Mar 12, 2024 City Council

[Call to Order]

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THIS MEETING OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER.

WELCOME TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2024.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY CLERK AND CITY ATTORNEY.

AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF FOR ATTENDING TODAY AND BEING AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BEFORE AND AFTER THE MEETINGS.

I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM ANN POE IS ABSENT FROM TODAY'S MEETING.

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AND NOTE THAT ALL OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDAS, MINUTES, AND VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE.

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WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION BY PUBLIC SAFETY CHAPLAIN RICK GALE, WHO WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

FATHER. EVERY TIME I COME INTO THIS ROOM, I'M THANKFUL.

I LOOK UP AND I SEE OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL.

GOD, I SEE OUR CITY LEADERS.

GOD THAT'S WHAT CAUSES THIS CITY TO BE WHAT IT IS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WE AS CITIZENS HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT WE CAN TRUST AND DEPEND ON.

GOD GIVE THEM WISDOM.

GIVE THEM KNOWLEDGE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.

AND I THANK YOU FOR IT.

AMEN.

ALLEGIANCE].

THANK YOU.

WE'LL BEGIN NOW WITH OUR PROCLAMATION.

[Proclamations/Presentations]

AND THEN IT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY THE CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON.

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE.

RIGHT HERE. I'LL EXPLAIN WHY IN A SECOND.

WHEREAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AND HONOR THEIR ROLE IN SHAPING AND ENRICHING OUR NATION. WHEREAS THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, WOMEN FOUGHT TO GAIN RIGHTS NOT SIMPLY FOR THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED AND DISENFRANCHIZED GROUPS IN AMERICA.

WHEREAS AS WE CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROGRESS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS, WE MUST ALSO REFLECT ON THE UNEQUAL BURDENS THEY CONTINUE TO BEAR TODAY.

WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION, A HIGHER RISK OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND AN EARNINGS GAP THAT WILL COST THE AVERAGE WOMAN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF HER WORKING LIFETIME.

WHEREAS IN HONOR OF THE COURAGEOUS WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE US, AND IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER US, WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO ERASING INEQUITIES FACING WOMEN.

WHEREAS WE SHINE A LIGHT ON THE UNSUNG AND OVERLOOKED ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN AND PAY TRIBUTE TO THE TRAILBLAZERS WHO CONTINUOUSLY DRIVE US FORWARD AND ON THE PATH TO MORE EQUAL AND JUST SOCIETY.

AND WHEREAS WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE LEGACY OF WOMEN WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE STRENGTH AND CHARACTER OF OUR HISTORY, AND WE HONOR THE WOMEN WHO BUILD, SHAPE AND SUSTAIN OUR FUTURE. WHEREAS WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, TIFFANY O'DONNELL, MAYOR OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2024 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND BEGIN A MONTH LONG COMMEMORATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY IN CEDAR RAPIDS, AND DO COMMEND THE CEDAR RAPIDS CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR ENSURING EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THIS IS WHERE WORLDS COLLIDE IN MY OTHER LIFE.

WHEN I'M NOT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE SITTING UP HERE.

I AM THE CEO OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT WE CALL WOMEN LEAD CHANGE.

AND THIS IS A TEAM AND A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO WORK EVERY DAY, NOT JUST DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WOMEN ARE SET UP TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND I SHOULD SAY, NOT JUST WOMEN. IN WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE KNOW IT'S ALL IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR MALE ALLIES AT THE TABLE, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY WHO HELPS MAKE EVERYDAY WOMEN'S HISTORY DAY.

THANKS SO MUCH, LADIES.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON DECATHLON TEAM TO COME UP NOW.

BUSY DAY AT COUNCIL, LOTS TO CELEBRATE..

WHEREAS THE CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM

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AND WHEREAS THEIR TRIUMPH BRINGS HONOR TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY, HIGHLIGHTING INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WHILE EMPHASIZING THE COLLECTIVE SPIRIT OF TEAMWORK, COLLABORATION, PERSEVERANCE, AND INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS TAKES IMMENSE PRIDE IN SUPPORTING AND CELEBRATING ITS TALENTED RESIDENTS, RECOGNIZING THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND APPLAUDING THE CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATION AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND WHEREAS I THERE, TIFFANY O'DONNELL, MAYOR OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, ALONG WITH A VERY GRATEFUL CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON DECATHLON TEAM AND ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE OF CEDAR RAPIDS TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAM FOR ITS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT, DEDICATION AND TALENT, AND SETTING AN EXAMPLE OF SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE THAT FILLS OUR COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE.

MAY THE TEAM'S DEDICATION SERVE AS CONTINUED INSPIRATION FOR OTHERS TO PURSUE GREATNESS IN THEIR ACADEMIC ENDEAVORS AND BEYOND.

CONGRATULATIONS, TEAM.

JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK THANK YOU TO MAYOR O'DONNELL FOR INVITING US.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN INVITED IN OUR 24 YEARS OF WINNING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW, SO WE LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF OUR WONDERFULLY SMART STUDENTS.

SECOND, WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THESE STUDENTS FOR PUTTING IN LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF WORK TO STUDY AND TO HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST SCORES IN THE NATION GOING INTO OUR NATIONAL COMPETITION.

AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY, THIS IS ALL THANKS TO A WONDERFUL PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS THAT HAS.

OUR STUDENT BODY IS ABOUT 60% FREE AND REDUCED.

AND THESE STUDENTS WORK MULTIPLE JOBS, ARE IN EVERY ACTIVITY AND STILL THRIVE AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, COMPETING AGAINST CHARTER AND MAGNET SCHOOLS THAT ARE 6000 STUDENTS LARGE. AND LITTLE HUMBLE CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON PUNCHES WITH THEIR WEIGHT CLASS AND ABOVE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYONE FOR HONORING THEM TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THAT'S FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND MOST ARE GOING TO BE STAYING IN STATE FOR THEIR NEXT STEP OF EDUCATION.

AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO HUMBLY ASK YOU HERE AS A CITY TO PLEASE COME BACK WHEREVER YOU GO.

OKAY, THEN LET'S GET STARTED.

WE BEGIN WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TODAY, WHETHER DURING A PUBLIC HEARING OR DURING ONE OF OUR TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS, PERIODS OF A FEW MATTERS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AN ORDERLY MEETING. FIRST OF ALL, REMAIN AT THE LECTERN.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US, PLEASE HAND THEM TO THE OFFICER ON YOUR RIGHT AND HE WILL MAKE SURE TO GET THEM TO US.

SECOND, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, SO WHEN THE LIGHT ON THE CONSOLE IN FRONT OF YOU TURNS YELLOW, YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO FINISH YOUR COMMENTS.

AND WHEN IT TURNS RED, WE WILL INVITE YOU TO TAKE YOUR SEAT ONCE AGAIN.

THIRD, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL COMMENTS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTER OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT ABUSIVE, PERSONAL, LOUD, THREATENING OR IRRELEVANT COMMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED. FINALLY, WE NEED TO HOLD AN ORDERLY HEARING SO THERE SHOULD BE NO APPLAUSE, CHEERING, BOOING OR OTHER NOISE OR CONDUCT FROM THE GALLERY.

AND WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THAT.

DOES THE CLERK HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS IN REGARD TO ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY? YOUR HONOR, THERE WERE NO WRITTEN COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS FILED.

THANK YOU. NO WRITTEN COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER ONE A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER AMENDING CHAPTER 32 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ZONING TO UPDATE ZONE DISTRICTS USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS,

[1. A public hearing will be held to consider amending Chapter 32 of the Municipal Code, Zoning, to update zone districts, use-specific standards, development standards, review and approval procedures, nonconformities and definitions (Haley Sevening). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #CD-0048-2018]

NONCONFORMITIES AND DEFINITIONS.

HALEY SEVENING IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

HALEY, I RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. HALEY SEVENING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO EVERY YEAR, OUR DEPARTMENT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND OTHERS COMPLETES ANNUAL UPDATES TO OUR ZONING CODE.

THIS IS TO MAKE THE CODE EASIER TO READ AND UNDERSTAND.

CORRECT UNINTENDED ERRORS OR CONFUSION, ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH ADOPTED CITY POLICIES AND PLANS AND THEN AS NEEDED, PROACTIVELY RESPOND TO ISSUES AND TRENDS THAT WERE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO IN TERMS OF ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS, WE TYPICALLY BREAK IT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES CLEANUP AND CLARIFICATION AND THEN UPDATES.

SO THE CLEANUP AND CLARIFICATION IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE IT SOUNDS IF WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TYPOS, OUTDATED REFERENCES, OPPORTUNITIES TO CLARIFY OR SIMPLIFY THE LANGUAGE, WE LOOK TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG DOCUMENT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE READING IT.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS AS SIMPLE AND ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE AND THEN THE SECOND TYPE OF UPDATE, WHICH WE CALL AN UPDATE, REALLY DOES CHANGE THE

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SO THESE ARE MORE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES THAT MAY IMPACT THE CHARACTER OR FORM OF HOW THE COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPS, OR HOW A USE COULD OCCUR IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

SO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON SIX UPDATES THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, BICYCLE PARKING STANDARDS.

FENCES, PARKING LOT SCREENING, MURAL WALL SIGNS, AND NON-CONFORMING USES.

SO FIRST WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THE REASON FOR THE IMPETUS FOR THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE REALLY TO CLARIFY THE CODE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SIZE RESTRICTIONS OF ADUS, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT THROUGH THE REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE TO DEFINE ADUS AND CLARIFY THE INTENT, REALLY EXPLICITLY STATE THAT THESE ARE ACCESSORY AND SUBORDINATE.

SO THEY ARE SMALLER THAN THAT PRINCIPAL UNIT.

CLARIFY THAT THEY'RE PERMITTED ONLY ON LOTS WITH SINGLE UNITS.

RIGHT NOW, OUR CODE STATES THAT THEY ARE PERMITTED IN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT, WHICH IN THEORY SOUNDS GREAT, BUT THAT INCLUDES OUR MULTI UNIT ZONE DISTRICTS.

SO IF YOU HAVE AN EIGHT PLEX APARTMENT UNIT FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE TO HAVE AN ADU.

YOU CAN ALREADY HAVE THE MULTIPLE UNITS.

SO CLARIFYING THAT.

ALSO CLARIFYING LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE MAXIMUM SIZE WHICH IS 1000FT².

THE EXCEPTION TO THAT IS FOR STACKED INTERNAL ADUS, THOSE ATTIC OR BASEMENT UNITS, WHICH THROUGH A MINOR DESIGN ADJUSTMENT, CAN GO UP TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STRUCTURE.

BASICALLY, WE WANT TO ELIMINATE UNUSED SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THAT ATTIC OR THAT BASEMENT, IF YOU HAVE A 1200 FOOT, 1200 SQUARE FOOT HOME, FOR EXAMPLE. 200 COULD, IN THEORY, BE UNUSABLE.

AND THEN ALSO IN SUPPORT OF MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES REQUIRING THAT ADUS ARE LIMITED TO ONE DOOR PER STREET FACING FACADE UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNED TO DE-EMPHASIZE THAT PRESENCE AND THE IMAGE HERE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

THERE IS KIND OF AN ENTRY INTO THE PORCH AREA, BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR IN THIS EXAMPLE IN THE IMAGE THAT THE SECOND UNIT IS ACCESSORY, IT BLENDS INTO THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOME CHARACTER. IN ADDITION, WE ARE ALSO ADDING GRAPHICS TO THE CODE TO VISUALLY DEPICT WHAT THESE ADUS ARE AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES.

SO I JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN TO THE INTERNAL ADUS.

THE STACKED THERE ON THE LEFT IS REPRESENTING THOSE ATTIC AND BASEMENT UNITS VERSUS A SIDE BY SIDE, WHICH WE SEE MORE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

THE NEXT UPDATE IS RELATED TO BIKE PARKING STANDARDS, AND THIS ONE IS FAIRLY MINOR BUT QUITE IMPACTFUL.

