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Okay, call the good evening, everyone. I call the City Council meeting for Wednesday, August 10, 2022 to order.

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A lot of things to think about here and everywhere. Whatever is on your mind, we'll have a moment of silence for you to think about those.

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Thank you. All the majority and please lead us all on the pledge of allegiance.

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Thank you, all of them, Joachian, Brian, Crop, our city, Deputy City Clerk, please call the roll for tonight.

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Dodd.

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Here, Kelly.

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Here.

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McGinnis.

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Here.

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Lee.

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Grip.

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Here.

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Cornette.

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Here.

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Dickman.

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Job, Jim.

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And Orteth.

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Here.

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Nine present here, honor.

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Thank you, sir.

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So, again, good evening, everyone.

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So, we begin the meeting of the City Council.

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Again, like to welcome everybody in attendance,

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and anybody just following through any particular electronic device.

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We respectfully welcome your comments and opinions.

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But please keep in mind that as you share your thoughts and opinions,

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you're sharing them with all your fellow deaf reporters

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and anybody throughout the region.

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We're happy you're participating in the City Government

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and ask that your participation please reflect the common desire

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we all share to make deaf reporters a better place.

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Especially for the folks in here, reminder, if you have a cell phone,

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Please put it on silent or shut it up just simply so it doesn't get in any way of anybody talking.

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If you wish to address the council on any particular item, please come to the podium,

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the microphones above you.

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Please address the council as a body and not as in any individual.

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You'll have five minutes.

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Please stay attuned to the agenda and we thank you for your comments.

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See, we will be respectful of you.

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Please be respectful of us.

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Thank you.

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Will the amendment please move approval of the City Council meeting minutes for July 27?

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Motion in the second, all in favour?

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Aye.

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Any opposed?

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Very good.

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City Administrator.

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Ms. Speaker, any update?

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Nothing.

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Thank you.

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Will the amendment please move approval of the committee of the hall for August 3?

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Motion in the second, all in favour?

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Any opposed?

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Very good. We have two appointments this evening. One on his story preservation and one on the zoning board of adjustment. I'll read both and then ask for a motion to approve.

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Historic preservation commission John Higgins is a new appointment.

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Zoning board of adjustment. Michael Galler is a new appointment. So our motion to approve.

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Motion is second. All in favor? Any opposed? Very good.

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But just in communications, any from many particular, all their folks.

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Alder woman McGinis, I see you, Miss Lee.

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Thank you, Anna. I just wanted to let everyone know that there will be a third ward meeting

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on Monday, August 15th, here in Council Chambers. It's regular day and time, 630 PM.

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And Mayor Matt, some will be our guest and we have to see you then. So again, that's Monday,

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August 15th, 630 PM right here. Thank you.

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Thank you all the women, McGinnis, Alder, woman Lee.

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Thank you very much.

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I just want to remind people that tomorrow night is party in the park.

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At the 8th Ward Ridgeview park, up on North Pine, there will be fun and games and food and city folks and community folks.

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And I believe Alderman Dunn will be shooting off water rockets.

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Yeah, yeah.

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So that'll be the eight-forward meeting for August.

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We won't have another meeting in August.

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Then we'll only zoom in the meetings again in September.

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And I also was down at Credit Island the other day,

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and there were 10 beautiful white herons along the causeway,

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just as you go on to the island.

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So there's your nature for tonight.

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Thank you.

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Thank you all the women, Lee, Alderman, or T's.

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Thank you, Anna.

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I'd like to thank the airport police department,

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the DEMPORT Fire Department, Sean Loader, the Fair Board, and all the residents of Davenport

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for another successful year at the Fair. Unfortunately, Mother Nature kind of threw us a couple

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curveballs in there, but overall, very happy. Fourth Ward residents, very, very thankful.

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You were very understanding.

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Like I said, hats off to everybody that was involved.

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Like I said, it's a great event here in Davenport and I look forward to seeing it next year.

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Thank you, Anna.

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Thank you, all the minorities, all the men, Kelly.

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Thank you, sir.

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Good evening.

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I want to let everybody know that on August 28th,

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the Fifth Ward and the Six Ward will be having a back-to-school giveaway

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as Studio 7 on Middle Road.

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It's where the Six Ward butt up to each other, so I won't be having a ward meeting this month

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because I'll be having a back-to-school giveaway with

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Audemn Job Jen.

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So if you're interested in that just look us up online

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and it will be out there there information for you folks.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Audemn Kelly.

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Audemn Kanda.

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I want to observe a fun occasion that happened yesterday.

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My family was an attendance yesterday in Dyer'sville, Iowa.

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At the field of dreams, when the riverban

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it took to the field as the Davenport blue socks.

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And that was the first time that they were a planer

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that Moniker since 1937, and they were one of two teams that were the first minor league teams

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to play on that great stage.

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So one of the things, the River Bandets organization, the players, and one of the players specifically

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for bringing home the win, and they all represented us really well on a national stage.

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One of the celebrate the great relationship that we've had with the River Bandets over the

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and keeping baseball here in Davenport.

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There's still a lot of great baseball to enjoy.

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Down at Modern Woodman Park.

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It's a good reminder for me to get my family down to the ballpark.

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And here's the cool thing about baseball.

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I think I had myself convinced on the way up there

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that my family was a great baseball family.

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And then trying to explain the plot of that movie

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to my kids.

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My dad was like, wasn't Patrick Spazy and Demi Moore in that?

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And I was like, no, that's a ghost.

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Not field of dreams.

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It's ghost.

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But that's the cool thing about baseball.

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like, if you go up there, the emotions are real, whether you're a baseball family or not,

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whether you saw that movie or not, and you can't mess up baseball. So whether you're a baseball

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family or not, please get down to a modern woodman park and cheer on the river bandits and help

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help us celebrate this fun occasion. Thanks. Thank you on a Macon and anyone else.

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Very good. Okay, we'll move to individual approval of items on the discussion agenda. The first item

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is a first consideration ordinance for case REZ-22-04 being the request of SCI Iowa funeral services

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to rezone 1230-39th Street from SOS Open Space District to see one neighborhood commercial

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district, planning and zoning recommends denial, so eight votes of the Council are required

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for passage. Is there any public with comment? Seeing none, we will all of them remove force

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consideration.

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Any discussion from council?

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Holderwoman Lee.

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Thank you very much, Your Honor.

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The issue here for me is not that it's going to be from the SCI, I will funeral services.

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It's not the kind of use.

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It's that I think the city needs to make sure that it considers and protects the precious open space.

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the zoning that we have for open space.

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So as this move forward, that is going to be my primary consideration for this particular thing,

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the protection of open space and not changing it to a commercial district.

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Thank you, Alderman Lee, and I apologize to staff.

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Where you have an update for Council concerning your discussions with the petitioner.

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So I'll go out of a little order here and let her update.

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Thank you very much, Laura, Berkeley Development and Neighborhood Services.

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I did have the opportunity to have an additional meeting with the petitioners.

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And I believe I have a solution that is mutually beneficial to vote the petitioner and the city.

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We have not done this under the new code, but we do have a planning tool that could be applied to this.

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It's called a plan unit development.

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In this case, I recommend that the zoning district remain open space.

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But we apply the plan unit development tool to provide some flexibility within that zoning

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district to allow for reception facility.

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What triggers that ability to do so is the provision of a public benefit that the petitioner

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would provide.

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And so we've had that discussion and they are willing to provide some level of public benefit

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to the city.

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And I think that is a still one that being mutually beneficial experience for the city and the petitioner.

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Thank you so Mr. Warner. So there's a recommendation to delete this and then go back to P&Z or to amend it and go back to P&Z.

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Your out of the recommendation would be since it's changing the approach that the council, someone on the council make a motion to refer it back to the plan and so.

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So I'm going to go through everybody's comments and if somebody wants to do that, buzz in at the end and I'll take you at the end.

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So, okay, all the men group.

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I was going to request a report from staff and I'm happy to make the motion as the chair.

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So I'll see anybody else want to discuss this or you go with the motion.

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Okay, so I'll go back to you all in group.

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All right.

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First, I want to, Laura, thank you.

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I knew that with a reasonable petitioner and a reasonable ask that the city, the city staff

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would be able to come up with a recommendation that worked for both of us.

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So with that, I'm going to make a motion to refer this issue back to planning and zoning.

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Okay, so there's a motion on the referral to planning zoning, any discussion from colleagues?

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Very good, Brian, please call the roll for the motion to go back to planning and zoning.

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I'm going to get us. Yes. Job Jen. Yes. Lee. Condon. Yes. Or Tess. Yes. Cornette. Yes. Done. Yes. Kelly. Yes. And Griff. Yes. Yes. That's your honor.

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Emotion approving community investment. So many agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway Company. And authorizing the City of Mr. Just sign the same. Is there any public with comment?

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So again, and I'd ask if there's more, if one person could stand up like over here, so I know there's more coming.

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If not, I'm going to assume there's not, so if at least one person standing and you guys can work that out,

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at least no another one's coming.

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So again, name ward, address.

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If you're not from here, we'd love to know where you from, you have five minutes.

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And thank you.

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Mr. Bayer Council, my name is Andy Cummings.

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I'm with Canadian Pacific.

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I am from Minneapolis.

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I am pleased to present this agreement to you this evening.

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We are a company that has operated in this community for a very long time.

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It is our intent to continue operating here for a very long time.

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We are in it for the long haul.

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When you see a Canadian Pacific train operating through Davenport,

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it is likely staffed at a Davenport.

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The people who maintain the track safely for train operations are likely based here in Davenport.

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So we're very invested in this community, we're currently hiring, we have a hiring fair coming up for

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high paying union jobs that will be next week, we're hiring approximately 100 people just this year.

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If we're able to move forward with this merger, we anticipate more hiring future years.

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With that, I will take my seat, but I'm happy to address any questions from the Council that will come up this evening.

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Thank you, and if they want to call you.

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Thank you.

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Anyone else?

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my name is P.J. Slobogen at Third Board, and I have some concerns about this merger and more specifically along the waterfront.

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We found that some of the trains that would be going through maybe as long as two miles, which is a very, when you think about it a very long time, and carrying possible hazardous materials.

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So the wait time down in the riverfront could be a very long time and with everything that's going on down there this would prove to be a real problem.

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I'm concerned about accidents, about medical emergencies.

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If you think about the kinds of things that are going on down at the waterfront,

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you've got the modern wood been games going on.

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Banshell has concerts all summer, the Quad City Symphony,

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and also the cruise ships that are docking.

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and I don't know how people are getting off the cruise ships and have to wait for a train

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or going to be very happy about that. It would also impact the economy down there

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because I would think that people would just get tired of not knowing where to park or how to get

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limit attendance at some of these things.

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The $8 million that's in descriptionary are part

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of those plans to build vehicle spans over or under the tracks. It seems like that's the only

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Let's...

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And I'm interested in knowing how the council would address this. Emergency vehicles, are they going to wait two minutes? Are they going to wait ten minutes? Are they going to wait half an hour? And whichever of those it is, isn't that too long to wait in any emergency?

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I don't know. I haven't seen anything about what I'm going to do.

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other spans would be built or how this would be addressed, but I think the public would

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like to know.

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Another concern is the noise.

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Even if the sirens are addressed, there's still other noise going on with the number

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of trains going through.

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The train itself, a lot of times you have the squealing going on on the tracks.

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And I live only a block from the train tracks that go by on fifth street, and even from a block away, if the train is going through, you just can't talk or hear anything that's going on, and this is a big concern also.

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I don't think the $10 million will solve the challenge and I see it only as a bandaid kind of a thing that may help for a little bit.

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But if you reject this, you will be making an important statement that the city of Davenport can be the David in a David and Glyath situation.

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So, I hope you take time to read the reports, to hold public hearings, and to attend this September 13th meeting.

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Give more time to study the pitfalls, and please don't give up your waterfront.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. Anyone else?

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The floor of my name is Susan Layhouse. I'm a consultant citizen. With the merger, we're going to have increased

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train traffic coming to the quantities. Naturally, we can expect increased accidents and the

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women. The report that was released last week tells us that the vehicle to train accidents will increase from

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19.1 to 24.49. That's a 30% increase of car accidents with the train. And the pedestrian

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train crash is going to go from 1.9 to 21.1. That's a 23% increase. So, this number

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is way too high for our level of comfort. And the report also said that there is a very

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the spill of the spill of hazardous material, the release of hazardous material is pretty what we may

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lower. What effect is in the year 2022 that Canadian Pacific have so far has five

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de-royments. And one of which resulted in the release of 44,400,000 gallons of crude oil

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which ended up with a fire at a burn for 24 hours and it took two days of firefighter.

