
POSITIONS IN FIRE THAT WERE REQUESTED AN ADMIN TECH ONE AND
A FIRE CAPTAIN.THERE'S A REQUEST AS BEING REQUESTED BUT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE AN ADMIN TECH TO DO AN ASSISTANT
TO THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT WILL NOT HAVE A
NET FTE IMPACT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING RID OF ONE POSITION AND
MAKING IT A DIFFERENT POSITION. ALSO AS A NET BUDGET IMPACT
OF $12,000. THEN NUMBER 59 IS RELATED TO
MOVING AN ADMIN TECH 2 FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHICH
WILL DECREASE THE NET FTE FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND
MOVING IT INTO THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHICH
WOULD INCREASE THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE THE SAME KIND OF SHIFT OR PARKS AND RECREATION
INVASION WE HAD A FRANTIC SUPERINTENDENT ORIGINALLY
BUDGETED INCORRECTLY AND PARKS, THAT WILL MOVE FUNDS TO TRANSIT
DECREASE ARTS AND REC TRANSIT FOR THEN ONE IS ANOTHER CLASS
62 IS A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE INTERNAL AUDITOR POSITION
IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE RENT THIS WAS ONE OF THE
POSITIONS HELD OPEN ORIGINALLY BUT THEN A DECISION WAS MADE TO
ELIMINATE THE POSITION COMPLETELY SO THE COST IF THAT
IS RELATED TO THE BENEFITS THAT WERE TIED TO THE POSITION THE
SALARIES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNAL
AUDITOR AT THE COMING WORK SESSION.
>>Council Member Hartman: WE ARE ALL AWARE I SHARE A LOT
ABOUT THE INTERNAL AUDITOR I'M CURIOUS WHY WE'RE CHOOSING TO
DO THIS LINE HERE.
>> WE HAVEN'T FILLED THE POSITION SINCE 2019.
WE HELD IT INTO THE BUDGET SO IT'S A WHOLE OVER AND IF WERE
GOING TO DO AN INTERNAL AUDITOR, IT'S MORE THAN A
POSITION, IT'S AN ON TEAM AND THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT
BACK. SO IT'S JUST BEEN HELD HERE AND
IT HASN'T BEEN BUDGETED FOR. LET'S ELIMINATE IT AND BRING
BACK SOMETHING THAT WILL MEAN GARDENS.
>>Council Member Elwood: I DON'T WANT IT REMOVED BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WE NEED MORE TO HAVE, AND THEN
WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP SOON.
I JUST THINK THAT I DON'T WANT IT OUT OF MIND.
I WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS VISIBLE THAT WE DISCUSSED
BECAUSE IF IN A YEAR I'M SITTING HERE AND WE STILL DON'T
HAVE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY AWKWARD.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WHAT WAS THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE RATHER
THAN HOLD IT AND ADJUST THE BUDGET FOR WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
YOU MIGHT DO.
>> WE'VE HAD IT HELD FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT'S JUST SET.
>> THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE WAS IN 18.
WE HAVE CONTRACTED THOSE SERVICES OUT FOR THE LAST FEW
YEARS.AND JUST HOLDING THAT POSITION OPEN HOLDS MONEY THAT
COULD BE SPENT ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE BUDGET.
WE WERE REALLY TIGHT WITH THIS BUDGET WHEN WE MADE THE FISCAL
YEAR 27 BUDGET SO EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHY WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR IT IN THE
BEGINNING OF THIS BUDGET. IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO
OTHER THINGS WITH THOSE MONIES ESPECIALLY KNOWING WE HAD MONEY
BUDGETED FOR EXTERNAL PERSON TO COME IN AND DO THAT INTERNAL
ROLE.
>>Council Member Elwood: TO CLARIFY ON THE LAST POINT DOES
THAT MEAN THERE IS FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR AUDITING, IT
WOULD JUST BE YOUNGER SERVICES RATHER THAN PERSONNEL.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> I PROMISED TOTALS YOU HAVE TOTALS.
THESE ARE NOT NEW BUDGET NUMBERS BUT THIS WILL SHOW THE
IMPACT IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE ALL OF THE LISTED STAFF
AMENDMENTS. THIS IS THE IMPACT BY
DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE ON YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
WHICH WOULD BE A DECREASE TO CITY COUNCIL, DECREASED OF THE
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WE HAD A REVENUE AND EXPENSE DECREASED
POLICE KOREA AND INCREASED TO FIRE DEPARTMENT, A SMALL
INCREASE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REHAB COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT WHEN JUST HAVE A REVENUE INCREASE, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE BOTH AVENUE AND EXPENSE.
CULTURAL AFFAIRS WOULD HAVE A PRETTY SMALL INCREASE TO
REVENUE. STREETS WOULD HAVE A SLIGHT
EXPENSE DECREASED AND THE GENERAL FUND, CITY GENERAL
WOULD HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE AS WELL.
PARKS AND REC WOULD HAVE A REVENUE INCREASE IN EXPENSE
DECREASED THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FUND WOULD HAVE A
REVENUE INCREASE. CDV WOULD HAVE A REVENUE AND
EXPENSE INCREASE, WATER WOULD HAVE A PRETTY SIZABLE REVENUE
INCREASE IN THE SMALL EXPENSE DECREASED.
ELECTRIC WOULD INCREASE BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSE TRANSIT AND
AIRPORT WOULD ALSO BOTH INCREASE IN EXPENSE AND AIRPORT
CIP REVENUE AND EXPENSE BE DECREASED SEWER WOULD INCREASE
IN EXPENSE. NOW I'M REGRETTING I READ ALL
OF THESE PRINT PARKING WOULD DECREASE IN REVENUE.
SOLID WASTE WOULD INCREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE GRID ID
WOULD DECREASE SLIGHTLY AND INCREASE EXPENSE TO PUBLIC
COMMUNICATION WOULD INCREASE EXPENSE THE TOTAL NET IMPACT ON
THE BUDGET OF ALL THE STAFF AMENDMENTS COMBINED WOULD BE A
REVENUE INCREASE OF ABOUT 7.3 MILLION.
AND EXPENSE INCREASE OF 3.8 MILLION.
WHICH IS ABOUT EIGHT 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I DON'T REMEMBER THE PARKING ONE.
>> WE HAD A DUPLICATE REVENUE IN PARKING.
>> NOW WE MOVE ON TO COUNSEL AMENDMENTS.
>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE TONIGHT ON ANY COUNSEL
AMENDMENTS YOU MAY. I WON'T STOP YOU THE THREE
THINGS WE REQUESTED WERE FUNDING FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS. JACQUE REQUESTED THIS WAS ADDED
AND WOULD BE OFFSET BY THE DECREASE TO BOARD AND
COMMISSION FUNDING THAT WAS PART OF STAFF AMENDMENT, NUMBER
TWO IS RELATED TO PURCHASE AND STREET BARRIERS THIS IS BROKEN
OUT INTO IT A AND B BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT
DECISIONS RELATED TO THAT ITEM. NUMBER THREE IS AN UPDATE TO
INCREASE THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
BACK TO 600,000 WHICH WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 200,000 AND THIS
THE SOURCE FOR THAT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.
>> SATURDAY PARKING GARAGE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT?
>> THAT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET SO IT'S NOT ITEM THEM AND IT WOULD
BE SOMETHING DISCUSSED WITH THE DEPARTMENT RENT CHANGES.
>>Council Member Elwood: I THINK MY OTHER ONE IS THE SAME
SITUATION.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WHAT'S THE TOTAL IN SAVINGS FROM THE BOARD
AND COMMISSION ADJUSTMENTS? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S DONE
THE MATH. AND THEN MY ADDITIONAL QUESTION
IS IN RELATION TO THE PURCHASE OF STREET BARRIERS, I KNOW WE
HAVE A HOLD THAT SOME OF THE PROPOSED STATE FUNDING THAT'S
SUPPOSED TO GO TO DOWNTOWN SAFETY OF CITIES OF A CERTAIN
SIZE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US IF WE HEAR THAT EFFICIENTLY COMES
THE ROUTE THAT WOULD BE THE OFFSET FOR THE PROPOSED STREET
BARRIERS? I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE INTENT
OF THOSE.
>> THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THAT PROJECT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY
THE STATE SO THAT MAY NOT BE A CATEGORY OF SOMETHING THEY
ACCEPT SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD CAUTION US.
>> TOTAL DECREASE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS JUST UNDER
65,000.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. AND FOR ALL OF THESE THAT,
BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUGGESTED REVENUE THAT WOULD THEN BE OUT
OF COUNSEL OR CITY GENERAL FUND RESERVES, CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF
OUR RESERVES?
>> I BELIEVE IT'S $19 MILLION ABOVE THE REQUIREMENT.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING IT TO BE ABOUT 19.2 BILLION.
>> HOW MUCH IS THE ABOVE? I KNOW YOU USUALLY SHOW ON A
SPREADSHEET. IF THAT'S TYPICAL AND ANYTHING
ABOVE THAT.
>> SO ABOVE THE CASH RESERVE TARGET, THE AMOUNT OF CASH
RESERVE TARGET IS 19.2 MILLION. CASH RESERVES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE ABOUT 26 MILLION.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BETSY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WENT INTO THE SECURITY SYSTEMS FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS, WHAT ALL FITS UNDER THAT?
>> WE DID A BASIC REQUEST FOR PRICING AND WE LOOKED AT A
YEARLY PRICE FOR SEVEN MEMBERS AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL.
THIS IS A ONE YEAR PRICE, IT'S NOT AN ONGOING PRICE BUT ONCE
THE EQUIPMENT IS PURCHASED, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD DROP TO
2500, MAYBE 3000 A YEAR.
>> SO IT'S NOT LOOKING AT REIMBURSEMENT, IT'S LOOKING AT
THE CITY PURCHASING EQUIPMENT.
>> REIMBURSEMENTS ARE HANDLED THROUGH THE CHARTER OR THROUGH
THE ORDINANCE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.I BELIEVE IT'S
CHARTER SO WE DID ONE TRYING TO CHANGE THE CHARTER FOR
REIMBURSEMENT. THE IDEA WAS FOR IT TO BE
SUPERVISED.
>> SORRY, THAT CREATES MANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ABOUT WHOM
THE PROVIDER WOULD BE AND WHERE DATA WOULD BE STORED.
>> THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDED.
WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE BEST OPTION AND I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CHEAPEST OPTION BUT THE BEST
OPTION FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE SYSTEM WE LOOKED
AT WAS THE RANK. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
OPTIONS YOU ALL COULD LOOK AT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IF YOU
DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I THINK FOR THE MOMENT PUTTING A DOLLAR
FIGURE IN THERE AND WE CAN WORK OUT, I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT YOU
WERE IMPLYING.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, IF YOU WILL APPROVE IT I CAN SEND YOU ALL
THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PART OF THE
AMENDMENT, JACQUE, SHARON, BETSY.
>>Council Member Sample: I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN GET
BACKUP DOCUMENTATION BEFORE WE APPROVE IT.
>> IT'S A LOT. >>Council Member Sample: OKAY,
A SUMMARY OR IS THAT A HUGE ASK?
>> I HAVE IT IN A GOOGLE SHEET, I COULD SEND IT RIGHT NOW.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO VOTE ON THESE, SHE
DIDN'T MEAN TODAY. SHARON AND THEN BETSY.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THE
AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY JACQUE DOESN'T HAVE NECESSARILY
AUTHORIZATION YET AS FAR AS A POLICY AND ALL OF THAT, WE'VE
NOT DONE ANY OF THAT. THIS IS JUST THE FUNDING FOR
SOMETHING WE HAVE NO MECHANISM TO DO, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO MECHANISM?
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: I MEAN WE HAVE NO ORDINANCE OR
POLICY DOCUMENT OR INTERNAL POLICY OR ANY OF THAT RELATED
TO IT. THIS IS JUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
>> THIS ALLOWS US TO ALLOCATE FUNDS, WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS
THAT PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: HOW DID WE COME TO $5000 IF WE
HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE?
>> THAT'S HOW MUCH THE HIGHEST SERVICE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT
SERVICE PROVIDERS WAS, BASICALLY SO THAT'S THE YEARLY
SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: OF THE HIGHEST BID YOU WERE
ABLE TO FIND, I SHOULDN'T SAY HIGHEST, THE SERVICE YOU WERE
ABLE TO FIND IN YOUR RESEARCH. SO THIS IS A GUESSTIMATE?
>> THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO PURCHASE WHATEVER WITHIN THE
BIDS WE RECEIVED SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE, IT WOULD
ALLOW US TO PURCHASE IT YEARLY OR MONTHLY ARTIST ON TOP OF THE
SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED. >>Council Member Geuea Jones:
I KNEW AND TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS SEEMS
WEIRD TO ME, YOU SAID THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE,
THIS DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE, THIS GIVES AN
APPROPRIATION IF WE APPROVE A POLICY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO
PURCHASE.
>> IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A BUDGET NUMBER FOR THAT EXPENSE,
WE STILL HAVE TO DEVELOP.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M
CLEAR WHERE THINGS ARE IN THIS PROCESS WITH THE IDEA.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY.
>>Council Member Peters: MY QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE
STREET BARRIERS. SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD NOT BE
SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE FROM THE STATE YET AND WHY
WOULDN'T THIS COME THROUGH THE POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT IF
THEY WANT TO DO THIS, HOW DID THIS AND AS A COUNSEL AMENDMENT
AS OPPOSED TO WAITING UNTIL WE GET THE MONEY, MAKING SURE IT
CAN BE USED FOR THIS AND THEN, I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE
CIRCUMVENTING A WELL-KNOWN PATH.
>> IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH POLICE AND FIRE AND I THINK
THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE
BARRIERS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. THE IDEA, I THINK IDEALLY WE'D
LOVE FOR IT TO COME FROM THE STATE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE
STATE WILL FUND THIS THAT'S THE REASON IT WILL COME OUT OF THE
EXCESS RESERVE FUND.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: SMALL QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT,
VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT TO GET USED
TO THE BUTTON. I GUESS I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW
THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT JUST BY POLICE OR FIRE.
WE HAVE AS YOU MENTIONED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INPUT,
POLICE AND FIRE FAVORING THESE BARRIERS.
AS OF RIGHT TELL, OUR BUDGET FOR POLICE AND FIRE IS A
GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO THIS WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND
EXPENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD LOOK
DIFFERENTLY. I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS A
DIDN'T ASK FOR IT IN THEIR BUDGETING PROCESS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD PLAY OUT IN FISCAL
YEAR 27?
>> NO, I MEAN IT'S A GENERAL FUND EXPENSE.
>>Council Member Carroll: OKAY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I HAVE ONE REAL QUICK BEFORE I COME BACK
TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A SLIDE UP HERE THAT WILL
SHOW US LET'S SAY THE PREVIOUS STAFF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS GO
FORWARD. WHAT THAT DOES ESPECIALLY FOR
THE GENERAL FUND, THAT 13,000 SPREAD BETWEEN EXPENDITURES AND
REVENUES. IS IT NARROWER OR IS IT WIDER?
DO WE HAVE A SLIDE OR DO WE HAVE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK
LIKE.
>> WE WILL HAVE NEW NUMBERS ON THE EIGHTH, I KNOW FROM LOOKING
AT THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY THIS WILL REMAIN
ABOUT THE SAME SOMEHOW IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE, $13,000
STILL JUST THIS AMENDMENT SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF
THESE COUNSEL AMENDMENTS BEING CONSIDERED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE, YOU HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>>Council Member Sample: CAN THE BARRIERS, CAN WE USE
RESERVE FUNDS FOR THAT PURCHASE SINCE IT'S A ONE-TIME PURCHASE.
>> YES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: IS THERE MORE TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> YES THERE IS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WE HAD ANOTHER, VERA.
>>Council Member Elwood: JACQUE'S QUESTION MADE ME THINK
OF ONE. ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU SAID
ALL THESE EXPENSES WOULD COME OUT OF RESERVE, THAT WOULD MEAN
THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE INCREASE WOULD ALSO BE RESERVED RATHER
THAN MAIN BUDGET. >> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> ALL IT MEANS WHEN WE SAY IT COMES OUT OF RESERVE IS THE
REVENUE IS INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INCREASE IN EXPENSE
SO IT'S NOT A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE, IT'S JUST THE EXPENSE
WOULD EXCEED THE REVENUE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES, VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: IS THAT TRUE FOR THE OTHER SLIDES,
THE OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS? I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEM WERE
INCREASES IN FUNDING AND SOME OF THEM WERE DECREASES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
>>Council Member Carroll: DOES THAT BALANCE TO A REQUEST TO
RESERVES OR AN OVERALL INCREASE.
>> FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE REMAINS ABOUT
THE SAME ABOUT 13,000. FOR THOSE OTHER FUNDS, I'M
SORRY TO SAY DO THE MATH BUT THE NUMBERS FOR EACH FUND ARE
LISTED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE GAVE YOU THE INCREASE OR
DECREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH FUND
INDIVIDUALLY TO DECIDE THAT WE WILL HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS ON
THE EIGHTH FOR YOU WITH ALL THESE AMENDMENTS INCLUDED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: GOING FORWARD .
>> WE MET WITH THE PARKING COMMISSION ON FRIDAY.
WEDNESDAY. LAST WEEK.
THESE ARE THE PRESENTATIONS WE SHOWED THEM.
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THIS ARE WORTH
GOING OVER, ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT
MAY CHANGE THE BUDGET. FIRST, I WANTED TO DO THE
PURPOSE FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, PURPOSE FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO
COLLECT REVENUE TO OPERATE A SELF-SUSTAINING BUSINESS TYPE
ENTITY. THE COST OF THE TOTAL COST TO
PROVIDE A SPECIFIC GOODS AND SERVICES IS RECOVERED DIRECTLY
FROM A USER OF THE SERVICES RATHER THAN GENERAL REVENUES.
THIS FULL COST RECOVERY IS BASICALLY SAYING REVENUES MUST
COVER DIRECT OPERATING COSTS, GENERAL AND CAPITAL NEEDS,
UPGRADES PLACEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT AS
WELL AS NON-CASH ASSET DEPRECIATION.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE LOOKED AT IT BY STREET METERS
AND THE GARAGES AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL FOR BOTH WE
PROPOSE NO CHANGE FOR STREET METERS.
BASICALLY IT IS AN EQUITABLE CHANGE THAT WILL MAKE GARAGES
AT THE SAME LEVEL AS STREET METERS.
CURRENTLY IN THE RATES ARE ONE DOLLAR FOR TWO HOURS IN GARAGES
AND WE GO TO ONE DOLLAR PER HOUR.
SO THIS GIVES US AN UNCAPTURED REVENUE OF 253,000 FOR THAT ONE
HOUR PARKING CHANGE. THEN AN ADDITIONAL 93,000 WOULD
BE LOST IF NOT ENFORCED IN PARKING FEES AND GARAGES
SATURDAY. IN TOTAL WE HAVE AN UNCAPTURED
REVENUE OF $346,000. AND IF ANY CHANGE WAS DONE,
THIS WOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL JANUARY 2027.
A BIG ISSUE HERE IS WE HAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION IN UNFUNDED
CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR PARKING. THIS INCLUDES PROJECTS ON TO
THE SHORT STREET GARAGE, SIXTH AND JERRY, SOME SIGNS AND
WAYFINDING AND THEN THE GATE UNLICENSED ASSIST.
THIS IS OUR BASELINE FORECAST. IF THIS IS BASICALLY IF THINGS
WERE AS THEY ARE NOW, INCLUDING THAT CIP WE MENTIONED THAT WAS
UNFUNDED BECAUSE WE LOST FUND THAT, WE HAVE TO GET A LOT OF
THAT, THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DONE.
THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT SO BY
FISCAL YEAR 2031 YOU WOULD, FISCAL YEAR 2030 YOU WOULD BE
BANKRUPT WITHIN THE PARKING SYSTEM.
SO IF WE DID THE GARAGE ADJUSTMENT WITHOUT THE SATURDAY
CHARGE, IT DOES MAKE THIS, IT MAKES THE OUTLOOK LOOK MUCH
BETTER. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT NO REAL
ISSUES AND MAYBE GETTING BACK ON TRACK IN FISCAL YEAR 29.
WITH THE CHARGE WE GET THERE A LITTLE FASTER IN FISCAL YEAR 28
WOULD BE THE TIMING WHERE WE COULD HAVE A CASH RESERVE
TARGET OF 20% OR MORE. THERE IS ONE ISSUE.
THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE KIOSK FOR THE PARKING.
SO THE KIOSK WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 1.2, $1.3 MILLION IN
ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS. WHAT THAT DOES TO THE FORECAST,
BASICALLY IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD.
FEET, OUR CASH RESERVE OF 20% WOULD NOT BE MET FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE THAT IS WITH THE SATURDAY CHARGE.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY 93,000 YEAR IT MAKES
A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS
THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO. AND THAT'S IT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE
WITH NO SATURDAY CHARGE, SORRY. THE FIRST TABLE SLIDE.
SO THERE'S BASELINE, FORECASTING WITHOUT SATURDAY
CHARGE. OKAY, SO BASELINE IS WITHOUT
THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>>Council Member Carroll: SO IF WE FOLLOW THE FEE CHANGES AND
HAVE NO SATURDAY CHARGE OR CONTINUE OUR NOTE SATURDAY
CHARGE, WE HIT CASH RESERVES AT 20% BY FISCAL YEAR 2029.
>> THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 1.2 MILLION YOU
NEED TO DO FOR THE NEW LICENSE PLATE READERS AND GATE ALARM
SYSTEM.
>>Council Member Carroll: WAS THAT ON THE SECOND?
>> THAT IS ON THE LAST SO THIS IS THIS ONE.
>>Council Member Carroll: THAT'S WITH SATURDAY CHARGE,
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ONE BEFORE THAT?
NO SATURDAY CHARGE ON KIOSK.
>> WE HAVE NO SATURDAY CHARGE AND WITH THIS IS WITHOUT THE
1.2 MILLION AND IT IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
SOME OF THIS WILL BE COVERED AS WELL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARKING
RATE. I BELIEVE IN A FEW.
>>Council Member Carroll: OKAY. THINK I WILL HOLD THAT
DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT ITEM THEN.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU CAN ADVANCE SINCE THAT'S THE END OF
THE STAFF PRESENTATION. REQUEST FOR COUNSEL WE WILL
HOLD OUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS UNLESS THEY ARE BURNING UNTIL
AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL.
WE HAVE A FEW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED
LETTERS OR SUBMITTED WITHOUT AGENDA AS WELL AND IT'S COMMON
PRACTICE TO INVITE THEM TO COME FORWARD ONCE I'VE OPENED UP THE
PUBLIC HEARING SO I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED
FOR DIANA, CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON THE COMMISSION
AND THE TOM ROSE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO COME FORWARD.
THEN EITHER SPEAK, YES.
>>Public Speaker: DIANA MARKSON CHAIR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND
I'M HERE TO ACCOMPANY THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO
THE CITY'S ANNUAL ARTS GRANT FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027
AND I REQUEST FIVE MINUTES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WE WILL ADD 2 MORE.
>>Public Speaker: THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
TO INCREASE ANNUAL FUNDING FROM THE ARTS FROM 100,000 TO
$200,000. I KNOW IT'S WHAT YOU RECEIVE IN
FUNDING EACH YEAR, JOIN ME IN EXPRESSING THEIR THANKS YOUR
RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT OF THE CULTURAL WORK THEY DO.
WHAT MAKES COLOMBIAN THE BEST PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE WORK
AND PLAY AND JUST TO PUT THAT FUNDING INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT
200,000 THE CITY ALLOCATES TO ANNUAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS
REPRESENTS LESS THAN 2/10 OF 1% OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND
EXPENDITURE. THESE FUNDS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE
IN SUPPORTING THE CULTURE AND VITALITY OF OUR CITY AND ARE
ALSO AN ECONOMIC ENGINE AND A 2022 ARTS AND ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY STUDIED THE DIRECT IMPACT OF THE NONPROFIT ARTS
AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN COLUMBIA AND THEIR AUDIENCES
WAS OVER $18 MILLION OF WHICH OVER $420,000 WENT TO LOCAL TAX
REVENUE SO CITY MONEY HARD AT WORK.THANKS TO THE SUPPORT
FROM CITY ARTS FUNDING 125,000 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE
ATTENDED ARTS EVENTS ORGANIZED BY OUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES THIS
PAST YEAR AND HERE ARE SOME MORE LOVELY NUMBERS OF WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE ARTS COMMUNITY 11 AND A HALF
THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED THE TRUE FALSE FILM FESTIVAL IN
MARCH, 3700 ATTENDED THE UNBOUND BOOK FESTIVAL IN APRIL
AND 15 AND HALF THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED OUT IN THE PARK IN
JUNE. OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE CITIES
DOLLARS DOING GREAT THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 2 AND A
HALF THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH CHILDREN'S
THEATER, ACCESS ARTS AS PROVIDED ARTS EDUCATION FOR
1500 PEOPLE, 8000 PEOPLE VIEWED CONCERTS BY THE ODYSSEY CHAMBER
MUSIC SERIES, 12,000 HAVE TAKEN PART IN EVENTS IN THE NORTH
VILLAGE ARTS DISTRICT AND 13,000 PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO
EVENTS AT THE BOONE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ALL THESE
ARTS AGENCIES ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE CITY'S ARTS FUNDING
PROGRAM. DURING THE GRANT APPLICATION
PROCESS COLUMBIA'S NONPROFIT ARTS AGENCIES SUBMIT REQUESTS
FOR PROJECTS SPECIFIC FUNDING TO THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL
AFFAIRS. THIS YEAR OCA RECEIVED 30
APPLICATIONS AND ESTIMATED THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 140,000
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WILL PARTICIPATE IN CITY FUNDED ARTS
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. IF FUNDING IS APPROVED TO THE
BUDGET CONTRACTS WILL BE AUTHORIZED IN OCTOBER TO
SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ARTS PROJECTS.
WE ARE FORTUNATE IN MISERY AT HAVING AN EARMARKED STATE
STATUTE THAT DRAWS FROM TAXES PAID BY NONRESIDENT
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS TO PROVIDE FUNDING
TO THE MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL. HOWEVER DUE TO ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS FROM THIS FUND IN FY 27 LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF
THE WITHHELD AMOUNT WILL REACH THE ARTS.
7.2 MILLION ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE WHICH MAKES CITY FUNDING
ALL THE MORE CRITICAL TO OUR OWN NONPROFIT ARTS AGENCIES.
AS YOU ALL KNOW THE ARTS POWER THE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE
WANT TO LIVE AND WORK, SHARE ALL OF TO STICK ON CULTURAL
EXPERIENCES STRENGTHEN ALL OF OUR SENSE OF BELONGING AND
COMMUNITY PRIDE AND WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS
COUNSEL'S RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE
ARTS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU DIANA, STACY FORD WITH HUMAN
SERVICES. STACY FORD WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES COMMISSION AND TOM ROSE, COME CLOSER.
I'M MAKING STACY WALK. WHEN I FIRST SAID HIS NAME HE
WAS AT THE BACK AS WELL.
>>Public Speaker: STACY FORD, CHAIR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
COMMISSION THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR
COMMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S LONG-STANDING INVESTMENT
IN OUR COMMUNITY SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE
SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING PROCESS. THE HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION
AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ARE CHARGED
WITH MAKING ANNUAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL. THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE PURCHASE OF SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS.
UTILIZING THE CITY SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING.
THE GOAL OF THE CITY'S PURCHASE OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS TO ENSURE
OUR BASIC NEEDS ARE MET AND ALL CITIZENS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING PROCESS
AND ISSUES WE ADDRESS WERE PROVIDED IN OUR REPORT TO THE
COUNCIL WHICH WAS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE BUDGET.
THE HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION HAS ASKED FOR SOCIAL SERVICE
FUNDING TO BE RESTORED OR INCREASED EACH BUDGET CYCLE AND
AFTER AN INCREASE IN THE LAST THREE BUDGETS WE ARE CONCERNED
TO SEE THE CITY'S MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A 10%
CUT IN SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING ALL TAKEN OUT OF THE RFP FOR
OPPORTUNITY. THIS ADJUSTMENT IF ADOPTED
WOULD DECREASE THE TOTAL FOR THIS FUNDING BY $422,666 TO
$285.54, $542. ALMOST 137, 1307, I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU. I'VE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME
WORKING TODAY. 1025 DISTRICTS.
LIKELY RESULTING IN FEWER AGENCIES BEING FUNDED,
PREVIOUSLY FUNDED AGENCIES INCLUDE GRADE A+, JOB POINT,
LOVE COLUMBIA AND COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY LOW INCOME
SERVICES. SOME SERVICES WE'VE PURCHASED
WE ARE INCLUDING JOB REVENUE TRAINING, PERSONAL FINANCE
EDUCATION AND OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMMING SO PARENTS CAN STAY
AT WORK. THIS FEELS MORE IMPACTFUL NOW
RATHER THAN EVER WITH THE BUDGET CUTS TOO MANY LOCAL
PROGRAMS. THE MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
ITS LONG-STANDING SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING
OUR 2027 SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS IN
DECEMBER, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE HELP BARBARA.
>>Public Speaker: TOM ROSE, CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SO I'M NOT TALKING TONIGHT, THAT WILL
BE LATER. WHEN I PRESENT TONIGHT IS OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR FISCAL
YEAR 27 FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
AND THE WHOLE PROGRAM. THE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR 25
THROUGH 29 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE COMMISSION REVIEWED
THESE AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TODAY
TO CONSIDER SO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU TOM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO
SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 CITY OF COLUMBIA BUDGET
?
>>Public Speaker: MARK KLEIN, THIRD WARD.
I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING BUT HEARING ABOUT THE PARKING
GARAGE SITUATION I WANTED TO CALL TWO THINGS TO YOUR
ATTENTION, ONE OF WHICH IS I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE ADOPTING
OR PLANNING ON ADOPTING A LICENSE PLATE READING SYSTEM
BUT IT SEEMS THIS IS ANOTHER EXPANSION OF THE SURVEILLANCE
STATE, SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE BIG BROTHER AND I DON'T WANT TO
SEE COLUMBIA GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.
THE OTHER THING IS AS YOU KNOW I WORKED FOR MID-MISSOURI PIECE
WORKS AND WE OPERATED THE PIECE NOOK AND BY FAR OUR BUSIEST DAY
IS SATURDAY. IF WE START CHARGING PARKING ON
SATURDAYS, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON
SMALL SHOPS AND OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT.
AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU NOT TO DO THAT BASED ON THAT BASIS
ALONE. WE DO HERE A LOT COMPLAINTS
ABOUT PARKING METERS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.