SO THE ISSUE OR THE REASON BEHIND THIS ONE IS THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF CIRCLED IN RED IN THAT TABLE.

THERE IS A ROW THAT CALLS OUT ALL OTHER USES.

SO SOME USES ARE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED, OTHERS ARE NOT.

THOSE THAT ARE NOT ARE LARGELY INDUSTRIAL.

AND SO THERE'S NO BIKE PARKING REQUIRED IN THOSE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.

BUT LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT STATEMENT OF ENCOURAGED BASICALLY TO A REQUIREMENT OF TWO SHORT TERM BIKE PARKING SPOTS.

WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT OVERLY BURDENSOME, BUT IF THERE IS A VISITOR OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THESE INDUSTRIAL USES THAT WANTS TO BE ABLE TO BIKE TO WORK PROVIDING THAT BIKE PARKING TO DO SO.

THE NEXT TOPIC IS ON FENCES.

AND I WOULD SAY OVERALL THIS IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY BIG CLEANUP OR CLARIFICATION, BUT THERE ARE SOME MINOR UPDATES AS WELL.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS IN THE CITY CODE RELATED TO FENCES.

ONE IS WITHIN CHAPTER 32 WHICH IS ZONING, AND THE OTHER IS CHAPTER 33, WHICH IS A SUB CHAPTER OF OUR BUILDING CODE.

AND RIGHT NOW OUR ZONING DEPARTMENT IS REALLY THE DEPARTMENT THAT ADMINISTERS REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO FENCES AND DOES CODE ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO FENCES.

SO LOOKING TO COMBINE THOSE TWO CHAPTERS ELIMINATE ANY CONTRADICTIONS OR DUPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE IT ALL LOCATED IN CHAPTER 32 ZONING.

SO IN ADDITION TO INTEGRATING THE LANGUAGE, LOOKING AT SOME CLEANUP RELATED TO CLARIFICATION ON WHEN PERMITS ARE REQUIRED, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING A PROVISION IF YOU'RE DOING GENERAL MAINTENANCE, JUST REPLACING A PANEL, NOT CHANGING THE LAYOUT OR THE FOOTPRINT OF THE FENCE.

YOU DON'T NEED A PERMIT TO DO THAT.

AND ALSO ADDING SOME CLARIFICATION ON TYPES OF FENCING, SPECIFICALLY THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY FENCING, AS WELL AS ADDING SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR TEMPORARY TYPES OF FENCES, SUCH AS SEASONAL GARDEN FENCING OR SNOW FENCING.

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WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO ADD SOME GRAPHICS TO VISUALLY DEPICT OUR REQUIREMENTS RIGHT NOW.

IN TERMS OF HEIGHT LIMITATIONS, IT'S FORMATTED IN A SIMPLE PARAGRAPH TEXT, SO LOOKING TO FORMAT THAT INTO A TABLE AND THEN ADD THOSE GRAPHICS TO VISUALLY DEPICT THE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN FINALLY, IN TERMS OF AN UPDATE, THERE IS ONE PROPOSED CHANGE IN TERMS OF HEIGHT LIMITATIONS.

THIS IS SPECIFIC TO DOUBLE FRONTED LOTS WHICH YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE ON THE IMAGE HERE.

SO BOTH THE FRONT YARD AND THE REAR YARD ARE STREET FACING.

AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS TO REMOVE THAT YELLOW 12.5FT SETBACK REQUIREMENT FOR A SEVEN FOOT TALL FENCE.

BASICALLY, WANT TO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY OR GIVE RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY IF THAT'S THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE FOR A PRIVATE YARD GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW, WITHIN THAT YELLOW AREA, THEY'D BE LIMITED TO A FOUR FOOT TALL FENCE.

SO JUST LOOKING TO GIVE THE PERMISSION OR ABILITY TO GO UP TO SEVEN FEET.

THE NEXT TOPIC OF UPDATES IS RELATED TO PARKING LOT SCREENING.

AND THIS IS REALLY JUST IN RESPONSE TO CONVERSATIONS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SCREENING.

AND SOME OF OUR ZONE DISTRICTS, PRIMARILY OUR URBAN AND TRADITIONAL RIGHT NOW, WHEN SCREENING IS REQUIRED, PER THE CODE, IT HAS TO BE LANDSCAPED SCREENING.

AND SO LOOKING TO PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR FENCES AS WELL.

THE DEVELOPER, THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD STILL GET TO CHOOSE LANDSCAPE OR FENCING, BUT JUST GIVING THEM THE FLEXIBILITY AND MAKING THAT DECISION, AND THEN ALSO CLARIFYING THAT PLANTING HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE SIX FEET WITHIN THREE YEARS OF PLANTING.

THE NEXT UPDATE IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS RELATED TO MURAL WALL SIGNS.

AND THIS JUST READING THROUGH THE CODE, IT STUCK OUT AS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD AMEND TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE TYPES OF SIGNS.

SO RIGHT NOW THE CODE LIMITS THEM TO OUR URBAN GENERAL OR URBAN TECH SHOP ZONE DISTRICTS OR MIXED USE DISTRICTS.

WE'RE SEEING MURALS FOR ART AND FOR SIGNS KIND OF PROLIFERATE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

SO LOOKING TO EXPAND WHERE THESE TYPES OF SIGNS WOULD BE PERMITTED.

SO LOOKING AT MIXED USE DISTRICTS, URBAN FORM, INDUSTRIAL OR PUBLIC ZONE DISTRICTS, AND THEN ALSO CLARIFYING WHAT PORTIONS OF THIS MURAL WALL SIGN ARE SIGNAGE AND WHAT IS JUST ART.

SO ANYTHING THAT HAS REFERENCE TO THE BUSINESS LOGO, A COPYRIGHTED LOGO, A BUSINESS NAME AND ENTITY THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS THEIR SIGN CALCULATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD JUST BE CONSIDERED A MURAL OR ART.

SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, MOST OF THIS WOULD BE SIGNAGE.

AND THE EXAMPLE THAT I LIKE TO GIVE IN COMPARISON IS IF THEY WERE TO DO A MURAL OF A HAMBURGER, THAT WOULD JUST BE ART.

AND THEN THE LAST UPDATE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THIS SET OF ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS IS RELATED TO NON-CONFORMING USES MORE SPECIFICALLY SINGLE UNIT DWELLING USES.

AND SO THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE FINDING, OR WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR LENDING PARTNERS OR LENDING AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY, IS THAT THERE CAN BE AN INABILITY FOR LEGAL, NON-CONFORMING, SINGLE UNIT DWELLINGS TO BE REBUILT IN THE CASE OF CASUALTY.

AND THE ISSUE IN TERMS OF LENDING IS THAT WE AS A CITY, CANNOT WRITE A REBUILD LETTER TO THESE AGENCIES BECAUSE OUR CODE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THESE STRUCTURES OR USES TO BE REBUILT IN THE CASE OF CASUALTY.

AND SO IT CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS OR POTENTIAL BUYERS TO GET LENDING OR GET THAT APPROVAL FOR THAT LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE.

SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS BASICALLY TO PROVIDE THESE SINGLE UNIT RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT ARE LEGAL, NON-CONFORMING, THE ABILITY TO REBUILD.

AGAIN, ONLY IN THE CASE OF CASUALTY AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING THAT RESIDENTIAL USE.

THERE WOULD BE A CAVEAT THAT THE STRUCTURE TO BE REBUILT IS THE SAME VOLUME AND FOOTPRINT.

WE WOULDN'T WANT TO EXPAND THAT NONCONFORMITY AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT IN TERMS OF REBUILDING THERE, IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL OTHER CODE REQUIREMENTS, IN TERMS OF BUILDING AND FIRE AS WELL.

IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, THESE PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS WERE PRESENTED AND REVIEWED BY THE ZONING ADVISORY GROUP IN JANUARY.

THEY WERE THEN PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY, WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

IN FEBRUARY, THESE WERE ALSO REVIEWED AND PRESENTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

AND THEN TODAY WE ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING OF THE DRAFT ORDER.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH, HALEY.

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DOES ANYONE IN HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTION SHOWN FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

THANKS, MAYOR.

HALEY, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I KNOW WE HAD A REALLY THOROUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS THAT I WON'T REPEAT AT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WHERE WE'VE GONE TO CLEAN THIS UP, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ADOPTION AND EMBRACING OF ADUS.

I KNOW THAT WAS A NEWER CONCEPT FOR OUR CITY JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE HAD REALLY GREAT PARTNERS WHO HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS IN A REALLY STANDARDIZED WAY THAT HAS HELPED INCREASE THAT INFILL AND HOUSING THAT IS VERY NEEDED IN OUR CITY.

I WILL SAY TOO, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR POINT OF REFERENCE, MY HOME IS LESS THAN A THOUSAND.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY SIZABLE SPACE AS FAR AS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ALLOWANCE, BECAUSE MOST OF THE HOMES ON MY BLOCK ARE LESS THAN 1000FT OR ALLOWS 1000FT².

AND SO IT REALLY DOES GIVE SOMEBODY THEY'RE NOT LIVING IN, YOU KNOW, A GARAGE PER SE, THAT CONCEPT, THIS IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL HOME THAT IS JUST SMALLER THAN A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE BEING BUILT TODAY.

BUT ADDITIONALLY, THE IMAGING AND VISUALS THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER TO HELP BETTER EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS BECAUSE IT JUST CLARIFIES A LOT OF THAT POLICY. AND I KNOW THAT THE STAFF WERE GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT SO REALLY JUST APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK ON THIS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT THESE CHANGES ARE IMPORTANT.

THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT'S BEING BUILT.

I DON'T CARE WHETHER YOU'RE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, IS CHANGING DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY THE NEED TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO THIS DEFINES A LOT OF THINGS.

AND I AGREE, THE GRAPHICS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S ALL KINDS OF HOUSES, AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THOSE HOMES WITHOUT MODIFYING THEM. LIKE IN A LOT OF TIMES IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY BUILT A COMMERCIAL BUILDING ATTACHED TO THE FRONT OF A HOUSE THAT TOTALLY DESTROYED THE FEEL.

AND SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AT THE SAME TIME PRESERVE THE CHARACTER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THESE KIND OF UPDATES BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING ALL THE TIME AND NEW IDEAS ARE COMING UP, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THOSE, ADOPT THEM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN IN OUR GREAT CITY.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TODD? MAYOR I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR CLEANING UP THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE FOR AUD'S MY REAL ISSUE WITH IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE CONCEPT OF ADDING ADDITIONAL HOUSING.

IT MY ISSUE WITH THOSE WERE DENSITY.

THIS HELPS THAT.

AND ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO SIMPLY WANT TO ADD THOSE TO ENHANCE THEIR CASH FLOW.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY.

PROHIBIT OR ORDINANCE AGAINST.

BUT THAT WAS HIS BEEN MY ANGST AGAINST THAT CONCEPT.

BUT THANKS TO STAFF FOR DOING ALL THE WORK ON EVERYTHING ELSE, ESPECIALLY THE ZONING PIECE FOR CONVENIENCE STORES.

THANKS. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE AND ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REPEALING CHAPTER 32 B OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER 32 B IN ITS PLACE TO CONTINUE

[2. A public hearing will be held to consider repealing Chapter 32B of the Municipal Code, Floodplain Management, and enacting a new Chapter 32B in its place to continue participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, qualify for increased premium discounts for property owners, and adopt higher protection standards within the Special Flood Hazard Areas and for critical facilities in the shaded X Flood Zones (William Micheel). CIP/DID #DSD-001-24]

BILL MICHAEL. OH, NO.

BILL, MICHAEL IS NOT HERE TODAY.

MATTHEW LANGLEY.

THANK YOU, MATTHEW.

MATTHEW LANGLEY IS HERE AND NOT A LOT OF BANDWIDTH TODAY.

MATTHEW LANGLEY IS HERE.

MATTHEW, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. MATTHEW LANGLEY, FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

QUICK OVERVIEW WITH HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.

