Well, good morning.

We'll go ahead and get started with our Monday, April 6th, 2026 neighborhoods meeting.

And I call the meeting to order, and we'll start with introductions to my left.

Brandon Russell, Council Research.

Mary Stefopoulis, Office of General Counsel.

Philip Peterson, Council Leaders Office.

Good morning, Michael Boylan, District Six.

Mike Gay, District Two.

Good morning, Chris Miller at large group five.

Ron Salem, group two at large.

Good morning, Tyrona Clark Murray, District 9.

Randy White, District 12.

Thank you.

All right, welcome everyone.

So we'll go ahead and uh open up for public comment.

Our first speaker will be Mr.

Carnell Oliver.

And you'll be given three minutes if you state your name and address or say it's on file for the record.

And please, please be specific and stay on discussion for any item that's on the agenda.

Mr.

Oliver.

Yes, my name is Carnegie Oliver.

Address is on file.

I'm I have to be broad and I'm gonna be specific.

2018, 2019, and 207.

You know, when I take a good look and I look at available land in this city or any kind of focus of economic development, there are a couple of things that come to my mind, and then there's some questions I wanna ask.

Number one, if the conversation of a new neighborhood bill of rights come up, will that be a conversation about the 1866 Civil Rights Act?

Or will we actually have a conversation in this community about field order 15 from General Sherman?

Will this with this mayor administration, or will the council put forward some kind of legislative approach with creating a freeman affairs division under community development?

I think there needs to be a lot of pause on a lot of issues moving forward because when the birthright citizenship happens, this it has moving progressively strong, but there's a need to fulfill a redress that addresses a lot of key economic needs of people that have always been here.

I filed a class act, I filed a complaint with the federal courts.

I'm not getting much help on it.

But I'm using the things that make me who I am in this country and what makes me pursue the things in this country.

My self-determination is not that is not reflective of me running my mouth.

It's about me meaning what I say and saying what I say doing it.

The issues are very clear.

The ones that establish this country have been overlooked, they have been oppressed because of bad policies of the past.

And it goes from the east side to old La Villa, Riverside, because those old freedmen settlements.

We got ran off because of consolidation.

There are a lot of issues that must be addressed.

Or we're gonna keep going through the same issue.

If it means we gotta break this city up, let's go back to the basics of having small towns.

But the thing about it is we gotta bring the power back to the people.

And my people need the power.

If we can get allocated resources from a division, if the mayor can do it, put in in the budget for the 2027.

But if you have to reallocate that money, I'm looking for the council to do it because you can always find you can always find wasteful spending.

Because when that 14th amendment case is settled, there's an obligation.

And I yield my time.

All right, thank you.

Our next speaker will be uh Blake Harper, and then followed by Sally Barnes and Latera Harris.

It's Mr.

Harper.

Good morning.

My name is Blake Harper.

Information on file.

Thank you for honoring the First Amendment.

Uh Mr.

Chairman.

I want to uh briefly mention three pieces of of uh three items that are on the agenda 186, which is the baby boxes, um, and 227, which is restricting um the expenditure of uh taxpayer dollars for abortion abortion services, and of course uh uh 140, which is a street renaming.

Please uh please vote for um the uh restrictions and for the baby boxes, and please turn turn down 140.

Now, 140 is about changing our history.

140 is about hiding our history.

So, what we're gonna do today is we're gonna talk some more about that history that they want to hide.

When I was at TEU, I showed you this sign and documented that the Democrat Party is a party of white supremacy.

This goes back to the 1860 70s and 60s.

Now, they will tell there's this notion out there called the Southern Switch.

The Southern Switch claims that um the Democrat Party took on the the mantle of righteousness, and the Republican Party became the racists, and that is absolutely not correct.

What you have here is research that's been done through Grok.

So you have a summary of of the historical events, and I just want to take you to the last paragraph.

It says the southern switch is is often weaponized to imply one party inherited moral superiority on race while the other inherited guilt reality.

Both parties have ugly chapters.

The South's transformation reflects broader American changes, civil rights victories and segregation, the uh regional uh modernized and voters sorted by all ideology.

Claims of a sudden race-driven party inversion don't hold up against congressional records, timelines, or the slow pace of realignment.

There should be no question that we continue to see the Democrat Party pushing racist and big bigoted notions, particularly with the uh when Donna Deegan wanted to appoint Elizabeth Anderson to the to the board when she stood up and and called a conservative black woman a token.

The reality is that we have a serious problem here.

