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All right, so we will begin our meeting
6:05 and we will stand for a pledge of

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allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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We'll do roll call.
>> Yes, Mayor Jacobs.

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» Here.
>> Chairperson Taylor.

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» Here.
>> Vice Chair Bedoun.

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» Here.

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» Uh
Secretary Walkonus.

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Sure to be absent.

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Dr. Hyder.
>> Here.

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» Uh Trustee Berry.
>> Here.

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» Dr. Nazaretti.
>> Here.

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» [clears throat]
>> Trustee Perridor.

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» Here.
>> All right, you do have a quorum today.

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Making you a quorum of seven. Thank you.
>> Okay.

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Uh approval of agenda.
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presented.
>> I second.

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» All right, so we have
a motion by Mayor Jacobs, seconded by

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Trustee Hyder. Any discussion by the
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All in favor.
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» Any opposed? All right, that will carry.
We have a presentation today. City

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Manager Tim Gibbons has joined us.
Welcome.

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» Thank you, Mayor.
Um yeah, just stopping back by to check

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in about um our search for a replacement
community development director and DDA

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director.
Uh as we all are dreading, uh Mr. Miller

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is retiring at the end of the month and
um we have faced a need to replace him.

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It is not been an easy solution. Um Matt
carries on uh three very important

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roles. One of them is DDA director, the
other is our community development

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director, and runs our building
department. Um and Uh, it as a planner

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as well. Um and this is what this is is
from McKenna. So, um, we initially

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sought to replace someone who could do
all three of those things. And, um, we

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asked Trustee Peredar to participate in
what we what we thought were the best

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candidates available for the job, and
really just weren't able to find someone

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that would fit and perform all three of
these roles. Um, you know, uh, so,

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really we've been spending after finding
out that with one person just couldn't

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replace all the things that he does.
Matt has unique talents that are unique

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to the position we created for him.
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really we're going to have to solve it
in the aggregate. We're going to have to

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find individuals who can do parts of
really the three roles he carries on.

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So, um, we put our heads together and
thought, um, really the to present the

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board with two options today. One I
prefer the most is one to continue to

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exist within the current cost-sharing
agreement, allow us to appoint a DDA

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director, um, subject to your approval,
um, which I'll get a little further

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into, and continue to carry out that
agreement providing the same level of

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service we did, but just more in the
aggregate. Not just one person doing all

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three of those roles, but we appoint a
director and then that director would

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have the ability to utilize all the city
services that come with it. They already

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do. You know, continue to use our
technology, office space, access to a

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planner, access to economic assistance
with grant writing, assistance with all

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those skills that Matt uniquely brought
all in one package, really sort of

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create them all together with city
services in combination. Um,

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so, um, it the agreement doesn't say
that I have to appoint one person to do

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all of the jobs I said. It just says
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At the last meeting it was clear to me
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uh, or making John Prosch the director
to to bump him up. I'm more than

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amenable to that. And then and then if
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inclined to, I'd request that if they
choose this option is to go with that

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and give me some type of voter uh, some
type of verbalization or vote of support

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for John, and that would take me to
feeling like I I could appoint him to to

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carry out that role. Then John would
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city, use all the resources and the and
things that come with that, and be

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successful.
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pieces for the other missing pieces
really around the city side. The other

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pieces for this are really just from
someone to run building, someone to do

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economic development on the city side
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Um so um that's really kind of my option
one. That's what I prefer. It's what I

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think the best course is. I think the
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lot from working more together than
separate. There's a lot of costs that

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the DDA would have to bear to
reestablish itself on its own. Um I'll

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learn a lot of connection to the city
that the city would lose that it wants,

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especially at such a critical time for
the DDA. We've got a lot of properties

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that I think being cohesive and together
on is very important. Um so that's

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really option one. We continue to
maintain the agreement. I provide an

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acceptable director to the DDA board. We
use the city services and we move

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forward as is.
Um the other option would be the

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contract allows the DDA to volunteer to
discontinue the agreement with a 30-day

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notice. So just coming out of tonight,
um you know, if you want to go in your

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own direction, appoint who you want, and
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this cost sharing. Certainly it's it's
contemplated within the agreement and I

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don't want to take that off the table.
And no matter what you do, the city is

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supportive of the DDA. We'll be here to
support the DDA in whatever mechanism. I

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do think this current agreement is the
preferable way to do so.

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Um there's just so much we can provide
as a large municipality

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um with all the services we do on a
daily basis for the rest of the city

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that the DDA can continue to enjoy. Um
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ability to utilize communications, uh a
planner, and all those things to assist

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in projects that the DDA has always been
available and extremely beneficial to

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his success in the pro in this uh
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um
just really what I'm looking for tonight

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is
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short of a commitment to stay within the
cost sharing agreement with a new

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director. Two, um
you know, an indication of your

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preference for director. If it if if if
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last meeting that if it that that John
would be an acceptable director, gladly

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would take a recommendation for his
appointment through the agreement and

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the city. Or third,
if you choose to discontinue the

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contract
cost-sharing agreement, just let me

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know. Um, but glad to answer any
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any specifics I'm here for, but I do
think it's way in our benefit to

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continue to maintain this cooperative
agreement. Um, and I you know, I don't

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think it has to be dependent on one
person doing all of those things for all

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of us to benefit. I think we can
piecemeal it together and be just as

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successful.
Um, a little more difficult without Mr.

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Miller, but he does make things easier
and we'll just get by without.

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» So, I have a question.
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» Do you see it if John takes the position
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» Uh, it'd be part-time.
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» Um, but then that would allow us to take
some of those resources and apply them

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to other parts. But really, you know,
Matt's position, if you look at what the

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DDA was funding and the total cost of
that position, it was a third.

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» Right.
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budget. We'd keep John at his current
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the DDA and
give him the necessary amount of hours

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to perform the function and provide him
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successful. You know, if you need we we
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work that EDA needs. So, we would just
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» I'll I'll add a couple things. Also,
I know Tim kind of broadly touched on

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the office space and the resources.
When I when I took over as mayor and

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kind of pushed for some changes to get
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know, we were paying 900 $900 in rent a
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paying
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back. Phone,
copier, maintenance on copier,

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some other miscellaneous things.
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that to maybe go in a different way and
bring them over to City Hall came from.

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So, I think that's worked out really
well and with the offer that Tim has

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made, allowing
John or whoever we select, and I'm I'm

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in favor of John, but um
doing that, we still save all that

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money.
And we're going to save a little bit of

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money on what we were paying our our
previous DDA directors.

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Not much less, but
he'll be a little bit less, but again,

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we're
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plus.
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you know, we'll have the resources,
we'll still have John to run everything

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we need in downtown, and he takes care
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as as it is now. Uh you know, he's right
next to Matt with the Lucky Squirrel, if

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not doing more Lucky Squirrel, the
Chili Cook-Offs, the

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all the events, the gardens, the water,
all that stuff. Uh John does a lot of

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that now, takes that off Matt's plate
anyway, so I think we wouldn't lose

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anything, we wouldn't miss a a step, and
we're still probably saving money

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overall as opposed to having to go find
another building for rent for for DDA

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director,
plus the salary we'd have to pay them.

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So,
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for us and the city again. So, that's my
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the value to the DDA that I think we
have been providing, and I think we can.