I CAN ALWAYS POINT TO THEM AND SAY WEEKENDS ARE FREE, THERE IS
PARKING IN THE PARKING GARAGE ON SATURDAY OR WHEREVER YOU
PART AND IT WILL HURT US IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND HURT A LOT
OF OTHER PEOPLE TO.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
>> I WILL NOT SAY MY ADDRESS PUBLICLY.
I JUST WANT TO FIRST OFF TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUE.
I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HAVING THE POWER POINTS AND
THEN BEING MISSING. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS
HAS HAPPENED. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
TO APPEAR AS COMPETENT ESPECIALLY NOW YOU ARE A FULL
PANEL OF WOMEN TO RENT ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS BE
MORE CONSISTENT IN PROVIDING AS MUCH RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE.
I WAS HOPING YOU WERE JOKING ABOUT PUTTING THINGS TO A VOTE
TODAY BECAUSE AGAIN THE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT
THIS INFORMATION AND I'M GLAD YOU CHOSE NOT TO RIP THESE ARE
THE KIND OF SMALL THINGS THAT GIVE PEOPLE AN EXCUSE TO SAVE
YOU GUYS ARE INCOMPETENT SO THINGS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE
APPROVED UPON AND TO BE CONSISTENT.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS THE PARKING.
AS A SERVER DUE TO MINIMUM WAGE AND HOUR OF OUR LABOR GOES INTO
PARKING WHEN YOU RAISE THE PARKING METERS.
THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT I DO HERE SURPRISINGLY IN SPITE ALL
THE SUPPOSED VIOLENCE IS PARKING.
THE REASON WHY PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO DOWNTOWN IS THEY ARE TIRED
OF DRIVING FOR 20 MINUTES, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME,
THEY CAN'T FIND PARKING. AND I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THEY
DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR CERTAIN PARKING.
I KNOW WE NEED TO GET THE MONEY SOMEWHERE BUT MAYBE THERE'S A
COMPROMISE THAT CAN BE MADE PEOPLE WORKING HERE AND MAYBE
THERE COULD BE SOMETHING SO IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO
SPEND MORE OF OUR HOURS IN THE PARKING.
BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP AS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT INCREASING AND THE FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GARAGES OR KNOW THAT IT'S
FREE, MOST DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE
MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THIS PARKING WAS GOING TO BE AN
ISSUE SO TRANSPARENCY AGAIN NEEDS TO BE MORE IMPROVED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DOES ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
>>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES FROM WARD ONE AND I HAVE
A QUESTION FOR THE BUDGET, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS BUDGET
REFLECTS THE 1% SALES TAX INCREASE AND WILL THE NEXT
PROPOSED BUDGET SHOW THAT?
>>Mayor Buffaloe: AFTER PUBLIC HEARING I WILL ASK THE
QUESTIONS, ANYONE WISH TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
>>Public Speaker: EUGENE ELKINS, SECOND WARD.
MY ONLY COMMENT IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IN MY PAST
I WITNESSED IT WITH MY OWN EYES.
YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT AND THE WORD IS ASSETS IN CITY OWNERSHIP.
IF YOU SHOULD DRIVE BEHIND THE POWER PLANT YOU WILL WITNESS
ITEMS THAT ARE RUSTING AWAY. THEY COULD BE A WRITE OFF OR
COULD IT BE WE NEED TO HAVE LESS WASTING OF ITEMS PURCHASED
BY WAY OF PUTTING A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS.
BEFORE YOU ALL SERVED ON THE COUNCIL, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL
TONIGHT. THERE WAS A A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE ELECTRIC BUSES.I'D LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO START
MONITORING THE ACTUAL EXPENSES. THEY ONLY GAVE THEM ABOUT A
YEAR AND THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE BREAKDOWNS.
TECHNOLOGY COULD HAVE CHANGED BUT COULD BE VERY ITEMS WE GIVE
THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO RIDE FOR FREE BE COSTING YOU WAY MORE
THAN THE OLD DIESEL OR THEY WE GO BACK TO GASOLINE VERSION OF
BUSES? THE REASON I'M BRINGING ALL
THIS UP IS YES, YOU ALL HAVE A MAJOR JOB.
YOU HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO LOOK AT BUT THE REALITY IS WE SPENT
THE MONEY AND LET'S TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER IT IS WE OWN, THANK
YOU.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PROPOSED
FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET?
>>Public Speaker: NIKKI DAVIS, SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET AND I
PLAN TO SPEAK ON THIS LATER IN THE AGENDA BUT I WILL SPEAK AT
BOTH. SATURDAY IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT SHOPPING DAYS FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
THEY ARE ALREADY COMPETING WITH A LOT OF OTHER BIG BOX STORES,
A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT JUST COME WITH THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
BUT THE PARKING IN GARAGES ON SATURDAYS IS SOMETHING THAT'S
VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
I GUESS WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THEY HAVE A LARGER IMPACT TO
CONSIDER HERE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF PARKING
REVENUE FOR THE CITY TO COME WHEN THE EXPENSE OF A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING SPENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN
RESTAURANTS, RETAILERS, SALONS, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND OTHER
LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES. SATURDAY PARKING SHOULD BE
VIEWED AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL, NOT SIMPLY AS
A POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR PARKING REVENUE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE
PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET?
>>Public Speaker: MAC SHACK, 709 LIME STREET, WARD 1 AND
LAST TIME I SPOKE IT WAS 10:00 A.M. THE DAY AFTER YOU STARTED
YOUR MEETING I WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO LET EVERYBODY
KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST CITY BUDGET THAT HAS ZEROED OUT ALL
FUNDING IS NO PLAN TO CONTINUE. IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING
TO PINCH PENNIES AND TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
YOU'VE DONE THAT SUCCESSFULLY SINCE 2015.
COMMUNITY BUDGET AT A BUDGET OF $50,000 AND YOU WHITTLE IT DOWN
TO 35 SO IF THE IDEA EVERYBODY HAS TO DO THEIR FAIR SHARE CITY
TO COMMUNITY MEDIA TO DO THAT AND IF YOU ELIMINATE COMMUNITY
MEDIA THAT'S OVERBURDENING OF THAT SERVICE BY ELIMINATING IT.
I LIVE ON LYON STREET SO LAST WEEK AT 1:30 I WENT TO SLEEP
WITH MY WINDOW OPEN, I HEAR SHOTS FIRED AND WITHIN 30
SECONDS POLICE WERE THERE. VERY FAST RESPONSE AT WALNUT
AND EVEN SO NO COMMUNITY WAS LOSING THEIR MIND ON SOCIAL
MEDIA ABOUT THE FACT THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED.
THE OWNERS OR MANAGER IS A VIDWEST MEMBER SO WE SAID
WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY SAY THERE'S YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
NOWHERE TO GO. WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO,
THEY CAN'T GO TO THE BARS, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
THEY NEED THINGS TO DO, THEY MAY BE GRADUATED, THEY MIGHT BE
19 OR 20, WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM TO GO?
WE ARE PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SPACE.
IT'S OPEN FOR THEM TO COME. YOU'RE TAKING THAT AWAY, TAKING
AWAY THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND IF THEY MAKE THE WRONG DECISIONS
THEY'RE GOING TO GET SUCKED INTO A SYSTEM YOU'RE GOING TO
PUNISH THEM SO WE LITERALLY HAVE VOLUNTEERS, THEY DON'T GET
PAID. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE IF
FUNCTION AND YOUR FUNDING PAYS FOR THE RENT SO YOU HAVE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO HELP OTHER MEMBERS, THE CITY
FUNDING ENABLES THAT HELP. I DON'T THINK THIS THINKING OF
COMMUNITY MEDIA WENT INTO THE BUDGET DECISION A YEAR AGO.
YOU GOT A LETTER THAT SAID THIS WAS GOING TO GET DEFUNDED,
NOBODY DID LISTENING SESSIONS, NOBODY SAID LET'S TALK TO YOUR
MEMBERS, NOBODY ASKED FOR OUR DATA WHICH WE BEEN GATHERING
BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RECKONING, WE KNEW THE
CITY WAS GOING TO SAY DEFEND YOUR SERVICE, NOBODY HAS ASKED
FOR THAT DATA WHICH BLOWS MY MIND.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION AND IT NEVER
HAPPENED. SO I DISAGREE WITH THE IDEA OF
WAITING FOR DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HAVING TO
PAY FOR THESE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS.
YOU SHOULD BE INVESTING UPSTREAM WHICH IS
METAPHORICALLY PLANTING THE TREES THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE
TOGETHER SO THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUNISH
THEM.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED
BUDGET?
>>Public Speaker: GREAT, KRISTEN MARIE, 1101 WARD ONE,
NOW I'M ENTERING IT INTO THE RECORD.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS ON THE SPREADSHEET REMEMBER
IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR AND PLANT THE SEEDS
THAT WILL GROW INTO THE COLUMBIA MY CHILDREN GROW UP
IN, THAT YOUR CHILDREN GROW UP IN.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET ITEMS AND CONSIDERING WHAT
SEEDS TO WATER REMEMBER THE PARABLE OF THE TWO WOLVES AND
THE ONE THAT WINS IS THE ONE YOU FEED SO ARE WE FEEDING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO TECHNOLOGY THAT ISN'T
CONTROLLED HERE AND ULTIMATELY WILL ALLOW US TO CRIMINALIZE A
GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OR ARE WE FEEDING
ARTS PROGRAMS TO SOCIAL SERVICES?
ARE WE FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY PLANTING TREES AND
CLEANING STREAMS SO PEOPLE COME HERE AND TAKE A WALK IN ONE OF
OUR PARKS AND NEVER LEAVE. THANK YOU.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET?
I'LL REMIND YOU THIS IS THE FIRST OF MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES
TO SPEAK, IT WILL NOT BE VOTED ON UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21.
SEEING NONE I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PETER, ARE YOU COMING TO TALK, OKAY.
SO I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8 WHERE
WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL
YEAR 27 BUDGET. I WILL NOW GO TO COUNSEL
COMMENTS OR COUNSEL FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
THE ONLY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR SHORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WE
HAVE BEFORE US DOES NOT INCLUDE THE REVENUE FROM PROPOSITION
ONE TO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT.
THE TIMING OF THE VOTE DID NOT ALLOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT
THIS MONEY INTO THIS BUDGET, WE COULD NOT ANTICIPATE WE WERE
GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS BUDGET SO WE WILL CREATE
AN AMENDMENT AND HAVE THAT IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF
FISCAL YEAR 27.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, BETSY AND THEN VALERIE.
>>Council Member Peters: STARTING IN JANUARY WE WOULD BE
COLLECTING THIS MONEY BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY MONEY FROM
THE STATE UNTIL MARCH SO YOU'RE BRINGING THE AMENDMENT, YOU'RE
BRINGING BUDGET AMENDMENT IN JANUARY?
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?
>> IT COULD BE BEFORE JANUARY, I AM NOT SURE BUT WE WILL AMEND
THE BUDGET TO CREATE THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FUND.
>>Council Member Peters: OKAY, THANKS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: COULD THE BARRICADES COME FROM THE 1%
TAX GIVEN IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSE?
>>Mayor Buffaloe: D'CARLON, I THINK THAT'S A YOU QUESTION.
>> POSSIBLY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED
ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY FUND ITSELF IS WE
WOULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH POLICE AND FIRE BEFORE WE
BROUGHT ANYTHING FORWARD SO THAT WOULD BE A LARGER
CONVERSATION.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL?
>>Council Member Carroll: IF JACQUE HAS A RELEVANT COMMENT I
WOULD DEFER TO HER.
>>Council Member Sample: BASED ON VALERIE'S QUESTION IF THE
AMENDMENT PASSES TO PURCHASE A BARRICADE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
IN TIMELINE, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA ON TIMELINE?
>> IF YOU USE THE AMENDMENT PASSES AND YOU USE THE RESERVES
WE CAN PURCHASE BARRIERS NOW. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT USING THE
PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX YOU'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING IT MORE
TOWARDS THE SPRINGTIME. SPRING, SUMMER.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I WAS INTO COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BUT IF YOU HAVE ONE ON THE SUBJECT, BETSY IS THAT YOURS?
>>Council Member Peters: COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT THESE
BARRIERS ARE BECAUSE I HEARD ABOUT THEM BUT WE NEED TO BUY
THEM BUT I DON'T EXACTLY, I'VE NEVER SEEN A COUNSEL MEMO AS TO
WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY WILL DO FOR US?
>>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE.
>> I'LL SPEAK BASED ON WHAT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
CHIEF SCHAEFER AND CHIEF SCHLUTE AND VALERIE AS WELL.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DOWNTOWN SAFETY BUT ALSO
PROTECTED PEDESTRIAN HEADWAYS. AND IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE
TALKED ABOUT HOW TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WITHIN THOSE SPACES.
SO THE BARRIERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE BEST PRACTICE
BARRIERS TO KEEP PEOPLE WITHIN THE CLOSED SECTION OF THE ROAD
SAFE FROM OTHER VEHICLES COMING THROUGH TRYING TO BREAK DOWN
THE BARRICADE.SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT SO WE CAN USE
IT FOR A CLOSING STREETS FOR EVENTS OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER WE
USE PARADES, HOWEVER WE USE FEES SO IT'S THE BEST BARRICADE
IN TALKING WITH CHIEF SCHAEFER IT'S THE BEST OPTION TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE. >>Council Member Peters: I
APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATION BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REAL
PRESENTATION ON THIS BEFORE WE COMMIT $1 MILLION TO THIS, DID
WE HAVE ONE AND I MISSED IT, VALERIE?
>>Council Member Carroll: WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION ON
THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM BUT IT'S BEEN
PRESENTED WITH SLIDES AND PICTURES AND I REMEMBER CHIEF
SCHAEFER AND SCHLUTE. I MATCHED BOTH OF YOUR NAMES
TOGETHER. I REMEMBER THEM SPEAKING TO US
ON IT DURING REGULAR, PERHAPS THE RING COUNSEL COMMENT.
>>Council Member Peters: THANKS, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK
AT THAT.
>>Council Member Carroll: IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM
THEM AGAIN. MY SUPPORT COMES NOT ONLY FROM
THE DESIRE TO PUT US DOWN STREETS IN THE FUTURE BUT THE
LACK OF HAVING THEM FOR OUR CURRENT STREET CLOSURES.
WE HEARD BOTH OF OUR CHIEFS SAY THEY WERE FLABBERGASTED WE
DIDN'T HAVE MORE ALREADY AND THAT A COMMUNITY OUR SIZE OUGHT
TO HAVE THEM BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME BACK-AND-FORTH OVER
SEVERAL YEARS AS TO WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD COME FROM AND WHICH
BUDGET IT WOULD COME FROM. I WOULD SUGGEST A 1% TAX WOULD
HELP.
>>.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIND THE VIDEO FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
>> ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS GOING FORWARD.
COUNSEL AS ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT
TO VOTE ON FOR THE SEPTEMBER 8 13 AT IT BUT THEY HAD
OBVIOUSLY, AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
AS WELL AS THIS ONE. CHRISTINA.
>>Council Member Hartman: IF YOU COULD REFRESH MY MEMORY.
SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT ONCE, I DIDN'T WRITE THAT
DOWN AND I APOLOGIZE BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A REQUEST TO
MOVE ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET. TOO FYI, FROM 26 TO 27 IF YOU
CAN RUMOR THAT THAT KOREA IS THAT GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN
OUR QUARTERLY MEMO WHERE IT'S LIKE THESE ARE ALL THE CHANGES.
WE WANT INCREASES HERE, WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM THIS FUND TO
THIS FUND, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WILL SEE IN THAT REPORT WORK
PRESENTATION BECAUSE I JUST DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT IN THE
ONE WE WILL SEE TONIGHT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS COMING
OUT.
>> FOURTH-QUARTER AMENDMENTS ARE ON THE AGENDA LATER
TONIGHT. THESE ITEMS WILL NOT BE A
DECREASE IN THE BUDGET, THEY WILL BE ACTUAL FUNDING THAT
ISN'T SPENT IN 26 WHICH AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WILL GO
BACK TO THE RESERVES OF WHATEVER FUND IT WAS BUDGETED
IN AND COULD BE REAPPROPRIATED IN THE 27.
I WAS TRYING TO MATCH UP WHAT YOU GUYS WERE SHOWING ME AND I
MISSED ALL THAT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS,
JACQUE.
>>Council Member Sample: AS WE CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE
BUDGET I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THE HUMAN SERVICES
COMMISSION LETTER. THAT'S AN AREA WE NEED TO
PRIORITIZE SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I WOULD AGREE WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICES
FUNDING READ ONE OF MY HOPES IS THAT SALES TAX IMPROVEMENTS
WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS SOCIAL SERVICES
FUNDING SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO
RESTORE THAT PERCENTAGE OPPORTUNITY PART OF IT.
ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS. IF NOT I WILL CONTINUE.
WE WILL CONTINUE THIS TO THE SEPTEMBER 8 2026 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. AGAIN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT TIME AND THE VOTES WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 21. MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC
HEARING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ PUBLIC HEARING 2826.
>> A PROPOSED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I-70 DRIVE AND EAST EASTER LANE, 7208 I-70
DRIVE SOUTHEAST.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?
YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON DOWN THE ENTIRE TIME YOU SPEAK.
>> AS THE CLERK HAD READ, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE HELD PRIOR TO THE
ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY INTO THE CITY.
WITH NOTE THIS ITEM IS ALSO ON COUNSEL AGENDA FOR FIRST
READING CONSIDERED AT SOME SUMMARY FOR ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION ON THE PERMANENT ZONING WHICH GOES ALONG WITH
THE ANNEXATION. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AT
7208 I-70 DRIVE SOUTHEAST. AND AGAIN THIS IS A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THE ANNEXATION. THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION
DURING SUBSEQUENT SECOND READING IF NECESSARY.
THE PERMANENT ZONING THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR THIS SITE IS IN
THE SEAT WHICH IS OUR MIXED-USE CORRIDOR SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR
HIGH-LEVEL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 4 ACRES LOCATED ABOUT A MILE WEST
OF TRADEWINDS PARK. JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT ON THE
LOCATION OF THAT PROPERTY, ON I-70 DRIVE OUTER ROAD SOUTH BY
70 TO THE EAST AGAIN TRADE CENTER PARKWAY TO THE WEST YOU
SEE THE SOLAR FARM LOCATED NOT TOO MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD
TO THE WEST AS WELL. TO THE SOUTH SOME UNDEVELOPED
PROPERTY CURRENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY DOES HAVE RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOP LIST ASSOCIATED WITH IT PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE.
THE SITE IS CURRENTLY IMPROVED WITH A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE,
HOME TO A BUSINESS MID-MISSOURI GOLF CARS WHICH IS A
LONG-STANDING VEHICLE REPAIR LOCATION.
THIS WOULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE CG UPON ANNEXATION.
GENERALLY THE REASON FOR SEEKING ANNEXATION WOULD BE
GOOD TO CONNECT WITH CITY SEWER FOR USE OF THAT PROPERTY AND
THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH RS, THAT IS COUNTY
ZONING. THAT IS SINGLE-FAMILY BUT TO
THE WEST YOU ALSO SEE CG SO CG IS THE COUNTY EQUIVALENT OF THE
CITY MC SO THAT'S THEIR GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
IT RECOGNIZES THESE PROPERTIES ONE OF TWO THINGS, AS AN
EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ON THE SITE AND ALSO GIVEN ITS
LOCATION ALONG THAT I-70 DRIVE AT THAT TYPE OF PARCEL WITH
FRONTAGE ON A STREET IS CONTEXTUALLY MORE AGAIN TO
CONDITIONAL USE. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION
DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING I THINK ANALYSIS AS WELL ABOUT
THAT USE BUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFIC USE THAT'S
ON THERE RIGHT NOW.IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT MC ZONING.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT MN BUT THE REQUEST IS FOR MC.
IT DOES MEET MOST SITE-SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
WHEN YOU SERVE THE BOONE COUNTY REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT IT'S
SERVED BY BOONE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.
AS PART OF THE ANNEXATION GENERALLY THE ANALYSIS IS
WHETHER IT'S COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CITY PER
STATE STATUTE. RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS NOT
FOR ANY COUNCIL ACTION BUT TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING,
RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANNEXATION.
I DID WANT TO RELAY THE CONVERSATION ON THE PERMANENT
ZONING. THAT WAS AGAIN ON A COUNSEL
AGENDA BUT PLANNING AND ZONING DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE
REQUESTED ZONING 7 TO 1 THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND-USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS.
I THINK THE CONVERSATION IS SOMETIMES THESE SMALL
INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES CAN FALL OUTSIDE THE ANALYSIS DONE IN
2013 BUT THE EXISTING CONTEXT IS COMMERCIAL ZONED IN THE
COUNTY SO STAFF IS CONFIDENT RECOMMENDING THAT PERMANENT
ZONING BUT TONIGHT JUST TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL TO STAFF?
SEEING NONE I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED
ANNEXATION AT 7208 I-70 DRIVE SOUTHEAST?
SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND I'M
SORRY IF THIS ISN'T EXACTLY RIGHT.
AT SOME POINT I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS FORM OF
ANNEXATION, THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TO ANNEX TO CONNECT
INTO OUR SEWER BUT IT'S NOT EVEN A DIRECT CONNECTION SO I
WANT TO LOOK AT OUR POLICIES CAUSING THIS CASE TO COME
BEFORE US.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: SEEING NONE THIS IS ONLY THE PUBLIC
HEARING, THIS WILL HAPPEN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE
SEPTEMBER 8 COUNCIL MEETING. MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS
SHEILA WILLIE READ BILL 164 - 26.
>> COUNSEL BILL 164 - 26 AMENDS CHAPTER 24 OF THE CITY CODE AS
RELATES TO RATES FOR MUNICIPAL PARKING STRUCTURES AND FIXING
THE TIME OF THIS ORDINANCE BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRD READING.
>> STAFF REPORT.
>> THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AT THE AUGUST 3 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA OR
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO PROVIDE TIME TO DISCUSS THE
MATTER WITH THE CITY'S PARKING ADVISORY COMMISSION READ THAT
MEETING OCCURRED AUGUST 12 READ REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIES
FINANCED PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS PRESENTED SLIDES
SIMILAR TO THOSE CITY COUNCIL HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS BUDGET
MEETINGS IN THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SHOULD THIS EVENING.
FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION THE COMMISSION VOTED 4 TO DO IN
SUPPORT OF THE CHANGES DETAILED IN THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT TO
READ THE SLIDES BEFORE YOU ARE THE SAME AS THOSE PRESENTED AT
THE AUGUST 3 MEETING WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS.
WE HAVE ADDED A SLIDE WHICH SHOWS SATURDAY PARKING GARAGE
INFORMATION FOR THE 17 COLLEGE TOWNS WE LOOKED AT LAST YEAR
WHEN ON STREET METER RATES WERE ADJUSTED TO A DOLLAR PER HOUR
WITH WHAT IS EASY TO SEE FROM THIS INFORMATION IS THERE ARE
MANY WAYS IN WHICH CITY HANDLED PARKING RATES HOWEVER ONLY
BOULDER COLORADO HAS AS MANY GARAGES AS COLUMBIA DOESN'T
CHARGE ON SATURDAY FOR THEIR SIX GARAGES, THE OTHER GARAGE
HAD A DOLLAR AND ONE FOURTH HOURLY RATE.
THE PARKING UTILITIES, PARKING CONSULTANT HAS BEEN WORKING ON
TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS WHICH HAD DRAFT REPORTS SUBMITTED SINCE
THE AUGUST 3 MEETING, THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET INCLUDES
$750,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE 10TH AND JERRY GARAGE BUT THERE
REPORT DETAILS THE NEEDS OF $750,000 NEXT YEAR TO 2.6
MILLION TOTAL BEFORE 2032. THEY'VE ALSO SUBMITTED A
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A MOVE TO A NEW GATE ARM SYSTEM WHICH
INCLUDES LICENSE PLATE READERS READ THIS TOTALS AN ESTIMATED
1.2 MILLION AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY OUR PRESENT SYSTEM.
ALL UPGRADES IN 2027 AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD ISSUES WITH REPAIR
HEALTH AND ART ACQUISITION. WE BELIEVE WHAT IS PROPOSED
CREATES A CONSISTENT PARKING EXPERIENCE DOWNTOWN WHICH IS IN
LINE WITH WHAT WE SEE IN SIMILAR COLLEGE TOWNS.
WE SEE THIS AS PHASE 2 OF THE MULTIPHASIC PROCESS, FISCAL
YEAR 2028 WILL LIKELY INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERMIT RATES
AND PARKING GARAGES WHICH HASN'T BEEN DONE IN SOME TIME.
FROM THERE WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO INCREASE HOURLY
RATES WHEN NECESSARY IN THEORY AS A SINGLE UNIT.
THE AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR STAFF, VERA.
>>Council Member Elwood: TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING AT OTHER COLLEGE TOWNS AND WHETHER OR NOT PARKING IS
FREE ON SATURDAY. YOU MENTIONED BOULDER IS THE
ONLY ONE KIND OF COMPARABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE AS MANY
GARAGES AS US IN TERMS OF THE ONES THAT ARE FREE ON
SATURDAYS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT LOGIC
THERE OF LIFE FEWER GARAGES MEANS IT'S MORE FEASIBLE TO BE
FREE ON SATURDAY?
>> THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT WOULD BE MORE GARAGES
MEANS MORE MAINTENANCE SO THE MORE GARAGES YOU HAVE EACH ONE
OF THOSE WILL AGE FROM THE TIME THEY ARE BUILT.
IN PERPETUITY. AND SO YOU ATTEND TO SEE, OF
COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREN'T HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ON STREET METER SPOTS THESE CITIES HAVE.
THAT WOULD FACTOR IN TO HOW MUCH REVENUE THEY GENERATE ON
STREET VERSUS THE PARKING GARAGE BUT LIKE I SAID THE BEST
WAY I KNEW YOU PUT APPLES TO APPLES WAS BASED ON THE NUMBER
OF PARKING GARAGES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE
THAT'S HOW WE SORTED THIS INFORMATION FROM NUMBERED
PARKING GARAGES.
>>Council Member Hartman: WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE DISCUSSED THE COST TO HAVE
PEOPLE GOING AND EVALUATING THE METERS AND STUFF.
IS THERE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN ORDER
TO, FOR MAINTAINING THE REGULATION OR THE COST OF IT?
>> AS FAR AS PERSONNEL IS CONCERNED, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T
ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONAL. THE STUDY WE DID ON THE GATE
ARM SYSTEM AND HOW TO BEST MOVE FORWARD FROM A TECHNICAL
TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT, THERE WILL BE EFFICIENCIES BUILT
THEIR. WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF
PARKING ENFORCEMENT AGENTS WE NEED, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO
COME DOWN OVER TIME BUT WE ARE PROBABLY TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT
RIGHT NOW.
>>Council Member Sample: SAY WE DON'T DO LICENSE PLATE READERS,
WE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT PEOPLE WE HAVE DOING THAT?
OR AT THE STATE WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE GATE READER GATES.
I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE PEOPLE FOR OUR CURRENT
STATE OR LESS PEOPLE TO ENFORCE THAT RULE.
>> AS FAR AS THE GATE ARMS ARE CONCERNED WE WOULD NEED A NEW
GATE ARM SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE USED LICENSE,
WHETHER WE USED LICENSE PLATE READERS READ WE HAVE A LOT OF
ISSUES WITH THE GATE ARM SYSTEM, SOME HAS TO DO WITH THE
AGE OF THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE NOT BEING SUPPORTED.
BUT THERE'S ALSO JUST ISSUES IN GENERAL WITH GATE ARM SYSTEMS.
SO THE CONSULTANT LOOKED AT BOTH A GATED GATE ARM SYSTEM
THAT CONTINUES TO HAVE GATES IF WE HAD LICENSE PLATE READERS
AND ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE DATES.
WITH THE HOTELS, THAT THAT USED OUR GARAGES ESPECIALLY WITH THE
SHORT STREET GARAGE. IT WAS THERE FEELING THAT A
GATED SYSTEM REMAINS THE BEST CHOICE FOR US WHEN LOOKING AT
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANKS.
>> ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: IS THE AIRPORT PARKING LOT MANAGED
BY THE AIRPORT OR BY THE PARKING?
UTILITY.
>> AIRPORT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WITH THAT?
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I HAVE A QUESTION, WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME WE INCREASED THE HOURLY RATE IN PARKING GARAGES?
>> I HAVE THAT SLIDE, THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
REALLY NO CHANGES SINCE 2020. GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN 1517 AND 20 ARE A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME BUT NO
CHANGES AT ALL SINCE 2020.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT'S FOR PERMITS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE
HOURLY, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING IS 2001.
I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER BECAUSE WE WENT TO FREE ARM
SATURDAYS IN 2011 IN THE GARAGES AND THEN THE LAST
INCREASE WAS 2001 IN THE PARKING GARAGE.
FOR HOURLY RATES REAL BECAUSE I WAS LIKE WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING SO I WANTED
TO ASK YOU THAT QUESTION, SHARON QUESTION AND WE WILL
OPEN IT UP.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: HAVE YOU DONE A SPLIT ANALYSIS
OF THE REVENUE INCREASE OF SATURDAY VERSUS JUST THE RATE
INCREASE?
>> FINANCE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THEIR SLIDES EARLIER.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT
WAS MATTHEW. ONE MORE.
THERE.
>> IN THE COUNSEL MEMO WE'VE GOT 350,000.
FOR THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE. MY QUESTION IS IF THIS
ORDINANCE CHANGED WAS JUST THE DOLLAR AN HOUR FEE AND NOT THE
SATURDAY PARKING WHAT'S THAT NUMBER?
INSTEAD OF 350. IS IT.
>> THE $253,000, THE ADDITIONAL, THERE IS THE
ADDITIONAL $93,000 NOT ENFORCING PARKING FEES ON
SATURDAY SO IT WOULD BE 253 WOULD BE THE REVENUE INCREASE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME
TROUBLE TRACKING CARS THAT ARE LEFT LONG TERM.
AND PERMANENT USERS. DOES THE GATE ARM SYSTEM GIVE
YOU ANY ADVANTAGE TO THAT OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GATE ARM
SYSTEM? OR DO YOU NEED TO MOVE TO
LICENSE PLATE TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER TRACK THOSE THINGS.
>> LICENSE PLATE READERS WOULD BE THE BEST AVENUE FOR THIS
TRACKING. THE GATE ARM SYSTEM AS WE
CURRENTLY USE IT CAN TRACK SOME BUT DUE TO HOW THINGS ARE
OPERATED, WHERE THE GATES ARE OPEN ON SUNDAYS SOME PEOPLE
JUST LEAVE AND WE CANNOT CAPTURE WHEN THEY LEAVE AND HOW
LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN HERE.
