I think we usually have something else.

This is a meeting of the Court Lane City Council, which I will call to order.

The clerk will take the role, please.

Gabriel.

Here.

Miller.

Evans.

Here.

Wood.

Here.

Shekler.

Here.

English.

Here.

Very good.

Uh, for our invocation, I would like to invite David Bond from Compel Community Church up to the lectern.

Please rise.

Would you pray with me?

Heavenly Father, what a humble privilege it is to be here this morning standing in front of these men and women.

Lord, representing an almighty God that's for each one of us.

I thank you for the opportunity to gather with those that have committed themselves to life of service to this community.

Father, I pray that you ask, I pray and ask for wisdom that you would grant that an integrity and clarity for each and every person and every leader in this room.

For Mayor Guken to each councilman and woman represented in here today, to the men and women in blue standing all around this room.

I just want to give you praise for just what their lives represent to this community.

Father, I pray that you help decisions made here reflect justice, compassion, and what is best for all people of Court Elaine.

Father, I pray you give patience in disagreement, unity and purpose and humility and leadership.

We ask for your guidance and blessing over this city and these people.

Father, I pray for even during the time of public comment and presentation, Lord, that you would calm the nerves and put them at ease.

Let them rest in the preparation that they've put in to be here tonight and let them represent their passion before this council this morning.

Father, thank you for what you're gonna do, and thank you for just this opportunity, Lord.

You're such a good God, so worthy of all of our praise.

Thank you in your name.

Amen.

Thank you.

Councilmember Evans, will you lead us in the pledge, please?

I glad you're to the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Are there any amendments to the agenda?

I will be making one, which is simply moving an item.

So we'll be taking item number H7C off the consent calendar.

It's up there on the screen, which is the approval of a construction contract to Big Sky ID Corp for the Mill River Lift Station upgrade project to the amount of $884,007.

And we'll be putting that under other businesses item number one or zero, whatever comes first.

Thank you.

So we have a couple of proclamations.

First, I'd like Council Member English to read our proclamation for the National Child and Adult Care Food Program Week of March 15th through the 21st, 2026.

Thank you, Dan.

Okay, you're back.

Whereas one of the basic rights of children as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1948 is the right to basic nutrition.

Caring for the children must be our nation's first priority.

And whereas, since the inception of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, CAC FP in 1968, it has been granted that our children, it has granted our children the best possible foundation in life and benefited many adults, which is vital to our state's long-term health.

And whereas the two fundamental goals of the CAC FP are that children serviced by this program will be well nourished during their crucial early years while concurrently learning healthy eating behaviors that will last their lifetime.

Nutritious diets are foundational for emotional, mental, and physical health.

And whereas we acknowledge the child and adult care providers, nutrition educators, program specialists and staff, state and local professionals and parents who contribute to the success of this outstanding program.

And whereas the CACFP community will continue its commitment to the benefits of nutritious eating for children and adults.

Together, as Americans, we can make a difference in the lives of the youngest and most vulnerable children.

Now, therefore, I, Dan English, on behalf of Daniel K.

Guken, Mayor of the City of Court d'Alene, do hereby proclaim March 15th to 21st, 2026 as National Child and Adult Care Food Program Week.

I urge our citizens and all agencies and organizations to unite on that week in observance of the necessity of the child and adult care food program to provide food security to children, individuals with disabilities, and older adults in our community, and witness therefore Mayor Gukin here to set his hand and cause the great seal of Cordelaine to be affixed this 17th day of March, St.

Patrick's Day, 2026.

Is uh Tina Clifton here with us today?

Oh, you're on behalf?

I am on behalf.

Oh, very good.

Could you please come forward?

Absolutely.

And state your name, please.

Absolutely.

Thank you.

Uh good evening, Mayor Gukin, City Council members.

My name is Scott Ferguson.

I'm the executive director for St.

Vincent DePaul, North Idaho, where uh the Child and Adult Food Program lives and exists.

This evening, we are so honored and thank uh so grateful for the proclamation to dedicate the efforts in our community to nutritious meals and to providers of of daycare providers across our state, locally here.

We have around 43 uh home and center providers that work diligently every day to ensure that the children that they are in care of um are cared for for on behalf of the parents that um obviously uh are in relationship with them and the community that surrounds them.

