>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON YOUR AGENDA WAS RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-26, WHICH IS TO SELECT SHOCKEY CONSULTING AS THE PREFERRED CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST THE CITY WITH THE CREATION OF OUR BLUFF TOMORROW 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.COUNCIL HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STUDY, WHY NOW, WHAT'S IT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH? STAFF PREPARED A MEMORANDUM THAT WENT OUT TO YOU ALL, I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO.
THEN SHOCKEY ALSO PREPARED A MEMORANDUM THAT WE SENT TO YOU LAST FRIDAY.
THEY'RE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO YOU, AND THEN JUST TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR PROCESS WILL BE TO GO THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EFFORT WITH THE CITY, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND WHAT YOU COULD EXPECT TO COME OUT OF THE OVERALL PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO INVITE SHEILA SHOCKEY.
SHE'S THE OWNER OF SHOCKEY CONSULTING, AND MR. JEFFREY WILLIAMS IS HERE WITH HER ALSO.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE ASSISTING THE CITY WITH THIS PROJECT HOPEFULLY.
THEY HAVE A QUICK, 10 - 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT'S RESOLUTION 26-13.
HE'S PROBABLY GOT 26, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT THING.
>> GREAT. HI. I'M SHEILA SHOCKEY, WITH SHOCKEY CONSULTING.
GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TALK ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.
WITH ME IS JEFFREY WILLIAMS, WHO WOULD BE YOUR PROJECT MANAGER.
WE HAVE A TEAM ASSEMBLED, READY TO GET STARTED ON YOUR PROJECT AND WANT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW YOU CAN ENGAGE TODAY.
IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHY TO DO A LONG RANGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YOU'RE A GOOD TIME FRAME TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE GOT A NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU'RE STARTING A NEW DAY.
YOU'RE ON A PIVOTAL CORE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CHANGE YOUR COMMUNITY AND SET THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU HAVE SOME NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, THERE'LL BE A LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THE COMMUNITIES WE WORK AT BECAUSE IT'S A WAY TO SET YOUR AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE.
WHAT THAT WOULD DO WOULD ALLOW YOU TO THEN EVENTUALLY PUT TOGETHER SOME MAJOR DECISIONS IN THIS PROCESS WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GET THE COMMUNITY BEHIND THOSE DECISIONS SO THAT YOU CAN IMPLEMENT YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, NEW ZONING, AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, AND PUT IN PLACE SOME OTHER POLICIES THAT WILL HELP FRAME THE FUTURE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS.
WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IT DOES SET POLICY DIRECTION THAT DIRECTS YOUR STAFF.
IT ALSO IS A TOOL THAT DEVELOPERS USE AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE.
IT ALIGNS YOUR LAND USE, YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ONE DOCUMENT THAT TELLS FOLKS WHERE YOU WANT TO HEAD AND HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
IT'S ALSO A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT HELPS YOU DEFEND YOUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, AND IT'S A WAY FOR YOU TO ARTICULATE AS AN ELECTED BODY WHAT YOUR FUTURE VISION IS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED WAS, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR PLAN IS STILL GOOD TILL 2030.
WE OFTEN HEAR THIS THAT, WE HAVE SET THE PLAN FOR A LONGER TIME FRAME, AND THAT HASN'T EXPIRED YET.
BUT REALLY WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU DO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IS YOU LOOK OUT 20 YEARS, AND THAT'S YOUR VISION, WHERE YOU WANT TO BE IN 20 YEARS, AND THE PLAN REALLY ITSELF, TALKS ABOUT PROBABLY MORE FIVE AND 10-YEAR INCREMENTS ABOUT HOW TO GET YOU THERE.
IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THE 20-YEAR TIME FRAME.
OFTENTIMES THE WORLD CHANGES, YOUR POLICIES AND MAYBE BEST PRACTICES CHANGE OVER TIME, BUT ALSO YOUR MAIN PLANNING IS WITHIN A FIVE AND 10-YEAR INCREMENT TYPICALLY, AND SO REALLY WE'VE LOOKED THROUGH YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WORKED WITH STAFF TALKING THROUGH WHAT'S BEEN DONE.
A LOT OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR PLAN, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT REALLY TO THINK ABOUT YOU'RE SETTING A VISION, YOU'RE SETTING GOALS THAT ARE LONG TERM IN 20 YEARS, BUT REALLY A LOT OF YOUR IMPLEMENTATION IS IN THE FIRST 5 - 10 YEARS.
IT'S A GOOD TIME RIGHT NOW TO BE THINKING 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THOSE FIVE AND 10 - 15-YEAR ACTION PLANS.
THEN I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SOME STRUGGLES WITH YOUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
A LOT OF THAT IS HAPPENING FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING THAT WITH A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN HOUSING PRACTICES AND HOUSING DEMAND, AND SO REALLY,
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IT'S A GOOD TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LONG RANGE PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN COME BACK IN AND MAKE YOUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND ALL OF THOSE REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU HAVE REALLY FIT WHAT IT IS YOUR VISION IS FOR HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE.SO JEFF BREAK THROUGH. HERE YOU GO.
>> SHEILA, THANK YOU. LET'S GO BACK.
>> I THINK YOU GO TO THAT DIRECTION. THERE YOU GO.
>> IT'S ONLY MOVING IN ONE DIRECTION. LET'S SEE.
THERE WE GO. MY APOLOGIES. SPED US THROUGH.
AGAIN, I'M JEFFREY WILLIAMS. I'M A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER AT SHOCKEY CONSULTING.
BUT I'VE HAD A CAREER 30 PLUS YEARS IN CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND ACTUALLY WORKING FOR A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND DOWNTOWN MASTER PLANNING PROCESS.
MUCH OF THE SUCCESS IN HAVING THAT PROCESS ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS THE TIMING.
WHEN CAN AN ELECTED BODY OR CITY BEGIN THIS PROCESS, AND HOW DOES THAT ALIGN WITH ELECTED LEADERSHIP, AND EVEN SELECTION OF LEADERSHIP FROM A CITY DEPARTMENTAL PERSPECTIVE? WHY STARTING NOW? I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS.
AS A NEW COUNCIL, A NEW CITY ADMINISTRATION, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND UPDATING YOUR DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN TO REALLY HELP SET AN AGENDA, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY HOW GROWS DEVELOPMENT, BUT YOURSELF AS A BODY AS WELL.
HAVING THIS PROCESS BE A WAY TO EFFICIENTLY BRING COMMUNITY TO THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THEIR GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS ARE, AND ONLY COMMUNITY, BUT STAFF AS WELL.
DOING THAT UP FRONT GIVES YOU THE TIME.
SHEILA TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, AND SO STARTING NOW AND SETTING VISION NOW IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF YOUR TERM ALLOWS YOU TO BEGIN ALIGN YOUR FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THOSE PROJECTS AND VISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
STARTING NOW. ALSO, THIS IS A TOOL, AND THIS FRAMEWORK AND THIS PROCESS, IS A TOOL FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT YOU WOULD BRING ON BOARD.
SOMEONE COMING IN TO THIS ROLE IS REALLY GOING TO WELCOME THE IDEA THAT THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING FROM ELECTED LEADERSHIP AND OTHERS ABOUT WHAT THE MAIN MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT PERSON TO COME IN WITH THAT ROADMAP.
THEY'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO BRING THEIR OWN EXPERTISE TO THE PROCESS, BUT IT REALLY ALLOWS AND GIVES THEM THAT ENTRY INTO DIVING INTO UNDERSTANDING OPERATIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY AND WORKING WITH THEIR FELLOW DIRECTORS TO ACHIEVE GOALS, NOT ONLY THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY.
SHEILA HAD MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT WHY YOU DO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FIRST.
THE IDEA IS LOOKING AT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LOOKING AT THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY AND WHAT SOME OF THE GOALS AND VISIONS ARE IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN LETS YOU DO THAT BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE AND REALLY BE ABLE TO SET AND POSITION DOWNTOWN TO BE THE ENGINE AS YOU LOOK AT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.
BUT THE IDEA IS FINDING OUT WHAT TRENDS ARE HAPPENING FROM DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, WHERE THERE ARE GAPS BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO DEVELOP AND WHAT RULES ALLOW THEM TO DO.
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPON ITS COMPLETION WILL HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL THOSE DIFFERENT FACTORS.
THAT REALLY IS THE FOUNDATION THAT WILL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND UPDATE SUBDIVISION REGS, ZONING ORDINANCE, OTHER KINDS OF CITY POLICY.
AGAIN, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THAT WORK ITSELF IS GOING TO HELP IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY, BUT YOU NEED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE DOWNTOWN PLAN TO DEFINE IT.
AGAIN, WHY DO YOU PARE THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER? YOU PARE THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE CLEARLY, THERE IS INTEREST AND SUPPORT FOR LOOKING AT THE DOWNTOWN AND LOOKING AT IT A VERY FOCUSED WAY.
YOU HAVE A PLAN THAT DOES THAT.
THERE'S AMAZING INFRASTRUCTURE, OPPORTUNITIES FOR REINVESTMENT THAT ARE FOCUSED IN ON DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN ALSO OFFERS AGAIN, A ROADMAP OR THAT STARTING POINT FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW PLANNING PROCESSES, OTHER ORDINANCE, AND REGULATION PROCESSES CAN HELP SHAPE AND BOOST THE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
SO PAIRING THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER IS CRITICAL.
BUT WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? IT'S A 14-MONTH PROCESS.
I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MATERIALS YOU RECEIVED IS THIS HANDOUT WITH THE DIFFERENT PHASES.
IF PEOPLE WANT A HARD COPY, WE CERTAINLY HAVE ONE HERE.
BUT THE OVERALL PHASES FOR 14 MONTHS,
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LAUNCHING THINGS, ENGAGING FOLKS, SETTING, VISION, IDENTIFYING GOALS, SPENDING TIME, UNDERSTANDING WHAT EXISTING MARKET CONDITIONS ARE IN CONTEXT, IDENTIFYING JOINTLY STRATEGIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT.UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE IDENTIFIED STRATEGIES AND LOOKING AT SCENARIOS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION, HOW THAT COULD WORK, AND THEN PUT IN TOGETHER THE FUNDING SUPPORT FOR THOSE ELEMENTS.
THEN ULTIMATELY THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.
IT'S 14 MONTHS. STARTING AT THIS POINT IS CRITICAL.
AS WE PUT TOGETHER THE SCHEDULE, WE WERE ALIGNED WITH THINGS UNDERSTANDING SEASONALLY, AND THAT VISION AND GOAL SETTING WILL BEGIN TO HAPPEN AS WE MOVE OUT OF WINTER INTO SPRINGTIME.
I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT AS STRATEGIES COME TOGETHER AND PUT IN TOGETHER DETAILS THAT'S HAPPENING OVER THE QUIETER PORTIONS OF THE WINTER THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
THEN WE ALSO LAID OUT NOT ONLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE, BUT WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR ENGAGEMENT.
THROUGH ALL THOSE PHASES, IT'S THE IDEA OF ENGAGING.
FIRST, STARTING WITH YOU ALL AS LEADERSHIP. THAT'S WHERE WE START.
THEN IT'S BRINGING IN DEPARTMENT LEADERS, AND IT'S BRINGING IN OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
KNOWING THAT FOR EACH OF THESE PHASES OF THE PROCESS, WE HAVE INDEED IDENTIFIED WHAT TYPES OF INTERACTION THERE NEEDS TO BE TO MAKE THE PROCESS SUCCESSFUL.
AS WE STRUCTURED THIS PROCESS, WE KNOW WE HAVE MANDATES TO BE DEEPER DIVING IN DOWNTOWN, LOOKING AT THINGS MORE COMPREHENSIVELY ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY.
THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING. IT'S NOT THAT PARTIAL LEVEL DESIGN OR DECISION MAKING.
IT'S BROADER. IT'S COMPREHENSIVE.
IT'S GIVING THE ROOM FOR THERE TO BE SOME GOAL SETTING ABOUT WHAT DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SAYING, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE CORNER OF X AND Y.
MAKING SURE THAT IT'S PURPOSEFUL.
IF WE'RE ASKING SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO SEE THE CITY GROW AND CHANGE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM TO WORK AND MAKE IT PURPOSEFUL, HAVE STRUCTURED.
MEASURABLE TO UNDERSTANDING WHO HAS BEEN THERE, WHO DO WE NEED TO GET THERE.
THIS IS ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR GROUPS, BODIES, ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REALLY HAVE COORDINATION OF BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER TO BE FOCUSED ON GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK ON ONE PARTICULAR TOPIC.
BUT YOU ALSO OVER YOU ABOUT WHAT THE COUNCIL GET TO THE END.
>> WHAT DO YOU GET AS A RESULT? THE BIG THING, I THINK IS A CONSENSUS AROUND A CLEAR VISION.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BUY INTO THAT AND FOR YOU TO REALLY AS LEADERS SET THAT VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
AS YOU HAVE STAFF TURNOVER OR YOU HAVE NEW STAKEHOLDERS THAT COME AROUND INTO YOUR COMMUNITY, THAT VISION WILL REALLY TELL YOUR STORY ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.
BUDGETS ARE ONLY SO MUCH IN CITIES.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO INVEST FIRST? WHERE DOES THAT MAKE MOST SENSE? WHAT INVESTMENT CAN WE EXPECT TO HAVE A GOOD RETURN? HOW DO WE WORK PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL GET OUT OF THIS IS A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE WORK THAT YOU'LL DO IN YOUR ANNUAL BUDGETING AND IN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT STARTED BECAUSE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, IT SEEMS LIKE I HAVE FOUR YEARS TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
THOSE PROCESSES TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET YOUR PRIORITIES PUT INTO THAT PROCESS, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO START NOW.
THEN ALSO, YOU'LL GET A GREAT WORK PLAN FOR YOUR STAFF.
FOR YOU, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AS YOU START TO IMPLEMENT MORE OF THESE POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A WAY TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS OUR ROADMAP AND WHERE WE NEED TO HEAD.
IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LEAD YOUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, ALIGN LEADERSHIP TOGETHER, AND HAVE YOURSELF POSITIONED FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE A MORE FOCUSED PLAN IN FIVE AND 10-YEAR INCREMENTS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES? WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE IN 25 YEARS? BECAUSE PROGRESS TAKES A LONG TIME, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN WORKING IN GOVERNMENT FOR A WHILE, IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR COMMUNITIES TO CHANGE AND TO ADAPT.
THE WAY THAT THE WORLD IS SPINNING RIGHT NOW IT'S SPINNING FAST, AND SO THINGS ARE CHANGING VERY QUICKLY.
IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE 25-YEAR FUTURE, YOU CAN ADAPT THOSE FIVE AND 10 AND 15 YEAR PLANS TO REALLY ACCOMPLISH THAT 25-YEAR VISION.
WITH THAT, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND CHRIS IS, AS WELL. THANKS.
>> QUESTIONS FOR THE SHOCKEY TEAM.
>> THANKS FOR COMING. CHRIS, THANKS FOR YOUR EMAIL WITH LAYING OUT WHAT WE HAD AND THE QUESTIONS FROM LAST WEEK.
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WHAT ARE WE DEFINING DOWNTOWN AS? IS THAT LIKE HERE, IS THAT THE HUNDRED BLOCK? WHERE'S THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN ENCOMPASS? BECAUSE TO ME, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD THINK THE COMPREHENSIVE WOULD HAVE JUST INCLUDE DOWNTOWN.WE'RE DOING A SEPARATE ONE FOR DOWNTOWN.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT DEFINES THAT AREA.
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN SANDO.
ONE OF THINGS WE AIM TO ACHIEVE WITH THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE I BET IF YOU ASK FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO DRAW BORDER AROUND DOWNTOWN COUNCIL BLUFFS, YOU WILL GET FIVE DIFFERENT ANSWERS.
I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MASTER PLAN, THAT'S THE FIRST THING TO LOOK AT LIKE, WHAT IS OUR TRUE DOWNTOWN? THEN HOW DO WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THAT? HOW DO YOU WANT TO INVEST IN IT? WHAT IS THE VISION FOR THAT AREA? I WOULD SUSPECT THAT AT MINIMUM, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOKING AT KANESVILLE TO THE NORTH, NINTH AVENUE TO THE SOUTH, PROBABLY GOING TO BLUFF STREET TO THE EAST, AND THEN AT LEAST TO THE SOUTH EXPRESSWAY ON THE WEST SIDE, THAT BOX.
BUT THAT LINE COULD ZIGZAG HERE AND OUT.
THAT'S A BIG QUESTION THAT'S GOING TO BE ANSWERED THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN REALLY IS TO DO A MORE IN DEPTH DIVE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS VERY HIGH LEVEL POLICY DRIVEN.
THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN IS REALLY GOING TO BE A TRUE ROADMAP FOR, WHERE'S THE NEXT HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN DOWNTOWN? WHAT PARCELS ARE REALLY RIPE FOR REDEVELOPMENT, THAT WE SHOULD START WORKING WITH LANDOWNERS TO MAYBE SEE IF THERE'S ASSISTANCE THAT WE COULD PROVIDE OR WHAT IDEAS THEY HAVE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.
LOOKING AT ACTIVATING THE HAY MARKET AREA, YOU GO OUT THIS BUILDING PAST 5:00, AND YOU GO SOUTH TO NINTH AVENUE, IT'S PRETTY QUIET.
LIKE, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING GOING ON, EXCEPT FOR MAIN STREET TAVERN AND A COUPLE OF RESTAURANTS, BUT WHAT ELSE COULD BE DONE TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE? THAT'S WHAT THIS DOWNTOWN PLAN IS GOING TO ACCOMPLISH, TO GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE, LIKE, WHAT COULD WE DO TO HELP MAKE THIS DOWNTOWN MORE OF, I WOULD CALL THE ONE OF THE ECONOMIC ENGINES OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE HEARTBEAT OF IT TO WHERE IT IS THE CENTER OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THAT.
>> SORRY, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.
HOW MUCH DO YOU ANTICIPATE STAFF TIME WORKING WITH SHOCKEY FOR OVER THIS 14 MONTHS, I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF STAFF TIME.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS MUCH AS IF WE TRIED TO TAKE THIS ON OURSELVES. AS CHRIS MENTIONED.
WE'RE GOING TO RELY PRETTY HEAVILY ON THEM TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO REALLY DIG IN.
BUT THERE WILL BE SOME STAFF TIME, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OFF PEAK SEASONS TO DO A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT PLANNING SESSIONS.
>> I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE AN ANSWER.
I'M WONDERING WHY YOU'RE PROJECTING BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BIG SPEND.
IT'S A HUGE SPEND FOR THE CITY.
IT'S PROBABLY MORE WITH STAFF TIME.
THEN JEFFREY, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES YOU'VE BEEN PART OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, IS THERE ANY CLOSE TO HERE ANY IN IOWA THAT YOU'VE WORKED ON? OR IS IT ALL MORE DOWN IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA WHERE YOU'RE AT?
>> IN THE MIDWEST, AND I'M ALSO FROM JUST OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY, SO THERE AS WELL.
REGARDLESS OF GEOGRAPHY, A LOT OF THIS REALLY IS ABOUT CITY MAKING COMMITMENT.
THEY'RE BEING CHAMPIONS TO BE INVOLVED, REALLY.
A LOT OF THE WORK IS ABOUT NURTURING AND BUILDING YOUR STAKEHOLDER BASE AND YOUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOCKEY REALLY EXCELS AT.
BUT A LOT OF IT IS JUST BEING YOU MENTIONED, TIME BEING EFFICIENT ABOUT EVERYBODY'S TIME, EFFICIENT ABOUT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONSULTANT TEAM AND STAFF, EFFICIENT WITH YOUR TIME IN TERMS OF GIVING YOU UPDATES, EVEN EFFICIENT WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.
THAT'S REALLY THE UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS IN THAT WAY.
IT HELPS YOU MAINTAIN MOMENTUM, AND IT REALLY GETS YOU TO THE PLACE OF HAVING AN ACTIONABLE PLAN FASTER.
