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WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED AND WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS THIS AFTERNOON THAT WE WERE GOING TO START WITH.
THE FIRST IS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
SO THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY.
AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF CONSUL BLAS, IOWA.
AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURES, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING, AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS AND WHEREAS IT BEING PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND CHILDREN OF COUNCIL OF IOWA TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE, MAINTAIN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.
AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR, 2026 MARKS THE 66TH.
ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JILL SHUDAK, MAYOR OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 17-23, 2026 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND CEREMONIES.
DESIGNED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE IN PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
I HEREBY DO PROCLAIM, AS THE MAYOR OF CONSTABLE'S IOWA, JILL CATHERINE CHUDAK.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION BEFORE I HAND IT OVER, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC WORKS CREWS.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM HERE.
TO ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING IN THE CROWD OR AT HOME, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING FACILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR DOWN AT FLEET OR THE RHODES BUILDINGS.
THEY'RE REALLY COOL TOURS AND YOU GAIN A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE OF HOW OUR CITY ACTUALLY RUNS WHEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE FACILITIES.
GENTLEMEN, FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO ACCEPT THE AWARD, AND THANK YOU, AND I'M SURE THAT THE COUNCIL...
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE BACK THERE.
ALL PUBLIC SOURCE PEOPLE, SORRY, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL GUYS HERE, SORRY.
LADY AND GENTLEMEN, FOR BEING HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION TODAY.
I JUST DID, YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS ANNUALLY.
TYPICALLY IT'S JUST MYSELF THAT RECEIVES THE PROCLAMATION, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THIS YEAR TO HAVE SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS JOIN.
THERE'S 12 DIVISIONS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.
MOST OF THEM ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.
NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT GO UNNOTICED EACH AND EVERY DAY UNTIL SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
HONESTLY, MOST OF WHAT WE DO, PEOPLE EXPECT IT TO PERFORM FLAWLESSLY AND DON'T NOTICE IT UNTIL IT'S NOT.
A LOT OF WHAT THEY DO IS UNGLAMOROUS, IT'S DIRTY, IT'S DANGEROUS.
SOMETIMES IT'S IN A FIRST RESPONDER ROLE.
AND IT'S NICE TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND LET THEM HAVE A CHANCE THAT WE DEFINITELY BENEFIT FROM THEM BEING HERE.
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AND THE THE EXCELLENT PROFESSIONAL WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.AND WE HAVE A SECOND PROCLAMATION TONIGHT AS WELL, AND THIS IS NEIGHBORWORKS WEEK, AND DAVID IS HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.
SO FROM THE CITY OF CONSTABLE'S IOWA OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS NEIGHBORWORKS WEEK WAS INITIATED IN 1983, BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, CO-SPONSORED BY MORE THAN 240 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND WHEREAS THE FORMAL INTRODUCTION OF NEIGHBORWORKS WEEK OCCURRED IN THE SPRING OF 1986 AND BEGAN AN ANNUAL NATIONAL CELEBRATION HELD THE FIRST THROUGH THE SECOND SATURDAYS IN JUNE, AND WHEREAS NEIGHBORWORKS WEEK IS IN A CELEBR...
IS A CELEBRATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE AND UNITY AMONG NEARLY 250 ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TRIBAL LANDS.
AND WHEREAS NEIGHBORWORKS WEEK CELEBRATES THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS TO CREATE HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS NEIGHBORWORKS HOME SOLUTIONS IS A PROUD MEMBER OF NEIGHBORWORKS NETWORK, AND HAS SERVED IN THE COMMUNITY OF CONSUL BLUSS FOR 17 YEARS, ADVANCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORTING FINANCIAL WELL-BEING, AND STRENGTHENING RESIDENT LEADERSHIP.
SHUDAK, MAYOR OF CONSUL BLUSS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 23RD THROUGH JUNE 7TH, 2026 AS NEIGHBORWORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF CONSUL BLUSS AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE AND ACTIVITIES PLANNED BY NEIGHBORWORKS HOME SOLUTIONS.
I HEREFORE DO BY PROCLAIM WITH THE CITY OF THE SEAL, MAYOR COUNCIL BLUFFS.
SO JUST A FUN FACT, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE LAST YEAR NEIGHBORWORKS HOME SOLUTION REINVESTED CLOSE TO $11 MILLION JUST IN COUNCIL BLUFFS ALONE.
THERE ARE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OUR RENTAL COMPLEXES HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.
AND THIS IS AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT'S JUST NOT DONE BY NEIGHBORWORKS.
THIS TAKES AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO DO THIS.
WE HAVE SOME VERY STRONG PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS HERE WITHIN COUNCIL BLUFFS TO ALLOW US TO DO THIS WORK.
AND WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD IN 2026.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR STUDY SESSION PART OF THE AGENDA.
WE ARE GOING TO JUMP TO 2E. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS THAT...
OF THE STAFF THAT NEED TO HEAD TO ANOTHER MEETING.
SO THIS IS THE RIVERFRONT UPDATE.
AND SO I THINK ZACH'S GOING TO SPEAK WITH WHITNEY, AND I WILL SHARE SOME INFORMATION AS WELL.
WE DID WHAT I'LL CALL A PRELIMINARY PUNCH WALK OF THE PIER, THE SOUTH PIER PROJECT, WHICH IT'S COMING ALONG REALLY VERY WELL.
THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS OVER THE PORCELAIN PAVER SYSTEM AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT MEETS STANDARDS FOR UPLIFT, AND I CAN LET CODY SPEAK MORE TO THAT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WE'VE ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION ON THAT SYSTEM, THOSE PORCELAIN PAVERS.
SO THE FULL PORCELAIN PAVER IS A 24-INCH BY 48-INCH APPROXIMATELY PORCELAIN PAVER, THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH THICK, THAT IT'S JUST...
SITS ON PADS ON THE, AND IMMEDIATELY OUR STAFF POINTED OUT THE RIPPED PORCELAIN PAVERS, SO THE SMALLER PIECES OF PAVERS AND HOW THOSE WERE ABLE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM VERY EASILY.
WE WERE ACTUALLY BACK OUT ON THE PIER JUST THIS LAST THURSDAY ON THE 14TH, AND THEY HAVE, THEY'VE ALREADY KIND OF REMEDIED THAT SITUATION BY REMOVING THOSE PIECES.
PUT IN SOME FLAT IRON SO THAT IT'S REALLY ALL LARGE, FULL-SIZE PORCELAIN PAVERS, OR IF THERE'S NOT ANY FULL-SIZE, I BELIEVE THEY'VE ALL BEEN ADHERED DOWN AT THIS POINT.
BUT STILL, THIS SYSTEM IS SITTING
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ON AN OPEN-GRATE SYSTEM, SO THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THAT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEET THE UPLIFT STANDARDS IN INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE OR FROM THE MANUFACTURER.AGAIN, I'LL LET CODY SPEAK MORE TO THAT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS THE TREETOP WALK AND THE TOWER, WE GOT A CHANCE TO DO THE PRELIMINARY PUNCH WALK THERE ON THURSDAY THE 14TH. THEY HAVE CONDUCTED THE LOAD CAPACITY INSPECTION THAT WE SET AS A CONDITION AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS.
AND WE REALLY GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON HAVING THAT DONE BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ASSIGNER WAS AFRAID THAT IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, POINT SOMETHING OUT THAT WOULD BE CAUSE FOR SOME MAJOR MODIFICATIONS, WHICH WE JUST WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GETTING AND WHAT WE COULD TAKE ON.
AS PART OF THAT, WE SENT OVER 11 DIFFERENT VEHICLES WITHIN PARKS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE MAY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT ON THE TREETOP WALK.
AND WE DID RECEIVE CONFIRMATION THAT BASICALLY ALL 11 OF THOSE VEHICLES, THE TREETOP WALK CAN HOLD THOSE.
HOWEVER, WHEN THEY DID THE INSPECTION, THERE ARE BOLTS IN THE TREETOP WALK THAT ARE EITHER LOOSE OR MISSING.
SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AND THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL.
TAKEN CARE OF, WHICH SHOULDN'T TIME-WISE BE A HUGE THING, BUT AGAIN, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
MOVING INTO THE TOWER, THE ELEVATOR IS STILL NOT COMPLETE, IS A LITTLE WAYS OUT.
I THINK THAT IT COULD BE AT LEAST A WEEK OR MORE FOR IT TO BE OPERATIONAL, AT WHICH POINT THEN THEY STILL NEED TO ARRANGE FOR THE ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS.
THEY STILL NEED TO HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT COME AND TEST THE EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM WHEN THEY GET TO THAT POINT.
AND THERE'S STILL SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED JUST FOR THE ELEVATOR TO BE OPERATIONAL.
SO THE ASSIGNER, SO SYNC HAS MADE A REQUEST FOR THE CITY TO ACCEPT THE TOWER PRIOR TO THE CAVING SYSTEM BEING COMPLETE.
WHICH AGAIN THE COMPLETION OF ALL THE AMENITIES WAS A PART OF THE TRANSFER TO THE CITY AND PART OF THAT ALSO IS AFTER ALL THE AMENITIES ARE INSTALLED.
HAVING A THIRD-PARTY ENGINEER COME AND INSPECT THE INSTALLATION, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS INSTALLED PER THE DESIGN, AS WELL AS HAVING A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER INSPECT ALL OF IT.
SO WE HAD RESPONDED AND SAID THAT NO, WE WEREN'T JUST AS IT SPELLS OUT IN THE TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT TRANSFER UNTIL ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE COMPLETE.
AS OF IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CAVING SYSTEM IS STILL ON A BOAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE.
SO, YEAH, WE WOULD, YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE IF EVERYTHING WAS HERE AND THEY WERE, AND THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE STILL A WAYS OUT FROM THIS THING BEING COMPLETED.
SO JUST WANTED TO GET IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AS MUCH AS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE TO A POINT OR AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE TO A POINT.
YOU KNOW, TO WHERE THEY'RE FULFILLING ALL OF THE CONDITIONS AND WE CAN ACCEPT THE TRANSFER TO US, WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT THERE YET.
YOU MENTIONED INSPECTIONS A COUPLE OF TIMES.
ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ONGOING INSPECTIONS, OR DO WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY COME IN? SO WHEN YOU SAY ONGOING INSPECTIONS, SO THE BRIDGE INSPECTIONS AFTER IT BECOMES OURS, YOU KNOW, WILL BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT THE INSPECTIONS I AM TALKING OF IS...
AS FAR AS LIKE TERRACON COMING AND DOING THE, THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
YEP, THOSE THIRD-PARTY INSPECTIONS JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
SO IT'S NOT A HOLDUP ON OUR END AT ALL.
OUR TEAM PROACTIVELY WENT OUT TO START TO TAKE A LOOK.
SEE WHAT WE SAW AND COULD CATCH ON SOME OF THOSE.
CODY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? ON THE PAVING SYSTEM FOR THE PIER? WE JUST, AS OF ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO, GOT ABOUT A 15-PAGE REPORT FROM AN ENGINEERING FIRM
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ABOUT WHAT THE TILES WILL DO FOR UPLIFT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT.
WE'LL REVIEW THAT, AND WE'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT FOR THE PIER.
AND THEN JUST PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ZACH SAID FOR THE TOWER.
JUST INITIAL, WE'VE DONE INSPECTIONS.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO CALL FOR LIKE A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO HAPPEN MAYBE NEXT WEEK.
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH AND DO THAT AND CREATE A LIST OF PUNCH LIST FORM.
SO JUST SO THE COUNCIL'S AWARE, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THE PIER WOULD BE OPENED BY SUMMERFEST.
BASED OFF OF THE TILE INFORMATION, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE.
AND THEN THE TOWER, THERE WAS A...
THERE IS A SNEAK PEEK SCHEDULED FOR THE DONORS AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE.
HOWEVER, NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO GO UP INTO THE TOWER DUE TO NOT HAVING THE ELEVATOR AND MISSING THE CAVING ELEMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE GATE ALSO ISN'T AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOWER YET.
SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING THAT WE PROACTIVELY PULLED THE DIFFERENT TEAM MEMBERS TOGETHER ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS AGO.
AND STARTED GOING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST OF WHAT WAS OUTSTANDING.
AND SO JUST WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING MEDIA, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW.
THESE WERE CALLED OUT ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS AGO AND SAYING BEFORE WE WILL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT TRANSFER, THESE THINGS ARE MINIMUMS THAT NEED TO BE HIT.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, AS ALWAYS HAPPENS WITH CONSTRUCTION, AS YOU GET TO THE END OF IT, THEN THERE'S IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
THAT YOU GUYS SAW AND YOU APPROVED IN DECEMBER OF 2025 FOR THE TOWER AND ALSO THE WALKWAY ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD TO COMPLETE IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF IT.
ASSIGNMENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE APPROACH AND SINK AND THEN TRANSFER OF THE ACTUAL AMENITIES THEMSELVES.
AND SO WE MODIFIED THAT IN APRIL TO AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE PERMITTING FOR THE 404 AND THE 408 PERMITS RELATING TO THE WETLANDS AND OTHER THINGS.
BUT THOSE ELEMENTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE NOT CHANGED ON THAT.
THE ONLY THING THAT THE CITY HAS ASKED FOR IS THAT THE CITY HAD ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR A SECURITY GATE TO BE INSTALLED TO PROTECT VANDALISM, AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS, AND IT WAS THE POSITION OF THE DEVELOPER THAT THE FOUR-FOOT GATE THAT THEY HAD, SORT OF WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE BOBCARY, WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT COMING FROM MAINTENANCE AND ALSO FROM...
YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS UNDERSTANDS THAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GET IN TO DAMAGE SOMETHING, THAT'S NOT GOING TO KEEP THEM OUT.
AND SO WE'VE ASKED FOR AN ACTUAL GATE THAT CAN BE CLOSED IF NECESSARY TO PREVENT VANDALISM AND DAMAGE TO THE AMENITY AND THE STRUCTURE, WHICH WE THINK WILL SAVE THE CITY MONEY LONG TERM.
AND SO THAT IS A CHANGE THAT WE HAVE MADE.
THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE THAT WE HAVE MADE WITH REGARD TO THE PIER, THAT AGREEMENT CAME BEFORE YOU.
I BELIEVE IT CAME TO YOU IN THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.
AT THE OPENING OF IT, WHICH COMES DIRECTLY OFF THE LEVEE.
ALTHOUGH THE STRUCTURE, THE ACTUAL POST, I'M SURE THAT JEFF CHRIS WOULD MURDER ME BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, THE BITS THAT GO INTO THE GROUND ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY GO DOWN TO BEDROCK.
