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G he has my
Coke it's always something
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are you all set Mr herard you need a
minute I'm all set thank
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okay
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good for July 6
2015 Adam cler could we have the roll
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call
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please Mayor protim Brown present
council member Bruno here council member
[0:55]
Clark here council member drosa here
council member Ferris president council
[1:01]
member mulany here mayor Waltz here we
have a quorum thank you will you please
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stand and join in the Pledge of
Allegiance and invocation led by council
[1:11]
member
Ferris alance to the flag of the United
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States of America and to the Republic
for which it stands one nation under God
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indivisible with liberty and justice for
all
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dear Lord we thank you for those who
fought for our freedom and ask you to
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give us the wisdom to continue to do so
with words or deeds as needed we ask you
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to Aid those in Peril or in need in our
community and around the world and we
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are especially grateful for those who
take the time to record and to help us
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to remember our heritage in the name we
say amen
[1:56]
amen thank you council member Ferris
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are there any announcements this
evening council member
[2:09]
grosa as the citizens all know uh back
in June there was a fire at the Baja
[2:15]
Grill and that has displaced several
people and put a couple of
[2:20]
businesses out of business at least for
a couple of months there has been a
[2:24]
GoFundMe campaign started and to
contribute to that all citizens need to
[2:29]
do is go to gofundme.com and search for
Baja Grill and that will bring up the
[2:36]
campaign and any donation and any
denomination is greatly appreciated to
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help get those people back on their
feet thank you council member
[2:47]
doia council member
Ferris as you've probably been eagerly
[2:52]
awaiting this Saturday is the new
improved Farmers Market from 9 to1 on
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the north side of the courthouse Square
thank you any other
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announcements Mayor protan Brown thank
you Mr Mayor I just want to say a brief
[3:07]
word of thanks to all of those that were
involved in the Mason cesa Centennial uh
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celebration over the past few days there
were so many people that came out and
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not only helped to volunteer and
facilitate the events but also came out
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and supported and enjoyed them so in
particular I just want to mention
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special thanks to the Historical Society
to the chamber to the uh County old car
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club as well as our fire department and
firefighters Association for all the
[3:35]
hard work that they did over the weekend
it was a great weekend to be in Mason
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and we're excited about the future
events that will be coming this fall
[3:43]
stay
tuned thank you mayor Pro 10 other
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announcements next item number five on
the agenda people from the floor there's
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anybody that wishes to speak Mr
Carmichael
[4:00]
please state your name and address for
the record and we'll allow you
[4:04]
approximately three minutes my name is
Jack
[4:07]
carmichel I live at 519 South Rogers
Street at the last council meeting I
[4:15]
mentioned to you my 18 years of
representing the American government in
[4:20]
the international
Arena May I further mention that
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subsequent to my international service I
have also served the American government
[4:29]
and the American people for five years
on issues of National
[4:34]
Security Pat mentioned to me as we came
into the room this evening that he's
[4:39]
passing on the note I sent to all of you
in the mail to the City attorney I have
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another document for Pat to pass on to
the City attorney which I'll pass out to
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you this
evening here are excerpts from this
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resolution passed by the city counil an
arbor expressing their opposition to
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drilling by the West Bay exploration
company in nearby Scio
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Township whereas oil exploration and
drilling is proposed in Sayo Township
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within two miles from the an arbor City
Limits and less than 1 mile from the
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Huron
River whereas oil exploration and
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drilling can produce significant air
pollution heavy truck traffic and the
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risk for the release of hazardous
substances above and below ground which
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had the possibility of traveling into or
impacting the city of an arbor and its
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primary sourice of drinking
water whereas the
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constitution of the state of Michigan
calls for and I quote the protection of
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the air water and other natural
resources of the state from pollution
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impairment and
destruction resolved the city
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council expresses its opposition to said
oil exploration and