THAT REALLY IS OUR GOAL, AND THAT IS UNIVERSAL.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE LOVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT COUNCIL BLUFFS THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THESE PROCESS AS WELL.
IT'S MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS REALLY EFFICIENT TO PUT COMMUNITY IN THE PLACE AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO PUT TOGETHER AN ACTIONABLE PLAN.
>> I UNDERSTAND. I'M IN SALES.
IF THERE'S A NEW TERRITORY, TO YOU IT'S LIKE A NEW OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT CAN WE DO WITH COUNCIL BUFFS? I GET IT.
I WOULD LIKE, I GUESS, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN AND YOU TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE HAVE I WOULD SAY NOT GREAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN WE HAVE THESE THINGS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER IT'S AT NOON,
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PEOPLE ARE WORKING, OR IF IT'S AT 6:00 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.TUESDAY NIGHT, I GOT BASKETBALL, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE GOT DANCE.
THURSDAY NIGHT, I HAVE BOWLING LEAGUE AND MY KIDS GOT GYMNASTICS, AND THEN FRIDAY NIGHT, IT'S TOUGH.
DEPENDING ON THE TIME AND PLACE, IN MY OPINION, WE'RE UP HERE TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC.
I WOULD LIKE, HONESTLY, PROBABLY, ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH OR MAYBE EVEN ONCE A MONTH TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE YOU'RE AT IN THE 14 MONTH PROCESS.
NOT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT MAYBE EVERY OTHER ONE WITH LIKE, HEY, HERE'S THE THINGS WE WORKED ON LAST WEEK, AND HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED OUR FEEDBACK, BECAUSE, YOU SAID THE COUNCIL DRIVES THE AGENDA.
THAT'S WHAT WE DEFINES THE AGENDA, IS WHAT IT SET UP THERE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LIKE ZONING AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, I THINK KEEPING US INVOLVED BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WILL COME TO US.
THEY'LL SAY, "HEY, WHERE ARE YOU AT WITH THIS?" I THINK UPDATING US MORE ALONG THE PROCESS, I THINK IS GOING TO BE SUPER IMPORTANT.
>> NO, WE RECOGNIZE THAT TOO, COUNCILMAN.
THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS GOING TO BE GOING TO THE PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE BENEFITS ABOUT STARTING IT NOW DURING THE WINTER MONTHS IS DOING ALL THE FACT FINDING, EXAMINING EXISTING PLANS AND ORDINANCES THEN WHEN THE SPRINGTIME HITS, THE FARMERS MARKET IS STARTING TO BE ACTIVATED, WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND SET UP A BOOTH, AND GET SOME PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ON THAT.
YES, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A VERY ROBUST, COMPREHENSIVE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU UPDATES, ONCE A MONTH, IF NOT EARLIER THAN THAT.
THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, AND I THINK SHEILA AND JEFFREY DID A GOOD JOB IS YOU'RE NOT GETTING A NEW ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE OUT OF THIS.
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET ARE POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT NOW GIVE US AND YOU GUIDANCE ON CHANGES THAT SHOULD BE MADE TO YOUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO NOW GO BACK AND IMPLEMENT THOSE VISIONS AND POLICIES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THE PUBLIC, LIKE, THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING LIKE A BRAND NEW ZONING OF SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, THAT WILL COME AFTER BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER HEAVY LIFT AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID, WE WANT THIS FOR HOUSING, WE WANT THIS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT THIS FOR COMMUNITY CHARACTER.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, NOW WE NEED TO GO IN AN ORDINANCE AND MAKE THESE CHANGES, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE TO US OUT OF THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE TALKING TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS DOCUMENT.
>> LIKE I SAID, I THINK SETTING UP A BOOTH AT THE FARMERS MARKETS GOOD.
>> BIKE NIGHT, THINGS OF THAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK YOU JUST GOT TO BE MULTIFACETED.
OBVIOUSLY, SOCIAL MEDIA, I THINK YOU SHOULD PUT SOMETHING IN THE TRASH BILLS WHERE THEY CAN SCAN A QR CODE, IT TAKE THEM TO A WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN FILL OUT WHAT THEY WANT.
NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, IF IT'S 10 THINGS OVER THE NEXT 10 MONTHS, IT MIGHT BE THE SAME PEOPLE SHOWING UP EVERY MONTH.
WE WANT THE VAST MAJORITY, NOT THE MINORITY.
I JUST WANT TO BE UPDATED ON THAT.
I GOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE SUPER IMPORTANT.
>> I'LL BE INVOLVED IN THE WEEKLIES AS THEY GO THROUGH, SO YOU'LL HAVE THOSE UPDATES IN YOUR WEEKLY RECAPS THAT I'M SENDING TO THE COUNCIL.
>> YES THIS IS OUR 27TH YEAR IN BUSINESS, AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY THE NUMBER 1 QUESTION WE GET ASKED IS, HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET A GOOD BROAD PERSPECTIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY? ONE THING THAT WE DO IS WE DEVELOP HEAT MAPS OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM THAT WE'VE TALKED TO.
WE DO THAT AS AN ONGOING SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND, WE'RE MISSING A WHOLE GROUP HERE.
I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE ONE TIME WE WERE MISSING A QUADRANT OF TOWN, AND SO WE BASICALLY WENT AND ADJUSTED OUR ENGAGEMENT AS WE WENT SO THAT WE MADE SURE THAT WE GOT THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THOSE FOLKS THERE.
YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC PROCESSES.
THERE'S A SMALL GROUP AND THEY COME ALL OF THE TIME AND SO YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO SPREAD OUT AND GO TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE.
WE CALL THOSE POP UP ENGAGEMENT SO WE'LL POP UP AND GO TO DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
WE'LL GO TO DIFFERENT EVENTS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND YOU'LL GET A BROAD SECTION OF PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES THAT WAY.
THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IN PERSON IN ONLINE ENGAGEMENT SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO DO ONLINE, SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO DO IT IN PERSON.
A MIX OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY SUPER IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET A GOOD CROSS SECTION.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT ON THIS BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO GO TO IMPLEMENTATION, YOU REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO GO, HEY, I AM ON BOARD ON THAT VISION.
I THINK THAT SUBDIVISION REGULATION CHANGE, ALTHOUGH IT'S MINOR.
THAT FITS WHAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T IMPLEMENT IF WE DON'T DO ENGAGEMENT.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU CONSTANTLY TO SAY, WHO ELSE ARE WE MISSING? WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT WORKS?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ROGER?
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>> ANYBODY ELSE FOR QUESTIONS?
>> I GUESS I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
YOU FIGURE IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 14-18 MONTHS IN THERE TO 14 MONTHS.
AS SOON AS WE GET THIS DONE, THEN WE CAN PUT THIS INTO ACTION, CORRECT? WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL 20, 30 TO ADOPT THIS.
WE CAN ADOPT THIS AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE, AND WE AGREE TO THE ADOPTION, AND WE CAN PUT IT INTO TO EFFECT RIGHT AWAY.
>> THAT'S THE FINAL STEP. THE FINAL STEP IS THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY THIS COUNCIL AND THEN IT'S NOW IN EFFECT, AND THEN THE POLICIES OBJECTIVES.
NOW THERE'S THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE START GOING THROUGH AT THAT POINT IN TIME. IT'S NOT JUST US.
IT'S COMMUNITY PARTNERS ASSISTANT WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL.
IT'S COMMUNITY PLAN, SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TO IMPLEMENT WHAT'S OUTLINED IN THAT PLAN.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE REVIEWING OF THE AGENDA AS YOU GUYS SAW, IN MY NOTE THAT I SENT TO YOU, WE ARE CHANGING A LITTLE BIT OF THE ORDER OF HOW WE DO THIS AND HOW WE GO THROUGH THIS.
FIRST THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT I'VE MOVED THE CITIZENS REQUEST TO BE HEARD TO THE TOP OF THE MEETING.
IF THERE'S A TOPIC THAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK PRIOR TO GETTING TO THE DIFFERENT TOPICS WITHIN THE AGENDA.
>> WHEN WE GET TO THE MEETING TONIGHT WHEN YOU SAY THAT IT'S THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THE AGENDA?
>> THEY'LL GET THEIR TIME IF IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT GETTING UP THERE TWICE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET ON THE RECORD, TOO, THAT I DON'T REALLY AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT THE PROCESS WORKED WELL BEFORE.
IF WE DO TAKE PEOPLE AT THE FRONT OF THE MEETING, THEY'LL GET UP AND LEAVE AND WON'T STAY FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE MEETING IN MANY TIMES.
I JUST AGREE WITH MOVING THAT TO THE TOP OF THE MEETING.
I'D RATHER KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
>> IF THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE AGENDA, THEY'RE JUST SAYING THAT AT THE END WHEN WE SAY ANY COMMENTS FROM THE CROWD WOULD BE AT THE BEGINNING.
>> I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT. WE CAN LET IT HAPPEN A COUPLE OF TIMES IF [OVERLAPPING]
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS VOTED ON.
IT WAS JUST AS LONG AS WE DO IT.
>> IS IT IN THE COUNCIL RULES? I DON'T KNOW.
>> IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE CAN MOVE IT BACK, BUT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE AGENDA THEN.
ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE EXCUSE ME, CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON THE FIRST READING.
I'VE ASKED THE DEPARTMENT HEAD WHO'S WORKING ON THAT AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTIONS TO GET UP AND JUST DO A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE ON IT.
EVERYTHING BUT SECOND AND THIRD READINGS AS WELL AS CONSENT AGENDA.
WE WILL QUICKLY WORK THROUGH HERE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TONIGHT?
>> FOR 21ST AND SIXTH IT'S CONSENT AGENDA PLUS OTHER ITEMS. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOW OR WAIT BECAUSE IT'S ON HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
>> WE CAN WAIT TILL WE GET TO THE END.
>> PUBLIC HEARINGS, ORDINANCE 6664.
>> IS UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE 6664, THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER CASE ON THE AGENDA, RESOLUTION 26-23.
IN ESSENCE, WHAT THIS DOES IS REZONE THE CAMPUS FROM A MIXTURE OF A2 AND R3 TO ALL AP ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT, AND ALLOWS THEM TO ADOPT A SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WILL THEN CARRY FORWARD AND REGULATE BUILDING PLACEMENT, LANDSCAPING, SIGNAGE, OFF STREET PARKING.
WE'VE DONE THIS WITH SOME OTHER OF OUR LARGER CAMPUSES IN TOWN, SO THINK JENNY EDMONDSON, LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S JUST A WAY TO GET THEM UNDERNEATH ONE CONSISTENT ZONING DESIGNATION, AND NOW GIVE THEM A SET OF ZONING RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THEY CAN WORK UNDERNEATH, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, GIVEN THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THEY NEED DUE TO THEIR UNIQUE LAYOUT AND USE OF THAT PROPERTY.
THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF THOSE ITEMS? ORDINANCE 6665.
>> I'M PROBABLY JUST GOING TO STAND UP HERE. GET MINE ALL ON OUR ROAD.
[LAUGHTER] ORDINANCE 6665 THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE HILLSIDE APARTMENTS.
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THERE'S ALSO THREE OTHER CASES ON YOUR AGENDA, ORDINANCE 6666, AS WELL AS RESOLUTION 26-26 AND RESOLUTION 26-27.THIS IS A REQUEST BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY MR. ANDY RAYMOND TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF SILVAN DRIVE AND NORTH BROADWAY.
THE PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY, I BELIEVE IT WAS BETHANY LUTHERAN.
THEY NEVER MOVED FORWARD WITH THEIR PROJECT DUE TO FUNDING.
IT HAS SAT VACANT AND UNDEVELOPED SINCE, I WANT TO SAY 2013, 2014.
ANDY RAYMOND HAS PURCHASED IT WITH THE HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO PUT MORE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, HE NEEDS TO REZONE EVERYTHING TO BE R3, WHICH IS LOW DENSITY MULTI FAMILY.
HE NEEDS TO AMEND THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TO SHOW IT BEING FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S CURRENTLY LISTED AS RULE/AGRICULTURAL.
HE NEEDS TO ALSO ADOPT A PLANNED RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY OVER THE PROPERTY, WHICH THEN ALLOWS HIM TO ADOPT A PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH AGAIN, WOULD BE USED TO ADDRESS BUILDING LOCATION, SETBACK, SLOT COVERAGE, OFF STREET PARKING, SCREENING AND BUFFERING, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IT'S ALL PACKAGED TOGETHER FOR YOU TODAY UNDER THOSE FOUR CASES.
>> I DIDN'T SEE HE'S NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING FROM US ADDITIONAL FOR THIS PROJECT.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE FOR THAT? YOU MEAN, FINANCIALLY?
>> HE IS. HE'S ASKING FOR TIF ASSISTANCE, AND THAT'LL COME AT A LATER TIME.
BUT THE NUMBER IS NOT IN THERE.
>> NO. WE SAY THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR A NUMBER.
WE'VE NOT NEGOTIATED HIS TIF AGREEMENT WITH HIM, YET.
WE NEED TO FIRST ESTABLISH THE NORTH BROADWAY RB RENEWAL AREA, BUT IT WILL BE COMING IN THE FUTURE.
>> ARE WE GOING TO REQUIRE A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THAT ONE FOR THAT ROAD? SOME OF THE PEOPLE, THE CONCERNS WERE THE TRAFFIC.
>> WE DIDN'T SO MUCH HEAR THAT FOR ANDY RAYMOND'S, BUT THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY SUBMITTED WITH THAT PROJECT, AND IT WAS DOCUMENTED IN YOUR REPORT.
FROM WHAT I RECALL, AND PUBLIC WORKS CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESSED THIS AS WELL, THERE WAS NO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SILVAN DRIVE IN NORTH BROADWAY.
>> I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IB DRIVE 1 AND THAT'S ON THE NEXT ONE.
>> I THINK BOTH. I GUESS IN HERE, IT TALKED ABOUT THE GIRL THAT SPOKE AT PLANNING COMMISSION.
SHE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND THERE IS THE TRAFFIC IN GENERAL.
I GUESS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD IF WE'D EVALUATED THAT OR NOT.
>> THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROJECT.
>> CAN YOU COME UP SO THEY CAN HEAR? I GOT YOU [INAUDIBLE].
>> THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE DIDN'T SEE A DECREASE IN LEVEL OF SERVICE.
THERE WERE NO IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED.
PARKING BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON IF PEOPLE HAVE VISITORS OR NOT OR IF PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, HE IS GOING TO BE PUTTING A.
IT'S MORE THAN WE'RE REQUIRING.
>> HE'S GOING TO PUT PARKING IN FOR HIS REQUIREMENTS AND HE'S NEGOTIATING THAT THROUGH HIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT HE'S WORKING WITH CHRIS ON.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE STREET DUE TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IF THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S TRAFFIC. I DON'T THINK IT'S MORE PARKING ON THE STREET.
I THINK IT'S MORE CARS ON THE STREET.
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES, ONLY ONE CAN GO TO TIME.
>> WELL, THE INFORMATION I'VE HEARD BACK ON IS THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC PULLING OUT INTO THAT S TURN FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, MORE SO THAN THE PARKING.
AFRAID OF BLIND SPOTS IN THERE.
>> BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY REQUIRE A LIVE OVER 200.
>> BUT THAT'S MORE THE IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY RATHER THAN PARKING ON THE STREET OR THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD MOST COMPLAINTS ON.
>> I KNOW. I GUESS HOW WOULD WE EVALUATE IF WE DON'T WANT TO ALLOW PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD? IS IT JUST LIKE A PREFERENCE? HONESTLY, THERE'S NO, LIKE, SUDS, LIKE REQUIREMENT?
>> NO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO PETITION THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT, WE CAN LOOK AT IN FURTHER DETAIL.
BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE INTERACTION AT THE DRIVEWAY FOR LEVEL OF SERVICE.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T REMEMBER IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE LOOKED AT THAT REPORT,
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BUT I DON'T REMEMBER A DROP IN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.>> I DIDN'T SEE EITHER. THANKS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THOSE FOUR? OKAY 6667.
>> 6667, THAT'S RELATED TO JAMIE AUGUSTINE'S REQUEST TO REZONE HIS PROPERTY AT 280 COLLEGE ROAD.
RIGHT NOW HE HAS TWO PARCELS OF LAND.
HE WANTS TO BUILD A GARAGE ON ONE PARCEL, ZONED R1.
HIS HOUSE IS ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY, ZONED R3, SO HE'S REPLATTING IT ALL INTO ONE TRACK OF LAND, AND THEN REZONING IT TO R3.
THE R3 DISTRICT, LIKE WE TALKED LAST TIME WAS SELECTED BECAUSE THAT'S THE ZONING DISTRICT HE BUILT HIS HOUSE UNDERNEATH WITH THOSE STANDARDS.
HE CERTAINLY COULD BUILD IT AND HAVE IT STAY COMPLIANT ON THE R1 DISTRICT.
HE JUST SELECTED TO GO WITH THE R3 BECAUSE THAT'S HOW HIS HOUSE IS CURRENTLY ZONED.
AT PLANNING COMMISSION, LIKE WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, HE WAS OPEN TO GOING R3, R1, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST BRINGING FORWARD THE R3 REQUEST.
>> I DON'T. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY THE R3 COULD GIVE TO HIM IN THE FUTURE.
IF ONE OF HIS CHILDREN PROPERTY, THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A SUB REQUIREMENT, BUT HE'S CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO IT TO R1 STANDARDS AS WELL, SO I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE EITHER WAY.
>> RESOLUTION 26-16 IS FOR APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PAVEMENT RESURFACING ON 23RD AVENUE BETWEEN 23RD STREET AND 35TH STREET.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A PREVIOUS PROJECT.
TWO YEARS AGO, WE DID THE OUTSIDE LANES.
WE'RE COMING IN NOW TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND DO THE INSIDE LANES AND STREET MARKINGS.
FROM THE LAST COUNCIL ACTION, WE DID SUPPLY A UP-TO-DATE BUDGET CODE, OUR BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT, AND ALL OF THAT IS COMING OUT OF LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX.
>> IT SHOULD BE DONE START IN THE SUMMER.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT A CONSTRUCTION LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
ORDINANCE ON THE SECOND READING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE THE LAST MEETING, JUST MAKING SURE YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT [NOISE] CONSULTING?
>> ON 26-13, I HAD ASKED A COUPLE FOLKS TO COME BY, BUT THEY HAD SOME OTHER ENGAGEMENTS THEY HAD TO TAKE OFF.
IN SOME CONVERSATIONS I HAD IN THE WEEK SINCE OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN USED THIS AS WELL, I GUESS.
I ASKED DAVID HAZZWOD IF HE WOULD SPEAK ON IT A BIT, AND I THINK I TRIED TO LET HIM KNOW, "HEY, HOLD ON." [LAUGHTER] BUT, I GOT A MESSAGE.
HE'S ALREADY HEADED TO HIS NEXT APPOINTMENT.
WE MISSED OUR COMMUNICATION THERE.
HE PROBABLY THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WHEN WE WERE DONE UP THERE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO STEP ON THEIR TOES.
BUT IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM AND HIS ORGANIZATION, HE HAD MENTIONED THAT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THEM AS WELL.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SAME THING.
THEY SAID, "THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT." NOT ONLY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY, FOLKS, BUT ALL THESE OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN, THEY USE THAT FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, AND AGAIN, IT WOULD HAVE NICE TO BE ABLE TO GRAB HIM AND LET HIM SPEAK A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, TO THE POINTS THAT HE HAD MADE TO ME THE OTHER EVENING WHEN WE SPOKE IS JUST THERE'S MORE THAN JUST WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE.
THIS GREATLY AFFECTS MANY OF THESE FOLKS AND MANY OF THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBOR WORKS AND HABITAT AND 712 INITIATIVE, AND, WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE HOUSES AND ALL OF THAT DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> TO THAT POINT THE CHAMBER REACHED OUT AND THEY WANT TO BE GOOD PARTNERS, AND THEY WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT AND HAVE A MEETING SET UP WITH OUR FRIENDS THAT OWN THE OMNI CENTER, SO WE'RE BRINGING ALL THOSE PARTNERS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THAT.