Today we're so grateful for this proclamation as we understand that the impact alone in 2025 was 700,000 meals reimbursed in our five northern counties.

This equates to around 385,000 back to these organizations to provide more spaces, more opportunities for families to take advantage of a critical resource now more than ever.

So today thank you for recognizing the value of these workers.

Thank you for the emphasis of the work that they do, and we are so grateful for this proclamation.

Okay, and uh Councilmember English is going to present it to you.

Thank you.

I have a second proclamation to read on National Social Worker Week, March 22nd through 28, 2026.

Whereas for more than a century, social workers have strengthened communities and improved the lives of millions of Americans in hospitals, schools, social service agencies, and all level of government, whereas the 2026 theme, social workers uplift, defend, transform, recognizes the steadfast spirit of social workers as they bring hope, healing, and justice to the communities they serve.

And whereas social workers follow a code of ethics rooted in equity, human dignity dignity, and fight against injustice, advocating for the rights and well-beings of individuals and families, and whereas social workers support people facing trauma, loss, behavioral health challenges, systematic systemic barriers, and play an essential role in helping communities recover from natural disasters, public health crises, and other hardships.

And whereas the profession continues to grow with more than eight hundred and ten thousand social workers nationwide contributing to a more just and compassionate society through leadership, advocacy, education and service.

Now therefore I, Daniel K.

Gukin, mayor of the City of Court Alane, Idaho, do hereby proclaim March 22nd to 28th, 2026 as National Social Worker Week, and call upon all residents to join the National Association of Social Workers and the City of Queerlane in celebrating the essential contribution of social workers who uplift, defend, and transform our communities every day.

And if uh Megan Coons and yes, Megan Coons, and whoever else you would like to come up to the lectern.

We're gonna take the photo.

All right.

Are we in the house?

Good job, Megan.

Hi everyone.

Uh Mayor Gukin, Dan, other council members.

Uh thank you for taking the time to recognize us social workers here in Court Elaine in the greater area during National Social Work Month, which is March.

I just have a few words, and I'm certainly not as prepared as um others have been, so please forgive me on that, but I'm just gonna go ahead.

Uh again, my name is Megan Dartis Coons.

I'm a master of social work, master of social work and clinical assistant professor at Boise State University School of Social Work.

I've been a social worker for 19 years, but this isn't about me.

Um I'm here to honor and celebrate my colleagues who came up earlier um in this incredible profession that is social work.

As mentioned, there are approximately 810,000 social workers in the U.S., and a few of them are in the room right now.

Um, just a few other statistics.

Social workers are the nation's largest group of mental health providers in the country.

Um and interestingly, four out of five social workers are women, uh, which I think is fitting to celebrate our profession during women's history month, which is also March.

And then just in closing, I have a few words for my colleagues throughout the room.

So please bear with me.

Social workers are the everyday heroes without capes, tackling life's messiest problems, armed with endless empathy, and an uncanny ability to find resources where mere mortals see chaos.

I heard some chuckles.

That might have been from social workers in the room.

They navigate through bureaucratic jungles, unraveling red tape like it's a party game, and offering tissues for tears and a side of SAS.

They're the life coaches of the soul, the crisis managers of humanity, and the masters of turning what now into we got this.

So keep shining your capeless glory, and remember that the world would be a much messier place without your wit and wisdom.

So thank you again for honoring us next week, and thank you for all the social workers and others in the room that love us.

So thank you.

Thank you, Megan, and to all the social workers.

We appreciate what you do for our community.

And we will be moving on right now to public comments.

I only have one person signed up for public comments.

Chris Meyer is here.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

Thank you very much.

Appreciate the lovely proclamations tonight.

My name is Chris Meyer.

I'm here on public comment representing Parkwood Business Properties.

We're community real estate developers and investors here.

I had the privilege of participating in the earlier um focus group involved with the community data gathering associated with the downtown core working group that's going to make their presentation tonight.

It was a great opportunity to be consulted, bring in some outside private property ownership experiences there, and looking forward to seeing what our esteemed group has to present to us tonight and think about how we as a community wrestle with that.

