Sep 22, 2026 City Council

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THIS MEETING OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL WILL COME

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DISRUPTIONS TO COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. PLEASE NOTE THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDAS, MINUTES, AND VIDEOS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE. REGULAR SESSIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO WATCH LIVE AND ON REPLAY VIA FACEBOOK LIVE.

SO, WE'LL BEGIN NOW WITH AN INVOCATION BY PUBLIC SAFETY CHAPLAIN JIM COYLE, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO LEARN AND TO GROW, AND I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE TODAY, AND, UH, MAY WE JUST ALL, UH, COME TOGETHER AS ONE. AND I PRAY THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. 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. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BEGIN TODAY

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(INAUDIBLE) THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS. WHEREAS HUNGER AND POVERTY CONTINUE TO AFFECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. IN IOWA, APPROXIMATELY 1 IN 6 CHILDREN AND 1 IN 8 ADULTS EXPERIENCE FOOD INSECURITY, DEMONSTRATING THE CONTINUING NEED FOR COMPASSION, ACTION, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO S- TO S- SUFFICIENT NUTRITIOUS FOOD. AND WHEREAS THE 54TH ANNUAL CEDAR RAPIDS MARION CROP HUNGER WALK, TO BE HELD SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2026, BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, FAITH TRADITIONS, AND BRA- BACKGROUNDS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST HUNGER LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. AND WHEREAS A PORTION OF THE FUNDS RAISED THROUGH THE CROP HUNGER WALK REMAINS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES, MEAL PROGRAMS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY. AND WHEREAS LOCAL FAITH-BASED CONGREGATIONS AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING HUNGER AND SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS THROUGH THE CROP HUNGER WALK AND OTHER HUNGER RELIEF EFFORTS. AND WHEREAS THE CROP HUNGER WALK IS MORE THAN A GATHERING OF PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE, IT IS PART OF A MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE TAKING STEPS, RAISING FUNDS, AND WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD A WORLD WHERE THERE IS ENOUGH FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS THE PARTICIPANTS, VOLUNTEERS, SPONSORS, AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CROP HUNGER WALK EXEMPLIFY THE VALUES OF GENEROSITY, COMPASSION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO FACE HUNGER AND HARDSHIP.

THEREFORE, I, ANN POE, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR TIFFANY O'DONNELL AND THE ENTIRE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HEREBY COMP- UM, HEREBY PROCLAIM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2026 AS CEDAR RAPIDS MARION CROP HUNGER WALK DAY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS AS CEDAR RAPIDS MARION CROP HUNGER DAY WALK, AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THE 54TH ANNUAL CROP HUNGER WALK, PARTICIPATE IN ITS ACTIVITIES, AND JOIN WITH NEIGHBORS

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THANK YOU, ANNE, MAYOR TIFFANY O'DONNELL, DAVID MAIER, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PROCLAIMING SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2026 AS CROP WALK HUNGER DAY. THIS IS OUR 54TH CROP HUNGER WALK, 54TH ANNUAL CROP HUNGER WALK. SO, FOR THE PAST 53 YEARS, OUR CHAPTER HAS RAISED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR HU- TO RELIEVE HUNGER, AND 25% OF THAT MONEY IS RETURNED TO 3 LOCAL FOOD PROGRAMS: CHURCHES OF MARION FOOD PANTRY, LINN COMMUNITY FOOD BANK, AND GREEN SQUARE MEALS. SO, 1 IN 6 CHILDREN AND 1 IN 8 ADULTS STILL DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. AND SO, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL COME AND SUPPORT US ON HUNGER WALK DAY, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MAIER WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION AT THE WALK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL NOW GET

[1. PUBLIC HEARINGS A public hearing will be held to consider repealing Chapter 23 of the Municipal Code, Cats, Dogs and Other Animals, and enacting a new Chapter 23, Animal Control, Animal Laws, and Other Regulations, in its place (Mike Casella and Jamie Bowers). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #CM-07 26 ]

AND THIRD, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL COMMENTS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTER OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT ABUSIVE, OBSCENE, LOUD, THREATENING, OR IRRELEVANT COMMENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. AND FINALLY, WE NEED TO HOLD AN ORDERLY MEETING AGAIN, SO WE ASK FOR NO APPLAUSE, CHEERING, BOOING, OR OTHER NOISE OR DISRUPTION, UM, FROM THE GALLERY, AND WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THAT. DOES THE CLERK HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS IN REGARD TO ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY? YOUR HONOR, FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, ONE COMMENT WAS FILED FOR EACH. NO OTHER WRITTEN COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS WERE FILED. THANK YOU.

AND THOSE ARE NOT OBJECTIONS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, UH, LET'S GET UNDERWAY THEN WITH NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REPEALING CHAPTER 23 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, CATS, DOGS, AND OTHER ANIMALS, AND ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER 23 ANIMAL CONTROL, ANIMAL LAWS, AND OTHER REGULATIONS IN ITS PLACE.

MIKE CASELLA, JAMIE BOWERS, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, MIKE CASELLA, INNOVATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND I'M JOINED HERE WITH JAMIE BOWERS, THE ANIMAL CONTROL MANAGER, ALSO WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER UH, THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE CHAPTER 23. UM, THE, THIS CHAPTER PROVIDES REGULATIONS FOR THE CARE, CONTROL, OWNERSHIP, AND TREATMENT OF CATS, DOGS, AND OTHER ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF CEDAR RAPIDS. AND I WANT TO PROVIDE A QUICK BACKGROUND THAT IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2005 WITH, UH, UPDATES IN 2011, AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES ACTUALLY STEMMED FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL REVIEW THAT WAS CONDUCTED THIS PAST FALL INTO THE EARLY SPRING, WHERE ONE OF THE MAJOR TOPICS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS TNR COMMUNITY CATS, AND THAT KIND OF, UH, LED OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO LOOK AT THIS MAYBE IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE CHAPTER INSTEAD OF JUST ONE AMENDMENT. UM, AND ALSO SINCE THE CHAPTER WAS LAST, UH, OR SINCE THE LAST UPDATE, THERE HAS BEEN COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES TO ANIMAL CONTROL PRACTICES, SHELTER OPERATIONS AND APPROACHES, UH, AND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS RELATED TO ANIMAL WELFARE AND THE ENFORCEMENT, UM, HAS ALSO EVOLVED. SO, OUR REVIEW PROCESS STARTED BACK IN ACTUALLY NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, UH, WITH THE OPERATION REVIEW ONGOING. WE STARTED TO GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH AGAIN THE TNR BEING ONE OF THE MAJOR TOP TALKING POINTS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE RESIDENTS. UH, SO THE ANIMAL CONTROL LEADERSHIP TEAM LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE CHAPTER.

WE PROVIDED, UH, OVER THOSE 2 MONTHS A DRAFT, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WENT FIRST WENT TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW BECAUSE THEY ARE A CRITICAL PARTNER WITH THE WITH FOR ANIMAL CONTROL WHEN IT COMES TO THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. UH, THEY PROVIDED THEIR FEEDBACK, AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS THAT COULD GET US ON THEIR AGENDA. UH, AND WITH THAT, WE ATTENDED BEVER PARK, UH, MOUND, UH, MOUND VIEW AND KENWOOD. THEY, UH, CONVERSATIONS THERE WENT OVER COMMUNITY CATS AS WELL WITH BEVER PARK. WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONTROLLED LIVESTOCK GRAZING, WHICH WAS GOAT GRAZING AT THAT TIME. UM, AND WE HAVE REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM ALL THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. AND THEN IN APRIL AND JULY, WE HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENT FEEDBACK,

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AND ALSO IN JULY, WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE SHELTER WHERE WE, AGAIN, HAD OVERWHELMING FEEDBACK, UM, POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE, THE COMMUNITY CAT, UH, PERSPECTIVE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS. UH, AND DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WE WERE IN COMMUNICATION WITH PRESTON MOORE, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE, UH, PUBLIC POLICY AT THE HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS. UH, HE ACTUALLY READ OUR FIRST ORIGINAL DRAFT IN FEBRUARY.

HIM AND HIS TEAM REVIEWED IT, PROVIDED FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE CHANGES THAT KIND OF WORK ON A, A FINAL FORM THAT MET BOTH OF OUR NEEDS AND ALSO THE KIND OF THE, UH, THE LAYOUT THAT THEY PROVIDED WITHIN THEIR FEEDBACK. AND IN SEPTEMBER, WE ACTUALLY SENT THE FINAL VERSION BACK OUT TO HIM AND HIS TEAM, AND THERE WAS A, UM, UH, NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS, AND THERE WAS A SUPPORTIVE EMAIL BACK SAYING THAT THEY LOOKED AT, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING OUR PRESENTATION GOING FORWARD HERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN, UH, THROUGH FEBRUARY, FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS ALSO TAKEN AN IN-DEPTH LOOK BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A, UH, OVERHAUL TO THE CHAPTER. THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, REVIEW GOING ON BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THERE AS WELL. REGARDING UPDATES, WE DID, AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT ALL 34 SECTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CHAPTER, UH, WE ENDED UP WITH A DRAFT THAT HAS 40 SECTIONS, SO 18 SECTIONS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFIED, 10 SECTIONS WERE ADDED OR GIVEN INDEPENDENT, UH, SECTIONS AND/OR COMBINED TO, TO PROVIDE THIS FINAL DRAFT THAT WE, UH, THAT WERE, THAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY. AND OVERALL, THE UPDATE OF SECTIONS, UH, WAS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH INTERNAL PROCESSES, NEW TERMINOLOGY, AND REFERENCE TO OTHER SECTIONS WITHIN THE CHAPTER. UH, JUST QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF THE, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFIED SECTIONS DEFINITIONS. WE ADDED ABOUT 20 NEW TERMS, UH, AND TO GO WITHIN THE CHAPTER. THE D- THE SECTION DISPOSITION OF IMPOUNDED OR STRAY ANIMALS, WE TOOK A DEEP LOOK AS ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS IS TO NOT HAVE ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER. SO, IF A, AN- ANIMAL COMES IN THAT HAS A MICROCHIP WITH AN OWNER ATTACHED TO IT, WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY WITH WITHIN THIS PROPOSED CHAPTERS TO, INSTEAD OF HAVING IT FOR 5 DAYS AND AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO GET A HOLD OF THE OWNER, WE CAN SEND THAT CERTIFIED LETTER OUT DAY 1 AND COUNT THAT WITHIN OUR 5 DAYS TO GET THE, UM, ANIMAL EITHER UNDER OUR CONTROL AND OR BACK TO THE OWNER. AND ALSO TRAPPING, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY CATS BEING A MAJOR TALKING POINT WITHIN THIS UPDATE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO BE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY CAT POPULATION, AS WELL AS PUTTING STRICT, UH, GUIDELINES IN PLACE ABOUT WHAT THE WILDLIFE TRAPPING DOES FOR WHEN THERE'S LIKE EXTREME WEATHER OR WITH, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO HOW LONG THEY'RE GOING TO BE STAYING IN THE TRAP AND THE HUMANE TRAPS THEY USE IN THE COMMUNITY HERE. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JAMIE HERE FOR THE ADDITIONS THAT WE ADDED TO THE CHAPTER.

THANK YOU, MIKE. WE'LL START WITH THE COMMUNITY CATS. I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST, UM, POINTS OF INTEREST WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, WITH CEDAR RAPIDS ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL THEMSELVES. SO, WHAT THE CEDAR CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, WHAT WE PROPOSE WITH OUR ORDINANCES IS TO HAVE ORDINANCES THAT SUPPORT THE PRACTICE OF TNR, WHICH IS TRAP, NEUTER, RETURN. SO, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THOSE PRACTICES, WE NEED TO HAVE ORDINANCE THAT SUPPORTS COMMUNITY CATS. SO, WHAT DOES MAKE IN A COMMUNITY CAT? THAT WOULD BE ANY FREE ROAMING CAT THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN OWNER ASSOCIATED WITH IT. IT'S BEEN ASSESSED AND DEEMED VE- HEALTHY BY A VETERINARIAN, SPAYED AND NEUTERED, VACCINATED AGAINST RABIES, BUT ALSO THE FELINE RHINOTRACHEITIS, CALICIVIRUS, PANLEUKOPENIA, THOSE ARE VERY HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS ZOONOTIC DISEASES, AND EAR TIPPED AFTER THOSE ABOVE ARE CONFIRMED, EAR TIPPING BEING THE UNIVERSAL SIGN OF A TNR CAT OR SPAYED AND NEUTERED CAT. ONE OF THE HUGE BENEFITS FOR HAVING A COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR SHELTER ALONE, IT'S GOING TO GREATLY REDUCE THE POPULATION OF CATS COMING INTO OUR SHELTER, AND IT'S GOING TO GREATLY, EVENTUALLY OVER TIME, IT REDUCES THE OVERALL POPULATION OF CATS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE MORE THAT WE'RE STERILIZING, THE MORE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE POPULATION UNDER CONTROL AND PREVENTING THOSE SEASONAL UNWANTED LITTERS. UM, IT ALSO, WITH THE EAR TIPPING AND THE UNIVERSAL SIGN OF HAVING BEEN TNR OR SPAYED AND NEUTERED AND VACCINATED, IT WILL ALLEVIATE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAPPING THAT WE HAVE OCCURRING WITHIN THE CITY. I KNOW SOME FOLKS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I SEE A CAT, LET'S TRAP A CAT. WELL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UNIVERSALLY SEE THAT THIS IS OKAY FOR IT TO BE A COMMUNITY CAT, FOR IT TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. AND THE CONTROLLED LIVESTOCK GRAZING THAT WAS HIT ON AS WELL, THAT WAS A BIG INTEREST IN THE BEVER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WITH THE OVERGROWTH OF BRUSH AND OVERGROWN LAWNS IN THE AREA. UM, IT WAS, IT'S A VERY ECO-FRIENDLY MODEL FOR MAINTAINING LAWNS AND OVERGROWING BRUSH. IT, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE ORDINANCE AND THE LANGUAGE IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE THAT THEY CURRENTLY USE, UM, FOUND IT VERY APPROPRIATE TO GO WITH A LOT OF THAT LANGUAGE HERE FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

UM, IT WOULD BE UTILIZING SHEEP AND GOATS FOR LAWN AND BRUSH OVERGROWTH MAINTENANCE. UM, THE ADDITION OF THE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD CREATE A DETAILED, UH, ANIMAL GRAZING PERMIT. SO THAT WOULD BE A PERMIT REQUIRED BY THE OWNER

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SO, IF THEY PLAN TO BE AT, YOU KNOW, BEVER PARK FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TYPE OF FENCING THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE, WE WILL HAVE RECORD OF THAT. AND THEN IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE FOR THERE TO BE DAILY OBSERVATIONS OF THE ANIMALS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE ANIMALS TO JUST BE LEFT AT A PROPERTY, IGNORED, FORGOTTEN ABOUT, AND NOT CARED FOR AS WELL OR MAINTAINED.

YEAH. UM, THE ANIMAL EVENTS THAT BECAME, CAME FROM A RE- OVERWHELMING CONCERN IN NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES. UH, THE NATIONAL TRENDS AND COMMUNITY INTEREST HAVE REALLY LOOKED AT ANIMAL EVENTS, UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST CIRCUSES, BUT ANIMAL EVENTS IN GENERAL AS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HELP THE WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS IN THESE SITUATIONS, BUT STILL ALLOW FOR, UM, COMMUNITY PROSPERITY AND REVENUE COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO, WE LOOKED AT OUR ANIMAL EVENTS, UH, ORDINANCES, AND WE MADE IT MORE IN LINE WITH NATIONAL TRENDS AND COMMUNITY INTERESTS. SO, WE UPDATED OUR LIST OF PROHIBITED ANIMALS. OUR LIST OF PROHIBITED ANIMALS IS IN LINE WITH THOSE THAT THE HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS RECOGNIZES. WE ADDED MARINE MAMMALS, WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THOSE AQUATIC TRAVELING SHOWS THAT STARTING TO POP UP HERE OR THERE. UM, WE ALIGNED OUR PERMIT CODE SECTIONS AND OUR DEFINITION SECTIONS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAD THE SAME LANGUAGE. AND, UM, AGAIN, WE CONTINUING WITH THE PERMIT REQUIREMENT THAT ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD NEED TO HAVE A PERMIT PRIOR, 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. AND THE LIVESTOCK ORDINANCE, UH, THERE WAS AN, IT NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION, SO WE MADE A DEDICATED SECTION THAT KIND OF GRANDFATHERED IN OLD MACDONALD'S FARM AT BEVER PARK. UM, WE DO HAVE LIVESTOCK RESTRICTIONS WITHIN THE CITY, BUT WE DO ARE GOING TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, BEVER PARK IS A VERY GREAT RESOURCE AND, AND, AND RECREATIONAL PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO, WE, WE GRANDFATHERED THAT IN WITH THIS LIVESTOCK ORDINANCE. UM, SO IT DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN THE ANIMALS AT OLD MACDONALD'S FARM AND BEVER PARK. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A SUBSECTION THAT WILL PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR SEIZURE AND IMPOUNDMENT AND RETURN TO OWNER IF THERE IS AN OWNER OF ANY LIVESTOCK THAT WOULD BECOME ASTRAY. YOU GET THE OCCASIONAL PIG SOMETIMES, OR IF YOU GET A HORSE THAT'S WITHIN CITY LIMITS THAT GETS THROUGH A FENCE, THIS GIVES US MORE GROUNDS AND MORE GUIDANCE FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEIZE THAT ANIMAL AND GET IT RETURNED TO AN OWNER. SO, I'D JUST LIKE TO CLOSE AND SAY THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT WE REPRESENT, WE PRESENT, UH, THEY REPRESENT A MEANINGFUL AND FORWARD-LOOKING ENHANCEMENT FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

WE BELIEVE IT DEMONSTRATES A...

DEMONSTRATES THE CITY STAFF, COUNCIL, AND RESIDENTS' ONGOING COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE AND THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE TO REPEAL CHAPTER 23 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, CATS, DOGS, AND OTHER ANIMALS, AND TO ENACT A NEW CHAPTER 23, ANIMAL CONTROL, ANIMAL LAWS, AND OTHER REGULATIONS.

WITH THAT, BACK TO YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, WHAT ANIMALS WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM CIRCUSES? YOU MENTIONED ALIGNING WITH NATIONAL TRENDS.

IT WOULD BE YOUR STAND- YOUR LIONS, YOUR TIGERS, YOUR BEARS, YOUR ELEPHANTS, YOUR CAMELS.

OKAY.

UM, THERE'S, THE LIST IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE, OKAY.

BUT ON THE SURFACE, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE, THEN IT PROBABLY IS IN THAT LIST. IT, IT REALLY IS ONLY ALLOWING FOR LIKE DOMESTICATED ANIMALS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

OKAY.

AND WE DO SEE, UM, IN THE ANIMAL ENTERTAINMENT CIRCUS REALM, YOU DO START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION INTO USING DOMESTICATED ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE THE RESISTANCE AGAINST THESE OTHER ANIMALS.

SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALLOWING FOR BASICALLY DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

SO, YOU'LL SEE LIKE THE CAT TRICKS OR THE DOG AGILITY COURSES AND A LOT MORE TRAPEZE ACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

COUNCIL. OH, SORRY. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BY THE WAY. I REALLY AM. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT, UM, I'LL LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK, UM, THIS FIRST. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL

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COUNCILOR VANORNY.

