TIME WE APPRECIATE THAT. MOVED TO ADJOURN. [00:00:03] >> I WILL ADJOURN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY THE 7TH 2026. WE CERTAINLY WELCOME ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE JOINED US LIKE MACK AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS WELL AS THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING AND WATCHING THROUGH OUR STREAMING SERVICES. WEDNESDAY WITH THE ROLE CALL. WILL YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? REMAINED STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 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. PLEASE BE SEATED. [4. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS.] IT IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH. SO THIS TIME WE ARE PROUD TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AS WELL AS OTHER SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WE ARE PROUD TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR JULY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTHS. AND WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM FOR THE INSPECTION SERVICES DIRECTOR. JASON PEARSON HAS BEEN NOMINATED AND RECOGNITION OF HIS EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF AUBURN AND INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT. OVER THE PAST YEAR THE DEPARTMENT HAS EXPERIENCED UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH RESULTING IN THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF PERMITTING AND HER HISTORY. FACED WITH THIS WORKLOAD JASON STEPPED UP IN A MAJOR WAY. DUE TO HIS EXCEPTIONAL WORK ETHIC, HE HELPED KEEP PERMIT REVIEW TIMES MANAGEABLE WHILE MAINTAINING A HIGH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. JASON'S TYPE OF WORK ETHIC BECAME THE BACKBONE OF OUR DIVISION DRINK AS RECORD-SETTING GEAR DAY IN AND DAY OUT HE TACKLED AN INFLUX OF PROJECTS HAD ON. AND INSURED ARE DEPARTMENT CONTINUED TO OPERATE A FRESH IT -- EFFICIENTLY. HIS PROACTIVE APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. AND IN HIS ROLE AS A PLAN REVIEW WERE JASON HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND EXPANDED HIS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE. HE HAS CONTINUOUSLY EMBRACED LARGER, MORE COMPLEX PROJECTS AND ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO HELP SUPPORT THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DIVISION. IN ADDITION TO STRONG PRODUCTIVITY JASON CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM, TEAMWORK, AT THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE POSITIVE ATTITUDE. IT COMMUNICATES EFFECTIVELY AND RESPECTFULLY WITH BOTH THE PUBLIC AND HIS COLLEAGUES. HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP WHENEVER NEEDED. HIS RELIABILITY AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC WORK MAY COME SOMEBODY THE DEPARTMENT CAN DEPEND ON DURING PERIODS OF HIGH DEMAND. JASON EXEMPLIFIES THE CITY'S CORE VALUES THROUGH HIS DEDICATION, INTEGRITY, TEAMWORK, AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY PERIODS CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR HAVE LED A DIRECT, POSITIVE IMPACT ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. MAKE IT COME HIGHLY DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, JASON, WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> OKAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK TO JASON PEARSON CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND TO JERALD DEAN, JUDE HACKETT, BILLY JACKSON, ALL THE BEST IN RETIREMENT WE WISH YOU WELL. DURING THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE CITY COUNCIL MADE IT TO APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. VANESSA ECHOLS WAS REAPPOINTED TO SERVE ONE FULL TERM AND ANNA SOLOMON WAS NEWLY APPOINTED TO SERVE A FULL TERM THEY WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST. AGAIN WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S INTEREST IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAD THEIR PRODUCTION OF THE STAR-SPANGLED CONCERT. [00:05:01] WHAT A GREAT EVENING IT WAS. A SPECIAL TALENT AND VERY PATRIOTIC. A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT WORK. ALSO THANK YOU TO THE GULF CREWS IN THIS TOWN WHO HAVE CREATED A YOUTH GOLF TOUR FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ENJOY PLAYING GOLF I BELIEVE THEY HAVE CREATED A TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE YOUTH IN THIS COMMUNITY. I WENT TO THE FIRST EVENT AND LAST WEEK IT WAS WELL ORGANIZED AND WELL SUPPORTED. THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AND FOR THE PARENTS TO NOT HAVE TO GO OUT OF TOWN SO WHAT A WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INVITING ME OVER TO SPEAK AND SPENT LUNCH. THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY TRYING TO CREATE A BUSINESSES AND HAVE IDEAS WHILE THEY ARE HERE IN COLLEGE, THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SUPPORT THAT IS OFFERED TO THEM OVER THE RESEARCH MARKET. A LOT OF BRIGHT MINDS OVER THERE AND PEOPLE WITH GREAT BIG IDEAS. THEN THEY GO AHEAD AND PURSUE THEM. HERE AND COLLEGE. SO VERY ENCOURAGING ABOUT THE FUTURE. I WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM RECENTLY IT CAME OUT THE CITY OF AUBURN WENT THROUGH A RATINGS EXERCISE. I WANT TO SAY JUST FROM MY SEAT HOW PROUD I AM OF THE PEOPLE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO TAKING CARE OF THE MONEY THAT OUR CITIZENS PROVIDE US TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR THEM. IT IS THE ULTIMATE PROFESSIONALISM AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH ONE OF THESE EXERCISES YOU ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT DO NOT CARE THAT YOU ARE NICE AND DO NOT CARE THAT YOU WORK HARD ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS HOW WELL YOU HAVE DONE YOUR JOB. AND AGAIN I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT ALISON EDGE PROVIDES FOR THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE AND ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT GOES IN. OF COURSE OUR CITY MANAGER OVERSEES ALL OF. THE BETTER RATINGS, THE FURTHER OUR MONEY GOES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHICH MEANS WE CAN DO MORE FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO CITY MANAGER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. >> IF YOU HAVEN'T COVERED IT I WILL MAKE SURE OF IT. >> WE ARE VERY PROUD AND WE DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED ABSOLUTELY. AND WHEN YOU GO THROUGH AN EXERCISE LIKE THAT YOU REALLY GET TO SEE WHAT GOES ON AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE. AND YOU HATE -- HERE PEOPLE MAKE COMPARISONS TO OTHER PLACES IN OUR CITY SO WE ARE VERY BLESSED. ALSO RECENTLY WE RECOGNIZED FOR THE MATT CONWAY AWARD. WHICH MEANS WE ARE OPERATING AND WE HAVE CHECKED A NUMBER OF BOXES TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT. WITH CITY MANAGER I DID NOT KNOW IF THE MEMBER OF HER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM OR RECRUITMENT TEAM WOULD LIKE TO WAY IN ON THAT RECOMMENDATION. >> AS USUAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR RECOGNITION YOU MAY OR MAY NOT GET UP AND SPEAK. A LOT OF THINGS BY DATA THAT IS PROVIDED BY US. FOLLOWING THE PATH THAT WE FOLLOWED BY THE COUNCIL SUPPORT AND OUR GENERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OF PHILOSOPHIES OR WHY THESE THINGS HAPPEN. IT IS A TESTAMENT ALSO TO THE WORK OF OUR TEAM. PART OF THE TEAM STILL THE CITY MANAGER. BUT I WAS A DIRECT STAFF MEMBER ON THAT TEAM FOR MANY YEARS I KNOW THE HOURS THEY SPENT AND REMIND EVERYBODY A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE DOING ON THE INDUSTRIAL FRIEND. THIS REALLY FUNDS ARE QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES JOBS FOR PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY AREA. NOT JUST AUBURN CITIZENS. YOU KNOW 30% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THE STREETS LIVE IN AUBURN AND 30% DO NOT. ALSO PROVIDING HIGH-PAYING JOBS FOR PEOPLE IN THE REGION AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OR YOU GOOD WITH. >> YES. >> WOULD YOU ADD ANYTHING. >> ANYONE ELSE? OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TONIGHT? >> YES, SIR,. >> I'M SORRY. >> I HAVE BEEN MEANING TO THANK SOMEBODY, I'M NOT SURE WHO, I WOULD JUST SAY THE CITY STAFF FOR REDOING THE BIKE LANE ON THACH AVENUE. WONDERED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. THEY ARE COMPLETE WITH NO PARKING. TO KEEP THE ELAINE OPEN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO PUBLIC SAFETY FOR SLOWING DOWN THESE FIGURES ON STANFORD AVENUE. THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AND IT HAS BEEN NOTICED. I HOPE IT HAS BEEN NOTICED BY THE RIGHT PEOPLE. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BOTH OF THOSE. >> EVERY MORNING. [00:10:05] >> I THINK I MISSED THE LATEST COUNCIL MEETING BUT I WANT TO SAY SOME PROPS OUT TO SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY JOIN THE ASSIST I WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY AUBURN PARTS COMMISSION. MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS STRAIT IN THE PARKS AND EVERYTHING. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE SUPPORT. I WANT TO THANK AUBURN PUBLIC SAFETY FOR BRINGING IN WHEN THOSE GUYS COME OUT AND HELP US OUT. AND ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE PARADE AND THE EVENT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE PEOPLE I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ADAMS SITTING IN THE BACK. AND WHEN I SAY EMMA I MADE A SPEECH EARLIER ABOUT EMMA HAVING A BUBBLY SPIRIT. AT THE SAME TYPE OF SPIRIT ABOUT HIM. SO YES ANNA THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FURTHER DONATION. AND EVERY YEAR THAT I STARTED LIVING IN AUBURN AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. AND THEY REMAIN CAPPED -- CAPABLE. REALLY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MAYOR ANDERS FOR COMING OUT AND HE NOT ONLY PARTICIPATED IN THE PARADE AND ENROLLED LIKE YOU CALL THIS A GOLF COURSE? THIS IS MORE THAN A GOLF CARD. AND ALSO PERSON BRINGING HIS SONS OUT AND THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE PRORATED. I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY. THAT I CAN'T STATE WHAT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITY STAFF IN FRONT OF YOU KNOW THE CITY. FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND EVERYTHING THEY DO TO MAKE JUNETEENTH A SUCCESS. BUT I HAVE ALREADY THINK EVERYBODY ELSE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HELPED OUT AND A LOT OF PARTICIPANTS AND EVERYTHING. I WOULD CONFIRM YOU OVER THERE BUT THEY JUST SIT RIGHT THERE. PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT. NO NO. NEW MATH. >> HE IS BACK OVER HERE. >> OKAY OKAY. BUT I WANTED TO ALSO ASK ANYONE TURN AND SOME KEYS. THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT KEYS. SO IF ANYBODY TURNS AND SOME KEYS PLEASE LET ME KNOW FROM THE JUNETEENTH EVENT. OKAY? >> THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL TO PARKS AND REC AND THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF THAT WORKED ON THE HOLIDAY FOR CELEBRATING AMERICA TO 50 WE LOVE IT, AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO HAVE COMMUNITY. THIS YEAR TO CELEBRATE AMERICA TO 50 MADE IT EXTRA SPECIAL I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO [5. AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS.] ALL OF THOSE WHO WORKED ON A HOLIDAY SO THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE? WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS. >> GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR ANDERS. MY NAME IS ANDREW AND I SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF CITY RELATIONS AND I HAVE THE HONOR TO SERVE SOME FUN THINGS THAT WE HELD. THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR INTENTION PROGRAM THIS MONTH OF JULY AT AROUND THREE MORE SESSIONS. ARE ORIENTATION WHILE WORKING REALLY HARD TO REALLY SET THE TONE. OPEN IT WITH THE WELCOMING FACE AND SHOW THEM WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE PART OF THE AUBURN FAMILY ONE IMPORTANT THING WE LIKE TO SERVE IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE INVOLVED. GETTING INVOLVED IS ALWAYS SPECIAL BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK THAT ARE ORGANIZATIONS REALLY PUT IN. ARE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED THEIR RECRUITING EFFORTS AND PLANNING THE DANCE BASICALLY IF YOU HAVE HEARD OF VERSE 56, IT IS THE FIRST EIGHT WEEKS OF CLASS, ORGANIZATIONS WILL HOLD WELCOME EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCOMING STUDENTS AND THEY WILL FIND REALLY FUN WAYS TO GET INVOLVED. AND THE LAST THING ON THE ORIGIN IS GREEK LIFE RECRUITMENT PREPARATIONS ARE CONTINUING THROUGH THE MONTH OF JULY. CONTINUE TO HOLD RECRUITMENT WEEKENDS. AND PREPARING FOR RECRUITMENT AND WORK WEEK BUT THAT IS ALL FOR ME TONIGHT THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, AND TRULY [00:15:02] APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. APPRECIATE YOU STAYING WITH US DURING THE SUMMER AS WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN UP FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS ON ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA THIS IS ONLY ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CITY COUNT -- SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL IF YOUR ITEM INCLUDES A PUBLIC HEARING WHICH THERE IS A FEW RESOLUTIONS ON THE BACK PAGE OF YOUR AGENDA WE ASK THAT YOU WAIT UNTIL THE END TO SPEAK TO [7. CITY MANAGER’S COMMUNICATIONS.] THE COUNCIL. OKAY, WE WILL MOVE AHEAD WITH CITY MANAGERS COMMUNICATION. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS OTHER THAN THERE IS A CHANGE TO STRIKING A PUBLIC [8. CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA (Part 1 of 2)] HEARING ON PAGE 5 FROM ITEM 9C NUMBER 1. OTHERWISE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS AS CONSENT AGENDA DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DEAL WITH THAT ITEM INDIVIDUALLY? >> I WOULD'VE. NUMBER 8, 1 THROUGH SIX. >> ANYBODY ELSE? >> NUMBER 8, C. AND NUMBER 8, C5. >> ANYONE ELSE? [8.b.1. Ward 1 (District 1, Post 1). Connie Fitch Taylor.] >> OKAY. NUMBER 8B. >> ELECTION CERTIFIES CARNEY FITCH TAYLOR FOR A TERM OF OFFICE THAT BEGINS ON 1ST OF NOVEMBER 2026. >> SECOND. >> MOTION TO SECOND. >> I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. AND YES, MY NAME IS ON THAT LIST BUT PRIMARILY JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR HARD WORK IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND THAT WE ARE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THERE I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT ALL OF THEM. THE SECOND ONE IS A NEW FACE AND I THINK SHE DESERVES AN INTRODUCTION WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES CONGRATULATIONS. >> I WILL REMIND EVERYONE YES, IT IS OKAY AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO VOTE ON ALL OF THESE [8.b.2. Ward 2 (District 1, Post 2). Kirsten Milenkovitch] ITEMS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO RATIFY THIS. SO FOR CLARITY WE ARE GOOD. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, B NUMBER 2. KIRSTIN MILKEN WHICH -- KIRSTEN MILENKOVITCH. >> THEY HAVE ALREADY THREATENED ME SO I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO STAY AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A HAND FOR IT MAKE YOU GET THIS FAR SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO EVERYBODY HERE IS OUR NEW COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE CITY OF AUBURN. CONGRATULATIONS. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. >> WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR HOURS ON HOURS I THINK. AND I AM VERY, VERY CONFIDENT THAT SHE WILL FIT RIGHT IN ON HERE. I AM REALLY JEALOUS SHE DID NOT HAVE TO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND CAMPAIGNED LIKE SOME OF US TO DO. BUT I CERTAINLY WELCOME YOU UP HERE. THE CITY WILL BE IN FINE SHAPE AND EVEN BETTER SHAPE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN DOING THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING YOU ON THE TV. ANYBODY ELSE? >> ANY OPPOSED? [8.b.3. Ward 3 (District 2, Post 1). Beth Witten] THE MOTION CARRIES. >> WERE THREE COUNCILPERSON, BETH WITTEN. >> MOTION. >> SECOND. >> ANY COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS. >> I WANT TO THANK MISS BETH WITTEN FOR BRINGING THESE ITEMS OFF THE AGENDA SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM TONIGHT AND I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK THE PAST FOUR YEARS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU APPEAR ON THE DAIS. SO CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ANYONE ELSE? [8.b.4. Ward 4 (District 2, Post 2). Tyler Adams.] ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE" ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> ELECTION CERTIFIES TYLER ADAMS AS WORD FOR COUNCILPERSON FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER 2026. >> SECOND. >> MOTION TO SECOND. COMMENTS? >> VERY PROUD OF HIM HE HAS COME A LONG WAY. >> I APPRECIATED. THERE WERE TIMES I DID NOT THINK I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT. >> I WAS PULLING THROUGH IT. >> ANYBODY ELSE? [8.b.5. Ward 6 (District 3, Post 2). Bob Parsons.] ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE". ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> ELECTION CERTIFIES BOB PARSONS AS A WARD AT SIX COUNCILPERSON FOR A TERM OF [00:20:01] OFFICE THAT BEGINS ON FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER 2026. >> SECOND. >> MOTION TO SECOND THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS? >> YOU TELL ME ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO I WOULD BE ON THE COUNCIL I WOULD SAY YOU ARE CRAZY. >> YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY. [LAUGHTER] >> I APPRECIATED. AND YOU KNOW I AM THE FIRST TO RECOGNIZE THAT WARD SIX IS NOT MY SEAT, IT IS A SEAT THAT IS OUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO CLAIM. AND TO STATE THEIR CASE AS TO WHY. I WAS PERFECTLY READY AND ABLE TO DO THAT. MY SUMMER HAS GOTTEN A LOT EASIER, AND I APPRECIATE THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE. [8.b.6. Ward 7 (District 4, Post 1). Max Coblentz.] >> ON THE FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE". ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> ELECTION CERTIFIES MAX COBLENTZ FOR WARD SEVEN COUNCILPERSON TERM OF OFFICE BEGINS ON FIRST MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2026. >> SECOND. >> COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS? >> PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. SO THANK YOU. >> ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE" ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. A CITY MANAGER I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW FROM MY SEAT I GET TO WORK WITH ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND I HAVE SEEN HOW MUCH THEY CARE ABOUT THOSE THAT THEY SERVE AND FOR THE FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE RETURNING, YOUR BOARDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE BECAUSE THEY HAVE WORKED HARD. OF RECALL YOU MAKE EVERY EMAIL YOU SEND, IT IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. THEY WORK ON IT ON YOUR BEHALF. THEY ARE ALL HONORABLE PEOPLE. THEY HAVE ALL DONE A GREAT, GREAT JOB FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I BELIEVE THAT KIRSTIN MILKEN WHICH -- KIRSTEN MILENKOVITCH WILL BE THE SAME WAY. SO FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING THE CITY WE ARE BLESSED AND FORTUNATE AND I THINK WE SHOULD EXPECT GREAT THINGS OUT OF THEM SO THEY HAVE CERTAINLY PROVING -- PROVEN THAT THEY WILL DO IT. >> ALL RIGHT,. >> ITEM 8C, TWO. >> BEFORE WE COULD TO DO EACH OF YOU WILL BE NEEDING TO SIGN A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ELECTED. SERVING ON THE DAIS, PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THIS EVENING BEFORE WE GET THAT DONE OR I WILL BE CHASING YOU DOWN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TRYING TO GET THIS EXECUTED SO PLEASE DO NOT [8.c.2. Dana Safety Supply, Inc. Purchase one hundred fifty (150) Walther PDP Pro handguns with optics and holsters. Police Department. $128,689.82.] LEAVE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TONIGHT WITHOUT SIGNING THE DOCUMENTS THANK YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT READY -- IF YOU ARE NOW READY. FROM DANA SAFETY SUPPLY ING, -- DANA SAFETY SUPPLY, INC. PURCHASE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) WALTHER PDP PRO HANDGUNS WITH OPTICS AND HOLSTERS. POLICE DEPARTMENT. $128,689.82. >> MOTION. >> SECOND. >> I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE EQUIPPING OF OUR POLICE FORCE WITH EVERYTHING POSSIBLE THEY COULD USE. HOW MANY ARE WE ACTUALLY BE PLACING? ALL OF THEM. >> THAT IS CORRECT I WILL HAVE POLICE CHIEF COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND HE CAN ANSWER THOSE EASILY IT FOR YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. >> YES, SIR, WE ARE REPLACING ALL OF OUR INVENTORY. >> WHOLE INVENTORY, OKAY. >> ARE THE NEW ONES THEY SAME CALIBER? AMMUNITION, SUPPLIES? DO THEY HAVE RED DOT SIGHTS. SO ANY TRAINING OR ANTICIPATED A WE ALREADY HAVE A TRAINING IN PLACE. WE ALLOW OFFICERS TO PURCHASE THEIR OWN RED DOT SIGHTING SYSTEM SO THEY ARE SOMEWHAT RESTRICTIVE WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR WEAPONS. >> CURRENTLY YOU HAVE SOME COMPACT BLOCKS AND SOME REGULAR SIZE OF BLOCKS. YOU HAVE A COMBINATION? >> YES THE SAME PLAN. CARRYING FULL-SIZE WEAPON. NO CHANGE IN PRICE. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WHO EVER THIS DID A FANTASTIC JOB THIS IS A SUPER PRICE I LIKE TO LOOK AROUND THAT FIREARMS AND STUFF. HOW IS THIS SOURCED? I KNOW IT IS NONCOMPETITIVE. >> WE TALKED TO MANUFACTURERS AND TESTED SEVERAL DIFFERENT WEAPONS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS BASICALLY A COMPLETE PACKAGE FROM THE MANUFACTURER WERE. WE WANTED THE WEAPON BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT -- IMPORTANT, THE MOUNTING OF THAT ON THE WEAPON. AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO GET SOME DISCOUNT FOR TRAINING IN OUR OWN WEAPONS. SO WE DEALT DIRECTLY WITH THE COMPANY. THERE WERE A FEW MANUFACTURERS WHICH OFTEN THOSE PACKAGES. WE ALSO TESTED SOME OTHERS. [00:25:07] BUT ONE COULD NOT MEET THE STANDARD THAT WE PUT IN PLACE FOR THE FACTORY OPTIC. WE ALSO LOOKED AT KIMBER BECAUSE KIMBER HAS A MANUFACTURING PLANT IN DETROIT. SO WE DEALT DIRECTLY WITH ALL MANUFACTURERS, ONCE WE SELECTED THE WEAPON PLATFORM THAT WE WANTED WE WENT TO VARIOUS VENDORS AND THE PRICE WAS BASICALLY SET. >> THANK YOU I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ALL ON WHAT I THINK IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL SOLICITATION AND SELECTION TO FIND A REPLACEMENT. >> ALREADY USING THESE WEAPONS. >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS. WITH MANUFACTURERS TO GIVE US SOME REFERENCES. THE AGENCIES IF THEY WERE CARRYING THE WEAPON. ONE THAT WE TALKED WITH WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR TRANSITION AND THAT HELPED US MAKE OUR DECISION. >> THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. >> USUALLY AM VERY HAPPY WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. >> FOR THE PURCHASE. [LAUGHTER] [8.c.5. Musco Sports Lighting, LLC. Purchase LED lights for Yarbrough Tennis Center Outdoor Hard Courts. $219,900.] >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE". THE MOTION CARRIES. >> AUTHORIZING MUSCO SPORTS LIGHTING, LLC. PURCHASE LED LIGHTS FOR YARBROUGH TENNIS CENTER OUTDOOR HARD COURTS. $219,900. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> ANOTHER CONTRACT OH, BOY. IT SEEMS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE FROM TIME TO TIME. I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW MANY MORE PARKS OR FACILITIES STILL NEED THIS CONVERSION TO L.A. DATE? >> VERY FEW A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS I KNOW YOU HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE PACKET MEETING. BUT JUST OUTDOOR COURTS, HARD COURTS. AND THEN OUR AGREEMENT WITH AUBURN UNIVERSITY. