Air Who is the uhm cool The boys we
should be going through our agenda
completely but we will start with an
item and held in committee work if you
read the number one nine zero four
zero Please May zero four zero
authorizing the city manager to enter
into a side letter agreement to
the collective bargaining agreement
between the city and the International
Association of Fire fighters Local
forty two to authorize local forty two
to provide an employee assistance
program to fire department personnel
in the class Fi services and
authorizing expenditure in the amount
of two and fifty thousand dollars for
such side letter agreement am
recognizing this ordinance is having
accelerated effective date. Joey good
morning good morning thank you Sharon
for having us today we're happy to
present to you on this important
program so happy I didn't put on a
suit today which I wasn't gonna say
but that sure does appreciate you
dress up but it was mine to introduce
yourself please understand if
the President Of the International
Association of Fire fighters Local
forty two to my left is secretary
treasurer air crews of Local forty two
was my hope to introduce to you today
our program director Andy Garcia ruse
but she was involved in a car accident
and had a doctor's appointment that
she was able to reschedule today but
hope we get her dinner in dc soon
please send her on her our respects
Great thank you sir we have about
thirteen or fourteen slides through
quick slides to go through and he
wanted t we're going to have her
introduce herself but her background
will for her resume to. She's been a
great resource too. She's been poured
by the of the Union for just a couple
months and has really helped to assist
building this program I want to go
through some of the timeline of
the behavioral health program in
twenty fifteen as you know we had two
deaths on the far department due to a
collapse in which we lost to fire
fighters leisure own mash that really
brought to the forefront into white
approach the problems that we had in
the fire department at that time we
had no behavioral health program or no
assistance we required assistance from
our International Association of Fire
fighters and we had fire fires come
across United States and Canada help
us with grief counseling and
assistance and into our behavior
health issues at the time after that
Shortly after that collapse. We had a
firefighter commit suicide related to
that those dresses in his dealing with
that incident and twenty fifteen and
December that year and twenty six team
The iaf f rolled out a beta program
for behavioral Health give the city
was selected as one of the beta sites
were the second beta site that had a
peer counselor program since
the program gives city's been directly
involved in that program we've trained
fifty t peer counselors
into that program. It's a forty eight
hour program on site program an online
program education program to train our
peer counselors in twenty eighteen
we've had four we had four suicides
are related to fire department either
directly related to their service or
related to other issues but but had
some relation to the p t s I and p t s
eyes. We call we don't call ptsd we
believe it is an injury is related to
work in twenty eighteen kids represent
the Kansas City including yourself
Coulson Wagner and City Manager Troy
Schulte the representatives of Blue
Cross Blue Shield successful and
twenty eighteen. The International
Association of Far Far sported an
international committee of sixteen
members from the United States and
Canada to look into behavioral health
secretary treasurer Rose sits on that
committee was selected out of
the United States for that that
committee of sixteen members in there
They've begun work on developing
international Walk program that is
being recognized in the behavioral
Health is second to none. They've also
opened a Center of Excellence in
Maryland that is a on site program or
behavioral health program that treats
people on site in twenty nineteen
forty two hard and he reads as our
program director and so was discussed
u wif our needs support. According to
an article by war or war winner of
the Beacon twenty seventeen
The University of Phoenix az publish
findings stating that eighty five
percent of first responders have
mental health issues. Sixty nine
percent have experienced sleep
deprivation issues forty five percent
have experienced anxiety twenty seven
percent of its have been diagnosed
with depression sixty nine percent
reported the middle health issues or
mental health services are seldom or
never used forty two percent of
reported her supervisor to their
supervisor does openly address
importance of mental health fifty
percent believe they will be treated
differently if they seek mental health
services regarding ptsd or p t s Ivory
righty research and anecdotal reports
of identified anywhere from two to
thirty seven percent for buyers have
ptsd compared approximately three
percent of the journal population
gives the city is not is not any
different. Common behavior health
concerns that we've faced among far
fires of include mood disorders ptsd
substance use disorders these problems
have led to decreased productivity
increased absenteeism family
dysfunction health concerns including
heart disease and legal concerns and
suicide forty two carats is a program
that we dressed the part about address
these problems according to Doctor
Jeff took the Oberoi health benefits
strategy and innovation leader at
Mercer consulting research has shown
how having an off site clinic reduces
healthcare costs reduces absenteeism
increases productivity and overall
better health of employees overtime
forty two Tuesday Volta Revolution
were evolutionary behavioral Health
Assistance Program and has built an on
site clinic with which will house
individual counseling group counseling
assessment services family support
recovery groups. This is going to be
in our union always develops space
there and is and we just had
the international come and look at it
in representatives and behavioral
health specialists from across
the nation are very jealous of what we
what we are building here. The current
snapshot this year we've had
approximately thirty eight men twelve
claims broccoli for members of his
with our program which is a program
within the metropolitan area that it's
treats ptsd for first responders and
military professionals are military
members and many members of dots in
many members are not even salt
behavior health treatment. We have an
integrated support for behavioral
Health Plan of forty two careers is
the plan is our plan we will be
utilizing the peer support training
program of the International
Association of Fire fighters whether
they are rolling out new components
want the newest component that will be
rolled out this fall beyond resiliency
they also would do training for
behavioral health specialists. We also
are working on contract with New
directions to supply the two meet
the demands of the side letter for
the ap program. We also partner with
or retirees Association and also our
Auxiliary to do recognition of
behavior health issues so we can
tackle these from the beginning we met
with nurses are support groups from
from the Auxiliary that we have in
that they were. It was incredible
stories that we heard that what people
are taking home to their spouses and
loved for its scope and goals of our
program include program management
that will be done by our art director
a mandatory referral program that will
be utilized by the fire department
appealed for people that they
recognize having issues will be able
to try to do in house training for for
a market cadets as they come on how to
treat added to recognize issues
firsthand in our command staff. We
also be able to banish preferred
providers. Recognizing that many of
the programs that we have will be a
wee plate were planning on doing a bar
ops program to put preferred providers
through what we do on a daily basis to
ride along program with fire fighters
we have a social media pages outlook
and will be able to do treatment
solutions through through social media
in recognition will be providing
referral liaison from from the bridge
from the ap to the health care systems
and workers' compensation programs
will to be doing community that's an
output on identifying what ptsd is how
it affects their firefighters first
responders will be older spawn
immediately to crisis calls with
twenty four hour hotline we've all soo
creed were partnered with a website
called Far strong that allows people
to see who they are peer support
counselors are they have the logo on
their identify who they are no gnome
so it is truly a pure program or peer
program is very diverse from age
gender and an ensure that our programs
at First program so we can reach every
peer group of the fire department we
also will be able to have community
training in c use for our peer
counselors the ap services. I won't
bore you with the va for health
employee assistance program what will
be able to supply this is what is in
the side were the next two slides or
what is directly inside winners will
hits a couple of the highlights in
that regard what it does say what we
currently have is five isn't
the current iep program we're doing is
we're going we'll leave that we're
going to meet with the works that
would be able to meet but probably
exceed that program we believe we can
contract within the funding that can
be provided the city of seven visits
and also have a smooth transition into
the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Program
which we don't have as much now
Currently we have five is is that
