[0:00] Thanks for
[0:05] this evening proposal related to
[0:08] parking, standing and stopping and also
[0:10] our public comment. Uh period. Welcome.
[0:14] If anybody would like to uh speak if
[0:16] you'd be good enough to sign in here,
[0:22] » thank you. Anybody
[0:26] want to speak at either?
[0:29] Oh, we got Mr. Chu. Okay.
[0:48] 601 we'll do the public hearing.
[0:51] number one total local
[0:52] law amending article 11 of the city code
[0:55] for the department standing and stop.
[0:58] Mr. Chu you're signed for the public
[1:01] hearing.
[1:09] » I just had two question. Um, one is why
[1:12] does the council have to first give
[1:13] itself permission to put in parking
[1:15] meters before it decides? Why couldn't
[1:18] you just if you're going to put them in,
[1:19] just put them in? And the second
[1:22] question is, why do we need to keep our
[1:26] 3:00 a.m. to 6 a.m. prohibition against
[1:30] public streets? For, for example, I want
[1:33] to car my driveway now, and where am I
[1:37] going to put my car?
[1:40] So, thank you for questions.
[1:43] >> I could probably answer questions.
[1:45] >> We got a public hearing.
[1:49] » Anybody else here uh for public hearing
[1:51] number one, proposed local law amending
[1:53] article 11 of the city code relating to
[1:55] parking, standing, and stopping.
[1:58] Last call. Proposed hearing number one,
[2:00] proposed local law amending article 11
[2:03] of the city code relating to parking,
[2:05] standing, and stopping.
[2:07] Hearing none, we'll close the public
[2:08] hearing
[2:10] and uh we could call to order, please.
[2:16] » Council member to
[2:17] >> present. Council member Sllan
[2:19] >> here.
[2:20] >> Council member Panel
[2:21] >> here.
[2:21] >> Member Lane
[2:22] >> here.
[2:23] >> Member Con here.
[2:24] >> Council member Carpenter
[2:25] >> here.
[2:26] >> Member Beckwith present.
[2:27] >> Council member Michaels
[2:28] >> here. All right. Thursday.
[2:35] I pledge to the flag of the United
[2:38] States of America and to the republic
[2:41] for it stands nationy
[2:47] and justice for all
[2:51] of them off their birthdays.
[2:56] » All right. Does anybody have anything
[2:58] for public comments?
[3:03] Okay, hearing none. Um,
[3:08] we'll go right to the uh fourth report.
[3:18] » All right. Thank you. Followed up with a
[3:20] constituent, the constituent who had a
[3:22] question about the change with the
[3:25] property tax collection and the impact
[3:28] potentially on school taxes and their
[3:30] collection. Um had a call actually today
[3:34] from a resident concerned. I'll follow
[3:36] up with DPW
[3:38] about the intersection of Yong and
[3:39] Louder and cars coming through there
[3:42] potentially not stopping at uh the
[3:45] intersection
[3:46] and
[3:47] >> what intersection I'm sorry.
[3:49] >> Yong and Louder
[3:52] Schools up the street from there on.
[3:54] Young
[3:59] » that's it for today. Okay.
[4:01] >> Any more tubers?
[4:03] >> Um, I wound up helping people on Otter
[4:07] Creek because a lady called me. Uh, she
[4:11] was given she was mistaken I'm sorry. I
[4:14] was mistakenly identified as her alder
[4:17] person instead of Mary Cla. So, I just
[4:19] fielded it and I um let Mary Clair know
[4:23] what was going on. People on that street
[4:28] on Otter Creek were concerned about the
[4:31] university having property and trees
[4:34] that looked like they were going to come
[4:36] down. So I called a guy named Dan at
[4:41] building grounds in at Courtland. He was
[4:45] wonderful. He brought a couple people
[4:47] out to check it out. They decided to
[4:51] come back with a horiculturist
[4:53] and tree people, professional tree
[4:56] people, and they determined which ones
[4:58] were on whose property, what needed to
[5:00] be taken down, so everybody's happy. And
[5:03] he in turn asked me if I could talk to
[5:06] the mayor about cleaning up trees that
[5:09] are in the waterworks along the fields
[5:13] um and behind
[5:15] um the
[5:18] I'll call the University Police.
[5:20] >> Well, the police, but my family calls it
[5:23] the Temple of Fitness. They're um
[5:27] >> student life center. Thank you. Yeah.
[5:29] >> Temple of
[5:30] >> the Temple of Fitness.
[5:32] >> And the mayor said on it and it'll
[5:35] happen in the fall, but not before
[5:37] students come back. So, that was all
[5:40] good. And I texted the chief of police
[5:44] about five cars that I saw parked the
[5:48] wrong way on Main Street. If I have to
[5:50] back in, you guys have to back in.
[5:53] Somebody almost hit my husband who had
[5:56] backed in and was pulling out and they
[5:58] had pulled in fronts and swung out. So,
[6:02] this is a this is a danger. And that's
[6:05] it from the second word. Okay. All good.
[6:09] Third word.
[6:12] Um, you'll [clears throat] jump on this
[6:14] one. Uh, attended Captain uh
[6:18] Freriedman's retirement celebration as
[6:20] did
[6:20] >> Captain.
[6:21] >> Oh, sorry. Chief.
[6:22] >> Yes.
[6:23] >> Yeah, he got the
[6:25] >> Well, we got to get rid of him.
[6:26] >> No, Chief Freeman's retirement
[6:30] celebration as as did Katie. And And it
[6:34] was wonderful. It was everything it
[6:36] should be. Um, they've started
[6:39] construction on the new dorm at the
[6:44] college.
[6:46] It's going to be interesting.
[6:49] Um, and that's it from the board.
[6:54] >> I have a board meeting on Monday, July
[6:57] 25th. Deputy Fire Chief Reynolds was
[6:59] kind enough to come and answer some
[7:00] questions from constituents as was Rich
[7:04] Cunningham of Toma who presented on some
[7:06] microenterprise grants and housing uh
[7:09] rehabilitation programs as well. Uh
[7:12] there was one question I just want to
[7:14] get clarification on from the board
[7:15] meeting. Bikes on Main Street, are they
[7:18] allowed in the street?
[7:20] Is it the same on Central? Okay, that
[7:22] was my understanding. So, I will clear
[7:24] that up with some folks. Um,
[7:28] and
[7:29] two crosswalk issues that I've not had a
[7:31] chance to reach out to DBW on the
[7:34] crosswalk out front of the rock crossing
[7:36] to the old Portland.
[7:38] That button is malfunctioning again. Um,
[7:42] and there's a crosswalk uh on the 1890
[7:47] house side of uh Tomkins crossing to
[7:49] Prospect that also seems to be out. I
[7:52] noticed that one earlier today. So, I
[7:54] just want to mention those two.
