Feb 13, 2024 City Council

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY OVERLAND, SECONDED BY POE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT WE WILL DO A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[3. A public hearing will be held to consider the authorization of the issuance of not to exceed $1,000,000 General Obligation Bonds (General Corporate Purpose – 1) – FY24 GO Bonds for budgeted projects (Chad Mittan). CIP/DID #FIN2023-10]

DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THAT MATTER? LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD.

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY TODD.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES, NEXT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[4. A public hearing will be held to consider the authorization of the issuance of not to exceed $500,000 General Obligation Bonds (General Corporate Purpose – 2) – FY24 GO Bonds for budgeted projects (Chad Mittan). CIP/DID #FIN2023-10]

THIS IS AN ITEM, A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD.

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY OLSON, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

NOW WE'LL HAVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. A public hearing will be held to consider the authorization of the issuance of not to exceed $1,000,000 General Obligation Bonds (General Corporate Purpose – 3) – FY24 GO Bonds for budgeted projects (Chad Mittan). CIP/DID #FIN2023-10]

THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD.

THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY MAIER, SECONDED BY OLSON.

AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER SIX.

[6. A public hearing will be held to consider the authorization of the issuance of not to exceed $11,500,000 Water Revenue Bonds – FY24 Revenue Bonds for budgeted projects (Chad Mittan). CIP/DID #FIN2023-10]

THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD.

COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY TODD.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed Amendment No. 6 to the Urban Renewal Plan for the Consolidated I-380 Corridor Urban Renewal Area (Scott Mather). CIP/DID #TIF-0070-2022]

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, TO THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR CONSOLIDATED I-380 CORRIDOR URBAN RENEWAL AREA.

AND SCOTT MATHER IS HERE TO TALK ON THAT.

SCOTT, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SCOTT MATHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

AS STATED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO THE CONSOLIDATED I-380 CORRIDOR URBAN RENEWAL AREA.

URBAN RENEWAL AREA PLANS ARE REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS WILL ALSO INITIATE THE 2024 BOND PROCESS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT EXPANSION OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES.

CONSULTATION WITH TAXING AGENCIES IS ALSO REQUIRED, WHICH WAS HELD ON JANUARY 22ND WITH NO COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS.

SO HERE IS A MAP INDICATING EACH OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THIS PLAN UPDATE.

SO TODAY WE'RE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION, FOLLOWED BY MARCH, THERE WILL BE A SERIES 2024 BOND PROCESS TO INITIATE THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

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AND WITH THAT, I'LL RETURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SCOTT, THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD.

COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY TODD.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER THE DISPOSITION OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 2000 MOUNT VERNON ROAD SOUTHEAST.

[8. A public hearing will be held to consider the disposition of City-owned property at 2000 Mount Vernon Road SE (Adam Lindenlaub). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #DISP-0010-2017]

AND ADAM LINDENLAUB IS HERE TO TALK ON THAT.

ADAM, I RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

ADAM LINDENLAUB, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AS STATED, THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE TO CONSIDER THE BEGINNING OF DISPOSITION PROCESS FOR 2000 MOUNT VERNON ROAD SOUTHEAST.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BACKGROUND, THIS HAS BEEN DONE A COUPLE OF TIMES.

FIRST, IN APRIL OF 2017, BASED ON AN INQUIRY, WE HAD STARTED THE PROCESS.

THAT INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS LATER WITHDRAWN.

IN 2019, WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THERE WERE TWO PROPOSALS SUBMITTED.

CITY COUNCIL DID SELECT ONE.

HOWEVER, THAT WAS ALSO LATER WITHDRAWN DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

IN AUGUST OF 2022, TO COINCIDE WITH SOME MONEY COMING FROM THE STATE, WE BEGAN ANOTHER DISPOSITION PROCESS.

WE DID RECEIVE ONE PROPOSAL, WHICH WAS WITHDRAWN LATER.

AND SO BASED ON AN INQUIRY TO CONSTRUCT HOUSING, WE'RE BACK AGAIN TO, ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A FOURTH DISPOSITION PROCESS.

SO SOME BASIC SITE CHARACTERISTICS.

THE BUILDING ITSELF IS A JUST UNDER 19,000FT².

IT'S ABOUT ONE AND A HALF ACRES IN SIZE.

IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL AND IT DOES HAVE ACCESS TO ALL CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S JUST AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FORMER AMBROSE RECREATION BUILDING ON MOUNT VERNON ROAD SOUTHEAST, KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE MIDDLE 20TH STREET AND 21ST ON THE WEST AND EAST SIDES.

SO PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES WOULD BE FOR SOMETHING AS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE BASED ON CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED IN MOUNT VERNON ROAD CORRIDOR ACTION PLAN, AND A PREFERENCE FOR RETAINING A UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE THROUGH RENOVATION AND OR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, THE PROPOSED NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY.

PROPOSALS WOULD BE DUE ON MARCH 15TH.

WE WOULD HAVE A REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP OF MEMBERS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, NON COMPETING DEVELOPERS, NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATION.

AND WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE FROM OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE INVOLVED THAT WILL TAKE PLACE A THIRD OR FOURTH WEEK OF MARCH.

ANTICIPATE COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL APRIL 9TH FOR CONSIDERATION OF ANY PROPOSALS AND THEN THE SUMMER TO NEGOTIATE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND THAT WOULD INITIATE THE COMPETITIVE DISPOSITION PROCESS.

WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU ADAM.

THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? I'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE THE DAIS.

COME TO THE DAIS, AND PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

HI THERE. MY NAME IS BENJAMIN CLARK.

AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE VERNON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND A RECENT ONE AT THAT.

WE MOVED, TO NOLA DRIVE JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO NOW AND HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE SIGNS GO UP AND DOWN FROM THE AMBROSE CENTER DURING THAT TIME FRAME.

AND I'VE ASKED A LOT OF NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT SPACE, GOING BACK TO ITS TIME AS ITS, AS A SCHOOL.

BUT A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO HAVE MEMORIES OF THAT SPACE SERVING AS A VERY VIBRANT COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN LOOKING TO DISPOSE OF THE SPACE FOR REDEVELOPMENT, BUT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN CONSIDERED IN RECENT YEARS WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE THAT SPACE AS PART OF THAT SORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ANCHOR.

