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call the city council meeting to order
clerk please call the role council

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person LaMore present Felder here haer
here strave here Vining here Germany

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here mayor Clark pres and ask we all
please rise to the indication me stand

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up for the Pledge of
Allegiance as we come together this

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evening help us engage in meaningful
discussion allow us to grow closer as a

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group and and nurture the bonds of
community

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

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

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justice for

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all next item please next item on the
agenda is the um approval of the regular

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agenda and I did want to call attention
to there is no item 14 that just was a a

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typo from the programming so we probably
need to remove that from the

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agenda manager Robinson any uh comments
on the

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agenda nothing besides uh item 14 it
looks like it was added accidentally if

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we could remove that ask comments on the
agenda if not a motion with the

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recognition to the removal uh C more
your honor I I make a motion that we

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approve the agenda as written uh and
subtract item number 14

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thank you motion by Council Lor sport by
councilman still grave to approve the

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regular agenda as stated with the
amendment clerk please call the RO yes

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Felder yes haer strave yes Bing Germany
yes mayor Clark yes next item please the

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next item on the agenda is the consent
agenda and for Item B approval of

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payments to vendors in the amount of it
should read

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97207 thank you are there any items on
the consent agenda that Council wishes

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to have pulled for further
discussion any items on the consent

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agenda seeing none are there any items
on the consent agenda those present here

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this evening wish to have pulled for
further discussion items on the consent

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agenda seeing on a motion would be an
order Council M Felder yes your H I'd

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like to make a motion that all items on
the consent agenda be accepted placed on

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file recommendations carried out and
resolutions adopted motion by councilman

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Felder supported by councilman lore that
all items on the consent agender be

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accepted placed on
file recommendations carried out

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resolutions adopted clerk please call
the role council person lore yes Felder

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haer strave Vining gerain yes mayor
Clark yes next item please the next item

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on the agenda is under presentations
Communications and public hearings it's

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item 4969 soyer Homestead annual report
thank you uh manager Robinson is this a

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presentation or a communication this
evening this is simply a communication

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pursuant to their lease agreement the
Sawyer H the Sawyer Homestead is

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required to provide an annual financial
statement which they have done so for

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your review we uh attached it in this
packet for the public and as well as

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your
review thank you any questions from

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Council I appreciate that the uh Finance
report was attached to that as well it's

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my thanks to the soyer homestead group
for their uh submitting this annual

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report if there's no other comments a
motion would be in

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order well I guess there's no motion we
just accept it as is there's no motion

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sorry Clerk's looking at me okay uh cler
Council more you have a question no okay

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uh next item please the next item under
Council action 4971 resolution approving

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act 342 contract and publication of
notice thank you um manager

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Robinson to ask
the assistant uh city manager Finance

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director Ed cells uh to explain what
this Encompass this this financial

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contract thank you Mr cell good evening
everybody uh for the record Ed cell

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assistant city manager Finance director
so I basically what this is is you're

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being asked to prove a debt issue for
the Wastewater system um it's a little

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different than what we would do for
other City uh financings

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uh normally like with the fire station
or one you're probably going to be doing

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um in the next month or so where the
city does it itself you you first adopt

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a notice a a a resolution that sets a
referendum period and then you also

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adopt a bond authorizing resolution and
you do everything with the Wastewater

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system because it's um covers not only
the city but also Frenchtown Township

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and Monroe Township that's covered by a
master agreement that was entered into

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in 2001 that basically says that any
Capital Improvements that require debt

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financing are to be issued by the Monroe
County drain commissioner so what this

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resolution would do is it approves uh
number one an agreement between the city

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and the the drain commissioner to allow
those uh bonds to be issued and it also

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to allow the really the drain
commissioner to manage the project uh at

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that point as well but then it also does
set a referendum period within the city

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as well and and both of the townships
would also be adopting this agreement as

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well um it's being requested to
authorize the financing up to $13

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million um at this point that's a high
amount we hope because we're only at

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about a 60% design um phase when we uh
in the process of Designing the

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improvements to be done under this um so
we can't be real specific yet so we've

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set it high to make sure we have enough
there and we don't have to come back and

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do this over again but originally this
project was thought to be around $9.5

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million and and uh Barry and his staff
along with some Consultants applied for

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uh financing through the state uh the
Clean Water State revolving fund program