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A firefighter has worked to put it out.

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And it damaged an area that's big larger than five acres.

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So that's about the spill.

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In 2019, there was also a derailment that occurred in British Columbia

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that a CP-Choreen Dorea lost control because of Faulty Breaks ran down, ran down the

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steep mountain, and Doreal into a creek and killing three people, three of their employees.

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And there has been a lot of controversies around the investigation of this accident.

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Canadian broadcast system has made a documentary movie film about this investigation.

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So I encourage you to go take a look at that. You go to the CBC website and call up, run a

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ray train, investigating the CPP rail crash. So it's 20, it's a 20 minute film.

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It

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to take care of the faulty equipment and how they do accident investigation.

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This one cause of fatality of three people.

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As city leaders, we know that you are concerned about the welfare of our citizen.

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Otherwise, you wouldn't be sitting here.

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I urge you to take a look at Canadian Pacific community commitment to safety.

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to equipment maintenance,

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to see how they address faulty equipment.

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Do they fix some way away?

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Or do they just let it go and let the train run?

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We are living in the community.

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There's way along the riverfront.

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We cannot afford to have this type of accident.

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This is a $31 million project.

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The merger is a $31 billion project, they are the Angling Appearance in front of us, that's worth about 0.03% of that part of money, and tell us that, well, you've got to deal with all the risks that come along, and $10 million can not, is only a part of what is going to take for us to mitigate the potential hazards from coming in from this project.

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And when we need to, and also to beef up our emergency response team, come up with an emergency response plan to address future accident that's come along.

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I don't want to oil spill in this community. I don't think anybody any one of you here or any one of us in this industry.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Have a water address.

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I'm 11, 52, 37, rhyming time.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Anyone else?

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Hi.

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I'm Carol Innis.

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I live in Ward 7 and my address is 328 West Columbia Avenue.

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I'm here first to ask you all when you have to vote.

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When does CPC that the vote has to be taken,

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order to get this 10 million dollars?

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So, ma'am, we're listening to you here. We're not going back and forth. So, thank you.

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Okay. And, okay. So,

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you do not accept the proposal.

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Well, CP, not responsible for any issues that might occur or any expenses related to doing this project.

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that's a question and how will it affect you personally each one of you? Do you live

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by the railroader? Do you have a business by the railroad?

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How do your constituents feel

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about it? You get primarily positive reviews.

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Our y'all more familiar with some of this terminology

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I'm concerned about, okay first, I thought that the OEA that performed the EIS was a separate

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environmental group, but it works its part of STP, which to me says it's not the perfect

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review board to decide whether this is a good idea or not.

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I have questions about the delays.

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According to this, it says that Bill will be,

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it is the late area.

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It would be 7.3 seconds per vehicle delay.

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Now does that have you determined what that means?

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Do you all, I don't know, I don't think it means that people will just let the longest delay will be 7.3 seconds.

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I know that we have a right and you too, you're more important than we because we depend on you to make the decisions.

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But we have a right to attend the public hearing and to ask questions, et cetera, until September

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26.

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This is not the final EIS, and does anybody know that?

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It's not the final.

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This is the draft.

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The final one will be submitted sometime after September the 26th.

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So please, for everybody's said, just don't jump in and accept.

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I'm going to call it a bribe because I feel like it is.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you, anyone else.

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Good evening.

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My name is Lori McCollum.

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I'm actually from Rock Island, 362638 Street, but I'm a former

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Davenport resident and I'm here speaking on behalf of a band that my husband

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is in and I sent letters to, he sent letters via my email to you folks

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earlier this week and I had several nice responses. I've forwarded it on to him

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but he wanted he and the band wanted a representation tonight from musical

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groups since this is going to significantly impact so many of the bands that

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down on the river. He, his band played at River Palooza last Thursday night and there were about

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three, there were three trains that went through about five minutes each. So that affected 15 minutes

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of their two-hour set. If a band, you know, typically, if this is going to be tripled, that's going to

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take nearly half their set. That's going to have band, that's going to have trains going through.

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And even if you have quiet zone, as people have mentioned, there's a lot of screeching of brakes,

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and there's a lot of noise, I think it's going to have significant impact on music performances.

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I think a lot of people are going to choose other venues because their audiences are not

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going to be happy, particularly if they have to cross the track and then on the other side

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and they can't get back out or they can't get to the show on time.

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So I think that's something significant to think about because you've spent a lot of money

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on the riverfront and it's beautiful, you've done a great job of getting things up and going

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down there for all of the musical venues that are in town.

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Also, I wanted to mention that the order in which these requirements seem to be happening

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seems backwards to me, that you guys have to make this decision about this $10 million

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theoretically tonight or within 10 days, I'm not sure what the timeline is, before this

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meeting even happens on the 13th of September when there's going to be a review and an

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been hearing for the public when they haven't even decided yet whether this merger is going

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to occur.

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It almost sounds like the thought is it's a done deal and maybe it is.

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But it seems to me that this is something that the city should be able to hold off until

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the 13th before making that decision because otherwise I think Canadian Pacific will walk

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into that meeting saying, oh everybody's already greeted fine, there's no problem here.

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So I'm hoping you can possibly table this decision until the timeline allows for the public hearing on the 13th of September.

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The impact of this merger is also, I think, going to more significantly impact the marginalized communities along the riverfront

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that are going to have to deal with more noise pollution and more air pollution.

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I know that the environmental impact study said that there was really no impact on air pollution because it's going to take so many trucks off the road that it balances it out

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But that's not comparing apples to apples because the people who are going to be impacted are a different set of people who

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have traditionally

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had more pollution from transportation in our country and I think that's something else that needs to be considered. Thank you

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Thank you

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My

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name is Carl Berkishino Glein,

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Davenport.

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I arrived in Davenport about 10 years ago,

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and if you're being out of Iowa for about 40 years,

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they've got a lot of use of the most beautiful places

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in the country for a number of years.

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Before I moved here, and when I got here,

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I was impressed that there was no traffic,

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and a beautiful riverfront.

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And taking my two dogs along the river for a walk

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from Lindsey Park to Leach Park to Benton Park

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through Matt, three miles every day.

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It helped them keep their life expand

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and help them make me as well.

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I feel this project is really gonna jeopardize

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our old dream of Davenport and Center of Tourism

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in the Midwest.

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I think from the end-downs farmers market,

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We're at a ballgame, trying to make a transaction by some coffee.

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Train goes buck.

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I know they're going to silence the whistles, but as I walk my dog every day, but by the way, more than

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the whistles is the screech breaks. They can eliminate that. That would be a big relief, because

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not only affects my ears, but I can imagine what it does to my dogs here, 14 years.

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But I also

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I think about the waterfowl, about the migratory birds, about the greens, the herring, about the eagles.

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And the reports I read from Ray wrote a apology, they were presented to me.

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I have a great effect on the breeding cycles of these birds.

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And noise alone, just the increase that noise might affect that.

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And that's what we, you know, we show in the news area, the eagles hatching.

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This is something that inspires us every spring to know what a great, uh, and they hand

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march.

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What's going to happen to that if there's an oil spill?

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As I understand it, one gallon of crude oil will destroy a million gallons of water.

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And right now, folks, we don't have EPA in this country, it's been dismantled.

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And the cleanup on that may go for years before it's done.

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You guys have created something I'm proud I take pictures every day.

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There's a new bridge in Bendorf, the river city, night or day.

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You move some beautiful statues.

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You've made just some vast improvements on the concrete bike trail.

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People use it for fun razors.

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I have a business in the East Village.

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And I wonder how it's going to affect if I can't have an emergency or something like that,

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how that's going to affect people in my building.

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I'm tied up over the river.

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I can't get through.

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I've heard stories about trains being stopped and people just crawling underneath trains to get through.

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That really concerns me.

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This looks like an accident, but it happened.

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And I just want you to table until we get all the reports in.

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And we can, you know, even the soil, was that vibration going to do, repeated vibration

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going to do is to limestone the structures.

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And there's a lot of businesses along the river, the cement company, they cross the tracks

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23 times a day, what's that going to mean to get in the concrete out to the projects?

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There's a lot of things to consider here, not to mention air pollution, and I don't think

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going to have a market anymore. I can't see how we can have a clear concert.

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We're taking 20,

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30 years back. We need to go forward, and I think there's alternatives that we could do. We could

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build tunnels for the train, reroute it. Total letter. Have this, it trains going to be that big

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of business. We had to make a national headquarters for the railroad right here in Davenport,

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you know,

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make it another, you know, turn a limited to lemonade,

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doesn't we need to do?

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Because it's only going to be problems for emergency.

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Uh, it's not, people are going to remember their experience.

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You want to log in.

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And maybe having a medical problem.

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And time is of the essence.

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Thank you for your time.

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Just, I'm asking to table until we can get more input from the studies.

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and those 13ths and we can have open hearing so we can discuss it further.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Anyone else?

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My name is Shelley Chambers.

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I'm a former member of the Davenport Riverfront Improvement Commission.

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Some of you may remember me from there.

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I'm also a resident of the Fifth Ward,

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formerly of the Sixth Ward, same house,

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since redistricting.

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I want to just talk a little bit about the quality of life issues from my own personal perspective.

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We bought our house almost 30 years ago for the front porch that has a beautiful view of our gorgeous Mississippi River.

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And I've noticed that, I think since, maybe since the derecho and the building up of the rail bed,

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that the noise has become worse.

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I don't know if it's because tree cover, less tree cover and raised rails.

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I'm not sure, but it's already with just the volume of trains we have going through now.

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It's already extremely burdensome to have a conversation on the porch.

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And it's not just do, as others have said,

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it's not just due to the train horns.

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It's also the engines, the engines, and the wheels.

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Noise mitigation and quiet zones, I don't believe,

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will fix that.

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And we have nine miles of front portures and businesses that will be affected by this.

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Life in our beautiful riverfront parks, as others have said, will not be the same.

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They will drastically change.

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And I think about myself walking along the river path, just below Lindsey Park,

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where the train tracks are very close to the path.

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And it's scary.

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If you're walking there and there's a train going by,

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you feel hemmed in no way to get away from there

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and just certain sections of the path.

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You feel claustrophobic and vulnerable.

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I can deal with the few trains a day.

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maybe on my walk there might be one, but if we have a tripling of that, I think that could

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become way more of an issue for people that choose to walk along the bike path.

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Others have mentioned the concerts on the river,

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again the noise of the engines and the

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wheels going beyond the train whistles.

458
00:36:56,490 --> 00:37:01,110
I'm thinking about a meal at the freight house on the deck of the freight house.

459
00:37:01,910 --> 00:37:05,750
Those may not include conversation when those trains are coming through,

460
00:37:05,910 --> 00:37:08,550
so that wouldn't be a really attractive place to go eat.

461
00:37:09,970 --> 00:37:14,610
And then, of course, as others have mentioned to risk of accident during a farmer's market Saturday,

462
00:37:17,370 --> 00:37:19,710
is this increased risk worth it?

463
00:37:20,890 --> 00:37:22,730
I'm just curious to know.

464
00:37:22,730 --> 00:37:31,070
And then what economic impact does tripling train traffic through Davenport have for our community?

465
00:37:32,470 --> 00:37:38,010
I know that the city of Davenport, the Riverfront Commission and the Parks Department,

466
00:37:38,490 --> 00:37:47,610
have worked hard for generations to create a beautiful riverfront for Davenport's citizens and her visitors.

467
00:37:48,450 --> 00:37:53,730
Again, as others have mentioned, there's the cruise ships that we have coming here now.

468
00:37:54,590 --> 00:37:59,170
Our riverfront amenities serve our citizens and our visitors.

469
00:38:00,650 --> 00:38:04,210
They make living here and spending money here and attraction.

470
00:38:05,810 --> 00:38:12,110
So I don't understand how increased train traffic would serve our community in the long term.

471
00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:22,430
I urge you to reject this deal right this deal for the sake of our community and our quality

472
00:38:22,430 --> 00:38:32,390
of life or at the very least wait until after the public has had a chance to comment so

473
00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:39,950
that others can wait in. Many of us are just now beginning to become aware of what's happening

474
00:38:39,950 --> 00:38:46,650
and I think it would be good to wait until September when stakeholders can weigh in.

475
00:38:48,370 --> 00:38:55,750
And I just, I just would urge you not to give up on this quality of life issue here.

476
00:38:56,550 --> 00:39:01,430
To consider waiting before making a final decision on behalf of your constituents.