[7:56] >> Gets the prospect.
[7:57] >> Pros. Uh, yes. Correct. And that does it
[8:00] for the fiscal.
[8:04] » Um, I know I was at the downtown music
[8:07] series last week and Troy was there on
[8:10] Friday. One of my constituents came up
[8:11] to me issuing the water problem on
[8:13] Hickory Park Road. Very upset again. Um,
[8:16] that center lane. We've been taking this
[8:18] thing down the road forever. And uh I
[8:20] thought there was some money in the
[8:22] springtime to get that done, but we have
[8:23] to really think about getting that done
[8:26] up down in that area because there's no
[8:27] drainage down that area. I don't know if
[8:29] we're going to put down the the pond
[8:31] down there or [clears throat]
[8:36] complaints.
[8:37] >> Want to congratulate the city police for
[8:39] uh making the arrest on the deal mural
[8:42] down there.
[8:44] >> Good police work done.
[8:46] >> Yes. Yep. It's a sad situation where
[8:48] something can't something as beautiful
[8:50] as that is destroy. So
[8:53] >> 14 14 acts of
[8:56] >> one verse of that one. Yeah. Okay.
[8:58] >> Good work.
[8:59] >> Yeah.
[9:04] » Just ready on Brian. I did make it to
[9:07] three out of the four made music I made.
[9:09] I guess Sparky and the crew. I don't
[9:11] know. Can't hear them all. So, um, they
[9:14] did a great job and they had nice
[9:16] weather for all of them and, uh, he said
[9:19] next year's hopefully be better. It's
[9:21] been what, three or four years since we
[9:22] had it really,
[9:23] >> right? Yeah.
[9:25] >> Uh, remind you again next meeting about
[9:27] pork fashes coming up. It's a huge thing
[9:29] I think in Brian's word.
[9:33] » And then, uh, I believe they're supposed
[9:35] to be ticketing people now going the
[9:36] wrong way back back in the wrong way on
[9:39] Maine now, right? I just want to bring
[9:40] that up. So, they keep doing it. they're
[9:42] going to get ahead yet. But and uh other
[9:45] than that, I think that's all I had.
[9:47] Thank you,
[9:48] >> Michael.
[9:49] >> Uh just a few things. Uh also attended
[9:52] the fire chief's uh walk out uh last
[9:55] Friday. Very very moving
[9:59] for
[10:03] have uh three code related issues. Uh
[10:06] one's already been resolved. It's my
[10:08] understanding. letter is going out to uh the second individual and third
[10:14] individuals in Troy's ward. So I'll
[10:18] catch up with Troy before I leave
[10:19] tonight. See how he'd like to handle
[10:21] that and uh that's all I have my report.
[10:25] Thank you.
[10:26] >> All right. Thank you.
[10:28] Um [clears throat]
[10:30] so I just address Mr. Chu's questions
[10:33] real quick. Um so the um parking
[10:37] committee went reviewed everything
[10:38] reviewed all the items to do for the
[10:40] parking and uh we change those laws we
[10:43] needed to or change the fees and do
[10:45] those fines we need to change how we
[10:47] orchestrated our if we do fees would
[10:50] have to be done through that law first.
[10:52] So, cargo or the horse either way, but
[10:55] we've been talking openly about both.
[10:56] So, they know that that's the intent of
[10:59] doing that. And as far as the 3:00 a.m.
[11:01] to 6:00 p.m., I mean, with the trash
[11:03] pickups, the snow falling, that's the
[11:05] purpose of not allowing skew parking,
[11:07] but you can always there's a website
[11:10] place to get on the police website uh
[11:14] police on our website and police to log
[11:18] in your car. So, if you do have to pave
[11:19] your seal your driveway, do it. And
[11:21] certainly they use common sense. If they
[11:23] see a driveway sealed there and a car is
[11:25] outside, they're not going to get a
[11:26] ticket anyways. And if they do, it's
[11:28] certainly appealable.
[11:30] >> Still call
[11:32] it online. So online that site.
[11:39] No, let us know.
[11:41] >> Uh so a lot of good things happened. U
[11:43] you know, again, I want to give Deputy
[11:44] Chief Brown some kudos on a couple
[11:46] things. one, you know, the walk out
[11:48] ceremony, the grand staff and
[11:50] organization to that was impeccable. It
[11:52] was uh really deserving. I don't I don't
[11:55] know that you could say it was any more
[11:57] perfect than that,
[11:58] >> except for it was very hot for everybody
[12:00] that wasn't in the shade where we were.
[12:03] >> I apologize. I think we had three people
[12:05] >> kind of go down to that some very hot
[12:08] sweat, right, Chief? Yes.
[12:09] >> So, uh but it was very good. I
[12:11] appreciate your efforts and putting that
[12:12] together as well as the first responders
[12:14] can't certainly if it wasn't for your
[12:17] push it wouldn't happen this year. So by doing that in a very economical way
[12:22] made it work for people in the How many
[12:25] children did we hit?
[12:26] >> Just over 250
[12:27] >> and so and it was pretty impressive. And
[12:29] if you listen to the kids talk or TLC
[12:32] was there and Marathon ambulance was
[12:34] there as well as our fleece fire uh and
[12:37] the communications and the dialogues. I
[12:39] heard one
[12:41] kid talk about the drone operator which
[12:44] was our lieutenant. I was very pleased
[12:45] to be able to have a conversation and
[12:47] you know parents came up to me and said
[12:49] that they have always told their kids
[12:50] not to talk to police officers because
[12:52] that's what they were told. So I think
[12:53] it broke at least that once that stigma
[12:56] so there is importance to it that we
[12:58] don't always get. So uh but those were
[13:00] just conversations I happened to be
[13:01] near. Uh so that was great. Um, you
[13:04] know, we had some great celebrations.
[13:05] The ADA celebration, Arts on Maine, uh,
[13:08] were were all good events. Arts on, I
[13:12] guess they call it now. All great great
[13:14] events to have. Certainly the, uh, class
[13:16] reunion was held for the first time as a group. That was highly successful.
[13:20] No incidents. Same with the concert
[13:21] series. They've been highly attended,
[13:23] doing well. You know, last Friday we had
[13:25] the concert series. We had a band at the
[13:28] Brew and somebody playing at CBC. So
[13:30] within a block of each other, we have
[13:32] three different groups playing and
[13:33] certainly was bumping downtown for sure.
[13:35] So they're wearing out the crosswalk but
[13:37] it's mainly um and so that's great and
[13:40] certainly good things coming ahead.