THAT COULD BE A FACILITY FOR, ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, I THINK, WITHIN THE CEDAR RAPIDS AREA TO UTILIZE AS A COMMUNITY AND RECREATION SPACE AGAIN.

TO THAT END, 24 HOURS AGO, MY WIFE AND I PULLED TOGETHER A QUICK, COMMUNITY PETITION THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU.

IT'S GOT, AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, 121 SIGNATORIES TO IT.

IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN APPROACHED AND REQUESTED TO WITH A REQUEST TO ISSUE AN RFP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER AMBROSE RECREATION CENTER AT

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2000 MOUNT VERNON ROAD SOUTHEAST.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, HEREBY EXPRESS OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE, BUT WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER USING THE LAND FOR A NEW, VIBRANT RECREATION FACILITY THAT CAN SERVE THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

THE REDEVELOPMENT OF AMBROSE RECREATION CENTER WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED ACCESS TO WRAPAROUND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS WHO LACK TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TO TRAVEL ACROSS TOWN TO OTHER SUCH CENTERS.

IT WILL SERVE AS AN AFTER SCHOOL AND WEEKEND HUB OF ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, OFFERING A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SPACE FOR RECREATION, LEARNING, AND SOCIALIZING. BY TRANSFORMING THE AMBROSE RECREATION CENTER INTO A MODERN RECREATION FACILITY, WE WILL NOT ONLY PRESERVE A VALUABLE COMMUNITY ASSET, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANCY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS NEW FACILITY WILL SERVE AS A BEACON OF HOPE AND RESILIENCE, SYMBOLIZING OUR COMMITMENT TO REBUILDING AND STRENGTHENING THE SOUTHEAST SIDE COMMUNITY.

TOGETHER, LET'S INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CREATE A BRIGHTER, MORE RESILIENT CEDAR RAPIDS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO SHARE FROM ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, MAURA PILCHER, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

GROWING UP IN THE 1980S, I WENT TO DANCE CLASSES AND ART CLASSES THERE.

I COULD WALK TO AMBROSE ON MY OWN.

NOW, CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MUST FIND TRANSPORTATION TO THE NORTHWEST REC CENTER.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE ACTIVITIES, WE NEED EQUITABLE RESOURCES FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

A PLACE TO PRACTICE BASKETBALL, TAKE YOGA, CONGREGATE EXPERIENCE, ART.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH IN CEDAR RAPIDS TO CO-LOCATE ALL OF THESE RESOURCES TO THE NORTHWEST REC CENTER.

IF WE WANT TO GIVE EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER THESE OPPORTUNITIES, THEY NEED TO BE OFFERED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.

THAT IS TRUE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.

THANK YOU. MR. CLARK, ARE YOU REGISTERING AN OBJECTION TO THE RFP, THE DISPOSITION OR.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE IN FAVOR WITH CONDITIONS.

I'M IN FAVOR WITH THE CONDITIONS.

AND, I DO BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE DISPOSED OF, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND ITS UTILIZATION AS, AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE.

EXCELLENT. I WOULD ALSO JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY AFTERWARDS AND MAYBE SHARE SOME OF YOUR IDEAS ON MAYBE MORE SPECIFIC WAYS FORWARD WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

THANK YOU, MR. CLARK.

ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

I'M JENNIFER TREMBATH.

IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, INTO THE MICROPHONE.

THANK YOU. I'M JENNIFER TREMBATH.

I LIVE AT 2107 GREENWOOD AVENUE OR GREENWOOD DRIVE, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF GREENWOOD AND 21ST STREET.

SO I LOOK RIGHT AT THE AMBROSE CENTER.

SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT WHEN YOU GUYS DO WHATEVER METHOD YOU TAKE, JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY CHILD LIVES THERE.

WE ALL HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN AROUND THERE, AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BENEFIT THEM INSTEAD OF, I DON'T WANT TO SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR SOMETHING THAT COULD MAYBE DETERIORATE THE VALUE AND THE HOPE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO JUST MAYBE CONSIDER ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW WE ALL REALLY LOVE AND APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

FOR THE RECORD. THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK TODAY.

THANKFULLY, I KNOW THAT THE CITY TEAM HAS ALREADY BEEN GETTING INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS, BUT PERSONALLY HAVE ALREADY HAD MANY INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS, WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN USING IT FOR RECREATION.

IT WOULD NOT BE A PUBLIC FACILITY.

BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL THERE OF SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTIVELY SEEKING AND INTERESTED AS WELL AS PUBLIC HOUSING.

YOU KNOW, SO MORE HOUSING, THE COMMUNITY ALWAYS IS A COMMUNITY NEED THAT BENEFITS EVERY, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT ADDS VALUE TO.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE OF THESE GREAT IDEAS AND FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT STICKS WITH THIS PROJECT.

SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY OVERLAND, SECONDED BY OLSON.

THANK YOU COUNCIL, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A FRINGE AREA AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SWISHER AND JOHNSON COUNTY THAT ESTABLISHES DEVELOPMENT

[9. A public hearing will be held to consider a Fringe Area Agreement with the City of Swisher and Johnson County that establishes development procedures in a shared area (Jeff Wozencraft). CIP/DID #CD-0083-2022]

PROCEDURES IN ONE OF OUR SHARED AREAS.

SO JEFF WOZENCRAFT IS HERE TO TALK ON THAT.

JEFF, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR. JEFF WOZENCRAFT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO AS STATED, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A FRINGE AREA AGREEMENT.

SO IT WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL THREE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.

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AND IT IS ALSO VALID FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS.

JUST LIKE OUR ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS.

AND I WILL SAY THIS PROCESS WAS STARTED BY OUR ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH, WITH SWISHER THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2022.

SO HERE ARE SOME COMPREHENSIVE PLANS OF BOTH SWISHER AND JOHNSON COUNTY.

SWISHER ON THE LEFT, AND JOHNSON COUNTY ON THE RIGHT.

AND I WOULD JUST CALL ATTENTION TO THE HIGHWAY 965 CORRIDOR OR SIXTH STREET SOUTHWEST.