really does appear to time for a
member to get settled in with
the counts were in they have to change
because that many of the council
programs aren't in the in the Blue
Cross Blue Shield program so we were
identifying counselors make sure that
they're in the Blue Cross Blue Shield
program so there's a smooth transition
to the b and treatment of care can
continue on to that counselor in. We
hope to also expand it to our retirees
data collection and debt in regard to
data collection Local forty two shall
smite data core data quarterly to
the can see far apart and wellness
quarter coordinator for internal
review the provider should collect
data and format needed for submission
die if I have see in the fee annual
surveys all data loss data shall be
provided in format that complies with
the input parameters for the national
survey instruments. This is so we can
really trick track the trends and what
is happening in behavioral health and
how we can address those issues in
the future and better butter supply
care to our members. Dash also include
activity reports Negeri data from all
clinical and health screenings in to
prove they will have cost just Geisha
will be able utilize that data
collection attract workers comp claims
tied to behavioral health pension
claims tied to behave or holes in all
our peer support contacts that we have
throughout the years. Additionally
will pursue additional funding via
available grants. There's grant money
this not been tapped out there who
will reduce the cost the city and
the obligation the city in the coming
year. Conclusion without high
resilient fire fighters who directly
addressing behavioral health concerns
performance decreases and will result
in more employees off from work on
modified duty burn out leaving
the career or be in tension off time
and time again we have had fire
fighters from afar for his career that
many many of us have dreamed about
being since we are young children and
what a firefighter comes in my office
assists they can't do the job. It's
it's it's heartbreaking. We want to
stop this we will make sure that our
workforce your workforce it is
the best that that is out there to
perform for citizens the citizens that
we believe that we see on their worst
day they need the best care that we
can in the best workforce that we can
we hope this program helps in that
regard. The combination of prevention
and education are me you options com
combat this through our forty two Care
behavioral Health Systems program so
we thank you for your consideration of
this program into funding is something
is epidemic within the fire service in
this pre revolutionary and we will be
the in the forefront of taking care of
this problem so you have any question
for half the answer. All right thank
you very much I'll just note for
the committee amount that is listed in
the ordinance. We passed within our
budget a couple of months ago so that
it's not an issue for us. Moll also
note that the trip last year the time
the city manager took God along with
Mr. Dube into Phoenix was very eye
opening and I was especially impressed
with the peer program that they have
been able to successfully do there so
I have a lot of high hopes myself for
this program what I'll do here in
Kansas City but other any questions or
comments from committee is there any
testimony for ordinance one nine zero
for eight zero. Seeing none as a
committee recommendation Mr. Chairman
of the Norman summer when nine zero
for eight zero the report out of
committee with the recommendation of
intensity pass it has been moved and
seconded the tortoise won nine zero
for eight zero be passed on a
committee with the recommendation of
advancing to pass is any discussion on
that motion hearing on all in favor
signify by saying aye aye he opposed
the weirdest tomorrow thanks for
the hard work or I missed clerk Can we
go to the top of the order please
When nine zero for four with three
estimating revenue and appropriating
one millionthree hundred thousand
dollars in fine three four three nine
twenty twenty eight Expo special
obligation bond for designating rest
Rick was issuing authority
authorizing an upright approximately
five hundred and four thousand dollars
professional services contract with
the carrier care barrier Crandall they
did to the programming design a
reconstruction of the auditorium Plaza
garage and Bonnie us but as the Venice
based authorizing the Director of
General Services to execute amendments
to the contract with cbc up to a total
contract amount not to exceed one
the Inn three hundred thousand dollars
authorizing the Director of Finance to
close budget accounts declaring
the intent of the city to him to
reimburse itself from the bond
proceeds for certain expenditures in
recognizing this ordinance is having
exhibited affected a boring morning
Dan Trent Cole's with finance
department next to me is my colleague
Bruce Campbell of General Services
the matter in front of you relates to
a parking garage that is located under
the mist lot of Tory him it was
constructed I think sixty years ago
and has served the needs of its
auditorium and also the city's
convention center for years if not
decades probably fourteen or fifteen
years ago there were some major
renovations the garage and there been
some repairs ongoing repairs sense
that as of late due to the use of
the garage there's been concern about
can the condition and the continued
useful life of the facility. This
ordinance estimates an appropriate
bond proceeds in advance of
the issuance in order to raise funds
to finance a a consulting contract to
allow the city to determine the future
of any of the auditorium garage and
any alternative parking solutions that
there May be available to the city to
continu blogging
Tory and also the city's convention
center. This very shortly contract is
about one point three million dollars
in total that will be financed through
a bond issue next year in March of
twenty twenty on a taxable basis. We
assume a four point five percent
interest rate and one advertise least
the portion of the bonds for this
particular project over ten years that
the financing is assuming that that
that interest rate is estimated about
one hundred seventy thousand dollars a
year in annual debt service. So what
but I like to do to turn it over to
Peru so we can talk to but more about
the contract pretty good food and Mr.
Chair Committee members. Good morning
just a little bit of background on
what Dan just said some of you May
recall the City Council passed a
resolution several months ago for a
sixty three million dollar commitment
to find Rach the replacement of
the garage and Barney Allis Plaza
subsequent to that city staff endeavor
to put together a due diligence report
that we reported to City Council work
session a few months ago and
the effort the goal of that due
diligence study was to analyze
the current condition of the garage
analyze or look at potential uses for
space on top of the garage in
the reconstruction of the garage and
as I eluded to in the fact sheet that
you have there's discussion about
building potentially garage spaces in
an adjacent location or and a portion
of the space is back on site. In
addition to the space on top of
the Gracia sell this that due
diligence study goddess to the point
where we went to a procurement process
to select on the contractor that is
here today and out. If you have any
questions for the for the contractor
we plan to work with they're here to
say few words as the second for
the presentation. Okay so actually
Bruce can you go into a little bit
more detail both in terms of what
scope of services will be associated
with this contract as well as
the procurement process as far as
respondents you all that kind of thing
Yes Mr. Chair that the scope of
services we we have where we plan to
bomb we put together a scope in phases
calm part of the first phase of
the contract will take a deeper dive
into the alternative analysis
the alternative analysis being what is
the best fit for where parking spaces
are located and how many were going to
put either back on site or add an
alternative site within a two block
range of up to twenty plays. So that's
the first phase of the study
the second is the second phase of
the study and billiard and you have to
correct me if I get the sequence wrong
but the second part of this is how
once we determine where the best place
for the spaces are and the design
potential design for the space on top
that then space at that point will go
into they'll go into standards
developing standards for whoever
eventually wins a pure cocoa became a
process to actually contract for
the services that we need to build
the garage after that phase
the consultant will walk us through
the entire process of the design build
for the garage and be the city's
representative through that entire
process and then as far as the process
of her and what are we looking at as
far as how many responded to the rfp
and than I'm curious to know what
the n b e w b e response or in the wb
requirements if any there are this
contract we have four respondents knew
too that we have four wheeler before I
get four respondents interviewed for
and in b e w v e goals. I do not have
spicy Mystery elders come into
the mike morning Mr. Chairman for
example director says he relation
parchment in terms of the project and
the vendor in question we receive a
contract violation plan from them
the goals were recently established at
fifteen percent in being ten percent
wb they have submitted to us a
utilization Plan are of eight point
five percent in b e and I think twenty
six point something for on the wb size