[13:41] Porchfest is great. You know the summer
[13:43] concert series we have Molly and the
[13:46] ring walls and of course the with the
[13:48] porch fest after that uh as well and
[13:51] that's on the 13th. But then the uh this
[13:54] uh Thursday's community beach party
[13:55] which starts at uh 5 and goes to 7:00
[13:59] and that's just all the different u um
[14:03] vendors that are there that different
[14:04] people different aspects of the
[14:06] community that can help and then tailor
[14:08] M's playing at 7 to 9:00 and then moving
[14:10] under the stars of legal at 6 8 to 10 on
[14:12] the beach. So it's going to be a a fun
[14:15] uh exciting month that's the first time
[14:17] out uh which is great. Uh currently
[14:20] working projects uh wastewater uh start
[14:24] meeting with the contractors to do that
[14:25] expansion project that starts Thursday.
[14:27] We're going to go with that Thursday
[14:28] morning. The road work started yesterday
[14:30] and is continuing today. Uh um we're
[14:34] working on the Randle Park bids and the
[14:36] gaming park bids went out for the
[14:38] engineers. They came in still working on
[14:40] the demo demo for the roundhouse mill.
[14:42] Trying to get some clarification with
[14:43] the state on that. And um you know I
[14:46] want to just have a reminder you talk
[14:47] about back in parking. We've had a
[14:49] couple incidents where one person was
[14:51] speeding really fast at down Main
[14:53] Street, uh, excessive speed, and were
[14:55] able to catch them as well. But, uh, we
[14:57] had another one where somebody was
[14:58] speeding past and I think that's being
[15:00] investigated. They went went to go
[15:02] around them and it hit another car and
[15:05] that was backing and drove in, hit him
[15:06] into the next car. it it's happening and
[15:09] uh people just need to slow down and not
[15:12] think that they can just navigate those areas in uh is not not safe for
[15:18] sure. Um I think
[15:21] >> can you say something about kids
[15:24] >> as far as it being just agreed?
[15:30] >> Yes. So, um,
[15:32] >> yeah, again, I think, uh, there's a
[15:34] press release in everybody's packet that
[15:36] was issued today by the code office. OD
[15:38] office been doing a phenomenal job.
[15:40] We're up to 139 of the red tags we've
[15:43] taken off, um, and uh, on buildings and some we had to tear down, which this
[15:48] was one of those cases, but this was a
[15:50] property that was neglected for a long
[15:51] time. I think Chief Liz Nichols was here
[15:54] when they had all the excessive cats in
[15:56] that property. wheels we refer
[15:59] >> 250 cast.
[16:02] So since then it's been kind of getting
[16:04] in rough disrepair. So fortunately that
[16:06] historic building we had to come down
[16:07] and now the back property but we did
[16:10] were able to get a court hearing which
[16:12] is the largest fine and the best fine.
[16:14] So thanks to uh Randall Lewis's work and
[16:17] the code office work together to uh
[16:20] drive towards making these things make
[16:22] holding people accountable for their
[16:23] properties as well has shown the success
[16:26] and uh you know I think the port the
[16:28] part about doing this release is making
[16:30] people recognize that uh you know we're
[16:33] going to try to clean things up and our
[16:34] challenge keeps things moving forward
[16:36] and that's that's what
[16:37] >> yeah I guess for Tuesday that will be
[16:41] through
[16:43] >> that's correct. Right. Pete mentioned
[16:44] park meters. So yeah,
[16:46] >> once it gets approved, if we approve it,
[16:48] there'll be it's all done on your ad.
[16:50] There's not going to be new meters put
[16:51] up this.
[16:54] >> There will be striping of the streets
[16:56] either.
[16:58] >> And there's going to be signage and all
[17:00] that.
[17:00] >> Yeah.
[17:02] >> I just wanted to comment that because
[17:04] you did mention park. We're not
[17:07] parking in.
[17:10] >> All right. With that we move on to did I
[17:13] answer your question? I think
[17:17] >> all right. Um so we'll move on to
[17:18] acceptance of the minutes that motion to
[17:21] accept the minutes.
[17:23] Okay.
[17:27] » Any questions?
[17:30] >> No comments about board reports in the
[17:32] minutes.
[17:35] » But no there's not. My point was to that
[17:38] was there there was no actionable items
[17:40] in in that in that documentation and a
[17:42] lot of dis disarray and confusion. So it
[17:46] best to just delete it without that
[17:51] there's something specific that was
[17:53] actual put it in there but all right
[17:55] it's all
[17:59] » okay that anybody else please
[18:03] all those in favor
[18:04] >> I post carried
[18:09] uh resolutions agenda item number one
[18:11] adopt local law number two 2026
[18:14] regarding Amending article 11 the code
[18:17] city of Portland related to burn
[18:20] >> I'll move it
[18:24] any questions discussion
[18:28] please
[18:33] council member to
[18:34] >> I council member Silus
[18:36] >> hi
[18:36] >> council member panel
[18:37] >> council member lane
[18:38] >> hi
[18:39] >> council member
[18:40] >> hi
[18:40] >> council member carpenter hi
[18:42] >> council member beckwith
[18:43] >> hi
[18:43] >> council member
[18:45] I
[18:46] >> agenda item number two. Adopt schedule
[18:48] of fees, fines, and penalties.
[18:54] » Resolved that the city of Portland
[18:56] schedule, excuse me, schedule of fees,
[18:58] fines, and penalties. the next year too.
[19:01] Uh B and the same hereby is adopted and
[19:04] implemented by this common council
[19:06] effective August 5th, 2026
[19:09] be further resolved with any fee fund or
[19:11] penalty being adjusted by said schedule
[19:14] which was previously paid and covering a
[19:16] period extending beyond August 5th,
[19:18] 202.6
[19:20] shall not create an additional fee owing
[19:23] here. and be further resolved that to
[19:26] promote transparency and ensure
[19:27] convenient public access, the city clerk
[19:30] shall post that schedule on the homepage
[19:32] of the city website under the prominent
[19:35] heading fees and payments.
[19:38] And I've got the uh URL address listed
[19:40] there in the resolution as well as other
[19:43] key department pages where it can be
[19:45] readily found by the public and make
[19:48] such schedule available in hard copy
[19:50] format in all city offices.
[19:54] I hear a motion.
[19:55] Mr. B Michaels any questions?
[19:59] >> When we do do the signage up
[20:02] if we approve it should be that taken by
[20:08] that call.
[20:12] >> Uh no um because those barcodes
[20:14] sometimes people put stickers over them
[20:16] and ch them right that
[20:18] >> I just I got people start sending money
[20:21] to the wrong place. Well, we don't want
[20:23] that to happen.
[20:24] >> They text their code.
[20:27] >> We'll just have to get it out there.
[20:28] People aren't figuring it out. Anybody
[20:30] else on the resolution?
[20:31] >> I was under the impression after the
[20:32] last code committee meeting, we were
[20:34] going to get together one more time and
[20:35] discuss would be revisions in front of
[20:38] us.
[20:40] >> I believe we did. That was I don't know.
