[0:14] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.
[0:20] I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE MONDAY, AUGUST 17
[0:24] 2026 COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[0:32] I WILL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO GO AHEAD AND CALL ROMEO AND I WILL
[0:36] REMIND EVERYBODY SPEAKING FROM THE DAIS TODAY YOU HAVE TO PUSH
[0:40] THE MICROPHONE SPEAK INTO IT, THEY ARE NO LONGER ALL HOT SO
[0:43] IT'S MY WARNING FOR EVERYBODY, SHEILA.
[0:46] >>Mayor Buffaloe: HERE.
[0:47] >>Council Member Carroll: HERE.
[0:49] >>Council Member Elwood: HERE.
[0:51] >>Council Member Sample: HERE.
[0:53] >>Council Member Geuea Jones:
[0:56] >>Council Member Hartman: HERE.
[0:58] >>Council Member Peters: HERE.
[1:02] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I'LL INVITE THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO RISE AND
[1:06] JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[1:14] >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
[1:17] AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
[1:21] UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[1:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME COMING TO A
[1:32] COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE UPGRADES
[1:37] INCLUDING A NEW PODIUM. IF YOU NEED ANY ADJUSTMENTS
[1:39] THERE IS AN UP AND DOWN BUTTON, YOU CAN DO THAT TO MOVE THE
[1:43] MICROPHONE CLOSER. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE JUST
[1:48] REQUEST. A QUICK OVERVIEW OF CITY
[1:50] COUNCIL AGENDAS, THE ITEMS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA,
[1:53] THERE'S NOT NORMALLY A PRESENTATION ON THOSE ITEMS AND
[1:57] NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, FOR ITEMS UNDER
[2:00] INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READ THEY WOULD BE ON OUR CONSENT
[2:17] AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING. ITEMS UNDER INTRO DO NOT HAVE
[2:20] AN ASTERISK COULD BE PUBLIC HEARINGS OR ON OLD BUSINESS AT
[2:23] THE NEXT MEETING AND THAT MEANS THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
[2:27] FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR RULES ARE THERE ARE
[2:30] MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK AT COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL
[2:35] MEETINGS, YOU CAN TALK DURING PUBLIC HEARING, OLD BUSINESS A
[2:37] NEW BUSINESS PORTIONS OF THE AGENDA.
[2:40] I ASK THAT PEOPLE KEEP THEIR COMMENTS TO THE AGENDA ITEM
[2:43] BEING DISCUSSED AND I'LL REMIND YOU THAT IF THE COMMENTS VEER
[2:46] OFF, OTHER TOPICS CAN BE ALLOWED AT THE END UNDER PUBLIC
[2:50] COMMENT BUT WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND WARD SO WE
[2:53] CAN GET IT IN THE MINUTES CORRECTLY.
[2:55] INDIVIDUALS ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES AND GROUPS AFFECTED CAN
[3:03] REQUEST FIVE MINUTES. I ASK THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
[3:07] SO WE CAN ADJUST THE TIMER SHOW YOU HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT
[3:10] REAR RESPECT THE TIME LIMITS SO EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[3:14] SPEAK AND WE ARE NOT HERE UNTIL TUESDAY LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO AND WE
[3:18] ASK THAT WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK
[3:22] SO AVOID DEMONSTRATIONS THAT MIGHT INTIMIDATE YOUR
[3:24] NEIGHBORS. WE ADDRESS INDIVIDUALS, NOT
[3:27] INDIVIDUALS, DISRUPTION WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH A WARNING AND IF
[3:31] NECESSARY REMOVAL AND RECESS. GETTING INTO OUR THE FIRST
[3:35] ITEM WE HAVE IS WE DON'T HAVE MINUTES BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING
[3:39] ON THOSE FROM THAT MEETING. ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?
[3:42] SEEING NONE I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS
[3:45] POSTED, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY JACQUE.
[3:48] UP FIRST IS OUR FIRST SPECIAL ITEM.
[3:50] I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SHARON GEUEA JONES TO JOIN MYSELF AND
[3:53] THE CITY CLERK AT THE PODIUM.
[4:20] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I SHARON GEUEA JONES DO SOLEMNLY
[4:23] SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE
[4:29] OF WARD 4 CITY COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA,
[4:34] MISSOURI AND THAT I AM NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OF THE
[4:39] DISQUALIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
[4:45] COLUMBIA. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
[4:48] CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE
[4:52] OF MISSOURI AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
[5:00] COLUMBIA AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES
[5:03] OF MY OFFICE, SO HELP ME GOD. [APPLAUSE]
[5:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THEN I HAVE YOUR OFFICIAL COMMISSION, IS
[5:27] SAYS TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENT GREETINGS NO I HAVE
[5:40] BEEN CERTIFIED THAT SHARON GEUEA JONES WAS ON THE FOURTH
[5:44] DAY OF AUGUST 2026 DULY ELECTED FOURTH WARD COUNCIL MEMBER FOR
[5:47] THE CITY OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE IN THE
[5:50] STATE OF MISSOURI AND THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF SAID CITY OF
[5:54] COLUMBIA STATE, THAT SHE SAID SHARON GEUEA JONES IS
[5:57] COMMISSIONED TO SERVE AS COUNCILMEMBER IN THE TERM
[6:00] ENDING 2028 AS SPECIFIED BY LAW AND AUTHORIZED TO DISCHARGE THE
[6:05] DUTIES OF SAID OFFICE ACCORDING TO LAW ON THIS HISTORIC DAY.
[6:09] [APPLAUSE]
[6:33] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BEFORE WE MOVE ON I'D LIKE TO GIVE OUR
[6:36] NEWEST COUNCILMEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE
[6:40] AUDIENCE, IF THERE'S ANYONE ESPECIALLY WANT TO POINT OUT OR
[6:43] SAY A FEW WORDS.
[6:45] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO
[6:48] EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY AND I
[6:51] AM SO PLEASED UNDERPRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO
[6:55] REPRESENT IT. THERE ARE MANY OF YOU I WOULD
[6:57] NOT BE HERE WITHOUT AND I WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU ALL IN A
[7:01] PUBLIC FORUM AT THIS TIME BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND I
[7:05] LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING.
[7:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU SHARON, WELCOME.
[7:12] [APPLAUSE] AND I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING YOU'LL NOTICE
[7:16] THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL IS AN
[7:19] ALL-FEMALE COUNSEL.[APPLAUSE] AND I THINK I WOULD BE REMISS
[7:27] IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WOMEN THAT CAME BEFORE US
[7:30] STARTING WITH OUR FIRST FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIAL BETTY
[7:36] McCASKILL IN THE 70S WHO SERVED AS WARD REPRESENTATIVE, PAST
[7:40] BOARD REPRESENTATIVES ARE IN THE ROOM, MULTIPLE WARDS AS
[7:44] WELL AS SERVING IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND OF COURSE OUR
[7:47] FIRST FEMALE MAYOR MARY McCOMB AT THE BACK.
[7:54] OUR FEMALE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE AND
[7:58] REPRESENTATIVES SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME BEFORE US AND
[8:01] CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US TO THIS DAY.
[8:03] IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY BEING A FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIALS SO
[8:06] THANK YOU WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE INCLUDING THE LADIES UP HERE
[8:10] RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME
[8:21] FOR THAT YOU CAN LEAVE.MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR PART OF OUR
[8:24] AGENDA THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
[8:28] THROUGH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ONCE A MONTH WE HAVE
[8:32] APPOINTMENTS TO ANY VACANCIES AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CHECK
[8:36] THOSE OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE CITY AND
[8:38] VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT TO LOOK ON WEDNESDAY ON THE WEBSITE TO
[8:41] SEE WHAT VACANCIES ARE COMING UP THE NEXT DAY.
[8:44] AT FIRST WE HAVE A FEW APPLICATIONS AND A FEW
[8:47] APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE SO FIRST, HOLLAND.
[9:01] SO FIRST WE HAVE FOR BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THIS ONE WE ARE
[9:04] GOING TO NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
[9:06] FOR THE HEALTH WORKER POSITION SHEILA WE HAVE 2 APPLICANTS FOR
[9:10] ONE VACANCY.
[9:11] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
[9:13] >>Council Member Carroll: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
[9:16] >>Council Member Elwood: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
[9:19] >>Council Member Sample: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
[9:22] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
[9:25] >>Council Member Hartman: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
[9:28] >>Council Member Peters: BRIDGET KRAUSE.
[9:30] >> BRIDGET HAS BEEN APPOINTED.
[9:34] >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR THE NEXT POSITION.
[9:36] I THINK THIS IS A GENERAL INTEREST POSITION.
[9:40] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JOE CELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
[9:45] >>Council Member Carroll: JOE CELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
[9:54] >>Council Member Sample:
[10:01] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
[10:05] >>Council Member Hartman: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
[10:12] >>Council Member Peters: JOSELINE HERNANDEZ ARROYO.
[10:23] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING INTO THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES
[10:26] COMMISSION FOR THE ALTERNATE LAYPERSON WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
[10:30] THE ROLL.
[10:31] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTOPHER HOW.
[10:33] >>Council Member Carroll: CHRISTOPHER HOW.
[10:36] >>Council Member Elwood: LEANN CRAVEN.
[10:43] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: CHRISTOPHER HOW.
[10:47] >>Council Member Hartman: LEANN CRAVEN.
[10:49] >>Council Member Peters: CHRISTOPHER HOW.
[10:52] >> CHRISTOPHER HAS BEEN APPOINTEDTED.
[10:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR APPLICANTS FOR ONE VACANCY ON
[11:00] THE CLIMATE COMMISSION, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL.
[11:03] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JULIA THOMASON.
[11:06] >>Council Member Carroll: JULIA THOMASON.
[11:09] >>Council Member Elwood: JULIA THOMASON.
[11:12] >>Council Member Sample: JULIA THOMASON.
[11:15] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: JULIA THOMASON.
[11:18] >>Council Member Hartman: LESLIE FRAMER.
[11:21] >>Council Member Peters: LESLIE FRAMER.
[11:23] >> JULIA HAS BEEN APPOINTED.
[11:35] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THEN FOR THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT
[11:38] SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION ANDREA KAISER CAN SERVE ON THE
[11:42] DANGEROUS OR AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL ADVISORY BOARD.
[11:44] AND THEN MOVING ON FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, WE
[11:47] HAVE BOTH APPLICANTS FOR GENERAL INTEREST AND HISTORIC
[11:51] PRESERVATION CAN BE APPOINTED IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION SO
[11:59] STEPHEN BYBEE AND CLARISSA EASTON.
[12:01] NO OBJECTIONS. THEN FINALLY THE LAST ONE FOR
[12:03] THAT TAX AND FINANCING COMMISSION IF AGREEABLE I WILL
[12:07] REAPPOINT TOM MENDENHALL TO SERVE IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION
[12:10] FROM COUNSEL. OKAY, MOVING ON SCHEDULED
[12:13] PUBLIC COMMENT SO MEMBERS CAN REACH OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S
[12:17] OFFICE THE MONDAY PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ONE WEEK
[12:28] PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY 5:00 P.M. TO SCHEDULE FIVE
[12:33] MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY
[12:36] COUNCIL MEETING, THE TOPIC CAN'T BE ON ANYTHING ON THAT
[12:40] BUDGET THAT EVENING. OF NOTE HAS BEEN A TYPICAL
[12:43] PRACTICE OF CITY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP AT THE
[12:47] END OF THE MEETING UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS IF WARRANTED
[12:50] SO TONIGHT WE HAVE FIVE SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I
[12:54] THINK ONE WITHDREW THEIR REQUEST.
[12:56] I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR JAMIE AND PARKER TO COME FORWARD TO
[13:00] >>Public ic Speaker: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL, MY NAME IS
[13:03] JALEN PARKER, CURRENTLY A RESIDENT OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI
[13:11] AT 2106 CAROL DRIVE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF VIDWEST.
[13:16] TONIGHT IT'S EASY TO SEE THIS EPIC CONVERSATION ABOUT FUNDING
[13:20] FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE VIDEO CENTER.
[13:24] IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, IT'S ABOUT ACCESS, IT'S ABOUT
[13:27] WHETHER SOMEONE WITH TALENT BUT NOT MONEY GETS THE CHANCE TO
[13:42] CREATE SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND WHEN
[13:46] PEOPLE HEAR COMMUNITY VIDEO CENTER THEY MIGHT THINK IT'S A
[13:49] PLACE WITH CAMERAS AND COMPUTERS BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE
[13:52] THAN THAT, IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DISCOVER WHAT THEY ARE
[13:56] CAPABLE OF, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE FIND PASSION AND BUILD
[13:59] CONFIDENCE, WHERE ARTISTS FILMMAKERS PHOTOGRAPHERS
[14:02] MUSICIANS AND ENTREPRENEURS ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO CREATE
[14:06] SOMETHING MEANINGFUL AND NOT EVERYONE HAS THOUSANDS OF
[14:09] DOLLARS TO BUY CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES EDITING SOFTWARE OR
[14:13] STUDIO SPACE, I DIDN'T. THIS GIVES PEOPLE ACCESS TO
[14:16] RESOURCES THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE NEVER HAVE AND FOR MANY ACCESS
[14:20] IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A DREAM AND PURSUING IT.
[14:23] FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS IS WHERE THEY SHOOT THEIR FIRST FILLED
[14:26] IN FOR OTHERS IS WHERE THEY PHOTOGRAPH A FIRST CLIENT, FOR
[14:30] THEIR FIRST INTERVIEW OR DISCOVER A SKILL THAT TURNS
[14:33] INTO A CAREER. THOSE MOMENTS DON'T HAPPEN BY
[14:36] ACCIDENT.WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE BUT
[14:39] THIS IS WHAT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.
[14:42] THIS CENTER DOESN'T JUST PRODUCE VIDEOS, IT BUILDS
[14:45] CONFIDENCE AND LAUNCHES SMALL BUSINESSES, CREATES CAREERS AND
[14:48] MOST IMPORTANTLY GIVES PEOPLE A PLACE TO LEARN, MAKE MISTAKES,
[14:54] GROW AND BUILD AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN FEEL OUT OF REACH.
[14:57] YOU CAN'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DREAM BIG WHILE TAKING AWAY ONE
[15:00] OF THE FEW PLACES THAT MAKES THAT DREAM POSSIBLE.
[15:03] YOU CAN'T SAY YOU SUPPORT THE ARTS INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
[15:07] WHILE ALLOWING ONE OF OUR RESOURCES TO DISAPPEAR.
[15:10] EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED REACHES BEYOND THESE WALLS, IT SUPPORTS
[15:18] CREATORS STRENGTHENS LOCAL BUSINESSES BRINGS PEOPLE
[15:21] TOGETHER THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ENCOURAGES TALENTED
[15:25] PEOPLE TO BUILD HERE INSTEAD OF SOMEWHERE ELSE KOREA ONCE
[15:29] SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOD IS NOT EASY TO REPLACE.
[15:31] THE BUILDING CAN BE REBUILT, OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE LOST
[15:36] CONNECTIONS NEVER MADE AND DREAMS THAT ARE NEVER GIVEN A
[15:39] CHANCE, THOSE THINGS DON'T COME BACK.
[15:41] MAYBE THE NEXT FILMMAKER IS WALKING THROUGH THOSE DOORS
[15:44] TODAY AND MAYBE THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPHER JOURNALIST EDITOR
[15:48] OR ENTREPRENEUR IS LEARNING SOMETHING THAT WILL SAVE THE
[15:51] REST OF THEIR LIVES WE HAD JUST AS SO MANY BEFORE THEM DO,
[15:54] TONIGHT YOU'RE NOT DECIDING WHETHER TO FUND THE BUILDING,
[15:57] YOUR DECIDING WHAT CITY WE WANT TO BE, A CITY THAT SEES
[16:01] CREATIVITY AS AN EXPENSE OR ONE THAT RECOGNIZES IT AS AN
[16:04] INVESTMENT, ESSAY THAT CLOSES DOORS OR OPENS THEM.
[16:06] I HOPE YOU WILL CHOOSE TO INVEST IN OPPORTUNITY, INVEST
[16:10] IN PEOPLE ARE LEARNING READING AND BUILDING SOMETHING BIGGER
[16:14] THAN THEMSELVES BECAUSE WHEN YOU INVEST IN A CENTER YOU'RE
[16:18] NOT JUST FUNDING A BUILDING, YOUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND
[16:22] FUTURES.
[16:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, I'D NOW LIKE TO ASK NICKIE
[16:25] DAVIS AND LARA PIEPER TO COME FORWARD.
[16:37] >>Public Speaker: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,
[16:40] I AM LARA PIEPER CHAIR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DISTRICT
[16:46] AND ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE
[16:50] CITY OF COLUMBIA IN DEVELOPING A CLEAR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND
[16:54] ENFORCEABLE URBAN COUNTY ORDINANCE.
[16:56] THIS REQUEST IS NOT ABOUT CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS,
[16:59] IT'S ABOUT CREATING CLARITY CONSISTENCY SAFETY AND
[17:08] COMPASSION FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
[17:11] BROADER COMMUNITY NAVIGATING CONCERNS RELATED TO PUBLIC
[17:14] CAMPAIGN, OBSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS AND SANITATION
[17:17] ISSUES. CURRENTLY EXISTING ORDINANCES
[17:19] APPEAR FRAGMENTED BROAD AND DIFFICULT TO LOCATE OR
[17:23] INTERPRET. THIS CREATES CONFUSION FOR
[17:25] RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUTREACH PROVIDERS
[17:29] AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SERVICES.
[17:31] COMMUNITIES ACROSS MISSOURI AND THE NATION ARE REEVALUATING HOW
[17:35] THEY ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN PUBLIC SPACES.
[17:39] LOCAL AGENCIES AND REGIONAL HOMELESS COUNTS SHOW RISING
[17:42] NEEDS AND STRAINED SHELTER CAPACITY.
[17:44] A WELL-CRAFTED ORDINANCE WOULD HELP COLUMBIA CLEARLY DEFINED
[17:49] PROHIBITED CAMPING AND SLEEPING ACTIVITIES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
[17:53] ESTABLISH TRANSPARENT STANDARDS FOR ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH,
[17:58] PROTECT SIDEWALKS PARKS BUSINESSES AND SHARED PUBLIC
[18:01] SPACES, IMPROVE SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS,
[18:05] CREATE CLEAR PATHWAYS TOWARDS SHELTER TREATMENT AND SUPPORT
[18:08] SERVICES, ENSURE CONSISTENCY CITY STAFF OUTREACH WORKERS
[18:11] BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. IMPORTANTLY WE STRONGLY
[18:16] ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO IMPAIR ANY ORDINANCE WITH COMPASSION
[18:24] DIVERGENT AND OUTREACH MEASURES INCLUDING MORNING, SHELTER
[18:27] REFERRALS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE OUTREACH AND
[18:30] COORDINATION WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS.
[18:32] MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE ADAPTED TIERED ENFORCEMENT MODELS THAT
[18:36] PRIORITIZE EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE BEFORE
[18:40] CITATIONS OR PENALTIES. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE
[18:43] CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REVIEW EXISTING ORDINANCES
[18:47] IDENTIFY GAPS IN ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES, RESEARCH BEST
[18:53] PRACTICES FROM PEERS CITIES AND WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO DRAFT
[18:57] A CLEAR URBAN CALVING ORDINANCE FOR DISCUSSION AND
[19:02] CONSIDERATION. ADDITIONALLY AS THE CITY OF
[19:04] COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AND THE DISTRICT BEGIN
[19:08] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW BLOCK BY BLOCK SAFETY AMBASSADOR
[19:11] PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT ORDINANCES RELATED TO PUBLIC SPACES,
[19:15] CAMPING SLEEPING OBSTRUCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS
[19:18] ARE CLEARLY WRITTEN AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.SAFETY AMBASSADORS
[19:22] ARE INTENDED TO DE-ESCALATE CONDITIONS, CONNECT INDIVIDUALS
[19:25] TO SERVICES AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS BEFORE
[19:29] SITUATIONS ESCALATE TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.CLEAR
[19:32] ORDINANCE WILL ENSURE TRANSPARENCY CONSISTENCY AND
[19:35] THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.
[19:39] DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA IS ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL ORAL PARTS OF THE
[19:43] COMMUNITY ENDANGERING PUBLIC SPACES REMAIN SAFE ACCESSIBLE
[19:45] AND COMPASSIONATE BENEFITS EVERYONE INCLUDING THOSE
[19:49] CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY.
[19:53] THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS IMPORTANT
[19:56] ISSUE.
[19:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUICKLY, NICKIE DAVIS, WELCOME SHARON.
[20:08] I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS FROM BOTH SIDES OF
[20:12] THIS REQUEST, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE BUT I
[20:16] ALSO WANT TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART ON BEHALF OF OUR DOWNTOWN
[20:19] BUSINESSES. MANY ARE STRUGGLING, CLEANING
[20:22] UP HUMAN WASTE ADDRESSING UNSAFE BEHAVIOR OUTSIDE THEIR
[20:25] DOORS, COMFORTING FRIGHTENED EMPLOYEES AND WATCHING TRIP
[20:29] CUSTOMERS LEAVE. THESE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS OR
[20:32] INVESTING, HAVE INVESTED THEIR SAVINGS TIME AND LIVES IN
[20:36] DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA. THEY CANNOT CARRY THIS WEIGHT
[20:39] ALONE. TONIGHT WE ARE NOT ASKING
[20:41] COUNSEL TO ADOPT A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE, WE ARE ASKING FOR
[20:44] YOU TO DIRECTED STAFF TO RESEARCH WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES
[20:48] ARE DOING AND IDENTIFY OPTIONS THAT BALANCE COMPASSION, PUBLIC
[20:52] SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY AND CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERYONE.
[20:55] OUR EMPLOYEES, RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND PEOPLE
[20:58] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALL DESERVE A THOUGHTFUL CONSISTENT
[21:04] SOLUTION. WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT
[21:06] CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD. THE RESEARCH PROCESS AS MUCH AS
[21:09] WE CAN. IF YOU ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF
[21:11] THIS REQUEST PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND
[21:19] TAKING THIS CONCERN SERIOUSLY.
[21:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I LIKE TO ASK KRISTA MARIE TO PLEASE COME
[21:26] FORWARD TO SPEAK.
[21:34] >> I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THIS ROOM. HELLO.
[21:39] IT'S ALREADY. THANK YOU SO MUCH BARBARA.
[21:52] TODAY I'D LIKE TO START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
[21:54] I AM KRISTA MARIE, 1/6 GENERATION HICKMAN HIGH SCHOOL
[21:58] GRADUATE. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN
[22:00] MID-MISSOURI SPECIFICALLY COLUMBIA FOR A LONG TIME AND
[22:03] YOU CAN FIND BRICKS WITH MY NAME ON IT IN THE HISTORIC
[22:06] BRICK DISTRICT AND I'M HERE FORGET THE FLOCK OUT OF
[22:14] COLUMBIA AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND TO INTRODUCE THE WHOLE
[22:17] CROWD TO THE COLUMBIA I KNOW AND LOVE BY BRIEFLY READING THE
[22:20] PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY THAT COLUMBIA SUBMITTED IN 2018.
[22:24] WE AFFIRM THE DIGNITY AND VALUE OF EVERY PERSON AND STRIVE TO
[22:28] MAINTAIN A CLIMATE BASED ON INSPECTED UNDERSTANDING.
[22:35] WE AFFIRM THE RIGHT OF EACH PERSON TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS AND
[22:39] OPINIONS FREELY, ENCOURAGE EXPRESSION WITHIN A CLIMATE OF
[22:42] CIVILITY SENSITIVITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT.
[22:45] WE AFFIRM THE VALUE OF HUMAN DIVERSITY BECAUSE IT ENRICHES
[22:48] OUR LIVES AN ORGANIZATION, WE RESPECT OUR DIFFERENCES WITH
[22:53] WHILE AFFIRMING OUR COMMON HUMANITY, WE REJECT ALL FORMS
[22:55] OF PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION INCLUDING THOSE BASED ON,
[23:02] COLOR, DIVERSE ABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION
[23:05] NATIONAL ORIGIN POLITICAL AFFILIATION, RACE RELIGION
[23:08] ACTUAL ORIENTATION VETERAN STATUS.
[23:11] WE TAKE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING
[23:15] ELIMINATE BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION WERE INCREASING
[23:17] OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING ISSUES THROUGH EDUCATION TRAINING AND
[23:26] INTERACTION WITH OTHERS, WE PLEDGE OUR COLLECTIVE
[23:30] COMMITMENT TO INCORPORATING THESE PRINCIPLES INTO THE CITY
[23:34] OF COLUMBIA'S MISSION. I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN
[23:36] EVERY WORD OF THAT STATEMENT AND THE LOOKS ON YOUR FACES
[23:39] TELL ME YOU DO TO SO I LIKE TO PAINT A PICTURE.
[23:44] WHAT DOES COLUMBIA IN 10 YEARS LOOK LIKE, A THRIVING
[23:48] OPPORTUNITY CAMPUS WHERE INDIVIDUALS DOWN ON THEIR LUCK
[23:51] WHAT THEY NEED AND FOOD BANKS THAT HAVE LITERALLY ADVOCATED
[23:55] THEMSELVES OUT OF NECESSITY. WE GROW THE FOOD WE EAT IN OUR
[23:59] COMMUNITIES AND CHILDREN WALK FREELY TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND
[24:02] WE HAVE THINGS LIKE BICYCLE BUSES TRACK THROUGH
[24:09] NEIGHBORHOODS. WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, SMILE AT
[24:11] EACH OTHER AND CRIED RATES ARE DOWN, WE HAVE SOME OF THE
[24:14] LOWEST CRIME RATES IN THE STATE.LET ME PAINT THE
[24:17] PICTURE OF WHAT I SEE WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH COLUMBIA.
[24:28] THERE ARE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES BEING MONITORED BY
[24:31] AI THAT TRACKS MY EVERY MOVE NOT JUST MY FACE OR CHILDREN
[24:35] WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL BUT MY VEHICLE AND ALL ITS
[24:38] IDENTIFIERS. THANK GOODNESS IN 2024 WE
[24:40] PASSED THE RIGHT TO ABORTION BECAUSE IF I NEEDED ONE IN THIS
[24:43] STATE AND NEEDED TO TRAVEL OUT OF IT, I COULD BE TRACKED, WE
[24:46] SEE THAT OUT OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW THE MONEY AND ENERGY WE INVEST
[24:50] IS BUILDING ONE TOMORROW. WE COLLECTIVELY WANT SECURITY,
[24:53] WE COLLECTIVELY WANT SCHOOLS, WE COLLECTIVELY WANT BEAUTIFUL
[24:57] WRITING DISTRICTS. BUT WHEN HAS BEING WATCHED EVER
[25:03] MADE A PERSON DO THEIR BEST? I REMEMBER WHEN CELL PHONES HIT
[25:07] DANCE FLOORS AND PEOPLE STOP DANCING.
[25:11] WHEN I KNOW I AM BEING WATCHED I AM NERVOUS, ANXIOUS EVEN IF I
[25:15] HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. IN 2018, THE CITY OF COLUMBIA
[25:20] SAID WE CARE ABOUT DIVERSITY. IN 2023 THE CITY WENT SO FAR AS
[25:25] TO NAME ITSELF IN THE FACE OF FEDERAL BACKLASH A SANCTUARY
[25:34] CITY FOR LGBT Q PLUS INDIVIDUALS AND I JUST READ THE
[25:38] PLEDGE THAT THIS CITY STANDS FOR.
[25:41] BUT WHY ARE WE SPENDING EQUIVALENT OF 30 CADET SALARIES
[25:44] A YEAR ON AI DRIVEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ASSUMES WE
[25:56] ARE ALL GUILTY LONG BEFORE THERE'S EVER BEEN AN OPEN
[26:00] INVESTIGATION? I MAY NOT HAVE A DEGREE IN LAW
[26:03] ENFORCEMENT BUT I LOVE TO READ AND I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
[26:06] LOOKING INTO WHAT IS POLICING AND HOW DO WE MAKE IT BETTER?
[26:09] IN FACT, I SAT AT A COLUMBIA RUN LAST YEAR TO TALK ABOUT
[26:12] COMMUNITY POLICING AND THAT THE EVENT TALKED ABOUT BLOCK BY
[26:16] BLOCK PROCEDURES AND KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS, IT TALKED ABOUT
[26:22] GIVING ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO DECREASE THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO
[26:26] STEAL. ARE WE INVESTING AS A CITY IN
[26:31] OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR PEOPLE OR ARE WE
[26:35] INVESTING IN AI SURVEILLANCE? I WOULD LIKE THIS COUNSEL TO
[26:37] PLEASE BRING THE FLOCK CONTRACT BACK FOR A VOTE, I'D LIKE YOU
[26:42] TO VOTE NO AND LET YOUR CITY DICTATE TO YOU ORDINANCES THAT
[26:52] PROTECT US MOVING FORWARD. THIS ISN'T ANTI-TECHNOLOGY,
[26:56] THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING THE COMMUNITY WE WANT.
[26:59] [APPLAUSE]
[27:01] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JORDAN LUNDY WITH YOUR GROUP?
[27:06] I ASK YOU TO PLEASE LET ME RESPECT AND HAVE BEEN ASKED
[27:13] PERSON WHO HAS SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
[27:17] FORWARD SO I DON'T THINK JORDAN IS COMING, HE WITHDREW THE
[27:20] REQUEST SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE RECORD ROOF TO COME
[27:37] FORWARD.
[27:38] >>Public Speaker: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS,
[27:41] HEATHER HARGROVE WARD 5. AUGUST 4 ELECTIONS TEN-DAY MESSAGE
[27:47] THAT DESERVES CAREFUL REFLECTION.
[27:50] WHILE PROPOSITION ONE WAS APPROVED PAST BY AN
[27:52] EXCEPTIONALLY NARROW MARGIN. THAT IS CERTAINLY A
[27:58] MATHEMATICAL VICTORY BUT IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS
[28:02] EVIDENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS DIVIDED AND MANY RESIDENTS
[28:05] APPROACH THIS DECISION WITH STATION RENT REGARDLESS OF HOW
[28:09] ANYONE VOTED WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SUCH A CLOSE RESULT CALLS
[28:12] FOR HUMILITY, THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
[28:15] IT MEANS THAT WHILE A MAJORITY SUPPORTED THE PROPOSITION, A
[28:19] VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY DID NOT.
[28:22] RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW THEIR CONCERNS WERE HEARD AND THEIR
[28:29] TAX DOLLARS WILL BE TREATED WITH THE SAME SERIOUSNESS I
[28:33] WOULD EXPECT IN THEIR SAME HOUSEHOLDS OR BUSINESSES.
[28:36] ONE ISSUE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IS PUBLIC
[28:40] SAFETY PERMITTED COMMUNITY SURVEYS HAVE REPEATEDLY
[28:44] IDENTIFIED THE LEASE AND FIRE SERVICES AS ONE OF THE
[28:47] RESIDENTS HIGHEST PRIORITIES, THAT MESSAGE HAS NOT CHANGED.
[28:50] EVERY MORNING OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS
[28:54] IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH ONE MISSION AND THAT'S TO PROTECT
[28:57] US. THEY STAND READY TO RESPOND ON
[28:59] WHAT MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE'S WORST DAY WE HAD THEY WALKED
[29:02] INTO SITUATIONS MOST OF US HOPE WE WILL NEVER ENCOUNTER AND
[29:05] THEY DESERVE OUR RESPECT, GRATITUDE AND THE RESOURCES
[29:10] NECESSARY TO DO THEIR JOBS SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY THAT
[29:13] PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITY 'S MOST VALUABLE ASSET WHICH IS ITS
[29:22] PEOPLE. SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS
[29:24] RECOGNIZING PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES REQUIRES THE CHOICES
[29:27] WE HAVE WE CANNOT SIMPLY SAY SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, WE MUST
[29:31] DEMONSTRATE IS A PRIORITY BUDGET, STAFFING DECISIONS
[29:34] INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND THE WAY WE ALLOCATE LIMITED
[29:38] RESOURCES AND WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT PERCEPTION MATTERS READ
[29:42] HEADLINES ABOUT CRIME WHETHER THEY FULLY REPRESENT THE
[29:45] BROADER STATISTICAL PICTURE OR NOT SHAPE HOW RESIDENTS FEEL
[29:48] ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY INFLUENCE WHETHER PEOPLE
[29:51] FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING DOWNTOWN, WHETHER BUSINESSES
[29:57] DECIDE TO INVEST HERE WHETHER FAMILIES CHOOSE COLUMBIA AS THE
[30:01] PLACE TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN OR LEATHER STUDENTS AND YOUNG
[30:05] PROFESSIONALS COLUMBIA AS A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY WANT TO
[30:08] BUILD THEIR FUTURE. IN MANY WAYS PERCEPTION BECOMES
[30:12] REALITY. A COMMUNITY IS MORE ATTRACTIVE
[30:14] TO FAMILIES BUSINESSES VISITORS AND INVESTORS.
[30:27] MAINTAINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY
[30:30] MUST REMAIN A PRIORITY NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE FEAR
[30:34] BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY MATTERS TO OUR
[30:37] QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC FUTURE.
[30:39] IT WILL MATTER WHEN FUTURE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS
[30:41] COMPARE COLUMBIA TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHEN MAKING A
[30:45] DECISION ABOUT WHERE THEY WILL CALL WHOLE.
[30:47] THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE ARRIVED
[30:51] AT THE POINT OF NEEDING A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX BUT THAT IS
[30:55] NO LONGER THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION.
[30:57] YOU ARE THE COUNCIL THAT'S BEEN ELECTED TO LEAD FROM THIS POINT
[31:00] FORWARD. THE QUESTION IS WHAT WILL YOU
[31:02] DO WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF VOTERS HAVE PLACED IN YOUR
[31:06] HANDS? I WOULD URGE YOU TO RESIST THE
[31:08] TEMPTATION TO RETURN TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.
[31:10] THIS SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS PERMISSION TO BECOME
[31:14] COMPLACENT IN THE FACE OF RISING EXPENSES, INSTEAD IT
[31:17] SHOULD SERVE AS A REMINDER EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLARS MUST BE
[31:21] SPENT THOUGHTFULLY REPEATEDLY WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND
[31:24] PLANNING AND THAT TIMES HAVE CHANGED.WE MUST CHANGE WITH
[31:31] THEM. FAMILIES ACROSS COLUMBIA MAKE
[31:33] DIFFICULT FINANCIAL DECISIONS EVERY MONTH, A PRIORITIZED
[31:36] NEEDS OR WANTS, POSTPONE PURCHASES AND MAKE DIFFICULT
[31:47] CHOICES WHEN THEIR INCOME DOES NOT KEEP PACE WITH EXPENSES
[31:50] RENT LOCAL BUSINESSES DO THE SAME THING CONSTANTLY
[31:54] EVALUATING EXPENSES PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS AND
[31:57] FINDING WAYS TO DO MORE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, NONPROFIT
[32:01] ORGANIZATIONS DRENCHED EVERY DOLLAR TO FULFILL THEIR
[32:04] MISSIONS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE RESOURCES ARE
[32:07] NOT UNLIMITED. CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD APPROACH
[32:10] TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITH THAT SAME DISCIPLINE AND A FOCUS ON
[32:14] PRIORITY. THIS I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAS
[32:16] AN OBLIGATION TO HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS IN THE MONTHS AND
[32:20] YEARS AHEAD, SOME DECISIONS WILL BE POPULAR AND SOME WILL
[32:23] NOT. BESIDES TALKING TALK TALK LEADS
[32:25] TO BIGGER PROBLEMS. OBSERVING ON COUNSEL SHOULD NOT
[32:29] BE AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE PET PROJECTS.
[32:31] YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT SERVE
[32:35] THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
[32:38] GOOD STEWARDSHIP REQUIRES DISCIPLINE, ASKING HARD
[32:41] QUESTIONS, SETTING PRIORITIES AND INJURING TAXPAYERS RECEIVE
[32:45] VALUE FOR EVERY DOLLAR ENTRUSTED TO THE CITY.
[32:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON. I FORGOT TO SAY MY EARLIER
[32:52] THING ABOUT CLAPPING, WE WERE GOING TO CLAP FOR SHARON BUT
[32:58] SHEILA WILL YOU READ PUBLIC HEARING 2426.
[33:06] >> PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES ON
[33:10] WINGATE DRIVE BETWEEN PARIS ROAD AND SQUIRE CIRCLE.
[33:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?
[33:16] YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.
[33:24] >> I'M LEARNING. GOOD EVENING, SHANE PREACH AND
[33:27] I'M THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THIS PROJECT WOULD INSTALL
[33:31] TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ALONG WHITEGATE DRIVE AND LAMBETH
[33:37] DRIVE. WHITEGATE SCORED AS THE HIGHEST
[33:39] PRIORITY PROJECT IN THE 2024 NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
[33:43] AND HAD AN 84 PERCENTILE SPEED OF 35 MILES LES BROWARD.
[33:53] WHITEGATE HAS 2600 VEHICLES TRAVELING ON IT PER DAY AND HAS
[33:56] A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 25 MPH. STAFF HELD TO INTERESTED
[33:59] PARTIES MEETINGS, ONE DECEMBER 4, 2025 AND ANOTHER MAY 27TH OF
[34:16] THIS YEAR. FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND
[34:19] SUBSEQUENT DESIGN STAFF IS RECOMMENDING INSTALLATION OF
[34:23] THREE SPEED BUMPS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNS AND MARKINGS
[34:26] ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROADWAY. STAFF ESTIMATES THE COST AT
[34:29] $25,000 PAID FROM OUR TRAFFIC CALLING ACCOUNT.
[34:32] AND FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MO DOT IS PROPOSING TO
[34:35] SIGNALIZED TOWN DRIVE AND WHITEGATE DRIVE AS PART F PHASE
[34:38] 4 OF THE IMPROVE I-70 ROJECT READ DISCUSSIONS AT PUBLIC
[34:44] HEARINGS AND THE INTERESTED PARTIES MEETINGS ASSOCIATED
[34:47] INCLUDE A DESIRE BY SOME IN ATTENDANCE FOR PURSUIT OF A
[34:50] ROUNDABOUT. PUBLIC WORKS STAFF AGREES A
[34:52] ROUNDABOUT WOULD BE A PREFERRED OPTION IN THIS LOCATION.
[34:55] TO THAT END PUBLIC WORKS HAVE PREPARED A CONCEPT PLAN HERE
[35:01] AND REQUESTED MODOT PROVIDE US COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR
[35:04] TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US IF WE
[35:09] CAN FIND FUNDING FOR THE DIFFERENCE AND FOR REFERENCE A
[35:13] DIFFICULT PROJECT COST BETWEEN 1 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS
[35:15] WITH THE SIGNAL AROUND ONE THIRD OF THAT COST BUT IT'S
[35:18] IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS IS NOT IN THE CORRECT TAX.
[35:23] WE WANT THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS WITH ME
[35:27] AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
[35:31] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS PROJECT, VALERIE.
[35:34] >>Council Member Carroll: CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT OTHER TRAFFIC
[35:42] CALLING DEVICES WERE CONSIDERED AND HOW YOU ENDED UP ON SPEED
[35:57] TABLES?
[35:58] >> WITH ALMOST ALL OUR TRAFFIC CALLING PROJECTS THE FIRST
[36:01] INTERESTED PARTIES MEETING IS MORE OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE
[36:04] DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE.
[36:07] SOME DO A BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE
[36:10] ISSUE IS SO ALL THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST MEETING.
[36:15] THERE WAS A PREFERENCE FOR SPEED HUMPS.
[36:18] WE THINK THAT THE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES WE SEE ON WHITEGATE
[36:22] AND THAT'S WHY WE PROPOSED THEM ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
[36:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR
[36:31] STAFF, SHARON. SHARON AND THEN VERA.
[36:40] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE OTHER 2 PROJECTS DISCUSSED
[36:49] IN THE APRIL MEETING, WHERE ARE THOSE IN THE PROCESS?
[36:52] THE LAKE.
[37:03] >> THAT'S A VERY UNIQUE PROJECT AS THERE WAS A HOLD MAILBOX
[37:07] COLLECTOR. ISSUE THAT CAME UP DURING THESE
[37:11] MEETINGS WHERE THEY WERE NOT MAYBE LOCATED AS THEY WOULD BE
[37:17] TODAY AS I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE CITY TO
[37:20] IMPLEMENT THE MAILBOX CLUSTER.
[37:23] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: AND THE OTHER ONE, I'M TRYING
[37:27] TO LOOK BACK AT THE MEMO, HIGHLANDS PARKWAY.
[37:31] BECAUSE ALL THREE WERE APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME.
[37:36] >> HIGHLANDS PARKWAY IS A FEW WEEKS BEHIND.
[37:43] WE TRY NOT TO DO THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
[37:46] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA.
[37:53] >>Council Member Elwood: JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, COULD YOU
[37:56] GO BACK TO THE SLIDE OF THE PROJECT WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING
[38:00] ABOUT? THANK YOU.
[38:01] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, CHRISTINA.
[38:10] >>Council Member Hartman: TO TALK ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT,
[38:14] SORRY. IF IT'S WITHIN THIS AGENDA
[38:17] ITEM, I AM CURIOUS.
[38:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IT IS NOT ON WHAT WE ARE PROVING TONIGHT.
[38:33] >>Council Member Hartman: THEN I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL
[38:36] WAIT.
[38:37] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING ON
[38:40] WHITEGATE DRIVE, I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISH TO
[38:44] SPEAK ON INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING ON WHITEGATE
[38:47] DRIVE. YOU ARE IT.
[38:52] >>Public Speaker: PAUL LAND, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER:
[38:56] WHITEGATE DRIVE AT 2100 WHITEGATE UNDER THE TITLE OF
[39:06] LAST ENTERPRISES LLC. LAST ENTERPRISES CONSISTS OF 2
[39:09] PEOPLE, MY WIFE AND YSELF. LESLIE THERE ARE THREE
[39:14] BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN THAT BUILDING AND THE LEAD TENANT BE
[39:18] IN COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY. I SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC CALMING
[39:27] DEVICES, I ATTENDED A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT
[39:29] TALKED ABOUT THOSE. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE
[39:33] ROUNDABOUT SPECIFICALLY EVEN THOUGH THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS.
[39:37] TO THE EAST, BUT THE I-70 CHANGES WILL MAKE MATERIAL
[39:40] CHANGES HERE WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS.
[39:42] CLARK LANE AS IT COMES WEST FROM HIGHWAY 63 AND TRAVELS
[39:53] BEHIND THE BUILDING COLUMBIA INSURANCE AS ON THAT MAP WHERE
[39:57] IT'S LOCATED WILL BE OBLITERATED AS PART OF THE I-70
[40:06] EXPANSION SO ALL TRAFFIC WILL NOT TRAVEL BEHIND THIS BUILDING
[40:09] ANYMORE, IT WILL TRAVEL TO THE SIDE OF TOWN DRIVE AND HEADING
[40:13] TO THE WEST ALONG WHITEGATE TO THE WEST WHERE IT BECOMES HERE
[40:16] FOR SO CLARK LANE WILL TURN INTO TOWN DRIVE AND THEN TURN
[40:21] INTO HERE FOR ALL WITHIN AND A HALF MILE.
[40:23] SEEMS NOTABLE TO BE THERE WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING TO CALL THAT
[40:27] CLARK LANE. I HAVE NO OBJECTION, I'M THE
[40:33] ONLY PROPERTY OWNER BETWEEN TOWN DRIVE AND PARIS ROAD THAT
[40:49] HAS A WHITEGATE ADDRESS. IF IN THE FUTURE A DECISION IS
[40:52] MADE TO CALL OUT CLARK LANE I WOULD SUPPORT IT.I ALSO
[40:55] SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A ROUNDABOUT THERE VERSUS A
[40:58] TRAFFIC LIGHT PERMIT THE LOCATION OF THOSE DRIVES, THE
[41:01] DRIVES SERVING THE BACKSIDE OF CLARK LANE WILL BE OBLITERATED
[41:05] TO. SO THE LOCATION OF THOSE DRIVES
[41:10] WILL CAUSE A STRAIN ON THE POTENTIAL OCCUPANTS OF THAT
[41:13] PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE IF A TRAFFIC LIGHT IS PUT THERE
[41:16] BECAUSE IT WOULD CAUSE A STACKING OF TRAFFIC DURING PEAK
[41:21] HOURS. DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOURS
[41:23] AND EVENING PEAK HOURS SO A ROUNDABOUT BE DESIRABLE.
[41:26] TO THAT END WE ARE WILLING TO MAKE A DONATION OF THE LAND
[41:28] THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT THAT ROUNDABOUT IF THAT DECISION IS
[41:34] REACHED IN THE FUTURE. NOW OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A
[41:41] COUPLE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS THERE THAT HAVE TO MAKE A
[41:44] SIMILAR POSITION MAYBE WE BELIEVE THE CITY SUPPORTS IT IN
[41:47] THE CITY OWNS LAND TO THE NORTHEAST AND I'M WILLING TO
[41:51] REACH OUT TO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ASSISTANCE SO THAT'S
[41:55] THE EXTENT OF MY COMMENTS.
[41:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
[42:01] SPEAK ABOUT THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALLING ON WHITEGATE
[42:04] DRIVE? SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE
[42:06] PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL OR
[42:09] ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT CAME UP ON THIS?
[42:14] I WILL HAVE SHEILA GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLE OR MAKE A MOTION FOR
[42:19] STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING
[42:34] ON WHITEGATE DRIVE, DO I HAVE A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
[42:37] AYE. ANY OPPOSED.
[42:38] ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ
[42:42] PUBLIC HEARING 2526.
[42:43] >> THE CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF
[42:46] COLUMBIA PHASE 2 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WASTEWATER
[42:49] AND STORMWATER.
[42:51] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?
[42:56] YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT DOWN, SORRY.
[43:07] >> GOOD EVENING. ERIN KEYS, UTILITIES DIRECTOR
[43:10] WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SEWER AND STORM WATER PERMIT
[43:13] THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR ADOPTION OF PHASE 2 OF THE
[43:16] WASTEWATER STORMWATER INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN.
[43:20] QUICK HISTORY, WE EMBARKED UPON THIS PLAN TO ALLOW THE CITY TO
[43:25] PRIORITIZE AND DIRECT HOW WE SPEND FUNDS TO ADDRESS ALL OUR
[43:29] MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL AND REGULATORY NEEDS IN BOTH SEWER
[43:33] AND STORM WATER. THE CITY WAS FACED WITH, AND
[43:40] THIS WAS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO THE CITY WAS FACED WITH AN
[43:44] ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT THAT REQUIRE THE UTILITIES,
[43:47] THAT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE THE UTILITIES SPEND MORE THAN 57
[43:51] MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AS DICTATED BY THE REGULATORY
[43:55] AGENCIES NOT HAVE COMPLETELY BENEFITED OUR COMMUNITY.
[43:59] INSTEAD WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN
[44:04] THAT ALLOWS THE CITY.
[44:05] >> ABILITY TO ORGANIZE AND FUND WORK AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
[44:09] AS OUR COMMUNITY SEES FIT. SO WHAT IS THE INTEGRATED
[44:15] MANAGEMENT PLAN? IT'S A COMMUNITY DRIVEN
[44:17] AFFORDABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT LEVERAGES EXISTING ASSETS
[44:23] AND IMPLEMENTS INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE
[44:27] OUR COMMUNITIES PRIORITIES WHICH ARE IMPROVING PUBLIC
[44:33] HEALTH AND SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE, SUSTAINABLE SERVICE FOR
[44:36] THE FUTURE, WATER QUALITY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
[44:40] THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PHASE I WAS COMPLETED IN 2019 AND HAS
[44:55] BEEN IMPLEMENTED SINCE THAT TIME.
[44:57] PHASE 2 WAS STARTED IN 2024 AND WE ARE STARTING IMPLEMENTATION
[45:00] THIS YEAR. IT'S TYPICALLY ON A FIVE-YEAR
[45:03] CYCLE RUNS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR DNR PERMITS AS PART OF THIS
[45:07] PROCESS WE HAD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN OUTREACH WHICH
[45:10] INCLUDED A CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER SURVEY ONLINE FROM MAY
[45:17] THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024 KOREA PUBLIC MEETING IN AUGUST 2024
[45:21] THIS WAS ALSO PRESENTED TO THE THINGS IN GREEK COLLABORATIVE
[45:24] MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER GROUP. SO WHAT DID WE DO IN PHASE 1?
[45:28] AGAIN WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR ACTION PLAN SO THAT FIRST PHASE
[45:31] INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COMPLETE ONLY REGULATORY ITEMS, WE SPEND
[45:33] OUR MONEY AND EFFORTS ON BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON MAINTAINING
[45:43] AND IMPROVING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
[45:46] AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT WE COMPLETED A REHABILITATION OF
[45:52] THE DIGESTER COMPLEX WHICH INCLUDES THE ROOFS AND MIXING
[45:55] SYSTEM AND WE ALSO UPGRADED ALL OUR 25 PUMP STATIONS WITH
[46:09] TELEMETRY SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AT ALL TIMES.
[46:11] FOR OUR WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM WE REDUCED SANITARY
[46:15] SEWER OVERFLOW EVENTS. THAT'S WHAT SSO STANDS FOR.
[46:18] AND WE DID THAT THROUGH HIGHFLYING PROJECTS WHICH ALSO
[46:21] EXTENDS THE LIFE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
[46:23] WE ALSO COMPLETED A NUMBER, COMPLETED SOME SIGNIFICANT
[46:30] OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO REDUCE OUR SSO'S.
[46:32] WE COMPLETED A NEW SEWER LEVEL WHICH WILL HELP US IDENTIFY
[46:37] WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR REHABILITATION EFFORTS IN THE
[46:44] SEWER SYSTEM. ON STORMWATER, IN ADDITION TO 2
[47:06] SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL PROJECTS A REGIONAL DETENTION PROJECT
[47:09] OVERLIE CALVERT DRIVE AND OUR HANG SENG CREEK BANK
[47:12] STABILIZATION PROJECT WE DID A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK ON
[47:16] INSPECTING OUR STORMWATER OUTFALLS LOOKING FOR DISCHARGE
[47:19] DETECTION ISSUES AND THEN WE DID A SIGNIFICANT GAIN IN
[47:22] MIDDLE TYPE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION.
[47:25] SO CURRENTLY OUR PERMITS, CURRENT PERMITS FOR WASTEWATER
[47:30] TREATMENT PLANT AND OUR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER
[47:34] SYSTEM PERMIT WHICH IS OUR STORMWATER PERMIT, THE CURRENT
[47:38] REQUIREMENTS ON WASTEWATER PLANT WE HAVE LIMITS ON BOD AND
[47:41] TSS AND AMMONIA. IN THE FUTURE WITH THE WATER
[47:45] QUALITY CRITERIA UPDATES FROM DNR WE WILL BE EXPECTED TO, OR
[47:53] THE LIMITS FOR AMMONIA COULD CHANGE THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND
[47:57] THERE IS AN EXPECTATION WE WILL START REMOVING, HAVE LIMITS FOR
[48:02] TOTAL PHOSPHORUS. CURRENTLY PLANS OF OUR SIZE
[48:11] THAT TOTAL PHOSPHORUS LIMIT IS REQUIRED BY 2029 BECAUSE OF OUR
[48:15] INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH THAT OFF
[48:20] HOPEFULLY WE WILL PUSH THAT OFF UNTIL 2033.
[48:22] GIVE US TIME TO DO OPTIMIZATION WORK.
[48:28] E. COLI IS ANOTHER WATER QUALITY PARAMETER BOTH
[48:31] IMPORTANT AT THE WASTEWATER PLAN AND IS ON MANY, WE HAD A
[48:37] NUMBER OF IMPAIRED WATER IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA THAT ARE
[48:40] LISTED FOR HOLLAND, THAT'S WHAT THE 303D LIST IS THOSE ARE SOME
[48:46] ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO INCORPORATE IN THIS PLAN.
[48:53] SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSALS IN PHASE 2?