TO YOUR POINT, ROGER, WHAT DOES DOWNTOWN LOOK LIKE? IN MY EYE, IT IS SOUTH EXPRESSWAY UP TO KANESVILLE, FROM BAYLISS OVER TO THE END OF THE HUNDRED BLOCK.
BUT AGAIN, THE ENTIRE GROUP WILL MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION, BUT I THINK THAT L SHAPE, HOCKEY STICK SHAPE IS WHAT I THINK OF WHEN I THINK OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
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>> THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT WOULD SAY ALL THE WAY TO 16TH.
ANYTHING UNDER THE VIA KELLY SCAR, THAT AREA.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO ALL OF THAT.
>> ONE THING I FORGOT TO ASK WHEN SHOCKEY WAS HERE AND CHRIS YOU'RE HERE, I WAS GOING TO ASK, THE CITY IS THE LARGEST LAND OWNER IN TOWN.
I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON LAND THAT'S BEING NOT USED TODAY.
SOME OF THAT LAND WE'VE OWNED FOR 20 PLUS YEARS, AND I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE.
WE HAVE THIS VISION, BUT WE'VE HAD THIS VISION FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED, SO I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT A BIG FOCUS ON LAND THAT WE OWN THAT IS UNDERUTILIZED.
>> THERE'S BEEN PARCELS IN THE PAST THAT I'VE INQUIRED ON FOUR DIFFERENT FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY.
I SAID, "WE HAVE THIS PARCEL THAT THE CITY OWNS, AND IT'S GOT THIS AND THIS ON IT, AND THIS WOULD BE REALLY GREAT FOR YOUR BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND DO WHATEVER AND DO IT HERE IN TOWN." THEN I WAS MET WITH, "WELL, WE'VE GOT PLANS FOR THAT DOWN THE ROAD." WELL, IT'S SET VACANT AND UNUSED OFF THE TAX ROLLS.
WE KEEP IT UP, OBVIOUSLY, AND LET'S KEEP IT SAFE AND SECURE, BUT THAT WAS MY SECOND YEAR ON COUNCIL.
>> I GUESS MY QUESTION, CHRIS, IS HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST US IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN? THIS IS HOW WE FIGURE OUT OUR BEST USAGE OF PROPERTIES AND HOW TO SIZE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 600 PLUS HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT HOW MUCH COULD THIS COST IN REALITY IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN?
>> WELL, I THINK HAVING THE PLAN IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE IT GIVES DEVELOPERS SOME TYPE OF PREDICTABILITY AS TO WHERE THE CITY IS HEADING AND GROWING.
WE HAVE DEVELOPERS COMING IN ON WEST BROADWAY PUTTING IN $40, 50 MILLION APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW THEM WHAT'S GOING TO GO NEXT TO THEM, I THINK THAT MIGHT GIVE THEM SOME RESERVATION ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOBODY WANTS TO SPEND THAT MONEY WITHOUT HAVING SOME IDEA WHAT COULD GO NEXT TO THEM.
THE OTHER THING I THINK ABOUT IS OUR COMP PLAN IS USED TO JUSTIFY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF URBAN RENEWAL AND URBAN REVITALIZATION AREAS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER INCENTIVES.
NOT HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S UP-TO-DATE AND CURRENT, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, COME BACK AT US WHEN WE TRY TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THESE AREAS.
MONETARILY, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MUCH BUT, TYPICALLY THESE PLANS ARE UPDATED AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WE'RE 11 YEARS INTO IT AND SO THAT'S WHY WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOW WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, WITH THE COMP PLAN ALREADY PRETTY GETTING CLOSE TO 2030.
I THINK NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT WITH NEW PEOPLE COMING ON COUNCIL, MAYOR SHUDAK ON HERE.
IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO ESTABLISH WHAT IS DIVISION FOR THIS CITY MOVING FORWARD TO 2050, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.
>> I THINK DANIELLE MENTIONED, AND CHRIS YOU RESPONDED BACK TO HER.
THERE'S ALSO SOME FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD?
>> THERE'S SOME STATE REQUIREMENT FROM LEGAL LAST WE WEREN'T HERE FOR THE SECOND DISCUSSION OF IT I GUESS AND TONY MADE SOME GOOD POINTS THAT THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WITH IOWA STATE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DONE.
THEN, AGAIN, TO MY POINT FROM LAST MEETING, THIS PROCESS TAKES TIME, SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE STARTING IT NOW.
I THINK WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD DO THIS YET OR NOT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT UP THAT I TRIED TO BRING UP, AT LEAST, WAS, "HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT IN SOME OF THE WEEDS HERE AND THERE, AND IT'LL BE BETTER TO HAVE MORE TIME, BE PREPARED AND GO FORWARD." TO KNOW ALSO THEY HIGHLIGHTED TONIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY WAIT UNTIL 2030.
IF WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE, AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHERE THINGS ARE AT, WE CAN IMPLEMENT PRIOR TO THAT.
BUT THINGS BEING AS THEY ARE GOVERNMENT PROJECTS GOING HOW THEY GO, [LAUGHTER] WELL, JUST SUIT FOR 2030 AT THIS POINT.
>> WELL, THE 14 MONTH TIME FRAME, THAT'S PRETTY CONCRETE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MONEY WE'RE USING TO SPEND ON THIS, WE HAVE TO HAVE SPENT BY A CERTAIN DAYS.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TO GET STARTED ON IT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON 7A? 7B 26-17.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS MY REQUEST TO CREATE A NEW DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY POSITION AND TO CONFIRM WHITNEY JACK TO THAT POSITION.
FOR MANY YEARS, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS NOT HAD A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A STANDARD POSITION IN MOST CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENTS.
WE'VE NOT HAD SOMEBODY WHO'S CLEARLY DESIGNATED AS BEING SECOND IN COMMAND IN CASE OF THE ABSENCE OF A CITY ATTORNEY, AND WE'VE SEEN ISSUES WITH THAT IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS POSITION.
THERE'S A VERY MINOR FISCAL IMPACT.
THERE IS A SMALL MISTAKE IN THE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION, WHICH I CORRECTED WITH AN EMAIL AND JOE MADE THAT A PART OF
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THE PACKET BECAUSE IN CALCULATING THE FISCAL IMPACT, I ASSUMED THAT ANY STEP INCREASES WOULD HAPPEN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.IN FACT, IF THE COUNCIL ELECTS TO APPOINT WHITNEY, HER STEP INCREASE WOULD HAPPEN, IT WOULD BE CALCULATED ONE YEAR FROM HER INITIAL DATE OF EMPLOYMENT.
THERE'S A A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE THERE, AND I DESCRIBED THAT TO COUNSEL.
FOR THE SECOND PART OF THIS RESOLUTION, I'D SPECIFICALLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO SELECT WHITNEY FOR THIS POSITION.
WHITNEY HAS JUST BEEN JUST SO WONDERFUL FOR THE OFFICE.
BOTH OF THESE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, AND I'M SO LUCKY TO WORK WITH BOTH OF THEM.
WHITNEY HAS 17 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND SHE HAS ALREADY, IN JUST THE SIX MONTHS THAT SHE'S BEEN HERE, PROVEN TO BE A TRUSTED RESOURCE TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SO I'M SO THANKFUL TO HAVE HER, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU SELECT HER FOR THIS POSITION.
>> ANY QUESTIONS TO MIMI ON THIS ONE? JUST SO THE PEOPLE AT HOME KNOW, BUT MIMI DID A GREAT BREAKDOWN AS OVERALL LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAVINGS ALREADY SO FAR.
YEAR TO DATE WE'RE LOOKING AT A SAVINGS OF $322,911 SO FAR THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO BY BRINGING THINGS IN HOUSE, LEGAL SETTLEMENTS, CONSULTING EXPENSES DROPPING DRASTICALLY, SO THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB OF WORKING EFFICIENTLY UP THERE.
>> 26-18 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.
WE'VE OPERATED UNDER SIMILAR AGREEMENTS SINCE THE 90S.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE ARE ROADWAYS THAT ARE SPLIT JURISDICTION BECAUSE OF OUR BOUNDARIES.
THEY MIGHT BE DOWN THE MIDDLE, THEY MIGHT BE IN SEGMENTS AS YOU DRIVE DOWN A ROAD.
ONE POINT YOU'RE IN THE COUNTY, ONE POINT YOU'RE IN THE CITY, AND THEN YOU'RE BACK INTO THE COUNTY.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO MAINTAIN THEM IN THAT MANNER BECAUSE WE WOULD BE LEAPFROGGING OVER EACH OTHER.
ONE WOULD BE DOING HALF A ROAD, AND THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE DOING THE OTHER HALF.
WE'VE OPERATED THIS WAY FOR A LONG TIME.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT IS THE LAST APPROVED IN 2010.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW CHANGES TO ROADWAYS, NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR BOUNDARY IN A FEW PLACES.
THIS IS REALLY JUST TO DOCUMENT THOSE CHANGES AND MAKE SURE THAT BOTH SIDES ARE IN AGREEMENT.
THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY APPROVED A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, SO I'M ASKING THAT WE DO THE SAME.
>> AS LONG AS YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT. NOTHING YOU WANT TO CHANGE?
>> YES. WE WORK TOGETHER TO COME TO THESE AGREEMENTS, WHERE IT'S A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE.
WE TAKE CERTAIN ROADS, THEY TAKE CERTAIN ROADS, SO WE FEEL WE'RE IN A FAIR PLACE RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. THANKS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? 26-19, THEN? CHRIS, YOUR BACKUP.
>> 26-19. THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO VACATE PLATS THAT ARE RECORDED FOR WHISPERING OAKS PHASE 5.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW WHERE R PERRY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH THEIR MULTI-FAMILY.
WHEN THE ORIGINAL PLAT WAS RECORDED, IT INCLUDED A COUPLE OF OUTLAWS ALONG GREENVIEW ROAD THAT WERE TECHNICALLY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
WHEN IT WAS FLAGGED AT THE TIME OF RECORDING, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE GAVE US TWO CHOICES.
WE COULD AMEND THE PLAT OR WE COULD ANNEX IN THOSE AREAS.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ANNEX IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE IT WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO US HAVING TO GO UP TO CRYSTAL LANE ALONG VIEW LOOP ROAD, AND WE'RE JUST NOT IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW TO ANNEX IN THOSE PROPERTIES.
WE HAD THE SURVEYOR GO BACK, UPDATE THE PLAT TO TAKE OFF THOSE OUT LOTS AND REVISE THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
THEN WE RE RECORDED THAT CORRECTED PLAT WITH THE COUNTY AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS FINE THAT WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF EVERYTHING.
WELL, UNBEKNOWNST TO US, WHEN WE RECORDED IT, THE DEVELOPER HAD ALREADY SOLD PARCELS OFF TO R PERRY.
ONCE WE FOUND THAT OUT, THEIR ATTORNEYS GOT INVOLVED AND IT'S LIKE, THERE'S MORTGAGES ON THESE PROPERTIES NOW, SO WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH, VACATE THE TWO PLATS, AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK THE NEW WHISPERING OAK PHASE 5 FINAL PLAT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, WHICH HAS THE CORRECT LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.
ALL THE RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIPS NOW ASSOCIATE WITH THAT PROPERTY, AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE OUT LOT.
THIS IS A FORMALITY THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW TO ESSENTIALLY VACATE THOSE FROM THE RECORD PERMANENTLY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS ON THAT ITEM?
>> MIMI, I HAD TO ABSTAIN FOR THE LAST ONE OF THIS.
SHOULD I ABSTAIN FOR THIS? I LIVE REAL CLOSE TO THERE.
>> WE'LL NEED A VOICE VOTE ON THAT.
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THAT'S WHY TONY WAS LOOKING AT ME FUNNY.
HE WAS LIKE, "WHAT?" [LAUGHTER]
>> WE DID THIS A MONTH AGO. YOU MIGHT RECALL.
IT MIGHT LOOK VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU EVERY TIME THAT WE GET A NEW ADA COORDINATOR, WHICH WAS ME IN DECEMBER, AND WHEN WE GET A NEW MAYOR, IT NEEDS TO BE REDONE.
ALTHOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOVELY FOR US TO JUST BE ABLE TO WAIT AND DO THEM AT ONCE, IDOT HAD REACHED OUT AND SAID, "IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR ADA COORDINATOR, AND TITLE 6 COORDINATOR HAS CHANGED.
THESE NEED TO BE UPDATED," SO WE UPDATED THEM. NOW WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN.
EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
IT JUST DESIGNATES THE CORRECT MAYOR FOR NOW.
>> QUESTIONS FOR WHITNEY. AWESOME 26-20.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS SIMPLY SEEKING CLARIFICATION AND AUTHORIZATION FOR OUR OFFICE ON OUR SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY.
PRIOR TO BECOMING CITY ATTORNEY, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS ALWAYS THAT DICK WADE HAD A CERTAIN SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY, AND I AS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, TOO, HAD A CERTAIN SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY.
WHEN WE WENT SEARCHING FOR THE RESOLUTION SETTING THOSE AMOUNTS, WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE IT, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FORMALIZE THOSE AMOUNTS.
THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.
THESE ARE THE SAME AMOUNTS THAT WE PRACTICE UNDER BEFORE.
>> I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ON THIS, AND I DON'T RECALL.
I FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING WE WENT OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TYPE OF THING BECAUSE IT PERTAINED TO A SPECIFIC CASE COMING UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN SOME OF THAT.
MAYBE TO HELP YOUR SEARCH TO FIND ANY CONTEXT. I DON'T KNOW.
>> JODY AND I BOTH LOOKED IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, WE LISTENED TO RECORDINGS WE FOUND AUTHORIZATIONS FOR SPECIFIC CASES, BUT WE COULD NOT FIND BROAD SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A CLOSED SESSION.
>> IT COULD JUST BE THAT IT WAS SPECIFIC TO THOSE CASES, THAT I MUST HAVE GOTTEN MY WIRES CROSS.
THIS IS JUST FOR ABATEMENT OF WEEDS AND SOIL.
>> THE CITY'S CO-COMPLIANCE TEAM, THIS LIST IS BEING PRESENTED TO YOU FOR ABATEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO CONDUCT BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2025.
ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS PAID US, TWO OF THE PROPERTIES SOLD, SO WE CANNOT COLLECT ON THOSE DEBTS.
THEN THERE WAS REMAINING BALANCE AT $10,722 THAT LEFT UNPAID.
WE'VE GIVEN THOSE HOMEOWNERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY.
NOW, JUST LIKE WE TYPICALLY DO, WE WILL FORWARD THIS ON TO THE COUNTY FOR IT TO BE LEANED AGAINST OUR PROPERTIES, AND WHENEVER THOSE PROPERTIES SELL, WE WILL BE REIMBURSED THOSE COSTS.
>> THANK YOU. CHRIS ALREADY COVERED H, SO I 26-24.
>> 26-24 AND 26-25 ARE PACKAGED TOGETHER.
THE FIRST ONE IS OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OMAHA.
WE HAVE A CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT DATES BACK TO 1998.
IT WAS LAST UPDATED WITH THEM IN 2021.
ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS FOR HOW WE RECEIVE OUR HOME FUNDS IN ORDER TO HELP WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE GET ABOUT $200,000 EACH YEAR FROM THEM.
WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM, WHICH WILL TAKE US THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2027.
THAT'S WHAT RESOLUTION 2026-24 IS.
26-25 IS RELATIVE TO NOW TAKING THOSE HOME FUNDS THAT WE HAVE BANKED WITH THEM AND APPLYING IT TO OUR SPIN LOFTS PROJECT, WHICH WE'RE PARTNERING UP WITH ARCHICON.
THIS IS THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT'LL BE NORTH OF THE CASEY'S ON 23RD AVENUE, SO SOUTH OF SIXTH AVENUE, NORTH OF CASEY'S, WEST OF THE SOUTH EXPRESSWAY.
THERE WE HAVE ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS AND HOME ART COMBINED THAT WE WANT TO APPLY TO THAT PROJECT.
WE NEED TO GET THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED FIRST WITH THE CITY OF OMAHA, AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITH TRANSFERRING THOSE FUNDS OVER TO THAT DEVELOPER.
>> THAT'S WHERE I HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT ON THE SPIN LOFTS.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE 45 UNITS AND THE $1.6 MILLION THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOWARDS THIS, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT TODAY, I THINK WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THIS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
IF THAT'S $36,000 A UNIT, ROUGHLY.
MAYBE THIS PROJECT, WHILE I WANT IT TO HAPPEN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT,
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THAT'S A LOT OF FUNDS.CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT IS THE LAST OF THE ARPA FUNDS THAT SAYS WE HAVE THAT MUCH AVAILABLE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE WHAT'S LEFT PEOPLE?
>> FOR HOME ARPA, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY'S OTHER ARPA ALLOCATIONS.
THESE WERE SPECIFIC FUNDS DEDICATED TO THE HOME PROGRAM THAT WE'RE APPLYING TO THIS.
THE FUNDS THAT WE USE, LIKE IN EAST MANAWA AND OTHER PLACES, THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT.
>> BUT STILL, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE ON THE FUNDS.
I THINK ABOUT IT AS IF WE CAN ATTRACT NEW FOLKS IN THE COUNCIL BLUFFS, THEN YOU CAN GIVE ANYBODY WHO'S MOVING HERE A $36,000 DOWN PAYMENT TOWARDS A LOT.
I THINK THAT HELPS GROW OUR POPULATION.
I THINK IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE.
YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
THEN I DID HAVE SOMEBODY REACH OUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE EAST MANAWA, WHICH IS A GREAT PROJECT, AND THIS ONE IS TOO, BUT I HAD A HOME BUILDER REACH OUT AND HE SAID, THESE GUYS GETTING THESE LOTS AND GETTING $36,000 A UNIT, HOW CAN I COMPETE WHEN I GET NOTHING, AND I'M BUILDING INFILL LOTS? OR THEY'RE NOT INFILL, JUST BUILDING A HOUSE.
HOW CAN I COMPETE WHEN I'M TRYING TO COMPETE AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING $36,000 OFF THE TOP TO START? I SAID, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
>> I CAN WORK WITH CHRIS TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE SPIN LOFTS SPECIFICALLY.
THIS HAS, OBVIOUSLY, BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT CHRIS, I'LL GET SOME TIME SET UP.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE.
WE'LL GET SOME INFORMATION BACK TO YOU.
>> CHRIS, COULD YOU TELL HOW LONG HAS THE SPIN LOFTS BEEN IN THE WORKS?
>> I WAS GOING TO COMMENT. THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF DIFFERENT RFPS WITH DEVELOPERS TO TRY AND GET A PROJECT TO HAPPEN.
FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER, PEOPLE DON'T GET TAX CREDITS AND THE NUMBERS DON'T PENCIL OUT.
WE REALLY ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO GET A PROJECT GOING ON THIS PROPERTY.
OTHERWISE, WE COULD BE IN A POSITION TO HAVE TO REPAY BACK SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE USED TO ACQUIRE IT.
WE'VE ALSO ALREADY STARTED NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARCHICON ON THIS.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, OTHERWISE, THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR US NOT DOING THAT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY MEET AND GET MORE SPECIFICS ON IT, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
ARCHICON, THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH THE CITY, THEY'VE DONE LOTS OF PROJECTS, AND THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED CERTAIN TAX CREDITS FOR THE PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE WELL RECEIVED.
THEY'RE COMMITTED TO IT, AND WE NEGOTIATE WITH THEM IN GOOD FAITH TO APPLY THESE HOME FUNDS TO THE PROJECT.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD PROJECT, I DON'T THINK THE FUNDS ARE BEING MISUSED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO EVALUATE HOW WE CAN DRAW MORE PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK $1.6 MILLION SPREAD ACROSS NEW CITIZENS, I THINK, COULD GO A LONG WAYS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MARKET THAT OR HOW WE DO IT.
