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All right. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'll call the Jonesboro City Council meeting to order.

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Item two, Pledge of Allegiance and the invocation by Dr. Charles Cummins. Please stand. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic of which it stands one nation under God in the visible with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you for allowing us to be here this afternoon.

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We're pretty far in your name that we care out for business according to your will,

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your purpose, your plan, which is this name we play.

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Thank you.

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I will be filling in for Maricopa Neighborance and I as most of you know,

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his family has a health emergency and we want to pray and think about them.

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So item three, Madam Clerk, we call the roll.

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All right.

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Loaded up.

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Yes, please.

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Dr. Cummins, will you push mine for me?

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First is buttons.

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It pushes your buttons all the time.

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Watch and see how you vote for my credit on there.

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All

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right.

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We have 11 present.

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So we can conduct business.

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Item 4 special presentations.

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We have none.

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Item 5.

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Consent agenda.

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I would like to make a motion that resolution 24-186 be removed from the Consent Agenda.

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Second, it already is.

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It's showing that it's been removed from the Consent Resolutions to be removed from the Consent Agenda.

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All right.

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So we have a motion on the floor to adopt the Consent Agenda minus item 2.

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It's already removed.

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Okay.

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Okay, so it appears on some of the copies of the adjudice.

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All right, all in favor, say aye.

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Aye.

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All opposed.

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I don't have a list of resolutions to be remodeled on the mayor's agenda.

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Resolution 24186, resolution by the city, by the Jonesboro City Council, the hired DTA

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to study impact fees in the city of Jonesboro.

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Move to the dot.

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I

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think we would.

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Let's read the resolution here.

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By the Jonesboro City Council to hire DTA to study impact fees in the city of Jonesboro.

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Whereas the city council is reviewing proposed changes to its zoning regulations and has been considering the issue of impact fees.

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and whereas it is crucial to determine the impact of development in the city before

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considering changes to the city code or the assessing of said fees and whereas the

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city council believes such a study may take several months and an expert is required

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to conduct an accurate study on impact fees and make recommendations for what if any

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fees would be appropriate and whereas it is the desire of the impact fee review committee

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to hire DTA where they're consulting services,

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whereas the Impact Fee Review Committee held a meeting

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on December 3rd, 2024, and voted unanimously

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to recommend the acceptance of DTA's proposal.

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Now, therefore, be it resolved by the City Council

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for the City of Jones Royal Arkansas,

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that Section 1, the City of Jones Royal Arkansas

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shall contract with DTA for a Citywide Impact Fee Study.

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Section 2, the Impact Fee Review Committee and staff

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are approved to take necessary actions

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to finalize contractual necessities and administrative tasks associated with the study.

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Section 3, the mayor and city clerk are hereby authorize to execute documents to effect.

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Effectsuate this agreement.

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Move to the dock.

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Second.

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We have a motion to adopt.

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In a second, I'll open the floor for council discussions.

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Ms. Porter, did you want?

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Yes, thank you.

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I'd like to make the following points.

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One, impact fees provide an incentive for developers to build outside

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of Jonesboro City limits, two, any slowing of development will affect the amount of sales

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tax Jonesboro receives. Currently, sales tax makes up roughly 70% of our city's revenue.

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3. The impact fee will exer-

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We are upward pressure on housing costs. Four, many of our citizens will see this as a new form of taxation imposed without a vote of the people. Five, although the $59,000 cost of the study is a small percentage of our total expenditures, I hope that we have not reached the point where we feel that $59,000 is a trivial amount. So for these reasons are urgent no vote. Thank you, Ms. Porter. Anyone else on the council?

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I assume as part of this study, DTA would look at like the areas that are still available

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where the impact fee would make a difference because I know also we've had a lot of development

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over the years commercially and residentially, you know, I'm just wondering how much of

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an impact there is out there still for the land that would be developed that these impact

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these might be applied to. And I know it'll look at the different impact fees and you know things

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like that, but I assume that would be part of the scope of the project. City planner shaking

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his head, yes. It won't be. It won't be necessarily citywide. There will be areas where there

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will be more of a need for it or determined or after analysis. For example, the area west of

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downtown where we want revitalization and development and encourage that we

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would not probably they would probably not recommend imposing an impact

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being that area the the issue is that and even though you can say that that we

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should have passed this 10 years ago or 20 years ago the fact is we we don't

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want to look back in 10 years and say we should have passed 10 years ago. And I have seen

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and as many people here have seen what happened with the over development of the area north

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of Johnson but became known as apartment city and the kind of the blight that occurred

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there and a lot of those apartment complexes were built by other say corporations. For example,

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the Grove. You remember the Grove? I remember it because very soon after it opened, it was supposed

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to be student housing and parents thought, you know, paid rent for their kids so that they're not soon,

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not long after it opened, you could hear gunfire from there and police were called and I know

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I remember the number of, hearing about the number of police calls and chief L is nodding his head

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And parents, you got to be where parents didn't want to have their children attending ASU living there.

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And so then the management started moving in non-students who were very scary and it caused a lot of problems.

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Also, there were a lot of apartment complexes built, overbuilt that eventually because of poor management and other reasons.

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and the corporations undercapitalized didn't maintain them and they ended up with boarded

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up windows and blight on that area.

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And this is why you have impact fees because companies can go belly up.

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And then it falls to the citizens and the taxpayers to clean up after that.

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and we see examples of it right downtown here and we see for example Arby's on

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Highland Drive sitting vacant on a long time and in code enforcement we have

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there are staff having to be involved in policing and in the police

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department and the fire department providing public safety for vacant property

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that becomes, you know, areas that invite crime and this is why, well this is why part

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of the reason we do this because there is an impact of development and sometimes bad

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development on a city and it impacts the services and it puts a strain on the citizens

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and the taxpayers, and the taxpayers have to pick up the dom for this.

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And so, whatever sales tax we're talking about, payables in comparison to the cost of

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cleaning up after over development and bad development and poor management, the corporations often

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out of state that come in and do this.

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Basically, carpet baggers.

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And so I feel as though we need to really this is why other cities have done it and

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They have not suffered as a result of doing it. I don't know any city in Arkansas. Several cities now have impact fees, including Conway or Sister City,

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Sound Springs, Cities in Northwest Arkansas, Tony Town. They all have impact fees. None of them have suffered as a result of having it as far as business growth.

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What they have had is a way of offsetting the cost of services as a result of this development.

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And I just wanted to set the record straight on why we have this.

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It's in order to have a good city.

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And it's not going to drive away good business.

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Companies are still going to want to build there and develop here.

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We have two medical centers and a university.

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They're still going to come here. They're not going to be frightened away by one time impacting,

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which may not be that much.

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Just to clarify, this is just a study regarding the impact these are the implementation

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or adoption of any impact these.

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And I realize that, but I realize there's a lot of pushback on this,

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thinking that this is something we're enacting now.

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We are studying this. This is just a study at the areas and uses of it.

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And by the way, you have to specify what is to be used for and the number one use ordinarily

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is public safety, police and fire, also drainage and parks, and other things as far as public

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services and public safety.

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So it is the benefit of a city to do this and that's why I'm saying that the pushback

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against his study, I just want to clarify so everybody understands what it is we're studying and why is all.

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That's all.

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Williams, anyone else on the council?

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Mr. Mayor Pratim?

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Yes sir.

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I would just say I couldn't get the list to pull up Arkansas business firewalls, everything so much.