[48:56] AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT YOU NEED TO, WE ARE PLANNING ON
[48:59] DOING AN OPTIMIZATION STUDIES THAT WILL INCLUDE A LOT OF
[49:05] THINGS. THE FIRST THING IS NUTRIENT
[49:07] REMOVAL WHICH IS PHOSPHORUS AND AMMONIA RENT WHAT ARE THE BEST
[49:11] MECHANISMS FOR US TO DO THAT IN THE MOST COST-EFFICIENT WAY
[49:17] POSSIBLE. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THAT
[49:19] OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR ENERGY USE AT THE WASTEWATER
[49:25] PLANT, THE WASTEWATER PLANT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ENERGY
[49:28] USERS IN THE CITY SO IF WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THAT ELECTRICAL
[49:31] USE SOMEHOW WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
[49:36] SLUDGE MANAGEMENT IS ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
[49:39] AS A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH OUR FLOWS
[49:45] HAVE NOT ACTUALLY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST
[49:49] DECADE, THE CONCENTRATION OF SOLIDS IN THAT FLOW HAVE
[49:55] INCREASED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS PEOPLE
[49:57] ARE PUTTING IN MORE WATER SAVING DEVICES AND CONSERVATION
[50:01] DEVICES, WE DON'T GET AS MUCH FLOW BUT WE ARE GETTING MORE
[50:07] SOLIDS IN THAT FLOW. SO WE NEED TO BE SURE OUR
[50:18] FACILITY CAN ADEQUATELY TREAT THOSE SOLIDS IN THE FUTURE.
[50:21] AND THEN DISINFECTION WILL BE ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE
[50:24] WASTEWATER PROCESS. AS FAR AS OUR COLLECTION
[50:27] SYSTEM, AGAIN, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO IS CONTINUING
[50:34] OUR COMMON COLLECTOR ELIMINATION PROJECTS WHICH
[50:38] PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT.
[50:41] WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THAT LIST.
[50:54] AN ORDERLY SYSTEM EXPANSION TO PROTECT OUR CREEKS AND STREAMS
[50:57] AND CONTINUED WORK ON INFLOW AND INFILTRATION REDUCTION TO
[51:01] REDUCE OVERFLOWS AND BACKUPS. MOST OF THAT WORK IS OUR
[51:05] REHABILITATION OF PIPES AND THEN USING THE HYDRAULIC MODEL
[51:08] WE RECENTLY COMPLETED TO BETTER IDENTIFY AREAS WE NEED TO TAKE
[51:11] MORE FOCUSED EFFORTS. WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL EVENTS
[51:14] WE KNOW WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR EXISTING REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS
[51:23] AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU IN
[51:26] DECEMBER WITH THOSE UPDATES. AND THEN REGARDING STORMWATER
[51:34] MANAGEMENT, WE ARE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH
[51:43] FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECTS. IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR
[51:47] STREAMS THROUGH OUR MS 4 PROGRAMS AND GOING BACK TO THE
[51:50] CORRUGATED METAL PIPE, WE'VE DONE THAT CONDITION ASSESSMENT
[51:53] SO WE ARE PRIORITIZING WHICH TYPES WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
[52:00] REPLACING OR POTENTIALLY WHINING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
[52:02] SO WITH THAT I'M WILLING TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY
[52:12] QUESTIONS.
[52:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU ERIN, ANY QUESTIONS FROM
[52:16] COUNCILMEMBERS FOR STAFF, CHRISTINA.
[52:17] >>Council Member Hartman: COULD YOU ELABORATE ON WHY WE
[52:23] ARE PUSHING BACK TOTAL PHOSPHORUS TO 2033 BECAUSE OF
[52:26] WHAT YOU SAID?
[52:27] >> SURE. THE IDEA IS WE WANT TO, WE
[52:32] ALREADY DO SOME PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT
[52:39] SO WE WANT TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AT OUR PROCESS TO SEE
[52:42] IF WE CAN OPTIMIZE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND MEET THE
[52:45] REMOVAL REQUIREMENTS. THEN WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE
[52:52] IN OUR BEST INTEREST INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME
[52:55] MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT TO
[52:58] MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. WE WANT TO DO THE STUDY FIRST
[53:03] AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND IF IT DOESN'T
[53:07] WORK OUT LIKE WE HOPED, WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME CAPITAL
[53:13] PLANNING IN ORDER TO FUND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.
[53:18] >>Council Member Hartman: FOLLOW-UP, WHAT KIND OF
[53:21] TIMELINE THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
[53:28] THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THE SECOND WOULD BE WOULD DO THE
[53:32] OPTIMIZATION STUDY? WOULD THAT BE IN-HOUSE OR
[53:38] EXTERNAL?
[53:39] >> WE WOULD PROBABLY HIRE AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO HELP US
[53:42] WITH THE AUGMENTATION BECAUSE IT COULD BE COMPLEX.
[53:49] IT INVOLVES A LOT OF ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS.
[53:52] THEN YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN THE
[53:55] PLANT WAS UPGRADED IN 2013, WHEN THAT UPGRADE WAS DESIGNED,
[54:00] IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT NITROGEN REMOVAL WAS GOING TO
[54:06] BE MORE IMPORTANT. SO IT WAS SET UP FOR AN
[54:12] IMPROVEMENT FOR NITROGEN REMOVAL.
[54:14] THEN DNR ACTUALLY CHANGED AND THEY BROUGHT FORWARD PHOSPHORUS
[54:20] REMOVAL BEFORE THE NITROGEN REMOVAL.
[54:24] THERE ARE PROBABLY STILL SOME ASPECTS OF THE FACILITY WE
[54:26] COULD USE TOWARDS PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL BUT THERE'S 2 DIFFERENT
[54:32] KINDS. YOU CAN EITHER DO CHEMICAL OR
[54:34] YOU CAN DO IT OPERATIONALLY. SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE
[54:46] OPTIMIZATION TO SEE WHICH ONE WILL BEST SUIT OUR NEEDS.
[54:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, VALERIE.
[54:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe:
[55:00] >>Council Member Carroll: YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMIND
[55:03] ME EVERY TIME. YOU CALLED OUT THAT YOU WOULD
[55:06] BE LOOKING AT WHAT AREAS TO DO LINING IN OVER THE NEXT FIVE
[55:11] YEARS. IS THAT SHORT IN-PLACE PIPE
[55:16] PROGRAM YOU'RE REFERRING TO?
[55:19] >> YES, WE ARE DOING THE CURE IN-PLACE PIPE LIGHTING PROJECTS
[55:26] BUT FOR THE INI PROGRAM THERE IS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT CAN BE
[55:31] DONE. THERE'S LIGHTING MANHOLES,
[55:33] PUTTING THEY CALLED TOP HATS IN THE LATERAL CONNECTION.
[55:44] THERE'S SMOKE TESTING, THERE'S SOME MORE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE
[55:48] ON SPECIFICALLY INFLOW AND INFILTRATION.
[55:50] WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR LINING THAT IS PART OF THIS
[55:56] PLAN. $2.7 MILLION IS FUNDED EVERY
[55:58] YEAR JUST TO GO TOWARDS LIGHTING.
[56:01] BUT WE WILL ALSO START LOOKING WITH OUR SEWER MODEL WE WILL BE
[56:05] ABLE TO START HONING IN ON THOSE AREAS THAT REALLY HAVE
[56:13] INFLOW AND INFILTRATION PROBLEMS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO
[56:16] WORK ON THAT A LITTLE FURTHER.
[56:19] >> HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY AREAS THAT HAVE INFLOW AND
[56:22] INFILTRATION PROBLEMS.
[56:27] >> THEY DO THAT THROUGH FLOW MONITORING WHERE THEY MONITOR
[56:31] THE FLOW IN DRY WEATHER AND WET WEATHER TO SEE WHAT THE
[56:35] DIFFERENCE IS AND THERE'S UNEXPECTED DIFFERENCE AND IF IT
[56:38] GOES ABOVE THAT THEN THAT MAY BE AN AREA WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.
[56:43] YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE A CONTRACT COMING THROUGH COUNSEL HERE IN
[56:46] THE NEXT MEETING I BELIEVE. FOR OUR CONTRACT TO DO JUST
[56:56] THAT.
[56:56] >> I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. IS THERE ANY DATA AVAILABLE
[56:59] THAT WE CAN REVIEW AS A COUNSELOR AS TO WHAT AREA HAS
[57:05] THOSE DIFFERENCES THAT WERE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED?
[57:12] >> IS STUDIES THAT WE DID IN THE PAST ARE OLDER NOW.
[57:24] WE'VE LINED SO MUCH THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE
[57:27] THEN. IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE
[57:30] ACCURATE I GUESS OR UP-TO-DATE. CORRECT.
[57:44] >>Council Member Carroll: WE HAD AREAS IN THE PAST WHERE WE
[57:47] HAVE FILLED IN.
[57:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
[58:07] SEEING NONE I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.
[58:10] WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON PHASE 2, YOU
[58:14] CAN KEEP WALKING. I'M FILLING TIME UNTIL YOU GET
[58:17] UP HERE FOR THE SEWER AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN YOU CAN
[58:21] DIRECT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AWARD AND DIRECT YOUR
[58:24] QUESTIONS TO ASK.
[58:25] >>.
[58:26] >>Public Speaker: I'M A CITIZEN AND FOR THE WASTEWATER FACILITY
[58:29] WHICH IT WAS STATED THERE'S SO MUCH SOLID THAT IT'S THE SOLID
[58:32] CONCENTRATION IN THE WATER IS TOO HIGH SO CAN YOU USE SOME OF
[58:35] THAT OUTLET STREAM THAT HAS ALL THE SOLIDS REMOVAL DILUTE THE
[58:39] SOLID BEFORE IT ENTERS THE FACILITY SO YOU HAVE THE SAME
[58:43] SOLID WATER MIXTURE AS BEFORE AND THEN FOR THE SECOND ONE THE
[58:52] PIPE IS LINED, THE LINING WILL NOT STOP, IF IT'S PROMOTED AND
[58:58] THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS REDUCED WILL THAT LINING STILL KEEP A
[59:01] TUNNEL OR PIPE UPRIGHT OR IS THERE GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE.
[59:07] LIKE DO YOU STILL NEED TO REPLACE SOME OF THE PIPE 'S.
[59:15] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SHEILA, DID YOU GET HIS NAMES?
[59:18] YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE MINUTES.
[59:21] >>Public Speaker: LAST NAME IS THOMAS.
[59:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
[59:32] ON THE PROPOSED INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PHASE 2 FOR WASTE
[59:39] WATER AND SEWER. SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE
[59:42] PUBLIC HEARING. ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP, FURTHER
[59:49] QUESTIONS ASKED. IF YOU WANT TO THE QUESTIONS
[59:51] ASKED FROM THE PUBLIC IF YOU HAVE ANSWERS THOSE WOULD BE
[59:59] HELPFUL.
[1:00:00] >> IN TERMS OF THE SOLIDS MANAGEMENT, MOVING PHOSPHORUS
[1:00:02] MAY INCREASE THE SOLIDS WE HAVE TO MANAGE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S
[1:00:06] DRIVING THE SOLIDS STUDY. AND THAT'S ALSO A FUNCTION OF
[1:00:15] WHETHER WE REMOVE IT CHEMICALLY OR BIOLOGICALLY.
[1:00:18] IF WE REMOVE IT CHEMICALLY WE WILL BE ADDING A MATERIAL THAT
[1:00:24] WILL CAUSE THE SOLIDS TO PRECIPITATE AND INCREASE THE
[1:00:27] AMOUNT OF SOLIDS. THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING
[1:00:30] THE SOLIDS STUDY. IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURAL
[1:00:33] QUESTION ABOUT THE PIPE IF WE GET TO THE CORRUGATED METAL
[1:00:36] PIPE SOON ENOUGH AND REHAB IT AND LINE IT BEFORE IT'S TOO BAD
[1:00:40] WE CAN MAINTAIN ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY.
[1:00:42] IF WE GET TO IT TOO LATE THAT IT HAS TO BE REPLACED.
[1:00:52] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL.
[1:00:54] YES STAFF.
[1:00:56] >> BAGS FOR UPGRADING THE SYSTEM ON THE PHASE 1 BECAUSE
[1:01:01] THE CYBERSECURITY SIDE OF ME WORRIES ABOUT THAT STUFF.
[1:01:04] AND THEN IN TERMS OF IF YOU DON'T GET TO THE CORRUGATED
[1:01:10] PIPE IN TIME TO APPLY THE LINING IS THAT, DO YOU COME
[1:01:21] BACK TO COUNSEL FOR THAT, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A PROCESS
[1:01:24] QUESTION BUT TO UPDATE TO A NEW PIPE OR WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT
[1:01:28] POINT?
[1:01:28] >> MOST OF THE PIPE WHEN WE REPLACE IT OR LINE IT IS
[1:01:31] CONSIDERED A MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
[1:01:35] SO WE DO IT AS MAINTENANCE. WE HAD TO UPSIZE OR ADD INLETS
[1:01:38] OR DO SOME IMPROVEMENT TO IT, THAT'S WHEN IT COMES TO COUNSEL
[1:01:41] AS AN IMPROVEMENT.
[1:01:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
[1:01:52] >>Council Member Carroll: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING
[1:01:55] OUT THE PLAN TO EXPAND THE REIMBURSEMENT PROJECT WRITTEN
[1:01:59] THOSE HAVE BEEN A HUGE SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HEAR A LOT
[1:02:02] OF INTEREST IN THEM AND AS YOU MENTIONED AFTER THE RACE I
[1:02:05] HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF CITIZENS WHO ARE ENGAGING TO FIND OUT
[1:02:10] HOW CAN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'VE LEARNED
[1:02:14] THEY NEED THOSE SUPPORTS. THAT AS WELL AS OUR MAINTENANCE
[1:02:17] I THINK HELPS US STAY AHEAD OF THE MORE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
[1:02:24] AND MORE FREQUENT FLOODING WE'VE BEEN SEEING.
[1:02:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTEGRATED
[1:02:41] MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER, DO I HAVE A
[1:02:44] SECOND. FROM VERA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
[1:02:48] ANY OPPOSED.THANK YOU. MOVING ON SHEILA WILLIE REED
[1:02:51] PUBLIC HEARING 26 - 26 AND ACCOMPANYING BILL 208 - 26.
[1:02:56] >> THE SETTING OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THE 2026 CITY OF
[1:03:07] COLUMBIA AND COUNSEL BILL 208 26 IS AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE
[1:03:10] RATES OF TAXATION AND ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN COLUMBIA OR
[1:03:13] THE YEAR 2026 DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE OF
[1:03:21] THE PROPERTY TAX RATES AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
[1:03:24] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.
[1:03:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
[1:03:30] >> MATTHEW LU, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
[1:03:33] THIS IS FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT SETS THE PROPERTY RATE FOR
[1:03:37] COLUMBIA AT .3918 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION.
[1:03:39] THE CITY LEVIES PROPERTY TAXES TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND BASIC
[1:03:43] SERVICES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
[1:03:57] THESE RATES ARE SENT EACH YEAR WITHIN LIMITS SET BY THE
[1:04:00] CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES OF MISSOURI.
[1:04:02] THE RATES ARE BASED ON REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR
[1:04:06] WITH AN ALLOWANCE FOR GROWTH BASED ON THE RATES OF
[1:04:08] INFLATION. THE 2026 PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTS
[1:04:11] THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. THESE PROPERTY TAXES COMPRISED
[1:04:23] APPROXIMATELY 9% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27
[1:04:26] AND THAT IS ROUGHLY $12.2 MILLION.
[1:04:28] THE COMPUTER DRAPED FOR 25 WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FISCAL
[1:04:31] YEAR 26 REVENUE WAS .39 07 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION.
[1:04:34] THIS RATE IS INCREASED TO ABOUT .0011 FOUR 2026.
[1:04:37] TWO .3918 PER ASSESSED VALUATION.
[1:04:47] AND SO BASICALLY FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 ARE LOOKING AT 12.2
[1:04:51] MILLION IF THIS RATE IS PASSED.
[1:04:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL TO STAFF.
[1:05:01] >>.
[1:05:08] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SO IT FLUCTUATES.
[1:05:10] YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.
[1:05:17] >> IT FLUCTUATES YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON HOW MANY HOUSES CAME
[1:05:20] ON AND ALLOWANCE SO WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO INCREASE 5% FROM
[1:05:24] YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE OF THE HANCOCK AMENDMENT.
[1:05:27] IF IT INCREASES MORE THAN 5% YOU'LL SEE THAT RATE GO DOWN.
[1:05:30] TO ALLOW FOR THAT ONLY 5%.
[1:05:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC
[1:05:43] HEARING, CHRISTINA. >>Council Member Hartman: WHAT
[1:05:45] STUDY HAVE WE DONE TO EVALUATE WHAT THE AVERAGE JANE WOULD BE
[1:05:49] FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
[1:05:50] >> THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO. EVERYTHING WE GET THE RATES
[1:05:53] THAT ARE SET ARE SET BY THE COUNTY AND BY THE STATE.
[1:06:00] SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH YOUR TOLD HOW MUCH YOU CAN INCREASE.
[1:06:03] WE DO HAVE A SELLING THAT WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR BUMPING UP
[1:06:09] AGAINST AND ARE CEILING THIS YEAR IS AT .4136 SO WE ARE
[1:06:14] QUITE A BIT OFF OF OUR TAX CEILING.
[1:06:19] BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS BASICALLY A GIVEN.
[1:06:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
[1:06:35] OKAY, I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, IF ANYONE FROM THE
[1:06:38] PUBLIC WOULD WISH TO SPEAK ON THE 2025 PROPERTY TAX RATES.
[1:06:42] SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[1:06:44] ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. VERA.
[1:06:49] >>Council Member Elwood: I THINK IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE
[1:06:59] GOOD TO SEE ANYTIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT INVOLVES
[1:07:02] NUMBERS AND DECIMAL POINTS, VISUALS ON THE SCREEN IT WOULD
[1:07:06] BE HELPFUL TO TRACK THE CONVERSATION.
[1:07:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS,
[1:07:13] SHEILA WILL YOU CALL ROLE UNBUILT 208 - 26.
[1:07:20] >> COUNSEL BILL 208 - 26.
[1:07:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[1:07:23] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[1:07:26] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[1:07:30] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[1:07:31] >>Council Member Hartman: NO.
[1:07:34] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[1:07:41] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON, SHEILA WILLIE REED PUBLIC
[1:07:44] HEARING 27 - 26 AND ACCOMPANYING BILL 209 - 26.
[1:07:57] >> PUBLIC HEARING 27 - 26 IS THE FY 2027 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR
[1:08:00] THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, COUNSEL BILL 209 26 IS AN ORDINANCE
[1:08:18] ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
[1:08:21] OCTOBER 1, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2027 FY 2027
[1:08:24] PROVIDING CERTAIN AMOUNTS SHOWN IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ARE
[1:08:28] APPROPRIATED FOR THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SPECIFIED IN SAID
[1:08:32] BUDGET AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
[1:08:35] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.
[1:08:37] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
[1:08:39] >> YES WE DO. I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE
[1:08:42] BUDGET PRESENTATION, THEN WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE
[1:08:46] AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. THEN ALSO WE HAVE A SMALL
[1:08:49] PRESENTATION ON THE PARKING RATE CHANGES.
[1:08:51] HERE ARE A LIST OF THE BUDGET ENGAGEMENTS WE HAVE DONE SO FAR
[1:08:55] THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL TOWN HALLS,
[1:08:58] SEVERAL ACADEMIES, SOME COMMUNITY CLASSROOMS.
[1:09:07] WE'VE HAD BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, OUR LET'S TALK LOCALS AND NOW
[1:09:13] WE ARE GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL BUDGET HEARINGS.
[1:09:18] WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND.
[1:09:28] SO THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET AS GENERAL FUND
[1:09:31] WITH TOTAL REVENUES OF 133.8 MILLION AND OPERATING
[1:09:37] EXPENDITURES OF 133.8 MILLION. WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY
[1:09:41] $14,000 REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR
[1:09:45] 27. HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR OUTLOOK
[1:09:49] FOR THE GENERAL FUND. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
[1:09:55] BOTTOM ROW, THAT IS BASICALLY YOUR CASH ABOVE THE 20% CASH
[1:10:04] RESERVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27
[1:10:07] PROPOSED. WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM,
[1:10:15] WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT 30% OF ALL THE REVENUE COMES
[1:10:19] FROM SALES AND USE TAX. THE NEXT BIGGEST CHUNK IS 14.5%
[1:10:24] COMING FROM PILOT PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.
[1:10:29] THEN INTERGOVERNMENTAL FEES AND OTHER TAXES ROUND OUT THE TOP
[1:10:43] FOUR. FOR FINAL REVENUE BY COMPARISON
[1:10:45] LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 2026 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 27, ONE
[1:10:51] OF THE BIG CHANGES HERE IS REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
[1:10:54] OR GRANTS. SEEING THE DECREASE, THIS IS
[1:10:58] SOMETHING THAT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR BUT I BELIEVE THAT
[1:11:01] IS THE DECREASE FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
[1:11:10] HERE IS OUR EXPENDITURE COMPARISON FROM FISCAL YEAR 26
[1:11:14] THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27. WE'VE DECREASED EXPENDITURES BY
[1:11:20] ABOUT 1% IN FISCAL YEAR 27 COMPARED TO 26 KOREA, OF THAT
[1:11:28] AS COME FROM SERVICES THEN PERSONNEL SERVICES AS WELL.
[1:11:38] SO WHAT IS A NET SERVICES LINE. TYPES OF SERVICES WE PURCHASE,
[1:11:47] PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDED.
[1:11:51] SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, BUILDING
[1:12:01] MAINTENANCE, THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC
[1:12:04] PLANNING EFFORTS, LITIGATION, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND
[1:12:08] ADVERTISING TO NAME A FEW OF THE SERVICES PURCHASED.WITHIN
[1:12:11] THE MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE CATEGORY, MISCELLANEOUS
[1:12:18] EXPENSES ARE BASICALLY A GROUP OF EXPENSES THAT ARE ALL ROLLED
[1:12:26] UP INTO ONE TERM WHICH IS MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES BUT
[1:12:29] WITHIN THAT CATEGORY WE HAVE CREDIT CARD FEES WHICH IS YOUR
[1:12:33] LARGEST PORTION AT 24% OR SECOND-LARGEST.
[1:12:36] AN ACTUAL MISCELLANEOUS WHICH IS THINGS THAT DO NOT FIT WELL
[1:12:42] IN ANY OTHER CATEGORY ARE ABOUT 27% OF ALL THOSE EXPENSES.
[1:12:46] WHERE THE MONEY GOES. FROM FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH
[1:12:52] FISCAL YEAR 27 POLICE INCREASED .7%, 5.25%, PUBLIC WORKS
[1:12:59] INCREASED 2.3% WHILE A REMAINDER OF THE GENERAL FUND
[1:13:03] FOR MY INCREASED BY 1.1% SO HERE'S A LIST OF ALL THOSE
[1:13:08] EXPENSES BY DEPARTMENT.
[1:13:28] >> THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET OR A NET
[1:13:35] REDUCTION EQUIVALENT POSITIONS FTPS IN THE GENERAL 122 OF
[1:13:39] THOSE POSITIONS WERE RELATED TO MOVING COMMUNICATION OUT OF THE
[1:13:44] GENERAL FUND INTO AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND RENT THERE IS NEW
[1:13:47] ADDED FOR THE 78 VACANT POSITIONS HOLD OPEN FOR 27
[1:13:55] WHICH MEANS THEIR SALARY WAS BUDGETED AT ZERO.
[1:14:03] >> NOW WE LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 27.
[1:14:08] SO FOR ALL FUNDS.
[1:14:12] >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR VERIFICATION GO BACK AND SLIDE
[1:14:18] WHAT ARE THE EIGHT VACANT POSITIONS, WE KNOW WHAT GOES
[1:14:23] ON? AND MORE TO BE LISTED AND NO
[1:14:35] AVAIL.
[1:14:35] >> I DON'T HAVE THEM OFTEN. IN MY HEAD THAT I CAN GET.
[1:14:43] >> LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS WE ARE
[1:14:46] LOOKING AT TOTAL REVENUE CITYWIDE 5500 74 MILLION WITH
[1:14:55] TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES OF 546 MILLION.
[1:15:01] WE HAVE TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHICH IS
[1:15:05] ONE-TIME MONEY BEING SPENT AT 56 BILLION THEN TOTAL
[1:15:09] EXPENDITURES OF $603 MILLION. SO HOW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE
[1:15:29] FUNDED, THE GENERAL FUND FUNDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH
[1:15:33] TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX,
[1:15:36] GENERAL FUND RESERVES INVESTMENT REVENUE BONDING
[1:15:39] DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS. WHILE ENTERPRISE FUNDS FUND
[1:15:42] THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BASICALLY THROUGH OPERATING
[1:15:45] REVENUES, WITH THE BIGGEST PORTION WE ALSO HAVE
[1:15:48] TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX BOND FUNDING DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS
[1:15:51] AND PARKS AND RECREATION FUNDS THERE THROUGH THEIR PARKS AND
[1:15:56] RECREATION SALES TAX, INVESTMENT REVENUE, GENERAL
[1:15:59] FUND RESERVES AND DESIGNATED LOAN FUNDS.
[1:16:09] SO CITYWIDE WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR
[1:16:12] MONEY COMES FROM FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES, 57.7% OF ALL
[1:16:15] REVENUE COMES FROM FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES.
[1:16:18] 89% OF ALL THAT COMES FROM UTILITIES.
[1:16:26] HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR COMPARATIVE NUMBERS FROM FISCAL
[1:16:28] YEAR 26 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AN
[1:16:32] INCREASE OF 2.7%. THIS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE
[1:16:41] CHANGES IN REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES WHICH WE
[1:16:45] RECEIVED A LARGER NUMBER OF GRANTS FOR AIRPORT THIS YEAR.
[1:16:50] AND THAT YOUR RENTS REVENUE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
[1:16:53] SERVICES AND FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES CHANGED FROM YEAR TO
[1:17:03] YOU. SO WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
[1:17:05] WE ARE A ORGANIZATION SO ABOUT 30% OF ALL OUR MONEY GOES
[1:17:14] TOWARDS PERSONNEL SERVICES. 17.6% GOES TO NORMAL SERVICES
[1:17:22] AND THEN POWER SUPPLY, 15% AND THAT POWER SUPPLY IS REALLY
[1:17:32] SOMETHING WE WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S IN ONE FUND BUT
[1:17:36] IT'S 15% OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE
[1:17:43] MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES FOR CITYWIDE BUDGET.
[1:17:50] SO MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES ARE THOSE THAT MAY NOT FIT WELL
[1:17:54] INTO OTHER ACCOUNTS. BUT IT IS A TITLE ALL OF THESE
[1:18:01] EXPENSES ROLL UP TO. SO INSURANCE IS ABOUT 12.8%,
[1:18:04] MEDICAL CLAIMS ABOUT 8 MILLION, 12.8 MILLION SORRY.8 MILLION
[1:18:14] FOR MEDICAL CLAIMS. 7.2 FOR DAMAGE CLAIMS.
[1:18:17] THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE. THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPOSED
[1:18:26] EXPENDITURE COMPARISON, FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27,
[1:18:30] WE ARE DOWN ABOUT .8% FROM 608,000,026 TO 603,000,027.
[1:18:37] WE SAW BASICALLY THAT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR DOWN IN CAPITAL
[1:18:48] AND TRANSFERS ARE DOWN AS WELL. THOSE TWO ARE TO THAT CHANGE
[1:18:51] YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON SPECIALTY CAPITAL DEPENDING HOW
[1:18:54] MANY PROJECTS MAY HAVE COME FORWARD IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
[1:18:59] THAT NUMBER CAN CHANGE DRAMATICALLY YEAR TO YEAR.
[1:19:07] EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION, JUST LIKE THE REVENUE, UTILITIES ARE
[1:19:12] THE BIGGEST EXPENSE AS WELL. ALMOST HALF OF ALL OUR EXPENSES
[1:19:20] COME FROM UTILITIES. FOLLOWED BY TRANSPORTATION AND
[1:19:24] PUBLIC SAFETY. AND JUST LIKE POWER SUPPLY,
[1:19:26] PUBLIC SAFETY IS 2 DEPARTMENTS IN ONE FUND.
[1:19:31] THAT MAKES UP A LARGE CHUNK OF ALL YOUR EXPENSES.
[1:19:57] HERE WE HAVE THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON OF FUNDS.
[1:20:01] THIS JUST SHOWS THE CHANGE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET
[1:20:04] THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET.
[1:20:07] I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER THE. THE ONE THING I GUESS I'LL
[1:20:10] POINT OUT IS THIS IS LOOKING AT THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
[1:20:14] THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU CAN SEE A HUGE CHANGE IN
[1:20:17] CAPITAL PROJECTS. JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT IS
[1:20:20] PROPOSED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
[1:20:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MATTHEW, REALLY QUICK ON THE SLIDE
[1:20:32] REMIND US DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY ARBOR PROJECTS IN THE GENERAL
[1:20:35] FUND EXPENDITURE.
[1:20:49] >> NEXT WE WILL GET TO OUR STAFF.
[1:20:57] >> GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE POSITION HELD OPEN
[1:21:01] HELD OPEN THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AND INNOTECH 2 AND MUNICIPAL
[1:21:07] COURT WE HELD OPEN COURT SERVICES AND DEPUTY COURT
[1:21:10] CLERK. IF THERE IS ONE POLICE RECORDS
[1:21:21] CLERK. AND THEN IN HEALTH WE HELD OPEN
[1:21:23] A PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING
[1:21:26] SUPERVISOR THERE WAS ALSO AN ENGINEERING POSITION OPEN IN
[1:21:36] STREET. SO THE PACKET ALL OF YOU PASSED
[1:21:38] AROUND IS A LIST OF THE AMENDMENTS ON THE SLIDE IN CASE
[1:21:41] YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THEN WE PRESENT.
[1:21:44] NORMA SLIDES THESE ARE BROKEN UP INTO FOUR DIFFERENT
[1:21:48] CATEGORIES. THE FIRST IS UPDATES SO THESE
[1:21:50] ARE ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET NUMBERS
[1:21:56] THAT WERE PROPOSED BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN UPDATED INFORMATION FOR
[1:21:59] FURTHER DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THESE ITEMS.
[1:22:04] SO THESE AMENDMENTS ARE ALL RELATED TO UPDATING THINGS THAT
[1:22:12] WERE INCLUDED ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
[1:22:15] SO THE FIRST ONE IS AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE AMOUNT WE'RE
[1:22:19] EXPECTING TO RECEIVE ON THE BLUE SHIELD RENTS FOR POLICE.
[1:22:22] THE NEXT ONE IS THE REMOVAL OF THE NORTHWEST PARKING LOT
[1:22:31] PROJECT FOR AIRPORT. AND I APOLOGIZE, THE PROJECT IS
[1:22:34] NOT LISTED OUT ON THE SLIDES BUT IN THE PACKET YOU HAVE IT
[1:22:38] DOES HAVE WHICH PROJECT IS LISTED.
[1:22:40] THEN THE NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 20 ON THE NEXT SLIDE ARE
[1:22:43] RELATED TO THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL TO CUT
[1:22:48] DOWN BOARDS AND COMMISSION BUDGETS CLOSER TO WHAT THEY
[1:22:51] SPENT. THE WAY WE DID THAT WAS WE TOOK
[1:23:01] FIVE-YEAR ACTUAL EXPENSES OR SIX YEARS OF ACTUAL EXPENSES
[1:23:04] FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FROM FY 20 THROUGH 25.
[1:23:07] WE LOOKED AT WHAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED FOR THEM COMPARED TO
[1:23:10] WHAT THEY SPENT. AND WE DECIDED TO CUT THEM DOWN
[1:23:13] TO WHAT THEIR AVERAGE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE.
[1:23:20] THOSE NEW BUDGET AMOUNTS WERE COMMUNICATED TO THE STAFF
[1:23:23] LIAISONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING THAT TO THEIR
[1:23:26] BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND EACH BOARD OR COMMISSION AT AN
[1:23:30] OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TO US AND TELL US WHETHER THEY NEEDED
[1:23:35] MORE THAN WE WERE PROPOSING TO CUT THEM DOWN TO OR NOT.
[1:23:38] AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LIST HERE ARE THE BOARDS AND
[1:23:41] COMMISSIONS THAT DID NOT CONTEST WHAT WE PROPOSED TO CUT
[1:23:45] THEM DOWN TO.
[1:23:46] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA.
[1:23:47] >>Council Member Elwood: QUESTION WITH THE FIVE-YEAR
[1:23:50] AVERAGES KNOWING THAT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED 2020, WOULD THAT
[1:23:53] I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A WEIRD BUDGET YEAR FOR EVERYONE.
[1:24:00] WITHOUT HAVE SKEWED, DO YOU FEEL LIKE FOR ALL AVERAGES IS
[1:24:03] THAT ALL WHAT YOU HEARD FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT DID
[1:24:06] CONTEST THE CHANGE BUDGET?
[1:24:08] >> THERE WAS ONE BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT REACHED OUT AND
[1:24:16] SAID THEY NEEDED MORE FUNDING THAN WE WERE PROPOSING GIVING
[1:24:23] THEM. THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
[1:24:25] AVERAGE ACTUALS WHICH WE ALSO GAVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS AS PART
[1:24:28] OF THE GENERAL FUND WORK SESSION WE DID A MONTH AGO SO
[1:24:31] IT'S BEEN A WHILE YOU DID HAVE THE AVERAGES BY YEAR AND LOOKED
[1:24:35] AT IT THERE WASN'T A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE TWEEN
[1:24:39] 2020 AND 2025. A LOT OF THE CHANGES OR THE
[1:24:41] DIFFERENCES WE SAW IN REGULAR GENERAL FUND BUDGETS OR CITY
[1:24:45] BUDGETS WERE RELATED TO TRAVEL AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
[1:24:49] DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A TRAVEL BUDGET SO THAT MAY BE WHY THERE
[1:24:52] WASN'T A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
[1:24:55] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
[1:24:57] >>Council Member Carroll: I HAVE 2 QUESTIONS.
[1:25:01] MY FIRST QUESTION IS SIMPLE. I DON'T THINK I'VE SEE THE
[1:25:07] SLIDES ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. AND I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC
[1:25:15] HAS ACCESS TO OUR HANDOUTS. CAN YOU SUGGEST A WAY TO MAKE
[1:25:21] THIS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC?
[1:25:24] >> WE COULD MAKE THE HANDOUTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
[1:25:33] WE CAN MAKE IN THE HANDOUTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
[1:25:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: AND THESE ARE NORMALLY AN ATTACHMENT WHEN WE
[1:25:53] ARE VOTING ON THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T VOTE ON THESE TONIGHT,
[1:25:56] IT'S ON THE BUT IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST
[1:25:59] IF ANYONE WANTS TO REQUEST ONE OF THE HANDOUTS.
[1:26:01] >> ALL THE PREVIOUS POWER POINTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE
[1:26:04] FINAL HEARING WHEN WE VOTE.
[1:26:06] >> WE DIDN'T GET FINALIZED NUMBERS ON AMENDMENTS UNTIL
[1:26:10] FRIDAY DIDN'T GIVE US TIME TO GET THESE POSTED TO THE AGENDA.
[1:26:15] >>Council Member Carroll: UNDERSTOOD, SO ALL THE POWER
[1:26:18] POINTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS ARE ATTACHED TO THE
[1:26:22] NEXT MEETING.
[1:26:23] >> WE CAN ATTACH THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT WHAT
[1:26:26] YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?
[1:26:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANKS.
[1:26:30] >>Council Member Carroll: SECOND QUESTION.
[1:26:32] WHAT USE DO WE HAVE FOR THE CHANGE FOR EACH BOARD AND
[1:26:40] COMMISSION.
[1:26:41] >> EACH ITEM LISTED ON THESE SLIDES AND ALL IN YOUR HAND
[1:26:54] OUT, LIKE BARBARA MENTIONED WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON
[1:26:57] STAFF AMENDMENTS TONIGHT, YOUR OPENING THE DISCUSSION AND
[1:27:01] PRESENTING A FAIRLY COMPLETE LIST OF WHAT WE THINK ARE THE
[1:27:04] CHANGES WE WILL HAVE TO BUDGET. IN EACH OF THESE BOARDS AND
[1:27:08] COMMISSIONS ARE BROKEN OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE THEIR OWN
[1:27:11] ENTITIES. THEY ARE ALSO SOMETHING TO AS
[1:27:13] THE COUNCIL OF A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER AS FAR AS WHAT IS
[1:27:16] BUDGETED FOR THEM AND THAT'S THE REASON THEY ARE BROKEN OUT
[1:27:19] INDIVIDUAL. HISTORICALLY SOMETIMES COUNCILS
[1:27:22] HAVE VOTED ON AMENDMENTS INDIVIDUALLY BY LINE ITEM OR
[1:27:25] NUMBER AND OTHER TIMES THEY'VE BEEN VOTED ON AS A GROUP SO THE
[1:27:29] WAY THEY ARE LISTED IS TO HELP YOU ALL MAKE DECISIONS AND TO
[1:27:33] SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING.
[1:27:40] >>Council Member Carroll: SO IS THIS FOR ONE OF OUR PROPOSED
[1:27:43] AMENDMENTS WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON YET?
[1:27:45] >> ALL THESE ARE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE PROPOSED
[1:27:48] BUDGET. BUT ALSO.
[1:27:51] >>Council Member Carroll:
[1:27:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THE SUGGESTION IS FOR THE AMENDMENT
[1:27:58] THAT JACQUE HAD PUTTING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN FOR PUBLIC
[1:28:01] SAFETY WOULD THIS BE THE POTENTIAL REVENUE FOR THAT
[1:28:11] AMENDMENT?BECAUSE IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
[1:28:14] IT JUST GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND AT FUND AT LARGE.
[1:28:17] >> THESE COMMITMENTS WOULD DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL
[1:28:20] FUNDS SO THEY WOULD OFFSET THE COST OF THE AMENDMENT THAT
[1:28:24] JACQUE PROPOSED.
[1:28:27] >>Council Member Carroll: THAT'S HELPFUL, THANKS.
[1:28:31] DO WE HAVE THE OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT COUNSEL MADE
[1:28:35] REFLECTED IN HERE? I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PACKET
[1:28:38] THAT FAST, I'M SORRY.
[1:28:41] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU SAID THESE AMENDMENTS ARE BROKEN
[1:28:43] INTO THREE SECTIONS.
[1:28:46] >> THEY ARE BROKEN INTO FIVE SECTIONS.
[1:28:57] TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS I
[1:29:01] GUESS THEY ARE. THESE AMENDMENTS WE ARE
[1:29:03] DISCUSSING FIRST WERE ITEMS ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
[1:29:06] AND WE ARE PROPOSING THE AMOUNT THAT WAS IN MY BUDGET
[1:29:10] ORIGINALLY.
[1:29:12] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THOSE
[1:29:14] COMBINED.
[1:29:15] >> THEY ARE IN THE SLIDES AS WE GO ALONG.
[1:29:18] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CONTINUE. I MEANT BY SECTION.
[1:29:26] THESE ARE ALL UPDATES.
[1:29:30] >> ARE NOT SURE WHY IT IS RED, SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH OUR
[1:29:35] PRESENTATION COMING OVER FROM GOOGLE SLIDES TO POWERPOINT.
[1:29:47] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THESE ARE STILL UPDATES, THERE WILL BE A
[1:29:50] TOTAL WHEN UPDATES ARE DONE AND A NEW CATEGORY.THE NEXT ONE
[1:29:53] IS RELATED TO THAT MISERY ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS, WE JUST GOT A
[1:29:56] SLIGHTLY HIGHER NUMBER THAN ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED.
[1:30:03] SAME WITH THE NEXT GRANT FOR POLICE, WE HAVE AN UPDATED
[1:30:06] NUMBER SINCE WE PUT OUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
[1:30:09] NUMBER 38 IS PROPOSING REMOVING AN NDI THAT STREETS REQUESTING
[1:30:14] PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET THIS MACHINE IS NOT OPERATIONAL
[1:30:18] ANYMORE SO YOU WILL SEE A 20 6/4 4 AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE THE
[1:30:29] MACHINE AND 26 RATHER THAN IN 27 SO IF WE PURCHASED IT IN 26
[1:30:32] WE KNOW WE NEED THE BUDGET IN 27 TO PURCHASE IT.
[1:30:39] CVB GOT A BIT OF A PRICE INCREASE ON THEIR SPECIAL EVENT
[1:30:42] PERMITTING SOFTWARE AND NUMBER 41 IS SUPPOSED TO BE ZERO.
[1:30:45] THIS IS MOVING THE COST OF THE TELEPHONE LINE FROM ONE
[1:30:48] DIVISION OF HEALTH TO A DIFFERENT DIVISION WITHIN
[1:30:51] HEALTH. NUMBER 43 IS ANOTHER AIRPORT
[1:30:55] PROJECT. THIS PROJECT HAD FUNDING
[1:30:59] BROUGHT TO COUNSEL IN THIRD-QUARTER.
[1:31:07] THIS WAS FOR THE BODINE BRIDGE 1841 AND ALSO BUDGETED IN FY
[1:31:10] 27TH SO WE WILL REMOVE IT FROM 27TH SINCE THE AUTHORITY IS
[1:31:14] ALREADY IN THE PROJECT. THE NEXT FEW ARE RELATED TO FEE
[1:31:21] CHANGES APPROVED BY YOU ALL IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THESE
[1:31:24] ARE REVENUE INCREASES RELATED TO THOSE RATE ADJUSTMENTS AND
[1:31:27] FEE INCREASES. AND THEN THE VERY LAST UPDATE
[1:31:33] NUMBER 53 IS RELATED TO THE CONDO ASSOCIATION DUES WE PAY
[1:31:36] FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING.
[1:31:39] THAT CAME BACK A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY
[1:31:42] ESTIMATED SO THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE UPDATES ON REVENUE WOULD
[1:31:47] BE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 5.8 MILLION AND AN EXPENSE INCREASE
[1:31:51] OF ABOUT 8 MILLION. THE NEXT CATEGORY.
[1:32:02] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA, YOU HAD A QUESTION ON UPDATES.
[1:32:07] >>Council Member Elwood: CAN YOU DO THE MATH AND TELL US
[1:32:10] WHAT THE TOTAL NET IMPACT IS? BECAUSE I SEE REVENUE GOING G
[1:32:13] UP, YEAH.
[1:32:16] >> IT WOULD BE A DECREASE OF 2.3, 2.2 MILLION.
[1:32:33] THE NEXT CATEGORY OUR CORRECTIONS.
[1:32:35] THESE ARE ITEMS WE FOUND EITHER A TYPO OR A MISTAKE.
[1:32:38] SOMETHING WAS DUPLICATED, SOMETHING WAS LEFT OUT OF THE
[1:32:41] ORIGINAL BUDGET AND WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE, THE FIRST ONE IS
[1:32:45] PARKING REVENUE CORRECTION, REVENUE DUPLICATED IN THE
[1:32:48] BUDGET WE NEED TO REMOVE. THE NEXT ITEM IS COMPUTER
[1:32:51] REPLACEMENTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
[1:32:55] THERE IS AN INTEREST REVENUE CORRECTION IN WATER BASED ON
[1:32:58] UPDATED FORECASTS RELATED TO THEIR CURRENT CASH LEVELS.
[1:33:01] THEN THE NEXT TO OUR FEE CORRECTIONS RELATED TO FEES IN
[1:33:04] CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ONE IS A
[1:33:12] RECALCULATION OF FEES TO CORRECT A FEW DEPARTMENTS AND
[1:33:15] NUMBER 23 IS TO MOVE IT FEES OUT OF CITY COUNCIL AND PUT IT
[1:33:18] IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING DISCUSSED AT
[1:33:22] THE GENERAL FUND WORK SESSION. THEN NUMBER 25 IS ADDING
[1:33:28] DEVELOPMENT FEE REVENUE NOT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE
[1:33:31] PROPOSED BUDGET. NUMBER 36 IS RELATED TO THE
[1:33:38] NUMBERS WE HAD IN FIRST USE TAX REVENUE.
[1:33:46] THERE WAS A FORMULA ISSUE WITH THOSE SO WE HAVE A SMALL
[1:33:49] INCREASE TO ADJUST IT TO MATCH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX
[1:33:52] AND THE NEXT TO OUR BUDGET INPUT ERRORS WHICH ARE
[1:33:55] BASICALLY THERE WAS A NEGATIVE LINE THAT WAS A TYPO SO THOSE
[1:34:03] ARE CORRECTIONS IN WATER AND ELECTRIC AND NUMBER 52 IS TO
[1:34:07] ADD PILOT REVENUE BACK TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THAT WAS ALSO
[1:34:10] NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
[1:34:13] SO THERE'S ABOUT A $1.5 MILLION INCREASE IN TOTAL REVENUE
[1:34:17] $672,000 INCREASE IN EXPENSE.
[1:34:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA, QUESTION.
[1:34:26] >>Council Member Hartman: SIMILAR TO VERA'S POINT EARLIER
[1:34:36] HOW DOES THIS IMPACT WHAT WE HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE
[1:34:39] SET. >> WE HAVE TOTALS BY DEPARTMENT
[1:34:42] AT THE END.
[1:34:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CAN I ASK A QUESTION, GOING BACK TO WHEN WE
[1:34:47] WERE TALKING ABOUT FEE ADJUSTMENTS.
[1:34:49] THE BUDGET AND NUMBERS WE HAVE LIKE A DEAD END ATTACHED TO
[1:34:52] THIS DO NOT INCLUDE THE THINGS WE VOTED ON AT THE LAST
[1:34:56] MEETING. SO WILL THAT WHOLE DOCUMENT
[1:34:58] THEN THE OPTIMUM?
[1:35:10] >> SOME OF THE FEE INCREASES WERE INCLUDED FOR HEALTH AND
[1:35:14] PARKS AND REC, MOST OF THEM WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE
[1:35:17] REVENUE NUMBERS, THERE WERE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THEY WEREN'T
[1:35:21] INCLUDED AT ALL. AFTER YOU VOTED TO PASS THOSE
[1:35:23] RATE ADJUSTMENTS, WE WILL ADD BACK THE REVENUE AND THE FINAL
[1:35:27] ADOPTED BUDGET PRODUCED WILL HAVE THOSE NEW UPDATED REVENUE
[1:35:31] NUMBERS IN THERE. >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS IT AN
[1:35:33] ASSUMPTION THERE MORE CONTROVERSIAL, WHAT'S THE
[1:35:37] THOUGHT.
[1:35:38] >> WE NORMALLY DON'T PUT REVENUE INCREASES INTO THE
[1:35:41] BUDGET UNTIL WE PASSED THEM BY THE COUNCIL SO THAT'S USUALLY
[1:35:44] OUR NORMAL WAY OF THINKING. I'M NOT SURE WHY THOSE WEREN'T
[1:35:48] INCREASED THIS YEAR BUT USUALLY THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
[1:35:52] WE PASS THEN PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET.
[1:36:06] >> THE NEXT CATEGORY WE CALL NEW FUNDING REQUESTS, THESE ARE
[1:36:09] ITEMS NOT INITIALLY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, KIND OF A LATE
[1:36:12] REQUEST WE GOT THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE ADDED BACK TO
[1:36:15] REHAB FOR THESE WE HAD SOME COMMONLY FUNDED REVENUE FOR
[1:36:23] HEALTH RECEIVED DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THEY LIKE TO
[1:36:26] APPROPRIATE THE EXPENSE TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
[1:36:28] SO THEY'VE RECEIVED THE REVENUE IN 26 THEY DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY
[1:36:32] TO SPEND THAT. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO
[1:36:35] INCREASE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO SPEND THE REVENUE THEY HAVE
[1:36:40] RECEIVED. THEN WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC RATE
[1:36:42] STUDY AND AIRPORT BUSINESS PLAN AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE
[1:36:46] LEASE FOR TRUCKS AND SOLID WASTE.
[1:36:53] >> HOW LONG IS THAT LEASE TO BE FOR THE CITY, IS THAT THREE OR
[1:36:57] FIVE YEARS?
[1:37:01] >> I BELIEVE THEY ARE FIVE YEAR LEASES.
[1:37:16] >> THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS A LITTLE CONFUSING SOMETIMES SO
[1:37:19] STOP ME IF YOU NEED TO. ENCUMBRANCES ARE SOMETHING THAT
[1:37:23] HAPPENS WHEN YOU'VE GOT EXPENSES THAT ARE ON AN OPEN
[1:37:26] PO. THE BUDGET IS ALREADY
[1:37:28] ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PO ROLLS OVER AUTOMATICALLY THE NEXT
[1:37:35] FISCAL YEAR. IF THERE IS AN ITEM THE
[1:37:37] DEPARTMENT IS NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE OR GET ON A PO FOR THE
[1:37:40] END OF THE FISCAL YEAR YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY ROLL THAT BUDGET
[1:37:44] INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THESE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO
[1:37:47] THINGS WE HAVE TO MANUALLY ROLL INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT
[1:37:51] FOR THE MOST PART IS GOING TO BE UTILITY ITEMS.
[1:37:54] THESE ARE BUDGET AUTHORITY THAT WILL NOT BE SPENT IN A 26, THEY
[1:38:00] WILL NOT SPEND IT IN 26, THEY NEED TO ADD IT TO THEIR 27
[1:38:03] BUDGET TO SPEND 27.
[1:38:15] >> SO BASICALLY ENCUMBRANCES DECREASE ONE FISCAL YEAR AND
[1:38:19] INCREASE ANOTHER. SO IT WILL DECREASE THE
[1:38:22] EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND INCREASED EXPENDITURES FOR
[1:38:26] FISCAL YEAR 27.
[1:38:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WOULD SHOW UP WHEN WE HAVE THE
[1:38:30] COLUMNS THAT SAME REVISE IF THE OPPOSED ORIGINAL REVISED AND
[1:38:33] ACTUAL. >> FOR 26 IT WOULD SHOW IN THE
[1:38:36] REVISED.
[1:38:37] >> WOULDN'T IT SHOW, BECAUSE ARE WE AMENDING THAT BUDGET
[1:38:47] BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AMENDING THAT BUDGET SO THOSE NUMBERS
[1:38:50] SHOULD SHOW UP IN ACTUAL.
[1:38:55] >> THEY WILL SHOW UP FOR BOTH. THEY WILL BE IN BOTH SIDES
[1:38:59] BECAUSE IF WE DID NOT AMEND THE 26 BUDGET TO TAKE THOSE
[1:39:01] EXPENSES THAT THEY ARE STILL THERE IN 26.
[1:39:10] >> ACTUAL WOULD BE WHAT WAS SPENT, CORRECT?
[1:39:21] >> FIRST ITEM ON THIS LIST IS RECYCLING OLD PARTS, THESE WILL
[1:39:25] NOT BE PURCHASED OR ENCUMBERED BY THE END OF 26 SO THEY LIKE
[1:39:28] THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE THEM IN 27 READ THE NEXT FIVE ARE
[1:39:31] RELATED TO NDI FROM 26 IN THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT, THAT WILL
[1:39:35] EITHER NOT BE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED ON A CONTRACT OR PO
[1:39:38] BY THE END OF THE YEAR SO THEY LIKE TO ROLL THE AUTHORITY TO
[1:39:42] PURCHASE THOSE ITEMS INTO 27. AND THE FIVE LISTED ON THE
[1:39:47] SLIDE ARE THE SAME THING, THEY ARE 26 IN THE EYES THAT WON'T
[1:40:01] BE SPENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR FOR SEWER SO THEY'D LIKE TO
[1:40:04] TAKE THAT BUDGET AUTHORITY AND PUSH IT INTO THE NEXT FISCAL
[1:40:08] YEAR. THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THESE IS
[1:40:10] 10.3 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS MONEY THAT WON'T
[1:40:12] BE SPENT IN 26, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE AND THEY
[1:40:16] LIKE TO RE-APPROPRIATE IT INTO 27.
[1:40:20] I'M SORRY, THERE WAS ONE MORE CATEGORY I FORGOT ABOUT SO WE
[1:40:23] ALSO BROKE OUT THE PERSONNEL FTE OR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
[1:40:33] CHANGES. THESE CHANGES ARE RELATED TO
[1:40:35] POSITIONS THEY REQUIRE YOU TO AN END THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED
[1:40:38] FTE WE HAVE AND ALSO HAD A BUDGET IMPACT.