THE TOP SURFACE WHERE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE PORCELAIN PAVERS, WE WERE HOPING THAT THAT WAS GOING TO ACCOMMODATE A GATOR WITH WATER TO TAKE TO WATER THE GARDENING AND OR FOR GRAFFITI MANAGEMENT AND REALLY JUST FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS IN AND OUT OF THERE UNFORTUNATELY UM BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE PAVING SYSTEM THAT WAS CHOSEN THE TURNING AROUND THE RADIUS IT'S IT'S SUSCEPTIBLE TO AGAIN SOMEBODY WHO'S AN ENGINEER WOULD KNOW BUT IT'LL BREAK AT THE POINT OF CONTACT BASICALLY SO WE CAN'T TAKE A GATOR OUT THERE AND SO IF IT WON'T SUPPORT A GATOR WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE OPENING IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR SOMEBODY TO TURN ON TO THE PIER AND WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
SO WE DID ASK FOR THEM TO PUT BOLLARDS THERE TO PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM TRYING TO TAKE A VEHICLE OUT THERE THAT IT THAT IT COULD NOT HOLD AND COULD NOT SUPPORT BOTH FOR THEIR SAFETY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF CITY PROPERTY.
SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED.
OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE ASKING THAT THEY COMPLY WITH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO THEM AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM FREQUENTLY WHENEVER ASKED.
AND ALSO, I KNOW THE MAYOR HAS REACHED OUT PROACTIVELY TO SAY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING A REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS AND WHEN WE'RE NOT.
WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED.
SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN AS A CITY TO GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THEY REALLY ARE PUSHING AND PUSHING AND PUSHING, AND WE ARE CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S IN THE CITY'S INTEREST TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T TAKE IT UNTIL THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM? OKAY, GREAT.
THIS IS HER ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL.
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OH, SORRY.JOHN NELSON, ACTUALLY, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL AS WE WERE SITTING HERE THAT JOHN IS ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE HERE.
AND SO THEY ARE GOOD WITH HOW DANIELLE HAS PROPOSED AND THE TEAM HAS PROPOSED TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE DO NOT HAVE A 2A TO REVIEW.
SO NOW I WILL TURN IT TO PAULA.
SORRY, LITERALLY GOT THE EMAIL WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO COME IN AND GIVE YOU ADVANCED SOFT LIST IOWA'S YEAR-TO-DATE REVIEW AS IT RELATES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A FEW NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND POTENTIALLY SOME STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVEN'T HEARD.
KIND OF THE, I GIVE IT ADVANCE 101, AND I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THAT JUST SO YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF SOLIDIFIED IN YOUR MIND AS I GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE INFORMATION.
SO WE, ADVANCE WAS ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED IN 2013 AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM FOR THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.
THAT IS, WE ARE ALSO PART OF THE GREATER OMAHA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, WHICH AS OF TODAY IS AN EIGHT-COUNTY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, TWO COUNTIES IN IOWA, SIX COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA.
AND THAT REMAINS TRUE TO TODAY.
ALL OF THE PARTNERS IN THE ED TEAM, WE ALL HAVE SEPARATE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AND SEPARATE FUNDING STREAMS. OUR PRIMARY FUNDERS ARE YOU, THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, SO OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT.
AND THEN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IS THE SECOND LARGEST DONOR, AND THEN THE IOWA WEST FOUNDATION.
THEY PRIMARILY SUPPORT ALL OF OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVES.
WE ALSO HAVE, I'VE BEEN IN THIS JOB 10 YEARS, ACTUALLY IN JULY, AND WHEN I CAME ON WE HAD NO OTHER FUNDERS EXCEPT FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
AND SO I'VE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME FORMULATING, OBVIOUSLY GETTING IOWA WEST ON BOARD WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS WE WERE DOING, BUT THEN ALSO WE HAVE ABOUT 20 PRIVATE INVESTORS ALSO NOW THAT FUND US IN OUR ENDEAVORS, WHICH IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO IN 2018, WE ASSUME THE OVERSIGHT FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
INITIALLY, WE WERE JUST COUNCIL BLUFFS, AND NOW WE OPERATE WITH ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
IN 2019, WE LAUNCHED OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVES.
IN 2021, WE ASSUME THE OVERSIGHT FOR THE KITCHEN COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE FOOD INCUBATOR SPACE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PACE CENTER.
WE ALSO HAVE COMPLETELY REVAMPED THAT PROGRAM NOW TO KITCHEN COUNCIL 2.0, WHICH GIVES THE MEMBERS OF THAT ORGANIZATION MORE, I WOULD SAY, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE PRACTICES THAT THEY ARE PERFORMING DAY-TO-DAY AS THEY'RE TRYING TO EITHER SOLIDIFY THEIR FOOD PRODUCT OR RAMP IT UP AND TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THAT ACTUALLY JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN JUST AS OF LAST WEEK, WE HAVE OFFICIALLY SIGNED OUR LEASE TO DO AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CO-WORKING FACILITY, WHICH WILL BE JUST AROUND THE CORNER HERE ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE HUB BUILDING WHERE THE GYMNASTICS COMPANY USED TO PERFORM.
IT WILL ALSO BE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HEADQUARTER FACILITY, WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
AND THAT IS FUNDED BY GRANTS AND OR DONATIONS.
SO THE BUILD OUT OF THAT FACILITY WILL BE AND THEN THE OPERATING PRIMARILY WILL BE ON THE GRANT SIDE.
AND WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING THAT SPACE OUT.
SO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE FOCUS ON ARE MARKETING AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
ATTRACTION, NOT ONLY NEW TO MARKET, BUT OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH OUR EXISTING BUSINESS BASE AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVES BETWEEN LAUNCH AND KITCHEN COUNCIL.
HIGH-LEVEL SITE DEVELOPMENT, I WILL TELL YOU THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT MOSTLY THESE DAYS IS SITE DEVELOPMENT, MAINLY BECAUSE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PURPOSES, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.
AND THEN WE DO NOT FOCUS ON WORKFORCE, BUT WE DO PARTNER WITH THE COUNCIL OF THE CHAMBER, IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND THE OMAHA CHAMBER ON COLLECTIVE WORKFORCE FOR THE REGION.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HELP WITH, REAL ESTATE IDENTIFICATION, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR BROKER COMMUNITY, OUR BANKERS WITH THE FINANCING, BOTH STATE AND LOCAL INCENTIVES WITH THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF THE WEST POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY AND THEN IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE TALENT COMPONENT WITH THE CB CHAMBER MOSTLY.
WE HAVE A FABULOUS RESEARCH TEAM, SO DEMOGRAPHICS.
WE DO A LOT OF RESEARCH AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE OUR CLIENTS
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WHILE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.AND THEN THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PIECE.
WE ALSO WORKED ON THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PIECE WITH A COUPLE OF LOCAL GROUPS AS WELL, AND I THINK NICK USED TO BE ON THE COUNCIL OF INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION, WORKED WITH THEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ARE DOING THINGS THEMSELVES NOW, BUT ONCE THEY GET ANOTHER SITE AVAILABLE, THEN WE WILL HELP THEM MARKET THAT FOR SURE.
SO OUR PIPELINE TYPICALLY LOOKS, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE FOR ALL OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 50 PROJECTS IN OUR ACTIVE PIPELINE.
I ACTUALLY ONLY WORK ON PROJECTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.
NORMALLY, I HAVE A PERSON THAT FOCUSES ON RURAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE A VACANCY RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR PARTNER COUNTIES TO SEE IF WE CAN MERGE SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE TOGETHER.
SO WE COVER BASICALLY ANOTHER RURAL COMMUNITY AND THEN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING HOW WE CAN FINANCIALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
NORMALLY THEY ARE ALSO A 50-50 SPLIT BETWEEN NEW-TO-MARKET PROJECTS AND EXISTING EXPANSION PROJECTS.
BECAUSE OF OUR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG PRESENCE FOR LOGISTICS, WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES, BUT ALSO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND I THINK YOU ALL ARE ALL VERY AWARE, TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE OF THE AI BOOM, HAS REALLY INUNDATED US, I WOULD SAY, THE LAST 24 MONTHS.
THAT IS ON THE DOWNHILL SLIDE NOW, I WILL TELL YOU, JUST BECAUSE OF POWER RESTRICTIONS.
BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
MY BROTHER'S CALLING ME, SORRY.
SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU JUST ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO COUNCIL BLUFFS.
SO ACTUALLY THE MAYOR AND MATT COX AND CHRIS GIBBONS AND I JUST MET WITH A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
I THINK WE FIRST STARTED TALKING TO THEM IN 2018.
THEY HAVE A THREE-PHASE APPROACH.
THEY'RE IN THE LOGISTICAL SECTOR.
THEY PURCHASED A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT USED TO BE OWNED BY VIRGIL ANDERSON, IF ANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF VIRGIL.
THAT LITERALLY IS JUST WEST OF SOUTH AVENUE.
AND SO THEY'RE PUTTING A LOGISTICS FACILITY THERE, AND THEY INFORMED US OF SOME EVEN ADDITIONAL EXPANSION THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING TODAY.
SO WE HAVE TO RE-GEAR AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ASSIST THEM, MOVE THEIR PHASE 3 PROJECT FORWARD.
VANTRUST IS A PROJECT THAT THIS COMPANY PURCHASED A PIECE OF PROPERTY FROM THE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION.
IT IS OFF OF HUNT AVENUE, SO ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
AND THEY, UNLIKE SOME OF THE LOGISTICAL BUILDERS, THEY'RE NOT SPEC BUILDERS, SO THEY WILL NOT BUILD THE FACILITY UNTIL THEY HAVE AN END USER IN HAND.
THEY HAVE A BROKER OUT OF DES MOINES THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO, AND SUPPOSEDLY THEY'RE ON THE CUSP OF SIGNING AN AGREEMENT, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THEY'VE THROWN OUT, EITHER ONE 800,000-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING OR TWO 400,000-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDINGS.
AND SO THAT WILL BE DICTATED BY THE END USER OBVIOUSLY.
AND THE CITY WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY NEEDED TO PUT THAT DEVELOPMENT TOGETHER AS WELL AS THE DATA CENTER THAT'S BEING BUILT ACROSS THE STREET JUST EAST OF IOWA WESTERN CAMPUS.
SO THANK YOU, CITY PARTNERS, FOR THAT, BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID A FABULOUS JOB.
A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
PROJECT CASA IS A VERY LARGE PROTEIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT HAS THREE DIFFERENT PARCELS OF OPTION UNDER LAND JUST SOUTH OF TOWN.
ONE OF THOSE PARCELS HAS BEEN ANNEXED INTO THE CITY WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE OTHER TWO WILL HOPEFULLY BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE, I WON'T SAY WE'RE IN THE EARLY PHASES OF THIS, WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR INTO THIS PROJECT, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT AND NEED TO BE, I SAY, COMMITTED TO BY THE COMPANY.
AND THEN WE'LL SEE BACK INTO IT HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO PLAY A ROLE IN THAT.
SORRY, MY PHONE JUST WENT DEAD.
THAT'S AN EXPANSION PROJECT OF A TECHNOLOGY FACILITY.
I'M SURE I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO DETAILS.
ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME THINGS WITH THE CITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, WITH MAYOR SHUDAK COMING IN AND SOME NEW FACES WITHIN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT GETTING UP TO SPEED.
SO WE'VE JUST HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT AND WHAT NOT, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT.
SPECIFICALLY NOW AS THE PROPERTY TAX BILL.
IT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE OR HAS WILL CHANGE THE TIF AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR SO I THINK IT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED YOU KNOW HOW THAT THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO PLAY OUT, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT IT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IT'S JUST
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GOING TO BE IN WHAT CAPACITY IT MOVES FORWARD AND ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO INITIALLY WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO DO OR HAVE TO SCALE BACK BECAUSE OF CERTAIN CHANGES, SO I WOULD JUST KIND OF LEAVE IT AT THAT SORRY, MY PHONE KEEPS GOING DEAD.AND THEN WE HAVE MANAWA LOGISTICS PARK, WHICH IS WHAT I CALL IT, BUT IT'S OFF EAST SOUTH MANAWA DRIVE, AND WE HAD A COMPANY THAT WAS LOOKING TO PUT A LOGISTICS PARK THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DID NOT MATERIALIZE.
IT WAS ANCHORED BY A COLD STORAGE FACILITY.
IT DIDN'T MATERIALIZE, AND ANOTHER COMPANY CAME IN, AND THEY GOT IT UNDER OPTION, AND THEN THAT DIDN'T MATERIALIZE, AND SO IT'S BACK ON THE MARKET, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES THAT I'VE REACHED OUT TO TO SEND THEM THAT INFORMATION, WHICH I'VE ALREADY DONE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME ADDITIONAL INTEREST FOR THAT.
IT'S ABOUT A 120-ACRE PARCEL, AND IT IS RAIL-SERVED.
WE HAVE A REALLY EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND THAT'S...
THAT'S REALLY ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY CONFIDENTIAL, BUT IT'S SUPER FUN AND WOULD BE EXTREMELY GOOD FOR THE CITY.
SO I'M HAPPY TO HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S BEEN A DIGESTER COMPANY THAT'S BEEN LOOKING AT PROPERTY SOUTH OF TOWN, MANY, MANY DIFFERENT PARCELS, 10 TO 20 ACRES, STILL WORKING WITH THEM ON THE.
LOCATION FOR THAT, BUT I'M HOPING TO ACTUALLY CONNECT THEM WITH THAT PROTEIN COMPANY THAT I TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SYNERGY FOR THEM.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE ANOTHER COMPANY THAT IS A LOCAL MANUFACTURER THAT I WILL BE MEETING WITH IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS TO DO, THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO A MAJOR EXPANSION IN THE CITY AS WELL.
AGAIN, NOT REALLY SURE HOW ALL OF THE NEW TAX STUFF IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.
I KNOW A LOT OF THAT IS STILL YET TO BE DETERMINED.
THE STATE OF IOWA HAS A WHOLE NEW SLATE OF INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.
EVERYTHING IS ONLINE, SO INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE IOWA PROJECT QUESTIONNAIRE IPQ UP FRONT, WHICH WAS JUST A TWO-PAGE DOCUMENT, NOW IT'S ALL ONLINE, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.
BUT I USED TO DO THAT MAINLY FOR THE COMPANIES, SO THEY CAN STILL HAVE ME DO IT.
THEY JUST GIVE ME ACCESS TO IT.
SO STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE LOGISTICS ON HOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL WORK ON THE BACK END FOR THE COMPANIES.
SO THOSE ARE MY MAIN UPDATES, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
PAUL, I THINK A LOT OF US, WE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT WHAT YOU DO IS.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THIS IS HUGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE TO GET MORE OF THAT, QUITE HONESTLY.
WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE.
SO YOU'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT EACH DAY.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY COULD IMPROVE THE PROCESS OF HELPING BRING SOME OF THESE COMPANIES INTO TOWN, AND THEN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES MAYBE THAT YOU'RE FACING? WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THAT? WELL, I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT THE FACTOR THESE DAYS.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN, I'VE BEEN AGAIN IN THIS ROLE FOR 10 YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE, THE CITY HAS SHOWN SUCH GOOD RESPECT TO THE COMPANIES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH.
WORD OF MOUTH GETS AROUND, RIGHT, WITH DEVELOPERS, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE GOOD AND IT CAN BE BAD.
SO I WOULD SAY JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO BY IOWA LAW.
SO I WOULD SAY MAYOR SHUDAK'S ADDRESSING THAT.
AND I THINK ONCE THOSE PIECES GET FIGURED OUT, WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO, IT'LL GO BACK TO KIND OF THE NORMAL TIME FRAME BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS DON'T WAIT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS, OBVIOUSLY, ON A DAILY BASIS.
BUT THEY ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIONS AND WE HAVE LAWS THAT CHANGE.
SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AND THEY'RE BEING PATIENT WITH IT.
SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE I SAID, KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT.
I THINK THAT THAT'S, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF SIZABLE INDUSTRIAL SITES WITHIN THE CITY PROPER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NET, AND I KNOW THE CITY IS LAUNCHING INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT AVENUES RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, THEY DID THE SEWER STUDY.
YOU'RE DOING A NEW COMP PLAN AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP SET A ROADMAP.
BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY BEING ABLE TO MARKET THOSE SITES THAT THE CITY.
WANTS TO GROW AND WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, FOLLOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? THAT'S THE EASIEST THING TO DO, BUT IT'S HARDER.
IT'S EASIER TO SAY THAN ACTUALLY DO.
WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH THESE FOLKS, TO ME, AS I LOOK AT IT, I SAY WE'VE GOT TO CAST A WIDER NET.
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WE'VE GOT TO LOOK REGIONALLY IN A LOT OF RESPECTS, DES MOINES, SIOUX FALLS, KANSAS CITY, THOSE TYPES OF COMMUNITIES TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE SOME AVAILABILITY HERE IF YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE IT WORK.HOW ARE WE SEEING WITHIN THE REGION FOR SOME OF OUR THINGS THAT WE'D BE OFFERING? WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PART OF THAT EIGHT-COUNTY REGION.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HISTORICALLY, BECAUSE I JUST HAD A MENTOR WITH A PHILOSOPHY THAT YOU FOLLOWED UP AND FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THINGS.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, LIKE, REALLY KEEP OUR, THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT 10% OF LANDING THOSE PROJECTS YOU WORK ON.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON 90% OF PROJECTS YOU DON'T LAND.
AND YOU HAVE TO DO THE SAME FOR ALL OF THEM, RIGHT? WE TYPICALLY WITH OURS JUST BECAUSE OF YOU KNOW MY STAFF WE TYPICALLY OURS IS CLOSER TO 15% OF LANDING AND WE FOR THE LAST I THINK AT LEAST THREE YEARS HAVE OUTPERFORMED ALL OF THE THE ENTIRE PARTNERSHIP SO I MEAN IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S A FACT IT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IT IS THE AVAILABILITY OF SITES YOU KNOW THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED SO SO WOULD YOU SAY FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON MAYBE TO HELP? YEAH, AND I THINK THEY ARE BEING FOCUSED ON PROBABLY, LIKE I HAVE NO PATIENCE, SO THAT'S PROBABLY PARTIALLY MY FAULT.
BUT BECAUSE WE GET PUT ON THE SPOT BY, YOU KNOW, THESE COMPANIES AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT, YEAH, THE COMPANY CAME IN AND THEY DID PURCHASE A SITE THAT HAD NO INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT NOW THEY WANT TO DO THESE EXTRA PIECES.
SHOULD THE CITY BE ON THE HOOK FOR THAT? NO, I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD.
BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A COMPROMISABLE SITUATION TO MAKE THOSE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR PAULA? NO.
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? NO ROGER.
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE A WALKABILITY STUDY AND PRESENTATION.
SO I WILL INVITE MY FRIENDS UP.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD IN MY WEEKLY UPDATES THAT I'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN A WALKABILITY STUDY.
AND I WENT TO AMES TWO WEEKS AGO, AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF MY COUNTERPARTNERS ON THE WALKABILITY STUDY.
SO I'LL JUST HAVE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND WHO YOU'RE WITH, AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN DIVE IN.
I'M WITH IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH.
LYNN DITTMER WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND I'M BRADLEY GRIEF WITH MAPA.
I'M A COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNER.
I GUESS THIS IS LESS OF A PRESENTATION, MORE OF A KIND OF AN INTRODUCTION TO WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO IN 2024, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION GOT A CDC GRANT FOR WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THE LEVERAGING ACTIVITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS OBESITY, WHICH THEY'RE CALLING LEAP COALITIONS.
SO THEY'RE IN SIX COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA THAT HAVE 40% OR MORE OF ADULTS WITH OBESITY.
BASICALLY WHAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO, OR THESE LITTLE COALITIONS ARE DOING, ARE TRYING TO FIND LITTLE STRATEGIES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
AND THEN THE OTHER SUBGROUP IS...
MAKING PLACES MORE SAFE, ACCESSIBLE TO PLAY AND RECREATE AND GET AROUND TOWN.
SO I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION, THROUGH THOSE LEAP COALITIONS, ALSO WAS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A NATIONWIDE WALKABILITY ACTION INSTITUTE, WHICH IS A VIRTUAL SLASH IN-PERSON ABOUT FOUR-MONTH PROJECT.
YOU BASICALLY, WE'RE TAKING A COUPLE HOURS A WEEK TO SIT ONLINE AND LEARN AND DISCUSS WITH OUR FOLKS AROUND THE STATE ABOUT WALKABILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOW TO MAKE PLACES LIKE AGE-FRIENDLY, YOU KNOW, THE 8 TO 80 THEORY.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT THE END OF THIS INSTITUTE IS MAKE A LITTLE ACTION PLAN THAT WE WILL SUBMIT TO THEM, WHICH THEY SUBMIT TO THE CDC AS.
KIND OF THE DELIVERABLE FROM OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE A COUPLE ACTION ITEMS, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME GOALS THAT WE PUT DOWN THERE WITH LITTLE ACTION ITEMS AND STEPS AND WHATEVER.
REALLY, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING CRAZY OR REINVENT THE WHEEL OR ANYTHING.
I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD TIMING THAT YOU'VE GOT THE COMP PLAN GOING ON.
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SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO, AND WE'RE NOT JUST IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.WE'RE DOING THINGS AROUND THE COUNTY AS WELL.
BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IS SUPPLEMENT THE ONGOING EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IN PROGRESS AND FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN TAKE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE GOING IN THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN OR THE COMP PLAN UPDATE, ROLL THOSE INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS, AND JUST SAY WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS.
AND THEN WE CAN HOPEFULLY IN A COUPLE OF YEARS COME BACK AND SHOW THAT THE CITY'S DONE, THE COUNTY'S DONE THE THINGS THAT THEY KIND OF WANTED TO DO.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO ASK OR PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING, AGAIN, THE MAYORS ON THE COALITION OF THE WALKABILITY ACTION INSTITUTE.
AND WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO MAKE SOME GOALS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, REFINE THOSE, AND KIND OF WORK THROUGH HER AND SOME CITY STAFF AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, AGAIN, IN LINE WITH WHAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO.
ASK THAT WILL BE COMING AT SOME POINT IN TIME THIS SUMMER IS TO COME ON A WALK AUDIT WITH US.
AND SO REALLY AS PART OF THAT DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, MAYBE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN GET THE TRAIL, FIRST AVENUE TRAIL, TO CONNECT INTO BAYLESS PARK TO THE LIBRARY.
AND THEN TAKE A LOOK ON MADISON AVENUE AS IT GOES AROUND THAT HIGHER CURVE WITH NO DOWN TO TIMBERCREST WITH NO SIDEWALK.
AND TAKE A WALK OUT THERE WITH YOU GUYS TO SEE HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS AND PUT THAT ON OUR RADAR AT SOME POINT IN TIME FOR OUR CIP PLAN.
AND ON YOUR MADISON AVENUE ONE, I TOOK A LOOK AT SOME STATE DATA, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SEGMENTS OF ROAD IN THE STATE IDENTIFIED, AND THEY'RE THE STATEWIDE.
NETWORK OF LIKE 129,000 ROAD SEGMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE THEORETICALLY FOR SAFETY UPGRADE MONEY FROM SCBG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, AGAIN, SOMETHING TO KIND OF TAKE A NOTE AND THINK ABOUT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM? AS AN ISU ALUMNI, WELCOME.
THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN BECAUSE I DON'T GET TO JOIN ALL THE MEETINGS BUT THEY'RE THERE WHEN I'M NOT ABLE TO BE THERE.
AND SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WHEN WE WENT TO AMES AND I JUST CAME BACK FROM DETROIT AND ACTUALLY WE WENT ON A WALKING TOUR.
AND SO THEN I WAS POINTING THINGS OUT LIKE WE LEARNED ON THE AUDIT ABOUT WHAT WAS SUCCESSFUL, WHAT WASN'T, AND HOW THEY WERE REDOING THEIR DOWNTOWN.
AND SO IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING TO HAVE THOSE CONCEPTS IN MY MIND.
GOING TO A NEW LOCATION THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THOSE IN REAL TIME.
THIS SHOULD BE JUST A QUICK DISCUSSION.
SO TEXTMYGOV IS A TEXTING PLATFORM THAT EMA IS CURRENTLY USING AND THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY USING.
SO IF YOU'RE GETTING THE WEATHER ALERTS, THAT'S VIA THE TEXTMYGOV.
THEY REACHED OUT ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO, GAVE ME A HIGH LEVEL TO SAY THIS IS WHAT IT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE MIGHT NOT WANT TO DUPLICATE EFFORTS AS FAR AS WEATHER.
AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE COULD UTILIZE THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A ROAD CONSTRUCTION, WE COULD PUT OUT IN THAT AREA TO THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA THAT A STREET WOULD BE SHUT DOWN.
OR IF THERE'S AN EVENT THAT WE WANT TO PROMOTE, LIKE SPRINGFEST, RIGHT NOW WE SEND OUT POSTCARDS TO PEOPLE IN A MILE RADIUS.
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT.
SO THIS IS JUST A HIGH-LEVEL DISCUSSION ABOUT IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HAVING MORE INFORMATION, WE CAN HAVE THE TEXTMYGOV REPRESENTATIVE EITHER COME TO A SESSION OR DO A VIRTUAL SESSION.
IF IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN UTILIZING OR IF YOU DON'T FEEL A NEED FOR IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANT THE GENTLEMAN TO COME AND PRESENT.
I MEAN, AT 10,000 FOOT VIEW, I'D BE INTERESTED IN.
I LIKE SOME OF THOSE FEATURES YOU MENTIONED WITH ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND EVENTS LIKE THE RIVERFRONT OR EVENTS AT BAYLESS PARK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE, I THINK PEOPLE CAN OPT IN OR OUT VOLUNTEER.
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO OPT IN TO THEM JUST LIKE RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT, AND THEN THEY CAN OPT OUT AT ANY TIME.
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WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEM COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE COSTS INVOLVED, WOULDN'T WE? YEAH, BECAUSE IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO, RIGHT? SO THE MORE FEATURES WE IMPLEMENT, THEN THE HIGHER THE COST THAT WOULD BE.SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS AN APPETITE FOR IT AT ALL, SO WANTED TO.
YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH HAVING THE CONVERSATION TO SAY, HEY, PRESENT US SOME IDEAS.
IF IT'S ABSORBENTLY EXPENSIVE, THEN OBVIOUSLY NO.
YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN TIE IN WITH SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND STUFF.
EACH MUNICIPALITY HAS ITS OWN CONTRACT, SO WE CAN'T TIE IN.
OH, SO WE WOULDN'T BE WITH THE COUNTY.
YEAH, COUNTY HAS THEIR OWN ACCOUNT.
YEP, SO WE WOULD HAVE OUR OWN ACCOUNT.
HAVE THEY GIVEN ANY BALLPARK IDEAS ON WHAT THE COST IS? NO.
I THINK YOU'D HAVE A LOT MORE...
IT WOULD WORK BETTER THAN A POSTCARD.
IT'S LIABLE TO BE CHEAPER, BUT WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE...
I WILL GET THEM ON THE AGENDA FOR PROBABLY THE SECOND SESSION IN JUNE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS TO REVIEW THE AGENDA.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE KIDS HIT AGENDA THIS EVENING? YEP.
QUESTION ON 4F. I THOUGHT WE ALREADY APPOINTED CHAD HANNON TO THE CIVIL SERVICE.
HIS TERM EXPIRED ALREADY? WAS HE FILLING IN FOR SOMEBODY? YES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ON 4C, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
WITHIN THERE, THEY TALKED ABOUT CURED IN PLACE LINING.
I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS, MARK.
THE CURED IN PLACE LINING IS ON THE SANITARY SEWER.
INSTEAD OF REMOVING AND REPLACING, THE SEWER WAS IN DECENT CONDITION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LINER IN IT, POTENTIALLY EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE SEWER.
HAVE WE DONE THAT BEFORE? I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT IT.
I THINK THEY DO A WHOLE LOT OF THAT IN CRESTWOOD, TOO.
WHERE THEY BLOW THE DEAL THROUGH IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE WILL BE REMOVING 5B.
THAT WILL GET PUSHED OUT TO ANOTHER MEETING WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO COME.
HE'S PICKING IT UP, SO THAT ONE WE WILL NOT READ TONIGHT.
6A, WE HAVE A FEW PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING, SO WE'LL START WITH 6A.
SO THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS THE CITY TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE POLICE FOR OUTDOOR DINING.
WE'VE HAD OTHER RESTAURANTS AT THIS LOCATION.
UTILIZE OUTDOOR DINING BUT AS IT'S CHANGED OVER, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO HAVE NEW AGREEMENTS AND APPARENTLY AFTER THEIR TIME IN OPERATION, THEY'VE DECIDED IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE.
SO NO MODIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO THE AREA AROUND THE BUILDING.
IT'S JUST THE LEGAL AGREEMENT TO ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE.
AND I WOULD REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE WAY BACK WHEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT WAS GOING TO WORK.