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR ON THAT. GENERALLY SPEAKING WE ARE MOSTLY DONE WITH OUR BLOOD -- LED LIGHTED CONVERSION. BEHIND THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. THIS IS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE SPACE WILL BE UTILIZED IN THE FUTURE. NOT ANY ORGANIZED EVENTS ON THAT SPACE. AUBURN CITY SCHOOLS HAS SOME GENERAL INTEREST IN DISCUSSING THAT SPACE. NOT BRINGING FORWARD ANY TYPE OF CONTRACT AT THIS TIME UNTIL A FUTURE USES DETERMINED. WE ALSO HAVE IN WEST VIEW PARK, LIGHTING, BUT IT IS NOT LED. WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS OF THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPGRADED BUT THAT IS WORK WE CAN TO OURSELVES BECAUSE IT IS SO FEW. MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW PARKING LOTS HERE AND THERE MOST OF OUR PARKING LOT LIGHTING IS CONTRACTED WITH ALABAMA POWER. AS THEY PERFORM MAINTENANCE THEY REPLACE THOSE AS PART OF A CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THEM. WE DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO BE SEEING A TON MORE OF LED LIGHTING CHANGEOVERS. THANK YOU. >> OKAY THANK YOU. >> JUST IN TIME FOR YOU TO COMPLETE YOUR TERM OF THE COUNCIL THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL THE LED LIGHTS. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GRAND TOTAL HAS BEEN BUT. >> IT IS A LOT. >> A BOAT LOAD. >> I WILL REMIND YOU IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR INABILITY TO GET THE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED FOR THE OLDER LIGHTS SO THAT IS WHY, BUT, YES, IT HAS BEEN. >> THEY ARE MORE DURABLE, CORRECT? >> YES. BUT ALSO OUR INABILITY TO REPLACE LIGHTS. OF COURSE THESE HAVE BOOZY FEATURES AS I CALL THEM. WE CAN TURN THEM ON AND OFF FROM DEVICES WHICH HELPS THE NEXT PROBLEM -- >> THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OUR INVENTORY OF SPACES IS IT HAS CERTAINLY INCREASED. >> WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON PARKS AND REC. >> SO WE ALL NEED LIGHT. >> ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION. COULD NOT QUITE FIGURE IT OUT. 219,000, $200 OUR SHARE, OR THE WHOLE COST? >> THAT IS THEY COST SO CORRECT ME IF I MISSED THIS PART IN THE BUDGET. THE TOTAL BUDGETED AMOUNT WAS $300,000. WE HAVE AN INSTALLATION PIECE THAT WILL COME TO YOU LATER. [00:30:05] EVEN THOUGH THE UNIVERSITY WILL REIMBURSE US FOR THIS PROJECT WITH THE FULL $300,000. AND I'LL PAY THE 85% THAT WILL COME BACK BUT THIS IS JUST THE COST OF THE LIGHTING WE HAVE TO ORDER IT NOW TO BE INSTALLED IN NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHEN IT IS BUDGETED. WITH AND EXTENDING THE MONEY BACK WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE THING. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE RECEIVABLE COMING ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO INSTALLATION WILL COME SOMETIME PROBABLY IN THE OCTOBER TIME FRAME ONCE THEY ARRIVE IN FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION IN THE 87,000 DOLLARS RANGE WE HOPE OR I WILL BE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY. >> SO THE UNIVERSITY WILL REIMBURSE US FOR THESE LIGHTS? >> EIGHTY-FIVE% OF THE TENNIS COMPLEX WE HAVE AN INDOOR FACILITY AND OUTDOOR HARD COURTS THAT UNIVERSITY TEAMS COMPETE AND PRACTICE THAT LEASE AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC PARTNER PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. ONE OF THE REASONS WE BUILT ON THAT COMPLEX AND ONE OF THAT IS WITH MAINTENANCE AND OTHER THINGS WE HAVE A CAR SHARING AGREEMENT, WE ALSO SECURE YOU KNOW A COMMITMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY JUST INVITING BECAUSE WE ALWAYS DO THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THIS COST WAS AND THEY WOULD REIMBURSE US ACCORDINGLY. >> I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING. >> WEST VIEW PARK NOT CEMETERY. >> THEY ARE JUST REGULAR LIGHTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. >> REGULAR LIGHTS JUST NOT SWITCHED TO L.E.D. WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT UPGRADE ON THE COURT, IT WOULD GET PARTS FOR THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT THEN WE CAN SWITCH AS SOME OF OUR STAFF IS CAPABLE OF REPLACING THOSE FIXTURES INSTEAD OF A FULL CONTRACT WITH THE LIGHTING SYSTEM. >> THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR ME TO ELIMINATE BUT HOW OFTEN DO YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY USE IT? >> NOT VERY. >> YOU ARE CORRECT IN THE EMAIL I HAVE SPECIFIC TO SOME QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER STATES THAT BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT LIT IT JUST MEANS UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT IF IT WILL BE USED DIFFERENTLY WE DO NOT CHANGE THESE LIGHTS OUT RIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HAVING TO DO A TON OF MAINTENANCE ON THEM. >> IN THE BUDGET WHEN WE GET TO THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE CONTINUING AT THE CEMETERY ITSELF. >> ANYONE ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE". ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> ALSO ONE THAT I MISSED EARLIER. >> PLEASE GO AHEAD. [8.c.6. Wilson & Mazzola Architects, LLC. Professional Services Agreement. Engineering Services Membrane Roof Replacement. $56,250.] >> NUMBER 8C NUMBER 6. >> THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH WILSON & MAZZOLA ARCHITECTS, LLC. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. ENGINEERING SERVICES MEMBRANE ROOF REPLACEMENT. $56,250. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? >> OKAY. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A TREND ON THAT KIND OF THING WE HIRE A COMPANY TO ANALYSE SOMETHING AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER COMPANY TO ACTUALLY DO SOME WORK, WHY DON'T WE JUST HIRE A ROOFER FOR THIS? A ROOFER WILL GIVE YOU A FREE ESTIMATE ANYWAYS MOST LIKELY AND TELL YOU WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND THEN YOU HAVE A VERY HIGH QUALITY ROOFER JUST LET THEM COME IN AND DO THE JOB. >> QUITE A FEW THINGS ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, ONE THIS IS A FLAT ROOF BASICALLY SO IT IS WE ARE BRINGING IN WEEKS WITH THE GARBAGE CANS IN PEOPLE'S OFFICES RIGHT NOW AND FLAT ROOFS DO NOT HAVE A GREAT LIFE SPAN BUT IT CHANGES WHAT IT IS IS WE HAVE ALREADY HAD AN ANALYSIS DONE THAT SINCE WE SINCE WE HAVE PROBLEMS ANECDOTALLY IN THE ENGINEERING SERVICES BUILDING ON THE REGULAR, THEY COUNSEL HAS A CHOICE HERE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT WE CAN REPLACE THE ROOF ASKED US IF OUR OWN BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT WILL LET US DO THAT IF WE DO THAT WE WILL NOT GET A WARRANTY ON THE ROOF. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET CURRENT INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE. ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES AS WE HAVE TO DESIGN CHALLENGES THAT WILL MEET CURRENT INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE STANDARDS OR GET THAT PERMIT. AND THEN NOT SURE IF EXTRACTION SERVICES AS WE CAN PERMIT IT WITHOUT CHANGES. >> WE CANNOT WE NEED PLANNED SPECIFICATIONS FROM AN ARCHITECT TO RECEIVE A PERMIT FROM OUR OWN [00:35:03] INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO REPLACE THAT ROOF WITH STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. WE NEED DRAWINGS AND WITH EIGHT SPECIFICATIONS FROM AN ARCHITECT TO DO THOSE STRUCTURAL ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT ROOF. >> NOW COULD WE GET A PERMIT IS THE QUESTION. >> NO. >> OKAY. >> SO THE PREVIOUS ANALYSIS THAT WE DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE LEAKS DID NOT ACCOMMODATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE REVIEW. DID NOT SATISFY THAT. >> SOLD THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS PERFORMED AS WE REVIEWED THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD, AND WE REVIEWED THOSE CONDITIONS WITH OUR ARCHITECT. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF THAT ROOF INCLUDING THE RECEPTION OF THE SKYLIGHTS THAT DO NOT MEET OUR BUILDING CODES. WE HAD TO MODIFY THOSE IN ORDER TO MAKE CURRENT BUILDING CODES SO WE CAN REPLACE THE ROOF. OTHERWISE WE COULD NOT HAVE THE ROOF OR INSTALL A NEW ROOF. >> IS THERE A REASON WE DO NOT PUT IN THE SCOPE OF WORK? TO BRING OUT A ROOFER? >> YOU CANNOT THERE IS STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS THAT REQUIRE AN ARCHITECT'S SEAL. SO REGARDLESS IF WE COULD HAVE DONE IT ANY OTHER WAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET AN ARCHITECT INVOLVED BECAUSE THERE ARE STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE IT IS NOT SOMETHING ON THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY. WHO OR WHO DID THE ANALYSIS? >> CORRECT THAT WAS DONE BY OUR STAFF ALONG WITH THE ARCHITECT. >> THAT WAS MORE THAN JUST THIS ROOF? >> THAT ARCHITECT THAT IS ON THE AGENDA. >> SO I'M SORRY, WILSON HAS ALREADY DONE AN EVALUATION WITH AN ARCHITECT? MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOMETHING? >> THEY ARE THE ARCHITECT. >> WHAT I'M SAYING IS WIN A ROOF ANALYSIS IS DONE THINK YOU NEED TO BE REPLACED BEYOND THE FACT WE HAVE ACTIVE LEAKING WE ARE AWARE OF IN THE BUILDING DID YOU DO A SEPARATE ANALYSIS UNDER CONTRACT WITH THIS GROUP? >> THEY CAME OUT AND LOOKED WITH US. >> WE HAVE MULTIPLE LEAKS. >> IT HAS DETERIORATED. >> WE HAVE TO HIGHER SOMEBODY TO HELP US WITH THESE LEAKS. >> THAT PART WE NEED BUT IT IS COMPLICATED 100% OF OUR FACILITIES WE HAVE MAINTENANCE PLANS AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE A FULL OF FAILURE OF A BUILDING THAT WAS REPLACED IN THE EARLY 2000S OR 2001. >> A 25-YEAR-OLD ROOF. >> THAT IS A FLAT ROOF AND WE DO NOT LIKE TO BUILD BUILDINGS LIKE THIS BUT THERE WAS A TIME THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY LIBRARY MOVED INTO. AND THAT USED TO BE PUBLIC SAFETY BUT OUR BUILDINGS IT IS PART OF THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE PLAN BUT CERTAINLY WE WOULD ENGAGE IN ARCHITECT IF WE COULD DO THIS ANY OTHER WAY. OUR FIRST OPTION IS TO ALWAYS DO THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE OPTION. >> SO THESE ROOFS WHEN THEY STARTED TO DETERIORATE THERE IS A RAPID DETERIORATION WE HAVE HAD MINOR LEAKS HERE AND THERE AND ABLE TO INCREASE BUT THAT IS ACCELERATED OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. >> FLOOD MY OFFICE. >> IN MY OFFICE. >> WE ARE ABLE TO PATCH THE ROOFTOPS WE HAVE PATCH KITS BUT IT IS BEYOND REPAIR AT THIS POINT WE NEED A REPLACEMENT. >> IT IS PRETTY BAD. >> THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM SAY A PERSON'S PERSONAL BUSINESS OR PERSONAL HOME, BECAUSE WE HAVE ADDED LIABILITY TO THE PUBLIC FOR IT NOT FAILING? >> ALSO THIS STYLE OF ROOF IT IS DIFFERENT ACROSS THE BOARD BUT IF BUSINESSES HAD THE SAME ROOF THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET A PERMIT EITHER WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THIS SAME SITUATION. AND WHEN WE REPLACED THE ROOF ON THE REC CENTER WE WERE ALSO REPLACING ONE THAT MAKES MORE SENSE BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO STRUCTURAL LOADING DUE TO HVAC WE HAD BUT WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE ROOF OTHER THAN FOR INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE PERMITS. >> I PRESUME THIS MEANT INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES AND SINCE THAT TIME. >> SO YES, AND YOU KNOW NOT OUR IDEAL SITUATION, BUT HERE WE ARE, THIS BUILDING HOUSES AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. >> JUST FOR YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE [00:40:01] ABOUT 650 GRAND TO REPLACE THE ROOF IS THAT RIGHT. >> THAT IS A HIGH END ESTIMATE. >> FINAL DESIGN DOCUMENTATION, CERTAIN ELEMENTS IN THE SKYLIGHTS AND OTHER COST-SAVING MEASURES THAT WE CAN EMPLOY BUT WE WILL EVALUATE THIS. >> AND PART BECAUSE OF THE SKYLINE CHANGES THAT THE COST IS SO HIGH. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY I. >> ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [8. CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA (Part 2 of 2)] >> ALL RIGHT MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALLOTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> APPROVED. [9.a. Traffic control signs and devices. Establish "No Parking" Zone. 206 and 208 Reese Avenue and 211 Marion Circle. Postponed from June 16, 2026.] >> QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE". ANY OPPOSED? THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. ORDINANCES. >> TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS AND DEVICES. ESTABLISH "NO PARKING" ZONE. 206 AND 208 REESE AVENUE AND 211 MARION CIRCLE. POSTPONED FROM JUNE 16, 2026. EMOTION IS IS NEEDED. >> I WILL MAKE THE EMOTION. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL AND THEN A VOTE. >> UNANIMOUS CONSENT. >> SECOND. >> WE ALREADY HAVE UNANIMOUS CONSENT JUST NEED A MOTION. >> JUST MOVE FOR APPROVAL THEIR EGO. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND. >> MOTION TO SECOND. >> DISCUSSION. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THAT DISCUSSION A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS AN WARD SIX. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE MOMENT THE NO PARKING SIGNAGE AND STRIPING IS DUE FOR SOME KIND OF REVIEW IN THE SHORT-TERM, AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF ISSUES ON THE CIRCLE SIDE THERE IS ABOUT FIVE OR SIX RESIDENTS THERE, ONE OF WHOM DOES NOT HAVE ANY OFF STREET PARKING SO THEY PARK AND CIRCLE, AND THE APPLICANT, I KNOW AT THIS POINT APPARENTLY THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED THE MARIAN CIRCLE PORTION BE TAKEN AWAY TO ALLOW PARKING WHERE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN. AND THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW. BUT ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE IS ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF REES AVENUE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED NO PARKING AND I PRESUME THAT IS FROM THE CITY ENSURING THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAVE ACCESS THERE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE WIDEST OF STREETS. AND REVIEWING THE DIAGRAM THAT WE RECEIVED IN OUR PACKET, THERE IS ALREADY A NO PARKING ZONE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF GREECE -- REES AVENUE EXTENDING ABOUT 20 FEET SO THAT IS ALREADY DETERMINED THAT'S A NO PARKING ZONE. I THINK THE ISSUE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS JUST A COUPLE OF PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF 208 OR 2-10, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO DENIED THIS APPLICATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHILE THE CITY STAFF REVIEW SO THAT WOULD AFFORD THE APPLICANT THE TIME IN THE FUTURE TO COME BACK ONCE I THINK THIS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED CONSISTENCY. SIGNAGE ON CONSISTENTLY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS APPLICANT. >> SECOND. >> YOU HAVE MOVE FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE YOU HAVE BUSINESS ON THE TABLE. IF YOU HAVE A SECOND IF YOU MOVE TO A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF GRANTING THE NO PARKING A VOTE YES, THOSE AGAINST IT VOTE NO. SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. THAT IS WHY WE JUST NEEDED THE MOTION. >> I WOULD SAY ALSO JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE IF THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED WE DO HAVE A NEW CITY COUNCIL ENGINEER WE KNOW HE IS SIX MONTHS OR SO INTO HIS ROLE AND HAS QUITE A LENS ON SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED. SO TO COUNCILMAN PARSONS POINT REVIEW ALL OF OUR POLICIES RELATIVE TO THAT AND MAKE CHANGES TO THOSE POLICIES UNDER YOUR APPROVAL AND DIRECTION, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A TON OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING A FRESH LOOK AT IT DO NOT TOTALLY MAKE SENSE TO HIM EITHER. SO WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK MAY BE IN SEPTEMBER OR SO WHEN WE HAVE HAD SOME TIME ARE EARLY OCTOBER WITH SOME CHANGES. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO DENY. >> NO. >> MY BAD. >> NEGATIVE MOTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES IS [00:45:04] ALWAYS MOTION TO APPROVE IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF AN ITEM VOTE YES IF YOU ARE NOT FAVOR -- IN FAVOR OF IT YOU VOTE NO. >> IS THIS A ROLE CALL? >> MAKE IT A ROLE CALL. >> FOR THE DISCUSSION. >> YES. ANYBODY ELSE? >> IF YOU VOTE YES YOU ARE SUPPORTING TO DENY IT, CORRECT? >> NO. IF YOU ARE. [LAUGHTER] THIS ITEM IS FOR YOU TO VOTE UP OR DOWN. IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF NO PARKING AS REQUESTING, BUT, YES, IF YOU ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT VOTE NO. >> WE WORKED IT OUT. THANK YOU, BOB. [LAUGHTER] >> BOBBLE TAKE BACK EVERYTHING HE SAID ABOUT YOU TONIGHT. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT ROLL CALL. >> NO. >> NO. >> NO. >> NO. >> NO. [10.a.1. 1256 Shug Jordan Residential. Performance residential use (multiple-unit development). Property located at 1256 Shug Jordan Parkway.] >> RESOLUTION. >> ITEM NUMBER 10 NUMBER 8 NUMBER 1. -- ITEM TEN AT LETTER A NUM NUMBER 1. 1256 SHUG JORDAN RESIDENTIAL. PERFORMANCE RESIDENTIAL USE (MULTIPLE-UNIT DEVELOPMENT). PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1256 SHUG JORDAN PARKWAY. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS MOTION, A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD. OF YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL. >> GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. ENGINEER APPLICANT JUST WANTED TO STAND BY AND LET MYSELF -- LET ME KNOW THAT MYSELF AND THE APPLICANT'S HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT BUT THIS IS KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A PHASE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY RELATED BUT STICKING TO THIS GENERAL AREA. SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. EXCITED ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THIS POINT SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE DAIS? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW, FOR ME, I GUESS THE DEVELOPER OR WHOEVER THE PROJECT IS I KNOW THIS IS JUST GIVE A LOOK AND OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. >> WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> WE WOULD NEED NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD EVEN THOUGH IT IS JUST A QUESTION. >> ANDREW PARMER 118 SEES THEIR WAY. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A PIC PICTURE. >> WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING QUEUED UP. >> WE WILL BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME. >> IT WILL BE A MIX OF TOWNHOMES, COTTAGES OVERLOOKING THE COURTYARD VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE ALREADY IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL I PROMISE. >> SO THEN THIS PROPERTY IS THE ONE AND LET'S TALK ABOUT FOR CLARIFICATION AND SO THE PEOPLE I KNOW YOU NOTE SAYING LIKE THAT. BUT I WOULD JUST THIS IS RIGHT THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THAT CHURCH, RIGHT? PROPERTY ASSIST. ON THE RIGHT HAND. HAS A POLICY THERE. HOMES IN THERE, SO I SAW KIND OF I SAW THAT COMMUNITY FROM JUST THE ONE NOTE. AND DOING THAT AT TIMES AND ON THE HEEL SO THIS IS I GUESS THIS IS I GUESS THE CONCERN, I DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH PROPERTY IS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THAT YOU ARE INQUIRING SO I MEAN IF THE HOUSE IS MORE ON I MEAN THE APARTMENT SO SO WHATEVER YOU DO IS GOING MORE TOWARDS THAT? >> WILL BE SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE PARCEL. THIS PARCEL GOES FROM RICHMOND ALL THE WAY BACK TO ALBERTA. AND THEN TO OUR NEIGHBOR. [00:50:02] AND WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF COTTAGES ALONG ALBERTA. ALONG WITH THE PARKING AREA. AND THEN MOVING TOWARDS RICHMOND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER TOWNHOMES OVER A BIT OF GREEN SPACE. >> OKAY. SO AND I GUESS. >> THE MAIN CONCERN IS YOU KNOW NOW GOING TO PUT SOME TYPE OF. >> THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION. UNFORTUNATELY MY TENURE AS A DEVELOPER. I HAVE HAD TO TAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE SO WE HAVE HAD TO BE CREATIVE IN WHAT WE DEVELOP. A LONG ALBERTA WE PLAN ABOUT A SIX OR 7-FOOT TABLE. A LONG RICHMOND WE ARE GOING TO CUT THE DARK DOWN BY ABOUT THREE OR 4 FEET. TO WORK IN BALANCING THE PRODUCT IS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN ALONG THE GREEN SPACE WITH THE TOWNHOMES WE WILL STAIRSTEP THOSE FOUNDATIONS DOWN. SO WE ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AN OVERALL ELEVATION OF 13 FEET WHICH I BELIEVE HE IS A SMART WHEN HE IS THE ENGINEER HE CAN GO INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THAT BUT THAT IS ABOUT THE ELEVATION CHANGES THAT WE ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH BUT OVERALL IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY NICE. >> OKAY. >> SO YOU SAID I WON'T SAY ALONG GOING, BUT THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, OKAY? RIGHT THERE. SO. >> WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE? >> FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT OUR DEVELOPMENT, YOU WILL SEE TO THE SIDES OF THE TWO TOWNHOMES THAT WILL BE REALLY NICE WILL PUT SOME SHED DOORS, LAUNCH THE WINDOWS, THEY WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES VERY NICE, VERY SIMILAR TO THE TOWNHOME THAT WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING. TALKING ABOUT IT LATER, BUT WE WILL HAVE TWO OF THOSE FACING THE SHOW. AND THEN BETWEEN THEM WE WILL HAVE THIS GREEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT. ABOUT 42 FEET WIDE. FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING. SO REALLY TRYING TO FACILITATE OUR TENETS AND OUR OWNERS. AND FELLOWSHIP, GETTING OUT AND MEETING EACH OTHER. >> OKAY SO PARKING IS GOING TO BE FURTHER BACK. >> EXACTLY IN BETWEEN OF THE COTTAGES AND THE UNITS IN ALBERTA, AND THE TOWNHOMES AND THE GREEN SPACE. SO WE ARE TRYING TO HARD THE PARKING. >> SO ACTUALLY COMING IN AND GOING OUT OF ALBERTA THIS IS WHERE YOU WERE COMING INTO THE MIX? >> CLOSER TO IT. >> NEXT PAGE. >> OH HERE WHAT IS IT? >> OKAY OKAY. >> SO THAT TRYING TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE DRIVEWAY IS. >> OKAY OKAY YES OKAY I UNDERSTAND. >> ORGANIZATION FOR THEM. >> SO THE BACK OF THE HOMES ARE ACTUALLY FACING THE STREET. >> THE SIDES WILL FACE. >> OH THE SIDES, OKAY, OKAY. >> AND THEN IN THE REAR BUT ONE OF THE BEST DESIGNERS IN THE BUSINESS, SO HE WILL MAKE THE REARS OF THESE APPEAR TO BE AS LOW AS IF THEY WERE IN FRONT. AND THEN THERE WILL BE SIDES ON THE ROAD DO SOMETHING NICE WITH THE APARTMENT CONCEPTION. >> AND I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND I KNOW IF THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA, AND I HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF THEM, ARE THEY FAMILIAR WITH THIS? THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE DEVELOPMENT? NOBODY CAME TO YOU AND HAD ANY CONCERNS OR ANYTHING? >> I HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS. AND I WAS TEXTING HIM LAST NIGHT AND HE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT. >> OKAY. >> HE IS JUST THE MINISTER OR THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH. BUT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE. AND I KNOW HIS CHURCH IS THERE. AND HE IS THERE FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND SIX MONTHS. SO WHAT I DID TALK TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THERE. I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO ALL OF THEM. SO RIGHT NOW, ATKINSON, NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BECAUSE YOU NOTE YOU WERE IN THE AREA. >> AND SO IT IS IN NO WAY YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS MAYBE NOT REALLY IN CASE THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO MOVE BUT NOT REALLY THERE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YES GOOD TO SEE YOU. [00:55:02] BUT THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY TO THE I GUESS THAT WILL BE THE EAST OF ONE OF THEM FACES THE PARKWAY. ARE THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES? >> I BELIEVE SO I BELIEVE THOSE WERE THE. >> I NOTICED ADJACENT PROPERTIES THAT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED PUBLIC NOTICE IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES NOTIFYING THE PROPERTY OWNERS IS CORRECT. >> NO OBJECTIONS FOR THEM. >> THE SIGN WOULD HAVE BEEN UP ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL. >> THE FIRST PHASE THE SHUG COTTAGES. WE KNOW SHOULD BE NAMED WITH THE THREE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE THERE, WE MET EVERY OWNER, TENANT IN THAT ENTIRE AREA AND SPOKE WITH THEM ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THEY SAID IT WAS REALLY NICE. SO WE HAVE HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA. >> AND THOSE WERE THE NEIGHBORS THAT I WAS CONCERNED. >> JUST EMAILED ME A RENDERING AND WE CAN PUT IT UP ON THE BIGGER SCREEN. >> OKAY THIS IS GOOD. >> THE ENTRANCE IN THE PARKING LOT IS SHUG. THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SAYING THEY WILL ADDRESS BOTH SIDES WHERE THE BUILDINGS DO NOT HAVE A BACK OF HOUSE IT LOOKS LIKE. KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT. >> SO SHUG WILL BE OVER HERE. >> THE VACANT PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON THERE. I ASSUME IT IS VACANT ON THE MAP IT IS VACANT. >> AND IT IS AND IT IS PRETTY BAD. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO ACTUALLY YOU NOTE MAKE THAT AREA IN THERE LOOK GOOD AND FEASIBLE FOR EVERYBODY YOU KNOW SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE AND IT LOOKS REALLY NICE SO THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. >> A VERY NICE PROJECT TO COMPLEMENT WHAT HE HAS DONE ACROSS THE STREET. >> CERTAINLY AGREE. [10.a.2. Collegiate Condotel. Commercial and entertainment use (condotel). Property located at 211 South Gay Street. Postponed from June 16, 2026.] >> ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "A "AYE". ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> COLLEGIATE CONDOTEL. COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT USE (CONDOTEL). PROPERTY LOCATED AT 211 SOUTH GAY STREET. POSTPONED FROM JUNE 16, 2026. APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT BY VOTE OF 8-1. POSTPONED. PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD, THE COUNCIL DID HAVE A MOTION ALREADY. YOU ALSO DECIDED YOU WOULD SEND ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS EVENING'S EMOTION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT AT YOUR DISCRETION ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN DISCUSSED. OR ASK A QUESTION PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? >> PUBLIC HEARING. >> GO AHEAD GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, OKAY. >> SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TOEASE S YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO MEET WITH THE COUNCIL. >> I'M TAYLOR BARNER. I AM ACTUALLY HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT TO IS CURRENTLY IN EUROPE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ANYBODY ELSE? WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? >> PARKADE HAS BEEN THE BIG ISSUE. ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH PARKING? ALTHOUGH MAYBE NOT IN WRITTEN FORM. SATISFY THE CITY'S CRITERIA. >> TWO COMPONENTS ONE OF WHICH THE COLLEGIATE HOTEL CURRENTLY HAS SOME REQUIRED PARKING ON THIS PARCEL. SO YOU POSTPONED THAT FACILITY TO MEET WITH THE AWARDS AND THEIR TEAM OF PEOPLE AND GET THAT OUT. THE PLAIN DIRECTOR SPEAK TO WE DO NOT HAVE ULTIMATELY HE IS THE ARBITER OF THAT BUT WE DO NOT HAVE FINALIZED DOCUMENTS AT THE MOMENT. THEY HAVE ADEQUATELY DEMONSTRATED ON THEIR WAY AND THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING PARKING FOR THE COLLEGIATE HO HOTEL. >> THAT IS CORRECT SO PART OF THAT IS THERE IS THE EXISTING [01:00:05] ONE AND THEN THE PAR KICK AT THE COLLEGIATE CONDO TELL. SO FOR THE EXISTING HOTEL. SO THAT HOUSE WE MET WITH THEM. >> LOCATIONS PROPOSED WITH LEASE AGREEMENTS. WE CHECKED THE USES OF THOSE PROPOSED BUSINESSES AND THEIR LOCATIONS WERE VERIFIED JUST ONE OF THE NUMEROUS STANDING STAFF THAT THEY HAVE AND IN PARKING SPACES ACTUAL PARKING SPACES THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY CAN LOSE. AND THEN ALSO WE CHECKED I GUESS THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE IN THE DATABASE. SO STAFF IS DONE. TALKING ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THEM ACTUALLY LEASE A KID. AND THEN ALSO JUST KIND OF YOU KNOW THESE SPACES KIND OF WITH THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE HAD IN THIS PROPOSED SPACES. SO ALSO THEY ARE IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE EXISTING COLLEGIATE HOTEL. >> THOSE WOULD OF COURSE NOT BE FINALIZED BECAUSE PENDING YOUR APPROVAL AND DECISION TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATELY DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF FLEECING THE PARKING ELSEWHERE, AND THEY WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION THAT SAYS SO. FOR THE CONDOTEL, AS MENTIONED, YOU ARE NOT DEALING WITH THAT TONIGHT IT DOES HAVE A PARKING REQUIREMENT, AND THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE AS SUCH THAT THEY CAN MEET THAT SHOULD THEY WANT TO FINALIZE A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TEAM APPROVAL OF THE APPROVED THIS CONDITIONAL USE. FINAL FOUR THAT OR ANY BUILDING PERMIT THINK WOULD BE PREDICATED ON ADEQUATE DEMONSTRATION OF PARKING FOR THE CONDOTEL ITSELF. SO TWO SEPARATE PARKING ISSUES WHEN WAS DELAYING YOUR DECISION THREE WEEKS AGO. WE HAD A MEETING AND ONE WHICH HAS TO BE ALSO THE ADDRESS. THEY BOTH HAVE TO ULTIMATELY BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THEY WILL PROCEED WITH THE CONDOTEL PROJECT. >> PAR KICK WILL BE DECIDED ULTIMATELY BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION. >> WELL THANK GOD IT IS BUT THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE TO HIS SATISFACTION THAT THEY WILL MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT SOMEWHERE AS PART OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. >> THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR PLANS FOR WHAT THEIR ARRANGEMENT IS. THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN VERY CANDID WITH THEM ABOUT. IT CAME UP IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE CUSTOMERS. SO THESE ARE ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR,. >> SO THE PROPOSED PLACES FOR THE CUSTOMERS OF THE HOTEL DEPART. THEY WILL RELEASE SOMETHING SOME. SEE IF THEY STILL SATISFY THEIR PARKING PERMITS. >> SO THAT IS AMAZING SOME OF THESE HAVE AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE USES AND GATHERING SPACES AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS SO THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS PARKING SPACE AND OF THOSE THEY WERE ONLY BE SICK ABOUT NINE. AND SO WE RECALL THOSE BUSINESSES THAT THEY WERE LEASING FROM TO VERIFY. KIND OF WHAT DAYS THEY ARE THERE AND HOW MANY STANDING FREE PARKING SPACES THEY WILL HAVE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. >> SO NOT A DOMINO EFFECT, WITH THE NEXT WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM, AND THEN LIKE YOU KNOW. >> IF THAT HAD BEEN THE CASE WE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED IT. >> IF WHAT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE GETTING AT IS YOU CAN'T MAKE ANYTHING ELSE NONCONFORMING BECAUSE OF. THE NOTION HERE IS A LOT OF THE PROPERTY INVOLVED IS IN THE PROXIMITY WITHIN CERTAIN PROXIMITY IN THE URBAN CORE WHICH INVARIABLY REQUIRES PARKING FOR MANY OF THOSE USES. BUT THIS IS TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND SAY WE WILL BE USING THEM FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES AND OTHER THINGS INTO THE SATISFACTION THEY WILL FIND THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE SPACES IF THEY WANT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT. >> THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD AS ONCE AGAIN THE PLAN OR THE DOCUMENTATION TO THE POINT AT THE HIGHEST POINT ON GRADE WE ARE LOOKING AT 82. AND THEN 82 FEET, 9 INCHES. PLUS ADDITIONAL UP TO 6 FEET. MY READING THAT CORRECTLY? >> THE 82-FOOT NINE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PARAPET. >> THE ELEVATOR OVERRUN AND ENCLOSURE. >> THAT IS THE GROUND FLOOR AS WELL. >> WITH THE BOTTOM IT MAKES IT MORE TALL. >> THAT IS IN THE BACK SIDE. >> SO THE WAY HEIGHT IS MEASURED AND ONLY ONCE IN THE URBAN CORE IF YOU TAKE THE HIGHEST POINT ON GRADE ON THE SIDE YOU MEASURE 7F [01:05:05] THE BUILDING. YOU CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT BUT WE HAVE AN ELEVATOR AND IN AN ENCLOSURE THAT GETS AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE. SO THE BUILDING ITSELF HAS ITS ZONING ORDINANCE AND IT DEFINES IT AS BELOW 75 FEET. BUT YOU GET EXTRA THINGS FOR THE PARAPET AND/OR THE ELEVATOR ENCLOSURES THAT MAKE IT MORE TALL. FROM THE BACK SIDE IT IS EVEN TALLER BECAUSE THE WAY THE PROPERTY CHANGES THAT HAS A BASEMENT FLOOR IN ESSENCE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY OR THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT TALLER. >> OKAY THANK YOU. >> QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? >> THIS SHOULD BE THIS SHOULD BE THIS SHOULD BE FAIRLY COMPARABLE WITH WHAT IS BEING BUILT ACROSS THE STREET. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU COMPARE THE GRADES OF THE TWO SIDES. >> THE GRADES ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT. SO THIS IS FROM THE SIDE TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. PROPOSED. >> BUT FOR THE RESIDENCE HALL IT REFERS TO. >> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE STARTING WAY WITH THE BUILDING IS IN SIMILAR HEIGHT. AND THE 70 PLUS FOOT RANGE. >> AND CULINARY IS TALLER THAN THAT BY A LONG SHOT. >> QUITE A BIT. >> SO TECHNICALLY THIS IS GOING TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE HEIGHT ALLOWANCE TECHNICALLY. EVEN THOUGH FROM THE LOBOS POINT IT WILL BE LIKE 93 FEET OR SO. AND IN THAT BACK CORNER. >> YES PLUS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> BUT FROM THE AND THAT'S WHY I SAY TECHNICALLY YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE. I JUST -- I JUST DO NOT THINK OUR ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO DO THAT. BUT THAT IS SURELY YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT. AND I REALLY I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE APPLICANTS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR DOWNTOWN WITH THE HOTEL AND THE RESTAURANT AND EVERYTHING, IT IS A VERY INSPIRATIONAL. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVE AGAINST SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THAT. THAT I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE GO FORWARD EITHER. >> OKAY ANYBODY ELSE COMING? >> TO CLARIFY THE HEIGHT CONCERN IT IS NOT EXCEEDING OUR ORDINANCE. >> NO, IT IS NOT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THOSE AT THE TIME THOSE WERE PROPOSED THE 191 COLLEGE PROJECT IS WHAT BROUGHT FORTH THE ELEVATOR DISCUSSION AND THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT THERE. SO IT IS PART OF THE STRUCTURE HEIGHT DEFINITIONS ON THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES. >> WHAT I PLAN TO SUPPORT THIS. I THINK IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. YOU HAVE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS I THINK TO MAKE IT PLEASING. BUT CURIOSITY. CURIOSITY SAKE HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THE COLLEGIATE HEIGHT? >> THE COLLEGIATE HEIGHT IT IS A THREE-STORY BUILDING FROM THE FRONT AND A FOUR-STORY BUILDING FROM THE BACK. IT IS IN THE 47-FOOT OR SO RANGE. IT WILL BE MORE TALL. >> IGNORE THAT INCLUDES SOME STRUCTURES ON THE ROOF WITH THE ELEVATOR ENCLOSURES, BUT THAT WAS UP SOMETHING LIKE AND DO NOT CURRENTLY EXACTLY BUT LIKE 47 FEET TO THE ROOF OVERRUN. >> SO REMEMBER IT WAS REMOVED AND THE ROOF WAS FLATTENED. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THOUGHTS? >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY I? >> ALL OPPOSED PLEASE SAY NO. >> OKAY. [10.b. Vacation. Broadview Properties, FLP. Cherokee Road Vacations. Broadview Properties, FLP. Public hearing required.] ALL RIGHT. >> THIS IS THE VACATION OF VARIOUS EASEMENTS. RELINQUISHING THE PROPERTIES TO BROADVIEW PROPERTIES, F.O.P. A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. >> MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> MOTION TO SECOND. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL PLEASE GO FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. >> I'D LIKE TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE THE ISSUE. BECAUSE I AM CONFUSED ON. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. BUT WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT THE DEVELOPER IS ASKING THE CITY OF AUBURN TO VACATE CERTAIN RIVALRIES. AND EASEMENTS. BECAUSE OBJECTIVELY THEY ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR HIS PROJECT, AND THEN LATER ON HE INTENDS TO PRESENT THOSE EASEMENTS BACK TO THE CITY [01:10:09] BECAUSE THEY WILL BE DIFFERENT EASEMENTS THEY WILL BE DIFFERENT PLACES TO FACILITATE THE UTILITIES INVOLVED. >> CORRECT. >> SO THAT IN A NUTSHELL I THINK IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON. >> YOU ARE LIKELY TO SEE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING I BELIEVE. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER INCIDENT ON THE DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WE WOULD NORMALLY PREFER THESE TOGETHER TO COME OUT. DOES THAT MEAN WE FULLY EXECUTE ALL THE DOCUMENTS. IT YOUR APPROVAL TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE GOING TO APPROVE THAT. AND THEN WE EXECUTED ONCE ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS. SO WE DO NOT GIVE IT UP BEFORE WE RECEIVE. IT REALLY IS A SWITCHING IN OUR MIND THAT THIS IS BEING DONE IN PART BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR TOWNHOMES THAT WAS REQUESTED NOT GRANTED. SO THIS IS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE VOTING IN THERE. AND SO PART OF THAT CAUSED ALL OF THESE EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY CHANGES. AND ALSO THE ROAD AND NOT CONNECTING TO THE PROPERTY AS WELL. ENDING IN A CUL-DE-SAC HERE IS A VERY ACCURATE SUMMARY. >> I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE CHANGES THAT THE DEVELOPERS MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. [10.c. Business license revocation. Wildcat Investments, LLC. d/b/a Jimmy Johns.] WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE". ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO BEGIN THE BUSINESS LICENSE ALLOCATION PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE 12 -- FOR. INVESTMENTS LLC DOING BUSINESS AS JIMMIE JOHNSON LOCATED AT 126 NORTH COLLEGE STREET FROM CONTINUING BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND THE CITY OF AUBURN UNTIL ALL TAXES ARE REMITTED. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> MOTION TO SECOND. COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. >> I WAS SURE HOPING THAT WE WOULD SEE THIS. >> WE HAVE RECEIVED NO PAYMENT TODAY. WE LOOK TO THIS EXERCISE WE GOT ALL THE WAY UP TO AGENDA DAY AND WE RECEIVED PAYMENT. >> I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN A REPETITIVE SITUATION. >> AND THE MEMO AND PACKETS IT HAS BEEN A REPETITIVE SITUATION. AND OFTEN WHEN WE GET TO THE EDGE OF THINGS YOU KNOW WE HAVE NOT AND THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU WOULD BE TO SET A HEARING. WOULD NOT BE PROVOKING THE BUSINESS LICENSE IN THE MOMENT WOULD BE SITTING TO HEARING NOT SOONER THAN TEN DAYS FROM THIS MEETING, TO SET THE DATE TONIGHT IF YOU ARE INCLINED TO APPROVE THIS. WE WOULD SET THE DATE NOT SOONER THAN TEN DAYS ONCE I HAVE A CHANCE TO TRICK EVERYBODY AND THEIR SCHEDULE. THE APPLICANT ALSO LIVES OUT OF STATE AND WE DO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING A HOLD OF THIS APPLICANT DIRECTLY. OR BUSINESS OWNER. LOCAL MANAGEMENT IS EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE BUT THEY ARE NOT THE DECISION-MAKERS. >> THEY HAVE NOT REMITTED THEIR SALES TAX FOR ALMOST A YEAR. >> SINCE WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE LAST YEAR. YES. >> AND THEN THEY QUIT REMITTING AGAIN. IT ALSO MEANS NOT TO MISS BUSINESS BUT ANY BUSINESS WHERE YOU ARE NOT REMITTING YOU ARE COLLECTING SALES TAXES THAT YOU CHARGE YOUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE REALLY THE TAXPAYER MONEY IT IS HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND NOT REMITTED TO US. FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO WE ARE ALREADY HAVE SALES TAX THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED BUT THERE WAS NO BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL. THAT HAPPENED. AND THEN THERE HAVE BEEN NO TAXES REMITTED. >> LOTS OF OTHER SANDWICH SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS THAT DO REMIT THE TAX. >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GET THIS RESOLVED BEFORE IT GETS TO THIS POINT OR WE ARE AT THIS POINT AGAIN. >> I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULDN'T GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE WE GOT TO THIS POINT HERE TONIGHT. AND I KNEW THE STAFF HAS BEEN TRYING TO REACH THIS OWNER. AND THIS SAID IN FAIRNESS TO EVERYBODY THAT DOES REMIT THEIR SALES TAXES ALLOWING THIS TO CONTINUE ON IS NOT FAIR TO OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN. SO ALL RIGHT. AND THE OTHER COMMENTS? >> THE HEARING IS THAT A HEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL? >> YES. >> SO YOU WILL HAVE THAT ONE IN TEN DAYS. >> NOT SOONER THAN TEN DAYS. YES, SIR. SO WE HAVE A LARGER WINDOW TO SET THAT. SO THE PLAN WOULD BE IF YOU ARE INCLINED TO APPROVE THIS HE WOULD BE DIRECTING ME TO GET A HEARING SET WHICH WOULD MEAN CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES AND OFFER DATES TO THE BUSINESS OWNER SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO REACH THEM. THE HEARING THEN GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU WHY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PAY AND THEN YOU WOULD MAKE A DECISION. >> AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO PAY DURING THIS PERIOD BETWEEN TONIGHT AND THE AND THE HEARING THEN WHAT? >> IF MR. CLARK IS ANYTHING TO ADD THEY WOULD BECOME CURRENT, BUT ARE MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY. >> CORRECT BUT THEY HAVE BECOME COMPLIANT BEFORE THE HEARING WAS CANCELED. IF YOU ARE INCLINED TO CORRECT THIS. >> THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR IN A [01:15:01] ROW WE HAVE COME UP TO THE MIDLINE. AND THEN AT THE LAST SECOND THEY PAID. >> THE NEXT YEAR THAT WE HAVE DOCUMENTED THIS. >> ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY THANK YOU. >> THEY ARE ALL HAVING TO PAY PENALTIES AND. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO PAY. >> AGAIN I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL HERE. BECAUSE THERE IS LOCAL EMPLOYEE USED TO WORK VERY HARD EVERY DAY AND DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO WORK WITH US. IT IS NOT UNDER THEIR PURVIEW. >> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY EYES. [10.d.1. Foresite Group, LLC. Amendment No. 12. Boykin-Donahue Campus Project. $13,300.] >> ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> THE ITEM AUTHORIZES AMENDMENT NUMBER 12 TO A CONTRACT FOR THE DONAHUE CAMPUS PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF $13,300. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> MOTION TO SECOND THE COMMENTS QUESTIONS? OKAY, THESE ITEMS ARE BOTH AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING CONTRACTS. WE'RE WE HAVE EXPANDED THE CONTRACT VALUE AND ALL THE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR CONTINGENCIES THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY VOTED FOR. >> CORRECT. >> CAN YOU GIVE US A RUNDOWN AS TO HOW THESE HOW THESE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES CAME TO BE? >> ABSOLUTELY THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL THAT WE ARE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING EXCEEDING A CONTINGENCY ON A CONTRACT AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE TO DO. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES WILL WALK YOU THROUGH WHY WE ARE HERE WHY WE ARE HERE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS THIS CONTRACT IS BEHIND A SCHEDULE. BEING BEHIND SCHEDULE CAUSES US TO RUN OUT OF FUNDING FOR OTHER PURPOSES WITHIN THE CONTRACT. AND I WILL HAVE THE ADDRESS OR GIVE YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU CITY MOUNTAIN -- MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER AS WELL, THIS PROJECT WAS AWARDED OCTOBER FIRST 2024. IT HAD A CONTRACTUAL EXPIRATION DATE OR COMPLETION DATE OF MAY 25TH 2026. THAT WAS IN OUR TIME A LOT AGREED-UPON THAT INTERNAL CONTRACT TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT. THROUGH THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, THE CITY AND THE CONTRACTOR AGREED TO EXTEND THAT. IT WAS EXTENDED JUNE 22ND. MUTUALLY. AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE FOR CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECT. AS WE ARE ALL AWARE JUNE 22ND IS NOW IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR THAT PROJECT IS NOT COMPLETE IT REMAINS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AS A RESULT WE HAVE EXHAUSTED THE CONTINGENCY AND MOUNTS FOR SOME OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO ASSIST US IN COMPLETING THIS PROJECT. CIVIL ENGINEERING ON THE PROJECT. DEPARTMENT MANAGER ON THE PROJECT. THEY ARE CURRENTLY THROUGH THE CONTINGENCY ABLE TO WORK WITH US THROUGH JULY 31ST. WE CURRENTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED SOMETIME IN THE EARLY FALL SO WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION OF THOSE SERVICES TO KEEP THEM AVAILABLE TO US TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. RIGHT NOW IT WOULD BE OCTOBER 31ST. BUT ANY EARLY FINISHED BY A CONTRACTOR BEFORE THAT WOULD BE CREDITED BACK A PORTION OF WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU FOR RIGHT NOW WITH THESE PROFESSIONAL SER SERVICES. >> WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE THE PERCENTAGE COMPLETION BE FOR THE PROJECT AS OF RIGHT NOW? >> WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 80 5% COMPLETE. WE TRACK CLOSELY THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE CONTRACTOR COMPLETES EACH MONTH LARGELY THROUGH THE AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURE THAT THEY HAD. YOU CAN ONLY BURN THROUGH SO MUCH WHICH IS WHERE WE COME TO THE EXPECTATION I THINK WE WILL SEE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED AND THE EARLY FALL. >> MANAGEMENT THEY WOULD AGREE WITH THIS OBVIOUSLY AN ASSET FORCE THROUGH THIS. >> UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE AGREED UPON I GUESS IN IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? >> JUNE 22ND WAS THE LAST AGREED-UPON CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR OF THE PROJECT. >> WHAT WAS THE REASON. >> WE BUILT LANGUAGE INTO OUR CONTRACTS THAT PROTECTS ART TAXPAYERS. AND IF THE PROJECT IS NOT COMPLETED ON TIME AND THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY. SO TO ACTIVATE THOSE. AND SO WE GET TO A POINT FOR LEGAL REASONS AND OUR LEGAL COUNCIL'S HERE THAT WE CANNOT DISCUSS FURTHER. BUT HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU BEHIND THE SCENES BECAUSE WE HAVE A LEGAL SITUATION THAT IS BREWING. I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THE CONTRACTOR IS PERFORMING QUALITY WORK. THIS IS ABOUT TIMING. [01:20:05] >> OKAY. THEY HAVE EXHAUSTED AND WE ARE IN A CONTRACTUAL SITUATION AT THE MOMENT WHERE WE NEED TO EXTEND SOME OF OUR CONSULTANTS SAY THE GROUP NEEDS TO PUT THEIR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER'S SEAL ON THE COMPLETION OF SOME THINGS THAT SAY THESE WERE BUILT ACCORDING TO PLAN AND WE HAVE TO EXTEND THOSE BUT THERE IS OTHER MECHANISMS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON CONTRACTUALLY BEHIND THE SCENES. >> AND TODAY SO WHEN DID WE SIGNED THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. TWO YEARS AGO NOW. >> OCTOBER