Good afternoon, everyone.

I'll call to order August Fourth Meeting with Chairman City Council.

And in Councilman Harvey's absence today, I'll lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation.

So if you would please stand and join me in the pledge.

Pledge of the requirement.

Yes.

Under God and the visible.

And if you'd like, you can bow your heads with me for a brief prayer.

God, we thank you for another opportunity to serve this great city.

Pray that you would give us wisdom to know the right decisions to make and the courage to make those decisions.

Pray that you would make us all quicker to listen than we are to speak and to hear each other well.

We pray that your name will be glorified through the work we do here today.

Amen.

Okay.

Council, could I get a motion on the minutes from last week's meeting?

Second.

Do we have a motion properly seconded and the minutes will stand as published.

Council, if you would look with me at oh, I'm getting ahead of myself.

Um for those yes, so we have um we always at the beginning of our meetings give a kind of an overview of how our meetings run, so you'll know what to expect.

Um so our meetings are uh run in two parts.

The first part is our agenda session, uh, where council will ask questions or make comments about any items on our agenda tonight, um, and then our agenda items next week, and finally items coming up three weeks or later into the future, so that we're well prepared for everything that comes before us.

Um we will also look at uh purchasing items that are before us tonight for consideration, and uh council will have an opportunity to ask questions or make comments about those items.

Um we do have a planning and zoning committee meeting that will happen today during our agenda session that councilwoman burrs will lead for us.

Um after that, we will have a recess as we normally do between our agenda and business session.

Um and during that time we often have an attorney client meeting and we will need one today.

Um so we will uh I'll announce at that time uh when we recess how long we'll be recessing for.

Um and then when we come back, we'll be voting on all the items on our agenda uh this evening.

At the end of that, at the end of our voting session uh of the meeting, there will be a time for members of the public who are here to address council um on any topics you would like.

And there are some rules for that that our city attorney will read at that time.

And when that time comes, uh we'll just have folks line up at the podium down front for that public comment period.

Okay.

So with that out of the way now, council, if we could um look at this week's agenda and get your lights if you have any questions or comments, and I see councilwoman Dotley.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Chair.

Uh item A on the public works, uh, the abandonment of the alleyway, uh, the 1300 block of West 46th Street.

Uh can someone from public works uh I read the the report in regards to um why is up for denial.

Just wanted to confirm that it does give access to the six lots adjacent to it.

Is anybody who's here?

Okay, Bill.

Thank you, Bill.

And if there are any other access points besides that the alleyway area.

Um thank you, uh, councilman.

We appreciate the question.

Uh Bill Payne, City Engineer and Public Works.

The that particular alley does run to the rear.

Um three lots that run sort of side by side, but then it also provides uh has the potential to provide access to some other lots as well to provide their rear rear access.

I don't believe that there's any that are that that's it that that is the sole access point, but it does provide rear access, and in that just with the way that a lot of those lot sizes are, there is a lot of rear access that occurs um within within that entire area.

And so just the the recommendation was was to continue to uh to maintain that in for any sort of future connectivity for additional rear access because those other lots are undeveloped, and so that may be something that becomes necessary as those lots develop in the future.

So some of them are developed, uh, but not all of them.

Okay.

And then for um I do plan to deny with the recommendation that you have, but my other question is um would a temporary use for the landscaping be permissible until they are developed.

Yes, that would that would that would be completely completely acceptable.

We'd be glad to speak to the applicant about that if that's something that they'd like to pursue.

Okay, yes.

So if you could because I do plan to move to the night is one.

So if you could reach out to them and let them know that, and then that they can apply for that temporary use permit for the landscape until it develops.

Okay, that works.

Thank you so much, Bill.

I appreciate it.

Thank you, Mr.