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Um I think and I also this cost-sharing
agreement allows for the DDA to decide,

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well, in the future, now we didn't think
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hey, we want value out of this. We've
got 30 days notice, so

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yeah, this is the most seamless thing I
think we can do, and I think you can

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just continue to keep an eye on, make
sure we're providing you the value in

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this agreement, and we will do the same.
We got to make sure this works for us,

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but I do think it's the absolute best
direction to head. Um it's the most

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obvious solution. And
and and as the mayor said, there's

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there's just a lot of things because we
already have we already have IT. We

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already have computers. We already have
office space. We already have a a

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contract with the kind of for planning.
We have building inspectors. We have

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communications division.
Um we have staff that can supplement

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because DDA doesn't always need a ton of
staff, but when you need a resource all

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of a sudden to put on an event, we have
a pool of people that we can easily when

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we have a cost sharing agreement
that's very easy for me to articulate

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how we can be very assist easy to
assist. Otherwise, it's a little bit

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barrier to doesn't mean the city
wouldn't. I don't want it to be taken as

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that if you decided not to go this way
we would abandon the DDA or anything

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like that, but I do think this makes it
the most seamless way to proceed forward

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and uh
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think John spent enough time with Matt
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» Question, is this a is this a something
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first ask John if he wants to do this.
Secondly, is this something that we can

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vote on today? We can do this? Okay.
>> Yes to both.

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» Okay.
>> Correct. And what I thought is it could

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be one motion to continue uh I was
thinking about it in my head of course

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from the last meeting is you know, make
a motion to you know, to continue the

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agreement number one and then also to
support the appointment of John. You

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know, that would give you know, you
agree to it and then Tim will you know,

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on the city side we're really going to
kind of change GL numbers of where it

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would be paid from and it'll go to a
city side GL number. So

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» Yes, that's kind of what
>> The the first question he had was I

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guess does Mr. Prash
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» it?
I forgot I guess that would be the first

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» I'm sorry, John.
>> The the first the first question.

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» Uh yes.
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» Okay, let me know why. Yeah, absolutely.
>> So I motion that we continue the

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agreement that we have with the city and
to move forward with appointing John as

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the
>> DDA director.

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» director.
>> I'll second that.

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» Everybody seconds
>> Everybody seconds.

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» Okay.

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Motion by trustee Heiders, supported by
I heard trustee Perrydorfer, so I'm

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going to put her down.
Uh any discussion

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by the table?
All those in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Any opposed?

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All right. So,
Oh, easily solved. Thank you.

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Thank you very much.
>> Thank you, Tim.

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» Thank you.
>> All right.

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All right, we're going to move down then
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» We don't have anything
>> No community events?

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» Mhm.
We'll talk about them later.

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» All right, so then we're going to go
down to our consent agenda.

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Um we need a motion to approve our
consent agenda.

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» I make a motion to accept.
>> I second.

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» All right. So, we have a motion by
trustee Perrydorfer. I'm sorry, who

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seconded?
Okay, trustee Berry.

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Um any discussion from the table?
Mr. Miller.

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» Um in the in the report you would see
uh under legal services, when I was

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reviewing that, I actually found an
error in that and uh the city was

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actually applying uh you know, the Kelly
firm does the DDA uh legal services, but

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the Kelly firm also was just recently
hired by the city to act as the city

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council's uh legal services. And so, we
were accruing costs from Kelly services

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to the city, but they're really being
charged to Kelly services to the DDA.

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So, I did catch that and a journal entry
was done to reverse all those costs. So,

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just I wanted to let you know, if you if
you spy legal services going crazy,

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uh then
we went like that and so, um I made sure

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that it was caught and a journal entry
was done to correct it. So, just in case

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anybody saw that, I wanted to get it on
the record that it was caught and we did

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correct it. So.
>> Very good. Thank you.

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» Just so you know.
>> All right. Uh, any other discussion?

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All right. All those in favor of the
motion to approve the consent agenda.

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» Aye.
>> Aye.

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» Aye.
>> Any opposed?

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All right. So, that motion is carried.
Now, we're going to go down to our

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action items. The first being alley
repaving and storm water drain. Mr.

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Miller, I'm guessing this is you.
>> Yes.

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Okay.
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this is regarding the alleyway behind
Cafe Europe, Fatima's Bakery, the bike

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store. That alleyway there is also in
very poor condition, and we had, uh,

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last year talked about we're going to
continue to fix the alleyways that are

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over there. We did the one behind the
eye care. This is kind of rounding the

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corner and going north. Um, but also we
have a a slight flooding issue there,

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too, where water kind of flows to the
west when it really should be flowing to

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the east. So, um, when the, uh, kind of
Kitty's Chop Suey got rebuilt and then

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the addition was put in in that, old,
uh, parking area, um, the grade was all

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kept, but it is getting sheet drainage
back to those businesses, actually. And

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so, we need to fix that problem, also.
Uh, so, part of our, uh, doing the alley

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repaving is that we were going to have a
storm drain extension also, um, at that

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location, and it will then connect, uh,
to there's existing storm drain, but we

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have to cut through the parking lot to
get that to go in place. And when we put

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the,
put this out for bid to have the work

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done, we did include the, um, storm
water extension in that. Um, we didn't,

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I did put together, uh, request for
proposal for the work to be done

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according to our purchasing policy. We
actually received six um contractors

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that wanted to do work here in the city
for the DDA, and um we did uh select a

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JB Contractors, which was the lowest
bid, and we're required to at least make

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that recommendation unless we can
disqualify them. But we we cannot

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actually. JB Contractors has done work
for the city before, and we think that

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they'll be able to get the work done um
in a timely fashion and within budget.

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And so uh last year when we did actually
in January of this year, we established

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a budget to do these improvements, and
uh we're a little over, but I always

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kind of go 10% when we do the budgeting
anyway, so we had uh recommended 75,000,

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but we'll have enough to cover this cost
for JB Contractors. Uh as if this does

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get approved tonight, we'll start to
enter into a contract with the

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contractor, we'll get their insurances
put in place, and then we'll notify all

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the businesses, and we'll start to get
the work done over there in that parking

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area. So. And this is adjacent to the
parking area where we seal coated and

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striped also.
Excuse me, last year.

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» Approximate length of time from start to
finish?

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» They're hoping actually just a couple
weeks.

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» Oh, okay, good.
>> So, um and last year, if you can recall,

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it was about uh 7 to 10 days to do the
one alleyway. So, we're just going to

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add a little extra time to do that.
>> Is there asphalt involved in this?

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» Um there will be some asphalt to repair
the parking lot area.

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» Where the drain's coming in?
>> Where the drain is, but then the uh

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alleyway will be cement. And so, they're
cutting out asphalt and putting in

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cement in the alleyway area.
>> Is there going to be extra asphalt that

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we can push over there?
>> Well, we uh later on the agenda, you'll

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see we've got some something in the
works for your side. Okay. Yes.

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» So, we can approve it, you know.
Mhm.

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» [laughter]
>> I see.

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» Does it say the total square footage of
the area?

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» Uh I forget.
It was in the bid.

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» The total?
>> I think it was 83,127.

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» is 83,000.
>> is 83,000. And then the square footage?

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» And then the square footage,
I have it somewhere. One moment, please.

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If I can read it.
>> It just says site size is 3750.

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» uh and
the payment removal is 4800 square feet.

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So that is about that, about almost
5,000 square feet.