so they are and in the firms that they
have recommend all currently certified
with silk in cinemas are okay thank
you very much. Ok Mr. Crandall I know
that you are itching to speak to so it
is anything you'd care to add four
open up questions from the committee
can mourn my name's Bill Crouse ec
rules to group and just it just in a
safe way to clarify with Bruce and
Sheila were saying is that it's really
a three phase process phase one is
this discovery phase to figure out how
many new spaces and where they'll be
and then that's phase one a in Phase
one b will be to refine those
solutions and then to develop some
criteria and then shortlist design
build contractor so that's those are
the products of the first phase one
which is the full one point three five
million dollars understood or knew if
we choose to do so the design build
competition some debate is whether we
do design build competition or go
right to contract with the shore with
the first short was to design build
firm but if we go to a competition
that would be a three or four month
process and then that would result in
selecting a design builder in phase
three would be the actual design
construction sector and the wb
participation of the rp required
fifteen and ten respectively. This
phase one a of this phase one with a
great half and eighteen or twenty two
twenty six so our intent is to be
fifteen and ten exceed that over
the entire scope of the full three
faces project so this totally just
under so happy to answer it. Sure Amo
the question might have for you is
when do we intend to see the products
of this initial phase to the point
which you will have gone through
the analysis the standards the short
listing right now subject to
additional input from the city I would
anticipate probably March first of
March fifteenth of next year having
completed phase one as both Phase One
and Phase one b. That's a very good
thank you Allah been up to questions
from committee of the heavenly account
smarts to get some trying to get a
better understanding what the first
phase actually is is this not design
as it has no sir the first phase is is
a mom a continuation of an alternative
analysis that is designed to determine
the best places for the parking spaces
to be located so no heartbeat and
the reason you know there's been a
considerable my effort towards that
goal of determining that the best
place for the space is simply because
in due diligence study we found out
that the further you dig into Barney
Allis Plaza further down you go
the more levels you go down the costs
goals as you go down in the grass so
on that theory is that if we determine
some locations that are adjacent that
still serve the convention center. Mom
mom and that we can build a bomb going
off instead of going down is going to
be much cheaper for the city and
the first phase is designed to
determine what exactly that looks like
So in that in terms of the scopes of
the im him in wb ease. I'm always
hesitant to vote yes on something
that's on it that we have a cup it's
presented in and we don't have half of
the recommended him be so kind of
explain that to me. Well it's it's
fairly simple though the two primary
and the service provider writers that
we have are Jason Parsons Parsons
Associates is due to communication and
outreach throughout the process which
is for suggests is an extension of
the due diligence process the other
vendor is accompanied by Manatee aside
as just technical and special
inspections material testing concrete
steel. We're not going to be in that
phase until they surgery and I'm
certain will meet will exceed
the fifteen percent that point we're
just we don't have the service
providers that we have another
minority business owned companies
don't have a role in these first two
phases but they will in the third
phase but other companies that could
have a rule I'm not currently our team
I mean there could very well was
there could very well be. We do have
our full complement of wb in a night
it's a good question I suppose if we
could approach it that way knowing we
didn't really know we're going to be
broken down into these three faces as
we as was the seminar or contract. I
think as the project is involved
working with staff we've concluded
that is probably best to buy for Kate
these the whole project or try for
Kate actually the project so that we
can get it on the schedule get things
going but I think the And if it's
the cities will to continue on with
the whole project in fact demolish or
rebuild our house plans I'm confident
will meet those goals. Here's my issue
now just to stir out there. Oftentimes
we hear the same jargon you know when
the next phase we're going to make it
up and then we get to the end of
the project. You know we are not met
the mb goals and be goals and so now
we'll ask for a waiver of some kind so
I can support going into the whole
notion of a project with utilizing
half the centre half what the uh but
the but the girls could be so I think
you count some bars might ask a Mr.
Fielder just to see if I'm tracking
what I'm hearing correctly. So Philip
two counts when Barnes point I
understand his point very well but I
guess I'm want to understand your
recommendations and and maybe
understand if you work
the recommendations in the utilization
report that's coming forward if
difficulty comes from the same basis
so I am what I've heard Mr. Crandall
say is we've we've split this into
three pieces and this first piece has
this amount and as you go on these
pieces all kind of come together to
form something closer. I guess to what
has been suggested so I guess my
question to you is did
the recommendation from hr de com um
you know from the standpoint of not
splitting this up but but this being
the whole project is trying to
understand kind of what everybody
starting from so I can better
understand or comment to what counts
when Barnes brought up that makes
sense sure will cast member when
the goals were established. We looked
at the entire scopes involved in
the project we were not privy to
the fac and face so engineering
service pr Service Design Service were
a few for the entire school for
the duration of the project as Bruce's
as indicated they're going to break it
up and faces while the vendor also has
the ability to determine what stage in
to be you. Discretion will utilize if
they so choose to you lies on
the front of the project going face
want this fine if it's in the Mill
Wharf it sprayed out as they have
indicated they planned to do that's
fine too they give us what we call a
schedule of utilization and
the schedule utilization tells us At
what point we should expect minority
women all participation to occur so
kept a cow some point there's nothing
prohibiting them from utilizing
minority firms on the phrase wanted to
begin another project we do encourage
stat for the simple fact is what he
indicated if they run into problems
later on that the goals were
regulation was met in addition to that
if it's a project where we have
availability. It would be something
that we would have us suggested that
they reach out but they're not bound
that they still have the option to
bring in utilization throughout
the project we see this and all of our
projects construction as well as
professional services. So we're not
opposed to them bring it in
utilization of course the millet or
stand upright the goal would still be
applicable to the entire project so
it's feasible to get as much
participation as possible to avoid any
problems later on it though should
occur. Jer and I guess using which you
just said on the wb side you've got a
heist starting this phase of twenty
six percent presumably potentially
over the course of the entire project
that percentage can come down as more
and more work product is done and
perform and you have a larger right. I
think two consulting firms on the wb
side I believe one's call Mason
consultant May see consultant and a
winsome efforts in both for those
individuals are Reese to do well. Well
then so well they know she's kind like
an architect Architecture pharmacy she
does a lot of design work in that area
but you do have a lot of the scopes
that or applicable in this case
engineer servers those types of
opportunities are still out there so
we can also Reese received requests
for modification. If this project move
forward they do add of the engineering
firms to the project for on the design
service as city engineer structure
engineer if that is applicable in some
of this year like I see it when we
established a goal it was looking at
the project throughout the entire
duration not in face understood thank
you very much this is the point of
conversation would it be more
acceptable. Councilman If you solve
more of the schedule that included
the three phases so you can see how
things were plugged in Afghanistan
very good items travel you want to
speak to that that thought I was going
to actually offer that we'd be happy
to prepare that I would also say that
the participation of wb doesn't really
do celery and that's fine I just as an
exam so I would hope that we would be
no north of twenty on wb in North
fifteen were the goals or fifth
fifteen ten shirt just an illustration
the point so I push everybody happy to
prepare that announcement that two
staff. Okay very good to get other
points of conversation or comments or
quest
testimony for ordinance one nine zero
for four three. Seeing none of them is
to be awry. I see you there. I think I
know what you're gonna say this I say
good morning Mayor Pro Tem finance and
governance committee members Doug
Wheeler with the finance department I
would remind the committee that as Mr.
