Jul 08, 2025 City Council

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. THIS MEETING OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER.

[Call to Order]

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I WANT TO WELCOME OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, AND THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS, TO CITY STAFF FOR BEING AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER OUR MEETING.

A REMINDER TO THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO PLEASE TURN OFF ANY CELL PHONES OR ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT MIGHT DISTRACT US FROM OUR PROCEEDINGS TODAY.

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

ALSO, REGULAR SESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO WATCH LIVE AND ON REPLAY THROUGH FACEBOOK LIVE.

WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH OUR INVOCATION BY PUBLIC SAFETY CHAPLAIN KEN GLANDORF.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

LET'S PRAY. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

WE PRAY FOR THIS MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL THAT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WILL GET DONE, AND IT WILL BE FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE. WE PRAY ALSO FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN OVERSEAS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HARM'S WAY.

PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTIVE GRACE. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WE'LL BEGIN TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS WITH A PROCLAMATION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

[Proclamations/Presentations]

COME ON OVER. I PROMISE I DON'T BITE. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD.

WELL, WELCOME, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED.

PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN IN PARDON ME IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR NATION, INCLUDING CEDAR RAPIDS. AND WHEREAS SPENDING TIME IN NATURE THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION POSITIVELY IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH BY ENHANCING COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, OVERALL WELL-BEING, AND MITIGATING CONDITIONS SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS, AND ALZHEIMER'S.

AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES PROVIDE SPACES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING POPULAR SPORTS.

HIKING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS, AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT ENCOURAGE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES.

AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUT OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, YOUTH SPORTS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND NUTRITION SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING OF A COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS THESE RESOURCES ENHANCE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY BY INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANDING LOCAL SALES TAX BASE, ATTRACTING TOURISM, RETAINING BUSINESSES AND REDUCING CRIME.

AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION SERVE AS AN ADAPTABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO CONNECT WITH NATURE. AND WHEREAS THE CEDAR RAPIDS RECOGNIZES THE ENORMOUS BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS, PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES. THEREFORE, I ANN POE ON BEHALF OF MAYOR TIFFANY O'DONNELL AND THE ENTIRE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF JULY 2025 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

WE JUST WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US THIS FRIDAY AT GREEN SQUARE DOWNTOWN FROM 5 TO 7.

WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FREE ICE CREAM, SOME GAMES.

SO WE HOPE WE SEE YOU THERE. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY BANK AND TRUST FOR SPONSORING THE SUMMER AND THE SQUARE EVENTS THIS SUMMER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT IS NOW TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

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FIRST, REMAIN AT THE LECTERN. IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS YOU WISH TO SHARE, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE YOU TO GIVE THEM TO THE OFFICER ON YOUR RIGHT.

HE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET THEM WHEN THE LIGHT AND THE CONSOLE TURNS YELLOW.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE WHEN IT TURNS RED. WE'RE GOING TO INVITE YOU TO TAKE YOUR SEAT.

ONCE AGAIN, A REMINDER THAT ALL THE COMMENTS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTER OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT NO ABUSIVE, OBSCENE, LOUD THREATENING OR RELEVANT COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED.

AND FINALLY, WE NEED TO HOLD AN ORDERLY HEARING.

SO WE ASK FOR NO APPLAUSE, BOOING, OR OTHER NOISE OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT FROM THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

SO WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. 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 FOR PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER FIVE.

THE ESTIMATED COST SHOULD BE 343,000. THIS WAS AN ERROR ON THE AGENDA ONLY, THE AMOUNT WAS IDENTIFIED CORRECTLY IN THE MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PUBLIC NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER AGAIN? 343,000. GOT IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS JUNE 24TH,

[1. A public hearing will be continued from June 24, 2025 to consider a change of zone for property at 4141 Johnson Avenue NW from S-RL1, Suburban Residential Low Single Unit District, to PIN, Public – Institutional District, as requested by the Cedar Rapids Community School District]

SETH GUNNERSON IS HERE TO TALK ON THAT. SETH.

I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. SETH GUNNERSON, ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH BILL MICHAEL, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON JUNE 24TH, 2025.

THE REQUEST IS FOR A CHANGE OF ZONE TO THE PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ZONE DISTRICT AT THE SITE OF THE CURRENT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE SITE IS ABOUT 11.7 ACRES IN SIZE. THE REQUEST IS TO BUILD A NEWER AND LARGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOUTH OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL.

I'LL NOTE THE DISTRICT HAS HELD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON MAY 21ST AND ALSO ONE YESTERDAY, WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS.

HERE'S THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION.

PREDOMINANTLY URBAN MEDIUM INTENSITY. THERE'S ONE PARCEL THAT WAS URBAN LOW INTENSITY THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST.

THAT'S A FORMER HOME SITE WHICH HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE SCHOOL.

HERE'S THE ZONING MAP SHOWING IT IN THE S-RL1 ZONE DISTRICT.

HERE IS AN AERIAL SHOWING THE LOCATION ON THE CORNER OF JOHNSON AVENUE AND WILEY BOULEVARD.

HERE'S A STREET VIEW. THIS IS FROM THE CORNER OF JOHNSON AND WILEY AT THE ROUNDABOUT AND ANOTHER STREET VIEW.

THIS IS FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY. LOOKING BACK NORTH ALONG WILEY BOULEVARD.

AS A NOTE, THERE WERE OBJECTIONS RECEIVED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN IT OPENED LAST MONTH.

18 PROPERTIES WITHIN 200FT OF THE PROPERTY, ESSENTIALLY REQUIRING A SUPERMAJORITY OF COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ACCORDING TO STATE LAW.

THE PRIMARY CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO DO WITH THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SITE PROPOSED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE ACCESS DRIVE TO THE SOUTH OF THE BUILDING, AND HOW THAT'S ESSENTIALLY FLIPPING THE LOCATION ON THE EXISTING SITE, AS WELL AS CONCERNS ABOUT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.

HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, AND A RENDERING SHOWING THE BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

ON THE SITE PLAN YOU CAN SEE DOTTED IN HERE IS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND AN EXISTING GEOTHERMAL WELL FIELD.

AND THEN HERE'S A CLOSE UP OF THE SITE PLAN, WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING THE AREA TO THE SOUTH MORE FOCUSED ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH AND SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPENED ON THE LAST MONTH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MET WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS TO DISCUSS THE FACILITY.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS MAKING THE FOLLOWING COMMITMENTS AS PART OF THIS.

ONE, THEY'VE LOOKED INTO MOVING THE STRUCTURE FURTHER NORTH.

I'LL LET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPEAK ON THAT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN MOVE THE BUILDING AT LEAST 5 TO 10FT FURTHER NORTH, WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM MORE ROOM FOR A VEGETATIVE SCREEN AND BRING ALONG HOMES TO THE SOUTH. THEY ARE COMMITTING TO PROVIDING A SOLID SCREEN, WHICH WOULD BE A FENCE ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST PROPERTY LINES AROUND THE DRIVEWAY DEPICTED ON THE SITE. PLAN FOR SECURITY AND PRIVACY.

THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO VEGETATION AND BERMING TO GO WITH THAT TO ADD ADDITIONAL SCREENING.

ULTIMATELY, THEY ARE COMMITTING TO WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE FINAL DESIGN OF THAT GOING FORWARD.

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I'LL NOTE THAT AN ACCESS ROAD OF SOME SORT AT THAT LOCATION WILL BE REQUIRED BY FIRE CODE, NO MATTER WHAT. AND THE USE OF THAT REQUIRED ACCESS FOR SCHOOL BUSSES REDUCES IMPACTS ON THE ADJACENT STREETS.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DISCUSSED OR DISCUSSED WITH STAFF SOME OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS FOR DELAY OR DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DESIRES TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THE SITE THIS FALL THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO COMPLETE THE NEW BUILDING IN THE SUMMER OF 2027 AND OPENED IT UP TO NEW STUDENTS.

A DELAY OR MOVING? MOVING THE STRUCTURE ON THE SITE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING SCHOOL AND ESSENTIALLY CLOSE A SITE FOR CHILDREN FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS AT THAT SITE. AND THERE'S CONCERNS WITH EXISTING CAPACITY AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO TAKE THOSE STUDENTS.

A DENIAL OF THE REQUEST WOULD PREVENT A SIMILAR REQUEST FROM BEING MADE FOR ONE YEAR, WHICH WOULD ALSO DELAY THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF OVERALL REZONING CRITERIA.

STAFF FINDS THAT THE REQUESTED ZONE DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF PUTTING SCHOOLS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND SERVING NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS. CITY STAFF HAS NO CONCERNS WITH THE ABILITY TO SERVE THE SITE.

AT THE PLAN ADMIN SITE PLAN IS REVIEWED, THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDY AND STORMWATER PLANS REVIEWED.

AT THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDED MORE DETAILS ON HOW THEY'RE ADDRESSING STORMWATER ON THE SITE AND BELIEVE THAT THEY'LL BE IMPROVING EXISTING SITUATIONS. OVERALL, STAFF FINDS THAT CHARACTER IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF OTHER NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE BEEN BUILT, AND THAT THE REZONING IS NECESSARY TO PERMIT THE PROJECT AND WOULD LIMIT FUTURE USES OF THE LAND.

THE ZONE DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS PERMITTED. ALL LOCATIONS AND STAFF FINDS THAT THE SITE PLAN MEETS THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS IS APPROPRIATE TO THE SITE.

OVERALL, WE'RE RECOMMENDING STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE BASED ON THE SITE BEING APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPOSED USE, WHICH IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE PROPOSED ZONE DISTRICT.

SITE DESIGN WILL FOLLOW THE CITY'S ADOPTED STANDARDS, WHICH INCLUDES REQUIREMENT TO SCREEN PARKING AND SERVICE AREAS FROM ADJACENT HOMES.

AS NOTED, THE CITY WILL REQUIRE THAT SCREENING AS PART OF THE PROPOSED DRIVE TO THE SOUTH, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORS ON THE FINAL DESIGN OF THAT.

AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST.

PENDING POTENTIAL COUNCIL ACTION. TODAY IS SECOND AND THIRD READING OF THE ORDINANCE COULD OCCUR ON JULY 22ND.

THIS WENT TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ON JUNE 5TH. AND THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

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

AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A CONTINUATION FROM OUR LAST MEETING, OUR JUNE 24TH MEETING ON THIS SAME MATTER.

SO IF YOU SPOKE ON THE MATTER ON JUNE 24TH, AND HERE'S THE LIST OF NAMES THAT I HAD DID THIS GARY DIESEL, JOE BROKAW, MARK KRAMER, DON CLARK, LINDA HINZMAN, SARAH HINZMAN, CINDY GARLOCK.

IF YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ON THE MATTER, YOUR COMMENTS ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE RECORD AND DO NOT NEED TO BE RESUBMITTED.

DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'S NOT SPOKEN ON THIS MATTER ALREADY WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? AND IF SO, WE'LL INVITE YOU TO PLEDGE. PLEASE APPROACH THE LECTERN AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THE CITY WHERE YOU LIVE.

I'LL INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE LECTERN, PLEASE.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? SORRY. BRIAN HAMED. LAST NAME IS "H-A-M-E-D".

CONCERNS WITH WHERE THE SCHOOL IS GOING, HOW IT'S GOING TO BUTT UP AGAINST THE NEIGHBORING, THE NOISE. I MOVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, MOVED TO THAT HOUSE BECAUSE THE MATURE TREES.

BECAUSE THE VIEW THAT WE HAD. NOW IT'S GOING TO BE OBSTRUCTED BY A BUILDING.

IF I WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED BY A BUILDING, I MOVE DOWNTOWN.

I DIDN'T MOVE THERE FOR THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THIS THAT ARE PROBABLY ON THIS BOARD.

MAYBE YOU ARE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

I WORK FROM HOME, ENJOY THE TIME. SO I'M GONNA HAVE TWO WELLS GOING TO BE DRILLING.

I'M GOING TO HEAR THAT IN MY HOUSE. I'M GONNA HAVE DUST THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN MY HOUSE.

IS THERE ANYBODY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT? NO, NO ONE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A DISRUPTION FOR US, AND IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED.

IT'S NOTHING THAT WE MOVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THAT. NOW WE'RE JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS, AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO ASSEMBLE AND TRYING TO PLEAD A CASE.

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BEING THAT IS A DEMOCRATIC NATION AND THAT'S THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THERE'S OTHER MATTERS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CONSIDERATION. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A GROWING POPULATION, BUT WHERE ARE ALL THESE HOUSES GOING TO GO THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPOSEDLY THESE KIDS ARE BE COMING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. ARE YOU GOING TO BE SHIPPING THEM ALL IN? HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? I MEAN, THAT'S NOT FAIR. JUST TO PUT OUT SOME NEIGHBORS BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CITY WANTS TO DO THIS.

IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL IT'S RIGHT. AND TO HAVE IT COME DOWN TO TWO MONTHS AND THEN, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.

AND THEN I GOT TO TAKE TIME OUT OF MY DAY TO COME DOWN HERE AND TO SPEAK AND TO PLEAD A CASE THAT HOPEFULLY THEY LISTEN AND THINK OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

BESIDES, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE IMPACTED JUST BY THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE SCHOOL, AND THE KIDS ARE ONLY THERE FOR A SHORT DURATION OF TIME.

NOT TO SAY THAT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT MY DAUGHTER WENT THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT WENT TO THAT SCHOOL AT THE VERY NOSTALGIC SCHOOL. AND IT'S A VERY FROM A STANDPOINT OF ENERGY EFFICIENT COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THIS IS A BETTER ENERGY EFFICIENT SCHOOL THAN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, LIKE VAN BUREN, JACKSON. OTHER SCHOOLS I CAN'T THINK OF ONE TIME IN MY HEAD, BUT THAT'S MY POSITION.