I JUST WANT TO BRING IT UP THAT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK INTO IT.
BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY JUST GETS OUT OF COLLEGE AND THEY'RE 22, AND THEY CAN GET $36,000 TOWARDS A LOT THAT COSTS 75,000 OR 80,000 IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, I THINK THE CHEAPEST LOT IS PROBABLY 70 GRAND, IF THEY CAN PAY HALF THAT, AND WE CAN GET SOME NEW CITIZENS, NEW YOUNG UPCOMING FAMILIES OR WHETHER IT COULD BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, IT COULD BE WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
I THINK SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND GETTING OWNERSHIP WOULD BE REALLY GOOD.
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE MARKETING OUR COMMUNITY.
>> I DON'T THINK THESE ARE BAD USE OF THE FUNDS, OR PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY WE CAN USE THEM. I'M NOT SAYING THAT.
I'M JUST TALKING OUT LOUD ABOUT $1.6 MILLION GOING TO 45 UNITS. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
>> I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ACTUALLY REALLY DOVETAILS INTO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE TALK ABOUT POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES, HOW DO WE WANT TO DISTRIBUTE SOME OF OUR FUNDS THAT COME IN FOR THESE TYPE OF HOUSING PROJECTS? I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE MARK WITH THAT.
>> DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
>> YEAH. I DID WANT TO NOTE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THIS WHOLE PAST WEEK TO LOOK AT HOME AGREEMENTS AND THE HOME PLANS.
WHAT THIS IS IS THIS IS FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S COME TO THE CITY THAT WE'VE EXPENDED SOME OF IT, AND WE HAVE MORE TO EXPEND TO FACILITATE THIS PROJECT, BUT SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE REGULAR DEVELOPER LOOKING AT WHAT IT COSTS THEM TO DEVELOP IT VERSUS THIS PROJECT.
THIS MONEY DOESN'T COME WITHOUT STRINGS, AND THERE ARE STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT AND SPECIFIC TO THE HOME AGREEMENTS.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S OBSERVED AND RUN BY HUD,
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AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY TIED TO LOW INCOME HOUSING.YOU ARE ABLE TO LET SOME OF THE ROOMS AT MARKET RATE, BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF HOUSING UNITS THAT HAVE TO BE RESTRICTED TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING, AND IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S MANAGED BY HUD.
WE OPERATE AS THE PASS THROUGH AND WE OPERATE IN TERMS OF GETTING THE FUNDS APPLIED TO THE PROJECT THAT WE WANT IT APPLIED TO.
THAT'S THE POSITION OF THE CITY, BUT IT COMES WITH COVENANTS THAT HAVE TO BE RECORDED ON THE LAND.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT EVEN IF THE PROJECT FAILED OR SOMEONE TRIED TO SELL IT OR TRIED TO BACK OUT OF IT, THAT THOSE LOW INCOME HOUSING REQUIREMENTS ARE SET IN STONE, THEY'RE RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY AND HAVE TO BE OFFERED BY ANYBODY THAT WOULD COME AFTER.
>> FOR A CERTAIN TIME FRAME, LIKE FIVE OR SIX YEARS, OR IS IT 10?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TIME FRAME, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PROJECT I WAS LOOKING AT IT FOR WAS SOMETHING THAT WE AWARDED IN 2009, AND HERE WE ARE IN 2026, AND IT'S STILL A GOOD PROJECT, IT'S STILL IN COMPLIANCE, STILL DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO, AND THEY'RE STILL COMPLYING WITH THAT, HOWEVER MANY YEARS IT'S BEEN.
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS, AND MOST OF IT'S TIED TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING AND SOME RELATED REQUIREMENTS AND HOW THAT'S MANAGED.
I JUST THINK IF, LET'S SAY, WE HAD ANOTHER $1.6 MILLION TO GIVE OUT TO DEVELOPERS AND BRING IN NEW CITIZENS AND DEVELOP HOUSES.
I THINK IF WE PUT SPECIFIC STRINGS ON THAT MONEY, WHATEVER STRINGS WE WANT TO PUT ON IT, DEVELOPERS WOULD ABIDE BY THOSE RULES.
THEY WOULD WANT THAT $36,000 IF THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD 45 UNITS, WHATEVER THAT IS.
I'M JUST TALKING OUT LOUD ABOUT I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, IN THE OTHER FUND, IF WE CAN LOOK AT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE OR REDUCING THE COST OF A LOT OR HOWEVER WE LOOK AT THAT, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE BETTER ABOUT DISCUSSING DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU GUYS UPDATES AS THE WEEKS GO ON SO YOU'RE COMING ALONG WITH THESE DISCUSSIONS, AND A FINAL PROJECT ISN'T JUST BEING PUT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.
THAT IS THE GOAL AS TO WHY I'M SENDING YOU GUYS THE EMAIL, IS TO BRING YOU GUYS ALONG AND JUST SAY, WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS.
>> I THINK THIS IS THE FOURTH RFP I'VE SEEN FOR THIS LOT.
>> FOR THE SAME PARCEL SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.
IT'S A LOT. I'M EXCITED TO GET THE PROJECT GOING ON.
LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO TALK OUT LOUD AND PUBLIC AND OPEN ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT.
>> WE'VE DONE 26-26 AND 26-27.
THAT'S FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE OUT IN OUR CITY GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AREA 2.
THEY WANT TO EXECUTE A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN EACH OTHER.
THE ADOPTED POLICIES INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ENTER INTO AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE IMMEDIATELY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PREPARED.
THIS RESOLUTION NOW ALLOWS THE MAYOR TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE CITY'S BEHALF AND EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT.
I THINK THIS IS THE SIXTH ONE THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE WE'VE ADOPTED OUR NEW JOINT LAND USE STUDY WITH POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? TWO MORE, 26-29 AND 26-30 FOR BRENDA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE JUST TO GET THE BALL ROLLING.
WE HAVE WAGE NEGOTIATIONS COMING UP WITH THE FIRE UNION AND ALSO WITH CWA.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, FOLLOWING YOUR APPROVAL, WILL START PLANNING BEHIND THE SCENES AND THEN LEGAL, AND I WILL COME NEXT SESSION TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND PRESENT THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THINGS, WHAT'S BUDGETED, WHAT'S NOT BUDGETED, WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR BENEFIT INCREASES.
IT PROVIDES YOU ALL THOSE DETAILS SO WE CAN GET YOUR GUIDANCE AND BEGIN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS WITH THESE TWO GROUPS.
>> IT'LL BE YOU AND THEN SOMEBODY FROM LEGAL WHETHER IT'S TONY OR MIMI OR WHITNEY?
>> THEN WE ARE ALSO, AGAIN, TRYING TO CORRECT SOME THINGS AS FAR AS HOW WE HAVE GONE ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS IN THE PAST.
THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE A SAY AS FAR AS HOW WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WHAT THAT ANGLE LOOKS LIKE.
THE IOWA LABOR CENTER IS GOING TO COME AND DO
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A PRESENTATION ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SIT THROUGH THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING IS PREPARED AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICES ARE HEARD IN THAT.THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP P BECAUSE THAT'LL BE THE NEXT TOPIC HERE AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE AGENDA.
THEN IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON PERMITS OR CANCELLATIONS FOR APPLICATIONS?
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ALL THE ORDINANCES ARE ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, SO ALL OF THEM CAN HAVE THE THIRD WAIVE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
>> OUR LAST ITEM THEN TONIGHT IN THE STUDY SESSION IS THE COUNCIL VACANCY DISCUSSION.
AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE AN OPEN SEAT ON THE COUNCIL, AND IT IS UP TO THE FOUR-MEMBER CURRENT COUNCIL TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS FAR AS HOW THAT SEAT IS FILLED, WHETHER YOU WISH TO APPOINT OR HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND IF YOU WISH TO APPOINT, HOW YOU WISH TO APPOINT IT.
I BELIEVE, JODY, WE HAD EIGHT PEOPLE APPLY, PUT THEIR NAME IN, AND PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION.
I GUESS I WILL OPEN IT UP WITH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS JUST TO THE COUNCIL.
DO YOU GUYS WISH TO GO THE APPOINTMENT ROUTE OR GO THE SPECIAL ELECTION ROUTE?
>> I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN PRETTY VOCAL ABOUT IT.
>> FANTASTIC. JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION.
THEN JUST TO OPEN YOUR CONVERSATION UP, HOW DO YOU WANT TO GO ABOUT THAT? INTERVIEW STYLE? LIST OUT WHO YOU GUYS THINK, YOUR TOP.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS VERY TRANSPARENT IN THE RECORDS, SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE LISTS, THOSE PROBABLY NEED TO BE SUBMITTED IN FOR THE RECORD.
IF YOU WANT TO GO INTERVIEW STYLE, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE.
>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME SOMEONE WAS APPOINTED?
>> I THINK IT WAS CHERYL GOS OR SHARON.
>> SHARON AND CHERYL. THEY WERE THE SAME TIME.
>> BOTH CHERYL GOS AND SHARON.
>> WHEN SCOTT BELT AND MATT SCHULTZ LEFT.
>> HOW WAS THAT PROCESS, I GUESS-
>> THAT WAS A WHOLE SEPARATE PANEL AND INTERVIEW SEPARATE.
>> THE COUNCIL PICKED PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SIT THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH ALL OF THE CANDIDATES.
>> WE'VE TRIED TO AVOID THAT BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR NOW THAT THOSE ALL WOULD BE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC NEWS AS WELL, SO YOU DON'T JUST WANT TO CIRCUMVENT.
>> USE THAT AS A MECHANISM TO AVOID THE PUBLIC PROCESS.
>> ARE ALL EIGHT HERE IN ATTENDANCE?
>> THERE'S AT LEAST ONE I DON'T.
>> THERE'S A COUPLE I DON'T SEE.
>> IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WON'T BE HERE TONIGHT OR WHATEVER.
>> -INSTRUCTED THAT THEY COULD COME TODAY, BUT THAT THERE WASN'T AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UNLESS THEY WERE ASKED YOU.
>> THE LAW DOES NOT DEFINE SPECIFICALLY HOW YOU SHOULD GO ABOUT DOING THIS SO YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DECIDE?
>> DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE WOULD SET UP A PROCESS TODAY THAT WE WANT TO GO THROUGH AND THEN SET A MEETING TO APPOINT THAT?
>> I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE IF WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT.
>> ARE YOU READY TODAY TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT?
>> I AM, YEAH. I THINK FOR ME, I JUST REVIEWED THE STUFF IN THE PACKET.
I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY THAT APPLIED PERSONALLY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SCOTT BELT SERVED ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE.
I THINK JORDAN DEW ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT ACCOLADES THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL SITTING UP HERE.
I GUESS, FOR ME, I WOULD RECOMMEND AN APPOINTMENT OF DOUG REW.
DOUG HAS BEEN ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR 20 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR 10 YEARS.
HE'S SEEN 10 PLUS YEARS OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS COME TO US HAS GONE TO HIM.
I ASKED DOUG, HE HAS NO INTEREST IN RUNNING FOR COUNCIL.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE PUTTING SOMEBODY UP HERE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A TWO-YEAR HEAD START TO RUN FOR A SEAT, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO BOTH SIDES, WHETHER IT'S NON-PARTISAN, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, I THINK HAVING SOMEBODY SIT HERE THAT HAS NO INTEREST IN HAVING A TWO-YEAR LEG UP TO BE AN INCUMBENT IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
HE'S GOT A FINANCIAL BACKGROUND AND HE'S WILLING TO HELP OUT.
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THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.I GUESS, 20 YEARS OF PLANNING COMMISSION, HE'S GOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE.
I THINK HE'D BE THE BEST PERSON. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
>> PERSONALLY, I THINK I WOULD DISAGREE.
HE DOES HAVE A GOOD RESUME, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, I THINK I WOULD LAND WITH DUSTIN HARRIS, I THINK.
HE WAS THE NEXT HIGHEST VOTE GETTER AFTER ME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THAT IF YOU WANTED TO BE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU SHOULD HAVE RAN FOR IT.
I THINK HE ALSO HAS A STRONG RESUME WITH HIS WORK EXPERIENCE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK HE WOULD BE THE LOGICAL CHOICE TO GO WITH IN MY MIND.
>> WELL, I HAD DOUG REW IN MY TOP 3 PICKS.
COMES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED OUT OF THE PLANNING BOARD, BUT DOUG, LIKE YOU SAY, HAS QUITE A BIT MORE EXPERIENCE ON THAT BOARD.
I THINK HE'S RETIRED NOW FROM HIS JOB, WHICH GIVES HIM A LITTLE MORE FREE TIME, WHICH I FIND ADVANTAGE DOING THIS.
IT GIVES YOU A LOT MORE TIME TO GO OUT AND MEET PEOPLE DURING THE DAY WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THINGS.
>> EVERY TIME I CALL YOU, YOU ANSWER.
>> [LAUGHTER] WELL, I TRY TO, I ASSUME, I CAN'T SAY EVERY TIME.
IT CAN BE TIME-CONSUMING AT TIMES.
>> ESPECIALLY, AND I THINK HIS KIDS ARE GROWN.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE OF A PROCESS.
>> RATHER THAN US ALL SITTING UP HERE AND HASHING OUT EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON'S QUALIFICATIONS, OUR QUESTION NOW IS TO DISCUSS HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT, WOULD WE BE BETTER PLACED TO PERHAPS, LIKE STEVE SAID, HE HAD A TOP THREE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO MAYBE PUT TOGETHER? I KNOW WE CAN'T GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT RULES, AND WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T WANT TO DISPARAGE ANYONE.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? [OVERLAPPING]
>> NO. I THINK THAT WE'D JUST SAY YOUR TOP 3.
>> THAT'S HOW THE COUNTY DID IT.
>> ROGER, IN ORDER, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TOP 3?
>> I DIDN'T PICK A TOP 3, BUT I'LL DO IT.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE A TOP 3 RIGHT NOW?
>> WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO.
>> PUT THAT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> MIGHT BE A BETTER PLACE CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF, I'M JUST KIND OF DROPPING THAT OUT OF NOWHERE.
>> I'M OKAY WITH COMING UP WITH THE TOP THREE FOR TONIGHT.
>> AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE THREE, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO, HOW DO YOU WANT TO MOVE ON?
AND IF WE HAVE A COLLABORATION OF THREE OF THE FOUR OF US.
YEAH, WE'LL SEE WHAT LINES UP AND THEN MAYBE KIND OF GO FROM THERE. YEAH.
>> AND DOES THAT LEGAL, I MEAN, IT'S NOT VERY, I MEAN, IT'S NOT EXACTING SCIENCE, I GUESS, BUT DOES THAT SOUND, ARE WE VIOLATING ANY RULES BY GOING ABOUT THINGS IN THAT MANNER?
>> I GET, AND I DON'T KNOW DUSTIN VERY WELL, BUT HE ABSOLUTELY GOT SECOND PLACE.
THIRD PLACE, I GUESS, RIGHT BEHIND YOU, AND SO.
>> YEAH, I DON'T. AND IF YOU'RE GOING OFF THAT LOGIC, RIGHT? AND CHRIS DIDN'T PUT HIS NAME IN, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PUT HIS NAME IN.
WE CAN APPOINT SOMEBODY NOT ON THIS LIST.
CHRIS WON AN ELECTION, RIGHT? WE COULD PUT HIM BACK IN THE SEAT.
NOT THAT DUSTIN WAS VERY CLOSE, AND NOTHING AGAINST DUSTIN AT ALL.
IF YOU'RE GOING OFF LOGIC OF BEING THE NEXT PERSON UP, CHRIS WON AN ELECTION DURING HIS COUNCIL RACE.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY LOGIC I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD TAKE, I DISAGREE WITH ON THAT.
BUT TO BE FAIR, THAT ONE WOULD PROBABLY BE IN MY TOP THREE.
>> AFTER THE LAST ONE, OR ARE YOU SAYING BEFORE THAT?
>> YEAH. BEFORE THAT. RIGHT. HE HAS WON A COUNCIL ELECTION.
YEAH. THE LAST ONE OBVIOUSLY, NO, HE RAN FOR MAYOR. HE LOST.
I'M TALKING, HE'S WON A COUNCIL ELECTION AS YOU KNOW, CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT, WHICH IS FINE.
YEAH, I THINK PICKING A TOP THREE TONIGHT OR TOP TWO, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. I DON'T CARE, BUT.
>> ARE WE GOING TO DECIDE TONIGHT THEN?
>> I THINK WE SHOULD. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE JUST GO AHEAD AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING, AND WE'LL HAVE OUR TOP THREE, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD APPOINT TONIGHT.
>> IF WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT FURTHER,
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I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT WHEN WE DECIDED TO DO THIS, RIGHT?>> WELL, AND THEN LIKE I SAY, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH PERSONAL RESUMES AND THINGS. THAT CAN BE.
>> YEAH, I JUST FEEL IT'S KIND OF.
>> YEAH. AGAIN, IT'S ALL PUBLIC.
>> AS AN EMPLOYEE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ASK TO GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO TALK ABOUT REFERENCE, YOU KNOW?
>> BUT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, THEY WOULD NOT.
>> WELL, NO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS IN THAT PROCESS.
IN THAT PROCESS, IT WOULD BE IN A CLOSED SESSION, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GET INTO THAT.
>> EVERYTHING THEY HAVE SUBMITTED IS PUBLIC RECORD TODAY IN THE PACKET, SO YEAH.
I WOULDN'T DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT'S NOT. YEAH.
>> IT'S TOUGH TO DISCUSS WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, A PERSON'S BACKGROUND AND STUFF WHEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANTED TO GO DEEPER INTO IT AND THAT, AND SO [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOUR TOP THREE FOR TONIGHT.
>> THEY CAN REQUEST TO GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION.
IF THE APPLICANT SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS, BECAUSE OF FEAR, JUST LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER GORMAN SAID, FEAR OF DAMAGE TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION, THEY CAN REQUEST TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS FOR A PUBLIC POSITION.
>> THEY WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST IT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO THEN VOTE ON THAT.
>> AND THEN ALSO, JUST FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, WHATEVER DECISION WAS MADE TONIGHT, THEY CAN STILL PETITION, AND THERE'S A PROCESS AFTER.
>> PETITIONS TO GO TO A SPECIAL ELECTION.
SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC.
>> THAT MAYBE FROM THE EMAIL YOU SENT OUT, THAT PERSON WOULD THEN JUST SERVE IN AN INTERIM POSITION UNTIL SUCH TIME THE ELECTION FIGURES OUT WHO IT'S GOING TO BE, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. SO IF YOU APPOINT SOMEBODY, AND THEN THERE IS THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES SUBMITTED, THAT PERSON THAT YOU APPOINT WOULD REMAIN A TEMPORARY COUNCIL MEMBER UNTIL THE ELECTION.
AND THEN EITHER THEY WOULD WIN THE ELECTION AND REMAIN ON, OR THEY WOULD BE REPLACED BY WHOEVER WINS THE ELECTION.
>> OKAY. AND WE DISCUSSED AN ELECTION WOULD COST THE TAXPAYERS ABOUT 80 GRAND.
>> ROUGHLY. IF THERE'S A PRIMARY.
>> 40 IF THERE'S NOT 80 IF THERE IS. GOT YOU.
>> BASED OFF ONE SEAT IF TWO PEOPLE RUN?
>> WE GOT EIGHT PEOPLE RUN. YEAH.
IT'S ALSO MONEY THAT HAS NOT BEEN BUDGETED FOR BECAUSE YOU DON'T PREDICT THIS IN BUDGET.
>> AND ALSO, JUST TO CLARIFY ON THE EARLIER CLOSE SESSION COMMENT, THE INTENT IS TO HAVE AS MUCH OF THIS IN SUNSHINE AS POSSIBLE.
>> THE CLOSE SESSION PORTION WOULD BE VERY NARROWLY TAILORED TO ANYTHING SENSITIVE.