YEAH, THANKS, MAYOR, UM, AND THANK YOU TO YOU SPECIFICALLY. UM, YOU AND I STARTED LOOKING AT SOME OF THE WILD ANIMALS, UM, CIRCUS ANIMALS, UM, AT LEAST A YEAR AGO, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UM, HUMANE SOCIETY, SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR CIRCUS THAT KEPT MAKING THE NEWS FOR ALL OF ITS VIOLATIONS, AND IT WAS VERY CONCERNING TO US, AND WE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THEM, HEARING NOT ONLY OUR OWN INTEREST IN, UH, DOING BETTER IN CEDAR RAPIDS, UM, BUT ALSO HEARING THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL TO, TO ADDRESS THIS AND SAY THAT THIS IS NOT WELCOME IN CEDAR RAPIDS. UM, I ALSO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, HAVING BEEN ON PUBLIC SAFETY, SAT THROUGH THE ALMOST 2 HOUR PRESENTATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, AB- ABOUT SOME PROPOSED CHANGES, UM, TO ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY TNR, REALLY APPRECIATE HOW WE STOPPED KNOWING THAT IT WAS NOT READY BY A LONG SHOT, UM, AND KNOWING THAT WE HAVE SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO DO A REALLY NICE JOB TO HELP US AS A PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY CATS. UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, HAVING SPOKEN TO PRESTON MYSELF, UH, TODAY, UM, HE WAS REALLY ENDORSING. HE, HE WAS APOLOGETIC THAT HE COULDN'T BE HERE, BUT REALLY ENDORSING OF, UH, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND REALLY SETTING CEDAR RAPIDS AS A MODEL FOR THE REST OF IOWA AND BEYOND, UH, IN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY.

UM, AGAIN, I, I CANNOT, UH, THANK THE VOLUNTEERS ENOUGH REGARDING COMMUNITY CATS, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO DO WITH OFTEN THEIR OWN DOLLARS AND FUNDRAISING, UM, I- IS REALLY HELPFUL TO US, UH, IN IN KNOWING THAT CATS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, SO TRYING TO CONTROL THEM WITHIN SOME, SOME GUIDANCE AND, AND IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY IS REALLY HELPFUL TO ALL OF US, UH, LET ALONE TO OUR PARTNERS AT ANIMAL CONTROL. UM, AND MIKE SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW YOU'VE PUT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EFFORT INTO ANIMAL CONTROL, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS, UH, TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. UM, I I DON'T WANT THAT TO GO UNNOTICED, UM, SO PLEASE EXTEND, UH, SE- RECEIVE MY THANKS FOR YOURSELF PERSONALLY, BUT ALSO TO THE REST OF THE TEAM WHO CONTINUE TO, UH, LOOK OUT FOR THE, THE ANIMALS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU.

THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS.

ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER TODD.

I, I WANT TO EXTEND THANKS TO COUNCIL. UM, THERE WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2 YEARS AGO NOW THAT WE HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE OUT IN ANIMAL CONTROL. UH, IN RETROSPECT, THOUGH, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE THE FLOOD, UH, IN TERMS OF THE STRAY CATS AND, AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE, IN MY EXPERIENCE, ANIMAL, UH, RIGHTS ISSUES AND ANIMAL CONTROL ISSUES ARE SOME OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES THAT A COUNCIL DEAL WITH, AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT IS, IT DEMONSTRATES THAT YOU DID YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, AND UH, THE BEAUTY OF IT, YOU'VE, YOU'VE SORT OF ROLLED 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES INTO ONE, UH, POLICY CHANGE.

UH, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I, IF I DIDN'T MENTION, UH, THE FOLKS IN BEVER PARK WHO, PROBABLY 2 YEARS AGO, THEY SAID, WHAT DID, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF WE HAD GOATS IN BEVER PARK? AND I SAID, YOU'RE CRAZY, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, BUT, BUT, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT, YOU GUYS, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, WORKED THAT THROUGH, AND NOW YOU'RE SEEING COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE UTILIZING GOATS FOR, FOR, FOR LANDSCAPING ISSUES. AND SO, I, I MEAN, EVERY NOW AND THEN WE DO SOMETHING RIGHT, AND THIS IS ONE THAT I'M REAL PROUD OF.

CONGRATS, GUYS.

COUNCILOR OLSON.

THANK YOU. UH, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING TIME LEARNING ABOUT TNR AND OTHERS BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT WHEN THAT ISSUE FIRST CAME UP, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE NATIONAL STORIES NOW, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UH, I SAW IT HAPPEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE WERE BRINGING MORE CATS IN. THEY WERE LIVING IN THE SEWERS, AND ONCE WE STOPPED SAYING YOU CAN'T FEED THEM ANYMORE, IT WAS IN A DEVELOPMENT, AND, UH, THE CATS WENT AWAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'D BE GOOD IF THEY WERE CAUGHT, YOU KNOW, AND TREATED AND MADE SURE THEY WERE HEALTHY. AND SO, UM, NO, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MODEL. AND WHAT I'M, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE IS THE FACT THAT, UH, WE'RE STARTING, WE USED A NICE POLICY OF GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT STEPS AND BACK AND FORTH, AND NOT JUST DOING IT RIGHT AWAY AND ADOPTING SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT A GOOD ORDINANCE. AND SO, I THINK THIS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL, HAVING LESS CATS AND,

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COUNCILOR POE.

YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND I LOVE THE DETAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ORDINANCE, AND YOU CAN TELL YOU'VE DONE DUE DILIGENCE. SO, THANK YOU BOTH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND AS A NEW FUR MAMA, I'M GLAD THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT 7 DAYS TO FIND MY KITTY IF SHE WERE TO ESCAPE. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? IF NOT, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THEN THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SCOTT OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TODD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. TWO IS A PUBLIC

[2. A public hearing will be held to consider public comments regarding the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report for the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership programs for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 (Laura Shaw). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #CDBG-FY25]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL. I'M LAURA SHAW AND CHRYSTAL KOHL, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT, WHICH IS, WE CALL IT THE CAPER. SO, IT'S THE ANNUAL YEAR-END, UM, REPORT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDS. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE FUNDING THAT WAS EXPENDED FROM JULY 1ST OF 2025 ALL THE WAY TO JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR. SO, FOR OUR CDBG PROGRAM, WE EXPENDED JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WAS 97% OF THE GRANT FUNDS THAT WERE AWARDED.

FOR OUR HOME PROGRAM, WE ACTUALLY SPENT 102%, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, FUNDING THAT W- WE SPENT FROM, UM, THE PRIOR YEAR GRANTS, SO THAT EQUALED JUST OVER $375,000. UM, THE CITY IS CONTINUALLY RECOGNIZED, UH, BOTH, UM, FROM OUR HUD REPS AND FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING ALL THE RESIDENTS AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PLANNING, UM, AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHICH IS THE CPD PROGRAMS THAT WE UTILIZE THIS FUNDING FOR. SO COLLABORATIVELY, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH 16 DIFFERENT AGENCIES THIS YEAR. WE PROVIDED HOUSING AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT SERVICES TO LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME RESIDENTS.

SO, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KRISTA COLE TO TALK ABOUT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS ONE OF OUR, UH, BEST, UH, PRESENTATIONS OF THE YEAR.

UH, WE HAD OVER 4,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVED FREE AND REDUCED HEALTHCARE SERVICES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH FREE CLINIC. WE ALSO SERVED 128 YOUTH THROUGH BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND TANAGER. IN ADDITION, WE HAD ABOUT 970 INDIVIDUALS, ALL LOW AND MODERATE INCOME, THAT RECEIVED HELP THROUGH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, LEGAL SERVICES, AND OTHER SERVICES THROUGH HORIZONS, IOWA LEGAL AID, AND CENTRAL FURNITURE RESCUE. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO ASSIST 2,647 PEOPLE WITH HOMELESS SERVICES FOR THOSE THAT ARE HOMELESS OR NEARLY HOMELESS, AND THOSE WERE SERVED THROUGH CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER, HACAP, HOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY, WAYPOINT, AND WILLIS DADDY. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO COMPLETE 24 HOUSING REHABILITATION OR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS, UH, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR INTERNAL HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NETWORK, AGING SERVICES, CEDAR VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, MATTHEW 25, AND HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION. ALONG WITH THAT, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO HELP 5 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND GET INTO THEIR FIRST HOUSE WITH ASSISTANCE UP TO 14,999.

SO, THE, UM, THE CAPER IS OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S BEEN OUT SINCE THE 13TH. UM, TODAY IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENTS BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC AND ALL OF YOU. AND THEN SEPTEMBER 30TH, UH, WE ARE DUE TO SUBMIT OUR CAPER TO HUD.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. CRYSTAL AND LAURA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? OKAY, I'LL ASK YOU TO PLEASE, UH, GO TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA.

NOW YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE HOUSING THAT YOU GUYS

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UM, I THINK, UH, IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT JUST RECENTLY I WAS HAVING TO RELOCATE, AND I COULDN'T AFFORD IT BECAUSE LOW INCOME IS NOW AT 950 TO 1300 DOLLARS AN HOUR OR A MONTH.

OKAY, AND UM, ON HERE'S AN EXAMPLE, UH, 9% OF OUR POPULATION IN IOWA IS DISABLED. 39% OF THE EVICTIONS RIGHT NOW GOING ON ARE DISABLED PEOPLE.

THEY'RE ON FIXED INCOMES. THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING. THESE RESOURCES ARE NOT THERE. I WAS HOMELESS FOR 4 MONTHS, AND I WENT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE RESOURCES. I EVEN CONTACTED YOU, TIFFANY, AND WHAT'S GOING ON IS UNACCEPTABLE. I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO REPLACE CEDAR RAPIDS PEOPLE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, AND I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY CARE. I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. I PAID TAXES. I'M A GOOD PERSON, AND IT SHOULDN'T COME DOWN TO THIS. WINTER'S COMING AROUND, AND THEN IF WE REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I WAS GOING TO READ FROM THE THING, THE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSTS AND ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING ON, YOUR CRST THING, THEY HAVE A MANDATORY CONTRACT THAT THEY GOT TO SIGN FOR BEHAVIORAL ANALYSTS. WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEHIND IT, AND I'M GOING TO FIND OUT.

BUT THESE LADIES ARE WRONG.

THEY HAVEN'T HELPED PEOPLE. I TALKED TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT THERE. NOBODY'S GETTING HELP. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY RIGHT NOW, UM, AND I WILL BE BACK ON THIS MATTER.

OKAY, THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS SPECIFIC HEARING ITEM? ALL RIGHT, LET THE RECORD, UH, INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HELD.

UH, CHRISTINA, WAS THAT AN OBJECTION, TO BE CLEAR? OKAY.

LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HELD WITH ONE OBJECTION FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL? COUNCILOR VANORNY.

YEAH, THANK YOU. UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE ABOUT, UM, THE HE- HEALTHCARE CLINIC? OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, JUST WITH MORE THAN A DECADE, UH, OF EXPERIENCE IN HEALTHCARE, NOT ONLY DO I WANT TO JUST EXTEND MY THANKS TO WHAT YOU DID, UM, HERE FOR THE FREE CLINIC, I KNOW EASTERN IOWA IS ANOTHER BIG PARTNER THAT DOES, I MEAN, IS A LIGHT WORKER, UM, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HELPED, AND THE, THE ONE THING THAT I CAN SAY, SEEING PEOPLE WHO OFTEN ARE, UM, INSURED, IF NOT DOUBLY INSURED, UM, COME INTO CLINICS EVERY DAY, IS THAT, UH, EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE THAT CAN COVER MOST OF THEIR COSTS, UH, MOST OF THEM STILL DO NOT HAVE PRIMARY CARE. SO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU WERE STARTING SOMEBODY OFF WITH HERE, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW MUCH THIS HELPED BY GETTING PEOPLE INTRODUCED TO HEALTHCARE, UH, EVEN IF IT WAS ADDRESSING A SMALL CONCERN.

ALL OF THAT REALLY HELPS BECAUSE THE, THE BEST CARE THAT SOMEBODY CAN HAVE IS PREVENTATIVE, AND MOST PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF HOW EMPLOYED, UH, OR, OR WHAT SES THEY HAVE, UM, ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH PROACTIVE HEALTHCARE. SO, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, MAKING A GOOD EFFORT HERE TO HELP QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.

THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING HELPED, UM, AND I JUST APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT TO BITE OFF, AND THERE'S ALWAYS AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF THINGS TO DO. UM, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE, ARE DOING A TON OF WORK, AND I'M FOREVER APPRECIATIVE TO IT, UM, IN OUR PURSUIT OF, OF DOING EVEN MORE. SO, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TODD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, 2 WEEKS AGO, I ATTENDED THE IOWA, UH, FINANCE AUTHORITY CONFERENCE ON, ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT, WHAT THE TEAM SAID. UH, CEDAR RAPIDS, IN TERMS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES, IS REALLY LOOKED UPON AS A LEADER IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE CONFERENCE...

SPAM, SORRY. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE CONFERENCE WAS THAT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN INCOMES AND THE COST OF HOUSING AND THE COST OF HEALTHCARE IS GROWING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AT HISTORIC LEVELS, UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE DEALT WITH BEFORE.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS GOING TO PROGRAMS LIKE CDBG AND OTHERS IS DROPPING. I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE USED TO HAVE A LOT MORE MONEY FOR, FOR, FOR THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT THERE

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YEAH, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST ECHO THAT TOO. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO, OKAY.

UM, JUST, JUST TO WRAP UP TOO, I THINK ONE OF THE, I HEAR CHRISTINA LOUD AND CLEAR, AND, UM, TO COUNCILMEMBER TODD'S POINT, THERE'S ALWAYS MORE NEED. UM, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE IS THE, UM, THE LIVED EXPERIENCE ADVISORY COUNCILS, AND I THINK OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE CHRISTINA WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY HAVE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WORK, HOW SOME WORK FOR HER, HOW SOME HAVEN'T WORKED FOR HER, AND I WOULD JUST, UM, ENCOURAGE CONTINUING TO WORK, NOT JUST AS WE LOOK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITIES, UM, BUT EVEN LIVED EXPERIENCE COUNCILS AROUND HOUSING CHALLENGES LIKE THIS.

THAT PROGRAM WON A STATEWIDE AWARD AT THE CONFERENCE.

IT DID HURT FOR, YEAH, JANAE PETERMAN AND HER LIVED EX- YEAH, THE LIVED EXPERIENCE COUNCILS, I THINK, UH, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE WE USE THAT MORE, AND I'M JUST GONNA EXTEND AN INVITATION TO CHRISTINA AGAIN TO, IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE IN THE ROOM TODAY, STAFF-WISE, THAT COULD, UM, SUPPORT HER, LISTEN TO HER. SHE MIGHT, I MEAN, GET SOME, GET SOME NEW IDEAS. SO, I'M HERE TO HELP TOO. LET ME KNOW.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE NO VOTE ON THAT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CRYSTAL AND LAURA, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY AND FOR THAT PRESENTATION. THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER

[3. A public hearing will be held to consider the partial vacation and disposition of a 0.06-acre parcel of the alley north and west of 1018 6th Street NW as requested by The Parkline, LLC (Dustin Kern). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #ROWV-000436-2026 ]

DUSTIN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. DUSTIN KERN WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. UH, AS NOTED, WE ARE CONSIDERING A VACATION OF A PARTIAL ALLEY ADJACENT TO 1018 6TH STREET NORTHWEST.

THE MAP IN FRONT OF US SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE PARTIAL ALLEY FOR, UH, A REQUESTED VACATION. AS NOTED, THE PARKLINE LLC HAS SUBMITTED THE REQUEST TO VACATE THIS.

UM, THEY HAVE PAID THE ASSESSED VALUE OF $7,600. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S A $1,200 APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. BY DOING THIS, IT'LL ALLOW FOR THE MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARK LINE MIXED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. UH, THIS PORTION OF THE ALLEY IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING USED BY MUNICIPAL OR PRIVATE UTILITIES.

UH, THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE ALLEY, I WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, UH, THAT WILL REMAIN. THERE ARE TWO EXISTING HOMES, I BELIEVE 600 AND 615 I AVENUE NORTHWEST, UM, THAT ARE CONTIGUOUS TO THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE ALLEY. WHILE IT'S NOT BEING USED, WE STILL WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT ACCESS IN CASE SOMETHING CHANGES IN THE FUTURE. SO, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT. THIS IS JUST A CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT OF THE PARK LINE DEVELOPMENT. UM, JUST A SIDE NOTE, THIS WAS APPROVED, OR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BACK, UH, ON JULY 28TH. IT DOES INCORPORATE 43 TOTAL MIXED RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

THE VACATED PORTION OF THE ALLEY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ON THE SCREEN. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS PASSING OF THIS RESOLUTION.

WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS, DUSTIN. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD, NO COMMENTS. UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. FOUR IS A PUBLIC

[4. A public hearing will be held to consider the vacation of a utility easement at 4300 76th Avenue SW as requested by QTS Cedar Rapids I DC6 LLC (Dustin Kern). CIP/DID #EASE-00486-2026 ]

DUSTIN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS AGAIN, MAYOR, COUNCIL. AS NOTED, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR VACATION OF UTILITY EASEMENT AT 4300 76TH AVENUE, SOUTHWEST SUITE 200. UM, THIS IS OUT IN THE QTS DATA CENTER AREA.

UH, THE EASEMENT VACATED AREA

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IT'S A 10-FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT THAT RUNS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF 68TH AVENUE. UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO BE VACATED. THE ACTUAL UTILITY EASEMENT WAS DEDICATED IN 2025 ON THE FINAL PLAT FOR DATA CENTER CAMPUS SECOND EDITION. UM, THIS VACATION WOULD CHANGE THE STATUS OF THE EXISTING PUBLIC EASEMENT, AND ESSENTIALLY IT ALLOWS QTS TO INSTALL THEIR OWN FIBER OPTIC THROUGH THE EAST AND WEST CAMPUSES. UM, WE HAD A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH QTS AND THEIR CONTRACTOR ON THIS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PARTICULARS, BUT, UH, IT ESSENTIALLY PLUGS THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST CAMPUS SO THAT IT CAN COMMUNICATE. UM, THE EASEMENT IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING USED BY MUNICIPAL OR PRIVATE UTILITIES, AND, UM, WE ARE GOING TO RETAIN, UH, FOR GOOD REASON, IN IN THE EVENT THERE ARE EXISTING UTILITIES THAT NEED TO RUN THROUGH THE CORRIDOR, A 10-FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT THAT IS ADJACENT TO AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 76TH AVENUE. THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS PASSING THE RESOLUTION. WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU.

THANKS. THIS TIME TO PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? OKAY, ASK YOU TO STEP TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE US YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

RACHEL, I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT QTS REQUESTS OF MY CITY DUE TO THE FACT THAT QTS PUTS MY LIFE AND HEALTH AT RISK, ALONG WITH THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF THE ENTIRE CITY. THEY NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE ENTIRE CITY AND THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN IT.

DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

(INAUDIBLE) UH, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS ON THIS ITEM? YOU, YOU CAN ADDRESS. OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE IT READY JUST YET.

IS THAT OKAY? UM, YEAH. WELL, YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP.

OKAY.

OKAY. UH, LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS JUST BEEN HELD. WE HAD ONE OBJECTION FOR THE RECORD.

COUNCIL? COUNCILOR VANORNY.

YEAH, UM, DUSTIN, THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD THING, UM, BUT I WAS PARTICULARLY PERTURBED ABOUT SOME OF THE NEWS ARTICLES THAT CAME OUT ABOUT SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING OF PROHIBITED MATERIALS RECENTLY, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, WHILE THIS IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD THING, I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENSURE THAT, THAT IS FULLY ADDRESSED BEFORE WE GIVE THEM WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

UM, I MEAN, AS A HABITUAL RECI- RECYCLER SINCE AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, BECAUSE MY FAMILY COULDN'T AFFORD EXTRA TRASH BAGS, UH, I- I- I JUST WAS APPALLED AT THAT, AND THEY'VE BEEN A GOOD PARTNER IN MANY OTHER WAYS. UM, BUT IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUTTON UP THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT I FOUND PRETTY DISTURBING? OKAY, ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, UH, THAT BRINGS US NOW TO ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER POE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER OVERLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, OPPOSED SAY NO, AND NO, COUNCILMEMBER MAIER, NO. AND COUNCILMEMBER VANORNY, OKAY. TWO NOS. ITEM

[5. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the 8th Avenue Bridge Replacement and Floodwalls at Cedar River project (estimated cost is $123,000,000) (Rob Davis). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #3318551-01]

ROB, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. ROB DAVIS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. UH, ON THIS COVER SLIDE HERE, UH, WE'VE HAD THIS SIGN UP ON THE 8TH AVENUE BRIDGE, IT MUST BE LIKE 6 OR 7 YEARS NOW.