The report that I believe came out in the council packet came out on Friday, so some of this new information is pretty fresh for those of us who are still absorbing it.

So my comment tonight is simply to say this is great.

We're making progress as a community in trying to grapple with some challenging issues.

I would encourage the council to exercise their judgment and patience to be sure you're engaging with the other folks who are invested in downtown, private property owners, business owners, and others who have consequences of some of the potential policy decisions in front of you tonight.

So I think this is a methodical process.

We're going through it in a rational fashion, but just to be sure that we're making sure we hear all points of view before we move forward with any policy decisions.

So thank you for your judgment and leadership of our community.

We appreciate it.

Thank you, Chris.

And Chris was the only one who signed up for public comment.

Does anyone else want to make public comment?

Ms.

Knutson would like to make public comment.

I was informed that it was not bad manners.

So I just wanted to say, on behalf of specialized needs recreation and the board, we wanted to say thank you to Bill Greenwood for all the work he has done for recreation for people with disabilities in our community for the last long time.

And he is leaving our city and specialized needs recreation in great hands so far with Adam, and we are excited things going forward.

And uh thank you.

Thanks, Bill.

We appreciate you very much.

And we're gonna miss you, so don't be a stranger.

Okay, cool.

Thanks.

Thank you, Suzanne.

And anyone else want to make public comments?

We do have a hearing later, and it's a separate sign-up if you've signed up for that.

Don't worry, you'll be called later.

So now we move on to council announcements.

Anyone on the city council have an announcement?

Kiki.

Thank you for joining us.

I apologize for my tardiness.

I uh actually was just driving back from the airport and got caught up in a little traffic on the way here.

And I was coming back from the housing and economic development summit in Boise.

I was presenting to that group was about a little under 700 people from all over the state.

And I was presenting to them some of the housing work that's been happening here for the last five years.

I will tell you the number one thing that um economic development directors, uh housing officials, uh, legislators, everyone was talking about is that our housing challenges or crisis, depending on what numbers you're looking at, are just escalating, not only in the state of Idaho, but across the country.

And so the need to address that for local workers and things that we need to do to be able to keep our community strong is just um becoming more and more uh in dire need.

So I will hope that there's gonna be a summary of that meeting, and I will share it with you all when and if it comes out.

Thank you, Kiki.

Anyone else have council comments?

Dan English.

Um the um it just flashed out, but yeah.

It will come back.

That's happened to me before.

But it happens all over.

Remind me later.

So uh mayor, that's me.

Bill Greenwood, could you come forward to the lectrin, please?

So Bill Greenwood is leaving us.

He's retiring after how many 27 years.

27 years.

How dare you, Bill?

Twenty-seven years.

So we really appreciate what Bill has done for our city.

And Bill has contributed a lot.

And he's fun.

Everyone knows you're fun.

Um department.

One of the one of the fun stories I like that Bill told me was about when he first started.

I don't know if you were first starting or you were just uh had been working here a while, but he's uh he's out there, he's working in the parks, you're working in City Park, right?

And you were blowing, you had the backpack on, and you're doing the blower and stuff, and he's takes a break and he sits at the seawall and he looks at the park and he's looking at the lake and he's like, what a great job.

And I just and wouldn't we all love to have a job that we love and contribute in a way that Bill has.

And I just really appreciate that.

Thank you.

And I thank you so much.

So on behalf of the city, I'm going to present you the key to the city.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for your service.

We'll miss you.

Thank you so much.

We did a lot of good stuff.

Well, I started we had 10 or 11 parks.

We have 32 now.

So it's working with you folks, and I think I've worked under six mayors.

Five administrators, if a count, Dan Dyball, it might be six.

Um, and probably twenty-eight different council people.

And it's been a glorious time.

I've had a great time.

Thank you.

Thanks, Bill.

And now that thought came circling back.

Going back to Danny, which we have actually you know, kind of a comment and a question.

We've talked about the, you know, I think it's a Hilton property or something, but down on Sherman a few blocks away that, you know, it was concerned about it was sinking in and they poured concrete.

But it seems to me that it's just been sitting idle because I drive by there a couple of times a day for the last few weeks.

I don't know if I just but anyone know any?

They're working on it.

What?

They're working on it.

Oh, are they?

Okay.