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Drilling and any future oil exploration
and Drilling in areas adjacent to or in
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close proximity to the city of an
arbor resolved that the city of an arbor
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requests that the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality require an
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environmental impact
assessment including impacts to
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surrounding natural resources and public
health safety and
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Welfare prior to any final decision
regarding permit application
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a1453 I've also supplied the mayor and I
hope he'll give a copy to the City
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attorney a partial list of 10 cities
10 cities townships and counties that
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have passed oil and gas moratoriums and
resolutions I'm going to give you all
[7:17]
copies of this right now
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thank
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you I hope the City attorney and the
city council will stand to act on this
[7:58]
important matter thank you thank you
very much thank you Mr Carmichael thanks
[8:02]
for providing these documents we'll see
Mr hitch did you get copies yet or
[8:08]
copies we'll we'll see that he gets
copies We'll add this to our growing
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file on the matter and take it under
consideration you're
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welcome sir
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yes again please state your name and
address for our record and good evening
[8:25]
Council my name is James Gil a PO Box
out of L 14354 Lany Michigan
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48933 again my name is James Gil I'm a
candidate for inam County Sheriff uh
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just come out tonight to introduce
myself to the council uh I've been a law
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enforcement for 35 years I first started
my career in the United States Army as a
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military police after the military
police I uh returned back to uh cazo
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Michigan and started with the Calo
County Sheriff Department the Cal County
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Sheriff Department after five or six
years there and I came to Lany and I
[9:01]
worked at Lany now retired from the
police department after 25 years of
[9:05]
service I was a homicide detective when
I retire um every single homicide that
[9:11]
I've ever worked in the city of Lancy I
solved every last single homicide
[9:16]
um my platform I'm come back a little
bit later and talk to you about my
[9:20]
platform but I'm affiliated with several
different organizations in the city of
[9:23]
Lancing the BFW the Lions Club American
legance uh I'm a member of Antioch
[9:29]
Missionary Baptist Church uh during my
campaign we're going to talk about
[9:33]
development Partnerships with the
schools maintaining uh fulltime work
[9:37]
hours uh keeping lines of communication
open and keep the public informed of
[9:43]
course uh offic of safety food safety
gun control gain and Drug violence uh
[9:49]
domestic assault drunk driving and safer
streets for the uh residents of inam
[9:54]
County so I just wanted to come out
introduce myself I will be back to lay
[9:59]
out my platform I think it's a little
bit too early right now the election is
[10:03]
not until August of 2016 so I just
wanted to come on and introduce myself
[10:09]
thank you for allowing me the
opportunity to speak thank you sure
[10:12]
thank you and thanks for introducing
your
[10:15]
intentions is there any other
individuals from the floor that wish to
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address the council this
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evening seeing no additional item six
presentations council members are there
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any present presentations this
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evening staying none item seven is a con
consent agenda consisting of the
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approval of minutes of both the special
council meeting of June 15th and the
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regular council meeting meeting of June
15th approval of bills and at present a
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motion to uh consider the ongoing
demolition for 1020 East Ash Street
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Mr Mayor mayor Pro Brown thank you Mr
Mayor I would like to remove the uh
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special council meeting minutes and the
item C the motion regarding 1020 East
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Ash Street from the consent
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agenda motion has been made and seconded
to remove item
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7A that's true
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pardon forgot the intruction the
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Poli I don't have
it
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not
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officers yeah that's what we need to
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do act two the consent agenda
we have a
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motion to remove motion second to remove
the uh special council meeting and item
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C
okay Mr Mayor mayor Pro brown with the
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removal of those items I move the
adoption of the consent agenda as
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amended
second all those in favor of approving
[12:26]
the consent agenda as amended signify by
saying I I all those opposed motion
[12:32]
passes
70 Mr Mayor uh we have a looks like a
[12:39]
breakdown in Communications because
allegedly there was supposed to be a a
[12:44]
request to uh to the counil to introduce
some new police officers so I would I
[12:50]
would uh ask your um your patience uh to
go back a second for people from the
