[5:37] Good afternoon everyone. I
[5:39] apologize for keeping you
[5:40] waiting. So at five after four,
[5:47] I call the people Parks and
[5:50] Public Works Committee to order
[5:52] and ask the deputy clerk to
[5:53] call the roll.
[5:55] >> Council member Monroe here.
[5:58] Council member Gruber here.
[6:00] Council member. Patterson. Vice
[6:02] president. Harris. Excuse.
[6:04] President Melendez here. Thank
[6:06] you.
[6:09] >> So there are no presentation
[6:10] scheduled for today's committee
[6:12] meeting, and I will proceed
[6:13] with the legislative agenda.
[6:16] Introductory number 333,
[6:18] authorizing appropriations
[6:20] related to the 2024 Safe
[6:23] Streets and Roads for all
[6:25] planning demonstration project.
[6:30] Are there any. Yes. Council
[6:31] member Gruber.
[6:33] >> Thanks. Last, a question
[6:35] about the specific legislation
[6:37] and more about the grant in
[6:38] general, just for. Just for
[6:43] kind of total transparency, we.
[6:46] AM I correct that we had two
[6:47] safe streets and roads for all
[6:49] grants approved by the feds?
[6:54] >> Yes. That's correct.
[6:57] >> And this $32,000 is a, I
[6:59] assume, a very, very, very
[7:01] small portion of one of those
[7:03] grants. Can you just clarify
[7:04] what is the total dollar amount
[7:06] in the two buckets? And where
[7:07] does this fall in?
[7:10] >> Sure. So this comes from the
[7:12] 2024 Safe Streets and Roads for
[7:14] all grant. It's a $23.7 million
[7:17] federal grant with a local
[7:19] match of about 5.9 million. The
[7:22] majority of that goes toward
[7:24] for corridor improvement
[7:26] projects, but a small portion
[7:29] of it, about $1 million, is for
[7:31] various planning and
[7:32] demonstration work. And that
[7:34] $32,000 comes from that.
[7:36] >> Thanks. And the the, the the
[7:38] majority of the money goes for
[7:40] corridors, which I, the DS has
[7:43] presented on. And we've gotten
[7:44] plenty of information on in the
[7:45] past. That work is in the
[7:47] design phase right now.
[7:49] >> For the majority of it,
[7:51] we're in the design procurement
[7:52] phase. So we're we're in the
[7:54] process of getting design
[7:56] consultants under agreement to
[7:57] begin the design. Yes. One of
[7:58] the projects is already under
[8:01] design with local funds, and
[8:02] the funding would go toward
[8:04] construction. So that would be
[8:06] bid later this year.
[8:08] >> Great. Thank you.
[8:12] >> Any other questions? Yes,
[8:14] Mr. President.
[8:15] >> Yes. Thank you. Chair. So
[8:17] the one that's under
[8:19] construction or going to be
[8:20] under construction or bid on is
[8:22] that North Clinton Avenue just
[8:23] for clarity, correct. All right.
[8:25] Thank you.
[8:28] >> Any other questions or
[8:29] concerns?
[8:31] >> So moved. Second.
[8:36] >> All those in favor say I. I
[8:38] the motion carries.
[8:44] Introductory number 334.
[8:47] Authorizing an agreement and
[8:49] appropriating funds for the
[8:50] removal of an area way as part
[8:52] of the Stone Street
[8:54] Reconstruction Project. Any
[8:56] questions? Yes. Council member
[8:59] Gruber.
[8:59] >> Thanks. So, Stonestreet, my understanding is there has
[9:04] been some back and forth during
[9:07] the design phase about moving
[9:08] to one way, keeping the street
[9:10] two ways. Just want to
[9:12] understand where we landed.
[9:16] >> Yep. That's correct. The
[9:18] street before construction was
[9:22] two way. It was one way back,
[9:27] maybe about eight years ago,
[9:31] but it got converted to two way
[9:32] at the time. And we are going
[9:35] back. What we landed on was one
[9:37] way northbound. I'm sorry, two way from Broad Street to
[9:44] the South Avenue garage
[9:45] entrance, which is also the
[9:47] entrance to the Metropolitan
[9:48] Building. Two driveways there.
[9:51] So coming out of those
[9:52] driveways, you can go either
[9:53] north or south and then to the
[9:55] north of that there are no
[9:57] driveways, so it's northbound
[9:59] only. So about the upper two
[10:01] upper one third would be one
[10:02] way northbound, and the lower
[10:04] two thirds of the street would
[10:06] be two way.