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» Right.
>> Or that they're replacing with concrete?

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» Yes.
>> How many inches of concrete are they

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going down?
>> It's going to be 8-in concrete there.

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» Are they doing anything with the storm
drain that's in the in the They're just

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tapping into that storm drain?
>> Correct. And they'll reset it to grade,

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also.

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» I think all the specifications for the
steps they're doing were all in there.

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» And then also on the last page of that
that you in the RFP,

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uh was H&C Engineers did a elevation for
us so that when the contractors are

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installing it then we can confirm the
elevations so that we have the right

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fall so that we're getting that proper
drainage in the alleyway. So it'll kind

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of go south and then it will then
connect to the drain there in the alley

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and then underground over to the storm
drain that's existing.

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» From the the least
contractor that you've selected to the

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most expensive contractor, there's
$30,000, which is

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» That's substantial.
>> half of what the contract that you

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» Mhm.
>> agreed to.

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» But the you know, the bottom four were
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roughly in line. We had thought 75,000.
Of course, costs go up.

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But the other two a bit high. That's all
I can come up with. OCG, that number

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four contractor there, when they were
our low bid for other contract for the

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alleyway by the eye glass
and so I thought for sure they would

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maybe low bid again. I actually spoke
with I talked to OCG companies every day

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practically. They're also the contractor
in town doing the sidewalks. So I'm I

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talk to them four times a day probably.
And I said, "Well, why so much?" He

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said, "Well, you know, I I put it
together, but my boss wanted to give

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some wanted to make a little more money
I guess." What he said. I said, "Okay,

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well, somebody is going to get the job
and it's not you."

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» [laughter]
>> So.

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» So it looks like about 123 yards of
concrete.

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» Mhm.

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» So it's about $24,000 in concrete alone.

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» And then we have the removal, the
subgrade, and then the drain extension.

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» What do we all think?
Looking for a motion to go with JB

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Contractors if that's what we choose.
>> If it's going to help businesses across,

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I I motion to move forward with it.
>> All right, so we have a motion by Dr.

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Heider.
Seconded by Trustee Bedoun.

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Any further discussion?
All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Aye.

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» Any opposed?
All right, that motion will carry.

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Down to the SEMCOG planning grant for
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Kmart site.
>> Yes. So

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um
I was I was made aware that SEMCOG,

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which is the Southeast Michigan Council
of Governments, um does the board know

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what that is? It's actually it's a
seven-county agency that really is a

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remitter of funds mostly for
transportation projects. Um

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which they have what is called the TIP,
Transportation Improvement Plan. But it

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usually it's a clearinghouse the federal
federal government gives to our region

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and then they disburse it to the
counties based on the TIP, the

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Transportation Improvement Program.
Well, there are also um planning a a

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planning side to the organization.
There's communications. There's a SEMCOG

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University.
Um there's many facets of SEMCOG. The

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city is a member of SEMCOG and um we are
able to then apply for grants that come

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available to the city, available to do
different projects throughout the city.

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Well, one of the one of the grants that
was made available to us was really a a

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planning grant. It's it's not a huge
thing, but it is a planning grant that

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we can work to put together and I made a
a proposal to SEMCOG and we were awarded

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the uh grant as long as we go forward
with it. Um the grant is a kind of a

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two-part and they require a local match.
And the local match for this grant is

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$7,260.
The total from SEMCOG, the grant amount

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is $32,740
for a total of a $40,000 grant to the

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city. So, we're taking funds and
leveraging them to get more out of them,

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correct? And I don't know if you can
recall about 2 years ago, we wanted to

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just survey that quadrant and we did not
because it was so costly. And so, um

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part of the grant that I put together
was

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let's get a survey over there and also
start a process of getting a

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redevelopment plan put together for
repaving at least and some other

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planning ideas.
Um, if you can recall, we also had

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another grant for housing and we did
kind of an overlay and I think everyone

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here, I sent a copy of our housing
master plan amendment to you

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uh to really just start to focus on this
lot and this block. And so the

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uh this grant will really put together a
survey. It will also get all the

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property owners, which of course
including Dr. Hire but the property

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owners that aren't there also. Um, for
the Kmart site, the K Auto, um Mr.

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Newman's property just uh just east of
the Kmart site and then all of the

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businesses that are there to get in one
room to first of all make an I think we

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should at least put together a plan to
make a entrance improvements

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specifically off of Middlebelt. It looks
like an alleyway there. Um, but also it

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will once we have a survey, we can
identify who is all the property owners

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are,
how much property they own and really

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get some costs for how much it's going
to cost to pave that because we have a

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lot of property owners. The city owns
very little property over there.

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Um,
and really start to formulate a plan

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that if one either A we're going to have
to bond, will the DDA have to get bonds

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to start to repave that and put in the
parking lot improvements off of

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Middlebelt. Um, this will be a plan that
will be put together that we could bond

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for or at least if we do a bond, maybe
we do a special assessment district

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where
we know that, you know, property owner X

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has 5,600 square feet of property here
that needs to be paved. They need to pay

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5,600 square feet of this cost.
And I don't know that cost, but I think

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this will be a really good step that we
could of course get some, you know,

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leverage our money to utilize um
to get the survey done, to everyone in

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the room to talk about that site and
specifically. Um it is in the DDA and

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then I that's why I'm actually coming to
you to request the match portion come

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from the DDA in the parking lot
improvement line item so that we can

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start to formulate this. And it will
again, I think it'll really focus on

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just this site and also how to you know,
how we can get it to look better in the

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meantime. You know, Kmart is still a big
portion. They're the largest property

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owner over there.
And the Kmart site um they're not the

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owner. Just to clarify in case anybody's
saying they bought it back or something,

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but um but that that's the largest site.
Um but they also own property that is in

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the parking area, too. The lines, if you
look at it, their line the property

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lines are kind of crazy over there and
it was um

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never done anything great over time
because there's really ribbons of

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property there owned by different
property owners. And this hopefully will

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be the the first step that will we can
go forward to figure out how much it's

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going to cost to repave. And also, if we
have a plan put together, maybe we can

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use this plan to get somebody to give us
more money to get it paved and get these

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improvements in place.
And so that was my thought for applying

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for the grant um to focus on that block
only. Um so the grant was for um the

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block was for
uh Beachwood, Brant, and Middlebelt.

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And so I would like to ask the DDA if
they would uh support the match for this

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and then the city will have to enter
into an agreement with SEMCOG to

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actually start to get the funds and then
we will

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um go through the process to get the
survey done and then McKenna and

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Associates is a planning agency that the
city has under contract that can handle

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carrying out the grant to get the survey
done, to get everyone in the same room

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to talk about ideas and also make some
make some ideas from everything they

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gather to put it on paper to make it
look look doable and then also start to

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assign some cost to how much it would
cost to improve that.

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So, that was my thought in getting the
grant. Hopefully you'll support my

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request for the match and then as we go
forward, John will be taking the ball

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and working with Mario and McKenna and
we will be able to hopefully

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get everyone on the same page for once
over there. How about that?

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» That sounds good.
>> So, that's that was my plan and my hope.

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» Thank you for doing
that work.

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» I'd like to make a motion.
>> Second it.

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» I third it.
>> [laughter]

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» All right, so we have a motion that we
are going to approve the match for the

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grant by Trustee Perridon and it was
seconded by everybody, I'm pretty sure.