BOTH OF THESE CALL OUT THAT CORRIDOR AS SORT OF INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ALSO ALIGNS WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS URBAN MEDIUM INTENSITY THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR BOTH OF THOSE TYPES OF USES HERE.

AND SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED MAP THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE FRINGE AREA AGREEMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN LINE HERE IS THE ADOPTED 28 E OR ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SWISHER.

AND THE AREA IN BLUE IS OUR GROWTH AREA, OUTLINED HERE.

THIS, AGAIN WOULD FOCUS AROUND THAT 965 SIXTH STREET CORRIDOR, WHICH IS BORDERED IN THIS, BLUE AREA HERE.

SO THIS THEN OUTLINES DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES.

SO ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT WERE TO OCCUR IN CEDAR RAPIDS GROWTH AREA PRIOR TO ANNEXATION WOULD BE APPROVED AND REVIEWED BY THE CITY.

THEN NOTICE WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF SWISHER FOR REVIEW AND COMMENTS, BUT NO APPROVAL REQUIRED.

AND THEN THESE PROPOSALS SHOULD CONFORM TO BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

SO AS I STATED BEFORE THAT THIS WAS SORT OF KICKED OFF WITH THE, ADOPTION OF THE 28 E ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SWISHER IN 2022.

THE CITY OF SWISHER HAS ALREADY APPROVED THIS FRINGE AREA AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS THE JOHNSON COUNTY, BOTH LATE LAST MONTH.

AND WITH THAT, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, JEFF, AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE STAFF'S WILLINGNESS TO COLLABORATE ALONG WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ON THIS.

THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD.

THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY HAGER, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON ANY SUBJECT PERTAINING TO COUNCIL ACTION THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.

A SECOND PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD WILL COME AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR RESIDENTS TO SPEAK ON ISSUES THAT ARE GERMANE TO THE CITY, BUT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE BEFORE AND AFTER EACH COUNCIL MEETING.

SO AT THIS TIME, THE COUNCIL IS HERE TO LISTEN.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL MATTERS I ADDRESS PRIOR TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TODAY APPLY TO THE PUBLIC ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS.

A REMINDER TO STAY AT THE LECTERN.

IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS, PLEASE GIVE THEM THE OFFICER AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES.

ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTERS YOU WISH TO ADDRESS, AND ABUSIVE, PERSONAL OR RELEVANT COMMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

AND WE ALSO ASK FOR NO PARTICIPATION FROM THE AUDIENCE.

IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, WE'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON TODAY .

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE HERE, WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, AND I'LL JUST ANNOUNCE THEM IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE LISTED.

LINDA SEAGER WILL BE OUR FIRST.

AND SHE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF THE NEW CHIEF OF POLICE.

LINDA SEGER, 1629 EIGHTH STREET NORTHWEST, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

CITY MANAGER POMERANTZ, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, AND THE DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT COME HERE WILLINGLY AND EAGERLY, EACH MEETING.

AND TO OUR CITIZENS WHO TAKE THE TIME TO COME AND STAND BEFORE THE COUNCIL, OR TO JUST SIT AND LISTEN, AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FREE PRESS.

OUR CITY HAS RISEN TO A MOMENT NOW TO SELECT A NEW POLICE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

AFTER ALMOST A YEAR.

SINCE CHIEF GERMAN MOVED ON AND AGED OUT OF THE REQUIRED AGE HE SHOULD BE TO SIT

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AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT, IT WAS A REMARKABLE 12, TEN YEARS, TEN AND A HALF, 12.

I WAS FORTUNATE AND HONORED TO SIT ON HIS ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH FORMULATED, AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL CONTINUE TO ALWAYS GIVE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE WHAT THEY LEARN ABOUT WHAT IS IN PROCESS BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO THE PEOPLE THEY INTERACT WITH.

AND AT THIS TIME IT WAS A FORTUNATE TIME.

WE HAVE FOR THE MONTHS SINCE THE DEPARTURE HAD THE WISE LEADERSHIP HERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS FOR DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF AND OUR INTERIM POLICE CHIEF TOM YONKER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT KNOW HIM.

HE'S A KIND MAN, VERY DUTIFUL, VERY HONORABLE, AND HE HAS SERVED IN THIS POSITION GREATLY.

AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, INCLUDING TAKE PICTURES THAT I'D PHOTOGRAPH AS A SPORT PHOTOGRAPHER OF POLICE OFFICERS WORKING AT GAMES WITH THEIR PERMISSION, AND TAKE THEM BACK TO HIM AFTER I PROCESS THEM AND HE SEES THAT THE OFFICERS GET THEM.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT IMPOSITION THAT I ASK YOU TO DO FOR ME.

SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF CHIEF GERMAN, WE HAVE HAD A LONG AND ARDUOUS TIME, AND IT HASN'T BEEN EASY TO SEE ALL OF THE THINGS GOING ON AND SEEKING SOMEONE TO FILL A SPOT THAT WE FEEL THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND OUR DEPARTMENT DESERVES.

BUT I THINK THAT TODAY WE HAVE A MOMENT THAT OUR CITY MANAGER, JEFF POMERANZ, WILL ASK FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION TO CONFIRM THE INDIVIDUAL HE HAS SELECTED.

AND WE HAD LOTS OF GREAT CANDIDATES, AND TO RISE TO THE TOP OF THAT LEVEL IS WONDERFUL AND SELECT SOMEONE FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING GREAT THINGS FROM THE NEW POLICE CHIEF.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THERE IS A LOT OF DEMANDS OUT THERE AND I WILL AGAIN, AS I ALWAYS DO, LET YOU KNOW THAT AFTER WORKING IN AN ER, WORKING ON A CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY UNIT AND WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC, I HAVE SEEN OUR OFFICERS FACE A LOT OF TENSION AND TURMOIL THAT THEY HAVE HANDLED WITH GRACE, DIGNITY AND INTELLIGENCE.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I FEEL THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS IN GOOD HANDS, AND WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH.

AND I BELIEVE OUR NEW CHIEF SELECTION WILL CONTINUE THAT PROGRESS.

AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME CLASSIC WORDS BECAUSE I COME FROM ANOTHER AGE IS IN THE 1980S, POLICE SERIES WERE VERY POPULAR.

