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» There we go.
>> All right, welcome everyone. Let's uh

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open the meeting with the pledge of
allegiance

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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Dumbar
>> present.

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» Harper
>> here.

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» Maer
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» Sofa
>> here.

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» Weaver
>> here.

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» Way
>> here.

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» Zimmer
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» All right. [snorts] Uh, do we need to
remove anything from the consent agenda?

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[clears throat]
If we're not going to remove anything,

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if uh I can get a motion to adopt it and
list off what what it is

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presented.
>> Yes, please.

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» What do you Oh, you want all?
>> Yes.

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» August distribution reports electron
transfers nothing else.

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» Yes.
August dispersion reports $365,34068

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[clears throat]
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$20,5365

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and there are no communications on
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All right. All in favor?
>> Any opposed?

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adoption of the agenda. Any changes to
the agenda?

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» I don't know if we need to add it or if
we can include it as part of the animal

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ordinance, but we received the um
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about the kennel. An advisory has a
recommendation from it. Do we do you

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think it would be appropriate to add it
as an agenda item or as a subsection of

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unfinished business? Maybe just an
agenda item.

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» Yeah.
>> I mean, I'm fine either way.

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» Well, we're not going to have a
presentation, so that needs to be

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removed.
>> But we can talk about that. Yeah, we

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can.
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Pass the time.
>> Item K, the presentation is not

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happening.
>> It's not happening. If not, he can come

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to the next meeting on the 15th, but he
can't come he couldn't come tonight.

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» Okay. But that that won't change
anything for this.

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» No.
>> Okay. So can we motion to amend the

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agenda to remove the presentation of the
animal ordinance from Mcome County and

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replace that or actually I'm sorry add
to unfinished business

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the uh request for approval for the
rescue dog under the animal ordinance

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for the city of Memphis. Is that about
cover?

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» I think so. Um, so I make a motion to
approve the agenda as amended.

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» All in favor?
>> Any opposed?

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» Okay. Approval of minutes from August
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2026.

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There are no amendments. Can I get a
motion to approve?

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» Make a motion to approve the minutes of
the regular meeting of August 11th.

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» Support.
>> All in favor?

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» Any opposed?
Motion car.

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Okay.
I have nothing this this week. reports

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from city council members committees
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lot of things to come out of that
meeting. There's still some follow-ups

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that like um that are happening. So we
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today. Um
uh aside from the

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application um but there will be more
for us.

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reports from administration.

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» Donnie, you want to start?
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» Mr. Wilson,
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I just want to report I um we have to
replace uh so many service lines,

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galvanized lines within our city and I
have one that came up that's actually an

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emergency that I'm about to jump on
tomorrow

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um because he has no water be a
galvanized line. It's up to the city to

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get that line from that curve box up
into the house within 18 in.

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Um, just want to let you know. So,
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worked on, but this one happened to be
an emergency. And then, um, then we have

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an issue with our elevator at the
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that needs inspections.
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your lap tonight, but at the next
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quotes I have for
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» Okay. I think at the moment that's
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twice a year already?
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Assume somebody else is doing that. But
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phone call from
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» I'm taking care of it.
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was all new,
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he would like to see the maintenance log
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right, parks and wreck.
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Friday, September 11th, and then um
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for the park that's next to the Lions
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and the foot race. And that is September
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And how do they sign up for that?
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other administration?

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All right. Public comments.
Uh Judy Kendall.

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» I won't take much of your time. Um my
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Pine Apartments on Boardman Road. In
regards to the um advisory committee, I

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did attend with um Robbie and Tim
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uh going over the proposals, the current
ones and proposals. Uh we had a one of

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the best discussions I've ever had with
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was very productive. Um with meeting
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we still are missing the list of those
who are actually in town that rent. So,

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we don't even know who to contact to say
what do you think, what's your input,

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what can you give us, what can we learn
from you, etc. Um, we are we got the

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feel I got the feeling and shared it
with the other landlords the other day

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that the group was very very very open
to working with us, listening to us,

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brainstorming, coming up with something
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for a lot of us. Um, we think there's a
whole whole lot to do. we have been

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doing constant hours and hours of
research uh with other towns, other

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cities um that it really just puts this
all way down the line because you got to

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have that list. You can't collect taxes
if you don't know who you're collecting

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them from. So, it's that's an analogy
there. Um the prices are still too high

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even in the proposal. Um we did not want
the individual that you selected to uh

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do the inspection. We feel like that's
putting the fox on the hen house. I'm

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making a couple of points only to get
the wheels moving here just to so we can

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kind of think about things and and be
open and honest with each other. Um

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we're wondering how many complaints have
been from people. Um we haven't had any

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and everybody else I talked to says they
haven't had any. So I'm not sure where

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all this uh manure came from. So, um,
and then there's another thing of how

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are we going to be notified of the
inspections with the date and time

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because we as landlords are in a mission
law. Um, it's a big book. Um, and we

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have to give them 24-hour notice that
we're coming in and they have to know

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why. That's the law. So, we have to be
following the law as well. Um, things of

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uh all the rentals that are uptown and
the businesses that are uptown. Do you

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rent? If you have a building and you
rent a business, is that going to be

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inspected? If you have a a business up
there and you have a rental above it, is

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that being expected? Which we darn well
better be. Um, and um wondering how

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often is it going to be yearly,
quarterly, 6 months, 2 years, etc., etc.