The problem is that we're not uh speaking about the facts, speaking about the truth of it.

When we actually sit down and start looking at what we've actually done, then what happens is that we recognize the great pro uh uh progress that we've made, and what we need to do is we need to keep our history in place so that we keep track of that progress.

Thank you for your time.

All right, thank you, sir.

Next, Miss Sally Barnes.

Good morning, my name is Sally Barnes.

My address is on file.

I'm here because of the 10105 Mike Duff project.

They asking for a rezoning, and they're not doing what they're asking for.

They already have a car lot of some kind of some sort up there.

They're working on cars.

They started out working on the building without a permit, so they shut them down on that.

This place is right next door to a residence, and I'm concerned that if they get this zone commercial, they'll do whatever they want in that area.

And it's right in somebody, it's connected to their fence.

They put up a privacy fence, so you can't see what's going on there.

But the front car light is full of cars and the back car light is full of cars.

Ever since they got this building, they've been working on cars back there.

They're doing something.

And I can say this because it's right up the street from my house.

I can walk up there and look.

I walked up, I look between the fence.

If you go on Google Maps, you can see the cars.

You can see the cars in the front of it, you can see the cars in the back of it.

It's full.

It's full of cars.

I don't trust somebody that's gonna do something illegal because they think they can get away with it.

They got caught remodeling the building, and they had to stop.

They had to stop that.

So I'm asking you not to change this zone and leave it residential.

If they want an office, I don't see a need to have the zoning change to have an office there.

I don't think anybody would contest that.

So I'm asking you if you will just let it stay residential, residential office, if they say, but not to put a car lot there or whatever they're doing with all those cars they have in there.

Like I said, go on Google Maps.

You can see it for yourself.

Oh, this it's full of cars.

I went up there to try to talk to them.

They ignored me.

They wouldn't talk to me.

So I'm asking that this not be changed to commercial, commercial office.

It is right in we don't need another mortgage situation, and that's how close it's here.

They're using this neighborhood, this neighbor's fence as their back fence.

I don't think they it should be changed at commercial.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Um Ms.

Barnes, I think that'll be taken up in the LUZ or uh one of those committees.

It's normal, it's not on our agenda, but I went ahead and let you uh discuss it.

And so you may want to make sure you attend the LUZ meeting Tuesday night to discuss that.

So thank thank you for being here.

Next, we got uh Miss Lateria Harris.

Good morning.

Uh my name is Latavia Harris.

My address is on pile.

Um, even though we did not know it was not on the agenda, I just wanted to do a brief conversation in reference to the CBA board.

And again, thank you to so much of you guys who actually went through with this process.

Um those of you who don't know, we did attend the mayor's um community meeting, and exactly what we asked not to happen is it's not Republican and Democrat, you know, and and if the Republican Party and Democrats came together to make this a successful benefit agreement for the community, but with that, one of the issues is um I actually reported to Dr.

Rudy Jammonson several times that the mayor's URL was not working.

There was no transparency to the vetting process.

Um of my coalition members did pull are now asking for public records to see all the people that council personally asked to be on this board.

There was supposed to be a process to keep the community from losing its agency.

When looking at the board members, they're all professional board members.

You know, we don't have the part that we wanted, and that was accessible and understanding to the public who these people are.

Um asked most of the public if they knew some of these people, they didn't.

Even with one of the board members clearly stating on his resume, I have nine properties that I'm looking forward to developing.

That is a big issue because we have to keep in mind these board members are setting the structure, even they're only one year for the mayor, two years for the council, they're gonna set this framework.

So if I set the framework the correct way, once I'm off the board, I know legitimately how to go get everything that I need.

There were no youth when it comes to this.

I do understand that age comes with wisdom, but youth also bring innovative minds.

You know, the new kids these days, they don't just take what you want them to take, they actually study what they need to do.

There was no start and stop process.

The community never knew, even all the way up until Friday, people were still sending in their resumes and application.

So we need to understand the correct vetting process.

The community never knew exactly who the nominees were and how they were picked.

And a nom a lot of these nominees actually cross-reference with each other, sitting on the same boards or you know, preference.

I did understand it was gonna, I mean, do I feel like some of the board members just picked because of who they knew yes?

Um, even in there, they put no spreadsheet other than they went to church in the community.

That's not enough to come into a disenfranchised community and not have least most of the members from the community.

And we need to compare the qualifications, like what were the qual we set the ordinance for this is what it had to be, and most of those members don't even meet that qualification.

You know, we had business interests, but thank you guys.