>>Council Member Carroll: SO SUNDAY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE
FREE, WE WOULD CHANGE THE RATE TO SATURDAY IF THE AMENDMENT
FAILS AND THE SUNDAY WOULD STILL BE FREE SO WE DON'T HAVE
A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT CHANGE. OR THAT IMPACT FROM CARS THAT
ARE LONG-TERM PARKING.
>> CORRECT, OTHER THAN WHEN THEY GATE ARM IS BROKEN ON
SATURDAYS AS WELL.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK, IF YOU WANT TO
ADVANCE THE SLIDES. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE HOURLY RATES IN PARKING
GARAGES.
>> HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU'LL HAVE TO HEAR ME,
DISTRICT DOWNTOWN CIE. AN ATTEMPT TO NOT REPEAT MYSELF
OVER WHAT I'VE SAID ABOUT THE SATURDAY PARKING, SOME OF THE
OTHER BIG CONCERNS WE HAVE IS IT SEEMS LIKE THE EXISTING
SYSTEM HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN FULLY COLLECTING WHAT IT SHOULD
BE COLLECTING. SOME IF THAT IS WHAT THE MAYOR
HAD TALKED ABOUT AND IT'S EASY TO PARK YOUR CAR AND LEAVE IT
HOWEVER LONG YOU WANT AND GET A TICKET WITHOUT HAVING THE ARMS
OPEN SO MAKING SURE THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T ESCAPE US AGAIN.
THE SYSTEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN SLIGHTLY FLAWED SO WHILE WE
AGREE WE NEED A NEW SYSTEM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE ARE
COLLECTING CURRENTLY IS PROPER. WE KNOW THE CBD HAD BEEN
COLLECTING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT DID NOT GO WELL WHICH
I'M SURE SET US BACK FROM MOST OF IT BUT WE ALSO DEFINITELY
WANT TO LOOK INTO, I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PORT IS NOT COLLECTING
THEIR OWN PARKING REVENUE BECAUSE IT'S FREE BUT HOW DO WE
SEE WHAT THAT COULD BRING IN FOR COLUMBIA AS WELL.
THEN ALSO THE PARKING PERMITS, WE KNOW THE PARKING PERMITS ARE
CONSISTENTLY PULLED OUT SO MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE GO
FIRST AS OPPOSED TO PENALIZING OUR CUSTOMERS SHOPPING OUR
BUSINESSES ON SATURDAY. THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS
HERE WE COULD LOOK AT MORE THAN JUST THESE COUPLE OUT HERE THAT
WE SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE PENALIZING PEOPLE FOR COMING
DOWN ON SATURDAYS AND SHOPPING AND BEING ABLE TO PARK FOR
FREE. IT IS SOMETHING OUR BUSINESSES
TALK ABOUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
PARKING DOWNTOWN. PARKING GARAGES ARE FREE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SO THAT IS SOMETHING VERY MUCH I KNOW ARE
SMALL BUSINESSES COUNT ON AND THEIR CUSTOMERS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU NIKKI, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO
SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO DOWNTOWN PARKING.
>> DANNY PEREZ AGAIN. IF WE DO THIS I WOULD ASK WHEN
WE DO BUDGET START INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SO THAT
PEOPLE HAVE OTHER METHODS TO GET TO DOWNTOWN.
ABEL DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE IS NO BUS STOPS.
NOBODY IN THE FORUM GOES TO THE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T
WANT TO DEAL WITH THE PARKING, THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH
STUDENTS AND THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
ROUTE FROM FORUM TO DOWNTOWN. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WALKABLE
OPTIONS. WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
FAVORS NEIGHBORHOODS STAYING AND SHOPPING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT COMING INTO DOWNTOWN SO THE
CONSEQUENCES OF MAKING THESE GO UP MEANS WE NEED TO PROVIDE
OTHER OPTIONS, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING SHORT BUSES ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF DOWNTOWN THAT CAN BRING THEM TO AND FROM EVEN
LIKE LOG BOATS, WE NEED TO HAVE OTHER SOLUTIONS.
IF WE HAVE TO GET REVENUE THIS WAY WE NEED TO PROVIDE
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AND OTHER METHODS ANOTHER WAY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE.
SEEING NONE THAT I WILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL COMMENTS AND
REMIND US WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT SHEET ATTACHED SO I'LL VOTE ON
THAT, THAT IS IF IT WERE TO PASS TO GO INTO EFFECT ON
JANUARY 1 RATHER THAN UPON ITS PASSAGE.
SO WE CAN BE CLEAR I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND BILL 164 - 26
WITH EFFECTIVE DATE FROM IMMEDIATE TO JANUARY 1, 2027,
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND FROM VERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SHEET SAY AYE, ANY
OPPOSED? NOW COUNSEL COMMENTS OR OTHER
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS WHICH I MIGHT HAVE MORE IF YOU WANT IT,
VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: PARKING HAS BEEN FREE ON
SATURDAY SINCE 2011. IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES. IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SERVICE
PERSONNEL WHO ARE WORKING IN OUR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES.
IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SHOPPERS AND OUR CITIZENS AND IT'S
MEANINGFUL TO OUR TRANSPORTATION PATTERNS TO
TEACH PEOPLE TO FIND GARAGES AND LOOK FOR PARKING IN GARAGES
AND NOT ONLY ON STREETS. ONE DAY THAT'S A POPULAR
SHOPPING DAY IT HELPS CHANGE PEOPLE'S PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR.
I AGREE THAT PARKING NEEDS TO OPERATE LIKE A UTILITY, LIKE AN
ENTERPRISE. I AGREE WE NEED TO RECOVER
THOSE FEES AND I SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN PARKING FEES,
ABSOLUTELY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO WAIVE
SATURDAY PARKING. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO
CONTINUE THE SATURDAY PARKING AT NO COST.
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: IF I CAN, IT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION IS FOR
COUNSEL BILL 164 26 TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE AMENDING SECTION
14391 B WHICH WOULD HAVE CHANGED TO FRIDAY AND ADDED
SATURDAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE
MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE
AMENDMENT. I WILL SAY I THINK RIGHT NOW WE
NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO HOW WE ARE CHECKING THE DATA TO
DO THAT RIGHT NOW I THINK BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED I THINK MAKING THAT CHANGE I WOULD
AGREE WITH YOU. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT WHICH IS BASICALLY CONTINUING TO HAVE PARKING FREE
IN THE GARAGE IS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE 2, CHRISTINA AND BETSY.
SO WE'VE GOT, CONTINUAL COUNSEL COMMENTS OR I CAN HAVE SHEILA
CALL THE ROLL.
>> VERY BRIEFLY AND ONLY FOR CLARITY AS TO THOSE WHO MAY BE
WATCHING THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT AUTHORIZES
LICENSE PLATE READERS. THIS IS ABOUT THE FEES AND
LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR DISCUSSION.
>> CORRECT, VERA.
>>Council Member Elwood: I ALSO I THINK HAVING BETTER KEPT DATA
ABOUT USAGE OF OUR PARKING GARAGES IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
AS WE LOOK INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE.
I'M EXCITED TO HEAR SOME OF THE INCREASED, SOME OF THE CHANGES
TO THE GATE ARMS WILL UP WITH COLLECTION OF THAT AND I ALSO
THINK THERE ARE LIKELY PRACTICES WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK
AT INTERNALLY AND HOW WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT DATA.I
THINK IT IS HARD TO, I MEAN EVEN THOUGH VOTE ON WHETHER
PARKING SHOULD BE FREE ON SATURDAYS, THAT FELT LIKE
SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG AMOUNT OF DATA BEHIND SO
THIS ONE WOULD NOT AFFECT SO WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS.
>> SINCE I WAS A DISSENTING VOTE I WANT TO SAY WHAT VERA
WAS SAYING ABOUT THE DATA. AGAIN I FEEL LIKE OUR DECISIONS
NEED TO BE MORE DATA-DRIVEN WITH THE RISK APPROACH AND I
ALSO THINK A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHERE INCREASING FEES
TO A LOT OF THINGS. BUT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE
HAVE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE ARE COLLECTING VERSUS WHAT
IT IS TO COST. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE
LOOKING AT FOR THOSE LARGE CHUNKS.
>>.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ONE OF THE THINGS IN LOOKING AT THIS FOR
THE CHANGES NEEDED, THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE THE RATE
CHANGES OR HOURLY IN THE PARKING GARAGES SINCE 25 YEARS.
I THINK KIND OF LIKE THE COST OF SERVICE DISCUSSION WE HAD
DURING PRE-COUNSEL INCREASING THE REVIEW OF THAT AND I
APPRECIATE YOU SAYING YOU'RE REVIEWING THE PERMITS AS WELL.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER FEEDBACK WE HEAR IS THE
UTILIZATION OF THE PERMITS TO WHO THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO AND I
WANTED TO ASK ON THIS COUNSEL WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
INTRO AND FIRST READ THE EMPLOYEE PARKING PROGRAMS WHERE
WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE DEDICATED, FOR PEOPLE OF OUR
EMPLOYEES DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES TO GET SPECIAL PARKING THAT
WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR THEM TO DO AND LOOKING AT A SHUTTLE
SYSTEM.
>> EVENTUALLY A SHUTTLE SYSTEM IS A HOPE.
BUT HAVING AN EMPLOYEE PROGRAM FOR FLEAS TO HAVE CHEAPER
PARKING LOCATED, IS THAT CORRECT.
>> THAT PROGRAM ALREADY EXISTS. ONCE ON FIRST READ TONIGHT IS
BRINGING THAT COST MORE IN LINE WITH THE DOLLAR PER HOUR ON
STREET METERS THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT
THAT IS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD ANOTHER COUNSEL COMMENT.
>> I APPRECIATE THE CALL FOR MORE DATA TO TRACK PARKING.
AND I WANT TO CITE THAT IN THE LETTERS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED
FROM THE CIV THERE WERE CALLS FOR DATA AND TRACKING OF PERMIT
PARKING. SPECIFICALLY.
SO PURSUIT OF THAT WILL BE KEY AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR
EVALUATION OF PERMIT PARKING.
>> SHEILA PLEASE.
>> I LIKE TO POINT OUT WE DIDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE
GOING TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED DATA YOU ALL WOULD LIKE.
SO JUST AS A SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, I DON'T WANT TO BAKE IT,
IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DECIDE BUT IT DOES REQUIRE AS
CHRISTINA'S ASKING WHAT IS THE COST TO.
>> I THINK THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SLIDES PRESENTED BY
FINANCE. I THINK THIS OPTION STILL
INCLUDES THAT INTENT.
>> IT DEPENDS IF WE DO THE KIOSK.
THAT'S PART OF THAT NEXT CONVERSATION BUT NOT PART OF
THE ORDINANCE WE ARE VOTING ON THIS EVENING WRITTEN FOR OUR
ORDINANCE THIS EVENING SHEILA WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON
BILL 164 - 26 AS AMENDED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES SPIELER.
>>Council Member Hartman:
>>Council Member Peters: NO.
>> MOVING ON SHEILA WILLIAM READ BILL ONE 7826 BILL 170
926.
>> ORDINANCE APPROVING A MAJOR AMENDMENT IN THE PD PLAN FOR
COLUMBIA SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY AT THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF SCOTT BOULEVARD AND BROADER SCHOOL ROAD INCLUSIVE
OF THE REQUEST DESIGN EXCEPTIONS APPROVING A REVISED
STATEMENT OF INTENT, APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL LAND INVESTMENT LLC
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD THE DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT AND KEPT FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING ONE 7826 IS AN ORDINANCE
APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF COLUMBIA SENIOR LIVING PLAT ONE
ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS,
AUTHORIZING A PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND FIXING THE TIME
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNSEL AND I WOULD NOTE THIS WAS CONTINUED
FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AN
SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO TO READ AS THE CLERK HAD READ THIS IS
REALLY WE WILL BE PRESENTING TWO THINGS BUT THIS IS THE PD
PLAN AND IT PERTAINS TO THE FINAL PLAT THAT ESSENTIALLY
WILL CREATE THE SINGLE LOT REFLECTED IN THE PD PLAN WHICH
ALSO SERVES AS A PRELIMINARY PLAT.
REAL QUICK THIS IS LOCATED SOUTHEAST CORNER OF VAWTER
SCHOOL ROAD, SOUTH SCOTT BOULEVARD AND COPPER SOON
RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH.
THAT PROPERTY VISUAL CONTEXT TO THE EAST OF THIS SITE IS WHAT
WE CALL PHASE ONE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT, AS IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED WITHIN THAT PHASE
SINCE ITS INCEPTION MANY YEARS AGO.
YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING ZONING TO THE WEST IS COUNTY
PRETTY BUT ALL THE COLORED SHADINGS REPRESENT CITY ZONING
AND THEREFORE WITHIN THE CITY SAW A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY
ZONED PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH READ THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IS
COMMERCIAL AREA WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED LAND DEVELOPMENT WHICH
DOES ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AND FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT.AGAIN AND ASKED SINCE 1998, THAT CP IS NOW
REFERRED TO AS PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT READ ONE OF THE
FIRST PLANS WAS APPROVED IN 2023, DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
SPECIFICITY WHICH IS PERMITTED. IT DIDN'T HAVE TO PHASES THIS
REPRESENTED THE SECOND PHASE SO THE REQUEST IS FOR A
DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE REMAINING PART OF THAT
UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
IT WOULD PREVENT OR PERMIT DEVELOPMENT OF THE CP RC WHICH
IS ESSENTIALLY A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN IN OUR
DEPOSITION FOR CONTINUING CARE. THE PART OF THIS REVISION TO
THIS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IS TO ADD THAT SPECIFIC USE TO OUR
STATEMENT OF INTENT, THE PERMITTED USES ALLOWED WITHIN
THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT JUST TO RECAP PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS
ALMOST LIKE A MINI ZONING DISTRICT IN END OF ITSELF SO IT
HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN BE MODIFIED TO READ THIS
PARTICULAR ONE OUTSIDE OF THAT HAD A COUPLE OTHER WHAT WE
REFER TO AS EXCEPTIONS AND I'LL BRIEFLY STATE THOSE HERE IN THE
SUBSEQUENT SLIDE. OVERALL THOUGH THIS IS 181
DWELLING UNITS AND ACCESSORY FACILITIES, CONTAIN THE GANNETT
OF RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS. FOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES SO
AS ASSISTED LIVING, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AS WELL AS MEMORY CARE.
ALSO 15 VILLA STYLE UNITS IN THE BACK COMES IN A LITTLE
LATER IN PARKING. THE LANDSCAPE GENERALLY IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING,
DOES HAVE RETENTION AND THERE WERE TWO EXCEPTIONS, ONE IS TO
THE HEIGHT THAT PERTAINS TO AN ELEVATOR FACILITY, IT'S ON THE
FAR NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE
RED AREA, THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY ON THE LOWEST
RATE. AND THEY ANALYSIS WAS THE
CONCERNS ARE EXCEEDING THE 45 MAXIMUM IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT
BEYOND THAT 45 ALLOWED HEIGHT. GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES JUST
FOR THE ELEVATOR FACILITY IT DID MAKE SENSE FOR THIS
FACILITY, THE OTHERS FOR THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THIS IS
ONE WHERE I WOULD POINT OUT A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF
USE IS ONE SPACE FOR EVERY THREE UNITS.
UNDER THAT WOULD CONFIRMED THE APPLICANT AND TESTIMONY WOULD
HAVE SEVERELY UNDER PART SO WHAT IT REFLECTS IS THE FACT
THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN
RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES AND OUR CODE REFLECTS THE LOWEST NEED
FOR PARKING IN THAT MEMORY CARE SO ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY
THREE DWELLING UNITS IS A PRETTY LOW STANDARD THE WAY OUR
PARKING REQUIREMENTS RESTRICT THE UPPER 10 IS 200% OF YOUR
MINIMUM SO A LOW MINIMUM. SO THIS REFLECTS THE FACT THAT
THEY HAVE NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHERE YOU WOULD NOT
EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE DRIVING. IT ALSO HAS LOWS SO THE
IMPORTANT THING TO FOCUS ON IS THE MEMORY CARE SECTION WOULD
BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE
WRITTEN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS ON NET EXEMPTION IS TO ALLOW
ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES SO ONE SPACE FOR EACH INDEPENDENT
CARE TO SPACES FOR EACH VILLA WHICH WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT
YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE IN A TOWNHOME.
ESSENTIALLY YOU WOULD BE ASKED TO PARK IN A SIMILAR TYPE
RESIDENTIAL STYLE WOULD BE. HAD IT NOT BEEN PART OF A
RESIDENTIAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
OVERALL DEVELOPMENT DID ADDRESS SOME SPECIFIC UPGRADES TO THE
SITE, MANY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN MADE.
TWO ITEMS I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WERE INCLUDED WAS A
TWO-WAY LEFT TURN ON SCOTT BOULEVARD EXTENDING 50 FEET
NORTH FROM WHERE TRAFFIC WOULD BE ENTERING THE SITE AND DOES
REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN LEAVING THE FACILITY ALSO
ON SCOTT. BASED ON A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT
THEY LOOKED AT THEIR ACTUALLY DECREASED IN TRAFFIC
GENERATION.THERE WAS A INITIAL REQUIREMENT TO BUILD A
KIND OF SPLIT WAY ESSENTIALLY ON THE ROUNDABOUT GIVEN THE
REDUCTION IN TRIPS THAT WAS REMOVED.
AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WE HAD 2 SPEAKERS
THERE WERE CONCERNED WITH WATER PRESSURE.
THAT HAS BEEN I THINK BACKLOGGED TO OUR UTILITIES
DEPARTMENT AND THE RESPONSE WE HAVE IS THIS FACILITY WOULD
LIKELY TAKE UP LESS THAN 1% OF THE EXISTING CAPACITY SO THERE
ARE NO CONCERNS WITH WATER CAPACITY WITH THIS SPECIFIC
STRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING TWO, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT LANDSCAPING
BUT IT'S MEETING STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.
MOTION TO PASS THE PD PLAN WITH STATEMENT OF INTENT DID PASS
820. WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND BOTH OF THESE ARE THE PD PLAN AND
FINAL PLAT WERE OPEN SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
ON THE FINAL PLAT BUT IT IS APPROVING THE ARRANGEMENT OF
THIS WITHIN THE PD PLAN.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THIS IS YOUR AWARD.
>>Council Member Carroll: I HAD PEOPLE REACHING OUT CONCERNED
ABOUT THE WATER PRESSURE AND WITH THE TOWER NOT BEING PUT UP
YET. I KNOW YOU SAID, CAN YOU SPEAK
MORE TO WHY THIS WILL NOT IMPEDE WATERFLOW FOR EITHER
FIRE SAFETY OR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR IRRIGATION?
>> ERIN KEYES, UTILITIES DIRECTOR AND TO HELP POINT OUT
THAT EXCESS WATER CAPACITY OF THE MAIN IN THAT AREA IS 5000
GALLONS PER MINUTE AND WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE USED BY THIS
DEVELOPMENT IS AROUND AND MAXIMUM 500 GALLONS A MINUTE.
SO THAT'S LESS THAN 1% OF THE EXCESS CAPACITY IN THE WATER
MAIN IN THAT AREA SO THAT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT THE AMOUNT OF
WATER THAT GETS USED BY THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH.
AND THIS IS THE EXCESS AVAILABLE.
>>Council Member Carroll: I ASSUME YOU HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT
THAT.
>> WE HAVE A WATER MODEL WE USE AND STAFF HAS VERIFIED THAT
MODEL.
>>Council Member Carroll: SO IN TERMS OF, THIS IS JUMPING AWAY
FROM THE WATER QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS NO SLIP
LAYING REQUIRED NOW, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
>> THE INITIAL TRAFFIC STUDY, INITIALLY CONTEMPLATED A MUCH
MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SO THERE'S A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ANTICIPATED BEING GENERATED
FROM THOSE SPECIFIC USES. BASED ON THAT THEY WOULD LOOK
AT THE TRAFFIC ENTERING AND EXITING THE ROUNDABOUT AT
VAWTER UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THOSE TRAFFIC
GENERATORS IS WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED AT THE FULL BUILDOUT OF
THE SITE. SO AFTER RECONSIDERING THE
ACTUAL IN THE USE, THIS SPECIFIC USE WHICH IS MORE
RESIDENTIAL, PUT THAT BACK INTO THEIR MODELING AND TRAFFIC
STUDY AND DEBATE LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE EXPECTED FOR
THAT ROUNDABOUT AND WHAT COULD PRECIPITATE THE NEED TO HAVE A
SLIP LAYING THEIR CONCLUSION IS IT WAS NO LONGER NECESSARY.
>>Council Member Carroll: WITH THE HILL DOES NOT HAVE ANY
EFFECT ON THE PLACEMENT OR SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE I KNOW
PUBLIC COMMENT HAD MENTIONED THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
HILL.
>> TYPICALLY A TRAFFIC STUDY WILL LOOK AT ALL THE POINTS OF
INGRESS AND EGRESS TO A SITE SO I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT BEFORE
THE MEETING BUT I'M CERTAIN THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE ACCESS
POINT ON SCOTT AND THEY ALWAYS DO COMMENT ON EXPECTED SIGHT
DISTANCE FOR ENTERING AND EXITING ONTO A ROAD,
SPECIFICALLY CLASSIFIED SCOTT BOULEVARD WITH THE SPEED THEY
HAVE ON THERE AND GENERALLY THEY LEAVE IT AS THERE IS A
CERTAIN SIDE NECESSARY AND IT'S LEFT TO THE FINAL ENGINEERS TO
COME BACK AND SUBMIT THEIR PLANS TO OUR TEAM TO VERIFY THE
SIGHT DISTANCE SO THAT'S A STEP THAT WOULD BE TAKEN AT THAT
TIME.
>>Council Member Carroll: SORRY, THE OTHER BEING AROUND,
THE PARKING EXCEPTION. IF WE WERE TO NOT WANT A
PARKING EXCEPTION FOR THIS CASE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE
IF WE WERE TO VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT?
>> IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THAT DESIGN ADJUSTMENT I'M NOT SURE
THAT WOULD RESULT IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE BUT
IT IS IN THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY SO WE WOULD HAVE TO
ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ACCEPT OUT
THAT SPECIFIC DESIGN EXEMPTION AS MENTIONED.
>>Council Member Carroll: THANK YOU AND FINALLY ONE OF THE
OTHER THINGS I'VE BEEN TOLD IS, AND THIS JUST CAME TO ME SO
THIS ONE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DATA
PROBABLY ON. BUT IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT
IN OUR AREA, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT AS A
COUNCILPERSON IS THERE IS NO GROCERY STORES OR ANYTHING IN
WARD 5. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE EVERYWHERE AND MY UNDERSTANDING
IS SOME OF THIS AREA WAS ORIGINALLY HOPED TO BE THAT
KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. WHAT DO YOU SEE, FORESEE IN
THIS AREA IN TERMS OF THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE?
>> IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF SPECULATION.IN EVALUATING
BOTH STATIONS THAT WAS THE INITIAL HOPE IS THERE COULD BE
A GROCERY STORE.EVERYONE WOULD APPRECIATE A GROCERY
STORE IN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.
AS TIME WENT ON AND THIS WAS ANNEXED IN 1998.
THE REALITIES OF THIS AREA AS A GROCERY PROBABLY BECAME LESS
AND LESS TENABLE. MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL
BUSINESSES DO HAVE CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR AS FAR AS POPULATION WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE AND TRAFFIC
GENERATED BY THAT SITE. MY GUESS IS ANYONE LOOKING YOU
CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS COMING TO FRUITION SO THAT'S MOST LIKELY
WHAT RESULTED, I DON'T SPECULATE ON THE PROPERTY
OWNERS WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH TO SOLICIT A GROCERY STORE
THERE BUT NOT NECESSARILY A WHOLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
WILL BE WELL-SUITED IN ALL COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTIES IN
TOWN.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF,
JACKIE, VERA, VALERIE.
>>Council Member Sample: I'M GOING TO ASK THIS AND YOU
PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER
AS WE ARE LOOKING MY QUESTION IS HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION ON
HOW MANY POTENTIAL JOB POSITIONS THIS WOULD BRING TO
OUR CITY.
>> THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY PART OF OUR ANALYSIS.
>>Council Member Sample: I DIDN'T THINK SO BUT I WANTED TO
ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFTEN WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT NOT ONLY
BRINGS HOUSING BUT POTENTIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
>> I WOULD POINT OUT THE APPLICANTS ARE YEAR AND WOULD
BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS .
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA.
>>Council Member Elwood: AND THE QUESTION OF THE PARKING
EXCEPTION, I AM PARTICULARLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEED FOR
THIS EXCEPTION AS WE SEE A GROWING CHANGE IN WHAT SENIOR
LIVING COMMUNITIES LOOK LIKE ON THE ABILITIES OF PEOPLE LIVING
THERE AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF THEM INVOLVED IN THEIR
COMMUNITY SO THE QUESTION TO THAT IS SHOULD THIS
CONSIDERATION POTENTIALLY TRIGGER LOOKING AT THE CODE SO
THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN EXCEPTION EVERY TIME.
>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT OBSERVATION, SOME OF THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD INTERNALLY AND ANYTIME WE GET
AN EXEMPTION FOR THE VARIANCE THAT'S THE EXCEPTION IS IS THIS
A ONE OFF SITUATION OR IS THERE CONSISTENCY OR TISSUE WITHIN
OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING SO THIS
PROBABLY FALLS WITHIN THE LATTER.
I THINK OUR PARKING MAXIMUM WORKS REALLY WELL IN A LOT OF
SITUATIONS AND WE'VE SEEN GOOD OUTCOMES FROM IT AND REDUCING
MAYBE OVER PARKING ON-SITE BUT THERE ARE SOME USES THAT HAVE
SUCH A HUGE VARIANCE BASED ON WHAT THAT PARTICULAR USE MIGHT
LOOK LIKE THAT IT'S HARD TO HIM IN ALL USES WITHIN THAT 100 TO
200% RANGE IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD A QUESTION.
>>Council Member Carroll: SIMILAR QUESTION, WHY ARE WE
SEEING THIS ON ALL BUSINESS AS OPPOSED TO CONSENT?
>> I BELIEVE THERE WAS A REQUEST TO REMOVE IT FROM
CONSENT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN IT TO
PUBLIC COMMENT, WOULD ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE BILLS 178
- SIX AND 129 - 26.
>>Public Speaker: ERIC WALSH AND CAN SOMEBODY PULL UP MY
PRESENTATION?
>>Mayor Buffaloe: IF YOU PULL IT UP THERE IT WILL MAGICALLY
SHOW UP ON OUR SCREEN WITH A BRIEF DELAY.
IT'S USUALLY ON THE DESKTOP BUT I DON'T SEE.
YOU KNOW IF IT'S GOT IN-SERVICE.
>>Public Speaker: IT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH JAY AT THE
CIVIL GROUP.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ICA PDF THAT IS OPENED, ALBERT IS COMING UP
HERE TO HELP YOU AND MICHIGAN CORRECT, ARE YOU GOING TO BE
REQUESTING FIVE MINUTES ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
>>.
>>Public Speaker: IT'S GETTING LATE AND CLINT SAVE ME TIME SO
I WON'T BE REPETITIVE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: IS IT NOT THAT ONE, THE OLD RILEY
DEVELOPMENT.
>>Public Speaker: THAT'S PROBABLY IT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I THINK IT IS .
>>Public Speaker: MY NAME IS ERIC WALSH WITH RILEY
DEVELOPMENT COMMIT COMMITTEE OUT OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI, DO
YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? LIKE I SAID YOU SAVED ME A LOT
OF TIME, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A TIMELINE
OF HOW WE GOT HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I KNOW
A NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBERS DO. WE STARTED LOOKING FOR A SITE
IN 2024. WE OWNED THE WESTBERRY ABOUT 5
MILES FROM HERE AND IT IS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S GOT A WAITING LIST OF OVER 70 PEOPLE.
WE SECURE THE PROPERTY WITH THE FARMER FAMILY IN AUGUST 2025
AND PUT IT UNDER CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS CONTINGENCIES.
WE HAD A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH THE COLUMBIA
PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER 2025 AND THEN WE MET
WITH THE NEIGHBORS AT THE COPPER STONE CLUBHOUSE IN
OCTOBER 2025 AND AS YOU MENTIONED THEIR CONCERN WAS
WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER PROMISED TO THEM EARLIER BY THE
FARMER FAMILY. WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM
THAT AT CLOSING WE WILL WITHHOLD 125% OF THAT COST TO
ENSURE IT IS COMPLETED. SO IF IT'S 100 GRAND AND IT
PROBABLY IS WE WILL WITHHOLD 125,000.
ADDITIONALLY MR. HALL TO THE EAST HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
BUFFER AND WE DID NOT LEGALLY OR BY CODE HAVE TO PROVIDE A
BUFFER BUT WE ARE PROVIDING HIM A BUFFER AT OUR COST.
WE HAD A CONCEPT REVIEW MEETING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN
OCTOBER 25. THAT'S JUST MORE INTENSE
PRE-APP MEETING IF YOU WILL. AND BECAUSE THIS IS MISSOURI WE
ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FROM THE
STATE OF MISSOURI FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING WHICH IS A
CHOICE PROCESS. WE DID SECURE THAT ON JANUARY 5
OF THIS YEAR AND THEN AS MENTIONED EARLIER WE SUBMITTED
OUR PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FINAL PLAT SUBMISSION IN MARCH
OF THIS YEAR AND AS CLINT MENTIONED EARLIER WE WERE
APPROVED AT PLANNING COMMISSION 8 TO ZERO IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS, THE UNIT MIX SO I'M NOT GOING TO
REHASH THAT. HERE'S THE BENEFIT OF SENIOR
HOUSING OTHER THAN TAKING CARE OF RESIDENTS AND KEEPING THEM
IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S A VERY LOW TRAFFIC GENERATOR.
IT FREES UP WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW MORE AND MORE IS IT FREES
UP HOUSING FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS, WE KNOW ABOUT THE
HOUSING CRISIS AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES,
STAY IN THE COMMUNITY BY THEIR ADULT CHILDREN AND RELATIVES
AND FREEZE UP THAT HOUSING STOCK FOR OTHER GENERATIONS.
