[1. CALL TO ORDER.]
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>> 19, , CERTAINLY WELCOME CITIZENS LISTENING ON DEBBIE AND I WERE WATCHING THROUGH THE SEEDY STREAMING SERVICES WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LINDSAY, FOR THE RECALL?
>> ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
[4. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS.]
THANK YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED. >> EARLIER TONIGHT DURING THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL BUSINESS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THE COUNCILMAN KELLEY GRISWOLD DID NOTIFY THE AUDIENCE THAT HE WILL BE ASKING FOR POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM 10 A, TWO, DECEMBER 3RD, TWO WEEKS AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH HIM SO WE WILL BE ASKING FOR THE POSTPONED LATER ON IN THE AGENDA IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES APPROVED THAT HE POSTPONEMENT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD IN TWO WEEKS. UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO WALK THROUGH, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING IN VETERANS DAY RECENTLY, WAS A WONDERFUL VETERAN STATE WITH A GREAT CROWD, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, WHAT A RICH, IMPORTANT DAY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN FOR OUR FREEDOMS AND APPRECIATE IT READY SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO THE VETERANS. THE STATE OF THE CITY WENT OFF REALLY WELL AND APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF THE STEP, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT JOINED US THAT EVENING AT THE CENTER AND I HOPE YOU'RE MORE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WILL GO ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND I CERTAINLY AM A PERSONAL -- PERSONAL LEVEL CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED WITH THE WORDS, TREMENDOUS STORIES TOLD, OUTSTANDING PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK ON ALL LABARGE BEHALF IN THIS COMMUNITY. REMINDING EVERYBODY THAT THIS SUNDAY NIGHT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH COMMUNITYWIDE THANKSGIVING SERVICE OPEN TO ALL OF US AT 6:00, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND THE TREE LIGHTING SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON CAMPUS IN FRONT OF THE SANFORD HALL ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1. THAT IS A GREAT CEREMONY, ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN ALONG WITH PRESIDENT ROBERTS. FOR ALL OF US NOT JUST THE CAMPUS, BUT ALL OF US HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO AUBURN A SMALL COAT MATT, OVER THE WEEKEND WAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE GOING INTO THE ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME. HE HAD A TREMENDOUS CAREER AT AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL OVER 32 YEARS, FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, NOW A HALL OF FAMER, INDUCTION CEREMONIES WILL OCCUR IN THE SPRING. ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HIGH ASSESSMENT STATE CHAMPIONS OF SEVEN COUPLER TO DATE THAT BY ONE SINGLE POINT THIS YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS ON THOSE, THANK YOU TO THE YOUNG LADIES. THEY WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD AND I KNOW AT LEAST ONE TEAM MEMBERS HERE. THIS EVENING. WE ARE PROUD TONIGHT TO HAVE A NUMBER OF SCOUTS WITH US AND TRADITIONALLY WHEN THE SCOUTS JOIN US WE ASK YOU TO STAND AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US WHERE YOU'RE FROM AND WHAT TUBE YOU'RE FROM AND WHAT YOU STUDY HER TONIGHT. I KNOW I DID NOT PREPARE YOU GUYS FOR THAT, BUT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE DO THAT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. CERTAINLY HAPPY TO
>> PLEASE STAND IF YOU WOULD. >> WE ARE HERE WORKING ON THE CITIZENSHIP VOLUME ] TOOK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THE REST OF YOU GENTLEMEN LIKE TO STAND UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES?
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>> WELCOME, PROUD TO HAVE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU LEADING YOU . HOPE YOU LEARN A LOT AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK ANYTIME, I THINK ANYBODY UP HERE WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK TO YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THEM. WILL HAVE MEMBERS OF THE AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL CITY COUNCIL HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I HAVE BEEN MY TIME SPENDING TIME WITH YOU ALL TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, SHARING IDEAS AS FAR AS LEADERSHIP, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOU CHOOSING TO BE LEADERS AT YOUR SCHOOL AND PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS EVENING. FINALLY I WANT TO ONE MORE SCOUT . SORRY, DID NOT SEE YOU,
>> GOOD, THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME KNOW THAT. I'M SORRY, ALMOST MISSED YOU I APOLOGIZE. TONIGHT IS A FINAL MEETING FOR CITY ENGINEER ALLISON FRAZIER, SHE HAS SPENT 28 YEARS WORKING AT THE CITY IN A NUMBER OF ROLES. FINISHING OUT AS THE CITY ENGINEER AND COMPLETING HER TERM WITH US NEXT WEDNESDAY BEFORE TURKEY DAY HITS. ALLISON, WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, YOUR HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. THIS HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME TO BE THE CITY ENGINEER. YOU'VE DONE IT TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR LOVE OF THE COMMUNITY, HELP, ASSISTANCE ALONG THE WAY, HELPING AUBURN TO GETTING WHERE IT IS CERTAINLY WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR RETIREMENT AND I WOULD LIKE ALL OF US TO GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
>> RECOGNIZE. HER FAVORITE THING SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> SHE HANDLE IT WELL. >> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> ANYONE FROM THE COUNCIL HAS ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO
ANNOUNCE? >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ANOTHER ALLISON WHO DOES NOT LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED.
OUTSTANDING ANNUAL ART SALE SHOW . IT WAS TREMENDOUS AND I HAD THEM INTO WENT IN A YEAR OR TWO. IT WAS HARD TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK, BUT IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. GOOD JOB.
>> THANK YOU , THANK YOU, 30 PROUD OF YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RON FOR RECOGNIZING ALL THE VETERANS ON VETERANS DAY. I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT IF YOU KEEP MIGHT WE LOSE 22 VETERANS A DAY TO SUICIDE. IN THIS NATION. IF YOU KNOW OF ONE THAT IS IN TROUBLE OR NEEDS HELP, PLEASE HAVE THEM REACH OUT OR YOU REACH OUT . THERE IS ASSISTANCE ALL OVER THE PLACE. TAKE CARE OF THEM, BECAUSE THEY
TOOK CARE OF YOU, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, KELLY. GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE ANNUAL SENIOR CITIZEN THANKSGIVING DINNER. IT IS HELD THAT WORKING, AUDITORIUM, FROM 2:00 UNTIL 5:00 P.M., MONDAY FEBRUARY ASSESSMENT WHEN I SAY? NOVEMBER? FREE FOOD, FREE TO THE PUBLIC. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
>> GOOD THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE?
>> I HAVE SOMETHING. >> PLEASE.
>> HAD THE PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE FORMER CITY BANQUET WHICH IS A GROUP THAT FORGES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY AND FARMERS TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE AND THE AUBURN HIGH FFA WAS RECOGNIZED FOR SOME OF THEIR NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS ALONG WITH THE FFA GROUP FROM REARGUARD.
>> THANK YOU . >> ANYONE ELSE?
>> MR. MARY I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND THIS SUNDAY LEE COUNTY REMEMBRANCE PROJECTS MEMORIAL DAY REPRESENTING THE CITY OF AUBURN , HELD AT THE COURTHOUSE IN POLANCO . MEMORIAL DAY THAT RECOGNIZES THE RACIAL TERROR LYNCHINGS THAT OCCURRED IN THE COUNTY IN THE PAST. THE EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE HOSTS AND SPONSORS OWN ESSAY COMPETITION AND AREA HIGH SCHOOLS. I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR KYLE KING THE BE
ALL AND THIS YEARS CONTEST. >> APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDING
[5. AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS.]
>> OKAY, MOVING FORWARD THEY WENT TO COMMUNICATIONS?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. BIT OF A SHORTER REPORT THIS RECALL IS FOR THE TOP 20 CANDIDATES FOR MS. AUBURN ARE BEING ANNOUNCED PRETTY MUCH AS WE SPEAK ON CATER LAWN. THEY WILL NARROW THAT LIST DOWN TO THE TOP FIVE CANDIDATES. ARE EVENING. I WILL PROVIDE YOU THE UPDATE ON THE CANDIDATES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY RUNNING ON AT THE NEXT MEETING. 2024 AND A FOOD DRIVE IS WRAPPING UP THIS THURSDAY ON FRIDAY MORNING AT 10:00 AND PUT THE FOOD BANK OF ALABAMA WILL ANNOUNCE THIS YEAR'S TOTAL SO DECIDE TO BEAT
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ALABAMA AGAIN THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US AT YOUR STATED CITY LAST WEEK, REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE AND WE HAD SOME OF OUR CITY RELATIONS MENTORS AS WELL. BRODIE IS IN THE BACKPACK THERE, BUT HE IS PART OF THE FRESHMAN FORM GROUP AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD EXPENSE FOR THEM, BUT ALSO YOU WILL SEE ALL THE GREAT WORK DURING ARE BEING DONE IN THE CITY YEAR-ROUND THAT GOES UNRECOGNIZED. THE AWARDS, ALWAYS A GREAT TIME, BUT THAT IS ALL FOR ME THIS WEEK.>> GOOD JOB. >> ALL OF THOSE STAYING IN TOWN
FOR THE GAME SATURDAY? >> YEAH.
>> NONE , SKIP CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
>> I'M SORRY ESCAPED ONE. >> WE WILL GO TO THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANYONE OR THE COUNCIL ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME FORWARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE ITEMS THAT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ATTACHED. THOSE ITEMS A 10 A1, TWO AND THREE EVENT BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THE TIME, BUT ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
[8. CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA.]
THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS TO BE A TIME TO GO FORWARD SO SHARE YOUR ADDRESS AND NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL.>> ALL RIGHT.. NO WENT WE WILL MOVE TO THE CITY MANAGER CAN
OCCASION. >> NO COMMUNICATIONS IS EVEN , FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE.