SO HOPEFULLY IT'S IT'S TAKE CONSIDERATION WITH THE OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT, THAT I'M IMPACTED ACROSS THE STREET, BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS THEY ARE. AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE GOOD NEIGHBORS BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION, AND A LOT OF NEIGHBORS ARE CONSIDERING MOVING BECAUSE OF THIS, AND A LOT OF NEIGHBORS WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT THE HOUSES. THEY WOULDN'T KNOWN THIS WAS COMING DOWN THE PIPE, AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF BEING BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

HOPEFULLY YOU TAKE THAT CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE APPROACH THE DAIS.

GIVE US YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU LIVE. CITY IS FINE.

OH JOE BROKAW, 33 ROXBURY DRIVE, CEDAR RAPIDS.

AND, JOE, DO YOU HAVE NEW INFORMATION FOR US TODAY? I HAVE NEW INFORMATION.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY JUST TO BACK FROM WHAT SETH SAID, HE SAID THE ZONING BOARD APPROVED IT.

ZONING BOARD DID APPROVE IT GRANTED THAT THERE WAS A SCREEN WALL PLAN IN PLACE.

THAT WAS VERY CLEAR. WE DO NOT HAVE A SCREEN WALL PLAN IN PLACE.

WE MET WITH I BELIEVE IT WAS, CHAD SCHUMACHER.

THERE WAS THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE THERE.

SCHOOL BOARD. OH, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CHAD SCHUMACHER [INAUDIBLE].

AND WE FINALLY DID HAVE OUR MEETING ONE DAY BEFORE THIS MEETING.

SO THE COMMUNICATION HAS NOT BEEN THERE. THEY'VE PUSHED IT OFF AS FAR AS THEY COULD.

SO FROM THAT MEETING, WE WERE TOLD BY CHAD SCHUMACHER WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THIS SCHOOL REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU GUYS WANT. SO IT DOESN'T FEEL OUR VOICE IS BEING HEARD. SO I KNOW YOU HAVE ME ON RECORD FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, SO.

OH, THE LAST THING IS THEY SAID THAT THEY THEY DID THEY DID SAY THAT THEY THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE AT FIVE FEET FORWARD.

THEY DIDN'T NOT SAY 5 TO 10FT FORWARD. THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE AT FIVE FEET FORWARD.

SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE EXAGGERATION GOING ON.

SO AGAIN, I'M BEGGING YOU, PLEASE DO NOT REZONE THIS UNTIL THE PLANS ARE IN PLACE.

WE DON'T HAVE PLANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HI LINDA HINZMAN I LIVE ON ROXBURY DRIVE ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL PROPERTY.

MY NEW INFORMATION IS KIND OF WHAT JOE SAID. WE WENT TO THE MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE AT FIVE FEET.

I'M A LITTLE OVER FIVE FEET, SO THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT.

BUT NOW WE HEAR 5 TO 10FT. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS IT, 5 OR 10.

AND ALSO I'D JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT MY MAIN CONCERN WITH IT IS THE ACCESS ROAD.

I THINK IT'S DANGEROUS. I THINK IT WILL AFFECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

AND I REMAIN OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS ROAD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

I'M MRS. STRONG, I LIVE IN ROXBURY. MY CONCERN IS THERE WAS SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD THAT SHOWED A CONCERN ON THE SCHOOL LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.

I THINK THAT'S FAVORITISM. JUST TAKING CONSIDERATION.

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY BASEBALL FIELD. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY BASKETBALL FIELD.

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WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PLAY? THERE'S NOTHING AT WEST WILLOW AND THERE IS NO BASKETBALL BASEBALL IN THE AREA FOR THEM TO PLAY.

SO WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PLAY? AND I WATCHED THEM WALK OVER FROM WHEREVER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PLAY ALL THESE GAMES.

ALSO FRIDAY, WHATEVER DRILLING YOU'RE DOING SHOOK MY HOUSE.

SO IF THERE'S ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, I WILL BE PRESENTING IT TO YOU.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY, I KNOW THOSE MACHINES WERE GOING UP AND DOWN, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE I KNOW ME AND THE NURSERY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL FELT IT.

MY NAME IS MARK KRAMER AND I LIVE ON ROXBURY.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO ADD TO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM LAST NIGHT'S MEETING AT 4:00 THERE IN THE SCHOOL YARD.

WE LEARNED THAT THEY WERE, THE POSITION OF THE NEW BUILDING WAS CREATED DUE TO THE GEOTHERMAL WELL.

WELL, I'VE GOT AN ENGINEERING FRIEND AND I CALLED HIM UP AND ASKED HIM.

HE GOES, WELL, I CAN SEE THEY MIGHT WANT TO NOT PUT IT OVER THE GEOTHERMAL WELL, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE, THAT THEY CANNOT PUT IT OVER, THAT THERE IS A VERY SIMPLE WAY TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT HE SAID IT'S NOT TRUE THAT THEY CAN'T DO IT.

THEY CERTAINLY COULD. AND NUMBER TWO, LAST NIGHT THEY SHOWED US WHERE THE BUILDING CORNER OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR FENCE LINES.

AND THEN WE KIND OF STEPPED OFF THE 26 FOOT DRIVE AND THEN SAW HOW CLOSE THIS REALLY THIS DRIVEWAY ACCESS DRIVE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SCHOOL BUSSES WAS GOING TO BE TO OUR PROPERTY LINES.

IT'S LIKE HAVING A STREET RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR YARD.

THE DRIVE IS GOING TO BE 26FT WIDE AND IT JUST GOES.

WELL, THEY SAID THEY COULD GO AT FIVE. WE HEARD 5 TO 10, BUT LAST NIGHT HE SAID FIVE FEET.

WE DO APPROVE OF THE BUILDING OF THIS NEW SCHOOL. I DO THINK THAT'S VERY ESSENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND OUR CHILDREN.

BUT WE REALLY HAVE ISSUE WITH THIS ACCESS ROAD.

IT'S JUST TOO CLOSE TO OUR HOMES. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS SIMPLY TABLE THIS INTO A FUTURE DATE, AT WHICH TIME WE CAN GET WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SAY, THERE'S GOT TO BE A SOLUTION HERE.

AND WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TO US IS NOT WORKABLE TO THE FAMILIES AND THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER.

AND OF COURSE, I'D HAVE TO MENTION THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

POLICE CHIEF, ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE HERE.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I ALSO LIVE ON ROXBURY DRIVE.

YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED THAT BY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT'S ALREADY TESTIFIED HERE TODAY.

YOUR NAME? FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME FOR THE RECORD IS GARY HINZMAN.

THANK YOU. I LIVE ON ROXBURY DRIVE. SOME TIME AGO, 20 YEARS AGO OR SO, I WAS HIRED BY THE SIXTH DISTRICT TO BUILD A CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

AND WE ALSO DID ONE IN CORALVILLE AND IN BENTON.

AND IN DOING THAT WORK, WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS EASIER FOR US TO GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND US AND TALK TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THERE ONE ON ONE. AND I PERSONALLY MADE THOSE MEETINGS SO THAT I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THEY TURNED OUT TO BE VERY FRUITFUL FOR US, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD OUR BUILDINGS WHERE WE NEEDED TO BUILD THEM, AND EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME. SO MY INFORMATION FOR YOU TODAY IS SIMPLY LOOK AT THE INFORMATION YOU HAD BEFORE YOU IN THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU HEARD.

WE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE BORDER OR TREE LINE WHERE THE ROADS ARE GOING TO GO IN.

WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE LAST TIME TALK ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY OF THE OIL SYSTEM AND THE LEVEE THAT'S PUT IN THERE NOW THAT WILL BE REMOVED AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING INTO PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS AND BASEMENTS.

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AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO HOLD OFF ON MAKING A FINAL DECISION ON THIS UNTIL THEY'VE HAD MORE TIME TO LOOK AT IT.

I THINK THAT IF THERE'S PRUDENT TO LOOK AT IT, THERE'S ROOM FOR COMPROMISE.

AND AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO YOU, WE DON'T WANT THE SCHOOL TO GO AWAY.

WE WANT THE SCHOOL TO BE THERE. WE JUST WANT THE DESIGN OF IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT, IF YOU COULD JUST GET YOURSELF UP CLOSER TO THE FRONT ROW SO WE COULD KEEP IT MOVING A LITTLE QUICKER. THANK YOU. SURE. HELLO, SARAH HINZMAN.

I LIVE ON ROXBURY DRIVE WITH MY FOLKS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN KIND OF TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION.

FOR EXAMPLE, I SPOKE LAST TIME ABOUT THE MEMORIAL TO MY FRIEND THAT PASSED AWAY WHILE WE WERE STUDENTS AT HOOVER.

AS BEING SOMETHING THAT I WAS KEENLY AWARE OF, BUT OTHER FOLKS IN THE DESIGN PROCESS WERE NOT.

HAD ONE PERSON INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT KNOCKED ON ONE DOOR DURING THE ACTUAL DESIGN PROCESS OF THE SCHOOL, WE COULD HAVE PROVIDED A LOT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DESIRABLE OR UNDESIRABLE FOR US, BUT THAT WAS REALLY NOT DONE. THE SCHOOL'S DESIGNS WERE FINISHED.

THEY WERE PRESENTED TO US AS TO WHERE, HERE YOU GO, ENJOY.

AND I FEEL THAT THAT WAS A HUGE OVERSIGHT AND THAT ANY FUTURE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT NEEDS TO TAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO CONSIDERATION. AND AS MY OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF WE COULD HAVE SOME ACTUAL PROMISES AND GUARANTEES.

RIGHT NOW, IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S A KIND OF DESIRE TO COLLABORATE NOW THAT WE'VE RAISED SOME COMPLAINTS IN A PUBLIC FORUM, BUT WE WOULD HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED BEING INCLUDED FROM THE OUTSET, AND NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR CONFLICT INTO AN OPEN FORUM, AND NONE OF US WANT TO BE PUT IN THAT POSITION.

WE REALLY DO WANT TO COLLABORATE AND BE COOPERATIVE, BUT WE FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING EMPTY PROMISES.

SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED TO US IS THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE SCHOOL OPEN FOR STUDENTS.

AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM TO BE IN FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS AND AS LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WHEN YOU IMAGINE THAT THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO THE CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.

ONE REASON THAT I HAVE CONCERNS IS THAT THE REASON THAT MY FRIEND FOR WHICH THE MEMORIAL TRAIL IS NAMED, IS NO LONGER HERE IS BECAUSE SHE WAS PLAYING ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE THAT WAS NOT KEPT SAFE.

AND SO I WORRY, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS SCHOOL HAS A LOT OF STUDENTS, AS ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, THAT COME AND PLAY AND THAT THEY MAY BE LURED INTO THAT AREA.

AND WHILE THEY'RE IN SCHOOL, I ASSUME CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING THE SAME.

WELL, SHAKING AND SUCH THAT WE HEAR IS GOING TO AFFECT THEIR LEARNING AS WELL.

I REMEMBER BEING A STUDENT THERE. ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL, IF THERE'S AN OPEN WINDOW, YOU KNOW. SO I THINK THAT THE DISRUPTION THAT HAVING THAT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY FOR TWO YEARS COULD HAVE ON THEIR LEARNING IS BEING OVERLOOKED. AND I FEEL LIKE OVERALL, YOU'RE BEING PRESENTED WITH ONE SIDE OF THE SITUATION FROM THE PLANNERS.

AND THEN THERE'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDE OF THE SITUATION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE MATTERS.

AS I'VE SAID, WE CARE ABOUT THE SCHOOL. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE SCHOOL BEING BUILT.

WE JUST FEEL THAT THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS THAT ARE REALLY NOT BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND HAD THEY APPROACHED US DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

AND I ASSUME THAT ALL OF THESE REDESIGNS ARE COSTING MONEY.

AND THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY, IS THAT I FEEL LIKE ANY FUTURE PROJECTS REALLY DO NEED TO TAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIND.

IT'S THE CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'VE ABDICATED THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

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I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY THAT WE DON'T APPRECIATE THE DESIGN, AND WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S PROBABLY SOME BETTER IDEAS THAT COULD BE, WE COULD COME UP WITH WHERE EVERYBODY IS HAPPY.

I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BE A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY AND NOT JUST A WIN, SHOVE IT IN YOUR FACE AND BE QUIET.

I THINK THAT IN THE TIME THAT WE'RE IN, I THINK TRUST AND IN GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS IS PRETTY LOW.

IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO SEE A WIN WHERE WE COULD ALL WORK TOGETHER.

WE MOVED TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE PARK AREA.

I'VE GOT SMALL CHILDREN. WE PLAY THERE ALL THE TIME.

LOVE THE PLAYGROUNDS THERE. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF THAT SCHOOL.

I WOULD REALLY HATE TO SEE THAT GO AWAY. AS FAR AS THE THERMAL WELLS.

I'M A PROUD IBEW MEMBER IN THIS TOWN, SO I'M ALL ABOUT BUILDING.

MY BODY BEARS SCARS FROM BUILDING THIS COMMUNITY, AND I'M ALL ABOUT IT.

IT'S THE CITY HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD TO FEED MY FAMILY, AND I WOULD BE PROUD TO EVEN BUILD THAT SCHOOL.

BUT I WANT A BETTER OPTION. AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD TABLE THIS DECISION TILL WE COME UP WITH A WIN WIN.

I KNOW THAT BUILDING OVER THE THERMAL WELLS OR CLOSE TO A MAY NOT BE IDEAL, BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY. THIS IS AMERICA. WE'VE DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE BEFORE. WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.

THANKS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, GARY RUSSO, 3934 ROXBURY DRIVE.

I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING NEW THAT WAS GIVEN TO US.

WE WERE GIVEN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVEN HAVE THIS.