[1:40:41] THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO SHOW ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES
[1:40:44] THE FIRST ONE IS A NEW POSITION AT COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR
[1:40:48] AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS AND A HALF FTE POSITION
[1:40:52] THERE IS OFFSETTING REVENUE FROM READY ALLOW POINT OUT THE
[1:40:59] FAR RIGHT COLUMN ON THIS SLIDE IS A NET BUDGET IMPACT WHICH
[1:41:02] MEANS EITHER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT EXPENSES
[1:41:05] ARE EXPENSE AND REVENUE. THIS IS TOTALLY WHAT WILL THIS
[1:41:09] DECISION ON THIS POSITION COST KOREA THERE ARE ALSO TWO NEW
[1:41:13] POSITIONS IN FIRE THAT WERE REQUESTED AN ADMIN TECH ONE AND
[1:41:16] A FIRE CAPTAIN.THERE'S A REQUEST AS BEING REQUESTED BUT
[1:41:24] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE AN ADMIN TECH TO DO AN ASSISTANT
[1:41:27] TO THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT WILL NOT HAVE A
[1:41:36] NET FTE IMPACT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING RID OF ONE POSITION AND
[1:41:40] MAKING IT A DIFFERENT POSITION. ALSO AS A NET BUDGET IMPACT
[1:41:43] OF $12,000. THEN NUMBER 59 IS RELATED TO
[1:41:46] MOVING AN ADMIN TECH 2 FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHICH
[1:41:50] WILL DECREASE THE NET FTE FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND
[1:41:55] MOVING IT INTO THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHICH
[1:41:59] WOULD INCREASE THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
[1:42:02] WE HAVE THE SAME KIND OF SHIFT OR PARKS AND RECREATION
[1:42:07] INVASION WE HAD A FRANTIC SUPERINTENDENT ORIGINALLY
[1:42:10] BUDGETED INCORRECTLY AND PARKS, THAT WILL MOVE FUNDS TO TRANSIT
[1:42:14] DECREASE ARTS AND REC TRANSIT FOR THEN ONE IS ANOTHER CLASS
[1:42:26] 62 IS A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE INTERNAL AUDITOR POSITION
[1:42:48] IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE RENT THIS WAS ONE OF THE
[1:42:52] POSITIONS HELD OPEN ORIGINALLY BUT THEN A DECISION WAS MADE TO
[1:42:55] ELIMINATE THE POSITION COMPLETELY SO THE COST IF THAT
[1:42:58] IS RELATED TO THE BENEFITS THAT WERE TIED TO THE POSITION THE
[1:43:02] SALARIES.
[1:43:03] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNAL
[1:43:06] AUDITOR AT THE COMING WORK SESSION.
[1:43:09] >>Council Member Hartman: WE ARE ALL AWARE I SHARE A LOT
[1:43:12] ABOUT THE INTERNAL AUDITOR I'M CURIOUS WHY WE'RE CHOOSING TO
[1:43:15] DO THIS LINE HERE.
[1:43:16] >> WE HAVEN'T FILLED THE POSITION SINCE 2019.
[1:43:19] WE HELD IT INTO THE BUDGET SO IT'S A WHOLE OVER AND IF WERE
[1:43:26] GOING TO DO AN INTERNAL AUDITOR, IT'S MORE THAN A
[1:43:29] POSITION, IT'S AN ON TEAM AND THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT
[1:43:32] BACK. SO IT'S JUST BEEN HELD HERE AND
[1:43:34] IT HASN'T BEEN BUDGETED FOR. LET'S ELIMINATE IT AND BRING
[1:43:37] BACK SOMETHING THAT WILL MEAN GARDENS.
[1:43:46] >>Council Member Elwood: I DON'T WANT IT REMOVED BECAUSE I
[1:43:50] UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WE NEED MORE TO HAVE, AND THEN
[1:43:53] WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP SOON.
[1:43:55] I JUST THINK THAT I DON'T WANT IT OUT OF MIND.
[1:44:06] I WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS VISIBLE THAT WE DISCUSSED
[1:44:10] BECAUSE IF IN A YEAR I'M SITTING HERE AND WE STILL DON'T
[1:44:13] HAVE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY AWKWARD.
[1:44:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHAT WAS THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE RATHER
[1:44:23] THAN HOLD IT AND ADJUST THE BUDGET FOR WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
[1:44:26] YOU MIGHT DO.
[1:44:27] >> WE'VE HAD IT HELD FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT'S JUST SET.
[1:44:32] >> THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE WAS IN 18.
[1:44:34] WE HAVE CONTRACTED THOSE SERVICES OUT FOR THE LAST FEW
[1:44:42] YEARS.AND JUST HOLDING THAT POSITION OPEN HOLDS MONEY THAT
[1:44:46] COULD BE SPENT ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE BUDGET.
[1:44:48] WE WERE REALLY TIGHT WITH THIS BUDGET WHEN WE MADE THE FISCAL
[1:44:52] YEAR 27 BUDGET SO EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.
[1:44:57] SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHY WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR IT IN THE
[1:45:06] BEGINNING OF THIS BUDGET. IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO
[1:45:09] OTHER THINGS WITH THOSE MONIES ESPECIALLY KNOWING WE HAD MONEY
[1:45:13] BUDGETED FOR EXTERNAL PERSON TO COME IN AND DO THAT INTERNAL
[1:45:24] ROLE.
[1:45:25] >>Council Member Elwood: TO CLARIFY ON THE LAST POINT DOES
[1:45:27] THAT MEAN THERE IS FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR AUDITING, IT
[1:45:32] WOULD JUST BE YOUNGER SERVICES RATHER THAN PERSONNEL.
[1:45:36] >> THAT'S CORRECT.
[1:45:49] >> I PROMISED TOTALS YOU HAVE TOTALS.
[1:45:52] THESE ARE NOT NEW BUDGET NUMBERS BUT THIS WILL SHOW THE
[1:45:55] IMPACT IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE ALL OF THE LISTED STAFF
[1:45:58] AMENDMENTS. THIS IS THE IMPACT BY
[1:46:00] DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE ON YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
[1:46:03] WHICH WOULD BE A DECREASE TO CITY COUNCIL, DECREASED OF THE
[1:46:06] CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WE HAD A REVENUE AND EXPENSE DECREASED
[1:46:10] POLICE KOREA AND INCREASED TO FIRE DEPARTMENT, A SMALL
[1:46:13] INCREASE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REHAB COMMUNITY
[1:46:16] DEVELOPMENT WHEN JUST HAVE A REVENUE INCREASE, ECONOMIC
[1:46:19] DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE BOTH AVENUE AND EXPENSE.
[1:46:23] CULTURAL AFFAIRS WOULD HAVE A PRETTY SMALL INCREASE TO
[1:46:26] REVENUE. STREETS WOULD HAVE A SLIGHT
[1:46:28] EXPENSE DECREASED AND THE GENERAL FUND, CITY GENERAL
[1:46:39] WOULD HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE AS WELL.
[1:46:41] PARKS AND REC WOULD HAVE A REVENUE INCREASE IN EXPENSE
[1:46:44] DECREASED THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FUND WOULD HAVE A
[1:46:47] REVENUE INCREASE. CDV WOULD HAVE A REVENUE AND
[1:46:49] EXPENSE INCREASE, WATER WOULD HAVE A PRETTY SIZABLE REVENUE
[1:46:58] INCREASE IN THE SMALL EXPENSE DECREASED.
[1:47:01] ELECTRIC WOULD INCREASE BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSE TRANSIT AND
[1:47:04] AIRPORT WOULD ALSO BOTH INCREASE IN EXPENSE AND AIRPORT
[1:47:07] CIP REVENUE AND EXPENSE BE DECREASED SEWER WOULD INCREASE
[1:47:10] IN EXPENSE. NOW I'M REGRETTING I READ ALL
[1:47:20] OF THESE PRINT PARKING WOULD DECREASE IN REVENUE.
[1:47:23] SOLID WASTE WOULD INCREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE GRID ID
[1:47:26] WOULD DECREASE SLIGHTLY AND INCREASE EXPENSE TO PUBLIC
[1:47:31] COMMUNICATION WOULD INCREASE EXPENSE THE TOTAL NET IMPACT ON
[1:47:34] THE BUDGET OF ALL THE STAFF AMENDMENTS COMBINED WOULD BE A
[1:47:38] REVENUE INCREASE OF ABOUT 7.3 MILLION.
[1:47:39] AND EXPENSE INCREASE OF 3.8 MILLION.
[1:47:42] WHICH IS ABOUT EIGHT 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE.
[1:47:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I DON'T REMEMBER THE PARKING ONE.
[1:47:52] >> WE HAD A DUPLICATE REVENUE IN PARKING.
[1:47:58] >> NOW WE MOVE ON TO COUNSEL AMENDMENTS.
[1:48:07] >> IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE TONIGHT ON ANY COUNSEL
[1:48:10] AMENDMENTS YOU MAY. I WON'T STOP YOU THE THREE
[1:48:13] THINGS WE REQUESTED WERE FUNDING FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS
[1:48:16] FOR COUNCILMEMBERS. JACQUE REQUESTED THIS WAS ADDED
[1:48:21] AND WOULD BE OFFSET BY THE DECREASE TO BOARD AND
[1:48:29] COMMISSION FUNDING THAT WAS PART OF STAFF AMENDMENT, NUMBER
[1:48:32] TWO IS RELATED TO PURCHASE AND STREET BARRIERS THIS IS BROKEN
[1:48:37] OUT INTO IT A AND B BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT
[1:48:40] DECISIONS RELATED TO THAT ITEM. NUMBER THREE IS AN UPDATE TO
[1:48:43] INCREASE THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
[1:48:47] BACK TO 600,000 WHICH WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 200,000 AND THIS
[1:48:50] THE SOURCE FOR THAT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.
[1:49:01] >> SATURDAY PARKING GARAGE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT?
[1:49:12] >> THAT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET SO IT'S NOT ITEM THEM AND IT WOULD
[1:49:16] BE SOMETHING DISCUSSED WITH THE DEPARTMENT RENT CHANGES.
[1:49:25] >>Council Member Elwood: I THINK MY OTHER ONE IS THE SAME
[1:49:29] SITUATION.
[1:49:30] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHAT'S THE TOTAL IN SAVINGS FROM THE BOARD
[1:49:33] AND COMMISSION ADJUSTMENTS? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S DONE
[1:49:37] THE MATH. AND THEN MY ADDITIONAL QUESTION
[1:49:46] IS IN RELATION TO THE PURCHASE OF STREET BARRIERS, I KNOW WE
[1:49:53] HAVE A HOLD THAT SOME OF THE PROPOSED STATE FUNDING THAT'S
[1:50:00] SUPPOSED TO GO TO DOWNTOWN SAFETY OF CITIES OF A CERTAIN
[1:50:03] SIZE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US IF WE HEAR THAT EFFICIENTLY COMES
[1:50:12] THE ROUTE THAT WOULD BE THE OFFSET FOR THE PROPOSED STREET
[1:50:16] BARRIERS? I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE INTENT
[1:50:18] OF THOSE.
[1:50:25] >> THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THAT PROJECT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY
[1:50:28] THE STATE SO THAT MAY NOT BE A CATEGORY OF SOMETHING THEY
[1:50:32] ACCEPT SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD CAUTION US.
[1:50:34] >> TOTAL DECREASE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS JUST UNDER
[1:50:38] 65,000.
[1:50:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. AND FOR ALL OF THESE THAT,
[1:50:48] BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUGGESTED REVENUE THAT WOULD THEN BE OUT
[1:50:51] OF COUNSEL OR CITY GENERAL FUND RESERVES, CORRECT?
[1:50:55] >> THAT'S CORRECT.
[1:50:59] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF
[1:51:03] OUR RESERVES?
[1:51:07] >> I BELIEVE IT'S $19 MILLION ABOVE THE REQUIREMENT.
[1:51:11] WE ARE ANTICIPATING IT TO BE ABOUT 19.2 BILLION.
[1:51:22] >> HOW MUCH IS THE ABOVE? I KNOW YOU USUALLY SHOW ON A
[1:51:26] SPREADSHEET. IF THAT'S TYPICAL AND ANYTHING
[1:51:29] ABOVE THAT.
[1:51:30] >> SO ABOVE THE CASH RESERVE TARGET, THE AMOUNT OF CASH
[1:51:38] RESERVE TARGET IS 19.2 MILLION. CASH RESERVES ARE EXPECTED TO
[1:51:43] BE ABOUT 26 MILLION.
[1:51:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BETSY.
[1:51:51] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT.
[1:51:56] >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WENT INTO THE SECURITY SYSTEMS FOR
[1:52:05] COUNCILMEMBERS, WHAT ALL FITS UNDER THAT?
[1:52:07] >> WE DID A BASIC REQUEST FOR PRICING AND WE LOOKED AT A
[1:52:14] YEARLY PRICE FOR SEVEN MEMBERS AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL.
[1:52:23] THIS IS A ONE YEAR PRICE, IT'S NOT AN ONGOING PRICE BUT ONCE
[1:52:26] THE EQUIPMENT IS PURCHASED, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD DROP TO
[1:52:31] 2500, MAYBE 3000 A YEAR.
[1:52:35] >> SO IT'S NOT LOOKING AT REIMBURSEMENT, IT'S LOOKING AT
[1:52:39] THE CITY PURCHASING EQUIPMENT.
[1:52:44] >> REIMBURSEMENTS ARE HANDLED THROUGH THE CHARTER OR THROUGH
[1:52:49] THE ORDINANCE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.I BELIEVE IT'S
[1:52:58] CHARTER SO WE DID ONE TRYING TO CHANGE THE CHARTER FOR
[1:53:01] REIMBURSEMENT. THE IDEA WAS FOR IT TO BE
[1:53:12] SUPERVISED.
[1:53:13] >> SORRY, THAT CREATES MANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ABOUT WHOM
[1:53:17] THE PROVIDER WOULD BE AND WHERE DATA WOULD BE STORED.
[1:53:20] >> THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDED.
[1:53:24] WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE BEST OPTION AND I DON'T KNOW.
[1:53:27] IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CHEAPEST OPTION BUT THE BEST
[1:53:35] OPTION FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE SYSTEM WE LOOKED
[1:53:38] AT WAS THE RANK. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
[1:53:42] OPTIONS YOU ALL COULD LOOK AT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IF YOU
[1:53:49] DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT.
[1:53:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I THINK FOR THE MOMENT PUTTING A DOLLAR
[1:53:59] FIGURE IN THERE AND WE CAN WORK OUT, I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT YOU
[1:54:03] WERE IMPLYING.
[1:54:04] >> THAT'S CORRECT, IF YOU WILL APPROVE IT I CAN SEND YOU ALL
[1:54:08] THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION.
[1:54:18] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PART OF THE
[1:54:21] AMENDMENT, JACQUE, SHARON, BETSY.
[1:54:23] >>Council Member Sample: I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN GET
[1:54:26] BACKUP DOCUMENTATION BEFORE WE APPROVE IT.
[1:54:31] >> IT'S A LOT. >>Council Member Sample: OKAY,
[1:54:33] A SUMMARY OR IS THAT A HUGE ASK?
[1:54:41] >> I HAVE IT IN A GOOGLE SHEET, I COULD SEND IT RIGHT NOW.
[1:54:44] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO VOTE ON THESE, SHE
[1:54:47] DIDN'T MEAN TODAY. SHARON AND THEN BETSY.
[1:54:59] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THE
[1:55:13] AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY JACQUE DOESN'T HAVE NECESSARILY
[1:55:16] AUTHORIZATION YET AS FAR AS A POLICY AND ALL OF THAT, WE'VE
[1:55:19] NOT DONE ANY OF THAT. THIS IS JUST THE FUNDING FOR
[1:55:22] SOMETHING WE HAVE NO MECHANISM TO DO, IS THAT CORRECT?
[1:55:26] >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO MECHANISM?
[1:55:33] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I MEAN WE HAVE NO ORDINANCE OR
[1:55:36] POLICY DOCUMENT OR INTERNAL POLICY OR ANY OF THAT RELATED
[1:55:40] TO IT. THIS IS JUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
[1:55:42] >> THIS ALLOWS US TO ALLOCATE FUNDS, WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS
[1:55:46] THAT PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE.
[1:55:47] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: HOW DID WE COME TO $5000 IF WE
[1:55:50] HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE?
[1:55:55] >> THAT'S HOW MUCH THE HIGHEST SERVICE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT
[1:55:59] SERVICE PROVIDERS WAS, BASICALLY SO THAT'S THE YEARLY
[1:56:02] SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT.
[1:56:12] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: OF THE HIGHEST BID YOU WERE
[1:56:15] ABLE TO FIND, I SHOULDN'T SAY HIGHEST, THE SERVICE YOU WERE
[1:56:18] ABLE TO FIND IN YOUR RESEARCH. SO THIS IS A GUESSTIMATE?
[1:56:26] >> THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO PURCHASE WHATEVER WITHIN THE
[1:56:29] BIDS WE RECEIVED SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE, IT WOULD
[1:56:32] ALLOW US TO PURCHASE IT YEARLY OR MONTHLY ARTIST ON TOP OF THE
[1:56:36] SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED. >>Council Member Geuea Jones:
[1:56:48] I KNEW AND TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS SEEMS
[1:56:51] WEIRD TO ME, YOU SAID THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE,
[1:56:55] THIS DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE, THIS GIVES AN
[1:56:58] APPROPRIATION IF WE APPROVE A POLICY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO
[1:57:01] PURCHASE.
[1:57:02] >> IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A BUDGET NUMBER FOR THAT EXPENSE,
[1:57:05] WE STILL HAVE TO DEVELOP.
[1:57:09] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M
[1:57:12] CLEAR WHERE THINGS ARE IN THIS PROCESS WITH THE IDEA.
[1:57:16] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY.
[1:57:21] >>Council Member Peters: MY QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE
[1:57:24] STREET BARRIERS. SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD NOT BE
[1:57:27] SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE FROM THE STATE YET AND WHY
[1:57:30] WOULDN'T THIS COME THROUGH THE POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT IF
[1:57:33] THEY WANT TO DO THIS, HOW DID THIS AND AS A COUNSEL AMENDMENT
[1:57:37] AS OPPOSED TO WAITING UNTIL WE GET THE MONEY, MAKING SURE IT
[1:57:40] CAN BE USED FOR THIS AND THEN, I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE
[1:57:45] CIRCUMVENTING A WELL-KNOWN PATH.
[1:57:56] >> IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH POLICE AND FIRE AND I THINK
[1:57:59] THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE
[1:58:02] BARRIERS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. THE IDEA, I THINK IDEALLY WE'D
[1:58:05] LOVE FOR IT TO COME FROM THE STATE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE
[1:58:08] STATE WILL FUND THIS THAT'S THE REASON IT WILL COME OUT OF THE
[1:58:12] EXCESS RESERVE FUND.
[1:58:14] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SMALL QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT,
[1:58:18] VALERIE.
[1:58:19] >>Council Member Carroll: IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT TO GET USED
[1:58:23] TO THE BUTTON. I GUESS I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW
[1:58:25] THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT JUST BY POLICE OR FIRE.
[1:58:33] WE HAVE AS YOU MENTIONED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INPUT,
[1:58:36] POLICE AND FIRE FAVORING THESE BARRIERS.
[1:58:40] AS OF RIGHT TELL, OUR BUDGET FOR POLICE AND FIRE IS A
[1:58:45] GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO THIS WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND
[1:59:00] EXPENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD LOOK
[1:59:02] DIFFERENTLY. I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS A
[1:59:05] DIDN'T ASK FOR IT IN THEIR BUDGETING PROCESS.
[1:59:07] IS THERE ANY OTHER DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD PLAY OUT IN FISCAL
[1:59:11] YEAR 27?
[1:59:12] >> NO, I MEAN IT'S A GENERAL FUND EXPENSE.
[1:59:23] >>Council Member Carroll: OKAY.
[1:59:25] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I HAVE ONE REAL QUICK BEFORE I COME BACK
[1:59:28] TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A SLIDE UP HERE THAT WILL
[1:59:32] SHOW US LET'S SAY THE PREVIOUS STAFF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS GO
[1:59:35] FORWARD. WHAT THAT DOES ESPECIALLY FOR
[1:59:38] THE GENERAL FUND, THAT 13,000 SPREAD BETWEEN EXPENDITURES AND
[1:59:42] REVENUES. IS IT NARROWER OR IS IT WIDER?
[1:59:46] DO WE HAVE A SLIDE OR DO WE HAVE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK
[1:59:50] LIKE.
[1:59:51] >> WE WILL HAVE NEW NUMBERS ON THE EIGHTH, I KNOW FROM LOOKING
[1:59:53] AT THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY THIS WILL REMAIN
[1:59:58] ABOUT THE SAME SOMEHOW IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE, $13,000
[2:00:03] STILL JUST THIS AMENDMENT SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF
[2:00:06] THESE COUNSEL AMENDMENTS BEING CONSIDERED.
[2:00:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE, YOU HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
[2:00:12] >>Council Member Sample: CAN THE BARRIERS, CAN WE USE
[2:00:18] RESERVE FUNDS FOR THAT PURCHASE SINCE IT'S A ONE-TIME PURCHASE.
[2:00:26] >> YES.
[2:00:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS THERE MORE TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
[2:00:30] >> YES THERE IS.
[2:00:32] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE HAD ANOTHER, VERA.
[2:00:40] >>Council Member Elwood: JACQUE'S QUESTION MADE ME THINK
[2:00:43] OF ONE. ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU SAID
[2:00:46] ALL THESE EXPENSES WOULD COME OUT OF RESERVE, THAT WOULD MEAN
[2:00:49] THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE INCREASE WOULD ALSO BE RESERVED RATHER
[2:00:53] THAN MAIN BUDGET. >> THAT'S CORRECT.
[2:00:56] >> ALL IT MEANS WHEN WE SAY IT COMES OUT OF RESERVE IS THE
[2:01:00] REVENUE IS INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INCREASE IN EXPENSE
[2:01:05] SO IT'S NOT A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE, IT'S JUST THE EXPENSE
[2:01:08] WOULD EXCEED THE REVENUE.
[2:01:11] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES, VALERIE.
[2:01:23] >>Council Member Carroll: IS THAT TRUE FOR THE OTHER SLIDES,
[2:01:26] THE OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS? I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEM WERE
[2:01:30] INCREASES IN FUNDING AND SOME OF THEM WERE DECREASES.
[2:01:34] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
[2:01:38] >>Council Member Carroll: DOES THAT BALANCE TO A REQUEST TO
[2:01:41] RESERVES OR AN OVERALL INCREASE.
[2:01:44] >> FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE REMAINS ABOUT
[2:01:47] THE SAME ABOUT 13,000. FOR THOSE OTHER FUNDS, I'M
[2:01:55] SORRY TO SAY DO THE MATH BUT THE NUMBERS FOR EACH FUND ARE
[2:01:59] LISTED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE GAVE YOU THE INCREASE OR
[2:02:03] DECREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH FUND
[2:02:07] INDIVIDUALLY TO DECIDE THAT WE WILL HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS ON
[2:02:10] THE EIGHTH FOR YOU WITH ALL THESE AMENDMENTS INCLUDED.
[2:02:17] >>Mayor Buffaloe: GOING FORWARD .
[2:02:25] >> WE MET WITH THE PARKING COMMISSION ON FRIDAY.
[2:02:31] WEDNESDAY. LAST WEEK.
[2:02:33] THESE ARE THE PRESENTATIONS WE SHOWED THEM.
[2:02:35] SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THIS ARE WORTH
[2:02:44] GOING OVER, ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT
[2:02:47] MAY CHANGE THE BUDGET. FIRST, I WANTED TO DO THE
[2:02:56] PURPOSE FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, PURPOSE FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO
[2:02:59] COLLECT REVENUE TO OPERATE A SELF-SUSTAINING BUSINESS TYPE
[2:03:03] ENTITY. THE COST OF THE TOTAL COST TO
[2:03:06] PROVIDE A SPECIFIC GOODS AND SERVICES IS RECOVERED DIRECTLY
[2:03:09] FROM A USER OF THE SERVICES RATHER THAN GENERAL REVENUES.
[2:03:12] THIS FULL COST RECOVERY IS BASICALLY SAYING REVENUES MUST
[2:03:17] COVER DIRECT OPERATING COSTS, GENERAL AND CAPITAL NEEDS,
[2:03:25] UPGRADES PLACEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT AS
[2:03:28] WELL AS NON-CASH ASSET DEPRECIATION.
[2:03:30] SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE LOOKED AT IT BY STREET METERS
[2:03:35] AND THE GARAGES AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL FOR BOTH WE
[2:03:44] PROPOSE NO CHANGE FOR STREET METERS.
[2:03:56] BASICALLY IT IS AN EQUITABLE CHANGE THAT WILL MAKE GARAGES
[2:03:59] AT THE SAME LEVEL AS STREET METERS.
[2:04:02] CURRENTLY IN THE RATES ARE ONE DOLLAR FOR TWO HOURS IN GARAGES
[2:04:06] AND WE GO TO ONE DOLLAR PER HOUR.
[2:04:08] SO THIS GIVES US AN UNCAPTURED REVENUE OF 253,000 FOR THAT ONE
[2:04:11] HOUR PARKING CHANGE. THEN AN ADDITIONAL 93,000 WOULD
[2:04:14] BE LOST IF NOT ENFORCED IN PARKING FEES AND GARAGES
[2:04:20] SATURDAY. IN TOTAL WE HAVE AN UNCAPTURED
[2:04:24] REVENUE OF $346,000. AND IF ANY CHANGE WAS DONE,
[2:04:33] THIS WOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL JANUARY 2027.
[2:04:41] A BIG ISSUE HERE IS WE HAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION IN UNFUNDED
[2:04:44] CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR PARKING. THIS INCLUDES PROJECTS ON TO
[2:04:48] THE SHORT STREET GARAGE, SIXTH AND JERRY, SOME SIGNS AND
[2:04:55] WAYFINDING AND THEN THE GATE UNLICENSED ASSIST.
[2:05:06] THIS IS OUR BASELINE FORECAST. IF THIS IS BASICALLY IF THINGS
[2:05:10] WERE AS THEY ARE NOW, INCLUDING THAT CIP WE MENTIONED THAT WAS
[2:05:15] UNFUNDED BECAUSE WE LOST FUND THAT, WE HAVE TO GET A LOT OF
[2:05:19] THAT, THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DONE.
[2:05:26] THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT SO BY
[2:05:29] FISCAL YEAR 2031 YOU WOULD, FISCAL YEAR 2030 YOU WOULD BE
[2:05:35] BANKRUPT WITHIN THE PARKING SYSTEM.
[2:05:38] SO IF WE DID THE GARAGE ADJUSTMENT WITHOUT THE SATURDAY
[2:05:46] CHARGE, IT DOES MAKE THIS, IT MAKES THE OUTLOOK LOOK MUCH
[2:05:52] BETTER. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT NO REAL
[2:05:57] ISSUES AND MAYBE GETTING BACK ON TRACK IN FISCAL YEAR 29.
[2:06:03] WITH THE CHARGE WE GET THERE A LITTLE FASTER IN FISCAL YEAR 28
[2:06:10] WOULD BE THE TIMING WHERE WE COULD HAVE A CASH RESERVE
[2:06:15] TARGET OF 20% OR MORE. THERE IS ONE ISSUE.
[2:06:23] THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE KIOSK FOR THE PARKING.
[2:06:28] SO THE KIOSK WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 1.2, $1.3 MILLION IN
[2:06:38] ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS. WHAT THAT DOES TO THE FORECAST,
[2:06:43] BASICALLY IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD.
[2:06:48] FEET, OUR CASH RESERVE OF 20% WOULD NOT BE MET FOR THE
[2:06:52] FORESEEABLE FUTURE THAT IS WITH THE SATURDAY CHARGE.
[2:07:00] SO EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY 93,000 YEAR IT MAKES
[2:07:04] A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS
[2:07:08] THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO. AND THAT'S IT.
[2:07:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
[2:07:22] >>Council Member Carroll: CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE
[2:07:28] WITH NO SATURDAY CHARGE, SORRY. THE FIRST TABLE SLIDE.
[2:07:34] SO THERE'S BASELINE, FORECASTING WITHOUT SATURDAY
[2:07:44] CHARGE. OKAY, SO BASELINE IS WITHOUT
[2:07:46] THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES.
[2:07:46] >> THAT'S CORRECT.
[2:07:57] >>Council Member Carroll: SO IF WE FOLLOW THE FEE CHANGES AND
[2:08:01] HAVE NO SATURDAY CHARGE OR CONTINUE OUR NOTE SATURDAY
[2:08:04] CHARGE, WE HIT CASH RESERVES AT 20% BY FISCAL YEAR 2029.
[2:08:08] >> THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 1.2 MILLION YOU
[2:08:11] NEED TO DO FOR THE NEW LICENSE PLATE READERS AND GATE ALARM
[2:08:19] SYSTEM.
[2:08:20] >>Council Member Carroll: WAS THAT ON THE SECOND?
[2:08:24] >> THAT IS ON THE LAST SO THIS IS THIS ONE.
[2:08:29] >>Council Member Carroll: THAT'S WITH SATURDAY CHARGE,
[2:08:32] CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ONE BEFORE THAT?
[2:08:34] NO SATURDAY CHARGE ON KIOSK.
[2:08:38] >> WE HAVE NO SATURDAY CHARGE AND WITH THIS IS WITHOUT THE
[2:08:43] 1.2 MILLION AND IT IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
[2:08:48] SOME OF THIS WILL BE COVERED AS WELL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARKING
[2:08:52] RATE. I BELIEVE IN A FEW.
[2:08:54] >>Council Member Carroll: OKAY. THINK I WILL HOLD THAT
[2:09:00] DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT ITEM THEN.
[2:09:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU CAN ADVANCE SINCE THAT'S THE END OF
[2:09:10] THE STAFF PRESENTATION. REQUEST FOR COUNSEL WE WILL
[2:09:17] HOLD OUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS UNLESS THEY ARE BURNING UNTIL
[2:09:20] AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL.
[2:09:34] WE HAVE A FEW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED
[2:09:38] LETTERS OR SUBMITTED WITHOUT AGENDA AS WELL AND IT'S COMMON
[2:09:41] PRACTICE TO INVITE THEM TO COME FORWARD ONCE I'VE OPENED UP THE
[2:09:46] PUBLIC HEARING SO I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED
[2:09:49] FOR DIANA, CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON THE COMMISSION
[2:09:52] AND THE TOM ROSE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
[2:09:56] DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO COME FORWARD.
[2:09:58] THEN EITHER SPEAK, YES.
[2:10:00] >>Public Speaker: DIANA MARKSON CHAIR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND
[2:10:04] I'M HERE TO ACCOMPANY THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO
[2:10:08] THE CITY'S ANNUAL ARTS GRANT FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027
[2:10:11] AND I REQUEST FIVE MINUTES.
[2:10:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WE WILL ADD 2 MORE.
[2:10:17] >>Public Speaker: THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
[2:10:20] TO INCREASE ANNUAL FUNDING FROM THE ARTS FROM 100,000 TO
[2:10:24] $200,000. I KNOW IT'S WHAT YOU RECEIVE IN
[2:10:34] FUNDING EACH YEAR, JOIN ME IN EXPRESSING THEIR THANKS YOUR
[2:10:38] RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT OF THE CULTURAL WORK THEY DO.
[2:10:44] WHAT MAKES COLOMBIAN THE BEST PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE WORK
[2:10:47] AND PLAY AND JUST TO PUT THAT FUNDING INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT
[2:10:51] 200,000 THE CITY ALLOCATES TO ANNUAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS
[2:10:54] REPRESENTS LESS THAN 2/10 OF 1% OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND
[2:11:03] EXPENDITURE. THESE FUNDS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE
[2:11:05] IN SUPPORTING THE CULTURE AND VITALITY OF OUR CITY AND ARE
[2:11:09] ALSO AN ECONOMIC ENGINE AND A 2022 ARTS AND ECONOMIC
[2:11:28] PROSPERITY STUDIED THE DIRECT IMPACT OF THE NONPROFIT ARTS
[2:11:31] AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN COLUMBIA AND THEIR AUDIENCES
[2:11:34] WAS OVER $18 MILLION OF WHICH OVER $420,000 WENT TO LOCAL TAX
[2:11:38] REVENUE SO CITY MONEY HARD AT WORK.THANKS TO THE SUPPORT
[2:11:41] FROM CITY ARTS FUNDING 125,000 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE
[2:11:45] ATTENDED ARTS EVENTS ORGANIZED BY OUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES THIS
[2:11:48] PAST YEAR AND HERE ARE SOME MORE LOVELY NUMBERS OF WHAT
[2:11:52] THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE ARTS COMMUNITY 11 AND A HALF
[2:11:55] THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED THE TRUE FALSE FILM FESTIVAL IN
[2:11:58] MARCH, 3700 ATTENDED THE UNBOUND BOOK FESTIVAL IN APRIL
[2:12:02] AND 15 AND HALF THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED OUT IN THE PARK IN
[2:12:05] JUNE. OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE CITIES
[2:12:07] DOLLARS DOING GREAT THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 2 AND A
[2:12:11] HALF THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH CHILDREN'S
[2:12:14] THEATER, ACCESS ARTS AS PROVIDED ARTS EDUCATION FOR
[2:12:17] 1500 PEOPLE, 8000 PEOPLE VIEWED CONCERTS BY THE ODYSSEY CHAMBER
[2:12:25] MUSIC SERIES, 12,000 HAVE TAKEN PART IN EVENTS IN THE NORTH
[2:12:28] VILLAGE ARTS DISTRICT AND 13,000 PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO
[2:12:31] EVENTS AT THE BOONE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ALL THESE
[2:12:34] ARTS AGENCIES ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE CITY'S ARTS FUNDING
[2:12:38] PROGRAM. DURING THE GRANT APPLICATION
[2:12:41] PROCESS COLUMBIA'S NONPROFIT ARTS AGENCIES SUBMIT REQUESTS
[2:12:44] FOR PROJECTS SPECIFIC FUNDING TO THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL
[2:12:51] AFFAIRS. THIS YEAR OCA RECEIVED 30
[2:12:53] APPLICATIONS AND ESTIMATED THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 140,000
[2:12:58] RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WILL PARTICIPATE IN CITY FUNDED ARTS
[2:13:01] ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. IF FUNDING IS APPROVED TO THE
[2:13:06] BUDGET CONTRACTS WILL BE AUTHORIZED IN OCTOBER TO
[2:13:09] SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ARTS PROJECTS.
[2:13:11] WE ARE FORTUNATE IN MISERY AT HAVING AN EARMARKED STATE
[2:13:20] STATUTE THAT DRAWS FROM TAXES PAID BY NONRESIDENT
[2:13:23] PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS TO PROVIDE FUNDING
[2:13:26] TO THE MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL. HOWEVER DUE TO ANNUAL
[2:13:34] APPROPRIATIONS FROM THIS FUND IN FY 27 LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF
[2:13:37] THE WITHHELD AMOUNT WILL REACH THE ARTS.
[2:13:40] 7.2 MILLION ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE WHICH MAKES CITY FUNDING
[2:13:43] ALL THE MORE CRITICAL TO OUR OWN NONPROFIT ARTS AGENCIES.
[2:13:47] AS YOU ALL KNOW THE ARTS POWER THE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE
[2:13:52] WANT TO LIVE AND WORK, SHARE ALL OF TO STICK ON CULTURAL
[2:13:57] EXPERIENCES STRENGTHEN ALL OF OUR SENSE OF BELONGING AND
[2:14:01] COMMUNITY PRIDE AND WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS
[2:14:06] COUNSEL'S RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE
[2:14:09] ARTS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:14:11] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU DIANA, STACY FORD WITH HUMAN
[2:14:15] SERVICES. STACY FORD WITH THE HUMAN
[2:14:17] SERVICES COMMISSION AND TOM ROSE, COME CLOSER.
[2:14:21] I'M MAKING STACY WALK. WHEN I FIRST SAID HIS NAME HE
[2:14:33] WAS AT THE BACK AS WELL.
[2:14:40] >>Public Speaker: STACY FORD, CHAIR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
[2:14:43] COMMISSION THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR
[2:15:04] COMMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S LONG-STANDING INVESTMENT
[2:15:08] IN OUR COMMUNITY SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE
[2:15:11] SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING PROCESS. THE HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION
[2:15:15] AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ARE CHARGED
[2:15:18] WITH MAKING ANNUAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
[2:15:21] COUNCIL. THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
[2:15:24] THE PURCHASE OF SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
[2:15:28] AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS.
[2:15:32] UTILIZING THE CITY SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING.
[2:15:34] THE GOAL OF THE CITY'S PURCHASE OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS TO ENSURE
[2:15:38] OUR BASIC NEEDS ARE MET AND ALL CITIZENS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
[2:15:41] TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
[2:15:44] DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING PROCESS
[2:15:47] AND ISSUES WE ADDRESS WERE PROVIDED IN OUR REPORT TO THE
[2:15:51] COUNCIL WHICH WAS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE BUDGET.
[2:15:54] THE HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION HAS ASKED FOR SOCIAL SERVICE
[2:15:58] FUNDING TO BE RESTORED OR INCREASED EACH BUDGET CYCLE AND
[2:16:02] AFTER AN INCREASE IN THE LAST THREE BUDGETS WE ARE CONCERNED
[2:16:05] TO SEE THE CITY'S MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A 10%
[2:16:08] CUT IN SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING ALL TAKEN OUT OF THE RFP FOR
[2:16:12] OPPORTUNITY. THIS ADJUSTMENT IF ADOPTED
[2:16:14] WOULD DECREASE THE TOTAL FOR THIS FUNDING BY $422,666 TO
[2:16:20] $285.54, $542. ALMOST 137, 1307, I'M SORRY.
[2:16:28] THANK YOU. I'VE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME
[2:16:33] WORKING TODAY. 1025 DISTRICTS.
[2:16:40] LIKELY RESULTING IN FEWER AGENCIES BEING FUNDED,
[2:16:46] PREVIOUSLY FUNDED AGENCIES INCLUDE GRADE A+, JOB POINT,
[2:16:49] LOVE COLUMBIA AND COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY LOW INCOME
[2:16:53] SERVICES. SOME SERVICES WE'VE PURCHASED
[2:16:55] WE ARE INCLUDING JOB REVENUE TRAINING, PERSONAL FINANCE
[2:17:01] EDUCATION AND OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMMING SO PARENTS CAN STAY
[2:17:05] AT WORK. THIS FEELS MORE IMPACTFUL NOW
[2:17:19] RATHER THAN EVER WITH THE BUDGET CUTS TOO MANY LOCAL
[2:17:22] PROGRAMS. THE MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN
[2:17:24] SERVICES COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
[2:17:28] ITS LONG-STANDING SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL
[2:17:32] INFRASTRUCTURE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING
[2:17:34] OUR 2027 SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS IN
[2:17:38] DECEMBER, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE HELP BARBARA.
[2:17:45] >>Public Speaker: TOM ROSE, CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITY
[2:17:49] DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SO I'M NOT TALKING TONIGHT, THAT WILL
[2:17:53] BE LATER. WHEN I PRESENT TONIGHT IS OUR
[2:17:55] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR FISCAL
[2:17:58] YEAR 27 FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
[2:18:01] AND THE WHOLE PROGRAM. THE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR 25
[2:18:05] THROUGH 29 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE COMMISSION REVIEWED
[2:18:15] THESE AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TODAY
[2:18:17] TO CONSIDER SO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
[2:18:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU TOM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO
[2:18:27] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 CITY OF COLUMBIA BUDGET
[2:18:38] ?
[2:18:39] >>Public Speaker: MARK KLEIN, THIRD WARD.
[2:18:41] I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING BUT HEARING ABOUT THE PARKING
[2:18:45] GARAGE SITUATION I WANTED TO CALL TWO THINGS TO YOUR
[2:18:48] ATTENTION, ONE OF WHICH IS I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE ADOPTING
[2:18:52] OR PLANNING ON ADOPTING A LICENSE PLATE READING SYSTEM
[2:18:56] BUT IT SEEMS THIS IS ANOTHER EXPANSION OF THE SURVEILLANCE
[2:18:59] STATE, SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE BIG BROTHER AND I DON'T WANT TO
[2:19:04] SEE COLUMBIA GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.
[2:19:08] THE OTHER THING IS AS YOU KNOW I WORKED FOR MID-MISSOURI PIECE
[2:19:12] WORKS AND WE OPERATED THE PIECE NOOK AND BY FAR OUR BUSIEST DAY
[2:19:15] IS SATURDAY. IF WE START CHARGING PARKING ON
[2:19:41] SATURDAYS, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON
[2:19:44] SMALL SHOPS AND OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT.
[2:19:47] AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU NOT TO DO THAT BASED ON THAT BASIS
[2:19:51] ALONE. WE DO HERE A LOT COMPLAINTS
[2:19:53] ABOUT PARKING METERS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.
[2:19:55] I CAN ALWAYS POINT TO THEM AND SAY WEEKENDS ARE FREE, THERE IS
[2:19:59] PARKING IN THE PARKING GARAGE ON SATURDAY OR WHEREVER YOU
[2:20:02] PART AND IT WILL HURT US IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND HURT A LOT
[2:20:05] OF OTHER PEOPLE TO.
[2:20:07] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
[2:20:10] >> I WILL NOT SAY MY ADDRESS PUBLICLY.
[2:20:12] I JUST WANT TO FIRST OFF TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUE.
[2:20:16] I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HAVING THE POWER POINTS AND
[2:20:34] THEN BEING MISSING. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS
[2:20:37] HAS HAPPENED. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
[2:20:40] TO APPEAR AS COMPETENT ESPECIALLY NOW YOU ARE A FULL
[2:20:43] PANEL OF WOMEN TO RENT ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS BE
[2:20:47] MORE CONSISTENT IN PROVIDING AS MUCH RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE.
[2:20:50] I WAS HOPING YOU WERE JOKING ABOUT PUTTING THINGS TO A VOTE
[2:20:54] TODAY BECAUSE AGAIN THE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT
[2:20:58] THIS INFORMATION AND I'M GLAD YOU CHOSE NOT TO RIP THESE ARE
[2:21:01] THE KIND OF SMALL THINGS THAT GIVE PEOPLE AN EXCUSE TO SAVE
[2:21:04] YOU GUYS ARE INCOMPETENT SO THINGS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE
[2:21:08] APPROVED UPON AND TO BE CONSISTENT.
[2:21:11] ANOTHER THING I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS THE PARKING.
[2:21:13] AS A SERVER DUE TO MINIMUM WAGE AND HOUR OF OUR LABOR GOES INTO
[2:21:17] PARKING WHEN YOU RAISE THE PARKING METERS.
[2:21:20] THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT I DO HERE SURPRISINGLY IN SPITE ALL
[2:21:28] THE SUPPOSED VIOLENCE IS PARKING.
[2:21:30] THE REASON WHY PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO DOWNTOWN IS THEY ARE TIRED
[2:21:34] OF DRIVING FOR 20 MINUTES, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME,
[2:21:38] THEY CAN'T FIND PARKING. AND I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THEY
[2:21:41] DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR CERTAIN PARKING.
[2:21:43] I KNOW WE NEED TO GET THE MONEY SOMEWHERE BUT MAYBE THERE'S A
[2:21:47] COMPROMISE THAT CAN BE MADE PEOPLE WORKING HERE AND MAYBE
[2:21:54] THERE COULD BE SOMETHING SO IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO
[2:21:57] SPEND MORE OF OUR HOURS IN THE PARKING.
[2:22:00] BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP AS WE ARE
[2:22:04] TALKING ABOUT INCREASING AND THE FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T
[2:22:07] EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GARAGES OR KNOW THAT IT'S
[2:22:11] FREE, MOST DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE
[2:22:14] MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THIS PARKING WAS GOING TO BE AN
[2:22:18] ISSUE SO TRANSPARENCY AGAIN NEEDS TO BE MORE IMPROVED.
[2:22:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DOES ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
[2:22:25] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
[2:22:29] >>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES FROM WARD ONE AND I HAVE
[2:22:32] A QUESTION FOR THE BUDGET, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS BUDGET
[2:22:36] REFLECTS THE 1% SALES TAX INCREASE AND WILL THE NEXT
[2:22:39] PROPOSED BUDGET SHOW THAT?
[2:22:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: AFTER PUBLIC HEARING I WILL ASK THE
[2:22:53] QUESTIONS, ANYONE WISH TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
[2:22:57] >>Public Speaker: EUGENE ELKINS, SECOND WARD.
[2:23:00] MY ONLY COMMENT IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IN MY PAST
[2:23:04] I WITNESSED IT WITH MY OWN EYES.
[2:23:06] YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT AND THE WORD IS ASSETS IN CITY OWNERSHIP.
[2:23:16] IF YOU SHOULD DRIVE BEHIND THE POWER PLANT YOU WILL WITNESS
[2:23:19] ITEMS THAT ARE RUSTING AWAY. THEY COULD BE A WRITE OFF OR
[2:23:23] COULD IT BE WE NEED TO HAVE LESS WASTING OF ITEMS PURCHASED
[2:23:29] BY WAY OF PUTTING A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS.
[2:23:31] BEFORE YOU ALL SERVED ON THE COUNCIL, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL
[2:23:49] TONIGHT. THERE WAS A A LOT OF DISCUSSION
[2:23:51] ABOUT THE ELECTRIC BUSES.I'D LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO START
[2:23:55] MONITORING THE ACTUAL EXPENSES. THEY ONLY GAVE THEM ABOUT A
[2:23:58] YEAR AND THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE BREAKDOWNS.
[2:24:01] TECHNOLOGY COULD HAVE CHANGED BUT COULD BE VERY ITEMS WE GIVE
[2:24:04] THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO RIDE FOR FREE BE COSTING YOU WAY MORE
[2:24:08] THAN THE OLD DIESEL OR THEY WE GO BACK TO GASOLINE VERSION OF
[2:24:12] BUSES? THE REASON I'M BRINGING ALL
[2:24:14] THIS UP IS YES, YOU ALL HAVE A MAJOR JOB.
[2:24:16] YOU HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO LOOK AT BUT THE REALITY IS WE SPENT
[2:24:19] THE MONEY AND LET'S TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER IT IS WE OWN, THANK
[2:24:26] YOU.
[2:24:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PROPOSED
[2:24:29] FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET?
[2:24:33] >>Public Speaker: NIKKI DAVIS, SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET AND I
[2:24:37] PLAN TO SPEAK ON THIS LATER IN THE AGENDA BUT I WILL SPEAK AT
[2:24:52] BOTH. SATURDAY IS ONE OF THE MOST
[2:24:54] IMPORTANT SHOPPING DAYS FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
[2:24:58] THEY ARE ALREADY COMPETING WITH A LOT OF OTHER BIG BOX STORES,
[2:25:01] A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT JUST COME WITH THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
[2:25:05] BUT THE PARKING IN GARAGES ON SATURDAYS IS SOMETHING THAT'S
[2:25:09] VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
[2:25:14] I GUESS WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THEY HAVE A LARGER IMPACT TO
[2:25:17] CONSIDER HERE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF PARKING
[2:25:19] REVENUE FOR THE CITY TO COME WHEN THE EXPENSE OF A
[2:25:22] SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING SPENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN
[2:25:27] RESTAURANTS, RETAILERS, SALONS, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND OTHER
[2:25:39] LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES. SATURDAY PARKING SHOULD BE
[2:25:42] VIEWED AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL, NOT SIMPLY AS
[2:25:45] A POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR PARKING REVENUE.
[2:25:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE
[2:25:52] PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET?
[2:25:54] >>Public Speaker: MAC SHACK, 709 LIME STREET, WARD 1 AND
[2:25:59] LAST TIME I SPOKE IT WAS 10:00 A.M. THE DAY AFTER YOU STARTED
[2:26:02] YOUR MEETING I WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO LET EVERYBODY
[2:26:07] KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST CITY BUDGET THAT HAS ZEROED OUT ALL
[2:26:11] FUNDING IS NO PLAN TO CONTINUE. IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING
[2:26:20] TO PINCH PENNIES AND TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
[2:26:23] YOU'VE DONE THAT SUCCESSFULLY SINCE 2015.
[2:26:26] COMMUNITY BUDGET AT A BUDGET OF $50,000 AND YOU WHITTLE IT DOWN
[2:26:29] TO 35 SO IF THE IDEA EVERYBODY HAS TO DO THEIR FAIR SHARE CITY
[2:26:33] TO COMMUNITY MEDIA TO DO THAT AND IF YOU ELIMINATE COMMUNITY
[2:26:37] MEDIA THAT'S OVERBURDENING OF THAT SERVICE BY ELIMINATING IT.
[2:26:50] I LIVE ON LYON STREET SO LAST WEEK AT 1:30 I WENT TO SLEEP
[2:26:54] WITH MY WINDOW OPEN, I HEAR SHOTS FIRED AND WITHIN 30
[2:26:57] SECONDS POLICE WERE THERE. VERY FAST RESPONSE AT WALNUT
[2:27:00] AND EVEN SO NO COMMUNITY WAS LOSING THEIR MIND ON SOCIAL
[2:27:03] MEDIA ABOUT THE FACT THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED.
[2:27:06] THE OWNERS OR MANAGER IS A VIDWEST MEMBER SO WE SAID
[2:27:10] WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY SAY THERE'S YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
[2:27:13] NOWHERE TO GO. WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO,
[2:27:17] THEY CAN'T GO TO THE BARS, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
[2:27:22] THEY NEED THINGS TO DO, THEY MAY BE GRADUATED, THEY MIGHT BE
[2:27:26] 19 OR 20, WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM TO GO?
[2:27:28] WE ARE PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SPACE.
[2:27:30] IT'S OPEN FOR THEM TO COME. YOU'RE TAKING THAT AWAY, TAKING
[2:27:46] AWAY THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND IF THEY MAKE THE WRONG DECISIONS
[2:27:50] THEY'RE GOING TO GET SUCKED INTO A SYSTEM YOU'RE GOING TO
[2:27:53] PUNISH THEM SO WE LITERALLY HAVE VOLUNTEERS, THEY DON'T GET
[2:27:57] PAID. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE IF
[2:27:58] FUNCTION AND YOUR FUNDING PAYS FOR THE RENT SO YOU HAVE
[2:28:01] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO HELP OTHER MEMBERS, THE CITY
[2:28:05] FUNDING ENABLES THAT HELP. I DON'T THINK THIS THINKING OF
[2:28:08] COMMUNITY MEDIA WENT INTO THE BUDGET DECISION A YEAR AGO.
[2:28:15] YOU GOT A LETTER THAT SAID THIS WAS GOING TO GET DEFUNDED,
[2:28:19] NOBODY DID LISTENING SESSIONS, NOBODY SAID LET'S TALK TO YOUR
[2:28:23] MEMBERS, NOBODY ASKED FOR OUR DATA WHICH WE BEEN GATHERING
[2:28:26] BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RECKONING, WE KNEW THE
[2:28:31] CITY WAS GOING TO SAY DEFEND YOUR SERVICE, NOBODY HAS ASKED
[2:28:33] FOR THAT DATA WHICH BLOWS MY MIND.
[2:28:36] I THOUGHT THAT WAS THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION AND IT NEVER
[2:28:39] HAPPENED. SO I DISAGREE WITH THE IDEA OF
[2:28:40] WAITING FOR DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HAVING TO
[2:28:44] PAY FOR THESE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS.
[2:28:50] YOU SHOULD BE INVESTING UPSTREAM WHICH IS
[2:28:53] METAPHORICALLY PLANTING THE TREES THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE
[2:28:56] TOGETHER SO THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUNISH
[2:28:59] THEM.
[2:29:00] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED
[2:29:03] BUDGET?
[2:29:04] >>Public Speaker: GREAT, KRISTEN MARIE, 1101 WARD ONE,
[2:29:13] NOW I'M ENTERING IT INTO THE RECORD.
[2:29:15] WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS ON THE SPREADSHEET REMEMBER
[2:29:21] IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR AND PLANT THE SEEDS
[2:29:24] THAT WILL GROW INTO THE COLUMBIA MY CHILDREN GROW UP
[2:29:28] IN, THAT YOUR CHILDREN GROW UP IN.
[2:29:31] WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET ITEMS AND CONSIDERING WHAT
[2:29:35] SEEDS TO WATER REMEMBER THE PARABLE OF THE TWO WOLVES AND
[2:29:39] THE ONE THAT WINS IS THE ONE YOU FEED SO ARE WE FEEDING
[2:29:41] MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO TECHNOLOGY THAT ISN'T
[2:29:44] CONTROLLED HERE AND ULTIMATELY WILL ALLOW US TO CRIMINALIZE A
[2:29:50] GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OR ARE WE FEEDING
[2:29:53] ARTS PROGRAMS TO SOCIAL SERVICES?
[2:29:57] ARE WE FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY PLANTING TREES AND
[2:30:00] CLEANING STREAMS SO PEOPLE COME HERE AND TAKE A WALK IN ONE OF
[2:30:03] OUR PARKS AND NEVER LEAVE. THANK YOU.
[2:30:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
[2:30:13] ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET?
[2:30:18] I'LL REMIND YOU THIS IS THE FIRST OF MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES
[2:30:21] TO SPEAK, IT WILL NOT BE VOTED ON UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21.
[2:30:25] SEEING NONE I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[2:30:28] PETER, ARE YOU COMING TO TALK, OKAY.
