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>> SPEAKER: CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JUNE 21, 2022.
ROLL CALL, LINDSAY. (ROLL CALL)
>> SPEAKER: WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> SPEAKER: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
(SILENCE) >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.
PLEASE BE SEATED. EARLIER DURING THE COMMITTEE OF
[4. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS]
THE HOVEY CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL VOTED TO APPOINT JENNIFER STEPHENS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF BRETT SMITH AND FINISH OUT BRETT'S TERM SERVING WARD 4 RESIDENTS OF AUBURN AND WE WILL TRY TO GET HER SWORN IN AND READY TO GO AS SOON AS OUR SCHEDULES ALLOW AND WE EXPECT MS. STEVENS TO BE WITH US ON JULY 5 AT OUR NEXT MEETING. UNDER MAYORS ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT I WANT TO JUST THANK EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PARTICIPATED AND HELPED TO SUPPORT AND ATTENDED THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION CELEBRATION AT MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK THIS LAST SATURDAY. LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE AND IT WAS A GOOD TIME, PRETTY STEAMY BUT THERE WAS A LOT THAT WENT INTO THAT, A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, A LOT OF SPONSORS.I'M SURE MS. TAYLOR WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
WE CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK CONNIE AND HER LEADERSHIP AND ENTHUSIASM TO PUT THAT ON. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WENT TO THE SUMMER MEETING OF THE BIG TEN MAYORS IN HOOVER AND HAD A FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO THE NATIONAL NATIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS INSTITUTE WHICH IS LOCATED IN HOOVER AND PROUD TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SENT OUR OWN OFFICERS UP THERE.
AN INTERESTING FACILITY THERE IT IS PREPARING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS, INCLUDING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITH COMPUTERS AND FORENSICALLY LOOKING INTO COMPUTERS.
ANKLE THAT WE ARE INVOLVED. A VERY INTERESTING TOUR TRICK I WANT TO COME REMIND OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL BE HOSTING THE BIG TEN MAYORS IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 23 AND 24TH AND WE ARE PROUD TO BRING THEM TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I CERTAINLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF WHO HAVE PREPARED THE BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. LAST WEEK WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT BUDGET HEARINGS. WAS HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF WORK THAT WAS PUT IN PREPARING THE BUDGET FOR US TO EVALUATE AND LOOK THROUGH PIC I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE STAFF COMING AND MAKING THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY DID FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
AND A LITTLE WHILE THE BUDGET WILL BE ON OUR AGENDA AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, MY PLAN IS TO DENY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN MY COMMUNITY THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS BUDGET.
IT JUST ALLOWS DOCUMENT THAT IS VERY THICK THAT IS FULL OF A LOT OF INFORMATION MORE TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
AND SO WE WILL BRING THIS BACK UP IF WE DENY UNANIMOUS CONSENT TONIGHT IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK UP FOR A VOTE ON JULY 5.
I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE, A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN BUILDING THIS. JULY 4 WILL OCCUR BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING AND I CERTAINLY HOPE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND THAT IS A TIME OF A LOT OF TRAVEL AND I HOPE EVERYBODY SAFE AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING FIREWORKS AGAIN IN GOOD SAM FOR ON JULY 4. I WILL THINK AGAIN OF MY FRIEND CISCO KING WHO CAME AND DELIVERED THAT CHECK TO US ABOUT THIS TIME EVERY YEAR FOR A GENERATION OR TWO SUPPORTING JULY THE 4TH FIREWORKS. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT HOLIDAY. ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL? I KNOW MS. KATE TAYLOR HAS SOMETHING SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
>> SPEAKER: I DO. SATURDAY JUNE 18 WAS A GREAT EVENT. I AM SO PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY CAME OUT AND PROVIDED -- SUPPORT OF THE EVENTS. I WANT TO GIVE SOME SPECIAL THINGS OUT TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS KELLEY AND BOB FOR ATTENDING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE MADE TOWARD JUNETEENTH THE UNSUNG HEROES EVENT. MAYOR ANDERS, I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU FOR WORKING BY THE SCENES.
I DID NOT KNOW. CITY MANAGER MEGAN, AND COUNCILWOMAN WITTEN. ONE I WANT TO STRESS TO MS. WITTEN TONIGHT IS THAT I AM SO THANKFUL BECAUSE YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE AND NOT HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO I WANTED TO SAY MAKE SURE THANK JAY JONES FOR ALLOWING THOSE EXTRA VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR THE WHOLE EVENT.
THAT IS THAT EXIT SIGN RIGHT THERE.
IT WAS HOT TO. KELLEY TOLD ME I TAKE CARE
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BEFORE I LEFT. AND FOR THE WATER AND ALL OF THE GATORADE AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. AND AL DAVIS AND YOUR STAFF, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALSO JUST BEING THERE AND PROVIDING US WITH TABLES AND STUFF. THE AUBURN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEY ALWAYS STEP IN AND DO THEIR PART AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. AND I APPRECIATE -- THIS IS NOT A LONG LONG LIST, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY SOME THANK YOUS PEER IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THESE PEOPLE, HE JUST WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED THE WAY IT DID. THE TOURISM, I KNOW IT WAS CAT BOBO AND ROBIN BRIDGES THAT REACHED OUT TO ME AND PROVIDED 500 JUNETEENTH T-SHIRTS TO BE GIVEN AWAY.WHEN I TELL YOU PEOPLE WERE FIGHTING OVER THOSE T-SHIRTS.