AND THE ONE THAT SEEMED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL TOOK PLACE IN AN ANONYMOUS CITY IN THE MIDWEST OR EASTERN UNITED STATES.

IT WAS FILMED ON LOCATION IN CHICAGO, AND IT WAS ENTITLED HILL STREET BLUES.

AND AS I THINK OF ALL OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN AND STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY.

THEY FACE.

A DIFFERENT DAY EVERY DAY.

THEY DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA.

EVERY DAY IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

AND THEY RISE TO THE OCCASION.

AND SO I TAKE THE WORDS FROM ROLL CALL AT THE STATION AT THE HILL STREET BLUES DIVISION, WHEN SERGEANT PHIL ESTERHAUS WOULD SPEAK TO LAW OFFICERS IN FRONT OF HIM IN THE DAILY INFORMATION MEETINGS BEFORE THEY HEADED OUT ONTO THE STREET.

THIS FAMOUS CATCH PHRASE SOME OF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD, BUT SOME OF YOU THAT FOLLOWED THAT SERIES ON..

MS. SEEGER IS, HEY, LET'S BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.

EXCELLENT PARTING WORDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JENNIFER TREMBATH, YOU'RE OKAY DECLINING THAT.

WE ALREADY HEARD FROM ALAN MURDOCH.

HERE TO SPEAK ON THE POLICE CHIEF.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR ALAN MURDOCH, 930 26TH STREET SOUTHEAST.

IN CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY, THERE'S A SENSE THAT THERE ARE OTHER CANDIDATES THAT WERE STRONGER IN SUPPORT AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR THE TRANS AND NON-BINARY SPECTRUM.

AND SO THERE'S A SENSE THAT THERE MAY NEED TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK IF THIS CANDIDATE MOVES FORWARD.

IN TERMS OF KNOWING, UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES AND LEADING THE DEPARTMENT IN ADDRESSING CONCERNS THAT COME UP REGARDING THIS COMMUNITY.

I WANTED TO VOICE THAT IN ADVANCE OF THE VOTE.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ASHLYN CLARK HERE TO SPEAK ON AMBROSE.

NO. GOOD. OKAY.

AND I SEE BEN CLARK ALSO DECLINING.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WILL CLOSE OUT OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

CITY MANAGER POMERANZ, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NO CHANGES.

NO CHANGES. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES ON ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS AGENDA? NO CHANGES.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

[MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA]

THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HAGER.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY OLSON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.

MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

THIS IS A PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OF.

SORRY. RIGHT.

OKAY. YEAH, YEAH.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS AN ADDITION.

ITEM 33 IS THE PRESENTATION RESOLUTION APPROVING OUR CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OF DAVID DOSTAL AS POLICE CHIEF OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

[33. Presentation and resolution approving the City Manager’s appointment of David Dostal as police chief of the Cedar Rapids Police Department (Jeff Pomeranz). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #CM002-24]

CITY MANAGER JEFF POMERANZ IS HERE TO GIVE US MORE INSIGHT INTO THAT.

I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU, JEFF.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.

I'D LIKE TO START BY RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF OUR ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DURING THE PERIOD WHEN WE WERE SEEKING A REPLACEMENT FOR RETIRING CHIEF GERMAN.

THE TEAMWORK AND THE DEDICATION OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL PROUD OF, BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

ALSO VITALLY IMPORTANT AND HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED BY CITIZEN SEEGER, IS THE TREMENDOUS WORK DONE BY TOM YONKER AS OUR DEPUTY CHIEF INTERIM CHIEF.

SO I VERY MUCH WANT TO THANK CHIEF YONKER FOR ALL OF HIS COMMITMENT, HIS DEDICATION, HIS FRIENDSHIP, HIS PATIENCE.

AND IN MY MIND, TOM JUST DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AS OUR INTERIM CHIEF.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK, THAT THAT HE AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM DID.

SO THANK YOU, TOM.

CITY MANAGER POMERANTZ, POINT OF PRIVILEGE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF YONKER.

I DID TAKE THAT PRIVILEGE.

YOU'RE RIGHT. SO DIVERTED A LITTLE.

NO, THE COUNCIL WANTED TO APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZE AND THANK INTERIM CHIEF YONKER AS WELL.

VERY MUCH DESERVED.

MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER SEVEN, ESTABLISHES THE POSITION OF CHIEF OF POLICE AND REQUIRES THAT THE CITY MANAGER APPOINT THE POLICE CHIEF WITH THE ADVICE AND THE CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL FROM THE CHIEFS CIVIL SERVICE LIST AS PUT TOGETHER BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, I TOOK THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THE POLICE CHIEF IN MY MIND AS CITY MANAGER, AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL WOULD AGREE, IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THAT ANY OF US HAVE IN OUR IN OUR OFFICES.

WHEN I SOUGHT A REPLACEMENT FOR THE POSITION, WE PRIORITIZED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

IT WAS HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE THIS DECISION THOUGHTFULLY AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

TODAY, I'M VERY PLEASED TO PRESENT DAVID L DOSTAL AS MY SELECTION FOR CHIEF OF POLICE.

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THE MATTER BECOMES BEFORE YOU FOR CONSENT AND THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID DOSTAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CITY CODE.

I'D LIKE FOR A SECOND TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROCESS THAT WAS UTILIZED FOR THE SEARCH FOR OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF.

TO DEVELOP A CANDIDATE PROFILE, THE CITY ENGAGED THE IACP, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE, AS OUR SEARCH CONSULTANT. THE IACP AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES CREATED A CANDIDATE PROFILE BASED ON EXTENSIVE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK.

THE PROFILE CALLED FOR AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS.

ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS AND TRAINING AND EDUCATION.

SO THIS PROFILE WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THESE IDEAS, WITH THESE PRIORITIES IN MIND FOR THE NEXT CHIEF.

I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO THANK, AS I ALREADY HAVE THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, WHO ENDED UP AFTER REVIEWING THE 17 APPLICANTS CERTIFYING A LIST OF FOUR FINALISTS THROUGHOUT AN EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW PROCESS THAT THEY PERFORMED.