[10:07] >> Thanks. And that's the final determination.
[10:10] That's what's been communicated.
[10:11] That's moving forward.
[10:13] >> That's correct.
[10:14] >> Okay. Thank you. Yep.
[10:17] >> Any other questions? Seeing
[10:19] none. Can I have a motion?
[10:21] >> So moved.
[10:23] >> Second.
[10:25] >> Now we can go to the vote.
[10:27] All in favor, say aye.
[10:28] >> Aye.
[10:29] >> Those against, say nay.
[10:32] Motion passes. Introductory
[10:37] number 335. Appropriating New
[10:39] York State Department of
[10:40] Transportation funds and
[10:42] amending the 2020 627 budget.
[10:44] Any questions?
[10:46] >> Move it!
[10:48] >> Sorry. Sorry, Mike.
[10:49] >> Council member. Gruber.
[10:51] >> Apologies. Is this just
[10:52] formula based? Like how.
[10:53] Where's the 410 come from? And
[10:57] is the formula based on the
[10:59] number of potholes? Because
[11:00] that would be that'd be.
[11:02] >> Now the state budget was
[11:04] passed so late that the numbers
[11:06] that we had in the proposed and
[11:08] approved budget was less than
[11:11] what the state actually
[11:12] afforded us.
[11:14] >> The state gave us more.
[11:16] >> Than what we had in the
[11:18] proposed budget. If you
[11:19] remember, the state had not
[11:20] passed their budget.
[11:22] >> But in terms of the. So the
[11:24] 410 is to help with paving and
[11:26] fixing potholes, etc. is it. Is
[11:29] it just. Does each municipality
[11:31] get a. Is it a formula based.
[11:33] Or are we. Are we applying for
[11:35] it? How is the dollar amount
[11:37] determined?
[11:37] >> It's formula based. So it's
[11:39] a total amount of over $8
[11:42] million for all these grants.
[11:44] The Chips program, the pave,
[11:46] our potholes, the paved New
[11:48] York right. And so the the
[11:51] amount that we appropriated in
[11:52] the budget, this is just the
[11:55] excess that we did not budget
[11:56] for. Got it.
[11:57] >> Got it. Okay. Thank you.
[11:59] >> Just a point of
[12:01] clarification. Those funds are
[12:02] not pothole money. It is for
[12:05] road reconstruction. It's
[12:07] always a disclaimer that you
[12:09] can use for potholes that
[12:11] cannot be. It can be used for
[12:13] street reconstruction, chip
[12:15] seal and so forth, but not for
[12:17] potholes.
[12:17] >> Okay. Thanks.
[12:22] >> Any other questions? And we
[12:26] can let the record show that
[12:28] we've been joined by both
[12:29] Council Member Martin and
[12:30] Lubian. So I had a first. Can I
[12:35] have a second?
[12:36] >> Second?
[12:37] >> All those in favor, say I.
[12:38] >> I.
[12:40] those against say nay.
[12:44] Item passes. Introductory
[12:48] number 336. Amending ordinance
[12:54] number 2026-126. Amending
[12:58] resolution number 2020 623 and
[13:01] authorizing an agreement for
[13:02] the Mount Hope Cemetery
[13:04] Historic Fence project.
[13:07] Questions.
[13:09] >> Move it.
[13:10] >> Second.
[13:12] >> All those in favor, say aye.
[13:13] Those in favor, say nay.
[13:17] The motion carries.
[13:20] Introductory number 337.
[13:23] Authorizing and a mandatory
[13:24] agreement related to the Martin
[13:26] Luther King Jr Memorial Park
[13:28] playground renovation questions.
[13:32] >> Move it.
[13:34] >> Council president.
[13:36] >> Yes. So in the transmittal,
[13:38] it references that there was a
[13:42] delay that was caused by the
[13:44] construction firm that is
[13:46] causing this $15,000 increase
[13:48] is. That's the way I read it
[13:50] anyway. And that the
[13:53] administration intends to get
[13:54] that money back or recoup the
[13:56] cost from the construction
[13:57] contractor. Could we talk
[13:58] through that a little bit? Why
[14:00] we would front money that we
[14:03] would want to recover?