AND OTHER PEOPLE STILL CALLING ME AND ASKING IF I HAVE T-SHIRTS. I WANT TO THANK THE AUBURN BENEFICIARIES PROVIDED TONS OF CATFISH.
THAT IS WHERE SOME OF THAT FISH WAS FRIED FROM AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY CATFISH. THE AUBURN HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEY STEPPED UP TO THE PLACE. SHARON COBOURG, HER STAFF, AJAY HARRIS ALL OF THAN THEY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND PROVIDED TENSE, THEY PROVIDED CHAIRS, THEY PROVIDED YOU NAME IT THEY PROVIDED IT. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, TARGET IN OPELIKA, ALL OF THAT WATER THAT WE HAD OUT THERE, TARGET PROVIDED ALL OF THAT WATER.
1000 BOTTLES OF WATER THAT I HAD TO LOAD UP ON MY TRUCK.
STEPPED UP TO THE PLATES -- I'M ALMOST FINISHED.
AND I JUST, THIS WAS A UNIQUE JUNETEENTH BECAUSE WE DID HONOR SOME UNSUNG HEROES FROM OUR AREA INCLUDING SOME OFFICERS FROM THE AUBURN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CONSIDERS UNSUNG HEROES.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A THANKS TO THE LOCAL CHURCHES AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS AND I HOPE MY SON IS LISTENING. MY SON HE ACTUALLY SMOKED 36 SLABS OF RIBS ALL BY HIMSELF. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH AND I WILL SEE THE SAME PEOPLE
NEXT YEAR. >> SPEAKER: WAS GOING TO ADD IS A TARGET IS INVESTED IN AUBURN FOR JUST A REMINDER.
>> SPEAKER: INVESTED IN AUBURN BUT IT WAS THE OPELIKA.
(LAUGHTER) UNTIL THEY GET HERE.
I WILL CALL ON THEM NEXT YEAR. >> SPEAKER: ANYONE ELSE ON THE
COUNCIL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? >> SPEAKER: I DO.
I HAD A BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT AT CAMDEN RIDGE AND I HAVE ANOTHER WARD MEETING THIS COMING MONDAY THE 27TH AT 6:30 AT THE PRESERVE. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE MY WAY AROUND TO NEW PARTS OF WARD THREE AND THAT EVENTUALLY BACK AROUND TO THE OJI SIDE OF WARD THREE.
JUST LOOK FOR MORE ANNOUNCEMENT TO COME FOR THE REST OF THE
SUMMER. >> SPEAKER: ANYONE ELSE?
>> SPEAKER: MR. MAYOR, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN TAYLOR FOR SPEARHEADING A REALLY GREAT DAY.
IT WAS JUST A PLEASURE TO BE THERE PICK THE WEATHER WAS KIND, WE WERE UNDER THAT SHADING -- SHADY TREE.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF ONE OF THE FEATURED SPEAKERS WAS DR. VICARS STAFF. AND HOW POWERFUL HE SPOKE AND HOW HE SPOKE SO TRUTHFULLY. HE SAID AT ONE POINT, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CHALLENGE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I CERTAINLY FELT THAT WAY.
IT WAS VERY POWERFUL. I ALSO ON A RELATED ISSUE, THE FACT THAT THE GROUP THAT SITS AT TOOMER'S CORNER DAILY CELEBRATED THEIR SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF PEACEFUL PROTEST ON THAT CORNER.
THEY SIT THERE DAILY AND THEY ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC ON CONVERSATIONS OF A SOCIAL, PROGRESSIVE NATURE, AND THEY ARE VERY FRANK AND VERY OPEN TO CONVERSATION WORK I FIND THEM TO BE VERY BRAVE. THEY FACE NOT ONLY THE ELEMENTS OF HAIL AND SUN AND WIND AND RAIN, BUT THEY ALSO FACE SOMETIMES A HOSTILE CROWD. I'M SURE THEY KNOW AND I'M SURE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE SEEN BY US AND THEY ARE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL ON THE TWO YEARS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT ELSE YOU WILL DO
WITH YOUR TIME. >> SPEAKER: MR. PARSONS?
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>> SPEAKER: I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING THAT I LEFT OUT.
JUST BEFORE THE EVENT ON SATURDAY, ABOUT 7:30 I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE BY 7:30 I HAD AN ACCIDENT I FELL FELT THROUGH MY PORCH, GOT TRAPPED AND I ENDED UP CALLING THE 911, MY GRANDBABY DID. I WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE PORCH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE SERVICES, EMS SERVICES AND ALL FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE. I THINK THEY WERE THERE IN PROBABLY LESS THAN SEVEN MINUTES , IF NOT LESS.
THE THING ABOUT IT IS, THEY WERE THERE BUT WHEN I CALLED MY SON AND THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY, MY SON COULD HAVE BEATEN THE AMBULANCE THERE BUT I DO APPRECIATE -- AND THAT IS NOT A BAD THING. THAT'S A GOOD THING.
BELIEVE ME. I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO CRITICIZE THE SERVICES BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD RESPONSE TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SERVICE SITS IN THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT IF ANYBODY COULD PASS THE NEWS ON, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, THEY WERE THERE, THEY WERE THERE IN A TIMELY FASHION AND THEY COMING OUT AND I WAS OUT THERE BEFORE .
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, MS. TAYLOR PICK GLAD YOU ARE
>> SPEAKER: ANYONE ELSE? >> SPEAKER: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE CHAMBERS SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR A DEPUTY IN THE LINE OF DUTY DEATH.