[20:45] But that was I think it was all signed same
[20:49] as
[20:52] >> I know Mr. Lewis said the document
[20:54] present. So
[21:00] » I talked to Roy about his concerns and
[21:03] then said
[21:05] >> were you in the impression we're going
[21:06] to meet again or was I mistaken? I
[21:08] missed a couple of those meetings, so I
[21:11] could have very well missed the very
[21:12] last.
[21:14] I thought I thought we were also
[21:18] Did you have
[21:19] >> Yeah.
[21:20] I thought
[21:23] concerns or questions just
[21:29] question. So page four through about
[21:33] seven or eight uh change to the rental
[21:37] certificate of compliance. Um I'm under
[21:40] the impact this is what was just
[21:41] instituted last year. Correct.
[21:44] It was a change to the rental
[21:48] correct
[21:50] um the concern was raised that the
[21:54] law as it was didn't uniformly treat all
[21:58] landlords.
[21:59] um this landlords who had and I'll use
[22:04] the extreme example of the building on
[22:07] Tomkins which is sorority that houses 65
[22:10] young ladies um they were paying one
[22:14] rate and because they were big they
[22:16] received a greater discount than would
[22:19] somebody who had a 12 unit apartment
[22:22] building that would house the same 65
[22:25] people. So, this basically treats the
[22:27] people that are have a big sorority
[22:30] house and the people that have
[22:32] individual
[22:33] one or two or four family units,
[22:35] whatever they are, um the same way. So,
[22:38] it it pulls those two things in line.
[22:41] The other two changes that the committee
[22:44] um came up with was um
[22:49] if we do the it's one change, but
[22:51] there's two parts to it. If we do the
[22:53] inspection the first time around and if
[22:55] for the three-year period the landlord
[22:58] has no work orders put against their
[23:01] property, meaning we don't have to go in
[23:02] and mow the yard, we don't have to go in
[23:04] and pick up garbage or anything like
[23:05] that or clear the sidewalks. And if they
[23:08] have no appearances that get sent to
[23:10] court, so it doesn't mean they don't
[23:12] have a violation in their inspection
[23:14] because the violation could be
[23:15] something, you know, pretty minor. But
[23:17] if they get a notice of violation and
[23:19] they cure it before it would have to go
[23:21] to court, they would be allowed to renew
[23:23] the next time around for 50%. of of the
[23:26] renewal rate. So that's a big we they
[23:29] really like the idea of providing an
[23:30] incentive to landlords to keep the
[23:32] properties up and stay in compliance. So
[23:35] um those are really the two major
[23:37] changes when it came to that component.
[23:38] There's a few tweaks to some of the
[23:40] other parts of the the vine. They're all
[23:42] in red, but they're all pretty minor.
[23:44] Um, okay. If you have any questions, I
[23:47] can go over them.
[23:48] >> Can you explain what what happens if
[23:50] someone a landlord does have a lot of
[23:53] violations, either code violations or or
[23:56] quarters for this city,
[23:59] >> their rental certificate of compliance
[24:02] would be revoked. um at which point they
[24:05] would have to appear in front of the
[24:06] city's appeals panel to attempt to um
[24:11] for lack of a better better word I'll
[24:13] call it a plan of corrective action. Um
[24:15] they would have to show how are we going
[24:17] to become a better compliance property.
[24:19] Um if it's a single family home and it's
[24:22] has eight people living in it and that's
[24:24] not workable for whatever reason, maybe
[24:26] they need to reduce the occupancy. um
[24:28] maybe they just got a really bad um
[24:31] group of tenants and they're evicting
[24:34] all of them and they want to try again
[24:35] and they promise us we're going to
[24:37] screen better the next time around. Um
[24:39] so I mean there there's a lot of
[24:40] different options that could come into
[24:42] play. Um if they lose their rental
[24:45] certificate, then it also loses the the
[24:48] ability for the tenants to live there.
[24:50] So they would also get cited with living
[24:52] in a property without a rental
[24:53] certificate. So it's kind of a two-way
[24:55] street. And the number of people, the
[24:59] number of occupants in a building is
[25:02] based on New York state law.
[25:04] >> New York State fire. Um, in order for a
[25:08] prop to be occupied, a bed has to be a
[25:10] certain number of square feet. I believe
[25:12] it's 70
[25:16] » 7 by 10.
[25:19] >> It has to have a window. There has to be
[25:21] an area.
[25:23] >> And then if it's for two people, it's a
[25:24] bigger square footage. three a bigger
[25:26] square footage, four a bigger square
[25:27] footage once you get to a certain number
[25:29] of occupants. Then common areas also are
[25:33] required to be of certain sizes. Um so
[25:36] there's a whole matrix that the code
[25:38] department goes through when they
[25:39] determine what the appropriate um number
[25:42] of occupants is. You can't you can't go
[25:45] through one bedroom to get to the next
[25:47] bedroom. So there has to be a separate
[25:48] entrance from that bedroom. So the whole
[25:50] list of things that they verify are
[25:52] there. Can anybody be grandfathered in?
[25:56] >> There's no grandfathering for that
[25:58] because this is New York State Fire
[26:00] Code. So, it's a health and safety code.
[26:01] It's not a zoning code where it's a
[26:03] prior non-conforming use. There is a
[26:06] limited ability for a party to seek a
[26:10] waiver from the New York State Fire. Um,
[26:13] if the if the the bedroom is off by
[26:17] three or five square ft or something
[26:18] like that, my understanding is the state
[26:20] will quite readily grant those waiverss.
[26:23] If it's off by 10 or 15 square feet,
[26:25] you're not going,
[26:29] >> but we have no control over that. That's
[26:30] up state fire whether or not they grant
[26:32] a waiver. Um, I believe we may make a
[26:35] recommendation on it when it goes in,
[26:36] but it's really their call at the end of
[26:38] the day.
[26:40] >> Okay.
[26:41] >> Yes.
[26:43] So the part that's not changed um it
[26:46] talks about the number of occupants for
[26:48] four unit or less. Is it the number of
[26:52] occupants that are actually there or the
[26:54] number that it could possibly house
[26:56] based upon state fire code or how how is
[27:00] the number of occupants determined? It
[27:02] it's determined on two things. one, they
[27:05] fill out an application listing a number
[27:07] of occupants and then when it's
[27:08] inspected, it be determined whether or
[27:10] not that number of occupants is um
[27:15] correct. So, if you had a house with
[27:18] four bedrooms in it, all of those
[27:19] bedrooms may be appropriate size to put
[27:22] two people in them. But if I'm a
[27:24] landlord and I know I'm running to
[27:27] students and they each want their own
[27:28] bedroom, they don't want to share a
[27:29] bedroom, I'm probably going to only ask
[27:31] for four because it's cheaper than
[27:32] asking for eight. So, yes, the size of
[27:35] the rooms does determine the maximum
[27:37] occupancy, but the landlord certainly
[27:39] could ask for less, and I'm sure we do
[27:42] have some landlords that do because the
[27:43] preference seems to be one student per
[27:46] room at this point.