This is the Marriott we're talking about.

This is the Marriott at six and Sherman.

Yeah.

And they've been working on it.

If uh I walk by it every day and they're always getting something done.

So they are I'm reassured bar will be open and we can all go.

I do have a a sad note here.

If we could put that up on the screen, if it's if you can put it up on the screen.

Okay, so it's gonna be there it is.

Thank you.

So a lot of you may recognize this woman.

Um this was uh Kathy Goodwin, and she was a regular here at City Council every year when we would do our safe boating proclamation.

So I'd like you to join me in extending our heartfelt condolences to her family.

Uh while she wasn't a city employee, many at the city fondly remember her as the life jacket lady.

Each year she visited council to speak about the importance of voter safety and the simple actions that save lives on the water.

Kathy served 29 years with the Coast Guard auxiliary and was deeply passionate about promoting safe boating practices.

Her dedication to protecting pr protecting others on the water made a lasting impact in our lake community.

She'll be greatly missed, and we hope her example inspires others to continue her important work in promoting voter safety.

We honor her many years of service and extend our deepest sympathies to her family and loved ones during this difficult time.

So thank you all.

I hope you all remember her showing up.

I also would acknowledge that she worked in the elections department when I was there for years and years and was just uh a right hand person of DD Beard and just uh yeah, Kathy with a really uh good pillar of the community.

Yeah, it's gonna be different now moving forward with our our safe voting month.

So we'll be moving on right now to item H, which is the consent calendar, and we are pulling item 7C from that calendar.

Mr.

Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve consent calendar with item 7C polled, including resolution number 26-024.

Second.

Okay, motion a second.

Any discussion on the motion.

Roll call, please.

Evans.

Yes.

Schenkler.

Yes.

Miller.

Hi.

Gabriel.

Yes.

English.

Yes.

Wood?

Yes.

Motion passes unanimously.

So item I zero.

We will be asking Mike Anderson from our wastewater treatment plant to come up and discuss the wastewater collection system construction contract award bid with Big Sky ID Corp.

Thank you very much.

And uh I appreciate the opportunity to talk to you about this this evening.

Um it should be a little bit of a rehash because we you know this is uh we're all we're talking about awarding uh general construction services for a project which you're already aware of, but it's a big dollar item, so I appreciate the opportunity to bring it forward to our public.

So this is I'm bringing forward the as mentioned uh collection construction contract to Big Sky, and let's talk about what that is.

So uh it this is part of our 25, 26 fiscal year wastewater collection system, capital improvement projects.

So every year uh the wastewater department puts forward a certain amount of money to maintain the pipes in the ground.

Uh this year we're looking at maintaining one of the pump stations.

Most of our flow comes to us via gravity, but we do have about 10 or 11 uh pump stations that just kind of pump it over a hill and then it flows by gravity back down to our plant.

This contract is $884,000, as you mentioned, and Big Sky was our lowest bidder.

We went out to bid as per IDO code, and Big Sky came back at the lowest bid.

So this list station was installed in the early 2000s, and over in Mill River area, you can imagine there was a lot less uh uh input going into the Lyft station than there is now or we intend to have in the in the future.

We knew we would have to upsize this list station at the time.

We didn't build it to the full build-out stage because having big pumps and big pipes, pumping not much flow is not a recipe for longevity of mechanical equipment.

So we intentionally built it to the proper size at the time and collected a surcharge fee, knowing that I'd be coming forward to you in St.

Patrick's Day 2026 to ask for you to can we now build on to this.

So, what is the project?

Um you can see here uh on uh Grand Mill Lane in the center in the median is actually there's a wastewater lift station hidden behind uh some nice foliage and hidden from view as we try to keep wastewater.

And it is currently fed from uh basically the north and the south.

What our project's gonna do to increase the capacity of it is this this dark green line is more or less representing uh we're gonna take this uh the wastewater from the north, kind of wrap it around, and then tie it into the line feeding the list station from the south.

So what that does is instead of having two feeds going to the list station, there'll be just a single feed.

It allows us to plug it off and fill up.

There'll be a big uh wet uh big manhole here, and that manhole will fill up and basically act as a mini wet well, if you will.