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But if you looked in the list of Arkansas business in December, they published the list of largest commercial projects in Arkansas.

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And we were near the bottom.

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Hoxie had a bigger project last year than we did.

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So this, you know, we don't need to study to tell us

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this is a bad idea.

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Jonesboro Cycle and ATV moved to Bono.

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This is a growth tax.

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If you look at our permits, our permit activity is down.

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So we're in a competitive environment.

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And you know, you're either growing or you're dying.

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This is a step in the direction of killing our city.

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Anyone else on the council?

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I just want to make one comment.

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And the primary reason that I brought this up

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that point I did in conjunction with Mr. McLean.

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We've been talking about impact fees.

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I've been part of this council now for 16 years,

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been part of city government for closer to 20.

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And we've been talking about this since I started coming around.

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We've kicked this can far enough.

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Let's find out if we need it or not.

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Anyone else on the council?

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Anyone on the audience, we should speak on this item.

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I don't know,

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at least state your name and address with the record, please.

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Rick Wyatt, 806, Senator Lane Jones-Barram.

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I was fortunate enough to be on the Impact Freak Committee when we studied this and the

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vendor that we came up with, I think, stood out to me to be superior than the other vendors.

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And I don't think the study would be good, but the thing that I wanted to clarify tonight

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That is in their project understanding.

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They state that all work to be completed was satisfying the requirements of Arkansas

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Code 1456-103, the Arkansas impact fee law.

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I don't know if y'all are familiar with that or not, I don't want to be redundant, but there

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is a statute that addresses what you can and can't do, and I've got copies of this for the

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council members if they want to, and I'm not trying to sway you for against the study.

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But a couple of things I want to point out to you, in the code, there is a language of

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what an impact fee is. There's also a language of what it can't be used for. There is a list

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of permitted things that you can do with it. And one thing that struck me, it has to be

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reasonably attributable to the to providing for a new development. You can't take

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say where we're going to do something north jonesboro and we're going to use

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that money down in bio debut. It has to be a tribute to that new development.

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There is a formula for

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For assessing it. And then another thing is one of these says that the city will refund the unused portion after seven years plus interest. And so there's a big accounting thing that goes along with this, according to the statute. So, you know, if you charge a developer X number of dollars to do whatever. And you don't use that.

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money that's permitted for that after seven years you have to give that money back to the

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developer plus entry. And so I just want you to be aware of that. And then another thing is

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you know a lot of people talk about well you know traffic and we've got this and that. But if a

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need is present prior to the new project it's not created by the new project. So if we need

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an extra placement now and next week we come up with a project or we're going to charge

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them impact free so we can hire a new placement now it has to be as a result of that new impact

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so Rick would you mind getting a copy of that to look so you can send it out to all the

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council members because everybody don't have a copy of that state statute and everybody

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that note in that state statute is pertaining to.

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I've got copies.

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Mr. White, if you will, give it to me, and I'm going to give it to the city clerk and

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she can disseminate it to the council.

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Thank you, sir.

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Did you have anything else to add, Mr. White?

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No.

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I mean, you know, I think that they'll do a good job of explaining what you can and can't

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do.

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But I want you to understand that it is regulated by statute, of what you can and can't do.

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It's not just extra mining for the city to do whatever we are.

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So it's got to be specific.

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Thank you, sir.

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Anyone else in the audience wish to speak on this?

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Here in Madam Clerk, will you load it?

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Go ahead, Brian.

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Sorry, but I didn't see you over.

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I just wanted to quickly say that I believe it was last year whenever the City Council charged the mayor to come up with a committee to a point to research this issue and they did so and

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And we've got quite a few meetings over the past eight or ten months, however long it's been a while.

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And I appreciate them for their input and for their research on this.

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And I believe it was Councilman Hafter that said this is an effort to study what these actual impact fees would be.

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And then the committee would review that study and bring back any recommendations at that point on what the actual fee structure would look like if anything at all.

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So, again, just to clarify, the history of this was, city council asked for a committee

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to be created to study this.

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They have done that.

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And this is the result of their study and their recommendations of that study effort.

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So, you know, if funding for the study is grand tonight, then obviously we'll keep you

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in the loop as the process goes along and planning and several members of that committee have

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expressed interest in kind of providing updates as we move along, a multi-month study.

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So don't be expecting anything coming back any time in the next couple of weeks.

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I don't want to make this comment.

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I think I've made this comment, I guess, for 13 or 14 years.

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Sometimes we don't have problems with some of the issues that are brought up, and I don't

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either.

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But the same time just like Mr. Watt, this copy of the, the, the, the, the not demonstration

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of the information out there so that we can make that decision way before these things

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happen.

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I think that just need to happen a little bit more frequent, okay?

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Okay.

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Thank you, Brian.

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Anyone else?

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All right.

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Madam Clerk, you're all loaded on the.

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All right.

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The issue passes.

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Item 6, new business, ordinances on first reading.

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Ordinance 25, 0, 0, 0, 5.

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Who would suspend the rules and offer by title only?

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All right.

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I have motion in a second.

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Spend the rules and offer by title only.

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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All opposed.

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An ordinance amending the Jones Royal Code of Ordnance's section 117.330C, known as the

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sidewalk ordinance of the city of Jones.

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Councillor Arkins, all providing for a contribution and lieu of construction, exemption for property and planned industrial parks. Create, do you or Darryl, one want to speak on this briefly?

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How do you run up here? All right.

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We have any questions. I will say, if I may, Mr. Mayor broken. Sir, I will say someone who had quite a bit of input into the sidewalk ordinance. I do support this.

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I'm amendment to it.

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Anyone else on the council?

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Anyone in the audience wish to speak on this item?

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Here and none.

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Just try and state your name and address for the record, please.

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James Owen Heinz, 508 Ridge Crest.

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There are just a couple of things, and I haven't read the ordinance.

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But two things that need to be done.

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I'm not really opposed to it, but do need to make sure that.

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And I know this for industrial parks and they've got parking lots and that sort of thing that they're that they do have some way for the pedestrian traffic to get through there safely.

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And second is is want to be sure that this contribution money is used for sidewalk somewhere else instead of used for some other purpose.

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Thank you, sir.

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Anyone else on the audience?

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We move on to second reading.

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Item 7, unfinished business.

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Ordnance is on second reading.

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Ordnance 24.037.

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An ordinance established in Consolidate and Special Traffic Patterns

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near Jonesboro Public Schools,

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campuses, and for other purposes.

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Anyone on the council or anyone in the audience wish to speak on this?

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Here

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are none.

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Ordnance is on third reading.

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Ordnance 25-0-0-1.

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An ordinance to amend chapter 117.

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None is zoning ordinance for providing for changes

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and zoning boundaries from R-1 to C-3.

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Limited use overlay for property located at 56-22

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South Carolina Railway Road as requested by West Scott

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Enterprises.

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Move to the dock.

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Second.

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Motion in a second to adopt.

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Anyone on the council?

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Wish to speak on this.

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any one in the audience wish to speak on this item.

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Here and then, Madam Clerk,

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the item passes.

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Ordnance 25-0-0-0-2, an ordinance to a men chapter 117 known as the zoning ordinance, providing for changes and zoning boundaries from R1 to C3,

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limited use overlay for property located at 29-26 Wood Street is requested by a rising land surveying.

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Move to a doll.

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Second.

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I have a motion and a second to adopt anyone on the council wish to speak on this.

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Anyone in the audience wishing to speak on this item,

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right here in the item clerk.