THEY ARE ALL GRIEVING TONIGHT ACROSS THIS PART OF THE STATES.
I PRAY FOR THEM TONIGHT AND FOR THE DEPUTIES FAMILY.
[5. AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS]
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, CHIEF. ANYONE ELSE? WE WILL MOVE AHEAD. AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
>> SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON TRICK I WOULD TO INTRODUCE MYSELF I'M ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF STUDENT RELATIONS FOR AUBURN UNIVERSITY STUDENT GOVERNMENT ARE TYPICALLY OLIVIA IS HERE BUT I'M FILLING IN FOR HER. TO START AUBURN UNIVERSITY BASEBALL HAD THEIR FIRST COLLEGE WORLD SERIES WIN SINCE 1997 AT ARST YESTERDAY AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PLAYING ARKANSAS.
WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED FOR THE TO THE PROGRAM AND EXCITED TO SEE THIS KIND OF LEADERSHIP UNDER BUTCH THOMPSON.
NEXT, AUBURN UNIVERSITY'S FISHING TEAM FINISHED SECOND IN THE NATION WHICH IS AN ALL-TIME HIGH FOR THE PROGRAM.
NEXT THE TONY CULINARY SCIENCE CENTER WILL ALSO BE HOME TO THE HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT MAJOR AT SCHOOL.
THIS IS VERY, VERY EXCITING FOR OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT MAJORS. THE AUBURN UNIVERSITY SAMUEL GIDDEN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING WILL NOW HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT MORE RESOURCES AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIVE-YEAR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH THE UNIVERSITY OUT OF MAXIMUM AIR BASE FROM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. AND NEXT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A STORY BUT RACHEL RULE AND AUBURN UNIVERSITY STUDENT STUDYING SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING SCIENCES ACTUALLY APPLIED WHAT SHE LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM DURING A TRIP TO THE MAYO CLINIC TRICK AFTER A LECTURE ABOUT HEARING AIDS AND EAR TOOMER'S, SHE NOTICED THE SYMPTOMS DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE SYMPTOMS THAT HER FATHER WAS HAVING.
AFTER OUR SESSION WITH HER FATHER AND MEETING WITH HER FATHER SHE ACTUALLY TOOK HIM STRAIGHT TO THE MAYO CLINIC AND IT TURNS OUT HER FATHER THAT WAS HER DIAGNOSIS WAS CORRECT OR I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AS CREDIT TO OUR AUBURN PROFESSORS AND WORLD-CLASS CURRICULUM. WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT IS ALL THE UPDATES I HAVE FOR TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> SPEAKER: APPRECIATE USE DURING THAT STORY TRICK THAT WAS CHRONICLED ON CBS NEWS RECENTLY. THAT IS AWESOME WE ARE PROUD OF OUR BASEBALL TEAM AND HOPE THAT THEY ARE BEATING THE PIG TONIGHT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CENTER OPENING UP VERY SOON AND
[6. CITIZENS’ COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS]
ALL OF THAT WILL MEAN BE DOCUMENTED.NOW IT IS TIME FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS.
ONTO NICE ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA PURPOSES ONLY ON ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS.
TO BE HAVE ANYTHING THAT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED TO IT?
>> SPEAKER: UNDER RESOLUTIONS. >> SPEAKER: IF THERE IS AN ITEM THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED WE ATE ASK THAT YOU WAIT UNTIL THEN PICK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT ANYTHING ON OUR AGENDA NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO COME FORWARD. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES AND HE DIDN'T SHARE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORDS.
>> SPEAKER: HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LEE BILLIE WILBURN 112 NORTH TO PARLIAMENT STREET APARTMENT FIVE.
I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET WILL NOT BE PASSED TONIGHT BUT I DID WANT TO COME APPEAR AND SPEAK ABOUT THE MONEY THAT IS UNALLOCATED
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FROM COVID RELIEF FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO USE TOWARDS ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN THE AREA. I HAVE PUT OUT THE CALL TO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS WORK SOME OF THEM HAVE JOINED HERE TONIGHT. I WANTED TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.IT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS LARGELY UNSEEN, AND SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THIS ARENA CAN SPEAK MORE TO THIS. I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN IT MYSELF, THOUGH I HAVE KNOWN PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRUGGLED WITH HOUSING BEING ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS, HOMELESS.
I AM A FEW DIRE TURNS AND I CAN BE DEALING WITH THAT MYSELF.
AS WE LOOK AT THIS ISSUE, I AM CALLING FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE ON STAFF AND ON THE COUNCIL TO BRING FORTH COMPASSION FOR OUR FELLOW HUMANS AND SPECIFICALLY I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO FORM A SHORT-TERM TASK FORCE BRINGING IN EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO COME TO A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW TO ALLOCATE THIS MONEY BY NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I THINK THAT A CHANCE TO HAVE POLICY DECISION-MAKERS AT THE TABLE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE UN-HOUSED AND THE AT RISK IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD GIVE US A VERY STABLE FOUNDATION FOR MAKING THE BEST USE OF THIS FUNDING SO THAT WE NOT ONLY DEAL WITH THE SHORT-TERM ISSUE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UN-HOUSED NOW, BUT ALSO PROVIDE A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET BACK INTO LONG TERM PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THAT IS MY REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHO WOULD BE NEXT? TO ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA? WE WILL MOVE AHEAD TO CITY MANAGER CAN MEDICATION -- SORRY.