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» I was hoping to have some more hair on
by the time we started [clears throat]

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the talking.
I'm losing it and it's turning white.

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» Okay.
>> Okay, any discussion from the board?

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All in favor.
>> Aye.

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? All right, that motion will

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pass.
>> And then the next step, like I said,

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I'll be going to the city council to
ask that we enter into the agreement and

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start the process there.
>> Thank you.

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» Awesome, thanks, Matt.
All right, next item is our 2027

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downtown banners.
>> Okay, I was

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00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:31,400
again, I'm thinking
off in never never land. I don't know

419
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:33,200
where I where I think all the time. But
anyways,

420
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,760
um
our hometown hero banners have been

421
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,739
Yeah, I know.
>> You do a lot of thinking.

422
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,640
» I do a lot of thinking.
>> [laughter]

423
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:46,280
» Um and hopefully thinking turns into
action. How about that? So, um I was

424
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:50,120
looking at some ideas for our 2027
banners. You know, our hometown hero

425
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:55,360
banners have been received well,
but I think we've kind of run out of

426
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:59,320
applications for we we still have a
couple that

427
00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:04,160
we could put in there, but we get 40
banners and so we've done it 3 years,

428
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:08,880
that's 120 banners we've put forward. If
you can recall for this year, I worked

429
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:12,760
with the Straight Farmhouse to get
people that were killed in action that

430
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:17,600
don't have people in town to represent
them anymore and we're able to honor

431
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:21,200
them that way. Um, but I was working
with the school district in my thoughts,

432
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:25,600
I guess when I was thinking and I talked
to the superintendent of schools about

433
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:31,240
maybe doing a
student art kind of contest from the

434
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:37,360
schools and I
just put together on that second page

435
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:44,080
you will see is that some ideas of what
a banner would look like and we've got

436
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:48,520
those there and I wasn't really picking
anyone but it's just to give you an idea

437
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:52,320
of what a banner would look like and we
would have kind of the same process but

438
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:57,360
when I was talking to the superintendent
of schools, we have um

439
00:29:55,600 --> 00:30:01,840
nine schools
No, we have eight schools times five,

440
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:05,320
that's 40. So there are seven schools
for Garden City Public Schools and I was

441
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:11,000
going to work with Tipton to get the
last five and I actually at the Garden

442
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:14,720
City Business Alliance Music in the Park
Tipton Academy was there. The assistant

443
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:18,000
principal was there. So I cornered her
at the Music in the Park. [laughter]

444
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:22,880
She comes to these things probably to
enjoy herself, but I cornered her

445
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:26,920
anyways and they loved the idea also and
would support kind of the same project

446
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:31,400
and I sent her just an idea. I said the
board has not approved it, but I just

447
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:35,800
was again thinking and looking forward
to next year and if if this does get

448
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:39,240
approved, it will take a lot of
coordination, but when I was speaking

449
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,160
with
Derek Fisher, the Garden City

450
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:45,640
superintendent
he said he will work with the art

451
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:49,480
teachers to make the selection of the
five kind of the best, you know, best

452
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:54,560
for that school kind of deal. So, it
kind of removes us and then we would

453
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:58,680
have an application, we would have a a
release. I know that there could be some

454
00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:02,960
concern about their name. I would like
to do a name and the grade and the

455
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:07,360
school. Um, but in the end, they get
that. The student would get that then.

456
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:11,400
And I think it'd be kind of a neat idea.
And it will again draw people downtown

457
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:14,760
to for all of the family, every family
member that child better go see that

458
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:17,960
banner and they can stop and visit one
of our stores or restaurants while

459
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:22,320
they're doing that. And I thought we
would, you know, kind of come up Garden

460
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:25,600
City DDA supports young artists.
We'd have a, you know, a cougar paw or

461
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:30,240
something like that saying it's the
schools and then we would have their

462
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:34,560
artwork. And then I was even trying to
think that maybe the artwork could be

463
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:37,000
uh, their favorite thing to do in Garden
City.

464
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,880
My only concern when I thought that, I
thought, well, you know, every other kid

465
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:44,160
will make McDonald's best place to eat
in the world. So, maybe we don't want

466
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:48,360
that. But, again, business, uh, we could
do uh, trees, we could do buildings,

467
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:54,680
something like that connected to the
downtown. And then we would then go

468
00:31:51,360 --> 00:32:00,640
forward and have the banners made. I
talked to

469
00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:04,720
uh, Signarama, Greg at Signarama and he
thinks he can pull it off cuz all we'll

470
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:09,640
need really is the same kind of idea and
a digital image and then the digital

471
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:14,520
image can transfer to the banner the
same way we do all the uh, all the

472
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:17,800
banners. So,
I don't know, I'm I'm game for input. Of

473
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:22,200
course, it was a thought, but I wanted
to because if we're going to do this, we

474
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:27,200
really need to start going as soon as
school starts, which is less than a

475
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:30,840
month away now. And then we'll kind of
get it ready and then right after the

476
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:33,640
holidays, you know, we'll have the art,
you know, the art picked out and we'll

477
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:39,600
start the process to get the banners
printed. So, I didn't know what you

478
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:43,200
thought. I'm open to ideas and uh
let me know.

479
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:46,960
» I love this idea personally. And do you
think this would maybe be able to give

480
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:49,640
us if we did this maybe on an every
other year,

481
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:53,320
um that would give us time to build up
the Hometown Heroes again and do an

482
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:56,600
every other year perhaps highlighting
the children and then our Hometown

483
00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:01,120
Heroes?
Just a thought.

484
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:04,720
Did you by any chance talk to the
superintendent about the names?

485
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,520
And the school
>> I did

486
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:09,240
» did that. Okay.
>> So that's something we'll have to figure

487
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:13,040
out. Yeah, it'll be
>> Cuz you're giving their full name and

488
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:16,080
the school they go to that can be in my
opinion a little dicey.

489
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:19,560
» We would have a release on the
application and and maybe we'll have the

490
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,920
uh
Dan Kelly, the attorney, maybe look at

491
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:25,640
that also. Or the schools could have a
policy too. I don't know exactly how it

492
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:29,000
all works out.
>> you had asked them.

493
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:31,200
» It can simply say Jimmy, third grade.
>> Well, that's what

494
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:35,440
» Maybe not last name.
>> Right, exactly. That's that's what I had

495
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:38,040
brought up. Yeah.
Yeah, anytime we do anything

496
00:33:36,768 --> 00:33:41,720
[clears throat] at the church that I
work with with the kids, the parents can

497
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:47,280
sign off so that their kids' images can
be used and then they say if their name

498
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:50,840
can be used or not, but Yeah.
Last names are a little

499
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:55,800
if you're asking.
>> Yeah, we don't have to. Correct.

500
00:33:52,880 --> 00:34:01,880
» It could also be a a class project. So
it could be Memorial third grade class

501
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:05,040
putting it up. So you're not using an
actual name.

502
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:08,360
A class.
Something like that. But that that's

503
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:11,360
probably the easiest
>> I just wondered if you had talked to Mr.

504
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:14,200
Fischer about it.
>> not yet.

505
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:19,480
» I think it's a great idea. It's very
interactive and it's supporting the

506
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:21,679
young generation. I think it's great.
>> I love it.

507
00:34:20,919 --> 00:34:23,159
» Good thinking.
>> Thank you.