>> AND THEN JUST REMEMBER ANY NOTES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE WOULD TURN IN AS PART OF THE RECORD AS WELL, RIGHT?
>> OKAY. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT AT SEVEN. THANK YOU ALL.
IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME RIGHT NOW.
HOW WE'RE GETTING THINGS ONTO THE AGENDA FROM COUNSEL? I'VE DISCUSSED WITH MIMI AND THAT.
ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS IN THE STUDY SESSIONS IF WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING BROUGHT FORWARD, LIKE TO DIRECT OUR LEGAL TO TAKE UP SOMETHING TO WRITE AND THEN BRING TO THE AGENDA? SECONDLY, THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO GET SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS TIME.
I WANT TO GET A DECONFLICT RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE.
SURROUNDING ICE, BECAUSE THERE'S THIS PROBLEM OF MINNESOTA, EVERYBODY'S SEEN IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I WANT TO GET SOMETHING IN A SECOND, MAYBE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AS A COUNCIL.
>> WE DIDN'T GET IT ONTO THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET SOMETHING OUT IN OUR PUBLIC TO DISCUSS HOW OUR POLICE IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH ICE AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY DO OR CHOOSE TO HAVE A PEACEFUL PROTEST OR WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO DO, THAT THERE'S SOME RULES OR SOME KNOWLEDGE AROUND WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT, RATHER THAN WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN,
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LET'S BE ON THE PROACTIVE SIDE OF THIS AND GET SOMETHING DOWN IN WRITING THAT WE'LL WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, PROTECT OUR POLICE, YOU KNOW, PROTECT THE ICE AGENTS, AND AND JUST KEEP A MORE PEACEFUL COMMUNITY AS WE GO FORWARD IN THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A DISASTER UP NORTH.AND SO I REALLY AM LOOKING JUST FOR A DIRECTION FOR OUR LEGAL TO LOOK AT THIS WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR FIRE CHIEF TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE BEST TO GO IN.
HE PUT OUT A STATEMENT ALREADY, BUT I THINK AS A COUNCIL, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT OUT SOMETHING THAT SAYS, IF THEY'LL WORK WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY'LL LET US KNOW WHEN THEY'RE COMING, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BE IN THEIR WAY.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD I'M TRYING TO THINK OF.
WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMPEDE THEIR ACTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO.
>> NO, WE WANT TO WORK WITH THEM.
>> COLLABORATIVELY, AND THEN WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE SAFE, WE WANT ICE TO BE SAFE.
WE WANT THE POLICE OFFICERS TO BE SAFE.
>> WHAT I HOPE TO PREVENT IS A SITUATION WHERE OUR POLICE GET INTO A CONFLICT AND HAVE AN INCIDENT THAT WOULD BLOW UP AROUND THEM.
>> THOSE THINGS HAPPENED SO FAST.
>> WE'VE HAD I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT DAY IT WAS, BUT ON 16TH ON BROADWAY, WE HAD 50 TO 100 PEOPLE PROTESTING.
IT SEEMED PEACEFUL. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BAD HAPPEN, AND I SAW ON FACEBOOK, I SAW SNAPCHATS, ALL THE STUFF PEOPLE WERE THERE, AND I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING BAD.
>> I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE HONKING OR DRIVING FAST.
>> JUST CLOWNS OUT THERE LIKE THERE WOULD BE ON A NORMAL DAY.
>> BUT I THINK OUR PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW HOW WE INTEND TO MANAGE THROUGH THIS WITH OUR POLICE.
OUR POLICE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AT THE FRONT LINES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHO'S POLICING HERE, HOW WE'RE POLICING, AND WE DO DE-ESCALATION IN THIS COMMUNITY AS FAR AS I'M, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A POINT AS WE GO FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN IDEA OF HOW THIS IS, WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO VOTE TONIGHT ON THIS THING.
WE'LL LOOK AT IT, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A DECISION THEN, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET THIS PUT ON THE AGENDA.
>> SO, CURRENTLY UNDER THE RULES OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS INSTRUCT LEGAL.
THIS COMING FRIDAY IS THE DEADLINE, SO WE WOULD PUT A VOTE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, AND THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DEVELOP WHATEVER DIRECTIVE YOU WANT TO GIVE US.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD YEAH, HAVE THEM DRAW SOMETHING UP.
WE CAN GIVE YOU FEEDBACK AND THEN.
>> IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, IS WHAT MIMI'S SAYING, IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE VOTED ON THAT SAYS, WE MISSED THE DEADLINE LAST WEEK.
SO IT WOULD BE THIS FRIDAY, AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING, IT WOULD BE A VOTE OF THE COUNCIL WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, STARTING THE WORK ON IT. SO THEY WOULDN'T.
>> CAN WE JUST DO THAT ON OUR OTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT?
>> NO, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TAKE A VOTE ON AN ISSUE THAT'S NOT BEEN NOTICED TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT, LIKE FROM THESE OUR STUDY SESSIONS, WE CAN START.
>> A STANDING BLOCK WHERE YOU COULD GIVE DIRECTIVES TO TAKE A VOTE ON SOMETHING, TO GIVE A DIRECTIVE TO THE COUNTY OR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OR.
>> WELL, NO, JUST TO START THE PROCESS.
I MEAN, TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA.
>> AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET IT ON OUR NEXT AGENDA, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND SO THEY NEED TO KIND OF GENERATE OUT OF OUR STUDY SESSIONS, I THINK.
>> THE RESOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA IS JUST DIRECTING THEM TO DO IT.
IT'S NOT THE RESOLUTION TAKING THE MANNER UP.
>> AND YOU DON'T, JUST TO CLARIFY.
YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL A STUDY SESSION.
SO IF YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH ROGER.
>> WELL, WE DID, AND THEN IT GOT MISSED, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO.
>> DID AN EMAIL GOES THE FIRST AND SECOND?
>> IT JUST GOT MIS [INAUDIBLE]
>> SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANYMORE, LIKE A FEW MONTHS AGO, JILL AND I BOTH, YOU'D SENT AN EMAIL OUT AND SAY, THIS IS WITH THIS, JILL'S ON BOARD, JOE, YOU ON BOARD.
I SAID, YEP, I AM ABSOLUTELY ON BOARD. LET'S GET IT DONE.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO COME TO COUNT. WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT, LIKE IN.
>> SO WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO SEND AN EMAIL.
I'LL SAY, HEY, I TALKED TO JILL, AND WE BOTH SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO GET RID OF THIS SIDE OR THE OTHER.
>> SO THE RULES SAY TWO COUNCIL PERSONS CAN PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.
THE SLIGHT CHANGE IS JUST IF CITY COUNCIL, IF A COUNCIL PERSON, FOR INSTANCE, COMES TO US AND WANTS US TO UNDERTAKE A MAJOR PROJECT, WHAT WE'VE REALIZED IN THESE LAST SIX MONTHS OF WORKING TOGETHER IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AS A BODY IF IT'S A HUGE, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY DOZENS OF HOURS OF WORK TYPE OF PROJECT, WHICH SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN.
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SO WE THINK THAT BECAUSE ONE COUNCIL PERSON IS NOT THE BODY, AND EVEN TWO COUNCIL PERSONS, IT REALLY HAS TO BE A MAJORITY TO GIVE US DIRECTION TO UNDERTAKE A MAJOR PROJECT.SO I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO EXPLORE HOW COULD WE EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS, BUT THE WHOLE INTENT IS TO GET DIRECTIVES FOR OUR OFFICE FROM A MAJORITY OF THE BODY TO UNDERTAKE A MAJOR PROJECT.
>> YEAH, BUT THEN WE'RE EFFECTIVELY VOTING ON PASSING.
>> IF THERE'S THREE, RIGHT? IF YOU GET THREE, AND THEN MY QUESTION IS, WE'RE AGREEING AND VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT HAS NO GUTS TO IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU SEE WHERE I'M KIND OF GETTING KIND OF HUNG UP HERE?
>> SO IF YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL BEFORE THE DEADLINE, AND YOU COULD HAVE PUT THAT RESOLUTION ON FOR TODAY, YOU GOT IT TWO WEEKS AGO, OR YOU WANT IT IN OPEN SESSION?
>> IF WE COULD HAVE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER GORMAN AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS, HE JUST MISSED THE DEADLINE FOR THAT.
BUT SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE HOMELESS ORDINANCE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF WORK, AND WE REALIZED THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DIRECTIVE FROM THE BODY AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK, AND IT DOES TAKE AWAY FROM OTHER WORK, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BODY AS A WHOLE WANTS US TO BE WORKING ON THAT.
AND THE ALTERNATIVE IS, AND COUNCILMAN BUTTON HAS DONE THIS, OR WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING THIS IS YOU CAN BRING SOMETHING FORWARD IF YOU HAVE A SECOND AND THAT YOU'RE NOT DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DO A MAJOR AMOUNT OF WORK.
AND WE'RE STILL OBVIOUSLY DOING WORK DAY IN, DAY OUT FOR YOU.
WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT HUGE UNDERTAKINGS THAT TAKE DOZENS OF HOURS OF WORK.
>> SO I THINK, LIKE THE HOMELESS ORDINANCE, RIGHT THAT I ASKED FOR.
>> I THINK THE WHOLE BODY WANTED IT.
I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
LIKE ON WHAT THE SUBSTANCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, OR COULD BE STILL.
>> WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU DID ANYTHING WRONG THERE, WE DIRECTED YOU.
AS LONG AS YOU HAD A SECOND, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK ON IT.
>> IT'S INTERESTING. IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE TWO, BUT THE MAYOR CAN PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA JUST AS ONE PERSON.
>> THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE SHE'S THE ENTIRE POLITICAL BODY, WHEREAS YOU, FOUR RIGHT NOW, SOON TO BE FIVE, MAKE UP THE BODY.
SO WHAT IF YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WANTS SOMETHING NOBODY ELSE LIKES?
>> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT.
I CAN TALK TO ROGER, BUT THEN IF EITHER OF US TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> I'M ALSO TRYING TO PLAY BY THE SAME RULES.
I SENT AN EMAIL OUT TWO WEEKS AGO SAYING IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THIS? I ONLY GOT ONE. I DIDN'T RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE I ALSO VALUE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT'S TIME AND ENERGY AS WELL.
>> SO IF IT'S WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT, I SAID SOMETHING LEGAL.
I WAS LIKE, HEY, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A LOOSE CALLING FOR A VOTE VIA EMAIL.
I DON'T THINK I SHOULD EVEN RESPOND.
>> CORRECT. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING ON THE UP AND UP, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I DIDN'T RESPOND. I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO TALK TO YOU, [LAUGHTER] SO THAT'S WHY I DID NOT. SORRY. GO AHEAD.
>> NO, I'M SORRY. IT'S COMMON PRACTICE TO GET A SECOND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL ATTEMPTING TO BE VERY CAREFUL, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING MY JOB BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE ATTEMPTING [LAUGHTER] TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY RIDICULOUS, MAYBE.
BUT OPEN MEETINGS LAWS DO CONTEMPLATE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT IN THE AGENDA, AND YOU NEED TO GET A SECOND AND YOU CAN VISIT WITH A PERSON TO SEE IF THEY'RE A SECOND, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT PURPOSEFULLY CIRCUMVENTING OPEN MEETINGS.
>> SO IF WE WANT TO GET A SECOND, WE SHOULD PUT IT ON THE STUDY SESSION AGENDA, AND EMAIL THAT, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT?
>> NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> CURRENTLY, THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GET A SECOND TO EVEN PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
LET'S SAY WE DID THIS WITH THE HOMELESS ORDINANCE, AND JOE WAS YOUR SECOND.
YOU WOULD GET A SECOND, YOU WOULD PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, RESOLUTION DIRECTING CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP AN ORDINANCE THAT ACCOMPLISHES X, Y AND Z.
THERE WOULD BE DISCUSSION, AND IT'S TRUE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MEAT OF THE ORDINANCE YET BECAUSE WE WOULD BE DIRECTED
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TO UNDERTAKE THE DOZENS OF HOURS OF WORK TO CREATE THAT, AND YOU WOULD JUST FIND OUT IF THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WANTS TO DIRECT CITY RESOURCES TO THAT WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE CITY RESOURCES YOU'RE DIRECTING.YOU ARE SPENDING MONEY. THEN THERE WOULD BE A DIRECTIVE, AND WE WOULD WORK ON IT.
>> YOU COULD ALSO JUST EMAIL ME AND I COULD PUT IT ON FOR YOU.
>> SO LIKE LAST MEETING, WE WERE TALKING AFTER THE MEETING ABOUT HOW YOU GET MORE TIME OFF IF YOUR GRANDMA PASSES AWAY THAN IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A BOWLING BALL COME OUT OF YOUR BODY.
EFFECTIVELY. THERE IS NO THAT DISCUSSION OF, HEY, CAN WE REASSESS THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO MATERNITY LEAVE IN PLACE? I NEED TO GET A SECOND AND THEN SEND YOU AN EMAIL?
>> SO I WAS PREPARED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
I HAD A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND WITH BRENDA NORTON FROM HR, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH WORKING ON IT, AND I MEANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOU, BUT EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE, SO THAT WOULD BE EVEN QUICKER, SO I THOUGHT YOU'D BE OKAY WITH GOING THAT ROUTE.
>> I PUT IT IN MY WEEKLY RECAP IF YOU READ THAT.
>> I DID. [LAUGHTER] I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WORKING WITH JILL, BUT WE'RE SEPARATE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS.
JOE IS PROBABLY COOL WITH THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO ACCESS IT, OR THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION, THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON IT. THAT'S FINE.
THIS SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, I GUESS, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WHERE I SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF THOSE GUYS DOING IT, I THINK WE WANT TO COME FROM A LEGISLATIVE SLIDE FOR THINGS TO WORK OUT. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? I'M FINE WITH HOW WE DO IT IN THIS CASE.
WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT INFORMATION, RECENTLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS RIDICULOUS, AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE RECTIFYING THAT SITUATION.
BUT I'M USING THIS FOR AN EXAMPLE.
>> I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IF IT'S POLICY DRIVEN, CHECK WITH ME BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY REVIEWING EVERY SINGLE ONE BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVEN'T BEEN REVIEWED IN 12, 13, 14 YEARS.
SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEND TIME RESEARCHING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON.
>> BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT SHOULD HAVE COME FROM YOU, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA FROM YOU.
MY INTENT WAS AFTER THAT MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND WITH BRENDA TO VISIT WITH YOU, AND I DROPPED THE BALL ON THAT.
SO I UNDERSTOOD, I WILL DO THAT.
>> SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
I WILL JUST USE THAT MORE AS AN EXAMPLE, LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE HAD, HOW DOES THAT TRANSITION THEN INTO THIS?
>> MY THOUGHT WAS SHE SUPPORTED WHAT YOU ASKED FOR UNTIL I FELT LIKE THIS WOULD COME BEFORE YOU FOR DISCUSSION FOR YOU TO PROVIDE INPUT, BUT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT SORT OF MAYBE YOU WANT IT TO COME FROM YOUR BRANCH.
>> JUST CLARIFICATION. SAY, IF A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS AN IDEA FOR, HEY, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD BILL TO PUT FORWARD.
I CALL ROGER, FOR EXAMPLE, AND LIKE, HEY, THIS IS AN IDEA I'M THINKING OF, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT? AND THEN HE SAYS, YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
LET'S SEND IT TO MIMI AND GET IT PUT ON THE AGENDA TO GET THEM TO WRITE SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, WHATEVER THE TOPIC IS.
IF I'VE HAD A VERBAL CONVERSATION JUST THE TWO OF US PRIVATELY, THEN JUST SEND AN EMAIL TO YOU, AND CC ROGER AND BE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE BOTH IN FAVOR OF DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CRAFT THIS AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO BE VOTED ON?
>> YEAH. THEN WE WOULD DRAFT A RESOLUTION, WE WOULD PUT IT ON FOR EVERYBODY TO VOTE TO DIRECT US.
IF YOU THINK THAT THAT IS TOO MANY STEPS, WE CAN AMEND THE COUNCIL RULES.
IN DISCUSSING THAT AMONGST THE ATTORNEYS, WE FELT THAT THAT WAS THE BEST TO GET DIRECTION FROM THE WHOLE BODY.
>> WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS SOON AS WE HAVE A FIFTH ONE IN PLACE, I WILL BE SENDING YOUR COUNCIL RULES OUT FOR INPUT FROM EVERYBODY, AND THEN I'VE GOT SOME INPUT I'M GOING TO PUT IN, AND I KNOW LEGAL'S GOT SOME INPUT THEY WANT TO GIVE.
SO WE'LL GO OVER THOSE AND GET A NEW SET OF COUNCIL RULES OUT HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN LATER.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT TWO ORDINANCES.
>> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS.
IT'S KIND OF BEEN MUDDLED TO ME, BUT THAT DISCUSSION WAS GOOD.
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BUT I WANT TO GET ROGER A SECOND HERE [OVERLAPPING]>> THAT'S WHERE I WANT CLARIFICATION.
SO THE ORDINANCE IS FOR HOW TO HANDLE ICE OR HOW TO HANDLE PROTESTS?
>> TO DIRECT THEM TO WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT ICE.
>> ICE SPECIFICALLY, NOT PROTESTS?
>> A RESOLUTION TO THINK ABOUT DE-ESCALATION CLAUSE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE WE HAVE TO POST IT PUBLICLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT NEXT TIME THAT THE THREE OR FOUR OF US ARE GOING TO SAY, YEAH, GO AHEAD AND RESEARCH THAT AND THEN BRING US SOMETHING BACK IN TWO WEEKS THAT WE CAN THEN APPROVE.
>> I KNOW, BUT WE CAN'T VOTE TONIGHT WITHOUT IT BEING ON THE AGENDA.
>> WE'RE NOT VOTING FOR ANYTHING, WE'RE JUST GIVING YOU DIRECTION.
>> WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUTTON, DO YOU WANT TO DIRECT US? DO YOU WANT TO DIRECT US? DO YOU WANT TO DIRECT US? SO IT IS A VOTE.
SO YES, WHAT WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA IS A DIRECTIVE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DEVELOP THAT PROTOCOL.
>> BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT TODAY.
>> RIGHT. BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE POSTED BEFORE WE THINK ABOUT THINGS.
>> THEN WE'LL DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO GO FURTHER OR NOT.
LIKE I SAID, I'M HAPPY TO ASSIST, TOO, WITH CHANGING IT, BUT I DO THINK IT'S WISE TO HAVE THE BODY AS A WHOLE DIRECT US.
>> NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. LIKE IN THIS INSTANCE, WE COULD SAY, OKAY, YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION.
I'D LIKE YOU TO RESEARCH THAT AS WELL AND SEE HOW THAT WOULD GO, BUT THAT'D MAKE THREE OF US, BUT THEN WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TELL THE PUBLIC WE WERE GOING TO POSSIBLY HAVE A CONVERSATION TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
>> I'M SORRY, YOU HIRED A STICKLER TO BE THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> I KNOW. I'M JUST TRYING TO NAVIGATE THINGS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.
>> BEFORE STEVE HELD US. [LAUGHTER]
>> ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU AT 7:00 PM. THANK YOU.
[1) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
>> THANK YOU, AND I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
[2) CALL TO ORDER]
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE AND PRESENT.WE HAVE MOVED AROUND THE AGENDA JUST A LITTLE BIT, SO THIS IS THE TIME WHERE CITIZENS CAN REQUEST TO BE HEARD.
[3) CITIZENS REQUEST TO BE HEARD]
I DO RECOMMEND THOUGH OR LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC ITEM, YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THAT ITEM TO COME UP ON THE AGENDA.SO IF ANY CITIZENS WISH TO BE HEARD ON A TOPIC THAT'S OUTSIDE OF AN AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
>> THIS IS TYPICALLY DONE AT THE END.
USED TO BE DONE AT THE END, SHE'S MOVED IT TO BEGINNING.
>> I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE AGENDA. I JUST WANT-
>> YOU GOT TO COME UP HERE. EITHER WAY.