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Right, the item passes.

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Ordnance 25-0-0-3, an ordinance to amend chapter 117 known as rezoning ordinance provided for

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changes and zoning boundaries from R1 to I2, for property located at 5,500 South Stadium

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and Boulevard, as requested by Jim Heatherley.

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Move to adopt.

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Second.

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I have a motion in a second to adopt.

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Anyone on the council wish to speak on this?

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Anyone on the audience wish to speak on this item?

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Here and none, Madam Clerk,

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the item passes.

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Ordnance 25-004, an ordinance to amend chapter 117,

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Article 3, known as the zoning ordinance

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of city of Jones, where Arkansas,

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All providing for changes and zoning boundaries from our one single family medium density district to our M 12 residential multi family for property located at one thousand six north Warren street Jones, we're Arkansas is requested by carantane more house.

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Move to the council. Move to a dot. I have a motion and a second to adopt anyone on the council wish to speak on this item. Anyone in the audience? Yes, Jim Graham and Graham Law firm 2500 Alexander Drive. This is a proposal to rezone five and a half acres to RM 12. A couple of things that are important. This isn't a floodplain. So he's not going to be able to get it.

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It's going to affect how many units he can have.

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We asked for RM12 to give him flexibility

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for what he could build on to make it a viable project.

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The staff report, as you've probably seen,

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is all check marks, so this is all good

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with our Lane Use Plan and the Planning Commission staff report.

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I did before, I wasn't involved in this at the application stage,

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but shortly after I became involved, I asked Monica to give us a list of the property owners

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within 400 feet instead of 200 feet for a neighborhood meeting. We had that a few weeks

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ago and nobody showed up to object. And so I think one more thing, this is my client

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Mike Carrington Morehouse, he's here somewhere over there.

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He's a local owner, lives in Jones, where also this is not an out-of-state entity that's

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going to be trying to build some development here and won't be here to tend to it.

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If you look on the application packet, there is a suggested rendering and it looks like really

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nice units in part of the city that I think is in need of something like this.

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So happy to entertain you in questions.

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questions per council.

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Thank you, Councillor. Anyone else in the audience wish to speak on

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this item?

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You're an item, Madam Clerk.

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The item passes. Ordnance 25, 0, 0, 6, an ordinance

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to vacate and abandon a portion of the alley located in Part 2's addition as requested by

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Flex Properties and Corporate. I have a motion in a second. Dr. Cummins, did you second

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that? Is that a yes down there? I have a motion and a second to adopt. Anyone on the council

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with a question or comment on this item? Anyone on the audience with a question or

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comment?

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It was out of order in the agenda.

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One down the mayor's agenda right here.

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Okay, so I'm sorry.

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Okay, back to school stuff.

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Okay, when I just read was item 25-0-0-6.

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Okay.

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Is that not the order on the...

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Well, seven is listed before six.

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So I was...

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Adam Clerk, can we continue with this one?

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Yes, we're on six.

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We are on six.

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Yes.

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The clerk informs me we are on six.

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And I'm going to restate it just for the record.

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ordinance 25-0-0-6 and ordinance to vacate and abandon a portion of an alley located in part

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of this addition is requested by flex properties and I have a motion in a second to adopt anyone on

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the council wish to comment anyone in the audience wish to comment on this item right

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here

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is there some comment all right here none madam clerk and

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the item passes ordinance 25-0-0-7

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7, an ordinance to vacate and abandon a portion of the street right away and Allie's located

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on Shilly Street as requested by Flex Properties, LLC.

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Move to the top.

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I have a motion and a second to adopt anyone on the council with a question or a comment.

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Anyone in the audience with a question or a comment?

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All right.

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Here and none.

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Madam Clerk.

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And the item passes.

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That concludes our business item 8 will be Mayor's Report, Engineering, Department

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Government Capital Projects Update by Craig Lyte.

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I appreciate you getting to me so quickly this evening. I'll be I'll be brief about my comments tonight. I was asked to give a give an idea of the projects that we're doing with the 2025 capital funds that amount of monies that were budgeted this year. So I'm going to try to keep it focused on those those specific projects, but if there's other projects you want to know about, I'll try to answer those questions if you'll ask those. With our 2025 miscellaneous roads money, which was

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is a half a million dollars.

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The projects that we're working on with that

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is the North Church Hawk signal,

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which is go with the Swimming Pool at Parker Park.

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We've submitted those plans to our dot for permitting.

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It's, we're at, I'm gonna say 90% plans.

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I'm sure they're gonna have some comments back

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that we need to address,

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but we have started getting quotes on the equipment for that.

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So we can get that, hopefully get that installed this year

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with those funds.

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We've also submitted the plans

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for the Johnson Avenue roadway turn lane and side path.

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This is from Caraway Road to the Newman Center on the north side of the road.

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We're going to put a turn lane in there.

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It was at Jay Towns in that next road.

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If you come over the top of the hill on Johnson, if you've driven that way,

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there seems to be always somebody in there.

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There's no turn lane.

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It's very dangerous.

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There's been several rear end collisions.

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So we're going to do a little lane widening there to be able to get a turn lane in for a short distance.

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And then we're going to put a 10 foot side path on the north side of the road from Caraway Road down to the Newman Center.

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Hopefully eventually it will extend all the way to the Greensboro Village and the Highway 351 to that trail project that's going along there.

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So as part of that project is also a small piece of sidewalk from Melrose to Marion Berry.

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that we're going to pull away from that permit once we can, and we'll go ahead and get that project under construction this year.

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The other part is a fairly large project that may need some additional allocations to actually get it under way.

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I think our last estimate was over $700,000 for the project.

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And I said this year's budgeting for street projects was a half a million.

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We're also working on the design for pedestrian accommodations at South Cobra House and Southwest Drive Intersection.

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That's one that one of our local tenders to council meetings has asked about multiple times.

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There are no pedestrian accommodations at that intersection.

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You do have to just kind of bolt across that road if you want to get across it.

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Now that we've built the trail down South Cobra House to Southwest Drive, we need to figure

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out a way to get pedestrians across that safely.

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So we're working on the design of those improvements to that facility.

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With the same monies, we're also putting in traffic calming devices at several locations.

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We've already installed one at Oak Street.

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We're just waiting on, it's a speed table, we're waiting on the signage to be put up and

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And we're also putting in an always stop at Oak in that rains, open rains.

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There and it'll be a lighted sign like what's at Huntington in Flint.

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So we're getting that equipment ordered now.

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There's be additional speed tables at Brazos and I know I'm Fair Park.

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Those are the ones on Fair Park are under construction this week.

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So those projects are moving forward pretty quickly.

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We're also going to do a traffic calming.

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It's going to be some curbing work done at Union and Hope Street.

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We're having issues with people coming down Union and instead of taking the right turn

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to go to Main Street, they're blowing down Union Street further and that to lane into

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the residential neighborhood area.

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And we're going to do some curbing there to try to slow people down as they enter that residential

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district. So that will be with those monies this year. We're also doing a lighting project

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down Cretz Street. Tonight the council approved the purchase of some lighting equipment

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that's being purchased through grant funds but these funds will be used to actually hire

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a contractor to do that electrical work and install those lights. So that's what's going

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We went on with the half-million in street funds.

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We also got a half-million in sidewalks and side paths money.

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We're doing that still continuing the South Culber.