>> CONSENT AGENDA THAN ANY COUNCILMEMBER WHICH REMOVE AND ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DEAL WITH THAT
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BUS WAS SO MOVED
[9.a. John and Annie Torbert. 5.03 acres. Property located at 5035 Sandhill Road. Unanimous consent necessary. Planning Commission recommendation.]
UP TO PAR SECOND. >> SECOND AND FOR THE
QUESTIONS? >> ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> AYE . ANY POST, APPROVED, ORDINANCES?
>> 98 IS ACROSS FROM JOHN AND ANNIE TOBIT TO PROXIMATELY 95.0 5035 SANDHILL ROAD. THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOGNIZE APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AT THE NOVEMBER 14 MEETING MINIMUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY.
>> I WILL INTRODUCE ORDINANCE AND AS FOR YOU TO CONSENT.
>> MOTION AND SECOND. >> PROBLEM WITH MOVING FORWARD
THIS.? >> ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS?
>> OKAY, LINDSAY, ROLL CALL? >>
[9.b. City Code amendment. Article II (Flood Damage Prevention), Chapter 7. Unanimous consent necessary.]
TO TO FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION CHAPTER 7 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF AUBURN TO BE COMPLAINT WITH THE NEW STATE FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE DEVELOPED BY FEMA AND ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ROUTE RESOURCES TO MEET OR EXCEED THE MINIMUM NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO DO NINE CONSENT.
>> AUTOMATICALLY PUSH THIS TO 20 WEEKS WAS WHAT NEXT MEETING THEN DOES NOT NEED ANONYMOUS CONSENT TO PROCEED.
>> WE DO NOT NEED A SECOND ON THE?
[10.a.1. Beehive Lot 5. Commercial support uses (contractor storage yard, mini-warehouse, warehouse, and wholesale distributors). Property located at 3101 Hive Commerce Parkway.]
>> NO, AUTOMATICALLY GOES. >> WE WILL HEAR THIS ON
DECEMBER 3RD. >> UNDER RESOLUTION, ITEM 10 A1 IS A CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST FOR COMMERCIAL SUPPORT USES CONTRACTOR STORAGE YARD MINIATURE WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE AND WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3101 HIVE COMMERCE PARKWAY. UNANIMOUS RECOGNIZE APPROVAL OF THIS QUEST NOVEMBER 14 MEETING. PUBLIC HEARING IS ACQUIRED.
>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> MOTION AND SECOND THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS, PLEASE COMPORT AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL.
>>'S. NO WENT WE WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS OR
[10.a.2. Cherokee Rd MUD Townhomes. The applicant is requesting conditional use approval of an 8-unit multi-family development. The property is located at the terminus of Cherokee road in the Development District Housing (DDH) zone.]
QUESTION FROM THE COMFORT? >> MOTION, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE
>> AND OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
>> CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST FOR EIGHT UNIT MULTIUNIT DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF CHEROKEE WROTE THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IN THE -- HOUSING (DDH) ZONE.
GO TO 4-3 IT IS NOVEMBER 14 MEETING. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS
ACQUIRED. >> MR. MARY I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE THREE, DECEMBER , CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN ORDER FOR THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL TO
GET MORE INFORMATION. >> I SECOND THAT.
>> ANY DISCUSSION OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> ALL IN FAVOR POSTPONE TO DECEMBER 3RD, PLEASE CEJA GATE.
>> AYE THE TINY POSED? >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL
[10.a.3. Mises Institute. Commercial and entertainment use (hotel with a banquet/meeting room). Property located at 126 Ann Street.]
HEAR THIS IN TURN TO WEEKS. >> REMINDER MAYOR THE PUBLIC HEARING GOES WITH IT DILEMMA ABSOLUTELY AND WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC DRINK THAT NIGHT FOR THIS TOPIC.
>> UNINTENDED IS A CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST FOR COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT USE AND HOTEL A BANQUET AND MEETING ROOMS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 126 ANN STREET. RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AT ITS NOVEMBER 14 MEETING THE PUBLIC HEARING IS
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>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND THIS TIME I WILL OPEN TO PUBLIC AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST ANY COUPLE PLEASE COMPORT AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE
COUNCIL. >> SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> MEGAN, WILL YOU GO THROUGH WHAT TYPE OF HOTEL THIS IS , NONTRADITIONAL I HAVE THE PLANNING DIRECTOR PUT IT MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN ME, BUT IN THIS THE MASON INSTITUTE IS USING THIS FOR FELLOWS , GRADUATE FELLOWS AND SO IT IS NOT NECESSARILY HOTEL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT I WILL HAVE THE PLANNING DIRECTOR A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN THE PREOP MEETING WE DISCUSSED THE TYPE OF USE AND TYPE OF FELLOWS AND VISITORS THAT THE MASON INSTITUTE HAS. IT IS NOT REALLY A TRADITIONAL APARTMENT, NOT REALLY A TRADITIONAL ANYTHING, BUT I HAVE PHYLLIS COME WHO RESEARCH OVER THE SUMMER AND REALLY ONLY HERE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AT A THE YEAR.
STAFF DO NOT MATCH THE USES ON THE PROPERTY WAS ABLE TO HAVE MOTEL USE. THEY DO NOT PAY THE RENTAL SPACE AND HAS TO DO A TECHNICALITY OF ISRAEL, PAIN FOR THE RINGS ET CETERA THAT MEANS FELLOWS DO NOT MEET SO JUST THE CLOSEST THING TO DEFINE THEIR USE WAS HOTEL AND MOTEL THAT HAD OTHER
STIPULATIONS ATTACHED TO IT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> YES? >> IF I MAY ASK, HOW MUCH OF THIS WILL BE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND HOW MUCH OF IT WILL BE
REMODELED OR REPURPOSED? >> GREAT QUESTION. A LOT OF IT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL REMODELING INTERNAL , MATERNAL MODELING.
NOT ANYTHING TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
>> OKAY. >> I'M AWARE THAT THE INSTITUTE ALSO RENTS OUT SOME OF THE EXISTING PRETTY FOR GAME DAY RENTALS SO THAT WOULD BE A RENTAL SITUATION. I ASSUME IF THEY HAVE VACANCIES OR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT, THEY MAY CONTINUE, BUT JUST WANT TO KNOW DO WE COLLECT PARENTAL TAX
ON THOSE PROPERTIES? >> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NOT KNOW OF THE TOP OF OUR AT THIS EVENING .
>> OKAY, APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE IN HIS OWN THAT ALLOW SUCH THINGS.
>> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE
[10.b. Contract. D & J Enterprises, Inc. Full Depth Reclamation Project. $3,394,838.]
>> ANY POST? MOTION CARRIES. >> TO THE AUTHORIZES CONTRACT D.N.J. ENTERPRISES, INC. FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION PROJECT.
$3,394,838. TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING STREETS. SHELTON MILL ROAD FROM EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE TO U.S. HIGHWAY 280 FARMVILLE FROM NORTH COLLEGE TO AMERICA WELL, MILLCREEK ROAD FROM SHELTIE PARKWAY TO SANDHILL ROAD, WEBSTER WROTE. MINISTRY
TO WIRE ROAD. >> MOVE APPROVAL.
>> MOTION AND SECOND IN ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCIL? >> COULD YOU DESCRIBE WITH FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION MEANS , PLEASE?
>> I THINK THAT THE CITY ENGINEER IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING COULD TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT --
>> THE RECLAMATION IS A PROCESS BY WHICH WE REBUILD EXISTING ASPHALT AND PART OF THE ASPHALT AND PART OF THE BASE WILL BE GROUND UP AND RECYCLED IF YOU WILL. MIXED WITH
>>, LAID BACK DOWN THEN PAVE OVER IT'S JUST A PROCESS OF RECYCLING AND REUSING SOME OF THE EXISTING MATERIAL, BUT IT PROVIDES A VERY STABLE BASE AND THE ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN ARE HIGH-VOLUME ROADS SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND JEVITY.
>> THE END PRODUCT IS ROAD READY TO HAVE A FULL-SERVICE
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ? MISS FRAZIER, FINAL
RESPONSE , EXCELLENT JOB. >> I BELIEVE I LOW VOLUME ] WASN'T IT SO I GUESS .
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, YES. >> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, MOTION
[10.c. Vacation. Orange-Auburn III, LLC. Heart of Auburn. Property located at 329 S. College Street. Public hearing required.]
AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE CEJA GATE.>> AYE. >> ANY POSE MUCH CARRY.
>> TENDENCY IS VACATION OF LIGHTING AND UTILITY PANEL EASEMENT LOCATED AT 369 S. COLLEGE STREET AND FURTHER AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A QUITCLAIM DEED RELINQUISHING THE PROPERTY TO ORANGE AUBURN THREE LLC A
PUBLIC HEARING IS ACQUIRED. >> MOVE FOR APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON THIS, PLEASE COMPORT EVENT GIVES YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
>> WE WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
FROM COUNCIL? >> EXCUSE ME, COULD JUST BLAME WHAT THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY IS BIAS VACATING THIS PROPERTY ?
>> CITY ENGINEER FRAZIER WOULD LOVE TO ADDRESS THAT.
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>> THE BENEFIT IS THAT WE STILL HAVE THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEY RELOCATED SOME OF THE SAME. THIS IS JUST REMOVING THE EASEMENT THAT WAS ON THE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE SAME LIGHTING BENEFIT FROM IT .