508
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,360
» That's awesome.
>> All right, do we have a motion then for

509
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:29,200
this?
>> I motion it.

510
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:33,080
» All right, so Trustee Heider and it's
supported by Trustee Nazerdeen. Any

511
00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:35,120
other discussion?
>> It would be unanimous.

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00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:36,919
» All those
>> in favor?

513
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:42,840
» Aye.
>> Any opposed? All right, that will also

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00:34:39,720 --> 00:34:47,200
carry. And down to the Santaland Parade
sponsorship.

515
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:51,000
» And tonight we have actually
um

516
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:54,080
Dan York from Santaland. There he is.
Uh Santa himself.

517
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:58,400
» Is Santa.
>> Bringing you joy to all. Uh anyways, he

518
00:34:56,320 --> 00:35:02,880
he's here to answer any questions, but
in the past we have done a

519
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:06,640
sponsorship for that. And May, do you
want to just tell the tell the board

520
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:11,360
about the parade, what happens on parade
day, the chaos and all that?

521
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,400
Okay.
>> Why don't you take the microphone over

522
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,440
there?
>> We'll take it here. It's Dan.

523
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:24,200
» He he he knows how to use his diaphragm.
>> That's what I was kind of thinking of.

524
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:29,840
Thanks.
Um well, this is the 65th year of the

525
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:36,520
parade. The DDA has been the title
sponsor, I believe since 2006. It might

526
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:41,520
be 2009. I I get those years mixed up.
Um it was basically the first same first

527
00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:46,960
year as the Kmart in town.
Um the parade is put on by the Santaland

528
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:53,480
Parade Committee, which is part of
the uh Garden City Community Coalition.

529
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:56,920
Um so, that's our 501c3.
It's all volunteer.

530
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:59,320
Uh pretty much the same thing that it's
been

531
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:03,200
uh you know, at least since I got
involved, which was in the early 2000s,

532
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:07,080
I think.
Uh the JCs had done it for a while, then

533
00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:10,400
a couple of other groups did it for a
couple of years, but it was originally

534
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:15,640
the JCs parade.
And um

535
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:20,320
today we announce the the uh theme for
the parade, which is '80s, an '80s

536
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:23,680
Christmas. We we put it out there and
let everybody vote on it. So, we let

537
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:28,080
them vote for about a week and a half on
it, and that's what came out of it. But,

538
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:32,310
we've always used the DDA's money since
I became a part of this as the seed

539
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:34,680
money just to get us started.
>> [clears throat]

540
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:38,520
» Uh we don't operate at much of a profit,
that's for sure. The cost of everything

541
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:42,560
has gone up, and you'd be surprised the
things we're expected to pay for. You

542
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:45,880
know, we have insurance, we have to pay
for porta-potties, we need to rent golf

543
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:48,560
carts, although I think we may have
found an out on that the last couple of

544
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,720
years.
Uh if you don't pay bands, they don't

545
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:55,720
show up. High school bands don't show up
for free. They need to have their buses

546
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:59,240
at least paid for. Uh
um it just goes, you know, the list of

547
00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:03,280
that kind of stuff goes on and on and on
and on and on. Uh when we have Miss

548
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:07,520
Michigan here, they expect that we make
a donation to whoever Miss Michigan's

549
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:13,560
charity is. So, you know, it costs
around 26 grand, between 26 and 30, but

550
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:17,440
closer to 26 to run this every year,
which seems like a lot of money for that

551
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,200
amount of time, but that it is what it
is.

552
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:22,000
Um
like I said, we don't we don't leave

553
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:26,000
much money in the bank every year. We
spend what we bring in. We don't spend

554
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:30,960
more than we bring in. That's for sure
for certain. And uh you know, I it's

555
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:34,120
obviously the longest-running
tradition in Garden City, and with the

556
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:39,800
chili cook-off, it's probably the
largest event in Garden City. So,

557
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,800
I just we're here with our handout again
every

558
00:37:40,431 --> 00:37:45,520
» [laughter]
>> every 2 years hoping for some help. We

559
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:50,440
did ask for an extra $1,000 this year
simply because our costs have gone up so

560
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:55,360
much. And it is it is in the past many
of the downtown Garden City Santaland

561
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:59,840
Parade or the Garden City DDA Santaland
Parade. Uh John Proch and I had spoke

562
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:04,480
about the possibility of migrating back
to downtown Garden City Santaland Parade

563
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:08,360
because it sounds better.
Uh but it was a couple of board members

564
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:13,360
about 10 years ago that didn't think the
DDA was getting enough attention with it

565
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:16,800
being called downtown Garden City
Santaland Parade. So,

566
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:20,320
uh we're we're open to anything on that
concept, but I mean, that's that's

567
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:25,040
pretty much it. If you have any
questions, I'm I'm here.

568
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:28,280
» Mr. Miller, I would I I believe we
budgeted for that, don't we?

569
00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:32,960
» Yes. Yes.
>> So, it's not like this is unexpected. We

570
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:37,120
We know what
3 years what's been coming. So, it it's

571
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:40,720
budgeted for.
>> And and it's a 2-year deal 2-year deal

572
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:43,680
normally.
>> I motion to approve.

573
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:48,640
» I second.
>> Over the 2 years, 10,000 a year.

574
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:51,640
» Okay. Do we have a second for that?
>> I second.

575
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:55,400
» Okay. Sorry. So, we have a motion by
Trustee Bedoun, seconded by Trustee

576
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:59,840
Berry.
Any discussion from the table?

577
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,800
All those in favor?
>> I.

578
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:06,400
» I.
>> Anyone opposed?

579
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:11,600
All right. Thank you, Dan. Um
Happy to help.

580
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,600
Trade's always a favorite.

581
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,600
» Thank you.

582
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:27,320
» All right. We do have some other
business. Um bylaws committee report. Um

583
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:32,120
I know Mayor Jacobs, Trustee Peridor,
and I had looked over the bylaws. And

584
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:35,320
there were some
>> a printed copy to

585
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:39,640
» Okay. There were some changes
>> If you'd like to take one out

586
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:44,760
and pass it on. Thank you.
>> Some changes suggested, so we'll look

587
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,760
over those.

588
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:53,640
» And the And the changes that the
committee had discussed kind of green

589
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:57,400
means go, red means no kind of deal. So,
I did a kind of a color-coordinated

590
00:39:55,920 --> 00:40:01,760
version
on that just so you would see the

591
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,760
difference.

592
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:15,080
» All right. So, do we need to go over
these separately or should we just kind

593
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:18,200
of glance at it on our own?
>> How do you want to do this?

594
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:21,360
» Well, if you would like to
go through each one or I don't know who

595
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,480
would like to speak on behalf of the
committee.

596
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:27,640
» did a lot of work. So, would you like to
present what your thoughts were on these

597
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:31,360
changes?
>> My thoughts were

598
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:33,320
» A lot of a lot of it's house cleaning.
>> Well, it is. It is. A lot of it's just

599
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:37,640
updating.
>> Rewording

600
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:44,040
with the changes that have come along uh
>> So, for example, we're we're

601
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:48,600
um the ordinance numbers were wrong or
the act recital was wrong. We cleaned

602
00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:52,120
all that up.
We also

603
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:56,160
um
changed

604
00:40:53,760 --> 00:41:01,800
some things based on how we are with the
city right now, which would be

605
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:06,360
um for example, taking out a treasurer
because the city now does all the

606
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:12,800
financials for us. So, the the treasurer
position has been removed.