FIRST 2024. >> IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS AND 80 5% COMPLETE. AND OVER AND BE ON THE SCHEDULE. BY A WHILE. [LAUGHTER] RIGHT? >> WE ARE AS WE SIT RIGHT NOW A COUPLE WEEKS BEYOND SCHEDULE. >> JUST A COUPLE WEEKS. >> JUNE 22ND IS STATE CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE FOR THIS PROJECT. >> I WILL REMIND YOU IT IS A CALENDAR DAY CONTRACT AND THINGS LIKE MAJOR RAIN EVENTS, DELAYS AND REVIEW OF SOMETHING, OR SOME ISSUE OF SPECIFICATION THOSE GIVE THE CONTRACTOR TIME, AND THEY SHOULD, SO THERE IS THE JUNE 22ND DATE THAT WAS CLARIFIED, WE ALSO HAD AN ISSUE FOR A WHILE AND DONAHUE THERE IS WATER THAT IS WATER RUNS UNDER THE ROAD WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT A LITTLE STREAM A LITTLE SPRING THAT GOES TO OUR RECYCLING COMPLEXES OVER THERE. SOME CHANGES. THE REASON WE HAVE EXHAUSTED THIS BUT THEY HAD TO STEP IN AND ENGINEER SOME THINGS FOR US AND OUR CONTINGENCY BASED ON WHEN WE OPENED. AND WE FOUND PROBLEMS THAT WERE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE CONTRACT. THOSE THINGS BECAUSE VARIOUS AND SUNDRY CHANGES CONTRACTUALLY, BUT IN A MOMENT WE NEED BOTH OF THESE PARTICULAR CONSULTANTS TO STAY HERE. WE MAY NOT NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY IF THEY CONTRACT FINISHES SOONER. BUT WE HAVE EXHAUSTED, TO YOUR POINT, ALL CONTINGENCIES AND EVERYTHING THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU. >> SO THE CONTINGENCY MONEY FOR THESE TWO CONTRACTS OR GO ON, FOR THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION. >> THE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF IS FINE I SHOULD CLARIFY THAT. >> SO WE ARE IN BUDGET ON THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ITSELF THESE ARE CONSULTANTS THAT DO CERTAIN THINGS FOR US THAT ONCE WE HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL OF OUR FUNDS WITH THEM PAST JULY 31ST SO WE NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO EXTEND THOSE CONTRACTS THROUGH THE LIFE. >> THE CONTINGENCY MONEY THEY HAVE SPENT TODAY IS ON THE TWO CONSULTANT CONTRACTS. >> WITHIN THEIR CONTRACTS CORRECT. >> AND THE CONTINGENCY BEING SPENT IS CONTINGENCY THAT WAS PROVIDED ON A CONTRACT FOR THIS PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANCY IT IS THERE CONTRACT AND THE CONTRACT THAT CONTINUES. >> SO WE NEED TO EXTEND THIS AT THIS POINT. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR POLICE SAY "AYE". [10.d.2. Hoar Program Management, LLC. Amendment #3. Boykin-Donahue Campus Project. $135,600.] ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> AUTHORIZED AMENDMENT NUM NUMBER 3. FOR THE DONAHUE CAMPUS -- FORESITE GROUP, LLC. AMENDMENT NO. 12. BOYKIN-DONAHUE CAMPUS PROJECT. $13,300. >> I KNOW WE KIND OF WALK THROUGH THIS. >> IT IS THE SAME THING. >> IS THAT OAK WAIT -- OKAY TO ASK THE QUESTION IF THINGS CHANGE AS FAR AS WHAT WE PLAN TO DO BASED ON ANY OF THE ITEMS TONIGHT. >> EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH. >> THE AREA OF THE PROJECT ITSELF IS. >> THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT REMAINS THE SAME. >> THAT IS WHY I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WORKING ON-SITE IS A BUILDING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING. THEY'RE HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUES WITH THAT. THIS IS JUST PURELY A TIMING ISSUE RIGHT NOW. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER PENALTIES INVOLVED? >> AND ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS THERE ARE PROTECTIONS WRITTEN AND THAT INCLUDE PENALTIES. AND THOSE THINGS CAN BE INVOKED IF NEEDED. >> BUT OVERRUNS? FOR DELAYS? >> AND THE CONTRACT -- CONTRACTUAL NATURE OF ALL OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS BAYOU PROJECTS ET CETERA ALL HAVE THOSE THINGS BUILT IN AS A PROTECTION TO OUR TAXPAYERS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE". ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> SWITCHING GEARS TO A [10.d.3. Foresite Group, LLC.Task Order DS 02-2026. Richland Park. $2,400,000.] DIFFERENT PROJECT BECAUSE WE ARE INVOLVING THE SAME TWO FIRMS WITH DIFFERENT PROJECT NEW PROJECT. AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH PERMITTING BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE RICHLAND PARK CONSTRUCTION, THIS DESIGN AMOUNT IS $2.4 MILLION FOR THE FORESIGHT GROUP. [01:25:08] >> QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? RICHLAND PARK AND GENERAL. >> ANY IDEA WHAT THAT TOTAL PROJECT COST WILL BE IS THIS INCLUDED? >> WE PUT AND 4 MILLION FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. THIS AND THE NEXT ITEM SLIGHTLY EXCEEDS THAT. BECAUSE YOU ARE AT REALLY 4.6, 2 MILLION, AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AND A MINUTE, BUT WE HAD 4 MILLION IN FOR THAT AND WE HAVE 40 MILLION SEPARATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION TO ASK FOR A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO THE DESIGN THAT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. YOU WILL NOT SEE THEM HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF OR TWO MONTHS FROM NOW. SO WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT INTERNALLY. BUT THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A $40 MILLION CONSTRUCTION. AND IN THE CIP WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT VERSUS THE CAPITAL COST OF THE PROJECT ITSELF. SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE. >> THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION IS OFTEN TIMES WE SEE MULTIPLE ITEMS WITH ONE PROJECT AND OFTEN TIMES THEY SPAN MULTIPLE YEARS MAYBE EVEN THE CIP ARE PREPARING FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF, SO JUST WANT TO KNOW COMPREHENSIVELY WHAT WE ARE SPENDING ON THE PROJECT TO KEEP THAT NUMBER OUT IN FRONT OF US. >> ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT IT TODAY PAGE 299 AND THE BUDGET ACTUALLY, IT IS A PROJECT PAGE, IT ACTUALLY REFERS TO A 40,000-DOLLAR COST THAT WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO IT IS REALLY A TOTAL BUDGETED WAS, YOU KNOW, 40 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW FOR MILLION FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. WE HAD AROUND $40,000 THAT WE SPENT IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR ON PRELIMINARY MASTER PLAN LAYOUTS AND SO ON. NOT UNCOMMON WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS GATHER FOR YOU AND OUR CITIZENS AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO KNOW AT ALL TIMES THE TOTAL AND COST. ALSO IN THE BUDGET THIS WOULD INCLUDE THESE ARE BASEBALL FIELDS SO THESE ARE THE BATTING CAGES, THE BACKSTOPS, THE BUILDINGS, THAT SHOULD BE AN ALL IN NUMBER. BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AND IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THE ALL IN COST REGARDLESS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET PERIOD WE ARE IN. >> THE DESIGN WAS HE AND THE PROJECT PACKET NOW IS. >> WHAT YOU SEE THAT IS IN THIS PHASE THERE IS MORE TO GO. MEANING THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR OTHER RECREATIONAL NEEDS TO BE SERVICED ON THIS PROPERTY BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS WHAT IS IN THIS PACKET IS THE MASTER PLAN WHICH IS THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELD ASSOCIATED RESTROOMS AND EQUIPMENT BUILDINGS WALKING TRAILS, PARKING TRAILS REMIND ME IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING. >> YOU ARE ENTIRELY CORRECT AND JUST FOR REFERENCE THE TOTAL PARCEL SIZE YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF AROUND 128 AND THE WORK BEING PROPOSED ON THIS IS ABOUT 150 ACRES. AND THIS WAS SHOWN TO YOU WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED. >> THERE ARE TWO KEY THINGS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY BUT IT IS VERY SLOPED AND IT TENDS TO HAVE A LOT OF ROCK ON IT SO YOU WILL SEE IN THE FORESIGHT CONTRACT THERE IS A LOT OF SURFACES INVESTIGATION WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND HAVE TO MOVE A LOT OF DIRT AROUND ON THIS SITE AND BALANCING IT OUT. WE DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH JUST YET. >> OF MY NEXT QUESTION WAS YOU KNOW ASSUMING FORESIGHT ITSELF HAS SOME EXPERTISE. >> THEY DID THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN FOR THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WITH A HEAVY CIVIL JOB. HEAVY CIVIL ENGINEERING JOB IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH ON GETTING THE SITE READY TO GO. THE SCHOOLS ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME THING. BUT THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE VERY SAME THING. ON THE CONSTRUCTION BEHIND IT. >> THANK YOU. >> QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ELSE? >> BETWEEN THIS ONE AND THE NEXT ONE, WE ARE GOING TO SPEND $4.6 MILLION JUST ON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BEFORE WE EVEN PUT A SHOVEL AND THE GROUND FOR THE 44 MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT. >> WE WILL NOT SPEND ALL THAT UP FRONT. WE HAVE DESIGNED, WE HAVE BIDDING DOCUMENTS, PERMITTING DOCUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR BOTH ENTITIES AND THERE. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT WILL BE MUCH LESS FRONT AND LOADED AND MUCH MORE BACK AND LOADED. DURING DESIGN THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT VALUE ENGINEERING AND WORKING ON CONSTRUCTIBILITY AND REVIEWING PRICING EXERCISES FOR US. THEY DEAL WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. THE GROUP WILL SPEND A LOT OF DESIGN OF MONEY UP FRONT ON THE [01:30:03] BACK AND THEY WILL HAVE TO DO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND SIGN OFF ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. THIS MONEY WILL BE SPENT THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. >> WE PAY AS A PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IS DONE, WE KEEP IN MIND WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION HOW MUCH THAT CONTRACT IS PAID ROUGHLY IS THAT HOW WE? >> BASED ON STAFFING AND THE FOUR DIFFERENT FACES. WHAT THEY ARE DOING DURING THE DESIGN PHASE AND DURING CONSTRUCTION ARE DIFFERENT. SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL CHANGE IN THE PROCESS BUT SHE IS CORRECT. THESE COSTS ARE ALL IN FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT WITH 32 MONTHS' TIME FOR EACH CONSULTANT AND WILL GET STARTED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE RIGHT CUSTOMARILY FOR DESIGNED CONTRACTS IT IS PERCENTAGE ON THE WAY WE JUST USE THIS TRACK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. >> SO THE 4.6 MILLION IT BETWEEN THIS AND THE NEXT ONE, THAT REFLECTS YOUR PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL PROJECT. >> THE STANDARD RELATIVE TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS ABOUT 10% FOR THE DESIGN NOT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. SO THE PROPOSAL IS ACTUALLY VERY ECONOMICAL. AND WE PUT JUST A LITTLE OVER TEN%. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. IN THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS CASE TO HAVE THEM THERE AS WELL FOR DESIGN. >> THIS MEANS THAT ON-SITE EVERY DAY AND OUR STAFF MANAGER OR PROJECT MANAGER COMMUNICATES WITH THEM BUT THEY ARE NOT OUT THERE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. THEY ARE OUT THERE AT TIMES. >> THIS IS A 32 MONTHS I AM WRITING CAN HEAR A 32 MONTH PROCESS FROM NOW UNTIL COMPLETION. >> IT WOULD FORM THE NOTION PERCEIVED SO SHORTLY THEREAFTER FROM NOW IT WOULD BE 32 MONTHS YES. >> WHILE IT IS MUCH NEEDED ON THE NORTH SIDE RIGHT, TOMMY? >> HOW YOU DOING? >> I'M SORRY COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN ONE MORE TIME WITH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FORESITE GROUPS CONTRIBUTION IS, AND THE MORE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTION. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE DOING VERY SIMILAR THINGS. AND SUPPORT DURING DESIGN WITH CONSTRUCTION AND THIS ONE IS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES FOR DESIGN PERMITTING AND BIDDING CONSTRUCTION. SO. >> THEY ARE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT. SO FORESITE WILL BE THE ENGINEER AND UNDER THE DEPARTMENT HAD A RECORD FOR THE PROJECT. THEY WILL REDUCE THE DESIGN AND THEN THEY WILL BE THERE FOR THE CONSTRICT -- CONSCRIPTION JUST LIKE ANY LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER WOULD MAKE SURE IT IS BEING BUILT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE PLANS PRODUCED OR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. THIS IS REALLY TO ASSIST THE CITY SIDE IN MANAGING AND MAKE SURE THE PROJECT IS DONE EFFICIENTLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COST SAVINGS, THAT THEY CHECK FOR ANY PARTICULAR POTENTIAL ERRORS AND OMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND THEY BE THE EYES AND THE EARS ON THE SITE. WE DO HAVE 50 ACRES OF WORK GOING ON AND ONE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CITY CANNOT KEEP AN EYE ON EVERYTHING THAT IS OCCURRING. WE HAVE SEEN THAT WHERE HAVING A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IS IN PLACE HAS ALLOWED US AND IN FACT THEY KEEP A LOG WE HAVE HAD EFFECTIVELY ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS FROM THEIR PRESENCE OVER WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND AND IDENTIFY AND ASSIST. SO THEIR OPPORTUNITY IS OF COURSE RELATED TO THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND THROUGH THE BIDDING OR FOR THE DESIGN THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTIBILITY OF IT AND TALK ABOUT THAT. SO WE ACTUALLY MAXIMIZE THE TAXPAYER DOLLAR HERE. >> THIS IS WITH THE UNIVERSITY ON THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEIR PROJECTS USES FOR PROGRAM MANAGER? >> ALSO TRYING TO SPEED UP OUR DELIVERABLES AND TIMING FOR THINGS. WE HAVE CAPITAL DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE HARD TO BE SPENT. >> SO INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF MANAGEMENT PEACE, IT SHOULD PAY FOR ITSELF. I MEAN THE THOUGHT OF IT WOULD PUT AT US SAY THINGS THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, AND TELL THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS GOES SMOOTHLY, EFFICIENTLY, AND HOPEFULLY FINISH ON TIME. >> THAT IS VERY MUCH THE GENERAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE THAT THEY WOULD PUT FORWARD. ABOUT THE SAME AS WHEN THEY ARE THERE WITH YOUR HAND-IN-HAND IN [01:35:01] THE PROJECT. >> AND WHEN WE USE THESE COMPANIES, WE WHEN THE PROJECT IS JUST COMPLETE, WE HAVE A REPORT THAT WE CAN LOOK BACK ON WHERE THEY IDENTIFY, WE CAN SEE THE SAVINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED SO SO WE CAN LOOK BACK AT THESE AGREEMENTS AND AND SPEAK WITH THE NEW TEAM AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE THERE IS ACTUALLY VALUE THERE. >> CORRECT AND I THINK YOU KNOW THEY WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO PARTICIPATE WITH HOW VALUABLE IT HAS BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HELP WITH THIS PROJECT AND THIS MAGNITUDE. >> THANK YOU. >> I SEE IT AS A PRODUCTION OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN A LOT OF WAYS. TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTRACTOR LOCATED AT WHAT AND LOOKING AT WHAT THEY CONTRACT THIS, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS BEING DELIVERED IN THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DELIVERED ALSO. ALSO FINDING VALUE ENGINEER. THESE PROJECTS POSSIBLY TO SAVE MONEY IT IS SUGGESTED AS AN OUTSIDE PARTY WE DO THIS A LOT IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, WE HAVE BANK INSPECTORS THAT ARE PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY THAT ARE GOING TO LOOK AT HER PROJECT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS BEING DELIVERED IN THE WAY THAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED. BECAUSE I'M NOT A CONTRACTOR I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ENGINEERING AND CONTRACT. SO THIS IS REALLY FOR ME I THINK IT IS VALUABLE FOR TAXPAYERS WE ARE DELIVERING A VALUABLE PROJECT A LOT OF THE TIME. AND DOING WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING. >> THE SAME. >> ANYONE ELSE? >> MOTION TO SECOND ALL IN FAVOR [10.d.4. Hoar Program Management, LLC. Task Order DS 01-2026. Richland Park Project. $2,242,000.] PLEASE SAY "AYE" ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> AUTHORIZE CONTRACT WITH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO MANAGEMENT SUPPORT DURING DESIGN BID AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES OF THE RICHMOND PARK PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF $2,242,000. >> SAME HERE. >> MOTION TO SECOND. >> COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS? >> DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO REACH A TIME TABLE THAT WE CAN DETERMINE WHEN THE START DATE IS. >> WE ARE ON THE HOAR PROGRAM PROJECT MANAGEMENT ITEM. >> ANYBODY ELSE ON NUMBER 4. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE". [10.d.5. Hazen and Sawyer. Town Creek Sewer Basin Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Survey (SSES) – Phase II. $248,000.] ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> THIS AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT. HAZEN AND SAWYER. TOWN CREEK SEWER BASIN SANITARY SEWER EVALUATION SURVEY (SSES) — PHASE II. $248,000. >> MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> ACTUALLY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT REFERS TO GAGE CREEK RIDGE. AND THAT ONE REFERS TO THERE ARE TWO ITEMS. THAT ONE WILL BETTER INFORM THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE YOU ARE ASKING WHAT DETOURS WENT GATE STREET HAS TO BE CLOSED THAT WILL BETTER INFORM THAT WORK THAT IS GIVING US INFORMATION TO FINALIZE THE DESIGN OF THAT REPLACEMENT. SO BOTH OF THEM HAVE TO HAVE TO DO WITH TOWN CREEK. BUT SITTING HERE WITH THIS ONE IS NOT A TIMING ISSUE OR A CLOSURE OF THE SITUATION FOR ANY REASON. JUST REGULAR SUPER TESTING THAT WE NEED TO DO. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY "AYE". ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. >> THESE ARE ALL THE ITEMS OF [12. CITIZENS' OPEN FORUM] BUSINESS WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE CITIZENS OPEN FORM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ANYTHING YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO THAT WE ASK YOU COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL. >> YES, SIR,. >> 1927 WATER CREST DRIVE. I AM TIRED. IT IS PAST MY BEDTIME. I WROTE DOWN MY NOTES. I HAVE FIVE THINGS I WANT TO MENTION. IT IS PRETTY APPARENT, PRETTY APPARENT THAT WE HAVE A PRIDE ELEMENT WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THERE'S JUST ONE THING I HAVE BEEN NOTICING. AND NOTICED. I JUST LOVE HOW THAT LOOKS. HOW IT FEELS. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO LANDSCAPING. AND SO FORTH. JUST A REAL NICE FEEL FOR THIS PURPOSE. [01:40:01] >> FOR THE REC CENTER. >> I STOPPED BY THERE THE OTHER DAY AND JUST GOING TO SAY HELLO TO HOUSTON. I JUST WALK BACK SO I JUST WALK INTO THE GYM IT IS IMMACULATE. >> COACH THOSE KIDS. >> IT LOOKS IMMACULATE I KNOW YOU HAVE RECONSIDERED. AND THAT SORT OF THING OUT FRONT. REALLY WANTED TO BRAG ON HIM. MIKE HARRIS ANY TIME OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET OFTEN TIMES THEY WILL CALL 911 BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING TO THAT STAGE OF LIFE. LET THEM SO FORTH. IMMEDIATE RESPONSE EMT. AND THEN POLICE OFFICER. JUST LENDING CREDENCE TO THE URGENCY. IT IS REALLY, REALLY NEEDED. IT IS REMARKABLE. REMARKABLE! AND THE FOURTH OF JULY KIDS PARADED. THAT IS WHAT IS REALLY KEY WITH THAT. REALLY HELPED KEEP THAT THING GOING AND SO FORTH. REALLY NEAT HOW IT WAS DONE. LITTLE KIDS ON TRICYCLES AND BRAKES AND SO FORTH. AND JUST SCOPING FROM POOL TO PULL I THINK THAT WAS REALLY NEAT. THE LAST THING IN THE HEARING WAS THE CENTER COMPLEX AND THE RECYCLING GOING ON HERE. THAT IS REALLY, REALLY NEAT. BUT THAT IS A REFLECTION OF THE PRIDE I KEEP MENTIONING. IT IS APPARENT THAT YOU ALL WILL IT GOES INTO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THAT IS A TRIBUTE THE LEADERSHIP, ATTRIBUTE TO YOU KNOW THE RECEIVERS OF THE COMMUNITY. >> JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS WE APPRECIATE IT. >> APPRECIATE YOU ALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YES, SIR. >> CHARLIE HENDRICKS 875 NORTH CARRIAGE DRIVE. HERITAGE ASSOCIATION. I JUST WANT TO BRING OR ASK SOME QUESTIONS TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE. WE USED TO SAY HOUSES WE DO NOT DO THAT ANYMORE. WE PUT UP HISTORIC MARKERS FOR THE CITY OF AUBURN. WE ALSO ENJOY TAKING CARE OF THE AND REFURBISHING THE GRAVES IN THE CEMETERY. THE ONLY REASON WE ARE PERMITTED THIS THIS EVENING IS THERE A SCUTTLEBUTT ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF DRAKE AVENUE AND NORTH COLLEGE. THERE IS A RIM OF THE STONES ALONG THE EDGE. HAS ANYBODY NOTICED IT? >> YES, WE ARE AWARE. >> DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHO PUT THEM THERE? CONSERVATION CORPS. >> I JUST NEED TO FIND OUT, I HATE TO TURN TO SAM HENDRICKS FOR THIS, WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO PUT THOSE STONES IN. THE STONE AND THE ROCKETS YOU THROW THE ROCK A WAY TO KEEP THE STONE. SO I WILL GIVE YOU A HEADS. DO NOT THROW THEM AWAY. OKAY? ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT MIGHT BE UNDER THE STONES WITH THE BUILDING. PLAY SOMETHING DOWN THERE. BUT DID IT AND HALF THE TIME. >> THANK YOU MR. CHARLIE HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER. WHO WILL BE NEXT. >> RIGHT AFTER LUNCH HE HAD TO CUT OUT. >> I AM ROBERT WILKINS TO 61 AUBURN. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING IN FEWER TRADITIONAL WAYS WHEN THE FAMILY GATHERS. BECAUSE OF THOSE SIMPLE TIMES TOGETHER ART WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY SPECIAL. AS A KID ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, THIS WAS MY MOTHER'S FAVORITE HOLIDAY. SHE WOULD GET US ALL DRESSED UP PATRIOTICALLY AND DRESSED THE HOUSE AND GREEN, WHITE, IN BLUE. WE WOULD MEET IN PELHAM AT IT [01:45:01] WITH MY UNCLE AND THEIR KIDS. HAVE A GREAT COOK OUT. AND SPEND THE EVENING TELLING STORIES OF OUR ANCESTRIES WHILE CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY. I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF ATTENDING BOTH OF THE BIG PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS A FEW DAYS AGO. BOTH GAVE SUCH A SENSE OF PRIDE. ALSO ACCOMPLISHED THE 250 LABS FOR THE 250 YEARS CHALLENGE. ON JUNE 28 AT THE STAR-SPANGLED SPECTACULAR AT THE GOOCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER I SAT THERE LISTENING TO LEE GREENWOOD DELIVERING A RENDITION OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. THE HUNDRED VOICE CHORUS IN FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNDER THE CONDUCTOR LIFTED ALL OF US. HE HAS CONDUCTED THE CELEBRATION 25 YEARS. AND I EVEN GOT TO MEET LEE GREENWOOD THAT MADE. AND THE DOCTOR RECEIVED A PROCLAMATION OF A WELL-EARNED HONOR FOR HIS LONG-TIME LEADERSHIP AND THE BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO AMERICA AND OUR VETERANS. THEN ON INDEPENDENCE DAY I WAS RIGHT BACK AT DOUG SANDFORD PARK WITH THE FOLKS FROM ALL OVER. I SAW A FAMILY SMILING KIDS PLAYING AND BIG FIREWORKS SHOW LIGHTING UP THE SKY. I WAS GLAD TO HAND OUT OVER 900 PLUS BOTTLES OF COLD WILKINS WATER SO NOBODY WENT THIRSTY. WHILE SO THE RATING TOGETHER. THIS REMINDS ME OF WHY I LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND THIS CITY SO MUCH. CAME FROM GERMANY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS UNDERSTOOD THE STEEP IN THEIR BONES. >> THOMAS JEFFERSON US TALKED ABOUT THE RIGHT TO LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT HAVE IT IS. LET'S KEEP HONORING OUR VETERANS AND TEACHING OUR CHILDREN AND STANDING TOGETHER GRATEFULLY FOR THIS LAND THAT WE CALL HOME. GOD BLESS EACH OF US. AND KEEP THE FLAME OF LIBERTY ALIVE. THANK YOU. >> WHO WILL BE NEXT? THEN WE WILL CLOSE THIS. OPEN FORM. COUNCIL OF ANYTHING? >> ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION. I BELIEVE MR. WILKINS WAS REFERRING TO GARY CLEARING WHO HAS DONE THE WEST ON THE SPOT -- STAR-SPANGLED FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.