AND IF YOU HAVE A NEW BUSINESS COME IN AND THEN YOU TAKE IT OUT AND YOU PUT IT BACK IN, THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD THEN, BE ABLE TO GET IT TAKEN OUT PROPERLY AND THEN SET BACK UP WITHOUT TOO MUCH TROUBLE? YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN I MEAN, TYPICALLY WE'VE SEEN THE BARS IN PARTICULAR CHANGE, HANDS, OWNERSHIP.
SOMETIMES IT'S STILL THE SAME OPERATION BUT DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A LEGAL AGREEMENT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER OWNERSHIP.
IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE, ETC.
SO GENERALLY WE DON'T TAKE DOWN THE IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN ONE LEAVES, ANOTHER ONE COMES RIGHT BACK IN.
IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY PERMANENT, SO WE COULDN'T, I MEAN IT WOULD TAKE PHYSICAL REMOVAL, LIKE CUTTING THEM OFF OR DEMOLISHING THEM TO REMOVE THEM.
WITH THE ORIGINAL STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SO NOTHING WAS EVER REMOVED AT THIS SITE IT'S JUST THE ADDITION OF
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TABLES AND CHAIRS BASICALLY SO I MEAN THE PROGRAM IS NOT PERFECT BUT I THINK EVERYBODY SEES THE BENEFIT OF IT OBVIOUSLY IT'S BUSY THEY'RE BUSY SPACES THIS TIME OF YEAR RIGHT WE'VE MADE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE TIME THAT THE PROGRAM HAS EXISTED WE USED TO HAVE IT IT WAS ONLY SPRING TO FALL.AND WE DIDN'T HAVE IT DURING WINTER.
WE NOW ALLOW IT TO BE YEAR-ROUND BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE DIFFERENT DAYS WHERE PEOPLE FIND BENEFIT FROM BEING OUTSIDE.
IT ALSO PREVENTS US HAVING TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, TAKING IT DOWN AND PUTTING IT BACK UP AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE IMPROVED THE PROGRAM OVER TIME.
THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
WE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT IS THE FEE APPROPRIATE? IS IT THE RIGHT FEE? SHOULD IT BE BASED ON SIZE OR OTHER THINGS? ULTIMATELY THERE WAS NOT CLEAR OPINION ON ONE WAY OVER THE OTHER, SO IT CONTINUES AS IT IS.
SO IT'S $1,000 ANNUALLY WITH INSURANCE, AND THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT.
I THINK IT DOES A GREAT JOB DOWN THERE.
IT SURE ADDS A NICE FEEL TO THAT BLOCK.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A NICE ADDITION WAY BACK IN THE DAY, AND I APPRECIATE YOU STAYING ON TOP OF IT.
IMPROVEMENTS TO VALLEY VIEW AND FRANKLIN INTERSECTION.
SO AS WE TALKED IN THE LAST MEETING THIS IS THE VALLEY VIEW AND FRANKLIN INTERSECTION THAT THE GEOMETRICS ARE GOING TO BE CHANGED TO ALLOW BETTER FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
WE'RE ALSO ADDING THE RAPID FLASHING PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL.
PLANS ARE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, AND IT'LL GO TO BED.
AND IF YOU DON'T THINK PEOPLE WATCHED THE MEETINGS, THEY PICKED UP ON THIS ONE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK? AWESOME.
SUCCEED AND DEVELOP PLAN AT THE CORNER OF 15TH AND J.
THAT ONE'S GOING TO GET CONTINUED? YEP.
BUT, CHRIS, I'M SURE YOU'RE UP NEXT.
KEEP THE BACKGROUND ON IF YOU WANT TO, BUT IT'S OKAY.
WE'LL WAIT UNTIL NEXT MEETING.
6D, SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION GRANTING FINAL PLOT APPROVAL OF A 4.11-ACRE TRACK OF LAND ZONE INDUSTRIAL.
IT'S LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH 16TH STREET AND 11TH AVENUE.
THIS COMMISSION, OR SORRY, COUNCIL, YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE SEEN A RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION COME THROUGH FOR SOUTH 15TH STREET AND THE ALLEYS IN THIS TRACK OF LAND.
THIS IS THE FINAL STEP IN THEIR PROCESS TO REPLANT IT ALL AS ONE TRACK AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD DEVELOPING IT WITH SOME INDUSTRIAL USES.
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL SUBJECT TO ALL COMMENTS AND CONDITIONS IN THE STAFF REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE? I HAVE 6H ON HERE.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY AT 810 FIRST AVENUE FROM C2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO R3 LOW DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
THE OWNERS ARE TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH THE C2 ZONING.
IT'LL PREVENT SOMEONE FROM BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE IT, GETTING CONVENTIONAL FINANCING.
SO THEY'RE ASKING TO REZONE IT.
ALL THE LAND AT THE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED R3.
THE REQUEST WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMP PLAN AND KIND OF THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THAT AREA.
WE DIDN'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH IT.
YEAH, THE R3 IS CONTIGUOUS, RIGHT, WITH IT ON THE OTHER SIDE, ON THE WEST SIDE, RIGHT? YEAH, THANKS.
6I THESE ARE ORDINANCES TO AMEND OUR ZONING ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO WEST BROADWAY SIGN IS SPECIFICALLY ALLOWING EXISTING POLE SIGNS AND PYLON SIGNS TO BE REFACED SIZE FOR SIZE NO CHANGE IN DIMENSIONS.
NO CHANGE IN LOCATION ESSENTIALLY WHAT EXISTS OUT THERE TODAY COULD BE REFACED IF THEY WERE TO BE DESTROYED BY 50% OR MORE OF THE REPLACEMENT COSTS OR IF THE PROPERTY THAT THE SIGN IS LOCATED OUT WERE TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDEVELOPED OR REVITALIZED AND THEY'D HAVE TO BRING THAT POLE SIGN INTO CONFORMANCE, WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD HAVE TO NOW HAVE A MONUMENT OR GROUND SIGN.
COLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY DISCUSSION IN THE LAST MEETING ON THIS ONE.
I HEARD THE COMMENTS ON THE POLE SIGNS VERSUS MONUMENT SIGNS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THIS ONE? COMMENTS? WHAT IF THE PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS? THEY CAN REFACE IT.
ALSO, WE HELPED OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS DOWN THERE TO CHANGE OVER TO A PEDESTAL OR TO A GROUND-MOUNTED SIGN.
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ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE? IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.ARE WE GOING TO EXTEND THAT HELP? ARE WE JUST...
WHEN THESE PEOPLE DECIDE THAT IT'S 50% OR MORE TO REPLACE, IT'S ON THEM.
SO THE PROGRAM YOU'RE REFERENCING, STEVE, WAS OUR WEST BROADWAY LANDSCAPING AND SIGNAGE PROGRAM.
THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE IOWA WEST FOUNDATION IN ACCORDANCE OR ASSOCIATION WITH THE REBUILDING OF WEST BROADWAY.
WE WERE OFFERING A 50% MATCH IN COST TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAD POLE SIGNS TO CONVERT THEM TO GROUND OR MONUMENT SIGNS.
SO EVERYBODY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR WAS SENT AT LEAST THREE ROUNDS OF LETTERS ADVISING THEM OF THE LANDSCAPE PROGRAM AND PAYING FOR THE SIGNAGE.
I THINK WE HAD ABOUT SEVEN OR NINE INDIVIDUALS TAKE US UP ON THAT OFFER, BUT THAT FUNDING IS GONE.
WE NO LONGER HAVE IT IN PLACE, SO ANYBODY WHO HAS TO CONVERT THEIR POLE SIGNS NOW TO A GROUND OR MONUMENT SIGN WOULD BE AT THEIR COST AT THIS TIME.
WHITNEY'S NOT HERE, BUT SHE HELPED CITY STAFF OUT WITH ITEMS 8C AND D.
THESE ARE AGREEMENTS RELATIVE TO RIVERS EDGE.
SO ONE OF THEM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATING AGREEMENT, ESSENTIALLY REMOVING NODDLE FROM THE AGREEMENT AND PUTTING IN PLACE THE CITY.
BROADMOOR AND THEN IOWA'S FOUNDATION AND THEIR SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES FOR HOW WE WILL GO ABOUT MANAGING THOSE COMMON AREAS AND RIVER'S EDGE AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROADMOOR AND THE CITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE PARKING GARAGE SO AGAIN NOT ALL HAS BEEN REMOVED BROADMOOR IS TAKING ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY WE WILL PAY THEM A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH IN LIEU OF THEM KIND OF MANAGING IT AND THEN WE'LL PAY FOR ANY MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP THROUGH THE TIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARKING GARAGE.
SO DO WE NEED TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP TO SELECT A NEW DEVELOPER ON THESE? WE DO NOT.
SO BROADMOOR, WHY WERE THEY CHOSEN? BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY DOWN THERE? THEY'RE A LANDOWNER.
SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE EMPTY PROPERTY? NO.
THIS IS ABOUT THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN? YEP.
SO THE WAY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CHRIS, BUT THE WAY HOW IT WAS SAID IS THAT THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE MOST LAND SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT MANAGES IT.
SINCE THE CITY PLANS ON SELLING OUR PROPERTY, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE THE PAVILION LEFT, AND SO WE WOULDN'T BE THE MAJORITY OWNER.
AND THEN IOWA WEST, WHILE THE WAY HOW IT'S SET UP, THEY'RE ALSO NOT THE MAJORITY OWNER.
NODDLE WAS LISTED THERE AS THE DEVELOPER, BUT NODDLE IS NOT OUR DEVELOPER ANYMORE DOWN THERE, SO IT KIND OF DEFUNCTO WENT TO BROADMOOR.
AND TONY IS GOING TO TELL ME I'M WRONG.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT THREE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FROM.
ONE OF THEM IS US, AND ONE OF THEM IS IOWA WEST.
AND NEITHER ONE OF US WANT TO BE IT.
WHITNEY GAVE ME CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO LET 8C OR 8D BE DISCUSSED UNTIL SHE GOT BACK, SO I'VE ALREADY FAILED AT THAT.
BUT, YEAH, JUST TO CLEAR IT UP, DOUG, THAT AREA IS SUBJECT TO AN AGREEMENT.
SO THE OPERATION OF WHO MAKES THE DECISIONS AND...
WHO'S ELIGIBLE IS CONTAINED WITHIN THAT AGREEMENT AS OPPOSED TO OUR NORMAL PROCESSES.
AND IF WHITNEY WAS HERE, SHE COULD SAY IT MORE ELOQUENTLY.
IT JUST, AND I GET, WE'RE SAYING WHOEVER HAS THE MOST GROUND OR IS, YOU KNOW, USING THAT, THEY KIND OF BECOME THE LEADER, WE'LL SAY, IN THAT REGARD.
BUT ONE, HAVE THEY MANAGED PARKING GARAGES BEFORE? I KNOW THEY'RE HEAVY INTO THE APARTMENTS AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, BUT.
IS THAT PART OF THEIR PORTFOLIO, TOO? IS THERE, DO WE WORRY ABOUT ANY COMPETITION? IF COMPETITION AT BROADMOOR WANTED TO COME IN, BUT BROADMOOR IS HOLDING THE DECISION, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE DON'T WANT MORE COMPETITION.
BUT FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO GIVE THAT GROUND UP TO SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW ALL THAT PROCESS WOULD.
THIS IS LIKE WHO'S CUTTING THE GRASS, NOT WHO CAN COME IN AND WE'RE GOING TO SELL OUR PROPERTY.
YEAH, THIS IS ONLY THE PRE-EXISTING.
BROADMOOR IS REALLY JUST DOING, MAKING SURE THE ROADS, PAYING THE BILLS, MAKING SURE THE LANDSCAPING.
BUT THEY DO MANAGE PARKING GARAGE.
THEY'RE A BIG DEVELOPER IN OMAHA.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL PARKING GARAGES OF THEIR OWN.
WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THEY COULD MANAGE THE PARKING GARAGE.
SO NO CONCERN WITH THOSE? NO, AND THE RFP THAT GOES OUT, I MEAN, THEY WILL NOT DICTATE WHO GOES ON THE PROPERTY WE'RE TRYING TO SELL.
NO, THEY DON'T HAVE A SAY IN ANY OF THOSE.
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TO BE FAIR, TONY DID STAND UP AND SAY WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT HIM.YEAH, HE SAID HE FAILED AT HIS JOB MISERABLY, AND THAT YOU WERE A FAR SUPERIOR ATTORNEY TO HIM, BUT...
WE'RE GOING TO JUMP BACKWARDS TO 6E.
SO THIS IS THE SOUTH EXPRESSWAY TRAIL EXTENSION.
IF YOU WANT TO COME UP OR I CAN JUST SAY IT FOR YOU.
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN ON SOUTH EXPRESSWAY.
SO YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR NOTES WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT NO ACTION BE TAKEN ON THIS.
AS THAT OTHER PROJECT GETS COMPLETED, THEN WE WILL PUT OUT FOR BID WHEN IT'S TIME.
WE COULDN'T PULL IT OFF THE YEP, THE AGENDA WAS ALREADY PUBLISHED BY THE TIME WE IDENTIFIED IT.
NEXT UP IS THE 24TH STREET TRAIL EXTENSION.
6F IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SOUTH 24TH STREET TRAIL EXTENSION PROJECT.
THIS IS A TRAIL EXTENSION TO FILL IN THE GAP WHERE THE CONCRETE TRAIL ENDS ON THE SOUTH END OF THE 24TH STREET BRIDGE THERE, UM JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE OFF RAMP AND EXTENDING THE TRAIL FROM WHERE IT ENDS THERE TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE RECREATION COMPLEX AND CONNECTING TO THE TRAIL AT THAT CORNER.
AND THEN DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND DO MY 8F? 8F IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.
THIS IS REALLY VERY SIMILAR TO HOW THE CURRENT VINCENT BLUFF NATURE PRESERVE CAME TO BE.
I BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED IN PROBABLY THREE OR SO PIECES IN PARTNERSHIP THANKS TO IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND THE LES HILLS PRESERVATION SOCIETY IN ACQUIRING WHAT'S CURRENTLY 40 ACRES OF NATURE PRESERVE.
WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 29 ACRES THAT IS CONNECTED TO VINCENT BLUFF, THANKS TO DON COATES AND JOHN JURKOVIC, AND AGAIN, PARTNERSHIP WITH IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND LES HILLS PRESERVATION SOCIETY.
AND THIS TRACT OF LAND WAS ACTUALLY OUTLINED IN THE LES HILLS PRESERVATION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY IN 2001 AND INCORPORATED IN A PREVIOUS COUNCIL BLUFFS COMP PLAN.
AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY, THIS PIECE WAS DISTINGUISHED AS AN AREA OF HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR PRESERVATION.
PRETTY RARE OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE COMING TOGETHER NICELY, AS YOU'LL READ IN THE MOU.
IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION HAS SECURED AN OPTION TO PURCHASE, SO THEY ESSENTIALLY HAVE UNTIL APRIL 1, 2027, TO RAISE THE $706,000, THEIR APPRAISED VALUE, FOR THAT TRACT OF LAND.
THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED SOME FUNDING FROM IOWA WEST FOUNDATION.
THERE IS NO OBLIGATION BY THE CITY TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDING TO ACQUIRING THIS PIECE OF LAND.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE MOU IS JUST TO EXPRESS MUTUAL INTENTIONS AS FAR AS ACQUIRING IT, LONG-TERM OWNERSHIP, AND THEN MANAGEMENT OF IT IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE MANAGE THE CURRENT VINCENT BLUFF.
WITH THE HELP OF LES HILLS PRESERVATION SOCIETY.
SO ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE A REQUEST INTO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR THIS TO BE APPROVED AS A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT PROPERTY FOR THE IMPROPER CONVERSION OF PLAYLAND PARK THAT WAS CONVERTED WITHOUT ACQUIRING A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT PARKLAND FOR THAT.
SO WE'VE BEEN ON THE REAP LIST, I THINK WE HEARD ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, AND NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE CERTAIN FUNDS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ON THAT REAP LIST.
AND THEY WERE GOING TO START TO LEVY SANCTIONS AGAINST US THIS YEAR.
AND SO THIS IS AMAZING WORK OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WENT OUT AND FOUND THIS, AND WITH THE HELP OF ZACH FROM THE CITY AND HIS STAFF WORKING THROUGH THIS.
BUT CAN'T SAY ENOUGH TO THE TEAMS THAT WORKED ON THIS, TERRY OSWALD, DON COATES, JOHN TURKOVICH, AND THE TEAMS. BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE GONE OUT THERE AND REALLY DUG INTO THIS TO FIND THE SUITABLE LAND.
SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND WITH ZACH AND HIS TEAM AS WELL.
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THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT CITY BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.LADIES, I THINK YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DANIELLE.
DANIELLE HAD SPOKEN TO YOU GUYS, I BELIEVE, INDIVIDUALLY.
SHE'S THE MANAGER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FINANCE.
SO BASICALLY, YOU'VE GOTTEN YOUR PACKETS.
DANIELLE SAID SHE HAD MEETINGS WITH ALMOST EVERYBODY.
THEN SHE TALKED WITH EMAIL, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU NEEDED ANY FURTHER EXPLANATION AS FAR AS THE...
ANY QUESTIONS? ON MY END, I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN I MET WITH DANIELLE, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SEEM LIKE WE'RE LOW, RIGHT? THAT WE'RE NOT HITTING IT.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS ME OF MY OLD BANKING DAYS WHERE YOU HAVE A HOME BUILDER, RIGHT? AND THE HOME BUILDER STARTS TO INCUR EXPENSES BY BUILDING THE HOUSE IN YEAR ONE.
AND THEN OVER TIME THAT HOUSE KEEPS GETTING BUILT.
THEY KEEP GETTING THE EXPENSES.
WELL, THEY DON'T SELL THE HOUSE UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR.
SO FOR YEAR ONE, WHEN I LOOK AT THEIR FINANCIALS, IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD BECAUSE, HEY, I'VE INCURRED A BUNCH OF EXPENSE, BUT I HAVEN'T SOLD ANYTHING YET.
NOW YEAR TWO, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WELL, I'VE GOT THIS REVENUE COMING IN BECAUSE I'VE SOLD THE HOUSE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT, BUT SOMETIMES IN THE OPPOSITE, RIGHT, WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE FUNDING IN, AND MAYBE WE HAVEN'T SPENT THE MONEY YET.
SO WE SEE SOME REVENUES MAYBE COMING IN, BUT WE HAVEN'T SPENT IT.
BUT THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE'VE INCURRED SOME EXPENSE MAYBE.
AND SO MAYBE JUST SIMPLIFY IT A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN KIND OF THINK OF IT THAT WAY WHERE YOU HAVE THESE TIMING DIFFERENCES AND ALL THIS STUFF, AND THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO LOOK IT'S TOUGH.
IT'S A MOVING TARGET FOR YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME, ISN'T IT, WHERE IN AND OUTS NEVER MATCH UP, WHICH IS SO DIFFERENT FROM ACCOUNTING SIDE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE GENERALLY TAKE A FIVE-YEAR TIME SPAN.
YOU KNOW LOOK AT THE BUDGET THINGS LIKE THAT YOU KNOW BOTH UPS AND DOWNS OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE TO GO A LITTLE WIDER AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF THAT'S COMING UP OR JUST GOT DONE RIGHT YEAH IT'S A LOT SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO THERE BECAUSE AS WE WERE TALKING THROUGH IT I SAID YOU WERE WORKING WITH NUMBERS THAT WILL CONSTANTLY CHANGE IT'S LIKE THROWING A DARTBOARD AT A MOVING OR THROWING A DART AT A MOVING TARGET CONSTANTLY AND YOU DO THE BEST WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT, WHEN YOU GET IT.
BUT I THINK WE DO A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, LADIES.
I THINK, COLE, YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS ONE? THIS ONE WAS YOURS COMING IN.
I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON SENSE THING.
BASICALLY WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS IF, SAY, IF SOMEBODY HAS A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR ANIMAL ABUSE OR ANIMAL TORTURE OR USING DOGS FOR DOG FIGHTING, THIS WOULD SAY IF THOSE WERE A SERIOUS MISDEMEANOR OR ABOVE, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO THEN GO OUT AND GET ANOTHER ONE.
FEEDBACK I'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, SEEMS LIKE COMMON SENSE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED THIS IS ALREADY A RESTRICTION.
FROM AN ENFORCEMENT SIDE, I TALKED TO CHIEF DAVIS MULTIPLE TIMES AND HE SAID THAT HE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY ENFORCEMENT ISSUES WITH THIS.
HE ALSO THINKS THAT THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN IT COMES TO BEING PROACTIVE WITH ISSUING PET LICENSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ISSUING TO THEM TO PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT BE GETTING THEM.
SO, AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, CHIEF DAVIS HERE IS AVAILABLE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT.
I ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS DURING STAFF TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THE BACKGROUND CHECKS WOULD BE RAN.
THEY WOULD BE RAN AT THE TIME OF LICENSING.
SO IT WOULD NOT STOP, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CHIEF, BUT IT WOULDN'T STOP SOMEBODY FROM PURCHASING.
IT WOULD BE AT THE TIME OF LICENSING, THEN IT WOULD COME UP.
SO ARE THEY FINED THEN? IS THAT? YES, SO IF SOMEBODY IS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THAT, SAY THERE'S A CALL FOR SERVICE AND THEY'RE RESPONDING AND THE PERSON, THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, WE RAN YOUR INFORMATION, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO HAVE THESE DOGS, WHY DO YOU HAVE THEM? IF THEY'RE DETERMINED THAT THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF THIS, IT WOULD BE A $750 FINE FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION PLUS REMOVAL OF THE ANIMAL.
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AND $1,000 FINE FOR SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES AS WELL.ARE WE GOING TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON EVERYBODY THAT GETS A PET LICENSE? YES.
YES, AND WHEN YOU SAY BACKGROUND CHECK, THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, STIR IMAGES OF SOMETHING VERY COMPLEX AND INVOLVED.
BACKGROUND CHECKS CAN HAVE A RANGE FROM AN FBI TOP SECRET BACKGROUND TO SOMETHING THAT'S CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
WHAT MAKES THIS EASY TO CONDUCT IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND CHECK IS THAT THE ORDINANCE ENUMERATES VERY SPECIFIC IOWA CONVICTIONS.
SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION, ANIMAL CONTROL WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS SECTION.
WE WOULD BASICALLY DO A DAILY RUN OF THE PEOPLE'S NAMES WHO CAME IN FOR A NEW OR RENEWAL LICENSE, AND WE WOULD ONLY BE CHECKING FOR VERY SPECIFIC IOWA CONVICTIONS AND OFFENSES.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY EASY BACKGROUND CHECK TO ADMINISTER.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SIMILAR CONVICTIONS AND CRIMINAL STATUTES IN ADJOINING STATES.
YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T DO THAT.
SO IT DOES ALLOW FOR A VERY QUICK BACKGROUND CHECK TO BE DONE, AND THAT'S HOW IT WOULD BE DONE, BASICALLY A DAILY CORRELATION LIST BETWEEN ANIMAL CONTROL AND THE RECORD SECTION.
SO IF SOMEBODY MOVES HERE FROM ANOTHER STATE, THEY HAD A CONVICTION IN ANOTHER STATE, WE'RE NOT CHECKING THAT? NOT WITH THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE.
THE ORDINANCE SPEAKS STRICTLY TO IOWA CONVICTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IN THE EVENT SOMEONE DOESN'T LICENSE THEIR ANIMAL, THEN THEY'RE JUST RIDING DIRTY ALREADY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? OKAY.
SORRY, BECAUSE I AM CONSTANTLY WORRIED ABOUT BEING IN TROUBLE.
I DIDN'T JUST BOUNCE OUT OF HERE FOR NO REASON.
I HAD CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT IN THE COUNCIL SCHEDULE.
SO USUALLY THOSE ARE ON DIFFERENT MONDAYS.
BUT SORRY TO HAVE MISSED PART OF THE MEETING.
FOR ORDINANCE 6683, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TONY FIALA BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT OBVIOUSLY THE RECYCLING CENTER NEEDS TO HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE POSTING AND HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO ENFORCE RULES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING WITH REGARD TO THE RECYCLING CENTER AND SO HE HAD DRAFTED A VERY GOOD POLICY AND ALSO SOME FORMS AND LOOKING AT OUR STATUTE THERE ISN'T ACTUALLY AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW IN OUR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND FOR HIM TO JUST IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY AND SO WE DID THE ORDINANCE FIRST NOW SO THAT WE COULD ALLOW THEM THE POWER TO DO THAT.
SO THE ONLY MODIFICATION IS JUST A 4.12060, WHICH IS JUST ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL SECTION.
SO IN THE RED LINE, THERE'S JUST THAT SMALL BIT.
OTHERWISE, IT'S ADDING AN ENTIRELY NEW SECTION FOR RECYCLING CENTER USE AND ENFORCEMENT.
PROVING THE ADULT SIX ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS REPORT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THOSE WERE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
AS PART OF MY JOB AS THE ADA COORDINATOR, I HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL OF THE CFRS AND OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE IDOT.
ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN 23 CFR 200.9, WHICH IS JUST THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, IS THAT AS A SUBRECIPIENT, TO CONTINUE RECEIVING FEDERAL MONEY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOTIFYING AND IMPLEMENTING A POLICY AND PLAN FOR OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEN OUR PLANNED GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE 2025 ONE FROM WHEN I WAS APPOINTED UNTIL THE END OF 2025.
AND SO THIS WOULD SET THEN THE GOALS THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING TOWARDS.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD COME FORWARD WITH THE 2026 ACCOMPLISHMENT AND GOALS REPORT.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN HANDLE THEM.
OTHERWISE, IT'S BASICALLY JUST WHAT'S REQUIRED.
YOU ANSWERED MY FIRST ONE, WHO WAS THE COORDINATOR.
HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DID WE GET IN THE PAST YEAR? HAVE WE HAD COMPLAINTS WITH ANY OF THIS STUFF, OR AM I MISSING THIS? IN TERMS OF FOR TITLE VI? YEAH.
I'M NOT AWARE OF US RECEIVING ANY TITLE VI COMPLAINTS.
I DID JUST TAKE OVER IN DECEMBER OF 2025, SO I CAN SAY BETWEEN DECEMBER 1ST AND DECEMBER 31ST, NO COMPLAINTS.
8B, CHIEF? RESOLUTION 26197 IS BASICALLY A CLEANUP RESOLUTION ON DEPARTMENT TITLES AND HEADCOUNT.
WHEN COUNSEL GRANTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYST POSITION SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE SAID THAT WE WERE GOING
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TO DO THAT WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN OVERALL HEADCOUNT.AND WHAT THIS IS IS BASICALLY JUST CLEAN UP ABOLISHING A DIVISION SECRETARY POSITION.
SO THAT WAS A ONE FOR ONE ON OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH.
AND THE TYPIST CLERK TYPE IS PART TIME ABOLISHMENT IS WHEN WE TOOK OVER ANIMAL CONTROL.
WE DID A REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES AND WE FELT LIKE WE COULD ABSORB THOSE DUTIES.
SO THIS IS OUR REQUEST TO ABOLISH.
THAT POSITION, NO ONE'S BEING LAID OFF, THIS IS JUST PEOPLE HAD SEPARATED THROUGH ATTRITION AND WERE CHOOSING NOT TO FILL THESE TITLES.
I WAS JUST GOING TO CALL THAT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING CONSCIOUS OF THAT AS YOU KEEP THOSE COSTS UNDER CONTROL.
AND I CAN STAY UP HERE FOR RESOLUTION 26200? YEP.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION REQUESTING ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH COACH WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE RESOLUTION AND I BELIEVE THE COMPS WERE FORWARDED IN THE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AND I FORWARDED AS WELL THE BUSINESS CASE IN A BRIEFING DECK AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THE BUSINESS CASE OF THE BRIEFING DECK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS SOME OF THE MEASURABLES THAT CHIEF WOULD BE LOOKING AT AS HE WAS.
DECIDING IS THIS WORKING OR ARE THEY DOING THE THINGS THAT WE WANT AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND HE KIND OF OUTLINED SOME OF THOSE THINGS FOR US, SO APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT TOGETHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? JOE, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS AND CANCELLATIONS? OKAY.
AND THEN WE ARE HEADED INTO...
IF YOU ARE ABLE AND WILLING, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE
[1) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
[2) CALL TO ORDER]
FOR ALL.LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE EXCEPT FOR ROGER SANDOW WHO IS OUT FOR WORK.
[3) CITIZENS REQUEST TO BE HEARD]
FIRST UP IS CITIZENS REQUEST TO BE HEARD.SO THIS IS YOUR TIME IN THE MEETING THAT IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT A TOPIC THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU CAN COME FORWARD TO BE HEARD BY OR FOR THE COUNCIL TO HEAR FROM YOU.
IN ROGER'S WORDS, SINCE HE'S NOT HERE, THIS IS NORMALLY AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
WE MOVED IT TO THE BEGINNING AT THE START OF THE YEAR.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THOSE NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 616 FRANKLIN AVENUE.
THIS WEEKEND WE HAD PROBLEMS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE A GUY WHO LIKES TO USE HIS FRONT YARD, SIDE YARD AS A PARKING LOT.