[BACKGROUND] THAT'D BE THE TIME. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.
>> IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, SIR.
>> NO, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, SIR.
PRESS THE BUTTON, OR JOE WILL PRESS IT FOR YOU.
PULL IT DOWN TO HIM, JOE, PULL IT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
>> I NEED TO PUSH IT WHEN I TALK?
>> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
>> HERB CHRISTENSEN, 620 EAST PIERCE.
I LIVE IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.
I WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE HELPED ME PERSONALLY.
MY CAR STALLS, THEY WERE WILLING TO COME UP BEHIND ME AND GIVE ME A NICE PUSH SO I COULD GET OFF THE ROAD.
BUT THE REAL THING IS, I'VE SEEN THEM IN MANY SITUATIONS, SOME VERY TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS, AND EVIDENTLY, THEY TEACH DE-ESCALATION.
WE HAVE A FINE GROUP OF OFFICERS, AND THESE SUPERVISORS THAT COME TO ASSIST THEM.
I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE MAY BE ISSUING SOME GUIDANCE OR SOME DIRECTIONS FOR ANY ICE OR BORDER PATROL OPERATIONS IN OUR AREA.
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IF THAT'S TRUE, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE TACTICS.I WOULD REQUEST THAT SHOULD WE DEVELOP ANYTHING, IT WOULD SCARE ME AND I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE TO HAVE A MASKED GROUP OF A MASS OF, SAY, 20 PEOPLE, 15 PEOPLE COME AND BREAK MY DOOR DOWN AND COME IN MAYBE WHEN MY KIDS ARE THERE, MY GRANDKIDS ARE THERE.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY BE VERY SUPPORTIVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND PERSONALLY TO ISSUE GUIDANCE THAT WE DON'T WANT A VIGILANTE TYPE SECRET POLICE BREAKING DOWN DOORS.
NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN THE BREAKING DOWN DOORS.
WE DON'T WANT OUR ENFORCEMENT TO BE SEEN AS MASKED VIGILANTES COMING IN.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY POSITIVE.
I ALSO THINK THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW THE LEGAL TERM FOR IT, BUT IF I'M OUT WALKING MY DOG AND WALK BY SOME OFFICER THAT'S IN THE STREET OR SOMETHING, AND HE TELLS ME NOT TO GO DOWN THE SIDEWALK, I DON'T WANT HIM THROWING A GAS CANISTER AT ME AND MAYBE TENON CANISTERS AT ME.
SO APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF FORCE.
IF HE DOESN'T WANT ME SOMEWHERE, ASK.
I WANT TO REINFORCE THE FACT THAT FILMING LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE MANY TIMES, IS ACCEPTABLE.
IT'S LEGAL. WE EXPECT THERE WILL BE NO WEAPONS DRAWN, NO SWARMING OF PEOPLE, TAKING THEM DOWN ON THE GROUND.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WE DO NEED IN ANY GUIDANCE OR DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD PUT FORTH AS A REPRESENTATION OF COUNCIL BLUFFS NICE, I'LL SAY.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING COUNCIL BLUFFS WOULD DO.
THE MAJORITY OF US IN COUNCIL BLUFFS WOULD TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT.
I WOULD SAY THAT MY OBSERVATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY DEAL WITH MANY DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES.
THEY DON'T ASK FOR THIS OR THAT IF THEY HAVE TO HELP A PREGNANT YOUNG WOMAN GET OFF THE STREET OR GET TO THE MEDICAL CENTER.
THEY DO THAT WITHOUT ANY OF THAT.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR? NO? THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I JUST WANT US TO BE WHO WE ARE.
I DON'T WANT US TO BE COERCED INTO SAYING, RIGHT NOW, BLANKETY, BLANK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ANY OTHER CITIZENS WHO WISH TO BE HEARD?
>> MY NAME IS KEITH JONES. I LIVE AT 213 NORTH MILLER STREET HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.
I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR 29 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN RECENTLY APPOINTED AS A SUPERVISOR WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
WANTED TO STOP OVER HERE AS YOUR NEIGHBOR FROM ACROSS THE STREET AND SAY, HI, AND INTRODUCE MYSELF.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE BETTERMENT OF NOT ONLY THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, BUT FOR ALL OF POTT COUNTY.
I DEFINITELY WANTED TO EXTEND AN OFFER OR CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MAYOR, TO MR. BUTTON, AND THEN OF COURSE, TO MR. GORMAN.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND GOOD LUCK.
JUST TO ECHO WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN SAID.
THANKS FOR COMING, BUT WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS ON OUR POLICE FORCE AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OR FIRST RESPONDER, SO WE'RE PROUD OF THEM.
>> ANY OTHER CITIZENS WISH TO BE HEARD TONIGHT OUTSIDE OF A TOPIC THAT'S ON THE AGENDA? GREAT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?
[4) CONSENT AGENDA]
>> ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
>> TONIGHT, WE HAVE FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[5.A) Ordinance 6664 Ordinance to amend the zoning map as adopted by reference in section 15.27.020 by rezoning property legally described as Lots 1 through 14, Iowa Western Community College Subdivision, except that part of Lots 1 through 3 and Lots 5 through 7 deeded to the City of Council Bluffs for College Road right-of-way, from a mixture of A-2/Parks, Estates and Agricultural District and R-3/Low Density Multifamily Residential District to A-P/Administrative-Professional District, as defined in Chapter 15.13. Location: 2700 College Road. ZC-25-007]
IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO ANY OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS,[01:45:04]
PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS ORDINANCE 66, 64.
NOW IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARDS TO ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP AS ADOPTED BY REFERENCE IN SECTION 15.27.020.
BY REZONING THE PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 1-14, IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUBDIVISION, EXCEPT FOR THE PARTS OF LOTS 1-3 AND LOTS 5-7, DID TO THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, FOR COLLEGE ROAD RIGHT AWAY.
FROM A MIXTURE OF A2 PARKS, ESTATES, IN AGRICULTURE DISTRICT AND R3, LOW DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO AP ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT, AS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 15.13.
LOCATION IS 2700 COLLEGE ROAD, ZZ-ZC 25-007.
IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON RECORD?
>> ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED?
>> ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THIS MANNER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> OPPOSED. ORDINANCE APPROVES.
IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN WAIVING THE THIRD?
>> ANY OPPOSED? ORDINANCE PASSES WAIVING THE THIRD.
NOW IS THE TIME IN PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARDS TO
[5.B) Ordinance 6665 Ordinance to amend the zoning map adopted by reference in section 15.27.020 by appending a PR-1/Planned Residential Overlay for a 164-unit multi-family development to be known as Hillside Apartments on properties legally described as Lots 1 and 2, Bethany Lutheran Home and part of Lots 3 and 4, Auditor’s Subdivision of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section 19-75-43, as set forth and defined in Chapter 15.28. Location: Undeveloped land located west of North Broadway St. and south of 2444 North Broadway St. PR-25-006]
ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP ADOPTED BY REFERENCE IN SECTION 15.27.020 BY APPENDING THE PR1 PLANNED RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY FOR 164 UNIT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO BE KNOWN AS HILLSIDE APARTMENTS ON PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 1 AND 2.BETHANY LUTHERAN HOME AND PARTS 3 AND 4, AUDITORS SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE FOURTH, NORTHWEST ONE FOURTH OF SECTION 19-17-43, AS SET FORTH AND DEFINED IN CHAPTER 15.28.
LOCATION UNDEVELOPED LAND LOCATED WEST OF NORTH BROADWAY STREET AND SOUTH OF 2444 NORTH BROADWAY STREET.
IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE?
>> ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED?
>> ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER?
>> HI, EMILY DOWNS, 208 SILVAN DRIVE.
I WANT US TO HAVE MORE HOUSING COUNCIL BLUFFS.
WE NEED MORE HOUSING COUNCIL BLUFFS.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS A, PRICE POINT OF THESE APARTMENTS, ARE THESE GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN? ALSO, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THAT STREET, I'VE LIVED ON THAT STREET, MY GRANDPARENTS ACTUALLY OWNED THE HOUSE ORIGINALLY, AND MY HUSBAND AND I NOW OWN THE HOUSE ON THAT STREET.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE BRIDGE OFF OF NORTH BROADWAY.
IS THAT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE TRUCKS COMING IN TO PUT THESE APARTMENTS IN? ALSO, EMERGENCY VEHICLES GETTING IN AND OUT.
IF YOU COME, SILVAN DRIVE GOES UP AND THEN ZENITH, AND WE HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE, A VERY SMALL ONE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO PARK ON THAT SIDE, WHICH IS LEGAL, BUT IT WORRISOME TO ME WHERE THE ENTRANCE TO THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IS GOING TO BE.
THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE PARKING THERE, AND IT'S ALREADY AN ISSUE ON OUR STREET WHERE IF YOU ARE COMING DOWN THE STREET AND SOMEONE'S COMING UP, THEY DON'T ALWAYS SEE YOU, AND IT'S CLOSE AS IT IS.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
OBVIOUSLY, THE TRAFFIC ON NORTH BROADWAY, AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT DOES GET BUSY, ESPECIALLY I GO TO WORK AT COUNCIL OF SCHOOLS, AND IF I DON'T LEAVE BY A CERTAIN TIME, THE CRESCENT TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH, IT GETS VERY BUSY ON THAT STREET.
SO THAT'S ALSO A CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT THEM BUILDING THESE APARTMENTS IN THAT AREA.
IS THE TRAFFIC AND THE IN AND OUT AND THE STABILITY OF THAT BRIDGE TO BE ABLE TO WITHHOLD THIS EXTRA TRAFFIC.
>> SO I ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AT A STUDY SESSION ABOUT THOSE CONCERNS.
OUR CITY ENGINEER MARK AUGUSTINE WAS REVIEWED THE TRAFFIC STUDY, IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE BRIDGE OR THE TRAFFIC WITH THE TRUCKS.
I ASKED ABOUT PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THAT IS A CONCERN.
HE SAID THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD PETITION TO HAVE PARKING ON ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO, I ASSUME TO THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY.
>> CAN WE JUST DO IT FOR ONE PORTION IT'S FINE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE STREET.
FROM ZENITH WHEN YOU FILED IT ALL THE WAY UP.
>> I THINK IF YOU DEFINED WHAT YOU WANTED, WE WOULD PROBABLY ACCOMMODATE YOU.
YOU GET YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO SIGN OFF ON A PETITION, AND YOU WANT TO, HEY, LET'S NOT PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT.
>> I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S A DANGER AND IF WE HAVE MORE CARS COMING IN AND OUT BECAUSE I KNOW THE ENTRANCE IS GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE BEFORE THAT FIRST HOUSE.
>> WE WERE DISCUSSING HOW THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF A BLIND PARK.
>> YES. THE NEIGHBORS THAT PARK THERE AND THAT'S THEIR RIGHT TO PARK THERE, BUT IT DOES GET DICEY EVEN NOW WITHOUT HAVING THE EXTRA CARS TRYING TO COME OUT.
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>> I DID RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING.
THE NEW COMPLEX WE'LL HAVE, WE REQUIRE AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS.
WE REQUIRE, LIKE, 210 ONE FOR ONE SINGLE BEDROOM AND TWO BEDROOMS, 1.5 PARKING SPOTS.
SO 210, THEY'RE PUTTING INTO OVER 240 PARKING
>> 248. THEY'LL HAVE MORE THAN WHAT'S ACQUIRED.
SO THERE SHOULDN'T ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE STREET.
>> SO THAT'S HELPFUL, BUT IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU WANT TO GO AROUND AND GET SIGNATURES, AND EVERYBODY AGREED, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER, IT MIGHT BE 60% OR ABOVE THAT DOESN'T WANT TO PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
I THINK WE WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT.
>> DID YOU GUYS GET ANY REFERENCE, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ABOUT WHERE THE PRICE RANGE OF THESE APARTMENTS ARE?
>> THESE ARE MARKER RATE APARTMENTS.
>> BECAUSE THAT WAS MY OTHER CONCERN.
WE DO NEED HOUSING COUNCIL BLUFFS, ESPECIALLY IN COUNCIL BLUFFS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SIDE, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THAT.
SO I'M NOT AGAINST US BUILDING THIS FOR THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO BE ATTAINABLE FOR PEOPLE, IF THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF IT IS.
>> OBVIOUSLY, THE GENTLEMAN BUILDING THESE WANTS THEM TO FILL UP.
SO THE MARKET RATE WILL BE WHAT HE CAN GET FOR HIM, I THINK.
DOWN THE ROAD ON THE AGENDA, WE DO HAVE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH SOME TAX CREDITS GOING ON DOWN ON 23RD, OR BEHIND 23RD CASES.
SO WE DO NEED ALL TYPES OF HOUSING, AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START.
>> ANY OTHER CITIZENS WISHING TO BE HEARD ON THIS TOPIC?
>> LAURIE JEROME, FORMER RESIDING AT 208 SILVAN DRIVE.
AS FAR AS THE BRIDGE, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER OR SOMEBODY, THEY DID A STUDY ON THAT BRIDGE.
I HAVE A LITTLE MORE HISTORY BECAUSE I'M OLDER THAN EMILY.
BUT MANY TIMES THEY TRIED TO GET MR. KNOSKI TO SELL PEEWEE GARDENS, AND HE WOULD DO THAT, BUT MANY TIMES THEY WOULD COME BACK AND IT WASN'T AFFORDABLE BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY'D HAVE TO PUT IN A NEW BRIDGE OR AN ADDITIONAL BRIDGE.
THEN I KNOW WHEN BETHANY WAS GOING TO GO IN, THERE WAS ALSO A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BRIDGE.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE BRIDGE THAT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED OTHER THAN COSMETIC SINCE 1963 IS NOW OKAY TO HANDLE MORE TRAFFIC.
ALSO, IT'S NOW IT'S MORE NARROW THAN IT WAS WHEN THEY BUILT IT IN 1963, BECAUSE THEY PUT THE BARRICADE THE CONCRETE BARRICADES UP.
SO WHEN PEOPLE WERE TURNING THE CORNER, THEY DIDN'T SLIDE WHEN IT WAS ICY INTO THE CHILDREN WAITING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STREET.
SO MANY TIMES COMING OUT OF THERE WHEN I WAS VISITING MY PARENTS, IF THERE WAS A PICKUP TRUCK COMING OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION ONTO NORTH BROADWAY, AND I WAS GOING TO TAKE LEFT OFF OF NORTH BROADWAY.
I HAD TO LET THEM PULL OUT BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET PAST THEM, BECAUSE IT'S VERY NARROW.
I CANNOT SEE HOW CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS CAN GO ACROSS THAT BRIDGE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE GET UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
I'M ALL FORWARD THE HOUSING, IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL AREA.
I GREW UP LOOKING OUT AT THE AREA THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT ON, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE BEING ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR SUBDIVISION DURING CONSTRUCTION.
THEN AFTERWARDS, WITH ALL THAT CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS GOING ACROSS THAT BRIDGE, WHETHER IT WILL BE SAFE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> I'M PULLING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I BELIEVE THEY ARE OPENING UP A SECOND EXIT.
>> WHAT THEY SAID IN THE PLAN.
I THINK IT EXITS TO EMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH [INAUDIBLE] AS AN EMERGENCY EXIT.
>> BUT THE NARROWNESS OF THE BRIDGE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK WE'LL MONITOR IT DURING CONSTRUCTION AND SEE, AND I THINK WE DO REGULAR INSPECTIONS ON THE BRIDGES ALL THROUGHOUT COUNCIL BLUFFS, AND I THINK YOUR STAFF WILL PROBABLY KEEP AN EYE ON THAT BRIDGE SPECIFICALLY, ESPECIALLY DURING CONSTRUCTION.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TRUCKS GOING OVER IT HASN'T HAD THAT IN A LONG TIME?
>> NO. BECAUSE IT WAS 1960 I THINK IT WAS BUILT IN 1962 [INAUDIBLE]
>> I THINK WE ALL SHARE SIMILAR CONCERNS.
>> ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC?
>> MOTION PASSES. IS THERE INTEREST IN WAIVING THE THIRD CONSIDERATION?
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[5.C) Ordinance 6666 Ordinance to amend the zoning map as adopted by reference in section 15.27.020 by rezoning properties legally described as Lot 1, Bethany Lutheran home and part of Lots 3 and 4, Auditor’s Subdivision of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of section 19-75-43, from R-1/Single-Family Residential District to R-3/Low Density Multifamily Residential District as defined in Chapter 15.10. Location: Undeveloped land located west of North Broadway St. and south of 2444 North Broadway St. ZC-25-009]
NOW IS THE TIME IN PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARDS TO ORDINANCE TO AMEND ZONING MAP AS ADOPTED BY REFERENCE IN SECTION 15.27.202 BY REZONING THE PROPERTIES LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS, ONE BETHANY LUTHERAN HOME AND PARTS AND 4, AUDITOR SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE FOURTH, NORTHWEST ONE FOURTH SECTION FROM 1975, 43, FROM R1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO AN R3 LOW DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 15.10, LOCATION UNDEVELOPED PLAN LOCATED WEST OF NORTH BROADWAY STREET AND SOUTH OF 2444 NORTH BROADWAY STREET.IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE?
>> YES, IT IS. ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED?
>> ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> ANY OPPOSED? ANY INTEREST IN WAIVING THE THIRD CONSIDERATION?
NOW IS THE TIME AND PLACE OF PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARDS TO ORDINANCE TO
[5.D) Ordinance 6667 Ordinance to amend the zoning map as adopted by reference in section 15.27.020 by rezoning property legally described as part of Lots 2 and 3, Auditor's Subdivision of the NW1/4 NW1/4 of section 29-75-43 (being more particularly described in the case staff report) from R-1/Single-Family Residential District to R-3/Low Density Multifamily Residential District, as defined in Chapter 15.10. Location: 280 College Road. ZC-25-008]
AMEND THE ZONING MAP AS ADOPTED BY REFERENCE SECTION 15.27.202 BY REZONING THE PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS PART OF LOTS 2 AND 3, AUDITOR SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHWEST ONE FOURTH, NORTHWEST ONE FOURTH OF SECTION 29-75-43, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE CASE STAFF REPORT FROM R1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R3 LOW DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 15.10, LOCATION 280 COLLEGE ROAD.IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE?
>> ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED?
>> WE RECEIVED ONE E MAIL IN OPPOSITION FROM JOHN AND MARGARET NICOLINI.
>> ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON REGARDS TO THIS MATTER? STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
>> HI. MY NAME IS MARGARET NICOLINI, AND MY HUSBAND AND WE OWN THE PROPERTY.
IT'S BEING REMODELED RIGHT NOW AT 21:25 KANESVILLE, BOULEVARD, AND WE SENT A LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY CLERK TO JUST EXPLAIN OUR SITUATION THAT WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING OUR NEIGHBOR BE ALLOWED TO COMBINE THE TWO LOTS AND PUT A GARAGE ON THAT SECOND LOT.
WE'RE OPPOSED TO REZONING THE R1 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING LOT TO AN R3 FOR MULTI FAMILY DWELLINGS.
THE R1 ZONING FITS IN BETTER WITH THE NEARBY HOMES ON COLLEGE ROAD, AND ALSO, EVIDENTLY FROM THE PLANNING MEETING, WE LEARNED THAT THE PROPERTY AS BUILT THE HOME AND THE PROPOSED GARAGE WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH R1
>> DESIGNATION AND SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER A WIN-WIN SITUATION OF ALLOWING HIM TO COMBINE THE TWO LOTS, HAVE THE GARAGE, BUT KEEP IT ALL ZONED R1 RATHER THAN CHANGING THE R1 TO R3.
WE'RE OPPOSED TO COMBINING THE LOTS IF IT'S ZONED R3 BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN HAVING OUR HOME BE AFFECTED BY HAVING MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS AND HAVING ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT GO WITH THAT.
THE R3 WOULD ALLOW MULTIPLE FAMILY HOMES, TALLER BUILDINGS, AND STRUCTURES ON A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE LAND.