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A lot of the things that were brought up
in here were very good. It took a lot of

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thought and and thoroughess. Um, in in
conclusion here, I did get a the other

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list and it's so
it's just not there, folks. It's just

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not there. The people aren't there. Um,
we can't have a group of people work

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with you beautiful group people if we
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That's not fair to the public. It's not
fair to the business landlords. It's

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just not right. It needs to be fixed.
Um, and that is our not our job to run

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around town knocking on doors. Do you
have a rental? Do you have a rental?

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That's not our job. Um,
the other thing is we would very much as

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a group like to meet with um I don't
know Tim if Mr. simmer if this goes to

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the um advisory council again or I I
don't know what your um thing but we

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want to meet again as a group. We want
other people want to come.

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» I shared a lot of the um your great
ideas. Some of the ones I we totally

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disrespected or we respectfully
disagreed.

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» Um but we worked around a lot of them.
Um but I think there's a whole lot more

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that we really need to have some
meetings with you guys. um you know, you

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guys can't go in close session and do
this and then we go in uh somebody's

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living room and do it and that that
ain't working. We've already proved that

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doesn't work. So, we're not going to
keep doing the same thing and expect

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something different. So, that we would
are requesting a meeting for that. Thank

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you for your time. Have a good evening.
>> Thank you very much.

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» Can I respond?
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was here yesterday. We talked for
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» um more than willing to have continue
those conversations as long as it stays

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respectful, right? The biggest thing.
>> Very good.

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» No hard feelings, no animous, no
anything like that.

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» Um I did reach out to uh the attorney
that was here last time. I don't know if

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you saw that. I did have I respond the
correct email address. Um, so the wheels

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are in motion to make those
improvements. Um, I don't think we're

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going to be finalizing anything tonight.
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» no,
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completely fine.
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ball rolling. We don't want to get
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» Unfinished business advisory.

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I guess it's all us today.
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» So, um, at the last meeting, you got the
proposed changes that we, uh,

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after our meeting recommended. Um, and
we just wanted to open up the

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conversation very similar to the
conversation we had with M. Kendall

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yesterday about thoughts, ideas after
our conversation yesterday. There are I

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mean, it it can be changed, right?
There's different ideas to to flesh out

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and talk out. Um, I think advisory is
probably going to have to meet again.

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Robbie, would you agree?
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» To, but we want to make sure everybody
has ideas. One of the like one of the

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big ones that stood out to me yesterday
after talking with Miss Kendall was

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pricing, right? So, the way it's
structured right now is that it's a flat

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rate fee. So, you know, in some pe in
some landlord situations, there are

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apartments that are I'm going to make up
a number 500 ft² and they are paying the

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same fee for someone who has a house
that is 1,600 square f feet.

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Pricing based based on square footage is
probably something we should look at.

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And we would have never we would have
never had that if we didn't have that

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conversation yesterday. So, I I think
there's a lot more to flesh out. I think

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there's a lot more conversation to be
had about it. Um, I did email uh Sarah

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Grout, I think.
>> Just like tile grout.

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» Yeah, Grout. Sarah Grout. Yes. Uh, this
morning, this afternoon,

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» something like that. Uh, I emailed her
this afternoon. She hasn't responded

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yet. Um, just so she also had that
information. Um, I did tell her and

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watermark it as, you know, this is a
draft. The council still has to meet,

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advisory still has to meet. We want to
continue talking with landlords. Um I

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think that we can both agree like a
great negotiation is that neither side

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is going to be happy with everything,
right? We're gonna it's give and take on

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both sides. Um and it sounds like, you
know, we're in the same spot, right? We

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have the same beliefs. We both want the
same things. Um so I don't think there's

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similar similar things. Yeah.
>> Yeah. And and I think that's the the big

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thing. I was going [snorts] to I was
going to kind of end with that, but um I

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I wanted to open up to conversations
here with the full council as opposed to

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just advisory. But one of the things I
do want to make sure that is is very

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very clear is this is not intended to
generate revenue for the city. That was

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never the intention. That has never been
the intent attent in intention and that

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will never be the intention. It is not a
revenue generating mechanism. So

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» disagree
>> that and we can respectfully disagree

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and that's fine but that is that is not
the intention of of this council. I feel

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confident saying that. Um so yeah I just
open the floor to what you guys looked

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at what we presented as a recommendation
what your thoughts were anything like

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that. I think we're open to it. I think
we're taking notes.

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» We met yesterday from
>> We didn't change any of that.

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» Didn't change anything. didn't change
anything. We just generated I mean I got

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like a few pages of notes just from that
conversation. Um

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the square footage was just an example
of one of the things that came out of

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that conversation. Yeah.
>> So I think there's more work to do. I

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don't I I mean I I'm I think this is a
good starting point. I don't think it's

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the final.
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I think something fair, you know, just
to show that this is not a revenue

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generating thing is to um at least as we
go along with this, you're going to have

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have a fee that you're going to charge.
Um it'd be nice to be able to show at

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least annually or something how much
came in and where it went. It went to

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pay this inspector. went to pay Donna
and and the clerks for doing whatever

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paperwork they did so that we can just
show that this isn't we're not, you

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know, we're not getting anything above
and beyond what we're actually paying to

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do the work is all, you know, and that
would be a good to show the landlords

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that, hey, we're not, you know, trying
to make anything off [clears throat] it,

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but this is what it costs to do.