HE HAD FIVE VEHICLES ON SATURDAY, TWO VEHICLES ON SUNDAY, AND ONE AGAIN THIS MORNING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH HIM SINCE LAST YEAR.
THE OTHER ISSUE I HAVE, THERE'S NOBODY TO CALL.
YOU GUYS ARE NOT OPEN AFTER 5 O'CLOCK OR WEEKENDS FOR THE CALL NUMBER.
BY THE TIME EVERYTHING HAPPENS, IT'S DONE.
SO, THE OTHER THING, PEOPLE PARKING, BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS AFTER 5 AND WEEKENDS.
WE'VE HAD A UTILITY TRAILER FOR THE LAST MONTH BLOCKING SIDEWALKS, AND IT'S BEEN CALLED ON.
WE HAVE CARS PARKED, GARBAGE CANS BLOCKING SIDEWALKS.
WE HAVE ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RETAINING WALL FELL DOWN FOR THE LAST MONTH.
SO IT'S HARD FOR ANYBODY TO USE SIDEWALKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES.
WE'LL GET, I THINK I HAVE A CARD UP HERE.
AND THEN OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL HOURS, YOU CAN CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE.
THEY TOLD ME TO CALL AND LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR MONDAY.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH CHIEF DAVIS THEN.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS ADDRESSED.
BUT MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IS ON THAT CARD.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU CAN EMAIL ME OR CALL MY CELL,
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AND I CAN HAVE SOMEBODY COME OUT TO ASSIST YOU.I KNOW WE'VE CALLED BEFORE ON STUFF, AND STUFF STILL JUST SITS AROUND.
SOME OF THIS STUFF SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT, BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME THEY GIVE THEM A 10-DAY NOTICE.
BLOCKING SIDEWALKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT 10 DAYS FOR THEM TO RECTIFY IT.
BECAUSE IT JUST STILL SITS THERE.
THERE'S BEEN, SINCE WINTER, THERE'S A UTILITY TRAILER SITTING IN THE STREET.
AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN CALLED ON, AND IT STILL SITS THERE.
WE'LL GET IT TAKEN CARE OF FOR YOU.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? HI.
SO 3415 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY.
AS YOU KNOW FROM MY PRESENTATION A FEW WEEKS AGO, THAT WAS RIVETING, I'M SURE.
I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE, ALTHOUGH I'M TODAY HERE TO SPEAK FROM MY OWN PERSPECTIVE, NOT THAT OF THE ORGANIZATION.
I HAVE WORKED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 18 YEARS.
ALL THAT WORK HAS BEEN CENTERED ON COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
AND WHAT I HAVE WITNESSED OVER THESE 18 YEARS IS THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS GENUINELY GROWN TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF COLLABORATION.
WHEN ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH OVERLAPPING POPULATIONS COME TOGETHER, THE FULL COMPLEXITY OF WHAT HOLDS INDIVIDUALS BACK CAN BE ADDRESSED IN A WAY THAT IS AUTHENTIC, WHOLE, AND MEANINGFUL.
ADDRESSING SOMEONE'S SUBSTANCE USE WITHOUT TREATING AN UNDERLYING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION DRAMATICALLY INCREASES THE CHANCE OF RELAPSE.
TREATING MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS WITHOUT ADDRESSING HOUSING STABILITY PUTS BOTH AT RISK.
THESE THINGS ARE NOT SEPARATE PROBLEMS. WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY IS A REAL COMMITMENT TO UNDERSTANDING THAT.
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, HOSPITALS, JAILS, NONPROFITS HAVE ALL WORKED TOGETHER, NOT JUST TO IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL LIVES, BUT TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
HAVING RECENTLY BEGUN WORKING IN OMAHA, I'VE COME TO APPRECIATE EVEN MORE HOW EVOLVED COUNCIL BLUFFS IS WHEN IT COMES TO COLLABORATION.
THAT IS SOMETHING THIS CITY SHOULD BE GENUINELY PROUD OF.
SYSTEMS CAN BE IMPROVED AND FURTHER INVESTMENT IS NEEDED, ESPECIALLY IN RESPONSE TO THE SEVERE HOUSING CRISIS THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT I BELIEVE WILL ONLY GROW, PARTICULARLY AS OUR GERIATRIC POPULATION BECOMES INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE.
THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS MISALIGNED.
FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS ARRIVE IN CATEGORICAL SILOS.
HOUSING MONEY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MONEY, SUBSTANCE USE MONEY, AND PROVIDERS ARE STRUCTURALLY CONSTRAINED FROM BRAIDING THOSE RESOURCES IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY MATCH HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THEIR PROBLEMS. THIS SYSTEM IS ORGANIZED AROUND FUNDING CATEGORIES, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT.
COMPOUNDING THIS, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST DESTABILIZED ARE OFTEN THE LEAST ABLE TO MEET THE DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS, SOBRIETY THRESHOLDS, OR ENGAGEMENT BENCHMARKS NEEDED TO QUALIFY FOR THE SERVICES DESIGNED TO HELP THEM.
THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONALLY EXCLUDES ITS HIGHEST NEEDS POPULATION.
AND BECAUSE MOST SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO CRISIS RATHER THAN WALK ALONGSIDE SOMEONE OVER TIME, THE SAME PERSON CYCLES REPEATEDLY THROUGH EMERGENCY ROOM, JAIL, SHELTERS, DETOX, BUT WE DON'T HAVE DETOX.
EACH SYSTEM DOING ITS JOB IN ISOLATION.
NONE OF THEM RESOLVING THE UNDERLYING CONDITION.
THE CITY PAYS FOR THAT CYCLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO WORK AGAINST THAT GRAIN.
THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS HAS TAKEN INNOVATIVE STEPS, MOST NOTABLY WITH THE CREATION OF THE HOP TEAM, WHICH PLAYS THE CITY ITSELF.
AT THE TABLE AS AN ACTIVE PARTNER IN ADDRESSING HOUSING INSTABILITY.
THE CITY EVEN FUNDED THE FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNITY HEALTH COACH THROUGH THE IOWA WEST FOUNDATION SPECIFICALLY TO ASSIST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH CASE MANAGEMENT AND OUTREACH.
THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING WE ARE PAYING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
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SYSTEMS TO DO WHAT HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICES SHOULD BE DOING UPSTREAM.THE ARGUMENT ISN'T THAT HOUSING IS CHARITY, IT'S THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY PAYING, JUST INEFFICIENTLY, REACTIVELY, AND WITHOUT THE HUMAN DIGNITY OUTCOMES WE ALL WANT TO SEE.
THE WORK WE DO ACROSS THIS COMMUNITY OVERLAPS SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT OVERLAP WITHOUT COORDINATION CREATES BLIND SPOTS, AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE FALL THROUGH.
ALL OF THE PROVIDERS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR OWN FUNDERS.
THEIR OWN OUTCOMES, THEIR OWN METRICS.
AND THAT IS APPROPRIATE, BUT NOBODY IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PERSON'S WHOLE LIFE.
NOBODY HOLDS THE ENTIRE PICTURE.
TRUE SUSTAINABLE CHANGE REQUIRES SOMEONE WHOSE ROLE IS TO SEE ACROSS ALL OF IT, TO CONNECT THE THREADS, NAME THE GAPS, AND HOLD THE SYSTEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE IT IS MEANT TO SERVE.
THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO INVEST IN A HOMELESS SERVICES COORDINATOR, NOT AS A REDUNDANCY, NOT AS NEW BUREAUCRACY, BUT AS A CONNECTIVE TISSUE TO THE COMMUNITY'S COLLABORATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
HURST WITH THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR HEAL.
THE COUNCIL BLUFFS WING OF HEAL OMAHA, AND I AM A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AT ALLCARE HEALTH CENTER, THOUGH I'M HERE TODAY JUST AS A CONCERNED PERSON REGARDING THE HOUSING SERVICE COORDINATOR POSITION THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.
AND WORK HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, I GUESS THAT'S GOING TO BE A TREND FOR TONIGHT.
BUT AS PART OF MY WORK WITH HEAL, BEING ON THE STREETS AS AN OUTREACH MEDICAL PROVIDER, I'M SEEING A LOT OF THE PROBLEM FIRSTHAND.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU SEE THE PROBLEM FIRSTHAND AS WELL.
AND IT REALLY IS COMMENDABLE HOW MUCH COUNCIL BLUFFS HAS TO OFFER IN TERMS OF COORDINATING SERVICES, OR I GUESS SILOED SERVICES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AS A PROVIDER FOR PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM OPIOID AND METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION, WORKING AT A LOCAL METHADONE CLINIC, AND NOW...
RUNNING THE OPIOID CLINIC THROUGH ALL CARE AS WELL AS JUST SEEING PATIENTS THERE.
HEAL HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
I GUESS I'D PAINT A PICTURE OF WHAT WE LOOK AT HOMELESSNESS LIKE, WHICH IS THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE IN SOME TEMPORARY HOUSING, RIGHT? THEIR RAFT HAS BEEN...
THEY'VE BEEN PULLED FROM THE RAFT AND PUT INTO A TEMPORARY HOUSING POSITION.
THEN THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE RAFT, RIGHT? THEY'VE GOT SOME SERVICES, THINK OF NEW VISIONS AS THE RAFT HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.
AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR OWN LITTLE PRIVATE.
RAFTS, SOME TWIGS AND BOARDS THAT THEY'VE TIED TOGETHER AND MAYBE A COMMUNITY HAVE TIED THOSE TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE DOWN AT THE RIVERFRONT WITH THE ENCAMPMENTS AND IN CERTAIN ALLEYS AND THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO I WOULD WE DESCRIBE AS BAD CAMPERS, OKAY, THAT THEY'RE OUT ON THEIR OWN.
THEY'RE IN THEIR CAR IN A PARKING LOT, THEY ARE SURFING FROM BED TO BED TO BED IN FRIENDS' HOMES, AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING.
AND WHAT WE FIND IS THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE KIND OF IN THIS SPECTRUM, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE ON YOUR OWN FOR A TWO-WEEK TIME PERIOD, YOUR ODDS OF BEING ABLE TO RESOLVE YOUR HOMELESS PROBLEM GO DOWN TO NOTHING.
PEOPLE CANNOT SOLVE THEIR HOMELESS PROBLEM ON THEIR OWN AFTER TWO WEEKS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THE REST OF THEIR LIFE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE AM I GOING TO SLEEP TONIGHT, WHAT PLACE WILL LET ME INSIDE TO URINATE, AND WHERE AM I GOING TO GET SOMETHING TO DRINK AND SOMETHING TO EAT AND THEN GET BACK TO THAT SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP.
SO WE KNOW THAT OUTSIDE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH PEOPLE AT CHI, THE PRESIDENT THERE AND THE NURSING STAFF THERE.
WE'VE MET WITH THE JENNY EDMONDSON BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE HERE ON THE GROUND IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES, WITH THRESHOLD, AND A NUMBER OF THE OTHER PLAYERS HERE
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IN THE COMMUNITY, AND NEW VISIONS AS WELL.AND ALL OF THEM HAVE A ROLE, AND ALL OF US ARE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO HELP.
PEOPLE THROUGH THIS SPECTRUM AND THAT WE NEED SOME TYPE OF LEADERSHIP AND CENTRAL FOCUS TO DO THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THIS CONTINUUM OF CARE AS A WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IN HEALTH CARE AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE PEOPLE WHEN THEY MOVE FROM BEING IN AN ENCAMPMENT INTO A HOUSED SITUATION.
AS PROVIDERS ON THE STREET, OUR GOAL IS TO ADDRESS THAT ONE ASPECT OF THEIR PROBLEM WHICH PREVENTS THEM FROM HAVING HOUSING, AND THAT IS THEIR HEALTH.
CHRONIC DISEASE IS SOMETHING WE AS AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY PAY FOR.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS JUST PASSING IT FROM PERSON TO PERSON.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO INTERVENE AT THE POINT OF A PERSON'S HEALTH TO REMOVE THAT BARRIER FROM THEIR STEP.
TOWARDS THE NEXT LEVEL OF PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF A COORDINATOR TO DO THAT.
AND IT'S A VALUE-ADDED PIECE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
EVERY TIME WE CAN GET A PERSON INTO HOUSING, WE AFFECT THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER...
UH THAT POSITION PLEASE CONSIDER FUNDING THE HOUSING SERVICES COORDINATOR UH AND AND GIVE US A VOICE TO HELP THANK YOU OH YOU WANT TO HIT IT AGAIN HE LEFT IT ON THERE YOU GO HI MATT GREENS MY NAME ONE TWO ONE ONE FIVE WABASH AVENUE AND UH I AM VERY, I THINK COUNCIL BLUFFS IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION.
I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING A HOMELESS SERVICES COORDINATOR.
MY TIME WORKING ON THE STREETS IN OMAHA AND HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS WITH HEAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS.
BUT ANYWAY, THE PEOPLE YOU MEET HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.
AS WELL AS OMAHA, BUT THEY'RE RESILIENT.
LIKE PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE IT INTO CAMPS HERE THROUGH THE WINTER AND THROUGH THE SUMMER, THROUGH THE RAINY SEASON, THESE ARE MOTIVATED PEOPLE.
THEY'RE RESILIENT AND RESOURCEFUL.
I MEAN, I CAN HARDLY IMAGINE HOW A PERSON CAN DO THAT.
BUT THE ROLE OF A COORDINATOR, MOST OF MY TIME, 25 YEARS AS A NURSE, MOST OF MY TIME HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE HOSPITALS.
I'M FAIRLY NEW TO WORKING ON THE STREETS.
THE MAIN DIFFERENCE I'M SEEING BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL WORK AND THE STREET WORK IS THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION IN THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, HOME CARE.
THERE'S THE NURSE SUPERVISORS.
IT'S ALL COORDINATED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED ON THE STREETS TOO.
I THINK THAT'LL LEAD TO INCREASE, LIKE WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE, THEY'RE MOTIVATED.
THEY LIKE TO THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD TO GET HOUSING AND CONTINUE WITH THEIR HEALTH CARE.
AND I THINK THAT HAVING A COORDINATED CITYWIDE RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO KEEPING PEOPLE MOTIVATED.
OH, AND ALSO THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS PART AT THE FIRST PART.
SEE? I'LL LET ROGER KNOW THAT.
MY NAME IS GEORGE MCGINNIS AND I ALSO LIVE IN OMAHA, BUT I'M AN OUTREACH WORKER HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.
IF YOU LOOK OUT AT THE RIVERBANKS UNDER THE OVERPASSES AND INTO HIDDEN ENCAMPMENTS OF OUR CITY, YOU WILL SEE A CRISIS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK CLOSER, YOU WON'T JUST SEE A CRISIS.