>> INFRASTRUCTURE STILL BELONGS TO US EVEN THOUGH WE BICKETT
THE PROPERTY ? >> JUST THE EASEMENT SO THE LIGHTING IS MOVED SO THE LIGHTING USED TO BE IN THE AREA WE ARE VACATING SO THEY MOVED IT AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
>> SO MEETING OUT OF THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT, BECAUSE OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THERE SO IT IS IN A DIFFERENT
>> SO THIS IS JUST VACATING THE OTHER ONE, BUT WE HAVE NO USE FOR THIS PROPERTY AND EASEMENT FORMS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> OKAY ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE
[10.d. Tax Abatement. Nashville Wire Products Manufacturing Company, LLC. Auburn Industrial Park.]
>> ANY POST ? MOTION CARRIES. >> D. TAX ABATEMENT. NASHVILLE WIRE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC. AUBURN INDUSTRIAL PARK. 1955 AND 1933 MINISTRY. SECOND FACILITY PURCHASE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND ANTICIPATE 56 EMPLOYEES OVER THE NEXT 20 IS INVESTING IN ADDITIONAL $4.7 MILLION.
>> MOTION AND SECONDED. CERTAINLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO NASHVILLE WIRE FOR EXPANDING NRG COMMUNITY, FOR HAVING 56 NEW EMPLOYEES AND MAKING FINANCIAL AND ESTIMATE IN YOUR COMPANY. WE APPRECIATE NATURAL THE WHEN I CLICK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE
STATE AYE. >> AYE TINY POST ? MOTION
[12. CITIZENS' OPEN FORUM.]
CARRIES. >> THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS A BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
>> SURE. AS WE MOVE INTO CITIZENS OPEN FORUM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SHORT COMMENT RELATED TO MAYBE SOME OF YOU ALL ARE HERE THAT DO NOT NORMALLY COME TO OUR MEANINGS, BUT OF COURSE YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME BACK. CERTAINLY OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONSUMED BY STORY RELATED TO THE WELFARE OF A SET OF EAGLES IN NORTH AUBURN. SPEAKING PERSONALLY, BUT NOT FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK LATER, BUT THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A DISAPPOINTING END TO THE STORY. WE BELIEVE AND INTO THE WEEKEND THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY MORNING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY TO TRY TO FIND ANYWAY TO SAVE THE SITUATION. TO MAKE THE NESTS AND ALLOW THE NEST POTENTIALLY TO REMAIN. THAT DISCUSSION WAS NOT ALLOWED OR DID NOT OCCUR , BECAUSE THE NEST CAME DOWN IN THE MEANTIME. I AM SORRY THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. IS A VERY DISAPPOINTING END. TO THIS AND I'M SURE WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT LATER , BUT MISS WITH AND HAS VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN THIS.
THIS OCCURRED IN HER WARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY BEFORE WE GET STARTED?
>> THANK YOU, THE MAYOR. I DID IN THE STATEMENT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT THIS PAST SATURDAY. THE 16TH, AFTER SEVERAL ACTIONS TOOK PLACE, BUT HOUSTON HOMES LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS. I JUST WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT I CONTINUE TO BE INVESTED IN THE WELFARE OF THE PAIR OF BALD EAGLES THAT ARE FRICTIONALLY NOW NAMED JAN AND PAM. WHOSE NEST WAS TAKEN DOWN BY HOUSTON HOMES LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 15. I REMAIN DISAPPOINTED WITH THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WHAT I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I REMAIN GRATEFUL FOR THE PASSION AND EMPATHY THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN NOT ONLY TO THE WELFARE OF THE EAGLES, BUT ALSO THE CONCERN OF HOW THIS TOOK PLACE AND THE COURSE OF ACTIONS AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT DOES NOT GO PAST ME THAT HOUSTON HOMES DECEIVED ME PERSONALLY AND THINKING THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AS THE MAYOR SAID, SOME OPTIONS TO PRESERVE THE NEST THAT WAS IN QUESTION. I AM ALSO DISAPPOINTED THAT SO-CALLED PROFESSIONALS WITH ACT WITH SUCH GREAT DISREGARD FOR COMMUNITIES , THAT THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AGAIN THAT THOSE WHO HAVE REACHED OUT, ACROSS NOT ONLY AUBURN, BUT ALSO REALLY KIND OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY, WHO ARE PART OF THE AUBURN FAMILY, THAT IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE CAN TAKE THE EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER SEVERAL DAYS AND REALLY START TO HAVE QUESTIONS OF HOW WE CAN FORWARD. THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND NATURE DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED FOR ME AND THAT AS YOU HAVE HAD QUESTIONS, WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE QUESTIONS, ABOUT WHAT NEXT STEPS MAY HAPPEN OR OCCUR, I TOO HAVE QUESTIONS. I ALSO WANT TO STATE THAT IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT FISH AND WILDLIFE ARTIFICIALLY
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INVESTIGATING THE ACTIONS THAT LED TO THE TAKING OF THE EAGLE NEST OVER THE WEEKEND. I EXPECT AN OUTCOME THAT WILL HOLD THE DEVELOPER ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE HERE AND SO IT IS MY HOPE THAT OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR COMMENTS THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME DIALOGUE AFTER THAT ABOUT WHATTHE NEXT STEPS MAY BE. >> WE WILL A CITIZEN OPEN FORUM TO SHARE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL, BUT ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE ON YOUR MIND. WE HAVE TO ADJUST HER COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL AND I WOULD ASK BY GIVING US YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS. >> SUSAN BOLL, 11 820 E. UNIVERSITY DRIVE. NOVEMBER 5 WAS ELECTION NIGHT. THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR AMERICANS ESTABLISHED BY -- STATES CONSTITUTION AS WELL AS FEDERAL LAWS. MY RIGHT TO VOTE IS A WOMAN IS PROTECTED BY THE 19TH AMENDMENT AND IT IS NOT DEPENDENT ON THE ARBITRARY BOUNDARIES LIKE THOSE SET FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND ORDINANCE 32 88 AS SEEN ABOVE.
MOST NOTABLY THE FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENSE MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. THE SECOND AMENDMENT DEFENSE MY RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. NO AMENDMENT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER AND NONE OF THESE SHOULD BE LIMITED BY YOUR UPPER TERRY ZONING BOUNDARIES AND NONE OF YOU ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT ANY OF MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. YOU THINK YOU DO AND THE CITY COURT SYSTEM UNJUSTLY PARTICIPATES IN THE ATTACK ON ITS CITIZENS. THE FOURTH AMENDMENT IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT U.S. CITIZENS FROM ILLEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE YET THE CITY OF AUBURN USES SOFTWARE TO OPENLY SPY ON ITS CITIZENS WHO DO SHORT-TERM RENTALS AGAIN ABUSE BASED ON LOCATION. THE FIFTH AND 14TH. ARE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE FOR TO PROCESS AND PROTECTION OF A LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY AND TO NOT ARBITRARILY INFRINGE ON PROPERTY RIGHTS. ORDINANCE 32 88 IS BOTH UPPER TERRY AND A VIOLATION OF MY CONSTITUTIONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS OVERSTEPPED ITS AUTHORITY WITH 32 88 THAT SOME OF YOU THE STR 5 TAYLOR, GRIZZLE, AND HIS, PERSONS AND DAWSON, YOU SEEM TO BE RATHER PROUD TO DISSIPATE IN THE THEFT OF AUBURN CITIZEN RIGHTS. TO COMMIT THEFT A PERSON MUST TAKE SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY WITHOUT THE OWNER CONSENT AND WITH THE INTENT TO PERMANENTLY APPRISE THE OWNER OF ITS USE AND POSITION. MR. DOES IT YOU TELL ME DIRECTLY THAT YOU HAD MADE SOMEONE A PROMISE TO RESTRICT SHORT-TERM RENTALS WHAT ON EARTH DID YOU GET IN RETURN TO WILLINGLY DISSIPATE IN THE ATTACK ON THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION AND CITIZEN RIGHTS? WHAT ABOUT YOUR OWN OFFICE? YOUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? YOUR CAREER AS POLICE CHIEF. WHY DID YOU DISREGARD ALL OF THOSE PROMISES? AND MR. DAWSON, YOU STATED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT YOU HAD NEVER STOLEN ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE. YOU ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER STR FIVE DID STEEL SOMETHING FROM ME AND THE CITIZENS OF AUBURN. THE FIVE OF YOU HAVE STOLEN PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR ME. THAT IS WHY I CONTINUE TO COME UP HERE AND REMIND YOU OF YOUR THEFT AND WILLFULLY IGNORING OUR CONSTITUTION. YOU NOR THIS COUNCIL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS YET THE DEEP POCKETS OF THE CITY MAKE IT HARD TO FIGHT. YOU ALLOWED THE CITY OVERREACH .
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO PROTECT HER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? ALL I HAVE TO DO IS FACE SOME SNARKY OUTBURST REMINDING YOU OF YOUR UNPATRIOTIC THEFT SO SOME OF OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES PROTECTING MY AND YOUR FREEDOMS THAT YOU ALL SO EASILY GAVE AWAY. STOP BEING BULLIED BY THE CITY , FIX ORDINANCE 32 88.