477
00:39:02,850 --> 00:39:05,470
Because once you make this decision there's no turning back.

478
00:39:07,290 --> 00:39:08,770
Thank you so much for listening.

479
00:39:09,490 --> 00:39:10,610
Thank you.

480
00:39:10,970 --> 00:39:11,930
Anyone else?

481
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:17,960
Good evening.

482
00:39:18,380 --> 00:39:19,740
My name is Ken Kroken.

483
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,740
I live in the 6th Ward at 3215 East Locust Street.

484
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:34,380
And first, I don't envy you your position on this.

485
00:39:34,420 --> 00:39:38,300
I don't really say a winning hand coming out of this.

486
00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:46,880
But I too would like to add my voice that perhaps this vote

487
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,820
should be delayed until after the public hearing.

488
00:39:51,260 --> 00:39:56,160
Last Saturday, I'm sorry I failed to acknowledge

489
00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:00,480
at the outset that I'm also a part owner

490
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:02,380
in the Quad City River Bandits.

491
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,720
And at last Saturday night's game,

492
00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:16,460
there was a visitor, park visitor who required emergency medical attention and was happily able to

493
00:40:16,460 --> 00:40:24,520
get it very, very quickly. The tripling of rail traffic, I'm sure you understand jeopardizes

494
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:40,020
not only access to our riverfront, but also the safety of our riverfront, so that's a grave concern for me.

495
00:40:41,460 --> 00:40:51,520
I am also very concerned about the long term economic impact that this development will have.

496
00:40:51,520 --> 00:41:11,380
Not only the baseball team and the stadium, but every other business on the far side or I hate to use the expression wrong side of the tracks will suffer.

497
00:41:11,380 --> 00:41:19,800
not necessarily, just from a brand perspective, I think people will be reluctant to go

498
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:23,500
for fear, they'll be locked in or locked out.

499
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:31,460
We have at the Bull Park often found large crowds of people showing up during the first

500
00:41:31,460 --> 00:41:37,310
and second inning of the game, complaining that they had been unable to get access to the

501
00:41:37,310 --> 00:41:39,390
because they had to wait for a train.

502
00:41:43,310 --> 00:41:57,310
I think there is only, we can only benefit from greater public impact with, excuse me, greater input.

503
00:41:58,890 --> 00:42:07,090
With all due respect to the speakers from Canadian Pacific, their history in this community does not suggest

504
00:42:07,090 --> 00:42:16,530
to me, their grave concern for being good neighbors and being involved, the raising of the

505
00:42:16,530 --> 00:42:28,590
tracks, following that last flood, suggested a rather imperious relationship, and if they

506
00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:32,950
would like to demonstrate their spirit of cooperation

507
00:42:33,470 --> 00:42:38,530
than extending this offer until a such time

508
00:42:38,530 --> 00:42:42,670
as public input can be properly received

509
00:42:43,300 --> 00:42:46,050
would be a great first step in showing

510
00:42:46,050 --> 00:42:49,450
that they are truly engaged with our community.

511
00:42:52,660 --> 00:42:57,080
I know that you, like everyone else in this room,

512
00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:04,520
regards our riverfront as one of our greatest and most beloved assets.

513
00:43:07,770 --> 00:43:17,950
And I also understand you are somewhat limited in your abilities to dictate where we go from here as a community.

514
00:43:19,150 --> 00:43:27,210
But I do believe there again would be no harm resulting from further community input

515
00:43:27,210 --> 00:43:37,530
and Canadian Pacific would do well to come forward and extend its deadlines in order to

516
00:43:37,530 --> 00:43:43,050
allow that to happen. We're only talking about a couple of weeks. Thank you very much

517
00:43:43,050 --> 00:43:49,790
for your time and again, good luck with this. Thank you, anyone else?

518
00:43:55,550 --> 00:44:03,470
Thank you for your service, first of all, and your time tonight, and your openness to listen to perspectives.

519
00:44:05,430 --> 00:44:10,090
You know, when I get around a mic, though, I just don't stop at me, but thank goodness you have a timer on me tonight.

520
00:44:11,130 --> 00:44:14,010
I want to start by credentializing myself.

521
00:44:14,790 --> 00:44:18,130
I am a lifelong proud resident of Davenport, Iowa.

522
00:44:18,750 --> 00:44:21,290
I have lived, I had the privilege of living all over the country.

523
00:44:21,290 --> 00:44:25,290
Um, was married to a guy in the Navy and was in a lot of, all the coasts.

524
00:44:26,230 --> 00:44:31,410
Um, and it wasn't until I came back as, in my 20s, that I actually visited the

525
00:44:31,410 --> 00:44:31,830
Riverfront.

526
00:44:32,510 --> 00:44:36,330
And my dad took me down there with my two kids and he wrote his bike and I ran along and my

527
00:44:36,330 --> 00:44:37,190
kids wrote their bikes.

528
00:44:37,530 --> 00:44:38,890
And I heard sounds.

529
00:44:39,370 --> 00:44:42,830
I remember this clearly of birds I had never heard before.

530
00:44:43,410 --> 00:44:44,010
I saw the river.

531
00:44:44,050 --> 00:44:44,850
I had never been to the river.

532
00:44:45,090 --> 00:44:46,650
I had never paid attention to the river.

533
00:44:46,750 --> 00:44:49,130
And it is what they say it is.

534
00:44:49,130 --> 00:44:56,610
It is a gem, it is something to be appreciated, valued, and it is a worldwide attraction.

535
00:44:57,310 --> 00:44:59,970
People come from all over the world to see them missing.

536
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:29,980
We have as a city invested and made bets on that riverfront. We are the only town that doesn't have a flood wall. We bear the brunt of that year after year. And we take that risk and we have chosen to do that to honor the river. It is wrong to throw in the towel at this point. I'm asking that you stand up for the city council.

537
00:45:29,980 --> 00:45:36,000
citizens of your city and the surrounding cities. I'm glad to see people from Rock Island

538
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:42,540
and other towns here because we are, we have blindfold on if we think this isn't the

539
00:45:42,540 --> 00:45:50,360
Davenport issue. This is a Quad City and Beyond issue and we can decide and we're asking you

540
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:58,740
to be our messenger. Who we are? Who is Davenport? Are we a victim of circumstance?

541
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:05,740
because the big boys are coming through town and they're throwing something at us and we're just going to take it.

542
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:11,400
Or are we the strongest peg on that bench?

543
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:17,780
And there's a lot of pegs on the bench along the river across the country that are like us.

544
00:46:18,740 --> 00:46:20,600
But they're not as strong as Davenport.

545
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:28,420
We can be that peg that says, no. Slow down. Let's gather this bench together.

546
00:46:29,900 --> 00:46:37,680
And let's not do this. We're asking you to be the one. I'm wearing my live-uncommon shirt tonight.

547
00:46:38,820 --> 00:46:46,820
Because one of the main messages and mantras of it is it only takes one to change the world.

548
00:46:46,820 --> 00:46:49,400
Be that one.

549
00:46:51,620 --> 00:46:59,240
All of you, please have the courage to slow down and listen to your citizens and just hear us out.

550
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,200
You're going to hear a lot about reports about facts about environment.

551
00:47:03,980 --> 00:47:11,600
They're important, but this is our town. This is the history of our town and the long-term future of our town.

552
00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:15,760
Are we going to be trained town? That's damn where I want.

553
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,520
or are we going to be river town?

554
00:47:20,180 --> 00:47:21,300
What we've always been.

555
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:24,820
We have invested in the downtown.

556
00:47:25,940 --> 00:47:27,500
I'm a lifelong resident.

557
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:32,060
To further credentialize myself and why I'm here,

558
00:47:32,220 --> 00:47:33,520
and I'm not just a squeaky wheel,

559
00:47:33,660 --> 00:47:37,200
complaining about something that doesn't make sense to me.

560
00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:42,020
We, as homeowners and business,

561
00:47:42,020 --> 00:47:45,860
business, we pay half a million dollars in taxes every year.

562
00:47:46,460 --> 00:47:49,960
In the last two years, we have put together a new community event.

563
00:47:50,180 --> 00:47:54,720
We are lifelong dedicated to film, film, philosophy.

564
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,020
I can't even say that word, philanthropy.

565
00:47:57,580 --> 00:47:58,380
We believe in ours.

566
00:47:58,540 --> 00:48:00,500
We believe in doing the right thing.

567
00:48:00,700 --> 00:48:02,740
We put our money where our mouth is.

568
00:48:03,140 --> 00:48:08,160
Just last year, in the last 13 months, we have out of our own pocket.

569
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:15,680
But my husband is going to be sad to hear this, $500,000 into a community event that is on the river.

570
00:48:17,420 --> 00:48:22,560
I say this not to say, what a great person I am, what a great people, Brussels are.

571
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:32,220
We put, we believe in this town, we are investing personally in the greater good what is right or this town.

572
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:37,840
These choices, I'm glad to hear another person about with a band interest.

573
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:39,520
We had a major event.

574
00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:44,400
We're trying to bring back to this community a great event in the summer.

575
00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:47,660
Those trains were not right on the doorstep.

576
00:48:47,660 --> 00:48:49,080
They were across the road.

577
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:53,120
They're not triple the size they will be with this merger.

578
00:48:54,180 --> 00:48:56,280
They highly impacted this event.

579
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:58,180
Am I at my time already?

580
00:48:58,660 --> 00:48:59,220
Thank you, man.

581
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:00,120
Thank you.

582
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:02,760
Anyone else?

583
00:49:08,820 --> 00:49:10,000
Or will mayor?

584
00:49:10,340 --> 00:49:11,140
Councilman.

585
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:12,680
Thank you for listening.

586
00:49:13,220 --> 00:49:14,540
My name is Molly Newell.

587
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:18,620
I second the emotions that I've heard.

588
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,920
I too am a business person in Davenport.

589
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:32,020
I have the one river place facility about 37,000 square foot of space for small businesses.

590
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,940
I run a business incubator here on the river.

591
00:49:34,940 --> 00:49:40,000
Oh, I'd say about 75 feet from the tracks, really close.

592
00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:48,540
Also, I'm a resident here in Davenport, in the sixth ward, overlooking the river also.

593
00:49:48,820 --> 00:49:51,340
And I do hear the trains from my porch.

594
00:49:52,740 --> 00:49:58,240
And again, I don't mind the whistles nearly as bad as the sound of what they call wafering

595
00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:01,280
noise coming from the tracks themselves.

596
00:50:02,820 --> 00:50:11,480
So, I just want to say that tripling and quadrupling the train traffic and the train noise

597
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:16,720
really flies in the face of everything that I've done as citizen on different committees.

598
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:26,880
The Riverfront Action Committee, when there was one, working with the Riverfront

599
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:36,000
a levy commission when it was called that. Working on comprehensive plan to unite all the

600
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:41,640
greenways and waterways, vertically and horizontally to connect the bike trails and everybody

601
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:50,220
to the river. Excuse me. So everybody could enjoy it. So we'll want what's best for

602
00:50:50,220 --> 00:50:56,040
downboard. I don't question that for anybody here. I understand that the council feels powerless

603
00:50:56,040 --> 00:51:03,420
to reject this 10 million dollar offer, but you are not powerless. We do not need to

604
00:51:03,420 --> 00:51:08,760
take what the railroad dish is out. Together we are strong. I like the comment about

605
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:15,020
the peg, you know, the strong peg on the bench. We have the most delus, you know, we

606
00:51:15,020 --> 00:51:20,580
have the most riverfront, and we think we're getting more than the next guy. We'll guess

607
00:51:20,580 --> 00:51:25,440
what nobody's getting enough for what they're proposing to take.

608
00:51:28,020 --> 00:51:31,720
I would propose that the Council vote down this 10 million because it's a poor compromise.

609
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:33,800
Please don't sell us out.

610
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:39,940
The railroad has engaged city after city to preempt future opposition.

611
00:51:41,700 --> 00:51:42,760
We know why.

612
00:51:44,420 --> 00:51:49,600
They're picking off one city after another one at a time to divide and conquer through this technique.

613
00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:57,240
It's an economic prostitution in my opinion because they can't win any other way.

614
00:51:57,620 --> 00:52:02,040
Yielding now will cause irreparable damage to our community and the future of our place

615
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:08,460
in the Midwest, our place on the river, our place in history, and how we celebrate the

616
00:52:08,460 --> 00:52:08,660
future.

617
00:52:08,720 --> 00:52:10,500
This has been said already.

618
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:19,160
I guess the railroad merger causes more harm to death than any other city in its path.