I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SLAP THAT COMING 2027 ON THERE. UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A LITTLE LONGER PRESENTATION, BUT AS THE MAYOR JUST SAID, IT'S A VERY, VERY LARGE PROJECT. SO, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE LOCATION, THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT, WHY WE NEED A NEW BRIDGE, SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE BRIDGE, THE TIMELINE, THE FUNDING, AND THEN SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. THIS ON THIS MAP SHOWS THE PROJECT LOCATION, ESSENTIALLY RUNS FROM FIRST STREET ON THE WEST SIDE TO THIRD STREET ON THE EAST SIDE, ALONG THE EIGHTH AVENUE ON DIAGONAL DRIVE CORRIDOR. UH, SOME HISTORY, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM PLAN IN JUNE OF 2015, AND IT UTILIZED THE EXISTING EIGHTH AVENUE BRIDGE, AND FLOODGATES WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON THAT, LIKE WE'VE SEEN, SAY, ON THE FIRST AVENUE BRIDGE.

STARTING IN 2016, UH, STAFF STARTED LOOKING AT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OPTIONS DUE TO THE AGE AND THE INSPECTION RESULTS.

UH, WE LOOKED AT HAVING ANOTHER BRIDGE, AND IMPORTANT FOR HAVE ANOTHER BRIDGE OVER THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM, UH, BESIDES INTERSTATE 380. IF ANYBODY WAS HERE IN 2008, THEY

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ALSO, IN 2017, WE TOOK THIS TO THE STATE OF IOWA, UH, THE IOWA FLOOD MITIGATION BOARD, AND THEY ADDED THIS AS AN ELIGIBLE COST ITEM TO OUR GRANT WITH THEM FOR THE SALES TAX FUNDING WE RECEIVED.

THEY DID NOT ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE PROJECT, BUT NOW THIS ALLOWED FOR, UH, THOSE FUNDS TO BE SPENT ON THIS BRIDGE. UH, IN 2018, WE SELECTED AND HIRED A SPECIALTY LONG SPAN BRIDGE DESIGNER. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BUILT A LOT OF BRIDGES, BUT, UH, WITH LOCAL DESIGNERS, BUT WE KNEW THAT THIS ONE WAS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT WAS HAD THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM COMPONENT, AND AS I'LL TALK, WE REALLY NEEDED TO SPAN THE RIVER WITH A LOT WITHOUT HAVING VERY MANY PIERS IN THE RIVER. UH, FROM 2019 TO 2023, WE WORKED ON PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLANS, AND UH, SHOWING OUR PERSEVERANCE, UH, WE SUBMITTED 10 FUNDING APPLICATIONS. UH, WE DID NOT GIVE UP ON THAT. UH, THE FIRST FUNDING CAME IN IN 2021. UH, IT WAS A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE IOWA DOT.

IT'S A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT GRANT BASED ON THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES.

UH, WHAT WE'LL FIND IS THAT, UH, GRANTS ARE NOT AWARDED FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT THEY ARE AWARDED FOR REPLACEMENT, AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING GRANTS REALLY DOES VALIDATE THE CONDITION OF THE BRIDGE. UM, BUT 1 MILLION DOLLARS WASN'T ENOUGH REALLY TO GET THAT GOING IN, UM, 2023 TO 2025, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CAME ON BOARD WITH $62.4 MILLION IN GRANTS. NOW WE HAD A PROJECT, AND WE BEGAN THE FINAL DESIGN, AND WE STARTED RELOCATING UTILITIES IN THAT SAME TIME FRAME. AND SO THAT TAKES US TO THIS YEAR.

WE'VE OBTAINED THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR THE FEDERAL PROJECT. WE'VE ACQUIRED ALL THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND WE'VE COMPLETED THE UTILITY RELOCATIONS, OR AT THE END OF THIS MONTH WE WILL. THE FINAL DESIGN'S COM- BEEN COMPLETED, AND THIS WAS VERY STRESSFUL FOR US ALL. WE GOT THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING OBLIGATED BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 30TH, UH, DEADLINE OF THIS YEAR. THAT WAS, UH, 62.4 MILLION DOLLARS HANGING ON, GETTING THIS OUT TO BID. UH, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, THE EXISTING BRIDGE. HERE'S A PICTURE OF IT. IT'S WAS BUILT IN 1937, FINISHED IN 1938. IT IS STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT. IT OBSTRUCTS THE 50-YEAR FLOODS AND ABOVE. IT IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, TRAFFIC CORRIDOR, HAS OVER 20,000 VEHICLES A DAY, AND IT REALLY IS FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE. UH, YOU'LL NOTICE NARROW SIDEWALKS WITH, UH, STREET LIGHT POLES IN THERE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAZARDOUS FOR PEDESTRIANS, AND THE, UH, THE GUARDRAILS THERE ON THE BRIDGE, WE'VE HAD SOME TRUCKS GO OVER THE TOP OF THOSE, SO, UM, IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THAT, BUT THERE, IT'S REALLY JUST OUTDATED, SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE. UH, ALSO THE CONDITIONS MERIT A NEW BRIDGE. I DON'T SHOW THESE, UH, RUSTY PICTURES TO MAKE ANYONE SCARED OR THINK THE BRIDGE IS UNSAFE. IT WAS LAST INSPECTED ON JULY 26TH, UH, BUT WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE, SAY, IT'S, UH, YOU HAVE A CAR AND IT'S, IT'S TIME TO TRADE IT IN FOR A NEW ONE. UH, WHEN WE, UH, INSPECTED IT LAST, THERE WERE 4 MILLION DOLLARS IDENTIFIED IN VERY QUICK-FIX REPAIRS THAT WOULD GAIN MINIMAL LIFE EXTENSION. AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THIS BEAM HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, LOST SOME STRUCTURAL COMPONENT.

UM, SO THERE'S, UH, THIS BEAM UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALK REALLY NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED, AND THE DECK TAKEN OFF. SO, YOU HAVE BOTH FULL BEAM REPLACEMENT AND REMOVAL PROJECT WOULD BE NECESSARY. THERE'S LEAD PAINT ON THE BRIDGE, WE'D HAVE TO REMEDIATE THAT. UM, AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WE GOT AN 88-YEAR-OLD BRIDGE.

UM, ONLY 2% OF THE BRIDGES IN THE UNITED STATES ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO 100 YEARS, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. UM, AND WE

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NOT ONLY DOES THE CONDITION WARRANT A NEW BRIDGE, THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM REALLY NEEDS A NEW BRIDGE. I MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT HAVING A, ANOTHER BRIDGE OVER THE TOP OF THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM SO WE COULD HAVE A SECOND WAY, UH, TO GET OVER THE, UM, THE RIVER IF THERE'S A FLOOD OF THE 2008 MAGNITUDE. THAT IS SUPER CRITICAL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, UH, AND FOR FLOOD FIGHTING. WE HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS OF THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM WE'RE BUILDING. WE CAN'T GET BACK AND FORTH TO MAINTAIN THAT WHEN THE MATERIALS ON ONE SIDE OF THE RIVER AND THE WORKERS ARE ON THE OTHER, AND ALL WE HAVE IS INTERSTATE 380. UH, IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THE TRANSIT. UH, WE CAN'T OPERATE OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM IF WE'RE FLOODING WITHOUT HAVING THIS BRIDGE. IF YOU RECALL, THE SCHOOLS ALSO HAD TO SHUT DOWN, AND THEN, UM, THE INTENT, AS I MENTIONED, IS THAT THE CITY CORE WILL REMAIN OCCUPIED WHILE THIS, THE RIVER IS FLOODING IN, YOU KNOW, 50, 100-YEAR FLOODS. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THIS IS AN ERRANT HIGHLIGHT HERE, BUT IT ALSO PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE CROSSING, UH, THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS BUILDING ALL THESE COMPONENTS. THE EXISTING BRIDGE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THOSE. UH, SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM NEEDS A NEW BRIDGE. UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE TALKED AT, UH, PREVIOUS COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS, THE HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THE, UH, FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM PERMITTED.

UH, WE HAVE A SINGLE PIER BRIDGE, WILL REDUCE THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION AND, UH, REDUCE THE CHANCE FOR DEBRIS BLOCKAGE. THIS IS, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UM, I'M GONNA JUST JUMP TO THE BOTTOM HERE. WE HAVE A 1 FOOT WE'RE ALLOWED TO RI- RAISE THE RIVER WITH THE, UM, FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM. WE'RE WITHIN A HALF AN INCH OF THAT. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A FEW MORE MODIFICATIONS TO GET DOWN TO THE 1.00 FEET, BUT WE CAN'T GO BACK WITH A 7-PIER BRIDGE. WE ALSO, WE DID LOOK AT PUTTING A STANDARD TYPE BRIDGE IN. WE WOULD STILL NEED 5 PIERS FOR THAT TO USE STANDARD BEAMS. UH, SO IT REALLY IS HAVING US, UH, GET INTO A SPECIALTY TYPE BRIDGE TO GET THE ENTIRE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM PERMITTED. SO, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM TO GET THAT PERMIT. UH, ALSO FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT, UH, WE CAN AVOID BUILDING TWO NEW FLOODGATES ON, ON EXISTING LOWER BRIDGE. SO, THERE'S 7 AND A HALF TO 10-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECTS WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IF WE CAN DO IT WITH THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE 8TH AVENUE BRIDGE TOGETHER. WE ARE GOING TO BE EFFICIENT WITH THIS. YOU'LL SEE A FLOOD WALL, AND THEN USUALLY ON THE UNDER A BRIDGE YOU'LL SEE AN ABUTMENT THAT IT SITS ON.

WE'RE BUILDING THE FLOOD WALL, UH, TO SUPPORT THE BRIDGE SO WE DON'T HAVE TWO, WE WON'T HAVE ONE WALL AND THEN ANOTHER WALL IN FRONT OF IT OR A GATE ON TOP. WE'RE JUST GONNA SIT THE BRIDGE ON TOP OF THE FLOOD WALL VERY EFFICIENTLY. SO, IT SAVES SOME MONEY THERE, AND, AND YOU NOTICE IN THE TITLE, IT'S NOT THE 8TH AVENUE BRIDGE PROJECT. WE ADDED AND FLOODWALLS BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY BUILDING FLOODWALLS OF THIS, AND I'LL SHOW THAT TOO. UH, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE COMPONENTS. UH, THIS I KINDA OUTLINED THE, THE AREA OF THE PROJECT BEFORE. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TOO THAT, UM, WE WILL BE BUILDING SOME FRONTAGE ROADS HERE, UH, OVER TO INGREDION BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRADE CHANGE, WE'LL STAY AT GRAY EXISTING GRADE BETWEEN DIAGONAL DRIVE AND VALOR WAY, AND BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD, BUT, UH, BEYOND THAT, WE CAN'T GET ACCESS TO THE BUILDINGS WITHOUT HAVING LIKE A LOW, A LOWER-LEVEL FRONTAGE ROAD SYSTEM. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING ON REBUILDING THE PARKING LOT 44. THIS IS THE PICTURE. UH, AS I SAID, IT'S A, IT'S A SPECIALTY BRIDGE.

IT'S, UH, IT'S GOT A SIGNATURE LOOK TO IT, UH, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT, UM, VERY FANCY. WE'RE NOT DOING VERY MANY EXTRA THINGS WITH THIS. ITS FORM NECESSITATED BY THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE AESTHETICS ENOUGH.

UH, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO, DON'T HAVE TO ADD ANYTHING TO GET THAT SIGNATURE LOOK.

IT, THERE ARE 32 CABLES, UH, SUPPORTING THAT BRIDGE. I ACTUALLY BROUGHT A SHOW AND TELL ITEM HERE. THIS IS, UH, WHAT ONE OF THE CABLE COVERINGS LOOKS LIKE. UH, SO, UH, ALTHOUGH WE'LL BE DOING GRAY, IT'S, UH, TH- THESE ARE PRETTY, UM, HEFTY LOOKING, UH, CABLES.

UH, THIS IS, UH, SHOWING, SHOWING THE VIEW FROM ABOVE.

IT'S A VERY INTERESTING

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BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, A CURVE THAT'S GOT A VERTICAL CURVE TO GET OVER THE TOP OF THE FLOOD WALL. IT'S ALSO ON A HORIZONTAL CURVE, UH, SO WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THIS, IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE WE'RE HEADING FOR THE ABUTMENTS. DON'T WORRY, THERE'S A CURVE ON THE, ON THE, UH, THE BRIDGE THERE, UH, WHERE THERE'S 4 TRAVEL LANES, AND THEN, UH, THE CABLES THAT COME DOWN, UH, FROM THE TOWER, THERE'S 32 OF THEM. THEY WILL COME DOWN BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE, UH, TRAVEL LANE AND THEN SUPPORT THE BEAMS UNDERNEATH.

AND THEN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, CABLES AND THE TOWER IS A 14-FOOT WIDE, UH, PATHWAY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.

THE, UH, TOWER IS 229 FEET OVER THE BASE OF THE RIVER AND 175 FEET ABOVE THE BRIDGE DECK. THIS, UH, IS TALLER THAN THE ADJOINING, UH, FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A DOWNTOWN LANDMARK.

UH, WE DIDN'T BUILD THIS TOWER ANY TALLER THAN WE NEEDED TO.

UH, IT'S WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE BRIDGE BASED ON THE, UH, 680 FOOT, UH, LENGTH ACROSS THE RIVER. AND WE WILL, UH, MEET THE BUILD AMERICA, BUY AMERICA ACT REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SO THIS WILL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, A U- U.S. MADE BRIDGE. UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, I TALKED ABOUT THE HOW MANY BRIDGES DON'T MAKE IT TO 100 YEARS. UM, OUR INTENT IS THAT THIS REPLACEMENT ONE WILL MAKE IT TO 100 YEARS, AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME EXTRA THINGS HERE. UH, WE ARE USING A HIGHER STRENGTH, DENSER CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK PANELS, AND PARTICULARLY ALSO USING THAT CONCRETE AT THE DECK JOINTS. UH, YOU GO OVER, WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON IN SECOND AND THIRD AVENUE BRIDGES WITH THE WORK THERE. SALT CAN GET IN AT THE JOINTS, AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING AND RE-DETERIORATE THERE. SO, WE'RE WORKING ON THE BRIDGE, UH, DECK JOINTS AND THE PANELS.

THESE ARE PRECAST THAT WE BROUGHT IN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO ADD AN ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE DECK AND OVERLAY, UH, THAT WILL HAVE LOW PERMEABILITY TO SEAL THOSE AGAINST, UH, WATER AND SALT INTRUSION. IT'S REALLY NOT A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT. IT'S A, I'M GONNA SAY, A SACRIFICIAL ELEMENT THAT PROTECTS, THAT PROTECTS IT FROM THE NORTHERN CLIMATE HERE, AND, UH, THAT'LL BE BOTH ON THE TRAVEL WAY FOR THE VEHICLES AND ON THE SIDEWALKS THERE. UH, WE ARE GOING TO USE CHROMIUM REINFORCING BARS, NOT STEEL BARS. UH, STEEL CAN RUST EVEN IF THEY'RE EPOXY COATED. WE'LL BE USING WEATHERING STEEL, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING, UH, THERE'LL BE A FIRE AND VANDAL, VANDAL RESISTANT CABLE SYSTEM.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS, UH, CABLE COVERING, THERE'LL BE, UM, INSULATION HERE THAT WILL PROTECT IF THERE WERE A FIRE ON THE BRIDGE. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME EXAMPLES WHEN FIRES ARE ON BRIDGES, IT CAN BE PRETTY DEVASTATING FOR THEM. SO, WE'VE GOT THOSE TWO ITEMS IN THERE TO HELP WITH ITS DURABILITY AS WELL.

UH, SO THE CABLES, THERE'S 32 OF THEM, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE 50 STRAND CABLE, STAY CABLES COMING TO THAT TOP OF THE TOWER THERE. UH, THE COVERING WILL BE GRAY. THEY'LL BE, THEY'RE STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED. THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER EXAMPLE. YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THERE'S A STEEL SLEEVE.

THEY COME IN BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE TRAVEL WAY HERE. UH, ALSO INTERESTING, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE RIBBING ON THESE. UH, WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO BE THERE FOR 100 YEARS. THOSE, THOSE LITTLE RIBBING WILL, UM, MINIMIZE THE SIZE OF ICE THAT COULD ACCUMULATE AND FALL OFF ON THESE CABLES. ALSO, BY PLACING THE CABLES BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE TRAVEL WAY, THAT SHOULD MINIMIZE, UH, UM, ANY FALLING ICE THAT COULD, UH, LAND WITH THE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY.

SO, UH, IT ALSO, UH, PROTECTS THE CABLES.

LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP THEM OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THEIR CABLES ARE PROTECTED BY A BARRIER RAIL THEN. ALSO IMPROVES THE AESTHETICS.

ANYONE WHO'S ON THE SIDEWALK WILL JUST BE ABLE TO LOOK, LOOK OUT AND SEE DOWNTOWN OR DOWNSTREAM. SO, THE ONE THING PROBABLY THAT I WOULD SAY WE ARE DOING FOR AESTHETICS IS WE'RE ADDING LED LIGHTING.

UH, MOST OF THE LIGHTING, UH, IS AT THE DECK LEVEL OR UNDERNEATH. UH, WE WILL SHINE UP THE CABLES, UH, EACH OF THE 32 CABLES, AND YOU CAN SEE THE RENDERING SHOWS LIGHTING UNDERNEATH, UH, SHOWING THAT THE TOWER, UH, THE BASE OF THE TOWER THERE.

THE, UH, WE LOOKED AT PUTTING THEM ON THE LIGHTING ON THE, ON THE CABLES, AND THERE WAS LIKE 8,000 LIGHT BULBS IF WE WERE TO PUT THEM ON THE, UH, CABLES, SO WE SAID NO THANKS.

UH, WE ARE GOING TO PUT A RIBBON LIGHT. THE ONLY AREA THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE DECK LEVEL, IT WILL BE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A REVEAL RIGHT HERE IN THE TOP OF THE A-FRAME, SO IT'LL JUST BE A, A,

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WE'LL NEW HAVE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT 2ND AND 3RD STREET IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE, UM, THE RUSTY FENCE, PARTICULARLY ON THE WEST APPROACH, AND HAVE A FENCE UPGRADE THERE WITHOUT, UM, WITHOUT, UH, THE BARBED WIRE, AND THEN THAT'LL LOOK MAYBE MORE LIKE WE HAVE AROUND OUR WATER PLANT ON J AVENUE. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME DECORATIVE RETAINING WALLS AS THE, THE APPROACH ROAD GETS OVER THE TOP OF THE, GETS UP TO THE LEVEL OF THE FLOOD WALLS. UH, FROM THE TRAIL STANDPOINT, WE'LL HAVE WIDER SIDEWALKS, AND THEY'LL BE SET BACK FROM THE TRAVEL LANES RIGHT NOW. IN SOME LOCATIONS, IT'S MAYBE 4 FEET, 3, 4 FEET OFF THE BACK OF CURB. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT TO 9 TO 10 FOOT OFF THE BACK, SO IT'LL FEEL A LOT SAFER FOR THE PEDESTRIANS. AGAIN, IT'S 14 FOOT WIDE ON THE BRIDGE, BUT PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY WALK RIGHT UP AGAINST THE RAILING OR THE BARRIER, SO IT, IT REALLY IS EFFECTIVELY LIKE A 10-FOOT CLEAR WALKING ZONE, SO THERE'LL BE 10 FOOT, UH, WIDE SIDEWALKS ON THE APPROACHES. WE WILL ALSO REBUILD THE, UH, TRAILS UNDERNEATH. WE WILL PUT TRAIL LIGHTING UNDER THE BRIDGE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT IS WE HAVEN'T HAD A WAY TO GET FROM THE TRAIL ONTO THE BRIDGE, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING 15 FEET HIGHER THAN THE EXISTING BRIDGE, WE'LL HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION FROM THE CEDAR VALLEY NATURE TRAIL TO THE T- ON TOP OF THE BRIDGE, AND WE'LL ALL BE COMPLIANT WITH THE ADA. UH, SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE PROTOCOLS, UH, I MENTIONED THERE'S A LEAD PAINT. WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE LEAD PAINT AND TREAT THAT APPROPRIATELY. UH, WE ARE GOING TO SALVAGE FROM HISTORIC STANDPOINT A BEAM SEGMENT AND UH, UH, RAILING SEGMENT, UH, THAT WILL BE TURNED INTO UH, SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC ART.