Uh we'll drop a larger pump in there, and we'll be able to bypass the lift station in the future, uh, which we can't really do easily now and maintain it, you know, get in there.

You can imagine how how rough uh wastewater is on infrastructure, concrete and pumps and all that stuff.

So we've got to get in there occasionally and rebuild it.

This will allow us the opportunity to do that as well.

Uh exiting the lift station, there are two lines, a six inch and an eight inch.

We currently usually you always utilize the six-inch line.

And we'll we knew again when we put this in, we'd be upgrading it.

So we put in an eight-inch line.

So we're able to utilize that.

We're able to utilize a lot of the infrastructure when we put it in.

We put it in with this stuff knowing it's cheaper to do it now than it will be in 2026.

Uh we do have to get in there, do some little work on valves and things like that as well.

So, what are the bids come in like?

Uh, you can see we've gotten five bidders.

Uh, there were two schedules, schedule A and Schedule B, and that's um um not ad alts, that's just different schedules of the construction project.

Mainly uh schedule A is uh one one of them is for pipes in the ground, and the other one is for the valves, basically, but it's just the way we broke it out.

And you can see here that big sky came in uh as lowest bid, and we're found to be responsive both by our engineers and uh the city's legal department.

So let's talk dollars.

Uh the total construction cost is 1.2 million.

Uh this year we've budgeted about 900,000.

So uh this project are the construction cost is $884,000.

And then you recall that a couple months ago we talked about engineering, so obviously we have to design this and all that.

So the total cost comes to 1.2 million, which is my math is correct, more than 900,000.

Last year, we underspent on this line item by about 315,000.

So 900 plus 300 gets us right about to where we need to be.

I will be coming forward to you uh in August or so uh in a request to amend this year's budget, because obviously 900,000 won't cover it.

But the savings from last year will offset it, obviously.

Uh as well, you recall that I mentioned we were charging a surcharge for this uh project, and that is a a little over 400,000 right now.

We'll continue to collect that.

Now that's not everybody in the city is paying that.

The idea is it only affects people who are using this lift station, so only the people who are going to be using this list station pay it.

It's sort of a specialized fee that uh we have a few of those throughout the throughout our collection system.

So again, uh this should be you know relatively old hat to you, but again, it is a big dollar item.

We're excited to finally get this done.

We've been waiting 25 years to get it done.

And I would ask that you uh award the construction uh contract to Big Sky and would stand for any questions.

Any questions for Mr.

Anderson?

Uh Mr.

Mayor, I believe I made this motion in general services, and it's only been 45 years, so we got time.

Um Mr.

Mayor, I'd make a motion to approve.

Wait a second, I gotta find it.

Um item C approval of construction contract to Big Sky ID Corp for the Mill River Lift Station Upgrade Project in the amount of 884,037.

Second.

Motion and a second.

Any further discussion on this motion?

All right, roll call, please.

Evans, yes.

Sheckler.

Yes.

Miller.

Hi Bill.

Yes.

English.

Yes.

Wood?

Yes.

Motion passes.

Thank you, Mr.

Anderson.

So we're going to move on with the regular order business.

Item number I1, which is the downtown core working group update presented by Hillary Patterson, Community Planning Director.

Sean Holm, senior planner, and Kevin Jester, DC working group member.

Hillary, please take it away.

All right.

Good evening, Mayor and Council members.

Thank you.

We are back before you.

This is our third update to City Council on the work we've been doing that started about two years ago.

So we are here to give you an update, let you know what we've been doing, and seek some direction from you on how we should move forward.

Uh specifically related to any changes to the zoning code, design guidelines, looking at height, bulk spacing, such as that.

Great.

This mouse is a little more reactive.

So our working group, uh, we've had about 14 to 18 members that have been actively involved since the beginning, and they are listed here.

We have many of them in the room.

If you guys want to raise your hands or acknowledge who you are.

Thank you to all of you that have been helping us since the beginning.

We have representation from our planning and zoning commission, design review commission, historic preservation commission, downtown association, as well as city staff.

And then we've had an intern, James Barber, who has been helping us.

We were able to pay him last fiscal year, but we didn't have money this year, and so he's been continuing to volunteer and help us with a lot of the GIS modeling work.

So a big shout out to him as well.