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» Like detailed accounting of the fees
collected.

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» Yeah. just [snorts] you know you did how
many you paid the inspector how much um

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that the you know city clerk put this
much time into it you know

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» I wouldn't think that would actually go
into the ordinance I think that would

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just be best practice best
>> practice how we carry out the ordinance

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» the majority of the fee structure was
going to pay Mel for his time correct

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» 100%
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» you know honestly some of that is you're
walking into a one-bedroom apartment and

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you're checking smoke alarms and this
and that you're going to be in and out

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of that apartment in about a half hour.
>> What are you charging for a half hour?

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» You know,
>> that's kind of the idea,

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» especially when you're walking through
something like the old school apartments

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and you're going from apartment to
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charging how much per unit,
>> you know, that that's the kind of stuff

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that needs to be figured out. It's going
to take him, you know, this much time

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and we don't really know until he starts
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» right?
>> Um,

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that's what I think. Like I said, like
you said, if you're doing a house, yeah,

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you're probably going to have to walk
around, look at the grading, look at the

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drainage, um, things like that. Now, if
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a large apartment building, you're he's
going to be in and out pretty quick.

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» I think that the fee should kind of
reflect that a little bit.

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» Yeah. When we created that fee structure
that you guys have in front of you, we

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did it as just a strictly number
[snorts] of units breakdown, which I

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mean after our conversation yesterday
should be adjusted. I think I totally

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agree with the whole square footage
conversation. I think that that makes a

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huge difference. And that wasn't even
something we we didn't even talk about

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that when we had our meeting to create
that fee structure.

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I mean, because pretty much when he
walks into an apartment, what's he

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looking at? You know, smoke alarms, do
the windows open and close, um, you

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know, trip hazards, handrails,
>> right? You know, um,

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» clear exits,
>> you know. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, clear

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exits, [clears throat] uh, gas,
electric, any leaks, things like that.

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It shouldn't be a big long process
inside each apartment. [cough]

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Anyone
else?

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» Because the whole goal of it was for
safety. [clears throat]

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Right. Right. That was the entire goal
of it. It was just um people who live in

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apartments, they are our citizens of the
city of Memphis. There are voters and by

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proxy they're are taxpayers. Um and you
know to look out for their safety I

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think is a good idea. [cough]
That's what everybody needs to

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understand is that this this whole
program was a was is to be implemented

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for the safety of the residents.
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That's the whole goal there is to make
sure that we if anybody is renting that

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that it's the safety.
>> Yeah. One of the things we tal another

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one of the things we talked about
yesterday is integrity. It's going to

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challenge some people's integrity
because, and I'm just making up a

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fictitious example, say like I have a
spare, you know, apartment above my

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garage that I rent to Councilman Dunar,
but I don't claim it on my taxes. Like,

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there's some integrity issues with that.
And I I think as a city, it's it's

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important to have integrity and
character that you recognize that. So, I

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think that's important.

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If nobody has anything else, I would
just I I mean I would make a motion to

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table this until uh we're able to spend
some time with addition with Miss

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Kendall and some additional landlords
and have additional conversations when

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we're ready to present a final uh update
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board.
Can I just mention one more thing?

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» No.
>> Okay. [laughter]

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» Just kidding. Bart,
>> when you have, let's say, a separate

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building on your property or or a loft
in your garage, what have you, I

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remember years ago, there was something
in our code, if you have a family

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member,
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» something in that code book regarding
family members that's living in that.

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So, we did talk about that a little bit
about like family members because like

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um
>> you know, say for example, you know,

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your child comes back from college
>> and is, you know, living in the

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apartment of the above the garage until
they can get their feet under them and

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and things like that.
>> Does that count as the same thing as

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someone who has a structured lease, who
has a binding document, um like those

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types of things? Those are conversations
to have. I would say no. family members

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I would probably say no to. But I mean I
would want everyone to be on board with

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that. I'm only one one [clears throat]
person. So

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» just something I remember from years
back

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» like a wealth of knowledge. [snorts]

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I support it
>> the table until

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» until we can continue having
conversations, continue negotiating,

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continue, you know, figuring out what
the final version will look like.

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» I mean, realistically, it's not cutting
any time off.

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» I I mean, I there's no damage being done
to any, you know, any city people, any

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landlords. We're just uh probably doing
some due diligence that we should have,

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you know, regrettably done previous to
just rolling it out.

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» Like I think we have an implementation
plan. I think we have a a structure in

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place.
>> Uh I think we I think we need more,

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right? I think we need more.
>> It's a it's a lot better. It's a better

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uh better position for us to be in. Um I
think we're closer, but you're right. we

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can we can continue to work on it and
get something that's

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you know that everybody can agree is you
know

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» a good thing for the city.
>> And I could just squeak real quick with

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regards to the um and some may already
know this to the welfare of our citizens

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here in the community. Um
we'll get into that with you later but

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uh oh happy day. Uh they uh Pat passed
away.

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» So if you did Yes, he did. The one that
was in the fire on the house on the

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corner. So God rest his soul. But there
was a citizen that was in a very very

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dilapidated house that nothing got done
with and that breaks my heart. But it is

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what it is and we'll just keep them in
our prayers.