BACK IN NOVEMBER, FEMA ISSUED NEW PRELIMINARY FLOOD MAPS FOR THE CITY PERTAINING TO TRIBUTARIES WITHIN THE CITY.

CEDAR RIVER IS NOT ONE OF THEM BEING AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.

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AND SO WHILE WE'RE ADDING THIS, WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING HIGHER STANDARDS AS PART OF THIS CHANGE.

THE MAPS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

WE HAVE I'VE INCLUDED THE LINK THROUGH SEVERAL OF THE SLIDES, AND IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE FOR THAT LINK AS WELL.

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND ON THAT.

WITH THE NEW MAPS WE ARE REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM TO ADOPT NEW MAPS FROM FEMA BY FEMA'S DEADLINE, WHICH IS MAY 22ND APPROXIMATELY 209 PROPERTIES WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN FLOODPLAIN.

ABOUT HALF OF THOSE ARE CATEGORIZED BY THE ASSESSOR AND OUR GIS AS EITHER CITY OWNED LOTS, VACANT LOTS, OR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPED LOTS.

SOME OF THESE INCREASES IN FLOODPLAIN ARE WHERE THE BOUNDARIES ARE TOUCHING THE PROPERTIES WHERE THEY HISTORICALLY HADN'T, OR ENCROACHING ONTO YARDS OR PARKING LOTS.

SOME ARE WHERE HOMES OR BUILDINGS ARE BEING ADDED TO THE FLOODPLAIN AS PART OF THAT.

RELATED TO THAT WE HAD OUR FIVE YEAR COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM UPDATE IN NOVEMBER, IN WHICH IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THAT GENERATES A AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT FOR OUR RESIDENTS ON FLOOD INSURANCE.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE NETTING OUR RESIDENTS 20% DISCOUNT AUTOMATICALLY ON ANY NFIP POLICY.

WE ARE CLOSE TO ACHIEVING THE 25% CLASS, WHICH WOULD BE A CLASS FIVE IN THE PROGRAM.

THIS WOULD MAKE US ONE OF THREE COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATING WITHIN THE STATE THAT WOULD BE AT THIS LEVEL.

AS PART OF THAT, OUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE UPDATE, AS WELL AS INCREASING PROTECTION STANDARDS, WOULD INCREASE OUR CREDIT TO THAT THRESHOLD AS WELL.

JUST GOING TO COVER THE WATERWAYS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE MAP CHANGES REAL QUICK BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ORDINANCE UPDATES.

COLD STREAM, DRY CREEK AND INDIAN CREEK.

COLD STREAM ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE WE HAVE INDIAN CREEK AND THEN DRY CREEK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

THESE ARE THE PRELIMINARY MAPS AND THEN AS WELL.

PRAIRIE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARY, AS WELL AS VINTON DITCH ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE MAP CHANGES AND GAIN INTO THE BULK OF THE TEXT, SO TO SPEAK.

FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGES, I HAVE A TABLE HERE THAT GOES OVER THE EXISTING LANGUAGE, WHICH IS TAKEN FROM IOWA DNR'S MODEL FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE.

ALONGSIDE OUR PROPOSED CHANGES.

I'LL TRY AND KEEP IT BRIEF ON THE DETAILS, BECAUSE A LOT OF TEXT ONE OF THE MAIN CHANGES IS WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE OUR ELEVATION STANDARDS FROM ONE FOOT ABOVE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION FOR PROTECTION STANDARDS TO 1.5FT ABOVE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.

THESE BASE FLOODS ARE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM FEMA'S MAPS TO DETERMINE WHAT ELEVATION IS DETERMINED FOR THAT PROTECTION LINE.

WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING HIGHER STANDARDS FOR THE FLOODWAY AS WELL, AND AUTOMATIC PLUS ONE TO ANY STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE ADEQUATELY APPROVED IN THE FLOODWAY. IT IS OUR AREA OF GREATEST RISK, HIGHEST VELOCITY AND SO HAVING THESE HIGHER STANDARDS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS HELPS MITIGATE POTENTIAL RISK TO PROPERTY AND LIFE.

WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING THAT IN THESE AREAS THAT THE IF A STRUCTURE CAN BE APPROVED, THAT IT CANNOT BE BUILT UPON, FILL IN THE FLOODWAY, AND THAT THERE ARE HIGHER ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND PROTECTION LEVELS AS WELL.

AND THEN WE'RE PROPOSING TO PROHIBIT THE STORAGE OF ANY MATERIALS IN THE FLOODWAY TO MINIMIZE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BEING ADDED TO A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT THAT WOULD BUILD UP AND DRIFT AWAY AND CAUSE POTENTIAL DAMAGE.

WE'RE PROPOSING CHANGES TO SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE REQUIREMENTS.

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT APPLIES TO BUILDINGS THAT ARE OLDER THAN THE EXISTING MAPS AND EXISTING CODE, BUILT AT A TIME WHERE THEY WERE COMPLIANT OR THERE WERE NO REGULATIONS IN EFFECT. THE CURRENT CODE, BASED OFF OF THE STATE'S MODEL ORDINANCE, SAYS IF YOU ARE PROPOSING WORK ON A BUILDING, WE LOOK AT THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF PERMIT HISTORY PLUS THE COST OF THIS WORK.

IF THAT HITS 50% OR MORE, THE MARKET VALUE OF THE BUILDING, IT IS DEEMED SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED AND THE WHOLE THING HAS TO BE UPGRADED.

THAT'S WHAT THE CURRENT RULE IS WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT THRESHOLD FROM 50% OVER FIVE YEARS TO 40% OVER TEN YEARS TO ENSURE THAT OUR OLDER BUILDINGS ARE UPGRADED AND BETTER PROTECTED.

THERE'S A HANDFUL OF BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH RECENTLY TO GET THEM BETTER PROTECTED WITH FLOOD SHIELDS AND ELEVATING AND IT'S BEEN FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.

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AND THIS IS ADDED TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW ADDITION IS OBVIOUSLY TO A HIGHER STANDARD.

BUT AS WELL AS WHEN THE REST OF THE BUILDING NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED, IT WILL REDUCE HOW MUCH OF THE TOTAL BUILDING HAS TO BE INVESTED IN FOR UPGRADES.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE CLARIFYING SOME PIECES FOR HISTORIC EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS.

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT HAS AN EXEMPTION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BUT IT WAS NEVER CLEARLY SPECIFIED AND CREATE A LOT OF HEADACHES.

AND SO WE'VE DEVELOPED SOME STANDARDS BASED ON COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, AS WELL AS RESEARCH INTO FEDERAL STANDARDS AROUND THAT, SPECIFICALLY STATING THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HISTORIC EXEMPTION, GETTING A LETTER FROM THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE OR FROM A FEDERALLY COMPLIANT SPECIALIST IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THAT THE WORK WILL NOT PRECLUDE THE BUILDING'S ABILITY TO BE HISTORIC.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IS AN AREA OF A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE RULES.

IT STATES THAT DAMAGE FROM ANY SOURCE TO A BUILDING, IF THE COST TO RESTORE THAT BUILDING TO ITS PRE DAMAGED CONDITION IS 50% OR MORE, THE COST OF THE BUILDING, THEN IT IS DEEMED SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

OR IF IT IS MULTIPLE FLOOD DAMAGE TO A BUILDING IN A TEN YEAR PERIOD HITS 25% OF THE VALUE, THEN IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

WE'RE PROPOSING DROPPING THOSE THRESHOLDS FROM 50% TO 40% FOR THE STANDARD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE LANGUAGE, AND THEN FOR THE FLOOD RELATED ONE FROM 25% TO 20%.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MAXIMUM DAMAGE.

POTENTIAL IS A NICHE SECTION FOR OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

POLICE FIRE 911 SUBSTATIONS FACILITIES THAT THE CITY WOULD RELY UPON IN ITS DISASTER SCENARIO TO BE OPERATIONAL.

OUR CURRENT CODE STATES, IF YOU'RE IN THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN, THAT HAS TO BE PROTECTED TO ONE FOOT ABOVE THE 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN, WE'RE PROPOSING EXPANDING THAT AREA TO THE SHADED X ZONE OR THE MAPPED 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN, TO ENSURE THAT ANY NEW FACILITY THAT IS DEVELOPED IS BUILT TO A HIGH STANDARD TO BE ABLE TO RESIST WHATEVER DISASTER MIGHT BE THROWN AT IT FROM FLOOD AND STORM TYPE EVENTS.

LASTLY, A CHANGE THAT WE STUMBLED UPON WAS CAUSING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SMALLER LOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THE CURRENT CODE STATES THAT IF YOU'RE BUILDING A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON ELEVATED FILL, THAT FILL HAS TO COME UP ONE FOOT ABOVE, AND THEN IT HAS TO EXTEND IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM ANY STRUCTURE, 18FT AND ON OUR SMALLER LOTS, THAT WAS BECOMING QUITE A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO SIGN OFF.

AND IT WAS IMPACTING SOME OF OUR INFILL.

AND SO WE COORDINATE WITH THE STATE TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT CAME FROM AND WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE AND THEY CONCURRED WITH US.

REDUCING DOWN TO FIVE FEET IN ALL DIRECTIONS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

THE BASIS OF THIS IS THAT HAVING THIS FILL EXTEND OUT PROTECTS A FOUNDATION FROM EROSION.

SO WHILE 18FT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT FROM THE STATE'S MODEL, ORDINANCE, FIVE FEET IS STILL ACCEPTABLE TO ENSURE THAT EROSION IS NOT GOING TO BE AS PREVALENT FOR THESE FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE BUILT FOR THESE NEW STRUCTURES.

I KNOW A LOT OF TECHNICAL INFO WITH THAT.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT THERE'S NO EASY WAY AROUND IT WITH FLOODPLAIN.

JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUTREACH THAT WE DID THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

STAFF CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OUTREACH POINTS TO SHARE THIS ORDINANCE AND TRY AND SOLICIT FEEDBACK ON IT.

WE PRESENTED IT TO THE STORMWATER COMMISSION AND TO DEVELOPERS COUNCIL.

WE SHARED IT WITH SEVERAL DEVELOPERS DIRECTLY, AND WE PRESENTED IT TO THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

STAFF RECEIVED FAIRLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON IT AND NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ON THESE PROPOSED CHANGES.

WITH THAT STAFF DOES RECOMMEND ADOPTING REPEALING CHAPTER 32 B AND ADOPTING THE NEW CHAPTER 32 B THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NFIP PARTICIPATION.

THE HIGHER STANDARDS TO MEET THE PROTECT CR GOAL ONE, AND THE BENEFITS OF THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM TO LOWER THE COST OF FLOOD INSURANCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ALL ALIGNED WITH THE COMP PLAN AND VARIOUS OTHER GOALS OF THE CITY.

WITH THAT FOR TIMELINES MARCH 27TH WOULD BE THE SECOND AND POSSIBLE THIRD READING.

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THANKS SO MUCH, MATTHEW, THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

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

FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

THANKS, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION, MATTHEW.

AND JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT COLLABORATION BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHEN THERE'S CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS AFTER ANOTHER AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS THAT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ARE ALWAYS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.

AND SO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHICH I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF AND JUST CAME BACK FROM HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY PURSUING THE ADVOCACY TO MAINTAIN PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

AND SO I WANT TO JUST EXTEND MY THANKS TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS WHO HEARD US LOUD AND CLEAR I WAS ABLE TO BE THERE AND THANK THEM IN PERSON IN JANUARY AND AGAIN YESTERDAY AND KNOW THAT MAYOR STEVE PATTERSON OF ATHENS, OHIO, TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS ABOUT HOW ABSOLUTELY INTEGRAL PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ARE FOR CITIES LIKE US.

SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT PARTNERS ACROSS THE US WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THINGS THAT KEEP US WHOLE HERE AT HOME.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

MATTHEW, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING AND AGAIN, YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON THAT'S REALLY WE'VE HAD ON STAFF THAT CONCENTRATES ON THIS BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE PAY FLOOD INSURANCE.

HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THE POLITICAL PRESSURE ON, THE 25% DISCOUNT LINE, WHAT'S WHAT'S LEFT TO DO TO GET US CERTIFIED TO GET THAT EXTRA DEDUCTION? FROM THE LAST REVIEW, WE WERE 106 POINTS SHORT OF THE NEXT RATING, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE.

THE ORDINANCE ALONE, BASED ON MY CALCULATIONS, WOULD CROSS THAT THRESHOLD.

I'M BUILDING IN BUFFER WITH A FEW OTHER PROJECTS AND OUTREACH THAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WORKING ON TO HELP, BUT I BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE ALONE WOULD BE ENOUGH.

GREAT. GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, MATTHEW, THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

APPRECIATE IT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY TODD, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES ITEM 3.

[3. A public hearing will be held to consider the authorization of a Loan and Disbursement Agreement and the issuance of not to exceed $3,100,000 Sewer Revenue Capital Loan Notes (Dave Wallace). CIP/DID #6150071-01]

CAPITAL LOAN NOTES.

DAVE WALLACE IS HERE.

DAVE, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON.

CITY COUNCIL. DAVE WALLACE WITH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.

THE CITY RECENTLY APPLIED FOR, AND WAS AWARDED A 100% FORGIVABLE LOAN FROM THE IOWA CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN.

AS PART OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW EMERGING CONTAMINANTS FUNDING.

THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.

THIS FUNDING WILL PAY FOR A STUDY BEING CONDUCTED AT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY TO INVESTIGATE PFAS SUBSTANCES AT VARIOUS STAGES AT THE FACILITY.

THIS INCLUDES THE INFLUENT INTERNAL PROCESSES AND FINAL EFFLUENT.

PFAS ARE VERY PERSISTENT COMPOUNDS AND ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS FOREVER CHEMICALS.

THEY HAVE BEEN WIDELY USED IN A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, SUCH AS NONSTICK COOKING SURFACES, WATERPROOFING, GREASE RESISTANT COATINGS, STAIN RESISTANT COATINGS, AND FIREFIGHTING FOAMS. THE MOST RECENT TEST RESULTS OF CEDAR RAPIDS WASTEWATER HAVE SHOWN THAT SMALL AMOUNTS OF PFAS CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN THE WASTEWATER ENTERING THE FACILITY.

THERE AREN'T REQUIREMENTS FOR US NOW, BUT SHOULD DISCHARGE LIMITS BE IMPLEMENTED BY EPA IN THE FUTURE? WE WANT TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICALS COMING INTO THE PLANT.

AND THE MOST VIABLE OPTIONS FOR REMOVING AND DESTROYING THESE CHEMICALS.

THIS WILL BE A THREE YEAR STUDY TOTALING $3.1 MILLION, AND IT BUILDS UPON PREVIOUS SIMILAR RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY EPA AT OUR FACILITY.

WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SPECIAL NOTE THAT WE ARE THE ONLY RECIPIENT IN THE STATE FOR THIS FORGIVABLE LOAN ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE OF THINGS.

BECAUSE THE FUNDING MECHANISM IS COMING THROUGH THE SRF PROGRAM, A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED.

THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE LOAN AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE RF FINANCE AUTHORITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $3.1 MILLION FOR THE PROPOSED STUDY.

THANK YOU, DAVE.

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 ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

COUNCIL COMMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

THANKS, MAYOR. AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'VE GOT PARTNERSHIP FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION IS TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE INTENTIONAL INVESTMENT TO STUDY THIS, BECAUSE PART OF THE DIFFICULTY WITH THIS IS IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, IT'S THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT OR HAVE THE TOOLS THAT ARE PRETTY TECHNICAL TO BE ABLE TO TEST AND DO

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THEY ARE ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FOR GENERATIONS.

WHEN THEY DO BECOME YOU KNOW, INGESTED.

BUT THEN ALSO THE OTHER PART IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES THAT THESE EXIST BECAUSE OF FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE PUT ON CITIES.

AND SO THE CONVERSATION REALLY RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT MAKING THAT A NO FAULT WORKING TOGETHER AND NOT TRYING TO PLACE BLAME, BUT TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND REDUCE ANY OF THOSE IMPLICATIONS FROM THESE IN OUR WATERWAYS.

THANKS. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. LET THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION WILL BE MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HAGER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE JAY AVENUE WTP STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

[4. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the J Ave WTP Storm Sewer Improvements project (estimated cost is $200,000) (Dave Wallace). CIP/DID #PUR0224-215]

AND DAVE, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE A PORTION OF THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM AT THE JAY AVENUE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING STORM SEWER MANHOLE THAT IS VERY DEEP, REMOVING A BURIED JUNCTION BOX THAT IS INACCESSIBLE, HINDERING MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, AND REPLACING BOTH WITH THE NEW JUNCTION BOX AND SOME NEW PIPING.

THE STORM SEWER MANHOLE IS LEAKING, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT VOIDS AT THE SURFACE.

THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE PROJECT IS $200,000.

BIDS ARE TO BE RECEIVED TOMORROW, MARCH 13TH, AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR THIS SPRING.

THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DAVE. 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 MAIER, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE ADA COMPLIANCE AT MCGRATH AMPHITHEATER

[5. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the ADA Compliance at McGrath Amphitheater project (estimated cost is $492,000) (Jeff Koffron). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #PUR0224-218]

JEFF KAUFMAN IS HERE. JEFF, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE JUST GETTING OVER A SPRING COLD, I GUESS.

SO I'M JEFF KAUFMAN WITH FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES.

WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE ADA PROJECT FOR THE MCGRATH AMPHITHEATER.

THIS PROJECT WILL BRING INTO ADA COMPLIANCE THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS MCGRATH AMPHITHEATER BIDS WERE ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

PRE-BID MEETING WAS HELD AT THE MCGRATH AMPHITHEATER ON MARCH 5TH.

BID QUESTIONS DEADLINE WAS MARCH 6TH, AND AN ADDENDUM ANSWERING ALL QUESTIONS RAISED WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 8TH.

THE BIDS ARE DUE IN TOMORROW AT 11:00 AM, AND THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS $492,000.

FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, FORM A CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST AS IN THE RESOLUTION, MAYOR? THANK YOU.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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

COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

JEFF, CAN YOU KIND OF GO INTO SOME DETAIL OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE? A LOT OF THAT FACILITY IS FAIRLY NEW.

IS IT THE RESULT OF PERHAPS CHANGING STANDARDS OR I'D LIKE A LITTLE DETAIL ON IT.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. ACTUALLY, THE STANDARDS HAVEN'T CHANGED SINCE 2010 OR.

YEAH, 2010 WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE, QUITE HONESTLY, I THINK FOR ALL CITIES IN CEDAR RAPIDS, JUST LIKE ALL OTHERS, THERE WAS A LOT OF LEARNING THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE LAST 7 TO 10 YEARS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO ADA TO MAKE EVERYTHING COMPLIANT.

THIS PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE VENUE, AND IT ALSO ADDS THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SEATING FOR FOLKS THAT USE ACCESSIBILITY DEVICES AT EACH PRICE LEVEL.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO OPEN IT UP.

WE'RE GOING TO, TAKE THE FOOD COURT AREA.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN GRASS.

AND OF COURSE, IT ALWAYS LIKES TO RAIN WHEN WE HAVE A GOOD CONCERT.

SO THE MUD AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE WILL ELIMINATE ALL THAT.

THAT'LL ALL BE CONCRETE FOR THE FOOD VENDORS.

SO THERE WILL BE AMPLE TURN SPACES AND AREAS WIDE ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH WITH AN ACCESSIBILITY DEVICE.

WE'LL ALSO DO SOME TINTING OF THE NEW CONCRETE TO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN TELL WHERE THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE IS RATHER THAN DOING THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK, WHICH WOULD HAVE ABOUT QUADRUPLED THE COST.

WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT SIGNAGE AT EACH ENTRANCE THAT SHOWS THE COLOR OF THE CONCRETE THAT IS MEANT TO BE THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE, AND THEN PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS. OKAY.

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ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THAT HELPS.

YOU BET. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? OKAY. IF NOT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

MOVED BY OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

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 DO MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE BEFORE AND AFTER EACH COUNCIL MEETING.

SO AT THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE ARE HERE AS A COUNCIL TO LISTEN.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL THE MATTERS I ADDRESSED PRIOR TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TODAY APPLY TO THESE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AS WELL.

A REMINDER TO STAY AT THE LECTERN.

IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS, GIVE THEM TO THE OFFICER.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE FIVE MINUTES, SO WHEN YOU SEE THE YELLOW LIGHT GO ON, YOU HAVE A MINUTE.

AND WHEN IT'S RED, WE'LL INVITE YOU TO TAKE YOUR SEAT.

ONCE AGAIN. IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON.

AND TODAY, LET ME TAKE A LOOK AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING THIS FIRST COMMENT PERIOD, AND I'LL JUST MERELY READ THEM IN THE ORDER IN WHICH I RECEIVE THEM. WHEN HE COMES UP.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SO WE'LL BEGIN HERE WITH KATHLEEN BAINES HERE TO SPEAK ON ATV'S.

FEEL FREE TO ALWAYS CORRECT MY PRONUNCIATION.

[INAUDIBLE] I'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE THIS MICROPHONE THERE AND THERE'LL BE A LIGHT.

YOU'LL SEE. YEAH.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

REALLY NERVOUS. FIRST TIME SPEAKER.

DO NOT BE NERVOUS.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ATV'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND BEING ABLE TO RIDE THEM ON CERTAIN STREETS.

SO I JUST WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THAT RIDING IN A ATV'S IS FUN AND CAN BE A GREAT MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

PROPER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ARE NEEDED TO RIDE SAFELY IN TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, JUST AS YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOR BIKES, MOTORIZED BIKES, MOTORCYCLES, SCOOTERS AND CARS. OPERATING ATV'S IS SAFE WHEN YOU ACT AS A RESPONSIBLE RIDER, JUST AS YOU HAVE TO DO FOR BIKES, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED BIKES, MOPEDS AND CARS.

IT ALSO REQUIRES SPECIAL SKILLS WITH A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF AWARENESS WITH ALL ROAD USERS.

JUST AS YOU HAVE TO WHEN YOU HAVE ANY OTHER TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT YOU'RE USING.

WHEN I LOOKED, I WAS LOOKING INTO THE CITY WEBSITE AND ON THE POLICE WEBSITE ABOUT THE BIKE RULES THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT.

AND THERE'S MANY STATEMENTS THAT IF YOU JUST INSERTED THE WORD ATV, THAT IT WAS IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING.

SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE PERSONS RIDING BICYCLES OR MICROMOBILITY DEVICES, WHICH I THINK ARE THE SCOOTERS.

UPON A ROADWAY SHALL NOT RIDE MORE THAN TWO ABREAST EXCEPT ON PATHS OR ROADWAYS SET ASIDE FOR EXCLUSIVE USE OF BICYCLES AND MICRO DEVICES. AND IT'S UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE, USE OR RIDE A BICYCLE IN ANY OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY WHERE IT'S NOT SUITED FOR WHERE THE SIGNS ARE UP, AND IT SAYS THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.

BICYCLES. BICYCLES HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF RIDERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES, INCLUDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES TO OBEY TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS, INCLUDING STOPLIGHTS AND RED LIGHTS, AND MUST USE APPROPRIATE HAND SIGNALS WHEN TURNING.

AS FOR BICYCLES, BUT IF YOU THINK OF IT AS UTV'S, THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME ALSO.

BICYCLE SHOULD RIDE AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, BICYCLE IS ALLOWED TO USE THE TRAFFIC LANE OF THE ROADWAY AND MAY USE THE FULL LANE IF THEY FEEL THE NEED.

SO I JUST AS I WAS GOING THROUGH IT A LOT OF IT MADE SENSE IF YOU HAD UTV'S ALSO.

ALSO, AS WE KNOW, MARION HAS RECENTLY PASSED THEIR UTV ORDINANCE, AND I WANTED TO GO THROUGH AND LIST OUT.