THEN I THINK IT WAS JACKIE WHO MENTIONED OR SOMEBODY MENTIONED
ABOUT JOB CREATION.UNLIKE A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, YES WE
CREATE 65 TO 75 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS AND OUR ANNUAL
PAYROLL WILL EXCEED $3 MILLION. THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS ABOUT 450
ARE OBVIOUSLY TEMPORARY. AND OBVIOUSLY NO NEGATIVE
IMPACTS ON THE SCHOOLS. IN FACT I'VE BEEN DOING SENIOR
HOUSING SINCE 1996 AND IF ANYTHING THERE IS A POSITIVE
EFFECT BECAUSE OUR FOLKS WILL VOLUNTEER AT THE SCHOOL SO WITH
THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT WITH SWD ARCHITECTS WHO
WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS A TOUGH SITE TO BUILD ON.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WILL YOU SAY YOUR NAME.
>> SCOTT ALLMOND, FWD ARCHITECTS, KANSAS CITY.
JACQUE YOU HAD A QUESTION REGARDING A GROCERY.
THIS IS A TOUGH SITE TO BUILD ON, THERE'S 50 FEET OF WALL
ACROSS THIS SITE SO THAT LEADS TO WHY WE'VE STRUCTURED THIS
BUILDING THE WAY WE'VE DONE WITH THE MEMORY CARE AND
ASSISTED LIVING ON THAT SOUTH END.
WE WANT TO THE ONE STORY STRUCTURE ADJACENT TO A
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR ASSISTED LIVING AS WE STEP DOWN
ITS TWO STORIES AND WE GOT A ONE STORY THAT LINKS BOTH THE
ASSISTED LIVING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING TOGETHER AND THAT
BECOMES OUR CENTRAL HUB FOR OUR MAIN ENTRY FOR BOTH AND THEN
OUR INDEPENDENT LIVING IS THREE-STORY WINGS HEADING
TOWARDS THE NORTH. THOSE TWO LONG WINGS ARE
BASICALLY OUR THREE-STORY PORTIONS AND WE STEPPED THOSE
DOWN 10 FEET EACH AND THAT'S WHAT NECESSITATED THE NEED FOR
THE ELEVATOR SHAFT THAT FOUR-STORY OPTION THAT
INCREASES IT TO 60 FEET. SOME AMENITIES WE INCLUDE HIS
DOG PARKS. OUTDOOR LIVING, COOKING AREA,
SHUFFLEBOARD, COMMUNITY ROOMS, GAME ROOMS, FULL KITCHEN AND
DINING AND ERIC MENTIONED ABOUT THE STAFFING.THAT'S WHAT
LEADS TO THE INCREASED PARKING. THROUGH THE HISTORY AND THE
DATA WE'VE COLLECTED FROM SENIOR LIVING, OUR OPERATOR
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A FORMULA THAT ARE INDEPENDENT LIVING IS
MORE OR LESS A MULTI FAMILY PROJECT RATHER THAN AN ASSISTED
LIVING. SO WE NEED ONE SPACE FOR EVERY
ONE OF THOSE LIVING UNITS RENT FOR ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY
CARE WE CAN GET BY WITH ONE SPACE FOR EVERY TWO UNITS BUT
THEN WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY PEOPLE SO I TOWN
CAR THAT NEEDS TO BE PARKED. WE'VE GOT A BUS THAT NEEDS TO
BE PARKED.AMY WILL HIT ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.
AS WELL AS VISITORS. WE NEED SPACE FOR VISITORS
COMING TO SEE LOVED ONES. WE NEED PARKING FOR THE STAFF.
THERE IS A TURNOVER OF STAFF THAT AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT
STAFF COMING IN AND STAFF LEAVING THAT WE NEED TO
ACCOMMODATE THOSE VEHICLES. CASE IN POINT WHEN WE LOOK AT
THE WESTBERRY WE HAVE A LACK OF PARKING AT THE WESTBERRY.
THEY'RE HAVING TO FIND PARKING ELSEWHERE.
THEY HAVE TO PARK ALONG SOME OF THE DRIVES.IT'S NOT A GOOD
SITUATION WE'VE HAD OVER THERE SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR
THE INCREASE IN PARKING. AND WITH THAT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS.
>> CAN WE HAVE TIME FOR ANY? AND THE ELEVATION WITH A
THREE-STORY AND THE MEMORY CARE TRYING TO RESPECT WHAT WE'RE
DOING WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU SCOTT, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO
SPEAK.
>> AMY DEAR BILL, FOURTH WARD. I'M HERE, LET ME SEE IF I CAN
SKIP TO THE SLIDE. MAYBE I CAN, MAYBE I CAN'T.
FORWARD OR BACKWARD? FANTASTIC.
I THINK MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ADVANTAGES OF SENIOR
LIVING ARE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES
WESTBERRY REALLY AN OUTSTANDING SITE IS A ROLE SENIOR LIVING IS
OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY THEY INVEST IN WHAT WE DO.
WE RUN ABOUT 45, 50 TOURS EVERY MONTH WITH 20 TO 30 INQUIRIES.
I THINK ERIC MENTIONED WE HAVE UP TO 85 INDIVIDUALS ON OUR
WAITLIST AT ANY TIME SO THE NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY AS I
THINK A REALLY, I WANT TO DRIVE DOWN THE NUMBERS WITH OUR
PARTNERSHIPS ON OUR THERAPY GROUP.
USING DECREASING HOSPITALIZATION RIGHTS, THERE
IS ADVANTAGES WE SEE WITH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, EMERGENCY ROOM
VISITS DOWN 19% FOR OUR POPULATION.
YOU SEE LESS COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND I'M SORRY.
THE ACTIVE ENROLLEES IN THAT, 1100 ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES.
LOTS AND LOTS OF PARTICIPATION THERE KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS
ACTIVE AND IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, HERE'S JUST SOME
PICTURES. AGAIN WE WERE 100% OCCUPIED IN
LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER BEING BUILT AND OUR FOCUS HERE ON
RESIDENT WELL-BEING AND DIRECTION, WELLNESS, FOCUS IN
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS
YOU WILL HEAR FROM A COUPLE RESIDENTS HERE.
I WILL LET THAT GO. >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
>>Public Speaker: IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: SAME.
>>Public Speaker: FIRST OF ALL.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
>>Public Speaker: I AM BARBARA FOX, ORIGINALLY FROM KALAMAZOO
MICHIGAN BUT I'M NOW LIVING IN THAT INDEPENDENT FACILITY AT
WESTBERRY. MY LIFE TURNED ON A DIME IN
JUNE 2021 WHEN MY HUSBAND OF 57 YEARS PASSED AWAY AND WE HAD NO
FAMILY UP THERE. SO I KNEW I HAD TO GET CLOSER
TO A FAMILY MEMBER. SO MY SON IS CHIEF OF THE
SURGERY AT THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL HERE, AT THE
UNIVERSITY SAID MAMA, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU I
CANNOT KEEP DRIVING UP TO MICHIGAN AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT.
SO I THOUGHT I'VE GOT TO GET DOWN TO COLUMBIA.
I CAME DOWN AND IT WAS THE BEST MOVE I EVER MADE I THINK.
I KNOW MY HUSBAND IS VERY HAPPY.
I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER THAN I HAVE BEEN IN WESTBERRY.
IT IS A WONDERFUL FACILITY.I COULD HAVE GONE INTO A CONDO
BUT I KNEW I WOULDN'T BE SOCIALIZING AS MUCH AND IT'S
BEEN PROVEN THAT SOCIALIZATION REALLY HELPS YOUR COGNITIVE
ABILITY. I'M NERVOUS.
AND ALSO THE FOOD I'M EATING THERE IS GOOD REHAB AND A VERY
VERY HEALTHY. AND I KNOW THAT IF I WAS LIVING
ALONE I WOULD NOT BE FEEDING MYSELF MERELY AS WELL AND FOR
THAT REASON I THINK I'VE BEEN VERY HEALTHY SINCE I'VE BEEN
HERE. I JUST TURNED 85.
AND I PLAN TO STAY AROUND A LOT LONGER BECAUSE I LOVE IT HERE
AND I THINK A NEW FACILITY LIKE WESTBERRY WOULD BE A WONDERFUL
ADDITION TO THIS COMMUNITY, THANK YOU.
>> I'M DAVID WAKEMAN, WIC HMIN. I CAME TO THE WESTBERRY THREE
YEARS AGO. ST. LOUIS.
TO BE NEVER TO MY DAUGHTER AND MY THREE SONS IN COLUMBIA.
I AM DELIGHTED WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT THE
WESTBERRY. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE SEED.
YOU MIGHT IMAGINE YOU WERE DRIVING UP TO THE WESTBERRY AS
I WAS THREE YEARS AGO. I CAME AROUND A BOULEVARD AND
SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BEAUTIFULLY PERFECTLY
MANICURED. AND I COULDN'T GET IN, IT WAS
THROUGH THE BACK OF THE BUILDING THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
AND I FINALLY FOUND THE FRONT AND IT WAS EVEN BETTER.
BEAUTIFUL FLAGPOLE UPFRONT GRID WONDERFUL LANDSCAPING,
EVERYTHING IS IMMACULATE. AS YOU GO INTO THE LOBBY,
YOU'LL FIND SMILING PEOPLE. IT IS A FRIENDLY AND A POSITIVE
COMMUNITY WE HAVE FORMED AT THE WESTBERRY.
IF YOU COME THROUGH THE LOBBY, AND YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER
YOU WILL FIND OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTOR.
I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS.
IF YOU COME TO OUR PLACE AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET THERE WHEN WE
ARE PLAYING BEACH VOLLEYBALL, IN OUR THEATER WE REWORK OUR
THEATER, PUT THEM IN A LOW VOLLEYBALL NET.
SIX ARMCHAIRS ON EACH SIDE AND WE HAVE A BEACH VOLLEYBALL
ABOUT 18 INCHES AND WE MAKE ABSOLUTE FOOLS OF OURSELVES.
IT IS A FUNNIEST MOST HILARIOUS THING YOU'VE EVER
SEEN. SO MY CHALLENGE TO YOU GUYS IS
COME AND SEE US REALLY COME AND SEE WHAT I JUST SAID.
PARTICULARLY THE MAYOR, SHE WAS THERE LAST CHRISTMAS AND HELPED
US WITH SOME THINGS. ONE OR ALL OF YOU COME AND WILL
LET YOU PLAY OUR BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND YOU WILL I'LL
GUARANTEE YOU WILL LEAVE WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
AS I SEE THIS WHOLE THING, YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WESTBERRY RIGHT NEXT DOOR DOWN THE STREET.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED
CARE, 276 PEOPLE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WELL MANICURED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU MR. WICKHAM, YOU ARE AT TIME.
I'M SORRY.
>> COME AND VISIT US. YOU'LL LOVE IT, YOU'LL LOVE US
AND YOU'LL SEE A GOOD THING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: APPRECIATE IT, WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE
PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - 26.
>> JULIE RYAN WARD 5. YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE TO PASS
THIS AND I KNOW THAT BUT I CAN'T BE HERE AND NOT SAY WHAT
I NEED TO SAY. YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE A DINNER
PARTY YOU'RE HOLDING FOR 50 AND YOU LIE ON YOUR FOOD, SET YOUR
TABLE AND YOU INVITE 50 MORE AND YOU INVITE 50 MORE.
YOU'VE RUN OUT OF THINGS AND YOU HAVEN'T PLANNED
EFFECTIVELY. CAN IT WORK, MAYBE.
IS IT THE BEST PRACTICE? NO.WE DID SEE A SIGNIFICANT
WATER MAIN BREAK IN JUNE 2023. NEW DEVELOPMENT ROUTINELY
OUTPACES LIFECYCLE OF EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITIES AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS OF PURSUING DEVELOPMENT
WITHOUT PRIORITIZING INFRASTRUCTURE.
ATLANTA GEORGIA AND JACKSON MISSISSIPPI ARE A FEW
COMMUNITIES WHO FAILED TO PRIORITIZE MANY LAYERS OF WATER
UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE ALLOWING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.
TWO THINGS CANNOT BE TRUE. WE CAN HAVE THIS AMAZINGLY
SIGNIFICANT WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION CAPABILITY TO
SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY YET ALSO NEAR A WATER TOWER THAT
CONTINUES TO BE DEFERRED. THERE CAN'T BE AN ORDINANCE
WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF REDUCING STRESS ON CURRENT
INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED TO PUT
STRESS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS THE WATER TOWER
UNNECESSARY? IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF
DISTRIBUTION INCORRECT? IS THERE A SECRET DOCUMENT THAT
SHOWS HOW FAR WE CAN PUSH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE IT
BREAKS? DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE A
POSITIVE IN A TOWN SUCH AS COLUMBIA BUT THE WRONG
PRIORITIES ARE CONTINUOUSLY BEING CHOSEN.
IT'S ONE THING TO IMPACT RESIDENTS LIKE ME FURTHER DOWN
THE PATH BUT IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS LIKE WATER BOIL
ADVISORIES OR WATER SIMPLY NOT BEING ABLE TO BE PROVIDED
BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL WATER MAIN BREAKS, THINK ABOUT THE
HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SENIOR COMMUNITY WHICH CAN
INCLUDE MEDICALLY FRAGILE RESIDENCE, IS THERE CONFIDENCE
TO ENSURE THOSE WATER MAIN BREAKS WON'T BE PART OF THEIR
EXPERIENCE OR COMPROMISE THEIR HEALTH?
IT'S BOLD UPON YOU TO ENSURE THERE IS APPROPRIATE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHILE I KNOW OF MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE
CONCERNED I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WON'T SPEAK UP
BECAUSE OF THE BELIEF YOUR MINDS ARE ALREADY MADE UP.
THERE IS NO WATER TOWER, THE ORDINANCE IS SUGGESTED TO NOT
PUT UNDUE STRAIN. YOU CANNOT REASONABLY APPROVE
THIS COMMUNITY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR RATEPAYERS AND
IF YOU APPROVE THIS YOU CANNOT TURN AROUND AND IMPROVE AN
IRRIGATION ORDINANCE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - MONEY SIX.
>> I LIVE OFF THE INTERSECTION AND I THINK THE SENIOR LIVING
COMMUNITY SHOULD BE CONTINGENT ON A TAX TO BUILD THE WATER
TOWER. ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY
THREE PEOPLE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE FOR WHAT IS
REQUIRED FOR A NORMAL PERSON SO UNLESS THERE IS A BUS FACILITY
TO GET THEM TO THE HOSPITAL AND GET THEM TO THE GROCERY STORES
IT WILL REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARKING SPACE FOR
EVERY THREE PEOPLE AND THE SOUTH IS EXPENDING MORE SO
LIKELY THAT ROUNDABOUT WILL ALSO NEED TO BE INCREASED LATER
ON AND THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE MORE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE.
SINCE IT'S NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL LIVING SINCE IT'S A COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE REASONABLE TO EXPECT THEM
TO PAY MORE AND TO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDOUT AS THEY
ARE A PROPERTY GENERATING BUSINESS SO THEN WE CAN GET A
BIT MORE TAX REVENUE TO BUILD A WATER TOWER AND INCREASE THE
ROADS. >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE
ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND
179.
>>Public Speaker: J GEPHARDT WITH THE CIVIL GROUP, COLUMBIA.
I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS THAT CAME UP.
THIS SLIP LANE ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE TRAFFIC
STUDY WE ARE PROVIDING RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE AREA FOR
THAT BUILD. THAT IS PART OF THE FINAL PLAT
YOU ARE DEDICATING RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR.
SO YOU HAVE THE LANE IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T THINK I WILL TALK ABOUT THE WATER OTHER THAN THAT
THERE'S SEVERAL WATER LIENS HERE, LARGE WATER REMAINS ON
THIS PROPERTY AND THAT'S NOT TRUE SELF.
SO OTHER THAN THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
ON BILLS 178 AND 179 - 26.
>>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES, WARD 1.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: BRING IT CLOSER TO YOU.
>>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES, WARD 1. HARRIS THERE
BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY BECAUSE I SEE THERE ARE
WATER MAINS BUT ALSO A RIVER NEARBY.
IF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS ONCE THE IMPACT OF THE WATER TABLE
IN THAT AREA DUE TO CHEMICALS AND OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HIT
THAT, THANK YOU.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
ON BILLS ONE 7826.
>>Public Speaker: CRYSTAL MARIE, WARD 1. SPECIFIC TO
DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA AND THE CITY BUSES GOING BACK TO
FULL SERVICE IF THIS BODY DECIDED TO MAYBE NOT JUST
INCREASE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS BUT ALSO ABILITIES TO MOVE
THOSE PEOPLE TO I DON'T KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN SHOPPING AREAS
BECAUSE THERE'S NO GROCERY STORES IN WARD 5 SO CONSIDER
THE DEVELOPMENT ON A BROADER SPECTRUM AS THIS IS NOT A
VACUUM.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - 26. SEEING NONE WE COME TO COUNSEL
COMMENTS. VERA OR SORRY, VERA.
>>Council Member Elwood: I WANTED TO SAY WHEN I SAW THIS,
ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT. FIRST BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN
ADDISON SOUTH WENT IN AND I REMEMBER THINKING THIS IS A
PLACE THAT'S GOING TO START A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, AN AREA WE
WILL SEE REAL GROWTH SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME
FORWARD. ALSO BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I HAVE
EVER LIVED THERE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT CONVERSATION OF WE DO
NOT HAVE ENOUGH SENIOR LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DO NOT HAVE PLACES FOR OUR PARENTS TO GO TO KEEP THEM HERE
IN TOWN WITH US. AND I KNOW THAT IS A
CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MANY PEOPLE HERE IN COLUMBIA IN
PARTICULAR AND WE HEARD THAT WITH THE WAITLIST AND OTHER
FACILITIES SO SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SENIOR LIVING
FACILITY, I THINK IT SERVES SUCH A NEED AS WE TALK ABOUT
HOUSING AND THE ABILITY FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS TO BE ABLE
TO STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR HOUSING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR
YOUNGER GENERATIONS AS WELL WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR HOUSING FOR
OUR OLDER GENERATIONS SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT THIS FITS VERY
WELL WITHIN THE VISION OF HOUSING I HAVE NIC FOR
COLUMBIA.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: I'M ALSO GOOD ABOUT THIS.
I THINK ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOUSING HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID
AND I VERY MUCH AGREE. I HAVE AGING PARENTS AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING MORE FACILITIES AVAILABLE.
ONE OF MY CLAIMS TO FAME IS THAT I HAVE NEVER APPROVED A
DESIGN EXEMPTION FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR EXCEEDING A PARKING
MAXIMUM. I THINK I'M GOING TO BREAK THAT
TODAY. AND OUR PARKING MAXIMUMS ARE
CALCULATED BY A PERCENTAGE OF A MINIMUM.
I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH VARIETY IN STYLES OF SENIOR LIVING THAT
ARE MINIMUM MAY NOT CALCULATE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
ARRANGEMENTS OF LIVING THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FACILITY AND THE
DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF LIVING WE MAY HAVE COMING
FORWARD. SO I REGRET I WILL BE ABLE TO
BRAG ABOUT THAT ANYMORE. BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A VALID
REQUEST.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, CHRISTINA.
>>Council Member Hartman: WITH THIS BEING IN MY WARD I TRAVEL
THAT AREA QUITE FREQUENTLY, IT'S A MAJOR CORRIDOR, BOTH OF
THOSE ROADS ARE. BEING ABLE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT
OCCUR THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO
LISTEN TO THE RESIDENCE THAT ARE SAYING WE HAVE BEEN
PROMISED A WATER TOWER AND THESE ARE THE THINGS I WANT TO
SEE GOING FORWARD. WE DO NEED TO TAKE THOSE THINGS
INTO CONSIDERATION HOWEVER WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WE ARE SEEING
JOB GROWTH. WE ARE SEEING ADDITIONAL
HOUSING WHICH ARE ALSO THINGS I SAID WERE IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN
BEFORE I EVEN GOT IN THE SEAT SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE COMING
TOGETHER OF LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE VERSUS THE
DEVELOPMENT AND I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH PLANNING AHEAD AND
SEEING THAT FORWARD. BUT IN THIS CASE I AM LEANING
MORE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FACILITY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS?
I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH O'REILLY FOR YEARS, THEY ON THE
DEVELOPMENT AND THE CARE THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND
WESTBERRY IS IMPRESSIVE AND I'VE NOT BEEN OUT TO PLAY
VOLLEYBALL YET BECAUSE I SWEAR SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS SAND
VOLLEYBALL AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE INJURIES BUT IT LOOKS
WAY EASIER AND I CAN TOTALLY DO SITTING IN A CHAIR BUT I'LL
TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THESE
INDIVIDUALLY SO SHEILA WOULD YOU READ BILL 178 - 26 AND 179
- 26 INDIVIDUALLY COLLECTS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>> COUNSEL BI.
>>Mayor Buffaloe:
>>Council Member Carroll:
>>Council Member Elwood:
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. MOVING ON SHEILA WILL YOU
PLEASE READ BILLS 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 217 AND 218 -
SIX.
>> TWO 1026 REVEALS ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 26 RELATED TO THE
2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE
ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 2 IS CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE
ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE
AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. 211 26 IS AN ORDINANCE
REPEALING ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO
THE 2017 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AND SPCA
AND ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 3 ADOPTING THE 2006 EDITION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL ELECTRICAL CODE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS AND THE 2023 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL
ELECTRIC CODE IN NSP 70 FIXING THE TIME OF THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, COUNSEL BILL 212
REVEALS ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 6 RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION
OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE AND ENACTING IN LIEU
THEREOF IN ARTICLE 4 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, COUNSEL BILL TWO 1326
IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ARTICLE 5 CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY
CODE RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
MECHANICAL CODE ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW ARTICLE 5
ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL
CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. COUNSEL BILL 214 26 REVEALS
ARTICLE 6 CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 2018
ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY
DWELLINGS ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 6 ADOPTING THE 2024
ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY
DWELLINGS FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, TO 15TH 26 IT REPEALS ARTICLE 7
CHAPTER 6 RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 7
ADOPTING 2024 ADDITION OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
FIXING THE TIME AT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, 216 - 26 APPEALS ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER
6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW
ARTICLE 9 ADOPTING A 2024 ADDITION OF THE FUEL GAS CODE
AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. COUNSEL BILL 217 - 26 REPEALS
ARTICLE 11 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE
ADDITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND ACTING A NEW
ARTICLE 11 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, 218 26 AS AN ORDINANCE
REPEALING ARTICLE 2 CHAPTER 9 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO
THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE FIRE CODE AND ENACTING IN LIEU
THEREOF A NEW ARTICLE 2 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING?JUST KIDDING.
YOU THINK YOU'RE GOOD, OKAY. STAFF REPORT AND I APPRECIATE
THE PROPS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.
>> WE DID BRING ALL RELEVANT CODES SO WE CAN REFLECT ON
THESE ARE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CODES THAT STAFF AND INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES
COMMISSION GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE EVALUATING POTENTIAL
CHANGES FOR 2024. I DID WANT TO START OUR
PRESENTATION OFF WITH A BIT OF INFORMATION SO TO RECAP WHAT WE
WILL BE DISCUSSING ARE NINE BUILDING CODES, WHAT WE
REFERRED TO AS BUILDING CODES BUT A SUITE OF CODES THAT ARE
PUT FORTH BY THE ICC WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL,
GENERALLY ON A FAIRLY REGULAR SCHEDULE EVERY THREE YEARS AND
COLUMBIA IS AT THE PERSUASION WHERE WE REVIEW EACH CYCLE FOR
POTENTIAL ADOPTION SO COUNSEL DID AUTHORIZE THE BCC TO
EVALUATE THE 2024 SUITE OF CODES AND I THINK IT WAS LATE
2024 AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA
IS NINE BILLS AND NINE SPECIFIC BUILDING CODES THAT WERE
RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE BCC.
I POINT OUT THERE IS ONE IN PARTICULAR AND THAT'S THE I
ECC, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE IS NOT ONE OF
THOSE BILLS. SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR
RECOMMENDATION THEY VOTED TO STAY WITHIN THE 2018 SO WE ARE
OPERATING ON THE 2018 ENERGY CODE.
THEY DID NOT ADOPT OR RECOMMEND TO ADOPT 2024.
THE CONVERSATION STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING IS ON THE NINE BILLS
THAT CAME OUT AS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
HOWEVER STAFF DOES UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE
CONTINUING CONVERSATION AROUND THE ENERGY CODES GIVEN ITS
RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE AS I THINK HIGHLIGHTED IN SOME OF
THE PARTICULAR PLANS THE CITY HAS APPROVED AND WE WANT TO
GIVE THAT CONVERSATION A VENUE SO STAFF WOULD BE ANTICIPATING
BRINGING BACK OUR REPORT TO COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 21 WHICH
INCLUDES A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IN THE MEMO AND
WE'VE POINTED OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE MEMO TO
EXPLAIN WHY IT'S NOT PART OF THE CONVERSATION BUT THAT WOULD
ALLOW THE CONVERSATION TO OCCUR THEN REGARDING THAT CODE, SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED DURING THE REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY
SOME PARTICULAR INFORMATION FROM STAFF ON POTENTIAL NEXT
STEPS AND DEPENDING ON THE CONVERSATION WHERE COUNSEL
WOULD LIKE THAT CONVERSATION TO PROCEED SO WE ARE TARGETING
SEPTEMBER 21 FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ENERGY CODE SO THERE
WILL BE A DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT THAT ENERGY CODE.
HERE IN A MINUTE I'M GOING TO TURN THE CONVERSATION OVER TO
ERIN DECKER, OUR BUILDING REGULATIONS SUPERVISOR AND ALSO
HAVE FILLED PEOPLE WHOSE OUR ENGINEERING MANAGER WITHIN OUR
SITE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN SPEND A LOT
OF TIME WITH THE BCC REVIEWING THE CODE AND I WANT TO SAY WE
APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT BY STAFF AND BY THE BCC REVIEWING
THIS STACK OF LITERATURE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS OR AT
THIS POINT PROBABLY YEARS. SO JUST A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE
BUILDING CODES AND WHY WE HAVE BUILDING CODES, THE ABILITY TO
SAFELY REGULATE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, A NUMBER
OF COMMUNITIES ADOPT BUILDING CODES BUT IT IS NOT UNIVERSAL
BUT COLUMBIA DOES ADOPT UPDATED BUILDING CODES AND WE DO UPDATE
THESE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ADDRESS ITEMS WITHIN THE CODE
THAT ARE UPDATED THAT RELATE TO SAFETY ISSUES, NEW
TECHNOLOGIES. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY WE
UPDATE BUILDING CODES OVER TIME AND OF COURSE WHEN I SAY
BUILDING CODES IT'S A BIT OF A CATCHALL, THERE ARE A LOT OF
THINGS THAT GO INTO THESE CODES THERE'S A FIRE CODE,
INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE USED BY OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN REGULATING OF
THAT NATURE SO THERE USED ACROSS THE BOARD WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY BUT OVERALL DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND THE
MODEL FOR SAFE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DECKER IN A MINUTE TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION. AT SOME OF THE I THINK MORE
SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE NOTEWORTHY WITHIN THE CODE AND
AT THAT POINT WE BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> AS MANY OF YOU KNOW YOU RECOMMENDED BACK IN OCTOBER
2024 TO START THIS REVIEW PROCESS SO THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR
AND AND A HALF OF GOING THROUGH THE THOUSAND PLUS CHANGES THROW
OUT ALL THESE CODES WITH THE BCC SEE.
OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THAT TIME, WE'VE HAD
SEVERAL OPEN MEETINGS WE'VE INVITED CONTRACTORS AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS TO LOOK AT THE CODES WITH US AND TAKE SOME
FEEDBACK. WE'VE MET WITH LOCAL
ARCHITECTS, MET WITH HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATIONS.
WE'VE ALSO TOOK IN SOME WEBSITE COMMENTS FROM A BE HEARD PAGE
WE STARTED UP. AN HOUR BCC HAS HAD SEVERAL
MEETINGS JUST OPENING THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC TO GAIN FEEDBACK
FROM THEM. SO WE'VE SPENT AMPLE TIME
TRYING TO GARNER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND IT.
SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS BASED ON THE 2024 CODE CYCLE, THAT
ALSO INCLUDES THE 21 CODE CYCLE ADDS AND CHANGES REFLECTED IN
THE 24. THIS IS NOT JUST ONE CODE CYCLE
CHANGE FROM WHERE WHEREAT, THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE 21 AND 24
CODE CYCLES. I.E. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF ALL THE BOOKS.
THERE'S A NEW SECTION IN THE FIRE CODE THAT GIVES
DISTILLERIES AND WINERIES SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
AS MANY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS IN MISSOURI THERE WAS A FIRE
RELATED TO ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
THE BUILDING CODES EVOLVED AS EITHER SIGNIFICANT HAPPEN
EVENTS HAPPENED OR AS MATERIALS CHANGE.
AS WAYS TO BUILD A BUILDING CHANGE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FACTS IS LITHIUM BATTERY STORAGE.
WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE LITHIUM BATTERIES AND WE NEED
TO BE PROTECTING AGAINST THAT, THE RISK OF FIRE ASSOCIATED OR
THE CHALLENGES THEY PROVIDE WHEN THEY DO CATCH FIRE.
THERE IS A WHOLE SECTION FOR TENANTS, TEMPORARY EVENTS,
HEATING AND COOLING HERE IN COLUMBIA WE DO HAVE TIMES OF
THE YEAR WHERE WE WANT TO HEAT OR COOL OUTSIDE.
IT MIGHT BE A WINTERTIME EVENT WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE
TEMPORARY HEAT. THE CODE STARTS TO ADDRESS
THOSE IN THE 24 CODE. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF
PERMITTING IN THE FIRE CODE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
GONE THROUGH AND REVIEWED OVER TIME AND THEY'VE DETERMINED OF
THE 50+ PERMITS THAT COULD BE REQUIRED, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR
THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY REQUIRE ALL THOSE IS NOT FEASIBLE RIGHT
NOW.SO THEY HAVE DIALED THAT BACK AND CREATED AMENDMENTS TO
THAT CODEBOOK TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE ONES THAT ARE OF
HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA.
SO PERSONALIZING THE CODE A LITTLE BIT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS
WELL. IN THE BUILDING CODE THERE ARE
CHANGES. IN CHAPTER 16 IT DEALS WITH THE
STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCT OF THE BUILDING AND IN CODE CYCLES
PREVIOUSLY THE BUILDING CODE WOULD SPELL OUT THE EQUATIONS
USED FOR CREATING OR FACTORING IN THE STRESSES ON A BUILDING.
THEY HAVE, THE ICC HAS VOTED TO ALIGN WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE
TO ALIGN THE EQUATION THEY USED TO CALCULATE ALL THAT THAT
MAKES OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS A LOT MORE HAPPY SO THEY'RE
USING ONE EQUATION FOR MEETING BOTH STANDARDS.