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» Thank you.
>> All right. We have a motion.

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» Second.
>> All in favor?

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» I. Any opposed?

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» All right.
>> Okay. Channel 10.

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» Yes. So, [clears throat] we received the
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application for approval
um to continue operating. Uh

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it's a rescue, right? I thought I'd say
it's it's like a rescue, right? Is that

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the best for
not a cattle? Um, it's very well

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written. Robbie and I both read it.
Advisory's recommendation is to approve

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the request and allow her to continue
operating as a rescue. Um, as a uh I

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don't think we'd call it a variance. I
think we've just approved the

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application to continue operating as a
rescue. you I mean we can all read it

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but um [clears throat]
>> I mean that's advisor's recommendation

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and that is based on the fact that
multiple individuals were there

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inspected the property inspected where
the dogs were kept inspected the home

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talked with the homeowner talked with um
with her with the citizen about it and

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there were no issues that were found
>> I know the chief already also talked to

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neighbors and who didn't even know that
it was that they were there

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» right so I think all of that in And
>> I think all of that in total is what led

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us to without even knowing that she did
that. I think all of those things in

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total led us to believe that this is is
not a a harm or a burden on the city in

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any way, shape, or form. I think if
anything changed, we would, you know, we

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would find out about it. But advisor's
recommendation is to approve the

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application to allow uh should this just
be a motion? Should it just be a motion?

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» Just go ahead.
Just to be clear, we we do not have to

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um send letters to adjacent property
owners for this.

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» Well, she said that

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» he didn't he just
>> he talked to a couple neighbors. That's

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what he's told me.

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» I'm not an expert on the ordinance.
>> I mean, if they're all fine with it,

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» it doesn't it doesn't.
>> It doesn't say that in there

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specifically.

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» [snorts]
>> Strictly there'd have to be a

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notification to property owners if you
were talking about a variance.

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» Well, it would be a variance if we're
not changing the

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» I'm just saying if it is does involve a
variance.

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» If that happened,
>> that is a hard pass black and white rule

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in the ordinance.
>> If that was the case, then absolutely.

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I don't think there is anything
>> without a change without a change to the

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variance. I don't
>> a change to the ordinance though.

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» You're not changing zoning.
>> Yeah.

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» Um

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if you made you're making that
recommendation granted that the

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neighbors could complain. I would go
look at it. The county might come out.

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» They already did. But I'm just saying in
the future if you if you granted it, if

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there was any change to the worst, then
we go look at it.

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» Right.
>> Right now, nobody's even knew it was

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there.
>> Right. Okay.

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» Well, she still has to adhere to
>> the rules.

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» The rules.
>> It's just the only thing that changes

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the number,
>> right?

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» So, this just says that we have to
notify the residents of the north,

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south, [clears throat] east, and west of
the property.

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» We still have the ability to review and
either grant or deny that request.

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So we can approve it and then
>> and then we would have to send a notice

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that says the city of Memphis has
approved the application to continue

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» operating as motion made. I support it.
>> All right. All in favor?

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» Any opposed?
>> So moved.

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» Donna, do you want this back for record
keeping?

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[clears throat]
>> All right. New business. I know

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» Richmond Lennox EMS smart contract.
>> Mr. White,

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» good evening. Um, mayor, members of
council, we're here for kind of what is

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almost an annual ritual uh with regards
to uh your local public transportation

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as relates to funding. As you know, you
know, the city of Memphis does not get

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any line hall type buses, the big buses
from from SMR. Um, however, I our

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residents nevertheless in the Mcome
County portion of Memphis pay 1 mil to

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Smart for buses. And so, um, since 1999,
uh, we've been working with Smart Bus,

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uh, on your behalf to provide local
what's called community partnership

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transportation, which simply means we
can use buses that you probably often

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see here in the community. be there
about the size of an airport shuttle and

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transport people to and from everything
from doctor's appointments, regularly

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scheduled medical treatments to the
grocery store and even to work. Uh we

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have a number of people actually that's
become surprisingly popular um that uh

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can't drive for one reason or another.
Maybe their cars broke down. Maybe they

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have a sight issue or or a medical
problem that prohibits them from getting

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a driver's license. But nevertheless, uh
they they are out uh being, you know, a

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hardworking member of our society in
various different jobs. They just don't

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have a means to get there. And so that's
what the the service does. We operate uh

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six days a week uh here in the
community. Uh and how the funding and so

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we provide about just over 700 annual
rides here in Memphis. So pretty good

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number for the size of your your
population. We do have about a 10% rate

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of refusal. That means we don't really
refuse people. We don't want to do that,

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but we're just full. Uh and there's only
a limited amount of funding to so once

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we're out of funding, we can't provide
more rents, if you will. Um a little bit

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of good news on that front. The um
through a lot of work from some of the

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larger communities farther to our south,
uh you receive about 3% of the one mill

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that you pay back from smart. but not a
very not a very big number. Um there's a

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lot of pressure put on by the county
board of commissioners uh as well as

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others um to convince Smart if the next
millillage passes which will come up in

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November they'll be reserving they'll be
returning uh 12 and a half% of your mill

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back to the community. So with that
we're hoping we can reduce that number

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of people returning away uh when all the
communities start to receive them. Um,

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the other thing I'd like to mention real
quickly before I move on to the actual