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so we're getting a really low interest
rate on it it's either two and a half or

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2.75% depending on the term that we
ultimately uh pick which would be 20 or

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30 years and that term will be
determined by how the bids look at the

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end of the project if it and how once we
get those bids how the financing fits

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into the the rate model for the
Wastewater system so basically you're

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being asked to adopt the resolution
which would approve the contract and

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also uh publ publish the notice uh to
start the referendum

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period any questions any questions for
Mr

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cell regarding this resolution in the
ACT 342

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contract there was some information in
the fact sheet about what's being do

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done with the funds and the financing
but if you have questions about that

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barries your

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man all right thank you thank you Mr C
if there's no questions

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um um motion read an
order Council mure yes you make a motion

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to approve the resolution approving act
342 contract and publication of notice

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second moot by Council Mo supp by
councilwoman Germania on item 4971

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resolution approving act 342 contract
and publication of notice clerk please

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call the RO council person LaMore yes
Felder ha strave fining gerain yes mayor

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Clark yes next item please the next item
is 4966 Woodland Beach sanitary sewer

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lining bid award man Robinson yes your
honoring Council usually these these

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type of items since it's on you approved
a grant from uh the county of Monroe

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through the Monroe County business
Alliance from their arpa funding back in

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September for $750 so you you accepted
that that grant money well this is

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actually supposed to go to the sunset
the the Woodland Beach sanitary sewer

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lining Bid And so when we did our bids
the bids came back and the the low

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bidder we're looking for it was a vis
vuur LLC out of Wisconsin at at

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87464 which was actually
34.8% below what our uh Engineers

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estimate was going to be so we're asking
you to approve uh to to to move that

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that contract for that would be for a
total of $960,000

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it to which includes a 10%

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contingency thank you any questions for
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Council questions or comments if not
it's on the agenda for Action

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councilwoman gerain I'll make a
motion move to set a contract for the

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Woodland Beach sanitary sewer lining
project be awarded to vissu sewer LLC in

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the amount of

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$874,000 that a total of 960,000 be
encumbered to include a 10% contingency

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that the mayor and clerk Treasurer be
authorized to execute the contracts on

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behalf of the city and that Director of
Finance be authorized to set up any

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necessary accounts and make any
necessary budget amendments

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second there's motion by uh councilwoman
germani supported by councilman lore and

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item
4966 the Woodland Beach sanary sewer

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lining bid
award clerk please call the role council

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person LaMore yes Felder yes haer yes
still grave Bing gerain yes mayor Clark

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yes next item please the next item is
item 4972 Downtown Development Authority

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budget amendment thank you uh manager
Robinson any uh updates yes your

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honoring councel the the DDA who you
know is is um working on the Old Monroe

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Optical building at 13 West Front Street
and as the DDA in a work session held in

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July they they were making decisions on
how far they were going to take in in

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the renovations before they put it to
Market and they the DDA board has made

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the decision that they were going to
continue with uh with making sure they

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did the facade all the windows all the
all those other changes they want and

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they're asking and they approved it
their board to move $70,000 from their

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fund balance to the building uh and
building improvements account at their

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October 16th meeting so we're asking
city council to approve the DDA budget

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uh Amendment moving that $70,000 from
their fund balance to the building

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Improvement
account thank you uh any questions from

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Council obviously we approve their
budget when they make a request for an

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amendment or a change that comes to us
councilman Felder yes uh first I want to

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say I'm not opposed to this project but
I do think that there's uh some points

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on it that that probably need to be
highlighted

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um as we all know we've been you know
any any of us who've been with the city

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for some time understand the development
that's happened over the DDA over the

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course of the last decade or so um
moving from uh on the ground projects to

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more development uh sort of activities
more Capital Improvement sort of

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activities in the downtown to try and
promote spaces for businesses to move in

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and this sort of white boxing is a is a
very Hands-On way of tradition uh

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transitioning the uh Economic
Development strategy of the DDA and it's

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uh
gathered some interest from our own

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Economic Development teams in terms of
options that the city itself might want

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to explore with some of its properties
and how they're

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offloaded um so as as I believe that
this is a a project that I think is is

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worthwhile I think it also can
potentially be a model uh or at least a

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study of the exploration of the
feasibility of these sorts of projects

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in the
future uh taking a taking a building