WE WERE GIVEN THIS LITTLE MAP, OUR NEW DISPLAY BY CHAD SCHUMACHER AT OUR MEETING 4:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LEARNING SOME MORE DEVELOPMENTS. AS OTHERS HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY.

IT WAS FIVE FOOT. THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE A FIVE FOOT.

NOW, WE LEARNED AT THE MEETING IT'S GOING TO BE TEN FOOT. WELL THAT'S WONDERFUL IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE IT TEN FOOT.

THE FURTHER THE BETTER FROM OUR PROPERTY LINE.

BUT BY THIS DIAGRAM THAT CHAD SCHUMACHER GAVE US AND HANDED OUT TO EVERYBODY.

MY PROPERTY LINE IS GOING TO BE 75FT OR LESS AWAY FROM A 6 TO 7 TRAILERS, CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS, WHERE THEY, RIGHT AT THE POINT WHEN THEY ALL DRIVE IN.

THAT'S WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS ARE GOING TO BE. THAT'S NOT CONDUCIVE FOR ME ON MY PROPERTY LINE.

AS WE LEARNED THAT THE THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL STAGING AREAS AND THE ACCESS DRIVE IS GOING TO BE USED FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT CEMENT TRUCKS COMING IN THERE, POUNDING ON THAT ON THAT ACCESS DRIVEWAY.

SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN QUALITY OF LIFE, THE WAY IT'S SET UP CURRENTLY TODAY IS NOT WHAT I HAD RECEIVED OR HAD EXPERIENCED FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS LIVING THERE ON THAT SITE, THEN LEARNING BASED UPON OUR CONCERNS, WE WERE TOLD, AND IT'S BEEN SAID PREVIOUSLY BY ANOTHER NEIGHBOR OF MINE, THAT THE SCHOOL WILL BE BUILT NOW, THE CITY COUNCIL HASN'T EVEN TAKEN A VOTE. SO HOW CAN THE SCHOOL EVEN BE BUILT WHEN WE HAVEN'T SPOKE OUR PIECE? WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL HASN'T EVEN TAKEN THE VOTE ON A RESIGNING REZONING? SO THAT'S NOT DEMOCRATIC. I'M AFFRONTED BY THAT AND TAKEN ABACK BY THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU TAKE THIS ALL INTO CONSIDERATION.

OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS, BY THAT ACCESS ROAD.

THE FURTHER AWAY YOU CAN MOVE IT AWAY FROM OUR PROPERTY LINE, IT'D BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AND I AS WELL STAND BY WHAT I PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY ON THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 24TH.

I WOULD RESPECT THAT YOU AND RECOMMEND YOU TABLE THIS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION UNTIL WE CAN GET THINGS IRONED OUT WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

SO WE ALL HAVE A WIN WIN SITUATION. HAVE A GOOD EDUCATION FOR THE STUDENTS AND STILL HAVE A WIN WIN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

CHAD SCHUMACHER, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AS WE CONSIDER REZONING THE PROPERTY TODAY, WE WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE ARE LOCATING THE BUILDING WHERE WE ARE.

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THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY THAT THE SCHOOL SERVES AROUND HOOVER ELEMENTARY. THE WELLFIELD HAS BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT, AND THAT IS A CONSIDERATION THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO AS WE'RE DESIGNING THE BUILDING.

TO PLACE THE BUILDING ON TOP OF THE WELL FIELD COULD POSE SOME DANGERS.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING THE BUILDING EVEN MORE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER TO THE TOP OF THE WELL FIELD.

THE OTHER PART ABOUT THE DRIVE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING IS THAT WE ARE BOUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSSES ARE KEPT SEPARATE FROM THE PARENT DROP OFF PER CODE.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THAT AS WELL AS WELL AS THE DRIVE FOR THE FIRE LANE.

SO WE DID MEET LAST NIGHT WITH THE NEIGHBORS, AND WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON A SOLUTION FOR REMEDIATING THE PROXIMITY OF THE SCHOOL TO THEIR PROPERTY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND TALK TO THEM AND PRESENT OPTIONS FOR SCREENING, AS WELL AS THE FENCE ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON A SOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS OF HOOVER ELEMENTARY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS VOTE TO A LATER DATE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? YEAH. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF.

EXCUSE ME, MAYOR IS THERE. WOULD YOU BE A FRIENDLY.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOT JUST LET IT HANG OUT THERE, BUT SORT OF SET A TIMELINE ON IT TO TO.

OKAY. I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. YOU KNOW, SAME TIME NEXT MONTH.

MY HOPE IS THAT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION TO IT.

I DON'T SEE SOME OF IT RESOLVING ITSELF EASILY, BUT THERE'S SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THINGS.

NEIGHBORS POINTED OUT THAT I THINK A LITTLE ADDITIONAL TIME MIGHT HELP.

COUNCILOR OLSON. YEAH. I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A STEP BACK.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AS SETH, PRESENTED. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IS THIS USE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL? RIGHT. I MEAN THAT THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

AND I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE LAYOUT ON THE SITE.

THE LOCATION, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, WELL, FIELDS AND, AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE BALL DIAMONDS AND THE OPEN SPACE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ALL FAIR AND LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS AND I THINK DESERVE, YOU KNOW, DESERVE, DESERVE ANSWERS, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE IS AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD THAT CONTROLS THIS PARTICULAR SITE.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE HERE TODAY IS SHOULD A SCHOOL BE ON THIS SITE.

AND SO, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OPEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAYOUT IN THE SITE.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THOSE ARE INAPPROPRIATE, THOSE ARE APPROPRIATE, OR THAT THEY SPEAK TO WHETHER OR NOT A SCHOOL BUILDING BELONGS ON THE SITE.

AND SO AS WE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WHAT INFORMATION WE NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR DECISION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A SCHOOL ON THIS SITE? YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF KEEP IN MIND THE BIGGER PICTURE OF WHERE WHAT OUR ROLE IS IN THE WHOLE PROCESS, WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ROLE IS AND, AND KIND OF KEEPING THOSE TWO SEPARATE.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TO THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ZONING BOARD, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FURTHER VETTED OUT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEIR VOTE IN SUPPORT OF MOVING THIS TO COUNCIL WAS REALLY, HAD SOME CONTINGENCIES TO IT THAT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE YET SOLVED.

WELL, MAYBE. SETH, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THEY PLANNING COMMISSION ULTIMATELY IS A RECOMMENDING BODY.

I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE EXACTLY HOW THEY PHRASED IT, BUT ESSENTIALLY THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT SCREENING BE PROVIDED ALONG THE SOUTH

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IT'S CONSISTENT WITH ZONING CODE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

I GUESS THERE'S NOT A PARTICULAR FINAL ANSWER ON THAT.

THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE APPLICANTS OR, SORRY, WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND WHAT THEY'VE SAID VERBALLY, YOU KNOW, AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IS THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.

I LET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I GUESS, ADD MORE CONTEXT, BUT I THINK THEIR WHAT THEY'VE SHOWN OR MENTIONED IN THE MEETINGS IS I THINK THEY WANT TO EXPLORE HOW THEY CAN ADJUST THE SITE PLAN. I GUESS TO YOUR POINT, THE LIKE KIND OF FINAL DETAILS OF THE SITE TO LOOK AT PUTTING IN A BERM TO RAISE A FENCE A COUPLE OF FEET. FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE DESIGN FEATURES THAT WOULD GO WITH THAT BERM.

AND THEY'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD DO TO APPROACH THAT.

SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE, YOU TALKED ABOUT ZONING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR SCREENING AND THAT KIND OF THING.

WHAT ARE THOSE REQUIREMENTS? SO BROADLY SPEAKING WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE A SERVICE AREA PARKING LOT DRIVE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WELL, WHEN WE GO TO THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL ZONE DISTRICT, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

WELL, WE WOULD NORMALLY REQUIRE, SAY, IF IT WAS AN APARTMENT BUILDING OR A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT THAT LOCATION NEXT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO GENERALLY, WHAT THAT WOULD BE WOULD BE A, SAY, A FENCE ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT.

SOME SORT OF SCREENING, AT LEAST SIX FOOT HIGH OR DENSE VEGETATION.

AND THAT JUST WILL COME WITH A POTENTIAL REZONE.

SO NO MATTER WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD DESIRE IF THIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE REZONED, THERE'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED FENCING SCREENING FROM JUST FROM THE ACTION OF A REZONE. FROM. YEAH, FROM IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE FROM THE ACCESS DRIVE.

YEAH. OKAY. SO I MEAN, I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS.

I MEAN, I JUST I UNDERSTAND I GET IT, I REALLY DO.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DISCOUNT THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS.

I MEAN, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A REALLY NICE JOB OF EXPLAINING THE ISSUES ABOUT THE PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT.

AND I'M NOT UNSYMPATHETIC TO THOSE. I JUST, WHEN AN APPLICANT COMES TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A REZONE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO FOLLOW.

AS TO. AND SETH, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE DO A REZONE.

I ACTUALLY HAVE GIVEN THESE GUYS A HARD TIME ABOUT IT.

DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY TIME? YOU KNOW, IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? IS IT? AND THE ANSWER IS YES, WE DO HAVE TO DO IT EVERY TIME BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE FACTORS, RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT GO INTO WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO REZONE A PROPERTY.

AND I THINK IF WE START, IF WE GET AWAY FROM THOSE FACTORS, WE CAN START RUNNING INTO ROUGH WATERS AND DETERMINING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ON A SITE BY SITE BASIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD FIT AS OPPOSED TO WHAT ARE THE OVERALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS AN APPLICANT, WHETHER THEY'RE A PUBLIC ENTITY OR A PRIVATE OR ANYBODY IN BETWEEN? HAVE THEY MET THOSE REQUIREMENTS? AND, YOU KNOW, DOES DOES THE USE FIT THE SITE? OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE THAT.

WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT WHETHER OR NOT TO TABLE OKAY I'LL JUST DO INDIVIDUAL ROLL.

DID YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, THE FRIENDLY WITH THE TIMETABLE? OLSON. YAY OR NAY? I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE FUN HERE. THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THE ISSUE WE HAVE IS THE FACT THAT TIMING HAS BEEN SHORT. THERE'S BEEN NOT ENOUGH TIME WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S A WAY TO SOLVE IT AND TO BUILD A VERY IMPORTANT SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

NORTHWEST SIDE THAT SERVES, IT'S OVERCROWDED NOW, THERE'S NO PLACE TO PUT THESE STUDENTS.

THERE'S MORE STUDENTS COMING. EVERY NEW SCHOOL THAT WE SOME OF THESE SAME ISSUES WHERE WE'VE HAD TO ADJUST AND BUILD THE SCHOOL BEHIND.

AND WE HAD TWO OTHERS WE DID, THERE'S MORE COMING BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER SITES.

AND WITHOUT TEARING SOMETHING DOWN. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE THING I ASKED SETH BEFORE.

WE HAVE DONE REZONINGS WITH CONTINGENCIES. WITH CONDITIONS.

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AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT WHEN YOU BUILD SOMETHING NEW, ALL NEW REQUIREMENTS, THEY HAVE TO BRING ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS UP TO CODE, ALL NEW TREES, ALL NEW WATER, DETENTION STUFF THAT IS NOT ON THIS SITE NOW BECAUSE OF THE NEW CODES.

AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO KEEP THE PROCESS MOVING.

BUT WE ALL AGREE THAT WE HAVE SOME ISSUES TO ADDRESS WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

THERE IS ROOM TO ADDRESS IT. DO WE? OR DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL.

THERE'S BEEN A SCHOOL ON THAT PROPERTY FOR DECADES.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR. I MEAN, THAT'S AND WE CAN.

YES. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. AND WE DID HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THEM WANT TO SEE A SCHOOL THERE.

THEY'RE NOT SAYING DON'T PUT A SCHOOL BACK THERE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN TERRIBLE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE OTHER OPTION WE HAVE IS WE HAVE TO DO A SECOND AND THIRD READING, AND THAT CAN DRAG OUT FOR THE NEXT MONTH.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A SECOND AND THIRD READING AT THE SECOND AT THE NEXT TIME.

I AGREE. BUT IN TWO WEEKS WE'LL HAVE A SECOND READING AND WE CAN HEAR FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE CAN HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS.

IS THERE ANY PROGRESS? BUT THE REALITY IS, THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD THIS BE A SCHOOL HERE OR NOT? YES. AND THAT IS WHAT I'M VOTING ON TODAY. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS FORWARD AND HAVING DIALOG BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE NEIGHBORS, AND HAVING SOMEBODY REPORT BACK TO US IN TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE DO A SECOND READING.

AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTITY.

AND I REALLY DON'T ENJOY DEBATING THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HERE AT CITY COUNCIL, I DON'T ENJOY IT. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE ENJOYS IT EITHER. AND I APPRECIATE US REMAINING FOCUSED ON ON OUR JOB AT HAND, KEEPING THINGS MOVING FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER POE.

YEAH, THANK YOU. I YOU KNOW, I I WILL WITHDRAW MY SECOND.

CAN I DO THAT? THANK YOU. YES, YES, I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY SECOND.

HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK I THINK A COUPLE OF THE NEIGHBORS SAID THIS, AND IT'S BEEN ONE OF MY IT'S BEEN ONE OF MY ISSUES THROUGH A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUST AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF, WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME WITH DEVELOPMENTS ALL THE TIME.

WE ARE IN FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ANYTIME A DEVELOPMENT GOES IN, WE'RE OUT TALKING TO PEOPLE.

WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM. AND THAT'S MY, I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED AS WE IF THERE ARE MORE SCHOOLS AS YOU SAID.

COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON COMING ONLINE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSTANTLY DOING THIS AND MAY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME REZONING, GET OUT IN FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY.

HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE IF I LIVE NEXT, NEXT TO THIS PROJECT, I WOULD FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY.

LIKE THIS IS BEING SHOVED DOWN MY THROAT. IF YOU HAVEN'T COMMUNICATED TO ME, THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO LEARN WHAT IS NEEDED.

YOU ALL SAY YOU WANT A SCHOOL. WE WANT A SCHOOL.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS AREA TO HAVE A SCHOOL AND WE GET THAT.

HAVING SAID THAT, THERE'S THERE'S A VERY GOOD WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

AND IT'S CALLED COMMUNICATION. IT'S CALLED LOOKING PEOPLE IN THE EYE AND LISTENING TO WHAT THEY SAY AND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.

WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE PLANS ALONG THE WAY WITH MANY DEVELOPMENTS.

THEY'RE JUST NOT CUT AND DRY. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS AND NEEDS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON'S REMARKS.

THANK YOU. TYLER. REALLY APPROPRIATE. BUT I DO THINK BEFORE YOU COME BACK FOR US AGAIN, MARTY, WITH THE SECOND AND THE THIRD READINGS, YOU GIVE US SOMETHING THAT WE ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT AND THAT IS TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HELP RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES. AND I AGREE WITH MAYOR O'DONNELL, THIS IS TERRIBLE.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE IN THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. AND THAT'S OKAY IF I DON'T HAVE A SECOND.

WHAT I WAS REALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IS AFFORDING MORE TIME TO ACCOMPLISH EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILMEMBER POE WAS DISCUSSING.

IT TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, IT IS, IS NOT JOYFUL FOR ME TO GET INTO OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WORK.

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TALKING ABOUT HOW FANTASTIC THIS SCHOOL WAS AND HOW IT MODELED EXACTLY WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE THROUGHOUT ALL OF CEDAR RAPIDS, WHERE WE ARE BRINGING RESOURCES TO CHILDREN BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE.

SO I KNOW INTIMATELY HOW MUCH WE HAVE THIS SCHOOL HERE.

IT PAINS ME THAT WE ARE BEING PUSHED YET AGAIN TO MITIGATE CONDITIONS THAT I FULLY EXPECTED TO SEE THE CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH I'M A VERY PROUD PRODUCT OF HAVING VETTED OUT IN THE LAST 12 DAYS.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE 4TH OF JULY, AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE TODAY.

TO HAVE A MEETING LAST NIGHT IS PLACATING PEOPLE AND IT IS OFFENSIVE.

IT JUST IS. POINT BLANK. WHEN THIS COMES BACK, IF WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND TO TABLE THIS, WHEN THIS COMES BACK, IT HAS TO BE IN A VERY DIFFERENT STATE. OTHERWISE WHAT YOU'RE RISKING IS NOT DOING THIS AT ALL.

OR TEARING DOWN A SCHOOL, RELOCATING PEOPLE AND DOING WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO.

WE DON'T WANT TO BUST KIDS FURTHER OUT. WE KNOW THERE NEEDS TO BE A SCHOOL THERE.

NOT ONE NEIGHBOR SAID WE DON'T WANT A SCHOOL THERE.

SO THIS IS REALLY PROBLEMATIC TO ME TO CONTINUOUSLY PUSH CEDAR RAPIDS AND OUR AND OUR COUNCIL IN THE MIDDLE OF SOLVING THESE PROBLEMS, THAT THERE IS A VERY WELL RESOURCED COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE POSITIONED TO DO.

AND THE GREAT THING IS YOU HAVE A PROBLEM THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ON COUNCIL.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

THEY WANT TO WEIGH IN. THEY WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS.

THEY WANT TO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GO AND SEE LYNDA HENSON'S GARDEN.

SERIOUSLY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOISE POLLUTION YOU KNOW, POLLUTION THAT COULD IMPACT GARDENS. I'M TALKING ABOUT GO AND SEE THIS MASTER GARDENERS GARDEN.

OKAY. BECAUSE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW UP WITH THAT, KNOWING THE HENSON'S.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE DIDN'T RESOLVE THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL PLEA THAT SEEMS TO BE IMPORTANT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT, ABOUT KEEPING THAT MEMORIAL. I'VE HEARD TALKS ABOUT IT.

I'VE HEARD TALKS ABOUT BERMING, TALKS ABOUT TREES.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEES THOUGH. AND AND THAT'S THE PART THAT REALLY STARTS TO YOU KNOW, GET ME FRUSTRATED AND GET ME EXCITED IS WHEN THERE ARE NOT ANY GUARANTEES. AND THIS IS KIND OF ENDS UP BEING A REFERENDUM BY ONE OF THE FEW THINGS WE GET TO VOTE ON.

SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IF WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION OF TAKING A VOTE TODAY I'D LIKE TO ESTABLISH SOME CONTINGENCIES.

AND I THINK SOME OF THEM TO WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO.

ONE OF THEM IS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF MEANINGFUL REPLICATION OF THE MEMORIAL THAT IS THERE.

SOMETHING THAT BETTER SPEAKS TO THE REAL ENGINEERING STANDARDS OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE WITH THE GEOTHERMAL WELLS.

I THINK THERE PROBABLY ARE SOME VERY REAL LIMITATIONS THERE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S OPEN TO SPECULATION IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN OR CAN'T BE DONE.

AND THEN ALSO TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ACCESS ROADS, PROXIMITY TO HOUSES.

IS IT FIVE FEET? IS IT TEN FEET? IS IT MORE? CAN WE ORIENT IT WHEN WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE GEOTHERMAL WELLS? I JUST THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE BETTER VETTED OUT BECAUSE WE ABSOLUTELY, UNEQUIVOCALLY KNOW THAT WE NEED THIS SCHOOL, THAT IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL. THEY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST TEACHERS THAT I'VE EVER MET WHO, YOU KNOW, SERVE UPWARDS OF, YOU KNOW, 20 TO 40 LANGUAGES WITH JUST THE COOLEST KIDS YOU'LL EVER MEET.

BUT THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THIS AND NOT HAVE IT DELAYED.

AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY DEPENDING ON YOU TO TO BE THE GREAT STEWARDS THAT YOU ARE IN, YOU KNOW, GIVING ME THE EDUCATION I WAS AFFORDED TO HAVE AND AND AND BE BETTER FOR THE NEXT MOMENT.

WE SEE YOU. THANK YOU. AND, MR. SCHUMACHER, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO'S HERE TODAY.

BUT I TRUST THAT YOU'LL BRING ALL OF THIS BACK.

AND YOU HEARD US LOUDLY AND CLEARLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

WE DO HAVE SEVEN OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD TODAY.

I'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO DOUBLE CHECK MY MATH HERE.

IF I'M INCORRECT, YOU CAN HELP ME OUT ON THAT.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING.

COUNCILMEMBER TYLER OLSON, THANK YOU. SECONDED.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HOEGER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. NO. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

COUNCIL MEMBER POE ARE NO'S. ANYONE ELSE? NO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THE MOTION DOES CARRY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. FOR THE CONVERSATION. WE HAVE IT.

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MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE,

[2. A public hearing will be held to consider amending Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code, Historic Preservation, to add Zastera Pharmacy at 1135 Ellis Boulevard NW as a local landmark]

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

THANK YOU, MAYOR, JEFF WOZENCRAFT, CRAFT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AS STATED, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE ZEST ERA PHARMACY.

JUST A QUICK REFRESHER ON THE PROCESS HERE. IT'S OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 18, OUR CITY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, TO BE REVIEWED FIRST AND APPROVED BY OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

THEN REVIEW AND RECOMMENDED BY OUR CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITHIN 60 DAYS.

PARTICULARLY FOR CONSISTENCY WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THEN BROUGHT TO YOU ALL TO BE AMENDED INTO THE ORDINANCE.

LOCAL LANDMARKS ARE SUBJECT TO DESIGN AND MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS, JUST AS OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT PROPERTIES, BUT THEY ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC REHAB PROGRAM FUNDING.

SOME BACKGROUND ON THE BUILDING ITSELF. IT WAS HISTORIC NAME IS THE CHARLES H.

ZASTERA PHARMACY BUILDING. IT WAS BUILT IN 1921, IN A VERNACULAR CRAFTSMAN COMMERCIAL STYLE.

THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE STRUCTURE IS 1920 TO 1964, AS OUTLINED IN THE APPLICATION.

ITS APPLICATION IS BASED ON ITS ASSOCIATION WITH EVENTS OF BROAD PATTERNS TO OUR HISTORY, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CRITERIA.

A IN PARTICULAR HERE FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE CZECH/SLOVAK IMMIGRATION STORY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHWEST AND TIME CZECH NEIGHBORHOODS.

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUILDING ITSELF. IT WAS STARTED BY CHARLES H.

ZASTERA AND WILLIAM G. CAIN. IT WAS A PHARMACY AND A LOCAL SMALL GROCER FOR MUCH OF ITS HISTORY, AND MAINTAINED THOSE COMMERCIAL OR COMMERCIAL USES THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY.

OF NOTE HERE I CALLED OUT THESE LOCAL SMALL GROCERS WERE ONCE COMMON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

35 WERE IN THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 1938 CITY DIRECTORY, OF WHICH NOW THERE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS DESIGNATION.

AND IT HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE THE 2008 FLOOD. SO FOR ALIGNMENT WITH PLANS ALIGNS WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENVISIONCR AND STRENGTHEN GOAL TWO TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND IDENTITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND KEY CORRIDORS. THERE'S ALSO A CALL OUT IN THAT OF RESTORING THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN OF ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE IDENTIFICATION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES, AND THEN THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN OF PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CREATE AN ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY.

SO AERIAL OF THE LOCATION IN QUESTION HERE ALONG ELLIS AVENUE IS RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE IMAGE.

TIME CHECK PARK IS ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE IMAGE.

SOME IMAGES OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF. THIS IS FROM K AVENUE.

ELLIS WOULD BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. SOME OF THE MOSAIC TILING IN SOME OF THE ENTRYWAYS.

SOME OF THE ORNATE MASONRY WORK. THE INTERIOR CEILING TILING AND THEN A HISTORIC PHOTO FROM 1977, SHOWING THE PHARMACY ON THE LEFT AND THE LAUNDROMAT ON THE RIGHT.

SO A TIMELINE. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON MAY 29TH.

CITY PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION ON JUNE 5TH.

HERE FOR TODAY, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE, AND THEN A POSSIBLE SECOND AND THIRD ON JULY 22ND.

WITH THAT, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON THE FIRST READING TO LANDMARK THE PHARMACY AND AMEND CHAPTER 18.

WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFF.

THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? PLEASE APPROACH THE DAIS AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THE CITY WHERE YOU LIVE. HI, I'M NIKKI HALVERSON. I LIVE IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND I AM BOARD PRESIDENT OF SAVE SIERRA HERITAGE.

I'M JUST HERE TO KIND OF PROVIDE MAYBE A FEW MORE LITTLE DETAILS ABOUT THE BUILDING.

JEFF DID AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL JOB OF GIVING THE HISTORY THAT OUR GROUP PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION.

SO YES, LIKE HE SAID, THE BUILDING WAS BUILT FOR CHARLES ZASTERA.

HIS FAMILY, HIS PARENTS IMMIGRATED FROM OLDER CZECH IMMIGRANTS, AND HIS TWO BROTHERS ALSO OWNED TWO PHARMACIES, LONGSTANDING PHARMACIES IN CEDAR RAPIDS, ONE OF WHICH WAS IN CZECH VILLAGE.

IT'S NOW WHERE THE CZECH COTTAGE IS. SO THE BUILDING DOES STILL STAND.

THE BUILDING ITSELF ALSO HAS SERVED THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE 2008.

LAUNDROMATS, BAKERIES, GROCERY STORES. PHARMACIES.

AND AFTER THE FLOOD OF 2008, IT'S ONE OF THE VERY FEW SURVIVING HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE HAVE, AND I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT FAR FROM THAT, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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AND AFTER THE FLOOD OF 2008, IT WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT TOGETHER TO SAVE IT.

SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN ONE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE TO SEE AROUND.

AND THIS DESIGNATION WOULD JUST HELP PROTECT IT ALL THE FURTHER.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

COUNCIL. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF WATTS. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE BUILDING? WHO OWNS IT? SO CURRENTLY IT IS OWNED BY A DEVELOPER, FORMERLY, I BELIEVE, OFB LLC, AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH SAVE CEDAR RAPIDS HERITAGE TO SELL THE BUILDING TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR USE.

SO THEY WILL SELL IT TO SAVE CR, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT? TO SAVE CR HAVE TO RAISE MONEY OR. MAYBE I'M GETTING TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS.

I HAVE SOME INSIGHTS ON THAT. MAYOR. YEAH. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. SO THEY RECEIVED A GRANT, I BELIEVE IT WAS 110,000 FROM THE GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

THEY HAVE TO RAISE ANOTHER 50,000 ISH, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I BELIEVE IT'S NIKKI THAT HAS A MATCH RIGHT NOW.

SO FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S DONATED, SHE'LL DONATE A DOLLAR UP TO $25,000.

SO THERE IS MOMENTUM TO RAISE THE MONEY. I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AND THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S I WILL HAVE TO SAY, I, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT WHEN I LEARNED THAT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GAVE THAT MONEY WITHOUT A MATCH.

AS WE ALL KNOW, TYPICALLY THEY'LL GIVE A GIFT SUBJECT TO A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR MATCH, WHICH THEY DID NOT DO HERE.

THANK YOU. OH, COOL. YEAH, I WAS COOL. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS? COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. YEAH. SO JEFF WHEN THIS DESIGNATION HAPPENS CAN YOU JUST TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT KIND OF FUNDING OR SUPPORT? I KNOW THAT THE CITY AND THERE'S ALSO FEDERAL GRANTS THAT AND I BELIEVE STATE THAT ALSO COME AVAILABLE IF IT IS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK AND ALSO IF THERE ARE ANY THEN LIMITATIONS ON WHAT TYPE OF USE AND ANY MODIFICATIONS.