[2:30:33] SO I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8 WHERE
[2:30:40] WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL
[2:30:44] YEAR 27 BUDGET. I WILL NOW GO TO COUNSEL
[2:30:56] COMMENTS OR COUNSEL FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
[2:30:59] THE ONLY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR SHORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WE
[2:31:02] HAVE BEFORE US DOES NOT INCLUDE THE REVENUE FROM PROPOSITION
[2:31:06] ONE TO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
[2:31:08] >> THAT IS CORRECT. THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT.
[2:31:11] THE TIMING OF THE VOTE DID NOT ALLOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT
[2:31:14] THIS MONEY INTO THIS BUDGET, WE COULD NOT ANTICIPATE WE WERE
[2:31:18] GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS BUDGET SO WE WILL CREATE
[2:31:21] AN AMENDMENT AND HAVE THAT IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF
[2:31:24] FISCAL YEAR 27.
[2:31:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, BETSY AND THEN VALERIE.
[2:31:30] >>Council Member Peters: STARTING IN JANUARY WE WOULD BE
[2:31:35] COLLECTING THIS MONEY BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY MONEY FROM
[2:31:40] THE STATE UNTIL MARCH SO YOU'RE BRINGING THE AMENDMENT, YOU'RE
[2:31:44] BRINGING BUDGET AMENDMENT IN JANUARY?
[2:31:47] IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?
[2:31:56] >> IT COULD BE BEFORE JANUARY, I AM NOT SURE BUT WE WILL AMEND
[2:32:00] THE BUDGET TO CREATE THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FUND.
[2:32:03] >>Council Member Peters: OKAY, THANKS.
[2:32:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
[2:32:08] >>Council Member Carroll: COULD THE BARRICADES COME FROM THE 1%
[2:32:14] TAX GIVEN IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSE?
[2:32:23] >>Mayor Buffaloe: D'CARLON, I THINK THAT'S A YOU QUESTION.
[2:32:43] >> POSSIBLY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED
[2:32:45] ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY FUND ITSELF IS WE
[2:32:49] WOULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH POLICE AND FIRE BEFORE WE
[2:32:52] BROUGHT ANYTHING FORWARD SO THAT WOULD BE A LARGER
[2:32:56] CONVERSATION.
[2:32:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL?
[2:33:00] >>Council Member Carroll: IF JACQUE HAS A RELEVANT COMMENT I
[2:33:03] WOULD DEFER TO HER.
[2:33:05] >>Council Member Sample: BASED ON VALERIE'S QUESTION IF THE
[2:33:08] AMENDMENT PASSES TO PURCHASE A BARRICADE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
[2:33:11] IN TIMELINE, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA ON TIMELINE?
[2:33:14] >> IF YOU USE THE AMENDMENT PASSES AND YOU USE THE RESERVES
[2:33:19] WE CAN PURCHASE BARRIERS NOW. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT USING THE
[2:33:26] PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX YOU'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING IT MORE
[2:33:31] TOWARDS THE SPRINGTIME. SPRING, SUMMER.
[2:33:36] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WAS INTO COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
[2:33:44] BUT IF YOU HAVE ONE ON THE SUBJECT, BETSY IS THAT YOURS?
[2:33:54] >>Council Member Peters: COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT THESE
[2:33:57] BARRIERS ARE BECAUSE I HEARD ABOUT THEM BUT WE NEED TO BUY
[2:34:01] THEM BUT I DON'T EXACTLY, I'VE NEVER SEEN A COUNSEL MEMO AS TO
[2:34:05] WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY WILL DO FOR US?
[2:34:08] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE.
[2:34:18] >> I'LL SPEAK BASED ON WHAT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
[2:34:22] CHIEF SCHAEFER AND CHIEF SCHLUTE AND VALERIE AS WELL.
[2:34:25] WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DOWNTOWN SAFETY BUT ALSO
[2:34:28] PROTECTED PEDESTRIAN HEADWAYS. AND IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE
[2:34:32] TALKED ABOUT HOW TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WITHIN THOSE SPACES.
[2:34:40] SO THE BARRIERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE BEST PRACTICE
[2:34:44] BARRIERS TO KEEP PEOPLE WITHIN THE CLOSED SECTION OF THE ROAD
[2:34:47] SAFE FROM OTHER VEHICLES COMING THROUGH TRYING TO BREAK DOWN
[2:34:51] THE BARRICADE.SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT SO WE CAN USE
[2:34:54] IT FOR A CLOSING STREETS FOR EVENTS OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER WE
[2:34:57] USE PARADES, HOWEVER WE USE FEES SO IT'S THE BEST BARRICADE
[2:35:01] IN TALKING WITH CHIEF SCHAEFER IT'S THE BEST OPTION TO KEEP
[2:35:04] PEOPLE SAFE. >>Council Member Peters: I
[2:35:07] APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATION BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REAL
[2:35:10] PRESENTATION ON THIS BEFORE WE COMMIT $1 MILLION TO THIS, DID
[2:35:15] WE HAVE ONE AND I MISSED IT, VALERIE?
[2:35:30] >>Council Member Carroll: WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION ON
[2:35:33] THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM BUT IT'S BEEN
[2:35:36] PRESENTED WITH SLIDES AND PICTURES AND I REMEMBER CHIEF
[2:35:40] SCHAEFER AND SCHLUTE. I MATCHED BOTH OF YOUR NAMES
[2:35:43] TOGETHER. I REMEMBER THEM SPEAKING TO US
[2:35:45] ON IT DURING REGULAR, PERHAPS THE RING COUNSEL COMMENT.
[2:35:54] >>Council Member Peters: THANKS, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK
[2:35:57] AT THAT.
[2:35:58] >>Council Member Carroll: IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM
[2:36:01] THEM AGAIN. MY SUPPORT COMES NOT ONLY FROM
[2:36:04] THE DESIRE TO PUT US DOWN STREETS IN THE FUTURE BUT THE
[2:36:13] LACK OF HAVING THEM FOR OUR CURRENT STREET CLOSURES.
[2:36:16] WE HEARD BOTH OF OUR CHIEFS SAY THEY WERE FLABBERGASTED WE
[2:36:20] DIDN'T HAVE MORE ALREADY AND THAT A COMMUNITY OUR SIZE OUGHT
[2:36:24] TO HAVE THEM BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME BACK-AND-FORTH OVER
[2:36:29] SEVERAL YEARS AS TO WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD COME FROM AND WHICH
[2:36:34] BUDGET IT WOULD COME FROM. I WOULD SUGGEST A 1% TAX WOULD
[2:36:40] HELP.
[2:36:41] >>.
[2:36:52] >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIND THE VIDEO FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
[2:37:01] >> ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS GOING FORWARD.
[2:37:04] COUNSEL AS ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT
[2:37:14] TO VOTE ON FOR THE SEPTEMBER 8 13 AT IT BUT THEY HAD
[2:37:17] OBVIOUSLY, AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
[2:37:18] AS WELL AS THIS ONE. CHRISTINA.
[2:37:20] >>Council Member Hartman: IF YOU COULD REFRESH MY MEMORY.
[2:37:26] SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT ONCE, I DIDN'T WRITE THAT
[2:37:29] DOWN AND I APOLOGIZE BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A REQUEST TO
[2:37:33] MOVE ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET. TOO FYI, FROM 26 TO 27 IF YOU
[2:37:41] CAN RUMOR THAT THAT KOREA IS THAT GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN
[2:37:48] OUR QUARTERLY MEMO WHERE IT'S LIKE THESE ARE ALL THE CHANGES.
[2:38:01] WE WANT INCREASES HERE, WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM THIS FUND TO
[2:38:05] THIS FUND, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WILL SEE IN THAT REPORT WORK
[2:38:08] PRESENTATION BECAUSE I JUST DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT IN THE
[2:38:12] ONE WE WILL SEE TONIGHT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS COMING
[2:38:15] OUT.
[2:38:16] >> FOURTH-QUARTER AMENDMENTS ARE ON THE AGENDA LATER
[2:38:19] TONIGHT. THESE ITEMS WILL NOT BE A
[2:38:21] DECREASE IN THE BUDGET, THEY WILL BE ACTUAL FUNDING THAT
[2:38:24] ISN'T SPENT IN 26 WHICH AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WILL GO
[2:38:27] BACK TO THE RESERVES OF WHATEVER FUND IT WAS BUDGETED
[2:38:30] IN AND COULD BE REAPPROPRIATED IN THE 27.
[2:38:35] I WAS TRYING TO MATCH UP WHAT YOU GUYS WERE SHOWING ME AND I
[2:38:39] MISSED ALL THAT.
[2:38:44] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS,
[2:38:54] JACQUE.
[2:38:55] >>Council Member Sample: AS WE CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE
[2:38:58] BUDGET I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THE HUMAN SERVICES
[2:39:02] COMMISSION LETTER. THAT'S AN AREA WE NEED TO
[2:39:04] PRIORITIZE SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
[2:39:07] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WOULD AGREE WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICES
[2:39:10] FUNDING READ ONE OF MY HOPES IS THAT SALES TAX IMPROVEMENTS
[2:39:14] WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS SOCIAL SERVICES
[2:39:18] FUNDING SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO
[2:39:22] RESTORE THAT PERCENTAGE OPPORTUNITY PART OF IT.
[2:39:29] ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS. IF NOT I WILL CONTINUE.
[2:39:32] WE WILL CONTINUE THIS TO THE SEPTEMBER 8 2026 CITY COUNCIL
[2:39:42] MEETING. AGAIN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
[2:39:44] PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT TIME AND THE VOTES WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL
[2:39:48] SEPTEMBER 21. MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC
[2:39:51] HEARING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ PUBLIC HEARING 2826.
[2:39:54] >> A PROPOSED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED
[2:39:57] ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I-70 DRIVE AND EAST EASTER LANE, 7208 I-70
[2:40:01] DRIVE SOUTHEAST.
[2:40:05] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?
[2:40:09] YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON DOWN THE ENTIRE TIME YOU SPEAK.
[2:40:21] >> AS THE CLERK HAD READ, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
[2:40:27] WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE HELD PRIOR TO THE
[2:40:29] ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY INTO THE CITY.
[2:40:32] WITH NOTE THIS ITEM IS ALSO ON COUNSEL AGENDA FOR FIRST
[2:40:46] READING CONSIDERED AT SOME SUMMARY FOR ADDITIONAL
[2:40:49] DISCUSSION ON THE PERMANENT ZONING WHICH GOES ALONG WITH
[2:40:52] THE ANNEXATION. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AT
[2:40:55] 7208 I-70 DRIVE SOUTHEAST. AND AGAIN THIS IS A PUBLIC
[2:40:59] HEARING FOR THE ANNEXATION. THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION
[2:41:01] DURING SUBSEQUENT SECOND READING IF NECESSARY.
[2:41:04] THE PERMANENT ZONING THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR THIS SITE IS IN
[2:41:08] THE SEAT WHICH IS OUR MIXED-USE CORRIDOR SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR
[2:41:12] HIGH-LEVEL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
[2:41:15] THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 4 ACRES LOCATED ABOUT A MILE WEST
[2:41:19] OF TRADEWINDS PARK. JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT ON THE
[2:41:23] LOCATION OF THAT PROPERTY, ON I-70 DRIVE OUTER ROAD SOUTH BY
[2:41:27] 70 TO THE EAST AGAIN TRADE CENTER PARKWAY TO THE WEST YOU
[2:41:36] SEE THE SOLAR FARM LOCATED NOT TOO MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD
[2:41:40] TO THE WEST AS WELL. TO THE SOUTH SOME UNDEVELOPED
[2:41:43] PROPERTY CURRENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY DOES HAVE RESIDENTIAL
[2:41:46] DEVELOP LIST ASSOCIATED WITH IT PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE.
[2:41:49] THE SITE IS CURRENTLY IMPROVED WITH A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE,
[2:41:52] HOME TO A BUSINESS MID-MISSOURI GOLF CARS WHICH IS A
[2:41:56] LONG-STANDING VEHICLE REPAIR LOCATION.
[2:41:58] THIS WOULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE CG UPON ANNEXATION.
[2:42:06] GENERALLY THE REASON FOR SEEKING ANNEXATION WOULD BE
[2:42:12] GOOD TO CONNECT WITH CITY SEWER FOR USE OF THAT PROPERTY AND
[2:42:15] THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH RS, THAT IS COUNTY
[2:42:23] ZONING. THAT IS SINGLE-FAMILY BUT TO
[2:42:25] THE WEST YOU ALSO SEE CG SO CG IS THE COUNTY EQUIVALENT OF THE
[2:42:29] CITY MC SO THAT'S THEIR GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
[2:42:35] IT RECOGNIZES THESE PROPERTIES ONE OF TWO THINGS, AS AN
[2:42:39] EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ON THE SITE AND ALSO GIVEN ITS
[2:42:42] LOCATION ALONG THAT I-70 DRIVE AT THAT TYPE OF PARCEL WITH
[2:42:46] FRONTAGE ON A STREET IS CONTEXTUALLY MORE AGAIN TO
[2:42:51] CONDITIONAL USE. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION
[2:42:56] DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING I THINK ANALYSIS AS WELL ABOUT
[2:43:01] THAT USE BUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFIC USE THAT'S
[2:43:09] ON THERE RIGHT NOW.IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT MC ZONING.
[2:43:12] THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT MN BUT THE REQUEST IS FOR MC.
[2:43:15] IT DOES MEET MOST SITE-SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
[2:43:19] WHEN YOU SERVE THE BOONE COUNTY REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT IT'S
[2:43:23] SERVED BY BOONE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.
[2:43:29] AS PART OF THE ANNEXATION GENERALLY THE ANALYSIS IS
[2:43:33] WHETHER IT'S COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CITY PER
[2:43:40] STATE STATUTE. RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS NOT
[2:43:43] FOR ANY COUNCIL ACTION BUT TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING,
[2:43:46] RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANNEXATION.
[2:43:52] I DID WANT TO RELAY THE CONVERSATION ON THE PERMANENT
[2:43:55] ZONING. THAT WAS AGAIN ON A COUNSEL
[2:43:57] AGENDA BUT PLANNING AND ZONING DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE
[2:44:01] REQUESTED ZONING 7 TO 1 THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
[2:44:04] COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND-USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS.
[2:44:11] I THINK THE CONVERSATION IS SOMETIMES THESE SMALL
[2:44:14] INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES CAN FALL OUTSIDE THE ANALYSIS DONE IN
[2:44:18] 2013 BUT THE EXISTING CONTEXT IS COMMERCIAL ZONED IN THE
[2:44:21] COUNTY SO STAFF IS CONFIDENT RECOMMENDING THAT PERMANENT
[2:44:25] ZONING BUT TONIGHT JUST TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.
[2:44:31] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL TO STAFF?
[2:44:35] SEEING NONE I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[2:44:43] WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED
[2:44:47] ANNEXATION AT 7208 I-70 DRIVE SOUTHEAST?
[2:44:50] SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.ANY ADDITIONAL
[2:44:54] QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL.
[2:45:02] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND I'M
[2:45:05] SORRY IF THIS ISN'T EXACTLY RIGHT.
[2:45:11] AT SOME POINT I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS FORM OF
[2:45:15] ANNEXATION, THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TO ANNEX TO CONNECT
[2:45:18] INTO OUR SEWER BUT IT'S NOT EVEN A DIRECT CONNECTION SO I
[2:45:21] WANT TO LOOK AT OUR POLICIES CAUSING THIS CASE TO COME
[2:45:24] BEFORE US.
[2:45:29] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SEEING NONE THIS IS ONLY THE PUBLIC
[2:45:32] HEARING, THIS WILL HAPPEN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE
[2:45:38] SEPTEMBER 8 COUNCIL MEETING. MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS
[2:45:41] SHEILA WILLIE READ BILL 164 - 26.
[2:45:50] >> COUNSEL BILL 164 - 26 AMENDS CHAPTER 24 OF THE CITY CODE AS
[2:45:54] RELATES TO RATES FOR MUNICIPAL PARKING STRUCTURES AND FIXING
[2:45:57] THE TIME OF THIS ORDINANCE BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRD READING.
[2:46:01] >> STAFF REPORT.
[2:46:05] >> THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AT THE AUGUST 3 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA OR
[2:46:09] AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO PROVIDE TIME TO DISCUSS THE
[2:46:12] MATTER WITH THE CITY'S PARKING ADVISORY COMMISSION READ THAT
[2:46:21] MEETING OCCURRED AUGUST 12 READ REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIES
[2:46:24] FINANCED PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS PRESENTED SLIDES
[2:46:28] SIMILAR TO THOSE CITY COUNCIL HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS BUDGET
[2:46:31] MEETINGS IN THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SHOULD THIS EVENING.
[2:46:35] FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION THE COMMISSION VOTED 4 TO DO IN
[2:46:38] SUPPORT OF THE CHANGES DETAILED IN THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT TO
[2:46:42] READ THE SLIDES BEFORE YOU ARE THE SAME AS THOSE PRESENTED AT
[2:46:45] THE AUGUST 3 MEETING WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS.
[2:46:50] WE HAVE ADDED A SLIDE WHICH SHOWS SATURDAY PARKING GARAGE
[2:46:53] INFORMATION FOR THE 17 COLLEGE TOWNS WE LOOKED AT LAST YEAR
[2:47:00] WHEN ON STREET METER RATES WERE ADJUSTED TO A DOLLAR PER HOUR
[2:47:03] WITH WHAT IS EASY TO SEE FROM THIS INFORMATION IS THERE ARE
[2:47:07] MANY WAYS IN WHICH CITY HANDLED PARKING RATES HOWEVER ONLY
[2:47:11] BOULDER COLORADO HAS AS MANY GARAGES AS COLUMBIA DOESN'T
[2:47:14] CHARGE ON SATURDAY FOR THEIR SIX GARAGES, THE OTHER GARAGE
[2:47:17] HAD A DOLLAR AND ONE FOURTH HOURLY RATE.
[2:47:19] THE PARKING UTILITIES, PARKING CONSULTANT HAS BEEN WORKING ON
[2:47:24] TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS WHICH HAD DRAFT REPORTS SUBMITTED SINCE
[2:47:27] THE AUGUST 3 MEETING, THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET INCLUDES
[2:47:35] $750,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE 10TH AND JERRY GARAGE BUT THERE
[2:47:38] REPORT DETAILS THE NEEDS OF $750,000 NEXT YEAR TO 2.6
[2:47:41] MILLION TOTAL BEFORE 2032. THEY'VE ALSO SUBMITTED A
[2:47:45] PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A MOVE TO A NEW GATE ARM SYSTEM WHICH
[2:47:48] INCLUDES LICENSE PLATE READERS READ THIS TOTALS AN ESTIMATED
[2:47:52] 1.2 MILLION AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY OUR PRESENT SYSTEM.
[2:48:01] ALL UPGRADES IN 2027 AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD ISSUES WITH REPAIR
[2:48:05] HEALTH AND ART ACQUISITION. WE BELIEVE WHAT IS PROPOSED
[2:48:19] CREATES A CONSISTENT PARKING EXPERIENCE DOWNTOWN WHICH IS IN
[2:48:22] LINE WITH WHAT WE SEE IN SIMILAR COLLEGE TOWNS.
[2:48:25] WE SEE THIS AS PHASE 2 OF THE MULTIPHASIC PROCESS, FISCAL
[2:48:29] YEAR 2028 WILL LIKELY INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERMIT RATES
[2:48:32] AND PARKING GARAGES WHICH HASN'T BEEN DONE IN SOME TIME.
[2:48:36] FROM THERE WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO INCREASE HOURLY
[2:48:39] RATES WHEN NECESSARY IN THEORY AS A SINGLE UNIT.
[2:48:42] THE AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
[2:48:45] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR STAFF, VERA.
[2:48:49] >>Council Member Elwood: TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHEN YOU'RE
[2:48:52] LOOKING AT OTHER COLLEGE TOWNS AND WHETHER OR NOT PARKING IS
[2:48:55] FREE ON SATURDAY. YOU MENTIONED BOULDER IS THE
[2:48:58] ONLY ONE KIND OF COMPARABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE AS MANY
[2:49:02] GARAGES AS US IN TERMS OF THE ONES THAT ARE FREE ON
[2:49:05] SATURDAYS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT LOGIC
[2:49:07] THERE OF LIFE FEWER GARAGES MEANS IT'S MORE FEASIBLE TO BE
[2:49:10] FREE ON SATURDAY?
[2:49:16] >> THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT WOULD BE MORE GARAGES
[2:49:20] MEANS MORE MAINTENANCE SO THE MORE GARAGES YOU HAVE EACH ONE
[2:49:23] OF THOSE WILL AGE FROM THE TIME THEY ARE BUILT.
[2:49:26] IN PERPETUITY. AND SO YOU ATTEND TO SEE, OF
[2:49:38] COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREN'T HERE.
[2:49:41] I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ON STREET METER SPOTS THESE CITIES HAVE.
[2:49:44] THAT WOULD FACTOR IN TO HOW MUCH REVENUE THEY GENERATE ON
[2:49:48] STREET VERSUS THE PARKING GARAGE BUT LIKE I SAID THE BEST
[2:49:51] WAY I KNEW YOU PUT APPLES TO APPLES WAS BASED ON THE NUMBER
[2:49:54] OF PARKING GARAGES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE
[2:49:58] THAT'S HOW WE SORTED THIS INFORMATION FROM NUMBERED
[2:50:01] PARKING GARAGES.
[2:50:03] >>Council Member Hartman: WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE
[2:50:06] BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE DISCUSSED THE COST TO HAVE
[2:50:09] PEOPLE GOING AND EVALUATING THE METERS AND STUFF.
[2:50:14] IS THERE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN ORDER
[2:50:19] TO, FOR MAINTAINING THE REGULATION OR THE COST OF IT?
[2:50:29] >> AS FAR AS PERSONNEL IS CONCERNED, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T
[2:50:33] ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONAL. THE STUDY WE DID ON THE GATE
[2:50:40] ARM SYSTEM AND HOW TO BEST MOVE FORWARD FROM A TECHNICAL
[2:50:44] TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT, THERE WILL BE EFFICIENCIES BUILT
[2:50:48] THEIR. WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF
[2:50:50] PARKING ENFORCEMENT AGENTS WE NEED, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO
[2:50:53] COME DOWN OVER TIME BUT WE ARE PROBABLY TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT
[2:50:57] RIGHT NOW.
[2:51:09] >>Council Member Sample: SAY WE DON'T DO LICENSE PLATE READERS,
[2:51:12] WE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT PEOPLE WE HAVE DOING THAT?
[2:51:15] OR AT THE STATE WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE GATE READER GATES.
[2:51:19] I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE
[2:51:21] OUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE PEOPLE FOR OUR CURRENT
[2:51:24] STATE OR LESS PEOPLE TO ENFORCE THAT RULE.
[2:51:32] >> AS FAR AS THE GATE ARMS ARE CONCERNED WE WOULD NEED A NEW
[2:51:36] GATE ARM SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE USED LICENSE,
[2:51:39] WHETHER WE USED LICENSE PLATE READERS READ WE HAVE A LOT OF
[2:51:43] ISSUES WITH THE GATE ARM SYSTEM, SOME HAS TO DO WITH THE
[2:51:46] AGE OF THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE NOT BEING SUPPORTED.
[2:51:49] BUT THERE'S ALSO JUST ISSUES IN GENERAL WITH GATE ARM SYSTEMS.
[2:51:53] SO THE CONSULTANT LOOKED AT BOTH A GATED GATE ARM SYSTEM
[2:51:56] THAT CONTINUES TO HAVE GATES IF WE HAD LICENSE PLATE READERS
[2:52:00] AND ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE DATES.
[2:52:03] WITH THE HOTELS, THAT THAT USED OUR GARAGES ESPECIALLY WITH THE
[2:52:06] SHORT STREET GARAGE. IT WAS THERE FEELING THAT A
[2:52:09] GATED SYSTEM REMAINS THE BEST CHOICE FOR US WHEN LOOKING AT
[2:52:13] DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY.
[2:52:15] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANKS.
[2:52:18] >> ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, VALERIE.
[2:52:23] >>Council Member Carroll: IS THE AIRPORT PARKING LOT MANAGED
[2:52:26] BY THE AIRPORT OR BY THE PARKING?
[2:52:29] UTILITY.
[2:52:30] >> AIRPORT.
[2:52:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WITH THAT?
[2:53:00] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I HAVE A QUESTION, WHEN WAS THE LAST
[2:53:03] TIME WE INCREASED THE HOURLY RATE IN PARKING GARAGES?
[2:53:07] >> I HAVE THAT SLIDE, THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
[2:53:10] REALLY NO CHANGES SINCE 2020. GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT
[2:53:21] HAPPENED IN 1517 AND 20 ARE A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME BUT NO
[2:53:24] CHANGES AT ALL SINCE 2020.
[2:53:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT'S FOR PERMITS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE
[2:53:29] HOURLY, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING IS 2001.
[2:53:37] I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER BECAUSE WE WENT TO FREE ARM
[2:53:40] SATURDAYS IN 2011 IN THE GARAGES AND THEN THE LAST
[2:53:43] INCREASE WAS 2001 IN THE PARKING GARAGE.
[2:53:49] FOR HOURLY RATES REAL BECAUSE I WAS LIKE WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN.
[2:53:52] I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING SO I WANTED
[2:53:55] TO ASK YOU THAT QUESTION, SHARON QUESTION AND WE WILL
[2:53:58] OPEN IT UP.
[2:54:07] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: HAVE YOU DONE A SPLIT ANALYSIS
[2:54:09] OF THE REVENUE INCREASE OF SATURDAY VERSUS JUST THE RATE
[2:54:14] INCREASE?
[2:54:15] >> FINANCE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THEIR SLIDES EARLIER.
[2:54:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT
[2:54:26] WAS MATTHEW. ONE MORE.
[2:54:43] THERE.
[2:54:43] >> IN THE COUNSEL MEMO WE'VE GOT 350,000.
[2:54:45] FOR THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE. MY QUESTION IS IF THIS
[2:54:49] ORDINANCE CHANGED WAS JUST THE DOLLAR AN HOUR FEE AND NOT THE
[2:54:52] SATURDAY PARKING WHAT'S THAT NUMBER?
[2:54:54] INSTEAD OF 350. IS IT.
[2:55:07] >> THE $253,000, THE ADDITIONAL, THERE IS THE
[2:55:10] ADDITIONAL $93,000 NOT ENFORCING PARKING FEES ON
[2:55:13] SATURDAY SO IT WOULD BE 253 WOULD BE THE REVENUE INCREASE.
[2:55:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, VALERIE.
[2:55:27] >>Council Member Carroll: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME
[2:55:30] TROUBLE TRACKING CARS THAT ARE LEFT LONG TERM.
[2:55:33] AND PERMANENT USERS. DOES THE GATE ARM SYSTEM GIVE
[2:55:39] YOU ANY ADVANTAGE TO THAT OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GATE ARM
[2:55:45] SYSTEM? OR DO YOU NEED TO MOVE TO
[2:55:51] LICENSE PLATE TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER TRACK THOSE THINGS.
[2:55:57] >> LICENSE PLATE READERS WOULD BE THE BEST AVENUE FOR THIS
[2:56:02] TRACKING. THE GATE ARM SYSTEM AS WE
[2:56:06] CURRENTLY USE IT CAN TRACK SOME BUT DUE TO HOW THINGS ARE
[2:56:09] OPERATED, WHERE THE GATES ARE OPEN ON SUNDAYS SOME PEOPLE
[2:56:14] JUST LEAVE AND WE CANNOT CAPTURE WHEN THEY LEAVE AND HOW
[2:56:17] LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN HERE.
[2:56:24] >>Council Member Carroll: SO SUNDAY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE
[2:56:28] FREE, WE WOULD CHANGE THE RATE TO SATURDAY IF THE AMENDMENT
[2:56:31] FAILS AND THE SUNDAY WOULD STILL BE FREE SO WE DON'T HAVE
[2:56:34] A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT CHANGE. OR THAT IMPACT FROM CARS THAT
[2:56:38] ARE LONG-TERM PARKING.
[2:56:39] >> CORRECT, OTHER THAN WHEN THEY GATE ARM IS BROKEN ON
[2:56:45] SATURDAYS AS WELL.
[2:56:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
[2:57:00] WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK, IF YOU WANT TO
[2:57:04] ADVANCE THE SLIDES. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
[2:57:07] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE HOURLY RATES IN PARKING
[2:57:14] GARAGES.
[2:57:14] >> HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU'LL HAVE TO HEAR ME,
[2:57:21] DISTRICT DOWNTOWN CIE. AN ATTEMPT TO NOT REPEAT MYSELF
[2:57:24] OVER WHAT I'VE SAID ABOUT THE SATURDAY PARKING, SOME OF THE
[2:57:26] OTHER BIG CONCERNS WE HAVE IS IT SEEMS LIKE THE EXISTING
[2:57:31] SYSTEM HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN FULLY COLLECTING WHAT IT SHOULD
[2:57:39] BE COLLECTING. SOME IF THAT IS WHAT THE MAYOR
[2:57:42] HAD TALKED ABOUT AND IT'S EASY TO PARK YOUR CAR AND LEAVE IT
[2:57:46] HOWEVER LONG YOU WANT AND GET A TICKET WITHOUT HAVING THE ARMS
[2:57:50] OPEN SO MAKING SURE THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T ESCAPE US AGAIN.
[2:57:53] THE SYSTEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN SLIGHTLY FLAWED SO WHILE WE
[2:57:56] AGREE WE NEED A NEW SYSTEM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE ARE
[2:58:15] COLLECTING CURRENTLY IS PROPER. WE KNOW THE CBD HAD BEEN
[2:58:19] COLLECTING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT DID NOT GO WELL WHICH
[2:58:22] I'M SURE SET US BACK FROM MOST OF IT BUT WE ALSO DEFINITELY
[2:58:26] WANT TO LOOK INTO, I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PORT IS NOT COLLECTING
[2:58:44] THEIR OWN PARKING REVENUE BECAUSE IT'S FREE BUT HOW DO WE
[2:58:47] SEE WHAT THAT COULD BRING IN FOR COLUMBIA AS WELL.
[2:58:50] THEN ALSO THE PARKING PERMITS, WE KNOW THE PARKING PERMITS ARE
[2:58:54] CONSISTENTLY PULLED OUT SO MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE GO
[2:58:57] FIRST AS OPPOSED TO PENALIZING OUR CUSTOMERS SHOPPING OUR
[2:59:00] BUSINESSES ON SATURDAY. THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS
[2:59:04] HERE WE COULD LOOK AT MORE THAN JUST THESE COUPLE OUT HERE THAT
[2:59:08] WE SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE PENALIZING PEOPLE FOR COMING
[2:59:12] DOWN ON SATURDAYS AND SHOPPING AND BEING ABLE TO PARK FOR
[2:59:15] FREE. IT IS SOMETHING OUR BUSINESSES
[2:59:19] TALK ABOUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
[2:59:22] PARKING DOWNTOWN. PARKING GARAGES ARE FREE
[2:59:25] SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SO THAT IS SOMETHING VERY MUCH I KNOW ARE
[2:59:28] SMALL BUSINESSES COUNT ON AND THEIR CUSTOMERS.
[2:59:32] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU NIKKI, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO
[2:59:34] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO DOWNTOWN PARKING.
[2:59:37] >> DANNY PEREZ AGAIN. IF WE DO THIS I WOULD ASK WHEN
[2:59:40] WE DO BUDGET START INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SO THAT
[2:59:44] PEOPLE HAVE OTHER METHODS TO GET TO DOWNTOWN.
[2:59:47] ABEL DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE IS NO BUS STOPS.
[2:59:50] NOBODY IN THE FORUM GOES TO THE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T
[2:59:53] WANT TO DEAL WITH THE PARKING, THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH
[2:59:56] STUDENTS AND THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
[3:00:00] ROUTE FROM FORUM TO DOWNTOWN. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WALKABLE
[3:00:04] OPTIONS. WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
[3:00:06] FAVORS NEIGHBORHOODS STAYING AND SHOPPING IN THEIR
[3:00:10] NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT COMING INTO DOWNTOWN SO THE
[3:00:13] CONSEQUENCES OF MAKING THESE GO UP MEANS WE NEED TO PROVIDE
[3:00:16] OTHER OPTIONS, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING SHORT BUSES ON THE
[3:00:20] OUTSKIRTS OF DOWNTOWN THAT CAN BRING THEM TO AND FROM EVEN
[3:00:24] LIKE LOG BOATS, WE NEED TO HAVE OTHER SOLUTIONS.
[3:00:27] IF WE HAVE TO GET REVENUE THIS WAY WE NEED TO PROVIDE
[3:00:30] TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AND OTHER METHODS ANOTHER WAY.
[3:00:34] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
[3:00:37] ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE.
[3:00:41] SEEING NONE THAT I WILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL COMMENTS AND
[3:00:45] REMIND US WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT SHEET ATTACHED SO I'LL VOTE ON
[3:00:58] THAT, THAT IS IF IT WERE TO PASS TO GO INTO EFFECT ON
[3:01:01] JANUARY 1 RATHER THAN UPON ITS PASSAGE.
[3:01:04] SO WE CAN BE CLEAR I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND BILL 164 - 26
[3:01:07] WITH EFFECTIVE DATE FROM IMMEDIATE TO JANUARY 1, 2027,
[3:01:10] DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND FROM VERA.
[3:01:12] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SHEET SAY AYE, ANY
[3:01:19] OPPOSED? NOW COUNSEL COMMENTS OR OTHER
[3:01:21] POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS WHICH I MIGHT HAVE MORE IF YOU WANT IT,
[3:01:29] VALERIE.
[3:01:30] >>Council Member Carroll: PARKING HAS BEEN FREE ON
[3:01:33] SATURDAY SINCE 2011. IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SMALL
[3:01:36] BUSINESSES. IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SERVICE
[3:01:42] PERSONNEL WHO ARE WORKING IN OUR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES.
[3:01:45] IT'S MEANINGFUL TO OUR SHOPPERS AND OUR CITIZENS AND IT'S
[3:01:52] MEANINGFUL TO OUR TRANSPORTATION PATTERNS TO
[3:01:58] TEACH PEOPLE TO FIND GARAGES AND LOOK FOR PARKING IN GARAGES
[3:02:02] AND NOT ONLY ON STREETS. ONE DAY THAT'S A POPULAR
[3:02:05] SHOPPING DAY IT HELPS CHANGE PEOPLE'S PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR.
[3:02:10] I AGREE THAT PARKING NEEDS TO OPERATE LIKE A UTILITY, LIKE AN
[3:02:24] ENTERPRISE. I AGREE WE NEED TO RECOVER
[3:02:26] THOSE FEES AND I SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN PARKING FEES,
[3:02:32] ABSOLUTELY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO WAIVE
[3:02:34] SATURDAY PARKING. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO
[3:02:39] CONTINUE THE SATURDAY PARKING AT NO COST.
[3:02:44] AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
[3:02:52] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IF I CAN, IT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION IS FOR
[3:02:56] COUNSEL BILL 164 26 TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE AMENDING SECTION
[3:03:00] 14391 B WHICH WOULD HAVE CHANGED TO FRIDAY AND ADDED
[3:03:08] SATURDAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE
[3:03:15] MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE
[3:03:18] AMENDMENT. I WILL SAY I THINK RIGHT NOW WE
[3:03:26] NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO HOW WE ARE CHECKING THE DATA TO
[3:03:29] DO THAT RIGHT NOW I THINK BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM
[3:03:32] IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED I THINK MAKING THAT CHANGE I WOULD
[3:03:35] AGREE WITH YOU. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE
[3:03:39] AMENDMENT WHICH IS BASICALLY CONTINUING TO HAVE PARKING FREE
[3:03:45] IN THE GARAGE IS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SAY AYE.
[3:03:48] ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE 2, CHRISTINA AND BETSY.
[3:03:55] SO WE'VE GOT, CONTINUAL COUNSEL COMMENTS OR I CAN HAVE SHEILA
[3:04:04] CALL THE ROLL.
[3:04:16] >> VERY BRIEFLY AND ONLY FOR CLARITY AS TO THOSE WHO MAY BE
[3:04:20] WATCHING THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT AUTHORIZES
[3:04:23] LICENSE PLATE READERS. THIS IS ABOUT THE FEES AND
[3:04:27] LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR DISCUSSION.
[3:04:28] >> CORRECT, VERA.
[3:04:30] >>Council Member Elwood: I ALSO I THINK HAVING BETTER KEPT DATA
[3:04:34] ABOUT USAGE OF OUR PARKING GARAGES IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
[3:04:37] AS WE LOOK INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE.
[3:04:40] I'M EXCITED TO HEAR SOME OF THE INCREASED, SOME OF THE CHANGES
[3:04:46] TO THE GATE ARMS WILL UP WITH COLLECTION OF THAT AND I ALSO
[3:04:53] THINK THERE ARE LIKELY PRACTICES WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK
[3:04:56] AT INTERNALLY AND HOW WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT DATA.I
[3:04:59] THINK IT IS HARD TO, I MEAN EVEN THOUGH VOTE ON WHETHER
[3:05:03] PARKING SHOULD BE FREE ON SATURDAYS, THAT FELT LIKE
[3:05:06] SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG AMOUNT OF DATA BEHIND SO
[3:05:10] THIS ONE WOULD NOT AFFECT SO WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
[3:05:12] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS.
[3:05:17] >> SINCE I WAS A DISSENTING VOTE I WANT TO SAY WHAT VERA
[3:05:21] WAS SAYING ABOUT THE DATA. AGAIN I FEEL LIKE OUR DECISIONS
[3:05:28] NEED TO BE MORE DATA-DRIVEN WITH THE RISK APPROACH AND I
[3:05:35] ALSO THINK A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHERE INCREASING FEES
[3:05:39] TO A LOT OF THINGS. BUT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE
[3:05:42] HAVE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE ARE COLLECTING VERSUS WHAT
[3:05:47] IT IS TO COST. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE
[3:05:50] LOOKING AT FOR THOSE LARGE CHUNKS.
[3:06:01] >>.
[3:06:07] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ONE OF THE THINGS IN LOOKING AT THIS FOR
[3:06:10] THE CHANGES NEEDED, THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE THE RATE
[3:06:13] CHANGES OR HOURLY IN THE PARKING GARAGES SINCE 25 YEARS.
[3:06:18] I THINK KIND OF LIKE THE COST OF SERVICE DISCUSSION WE HAD
[3:06:22] DURING PRE-COUNSEL INCREASING THE REVIEW OF THAT AND I
[3:06:25] APPRECIATE YOU SAYING YOU'RE REVIEWING THE PERMITS AS WELL.
[3:06:30] BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER FEEDBACK WE HEAR IS THE
[3:06:32] UTILIZATION OF THE PERMITS TO WHO THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO AND I
[3:06:35] WANTED TO ASK ON THIS COUNSEL WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
[3:06:38] INTRO AND FIRST READ THE EMPLOYEE PARKING PROGRAMS WHERE
[3:06:41] WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE DEDICATED, FOR PEOPLE OF OUR
[3:06:44] EMPLOYEES DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES TO GET SPECIAL PARKING THAT
[3:06:50] WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR THEM TO DO AND LOOKING AT A SHUTTLE
[3:06:53] SYSTEM.
[3:06:54] >> EVENTUALLY A SHUTTLE SYSTEM IS A HOPE.
[3:06:59] BUT HAVING AN EMPLOYEE PROGRAM FOR FLEAS TO HAVE CHEAPER
[3:07:03] PARKING LOCATED, IS THAT CORRECT.
[3:07:05] >> THAT PROGRAM ALREADY EXISTS. ONCE ON FIRST READ TONIGHT IS
[3:07:12] BRINGING THAT COST MORE IN LINE WITH THE DOLLAR PER HOUR ON
[3:07:19] STREET METERS THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT
[3:07:24] THAT IS.
[3:07:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD ANOTHER COUNSEL COMMENT.
[3:07:32] >> I APPRECIATE THE CALL FOR MORE DATA TO TRACK PARKING.
[3:07:36] AND I WANT TO CITE THAT IN THE LETTERS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED
[3:07:45] FROM THE CIV THERE WERE CALLS FOR DATA AND TRACKING OF PERMIT
[3:07:50] PARKING. SPECIFICALLY.
[3:08:01] SO PURSUIT OF THAT WILL BE KEY AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR
[3:08:05] EVALUATION OF PERMIT PARKING.
[3:08:07] >> SHEILA PLEASE.
[3:08:16] >> I LIKE TO POINT OUT WE DIDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE
[3:08:19] GOING TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED DATA YOU ALL WOULD LIKE.
[3:08:22] SO JUST AS A SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, I DON'T WANT TO BAKE IT,
[3:08:29] IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DECIDE BUT IT DOES REQUIRE AS
[3:08:33] CHRISTINA'S ASKING WHAT IS THE COST TO.
[3:08:36] >> I THINK THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SLIDES PRESENTED BY
[3:08:39] FINANCE. I THINK THIS OPTION STILL
[3:08:43] INCLUDES THAT INTENT.
[3:08:55] >> IT DEPENDS IF WE DO THE KIOSK.
[3:08:57] THAT'S PART OF THAT NEXT CONVERSATION BUT NOT PART OF
[3:08:59] THE ORDINANCE WE ARE VOTING ON THIS EVENING WRITTEN FOR OUR
[3:09:03] ORDINANCE THIS EVENING SHEILA WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON
[3:09:06] BILL 164 - 26 AS AMENDED.
[3:09:08] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[3:09:09] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[3:09:13] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[3:09:17] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES SPIELER.
[3:09:20] >>Council Member Hartman:
[3:09:22] >>Council Member Peters: NO.
[3:09:30] >> MOVING ON SHEILA WILLIAM READ BILL ONE 7826 BILL 170
[3:09:34] 926.
[3:09:41] >> ORDINANCE APPROVING A MAJOR AMENDMENT IN THE PD PLAN FOR
[3:09:44] COLUMBIA SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY AT THE SOUTHEAST
[3:09:47] CORNER OF SCOTT BOULEVARD AND BROADER SCHOOL ROAD INCLUSIVE
[3:09:50] OF THE REQUEST DESIGN EXCEPTIONS APPROVING A REVISED
[3:09:55] STATEMENT OF INTENT, APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO
[3:09:59] DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL LAND INVESTMENT LLC
[3:10:07] DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD THE DEVELOPMENT
[3:10:11] AGREEMENT AND KEPT FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
[3:10:14] BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING ONE 7826 IS AN ORDINANCE
[3:10:18] APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF COLUMBIA SENIOR LIVING PLAT ONE
[3:10:21] ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS,
[3:10:25] AUTHORIZING A PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND FIXING THE TIME
[3:10:28] THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.
[3:10:32] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
[3:10:35] >> THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNSEL AND I WOULD NOTE THIS WAS CONTINUED
[3:10:38] FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AN
[3:10:45] SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO TO READ AS THE CLERK HAD READ THIS IS
[3:10:48] REALLY WE WILL BE PRESENTING TWO THINGS BUT THIS IS THE PD
[3:10:51] PLAN AND IT PERTAINS TO THE FINAL PLAT THAT ESSENTIALLY
[3:10:56] WILL CREATE THE SINGLE LOT REFLECTED IN THE PD PLAN WHICH
[3:10:59] ALSO SERVES AS A PRELIMINARY PLAT.
[3:11:01] REAL QUICK THIS IS LOCATED SOUTHEAST CORNER OF VAWTER
[3:11:05] SCHOOL ROAD, SOUTH SCOTT BOULEVARD AND COPPER SOON
[3:11:08] RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH.
[3:11:11] THAT PROPERTY VISUAL CONTEXT TO THE EAST OF THIS SITE IS WHAT
[3:11:15] WE CALL PHASE ONE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS COMMERCIAL
[3:11:19] DEVELOPMENT, AS IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED WITHIN THAT PHASE
[3:11:22] SINCE ITS INCEPTION MANY YEARS AGO.
[3:11:25] YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING ZONING TO THE WEST IS COUNTY
[3:11:28] PRETTY BUT ALL THE COLORED SHADINGS REPRESENT CITY ZONING
[3:11:37] AND THEREFORE WITHIN THE CITY SAW A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY
[3:11:41] ZONED PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH READ THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IS
[3:11:45] COMMERCIAL AREA WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED LAND DEVELOPMENT WHICH
[3:11:49] DOES ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AND FUTURE
[3:11:52] DEVELOPMENT.AGAIN AND ASKED SINCE 1998, THAT CP IS NOW
[3:11:56] REFERRED TO AS PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT READ ONE OF THE
[3:12:03] FIRST PLANS WAS APPROVED IN 2023, DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
[3:12:07] SPECIFICITY WHICH IS PERMITTED. IT DIDN'T HAVE TO PHASES THIS
[3:12:11] REPRESENTED THE SECOND PHASE SO THE REQUEST IS FOR A
[3:12:14] DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE REMAINING PART OF THAT
[3:12:16] UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
[3:12:18] IT WOULD PREVENT OR PERMIT DEVELOPMENT OF THE CP RC WHICH
[3:12:24] IS ESSENTIALLY A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN IN OUR
[3:12:28] DEPOSITION FOR CONTINUING CARE. THE PART OF THIS REVISION TO
[3:12:41] THIS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IS TO ADD THAT SPECIFIC USE TO OUR
[3:12:45] STATEMENT OF INTENT, THE PERMITTED USES ALLOWED WITHIN
[3:12:49] THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT JUST TO RECAP PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS
[3:12:53] ALMOST LIKE A MINI ZONING DISTRICT IN END OF ITSELF SO IT
[3:12:57] HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN BE MODIFIED TO READ THIS
[3:13:02] PARTICULAR ONE OUTSIDE OF THAT HAD A COUPLE OTHER WHAT WE
[3:13:04] REFER TO AS EXCEPTIONS AND I'LL BRIEFLY STATE THOSE HERE IN THE
[3:13:08] SUBSEQUENT SLIDE. OVERALL THOUGH THIS IS 181
[3:13:10] DWELLING UNITS AND ACCESSORY FACILITIES, CONTAIN THE GANNETT
[3:13:14] OF RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS. FOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES SO
[3:13:19] AS ASSISTED LIVING, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AS WELL AS MEMORY CARE.
[3:13:23] ALSO 15 VILLA STYLE UNITS IN THE BACK COMES IN A LITTLE
[3:13:28] LATER IN PARKING. THE LANDSCAPE GENERALLY IS
[3:13:31] CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING,
[3:13:35] DOES HAVE RETENTION AND THERE WERE TWO EXCEPTIONS, ONE IS TO
[3:13:37] THE HEIGHT THAT PERTAINS TO AN ELEVATOR FACILITY, IT'S ON THE
[3:13:46] FAR NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE
[3:13:49] RED AREA, THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY ON THE LOWEST
[3:13:52] RATE. AND THEY ANALYSIS WAS THE
[3:13:54] CONCERNS ARE EXCEEDING THE 45 MAXIMUM IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT
[3:13:58] BEYOND THAT 45 ALLOWED HEIGHT. GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES JUST
[3:14:02] FOR THE ELEVATOR FACILITY IT DID MAKE SENSE FOR THIS
[3:14:16] FACILITY, THE OTHERS FOR THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THIS IS
[3:14:20] ONE WHERE I WOULD POINT OUT A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF
[3:14:23] USE IS ONE SPACE FOR EVERY THREE UNITS.
[3:14:25] UNDER THAT WOULD CONFIRMED THE APPLICANT AND TESTIMONY WOULD
[3:14:30] HAVE SEVERELY UNDER PART SO WHAT IT REFLECTS IS THE FACT
[3:14:34] THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN
[3:14:38] RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES AND OUR CODE REFLECTS THE LOWEST NEED
[3:14:41] FOR PARKING IN THAT MEMORY CARE SO ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY
[3:14:45] THREE DWELLING UNITS IS A PRETTY LOW STANDARD THE WAY OUR
[3:14:48] PARKING REQUIREMENTS RESTRICT THE UPPER 10 IS 200% OF YOUR
[3:14:52] MINIMUM SO A LOW MINIMUM. SO THIS REFLECTS THE FACT THAT
[3:14:55] THEY HAVE NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHERE YOU WOULD NOT
[3:14:58] EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE DRIVING. IT ALSO HAS LOWS SO THE
[3:15:09] IMPORTANT THING TO FOCUS ON IS THE MEMORY CARE SECTION WOULD
[3:15:12] BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE
[3:15:17] WRITTEN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS ON NET EXEMPTION IS TO ALLOW
[3:15:21] ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES SO ONE SPACE FOR EACH INDEPENDENT
[3:15:24] CARE TO SPACES FOR EACH VILLA WHICH WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT
[3:15:28] YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE IN A TOWNHOME.
[3:15:30] ESSENTIALLY YOU WOULD BE ASKED TO PARK IN A SIMILAR TYPE
[3:15:35] RESIDENTIAL STYLE WOULD BE. HAD IT NOT BEEN PART OF A
[3:15:39] RESIDENTIAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
[3:15:41] THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
[3:15:45] OVERALL DEVELOPMENT DID ADDRESS SOME SPECIFIC UPGRADES TO THE
[3:15:50] SITE, MANY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN MADE.
[3:15:52] TWO ITEMS I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WERE INCLUDED WAS A
[3:15:55] TWO-WAY LEFT TURN ON SCOTT BOULEVARD EXTENDING 50 FEET
[3:16:02] NORTH FROM WHERE TRAFFIC WOULD BE ENTERING THE SITE AND DOES
[3:16:06] REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN LEAVING THE FACILITY ALSO
[3:16:10] ON SCOTT. BASED ON A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT
[3:16:12] THEY LOOKED AT THEIR ACTUALLY DECREASED IN TRAFFIC
[3:16:15] GENERATION.THERE WAS A INITIAL REQUIREMENT TO BUILD A
[3:16:18] KIND OF SPLIT WAY ESSENTIALLY ON THE ROUNDABOUT GIVEN THE
[3:16:21] REDUCTION IN TRIPS THAT WAS REMOVED.
[3:16:31] AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WE HAD 2 SPEAKERS
[3:16:34] THERE WERE CONCERNED WITH WATER PRESSURE.
[3:16:40] THAT HAS BEEN I THINK BACKLOGGED TO OUR UTILITIES
[3:16:43] DEPARTMENT AND THE RESPONSE WE HAVE IS THIS FACILITY WOULD
[3:16:46] LIKELY TAKE UP LESS THAN 1% OF THE EXISTING CAPACITY SO THERE
[3:16:50] ARE NO CONCERNS WITH WATER CAPACITY WITH THIS SPECIFIC
[3:16:53] STRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING TWO, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT LANDSCAPING
[3:16:58] BUT IT'S MEETING STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.
[3:17:03] MOTION TO PASS THE PD PLAN WITH STATEMENT OF INTENT DID PASS
[3:17:14] 820. WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO
[3:17:16] ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND BOTH OF THESE ARE THE PD PLAN AND
[3:17:19] FINAL PLAT WERE OPEN SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
[3:17:23] ON THE FINAL PLAT BUT IT IS APPROVING THE ARRANGEMENT OF
[3:17:26] THIS WITHIN THE PD PLAN.
[3:17:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THIS IS YOUR AWARD.
[3:17:36] >>Council Member Carroll: I HAD PEOPLE REACHING OUT CONCERNED
[3:17:40] ABOUT THE WATER PRESSURE AND WITH THE TOWER NOT BEING PUT UP
[3:17:43] YET. I KNOW YOU SAID, CAN YOU SPEAK
[3:17:45] MORE TO WHY THIS WILL NOT IMPEDE WATERFLOW FOR EITHER
[3:17:51] FIRE SAFETY OR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR IRRIGATION?
[3:18:03] >> ERIN KEYES, UTILITIES DIRECTOR AND TO HELP POINT OUT
[3:18:08] THAT EXCESS WATER CAPACITY OF THE MAIN IN THAT AREA IS 5000
[3:18:11] GALLONS PER MINUTE AND WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE USED BY THIS
[3:18:14] DEVELOPMENT IS AROUND AND MAXIMUM 500 GALLONS A MINUTE.
[3:18:20] SO THAT'S LESS THAN 1% OF THE EXCESS CAPACITY IN THE WATER
[3:18:25] MAIN IN THAT AREA SO THAT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT THE AMOUNT OF
[3:18:29] WATER THAT GETS USED BY THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH.
[3:18:32] AND THIS IS THE EXCESS AVAILABLE.
[3:18:42] >>Council Member Carroll: I ASSUME YOU HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT
[3:18:46] THAT.
[3:18:47] >> WE HAVE A WATER MODEL WE USE AND STAFF HAS VERIFIED THAT
[3:18:59] MODEL.