607
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:12,800
Um the

608
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:19,360
Oh, the the attendance policy because we
went to quarterly, we had to change. The

609
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:24,160
nominations,
we've kind of changed because of the way

610
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:28,360
that they've been handled. So, now that
we're now we would be in compliance. The

611
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:32,800
um
>> Terms.

612
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:38,240
» Committees, we basically don't do. So,
we have made it so it is may instead of

613
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:46,000
shall, right? You can have the
committees. Um article what? Seven?

614
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:50,840
We've added We've defined uh the city of
Garden City again as the trustee of the

615
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:56,080
financials.
And then, I think there was one other

616
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:59,800
thing that we thought was important and
I probably skipped over it.

617
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:08,760
» Or we said the amendment at the bottom
there of article nine uh just a total

618
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:12,720
membership. We took that out. It would
say that or elected Make sure that

619
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:17,360
everyone has one. And it used to You had
to mail it by person, but we could use

620
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:19,840
electronic mail now also.
>> Yeah.

621
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:22,400
» So, a lot of it was housekeeping. A lot
of it

622
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:28,000
was
forced upon us by going to quarterly

623
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:32,840
meetings and by changing the way we do
business as a whole working with the

624
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,840
city.

625
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,840
» Makes sense.

626
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:43,080
All right.
>> I motion to move forward with uh

627
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,800
» Accept these bylaws with the changes?
Okay.

628
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:48,920
» Accept the bylaws with the amendments.
>> All right. So, we have a motion to

629
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,680
accept the bylaws with the amendments as
they're shown.

630
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:56,480
» I'll second.
>> And seconded by Trustee Bedoun. Any

631
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,160
discussion from the table?
All those in favor.

632
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,600
» Aye.
>> Aye.

633
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:03,360
» Any opposed?
Okay.

634
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:05,120
Um shall we
>> I did want to say that

635
00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:10,440
» Sorry, Matt.
>> Um when I was working with Trustee

636
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:14,040
Peridor, I did not mean to
lock her in City Hall for eternity.

637
00:43:13,174 --> 00:43:16,200
» [laughter]
>> But

638
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:18,080
» Literally locked
in City Hall.

639
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:21,035
» accidentally.
>> How does that happen?

640
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:24,160
» Yeah. Yes. So, anyway, so
>> [laughter]

641
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:29,280
» we owe her at least a bit of gratitude
for not coming apart. But

642
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:33,240
when we were meeting it was after 5:00
and

643
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:37,760
she left my office and she went down a
hallway that locked her in a vestibule.

644
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:41,840
So, she couldn't get out and she either
way all the doors were locked and so and

645
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:45,080
then of course I had stepped out of the
office to come in here to set up for a

646
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:48,920
planning commission meeting and left my
phone on my desk.

647
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:51,480
» So, then when he didn't answer is when I
started the claustrophobia.

648
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:54,240
» Oh, no.
>> Anyway, so

649
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,480
» How long was she in there?
>> Uh

650
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:59,120
5-10 minutes or so. I mean, yeah.
>> 5-15 minutes.

651
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:02,560
» Maybe 10. Not banging on walls.
>> Well, I was contemplating calling the

652
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,840
police department cuz I didn't know what
else to do.

653
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,720
» Yeah.
>> And and the city clerk

654
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:10,815
» Luckily walked past and I
>> banged it on the glass. Freaked him out,

655
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,800
too.
>> [laughter]

656
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:16,720
» So, thank you for that effort and I
apologize publicly to causing you

657
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:20,400
consternation.
>> to me. It's funny.

658
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:27,920
» Okay, uh chili cook-off community event
coming up sooner than we know.

659
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:30,960
» Fast [clears throat] approaching on
September 26th, we got all our

660
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:35,760
applications
have been approved or submitted for uh

661
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:39,760
various things including food license,
liquor license, all that stuff.

662
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:43,920
Uh the awards have been ironed out as
far as uh ordering those. Registration

663
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:47,360
for everything is open. We're looking
for chili teams. Uh if you know anybody

664
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:50,120
that's interested in putting a team
together

665
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:53,480
and wants to be part of that, that would
be great. We're looking for chili teams

666
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:59,000
still.
And we're looking for food trucks.

667
00:44:55,560 --> 00:45:02,320
We're also looking for volunteers and uh
all of our equipment orders have been

668
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:05,960
submitted.
So, really we're just in the process of

669
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:11,880
working through it and keeping planning
and meeting and doing all the things. Um

670
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:17,480
The Auto Show of Autism has agreed to
operate and and facilitate the auto

671
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:21,400
show. Uh Rick and Nikki from Rick's
Custom Cycle are going to handle the

672
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:24,880
motorcycle show again, which is great.
Uh so, that makes that easy and

673
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:29,280
» Pancake day.
>> Oh, yeah. Pancake. It's International

674
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:32,040
Pancake Day. Matthew's very excited
about that cuz we're going to have

675
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:35,080
pancakes in the morning.
So, that went over well last year and

676
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:37,880
we're going to continue to do that. And
I'm working with uh Parks and Rec.

677
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:42,000
They're going to handle all the kids
activities for us

678
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:47,680
along with the open houses from the
police and fire and the DPW.

679
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,520
» Chili being cooked at on site?
>> Mhm.

680
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:52,000
» It is?
>> Yeah.

681
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:54,240
Yeah, those teams are there 7:00 in the
morning, I think.

682
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,320
» They get it started there.
>> sooner.

683
00:45:55,040 --> 00:46:00,720
» Yes.
>> And it's all cooked on site. We got some

684
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:04,800
judges from an outside source. They're
part of a international food tasting

685
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:08,160
company judges.
>> own

686
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:11,880
equipment or it's on-site?
>> It's all on-site. Any team that comes to

687
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:14,611
cook brings all their own equipment.
>> bring their own cooking equipment.

688
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:17,680
» Yeah.
>> [snorts]

689
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:22,160
» We provide what? The crackers,
uh spoons, bowls, cups.

690
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:27,080
» The bare minimum, but the propane is on
whom?

691
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:29,440
» That's on the teams.
>> Okay.

692
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:33,840
» Yeah.
>> John, I have a question about that. Um

693
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:38,080
and I don't remember from last year. Do
you do Do you want to offer an online

694
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:40,840
sign-up for volunteers like the parade?
Okay, cuz I thought I saw that, but I

695
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:43,680
wasn't sure.
I just think that reaches a lot more

696
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:45,400
people.
>> Yeah.

697
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:48,400
» You want to do it that way for sure.
>> Yeah, we're trying to do all the

698
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:53,040
majority of all things electronically
now. It's easier to track it and, you

699
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:56,960
know, monitor it and
spreadsheet it.

700
00:46:53,840 --> 00:47:01,400
» You have to give us old folks options.
>> I'll I'll ask the questions and fill it

701
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,400
in for you.

702
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:09,080
Any other questions?
>> I don't know whether permitting that

703
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:13,960
Wasn't it SEMCOG that did that drone
survey for us?

704
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:18,640
Um and did they said like 5,000 people
had visited the the chili cook-off. I

705
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:22,560
don't know how they count, but they came
up with the number of somewhere around

706
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:27,080
5,000 people wandering around there
during the event.