SO I GUESS WORKING BACKWARDS, THE USE WOULDN'T BE LIMITED BASED UPON THE DESIGNATION WHEN IT IS, OR IF IT IS DESIGNATED, THAT WOULD APPLY TO THE EXTERIOR REPAIRS AND WORK THAT IS DONE, WHICH IS ALL OF WHAT OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE CONTROLS OR REGULATES SO ANY EXTERIOR REPAIRS, WINDOWS, MASONRY WORK. THOSE THINGS WILL BE REVIEWED BY OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE REVIEW PROPERTIES IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.

IN TERMS OF AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES THE LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION DOES OPEN UP THE ABILITY TO APPLY FOR OUR HISTORIC REHABILITATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS A $10,000 GRANT, UP TO A $10,000 GRANT, I SHOULD SAY, TO SUPPORT EXTERIOR REPAIRS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGN GUIDELINES. FURTHER, LOCAL LANDMARKING DESIGNATION DOES OPEN UP THE ABILITY FOR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THROUGH NATIONAL AND STATE RESOURCES. POTENTIALLY. I'M NOT AWARE OF THE DETAILS ON ALL OF THOSE, BUT.

COUNCILMEMBER POE. THANK YOU. SO, JEFF, ONCE THEY HAVE THEIR THEIR LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION, COULD THEY THEN GO ON AND GET THEIR STATE AND NATIONAL IF SO DESIRED? SO THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY TO FURTHER DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY AS A NATIONAL LANDMARK.

IN SOME WAYS, IT IS A BIT COUNTERINTUITIVE THAT THE LOCAL DESIGNATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE NATIONAL DESIGNATIONS.

SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY ABILITY TO APPLY AND FOR A NOMINATION FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN SAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS, IT'S SO FUN TO WATCH US GROW AND INNOVATE. AND IT'S ALSO CRITICAL TO WHAT WE WHAT MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE.

SO WHAT A WHAT A PLEASURE TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER FROM THE COUNCIL, WE'LL GO AHEAD.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CITIZEN INPUT PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF THE FY FIVE YEAR FY 25,

[3. A public hearing will be held to consider citizen input prior to adoption of the FY25 (Federal) Five- Year Consolidated Plan for the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership programs for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030 (Laura Shaw and Chrystal]

I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LAURA SHAW AND CHRYSTAL KOHL WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS TO IDENTIFY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.

IT IDENTIFIES AND HELPS US SET GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE FUNDING AND IT STIPULATES HOW LIMITED, HOW OUR LIMITED RESOURCES CAN BE SPENT. IT'S REQUIRED FOR ALL CDBG AND HOME PROGRAM FUNDING, AND IT'S UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN ARE THINGS LIKE CITIZEN INPUT, A HOUSING MARKET ANALYSIS, DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, THE ANALYSIS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS.

SO SENIORS, PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN IT ALSO REQUIRES THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN ADDRESS NEEDS AND GOALS ALONG WITH PRIORITIES. AND THEN SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTIVITIES WOULD INCLUDE HOUSING REHABILITATION, NONPROFIT AGENCY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC SERVICES TO SPECIAL NEED POPULATIONS.

NOW, WHILE CDBG FUNDS ARE RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE, THEY MUST ALL MEET A NATIONAL OBJECTIVE.

THOSE CAN BE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME BENEFIT, ELIMINATING SLUM AND BLIGHT, OR ADDRESSING URGENT NEED WHEN THERE ARE NO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR HOUSING REHABILITATION.

HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE, NEW CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING AND TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

SOME OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH WE'VE DONE IS A COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY.

COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING LAST YEAR'S DOWNTOWN FARMER'S MARKET RESIDENT APPRECIATION DAY.

WE ALSO HELD THREE RESIDENT OPEN HOUSES AND THOSE WHO WERE AT BOTH LIBRARIES AND THE NORTHWEST REC CENTER.

AND THEN WE ALSO DID A ONE ON ONE CONSULTATION WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS.

AND REALLY WHAT WE FOUND IS WHILE WE ARE ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PREVENTION, PRODUCTION AND ACCESS, HOMELESS SERVICES AND PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES, THESE ARE ALL STILL NEEDED GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE TIMELINE TODAY, THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESOLUTION AND THEN THESE ARE DUE TO BE SUBMITTED TO HUD BY JULY 13TH. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE ADOPTION OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR FEDERAL FY 25.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TURN IT BACK TO THE MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS AS OF LATE WITH REGARD TO SUPPORTING OUR UNHOUSED COMMUNITY AND BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT IT IS AND TO BRAIN DUMP ALL OF THOSE IDEAS AND, AND HELP US CONTINUE TO GROW IN THAT CAPACITY.

SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT EXACTLY THAT.

AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION 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.

THANK YOU. AND NUMBER FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF THE FY 25 FEDERAL ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK

[4. A public hearing will be held to consider public comments prior to adoption of the FY25 (Federal) Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership programs for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026]

THANK YOU. SO FOR THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR FEDERAL FY 25 THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ARE ONE POINT JUST OVER $1.1 MILLION OF ALLOCATION FOR CDBG.

THERE'S STILL JUST OVER 14,000 FOR REALLOCATION FROM FY 24.

AND THEN AN ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME OF $20,000 FOR CDBG AND THEN HOME WILL GET JUST OVER $366,000.

HERE YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED HOME BUDGET. AND THIS HAS A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT WILL INVOLVE NEW CONSTRUCTION, HOUSING REHABILITATION AND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

HERE YOU WILL SEE OUR CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE BUDGET.

AND THIS MOSTLY GOES TO HELPING STAFF SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES.

AND IT IS AT 166,000. AND THAT IS STATUTORILY REGULATED TO 15% OF OUR ANNUAL CDBG BUDGET.

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AND THIS INCLUDES A VARIETY OF HOUSING REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THE TIMELINE FEBRUARY 11TH WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WAS REQUIRED MARCH 6TH THROUGH APRIL 3RD.

THE GAP COMMITTEE MET MAY 14TH. THE FINAL ALLOCATIONS WERE RELEASED ON JUNE 7TH.

THERE WAS THE WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD.

AND TODAY THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION.

THESE TWO ARE DUE ON TO HUD ON JULY 13TH. THANK YOU.

AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLAN SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE GTC PARKING RAMP REPAIRS PROJECT.

[5. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the GTC Parking Ramp Repairs project]

THANK YOU. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M JASON STANCLIFFE WITH FACILITIES AND WITH ME IS RYAN BACK FROM PARKCR. THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF IMPROVEMENTS AND UPGRADES TO THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION CENTER PARKING RAMP, AS RECOMMENDED BY A FACILITY STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED BY SHIVE HATTERY, AT THE REQUEST OF PARKCR AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE SERVICES.

THE BIDS WERE ISSUED ON JUNE 25TH. PREVIOUS MEETING WAS HELD ON SITE AT 11 A.M.

ON JULY 2ND. QUESTION DEADLINE WAS 5 P.M. ON JULY 2ND.

THE BIDS ARE DUE TOMORROW BY 11 A.M., AND THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS $343,000.

SO THE MAINTENANCE SERVICES RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST IS IN THE RESOLUTION.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD COUNCIL.

SEEING NONE, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY POE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLAN SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE RIVERFRONT PARK 1 PROJECT WITH AN ESTIMATED

[6. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Riverfront Park 1 project]

THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL STATED. I'M HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND A RESOLUTION FOR THE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT FOR THE RIVERFRONT PARK PROJECT.

THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE RIVER FRONT PARK ONE AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING WALKWAY FROM FIRST AVENUE TO E AVENUE NORTHWEST, A PLAZA AND SEATING AREA WITH BENCHES, SOME ADULT SWINGS, AND DRINKING FOUNTAIN, AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE NEW LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL, LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION. THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID AND BIDS ARE DUE TOMORROW, JULY 9TH. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE PROJECT IS $290,000.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THE MOMENT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU STEVE. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW. A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. THANKS, MAYOR.

STEVE. IS THAT. I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING ANOTHER, I WAS GOING TO SAY SPIGOT, BUT THE WATER FOUNTAIN.

IS THAT GOING TO. IS THAT INTENDING TO BE YEAR ROUND, OR HOW OFTEN WILL THAT BE ON? IT'S JUST A DRINKING FOUNTAIN. I'M SORRY. SORRY. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. BUT YEAH, IT'LL JUST BE ON DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

AS SOON AS IT GETS COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE, IT'LL BE SHUT OFF AND BLOWN OUT. OKAY.

BUT I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE ADDING THOSE MAINLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO WATER AND NOT HAVING TO GO INTO A BUILDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT OF JUST ENJOYING IN A PARK AND BEING ABLE TO GET A DRINK OF WATER IS A BIG GAME CHANGER. SO APPRECIATE IT. LOVE THE SWINGS, COUNCILMEMBER POE.

YEAH, STEVE, WHAT IS WHAT IS THE WHAT'S THE MATERIAL THAT GOES DOWN TO THE RIVER? WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S JUST THE EXISTING RIPRAP THAT WAS PLACED PREVIOUSLY.

OKAY. SO THAT WILL REMAIN. YEAH, THAT WILL REMAIN.

THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE, LITTLE TOUCH UP AT THE TOP WHERE OUR GRADING MEETS THE RIPRAP, BUT THAT THE RIPRAP REMAINS.

SO AT THIS POINT, THERE WON'T BE ANY DIRECT ACCESS TO THE RIVER.

NO, THIS IS JUST FOR WHAT IS THERE RIGHT NOW.

ANY ANY ACCESS TO THE RIVER WOULD BE A FUTURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, THIS IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER OLSON. I'M GLAD TO CLARIFY.

I THOUGHT THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN WAS BIG GROVE. SO I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED.

WELL, DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE,

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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 COMES AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR RESIDENTS TO SPEAK ON ISSUES THAT ARE GERMANE TO THE CITY, BUT MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

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

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

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

A REMINDER TO STAY AT THE LECTERN IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS YOU WISH TO SHARE, PLEASE GET THEM TO THE OFFICER ON YOUR RIGHT.

HE WILL GET THEM TO US. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, AND THE COMMENTS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTERS YOU WISH TO ADDRESS.

AN ABUSE OF PERSONAL, IRRELEVANT COMMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

WE ALSO ASKED FOR NO PARTICIPATION OR DISRUPTION FROM THE AUDIENCE.

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

EXCUSE ME. AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS MINUS ONE JOEL JACKSON IS HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 30. JOEL WILL ASK YOU TO GIVE US THE CITY WHERE YOU LIVE. JOEL JACKSON, BISHOP ENGINEERING, 3500 104TH STREET IN URBANDALE.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING MCDONALD'S CORPORATION FOR THE REZONING ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CENTER POINT ROAD AND 32ND STREET. THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY HAD SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM ON A MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, MAYBE A MONTH AGO NOW. AND I CAN JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION ON THOSE ITEMS HERE.

ONE WAS IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED PARKING COUNT.

ON THE PROPOSED REZONING, THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS MORE CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PLANNING, SETH, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CURRENTLY 42 PARKING STALLS PROPOSED ON THE SITE.

WE HAVE NOT SUBMITTED DETAILED PLANS TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW YET.

WE ARE READY TO GO TO SUBMIT, BUT WE'RE WAITING TO GET THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS FIRST BEFORE WE SUBMIT.

SO THAT'LL BE 42 SERVICING THE MCDONALD'S. AND THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVEN ON THE NORTH SIDE.

THOSE SERVICE THE BUILDING TO THE NORTH, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON THE MCDONALD'S PROPERTY.

IN REGARDS TO THE TROUT STREAM CONCERNS, THE DESIGN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY CITY ENGINEERS AND CITY STAFF YET BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND COMMUNICATING WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO THE DESIGN.

AS THE DETENTION BASIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE, THERE IS NO STORM SEWER ALONG CENTER POINT, AND SO WE'RE GETTING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE INTO THE DETENTION BASIN.

BUT THE NORTHEAST TWO THIRDS OF THE SITE CAN'T FLOW INTO A DETENTION BASIN BECAUSE THERE'S NO DEPTH.

THERE'S NO STORM SEWER TO BE ABLE TO OUTLET INTO.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO, YOU KNOW, MCDONALD'S TYPICALLY WOULD BUILD WITH AN ASPHALT PARKING LOT. WE'RE SWITCHING THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD WITH A CONCRETE PARKING LOT INSTEAD THAT HAS LESS HEAT ASSOCIATED WITH IT TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS OF THE TEMPERATURE CONCERNS ON THAT TROUT STREAM. OTHERWISE WE'VE DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY YET FOR REVIEW.

OVERALL, THE TRAFFIC STUDY CAME BACK FAVORABLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID TO DO WAS ADD A SIDEWALK ALONG CARLISLE STREET.

AND SO WE ARE SUBMITTING THE PLAN TO THE CITY.

WITH THE SIDEWALK ADDED ON THERE. SO OTHERWISE, I THINK THAT MAINLY ADDRESSES WHAT THE COUNCIL'S QUESTIONS WERE AT THE LAST MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I DON'T BELIEVE, IF ANYONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND I'VE NOT READ YOUR NAME, I DON'T, I THINK EVERYBODY'S ALREADY SPOKE ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE HOOVER ISSUE.

SO THAT CLOSES OUT OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

CITY MANAGER POMERANTZ, DO YOU HAVE CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NO CHANGES, YOUR HONOR.

[MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA]

ITEM NUMBER 25,COUNCIL MEMBER HOEGER. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE OR REQUEST TO MOVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 22 C TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. 22 C TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. YES.

ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AS AMENDED. THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MEYER.

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AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 22 C WITH OUR REGULAR AGENDA, THAT'S A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT OF THE CZECH VILLAGE NEW BOHEMIA MAIN STREET DISTRICT FOR

[22.c. Memorandum of Agreement with the Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District for an annual amount of $45,000 in Economic Development Implementation Grant funding for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #OB421344]

BILL. I KNOW WE'VE SHARED SEVERAL EMAILS ON THIS TOPIC, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME, AND I BELIEVE, FOR COUNCIL JUST TO SHARE THE RATIONALE FOR COMING UP WITH THIS AMOUNT.

AND AS YOU, AS YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO HIGHLIGHT ANY DETERIORATION, DETERIORATION IN PERFORMANCE OR EXPECTATIONS NOT MET OF THE DISTRICT THAT RESULTED IN ABOUT WHAT IS IT LIKE A 40% DECREASE YEAR OVER YEAR? SOMETHING IN THAT BALLPARK. BILL, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. BILL. MICHAEL, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO JUST QUICKLY, IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS WE USE THE STANDARD PROCUREMENT PROCESS THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SO ALL OF THE SO WE PUT OUT AN RFP EVERY TWO YEARS.

AND IT'S THE SAME PROCESS WE USED PREVIOUSLY.

WE PUT OUT AN RFP AND REQUEST PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO THAT RFP.

WE RECEIVE THOSE BY A DEADLINE, THEN THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION SENDS THOSE OUT TO THE REVIEW GROUP.

THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, AND WE REVIEW THOSE. AND THEN THERE IS YOU KNOW, SORT OF DISCUSSION AMONGST THE GROUP. AND THEN A RECOMMENDATION IS MADE TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO WE RECEIVED $360,000 MORE IN REQUESTS THIS YEAR THAN WE HAD MONEY.

SO WE RECEIVED MORE APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR AND FOR MORE MONEY AND OBVIOUSLY LIMITED RESOURCES.

AND SO WE HAD A TOTAL OF $305,000 AND WE RECEIVED REQUESTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 665,000.

AND THEN I'M INCLUDING BOTH THE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE IN THAT.

AND I'LL EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE. SO THE COMPETITIVE RFP IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

IT'S COMPETITIVE. WE HAVE TWO WHAT WE CALL WE'VE LABELED NONCOMPETITIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE COMMITMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS, ONES WITH IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM FOR $30,000.

THAT WAS A THAT PRE-AGREED ON AMOUNTS IN THE MOA WITH IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY.

THE SECOND HAPPENS TO BE THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE A THREE WAY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND THE IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THAT STATES THAT WE WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE CITY.

EXCUSE ME, WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE DISTRICT.

IT DOES NOT OUTLINE AN AMOUNT, AND THEN WE HAVE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT MOA, THAT EVERY AWARDEE GETS THAT SIMPLY OUTLINES HERE'S WHAT YOU AGREED TO DO WITH THE MONEY THAT WE GIVE YOU.

THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY STANDARD BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC MONEY. AND SO WHEN LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DISTRIBUTE THIS MONEY IN A WAY THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. AND SO YOU TRY TO TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF EACH AGENCY? WHAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, SO REALLY, IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND MORE REQUESTS AND HIGHER REQUESTS. AND SO ALMOST UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE BOARD.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, NO ONE RECEIVED WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.

AND TO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE APPLICANTS RECEIVED LESS THAN THEY DID IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE LARGER REQUESTS AND MORE REQUESTS. THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION. AND SO TO CLARIFY, THERE WAS POOR PERFORMANCE OR NOT MEETING EXPECTATION WAS NOT A

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YEAH. AND AGAIN NO EASY CHOICES BECAUSE OF THE YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF OF REQUESTS.

YOU KNOW, IN THE SPECIFIC CASE OF THE DISTRICT YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I THINK IT'S MORE OF AN ISSUE OF A LOT OF THE OTHER AWARDEES HAVE AN IMPACT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY IS ONE VARIABLE TO CONSIDER, WHEREAS THAT IS YOU KNOW, DISTRICT SPECIFIC AND AGAIN, NOT TO IN ANY WAY UNDERMINE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING OR, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. OKAY. THANKS. YOU KNOW, I RESPECT THE PROCESS.

RIGHT? I KNOW THERE'S A PROCESS THAT'S INVOLVED WHICH INVOLVES MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND CITY.

I'M STILL DISAPPOINTED IN THE AMOUNT THAT'S GIVEN BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S LIMITED RESOURCES, BUT THE CITY FINDS MONEY WHEN THERE'S A PRIORITY, RIGHT? WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN AFTER THAT BOND HAD BEEN APPROVED AND WE VOTED TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

WE HAVE MONEY TO BUY TWO DIGITAL KIOSKS IN THAT DISTRICT FOR 120,000.

WE'RE ALSO GIVING $367,000 TO THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE TO FIND THAT MAYOR'S INITIATIVE.

RIGHT. SO THE MONEY IS THERE WHEN IT'S NEEDED, AND I FEEL THAT WE AS A CITY, WE'RE WE'RE CONVENIENT ABOUT SAYING THAT WE'RE PROSPEROUS AND BETTER THAN EVER WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONVENIENT WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S MORE CONVENIENT TO SAY WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDS, WE USE THAT AS WELL. AND I GUESS WHAT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ME IS, YOU KNOW, MAIN STREET IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIMARILY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO ME IS ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

RIGHT. THAT CZECH VILLAGE, NEW BO AREA IS NOT ONLY A TOURIST ATTRACTION, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ME AND FRIENDS OF MINE, WHEN WE COME TO TOWN AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US HAVE OPTED TO MOVE HERE REALLY VALUE AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD REALLY KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS DECISIONS AND HOW DO THEY COMPLEMENT THE BROADER MISSION OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND MY LAST COMMENT IS I THINK IT'S ICKY THAT WHEN WE HAD A MEMBER OF COUNCIL THAT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT, WE INCREASED FUNDING SIGNIFICANTLY, AND WHEN THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LEFT THE ORGANIZATION, WE DECREASED FUNDING BY 50%.

AGAIN, I HAVE A RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS, BUT IT JUST LOOKS ICKY TO SOMEONE WHO'S LOOKING AT THE SITUATION AND FUNDING LEVELS AND CITY COUNCIL'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. BILL, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE GROWTH INITIATIVE THAT'S NOT COMING FROM THE SAME POT OF MONEY.

RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET.

SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET REALLY COMES FROM TWO PLACES HOTEL MOTEL AS WELL AS THE ENTERPRISE FUND.

AND JUST SO IN THE CASE OF THE COLLABORATIVE GROWTH INITIATIVE THAT IS COMING FROM HOTEL MOTEL AND THE FUNDING FOR THE ED RFP PROGRAM PARTIALLY COMES FROM HOTEL MOTEL AND ALSO THE ENTERPRISE FUND.

SO IT'S KIND OF A MIX. I KNOW IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO MAKE THOSE DISTINCTIONS IN THE BUCKETS.

I THINK IT ALSO REALLY UNDERSCORES THE IMPERATIVE FOR US TO FIND NEW WAYS TO BRING IN SUPPORT FOR ALL OF OUR NONPROFITS.

IT IS A DIFFICULT DECISION WHEN YOU'RE WEIGHING, YOU KNOW WHO'S MORE DESERVING.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALL HAVE DEBATES OVER THAT.

I'M REALLY I'M HAPPY THAT THE CITY HAS NOW ADDED TO OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WHEN WE MAKE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH BIG COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING IN, WE INSIST THAT THEY ARE TRULY COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND PROVIDE COMMUNITY BETTERMENT DOLLARS, WHICH WE'RE SEEING SIGNIFICANTLY, NOT JUST IN OUR DATA CENTERS, BUT CERTAINLY THE CASINO THAT'S COMING IN.

THE COMMITMENT AS WE AS THE NUMBERS DO, THE YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THE POT OF MONEY HASN'T CHANGED.

AND SO I THINK THE MORE WAYS WE CAN FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT, THE BETTER.

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THE POINT BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE KIOSKS IS NOT, IS A GOOD POINT IN THE FACT THAT THAT'S ALSO MONEY THAT THEY THIS AREA IS BENEFITING FROM THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THIS. RIGHT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE JUST AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND IS, YOU KNOW, BEING SO FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, BEING ON THE MUSEUM BOARD. I WOULD EXPECT I WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, THOSE LEADERS IF THEY FELT LIKE THIS WAS GOING TO BE CRUSHING TO THEM.

ALSO, KNOWING THAT LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY PIVOTAL MOMENT WITH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CZECH MUSEUM THAT THE WHOLE DISTRICT WAS TRYING TO HONOR AND BUILD FROM, WHICH WOULD HAVE UNDERSTANDABLY BEEN MORE COSTLY.

SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EBB AND FLOW.

I DO THINK THAT THE CITY DOES ALWAYS DO A GOOD JOB OF FINDING MONEY BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WHEN WE HAVE NEW PRIORITIES COME AROUND.

WE ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF COMPETING PRIORITIES.

I THINK EXAMINING THIS CRITICALLY AND MAKING SURE THAT WHETHER IT'S HOTEL, MOTEL YOU KNOW, ANY MOAS LIKE THIS, WE'RE ALWAYS DOING IT IN THE MOST EQUITABLE, FAIR WAY SO THAT ALL OF CEDAR RAPIDS IS BENEFITING AND THE MOST PEOPLE ARE BENEFITING.

AND YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO MAYBE ARE IN, YOU KNOW, NEWER SCENARIOS, I THINK ABOUT THERE'S DIFFERENT ARTS PROGRAMS TOO, THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR.

RIGHT? AND THEY DO FANTASTIC PROGRAMING, BUT IT IS HARD SOMETIMES TO BE AN APPLICANT IN THAT RESPECT.

WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A BUILDING, YOU KNOW, TO PUT A NAME TO IN THAT RESPECT, BECAUSE THOSE ARE PRETTY EASY TO ITEMIZE COSTS.

SO I APPRECIATE CERTAINLY WHAT STAFF DOES TO TRY AND HEAR THE CONVERSATION, HEAR THE PRIORITIES, MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. BUT I THINK EVEN ITEMIZING IT FOR US SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE TOTALITY OF COSTS AND INVESTMENTS IN THESE AREAS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN MIGHT BE GOOD JUST FOR US TO BE AWARE OF AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO ENGINEER THESE PROCESSES.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER OLSON, THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I HAD THE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON DAVID.

I WANT TO REASSURE YOU, I THE FIRST TIME I'D EVER BEEN IN THAT COMMITTEE, I WAS SUBSTITUTING FOR SCOTT OVERLAND.

AND SO THE PROCESS TO ME WAS VERY THOROUGH AND DETAILED.

GOOD QUESTIONS, GOOD DISCUSSIONS, NOT ENOUGH MONEY, AS YOU SAID.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO GO DOWN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE HAPPENED TO BE A BYLINE ON THERE THAT ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT APPLIED WAS FOUR OAKS, WHICH I'M A BOARD MEMBER. SO AT THE END AT THE MEETING, I HAD, YOU KNOW, I SAID, I'M ON THE BOARD, I CAN'T VOTE. SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO VOTE.

BUT I SAT THROUGH THE CONVERSATION TO LISTEN HOW THE PROCESS WENT, BECAUSE IT WAS MY FIRST TIME AND AND I WAS PLEASED WITH THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE DETAIL EVALUATIONS BY THE STAFF AND THE GOOD DISCUSSION AMONG THE MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE.

AND SO I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT BECAUSE I CAN SAY THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIDN'T GET ANYTHING THEY ASKED FOR.

AND IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, YOU TRY AND PRIORITIZE.

AND I THINK THE PRIORITIES CHANGE EVERY YEAR AS TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT AN ORGANIZATION MIGHT BE ALLOCATED OR NOT ALLOCATED.

SO I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, I DID NOT VOTE EVEN THOUGH I, BUT I DID SIT IN ON THE MEETING AND IT WAS WELL RUN, WELL ORGANIZED AND GREAT DISCUSSION. AND SO I JUST WANT TO REASSURE YOU THAT THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPEN AND SOME OF THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MAIN STREET. IS IT GOOD FOR SMALL CITIES VERSUS A BIG CITY LIKE CEDAR RAPIDS, WHICH DOES NOT USE MAIN STREET LIKE THE SMALL TOWNS DO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S IT'S JUST SOME DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND SO I HOPEFULLY I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU AND THAT THERE WAS A THOROUGH DISCUSSION AND NOTHING NEGATIVE WAS DISCUSSED. AND THAT'S WHY I'M ON THE CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE I ENJOY HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND LISTENING TO OTHER MEMBERS THOUGHTS.

AND I THINK THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY DID A GOOD JOB.

SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT TO REASSURE YOU THAT IT WAS DONE WELL.

COUNCILMEMBER TODD. MAYOR, THANK YOU. I WOULD AND BILL, THANK YOU FOR THE BACKGROUND.

I WOULD SIMPLY SUGGEST THAT THIS IS A BIG HIT FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

AND, I. IT'S A BIG HIT FOR QUITE A FEW, BY THE WAY.

NOT JUST THAT ONE. I DO BELIEVE THAT THEIR REACH IS MORE THAN JUST CZECH VILLAGE AND NEWBO.

IT'S A COMMUNITY WIDE REACH THAT I THINK WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.

I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT WHEN WE DISCUSS GOING INTO ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THAT'S A COUNCIL DISCUSSION IF WE SHOULD

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ONE OF OUR MANTRAS IS WE FIND A WAY AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF WE WERE, AND THIS IS NOBODY'S FAULT IT HAPPENED, WHETHER IT'S THE ORGANIZATION OR ANYBODY ELSE.