[3:19:00] >>Council Member Carroll: SO IN TERMS OF, THIS IS JUMPING AWAY
[3:19:06] FROM THE WATER QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS NO SLIP
[3:19:12] LAYING REQUIRED NOW, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
[3:19:16] >> THE INITIAL TRAFFIC STUDY, INITIALLY CONTEMPLATED A MUCH
[3:19:33] MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SO THERE'S A
[3:19:36] CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ANTICIPATED BEING GENERATED
[3:19:39] FROM THOSE SPECIFIC USES. BASED ON THAT THEY WOULD LOOK
[3:19:43] AT THE TRAFFIC ENTERING AND EXITING THE ROUNDABOUT AT
[3:19:47] VAWTER UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THOSE TRAFFIC
[3:19:50] GENERATORS IS WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED AT THE FULL BUILDOUT OF
[3:19:53] THE SITE. SO AFTER RECONSIDERING THE
[3:19:56] ACTUAL IN THE USE, THIS SPECIFIC USE WHICH IS MORE
[3:20:07] RESIDENTIAL, PUT THAT BACK INTO THEIR MODELING AND TRAFFIC
[3:20:10] STUDY AND DEBATE LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE EXPECTED FOR
[3:20:13] THAT ROUNDABOUT AND WHAT COULD PRECIPITATE THE NEED TO HAVE A
[3:20:17] SLIP LAYING THEIR CONCLUSION IS IT WAS NO LONGER NECESSARY.
[3:20:22] >>Council Member Carroll: WITH THE HILL DOES NOT HAVE ANY
[3:20:25] EFFECT ON THE PLACEMENT OR SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE I KNOW
[3:20:28] PUBLIC COMMENT HAD MENTIONED THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
[3:20:37] HILL.
[3:20:37] >> TYPICALLY A TRAFFIC STUDY WILL LOOK AT ALL THE POINTS OF
[3:20:41] INGRESS AND EGRESS TO A SITE SO I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT BEFORE
[3:20:44] THE MEETING BUT I'M CERTAIN THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE ACCESS
[3:20:47] POINT ON SCOTT AND THEY ALWAYS DO COMMENT ON EXPECTED SIGHT
[3:20:51] DISTANCE FOR ENTERING AND EXITING ONTO A ROAD,
[3:21:04] SPECIFICALLY CLASSIFIED SCOTT BOULEVARD WITH THE SPEED THEY
[3:21:07] HAVE ON THERE AND GENERALLY THEY LEAVE IT AS THERE IS A
[3:21:11] CERTAIN SIDE NECESSARY AND IT'S LEFT TO THE FINAL ENGINEERS TO
[3:21:14] COME BACK AND SUBMIT THEIR PLANS TO OUR TEAM TO VERIFY THE
[3:21:17] SIGHT DISTANCE SO THAT'S A STEP THAT WOULD BE TAKEN AT THAT
[3:21:21] TIME.
[3:21:22] >>Council Member Carroll: SORRY, THE OTHER BEING AROUND,
[3:21:25] THE PARKING EXCEPTION. IF WE WERE TO NOT WANT A
[3:21:27] PARKING EXCEPTION FOR THIS CASE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE
[3:21:31] IF WE WERE TO VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT?
[3:21:35] >> IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THAT DESIGN ADJUSTMENT I'M NOT SURE
[3:21:39] THAT WOULD RESULT IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE BUT
[3:21:48] IT IS IN THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY SO WE WOULD HAVE TO
[3:21:52] ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ACCEPT OUT
[3:21:55] THAT SPECIFIC DESIGN EXEMPTION AS MENTIONED.
[3:21:59] >>Council Member Carroll: THANK YOU AND FINALLY ONE OF THE
[3:22:02] OTHER THINGS I'VE BEEN TOLD IS, AND THIS JUST CAME TO ME SO
[3:22:05] THIS ONE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DATA
[3:22:09] PROBABLY ON. BUT IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT
[3:22:27] IN OUR AREA, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT AS A
[3:22:31] COUNCILPERSON IS THERE IS NO GROCERY STORES OR ANYTHING IN
[3:22:35] WARD 5. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE EVERYWHERE AND MY UNDERSTANDING
[3:22:37] IS SOME OF THIS AREA WAS ORIGINALLY HOPED TO BE THAT
[3:22:41] KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. WHAT DO YOU SEE, FORESEE IN
[3:22:44] THIS AREA IN TERMS OF THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE?
[3:22:47] >> IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF SPECULATION.IN EVALUATING
[3:22:50] BOTH STATIONS THAT WAS THE INITIAL HOPE IS THERE COULD BE
[3:23:00] A GROCERY STORE.EVERYONE WOULD APPRECIATE A GROCERY
[3:23:03] STORE IN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.
[3:23:07] AS TIME WENT ON AND THIS WAS ANNEXED IN 1998.
[3:23:09] THE REALITIES OF THIS AREA AS A GROCERY PROBABLY BECAME LESS
[3:23:13] AND LESS TENABLE. MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL
[3:23:16] BUSINESSES DO HAVE CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS THEY ARE LOOKING
[3:23:20] FOR AS FAR AS POPULATION WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE AND TRAFFIC
[3:23:24] GENERATED BY THAT SITE. MY GUESS IS ANYONE LOOKING YOU
[3:23:27] CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS COMING TO FRUITION SO THAT'S MOST LIKELY
[3:23:30] WHAT RESULTED, I DON'T SPECULATE ON THE PROPERTY
[3:23:34] OWNERS WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH TO SOLICIT A GROCERY STORE
[3:23:37] THERE BUT NOT NECESSARILY A WHOLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
[3:23:40] WILL BE WELL-SUITED IN ALL COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTIES IN
[3:23:46] TOWN.
[3:23:47] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF,
[3:23:50] JACKIE, VERA, VALERIE.
[3:23:56] >>Council Member Sample: I'M GOING TO ASK THIS AND YOU
[3:23:59] PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER
[3:24:02] AS WE ARE LOOKING MY QUESTION IS HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION ON
[3:24:05] HOW MANY POTENTIAL JOB POSITIONS THIS WOULD BRING TO
[3:24:09] OUR CITY.
[3:24:10] >> THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY PART OF OUR ANALYSIS.
[3:24:19] >>Council Member Sample: I DIDN'T THINK SO BUT I WANTED TO
[3:24:22] ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFTEN WE HAVE THE
[3:24:26] OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT NOT ONLY
[3:24:29] BRINGS HOUSING BUT POTENTIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
[3:24:32] >> I WOULD POINT OUT THE APPLICANTS ARE YEAR AND WOULD
[3:24:35] BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS .
[3:24:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VERA.
[3:24:40] >>Council Member Elwood: AND THE QUESTION OF THE PARKING
[3:24:43] EXCEPTION, I AM PARTICULARLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEED FOR
[3:24:46] THIS EXCEPTION AS WE SEE A GROWING CHANGE IN WHAT SENIOR
[3:24:50] LIVING COMMUNITIES LOOK LIKE ON THE ABILITIES OF PEOPLE LIVING
[3:24:53] THERE AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF THEM INVOLVED IN THEIR
[3:24:56] COMMUNITY SO THE QUESTION TO THAT IS SHOULD THIS
[3:25:00] CONSIDERATION POTENTIALLY TRIGGER LOOKING AT THE CODE SO
[3:25:02] THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN EXCEPTION EVERY TIME.
[3:25:15] >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT OBSERVATION, SOME OF THE
[3:25:18] CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD INTERNALLY AND ANYTIME WE GET
[3:25:21] AN EXEMPTION FOR THE VARIANCE THAT'S THE EXCEPTION IS IS THIS
[3:25:25] A ONE OFF SITUATION OR IS THERE CONSISTENCY OR TISSUE WITHIN
[3:25:28] OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING SO THIS
[3:25:32] PROBABLY FALLS WITHIN THE LATTER.
[3:25:34] I THINK OUR PARKING MAXIMUM WORKS REALLY WELL IN A LOT OF
[3:25:38] SITUATIONS AND WE'VE SEEN GOOD OUTCOMES FROM IT AND REDUCING
[3:25:43] MAYBE OVER PARKING ON-SITE BUT THERE ARE SOME USES THAT HAVE
[3:25:46] SUCH A HUGE VARIANCE BASED ON WHAT THAT PARTICULAR USE MIGHT
[3:25:50] LOOK LIKE THAT IT'S HARD TO HIM IN ALL USES WITHIN THAT 100 TO
[3:25:54] 200% RANGE IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
[3:25:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD A QUESTION.
[3:25:59] >>Council Member Carroll: SIMILAR QUESTION, WHY ARE WE
[3:26:02] SEEING THIS ON ALL BUSINESS AS OPPOSED TO CONSENT?
[3:26:06] >> I BELIEVE THERE WAS A REQUEST TO REMOVE IT FROM
[3:26:10] CONSENT.
[3:26:15] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN IT TO
[3:26:18] PUBLIC COMMENT, WOULD ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE BILLS 178
[3:26:22] - SIX AND 129 - 26.
[3:26:24] >>Public Speaker: ERIC WALSH AND CAN SOMEBODY PULL UP MY
[3:26:34] PRESENTATION?
[3:26:35] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IF YOU PULL IT UP THERE IT WILL MAGICALLY
[3:26:38] SHOW UP ON OUR SCREEN WITH A BRIEF DELAY.
[3:26:41] IT'S USUALLY ON THE DESKTOP BUT I DON'T SEE.
[3:26:45] YOU KNOW IF IT'S GOT IN-SERVICE.
[3:26:52] >>Public Speaker: IT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH JAY AT THE
[3:26:55] CIVIL GROUP.
[3:26:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ICA PDF THAT IS OPENED, ALBERT IS COMING UP
[3:27:01] HERE TO HELP YOU AND MICHIGAN CORRECT, ARE YOU GOING TO BE
[3:27:06] REQUESTING FIVE MINUTES ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
[3:27:09] >>.
[3:27:11] >>Public Speaker: IT'S GETTING LATE AND CLINT SAVE ME TIME SO
[3:27:15] I WON'T BE REPETITIVE.
[3:27:31] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IS IT NOT THAT ONE, THE OLD RILEY
[3:27:35] DEVELOPMENT.
[3:27:36] >>Public Speaker: THAT'S PROBABLY IT.
[3:27:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I THINK IT IS .
[3:27:55] >>Public Speaker: MY NAME IS ERIC WALSH WITH RILEY
[3:27:58] DEVELOPMENT COMMIT COMMITTEE OUT OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI, DO
[3:28:05] YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? LIKE I SAID YOU SAVED ME A LOT
[3:28:08] OF TIME, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A TIMELINE
[3:28:12] OF HOW WE GOT HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I KNOW
[3:28:15] A NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBERS DO. WE STARTED LOOKING FOR A SITE
[3:28:18] IN 2024. WE OWNED THE WESTBERRY ABOUT 5
[3:28:22] MILES FROM HERE AND IT IS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
[3:28:43] IT'S GOT A WAITING LIST OF OVER 70 PEOPLE.
[3:28:46] WE SECURE THE PROPERTY WITH THE FARMER FAMILY IN AUGUST 2025
[3:28:50] AND PUT IT UNDER CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS CONTINGENCIES.
[3:28:52] WE HAD A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH THE COLUMBIA
[3:28:56] PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER 2025 AND THEN WE MET
[3:28:59] WITH THE NEIGHBORS AT THE COPPER STONE CLUBHOUSE IN
[3:29:03] OCTOBER 2025 AND AS YOU MENTIONED THEIR CONCERN WAS
[3:29:05] WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER PROMISED TO THEM EARLIER BY THE
[3:29:09] FARMER FAMILY. WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM
[3:29:20] THAT AT CLOSING WE WILL WITHHOLD 125% OF THAT COST TO
[3:29:23] ENSURE IT IS COMPLETED. SO IF IT'S 100 GRAND AND IT
[3:29:27] PROBABLY IS WE WILL WITHHOLD 125,000.
[3:29:29] ADDITIONALLY MR. HALL TO THE EAST HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
[3:29:32] BUFFER AND WE DID NOT LEGALLY OR BY CODE HAVE TO PROVIDE A
[3:29:35] BUFFER BUT WE ARE PROVIDING HIM A BUFFER AT OUR COST.
[3:29:47] WE HAD A CONCEPT REVIEW MEETING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN
[3:29:51] OCTOBER 25. THAT'S JUST MORE INTENSE
[3:29:53] PRE-APP MEETING IF YOU WILL. AND BECAUSE THIS IS MISSOURI WE
[3:29:57] ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FROM THE
[3:30:00] STATE OF MISSOURI FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING WHICH IS A
[3:30:03] CHOICE PROCESS. WE DID SECURE THAT ON JANUARY 5
[3:30:05] OF THIS YEAR AND THEN AS MENTIONED EARLIER WE SUBMITTED
[3:30:08] OUR PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FINAL PLAT SUBMISSION IN MARCH
[3:30:12] OF THIS YEAR AND AS CLINT MENTIONED EARLIER WE WERE
[3:30:15] APPROVED AT PLANNING COMMISSION 8 TO ZERO IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
[3:30:18] WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS, THE UNIT MIX SO I'M NOT GOING TO
[3:30:22] REHASH THAT. HERE'S THE BENEFIT OF SENIOR
[3:30:29] HOUSING OTHER THAN TAKING CARE OF RESIDENTS AND KEEPING THEM
[3:30:32] IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S A VERY LOW TRAFFIC GENERATOR.
[3:30:42] IT FREES UP WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW MORE AND MORE IS IT FREES
[3:30:46] UP HOUSING FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS, WE KNOW ABOUT THE
[3:30:50] HOUSING CRISIS AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES,
[3:30:56] STAY IN THE COMMUNITY BY THEIR ADULT CHILDREN AND RELATIVES
[3:30:59] AND FREEZE UP THAT HOUSING STOCK FOR OTHER GENERATIONS.
[3:31:03] THEN I THINK IT WAS JACKIE WHO MENTIONED OR SOMEBODY MENTIONED
[3:31:07] ABOUT JOB CREATION.UNLIKE A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, YES WE
[3:31:11] CREATE 65 TO 75 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS AND OUR ANNUAL
[3:31:14] PAYROLL WILL EXCEED $3 MILLION. THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS ABOUT 450
[3:31:17] ARE OBVIOUSLY TEMPORARY. AND OBVIOUSLY NO NEGATIVE
[3:31:30] IMPACTS ON THE SCHOOLS. IN FACT I'VE BEEN DOING SENIOR
[3:31:33] HOUSING SINCE 1996 AND IF ANYTHING THERE IS A POSITIVE
[3:31:37] EFFECT BECAUSE OUR FOLKS WILL VOLUNTEER AT THE SCHOOL SO WITH
[3:31:40] THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT WITH SWD ARCHITECTS WHO
[3:31:43] WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS.
[3:31:47] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU.
[3:31:49] >> THIS IS A TOUGH SITE TO BUILD ON.
[3:31:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WILL YOU SAY YOUR NAME.
[3:31:59] >> SCOTT ALLMOND, FWD ARCHITECTS, KANSAS CITY.
[3:32:02] JACQUE YOU HAD A QUESTION REGARDING A GROCERY.
[3:32:21] THIS IS A TOUGH SITE TO BUILD ON, THERE'S 50 FEET OF WALL
[3:32:24] ACROSS THIS SITE SO THAT LEADS TO WHY WE'VE STRUCTURED THIS
[3:32:28] BUILDING THE WAY WE'VE DONE WITH THE MEMORY CARE AND
[3:32:32] ASSISTED LIVING ON THAT SOUTH END.
[3:32:33] WE WANT TO THE ONE STORY STRUCTURE ADJACENT TO A
[3:32:36] RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR ASSISTED LIVING AS WE STEP DOWN
[3:32:40] ITS TWO STORIES AND WE GOT A ONE STORY THAT LINKS BOTH THE
[3:32:44] ASSISTED LIVING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING TOGETHER AND THAT
[3:32:47] BECOMES OUR CENTRAL HUB FOR OUR MAIN ENTRY FOR BOTH AND THEN
[3:32:50] OUR INDEPENDENT LIVING IS THREE-STORY WINGS HEADING
[3:32:54] TOWARDS THE NORTH. THOSE TWO LONG WINGS ARE
[3:32:57] BASICALLY OUR THREE-STORY PORTIONS AND WE STEPPED THOSE
[3:32:59] DOWN 10 FEET EACH AND THAT'S WHAT NECESSITATED THE NEED FOR
[3:33:03] THE ELEVATOR SHAFT THAT FOUR-STORY OPTION THAT
[3:33:06] INCREASES IT TO 60 FEET. SOME AMENITIES WE INCLUDE HIS
[3:33:11] DOG PARKS. OUTDOOR LIVING, COOKING AREA,
[3:33:14] SHUFFLEBOARD, COMMUNITY ROOMS, GAME ROOMS, FULL KITCHEN AND
[3:33:17] DINING AND ERIC MENTIONED ABOUT THE STAFFING.THAT'S WHAT
[3:33:20] LEADS TO THE INCREASED PARKING. THROUGH THE HISTORY AND THE
[3:33:24] DATA WE'VE COLLECTED FROM SENIOR LIVING, OUR OPERATOR
[3:33:27] THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A FORMULA THAT ARE INDEPENDENT LIVING IS
[3:33:31] MORE OR LESS A MULTI FAMILY PROJECT RATHER THAN AN ASSISTED
[3:33:34] LIVING. SO WE NEED ONE SPACE FOR EVERY
[3:33:36] ONE OF THOSE LIVING UNITS RENT FOR ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY
[3:33:48] CARE WE CAN GET BY WITH ONE SPACE FOR EVERY TWO UNITS BUT
[3:33:51] THEN WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY PEOPLE SO I TOWN
[3:33:55] CAR THAT NEEDS TO BE PARKED. WE'VE GOT A BUS THAT NEEDS TO
[3:33:58] BE PARKED.AMY WILL HIT ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.
[3:34:01] AS WELL AS VISITORS. WE NEED SPACE FOR VISITORS
[3:34:04] COMING TO SEE LOVED ONES. WE NEED PARKING FOR THE STAFF.
[3:34:19] THERE IS A TURNOVER OF STAFF THAT AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT
[3:34:22] STAFF COMING IN AND STAFF LEAVING THAT WE NEED TO
[3:34:25] ACCOMMODATE THOSE VEHICLES. CASE IN POINT WHEN WE LOOK AT
[3:34:28] THE WESTBERRY WE HAVE A LACK OF PARKING AT THE WESTBERRY.
[3:34:32] THEY'RE HAVING TO FIND PARKING ELSEWHERE.
[3:34:34] THEY HAVE TO PARK ALONG SOME OF THE DRIVES.IT'S NOT A GOOD
[3:34:37] SITUATION WE'VE HAD OVER THERE SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR
[3:34:41] THE INCREASE IN PARKING. AND WITH THAT.
[3:34:44] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS.
[3:34:46] >> CAN WE HAVE TIME FOR ANY? AND THE ELEVATION WITH A
[3:34:51] THREE-STORY AND THE MEMORY CARE TRYING TO RESPECT WHAT WE'RE
[3:34:54] DOING WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
[3:34:57] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU SCOTT, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO
[3:35:00] SPEAK.
[3:35:03] >> AMY DEAR BILL, FOURTH WARD. I'M HERE, LET ME SEE IF I CAN
[3:35:13] SKIP TO THE SLIDE. MAYBE I CAN, MAYBE I CAN'T.
[3:35:20] FORWARD OR BACKWARD? FANTASTIC.
[3:35:21] I THINK MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ADVANTAGES OF SENIOR
[3:35:31] LIVING ARE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES
[3:35:35] WESTBERRY REALLY AN OUTSTANDING SITE IS A ROLE SENIOR LIVING IS
[3:35:44] OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY THEY INVEST IN WHAT WE DO.
[3:35:50] WE RUN ABOUT 45, 50 TOURS EVERY MONTH WITH 20 TO 30 INQUIRIES.
[3:35:56] I THINK ERIC MENTIONED WE HAVE UP TO 85 INDIVIDUALS ON OUR
[3:36:04] WAITLIST AT ANY TIME SO THE NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY AS I
[3:36:12] THINK A REALLY, I WANT TO DRIVE DOWN THE NUMBERS WITH OUR
[3:36:15] PARTNERSHIPS ON OUR THERAPY GROUP.
[3:36:21] USING DECREASING HOSPITALIZATION RIGHTS, THERE
[3:36:23] IS ADVANTAGES WE SEE WITH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, EMERGENCY ROOM
[3:36:29] VISITS DOWN 19% FOR OUR POPULATION.
[3:36:35] YOU SEE LESS COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND I'M SORRY.
[3:36:39] THE ACTIVE ENROLLEES IN THAT, 1100 ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES.
[3:36:48] LOTS AND LOTS OF PARTICIPATION THERE KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS
[3:36:52] ACTIVE AND IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, HERE'S JUST SOME
[3:37:04] PICTURES. AGAIN WE WERE 100% OCCUPIED IN
[3:37:06] LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER BEING BUILT AND OUR FOCUS HERE ON
[3:37:17] RESIDENT WELL-BEING AND DIRECTION, WELLNESS, FOCUS IN
[3:37:21] COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS
[3:37:24] YOU WILL HEAR FROM A COUPLE RESIDENTS HERE.
[3:37:27] I WILL LET THAT GO. >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD
[3:37:29] ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
[3:37:35] >>Public Speaker: IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME.
[3:37:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SAME.
[3:37:40] >>Public Speaker: FIRST OF ALL.
[3:37:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
[3:37:52] >>Public Speaker: I AM BARBARA FOX, ORIGINALLY FROM KALAMAZOO
[3:37:56] MICHIGAN BUT I'M NOW LIVING IN THAT INDEPENDENT FACILITY AT
[3:38:03] WESTBERRY. MY LIFE TURNED ON A DIME IN
[3:38:05] JUNE 2021 WHEN MY HUSBAND OF 57 YEARS PASSED AWAY AND WE HAD NO
[3:38:11] FAMILY UP THERE. SO I KNEW I HAD TO GET CLOSER
[3:38:13] TO A FAMILY MEMBER. SO MY SON IS CHIEF OF THE
[3:38:19] SURGERY AT THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL HERE, AT THE
[3:38:23] UNIVERSITY SAID MAMA, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU I
[3:38:30] CANNOT KEEP DRIVING UP TO MICHIGAN AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT.
[3:38:37] SO I THOUGHT I'VE GOT TO GET DOWN TO COLUMBIA.
[3:38:40] I CAME DOWN AND IT WAS THE BEST MOVE I EVER MADE I THINK.
[3:38:47] I KNOW MY HUSBAND IS VERY HAPPY.
[3:38:49] I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER THAN I HAVE BEEN IN WESTBERRY.
[3:38:52] IT IS A WONDERFUL FACILITY.I COULD HAVE GONE INTO A CONDO
[3:38:55] BUT I KNEW I WOULDN'T BE SOCIALIZING AS MUCH AND IT'S
[3:38:58] BEEN PROVEN THAT SOCIALIZATION REALLY HELPS YOUR COGNITIVE
[3:39:04] ABILITY. I'M NERVOUS.
[3:39:08] AND ALSO THE FOOD I'M EATING THERE IS GOOD REHAB AND A VERY
[3:39:16] VERY HEALTHY. AND I KNOW THAT IF I WAS LIVING
[3:39:19] ALONE I WOULD NOT BE FEEDING MYSELF MERELY AS WELL AND FOR
[3:39:31] THAT REASON I THINK I'VE BEEN VERY HEALTHY SINCE I'VE BEEN
[3:39:34] HERE. I JUST TURNED 85.
[3:39:35] AND I PLAN TO STAY AROUND A LOT LONGER BECAUSE I LOVE IT HERE
[3:39:39] AND I THINK A NEW FACILITY LIKE WESTBERRY WOULD BE A WONDERFUL
[3:39:43] ADDITION TO THIS COMMUNITY, THANK YOU.
[3:39:55] >> I'M DAVID WAKEMAN, WIC HMIN. I CAME TO THE WESTBERRY THREE
[3:40:02] YEARS AGO. ST. LOUIS.
[3:40:08] TO BE NEVER TO MY DAUGHTER AND MY THREE SONS IN COLUMBIA.
[3:40:13] I AM DELIGHTED WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT THE
[3:40:20] WESTBERRY. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE SEED.
[3:40:32] YOU MIGHT IMAGINE YOU WERE DRIVING UP TO THE WESTBERRY AS
[3:40:35] I WAS THREE YEARS AGO. I CAME AROUND A BOULEVARD AND
[3:40:38] SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BEAUTIFULLY PERFECTLY
[3:40:46] MANICURED. AND I COULDN'T GET IN, IT WAS
[3:40:48] THROUGH THE BACK OF THE BUILDING THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
[3:40:53] AND I FINALLY FOUND THE FRONT AND IT WAS EVEN BETTER.
[3:40:57] BEAUTIFUL FLAGPOLE UPFRONT GRID WONDERFUL LANDSCAPING,
[3:41:02] EVERYTHING IS IMMACULATE. AS YOU GO INTO THE LOBBY,
[3:41:05] YOU'LL FIND SMILING PEOPLE. IT IS A FRIENDLY AND A POSITIVE
[3:41:13] COMMUNITY WE HAVE FORMED AT THE WESTBERRY.
[3:41:14] IF YOU COME THROUGH THE LOBBY, AND YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER
[3:41:21] YOU WILL FIND OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTOR.
[3:41:28] I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS.
[3:41:32] IF YOU COME TO OUR PLACE AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET THERE WHEN WE
[3:41:37] ARE PLAYING BEACH VOLLEYBALL, IN OUR THEATER WE REWORK OUR
[3:41:46] THEATER, PUT THEM IN A LOW VOLLEYBALL NET.
[3:41:49] SIX ARMCHAIRS ON EACH SIDE AND WE HAVE A BEACH VOLLEYBALL
[3:42:02] ABOUT 18 INCHES AND WE MAKE ABSOLUTE FOOLS OF OURSELVES.
[3:42:05] IT IS A FUNNIEST MOST HILARIOUS THING YOU'VE EVER
[3:42:12] SEEN. SO MY CHALLENGE TO YOU GUYS IS
[3:42:14] COME AND SEE US REALLY COME AND SEE WHAT I JUST SAID.
[3:42:17] PARTICULARLY THE MAYOR, SHE WAS THERE LAST CHRISTMAS AND HELPED
[3:42:21] US WITH SOME THINGS. ONE OR ALL OF YOU COME AND WILL
[3:42:24] LET YOU PLAY OUR BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND YOU WILL I'LL
[3:42:29] GUARANTEE YOU WILL LEAVE WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
[3:42:32] AS I SEE THIS WHOLE THING, YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
[3:42:38] YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT
[3:42:46] WESTBERRY RIGHT NEXT DOOR DOWN THE STREET.
[3:42:48] YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED
[3:42:53] CARE, 276 PEOPLE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
[3:42:58] A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WELL MANICURED.
[3:43:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU MR. WICKHAM, YOU ARE AT TIME.
[3:43:09] I'M SORRY.
[3:43:14] >> COME AND VISIT US. YOU'LL LOVE IT, YOU'LL LOVE US
[3:43:17] AND YOU'LL SEE A GOOD THING.
[3:43:20] >>Mayor Buffaloe: APPRECIATE IT, WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE
[3:43:24] PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - 26.
[3:43:31] >> JULIE RYAN WARD 5. YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE TO PASS
[3:43:39] THIS AND I KNOW THAT BUT I CAN'T BE HERE AND NOT SAY WHAT
[3:43:42] I NEED TO SAY. YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE A DINNER
[3:43:45] PARTY YOU'RE HOLDING FOR 50 AND YOU LIE ON YOUR FOOD, SET YOUR
[3:43:50] TABLE AND YOU INVITE 50 MORE AND YOU INVITE 50 MORE.
[3:43:56] YOU'VE RUN OUT OF THINGS AND YOU HAVEN'T PLANNED
[3:43:59] EFFECTIVELY. CAN IT WORK, MAYBE.
[3:44:03] IS IT THE BEST PRACTICE? NO.WE DID SEE A SIGNIFICANT
[3:44:06] WATER MAIN BREAK IN JUNE 2023. NEW DEVELOPMENT ROUTINELY
[3:44:30] OUTPACES LIFECYCLE OF EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITIES AND OTHER
[3:44:33] COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS OF PURSUING DEVELOPMENT
[3:44:37] WITHOUT PRIORITIZING INFRASTRUCTURE.
[3:44:39] ATLANTA GEORGIA AND JACKSON MISSISSIPPI ARE A FEW
[3:44:42] COMMUNITIES WHO FAILED TO PRIORITIZE MANY LAYERS OF WATER
[3:44:46] UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE ALLOWING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.
[3:44:53] TWO THINGS CANNOT BE TRUE. WE CAN HAVE THIS AMAZINGLY
[3:44:57] SIGNIFICANT WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION CAPABILITY TO
[3:45:00] SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY YET ALSO NEAR A WATER TOWER THAT
[3:45:03] CONTINUES TO BE DEFERRED. THERE CAN'T BE AN ORDINANCE
[3:45:07] WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF REDUCING STRESS ON CURRENT
[3:45:10] INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED TO PUT
[3:45:13] STRESS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS THE WATER TOWER
[3:45:16] UNNECESSARY? IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF
[3:45:18] DISTRIBUTION INCORRECT? IS THERE A SECRET DOCUMENT THAT
[3:45:22] SHOWS HOW FAR WE CAN PUSH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE IT
[3:45:25] BREAKS? DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE A
[3:45:27] POSITIVE IN A TOWN SUCH AS COLUMBIA BUT THE WRONG
[3:45:30] PRIORITIES ARE CONTINUOUSLY BEING CHOSEN.
[3:45:32] IT'S ONE THING TO IMPACT RESIDENTS LIKE ME FURTHER DOWN
[3:45:35] THE PATH BUT IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS LIKE WATER BOIL
[3:45:38] ADVISORIES OR WATER SIMPLY NOT BEING ABLE TO BE PROVIDED
[3:45:41] BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL WATER MAIN BREAKS, THINK ABOUT THE
[3:45:45] HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SENIOR COMMUNITY WHICH CAN
[3:45:49] INCLUDE MEDICALLY FRAGILE RESIDENCE, IS THERE CONFIDENCE
[3:45:51] TO ENSURE THOSE WATER MAIN BREAKS WON'T BE PART OF THEIR
[3:45:56] EXPERIENCE OR COMPROMISE THEIR HEALTH?
[3:45:58] IT'S BOLD UPON YOU TO ENSURE THERE IS APPROPRIATE
[3:46:01] INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHILE I KNOW OF MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE
[3:46:04] CONCERNED I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WON'T SPEAK UP
[3:46:08] BECAUSE OF THE BELIEF YOUR MINDS ARE ALREADY MADE UP.
[3:46:11] THERE IS NO WATER TOWER, THE ORDINANCE IS SUGGESTED TO NOT
[3:46:14] PUT UNDUE STRAIN. YOU CANNOT REASONABLY APPROVE
[3:46:18] THIS COMMUNITY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR RATEPAYERS AND
[3:46:20] IF YOU APPROVE THIS YOU CANNOT TURN AROUND AND IMPROVE AN
[3:46:23] IRRIGATION ORDINANCE.
[3:46:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
[3:46:30] ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - MONEY SIX.
[3:46:32] >> I LIVE OFF THE INTERSECTION AND I THINK THE SENIOR LIVING
[3:46:45] COMMUNITY SHOULD BE CONTINGENT ON A TAX TO BUILD THE WATER
[3:46:49] TOWER. ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY
[3:46:51] THREE PEOPLE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE FOR WHAT IS
[3:46:55] REQUIRED FOR A NORMAL PERSON SO UNLESS THERE IS A BUS FACILITY
[3:47:01] TO GET THEM TO THE HOSPITAL AND GET THEM TO THE GROCERY STORES
[3:47:05] IT WILL REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARKING SPACE FOR
[3:47:12] EVERY THREE PEOPLE AND THE SOUTH IS EXPENDING MORE SO
[3:47:15] LIKELY THAT ROUNDABOUT WILL ALSO NEED TO BE INCREASED LATER
[3:47:18] ON AND THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE MORE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE.
[3:47:23] SINCE IT'S NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL LIVING SINCE IT'S A COMMERCIAL
[3:47:40] PROPERTY I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE REASONABLE TO EXPECT THEM
[3:47:43] TO PAY MORE AND TO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDOUT AS THEY
[3:47:48] ARE A PROPERTY GENERATING BUSINESS SO THEN WE CAN GET A
[3:47:51] BIT MORE TAX REVENUE TO BUILD A WATER TOWER AND INCREASE THE
[3:47:55] ROADS. >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE
[3:47:57] ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND
[3:48:01] 179.
[3:48:01] >>Public Speaker: J GEPHARDT WITH THE CIVIL GROUP, COLUMBIA.
[3:48:04] I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS THAT CAME UP.
[3:48:07] THIS SLIP LANE ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE TRAFFIC
[3:48:10] STUDY WE ARE PROVIDING RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE AREA FOR
[3:48:13] THAT BUILD. THAT IS PART OF THE FINAL PLAT
[3:48:19] YOU ARE DEDICATING RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR.
[3:48:22] SO YOU HAVE THE LANE IN THE FUTURE.
[3:48:24] I DON'T THINK I WILL TALK ABOUT THE WATER OTHER THAN THAT
[3:48:32] THERE'S SEVERAL WATER LIENS HERE, LARGE WATER REMAINS ON
[3:48:35] THIS PROPERTY AND THAT'S NOT TRUE SELF.
[3:48:39] SO OTHER THAN THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
[3:48:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
[3:48:51] ON BILLS 178 AND 179 - 26.
[3:48:53] >>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES, WARD 1.
[3:49:05] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BRING IT CLOSER TO YOU.
[3:49:07] >>Public Speaker: SAMANTHA JONES, WARD 1. HARRIS THERE
[3:49:10] BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY BECAUSE I SEE THERE ARE
[3:49:15] WATER MAINS BUT ALSO A RIVER NEARBY.
[3:49:17] IF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS ONCE THE IMPACT OF THE WATER TABLE
[3:49:21] IN THAT AREA DUE TO CHEMICALS AND OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HIT
[3:49:25] THAT, THANK YOU.
[3:49:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
[3:49:29] ON BILLS ONE 7826.
[3:49:34] >>Public Speaker: CRYSTAL MARIE, WARD 1. SPECIFIC TO
[3:49:37] DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA AND THE CITY BUSES GOING BACK TO
[3:49:41] FULL SERVICE IF THIS BODY DECIDED TO MAYBE NOT JUST
[3:49:44] INCREASE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS BUT ALSO ABILITIES TO MOVE
[3:49:46] THOSE PEOPLE TO I DON'T KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN SHOPPING AREAS
[3:49:55] BECAUSE THERE'S NO GROCERY STORES IN WARD 5 SO CONSIDER
[3:49:58] THE DEVELOPMENT ON A BROADER SPECTRUM AS THIS IS NOT A
[3:50:06] VACUUM.
[3:50:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
[3:50:10] ON BILLS 178 - 26 AND 179 - 26. SEEING NONE WE COME TO COUNSEL
[3:50:14] COMMENTS. VERA OR SORRY, VERA.
[3:50:22] >>Council Member Elwood: I WANTED TO SAY WHEN I SAW THIS,
[3:50:27] ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
[3:50:33] DEVELOPMENT. FIRST BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN
[3:50:38] ADDISON SOUTH WENT IN AND I REMEMBER THINKING THIS IS A
[3:50:41] PLACE THAT'S GOING TO START A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, AN AREA WE
[3:50:45] WILL SEE REAL GROWTH SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME
[3:50:48] FORWARD. ALSO BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I HAVE
[3:50:50] EVER LIVED THERE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT CONVERSATION OF WE DO
[3:50:57] NOT HAVE ENOUGH SENIOR LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
[3:51:01] WE DO NOT HAVE PLACES FOR OUR PARENTS TO GO TO KEEP THEM HERE
[3:51:04] IN TOWN WITH US. AND I KNOW THAT IS A
[3:51:11] CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MANY PEOPLE HERE IN COLUMBIA IN
[3:51:14] PARTICULAR AND WE HEARD THAT WITH THE WAITLIST AND OTHER
[3:51:17] FACILITIES SO SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SENIOR LIVING
[3:51:21] FACILITY, I THINK IT SERVES SUCH A NEED AS WE TALK ABOUT
[3:51:27] HOUSING AND THE ABILITY FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS TO BE ABLE
[3:51:31] TO STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR HOUSING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR
[3:51:37] YOUNGER GENERATIONS AS WELL WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR HOUSING FOR
[3:51:40] OUR OLDER GENERATIONS SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT THIS FITS VERY
[3:51:43] WELL WITHIN THE VISION OF HOUSING I HAVE NIC FOR
[3:51:46] COLUMBIA.
[3:51:47] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
[3:51:56] >>Council Member Carroll: I'M ALSO GOOD ABOUT THIS.
[3:51:59] I THINK ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOUSING HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID
[3:52:03] AND I VERY MUCH AGREE. I HAVE AGING PARENTS AND I LOOK
[3:52:06] FORWARD TO HAVING MORE FACILITIES AVAILABLE.
[3:52:10] ONE OF MY CLAIMS TO FAME IS THAT I HAVE NEVER APPROVED A
[3:52:14] DESIGN EXEMPTION FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR EXCEEDING A PARKING
[3:52:20] MAXIMUM. I THINK I'M GOING TO BREAK THAT
[3:52:23] TODAY. AND OUR PARKING MAXIMUMS ARE
[3:52:28] CALCULATED BY A PERCENTAGE OF A MINIMUM.
[3:52:35] I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH VARIETY IN STYLES OF SENIOR LIVING THAT
[3:52:39] ARE MINIMUM MAY NOT CALCULATE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
[3:52:46] ARRANGEMENTS OF LIVING THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FACILITY AND THE
[3:52:53] DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF LIVING WE MAY HAVE COMING
[3:52:57] FORWARD. SO I REGRET I WILL BE ABLE TO
[3:52:59] BRAG ABOUT THAT ANYMORE. BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A VALID
[3:53:05] REQUEST.
[3:53:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, CHRISTINA.
[3:53:13] >>Council Member Hartman: WITH THIS BEING IN MY WARD I TRAVEL
[3:53:16] THAT AREA QUITE FREQUENTLY, IT'S A MAJOR CORRIDOR, BOTH OF
[3:53:20] THOSE ROADS ARE. BEING ABLE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT
[3:53:25] OCCUR THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO
[3:53:28] LISTEN TO THE RESIDENCE THAT ARE SAYING WE HAVE BEEN
[3:53:31] PROMISED A WATER TOWER AND THESE ARE THE THINGS I WANT TO
[3:53:34] SEE GOING FORWARD. WE DO NEED TO TAKE THOSE THINGS
[3:53:36] INTO CONSIDERATION HOWEVER WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WE ARE SEEING
[3:53:41] JOB GROWTH. WE ARE SEEING ADDITIONAL
[3:53:46] HOUSING WHICH ARE ALSO THINGS I SAID WERE IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN
[3:53:52] BEFORE I EVEN GOT IN THE SEAT SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE COMING
[3:53:55] TOGETHER OF LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE VERSUS THE
[3:54:01] DEVELOPMENT AND I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH PLANNING AHEAD AND
[3:54:04] SEEING THAT FORWARD. BUT IN THIS CASE I AM LEANING
[3:54:10] MORE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FACILITY.
[3:54:20] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS?
[3:54:22] I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH O'REILLY FOR YEARS, THEY ON THE
[3:54:26] DEVELOPMENT AND THE CARE THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND
[3:54:30] WESTBERRY IS IMPRESSIVE AND I'VE NOT BEEN OUT TO PLAY
[3:54:32] VOLLEYBALL YET BECAUSE I SWEAR SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS SAND
[3:54:43] VOLLEYBALL AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE INJURIES BUT IT LOOKS
[3:54:46] WAY EASIER AND I CAN TOTALLY DO SITTING IN A CHAIR BUT I'LL
[3:54:53] TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THESE
[3:54:56] INDIVIDUALLY SO SHEILA WOULD YOU READ BILL 178 - 26 AND 179
[3:54:59] - 26 INDIVIDUALLY COLLECTS.
[3:55:02] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[3:55:04] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[3:55:05] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[3:55:09] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[3:55:11] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[3:55:13] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[3:55:15] >> COUNSEL BI.
[3:55:20] >>Mayor Buffaloe:
[3:55:22] >>Council Member Carroll:
[3:55:24] >>Council Member Elwood:
[3:55:26] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[3:55:28] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[3:55:29] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[3:55:32] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[3:55:34] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. MOVING ON SHEILA WILL YOU
[3:55:37] PLEASE READ BILLS 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 217 AND 218 -
[3:55:47] SIX.
[3:55:47] >> TWO 1026 REVEALS ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 26 RELATED TO THE
[3:55:52] 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE
[3:56:04] ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 2 IS CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE
[3:56:07] ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE
[3:56:11] AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
[3:56:15] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. 211 26 IS AN ORDINANCE
[3:56:18] REPEALING ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO
[3:56:21] THE 2017 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AND SPCA
[3:56:24] AND ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 3 ADOPTING THE 2006 EDITION OF
[3:56:29] THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL ELECTRICAL CODE ADMINISTRATIVE
[3:56:39] PROVISIONS AND THE 2023 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL
[3:56:42] ELECTRIC CODE IN NSP 70 FIXING THE TIME OF THIS ORDINANCE
[3:56:45] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, COUNSEL BILL 212
[3:56:49] REVEALS ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 6 RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION
[3:56:52] OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE AND ENACTING IN LIEU
[3:56:56] THEREOF IN ARTICLE 4 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE
[3:56:59] INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
[3:57:03] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, COUNSEL BILL TWO 1326
[3:57:15] IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ARTICLE 5 CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY
[3:57:18] CODE RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[3:57:22] MECHANICAL CODE ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW ARTICLE 5
[3:57:25] ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL
[3:57:29] CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
[3:57:33] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. COUNSEL BILL 214 26 REVEALS
[3:57:50] ARTICLE 6 CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 2018
[3:57:53] ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY
[3:57:57] DWELLINGS ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 6 ADOPTING THE 2024
[3:58:00] ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY
[3:58:03] DWELLINGS FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
[3:58:07] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, TO 15TH 26 IT REPEALS ARTICLE 7
[3:58:10] CHAPTER 6 RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[3:58:14] PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE 7
[3:58:17] ADOPTING 2024 ADDITION OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
[3:58:21] FIXING THE TIME AT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
[3:58:24] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, 216 - 26 APPEALS ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER
[3:58:27] 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE
[3:58:31] INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW
[3:58:34] ARTICLE 9 ADOPTING A 2024 ADDITION OF THE FUEL GAS CODE
[3:58:37] AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
[3:58:41] EFFECTIVE SECOND READING. COUNSEL BILL 217 - 26 REPEALS
[3:58:44] ARTICLE 11 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE
[3:58:47] ADDITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND ACTING A NEW
[3:59:10] ARTICLE 11 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[3:59:14] EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
[3:59:17] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING, 218 26 AS AN ORDINANCE
[3:59:21] REPEALING ARTICLE 2 CHAPTER 9 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO
[3:59:24] THE 2018 ADDITION OF THE FIRE CODE AND ENACTING IN LIEU
[3:59:28] THEREOF A NEW ARTICLE 2 ADOPTING THE 2024 ADDITION OF
[3:59:31] THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
[3:59:35] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READING.
[3:59:38] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING?JUST KIDDING.
[3:59:40] YOU THINK YOU'RE GOOD, OKAY. STAFF REPORT AND I APPRECIATE
[3:59:44] THE PROPS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.
[3:59:46] >> WE DID BRING ALL RELEVANT CODES SO WE CAN REFLECT ON
[3:59:49] THESE ARE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CODES THAT STAFF AND INDIVIDUALS WHO
[3:59:53] HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES
[3:59:56] COMMISSION GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE EVALUATING POTENTIAL
[4:00:07] CHANGES FOR 2024. I DID WANT TO START OUR
[4:00:10] PRESENTATION OFF WITH A BIT OF INFORMATION SO TO RECAP WHAT WE
[4:00:13] WILL BE DISCUSSING ARE NINE BUILDING CODES, WHAT WE
[4:00:17] REFERRED TO AS BUILDING CODES BUT A SUITE OF CODES THAT ARE
[4:00:20] PUT FORTH BY THE ICC WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL,
[4:00:24] GENERALLY ON A FAIRLY REGULAR SCHEDULE EVERY THREE YEARS AND
[4:00:28] COLUMBIA IS AT THE PERSUASION WHERE WE REVIEW EACH CYCLE FOR
[4:00:31] POTENTIAL ADOPTION SO COUNSEL DID AUTHORIZE THE BCC TO
[4:00:34] EVALUATE THE 2024 SUITE OF CODES AND I THINK IT WAS LATE
[4:00:37] 2024 AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA
[4:00:40] IS NINE BILLS AND NINE SPECIFIC BUILDING CODES THAT WERE
[4:00:46] RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE BCC.
[4:00:48] I POINT OUT THERE IS ONE IN PARTICULAR AND THAT'S THE I
[4:00:55] ECC, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE IS NOT ONE OF
[4:00:59] THOSE BILLS. SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR
[4:01:10] RECOMMENDATION THEY VOTED TO STAY WITHIN THE 2018 SO WE ARE
[4:01:13] OPERATING ON THE 2018 ENERGY CODE.
[4:01:15] THEY DID NOT ADOPT OR RECOMMEND TO ADOPT 2024.
[4:01:18] THE CONVERSATION STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING IS ON THE NINE BILLS
[4:01:21] THAT CAME OUT AS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
[4:01:24] HOWEVER STAFF DOES UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE
[4:01:27] CONTINUING CONVERSATION AROUND THE ENERGY CODES GIVEN ITS
[4:01:31] RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE AS I THINK HIGHLIGHTED IN SOME OF
[4:01:38] THE PARTICULAR PLANS THE CITY HAS APPROVED AND WE WANT TO
[4:01:41] GIVE THAT CONVERSATION A VENUE SO STAFF WOULD BE ANTICIPATING
[4:01:46] BRINGING BACK OUR REPORT TO COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 21 WHICH
[4:01:49] INCLUDES A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IN THE MEMO AND
[4:01:55] WE'VE POINTED OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE MEMO TO
[4:01:58] EXPLAIN WHY IT'S NOT PART OF THE CONVERSATION BUT THAT WOULD
[4:02:01] ALLOW THE CONVERSATION TO OCCUR THEN REGARDING THAT CODE, SOME
[4:02:05] OF THE CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED DURING THE REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY
[4:02:09] SOME PARTICULAR INFORMATION FROM STAFF ON POTENTIAL NEXT
[4:02:13] STEPS AND DEPENDING ON THE CONVERSATION WHERE COUNSEL
[4:02:16] WOULD LIKE THAT CONVERSATION TO PROCEED SO WE ARE TARGETING
[4:02:25] SEPTEMBER 21 FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ENERGY CODE SO THERE
[4:02:28] WILL BE A DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT THAT ENERGY CODE.
[4:02:32] HERE IN A MINUTE I'M GOING TO TURN THE CONVERSATION OVER TO
[4:02:36] ERIN DECKER, OUR BUILDING REGULATIONS SUPERVISOR AND ALSO
[4:02:41] HAVE FILLED PEOPLE WHOSE OUR ENGINEERING MANAGER WITHIN OUR
[4:02:44] SITE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN SPEND A LOT
[4:02:48] OF TIME WITH THE BCC REVIEWING THE CODE AND I WANT TO SAY WE
[4:02:52] APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT BY STAFF AND BY THE BCC REVIEWING
[4:02:55] THIS STACK OF LITERATURE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS OR AT
[4:02:59] THIS POINT PROBABLY YEARS. SO JUST A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE
[4:03:06] BUILDING CODES AND WHY WE HAVE BUILDING CODES, THE ABILITY TO
[4:03:10] SAFELY REGULATE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, A NUMBER
[4:03:16] OF COMMUNITIES ADOPT BUILDING CODES BUT IT IS NOT UNIVERSAL
[4:03:19] BUT COLUMBIA DOES ADOPT UPDATED BUILDING CODES AND WE DO UPDATE
[4:03:23] THESE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ADDRESS ITEMS WITHIN THE CODE
[4:03:27] THAT ARE UPDATED THAT RELATE TO SAFETY ISSUES, NEW
[4:03:30] TECHNOLOGIES. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY WE
[4:03:33] UPDATE BUILDING CODES OVER TIME AND OF COURSE WHEN I SAY
[4:03:42] BUILDING CODES IT'S A BIT OF A CATCHALL, THERE ARE A LOT OF
[4:03:45] THINGS THAT GO INTO THESE CODES THERE'S A FIRE CODE,
[4:03:50] INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE USED BY OUR
[4:03:54] NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN REGULATING OF
[4:03:57] THAT NATURE SO THERE USED ACROSS THE BOARD WITHIN THE
[4:04:01] COMMUNITY BUT OVERALL DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND THE
[4:04:04] MODEL FOR SAFE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
[4:04:07] I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DECKER IN A MINUTE TO PROVIDE
[4:04:18] INFORMATION. AT SOME OF THE I THINK MORE
[4:04:20] SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE NOTEWORTHY WITHIN THE CODE AND
[4:04:24] AT THAT POINT WE BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[4:04:27] >> AS MANY OF YOU KNOW YOU RECOMMENDED BACK IN OCTOBER
[4:04:31] 2024 TO START THIS REVIEW PROCESS SO THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR
[4:04:34] AND AND A HALF OF GOING THROUGH THE THOUSAND PLUS CHANGES THROW
[4:04:37] OUT ALL THESE CODES WITH THE BCC SEE.
[4:04:41] OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THAT TIME, WE'VE HAD
[4:04:44] SEVERAL OPEN MEETINGS WE'VE INVITED CONTRACTORS AND OTHER
[4:04:48] STAKEHOLDERS TO LOOK AT THE CODES WITH US AND TAKE SOME
[4:04:54] FEEDBACK. WE'VE MET WITH LOCAL
[4:04:56] ARCHITECTS, MET WITH HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATIONS.
[4:04:59] WE'VE ALSO TOOK IN SOME WEBSITE COMMENTS FROM A BE HEARD PAGE
[4:05:03] WE STARTED UP. AN HOUR BCC HAS HAD SEVERAL
[4:05:11] MEETINGS JUST OPENING THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC TO GAIN FEEDBACK
[4:05:14] FROM THEM. SO WE'VE SPENT AMPLE TIME
[4:05:19] TRYING TO GARNER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND IT.
[4:05:23] SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS BASED ON THE 2024 CODE CYCLE, THAT
[4:05:28] ALSO INCLUDES THE 21 CODE CYCLE ADDS AND CHANGES REFLECTED IN
[4:05:38] THE 24. THIS IS NOT JUST ONE CODE CYCLE
[4:05:40] CHANGE FROM WHERE WHEREAT, THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE 21 AND 24
[4:05:48] CODE CYCLES. I.E. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
[4:05:51] CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF ALL THE BOOKS.
[4:05:53] THERE'S A NEW SECTION IN THE FIRE CODE THAT GIVES
[4:05:56] DISTILLERIES AND WINERIES SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
[4:06:03] AS MANY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS IN MISSOURI THERE WAS A FIRE
[4:06:07] RELATED TO ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
[4:06:09] THE BUILDING CODES EVOLVED AS EITHER SIGNIFICANT HAPPEN
[4:06:13] EVENTS HAPPENED OR AS MATERIALS CHANGE.
[4:06:16] AS WAYS TO BUILD A BUILDING CHANGE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
[4:06:18] ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FACTS IS LITHIUM BATTERY STORAGE.
[4:06:26] WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE LITHIUM BATTERIES AND WE NEED
[4:06:30] TO BE PROTECTING AGAINST THAT, THE RISK OF FIRE ASSOCIATED OR
[4:06:34] THE CHALLENGES THEY PROVIDE WHEN THEY DO CATCH FIRE.
[4:06:41] THERE IS A WHOLE SECTION FOR TENANTS, TEMPORARY EVENTS,
[4:06:44] HEATING AND COOLING HERE IN COLUMBIA WE DO HAVE TIMES OF
[4:06:51] THE YEAR WHERE WE WANT TO HEAT OR COOL OUTSIDE.
[4:06:53] IT MIGHT BE A WINTERTIME EVENT WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE
[4:06:57] TEMPORARY HEAT. THE CODE STARTS TO ADDRESS
[4:07:00] THOSE IN THE 24 CODE. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF
[4:07:02] PERMITTING IN THE FIRE CODE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
[4:07:07] GONE THROUGH AND REVIEWED OVER TIME AND THEY'VE DETERMINED OF
[4:07:11] THE 50+ PERMITS THAT COULD BE REQUIRED, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR
[4:07:20] THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY REQUIRE ALL THOSE IS NOT FEASIBLE RIGHT
[4:07:24] NOW.SO THEY HAVE DIALED THAT BACK AND CREATED AMENDMENTS TO
[4:07:28] THAT CODEBOOK TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE ONES THAT ARE OF
[4:07:39] HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA.