[27:50] Could you go over how the changes to the
[27:53] rental certificate compliance, this
[27:56] final version compares to the draft? We
[27:58] made several revisions along the way and
[28:01] uh my impression was we'd be getting a
[28:03] side by side before we moved to the
[28:05] vote. So I apologize if it's off on
[28:06] that, but could you go through those
[28:08] changes and how they compare to this
[28:10] final draft?
[28:11] >> Sure.
[28:18] So for single unit properties, there was
[28:22] no change the fee structure at all. um
[28:25] for multi-unit properties, it treated
[28:28] every unit as a $300 unit. So if you
[28:32] take a 10unit property, um
[28:37] it's
[28:40] $1,900. In the past, that would have
[28:43] been $3,000.
[28:45] Um so if it the 19 unit compares to on
[28:48] the other side to what it would be, so
[28:51] that's really 37 to 40 occupants. Um
[28:55] because most multi-units,
[28:58] two, three bedrooms is the max. You're
[28:59] not going to find a 10 unit where there
[29:01] are five bedrooms. So um to kind of keep
[29:04] that fair, it basically tracks the
[29:08] number of occupants based on the number
[29:10] of units. It's not an exact science, but
[29:13] it it comes much closer into the
[29:15] ballpark, and that's one of the things
[29:16] the committee was concerned about. um
[29:20] any litigation concerning um rental
[29:23] things like this, the watch word for the
[29:25] course is uniformity. Um so that was the
[29:28] one thing that we wanted to make sure
[29:29] that we were hitting was uniformity and
[29:32] we feel this moves much closer to
[29:33] uniformity. It's not exact. It never
[29:36] will be, but it's it's pretty darn
[29:38] close. Um
[29:41] how do these the original revenue
[29:44] projections, how does that compare to
[29:46] the draft with the changes?
[29:49] the original revenue projections were
[29:52] undoubtedly overstated. Um
[29:56] where it's going to come out.
[29:59] It's really difficult to say um because
[30:02] it's a three-year renewal process. Um
[30:06] we've had some properties that we did
[30:09] send letters out to that for the first
[30:12] time in years and years and years we're
[30:15] getting an application on. So, that's
[30:18] obviously going to be an increase. Um,
[30:20] other properties,
[30:22] um,
[30:24] you know, we we are working with the
[30:26] landlords to get the inspections and
[30:28] things done. Where it's actually going
[30:31] to come out. Roy could probably tell you
[30:32] better than I can. I don't follow that
[30:34] department's budgetary numbers. Um,
[30:39] I think he was expecting to come out
[30:41] [clears throat]
[30:42] >> right about 50 to 60% of that what was
[30:45] budgeted. Yeah. Originally, I think he
[30:47] was thinking 50 or a little less. I
[30:49] think now it's probably 50 to 60.
[30:50] Something's going to come out a little
[30:51] better than expected, but not where it
[30:54] was budgeted.
[30:54] >> And that's as percentage of the
[30:56] original. Correct. Correct.
[30:57] >> And when this process went through, the
[30:59] Chief Reedman requested that 50% of what
[31:02] was in there as realistic numbered.
[31:05] >> The biggest key, Tom, is you got you're
[31:08] going to have to follow is the ones that
[31:10] in the past that don't obey what rights
[31:14] we're going to have to go after them. I
[31:15] know we got ours all sent in or they're
[31:17] due to be sent in. They're all filled
[31:18] out, but
[31:21] in the past people didn't do it. I don't
[31:23] think we had any legal thing to go after
[31:25] them for not doing it. Well, two two
[31:28] things that come into play there. Um the
[31:31] college has worked with us that in order
[31:34] to
[31:36] use your student aid for rental, it
[31:38] needs to be a city approved property.
[31:40] So, that's one of the things. So, if
[31:42] somebody doesn't get their certificates
[31:43] in, we will notify the college that that
[31:45] property is out of compliance and then
[31:47] they can't use their student aid to pay
[31:49] their rent. Um, which does then put a
[31:52] hardship on the landlord unfortunately
[31:53] because they'll have to evict that
[31:54] student. But, um,
[31:56] >> but I'm talking about some of our
[31:58] properties that are college,
[31:59] >> right? College housing, it's another
[32:01] issue. Um, I mean, a lot of the the
[32:04] properties also receive property from
[32:06] section of money through section 8. we
[32:08] can contact section 8, let them know the
[32:10] property is non-compliant. I can't
[32:12] guarantee you section 8 will do anything
[32:13] with that, but we can contact them and
[32:15] let them know. Um, you know, so I mean
[32:18] there there are avenues that are
[32:19] available to us and they will be cited
[32:21] with a notice of violation and
[32:22] eventually an appearance ticket and
[32:23] they'll be taken to court and any fine
[32:26] that is levied by the court on these
[32:29] will be relevied against the property if
[32:31] the owner doesn't pay it. So eventually
[32:33] the property would end up being taken
[32:34] for back taxes. But I think you have the
[32:37] right to do something or sexual section
[32:39] 8 is being a health and safety. I think
[32:41] the city should be able to step in. And
[32:43] if it's a health and safety issue, we if
[32:45] it's precedes everything,
[32:47] >> right? I mean, the property can be shut
[32:49] down when the threat is imminent to
[32:50] lower it.
[32:51] >> The state did change that that code a
[32:54] little bit to make it a little harder
[32:55] for the city to do that. I mean, it has
[32:56] to be a true imminent threat now. Um,
[32:59] but if there is an imminent threat, I
[33:00] mean, they can clear the property and
[33:02] secure it. All in all, I think the
[33:05] numbers are going to be substantial if
[33:07] we can get everybody's compliant.
[33:13] » So the numbers in red, the five units
[33:15] and more goes up significantly. Uh
[33:18] there's no comparison. Were these these
[33:20] were changed. So were they brought down?
[33:22] >> They were all lowered. They were all
[33:24] lowered.