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Councilor Harris, and Flint Street Project making the connection there down Thomas Street and then Wood Street to Short Street. And so that's under construction right now. We've got a small piece of sidewalk plan for Madison Road between Jefferson and Washington Avenue on the west side of the roadway. Jason to the new county courthouse. We've got a piece of sidewalk that we'd like to get put in down through there this year.

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And then the remainder of the funds will be used to start down Jefferson Avenue with an additional side path down those and those those projects were picked by the connectivity committee on soft surface.

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Well, these aren't with 25, 20, 25 capital funds, but we do have some soft surface trails that would be done with grant funds this year.

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With our half million drainage funds this year, we're doing a project on Maplewood Terrace.

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This is relocating a ditch that is basically runs into the back of somebody's house and

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is cause flooding issues throughout the years.

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And so we have some funds set aside to do that project this year.

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Also on Les Leand and Tony Ann, we've got some money budget to do some drainage work, some

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and curbing and some piping to relocate.

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The water basically runs from city streets

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onto private property.

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So we're going to redirect that in that area.

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And then we also have some funds in the miscellaneous

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to purchase a piece of property on North Main Street.

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It's five acres that is part of the core of engineers

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master drainage plan for the city.

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It's come up for sale.

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They've agreed to sell it to us for less than the appraised value.

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it's a flood property so hopefully you'll see that fairly soon come before you

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to purchase but that will come out of that mislining strange funds. We have

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450,000 allocated in railroad money this year. A percentage of that will be used

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for just general maintenance but a few projects that we're going to do we're

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going to install some switchpoint protectors for all the rail switches out

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there we've had a kind of an issue with those getting damaged and every time they get damaged,

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it's $5,000, $6,000 to get fixed. So we're going to put protectors on those this year to try

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to minimize, I think we had four of five of them damaged last year. And so we're going to put these

456
00:37:34,020 --> 00:37:38,760
protectors on them to try to minimize that. We're also going to put some camera equipment in our

457
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:46,040
rail yard. We've had a couple of incidents of injuries at a rail yard by the railroad

458
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:51,480
crews and we've been asked by the NSF about putting some cameras up and we think it's a

459
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,400
good measure and we have some funds this year to try to do that.

460
00:37:58,010 --> 00:38:00,030
And then we were allocated

461
00:38:00,030 --> 00:38:06,410
a million dollars for asphalt overlays this year. That actually bid today, so that contract

462
00:38:06,410 --> 00:38:13,090
will come before you in the next couple, in the next 30 days anyway. The projects on

463
00:38:13,090 --> 00:38:20,950
the list are Nettles and Avenue from Flint to Puy, Beanie Drive, Olive It, Bobby Don Drive,

464
00:38:21,190 --> 00:38:30,190
Olive It, Eagle Drive, Hawke's Cove, Hunter Lane, Bass and Carter Drive that's all off

465
00:38:30,190 --> 00:38:39,130
Aggie Road, the east of Red Wolf. Richardson Road from Root Road to Longcrest, Longcrest

466
00:38:39,130 --> 00:38:46,790
Drive from Richardson Road to Willow Road. Willow Road, that's from Ingalls to I-555, an overlay

467
00:38:46,790 --> 00:38:53,090
on Warner from Olive to Union, an overlay on Oak Street, from Olive to Madison, and then

468
00:38:53,090 --> 00:38:59,070
West Craighead Forest Road from Lincoln Drive to South Culber House. Those are the projects

469
00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:05,730
that were bid, the dollar amounts actually of the bids came in a little bit lower than

470
00:39:05,730 --> 00:39:09,610
it did last year, so we might have a little bit extra funds to add a road.

471
00:39:10,110 --> 00:39:16,530
We have a running list of several million dollars of overlay projects that need to be

472
00:39:16,530 --> 00:39:21,990
done, so we'll select one or two, hopefully, off that list, add since those projects came

473
00:39:21,990 --> 00:39:22,270
in.

474
00:39:22,270 --> 00:39:27,070
That was the project that we're going to do with the 2025 allocations.

475
00:39:27,630 --> 00:39:30,130
Are there any questions about any of those projects?

476
00:39:30,630 --> 00:39:31,910
Do you, Mayor, if I may?

477
00:39:32,290 --> 00:39:32,550
Yes, sir.

478
00:39:33,130 --> 00:39:35,230
Craig, do you want to touch on the Brussels Projects again?

479
00:39:35,390 --> 00:39:36,310
I got one more question.

480
00:39:37,690 --> 00:39:39,110
The Brussels, yes.

481
00:39:39,910 --> 00:39:41,190
They're traffic calming.

482
00:39:41,490 --> 00:39:42,030
Traffic calming.

483
00:39:42,190 --> 00:39:43,350
Yeah, the speed tables.

484
00:39:43,550 --> 00:39:43,790
That's great.

485
00:39:43,930 --> 00:39:51,870
We put out radar counters out there and there's a lot of fast moving cars down through there.

486
00:39:51,870 --> 00:39:55,770
When do we anticipate doing some drainage work in that area?

487
00:39:56,110 --> 00:39:56,530
Brazos?

488
00:39:58,310 --> 00:39:59,630
I'd say...

489
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:10,800
I drove through there, I drive through there almost every day, but driving through after

490
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:18,080
a rain, it's pretty, it's water, all of the road and kids having to stand in the water

491
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:19,100
waiting on the school bus.

492
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:28,000
You don't have to tell me now. It is on a list. The last time

493
00:40:28,980 --> 00:40:34,020
We talked about it, it was to redo the whole neighborhood, the drainage, and it was about

494
00:40:34,020 --> 00:40:39,260
five and a half million dollars, and this was probably, I can't remember how many years

495
00:40:39,260 --> 00:40:43,240
ago it was, if we put that estimate together, but it's been some time ago, we were looking

496
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:45,900
for CDBG funds to help fund that.

497
00:40:46,820 --> 00:40:52,220
When we did the Rastreet Trainage Project for the future widening of the Rastreet, we put

498
00:40:52,220 --> 00:40:56,320
in that underground system, and we put in new in-the-pipes

499
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,920
extending into the Fair Park neighborhood,

500
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:04,180
and we set them fairly deep, they come up very quickly,

501
00:41:04,180 --> 00:41:06,100
but the intent is to pull those out

502
00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:09,840
and start putting underground systems in at a much deeper level,

503
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:13,120
to start, you know, as an overall fix for that area.

504
00:41:13,940 --> 00:41:17,120
But it's gonna be, you know, we need a sizable allocation

505
00:41:17,820 --> 00:41:18,620
for it.

506
00:41:18,620 --> 00:41:28,480
I didn't know that fair few matter all those roads in there, fair field, like Mary Jane,

507
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,980
how to understand that, how to look at it.

508
00:41:33,060 --> 00:41:38,640
Also, are we planning, I know you didn't go through your list and say any, but are we

509
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,440
planning to do any roundabouts coming out?

510
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:41,440
No,

511
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:52,900
we did look at around about a few years ago at Benard, may

512
00:41:54,980 --> 00:41:57,140
not be Benard, Forest

513
00:41:57,140 --> 00:42:04,760
Home Road and that Intersect and Shree is at Benard, now it's not Benard, anyway, we've

514
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:10,100
looked at one there, we priced it out, honestly a four-way stop's been working out

515
00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:21,960
there for quite some time, and not really causing that many delays, if there's a particular

516
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:27,080
one that you think we need to look at, we'll be happy to put it on the list and have it

517
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:31,540
looked at for around about, but we don't have any around about projects. In terms of our

518
00:42:31,540 --> 00:42:39,860
long range roadway projects that we do have on the list, Highland Nestle Rogers Chapel

519
00:42:39,860 --> 00:42:46,360
intersection out on 18. Need some additional turn lanes added to it. South

520
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:52,100
Caraway Road and Race Street intersection needs to be blown up into a

521
00:42:52,100 --> 00:42:57,500
full intersection like what Caraway in Highland is. So full double turn lanes

522
00:42:57,500 --> 00:42:59,520
other way around on there.