I SENT A LETTER EMAIL OF THANKS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT EARLY THIS MORNING I RECEIVED A COMMENT, A LETTER TO ME THANKING US, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND CITY TEAM FOR ESTABLISHING THIS PROCESS AND HOW SERIOUSLY AND APPRECIATIVE THE COMMISSION WAS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE CANDIDATES AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO INTERVIEW THOSE CANDIDATES AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY MANAGER.

OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE VERY PROUD TO HAVE ATTRACTED FOUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FROM A HEALTHY POOL OF APPLICANTS DRIVEN BY A THOROUGH, TRANSPARENT, OPEN AND COMMUNITY INVOLVED PROCESS.

FOR FURTHER EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

IN THE PROCESS, WE INVITED MEMBERS OF SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO OFFERED FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE CIVIL SERVICE PROCESS TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERVIEW PANELS LAST WEDNESDAY AS THE CANDIDATES WERE BEING INTERVIEWED.

SO THIS WASN'T ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER OR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS ABOUT ALL OF US, ALL OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND PUTTING A PROCESS FORWARD THAT INCLUDES ALL AND TAKES THE TIME TO LISTEN TO AND INCLUDE ALL.

WE ALL APPRECIATE THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION'S WORK, AS I SAID, AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE AS WELL, CERTAINLY WITHOUT THAT STEP IN CONSIDERING THE SELECTION.

I REVIEWED SURVEYS COLLECTED FROM INTERVIEW PANEL MEMBERS, DATA GATHERED FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS USED TO BUILD THE CANDIDATE PROFILE, THE EXPERIENCE OF EACH CANDIDATE.

AND THE IMPACT THAT ALL THE CANDIDATES HAD ON THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

FINDING A CANDIDATE WHO WOULD BE THE BEST FIT FOR OUR CRPD.

OUR CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CRUCIAL AND I KNOW CRUCIAL TO ALL OF YOU BECAUSE I'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DECISION AND ABOUT MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE.

THE RIGHT CANDIDATE NEEDED TO HAVE THE NECESSARY LEADERSHIP, THE TEAMWORK, THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT UNDER OUR COUNCIL MANAGER PLAN, THE COUNCIL.

PUT THAT CONFIDENCE IN ALL OF US AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON INTERVIEWING THESE CANDIDATES AND MAKING THIS SELECTION, AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE

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THAT SUPPORT AND THAT WILLINGNESS TO EXTEND THAT CONCERN, THAT AUTHORITY TO ALL OF US TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION. DAVE DOSTAL HAS SHOWN A REMARKABLE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO OUR GREAT CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

HE HAS SERVED 32 YEARS WITH OUR CITY.

AND HE IS PROUD, DEEPLY PROUD OF THE WORK OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CRPD, SWORN, AS WELL AS NON-SWORN THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT DAVID'S CREDENTIALS, HE HAS DEMONSTRATED THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE THAT BUILDING AND MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY IS ONE OF HIS TOP PRIORITIES.

WHEN I BEGAN MY OWN DECISION MAKING PROCESS AS TO WHO WOULD BE THE CANDIDATE THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD EXPERIENCE WITH OUR OWN CRPD.

BUT THERE WERE MANY, MANY OTHER FACTORS BEYOND THAT TENURE THAT MADE DAVID STAND IN MY MIND AS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

HE'S BEEN DEDICATED TO MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.

HE'S BEEN DEDICATED TO ASSISTING AND WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS.

WHEN I LOOKED AT DAVID'S BACKGROUND, THE NUMBER OF AWARDS THAT HE HAS RECEIVED IN HIS ENTIRE SERVICE TO THE CITY IS REALLY OUTSTANDING AND IMPRESSIVE.

AND I HEARD STORIES FROM INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS WHO HAD MAYBE A CRISIS IN IN THEIR LIFE, MAYBE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE.

AND THOSE, AND ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I'M THINKING OF CAME FORWARD AND SAID.

DAVE WAS WITH ME FROM THE BEGINNING, AND WHEN CRISIS OCCURRED IN OUR IN OUR FAMILY, DAVID WAS WAS THE STRENGTH AND THE ROCK REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY.

AND HE HAS AND THIS EVENT OCCURRED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.

CONTINUED TO BE A SUPPORTER AND A FRIEND AND A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT AND MADE OUR PAIN EASIER TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE HE DEEPLY CARED.

SO ALL OF THOSE EMOTIONS WENT INTO MY DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

I'M PROUD TO OFFER DAVE DOSTAL IS THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL DO AN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL JOB AS OUR NEXT POLICE CHIEF.

AGAIN. THANK YOU TOM.

THANK YOU. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION CITY STAFF DID AN ABSOLUTE OUTSTANDING JOB HELPING AND REALLY GUIDING THE SELECTION PROCESS. LOTS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE JUST THAT LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AS I LOOK AT OTHER PROCESSES, IN OTHER COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF OUR STATE, OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE GONE WAY BEYOND AS FAR AS OUR COMMITMENT TO REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

SO AS I MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION, WITH MY OWN, ALMOST 43 YEARS AS THE CITY MANAGER, I DO THAT WITH THE ABSOLUTE UTMOST CONFIDENCE THAT DAVE DOSTAL WILL, AGAIN, AS I SAID, BE A PHENOMENAL POLICE CHIEF FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL'S DELIBERATION.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER POMERANZ, AND I AM SURE THE COUNCIL HAS COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN? WE'LL START DOWN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TODD.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

I KNEW IT WAS TIME FOR US TO TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT.

WHEN I THINK I SAW TOM YONKER SMILE AT A COUNCIL MEETING NOT TOO LONG AGO.

SO, DEPUTY CHIEF, THANKS FOR YOUR WORK.

YOU DID, I MEAN, IN AWE THE WORK THAT YOU DID DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND IT WAS A TOUGH PERIOD OF TIME.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I HOPE YOU DO STAY ON AS DEPUTY CHIEF IN THAT CAPACITY.

YEAH. JEFF, YOU SPOKE A PROCESS, AND, I HAVE TO SAY, I BELIEVE YOUR PROCESS WAS PURE.

I FROM WHAT I SAW, I KNOW, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANY UNDUE INFLUENCE FROM ANY OF US.