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white boxing it promoting it for
development and then seeing if we can

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break even on the costs or uh make some
money over a course of uh years by

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putting it back on the tax roles at a
higher value and a better use than it

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was when we uh took control of the
property I think that that in a nutshell

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sort of surrounds our the city's
Economic Development strategy that it's

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been engaging in these past couple of
years and we all know that the city owns

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a number of properties with which we're
trying to promote and develop and and

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turn over um so as we're pursuing the
process I think that we need to be

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cognizant of uh the financial
feasibility of projects like this and

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then assess them after the fact it would
be lovely to have an after action report

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from the DDA on this
project for us going forward to assess

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similar projects and if they could be
approached in the same way was this an

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effective way to do the project were we
able to get our taxes back within 10

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years you know is this a long-term
investment in the Tiff funds that the

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DDA receives for its fund fing you know
um we all want to accelerate the

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economic development that happens in our
in our community but we also want to

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make sure that that development happens
in a fiscally responsible manner

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so other questions or comments I just
want to add that one of the items that

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was within this uh discussion was uh
right from the start as we started

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thinking of this project is the funds
that were available through the for the

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tax capture for the Downtown Development
Authority was uh was well over what

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would be a reserve fund and and part of
their as I say their middle name is

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development and and this as councilman
Feller said an opportunity that the the

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board looked at but this still maintains
a uh the base funding uh as a reserve

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fund within their uh fund balance to
look at as they prepare for again what

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they uh DDA might do uh next year one
other item that was part of this project

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was the discussion on a fire line
extension of a fire line in front of the

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building uh and just have it that as an
option availability for uh the downtown

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to start looking at how buildings could
be um fire suppression uh and I think

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that that's going to be something that's
going to be come from the state in the

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future so this was a a way to step into
that to make it another item available

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for a developer or business to move in
then if they wish to choose to do that

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it we're making it available so that's
my additional comments if there's no

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further um motion would be in order oh
Council Felder yes I'd like to make a a

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move to approve the DDA budget amendment
moving $70,000 from fund balance to the

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building and building improvements
account uh resulting in an overall

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overall fiscal year 20242 budget
increase from

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$214,000 to

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$284,000 it's a motion by Council F
supported by uh councilman haer on item

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4972 the Downtown Development Authority
budget amendment clerk please call the

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RO council person LaMore yes fder yes
haer strave Bing gery yes Clark yeah

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next item please um I have no further
items okay Council comments is November

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Council Lam more thank you honor uh in L
of it being election day tomorrow I'm

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going to reserve my comments and just
say good luck to all the

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candidates Council Felder uh please vote
tomorrow if you haven't already and then

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remember that veteran Day is coming up
on the 11th and we have a parade

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downtown here on the 9th is that did I
do I get that right I think it is the

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n9th yes okay so uh it's another
important holiday coming right up as

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well that's all I have for this evening
thank you sir thank you counsilman hater

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um just uh make sure that if you haven't
voted yet you exercise your right to

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vote and uh good luck to all the
candidates also thank you councilor

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melgrave same here get out and vote and
good luck to all the

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candidates Council inviting yes um I
hope to see everyone at the poll

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tomorrow that's all I have Cil
German thank you um yes next week is

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Veterans Day on Monday so thank the
veteran for your freedoms and also get

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out the vote it's very important and
good luck to

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everybody very good so my comments are
the same if you haven't voted please do

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so uh and I know that the clerk will
have some additional Maybe comments

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about that as she makes her comments but
um next was the Veterans Day uh as

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corrected the parade is on Saturday the
the 9th from 300 p.m. and to 400 p.m. is

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the time it usually takes and it's going
to start at St Mary's Park and walk

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south to Jones Avenue so just so
everybody has the the routes of where

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they find their seats and pick they know
which way they're going uh and uh again

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Veterans Day on the 11th please uh it's
a it's a it's a I'll say a national

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holiday but it's a day of remembrance of
a a day of thanking veterans so uh

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through the weekend and through the
Monday if you see veterans please thank

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them for their service and and give them
the recognition so well deserved for all

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the men and women that serve our country
councilman I'm sorry clerk Le Bo yeah I

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have my hands full with clerk so um uh
just a reminder that the precincts open

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in the city of mono all over the state
and all over the country basically at

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7:00 a.m. in the morning we will close
at 8:00 p.m. if you're in line by 8:00