523
00:43:06,540 --> 00:43:16,420
It's a very tricky intersection.

524
00:43:16,780 --> 00:43:19,960
It is being a five-pointed intersection.

525
00:43:25,860 --> 00:43:32,480
We get a lot of requests for traffic calming and you know you put these in to move traffic

526
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,940
faster and then you put in other things to slow them down.

527
00:43:37,860 --> 00:43:40,680
The intersection itself is not over capacity.

528
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:43,440
You can get through it.

529
00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:46,740
You don't have real long delays to get through it.

530
00:43:47,420 --> 00:43:51,980
You know, intersections that really need our attention are South

531
00:43:51,980 --> 00:43:56,660
caraway and racetries, especially with the new sporting complex that's going in there.

532
00:43:56,820 --> 00:43:59,960
I mean, it's a, it is a, there's a lot of delay at that intersection.

533
00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:04,460
And we're probably looking at three and a half million dollars to improve that intersection.

534
00:44:05,060 --> 00:44:11,400
Brown's Lane and Caraway, it's on our dots, Interchange Improvement List.

535
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,740
Alexander and Southwest Drive is on that list as well.

536
00:44:14,740 --> 00:44:21,700
And I think they're estimated 16 million on that particular project to redo the some lanes

537
00:44:21,700 --> 00:44:22,680
off the interstate.

538
00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:28,460
And so there's some big projects that need to be pushed forward, and whether or not

539
00:44:28,460 --> 00:44:34,100
that's a contribution towards the city funds on those or not, I don't know.

540
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:35,500
But they've been identified.

541
00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:41,420
We've had race street improvements on our list for a long time.

542
00:44:41,420 --> 00:44:45,680
We have South Caraway Road that's been on our list for quite some time.

543
00:44:45,820 --> 00:44:49,420
We lack two properties from having all the need to ride away.

544
00:44:50,220 --> 00:44:53,360
And I know it's been, the funding for that's been tied up in this bond issuance.

545
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,920
It's been knocked around for the last couple of years.

546
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,720
Hopefully that will come to fruition sometime.

547
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,920
And we'll get the finally get the funding to do those improvements. But, you know, Patrick street improvements. I know Dr. Colpins has been asking for that for quite some time. G street improvements are on our list and overpass over the railroad tracks on G street. Prospect road improvements have been been mentioned many times. I think you might. There's a lot of roadway projects. So specifically around abouts have not been a priority. But we do see these

548
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:33,780
other projects as being you know some priorities for us that we need to start

549
00:45:33,780 --> 00:45:38,160
looking at and looking at how we fund these in a long term. I'll see you in

550
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:43,780
email just to discuss a few. Thank you. All right Greg just get on to the important

551
00:45:43,780 --> 00:45:51,120
things down here. What about the bank? What bank is that? I think our construction

552
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:55,140
managers are here. I saw them right behind you and I'm hoping one of two of you

553
00:45:55,140 --> 00:46:02,060
He's fixing to tell us that it's coming down this week or something big's happening so I believe

554
00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:07,880
I'm being told that the big machines supposed to start showing up in pieces tomorrow so

555
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:11,520
It'll take a little time to get that thing set up and

556
00:46:12,140 --> 00:46:18,100
I don't know as more about it than I do so I'm not saying roundabouts and intersections are important

557
00:46:18,100 --> 00:46:23,780
But I'm telling you my phone is blowing up about the bank police come and give us an update

558
00:46:26,330 --> 00:46:36,050
So as far as the activity that you see on site right now, we've got a first piece of equipment that will work in tandem with our high reach equipment that comes tomorrow.

559
00:46:36,690 --> 00:46:39,770
We've got that there last week, I want to say Thursday or Friday.

560
00:46:40,610 --> 00:46:51,750
I'm going to say the high reach equipment will show up tomorrow and it is on several trucks and it's coming from South Texas so it'll be here sometime right around noon.

561
00:46:52,990 --> 00:46:58,870
We'll offload that and then beyond that we've got to get our site restructured to contain

562
00:46:58,870 --> 00:47:02,750
that piece of equipment and then also to protect our neighbors from the work that's coming

563
00:47:02,750 --> 00:47:03,050
up.

564
00:47:03,210 --> 00:47:07,890
We've got to be a good neighbor to everybody around us, particularly to the building directly

565
00:47:07,890 --> 00:47:08,790
to the north of us.

566
00:47:08,910 --> 00:47:15,250
That'll be the next thing you see is us protecting that building for many, for anything that

567
00:47:15,250 --> 00:47:18,490
should happen to fall off of the citizens bank building while we're in the process of taking

568
00:47:18,490 --> 00:47:18,890
it down.

569
00:47:18,890 --> 00:47:24,830
It's 15 feet away, so that's going to involve a pretty substantial effort just to keep

570
00:47:24,830 --> 00:47:28,810
their building protected while we move forward.

571
00:47:29,650 --> 00:47:36,330
As far as administrative work goes, ADQ had a SREE resummit or NOI today.

572
00:47:36,630 --> 00:47:41,190
They had some clerical things they wanted changed on it, so we've got their full attention,

573
00:47:41,370 --> 00:47:45,510
which is a good thing because they're the law, we've got to do exactly what they say.

574
00:47:45,510 --> 00:47:54,530
So we resummitted that today. Our first day of actual demolition, we're hoping at the latest it'll be Friday, March the 7th.

575
00:47:55,910 --> 00:48:06,410
Maybe Saturday, March the 8th or Monday the 10th. We're hoping that we can pull that back with 88Q. We're obviously completely beholden to them.

576
00:48:06,970 --> 00:48:12,170
But we're in contact with them several times every day just to review the process of everything.

577
00:48:12,170 --> 00:48:16,990
Like I said, there's a lot of prep work that we've got to do between now and then.

578
00:48:17,530 --> 00:48:18,190
So it does.

579
00:48:18,190 --> 00:48:24,970
It buys us a little bit of time to meet with our team or demolition team and then with

580
00:48:24,970 --> 00:48:28,890
the neighbors in the immediate area so they know what to expect out of our work and then

581
00:48:28,890 --> 00:48:35,990
obviously with the city, the same way, just planning traffic and planning the rest of the

582
00:48:35,990 --> 00:48:36,850
scope of our work.

583
00:48:37,370 --> 00:48:41,810
And then after that, what it's going to look like when we leave the site, you know, making

584
00:48:41,810 --> 00:48:47,970
We can sure that we've got an engineered plan that fits the piece of property and we

585
00:48:47,970 --> 00:48:53,630
walk away with something that manages storm water and doesn't create a problem for the

586
00:48:53,630 --> 00:48:53,870
city.

587
00:48:55,710 --> 00:48:57,730
Any questions from the council about that?

588
00:48:59,010 --> 00:49:00,110
Thank you very much.

589
00:49:00,310 --> 00:49:04,890
I saw you down there with the big excavator in the shear all looking at it over today and

590
00:49:04,890 --> 00:49:05,730
I thought here we go.