THAT'LL BE TBD EXACTLY WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. WE'LL HAVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS HELPING WITH THAT. UH, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT, I NOTED THE LIGHTS, UM, UH, CEDAR RAPIDS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FLYWAY BIRD MIGRATION ZONE, SO THERE WILL BE CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO TURN THE, THE LIGHTS OFF ON THE BRIDGE, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE SHINING LIGHTS RIGHT UP IN THE AIR, AND THAT CAN, UH, DISRUPT MIGRATION. AND, UH, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE RELOCATED 19 MUSSELS OUT OF THE WAY OF THE BRIDGE, UH, SO THAT, UH, UM, WE MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF, UH, FEDERAL NEPA ACT.

THERE WERE 4 DIFFERENT, UH, SPECIES THERE, SO, UH, CEDAR RIVER IS ALIVE AND WELL. SOME DESIGN VALIDATION, UH, THIS IS NOT THE NORMAL TYPE OF BRIDGE, UH, WITH A BRIDGE THIS HIGH, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A 1 TO 34 MODEL THAT WAS BUILT AND PUT IN A WIND TUNNEL AND TESTED, UH, UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR THERE, UH, TO TEST FOR VIBRATIONS. UH, THE, UM, THAT WOULD, THAT, UH, IS DONE ON ALL BRIDGES OF THIS TYPE. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT TOO, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A STRUCTURAL, IT'S AN IMPORTANT BRIDGE. WE HIRED AN INDEPENDENT FIRM TO RUN DESIGN CALCULATIONS SEPARATE FROM THE DESIGN FIRM, T.Y.

LIN, AND THEY WERE TO USE SEPARATE SOFTWARE. SO, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT FIRMS USING TWO DIFFERENT SOFTWARE'S VALIDATE THE DESIGN OF THIS BRIDGE. WE ALSO HAD TWO DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT COST OPINIONS RUN, AND THEN WE HAD THAT INDEPENDENT FIRM ALSO HELPED US, UH, MAKE SURE WE'RE IN FEDERAL AID COMPLIANCE.

NORMALLY, THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WOULD DO THAT FOR US. UH, THIS PROJECT WAS ON AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE TO MEET THAT SEPTEMBER 30TH DEADLINE, AND, UH, THE IOWA DOT, UH, RECOMMENDED WE DO THIS, UH, DIRECTLY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SAVE SOME TIME. SO, WE DID BRING ON THAT FIRM TO HELP WITH THE COMPLIANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE WOULD MAKE UP FOR THAT LOSS THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICE THEY NORMALLY PROVIDE.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE DESIGN TEAM WITH T-WILE INTERNATIONAL, WE HAD THEM HAVE A SEPARATE QAQC TEAM REVIEW THE ENTIRE PROJECT, AND THAT TEAM DID NOT REPORT TO THE PROJECT MANAGER. SO, TWO INDEPENDENT TEAMS WITHIN T.Y.

LYNN, AS WELL AS ONE OUTSIDE.

SO, WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THE DESIGN. UH, SOME OTHER THINGS I WANT TO TALK

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THE, THE PICTURES HERE WE'RE SEEING, UH, HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY BUILD THIS? AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN BE BUILT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS, AND THAT CAN USUALLY HELP TO, UH, KEEP THE COMPETITIVE BID THE 2384 01:05:16.593 --> 01:05:18.937 PRICES. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, UM, HERE OF THE CRANDIC BRIDGE THAT WAS BUILT 2010. UH, BASICALLY THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WILL ALLOW THE RIVER TO BE FILLED ROUGHLY 60% OF THE WAY ACROSS, AND THEN THERE'LL BE PIPES PUT UNDERNEATH TO ALLOW THE RIVER TO FLOW, UH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH AND UNDERNEATH THIS.

IF IT GETS TOO HIGH, UH, IT IS REQUIRED TO BE PULLED OUT. UH, THAT'S A RIVER STAGE OF ABOUT 17 AND A HALF OR ABOVE, SO NOT VERY OFTEN. I LOOKED AT THE LAST TIME WE'VE HIT THAT RIVER STAGE, AND THAT WAS 7 YEARS AGO. SO, UH, WE MAY NOT ACTUALLY HAVE TO REMOVE THIS.

WE DID PUT A BID ITEM IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTOR'S AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL REIMBURSE THEM IF WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT. I'LL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THAT.

UH, ALSO THINGS THAT MAKE THIS CONSTRUCTIBLE IS WE'RE A FULL CLOSURE. I KNOW THAT'S, UH, DIFFICULT, UH, FOR THE MOTORING, UH, PUBLIC, BUT, UM, THERE REALLY IS NO WAY TO DO IT ANYWAY SINCE IT'S MOSTLY ON THE SAME CORRIDOR. UH, WE ALSO, UH, IN JULY DROVE SOME TEST PILES OVER BY THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE. WE WANTED TO MEASURE NOISE AND VIBRATION BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT THE CONTRACTOR TO HAVE ANY SURPRISES AND THEN HAVE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT WE, WE'VE DONE THOSE THINGS TOO TO REALLY HELP, UH, ENSURE, YOU KNOW, BETTER CHANCE FOR, UH, SUCCESS AND NOT HAVING TO SLOW DOWN. THE MORE INFORMATION WE GIVE THE CONTRACTORS BEFORE BIDDING, THE BETTER PRICES WE CAN GET.

UM, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE TIMELINE. UH, THIS WAS PUT OUT FOR BID ON AUGUST 25TH.

UH, WE'VE HAD A PRE-BID MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTORS LAST WEEK.

UH, TODAY IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 22ND OF SEPTEMBER.

NOW, THIS IS A LARGE PROJECT, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, SO IT'S GOT A MUCH, MUCH LONGER, UM, BID PERIOD, AND BIDS WILL, UH, BE FROM AUGUST 25TH, AND WE'LL OPEN BIDS ON NOVEMBER 4TH. WE'RE ANTICIPATING, SUBJECT TO ACCEPTABLE BIDS, BRINGING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL FOR AWARD ON DECEMBER 15TH, AND CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN THE SPRING OF 2027, AND SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 3 AND A HALF YEARS. SO AGAIN, A BIG PROJECT. UH, THE COST OPINION, I MENTIONED 2 INDEPENDENT COST OPINIONS, 123 MILLION IS THE AVERAGE OF THE 2 OF THEM. THERE WAS ONE WAS 121 MILLION, THE OTHER WAS 125 MILLION. I DID WANT TO DISCUSS, UH, SOME OF THE COST INCREASES. WHEN WE APPLIED FOR GRANTS OF YEARS AGO, IT WAS 95 MILLION DOLLARS. HOW DID THAT GET TO, UM, 123 MILLION DOLLARS IN JUST A COUPLE YEARS? WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS WAS, UM, WHEN THAT BRIDGE WAS LAID OUT, IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY FLOODWALL COMPONENTS. UH, IT THE, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A FLOODWALL IN FRONT OF IT, NOT, UH, UH, THAT THE BRIDGE, UH, BUTTON WOULD BE THAT. SO, WE BASICALLY REDESIGNED THAT SO WE COULD BE EFFICIENT, AND NOW WE'RE ADVANCING 10 MILLION DOLLARS OF FLOODWALL COSTS THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO DO LATER. UH, THERE'S 3 MILLION DOLLARS, I MENTIONED, AN ALLOWANCE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO REMOVE THE, UH, CAUSEWAY IN THE RIVER. UH, SO THAT'S ADDED TO THE BUDGET, BUT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THE RIVER'S DOWN, ONLY HAVE TO DO IT ONCE, UH, THAT COST WON'T BE FULLY INCURRED. UH, THOSE ITEMS I MENTIONED FOR DURABILITY SINCE THAT TIME, IT'S ADDED ABOUT 2 MILLION DOLLARS, BUT I WOULD SAY A VERY GOOD INVESTMENT TO GET US TO THAT 100, UH, YEAR SPAN, LIFESPAN.

WE ALSO, TO HELP WITH THE APPROACHES, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT ADDING THAT MUCH FILL, UM, ANYONE'S BEEN ON, UM, THE IOWA DOT ROADS, THEY ALWAYS LET THEM SIT FOR A WINTER, AND THEN THEY ALLOW IT TO CONSOLIDATE. UH, REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CONSOLIDATES, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP THE PROJECT GOING, SO WE'RE GOING TO SURCHARGE THOSE APPROACHES TO GET THEM TO SETTLE APPROPRIATELY SO WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE PAVEMENT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE STILL ADDING, THERE'S STILL ABOUT 20 FEET OF FILL THERE. UH, SOME OF THE, UM, MINOR ITEMS, UH, BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UH, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE COMMENT, WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC IS DETOUR ROUTES. UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING UP 6 TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON DETOUR ROUTES TO MAKE SURE TRAFFIC CAN FLOW AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, UH, DURING DOWNTOWN. UM, WE'RE STILL MAKING SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. UH, 8TH AVENUE, DIAGONAL DRIVE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UH, SO WE'RE UPSIZING SOME OF THE PIPES TO MAKE SURE IT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND THE, UM, ST- I WOULD SAY WHAT THE STANDARD WE DO FOR, UH, NORMAL, UM, ARTERIAL STREETS, BECAUSE IT, IT COULD BE THE ONLY ARTERIAL STREET THAT WE HAVE IN A FLOOD. AND THEN, UM, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A FEW MORE REQUIREMENTS. IT IS A CHALLENGE AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.

THEY'VE GOT, UM, 3 RE- 3 DOORS ON THE BACK THERE, AND YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO MIX THE PRISONERS AND JUDGES TOGETHER, SO THERE'S A LITTLE

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UH, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE REALLY GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE, UM, ROUGHLY 50% OF THE PROJECT PAID FOR BY, UM, OUTSIDE SOURCES. UH, WE HAVE A PROTECT GRANT. THAT'S REALLY, UH, THAT, AND I SHOULD SAY THAT ONE, THAT'S 56.4 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT WAS THE SECOND LARGEST AWARD IN THE NATION FOR THIS.

UH, THIS IS REALLY, UH, WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE IF YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE YOU'RE IN A BARRIER ISLAND, IT'S, AND YOU ONLY HAVE ONE WAY IN AND OUT. IT'S A, IT'S AN EMERGENCY LIFELINE ROAD. UH, THAT'S WHAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY GOT ONE IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY TOO FOR THAT TYPE OF GRANT. WE'VE GOT ONE FROM, UH, BRIDGE INBRE- INVESTMENT PROGRAM, 6 MILLION DOLLARS. THE IOWA DOT, ALSO BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, 1 MILLION DOLLARS.

UH, SO THAT'S YOUR 63.4 MILLION DOLLARS, AND AGAIN, WANT TO POINT OUT THAT'S, THAT'S MORE THAN 50% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST, AND THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON A BR- THIS BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. THEY, THEY DON'T GO FOR ANY OTHER CITY USES, THEY HAVE TO GO FOR THIS. AS WELL AS, UH, I MENTIONED THE IOWA FLOOD MITIGATION BOARD, THOSE FUNDS CAN ALSO ONLY GO FOR FLOOD CONTROL. SO, THE MAR- MAJORITY OF THIS FUND, UH, THE FUNDED PROJECT IS FUNDED BY SOURCES THAT HAVE TO GO TO THE BRIDGE OR TO FLOOD CONTROL. SO, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TAPPING MUCH OF THE, UH, THE CITY'S GENERAL OBLIGATION, UH, FUNDS. WE GET 15 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THE IOWA FLOOD MITIGATION, UH, PROGRAM. WE'LL BE USING A COUPLE, UH, MORE THAN A COUPLE YEARS OF THAT. SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, ABOUT, UM, MAYBE ABOUT 30 MILLION DOLLARS HAS COME FROM GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, AND THE REST IS EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND BRIDGE WORK. DO WANT TO DISCUSS PUBLIC OUTREACH. I MENTIONED WE DID SOME, UH, ONLINE SURVEYS IN 2016, 2017, AND, UH, THANK YOU TO LIKE THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE AND INGREDION. UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM MONTHLY FOR LIKE 7 YEARS TO, TO READY FOR THIS. UH, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH ADJOINING BUSINESSES.

UH, AND THEN THIS YEAR WE REALLY WANTED TO GO BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND SHOW THEM WHERE WE'RE AT. UH, WE ALSO WENT OUT TO CONTRACTORS AND FABRICATORS TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING OUT FOR BID FOR. WHAT DO YOU SEE? SO AGAIN, TRYING TO WORK ON CONSTRUCTABILITY ITEMS, UH, WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND THE FABRICATORS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS, UH, DOWNTOWN BUSINESS UPDATE, THE, THE, UH, LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, ROTARY. I'VE GOT AN OPTIMIST CLUB ONE COMING UP, SO WE'RE REALLY GETTING OUT WITH THAT. WE'VE ALSO DONE WEBSITE, UH, MEDIA RELEASES AND LOCAL NEWS INTERVIEWS. SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND, UM, THE, UH, I WILL SHARE WE, UH, I THINK WE HAD TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE ONE PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING IN CITY SERVICES, AND THE PUBLIC DID ASK A QUESTION THAT, THAT, UH, THEY ACTUALLY STUMPED US FOR A SECOND, WHICH WAS, WHY DOES, UH, THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE SING, AND WILL THIS BRIDGE SING? I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBER REMEMBER THAT WAS ASKED.

THAT'S NOT THE CABLES, THAT IS THE RAILING. WHEN THEY REPLACE THE RAILING ON THAT BRIDGE, THAT'S WHEN THE WIND GOES THROUGH, IT MAKES A NOISE.

THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN ON THIS BRIDGE. UH, SHOOT.

BUT I DID WANT TO, I DID WANT TO SHARE, SHARE THAT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.

UM, THE, UH, ALSO WORKED WITH OTHER, UH, AGENCIES SUCH AS THE U.S.

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UH, TO MAINTAIN, UH, RIVER CROSSING CAPACITY. WE'VE BEEN DILIGENT WORKING TO GET THE FLOODGATES IN ON THE OTHER ROUTES, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, FIRST AVENUE, SECOND AVENUE, THIRD AVENUE.

THE, UM, DON'T WANT TO DO, DO A MAJOR ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT, SO WE WORKED WITH THEM. UH, WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE ARMY CORPS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO ACQUIRE ALL THE RIGHT-OF-WAY NECESSARY AND THE TEMPORARY EASEMENTS AND PERMANENT EASEMENTS FOR BOTH THE BRIDGE AND THE FLOOD CONTROL AT THE SAME TIME. SO, WE'RE TRYING TO BE, PROVIDE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE BUSINESSES. UH, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW ON THE DETOUR ROUTE, AND THEN KICKING OFF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A WATER MAIN ON THE EXISTING 8TH AVENUE BRIDGE. UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT ONCE THE RIVER LEVEL GOES DOWN.

UH, THE, THE WE WILL BE OPEN CUTTING, UH, IN THE RIVER TO PUT A NEW WATER MAIN ON 7TH AVENUE CORRIDOR FROM, UH, UH, THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS AREA TO, UM, 7TH AVENUE BETWEEN GREAT AMERICA AND THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, AND THAT'LL BE GOING ON TILL NEXT SPRING.

THIS IS WHAT, UM, I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TRAFFIC DURING CONSTRUCTION. SO, THIS YELLOW AREA, WE LOSE THE MAJOR CORRIDOR, UH, FOR 3 AND A HALF YEARS FOR S- FOR 8TH AVENUE.

SO, THE, THE LABEL DETOURS, UH, WILL BE 3RD STREET AND L

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SO, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LABELED, UH, DETOUR, AND, UM, WE KNOW THERE'LL BE SOME EQUILIBRIUM THAT'LL HAVE TO OCCUR AS WHEN, WHEN THE CLOSURE OCCURS AND PEOPLE WILL FIND THEIR WAYS AROUND. THIS IS THE LABELED DETOUR. AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL, THERE WILL BE ACCESS PROVIDED TO ALL, UM, BUSINESSES, UH, FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, UH, CASEY GENERAL STORE IN GRIYON, AND THEN VOWER WAY, UH, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A, THERE'LL BE A, THERE'LL BE LIKE A LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY, UH, FROM, FROM, UM, FIRST STREET WEST THERE, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET INTO VOWER WAY AND THE AMPHITHEATER AND THE MOTT BUILDING AND THE BACK OF THE POLICE STATION AND THE, UM, CHELSEA BUILDING. THIS IS THE TRAIL DETOURS. UH, I'M PLEASED TO SAY WE FINISHED, UH, THE TRAIL, UH, BETWEEN 16TH AVENUE AND RIVERSIDE PARK ON THE WEST SIDE. SO, UH, IF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STAY ON THE TRAIL NOW COMING UP FROM DOWNSTREAM CAN STAY ON THIS RED TRAIL, MOVE UP TO RIVERSIDE PARK, C STREET, AND FIRST STREET, UH, TO GET AROUND, OR WE WON'T FORCE THEM BACK TO THE EAST SIDE AND THEN HAVE A TROUBLE GETTING BACK. UH, ON THE, UM, EAST SIDE, IF YOU DO CROSS OVER, UH, WE WILL HAVE 16TH AVENUE BRIDGE, BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE LIGHT LINE BRIDGE WILL BE OPEN. UH, AND SO THE 4TH STREET TRAIL CONNECTION, UH, WE'RE, WE'LL BE FINISHING THAT UP.

THAT'LL BE A DETOUR, AND THEN, UH, THE DETOUR ONCE YOU GET, UH, NORTH OF 12TH AVENUE WILL BE ON 3RD STREET SOUTHEAST AND CROSSING, UH, 8TH AVENUE AT THE SIGNAL THERE BACK TO, TO GET BACK TO DOWNTOWN. UH, THESE ARE AREAS THAT, UM, THERE'LL BE SOME IMPACT TO, UH, SONNER PARK WILL BE A STAGING AREA, UH, FOR THE CONTRACTOR, SO, UM, THERE, THERE WON'T BE ANY PARKING THERE FOR, UM, THE EVENTS AT THE AMPHITHEATER. AND THEN PARKING LOT 44 WILL ALSO BE A STAGING AREA. UH, PEOPLE ARE PARKING HERE, UH, SOME WILL GO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE, AND THEN, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME DISCOUNTED PARKING IN THE PARKING RAMPS IF, UH, IF PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR 10 YEARS. THIS REALLY TOOK A VILLAGE TO RAISE THIS PROJECT. UH, CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AS WELL AS THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS FOR YOUR CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM.