[14:14] >> So there's been some delays
[14:16] with the contractor on on this
[14:19] work. And we would. So we have
[14:24] a poor service that's
[14:25] technically overseeing the work.
[14:27] So with the delays of the
[14:29] contractor that we require that
[14:31] our service to stay a little
[14:33] longer than because of the
[14:34] delays of the work, we will be
[14:36] building the contractor who's
[14:37] supposed who's supposed to be
[14:39] doing the work for damages.
[14:43] Associated with the delays of
[14:44] the work. So that's how we
[14:45] recoup that.
[14:46] >> Got it. So it's not. So it's
[14:48] really the project management
[14:50] team that.
[14:50] >> Is.
[14:51] >> Providing the cost. Okay.
[14:52] Got it. Thank you.
[14:55] >> Council Member Gruber.
[14:56] >> And so what is the timeline
[14:59] and and like Will will MLK
[15:03] playground be usable before.
[15:07] Snowfall?
[15:09] >> That's the hope
[15:10] commissioners on it working
[15:11] with the contractors on a daily
[15:13] basis. We begin updates every
[15:14] day on the work. Fencing was
[15:16] put up recently this past week.
[15:20] They're very close to finishing
[15:22] the substantive work. Then we
[15:24] have to identify the punch list
[15:27] items. My hope is I don't want
[15:29] to give an exact timeline
[15:30] because it's been give and take
[15:32] between us and the contractor,
[15:33] but my hope is to have it done
[15:35] in the near term. But we're
[15:37] working with them.
[15:38] >> Thanks.
[15:40] >> Any additional questions?
[15:43] Seeing none. May I have a
[15:44] motion?
[15:44] >> Move it.
[15:46] >> Second.
[15:47] >> All those in favor, say aye.
[15:49] aye. Those in favor, say
[15:51] nay. The motion carries.
[15:58] Introductory number 338. A bond
[16:00] ordinance of the City of
[16:01] Rochester, New York,
[16:02] authorizing the issuance of
[16:05] $850,000 bonds of said city to
[16:07] finance a portion of the cost
[16:08] of the Rundel Memorial Library
[16:10] elevator modernization project.
[16:13] Any questions?
[16:17] >> Move it.
[16:18] >> Second.
[16:20] >> All those in favor, say aye.
[16:22] >> Aye.
[16:22] >> Those against say nay.
[16:25] Motion carries. Introductory
[16:31] number 339. Authorizing a
[16:34] mandatory agreement for the
[16:35] Rundel library elevator
[16:37] modernization project.
[16:39] Questions.
[16:40] >> Move it.
[16:41] >> Second.
[16:43] >> All those in favor, say aye.
[16:44] Those against say nay.
[16:48] Motion carries. Introductory
[16:52] number 340. Authorizing a grant
[16:54] agreement related to the Youth
[16:56] Climate Action Fund program. I
[16:59] have one question. I requested
[17:01] a list of the organizations
[17:03] that were reached out to
[17:04] specifically about the grant.
[17:06] And I noticed that Green Topia
[17:07] and Slash Green Vision is not
[17:10] on the list.
[17:15] >> I'll have to consult with
[17:18] Shalini to find out why that
[17:19] was left off of the list.
[17:22] >> Okay. And then if, if you
[17:23] could just shoot them a email
[17:26] to give them a heads up in case
[17:28] they hadn't heard.
[17:29] >> Correct? Yes.
[17:30] >> Thank you very much. Any
[17:33] other questions?
[17:36] >> Move it.
[17:38] >> Second.
[17:39] >> All those in favor, say aye.
[17:41] All those in favor, say nay.
[17:45] The motion carries.
[17:48] Introductory number 341.
[17:51] Authorizing grant agreement and
[17:53] appropriations for the
[17:54] Infrastructure Investment and
[17:56] Jobs Act led Service Line
[17:58] Replacement Project. Federal
[18:00] Fiscal Year 2025. Any questions?
[18:06] I have a motion.
[18:07] >> Move it.
[18:09] >> Second.
[18:10] >> All those in favor, say aye.
[18:11] Those against say nay. The
[18:16] motion carries. Introductory
[18:21] number 342. A bond ordinance of
[18:23] the City of Rochester, New York,
[18:25] authorizing the issuance of $14
[18:27] million bonds of said city to
[18:29] finance a portion of the costs
[18:31] of the Infrastructure
[18:32] Investment and Jobs Act led
[18:34] service line replacement
[18:36] project. Federal Fiscal year
[18:39] 2025.
