[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.

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