All right, thank you.

And and again, Miss Harris, this uh not is not on our agenda.

I know, and but you've got a lot of members up here that are on the rules committee, and I believe the it'll be coming up in rules uh at two o'clock today.

So that that would be uh a very good committee to attend.

Yes, sir, and uh uh have this discussion as well.

So thank you for being here.

I just wanted to go ahead and let you speak since you made the effort to get out early in the morning here.

So uh with that, we'll move on.

I'd like to recognize uh Councilmember Morro has joined us as well as Councilmember Carlucci.

Welcome and Mr.

Delaney, he did finally make it this morning.

So with that, uh we're gonna go to our next topic in the agenda, and it's a presentation from the North uh Northeast Florida Regional Council, and you'll have under 10 minutes to share your share your presentation with us.

Thank you, sir.

Yes, good morning, everybody through the chair to members of the committee.

Thank you for the opportunity um to present to you this morning about the work that the Northeast Florida Regional Council does to support our public safety partners here in the city of Jacksonville.

Uh let's see, we'll have a presentation and I'll click into that.

But um, as it gets going, um, for those of you as a reminder, the Northeast Florida Regional Council um serves the board of directors made up of elected officials um from across the region.

And Mr.

Gay and Mr.

Amaro are sitting board members currently.

So thank you for the first time.

If you would give you name for the record, as well.

Yes, sir.

My name is Tyler Nolan.

I'm a special projects coordinator with the Northeast Florida Regional Council, and we're located at 40 East Adams Street here in the city.

The Regional Council is able to provide funds to public safety entities in a variety of couple of ways, and we leverage dollars in unique ways to allow this to happen.

One of the contracts that we have is the local emergency planning committee for hazardous materials.

This is actually a federal requirement that every state in the country have LEPCs.

However, the state of Florida has special Florida statutes that says that in the state of Florida, LEPCs will be strictly focused on hazardous material preparedness and response.

In addition to that, we have the Region 3 Healthcare Coalition, which is basically the emergency preparedness sector of health care, looks at all industries of health care to support the emergency preparedness and readiness of that.

And then on top of that, as an agency, as you all know, through dues and dues that are collected, we're able to provide additional to support for fire rescue and sheriff's offices and county emergency management offices upon their request.

And then in addition to that, we do a lot of cost sharing.

As you know, with federal and state grants, a lot of time the state and federal government wants to see some buy-in on the local level, and that's how we're able to use those dollars and leverage them effectively.

To get a little bit uh specific and down into the weeds just a little bit, um I mentioned that the LEPC, the local emergency planning committee, um, is a federal requirement, was created in 1986 as the response to two different disasters, one in 85 and one in 80, um one in 84 and one in 85.

Um, and across the country, LEPCs focus on things in a different variety.

Here in the state of Florida, the Florida Division of Emergency Management pushes out a contract to all the regional councils across the state to implement this program on a NAT or on a statewide level but on a regional perspective to support the hazardous material teams.

Here in Northeast Florida, we have three hazardous material teams across the region, but really JFRD is so large and the city dynamic is so large that you really have two type one hazardous material teams.

And what type one means is they can respond to any incident doesn't regardless of chemical or radiological components.

With this, the Florida Division of Emergency Management a couple of years ago changed their regional map to fit what the regional councils have to better align with these programs.

As you all know, the state and federal government oftentimes pushes out mandates.

These are ones that are funded, so it does come with a level of importance to both the state and the federal government.

One of the biggest things and one of the biggest challenges I have as the coordinator of the LAPC is communicating that to you effectively.

This is a very elementary and ruterary map of the command structure of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Um and while we work with the leadership structure and meet with them regularly, um, really I work the most with that little box down all below that.

Um I work directly with the hazardous material teams, directly with their district chiefs, understanding what the folks with the boots on the ground really need and what kind of training initiatives they need.

Now I report up and I um converse with not only um Chief Golden and Chief Blanton on a routine basis, but really I spend a lot of time down there in that that lower command structure supporting the teams.

Some of the training initiatives that we've been able to accomplish this year thus far is sending 15 personnel to the Florida Hazardous Materials Symposium in Daytona.

We have sponsored two JFRD personnel to the advanced hazmat life support.

That's the medication component of hazardous material response, and then to support a much larger state of Florida and Coast Guard initiative, sending JFRD personnel to a maritime hazmat course so that way they can use their hazardous material training in a maritime environment where terminology and everything gets turned upside down for our first responders.

Some of the training that we've included is some of the gas response.