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I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND TO THIS DAY, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE.

I ALSO APPRECIATE OUR CITIZENS COMMITTEES.

I THINK MAYOR YOU PUT TOGETHER A VERY WELL ROUNDED AND RESPECTED GROUP OF PEOPLE, WHO WEIGHED IN.

I GOT SOME INPUT FROM THEM AND TO ME, IT WAS IT MADE A DIFFERENCE.

CHIEF DOSTAL.

I REMEMBER WHEN HE STARTED, HE WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST BIKE PATROL OFFICERS, HIM AND JEFF HEMBROUGH.

AND, YOU WORKED THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THAT BIKE IN THE DAY? YOU WENT INTO NARCOTICS, AND THOSE WERE BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN OUR NARCOTICS ACTUALLY DID VICE AND GANGS.

I MEAN, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE, THOSE TYPE OF SQUADS.

SO IF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS, YOU BASICALLY DID EVERY EVERYTHING.

AND FOR FOR ME, IT TELLS ME THAT, HE KNOWS THE PEOPLE, HE KNOWS THE BUILDINGS, HE KNOWS THE PLACES, HE UNDERSTANDS HOW THINGS HAPPEN.

AND, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

ALSO, WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS AT LEAST TWO ENDORSEMENTS THAT I RECEIVED IN PARTICULAR.

THE FIRST ONE WAS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO'S HERE TODAY.

THE ABILITY OF THOSE TWO TO WORK TOGETHER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO AGREE, BUT THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

THAT IS CRITICAL TO THE PROSECUTION OF PEOPLE WHO BREAK THE LAW.

AND TO HAVE AN ENDORSEMENT FROM, NICK MEANS A LOT TO ME.

THE SECOND ENDORSEMENT, THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME WAS THE FORMER CHIEF.

THE FORMER CHIEF SAID HE WOULD BE PERFECT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND HE WOULD NOT SAY THAT LIGHTLY.

AND SO THAT MAKES A GREAT DEAL TO ME BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY HIS PRIORITIES ARE THE SAME AS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TOWARDS THE LAST FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS ALMOST SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE AND THAT THAT THAT PROGRESS SHOWS IN THE DATA.

THAT PROGRESS SHOWS IN AND MANY, MANY OF THE AREAS.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A QUESTION OF DO YOU BRING SOMEBODY IN TO BUILD A DEPARTMENT? OR DO YOU BRING SOMEBODY WHO'S ALREADY ENGAGED IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND YOU BUILD ON THE FRAMEWORK THAT'S ALREADY HERE? AND IN THIS CASE, I THINK YOU BUILD ON THE FRAMEWORK.

AND SO I, I WOULD ECHO THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION THAT IT MAKES SENSE, TO, TO HIRE, DAVE DOSTAL.

WE ALL KNOW BASED ON THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, BEING THE POLICE CHIEF IS A 24/SEVEN JOB.

I MEAN, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ON VACATION, YOU'RE TAKING CALLS FROM THE CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WEARS.

AND SO IT HAS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.

AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE HIS WIFE KIM HERE.

AND ONE THING THAT'S NOT BEEN MENTIONED IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A FAMILY AFFAIR IN TERMS OF, HIS SON NOLAN IS ONE OF OUR OFFICERS ON THE STREET TODAY.

AND SO NO MATTER WHAT WE DO AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE CRITICS, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK WHAT WE DO, WHAT YOU DO.

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL AND MANY OF THOSE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

AND, BOY, WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE.

AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE IN THE TYPE OF CANDIDATES THAT WE HAD.

AND SO WE'VE GOT ASSURANCES THAT THIS GUY IS GOING TO BE AROUND FOR A WHILE, AND ALL I CAN DO IS WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

THANKS, MAYOR. WELL, I, I TOO WANT TO ECHO MY THANKS TO DEPUTY CHIEF YONKER, FOR STEPPING IN, FOR STEPPING UP, AND FOR ALSO BEING THERE PERSONALLY FOR ME, DURING SOME CHALLENGING TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND YOUR, YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT SUPPORT, JUST SO THAT I COULD FEEL SAFE IN MY OWN CITY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THE CANDIDATES THAT WE HAD.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE'VE GOT A HOMEGROWN WEST SIDER AND FELLOW BOHEMIAN WHO'S STEPPING INTO THIS ROLE.

I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A SELLING POINT FOR CEDAR RAPIDS.

BUT ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR CONVERSATIONS WERE IMPORTANT IN THE FACT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE RECRUITING CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

THIS ISN'T A NOD TO SAY WE'RE DONE LEARNING.

WE'RE DONE GROWING IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

BUT I DO FEEL THAT YOU ARE READY TO STEP IN DAY ONE AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.

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I KNOW THAT YOUR TENURED EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT YOU WHERE WE'VE GROWN.

AND CERTAINLY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD AND I HAVE SERVED FOR THE LAST YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR ON PUBLIC SAFETY, AND WE'VE SEEN JUST TREMENDOUS CHANGES ALONE IN OUR TIME.

IT DOES MATTER THAT, COUNTY ATTORNEY MAYBANKS, WHO'S ALSO A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, HAS ALSO HAD YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR, YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS DO WILL INEVITABLY END UP ON HIS AND HIS TEAM'S DESK.

ADDITIONALLY, I WILL SAY THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH GVI COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND YOU'RE READY TO TAKE THAT ON AND CONTINUE IT AS THAT CONTINUES TO BE A FOCAL POINT FOR US HERE.

AND JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, IT DOES MEAN THE WORLD TO ME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN, PARTICULARLY SUPPORTIVE OF MY OWN LGBTQ FAMILY, WITHOUT QUESTION. AND SO I HAVE NO DOUBTS IN MY MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH THAT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER POE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

WELL, YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH A PROCESS LIKE THIS WITHOUT A NUMBER OF THANK YOU'S.

AND WE'LL START WITH DEPUTY CHIEF YONKER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING LEAD YOUR DEPARTMENT AND, OUR COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY BE HERE FOR THIS COUNCIL.

GREAT APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR YOUR WORK OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

I'D LIKE TO THANK CHAIR.