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number, uh, is that we are hiring at the
MS. We are looking for hiring at the EMS

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in our transit division. Um, we are
looking for drivers, uh, for those small

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buses. Uh, we have both full-time
positions that uh that come with, you

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know, full pay as well as healthcare
benefits. Um,

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and then we are also looking for
part-time people. We have uh we have

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part-time folks that work for us. A lot
of retirees, other people that might not

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want to work all the time, but can build
the schedule around their need, their

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children's needs, uh or just uh like you
say, want to make a little bit money for

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their golf game now that they're in
retirement kind of thing. Uh so, so we

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have a lot of those folks working for
us. We welcome uh folks coming in to

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apply uh at the EMS. They can come right
to our building on 32 Mile Road or they

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can go right to Google and go rms.org
or and it'll take you right to our

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website where there's an application
online. So, um with that, the amount of

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00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:49,760
uh funding that SMART has provided back
to your community that you can then if

420
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:54,799
you if you so choose provide back to the
EMS for that uh community partnership

421
00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:58,720
transportation service this year. The
contract is in front of you. And

422
00:32:56,559 --> 00:33:01,919
basically, if you get through all the
all the language in there, it's the same

423
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:06,320
contract year after year. So, there's
nothing new in there. The total amount

424
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:11,279
is $3,593
for this year. And the EMS is simply

425
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:16,159
asking uh for council to approve the
mayor to execute that uh that agreement.

426
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:20,720
Send it back to us. We will forward it
to SMRT and the money passes right from

427
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:26,279
SMRT to us at that point. So it does not
pass through the city's um through the

428
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,279
city's treasury.

429
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,640
That's all I've got unless there are any
other questions.

430
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:34,559
» I have a quick question. Where's the
where's the pickup here in Memphis? We

431
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:39,360
don't really do. So this this is uh we
do it we I like call doors show, right?

432
00:33:37,039 --> 00:33:44,320
But we used to do it we used to have a a
a vehicle that started in Memphis and

433
00:33:42,559 --> 00:33:49,600
just went down to Chesterfield for
people to catch the um I think they call

434
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:55,360
the 5310 bus. The bus that leaves 23 and
Grash there uh and goes to Point South.

435
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:58,480
We just weren't getting enough ridership
on that. So we still have some people

436
00:33:56,720 --> 00:34:00,799
that take that. We just pick them up at
their door.

437
00:33:59,279 --> 00:34:04,480
» Okay. So that's still available to folks
to go down and catch that bus and go

438
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:08,639
farther south. But but like you say, we
we were we had an empty bus going a lot

439
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:11,599
and so we didn't want to we didn't want
to continue operating the empty bus, but

440
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:14,320
we have people that were turning away
for service. So this way if somebody

441
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:18,079
calls their home, they say they want to
go to that bus stop, we just pick them

442
00:34:15,839 --> 00:34:22,879
up their house and take them.
>> And I think was it last year that you

443
00:34:20,879 --> 00:34:27,679
brought it to us that they restricted
the area of uh travel for smart bus?

444
00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:31,919
only Mcome County right before I think
there was

445
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:37,679
» so uh so that's only so what we had is
we had some of our senior groups

446
00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:42,079
» that were um using the bus to go fairly
great distances taking the bus out of

447
00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:44,960
service for for for an extended period
of time

448
00:34:43,359 --> 00:34:48,879
» um and and a lot of times it was just to
go to a meal we had folks that were

449
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:54,000
wanting to get the bus in
>> ex community up here in the north and

450
00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:58,000
they'd want to go down to um Detroit for
for lunch. Well, that that's great. I

451
00:34:56,320 --> 00:35:02,480
like to go to Detroit for lunch, too.
But but at the end of the day, we were

452
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:05,359
doing those trips, you know, for eight
or 10 seniors, but that bus was gone all

453
00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,839
day,
>> right?

454
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:12,400
» And so, we had to make a decision. And
this was our decision. So, I'll take

455
00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:15,440
credit for this because I had to make a
decision with the limited funding that

456
00:35:14,079 --> 00:35:18,960
we get to say
>> I felt like it was more important that

457
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:24,400
we get as many people as we can to those
I call the medical, the grocery, the

458
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:28,480
pharmacy to work. Um, and so by simply
saying we will take you in Mcome County,

459
00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:33,760
we can take that same group of seniors
or community members, we can take them

460
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:36,960
to a restaurant here in our area, we can
drop them off, we can go pick up a

461
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:39,920
couple people and get them to a doctor's
appointment and then we can go back and

462
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:42,560
get them. But when we send a bus all the
way to Detroit, that becomes more

463
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,040
difficult to do.
>> Absolutely. I was just curious.