[33:26] >> Basically, if you take the number of
[33:27] units, it would have been times 300
[33:29] under the old scheme. So under the old
[33:31] system it was so if you had a 100 units
[33:34] it would have been $30,000 now it's
[33:36] 15,000 something but that makes it
[33:38] closer to apples to apples with the
[33:41] large
[33:44] single buildings best way I can put it
[33:46] the fraternity houses sority houses and
[33:48] they're the ones that are the that
[33:50] you're going to find 40 people living in
[33:51] a single house 60 people living in a
[33:53] single house
[33:54] >> Brian when they first started the fee
[33:56] schedule was
[33:57] >> yeah okay so that would force landlords,
[34:02] you could reach out and get your own
[34:03] engineer to come in and certify it. We
[34:06] didn't want to do that because the fire
[34:07] department's going to have to fight the
[34:08] fire. We we brought it way down more
[34:10] reasonable to make them take control
[34:16] cuz you want the fire department to get
[34:18] in there. Some of them we probably won't
[34:19] be able to probably like you know we
[34:21] should be able to do them all but we
[34:24] need to be there and be active and
[34:27] proactive I guess is the word to say to
[34:29] have the fire department will come in
[34:30] inspect them all. So when we talk and
[34:33] >> you know it's nice to have the fire
[34:34] department there the inspections but by
[34:36] right as a landlord you can find your
[34:39] own inspector to go in and do them
[34:41] >> and a lot of times it's this this is
[34:42] what you get. They never even come to
[34:44] the place. We don't want that. We want
[34:45] the fire department to be involved. So,
[34:47] we brought the fee schedule
[34:48] >> to incentivize that.
[34:50] >> Yeah. Way down.
[34:52] >> And we had to give the fight the
[34:55] landlords a choice by law. We couldn't
[34:58] just demand the facility.
[34:59] >> I'm not saying someone still won't do
[35:01] it, but then the ones we
[35:04] >> we didn't want to condone the places
[35:05] anyway. So,
[35:06] >> and we did limit them to do the
[35:08] inspections for a landlord to a licensed
[35:10] design professional.
[35:12] >> So, they can't just get somebody to walk
[35:14] through it and say, "It looks good to
[35:15] me." So whoever puts their signature
[35:18] stand up putting their license at the
[35:20] risk if they're doing the you know
[35:23] taking it just not looking at the
[35:25] property. So no guarantee it won't
[35:27] happen right
[35:28] >> but if you have a professional
[35:29] engineering license for an architecture
[35:31] license
[35:32] >> you probably don't want to lose it.
[35:35] >> So the fees are the proposed fees are
[35:38] going down but the expected revenue is
[35:40] up.
[35:40] >> Well they're going down for what the
[35:42] original proposition said like So what
[35:46] is budgeted? They're they're
[35:47] anticipating just based on getting the
[35:49] house to all those sites. What was
[35:51] budgeted was budgeted was more for a
[35:54] three-year plan because everybody's on a
[35:56] three-year cycle for that inspection. It
[35:57] was not attainable to get it in one
[35:59] year. So that was one flaw. And then the
[36:02] second flaw was that. So the idea is to
[36:05] they it's going to hit 50 to 60% as a
[36:08] projected number of what they are. We're
[36:10] not finances next meeting. Good. We'll
[36:12] take a look at that next meeting.
[36:16] are publicly numbered right now, but
[36:19] >> well, it's something new. So,
[36:20] >> yeah. I mean, all the good landlords had
[36:23] no problem. What's going on? And like
[36:26] you made a good point.
[36:27] >> You're going to have some trouble
[36:28] landlord.
[36:29] >> The college kids do look at this stuff
[36:31] now. Back in the old days, they didn't.
[36:34] A lot of these parents wanted, hey, do
[36:36] they have, you know, a certificate? They
[36:38] do look at it.
[36:39] >> And if they don't have it, they're not
[36:40] going to let their kid go.
[36:41] >> Yeah.
[36:42] and knowing that they were going to site
[36:44] the landlord, they don't apply, which is
[36:46] because
[36:47] >> that they had to have a certificate
[36:49] posted next to the door. Correct.
[36:51] >> Correct.
[36:51] >> But I don't think I ever saw that. Well,
[36:54] you put them up there, but the next time
[36:55] you go there, fire escape plan, the size
[36:58] of the rooms, all that's got to be
[36:59] posted into
[37:05] » So, I had been under the impression
[37:08] perhaps I could have been more clear
[37:09] with my request that we in the final
[37:11] proposal would have a sidebyside
[37:13] comparing it to the original. Um, I had
[37:17] some concerns about the scale of the
[37:19] reduction from the original proposal.
[37:22] Um, I don't want to hold things up too
[37:24] much. I'm happy to have conversations on
[37:26] the side. Um, my concerns are specific
[37:29] to the the code changes and since we'll
[37:34] be getting the finances on it next week,
[37:36] I think it may make more sense to hold
[37:40] off on this section of it until we have
[37:42] a, you know, an impact on the the
[37:44] finances and vote on this next meeting.
[37:49] There is no code changes in this
[37:51] proposal.
[37:51] >> I think he means the the RCC fees that
[37:54] are changing.
[37:55] >> Yes.
[38:02] » So you want to vote on it
[38:05] except for that section or hold the
[38:07] whole thing in time next time?
[38:09] >> My biggest concern is with this section
[38:11] and and the impact on the finances from
[38:14] it. So, I'm planning moving forward with
[38:16] the rest of this meeting if that
[38:18] streamlines things or that's beneficial
[38:20] and just discussing this section at next
[38:23] council meeting if that works for
[38:25] others.
[38:26] >> I'll just vote no.
[38:27] >> I can do that as well. I was proposing a
[38:30] compromise.
[38:31] >> Yeah, maybe a compromise would be this
[38:32] can always be amended. These rates are
[38:34] done. We did it by resolution for that
[38:36] reason, but unless there's a majority of
[38:39] us to do it, there's a lot of other ones
[38:41] that impact that. It's all one document.
[38:43] You're getting too close to college.
[38:45] >> Yeah.
[38:46] >> Well, I but I think I think you know to request respect your past. I think we
[38:52] could have that discussion more and then
[38:54] go back and just amend those if you
[38:57] wanted to later.
[39:00] » I'm more comfortable voting no currently
[39:03] than having discussion in this feature.
[39:05] >> But I would still like that.
[39:07] >> I would as well. So I I do appreciate
[39:09] that, Mr. Mayor. Right.
[39:11] >> Anybody else?
[39:14] Wait, excuse me. Page 11, the garbage
[39:16] fees for the dumpster corral. Uh,
[39:19] there's a number and then there's a
[39:20] number in parentheses. Were these an
[39:22] adjustment?
[39:23] >> Those are an adjustment as well. That
[39:25] does show the side by side. Um,
[39:30] the anything in parentheses is what it
[39:32] was before. So, if it says new, like as
[39:34] you'll see underneath the graffiti
[39:36] removal, the work order fees, that's
[39:38] new. um if the number is in parenthesis
[39:42] it in that case they went down. Um and
[39:46] the reason that went down is because
[39:49] when we went through the budget with the
[39:51] garbage committee
[39:53] the fees that were listed were not were
[39:56] more than charging for the service we're
[39:58] providing. And the goal was never for
[40:00] garbage to be a money maker. It was to
[40:02] be to cover the costs of the garbage.