DALE TODD WITH PUBLIC SAFETY REMARKS WERE SPOT ON.

DALE, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO ADD.

GOOD JOB. AND, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

BUT ALSO, THANK YOU TO THE CITY TEAM.

JEFF, WE'RE YOU'VE DONE SUCH AN AMAZING JOB, HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN CEDAR RAPIDS, YOU STEP UP, YOU FIND THE BEST PEOPLE FOR THE JOB.

AND I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT OUR NEW CHIEF DOSTAL WILL BE ALWAYS WELCOME WITH THIS COUNCIL AND WILL DO A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS, CITY TEAM, ON BRINGING THE BEST CANDIDATE FORWARD.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD CANDIDATES AND WE APPRECIATE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT WITH THEM.

BUT I THINK YOU'VE YOU'VE FOUND A REAL KEEPER.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WELCOME, COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND.

VERY BRIEFLY.

I WON'T REPEAT WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

AND I ALSO WOULD SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PROCESS.

THE RESULT OF THE PROCESS INDICATES THAT IT IS A GOOD PROCESS.

AND PERSONALLY, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MEAN, THE PROCESS YIELDED A GREAT CANDIDATE, I THINK, AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WONDERFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I WAS OUT AT, KINGSTON LAST FALL FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME AND RAN INTO DEPUTY CHIEF YONKER.

I WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF SURPRISED.

AND I THINK THE CONVERSATION WE HAD REALLY KIND OF SPEAKS TO HIS COMMITMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.

I ASKED HIM WHY WHY HE WAS OUT THERE, AT A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME, AND HE INDICATED TO ME THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST POPULAR DUTY TO TO SERVE AT A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME.

AND SO HE, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT IT WAS HIS ROLE TO FILL THAT AND TAKE ON SOME OF THOSE ASSIGNMENTS THAT WEREN'T THE MOST POPULAR.

AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS A LOT TO YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO THE COMMUNITY, AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING IN AND UP FOR A YEAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THE PROCESS AND THE NUMBER OF GOOD CANDIDATES AND THE GREAT CANDIDATE THAT WE HAVE SITTING HERE TODAY AND CONSIDERING, FOR APPROVAL IS THE NEXT CHIEF, AND IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE STRONG RELATIONSHIP THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS A REFLECTION OF THAT, I THINK TALKING WITH THE SEARCH FIRM, YOU KNOW, THEY INDICATED THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE, AND WE SEE IT IN THE NEWS, I THINK, TOO, THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, THERE'S A DIVIDE OR A RUPTURE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THE STRENGTH OF THE CANDIDATE POOL AND THE WILLINGNESS OF SOMEONE WHO'S SERVED SO ADMIRABLY IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR 30 PLUS YEARS, SHOWS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS IS COMMITTED TO ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND TO THE QUALITY.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A CHANCE. WE ALL HAVE AS OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR TIME ON THE COUNCIL TO MEET AND REALLY INTERACT WITH A LOT OF IN PARTICULAR THE LEADERSHIP, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND TO A PERSON, I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OBVIOUSLY COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE JOB.

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BUT TO FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE AND, TO THOUGHTFULNESS, YOU KNOW, TO THE ISSUES THAT FACE, THAT FACE US.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO YOU TODAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO US IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AND THE DEPARTMENT AND I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, HAVING SERVED FOR SO LONG, IT'S A GREAT DEPARTMENT.

AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO, WATCHING YOU LEAD.

I GET THE LAST THING YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY IS, THE POLICE CHIEF IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY, I THINK, TO LEAD AND HAVE A LEADERSHIP POSITION WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL.

YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, THINGS DON'T ALWAYS GO SMOOTHLY.

AND WHEN THEY DON'T, A LOT OF TIMES THE POLICE CHIEF IS FRONT AND CENTER.

AND SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGH, WHAT INEVITABLY WILL BE PROBABLY SOME TOUGH TIMES DURING YOUR TENURE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO US AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HAGER.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK, OFFICER YONKER FOR, YOUR SERVICE.

AT NO POINT IN YOUR TENURE DID WE GET AN EMAIL SAYING, HURRY UP AND FIND A CHIEF.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WHILE WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR CITY.

WELL, I'LL START 40 YEARS AGO, I KNEW DAVE DOSTAL AS A STAR RUNNING BACK FOR THE LASALLE LANCERS AND, AS A 11 AND 12 YEAR OLD KID GOING THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL WATCHING HIM BE A TEAM LEADER.

AND I'VE HAD THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH, DAVE DOSTAL EVER SINCE, FAMILY FRIEND.

AND, HE'S BEEN A TEAM LEADER BACK THEN, AND HE AND HE HAS RISEN TO BE A TEAM LEADER TODAY.

JEFF POMERANZ HAD SAID TO ME PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO, HE SAID, THERE'S A NAME THAT'S KIND OF RISING AT THE TOP, AND WE GOT TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.

AND I SAID, ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE TO STICK THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MAY RISE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, JEFF, THAT IF IT IS DAVE DOSTAL, WE WIN.

SO CONGRATS.

I DIDN'T SAY YES OR NO, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO YOUR WIFE, MELISSA.

FOR HER TO WATCH YOU PUT YOUR BADGE ON EVERY DAY AND GO TO WORK.

AND IT'S HER TRIBUTE TO OUR CITY AS WELL.

AND NOW TO WATCH HER SON DO IT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I ECHO ALL THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES, AND, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON'S SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CEDAR RAPIDS A SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

VERY WELL SAID COUNCIL.

WOW. NO PRESSURE.

SOON TO BE CHIEF.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO ALL OF THE THANKS TO DEPUTY CHIEF YONKER.

YOU'VE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.

YOU HAVE, REMAINED A STRONG LEADER AND SO BELOVED AND RESPECTED BY THE PEOPLE WHO WORK BESIDE YOU EVERY DAY, WHICH WAS A COMFORT TO TO THOSE OF US.

BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TIME TO DO THIS.

RIGHT. AND THEN TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR BEING WILLING TO TAKE THAT TIME WHEN OTHERS KEPT ASKING THE QUESTION, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN? YOU UNDERSTOOD THE IMPERATIVE.