I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE THIS CONNOTATION THAT THE UTVS ARE JUST GOING TO RUN WILD.

LIKE IT'S A DAYTONA, DAYTONA 500 OUT THERE WHEN YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT ALL OF THESE, ALL THESE UTVS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED, INSURED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO MARION'S IS THAT THE OPERATORS HAVE TO BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER AND POSSESS A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO OPERATE BETWEEN 7 A.M.

AND 10 P.M.

AT THE MAXIMUM SPEED OF 35MPH.

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THERE ARE CERTAIN STREETS THAT THEY'RE TELLING THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THEM, AND THAT MAKES SENSE.

THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON THE CITY TRAILS.

THEY MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER.

VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE THERE.

THEY HAVE TIME LIMITS FOR 7 A.M.

TO 10 P.M.. I WOULD ALMOST RECOMMEND SUNRISE TO SUNSET.

HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS MUST BE ON WHEN THE UTV IS IN MOTION.

AND UTVS MUST ADHERE TO ALL TRAFFIC, PARKING LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLES.

THEY MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH THE TURN SIGNALS, SPEEDOMETERS, HEADLIGHTS, TAILLIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS AND REAR FACING MIRRORS.

THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH MAKES SENSE.

SEATBELTS, INFANT CAR SEATS, SEAT AND CHILD SEATS WOULD BE USED IN THE UTV.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES WHERE I THINK IF YOU THINK OF IT JUST AS YOU DO A MOTORCYCLE AND THE RULES THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW, IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING FOR THE UTVS. SO IN CLOSING, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE PACE WITH CEDAR RAPIDS IS THE SLOWER COMPARED TO A LOT OF THE LARGER CITIES, ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO ENJOY THE FIFTH SEASON.

AND I FEEL THAT ALLOWING THE UTVS TO CONTINUE TO EMBRACE THAT IN THE LIFESTYLE, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU WHEN YOU CRUISE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN YOUR CAR, YOU'RE NOT LIKELY TO STOP AND TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE CRUISING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE UTV, IT JUST ALLOWS FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES OF TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND SOCIALIZING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.

BUT STILL FOLLOWING ALL THE SAFETY RULES.

AND THEN WE CAN ALSO ADD IN THESE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES ECONOMICALLY, THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION FOR EVERYONE TOO.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP MY RED LIGHTS, GETTING READY TO GO ON.

I WANTED TO I KNOW THAT YOU HAD YOUR I HAD THE POINTS THAT MR. TODD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK AND MISS VANORNY THAT YOUR TIME IS UP.

I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK TO OTHERS AFTER THE MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE SCOTT [INAUDIBLE] FROM ANAMOSA.

SCOTT. HE'S GOT A HAND OUT HERE, I APOLOGIZE.

I MADE TEN OF THEM, AND I DIDN'T COUNT THE NAME PLATES ENOUGH HERE TO.

MY NAME IS SCOTT [INAUDIBLE].

I'M ACTUALLY A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE IOWA OHV ADVISORY.

THE OHV ADVISORY IS THE CORE GROUP THAT WORKED WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS AT THE STATE CAPITOL TO GET HF 2130 UTV BILL PASSED.

SO OUR NEW MISSION AS THE ADVISORY BOARD IS WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, DNR TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND CITIES ON ACTUAL LAWS OF THE UTVS.

WE'VE SINCE THE BILL HAS PASSED, WE'VE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL CITIES AND THROUGH SEVERAL COUNCIL MEETINGS LIKE THIS WITH ONE, TWO, THREE READINGS.

AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE EDUCATED ON THE DANGERS, BUT THEY AREN'T EDUCATED ON THE BENEFITS.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE HORROR STORIES OF SOMEBODY THAT'S CRASHED OR HEAD INJURY OR SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE.

AND I WOULD SAY TO THAT, THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT ON A MOTORCYCLE OR BICYCLE OR ANYTHING ELSE IN YOUR PACKET THERE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER EVERYTHING.

NOW. I JUST HAD IT FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO READ LATER.

WE DID DO A NOISE ORDINANCE FOR MARION.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE HOW IT'S LISTED.

I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL BECAUSE MY TIME IS SHORT.

WE ALSO WE HAD A SURVEY WHEN WE STARTED THE WHOLE UTV BILL, AND THERE WAS ABOUT 4500 PEOPLE, ALMOST 4600 PEOPLE FROM THE STATE OF IOWA, FROM ALL 99 COUNTIES THAT REPLIED TO IT.

AND WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF SIDE BY SIDES AND ATVS, YOU HAVE AN AVERAGE 51% OF THE PEOPLE THAT RIDE THEM ARE 30 TO 49 YEARS OLD. 28% ARE OVER 50.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M ASKING YOU TO OPEN UP YOUR TOWN, BUT WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS BECAUSE I SAW ON YOUR AGENDA HERE THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE A SECOND AND THIRD READING RIGHT AWAY. SO THAT KIND OF TELLS ME, AT LEAST FROM MY STANDPOINT, THAT YOU WANT TO PUSH IT THROUGH AND GET IT OVER WITH.

I WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE YOU LOOK AT THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SUPPLY YOU OR VIA OUR EMAIL WHERE WE CAN ADDRESS AND WE CAN GET WITH ANYBODY AT THE CAPITOL, WE CAN GET WITH THE DNR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY THIS BACK TO YOU.

BEFORE YOU WOULD MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THIS, SOME OF THE TOWNS I JUST TALKED TO A GENTLEMAN IN MASON CITY, OBVIOUSLY, MARION, I UNDERSTAND THE DOWNTOWN WHERE WE SEE THINGS THAT REALLY HELP TOWNS.

AND BECAUSE CEDAR RAPIDS IS THE SECOND LARGEST TOWN IN IOWA, EVERYBODY ALWAYS LOOKS TO THE OTHER TOWN TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR TOWN, CEDAR RAPIDS BEING SO BIG.

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SOMETIMES BIG CITIES MAYBE HAVE TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO TRY IT.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS MAYBE START WITH OUTLYING AREAS, BECAUSE THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS GOES OUT QUITE A WAYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALMOST INTO SOME OF THE RURAL AREAS.

I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND THINK ABOUT THE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM SIDE BY SIDE.

IF YOU GO THROUGH THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE I THINK 47% OF THE PEOPLE LIVE IN TOWN.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO LOOK AT.

THESE PEOPLE THAT BUY THESE, IT'S TAXPAYING CITIZENS.

YOU KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AND IT SOUNDS KIND OF BAD, BUT YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID.

THERE IS GOING TO ALWAYS BE SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT IS NOT GOING TO OBEY THE LAW.

THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE TOO FAST.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DUMB.

WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT ON A MOTORCYCLE.

WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT IN A CAR, AND WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT ON A SIDE BY SIDE.

BUT ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE OF AN OLDER AGE THAN YOU DO HAVE YOUNG KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO TERRORIZE THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER PEOPLE TALK TO YOU HERE TODAY.

I SEE SOME BUSINESSMEN AND SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS JUST LISTEN TO WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SAY.

I WOULD APPRECIATE, IF WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO HELPING YOU MAKE A DECISION FROM A STATE LEVEL WE'D BE GLAD TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I HAD TO SAY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP FOR YOU.

SO THANK YOU, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

JOHN [INAUDIBLE] FROM CEDAR RAPIDS HERE TO TALK ABOUT UTVS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM THE OWNER OF A SIDE BY SIDE UTILITY CV.

AND I USE MINE A LOT IN MY BUSINESS WITH MY RENTAL PROPERTIES.

I DO MY YARD WORK WITH THEM AND MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS AND SNOW WORK AND STUFF LIKE THAT, JUST AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER ATV SIDE BY SIDE VEHICLES THAT I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT OWN.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THE GREAT YOUTH AT THE HOSPITALS, THE UNIVERSITIES, THE STREET DEPARTMENT, THE TREE DEPARTMENT, FORESTRY DEPARTMENT PARKS DEPARTMENT, DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTERS USING THEM.

I MEAN, THERE'S A GREAT USE FOR THE UTILITY VEHICLES AND I'VE BEEN USING MINE.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN COME TO LOOK AT THIS AND MAYBE EXCLUDE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEMS AND NOT THE UTILITY VEHICLES, BECAUSE, LIKE THE LADY SAID I MEAN, NO SEAT BELTS.

WE GOT SODA STRAPS.

WE WERE EVEN QUIPPED WITH A PROTECTED CAGE AND EVERYTHING ON THEM.

SO THEY'RE TOTALLY SAFE.

AND IT'S A GOOD CONVENIENCE TO RUN AROUND HERE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S LESS POLLUTION GOING IN THE AIR.

THERE'S FULL EXHAUST SYSTEM MONITOR, REAL QUIETOR QUIETER THAN SOME OF THE PICKUP TRUCKS, NEW PICKUP TRUCKS THAT RUN AROUND.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.

MAYBE YOU TABLE THIS VOTE AND TRY TO DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE VEHICLES AND MAYBE IF YOU HAVE TO MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SPECIAL USERS PERMIT THAT THEY REVIEW THE DEALS VEHICLE.

AND IF THEY THINK IT'S RIGHT BEYOND THE ROAD THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT OR WHATEVER, IT WOULD BE, WELL, TO OUR ADVANTAGE.

SO PLEASE DON'T CHEAT THE LITTLE SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE OUT OF THE ADVANTAGE OF THEM AND LET THE BIGGER BUSINESS BE ABLE TO USE THEM.

IT LOOKS TO ME THAT THAT WOULD BE UNFAIR.

SO. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. JEREMY STAUB FROM SCHUYLERVILLE TO TALK ABOUT UTVS.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

I TOO, ALONG ALONG WITH SCOTT, SERVE ON THE IOWA OHV ADVISORY.

APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS CHALLENGED BY A JOHNSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR TO TAKE THIS TO A STATE LEVEL.

AND SO THAT'S WHEN SCOTT AND I GOT TOGETHER AND WORKED ON THIS.

IT WAS AN EXTREMELY BIPARTISAN BILL.

AND ACTUALLY EVERY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR IN THE JOHNSON COUNTY AREA VOTED FOR IN FAVOR OF THIS, EXCEPT FOR ONE. THE ONE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO BRING UP IS ONE OF THEM WAS THE DENSITY STUDY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE WORKED WITH WITH CITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

ACTUALLY, CEDAR RAPIDS RANKS 42ND IN DENSITY.

THERE WAS A COUNCIL BLUFFS WAS BROUGHT UP.

COUNCIL BLUFFS ACTUALLY HAS AN OHV ORDINANCE.

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MARION RANKS 13TH IN DENSITY.

ANKENY RANKS 18TH.

ANKENY WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP.

THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING VERY GOOD LUCK WITH THEIR OHV ORDINANCE.

WHAT I WANT TO PUT IN GIVE YOU GUYS.

ONE OF THE THINGS TO LOOK AT IS YOU'RE IN.

YOU'RE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.

IF YOU WANT TO REALLY BREAK DOWN THE STATISTICS ON OHVS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT MOST OF THEM, MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS PERTAINING TO THEM ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

THE OTHER THING YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT THEY ARE TAKING PLACE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AND THE ONES THAT ARE NOT ARE USUALLY RELATED TO THE FARM BILL, WHICH IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM US.

THAT COULD BE A FARMER'S KIDS TRAVELING FROM ONE FARM TO THE NEXT.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FARM BILL.

IT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH HF 2130 AT ALL.

I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY AT LEAST DELAY THE THIRD READING AND AND TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE ADVISORY AND GO THROUGH.

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE THAN WHAT YOU WERE HANDED TODAY.

I THINK IT COULD BE A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY.

BUT I WOULD WANT TO TAKE IT AS A SLOW PROCESS AND DO IT RIGHT.

[INAUDIBLE] PRETTY MUCH COVERED THE MAJORITY OF EVERYTHING.

HE'S A PRETTY GOOD SPEAKER COMPARED TO ME.

BUT YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS AND DISCUSS THIS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DELAY A THIRD READING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GREG [INAUDIBLE] FROM [INAUDIBLE].