I APOLOGIZE. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.
I'M DR. CAROL ZUG'S AUGUST 6, '51, WOODY DRIVE HERE IN AUBURN.
I AM A SOCIAL WORK PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY AND I HAVE LIVED HERE IN AUBURN FOR 20 YEARS. FOR THE 20 YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON HOMELESSNESS.
I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES ABOUT THE PROBLEM AS A FOLLOW-UP ON MY COLLEAGUE HERE REQUESTING THAT SOME OF THE FUNDING BE ALLOCATED FOR THAT. HERE ON BEHALF OF JANE CAUSEY WHO YOU PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR WITH, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF ONE VOICE SHELTER COALITION THAT WORKS WITH THE HOMELESS IN LEE COUNTY PRIMARILY WOMEN. THE SHELTER OPENED IN 2018 BECAUSE OF JUST A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE HOMELESS IN LEE COUNTY.
I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE WOMEN AT THE SHELTER WHO ARE HOMELESS -- SIX. WE GOT ANOTHER LAST NIGHT.
SIX WOMEN, THREE CHILDREN. SINCE OPENING IN 2018, WE HAVE SERVED I THINK OVER 80 WOMEN AT THE SHELTER.
ALL OF THE WOMEN THEY ARE CURRENTLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE WHO HAS SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL PROBLEMS ARE ALL WORKING.
I THINK THAT IS ONE MISPERCEPTION ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WORK OR ARE NOT MOTIVATED TRICK BUT EVERY ONE OF THE WOMEN THAT ARE THERE ARE WORKING, PRIMARILY WHAT WE DO IS PROVIDE HOUSING AND CASE MANAGEMENT, HELPING THEM TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES THAT THEY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT WOULD HELP THEM TO MAINTAIN HOUSING.
THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE, I HAVE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE AT A COMMUNITY MARKET, A LOT OF PEOPLE REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY MARKET OR CHURCHES WHEN THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF INTERVENTION FOR PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET LIVING IN CARS, A LOT OF FOLKS LIVE IN THEIR VEHICLES IN WALMART PARKING LOT.
THEY ARE GENEROUS AND PERMIT PEOPLE TO LET THEIR DOORS LET PEOPLE LIVE THERE. THEY DON'T CHASE THEM OFF THE PROPERTY. A LOT OF FOLKS LIVE IN MOTELS, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE CALL
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PRECARIOUSLY HOUSED AT THAT ARE ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS EXPERIENCE THINGS LIKE MAYBE THEY HAVE LOST A JOB OR THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL BILL OR A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE HAPPENS WITH THEIR VEHICLE AND THEY CAN'T GET TRANSPORTATION TO GET THE WORK. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT JUST NEED SOME ASSISTANCE.ONE OF OUR WOMEN WAS WORKING AT THE MCDONALD'S IN TIGER TOWN SLEEPING IN HER CAR THERE, GOING INTO WORK.
PEOPLE HAVE DIVORCE, ILLNESS, LOSING A JOB OR THEIR RENT IS INCREASED. IT IS REALLY HARD TO TRACK HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS. I HAVE DONE HOMELESS ACCOUNTS BEFORE WHERE YOU INTERVIEW PEOPLE AT COMMUNITY MARKETS, THE LIBRARY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT AS I SAID WITH CHURCHES. YOU COULD TALK TO THE LEE COUNTY MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION AND THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS AND FOLKS AT COMMUNITY MARKET AS WELL. I HAVE TALKED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE POOLED THEIR RESOURCES AND LIVE IN THEIR VEHICLE AND THEY GET THEIR DISABILITY CHECK AND THEN THEY WILL GET A HOTEL ROOM.
FOR A WEEK OR SO AND TAKE TURNS SHOWERING.
SO PEOPLE ARE VERY RESOURCEFUL, BUT AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, IF THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT AUBURN HAS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE THIS PROBLEM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT HAVING INTERVIEWED HOMELESS PEOPLE IN COLUMBUS AND IN MONTGOMERY, I HAVE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE THAT ARE FROM AUBURN THERE BECAUSE UNTIL 2018 THERE WERE NO RESOURCES HERE. SO WE DO HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
YOU MAY NOT SEE THEM, THEY MAY BE LIVING WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY OR IN THEIR VEHICLES, BUT THEY ARE WORKING AND THEY ARE GOING TO COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE RESOURCES.
SO I JUST ASK THAT IF THERE ARE SOME RESOURCES AVAILABLE, TASK FORCE WOULD BE GREAT. THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD GET MORE INFORMATION AND IDENTIFY WHAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO DO. I JUST WANTED TO THROW IN MY SUPPORT FOR MY COLLEAGUE AND BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH ANYONE AFTERWARDS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND CERTAINLY JEAN HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH ONE VOICE AND SHE HAS WORKED FOR YEARS IN GOVERNMENT SENT OUT A GREAT JOB THERE.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO SPONSOR AND SUPPORT HER MINISTRY HAVE BEEN TALKING TO ME OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT THE CITY'S POTENTIAL SUPPORT, THEIR MINISTRY IN OPELIKA.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE BUT I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS TONIGHT. ANYONE ELSE?
>> SPEAKER: BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WANT TO MAKE SURE, WE THANKED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND CONNIE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. A BIG PART OF BETTER DAYS EFFORTS WAS PARKS AND REX I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVERLOOK THE EFFORTS OF PARKS AND AS WELL.