619
00:52:20,620 --> 00:52:29,200
The recent report that came out last Friday afternoon says there will be irreparable, or

620
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:34,240
I'll get to that in a second, but I want to say in a second the motion someone said earlier

621
00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:39,200
about the STB not being an impartial review board.

622
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:46,440
They are definitely not an impartial review board yet. They have come out and said there will be

623
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:55,100
considerable adverse damage and repercussions. My building's historic to shake that ground four times as much as it is

624
00:52:55,360 --> 00:53:00,280
I got 1867 mortar in my the limestone and my building

625
00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:06,480
out of our old pocket we have brought the building back to life all three floors

626
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:16,060
We did not accept money from the city, we did not accept money from the feds yet it remains historic and it's, I think, a real landmark here.

627
00:53:18,070 --> 00:53:27,050
So yes, I'm vested and I don't want to lose my investment, but I dare say, even if we stick with it forever more, there's going to be little additional investment.

628
00:53:27,050 --> 00:53:30,830
because people are not going to want to come down to the river for all the reasons

629
00:53:30,830 --> 00:53:31,890
that have been mentioned.

630
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:40,920
So the magnificent harm to the city, to our safety,

631
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:44,760
in some cases to the health and definitely to the environment,

632
00:53:47,420 --> 00:53:49,100
I would say is huge.

633
00:53:50,300 --> 00:53:56,060
I understand that attorneys from Canada flew down and talked to representatives

634
00:53:56,720 --> 00:54:05,320
But an advocate for Davenport may have told you that any measure that causes this much magnificent harm to the city must go to a referendum.

635
00:54:07,630 --> 00:54:16,110
Someone should have told you that the Council has a fiduciary responsibility to not be transparent and truthful.

636
00:54:16,430 --> 00:54:17,890
Thank you.

637
00:54:17,970 --> 00:54:19,370
Thank you.

638
00:54:19,750 --> 00:54:20,710
Anyone else?

639
00:54:25,670 --> 00:54:29,250
Good evening, Cindy Winkler, 6-30 court, and Davenport.

640
00:54:31,250 --> 00:54:35,230
One of the things that I think about other than all of the things that have been mentioned

641
00:54:35,230 --> 00:54:41,570
is the wake that will be created when we have a flood and what will happen to our ability

642
00:54:41,570 --> 00:54:49,670
to maintain the stability, any structure that we put up to hold the water back.

643
00:54:49,670 --> 00:54:51,490
I am a state representative.

644
00:54:51,490 --> 00:54:55,590
I have the riverfront from Mount Street to the end of the county.

645
00:54:56,290 --> 00:54:58,970
So I represent Buffalo as well.

646
00:54:59,390 --> 00:55:03,450
And I know that the weight created for them is tremendous.

647
00:55:04,150 --> 00:55:07,150
With the current trains that are running.

648
00:55:07,390 --> 00:55:11,750
And when we think about how we multiply that and what it might do

649
00:55:11,750 --> 00:55:15,250
when we are trying to meet the needs of a disaster

650
00:55:15,250 --> 00:55:21,610
And the wake that could be created by three times the amount of trains going through.

651
00:55:22,030 --> 00:55:29,250
And the amount of money that the city will have to spend to mitigate that.

652
00:55:29,310 --> 00:55:33,630
I think that it's just one more piece of the puzzle.

653
00:55:34,770 --> 00:55:39,850
I certainly know that you're between a rock and a hard place with this situation.

654
00:55:39,850 --> 00:55:49,430
and it's unfortunate that it is the deadline as I understand it is ahead of the public hearing

655
00:55:49,430 --> 00:55:51,630
that the federal government has put together.

656
00:55:53,510 --> 00:56:05,420
If Canadian Pacific then will use a decision that you make now as any kind of reasoning or

657
00:56:05,420 --> 00:56:12,900
rationale to the fact that it won't create a problem that they, that they would triple the number of trains.

658
00:56:13,460 --> 00:56:19,200
I think that's unfortunate because not only are you between a rock and a hurt place, but then you'll be used.

659
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:30,740
And you'll be used as a tool that will potentially create more expenditure for the citizens of

660
00:56:30,740 --> 00:56:39,920
I don't, I haven't read, and I might have missed it, but what the cost will be for the city of

661
00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:48,300
Davenport to mitigate all of the issues that will be created by increasing the number of trains.

662
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:53,680
I haven't seen it yet, and I think that that is a consideration.

663
00:56:53,680 --> 00:57:01,580
it should be a proportional response from Canadian Pacific in regard to what they are offering

664
00:57:01,580 --> 00:57:11,160
because mitigation will be every year. And I don't envy you. I don't know if you have

665
00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:20,460
the opportunity to delay this decision. But I think that there are so many

666
00:57:20,460 --> 00:57:24,760
stimulating circumstances that are created and this is such a significant

667
00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:29,920
decision to make. I hope that you take the time that you need to make the

668
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:33,940
decision. Thank you. Thank you anyone else.

669
00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:39,520
Good evening. My name is Brett

670
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:43,800
Vickstrom. I live at 12 12 East Tent Street. Number seven in Davenport. I'm in

671
00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:49,180
the fifth ward. Tim Kelly is my very responsive Alderman. Thank you. I respectfully

672
00:57:49,180 --> 00:57:54,360
ask that you table the decision until the September meeting. I am the great

673
00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:58,060
granddaughter, the granddaughter and the niece of real rotors. I am very

674
00:57:58,060 --> 00:58:02,000
family with real road what it does and also the damage a real road can do to a

675
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:07,640
body that was impressed upon us from as soon as we could walk and I do fear that

676
00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:12,440
with more trains more people will be tempted to illegally cross the tracks. My

677
00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:16,680
grandfather was an engineer for the Berlin to Northern. You can't stop a train car

678
00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:21,640
going 60 you can't stop it going five. I've also been stopped at train and

679
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:25,580
for an hour at a time, even though legally it's 10 minutes.

680
00:58:25,900 --> 00:58:31,460
I know there are exciting circumstances, but being blocked at 10 for an hour at a time with the current train schedule.

681
00:58:31,620 --> 00:58:33,520
I can only imagine with that being tripled.

682
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:37,780
So please ask you to respectfully tailor your decision until the September meeting.

683
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:39,760
Thank you.

684
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:41,320
Thank you. Anyone else?

685
00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:48,300
Hello, everyone. Jim Russell, I live in the fifth ward.

686
00:58:49,700 --> 00:58:54,320
and appreciate the service and the time to speak for all of you.

687
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:59,540
I just want to say really one thing, 10 million is a lot of money.

688
00:59:00,980 --> 00:59:05,440
And I know what's to take it or leave it to the kind of thing,

689
00:59:05,580 --> 00:59:07,820
and there's a risk of getting less.

690
00:59:08,580 --> 00:59:10,640
There may not be an opportunity of getting more,

691
00:59:11,020 --> 00:59:13,320
but 10 million, as you guys already know,

692
00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:18,260
buys a fire station. 10 million doesn't even buy a skybridge.

693
00:59:20,520 --> 00:59:27,680
So 10 million's not a lot of money. It's not a lot of money in contrast to the economic

694
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:35,380
and social and all the impact you already heard from everyone else. So I'm a little bit of a

695
00:59:35,380 --> 00:59:42,180
gambler. I would roll a dice and say no and see if we can do better. Knowing that we might not

696
00:59:42,180 --> 00:59:48,180
But I still take that risk if I were sitting in your shoes. So, thank you for the opportunity to share my thought

697
00:59:49,100 --> 00:59:50,940
And thank you for your service

698
00:59:51,660 --> 00:59:53,140
Thank you anyone else

699
01:00:00,460 --> 01:00:12,680
But Kevin O'Brien, 12-03 Garfield Court, regards to the huge increase in traffic that they're discussing on the rail road.

700
01:00:14,340 --> 01:00:19,360
You know, one of the greatest places to have lunch, or anything is sit down by the river.

701
01:00:20,020 --> 01:00:26,160
And now that you've got the freight house all fixed up, sit on the deck, and have lunch there.

702
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:37,800
and something we frequently did, especially doing COVID-19, but now already we have a lot of

703
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:46,080
trains going through there and when a train goes through there, you might as well just stop

704
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:52,740
talking for 10 minutes because that's how long the train goes through there. Some of it's the

705
01:00:52,740 --> 01:01:02,200
but just the rattle and so on the blockage of the riverfront it just doesn't seem like it's good for

706
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:09,900
Davenport to go from eight trains to 224 and who how many might they increase it to in the future.

707
01:01:12,580 --> 01:01:19,320
You know you talk about two and a half hours or more it takes about 10 minutes or so and set their

708
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:36,420
time for each train to go through and talking about two and a half hours or so per day that traffic won't be you won't be able to see the river and you won't be able to drive through down or from the river.

709
01:01:36,420 --> 01:02:06,320
And what kind of requirement does Davenport have as far as, like, if there's emergency on the riverfront and a 911 call, and you've got to wait 10 minutes to get across to respond to it, whether it's police or medic, and you're going to take, we've got about 80 minutes doing the whole day.

710
01:02:06,420 --> 01:02:09,320
that's the riverfront is blocked right now.

711
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:13,960
But are you willing to jump forward to two and a half hours?

712
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:15,920
Or perhaps more?

713
01:02:16,340 --> 01:02:20,020
You know, if they loosen up the, you know,

714
01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:24,340
the staff imported get any liability for not being able

715
01:02:24,340 --> 01:02:29,680
to respond to 911 calls if there's emergency

716
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:33,200
at the ballpark or at the riverfront.

717
01:02:33,240 --> 01:02:35,740
If there's a concert, you know,

718
01:02:35,740 --> 01:02:39,440
Sometimes at the ballpark, you've got 5,000 people there,

719
01:02:40,100 --> 01:02:45,960
some of the 10 minutes, 15 minutes extra can mean a lot,

720
01:02:47,080 --> 01:02:47,820
life and death.

721
01:02:48,800 --> 01:02:50,840
So, I would oppose this.

722
01:02:51,760 --> 01:02:54,960
You know, the 10 million may be more than what you get,

723
01:02:55,540 --> 01:02:58,760
but if by signing off with it,

724
01:02:58,940 --> 01:03:03,720
you give up your right to go forward and speak against it,

725
01:03:03,720 --> 01:03:09,380
doesn't try to negotiate something better because it's other better routes that railroad could take.

726
01:03:10,940 --> 01:03:12,260
Thank you.

727
01:03:12,260 --> 01:03:13,820
Thank you. Anyone else?

728
01:03:19,770 --> 01:03:20,970
My name's Bill Globa.

729
01:03:21,750 --> 01:03:24,970
24, 21, Gangstead, a third ward.

730
01:03:25,890 --> 01:03:29,710
Let me just say, folks here, amazing,

731
01:03:30,610 --> 01:03:34,010
on our bold positive reaction from our city folks.

732
01:03:34,630 --> 01:03:38,230
I'm impressed what you're saying here tonight, just a citizen.

733
01:03:38,230 --> 01:03:40,930
So we go, I was done or by myself.

734
01:03:42,430 --> 01:03:44,510
But I don't know, Mayor Mats and members of the

735
01:03:44,510 --> 01:03:45,630
Damport City Council.

736
01:03:46,510 --> 01:03:50,270
I come here tonight to share my thoughts on perhaps

737
01:03:50,270 --> 01:03:53,510
the most threatening issue, the most threatening issue,

738
01:03:53,830 --> 01:03:57,310
ever to face our great city, the pending 31 billion

739
01:03:57,310 --> 01:04:00,890
all emerge between the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City,

740
01:04:00,890 --> 01:04:01,810
Southern Railroads.

741
01:04:02,530 --> 01:04:05,630
Let me say at the outset, I firmly believe,

742
01:04:05,630 --> 01:04:14,870
I honestly believe that you feel this 10 million dollar deal that you're preparing to accept is the best you can get.

743
01:04:15,170 --> 01:04:25,390
I respectfully, but I respectfully disagree better on this a long time and through lots of similar sort of kind of things, nothing quite like this they're going to destroy our city.

744
01:04:25,390 --> 01:04:36,290
But I know you mean well, okay. So we'll make that clear and I appreciate that, but the decision you make here at a night

745
01:04:36,870 --> 01:04:40,770
We'll be life threatening to our citizens

746
01:04:41,390 --> 01:04:45,350
Disaster to our city and for ever

747
01:04:45,350 --> 01:04:50,390
Recavoc on the most beautiful, most beautiful Mississippi riverfront

748
01:04:50,390 --> 01:04:55,450
That's the tragic reality, cut through all the other, that's the reality.