591
00:49:06,270 --> 00:49:08,070
The one that comes tomorrow is me a whole lot.

592
00:49:08,070 --> 00:49:09,250
But that's a big one that's out there.

593
00:49:09,550 --> 00:49:10,950
But the whole environment would be really big.

594
00:49:11,690 --> 00:49:14,610
All right, thank you very much.

595
00:49:15,430 --> 00:49:16,570
Brian, did you have anything else

596
00:49:16,570 --> 00:49:17,990
before I read the mayor's statement?

597
00:49:19,090 --> 00:49:19,350
Anyone?

598
00:49:22,430 --> 00:49:23,650
I'm sorry about that, Craig.

599
00:49:23,870 --> 00:49:26,410
I was just as giddy thinking about the building down there.

600
00:49:28,090 --> 00:49:29,610
Right, the mayor did, the mayor did

601
00:49:29,610 --> 00:49:31,170
leave the statement for me to read

602
00:49:31,170 --> 00:49:32,550
and it says, good evening everyone.

603
00:49:33,090 --> 00:49:34,870
Thanks for being patient while we waited out

604
00:49:34,870 --> 00:49:35,650
the winter storm.

605
00:49:36,530 --> 00:49:40,030
I want to thank our street crew for doing a fantastic job once again.

606
00:49:40,030 --> 00:49:42,110
of getting the roads in shape quickly.

607
00:49:42,630 --> 00:49:44,830
I also want to recognize the Salvation Army

608
00:49:44,830 --> 00:49:47,530
for providing overnight housing to those in need

609
00:49:47,530 --> 00:49:48,930
during the severe cold.

610
00:49:49,590 --> 00:49:52,210
While our community centers provided daytime buildings

611
00:49:52,210 --> 00:49:54,310
to get into a warm space,

612
00:49:54,970 --> 00:49:57,770
here's some more information about getting things cleaned up.

613
00:49:58,010 --> 00:49:59,870
The Sanitation Department has a new process.

614
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:29,980
Residents for residents to get rid of larger items that are cluttering up personal space. We're calling it getting rid of the bulky junk, which we all have. Brian, do you think of that? I know Donna. I know Donna didn't think of that. Residents can load up junk, bring it to the city and center writer located at 2650 lacy drive and a specific roll off dumpster is available for accepting those items.

615
00:50:29,980 --> 00:50:34,660
items. It is a great convenience and best of all it saves the city that's the taxpayers

616
00:50:34,660 --> 00:50:40,280
lots of money and tipping fees. Sanitation routes are beginning to catch up with the backlog

617
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:45,180
caused by the winter storm that followed a federal holiday. We appreciate our citizens

618
00:50:45,180 --> 00:50:50,140
for being patient through the process. We're all ready to get the winter out of the way

619
00:50:50,140 --> 00:50:55,180
that the city parks are truly gearing up for the nice weather. In fact, some activities are

620
00:50:55,180 --> 00:51:00,040
underway already. The baseball fields are full-swing and it's worth a drive to go

621
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:05,360
take a look at all the beauty of the outdoor spaces. We're asking for community

622
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:09,940
input to help bring the vision of the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Trail to

623
00:51:09,940 --> 00:51:17,560
life. A public meeting is underway now at New John Baptist Church at 308 North

624
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:25,000
Maine and a second meeting will be held the 27th at 6 o'clock at New John. We are

625
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:29,500
of course getting excited about the state of the city address, you'll hear a report

626
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:34,360
at the next City Council meeting March 4th just a week from tomorrow and a full video

627
00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:41,020
presentation will be held at Embassy Suites March 5th beginning at 11.30. Applications are

628
00:51:41,020 --> 00:51:47,240
being accepted now for the Mayor's Youth Advancement Council 3 April 1st. We are always excited

629
00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:52,420
to meet the new members and find out what our young people have to offer. I'm pleased to

630
00:51:52,420 --> 00:51:58,060
to announce that our health accelerator plan is one yet another award, this one for engineering.

631
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:02,960
This is the award that demonstrates how we are making parks and health initiatives

632
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:08,000
accessible to everyone. I know you're all anxious to hear the latest on the citizens

633
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:12,500
bank building. We'll keep you updated in any time. There's movement to talk about.

634
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:17,300
Large equipment being brought in in adjacent spaces are being protected at this time.

635
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:24,460
anything else, Brian? I got you. That concludes Mayor's reports.

636
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:28,220
Item 9, City Council reports. Madam Clerk, we call the road.

637
00:52:29,660 --> 00:52:33,600
Mr. Street. I just did what the mayor said about the

638
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:36,360
all of our department, Street Department, Police Department,

639
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:41,040
Sanitation. Everybody did a great job clearing the roads and keeping them safe and

640
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:44,240
we appreciate them as always. Thank you.

641
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:52,580
Mr. Miller, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Haffner, Mr. McLean, Mr. Gibson.

642
00:52:53,060 --> 00:53:05,280
Yes, nominating in rules met earlier tonight, and I would like to spin the rules and walk on ordinance 25-008 in resolution 25-015, please.

643
00:53:08,390 --> 00:53:10,270
Do I have a second to walk on?

644
00:53:10,610 --> 00:53:11,070
A second.

645
00:53:11,570 --> 00:53:13,510
Okay, I have a motion and a second to walk on.

646
00:53:13,510 --> 00:53:19,510
All in favor say aye. All opposed. Which one are we going to start with?

647
00:53:19,650 --> 00:53:32,410
I'll start with the ordinance 25008. This is proposed changes, we're now changes to some

648
00:53:32,410 --> 00:53:37,010
of the counter rolls. I'm going to go through and just read the changes because it's 12 pages

649
00:53:37,010 --> 00:53:47,930
is long. So the first change is on in section 2-84 paragraph J. We are changing that information

650
00:53:47,930 --> 00:53:53,770
or that paragraph to say electronic devices, electronic devices such as cell phones, tablets

651
00:53:53,770 --> 00:53:58,230
and laptops should be silenced or turned off during council and committee meetings unless

652
00:53:58,230 --> 00:54:06,650
explicitly needed to conduct business. The next change is section 2-85 paragraph

653
00:54:06,650 --> 00:54:13,450
FD, that is being amended to say once a question is put to a vote, each council or committee

654
00:54:13,450 --> 00:54:19,990
member will electronically enter a vote of yay or nay. An exception is a council or

655
00:54:19,990 --> 00:54:25,670
committee member may abstain from voting A if he or she has not participated in preceding

656
00:54:25,670 --> 00:54:30,870
discussion of the question and B, if that council member states a valid reason for abstention.

657
00:54:30,870 --> 00:54:36,510
If electronic balding is unavailable, the city clerk will call for a voice vote.

658
00:54:37,070 --> 00:54:45,090
The next change is section 2-85 paragraph J. That paragraph is being amended to read

659
00:54:45,430 --> 00:54:46,290
for benefit.

660
00:54:46,390 --> 00:54:47,850
I'm going to accurate for them.

661
00:54:47,930 --> 00:54:53,290
It is the responsibility of the Council or committee member to notify the presiding officer

662
00:54:53,650 --> 00:54:57,310
if they will be arriving late or leaving early from Council and committee meetings.