YOU WILL SEE BROTHERS, SISTERS, MOTHERS, FATHERS, AND HUMAN BEINGS FIGHTING TO SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY.
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE THAT USED TO BE ME.
TODAY I WORK AS A PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST AND OUTREACH WORKER, BUT BEFORE ANY OF THAT, I WAS A MAN TRAPPED IN THE TRENCHES.
AND ON AUGUST 3RD, 2021, MY LIFE CHANGED WHEN I FINALLY FOUND A PATH OUT.
BECAUSE OF THAT, I'VE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO GOING BACK INTO THE PLACES I ONCE LIVED TO SHOW PEOPLE STILL SUFFERING THAT THEY MATTER, THAT THEY ARE WORTHY,
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AND THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE.WHEN CITIES TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, WE OFTEN TALK IN NUMBERS, BUDGETS, AND POLICIES.
WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING PLANS AND PROGRAMS, BUT TOO OFTEN WE OVERLOOK THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF RECOVERY, THE HUMAN ELEMENT.
YOU CANNOT TAKE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED, ISOLATED, AND STRIPPED OF DIGNITY BY THE STREETS, HAND THEM A KEY, AND EXPECT THEM TO INSTANTLY HEAL.
WHEN SOMEONE IS DEEP IN ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS, THEY ARE SURVIVING MOMENT TO MOMENT.
TRUST IS BROKEN, HOPE IS BURIED, AND MANY HAVE SPENT YEARS FEELING INVISIBLE.
HOUSING IS IMPORTANT, BUT HOUSING ALONE IS NOT THE BRIDGE.
THAT IS WHERE PEER SUPPORT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
WHEN I LOAD MY WAGON WITH FOOD, WATER, AND SUPPLIES AND WALK INTO THESE CAMPS, I'M NOT JUST BRINGING RESOURCES, I'M BRINGING CONNECTION.
I'M BRINGING PROOF THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE.
WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT ME, THEY SEE SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE COLD, THE HUNGER, THE SHAME, AND THE HOPELESSNESS, BECAUSE I LIVED IT TOO, AND THEY KNOW THAT.
BUT THEY ALSO SEE SOMEONE WHO MADE IT OUT.
SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES IS ONE CONVERSATION, ONE PERSON WILLING TO LISTEN, ONE MOMENT OF COMPASSION TO INTERRUPT SOMEONE'S SUFFERING LONG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO CHOOSE HOPE AGAIN.
PEER SUPPORT BUILDS TRUST IN WAYS SYSTEMS ALONE CANNOT.
BUT PEERS CANNOT DO THIS WORK ALONE.
THAT'S WHY WE ALSO NEED A STRONG COORDINATION WITHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WE NEED LEADERSHIP THAT CONNECTS GRASSROOTS OUTREACH DIRECTLY TO HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND RECOVERY RESOURCES.
WHEN OUTREACH WORKERS AND CITY LEADERSHIP WORK TOGETHER, RECOVERY BECOMES MORE THAN AN IDEA.
IT BECOMES A REAL PATHWAY FORWARD.
TRUE WEALTH IS NOT MEASURED BY WHAT SITS IN A CITY TREASURY.
TRUE WEALTH IS MEASURED BY HOW WE TREAT THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE AMONG US.
THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY ALONG OUR RIVERBANKS ARE NOT INVISIBLE TO ME, BECAUSE I SEE MYSELF IN THEM.
AND WHAT I SEE IS NOT JUST NEED, BUT OPPORTUNITY.
OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CITY TO DO BETTER.
BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE PIECES OF THE SOLUTION.
WE HAVE PEOPLE READY TO CHANGE.
WHAT WE NEED NOW IS ALIGNMENT.
WHEN WE INVEST IN PEER SUPPORT AND CREATE A CITY COORDINATOR TO CONNECT EFFORT TO ACTION, WE STOP LOSING PEOPLE IN THE GAPS.
WE TURN MOMENTS OF READINESS INTO REAL OUTCOMES.
WE BUILD A SYSTEM THAT WORKS NOT JUST ON PAPER, BUT IN REAL LIFE.
THEY ARE WORTHY OF THAT, AND AS A CITY, SO ARE WE.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS A COUNCIL OF CITIZENS WITH ANONYMITY.
IS THAT OKAY? WE HAVE TO HAVE A NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
THEY CAN DECLINE TO GIVE AN ADDRESS, BUT THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEIR NAME.
CAN I JUST GIVE A FIRST NAME? OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE MY FULL NAME? IT'S BECAUSE OF MY JOB.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK ME UP, IT'S VERY EASY TO FIND ME.
WE DO REQUIRE YOUR FULL NAME, BUT WE CAN WAIVE THE ADDRESS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? I WILL DEFER TO THE CHAIR.
IS THERE A REASON THAT YOU NEED A NAME? FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IS THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL AND BASED OFF OF OUR COUNCIL.
HELLO, MY NAME IS TAMARA DWYER AND LIKE OTHERS I DON'T PARTICULARLY WORK IN COUNCIL BLUFFS BUT I WORKED WITH COUNCIL BLUFFS AND I HAVE STRONG TIES TO COUNCIL BLUFFS.
PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR MANY YEARS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.
AND HAVE LIVED IN COUNCIL BLUFFS CURRENTLY.
I AM THE HOMELESS SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF OMAHA.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE BEFORE ME, THEY DID GREAT, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT HAVING A POSITION LIKE THIS IN YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT IS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING SOME OF THAT SYSTEM-LEVEL CHANGE FOR A COMMUNITY.
AND WITHIN THE CITY OF OMAHA, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS JUST WITHIN OUR CITY.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE KNOW THAT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND OFFICIALS THAT WE ARE CREATING A UNIFIED RESPONSE WITHIN OUR CITY
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TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF ALL OF THE CONSTITUENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN HOUSING OR NOT IN HOUSING.AND THE CITY OF OMAHA IS READY AND WILLING TO BE A PARTNER AT THE TABLE WITH COUNCIL BLUFFS UPON CREATION OF THIS POSITION THROUGH VARIOUS REGIONAL-WIDE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE METRO AREA.
WE KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A BIG ISSUE IN OUR METRO AREA AND PART OF THE THING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THAT IS THE OCCUPANCY RATES OF RENTAL IN IN COUNCIL BLUFFS ALONE THE OCCUPANCY RATE IS 98% I MEAN YOUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS EFFECTIVELY NOT EVEN EXISTING AT THAT POINT WHEN YOUR OCCUPANCY RATE IS 98% IN A COMMUNITY.
THINKING THROUGH THOSE BIGGER PICTURE THINGS WITH A POSITION LIKE THIS, BUT AS WELL AS THE DAY-TO-DAY THINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF VARIOUS RESPONSES AND STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE WITHIN THE CITY OF OMAHA AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS POSITION IN COUNCIL BLUFFS AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE PERSON THAT HOLDS THAT POSITION.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA?
[4) CONSENT AGENDA]
OKAY.SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[5.A) Council Bluffs Celebrates 250]
AYE.NEXT, WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST ONE IS COUNCIL BLUFFS CELEBRATES 250.
AND BOBBY AND TEAM IS HERE ALONG WITH CHRIS LAFERLA.
SO FROM THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS JULY 4TH, MARKS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OF OUR NATION'S INDEPENDENCE, A MILESTONE CELEBRATING THE FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES WE HOLD DEAR, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CONSOLABLES PROUDLY JOINS THE NATION IN THE HISTORIC CELEBRATION WITH CONSOLABLES CELEBRATES 250, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT DESIGNED TO UNITE OUR COMMUNITY ON FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2026, AND WHEREAS THE EVENT WILL FEATURE LIVE MUSIC, FOOD VENDORS, A KID'S ZONE, A FAMILY ZONE, NONPROFIT BOOTHS, AND SPECTACULAR DRONE SHOW OVER THE DOWNTOWN COUNCIL BLUFFS.
AND WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE 100 BLOCK COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE, THE COUNCIL BLUFFS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESENTING SPONSORS EDWARD AUTO GROUP, SECURITY NATIONAL BANK, GOOGLE, AND DOLE DISTRIBUTING.
AND WHEREAS MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT CELEBRATECOUNCILBLUFFS.COM.
SHUDAK, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 3RD, 2026.
AS A DAY OF CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY, I INVITE ALL TO JOIN COUNCIL BLUFFS CELEBRATES 250.
WITH THE CITY OF THE SEAL, I HEREBY DO PROCLAIM.
AND AGAIN, THAT DATE IS GOING TO BE FRIDAY, JULY 3RD FROM 3 TO 11 P.M.
ON THE 100 AND 200 BLOCKS OF WEST BROADWAY IN DOWNTOWN COUNCIL BLUFFS.
SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU GUYS.
REAL QUICK, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING FORWARD.
THIS EVENT CAME TOGETHER IN A PRETTY SPECTACULAR WAY.
WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT REALLY WANTED TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND SO I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS AND GETTING ALL THE PARTNERS TOGETHER AND THE CHAMBER FOR STEPPING UP AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS TRULY AN EVENT THAT WAS...
BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE CITIZENS AND IT IS GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC EVENT TO KICK OFF AND MORE TO COME AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION TO BRING BACK FOR THE JULY INTO COUNCIL OKAY, AND OUR NEXT
[5.C) Workers Memorial Day ]
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PROCLAMATION WE HAVE IS HONORING WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY.THIS DATE IS ACTUALLY MAY 28TH.
THE PERSON WHO GENERALLY SUBMITS IN THIS REQUEST IS OUT ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WHEN THIS REQUEST CAME IN LAST WEEK, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THIS ONTO OUR AGENDA.
AND SO JEFF SHUDAK'S HERE TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION.
SO IN THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF IOWA OFFICE OF THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS EACH YEAR COUNTLESS AMERICAN WORKERS LOSE THEIR LIVES DUE TO WORKPLACE INJURY AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE, AND WHEREAS MANY MORE SUFFER PERMANENT DISABILITIES, AND WHEREAS MILLIONS HAVE EXPERIENCED INJURIES, ILLNESSES RELATED TO THEIR WORK, AND WHEREAS DEDICATED AMERICANS ARE COMMITTED TO PREVENTING THESE TRAGEDIES BY OBSERVING WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY ON APRIL 28TH, HONORING THE VICTIMS OF WORKPLACE INJURIES AND DISEASES.
STRENGTHENING OUR COMMITMENT TO ENFORCING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS.
FOCUSING ON ENHANCING SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS IN EVERY AMERICAN WORKPLACE.
SHUDAK, MAYOR OF CONSOLOS, IOWA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 28, 2026 AS WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF CONSOLOS AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN HONORING THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN WORKPLACE INJURY.
AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKPLACE SAFETY.
WITH THE CITY OF THE SEAL, I HEREBY DO PROCLAIM.
I DID, I REMINDED HIM YESTERDAY.
HE WAS LIKE, I HAVE WISDOM TEETH.
AND I WAS LIKE, NO, YOU HAVE A
[6.A) Resolution 26-189 Resolution authorizing the disposal of a property right by approving a five-year leasehold agreement for outdoor dining with Napoli’s Italian Restaurant.]
PROCLAMATION AT 7.MOVING ON, WE HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS TO GO THROUGH.
RESOLUTION 26189, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.
PROPERTY RIGHT BY APPROVING A FIVE-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT ON OUTDOOR DINING WITH NAPOLI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT.
IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON RECORD? YES, IT IS.
ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
[6.B) Resolution 26-190 Resolution approving the plans and specifications for the Valley View and Franklin Avenue Intersection Improvements Project. Project # PW26-08B ]
SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.RESOLUTION 26190, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF VALLEY VIEW AND FRANKLIN AVENUE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON RECORD? YES, IT IS.
ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
[6.C) Resolution 26-191 Resolution granting final plat approval of a one-lot subdivision to be known as Peer Center Addition, for property legally described as a replat of all of Lots 277 through 281, Belmont Addition. Location: Undeveloped land lying at the northwest corner of the intersection of North 15th Street and Avenue J. SUB-26-009]
SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
RESOLUTION 26-191 IS THERE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE NO THERE'S NO OH THAT'S RIGHT IS THIS THE ONE WHERE THERE'S NO UH WE NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE MOTION CONTINUE TO JUNE 8TH YES SECOND ALL RIGHT ANY DISCUSSION AND WE ARE, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE MOVING THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PUBLISHED ON THIS ONE, SO IT WILL MOVE TO THE JUNE 8TH MEETING.
[6.D) Resolution 26-192 Resolution granting final plat approval of a one-lot subdivision to be known as Fleming and Davis Addition Replat 1, being a replat of property located in Fleming and Davis Addition, more specifically described in the Council packet. Location: Southeast corner of the intersection of South 16th Street and the BNSF railroad track within 11th Avenue right-of-way. SUB-26-010]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.RESOLUTION 26-192, A RESOLUTION GRANTING THE FINAL PLOT APPROVAL OF ONE LOT SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS FLEMING AND DAVIS ADDITION RE-PLAT 1.
LOCATION, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH 16TH AND...
AND THE BSFN RAILROAD TRACK WITHIN 11TH AVENUE RIGHT AWAY.
IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON RECORD? YES, IT IS.
ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION?
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I'LL MAKE A MOTION.[6.E) Resolution 26-193 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to initiate the South Expressway Trail Extension, Project R26-03 by issuing a bid for the project.]
SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.RESOLUTION 26-193, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO INITIATE THE SOUTHWEST EXPRESS TRAIL EXTENSION BY ISSUING A BID FOR THE PROJECT.
IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON RECORD? YES, IT IS.
ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADJUST TO COUNSEL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
OKAY, SO WE DO NOT HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
[6.F) Resolution 26-194 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to initiate the South 24th Street Trail Extension, Project R26-04 by issuing a bid for the project.]
THIS MOTION DIES.RESOLUTION 26-192, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO INITIATE THE SOUTH 24TH STREET TRAIL EXTENSION BY ISSUING A BID FOR THE PROJECT.
IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON RECORD? YES.
ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S RESOLUTION 26-194.
[6.G) Resolution 26-195 Resolution to approve the proposed amendment to the current city budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT CITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026.
IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON RECORD? YES, IT IS.
ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
[6.H) Ordinance 6677 Ordinance to amend the zoning map as adopted by reference in Section 15.27.020 by rezoning property legally described as the West ½ of Lot 2 and the East ¼ of Lot 3, Block 4, Bayliss Second Addition from C-2/Commercial District to R-3/Low Density Multifamily Residential, as defined in chapter 15.10. Location: 810 1st Ave. ZC-26-002]
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.ORDINANCE 6677, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP AS ADOPTED BY REFERENCE IN SECTION 15.27.020 BY REZONING THE PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS THE WEST HALF OF LOT 2 AND THE EAST ONE-FOURTH OF LOT 3, BLOCK 4, BAYLESS 2ND EDITION, FROM C2 TO R3.