>> SPEAKER: I TRIED MY BEST TO TRY TO PUT EVERYBODY DOWN AND SOMETIMES YOU ALWAYS WILL FORGET , BUT PARKS & RECREATION I DO APPRECIATE. I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED PARKS & RECREATION BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED STORAGE.
WHEN I HAD PICKED UP THOSE THOUSAND BOTTLES OF WATER, VICKY WAS ABLE TO GET HER STAFF TO MEET ME OVER THERE TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, THE RESTROOMS AND THERE WAS A STORAGE AREA.
I WAS -- I WAS ABLE TO STORE EVERYTHING THAT I HAD TO TAKE OVER THERE THAT MORNING AND IN THE STORAGE AREA.
SO I DO APOLOGIZE, IT STARTED WITH YOUR CREW IN A WAY BECAUSE THEY MADE SURE THAT THE GROUNDS WERE CLEAN AND MADE SURE ALL OF THE DOG POOP WAS UP. I AM SERIOUS.
THEY WERE OUTSTANDING. SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME AND I'M
GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. >> SPEAKER: YOU ARE WELCOME.
>> SPEAKER: I AM GETTING OLD. >> SPEAKER: IT WAS A GREAT TIME AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATED.
[7. CITY MANAGER’S COMMUNICATIONS]
CITY MANAGER'S MEDICATIONS. >> SPEAKER: UNDER CITY MANAGER'S COMMUNICATIONS THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWO VACANCIES ON THE GREENSPACE ADVISORY BOARD TERMS BEGIN AUGUST 8, 2022, AND AUGUS. THE APPOINTMENT SHALL BE MADE AT
[8. CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA]
THE JULY 19. IF YOU ARE READY FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WE WILL ROLL INTO THAT.ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DEAL WITH THAT ITEM INDIVIDUALLY?
>> SPEAKER: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OFF 10B1.
>> SPEAKER: TEN C1? >> SPEAKER: B.
>> SPEAKER: HOLD ON A SEC. >> SPEAKER: I AM CORRECTED.
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NOTHING TO TAKE OFF. >> SPEAKER: ANYONE ELSE? IF NOT MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?
>> SPEAKER: SO MOVED. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.
>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR?
[9. ORDINANCES]
ANY OPPOSED? CONSENT AGENDA CARRIES FORTH.ORDINANCES? >> SPEAKER: AND ORDINANCES I DIDN'T REQUEST FROM TOMMIE THAXTON TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY .977 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2682 LEE ROAD 47 ALSO KNOWN AS PIERCE CHAPEL RODE. LENNY COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST BY A VOTE OF 8-1 AT THE JUNE 9 MEETING. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY.
>> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK UNANIMOUS
>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. DOES ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? SING NOR HEARING NONE OR QUESTIONS? LINDSAY, ROLL CALL.
>> SPEAKER: I NOTICED THIS WAS OUTSIDE THE CITY'S OPTIMAL BOUNDARY. WE HAVE ONLY CONSIDERED A COUPLE OF THOSE CASES SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL AND WE DENIED THE ONES THAT WERE OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY IN THE PAST.
AND THE STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDED DISAPPROVAL OF THIS PERK IS THAT
CORRECT? >> SPEAKER: THAT'S CORRECT.
>> SPEAKER: OKAY I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
>> SPEAKER: IT IS OPTIMAL BOUNDARY ADJACENT AND HIS PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH THAT IS -- THAT IS WHY THE STAFF IS CONSISTENT ON THAT WITH THE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY.
>> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? LINDSAY, ROLL CALL? (ROLL CALL VOTE)
>> SPEAKER: ITEM 9A2 REQUEST. >> SPEAKER: IT WAS 4-4.
>> SPEAKER: FOR TO FOUR MAINS IT IS NOT ANNEXED.
THAT FAILS. >> SPEAKER: [INAUDIBLE] AT SOME
MR. FOOT, ON THE ANNEXATION TO HAVE A POLICY OF A ONE YEAR POLICY LIKE WE DO ON CONDITIONAL USES AND OTHER THINGS?
>> SPEAKER: I HAVEN'T READ THAT.
I CAN ALWAYS CHECK BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS MOSTLY FOR CHANGES.
>> SPEAKER: WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT, COUNCILMAN DAWSON AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN GRISWOLD HAD A QUESTION ALSO.
NO YOU DID NOT? WE WILL HAVE TO CHECK ON ANNEXATIONS. THERE IS ALSO THE PREVAILING SIDE WHICH WOULD BE IN THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE IT FAILED IT WOULD BE THE FOUR WHO DIDN'T VOTE IN FAVOR COULD BRING IT UP AGAIN AT THIS MEETING OR AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING PER YOUR COUNCIL RULES BUT BEYOND THAT I WILL SHOOT YOU AN E-MAIL AND LET YOU KNOW. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? ITEM 9A2 IS A REQUEST FROM WYNDOL LAMAR SMITH TO ANNEX A PROXIMALLY 4.0 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THREE -- 250 LEE ROAD. PLANNING UNANIMOUSLY JUNE 9 MEETING. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY.
>> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE ORDINANCE AND ASK UNANIMOUS
>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. DOES ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? LINDSAY?
(ROLL CALL VOTE) >> SPEAKER: ITEM NINE MAKE THE AMENDS THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 MID BIENNIAL BUDGET PICK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT IS NECESSARY. >> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND.