[12:57]
floor so that we can get them here uh
before the council I would appreciate it
[13:02]
sure and that was uh brought to my
attention uh quietly by council member
[13:07]
mvan normally we have on our agenda an
item for introductions and it's in a
[13:11]
particular order and it's just simply um
not present on this agenda so it would
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be appropriate to entertain a motion to
amend the agenda to add introductions at
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which point we will have the
introductions mayor mayor Pro Tam Brown
[13:26]
I move to amend the agenda the agenda to
uh uh add at present the introductions
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from our Police Department second
motion's been made and second to amend
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the agenda is there item
number just right present pres to add
[13:44]
the introductions to this point at the
agenda all those in favor signify by
[13:48]
saying I I all those
oppos motion passes 70 taking us to
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introductions Mr Price
uh mayor and counil U as you can see we
[14:03]
have the chief here and uh I would like
to introduce him at this point at which
[14:08]
point he will then introduce our new our
new candidates or in fact our new police
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officers so the counil gets the chance
to meet them thank
[14:22]
you good evening Mr mayor council
members I'm John stresman chief of
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police for the city of Mason may
remember
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me um it's uh uh with a good sense of
Pride um that I tonight want to
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introduce to you our two newest police
officers and I wanted to do it before
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they got have been here for so long you
know them better than
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I our first officer is uh Michael Pence
Michael was a graduate of fair State
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University uh where he received his
bachelor degree in criminal justice and
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uh is a graduate of the mid Michigan
Police Academy where he received his
[15:12]
received his M's
[15:17]
license 2015 so he's brand new right out
right out of the H next to him uh some
[15:25]
of you as you was raised here Mas they
they know this gentlem named
[15:30]
Evan benoff I pronounced it correctly
correct Evan is a veteran police officer
[15:37]
that uh served his time with the inam
county sheriff's department after 25
[15:42]
years
retired and then went to work in Lesley
[15:46]
Michigan where he uh has worked there
for the last year until we uh snatched
[15:51]
him away from Chief
G it didn't go well but uh he's forgiv
[15:58]
me
probably it always goes that way uh Evan
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is uh attended Lon Community College and
is a graduate of the mid Michigan Police
[16:08]
Academy and he's also a graduate of Our
Own Mason High School so if you would
[16:13]
please welcome these two officers I'm
sure that I think be here for a
[16:19]
while thank you chief
[Applause]
[16:32]
welcome nice to meet
you welcome nice to meet
[16:46]
you one last thing before
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I I want to
congratulate Leon Clark council member
[16:56]
Clark for fine picture in
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today paper for your winning the second
runner up R up for the them
[17:08]
beer
beer say but you remind me of the guy
[17:13]
from what's the name of that
movie Boondock Saints The
[17:20]
Dead you're not good actor I'll have to
look that one up reminds me a lot
[17:26]
of are they illegal now
be are they illegal are they illegal now
[17:32]
that the C is
[Music]
[17:40]
overall next next phase of of the
comption in so I figur by then I'll
[17:46]
probably look more like Duck Dynasty
than anything
[17:49]
else good
[17:53]
luck thank you Chief and nice to meet
you
[17:56]
sir Mr Mayor again I'm going to
interrupt I was just wondering if the
[18:00]
council has any questions for the City
attorney and if not I think he should be
[18:08]
excused thank you Mr Price are there any
questions specifically for the attorney
[18:12]
this
[18:14]
evening seeing none that good evening
turn the clock glad you could join us
[18:20]
for a few moments at the
[18:23]
meeting have a great evening thank you
Mr hitch
[18:29]
first item of regular business then is
the uh special council meeting of June
[18:35]
15 Mr May Mayor proen Brown thank you Mr
Mayor uh I understand that Council has
[18:40]
been provided with a revised copy of the
minutes I did have one question uh or at
[18:45]
least one comment on the report of the
ad hoc subcommittee to recommend an
[18:51]
acting City administrator uh it was my
hope that the actual criteria that was
[18:58]
determined to be used in the selection
of the temporary appointment uh would
[19:02]
actually be listed in the minutes I know
the minutes do not require that but
[19:06]
given that this meeting was not
televised and that we want to make sure
[19:11]
that our our city manager transition is
as transparent as possible I would
[19:16]
simply ask if it's the will of the
council that we actually include that
[19:19]
criteria in the body of the
[19:23]
minutes mayor protm I from my
recollection I believe that the motion
[19:30]
to include them was simply to accept
them and place them on file I mean will
[19:34]
that suffice or is
[19:38]
that sure yeah normally normally we
would not include the text of uh of a
[19:44]
report or or anything of that nature in
the minutes it's not required under the
[19:48]
Oma or required under uh Robert's rules
I just thought that this was a unique
[19:53]
case and I do remember at the last
meeting that there was some discussion
[19:57]
about what we actually approving when we
made that motion so if it's not the
[20:02]
consensus of the council I'm fine
approving the minutes as they are it was
[20:05]
simply a suggestion on my part and I'll
only um I only offer it up as a
[20:14]
consensus council
[20:18]
members I'd support that I asked for a
copy of them at the last meeting and
[20:21]
didn't get them so um either they're a
very well regarded secret or um we just
[20:28]
don't want to publicize them but I think
they should be
[20:36]
public I'll
[20:41]
concur did you receive a copy of a Madam