ALSO IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY YOU WILL SEE METAL
BUILDINGS GOING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT'S BECOME A POPULAR
STYLE OF BUILDING VERSUS TIMBER IN THE BUILDING CODE HAS
FINALLY ADDRESSED REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO METAL BUILDING
SYSTEMS WITH RESPECT TO EGRESS, AIR SEALING, WITH RESPECT TO
FIRE PROTECTION OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND THE ELEMENTS THAT
KEEP THEM UPRIGHT. ALSO THE 2024 CHAPTER 17 DEALS
WITH SPECIAL INSPECTIONS. BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN CHANGES OVER
TIME HOW CONCRETE IS MIXED TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER,
THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO THE SPECIAL INSPECTION OR ADDED
INSPECTIONS BY A CERTIFIED INDIVIDUAL REQUIRED BY PROJECTS
REVOLVING AROUND THE WAY CONCRETE IS POURED OR
CONSTRUCTED OR MIXED AS WELL AS THE STEEL PUT INTO THAT
CONCRETE AND HOW IT'S FORMULATED TO MAKE IT STRONGER
FROM THAT STANDPOINT. IN ADDITION TO STRUCTURAL AND
FIRE RATED CHANGES, WE SEE LIFE SAFETY CHANGES WITHIN THE NEWER
MODEL CODES. THIS MAY INCLUDE ELEVATOR
LOBBIES AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE ESSENCE OF THE MEANS OF
EGRESS USING THAT ELEVATOR LOBBY TO GET OUT WHEN YOU NEED
TO CONSIDER ACCESSIBILITY. ALSO EGRESS FROM OCCUPIED ALL
ROADS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN COMMUNITIES IS USE OF
GROWTH SPACE TO EXPAND SPACE TO HAVE PARTIES, EVIDENCE.
THERE IS ONE ACTUALLY UP ON JUST OVER FROM WIZARDS AND
WITCHES I BELIEVE IT'S WHERE IT'S AT THAT JUST CAME ABOUT SO
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT LOCALLY AS WELL FROM THAT
STANDPOINT. EXISTING BUILDING CODES ARE
ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE CODEBOOK THAT DEALS WITH THOSE BUILDINGS
THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT. WHEN THAT BOOK 1ST CAME OUT
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CLARITY AS TO HOW TO USE IT AND HOW TO
APPLY IT. OVER THE YEARS IT'S GROWN IT'S
KIND OF PRETTY MUCH DOUBLED IN SIZE BUT IN THE 24 CODE HAS
BEEN A LOT OF CLARITY PUT INTO THAT BOOK TO MAKE IT EASIER TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT TRIGGERS REQUIREMENTS AND WHEN YOU HAVE
TO UPGRADE ACCESSIBILITY. WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE THE
FIRE PROTECTION IN EXISTING BUILDINGS OR WHEN DO YOU NEED
TO ADDRESS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FROM THAT STANDPOINT
THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE THAT
ARE CLARITY RELATED FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
FROM AN ELECTRICAL STANDPOINT THE ELECTRICAL CODE PROBABLY
HAS THE MOST CHANGES IN A GIVEN CODE CYCLE.
THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODES ARE ALSO ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
BOOKS TO READ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND YOUR WAY THROUGH IT SO
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE 2023 AND 24 ICC
BOOKS, THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO MAKING IT
EASIER TO NAVIGATE ANY, AND EASIER TO READ THROUGH RID
CONTRACTORS WILL HAVE AN EASIER TIME MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH
THE BOOK THAT WILL SAVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
HOPEFULLY SAVE FAILING INSPECTIONS AS WELL FROM THAT
STANDPOINT. BUT SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC CHANGES
CONSTANTLY I THINK THEY'RE CHANGING AT A FASTER RATE THAN
THE CODE CHANGES TODAY. SO GIVING UP WITH THOSE SOLAR
CHANGES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONTRACTORS
ASKING US TO LOOK AT THE 23 CODE TO BE ABLE TO USE
EXCEPTIONS AND ITEMS FROM THE 23 CODE IN THEIR INSTALLATION
INTO 2017. ALSO COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
CHANGES TO GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS, THOSE ARE THE
GFCI'S THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR BATHROOM NEXT
TO YOUR SINK, ONE ON YOUR KITCHEN COUNTERTOPS REHAB THOSE
WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT WERE NUISANCES AT SOME POINT IN TIME
BUT THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. THAT PRODUCT HAS EVOLVED QUITE
A BIT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE ANYMORE.
THE CODE HAS CAUGHT UP TO ALL THE PLACES WHERE YOU COULD HAVE
A WET SURFACE BEING ENGAGED WITH AG SCI AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE BEHIND THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE 2017 BUT WE CAN CATCH UP
WITH 2023. THE NEWEST AND PROBABLY THE
MOST EXPENSIVE COMPONENT IN THE ELECTRICAL CODE IS PROBABLY THE
SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE ON A RESIDENTIAL HOLD READ WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT WHAT A SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE DOES, IT
PROTECTS YOUR MODEM, IT PROTECTS ALL OF THE SMART
FUNCTIONS IN YOUR HOME. FROM ANY SORT OF SEARCH THAT
MAY COME FROM THE GRID OR MAYBE FROM A CONTACT ON WIRE COMING
DOWN FROM YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM ON THE ROOF, TREE BRANCH FALLS AND
HITS THOSE WIRES, CREATES A SURGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU
HAVE A PROBLEM, THAT DEVICE IS THERE TO PROTECT ALL THE NEW
ADVANCEMENTS WE HAVE COMING FORWARD THAT PEOPLE ARE USING
IN THEIR HOMES FROM THAT STANDPOINT SO IT'S A KEY
COMPONENT OF THE ELECTRICAL CODES THIS TIME AROUND.
LOOKING AT EXISTING CODES, THERE ARE NEW MATERIALS.
THERE IS NEW APPLICATIONS OF HOW WE USE THINGS.
WE GOT RIGID FOAM INSULATION AND BEING ABLE TO APPLY THAT ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME OR INSIDE OF THE HOME READ THERE
ARE NEW MATERIALS, WE GOT A NEW SIDING THAT IS GROUND CONTACT
RATED THEY COME OUT WITH THAT'S ACTUALLY COUNTERS SOME OF THE
REQUIREMENTS YOU WOULD HAVE FOUR WOOD BASED SIDING FROM
THAT STANDPOINT. TO KEEP UP WITH THE CHANGE IN
THE MATERIALS THAT THE ECONOMY AND THE MARKET IS REQUIRING OF
BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANIES OR BUILDING SCIENCE, THE CODE
NEEDS TO MOVE AND STAFF NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THINGS AS
WELL. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO FRAME
NOW. EVERYBODY OR SOME PEOPLE HAVE
HEARD OF ADVANCED FRAMING OR YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT STUD SPACE
AND TRY TO GET MORE INSULATION IN THE WALLS, HELP WITH THE
AFFORDABILITY, HELPED WITH THE IMPACT OF THERMAL RIP THERE IS
ALSO A TOP EXTENDED TOP PLATE AMENDMENT IN THE IRC THAT'S
RECOMMENDED TO ADOPT BECAUSE IT'S A NEXT OF 2 X 6 AND TWO BY
FOURS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO INTEGRATE FOAM INSULATION AS
WELL AS HAVING ALL THE PROPER BRACING FOR THE WALL FOR A WIND
RATING AS WELL AS ATTACHING SIDING TWO.
THERE'S A LOT MORE REGULATION AROUND TINY HOMES OR IN SOME
CASES YOU MIGHT CALL THEM ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FROM
THAT STANDPOINT AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK
IN APPLICATIONS FOR LOCALLY. BEING ABLE TO KEEP THOSE IN THE
PAR WITH THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS, LOSS TYPES,
LATTER STRUCTURES, WE GET INTO THOSE LOFTS, ALL THE EXTRA
SAFETY CODES RELATIVE TO PUTTING THOSE IN PLACE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE ACCESSIBILITY.
CURRENTLY WHEN THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL CODE CYCLE THAT
HAS ALIGNED WITH THE 2009 ACCESSIBILITY CODES.
GOING TO THE 24 CODES ALSO BRINGS US UP TO THE 2017 AMC
WHICH IS THE MORE RECENT ACCESSIBILITY CODE OUT THERE.
HE DID HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN THIS PROCESS WITH OUR
AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WITH ALL THESE CHANGES THEY CHANGE THE
ORDER IN THE BOOKS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID
THAT TOOK SOME TIME WAS GOING THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS MAKING
SURE ALL OUR AMENDMENTS LINED UP CLEANLY WITH THE NEW CODE
AND ALIGNED WITH FINDING EVERYTHING ONE BOOK TO THE NEXT
FROM THAT STANDPOINT. LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST WE DON'T
WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
WRITTEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES ARE THERE.
THEY KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES HEALTHY, SAFE, LOOKING NICE.
THEY ALSO HELP US MAINTAIN THESE PROPERTIES LONG-TERM READ
IT ONCE A BUILDING IS BUILT IT STARTS TO FAIL OR IF IT STARTS
TO FALTER PRETTY MAINTENANCE CODES COME IN AND HELP US KEEP
THOSE PROPERTY HEALTH EAST RIP IT'S SEEN SEVERAL UPDATES,
WE'VE HAD A FEW SUNSHINE OR A FEW THEY CALL HIM SUNSHINE
DATES ON SOME REQUIREMENTS SO THOSE ARE GETTING ADDRESSED.
THE ARE FAR PAST THE 1993 AT REQUIREMENTS WE'VE HAD IN THERE
SO WE HAD OUTDATED AMENDMENTS WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS AS WELL
FROM THAT STANDPOINT. ALSO LASTLY HOW MUCH OF THESE
CODES ARE GOING TO COST PEOPLE, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
QUESTIONS. YEAR THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THE FRAMING OPTIONS AVAILABLE RESIDENTIALLY PROVIDED A
DECREASE IN COSTS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM JUST THIS
CODE SET.THIS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ENERGY CODE TODAY BUT
THESE ARE FISCAL IMPACTS WITH JUST THESE CODES.
INTEGRATION OF LIFE SAFETY PARAMETERS WITHIN TINY HOMES
WILL HELP THOSE 80 USED TO STAY AND LAST LONGER READ RIGHT NOW
HIV HOME SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HOW IT'S DESIGNED FOR THE LAST 10
YEARS BEFORE IT STARTS TO FALL APART OR DECREASE IN ITS
EFFECTIVENESS SO WITH THE NEWER CODE THEY PUT PARAMETERS IN
THERE TO HELP THEM LAST LONGER. THE AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED
MINIMIZE THE ELECTRICAL COSTS. THERE ARE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS
THEY MADE KEEPING A FCI WHERE THEY ARE WITH RESIDENTIAL, NOT
REQUIRING THE EXTERIOR DISCONNECTS ON RESIDENTIAL AND
REDUCING SOME OF THE GFCI REQUIREMENTS IN SPECIFIC
INSTANCES WHERE WE DON'T SEE THEM REGULARLY IN COLUMBIA AND
HELPING DECREASE THOSE COSTS. THINKING AFFORDABILITY,
THINKING OF THE IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE
HOMEOWNERS. ALSO ALL OF THE CODES HAVE
CODIFIED BEST PRACTICES WITH SAFETY IN MIND, ONE OF THE
THINGS YOU'LL SEE IS IN THE IRC AMENDMENTS ARE ASKING TO CODIFY
A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND GRADING PLAN COMPONENT THAT
ALIGNS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE HAS ITS OWN CHAPTER, THE IRC WAS
MISSING THAT WE'VE ASKED TO PUT THAT IN SO WE CAN APPLY THAT TO
ONE FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
COMMERCIALLY, THERE ARE ADDED SPECIAL INSPECTIONS THAT'S
GOING TO INCREASE THE INSPECTION COST.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY TO GET AROUND THAT.THERE IS
GOING TO BE IN GENERAL PROBABLY TWO OR THREE SPECIAL
INSPECTIONS FOR A LARGE COMMERCIAL PROJECT LIKE THE
WEST VERY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH THE CODES.
HOWEVER NEW REFRIGERATION AND PIPING REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S AN
HO L REFRIGERANT THAT'S BEING USED.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY THAT MECHANICAL SYSTEMS HAVE CHANGED
YOU WANT A MORE EFFICIENT FURNACE, A MORE EFFICIENT AIR
CONDITIONER. THE IMPROVEMENT IN
REFRIGERATION IS WHAT'S CREATING THAT SO BY CREATING
THAT REFRIGERANT WE HAVE INCREASED REQUIREMENTS AND THAT
WILL ADD INCREASE TO THOSE BUILDINGS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
HOWEVER THERE ARE CHANGES TO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
COMMERCIAL THAT ARE A BENEFIT TO CONSTRUCTION PERMIT THERE IS
EXCEPTIONS PUT INTO WAREHOUSE RACKING THAT CAN DECREASE THE
COST BECAUSE YOU CAN STORE MORE STUFF IN A SMALLER SPACE TO
THOSE EXCEPTIONS. THERE IS ALSO AN INSTITUTIONAL
PLUMBING FIXTURE ACCOUNT AND INSTITUTIONAL I 2 BUILDINGS,
THAT'S YOUR ASSISTED LIVING AND YOUR IN-HOME, TRYING TO THINK
OF THE NAME. THE IN RESTAURANT OR FACILITY
CARE. SO NOT ASSISTED BUT NOT JUST
ASSISTED BUT GOING ON THAT ONE STEP FORWARD.
NURSING HOME. SKILLED NURSING, THERE YOU GO.
I APOLOGIZE, I WAS GOING THE OTHER WAY WITH MY BRAIN.
THOSE, THEY ARE ALLOWING THE COUNTY INDIVIDUAL FIXTURES FOR
THE ROOMS AND TOTAL FACILITY COUNTS WHICH CAN DECREASE THE
AMOUNT OF PLUMBING FIXTURES WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHER
COSTS FOR A BUILDING FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
SO FISCAL IMPACTS KIND OF GO BOTH WAYS READ THE CODE HAS
SOME THAT WILL INCREASE COSTS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT THE
WAY THE CODES ARE STRUCTURED THIS GO AROUND THEY'VE PROMOTED
AS DECREASING COSTS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES
COMMISSION IS TO ADOPT THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL FAMILY OF CODES
WITH THEIR AMENDMENTS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OR TO REMAIN
CURRENTLY IN THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY
CONSERVATION CODE AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED.
AND THIS IS A LIST OF THE CODES THAT WOULD BE UP FOR ADOPTION.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: APPRECIATE THAT.
QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL. I WILL GO SHARON AND CHRISTINA.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE CEC RECOMMENDED A OPTION,
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED ON THE PACKET, THEIR MOST RECENT
RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THE IEC C, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY
CONSERVATION CODE.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: IS THERE AND THE BCC
RECOMMENDED NOT ADOPTING IT, THOSE ARE BOTH RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM TWO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS THAT REVIEWED ALL THOSE.
>> CORREC.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: WHY ARE WE AS CITY COUNCIL NOT
GIVEN THE OPTION TO CHOOSE WHICH RECOMMENDATION WE WANT TO
FOLLOW.
>> THE BCCC WAS A SPECIFIC BOARD AUTHORIZED TO REVIEW AND
TO BRING BACK A SIG. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS SO THE CEC OVER
THE LAST COUPLE CYCLE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THAT AND
THAT'S INTENTIONAL, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A DESIRE TO HAVE
THAT INPUT WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY.
AS FAR AS WHAT THE BCCC WAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED AND PER
CODE ALLOWS THEM TO DO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES BACK
IS THAT SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION BUT WE INCLUDED THEIR
RECOMMENDATION IN THE PACKET SO IT'S CLEAR WHAT THEIR
RECOMMENDATION WAS. >>Council Member Geuea Jones:
WHICH I DO APPRECIATE, I GUESS MY CONFUSION IS BECAUSE A LOT
OF TIMES COMMISSIONS RECOMMEND REJECTING OR NOT ADOPTING OR
DENYING DIFFERENT THINGS AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
DENIAL, FOR A NO VOTE STILL COME BEFORE COUNSEL BUT IN THIS
CASE YOU'VE CHOSEN NOT TO GIVE US THE OPTION TO EITHER ACCEPT
THE RECOMMENDATION DO NOT ADOPTED OR TO GO AHEAD AND
ADOPT IT OVER THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND I'M
WONDERING WHY THAT DECISION WAS MADE DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME
BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR
COUNSEL IN THIS CASE THAT ISN'T USUAL, AM I MISSING SOMETHING?
>> YEAH, IT WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT COUNSEL USUALLY DIRECTS
THE BCC TO DO AND THAT'S RENEW IT AND BRING BACK THEIR
RECOMMENDATION SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE SO NO DECISION HAS
BEEN MADE, NO ACTION YOU MAKE TONIGHT KIND OF REMOVES THE
POSSIBILITY TO DO ANYTHING WITH EITHER CODE SO THAT'S WHAT WE
WANTED TO COME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 21 TO FURTHER EXPLAIN
WHAT THAT NEXT STEP COULD BE.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: AND ON THE 21ST WERE NOT GIVEN
AN OPTION, WERE GOING TO BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT
MORE?
>> COUNSEL AT ANY TIME GOODS CONSTRUCT A BILL TO BE BROUGHT
FORWARD WITH THE ENERGY CODE BUILT IN FRONT OF THEM TO ACT
ON. AT THIS POINT WE ARE ADVISING
THEM TO COME BACK SEPTEMBER 21 TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK
LIKE IF COUNSEL WANTS TO HAVE THAT BILL BROUGHT FORTH.
RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS BASED ON
THEIR REVIEW. SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE
THAT SAME RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BCC FOR THE ENERGY CODE.
WE BROUGHT THE CODES THAT HAD POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK
AND IT'S DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT BODIES.
COMING FROM PLANNING AND ZONING EVERYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH
THEIR GOES TO COUNSEL BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT BASED ON THE
NATURE OF THE REQUEST.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: UNDERSTOOD.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA HAD YOUR HAND.
>>Council Member Hartman: IN REGARDS TO THE 21ST, IS THERE
ADDITIONAL WORK BEING DONE, IS THAT WHY IT'S BEING DELAYED?
HOW IS THE MONTH HELPING?
>> I DON'T THINK A MONTH DELAY WAS AN INTENT THAT WE NEEDED
ADDITIONAL TIME. HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND
THE BUILDING CODE AS IT PROGRESSED THERE WAS A
REALIZATION WE NEEDED TO SEPARATE THESE TWO TOPICS SO WE
COULD HAVE A CONCENTRATED FOCUSED CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
ENERGY CODE AND I THINK IT CLOUDS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION
IS. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT,
THOSE NINE BILLS. THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION JUST ABOUT THESE TWO.
>> SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO PAGE BY PAGE.
>> IF THAT IS COUNSEL'S DESIRE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS
ONE. OTHERWISE I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 210
THROUGH 218 - 26.
>>Public Speaker: MARK I AM REPRESENTING MID-MISSOURI PIECE
WORKS. I APPRECIATE YOUR ENDURANCE
INTO THESE HOURS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE
DOING. THE WHOLE ISSUE OF BUILDING
CODES IS ONE THAT PIECE WORKS IS SUPPORTIVE OF.
WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE NUMEROUS WAYS IN WHICH BUILDING CODES
ARE VERY HELPFUL. SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY OF
MATERIALS. DURABILITY OF STRUCTURES,
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE SHOULD
BE ADOPTING BUILDING CODES AND WE RECOMMEND YOU ALL PAST
QUALITIES. IT'S IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER SIDE AS WE ARE DISAPPOINTED.
WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION TONIGHT WAS GOING TO BE A
DISCUSSION OF THE ENTIRE PACKAGE OF BUILDING CODES
INCLUDING APPENDIX ON ENERGY CONSERVATION.
AND WE DEEPLY ARE TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN PUT
OFF A MONTH. ALSO I'VE HEARD AND THIS MIGHT
NOT BE THE CASE BUT I'VE HEARD WHATEVER WOULD BE TASKED WHEN
WE RETURNED TO THIS WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE 2028
YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S INDICATIVE OF A LACK OF A SENSE
OF URGENCY AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE
CLIMATE IS JUST BEING SWEPT UNDER THE RUG AND LET'S NOT PAY
ATTENTION TO THAT AND IT'S MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL THERE ARE
REALLY GOOD THINGS IN THE CODE, NOT SAYING THERE AREN'T.
I'M JUST SAYING THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IS THIS ENERGY
CONSERVATION APPENDIX AND WE OUGHT TO BE ADOPTING THAT AS
WELL.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU MARK, IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC
WISHES TO SPEAK ON NOTE 210 THROUGH 218 RELATED TO
INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES.
>>Public Speaker: FIRST IS THERE CONCLUSION FOR HOMEOWNERS
AND THE SECOND IS THE SOLAR PANEL REGULATION WILLING TO
SLOW DOWN THE ADOPTION OF SOLAR PANELS?
AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTED COST ADDITION FOR PUTTING A
RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PANEL ON.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED
CODE FOR ADOPTION.
>>Public Speaker: CALEB KOHLBERG, ATTORNEY AT 1203 W.
BROADWAY TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR A PROCEDURAL
CONSIDERATION. AS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IF THE
COUNCIL ADOPTS THE CODE AS PRESENTED IT GOES TO OCTOBER 1,
2026 AND BASICALLY ANY PROJECT IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW IF THEY
HAVE A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT SUBMITTED
BEFORE OCTOBER 1 THEY WILL QUALIFY TO BE REVIEWED UNDER
THE CODE AS IT EXISTS TODAY AND AFTER OCTOBER 1 THERE WILL BE A
NEW CODE BUT WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS JURISDICTIONS THEY TEND
TO BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TRANSITION SO NASHVILLE
HAD 180 DAY TRANSITION PERIOD, GLENDALE ARIZONA SIX MONTHS,
AUBURN ALABAMA FOUR MONTHS, BOSTON EIGHT MONTHS, YOUR WE'RE
LOOKING AT OCTOBER 1 KOREA WHEN WE'RE TALKING DESIGN
PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE NOW PRESENTED WITH THE CODE THAT'S
OVER A THOUSAND CHANGES THAT'S A LOT TO DIGEST IN THE NEXT SIX
WEEKS SO RESPECTFULLY THERE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
CHANGING THE DATE FOR BILLING IN PROTECTION FOR PROJECTS
ALREADY IN DESIGN. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED 2024 CODES FOR ADOPTION.
>>Public Speaker: PETER CHEEVER, FOURTH WARD.
THERE IS A LOT OF CODES BEING UPDATED HERE AND ONLY ONE SMALL
PORTION IS NOT GETTING UPDATED. BUT THE REALITY IS BY NOT
TAKING THAT ONE PORTION YOU'RE GOING THE WHOLE UPDATE.
HOW CAN ALL THESE BE IMPORTANT BUT THE ENERGY ONE IS NOT
IMPORTANT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
A LOT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO
COME UP WITH THESE, NOT JUST OUR BUILDING CODES COMMISSION
ACROSS THE WORLD PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE BEST
PRACTICES AND CAME UP WITH ENERGY PRACTICES THAT ARE BEST
PRACTICES AND COLUMBIA IS READY TO BE UP-TO-DATE IN ALL
RESPECTS EXCEPT ENERGY? WE DON'T WANT TO BE UP-TO-DATE
IN THAT ASPECT? IT SEEMS STRANGE.
I UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE THINK THIS WILL COST MORE TO BUILD
WITH THOSE ENERGY CODES BUT THE EXTRA COSTS ARE OFFSET OVER THE
PERIOD OF THE MORTGAGE AS ENERGY SAVINGS.
AND THAT'S JUST THE COST OF MORTGAGE, THAT'S 30 YEARS.
THERE IS A MUCH LONGER USEFUL LIFE OF THAT HOUSING STOCK.
I LIVE IN A 100 YEAR OLD HOUSE IN THE CITY SO THAT WOULD BE 70
YEARS WE ARE GETTING BENEFITS ALREADY PAID OFF IN THE FIRST
30 YEAR MORTGAGE SO WE WILL LOSE THAT SAVINGS IF WE DON'T
ADOPT THIS. IN THE PRESENTATION, HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT NUANCE, NUISANCES.
BUT NOW WE TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED.
THE SAME THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THESE ENERGY COSTS,
THOSE LOOK LIKE UNNECESSARY EXTRAS BUT 30 YEARS FROM NOW
THEY WILL BE AWESOME, I APPRECIATE THEY DID THIS 30
YEARS AGO AND DECEIVED ME A HUMONGOUS RETROFIT DEED INTO
THE FUTURE. EVENTUALLY THIS HOUSING BEING
BUILT NOW IT'S RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND ITS LIFECYCLE RIGHT
NOW BUT THIS WILL BECOME RENTAL STOCK AND EVENTUALLY THAT WILL
BE BETTER RENTAL STOCK IF WE BUILD BETTER HOUSING NOW.
SO I SUPPORT PASSAGE OF ALL THIS.
PLEASE VOTE AND PASS ALL THIS BUT DON'T LET THIS GET
SEPARATED AND THEN CANCELED ON THE ENERGY CODES.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALSO GETS INCLUDED IN PASSAGE KOREA AND I
HAVE 14 SECONDS LEFT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WOW,
THANK YOU ALL, CONGRATULATIONS READ IT WAS AN AMAZING SIGHT IN
FRONT OF ME. WOW.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU PETER, WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH
TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THE 2024 BUILDING
CODES AS LISTED HERE. SEEING NONE WE WILL COME TO
COUNSEL COMMENTS. BEFORE WE GET INTO, CLINT CAN
YOU WALK US THROUGH ANY OF THE QUESTIONS, WALK US THROUGH WHAT
POTENTIAL CONVERSATION WILL BE LIKE ON THE 21ST.
BECAUSE I LOOK BACK TO THE 2019 WHAT WAS PROPOSED AT COUNSEL
FOR ADOPTION OF THE 2019 CODES AND AT THIS TIME BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION CODES COMMISSION BOTH AGREED ON ADOPTING THE
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE IN ITS
ENTIRETY SO IS THAT WHY IT CAME BEFORE COUNSEL TOGETHER WITHOUT
MAKING CHANGES TO GO BACK TO THE 2012 OR I GUESS THAT'S MY
QUESTION, WHAT COULD WE EXPECT TO SEE ON THE 21ST.
>> THE 21ST IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOT IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU SO THAT
OUTLAYS A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE VCC
EVALUATED SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK THROUGH
THAT WITH COUNSEL, EXPLAIN WHY IN THE END THEY FELT LIKE SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES WITHIN THE IPCC OR GREATER THAN THEY WERE
ABLE TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF IT AND I WILL POINT OUT ALL THE
CODES WE HAVE ON THE BOARD WERE EVALUATED WITH RECOMMENDED
AMENDMENTS AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS PUT FORTH FOR ADOPTION.
THERE REALLY WASN'T I THINK A TECHNICAL WAY FOR THAT BCCC TO
SAY NO AND HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE COUNSEL WE COULD SAY IT
WAS EVALUATED AND HEARS SPECIFIC THINGS THAT BCCC WOULD
AMEND OUT. WE COULD HAVE I THINK HAD A
BILL THAT WAS THE IEC C BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO
RECOMMEND IT VERBATIM.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THE COMMISSION DID
NOT, I KNOW YOU WERE TRYING TO DO THIS KNOWING IT WOULD BE A
LONG MEETING AND I APOLOGIZE BUT IT IS PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION SO THE IECC, THE BUILDING COMMISSION DID NOT
MAKE AMENDMENTS.
>> THEY DID, THEY EVALUATED EARLY ON AND ERIN DID A GOOD
JOB OF WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WE'VE
HAD SO EARLY ON THERE IS AN INITIAL EVALUATION, THERE WAS A
RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE IECC WITH SOME AMENDMENTS.
AT THAT POINT WHEN I THINK CAME ON BOARD LATE 2025 WE STARTED
TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ABOUT
CONCERNS THERE WERE PORTIONS OF THE IECC, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAYBE NEED FURTHER EVALUATION.
SO AT THAT POINT WE DID START TO LOOK AT SOLICITING MORE
PUBLIC INPUT SO WE HAD A PUBLIC FORUM AND AB HEARD PAGE WE
CREATED AND AFTER EVALUATING AND HEARING A LOT OF PUBLIC
TESTIMONY ABOUT CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOURCES REQUIREMENTS SOME OF THE SPECIFIC GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE FOR RESIDENTIAL, THEY
DECIDED TO REEVALUATE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINAL
RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO ADOPT LAWS PASSED OUT OF THE
COMMITTEE, SO THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO ADOPT
THE IECC TRIP THERE WAS A LOT OF I THINK STARTS AND STOPS IN
THAT PROCESS. IT WAS A BIT OF A TIME PERIOD
WHERE BETWEEN THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION AND WHERE WE
STARTED SO THERE IS A VERSION OUT THERE THAT HAS AMENDMENTS
AND THAT SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT ON THE 21ST BUT THAT
SPECIFIC VERSION WAS NOT PASSED ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE
THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT BY THE FULL BOARD.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WAS THE VERSION EVALUATED IN THE PUBLIC
MEETINGS OR WAS THE FALL AS WRITTEN EVALUATED IN THOSE
MEETINGS?
>> AS WE HELD THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THE HOLD IECC 2024 WAS
UP FOR CONVERSATION SO WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER INPUT ON ALL
ASPECTS AND WE DID MAKE IT KNOWN THERE WAS DISCUSSION
ABOUT CERTAIN PARTS BEING AMENDED OUT ALONG WITH THAT
PROCESS TO TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY AS WE UNCOVERED FEASIBILITY
WITHIN OUR OWN UTILITY TO MEET SOME STANDARDS OF THE CODE, AS
WE DOVE INTO THE DIFFERENT CONSTRAINTS PROPOSED BY
BUILDERS AND DESIGNERS, WE MET WITH ACTUAL ENGINEERS THAT
DESIGNED THESE BUILDINGS. AND TALKED THROUGH WITH THEM
WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT IF WE
AMENDED THAT CODE. THOSE RESULTS WERE NOT
FAVORABLE EITHER. THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECES THAT
AS WE REVIEWED THE CODE AND WHY THEY ARE THERE THEY SEEMED TO
MAKE SENSE BUT AFTER WE STARTED LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTATION,
COMPLIANCE COSTS AND ALL THOSE OTHER VARIABLES BCCC DECIDED TO
SAY LET'S STAY IN THE 15TH UNTIL WE CAN GET A FURTHER
HANDLE AND REAPPROACH COUNSEL AT THAT POINT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DID THE BUILDING CODES CONSTRUCTION
COMMISSION AND STAFF THOUGHT WE WILL BE ADOPTING SOME VERSION
OF AN APPROVED ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE AND NOT
STAYING UNTIL WE REVIEWED THE NEXT CODE CYCLE AND I APOLOGIZE
I'M GETTING INTO THE 21ST CONVERSATION BUT IT IS PART OF
THIS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
>> THERE WASN'T AN EXPECTATION SUMMERWOOD CONSIDER THROUGH
2024 ABOUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION LEFT OPEN THE DOOR AS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAME FORWARD WITH COST IMPACTS WITH
OTHER COMMUNITIES BEING ABLE TO ADOPT IT AND SOMEHOW NAVIGATING
SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD
BE REEVALUATED.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN IS THE NEXT CODE CYCLE REVIEW?