>> WHO WILL BE NEXT? >> STEPHEN DIXON, 16 AND A NEW AUBURN. THE CITY OF AUBURN HAS SHOWN IN THE PAST IT CAN TAKE DECISIVE ACTION WHEN IT CHOOSES TO. WHETHER IT IS REGULAR AND PROPERTY USE OR ENFORCING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THE CITY HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS WILLINGNESS TO ASSERT AUTHORITY EVEN WHEN THOSE DECISIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON ITS RESIDENT'S . THAT IS WHY THE RESPONSE TO THE CALL -- BALD EAGLE NEST AT THE HERITAGE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT IS SO FRUSTRATING. THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE CLAIMING THAT THE ONLY LEARNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN THE PAST FEW DAYS . THAT IS SIMPLY IS NOT TRUE. THE EAGLES NEST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AT HERITAGE RIDGE WERE DISCUSSED IN THE JUNE 13 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WHERE THE NEST WAS EXPLICITLY ADDRESSED. THE CITY HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS, THE COUNCIL HAS FAILED
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TO ACT AND INSTEAD OF WORKING PROACTIVELY TO PROTECT SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMUNITY VALUES, DEEPLY, THE COUNCIL WAITED UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. IF COUNCILMEMBERS HAD BEEN PAYING ATTENTION BACK INTO , THEY COULD'VE STARTED CONVERSATIONS AND ENGAGE FEDERAL AGENCIES EARLIER, EXPLORED MEANINGFUL SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT THE EAGLES NESTING AREA AND INSTEAD THEIR INACTION HAS ALLOWED THIS AVOIDABLE LOSS TO HAPPEN. THE CITY AND COUNCILMEMBERS CLAIM THEIR HANDS ARE TIED, BECAUSE OF FEDERAL LAW GOVERNANCE PROTECTION OF BALD EAGLES. YES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES GOVERN THE PROTECTION OF THE BALD EAGLES, BUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DICTATE THE LAND USE. THE COUNCIL HAS THE ULTIMATE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO MAKE LAND-USE CHANGES. IF IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO MAKE THIS RIGHTS A QUICK HIDING BEHIND THE PHRASE FEDERAL LAW. THAT ONLY SPEAKS OF THE EAGLES AND THE NEST AND EACH OF YOU KNOW THAT . YOU, CITY COUNCIL, HAVE THE POWER TO HOLD HOUSTON HOMES ACCOUNTABLE, USE LEGAL PRECEDENT SET WITH PRE-EXISTING NONCONFORMING USE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE DEVELOPERS. CHANGE THE LAND-USE, HOLD THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND ENFORCE STRICTER CONDITIONS, SHARE THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO STAND MORE THAN JUST PROFIT DRIVEN GREED. THE TO TO OF AUBURN ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND PEOPLE ARE ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED SO THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO PROVE THAT YOU STAND WITH THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT.>> WHO WILL BE NEXT? >> I'M NOT SURE I COULD GET TO HEAR. CAROLYN CAR, 242 PAYNE STREET. AND THE ELECTION INSPECTOR AT DEAN WROTE, SIX BLOCKS FIVE . ON ELECTION MORNING AS I APPROACHED AT A LITTLE BEFORE 6:30, WE END THE POLL WORK IS TO BE THERE, THERE WAS INCREDIBLE TRAFFIC JAM ON THE ROAD . I REALIZED IT WAS DUE TO THE ABSOLUTE MERELY , CONFUSION AND THE DRIVEWAY IN THE PARKING AREA IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. IN FRONT OF THE REC CENTER. FRANKLY ILLEGALLY DROVE AROUND TO GET AROUND THIS AND DIG MY CAR IN A NO PARKING AREA . SO THAT I CAN FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. VERY NICE SECURITY GUARD , BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING AREA BETWEEN THE REC CENTER AND THE SCHOOL. I WENT OVER TO ASK WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HE INFORMED ME THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAD TOLD HIM THAT NO ONE WAS ABLE TO PARK THERE EXCEPT SCHOOLTEACHERS. FRANKLY I WAS SO ASTONISHED THAT ACTUALLY SAID ARE YOU KIDDING? SO, BECAUSE -- 25 YEARS AGO OR SO, WHEN WE WERE THE LARGEST POLLING PLACE IN AUBURN, WE WERE HAVING SOME PARKING PROBLEMS AND I CALLED THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TO TALK TO HER ABOUT IT AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, REALLY SIMPLE ANSWER TO THIS. WE SHOULD JUST ASK THE TEACHERS TO PARK ACROSS THE STREET AND THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT OR IN THE SCHOOL BOARD PARKING LOT AND FREE UP THE PARKING LOT FOR YOU ON ELECTION DAY. THIS HAS GONE -- THIS PROCESS HAS WORKED DECADES AND I UNDERLINED DECADES WITH THE S ON IT AND NEVER HEARD ANY COMPLAIN ABOUT IT SO I WAS QUITE STARTLED WHEN I TOLD THE GENTLEMAN HE NEEDED TO LET MY POLL WORKERS PART, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO OPEN THE POLE STATIONS AT 7:00. HE WAS RATHER RELUCTANT AND I SAID, HANG ON.
ON THE LESS HUMAN BEING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH THAT DOES NOT CARRY A CELL PHONE SO I WALKED IN AND CALLED THE JUDGE AND ASKED HIM IF HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS. HE SAID, NOT AT ALL. I SAID, OKAY, I HAVE TOLD THE NICE GENTLEMAN THAT HE HAS TO LET MY PULSER SPARK AND ONTO LET THE VOTERS PART SO WILL I CAN TROUBLE FOR THIS? HE SAID NOTHING SHOULD IMPEDE OPENING THE POLL PLACES. I WENT BACK OUT TO UNFORTUNATE CALLS FROM PEOPLE OF ELECTION INTERFERENCE, PEOPLE BE PROHIBITED FROM VOTING, WHAT IS GOING ON AND ON? TOLD HIM AND HE NEEDED TO LET THE POLL WORKERS PART AND OUGHT TO LET VOTERS PART. HE SEEMED SOMEWHAT RELUCTANT AND NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKED OUT, BECAUSE FRANKLY I HAD TO GO TO MY ILLEGALLY PARKED CAR TO GET THE POLLS OPEN. I KIND OF CALMED DOWN AS A DAY WHEN ON , BUT I THOUGHT, I WILL TALK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT HAPPENED.
>> I NEED YOU TO WRAP IT UP PLEASE.
>> CHANGE OF PERSONNEL, AT THE, SOME AFTERNOON BOATERS CAME IN
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AND SAID, YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN POUNCED ON BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.SAID, WHAT THEY SAID YOU'VE NOW BANNED OR THEY HAVE NOW BANNED PARENTS FROM PARKING IN THE PARKING LOT. PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE SCHOOL. THIS KIND OF GOT ME RILED UP SO FINE. I JUST WANT TO ASK SINCE NOBODY BOTHERED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COUNTY , WITH THE JUDGE , WITH THE ELECTION MANAGER, WITH ME, I HAVE TO SAY I AM REALLY RATHER HOT ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOING THIS WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE. I AM NOT HERE TO FIND OUT WHO AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MADE THAT DECISION TO
CHANGE THE PROCEDURE. >> I NEED YOU TO WRAP IT UP
REAL QUICK. >> I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN APOLOGY OVER SOMEBODY -- ALL POLY -- I'M ASKING THAT YOU
>> WE WILL LET YOU COME BACK AT THE END OF THE NIGHT IF YOU
WANT TO. >> I WILL FINISH THIS OFF RIGHT
HERE. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CHANGE OF PROCEDURE HAS BEEN RESCINDED BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER MOB SCENE AT THE NEXT ELECTION.
>> WHO WOULD BE NEXT ? >> MAYOR, VERY SIMPLE, WE HAD GOT A PHONE CALL THAT IS AUBURN CITY SCHOOL A SECURITY GUARD DID NOT KNOW THEIR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TOOK CARE OF IT AND THE PARKING WAS OPEN IMMEDIATELY. CITY OF AUBURN DOES NOT CONTROL THE ELECTION, BUT THE COUNTY DOES. IT WAS A MISTAKE AND IT WAS RECTIFIED AND IT IS OVER.
>> JASON HANEY, 24 GRASSI AWAY. PRIMARILY I'M HERE -- IF I COULD GET MY NOSE. THERE IS A LOT TO SAY, LEAVITT DOES NOT INVOLVE THE CITY OF TO QUESTION DESK COMMITTEE AND I UNDERSTAND IT IS A FEDERAL ISSUE WITH THE EAGLES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BETH WHITTEN FOR YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS AND TO YOU, MAYOR ANDERS, FOR YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR WORDS. I HOPE THAT YOU AND US AS CITIZENS ALL OF US CAN WORK TOWARDS A RESOLUTION TO PREVENT FUTURE , CONSIDERABLE ACTIONS FROM NOT ONLY DEVELOPERS, BUT ALSO OTHERS WHO WHICH TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF AUBURN FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, SORRY FOR ALL OF THE INITIAL STRESS AND WORK THIS IS CAUSED YOU, BUT IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT IS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART AND THANK YOU ALL .
>> WHO WOULD BE NEXT? >> MY NAME IS RHONDA JACKSON, TELEPHONE 1515 FW ROAD. MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS A CITIZEN OF AUBURN, I PRESENTED MYSELF AND OTHER CITIZENS WITH A CONCERN FOR ITEM NINE BE ON THE CONCENT AGENDA . WE RESPECTFULLY WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT YOU DESPERATE UNANIMOUS CONTENT AND POSTPONE A VOTE ON THE FLOOD ZONE REVISION OF THE CITY OF AUBURN.
WE HAVE EMAILED THE ZONING ORDINANCE DEPARTMENT REQUESTING INFORMATION AND SEVERAL ITEMS THAT HAVE --, BUT HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE WITH REFERENCE TO QUESTIONS REGARDING PREVIOUS FLOOD ZONES , REVISIONS THAT PRECEDES THE VISION OF SEPTEMBER 17 , 2024, ARBOR CITY CODE SECTION 18. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FLOOD ZONE ORDINANCE FROM THE CITY OF AUBURN FROM 18 -- 2018, 2020, 22 AND 2023 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VISION -- REVISION IS NECESSARY. WE ACCEPT THIS ITEM , CAN BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING TO GIVE TIME FOR PROPER DECISIONS WITH THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN CONCERNED THERE ARE 200 PAGES IN THIS AMENDMENT AND THE CITIZENS NEED TIME TO REVIEW AND DETERMINE WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS REVISION ON THE SONY ORDINANCE AND THE REASON IT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON AT THIS TIME. CONSIDERING -- WARD 7, AND SCOTT, AND THE HEAD ENGINEER, STATED THAT THE HOMES AT 1571 THE FW ROAD WOULD NOT REZONE AND NOT BEING BUILT IN THE FLOOD PLAN. CONSIDER THEIR IN A ZONING ORDINANCE TO BUILD A FLOOD PLAN . YET THEY ARE ALREADY BUILDING IN A FLOODPLAIN.