663
00:54:57,310 --> 00:54:59,970
the next change is

664
00:55:00,500 --> 00:55:04,800
In section 2-95, paragraph A, subsection 1,

665
00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:33,520
and the second sentence of that subsection is being changed effective January of 2026 to read. The nominating and rules committee shall be made up of council members from seat 1 of wards 1, 2, and 3, and seat 2 of wards 4, 5, and 6 on odd numbered years, and seat 2 of wards

666
00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:39,340
1, 2, and 3 and seat 1 of wards 4, 5, and 6 on even number years.

667
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:50,000
And then the final change I think is also in section 2-95, paragraph B, subsection 2,

668
00:55:51,780 --> 00:55:57,120
the first sentence that we are adding the word present so that the first sentence reads,

669
00:55:57,460 --> 00:56:01,720
committee meetings shall be held when possible at times that allow all members of the committee

670
00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:10,680
to attend in order for a committee to make an official recommendation to the City Council a majority of the committee present must agree on that recommendation.

671
00:56:16,260 --> 00:56:18,640
All right, let's move on to the council.

672
00:56:19,220 --> 00:56:20,540
I have a quick request.

673
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:23,680
Well, we need a motion to...

674
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:25,880
Well, it's an ordinance, so it's just a partially...

675
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:27,320
It's an amendment to an ordinance.

676
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:31,100
It's amendment to the current ordinance.

677
00:56:33,330 --> 00:56:34,470
I'll move to a doubt.

678
00:56:34,470 --> 00:56:39,370
Okay, I have a motion and a second to adopt, now open the floor for discussion, Mr. Haffner.

679
00:56:42,050 --> 00:56:49,530
I was just trying to make sure, on 6 and 2295, paragraph A, the subsection 1, the proposed

680
00:56:49,530 --> 00:56:53,290
language says the nominating and rude committee shall be made up of council members from

681
00:56:53,290 --> 00:56:59,850
seat 1, avoid 1, 2, 3, and seats 2, seat 2, 4, 5, and 6, so we'll have members on both

682
00:56:59,850 --> 00:57:00,390
sides.

683
00:57:00,390 --> 00:57:04,830
that was that was the reasoning behind that is so the entire city would be

684
00:57:04,830 --> 00:57:09,950
represented rather than just three wards. Thank you. Any other questions?

685
00:57:13,140 --> 00:57:13,160
You

686
00:57:13,160 --> 00:57:18,720
want any audience have a question or an answer? All right here and none we have

687
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:19,580
to voice open.

688
00:57:19,580 --> 00:57:20,000
I'm cleared.

689
00:57:22,060 --> 00:57:22,380
A client.

690
00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:24,680
Half-nour.

691
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:26,000
Bryant.

692
00:57:26,540 --> 00:57:27,140
Miller.

693
00:57:27,580 --> 00:57:27,840
Hi.

694
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:28,600
Street.

695
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:29,060
Hi.

696
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:29,980
Gibson.

697
00:57:30,260 --> 00:57:30,420
Hi.

698
00:57:30,980 --> 00:57:31,340
Williams.

699
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:32,120
Hi.

700
00:57:32,540 --> 00:57:32,820
Moore.

701
00:57:34,060 --> 00:57:35,320
Dr. Charles Coleman.

702
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:35,960
Hi.

703
00:57:36,580 --> 00:57:37,180
Emerson.

704
00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:37,800
Hi.

705
00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:38,380
Order.

706
00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:39,140
Hi.

707
00:57:42,820 --> 00:57:43,680
We have the resolution.

708
00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:44,040
OK.

709
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:46,900
Resolution 25-015.

710
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:50,420
Resolution by the City Council of the City of Jones

711
00:57:50,420 --> 00:57:55,660
are Arkansas to make appointments and reappointments to boards and commissions as recommended by Mayor

712
00:57:55,660 --> 00:58:01,720
Harold Copenhaver. Whereas the following appointments, reappointments have been recommended by Mayor

713
00:58:01,720 --> 00:58:06,060
Harold Copenhaver. Now therefore, be it resolved by the City Council for the City of Jones

714
00:58:06,060 --> 00:58:11,900
where Arkansas that the following appointments, reappointments, be confirmed. Public Facilities Board,

715
00:58:12,180 --> 00:58:18,400
appointment of Joe Verser to complete the unexpired term of Steve May who has resigned due to relocation,

716
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:21,920
and expiring 10, 12 of 2027.

717
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:32,740
Cricket County Jones World Public Library Board appointment of Christopher Moss to a five-year term ending 1-1-20-30.

718
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:37,940
Re-appointment of Beth Smith for a term ending 6-30-20-29.

719
00:58:39,420 --> 00:58:48,380
CDBG Citizens Advisory Committee appointment of Beverly Nyx to complete an unexpired term of Christopher Moss ending 3-21-30.

720
00:58:48,380 --> 00:58:55,800
2020-26. Municipal Airport Commission, re-appointment of Dick, or Vick did excuse me, and

721
00:58:55,800 --> 00:59:03,480
Brian Falkersen to three-year terms ending 517-2028. Jonesboro Urban Forestry Council,

722
00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:10,680
re-appointment of Nate Schimmel, Richard Abbas, James Sanders, Grant Newkirk, and Brandon

723
00:59:10,680 --> 00:59:17,060
Trader to three-year terms ending 3-4-2028. The appointment of Tom Elwood to a three-year

724
00:59:17,060 --> 00:59:23,580
term ending 3, 4, 20, 28, Jonesboro Parks and Recreation Planning and Advisory Committee.

725
00:59:24,740 --> 00:59:30,200
Reappointment of Tina Cook, John McPike, Trayma Key, to one year terms ending 3, 4, 20,

726
00:59:30,340 --> 00:59:38,540
26. Reappointment of Lynn Frey, Frey, David Daniel, Brent Martin, to two year terms ending

727
00:59:38,540 --> 00:59:45,060
3, 4, 20, 27. Reappointment of Charles Coleman, to a three year term ending 3, 4, 20, 28.

728
00:59:45,580 --> 00:59:50,580
appointment of Jay Clevenger, Jack Sample, James Kern, to three-year terms

729
00:59:50,580 --> 00:59:56,800
ending 3, 4, 20, 28. Board of zoning adjustments, re-appointment of Rick

730
00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:59,880
Miles, Casey K. Folls, and Kevin Bailey to three-year terms.

731
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,720
ending 517-2028, city water and light, reappointment of John Street, to a three-year term ending 228-28 and appointment of Michael Polk to a three-year term ending 228-28. Impact fee review committee, reappointment of Ann Williams, Anthony Coleman, Russel Hanna, Carol Caldwell, Robert Hester, Mark Morris, Rick Wyatt, Charleston, Garily, Carli Steele,

732
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:36,220
should quit a cutting ham and Western Wagner to a one-year term ending 3-1-20-26.

733
01:00:36,940 --> 01:00:37,920
Move to the dock.

734
01:00:38,280 --> 01:00:38,560
Second.

735
01:00:39,140 --> 01:00:40,860
I have a motion and a second to the dock.

736
01:00:41,060 --> 01:00:43,400
Anyone on the council have a question or a comment?

737
01:00:43,860 --> 01:00:49,080
SB recuse from vote on this because of a reappointment.

738
01:00:49,420 --> 01:00:50,700
Let the record reflect that.

739
01:00:51,140 --> 01:00:54,820
Anyone in the audience, Mr. Hines, come on up.