>> 2027 IS DUE TO BE PUBLISHED NEXT YEAR AND AT SOME POINT
AFTER THAT WE WOULD THEN BEGIN THE ZIP CODES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP FROM THE PUBLIC,
ONE WHAT TRIGGERS SOMEBODY WORKING ON THEIR OWN WHOLE
HAVING TO UPDATE FOR THE EXISTING THRESHOLD PRINT SECOND
WAS CAN YOU REEVALUATE YOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IMPACT
ON SOLAR INSTALLATION, WHAT CHANGED IN THE CODE FROM
PREVIOUS VISITS AND THE THIRD ONE WAS IMPLEMENTATION
TRANSITIONAL. I KNOW WE TRIED TO DO THIS IN
LINE WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR. BUT WHAT CAN YOU GIVE FEEDBACK
TO THAT SORT OF WE ADOPT THIS AND TWO WEEKS LATER WE HAVE A
DIFFERENT CODE. PUT THAT IN ANY ORDER YOU WANT.
>> I CAN SAY BE AN OPTION FOR THESE CODES IS SPECIFICALLY
TIMED. THAT IMPLEMENTATION WOULD START
OCTOBER 1 SO THAT'S BOTH BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL REASONS,
THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT THE LAST COUPLE CYCLES BUT THERE IS
A TECHNICAL REASON THAT ALLOWS AN ALIGNMENT OF EVERY PERMIT
THAT IS ISSUED STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO BE KNOWN TO
BE UNDER A SPECIFIC CODE. OCTOBER 1 WE RESET ALL OUR
PERMIT NUMBERS TO NUMBER ONE FOLLOWED BY THE YEAR SO 2027.
IT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY MUCH EASIER FOR STAFF TO IDENTIFY A
PERMIT AND WHAT CODE VERSION IS BEING EVALUATED UNDER.
IF WE POSTPONED IT TO A LATER TIME SAY JANUARY 1 EVERY TYPE
OF PERMIT, FIRE CODE PERMITS, ANY PERMIT WE HAVE, ELECTRICAL
MECHANICAL, ALL THOSE PERMIT NUMBERS BEGIN TO CHANGE
EVERYONE HE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHICH SPECIFIC PERMIT AND WE
HAVE MANY OF THEM THAT NOW WILL BE EVALUATED UNDER THE NEW
BUILDING CODES. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO DELAY
ADOPTION BUT THERE IS A SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE REASON
WE ARE SUGGESTING WE ADOPT IT OCTOBER 1 AND THAT'S FOR THESE
CODES. THE ENERGY CODE IS SOMETHING
THAT GETS FORMS, IT INFORMS THE OTHER CODES SO IT WOULD NOT BE
IMPACTED BY IR DESIRE TO HAVE IT OCTOBER 1 SO THERE'S NOT A
RESTRICTION WE WOULD PUSH IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ADOPTION
OF AN ENERGY CODE. IT IS REALLY REGARDING THESE
CODES IN FRONT OF US TODAY. SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT
OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVING LONGER PERIOD'S, I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE.
IN 2018 THIS IS THE SAME CYCLE WE USE ADOPTED IN AUGUST FOR
OCTOBER.WE HAVE MAYBE NOT A LARGE COMMUNITY AS SOME OF THE
ONES QUOTED SO MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE WELL AWARE WE'VE
BEEN EVALUATING THESE BUILDING CODES SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK
FOR ANY OF THEM BUT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF ANY OF THEM
WEREN'T CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AT THIS ADOPTION CYCLE BEGINNING
OCTOBER 1.
>> HOMEOWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO PULL PERMITS ON THE WORK.
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PULL THEIR OWN PERMIT IF THEY'RE WORKING
ON THEIR OWN HOLD. IF THEY LIVE IN, IF IT'S A
RENTAL PROPERTY THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LICENSED AND
HIRED TO DO THAT WORK. SO IF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING
REQUIRES A PERMIT BY THE CODE THE IRC IN THAT CASE THEN THEY
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PULL THE PERMIT THAT THEY COULD PULL
THEMSELVES. AS FAR AS PHOTOVOLTAIC, A LOT
OF THE CHANGES ARE IN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SOLAR PANELS
AND THE POWER GRID AND THE SYSTEM BREAKER BOX.
THERE IS ALSO ADDED PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO BATTERY STORAGE OR
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. FROM THAT STANDPOINT BECAUSE A
LOT OF OUR SOLAR PANEL SYSTEMS ARE NOW COMING INTO A BATTERY
PACK STORING THE ENERGY AND WAITING FOR IT TO BE DEMANDED.
SO THE EXPENSIVE PHOTOVOLTAIC CODES ARE THOSE AROUND HOW DO
WE PROTECT THAT STORAGE, HOW IS IT INTERFACED TO RENT WHAT TYPE
OF SWITCHES ARE PUT IN PLACE TO REGULATE WHEN THE SOLAR GRID IS
TALKING TO THE DEMAND GRID OR THE UTILITY GRID FROM THAT
STANDPOINT.
>> IS ONE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ADDRESS.
I THINK THERE IS A STATEMENT WE WOULD BE DELAYING THESE UNTIL
2028 AND THAT'S NOT FACTUAL, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SPECIFIC
TIMETABLE. IF THERE WAS SOME DESIRE TO
MOVE AHEAD THERE'S NO NEED TO WAIT UNTIL 2028.
>> HERE RATHER THAN VALERIE.
>> I WENT INTO A COMMENTS RATHER THAN QUESTION.
I WENT INTO TODAY THINKING I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER
AN AMENDMENT TO THIS ALLOWING US TO INCLUDE THE IECC AS PART
OF WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON TONIGHT AND IT WAS A SURPRISE
TO ME TO FIND OUT THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION BASED ON WHAT IS IN
FRONT OF US TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR
FROM THE COUNSEL MEMO ITSELF WHICH AS YOU MENTIONED TALKS A
LOT ABOUT THE BCCC EXTENSIVELY, THESE ARE DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED
CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK THE COUNSEL MEMO ALSO MAKES IT SEEM
LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT.
I THINK IT'S CLEAR FROM COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED THE
PUBLIC ALSO BELIEVES THAT IS WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON TONIGHT.
AND EVEN CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONS LETTER
AND IN REFERENCES THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE BCCC MADE
ON A DOCUMENT WE HAVE NOT YET HAD ACCESS TO.
AND THEY ARE CONVERSATIONS IN EITHER ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS OR
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THOSE AMENDMENTS.
AND THAT'S THOSE ARE REMINISCENT TO THE IECC.
I GUESS JUST AGAIN I'M NOT AGAIN ALSO IN THE FALL FAVOR OF
ALL THESE BUILDING CODES BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS FULL
PROCESS HAS BEEN ABOUT A COMBINATION OF THE BUILDING
CODES AND IECC HAS DEEPLY INVOLVED ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONS
THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THEN IS NOT GETTING US THE
ABILITY TO VOTE ON THAT COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION.
THE CDC'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT ABOUT THE GENERAL BUILDING
CODE, THEY ARE ABOUT THE IECC AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING ON THE
TABLE FOR US TO CONSIDER AND AS WE'VE HEARD WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
CONSIDER UNTIL 2027. SO I FIND HOW THIS PROCESS HAS
FUNCTIONED A LITTLE CONCERNING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
SORRY.
>> I'M THINKING ABOUT MY COMMENTS BECAUSE YOUR COMMENTS
CHANGED SOME OF MY PERCEPTION. I AGREE, I WISH WE HAD THOSE
DOCUMENTS AT HAND PARTICULARLY. I'M THRILLED THAT THESE CODES
ARE IN FRONT OF US TO ACCEPT NOW.
IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME AND IT'S BEEN A NEED FOR A LONG
TIME. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WORKING ON
ADDING WHAT WAS IT, ARTISAN INDUSTRY TO OUR ZONING CODES
AND WONDERING HOW WE WOULD MANAGE A MICRO DISTILLERY WITH
FIRE CODES. AND HOW THAT WOULD BE HANDLED.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE WE HAVE NOW ADOPTED THE BUILDING CODES THAT
ANTICIPATE THOSE NEEDS. THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT AS A FULL PACKAGE.
I'D AT LEAST LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO READING THE FULL
PACKAGE AND CONSIDERING ALL OF IT TOGETHER.
>>Council Member Peters: I THINK AS THE HOUR GETS LATE AND
AFTER OUR LAST MEETING I WAS OKAY AND I JUST HAD THE
ADVANTAGE OF TALKING TO CLIENTS WHEN I WAS GOING TO TALK TO
SOME OF OUR ENVIRONMENTALISTS ABOUT THIS CODE TO DISCOVER WE
WERE NOT GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS
IMPORTANT ENOUGH AND THERE'S ENOUGH CONTROVERSY AND WANTED
TO PULL IT OUT AND HAVE IT AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND I
REMEMBER ASKING WHAT MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IT
OFF FOREVER SO I WAS, YOU KNOW. I'M SORRY?
AND I'M NOT SPEAKING LOUDLY? I WAS PLEASED THEY HAD A TIME
SCHEDULED SO THAT IT WASN'T JUST IN THE FUTURE.
I AM SORRY SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T HEAR IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER. BUT I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THESE
CODES AND HAPPY TO HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE THIS WILL BE AT LEAST
THIS LONG OF A MEETING IF NOT LONGER JUST ON THOSE ENERGY
CODES.I APPRECIATE THE FACT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THIS WOULD
BE A PROBLEM.AND PULL IT OUT. >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA.
>>Council Member Hartman: I'D LIKE TO SAY I THINK WE SHOULD
BE DOING THIS FASTER, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO
REVIEW ALL THAT BUT 18 MONTHS PLUS WAITING FOR 90, 60 DAYS
AFTER REDUCTION, IF THAT ATTITUDE WE ARE ALMOST AT THE
NEXT DATE OF ADOPTION. I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE US
REVIEWING THOSE CODES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NOT ONLY THE
REPORT ON THE 21ST BUT LIKE LET'S MAKE A DECISION ON THE
21ST. I DON'T WANT US TO HAVE TO
REVIEW A CODE THEN COME BACK AND HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION
LATER. I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS
STUFF A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, SHARON.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE PLAN FOR THE IECC IS NOT A
PLAN FOR ADOPTION, IS NOT EVEN A PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION, IT'S
A PLAN TO GET A REPORT AND IT WILL TELL US THE SAME THING THE
REPORT TONIGHT DID WHICH WAS THE CEC RECOMMENDED ADOPTION
WITH AMENDMENTS AND THE BCCC INITIALLY WANTED TO DO
AMENDMENTS OF ADOPTION AND CHANGED THEIR MIND.I AM NOT
INTERESTED IN PARTIAL ADOPTION. EITHER WE TRUST THE IECC WITH
AMENDMENTS OR WE DON'T. AND IF WE DO TRUST THEM THEN WE
NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US AT MOM ONCE BECAUSE
IT WAS BUILT AS A PACKAGE BY AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF EXPERTS
AND REVIEWED BY OUR FOLKS. AND I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD
IDEA TO ADOPT A PARTIAL PACKAGE WITH POTENTIAL FUTURE ADOPTION
OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHILE ASKING OUR BUILDING
COMMUNITY TO THROW TOGETHER THINGS ON A SHORT TIMEFRAME.
I GET THE OCTOBER 1 CYCLE START DATE.
I WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AND I THINK WOULD
SUGGEST THAT ON THE 21ST WE HAVE A FULL PACKAGE IN FRONT OF
US AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WANT TO ADOPT.
I DON'T WANT TO PARTIALLY ADOPT THE IECC'S RECOMMENDATION,
THAT'S WHERE I AM NOT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTION WHERE THE ORIGINAL
RECOMMENDATION FOR AMENDMENTS FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
CODES COMMISSION. WERE THOSE AT A STAGE THEY
COULD BE PROVIDED AT THE 21ST.
>> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND THEM AFTER THIS MEETING.
THERE IS NO REASON TO NOT PROVIDE THOSE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THOSE WOULD BE AS POTENTIAL TO BE AS
INCLUDED AS INTRO AND THE FIRST READ AT THE NEXT MEETING OR
JUST IN ORDINANCE FORM OR AN ATTACHMENT AT THE 21ST MEETING.
>> IF COUNSEL DIRECTS US WE WILL BRING IT FORTH IN THE
MORNING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WAS THERE CLARIFICATION ON THAT,
COMMENTS, VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: QUESTION, WE ADOPTED 2018 LAST.
HOW LONG WAS THAT IN WITH YOU? DOES ANYONE KNOW?
>> I WOULD SAY THIS REVIEW CYCLE DID TAKE LONGER THAN
TYPICAL. FROM MY CONVERSATIONS HERE I
THINK THERE WAS A TRANSITIONAL LEADERSHIP WHICH DELAYED IT SO
WHEN I STARTED WE RESTARTED THAT PROCESS TO GET IT BACK IN
FRONT OF COUNSEL.
>>Council Member Carroll: IS THIS SIMILAR TO 2019, I'M NOT
ASKING WHY IS THIS SO SLOW, I'M ASKING HOW LONG WAS IT IN
REVIEW BEFORE ADOPTION. PART OF THAT HELPS ME GAUGE HOW
LONG ARE BUILDING PROFESSIONALS HAD TO HAVE THESE CODES
AVAILABLE TO THEM WITH THE EXPECTATION SOME FORM OF THEM
WOULD COME FORWARD.
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE 2018 ADOPTION AND REVIEW CYCLE
WAS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR FROM THE DIRECTIVE FROM CITY
COUNCIL. TO THE CODE ADOPTION BEING
PROPOSED ON THE FLOOR FOR ADOPTION.THE 2015 THROUGH THE
2018 ENERGY CODE ADD MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN IT, VERY SMALL
ADJUSTMENTS. AND THE 2018 THROUGH THE 2024
CODE CYCLE DOUBLED THE BOOK IN SIZE HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IN
IT. WE STARTED THE REVIEW IN
OCTOBER 24. WE GOT THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND
OF ENERGY CODE IN ABOUT A YEAR. AND AS WE WERE PREPARING
EVERYTHING FOR COMING BEFORE COUNSEL WITH IT, WE DISCOVERED
AND UNCOVERED ADDITIONAL FACTORS AND ADDITIONAL
VARIABLES THAT OPENED UP THE 24 ENERGY CODE FOR A SECOND ROUND
OF THE LOOK TERRIFIC AND THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP INCREASING THAT
TIME OF REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS UNCOVERED
AT THAT SECOND ROUND REVIEW ON BOTH DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE THAT
WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USING IT OUT IN THE FIELD AS WELL AS
INTERNALLY.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: BLAME THE WHOLE PACKAGE BECAUSE
THERE WERE QUESTIONS ON IECC?
>> A YEAR AGO YES, WE DID DELAY THIS PACKAGE BECAUSE WE WERE
TRYING TO DIVE INTO THE IECC DEEPER.
>> FOR MY OWN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL TO WAIT UNTIL WE CAN
ACCEPT EVERYTHING. I SEE THE POINT AND I SEE WHY
YOU WOULD WANT TO DO THAT. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THAT
BECAUSE BETWEEN 2018 AND DIFFERING 2021, AND HAVING THIS
DELAYED FOR ONE PART OF IT I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH THAT WE
WANT TO HAVE IN PLACE REGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHER
QUESTIONS ARE. AND I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS
ACCEPTING THESE TO PREVENT FURTHER DELAY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS AND ONE OF THE
THINGS I'M HEARING IS I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT TO COME
FORWARD IN THE 21ST IN ORDINANCE FORM AS AMENDED BY
THE BUILDING CODES COMMISSION WITH MAYBE A VERY DETAILED MEMO
IN LINE WITH IT HAS THE ADDITIONAL ASPECTS THAT COME TO
IT AND IF STAFF HAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I'M SAYING THAT NOW FOR ANY COUNSEL COMMENTS SO MANY
COUNSEL COMMENTS BEFORE I MAKE THAT MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION FOR SEPTEMBER 21 TWO COME BACK TO COUNSEL
SOAP INTERN FIRST READ THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES
COMMISSION AS AMENDED RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2024
IPCC WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO IF POSSIBLE RIPPED SUPPLEMENTAL
MEMO WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE
SUPPLEMENTAL, DOESN'T NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE
INTRODUCTION, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE.
I KNOW I JUST ASKED YOU FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WANT
TO GIVE YOU THE TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER FOR THE 21ST MEETING
RED I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, IS THERE A SECOND.
>> I SECOND THE MOTION FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD
SEPTEMBER 21.
>> SO INTRO.THE FIRST ONE. BUT SECOND READ.
AT SEPTEMBER 21 TO BE VOTED ON. ANY DISCUSSION ON MOTION,
DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
>> ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU CAN ASK FOR THAT ALSO AND WE CAN
CONTINUE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
>> JUST SOMETHING WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW BUT I'D LIKE
TO KNOW IN THE FUTURE YOU MENTIONED THE NEW FACTORS THAT
LED TO THAT SECOND. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THOSE WORK, WHEREIN THE CONVERSATION THEY CAME UP AND
WHY THEY HADN'T BEEN SEEN EARLIER.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, SEEING NONE VOTING
ON A MOTION FOR REQUESTING THE IECC 2024 TWO COME ON, EARL
YOU'RE THE LAWYER COMING DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE, SECOND BY
SHARON. IT'S NEVER GOOD WHEN A LAWYER
BRINGS THE MICROPHONE DOWN. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON THE
MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT'S THAT.
ON TO THAT BEFORE I CAN HAVE SHEILA CALL ROLE.
>> INTRODUCTION ON THE SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING THAT WOULD
INCLUDE THE ORDINANCE. SO AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS
REVIEWED WITH AMENDMENTS BY BCCC, THAT VERSION WAS NOT
APPROVED BY THE WHOLE BCCC. THAT ORDINANCE WOULD BE ON
SEPTEMBER 8 FOR CONSIDERATION WITH POTENTIAL APPROVAL ON
SEPTEMBER 21 AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO WHICH WE HAVE
ALREADY DISCUSSED COULD BE I THINK ATTACHED TO THE SEPTEMBER
21 MEETING AS WELL.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: IN CASE WE WANTED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS LIKE
YOU BROUGHT UP THE RENEWAL ENERGY IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
OF IT.
>> ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS I DON'T THINK, WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA AND IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO SEE IT
EARLIER WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON BILLS
210 THROUGH 218 - 26, IF NOT I WILL HAVE SHARON CALL ROLE ON
THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>> COUNSEL BUILD TO 11 - 26. >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>> COUNSEL BUILD TO 12 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES.
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>> COUNSEL BUILD 213 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES.
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>> COUNSEL BUILD 214 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES.
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>> COUNSEL BUILD 215 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES.
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>> COUNSEL BILL 216 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES.
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>> COUNSEL BILL 216 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES.
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>> COUNSEL BUILD 218 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR THE FINAL TIME YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES.
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON, APPRECIATE YOU ALL.MOVING ON,
SHEILA WILL YOU READ BILL 219 - 26.
>> COUNSEL BUILD TO 19 - 26 AMENDED ORDINANCE NUMBER 62509
BY REVISING A POWER COST ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE WITH
METERED ELECTRIC SERVICE AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READ.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?
>> ERIN KEYS UTILITIES DIRECTOR .
COUNCIL APPROVED THE CURRENT PROCEDURE IN 2023 AND
ASSOCIATION WITH THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY PERFORMED AT THAT
TIME. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING COUNSEL
ELECTED TO CAP THE RECOVERY RATE AT 15% OF THE TIER 1
RESIDENTIAL RATE. AND JUST AS A REMINDER ACTUAL
COSTS OF POWER SUPPLY CAN SWING FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THE PCA,
POWER COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM THE UTILITY USES TO ADJUST
REVENUE COLLECTION TO AVOID ANY LARGE ANNUAL DEFICITS OR
SURPLUSES DUE TO CHANGES IN THE ENERGY MARKET.
SO IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THERE'S BEEN INCREASING
UNRECOVERED COSTS AND POWER PURCHASE.
FOR EXAMPLE IN FY 24 THERE WAS WITH THE CAP THERE WAS ABOUT 3
AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT DID NOT GET RECOVERED.
IN 2025 THAT UNRECOVERED AMOUNT INCREASED TO 10 MILLION AND AS
OF JULY THIS YEAR WE ARE ALREADY UP TO 16.8 BILLION.
THOSE ARE POWER COSTS DUE TO OUR POWER SUPPLY WE HAVE NOT
YET RECOVERED SO THAT MEANS IT COMES OUT OF OUR CASH RESERVES
AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS THAT IMPACTS ARE FORECAST FOR
THE FUTURE OF AND IT IMPACTS THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO DO.IF WE ARE HAVING TO DIP INTO OUR CASH RESERVES
TO COVER THOSE ENERGY COSTS. SO WATER AND LIGHT ADVISORY
BOARD WERE LOOKING AT HIS QUARTERLY AND IN THE LAST YEAR
AND AND A HALF THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT MONTHLY BECAUSE
THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED WE ARE NOT RECOVERING OUR COSTS DUE TO
INCREASED POWER SUPPLY. SO THEY LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD
LOOK LIKE IF THERE WAS NO CAP, IF THERE WAS A 17 AND A HALF%
CAP, A 20%, 25% AND THEY WERE TRYING TO BALANCE OUR FISCAL
NEEDS WITH CUSTOMER IMPACT. THEY RECOMMENDED INCREASING THE
CAP FROM 15% TO THE 20% OF RESIDENTIAL TIER 1 FOR AN
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $6.1 MILLION IN FY 27 AND
REDUCE OUR ANNUAL TRUE UP.SO AGAIN THIS COST, APPROVING,
WELL THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL BILL CALCULATOR ON THE CITY'S
WEBSITE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN PUT IN THEIR ACCOUNT NUMBER AND SEE
WHAT THE DIFFERENCES FOR ALL THE GREAT CHANGES THAT HAVE,
THE ONES YOU'VE APPROVED AND THIS PCA WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO APPROVING THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT WOULD UPDATE THE POWER
COST ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE TO INCREASE THE CAP FROM 15% OF
THE TIER 1 RESIDENTIAL RATE TO 20% OF THE TIER 1 RESIDENTIAL
RATE. AGAIN OUR PLAN IS IN FY 27 THE
COST OF SERVICE STUDY WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE
PROCEDURE. IT WILL UPDATE THE BASE RATE
THE PROCEDURE IS BASED ON AND UPDATE THAT PCA RATE BASED ON
OUR EXPERIENCE OVER THESE PAST THREE YEARS.
MANY OTHER MISSOURI UTILITIES DO HAVE A PCA.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF IMPLEMENTING IT.
WE ARE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. BUT AGAIN THIS IS A MECHANISM
TO RECOVER SOME OF THE INCREASED COSTS WE'VE BEEN
SEEING IN POWER SUPPLY. IT'S IMPLEMENTED UNIFORMLY OVER
ALL THE CUSTOMERS. WE ARE JUST USING THE
RESIDENTIAL TIER 1 RATE AS A MECHANISM TO IMPLEMENT THAT BUT
IF WE CHOSE TO UPDATE IT WITH THE COST OF SERVICE WE COULD
LOOK AT OTHER MECHANISMS FOR DOING, FOR OUR CURRENT
PROCEDURE. WITH THAT I'M WILLING TO
ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS.
AT THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT IMPACT TO OUR INDUSTRIAL
CUSTOMERS AND WE'VE RECEIVED QUESTIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT
LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT IT'S PROCEDURE IS BASED ON
RESIDENTIAL RATES AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO
APPLY THAT 20% ACROSS ALL THE RATES, LIKE WHAT IMPACT THAT
WOULD HAVE TOWARDS REDUCING. HAS STAFF EVALUATED THE IMPACT
TO LARGE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS.
>> WHEN WE TOOK THIS TO WATER AND LIGHT ADVISORY BOARD AND
LOOKED AT PERCENTAGES ON INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS WAS PART
OF THE EQUATION. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY
DIDN'T GO WITH NO CAP OR A 25%. THEY JUST WENT UP 5% TO TRY TO
MINIMIZE THAT BUT ALSO TO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER MORE OF THE
FUNDS NEEDED TO PAY FOR OUR POWER SUPPLY COSTS.
STAFF TODAY WE DID LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE
TO DO SOME DIFFERENT MECHANISMS BESIDES TIER 1 BUT REALLY I
THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING CONFUSED THAT TIER 1 AS
RESIDENTIAL RATE, THAT'S JUST A MECHANISM WE ARE USING.
IF WE WERE TO USE EACH CUSTOMERS FOR LACK OF A BETTER
TERM TIER 1 RATE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER THE $6
MILLION WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR FORECAST AS WE'VE
PROPOSED EARLIER TO YOU IN JULY.
BECAUSE THE MILLION DOLLARS WE WOULDN'T RECOVER, THOSE
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. SO THE QUESTION YOU'D ASKED
EARLIER TODAY, BUT OUR BREAKOUT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL RATE,
BETWEEN COMMERCIAL REVENUE AND RESIDENTIAL AND 63% OF OUR
REVENUE, IS THAT RIGHT? COMES FROM COMMERCIAL AND THE
REMAINDER COMES FROM RESIDENTIAL SO IT'S A BIG
IMPACT IF WE CHANGED THE PROCEDURE TO BE THOSE TEARS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: TO CLARIFY THEN, WE ARE RECOVERING ENERGY
USED SO THIS IS THEIR ENERGY USED.
IT IS AFFECTING ALL OF US OBVIOUSLY BUT IT IS ALSO YOU
PAY MORE BECAUSE YOU USED MORE, IS THAT CORRECT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. ON THEIR REGULAR RATES THE
LARGE GENERAL SERVICE AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS THEY HAVE
A DEMAND CHARGE SO THEIR REGULAR RATE IS LOWER.
THAT'S WHERE THEY SEE THEIR DISCOUNT IS IN THEIR NORMAL
RATE. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO RECOVER
IN THE PCA AGAIN IS JUST THAT ENERGY USE, IT'S NOT ALL THE
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES WE ARE TRYING TO
RECOVER.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, CHRISTINA.
>>Council Member Hartman: SO YOUR PEAK USAGE TIME IS SUMMER,
WINTER, FALL.
>> WE ARE A SUMMER PEEKING UTILITY.
>>Council Member Hartman: IF WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE RECOUPING
COSTS, IF SUMMER IS THE PEAK WHY DID WE WAIT UNTIL ALMOST
FALL TO DO ADJUSTMENTS.
>> I THOUGHT IT BEST TO BRING IT AT THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE
BRINGING RATES AND TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
>>Council Member Hartman: I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LIKE
WHAT ALTERNATIVES DO WE HAVE INSTEAD OF RELYING SO HEAVILY
ON CONTRACTS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS BUT IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO
WHERE WE CAN EITHER PRODUCE MORE OF OUR OWN RATHER THAN
RELYING ON THESE CONTRACTS THAT REQUIRE THAT ADDITIONAL
UNPREDICTABILITY RATE.
>> OUR CONTRACTS ARE ONE PORTION OF OUR POWER SUPPLY
COSTS.THE ACTUAL ENERGY USED WE ARE PAYING MARKET RATES FOR
THAT. AND IT'S CALLED THE LOCATIONAL
MARGINAL PRICE, LLP'S. THOSE ARE ALL BASED ON THE
MARKET AND EVERYBODY PAYS THOSE.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE GET COMPLEX IN ELECTRICITY BUT THE L MPS
HAVE BEEN GOING UP CONSIDERABLY YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
OUR CONTRACT PRICES HELP KEEP OUR ENERGY PRICES LOWER BUT THE
L MPS GOING UP STILL IMPACT OUR OVERALL ENERGY POWER SUPPLY
PURCHASE.
>>Council Member Hartman: SO ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN DO TO
OFFSET THAT? BESIDES JUST INCREASING THAT
PERCENTAGE.
>> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT WITH THE LMP PRICES
GOING UP, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO.
>> ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND I THINK SOMETHING
TO CLARIFY HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE LMP COSTS WHERE WERE
GETTING OUR ENERGY FROM IN OUR OWN FACILITIES IS INDEPENDENT
AND ALMOST A SEPARATE PROJECT SO LET'S SAY WE NEED 200 MW.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT WHERE WE RECEIVE THEM FROM EXCELLENT
SOURCES, IF THE COST OF THE ENTIRE MARKET AS A CERTAIN
PRICE COST IS SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY
ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE WE DO PURCHASE OR ENERGY FOR ALL
USAGE, NO MATTER WHERE WE GENERATE OUR OWN POWER FROM.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. SEEING NONE WOULD ANYONE FROM
THE PUBLIC WHICH TO SPEAK ON BILL 219 - 26.
WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL COMMENTS, CAN YOU REMIND US THE
TIMELINE WITH THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY AND WHEN WE CAN
EXPECT UPDATES.
>> WE WILL CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT EARLY IN OCTOBER
HOPEFULLY IS OUR PLAN TO START WORKING ON THAT.
THERE WILL BE AN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, THEY WILL COLLECT
INFORMATION FROM STAFF AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOMETHING
BACK IN THE EARLY PART OF 2027. SO THAT WHATEVER RATE INCREASES
WE WOULD NEED TO DO WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE WITH THE
BUDGET PROCESS FOR 2028.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, SHEILA WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON BILL 219 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL OLD BUSINESS ITEM OF
THE EVENING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ BILL 220 - 26.
>> ORDINANCE VACATING A PEDESTRIAN STREET TRAIL UTILITY
AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT ADJACENT TO LOTS 227 TO 28 THROUGH 37
AND 238 WITHIN THE FINAL PLAT OF OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH PLAT
NUMBER ONE LOCATED EAST OF WALTON YOUTH DRIVE AND WEST OF
ASHDOWN DRIVE DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO HAVE A COPY OF
THIS ORDINANCE RECORDED ACCEPTING A GRANT OF EASEMENT
OR UTILITY AND DRAINAGE PURPOSES FROM THE GAIL
SERGEANT, JAMES AND DEBORAH PROBST NEW HAVEN CUSTOM HOMES
LLC DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO HAVE THE CONVEYANCE REPORTED
FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND
READING.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN
EASEMENT VACATION UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND THE
RERECORDING OF THE UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE
LOCATION WISE, SO IT'S LOCATED REALLY ACROSS A RESIDENTIAL
BLOCK. THIS IS OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH SO
WE HAVE RICHLAND ROAD RUNNING ALONG THE TOP.