AS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 15.10, LOCATION 810 SOUTH 1ST, SOUTH 1ST AVENUE, IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[6.I) Ordinances 6678 and 6679 Ordinance 6678 to amend Chapter 15.33 Signs of the Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) by repealing Section 15.33.130, “West Broadway Design Corridor”. ZT-26-002 Ordinance 6679 to amend Chapter 15.32A West Broadway Corridor Design Overlay of the Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) by amending Section 15.32A.140 “Signs”. ZT-26-002 ]
AYE.ORDINANCE 6678 IS TO AMEND CHAPTER 15.33, SIGNS OF A MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND ORDINANCE 6679 IS TO AMEND CHAPTER 15.32A, WEST BROWARD SQUARE COURT.
WEST BROADWAY CORRIDOR DESIGN OVERLAY OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON RECORD? YES, IT IS.
ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON WAIVING THIRD? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE
[7.A) Ordinance 6682 Ordinance to amend Chapter 4.20 Animal Control by enacting a new Section 4.20.031 to be entitled "Restrictions on Pet Ownership"]
IN FAVOR? AYE.ORDINANCE 6682, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 4.20 ANIMAL CONTROL BY ENACTING A NEW SECTION 4.20.031 TO BE ENTITLED RESTRICTIONS OF PET OWNERSHIP.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO DISCUSS? COUNCIL? COLE, I WAS GOING TO SAY MAYBE YOU KIND OF SPEARHEADED THIS, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO MAYBE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
SO BASICALLY, UNDER THE CURRENT CODE, HOW IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN BETWEEN CITY AND STATE, IF SOMEBODY HAS A DOG OR CAT AND THEY GET IT TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE ARRESTED AND CHARGED
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AND CONVICTED OF ANIMAL ABUSE, ANIMAL TORTURE, USING THE DOG FOR DOG FIGHTING.AS THE CODE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, EVEN WITH THAT CONVICTION, ONCE THEY GET OUT, EVEN THOUGH THEIR PET WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE USING IT FOR DOG FIGHTING, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS THEY CAN'T GO OUT AND REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER DOG.
BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS IT WOULD PROHIBIT ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF SERIOUS MISDEMEANORS OR ABOVE RELATED TO ANIMAL ABUSE, NEGLECT, TORTURE, OR DOG FIGHTING, IT WOULD SAY YOU HAVE LOST THAT PRIVILEGE.
YOU CAN NO LONGER HAVE DOGS OR CATS WITHIN CITY LIMITS TO TRY TO PREVENT FUTURE REPEAT OFFENSES AND KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
AND WE DID HAVE DISCUSSION AT STUDY SESSION THAT HAD CHIEF DAVIS KIND OF TALKED ABOUT ENFORCING IT.
YEAH, SO THE POLICE CHIEF CAME TO US DURING STUDY SESSION.
HE SAID HE DOESN'T, THERE'S NO ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO ENFORCEMENT.
HE DOESN'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH ANIMAL CONTROL NOW BEING UNDER THE PD.
HE THINKS THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO US WITH WHEN IT COMES TO BEING PROACTIVE AND ISSUING PET LICENSES.
THEY'RE ABLE TO DO A LIMITED BACKGROUND CHECK WHEN THEY ISSUE THE PET LICENSE LIMITED TO THE SCOPE OF THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH RELATES.
TO SPECIFIC STATE CODES ON ANIMAL ABUSE, NEGLECT, TORTURE, DOG FIGHTING, AND HELP ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING A PET LICENSE TO SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BE DISQUALIFIED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE.
THEY'RE NOT DOING A FULL BACKGROUND CHECK.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO A LIMITED BASED ON IF THEY HAVE THAT.
IT'S LIMITED SPECIFICALLY TO THESE SECTIONS OF THE IOWA CODE.
THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT CONVICTIONS FOR THESE SPECIFIC CODES.
THEY DON'T LOOK AT ANYTHING ELSE.
THEY'LL DO A DAILY SWEEP THROUGH THE COURTS TO SEE IF ANYBODY WAS CONVICTED AND GO FROM THERE.
AND THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[7.B) Ordinance 6683 Ordinance to amend Chapter 4.12 Solid Waste Collection and Disposal of the Municipal Code of the City of Council Bluffs, Iowa, by amending Section 4.12.060 "Collection and Disposal-Rules and Regulations" and enacting a new Section 4.12.170 to be entitled "Recycling Center Use and Enforcement" ]
AYE.ORDINANCE 6683, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 4.12, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS BY AMENDING SECTION 4.12.060, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 4.12.170 TO BE ENTITLED RECYCLING CENTER USE AND ENFORCEMENT.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[8.A) Resolution 26-196 Resolution approving the City Of Council Bluffs Title VI Accomplishments and Goals Report]
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.RESOLUTION 26-196, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS TITLE VI ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS REPORT.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE
[8.B) Resolution 26-197 Resolution abolishing a Division Secretary position and Clerk/Typist - Part Time position within the Police Department. ]
IN FAVOR? AYE.RESOLUTION 26-197, A RESOLUTION ABOLISHING A DIVISION SECRETARY POSITION AND CLERK TYPIST PART-TIME POSITION WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[8.C) Resolution 26-198 Resolution approving the amended and restated operating agreement of River's Edge Master Property Owners' Association, L.L.C.]
AYE.RESOLUTION 26-198, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF THE RIVERS EDGE MASTER OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, LLC.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE
[8.D) Resolution 26-199 Resolution approving a Property Management Agreement between the City of Council Bluffs and Broadmoor Management Company, L.L.C. for management of the River's Edge Parking Garage]
IN FAVOR? AYE.RESOLUTION 26-199, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS AND BROADMOOR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE RIVER'S EDGE PARKING GARAGE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE
[8.E) Resolution 26-200 Resolution establishing the position of Community Health Coach within the Council Bluffs Police Department ]
IN FAVOR? AYE.RESOLUTION 26-200, A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE POSITION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH COACH WITHIN THE COUNCIL OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION AT STUDY SESSION REGARDING THIS, OR I HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF PRIOR TO THIS, AND HE PUT TOGETHER SOME MEASURABLES THAT THEY'LL HAVE, AND THIS IS A SPOT THAT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF...
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AND NOW IT KIND OF COMES BACK TO THE CITY FULL BORE WHERE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE THING.WE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF THE FOLKS TONIGHT THAT THEY FEEL THESE THINGS ARE NECESSARY TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY AT THE TABLE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH IN THIS REGARD.
BUT I DO THINK FROM THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH.
THE FOLKS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO FROM SOME OF THE NONPROFIT GROUPS, IT IS A POSITION THAT DOES DO SOME GOOD IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, AND I'LL VOTE FOR THIS AS WELL.
I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS A STREET-LEVEL POSITION.
THIS PERSON IS OUT FIRSTHAND MEETING PEOPLE IN CRISIS AND ALIGNING UP THE SERVICES THAT...
MINIMIZE THOSE INCIDENCES WHERE THEY RUN INTO THEM.
FOR 30 YEARS I WAS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE MAJORITY OF ALL THOSE YEARS WE DIDN'T HAVE A POSITION LIKE THIS.
AND MANY TIMES THEY ESCALATED OUT OF CONTROL AND WE HAD NO ANSWERS TO GIVE A FAMILY IN CRISIS.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A POSITION IN THAT'S FIRST HAND RIGHT IN THE FIELD.
WITH ANSWERS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THESE FAMILIES, AND THEN THEY STAY IN CONTACT, KEEP RECORDS OF THEM.
SO I REACHED OUT TO SERGEANT STUCK WITH THE HOP TEAM AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET HIS THOUGHTS ON THIS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK TO THOSE ON THE GROUND FLOOR WHO ARE OUT DEALING WITH THIS DIRECTLY, JUST TO KIND OF GAUGE HIS THOUGHTS ON...
THE POSITION AND THE LEVEL OF NECESSITY AND THE LEVEL THAT HE BELIEVES THAT IT BENEFITS.
AND FROM OUR DISCUSSION, HE SAID THAT HE 100% BELIEVES THAT THIS POSITION DIRECTLY BENEFITS THE HOP TEAM AND MAKES IT SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS.
THAT THE PERSON HELPS WITH, AFTER THEY GET THAT INITIAL CONTACT, HELPS WITH THE FOLLOW-UP ON MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET, OR WALKING THEM THROUGH WITH GETTING AN ID, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM THROUGH THOSE OTHER...
PARTS OF THE STEP IN THE PROCESS AND HAS ACCESS TO SYSTEMS THAT HE, AS THE SERGEANT, DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO.
SO HE BELIEVES THAT THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE HOP TEAM, SO I'M LARGELY IN FAVOR OF THIS.
JUST TO CLARIFY BEFORE, THIS IS NOT A POLICY PERSON, SO IT'S NOT THE COORDINATOR POSITION THAT THEY WERE SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER? CORRECT.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS...
SO THIS IS THE POSITION THAT IOWA WEST HAS BEEN PAYING FOR HALF OF THE POSITION.
THE CITY'S BEEN PAYING THE OTHER HALF FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
IT'S NOW TRANSITIONED BECAUSE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND CAME TO THE COUNCIL TO SEE.
SO SIMILAR IN THE FACT THAT THE POSITION LAST TIME WAS IN THIS SAME BUT DIFFERENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY
[8.F) Resolution 26-201 Resolution approving and authorizing execution of a memorandum of understanding between Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation and the City of Council Bluffs.]
BY SAYING AYE.RESOLUTION 26-201, A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY
[9.A) Liquor Licenses1. 100 Block Events, 114 W Broadway (Special Event/5 day)2. Barley's, 114 W Broadway2. C'Mon Inn, 144 W Broadway3. Driftdwood Inn, 2701 Harry Langdon Blvd4. Eagles Club, 1530 Avenue F5. Family Fare #3791, 1801 Valley View Dr6. Full Fledged Brewing Company, 40 Arena Way Ste 27. Godfather's Pizza, 3020 W Broadway8. Main Street Tavern, 519 S Main St9. Red Anchor, 3515 Metro Dr10. Spillway Grill And Bar, 1840 Madison Ave Ste 8,9,10&11]
[9.B) Retail Tobacco Renewals (20)]
[9.C) Device Retailer Permit Renewal (2)]
[9.D) Special Event ApplicationCars & Coffee for Hope June 6, 2026 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Road Closure)]
BY SAYING AYE.OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS AND CANCELLATIONS 9 A 1 THROUGH 10 9 B C AND D MOST YOU APPROVE SECOND IS THERE A DISCUSSION SEEING THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[10) CITY COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS]
ALL RIGHT OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES IS THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION ITEM CITY COUNCIL ANY ITEMS TO DISCUSS I HAVE ONE QUICK THING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EVEN SOMETHING WE CAN REALLY, IF THIS WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE FOR IT, BUT OUR CURRENT DOG LICENSING, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ANIMALS A LOT, WHICH HAS PROMPTED MUCH DISCUSSION.OUR CURRENT DOG LICENSING PROCEDURES, I GUESS I WOULD WONDER IF THERE'S NOT A WAY TO, NOW THAT IT'S BEEN MOVED OVER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MAYBE ALTER HOW WE GO ABOUT IT.
BUT IN DIFFERENT TALKS WITH FOLKS THAT I'VE HAD, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ALLOW SOME OF OUR VETS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE, TO DO IT AT THE VET SPECIFICALLY.
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WITH A PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE, I WAS HAVING HIM HELP ME GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND HE SAID, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SHOT RECORD.AND I SAID, I DON'T HAVE THE SHOT RECORD WITH ME.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THAT'S AT.
CAN I CALL THE VET? I THOUGHT WE DID THIS AT THE VET. I WAS MISUNDERSTANDING WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE PROCESS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHO, TAKE THAT UP WITH THE CHIEF, I GUESS, OR LEGAL, IF WE HAVE A WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT. BUT IT'S COME UP A COUPLE TIMES AS OF LATE. I CAN WORK WITH MIMI AND TEAM AND SEE IF IT'S A DATABASE UPDATE, LIKE IF WE CAN PUT THIS ONLINE THAT WE CAN DO IT OR GIVE THE OPTION. BECAUSE YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE NOW, BUT YOU HAVE TO SCAN THE STUFF IN, WHICH, AGAIN, I GUESS I COULD TAKE A PICTURE WITH MY PHONE, I SUPPOSE.
BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE EASIER IF WE COULD ALLOW FOR SOME MEANS OF, LIKE YOU CAN GET YOUR FISHING LICENSE AT THE BAIT SHOP, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHY CAN WE NOT LICENSE MY DOG AT THE VETERINARY CLINIC? MAKES SENSE TO ME. WE CAN'T HAVE MANY OF THEM. YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT, AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT ALL THE RECORDS AND EVERYTHING. NO, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. SO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND GET CHIEF INVOLVED, AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT. THAT'S ALL I GOT.
OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS HERE TONIGHT THAT CAME AND TALKED ABOUT THE POSITION AGAIN THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME. I JUST I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD IF WE CAN WITH THAT IN TERMS OF MAYBE LOOKING AT THE POSITION A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HAD TO TRY AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO SOMETHING AT SOME POINT. BUT I THINK WE ALL AGREE THERE IS AN ISSUE.
HOW WE GO ABOUT IT IS DIFFERENT ON HOW WE LOOK AT IT, WHICH IS FINE. THAT'S THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS.
BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT FROM OUR OWN ANGLE AND SEE IF THERE'S MAYBE SOME OPTIONS THAT WE COULD MAKE THIS WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT LOOKING AT THAT POSITION, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A REGIONAL RESPONSE OR A REGIONAL COORDINATOR, MAYBE THAT POSITION WOULD BE VERY BEST SET IN THE COUNTY RATHER THAN IN THE CITY. WE HAVE 14 MENTAL HEALTH... COUNTIES THAT FEED INTO OUR MENTAL HEALTH DISTRICT. I BELIEVE THAT THAT POSITION WOULD BE BETTER SERVED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS. WE MOVED THAT OVER TO THE COUNTY ALSO. I THINK THAT A COORDINATOR IS NECESSARY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO, AS A CITY, PAY FOR AND FUND THE WHOLE COORDINATION OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE AT A MUCH LARGER. UH METRO AND REGIONAL POSITION ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COUNCIL ANY OTHER BUSINESS ALL RIGHT SEEING NONE I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION OR SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE AYE OPPOSED WE ARE ADJOURNED UM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.