Dan coats noted Mrs. In an
appropriation in advance of bond
proceeds. So it does create a hole in
the budget if the ordinance is passed
and Bon Bon proceeds are not the bond
issue's not sold in bond proceeds do
not come in at some future point in
time. The monies that have come from
somewhere else understood to
anticipate selling bonds next spring
under certain der least two people
here at this table who I'm sure we'll
make sure that that happens to you
guys I appreciate that confidence
counts movements but I think Mr.
Whelan and it's always important to
make that reminders to thank you for
that um okay so if there's no further
testimony than the will bring it back
to committee. I might suggest just as
we're asking for that information that
perhaps I don't know if there was a
desire for an advance but I think
because we are looking for some
further information I might suggest
that we that we not just that there's
time to get that information so with
that I'll leave it to the committee to
decide. Mr. Chairman I move that
ordinance Number one nine zero
appreciate it. I'm sorry I missed I
was I was just in the zone so I'm
sorry three eyes in one very well
thank you and I apologize for that
oversight. All right um then the next
actually seeing the timing of got a
couple people who need to leave at a
certain timeframe so Mr. Clerk will
you go to item one nine zero for four
and held in committee. Maybe
substitute for his one eye zero four a
for authorizing the Director of
the neighborhoods and Housing Services
department to execute both an
amendment to the lease agreement with
the party boats Incorporated for
the purposes of operating a grocery
store and then was shopping center and
intimate to the lease agreement with
shopping center initiative of the sea
for the retail parcels at them they
were shopping so I owe for
the purposes of restructuring certain
payments otherwise and director of
Neighborhood Housing Services
Department execute an amendment to
the property management and
maintenance agreement for the men were
shopping center just a beginner with
Lynwood Shopping Center Initiative llc
and appropriating funds in the amount
of three hundred and five thousand
dollars for designated purposes
related to the operation of the midway
Shoppin Wood director of Neighborhood
Services thank you for bring this up
earlier. The purpose of this shop of
this Owens is to recognize that
the first company in the first of all
we have just three staffers one year
and a one year anniversary Lynwood
Shopping Center and as you know
the city made a tremendous investment
in the Lynwood Shopping Center and is
part of that investment we've been
working on a long term bases with two
entities one of those entities as
the parsh markets in the other is
the Lynwood Shopping Center Initiative
which is basically here but Don Don
Max will of the community as a spotter
relationship we were attempting with
the shop soon to address a food desert
problem we also were attempting to
address alone time this investment
community were the number of people
who migrated from the center city and
loss lot of households in that area as
a result of that created a tremendous
economic gap and lead workshops in
the area so the purpose of this
ordinance basically is a hapless table
as for the Lynwood Shopping Center
Because as we discovered in
the twenty anniversary there been some
issues in terms of security in some
other things and times are eaten and
economies of scale to where
the shopping center with the typically
the Lynnwood some Fresh Market which
is our largest tenant has undergone
some some issues in town are just
trying to meet its financial
obligations to the city has also
created an impact with the Lynwood
Shopping Center Initiative The Maxwell
Group who has a long term relationship
with the city in terms of being a
master lease lease or less less or a
guess that job is to bring in all
the tenants into the shopping center
and make sure the retail shops are
maintain loan term and to also had a
proper management relationship with us
which probably will in some time soon
is the c I d has created has
identified a new property manager but
this has always been anticipated for
this shopping soon. So in so what we
discovered or to pace years that
the Sun Fresh has as a city has
undergone some some initial problems
in time just because of financial
obligations for the city so
the purpose of this is to establish a
land of credit with the sun fresh bank
to shore that up the line of credit to
ensure the long term operation and
then the other part of this ordinance
is to move at some financial relief to
the Lynwood Shopping Center Initiative
The Maxwell Group because they
basically have had the burden of all
the while the property management
expenses over the past year and a half
and basically had no relief and doing
it so the purpose of this is to cover
debt relief and put that in some some
some assistance in that direction. All
right thank you any questions or
comments for Mr. Wood. No I do notes
Representatives from the entities
that use custom is to water here. I
don't know if they have anything that
they would care to add or or they May
not want to sell past the sale as
the old retailer would say um if not
then I will ask if there's any I'm
sorry in bonds this year and
the examples as well. Well okay so in
an operating a text message on
Maxwell's you his son is here but he
can talk about that but generally some
of those expenses involved security
and that's been our biggest expense
ongoing maintenance of course of
the parking lot of common area
utilities. There's obviously
management fees and those type things
accounting that goes into that looks
at parking lots. Those kinds of
landscaping except for those those
type of expenses missed Max will say
anything more boring. I don't tax one
half in which ups the initiative. I
don't have too much to add essentially
gap occurred our property management
service agreement simply expired in
June of last year but we continue to
maintain the shopping center paying
all the expenses related to security
landscaping exterior lighting ground
grounds keeping. Keep in the shops and
clean and so forth without any
additional reimbursement so by
essentially having forty seven percent
of the totally space we've been paying
hundred percent of the operating cost
so that essentially an attempt to
reimburse us for for four for fifty
three percent of those operating costs
that we've we've incurred over
the past year and then give also
the grocery store an opportunity to
catch up in those in those maintenance
payment payments to so that we can
stabilize ongoing match that figure
counts McManus. As we mentioned
the eyes were on the grass the finance
department to handle that when he's on
the morning morning Mr. Chairman is
pretty regular sinus apartment
the latter credit that's being
discussed really isn't one of credit
with the city what we're talking about
here is the city in this case would
make a time deposit in the bank that
provides a line of credit to
the grocer we would secure that line
of credit with our deposit our deposit
effective we would be at risk it to be
used. Our expectation is that would be
used in order to offset some of these
extraordinary costs that were are not
being covered so that this word of how
it would work. Typically we don't make
deposits that aren't secured notes
it's kind of an unusual situation for
the city we have precedent for doing
this and passed out with some other
projects to clean a project eighteenth
vine couple other projects we've done
this inordinary effort to support a
major investment city in this case for
the grocery store so that's that sort
of the background for the right way
basically you know one accredited
we're not a party line of credit but
we would provide the collateral for
the line of credit and with the city
deposit effectively in deposit would
be at risk in to the extent that
the line was drawn on our deposit
would be used and for that purpose. I
think it counts McManus any other
questions if not then are there any is
there any testimony for ordinance one
nine zero for the war are seeking a
substitute for the summer ones are for
it for seeing none is there a
committee recommendation as Mr.