707
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:30,600
» A little bit of a correction. It's
actually It was through SEMCOG again

708
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:35,400
actually. And I don't know if you
remember I gave out to the board that

709
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:39,720
map with the dots that said where
everyone came from. It's through a

710
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:45,480
company called Placer AI.
And it is a digital company that

711
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:51,240
utilizes actually pings from phones.
And it uses So, if your phone is there,

712
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:55,200
Placer AI knows this. And what was kind
of neat about it is that it told us how

713
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:59,720
many people kind of in general who who
who were there. It even does age range,

714
00:47:57,720 --> 00:48:03,800
where they came from, where the phone's
registered to. All this information, all

715
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:07,000
this public data that's out there that
this Placer AI use it. I mean,

716
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:10,840
uh
you know, this is you carry a phone, it

717
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:16,040
just comes you know, you think it's
listening. I think it does actually, but

718
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:18,080
but what was what was great about that
um

719
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:21,320
is that we we started to see where
everyone was coming from and that we

720
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:24,760
could you know, we could start to really
get a good count of how many people were

721
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:28,880
there and it was just you know, we're
handling a lot of people in one day in

722
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:32,360
one place coming to Garden City. I think
it's important. And it was actually the

723
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:37,000
first time we were able to, you know,
use that data and go from there. And

724
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:41,760
actually, John and I went to the
Michigan Downtown Association conference

725
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:46,000
and they gave a whole session on AI
Placer AI. And I thought, well,

726
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:49,720
I'll fill out the form and get it. Why
not? And so we did it. And you know,

727
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:54,440
they want a specific event so that they
can use that data and look for a

728
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:58,120
specific time frame and what it all
tells us. And that was I think a really

729
00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:00,080
good report we got.
>> Very cool. And they're going to continue

730
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:02,880
to do that?
>> We if we make the request after we have

731
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:05,160
the event, yes.
>> Oh, okay.

732
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:09,680
All right, very cool.
>> But they can do it in past in time?

733
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:15,080
» Well, no, um
yes, they can look back and and get the

734
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:20,000
data from the day that it occurred. Yes.
Because we may I made the request a

735
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:22,600
month or two after, correct? And and
they

736
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:25,320
it's stored somewhere. I don't know
where. In in a data center somewhere, I

737
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,600
guess.
>> I'm always watching.

738
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:30,080
» Always.
>> Always watching.

739
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:32,800
» I'm worried about one of the kids last
year.

740
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:36,760
» Companies going to be all of the judges
this year?

741
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:40,880
» We have a title sponsor that's we're
we're allowing that title sponsor to

742
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:46,000
choose two of their own judges.
So, if you have a certain

743
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:50,280
commitment as a sponsor, then we let you
pick a judge and send a judge or come

744
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:55,040
yourself or whatever. So.
>> Anybody that has judged it knows it's a

745
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:58,280
uh
I consider it way better to let someone

746
00:49:56,920 --> 00:50:01,840
else do it.
I did it the one year. It's a lot of

747
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:04,040
chili to eat and try to sample, judge,
and sample, and

748
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:07,680
uh
I'm I'm really happy I'm not in it. And

749
00:50:06,484 --> 00:50:10,880
» [clears throat]
>> outside company can have all the eaters

750
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:14,320
they want.
>> Yes, but this year Batcheller Group is

751
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:18,480
our sponsor again. We had a 2-year
agreement uh from last year, and they've

752
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:22,520
submitted their check for the title
sponsorship. Uh we're looking for any

753
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:27,320
sponsors all the time. So, anyone who
would like to uh do a sponsorship, we'll

754
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:33,320
be glad to uh put your name out there
and be a sponsor for the event. So.

755
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:35,920
» Is there a minimum amount you look for
for sponsorship?

756
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:39,720
» What it is.
>> Uh I think we have a $100 sponsor, and

757
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:42,120
then it goes to 250, and then up from
there.

758
00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:50,080
» Each level gives you more visibility.
>> Okay.

759
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:53,200
All right. Uh how about the Hometown
Hero banners?

760
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:57,440
» We kind of talked about a little bit.
Just so you know, they're all up, all

761
00:50:54,880 --> 00:51:01,880
40. And uh you know, we had a terrible
windstorms, and actually they all held.

762
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:05,960
So, I think it was a a good I think it
was a great The next morning I drove by,

763
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:10,680
I'm like, "Oh boy." Uh and they all
held. So, I was really happy about that.

764
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:15,280
And I talked to Gary Carter and uh gave
him kudos. They were latched on really

765
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:18,400
well. So, um that's good. I mean, cuz
it's a little bit of a liability. You

766
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:21,880
know, it's on a you know, it's a sail on
a pole. You know, that could cause us

767
00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:24,760
some issues. So, correct.
>> Flying on anyone's windshield.

768
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:27,840
» Correct. So, uh they all held. So, I
think that was great. So.

769
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:31,840
» Right. Uh then com- Is that community
shed or shred?

770
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:37,200
» Shed, actually. I If you go by the Lucky
Squirrel area, you will notice a shed

771
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:42,240
there now. Um the community shed Um we
were able to get a uh

772
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:47,000
First of all, I asked OCG, even though
they weren't our um low bidder, but I

773
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:50,240
did ask if they would donate concrete
for a shed.

774
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:55,520
And they did. So, I I'm giving them
kudos for that. OCG, they're in town

775
00:51:53,320 --> 00:52:00,040
pouring tons and tons of concrete, and
they um donated the to the DDA a shed

776
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:04,720
pad for us. So, I thought it was very
kind of them. And then we were able to

777
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:08,440
get a Tuff Shed um at a deeply
discounted price um because we'd bought

778
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:13,200
another one over at the Radcliffe
Center. And so, we were able to get one

779
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:18,920
for about $4,200, a shed that is going
to be at at place. And it actually was

780
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:26,720
built in place Tuff Shed Corporation,
and it's going to hold all of our

781
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:30,360
pylons, uh banners, the chili cups, uh
uh tents, all of that. You know, we're

782
00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:34,520
working on food truck Fridays also in
that area. We have those canopy tents

783
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:38,760
that we put up around the under the
picnic tables. All of that, we're just

784
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:43,200
kind of making it a little uh place that
will store those the material for our

785
00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:46,600
community events. And uh it looks very
good. If you go down Central Street,

786
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:49,120
take a look at that. And I just want to
let you know it's there. So, if you're

787
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:53,480
going by thinking, "Where did this come
from?" That's where it came from. And

788
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:58,320
we'll be able to I think it'll expedite
it expedite at the end of these events.

789
00:52:55,720 --> 00:53:01,840
You know, we're going over to DPW to
Radcliffe, over to the park, taking

790
00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:06,160
stuff back. Maybe we can kind of start
to centralize it there. We do have our

791
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:08,360
storage at DPW that will hold larger
things, but

792
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:13,520
» What size is the shed?
>> It is 10 by 10. I think 10 by 10. Yeah.

793
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,680
It's not huge, but it'll hold a lot of
stuff.

794
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:18,280
» What's the stuff that you need to fit in
there that you have?

795
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:22,520
» Yes. So, the pylons actually we have
pylons that stack. So, that that's good.

796
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:27,280
We're hoping they'll all fit in there,
and we we found a uh shelf just um over

797
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:31,080
at Radcliffe that was not being used,
and we put in there, too, to hold

798
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:33,680
things. So.
>> All right. So, that kind of morphs right

799
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:36,160
into the next one, Lucky Squirrel
update.