DOES ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LINDSAY?
(ROLL CALL VOTE) >> SPEAKER: ITEM C FISCAL YEAR 2023 IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 BIENNIAL BUDGET PICK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT IS NECESSARY. >> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: I MOVED TO DENY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. I WILL TAKE US UP ON JULY 5.
>> SPEAKER: ITEM 9D5 AUTHORIZES THE INSTALLATION OF THREE STOP SIGNS AND ONE WENTE 5-MILE PER HOUR STOP SIGN IN CHAPEL HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY.
>> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK UNANIMOUS
>> SPEAKER: HAVE UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
DOES ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH A
VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? >> SPEAKER: MAYOR, I SAID 95,
JUST 9D. >> SPEAKER: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? LINDSAY, ROLL CALL.
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(ROLL CALL VOTE) >> SPEAKER: UNDER RESOLUTIONS
[10. RESOLUTIONS]
THIS EVENING ITEM 10A APPOINTS JENNIFER STEVENS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE AUBURN CITY COUNCIL FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM OF OFFICE BEGINNING JUNE 22, 2022, ENGINE NOVEMBER 22, 2022.>> SPEAKER: MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.
>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES. >> SPEAKER: ITEM 10B1 REQUEST FROM HYDRO ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS ON BEHALF OF GREYSTONE OF AUBURN LLC FOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL OF A ROAD SERVICE USE A BANK WITH A DRIVE-THRU LOCATED AT 1600 EAST SAMFORD EVIDENT IN THE COPPERHEADS OF DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY REQUESTED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST THAT IS DUE NINE MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING
IS REQUIRED. >> SPEAKER: MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND PICK AT THE TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MAKING SURE.
SEEING THE WANT OF A CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> SPEAKER: LOOKING AT THE DIAGRAM IN HERE THAT SHOWS THE BANK PROPERTY, THE OFFICE CLIMATE STORAGE AND THE ADJACENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES, IT IS THE DIAGRAM IN THE PACKET JUST BEFORE THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THE COMMENTS NOTICED THAT BACK IN MARCH OF 2018 PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY WOULD BE PROVIDED BETWEEN THE MULTIPLE UNIT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE EASTERN NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. I AM NOT CLEAR, THERE IS NO LEGEND ON THIS CHART. IS THAT SQUIGGLY LINE THAT YOU LOOKED AT WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE, IS THAT A SIDEWALK?
>> SPEAKER: I HAVE TO LET HIM ANSWER THE QUESTION.
MR. FOOT, PLEASE ANSWER MISTER GRISWOLD'S QUESTION.
>> SPEAKER: YES, IT IS BUT THAT IS A CONDITION.
THERE WERE FIVE CONDITIONS AND IT HAS BEEN WHITTLED DOWN TO ONE TRICK IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION IT WAS PASSED THE RECOMMENDATION IS ONE CONDITION WHICH IS THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED AS YOU REFER TO IN THAT PRIOR CONSIDERATION.
>> SPEAKER: AND IS THE PORTION OF THAT THAT IS ON THE RESIDENTIAL ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED OR HAS THAT BEEN PUT
OFF UNTIL THE TWO PROPERTIES? >> SPEAKER: AT THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO HAS AN OFFICE IN THE BANK AND IT HAS A THIRD SITE BACK BY I-85 PICK THE REST OF THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE WEST AND TO THE LEFT HAVE ALL BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
>> SPEAKER: TO THE SIDEWALK WILL BE.
>> SPEAKER: IT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THIS NEXT SECTION.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES. >> SPEAKER: ITEM TEN MAYBE TOO IS THE CIRCLE K CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST AT THE INTERSECTION OF SHELTON ROAD AND U.S. HIGHWAY 280 PICK THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE JULY 5
MEETING. >> SPEAKER: MOVED TO POSTPONE ITEM 10B2 TO A DATE CERTAIN OF JULY 5.
>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY OTHER, TO QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVORITE POSTPONED TO JULY 5 PLEASE SAY I I ANY OPPOSED? WE WILL TAKE US UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
>> SPEAKER: ITEM 10B3 REQUEST FROM KALEIGH PATEL ON BEHALF OF COX ROAD PROPERTIES ALE LLC FOR COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT USAGE A PACKAGE STORE TO BE LOCATED AT 200 WEST GLENN AVENUE SUITE 500 IN THE URBAN CORE DISTRICT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY REQUESTED APPROVAL OF THIS AT ITS JUNE 9 MEETING
FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED >> SPEAKER: MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
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>> SPEAKER: MAYOR THOSE ARE ALL OF THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS WE HAVE
FEW THIS EVENING. >> SPEAKER: AT THIS TIME WILL OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR CITIZENS OPEN FORUM FOR THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY AS A CITIZEN TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE ON YOUR MIND. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND WE ASK THAT YOU ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL, PLEASE.