Chairman I move the committee
substitute ordinance Number one nine
zero four eight four b Report of
Committee with the recommendation of
the density pass it has been in second
and the committee substitute for
December one nine zero for eight for
the past of the committee with
recommendation of advancing to pass is
there any discussion on the motion
saying not all in favor signify by
saying I I I oppose motion passes will
hear this tomorrow. Thank you very
much and I will will note that this is
an illustration of why it's not
exactly easy to do economic
development on the side with anyone
who thinks it's simple I think this
illustrates that it's not our right
Mr. The top of the order two one nine zero
five to six zero five to six
authorizing City Manager to execute
thirty six contract totaling hundreds
of thirty six thousand one hundred
dollars in the neighborhood tours
development fine with not nonprofit
organizations recommended for funding
as part of the walk in the twenty
second quarter application cycle for
the purposes of promoting their booze
through cultural social ethnic
historic educational and recreational
activities from the neighborhood
neighbor whose tourist development
fine and recognizing this ordinance is
having in excess of a defective day
Ladies good morning good morning so
far so good yes I say good morning
Chairman And committee members mag in
Craig Art Director of Creative
Services and to my right in a sting
leap the neighborhood tourist
Development Fund Committee chair Tom
were here before you to brief you on
the selection process for the most
recent application cycle second
quarter and to present the committee's
funding recommendations which support
which will support projects starting
August first until the end of
the fiscal year April thirtieth. Out
we received fifteen fifty one
applications all were deemed eligible
to move forward to the committee where
they then met with the applicants and
did deliberation we did see a twenty
five percent increase in applications
in the second quarter and there were
so out of that process there were
thirty six organizations recommended
for funding for a total amount of
eight hundred and thirty six one
hundred thirteen hundred thirty six
thousand one hundred dollars
The cutoff score was determined to be
eighty five the list of organizations
recommended for funding are or
provided to you by memo yesterday's
email and then is again before you
today. Part of the last presentation
was for the annual cycle and we
offered to bring forward to you
Presentation of the status of
the financial status of neighborhoods
Development Fund. So if you will
permit me I'm gonna just run through a
couple of slides I can figure it out
and this is just a reminder of that
with that network you know that there
are there yet and there we can roll
the wheel thank you for my learning
curve on technology and just a
reminder to those who are watching
the purpose of the neighbor tourist
Development Fund is to promote Kansas
City neighborhoods through a variety
of activities cultural social ethnic
historic educational and it's an
indication that the city isn't
investing in activities that are
mission driven to provide quality
experience to its audience audiences
and also to reinforce that Missouri is
unique in that it recognizes
the diversity of disciplines and types
of activities that might appeal to
visitors and tourists. We recognize
the diversity of events that create a
well rounded city in the way of
options for what we do when you live
or visiting Kansas City just taking a
look over last year there've been some
great successes to report
the investment in these activities
that activate neighborhoods and rock
tourism has had an impact using
the calculator of the Arts Economic
prosperity study were able to measure
and estimate of almost seventy million
dollars in economic impact based on
organization and audience spending and
then over eight hundred full time
employment jobs were also able to
track through the final reports that
it's attracted about one point five
million people both residents and
tourists to these activities. This is
a quick snap shot a five year history
Looking at the comparison of
available I'd opted or appropriated
dollars available for these nonprofit
organizations that's the bottom line
and then the top line represents
the applicant requests to Mount si can
see there's always a higher demand
than there is available funding. So
this is and continues to be
competitive process but we do find a
steady increase in that in that
request amount and that's of course
given to the increase in number of
applications. So how I want to thank
the finance department because we were
able to meet yesterday so these are
very much real time numbers a little
bit of apples to oranges that I want
to point out that this is looking at
last year's adopted budget at one
point seven and then the actual
revenue that was collected to
the projection was slightly higher
than what was protected leaving about
a sixty seven thousand dollars
shortfall. I've listed here what
the approved expenditures were based
on each cycle the annual in second
third and fourth place an additional
appropriation. So as of last year
there was a twenty eight thousand
dollar deficit and I'm happy to report
though that in the current fiscal year
Given the adopted budget and then
what was transferred both the annual
and then if approved the second
quarter application the cycle eight
hundred and thirty six thousand one
hundred dollars and then factoring in
that twenty eight thousand dollar
deficit puts us in a surplus of three
thousand dollars Now obviously
the committee and we are very
interested in size by offering that
and seeing at least a ten percent to
help to account for any lost
collection based on projections. So we
do hope to see that increase and it
was the committee that voted to
suspend third and fourth quarters of
this fiscal year to help us get to
that mark so if you have anything to
add tuna to that. Ok so I'm also real
quick snapshot. Given this is kind of
a closing of a term I want to
recognize the work of the entity of
committee of the past couple of years
they've worked tremendously hard and
looking at ways to improve and make
more transparent dependable and
equitable the process. This is just
some outcomes from the committee
retreat over the last four years in
fact they met recently in April in
twenty nineteen to go over at
additional improvements that they will
then pass on recommendations to
the future incoming committee. So just
a few highlights on that as creating
or consolidating the two step
application process we now have
application and guidelines and
detailed instructions on line
application system implementing
the evaluation and scoring Matrix and
then just very recently with the help
of the procurement office getting on
to talk you signed and digital
signatures which the applicants are
the contractors are extremely pleased
about that though if you have anything
to add about the retreats and ok and
we're done here up. Well actually two
more slides one thing their office has
been able to provide over the past
couple of years and no one to
recognize can swallow cruises Arts
Marketing Coordinator in working with
each of our over two hundred
contractors to find other ways to help
and leverage the marketing and
promotion of their events getting onto
the screen streetcar kiosk using with
their help their images in their
language. I'm thinking about
the different city channels that we
can utilize to help then also promote
like we said our webpage at Channel
two interviews to highlight some of
our organizations and the City Hall
lobby directory and then last slide
for those who are listening and want
to know more or are interested we have
kicked off our summer application
applicant workshops we had our first
one on Monday at the Shoal Creek
Regional Police Academy the next one
is Tuesday July sixteenth and that
will be at the East Patrol station we
have a total of five. The deadline for
the next application cycle will be
October fifteen. That's only three
months away so that's a great time for
planning and encourage everyone to
come tech staff if they have some
ideas so that concludes my
presentation. Okay I think that
schools like we got our eye very well
Questions or comments from committee
members has that ever happened if
the This was the first time on my
watch but apparently it as it was
quite frequent. Prior to twenty
sixteen it so I couldn't really speak
to the frequency of one point of
clarification or suspending them not
canceling if an unforeseen reason we
do come across additional funds we did
want to make that clear that it's not
canceled or suspended fourth quarter
was kind of for lack of funds because
of his death was for lack of funds
correct question that happened before
how often does that happen to know Mr.
