[1. CALL TO ORDER]
[2. MINUTES]
[00:00:11]
COMMITTEE TO HOLD THE AUBURN CITIES COUNCIL MEETING FOR APRIL, 16, 24. THE ADDITIONAL CORRECTION TO THOSE MINUTES, NOT OTHERS MOTION TO PERU. I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL
[3. BOARD OF EDUCATION]
IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I. ANY POST? THE MEETING -- THE BOARDOF EDUCATION MAY PERTAIN. >> WE HAVE ONE VACANCY TERM BEGINS 2024 AND BEGINS MAY IN -- I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL THAT WE HOLD INTERVIEWS FOR THIS WE HAVE ANY A COMPANY THAT SERVES A TERM AND THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING A SECOND TERM, WE HAVE SUSPENDED THE RULES TO NOT HOLD INTERVIEWS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO SUSPEND THEIR RULES TO NOT HOLD INTERVIEWS SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH AN APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING.
>> WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT?
>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT PLEASE.
>>, FOR APPROVAL THAT WE SUSPEND THE RULES.
>> SECOND. >> HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION AND SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND WE HAVE SUSPENDED THE
RULES. >> WE HAVE A VACANCY TERM BEGINS -- AND KATHY POWELL HAS SERVED ONE FULL TERM. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE KATHY POWELL FOR A SECOND FULL TERM.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? I WILL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. MS. POWELL HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN HER FIRST TERM. SHE'S BEEN INVESTED HAS ATTENDED A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE MEETINGS . IF NOT ALL OF THEM, MOST OF THEM. SHE IS AN EXCELLENT AMBASSADOR FOR OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION AND OUR CHILDREN . I WOULD THINK, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, SHE WOULD BE A PRIME CANDIDATE TO BE THE CHAIR OF THAT BOARD OF EDUCATION AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO REAPPOINT MS. POWELL TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR HER SECOND FULL TERM. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND
[4. QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA]
APPROVE, KATHY POWELL FOR SECOND FULL-TIME. ALL A FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. . ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MOTION CARRIES FORWARD.QUESTION FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR THE CITY MANAGER? QUESTIONS
RELATED TO THE AGENDA. >> HAVE A COMMENT, IS NOT A QUESTION. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR TIME ON THE NEXT COMMITTEE TO HOLD, IF I MAY TO DISCUSS PLACING A SIDEWALK ON EACH UNIVERSITY. BETWEEN OLD MILL AND MCKINLEY AVENUE . I UNDERSTAND THE CITY STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS. DO YOU THINK WE CAN GET A BRIEFING ON WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR AND WHAT IMPACT THERE IS ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS FROM BETWEEN THOSE TWO ROADS? GAP UNTIL NEXT MEETING BECAUSE IT'S MAY 7TH. THAT HELPS. THE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE DONE SOME PULMONARY PRICING, BUT WE NEED TO GET OUT ON THE FIELD, BASED ON THE MEETING YOU AND I HAD AND KIND OF CHECK ON -- FOR ALL THE RESIDENCE, IT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS , WHAT MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE AND BE TORN DOWN, DUGOUT, RETAINING WALL, WHATEVER WILL GIVE YOU A BIG IDEA, PARCEL BY PARCEL. LOVE WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. WE ALSO GOING TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH ON THE TREES AT OLD MILL AND EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE THAT HAVE CAUGHT SEVERAL CARS AND ONE RECENTLY AND IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AS PEOPLE ARE GOING WAY TOO FAST AND HAVE GONE AIRBORNE AND HAD TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK AT THAT. WE CANNOT CHANGE THE CURVATURE OF THE ROAD AND WE CERTAINLY CANNOT REGULATE WHEN PEOPLE CHOOSE TO IGNORE ALL THE SIGNS THAT WE HAVE AND THE SPEED LIMIT BY A LONGSHOT AND DRIVE WAY TOO FAST. HOWEVER, THERE ARE CONCERNS OF AN ADJACENT RESIDENT ABOUT POSSIBLE LOSS OF THE TREES WITH THE SIDEWALK AND THEY USE IT FOR THE BACK, BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO LOOK AT OPTIONS THERE TO SEE IF ANYTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE TO HELP THE SITUATION AS WELL. SO WE'LL TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING TO YOU BY THAT MEETING ABOUT WHAT
MIGHT BE IN THE WAY. >> THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE? >> YOU GUYS HAVE TO AGREE.