WHEN SOMEBODY, WHEN WE WHEN WE SEE AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING TO FEEL SOME PAIN IN SOME WAY, I WOULD APPRECIATE AT LEAST BEING A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO FIND A WAY CREATIVELY OR WHAT, WHATEVER WAY WE CAN FIND TO HELP KEEP THINGS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THANK YOU FOR THE BACKGROUND. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT THERE, AND I JUST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR RIGHT ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

YOU DO SPEAK TO THE DISTRICT PRIOR, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT APPLICANTS JUST SAYING, HEY, HEADS UP.

WE GOT A LOT OF REQUESTS. WAS THAT CONVERSATION HAD IN PREPARATION TO SORT OF GIVE EVERYBODY A HEADS UP? IT WAS STAFF HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH AWARDEES FROM THE PREVIOUS CYCLE AND INDICATED THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING A HIGH LEVEL OF REQUESTS, AND THIS CERTAINLY COULD BE AN OUTCOME. ONCE WE RECEIVED THE PROPOSALS, WE WENT BACK AND SPOKE TO THEM AND SAID, HEY, IT'S AS WE ANTICIPATED AND YOU'RE LIKELY GOING TO SEE LESS MONEY THIS YEAR.

OKAY. I'M GLAD WE DID THAT. I THINK WE AND WE COULD SEE THE DROP IN HOTEL MOTEL? YEAH. FOR SURE. I MEAN, WE CERTAINLY SAW THAT AND I WOULD CONCUR.

THERE WAS A CONVERSATION THAT DID HAPPEN. YEAH.

JUST SORT OF GIVE EVERYBODY A A HEADS UP. AND THE OTHER THING IS THOSE KIOSKS.

WAS THAT A, IS THAT A THAT'S A SSMID PROJECT, RIGHT.

SSMID IS PAYING FOR THOSE KIOSKS. I BELIEVE THAT'S ACCURATE.

ACTUALLY, IT'S A SSMID PROJECT THAT'S BEING FUNDED BY THE CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE INCUBATOR PROGRAM, AND THEY. ARE THEY MATCHING? RIGHT, SO THE CITY MATCHES, THERE'S A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM WHERE THE CITY WILL MATCH THE SSMID TAX COLLECTION, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY FOR THEM TO INCENTIVIZE TO REDO THE TAX BASE.

THAT'S HOW WE WORK IT. THE SSMID HAS TO PROVIDE AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM, THE SSMID HAS TO PROVIDE WHERE THAT THOSE MATCH DOLLARS ARE GOING, AND $120,000 OF CITY FUNDING IS GOING TO THE KIOSKS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS YOU KNOW, CAN CITY COUNCIL RESTRICT SOME OF THAT MATCH TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, CZECH MUSEUM IS HAVING A CELEBRATION THIS YEAR, THEY'RE HAVING A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

THEY'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, THE IMMIGRATION TOWER PUT IN.

CAN WE RESTRICT A PORTION OF THOSE MATCH DOLLARS TO THOSE PROJECTS FROM AN ENTERPRISE LEVEL THAT WE BELIEVE? LOOK. THE SSMID RAISES THEIR OWN MONEY, THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH IT.

RIGHT. AGAIN, THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE, BUT AS CITY FUNDS ARE TIGHTENING, CAN, YOU KNOW, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO GIVE DIRECTION ON WHERE WE WANT THOSE DOLLARS TO GO? YEAH. NO. IT'S GOOD. NOT FOR TODAY, BUT NOT FOR TODAY.

NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I FIND IT PERSONALLY OFFENSIVE THAT YOU THINK IT'S PERSONALITY THAT AFFECTED THE GIVING. I MEAN, AS SOMEONE WHO WAS ON ON THE COMMITTEE, IT REALLY IS OFFENSIVE.

I MEAN AND I YOU'RE ENTITLED TO FEEL THAT WAY.

I CAN JUST ASSURE YOU THAT THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE DEEPER THAN THAT.

AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION THAT GOES IN ON THAT.

YEAH, IT JUST LOOKS ICKY. THAT WAS THE WORD I DESCRIBED.

IT'S NOT THAT I GOT OFFENSIVE, OFFENDED BY I.

I GUESS I GUESS TO ME THE IMPLICATION IS THAT'S HOW THAT PLAYED INTO MY DECISION.

AND I DON'T LIKE THAT. SO I'LL JUST BE YOU CAN BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT HOW THAT FEELS TO YOU.

AND I'M GOING TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT I PERSONALLY FIND THAT OFFENSIVE AS SOMEONE WHO DEBATED AND HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THOSE ALL VERY DESERVING APPLICANTS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO

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SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SCOTT OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 23.

[23. Report on bids for the 42nd Street NE and Bel Air Drive SE Pavement Rehabilitation project (estimated cost is $1,600,000) (Doug Wilson). (Paving for Progress) CIP/DID #3012545-02]

DOUG, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR DOUG WILSON, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THIS PROJECT INCLUDES STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ASPHALT SURFACE, CURB AND GUTTER REPLACEMENT, SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION WITH ADA COMPLIANT SIDEWALK RAMP IMPROVEMENTS.

WE EXPECT THE PROJECT TO BEGIN IN AUGUST OF 2025 AND BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR IN OCTOBER.

THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED ON JULY 2ND, RANGING FROM $1,559,822.60 TO $1,758,154.90. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO MIDWEST CONCRETE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOUG. COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION IS MOVED BY TODD, SECONDED BY VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE CITY ANNEX AND CITY SERVICES CENTER RENOVATION PROJECTS,

[24. Report on bids for the City Annex and City Services Center Renovation Projects – Phase 1 project for the Facilities Maintenance Services Division (estimated cost is $4,400,000) (Jason Stancliffe). CIP/DID #PUR0525-306]

JASON STANCLIFFE IS HERE. JASON, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. JASON. WITH FACILITIES.

I'M HERE TO REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE CITY ANNEX AND CITY SERVICE RENOVATION PROJECT PHASE ONE.

THE BIDS WERE ISSUED ON MAY 28TH. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON JUNE 24TH.

THE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND OPENED ON JUNE 25TH AT 11 A.M.

ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT WAS 4.4 MILLION.

THE PROJECT COMPLETION IS SET FOR THE SUMMER OF 2026.

THERE WERE SIX BIDS RECEIVED, RANGING FROM 5,334,000 UP TO 6,387,200.

SO THE MAINTENANCE SERVICES RECOMMENDS AWARDING TO PEAK CONSTRUCTION GROUP AS THE LOWEST, RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, AND RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AS DESCRIBED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JASON. COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS? COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON. YEAH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE FOLLOW THIS, JUST TWO QUESTIONS AND I THINK IT WAS ANSWERED, YOU KNOW, TO SOME EXTENT. BUT DID THE ARCHITECT HAVE A FEEL FOR WHY HIS ESTIMATE WAS THAT FAR OFF? THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE. AND THEN NUMBER TWO PHASE TWO IS WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE BID.

IS THAT A LONG TIME LATER OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO FOR QUESTION NUMBER ONE, HE GAVE US THE NUMBERS BACK IN NOVEMBER.

WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS IT AND HE KEPT THOSE NUMBERS AND THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD.

HE HAD ANOTHER PROJECT THAT CAME IN ABOUT THIS.

AND HE SAID HE BELIEVES CONSTRUCTION COSTS WENT UP ROUGHLY 30% IN THE TIME FROM WHEN WE SAID IT.

FOR QUESTION NUMBER TWO, WE'RE LOOKING AT END OF FISCAL YEAR 27, EARLY FISCAL YEAR 28 FOR PHASE TWO.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

AND NUMBER 25, PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PROPOSAL FROM CAPITAL B, LLC AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 1417 AND 1423 ELLIS

[25. Presentation and resolution accepting a proposal from Capital B, LLC for the redevelopment of City-owned property at 1417 and 1423 Ellis Boulevard NW (Jeff Wozencraft). CIP/DID #PRD- 000122-2025]

JEFF. I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR JEFF WOZENCRAFT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AS STATED, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AWARD CITY OWNED LAND AT 1417 AND 1423 ELLIS BOULEVARD NORTHWEST.

AERIAL IMAGERY SHOWING THE LOTS IN QUESTION ACROSS THE STREET WOULD BE TRINITY SAINT JAMES CHURCH.

AND THEN JUST DOWN THE OR UP THE STREET. CASEY'S OFF OF O AVENUE ALONG ELLIS BOULEVARD.

REFRESHER ON THE SITE CHARACTERISTICS, ABOUT A THIRD OF AN ACRE IN TOTAL.

THERE ARE TWO PARCELS. BOTH ARE VACANT LOTS IN OUR URBAN VILLAGE GENERAL ZONE DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SMALL SCALE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND WERE ACQUIRED IN 2011 AFTER THE FLOOD.

THEY ARE BOTH LOCATED IN THE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN AND WILL NEED TO MEET OUR FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE AS A RESULT.

THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OBJECTIVES ALIGNMENT WITH THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN.

I PULLED AN IMAGE HERE FROM THE PLAN CALLING OUT THE AREA ALONG ELLIS BOULEVARD AS AN AREA TO ENHANCE, IN THIS CASE INDICATING SORT OF A HIGHER INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT DESIGN THAT MEETS OUR ZONING REQUIREMENTS.

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JUST A REFRESHER ON SOME OF THE MAXFIELD HOUSING STATISTICS THAT HAVE BEEN SORT OF ALLUDED TO IN THIS MEETING TODAY.

WE, ACCORDING TO THE LAST STUDY DONE IN 2024, WE HAVE A LOW VACANCY RATE INDICATING A TIGHT HOUSING MARKET.

AND STILL HAVE PROJECTION FOR NEW HOUSING NEEDS THROUGH 2024, 2030 AND ALL OF THE ASSOCIATED CATEGORIES HERE.

THE PROPOSAL SO CITY RECEIVED ONE PROPOSAL FROM CAPITAL LLC FOR A FOUR UNIT TOWNHOME CONSTRUCTION.

THAT WOULD BE MARKET RATE, THREE BEDROOM, TWO AND A HALF BATH WITH A TWO STALL DETACHED GARAGE FOR EACH UNIT.

THE DEVELOPMENT, AS PROPOSED, WOULD QUALIFY FOR A STANDARD INCENTIVE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IF AWARDED, WOULD COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

HERE'S FRONT AND REAR ELEVATION. THE STAKEHOLDER REVIEW COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF CITY STAFF, THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE, NON COMPETING DEVELOPER, AND A COMMERCIAL LENDING PROFESSIONAL.

UNANIMOUSLY, THEY RECOMMENDED THE PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.

WITH, YOU KNOW, EXCITEMENT FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR, I THINK WAS THE OVERARCHING THEME OF THAT MEETING.

THE TIMELINE WAS INITIATED ON MARCH 25TH. PROPOSALS WERE DUE ON APRIL 25TH.

WE'RE HERE FOR THE AWARD CONSIDERATION TODAY.

AND THEN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD COME BEFORE COUNCIL LATER THIS SUMMER.

WITH THAT, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, AWARDING THE PARCELS AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO NEGOTIATE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU.

SO, 1.5% VACANCY RATE. THAT WAS ACCORDING TO THE 2024 STUDY.

AND THE NEW STUDY WILL BE IN THE WORKS CURRENTLY.

RIGHT. COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. YEAH. THE ONLY THING, JEFF, THAT I WOULD SAY IS CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE? OBVIOUSLY WE NEED DENSITY IN THIS AREA. IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AD NAUSEAM FOR YEARS NOW.

BUT WE DO TALK A LOT ABOUT ON THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE 360 DESIGN.

AND SO I LOVE THE FRONT. THERE ARE OTHER COMPARABLE SPACES LIKE THAT IN THE AREA, BUT THE BACK LEAVES SOME TO BE IMAGINED.

IT JUST THESE ARE, THIS IS TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT, A DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF SAYING, LIKE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ON THE BACK, SOME SORT OF PORCH, SOME SORT OF SOMETHING OUTDOOR ACCESS.

AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING INCENTIVES, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION.

YEAH. SO WE CAN PASS THOSE COMMENTS ALONG TO THE APPLICANT.

THERE IS A DETACHED GARAGE THAT'S NOT SHOWN HERE, SO THAT DOES IMPACT THE REAR VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

AND ELSE. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER POE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

THAT NOW BRINGS US TO ORDINANCES. ITEM NUMBER 26 IS THE ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 30, CHAPTER 34 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE,

[26. Ordinance repealing Chapter 34 of the Municipal Code, Electrical Code, and enacting a new Chapter 34 in its place to adopt by reference the 2023 National Electrical Code with modifications. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #BSD-003-2025]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER POE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MOVE THE RULE REQUIRING THREE READINGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS BE SUSPENDED.

AN ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING.

THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES. 27 IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 35 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, PLUMBING CODE,

[27. Ordinance repealing Chapter 35 of the Municipal Code, Plumbing Code, and enacting a new Chapter 35 in its place to adopt by reference the State of Iowa Plumbing Code and the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code with modifications. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #BSD-002-2025]

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. AND THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

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

THE ADOPTION OF ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOEGER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

28 IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 36 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, MECHANICAL CODE, AND ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER 36 AND ITS PLACE TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE

[28. Ordinance repealing Chapter 36 of the Municipal Code, Mechanical Code, and enacting a new Chapter 36 in its place to adopt by reference the State of Iowa Mechanical Code and the 2024 International Mechanical Code with modifications. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #BSD-001-2025]

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER. POE. THANK YOU.

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THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY MEYER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

29 IS AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT WALFORD ROAD, SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 18TH STREET AND 6TH STREET,

[29. Ordinance granting a change of zone for property at Walford Road SW between 18th Street and 6th Street from A-AG, Agricultural District, to P-AP, Public – Airport District, as requested by the Airport Commission. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-000181-2025]

THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING 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 THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER. POE. THANK YOU.