CLOSE. I'M SORRY.

PLEASE CORRECT ME.

MORNING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GREG MULHERN.

CEDAR RAPIDS AREA HERE 53 YEARS OLD.

AND I'M ALSO SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF CONSIDERATION OF A UTV ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THEM I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND MOST OF MY TIME TALKING ABOUT MY PARENTS, MY STEPDAD AND MY MOM.

THEY ARE BOTH IN THEIR LATE 70S.

THEY'VE PROBABLY BEEN TO TEN DIFFERENT STATES ON THEIR SIDE BY SIDE.

I HAVE FOUR UTVS IN MY GARAGE, AND IF I ADD UP ALL THE MILES THAT ARE ON MY UTVS, THEY DON'T EQUAL THE SAME AS THEIR LAST UTV THAT THEY JUST TRADED IN.

SO MY PARENTS LOVE MCGRATH MOTORSPORTS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

LOVE THE PLACE, BUT THEY CHOOSE TO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS TO MEYERS POLARIS BECAUSE THEY CAN DRIVE THEIR UTV UP TO MEYERS POLARIS AND GET THEIR UNITS SERVICED AND WORKED ON ACCESSORIES MOUNTED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

MY PARENTS ALSO LOVE AMERICAN SKILLET IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALSO LOVE THE BLUEBIRD CAFE IN NORTH LIBERTY.

SO THAT'S WHERE THEY TAKE THEIR BREAKFAST BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO TIME FOR THAT.

THEY LOVE TRACTOR SUPPLY.

MY DAD IS A RETIRED FARMER, SO HE ALWAYS HAS SOME NUT OR BOLT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT HE'S ACTUALLY MISSING.

AND SO SINCE THEY CAN'T TAKE THEIR UTV TO TRACTOR SUPPLY, THEY TAKE IT DOWN TO LD EXPRESS IN NORTH LIBERTY AS WELL AND THEY LIKE MEXICAN FOOD AND SO AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO LOS COMPADRES ON 33RD AVENUE FOR MEXICAN FOOD, THEY CHOOSE TO GO TO SOLON.

SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING BY THIS IS I KNOW MR. [INAUDIBLE] HAD SPOKE VERY ELOQUENTLY IN REGARDS TO THE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC FOR THE ACTUAL ATV OPERATORS.

THESE ARE NOT TOYS.

THESE ARE THESE ARE WELL BUILT MACHINES, AND THERE IS A GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC OF ELDERLY AND PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF ENJOYING THEIR TIME IN LIFE TO USE THESE AS BASIC TRANSPORTATION.

I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE. THE HY-VEE IS AN AMAZING STORE.

WILSON AVENUE HY-VEE IS A GREAT PLACE.

IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THEM FOR WHERE THEY LIVE, BUT INSTEAD THEY GO DOWN TO HY-VEE IN NORTH LIBERTY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND THEY CAN TAKE THEIR SIDE BY SIDE DOWN THERE AS WELL.

SO THERE CERTAINLY IS AN ECONOMIC FACTOR TO THIS THAT COMES INTO PLAY THERE'S ONE OF RECREATION THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY TO IOWA.

BEFORE THE UTV ORDINANCE, BEFORE THE UTV LAW PASSED IN IOWA, WE WOULD TRAVEL TO VARIOUS STATES AND ENJOY SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT THOSE OTHER STATES HAVE SINCE THE LAW HAS PASSED.

IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE MY HOUSE IN SHUEYVILLE, IOWA AND BE ABLE TO DRIVE TO BELLE PLAINE FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE.

WE WENT TO RUBY'S STEAKHOUSE AND BACK IN ONE EVENING AND HAD AN AMAZING TIME.

IT'S A NICE WAY TO SEE THE COUNTRYSIDE AND WE CERTAINLY ENJOY IT.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I GUESS AS A PROPONENT OF THIS OR AT LEAST CONSIDERATION OF SOME OF THESE ROUTES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE ARE CERTAINLY HOPING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS WOULD GO INTO PLAY, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MADE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THE CITY, AS WELL

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SO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JARED BOWMAN OF CEDAR RAPIDS TO TALK ON UTV'S.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JARED BOWMAN, OWNER OF METRO CAN-AM, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

HEARING COMMENTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT OF OUR AREA TO SPEND THEIR MONEY AND DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO IN TOWN HERE REALLY, PAINS ME.

WE'VE HAD OUR BUSINESS IN TOWN SINCE 1984.

IT'S OUR 40TH YEAR OF BEING IN BUSINESS HERE, AND VERY PROUDLY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, LOYAL TO CEDAR RAPIDS FOR A LONG TIME.

A LOT OF OUR EVENTS WE HAVE, WE TRY TO DRAW PEOPLE IN TO, YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND THESE UTVS DIRECTLY DO THAT.

YOU HEARD THE REPORTS FROM SCOTT AND JEREMY, FROM THE STATE.

THE STATE CLEARLY RECOGNIZES THAT, SEES THE VALUE.

THUS PASSED THAT LAW.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

IT AFFECTED OUR BUSINESS.

I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MUCH.

WE HAD TO ADD EMPLOYEES.

WE HAD TO MAKE YOU KNOW, CHANGES TO OUR TO OUR BUSINESS AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'VE ADDED HAVING TO GO PICK UP CUSTOMERS UNITS NOW TO GET THEM INTO SERVICE.

THAT WOULD BE ONE THING. AND WE CAN'T DO ALL OF THEM.

WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF THAT WITH PEOPLE GOING IN DIFFERENT AREAS THAT CAN RIDE THEM THERE.

THERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE MISTAKES AND DO DUMB THINGS.

THAT'S LIFE. BUT I THINK REALLY, IF WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS, GIVE IT A CHANCE.

I THINK YOU'LL SEE. I KNOW MARION ROBINS, THEY'RE HAVING REALLY GOOD LUCK WITH THIS AND SEEING SOME HUGE BENEFITS WITH IT.

SO I'VE NEVER COME BEFORE THE CITY AND ASKED FOR ANYTHING.

WE'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME.

LIKE I SAID, TRY TO PROMOTE, PROMOTE IT I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER.

LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE HERE AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I HAVE ONE FINAL SPEAKER ON HERE, AND I DON'T SEE HER IN HERE, AND I BELIEVE SHE WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND PUBLIC.

MONICA. OKAY.

IS SHE HERE? SHE JUST LEFT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

SO THAT WILL CLOSE OUT OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

CITY MANAGER POMERANZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO OUR AGENDA? NO CHANGES, YOUR HONOR.

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

NO CHANGES. THAT BRINGS US TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

[MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL. NOW TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

[25. Report on bids for the Crestwood Drive NW Roadway and Pedestrian Improvements project (estimated cost is $1,710,000) (Ken DeKeyser). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #301946-03]

KEN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, KEN DEKEYSER WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.

JUST AS CRESTWOOD DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION BETWEEN EDGEWOOD ROAD AND WYLIE BOULEVARD NORTHWEST, AS WELL AS THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET.

THIS IS THE BIDS THAT WERE THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

IT RANGES FROM A LOW BID OF $1,507,346.90 TO $1,714,523.77 WITH A BID AVERAGE 1.6 MILLION.

AND OUR COST OF OPINIONS WAS 1.71 MILLION.

SO WHILE OUR COST OF BIDDING WAS LITTLE ON THE HIGH SIDE, IT WAS A GOOD RANGE OF BIDS AND OVERALL A GOOD RESULT HERE WITH THE BID.

AND WITH THAT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO AWARD AND APPROVE THE CONTRACT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

KEN COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 26 IS A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE 16TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST FROM SECOND STREET TO FOURTH STREET AND THIRD STREET SOUTHEAST FROM 16TH AVENUE TO SINCLAIR BASIN.

[26. Report on bids for the 16th Avenue SE from 2nd Street to 4th Street and 3rd Street SE from 16th Avenue to Sinclair Basin Pavement and Water Main Improvements project (estimated cost is $1,760,000) (Doug Wilson). CIP/DID #301964-02]

DOUG WILSON IS HERE. DOUG, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR DOUG WILSON, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF SIDEWALK AND PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, STORMWATER AND WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS.

WE WILL BE COMPLETELY REPLACING THE PAVEMENT AND SIDEWALKS.

A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING WAS HELD DURING DESIGN AND ONE WILL BE HELD PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION STARTING, AND WE WILL BE ATTENDING THE BUSINESS

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THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS FALL OF 2024, AND THEN WE WILL BE DOING SOME STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW BOW AREA IN 2025. THIS IS A MAP AND SHOWING THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT.

ON 16TH AVENUE AND THIRD STREET.

THE AREA IN GRAY IS WHERE WE WILL BE REPLACING THE ROADWAY AND THE SIDEWALKS.

BID OPENING WAS FEBRUARY 26TH.

WE HAD SIX BIDDERS.

THE BIDS RANGED FROM $1,687,882.27 TO $2,667,659.84. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AND AWARD TO PIERCE TOBIN CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU.

DOUG. COUNCIL.

THOUGHTS? OKAY.

SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HAGER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 27 IS A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE CENTRAL FIRE AND FIRE STATION.

[27. Report on bids for the Central Fire & Fire Station #3 ADA Renovations project (estimated cost is $565,000) (Jeff Koffron). CIP/DID #PUR1223-156]

WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $565,000.

JEFF COFFRIN IS HERE. JEFF.

I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL AGAIN.

JEFF COFFRIN WITH FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES HERE TODAY TO REPORT ON THE BIDS FOR THE CENTRAL FIRE AND FIRE STATION NUMBER 3 ADA RENOVATIONS PROJECT BIDS WERE ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 14TH.

A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 27TH.

BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND OPENED ON FEBRUARY 28TH AT 11:00 AM.

THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE PROJECT WAS $565,500, AND THE PROJECT COMPLETION IS SET FOR SPRING AND SUMMER OF THIS YEAR.

WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE SIX COMPETING BIDS FOR THIS WORK.

THEY RANGED FROM $407,900 TO $907,800.

FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES RECOMMENDS AWARD TO MCCOMAS CONSTRUCTION AS THE LOWEST, RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, AND RECOMMENDS THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AS DESCRIBED.

MAYOR. THANK YOU.

JEFF. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY TODD, SECONDED BY VANORNY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

[28. Presentation and resolution adopting the 2023 EnvisionCR Updates (Betsy Borchardt and Adam Lindenlaub). CIP/DID #OB165740]

BETSY BORCHARDT AND ADAM LINDENLAUB ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT.

I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, ADAM LINDENLAUB, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

I WILL GO THROUGH JUST KIND OF HIGH LEVEL BACKGROUND ON ENVISION CR AND IN GENERAL THE UPDATE PROCESS.

AND THEN MY TEAMMATE BETSY BORCHARDT WILL GO THROUGH SPECIFICALLY THE 2023 UPDATE.

SO ENVISION, ADOPTED IN 2015 IS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE PLAN SETS IS A GUIDE FOR POLICY AND FUNDING DECISIONS RELATED TO CITY SERVICES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE LAND USE.

THE BULK OF IT IS ORGANIZED IN THE CHAPTERS WE CALL ELEMENTS AND EACH ELEMENT HAS 3 TO 4 GOALS, WHICH ARE REALLY HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

AND TO HELP ACCOMPLISH THAT, ACTIONABLE STEPS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, CALLED INITIATIVES THAT HELP US MEET THOSE GOALS.

AND THERE ARE DEPARTMENTS IDENTIFIED AS LEADS AND TIMELINES FOR WHEN THOSE INITIATIVES WOULD START.

SO WE BELIEVE IN VISION CR IS UNIQUE.

IT'S UPDATED ANNUALLY TO KEEP IT A LIVING DOCUMENT AND ALLOW THE CITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS.

IT'S ALSO AN EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO UPDATE THE PLAN, AND CITY PLANS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION PURPOSES.