>> SPEAKER: ROBERT WILKINS, 261 DENSON DRIVE AUBURN, ALABAMA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I SENT SOME E-MAILS TO EACH ONE OF YOU DEALING WITH THE JUDGE RULING IN FAVOR OF THE CITY FOR THE JUDGE RULED IN FAVOR OF THE CITY ON ORDINANCE 3288. AFTER READING THE DECISION THREE TIMES, IT WAS A DIFFICULT READ AND THE REASON IT WAS A DIFFICULT READ IS THAT I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH POWER
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THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS. I THINK YOU PUT UP YOUR HAND AND YOU SWORE THAT SHE WOULD UPHOLD THE ALABAMA CONSTITUTION AND THE U.S. -- THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE BY READING ALL OF THIS MATERIAL, IF IT IS CORRECT, WHICH I ASSUME IT WAS IN A GOOD FORM IN AND SO FORTH AND HAD A LOT OF CASES AND SO FORTH, IT WAS TOUGH TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE ALL OF THE RIGHTS THAT I HAVE I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY RIGHTS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF AUBURN.NONE TRICK YOU COULD COME INTO MY HOME AND DO WHAT YOU DID BEFORE BUT YOU DO MORE THAN THAT.
YOU READ THIS ORDINANCE -- THIS DECISION BY THE JUDGE, I WISH YOU ALL WOULD READ IT TWO OR THREE TIMES.
I THINK YOU WOULD FIND OUT THAT MAYBE YOU HAVE TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITIES. IS NOT JUST THIS CITY IT IS ALL THE CITIES IN ALABAMA THROUGH THE ALABAMA CONSTITUTION.
TO ME YOU ARE LIKE LITTLE DICTATORS AND SO FORTH.
WE ARE STARTING A SECOND PHASE AND IT IS CALLED STOCK OWNERSHIP DISCRIMINATION.COM. IT WILL BE ONLINE PROBABLY BY THIS WEEKEND. IT WILL ALSO BE ON FACEBOOK, NEXT DOOR, MEET UP AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
WE WILL TRY TO DO SOME THINGS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
ONLY ONE COUNCIL REMAINS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE ORDINANCE AND THAT IS COUNCILWOMAN WITTEN. OF COURSE COUNCILMAN SMITH HAS GONE TO BETTER THINGS WITH MICKEY AND MINNIE AND COUNCILMAN HARVEY I WILL ASSUME YOU WILL BE DIRECTING US IN THE ALABAMA SENATE. I DID WANT TO READ THIS AND IF I DON'T GET THROUGH I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT THIS IS AN ACTIVE ORDINANCE PAGE 3. IT SAYS THE ORDINANCE 3288 THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZES AND DEBATED THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY CITIZENS REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT TO REGULATE SHORT-TERM RENTALS WITHIN THE CITY AND TO EXTEND WHICH SUCH RENTAL SHOULD BE REGULATED.
THESE CONCERNS INCLUDE PRESERVATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD , CHARACTERISTICS OF CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY AND THE PREVENTION OF INCREASING PARKING.
ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC INCREASED NOTICE COMPLIANCE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.
OF ALL THINGS. WHICH ARE RELATED TO THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS AND SO FORTH.
Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE ANY DATA ON THIS.
YOU NEVER DID. I HAVE TALKED ABOUT DATA AND YOU
MADE DECISIONS. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU,
MS. WILKINS. >> SPEAKER: CITIZEN BOLT 1188 EACH UNIVERSITY DRIVE, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT BACK AND WATCH THE AUBURN CITY COUNCIL WORK OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN ITEM THAT THE COUNCIL MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THE AUBURN CITIZENS TO BE MADE AWARE OF SOME'S QUESTIONABLE ACTIONS OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT PARTICULARLY WITH REGARDS TO THE ORDINANCE 3288 DEALING WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAT FIVE OF YOU VOTED FOR? SINCE THIS ORDINANCE DID NOT FIX ANY PROBLEMS THAT WERE NOT ALREADY ADDRESSED BY ALREADY EXISTING ORDINANCES, IT HAD NO DIRECTION TO TAKE BUT TO CREATE PROBLEMS FOR THE CITIZENS OF AUBURN, SO I HIGHLIGHT ONE.
THE CITIZENS -- THE CITY STARTED ISSUING CITATIONS IN DECEMBER O.
CITATIONS WERE ISSUED TO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT OWNED THOSE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. WHILE LOOKING THROUGH THESE CITATIONS, I NOTICED THAT ONE CITATION INVOLVED A FAMILY FROM LOUISIANA. VISITING FROM OUT OF STATE, THEY RECEIVED A CITATION, A FINE AND A COURT DATE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HIS SURPRISE AND DISTASTE FOR THE CITY OF AUBURN NOW. YOU FIVE DID THIS.
THIS IS NOW YOUR LEGACY, NOT FOR NOISE, TRASH OR TRAFFIC, NOPE BECAUSE HE STAYED IN A HOW'S THAT YOU DEEMED OFF-LIMITS BASED ON A GARAGE SIZE, PORCH SIZE, LOT SIZE, SETBACKS AND DENSITY OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO UTILIZE SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN YOUR TRAVELS, CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO YOU? YOUR HYPOCRISY IS DISGUSTING. I PERSONALLY SPOKE WITH THIS GENTLEMAN FROM LOUISIANA. HE HAD NEVER VISITED AUBURN BEFORE BUT WAS HERE FOR A CONCERT AT THE RODEO, SPENDING MONEY AND AUBURN. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY UPSET AND HIS MESSAGE TO YOU WAS NOT FAVORABLE.
HE WANTED YOU TO STOP CITING INNOCENT PEOPLE.
HE WAS OBVIOUSLY UPSET SO YOU FIVE GET CREDIT FOR SULLYING THE REPRESENTATION -- REPUTATION OF AUBURN PURDUE THINK THIS MAN WILL EVER BRING HIS FAMILY BACK TO AUBURN?