Um, over the years, we've been working hard to touch all the major gases that we have here in Northeast Florida and to conclude this long-standing training evolution.

Um, we will wrap this up next week with a chlorine class that I invited a lot of you all to on April 16th.

If you'd like to attend, um please reach out to me and I'll make sure you're on the list and get the information.

Real quickly, one of the big courses that we've been working on is the unmanned aerial vehicle.

As you know, there was a lot of state law that changed with this, and this has been something that we have been working on for years now.

Um and we actually got this class approved for federal reoccurring funds.

So once we do this initial pilot class, no pun intended, um, we will be able to offer this course more regularly to not only first responders of the fire rescue but sheriff's offices as well.

To touch on our health care coalition a little bit, um, this is funded by the uh administration for strategic preparedness and response ASPER, and the mission is that emergency preparedness component for the health care sector.

Our region three health care coalition actually serves an 18 county region, but a lot of those health networks are centric here in the city of Jacksonville just due to the makeup.

Um that alliance has over 980 individual members and reaches over 550 individual organizations and agencies.

Um, equipment training, um resource information sharing, all provided to these health care facilities at no cost.

One of the big programs that we do, and how I mentioned we get to leverage dollars is because we maintain the LEPC and we maintain the health care coalition, um, we were able to take on a much bigger initiative by doing shelter in place training across the region.

Um, and with this, you know, everybody's mind right now when we say shelter in place, it it goes to a bad actor.

Um, however, there are different changes when we start talking about a chemical environment.

Um, so we were able to offer this training to over 30 individual facilities here in the city of Jacksonville alone, um, and then there will be an exercise that we have set all of these um facilities up for here coming at the end of the month.

Some of the equipment that we have gotten to purchase um as a result of these initiatives are these disaster-packed stretchers.

Um they basically fold up, can be used in a mass casualty type of incident, they have triage tags on them, um, and then can be washed, cleaned, and put back away in the hopes that we never actually have to need them.

Um, in addition, we've been able to provide six tabletop exercises to first responders and receivers, multiple training opportunities.

The big statewide initiative for the health care coalitions this year has been radiological nuclear and WMD response.

Um so we have been able to focus on that specifically throughout this year, which actually merged really well with the LEPC, which we maintain as well.

Then, second to that is we actually just funded 70 pediatric restraints to go to JFRD for their rescue units.

Um, as part of the after action report from Hurricane Ian that affected Southwest Florida when young children and babies had to be evacuated from hospitals.

There wasn't enough of these devices to support the need for that evacuation.

On a statewide level, our organizations looked at this, and then we looked at that on a local level and figured out how we needed to fill that gap.

And acquiring these pediatric restraints was a way to do that, and we have been able to fund that for JFRD, as I mentioned, acquiring 70 of those for rescue units across the city.

Well, I've gone very quick to just briefly touch on a number of our programs and things.

This that's just a small drop in the bucket for the programs and the ways that we're able to support the city.

Um, in the other ways is this Northeast Florida military installation readiness review.

Um, we've been the implementers of the JEA hurricane exercise for the past 10 to 15 years working on that, and our resiliency team just released their resiliency action plan, which is a toolkit for local governments to address resiliency on their uh at a local level.

It's not a one-size-fits-all, it's a plug and play based on what works best in your local jurisdiction.

Before I leave you, I do want to um emphasize two points is through this funding and through the funding that you all provide and the way that we're able to leverage dollars.

It it allows us to be extremely efficient in the things that we're doing.

We're building on things that are already there and taking that to a whole nother level and being the best that we can be.

And then lastly, um, we provide a level of continuity to our first responders.

As you know, the way that it is situated is everybody is fighting for promotions.

When you get those promotions, your job changes, right?

From engineer to lieutenant from captain, your job kind of changes.

These personnel are able to come to us, let us focus on the long-term process and watch these processes come into fruition as you saw with drones and a couple of other training initiatives that we do.

Thank you for your time.

All right, thank you, sir.

Mr.

Bolin here at Breckennose.

Thank you, Chair Chair Tyler.

Thank you for the presentation today.

I really do appreciate as you well know the hard work for Northeast Florida Regional Council.

Apart and perhaps in context of public safety, my district mandarin area, as you know.

John's County, Clay County across the Buckman Bridge.

Can you speak to a little bit?

I remember some years ago there was a lot of focus on the part of the council to take a look at traffic flow and how F DOT and the cities and the municipalities can address that.

Can you speak to that if you wouldn't mind?