IT CREATES ALIGNMENT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. YOU'LL NOTICE THE COVER SHEETS IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC ENVISION CR GOAL THAT IS ADDRESSED BY THE ITEM AND IT REALLY HELPS CITY STAFF UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR WORK IS SUPPORTING CITY COUNCIL AGENDA GOALS AND ENVISION CR.

THE ELEMENTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH CITY COUNCIL GOALS AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE BUDGET BOOK HIGHLIGHTS FUNDING OF NEW ACTIVITIES BY ELEMENT.

THE ANNUAL UPDATE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT CITY COUNCIL POLICIES, ADOPTED PLANS, PROGRAMS AND COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND IT REALLY IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH DEPARTMENTS REVIEWING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PLANNED ACTIVITIES, AND UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS.

TWO ELEMENTS EACH YEAR ARE REVIEWED ALONG WITH ALL THE INITIATIVES AND BASED ON THOSE CITY COUNCIL POLICIES, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD INITIATIVES IF

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AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE AND THE STATUS OF PROGRESS WITH THOSE.

NEW, THIS YEAR WILL BE AN IMPLEMENTATION SUMMARY ADDED TO EACH ONE OF THOSE PLANS.

SO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR COUNCIL CAN QUICKLY OPEN ONE OF THOSE UP AND SEE WHAT ACTION STEPS THE STATUS OF THOSE ACTION STEPS.

WITH THAT, I'LL LET BETSY TALK ABOUT 2023.

THANK YOU COUNCIL I'M BETSY BORCHARDT.

I WORK IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THE UPDATES WITHIN THE ENVISION CR PLAN.

THE FIRST COMPONENT IS UPDATING AND REVIEWING THE ACTUAL INITIATIVES, THOSE ACTION STEPS, AND WE UPDATE THE TIMELINE, THE STATUS AND THE COMMENTS. THE SECOND COMPONENT IS UPDATING THE NARRATIVE AND WE UPDATE TWO NARRATIVES EVERY YEAR.

THIS YEAR THEY ARE STRENGTHEN AND INVEST.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO ENVISION KR, WE ALSO UPDATED THE INITIATIVES AND ACTION STEPS FOR 12 OTHER PLANS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE UPDATED A 429 INITIATIVES IN THIS PROCESS.

SO WE I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM THAT WE COMPLETED.

BUT HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE COMPLETED.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN.

AND WE ALSO CREATED A SELF-GUIDED ART MURAL WALK.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT THOSE ARE TOGETHER WE BLOOM AND THE SKYBLADE.

ALSO, THERE WERE REID PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE A STORYWALK.

IF PARENTS AND CHILDREN GO TO REID PARK, THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO ON A WALK AND READ A STORY AS THEY WALK THROUGH THE PARK.

THE FIRE STATION ASSESSMENT AND RELOCATION PLAN WAS COMPLETED, AND AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION IS NOW NATIONALLY ACCREDITED, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN OUR CITY.

TIMELINE. ON FEBRUARY 1ST, WE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL OR EXCUSE ME, CITY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

ON FEBRUARY 28TH, WE PRESENTED TO DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU FOR REVIEW AND ADOPTION.

AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HOST AN OPEN HOUSE EVENT AT NEWBO CITY MARKET ON APRIL 11TH.

WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THAT THIS IS THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY.

AND ALSO THIS IS THE 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENVISIONED CR PLAN.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AND ADOPT THE ENVISION CR UPDATES.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. THOUGHTS? QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND IF THE PUBLIC'S INTERESTED IN WHAT GREAT LOOKS LIKE, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO LOOK UP THE ENVISION CR PLAN, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES SERVE AS A ROADMAP FOR OUR CITY PLANNERS AND DEVELOPMENT TEAMS, AND IT ALLOWS US TO MEASURE WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE'RE DOING.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND UPDATING THAT AND ADDING AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.

ALL RIGHT THAT BRINGS US TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON HAS MOVED THAT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES THAT NOW BRINGS US TO THE ORDINANCES.

[29. Ordinance repealing Chapter 61 of the Municipal Code, Traffic Regulations, and enacting a new Chapter 61 in its place to include new and updated definitions; regulate the use of all-terrain vehicles, off-road vehicles, golf carts and snowmobiles; add or increase parking fees; and comply with current practice and relevant law. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #FIN2024-10]

THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HAGER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND YES COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST OR MOVE THAT WE SEPARATE THE SECOND AND THIRD READING SO THAT WE GIVE A COUPLE MORE WEEKS TO EXAMINE THIS A LITTLE MORE THOROUGHLY BEFORE WE FINALIZE.

YOU BEAT ME TO IT.

YOU GET IT. OKAY. WE GOT A SECOND ON THAT.

YOU BEAT ME TO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WILL BE HOLDING OFF ON READING THIS.

IS THERE A VOTE MAYOR ON THAT? DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO.

I THINK THE MAYOR GETS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE GO WITH THE THIRD.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE SECOND READING, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, AND WE WILL HOLD OFF ON THE THIRD.

OKAY, SO THE SECOND READING HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WE I WILL JUST DECIDE TO HOLD OFF ON THE THIRD.

OKAY. UNLESS YOU WANT TO RESCIND THAT THE SECOND READING.

MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THAT.

WELL, NO YOU ARE.

YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT I WOULD.

HOPED THAT IT WOULD GO IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NORMAL PROCESS THAT WE USE.

SPECIFICALLY, SINCE WE VOTED ON IT ONCE ALREADY.

UNANIMOUSLY. WE VOTED ON THIS THE SECOND READING UNANIMOUSLY AND IF THERE'S ANY.

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IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, IF THOSE RESERVATIONS ARE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT WAS CONCERNING.

THEN I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT.

IN LIGHT OF NEW INFORMATION AND A VARIETY OF NEW INFORMATION IN ADDITION TO THE.

AND THAT IS SEPARATE FROM, WHICH IS WHY I'D LIKE TO HOLD OFF ON GOING AHEAD AND PASSING THE ORDINANCE AS IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE APPROVED, AND WE MAY MAKE MODIFICATIONS.

RIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 30.

[30. Ordinance repealing Chapter 71 of the Municipal Code, Erosion and Sediment Control for Construction Sites, and enacting a new Chapter 71 in its place to include updated standards and review and enforcement processes for erosion control permits. CIP/DID #43-17-012]

THE APPROVAL ON THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 30.

YES.

THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING.

THIS IS AGAIN THE REPEALING OF CHAPTER 71 HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 31 IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 72 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER 72, IN ITS PLACE TO INCLUDE UPDATED

[31. Ordinance repealing Chapter 72 of the Municipal Code, Stormwater Management, and enacting a new Chapter 72 in its place to include updated operations and adding flexibility to the design standards and stormwater utility credits. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #43-10-007]

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT 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 COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

[32. Ordinance vacating public ways and grounds of a portion of right-of-way adjacent to 60 16th Avenue SW. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #3018030-00]

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

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

THANK YOU. THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO [INAUDIBLE]. YES, I MISSED ON THIS ONE ITEM.

I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF ON ITEM NUMBER 33.

SINCE I'M A MEMBER OF THE HAWKEYE DOWNS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

OKAY, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON IS RECUSING HIMSELF FROM ITEM NUMBER 33.

[33. Ordinance granting a change of zone for property at 4400 6th Street SW from I-GI, General Industrial District, to I-LI/PUD, Light Industrial District with a Planned Unit Development Overlay, as requested by Sun Line, Inc. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-000126-2024]

THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAGER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

MAYOR? COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, I MOVE THAT THE RULE REQUIRING THREE READINGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS BE SUSPENDED AND THE ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING.

THANK YOU. THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

AND THAT CLOSES OUT OUR FORMAL BUSINESS TODAY.

[PUBLIC INPUT]

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY SUBJECT THAT IS GERMANE TO COUNCIL AND CITY BUSINESS.

AS WITH THE EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT THIS TIME, WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN, SO I'LL REMIND EVERYONE TO REMAIN AT THE LECTERN.

COMMENTS LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AND WE ASK FOR NO ABUSIVE, LOUD, THREATENING OR PERSONAL COMMENTS FROM THE GALLERY.

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AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH WE HAVE OUR FIRST THREE WERE HERE TO SPEAK ON CHAPTER 61, SO WE WILL.

THEY'VE ALREADY SPOKEN.

ANGEL RAMIREZ IS NEXT HERE TO SPEAK ON THE CRB.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ANGEL RAMIREZ.

I LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST SIDE, AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE TO IMPLORE OUR CITY COUNCIL TO STAND FIRMLY AGAINST SENATE FILE 2325, THE BILL THAT WOULD BAN CITIZEN REVIEW BOARDS IN OUR STATE.

FOR THE PUBLIC.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AND A REMINDER FOR CITY COUNCIL IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, THE ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SJ, LED THOUSANDS OF BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS IN THE CALL FOR INCREASED POLICE REFORM IN OUR CITY.

ONE OF THESE REFORMS WAS TO ESTABLISH A CITIZEN'S REVIEW BOARD, AN ENTITY THAT WOULD REVIEW POLICE INVESTIGATIONS OF POTENTIAL MISCONDUCT, EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE, ETC.

CRB'S ARE A NECESSARY TOOL TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR OUR POLICE, AND WORK TO REPAIR THE TRUST THAT IS VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT BETWEEN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR OF THE CRB, AND THE FORMER AND CURRENT CHIEF OF POLICE HAVE ALL EXPRESSED IN FAVOR SUPPORT OF THE CRB.

EVEN WHEN CITY COUNCIL FACED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION IN OCTOBER OF 2022, THEY RESPONDED BY REVISING THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE TO KEEP THE CRB INTACT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AFFIRMED THE CRITICAL ROLE OF THE CRB TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE IOWA STATE LEGISLATURE.

THERE'S A BILL CURRENTLY BEING PUSHED QUICKLY THROUGH THAT WOULD BAN CITIZEN REVIEW BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE.

TO AJ'S DISMAY AND SURPRISE, THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS REGISTERED AS UNDECIDED AGAINST THE BILL.

THE EXCUSE THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT THE CITY GENERALLY REGISTERS AS UNDECIDED TO GIVE THEM, QUOTE UNQUOTE, A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN DEVELOPING LEGISLATION.

THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF CEDAR RAPIDS REGISTERING AGAINST BILLS, INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC CAMERA BILL AND AS THIS IS A FUNNEL WEEK, WHAT SEAT AT THE TABLE ARE YOU HAVING WHEN THE BILL IS PROJECTED TO BE VOTED ON BY THE END OF THE DAY? SENATE FILE 2325 IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.

LEGISLATURE TRYING TO SILENCE BLACK, BROWN AND OTHER MARGINALIZED VOICES OF THE CITIZENS OF IOWA.

POLICE MISCONDUCT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND PEOPLE OF LOWER INCOME STATUSES.

SO I HAVE TO ASK, HAVE YOU BEEN LYING ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THIS COMMUNITY, ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HELPING BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DISENFRANCHIZED COMMUNITIES AND THE POLICE? YOUR SILENCE IS AN INDICATION OF A LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND A LACK OF BACKBONE, AND IT'S QUITE FRANKLY.

YOUR SILENCE IS VIOLENCE.

TO BE THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE, AND ONE OF ONLY FEW WHO HAVE A CRB.

YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT AND STAND BY THE ENTITY THAT YOU UNANIMOUSLY IMPLEMENTED.

I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE KNOWN THAT YOUR INACTION HAS INDICATED TO CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU HAVE JUST VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE CRB AS A PERFORMATIVE WAY TO APPEASE PROTESTERS AND KEEP THEM OFF YOUR BACK, NOT TO ACTUALLY KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY A SAFE AND JUST PLACE FOR ALL.

ASJ AFFIRMS THAT THE STATE'S ACTION TO BAN CITIZEN REVIEW BOARDS IS AN ACT OF WHITE SUPREMACY, AND AN ACT THAT UPHOLDS INSTITUTIONAL, VIOLENT AND RACIST SYSTEMS. CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE A STANCE ALONGSIDE THE FORMER AND CURRENT CHIEF OF POLICE, ALONGSIDE THE CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND TAKE A STANCE AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY.