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VOLUME ] 1571 THE FW ROAD AND THE OTHER -- ANY OTHER PROPERTIES. WE, THE CITIZENS RESPECT -- RESPECTIVELY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY UNANIMOUS CONSENT AND POSTPONE TO VOTE UNTIL WE ARE CONSIDERED ADDRESSING THE BANK CAN BE DETERMINED THE ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY. PREVIOUS YEARS.>> YOU KNOW WE POSTPONE THAT ITEM FOR 20 WEEKS , EARLY IN
THE AGENDA? >> SO WOULD YOU DESPERATE WHAT YOU HAVE ASSET TO PENCIL IT WILL COME UP ON DECEMBER 3RD.
>> THANK YOU. >> MOVE WHO WOULD BE NEXT?
>> MICHAEL SIMONS I RESIDE IN 1978 WHY ROAD. I BEEN A RESIDENT OF AUBURN SINCE THE LATE SUMMER 2016. BEEN GOING FOR FOOTBALL GAMES AND FRIENDS, FAMILY ] A GRADUATE FROM AUBURN UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE INSULIN CHEERING 2019 AND DECIDE TO CALL AUBURN AFTER THAT. SPENT MOST OF MY WEEKENDS AND SUMMER VOLUME ] LEARNING MOST MUSCULAR USE TODAY. LEARNING AND TRYING TO SEE ME WHILE I FOR ME WE SHARE THE SPACE WITH NOT JUST HUMANS, BUT CREATURES AND ANIMALS OF ALL BEARING SIZES.
COME TONIGHT TO DEFEND WELL IF YOU BABBLE TO PERSUADE THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUBURN MY STRENGTH AGAINST VOLUME ]. TONIGHT HERE TO POINT FINGERS VOLUME ] DO NOT SEE REPRESENTATIVE OR THEM APOLOGIZING SO EVER IN THE ROOM THAT DID NOT START FOR THE INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] WE ALL TRY ON THE LIMITER AND FAILED IN THAT REGARD, BUT ALL FAILURES COME WITH WEAKNESS AND DESPAIR. FOR ME TO COME TO DEFEND THE EAGLES. UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT OF NUMBER 14 THAT I KNEW THAT THEY HAD A WHILE GRIEVING PARALEGALS NOT EVEN LOCATED A FEW MILES FROM THE HOUSE NOR THE CULTIST HOUSTON HOMES TO TO THAT SPECIFIC TRAINING LATE AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY, BECAUSE IT COMES TO - LOW VOLUME ] 2016, TO ENJOY AUBURN, BUT ALSO HERE FOR THE WILDLIFE TO COEXIST WITH US. WAS WHILE, DISCUSSED THE NOTHING SHORT OF CORPORATE GREED. THE FACT THAT THEY LOOKED AT ALL OF US WITH STRAIGHT FACES, TOLD US, BUT FOR AND RON ANDERS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON EATING WELL ON THE PROPERTY CUTTING THE SINGLER TREE DOWN.
LIKE TO THE PUBLIC AND CITY COUNCIL, AND FIGURATIVELY SLAPPED MISS WHITTEN AND ANDERS IN THE FACE. TO EVEN FATHOM THE LINE OF THE YES, DILIGENCE IS IGNORANCE FOR ME. FOR ME HOUSTON HOMES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PENALTY OF THEIR ACTIONS AND 100 DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND UNITE THE RESIDENCE OF AUBURN, BUT IT'S THAT THEY CHOSE THE EXACT OPPOSITE. AND MY LITTLE RESEARCH AND TIME TO DISCUSS THIS TONIGHT SEEN THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED FOR $750,000 TO BUILD 45 HOMES.
WANT TO REITERATE AM NOT AGAINST GROWTH, BUT I'M ALSO A CIVIL ENGINEER AND CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND. HOUSTON HOMES WAS PROBABLY SLIGHTLY ON THE HIGH INTO MAKING WAY FROM 20, $30 MILLION. THE CAN I DO ANYTHING WITH THE EAGLE NEST, COULD NOT ILLUMINATE FOUR HOMES OR RETURN TO, $3 MILLION PER THAT IS FINE, NO BIG DEAL, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY DOING IN THE PUBLIC. THEY DO THIS TO THE PUBLIC SO WILL THEY DO TO THE PRIMARY PEOPLE WHEN THEY TELL PEOPLE THE HOMES? WITHOUT THE MEETING, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EVERYONE IS HUNDRED, SPEAK FOR THE TREES THAT SPEAKS TO EQUIPMENT VOLUME ] I IMPLORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO USE THEIR FULL MIGHT TO DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO STOP HOUSTON HOMES IN THE FUTURE. I'M A PROSPECTIVE HOME BUYER WANT TO BUY A HOME IN AUBURN RAISE A FAMILY AND TOOK ONE. I WILL NEVER BUY A HOME ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSTON HOMES OR THE SUBSIDIES OR REALTORS.
>> WHO WOULD BE NEXT? >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, OFTEN TIME WE COME AND WE HERE AT -- I'M NOT HERE VERY --
>> NAME AND ADDRESS. >> 11 29 CREEK WATER, CROSSING, LOWLAND TALLER. I APOLOGIZE. JUST WANT TO HEAR EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE JOB YOU ALL DO. I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE AYE AND NAY , WE AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT OVERALL WE JUST WANT TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE JOB THAT YOU ALL DO. I DON'T A LOT OF TIME YOU GET SPANKS, BUMPS, CRITICIZED, BUT PLEASE DO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL. THAT
IS ALL I WANT TO SAY. >> THANK YOU, NOLAND.
>> THANK YOU. >> WHO WHO WOULD BE NEXT?
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YES? >> MY NAME IS SARAH COLLINS, 875 COVERED DRIVE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE WEATHER. I HAVE HAD A QUESTION THAT I BEEN THINKING ON FOR ABOUT THE LAST MONTH. IN NUMBER OF CITIZENS FROM WARD 7 HAVE GOT UP HERE REPEATEDLY EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT LARGE HOMES BEING BUILT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS OUT OF CHARACTER FOR WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY THERE, BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE FOLKS AND HAVING OUR CITY PLANNING AND OUR ZONING AND SUCH THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING FOLKS OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN IN QUICK I KNOW I DO NOT HAVE TO TELL YOU ZONING HAS HISTORICALLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH, BEEN USED TO SEGREGATE BASED ON RACE AND CLASS A WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT CONTINUING THAT LEGACY AND WE ARE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO FOLKS AND NOT UNNECESSARILY RAISING LAND VALUES OR PUTTING A BURDEN ON FOLKS?
>> THANK YOU . WHO WOULD BE NEXT?
>> YES? >> JOHN COCHRAN, 878 CHEROKEE GROTE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO KELLY AND THE MAYOR FOR PRINCE PONY THE MUD THING THERE TODAY. THIS WAS THROWN ON US, KIND OF QUICKLY SO THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. RECENTLY, -- BRIEFLY, THE CITY SENT OUT LETTERS AND I GOT THE LETTER FIVE DAYS, BASICALLY, BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. NOW I LOOK FOR TIMELINES. REALLY DID NOT FIND ANYONE THAT SAID WHEN A HAD TO BE NOTIFIED FIVE DAYS FOR THE SIGN AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I THINK WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT CHANGING THOSE , GIVEN THE CITIZENS A LITTLE MORE TIME TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE NOTICES , BECAUSE THAT IS JUST NOT A LOT OF TIME FOR ME TO LOOK AT STUFF. THE OTHER DAY -- THE OTHER THING I WANT TO DO IS PLANT A SEED, WHEN WE ARE REVIEWING, TALKING ABOUT THE STUFF I WOULD LIKE YOU ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WORDING IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, PARTICULARLY ONES THAT SAY CHARACTER AND ADVERSE EFFECT , TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE AND WHAT THEY MAY BE, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR LONG TIME IN AUBURN PRINT 1978, OFF, ON AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS. WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT INTACT. I JUST WANT TO PLANT THOSE SEEDS AND ALSO WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOING IN THERE . I HAVE TRIED TO DIFFERENT PIECES OF PAPER, ONE SAYS IT IS A MUD ONE SAYS IT IS A TOWNHOUSE. THOSE KIND OF NEED TO BE DONE, BUT APPRECIATE YOU WAS POINTING IT SO WE CAN GET MORE INFO AND MORE COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. YES SIR? >> ANYONE ELSE?