[18:40] >> Move it.
[18:43] >> Second.
[18:43] >> All those in favor, say aye.
[18:45] Those against say nay.
[18:49] Motion carries. Introductory
[18:52] number 343 authorizing the
[18:54] receipt and use and amending
[18:55] the 2020 627 budget relating to
[18:58] the reimbursement of costs to
[19:00] repair property damage to the
[19:02] public market. Any questions?
[19:06] Council member Martin.
[19:08] >> Just please resend the draft
[19:11] plan, the drawings, but very
[19:14] excited to support this.
[19:18] >> Any other questions? Seeing
[19:21] none, can I have a motion?
[19:22] >> Move it.
[19:24] >> Second. Second.
[19:25] >> All those in favor say aye.
[19:27] Those against say nay.
[19:31] Motion carries. Introductory
[19:34] number 344. Authorizing a grant
[19:37] agreement for the Flower City
[19:38] AmeriCorps and New York Youth
[19:40] Mental Health Corps programs.
[19:44] Questions?
[19:46] >> Move it. Second.
[19:47] >> All those in favor say aye.
[19:50] Those opposed, say nay.
[19:53] The motion carries.
[19:56] Introductory number 345.
[19:59] Authorizing an agreement
[20:00] relating to the Victims of
[20:02] Crime Act Victim and Witness
[20:04] Assistance Grant program
[20:07] questions. Yes. Mr. president.
[20:11] >> Yes. Thank you. And I
[20:13] appreciate the questions that
[20:14] were asked by the chair in in
[20:16] the pre meeting. But could we
[20:18] get an overview specifically of
[20:23] crisis intervention services
[20:25] outcomes that have been
[20:27] produced? We often hear about
[20:28] Pic and we hear a lot about the
[20:31] action team now, but I know
[20:33] there's a lot more that's
[20:34] happening in crisis
[20:35] intervention. And I think it
[20:36] would be beneficial to the
[20:37] council to get a full scope of
[20:39] what other outcomes and other
[20:40] services we have in that unit.
[20:43] >> We can provide that to you.
[20:45] >> Thank you.
[20:47] >> Additional questions. Seeing
[20:50] none, can I have a motion?
[20:52] >> Move it. Second.
[20:54] >> All those in favor say aye.
[20:56] Opposed? Say nay. The
[20:59] motion carries. Introductory
[21:04] number 346. Authorizing grant
[21:07] agreement and appropriation for
[21:09] public market improvements.
[21:11] Questions. Can I have a motion?
[21:15] >> Move it.
[21:16] >> Second.
[21:18] >> All those in favor say aye.
[21:20] All opposed? Say nay. The
[21:24] motion carries. Introductory
[21:27] number 347. Authorizing
[21:29] agreements and appropriation
[21:31] for the 2025 Bureau of Justice
[21:34] Assistance. FY 25 Justice
[21:37] Assistance Grant program.
[21:39] Questions.
[21:42] >> Move it.
[21:44] >> Can I have a second?
[21:46] >> Second.
[21:47] >> All those in favor, say aye.
[21:48] Those opposed, say nay.
[21:52] The motion carries.
[21:56] Introductory number 348
[21:59] authorizing an agreement with
[22:00] Jason Corben. Any questions?
[22:05] >> Is this 348 or 347?
[22:10] >> Yeah.
[22:11] >> 348 sorry. Okay. Thank you.
[22:19] I'll move it.
[22:20] >> Second.
[22:21] >> All those in favor, say aye.
[22:23] >> Aye.
[22:24] >> Those against say nay. The
[22:27] motion carries. With no further
[22:30] business, the people, Parks and
[22:32] Public Works Committee stands
[22:34] adjourned.
[22:56] » Get them in while you can. I
[23:03] will leave you alone. I'm just
[23:04] like. Turn my mic off.
[30:17] » At this time, I'd like to
[30:18] call the public Safety
[30:19] Committee to order and ask the
[30:21] deputy clerk to call the roll.
[30:22] >> Vice President Harris
[30:24] excused. Council member Gruber,
[30:27] Council member Leslie Smith
[30:28] here. Council member Lupien
[30:30] here. Council member.
[30:33] >> Martin here.
[30:34] >> Council member. Monroe.