464
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:48,480
» So yeah, so that's how that all came
about. It really was an issue of

465
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:52,400
funding. We we may be able to look at um
tweaking some of those things if we you

466
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:55,839
know should the taxpayers decide to
continue with the smart village and

467
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:59,040
should uh you know should those
additional funds come I think I think

468
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:02,880
then we'll be able to talk about how do
we expand and improve service

469
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:06,560
» absolutely curious
>> are they still doing airport runs

470
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:09,920
» we we are I don't I don't talk as much
about that as I used to and I'll tell

471
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:14,320
you exactly why uh simply we've become a
victim of our own success the airport

472
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:18,160
runs are generally very very full they
are still available I I I'm I'm always

473
00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:21,200
cautious because every time I bring it
up, I have two people that are very

474
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:27,359
happy with me in the audience and three
people that are not. [laughter] So,

475
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:30,720
so in in honesty, um we still encourage
people to call for it, we encourage you

476
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:34,000
to call way in advance because it does
book up and that's another area that

477
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:37,599
we're really looking at. Um one of the
discussions that we've been having with

478
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:40,320
some of the communities is as opposed to
doing this airport shuttle the way we've

479
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:43,440
done it, which is kind of pick you up at
your house and take you is having a

480
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:47,280
central location for people to come and
then do it several times throughout the

481
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:51,920
day. So maybe we have the location at
our headquarters on 32 Mile Road and we

482
00:36:49,839 --> 00:36:55,520
say three times a day we're going to go
at these times to the airport and you

483
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:59,520
can come book a ride and and you can
drive your car to our to our location.

484
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:04,000
We have a big parking lot there. Uh and
and you know it's all camera I'll set my

485
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,370
cameras or what have you. You can park
your leave your car there. You can still

486
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:09,119
do everything. You might just have
[music] to get to our station and then

487
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:14,880
we could look at doing something like
that. And that's one of my hopes if we

488
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:18,960
are able to get this additional funding.
>> It's expensive to park at the airport.

489
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:22,240
» It sure is. And I really feel like, you
know,

490
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:26,800
I've been in this community a long time.
Been here, I think I'm at 35 years or

491
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:31,760
something like that. I've been here.
And I think one of the things that uh

492
00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:34,720
has has um hopefully been a key to my
longevity is I believe if I take your

493
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:39,280
money for something, then I should give
you something back for it. That's just

494
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:42,800
Jeff White's philosophy. And I feel like
with smart sometimes uh there are

495
00:37:41,119 --> 00:37:48,000
certain groups that benefited from it
but not others. And this was the airport

496
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:50,960
was a great way to give something back,
right? Because you go to the airport

497
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:54,560
once or twice a year. You pay for that
mill that you're paying to Smart. And so

498
00:37:53,040 --> 00:38:00,079
we want to continue that. We want to
expand upon it. Um and with this we're

499
00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:03,839
we're not Smart won't be asking for any
more millillage. We've just negotiated

500
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:07,880
with them to give more of it back to our
community so we can do those things.

501
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:15,040
Okay. Thank you very much.
>> Yes.

502
00:38:11,839 --> 00:38:19,076
» Um I'll make a motion to add into the
municipal credit and community credit

503
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:21,096
contract for fiscal year 2027.
[clears throat]

504
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:29,800
» All in favor? I. Any opposed?
Motion carries.

505
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,800
» Thank you all.

506
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:43,119
» All right. Planning Commission
appointment of Ken Riley uh reappoint

507
00:38:41,119 --> 00:38:50,079
Ken Riley
uh onto the planning commission to

508
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:54,880
expire July 31st, 2029.
And we need a motion.

509
00:38:53,040 --> 00:39:00,079
» A motion to reappoint Ken Riley with a
term to expire on July 31st, 2029 to the

510
00:38:57,599 --> 00:39:03,119
Memphis Planning Commission.
>> Support.

511
00:39:01,359 --> 00:39:06,079
» All in favor? I.
>> Any opposed?

512
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,240
All right.

513
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:23,599
Okay. Administrative me memo
uh

514
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:29,440
city of Memphis office
requesting council approve to allow the

515
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:34,160
city office to start at 11 a.m. the day
after all elections.

516
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:38,160
» I did have a question. Is this in
perpetuity

517
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:41,160
like for every election from from now
on?

518
00:39:41,599 --> 00:39:48,200
» You think they're working from the
morning till 8:00? I don't know.

519
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:53,520
» The polls close at 8. You're still
there. So,

520
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:56,727
» I'm not saying it was wrong. Just
>> No, I know. [laughter]

521
00:39:59,839 --> 00:40:03,760
You want to take a dog or do you want me
to take

522
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:08,400
» Oh, it don't No, I mean this last
election that wasn't really even that

523
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:13,119
big. Me and Amber didn't get back from
the county till midnight. U presidential

524
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:17,599
elections, we're usually home around 1
or two and we just can't get up at 8 and

525
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:21,119
come. It's just too hard. After working
them two weeks straight, too.

526
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:25,920
» Robbie's done it this year, so she
knows.

527
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:29,839
I wouldn't wish that on anybody because
you're working the early voting prior to

528
00:40:28,079 --> 00:40:32,640
it too and it's a very
>> weekends everything

529
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:38,560
» very stressful day. [clears throat]
>> So yeah, I would

530
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:42,760
» I'd make a motion to approve this for 11
a.m. the day after all.

531
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:50,720
» All in favor?
>> Any opposed?

532
00:40:47,599 --> 00:40:54,440
» Motion carries.
historical society.

533
00:40:57,839 --> 00:41:09,359
Hi. Um yeah, as my letter says that um
our source right now is in the basement

534
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:16,560
of the community center that's attached
to the library. It regularly floods.

535
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:23,680
Um, and there's a lot of times we aren't
o able to get over there to clean it up.