>> MY NAME IS JOHN BENTZ, 2330 ROAD 137. I WAS NOT REALLY GOING TO SAINT, BUT I WANTED TO COME AND SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAD TO SAY ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE RECENTLY OVER THE PAST WEEKEND. AS I SAT THERE THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GO ON HERE, THE THING THAT KEEPS PLAYING OVER IN MY HEAD IS AT WHAT COST? AUBURN HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN 2021 AND CONSTANTLY AS I DRIVE AROUND, I SEE LESS AND LESS GREEN AND MORE AND MORE JUST THROWN UP HOUSES EVERYWHERE . CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AND SINCE I COMING HERE, SINCE I WAS A KID, MY DAD WENT TO AUBURN, THAT WAS NOT THE AUBURN I GREW UP SEEING AND CONSTANTLY SEE THINGS HAPPENING. I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAS HEARD ABOUT THE SINKING APARTMENTS, THE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN SO I JUST WONDER, AT WHAT COST ARE WE TRYING TO GRASP PROGRESS? AT WHAT COST
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WAS HOUSTON HOMES WILLING TO CUT DOWN A TREE TO PROGRESS FOR LITTLE BIT OF MONEY? WHAT COST ARE WE GIVING UP THE AUBURN THAT EVERYBODY LOOKED AT AND TERRORIST OVER THE YEARS. THAT IS JUST KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT AND WANTED TOSAY, BUT NOTHING FURTHER . >> THANK YOU. YES, SIR.
>> ANYONE ELSE? >> OKAY . WE WILL CLOSE THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> REALLY? >> NO PROBLEM , BUT JUST DID
NOT SEE YOUR HAND. I APOLOGIZE. >> STEPHEN MCGINTY, 581H NIGHT U.S. HIGHWAY 431. I HAVE GROWN UP IN AUBURN AROUND AUBURN ALL MY TIRE LIFE. CONSIDER IT MY STOMPING GROUNDS. EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD I REMEMBER LONG BEFORE THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS WERE ERECTED I REMEMBER BEING ABLE TO WALK FROM THE CHEVRON THAT WAS DOWNTOWN OVER TO THE MCDONALD'S AND BEEN ABLE TO CUT CLEARCUTS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, BUT I TOOK ABOUT HYPOCRISY. HYPOCRISY IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALL GUILTY OTHER TIMES. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY BOB PARSONS, THANK YOU, EARLY FOR YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO THE RACIAL VIOLENCE THAT IS BEEN DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND ON THIS LAND. I THINK IT IS A POINT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THINGS. HOWEVER I THINK IT IS SUPERCRITICAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE THINGS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT TIES THE COB AND AUBURN MAN WHO WAS ABOUT MY AGE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN MURDERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO JUSTIN YOUNG MURDERED ABOUT A WEEK LATER, BUT AUBURN POLICE. WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO LOOK AT THAT AND WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO SAY, WELL, IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO THE HISTORICAL VIOLENCE DONE TO THESE PEOPLE, WE ALSO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT IS HYPOTHETICAL TO CHANGING THESE THINGS SO THAT WAY NO MORE OF THESE LYNCHINGS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN TODAY. ON THE TOPIC OF HYPOCRISY, CHALK HAS BEEN LONG-HELD TRADITION ON TOOMER'S CORNER FOR POLITICAL REASONS AS WELL AS CELEBRATING, CELEBRATION READINGS. I WAS EJECTED FROM TOOMER'S CORNER FOR USING CHALK ON A CORNER. I'M SURE EVERYBODY SAW THAT IN THE NEWS. ANYWAY, THAT DOES NOT MATTER, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WHEN WE CAN SEE CHRISTIAN WRITINGS, WE CAN SEE POLITICAL WRITINGS, ALL IN TOOMER'S CORNER, STATE FOR DAYS ON END AND NOT GET WASHED OFF, BUT WITHIN THE HOUR OF MY PRESENCE BEING THERE, MY RIGHT TO SPEAK OF SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT, BUT ESSENTIAL TO BE PAID ATTENTION TO, THEN IT IS A PROBLEM. IT IS SIMPLY, BECAUSE IT WAS OF A POLITICAL STANCE THAT NOBODY HERE AGREES WITH, I AM SURE.
ZIONISM SEEMS TO BE A VERY HEAVY COMPONENT IN AUBURN AND ONTO MY THIRD TOPIC OF HYPOCRISY. WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN AUBURN WHO HAS ORGANIZED VALIANTLY AGAINST WHAT HOUSTON HOMES HAS DONE TO THESE EAGLES. I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRAVESTY, BUT IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT CORPORATION IN -- IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT CORPORATIONS AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE CAUSING HARM, WE SHOULD ALSO BE WILLING TO ADDRESS MDT ARMOR WHICH IS AN ISRAELI COMPANY WHO BILLS THE STANDARD WHITE ARMORED VEHICLE FOR THE IDF WHO HAS BEEN COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN GAZA NOT SINCE OCTOBER 7, BUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME , EVER SINCE 1948 AND BEFORE. IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HYPOCRISY , THAT IS ALL I GOT TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU. >> SHUTDOWN MDT OF THE TO THANK
YOU. WHO WOULD BE NEXT? >> I DO NOT WANT TO MISS ANYBODY . OKAY. WE WILL CLOSE THE CITIZENS FOR. OPEN FORUM.
ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED OR COMMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE?
>> I DO. TONIGHT I THINK I'VE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMENTS ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TONIGHT. I THINK ONE THAT REALLY I GUESS -- IS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED BY THE YOUNG LADY AND I CANNOT REMEMBER HER NAME, WITH THE LIGHT BLUE SHIRT ON. SHE TALKED ABOUT HISTORIC COMMUNITIES, THIS BEING OR HAS BEEN DESTROYED. SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO -- I GUESS IT IS TOO LATE TO PRESERVE SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY GONE, BUT I, MYSELF, HAVE CALLS ON THE TAB
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ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL OR THE CITY MANAGER TO ADDRESS WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOMES . IT IS ALMOST LIKE EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO ME NOW, THEY HAVE A CONCERN WITH WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? WE ARE LOSING A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS . WE HAVE CHILDREN , MYSELF, I HAVE GRANDKIDS, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE HERE IN AUBURN . I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WILL BE AFFORDABLE ENOUGH IN THE LONG RUN FOR THEM TO LIVE HERE. I HAVE LIVED IN AUBURN ALL MY LIFE . I AM 64 YEARS OLD. THAT IS A LONG TIME. AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE IN AUBURN . I AM -- SOME ARE GOOD AND SOME ARE BAD. EVERY TIME I HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALL THE ATTENTION. IT REALLY DOES A LOT . ONLY IF YOU HAVE BEEN -- IF YOU BEEN IN MY SHOES YOU COULD UNDERSTAND WHERE I AM COMING FROM WITH THIS. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE WILL CALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ANYMORE , BUT THE HER BEEN SEVERAL MEETINGS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NO, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE HOUSE FOR $50,000, $60,000, IT IS. THE PROPERTY ALIBI NOW, I LIVE ON MARION STREET, MY DAD BOUGHT THAT LAND FOR $350. $350. I KNOW TODAY IT IS NO WAY POSSIBLE. THE COST OF LIVING WENT UP, EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP. A LOT OF IT HAS GONE UP AND EVERYTHING, BUT STILL TO SOMEBODY , NOW, -- BACK THEN, $350 WAS A LOT FOR MY PARENTS.TRYING TO PAY THEM $350. WHAT CAN AS, AS A CITY COUNCIL, AS A CITY, CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO LIVE IN A QUANTUM ? NOT JUST THE RICH OR THE STUDENT , NOTHING AGAINST STUDENTS, WE HAVE THEM ALL AROUND ME, BUT I COME FROM A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYWHERE. IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES TO THE CITY COUNCIL, IT IS ABOUT GROWTH IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER QUESTION ANSWERED. IF WE CANNOT ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT I THINK BY DECEMBER 3, THIS YOUNG LADY DESERVE SOME ANSWERS ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOMES.
IF WE COULD MAKE THAT ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES AS A CITY TO JUST ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR MINDS, BUT WE DO NOT BRING IT UP A LOT. IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP.
>> ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT?
>> MS. CROUCH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO PROVIDE SOME
RESPONSE? >> IF I'M UNDERSTANDING COMPANIES IN TAYLOR CORRECTLY, IS A VERY COMPLICATED DEAL .
ONE OF THE THINGS BROUGHT UP IS THE HOUSE IN QUESTION IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION ZONE WITH EVERY ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS JUST A SHELL, FAMILY OWNERS THAT IS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE CHALLENGE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS VAST. AS COUNCILWOMAN TAYLOR ELOQUENTLY PUT IT, SHE IS NOT SURE OF JUST YET WHAT WE ARE DEFINING AS THAT. YOU HAVE THE RENTAL SIDE AND HOMEOWNERSHIP SIDE. FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS THE CITY HAS BUILT AFFORDABLE HOMES. DONE SECOND MORTGAGES AND OTHER THINGS AND WE TOO RUN INTO CHALLENGES WITH ACQUIRING PROPERTY THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT, AFFORDABLE LEVELS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS WE CANNOT SPEND CITY FUNDS, ACQUIRED PROPERTY THEN TURN AROUND AND GIFT IT. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT TO INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS HOWEVER HE WE HAVE A CREATIVE STAFF LOOKING AT A LOT OF PROGRAMS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO COMPRESS -- ENCUMBRANCES RESPONSE TO THAT DECEMBER 3RD WITH NOT BE ADEQUATE TIME , BUT I WOULD LIKE INDIVIDUALLY FOR YOU TO
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GIVE ME MORE DIRECTION ABOUT THE THINGS AND I COULD MEET WITH COUNCILMEMBER TAYLOR ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND THAT YOU WANT ADDRESSED. I CAN GIVE YOU BETTER TIMELINE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE BUILT AFFORDABLE HOUSES RECENTLY AND COUNCILMEMBER TAYLOR IS ALSO E EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND WE ARE NOT ADDING A PROFIT ON THOSE, BUT THAT GOES TO THE NORTH AUBURN HOUSING CORPORATION. EU-APPROVED AS A PLANNING COMMISSION DID, PITTED WITH A PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, COUNCILMEMBER TAYLOR, TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT SAYING, I HAVE CITIZENS AND CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT TO GET HOUSES FROM THEM, BUT WE DO HAVE A PRIVATE DEVELOPER THAT IS TRYING TO KEEP HOUSES AT A VERY REASONABLE PRICE. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO DO THAT SO CERTAINLY LOOKING AT THAT IN THE RENTAL HOUSING FUND, THE CITY IS NOT EVOLVING NOT. THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCES. HAPPY TO ADDRESS AND I MAY SIT DOWN WITH COUNCILMEMBER TAYLOR AND GET MORE STRUCTURED THOUGHT IN TERMS OF SOMETHING THAT SHE HEARS TO BE SURE WE ARE TAKING ALL THOSE BUCKETS, BUT DECEMBER 3RD WOULD BE A LITTLE THEY WERE NOT UNILATERALLY ADDRESS THAT WAS TAUGHT TICKER HEIGHT HOMES THAT WE BUILT, OF CDBG RESOURCES, CORRECT?>> IN ESSENCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT --
>> REMIND YOU THOSE FOLKS STILL HAVE FIRST, SECOND MORTGAGES.