Landis or are just using it. Scott
using a commencement budget will have
to get back to you. Barnes on
the frequency with which it occurred
that has occurred in the past of what
essentially happens to the budget
process we we estimate toll
collections of the hotel motel taxes
which of which this fund is a function
do the if it's essentially ten percent
of those proceeds the collections came
in sight is slightly below the fy
nineteen estimate that's the reason
this year that the commies had to go
back and re just as allocation based
on actual collections for the year
that just ended in nineteen that has
happened before in the most recent
years up until really fiscal year
nineteen hotel motel had been
experiencing quite a boom in growth
really so I'm growing sick seven
percent a year which was almost
unheard of so enjoyed a relatively
good time from about this two years
fourteen through eighteen essentially
aot of projects even above
the adopt a budget during that time so
we're essentially catching up now and
as his greatness lies in the case
We've got back to the point where
the fun this has met the collections
for really the last five years. Again
I don't know how many times it
happened prior to fiscal year fourteen
We can try and research for you but
it has happened before in the budget
is an estimate usually get pretty
close but sometimes you know we're
plus or minus a few sky. If you would
mind maybe just for a procedural
standpoint just kind of go into how we
set that number on the budget when you
say when that when the tax comes in
and can you get a little more granular
as to when that tax comes in when we
start seeing those numbers how we see
those numbers sure so we set feet all
the collections for the hotel motel
taxes and let stand three budget
process city through the revenue
division collects hotel motel taxes
monthly there is about two month delay
in that process from the time
the hotels report and collect the time
we get in the city but we do collect
those monthly and center at the end of
each cycle each fiscal year our office
goes back and works with the accounts
the vision to adjust to axles so
generally in June of each year we'll
go back to see how much was actually
collected during the year. Adjust
accordingly. And that's that's one of
the reasons that were here before you
today forget thinking is that one of
the question is the host of the open
spaces and are not meeting coming
anywhere near meeting our projected
revenues on that that that have an
effect on the is the cure for it to
the supplemental appropriation at
the end of the last fiscal year is
three hundred fifty thousand I faint
three seventy five though that they
came from the general fund so that
that that that increased some of
the supplemental appropriation to not
come from India proceeds the at
the initial two fifty was in fiscal
year sixteen seventeen I believe and
that was that did come out of
the entity of appropriation as
recommended by the committee and
approved by City Council in the second
iteration was not did not come out of
the into df funding line as adopted by
the council so it was fy sixteen
seventeen at the recommendation of
counsel when at the recommendation of
the committee when the two can do
right but that did not come out of
the appropriated the adopted into
the f line funding line right at
the numbers I'm showing here are
the line item that was designated for
into df for the committee to oversee
its second trout its sixteen seventeen
of seventeen eighteen. Those dollars
were taken out of them. And yes that's
great was it that went to the council
process rights right budget process
does not impact its not impacting this
last year's deficit or the current
year. Ok any other questions or
comments from committee is there any
testimony for ordinance one nine zero
five to six and the mass Miss Trigger
does this need to be advanced not sure
how soon you've got some of these
events company has thank you for
reminding me we do need and I would
request in advance we have five
organizations with events in August
and eight or nine in September so
contracting carried as critical very
well thank you is either a committee
recommendation. Yes Mr. Chairman I
move that ordinance Number one nine
zero five to sixty reporters Committee
with the recommendation of the density
pass it has been moved and seconded
the tortoise won nine zero five to six
passed on a committee with
the recommendation of advancing to
pass is there any discussion on that
motion saying not all in favor signify
by saying aye aye opposed to this
tomorrow. Thank you both very much Mr.
Kirk next item please release of stew
for this one I zero five three to
appropriating five million hundred
nine thousand two hundred and ninety
dollars and sixty six cent from
the operator from arterial street
impact fee funds to various
contingency accounts and designating
exposition Authority the morning
morning because ask you the awesome
Management Budget have with me
Westerners images of this ordinance
you have before you is to follow in a
long process of analyzing actual
street impact fee in the collection of
those fees. This ordinance is meant to
appropriate those fees to their
designated district for its revenue
was collected previously the revenue
to fund balance of funds spent for
the end of the year this would correct
that and starting a process of trading
up those fees to the district they
belong. For better and quicker
tracking mine to add to to that that
there've been some projects so that I
think of the subject of the committee
substitute the l a Mr. Minter going to
before in a moment where the use of
the impact fees would be very hopeful
course of the impact fee history goes
back I believe to the early nineties I
see a couple of my friends out there
who probably remember when the impact
fee process was started to help
facilitate further development in
the areas of those impact fees were
collected as understand from staff
the impact the committees haven't met
for I think three years so it's kind
of height time to get these fees
analyze adopted in moving in that
direction and I think that's part
the reason why you have the committee
substitute which I will I will say to
the committee are the reason why you
have this committee substitute is I've
got some projects in the north and
the need to get finished and we these
are proper uses for some of these fees
but Allah Mr. Minter go into some
detail on those projects so Mr. Minter
a good morning Karen Wagner members
committee was major city manager's
office. As noted Committee sub we
would be allocating funds from
the impact fee District d which
the Birmingham district to the North
Brighton Project in Pleasant Valley
Road project we open up bids for
construction on North Brighton from
fifty St Pleasant Valley Road which
will finish that southern half of that
court approved the intersection of
Pleasant Valley Road and the bids were
opened and they were little bit higher
than the anticipated budget so these
funds allocated to that project will
provide funding for that project that
will help us allow the Works award a
contract you're in the next month to
begin work on that its twelve million
dollars project with Clarkson
Construction. It also includes twenty
four inch water main extension which
will better serve the water tear up in
the area up there and also we are
allocating funding to close Valley
Road which is just east of the north
side project we have a structurally
it's not structurally deficient yet
but it will be structurally deficient
the next five years and so the funding
for that project will oust is
beginning to finalize the engineering
plans so that we can be prepared to
seek federal funds or other additional
funds to improve that core door and
that will finish kind of a missing
link in the Pleasant Valley Road cord
or between Gladstone and the Police
Academy in Pleasant Valley. So eleven
improve city street with sidewalks
iPad trail which will provide safer
and better access to Pauls Valley Park
in for people that are trying to get
through the area while also know for
the benefit of the committee is we
talk about the North Brighton Project
the primary funding source for that
has been the Shoal Creek Tiff and so
this will help us deal with the rest
of those issues associated with that
without violence or anything for
the gentleman that I will open it up
to the Committee for any questions or
comments. Councilman Barnes
historically impact fees in general
the gym. Generally speaking
the purpose of the impact fees has
been to help two more additional
infrastructure development in
the areas with the developments
occurred so with the idea that if
there's a Development's development in
general and the idea is that you don't
necessarily punish the first developer
in the area or the last developer in
the area as development occurs you're
collecting those impact fees so for
example when when planning and zoning
when when you have been kind enough to
allow us to build more housing in
the Northland as an example of those
how those houses are being built or
impact fees are paid on each of those
lots know those locks get accumulated
for the purpose of helping to build
out the infrastructure as that builds
out and so beyond that I'll let Mr.