536
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:30,000
And it's been worse this past year cuz
it's been raining a lot more this this

537
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:35,359
this past year than than before. And uh
when we were getting ready for Memphis

538
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:39,520
days, we noticed a lot of stuff was uh
some of it was starting to mold. It was

539
00:41:37,359 --> 00:41:49,119
very musty smelling when you went down
there. Um, we have like dresses and

540
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:57,920
older clothes on a rack. We have old
maps. We have old like large atlases.

541
00:41:53,680 --> 00:42:03,920
Um, there's just a lot of things that
cannot take the moisture in there, the

542
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:08,640
humidity there. You you can see they're
deteriorating really bad. And so we were

543
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:13,920
wondering since you moved into this
larger building if there is any space at

544
00:42:11,839 --> 00:42:17,920
all that we can move just those items
in. The rest of the stuff will stay in

545
00:42:15,839 --> 00:42:23,280
the basement as is. They're they're
secure most of them, but some of them

546
00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:27,599
are are, you know,
really in danger of of being ruined. So

547
00:42:25,839 --> 00:42:32,599
we were just wondering if there was an
area that we could put some of the

548
00:42:29,599 --> 00:42:32,599
stuff.

549
00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:39,359
Wonder why it's flooding.
Barb.

550
00:42:37,599 --> 00:42:43,760
» Yeah.
>> When you hear the word flood, I'm not

551
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:48,400
sure how you all interpret that, but
you're probably picturing a foot or two

552
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:53,920
of water, what have you.
That's not the case. It's an old

553
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:58,160
building, stone foundation.
If anybody knows what a Michigan

554
00:42:55,359 --> 00:43:03,839
basement is, generally they're damp and
there's water comes in. It kind of goes

555
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:06,240
through the floor. not 100% of the
basement.

556
00:43:05,599 --> 00:43:09,920
» No, but
>> if things were setting up on pallets

557
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:13,440
versus right on the floor,
>> they are

558
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:17,440
» and and items
right now in the library and in that

559
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:20,480
basement.
>> They're they're piled right in front of

560
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:25,760
electrical panels, which I'm going to
tell you right now is illegal.

561
00:43:23,119 --> 00:43:32,079
And the librarian is going to have to
move stuff around. Historical society

562
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:37,119
needs to move stuff. Um
because we we're in deep violation on

563
00:43:33,839 --> 00:43:40,960
that. Speak that up. But by flooding,
no. Do you have water? Yes, you have

564
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:45,680
water. They make what you call
>> they make what you call dehumidifiers.

565
00:43:43,359 --> 00:43:50,400
» No, a mission basement. I I have a
mission basement. I cannot keep anything

566
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:56,400
down there that I that I have any value
>> any value because it's musty. It's

567
00:43:54,240 --> 00:44:00,160
everything smells. You can't use
anything that's that's down there. So,

568
00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:05,520
» yeah. A lot of basements are like that
whether they leak or not. The question

569
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:12,400
is, do we have any area that they could
h how much stuff are we talking about?

570
00:44:09,359 --> 00:44:19,040
» I'd say the the rolling rack with our
clothes on it, maybe

571
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:26,079
four or five boxes.
You know, the everything is off the

572
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:31,200
floor. Um, we if it's not on a on a
shelving unit, we have something stuffed

573
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:37,119
underneath it that's plastic.
Um, and we don't cover up the electrical

574
00:44:36,319 --> 00:44:41,359
in our room.
>> Then you've changed it.

575
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:46,640
» You We You mentioned it like last year.
You mentioned it like last year.

576
00:44:44,079 --> 00:44:50,400
I'm just saying I last I was down there.
It's all

577
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:55,680
» But um
yeah, it's it's it's not that great of

578
00:44:53,599 --> 00:45:00,319
an amount.
It's just yeah, like I said, like a

579
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:04,800
rolling rack of clothing, several other
pieces, items and clothing that's that's

580
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:10,400
like you can't hang because they're are
delicate, so they have to be kind of

581
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:14,720
laid out and maybe four or five boxes.
>> Average closet size.

582
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:18,000
» Exactly. Kind of. Yeah, it's not
>> Well, particularly the documents, I

583
00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:20,560
think you would want to get in a dry
environment. I can appreciate that.

584
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:23,280
» Right. Yeah, it's
>> there is quite room bit of room

585
00:45:21,839 --> 00:45:26,960
upstairs. I'm not going to allow who
gets to call on it,

586
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:33,040
» but there is quite a bit of open space
up there. If you're talking, you know,

587
00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:36,240
2T 3T by 6T long or something,
>> I'm sure temporarily that would be a

588
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:44,280
workable solution.
>> Temporarily is really all all we need

589
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:44,280
until we can find another solution. Um

590
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:51,760
that off limits up there by the way
>> a building inspector I'm not mistaken

591
00:45:49,839 --> 00:45:54,720
that's not supposed to be open to public
up there. Yeah, he said it's

592
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:59,599
» Well, I don't know if anybody's
accessing it by the public. It's just

593
00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:03,520
talking about storage. making
we we

594
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:06,480
construction zone and I'm just saying
that our building inspector advises does

595
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:10,880
not
>> Well, I'm I'm fine with running to buy

596
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:14,611
metal circumstanc Sorry, that's not No
big deal.

597
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:17,119
» And then how do they gain access
[clears throat]

598
00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:21,359
» at any time they want?
>> They don't, you know, they come during

599
00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:25,200
business hours. Well, hey, I'm just
saying they come anytime at the library.