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TO GET EVEN MORE INTERESTING. WHY WAS THIS OUT OF STATE GUESTS CITED INSTEAD OF THE PROPERTY OWNER? CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN AFTER MONTHS OF ISSUING CITATIONS TO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THIS OUT OF STATE GUEST WAS CITED.WOULDN'T SURPRISE YOU TO FIND OUT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER? HE IS.
IT CERTAINLY APPEARS, MAYOR, THAT YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGER WAS TREATED DIFFERENTLY. THAT OTHER SHORT-TERM HOSTS.
WHY WAS HE AS A PROPERTY OWNER NOT CITED? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THIS DEVIATION OCCURRED? IS THERE A TWO TIERED JUDGMENT SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF AUBURN? THE CITY WAS CITIZENS OF AUBURN DESERVE ANSWERS AS TO WHY THIS DEVIATION HAPPENED, CERTAINLY IT'S QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT -- I HOPE THE CITY COUNCILMAN WHO VOTED FOR THIS ORDINANCE THAT YOU CAN SEE YOU MISSED THE MARK ON THIS ORDINANCE SO I ASK AGAIN, MAYOR, WHY WAS YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGER
GIVEN COVER AND NOT CITED? >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU,
MS. BOLDT. >> SPEAKER: YOU ARE NOT QUICK TO ANSWER? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO THE MAYOR
ABOUT THAT? >> SPEAKER: I WOULD LIKE THE
ANSWER TOO. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU,
MS. BOLDT. >> SPEAKER: YOU HAVE A COUNCIL
COUNCILPERSON ASKING FOR ANSWER. >> SPEAKER: WE HAVE A COUNCIL
MEMBER WHO BREAKS THE LAWS. >> SPEAKER: NOT PRIOR TO YOU ALL DOING THIS BACK AND SWORE AN OATH.
>> SPEAKER: NOT PART OF THIS. >> SPEAKER: HOLD THE CITY OF.
>> SPEAKER: I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, I KNOW THE MAYOR VERY WELL AND I BELIEVE HIS CHARACTER TO BE IMPECCABLE.
I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR BEING IRRITATED -- I JUST THINK THIS IS THE WRONG PLACE FOR THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY AND UNFORTUNATELY YOU SEE THIS A LOT WHEN PEOPLE DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT WE DO AS A COUNCIL. YOU ATTACK THE A COUNCIL PEOPLE.
IT IS NOT A PERSON ON THIS DAIS THAT I WOULD WITH THAT I WOULD NOT CONSIDER A GOOD PERSON. IF I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE HERE. THEY WOULDN'T BE HERE I WOULD BE ON THE PHONE WITH THE FBI TO COME AND INVESTIGATE.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO. I KNOW HOW TO INVESTIGATE THESE TYPES OF CASES. BUT I THINK IT IS SAD, SAD DAY WHEN YOU CAN BE ATTACKED PERSONALLY AS A COUNCILPERSON FOR SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DOCUMENTED OR ANYTHING ELSE.
I WANT TO SPEAK UP FOR THE MAYOR AS I WOULD FOR ANY OF THE REST OF THESE COUNCIL PEOPLE. IT IS NOT ATTACKING SOMEONE'S CHARACTER. TRY TO GET THIS BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO GET THIS PASSED. IT GETS OLD WHEN YOU ATTACK SOMEONE'S CHARACTER WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO SERVE THE CITY AND MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> SPEAKER: WHO WILL BE NEXT? YES, SIR?
>> SPEAKER: MAYOR AND US, DAVE'S OF A COUNCIL, FOR 12 OPELIKA RD. APARTMENT 111. I WOULD AS A CITIZEN OF AUBURN I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ALSO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO GO THIS YEAR.
PARTICULARLY MRS. TAYLOR AND FOR ALL OF Y'ALL FOR EVEN MAKING SUCH A CELEBRATION POSSIBLE HERE IN AUBURN.
I AM ALSO THANKFUL THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DECIDED TO DO IT AND ALSO EVERYONE ELSE BEHIND THE SCENES.
IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU MISSED A TREAT.
I THINK THOSE WHO WERE THERE HAD A GOOD TIME AND LEARNED A LOT AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE. INC. YOU.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU. WHO WILL BE NEXT?
>> SPEAKER: HI AGAIN. BILLIE WILBURN 112 NORTH TO BAR LIVE IN STREET APARTMENT I WANTED TO GET UP AND THINK DR. ZUG IS UGA AND I HOPE I'M SAYING YOUR NAME PROPERLY.
I ALSO WANTED TO COME UP AND SHARE COMMENTS BY PASTOR JOE DAVIS WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
PASTOR DAVIS' COMMENTS, I COMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR UNDER CONSIDERATION OF THE TARP FUNDS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN AUBURN TRICK IN MY POSITION AS MISSION AND OUTREACH DIRECTOR AT AUBURN UMC, I RECEIVE CALLS AND VISITS EVERY WEEK FROM HOME AS INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF SUPPORT. SOMETIMES WE CAN HELP WITH HOTEL ASSISTANCE BUT OTHER TIMES WE CAN'T.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ONE VOICE SHELTER COALITION AND THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH CAN HELP INDIVIDUALS TRANSITION OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. HOMELESSNESS IS REAL IN AUBURN, ALABAMA, AND THE CITY HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE OUR
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FUNDS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS TOWARD ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.>> SPEAKER: ANCHIA. ANYONE ELSE? MOVED TO
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.