WE HOPE YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

THANK YOU AND CARTER HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CRB.

THANK YOU MAYOR O'DONNELL AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHERS.

ANGEL USED SOME STRONG LANGUAGE JUST NOW.

MY NAME IS ANNE CARTER. I LIVE ON BEAVER AVENUE SOUTHEAST, AND I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, OR ASJ.

ANGEL USED SOME STRONG WORDS JUST NOW.

WHITE SUPREMACY.

RACISM. AS I'M LOOKING AT MY COMMENTS THAT I PREPARED.

SHE'S COVERED MUCH OF WHAT I HAD ANTICIPATED SAYING, SO I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THAT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO REPEAT, AND I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

SO I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL DEJA VU.

AND THOSE ARE THE WORDS THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SPOKE BACK IN JANUARY OF 2021, WHEN THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED.

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AND I WOULD SAY, I SAY THIS TO MY ADULT CHILDREN.

I SAY THIS TO MY 13 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER.

MY ONE YEAR OLD IS NOT TALKING YET.

BUT USE YOUR VOICE.

USE YOUR VOICE. WHEN WE CARE ABOUT SOMETHING, WE USE YOUR VOICE.

AND I HAVE TO CALL BS ON THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS IDEA OF REGISTERING UNDECIDED TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN CLEARLY WE HAVE REGISTERED IN OTHER CASES IS NOT QUITE FLYING WITH ME, PARTICULARLY WHEN I GO BACK TO WHAT WAS SAID BACK IN 2021.

COUNCILMEMBER HOEGER THANKED ASJ, CRPD CITY STAFF FOR NOT LEAVING THE TABLE AND TO REMEMBER ALL THE WORK THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT.

COUNCIL MEMBER POE, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, ACTUALLY USED THE PHRASE SYSTEMIC RACISM.

SHE SAID. SHE CALLED IT AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON SAID.

I DON'T THINK BY ANY MEANS ANYBODY IS UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF SYSTEMIC RACISM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

COUNCILMEMBER OVERLAND.

REFERRED TO THIS AS A LANDMARK ORDINANCE.

AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR CEDAR RAPIDS SETS GROUNDWORK FOR WORKING ON AND SOLVING OTHER PROBLEMS. AND AGAIN, AS ANGEL ALREADY POINTED OUT, EVEN IN THE FACE OF A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION, WE WORKED THROUGH THAT.

THIS COUNCIL WORKED THROUGH THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY SAID, THIS IS THE COMMITMENT AND EXCELLENCE WE EXPECT OF EACH OTHER, EVEN THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES LIKE THIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON SAID.

WE'VE OVERCOME SO MANY THINGS OVER THE YEARS BY WORKING TOGETHER, BY LISTENING TO TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER DALE TODD.

IT'S NO SECRET THAT WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.

YOU ACTUALLY SAID THAT PART OF THE EXPERIENCE WAS TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE KNEW NEEDED TO BE HAD, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, HADN'T BEEN HAD FOR A LONG TIME. AND SO I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE THAT BACK THEN, COUNCIL MEMBER TODD ACTUALLY SAID, WE HAVE NINE COUNCIL CHAMPIONS FOR THE CRB.

THOSE WERE THE WORDS.

AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF PLAYERS HAVE CHANGED AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW CHIEF OF POLICE, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THREE YEARS TIME.

THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE US TO USE OUR VOICE AND SAY THAT WE BELIEVE IN CRB'S, THAT WE BELIEVE OUR CRB IS RIGHT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THREE YEARS? CLEARLY, THE LEGISLATURE HAS CHANGED IN DES MOINES, AND I'VE ALREADY LEARNED THE LESSON THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES THAT ARE NOT GERMANE TO THIS JURISDICTION. AND SO COUNCIL WILL NOT ADDRESS THOSE MATTERS.

BUT THIS ONE IS AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN ARE WE GOING TO USE OUR VOICE.

BECAUSE THREE YEARS AGO WE DID.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER REMARKS HERE TODAY.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE EMAILS ON THIS TOPIC.

BUT AGAIN, I HAVE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE AND JUST SAY, PLEASE USE YOUR VOICE.

THANK YOU.

ALA BOYLAN HERE TO TALK ON THE CRB.

HELLO, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WANT TO FIRST CEDE SOME OF MY TIME TO READ A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF HAROLD BULLOWA, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT ASKED THAT I READ THE STATEMENT ON HIS BEHALF AND I CAN STILL BE UNDER TIME.

SO AS A SITTING CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD MEMBER, I STRONGLY AFFIRM THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE HAD THEIR LOBBYISTS DECLARE AGAINST SENATE FILE 2325 THE BILL THAT WOULD BAN CITIZEN REVIEW BOARDS IN THE STATE OF IOWA.

IT HAS BEEN AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE SERVING ON THE CRB AND BEING ABLE TO BE A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE.

THE NATURE OF THE CRB INCLUDES HAVING DIVERSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD, WHICH IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AND ALSO TO THE CRPD.

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASK TO REVIEW DATA TO LEARN ABOUT THE CRPD POLICY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE ABLE TO REVIEW INVESTIGATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS KEPT SAFE AS A PLACE FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THE CITY'S LACK OF ACTION AND DECISION NOT TO USE OUR RESOURCES TO STOP THIS BILL DOES NOT MAKE ME FEEL THAT THE CITY SEES THE CRB AS A PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN OTHER CITIES DID TAKE A STANCE.

FRANKLY, IT IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING FOR THE COMMUNITIES WHO PUSHED FOR THIS ENTITY, BUT ALSO FOR MANY OF THE CITY STAFF AND POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO POUR THEIR ENERGY AND COUNTLESS HOURS INTO ENSURING THE CRB'S SUCCESS.

I HOPE THAT THIS STATEMENT PUSHES THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THEIR POSITION AND MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE SENATE FILE 2325 AND ARE STANDING FIRMLY THAT YOU SUPPORT

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THANK YOU. I WILL NOW MAKE MY OWN STATEMENTS.

MY NAME IS AYLA BOYLE AND I'M A CONSTITUENT HERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

I LIVE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE.

I AM ASKING AGAIN AS A CITIZEN OF CEDAR RAPIDS, FOR YOU TO REGISTER AGAINST THE SENATE, FILE THE BILL THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY BAN THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD. WE CAN'T ALLOW THE IOWA STATE GOVERNMENT TO UNDO PROGRESS THAT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT WORKED SO HARD FOR.

WE SHOULD BE BUILDING ON THIS PROGRESS AND WORKING FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL.

NOT MOVING BACKWARDS.

I STAND BY THE ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OTHER THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS WHO DEMANDED THAT THE CRB WAS NECESSARY IN 2020, AND I BELIEVE THE CRB IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF POLICE AND FOR THE SAFETY OF CEDAR RAPIDS RESIDENTS.

IF YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU WILL TAKE A STANCE AGAINST BANNING CRBS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT I BELIEVE CITY COUNCIL HAS A DUTY TO PASS A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION AND STAND AGAINST THE VIOLENCE IN GAZA IN THE WAKE OF A PROCLAMATION ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY AND ALL THE PROGRESS THAT WOMEN HAVE MADE.

I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE INDISCRIMINATE, INDISCRIMINATE SUFFERING AND INJUSTICE INFLICTED ON PALESTINIAN WOMEN, AS WELL AS THEIR MEN AND CHILDREN, AND STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE AND CR AND STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE.

PROTECT THE CRB AND PASS A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ISAAC DAVIS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE CRB.

HADN'T PLANNED ON TALKING ABOUT THIS.

SO ISAAC DAVIS OAKLAND ROAD HADN'T PLANNED ON TALKING ABOUT THIS IN MY COMMENTS ARE A BIT EXTEMPORANEOUS.

THE CEDAR CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF SELECTION PROCESS, AND OUR CRB WAS A WAS A STAKEHOLDER IN THAT PROCESS.

AS A CITY, OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SELECT A CHIEF FROM OUR OWN RANKS WHEN THE COMPETITION WAS AT THE NATIONAL SCALE.

I, LIKE MOST RESIDENTS, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE POLICE CHIEF BRIEFLY, AND HE MENTIONED BEING VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE CRB AND VERY ALIGNED WITH THE VISION THAT THE CRB HAS.

I WANT TO DISPEL ANY NARRATIVE OF, YOU KNOW, CRBS, AS YOU KNOW, THESE THESE MEDIA FRENZY MACHINES THAT ARE OUT TO GET POLICE IN TROUBLE WHEN POLICE ARE TRYING TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES.

I FOUND OUR CRB TO BE VERY RESPONSIBLE AND DELIBERATE.

THEY ARE VERY MINDFUL OF WHEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA AND WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF TO DRAFT RESPONSIBLE AND INTENTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS.

THEY DO NOT JUMP AT ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN THE LIMELIGHT.

OUR CRB IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE AND DELIBERATE, AND THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY POLISHING THE ORDINANCE THAT CREATED THEIR EXISTENCE AND OUR CRB. AS A FLEDGING BOARD IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET AHEAD OF THEMSELVES.

THEY'VE SET UP COMMITTEES.

THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THEIR ACTION PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CITY'S ORDINANCE.

THE CRB MEMBERS GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE TRAINING.

THEY DO POLICE OFFICER RIDE ALONGS AND, AS THEY'VE DISCUSSED THE OUTCOMES OF THEIR TRAINING AND RIDE ALONGS, THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT GAINING PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THE REALITY OF POLICE OFFICERS ON DUTY IS.

IT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE FROM WATCHING THE NEWS OR WATCHING TV SHOWS.

THEY GOT TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THAT REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE IS.

AND IT INFORMED THE WAY THAT THEY OPERATE AS A BOARD.

THE CRB ALSO HELPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S TRUST BUILDING, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THROUGH ATTENDING CRB MEETINGS, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE THOROUGHNESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF EACH ONE OF OUR FORMAL COMPLAINTS, SEE THE PROCESS, SEE THE DISPOSITIONS, SEE THE INTERVIEWS ON EVERY SIDE OF THE STORY, AND THE BODY WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE REVIEWED THAT THE REPORT OF REVIEWING THE BODY WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE AND NOTING THE DISPOSITION OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR COMPLAINTS.

AND IT'S ALSO BEEN ABLE TO BUILD TRUST IN THAT THE CRB RECEIVED VERY DETAILED PRESENTATIONS ON THINGS LIKE CRIME STATS ON K-9 AND USE OF FORCE POLICIES.

THESE DETAILED PRESENTATIONS WERE, FRANKLY, MORE DETAILED THAN WHAT YOU SAW IN YOUR YOUTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THE CRB WAS ABLE TO ASK DIRECT QUESTIONS TO OUR CRIME STATS ANALYSTS AND TO THE DIFFERENT OFFICERS PRESENTING THOSE THAT DATA.

AND THEY'RE VERY COGENT QUESTIONS.

AND A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I WOULD NOTE THAT A LOT OF THESE REMARKS I'M MAKING WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST MADE IN DES MOINES.

AND, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, THE DES MOINES LEGISLATURE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO ACCESS.

AS A RESIDENT, I KNOW THAT IT IS OPEN, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE VOTING ON THINGS AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS.

I APPRECIATE OUR CITY HAVING A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THAT BECAUSE IT HELPS.

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THEY HAVE A LOT OF PERSPECTIVE AND HISTORY THERE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CALL TO ACTION THAT THEY HAVE IS VERY RELEVANT TO THIS ISSUE. I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THEM.

AND THEN FINALLY, I WANTED TO SAY THAT IF THIS ACT WERE TO PASS I WOULD REALLY MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGULARLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SERGEANTS AND THE LIEUTENANTS WHO ATTEND EVERY CRB MEETING.

IT'S BEEN AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY AS A RESIDENT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POLICING AND ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

I THINK THIS BOARD HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THAT REGARD [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ISAAC. I DO HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER LISTED HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE HER HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

SO THAT WILL CLOSE OUT OUR SECOND PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD.

[CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANKS, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.