[4:07:42] SO PERSONALIZING THE CODE A LITTLE BIT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS
[4:07:45] WELL. IN THE BUILDING CODE THERE ARE
[4:07:48] CHANGES. IN CHAPTER 16 IT DEALS WITH THE
[4:07:50] STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCT OF THE BUILDING AND IN CODE CYCLES
[4:07:55] PREVIOUSLY THE BUILDING CODE WOULD SPELL OUT THE EQUATIONS
[4:07:58] USED FOR CREATING OR FACTORING IN THE STRESSES ON A BUILDING.
[4:08:09] THEY HAVE, THE ICC HAS VOTED TO ALIGN WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
[4:08:13] OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE
[4:08:17] TO ALIGN THE EQUATION THEY USED TO CALCULATE ALL THAT THAT
[4:08:20] MAKES OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS A LOT MORE HAPPY SO THEY'RE
[4:08:24] USING ONE EQUATION FOR MEETING BOTH STANDARDS.
[4:08:29] ALSO IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY YOU WILL SEE METAL
[4:08:32] BUILDINGS GOING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT'S BECOME A POPULAR
[4:08:36] STYLE OF BUILDING VERSUS TIMBER IN THE BUILDING CODE HAS
[4:08:43] FINALLY ADDRESSED REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO METAL BUILDING
[4:08:46] SYSTEMS WITH RESPECT TO EGRESS, AIR SEALING, WITH RESPECT TO
[4:08:51] FIRE PROTECTION OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND THE ELEMENTS THAT
[4:08:56] KEEP THEM UPRIGHT. ALSO THE 2024 CHAPTER 17 DEALS
[4:09:01] WITH SPECIAL INSPECTIONS. BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN CHANGES OVER
[4:09:09] TIME HOW CONCRETE IS MIXED TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER,
[4:09:12] THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO THE SPECIAL INSPECTION OR ADDED
[4:09:22] INSPECTIONS BY A CERTIFIED INDIVIDUAL REQUIRED BY PROJECTS
[4:09:26] REVOLVING AROUND THE WAY CONCRETE IS POURED OR
[4:09:29] CONSTRUCTED OR MIXED AS WELL AS THE STEEL PUT INTO THAT
[4:09:32] CONCRETE AND HOW IT'S FORMULATED TO MAKE IT STRONGER
[4:09:35] FROM THAT STANDPOINT. IN ADDITION TO STRUCTURAL AND
[4:09:51] FIRE RATED CHANGES, WE SEE LIFE SAFETY CHANGES WITHIN THE NEWER
[4:09:55] MODEL CODES. THIS MAY INCLUDE ELEVATOR
[4:09:57] LOBBIES AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE ESSENCE OF THE MEANS OF
[4:10:00] EGRESS USING THAT ELEVATOR LOBBY TO GET OUT WHEN YOU NEED
[4:10:03] TO CONSIDER ACCESSIBILITY. ALSO EGRESS FROM OCCUPIED ALL
[4:10:07] ROADS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN COMMUNITIES IS USE OF
[4:10:10] GROWTH SPACE TO EXPAND SPACE TO HAVE PARTIES, EVIDENCE.
[4:10:14] THERE IS ONE ACTUALLY UP ON JUST OVER FROM WIZARDS AND
[4:10:22] WITCHES I BELIEVE IT'S WHERE IT'S AT THAT JUST CAME ABOUT SO
[4:10:25] WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT LOCALLY AS WELL FROM THAT
[4:10:36] STANDPOINT. EXISTING BUILDING CODES ARE
[4:10:38] ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE CODEBOOK THAT DEALS WITH THOSE BUILDINGS
[4:10:42] THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT. WHEN THAT BOOK 1ST CAME OUT
[4:10:45] THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CLARITY AS TO HOW TO USE IT AND HOW TO
[4:10:48] APPLY IT. OVER THE YEARS IT'S GROWN IT'S
[4:10:51] KIND OF PRETTY MUCH DOUBLED IN SIZE BUT IN THE 24 CODE HAS
[4:10:54] BEEN A LOT OF CLARITY PUT INTO THAT BOOK TO MAKE IT EASIER TO
[4:10:58] UNDERSTAND WHAT TRIGGERS REQUIREMENTS AND WHEN YOU HAVE
[4:11:01] TO UPGRADE ACCESSIBILITY. WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE THE
[4:11:09] FIRE PROTECTION IN EXISTING BUILDINGS OR WHEN DO YOU NEED
[4:11:12] TO ADDRESS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FROM THAT STANDPOINT
[4:11:16] THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE THAT
[4:11:19] ARE CLARITY RELATED FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
[4:11:25] FROM AN ELECTRICAL STANDPOINT THE ELECTRICAL CODE PROBABLY
[4:11:29] HAS THE MOST CHANGES IN A GIVEN CODE CYCLE.
[4:11:32] THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODES ARE ALSO ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
[4:11:36] BOOKS TO READ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND YOUR WAY THROUGH IT SO
[4:11:39] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE 2023 AND 24 ICC
[4:11:43] BOOKS, THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO MAKING IT
[4:11:46] EASIER TO NAVIGATE ANY, AND EASIER TO READ THROUGH RID
[4:11:52] CONTRACTORS WILL HAVE AN EASIER TIME MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH
[4:11:55] THE BOOK THAT WILL SAVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
[4:11:58] HOPEFULLY SAVE FAILING INSPECTIONS AS WELL FROM THAT
[4:12:02] STANDPOINT. BUT SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC CHANGES
[4:12:05] CONSTANTLY I THINK THEY'RE CHANGING AT A FASTER RATE THAN
[4:12:09] THE CODE CHANGES TODAY. SO GIVING UP WITH THOSE SOLAR
[4:12:12] CHANGES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONTRACTORS
[4:12:16] ASKING US TO LOOK AT THE 23 CODE TO BE ABLE TO USE
[4:12:22] EXCEPTIONS AND ITEMS FROM THE 23 CODE IN THEIR INSTALLATION
[4:12:27] INTO 2017. ALSO COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
[4:12:38] CHANGES TO GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS, THOSE ARE THE
[4:12:42] GFCI'S THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR BATHROOM NEXT
[4:12:45] TO YOUR SINK, ONE ON YOUR KITCHEN COUNTERTOPS REHAB THOSE
[4:12:49] WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT WERE NUISANCES AT SOME POINT IN TIME
[4:12:52] BUT THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. THAT PRODUCT HAS EVOLVED QUITE
[4:12:55] A BIT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE ANYMORE.
[4:12:59] THE CODE HAS CAUGHT UP TO ALL THE PLACES WHERE YOU COULD HAVE
[4:13:03] A WET SURFACE BEING ENGAGED WITH AG SCI AT THIS POINT.
[4:13:08] WE ARE BEHIND THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE 2017 BUT WE CAN CATCH UP
[4:13:12] WITH 2023. THE NEWEST AND PROBABLY THE
[4:13:19] MOST EXPENSIVE COMPONENT IN THE ELECTRICAL CODE IS PROBABLY THE
[4:13:23] SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE ON A RESIDENTIAL HOLD READ WHEN YOU
[4:13:26] THINK ABOUT WHAT A SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE DOES, IT
[4:13:29] PROTECTS YOUR MODEM, IT PROTECTS ALL OF THE SMART
[4:13:34] FUNCTIONS IN YOUR HOME. FROM ANY SORT OF SEARCH THAT
[4:13:37] MAY COME FROM THE GRID OR MAYBE FROM A CONTACT ON WIRE COMING
[4:13:41] DOWN FROM YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM ON THE ROOF, TREE BRANCH FALLS AND
[4:13:50] HITS THOSE WIRES, CREATES A SURGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU
[4:13:54] HAVE A PROBLEM, THAT DEVICE IS THERE TO PROTECT ALL THE NEW
[4:13:58] ADVANCEMENTS WE HAVE COMING FORWARD THAT PEOPLE ARE USING
[4:14:04] IN THEIR HOMES FROM THAT STANDPOINT SO IT'S A KEY
[4:14:07] COMPONENT OF THE ELECTRICAL CODES THIS TIME AROUND.
[4:14:10] LOOKING AT EXISTING CODES, THERE ARE NEW MATERIALS.
[4:14:13] THERE IS NEW APPLICATIONS OF HOW WE USE THINGS.
[4:14:16] WE GOT RIGID FOAM INSULATION AND BEING ABLE TO APPLY THAT ON
[4:14:21] THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME OR INSIDE OF THE HOME READ THERE
[4:14:25] ARE NEW MATERIALS, WE GOT A NEW SIDING THAT IS GROUND CONTACT
[4:14:29] RATED THEY COME OUT WITH THAT'S ACTUALLY COUNTERS SOME OF THE
[4:14:33] REQUIREMENTS YOU WOULD HAVE FOUR WOOD BASED SIDING FROM
[4:14:43] THAT STANDPOINT. TO KEEP UP WITH THE CHANGE IN
[4:14:46] THE MATERIALS THAT THE ECONOMY AND THE MARKET IS REQUIRING OF
[4:14:50] BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANIES OR BUILDING SCIENCE, THE CODE
[4:14:53] NEEDS TO MOVE AND STAFF NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THINGS AS
[4:14:57] WELL. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO FRAME
[4:15:08] NOW. EVERYBODY OR SOME PEOPLE HAVE
[4:15:10] HEARD OF ADVANCED FRAMING OR YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT STUD SPACE
[4:15:14] AND TRY TO GET MORE INSULATION IN THE WALLS, HELP WITH THE
[4:15:18] AFFORDABILITY, HELPED WITH THE IMPACT OF THERMAL RIP THERE IS
[4:15:21] ALSO A TOP EXTENDED TOP PLATE AMENDMENT IN THE IRC THAT'S
[4:15:25] RECOMMENDED TO ADOPT BECAUSE IT'S A NEXT OF 2 X 6 AND TWO BY
[4:15:28] FOURS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO INTEGRATE FOAM INSULATION AS
[4:15:31] WELL AS HAVING ALL THE PROPER BRACING FOR THE WALL FOR A WIND
[4:15:35] RATING AS WELL AS ATTACHING SIDING TWO.
[4:15:37] THERE'S A LOT MORE REGULATION AROUND TINY HOMES OR IN SOME
[4:15:47] CASES YOU MIGHT CALL THEM ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FROM
[4:15:50] THAT STANDPOINT AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK
[4:15:53] IN APPLICATIONS FOR LOCALLY. BEING ABLE TO KEEP THOSE IN THE
[4:15:57] PAR WITH THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS, LOSS TYPES,
[4:16:00] LATTER STRUCTURES, WE GET INTO THOSE LOFTS, ALL THE EXTRA
[4:16:04] SAFETY CODES RELATIVE TO PUTTING THOSE IN PLACE.
[4:16:11] AND THEN THERE'S THE ACCESSIBILITY.
[4:16:14] CURRENTLY WHEN THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL CODE CYCLE THAT
[4:16:16] HAS ALIGNED WITH THE 2009 ACCESSIBILITY CODES.
[4:16:23] GOING TO THE 24 CODES ALSO BRINGS US UP TO THE 2017 AMC
[4:16:26] WHICH IS THE MORE RECENT ACCESSIBILITY CODE OUT THERE.
[4:16:40] HE DID HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN THIS PROCESS WITH OUR
[4:16:43] AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WITH ALL THESE CHANGES THEY CHANGE THE
[4:16:46] ORDER IN THE BOOKS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID
[4:16:51] THAT TOOK SOME TIME WAS GOING THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS MAKING
[4:16:54] SURE ALL OUR AMENDMENTS LINED UP CLEANLY WITH THE NEW CODE
[4:16:57] AND ALIGNED WITH FINDING EVERYTHING ONE BOOK TO THE NEXT
[4:17:01] FROM THAT STANDPOINT. LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST WE DON'T
[4:17:09] WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
[4:17:13] WRITTEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES ARE THERE.
[4:17:15] THEY KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES HEALTHY, SAFE, LOOKING NICE.
[4:17:19] THEY ALSO HELP US MAINTAIN THESE PROPERTIES LONG-TERM READ
[4:17:23] IT ONCE A BUILDING IS BUILT IT STARTS TO FAIL OR IF IT STARTS
[4:17:27] TO FALTER PRETTY MAINTENANCE CODES COME IN AND HELP US KEEP
[4:17:30] THOSE PROPERTY HEALTH EAST RIP IT'S SEEN SEVERAL UPDATES,
[4:17:34] WE'VE HAD A FEW SUNSHINE OR A FEW THEY CALL HIM SUNSHINE
[4:17:37] DATES ON SOME REQUIREMENTS SO THOSE ARE GETTING ADDRESSED.
[4:17:44] THE ARE FAR PAST THE 1993 AT REQUIREMENTS WE'VE HAD IN THERE
[4:17:48] SO WE HAD OUTDATED AMENDMENTS WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS AS WELL
[4:17:51] FROM THAT STANDPOINT. ALSO LASTLY HOW MUCH OF THESE
[4:17:53] CODES ARE GOING TO COST PEOPLE, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
[4:17:57] QUESTIONS. YEAR THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
[4:17:59] THE FRAMING OPTIONS AVAILABLE RESIDENTIALLY PROVIDED A
[4:18:04] DECREASE IN COSTS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM JUST THIS
[4:18:10] CODE SET.THIS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ENERGY CODE TODAY BUT
[4:18:20] THESE ARE FISCAL IMPACTS WITH JUST THESE CODES.
[4:18:22] INTEGRATION OF LIFE SAFETY PARAMETERS WITHIN TINY HOMES
[4:18:25] WILL HELP THOSE 80 USED TO STAY AND LAST LONGER READ RIGHT NOW
[4:18:29] HIV HOME SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HOW IT'S DESIGNED FOR THE LAST 10
[4:18:33] YEARS BEFORE IT STARTS TO FALL APART OR DECREASE IN ITS
[4:18:37] EFFECTIVENESS SO WITH THE NEWER CODE THEY PUT PARAMETERS IN
[4:18:40] THERE TO HELP THEM LAST LONGER. THE AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED
[4:18:44] MINIMIZE THE ELECTRICAL COSTS. THERE ARE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS
[4:18:48] THEY MADE KEEPING A FCI WHERE THEY ARE WITH RESIDENTIAL, NOT
[4:18:55] REQUIRING THE EXTERIOR DISCONNECTS ON RESIDENTIAL AND
[4:19:01] REDUCING SOME OF THE GFCI REQUIREMENTS IN SPECIFIC
[4:19:11] INSTANCES WHERE WE DON'T SEE THEM REGULARLY IN COLUMBIA AND
[4:19:15] HELPING DECREASE THOSE COSTS. THINKING AFFORDABILITY,
[4:19:19] THINKING OF THE IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE
[4:19:22] HOMEOWNERS. ALSO ALL OF THE CODES HAVE
[4:19:24] CODIFIED BEST PRACTICES WITH SAFETY IN MIND, ONE OF THE
[4:19:28] THINGS YOU'LL SEE IS IN THE IRC AMENDMENTS ARE ASKING TO CODIFY
[4:19:32] A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND GRADING PLAN COMPONENT THAT
[4:19:42] ALIGNS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
[4:19:45] INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE HAS ITS OWN CHAPTER, THE IRC WAS
[4:19:48] MISSING THAT WE'VE ASKED TO PUT THAT IN SO WE CAN APPLY THAT TO
[4:19:52] ONE FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
[4:19:57] COMMERCIALLY, THERE ARE ADDED SPECIAL INSPECTIONS THAT'S
[4:20:00] GOING TO INCREASE THE INSPECTION COST.
[4:20:02] I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY TO GET AROUND THAT.THERE IS
[4:20:05] GOING TO BE IN GENERAL PROBABLY TWO OR THREE SPECIAL
[4:20:14] INSPECTIONS FOR A LARGE COMMERCIAL PROJECT LIKE THE
[4:20:17] WEST VERY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH THE CODES.
[4:20:24] HOWEVER NEW REFRIGERATION AND PIPING REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S AN
[4:20:28] HO L REFRIGERANT THAT'S BEING USED.
[4:20:31] IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY THAT MECHANICAL SYSTEMS HAVE CHANGED
[4:20:34] YOU WANT A MORE EFFICIENT FURNACE, A MORE EFFICIENT AIR
[4:20:38] CONDITIONER. THE IMPROVEMENT IN
[4:20:39] REFRIGERATION IS WHAT'S CREATING THAT SO BY CREATING
[4:20:42] THAT REFRIGERANT WE HAVE INCREASED REQUIREMENTS AND THAT
[4:20:45] WILL ADD INCREASE TO THOSE BUILDINGS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
[4:20:53] HOWEVER THERE ARE CHANGES TO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
[4:20:56] COMMERCIAL THAT ARE A BENEFIT TO CONSTRUCTION PERMIT THERE IS
[4:21:01] EXCEPTIONS PUT INTO WAREHOUSE RACKING THAT CAN DECREASE THE
[4:21:05] COST BECAUSE YOU CAN STORE MORE STUFF IN A SMALLER SPACE TO
[4:21:08] THOSE EXCEPTIONS. THERE IS ALSO AN INSTITUTIONAL
[4:21:11] PLUMBING FIXTURE ACCOUNT AND INSTITUTIONAL I 2 BUILDINGS,
[4:21:15] THAT'S YOUR ASSISTED LIVING AND YOUR IN-HOME, TRYING TO THINK
[4:21:23] OF THE NAME. THE IN RESTAURANT OR FACILITY
[4:21:40] CARE. SO NOT ASSISTED BUT NOT JUST
[4:21:42] ASSISTED BUT GOING ON THAT ONE STEP FORWARD.
[4:21:45] NURSING HOME. SKILLED NURSING, THERE YOU GO.
[4:21:48] I APOLOGIZE, I WAS GOING THE OTHER WAY WITH MY BRAIN.
[4:21:51] THOSE, THEY ARE ALLOWING THE COUNTY INDIVIDUAL FIXTURES FOR
[4:21:55] THE ROOMS AND TOTAL FACILITY COUNTS WHICH CAN DECREASE THE
[4:22:02] AMOUNT OF PLUMBING FIXTURES WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHER
[4:22:06] COSTS FOR A BUILDING FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
[4:22:08] SO FISCAL IMPACTS KIND OF GO BOTH WAYS READ THE CODE HAS
[4:22:17] SOME THAT WILL INCREASE COSTS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT THE
[4:22:21] WAY THE CODES ARE STRUCTURED THIS GO AROUND THEY'VE PROMOTED
[4:22:24] AS DECREASING COSTS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
[4:22:27] THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES
[4:22:31] COMMISSION IS TO ADOPT THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL FAMILY OF CODES
[4:22:35] WITH THEIR AMENDMENTS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OR TO REMAIN
[4:22:39] CURRENTLY IN THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY
[4:22:42] CONSERVATION CODE AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED.
[4:22:49] AND THIS IS A LIST OF THE CODES THAT WOULD BE UP FOR ADOPTION.
[4:22:59] >>Mayor Buffaloe: APPRECIATE THAT.
[4:23:01] QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL. I WILL GO SHARON AND CHRISTINA.
[4:23:05] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE CEC RECOMMENDED A OPTION,
[4:23:14] IS THAT CORRECT?
[4:23:17] >> RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED ON THE PACKET, THEIR MOST RECENT
[4:23:26] RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THE IEC C, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY
[4:23:29] CONSERVATION CODE.
[4:23:30] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: IS THERE AND THE BCC
[4:23:35] RECOMMENDED NOT ADOPTING IT, THOSE ARE BOTH RECOMMENDATIONS
[4:23:41] FROM TWO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS THAT REVIEWED ALL THOSE.
[4:23:44] >> CORREC.
[4:23:51] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: WHY ARE WE AS CITY COUNCIL NOT
[4:23:54] GIVEN THE OPTION TO CHOOSE WHICH RECOMMENDATION WE WANT TO
[4:23:59] FOLLOW.
[4:24:00] >> THE BCCC WAS A SPECIFIC BOARD AUTHORIZED TO REVIEW AND
[4:24:03] TO BRING BACK A SIG. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS SO THE CEC OVER
[4:24:09] THE LAST COUPLE CYCLE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THAT AND
[4:24:12] THAT'S INTENTIONAL, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A DESIRE TO HAVE
[4:24:15] THAT INPUT WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY.
[4:24:17] AS FAR AS WHAT THE BCCC WAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED AND PER
[4:24:24] CODE ALLOWS THEM TO DO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES BACK
[4:24:27] IS THAT SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION BUT WE INCLUDED THEIR
[4:24:30] RECOMMENDATION IN THE PACKET SO IT'S CLEAR WHAT THEIR
[4:24:37] RECOMMENDATION WAS. >>Council Member Geuea Jones:
[4:24:39] WHICH I DO APPRECIATE, I GUESS MY CONFUSION IS BECAUSE A LOT
[4:24:42] OF TIMES COMMISSIONS RECOMMEND REJECTING OR NOT ADOPTING OR
[4:24:46] DENYING DIFFERENT THINGS AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
[4:24:49] DENIAL, FOR A NO VOTE STILL COME BEFORE COUNSEL BUT IN THIS
[4:24:52] CASE YOU'VE CHOSEN NOT TO GIVE US THE OPTION TO EITHER ACCEPT
[4:24:56] THE RECOMMENDATION DO NOT ADOPTED OR TO GO AHEAD AND
[4:24:59] ADOPT IT OVER THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND I'M
[4:25:02] WONDERING WHY THAT DECISION WAS MADE DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME
[4:25:06] BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR
[4:25:09] COUNSEL IN THIS CASE THAT ISN'T USUAL, AM I MISSING SOMETHING?
[4:25:27] >> YEAH, IT WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT COUNSEL USUALLY DIRECTS
[4:25:31] THE BCC TO DO AND THAT'S RENEW IT AND BRING BACK THEIR
[4:25:35] RECOMMENDATION SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE SO NO DECISION HAS
[4:25:38] BEEN MADE, NO ACTION YOU MAKE TONIGHT KIND OF REMOVES THE
[4:25:42] POSSIBILITY TO DO ANYTHING WITH EITHER CODE SO THAT'S WHAT WE
[4:25:46] WANTED TO COME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 21 TO FURTHER EXPLAIN
[4:25:49] WHAT THAT NEXT STEP COULD BE.
[4:25:51] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: AND ON THE 21ST WERE NOT GIVEN
[4:25:54] AN OPTION, WERE GOING TO BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT
[4:25:57] MORE?
[4:25:58] >> COUNSEL AT ANY TIME GOODS CONSTRUCT A BILL TO BE BROUGHT
[4:26:01] FORWARD WITH THE ENERGY CODE BUILT IN FRONT OF THEM TO ACT
[4:26:07] ON. AT THIS POINT WE ARE ADVISING
[4:26:09] THEM TO COME BACK SEPTEMBER 21 TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK
[4:26:12] LIKE IF COUNSEL WANTS TO HAVE THAT BILL BROUGHT FORTH.
[4:26:16] RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS BASED ON
[4:26:19] THEIR REVIEW. SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE
[4:26:35] THAT SAME RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BCC FOR THE ENERGY CODE.
[4:26:38] WE BROUGHT THE CODES THAT HAD POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK
[4:26:42] AND IT'S DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT BODIES.
[4:26:45] COMING FROM PLANNING AND ZONING EVERYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH
[4:26:48] THEIR GOES TO COUNSEL BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT BASED ON THE
[4:26:51] NATURE OF THE REQUEST.
[4:26:53] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: UNDERSTOOD.
[4:26:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA HAD YOUR HAND.
[4:26:58] >>Council Member Hartman: IN REGARDS TO THE 21ST, IS THERE
[4:27:02] ADDITIONAL WORK BEING DONE, IS THAT WHY IT'S BEING DELAYED?
[4:27:05] HOW IS THE MONTH HELPING?
[4:27:23] >> I DON'T THINK A MONTH DELAY WAS AN INTENT THAT WE NEEDED
[4:27:27] ADDITIONAL TIME. HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND
[4:27:30] THE BUILDING CODE AS IT PROGRESSED THERE WAS A
[4:27:33] REALIZATION WE NEEDED TO SEPARATE THESE TWO TOPICS SO WE
[4:27:36] COULD HAVE A CONCENTRATED FOCUSED CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
[4:27:40] ENERGY CODE AND I THINK IT CLOUDS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION
[4:27:43] IS. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT,
[4:27:45] THOSE NINE BILLS. THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE A
[4:27:48] CONVERSATION JUST ABOUT THESE TWO.
[4:27:50] >> SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO PAGE BY PAGE.
[4:27:52] >> IF THAT IS COUNSEL'S DESIRE.
[4:27:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS
[4:27:58] ONE. OTHERWISE I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR
[4:28:00] PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON BILLS 210
[4:28:03] THROUGH 218 - 26.
[4:28:11] >>Public Speaker: MARK I AM REPRESENTING MID-MISSOURI PIECE
[4:28:15] WORKS. I APPRECIATE YOUR ENDURANCE
[4:28:17] INTO THESE HOURS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE
[4:28:25] DOING. THE WHOLE ISSUE OF BUILDING
[4:28:28] CODES IS ONE THAT PIECE WORKS IS SUPPORTIVE OF.
[4:28:30] WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE NUMEROUS WAYS IN WHICH BUILDING CODES
[4:28:39] ARE VERY HELPFUL. SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY OF
[4:28:47] MATERIALS. DURABILITY OF STRUCTURES,
[4:28:49] THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE SHOULD
[4:28:55] BE ADOPTING BUILDING CODES AND WE RECOMMEND YOU ALL PAST
[4:28:59] QUALITIES. IT'S IMPORTANT.
[4:29:00] THE OTHER SIDE AS WE ARE DISAPPOINTED.
[4:29:03] WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION TONIGHT WAS GOING TO BE A
[4:29:11] DISCUSSION OF THE ENTIRE PACKAGE OF BUILDING CODES
[4:29:14] INCLUDING APPENDIX ON ENERGY CONSERVATION.
[4:29:16] AND WE DEEPLY ARE TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN PUT
[4:29:22] OFF A MONTH. ALSO I'VE HEARD AND THIS MIGHT
[4:29:24] NOT BE THE CASE BUT I'VE HEARD WHATEVER WOULD BE TASKED WHEN
[4:29:27] WE RETURNED TO THIS WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE 2028
[4:29:35] YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE
[4:29:37] BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S INDICATIVE OF A LACK OF A SENSE
[4:29:45] OF URGENCY AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE.
[4:29:47] AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE
[4:29:58] CLIMATE IS JUST BEING SWEPT UNDER THE RUG AND LET'S NOT PAY
[4:30:01] ATTENTION TO THAT AND IT'S MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL THERE ARE
[4:30:05] REALLY GOOD THINGS IN THE CODE, NOT SAYING THERE AREN'T.
[4:30:08] I'M JUST SAYING THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IS THIS ENERGY
[4:30:12] CONSERVATION APPENDIX AND WE OUGHT TO BE ADOPTING THAT AS
[4:30:19] WELL.
[4:30:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU MARK, IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC
[4:30:22] WISHES TO SPEAK ON NOTE 210 THROUGH 218 RELATED TO
[4:30:25] INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES.
[4:30:28] >>Public Speaker: FIRST IS THERE CONCLUSION FOR HOMEOWNERS
[4:30:32] AND THE SECOND IS THE SOLAR PANEL REGULATION WILLING TO
[4:30:37] SLOW DOWN THE ADOPTION OF SOLAR PANELS?
[4:30:40] AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTED COST ADDITION FOR PUTTING A
[4:30:46] RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PANEL ON.
[4:30:52] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED
[4:30:55] CODE FOR ADOPTION.
[4:31:03] >>Public Speaker: CALEB KOHLBERG, ATTORNEY AT 1203 W.
[4:31:05] BROADWAY TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR A PROCEDURAL
[4:31:14] CONSIDERATION. AS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IF THE
[4:31:16] COUNCIL ADOPTS THE CODE AS PRESENTED IT GOES TO OCTOBER 1,
[4:31:19] 2026 AND BASICALLY ANY PROJECT IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW IF THEY
[4:31:25] HAVE A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT SUBMITTED
[4:31:28] BEFORE OCTOBER 1 THEY WILL QUALIFY TO BE REVIEWED UNDER
[4:31:35] THE CODE AS IT EXISTS TODAY AND AFTER OCTOBER 1 THERE WILL BE A
[4:31:38] NEW CODE BUT WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS JURISDICTIONS THEY TEND
[4:31:42] TO BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TRANSITION SO NASHVILLE
[4:31:45] HAD 180 DAY TRANSITION PERIOD, GLENDALE ARIZONA SIX MONTHS,
[4:31:51] AUBURN ALABAMA FOUR MONTHS, BOSTON EIGHT MONTHS, YOUR WE'RE
[4:31:55] LOOKING AT OCTOBER 1 KOREA WHEN WE'RE TALKING DESIGN
[4:32:04] PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE NOW PRESENTED WITH THE CODE THAT'S
[4:32:07] OVER A THOUSAND CHANGES THAT'S A LOT TO DIGEST IN THE NEXT SIX
[4:32:11] WEEKS SO RESPECTFULLY THERE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
[4:32:15] CHANGING THE DATE FOR BILLING IN PROTECTION FOR PROJECTS
[4:32:18] ALREADY IN DESIGN. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[4:32:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
[4:32:25] SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED 2024 CODES FOR ADOPTION.
[4:32:30] >>Public Speaker: PETER CHEEVER, FOURTH WARD.
[4:32:39] THERE IS A LOT OF CODES BEING UPDATED HERE AND ONLY ONE SMALL
[4:32:44] PORTION IS NOT GETTING UPDATED. BUT THE REALITY IS BY NOT
[4:32:51] TAKING THAT ONE PORTION YOU'RE GOING THE WHOLE UPDATE.
[4:33:01] HOW CAN ALL THESE BE IMPORTANT BUT THE ENERGY ONE IS NOT
[4:33:04] IMPORTANT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
[4:33:08] A LOT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO
[4:33:20] COME UP WITH THESE, NOT JUST OUR BUILDING CODES COMMISSION
[4:33:23] ACROSS THE WORLD PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE BEST
[4:33:26] PRACTICES AND CAME UP WITH ENERGY PRACTICES THAT ARE BEST
[4:33:30] PRACTICES AND COLUMBIA IS READY TO BE UP-TO-DATE IN ALL
[4:33:33] RESPECTS EXCEPT ENERGY? WE DON'T WANT TO BE UP-TO-DATE
[4:33:37] IN THAT ASPECT? IT SEEMS STRANGE.
[4:33:47] I UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE THINK THIS WILL COST MORE TO BUILD
[4:33:51] WITH THOSE ENERGY CODES BUT THE EXTRA COSTS ARE OFFSET OVER THE
[4:33:55] PERIOD OF THE MORTGAGE AS ENERGY SAVINGS.
[4:33:57] AND THAT'S JUST THE COST OF MORTGAGE, THAT'S 30 YEARS.
[4:34:01] THERE IS A MUCH LONGER USEFUL LIFE OF THAT HOUSING STOCK.
[4:34:10] I LIVE IN A 100 YEAR OLD HOUSE IN THE CITY SO THAT WOULD BE 70
[4:34:13] YEARS WE ARE GETTING BENEFITS ALREADY PAID OFF IN THE FIRST
[4:34:17] 30 YEAR MORTGAGE SO WE WILL LOSE THAT SAVINGS IF WE DON'T
[4:34:20] ADOPT THIS. IN THE PRESENTATION, HE WAS
[4:34:23] TALKING ABOUT NUANCE, NUISANCES.
[4:34:26] BUT NOW WE TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED.
[4:34:30] THE SAME THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THESE ENERGY COSTS,
[4:34:40] THOSE LOOK LIKE UNNECESSARY EXTRAS BUT 30 YEARS FROM NOW
[4:34:43] THEY WILL BE AWESOME, I APPRECIATE THEY DID THIS 30
[4:34:46] YEARS AGO AND DECEIVED ME A HUMONGOUS RETROFIT DEED INTO
[4:34:49] THE FUTURE. EVENTUALLY THIS HOUSING BEING
[4:34:52] BUILT NOW IT'S RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND ITS LIFECYCLE RIGHT
[4:34:57] NOW BUT THIS WILL BECOME RENTAL STOCK AND EVENTUALLY THAT WILL
[4:35:02] BE BETTER RENTAL STOCK IF WE BUILD BETTER HOUSING NOW.
[4:35:08] SO I SUPPORT PASSAGE OF ALL THIS.
[4:35:10] PLEASE VOTE AND PASS ALL THIS BUT DON'T LET THIS GET
[4:35:15] SEPARATED AND THEN CANCELED ON THE ENERGY CODES.
[4:35:18] PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALSO GETS INCLUDED IN PASSAGE KOREA AND I
[4:35:22] HAVE 14 SECONDS LEFT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WOW,
[4:35:31] THANK YOU ALL, CONGRATULATIONS READ IT WAS AN AMAZING SIGHT IN
[4:35:36] FRONT OF ME. WOW.
[4:35:37] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU PETER, WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH
[4:35:42] TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THE 2024 BUILDING
[4:35:45] CODES AS LISTED HERE. SEEING NONE WE WILL COME TO
[4:35:51] COUNSEL COMMENTS. BEFORE WE GET INTO, CLINT CAN
[4:35:53] YOU WALK US THROUGH ANY OF THE QUESTIONS, WALK US THROUGH WHAT
[4:36:01] POTENTIAL CONVERSATION WILL BE LIKE ON THE 21ST.
[4:36:08] BECAUSE I LOOK BACK TO THE 2019 WHAT WAS PROPOSED AT COUNSEL
[4:36:12] FOR ADOPTION OF THE 2019 CODES AND AT THIS TIME BUILDING
[4:36:16] CONSTRUCTION CODES COMMISSION BOTH AGREED ON ADOPTING THE
[4:36:19] INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE IN ITS
[4:36:22] ENTIRETY SO IS THAT WHY IT CAME BEFORE COUNSEL TOGETHER WITHOUT
[4:36:25] MAKING CHANGES TO GO BACK TO THE 2012 OR I GUESS THAT'S MY
[4:36:29] QUESTION, WHAT COULD WE EXPECT TO SEE ON THE 21ST.
[4:36:40] >> THE 21ST IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
[4:36:44] THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOT IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU SO THAT
[4:36:48] OUTLAYS A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE VCC
[4:36:51] EVALUATED SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK THROUGH
[4:36:54] THAT WITH COUNSEL, EXPLAIN WHY IN THE END THEY FELT LIKE SOME
[4:36:58] OF THE CHALLENGES WITHIN THE IPCC OR GREATER THAN THEY WERE
[4:37:01] ABLE TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF IT AND I WILL POINT OUT ALL THE
[4:37:06] CODES WE HAVE ON THE BOARD WERE EVALUATED WITH RECOMMENDED
[4:37:15] AMENDMENTS AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS PUT FORTH FOR ADOPTION.
[4:37:18] THERE REALLY WASN'T I THINK A TECHNICAL WAY FOR THAT BCCC TO
[4:37:22] SAY NO AND HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE COUNSEL WE COULD SAY IT
[4:37:24] WAS EVALUATED AND HEARS SPECIFIC THINGS THAT BCCC WOULD
[4:37:30] AMEND OUT. WE COULD HAVE I THINK HAD A
[4:37:32] BILL THAT WAS THE IEC C BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO
[4:37:46] RECOMMEND IT VERBATIM.
[4:37:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THE COMMISSION DID
[4:37:50] NOT, I KNOW YOU WERE TRYING TO DO THIS KNOWING IT WOULD BE A
[4:37:54] LONG MEETING AND I APOLOGIZE BUT IT IS PART OF THIS
[4:37:57] CONVERSATION SO THE IECC, THE BUILDING COMMISSION DID NOT
[4:38:04] MAKE AMENDMENTS.
[4:38:12] >> THEY DID, THEY EVALUATED EARLY ON AND ERIN DID A GOOD
[4:38:16] JOB OF WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WE'VE
[4:38:20] HAD SO EARLY ON THERE IS AN INITIAL EVALUATION, THERE WAS A
[4:38:24] RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE IECC WITH SOME AMENDMENTS.
[4:38:27] AT THAT POINT WHEN I THINK CAME ON BOARD LATE 2025 WE STARTED
[4:38:31] TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ABOUT
[4:38:34] CONCERNS THERE WERE PORTIONS OF THE IECC, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND
[4:38:38] RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAYBE NEED FURTHER EVALUATION.
[4:38:42] SO AT THAT POINT WE DID START TO LOOK AT SOLICITING MORE
[4:38:45] PUBLIC INPUT SO WE HAD A PUBLIC FORUM AND AB HEARD PAGE WE
[4:38:49] CREATED AND AFTER EVALUATING AND HEARING A LOT OF PUBLIC
[4:39:01] TESTIMONY ABOUT CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY
[4:39:04] SOURCES REQUIREMENTS SOME OF THE SPECIFIC GENERAL
[4:39:08] REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE FOR RESIDENTIAL, THEY
[4:39:12] DECIDED TO REEVALUATE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINAL
[4:39:15] RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO ADOPT LAWS PASSED OUT OF THE
[4:39:18] COMMITTEE, SO THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO ADOPT
[4:39:29] THE IECC TRIP THERE WAS A LOT OF I THINK STARTS AND STOPS IN
[4:39:32] THAT PROCESS. IT WAS A BIT OF A TIME PERIOD
[4:39:35] WHERE BETWEEN THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION AND WHERE WE
[4:39:38] STARTED SO THERE IS A VERSION OUT THERE THAT HAS AMENDMENTS
[4:39:41] AND THAT SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT ON THE 21ST BUT THAT
[4:39:45] SPECIFIC VERSION WAS NOT PASSED ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE
[4:39:48] THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT BY THE FULL BOARD.
[4:39:51] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WAS THE VERSION EVALUATED IN THE PUBLIC
[4:39:55] MEETINGS OR WAS THE FALL AS WRITTEN EVALUATED IN THOSE
[4:39:59] MEETINGS?
[4:40:00] >> AS WE HELD THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THE HOLD IECC 2024 WAS
[4:40:04] UP FOR CONVERSATION SO WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER INPUT ON ALL
[4:40:15] ASPECTS AND WE DID MAKE IT KNOWN THERE WAS DISCUSSION
[4:40:18] ABOUT CERTAIN PARTS BEING AMENDED OUT ALONG WITH THAT
[4:40:22] PROCESS TO TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY AS WE UNCOVERED FEASIBILITY
[4:40:26] WITHIN OUR OWN UTILITY TO MEET SOME STANDARDS OF THE CODE, AS
[4:40:29] WE DOVE INTO THE DIFFERENT CONSTRAINTS PROPOSED BY
[4:40:33] BUILDERS AND DESIGNERS, WE MET WITH ACTUAL ENGINEERS THAT
[4:40:38] DESIGNED THESE BUILDINGS. AND TALKED THROUGH WITH THEM
[4:40:42] WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT IF WE
[4:40:46] AMENDED THAT CODE. THOSE RESULTS WERE NOT
[4:40:50] FAVORABLE EITHER. THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECES THAT
[4:40:54] AS WE REVIEWED THE CODE AND WHY THEY ARE THERE THEY SEEMED TO
[4:40:57] MAKE SENSE BUT AFTER WE STARTED LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTATION,
[4:41:03] COMPLIANCE COSTS AND ALL THOSE OTHER VARIABLES BCCC DECIDED TO
[4:41:08] SAY LET'S STAY IN THE 15TH UNTIL WE CAN GET A FURTHER
[4:41:12] HANDLE AND REAPPROACH COUNSEL AT THAT POINT.
[4:41:16] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DID THE BUILDING CODES CONSTRUCTION
[4:41:19] COMMISSION AND STAFF THOUGHT WE WILL BE ADOPTING SOME VERSION
[4:41:36] OF AN APPROVED ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE AND NOT
[4:41:39] STAYING UNTIL WE REVIEWED THE NEXT CODE CYCLE AND I APOLOGIZE
[4:41:42] I'M GETTING INTO THE 21ST CONVERSATION BUT IT IS PART OF
[4:41:46] THIS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
[4:41:49] >> THERE WASN'T AN EXPECTATION SUMMERWOOD CONSIDER THROUGH
[4:41:52] 2024 ABOUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION LEFT OPEN THE DOOR AS
[4:41:56] ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAME FORWARD WITH COST IMPACTS WITH
[4:41:59] OTHER COMMUNITIES BEING ABLE TO ADOPT IT AND SOMEHOW NAVIGATING
[4:42:03] SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD
[4:42:07] BE REEVALUATED.
[4:42:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN IS THE NEXT CODE CYCLE REVIEW?
[4:42:12] >> 2027 IS DUE TO BE PUBLISHED NEXT YEAR AND AT SOME POINT
[4:42:16] AFTER THAT WE WOULD THEN BEGIN THE ZIP CODES.
[4:42:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP FROM THE PUBLIC,
[4:42:25] ONE WHAT TRIGGERS SOMEBODY WORKING ON THEIR OWN WHOLE
[4:42:37] HAVING TO UPDATE FOR THE EXISTING THRESHOLD PRINT SECOND
[4:42:41] WAS CAN YOU REEVALUATE YOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IMPACT
[4:42:44] ON SOLAR INSTALLATION, WHAT CHANGED IN THE CODE FROM
[4:42:47] PREVIOUS VISITS AND THE THIRD ONE WAS IMPLEMENTATION
[4:42:50] TRANSITIONAL. I KNOW WE TRIED TO DO THIS IN
[4:42:53] LINE WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR. BUT WHAT CAN YOU GIVE FEEDBACK
[4:42:56] TO THAT SORT OF WE ADOPT THIS AND TWO WEEKS LATER WE HAVE A
[4:43:00] DIFFERENT CODE. PUT THAT IN ANY ORDER YOU WANT.
[4:43:04] >> I CAN SAY BE AN OPTION FOR THESE CODES IS SPECIFICALLY
[4:43:07] TIMED. THAT IMPLEMENTATION WOULD START
[4:43:20] OCTOBER 1 SO THAT'S BOTH BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL REASONS,
[4:43:23] THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT THE LAST COUPLE CYCLES BUT THERE IS
[4:43:27] A TECHNICAL REASON THAT ALLOWS AN ALIGNMENT OF EVERY PERMIT
[4:43:31] THAT IS ISSUED STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO BE KNOWN TO
[4:43:34] BE UNDER A SPECIFIC CODE. OCTOBER 1 WE RESET ALL OUR
[4:43:38] PERMIT NUMBERS TO NUMBER ONE FOLLOWED BY THE YEAR SO 2027.
[4:43:41] IT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY MUCH EASIER FOR STAFF TO IDENTIFY A
[4:43:45] PERMIT AND WHAT CODE VERSION IS BEING EVALUATED UNDER.
[4:43:47] IF WE POSTPONED IT TO A LATER TIME SAY JANUARY 1 EVERY TYPE
[4:43:57] OF PERMIT, FIRE CODE PERMITS, ANY PERMIT WE HAVE, ELECTRICAL
[4:44:01] MECHANICAL, ALL THOSE PERMIT NUMBERS BEGIN TO CHANGE
[4:44:04] EVERYONE HE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHICH SPECIFIC PERMIT AND WE
[4:44:07] HAVE MANY OF THEM THAT NOW WILL BE EVALUATED UNDER THE NEW
[4:44:10] BUILDING CODES. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO DELAY
[4:44:16] ADOPTION BUT THERE IS A SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE REASON
[4:44:19] WE ARE SUGGESTING WE ADOPT IT OCTOBER 1 AND THAT'S FOR THESE
[4:44:23] CODES. THE ENERGY CODE IS SOMETHING
[4:44:25] THAT GETS FORMS, IT INFORMS THE OTHER CODES SO IT WOULD NOT BE
[4:44:30] IMPACTED BY IR DESIRE TO HAVE IT OCTOBER 1 SO THERE'S NOT A
[4:44:34] RESTRICTION WE WOULD PUSH IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ADOPTION
[4:44:37] OF AN ENERGY CODE. IT IS REALLY REGARDING THESE
[4:44:41] CODES IN FRONT OF US TODAY. SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT
[4:44:45] OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVING LONGER PERIOD'S, I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE.
[4:44:54] IN 2018 THIS IS THE SAME CYCLE WE USE ADOPTED IN AUGUST FOR
[4:44:57] OCTOBER.WE HAVE MAYBE NOT A LARGE COMMUNITY AS SOME OF THE
[4:45:01] ONES QUOTED SO MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE WELL AWARE WE'VE
[4:45:06] BEEN EVALUATING THESE BUILDING CODES SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK
[4:45:13] FOR ANY OF THEM BUT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF ANY OF THEM
[4:45:16] WEREN'T CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AT THIS ADOPTION CYCLE BEGINNING
[4:45:19] OCTOBER 1.
[4:45:26] >> HOMEOWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO PULL PERMITS ON THE WORK.
[4:45:30] THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PULL THEIR OWN PERMIT IF THEY'RE WORKING
[4:45:33] ON THEIR OWN HOLD. IF THEY LIVE IN, IF IT'S A
[4:45:39] RENTAL PROPERTY THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LICENSED AND
[4:45:43] HIRED TO DO THAT WORK. SO IF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING
[4:45:46] REQUIRES A PERMIT BY THE CODE THE IRC IN THAT CASE THEN THEY
[4:45:51] WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PULL THE PERMIT THAT THEY COULD PULL
[4:45:58] THEMSELVES. AS FAR AS PHOTOVOLTAIC, A LOT
[4:46:00] OF THE CHANGES ARE IN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SOLAR PANELS
[4:46:04] AND THE POWER GRID AND THE SYSTEM BREAKER BOX.
[4:46:07] THERE IS ALSO ADDED PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO BATTERY STORAGE OR
[4:46:19] ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. FROM THAT STANDPOINT BECAUSE A
[4:46:22] LOT OF OUR SOLAR PANEL SYSTEMS ARE NOW COMING INTO A BATTERY
[4:46:25] PACK STORING THE ENERGY AND WAITING FOR IT TO BE DEMANDED.
[4:46:28] SO THE EXPENSIVE PHOTOVOLTAIC CODES ARE THOSE AROUND HOW DO
[4:46:32] WE PROTECT THAT STORAGE, HOW IS IT INTERFACED TO RENT WHAT TYPE
[4:46:36] OF SWITCHES ARE PUT IN PLACE TO REGULATE WHEN THE SOLAR GRID IS
[4:46:43] TALKING TO THE DEMAND GRID OR THE UTILITY GRID FROM THAT
[4:46:52] STANDPOINT.
[4:46:53] >> IS ONE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ADDRESS.
[4:46:55] I THINK THERE IS A STATEMENT WE WOULD BE DELAYING THESE UNTIL
[4:46:59] 2028 AND THAT'S NOT FACTUAL, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SPECIFIC
[4:47:03] TIMETABLE. IF THERE WAS SOME DESIRE TO
[4:47:07] MOVE AHEAD THERE'S NO NEED TO WAIT UNTIL 2028.
[4:47:12] >> HERE RATHER THAN VALERIE.
[4:47:15] >> I WENT INTO A COMMENTS RATHER THAN QUESTION.
[4:47:27] I WENT INTO TODAY THINKING I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER
[4:47:31] AN AMENDMENT TO THIS ALLOWING US TO INCLUDE THE IECC AS PART
[4:47:34] OF WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON TONIGHT AND IT WAS A SURPRISE
[4:47:40] TO ME TO FIND OUT THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION BASED ON WHAT IS IN
[4:47:43] FRONT OF US TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR
[4:47:46] FROM THE COUNSEL MEMO ITSELF WHICH AS YOU MENTIONED TALKS A
[4:47:50] LOT ABOUT THE BCCC EXTENSIVELY, THESE ARE DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED
[4:48:02] CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK THE COUNSEL MEMO ALSO MAKES IT SEEM
[4:48:05] LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT.
[4:48:07] I THINK IT'S CLEAR FROM COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED THE
[4:48:10] PUBLIC ALSO BELIEVES THAT IS WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON TONIGHT.
[4:48:14] AND EVEN CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONS LETTER
[4:48:17] AND IN REFERENCES THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE BCCC MADE
[4:48:22] ON A DOCUMENT WE HAVE NOT YET HAD ACCESS TO.
[4:48:25] AND THEY ARE CONVERSATIONS IN EITHER ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS OR
[4:48:30] RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THOSE AMENDMENTS.
[4:48:33] AND THAT'S THOSE ARE REMINISCENT TO THE IECC.
[4:48:38] I GUESS JUST AGAIN I'M NOT AGAIN ALSO IN THE FALL FAVOR OF
[4:48:41] ALL THESE BUILDING CODES BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS FULL
[4:48:45] PROCESS HAS BEEN ABOUT A COMBINATION OF THE BUILDING
[4:48:48] CODES AND IECC HAS DEEPLY INVOLVED ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONS
[4:48:52] THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THEN IS NOT GETTING US THE
[4:48:56] ABILITY TO VOTE ON THAT COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION.
[4:49:04] THE CDC'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT ABOUT THE GENERAL BUILDING
[4:49:08] CODE, THEY ARE ABOUT THE IECC AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING ON THE
[4:49:16] TABLE FOR US TO CONSIDER AND AS WE'VE HEARD WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
[4:49:20] CONSIDER UNTIL 2027. SO I FIND HOW THIS PROCESS HAS
[4:49:24] FUNCTIONED A LITTLE CONCERNING.
[4:49:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
[4:49:35] SORRY.
[4:49:36] >> I'M THINKING ABOUT MY COMMENTS BECAUSE YOUR COMMENTS
[4:49:39] CHANGED SOME OF MY PERCEPTION. I AGREE, I WISH WE HAD THOSE
[4:49:46] DOCUMENTS AT HAND PARTICULARLY. I'M THRILLED THAT THESE CODES
[4:49:56] ARE IN FRONT OF US TO ACCEPT NOW.
[4:49:58] IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME AND IT'S BEEN A NEED FOR A LONG
[4:50:02] TIME. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WORKING ON
[4:50:14] ADDING WHAT WAS IT, ARTISAN INDUSTRY TO OUR ZONING CODES
[4:50:17] AND WONDERING HOW WE WOULD MANAGE A MICRO DISTILLERY WITH
[4:50:20] FIRE CODES. AND HOW THAT WOULD BE HANDLED.
[4:50:24] SO I'M GLAD TO SEE WE HAVE NOW ADOPTED THE BUILDING CODES THAT
[4:50:28] ANTICIPATE THOSE NEEDS. THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
[4:50:36] I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT AS A FULL PACKAGE.
[4:50:44] I'D AT LEAST LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO READING THE FULL
[4:50:47] PACKAGE AND CONSIDERING ALL OF IT TOGETHER.
[4:50:56] >>Council Member Peters: I THINK AS THE HOUR GETS LATE AND
[4:51:07] AFTER OUR LAST MEETING I WAS OKAY AND I JUST HAD THE
[4:51:10] ADVANTAGE OF TALKING TO CLIENTS WHEN I WAS GOING TO TALK TO
[4:51:13] SOME OF OUR ENVIRONMENTALISTS ABOUT THIS CODE TO DISCOVER WE
[4:51:16] WERE NOT GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS
[4:51:25] IMPORTANT ENOUGH AND THERE'S ENOUGH CONTROVERSY AND WANTED
[4:51:28] TO PULL IT OUT AND HAVE IT AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND I
[4:51:32] REMEMBER ASKING WHAT MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IT
[4:51:35] OFF FOREVER SO I WAS, YOU KNOW. I'M SORRY?
[4:51:43] AND I'M NOT SPEAKING LOUDLY? I WAS PLEASED THEY HAD A TIME
[4:51:53] SCHEDULED SO THAT IT WASN'T JUST IN THE FUTURE.
[4:51:55] I AM SORRY SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T HEAR IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
[4:51:59] DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER. BUT I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THESE
[4:52:04] CODES AND HAPPY TO HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE THIS WILL BE AT LEAST
[4:52:08] THIS LONG OF A MEETING IF NOT LONGER JUST ON THOSE ENERGY
[4:52:13] CODES.I APPRECIATE THE FACT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THIS WOULD
[4:52:17] BE A PROBLEM.AND PULL IT OUT. >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA.
[4:52:21] >>Council Member Hartman: I'D LIKE TO SAY I THINK WE SHOULD
[4:52:24] BE DOING THIS FASTER, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO
[4:52:28] REVIEW ALL THAT BUT 18 MONTHS PLUS WAITING FOR 90, 60 DAYS
[4:52:33] AFTER REDUCTION, IF THAT ATTITUDE WE ARE ALMOST AT THE
[4:52:36] NEXT DATE OF ADOPTION. I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE US
[4:52:47] REVIEWING THOSE CODES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NOT ONLY THE
[4:52:50] REPORT ON THE 21ST BUT LIKE LET'S MAKE A DECISION ON THE
[4:52:58] 21ST. I DON'T WANT US TO HAVE TO
[4:53:00] REVIEW A CODE THEN COME BACK AND HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION
[4:53:05] LATER. I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS
[4:53:08] STUFF A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
[4:53:10] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, SHARON.