Colby or let Mr. Using speak to kind
of how that's been treated but you
terribly but that's been kind of
the reason why those exist except that
what the fees have been the same fun
since I believe two thousand and three
and that that process the collection
of the fees has not changed was
happened over the years as this is
essentially those fees for each of
the district about that right arm of
essentially gone off budget so this
for our purposes the cleanup ordinance
that brings the balances for each of
those districts back on budget so that
they are there. Each district is
tracked in the financial system of
the city that staff and council have
access to those balances effectively
in real time rather than just pooled
in the it's just re
establishing the balances for each
district. There are elections are
the same place have always been a
Councilman Lawrence him back in each
each distinct district they're put in
or add their own separate revenue
funding than what we've done in
the past is each time we've done a
district we done a separate ordinance
allocated from the revenue side that
are collected in into the actual
capital project count that staff can
use to charge construction or design
to any other questions accounts
McManus message to the track changes
it's simply moving the bombing of
the projects mentioned the funds that
are as mentioned those are staying
intact. So if you look on the sheet
there I think impact the District g is
the South District which is south of
here Bannister Road or eighty seven St
That would be the available funds for
that district to use to allocate
towards projects and then like
District f which is the East impact
the district covers basically from
Blue River Road out to Lee's Summit
Road in that would be the available
funding that would be available for
tours arterial street impacts in those
geographic areas the representatives
or people who are in the process. Yes
we have changeover an impact
the administrator about for five years
ago and so with the economy being
the way it was we weren't generating
enough ease but now that we've had
the growth that we've had the fund
balances get a substantial level to
where we actually can start doing
things so one of the things we do need
to do with the new mayor and council
coming in is we need to get with each
council member in Reese tablets
the appointees to those districts are
the things that I think. For all
intensive purposes and from speaking
out of turn tell me really
the occupants of each of those
the impact fee districts have really
been staff for the most part is that
correct. Yeah the ordinance. I can't
find it specifically that your dance
essentially reads that they'll be a
city council appointee pie eight
member a member of the respective
chamber commerce or economic
development council for the area
residential developer a commercial
developer and then somebody from parks
works of City Planning and
Development and twenty from the city
manager in each district so it's it is
weighted with staff but there is some
private participation in those
discussions Miss Jones I know you have
come forward morning as Chairman Or
Vice Governor's Committee Doug Jones
the auditor's office just to let
the Camino we did an audit on
the arterial street impact fees a
couple of years ago we made some
recommendations because we identified
the way is currently operating was
unsustainable and the contractors were
able to use the bill to lose credits
more so than paying into the accounts
and know that they are planning is
looking at how we want to go with
the arterial street fees going forward
so there's some work going on looking
at the city since these have not been
really looked at since between ninety
eight and two thousand and one son
just wanted to let you know and I will
send you links to the audit report for
good think you are there any other
questions or comments from pretty if
not is there any testimony for
Hornets won nine zero five three to
seeing none is there a committee
recommendation as Mr. Chairman I move
that committee substitute for
ordinance Number one nine zero five
three to the report of committee with
the recommendation of advancing to
pass it has been seconded that
committee substitute for December one
nine zero five three to be passed up a
committee with recommendation of
advancing to pass is there any
discussion on the motion saying not
all in favor signify by saying I I
pem please zero five
three six authorizing the acceptance
of the fifty four thousand seven
hundred dollars grant from the u s
equal Employment Opportunity
Commission for the purpose of
investigating discrimination
complaints in employment estimating
and appropriating fifty four thousand
seven hundred dollars in
the neighborhoods grant for
recognizing this ordinance is having
an Excel rated effective date. John
good morning good morning Paul Pierce
will rise investigator can see
humorless Department Philip Young
Directors is in relation to par as
the committee is where in law for
having us this morning was Chairman Of
the humorless parm so Rights Division
is responsible for the enforcement of
the city's anti discrimination
ordinance the equivalent of Title
seven of So Rights Act of nineteen
sixty four and its amendments to our
work share agreement with the eeoc we
are charged with investigating a
certain number of complaints each year
regard to their work share agreement
initially that number was seventy five
due to the government shutdown we had
a slight downward modification that
affected not just our agency but
others across the country we receive
eight hundred dollars per case that we
investigate plus we receive all of a
mouse of seventeen hundred dollars for
training which we just completed a
couple weeks ago this arm out of fifty
four thousand seven hundred dollars
excuse me reflects the amounts that
we've accumulated since the beginning
of the government fiscal year October
one twenty eighteen to this point very
good. Anything u like tat mr yar rite
itself past the sale right now I
welcome any questions or comments from
committee is a testimony for this one
I I suppose we will hear this tomorrow
Thank you gentlemen very much thank
you all and thank you for
the council's committed commitment to
our efforts to force the anti
discrimination ordinance. Absolutely
thank you Mr. Kirk next item please
zero five for one resolution
expressing the council's support for
Operation Green Light of the Mid
America Regional Council to develop a
process that evaluates the current
system and new technology available
for traffic signal synchronization on
Missouri State Highway one fifty two
from Shoal Creek Parkway to the limits
of Kansas City adjacent to the City of
Liberty the submission
of a corresponding budget I love least
take the blame for this resolution
coming forward I will suggest that as
this council been very interested in
one of our first projects in our
general obligation bond package was a
signal synchronization on Broadway
that's we have another opportunity to
push the new technology around that
head with the gentlemen good morning
or late you present good morning
Chairman Wyatt remembers the committee
was bitter see manager's office with
me is way son from works department
and what this resolution would allow
us to do would be to request or Mid
America Regional Council expansion of
the Operation Green Light system that
would include one fifty two cord or
the one fifty two chord or has had
some efficiency issues being a high
speed facility that then dumps into a
commercialized area with lots of
stoplights and so we have added a two
stop lights low net cord or was some
access management changes with Mo dot
in the last ten years and so we are
constructing an improvement on
the interchange at I thirty five in
deliveries constructing an improvement
on the Kansas side which we're
partnering with them through the Shoal
Creek tip for million and half dollars
on a twenty five million dollar
projects it's pretty good return on
our investment in that core door and
so what we like to do is one set
projects done. We like them in America
Regional Council to expand
the operation green light systems of
the signals would actually talk to
each other in so that we could better
manage the flow and try to get us all
the traffic problem there but at least
make it little more efficient for a
twenty hours of the day with onion and
anything I don't have any comments are
very well. I will add Tulsa for
the benefit of the committee that
tomorrow we will have a meeting of
the Shoal Creek to if tomorrow and
it'll be my intention to add a
budgetary line item within its budget
to help defer costs that's at the Mid
America Regional Council May have both
in terms of its study and then
the execution. I will note and I think
Mr. Minter was also very charitable
when he talked about the traffic
congestion issues within that core
door you know it's bad enough because
not a bridge but for most people I
think when there even was a bridge. It
was pretty bad and needs some
assistance so with that I will ask if
there's any questions or comments from
committee is really pout testimony
for resolution one nine zero five for
one Mr. Glover is a big champion of
thumbs up
but I find it hard to believe that's
all you want to do maturing into
account. I think it's good resolution
urged passage. Thank you very much Mr.