WHEN IT TAKES 10 YEARS TO WORK ON A PROJECT, WE REALLY, UH, DON'T WANT TO BE CHANGING DIRECTION, AND YOU'VE BEEN STEADY, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, CITY MANAGER POMERANZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CHARIPAR, AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER GRIEDER FOR THE TRIPS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO HO- HELP GO GET THIS PROJECT FUNDED. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT YOU. AND TO OUR CITY DIRECTORS, THANK YOU. UH, YOU'VE BEEN OUR TECHNICAL TEAM WHEN WE WANT TO, UH, RUN THINGS BY YOU. UH, YOU'VE BEEN HELPFUL WITH THAT. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR DESIGNER, T. Y. ISLAND INTERNATIONAL, AS WELL AS OUR FUNDING PARTNERS WITH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE TURNED THIS PROJECT AROUND TO MEET THOSE GRANT REQUIREMENTS IN PROBABLY 15 MONTHS LESS THAN YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO, UH, AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT THEM. AND I'LL ALSO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE GETTING AROUND. IT WILL BE WORTH IT.

UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR THAT IN ADVANCE. AND I'LL JUST SAY AS AN ENGINEER, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. I'LL TURN THIS BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. WE'LL RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.

OKAY, YOU'RE EARNING THAT FLOOD GURU TITLE. THANKS SO MUCH, ROB. WHAT WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT TOO. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH YOU ON ALL THOSE TRIPS TO DC. THANKS FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON THAT.

UH, THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, I'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE THE PODIUM AND GIVE US YOUR NAME.

UM, RACHEL, AND I JUST HAVE JUST TWO, UM, SUGGESTIONS. IS THERE POSSIBLY A WAY THAT WE COULD DELINEATE THE BIKE LANE FROM THE PEDESTRIANS, UM, ON THE PEDESTRIAN AREA, JUST BECAUSE I WALK A LOT DOWNTOWN

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THAT'S ALL.

PREACHING TO THE CHOIR ON THAT, RACHEL. THANK YOU, UH, SO MUCH. DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, ROB. THAT, UM, THE WORK OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM OVER THE PAST DECADE, BUT THIS PRESENTATION WAS OUTSTANDING, AND THERE, THERE, IT WAS JUST SO PACKED WITH INFORMATION. UM, I, I JUST, I HAVE A COMMENT AND THEN A QUESTION. SO, MY COMMENT, I'M JUST TRYING TO SUMMARIZE, UM, WHAT I TOOK OUT IS SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS, UM, AND F- FOR FOLKS LISTENING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE IS, YES, IT'S A SPECIALTY BRIDGE, AND IT LOOKS FANCY, BUT IT'S REALLY FUNCTION.

THAT'S WHAT DROVE THE DESIGN.

UM, THE SECOND THING, AND, AND RACHEL MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS TOO, I THINK IT'S GR- I LOVE IT HOW THERE'S THAT THE SAFETY OF THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. IT'S FUNCTIONAL FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND WANT TO WORK AND TRAVEL, UM, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, BUT IT WILL CLEARLY BE A TOURIST DESTINATION, RIGHT? FOLKS WILL WANT TO COME, THEY CAN USE IT AS AN OBSERVATION POINT, UM, AND WE CAN JUST WORK ON SEPARATING THE PEDESTRIAN AND, UM, BICYCLISTS. THE THIRD, THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE SAVINGS, THE 7 TO 10 MILLION THAT WE'RE SAVING BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE FLOOD CONTROL WALLS THAT WE WERE GONNA H- HAVE TO BUILD. SO, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE SOME, UH, COST SAVINGS. AND THE FOURTH ONE, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE BUY, AMERICA, BUILD AMERICA. SO, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, THAT THIS WILL BE A TRULY AMERICAN BRIDGE. UM, THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS LOT 44. SO THAT'S THE LOT IN NEWBO UP AGAINST THE RIVER. UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. HOW WILL THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IMPACT THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY? REALLY VERY LITTLE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE WILL PUT THE PARKING LOT BACK, UH, AND FIX IT AFTER WE'RE DONE. UH, THERE'S MAYBE CERTAIN AREAS WE'LL DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT, UH, IT'LL HAVE THE SAME ACCESS OFF SECOND STREET THAT IT DOES TODAY. UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL, UH, WILL BE REDEVELOPED AT SOME POINT, THEN WE DON'T NEED THAT MUCH PARKING THERE.

UH, SO WE'RE GONNA LANDSCAPE ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF THE SIDEWALK THERE, AND THEN, UH, IT CAN REDEVELOP HOWEVER IT NEEDS TO REDEVELOP. THE BRIDGE IS REALLY DOESN'T IMPACT IT.

BUT JUST TO FOLLOW UP, SO THERE, THERE CAN'T BE CONSTRUCTION ON LOT 44 WHILE THE BRIDGE IS BEING BUILT.

THE, THAT IS CORRECT. THE, OKAY.

THE, THIS IS THE WHERE THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO STAGE ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT, UH, SO WHEN THE BRIDGE IS DONE AND IT'S 2031, SO THAT'S WHEN, UH, THOSE CONVERSATIONS REALLY COULD START.

BUT IT'S GO- WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THAT AND CENTER PARK AND UNTIL THROUGH THE END OF 2030, UH, FOR STORAGE AND CONTRACTOR LAY DOWN AREAS, ET CETERA.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER HOEGER.

SO, I GUESS A COMMENT AND A QUESTION, UM, ONE, AND I'M GOING TO USE YOUR TERM, UH, IN 2008, UM, IT WAS A REALLY CONS- A BIG CONCERN AND A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO HOSPITALS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER, AND FOR ANYBODY NEEDING TO GET TO THOSE FROM THE WEST SIDE, THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THE INTERSTATE. SO, YOUR TERM, LIFELINE BRIDGE OR LIFELINE ROAD TO GET TO MERCY HOSPITAL, THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE THING, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING 8TH AVENUE VERSUS 12TH, BECAUSE THIS IS A DIRECT ROUTE, NOT ONLY FROM THE WEST SIDE TO MERCY, BUT FROM MERCY TO IOWA CITY OR ST. LUKE'S, YOU KNOW. SO, UM, I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE REACH OUT AND WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ACCESS TO GAIN, UM, PARTS OF THE RAILING FOR REUSE. AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED LEAD-BASED PAINT, AND I KNOW IT'S LOGISTICALLY GOING TO BE TOUGH, BUT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MAY BE POSSIBILITIES OR NOT AT ALL. I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO THEM.

SURE. UH, LET ME, LET ME COMMENT ONE THING FIRST TOO.

THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REALLY GLAD, UH, 8TH AVENUE BRIDGE IS BEING REPLACED TOO. SO, IF THERE'S A FLOOD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ACCIDENT ON 380 AND THEY HAVE TO DIVERT TRAFFIC, UH, THIS WOULD BE THE, THE ROUTE THAT, UH, WOULD KEEP PEOPLE STILL CROSSING THE CEDAR RIVER. SO, WE'VE COORDINATED THAT WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS AN

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ABOUT THE RAILING? THE ACCESS TO THE RAILING AND, AND REUSE OF THE RAILING FOR DIFFERENT DECORATIVE THINGS AND, AND...

SO, AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AID, WE'VE GONE THROUGH, YOU HEARD ME MENTION THE MUSSELS, YOU HEARD ME MENTION, UH, SALVAGING PIECES. OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE HISTORIC, UH, PRESERVATION OFFICE OF IOWA HAS US, UM, SAVING A 10-TO-20-FOOT SECTION OF BEAM. IT'S GOT THIS HAUNCH TO IT, UM, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DISPLAYED IN A PARK. NOW, WE HAVEN'T DESIGNED THAT YET. I THINK, UH, WE'VE GOT TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THAT. UH, IT'S ALSO GOT SALVAGING, UM, FOR PUBLIC ART, ABOUT 600 FEET OF RAILING. SO, IT'S A LOT OF RAILING THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO PUBLIC ART. UH, NOW THERE'S ALSO ABOUT ANOTHER 600 FEET OF RAILING ON THE OTHER SIDE. I WOULD POINT OUT IT IS, THAT RAILING IS IN REALLY ROUGH SHAPE. UH, IT'S PRETTY RUSTY, SO, UH, WE'RE JUST GETTING INTO WHAT C- WHAT COULD BE WITH THAT RAILING. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD SAY YES OR NO TO THAT. I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LEAD PAINT ON THAT RAILING RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL HAVE TO TEST THAT. IT WAS DONE AT A TIME WHEN THEY DID, UH, USE LEAD PAINT IN THAT, UM, BUT THAT PAINT IS ALL FLAKED OFF, UNFORTUNATELY, IN A LONG TIME. SO, UM, I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE MORE TO COME ON, ON THAT, THAT RAILING, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 600 FEET OF IT, UM, WAS REQUIRED TO BE SAVED WITH OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE FOR SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC ART. SO, WHETHER THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN ASKING YOU DO IT OR WHETHER THE CITY DOES IT OURSELVES, IT WILL BE DONE TO SOME LEVEL.

COUNCILOR OLSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, ROB, I THINK THE WAY YOU ENDED, I THINK, WAS, WAS WELL SAID. IT WILL BE WORTH IT, BECAUSE THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME PAIN IN- INVOLVED IN THIS, UM, BUT IN THE END, IT, IT, IT WILL BE WORTH IT. AND I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS, THE PROJECT REALLY IS THE ENTIRE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM IN A NUTSHELL, AND THE CITY'S APPROACH SINCE 2008 TO BUILDING FLOOD CONTROL ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE, UM, IS ALL, ALL OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE AND PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE, HAVE PUT FORWARD AS, AS PRIORITIES ARE INVOLVED HERE. UM, OBVIOUSLY COMPLEX ENGINEERING TO SERVE A, A FUNCTION, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S THE, THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS IS TO PREVENT, UH, ANOTHER FLOOD LIKE WE, UH, EXPERIENCED IN, IN 2008. BUT IN BETWEEN THOSE TIMES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO USE IT, UH, FOR THAT FUNCTIONALITY, UH, WE WANT IT TO BE USEFUL, RIGHT? WE WANT THE PEOPLE OF CEDAR RAPIDS, PEOPLE VISITING, UM, TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH IT, TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE RIVER.

AND, UM, THE DESIGN THAT WE'VE PUT FORWARD HERE WITH THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ACCESS, UM, WILL ALLOW FOR THAT, AND NOT ONLY ALLOW FOR IT, BUT I THINK ENCOURAGE IT, WILL ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO, UM, USE THE RIVER AND, AND REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY. UM, IT'S A, A, A CASE STUDY IN IN PARTNERSHIPS. UM, FROM A FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE, YOU CALLED OUT ALL OF THE, THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, THAT HAVE HAD A HAND IN THIS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD, UM, OUTSIDE ENGINEERING FIRMS, UM, FEDERAL, STATE, UH, TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THAT ARE INVOLVED, UM, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, ROBBIE, ROB, OBVIOUSLY LEADING THE WAY, UM, BUT FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIPS.

AND SO, UH, TO, TO HAVE A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE BE FUNDED, BE MORE THAN HALF FUNDED BY SOURCES OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. I MEAN, THI- THI- THIS IS, IT IS A COSTLY ENDEAVOR FOR A LOT OF GREAT REASONS THAT YOU, UM, POINTED OUT TO US TODAY. UM, BUT WE FOUND, YOU FOUND OVER THE COURSE OF 10 YEAR, 10 TRIES, UM, SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR THIS PURPOSE THAT CEDAR RAPIDS WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE HAD, AND CEDAR RAPIDS CANNOT OTHERWISE SPEND. UM, AND, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT IN, UH, WITH REALLY THE WHOLE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM, UH, WHETHER IT'S UM WITH THE ARMY PAR- ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PARTNERSHIP, UM, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY PLAYED A BIG PART IN IN THIS PROJECT AS WELL, UH, WITH COORDINATION. UM, WHETHER IT'S THE, THE STATE, THE FLOOD MITIGATION BOARD, AND, AND THE FUNDING THAT WE THAT WE GET FROM UH FROM UH THE SALES TAX UH THAT IS UH BROUGHT BACK TO CEDAR RAPIDS. UM, THE COUNCIL AND, AND THE CITY HAS, HAS PURSUED THOSE FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHILE OVERALL WE HAVE A BILLION PLUS

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UM, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND, AND THE FEDERAL, THE WAY THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDING IS DONE, AT LEAST ORIGINALLY, AND I KNOW WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UM, PARTICULARLY RECENTLY ABOUT INVOLVEMENT ON THE WEST SIDE, YOU KNOW, THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY WOULD BE INVOLVED ONLY ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT, UM, A COUNCIL PRIOR TO THIS ONE AND ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THIS ONE DECIDED THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FLOOD CONTROL FOR THE EAST AND WEST SIDE, AND, AND THIS PROJECT, UM, REALLY CONNECTS THOSE TWO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SHOWS, I THINK, THE COUNCIL'S, UH, COMMITMENT TO THAT. UM, THAT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN IN A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, BUT THIS COMMUNITY, UM, THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY MADE IT A PRIORITY, UM, THAT BOTH SIDES WERE GOING TO BE PROTECTED, UM, EVEN THOUGH OUR FEDERAL PARTNER AND PARTNERS DECIDED, AT LEAST INITIALLY, UM, THAT, UM, THEY WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON, ON THE EAST SIDE. AND SO, UM, THIS PROJECT IS A LONG TIME COMING, UM, AND I AND I THINK, JUST TO KIND OF FINISH WHERE I ENDED, REALLY SHOWS, UM, A LOT OF THOSE PRINCIPLES THAT WE PUT FORWARD ON, ON THE ENTIRE ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT, UM, AND, UM, 2030, FALL OF 2030 CAN'T, CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH. SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

COUNCILMEMBER TODD.

MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, COUNCILMAN OLSON, I APPRECIATE THOSE WORDS. UH, I, I WOULD SIMPLY, THERE'S TWO POINTS, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENTS THAT, WE'RE NOT PERFECT, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT CAN DO THAT OTHER ENTITIES CAN'T.

AND, AND, AND, AND GOVERNMENT WORKS BECAUSE OF GOOD PUBLIC SERVANTS. AND ROB, YOUR CAREER, WHEN IT'S DONE, YOU CAN'T, CAN'T BE DONE FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS FOR SURE.

BUT, UH, I- IT'S GOING TO BE A TESTAMENT TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT GOOD PUBLIC SERVICE AND GOOD PUBLIC SERVANTS CAN DO, UH, AND, AND YOU WILL CERTAINLY LEAVE A LEGACY FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE WORK THAT YOU DID NEAR CZECH VILLAGE WITH THE ADKUBA PARK, AND I JUST WANT TO TRANSLATE THAT OVER TO SONNER PARK A LITTLE BIT. UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S... I WOULD, BECAUSE I PROBABLY WON'T GET A CHANCE TO MAKE THE POINT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO NOT DO SORT OF THE BARE MINIMUM THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF PARK STANDARDS.

SOMETIMES THAT'S LIKE FLATTEN IT, THROW SOME GRASS SEED OUT AND, AND CALL IT A PARK.

UH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN THAT AREA BECOME, UH, I- IT'S, I- IT'S USED FOR CERTAINLY MEMORIALS FOR PD AND FOR FIRE, BUT ALSO, I SEE IT BEING USED BY PD FOR TRAINING. AND ALSO, THERE'S THE MULTI-USE OF THE, THE TRAIL SYSTEM GETS A LITTLE BIT ACTIVITY, AND THEN PARKING FOR MCGRATH. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE ON THE DESIGN TEAM FOR THAT PIECE TO REALLY HASH IT OUT AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DEVELOP THAT IN A WAY THAT SERVES ALL THOSE ENTITIES BUT STILL PRESERVES THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LEGACY OF, OF SONNER AND, AND, AND FIRE, UM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SPECIAL MOMENTS, AND YOU PROBABLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSED, WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE TIME BEING FOR THOSE EVENTS WHEN THEY HAPPEN PERIODICALLY? BUT CONGRATS, ROB. IT'S A BIG DAY FOR YOU AND FOR THE CITY.

COUNCILOR VANORNY.

YEAH, THANKS, MAYOR. UM, SO, UH, QUITE A FEW THINGS TO MENTION HERE. UM, SO ONE, IOWA, WE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IOWA IS NUMBER ONE, AND BY THAT, I MEAN RANKING FIRST IN THE NATION FOR HAVING THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE AND RAW COUNT OF BRIDGES IN POOR CONDITION. THIS ONE IS, IS, IS RIGHT THERE, RIGHT UP THERE. UM, EVERY TIME IT, IT'S ON ONE OF THE MAJOR OR MAIN WAYS I GO HOME, SO I, I HAVE SEEN THAT SIGN TAUNTING ME. I'VE CALLED CITY MANAGER POMERANZ DOZENS OF TIMES SAYING THE SIGN IS TAUNTING ME.

IT STARTED TO FEEL LIKE A SPONGEBOB CUTAWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE TIMELINE JUST KEPT GETTING LONGER AND LONGER.

UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S IT WILL FOREVER BE HUMBLING TO KNOW THAT 18 YEARS LATER, THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE CONSEQUENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST THERE. AND YOU'VE BEEN AT THE HELM OF IT, ROB, AND I I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, MY SINCERE APPRECIATION ALSO GOES OUT TO

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AND, UM, I, I JUST HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS A BIT PERSONALLY BECAUSE, UH, WE THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH EFFORT IT'S GOTTEN FOR US TO GET TO THIS MOMENT. AND I REMEMBER THAT I HAD, UH, A, HAD MY, MY FIRST, UM, UH, LET ME SAY, UH, MY FIRST EXA- EXAM, I GUESS, UH, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, OF YOUR, UH, MAMMOGRAM, AND IT IT CAME BACK, UH, PROBLEMATIC, AND I HAD TO HAVE A SURGERY RIGHT BEFORE THAT. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A REALLY ROUTINE THING, IT ENDED UP NOT BEING. UM, AND I STILL KNEW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO GO TO AFC. UM, I WENT IN A, IN A CHEST BINDER AND FLEW LIKE THAT AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE BECAUSE IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT FOR ME TO GO THERE AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. WE LEARNED ABOUT 5, 10 DAYS LATER THAT WE GOT THE FUNDING, AND I REMEMBER SITTING THERE FIGHTING LIKE HELL IN THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE OF HOW DETERMINED THAT I, AT THE TIME THAT I FLEW, THAT I WAS THERE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS WOULD BE. I'M GRATEFUL TO, UH, EVERYBODY THAT, UM, I, I CAME BACK WITH SOME, SOME GOOD RESULTS, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT AT THE TIME THAT I FLEW, I MADE THAT CHOICE THAT I WAS GOING TO GO DOWN FIGHTING FOR OUR CITY, FOR THIS FLOOD FUNDING, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DESERVE, BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SO LONG, SO MUCH OF MY LIFE PERSONALLY, BEING A CEDAR APIDIAN FIGHTING FOR THIS FLOODING, FLOOD MONEY. AND I THINK ABOUT THOSE MEETINGS AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, I SAT ACROSS FROM ALL OF OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AND, UH, AND, AND ASKED, UH, FOR THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO GROW UP AND STOP FIGHTING OVER A NAME, EVEN THOUGH WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS ARGUMENT OF FIGHTING OVER A NAME, A NAME THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY ANYBODY. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE 9 MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT BODY COULD HAVE HELPED SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE, SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE SAT AND FOUGHT OVER WHO WOULD GET CREDIT FOR WHAT, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING OF THAT AND WHAT WOULD IT BE CALLED? AND, AND QUITE HONESTLY, I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR O'DONNELL, UH, AT LEAST A YEAR AGO, AND I SAID, I CAN'T CARE MORE ABOUT WHAT IT'S NAMED THAN ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A FAILING BRIDGE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO RECOVER FOR OUR CITY. AND I SAID THE SAME THING SPECIFICALLY TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, BUT SPECIFICALLY EMPHATICALLY TO SENATOR GRASSLEY, AND I SAID, WE WERE THERE WITH THE AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ADVOCATING FOR A- ADOPTERS AND CO-SIGNERS FOR THE FEMA REFORM ACT BECAUSE OF EXACTLY THESE THINGS, AND I SAID, WE HAVE TO GET OVER THIS. WE HAVE TO START SHOWING UP FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE NOT FIGHTING OVER THESE THINGS THAT DON'T REALLY MATTER, AND THAT WE JUST KEEP A PROJECT, A PROJECT THAT WE HAD UNDER A PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.