>> SURE. IS ANYBODY GOOD WITH THE STAFF PROVIDING THE REPORT ON THE SIDEWALK ON OLD MILL AT EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE?
>>. >> I JUST WANT -- MEGAN, I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT TO ME AND LETTING ME KNOW. THE CONCRETE WALL, I GUESS GOT HIT OVER MARTIN LUTHER KING. SO, IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A LITTLE BRIEFING ON WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED OVER THERE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING AND HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT GOING FORWARD.
[00:05:04]
>> I'LL HAVE THE SPECIFICS FROM WHAT HAPPENED. WE DO HAVE A CONCRETE -- WE CALL THEM BAT THE END OF OUR MEETINGS ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE. FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE HAD A CENTER ALIGNMENT THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO BE VERY DISTRACTED AND RUNNING IN THE LINE MEETINGS THAT ARE VERY WELL LIT.
SOMEBODY DECIDED, I DON'T KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY WERE GOING TO RUN INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER THAT IS A TALL CEMENT.
I WAS IN FRONT OF ONE OF THEM AND THEY CRACKED THE BARRIER PRETTY HANDILY. THEY PROBABLY DID A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. SO, WE WERE LOOKING, THE CITY ENGINEER HAS TOLD ME AND SOME REFLECTIVE ITEMS WERE THERE MAY BE SOME SORT OF PAINT AT THE NOSES OF THOSE ISLANDS THAT SHOWS THAT EVEN MORE SO. THAT'S ABOUT AS WELL LIT AS WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE SOMETHING . SO, DISTRACTED DRIVING IS MORE LIKELY THE AND OR IMPAIRED DRIVING. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO. >> THE BERRIES WERE PUT OUT BY THE CONTRACTOR WHO STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE UNTIL IT WAS TURNED OVER TO US. SO, ON THEIR END, THE BIT OF FRUSTRATION AS WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE RUN THROUGH THEM. WE ARE SOME SOLUTIONS AND IT'S TOP OF MIND. SAME GOES FOR SOME OF YOU HAVE ALSO MENTIONED AN ISLAND ON EACH UNIVERSITY DRIVE ON THE VICINITY OF SABAH ROAD. SAME IDEAS THERE. THAT ONE'S NOT AS WELL LIT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS THERE FOR THE LONG TERM. WHAT I CAN ADVISES PEOPLE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE ROAD AND NOT THEIR PHONES. THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME TYPE OF REFLECTIVE DEVICE THAT GOES THERE. IT'S SO LIT UP THERE. YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO -- IS IT GOING TO ACTUALLY WORK?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK THE ATTEMPTS TO DO ANYTHING TO SIGNAL TO PEOPLE IN CASE THE LIGHTS ARE OUT OR WHATEVER THEY CAN SEE IT. WE CANNOT REGULATE PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR AS MUCH AS WE TRY TO PUT LAWS IN PLACE TO KEEP THEM SAFE. THEY -- DISTRACTED DRIVING IS OUR NUMBER ONE CULPRIT. AND WE HAVE MEETINGS ON THE ROAD AND THEY NAVIGATE THOSE PRETTY WELL. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE , BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT AS OBVIOUS AS POSSIBLE . SOME OF THESE ARE NOT AT THE END HAVE BEEN HIT, THEY HAVE BEEN IN A LITTLE OF THE BUDGET MEETINGS.
GO FIGURE. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? JUST TO CLARIFY, ALTHOUGH MICS ARE ALIVE TONIGHT?
>> THEIR LIFE. THEY WERE LIGHT AT THE LAST MEETING. YOU PUSH A BUTTON . SO, IF YOU WANT TO BE MUTED, I GUESS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.