[30:36] Council member. Paterson.
[30:38] Council. Member. Smith.
[30:40] President. Melendez here. Thank
[30:42] you.
[30:50] >> All right. So I'll just
[30:54] point council members to the
[30:55] monthly public safety updates.
[30:58] Thanks to the administration
[30:59] for providing those. I'm going
[31:02] to move us into the public
[31:05] Safety committee business. And
[31:08] we'll start with introductory
[31:09] number 349 budget amendment for
[31:12] the 2020 627 budget of the
[31:15] Police Department and
[31:16] distributed. This is amending
[31:19] the 2020 627 budget to carry
[31:22] over unspent grant funds for
[31:24] the Police Department. Any
[31:25] questions, comments or concerns?
[31:29] Council Member Martin.
[31:32] >> Is there a specific reason
[31:33] why they weren't used in the
[31:36] initial period? I guess there
[31:38] was supposed to be spent.
[31:44] >> I don't know of anything
[31:46] specifically, but I can ask and
[31:49] get it back to you in writing.
[31:52] >> Entertain a motion. It's
[31:53] been moved and seconded. All in
[31:55] favor, please say aye. Aye. Any
[31:58] opposed? Motion carries.
[32:03] Introductory number 350.
[32:04] Authorizing an inadmissible
[32:06] agreement with the County of
[32:07] Monroe for explosive storage.
[32:09] Questions. Comments. Concerns.
[32:12] Entertain a motion. Been moved
[32:15] and seconded. All in favor,
[32:17] please say aye. Aye aye. Any
[32:19] opposed? Motion carries.
[32:24] Introductory number 351
[32:27] resolution reappointing.
[32:28] Members of the Police
[32:29] Accountability Board. Questions.
[32:31] Comments. Concerns. I go to
[32:33] Council Member Martin.
[32:36] >> Do I ask about the report in
[32:38] this section or narrowly about the item in front.
[32:42] >> Of us. Oh sure. So you
[32:43] you're interested in the report.
[32:45] Okay. Got you.
[32:45] >> Well no questions.
[32:46] >> On this. Any additional
[32:48] questions on 351 seeing none,
[32:50] I'll entertain a motion. It's
[32:52] been moved and seconded. All in
[32:53] favor, please say aye. Aye. Any
[32:56] opposed? Motion carries. And
[32:59] now we'll bounce back to the
[33:01] public safety updates. Council
[33:02] member Martin.
[33:06] >> Good afternoon. Director. So
[33:11] thank you for being here. And
[33:13] thank you for pretty thorough
[33:16] report. I just have two
[33:18] questions. The first one is
[33:21] about the complaint intake. You
[33:24] mentioned there were ten in
[33:25] August and six of them came
[33:28] through the channels. What
[33:32] channels were the other four
[33:33] received through?
[33:36] >> Good evening. Thank you for
[33:37] that question. So we get
[33:41] complaints online so people can
[33:43] submit that. So we regularly
[33:45] are looking at the online
[33:47] portal portal to make sure that
[33:49] it's accessible, right. That
[33:51] it's easy. And then also
[33:54] individuals call in on the
[33:57] hotline.
[33:59] >> Gotcha. Okay. Thank you. And
[34:01] second question. So data access
[34:03] has been one of the biggest
[34:05] struggles in every iteration of
[34:07] the PEB. It appears it is still
[34:10] a struggle. And I do appreciate
[34:11] that there is a collaborative
[34:13] working relationship between
[34:14] all the entities at the table.
[34:18] But in the based on the report,
[34:19] I'm not sure like what the
[34:22] specifics are. So can you say
[34:25] more or provide a little more
[34:27] detail around specific data you
[34:28] may be looking for and barriers
[34:30] you may be experiencing?
[34:32] >> Absolutely. Just a few weeks
[34:33] ago, and actually, President
[34:35] Melendez was in the meeting, I
[34:37] know that Patrick Booth is here.
[34:39] He was in the meeting. The
[34:40] chief was in the meeting as
[34:42] well as two staff members. And
[34:44] it really comes down to Council
[34:46] member Martin. We want to look
[34:48] at trends and patterns. Right.