[4:53:12] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE PLAN FOR THE IECC IS NOT A
[4:53:19] PLAN FOR ADOPTION, IS NOT EVEN A PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION, IT'S
[4:53:22] A PLAN TO GET A REPORT AND IT WILL TELL US THE SAME THING THE
[4:53:28] REPORT TONIGHT DID WHICH WAS THE CEC RECOMMENDED ADOPTION
[4:53:32] WITH AMENDMENTS AND THE BCCC INITIALLY WANTED TO DO
[4:53:35] AMENDMENTS OF ADOPTION AND CHANGED THEIR MIND.I AM NOT
[4:53:41] INTERESTED IN PARTIAL ADOPTION. EITHER WE TRUST THE IECC WITH
[4:53:45] AMENDMENTS OR WE DON'T. AND IF WE DO TRUST THEM THEN WE
[4:53:57] NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US AT MOM ONCE BECAUSE
[4:54:00] IT WAS BUILT AS A PACKAGE BY AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF EXPERTS
[4:54:03] AND REVIEWED BY OUR FOLKS. AND I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD
[4:54:07] IDEA TO ADOPT A PARTIAL PACKAGE WITH POTENTIAL FUTURE ADOPTION
[4:54:13] OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHILE ASKING OUR BUILDING
[4:54:16] COMMUNITY TO THROW TOGETHER THINGS ON A SHORT TIMEFRAME.
[4:54:19] I GET THE OCTOBER 1 CYCLE START DATE.
[4:54:23] I WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AND I THINK WOULD
[4:54:28] SUGGEST THAT ON THE 21ST WE HAVE A FULL PACKAGE IN FRONT OF
[4:54:37] US AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WANT TO ADOPT.
[4:54:39] I DON'T WANT TO PARTIALLY ADOPT THE IECC'S RECOMMENDATION,
[4:54:44] THAT'S WHERE I AM NOT.
[4:54:46] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTION WHERE THE ORIGINAL
[4:54:51] RECOMMENDATION FOR AMENDMENTS FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
[4:54:54] CODES COMMISSION. WERE THOSE AT A STAGE THEY
[4:55:01] COULD BE PROVIDED AT THE 21ST.
[4:55:06] >> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND THEM AFTER THIS MEETING.
[4:55:10] THERE IS NO REASON TO NOT PROVIDE THOSE.
[4:55:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THOSE WOULD BE AS POTENTIAL TO BE AS
[4:55:18] INCLUDED AS INTRO AND THE FIRST READ AT THE NEXT MEETING OR
[4:55:23] JUST IN ORDINANCE FORM OR AN ATTACHMENT AT THE 21ST MEETING.
[4:55:28] >> IF COUNSEL DIRECTS US WE WILL BRING IT FORTH IN THE
[4:55:32] MORNING.
[4:55:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THAT WAS THERE CLARIFICATION ON THAT,
[4:55:42] COMMENTS, VALERIE.
[4:55:45] >>Council Member Carroll: QUESTION, WE ADOPTED 2018 LAST.
[4:55:49] HOW LONG WAS THAT IN WITH YOU? DOES ANYONE KNOW?
[4:55:58] >> I WOULD SAY THIS REVIEW CYCLE DID TAKE LONGER THAN
[4:56:02] TYPICAL. FROM MY CONVERSATIONS HERE I
[4:56:05] THINK THERE WAS A TRANSITIONAL LEADERSHIP WHICH DELAYED IT SO
[4:56:10] WHEN I STARTED WE RESTARTED THAT PROCESS TO GET IT BACK IN
[4:56:15] FRONT OF COUNSEL.
[4:56:23] >>Council Member Carroll: IS THIS SIMILAR TO 2019, I'M NOT
[4:56:26] ASKING WHY IS THIS SO SLOW, I'M ASKING HOW LONG WAS IT IN
[4:56:29] REVIEW BEFORE ADOPTION. PART OF THAT HELPS ME GAUGE HOW
[4:56:32] LONG ARE BUILDING PROFESSIONALS HAD TO HAVE THESE CODES
[4:56:40] AVAILABLE TO THEM WITH THE EXPECTATION SOME FORM OF THEM
[4:56:44] WOULD COME FORWARD.
[4:56:46] >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE 2018 ADOPTION AND REVIEW CYCLE
[4:56:51] WAS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR FROM THE DIRECTIVE FROM CITY
[4:57:04] COUNCIL. TO THE CODE ADOPTION BEING
[4:57:06] PROPOSED ON THE FLOOR FOR ADOPTION.THE 2015 THROUGH THE
[4:57:09] 2018 ENERGY CODE ADD MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN IT, VERY SMALL
[4:57:14] ADJUSTMENTS. AND THE 2018 THROUGH THE 2024
[4:57:16] CODE CYCLE DOUBLED THE BOOK IN SIZE HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IN
[4:57:31] IT. WE STARTED THE REVIEW IN
[4:57:32] OCTOBER 24. WE GOT THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND
[4:57:35] OF ENERGY CODE IN ABOUT A YEAR. AND AS WE WERE PREPARING
[4:57:39] EVERYTHING FOR COMING BEFORE COUNSEL WITH IT, WE DISCOVERED
[4:57:43] AND UNCOVERED ADDITIONAL FACTORS AND ADDITIONAL
[4:57:48] VARIABLES THAT OPENED UP THE 24 ENERGY CODE FOR A SECOND ROUND
[4:57:51] OF THE LOOK TERRIFIC AND THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP INCREASING THAT
[4:57:55] TIME OF REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS UNCOVERED
[4:57:58] AT THAT SECOND ROUND REVIEW ON BOTH DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE THAT
[4:58:05] WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USING IT OUT IN THE FIELD AS WELL AS
[4:58:15] INTERNALLY.
[4:58:16] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: BLAME THE WHOLE PACKAGE BECAUSE
[4:58:19] THERE WERE QUESTIONS ON IECC?
[4:58:22] >> A YEAR AGO YES, WE DID DELAY THIS PACKAGE BECAUSE WE WERE
[4:58:26] TRYING TO DIVE INTO THE IECC DEEPER.
[4:58:32] >> FOR MY OWN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL TO WAIT UNTIL WE CAN
[4:58:35] ACCEPT EVERYTHING. I SEE THE POINT AND I SEE WHY
[4:58:38] YOU WOULD WANT TO DO THAT. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THAT
[4:58:46] BECAUSE BETWEEN 2018 AND DIFFERING 2021, AND HAVING THIS
[4:58:53] DELAYED FOR ONE PART OF IT I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH THAT WE
[4:58:57] WANT TO HAVE IN PLACE REGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHER
[4:59:03] QUESTIONS ARE. AND I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS
[4:59:07] ACCEPTING THESE TO PREVENT FURTHER DELAY.
[4:59:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS AND ONE OF THE
[4:59:31] THINGS I'M HEARING IS I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT TO COME
[4:59:34] FORWARD IN THE 21ST IN ORDINANCE FORM AS AMENDED BY
[4:59:37] THE BUILDING CODES COMMISSION WITH MAYBE A VERY DETAILED MEMO
[4:59:40] IN LINE WITH IT HAS THE ADDITIONAL ASPECTS THAT COME TO
[4:59:44] IT AND IF STAFF HAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
[4:59:47] RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
[4:59:50] I'M SAYING THAT NOW FOR ANY COUNSEL COMMENTS SO MANY
[4:59:53] COUNSEL COMMENTS BEFORE I MAKE THAT MOTION.
[4:59:55] I MAKE A MOTION FOR SEPTEMBER 21 TWO COME BACK TO COUNSEL
[4:59:59] SOAP INTERN FIRST READ THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CODES
[5:00:03] COMMISSION AS AMENDED RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2024
[5:00:11] IPCC WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO IF POSSIBLE RIPPED SUPPLEMENTAL
[5:00:14] MEMO WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE
[5:00:17] SUPPLEMENTAL, DOESN'T NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE
[5:00:20] INTRODUCTION, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE.
[5:00:21] I KNOW I JUST ASKED YOU FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WANT
[5:00:25] TO GIVE YOU THE TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER FOR THE 21ST MEETING
[5:00:29] RED I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, IS THERE A SECOND.
[5:00:32] >> I SECOND THE MOTION FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD
[5:00:35] SEPTEMBER 21.
[5:00:36] >> SO INTRO.THE FIRST ONE. BUT SECOND READ.
[5:00:39] AT SEPTEMBER 21 TO BE VOTED ON. ANY DISCUSSION ON MOTION,
[5:00:44] DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
[5:00:48] >> ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO.
[5:00:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU CAN ASK FOR THAT ALSO AND WE CAN
[5:00:57] CONTINUE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
[5:01:00] >> JUST SOMETHING WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW BUT I'D LIKE
[5:01:07] TO KNOW IN THE FUTURE YOU MENTIONED THE NEW FACTORS THAT
[5:01:10] LED TO THAT SECOND. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
[5:01:15] THOSE WORK, WHEREIN THE CONVERSATION THEY CAME UP AND
[5:01:18] WHY THEY HADN'T BEEN SEEN EARLIER.
[5:01:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, SEEING NONE VOTING
[5:01:28] ON A MOTION FOR REQUESTING THE IECC 2024 TWO COME ON, EARL
[5:01:34] YOU'RE THE LAWYER COMING DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE, SECOND BY
[5:01:39] SHARON. IT'S NEVER GOOD WHEN A LAWYER
[5:01:42] BRINGS THE MICROPHONE DOWN. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON THE
[5:01:50] MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5:01:52] ANY OPPOSED? THAT'S THAT.
[5:01:57] ON TO THAT BEFORE I CAN HAVE SHEILA CALL ROLE.
[5:02:06] >> INTRODUCTION ON THE SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING THAT WOULD
[5:02:09] INCLUDE THE ORDINANCE. SO AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS
[5:02:17] REVIEWED WITH AMENDMENTS BY BCCC, THAT VERSION WAS NOT
[5:02:21] APPROVED BY THE WHOLE BCCC. THAT ORDINANCE WOULD BE ON
[5:02:28] SEPTEMBER 8 FOR CONSIDERATION WITH POTENTIAL APPROVAL ON
[5:02:31] SEPTEMBER 21 AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO WHICH WE HAVE
[5:02:34] ALREADY DISCUSSED COULD BE I THINK ATTACHED TO THE SEPTEMBER
[5:02:40] 21 MEETING AS WELL.
[5:02:51] >>Mayor Buffaloe: IN CASE WE WANTED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL
[5:02:54] AMENDMENTS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS LIKE
[5:02:57] YOU BROUGHT UP THE RENEWAL ENERGY IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
[5:03:01] OF IT.
[5:03:02] >> ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS I DON'T THINK, WE WILL GO AHEAD
[5:03:05] AND HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA AND IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO SEE IT
[5:03:09] EARLIER WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
[5:03:11] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON BILLS
[5:03:14] 210 THROUGH 218 - 26, IF NOT I WILL HAVE SHARON CALL ROLE ON
[5:03:18] THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
[5:03:24] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[5:03:25] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:03:27] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:03:31] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:03:32] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:03:35] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:03:41] >> COUNSEL BUILD TO 11 - 26. >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[5:03:44] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:03:46] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:03:50] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:03:52] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:03:54] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:03:55] >> COUNSEL BUILD TO 12 - 26.
[5:03:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[5:04:00] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:04:02] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.
[5:04:04] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:04:06] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:04:08] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:04:10] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:04:11] >> COUNSEL BUILD 213 - 26.
[5:04:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[5:04:15] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:04:17] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.
[5:04:19] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:04:21] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:04:23] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:04:25] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:04:26] >> COUNSEL BUILD 214 - 26.
[5:04:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[5:04:30] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:04:32] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.
[5:04:34] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:04:36] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:04:38] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:04:40] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:04:41] >> COUNSEL BUILD 215 - 26.
[5:04:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[5:04:45] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:04:47] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.
[5:04:49] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:04:51] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:04:53] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:04:55] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:04:56] >> COUNSEL BILL 216 - 26.
[5:04:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[5:05:00] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:05:02] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.
[5:05:04] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:05:06] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:05:08] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:05:10] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:05:11] >> COUNSEL BILL 216 - 26.
[5:05:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[5:05:15] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:05:17] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.
[5:05:19] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:05:21] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:05:23] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:05:25] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:05:26] >> COUNSEL BUILD 218 - 26.
[5:05:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: FOR THE FINAL TIME YES.
[5:05:31] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:05:33] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.
[5:05:35] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:05:37] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:05:39] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:05:41] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:05:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON, APPRECIATE YOU ALL.MOVING ON,
[5:05:46] SHEILA WILL YOU READ BILL 219 - 26.
[5:05:57] >> COUNSEL BUILD TO 19 - 26 AMENDED ORDINANCE NUMBER 62509
[5:06:00] BY REVISING A POWER COST ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE WITH
[5:06:03] METERED ELECTRIC SERVICE AND FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE
[5:06:07] SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND READ.
[5:06:09] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT?
[5:06:13] >> ERIN KEYS UTILITIES DIRECTOR .
[5:06:22] COUNCIL APPROVED THE CURRENT PROCEDURE IN 2023 AND
[5:06:25] ASSOCIATION WITH THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY PERFORMED AT THAT
[5:06:29] TIME. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING COUNSEL
[5:06:31] ELECTED TO CAP THE RECOVERY RATE AT 15% OF THE TIER 1
[5:06:34] RESIDENTIAL RATE. AND JUST AS A REMINDER ACTUAL
[5:06:39] COSTS OF POWER SUPPLY CAN SWING FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THE PCA,
[5:06:44] POWER COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM THE UTILITY USES TO ADJUST
[5:06:48] REVENUE COLLECTION TO AVOID ANY LARGE ANNUAL DEFICITS OR
[5:06:52] SURPLUSES DUE TO CHANGES IN THE ENERGY MARKET.
[5:06:56] SO IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THERE'S BEEN INCREASING
[5:07:01] UNRECOVERED COSTS AND POWER PURCHASE.
[5:07:12] FOR EXAMPLE IN FY 24 THERE WAS WITH THE CAP THERE WAS ABOUT 3
[5:07:16] AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT DID NOT GET RECOVERED.
[5:07:19] IN 2025 THAT UNRECOVERED AMOUNT INCREASED TO 10 MILLION AND AS
[5:07:22] OF JULY THIS YEAR WE ARE ALREADY UP TO 16.8 BILLION.
[5:07:35] THOSE ARE POWER COSTS DUE TO OUR POWER SUPPLY WE HAVE NOT
[5:07:38] YET RECOVERED SO THAT MEANS IT COMES OUT OF OUR CASH RESERVES
[5:07:42] AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS THAT IMPACTS ARE FORECAST FOR
[5:07:45] THE FUTURE OF AND IT IMPACTS THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE
[5:07:49] ABLE TO DO.IF WE ARE HAVING TO DIP INTO OUR CASH RESERVES
[5:07:52] TO COVER THOSE ENERGY COSTS. SO WATER AND LIGHT ADVISORY
[5:07:55] BOARD WERE LOOKING AT HIS QUARTERLY AND IN THE LAST YEAR
[5:08:04] AND AND A HALF THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT MONTHLY BECAUSE
[5:08:07] THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED WE ARE NOT RECOVERING OUR COSTS DUE TO
[5:08:11] INCREASED POWER SUPPLY. SO THEY LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD
[5:08:14] LOOK LIKE IF THERE WAS NO CAP, IF THERE WAS A 17 AND A HALF%
[5:08:18] CAP, A 20%, 25% AND THEY WERE TRYING TO BALANCE OUR FISCAL
[5:08:23] NEEDS WITH CUSTOMER IMPACT. THEY RECOMMENDED INCREASING THE
[5:08:27] CAP FROM 15% TO THE 20% OF RESIDENTIAL TIER 1 FOR AN
[5:08:40] ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $6.1 MILLION IN FY 27 AND
[5:08:43] REDUCE OUR ANNUAL TRUE UP.SO AGAIN THIS COST, APPROVING,
[5:08:47] WELL THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL BILL CALCULATOR ON THE CITY'S
[5:08:51] WEBSITE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN PUT IN THEIR ACCOUNT NUMBER AND SEE
[5:08:56] WHAT THE DIFFERENCES FOR ALL THE GREAT CHANGES THAT HAVE,
[5:09:00] THE ONES YOU'VE APPROVED AND THIS PCA WOULD LOOK LIKE.
[5:09:08] SO APPROVING THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT WOULD UPDATE THE POWER
[5:09:12] COST ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE TO INCREASE THE CAP FROM 15% OF
[5:09:19] THE TIER 1 RESIDENTIAL RATE TO 20% OF THE TIER 1 RESIDENTIAL
[5:09:22] RATE. AGAIN OUR PLAN IS IN FY 27 THE
[5:09:27] COST OF SERVICE STUDY WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE
[5:09:29] PROCEDURE. IT WILL UPDATE THE BASE RATE
[5:09:31] THE PROCEDURE IS BASED ON AND UPDATE THAT PCA RATE BASED ON
[5:09:37] OUR EXPERIENCE OVER THESE PAST THREE YEARS.
[5:09:45] MANY OTHER MISSOURI UTILITIES DO HAVE A PCA.
[5:09:48] EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF IMPLEMENTING IT.
[5:09:51] WE ARE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. BUT AGAIN THIS IS A MECHANISM
[5:09:58] TO RECOVER SOME OF THE INCREASED COSTS WE'VE BEEN
[5:10:01] SEEING IN POWER SUPPLY. IT'S IMPLEMENTED UNIFORMLY OVER
[5:10:06] ALL THE CUSTOMERS. WE ARE JUST USING THE
[5:10:12] RESIDENTIAL TIER 1 RATE AS A MECHANISM TO IMPLEMENT THAT BUT
[5:10:19] IF WE CHOSE TO UPDATE IT WITH THE COST OF SERVICE WE COULD
[5:10:23] LOOK AT OTHER MECHANISMS FOR DOING, FOR OUR CURRENT
[5:10:28] PROCEDURE. WITH THAT I'M WILLING TO
[5:10:30] ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[5:10:32] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS.
[5:10:41] AT THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT IMPACT TO OUR INDUSTRIAL
[5:10:45] CUSTOMERS AND WE'VE RECEIVED QUESTIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT
[5:10:48] LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT IT'S PROCEDURE IS BASED ON
[5:11:02] RESIDENTIAL RATES AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO
[5:11:05] APPLY THAT 20% ACROSS ALL THE RATES, LIKE WHAT IMPACT THAT
[5:11:09] WOULD HAVE TOWARDS REDUCING. HAS STAFF EVALUATED THE IMPACT
[5:11:12] TO LARGE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS.
[5:11:17] >> WHEN WE TOOK THIS TO WATER AND LIGHT ADVISORY BOARD AND
[5:11:20] LOOKED AT PERCENTAGES ON INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS WAS PART
[5:11:24] OF THE EQUATION. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY
[5:11:26] DIDN'T GO WITH NO CAP OR A 25%. THEY JUST WENT UP 5% TO TRY TO
[5:11:32] MINIMIZE THAT BUT ALSO TO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER MORE OF THE
[5:11:35] FUNDS NEEDED TO PAY FOR OUR POWER SUPPLY COSTS.
[5:11:39] STAFF TODAY WE DID LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE
[5:11:45] TO DO SOME DIFFERENT MECHANISMS BESIDES TIER 1 BUT REALLY I
[5:11:57] THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING CONFUSED THAT TIER 1 AS
[5:12:00] RESIDENTIAL RATE, THAT'S JUST A MECHANISM WE ARE USING.
[5:12:02] IF WE WERE TO USE EACH CUSTOMERS FOR LACK OF A BETTER
[5:12:09] TERM TIER 1 RATE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER THE $6
[5:12:17] MILLION WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR FORECAST AS WE'VE
[5:12:23] PROPOSED EARLIER TO YOU IN JULY.
[5:12:28] BECAUSE THE MILLION DOLLARS WE WOULDN'T RECOVER, THOSE
[5:12:32] COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. SO THE QUESTION YOU'D ASKED
[5:12:40] EARLIER TODAY, BUT OUR BREAKOUT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL RATE,
[5:12:44] BETWEEN COMMERCIAL REVENUE AND RESIDENTIAL AND 63% OF OUR
[5:12:47] REVENUE, IS THAT RIGHT? COMES FROM COMMERCIAL AND THE
[5:12:56] REMAINDER COMES FROM RESIDENTIAL SO IT'S A BIG
[5:12:58] IMPACT IF WE CHANGED THE PROCEDURE TO BE THOSE TEARS.
[5:13:05] >>Mayor Buffaloe: TO CLARIFY THEN, WE ARE RECOVERING ENERGY
[5:13:11] USED SO THIS IS THEIR ENERGY USED.
[5:13:23] IT IS AFFECTING ALL OF US OBVIOUSLY BUT IT IS ALSO YOU
[5:13:26] PAY MORE BECAUSE YOU USED MORE, IS THAT CORRECT.
[5:13:29] >> THAT IS CORRECT. ON THEIR REGULAR RATES THE
[5:13:32] LARGE GENERAL SERVICE AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS THEY HAVE
[5:13:35] A DEMAND CHARGE SO THEIR REGULAR RATE IS LOWER.
[5:13:39] THAT'S WHERE THEY SEE THEIR DISCOUNT IS IN THEIR NORMAL
[5:13:51] RATE. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO RECOVER
[5:13:53] IN THE PCA AGAIN IS JUST THAT ENERGY USE, IT'S NOT ALL THE
[5:13:56] OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES WE ARE TRYING TO
[5:14:01] RECOVER.
[5:14:01] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, CHRISTINA.
[5:14:06] >>Council Member Hartman: SO YOUR PEAK USAGE TIME IS SUMMER,
[5:14:09] WINTER, FALL.
[5:14:10] >> WE ARE A SUMMER PEEKING UTILITY.
[5:14:13] >>Council Member Hartman: IF WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE RECOUPING
[5:14:18] COSTS, IF SUMMER IS THE PEAK WHY DID WE WAIT UNTIL ALMOST
[5:14:21] FALL TO DO ADJUSTMENTS.
[5:14:33] >> I THOUGHT IT BEST TO BRING IT AT THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE
[5:14:36] BRINGING RATES AND TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
[5:14:39] >>Council Member Hartman: I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LIKE
[5:14:44] WHAT ALTERNATIVES DO WE HAVE INSTEAD OF RELYING SO HEAVILY
[5:14:47] ON CONTRACTS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL
[5:14:50] CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS BUT IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO
[5:14:53] WHERE WE CAN EITHER PRODUCE MORE OF OUR OWN RATHER THAN
[5:15:02] RELYING ON THESE CONTRACTS THAT REQUIRE THAT ADDITIONAL
[5:15:06] UNPREDICTABILITY RATE.
[5:15:15] >> OUR CONTRACTS ARE ONE PORTION OF OUR POWER SUPPLY
[5:15:17] COSTS.THE ACTUAL ENERGY USED WE ARE PAYING MARKET RATES FOR
[5:15:21] THAT. AND IT'S CALLED THE LOCATIONAL
[5:15:25] MARGINAL PRICE, LLP'S. THOSE ARE ALL BASED ON THE
[5:15:28] MARKET AND EVERYBODY PAYS THOSE.
[5:15:32] SO THIS IS WHERE WE GET COMPLEX IN ELECTRICITY BUT THE L MPS
[5:15:40] HAVE BEEN GOING UP CONSIDERABLY YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
[5:15:46] OUR CONTRACT PRICES HELP KEEP OUR ENERGY PRICES LOWER BUT THE
[5:15:51] L MPS GOING UP STILL IMPACT OUR OVERALL ENERGY POWER SUPPLY
[5:15:55] PURCHASE.
[5:15:57] >>Council Member Hartman: SO ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN DO TO
[5:16:00] OFFSET THAT? BESIDES JUST INCREASING THAT
[5:16:09] PERCENTAGE.
[5:16:10] >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT WITH THE LMP PRICES
[5:16:14] GOING UP, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO.
[5:16:21] >> ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND I THINK SOMETHING
[5:16:29] TO CLARIFY HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE LMP COSTS WHERE WERE
[5:16:43] GETTING OUR ENERGY FROM IN OUR OWN FACILITIES IS INDEPENDENT
[5:16:46] AND ALMOST A SEPARATE PROJECT SO LET'S SAY WE NEED 200 MW.
[5:16:50] WE HAVE A CONTRACT WHERE WE RECEIVE THEM FROM EXCELLENT
[5:16:53] SOURCES, IF THE COST OF THE ENTIRE MARKET AS A CERTAIN
[5:16:56] PRICE COST IS SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY
[5:16:59] ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE WE DO PURCHASE OR ENERGY FOR ALL
[5:17:02] USAGE, NO MATTER WHERE WE GENERATE OUR OWN POWER FROM.
[5:17:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
[5:17:08] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. SEEING NONE WOULD ANYONE FROM
[5:17:14] THE PUBLIC WHICH TO SPEAK ON BILL 219 - 26.
[5:17:20] WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL COMMENTS, CAN YOU REMIND US THE
[5:17:24] TIMELINE WITH THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY AND WHEN WE CAN
[5:17:27] EXPECT UPDATES.
[5:17:32] >> WE WILL CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT EARLY IN OCTOBER
[5:17:36] HOPEFULLY IS OUR PLAN TO START WORKING ON THAT.
[5:17:42] THERE WILL BE AN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, THEY WILL COLLECT
[5:17:45] INFORMATION FROM STAFF AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOMETHING
[5:17:49] BACK IN THE EARLY PART OF 2027. SO THAT WHATEVER RATE INCREASES
[5:17:59] WE WOULD NEED TO DO WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE WITH THE
[5:18:01] BUDGET PROCESS FOR 2028.
[5:18:07] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, SHEILA WILL
[5:18:09] YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON BILL 219 - 26.
[5:18:13] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[5:18:14] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[5:18:16] >>Council Member Elwood: YES. >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[5:18:20] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[5:18:21] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[5:18:24] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[5:18:28] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL OLD BUSINESS ITEM OF
[5:18:31] THE EVENING, SHEILA WILL YOU READ BILL 220 - 26.
[5:18:45] >> ORDINANCE VACATING A PEDESTRIAN STREET TRAIL UTILITY
[5:18:48] AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT ADJACENT TO LOTS 227 TO 28 THROUGH 37
[5:18:52] AND 238 WITHIN THE FINAL PLAT OF OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH PLAT
[5:18:58] NUMBER ONE LOCATED EAST OF WALTON YOUTH DRIVE AND WEST OF
[5:19:01] ASHDOWN DRIVE DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO HAVE A COPY OF
[5:19:04] THIS ORDINANCE RECORDED ACCEPTING A GRANT OF EASEMENT
[5:19:07] OR UTILITY AND DRAINAGE PURPOSES FROM THE GAIL
[5:19:15] SERGEANT, JAMES AND DEBORAH PROBST NEW HAVEN CUSTOM HOMES
[5:19:18] LLC DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO HAVE THE CONVEYANCE REPORTED
[5:19:21] FIXING THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE SECOND
[5:19:26] READING.
[5:19:26] >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN
[5:19:29] EASEMENT VACATION UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND THE
[5:19:35] RERECORDING OF THE UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
[5:19:38] SO I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE
[5:19:41] LOCATION WISE, SO IT'S LOCATED REALLY ACROSS A RESIDENTIAL
[5:19:46] BLOCK. THIS IS OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH SO
[5:19:49] WE HAVE RICHLAND ROAD RUNNING ALONG THE TOP.
[5:19:53] NEAR OLD HAWTHORNE REGIONAL SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH JUST
[5:20:04] OFF THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT IS ROLLING HILLS ROAD.
[5:20:06] WE CAN KIND OF ZOOM IN ON THAT SITE SO THAT'S THE EASEMENT
[5:20:09] TONIGHT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR VACATION.
[5:20:12] IT REALLY THAT VACATION WITH THE REDEDICATION AFFECTS THE
[5:20:15] TRAIL EASEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED A SPECIFIC
[5:20:23] TRAIL/SIDEWALK TO BE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THESE FOUR
[5:20:26] RESIDENTIAL LOTS CONNECTING ASHDOWN.
[5:20:29] SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHY WE HAVE THAT HERE.
[5:20:32] SO WHEN THE OLD HAWTHORNE NORTH PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS APPROVED
[5:20:35] THIS SPECIFIC BLOCK RIPPED LOVELOCK REALLY BEING THE
[5:20:48] PORTION NORTH OF SOUTH YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN PRINT WE HAVE A
[5:20:52] REQUIREMENT IT CANNOT EXCEED 600 FEET IN LENGTH SO THAT'S A
[5:20:55] STRAIGHT CONNECTIVITY TYPE COMPONENT OF OUR SUBDIVISION.
[5:20:58] MEANT TO REALLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STREET SEGMENTS TO
[5:21:01] CONNECT SO WE DON'T HAVE EXTREMELY LONG BLOCKS AND IT
[5:21:05] ALLOWS FOR ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS FOR TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS WRIT IT
[5:21:09] INCREASES THE EFFICIENCY OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE TRAFFIC
[5:21:12] SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. SO MAXIMUM 600 FEET.
[5:21:17] THEY REQUESTED THE APPLICANT AT THE TIME REQUESTED TO EXCEED
[5:21:21] THAT UP TO 750 FEET SO AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED 50 FEET ON
[5:21:24] THAT PACIFIC BLOCK WRITTEN CONDITION APPROVED WITH THAT
[5:21:28] DESIGN ADJUSTMENT WAS THAT A MIDLIFE CROSS IF YOU WILL WAS
[5:21:31] APPROVED TO ALLOW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
[5:21:34] KIND OF MIDWAY THROUGH THAT NOW LONGER BLOCK THAN IS STANDARD
[5:21:39] TO ALLOW I THINK THAT CONTINUED KIND OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IF
[5:22:18] YOU WILL OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK
[5:22:22] AROUND THE ENTIRE BLOCK SO IT WAS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF
[5:22:25] THE UPPER BLOCK. THERE WERE TWO OTHER ONES IN
[5:22:28] THE SUBDIVISION.IT IS A I HESITATE TO SAY STANDARD BUT
[5:22:31] DEFINITELY A JEWEL WE HAVE USED ON A COUPLE SUBDIVISIONS NOW
[5:22:34] WHEN A REQUEST TO HAVE A LONGER BLOCK LENGTH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED
[5:22:37] BY AN APPLICANT. SO SOMETHING WE ARE SEEING MORE
[5:22:40] AND MORE OF READ THAT LEADS ME TO OUR NEXT CONVERSATION SO
[5:22:44] THIS IS REALLY MORE ZOOMED IN DETAILED LOOK OF WHERE THAT
[5:22:47] TRAIL WOULD HAVE GONE. IT IS NOT CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED
[5:22:50] SO TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS, THE AND
[5:22:54] WHY THE EASEMENT VACATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED.
[5:22:56] THE HOUSE TO THE NORTH OF THAT REDLINE LOT 227 A PERMIT WAS
[5:23:00] ISSUED FOR THAT SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE.
[5:23:03] THE HOUSE WAS ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTED, DIFFICULT FINAL
[5:23:07] STEP IN CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE PROCESS IS INSPECTION AND
[5:23:11] ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WHICH MEANS THAT THE
[5:23:15] STRUCTURE CAN BE OCCUPIED READ EVERYTHING'S COMPLETED, SOMEONE
[5:23:19] CAN MOVE IN. THE TRAIL WAS INTENDED TO BE
[5:23:21] CONSTRUCTED HIGHER TO THE FIRST CO ISSUANCE OF ALL FOUR HOWEVER
[5:23:24] THE CO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS PREMATURELY ISSUED BY THE
[5:23:28] DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AND THE HOUSE WAS
[5:23:32] SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD TO THE CURRENT OWNER.
[5:23:34] THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE BEGAN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS
[5:23:38] OWNER. I THINK IN THE LATE LAST YEAR
[5:23:40] IT WAS AS WE WENT TO ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE NEXT HOUSE TO
[5:23:43] THE SOUTH.IT WAS IDENTIFIED THE TRAIL WAS NOT COMPLETED AS
[5:23:46] IT SHOULD SO WE TOOK APPROPRIATE STEPS TO MAKE SURE
[5:23:49] IT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. AT THAT POINT WE RECEIVED
[5:23:54] COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOTH THOSE OWNERS WITH ADDITIONAL I THINK
[5:23:57] INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THAT REQUIREMENT
[5:24:00] BETWEEN THESE TWO OF STRUCTURES AND HOW IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT
[5:24:04] ON THEIR PROPERTIES AND ALSO WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THEIR
[5:24:07] HOUSES COULD DECREASE THE ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY SO
[5:24:10] WE DID WORK WITH THEM ON POTENTIAL STEPS TO REMOVE THAT
[5:24:14] REQUIREMENT IF THEY SO CHOSE TO SEEK THAT AND THEY DID SUBMIT
[5:24:17] THE APPLICATION WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT SO WHAT THEY'VE
[5:24:21] REQUESTED TO ALLEVIATE THE EXISTING IN THEIR VIEWPOINT
[5:24:27] EXISTING HARDSHIP ON THESE PROPERTIES IS TO VACATE THE
[5:24:30] TRAIL EASEMENT AND WE BE VACATING ALL EASEMENTS AND
[5:24:34] HAVING TO PUT BACK TO WHERE JUST VACATING THE TRAIL
[5:24:37] EASEMENT WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT TRAIL TO
[5:24:40] BE CONSTRUCTED. I JUST POINT OUT OBVIOUSLY THIS
[5:24:43] IS NOT A BEST CASE SCENARIO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE GO
[5:24:47] FORWARD IF THIS CONTINUES TO BE A STANDARD DESIGN ADJUSTMENT
[5:24:51] CONDITION IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO THAT IT'S
[5:24:54] STANDARDIZED. ONE OF THE ISSUES WE IDENTIFIED
[5:24:57] WAS REALLY AN AD HOC REQUIREMENT.
[5:24:59] WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS IN PLACE.
[5:25:03] THAT GUIDE REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AND WE WERE
[5:25:06] TRYING TO ENFORCE IT SIMILAR TO OTHER SITUATIONS.
[5:25:10] OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT SLIPPED BETWEEN THE CRACKS SO
[5:25:17] WE DON'T BELIEVE NECESSARILY THIS WOULD IMPACT LIFE SAFETY.
[5:25:29] AS I SAID THE PURPOSE OF THAT CROSS ACCESS WAS TO FIND THE
[5:25:32] ADDRESS LONGER BLOCK LENGTH AS A CONDITION OF ALLOWING THAT SO
[5:25:36] SORT OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ACCESS THROUGH THESE LOTS.I
[5:25:39] WOULD SAY THAT WE DID REVIEW HOW THIS DID OCCUR AND THE
[5:25:42] SITUATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO IT.
[5:25:49] WORKED WITH STAFF TRYING TO ADDRESS MEANINGFUL STEPS TO
[5:25:53] MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN SO WE'VE INITIATED
[5:25:56] ADDITIONAL CONTACT REQUIREMENTS ANYTIME WE HAVE A TRAIL
[5:25:59] EASEMENT LIKE THIS THAT'S NONSTANDARD MAKING SURE THE
[5:26:02] OWNER OR BUILDER IS WELL AWARE. SO THEN STAFF IS MAKING SURE
[5:26:06] EVERYONE ON BOARD UNDERSTAND THAT REQUIREMENT.
[5:26:09] WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE CHANGING HOW AND WHEN IT GETS
[5:26:12] CONSTRUCTED. RIGHT NOW WE VIEWED IT MORE
[5:26:14] LIKE A SIDEWALK ALONG WITH THE HOUSE AND MOVING FORWARD WE
[5:26:18] WILL LOOK AT MORE OF THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS SO
[5:26:22] IT'S CONSTRUCTED UPFRONT. THE RECOMMENDATION JUST SOME
[5:26:36] CONTEXT THESE ARE THE TWO HOMES THE TRAIL WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED,
[5:26:40] A 8 FOOT PATH BETWEEN THE HOMES AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LINE
[5:26:43] BETWEEN THE TWO HOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.
[5:26:46] IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE DIDN'T PUT FORTH A SPECIFIC
[5:26:49] RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD PROVIDE THAT THIS IS
[5:26:51] NOT REALLY A SITUATION WE APPRECIATE BEING IN.
[5:26:54] IT'S UNFORTUNATE. THIS PATHWAY DOES PROVIDE A
[5:26:58] PATHWAY FORWARD IF COUNSEL DETERMINES THE TRAIL EASEMENT
[5:27:07] IS NOT NECESSARY AND WOULD ALLEVIATE CONCERNS FROM THE
[5:27:10] PROPERTY OWNERS SO WITH THAT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[5:27:14] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR
[5:27:17] RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS TO CLARIFY A YES VOTE ON THIS
[5:27:20] ORDINANCE IS DOING THE ELIMINATION AND A NO VOTE IS
[5:27:23] UPHOLDING THE REQUIREMENT.
[5:27:25] >> I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT.
[5:27:30] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WANT TO CLARIFY SO SINCE BOTH ARE ON
[5:27:33] THEIR IT COULD BE CONFUSING SO QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL,
[5:27:37] VALERIE. >>Council Member Carroll: A
[5:27:39] LOT OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT VACATING THE
[5:27:43] EASEMENT FOR THE TRAIL. WE ARE ALSO VACATING UTILITY
[5:27:48] AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS.
[5:27:55] >> WE WOULD BE RE-DEDICATING THOSE TWO TO MAKE IT SIMPLER TO
[5:27:59] DEDICATE ALL THE EASEMENTS AND THE UTILITY.
[5:28:03] >>Council Member Carroll: MY OTHER QUESTION IS, HOW IS IT
[5:28:06] COMMUNICATED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND BUILDER THAT THERE
[5:28:10] WAS AN EASEMENT PRESENT AND A REQUIREMENT FOR A PEDESTRIAN
[5:28:19] PATH.
[5:28:19] >> MOST DIRECTLY THE REQUIREMENT IS LISTED ON THE
[5:28:22] PLOT PLAN SO WHEN SOMEONE TURNS IN A REQUIREMENT THEY HAVE TO
[5:28:35] MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THE TRAIL WAS REFLECTED SO
[5:28:38] THAT WAS ISSUED, THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED WITH THAT PLOT PLAN SO
[5:28:42] THEY ARE AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENT AND THAT
[5:28:45] REQUIREMENT IS ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AS WELL.
[5:28:48] >>Council Member Carroll: THE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS
[5:28:51] WORKING ON THIS, THEY WERE PRESENT AT THE HEARING?
[5:28:54] THE PLANNING AND ZONING HEARING WHEN WE GAVE THEM THE WAIVER
[5:28:58] FOR BLOCK LENGTH CONTINGENT ON.
[5:29:01] >> AT THAT TIME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEVELOPER.
[5:29:03] I THINK THEY ARE SEPARATE.
[5:29:09] >>Council Member Carroll: SO THAT INFORMATION ISN'T PASSED
[5:29:13] FORWARD.
[5:29:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, SHARON.
[5:29:33] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: THE BUILDER PULLED THE PLAT,
[5:29:36] THE PLAT SHOWED THE EASEMENTS, THE BUILDER HAD TO HAVE PULLED
[5:29:40] THE PLAT BEFORE HE BEGAN LAYING OUT WHERE THE HOUSE WOULD BE.
[5:29:44] CORRECT?
[5:29:44] >> I SUSPECT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE THE LOT DIMENSIONS.
[5:29:48] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I AM INCREDIBLY HESITANT TO
[5:29:55] REWARD A VIOLATION LIKE THIS. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW
[5:30:01] THIS ISN'T DOING THAT IN YOUR MIND OR IS THIS JUST SUCH A
[5:30:07] WEIRD, WE MESSED UP EXAMPLE THAT THERE'S NOT ANOTHER
[5:30:11] OPTION?
[5:30:12] >> THERE ARE CERTAINLY OPTIONS. I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THE TRAIL
[5:30:22] COULD NOT BE BUILT. IT COULD BE BUILT.
[5:30:24] I WOULD SUGGEST THOUGH THERE ARE CERTAINLY MISSTEPS MAYBE BY
[5:30:28] ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED. WE DISCUSSED SOME BY THE CITY,
[5:30:35] THE BUILDERS CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AWARE OF THIS
[5:30:44] REQUIREMENT AND THE OWNERS MAY HAVE ONE TO DO A LITTLE MORE
[5:30:47] DUE DILIGENCE BUT I HESITATE TO PUT BLAME ON ANYONE
[5:30:50] SPECIFICALLY. I'M FINE WITH OUR MISSTEPS AND
[5:30:52] LEAVE IT AT THAT.
[5:30:57] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO
[5:31:00] ACCEPT THE BLAME NECESSARILY OR BLAME ANYONE.
[5:31:07] I'M MERELY CONCERNED THIS IS SOMETHING PLANNING AND ZONING
[5:31:11] FECES A LOT WHERE PEOPLE WANT MUCH LARGER BLOCK LENGTH AND
[5:31:14] THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE WE ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS BLOCKING
[5:31:17] TRAIL AND WORD WILL GET OUT THAT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND BUILD
[5:31:21] OVER IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ANYMORE.
[5:31:25] I HEAR YOU SAYING THERE ARE PROCEDURES YOU ARE PUTTING IN
[5:31:29] PLACE. IS THAT WHERE WE ARE AT?
[5:31:41] >> WE WILL BE NOTIFYING ANYTIME WE HAVE AN APPLICATION COME IN
[5:31:45] FOR A PERMIT THAT HAS ONE OF THESE UNCOMMON TRAILS WE WILL
[5:31:48] BE REACHING OUT TO EVERYONE LISTED ON THAT PERMIT TO MAKE
[5:31:51] SURE THEY ARE ALL AWARE IT IS A REQUIREMENT.
[5:31:54] IN THE FUTURE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS WERE GOING TO MAKE
[5:31:57] IT A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER AND THIS GOES BACK TO
[5:32:02] THERE'S NO REAL SPECIFIC DIRECTION.
[5:32:04] THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES ARE REQUIRED TO BE BUILT BY A
[5:32:08] DEVELOPER, WE NEED SIDEWALKS AND FRONTAGE ON HOMES TO MEET
[5:32:11] THE BUILDER SO THIS FALLS IN BETWEEN THOSE.
[5:32:15] IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT ABLE TO BE ADDRESSED IF WE HAVE
[5:32:32] THEM ALL BUILT UP FRONT. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
[5:32:35] PERTAIN TO SUBDIVISIONS APPROVED ALREADY SO THAT'S
[5:32:38] WHERE THE NOTIFICATION WILL COME FROM.
[5:32:41] WE HAVE OTHER ONES SUCH AS LEGACY FARMS AS WELL SO WE ARE
[5:32:44] PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THIS WOULD
[5:32:47] BE A GREEN LIGHT TO ANYONE TO START BUILDING.
[5:32:50] WE ARE MORE AWARE IF WE SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING WE HAVE THE
[5:32:54] ABILITY TO ISSUE CEOS. WE HAVE THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO
[5:32:57] ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS.
[5:32:59] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: CAN WE TREAT IT LIKE A STREET
[5:33:02] TO REPLACE A STREET? THANK YOU.
[5:33:04] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, ANYONE
[5:33:08] HAVE ONE BEFORE VALERIE HAD ANOTHER.
[5:33:14] >>Council Member Carroll: WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP OVER TIME.
[5:33:19] THIS IS A SITUATION, NOT THIS SITUATION, THE SITUATION WHERE
[5:33:22] WE OFFER A PEDESTRIAN PATH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE BLOCK
[5:33:30] LENGTH AND KEEP PEDESTRIAN CONDUCTIVITY.
[5:33:35] AND PARTICULARLY I LIKE THAT AS A WIN-WIN.
[5:33:39] WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE'VE OFFERED IT A HANDFUL OF
[5:33:47] TIMES. AND BUILDERS HAVE CAUGHT ON TO
[5:33:49] THAT AND THEY'VE OFFERED IT IN PROPOSALS THEY'VE BROUGHT US
[5:33:53] AND WE'VE ACCEPTED THAT. AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT TO ME
[5:34:02] WHETHER IN OUR REVIEW OF THE CASE IS THIS ONE OF THE ONES
[5:34:06] THAT WE BROUGHT TO THEM, THAT WE SUGGESTED AS A REQUIREMENT
[5:34:18] IF YOU CAN DO THIS WE WILL APPROVE IT OR IS THIS ONE THEY
[5:34:21] SUGGESTED TO US IN THEIR PLAN THAT THEY WOULD DO IT?
[5:34:26] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, CLINT.
[5:34:35] >> I THINK STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT ALWAYS WORK A
[5:34:38] LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH CLARITY AND THE STANDARD WE'VE SET AS
[5:34:44] WE ARE ACCEPTABLE OF BLOCK LENGTHS THAT EXCEED 1600 UP TO
[5:34:47] A CERTAIN LENGTH AS LONG AS THERE'S A CROSS ACCESS
[5:34:54] EASEMENT. THAT'S A PREFERABLE STANDARD TO
[5:34:56] SET AS OPPOSED TO CASE-BY-CASE.
[5:34:59] >>Mayor Buffaloe: SHE'S ASKING FOR THIS SPECIFIC ONE, WAS THIS
[5:35:02] THAT RECOMMENDED OR DID A DEVELOPER PRESENT THIS?
[5:35:11] >> I DON'T KNOW IF I RECALL. THIS ONE I DON'T BELIEVE WAS
[5:35:14] STAFF RECOMMENDED. I DON'T THINK THESE BEGAN AS
[5:35:19] STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, IT CAME OUT OF A DESIGN ADJUSTMENT
[5:35:23] REQUEST THROUGH HEARINGS AND DISCUSSION WITH PUBLIC BODIES.
[5:35:27] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC.
[5:35:30] THE FIRST ONE I RECALL COMING TO US PLANNING AND ZONING
[5:35:35] SUGGESTED THIS, THE COMMISSIONER SUGGESTED THIS AND
[5:35:41] THE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL ACCEPTED THAT AND SAID WE CAN
[5:35:45] DO THAT AND IT WAS ACCEPTED WITH THAT.
[5:35:47] THEN IN SUBSEQUENT THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US THE
[5:35:52] DEVELOPERS SUGGESTED BUILDING A TRAIL.
[5:36:00] I DON'T THINK EITHER WAS STAFF SUGGESTING BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW
[5:36:04] WHETHER THE DEVELOPER OFFERED THIS OR WHETHER THE COMMISSION
[5:36:07] OFFERED THIS.
[5:36:11] >> THE INITIAL DESIGN ADJUSTMENT AND TRAIL EASEMENT,
[5:36:14] IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? I THINK WHEN THIS INITIALLY
[5:36:18] CAME THROUGH, GOING OFF MEMORY IT WAS A DESIGN ADJUSTMENT TO
[5:36:31] WEAVE THAT REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW A LONGER BLOCK AND THE TRAIL
[5:36:35] EASEMENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH
[5:36:38] PLANNING AND ZONING. WE FOUND A COUPLE OTHER
[5:36:41] SUBDIVISIONS SINCE THEN AND HAVE NOW LIKE YOU SAID I THINK
[5:36:44] HAVE TURNED MORE INTO WELL, THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE
[5:36:48] SO WE WILL SUGGEST IT ON THE FRONT END SPEAKING FROM A
[5:36:51] DEVELOPERS POINT OF VIEW.
[5:36:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
[5:37:02] ON BILL 220 - 26 PROPOSAL FOR THE EASEMENT VACATION.
[5:37:05] >>Public Speaker: KRISTA MARIE, AWARD 1. DID YOU LIVE ON WEST
[5:37:11] AND THEY WANT TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK CITY WILL MAKE THAT
[5:37:16] DECISION. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME TO A
[5:37:18] HEARING BUT IF THE DEMAND IS LOWER THAN THEIR IT IS.
[5:37:24] WHEN I WAS A KID IN COLUMBIA IN THE 90S I KNEW A LOT OF EMINENT
[5:37:28] DOMAIN ESPECIALLY AROUND I-70 AND THERE'S BEEN INDIVIDUALS
[5:37:37] WHO LOST THEIR LAND RECENTLY BECAUSE OF EXPANSION.
[5:37:40] WHEN WE THINK OF THIS THINK OF THE PRESIDENT YOU'RE SETTING IT
[5:37:44] WAS IMPORTANT, IS IT THE HOMEOWNERS FAULT?
[5:37:46] OF COURSE NOT BUT ALSO DUE DILIGENCE.
[5:37:48] I HAD NO THERE WERE WATER ISSUES IN THE HOUSE OR I DEAL
[5:37:51] WITH THE CONSEQUENCES, I STILL HAVE TO FIX MY LEAKY BASEMENT
[5:37:55] SO IS THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND POSSIBLE GROWTH
[5:38:01] OF THAT COMMUNITY AND TRAFFIC FLOW WORTH IT OR IS THIS
[5:38:11] SOMETHING WE END WAVE AND IT WAS NEVER SOMETHING IMPORTANT
[5:38:14] IN THE FIRST PLACE AND IN 10 YEARS THERE ARE NO MORE
[5:38:17] CROSSWALKS BECAUSE WHY BOTHER?
[5:38:19] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK
[5:38:23] ABOUT THE TRAIL EASEMENT.
[5:38:32] >>Public Speaker: MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR
[5:38:35] THE OPPORTUNITY, MY NAME IS JIM PROBST, I'M 80 YEARS OLD AND IN
[5:38:40] MARCH MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A HOME ON WILTON DRIVE AND LIKE
[5:38:44] MANY RETIREES WE DOWNSIZED FROM A LARGER HOME IN COLUMBIA.
[5:38:47] WE CHOSE THIS PROPERTY FOR THE PRIVACY AND QUIET SETTING WE
[5:38:51] BELIEVE IT OFFERED INTENDED TO MAKE THIS OUR FINAL HOME.
[5:38:54] IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY WE PUT
[5:39:02] IN AN AMOUNT OF MONEY. , THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
[5:39:17] EIGHT DAYS AFTER CLOSING WE LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM
[5:39:21] THE BUILDER'S REPRESENTATIVES A PUBLIC WALKWAY WAS PLANNED TO
[5:39:27] GO THROUGH OUR WALKWAY TO READ IT SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CITY
[5:39:31] WORKERS EXPLAINED THE WALKWAY WOULD RUN BETWEEN OUR HOME AND
[5:39:34] NEIGHBORS PROPERTY IN THE PAST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO OUR
[5:39:38] HOUSE AND BY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT I MEAN THE EASEMENT
[5:39:41] COMES WITHIN 1 FOOT OF MY HOUSE.
[5:39:43] TECHNICALLY I GUESS METER IS IN VIOLATION OF THE EASEMENT
[5:39:46] THAT'S HOW TIGHT IT IS. THIS EASEMENT WILL TAKE OUT A
[5:39:56] LARGE SECTION OF OUR NEW FENCE, TAKE OUT A LARGE SECTION OF OUR
[5:39:59] BACKYARD AND SPRINKLER SYSTEM. IT WILL CONTINUE RIGHT TO THE
[5:40:02] CENTER OF THE BACKYARD THAT REDLINE ON YOUR CHART I THINK
[5:40:06] IS THE CENTER OF THE EASEMENT, NOT THE TOTAL EASEMENT BECAUSE
[5:40:11] THAT EASEMENT SWINGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR BEDROOM AND
[5:40:15] BATHROOM WINDOWS, SOMETHING I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD WANT.
[5:40:18] IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE CENTER PART OF OUR BACKYARD AND
[5:40:21] EVENTUALLY EXIT RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF PRIVACY AND
[5:40:31] USE OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF OUR YARD.
[5:40:33] HAD WE KNOWN A PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WAS PLANNED
[5:40:36] WE WOULD NEVER, I MEAN NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS HOME.
[5:40:39] I BELIEVE MOST HOMEBUYERS WOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE PURCHASING A
[5:40:45] PROPERTY THAT HAD A PUBLIC WALKWAY IN THEIR BACKYARD SO
[5:40:48] CLOSE TO THEIR RESIDENCE. I JUST DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO
[5:40:55] DO IT. WHAT MAKES THIS SITUATION SO
[5:40:58] DIFFICULT FOR US IS THIS WALKWAY SHOULD HAVE NEVER
[5:41:00] EXISTED.WHEN WE VIEWED AND PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, WE'VE
[5:41:08] LEARNED UNDER THE APPROVED PLAT ASSOCIATED CITY ORDINANCE THIS
[5:41:12] WALKWAY WAS REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED BEFORE THE CITY ISSUE
[5:41:16] THAT ORDER OF OCCUPANCY ON OUR HOME.