800
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:40,280
» Yes.
>> Yeah, the next one September September

801
00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:45,520
19th. It's already full. Uh so, we're
taking people for the waiting list.

802
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:50,360
Um as you may or may not know the July
event was

803
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:54,040
um we decided to play it safe and cancel
that due to the air quality at the time.

804
00:53:53,772 --> 00:53:58,320
» [clears throat]
>> Uh still showing some terrible unhealthy

805
00:53:56,040 --> 00:54:02,880
and there's a lot of elderly people that
you know worked that event and

806
00:54:01,240 --> 00:54:07,120
we just didn't want to
have that thought of liability cuz we

807
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:10,680
kept the event going. So
uh those those events are pretty hard to

808
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:16,440
reschedule due to the fact that these
vendors are usually planned out for the

809
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:20,680
full summer all weekends. So
uh we just did not host it. But

810
00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:23,320
September's ready to go.
Um

811
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:27,160
the feedback from most of those vendors
is it's one of the the bigger better

812
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:32,520
ones for them for their business around
the area. So it's great.

813
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:38,600
» All right. Side note, Ann Arbor chose to
have their event the same day and they

814
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:41,960
had nine respiratory runs
that day.

815
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:45,040
Because of the air quality. So it was I
think it was great that we canceled.

816
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:48,840
» for sure.
>> It was a hard choice.

817
00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:53,680
» Yes. Oh yeah, for sure.
All right. Last but not least in that

818
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:57,840
category is our lighting repairs.
>> Still waiting on delivery of the light

819
00:54:55,440 --> 00:55:01,400
poles. They said by the end of August.
>> still the ones that were knocked down

820
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:03,600
» by the by the drivers, yeah.
>> Three light poles from last winter,

821
00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:07,040
that's correct.
>> had talked about maybe having some on

822
00:55:05,240 --> 00:55:11,600
hand. Maybe that's not a bad idea in
light of how long it takes to get them.

823
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:15,440
» We're just concerned about having them
there and then they change something and

824
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:18,920
then we have obsolete parts. That is our
only concern.

825
00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:21,160
» Did they give a reason for the delay?
>> Just take I don't know.

826
00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:22,920
» They probably over They probably order
from overseas.

827
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:27,320
» Oh, maybe.
>> We also correct

828
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:33,040
I didn't think of that, but I'm sure.
Also we're working with our municipal

829
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:36,160
insurance carrier. So we're getting most
of the costs are being covered by

830
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:40,880
insurance, but then in turn they're
going after the driver's insurance if

831
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:46,640
they have it to get us made whole, get
the insurance company made whole also.

832
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:52,520
So it takes some time also that part to
go through MMRMA, our municipal risk

833
00:55:49,240 --> 00:55:55,480
management company.
>> Okay.

834
00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:58,400
Maybe we'll have better news about that
next time we meet.

835
00:55:56,480 --> 00:56:03,720
» Yes, though I'll be up and ready to go.
>> Okay. All right, public comments. Oh, I

836
00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:07,320
see Council member Gold back there. You
have anything?

837
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:11,080
No. And then you have nothing else to
add? All right, uh director report I

838
00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:12,600
think Matt have you covered everything
or is there anything else you'd like to

839
00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:18,240
add?
>> I did want to of course thank the board

840
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:23,640
uh for my confidence in me and uh to
kind of start a new path for the DDA and

841
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:27,160
um I will miss everyone. I won't be far.
I live in Westland so I won't be very

842
00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:30,960
far away but I'm planning to kind of go
there and also Florida so I'll be in and

843
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:33,000
out. You'll see me still.
>> We'll be missing you as well.

844
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:36,800
» All right. Thank you.
>> We'll miss you for sure.

845
00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:39,600
All right, uh trustee board comments. I
guess we can start down at the end with

846
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:44,600
the mayor.
>> Uh I don't have anything other than uh I

847
00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:50,680
want to thank Mr. Miller for all his
time and effort and

848
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:55,240
uh everything he's done for us and uh um
I'll I'll just speak for DDA cuz I'm

849
00:56:52,560 --> 00:57:00,040
sure we'll speak again as uh we go into
the uh city council stuff but uh thank

850
00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:04,280
you for everything you've done and uh we
appreciate it and congratulations to Mr.

851
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:09,040
Proch for
uh stepping up and being appointed as

852
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:11,400
the new director and good luck and
you know

853
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:14,400
we'll support you the same way we
supported Matt.

854
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:16,200
» Absolutely.
>> Great.

855
00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:18,960
» All right, trustee Berry.
>> I'd like to say the same thing, you

856
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:22,320
know, we're going to miss you
and um if you ever change your mind come

857
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:25,200
on back.
>> I'm sure.

858
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:28,240
» yeah, congratulations Sean.
>> All right, trustee Bedoun.

859
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:32,480
» Yes, we're all going to say the same
thing but no, you you did a lot, you

860
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:36,880
know, a lot of people were afraid of
this whole merge and everything, but

861
00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:42,320
you showed it otherwise that it was a
great idea and now I'm sure

862
00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:48,320
it's going to be a hard feet, you know,
to replace, but

863
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:52,880
I'm sure John will do a great job, too.
>> All right. I will I will also add to all

864
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:56,720
those comments, but thanks Matt for
everything. So many innovative things

865
00:57:54,560 --> 00:58:00,920
you've brought here and it's changed the
city for the better. So thank you and I

866
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:04,400
know John will
pick up where you left off.

867
00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:08,160
» Well, and I'm sure Mr. Miller will
answer Mr. Brosius' phone call.

868
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:10,040
» Absolutely.
>> Yes.

869
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:12,640
» All right.
>> Yes.

870
00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:16,360
» So I
I'm going to say the same thing. Matt's

871
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:21,200
done a lot for the DDA, but he's also
done a lot for Garden City. So we're

872
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:28,440
we're going to miss you on as many
levels as we can. I also wanted to say

873
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:32,280
that the grand reopening for Family
Heating & Cooling was fabulous. That

874
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:34,320
building is
>> It's beautiful.

875
00:58:33,040 --> 00:58:40,280
» stunning.
Stunning. So and I've noticed now other

876
00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:46,080
places around them are start starting to
go, I need to spruce up a little bit. So

877
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:48,600
it's a great thing for Family and it's a
great thing for Garden City.

878
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:52,240
» Domino effect.
>> Yes, absolutely. Absolutely.

879
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:57,360
» And they and they did take advantage of
the architectural fees if you recall the

880
00:58:54,720 --> 00:59:00,120
grant and so again we're seeing it real
bricks and mortar in motion.

881
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:04,000
» Yep.
>> That's all.

882
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:06,840
» Again, ditto
to everything that was said and thank

883
00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:12,640
you and
and looking forward to John to making it

884
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:13,600
making better better and the better.
>> Okay.

885
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:14,960
» And the best.
>> Okay.

886
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:18,480
» And the best.
>> Same like everyone said, looking forward

887
00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:22,000
to John to work with you and enjoy
Florida as much as you can.

888
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:26,760
» Right. Thank you.
>> All right. Unless there's anything else,

889
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:33,760
we'll close our session at 7:05 with our
next meeting being October 20th.

890
00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:36,320
» October,
wow.

891
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:39,120
I don't want to think about October.
It's a long time, huh?