Yes, sir.

So um through the chair to um council member Boylan.

Um some years ago, uh the regional council did what's a hazardous material commodity flow study.

Um in a simple sense, it's picking random times to put somebody out on those roadways and capture the placards that go by.

Time um it's determined by the United Nations, so those numbers never change.

Um that report we haven't done um in a little while, but we're actually looking and working with some of our partners at DOT right now to see if we can use AI in a way to do that for us by having people out there, it's very staff heavy, um, and it's just a snapshot in time.

If we have a camera that can capture these placards, that right there there it's a United Nations standard, um, so they don't change and they have to be on a certain spot on the vehicle.

We're actually looking at ways and trying to crack that nut and see if there's a better way that we can get in and get better data for that.

Um, not only on those roadways, but looking at the new first coast expressway, um, how that's going to change traffic flow for the city is at top of mind, and we are really trying to look into that a lot more.

All right, no other speakers in the queue.

Um, Ms.

Councilman Morrow, go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Uh, very quickly.

I I just wanted to say uh Tyler, thank you.

Uh and um as a member of the board, I find the work that you've done with the LEPC uh very commendable.

And and I I just want to take a moment and recognize your conviction and your commitment and say thank you.

Thank you, sir.

All right.

With that, uh, we'll move on to our next item in the agenda.

Thank you for being here, Mr.

Tyler.

Um Mr.

Carlucci, did you have a uh specific bill?

Okay, all right.

Just wanted to make sure we wouldn't have an hour before I meet okay.

All right, I just want to make sure I wouldn't wasn't uh missing a topic that you needed to address.

Uh we'll go ahead in our agenda to item number 15 2026 0189.

Can I get a motion on the bill?

I've got a motion and a second on the bill.

No speakers in the queue.

Open the ballot and record your vote.

Sabigniers, your knees.

By your action, you've approved 20 260189.

Next item we go ahead, Ms.

Murray.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

Good morning.

You did that kind of fast.

Um, I just want to be added as a co-sponsor to that bill.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

Next item will be numbers item 16, 2026 0190.

Okay, to move a second.

I've got a motion and a second on the bill.

There's no discussion.

Open the ballot and record your vote.

Six yay, zero and knees.

All right, by your action, you've approved 2026 0190.

That takes us back to the beginning of our agenda.

And we'll item number one, 2024 0966 is deferred at the request of council president Carico.

Item number two, 2025 0361 is deferred at the request of council member white.

Item number three, 2026 000 five.

Okay, a motion on amendment.

I've got a motion and a second on the amendment.

Mr.

Peterson.

Through the chair of the committee, the amendment will reflect that additional notices uh needed to be sent to two affected property owners and reflect the revised results of that noticing.

Uh those two respond um notices went out and they did not respond, and therefore there are no responses in the affirmative.

We'll attach a revised exhibit three, which is the results to reflect those uh additional noticing responses.

Um touch a revised exhibit four, which is the responses to a exclude responses that were originally associated with two parcels and those that were renotised.

Place revised notices on file to reflect the additional noticing, and then lastly, correct scribers.

All right, thank you.

So I've got a motion and a second on the amendment.

No speakers in the queue.

All in favor say aye.

None opposed or any opposed likewise.

So can I get a motion and a second on the bill as amended?

So I've got a motion and a second.

Ms.

Murray, you recognize.

Good morning, Ms.

Pollock.

If you would come forward, I don't see the um bill sponsor, although I think he anticipated being here because I do see a placard for him.

So I did do some research in regards to Mr.

Burrell.

And I was just trying to find um I know that he was the owner of Island Tropic Restaurant that was on Main Street.

Um how long was the restaurant operating?

Um what did he do for the community?

Cherry Pollock, Office of General Counsel.

And in the legislation uh that I wrote, um, I'm looking at the wrong one.

Just a second.

Mr.

Burrell, the actual restaurant is actually still in operation.

And they actually him and his wife, Miss Sidney Burrell owned and operated the island tropics restaurant for more than 20 years.

Okay.

What how thank you for that, Ms.

Pollock?

Uh-huh.

What was his impact on the community?

Or how did he work with the community?

Um, well, as stated here, he had relocated here uh to Jacksonville, and he opened in several properties, uh, rental properties.

He was um known in the community, uh specifically for the the actual the restaurant, the community, the restaurant brought the the community to together.

Um other things.

Um I guess they love the Jamaican cuisine.

Um they had good food that was good food.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

I was unable to find through the chair to Ms.