clerk I mean I believe you did but just
[20:46]
to be sure I can get you a copy another
one if you need it
[20:50]
okay yeah I believe I um had given that
copy to another person that had asked
[20:57]
for them so okay I would need that thank
you okay that's not a problem I would
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support that as well if that's a
consensus mayor protm if that is the
[21:07]
consensus I'll move the adoption of the
special city council meeting minutes
[21:11]
from June 15
2015 with the noted uh addition for the
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ad hoc committee
report
[21:22]
second motion's been made and seconded
to approve the Amendments with the
[21:26]
addition of the subcommittee
criteria all those in favor signify by
[21:32]
saying I I all those
oppose motion passes
[21:40]
70 next item of regular business is the
motion to consider uh continuing
[21:45]
demolition at 1020 East Ash
Street Mr Price would you like to give
[21:52]
us a briefing on where you're at with
that well apparently this has been on
[21:57]
going for quite some time I saw that the
that the some of the bids were received
[22:03]
a year
ago however I know that uh that council
[22:07]
member Bruno had a question about
whether or not the hauler would be U
[22:12]
licensed and certified to haul certain
kinds of materials and in this case
[22:16]
we're talking about asbest I wasn't
aware that that had been a question
[22:21]
previously made but the only thing I can
say is that it is a the that the parent
[22:27]
low bidder or the lowest proposal
submitted uh was um Anderson Fisher
[22:33]
Associates and they have on their
stationary and m. pre-qualified
[22:38]
contractor now I think that from that
would indicate that they are however if
[22:46]
they if you'd like to make it contingent
but I would like to get this going and
[22:49]
get it over with uh that I will make
sure that that this company is properly
[22:58]
C certified license to to haul this
[23:04]
material council member Bruno with that
Assurance by Pat I would move that we
[23:09]
accept the bid subject to his finding if
the contractor is properly
[23:15]
licensed
second motion's been made and seconded
[23:20]
to accept the bid with that Assurance is
there any
[23:24]
discussion all those in favor signify by
saying I I all those opposed motion
[23:31]
passes
[23:37]
70 next item regular business is item on
your agenda is item 8A a first reading
[23:44]
of an ordinance to add article 7 to
chapter 42 of the code of the city of
[23:49]
Mason Mr Price would you like to brief
us on that one as well please yes this
[23:54]
is an ordinance that in fact I'm a
little surprised that that it hadn't
[23:59]
been part or inclusive already but this
basically says that it's a crime it's a
[24:05]
misdemeanor to fall in to call in a
false report involving the police the
[24:10]
fire or even
ambulances and there is a there is a um
[24:15]
a penalty uh in fact there are several
paragraphs involving the penalties in
[24:20]
terms of what the judge May impose upon
that person whether it's a juvenile or
[24:25]
whether an adult it could be Community
Services or it could be $500 and 90 days
[24:30]
in jail so this all this does is I think
do something that probably we all
[24:36]
thought was was in there to begin with
so I think this is sort of like a
[24:41]
housekeeping kind of thing with this
ordinance thank
[24:49]
you mayor
proam thank you Mr Mayor I move uh that
[24:54]
we introduce the proposed ordinance
contained under agenda item 8 a fire
[24:59]
code ordinance and also consider it read
for the first
[25:03]
time second motion's been made to
introduce the
[25:09]
ordinance to add article 7 to chapter 42
of the code of the city and consider it
[25:15]
R for the first time is there any
discussion all those in favor signify by
[25:20]
saying I I all those oppose
[25:32]
motion passes
[25:36]
70 unfinished business council member
[25:41]
drosa just one quick uh bit of
Unfinished Business uh and I don't care
[25:47]
if it comes later on as a leaon report
I'd like a just a quick uh update on
[25:54]
where we're at with the ad hoc and
finding a third party firm and all that
[26:02]
please okay I can provide that uh we
we'd actually have a a new develop as of
[26:07]
this evening the information that the ad
hoc subcommittee has requested has all
[26:12]
been received the last of it uh coming
in Thursday evening just prior to the
[26:17]
holiday weekend and we have scheduled a
meeting uh to review that for
[26:23]
tomorrow
[26:26]
evening you're welcome
unfinished business council member
[26:32]
Malini um only a comment about that
think that's is is that aot committee is
[26:39]
probably an open
meeting but uh if councilmen if other
[26:44]
Council people come they would not be
allowed to speak because it's an ad hoc
[26:49]
committee can I can we clarify
that you can't have a for that's right
[26:55]
we correct so it's strictly the ad hot
committee at this point to remain a sub
[27:00]
Quorum okay and then the subcommittee
will pre present their recommendations
[27:05]
either at the next regularly scheduled
council meeting or specially special
[27:09]
council meeting uh thank you that's
all unfinished business Mayor proen
[27:15]
Brown I have no unfinished
business unfinished business council
[27:20]
member Ferris none unfinish business
council member Clark none unfinish
[27:24]
business council member Bruno
none new business business council
[27:28]
member drosa I have none council member
m none mayor proen I have
[27:34]
none council member Ferris none council
member Clark none council member Bruno
[27:41]
none in your packet you have some
correspondence for a request for a
[27:47]
donation by AIC and attached Memo from
the acting City
[27:53]
administrator uh regarding his concerns
with that
[28:00]
that's all for correspondence liaison
[28:04]
reports Mr melany let start with you
historic district commission the
[28:09]
historic commission uh uh did meet uh
since the U last meeting and I was uh
[28:17]
unable to uh attend that and uh I may
have to ask and tell Dave Haywood at the
[28:23]
next meeting comes in it was uh uh
nothing particularly important what we
[28:28]
did have an agenda thank
you thank you councilor
[28:34]
Malini Planning Commission mayor Pro Tam
Brown thank you Mr Mayor the Planning
[28:38]
Commission will meet next Tuesday July
14th at 6:30 pm right here in City
[28:44]
Hall traffic commission council member
drosa our next meeting is July 22nd 5:30
[28:50]
right
here treat commission council member
[28:56]
Ferris nothing to report on treat