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU THINK OF TWO TRIANGLES, WE HAVE OUR PROPERTY IS HERE, AND THERE'S ONE TRIANGLE, WHERE JUST THE VERY TIP TOUCHING OUR PROPERTY IS R3.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT PROPERTY, IF YOU ROUGHLY THINK IT'S A RECTANGLE, THAT OTHER TRIANGLE, THE ENTIRE TOP PORTION, THEN WOULD TOUCH OUR PROPERTY, AND THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED R1.
THAT'S WHY WE CARE BECAUSE THAT WOULD CHANGE TO BEING THAT WHOLE PART ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION WOULD BE R3 ADJACENT TO OUR PROPERTY.
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WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THAT'S MORE THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD OF R3 THAT COULD BE ALL THINGS.IF YOU LOOK AT THE MUNICIPAL CODE, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED THERE.
I OUTLINED THEM IN THE LETTER THAT, WHILE CURRENTLY, MR. AUGUSTINE IS SAYING, HEY, HE JUST WANTS TO COMBINE THE LOT SO HE CAN BUILD THE GARAGE BECAUSE THE LAWS DON'T ALLOW HIM TO BUILD A GARAGE BY ITSELF.
BUT HE HAD SAID AT THE MEETING THAT HE WAS OKAY IF IT WERE R1, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE THING TO DO BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS. THANK YOU.
>> ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC?
>> MY NAME IS JAMIE AUGUSTINE.
I LIVE AT 280, COLLEGE ROAD AND I BUILT A HOUSE THERE.
I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS ON THE MARKET FOR OVER A YEAR FOR SALE FOR ANYBODY THAT WISHED TO BUY IT TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANTED WITH IT.
IT'S A LOT OF TREES, A LOT OF TERRAIN.
I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE.
I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY THERE ALREADY.
WHEN I BUILT IT, I BUILT IT UNDER THE PRETEXT OF THE R3 AND NOW I'M ASKING TO COMBINE THEM BECAUSE I CAN'T BUILD A GARAGE ON A LOT BY ITSELF.
THE HINDRANCE IS THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, AND MAYBE THINGS THAT I CAN'T DO WITH MY OWN PROPERTY, A GREENHOUSE, OR MAYBE IF I WANT TO BUILD A TREE FARM, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU CAN'T DO ON AN R1.
THAT MIGHT BE DEEMED A LITTLE BIT MORE CRUCIAL FOR ZONING.
IF ZONING WAS TO ALLOW ME TO DO WHAT I WANT OUTSIDE OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE NO APARTMENT BUILDINGS BEING BUILT THERE AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE, OR SKY SCRAPERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE THAT CONCERN'S AT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BUILD THAT NEXT TO MY HOUSE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY UP THERE SO THAT'S IT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE LOT LINE, BUT KEEP IT R1.
>> NO SECOND SO THAT MOTION DIES.
>> I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMBINATION AND TO REZONE THE SECTION THAT IS R1 TO R3, MATCHING THE PARCEL ON WHICH HE BUILT THE HOUSE AND THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES TO ONE SIDE.
IT WAS ZONED WRONG TO BEGIN WITH.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE TO THAT.
>> IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY LOT, MEANING THERE'S ONE GUY LIVING ON THERE NOW, BUT IT'S-
HE BUILT HIS HOUSE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS R3, AND IT ABUTS A BUNCH OF OTHER R3.
IT DOES TOUCH THE ONE, I GUESS.
THE OTHER IS THERE'S A 10 FOOT, PROBABLY A VERY SMALL SECTION BEFORE IT REACHES OUT TO THE OTHER PARCEL.
>> I GUESS THAT HE CAN BUILD THE GARAGE IN R1.
HE CAN GET A VARIANCE IF HE NEEDS SETBACKS.
>> NO. YOU CAN REZONE THEM ALL TO R1 AND HE CAN STILL ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE WANTS.
>> I UNDERSTAND BUT I CAN'T HAVE YOU TALK FROM THIS.
>> I KNOW, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT CHANGES THE RULES AFTER HE ALREADY PUT THE HOUSE IN PLACE.
HE BUILT THE HOUSE WHEN IT WAS R3.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> I AGREE HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD THE GARAGE.
>> IF WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE THEM, THE MAIN HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY, I FEEL LIKE SHOULD BE THE LEAD IN THIS SITUATION.
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HE'S GOT $1 MILLION INTO A HOUSE.IF HE WANTED TO PUT AN APARTMENT BUILDING YOU HAVE TO KNOCK THE HOUSE DOWN THAT HE LIVES IN AND HE JUST DUMPED A BUNCH OF MONEY IN TO PUT IT UP. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> I'M NOT SAYING HE'S GOING TO, BUT THE ZONING GOES WITH THE LAND IF HE WAS TO SELL IT OR MOVE OR THAT'S THE WAY, LIKE HE SAYS, AS LONG AS HE'S ALIVE. I UNDERSTAND.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT GUY'S A LIAR.
I'M JUST SAYING HE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE WANTS IN AN R1.
WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR RULES AND ALLOW WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IN AN R1 ZONE.
>> I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THE RULE SAID IS WE'VE GOT TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
>> ANYBODY WHO HAS A BIG ENOUGH LOT WOULD SAY, I WANT R3 SO I CAN MOVE MY SETBACK AT THIS POINT.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CHANGING SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE CHANGED, I GUESS, IS WHY I'M SAYING THAT.
I THINK HE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE WANTS, AND WE SHOULD ALLOW HIM TO BUILD A GARAGE BUT HE CAN DO THAT IN R1 AS WELL.
>> COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. HE COULD BUILD HIS GARAGE LIKE HE WANTS TO IN THE R1 PARCEL, BUT HE CAN'T.
THAT'S WHAT THE ZONING FOLKS SAID, HEY, WE CAN'T ALLOW HIM TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WE GOT TO HAVE A MAIN STRUCTURE.
>> WHICH WE WILL WHEN WE JUST MOVE THE LOT LINE, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO DO ANYWAY.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHY I THINK IT SHOULD BE R1.
AGAIN, IT STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY.
>> NO, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT AND I AGREE TO DISAGREE, I GUESS.
>> THAT'S FINE. [LAUGHTER] I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT I THINK.
>> I THINK WE'RE BOTH ON THE SAME PAGE THAT WE THINK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD THE GARAGE AND LET EVERYTHING ALONE, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW THE RULE SET ALLOWS THINGS TO HAPPEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW HE BUILT ON AN A3, AND HE HAS AN EXTRA PROPERTY AT A1.
HE'S COMBINING THE TWO AND MAKING IT INTO ONE PROPERTY.
HIS PRIMARY HOUSE IS SITTING ON AN A3 NOW.
IT SHOULD JUST IN MY OPINION, CARRY OVER TO THE R3 SINCE THIS PRIMARY HOUSE IS ON R3 ALREADY.
THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THE R3.
>> THAT'S OKAY BUT I DISAGREE. I THINK WE SHOULDN'T.
BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO HAS A LOT THAT'S BIG ENOUGH OR HAS A LOT WOULD BUY THE LOT NEXT TO HIM AND JUST SAY, I WANT TO MOVE THIS OVER.
>> THEY DON'T HAVE A PRE-EXISTING R3 DESIGNATION, THOUGH.
>> SOME PEOPLE MIGHT. I THINK WE'RE SETTING PRECEDENT IS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, I GUESS.
BECAUSE I WOULD WANT R3 WITH LESS SETBACKS, EVERYBODY WOULD.
>> YOU CAN VOTE WHAT YOU WANT. MY MOTION FAILED.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT I THINK.
[LAUGHTER] WE NEED TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TO A LOT OF THINGS.
>> CORRECT. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED EARLIER FOR WITH A DIFFERENT MATTER OF ZONING IDEAS AND THINGS, AND MAYBE THIS WOULD BE ONE THAT COMES UP.
I THINK WE'RE BOTH IN AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE DISCUSSING THIS.
HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST BUILD HIS GARAGE, BUT AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE WHERE WE ARE HERE NOW, AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.
>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
ANY INTEREST IN WAIVING THE THIRD?
>> WELL, SORRY, I'LL WAIT TILL DISCUSSION.
>> ANY SECOND? INTEREST IN WAVING THE THIRD DIES, WE WILL HAVE A THIRD READING ON THIS ONE.
>> A LOT OF TIMES, WHAT WE WOULD DO IN THE PAST, OR AT LEAST HISTORICALLY, AS I RECALL IT, WAS IF IT WAS A NON-CONTEST OR NON-CONTENTIOUS, WHICH THIS SEEMED TO BE, WE WOULD THEN SKIP THE THIRD, BUT IN THIS CASE, THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T DO IT.
>> NOW IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN
[5.E) Resolution 26-16Resolution approving the plans and specifications in connection with the Pavement Resurfacing. Project # PW26-03 ]
REGARDS TO THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLANS WITH SPECIFICATIONS AND CONNECTIONS WITH THE PAVING RESURFACING PROJECT.IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE?
>> ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED?
>> ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER? SEE, NONE, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MADAM CLERK.
[6.A) Ordinance 6668 Ordinance to amend Title 3, Business Regulations and Licenses, Chapter 3.12 “Alarm Systems”, of the 2025 Municipal Code of Council Bluffs, Iowa, by amending Sections 3.12.030 “Alarm System Registration Required”, 3.12.040 “Registration Application Fee - Termination and Renewal”, 3.12.050 “Current Information, Term of Registration and Renewal”; repealing Section 3.12.080 “False Alarm Fees”; amending and renumbering Sections 3.12.090 “Suspension or Revocation of License or Permit” and 3.12.100 “Appeal Procedure” and renumbering Sections 3.12.110 “Notices” and 3.12.110 “Penalty.” ]
>> ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING, ORDINANCE 6668, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 3 BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LICENSES, CHAPTER 3.12 ALARM SYSTEMS OF THE 2025 MUNICIPAL CODE.
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BY AMENDING SECTION 3.12.030, ALARM SYSTEM REGISTRATION REQUIRED 3.12.040 REGISTRATION APPLICATION FEE, TERMINATION, AND RENEWAL, 3.12.050, CURRENT INFORMATION TERM OF REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL, REPEALING SECTION 3.12.080 FALSE ALARM FEES, AND AMENDING AND RENUMBERING SECTIONS 3.12.090, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR PERMIT, AND 3.12.100 APPEAL PROCEDURE AND RENUMBERING SECTIONS 3.12.110 NOTICES AND 3.12.110 PENALTY.>> I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE JODY READ IT AGAIN?
>> NO. [LAUGHTER] I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU'VE WAIVED THIRD.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[7.A) Resolution 26-13 (Continued from 1-12-26) Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract with Shockey Consulting for planning consulting services to prepare a 2050 Comprehensive Plan and Downtown Master Plan. MIS-25-004]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SHOCKEY CONSULTING AND PLANNING CONSULTING SERVICES TO PREPARE THE 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.>> WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THIS.
WE CONTINUED THIS FROM THE FIRST MEETING.
IT'S A BIG EXPENSE TO THE CITY.
IT'S AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR PLAN GOING FORWARD.
SHOCKEY CAME TODAY, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL A LONG PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN WATCH IT ON THE STUDY SESSION ONLINE, IF YOU'D LIKE.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS GO INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN.
WE DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF THINGS FROM DEFINING WHAT DOWNTOWN IS TO IN THE END, WE'LL HAVE SOME DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE OUR ZONING LAWS, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT.
I ASKED TO PUT A LITTLE FOCUS ON LAND THAT THE CITY'S OWNED FOR 20 PLUS YEARS WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING ON IT.
THE CITY OWNS MORE LAND THAN ANYBODY, WHICH IS NOT ON THE TAX ROLLS, WHICH TO ME, IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I THINK YOU AGREED, WE NEED TO HAVE A BIG FOCUS ON LAND THAT WE OWN.
A BIG PORTION OF WHAT SHOCKEY TALKED ABOUT WAS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
I SAID, WE HAVE THESE THINGS AND IT'S EITHER AT NOON ON TUESDAY AND EVERYBODY'S WORKING OR IT'S AT SIX O'CLOCK ON A WEDNESDAY AND YOU EITHER GOT CHURCH OR VOLLEYBALL, OR YOU'RE RUNNING AROUND WITH YOUR KIDS, OR IT'S THE SAME 30 PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP TO THE 10 MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
I ASKED THAT WE PUT A QR CODE SCAN IN YOUR TRASH BILL, JUST AS MANY WAYS AS WE CAN TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE.
THEN SHE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE DO GET INVOLVEMENT, THEY HAVE A HOT SPOT ZONE WHERE THEY KNOW THE ADDRESSES, THEY HAVE MORE INVOLVEMENT FROM, SAY, THE WEST END THAN WE DO THE SOUTH END.
THEY'LL FOCUS MORE ON THE SOUTH END AFTER THEY'VE DONE THE FIRST MONTH OF OUTREACH.
THEY'LL KNOW WHO THEY'RE HEARING FROM, AND JUST SO WE KNOW WE GET A VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN COUNCIL BLUFF, BECAUSE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PLAN THAT WE'RE SPENDING A PILE OF CASH ON.
IT IS IMPORTANT SO I'LL SUPPORT IT.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[7.B) Resolution 26-17A Resolution to create a new "Deputy City Attorney" position within the Legal Department and confirming the appointment of Whitney Jacque to said position.]
A RESOLUTION TO CREATE A NEW DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY POSITION WITHIN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF WHITNEY CHOCK TO THAT POSITION.[7.C) Resolution 26-18Resolution authorizing a Joint Right-of-Way Maintenance Agreement with Pottawattamie County, for roadways near corporation limits.]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE JOINT RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY FOR ROADWAY NEAR CORPORATE LIMITS.>> WE HAVE A LOT OF ROADS THAT ARE HALF IN THE COUNTY, HALF IN THE CITY, AND SO WE HAVE A PRETTY FAIR AGREEMENT.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THINKS WITH THE COUNTY, AND WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, SO IT'S A GOOD AGREEMENT.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
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[7.D) Resolution 26-19Resolution approving the vacation of recorded plats known as Whispering Oaks Phase V (Plat #1 and Plat #2)]
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE VACATION OF RECORDED PL0TS, KNOWN AS WHISPERING OAKS PHASE 5 PLOT 1 AND 2.>> MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.
>> THIS IS FOR THOSE AT HOME, MAYBE DIDN'T CATCH THIS AFTERNOON, THIS IS JUST CLEANING UP A COUPLE OF ERRORS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WERE MADE ADMINISTRATIVELY GETTING THINGS BACK IN LINE.
FROM WHAT WE GATHER, AT LEAST WHAT WE'RE TOLD THE PROPER OWNERSHIP AND THE PROPER POT LINES AND EVERYTHING ARE PUT ON WITH THE COUNTY.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK?
>> WE HAVE ONE VACANT POSITION, SO THAT'S.
[7.E) Resolution 26-20Resolution authorizing re-execution of the Title VI Non-Discrimination Agreement with the Iowa Department of Transportation due to mayoral transition]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RE EXECUTION OF THE TITLE SIX NON DISCRIMINATION AGREEMENT WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DUE TO MAYORAL TRANSITION.>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? WE JUST HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY TIME THERE'S A CHANGE AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS OR OUR CITY OFFICE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS BACK ON HERE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> RESOLUTION 26-21, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY,
[7.F) Resolution 26-21Resolution authorizing settlement authority for the City Attorney, Deputy City Attorney, and the Assistant City Attorney II.]
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY TOO.>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> RESOLUTION 26-22, A RESOLUTION
[7.G) Resolution 26-22Resolution authorizing the City Clerk to certify assessments against properties to the Pottawattamie County Treasurer for unreimbursed costs incurred by the City for the abatement of weeds and the removal of solid waste nuisances upon properties and directing them to be collected in the same manner as a property tax.]
AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO CERTIFY ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PROPERTIES TO THE POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY TREASURER FOR UNREIMBURSED COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY FOR THE ABATEMENT OF WEEDS AND THE REMOVAL OF SOLID WASTE NUISANCES UPON PROPERTIES AND DIRECTING THEM TO BE COLLECTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROPERTY TAX.>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[7.H) Resolution 26-23Resolution adopting a site-specific development plan on property legally described as Lots 1 through 14, Iowa Western Community College Subdivision, except that part of Lots 1 through 3 and Lots 5 through 7 deeded to the City of Council Bluffs for College Road Right-of-Way, for the Iowa Western Community College campus. Location: 2700 College Road MIS-25-006]
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 1-14, IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUBDIVISION EXCEPT THAT PART OF LOTS 1-3 AND LOT 5-7, DATED TO THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS FOR COLLEGE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS.>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[7.I) Resolution 26-24Resolution approving the 2025-2027 Home Investment Partnerships Program Consortium Cooperation Agreement by and between the City of Council Bluffs and the City of Omaha.]
>> RESOLUTION 26-24, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 25-27 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, CONSORTIUM COOPERATION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS AND THE CITY OF OMAHA.
>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[7.J) Resolution 26-25Resolution approving the HOME & HOME-ARP agreements to fund the Spin Lofts Project located at 21st Avenue and 6th Street. ]
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE HOME AND HOME OF AGREEMENTS TO FUND THE SPIN LOFT PROJECT LOCATED AT 21ST AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET.>> THIS IS THE ONE I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS 45 UNITS DOWN ON 21ST AND 6TH STREET THAT WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MORE AFFORDABLE, I SHOULD SAY.
>> WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS EARLIER, AND IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE WHAT YOU SAY 09, WAS IT, TONY?
>> WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING IN THIS SPOT SINCE 2009.
>> I RECENTLY REVIEWED ONE OF THE TIME [INAUDIBLE]
>> GOT YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE'VE HAD THREE OR FOUR [OVERLAPPING]
>> CORRECT. THIS IS THE RFPS. IT'S GONE UP.
THEY'VE APPLIED FOR DIFFERENT GRANTS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
>> THEY DON'T GET THE TAX CREDITS AND SO THE PROJECT [OVERLAPPING].
>> FALLS APART. THE WHEELS FALL APART.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSE? MOTION CARRIES.
>> RESOLUTION 26-26, A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE BLUFFS TOMORROW 2030 PLAN,
[7.K) Resolution 26-26Resolution to amend the Bluffs Tomorrow: 2030 Plan (Comprehensive Plan), specifically by reclassifying properties legally described as Lots 1 and 2, Bethany Lutheran Home and part of Lots 3 and 4, Auditor’s Subdivision of the SE1/4 NW1/4 of Section 19-75-43, from Rural Residential/Agriculture with Loess Hills Preservation Area to High Density Residential with Loess Hills Preservation Area. Location: Undeveloped land located west of North Broadway St. and south of 2444 North Broadway St. CP-25-002]
SPECIFICALLY BY RECLASSING PROPERTIES LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 1 AND 2, BETHANY LUTHERAN HOME AND PARTS OF 3 AND 4 AUDITOR SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER, NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 177543 FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL WITH LEWIS HILLS PRESERVATION AREA[02:20:02]
TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WITH LEWIS HILLS PRESERVATION AREA.>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> RESOLUTION 26-27, A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE ASSOCIATED PR1 PLAN
[7.L) Resolution 26-27Resolution to adopt the associated PR-1/Planned Residential Development Plan for a 164-unit multi-family development to be known as Hillside Apartments on properties legally described as Lots 1 and 2, Bethany Lutheran Home and part of Lots 3 and 4, Auditor’s Subdivision of the SE1/4 NW1/4 of section 19-75-4. Location: Undeveloped land located west of North Broadway St. and south of 2444 North Broadway St. PR-25-006]
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 164 UNIT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO BE KNOWN AS HILLSIDE APARTMENTS ON PROPERTIES LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS ONE AND TWO, BETHANY LUTHERAN HOME AND PARTS OF 3 AND 4 AUDITOR SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER, NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19754?>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> RESOLUTION 26-28, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE
[7.M) Resolution 26-28Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement for the consent to subdivision and petition for voluntary annexation of land legally described as Parcel 25150, Parcel 25151, and Parcel 25152 of the NW1/4 SW1/4 of Section 12-74-43, Lewis Township. Location: 14435 and 14511 230th Street. MIS-25-007 ]
AN AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSENT TO SUBDIVIDE AND PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEX OF LAND, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS PARCEL 25150 PARCEL 25151, PARCEL 25152 OF THE NORTH WEST QUARTER, SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 127443 LEWIS TOWNSHIP.>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[7.N) Resolution 26-29Resolution confirming the appointment of Brenda Norton as the City's representative to engage in collective bargaining negotiations with the Communication Workers of America - Clerical and Technical Employees. ]
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF BRENDA NORTON AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO ENGAGE IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES.>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> RESOLUTION 26-30, A RESOLUTION
[7.O) Resolution 26-30Resolution confirming the appointment of Brenda Norton as the City's representative to engage in collective bargaining negotiations with the Council Bluffs Association of Professional Firefighters Local 15. ]
CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF BRENDA NORTON AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO ENGAGE IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL OF ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 15.>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEE NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR?