WE HAVE TO HONOR THAT CONTRACT AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD SO WE DON'T KEEP WASTING MONEY FOR THIS. NOW, ALONG THAT WAY, WE WERE ABLE TO ADAPT THE PROJECT AND GET SOME GOOD OUT OF IT AS WELL. UH, BUT I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT INFIGHTING THAT, UH, WE, WE GENERALLY DON'T HAVE HERE ON OUR COUNCIL BEING A NON-PARTISAN BASE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST DELAYS TIME, DELAYS RECOVERY. AND I HAVE TO SAY IT IN REGARD TO THIS PROJECT, I'M SO, SO, SO GRATEFUL, ROB, FOR ALL OF THIS. UM, I, I LOVE THE LIGHTING. I KNOW I REMEMBER ASKING, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER POMERANZ IF THAT, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE POSSIBLE, AND IT'S GORGEOUS. AND WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND, AND DO THE FUNCTION THINGS FIRST, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY MATTER FIRST, BUT ALSO LOOK FOR THOSE AESTHETICS WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. AND I CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE ALL THE BUSINESSES WHO ARE PUTTING A HAND IN HAND, AND BRIGHTENING UP CEDAR RAPIDS. SO, I LOVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE UNDERLIGHTING AND GET TO HAVE THAT AS WELL.

UM, I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE 14, YOU SAID 14 FEET WIDE, RIGHT? THAT IS INSANE IN THE BEST OF WAYS, BECAUSE NOW, UH, HAVING BEEN ACROSS THAT SO MANY DIFFERENT TIMES FOR CONCERTS, EAT, YOU KNOW, EATING DOWNTOWN AND THEN WALKING WITH MY FAMILY TO CONCERTS, UM, AT MCGRATH, UH, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF DO ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, MIDWESTERN LOOK, OOP, I'M JUST GONNA SCOOCH PAST YA.

UH, IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR A BARIATRIC WHEELCHAIR TO GET DOWN, LET ALONE FOR TWO PEOPLE TO PASS, LET ALONE FOR A, A PEDESTRIAN OR POTENTIALLY SOMEBODY IN A BARIATRIC WHEELCHAIR AND, YOU KNOW, A- AND UH, SOMEBODY ON A BIKE. AND SO, TO GET THAT ON BOTH SIDES IS ALSO A HUGE VALUE ADD THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD IN CEDAR RAPIDS, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE IT ON ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE. SO, THIS IS, THIS IS HUGE. AND I SAY THAT KNOWING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGES, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE, IT- IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, AN OVERNIGHT THING. THIS IS A SEVERAL YEAR COMMITMENT, BUT,

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COUNCILOR ANN POE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, ROB, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE PROCESS, AND, UM, WHEN I, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE MULTITUDE OF COMPLEX DETAILS THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THIS DIRECTOR TEAM OVER THE YEARS, UM, HAVE PUT NOT JUST INTO THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE, BUT INTO THE ENTIRE THOUGHTFULNESS OF OUR FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM ON BOTH THE EAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE. MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE SOME REALLY WONDERFUL, RELEVANT POINTS THROUGHOUT THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT. UM, I JUST CAN'T, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. YOU REALLY ARE THE FLOOD GURU, AND WE CAN'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE IT.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT SINCE 2008, AND YOU, WITH THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT RIGHT AFTER THE FLOOD, YOU WERE WORKING ON THAT, ALL THE DETAILS AS WE'VE EXPANDED IT INTO THE WEST SIDE AND PROTECTED THE WEST SIDE ALONG WITH THE EAST. UM, THIS IS NO SMALL THING, FOLKS. THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL TO THE LIVELIHOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU WERE HERE IN 2008 AND YOU TRIED TO GET FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE IN ANY KIND OF EASY WAY, THERE JUST WASN'T ONE. AND THIS TRULY IS A LIFELINE, TO, UM, COUNCILMEMBER OLSON'S POINT, UH, AND MARTY'S POINT, M- MARTY HOEGER'S POINT. UM, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE EXTRA TIME IN REPEATING. SO, WHEN I THINK OF LOT 44, ROB, I THINK OF LOT 44 FROM 12TH AVENUE TO, UM, 8TH AVENUE. IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG AREA THAT KIND OF EXPANDS THAT AREA. THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT A HOTEL AT THE CORNER OF 12TH AND, UM, AND 2ND STREET, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. IT'S A KIND OF A CRITICAL HOTEL FOR THE GROWTH OF NEW BOHEMIA. IS THAT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PLACE DURING THIS TIME FRAME? IS THE, IS THE STAGING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION GOING TO BE AT THE NORTH END OF 44TH? TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

UH, YES, UH, THE AREA FOR THE HOTEL DOWN NEAR 12TH AVENUE HAS BEEN PRESERVED AND COULD GO FORWARD AT ANY TIME.

THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM IS STAYING AWAY FROM THAT...

THANK YOU.

THAT CORNER OF THE LOT.

THANK YOU. THAT, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CLARIFYING POINT. UM, THIS HOTEL IS GOING TO BE, AS I SAID, EXTREMELY CRITICAL TO THE GROWTH OF THE NEW BOHEMIA NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I THINK JUST, UM, ONE OTHER REAL QUICK QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE TIMELINE FOR DEMOLITION? WHEN YOU SAID 2027, IT'S GOING TO START.

WHEN IS THE ACTUAL DEMOLITION GOING TO TAKE PLACE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO LEAVE MEANS AND METHODS UP TO THE CONTRACTORS. I WAS TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE BEST BID PRICES WE CAN. WE'VE TOLD THE CONTRACTOR THEY CAN LEAVE THAT UP BECAUSE SOME OF THE BRIDGE IS NOT ON THE SAME ALIGNMENT. I MEAN, PORTIONS OF IT ARE, BUT IF THEY WANT TO LEAVE THE BRIDGE UP, PORTIONS IN THE MIDDLE, AND USE THAT TO CONSTRUCT THE NEW BRIDGE FROM, IT'S, THEY CAN DO THAT. SO, UH, IT COULD COME DOWN FIRST, OR IT COULD COME DOWN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT. SO, I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

OKAY. WELL, AGAIN, I, I JUST, UM, HAVING LIVED THROUGH 2008 AND THE FLOOD FIGHT IN 2016, AND WHEN WE THINK OF FLOODING, WE THINK ABOUT WATER OVER LAND, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, OUR RIVER FLOODING, AND THIS IS A CRITICAL PIECE TO THAT, THOSE YEARS OF HARD WORK THAT WILL GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE ULTIMATELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELL, I HAVE VERY LITTLE TO ADD TO THE REST OF, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE UP HERE. UM, JUST AGAIN, GRATITUDE TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE COMMITMENT. I MEAN, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PRIORITY SETTING SESSION WITH EACH COUNCIL, AND THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE WHITEBOARD THAT IS NOT EVEN UP FOR DEBATE OR DISCUSSION, AND THAT IS FLOOD PROTECTION.

AND SO, UM, ONE PART OF THIS I'D LIKE TO ADD IS THAT I HOPE WHEN THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR RAPIDS LOOK AT THIS BRIDGE AND SO MANY OF THE FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE LED AND, AND THE CITY TEAMS HAVE LED, THAT THERE IS A SENSE OF PRIDE. THIS COMMUNITY DESERVES THE BEST EVERY TIME, AND THE FACT THAT YOU COULD DO THIS AND ORCHESTRATE THIS IN A WAY THAT WE'RE HAVING OVER HALF PAID BY, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS, UH,

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NO REASON TO HAVE AN UGLY BRIDGE. WE'RE NOT PAYING A TERRIBLE, YOU KNOW, TERRIBLY, YOU KNOW, HIGH AMOUNT FOR THIS BRIDGE.

WE'RE PAYING THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT FOR THIS BRIDGE, AND THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR RAPIDS DESERVE IT. SO, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US GET THERE, ROB. ALL RIGHT. SO, WE CAN MOVE ON FROM ITEM NUMBER 5, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POE ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 6 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO

[6. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Lincolnway Village Intake Replacements project (estimated cost is $840,000) (Ben Worrell). CIP/DID #671-007-01]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. BEN WORRELL, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF 55 STORMWATER INTAKES THAT HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE. THIS IS OCCURRING, UH, IN THE LINCOLN WAY VILLAGE, EAST OF I-380, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30, AND WEST OF KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD. THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN 1955 AND 1961, AND, UH, THE CITY HAS RESPONDED TO SEVERAL REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT COLLAPSED STRUCTURES, BLOCKED INTAKES, UH, AND THOSE SORTS OF ISSUES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND SO, THIS PROJECT WILL REALLY HELP US BE PROACTIVE IN GETTING THOSE REPLACED.

UM, PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A LITTLE BIT OF STORM SEWER REPLACEMENT AS WELL IN THE AREAS OF THOSE INTAKES. THE PURPOSE IS REALLY TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE, UH, IMPROVE STORM SEWER MAINTENANCE ACCESSIBILITY. A LOT OF THESE OLDER, SMALLER STRUCTURES CAN'T FIT, UH, INSPECTION EQUIPMENT, UH, AND ALSO ULTIMATELY IMPROVE PAVEMENT LONGEVITY, UH, PROPERLY DRAINING ROADWAY.

ENGINEER'S OPINION OF PROBABLE COST IS 840,000.

BID LETTING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED, UH, FROM NOVEMBER TO JULY OF NEXT YEAR. THE CONTRACT WAS SET UP SO THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS ONLY GOING TO BE WORKING AT A FEW INTERSECTIONS AT A TIME, AND, UH, MAXIMUM DRIVEWAY CLOSURES FOR THE FEW DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE IMPACTED, UH, BE UP TO 7 DAYS.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.

THANKS, BEN. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, LET THE RECORD SHOW PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HOEGER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, WE HAVE 2 PUBLIC

[PUBLIC COMMENT ]

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE BY PHONE OR EMAIL AT THIS TIME AS A COUNCIL, THOUGH WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU. SO, REMEMBER THAT ALL THE MATTERS I ADDRESSED PRIOR TO, UH, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING APPLY TO ALL THESE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS, UH, FOLLOWING AS WELL. REMAIN AT THE LOCK- AT THE LECTERN.

DOCUMENTS, PLEASE GIVE TO THE OFFICER, HE'LL GET THEM TO US, AND COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES. AND A REMINDER THAT COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTERS YOU WISH TO ADDRESS, AND OBSCENE, IRRELEVANT COMMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED, AND WE ASK FOR NO PARTICIPATION OR DISRUPTION FROM THE AUDIENCE. SO, WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON TODAY, AND FOR THIS, UH, PORTION, WE HAVE 4 SPEAKERS.

I'LL JUST CALL IN THE ORDER THAT I HAVE THEM.

ANGELA BRECHT HERE TO SPEAK ON TNR, ITEM NUMBER 1.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN. UH, MY NAME IS ANGELA BRECHT. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF TNR EDUCATION FOR THE STRAGENCY, AND, UH, I LIVE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. I WANT TO SAY I AM FEELING LIKE I'M A LITTLE BIT LOST FOR WORDS. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS ADVOCATING FOR TNR.

SO, BRAVO, BRAVO FOR FINALLY, FINALLY LISTENING AND FINALLY, UH, ADOP- ADOPTING THAT. UM, WASN'T SURE IF THIS DAY WOULD EVER COME. I'M SO, SO GRATEFUL IT HAS, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PROGRESSIVE AND ADOPTING LOGICAL, EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY REGARDING COMMUNITY CATS. I'M HAPPY AND HOPEFUL AND A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL, BUT MAINLY HOPEFUL, AND HOPEFUL TO HAVE LANGUAGE THAT SUPPORTS TNR AND MAKING IT LEGAL AND NOT PUNITIVE, AND, UM, IN TURN SAVING LIVES, HELPING THE COMMUNITY, AND HELPING COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVERS. I'M HOPEFUL

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR, UH, UH, POSITIVE COMMENTS ON TNR, BUT STOPPING FEEDING WILL NOT MAKE CATS GO AWAY. IT ONLY MAKES THEM SICK AND MAKES THEM START RUMMAGING THROUGH PEOPLE'S TRASH, UM, AND BECOME MORE OF A NUISANCE, AND, UM, IT'S INHUMANE, AND IT'S NOT A BEST PRACTICE.

SO, I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE DOING, ADOPTING THE TNR TRAP NEUTER RETURN. IT WORKS. I'VE SEEN IT WORK OVER AND OVER AGAIN. UM, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, AND UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME ALL THESE YEARS. YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO STILL HEAR FROM ME ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING TNR LEGAL FINALLY.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, ANGELA. RACHEL SUTER HERE TO SPEAK. OH, I'M SORRY, NO, DANA CARR IS UP NEXT TO SPEAK ON TNR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE RACHEL AND THEN JORDAN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DANA CARR. I'M THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE STRAY AGENCY, A LOCAL NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO TRAP, NEUTER, RETURN, OR TNR, AND COMMUNITY CAT CARE AND RESCUE.

UH, FIRST I WANTED TO THANK CITY STAFF AND ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL FOR LISTENING TO THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO'VE BEEN DOING TNR FOR YEARS AND INCORPORATING THEIR FEEDBACK INTO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO HUMANELY MANAGE OUR COMMUNITY CAT POPULATION. TNR WORKS BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS REPRODUCTION. UH, CATS ARE HUMANELY TRAPPED, STERILIZED, VACCINATED, EAR TIPPED, AND RETURNED TO THEIR FAM- FAMILIAR TERRITORY.

THERE'S NO LONGER REPRODUCTION.

UH, AND WITH CONSISTENT MONITORING, UM, AND, AND EFFORTS BY, UH, COMMUNITY CAT CARETAKERS, COLONIES CAN STABILIZE AND GRADUALLY DECLINE. CEDAR RAPIDS NEEDS THIS VERY BADLY.

THIS YEAR ALONE, THE STRAY GENESEE STERILIZED, VACCINATED, EAR TIPPED, AND MICROCHIPPED 165 COMMUNITY CATS BEFORE RETURNING THEM TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY LIVE AND ARE CARED FOR. WE'VE ALSO REMOVED 83 KITTENS FROM COLONIES, PROVIDED VETERINARY CARE, AND WORKED WITH FELLOW RESCUES AND ADOPTION PARTNERS TO FIND THEM INDOOR HOMES.

THAT'S 248 CATS DIRECTLY IM- IMPACTED SO FAR THIS YEAR. IF HALF OF THOSE 248 CATS WERE FEMALES AND EACH PRODUCED 3 LITTERS OF 5 KITTENS, THAT'S OVER 1800 POTENTIAL KITTEN BIRTHS PREVENTED IN A SINGLE YEAR. AND THAT'S THE REASON STERILIZATION IS SO IMPORTANT. I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT TNR WILL, HOW THE TNR ORDINANCE WILL WORK ONCE IT TAKES EFFECT, BECAUSE LEGALIZING TNR DOES NOT MEAN THE CITY IS ESTABLISHING A FUNDED TNR PROGRAM. CEDAR RAPIDS ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL WILL NOT BE RECEIVING CATS FOR TNR SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES.

THE CITY IS NOT PROVIDING ANY FUNDING FOR THESE SERVICES.

INSTEAD, RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT BEGIN TAKING COMMUNITY CATS TO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, EXPECTING THEM TO BE STERILIZED AND RETURNED.

INSTEAD, RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN TNR WILL NEED TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS WITH IOWA HUMANE ALLIANCE OR THEIR PREFERRED VETERINARY- VETERINARIAN FOR STERILIZATION AND VACCINATIONS. RESIDENTS WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING THE ASSOCIATED COST OF VETERINARY EXPENSES UNLESS THEY SECURE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM A RESCUE ORGANIZATION OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCE. I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO VISIT IOWA HUMANE ALLIANCE WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT TRAPPING, LOW-COST SPAY-NEUTER SERVICES, AND ALLEY CAT ALLIES FOR OTHER VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT TNR AND COMMUNITY CAT BEHAVIOR. THIS ORDINANCE WILL APPROVE THE, WILL REMOVE THE BARRIER, THE LEGAL BARRIER, BUT IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CREATE FUNDING, VETERINARY CAPACITY, OR VOLUNTEER RESOURCES

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RACHEL SUTER HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 4. DID? OKAY.

UH, MOVING ON, JORDAN. JORDAN WHEELER HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.

HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JORDAN. SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. I'M NOT VERY A PUBLIC SPEAKER. UM, I LIVE AT THE FIVE SEASONS TRAILER PARK IN CEDAR RAPIDS. UM, WE DO HAVE QUITE THE OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM. UM, I'M TRYING TO DO MY BEST AS WELL AS A FEW OF MY NEIGHBORS, UM, BUT I THINK I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF COME HERE AND JUST KIND OF MAYBE OPEN YOUR GUYS' EYES TO JUST LIKE THE PROBLEMS OF MY COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE OUR TRAILER PARK. UM, CURRENTLY OUR TRAILER PARK DOESN'T ALLOW US TO FEED THE CATS. WE DO GET A FINE IF WE'RE CAUGHT FEEDING THE CATS, UM, AND WE STILL HAVE NUMEROUS AND NUMEROUS CATS JUST EVERYWHERE. UM, THIS IS MY SECOND KITTEN SEASON LIVING IN THE TRAILER PARK. LAST YEAR, UM, WE HAD 4 KITTENS. THIS YEAR IT GREW TO 15, 13 TO 15 KITTENS. SO I HAVE BROUGHT IN, BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, 6 OF THEM, FOUND THEM HOMES OUTSIDE, BUT I WAS JUST KIND OF COMING UP HERE TO TALK AND SEE MAYBE ABOUT, UM, DEEPER ABOUT THE FUNDING, MAYBE ONCE, UH, WE LIKE FIGURE IT ALL OUT, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS KIND OF OPENED MY EYES THIS KITTEN SEASON AND JUST THE INCREASE OF HOW MANY MORE KITTENS I HAVE OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE AND ON OUR STREET, AND THAT'S JUST ONE STREET OF THE TRAILER PARK, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE CATS ARE ALL THROUGHOUT THE TRAILER PARK, AND, UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE FOR ME, AN ANIMAL LOVER AND A FUR MAMA MYSELF. IT'S, UH, IT'S HARD TO, YOU KNOW, SEE THEM OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER, OR IT'S BEEN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN, AND I DO HAVE SOME PRETTY YOUNG KITTENS, SO IT'S JUST KIND OF WORRISOME, UM, TO NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING SURROUNDING THAT. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THIS BILL LEGALIZING TNR, UM, BUT HOW WOULD THAT WORK IF, LET'S SAY, LIKE, MY TRAILER PARK COMMUNITY WOULDN'T ALLOW IT? IS THAT KIND OF LIKE...

YEAH, SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON, SO.

I THINK WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE IN THE GALLERY WHO COULD MAYBE HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT TOO.

YEAH, OF COURSE. YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, UH, THAT IS GOING TO CLOSE OUT OUR FIRST...

SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AS WELL.

UH, I, I DON'T HAVE YOU ON THIS ONE. I HAVE...

NATE DOLAN SIGNED UP OUT THERE.

I GOT THE LITTLE CONFIRMATION THAT I WAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

OKAY, I THINK, I THINK I HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

OH, IS THERE ANOTHER ONE AFTER THIS? YES.

I'M SORRY.

YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S GOING TO CLOSE OUT OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. UM, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CHARIPAR, ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? YES, YOUR HONOR.

FOR ITEM NUMBER 11, THE ADDRESS SHOULD BE AUBURN DRIVE SOUTHWEST INSTEAD OF SOUTH AUBURN DRIVE SOUTHWEST.

OKAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED

[MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON ITEM, UM, ON ITEM NUMBER 17C, LINE ITEMS 28 AND 50.

OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER HOEGER.