but the next meeting of the parks and
[29:00]
trails committee is uh at the lake
Lancing park at 6: p.m. on the
[29:07]
27th thank you for the reports and the
reports of meetings to happen in the
[29:12]
near future DDA met last week and
reviewed the financial reports accepted
[29:19]
them for May and June of
2015 there was a very brief discussion
[29:23]
about the bike rack project one of the
key members who was uh collecting and
[29:28]
providing information and
recommendations on that was not present
[29:31]
that evening had a a brief report on the
lamp PS restoration the 80 some light
[29:37]
poles in the DDA that need to be
refinished the bids that have come in
[29:42]
were uh quite significantly higher than
anticipated and significantly higher
[29:49]
than what's in the budget for that
project so the the RFP will be re
[29:54]
Rewritten and redistributed in hopes of
uh getting some more reasonable quotes
[29:59]
for
that had just a brief discussion on the
[30:03]
facade grant
program prior to uh considering some
[30:08]
applications and also discussed the
trash problem that we have also been a
[30:13]
part of the discussions an extra trash
container was purchased for the DDA and
[30:19]
I resisted the Temptation Mr Bruno to
request the price that they paid but
[30:24]
allegedly we know what that that can
cost also a number of the businesses
[30:29]
that have been impacted by the trash
overflowing problem has provided some
[30:33]
additional trash containers in front of
their
[30:36]
businesses just had a brief update as
well about the the final payment um of
[30:42]
$225,000 which was a second $25,000
payment for the Ash Street Redevelopment
[30:47]
LLC project or 124 and 140 East Ash so
Our obligation is now
[30:54]
complete and we also uh just had a brief
disc discussion that the DDA budget that
[31:01]
was approved by Council was the same as
was presented
[31:06]
earlier also uh in the absence of Mr
curn who as we know has taken a new
[31:11]
position in Traverse City the DDA as as
an authority appointed Eric Smith as as
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treasur and Secretary of the
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DDA and lastly two two facade grants
were considered one was awarded to mk& G
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properties and that will be for the
first of several projects to restore the
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facade for the uh the corner building of
the Lawrence block formerly most
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recently Dart insurance company it's
going to start with U uh removing the
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gray block around the door
reconstructing the the brick that has
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been removed for the present door and
restoring it as closely as possible back
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to the recommendations that the
Secretary of interior provided in the
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initial study that was previously
done another facade Grant was reviewed
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and approved for uh the Antiques Mall on
the corner
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of uh North Street
and Mason Street
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and that is going to be further reviewed
by the executive committee which is also
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meeting tomorrow
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night that's all I
have council member moini yeah I'm I'm
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sorry but I I would like to fill you in
on uh the business of the historical
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commission uh I had gotten filled by in
by Dave Haywood that the petitioner was
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the Presbyterian Church uh the um the
request was to go ahead with that uh uh
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particular U building which is part of
our historical downtown uh area and
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they're going to uh remove the uh
carefully remove all of the Stone from
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the addition and the side of the
building extend the primary footprint of
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the building out uh so it is aligned
with the rest of the front of the church
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and uh there's um uh
there's perspective drawings on that
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available from Mr Haywood if anybody's
interested that project was
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approved thank you council member
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m are there any council member reports
this evening Mr Mayor proam Brown thank
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you Mr Mayor very briefly I just wanted
to share that uh last week on uh June
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23rd the Michigan Municipal League held
what was called the Locust development
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Summit and it was in Detroit it was a
partnership between the MML and smart
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growth America and the title of the
conference was closing the next smart
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growth deal it was a opportunity to talk
with business developers as well as
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other municipalities about their
initiatives to promote walkability to
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promote Place Banking and also to
promote Economic Development within
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their communities and I had had a very
interesting Round Table discussion with
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some leaders from the city of ipsilanti
so I wanted to bring in a copy of the
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program to share with uh my Council
colleagues it's free for you to take a
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look at if you so desire and there's
also more information on the M Michigan
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Municipal League website regarding this
particular Summit thank you thank you
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mayor
protm any other council member