749
01:04:56,230 --> 01:04:57,390
Now let me be fair.

750
01:04:58,390 --> 01:05:01,730
All negotiations should be a win-win for our parties.

751
01:05:04,270 --> 01:05:05,850
This one is not.

752
01:05:06,770 --> 01:05:13,710
In this vein, are there other more rural railroad lines that go through Iowa that could accomplish

753
01:05:13,710 --> 01:05:15,950
what Canadians civic wants to do,

754
01:05:16,370 --> 01:05:18,670
to are their other possible routes around

755
01:05:18,670 --> 01:05:20,710
the haven't port that could be developed,

756
01:05:21,270 --> 01:05:23,230
that would have waved our downtown area,

757
01:05:24,250 --> 01:05:28,630
what about an underground subway type rail tunnel?

758
01:05:29,350 --> 01:05:31,550
Perhaps under river drive,

759
01:05:31,810 --> 01:05:34,630
or maybe running from Tremot to Marquette Street,

760
01:05:35,250 --> 01:05:37,550
all over the country, go to any major city,

761
01:05:38,470 --> 01:05:42,350
and there's tunnels under streets and rivers, et cetera.

762
01:05:44,850 --> 01:05:50,790
So, that's such a tunnel would eliminate the need for all most what we're talking about,

763
01:05:50,950 --> 01:05:59,590
the noise control, pedestrian overpasses, crossing signals, and bridges except for the one proposed

764
01:05:59,590 --> 01:06:05,410
by support, love to see, down around Concord Street and over River Drive there.

765
01:06:05,710 --> 01:06:13,210
Perhaps we could trade land on which the Canadian Pacific runs now, you know, that area we're talking

766
01:06:13,210 --> 01:06:19,550
about and turn for given and working with a state to give them a right away under River

767
01:06:19,550 --> 01:06:20,050
Drive.

768
01:06:20,370 --> 01:06:21,150
Think about that.

769
01:06:21,370 --> 01:06:24,430
Subway going down, at least the area affected under River Drive.

770
01:06:24,610 --> 01:06:26,130
It happens in other cities.

771
01:06:28,610 --> 01:06:33,570
And we get back that other land they have for future development parks.

772
01:06:34,730 --> 01:06:40,570
Some visionaries believe that underground tunnels are the way of the future and highly

773
01:06:41,570 --> 01:06:44,990
congested areas. For example, if you Google, just Google

774
01:06:44,990 --> 01:06:50,630
Elon Musk and his tunnel company, you will learn that he is

775
01:06:50,630 --> 01:06:54,970
developing such tunnels. Show them in on videos. I'm not

776
01:06:54,970 --> 01:06:59,970
qualified to say that this could be the only answer to the

777
01:06:59,970 --> 01:07:04,390
problem of having 22 or more oil tank or trains roaring through

778
01:07:04,390 --> 01:07:08,770
our city and bluff, brokking traffic every day, but it might be

779
01:07:08,770 --> 01:07:12,490
I'm not the expert, I'm not here to tell you anything I am.

780
01:07:12,970 --> 01:07:17,290
This is probably, uh, uh, this is this probably,

781
01:07:19,830 --> 01:07:21,770
oh, I remember I was going to say, we

782
01:07:21,770 --> 01:07:28,710
built the West Side Diversion tunnel for $43 million, big deal, by as long as our downtown

783
01:07:28,710 --> 01:07:33,510
area is, you know, so how much would this, another approach cost?

784
01:07:33,610 --> 01:07:39,310
I don't know, but it's your responsibility to look into it, not ask the railroad what they think.

785
01:07:40,070 --> 01:07:46,570
Maybe a combination of federal state and local private financing could be put together to pay for such a tunnel.

786
01:07:47,350 --> 01:07:53,690
Since the federal environmental report released just a few days ago shows that Scott County and Davenport in particular

787
01:07:53,690 --> 01:07:59,290
will sustain the most irreparable damage of any city by this railroad merger,

788
01:07:59,290 --> 01:08:07,410
I suggest the city asks the surface transportation board for a quote carve out exception for

789
01:08:07,410 --> 01:08:13,770
Davenport and help us develop a more safe and acceptable alternative like a subway tunnel or something better.

790
01:08:14,190 --> 01:08:20,790
Any decision or negotiation has to be a win-win for both sides? This deal is not.

791
01:08:21,470 --> 01:08:24,270
Table it. Listen to our citizens. Thank you.

792
01:08:24,390 --> 01:08:25,670
Thank you. Thank you.

793
01:08:26,710 --> 01:08:27,550
Anyone else?

794
01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:39,660
My name is I Lino Brian. I live at 12 or three in our field court in Davenport.

795
01:08:40,380 --> 01:08:43,220
It's kind of hard to follow after Bill Globa before that. My husband.

796
01:08:43,940 --> 01:08:49,640
But I just want to add also my concern and weight in,

797
01:08:50,180 --> 01:08:53,720
against accepting the merger and the money.

798
01:08:54,060 --> 01:08:55,920
I know 10 million dollars is my sound like a lot of money,

799
01:08:56,860 --> 01:09:01,800
but I think that the city has to do a lot of work to make it work.

800
01:09:01,800 --> 01:09:04,480
So all that money is not going to the city.

801
01:09:04,940 --> 01:09:08,060
It's going to be used to make some repairs.

802
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:13,460
And I don't even think 10 million dollars a year would be enough.

803
01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:16,200
I just do have grave concerns.

804
01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:19,460
Bill, I think I'm going to say some creative ideas.

805
01:09:19,700 --> 01:09:25,080
I think it should be looked into and table and have lots more discussion.

806
01:09:26,040 --> 01:09:29,400
And I just do feel very strongly against it.

807
01:09:29,400 --> 01:09:31,820
I know it's a big, windy decision.

808
01:09:33,560 --> 01:09:35,240
Someone said you're between a rock and a hard place.

809
01:09:35,400 --> 01:09:36,640
So actually, between the railroad ties.

810
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:38,580
But it's a tough one.

811
01:09:39,420 --> 01:09:43,680
But please really think long and hard.

812
01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:48,840
And I'd like to preserve our city and rather not have this.

813
01:09:48,920 --> 01:09:50,560
I don't mind educational training.

814
01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:53,800
It's a very nice thing down there.

815
01:09:54,100 --> 01:09:57,080
And here in a bar, the ballpark and the freight house,

816
01:09:57,080 --> 01:10:00,640
But triple it, it's not going to be so nice.

817
01:10:01,200 --> 01:10:03,940
And I have seen, when I like to go to your band's games often,

818
01:10:04,360 --> 01:10:07,600
I have seen when a train was coming, people

819
01:10:08,160 --> 01:10:10,800
jump in across the tracks to try to beat the train.

820
01:10:12,020 --> 01:10:14,660
And then I also want to get the game.

821
01:10:17,140 --> 01:10:19,300
But it's not as young and quick as they are,

822
01:10:19,440 --> 01:10:21,640
but still not a wise thing.

823
01:10:21,780 --> 01:10:23,060
And with the triple, the traffic,

824
01:10:23,180 --> 01:10:26,000
we're going to get frustrated and want to get somewhere.

825
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:32,900
and they might make rest decisions, so for the noise aspect and the time waiting for trains

826
01:10:34,040 --> 01:10:41,640
and then people may be taking risky moves there to get across the tracks. I worry about,

827
01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:48,420
so please thank you for your consideration. Thank you for your service. Thank you. Anyone else?

828
01:10:58,620 --> 01:11:03,420
I believe there is a total misunderstanding of the proposed merger of these two railroads.

829
01:11:04,020 --> 01:11:09,140
Some people believe the approval or denial of this merger is totally dependent on the approval

830
01:11:09,140 --> 01:11:10,760
of the city of Davenport.

831
01:11:11,420 --> 01:11:12,640
This belief is false.

832
01:11:13,460 --> 01:11:18,180
The deciding approval or denial will be made solely by the surface transportation board.

833
01:11:18,180 --> 01:11:23,200
So, regardless of the outcome of any discussion or vote tonight, it's not up to you.

834
01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:26,500
Now, they talk about hazardous materials.

835
01:11:26,840 --> 01:11:30,080
If you've got hazardous materials going to go from point A to point B,

836
01:11:31,180 --> 01:11:33,480
you want it on a truck? You want it on a rail?

837
01:11:34,220 --> 01:11:40,820
Personally, I would prefer the rail. Now, accepting the compensation agreement that

838
01:11:40,820 --> 01:11:45,360
Canadian Pacific has offered is not an endorsement of the merger.

839
01:11:45,960 --> 01:11:52,120
those two are totally separate. So you can accept, you can accept the compensation, but still

840
01:11:52,120 --> 01:11:59,300
be against the merger. But legally, the rail is not required to give us anything.

841
01:12:00,420 --> 01:12:05,040
So yeah, we can snub them, we can call them names, we can do all that stuff, and then they

842
01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:10,320
can say, okay, job's done, so it's up to you.

843
01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:13,340
Thank you. Anyone else?

844
01:12:15,910 --> 01:12:19,630
Okay. Seeing no one, so I'll make some comments. And I'll ask

845
01:12:19,630 --> 01:12:28,730
Council if they want. So first I, what? I apologize. Is there a motion to approve?

846
01:12:30,030 --> 01:12:33,930
There's a motion a second to approve. Okay. I'll take privilege and say some comments first.

847
01:12:34,330 --> 01:12:40,030
So first I appreciate everybody who came down. We spoke and who certainly is concerned about

848
01:12:40,030 --> 01:12:46,410
So thanks to the public for showing up, speaking, thanks to the City staff, STP staff,

849
01:12:46,990 --> 01:12:51,710
citizens, CP Council, Riverfront Improvement Commission, and everybody that we've engaged

850
01:12:52,410 --> 01:12:53,270
to discuss.

851
01:12:53,610 --> 01:12:57,410
The Service Transportation Board determines whether a rail merger is approved and what mitigation

852
01:12:57,410 --> 01:12:59,950
in the railroad applicant is required to provide.

853
01:13:00,450 --> 01:13:04,650
Not the City Council in the City of Damport, it's the SCP that holds the public meetings

854
01:13:04,650 --> 01:13:06,670
and gathers public input on the proposed merger.

855
01:13:06,670 --> 01:13:13,050
Our prospect process by law is to put this agreement on the public agenda and vote on it at a public meeting.

856
01:13:13,550 --> 01:13:17,830
Tonight is the second night that the public is at our opportunity to speak, and we get a speaker, of course.

857
01:13:18,670 --> 01:13:18,970
Last night.

858
01:13:19,790 --> 01:13:24,650
I believe the City Council's role in obligation is to ensure that our city does not find itself in a position,

859
01:13:25,190 --> 01:13:30,190
where the merger must forward, and we have zero dollars invested by committing specific in our community.

860
01:13:30,750 --> 01:13:33,970
That outcome would be completely irresponsible in my opinion.

861
01:13:33,970 --> 01:13:35,730
We have done our due diligence.

862
01:13:36,110 --> 01:13:38,910
We have provided input to the STP numerous times.

863
01:13:39,330 --> 01:13:43,010
We research the criteria used by the STP to order mitigation.

864
01:13:43,490 --> 01:13:49,010
We research passive outcomes in prior mergers many approved by the STP.

865
01:13:49,470 --> 01:13:55,190
We estimated likely project costs and we engage the STP to get a commitment from

866
01:13:55,190 --> 01:13:59,770
CP to do more than what they will be required by the STP.

867
01:13:59,770 --> 01:14:05,410
The recently released draft environmental impact statement is consistent with our expectations

868
01:14:05,410 --> 01:14:07,230
based on our due diligence work.

869
01:14:07,730 --> 01:14:13,230
In our case, the draft EIS recommends the STP order very little mitigation, not even

870
01:14:13,230 --> 01:14:13,930
quiet zones.

871
01:14:14,490 --> 01:14:19,130
It is essentially says CP would be required to pay the city of Davenport $0.

872
01:14:20,030 --> 01:14:24,970
CP is agreeing to invest in our community more than $10 million and we appreciate it.

873
01:14:24,970 --> 01:14:29,390
that. I appreciate the productive and collaborative work in relationship we have developed

874
01:14:29,390 --> 01:14:35,390
with CP. I appreciate their willingness to engage us. I appreciate the citizens

875
01:14:35,390 --> 01:14:42,230
to engage us and speak out and share their perspectives. At the end of the day, the risk is

876
01:14:42,230 --> 01:14:49,550
do we take the $10 million invest in that money on the riverfront for mitigation or risk the

877
01:14:49,550 --> 01:14:50,970
possible zero.