>> SURE. >> THEY GO THROUGH CREDIT COUNSELING AND THE FOLKS THAT WERE MADE HOMEOWNERS THERE STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET A LOAN AND ALL OF THOSE FOLKS
DID. >> WHEN YOU SAID TUCKER HIDES, I WANT A READY TO UNDERSTAND, SEVEN HOMES -- SEVEN HOMES.
SEVEN, OKAY? WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE VILLAGE OR HOUSE AT SEVEN HOMES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TUCKER HIDES. I UNDERSTAND THE MONIES THAT WE GET THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND EVERYTHING, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH MONEY SO I GUESS HOUSES, BUT I JUST THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE, BECAUSE AS A CITY COUNCIL PERSON, YOU GET TIRED OF PEOPLE -- ALMOST SINGING THE CITY MIGHT DEFAULT NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEING BUILT. IF WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT, LET'S CLARIFY IT , BUT NOT JUST CLARIFY TO KIND OF TAILOR IT, BUT CLARIFY
IT TO THE COMMUNITY. >> WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, AS A CITY, BECAUSE THERE IS ALSO -- THERE HAS ALSO BEEN -- I KNOW YOU CANNOT PUT HOMES IN THE CITY LIMITS ANYMORE SO THAT IS A SOURCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING. JUST GOING ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU, IS TAYLOR , APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND INTEREST ON THAT TOPIC. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT. ANYONE ELSE ?
>> MAX ? >> MR. MAYOR, REGARDING ITEM 9B, CONSENT, WE WILL TRY TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, MARK LUBRICATION. NOT JUST THEM, BUT BETWEEN NOW CONCERNED. ITEM 9B KNOWS THEY COULD REACH OUT TO ME. A LOT MORE DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. SECONDLY, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND MAYOR, EFFORTS WITH THE EAGLES WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE -- I REST EASY KNOWING THAT YOU GUYS ARE AT THE HELM OF THIS AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THROUGH SO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORT AND THE LEADERSHIP SHINING THROUGH THIS , CERTAINLY APOLOGETIC FOR ALL THAT IS HAPPENED. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND
THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ? YES, MA'AM? >> MS. CROUCH, WHILE WE ARE ON THE TOPIC OF EAGLES, I THINK THAT HER BEEN QUITE A FEW CONVERSATIONS , QUESTIONS DIRECTED AT ME AND I KNOW OUT ON VARIOUS OUTLETS, ABOUT WHAT THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY AND AUTHORITY TO DO WITH REGARDS TO DEVELOPERS BUSINESS LICENSE AND/OR BUILDING PERMITS. IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THAT? WHAT THE CITY HAS RIGHTS AND BILLABILITY TO DO WAS LET WE HAVE ONE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS HERE, PAUL CLARK.
BROUGHT OVERVIEW AS A STAY, FEDERAL PERMIT STATED TIMES TONIGHT AND THE CITY HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER THAT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, IT IS A DIFFERENT REQUIREMENT IF THEY MEET OUR DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA, THAT MUST BE APPROVED SO THIS IS A LONG-AGO APPROVED ZONING
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IN 2005. NOT RECENTLY. THAT HER BEEN SOME CHANGES AND MODIFICATION AND FIVE, 2017 PLAN DEVELOP IN DISTRICT ON TOP OF THAT WHICH MEANS THE COUNCIL HAS NO LEGAL AUTHORITY WHATSOEVER TO MODIFY ITS OWNING THAT ONLY THE APPLICANT CAN .IT IS A CONTRACT FOR ZONING. THE APPLICANT CAN REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL ALLOW IT TO BE AMENDED, BUT THE COUNCIL HAS NO AUTHORITY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS NO AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE ZONING WHATSOEVER. OF THE LAND USE PLAN ALSO PLAYS NO ROLE IN THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY ANNEXED, ZONE, WITH A PLAN DEVELOPMENT OESTREICH OVERLAY MANY YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED SINCE. THAT IS ONE COMPONENT OF IT THAT IS CHALLENGING, BUT ANY VIOLATION OF FEDERAL PERMIT, WHETHER IT IS WETLANDS, REGULARLY BY THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WHETHER IT IS IF -- NOBODY HERE IS SAYING A FEDERAL PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR REMOVAL OF THE NEST. WE SAW THAT PERMIT BEFORE THEY WERE RELEASED TO DO ANY KIND OF WORK OUT THERE . THAT IS BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT , SAME WITH WETLANDS RELATIVE TO U.S. RECORDER ENGINEERS, BUT WE HAVE NO LEGAL AUTHORITY SHUT THEM DOWN OR OTHERWISE FOR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THOSE PERMITTING STANDARDS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN CHOOSE TO IMPOSE FINES, TAKE THEIR OWN ACTIONS, BUT WITH THE BUSINESS LICENSE, IS VERY DELICATE. THE BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE ONLY ADDRESSES REVOCATION OF PAY TAXES, THAT HAS GO THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU'RE A HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT, VIOLATING CERTAIN HEALTH SAFETY WELFARE ISSUES THINK OR IF YOU DEAL IN FIREARMS OR OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS. THOSE ARE THE ONLY REVOCATION TERMS THAT WERE GRANTED BY THE STATE OF ALABAMA, CITY ATTORNEY, HE CAN
GO INTO IT DEEPER. >> THE BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUBURN SET FORTH CLEARLY IN THE CODE. OUR CODE IS BASED ON THE. OF BUSINESS LICENSE FEES AND THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS TO SATISFY BASELEVEL REQUIREMENTS FOR DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY. THIS ISSUE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A CITY CAN REVOKE A BUSINESS LICENSE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED A LOT IN ALABAMA CASE LAW, BUT IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND THE CASES THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE VERY CLEAR. WHEN A CITY DOES NOT HAVE STANDARDS THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO REVOKE A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR WHAT WE WOULD GENERALLY CALL CORPORATE BAD ACTS. YOU SIMPLY CANNOT DO IT. OUR ORDINANCE WITHIN THE CITY OF AUBURN DOES NOT AFFORD THAT POWER TO THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU CAN, AS A CITY MANAGER STATED, REVOKE A BUSINESS LICENSE ON LIMITED TERMS, PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER VERY NARROW CASES THAT DEAL WITH VERY SPECIFIC BUSINESSES , BUT NOT IN RELATION TO A BUILDER OR DEVELOPER LIKE HOUSTON HOMES.
SIMILARLY IN RELATION TO BUILDING PERMITS , OUR CITY CODE ADOPTS THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE AND THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE VERY SPECIFICALLY TO TAKES HOW BUSINESS -- HOW BUILDING PERMITS ARE ISSUED AND REGULATED. WAS IN THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE THERE ARE ONLY THREE REASONS THAT HE BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE REVOKED OR SUSPENDED . THOSE ARE IF THE PERMIT WAS JUST ISSUED IN ERROR, JUST A CLERICAL MISTAKE. THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED BASED ON INCORRECT, INACCURATE OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION AND THAT WOULD RELATE TO THE PLANS THAT ARE SUBMITTED FOR THE REGULATION AND APPROVAL OF THOSE PLANS THROUGH OUR CITY INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT. NUMBER 3, THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED IN VIOLATION WITH THE ORDINANCE OR REGULATION PROVISION BUILDING CODE . SO THOSE ARE ALL TIED TO THE SPECIFICS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED BY REFERENCE.
>> PAUL, ON THE LAND DISTURBANCE SIDE, HOW DOES THAT
DIFFER ? >> IN RELATION TO THE LAND DISTURBANCE, THERE IS REALLY ONLY WENT PERMIT WE REQUIRE OF DEVELOPERS, A TIMBERING PLAN , THAT IS DEVELOPED VERY EARLY ON IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND APPROVED THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCEDURES. THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN RELATION TO THIS PARTICULAR PHASE , FOR HERITAGE RIDGE AND WAS APPROVED. THAT IS OR THAT PLAN, TIMBERING PLAN, IT IS DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT TIMBER IS NOT REMOVED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAUSES RUN OFF OR OTHER DAMAGES TO OTHER VULNERABLE OR TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES. SO ONCE THE PERMIT IS ISSUED, THERE IS VERY LITTLE THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO REVOKE A BUILDING PERMIT. WHAT I
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UNDERSTAND FROM THE INSPECTION SERVICES IN THIS PHASE WITH HERITAGE PHASE NO PROVISION WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO ENACT MORATORIUM ON BILLING PERMITS TO EACH PACIFIC BUILD WITHINTHE CITY. >> SAME FOR THE REMAINDER OF LAND THE DISTURBANCE OF DEVELOPMENT STAFF WE HAVE INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL WAS ISSUED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN JUNE, WHERE THIS WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT EAGLES NESTING STATEMENT WAS READ AT THE TIME BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR WHO MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS A FEDERALLY RELATED ISSUE. SO NO PERMIT ISSUE HAS BEEN ISSUED SO EVER FOR ANYTHING IN THE TIMBERING PLAN. WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE FROZEN MEALS FOR ANY OF THE RESEARCH FOR GRADING OF THE SUBDIVISION OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT JUST THE TIMBER REMOVAL. WERE , IF TOMORROW THOSE ARE SUBMITTED, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR REVIEW AS WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT IN AUBURN AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN TANDEM, WITH FISH AND WILDLIFE, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE PLANS AS WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO.