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reports item 14 the agenda the
administrator reports Mr
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price thank you Mr Mayor uh I have a
number of items on here one is to uh
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permission to close alley this was of
course before this meeting uh but uh but
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we received a request from Mr and Mrs
Jeff at 2115 East Elm to close the alley
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between Oak and Elm and between uh
Rogers and
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Barnes um that would have been um on um
when was that 4th I
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believe uh but anyway we received I
received responses from the police chief
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fire chief everybody was pleased all
right so anyway that was granted and uh
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and uh they held a uh their their um
party for America apparently uh
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short-term goals and objectives this has
been brought before the staff as well as
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the council's been working on it um to
to try to describe goals and objectives
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from a one to two or threee period at
Max and for the idea of
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budgeting programming or planning and
programming uh and I think it's a it's
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it's a excellent idea for for that
purpose and uh the only issue is is that
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I do firmly believe that this should
involve the new administrator whenever
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he or she comes on board after
approximately a month with the city or a
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month and a half then and then to meet
with staff and Council to to review
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these objectives that makes to me the
the it's most logical sense uh and and
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accomplish I think an important
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task uh DPW work hours uh the uh we are
doing a um sort of a trial U basis our
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our DPW Personnel are going to be
working from 6:00 to 4:30 p.m. every day
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or in other words the 10-hour day um uh
uh and of course that's a 4- day week
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for them uh we will have half the crew
basically there Monday through Thursday
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and the other Tuesday through Friday
which means that on every day of the
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week we will have people there uh doing
DPW work and responsibilities taking
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responsibilities especially in the areas
of water and sewer and and the rest and
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uh and we're going to try it until I
believe September 5th so we're going to
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see how it how it works out our director
of Public Works feels that there would
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be a number of efficiencies by going
that way uh so on Tuesday Wednesday
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Thursday we will have a full force
working again from 6:00 a.m. to 4:30
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p.m. I did bring it to the attention of
the director of Public Works that we
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have a noise ordinance that says you do
not do construction before 7 a.m. so the
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first hour is going to be and that was
never going to be a problem for them
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because it's really setting up uh a lot
of barricading and and every all the
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stuff getting ready for the work so
we're not going to have the street
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sweeper going until 7 a.m. and and
nothing noise nothing that's noisy that
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is going to hopefully bother anybody
will not start until 700 a.m. so we were
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aware of that um let's see
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yes uh this was at the request of the
city clerk of the numbering of
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resolutions and ordinances that she has
asked that we take into consideration
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that when we number a resolution and or
an ordinance and it fails so does the
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number the number and it leaves into it
leaves our files in a gap in other words
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1 2 3 8 7 or 89 10 it's like some
something's missing Well we'd like to
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avoid that for 50 years down the road
that this is what was done and let's get
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back on track so the city clerk will be
responsible to give you that number
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after it's
adopted okay whether it's a resolution
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or ordinance part of the minutes will be
the number will be given at that time
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okay and I just pointed out the number
of uh celebration activities that we
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were going to have this past weekend and
uh and uh Mr Brown has spoken eloquently
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on that part of it so that's all I have
Mr Mayor thank you Mr Price are there
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any questions for the acting City
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administrator hearing none we are
adjourned I just doesn't have the same
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ring to
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it I feel like I crack the uh you