878
01:14:51,750 --> 01:14:57,270
Summary of the conclusion of the draft EIS Environmental and Pack Study by the Office of Environmental

879
01:14:57,270 --> 01:14:58,290
Analysis.

880
01:14:59,430 --> 01:14:59,790
In Preparing.

881
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:04,780
During the draft EAS, OER conducted an extensive analysis of the environmental impacts that could result

882
01:15:04,780 --> 01:15:12,180
from the applicant's acquisition of Kansas City by CP. As discussed, based on consultation

883
01:15:12,180 --> 01:15:17,740
of federal, state and local agencies consultation with tribes, input provided by organizations

884
01:15:17,740 --> 01:15:24,920
and the public, and local agencies consultation, and its own independent environmental analysis.

885
01:15:24,920 --> 01:15:30,420
The Office of Environmental Analysis has concluded that, apart from train noise, which could

886
01:15:30,420 --> 01:15:35,000
result in adverse impacts at some locations, the potential impacts of the proposed

887
01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:38,000
acquisition would be negligible, minor, and a temporary.

888
01:15:39,320 --> 01:15:45,020
A time line of what we've been doing, this started for us about November 2021.

889
01:15:46,520 --> 01:15:51,600
We were made aware of public meetings in regard to the EIS for a merger of railroad research

890
01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:57,840
began a river merger in the process in general started and many of us were engaged by week,

891
01:15:57,840 --> 01:15:58,840
every week.

892
01:15:59,400 --> 01:16:04,680
December 2021, staff, we met with Canadian Pacific on overbeer what the high level plan was

893
01:16:04,680 --> 01:16:10,400
for potential merger staff and council members participated in one of the virtual public options

894
01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:13,940
together input on the merger and stated opinion during the public meeting.

895
01:16:14,480 --> 01:16:18,960
Council staff and riverfront and movement commission submitted impact papers to the surface

896
01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:21,740
transportation board with impacts and consequences.

897
01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:23,580
January 2022.

898
01:16:24,360 --> 01:16:27,360
Council and staff met virtually again with the STB

899
01:16:27,360 --> 01:16:30,020
to share a position paper and understand the mitigations.

900
01:16:30,300 --> 01:16:34,200
The STP might offer if the city and CP were not

901
01:16:34,200 --> 01:16:36,700
to come to an advanced settlement.

902
01:16:37,340 --> 01:16:42,760
Staff met virtually was sever and include other potential

903
01:16:42,760 --> 01:16:44,940
impacted cities to review likely outcomes

904
01:16:44,940 --> 01:16:47,780
with an agreement based on precedent of railroad

905
01:16:47,780 --> 01:16:49,180
and there are many.

906
01:16:49,900 --> 01:16:52,940
Council members and staff members with CP Resby represented

907
01:16:52,940 --> 01:16:55,780
to review position and concerns and started point for

908
01:16:55,780 --> 01:16:56,260
negotiations.

909
01:16:57,120 --> 01:16:59,860
Staff hires, we hired a consult, council approve,

910
01:17:00,200 --> 01:17:02,340
hiring a consulting firm to review quite own

911
01:17:02,340 --> 01:17:03,460
engineering needs.

912
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:04,600
February 22.

913
01:17:05,540 --> 01:17:07,360
Staff continues the analysis and legal reviews

914
01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:09,060
past president likely outcomes.

915
01:17:10,460 --> 01:17:13,900
STB mandates if there is not an agreement.

916
01:17:14,340 --> 01:17:16,840
Based on past agreements with other places.

917
01:17:16,840 --> 01:17:21,400
Council and staff holds second meeting with CP representatives to include me.

918
01:17:21,880 --> 01:17:26,680
March 2022, Council and staff hold third meeting with CP representatives discuss now negotiations

919
01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:28,440
of where we can deal with.

920
01:17:28,500 --> 01:17:34,820
April 2022, staff and council hold second meeting with STB to review the third likely outcomes based on

921
01:17:34,820 --> 01:17:37,900
current status of the draft potential EIS.

922
01:17:38,160 --> 01:17:42,300
Determined that the maximum amount of relief granted by the STB will be a quite possible

923
01:17:42,300 --> 01:17:46,040
quite own estimated cost of maybe $3 million.

924
01:17:47,240 --> 01:17:50,780
Staff continues to work with our consultants, specific to rival mergers to discuss

925
01:17:50,780 --> 01:17:53,620
likely outcomes and based on his historic president.

926
01:17:55,620 --> 01:17:59,780
We received the Council received a letter from the River for Run and Improvement Commission

927
01:17:59,780 --> 01:18:01,360
today, and I'll read.

928
01:18:01,380 --> 01:18:04,700
Community and investment settlement agreement with Canadian Pacific River for Run and Improvement

929
01:18:04,700 --> 01:18:08,840
Commission for people who don't know probably are one of our best partners in how we

930
01:18:08,840 --> 01:18:10,040
do with the River for Run.

931
01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:18,060
Several months ago, along with the City of Damplore, the River Improvement Commission expressed in submitted concerns regarding the proposed murder of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.

932
01:18:18,680 --> 01:18:26,120
Today, we want to convey our support for the community investment and settlement agreement with Canadian Pacific Railroad Company and encourage the City Council to approve the same.

933
01:18:26,660 --> 01:18:34,820
The Commission understands that through good faith negotiations, many of the concerns outlined below are being adequately addressed with this agreement.

934
01:18:34,820 --> 01:18:39,340
In fact, the desk discretionary $8 million with fund infrastructure related to rail, pedestrian

935
01:18:39,340 --> 01:18:44,240
vehicle noise concern, such as establish a quiet zone for mountain market as well as other

936
01:18:44,240 --> 01:18:44,940
critical projects.

937
01:18:45,480 --> 01:18:49,560
In addition, the $2 million commitment will fund a great separation in South Conquer, which

938
01:18:49,560 --> 01:18:53,580
will allow rail, vehicle pedestrian bicycle to co-exist and must safer in enjoyable environment.

939
01:18:54,060 --> 01:18:57,860
The Red Front Improvement Commission appreciates the work of the City Council and ensuring

940
01:18:57,860 --> 01:19:02,400
that that Davenport's River fund is accessible safe and dynamic destination for other citizens

941
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:03,800
as a visitor's community.

942
01:19:04,240 --> 01:19:09,480
In reference to the money, the use of the money will be discussed in detail with council, very soon

943
01:19:09,480 --> 01:19:10,820
in future endeavors.

944
01:19:11,380 --> 01:19:15,220
So, again, I appreciate everybody that came and I want to give a little background,

945
01:19:15,300 --> 01:19:18,080
a little timeline, little things that we've been done.

946
01:19:18,460 --> 01:19:22,700
We have been engaged fully with many of our partners, many of our cities, many of the

947
01:19:22,700 --> 01:19:29,120
STP staff in reviewing the history, the participation, the understanding of what the STP

948
01:19:29,120 --> 01:19:35,000
wants to do, what the potential is, what the mitigation could happen, and we believe that

949
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,740
this council this step in CP, we have done our due diligence.

950
01:19:39,460 --> 01:19:42,780
So, if any council member want to speak, I will engage that opportunity.

951
01:19:42,920 --> 01:19:44,020
I see Alderman Grimm.

952
01:19:46,060 --> 01:19:46,440
Thank you.

953
01:19:46,640 --> 01:19:47,300
Thank you, Your Honor.

954
01:19:48,000 --> 01:19:52,560
So, first off, I wanted to thank everyone who came out tonight to voice your concerns.

955
01:19:53,020 --> 01:19:56,940
I can tell that we have a shared love and passion for our riverfront.

956
01:19:56,940 --> 01:20:01,680
I've also received emails from the public concerned about the impacts of the merger.

957
01:20:02,060 --> 01:20:05,200
I assure you that I share those concerns with you.

958
01:20:05,200 --> 01:20:09,680
And it's clear to me that many of you are going through the same mental process

959
01:20:10,440 --> 01:20:13,820
that I went through when I first heard about the intended merger in December.

960
01:20:14,860 --> 01:20:19,100
I mean, really, it nearly ruined my Christmas.

961
01:20:19,480 --> 01:20:23,260
I was so upset about it for weeks thinking about what the impacts would be.

962
01:20:23,260 --> 01:20:41,780
So to be clear, if Davenport had the choice of having seven trains a day or 20, 22 trains a day come through our riverfront, we prefer seven, but to reiterate, we're not voting to approve or not approve the merger, that decision will be made by the surface transportation board not by the city of Davenport.

963
01:20:41,780 --> 01:20:51,080
The process we've gone through since CEP has announced the merger is one of the evaluation risk mitigation and doing what is best for the city of Davenport.

964
01:20:51,820 --> 01:21:01,700
We've looked at the merger process, we've studied past precedent, which there's plenty, set by mergers that have happened in the past and we've looked at what other cities have received in settlements.

965
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:07,800
And we've had discussions with the STB, we've had discussions with other cities and we've gone through the process.

966
01:21:07,800 --> 01:21:09,900
Here's the conclusions I came to.

967
01:21:10,220 --> 01:21:12,340
The STB is very likely to prove this merger.

968
01:21:12,840 --> 01:21:17,000
Our supporter of Jackson is one very small piece of the puzzle,

969
01:21:17,400 --> 01:21:19,520
and we are very unlikely to be the voice that

970
01:21:19,520 --> 01:21:22,140
sweys the STB one way or the other,

971
01:21:22,420 --> 01:21:24,660
especially in light of our neighboring cities

972
01:21:24,660 --> 01:21:25,940
already reaching agreements.

973
01:21:26,620 --> 01:21:27,960
If we went to arbitration,

974
01:21:28,160 --> 01:21:30,540
we would likely be awarded quite its own only.

975
01:21:31,320 --> 01:21:33,760
After the draft EIS, we changed that to,

976
01:21:33,840 --> 01:21:36,320
we would very likely be awarded $0.

977
01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:43,560
So, certainly we could object to the merger and try to fight it, but the outcome will very likely be the same in a proved merger.

978
01:21:44,180 --> 01:21:49,560
So that's why I've come to the conclusion that the settlement is the best option for the city to get insurance policy.

979
01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:53,980
It gets us quiet zones, something we've wanted for quite some time.

980
01:21:54,120 --> 01:22:00,340
It gives us money for pedestrian crossings and it gives us an opportunity for a great separation at our water pollution control plant.

981
01:22:00,500 --> 01:22:02,100
Is it ideal? No.

982
01:22:02,660 --> 01:22:04,940
Is it the best ideal for the city given the circumstances?

983
01:22:04,940 --> 01:22:06,760
I certainly think so.

984
01:22:07,160 --> 01:22:16,440
I also want to point out that many cities who have come to these agreements with CP put this on their agenda and voted on it before the draft EIS came out.

985
01:22:16,820 --> 01:22:20,420
We very purposefully said we would not put this.

986
01:22:20,420 --> 01:22:26,500
We would not vote on this agreement until the draft EIS came out so that the public would have an opportunity to weigh in,

987
01:22:26,600 --> 01:22:30,240
which is what you are doing tonight, and that was very important to us.

988
01:22:30,820 --> 01:22:36,520
So, if we vote this agreement down, or if we table it, it is highly probable that the outcome

989
01:22:36,520 --> 01:22:41,620
is going to be that the merger gets approved, the data importance is zero dollars, and we

990
01:22:41,620 --> 01:22:46,460
the city are going to be trying to figure out how to fund quiet zones, pedestrian crossings,

991
01:22:46,580 --> 01:22:51,000
and great separations out of our capital improvement budget over the next several years.

992
01:22:51,620 --> 01:22:52,960
Thank you.

993
01:22:56,780 --> 01:22:57,640
Thank you, Adam.

994
01:22:57,640 --> 01:23:00,920
Please call the roll on the motion to approve this agreement.

995
01:23:02,640 --> 01:23:03,200
Condon.

996
01:23:04,460 --> 01:23:04,540
Yes.

997
01:23:05,080 --> 01:23:05,300
Done.

998
01:23:05,780 --> 01:23:05,960
Yes.

999
01:23:06,620 --> 01:23:07,120
Job, Jim.

1000
01:23:07,920 --> 01:23:08,000
Yes.

1001
01:23:09,100 --> 01:23:09,660
McGinnis.

1002
01:23:09,980 --> 01:23:10,300
Yes.

1003
01:23:10,540 --> 01:23:10,780
Kelly.