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on Election Day then you will um be
eligible to vote if you need to register

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to vote and you're hearing this please
come to uh and you live in the city come

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to City Hall uh with proof of residency
that's really critical and um we'll get

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you registered to vote and you will if
you have proof of residency um you will

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be able to vote in this election we have
uh all of our precincts open so you

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should just be able to go where where
you always do but if you have any

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question just call the clerk's office at
734 384

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9140 and we've the team in the office at
the clerk's office has done a really

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great job they've worked very hard I
don't know if you noticed but they snuck

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by as they were leaving there have been
many late nights and I appreciate all of

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their efforts and um I think we're very
well prepared and the reason I say think

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is because obviously election day is um
like any really big event you just never

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know what might come up but we've
prepared with for all the contingencies

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that we could imagine and um and we have
things in place so if even if even if

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the unimaginable happens we we should be
ready for it so I just encourage

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everyone to come out to vote I always
think it's interesting that it does

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these big elections fall so close to
Veterans Day and while the timing is

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purely coincidental and just happened um
I think it it they reinforce each other

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um so we I want to thank the veterans
and everyone who has worked really hard

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to make sure that we have the right to
vote and I want to thank everyone who

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has showed up and who will show up
tomorrow um elections only happen

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because people choose to participate so
thank you and we'll be ready for you and

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if you have any questions you can always
call me directly 734 49753 119 that's my

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cell phone um and I will do my best to
answer uh any questions that I receive

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thank you thank
you Council

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Vine the clerk uh brought something
something to my remembrance I've heard

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several people in the last few weeks say
that they wouldn't be voting because

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they were felons so I just wanted to
clarify with the clerk felons have the

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right to vote in the state of Michigan
correct so if they've served their their

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time as long as they're not currently
serving yeah incarcerated then yes they

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can okay I just wanted to clear that up
cuz we want everybody who can to come on

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down and vote thank you thank you thank
you city manager Robinson comments the

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only comment again is is Veterans Day on
that Monday and City Hall will be closed

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that
day that's

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it next is uh citizens comments any
comments from those present here this

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evening please step forward state your
name and provide us with your

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jurisdiction of residence thank you
hello everybody my name is Tony Panza I

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am the proud new owner of 11 East Front
Street my wife and I just won it during

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the auction on August 20th and we're
happy to hear that uh working with here

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to be working with the city to get that
building back up in order and let you

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know where our minds are and that is to
get that building up and running so

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thank you for your time I appreciate it
thank you very much well thank you for

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being here advising us appreciate it yes
sir other comments from those present

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here this evening why you looking at me
man I'm looking there's somebody there's

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somebody sitting behind you Mr James but
you're welcome to step up

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first Elliot James 633 Stone Street uh
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two
comments uh on my street which is

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Stone uh that leads
into

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uh
cograph um

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when the toe place was open they had a
big sign there and it it cover the

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intersection since the tow place is gone
the sign's gone and there's a very dark

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spot where you don't know when you're
turning

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into can I'm have the city look into
that sure I Mr Robinson's taking a note

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I'm sure he'll speak with Mr Lewis about
uh what appropriate signage might be

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necessary or needed but you're make sure
you you chat with him Before you depart

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today too second thing is my
uh bike path walk path through the East

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Side uh I haven't had a chance to talk
to uh the people that own the land yet

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that's
uh what is it by the river um the

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owner that owns all that property well
anyway uh been I've been running so much

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for these elections
soon as the election's over with I will

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be talking to the Port
Authority about the

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land and I'll be getting back with the
city council what I learned from that so

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that would be helping us out quite a bit
on how we going

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to do the walking path sure all right
thank you Mr James one more thing Mr

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James uh we have I I'm Lea to the Port
Commission and our meetings are at 8:00

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a.m. on the 3 Wednesday of the month so
if you impossible for me that's

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impossible okay yeah i' be in dialysis
at that time from 5:30 to

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10 I won't be able to get away we that
that's when they have their public

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meetings and you're more than welcome to
attend if you're available all right

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thank
you other comments from those present

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here this evening further comments

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motion to
adjourn motion

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toj motion by Council lore supported by
councilwoman strave to adjourn clerk

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please call rooll council person lore
yes Felder haer strave yes Vining gery

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yes mayor Clark yes