[5:41:18] THAT DID NOT OCCUR. WE LATER LEARNED THE WOODEN
[5:41:20] FORMS TO POUR THAT WALKWAY REPLACED OVER A YEAR BEFORE WE
[5:41:24] BOUGHT THE HOUSE BUT THOSE FORMS WERE REMOVED AND IT WAS
[5:41:27] NEVER INSTALLED WRITTEN EITHER THE DEVELOPER BUILDER SELLER
[5:41:33] NOR THE CITY INFORMED US THERE WAS A PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT WHEN
[5:41:37] IT WAS REQUIRED. HAD THE WALKWAY THEN VISIBLE
[5:41:40] AND WE HAD BEEN FULLY INFORMED ABOUT THE DECISION WHETHER TO
[5:41:46] PURCHASE THE HOME I CAN ALMOST BELIEVE NO ONE WOULD HAVE
[5:42:03] WANTED TO BUY THAT HOUSE. I THINK I'M GETTING CLOSE TO MY
[5:42:06] ALLOTTED TIME AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY WIFE BECAUSE
[5:42:09] SHE USUALLY HAS THE LAST WORD ANYWAY.
[5:42:16] >>Public Speaker: MY NAME IS DEBORAH PROBST.
[5:42:22] I HAVE COCHLEAR IMPLANTS SO I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
[5:42:25] TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAY.
[5:42:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOUR MOUTH.
[5:42:39] >>Public Speaker: I THINK WELL, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO IMPRESS
[5:42:47] UPON THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T JUST THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
[5:42:51] THE EASEMENT BUT THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, THAT
[5:43:02] WALKWAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE THE HOUSE WAS EVER
[5:43:06] ALLOWED TO BE SOLD.I UNDERSTAND THAT MISTAKES CAN
[5:43:11] HAPPEN. HOWEVER, MY HUSBAND AND I
[5:43:13] PLAYED NO ROLE IN CREATING THIS SITUATION.
[5:43:15] WE RELIED ON THE REASONABLE ASSUMPTION THAT SENDS AMONG
[5:43:24] OTHER THINGS THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR
[5:43:27] ALMOST A YEAR, SO DID THE HOME WE PURCHASED WOULD HAVE BEEN
[5:43:31] FULLY DEVELOPED AND APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THE
[5:43:38] APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS. TODAY WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
[5:43:41] WOULD BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE EARLIER DECISIONS.
[5:43:44] AT OUR AGE WE ARE UNLIKELY TO ENJOY THIS HOME FOR DECADES TO
[5:43:51] COME. YET WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF
[5:43:53] LOSING OUR PRIVACY, LOSING THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTY AND
[5:43:57] SUFFERING A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN VALUE DESPITE
[5:44:00] HAVING PURCHASED A HOME IN GOOD FAITH AND INVESTED ADDITIONAL
[5:44:06] RESOURCES TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR OUR RETIREMENT.
[5:44:15] FOR THOSE REASONS MY HUSBAND AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE
[5:44:19] COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE VACATING THIS
[5:44:22] PEDESTRIAN EASE WAY. DOING SO WOULD PROVIDE A FAIR
[5:44:25] AND EQUITABLE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM WE DID NOT CREATE AND
[5:44:31] CANNOT SOLVE ON OUR OWN. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
[5:44:34] CONSIDERATION, YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR
[5:44:37] THOUGHTFUL ATTENTION TO OUR REQUEST.
[5:44:40] THANK YOU.
[5:44:42] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
[5:44:46] SPEAK?
[5:44:58] >>Public Speaker: DANNY PEREZ, I'VE BEEN A FAN OF PEDESTRIAN
[5:45:02] WALKWAYS BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE FEATURE A PLAN THAT
[5:45:12] WE DO HAVE BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE IN MIND AS WE
[5:45:15] ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THERE WAS A LOT OF
[5:45:19] MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE TRAIL AND I'M CURIOUS WHERE IS THE
[5:45:22] TRAIL SUPPOSED TO LEAD TO IN THE STREETS?
[5:45:24] JUST A CUT THROUGH? IS IT NECESSARY?
[5:45:27] IS IT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE A THING?
[5:45:29] IS IT JUST A CONVENIENCE OR IS IT CONNECTING, IF THIS IS ONE
[5:45:36] OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I LIKE PEDESTRIAN STUFF BUT THERE
[5:45:39] MIGHT NEED TO BE A PURPOSE AS TO WHAT IT'S DOING.
[5:45:44] I'M SURE IT'S FINE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST THERE SO I WAS
[5:45:47] CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
[5:45:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
[5:46:00] YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE. IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME SO
[5:46:10] WHOEVER IS TALKING TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
[5:46:13] >>Public Speaker: WE CURRENTLY LIVE AT 210 WALDEN HEATH DRIVE
[5:46:18] AT 102 28 GARLAND STREET.
[5:46:27] >>Public Speaker: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US OUR CHANCE TO
[5:46:30] SPEAK, WE FOUND ABOUT THE PEDWAY BECAUSE WE GOT TO THE
[5:46:37] BUILDER AND THEY GAVE US A CHOICE OF FIVE LOTS THAT RAN
[5:46:40] ALONG ASH DRIVE AND BECAUSE THAT'S THE FRONT DRIVE COMING
[5:46:48] INTO THE SUBDIVISION, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T
[5:46:52] HAVE PRIVACY FROM THE TRUCKS AND EVERYBODY COMING THROUGH.
[5:46:55] WHEN WE WERE DEBATING WHAT WE WERE DOING THEY BROUGHT US BACK
[5:46:59] THIS LAST LOT WITH THE CONTINGENCY THAT IT WAS A
[5:47:04] TRADITIONAL $10,000 OF THAT LOT BECAUSE THEY HAD IT FOR A YEAR
[5:47:07] AND IT WAS NOT SOLD SO THEY PAID THAT ADDITIONAL $10,000
[5:47:11] FOR THE PRIVACY TO BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS FINISHED
[5:47:14] AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT PRIVACY RUINED.
[5:47:21] ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT WE BOUGHT IT, STARTED BUILDING ON
[5:47:28] IT AND WHEN IT'S THREE QUARTERS DONE APPROXIMATELY MARCH 27 WE
[5:47:31] WERE INFORMED BY OUR PROJECT MANAGER ABOUT THE TRAIL
[5:47:34] EASEMENT. AT THIS MOMENT IT'S BECAUSE WE
[5:47:35] COULDN'T GET THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE OF THE EASEMENT SO THAT
[5:47:44] WAS WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.
[5:47:46] ALTHOUGH THE INCONVENIENCE FOR US IS MORE OF AN INCONVENIENCE
[5:47:50] THAT WE'RE LEAVING WITH YOU TO PLEASE WAIVE THIS NOT JUST FOR
[5:47:55] US FOR THE INCONVENIENCE OF EVERYBODY HAVING THIS IN THEIR
[5:48:04] BACKYARD AND IT'S UNFAIR. WE APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU FOR
[5:48:08] YOUR TIME.
[5:48:15] >>Public Speaker: TO PIGGYBACK WE WERE NEVER INFORMED ABOUT
[5:48:19] THIS, NO ONE INFORMED US ABOUT THIS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF
[5:48:23] BUILDING OUR HOME. THEY CAME AT THE END TO SAY WE
[5:48:25] NEED TO PUT THIS IN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS OUR
[5:48:28] FAULT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT BUT WE FEEL LIKE THE
[5:48:33] BUILDERS SHOULD HAVE INFORMED US ABOUT THIS.
[5:48:36] THE SECOND POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS IF THIS IS APPROVED TO GO IN
[5:48:49] DAY ONE WE LOSE $10,000 BECAUSE WE PAID $10,000 COMPARED TO
[5:48:52] OTHER LOTS. WE NOT ONLY LOSE $10,000, WE
[5:48:55] WILL LOSE ADDITIONAL MONEY WHEN WE START DEVELOPING THIS
[5:48:59] PROPERTY. WE NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT
[5:49:01] THIS. I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S THE
[5:49:03] CITY'S FAULT BUT WE FELT LIKE THE BUILDERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
[5:49:06] THERE TO INFORM US AND SHE DID MENTION WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS LOT
[5:49:10] THEY HAD A LOT OF OTHER HOMES IN A ROW BUT WE HAVE TO BELIEVE
[5:49:13] THEY KNEW ABOUT IT.
[5:49:17] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YOU ARE AT TIME, APPRECIATE IT.
[5:49:20] ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL 220 - 26.
[5:49:32] >>Public Speaker: DAVID LANE, 102 WALDEN HEATH AND I LIVE IN
[5:49:36] THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE MOVED TO TEXAS THREE MONTHS AGO, TO
[5:49:42] COLUMBIA FROM TEXAS FOR A MONTHS AGO AND WHAT WE LOVED
[5:49:45] ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ARE TWO HOUSES AWAY IS THE
[5:49:48] WALKING NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A GREAT WALKING
[5:49:53] NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT PATH BETWEEN TWO HOMES, OR
[5:49:58] REALLY BETWEEN 4 HOMES DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD.
[5:50:04] IT WAS JUST PUT THERE SO THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD MEET A
[5:50:13] REQUIREMENT. SO I CAN SEE WHY THEY WEREN'T
[5:50:15] TELLING ANYBODY ABOUT IT. NOBODY IS GOING TO USE IT
[5:50:21] EXCEPT MAYBE KIDS RIDING BIKES AND GUESS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
[5:50:25] DO, LOOK AT THAT MAP THEY'RE GOING TO SCREAM THROUGH THEIR
[5:50:29] T-BONE INTO A ROAD GRID IT MAKES NO SENSE.
[5:50:31] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[5:50:37] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL 220
[5:50:40] - 26.
[5:50:41] >>Public Speaker: MY TWO CENTS, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
[5:50:51] BUILDING IT INSTEAD OF FUNDING THE BUILDER, THAT SEEMS WAY
[5:50:56] MORE SENSIBLE INSTEAD OF TO PUNISH THEM FOR FLAGRANT
[5:51:05] DISREGARD.
[5:51:06] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK,
[5:51:10] SEEING NONE I WILL COME TO COUNSEL COMMENTS, JACKIE THIS
[5:51:14] IS YOUR WART.
[5:51:16] >>Council Member Sample: I WANTED TO LET COUNSEL KNOW I
[5:51:19] WAS INVITED BY THE OWNERS OUT TO THEIR HOME.
[5:51:24] AND THIS PICTURE DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE.
[5:51:26] THE AMOUNT OF YARD BEING TAKEN, IT'S LARGE AND THAT DOESN'T DO
[5:51:34] IT JUSTICE EITHER BUT I HAVE PICTURES ON MY CELL PHONE I
[5:51:37] TOOK BECAUSE I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE AMOUNT OF YARD THESE
[5:51:40] PEOPLE WOULD BE LOSING. SO IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE
[5:51:45] SITUATION THAT I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
[5:51:48] VACATE THIS.
[5:51:49] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE.
[5:51:53] >>Council Member Carroll: I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE
[5:52:05] REASON THE LAW LENGTH REQUIREMENT EXISTS.
[5:52:07] THE INTENTION OF THE SIDEWALK. HOW THE SIDEWALK IS NOT
[5:52:15] FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED BECAUSE OF WHERE THE HOUSES WERE PLACED
[5:52:18] AND THE PLANNING ON THE PLAT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW.
[5:52:25] I HAVE A LOT TO SAY. I AM SHOCKED TO HEAR THE
[5:52:33] TESTIMONY THAT WOULD INFORM TO PLACE THE SIDEWALK WHERE PLACED
[5:52:41] AND REMOVED THEN THE SIDEWALK WAS NEVER POURED.
[5:52:44] I WANT TO ADD SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE SHEILA HELPED ME LOOK
[5:52:53] UP THE COUNCIL HEARING FROM THIS, SEPTEMBER 2021.
[5:52:59] IT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNSEL, STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL
[5:53:06] BECAUSE OF THE BLOCK LENGTH WAS INCONSISTENT IT DID NOT HAVE
[5:53:11] THE SIDEWALK ON IT. IT WAS TABLED.
[5:53:20] IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS OFFERED BY THE DEVELOPER AND THEN CAME
[5:53:26] BACK IN OCTOBER 2021 WITH AN AMENDMENT SHEET.
[5:53:31] THAT COUNCIL VOTED ON. IT WAS NOT FLOATED FLIPPANTLY.
[5:53:40] IT WAS PLANNED AND TABLED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAT AND IT WAS
[5:53:47] MARKED ON THE PLAT. I DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF
[5:53:59] BEGINNING A COUNCIL ACTION WITH A VACATION.
[5:54:01] I DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF NEGATING PLANNING AND ZONING
[5:54:09] WITH A VACATION. I DO THINK THE CONSIDERATION OF
[5:54:17] BLOCK LENGTH IN OUR CODE AND WHERE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE
[5:54:23] REQUIRED AS MEANING. BECAUSE IT IS A LONGER LENGTH.
[5:54:36] IT IS A LONG LENGTH FOR SOMEONE TO WALK AS A PEDESTRIAN TO GET
[5:54:40] AROUND A LONGER LENGTH TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIR
[5:54:43] DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS CASE.
[5:54:46] WHEN WE DON'T FOLLOW BLOCK LENGTH STANDARDS, THIS IS
[5:54:52] REPLACING A FULL STREET IN THE FALL SIDEWALK.
[5:54:54] THAT SAID, THE WAY THIS LOOKS NOW NEGATES THE USEFULNESS OF
[5:55:03] THAT PATH IN SO MANY WAYS. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I CAN
[5:55:14] SUPPORT THIS AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I COULD VOTE TO NEGATE IT
[5:55:17] EITHER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE, I
[5:55:23] LOVE THAT WE OFFERED DEVELOPERS A WAY TO DO THEIR PLAN
[5:55:29] EFFICIENTLY. I LOVE THAT WE OFFERED THEM AN
[5:55:33] ALTERNATE ROUTE TO MEETING OUR CODE.
[5:55:42] I DO NOT LOVE THIS SITUATION AT ALL.
[5:55:51] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENTS, CHRISTINA.
[5:55:56] >>Council Member Hartman: I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE THIS
[5:55:59] GOT ANSWERED WHEN I HAD A BROKE BREAK.
[5:56:02] WHAT KIND OF FEES, LIKE WHAT'S THE COST OF US SITTING HERE
[5:56:10] DOING THIS, EVALUATING THIS. THE COST TO THE CITY FOR HAVING
[5:56:17] TO TAKE CARE OF THIS AND WILL WE RECOUP THAT COST?
[5:56:23] >> THERE IS AN APPLICATION FEE TO VACATE AN EASEMENT AND
[5:56:26] THAT'S THE REQUEST BEFORE US TONIGHT.
[5:56:33] >>Council Member Carroll: WILL WE RECOUP THE COST OR WILL IT
[5:56:36] BE 2% OR WHAT IS THAT?
[5:56:39] >> IT'S WHAT WAS REFLECTED ON THE COST OF SURVEY IT'S OUR
[5:56:42] STANDARD EASEMENT VACATION FEET WOULD BE APPLIED HERE AND I
[5:56:51] THINK IT'S ROUGHLY 350, $400.
[5:56:58] >> WE'VE GOT A CITY MANAGER HERE.
[5:57:03] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, SHARON.
[5:57:16] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT A DEAD
[5:57:19] HORSE AND I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR A POINT BUT THERE IS A
[5:57:22] VERY CLEAR MISBEHAVIOR HERE AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HARMED BY IT.
[5:57:28] AND IT IS IN MY OPINION ON THE PART OF THE DEVELOPER AND
[5:57:32] BUILDER. THEY KNEW BETTER.
[5:57:34] THIS IS WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. I AM FURIOUS IN A WAY THAT KIND
[5:57:39] OF SURPRISES ME FRANKLY THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS TO THE
[5:57:44] PEOPLE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO LIVE OUT HERE.
[5:57:47] THAT THEY ARE FLAUNTING WHAT WE AS A CITY HAVE REQUIRED OF
[5:57:55] THEM. I AM FURIOUS AND I'M NOT
[5:57:57] PARTICULARLY HAPPY THAT OUR PROCESS ALLOWED IT TO GET THIS
[5:58:01] FAR. THAT SAID, I CANNOT IN GOOD
[5:58:07] CONSCIENCE CONTINUE THE HARM THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE FOLKS
[5:58:16] THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE DEVELOPER BUILDER IN THE
[5:58:20] CITY. AND EVEN IF WE DO VOTE THIS
[5:58:23] DOWN AND CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE EASEMENT ON THE PLAT, THERE IS
[5:58:27] NO WAY THEY ARE BUILDING AN 8 FOOT WALKING PEDWAY ON THESE
[5:58:33] FOUR LOTS. IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET BUILT.
[5:58:42] BUT IF THERE WHERE A WAY FOR US TO FIND THE BUILDER AND
[5:58:49] DEVELOPER, TO PROSECUTE THEM FOR VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE, TO
[5:58:54] CAUSE THEM TO BE FINANCIALLY HURT IN A WAY THAT IS NOT A
[5:59:02] $350 VACATION FEE. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE
[5:59:06] DOING BECAUSE THIS IS SO BLATANT BUT I CANNOT CONTINUE
[5:59:13] THE APARTMENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE NEARLY TO PUNISH
[5:59:19] SOMEONE WHO IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE HARMED BY IT.
[5:59:25] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, BETSY.
[5:59:31] >>Council Member Peters: I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT, I'D LIKE
[5:59:34] TO ASK YOU TO REMIND US WHAT A YES VOTE MEANS AND WHAT A NO
[5:59:38] VOTE MEANS.
[5:59:43] >>Mayor Buffaloe: DO WE HAVE RECOURSE AGAINST BUILDERS OR
[5:59:47] MAYBE THIS IS AN ANSWER FOR YOU .
[5:59:54] >> IT MAY BE WORTHWHILE POINTING OUT THE BUILDER IS
[5:59:57] MORE THAN WILLING TO BUILD TRAILS AND WE CAN HAVE THEM
[6:00:00] BUILD THAT TRAIL. SO I WOULD SAY CONVERSATIONS
[6:00:02] ABOUT FINES WHEN THEY ARE OPEN TO COMPLETING THE IMPROVEMENT
[6:00:05] THAT'S REQUIRED WOULD CERTAINLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION
[6:00:15] ON HOW THAT WOULD LOOK BUT I'M NOT SURE OF HOW WE FIND WOULD
[6:00:19] OPERATE AT THE BEGINNING.
[6:00:21] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WILL TAKE BETSY'S CALL.
[6:00:25] >> WHERE YOU MAY BE GOING IS IS THERE POTENTIAL CIVIL ACTION BY
[6:00:28] THE HOMEOWNERS AND THERE MIGHT BE, OF COURSE THAT INVOLVES
[6:00:33] GETTING COUNSEL INVOLVED IN ACTION, THAT SORT OF THING.
[6:00:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: TO YOUR POINT A YES VOTE VACATES THE TRAIL, A
[6:00:43] NO VOTE KEEPS IT AND REQUIRES IT TO BE BUILT.
[6:00:51] WE HAVE A REQUEST TO GO AHEAD AND DEVOTE SO SHEILA WOULD YOU
[6:00:55] CALL ROLE ON BILL 220 - 26.
[6:00:58] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[6:01:00] >>Council Member Carroll: YES.
[6:01:02] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.
[6:01:04] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[6:01:06] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[6:01:11] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[6:01:12] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[6:01:22] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL YOU
[6:01:25] READ THE ITEMS TWICE AND CALL THE RULE.
[6:01:30] >> ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDE BILLS 206 26, 207 26,
[6:01:39] TWO 2226, TWO 2326, TWO 2426, TWO 2526 AND RESOLUTIONS 155
[6:01:42] 26, 157 26, 159 26, ONE 6026, ONE 6126, ONE 6326 AND 164 26,
[6:02:02] BILLS 206 26, 217 26, TWO 2226, TWO 2326, TWO 2426, TWO 2526
[6:02:08] AND RESOLUTIONS 155 26, 157 26, 158 26, ONE 6026, ONE 6226, ONE
[6:02:17] 6326 AND 164 26. LET ME GET MY VOTE SHEET.
[6:02:30] >>Mayor Buffaloe: YES.
[6:02:32] >>Council Member Carroll:
[6:02:34] >>Council Member Elwood: YES.
[6:02:36] >>Council Member Sample: YES.
[6:02:38] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: YES.
[6:02:39] >>Council Member Hartman: YES.
[6:02:42] >>Council Member Peters: YES.
[6:02:45] >>Mayor Buffaloe: MOVING ON WE HOPE NO ITEMS UNDER NEW
[6:02:48] BUSINESS SO SHEILA IF YOU CAN USE READ ITEMS UNDER
[6:02:51] INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READ.
[6:02:53] >> ALL BILLS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, BILL TWO 2726, TWO
[6:03:06] 2926, TWO 3026, 231 26, TWO 3226, TWO 3326, TWO 3526, TWO
[6:03:18] 3626, TWO 3726, TWO 3926 AND 200 4026 FIRST READING.
[6:03:21] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, ONE REPORT ON OUR COUNCIL
[6:03:25] MEETING. REPORT 4626 OUR UPDATE
[6:03:28] REGARDING THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL INITIATIVE.DO WE HAVE A
[6:03:33] STAFF REPORT.
[6:03:35] >> COUNSEL REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON SEVERAL SAFE STREETS GRANT
[6:03:41] PROJECTS, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE ROUNDS OF GRANT FUNDING WITH
[6:03:48] THE CITY RECEIVING AWARDS IN THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS, THE
[6:03:51] FIRST TWO INCLUDED OVER 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SPREAD
[6:03:54] OVER 11 OF THE 12 PROJECTS IN THE MEMO WRITTEN THE LAST
[6:03:58] PROJECT REGARDING CLARK LANE IS CLOSE TO HAVING A GRANT
[6:04:02] AGREEMENT FOR REVIEW. WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO OCCUR IN
[6:04:12] SEPTEMBER.THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITY OF
[6:04:15] MISSOURI ON THE FIFTH ROUND OF FUNDING BUT THE RECIPIENTS HAVE
[6:04:19] NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED.NEXT ITEMS COUNSEL WILL SEE INCLUDE
[6:04:23] REPORTS ON UPDATED ACTION PLAN TITLED COMO ZERO AND
[6:04:25] RE-EXAMINATION OF THE CITY'S COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
[6:04:28] THOSE REPORTS COULD SHOULD COME FORWARD THIS CALENDAR AR YEAR
[6:04:32] AND THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSIT STUDY WAS PRESENTED TO COUNSEL
[6:04:36] LAST YEAR. OF THE BUSINESS LOOP SAFETY
[6:04:38] AUDIT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BEING USED TO RE- FORM THE
[6:04:44] GRANT PROJECT CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ALONG BUSINESS LOOPS,
[6:04:47] WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
[6:04:54] >>Mayor Buffaloe: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS UPDATE, THERE ARE
[6:04:57] A LOT OF IN PROCESS ONCE SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED BY THE
[6:05:00] END OF THE YEAR. NOT TO BE FINISHED BUT CLOSING
[6:05:06] UP. DO WE HAVE A WORK SESSION
[6:05:08] PLANNED ON UPDATES TO ANY OF THESE PLANS OR PROJECTS?
[6:05:18] >> WITH THE COMPLETE STREETS WE ARE MEETING WITH COUNCILMEMBERS
[6:05:23] TRYING TO GAUGE WHETHER A WORK SESSION IS HOW COUNSEL WOULD
[6:05:26] LIKE TO SEE THAT COME FORWARD OR IF WE WOULD BE READY TO
[6:05:30] BRING SOMETHING FORWARD DIRECTLY.
[6:05:32] WITH THE ACTION PLAN, ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FULL
[6:05:35] WEEKEND, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING COUNSEL WANTED TO STATE WE
[6:05:38] COULD DO THAT OR WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ONCE WE
[6:05:42] HAVE THAT FINALIZED AND I'D CLARIFY A LOT OF THE OTHER
[6:05:45] THINGS ON THAT LIST, THERE'S NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT THE END
[6:05:50] OF 2026, THEY ARE JUST IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF
[6:05:52] DEVELOPMENT. EVENT VACANCIES ON STAFF SO
[6:05:55] WE'VE DELAYED SOME THINGS, PUT THINGS BACK ALL WITHIN THE
[6:05:59] TIMEFRAME OF THE GRANT.
[6:06:04] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS, VERA AND
[6:06:08] VALERIE.
[6:06:09] >>Council Member Elwood: I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN
[6:06:13] LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT. SEEING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOT
[6:06:16] JUST THE METHODOLOGY THE MAP ITSELF WAS CREATED IN 2025.
[6:06:22] CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW AND IF THAT HAS BEEN UTILIZED FOR
[6:06:29] DECISIONS ABOUT OTHER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THINGS.
[6:06:36] >> IT'S INTENDED TO BE SOMETHING INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
[6:06:42] USE FOR DECISIONS AND REALLY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THIS
[6:06:48] ACTION PLAN COME FORWARD FIRST AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT.
[6:06:51] THE ACTION PLAN KIND OF REPLACES.
[6:06:54] THE FIRST ACTION PLAN WHEN WE FIRST ADOPTED POLICY
[6:07:06] RESOLUTIONS TO BE ENVISIONED ZERO CITY.
[6:07:08] I THINK A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES INFORM THAT ACTION
[6:07:11] PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE THAT, WHILE I
[6:07:12] THINK THIS WILL HELP US MAKE CHOICES GOING FORWARD WE ARE
[6:07:22] ALSO AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES
[6:07:26] TAX SO AT LEAST INITIALLY WHERE WE WOULD LOOK TO USE SOME OF
[6:07:30] THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE THE PLACES WHERE WE GET A LITTLE
[6:07:33] MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SALES TAX AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE
[6:07:37] AT LEAST INITIALLY.
[6:07:39] >>Mayor Buffaloe: VALERIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
[6:07:53] >>Council Member Carroll: I ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN
[6:07:57] PEDESTRIAN LEVEL COMFORT NAPS. I WOULD WELCOME A WORK SESSION
[6:08:00] ON THE ACTION PLAN WITH THE PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF COMFORT
[6:08:04] NAPS. GIVEN IT'S LATE AT NIGHT I'D
[6:08:06] LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOU ARE USING PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF COMFORT TO
[6:08:09] INFORM THE FLEXIBLE SIDEWALK PROJECTS IN THE YEAR.
[6:08:17] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
[6:08:20] HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE PLANNING THAT WORK SESSION, APPRECIATE
[6:08:24] THAT. MOVING ON TO GENERAL COMMENTS
[6:08:27] BY PUBLIC, WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
[6:08:43] >>Public Speaker: I KNOW IT'S LATE, THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT
[6:08:47] IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON URBAN ENCAMPMENTS
[6:08:50] AND ORDINANCES. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
[6:08:52] NARRATIVE EVERYBODY IS WEAVING ABOUT THE SO-CALLED HOMELESS
[6:08:56] POPULATION ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN.
[6:09:01] ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF ACADEMIA HAVING
[6:09:05] NARRATIVES AND BLAMING THEM FOR EVERY BIT OF CRIME IN DOWNTOWN,
[6:09:09] FOR ONE THING THIS IS NOT JUST A DOWNTOWN ISSUE.
[6:09:12] THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S ALL OVER COLUMBIA BUT WE NEED TO
[6:09:17] REMEMBER THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO BECAUSE WE
[6:09:21] DESTROYED A LOT OF THEIR ENCAMPMENTS AND WHERE DO PEOPLE
[6:09:24] GO WHEN ONE OF THE MOST STABLE THINGS IN THEIR LIFE IS GONE SO
[6:09:46] THESE ENCAMPMENTS WERE AROUND FOR 10 YEARS AND THAT IS A
[6:09:50] PROBLEM IN ITSELF, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL THESE
[6:09:53] ORDINANCES GETTING RID OF BUS SHELTERS AND GETTING RID OF
[6:09:56] BENCHES AND REPLACEMENT WITH HOSTILE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
[6:10:00] CALLING THAT SOLVING A PROBLEM WHEN ALL IT DOES IS SHIFT
[6:10:03] PEOPLE AROUND FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER UNTIL
[6:10:06] IT FINALLY GOES TO THE FIRST WARD BECAUSE NOBODY CARES ABOUT
[6:10:10] THE FIRST WARD OR IT GOES TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING SMALL
[6:10:13] TOWNS NOT EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THAT AND THEN THEY COME BACK
[6:10:16] HERE AND IT'S A NEVER ENDING CYCLE.
[6:10:18] AND IT'S SO UNFAIR WE ARE PUTTING ALL OUR BLAME ABOUT
[6:10:21] WHAT'S GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN ON THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN THE
[6:10:25] STUDENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING, THEY'RE RELEASING THEIR BODILY
[6:10:28] FLUIDS AND DESTROYING PROPERTY BUT WE WANT TO PIN IT ON OUR
[6:10:32] MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHILE INJURING OR MAKING PEOPLE WHO
[6:10:35] HAVE DISABILITIES WHO HAVE LIFE HARDER BECAUSE WE HATE HOMELESS
[6:10:39] PEOPLE THAT MUCH. IT'S NOT FAIR AND I WORRY AFTER
[6:10:42] DOING THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE MEDIUM IS OPENING THE DOOR WAY
[6:10:46] TO DO THIS WITH DOWNTOWN IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO NOW START
[6:10:49] AND I'VE HAD HANDLING LAWS. LAST I CHECKED DOWNTOWN IS NOT
[6:10:53] JUST ABOUT BROADWAY, PEOPLE LIVE HERE.
[6:10:55] IT'S A CREATIVE HUB. IT'S FULL OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE
[6:11:07] AND LAST I CHECKED THE SO-CALLED HOMELESS POPULATION
[6:11:10] IS PART OF THE PUBLIC WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE IN
[6:11:13] PUBLIC LANDS AND HIS PEOPLE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT'S REMEMBER
[6:11:16] SOME OF THIS LAND WAS STOLEN SO WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE ON WHO IS
[6:11:20] DESERVING OF WHAT? THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS BUT I
[6:11:23] WANT CONCERNS THAT ARE MORE COEXISTING AND LESS PUSHING
[6:11:26] ASIDE.
[6:11:27] >>Mayor Buffaloe: ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK.
[6:11:31] >>Public Speaker: EUGENE ELKIN, SECOND WARD.A STRONG DITTO
[6:11:35] BEHIND THE PREVIOUS LADY. I DON'T TALK EASILY ON THE
[6:11:38] SUBJECT BUT EVERYTHING SHE HAD TO SAY WAS VERY VERY IMPORTANT.
[6:11:45] MANY TIMES WE HEAR OVER AND OVER IS THE HOMELESS AGAIN AND
[6:11:49] TONIGHT I HAVE SEVERAL SUBJECTS.
[6:11:53] I'VE ASKED THIS REPEATEDLY, SOMEONE TAKE THIS ON.
[6:11:56] WE NEED RESTROOM SIGNAGE IN OUR LOBBY.
[6:11:59] IT CAN BARELY BE SIGNING FROM THE CEILING.
[6:12:05] WE FED MANY PUBLIC INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO OUR
[6:12:09] MEETINGS AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RESTROOM IS THERE IN YOUR
[6:12:12] HALLWAY LOOKING AND LOOKING TO RENT THIS PAST WEEK MY MOTHER
[6:12:15] WAS 89 YEARS OLD ON AUGUST 13. SHE'S BEEN ON A RECHARGEABLE
[6:12:19] THREE YEAR BATTERY, HEADACHE AFTER HEADACHE AND AT HER AGE
[6:12:26] OF 79 SHE WAS GIVEN A 25 YEAR NO MAINTENANCE INCONTINENCE
[6:12:31] URINARY BATTERY WE HAD HOPE FOR THE FUTURE FOR THOSE AS THEY
[6:12:40] AGE. WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE ADA
[6:12:43] RECOGNITION OF EVERYONE HAS TO GO SOMETIME AND THEY HAVE EVERY
[6:12:45] RIGHT TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND NOT HAVE TO ASK A TOTAL
[6:12:50] STRANGER WHERE'S THE BATHROOM. MESSAGE ON-SCREEN OF THE NEW
[6:12:59] TVS, WE HAVE NICE BRAND-NEW TVS SO PANEL I'VE HEARD THIS AND
[6:13:03] I'M REPEATING IT. WE NEED NEW LARGER SCREENS ON
[6:13:11] THE RIGHT CORNER, THE MESSAGE OF WHAT SUBJECTS YOU ARE ON,
[6:13:14] THE DIGITS, WHATEVER IT BE, WHERE ARE THEY?
[6:13:19] AND I'M BUSY TRYING TO EXPLAIN I THINK, WELL THAT DOESN'T MAKE
[6:13:33] ME RIGHT. I MIGHT BE WRONG.
[6:13:35] LOOK ON THE SCREEN AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU AS BARBARA
[6:13:38] INTRODUCES IT, THAT'S WHEN IT SHOULD GO UP.
[6:13:40] CITY OF COLUMBIA MIGHT BE DOING A WASTE OF MONEY.
[6:13:47] WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTING THE PUBLIC TO PAY MORE AND MORE
[6:13:50] WHEN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE CITY OF COLUMBIA WILL BE PLACED
[6:13:54] ON A WATER TOWER ON WALNUT. I SEE THAT AS WASTE OF MONEY.
[6:13:57] A LADY SAID TONIGHT WHY DO WE NEED TO BE TOLD, WE KNOW IT'S
[6:14:00] THE CITY OF COLUMBIA TOWER. THIS HAS COME TO ME TONIGHT, WE
[6:14:08] NEED TO BE REPORTING THE CORRECT BUSINESS THAT'S BEING
[6:14:12] AFFECTED, NOT I THINK IT WAS THAT ONE.
[6:14:14] BE SURE THE RIGHT BUSINESS IS IN ALL MESSAGES OR CALL THAT
[6:14:25] COMEDIAN AND LET THEM KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG BUSINESS
[6:14:28] IN YOUR REPORTS. YOUR BLOCKING THE SIDEWALKS
[6:14:31] FORCING PEOPLE INTO THE STREETS.
[6:14:33] YOU NEED TO OPEN UP THE GAP.
[6:14:40] >>Mayor Buffaloe: THANK YOU, EUGENE.
[6:14:44] >>Public Speaker: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BILL AND I'D LIKE TO
[6:14:54] ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE NOT
[6:14:59] PROPOSED BUT THE URBAN CAMPAIGN ORDINANCE POSSIBILITIES.
[6:15:13] THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC IN COLUMBIA.
[6:15:17] AT LAST COUNT THERE WERE 309 INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY
[6:15:20] AND THE OPPORTUNITY CAMPUSES ROUTINELY HOUSES 120 TO 150
[6:15:24] GUESTS PER NIGHT SO THAT'S ROUGHLY A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF
[6:15:27] OF THE LAST POPULATION WE HAD. THERE'S A LOT OF GUESTS THAT
[6:15:36] SUFFER FROM TRAUMA IN THIS REMAINING POPULATION THAT
[6:15:41] CANNOT DEAL WITH STAYING IN SHELTERS, CANNOT DEAL WITH
[6:15:48] BEING IN LARGE PRIVATE ROOMS THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE CONFINES
[6:15:52] AND OTHER SITUATIONS THAT GO ON WITHIN THE SHELTER.
[6:15:59] SO THAT'S THE COMMUNITY I'M THINKING ABOUT.
[6:16:17] IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE IN THESE CROWDED CONFINED AREAS
[6:16:26] SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE HOMELESS
[6:16:33] COMMUNITY AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO FOLLOW PREVIOUS
[6:16:36] RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED BY THE BUSINESS DISTRICT WE SEE
[6:16:39] CHANGES IN THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, TAKEN AWAY THE
[6:16:42] HOMELESS INCOME BY INSTITUTING MEDIAN ORDINANCES IN THE CITY
[6:16:46] SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY MOVE DOWNTOWN BY
[6:17:01] PANHANDLERS TO RENT THEIR BULLDOZING CAMPS IN THE
[6:17:04] PERIPHERY OF THE CITY SO DON'T BE SURPRISED BY INCREASES IN
[6:17:07] URBAN CAMPAIGN. ISN'T IT TIME WE STOPPED TRYING
[6:17:10] TO CONSTRICT COLUMBIA'S HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND TO BE
[6:17:13] PROACTIVE INSTEAD INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE?
[6:17:15] IT'S TIME THE CITY STARTS IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE
[6:17:19] HOMELESS PEOPLE CAN EXIST NOT CREATE AREAS WHERE ORDINANCES
[6:17:22] SAY THEY CAN'T. YOU'VE RUN OUT OF FIELD PARK
[6:17:25] AND THE PAVILION NEAR THE OPPORTUNITY CAMPUSES PER MINUTE
[6:17:29] OF MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE CRAMMED WITH TRESPASS VIOLATIONS AS
[6:17:32] PEOPLE TRY TO EXIST SOMEWHERE RENT HOW ABOUT WE CREATE A ZERO
[6:17:36] BARRIER CAN BE AREA WITH THE ELECTRICITY TO CHARGE CELL
[6:17:39] PHONES POTABLE WATER RESTROOMS AND SANITATION.
[6:17:43] TECHNOLOGY THAT PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO EXIST AND PROVIDE THAT
[6:17:47] SPACE.
[6:17:48] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WHEN ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
[6:17:51] SPEAK?
[6:17:56] >>Public Speaker: TIFFANY KRAVITZ AND THE REASON I STAYED
[6:18:05] HERE IS BECAUSE OF FLOC CAMERAS, I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN
[6:18:09] THE CITY, IT FEELS LIKE THE CAMERAS ARE SURVEILLING US.
[6:18:15] THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY FOR DATA ANALYSIS, ALL THAT IS
[6:18:18] STORED ON SERVERS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, PROBABLY
[6:18:22] OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI RENT THEY'RE NOT APPLICABLE TO STATE
[6:18:27] LAW AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ACCESS TO THEM.
[6:18:29] SO EVEN IF YOU PASS A BILL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TURN
[6:18:36] OFF THE FEATURE TO SHARE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS REALISTICALLY
[6:18:40] IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED THEY CAN EVEN GO
[6:18:43] STRAIGHT TO THE FOOTAGE, STRAIGHT TO THE HARD DRIVE THAT
[6:18:46] IS UNENCRYPTED. IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE BUILDING
[6:18:50] UP A SURVEILLANCE NETWORK, BUILDING UP THE CONCENTRATION
[6:18:56] CAMPS WITH THE IMMIGRATION AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE I'M
[6:19:00] CONSTANTLY UNDER THREAT. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO
[6:19:03] HAPPEN, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF IF BUT WHEN AND I DON'T FEEL
[6:19:05] SAFE. LIKE GENUINELY THE TRAILS HAVE
[6:19:11] CAMERAS AND ALL THAT IS NOT IN THE CITY, THE FOOTAGE IS NOT
[6:19:14] STORED IN THE CITY, EVERYTHING IS PROCESSED OUTSIDE BY A
[6:19:18] CONTRACTOR WHO HAS AFFILIATION WITH THE IDF THAT ARE ALL USING
[6:19:24] THE SAME CIRCUIT OF WHO ARE YOU WITH, WHO ARE YOU CLOSE TO OR
[6:19:27] WHO HAVE YOU SEEN IT WITH YOU TO TARGET PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR
[6:19:31] GENDER AND AGE. THAT SAME THING WAS ALSO TRYING
[6:19:35] TO BE ROLLED OUT WITH INTEGRATION WITH AMAZON WHICH
[6:19:45] WAS THE FOOTBALL ADD WHICH GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK AND
[6:19:48] THANKFULLY SO. IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD
[6:19:53] NOT BE PART OF THIS. I DON'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE OF IT
[6:19:56] AND IN TERMS OF I MEAN, PLEASE GO BACK ON THE FLOC CAMERA.
[6:20:04] I REALLY DON'T LIKE IT.
[6:20:08] >>Mayor Buffaloe: WOULD ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
[6:20:19] SPEAK? SEEING NONE I WILL GO TO
[6:20:21] COUNSEL COMMENTS, VALERIE STARTING WITH YOU AND REMIND
[6:20:24] ALL OF US IT IS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
[6:20:32] >>Council Member Carroll: WHEN RUTH BADER GINSBURG WAS ASKED
[6:20:38] HOW MANY WOMEN WERE ENOUGH FROM THE SUPREME COURT SHE SAID WHEN
[6:20:42] THERE ARE NINE. LADIES, THERE ARE SEVEN OF US.
[6:20:46] I'M HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS COUNSEL.
[6:20:51] WITH REGARDS TO THE DISCUSSION OF VIOLENCE DOWNTOWN, WE'VE
[6:21:01] BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN HOW WE ARE APPROACHING PUBLIC
[6:21:09] SAFETY. WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN
[6:21:13] HOW WE ARE COMMUNICATING PUBLIC SAFETY BOTH FROM THE PUBLIC AND
[6:21:17] WITH OUR COLLABORATORS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
[6:21:22] I THINK THAT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO RETHINK THAT.
[6:21:30] I THINK THAT WE HAVE MADE THE CHANGES WE PLANNED ON AND THOSE
[6:21:33] ARE WELL-KNOWN BUT WE'VE FOLLOWED THE PATH IN FRONT OF
[6:21:39] US AND THAT IS WELL KNOWN. WE CANNOT LOOK AT EVERY
[6:21:49] INCIDENT AND RETHINK OUR PATH. WE NEED CONSISTENCY.
[6:22:00] CONSISTENCY IS WHAT GIVES US TRUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
[6:22:08] IT'S WHAT GIVES US TRUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRUST IN OUR
[6:22:11] POLICE AND WE NEED CONSISTENCY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ON OUR
[6:22:15] POLICE. MY HOPE IS THAT THE 1% SAFETY
[6:22:19] TAX AND THE INCREASE IN STAFFING CAN HELP US BUILD SOME
[6:22:22] OF THOSE THINGS. I WOULD LIKE FOR US IN OUR
[6:22:29] COMMUNICATIONS ESPECIALLY WITH THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
[6:22:35] FOCUSING ON A DUCTING MINDSET. THAT WE CREATE ROOM FOR
[6:22:42] EVERYONE TO COME DOWNTOWN, HAVE FUN, COEXIST WITH EACH OTHER
[6:22:50] AND TO BE SAFE GOING HOME. AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS
[6:22:59] PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS TO DO THAT.
[6:23:02] WE'VE HAD SOME COMMENTS ON URBAN CAMPAIGN.
[6:23:05] AND I APPRECIATE DANNY PEREZ'S COMMENT AT THE END CITING THE
[6:23:12] COMMUNITY IN THE FIRST WARD. I DO HAVE A CONCERN AS WE
[6:23:20] INCREASE RESTRICTIONS ON MEDIANS ON PANHANDLING, ON
[6:23:27] CAMPING THAT WE TEND TO DISPLACE PEOPLE TOWARDS THE
[6:23:31] SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I THINK THAT IS ALSO A
[6:23:43] CONSIDERATION. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR
[6:23:45] RESIDENTS, BOTH OUR UN-HOUSED RESIDENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS IN
[6:23:50] PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA AND IN PROXIMITY TO OUR
[6:23:54] SHOPPING DISTRICTS.I THINK IN THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE THEY HAVE
[6:24:00] LARGELY BEEN LEFT OUT. I DON'T WANT TO OPEN A LARGE
[6:24:12] PACKAGE. I DO SEE A ROOM FOR
[6:24:14] CLARIFICATION ON SOME EXISTING ORDINANCES.
[6:24:28] >> I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO TENDS TO THINK ABOUT LEGACY BUT
[6:24:32] SITTING ON THIS DAIS RIGHT NOW AND GETTING TO BE PART OF THE
[6:24:37] FIRST ALL-FEMALE COUNSEL IN COLUMBIA'S HISTORY IS A PRETTY
[6:24:41] INCREDIBLE PART OF A LEGACY. I'M VERY HONORED TO BE SITTING
[6:24:47] UP HERE WITH ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL LEADERS IN OUR
[6:24:53] COMMUNITY. THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO
[6:24:55] BRING UP, SOMETHING THAT WAS ON CONSENT TONIGHT WAS TAKING THE
[6:25:06] NEXT STEP IN WHAT WILL BE AN ADMITTEDLY LONG PROCESS BUT WE
[6:25:10] KEEP CHUGGING DOWN THE LINE OR THE ROUNDABOUT IN PROVIDENCE IN
[6:25:13] THE BLUE RIDGE. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN SO
[6:25:16] EXCITED ABOUT SINCE BEFORE I GOT ON COUNSEL ARE PARTICULARLY
[6:25:21] EXCITED TO HAVE THAT ON CONSENT TONIGHT AS ON MY WAY HERE I SAW
[6:25:25] AN ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION THAT HE APPEARED VISUALLY TO
[6:25:34] TOTAL BOTH CARS INVOLVED SO MUCH NEEDED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
[6:25:38] ARE COMING DOWN THE LINE. SHANE KNOWS HOW EXCITED I AM
[6:25:41] ABOUT THIS.
[6:25:42] >>Mayor Buffaloe: JACQUE.
[6:25:45] >>Council Member Sample: I WOULD ASK FOR A BRIEF
[6:25:56] DISCUSSION ON CONCERNS REGARDING WHO IS ENGAGED IN THE
[6:25:59] HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN AND I HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH
[6:26:08] D'CARLON BUT SINCE YOU LEFT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PREPARED
[6:26:11] TO COMMENT SO MY PROPOSAL IS I WILL READ THE EMAIL.
[6:26:14] I SAW A QUESTION COME UP REGARDING LIFE MOBILE
[6:26:17] COLLECTIVE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN.
[6:26:21] THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS YES, THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO
[6:26:26] PARTICIPATE. A REPRESENTATIVE HAS ALREADY
[6:26:31] SUBMITTED THEIR REGISTRATION TO ATTEND A FOCUS GROUP.
[6:26:34] THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND A SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
[6:26:40] WITH ALL HER OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO DISCUSS THE CLINIC
[6:26:45] SIDE AND THEIR ATTENDANCE IS PENDING, THE STEERING COMMITTEE
[6:26:49] HAS DISCUSSED A NEED AFTER THE DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND
[6:26:55] ANALYZED TO GET THEIR INPUT ON ACTION ITEMS CREATED BY THE
[6:26:59] COMMITTEE, CALL MAC IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN BE
[6:27:02] UTILIZED THOUGH I DID ASK A QUESTION AND I WANTED TO MAKE
[6:27:05] SURE THEY WERE INCLUDED AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING
[6:27:09] ELSE TO ADD.
[6:27:10] >> I THINK IN PART I KNOW WHEN STAFF WAS PUTTING TOGETHER
[6:27:16] POTENTIAL SUGGESTIONS THEY IDENTIFIED MEMBERS
[6:27:19] REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND INSURED KEY STAKEHOLDERS
[6:27:22] THEY WANTED TO INVOLVE AND ALSO FOCUS GROUPS.
[6:27:25] I'D LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD PART OF THE FAULT IS MINE.
[6:27:30] I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO EMAIL THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS
[6:27:34] ABOUT THE STEERING COMMITTEE OR STAFF WAS SO THAT MEANS WE
[6:27:37] ORIGINALLY SENT THAT EMAIL BACK IN MAY.
[6:27:39] I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONE AS WELL.
[6:27:50] >>Council Member Geuea Jones: I'VE PONTIFICATED ENOUGH
[6:27:53] TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT FIRST MEETING.
[6:27:56] >>Mayor Buffaloe: CHRISTINA.
[6:27:59] >>Council Member Hartman: I ECHO ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT
[6:28:02] BEING PART OF THE NEW TEAM. TRY TO LEAN FORWARD AS WE GO
[6:28:05] FORWARD. I JUST REPEATED MYSELF.
[6:28:12] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT IN A FEW
[6:28:16] DIFFERENT WAYS WAS REGARDING FLOC CAMERAS.
[6:28:19] I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING BUT COUNSEL NEEDS TO START
[6:28:23] CONSIDERING. I'VE HAD A A LOT OF PEOPLE
[6:28:25] REACH OUT ABOUT IT SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO START
[6:28:32] CONSIDERING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING
[6:28:35] THE CITY DOES WANT TO CONTINUE AFTER WE'VE REVIEWED AND I KNOW
[6:28:38] WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION AROUND THAT SURVEILLANCE AUDIT
[6:28:41] RECENTLY. IT CONTINUING TO BRING THAT TO
[6:28:45] LIGHT AND I THINK THE COMMENTS TONIGHT ECHO WHAT I'VE BEEN
[6:28:50] HEARING ELSEWHERE. THAT'S ALL.
[6:28:53] >>Mayor Buffaloe: BETSY.
[6:28:55] >>Council Member Peters: FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF
[6:29:03] COLUMBIA FOR PASSING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY TAX.
[6:29:05] THAT WAS A BIG DEAL AND IT'S CERTAINLY AND ASK OF THE
[6:29:19] CITIZENS AND I'M WELL AWARE IT DID PASS BUT NOT BY VERY MUCH
[6:29:22] WHICH IS A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE IT'S
[6:29:26] CLEAR THAT WE USE THE MONEY FOR AND IT'S TRANSPARENT.
[6:29:29] THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WE GO
[6:29:34] BACK TO A 6:00 P.M. START TIME. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
[6:29:37] STARTS AT SEVEN BUT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION THAT
[6:29:41] WE HAVE ALONG WITH CHRISTINA'S POINT THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE MORE
[6:29:50] ITEMS TO DISCUSS WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER MAKING IT A 6:00
[6:29:53] P.M. MEETING FROM HERE ON OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO I THINK MAKE A
[6:29:57] MOTION TO THAT.
[6:29:58] >> MAY I INTERRUPT, WE HAVE A REVOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC
[6:30:02] HEARINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT SAY 7:00 P.M. SO
[6:30:09] YOU CANNOT START EITHER ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS AT 6:00 P.M..
[6:30:13] AFTERWARDS IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER IT BUT
[6:30:20] I WOULD SAY A CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HAD WITH THE
[6:30:23] MANAGER'S OFFICE BECAUSE YOU ARE SHORTENING PRE-COUNSEL
[6:30:26] WHICH THEN PUSHES THINGS OFF FURTHER THAT WE ARE ALREADY
[6:30:32] BUSY WITH WORK SESSIONS SO UNLESS WE WANT TO HAVE MORE
[6:30:35] MEETINGS THAT COULD BECOME AN ISSUE SO I JUST WANT TO POINT
[6:30:39] THOSE TWO THINGS OUT.
[6:30:47] >>Council Member Peters: THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASON I BROUGHT
[6:30:51] THAT UP REALIZING YOU HAVE NOT ADVERTISED FOR THE 21ST.
[6:30:58] >> I HAD ADVERTISED BUT YOU PASSED RESOLUTIONS FOR TWO
[6:31:01] ITEMS THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD BE HELD ON THE 21ST SO I
[6:31:04] WILL BE ADVERTISING THIS SUNDAY.
[6:31:16] >>Council Member Peters: I'M GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE
[6:31:19] SAYING BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AFTER MIDNIGHT SO
[6:31:22] I'D SAY WHY DON'T WE THINK ABOUT THIS AND TO BRING IT UP
[6:31:25] AT THE SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING WHICH I WILL BE AT BUT I'M SURE
[6:31:28] YOU GUYS WON'T DO THIS WITHOUT ME AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO START
[6:31:32] AT SIX AND TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT BUT THE FACT
[6:31:35] THAT IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT AND I WILL SAY ON THE 21ST GOING TO
[6:31:39] HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ENERGY CODES, PERHAPS NOT.
[6:31:42] I CAN HOPE FOR THE BEST BUT I'M TOO OPTIMISTIC.
[6:31:48] AND THE LAST THING I AM ON THE HOMELESS STEERING COMMITTEE AND
[6:31:52] I THOUGHT COMO OF MOBILE AID WAS INVOLVED.
[6:31:57] THERE ARE 11 OR 12 FOCUS GROUPS AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE INVOLVED
[6:32:00] AND IF NOT CERTAINLY AFTER THIS QUESTION THEY WILL BE INVOLVED
[6:32:11] BECAUSE WE'VE LOOKED AT A STUDY SOMEONE DID USING COMO MOBILE
[6:32:14] AID ENTRY INTO THE DIFFERENT HOMELESS GROUPS SO I THOUGHT
[6:32:18] THEY WERE WELL REPRESENTED BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
[6:32:30] >>Mayor Buffaloe: I WILL END, IT'S LATE AND I APPRECIATE WE
[6:32:34] WILL BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER ABOUT OUR
[6:32:37] COUNCIL MEETING PROCESS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES
[6:32:40] BUT I'LL ECHO FROM EARLIER THAT IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE.
[6:32:44] IT IS NOT ONLY A JOB WHERE PEOPLE SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION
[6:32:47] FOR YOU WHETHER IT'S ONLINE OR CALLING UP YOUR OFFICE.
[6:32:50] I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU AND IT'S AN HONOR TO
[6:32:54] SERVE. ANY STAFF COMMENTS?
[6:32:55] ALL RIGHT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN US AT