[34:50] And so we needed to come to
[34:54] agreement relative to what that
[34:56] meant. And so where we landed,
[34:59] after a 30 minute conversation,
[35:01] we are going down to the public
[35:03] safety building. We're going to
[35:04] meet with the chief Captain
[35:06] Swetman, and I believe some of
[35:07] his other staff. And we want to
[35:11] map out what those parameters
[35:13] are. And we've been working
[35:15] back at the Police
[35:16] Accountability Board to really
[35:18] make it clear, to articulate
[35:20] what it is that we are seeking
[35:22] so that we can grant that
[35:24] access. We felt that the
[35:25] meeting was very productive and
[35:27] that we just needed, again, to
[35:30] make clear what exactly it is
[35:32] that we were looking for.
[35:34] Patrick was agreeable to that.
[35:36] So I feel very hopeful and very
[35:39] positive for positive movement.
[35:41] >> Amazing. Thank you so much.
[35:42] And Patrick, as these issues go
[35:45] on, if there are any reasons
[35:46] why you decide to bar access
[35:49] based on a request, can you
[35:50] just please provide it to all
[35:52] of council in writing? Thank
[35:53] you and thank you so much for
[35:55] all your work.
[35:56] >> Thank you.
[35:59] >> Any additional questions
[36:01] related to any of the reports
[36:02] before we conclude? All right.
[36:06] With no further business, the
[36:07] Public Safety Committee stands
[36:09] adjourned, and we have the
[36:11] Committee of the whole at 445.
[37:42] » They can find.
[37:48] >> Yeah. No no no no.
[45:13] » At this time I'd like to
[45:15] call the Committee of the whole
[45:16] to order and ask the deputy
[45:18] clerk to call the Roll.
[45:19] >> Council member, Gruber,
[45:21] Council member Leslie Smith
[45:23] here. Council member Lupien
[45:25] here. Council member.
[45:27] >> Martin here.
[45:28] >> Council member.
[45:29] >> Monroe here.
[45:30] >> Council member. Paterson
[45:32] here. Council member. Smith.
[45:35] Vice president. Harris. Excused.
[45:37] President Melendez here. Thank
[45:39] you.
[45:41] >> All right. So before the
[45:43] council and the committee of
[45:45] the whole are a couple items.
[45:47] We have introductory number 352
[45:50] adoption of a new zoning code
[45:51] and zoning map. We will be
[45:54] holding this item, but I will
[45:57] explain what we're doing here
[45:58] in a moment. And then we also
[46:00] have introductory number 353,
[46:04] establishing a temporary
[46:06] moratorium on applications to
[46:07] amend the zoning code and
[46:08] zoning map. So what we'll be
[46:12] doing on introductory number
[46:13] 352, we will be having a
[46:18] extensive public engagement
[46:19] process regarding the proposed
[46:21] zoning code and zoning map.
[46:24] Instead, this item will be
[46:26] referred to the budget, Finance
[46:27] and Governance Committee. As
[46:28] chair, Gruber will lead public
[46:30] hearings on the proposed zoning
[46:32] code and map with the
[46:34] administration, and that will
[46:35] be held next month in council
[46:37] chambers. The dates for that,
[46:39] we're looking at October 21st
[46:41] and 22nd here at City Hall,
[46:44] beginning at 5 p.m. and then
[46:47] the item will also be referred
[46:49] to the Neighborhood Jobs and
[46:50] Housing Committee as Chair
[46:51] Patterson, in conjunction with
[46:52] each district Council member,
[46:55] will conduct community forums,
[46:57] host community forums in each
[46:58] quad of the city on the
[47:01] proposed code and map. There
[47:04] will be at least four meetings
[47:07] in these in each quad of the
[47:08] city, and those would start at
[47:10] the end of this month and into
[47:12] October. The dates for those
[47:14] will be confirmed and publicly
[47:16] released as early as tomorrow,
[47:18] and we plan to have a. In
[47:21] addition to the four meetings
[47:22] we're talking about with
[47:23] district Council members
[47:25] leading them, we're expecting
[47:26] that council members on their
[47:28] own will also be joining
[47:29] community meetings or hosting
[47:31] additional forums outside of
[47:32] that process. It is our
[47:37] expectation in terms of
[47:38] timeline, that we also will
[47:40] have a work session with one of
[47:42] the consultants that worked on
[47:43] this project before coming.