600
00:46:23,599 --> 00:46:30,560
So, I feel like
>> we we are able to get to the library at

601
00:46:27,359 --> 00:46:34,400
any time now because the city gave us
keys so we could get in on a Sunday and

602
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:41,200
that's when we were doing all our work
for Memphis days. Um, but yeah, most of

603
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:46,480
this stuff is more storage. It's not
going to be on display until we, you

604
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:52,602
know, change some stuff upstairs, get
some new um, cases and things like that.

605
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:56,800
It's just strictly going to be
[clears throat] for right now in

606
00:46:54,800 --> 00:47:00,160
storage. And if we do need it, we could
definitely come during the day when you

607
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:03,760
guys are open and just grab maybe the
one or two things out of there that we

608
00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:07,839
might need.
>> I would ask Donna

609
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:12,880
I feel like you're the one that knows
the most about like what and Mel

610
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:14,720
» Yeah, Donna and Mel would be the ones to
to talk.

611
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:20,319
» Yeah, I just know what Mel said that
nobody from the public's lot upstairs.

612
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:24,800
Um I'm trying to think. I'm I would like
to see how much to be honest before I

613
00:47:22,319 --> 00:47:28,640
say like, "Yeah, we can fit it here." I
like to just go over and see how much.

614
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:30,560
» I'm not against
>> I think it's just understanding, right?

615
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:33,920
Like
>> Yeah. I just I know he said nobody

616
00:47:32,079 --> 00:47:39,680
upstairs so that kind of counts that out
if you have to go um

617
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:47,040
» I think the size of the current room is
>> what like 8 by 10

618
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:51,440
» you know I I'm bad at I'm bad at [cough]
>> the best 10 by 10

619
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:55,760
» whole room you need
>> No no I just need a small portion just

620
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:59,280
to put some of the rest of the stuff can
stay down there just let me know when

621
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:03,200
you're there and I'll come back if I can
look at it and we'll

622
00:48:01,359 --> 00:48:05,520
that
>> I don't think we need to.

623
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:10,079
» I don't think we need
>> No, because they're going to they're

624
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:15,119
going to meet then Donna can have you
know a recommendation of where you know

625
00:48:13,119 --> 00:48:21,319
you know it might fit in a corner of the
invol the old involvement room or

626
00:48:17,119 --> 00:48:21,319
something you know down there

627
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:31,680
» historical
that would literally

628
00:48:35,839 --> 00:48:39,599
Okay.
>> So, there are some options. So, let

629
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:44,880
we'll let Donna get with you.
>> Is our basement dry

630
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:50,000
» like that be the same as
>> same thing similar, right?

631
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:53,839
» We don't want people going.
>> I wouldn't want I'd rather both.

632
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:59,920
» Yes.
>> I don't want to go.

633
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:02,920
That's just
okay.

634
00:49:04,913 --> 00:49:06,933
[clears throat]

635
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:16,800
All right. Um,
I just want to uh talk a little bit

636
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:27,520
about uh the festival. We just had the
beginning of of uh of August. Um it was

637
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:33,119
I think our best festival in many years.
Um the

638
00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:38,480
return of Miss Memphis which we had a
lot of good participation with. That was

639
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:43,920
great. Uh the parade, the fireworks were
were outstanding. Um lots of events

640
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:49,599
going and lots of collaboration around
town. Everybody supporting everybody

641
00:49:46,079 --> 00:49:55,520
else. And that's it just it it was just
a very great fun weekend and we had a

642
00:49:53,520 --> 00:50:02,480
lot of people in town and that was good
to see. So I appreciate everybody who

643
00:49:58,319 --> 00:50:07,200
put on events, supported each other and
uh hopefully next year will be will be

644
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:11,839
even better.
>> Yeah, because uh you got that haunted

645
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:15,720
trail that's going to help
>> Yeah.

646
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:15,720
» some stuff.

647
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:22,240
Yeah.
Okay.

648
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:25,599
Anything
council member?

649
00:50:23,359 --> 00:50:32,240
» Uh I saw on the sign when I was walking
in that there's a CBA public hearing

650
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:34,559
» on one of the days coming up.
>> 16th.

651
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:39,599
» 16th. What's that?
>> There's a resident uh there's a resident

652
00:50:36,720 --> 00:50:45,760
applying for a variance on their uh on
their fence. it was put up. Um Mel gave

653
00:50:42,559 --> 00:50:51,760
them a stop work order um to which they
um asked for a variance as opposed to

654
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:53,040
you know they wanted to continue. Um so
uh

655
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:55,920
» just curious
>> uh yeah the

656
00:50:54,319 --> 00:51:00,079
» I didn't know if it was something
>> the fence isn't supposed to be come into

657
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:05,599
your front yard and because they're a
corner lot they technically have two

658
00:51:01,599 --> 00:51:10,079
front yards. Um, so the the uh fence is
coming into the front yard of their

659
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:11,440
Henderson Street property and uh Mel
gave him a stop

660
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:16,760
» work order.
>> Yeah, just curious.

661
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:16,760
» Okay,

662
00:51:17,359 --> 00:51:20,359
so

663
00:51:21,599 --> 00:51:28,839
» laborer.
>> Good.

664
00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:28,839
» All right. Motion to

665
00:51:36,875 --> 00:51:38,895
» [music]