Pollock.

I was unable to find a great deal of information, so I needed some additional background um to help me make a decision.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair.

All right.

Uh Councilman Morrow, you recognize Mr.

Chair, uh, Ms.

Pollock, while you're there.

Um just to uh further um expand on my uh council members' questions.

Uh who generated the uh the the legislation and and the reasoning for it.

Um the um the wife, uh the widow of the Mr.

Burrell.

Uh she submitted an application um through the chair to council member Amaral.

Uh she submitted an application and she paid the uh fee as well.

So it was initiated by Ms.

Burrell.

Okay, I don't see any other speakers in the queue.

So I've got a motion and a second on the bill as amended.

Open a ballot and record your vote.

Seven yes, zero nays.

By your action, you've approved 2026 0005.

Next item number four, 2026 0140.

I've got a motion and a second on the amendment.

Mr.

Peterson.

Through the chair of the committee, the amendment will reflect that a second notice was sent to a an affected um, it says property owner, but it was a small cell wireless uh located property or not property, but a cell tower, if you will, on that stretch, uh reflect their non-response, which would be in the affirmative.

Uh attach a revised exhibit two to include that second notice, and then correct some references to ordinance code sections.

All right, Mr.

Bolden, are you on the amendment?

Uh okay.

So let's let's go ahead through the through this amendment.

I've got a motion and a second on the amendment.

All in favor say yay.

Yay.

Any opposed likewise, none.

The amendment carries can include I've got a motion second on the bill as amended.

Mr.

Bolan, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I'd like to offer an amendment.

I'm not a big fan of changing history or covering up history, but I understand the rationale for this.

Uh my amendment is to to limit the uh sign or name changing between on Confederate Street between Market and Liberty.

Uh the Confederate street naming uh between Hubbard and Market Street actually fronts uh Springfield Park, and obviously the name of the street was a reflection of the fact that there's a park there.

I think uh doing this solves two problems.

Number one, it recognizes the historical nature of Confederate Street and its location, fronting the park, and secondly to uh can address the concern that that entity that's taking over the building on Liberty and Confederate.

So I'll offer a motion to amend this to limit to the name change to from uh market to liberty.

Looking for a second.

All right, I've got a motion and a second on the bowl and amendment.

Councilman Amor, are you on the amendment?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um the uh I second the amendment because it seems like a good middle um landing spot, if you will, to um kind of quell the controversy and yet achieve what the uh the applicants are trying to achieve.

Uh if I understand it correctly, uh the name change will be simply between market and liberty.

And market and liberty and Hubbard and Maine will remain the same.

And um it's a shame that we need to go through this if we're going to change it, change it completely or not.

But it just seems like uh a good landing spot, if you will, and and that's why I offered uh a second on it all right.

No other speakers in the queue so count Colonel Miller, you recognize the thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Through the chair, I just want to make sure um councilman member Boylan.

Um I just want to make sure I understand because the two stretches uh or parts of the street, one is between Hubbard and Market, and the other is between market and North Liberty.

So if you would help me understand which one, which one of the two you said you suggested changing?

Yes, sir.

Uh the market uh my amendment uh calls for only changing the strip of Confederate Street between market and Liberty.

Uh the piece between Hubbard and Market, which fronts the uh Springfield Park seemed appropriate to keep that as it is.

So if I hope that answered the question through the chair that Mr.

Councilmember Miller is between Market and Liberty.

Okay, thank you.

I appreciate it through the chair.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Chief White.

Yes, sir.

Through the chair, I just want to put on the record.

I was on offer amendment to withdraw this.

To keep our history, but uh possibly might have interest in Mr.

Borland's uh amendment.

So I'll hold that powder dry now.

I just want to put that on the record.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you.

So I've got a motion and a second on the bowling amendment.

All in favor say yay.

Yes, yes.

Any opposed likewise, none.

Yes.

Okay, well, I've got one one nay.

And so the amendment carries so yes, please roll them up and can get a motion and a second on the bill as twice amended.

Once amended.

I've got a motion and second on the bill as amended.

No speakers in the queue.

Open the ballot and record your vote.

Five years, two knees.

By your action, you've approved 2026 0140.

Next item number five.

2026 0179.

Okay, get a motion, second on the bill.

I've got a motion and a second on the bill.

Ms.

Murray, you're recognized.

Once again, good morning.

Is there anyone here to speak to this particular bill?

There is no one here.

Okay.

So what did you say?

Okay.

So I just wanted to know.

I know that um annually districts such as this one, they must present their budget.