[40:04] And the fees just did not line up with
[40:06] that. So, we went through and refigured
[40:10] out the fees um
[40:13] and created some more categories because
[40:15] again, you were treating a restaurant
[40:18] like say community the same as New York
[40:22] bagel who doesn't really have anywhere
[40:25] near the sit down capacity and the the
[40:27] type of garbage they're creating, you
[40:28] know, or the Hollywood is completely
[40:30] different to a, you know, a small shop
[40:32] that might only be open for breakfast or
[40:34] lunch or just serve coffee or something
[40:36] like staff. So, it creates two tiers of
[40:38] restaurants, two tiers of retail
[40:40] businesses. Um, it creates a new um
[40:45] small office um and then also a
[40:49] commercial one and commercial two um
[40:52] rest, you know, uh category
[40:57] example there. when Central obviously is
[41:00] a big office,
[41:02] Ed Gooler is one guy with maybe a
[41:05] part-time secretary that he has. It's
[41:07] not fair that they're paying the same
[41:08] amount for garbage. So, it just again to
[41:11] try to get that uniformity, try to keep
[41:12] things fair, we created some more
[41:14] categories and went through and
[41:15] reallocated everything. Um, and we
[41:17] looked at what it would be like once the
[41:19] all of downtown is laid out with the
[41:20] garbage um corral system. And this will
[41:24] more than cover the cost and provide a
[41:26] little bit of extra money for keeping
[41:28] the fencing up to date replacing things
[41:30] that need to be replaced and things like
[41:32] that. Um
[41:39] Chuck did a very long analysis of that
[41:41] to come up with what the keep out
[41:43] correct u
[41:45] amounts were for that.
[41:48] >> Anybody else?
[41:50] Page 14, uh, parking fees,
[41:54] business and residential lists a one, a
[41:56] three, six month, and then 12 month.
[41:59] The, and it looks like it's scaled so
[42:02] that the longer the permit that you get,
[42:04] the less per month that you pay,
[42:06] correct? But when you look at
[42:08] residential, the six month, uh, it's
[42:11] sort of an anomaly. It's more than
[42:15] >> math doesn't math. really expensive.
[42:18] >> It's more expensive to get a six month
[42:20] than to get two three month
[42:25] » or to get a one month or six months.
[42:31] » It is a good catch that is tight for um
[42:39] you want to do math now or should we
[42:41] approve and come back?
[42:45] Everybody's looking at your calculator.
[42:47] Yeah, I'll I'll need a couple seconds to
[42:49] do some math on that.
[42:50] >> Okay,
[42:52] >> we'll add a new line and we'll go back.
[42:57] » Thank you.
[42:59] So for instance, if um if we talk to
[43:03] Portland
[43:04] County
[43:06] and Homer and they want to chip in
[43:11] um we might revisit the cost of
[43:15] nonresidential swim passes right
[43:21] down the road,
[43:21] >> right?
[43:22] >> That would be great. Yeah. I mean,
[43:25] again, we hate to have to have charge
[43:26] those not working. I wish we didn't have
[43:29] to put that column in.
[43:31] >> I know,
[43:31] >> but that happened. Yeah.
[43:33] >> It did.
[43:37] » It's good you brought that up. That's
[43:38] page 16. That is a reduction. That
[43:41] corrects
[43:42] >> the swim season passes family,
[43:45] >> adult, child.
[43:46] >> Yeah.
[43:47] >> Senior, they're all going to be
[43:49] decreased.
[43:50] >> Yeah. Those 125 and now it's for example
[43:55] family was 225 and now 100 just
[43:59] unbearable for for people we went
[44:02] discouraged people go away
[44:06] originally
[44:07] digital process was almost a punishment
[44:10] it's not fair to them
[44:12] >> doable
[44:13] >> it should be $189
[44:17] is what it is is if you do a three
[44:19] threemonth path It's a 5% discount. A
[44:21] six-month pass is a 10% discount. The
[44:24] full year pass is a 15% discount.
[44:26] >> So, six months is what?
[44:28] >> Uh 6 months to 10% discount. It should
[44:31] be 189 for the residential rate and then
[44:34] the 12-month rate is a 15% discount. So,
[44:36] it's just 5 10 15. The discount grows
[44:39] the longer you do it.
[44:40] >> So, are the others accurate?
[44:42] >> The rest of them are all correct. Yes.
[44:45] >> So, what is the amount for residential
[44:47] 12 month? 357 for 12 month, 189 for 6
[44:51] month.
[44:55] » Good math.
[44:58] >> We did that. Hope people
[45:04] » Anybody else? So you got that amendment?
[45:07] >> Amendment. Okay. Thank you.
[45:11] >> Anybody else?
[45:14] Please.
[45:17] Hi,
[45:18] >> Council Member Silicon.
[45:19] >> Hi,
[45:19] >> Council Member Canelo.
[45:20] >> Hi,
[45:21] >> Council Member Lane.
[45:22] >> Hi,
[45:22] >> Council Member Calmer.
[45:23] >> No,
[45:24] >> Council Member Carpenter.
[45:25] >> Hi,
[45:26] >> Council Member Backwood.
[45:27] >> Hi, Council Member Michaels.
[45:29] >> Hi.
[45:31] >> Agenda item number three, accept and
[45:33] recognize donation for the fire
[45:35] department.
[45:39] Resolve that the city of Portland County
[45:41] Council on behalf of Mayor Steve and the
[45:43] fire department expresses its gratitude
[45:45] for the generosity of the donors below.
[45:48] Be it further resolved that the council
[45:49] hereby accepts a donation of it below
[45:51] and appropriates into the accounts and
[45:53] for the purposes that's made below a
[45:56] donation from James and Cassandra Lewis
[45:59] now $100
[46:01] um into the TE 2044 account for
[46:05] automated external difficult
[46:17] Hi,
[46:18] >> Council Member Ser.
[46:19] >> Hi,
[46:20] >> Council Member Panel. Hi,
[46:21] >> Council Member Lane.
[46:22] >> Hi,
[46:23] >> Council Member Con.
[46:24] >> Hi, Council Member Carpenter. Hi,
[46:26] >> Council Member Beck.
[46:27] >> Hi, Council Member Michaels.
[46:28] >> Hi.
[46:29] >> Item number four, accept and recognize
[46:31] donations to the police department.
[46:33] >> Resolved that the city of Corman County
[46:34] Council on behalf of Mayor Steve and the
[46:36] police department expresses its
[46:37] gratitude for the generosity of the
[46:39] donors below. We further resolve that
[46:42] common council hereby accepts the
[46:43] donation listed below. donation listed
[46:46] below and appropriates it to the
[46:48] accounts and for the purposes
[46:49] designated. Donation from Dorothy Duff
[46:52] in the amount of $1,749.98
[46:57] uh for the purchase of a K9 ballistic
[46:59] vest for P9 Addie and it'll be deposited
[47:02] to account TEO21.