Glover it's always good to see a Is
there any missing no further
discussion is or to any recommendation
Yes Mr. Chairman I move that
resolution number one nine zero five
for one report out of committee with
the recommendation of immediate
adoption it has moved and seconded
the resolution of one nine zero five
for one should be passed up a
committee with recommendation of
immediate adoption is a discussion on
the motion hearing not all a favor
signify by saying I suppose we will
hear this tomorrow. Thank you very
much in one last item committee
substitute ordinance one nine zero
three three six authorizing City
Manager enter into agreement with
the tax increment financing Commission
for sanitary sewer line project along
North Arlington Avenue appropriating
one point six million in fine Number
three three zero nine zero the capital
improvement fund am recognizing this
ordinance is having an accelerated
effective date will know for
the committee and those watching that
so we held this a couple of weeks ago
at the request the city manager to
make some changes might assume those
changes have been done and thus missed
using you are here this morning good
morning. They have a morning Scott
using it again from Budget Office and
pitching for the city manager today to
be a off site function but it's
the idyllic me sub before you before
one twenty three three six
The committee's sub allocate
the appropriate one point six million
dollars from the un appropriate fund
balance of the capital improvement
sales tax to support affirmation sewer
projects in the north Arlington area
for the development that's proposed in
the north and Council District one and
this would allow the project proceed
without any any funding from
the enterprise fund would be a
straight fund balance appropriation
that the general fund would be through
or swim in future years to recoup
utilities taxes so I believe that's
members of the development team here a
few questions about the project itself
but again the committee's sub uses
fund balance of the cap open sales tax
and I think we are regular summit and
did I get I hear you correctly. Scott
cut the backing of that is from
utility tax generation or not directly
project itself would be funded with
the with the camper when sales tax
fund and each is the project is
expected to generate utility tax
revenue the project and that would
benefit the general fund under
the future years. Gotcha Okay I do
note the folks involved with this
project are here if you wish to say
anything particular to the project or
not Mr. Bauer surely you your bill and
someone for the smiles will say
something. Thank you Jim Bauer chef on
Midwest and Mr. Schmidt is also here
to have fun and just like to follow
the lead of former City Councilman Jim
Glover and say I'm simply here to
support the ordinance will answer
the question of very well very well
Are there any questions questions or
comments from committee saying Israeli
testimony for committee substitute
for December one nine zero three three
six seeing on a committee
recommendation. Yes Mr. Chairman I
move that committee substitute for
ordinance Number one nine zero three
three sixty report out of committee
with the recommendation of advancing
to pass it has been seconded
the committee substitute for December
one nine zero three three six who
passed a committee with recommendation
of advancing to pass is there a
discussion on a motion hearing on all
in favor signify by saying I I pose
this tomorrow. Thank you very much. I
do notes that we have gone not listed
under semi annual docket that there's
a listing of items that have been
provided. I understand that we have
only one item on the semi annual
docket which we will intend to dispose
of next week but for those who are
watching go check out the semi annual
docket lots of what really is nothing
exciting in there from this this
committee but you're welcome to look
at anyway. We do have one item of
additional business. Very briefly Mr.
Burke if you read that item please
update from the mayor's pension task
force who wants to take this one
The Rock Paper scissors happening. I
did see that was kind of like that. I
always win but every time. Good
morning there protecting members of
the committee team equipment
the finance department the pension
the mayor's pension task force has
continued to meet and they met on last
Monday. This past Monday. Most
recently and what they're doing is
working through a list of
recommendations that they would like
to make the consultant expects to
provide its final report next. I think
Tuesday is when the anticipated
delivery date of that report is and
the final meeting of the task force
where they sort of vote on all of
the recommendations that are under
consideration will be July the twenty
second. That's when its anticipated so
some of the things that they're
talking about right now is a revision
to the city's pension funding policy
we don't really have a formal one that
we have a de facto funding policy that
I think you've heard about several
times from each of us relative to
paying the required actuarial required
contribution that's by law by city
ordinance and state law we have to do
that the top d edits that they want to
make or that the additions to a
potential funding policy for pensions
would be to maybe have an amount over
and above that the city would consider
funding May be and when there's a year
when there's additional revenue when
there's additional fund balance
perhaps we put in a little bit more
using some more conservative
assumptions that we would have
the pension fund's actuary is
calculate for us and basically hand us
a bill that says this is what you
legally oh and then an additional bill
that says you could pay this
additional amount should you choose to
do so and that in that wait May be
closing that gap on our eight hundred
million dollars which our current
eight hundred million dollars of
unfunded liability. So that's one of
the things that they're talking about
they're also perhaps put forward some
May be potential changes to the cost
of living adjustments for pensioners
and for perhaps current right retirees
as well as future retirees and am
trying to think of if I've missed
among us. Oh yes it May perhaps a
change to the final average
compensation calculation right now
that is at two years for most of
the plan participants it varies by
defined contribution option which
would have a you know in the distant
future impact on on the liability but
it really be more about recruitment
Southern to talk to perhaps the hr
director about that mess there in
human resources department they think
that's a good idea and then they had
one other corrections they wanted to
make to the Employees Retirement
System in the last round of pension
reform there was a move to go from
five year besting to tenure fasting
and the ten year besting have had a an
issue relative to recruitment
particularly for people who are
transitioning from one government job
to another and trying to refuse to
clean that the town at the top four
people at my want to do a five or ten
year gig in addition to theirs. So
that's been kind of an issue as well
so you don't have a defined
contribution which is more portable
and then you have this ten year
besting the kind of missing out on a
group of folks that you could recruit
to that kind of it and since we have
you can it's been a long time coming
The treasurer who was reluctant to
come the microphone and join us as has
prepared something for for Mayor Pro
Tem Wagner knocked over and partway
through I was a bit since he doesn't
always attend the investment committee
meeting regularly I don't know if you
his colleagues know he's the first
District Councilmember Hoosier finance
chair he's your mayor pro Tem but he's
also a member of the city's investment
committee about six or seven finance
chairs ago there was a financier who
said you know I really like to run for
state treasurer someday could I join
you. The investment committee and when
was the monthly meeting. I think once
he learned what we did he was
reluctant to think that was a great
idea. Having said that each successive
financier since then has had to attend
those meetings and we make blistering
bone chilling decisions on buying
Treasury notes in agencies and parking
the city's money in very safe
investments in Mr. Wagner's tenure he
has made over four point seven billion
dollars worth of investments in fixed
income securities and is counting
because special actions are
the favorite part of you were
Thursdays so we're having a special
action today in this committee which
is probably unprecedented to talk
about m pt. There's an asterisk on
here it says Minnesota Poll pseudo
Treasurer Scott Wagner aka t note I t
know I'd seen the transformative lead
nurturing outbound Treasury expert
that has faithfully served the award
winning Committee for a
good four year term and has acted
prudent fiduciary early during his
term or yeah where where where does is
to fix our national seal and
the treasurer has signed this for you
so. Wow. In lieu of a pension or watch
a lovely plaque. We want to thank you
for your service on the investment
committee was very helpful and still
every quarter there will be donuts on
the first floor for you if you wish
come back and well I think I'm
restricted for a year from coming up
getting them but I as a member of the
are always invited wonderful oh my
goodness. Mayor Pro Tem always like to
say thank you when you first joined
the group was the manager investments
and presented at those meetings and
for the last three years have been
the city treasurer and chair of
the committee also want to thank you
very much for your service to
the committee. Well I both thank you
very much and I will not soon forget
t note think I better than a t bone
with us to introduce Marcus just don't
get to see him guest room and plays
Joan Marcus Whitworth who actually is
are the city's investment manager and
handles the billion dollars worth of
money that sits in the city's bank
account and all the funds and does all
the hard work of making those
investments and actually doing
the work to make certain that
everything safe sound and protected
for the and does an excellent job at a
time I think I need you for my six
hundred dollars I Well um let me just
say that you're kind to give me these
accolades but you guys do the heavy
lifting and I always appreciate that
and so thank you thank you for this we
are having a meeting next week so
don't think this means we're getting
out of that but considering your
attendance I did. Oh there you go. No
just kidding area. Thank you Celeste
I did Miss The last year there May
well and I missed it because I knew it
was all in good health is that I could
say thank you very very much it's very
kind of um I will also know for
the committee will probably have
the joint committee meeting next week
to deal with the issues with
the neighborhoods Committee would not
schedule it up for this week so plan
on it next week and the comment that
that counts when Barnes made on the in
tf conversation and I've been reminded
this whole meeting because that slide
has been up ever since them is I will
endeavor to see if we can do a an
additional business item related to
open spaces because I think there are
a lot of questions I still get some
emails like to have maybe a little
conversation as we wind up this term