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

THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY TODD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER 30 IS AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT 1712 32ND STREET NORTHEAST.

[30. Ordinance granting a change of zone for property at 1712 32nd Street NE and 3201 and 3215 Carlisle Street NE from T-ML, Traditional Mixed Use Limited District, and S-RM1, Suburban Residential Medium Single Unit District, to T-MC, Traditional Mixed Use Center District, as requested by Mirami, LLC. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-000215-2025]

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AND THAT WILL CLOSE OUT OUR FORMAL BUSINESS TODAY AND BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD.

[PUBLIC INPUT]

AS WITH THE EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT THIS TIME, WE ARE HERE AS A COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONCERNS AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY TO REMAIN AT THE LECTERN. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AND THERE SHOULD BE NO ABUSIVE, LOUD OR THREATENING OR PERSONAL COMMENTS.

IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, WE'LL ASK YOU TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON. AND THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK IS ANTHONY HARRINGTON HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ARC OF JUSTICE BRIDGE. THANK YOU ALL. ANTHONY HARRINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS I'M GOING TO BE REAL QUICK AND RECAP THIS FOR PEOPLE ONLINE TO KNOW THE REASON I'M HERE. I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO TALK ABOUT THE ARC OF JUSTICE BRIDGE NAME THAT WAS CHANGED IN THE CLOAK OF DARKNESS WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC. AND WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN A REASON FOR THAT, SO I'M HERE TO FINISH THAT CONVERSATION.

I WANT TO START WITH SOMETHING PERSONAL FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE BROADER STEPS.

WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME AND MADE THOSE STATEMENTS THE NEXT DAY, THERE WAS A GAZETTE ARTICLE THAT WAS POSTED, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY YOUR MAYOR DECIDED TO POST ON FACEBOOK AND SAID, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BRIDGE. AND YOUR MAYOR STILL DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHY THE BRIDGE NAME WAS CHANGED.

NONE OF YOU HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION OF WHY THE BRIDGE NAME WAS CHANGED.

OKAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SYMBOLISM, SO I WANT TO GET INTO THAT.

SO WHEN I WAS WALKING AWAY FROM THIS LECTURE, I WAS DISRESPECTED BY YOUR MAYOR WHO SAID WHEN I WAS LEAVING, JUST BECAUSE SOME THINGS ARE SAID, THEY'RE NOT TRUE. OKAY.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SPEAK TO ME AT THIS LECTURE.

BUT SECONDLY, I WAS ACCUSED PUBLICLY, ESSENTIALLY OF LYING.

SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I LIED ABOUT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS NOT TRUE.

I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY STATEMENTS.

BECAUSE IF I SAID SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRUE, I SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. SO PLEASE DO THAT.

OKAY, SO LET'S GET INTO THE BROADER TOPIC. THANK YOU ANN POE FOR YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION AND TRUST WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S IMPORTANT. COMMUNICATION AND TRUST. THANK YOU, ASHLEY, FOR EMPHASIZING THE EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO THAT MEMORIAL AT THE SCHOOL.

THAT'S IMPORTANT. EMOTIONAL CONNECTION IS IMPORTANT. I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. DAVE, A MOMENT AGO FOR SAYING THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SHOULD REFLECT WHAT WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE WANT TO BE.

AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT 1,000%. BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, HOW ARE YOU SITTING UP HERE SAYING THESE THINGS WHEN YOU CAN'T LIVE UP TO THOSE OWN IDEALS AS LEADERS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS? SO LET'S GET INTO WHY YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NO BETTER POSITIONED TO CALL OUT THE CROWD OR ANYBODY IF YOU CAN'T HOLD UP TO THOSE IDEALS.

MAYOR, I DIDN'T DISRESPECT YOU. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING DISRESPECTFUL AT THIS, AT THIS WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME.

SO WHATEVER I LIED ABOUT, YOU SHOULD TELL ME.

YOU SHOULD TELL ME THAT. AND IF YOU CAN'T TELL ME NOW, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT GO TO FACEBOOK OR WHEREVER, OR CALL ME UP.

YOU KNOW HOW TO REACH ME AND TELL ME WHAT I LIED ABOUT. OKAY, YOU SAID, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. YOU CAN'T OR SHOULDN'T RESPOND TO ME TODAY, AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT WHY ARE WE CHANGING THE NAME? SUCH AN APPROPRIATE, POWERFUL SYMBOL? WE TALKED ABOUT SYMBOLISM, RIGHT? FOR OUR CITY, OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY.

WHERE'S THE ROOM IN THIS? IN THIS, IN THIS NAME CHANGE ABOUT SYMBOLISM, RIGHT.

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WE DO THIS EVERY TIME IN THIS MEETING. AND AT THE END OF THAT FLAG, THOSE WORDS SAY FOR JUSTICE AND LIBERTY FOR ALL.

WE'RE STANDING HERE WITH OUR HEARTS, OUR HANDS ON OUR HEARTS SAYING THAT.

AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE ARC OF JUSTICE CAN'T BE THE NAME OF OUR BRIDGE? BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY YET. YOU STILL HAVEN'T TOLD ME WHY.

NONE OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME WHY YOU MADE THAT DECISION, RIGHT? SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. MAYOR. YOU SAID I WISH I COULD WORRY ABOUT THE BRIDGE.

YOU SAID I WISH I COULD WORRY ABOUT THE BRIDGE NAME, BUT INSTEAD, INSTEAD I'M WORRIED ABOUT MAKING SURE THOSE THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ARE ABLE TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE IN GOOD TIMES AND GOD FORBID, BAD TIMES.

WE AGREE 1,000%. WE AGREE 1,000%. BUT WHAT'S THE CONNECTION? THE VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE BRIDGE, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS? WHAT'S THE CONNECTION TO THE BRIDGE? AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE, RICH FOLKS, POOR FOLKS, YOU ALL CROSS THOSE BRIDGES.

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO? LET'S NOT PLAY WORD SALAD WITH THAT STATEMENT THAT THIS BRIDGE IS ABOUT VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

THIS BRIDGE IS ABOUT ALL OF US. I BELIEVE IN PRACTICALITY.

AS YOU SAID, MAYOR, LEADERSHIP DEMANDS. WE VALUE SYMBOLISM AND PRACTICALITY.

WE AGREE 1,000%. WE SHOULD VALUE SYMBOLISM AND PRACTICALITY.

THAT BRIDGE NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

OUR STATE IS THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO BRIDGES.

OUR COUNTRY HAS THE WORST INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WORLD.

NO DISAGREEMENT WITH THE PRACTICALITY. OKAY. YOU SAID WE SHOULD LEAD ON PRACTICALITY AND SYMBOLISM.

WHERE IS THE SYMBOLISM? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SYMBOL? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARC OF JUSTICE NAME? WHY DID WE CHANGE IT? WHERE ARE YOU SHOWING ME THAT YOU'RE LEADING ON SYMBOLISM AND PRACTICALITY? OKAY, WE CAN'T HAVE THIS BOTH WAYS. WE CAN'T HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BRIDGE NAMES AND SYMBOLISM.

AND SPEAKING OF SYMBOLISM. WE'VE GOT A BRIDGE ON 16TH AVENUE.

WHEN YOU CROSS IT, IT SAYS, WELCOME TO CZECH VILLAGE.

WHEN YOU COME BACK, IT SAYS, WELCOME TO NEWBO.

LOVE MY CZECH PEOPLE. I MAKE THE BEST CZECH TIES IN THE WORLD.

MY WIFE'S FROM CZECH. LOVE THEM. THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE PEOPLE.

THIS IS ABOUT EQUITY. SO IF WE WANT TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE 12TH AVENUE BRIDGE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS, HALF OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT'S NAMED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL BRIDGE. AND THAT'S YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANN CARTER HERE TO SPEAK ON INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLIANCE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ANN CARTER.

SOME OF YOU KNOW ME AS ANN HARRIS CARTER AND I RESIDE ON BEAVER AVENUE IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

MY REMARKS ARE, IN SOME WAYS, WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT THE TOPIC THAT ANTHONY HAS DISCUSSED, ANTHONY ARRINGTON. AND ON THE SURFACE, YOU MAY THINK THAT MY COMMENTS ARE ABOUT A BRIDGE AND A NAME CHANGE, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT THERE IS MORE TO CONSIDER WITH A BRIDGE FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ARC OF JUSTICE.

NOW, I AM NOT ONE TO JUMP INTO THE FRAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THERE WERE MANY MOMENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN I HAVE TOTALLY BEEN BITING MY TONGUE AND I DECIDED, WELL, I'LL JUST DO A SHORT FACEBOOK POST.

AND I SAID, I LEARNED AT HOME, AT CHURCH AND AT SCHOOL THAT NAMES MATTER.

THE NAME ANN MEANS GRACE, SO I'M STRIVING TO LIVE UP TO THAT.

MOSTLY, I REMIND MYSELF THAT I'M HERE FOR THE LONG GAME AND THAT WILL MAKE SENSE AT THE END OF MY COMMENTS.

SO I'M ALSO HERE TODAY JUST TO ENCOURAGE US TO THINK ABOUT CONTEXT.

SO AND WE DO KNOW THAT OUR MAYOR AND OTHERS FROM OUR MAYOR AND OTHERS, THAT THE EIGHTH AVENUE BRIDGE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF FLOOD PROTECTION FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS. AND WE KNOW FROM OUR MAYOR'S FACEBOOK POST THAT THE BRIDGE, IT'S NOT JUST INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S A LIFELINE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ANTHONY HAS ALREADY SHARED SOME QUOTES FROM THAT POST, BUT CONTINUED TO SAY THAT LEADERSHIP DEMANDS WE VALUE BOTH SYMBOLISM AND PRACTICAL PROGRESS, I WOULD AGREE.

WE ALSO KNOW WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING CONTEXT THAT CEDAR RAPIDS IS NOT ALONE IN FACING SOME PRESSURES, IF YOU WILL, IN NAVIGATING RELATED CHANGES. LINN COUNTY, THE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL FACE SIMILAR PRESSURES FROM EXECUTIVE ORDERS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. NEW STATUTES FOR IOWA. BUT I HAVE HOPED JUST YESTERDAY, THE LINN MAR SCHOOL BOARD VOTED NOT TO REMOVE GENDER IDENTITY FROM THEIR POLICIES, EVEN AFTER CONSIDERING A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REMOVE GENDER IDENTITY FROM THEIR POLICIES. AND SO, AS COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND I IDENTIFY AS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE,

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THERE'S A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, I WOULD SAY. ANTHONY ARRINGTON HAS ALREADY ASKED WHO EXACTLY IS PRESSURING THIS CHANGE.

EVEN TODD DORMAN, IN AN EDITORIAL NOT LONG AGO, TALKED ABOUT.

AT SOME POINT, CITY OFFICIALS DROPPED THE NAME.

NO PUBLIC INPUT, NO DECISION ANNOUNCED TO THE PUBLIC.

SO TO ME, I'M CONSIDERING THIS A PATTERN OF SAYING WHAT IS EXPEDIENT OR WHAT SOUNDS POLITICALLY SAFE.

OUR CITY MANAGER, WHEN THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION POSITION WAS CREATED IN 2021, TALKED ABOUT CREATING A FOCUSED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION STRATEGY THAT WILL HELP US MEET BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM GOALS FOR THE CITY.

THERE'S THAT EXPRESSION HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET.

AT ONE POINT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. THE CLIMATE HAS CHANGED, I GET IT.

WHEN THE BRIDGE GRANT WAS ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR THE WORDS FROM OUR MAYOR WERE, THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF NONPARTISAN COLLABORATION AND LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DIVERSE POPULATION.

SO I'M REMINDED OF A FEW OTHER QUOTES AS I CONSIDER THIS BIGGER PICTURE.

A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY WAS QUOTING RICHARD FLORIDA.

I HAVEN'T READ ANY OF HIS BOOKS, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PLACEMAKING IN CEDAR RAPIDS, AND AT ONE POINT SOMEBODY MADE A JOKE.

YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST QUOTED, LEAST READ AUTHOR.

BUT IN ANY CASE, HE TALKED ABOUT THREE INGREDIENTS TO PLACEMAKING PHYSICAL BEAUTY, WHICH WE HEARD ABOUT TODAY THE EASE OF CONNECTING AND MAKING SOCIAL, CONNECTING WITH SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND A LEVEL OF DIVERSITY, OPEN MINDEDNESS AND ACCEPTANCE.

SO THERE'S A NEW QUOTE THAT'S BUBBLING UP, OR A NEW AUTHOR, TIMOTHY SNYDER, WHO'S WRITTEN ABOUT TYRANNY, 20 LESSONS FOR THE 20TH CENTURY AND HIS QUOTE MENTIONED IN MANY MEETINGS, EVEN IN A SIBLING EXCHANGE IN MY FAMILY, IS DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. SO CHANGING THE BRIDGE IS NOT OUR FIRST TOPIC OF DISAGREEMENT.

I'VE GOT ABOUT FIVE SECONDS LEFT. I KNOW IT WON'T BE THE LAST TIME, BUT I DO HAVE HOPE.

AND BECAUSE I STILL, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, CONTINUE TO MEET WITH MANY OF YOU ON DIFFICULT TOPICS.

I HAVE HOPE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS CAN BE DIFFICULT, I AM TRUSTING THAT WE WILL SEEK TO UNDERSTAND PERSPECTIVES AND PRIORITIES THAT MAYBE THAT MAY FEEL VERY DIFFERENT AND IN FACT MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT CLOSES OUT OUR FORMAL BUSINESS TODAY.

SO, CITY MANAGER POMERANZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS? NOTHING FOR TODAY. NOTHING FOR TODAY. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON MOVES TO ADJOURN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THE MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.