740
01:00:55,700 --> 01:00:59,340
I was thinking about you and he was talking about cross in Southwest Drive at the light

741
01:00:59,340 --> 01:01:06,400
down there where you walk. So, you know, I was probably quietly, James Owen Heinz,

742
01:01:06,440 --> 01:01:19,490
508 Ridgecrest, did not before the runoff election in December, the mayor made a speech

743
01:01:20,030 --> 01:01:27,910
at Western, it's not Western system, it's Golden Crow, he's isn't it, and there were

744
01:01:27,910 --> 01:01:33,090
group people there and he promised that before an appointment was made to the Jonesboro

745
01:01:33,090 --> 01:01:37,790
Public Library Board that that person would speak to that group.

746
01:01:39,090 --> 01:01:43,610
I'd been watching because I'd like to be there at the meeting when that person speaks

747
01:01:43,610 --> 01:01:44,270
to hear them.

748
01:01:44,690 --> 01:01:49,990
I don't have anything, you know, an opinion on the person I'd really like to hear them

749
01:01:49,990 --> 01:01:51,190
get from an opinion.

750
01:01:51,550 --> 01:01:57,010
But anyway, I do think in order for him to keep his promise that that appointment needs

751
01:01:57,010 --> 01:02:02,990
needs to be delayed until he has opportunity to have them speak to that group as he promised.

752
01:02:03,570 --> 01:02:04,670
Thank you, Mr. Hines.

753
01:02:05,390 --> 01:02:07,990
Anyone else in the audience with a question or comment?

754
01:02:09,710 --> 01:02:11,650
Here in Madam Clerk, we call the room.

755
01:02:13,030 --> 01:02:18,990
I have a question about, there's an appointment for Dr. Charles coming on John's Barbarian

756
01:02:18,990 --> 01:02:19,830
for some creation.

757
01:02:21,030 --> 01:02:22,930
You want to abstain?

758
01:02:24,050 --> 01:02:24,470
And Ann?

759
01:02:25,770 --> 01:02:26,970
We had discussed this.

760
01:02:27,190 --> 01:02:28,170
Yeah, I can.

761
01:02:28,590 --> 01:02:30,750
I had discussed this for Carol previously.

762
01:02:31,210 --> 01:02:34,830
And she said it's not an issue in her opinion,

763
01:02:35,930 --> 01:02:38,590
requiring it in this particular type of appointment.

764
01:02:39,070 --> 01:02:42,010
I just wanted to make sure that no one else wanted to abstain.

765
01:02:42,970 --> 01:02:43,050
OK.

766
01:02:43,590 --> 01:02:44,450
Dr. Cullen?

767
01:02:44,790 --> 01:02:45,210
Yes.

768
01:02:45,790 --> 01:02:46,750
All in favor?

769
01:02:47,210 --> 01:02:47,710
Say aye.

770
01:02:47,710 --> 01:02:49,330
All opposed,

771
01:02:53,740 --> 01:02:54,820
Mr. Gibson?

772
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:56,760
Yeah, I've got just a couple more things.

773
01:02:56,840 --> 01:03:00,600
Nominating rules just for transparency and procedural purposes.

774
01:03:00,600 --> 01:03:03,080
We had to pull an item from the agenda this afternoon.

775
01:03:03,620 --> 01:03:07,540
So we will meet again on Monday, is that the third?

776
01:03:07,700 --> 01:03:11,240
March 3rd at 4.45 to take up those items of business.

777
01:03:11,240 --> 01:03:13,840
And it's just some more appointments to the committees.

778
01:03:15,080 --> 01:03:20,680
And secondly, we did vote to dissolve public services this afternoon.

779
01:03:21,240 --> 01:03:26,040
and the reappointment of those, or the reassignment of those subcommittees will be as follows.

780
01:03:26,500 --> 01:03:31,300
The airport committee will go to finance, parks and cemeteries will go to public works,

781
01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:33,980
and transportation will go to public works.

782
01:03:34,540 --> 01:03:38,820
And any members of that public services committee that would like to be reassigned to any of

783
01:03:38,820 --> 01:03:42,200
those committees, please let me know and we'll take that up at Monday's meeting as well.

784
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:50,000
I anticipate that'll open up a time slot for public hearings and that'll be quite beneficial.

785
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:53,360
Do you have anything else? That's all I have. Thank you. All right, Ms. Williams.

786
01:03:54,300 --> 01:03:57,320
Dr. Coleman? I had one question. Fine.

787
01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:03,300
Have you guys made an decision on the ranges for the parks?

788
01:04:08,060 --> 01:04:13,780
That's still being I guess the the exact on the process for that and the legalities of how

789
01:04:13,780 --> 01:04:18,400
they would need to be charged and any kind of enforcement powers. I know that the Miss Duncan and Heather,

790
01:04:18,500 --> 01:04:23,260
I think, have been looking at some statutory requirements on that just to want to make sure that anybody

791
01:04:23,260 --> 01:04:26,480
by that you obviously empower the ability

792
01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:30,560
to ticket rat enforcement rules or find somebody

793
01:04:30,560 --> 01:04:33,120
that they follow the proper procedures

794
01:04:33,120 --> 01:04:34,880
and guidelines that are laid out by the state.

795
01:04:35,240 --> 01:04:38,240
So, not being a lawyer, I'm not gonna get myself

796
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:39,640
in trouble and make any presentations,

797
01:04:39,700 --> 01:04:41,800
but I can't present that they're working very diligently

798
01:04:41,800 --> 01:04:44,500
on that, and I think that we originally planned

799
01:04:44,500 --> 01:04:48,080
on kind of funding and actually putting some funding

800
01:04:48,080 --> 01:04:49,580
in some creation behind those positions

801
01:04:49,580 --> 01:04:50,760
sometime during the summer.

802
01:04:51,380 --> 01:04:55,040
So, you know, they've got a little bit of time left to kind of work through that.

803
01:04:55,100 --> 01:04:59,520
Now that I've talked with Ms. Williams or Councilwoman Williams a little bit about.

804
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:27,880
Some of the things that she would like to say before that position is actually created just to ensure that everybody's working in the best interest of the city. I mean, we kind of envision somebody that's not just an enforcement officer, but also a, you know, a, all, you know, hands-on person to either assist people are also point out things that need to be corrected in our park. So there's still a little bit of work to be done on that, but I think we're heading in a good direction.

805
01:05:30,500 --> 01:05:34,600
We're trying to ensure that Mr. Street doesn't qualify for this job, so.

806
01:05:35,380 --> 01:05:36,420
That's all I want to know.

807
01:05:36,680 --> 01:05:37,840
Right now for free.

808
01:05:40,340 --> 01:05:42,960
We don't want to give that up, so we've got to make sure.

809
01:05:43,780 --> 01:05:44,500
Thank you.

810
01:05:44,860 --> 01:05:45,860
Anything else, Dr. Cullen?

811
01:05:46,300 --> 01:05:47,860
Thank you.

812
01:05:47,860 --> 01:05:48,480
Mr. Emerson?

813
01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:49,740
Nothing at this time's border.

814
01:05:50,100 --> 01:05:50,560
No, thank you.

815
01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:51,320
All right.

816
01:05:51,720 --> 01:05:53,160
That concludes the public comments.

817
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:54,680
I mean, City Council reports.

818
01:05:54,680 --> 01:06:02,080
It's item 10 public comments anyone in the audience wish to come make public comment about something that was not on the agenda tonight

819
01:06:04,990 --> 01:06:07,890
You're an item 11 adjournment

820
01:06:07,890 --> 01:06:12,930
Ocean a second all in favor say aye. We stand adjourned