NEAR OLD HAWTHORNE REGIONAL SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH JUST
OFF THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT IS ROLLING HILLS ROAD.
WE CAN KIND OF ZOOM IN ON THAT SITE SO THAT'S THE EASEMENT
TONIGHT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR VACATION.
IT REALLY THAT VACATION WITH THE REDEDICATION AFFECTS THE
TRAIL EASEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED A SPECIFIC
TRAIL/SIDEWALK TO BE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THESE FOUR
RESIDENTIAL LOTS CONNECTING ASHDOWN.
SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHY WE HAVE THAT HERE.
SO WHEN THE OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS APPROVED
THIS SPECIFIC BLOCK RIPPED LOVELOCK REALLY BEING THE
PORTION NORTH OF SOUTH YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN PRINT WE HAVE A
REQUIREMENT IT CANNOT EXCEED 600 FEET IN LENGTH SO THAT'S A
STRAIGHT CONNECTIVITY TYPE COMPONENT OF OUR SUBDIVISION.
MEANT TO REALLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STREET SEGMENTS TO
CONNECT SO WE DON'T HAVE EXTREMELY LONG BLOCKS AND IT
ALLOWS FOR ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS FOR TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS WRIT IT
INCREASES THE EFFICIENCY OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE TRAFFIC
SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. SO MAXIMUM 600 FEET.
THEY REQUESTED THE APPLICANT AT THE TIME REQUESTED TO EXCEED
THAT UP TO 750 FEET SO AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED 50 FEET ON
THAT PACIFIC BLOCK WRITTEN CONDITION APPROVED WITH THAT
DESIGN ADJUSTMENT WAS THAT A MIDLIFE CROSS IF YOU WILL WAS
APPROVED TO ALLOW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
KIND OF MIDWAY THROUGH THAT NOW LONGER BLOCK THAN IS STANDARD
TO ALLOW I THINK THAT CONTINUED KIND OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IF
YOU WILL OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK
AROUND THE ENTIRE BLOCK SO IT WAS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF
THE UPPER BLOCK. THERE WERE TWO OTHER ONES IN
THE SUBDIVISION.IT IS A I HESITATE TO SAY STANDARD BUT
DEFINITELY A JEWEL WE HAVE USED ON A COUPLE SUBDIVISIONS NOW
WHEN A REQUEST TO HAVE A LONGER BLOCK LENGTH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED
BY AN APPLICANT. SO SOMETHING WE ARE SEEING MORE
AND MORE OF READ THAT LEADS ME TO OUR NEXT CONVERSATION SO
THIS IS REALLY MORE ZOOMED IN DETAILED LOOK OF WHERE THAT
TRAIL WOULD HAVE GONE. IT IS NOT CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED
SO TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS, THE AND
WHY THE EASEMENT VACATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED.
THE HOUSE TO THE NORTH OF THAT REDLINE LOT 227 A PERMIT WAS
ISSUED FOR THAT SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE WAS ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTED, DIFFICULT FINAL
STEP IN CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE PROCESS IS INSPECTION AND
ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WHICH MEANS THAT THE
STRUCTURE CAN BE OCCUPIED READ EVERYTHING'S COMPLETED, SOMEONE
CAN MOVE IN. THE TRAIL WAS INTENDED TO BE
CONSTRUCTED HIGHER TO THE FIRST CO ISSUANCE OF ALL FOUR HOWEVER
THE CO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS PREMATURELY ISSUED BY THE
DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AND THE HOUSE WAS
SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD TO THE CURRENT OWNER.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE BEGAN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS
OWNER. I THINK IN THE LATE LAST YEAR
IT WAS AS WE WENT TO ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE NEXT HOUSE TO
THE SOUTH.IT WAS IDENTIFIED THE TRAIL WAS NOT COMPLETED AS
IT SHOULD SO WE TOOK APPROPRIATE STEPS TO MAKE SURE
IT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. AT THAT POINT WE RECEIVED
COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOTH THOSE OWNERS WITH ADDITIONAL I THINK
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THAT REQUIREMENT
BETWEEN THESE TWO OF STRUCTURES AND HOW IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT
ON THEIR PROPERTIES AND ALSO WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THEIR
HOUSES COULD DECREASE THE ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY SO
WE DID WORK WITH THEM ON POTENTIAL STEPS TO REMOVE THAT
REQUIREMENT IF THEY SO CHOSE TO SEEK THAT AND THEY DID SUBMIT
THE APPLICATION WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT SO WHAT THEY'VE
REQUESTED TO ALLEVIATE THE EXISTING IN THEIR VIEWPOINT
EXISTING HARDSHIP ON THESE PROPERTIES IS TO VACATE THE
TRAIL EASEMENT AND WE BE VACATING ALL EASEMENTS AND
HAVING TO PUT BACK TO WHERE JUST VACATING THE TRAIL
EASEMENT WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT TRAIL TO
BE CONSTRUCTED. I JUST POINT OUT OBVIOUSLY THIS
IS NOT A BEST CASE SCENARIO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE GO
FORWARD IF THIS CONTINUES TO BE A STANDARD DESIGN ADJUSTMENT
CONDITION IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO THAT IT'S
STANDARDIZED. ONE OF THE ISSUES WE IDENTIFIED
WAS REALLY AN AD HOC REQUIREMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS IN PLACE.
THAT GUIDE REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AND WE WERE
TRYING TO ENFORCE IT SIMILAR TO OTHER SITUATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT SLIPPED BETWEEN THE CRACKS SO
WE DON'T BELIEVE NECESSARILY THIS WOULD IMPACT LIFE SAFETY.
AS I SAID THE PURPOSE OF THAT CROSS ACCESS WAS TO FIND THE
ADDRESS LONGER BLOCK LENGTH AS A CONDITION OF ALLOWING THAT SO
SORT OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ACCESS THROUGH THESE LOTS.I
WOULD SAY THAT WE DID REVIEW HOW THIS DID OCCUR AND THE
SITUATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO IT.
WORKED WITH STAFF TRYING TO ADDRESS MEANINGFUL STEPS TO
MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN SO WE'VE INITIATED
ADDITIONAL CONTACT REQUIREMENTS ANYTIME WE HAVE A TRAIL
EASEMENT LIKE THIS THAT'S NONSTANDARD MAKING SURE THE
OWNER OR BUILDER IS WELL AWARE. SO THEN STAFF IS MAKING SURE
EVERYONE ON BOARD UNDERSTAND THAT REQUIREMENT.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE CHANGING HOW AND WHEN IT GETS
CONSTRUCTED. RIGHT NOW WE VIEWED IT MORE
LIKE A SIDEWALK ALONG WITH THE HOUSE AND MOVING FORWARD WE
WILL LOOK AT MORE OF THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS SO
IT'S CONSTRUCTED UPFRONT. THE RECOMMENDATION JUST SOME
CONTEXT THESE ARE THE TWO HOMES THE TRAIL WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED,
A 8 FOOT PATH BETWEEN THE HOMES AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LINE
BETWEEN THE TWO HOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.
IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE DIDN'T PUT FORTH A SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD PROVIDE THAT THIS IS
NOT REALLY A SITUATION WE APPRECIATE BEING IN.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE. THIS PATHWAY DOES PROVIDE A
PATHWAY FORWARD IF COUNSEL DETERMINES THE TRAIL EASEMENT
IS NOT NECESSARY AND WOULD ALLEVIATE CONCERNS FROM THE
PROPERTY OWNERS SO WITH THAT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR
RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS TO CLARIFY A YES VOTE ON THIS
ORDINANCE IS DOING THE ELIMINATION AND A NO VOTE IS
UPHOLDING THE REQUIREMENT.
>> I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I WANT TO CLARIFY SO SINCE BOTH ARE ON
THEIR IT COULD BE CONFUSING SO QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL,
VALERIE. >>Council Member Carroll: A
LOT OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT VACATING THE
EASEMENT FOR THE TRAIL. WE ARE ALSO VACATING UTILITY
AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS.
>> WE WOULD BE RE-DEDICATING THOSE TWO TO MAKE IT SIMPLER TO
DEDICATE ALL THE EASEMENTS AND THE UTILITY.
>>Council Member Carroll: MY OTHER QUESTION IS, HOW IS IT
COMMUNICATED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND BUILDER THAT THERE
WAS AN EASEMENT PRESENT AND A REQUIREMENT FOR A PEDESTRIAN
PATH.
>> MOST DIRECTLY THE REQUIREMENT IS LISTED ON THE
PLOT PLAN SO WHEN SOMEONE TURNS IN A REQUIREMENT THEY HAVE TO
MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THE TRAIL WAS REFLECTED SO
THAT WAS ISSUED, THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED WITH THAT PLOT PLAN SO
THEY ARE AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENT AND THAT
REQUIREMENT IS ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AS WELL.
>>Council Member Carroll: THE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS
WORKING ON THIS, THEY WERE PRESENT AT THE HEARING?
THE PLANNING AND ZONING HEARING WHEN WE GAVE THEM THE WAIVER
FOR BLOCK LENGTH CONTINGENT ON.
>> AT THAT TIME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEVELOPER.
I THINK THEY ARE SEPARATE.
>>Council Member Carroll: SO THAT INFORMATION ISN'T PASSED
FORWARD.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, SHARON.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE BUILDER PULLED THE PLAT,
THE PLAT SHOWED THE EASEMENTS, THE BUILDER HAD TO HAVE PULLED
THE PLAT BEFORE HE BEGAN LAYING OUT WHERE THE HOUSE WOULD BE.
CORRECT?
>> I SUSPECT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE THE LOT DIMENSIONS.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: I AM INCREDIBLY HESITANT TO
REWARD A VIOLATION LIKE THIS. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW
THIS ISN'T DOING THAT IN YOUR MIND OR IS THIS JUST SUCH A
WEIRD, WE MESSED UP EXAMPLE THAT THERE'S NOT ANOTHER
OPTION?
>> THERE ARE CERTAINLY OPTIONS. I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THE TRAIL
COULD NOT BE BUILT. IT COULD BE BUILT.
I WOULD SUGGEST THOUGH THERE ARE CERTAINLY MISSTEPS MAYBE BY
ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED. WE DISCUSSED SOME BY THE CITY,
THE BUILDERS CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AWARE OF THIS
REQUIREMENT AND THE OWNERS MAY HAVE ONE TO DO A LITTLE MORE
DUE DILIGENCE BUT I HESITATE TO PUT BLAME ON ANYONE
SPECIFICALLY. I'M FINE WITH OUR MISSTEPS AND
LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO
ACCEPT THE BLAME NECESSARILY OR BLAME ANYONE.
I'M MERELY CONCERNED THIS IS SOMETHING PLANNING AND ZONING
FECES A LOT WHERE PEOPLE WANT MUCH LARGER BLOCK LENGTH AND
THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE WE ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS BLOCKING
TRAIL AND WORD WILL GET OUT THAT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND BUILD
OVER IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ANYMORE.
I HEAR YOU SAYING THERE ARE PROCEDURES YOU ARE PUTTING IN
PLACE. IS THAT WHERE WE ARE AT?
>> WE WILL BE NOTIFYING ANYTIME WE HAVE AN APPLICATION COME IN
FOR A PERMIT THAT HAS ONE OF THESE UNCOMMON TRAILS WE WILL
BE REACHING OUT TO EVERYONE LISTED ON THAT PERMIT TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE ALL AWARE IT IS A REQUIREMENT.
IN THE FUTURE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS WERE GOING TO MAKE
IT A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER AND THIS GOES BACK TO
THERE'S NO REAL SPECIFIC DIRECTION.
THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES ARE REQUIRED TO BE BUILT BY A
DEVELOPER, WE NEED SIDEWALKS AND FRONTAGE ON HOMES TO MEET
THE BUILDER SO THIS FALLS IN BETWEEN THOSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT ABLE TO BE ADDRESSED IF WE HAVE
THEM ALL BUILT UP FRONT. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
PERTAIN TO SUBDIVISIONS APPROVED ALREADY SO THAT'S
WHERE THE NOTIFICATION WILL COME FROM.
WE HAVE OTHER ONES SUCH AS LEGACY FARMS AS WELL SO WE ARE
PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THIS WOULD
BE A GREEN LIGHT TO ANYONE TO START BUILDING.
WE ARE MORE AWARE IF WE SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO ISSUE CEOS. WE HAVE THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO
ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: CAN WE TREAT IT LIKE A STREET
TO REPLACE A STREET? THANK YOU.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, ANYONE
HAVE ONE BEFORE VALERIE HAD ANOTHER.
>>Council Member Carroll: WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP OVER TIME.
THIS IS A SITUATION, NOT THIS SITUATION, THE SITUATION WHERE
WE OFFER A PEDESTRIAN PATH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE BLOCK
LENGTH AND KEEP PEDESTRIAN CONDUCTIVITY.
AND PARTICULARLY I LIKE THAT AS A WIN-WIN.
WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE'VE OFFERED IT A HANDFUL OF
TIMES. AND BUILDERS HAVE CAUGHT ON TO
THAT AND THEY'VE OFFERED IT IN PROPOSALS THEY'VE BROUGHT US
AND WE'VE ACCEPTED THAT. AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT TO ME
WHETHER IN OUR REVIEW OF THE CASE IS THIS ONE OF THE ONES
THAT WE BROUGHT TO THEM, THAT WE SUGGESTED AS A REQUIREMENT
IF YOU CAN DO THIS WE WILL APPROVE IT OR IS THIS ONE THEY
SUGGESTED TO US IN THEIR PLAN THAT THEY WOULD DO IT?
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, CLINT.
>> I THINK STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT ALWAYS WORK A
LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH CLARITY AND THE STANDARD WE'VE SET AS
WE ARE ACCEPTABLE OF BLOCK LENGTHS THAT EXCEED 1600 UP TO
A CERTAIN LENGTH AS LONG AS THERE'S A CROSS ACCESS
EASEMENT. THAT'S A PREFERABLE STANDARD TO
SET AS OPPOSED TO CASE-BY-CASE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: SHE'S ASKING FOR THIS SPECIFIC ONE, WAS THIS
THAT RECOMMENDED OR DID A DEVELOPER PRESENT THIS?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I RECALL. THIS ONE I DON'T BELIEVE WAS
STAFF RECOMMENDED. I DON'T THINK THESE BEGAN AS
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, IT CAME OUT OF A DESIGN ADJUSTMENT
REQUEST THROUGH HEARINGS AND DISCUSSION WITH PUBLIC BODIES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC.
THE FIRST ONE I RECALL COMING TO US PLANNING AND ZONING
SUGGESTED THIS, THE COMMISSIONER SUGGESTED THIS AND
THE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL ACCEPTED THAT AND SAID WE CAN
DO THAT AND IT WAS ACCEPTED WITH THAT.
THEN IN SUBSEQUENT THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US THE
DEVELOPERS SUGGESTED BUILDING A TRAIL.
I DON'T THINK EITHER WAS STAFF SUGGESTING BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW
WHETHER THE DEVELOPER OFFERED THIS OR WHETHER THE COMMISSION
OFFERED THIS.
>> THE INITIAL DESIGN ADJUSTMENT AND TRAIL EASEMENT,
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? I THINK WHEN THIS INITIALLY
CAME THROUGH, GOING OFF MEMORY IT WAS A DESIGN ADJUSTMENT TO
WEAVE THAT REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW A LONGER BLOCK AND THE TRAIL
EASEMENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH
PLANNING AND ZONING. WE FOUND A COUPLE OTHER
SUBDIVISIONS SINCE THEN AND HAVE NOW LIKE YOU SAID I THINK
HAVE TURNED MORE INTO WELL, THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE
SO WE WILL SUGGEST IT ON THE FRONT END SPEAKING FROM A
DEVELOPERS POINT OF VIEW.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
ON BILL 220 - 26 PROPOSAL FOR THE EASEMENT VACATION.
>>Public Speaker: KRISTA MARIE, AWARD 1. DID YOU LIVE ON WEST
AND THEY WANT TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK CITY WILL MAKE THAT
DECISION. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME TO A
HEARING BUT IF THE DEMAND IS LOWER THAN THEIR IT IS.
WHEN I WAS A KID IN COLUMBIA IN THE 90S I KNEW A LOT OF EMINENT
DOMAIN ESPECIALLY AROUND I-70 AND THERE'S BEEN INDIVIDUALS
WHO LOST THEIR LAND RECENTLY BECAUSE OF EXPANSION.
WHEN WE THINK OF THIS THINK OF THE PRESIDENT YOU'RE SETTING IT
WAS IMPORTANT, IS IT THE HOMEOWNERS FAULT?
OF COURSE NOT BUT ALSO DUE DILIGENCE.
I HAD NO THERE WERE WATER ISSUES IN THE HOUSE OR I DEAL
WITH THE CONSEQUENCES, I STILL HAVE TO FIX MY LEAKY BASEMENT
SO IS THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND POSSIBLE GROWTH
OF THAT COMMUNITY AND TRAFFIC FLOW WORTH IT OR IS THIS
SOMETHING WE END WAVE AND IT WAS NEVER SOMETHING IMPORTANT
IN THE FIRST PLACE AND IN 10 YEARS THERE ARE NO MORE
CROSSWALKS BECAUSE WHY BOTHER?
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE TRAIL EASEMENT.
>>Public Speaker: MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY, MY NAME IS JIM PROBST, I'M 80 YEARS OLD AND IN
MARCH MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A HOME ON WILTON DRIVE AND LIKE
MANY RETIREES WE DOWNSIZED FROM A LARGER HOME IN COLUMBIA.
WE CHOSE THIS PROPERTY FOR THE PRIVACY AND QUIET SETTING WE
BELIEVE IT OFFERED INTENDED TO MAKE THIS OUR FINAL HOME.
IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY WE PUT
IN AN AMOUNT OF MONEY. , THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
EIGHT DAYS AFTER CLOSING WE LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM
THE BUILDER'S REPRESENTATIVES A PUBLIC WALKWAY WAS PLANNED TO
GO THROUGH OUR WALKWAY TO READ IT SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CITY
WORKERS EXPLAINED THE WALKWAY WOULD RUN BETWEEN OUR HOME AND
NEIGHBORS PROPERTY IN THE PAST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO OUR
HOUSE AND BY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT I MEAN THE EASEMENT
COMES WITHIN 1 FOOT OF MY HOUSE.
TECHNICALLY I GUESS METER IS IN VIOLATION OF THE EASEMENT
THAT'S HOW TIGHT IT IS. THIS EASEMENT WILL TAKE OUT A
LARGE SECTION OF OUR NEW FENCE, TAKE OUT A LARGE SECTION OF OUR
BACKYARD AND SPRINKLER SYSTEM. IT WILL CONTINUE RIGHT TO THE
CENTER OF THE BACKYARD THAT REDLINE ON YOUR CHART I THINK
IS THE CENTER OF THE EASEMENT, NOT THE TOTAL EASEMENT BECAUSE
THAT EASEMENT SWINGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR BEDROOM AND
BATHROOM WINDOWS, SOMETHING I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD WANT.
IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE CENTER PART OF OUR BACKYARD AND
EVENTUALLY EXIT RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF PRIVACY AND
USE OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF OUR YARD.
HAD WE KNOWN A PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WAS PLANNED
WE WOULD NEVER, I MEAN NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS HOME.
I BELIEVE MOST HOMEBUYERS WOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE PURCHASING A
PROPERTY THAT HAD A PUBLIC WALKWAY IN THEIR BACKYARD SO
CLOSE TO THEIR RESIDENCE. I JUST DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO
DO IT. WHAT MAKES THIS SITUATION SO
DIFFICULT FOR US IS THIS WALKWAY SHOULD HAVE NEVER
EXISTED.WHEN WE VIEWED AND PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, WE'VE
LEARNED UNDER THE APPROVED PLAT ASSOCIATED CITY ORDINANCE THIS
WALKWAY WAS REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED BEFORE THE CITY ISSUE
THAT ORDER OF OCCUPANCY ON OUR HOME.
THAT DID NOT OCCUR. WE LATER LEARNED THE WOODEN
FORMS TO POUR THAT WALKWAY REPLACED OVER A YEAR BEFORE WE
BOUGHT THE HOUSE BUT THOSE FORMS WERE REMOVED AND IT WAS
NEVER INSTALLED WRITTEN EITHER THE DEVELOPER BUILDER SELLER
NOR THE CITY INFORMED US THERE WAS A PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT WHEN
IT WAS REQUIRED. HAD THE WALKWAY THEN VISIBLE
AND WE HAD BEEN FULLY INFORMED ABOUT THE DECISION WHETHER TO
PURCHASE THE HOME I CAN ALMOST BELIEVE NO ONE WOULD HAVE
WANTED TO BUY THAT HOUSE. I THINK I'M GETTING CLOSE TO MY
ALLOTTED TIME AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY WIFE BECAUSE
SHE USUALLY HAS THE LAST WORD ANYWAY.
>>Public Speaker: MY NAME IS DEBORAH PROBST.
I HAVE COCHLEAR IMPLANTS SO I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOUR MOUTH.
>>Public Speaker: I THINK WELL, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO IMPRESS
UPON THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T JUST THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
THE EASEMENT BUT THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, THAT
WALKWAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE THE HOUSE WAS EVER
ALLOWED TO BE SOLD.I UNDERSTAND THAT MISTAKES CAN
HAPPEN. HOWEVER, MY HUSBAND AND I
PLAYED NO ROLE IN CREATING THIS SITUATION.
WE RELIED ON THE REASONABLE ASSUMPTION THAT SENDS AMONG
OTHER THINGS THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR
ALMOST A YEAR, SO DID THE HOME WE PURCHASED WOULD HAVE BEEN
FULLY DEVELOPED AND APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THE
APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS. TODAY WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
WOULD BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE EARLIER DECISIONS.
AT OUR AGE WE ARE UNLIKELY TO ENJOY THIS HOME FOR DECADES TO
COME. YET WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF
LOSING OUR PRIVACY, LOSING THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTY AND
SUFFERING A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN VALUE DESPITE
HAVING PURCHASED A HOME IN GOOD FAITH AND INVESTED ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR OUR RETIREMENT.
FOR THOSE REASONS MY HUSBAND AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE
COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE VACATING THIS
PEDESTRIAN EASE WAY. DOING SO WOULD PROVIDE A FAIR
AND EQUITABLE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM WE DID NOT CREATE AND
CANNOT SOLVE ON OUR OWN. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION, YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR
THOUGHTFUL ATTENTION TO OUR REQUEST.
THANK YOU.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
SPEAK?
>>Public Speaker: DANNY PEREZ, I'VE BEEN A FAN OF PEDESTRIAN
WALKWAYS BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE FEATURE A PLAN THAT
WE DO HAVE BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE IN MIND AS WE
ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THERE WAS A LOT OF
MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE TRAIL AND I'M CURIOUS WHERE IS THE
TRAIL SUPPOSED TO LEAD TO IN THE STREETS?
JUST A CUT THROUGH? IS IT NECESSARY?
IS IT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE A THING?
IS IT JUST A CONVENIENCE OR IS IT CONNECTING, IF THIS IS ONE
OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I LIKE PEDESTRIAN STUFF BUT THERE
MIGHT NEED TO BE A PURPOSE AS TO WHAT IT'S DOING.
I'M SURE IT'S FINE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST THERE SO I WAS
CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE. IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME SO
WHOEVER IS TALKING TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
>>Public Speaker: WE CURRENTLY LIVE AT 210 WALDEN HEATH DRIVE
AT 102 28 GARLAND STREET.
>>Public Speaker: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US OUR CHANCE TO
SPEAK, WE FOUND ABOUT THE PEDWAY BECAUSE WE GOT TO THE
BUILDER AND THEY GAVE US A CHOICE OF FIVE LOTS THAT RAN
ALONG ASH DRIVE AND BECAUSE THAT'S THE FRONT DRIVE COMING
INTO THE SUBDIVISION, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T
HAVE PRIVACY FROM THE TRUCKS AND EVERYBODY COMING THROUGH.
WHEN WE WERE DEBATING WHAT WE WERE DOING THEY BROUGHT US BACK
THIS LAST LOT WITH THE CONTINGENCY THAT IT WAS A
TRADITIONAL $10,000 OF THAT LOT BECAUSE THEY HAD IT FOR A YEAR
AND IT WAS NOT SOLD SO THEY PAID THAT ADDITIONAL $10,000
FOR THE PRIVACY TO BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS FINISHED
AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT PRIVACY RUINED.
ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT WE BOUGHT IT, STARTED BUILDING ON
IT AND WHEN IT'S THREE QUARTERS DONE APPROXIMATELY MARCH 27 WE
WERE INFORMED BY OUR PROJECT MANAGER ABOUT THE TRAIL
EASEMENT. AT THIS MOMENT IT'S BECAUSE WE
COULDN'T GET THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE OF THE EASEMENT SO THAT
WAS WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.
ALTHOUGH THE INCONVENIENCE FOR US IS MORE OF AN INCONVENIENCE
THAT WE'RE LEAVING WITH YOU TO PLEASE WAIVE THIS NOT JUST FOR
US FOR THE INCONVENIENCE OF EVERYBODY HAVING THIS IN THEIR
BACKYARD AND IT'S UNFAIR. WE APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>>Public Speaker: TO PIGGYBACK WE WERE NEVER INFORMED ABOUT
THIS, NO ONE INFORMED US ABOUT THIS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF
BUILDING OUR HOME. THEY CAME AT THE END TO SAY WE
NEED TO PUT THIS IN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS OUR
FAULT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT BUT WE FEEL LIKE THE
BUILDERS SHOULD HAVE INFORMED US ABOUT THIS.
THE SECOND POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS IF THIS IS APPROVED TO GO IN
DAY ONE WE LOSE $10,000 BECAUSE WE PAID $10,000 COMPARED TO
OTHER LOTS. WE NOT ONLY LOSE $10,000, WE
WILL LOSE ADDITIONAL MONEY WHEN WE START DEVELOPING THIS
PROPERTY. WE NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT
THIS. I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S THE
CITY'S FAULT BUT WE FELT LIKE THE BUILDERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
THERE TO INFORM US AND SHE DID MENTION WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS LOT
THEY HAD A LOT OF OTHER HOMES IN A ROW BUT WE HAVE TO BELIEVE
THEY KNEW ABOUT IT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU ARE AT TIME, APPRECIATE IT.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL 220 - 26.
>>Public Speaker: DAVID LANE, 102 WALDEN HEATH AND I LIVE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE MOVED TO TEXAS THREE MONTHS AGO, TO
COLUMBIA FROM TEXAS FOR A MONTHS AGO AND WHAT WE LOVED
ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ARE TWO HOUSES AWAY IS THE
WALKING NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A GREAT WALKING
NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT PATH BETWEEN TWO HOMES, OR
REALLY BETWEEN 4 HOMES DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD.
IT WAS JUST PUT THERE SO THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD MEET A
REQUIREMENT. SO I CAN SEE WHY THEY WEREN'T
TELLING ANYBODY ABOUT IT. NOBODY IS GOING TO USE IT
EXCEPT MAYBE KIDS RIDING BIKES AND GUESS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
DO, LOOK AT THAT MAP THEY'RE GOING TO SCREAM THROUGH THEIR
T-BONE INTO A ROAD GRID IT MAKES NO SENSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL 220
- 26.
>>Public Speaker: MY TWO CENTS, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
BUILDING IT INSTEAD OF FUNDING THE BUILDER, THAT SEEMS WAY
MORE SENSIBLE INSTEAD OF TO PUNISH THEM FOR FLAGRANT
DISREGARD.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK,
SEEING NONE I WILL COME TO COUNSEL COMMENTS, JACKIE THIS
IS YOUR WART.
>>Council Member Sample: I WANTED TO LET COUNSEL KNOW I
WAS INVITED BY THE OWNERS OUT TO THEIR HOME.
AND THIS PICTURE DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE.
THE AMOUNT OF YARD BEING TAKEN, IT'S LARGE AND THAT DOESN'T DO
IT JUSTICE EITHER BUT I HAVE PICTURES ON MY CELL PHONE I
TOOK BECAUSE I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE AMOUNT OF YARD THESE
PEOPLE WOULD BE LOSING. SO IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION THAT I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
VACATE THIS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
>>Council Member Carroll: I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE
REASON THE LAW LENGTH REQUIREMENT EXISTS.
THE INTENTION OF THE SIDEWALK. HOW THE SIDEWALK IS NOT
FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED BECAUSE OF WHERE THE HOUSES WERE PLACED
AND THE PLANNING ON THE PLAT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW.
I HAVE A LOT TO SAY. I AM SHOCKED TO HEAR THE
TESTIMONY THAT WOULD INFORM TO PLACE THE SIDEWALK WHERE PLACED
AND REMOVED THEN THE SIDEWALK WAS NEVER POURED.
I WANT TO ADD SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE SHEILA HELPED ME LOOK
UP THE COUNCIL HEARING FROM THIS, SEPTEMBER 2021.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNSEL, STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL
BECAUSE OF THE BLOCK LENGTH WAS INCONSISTENT IT DID NOT HAVE
THE SIDEWALK ON IT. IT WAS TABLED.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS OFFERED BY THE DEVELOPER AND THEN CAME
BACK IN OCTOBER 2021 WITH AN AMENDMENT SHEET.
THAT COUNCIL VOTED ON. IT WAS NOT FLOATED FLIPPANTLY.
IT WAS PLANNED AND TABLED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAT AND IT WAS
MARKED ON THE PLAT. I DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF
BEGINNING A COUNCIL ACTION WITH A VACATION.
I DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF NEGATING PLANNING AND ZONING
WITH A VACATION. I DO THINK THE CONSIDERATION OF
BLOCK LENGTH IN OUR CODE AND WHERE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE
REQUIRED AS MEANING. BECAUSE IT IS A LONGER LENGTH.
IT IS A LONG LENGTH FOR SOMEONE TO WALK AS A PEDESTRIAN TO GET
AROUND A LONGER LENGTH TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIR
DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS CASE.
WHEN WE DON'T FOLLOW BLOCK LENGTH STANDARDS, THIS IS
REPLACING A FULL STREET IN THE FALL SIDEWALK.