So thank you, working group members.

As I mentioned, we started this about two years ago, and we've had 27 meetings.

So this has been a lot of work for these volunteers.

So the scope of work was for staff to evaluate and recommend updates to the downtown development regulations, so our zoning code for the downtown, as well as design guidelines in response to community feedback.

There was a lot of concern once the the Marriott and some other projects were approved and getting started in downtown about maybe the lack of teeth of our design review commission and height and the tower spacing and all of that.

So that was really the impetus for this.

The downtown core map is shown here.

So this is really what we're talking about, the area of downtown where the downtown zoning applies.

And you can see in the different kind of overlays and different colors.

There's certain areas where the design review commission reviews projects.

And then there's another area that you can see where the 220 feet is allowed, but it's not reviewed by the commission.

So in this fuchsia's the commission review, and then they there's an overlay area that makes it a little bit complicated to implement the code where there's an underlying zoning and then there's the downtown core.

So we have come before you two times previously, and so this slide consolidates what has been your direction and feedback for us that you really wanted us to be looking at view corridors, towers, and the impacts of towers on the downtown in general with shadows, how it affects the historic core, preserving that charm was kind of a big thing, making sure we're not having oversized buildings or big bulky buildings that take up entire blocks, really focusing on more walkability and having the pedestrians be able to interface with the businesses, looking at parking, looking at our floor area ratio, so that we have in our code built in there that you can have bonuses if you do certain things.

So evaluating those, incorporating public safety, making sure we get public input, and then doing a lot to do the modeling and provide those visualizations for yourselves as well as for the public.

And then at our last check-in, you had also suggested that maybe we should do this in smaller bytes, maybe a piecemeal changes rather than doing an over an overhaul because there is so much work to be done with not only the development regulations but the design guidelines.

So our recommendations initially, which have changed, and I'll go through that.

So we had come before you in 2025, and we were proposing that the height of the buildings would be limited on Front Avenue, Sherman Avenue, and Lakeside Avenue to 45 feet, which would be more consistent with the historic core, and that we would allow buildings of 110 feet tall on Cordelaine Avenue west of 6th Street.

At that time, we had not recommended anything for Indiana Avenue, and we'll we'll talk about that in a little bit.

We were recommending no additional towers of 220 feet tall.

We did recommend increasing the tower spacing from 50 feet, which it is now to 80 feet to incorporate more about historic preservation and historic design concepts, adding more teeth for design review commission for their review and approval, and then modifying those floor area ratio bonuses.

And we did, we haven't done like a full-blown community-wide survey, but as part of that, we did do some outreach to community members.

There was a link in one of the articles in the Court of Lane Press and on social media that we were asking community members for input on should we be evaluating the height in downtown?

So we had just over 250 respondents that participated, and so you can see on this slide that the majority of people said yes.

They should, and majority of those people live in Court Alane for at least six months of the year.

And this slide shows what was the most common theme, so the top 10 themes.

So the building height regulations was the most common response for what we should be looking at.

There was the preservation of historic preservation, kind of the downtown core and kind of the design guidelines of that, view protection, transportation and mobility, parking management, and just zoning and economic development in general.

So I'm going to hand it over to Kevin Jester, who's on our stakeholder meeting.

So we're going to kind of tag team this and he's going to talk about our stakeholder meeting.

Thank you, Hillary.

Mayor Guken, Council members, good evening.

When I was asked to be a part of this as this working group, I didn't know what I was getting into.

Um, but it has been a very interesting and rewarding um search as we've looked at our community and what our community has been and what our community is and what our community may become.

Um I'm a longtime resident, 48 years here in Court Alain.

With me, I bring that I am both a property owner and a business owner, retired in downtown Court Alane.

So I I bring some some of that with me as uh I was a part of this group.

It's a wonder it was a wonderful uh mix of people on this working group.

And I want you to know that we did our best to be objective in our thinking, to be comprehensive in our thinking, and to listen to what the stakeholders in this downtown core brought to us.

So the stakeholders, as you can see right here, uh we had this meeting last September, and these were the stakeholders that were a part of that um of that presentation.

It was a good cross-section of uh building owners, developers, uh, architects, engineers, preservation advocates.

Um, you can see the list here.