[47:05] >> I'll move that second.
[47:07] >> No, Miss Lane.
[47:09] >> Chief, we got to get Addie at maybe at
[47:11] the next meeting. Can we get that to
[47:12] happen so everybody can
[47:13] >> Thank you very
[47:20] much.
[47:20] >> Council member Tob.
[47:22] >> Hi.
[47:22] >> Council member Sllan.
[47:23] >> Hi.
[47:23] >> Council member Panelloo.
[47:24] >> Hi.
[47:25] >> Council member Lane.
[47:26] >> Hi.
[47:26] >> Council member Conlin.
[47:27] >> Hi.
[47:28] >> Council member Carpenter.
[47:29] >> Hi.
[47:29] >> Council member Beckwit.
[47:30] >> Hi.
[47:30] >> Council member Michaels.
[47:32] >> Hi.
[47:32] >> Agenda item number five. Adopt policy
[47:34] for review and approval of murals in the
[47:37] historic district. Resolved that the
[47:40] city of Coral County Council hereby
[47:41] endorses and adopts the policy next tier
[47:44] 2 titled policy for review and approval
[47:46] of murals in the historic district
[47:48] effective immediately and be it further
[47:50] resolved that the historic commission
[47:52] city clerk and the city code and zoning
[47:54] enforcement officer and then I got a
[47:58] typo to correct are authorized and
[48:00] directed to implement the procedure set
[48:02] forth in set policy for all future mural
[48:06] proposals within the historic district
[48:10] >> motion senator
[48:14] any questions just real quick like I
[48:16] mentioned last meeting something
[48:18] actually talk to Linda about that maybe
[48:20] we can get their help on that building
[48:22] so
[48:22] >> the art commission will be discussion
[48:26] involved
[48:26] >> next so if somebody wants a mural on
[48:31] their building they would have the
[48:33] artist do a mockup and then that would
[48:36] go for
[48:38] >> historic
[48:38] >> the the appropriate commission historic
[48:41] if it's downtown or committee if it's
[48:43] elsewhere.
[48:45] >> Okay. And so it wouldn't come before
[48:48] council at all.
[48:51] Um, I think in the policy it does state
[48:53] that the commission makes
[48:55] recommendations for the for the council.
[49:02] 100 and a lot of that stuff Katy that we
[49:05] don't see like the zoning the
[49:09] planning department the historical
[49:11] department we don't normally see unless
[49:13] >> somebody's not happy with their decision
[49:15] they have the right to decide we don't
[49:18] see what they say we don't norally do
[49:19] that we take the recommendations same
[49:21] with the police commission the fire
[49:23] commission
[49:24] >> I I just wanted to uh double check
[49:26] before I spoke uh so in terms of
[49:29] approval of a mural it would not come
[49:32] before the council. Um the so currently
[49:36] any u certificate of appropriateness in
[49:40] the historic district if somebody wants
[49:42] to make a modification to the facade
[49:46] um they receive a certificate of
[49:47] appropriateness from the historic
[49:49] commission and appeals are through the
[49:52] CPA. This would um be the same appeal
[49:56] process. If the commission denied a um
[50:01] mural or some aspect of it, the appeal
[50:04] would go to the ZBA.
[50:06] >> Okay.
[50:06] >> Then so this process would remain
[50:09] consistent with the existing process for
[50:13] facade changes.
[50:16] >> Okay.
[50:17] We did the other murals or Y's vision in
[50:20] the bank was saying, you know, it's a
[50:23] similar process passively. We need to
[50:25] make it official.
[50:26] >> Have to put our faith in other people's
[50:30] aesthetics.
[50:32] >> Okay.
[50:34] >> Which you do
[50:36] >> if you're RC
[50:37] >> and that's the purpose of appointing the
[50:40] people. Yes.
[50:42] >> Anybody else? Anyone please?
[50:44] >> Council member Tober. I
[50:46] >> council member Silman.
[50:47] >> Hi.
[50:47] >> Council member Panel.
[50:48] >> Hi. Council
[50:49] >> member Lane.
[50:50] >> Hi.
[50:50] >> Council member Conway.
[50:51] >> Hi.
[50:52] >> Council member Carpenter.
[50:53] >> Hi.
[50:53] >> Council member Beckwith.
[50:54] >> Hi.
[50:55] >> Council member Michaels.
[50:56] >> Hi.
[50:57] >> Agenda item number six. Set public
[50:59] hearings on proposed local laws
[51:00] confirming with the agreement of the
[51:02] county of Portland for the collection of
[51:04] real properties tax.
[51:07] >> Resolve that the following public
[51:09] hearings are hereby scheduled. a public
[51:12] hearing August 8th, 2026 to adopt the
[51:16] local law repealing local law number one
[51:18] of 20ou of 1994.
[51:21] Uh this would opt out of the tax
[51:23] enforcement provisions of chapter 602
[51:27] of the laws of New York State of 1993.
[51:31] uh effective January 1st, 2027.
[51:34] Public hearing saying, all these are uh
[51:37] August 18th at 6 PM. The second to
[51:40] repeal article five of chapter 254
[51:45] uh related to collection of delinquent
[51:48] taxes.
[51:49] Uh the third to amend article 21 section
[51:53] six of the charter to change the date of
[51:56] the mayor's budget uh submission from
[51:59] October 15th to August 15th
[52:03] and a public hearing to amend article 21
[52:07] section 10 of the charter to change the
[52:10] date that the conf council must adopt
[52:11] the final city budget from December 31st
[52:14] to October 31st.
[52:17] All these being effect would be
[52:19] effective January 1st, 2027.
[52:22] Be further resolved that the above
[52:24] public hearing shall be held on October
[52:26] 18th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at 25 Court
[52:30] Street. Be further resolved that the
[52:32] city clerks hereby authorize and
[52:34] directed to publish notice of said
[52:35] public hearings in the official
[52:37] newspaper of the city in accordance with
[52:39] applicable provisions of New York State
[52:41] Law and the city charter and code of
[52:43] ordinances. I think
[52:45] >> I think you said October 18.
[52:49] >> Did I say misspoke? It is. It should be
[52:52] August.
[52:56] » Second.
[52:58] >> Any questions?
[53:02] » Please.
[53:03] >> Council member Tob.
[53:04] >> Hi.
[53:04] >> Council member Silicon. Hi.
[53:06] >> Council member Panel.
[53:07] >> Council member Lane.
[53:08] >> Hi.
[53:08] >> Council member Condo.
[53:10] >> Hi.
[53:10] >> Council member Carpenter. Hi.
[53:11] >> Council member Beckwit. Hi. Council
[53:13] member Michael.
[53:16] >> All right. With that said, I'll take a
[53:17] motion for adjournment.
[53:22] All in favor?
[53:28] Father, Amen.