TO ME, YOU KNOW, TO ME, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY'S JOB ONE IN OUR CITY, I WOULD ARGUE IT IS THE MOST, NO OFFENSE, CITY MANAGER, THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M NOT FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, SO I DIDN'T GET TO WATCH HIM PLAY FOOTBALL.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I WANT YOU, SOON TO BE CHIEF DOSTAL, TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO KNOW THAT YOU COMPETED WITH THE BEST.

BEING FROM HERE WASN'T ENOUGH.

THERE WAS MORE.

WE NEEDED MORE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS TO THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR RAPIDS THAT WE TOOK THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND WE WANTED TO WE WANTED TO SEE THE BEST.

AND DAVE DOSTAL HAD TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST TO GET HERE.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY A BONUS THAT HE IS FROM HERE THAT HE WAS RAISED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL.

AS YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OR SO, TO CREATE THAT CULTURE OF TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST WITHIN OUR WITHIN OUR

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POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT CREATED THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO BE LEADING US GOING FORWARD, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE TRIBUTE TO THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND THE MEN AND WOMEN CURRENTLY IN THE CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE, TO CAST THIS NEXT VOTE.

AND IT IS A VOTE FOR THE FUTURE OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

AND I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO WILL BE SEEING OUR NEW CHIEF TO TALK TO HIM, ASK HIM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM, ASK HIM ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, WHY HE DECIDED TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE.

THANK HIS WIFE, THANK HIS SON.

I KNOW I DO TODAY FOR STEPPING UP TO THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT JOB AND ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IF WE HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE, IN FAVOR OF OUR NEW CHIEF, DAVE DOSTAL.

MOVING ON. NOW BACK TO OTHER BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER 34 AND KEN DEKEYSER, I'LL WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE HOT SEAT.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

[34. Report on bids for the FY 2024 Bridge Maintenance project (estimated cost is $2,670,000) (Ken DeKeyser). (Paving for Progress) CIP/DID #305150-04]

THIS IS A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE FY 2024 BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROJECT, WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $2,670,000.

KEN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A MAINTENANCE OF OUR F AVENUE.

E AVENUE BRIDGES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIVE AND ONE DAM, AS WELL AS 16TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST, OVER THE CEDAR RIVER.

PRIMARILY INCLUDES A JOINT REPLACEMENT OF BARRIER REPAIR, CONCRETE REPAIR, AND, WITH A $2.67 MILLION COST ESTIMATE.

IT BID ON FEBRUARY 7TH, AND WE'LL START THIS APRIL.

THIS THESE ARE THE LOCATION MAPS.

THIS IS THE 16TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO HERE, OVERVIEWS OF F AVENUE NORTHWEST AND E AVENUE NORTHWEST IN THE FIVE AND ONE DAM.

THIS IS THE BID REPORT.

WE HAD FOUR BIDS.

LOW BID WAS, BOULDER CONTRACTING, $2,557,591.50, UP TO THE HIGH BID OF $3,472,257.60. SO THE $2.67 MILLION ESTIMATE FELL WELL WITHIN THE, THE GROUPING OF BIDS. AND WITH THAT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE. THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY MAIER, SECONDED BY OLSON.

THAT BRINGS US NOW TO THE ORDINANCES.

ITEM NUMBER 35 IS AN ORDINANCE VACATING PUBLIC WAYS AND GROUNDS OF A 0.03 ACRE PORTION OF THE ALLEY ADJACENT TO 526 AND

[35. Ordinance vacating public ways and grounds of a 0.03-acre portion of the alley adjacent to 526 and 528 1st Avenue NW as requested by St. Patrick Church. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #ROWV-030840-2020]

528 FIRST AVENUE, NORTHWEST AS REQUESTED BY SAINT PATRICK CHURCH.

THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY OVERLAND, SECONDED BY VANORNY.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MOVE THE RULE REQUIRING THREE READINGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS, BE SUSPENDED, AND THE ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING, THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY OLSON.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION FOR THIS ITEM.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY HAGER, SECONDED BY POE.

ITEM NUMBER 36 IS AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT 8205 SIXTH STREET SOUTHWEST FROM GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AS

[36. Ordinance granting a change of zone for property at 8205 6th Street SW from I-GI, General Industrial District, to I-LI, Light Industrial District, as requested by 380 Commerce Park, LLC. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-034526-2023]

REQUESTED BY 380 COMMERCE PARK, LLC.

THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY TODD, SECONDED BY VANORNY.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 37 IS AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT 4301 SIXTH STREET, SOUTHWEST FROM GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO INSTITUTIONAL

[37. Ordinance granting a change of zone for property at 4301 6th Street SW from I-GI, General Industrial District, to P-IN, Public – Institutional District, as requested by the Grant Wood Area Education Agency. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-034395-2023]

DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY GRANT WOOD AREA AREA EDUCATION AGENCY.

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THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY OVERLAND, SECONDED BY MAIER.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THIS MOTION CARRIES COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

ITEM NUMBER 38 IS AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY NORTH OF 76 AVENUE, SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THISTLE HOLLOW ROAD, FROM AGRICULTURAL

[38. Ordinance granting a change of zone for property north of 76th Avenue SW and west of Tissel Hollow Road from A-AG, Agricultural District, to I-GI, General Industrial District, as requested by Iowa Growth & Development LLC and Iowa Land and Building Co. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-034400-2023]

DISTRICT TO GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY IOWA GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, LLC AND IOWA LAND AND BUILDING CO.

THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY OLSON, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MOVE THE RULE REQUIRING THREE READINGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS, BE SUSPENDED, AND THE ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED.

ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING, THE ADOPTION ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY VANORNY.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES, NOW, A FIRST READING ON ITEM NUMBER 39.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

[39. Ordinance repealing and replacing Ordinance No. 054-22 relating to the collection of tax increment within the amended Consolidated I-380 Corridor Urban Renewal Area. CIP/DID #TIF-0070-2022]

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NUMBER 054-22, RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF TAX INCREMENT WITHIN THE AMENDED CONSOLIDATED I-380 CORRIDOR URBAN RENEWAL AREA.

THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY TODD, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.