So a very good cross section, we thought that um took a look at this.

Moving forward, Hillary.

Oh, okay, got it.

All right.

Some of the questions that we looked at, and we we broke into different focus groups and uh asked the same question.

And uh the what I'm going to present to you in the next couple of slides is just data.

And the data is for your consideration.

Maybe you've had a chance to review this, I'm not sure.

But the question was: do you think downtown height limits should be reviewed?

Downtown residents, as you can see, architects, engineers, long-time residents, downtown property owners, downtown business owners.

What I looked at when I saw this slide was just kind of the trend.

What is the trend that I'm seeing here?

And obviously the trend is in the green, uh, which is yes.

Um the one anomaly there is the architects, designers, and engineers uh, whom I have a little bit of experience with.

And I think that some were definitely yes, some are definitely no, and some are just thinking, where is the next commission?

Uh in terms of high-rise, what are we going to do?

Um, but I think you can see here, and you can crop and you can probably draw your own conclusions from this data.

Stakeholder feedback.

When we had this meeting, um, and Chris was uh Chris who presented uh Chris Meyer, who presents in a little bit earlier was a part of that meeting.

And I appreciate your comments, Chris, on this.

And I want you to know we take your comments seriously as we move forward.

What street level design elements should be required for new projects?

Pedestrian production.

These were listed kind of in uh priority uh hierarchy, pedestrian protection protection, storefront windows, engaging entrances, historic plaques, outdoor seating and artwork.

These were all things that came up came to the surface in our meetings.

Height and tower locations, this was of particular interest, as you might imagine, as you have seen our city change over the past 10-12 years with the introduction of towers.

Um, and what impact that has both physically and and perception-wise of uh of our community.

We looked at um the height preferences by street, and so on this little diagram here.

You see street names, and then the height preferences from 45 feet to the 220 feet.

There's gonna be some slides that are going to follow up here, and you'll see that graphically, uh, which will make more sense when you see that.

But this is again um looking what we were looking at is for trends here.

What what are people saying?

What are what are we hearing as we take a look at this?

And so you can kind of see it's self-evident here on these numbers.

And if you have any questions, hopefully write write them down and we'll try to address those at the end.

Second question was where should towers be allowed in the downtown area?

And so this was also an interesting one as you take a look at it, and those are again listed as street in area.

And on the right-hand side of that particular graph, interpretation of the notes.

Most supported was Court Alane Avenue, slightly slight majority was on Lakeside Front Street.

Um, slightly more opposition.

Indiana Avenue, low support, and Sherman Avenue, low support.

So, really kind of as you'll see in the graphics that are coming up, it suggests things in terms of the texture of the community, the height and volume of things that are happening.

Got that, got that.

What additional changes to the code would you support?

Um, this was really interesting.

Historic feature requirements was one that would really came up high on the list.

How do we keep the character and the history of this region and of this community intact in this community and not lose it?

Um was very pleased to see that, and it was um again, like I said, it was uh a surprise to see that rise to the top.

Enhanced pedestrian elements, parking and vehicular access, as you all know.

Parking is always an issue.

If I can't park in front of the store that I want to go to, we have a parking problem.

Uh, even with all of the parking that we have provided in the past few years.

So once again, we'll have to address that.

Uh reduce maximum heights, um, increase building setbacks, stricter design review, and reduced base floor area ratio, and again, more on that.

Modeling scenarios, Sean is gonna come up and show you the pretty pictures that we were able to develop.

Thank you, Kevin.

Thank you, Hillary.

All right, Mayor, City Council.

So Hillary did this a little bit earlier, but I'm gonna thank James Barber again.

This is largely his section, what he has created and worked on over the last number of months.

Um he's down in Moscow right now.

I just wanted to shout out, throw a shout out to him and and thank him again.

Um he's spent many endless hours crafting the next following slides.

So before we dive into the future, as Kevin has said, it's good to know what our current inventory is.

And this is what that current inventory looks like in a 3D model.

Um this is out over the lake, looking north by northeast from an elevated um distance.

And these towers that are shown here are o all over 75 feet tall.

So you can look as a kind of an elevated skyline of the city of Cork, what it looked like, and this is um uh a hypothetical where we chose