[7.P) Resolution 26-31Resolution authorizing City Council to appoint a new City Council member to fill the current vacancy]
>> RESOLUTION 26-31, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPOINT A NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO FILL THE CURRENT VACANCY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER BEFORE I ASK COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION IF ANYBODY WISHES TO STEP FORWARD AND DISCUSS THIS MATTER.
THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO.
YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU'D HAVE FIVE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK.
SO IF ANYBODY FROM THE AUDIENCE OR ANY PERSON WHO HAVE PUT THEIR NAME IN WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, NOW'S YOUR TIME.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS KRISTIN BROCKER.
I LIVE AT 820 COMMERCIAL STREET HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.
I PUT MY NAME IN FOR CONSIDERATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNCIL POSITION.
I DON'T KNOW MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REAL WELL.
I'VE MET YOU ALL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE THAT.
BUT I KNOW I'VE TURNED IN AN APPLICATION OR A LETTER OF INTENT OR RESUME.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT ME.
SO I WANTED TO COME UP AND MAKE A STATEMENT AS TO WHY I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THE COUNCIL.
DURING THE STUDY SESSION TODAY, I HEARD FROM TWO DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE OF WHICH SAID THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A PERSON WHO WASN'T INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR THE POSITION AFTER THE TERM IS FILLED.
ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WHO THOUGHT THAT IF THE PERSON FILLING THE VACANCY WANTED TO BE ON THE COUNCIL, THEY SHOULD HAVE RUN FOR ELECTION.
I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THOSE PERSPECTIVES.
PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR A TERM.
I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN A POLITICIAN.
I'M AN ATTORNEY BY TRADE, AND I LIKE SITTING BEHIND THE SCENES MOST OF THE TIME.
BUT IN DOING THAT, I WORK FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE NOW.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE A PERSPECTIVE THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY THE SAME AS THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COUNCIL TO BRING SOME DISCOURSE AND DISCUSSION TO THE TABLE.
THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN AGENDA FOR WHAT I WOULD BE HOPING TO GET OR GET OUT OF A SEAT ON THE COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY BIG PLANS OTHER THAN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET IN THE SUMMERTIME AND WISH I SAW MORE PEOPLE THERE.
I GO TO DIFFERENT EVENTS AND WISH THAT THERE ARE MORE, PEOPLE FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS AT THE EVENTS.
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AND SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WOULD BE AWESOME.BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I JUST WANT TO DO IT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY.
MY DAD'S WORKED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE.
I LIVE IN THE HOUSE THAT MY GRANDPARENTS BUILT.
SO WE HAVE DEEP ROOTS IN THE AREA.
I'M JUST EXCITED TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY IF THAT'S SO SOMETHING I'M ALLOWED TO DO IN THAT RESPECT.
OTHERWISE, I'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STREET, ADVISING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRISTIN BEFORE SHE SITS DOWN? ANYBODY ELSE WISHING THIS WEEK?
>> MY NAME IS DUSTIN HARRIS, 85 OVER DRIVE.
MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THE THINGS THAT I RAN ON, BUT JUST FOR PEOPLE AT HOME.
I WAS A POLICE OFFICER FOR ALMOST 24 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.
I DID ABOUT 2.5, 3 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THAT.
I GREW UP IN THE WEST END UNTIL I WAS 13, WE MOVED OUT OF TOWN DUE TO CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WASN'T BEING HANDLED.
I TAKE THAT AS PART OF MY LIFE PRETTY SERIOUSLY HERE IN TOWN.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT WAS CRIME, THE HOMELESS PROBLEMS, THE SHELTERS.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THINGS IN THE PAST TO WORK ON THAT.
I AGREE WITH MOST OF THAT STUFF.
I THINK THAT OUT OF EVERYONE THAT RAN, I HAVE THE MOST, HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH THOSE ISSUES THAT THE PUBLIC SEEMED TO DEEM THE MOST IMPORTANT.
I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY.
I SEE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON AND COULD HELP OUT ON THOSE THINGS.
ALL OF US, GOT QUITE A FEW VOTES MORE THAN ANYONE HAS IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS SO HIGH, AND I THINK THAT WAS GREAT TO DO THAT AND TO SEE THAT.
I JUST THINK THAT THOSE OF US THAT PUT OUR HAT IN THE RING AND HAVE THOSE MONTHS AND MONTHS OF NEAR SLEEPLESS NIGHT.
SO SOMETIMES JUST WORKING ON IT AND GETTING THINGS DONE AND THAT WE PUT THE TIME AND THE EFFORT TO DO THAT STUFF AND THAT WE PUT OUR NAMES OUT THERE AND GOT OUT IN THE ARENA AND SPENT THE MONEY.
I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOUR AS WELL.
WHEN THERE WASN'T A RECENT ELECTION LIKE WITH THE COUNTY, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING FOR THEM TO GO OFF OF.
I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH AN APPOINTMENT FOR THAT.
BUT IN REGARDS TO SPENDING THE MONEY, PUTTING THE TIME IN, GETTING OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC, TALKING TO PEOPLE? PROBABLY HALF THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO HAD NEVER EVEN VOTED BEFORE IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE THE SAME OLD THING, AND I HOPE THAT A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO WERE SOME OF THE ONES THAT GOT THE WORD OUT AND INCREASED THE VOTE, BECAUSE THOSE ISSUES WERE IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE CITY IN GENERAL.
BUT EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS MY BACKGROUND AND WHAT I STAND FOR, AND MY PLANS WILL BE FOR THE CITY, BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME HERE TODAY?
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU DUSTIN.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? YOU CAN PUT IT DOWN CLOSER TO YOU.
>> KIMBERLY KOLKOWSKI, 321 OAKLAND AVENUE.
ALSO INTRODUCING MYSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INTEREST FOR CONSIDERATION.
I RECOGNIZE THE DIFFICULT DECISION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEFORE YOU.
IT IS DEFINITELY SIGNIFICANT TO APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL, TYPICALLY WHEN THAT'S DONE THROUGH AN ELECTION.
>> YOU'VE GOT EIGHT GREAT CANDIDATES BEFORE YOU TO CHOOSE FROM.
I HAVE BEEN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY FOR 22 YEARS AT VARIOUS NON-PROFITS, SERVING CHILDREN AND FAMILY AND THOSE IN NEED.
I AM NOT BORN AND RAISED HERE, BUT RATHER A TRANSPLANT, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE I HAVE CHOSEN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE I LOVE WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS AND IN WESTERN IOWA.
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I AM CONSTANTLY SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER SERVE MY COMMUNITY.CURRENTLY, I LEAD A NON-PROFITS AND I AM ALSO INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE PROJECTS.
THIS SEEMED LIKE A GREAT FIT TO BRING MY PERSPECTIVE AND EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM BOTH DUSTIN AND KRISTIN.
I JUST WOULD MAKE A NOTE THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS BEFORE YOU A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS CLEAR FROM STUDY SESSION EARLIER TODAY DOES NOT SURFACE VERY OFTEN.
AS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED AND YOU TAKE THAT ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY, YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S NOTEWORTHY THAT WE CONSIDER THE CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL, AND HOW THAT REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE.
NOTING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL BLUFF'S POPULATION IS FEMALE, AND THAT YOU HAVE STRONG FEMALE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR INFORMATION FOR CONSIDERATION.
I THINK WE CAN AGREE THAT WHAT LEADS TO THE VERY BEST OUTCOMES IN ANY SITUATION IS WHEN YOU HAVE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AT THE TABLE, AND WHEN THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALTHY DISCOURSE, AND LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER.
I THINK DUSTIN JUST NOTED THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS CHANGE.
I THINK THAT'S BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY THE ELECTION OF OUR NEW MAYOR.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR SHUDAK.
THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS HUNGRY FOR.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THAT NEED HERE WITH YOUR DECISION IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT.
I JUST URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THOSE FACTORS AS YOU WEIGH WHAT IS BEFORE YOU AND THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KIM?
>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS TOPIC? SEEING NOBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR DISCUSSION TO BEGIN.
JUST A NOTE FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
THE COUNCIL IS MAKING THE FULL DECISION, AND FROM THE STUDY SESSION, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LEAD THIS CONVERSATION.
I'M GOING TO SHUT MY MIC OFF FOR THIS PORTION.
>> I WAS TO SAY, WE TALKED THIS MORNING OR EARLIER TODAY AND DECIDED MAYBE WE BETTER TO, I GUESS, PRESENT MAYBE OUR TOP THREE CHOICES TO OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION.
I GUESS THE BEST WAY, I CAN GO FIRST.
I COULD DO 1, 2, 3. I GUESS IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER THE ORDER.
>> I THINK IT DOES MATTER THE ORDER.
>> WE CAN DISCUSS WHICHEVER WAY WE WANT TO GO ABOUT IT, I GUESS.
>> MY TOP THREE WOULD BE KRISTIN BROCKER, DOUG REW AND DUSTIN HARRIS.
>> MY TOP THREE WOULD BE JORDAN DEW, KIM BILLIAR KILKOWSKI, AND DOUG REW.
>> MINE WOULD BE DOUG, JORDAN, AND DUSTIN.
>> MINE WOULD BE DUSTIN, JORDAN, AND DOUG.
>> SORRY. THE TOP THREE WOULD BE DOUG, JORDAN, AND DUSTIN.
>> THEY ALL HAVE ONE OF EACH FROM EVERYBODY?
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JORDAN HAS THREE, DUSTIN HAS THREE, KIM HAS ONE, AND KRISTIN HAS ONE.>> I SAID IT EARLIER AT THE STUDY SESSION.
I THINK DOUG, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS, PUTTING YOUR NAME OUT THERE, AND I AGREE WITH KIMBERLY THAT HEALTHY DISCOURSE IS GOOD.
I THINK EVEN AMONGST US UP HERE TODAY, WE HAVE HEALTHY DISCOURSE A LOT, HONESTLY.
I WOULD SAY 90% OF THINGS ON THE COUNCIL ARE PRETTY AGREED UPON.
THAT'S 10% WE PROBABLY DISAGREE ON, WHETHER THAT'S WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE MAYOR.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, MALE OR FEMALE DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHAT GENDER YOU ARE TO DECIDE IF YOU SHOULD BE QUALIFIED TO BE ON COUNCIL.
THE REASON I THINK DOUG WOULD BE THE BEST APPOINTEE IS HE'S BEEN ON PLANNING COMMISSION FOR 20 YEARS.
HE HAS A FINANCIAL BACKGROUND IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY.
HE IS RETIRED. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN RUNNING.
BASICALLY, WE'RE GIVING THEM TWO YEARS OF AN INCUMBENCY TO RUN ON IF THEY WANT TO.
IT'S TOUGH TO UNSEAT AN INCUMBENT IF I'M BEING HONEST WITH YOU.
I THINK EVERYBODY CAN AGREE TO THAT.
IF WE PUT SOMEBODY UP HERE THAT'S GOING TO RUN IN TWO YEARS, I THINK THAT'S AT A DISADVANTAGE TO OTHER FOLKS WHO WOULD WANT TO RUN.
AGAIN, THIS HAPPENED BACK IN THE DAY WHEN SHARON AND, WHAT WAS THE OTHER GIRL'S NAME?
>> SHERYL GARST. SHARON AND SHERYL GARST.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS DOUG, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, ALSO SAID THE SAME THING.
HE WAS ON PLANNING COMMISSION AT THAT TIME.
HE WOULD SERVE IF HE NEEDED TO BE, BUT DIDN'T HAVE AN INTEREST IN RUNNING.
DOUG HAS BEEN ON PLANNING COMMISSION 10 YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.
HE'S SEEN EVERYTHING MORE THAN ALL OF US, THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE.
TYPICALLY MOST THINGS THAT COME TO THE COUNCIL GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST.
I THINK HE IS, TO BE HONEST, THE MOST QUALIFIED OUT OF ANYBODY.
EVERYBODY'S GOT GOOD RESUMES, AND I THINK COULD DO A GOOD JOB.
I THINK DOUG IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO PUT UP HERE.
>> KIND OF WHAT I WENT THROUGH WHEN WE GOT THE LIST OF PEOPLE.
I SAT DOWN AND WENT THROUGH THE LIST, AND I LOOKED FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD WORKED ON BOARDS.
THEN, ESPECIALLY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WEIGHED HEAVY WITH ME.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A YOUNGER PERSON POINT OF VIEW COMING FROM THE BOARD.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I LOOKED AT.
ALSO, BEING RETIRED AND BEING ON THE COUNCIL I KNOW HOW TIME-CONSUMING IT CAN BE AND HAVING AN ADVANTAGE OF BEING RETIRED FOR ME GIVES ME TIME TO GET OUT AND MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT.
THAT'S WHY I CAME UP WITH THE TOP THREE THAT I DID AND HOW I WEIGHED THOSE OUT AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO FIND PEOPLE THAT WORK ON BOARDS, UNDERSTAND HOW BOARDS WORK.
THEN ALSO WE DEAL A LOT WITH ZONING AND PLANNING, AND HE'S BEEN IN BOTH THOSE TWO OTHERS, HAVE BEEN ON THOSE BOARDS AND ARE PREPARED TO FACE WHAT WE DO A LOT OF.
>> ONE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS WHILE WE DO GET PAID, IT IS, I WOULD TELL, YOU A VOLUNTARY POSITION.
IT'S NOT THE $12,180, WHATEVER WE GET FOR THE YEAR.
>> IT'S LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE WHEN YOU FACTOR THE TIME IN.
>> LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE. YOU THINK ABOUT IT BACK 20 YEARS AND MR. DEW TOO.
BUT DOUG'S BEEN ON PLANNING COMMISSION FOR 20 YEARS, THAT'S A VOLUNTARY POSITION.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TIME PUT INTO THE CITY, 20 YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING ON TUESDAY NIGHTS AT THE LIBRARY IS A BIG COMMITMENT AS WELL. I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
>> MY WIFE SAYS I MAKE THREE CENTS AN HOUR AND THIS MONTH A PENNY AND A HALF.
>> I WOULD THINK THAT WHAT ROGER SAID AS FAR AS HOW THE BOARD WITH UNSEATING AN INCUMBENT, HOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SITUATION WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ELECTION RECENTLY.
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IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN US, WHEREAS OURS WE HAD AN ELECTION, AND SO I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT BALLPARK ON THAT.I DO THINK THAT DUSTIN IS EXTREMELY QUALIFIED FOR IT.
I THINK THE PEOPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THEY ALL HAVE GREAT RESUMES.
THEY ALL HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCES.
BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DO THINK HAVING ALMOST 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SEVEN YEARS AS A DETECTIVE, AND MULTIPLE YEARS VOLUNTEERING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON TOP OF THAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE HIM A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE FOR SOME OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE FACE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE THAT HOMELESSNESS AND CRIME ARE PROBABLY SOME OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE DEAL WITH, AND I THINK HE WOULD BRING A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THAT.
ON TOP OF THAT, WITH REGARDS TO THE ELECTION, I THINK IF WE WANTED TO RESPECT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS, HE DID GET THE NEXT MOST VOTES AFTER ME.
WHILE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE THAT APPLIED FOR THIS, I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ASKING ME ABOUT IT, AND ONE QUESTION THAT THEY POSED TO ME THAT I THOUGHT WAS A VALID POINT WAS IF THIS PERSON IS VERY QUALIFIED, IF THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING ON THE COUNCIL, IF THEY HAVE IDEAS FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THE CITY, AND THEY THINK THAT THEY WOULD DO A GOOD JOB AT IT, WHY DIDN'T THEY RUN FOR THE OFFICE DURING THE ELECTION? WHY DIDN'T THEY GO OUT, GET THE SIGNATURES, GET ON THE BALLOT, MEET WITH THE VOTERS, DISCUSS THEIR IDEAS, GET THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT? I DO THINK, DUSTIN HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY.
OVERWHELMINGLY, THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES I'VE BEEN GETTING HAVE ALL BEEN FOR HIM, AND I THINK IF WE WANTED TO RESPECT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE THE LOGICAL DECISION.
>> I THINK WE HAD EIGHT FOLKS TURN IN THEIR NAMES, PUT THEIR NAME IN THE HAT FOR THIS AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM BRINGS THEIR OWN INTRICACIES AND THEIR OWN POINTS OF VIEW.
THEY ALL WOULD BE GREAT AT THIS POSITION.
I PICKED THREE FOLKS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD DO A GOOD JOB FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER ON THIS COUNCIL.
BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THE OTHER FOLKS THAT I DIDN'T PUT IN MY TOP THREE WERE NOT EQUALLY QUALIFIED.
BUT HAVING US ALL GIVE A TOP THREE AND THE ONLY PERSON IT LOOKS LIKE THAT ALL FOUR OF US AGREED ON WOULD BE DOUG REW.
I GUESS I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT DOUG TO THE POSITION.
>> I WOULD JUST ECHO, AS JOE SAID, I THINK ALL EIGHT PEOPLE WITH THEIR NAME ON HERE WANTS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS AND WILL DO A FINE JOB.
I HOPE NOBODY THINKS THAT ANYTHING SET UP HERE TODAY IS NEGATIVE AT ANYBODY WHO PUT THEIR NAME IN OR WANTS TO SERVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
TO BE FAIR, IF WE APPOINT DOUG, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPENING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SO YOU CAN GET ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU CAN TALK TO JILL. SHE APPOINTS THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
>> HE'S ON THE WASTEWATER OR SOMETHING?
>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN TALK TO JILL.
JILL APPOINTS THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THERE'S A SPOT OPEN ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH I THINK IF YOU HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO RUN FOR COUNCIL, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.
I WAS REALLY HAMMERED 10 YEARS AGO THAT I WAS NOT ON ANY BOARDS WHEN I GOT ELECTED.
PEOPLE THINK THAT'S A HUGE DEAL.
IF YOU CAN GET ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS AND CANCELLATIONS?
[8.A) Liquor License Renewals 1. 3rd Base Bar And Grill, 800 N. 8th St. 2. Ameristar Casino Council Bluffs, 2200 River Rd. 3. Andrews Lounge, 1210 N. 25th St. 4. Glory Days, 104-106 West Broadway 5. Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, 2202 River Rd.6. Home Team Cookout, 3150 24th Ave. 7. I-80 Liquor, 2411 S 24th St. Ste. 1 8. Speedy Gas N Shop, 430 S 35th St. Ste. 1 9. Squirrel Cage Jail, 226 Pearl St. 10. St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 4 Valley View Dr.11. Target Store, 3804 Metro Dr.12. The BLK Squirrel, 154 W. Broadway]
[8.B) Retail Tobacco Permit - Renewal (1)]
WE HAVE LIQUOR LICENSES, 8A 1-12 AND 8B.>> IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
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IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL? MADAM CLERK ANYTHING?
[9) OTHER BUSINESS]
>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> SECOND. WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME AGO.
>> LOT OF THINGS, ROGER, WE'RE FIXING.
[LAUGHTER] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
HAVE A GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.