[47:45] We're looking at October 8th,
[47:47] but we will confirm that
[47:48] publicly as well. And then it
[47:51] is not anticipated that we will
[47:53] have a public hearing on the
[47:55] matter until November. So the
[47:57] public hearing for the zoning
[47:59] outside of the district forms
[48:00] that we talked about, the
[48:01] public hearing will be held on
[48:03] Thursday, November 12th at 6
[48:05] p.m. The council will not vote
[48:07] on the zoning code until at
[48:09] least November, but possibly
[48:11] December, pending the public
[48:13] input and decisions that
[48:14] council has to make. I will
[48:17] open it up just to see if
[48:18] there's any quick questions
[48:19] about process, and then we will
[48:21] adjourn. Any questions?
[48:22] >> Yeah, I think it was my
[48:25] understanding when we had
[48:26] initially discussed a plan that
[48:28] a someone who hadn't worked on
[48:29] the zoning code, an independent
[48:32] person would be available to us
[48:34] to discuss the code. So I'm I
[48:37] didn't hear that in the list of
[48:39] things you you mentioned. So I
[48:40] just wanted to follow up on
[48:42] that piece.
[48:42] >> Sure. So the, the consultant
[48:47] that we're talking about worked
[48:49] on this, the very front end of
[48:51] Zap in the previous
[48:53] administration. I don't think,
[48:55] to my understanding, has been
[48:57] involved. And we can get
[48:58] confirmation from the
[49:00] administration since the
[49:02] beginning, but they would be an
[49:04] outside consultant that would I
[49:05] don't think they've worked on
[49:06] our zoning code. And we can ask
[49:09] maybe the council staff also to
[49:11] confirm this in any substantive
[49:13] matter. And in a couple of
[49:15] years.
[49:16] >> I'll I'll stay back. But, I, yeah, I, I think a, a, a
[49:19] larger conversation should be
[49:21] had. This is my first time
[49:22] hearing that cameras would be
[49:24] the, the group. And initially
[49:25] we had, you know, discussions
[49:26] that had input. So this I guess
[49:30] deviates from, from my
[49:32] expectation and some
[49:33] expectations we had around who
[49:35] would be doing this and what
[49:36] decision making around it would
[49:37] look like. But I'm happy to
[49:39] hang back and discuss further.
[49:41] >> Thank you. Thank you. Any
[49:42] additional questions on the
[49:43] process? Council Member Gruber.
[49:48] >> Yeah, not a question, just a
[49:50] comment. I think it would be
[49:51] good. I think typically during
[49:53] budget season, council staff
[49:56] puts out a a graphic that is
[49:58] shareable so that people know
[50:00] where and when to engage. When
[50:02] do we plan to have the four
[50:05] district based sessions
[50:07] scheduled?
[50:08] >> So at this point, I believe
[50:10] staff are working on locations
[50:11] and have been working with
[50:12] district council members to
[50:14] solidify that. I know that we
[50:15] have two confirmed dates and
[50:17] locations, and we're working on
[50:18] the other two. So it is our
[50:19] hope that by tomorrow we'll
[50:21] have that ready and then we'll
[50:22] be able to put out a graphic to
[50:25] the public through our social
[50:27] media and other channels,
[50:30] hopefully by early next week.
[50:32] >> Great. I know there's
[50:33] continues to be. There's going
[50:35] to always be some communication
[50:37] from community members that
[50:38] there's not enough public
[50:39] engagement, there's not enough
[50:40] public hearings, as you just
[50:42] laid out. There's going to be
[50:43] at least five more. Six more,
[50:46] maybe not just for us, but for
[50:49] community members to come
[50:50] participate. So I think we just
[50:51] need to continue to, to beat
[50:52] that drum over and over again
[50:54] and encourage people to come
[50:55] out to those sessions.
[50:56] >> Yes. And I would also
[50:58] encourage anyone in the next
[50:59] couple of months to also join
[51:00] us for speak to council and
[51:02] sign up to speak on zoning.
[51:03] It'll be on the A list because
[51:05] it is an item that's before us.
[51:07] So anyone who would like to
[51:08] speak on zoning and speak to
[51:10] council will be prioritized.
[51:13] Any additional questions? Okay,
[51:17] so one final note for the
[51:19] council. We will also have a
[51:20] staff report that will be
[51:22] produced. And the hope is to
[51:23] have that to council by Friday,
[51:25] October 9th. As a companion
[51:27] piece before we get into public
[51:30] hearings with the
[51:31] administration and with no
[51:33] further business, the Committee
[51:35] of the whole stands adjourned.