And so I just had a couple of questions, and I don't know.

Um, Mr.

Peterson, you may or may not, because it's I just wanted to make sure that they were um informed of the increase, the three percent increase, and that um they consented, and I don't know how they make sure that those who were live within the district know about the increase and that they consent to the increase.

Through the chair to Councilmember Clark Murray.

Um my understanding is the board of directors of this district are the only ones that are required to be, it's an up and down vote.

So the there's no consent required from the affected property owners.

Um the charter that was established by council in 2021 authorized a maximum annual increase in the assessment of three percent.

So they are limited to that.

Property owners should be aware of that.

I can't promise that they are.

Um but I there's no consent required from um anyone who is not on the board.

Wow.

Okay.

Thank you for that.

Um because there's no one else to answer any questions.

I um I'm done.

Thank you, Chair.

All right, thank you.

Dr.

Salem.

Thank you, Chair.

Through the chair to Mr.

Peterson.

Um, as you remember, this this got off to a very, very contentious start uh uh when um uh councilmember Becton led this effort and community meetings.

How is it uh do you have a feel how this uh this district is now working?

Are they effective?

Are they moving forward and and is it uh in a much better place at this point?

Can you answer that?

Through the chair to Councilmember Salem, I cannot answer that question.

I'll give you a little bit of financial statistics.

Last year you approved a or authorized a budget for them, just over 1.1 million.

Um they have about 400,000 still in their savings account, if you will.

So they are spending and addressing the issues, but as you are well aware, it's a very large area that has some rather outdated infrastructure.

So it's going to take a while for it to be brought up to speed, and I think the end goal is for them to be able to deed those uh those roads and drainage over to the city, but that would that will take millions upon millions to to occur.

Yeah, I through the chair.

I I think there will be, well, at least if I'm still here, um, great concern about doing that.

I think that was the goal uh back during the Curry administration to do that, and there was a a policy, it's it's yours, it's not ours.

Because of the because of, as you stated, millions and millions and millions of dollars that will be required.

But okay.

Thank you.

All right.

Councilmember Mullen.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Just to follow up on Councilmember Salem's comments.

Uh the contentious portion of this was there were a number of neighborhoods that are new to the area and had current infrastructure and didn't ration the rationale for it.

And I think the idea of getting it to a point in time that the city will take ownership of it is going to require a lot of money and a lot of time to get there, but they won't take it until it reaches it, it hits the point of being qualified for you know for public uh access or public uh ownership.

So I I think the moving in the right direction in my view, you know, no news is good news with respect on not hearing from a lot of constituents, and maybe council member areas is, but I've not heard from anybody who's expressing a concern about uh what's happening thus far.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

I have no other speakers in the queue.

I've got a motion and a second on the bill.

Let's open the ballot and record your vote.

Seven years, zero nails.

By your action, you have approved 2026 0179.

Next item number six, 2026 0180.

Can get a motion on the amendment.

I've got a motion and second on the amendment.

Mr.

Peterson.

Through the chair of the committee, the amendment will correct a bill number reference, also attached to revised exhibit one, which is the BT to correct the appropriation amount and the account in which the funds are being pulled from, and then lastly, correcting scriptures.

All right.

I don't see any speakers on the amendment.

All in favor say aye.

Any opposed likewise.

None amendment carries.

Can I get a motion second on the bills amended?

I've got a motion.

Yeah, I've got a second.

And Mr.

Bowlin, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Through uh through the chair and Mr.

Peterson, um, obviously this is the second tranche of funds.

We just pushed one out a couple weeks ago, if my memory serves me correctly, at the level one.

Through the chair to Councilmember Boylan, I don't recall the level one.

We have funded this level two.

It's about every two years you add funding to it, and as they draw down those funds, they will then the tree commission takes up an item to attempt to get those replenished.

Um there is about 26 million dollars combined in the tree funds between the two.

That was my second question.

So there's ample opportunity here.

Um and and it maybe this is for the administration to answer with respect to uh to Mr.

Delaney of the promotion of the opportunity for people to identify locations.

Can you Mr.

Delaney if you wouldn't mind speaking to that?

What the administration is doing to encourage people to recognize the opportunity they can have trees planted in their neighborhoods.

Uh through the chair to Mr.

Boylan.

Um I'm not aware of what we're specifically doing, uh, but I'll look into that and I can get back with you.

That certainly seems like a good idea.

Council member Murray.

Thank you.

Um through the chair to the committee.

I think Miss Um Sickler can answer that question for us.