NOTHING WOULD HOLD UP THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR THE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBDIVISION , UNLESS THEY DID NOT MEET SOME
CITY CRITERIA AS ESTABLISHED. >> CORRECT.
>> SO CAN THIS BODY AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE LOOK TO RESEARCH WAYS -- IF THIS BODY CHOSE TO -- WAYS THAT WE COULD HAVE FURTHER SAFEGUARDS IN THE FUTURE ADDED TO ORDINANCES OR CREATED , AN ORDINANCE, THAT ALLOWED BY THIS BODY?
>> SPECIFICALLY IN RELATION TO BUSINESS LICENSES, THAT IS A POSSIBILITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO ADD TO THE CURRENT BUSINESS AND REGULATIONS. EMPOWER ITSELF TO REVOKE BUSINESS LICENSES BASED ON CORPORATE BAD ACTS, BUT THAT IS SIMPLY NOT IN THE CURRENT
BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> WHAT IS THE DEFINITION ON WHAT CONSTITUTES A BAD ACT?
>> YEAH, THE ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED IN ALABAMA APPELLATE CASE LAW ARE SIMILAR, BUT DIFFERENT . MOST OF THEM REQUIRE A SHOWING THAT A CORPORATE BAD ACT HAS BECOME SUCH THAT IT CREATES A NUISANCE TO THE PUBLIC. YOU SEE THESE TYPES OF CASES INVOLVING NIGHTCLUBS , OR OTHER DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS, WHERE POLICE ARE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO MULTIPLE REPORTS OF GUNFIRE, MULTIPLE FIGHTS, THERE IS A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS . SO THE CRITERIA -- THERE IS NO SPECIFIC CRITTER FOR WHAT HAS TO BE WITHIN A CITY'S BUSINESS LICENSE REVOCATION PROCESS, BUT COULD BE CRAFTED SUCH THAT THE COUNCIL -- IF IT MEETS THE CRITERIA, THE CASE LAW IS OUT THERE. THE FEW CASES OUT THERE, THAT CAN CERTAINLY BE CRAFTED TO THE COUNCIL PLEASURE.
>> MISS TAYLOR? >> I GUESS I AM ON A ROLL TONIGHT. I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING FOR THE COUNCIL AND ALSO FOR THE AUDIENCE OUT HERE. I DO NOT THINK THAT SHE IS AN AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK SHE LEFT, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY -- I WANTED TO GO ON RECORD SINCE IT WENT OUT RECORD THAT FIVE COUNCILMEMBERS WHERE THIEVES. WE STOLE. I AM NOT A THIEF. I WANT THAT TO GO ON THE RECORD, BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING DEFINITE MAYBE SOME OF YOU ALL DO NOT REALIZE WHAT SHE SAID TO NOT ABOUT THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. WE WERE CALLED THIEVES UP HERE, BUT I DO NOT APPRECIATE BEING CALLED A THIEF, BECAUSE I AM NOT A THIEF AND I HAVE NOT STOLE ANYTHING.
IF YOU DISAGREE WITH A DECISION THAT I MADE THAT DOES NOT MEAN A THIEF, BECAUSE I THINK MOST THIEVES, KNOWINGLY, THIEVES ARE BEHIND BARS. I'M SITTING HERE ON THE COUNCIL SO I AM NOT BEHIND BARS. I WAS PRETTY OFFENDED BY THAT, BECAUSE MY NAME WAS CALLED, TAYLOR, SHE SAID TAYLOR FIRST. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I AM NOT A THIEF. THE REST OF THEM CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES, BUT I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I AM NOT
A THIEF. >> ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL
HAVE A COMMENT SO I GUESS? >> EXPANDING ON WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF STRENGTHENING ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS OR WHATEVER IT IS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SIMPLY SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OF CITY, STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, IS THAT SUFFICIENT FOR US TO
CONSIDER A REVOCATION? >> I DO NOT THINK THAT THE COUNCIL COULD BE THAT GENERAL. WE IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, WE
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FOLLOW A LEGAL THEORY CALLED DILLONS RULE, WHICH MEANS THE CITIES IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA ONLY HAVE THOSE POWERS THAT ARE DELEGATED TO VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT STATE LEGISLATURE. SO THE CITIES IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA ARE ALLOWED TO ENFORCE OR ADOPT BY REFERENCE AND AND FORCE AS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE CITY CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS, BUT THOSE ARE SET FORTH IN STATE CODE.THE CITY COULD NOT ENFORCE ALL STATE LAWS. OR CREATE A MECHANISM FOR PUNISHING THOSE EVEN TO THE BUSINESS LICENSE REVOCATION FOR ALL STATE LAWS. CERTAINLY THE STATE HAS NO AUTHORITY TO NOR HAS IT DELEGATED TO ANY CITY WITHIN THE STATE OF ALABAMA THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE OR PUNISH THE VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN LIMITED THINGS WE COULD CRAFT TO GO INTO THE BUSINESS LICENSE REVOCATION, POWERS AT THIS COUNCIL HAS THAT WOULD EXPAND UPON THAT PROCESS, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE THAT FAR.
>> GOOD QUESTION. >> ANYONE ELSE?
>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS WHAT SUSAN SAID. SHE PRIMARILY ATTACKED ME AND MY CHARACTER. IN THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL, BUT SUDDENLY I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, VOLUME ] MY BIBLE TELLS ME THAT A GOOD NAME WOULD BEAT THOSE WITH GREAT RICHES. I'VE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT NAME SERVED IN THE CITY ALMOST 38 YEARS. IS A POLICE OFFICER 26 OF THOSE YEARS. WAS MY LIFE. MY FAMILY WHAT I SAID WHEN I WANTED TO DO, BUT YOU CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS, BUT DO NOT ATTACK MY CHARACTER. I DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF IT, BUT I DO HAVE A GOOD NAME , MY FAMILY HAS A GOOD NAME. BEEN IN THE OFFICES SINCE THE 1800S. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DAWSON, A CALL I'M CRAZY, BUT THAT IS ABOUT THE WHERE SHE WILL SAY ABOUT IT. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT SHE COULD GET UP HERE AND ATTACK MY CHARACTER LIKE THAT. MADE ME ANGRY TO START WITH, HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT, SHE DOES NOT REALLY KNOW ME AND KNOW WHY, BUT I SLEEP TONIGHT SO I HOPE SHE COULD SLEEP WELL, BECAUSE SHE HONESTLY -- SHE JUST -- I DON'T KNOW, BUT SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO THOSE FOLKS MIND, STR STUFF, I DON'T KNOW. IF YOU WANT TO ATTACK ME TO SOMETHING I DO ON THIS COUNCIL, THAT IS FINE, BUT DO NOT ATTACK
>> YOU CANNOT SPEAK OUT LIKE THAT.
>> YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT TOO, YOUNG MAN.
>> PLEASE DO NOT SPEAK AGAIN, OKAY?
>> TUMMY, WE ARE CERTAINLY PROUD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. YOU HAVE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY FOR LONG TIME AND YOUR CHARACTER IS
>> YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT SERVANT OF THIS COMMUNITY TO
ALL OF YOUR ROLES. >> APPRECIATE THAT. SHOW.
ANYTHING ELSE? >> I AM NOT A THIEF EITHER. IT IS A DIFFICULT ARGUMENT TO HEAR , EXCUSE ME, TO HEAR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE .
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CRAFT ANY ORDINANCE WHERE EVERYBODY IS HAPPY. I THINK THE REPETITION OF YOUR GRIEVANCE , WEEK AFTER WEEK, IT WEAKENS YOUR ARGUMENT SO THAT MOST OF THE TIME THAT MS. BOLDT OR MR. WILKINS SHOWS UP HERE TO COMPLAINT OVER, OVER GET ABOUT THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE, IT ACUMEN TIVOLI LOSES ITS -- ACUMEN TIVOLI LOSES ITS POWER, I THINK THAT I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I AM SATISFIED WITH THE CRAFTING OF THAT ORDINANCE , WE DID THE BEST THAT WE COULD TO PLEASE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND I COULD SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT MY NEIGHBORS ARE VERY SATISFIED WITH THE DECISIONS THAT I REPRESENTED AND THAT IT REPRESENTED THEIR VIEWS.
>> ANYONE ELSE ? >> CERTAINLY AGAIN I APPRECIATE THE PASSION OF ARE TO COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE THE MANNER IN WHICH OUR CITIZENS CAME FORTH TONIGHT AND SPOKE. I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE MOVE TO LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS THESE KINDS OF INTERACTIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AUBURN IS NOT PERFECT. IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DESIRE TO LIVE HERE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY AND OUR COMMUNITY. I CERTAINLY WISH EVERYBODY AND HEAR A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. IF
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YOU ARE TRAVELING TO BE WITH FAMILY, PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A RICH, RICH TIME OVER THOSE THAT YOU LOVE NEXT WEEK AND I HOPE YOU TAKE TIME TO BE THANKFUL. THANK YOU FOR* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.