1004
01:23:11,640 --> 01:23:11,900
Yes.

1005
01:23:12,260 --> 01:23:12,640
Cornet.

1006
01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:14,020
Grip.

1007
01:23:14,580 --> 01:23:14,880
Yes.

1008
01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:15,520
Lee.

1009
01:23:16,060 --> 01:23:16,240
Yes.

1010
01:23:16,520 --> 01:23:17,360
And Ortez.

1011
01:23:17,780 --> 01:23:17,980
Yes.

1012
01:23:18,280 --> 01:23:18,580
Yes.

1013
01:23:18,740 --> 01:23:19,120
The Scherner.

1014
01:23:19,340 --> 01:23:19,620
Thank you.

1015
01:23:19,740 --> 01:23:20,300
The motion passes.

1016
01:23:20,820 --> 01:23:23,520
Next item is a motion to prove in beer and liquor license applications.

1017
01:23:23,520 --> 01:23:26,860
New license, new owner, temporary permit, temporary outer area.

1018
01:23:28,100 --> 01:23:30,640
and I'll read the, all the respective ones

1019
01:23:30,640 --> 01:23:31,920
because they're kind of related to the same

1020
01:23:31,920 --> 01:23:33,380
and then I'll ask for a motion.

1021
01:23:34,140 --> 01:23:36,360
Highby Market Cafe, I'll pause for,

1022
01:23:36,640 --> 01:23:38,120
I'll take privilege and pause just,

1023
01:23:38,340 --> 01:23:39,780
because it looks like a lot of people are leaving,

1024
01:23:40,280 --> 01:23:42,280
so don't want to disturb the interaction with the council.

1025
01:23:43,700 --> 01:23:47,260
I thank you very much for your participation tonight.

1026
01:23:49,920 --> 01:23:51,340
Even though this is a serious, little one,

1027
01:23:51,520 --> 01:23:52,840
might want to listen to this.

1028
01:24:04,800 --> 01:24:07,160
Okay, thank you for your indulgence of,

1029
01:24:08,300 --> 01:24:09,100
I'll read again.

1030
01:24:09,100 --> 01:24:12,260
The High V Market Cafe, High V, 2200 West Cafe Road,

1031
01:24:12,920 --> 01:24:15,360
Cafe Air, premises up premises update

1032
01:24:15,360 --> 01:24:18,900
to include entire store license type C.

1033
01:24:19,760 --> 01:24:22,000
Next one, we'll first want to work to,

1034
01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:23,900
Second one's work for, High V Market Cafe,

1035
01:24:24,140 --> 01:24:26,680
High V, 2351 West Locustree, Cafe Air,

1036
01:24:27,380 --> 01:24:33,520
premises update to include entire store license type C.

1037
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:39,500
Ward 6, High Bay Market Cafe, 40, 40, 60, 40, 50, 30,

1038
01:24:40,020 --> 01:24:43,500
premises update to include entire store license type C.

1039
01:24:43,820 --> 01:24:45,480
Is there any public with comment?

1040
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:46,340
I think that's all.

1041
01:24:47,340 --> 01:24:50,620
Yes, any public with comment on any of those?

1042
01:24:51,560 --> 01:24:52,580
Seeing none, counsel.

1043
01:24:54,160 --> 01:24:54,760
Very good.

1044
01:24:55,160 --> 01:24:56,660
Will Mal, Alderman move?

1045
01:24:57,780 --> 01:24:58,580
Move, is there second?

1046
01:24:59,800 --> 01:25:00,980
Now is there any discussion?

1047
01:25:01,680 --> 01:25:02,140
Alderman, Lee.

1048
01:25:02,140 --> 01:25:09,620
I apologize again. Yes, if somebody from HyVy would come up and describe what you're expecting this to

1049
01:25:10,340 --> 01:25:13,440
This to create and why you're doing it

1050
01:25:18,070 --> 01:25:23,170
My name is Dory Decker, and I'm the district director for HyVy.

1051
01:25:25,190 --> 01:25:26,310
My name is Dory Decker

1052
01:25:26,310 --> 01:25:30,950
And I'm the district director for HyVy at the U.D. Courage and West Locust 3

1053
01:25:31,370 --> 01:25:36,210
Really we're just looking to as we up new as we renew our licenses

1054
01:25:36,210 --> 01:25:41,050
we're just looking to look towards the future and at that some point we have like a food

1055
01:25:41,050 --> 01:25:45,430
whole concept where there would be seating outside of the cafe area would allow our customers

1056
01:25:45,430 --> 01:25:52,390
to sit outside of the cafe area and take you know part of all the food options that we have.

1057
01:25:53,330 --> 01:25:56,350
At this point we're not looking to do anything more than that.

1058
01:25:57,350 --> 01:26:01,750
I thought you're not expecting to have people walking around the store while they're shopping with

1059
01:26:01,750 --> 01:26:03,890
No, that's not what you're aiming at.

1060
01:26:04,210 --> 01:26:06,570
No, because if you do that with this approval,

1061
01:26:07,350 --> 01:26:09,370
without the, yeah, they could.

1062
01:26:09,730 --> 01:26:12,230
That is not what we do.

1063
01:26:12,490 --> 01:26:15,210
I guess, specifically, that is not what we're looking for.

1064
01:26:15,330 --> 01:26:16,910
It's just having the ability to have seen

1065
01:26:16,910 --> 01:26:18,870
the outside of the cafe area.

1066
01:26:23,420 --> 01:26:24,700
You did all the way, all the way.

1067
01:26:25,500 --> 01:26:26,800
Thank you. All the minorities.

1068
01:26:27,680 --> 01:26:28,380
Mike, just sitting down.

1069
01:26:29,280 --> 01:26:30,960
Actually, I will.

1070
01:26:31,160 --> 01:26:31,300
Yes.

1071
01:26:31,880 --> 01:26:32,520
Thank you, Honour.

1072
01:26:33,340 --> 01:26:34,840
Well, with that answer,

1073
01:26:34,840 --> 01:26:42,820
that changes a lot of my questions, would you guys put some kind of condition?

1074
01:26:43,380 --> 01:26:46,800
I just have a lot of concern with when you say whole premise.

1075
01:26:47,800 --> 01:26:55,080
Say, I always, somebody that is 22 years old goes by, you know, is there going to be a limit

1076
01:26:55,080 --> 01:27:01,340
on how many drinks per person could buy at one time, let's say they buy two jacket coats, for example.

1077
01:27:01,340 --> 01:27:08,180
go back to Iowa, give it to their 20-year-old, brother, niece, friend, whatever.

1078
01:27:09,660 --> 01:27:13,340
You know, there's just a lot of red flags that I see at this when you say,

1079
01:27:13,900 --> 01:27:18,460
whole store or premise, you know, is there something that you would feel comfortable,

1080
01:27:19,800 --> 01:27:23,920
maybe, you know, put some conditions on it that would say just outside area.

1081
01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:28,700
Only not up and down the food aisles or something, you know,

1082
01:27:28,700 --> 01:27:32,180
And then hours of operation, or that could be served.

1083
01:27:32,380 --> 01:27:35,660
Lickert could be served, is there, do you have any, is it for all?

1084
01:27:35,660 --> 01:27:39,720
Sure, we would follow the same guidelines that we currently follow within the cafe,

1085
01:27:39,840 --> 01:27:46,180
which I'm sure are dictated by the rules of operation, as far as individuals that would

1086
01:27:46,180 --> 01:27:46,500
take it out.

1087
01:27:46,520 --> 01:27:52,080
I think it would be the same kind of come-to-market that we have now, where, I mean,

1088
01:27:52,080 --> 01:27:57,800
we take the responsibility seriously in, and there's always folks in that aisle one area,

1089
01:27:57,800 --> 01:28:11,160
And again, we don't have the concept to come to the market right now, but in those situations if you can kind of like that whole aisle one area where there's a food options and then it's still very much within that area

1090
01:28:11,160 --> 01:28:13,880
the seediness because it's convenient to those offerings.

1091
01:28:14,540 --> 01:28:15,020
Okay.

1092
01:28:15,520 --> 01:28:15,840
Okay.

1093
01:28:16,080 --> 01:28:16,820
Thank you for your answers.

1094
01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:17,180
Thank you.

1095
01:28:18,100 --> 01:28:18,580
Thank you.

1096
01:28:18,580 --> 01:28:18,780
Thank you.

1097
01:28:21,520 --> 01:28:22,880
Thank you, Your Honor.

1098
01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:32,140
So the way this reads is that what we're voting on is to be able to have alcohol in the entire store,

1099
01:28:32,160 --> 01:28:39,880
but it sounds like the intent of the petitioner is that they would like to be able to serve alcohol and an unenoutdoor cafe,

1100
01:28:40,480 --> 01:28:47,960
which we routinely approve outdoor areas for alcohols.

1101
01:28:47,960 --> 01:28:48,620
right.

1102
01:28:49,380 --> 01:28:52,400
Craig, I believe on the cycle we're proving one for you to

1103
01:28:52,400 --> 01:28:54,300
correct an outdoor area.

1104
01:28:55,440 --> 01:29:01,800
So if the intent is truly for outdoor consumption connected to the cafe, I really have

1105
01:29:01,800 --> 01:29:03,480
no problem with that.

1106
01:29:03,700 --> 01:29:09,960
But that's not the way the application reads, what it reads is, and many stores are doing

1107
01:29:09,960 --> 01:29:14,280
this nationally, which is we're going to sell alcohol in our store, we're going to allow

1108
01:29:14,280 --> 01:29:16,480
people to drink alcohol while we're shopping.

1109
01:29:16,480 --> 01:29:19,060
And I won't get you far into it.

1110
01:29:19,140 --> 01:29:19,680
I oppose that.

1111
01:29:19,740 --> 01:29:22,400
I don't think that's something we should normalize in Davenport.

1112
01:29:23,080 --> 01:29:28,080
And I don't want to do alcohol for the entire store.

1113
01:29:29,020 --> 01:29:32,640
Certainly, I'm supportive of alcohol for an outdoor cafe.

1114
01:29:32,720 --> 01:29:34,040
I think that makes total sense.

1115
01:29:35,500 --> 01:29:39,160
But either way, we have a routine process for that.

1116
01:29:39,340 --> 01:29:43,260
And we need to, is that the way the petitioner wants to go?

1117
01:29:43,260 --> 01:29:51,520
And we could amend it, but I won't support an entire store license as what I'm saying.

1118
01:29:51,860 --> 01:29:52,620
Thank you.

1119
01:29:54,800 --> 01:29:55,080
All of them, Joe.

1120
01:29:55,320 --> 01:29:55,560
Thank you.

1121
01:29:55,660 --> 01:29:56,100
All of them, Joe.

1122
01:29:56,100 --> 01:29:56,240
All of them, Joe.

1123
01:29:56,440 --> 01:29:57,900
Thank you.

1124
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:30,770
Just another clarification. So say, you know, we make the recommendation this evening, not to approve this, um, these license. I mean, does that affect the whole entire license? Or again, is it just specific to, I guess, this particular use without reviewing their file, I'm going to go off to top of my head. I believe this classy liquor license gives them all the privileges that they need, so they only have the one license.

1125
01:30:31,890 --> 01:30:40,330
When I was just happening, I'm not sure that we can amend the premises drawing at this point

1126
01:30:40,330 --> 01:30:45,170
in the process and have council approve it tonight and amend the drawing.

1127
01:30:45,790 --> 01:30:46,570
I'm not sure about that.

1128
01:30:46,710 --> 01:30:54,550
So what I would recommend is that we table it a cycle and get a revised drawing on a premises

1129
01:30:54,550 --> 01:30:56,970
and you'll see it on the next cycle.

1130
01:30:57,810 --> 01:31:00,650
They can continue serving because they're timely filed.

1131
01:31:01,310 --> 01:31:07,590
Well taking that cue if there's no other comments then I'll make a motion to table these items for one cycle.

1132
01:31:07,790 --> 01:31:14,190
There's a motion and the second to table there's no discussion on a table so Brian please call the roll on the table for one cycle.

1133
01:31:18,980 --> 01:31:19,560
Or Tess.

1134
01:31:19,820 --> 01:31:20,100
Yes.

1135
01:31:20,420 --> 01:31:20,920
Job Jen.

1136
01:31:21,740 --> 01:31:22,260
Condon.

1137
01:31:22,500 --> 01:31:22,640
Yes.

1138
01:31:22,980 --> 01:31:23,160
Kelly.

1139
01:31:24,560 --> 01:31:25,080
Cornette.