I'D LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FOR 16M, PLEASE.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, UH, THAT'LL BRING US FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. THE APPROVE THE AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HOEGER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT. THE APPROVAL OF

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 23, OR RATHER

[24. Report on bids for the Edgewood Road NE Trail Phase 3 project (estimated cost is $3,300,000) (Erik Turnquist). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #325073-02 ]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU,

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PARDON ME, A LITTLE BIT OF COLD. EDGEWOOD, UH, ROAD.

UH, THIS IS FILLING GAPS ALONG THIS, UM, CORRIDOR, UM, FOR THAT TRAIL. THIS IS FEDERALLY FUNDED WITH GRANTS.

UM, THIS WAS BID THROUGH THE IOWA DOT ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.

UH, TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED, UH, PEARSON CONTRACTING INC. AND BOOMERANG CO-OP. UH, THE BIDS RANGED FROM, UH, $3,749,533 AND, UH, $3,873,248, UM, WITH THE PARENT LOW BID BEING PEARSON, UM, CONTRACTOR INC.

UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS NOT REQUIRING ANY ACTION BY THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, UM, WITH THIS BEING A DOT PROJECT, WE'RE WAITING ON CONCURRENCE FROM THE DOT TO AWARD. I'LL TURN BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT, ERIC, THANKS.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 25. THIS IS A

[25. Report on bids for the Cherokee Trail Phase III project (estimated cost is $1,800,000) (Erik Turnquist). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #325069-10 ]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, ERIC TURNQUEST WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, CHEROKEE TRAIL PHASE 3.

UH, THIS IS FROM WESTWOOD DRIVE NORTHWEST ALONG F. AVE TO 13TH STREET NORTHWEST, UM, INSTALLING A 10-FOOT-WIDE SHARED PATH TRAIL. UM, THIS PROJECT IS ALSO FEDERALLY FUNDED, UM, WITH THIS BEING ALSO BID THROUGH THE DOT, 7 BIDS RECEIVED. UM, THESE BIDS RANGE FROM, UM, 1,466,625 TO 01,741,743 DOLLARS, UH, WITH MIDWEST CONTRACTING, UH, CONCRETE INC. BEING THE PARENT LOW BID. UM, AS NOTED ON THE PREVIOUS PROJECT, UH, THIS IS BEING LET THROUGH THE DOT, SO NO ACTIONS REQUIRED THIS TIME UNTIL WE HAVE CONCURRENCE FROM THE DOT TO AWARD. I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.

THANKS, ERIC. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 26. THIS IS A

[26. Report on bids for the Cedar Valley Nature Trail Erosion Repairs project (estimated cost is $215,000) (Steve Krug). CIP/DID #PUR0826-041]

STEVE, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UM, AS STATED, HERE TO REPORT ON FOR THE CEDAR VALLEY NATURE TRAIL EROSION REPAIR, REPORT ON BIDS AND POSSIBLE AWARD. UH, THE PROJECT IS AN EROSION REPAIR, UH, ALONG THE CEDAR RIVER NORTH OF MOUNT TRASHMORE AND EAST OF THE ALLIANT ENERGY LIGHT LINE BRIDGE. UH, INCLUDES REMOVING THE EXISTING TRAIL AND FENCING, REPAIRING THE EROSION ALONG THE BANK OF THE CEDAR RIVER, AND THEN REPLACING THE ASPHALT TRAIL AND FENCING.

UM, 4 BIDS WERE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 20- SEPTEMBER 9TH, UH, WITH A LOW BID OF BEING 198, 198,900 AND THE HIGH BID BEING 273,603. THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO THE LOW BIDDER, JONES CONTRACTORS AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, STEVE COUNCIL? STEVE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT IT'S GOTTEN, UM, STORMWATER FROM TRASHMORE HAS COME DOWN AND IT CROSSES THE TRAIL OR EVEN GOES UNDER IT IN SOME PLACES. ARE YOU GOING TO ADD ANY PIPING OR ANYTHING TO, TO, TO HELP WITH THAT WATER FLOW SO IT DOESN'T, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT BACK DOING THIS AGAIN? UH, THIS PROBLEM WASN'T, DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WATER COMING FROM MOUNT TRASHMORE. IT WAS EROSION FROM THE RIVER.

FROM THE RIVER ITSELF EATING AWAY THE BANK.

GOTCHA.

ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO. AND THIS MOTION CARRIES. 27 IS A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE CITY SERVICES

[27. Report on bids for the City Services Center Remodel FF&E project (estimated cost is $285,000) (Jason Stancliffe). CIP/DID #PUR0826-049 ]

THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF 285,000 DOLLARS. JASON STANCLIFFE, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JASON STANK WITH FACILITIES HERE TO REPORT ON CITY SERVICE CENTER REMODEL FF&E PROJECT. PARDON ME. UH, BIDS WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 26TH. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. THE BIDS WERE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.

ESTIMATED COST WAS 285,000.

PROJECT COMPLETION IS SET FOR, UH, DECEMBER 31ST THIS YEAR.

THERE WERE TWO BIDS RECEIVED.

PARAGON INTERIORS PACKAGE FOR CHAIRS, UM, AND UM, AND FURNITURE PACKAGE WITH A TOTAL OF, UH, $211,946.03. MIDWEST STORAGE SOLUTIONS FOR A TOTAL OF $150,059.61, UH, CENTS. THE BIDS FOR MIDWEST STORAGE SOLUTIONS DID NOT MEET THE DESIGN INTENT, UH, ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

UM, SOME OF THE CHAIR SIZING AND DESIGN WAS WRONG. UH, THEY

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THANKS, JASON. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO FOR NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY POE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES. 28 IS A PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION

[28. Presentation and resolution authorizing financial incentives under the City’s New Single Family Home Subdivision Economic Development Program for the construction of public infrastructure along Stoney Point Road SW as requested by Forge Inc., an entity of Bryce Ricklefs (Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #TIF-0026-2026]

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL.

SCOTT MATHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO, WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM FORGE INCORPORATED, ENTITY OF BRYCE RICKLIFFS, FOR STANDARD FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME SUBDIVISION ALONG STONY POINT ROAD. UH, IT DOES QUALIFY UNDER THE CITY'S NEW SINGLE-FAMILY HOME SUBDIVISION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. UH, JUST A REMINDER, UM, OUR ANNUAL MAXFIELD HOUSING STUDY CONTINUES TO SHOW A NEED FOR SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOME CONSTRUCTION OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. UH, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENT UP TO 50% OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT, WITH THE INTENT TO STIMULATE, UH, AN INCREASE IN NEW SINGLE-FAMILY HOME CONSTRUCTION. THE PROJECT HERE, IT'S A 1-MILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION SUPPORTING THIS SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING GRADING, UH, PUBLIC UTILITIES, PUBLIC ROAD. UM, AGAIN, CITY ENGINEER REVIEWED AND APPROVED THIS COST LIST.

UH, THIS, UH, SUBDIVISION IS A TOTAL OF 32 LOTS FOR, UH, HOMES IN THE 300-TO-350-THOUSAND-DOLLAR RANGE, WHICH INCLUDES THE LOT PRICE.

UH, THESE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD START IN THE SPRING OF 27 AND COMPLETE BY FALL OF 27. UH, WITH THE INCENTIVE PROVIDING 50% OF THE REBATES, UH, WE ARE ESTIMATING AROUND 500,000 THEN WOULD BE REBATED TO THE DEVELOPER THROUGH THE GENERATION OF NEW TAX INCREMENT FROM THE NEW HOMES CONSTRUCTED.

UH, THESE INCENTIVES ARE NECESSARY TO OFFSET THE COST OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE PASSED ON TO THE HOME BUYER. AND JUST IN ADDITION, JUST COMBINATION OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS, MATERIALS, LABOR, LENDING RATES ALL LEAD TO AN INCREASE OF COST IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. SO, HERE'S THE SHADED AREA INDICATING, UM, UNDERNEATH THAT WHITE AREA IS JUST, IT'S JUST BARE LAND. IT'S BEEN USED FOR FARMING, FOR HAY.

UM, IT'S RIGHT ALONG STONY POINT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 30. AND THIS IS WHAT THE SUBDIVISION WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH FROM HIGHWAY 30. AND THEN I HAVE A FEW RENDERINGS OF THE TYPES OF HOMES THAT COULD BE BUILT IN THE SUBDIVISION. SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. IF APPROVED, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO CREATE AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND TIF ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS I WOULD BRING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BACK FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. WITH THAT, I'LL...

THANK YOU, SCOTT. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILOR OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR TYLER OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. 29 IS A PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

[29. Presentation and resolution authorizing financial incentives under the City’s Above Standard Economic Development Program for housing redevelopment at 1756 Mallory Street SW as requested by OFB LLC, an entity of Tyler Oswood (Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #TIF-0024-2026 ]

THIS IS AT 1756 MALLORY STREET SOUTHWEST, UM, AS REQUESTED BY OFB LLC, WHICH IS AN ENTITY OF TYLER OSWOOD. SCOTT, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES, AS STATED, WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM OFB LLC, ENTITY OF TYLER OSWOOD, UH, JOSH BASS, FOR ABOVE STANDARD INCENTIVES FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECT AT 1756 MALLORY STREET. UH, SEPTEMBER 8TH, COUNCIL APPROVED A REZONING, UM, FOR THIS PROPERTY TO URBAN VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, OR UVR. THE EXISTING, UM, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES WILL NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED, UH, WHICH OBVIOUSLY INCREASES THE COST OF THE PROJECT. UH, PROJECT QUALIFIES UNDER THE CITY'S TARGETED DISTRICT REINVESTMENT PROGRAM. THIS IS A $969,000 PROJECT, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 4-UNIT TOWNHOME, OF WHICH THEY ARE 3-BEDROOM, 2 AND A HALF BATH. THEY WILL EACH HAVE A DETACHED 1 STALL GARAGE.

RENT RATES ARE BELOW 80% AMI.

CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN IN SPRING OF 27 AND COMPLETE BY SPRING, SPRING OF 2028.

UH, THIS WOULD BE A 15-YEAR 100% REBATE. WE EXPECT 210,000 IN TOTAL TAXES OVER 15 YEARS, OF WHICH 160,000 WOULD BE REBATED BACK TO THE DEVELOPER. AND THE

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I KNOW THESE WERE SHOWN AT THE REZONING, BUT JUST A REMINDER OF, OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR... THIS WOULD BE FACING THE STREET, AND THIS WOULD BE A SIDE VIEW.

SO TODAY, AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, IF APPROVED, UH, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO CREATE AN URBAN URBAN RENEWAL AREA TIF ORDINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THAT PROPERTY.

THANK YOU, SCOTT. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT.

UH, THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER ON THIS. THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOEGER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT NOW BRINGS US TO ORDINANCES.

[30. Ordinance granting a change of zone for property at 1756 Mallory Street SW from T-R1, Traditional Residential Single Unit District, to U-VR, Urban Village Residential District, as requested by OFB, LLC. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-000277-2026 ]

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

COUNCILMEMBER 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 COUNCILMEMBER POE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THAT'S GOING TO CLOSE OUT OUR FORMAL BUSINESS TODAY AND BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD.

[PUBLIC INPUT ]

HELLO, MY NAME IS ANGIE WEILAND. I LIVE HERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS, AND, UM, I AM ORGANIZING FOR, UH, CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT EMPHASIZES, UM, PRIORITIZING PEOPLE AND PLANET OVER PROFITS. AND THIS IS A MOVEMENT OF GRASSROOTS PEOPLE WHO, UM, ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING WITH THE DATA CENTER MONSTROSITY OUT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN THAT, UM, WE FEEL IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR WATER, UM, AND THE POLLUTION, UM, WE ARE, WE RECENTLY, JUST THIS WEEK, HAD A REPORT ABOUT THE GARBAGE GOING INTO OUR LANDFILL THAT WAS, IS NOT APPROVED TO BE IN THERE, AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY HAS THE RIGHT APPROACH WITH A MORATORIUM UNTIL WE CAN FIND OUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT I THINK THE CITY HAS BYPASSED AND NOT PUT IN PLACE, UM, SUCH AS, UH, THE WATER STUDIES THAT THESE TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES SHOULD BE FUNDING, AND WE SHOULD BE DEMANDING THAT THEY DO. I'M ASKING THE, UM, CITY TO RECONSIDER, UM, I THINK THE RECENT, UM, REPORTS ABOUT THEM DRILLING WELLS THIS SUMMER, AND WE DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PROPER, UM...

UH... WELL, IT'S THE PERMITTING PROCESS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RULES YET SET IN PLACE FOR THEM. SO, I MAY BE INCORRECT IN SOME OF THE, UH, THINGS I'M SAYING, BUT I DO REALIZE THAT, UH, THIS ALL GOES SO FAST, AND THE PUBLIC IS NOW BECOMING AWARE AND ARE SEEING WITH THEIR OWN EYES, UM, THE IMPACTS TO TRAFFIC, THE PAVE PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT SO THOUSANDS

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MISS WEILAND, THAT'S YOUR TIME.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RACHEL SUTER, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

I'VE SAT IN SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS NOW, AND I'VE WATCHED AS RESIDENTS KEEP ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT US FROM MASS SURVEILLANCE, FROM MASSIVE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE DESTROYING HABITATS AND THAT ARE BEING USED FOR AI THAT IS A VERY REAL THREAT TO HUMANITY, AND FROM AIR POLLUTING GAS POWER PLANTS. THEN I SEE YOU HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING TO UNVEIL A NEW SECURITY BODY SCANNER PAID WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS TO PROTECT YOURSELVES, TO MAKE YOU FEEL SAFE, BUT YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO US WHEN WE TRY, UM, WHEN WE ASK YOU TO DO WHAT MAKES US FEEL SAFE.

CEDAR RAPIDS HAS ALREADY SURVIVED THREE MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS WITHIN THE LAST 18 YEARS, AND INSTEAD OF ASKING WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT NATURAL DISASTERS, THE MAYOR SITS UP THERE AND SHRUGS AND SAYS IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, AND PEOPLE, PETS, AND WILDLIFE WILL DIE BECAUSE... BECAUSE OF IT.

IF YOU REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION TO STOP IT, THAT BLOOD WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS. WE'RE DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS FOR ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY APPROVING THE VERY THINGS THAT ARE KILLING THEM. SO, I ASK ALL OF YOU TO DO WHAT DUBUQUE DID AND GIVE US A HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. FIND A WAY TO SHUT DOWN THE CURRENT PROJECTS AND REFUSE TO APPROVE ANY MORE REQUESTS THAT THEY ASK OF THE CITY TO CONTINUE THEIR PROJECTS.

MIKE SADLER. YOU'RE UP.

GOOD EVENING. I AM MIKE SADLER.

I LIVE IN RURAL CENTERPOINT, BUT I AM THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE PLUMBERS AND PIPE FITTERS, LOCAL 125, ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY BUILDING TRADES.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, AND STAFF. I HAVE A PICTURE THAT HANGS IN MY OFFICE, AND I LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY. DON'T FEAR CRITICISM. THE GALLERIES ARE FULL OF CRITICS. THEY PLAY NO BALL, THEY FIGHT NO MU- FIGHTS, THEY MAKE NO MISTAKES BECAUSE THEY ATTEMPT NOTHING. DOWN IN THE ARENA ARE THE DOERS.

THEY MAKE MISTAKES BECAUSE THEY ATTEMPT MANY THINGS. CHANGE IS HARD TO DEAL WITH, AND PEOPLE OFTEN NOT- OFTEN DO NOT LIKE WHEN THE WORLD CHANGES AROUND THEM.

FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, NOT KNOWING THE DETAILS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE OFFICIAL DAILY BUSINESS THAT A CITY, CITY GOES THROUGH AND THE WAY IT OPERATES AND FUNCTIONS.

THIS NOT KNOWING MAKES IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO CRITICIZE WHY YOU'RE DOING, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHY YOU'RE DOING IT. YOU'RE IN THE ARENA, YOU'RE THE DOERS, RIGHT? PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU TODAY FOR YOUR FORWARD THINKING AND INSIGHT IN THE GROWTH OF THIS CITY. BUILDING THE TAX BASE IS OF A CITY WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE. THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS, EITHER A CITY CONTINUES TO EXPAND, GROW, AND FLOURISH, OR A CITY DIES. STAY THE COURSE, CONTINUE THE GROWTH, FOLLOW THE PLAN, PUSH FORWARD. YOU ARE THE DOERS; THIS IS YOUR ARENA.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, MIKE. VALERIE PARK HERE TO SPEAK ON THE POWER PLANT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS VALERIE PARK. I LIVE IN THE STONY POINT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MY HUSBAND AND OUR 4-YEAR-OLD SON.

UM, I HAVE SPOKEN IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL BEFORE, LAST MONTH, REGARDING THE GAS POWER PLANT THAT ALLIANT IS PLANNING TO PUT IN AT HIGHWAY 30 AND LYNN BENTON ROAD. HOWEVER, ONE WEEK AGO, THE EPA HAS ROLLED BACK, UH, REGULATIONS REGARDING GAS AND NAT- UH, COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS, AND THEREFORE IT FALLS TO US AT THE LOCAL AND THE STATE LEVEL TO PREVENT MORE POLLUTION THAN, UH, WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN REGULATED BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, THESE REGULATIONS THAT WERE ROLLED BACK WERE OSTENSIBLY, UM, TO SAVE CUSTOMERS, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS, UH, CUSTOMERS

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THEY WILL KEEP THEM FOR THEMSELVES. NOW, WE ARE VERY LUCKY. WE ARE IN STONY POINT NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ALLIANT ENERGY ANYMORE. WE USED TO. WE USED TO LIVE JUST A MILE TO THE EAST. UM, SO NOW WE HAVE THE CORRIDOR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE. OUR BILL IN AUGUST THIS YEAR WAS 122 DOLLARS. I KNOW, RIGHT? AND I INVITE OTHER CEDAR RAPIDSIANS WHO DO PAY ALLIANT A CONSIDERABLE LARGER BILL EVERY MONTH FOR THEIR UTILITIES TO WONDER IF, IF WE COULD ALL ROLL THIS INTO ONE CITY RUN, UH, UTILITY AS A PO- JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OUR WATER AND TRASH, INSTEAD OF PAYING A PRIVATE CORPORATION TO BILL US 2 OR 3 TIMES HIGHER, UM, THAN IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND POLLUTE OUR AIR AND WATER IN AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. CHERYL SCALA, HERE TO SPEAK ON COUNCIL ACTIONS.

YES, I'M HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE CITIZENS HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT ADDRESSING COUNCIL MEMBERS. WHEN YOU SIGNED THE NDA WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, DAVID DOSTAL, YOU BETRAYED ANY CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAD IN YOU OF TRANSPARENCY. WE CANNOT TRUST ANY OF YOU ANYMORE. I'M SURE THERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE COVERED UP BY SIGNING THAT NDA THAT THE PUBLIC HAD EVERY RIGHT TO KNOW. I'M NOT GONNA NAME NAMES BECAUSE THAT MAY GET ME KICKED OUT, BUT I, UM, I THINK YOU ALL NEED TO BE REMINDED OF THE CONSTITUTION AND WHAT OUR RIGHTS ARE IN ADDRESSING YOUR FAULTS.

WE'RE GONNA START HAVING AN ATTORNEY TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS, IF NECESSARY. UH, I WAS SHOCKED AND APPALLED BY A SPEECH I HEARD ON AUGUST 25TH FROM THIS COUNCIL. I WON'T NAME THE PERSON THAT SAID IT.

BUT IT WAS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF GASLIGHTING AND BULLYING THE REMAINING HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED FLOOD WALL. IT WAS TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL AND DID NOTHING TO BRING A POSITIVE OR CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM. YOU TRIED TO MAKE THEM FEEL GUILTY FOR STAYING IN THEIR HOMES AND ALSO FOR THE DECISIONS PREVIOUS HOMEOWNERS MADE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU, ASHLEY? BECAUSE THIS WAS YOUR SPEECH. AJ DITTMAR HAS BROUGHT FORWARD FACTS AND DATA OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S HISTORY CONCERNING THIS WHOLE SITUATION, A FACT THAT I WOULD ASSUME SURPRISED YOU ALL THAT SHE HAD SUCH RECORDS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE FLOOD OF 2008.