THAT SAID, THE WAY THIS LOOKS NOW NEGATES THE USEFULNESS OF
THAT PATH IN SO MANY WAYS. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I CAN
SUPPORT THIS AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I COULD VOTE TO NEGATE IT
EITHER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE, I
LOVE THAT WE OFFERED DEVELOPERS A WAY TO DO THEIR PLAN
EFFICIENTLY. I LOVE THAT WE OFFERED THEM AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE TO MEETING OUR CODE.
I DO NOT LOVE THIS SITUATION AT ALL.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS, CHRISTINA.
>>Council Member Hartman: I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE THIS
GOT ANSWERED WHEN I HAD A BROKE BREAK.
WHAT KIND OF FEES, LIKE WHAT'S THE COST OF US SITTING HERE
DOING THIS, EVALUATING THIS. THE COST TO THE CITY FOR HAVING
TO TAKE CARE OF THIS AND WILL WE RECOUP THAT COST?
>> THERE IS AN APPLICATION FEE TO VACATE AN EASEMENT AND
THAT'S THE REQUEST BEFORE US TONIGHT.
>>Council Member Carroll: WILL WE RECOUP THE COST OR WILL IT
BE 2% OR WHAT IS THAT?
>> IT'S WHAT WAS REFLECTED ON THE COST OF SURVEY IT'S OUR
STANDARD EASEMENT VACATION FEET WOULD BE APPLIED HERE AND I
THINK IT'S ROUGHLY 350, $400.
>> WE'VE GOT A CITY MANAGER HERE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, SHARON.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT A DEAD
HORSE AND I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR A POINT BUT THERE IS A
VERY CLEAR MISBEHAVIOR HERE AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HARMED BY IT.
AND IT IS IN MY OPINION ON THE PART OF THE DEVELOPER AND
BUILDER. THEY KNEW BETTER.
THIS IS WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. I AM FURIOUS IN A WAY THAT KIND
OF SURPRISES ME FRANKLY THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS TO THE
PEOPLE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO LIVE OUT HERE.
THAT THEY ARE FLAUNTING WHAT WE AS A CITY HAVE REQUIRED OF
THEM. I AM FURIOUS AND I'M NOT
PARTICULARLY HAPPY THAT OUR PROCESS ALLOWED IT TO GET THIS
FAR. THAT SAID, I CANNOT IN GOOD
CONSCIENCE CONTINUE THE HARM THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE FOLKS
THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE DEVELOPER BUILDER IN THE
CITY. AND EVEN IF WE DO VOTE THIS
DOWN AND CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE EASEMENT ON THE PLAT, THERE IS
NO WAY THEY ARE BUILDING AN 8 FOOT WALKING PEDWAY ON THESE
FOUR LOTS. IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET BUILT.
BUT IF THERE WHERE A WAY FOR US TO FIND THE BUILDER AND
DEVELOPER, TO PROSECUTE THEM FOR VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE, TO
CAUSE THEM TO BE FINANCIALLY HURT IN A WAY THAT IS NOT A
$350 VACATION FEE. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE
DOING BECAUSE THIS IS SO BLATANT BUT I CANNOT CONTINUE
THE APARTMENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE NEARLY TO PUNISH
SOMEONE WHO IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE HARMED BY IT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, BETSY.
>>Council Member Peters: I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT, I'D LIKE
TO ASK YOU TO REMIND US WHAT A YES VOTE MEANS AND WHAT A NO
VOTE MEANS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE RECOURSE AGAINST BUILDERS OR
MAYBE THIS IS AN ANSWER FOR YOU .
>> IT MAY BE WORTHWHILE POINTING OUT THE BUILDER IS
MORE THAN WILLING TO BUILD TRAILS AND WE CAN HAVE THEM
BUILD THAT TRAIL. SO I WOULD SAY CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT FINES WHEN THEY ARE OPEN TO COMPLETING THE IMPROVEMENT
THAT'S REQUIRED WOULD CERTAINLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION
ON HOW THAT WOULD LOOK BUT I'M NOT SURE OF HOW WE FIND WOULD
OPERATE AT THE BEGINNING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I WILL TAKE BETSY'S CALL.
>> WHERE YOU MAY BE GOING IS IS THERE POTENTIAL CIVIL ACTION BY
THE HOMEOWNERS AND THERE MIGHT BE, OF COURSE THAT INVOLVES
GETTING COUNSEL INVOLVED IN ACTION, THAT SORT OF THING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: TO YOUR POINT A YES VOTE VACATES THE TRAIL, A
NO VOTE KEEPS IT AND REQUIRES IT TO BE BUILT.
WE HAVE A REQUEST TO GO AHEAD AND DEVOTE SO SHEILA WOULD YOU
CALL ROLE ON BILL 220 - 26.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll: YES.
>>Council Member Elwood: YES.
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL YOU
READ THE ITEMS TWICE AND CALL THE RULE.
>> ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDE BILLS 206 26, 207 26,
TWO 2226, TWO 2326, TWO 2426, TWO 2526 AND RESOLUTIONS 155
26, 157 26, 159 26, ONE 6026, ONE 6126, ONE 6326 AND 164 26,
BILLS 206 26, 217 26, TWO 2226, TWO 2326, TWO 2426, TWO 2526
AND RESOLUTIONS 155 26, 157 26, 158 26, ONE 6026, ONE 6226, ONE
6326 AND 164 26. LET ME GET MY VOTE SHEET.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
>>Council Member Carroll:
>>Council Member Elwood: YES.
>>Council Member Sample: YES.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
>>Council Member Hartman: YES.
>>Council Member Peters: YES.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON WE HOPE NO ITEMS UNDER NEW
BUSINESS SO SHEILA IF YOU CAN USE READ ITEMS UNDER
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READ.
>> ALL BILLS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, BILL TWO 2726, TWO
2926, TWO 3026, 231 26, TWO 3226, TWO 3326, TWO 3526, TWO
3626, TWO 3726, TWO 3926 AND 200 4026 FIRST READING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, ONE REPORT ON OUR COUNCIL
MEETING. REPORT 4626 OUR UPDATE
REGARDING THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL INITIATIVE.DO WE HAVE A
STAFF REPORT.
>> COUNSEL REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON SEVERAL SAFE STREETS GRANT
PROJECTS, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE ROUNDS OF GRANT FUNDING WITH
THE CITY RECEIVING AWARDS IN THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS, THE
FIRST TWO INCLUDED OVER 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SPREAD
OVER 11 OF THE 12 PROJECTS IN THE MEMO WRITTEN THE LAST
PROJECT REGARDING CLARK LANE IS CLOSE TO HAVING A GRANT
AGREEMENT FOR REVIEW. WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO OCCUR IN
SEPTEMBER.THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITY OF
MISSOURI ON THE FIFTH ROUND OF FUNDING BUT THE RECIPIENTS HAVE
NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED.NEXT ITEMS COUNSEL WILL SEE INCLUDE
REPORTS ON UPDATED ACTION PLAN TITLED COMO ZERO AND
RE-EXAMINATION OF THE CITY'S COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
THOSE REPORTS COULD SHOULD COME FORWARD THIS CALENDAR AR YEAR
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSIT STUDY WAS PRESENTED TO COUNSEL
LAST YEAR. OF THE BUSINESS LOOP SAFETY
AUDIT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BEING USED TO RE- FORM THE
GRANT PROJECT CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ALONG BUSINESS LOOPS,
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS UPDATE, THERE ARE
A LOT OF IN PROCESS ONCE SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED BY THE
END OF THE YEAR. NOT TO BE FINISHED BUT CLOSING
UP. DO WE HAVE A WORK SESSION
PLANNED ON UPDATES TO ANY OF THESE PLANS OR PROJECTS?
>> WITH THE COMPLETE STREETS WE ARE MEETING WITH COUNCILMEMBERS
TRYING TO GAUGE WHETHER A WORK SESSION IS HOW COUNSEL WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THAT COME FORWARD OR IF WE WOULD BE READY TO
BRING SOMETHING FORWARD DIRECTLY.
WITH THE ACTION PLAN, ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FULL
WEEKEND, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING COUNSEL WANTED TO STATE WE
COULD DO THAT OR WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ONCE WE
HAVE THAT FINALIZED AND I'D CLARIFY A LOT OF THE OTHER
THINGS ON THAT LIST, THERE'S NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT THE END
OF 2026, THEY ARE JUST IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF
DEVELOPMENT. EVENT VACANCIES ON STAFF SO
WE'VE DELAYED SOME THINGS, PUT THINGS BACK ALL WITHIN THE
TIMEFRAME OF THE GRANT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, VERA AND
VALERIE.
>>Council Member Elwood: I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN
LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT. SEEING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOT
JUST THE METHODOLOGY THE MAP ITSELF WAS CREATED IN 2025.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW AND IF THAT HAS BEEN UTILIZED FOR
DECISIONS ABOUT OTHER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THINGS.
>> IT'S INTENDED TO BE SOMETHING INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
USE FOR DECISIONS AND REALLY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THIS
ACTION PLAN COME FORWARD FIRST AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT.
THE ACTION PLAN KIND OF REPLACES.
THE FIRST ACTION PLAN WHEN WE FIRST ADOPTED POLICY
RESOLUTIONS TO BE ENVISIONED ZERO CITY.
I THINK A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES INFORM THAT ACTION
PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE THAT, WHILE I
THINK THIS WILL HELP US MAKE CHOICES GOING FORWARD WE ARE
ALSO AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES
TAX SO AT LEAST INITIALLY WHERE WE WOULD LOOK TO USE SOME OF
THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE THE PLACES WHERE WE GET A LITTLE
MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SALES TAX AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE
AT LEAST INITIALLY.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
>>Council Member Carroll: I ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN
PEDESTRIAN LEVEL COMFORT NAPS. I WOULD WELCOME A WORK SESSION
ON THE ACTION PLAN WITH THE PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF COMFORT
NAPS. GIVEN IT'S LATE AT NIGHT I'D
LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOU ARE USING PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF COMFORT TO
INFORM THE FLEXIBLE SIDEWALK PROJECTS IN THE YEAR.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE PLANNING THAT WORK SESSION, APPRECIATE
THAT. MOVING ON TO GENERAL COMMENTS
BY PUBLIC, WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
>>Public Speaker: I KNOW IT'S LATE, THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT
IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON URBAN ENCAMPMENTS
AND ORDINANCES. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
NARRATIVE EVERYBODY IS WEAVING ABOUT THE SO-CALLED HOMELESS
POPULATION ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF ACADEMIA HAVING
NARRATIVES AND BLAMING THEM FOR EVERY BIT OF CRIME IN DOWNTOWN,
FOR ONE THING THIS IS NOT JUST A DOWNTOWN ISSUE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S ALL OVER COLUMBIA BUT WE NEED TO
REMEMBER THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO BECAUSE WE
DESTROYED A LOT OF THEIR ENCAMPMENTS AND WHERE DO PEOPLE
GO WHEN ONE OF THE MOST STABLE THINGS IN THEIR LIFE IS GONE SO
THESE ENCAMPMENTS WERE AROUND FOR 10 YEARS AND THAT IS A
PROBLEM IN ITSELF, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL THESE
ORDINANCES GETTING RID OF BUS SHELTERS AND GETTING RID OF
BENCHES AND REPLACEMENT WITH HOSTILE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
CALLING THAT SOLVING A PROBLEM WHEN ALL IT DOES IS SHIFT
PEOPLE AROUND FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER UNTIL
IT FINALLY GOES TO THE FIRST WARD BECAUSE NOBODY CARES ABOUT
THE FIRST WARD OR IT GOES TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING SMALL
TOWNS NOT EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THAT AND THEN THEY COME BACK
HERE AND IT'S A NEVER ENDING CYCLE.
AND IT'S SO UNFAIR WE ARE PUTTING ALL OUR BLAME ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN ON THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN THE
STUDENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING, THEY'RE RELEASING THEIR BODILY
FLUIDS AND DESTROYING PROPERTY BUT WE WANT TO PIN IT ON OUR
MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHILE INJURING OR MAKING PEOPLE WHO
HAVE DISABILITIES WHO HAVE LIFE HARDER BECAUSE WE HATE HOMELESS
PEOPLE THAT MUCH. IT'S NOT FAIR AND I WORRY AFTER
DOING THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE MEDIUM IS OPENING THE DOOR WAY
TO DO THIS WITH DOWNTOWN IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO NOW START
AND I'VE HAD HANDLING LAWS. LAST I CHECKED DOWNTOWN IS NOT
JUST ABOUT BROADWAY, PEOPLE LIVE HERE.
IT'S A CREATIVE HUB. IT'S FULL OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE
AND LAST I CHECKED THE SO-CALLED HOMELESS POPULATION
IS PART OF THE PUBLIC WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE IN
PUBLIC LANDS AND HIS PEOPLE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT'S REMEMBER
SOME OF THIS LAND WAS STOLEN SO WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE ON WHO IS
DESERVING OF WHAT? THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS BUT I
WANT CONCERNS THAT ARE MORE COEXISTING AND LESS PUSHING
ASIDE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK.
>>Public Speaker: EUGENE ELKIN, SECOND WARD.A STRONG DITTO
BEHIND THE PREVIOUS LADY. I DON'T TALK EASILY ON THE
SUBJECT BUT EVERYTHING SHE HAD TO SAY WAS VERY VERY IMPORTANT.
MANY TIMES WE HEAR OVER AND OVER IS THE HOMELESS AGAIN AND
TONIGHT I HAVE SEVERAL SUBJECTS.
I'VE ASKED THIS REPEATEDLY, SOMEONE TAKE THIS ON.
WE NEED RESTROOM SIGNAGE IN OUR LOBBY.
IT CAN BARELY BE SIGNING FROM THE CEILING.
WE FED MANY PUBLIC INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO OUR
MEETINGS AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RESTROOM IS THERE IN YOUR
HALLWAY LOOKING AND LOOKING TO RENT THIS PAST WEEK MY MOTHER
WAS 89 YEARS OLD ON AUGUST 13. SHE'S BEEN ON A RECHARGEABLE
THREE YEAR BATTERY, HEADACHE AFTER HEADACHE AND AT HER AGE
OF 79 SHE WAS GIVEN A 25 YEAR NO MAINTENANCE INCONTINENCE
URINARY BATTERY WE HAD HOPE FOR THE FUTURE FOR THOSE AS THEY
AGE. WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE ADA
RECOGNITION OF EVERYONE HAS TO GO SOMETIME AND THEY HAVE EVERY
RIGHT TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND NOT HAVE TO ASK A TOTAL
STRANGER WHERE'S THE BATHROOM. MESSAGE ON-SCREEN OF THE NEW
TVS, WE HAVE NICE BRAND-NEW TVS SO PANEL I'VE HEARD THIS AND
I'M REPEATING IT. WE NEED NEW LARGER SCREENS ON
THE RIGHT CORNER, THE MESSAGE OF WHAT SUBJECTS YOU ARE ON,
THE DIGITS, WHATEVER IT BE, WHERE ARE THEY?
AND I'M BUSY TRYING TO EXPLAIN I THINK, WELL THAT DOESN'T MAKE
ME RIGHT. I MIGHT BE WRONG.
LOOK ON THE SCREEN AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU AS BARBARA
INTRODUCES IT, THAT'S WHEN IT SHOULD GO UP.
CITY OF COLUMBIA MIGHT BE DOING A WASTE OF MONEY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTING THE PUBLIC TO PAY MORE AND MORE
WHEN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE CITY OF COLUMBIA WILL BE PLACED
ON A WATER TOWER ON WALNUT. I SEE THAT AS WASTE OF MONEY.
A LADY SAID TONIGHT WHY DO WE NEED TO BE TOLD, WE KNOW IT'S
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA TOWER. THIS HAS COME TO ME TONIGHT, WE
NEED TO BE REPORTING THE CORRECT BUSINESS THAT'S BEING
AFFECTED, NOT I THINK IT WAS THAT ONE.
BE SURE THE RIGHT BUSINESS IS IN ALL MESSAGES OR CALL THAT
COMEDIAN AND LET THEM KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG BUSINESS
IN YOUR REPORTS. YOUR BLOCKING THE SIDEWALKS
FORCING PEOPLE INTO THE STREETS.
YOU NEED TO OPEN UP THE GAP.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, EUGENE.
>>Public Speaker: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BILL AND I'D LIKE TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE NOT
PROPOSED BUT THE URBAN CAMPAIGN ORDINANCE POSSIBILITIES.
THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC IN COLUMBIA.
AT LAST COUNT THERE WERE 309 INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY
AND THE OPPORTUNITY CAMPUSES ROUTINELY HOUSES 120 TO 150
GUESTS PER NIGHT SO THAT'S ROUGHLY A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF
OF THE LAST POPULATION WE HAD. THERE'S A LOT OF GUESTS THAT
SUFFER FROM TRAUMA IN THIS REMAINING POPULATION THAT
CANNOT DEAL WITH STAYING IN SHELTERS, CANNOT DEAL WITH
BEING IN LARGE PRIVATE ROOMS THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE CONFINES
AND OTHER SITUATIONS THAT GO ON WITHIN THE SHELTER.
SO THAT'S THE COMMUNITY I'M THINKING ABOUT.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE IN THESE CROWDED CONFINED AREAS
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE HOMELESS
COMMUNITY AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO FOLLOW PREVIOUS
RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED BY THE BUSINESS DISTRICT WE SEE
CHANGES IN THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, TAKEN AWAY THE
HOMELESS INCOME BY INSTITUTING MEDIAN ORDINANCES IN THE CITY
SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY MOVE DOWNTOWN BY
PANHANDLERS TO RENT THEIR BULLDOZING CAMPS IN THE
PERIPHERY OF THE CITY SO DON'T BE SURPRISED BY INCREASES IN
URBAN CAMPAIGN. ISN'T IT TIME WE STOPPED TRYING
TO CONSTRICT COLUMBIA'S HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND TO BE
PROACTIVE INSTEAD INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE?
IT'S TIME THE CITY STARTS IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE
HOMELESS PEOPLE CAN EXIST NOT CREATE AREAS WHERE ORDINANCES
SAY THEY CAN'T. YOU'VE RUN OUT OF FIELD PARK
AND THE PAVILION NEAR THE OPPORTUNITY CAMPUSES PER MINUTE
OF MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE CRAMMED WITH TRESPASS VIOLATIONS AS
PEOPLE TRY TO EXIST SOMEWHERE RENT HOW ABOUT WE CREATE A ZERO
BARRIER CAN BE AREA WITH THE ELECTRICITY TO CHARGE CELL
PHONES POTABLE WATER RESTROOMS AND SANITATION.
TECHNOLOGY THAT PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO EXIST AND PROVIDE THAT
SPACE.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
SPEAK?
>>Public Speaker: TIFFANY KRAVITZ AND THE REASON I STAYED
HERE IS BECAUSE OF FLOC CAMERAS, I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN
THE CITY, IT FEELS LIKE THE CAMERAS ARE SURVEILLING US.
THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY FOR DATA ANALYSIS, ALL THAT IS
STORED ON SERVERS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, PROBABLY
OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI RENT THEY'RE NOT APPLICABLE TO STATE
LAW AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ACCESS TO THEM.
SO EVEN IF YOU PASS A BILL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TURN
OFF THE FEATURE TO SHARE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS REALISTICALLY
IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED THEY CAN EVEN GO
STRAIGHT TO THE FOOTAGE, STRAIGHT TO THE HARD DRIVE THAT
IS UNENCRYPTED. IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE BUILDING
UP A SURVEILLANCE NETWORK, BUILDING UP THE CONCENTRATION
CAMPS WITH THE IMMIGRATION AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE I'M
CONSTANTLY UNDER THREAT. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF IF BUT WHEN AND I DON'T FEEL
SAFE. LIKE GENUINELY THE TRAILS HAVE
CAMERAS AND ALL THAT IS NOT IN THE CITY, THE FOOTAGE IS NOT
STORED IN THE CITY, EVERYTHING IS PROCESSED OUTSIDE BY A
CONTRACTOR WHO HAS AFFILIATION WITH THE IDF THAT ARE ALL USING
THE SAME CIRCUIT OF WHO ARE YOU WITH, WHO ARE YOU CLOSE TO OR
WHO HAVE YOU SEEN IT WITH YOU TO TARGET PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR
GENDER AND AGE. THAT SAME THING WAS ALSO TRYING
TO BE ROLLED OUT WITH INTEGRATION WITH AMAZON WHICH
WAS THE FOOTBALL ADD WHICH GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK AND
THANKFULLY SO. IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD
NOT BE PART OF THIS. I DON'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE OF IT
AND IN TERMS OF I MEAN, PLEASE GO BACK ON THE FLOC CAMERA.
I REALLY DON'T LIKE IT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
SPEAK? SEEING NONE I WILL GO TO
COUNSEL COMMENTS, VALERIE STARTING WITH YOU AND REMIND
ALL OF US IT IS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
>>Council Member Carroll: WHEN RUTH BADER GINSBURG WAS ASKED
HOW MANY WOMEN WERE ENOUGH FROM THE SUPREME COURT SHE SAID WHEN
THERE ARE NINE. LADIES, THERE ARE SEVEN OF US.
I'M HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS COUNSEL.
WITH REGARDS TO THE DISCUSSION OF VIOLENCE DOWNTOWN, WE'VE
BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN HOW WE ARE APPROACHING PUBLIC
SAFETY. WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN
HOW WE ARE COMMUNICATING PUBLIC SAFETY BOTH FROM THE PUBLIC AND
WITH OUR COLLABORATORS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
I THINK THAT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO RETHINK THAT.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE MADE THE CHANGES WE PLANNED ON AND THOSE
ARE WELL-KNOWN BUT WE'VE FOLLOWED THE PATH IN FRONT OF
US AND THAT IS WELL KNOWN. WE CANNOT LOOK AT EVERY
INCIDENT AND RETHINK OUR PATH. WE NEED CONSISTENCY.
CONSISTENCY IS WHAT GIVES US TRUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT'S WHAT GIVES US TRUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRUST IN OUR
POLICE AND WE NEED CONSISTENCY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ON OUR
POLICE. MY HOPE IS THAT THE 1% SAFETY
TAX AND THE INCREASE IN STAFFING CAN HELP US BUILD SOME
OF THOSE THINGS. I WOULD LIKE FOR US IN OUR
COMMUNICATIONS ESPECIALLY WITH THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
FOCUSING ON A DUCTING MINDSET. THAT WE CREATE ROOM FOR
EVERYONE TO COME DOWNTOWN, HAVE FUN, COEXIST WITH EACH OTHER
AND TO BE SAFE GOING HOME. AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS
PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS TO DO THAT.
WE'VE HAD SOME COMMENTS ON URBAN CAMPAIGN.
AND I APPRECIATE DANNY PEREZ'S COMMENT AT THE END CITING THE
COMMUNITY IN THE FIRST WARD. I DO HAVE A CONCERN AS WE
INCREASE RESTRICTIONS ON MEDIANS ON PANHANDLING, ON
CAMPING THAT WE TEND TO DISPLACE PEOPLE TOWARDS THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I THINK THAT IS ALSO A
CONSIDERATION. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR
RESIDENTS, BOTH OUR UN-HOUSED RESIDENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS IN
PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA AND IN PROXIMITY TO OUR
SHOPPING DISTRICTS.I THINK IN THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE THEY HAVE
LARGELY BEEN LEFT OUT. I DON'T WANT TO OPEN A LARGE
PACKAGE. I DO SEE A ROOM FOR
CLARIFICATION ON SOME EXISTING ORDINANCES.
>> I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO TENDS TO THINK ABOUT LEGACY BUT
SITTING ON THIS DAIS RIGHT NOW AND GETTING TO BE PART OF THE
FIRST ALL-FEMALE COUNSEL IN COLUMBIA'S HISTORY IS A PRETTY
INCREDIBLE PART OF A LEGACY. I'M VERY HONORED TO BE SITTING
UP HERE WITH ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL LEADERS IN OUR
COMMUNITY. THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO
BRING UP, SOMETHING THAT WAS ON CONSENT TONIGHT WAS TAKING THE
NEXT STEP IN WHAT WILL BE AN ADMITTEDLY LONG PROCESS BUT WE
KEEP CHUGGING DOWN THE LINE OR THE ROUNDABOUT IN PROVIDENCE IN
THE BLUE RIDGE. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN SO
EXCITED ABOUT SINCE BEFORE I GOT ON COUNSEL ARE PARTICULARLY
EXCITED TO HAVE THAT ON CONSENT TONIGHT AS ON MY WAY HERE I SAW
AN ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION THAT HE APPEARED VISUALLY TO
TOTAL BOTH CARS INVOLVED SO MUCH NEEDED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
ARE COMING DOWN THE LINE. SHANE KNOWS HOW EXCITED I AM
ABOUT THIS.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE.
>>Council Member Sample: I WOULD ASK FOR A BRIEF
DISCUSSION ON CONCERNS REGARDING WHO IS ENGAGED IN THE
HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN AND I HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH
D'CARLON BUT SINCE YOU LEFT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PREPARED
TO COMMENT SO MY PROPOSAL IS I WILL READ THE EMAIL.
I SAW A QUESTION COME UP REGARDING LIFE MOBILE
COLLECTIVE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS YES, THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO
PARTICIPATE. A REPRESENTATIVE HAS ALREADY
SUBMITTED THEIR REGISTRATION TO ATTEND A FOCUS GROUP.
THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND A SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
WITH ALL HER OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO DISCUSS THE CLINIC
SIDE AND THEIR ATTENDANCE IS PENDING, THE STEERING COMMITTEE
HAS DISCUSSED A NEED AFTER THE DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND
ANALYZED TO GET THEIR INPUT ON ACTION ITEMS CREATED BY THE
COMMITTEE, CALL MAC IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN BE
UTILIZED THOUGH I DID ASK A QUESTION AND I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THEY WERE INCLUDED AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD.
>> I THINK IN PART I KNOW WHEN STAFF WAS PUTTING TOGETHER
POTENTIAL SUGGESTIONS THEY IDENTIFIED MEMBERS
REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND INSURED KEY STAKEHOLDERS
THEY WANTED TO INVOLVE AND ALSO FOCUS GROUPS.
I'D LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD PART OF THE FAULT IS MINE.
I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO EMAIL THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS
ABOUT THE STEERING COMMITTEE OR STAFF WAS SO THAT MEANS WE
ORIGINALLY SENT THAT EMAIL BACK IN MAY.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONE AS WELL.
>>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'VE PONTIFICATED ENOUGH
TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT FIRST MEETING.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA.
>>Council Member Hartman: I ECHO ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT
BEING PART OF THE NEW TEAM. TRY TO LEAN FORWARD AS WE GO
FORWARD. I JUST REPEATED MYSELF.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT IN A FEW
DIFFERENT WAYS WAS REGARDING FLOC CAMERAS.
I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING BUT COUNSEL NEEDS TO START
CONSIDERING. I'VE HAD A A LOT OF PEOPLE
REACH OUT ABOUT IT SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO START
CONSIDERING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING
THE CITY DOES WANT TO CONTINUE AFTER WE'VE REVIEWED AND I KNOW
WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION AROUND THAT SURVEILLANCE AUDIT
RECENTLY. IT CONTINUING TO BRING THAT TO
LIGHT AND I THINK THE COMMENTS TONIGHT ECHO WHAT I'VE BEEN
HEARING ELSEWHERE. THAT'S ALL.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY.
>>Council Member Peters: FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF
COLUMBIA FOR PASSING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY TAX.
THAT WAS A BIG DEAL AND IT'S CERTAINLY AND ASK OF THE
CITIZENS AND I'M WELL AWARE IT DID PASS BUT NOT BY VERY MUCH
WHICH IS A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE IT'S
CLEAR THAT WE USE THE MONEY FOR AND IT'S TRANSPARENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WE GO
BACK TO A 6:00 P.M. START TIME. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
STARTS AT SEVEN BUT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION THAT
WE HAVE ALONG WITH CHRISTINA'S POINT THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE MORE
ITEMS TO DISCUSS WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER MAKING IT A 6:00
P.M. MEETING FROM HERE ON OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO I THINK MAKE A
MOTION TO THAT.
>> MAY I INTERRUPT, WE HAVE A REVOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC
HEARINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT SAY 7:00 P.M. SO
YOU CANNOT START EITHER ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS AT 6:00 P.M..
AFTERWARDS IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER IT BUT
I WOULD SAY A CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HAD WITH THE
MANAGER'S OFFICE BECAUSE YOU ARE SHORTENING PRE-COUNSEL
WHICH THEN PUSHES THINGS OFF FURTHER THAT WE ARE ALREADY
BUSY WITH WORK SESSIONS SO UNLESS WE WANT TO HAVE MORE
MEETINGS THAT COULD BECOME AN ISSUE SO I JUST WANT TO POINT
THOSE TWO THINGS OUT.
>>Council Member Peters: THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASON I BROUGHT
THAT UP REALIZING YOU HAVE NOT ADVERTISED FOR THE 21ST.
>> I HAD ADVERTISED BUT YOU PASSED RESOLUTIONS FOR TWO
ITEMS THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD BE HELD ON THE 21ST SO I
WILL BE ADVERTISING THIS SUNDAY.
>>Council Member Peters: I'M GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AFTER MIDNIGHT SO
I'D SAY WHY DON'T WE THINK ABOUT THIS AND TO BRING IT UP
AT THE SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING WHICH I WILL BE AT BUT I'M SURE
YOU GUYS WON'T DO THIS WITHOUT ME AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO START
AT SIX AND TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT BUT THE FACT
THAT IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT AND I WILL SAY ON THE 21ST GOING TO
HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ENERGY CODES, PERHAPS NOT.
I CAN HOPE FOR THE BEST BUT I'M TOO OPTIMISTIC.
AND THE LAST THING I AM ON THE HOMELESS STEERING COMMITTEE AND
I THOUGHT COMO OF MOBILE AID WAS INVOLVED.
THERE ARE 11 OR 12 FOCUS GROUPS AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE INVOLVED
AND IF NOT CERTAINLY AFTER THIS QUESTION THEY WILL BE INVOLVED
BECAUSE WE'VE LOOKED AT A STUDY SOMEONE DID USING COMO MOBILE
AID ENTRY INTO THE DIFFERENT HOMELESS GROUPS SO I THOUGHT
THEY WERE WELL REPRESENTED BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
>>Mayor Buffaloe: I WILL END, IT'S LATE AND I APPRECIATE WE
WILL BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER ABOUT OUR
COUNCIL MEETING PROCESS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES
BUT I'LL ECHO FROM EARLIER THAT IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE.
IT IS NOT ONLY A JOB WHERE PEOPLE SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION
FOR YOU WHETHER IT'S ONLINE OR CALLING UP YOUR OFFICE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU AND IT'S AN HONOR TO
SERVE. ANY STAFF COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN US AT