1140
01:31:25,540 --> 01:31:25,680
Yes.

1141
01:31:26,000 --> 01:31:26,280
Done.

1142
01:31:26,680 --> 01:31:26,820
Yes.

1143
01:31:27,480 --> 01:31:28,520
And McGinnett.

1144
01:31:28,840 --> 01:31:29,080
Yes.

1145
01:31:29,080 --> 01:31:29,660
Thank you.

1146
01:31:30,120 --> 01:31:30,240
Thank you.

1147
01:31:30,240 --> 01:31:30,460
Very good.

1148
01:31:30,580 --> 01:31:31,680
The tables approved.

1149
01:31:32,200 --> 01:31:36,080
So I'd encourage, obviously, staff and I'd be to work out the particular drawings

1150
01:31:36,080 --> 01:31:37,320
or whatever's needed, right?

1151
01:31:37,980 --> 01:31:38,480
Thank you.

1152
01:31:38,580 --> 01:31:38,920
Thank you.

1153
01:31:39,140 --> 01:31:40,220
Council for the discussion.

1154
01:31:40,920 --> 01:31:42,300
Next item is the remotion for approval.

1155
01:31:42,480 --> 01:31:43,500
All items on consent.

1156
01:31:44,100 --> 01:31:44,540
The gentleman.

1157
01:31:45,880 --> 01:31:46,680
Motion is second.

1158
01:31:47,060 --> 01:31:49,600
Brian, please call the roll for all items on consent agenda.

1159
01:31:52,580 --> 01:31:52,780
Helling?

1160
01:31:53,780 --> 01:31:53,800
Yes.

1161
01:31:54,040 --> 01:31:54,320
Done?

1162
01:31:55,200 --> 01:31:55,420
Quarna?

1163
01:31:56,620 --> 01:31:56,820
Yes.

1164
01:31:57,340 --> 01:31:57,560
Gripper?

1165
01:31:57,940 --> 01:31:58,120
Yes.

1166
01:31:58,120 --> 01:32:05,400
Jobton. Yes. Beginners. Yes. Lee. Condon. Yes. And Orteeth. Yes.

1167
01:32:05,720 --> 01:32:09,080
Thank you, sir, Your Honor. Very good. Concentrate the proof. The next item is is.

1168
01:32:09,880 --> 01:32:15,840
Other ordinances, resolutions and motions. And we have one for this evening. But first we have to do a motion to suspend the rules.

1169
01:32:16,340 --> 01:32:17,680
Is there a motion to suspend the rules?

1170
01:32:19,750 --> 01:32:21,450
Motion second to suspend the rules.

1171
01:32:21,650 --> 01:32:23,730
Brian, please call the rule for suspension.

1172
01:32:28,860 --> 01:32:29,340
Coranette.

1173
01:32:29,740 --> 01:32:30,220
Greg.

1174
01:32:30,820 --> 01:32:30,980
Yes.

1175
01:32:31,240 --> 01:32:31,600
Job Jen.

1176
01:32:32,580 --> 01:32:33,060
McGinnis.

1177
01:32:33,240 --> 01:32:33,520
Yes.

1178
01:32:33,960 --> 01:32:34,240
Lee.

1179
01:32:35,560 --> 01:32:35,800
Done.

1180
01:32:36,960 --> 01:32:37,440
Condon.

1181
01:32:38,060 --> 01:32:38,360
Kelly.

1182
01:32:39,260 --> 01:32:40,060
And Ortez.

1183
01:32:41,060 --> 01:32:41,300
Yes.

1184
01:32:41,440 --> 01:32:41,760
There's that one.

1185
01:32:42,220 --> 01:32:42,660
Very good.

1186
01:32:42,660 --> 01:32:43,200
It's approved.

1187
01:32:43,920 --> 01:32:46,580
So now we can discuss the resolution to be at.

1188
01:32:46,640 --> 01:32:47,100
And resolution.

1189
01:32:47,280 --> 01:32:51,120
Approving the following public ground closure on the list of date time to hold an outdoor

1190
01:32:51,120 --> 01:32:59,640
Third, Missionary Baptist Church Fellowship Picnic, 222 West 14th Street, Sunday, August 14th, 2022, 8am to 2pm.

1191
01:32:59,780 --> 01:33:07,180
The closures, portion of the North South Alley, West of the Church, between West 14th and West 15th streets, and Harrison and May.

1192
01:33:07,380 --> 01:33:11,880
Is there any public with common? Seeing none, we'll all remember the resolution.

1193
01:33:13,180 --> 01:33:19,260
Motion in second, any discussion? Seeing none, Brian, please call the roll forward this resolution.

1194
01:33:21,210 --> 01:33:27,470
Done. Yes. McGinnis. Yes. Lee. Yes. Jobton. Yes. Kelly. Yes.

1195
01:33:27,670 --> 01:33:32,770
Scrip. Yes. Cortez. Yes. Condon. Yes. And cornet.

1196
01:33:33,690 --> 01:33:38,190
No, I guess. Is your honor? Very good. That resolution is approved. The next item is there any public

1197
01:33:38,190 --> 01:33:43,610
with business for stuff that was not on the agenda. Please come to the podium.

1198
01:33:44,510 --> 01:33:48,350
I'd love to know your name, water address. If you're not from here, I'd love to know where

1199
01:33:48,350 --> 01:33:58,280
are you have five minutes and thank you. Michael Ross second word. I came up here three weeks

1200
01:33:58,280 --> 01:34:09,970
ago talking about the crime in this community. It's been very mute and from what somebody

1201
01:34:09,970 --> 01:34:23,490
said to kids driving around 12-hour spray paint and cars. What is it going to take for this council

1202
01:34:24,390 --> 01:34:34,370
to address the criminal activity that we have? Do the residents got actually called the Guardian

1203
01:34:34,370 --> 01:34:40,810
angels back in this community? We're tired of

1204
01:34:43,110 --> 01:34:45,110
it. We're done.

1205
01:34:48,310 --> 01:34:50,550
Pop the city down on on curfew.

1206
01:34:52,640 --> 01:34:54,620
Have nice old girls, somebody.

1207
01:34:55,680 --> 01:34:56,020
Patrol.

1208
01:34:58,900 --> 01:35:08,480
Why are eight, nine, ten-year-olds run around in my area at two o'clock

1209
01:35:08,480 --> 01:35:09,360
Okay, in the morning,

1210
01:35:13,520 --> 01:35:19,660
I've spoken with a 73-year-old elderly lady last week.

1211
01:35:20,280 --> 01:35:21,700
She fears for life.

1212
01:35:22,020 --> 01:35:29,370
She doesn't want to leave her house or is this going to be another Seattle Washington

1213
01:35:30,250 --> 01:35:33,690
where we just let criminals take over

1214
01:35:36,340 --> 01:35:37,740
and ask everybody.

1215
01:35:39,560 --> 01:35:43,740
Mayor, legal, counsel people,

1216
01:35:45,850 --> 01:35:47,230
start draft and bills.

1217
01:35:50,800 --> 01:35:53,000
These criminals need to be held accountable.

1218
01:35:53,980 --> 01:35:56,700
This catch and release with these juveniles?

1219
01:35:58,300 --> 01:36:01,940
Three of them got released last week.

1220
01:36:02,400 --> 01:36:04,460
They were back out stealing cars,

1221
01:36:07,040 --> 01:36:09,760
two cars up my firm up.

1222
01:36:09,760 --> 01:36:11,960
same kids,

1223
01:36:14,810 --> 01:36:21,910
campus city, talk to the state, about the judgements, allowing these kids

1224
01:36:21,910 --> 01:36:22,970
to go back home,

1225
01:36:26,960 --> 01:36:33,260
you have multiple residents on that important place when they were trying

1226
01:36:33,260 --> 01:36:38,280
to find out the identity of these two kids.

1227
01:36:38,280 --> 01:36:43,280
You have multiple residents that are in tired of it.

1228
01:36:43,740 --> 01:36:47,080
They have specifically tanned,

1229
01:36:47,080 --> 01:36:49,300
dabbing for police and said,

1230
01:36:49,400 --> 01:36:51,180
do something before we do.

1231
01:36:52,540 --> 01:36:55,480
Is that what it's gonna take to wake up this city?

1232
01:36:57,340 --> 01:36:58,780
I'm a community activist.

1233
01:37:01,000 --> 01:37:04,580
If I have to fly to New York to have a meeting

1234
01:37:05,330 --> 01:37:08,300
with the guardian angels, I will.

1235
01:37:08,300 --> 01:37:18,300
I'm not gonna sit there and let the criminals have their time and day while everybody that sits here.

1236
01:37:19,320 --> 01:37:22,060
I haven't heard one thing from you, Mayor.

1237
01:37:23,100 --> 01:37:23,700
Evol.

1238
01:37:27,290 --> 01:37:30,450
So I'm gonna engage right here, but I'm happy to talk to you after.

1239
01:37:31,190 --> 01:37:32,890
But you must not be listening then.

1240
01:37:33,130 --> 01:37:33,290
Sorry.

1241
01:37:35,150 --> 01:37:37,170
But something's gotta go on.

1242
01:37:37,170 --> 01:37:40,570
We've got to take our streets back guys.

1243
01:37:41,850 --> 01:37:44,290
Something it has to be done.

1244
01:37:46,550 --> 01:37:47,710
Make new laws.

1245
01:37:48,530 --> 01:37:51,170
Parenting, I spoke three weeks ago.

1246
01:37:51,390 --> 01:37:53,050
Parenting accountability act.

1247
01:37:56,660 --> 01:37:58,740
Start listening to the police standards.

1248
01:37:59,720 --> 01:38:01,260
The HBO calls.

1249
01:38:01,820 --> 01:38:02,820
Handling by officers.

1250
01:38:06,670 --> 01:38:07,470
Actes.

1251
01:38:08,550 --> 01:38:08,730
Go.

1252
01:38:10,630 --> 01:38:13,230
To, you know, have police.

1253
01:38:15,730 --> 01:38:22,700
I backed the blue, but start writing tickets. That's all.

1254
01:38:24,020 --> 01:38:25,220
Thank you, anyone else?

1255
01:38:35,220 --> 01:38:38,860
Jean Saivers, C24, North Main Street, Galvinport.

1256
01:38:40,480 --> 01:38:42,720
On the custom notes, I am to public speaking.

1257
01:38:42,880 --> 01:38:46,200
I would like to say a few thousand of all chosen words.

1258
01:38:47,360 --> 01:38:49,160
No, good news, it won't be a thousand.

1259
01:38:50,600 --> 01:38:54,500
I've been a downtown resident for over 30 years.

1260
01:38:54,500 --> 01:39:04,760
And I don't know where the time's gone, but I do want to ask the question, one way or two way,

1261
01:39:05,180 --> 01:39:11,780
which is a safe way for the downtown neighborhood, the neighbors, and all the pedestrians.

1262
01:39:13,600 --> 01:39:20,480
Either way, the right hand turn on red should be eliminated in the downtown area.

1263
01:39:20,480 --> 01:39:32,960
It's very dangerous, and Eelsburg has gone ahead and eliminated their right-hand turn on red in the downtown area many years ago.

1264
01:39:34,120 --> 01:39:35,380
It's just not safe.

1265
01:39:35,380 --> 01:39:48,260
Both the one way, while I was crossing the Third and Brady one morning, I was struck by a car,

1266
01:39:48,900 --> 01:39:54,680
which was on Third Street and then turned on to Brady.

1267
01:39:56,040 --> 01:40:03,760
I was crossing Brady and had the light as in the crosswalk.

1268
01:40:03,760 --> 01:40:10,180
It was eight o'clock in the morning, someone was in a hurry to get to work, I guess.

1269
01:40:10,960 --> 01:40:18,200
So the result of that was I was hospitalized for a week, head surgery, and I have some

1270
01:40:18,200 --> 01:40:27,040
permanent injury, so which way is the safe way when you're considering the one way

1271
01:40:27,040 --> 01:40:41,540
or the two ways, do the research, do the research, the neighbors in the downtown area are entitled to the safe intersection, as are all the pedestrians.

1272
01:40:43,620 --> 01:40:44,780
Thank you.

1273
01:40:45,120 --> 01:40:47,040
Thank you. Anyone else?

1274
01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:50,270
Okay. City ministry, speakers, anything else?

1275
01:40:50,900 --> 01:40:52,960
There's not. There's a motion to adjourn.

1276
01:40:54,240 --> 01:40:55,380
All in favor to adjourn.

1277
01:40:56,160 --> 01:40:57,380
Be safe, drink water.