BECAUSE NONE OF YOU HAVE RESPONDED WITH ANYTHING OF FACTS AND DATA, OKAY? EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ASKED, NO FACTS AND DATA. YOU JUST KEEP SAYING, OH YEAH, WE TALKED TO THEM. SHE HAS FACTS AND DATA THAT SAYS YOU HAVEN'T. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DO SOME SERIOUS RESEARCH IF YOU EVER WANT TO BE CREDIBLE, ASHLEY. I ALSO THINK YOU NEED TO BE REMINDED OF YOUR OATH OF OFFICE AND JUST WHO YOU WORK FOR. MAYBE LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE.

YOU'RE OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS.

MISS GALLA, THAT'S YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID, AND IT'S INTERESTING. I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT YOU, BUT YOU CUT US OFF... OTHER PEOPLE'S... AT 3 MINUTES. TIME.

BUT YOU GUYS... JASON.

ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND TAKE THIS...

MISS SCALA, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU... 3 HOURS.

TO LEAVE THE MICROPHONE.

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UNTIL I HAVE SAID EVERYTHING...

JASON.

I WANT TO SAY.

JASON'S UP NEXT. THANK YOU, JASON. YES. MISS SCALA, YOU'RE TAKING OTHER PEOPLE'S TIME.

(INAUDIBLE) I'M GONNA ASK YOU POLITELY ONE MORE TIME, AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE THE OFFICER REMOVE YOU, MISS SCALA. I'M SORRY. (INAUDIBLE) AND SHE...

CAN I HAVE YOU PLEASE ASK MISS SCALA PERSONALLY, ESCORT HER TO LEAVE? YES, SHE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. THANK YOU.

UH, NO, I DO NOT WANT TO RECESS. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG MEETING. WE HAVE PEOPLE LINED UP TO SPEAK. MISS SCALA. THANK YOU. I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SPEAK. IT'S NOT YOUR RIGHT TO LIMIT MY VOICE.

YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WHO ARE STILL WAITING TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, MISS SCALA. YOU HAVE TO LEAVE. AM I UNDER ARREST? YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO LEAVE CITY HALL BASED ON YOUR ACTIONS.

MY ACTIONS? YES, OR LACK OF. (INAUDIBLE) JASON.

READ THE CONSTITUTION.

YOU NEED TO.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

I DO NEED TO GET SOME OF MY PERSONAL STUFF.

WHAT DO I DO HERE? I JUST TALK.

THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN TO ONE OF THESE THINGS, SO I APOLOGIZE. YOU GUYS, UH, YOU GUYS LOOK KIND OF TIRED.

UM, SO WE ARE NOT TIRED.

NO.

NOPE. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED, JASON. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

I- I'M GONNA TRY. LET'S GIVE JASON 3 MINUTES BACK, OKAY? I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GONNA TRY TO GET IT DONE IN 3 MINUTES, GUYS. UM, I WROTE A SPEECH ABOUT SOMETHING. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, CURRENT SITUATION. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE, THE PROBLEM THAT I BELIEVE WE'RE HAVING WITH, UH, MINORS AND ALCOHOL, UH, BEING DOWNTOWN, UH, BOTH AT THE BAR SCENE AND ON, UH, THE WHAT THEY CALL THE FIRST AVENUE CRUISE ON, UH, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS WHERE THESE KIDS GO OUT AND HANG OUT AND DRIVE THEIR CARS AROUND. UH, I WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN A SITUATION, UH, THAT ESCALATED PRETTY QUICKLY.

MY 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS ALLOWED INTO HAZARD COUNTY, UH, THE DOWNTOWN BAR, UM, ON, I THINK IT WAS THE 5TH OF, UH, THIS LAST MONTH. UM, SHE WAS ACTUALLY ESCORTED IN BY A SECURITY GUARD THAT WORKED THERE, KNOWING THAT SHE WAS 16 YEARS OLD. UM, THIS BECAME A, A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH HAZARD COUNTY IN THE PAST, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M A BARTENDER. I'VE BEEN A BARTENDER IN THIS TOWN FOR 20 YEARS. IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A FAKE ID AT 18 AND GET LET INTO A BAR. IT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER THING WHEN A BAR OR AN ESTABLISHMENT IS KNOWINGLY ALLOWING 16-YEAR-OLDS IN WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE A FAKE ID.

UM, I KNOW THIS BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER ASKED ME TO HELP HER GET ONE, AND I REFUSED TO DO IT. SO, THE POLICE WERE CALLED, THE REPORT WAS MADE, UH, IT WAS, UM, VERIFIED THAT THIS BAR- THAT THIS SECURITY GUARD, UH, ALLOWED THEM IN KNOWING HER AGE, AND HE WAS SUBSEQUENT- SUBSEQUENTLY FIRED FOR DOING SO. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS NOT BANNED FROM THIS ESTABLISHMENT. HE IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO GO IN THERE WITH THE GIRLFRIEND WHO ALLOWED THEM TO DRINK, GO IN THERE AND DRINK. UM, I, HOWEVER, WAS GIVEN A PERMANENT LIFETIME BAN FROM THIS ESTABLISHMENT. NOT A BIG DEAL. DON'T WANT TO GO HANG OUT WITH A BUNCH OF KIDS ANYWAY, BUT, UM, I JUST DID NOT THINK IT WAS FAIR. SO KCRG IS ACTUALLY RUNNING A STORY THAT I'LL BE A PART OF LATER THIS WEEK. UH, MY ISSUE IS, IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAZARD COUNTY AND A LOT OF THE BARS DOWNTOWN ARE HAVING, UH, LIKE SPECIALS LIKE $2 WELLS, $2 LIQUORS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT PROMOTE UNDERAGE DRINKING.

LET'S BE REAL. AN ADULT CAN GO INTO A BAR AND SPEND $5 A BEER.

A KID CANNOT. SO, SPECIALS LIKE THESE ARE PROMOTING OVER CONSUMPTION, THINGS LIKE THAT. PEOPLE ARE GETTING IN CAR ACCIDENTS, OWIS, ALL KINDS OF STUFF. SAME THING WITH FIRST AVENUE. ALL THESE KIDS HAVE TO DO IS GO CRUISE THE AVE AND HANG OUT, AND ALL IT'S DOING IS BRINGING DRINKING AND DRUGS AND ALL THESE GAS STATION PROBLEMS. MAYBE WE CAN FIND A RESOURCE OFFICER WHO, INSTEAD OF HER KICKING THEM OUT OF THE GAS STATIONS, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TELL THEM TO GET OFF THE PUMPS OR PICK UP THEIR TRASH. I DO IT EVERY WEEKEND WHEN I GO HANG OUT WITH, UH, MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS, AND THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE THE GAS STATIONS HAVE THAT ARE CALLING THESE, YOU KNOW, THE COPS AND HAVING THEM KICKED OUT OR TRESPASSED OR ARRESTED.

LIKE, THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS WE COULD DO TO STOP ALL THESE PROBLEMS, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO BRING LIGHT TO DOWNTOWN.

HAZARDS GOT A HUGE PROBLEM WITH FIGHTS. THEY DON'T KICK PEOPLE OUT UNTIL THEY START FIGHTING.

UM, THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE DRUG BAGS THAT PEOPLE ARE BRINGING IN. I PERSONALLY WORK DOWNTOWN.

I WAS TOLD WHEN I WAS DOWN THERE, UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE 18 OR NOT, LET THEM IN THE BAR. I GUESS THAT'S IT.

SO I APOLOGIZE. UH, NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EMAILS TOO.

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I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS YOU OR LIKE A SECRETARY.

IT'S ALL GOOD. NO, IT WAS ACTUALLY ME. THANK YOU. KEEP THEM COMING. UH, NEXT UP, NATE DOLAN, HERE TO SPEAK ON ALPR AND COUNCIL MEETING TIMES.

GOOD, UH, EVENING NOW, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT TWO RELATED ISSUES, THE ALPR SURVEILLANCE AND WHETHER WORKING RESIDENTS HAVE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO THIS COUNCIL. FIRST BLOCK, MY POSITION HAS BEEN CLEAR.

Y'ALL HAVE MY EMAILS. I WANT THE CAMERAS REMOVED, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING EVEN EQUALLY CLEAR TODAY. MY OBJECTION ISN'T SIMPLY TO A COMPANY CALLED FLOCK. MY OBJECTION IS TO THE SURVEILLANCE ARCHITECTURE ITSELF. CEDAR RAPIDS HAS ALREADY APPROVED A 10-YEAR, ROUGHLY 14.6 MILLION DOLLAR WITH AXON. THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CONTRACT MATERIALS INCLUDE 20 AXON OUTPOST FIXED PLATE READERS AND 20 VEHICLE INTELLIGENCE ALPR LICENSES.

THAT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION.

AND AXON'S OWN WEBSITE DESCRIBES OUTPOST AS AN ALPR SYSTEM THAT ADVERTISES THE ABILITY TO GRANT PARTNER AGENCIES SEARCH ACCESS THROUGH WHAT AXON CALLS ALPR SHARING. SO, IF CEDAR RAPIDS DECIDES TO MOVE AWAY FROM FLOCK, I DON'T WANT TO SEE FLOCK CAMERAS SIMPLY REPLACED BY AXON CAMERAS AND HAVE THAT PRESENTED AS THOUGH THE UNDERLYING PRIVACY ISSUE HAS DISAPPEARED. BEFORE CEDAR RAPIDS EXPANDS, REPLACES, OR TRANSITIONS ITS LICENSE PLATE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, THE PUBLIC DESERVES A WHOLE BUNCH OF ANSWERS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND READ ALL THE QUESTIONS OFF TODAY.

BUT MY BIGGEST ONE WOULD BE, WILL FACIAL RECOGNITION OR OTHER IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY BE CONTRACTUALLY PROHIBITED? THOSE ANSWERS SHOULD BECOME, THOSE ANSWERS SHOULD COME BEFORE ANY ALPR PROPOSAL IS APPROVED, NOT AFTERWARDS. I BELIEVE CREATING SEARCHABLE DATABASES OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS RAISES PROFOUND FOURTH AMENDMENT CONCERNS. CHANGING THE COMPANY'S NAME ON THE CAMERA DOES NOT RESOLVE THOSE CONCERNS. MY POSITION IS SIMPLE. TAKE DOWN FLOCK AND DO NOT SIMPLY REPLACE FLOCK WITH AXON. MY SECOND ISSUE IS PUBLIC ACCESS TO THIS COUNCIL. TWO WEEKS AGO, THIS MEETING MET ON A NOON, MET AT NOON ON A TUESDAY. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO PARTICIPATE, BUT I WAS WORKING, SO SOMEONE ELSE STOOD UP HERE AND READ MY WORDS FOR ME. TODAY'S MEETING WAS AT 4, ALTHOUGH WE ARE WELL INTO 6 O'CLOCK NOW. THOSE HOURS, MOST PEOPLE IN CEDAR RAPIDS ARE WORKING. THEY DO NOT HAVE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO THIS COUNCIL. PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE VACATION TIME, LOSE WAGES, REARRANGE CHILDCARE, OR FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO SPEAK FOR THEM JUST TO PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER EVENING MEETINGS, ROTATING MEETING TIMES, 12 AND 4 DOESN'T REALLY CUT IT FOR MOST PEOPLE THAT WORK, OR ANOTHER STRUCTURE THAT GIVES WORKING RESIDENTS A REALISTIC OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

AND THESE TWO ISSUES BELONG TOGETHER BECAUSE IF CEDAR RAPIDS IS GOING TO MAKE CONSEQUENTIAL DECISIONS ABOUT SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, RESIDENTS NEED A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THIS ROOM BEFORE THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE. GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T MERELY BE TECHNICALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; IT SHOULD BE REALISTICALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. BRUCE DALTON, HERE TO SPEAK ON DATA CENTERS AND PLOT CAMERAS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS BRUCE DALTON. I LIVE ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CEDAR RAPIDS. UH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ATTENDED TODAY'S, UH, COUNCIL MEETING. THE, THE PRESENTATION RELATED TO THE 8TH AVENUE BRIDGE WAS, WAS ASTOUNDING. UH, FANTASTIC PROJECT, UM, VERY, UH, APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE EFFORTS THAT OUR, OUR ENGINEER PUT IN. IT, IT, IT WAS A MODEL OF, OF GETTING PUBLIC INPUT, PUBLIC DISCUSSION, UH, REVIEWING THE, THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS, MITIGATING THE IMPACTS, AND CRAFTING THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, UH, WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS FINALLY COMPLETE, WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE AST- ASTOUNDINGLY HAPPY ABOUT IT. THE PART THAT, THAT WORRIES ME IS THAT I COMPARE AND CONTRAST THAT TO THE HOW THINGS SEEM TO HAVE PROCEEDED WITH DATA CENTERS. UH, WE, WE SEEM TO BE AHEAD OF OUR SKIS ON, ON THIS. THE SPEED AT WHICH EVERYTHING HAS TO HAPPEN DOES NOT ALLOW APPROPRIATE TIME TO CONSIDER, UH, AND ACTUALLY INGEST THE, THE POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT THAT MAY HAPPEN AND PUT TOGETHER, UH, MITIGATIONS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP ALL. UH, SIMILARLY, AS JUST WAS, WAS PRESENTED, UH, JUST MOMENTS AGO, FLOCK CAMERAS AND AXON, SIMILAR THING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE APPROVAL 2 YEARS AGO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU

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THANK YOU. DIANE DALTON, HERE TO SPEAK ON DATA CENTERS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DIANE DALTON, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF SOUTHWEST CEDAR RAPIDS. I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU REGARDING THE DATA CENTER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN, SPECIFICALLY TO DEMAND FULL TRANSPARENCY, UM, AN END TO NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WITH THIS BY THIS CITY. UH, THE PUBLIC HAS YET TO HEAR, THOUGH WE KEEP SEEING THE PUSH FOR THE ALLIANT ENERGY AND FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THAT, UM, JUST HOW MANY DATA CENTERS ARE WE GOING TO GET? WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT, AND WE DESERVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW THAT WHEN THAT IS GOING IN TO BE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, PUBLIC GOVERNANCE MUST HAPPEN IN THE PUBLIC VIEW. IT IS DEEPLY CONCERNING THAT NEGOTIATIONS FOR PROJECTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE FREQUENTLY BEGIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS OF NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS OR PRIVATE WORK SESSIONS. WHEN THE CITY OFFICIALS SIGN NDAS WITH TRILLION-DOLLAR TECH CONGLOMERATES, IT SILENCES THE VERY PEOPLE THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT. OUR OFFICIALS DO NOT REPRESENT CORPORATE AMERICA. THEY REPRESENT THE TAXPAYERS AND THE VOTERS OF THIS CITY. I ASK THIS COUNCIL TO ENACT A FORMAL BAN IN CEDAR RAPIDS, AND THEY ARE STARTING TO DO THIS IN OTHER PLACES, TO BAN THE USE OF NDAS ON ALL FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. I ASK YOU TO SET THE BAR AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND YOU REPRESENT CEDAR RAPIDS CITIZENS AND THAT NDA STANDS IN CONTRADICTION TO THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THIS SHOULD BE FOR THE COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND THE CITY MANAGER, AND WHO'S IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

UNDER CURRENT EPA, THERE'S AN EPA PROPOSAL OUT THERE THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT, UM, THERE'S NO LONGER GOING TO NECESSARILY BE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR AIR POLLUTION PERMITS.

UM, SO THERE IS CONCERN THERE THAT UNLESS WE ENACT SOMETHING, WE OURSELVES MIGHT NOT, IF, IF THIS IS DONE BEHIND A CLOSED DOOR, WE MIGHT GET KNOWLEDGE OF THESE THINGS VERY LATE IN THE GAME AND NOT TO BE ABLE, NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK AGAINST THEM. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR BACKYARD. PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE ISSUES BEING DECIDED NOW. DATA CENTERS, POWER PLANTS. WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED EMINENT DOMAIN, FLOCK CAMERAS, AXON CONTRACTS FOR SURVEILLANCE, AND WE ARE SEEING CORPORATE AMERICA BE PLACED, TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER, VOTER, TAXPAYER. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPECT REPRESENTATION FOR OUR TAXATION. MORATORIUM ON THE DATA CENTER, NDAS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.

THERE SHOULD BE A FORMAL BAN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ROGER SLADE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SIGN, I'D LIKE YOU TO GO IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM WITH THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD IT UP. THERE ARE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU, OKAY? YOU CAN HAVE THE SIGN, JUST NOT IN THE FRONT ROW. ROGER SLADE, YOU'RE UP NEXT.

REALLY SUCKS WE HAD TO LEAVE OUR, UH, WEAPONS AT HOME TODAY, HUH? UH. UH, THERE'S A NO MOTION FROM ANYBODY HERE. IT'S AMAZING. SO, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1787, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED.

IRONICALLY, SE- SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026, LAST THURSDAY, YOU

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THERE IS NO FEAR OR THREAT WHEN TIM SPOKE. DAVID MAIER OVER HERE, HE WAS MAKING FACES.

I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN YOUR VIDEOS. MAYOR TIFFANY, SHE WAS SMILING THE SECOND TIME THAT TIM CAME IN HERE. ASHLEY PLAYED THE VICTIM CARD ON, UH, KCRG, AND, UH, YOU IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR INCREASED SECURITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE DOWNSTAIRS NOW.

PERFECTLY TIMED.

BUT OUR RIGHTS DON'T END WHEN, WHEN YOUR FEELINGS GET HURT.

AND, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY, THAT ALWAYS TRANSLATES INTO INCREASED SURVEILLANCE.

SO, WHEN I HEAR THAT, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE IN THE PLAN. SO, ON A SIDE NOTE, SINCE, UH, EVOLV, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED, IS THE WEAPONS SEARCH EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CHOSE, UH, IT'D BE APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD LET THE PUBLIC KNOW IF THESE ARE THE SAME EVOLV SYSTEMS THAT CONNECT ONLINE AND UPLOAD DATA SHARED, JUST LIKE THE FLOCK SYSTEM. MAYBE THAT'S WITH THE FUTURE UPGRADE. UH, IT'S ALSO THE BIGGEST SHAREHOLDERS IN THAT ARE BLACKROCK, VANGUARD, AND BILL GATES. THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE, UH, THE OFFICER HERE TALKED ABOUT THE EMF RADIATION WAS AT A, UH, SAFE LEVEL WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THAT MACHINE, BUT BILL GATES IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEPOPULATION CHEERLEADERS OUT THERE. SO, I'M SURE IT'S SAFE. IT'S PERFECTLY FINE. SO RECENTLY I SUBMITTED A FOIA REQUEST WITH 9 BULLET POINTS LAID OUT REQUESTING THE DETAILS ON THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM, QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY WITHIN CITY LIMITS DESERVE TO ANSWER. I'M GETTING SHORT ON TIME HERE, BUT WHEN I FINALLY GOT A RESPONSE, I GOT A 160-PAGE PDF FILE OF A LOCAL SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE THAT CAME FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S THE FEEDBACK I GOT.

SO, I WOULD STILL LIKE ALL THE INFORMATION SENT TO ME, ALL THOSE ANSWERED.

UM, WHEN I EMAILED BACK, IT SAID IT'D BE ABOUT 800 DOLLARS AND 40 HOURS OF OF POLICE WORK TO PULL THE RECORDS. I KNOW THAT'S COMPLETE BS.

MR. SLADE, THAT'S YOUR TIME.

YEAH. LET'S NOT... THANK YOU.

WALK INTO COMMUNIST CHINA, OKAY? AND THAT'S GOING TO CLOSE OUT OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CHARIPAR, YOU HAVE ANY

[CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ]

THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND MOVES TO ADJOURN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NO. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.