Good morning, Nina Sickler Public Works.

So uh we are working in several ways to identify projects for the level two planting.

Uh number one was through uh former council president white.

We had the uh 100 tree challenge per district.

Uh so we went through that process, and um nearly every district did accomplish that challenge to get trees planted in their districts.

Um we continue to work with each council member to identify locations within their districts where more trees might be uh might be um needed.

And so that's part of the reason we do need the additional funding.

The previous tranche for level two has been expended on the ordinance side uh after our most recent project at uh landmark.

Um we will be down to about a hundred dollars in the level two tree um appropriation uh for the ordinance side.

So this four and a half million will allow us to continue uh identifying and planting those trees.

All right, no other speakers in the queue.

So I've got a motion and a second on the bill as amended.

Open the ballots, record your vote.

Seven yay, zero and by your action you approve 2026, 0180.

Next item number seven, twenty twenty-six zero one eight one.

Can I get a motion on the amendment?

I've got a motion and a second on the amendment.

No speakers in the queue.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed likewise?

None.

Amendment carries, can I get a motion and second on the bills amended?

I've got a motion and a second on the bill as amended.

No speakers in the queue.

Open the ballot and record your vote.

Seven yes, zero nays.

By your action, you approve 2026 0181.

Next item number eight, 2026 0182.

Okay, and a motion on the withdrawal.

I've got a motion second on the withdrawal.

No speakers in the queue.

All in okay.

Go ahead, open the ballot and record your vote.

Seven yes, zero nays.

By your action, you approve the withdrawal of 2026, 0182.

Next item number nine, 2026 0183.

Can you get a motion?

Second on the amendment.

I've got a motion and a second on the amendment.

No speakers in the queue.

Ms.

Murray, you recognize.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Go ahead, Mr.

Peterson.

Through the chair of the committee, the amendment attaches a revised CIP sheet to reflect all of prior years appropriations for this project.

Okay.

Now, Ms.

Murray.

On the bill.

Okay.

On the bill.

All right.

No speakers on the amendment.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed likewise?

None.

Amendment carries.

Get a motion second.

And I've got a motion and a second on the bill as amended.

Ms.

Murray, you recognize.

Thank you.

Good morning, Chief.

So first of all, this is the fire station that's on Myrtle Avenue.

That's that's before the I'm gonna say the where it splits.

Yeah, through the chair through Councilman Collitmore, yes.

Okay, so I'm gonna make sure.

And I know that is a small property.

Is there a reason why you're not going to acquire um the additional um land and for the and for the parking?

Because I know it is a kind of a tiny fire station.

Yeah, we've um done our due diligence trying to approach we had a property that was identified that we want to purchase.

Uh we've been negotiating trying to talk with them about purchasing that properly just just fell through the amount that they were asking for was just way above the um the amount um what it was appraised for.

Thank you.

That that does make sense.

Thank you so much for um looking out for the uh community.

The other thing is in regards to the funding, so you you are going to fund um art.

I think you're gonna do like some kind of a mural and exterior lighting, and that's gonna cost what about nine thousand, seven dollars, and that's why you have a balance of one point four remaining.

Okay.

All right, that answers my questions.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair.

All right, thank you.

Let me go to Dr.

Salem next.

Thank you, Chair.

Through the chair to Chief.

Chief, I didn't get a chance to call you when I went through this.

It was on good Friday, and I really didn't want to contact you on that day.

Uh this is debt funding uh through the chair to Mr.

Peterson, correct?

Through the chair to council for Salem, that's correct.

So we're I I just philosophically using debt funding to to pay for art, just doesn't sound right to me.

Uh um landscape improvements, exterior lighting, I can understand.

Um how uh enthused are you about the art funding or uh this that component of it, Chief?

Yeah, I think it's it's uh through the chair to Councilman Salem, but I think it's just a whole holistic per um purchase um of identified things that we want to do in that area.

Um that that corridor, I guess the councilwoman is um in over the years, over the next few years, I think that corridor will change.

I think this gives it identified location um to start that that progress.

Um that that fire station sits in the area right there on Moncree for Myrtle.

Um it's a very visible um part of the area.

Um that we're doing not only the exterior portion of the building that we're looking at, but the lighting, um also and then the mural.

I think it just adds to the um to that area.

Who who is designed through the chair?

Who's designing the mural?

Uh having been through um the arts um community and such, are y'all designing it, or they do is uh the cultural council involved in this in any way.

Yeah, we're kind of in early stages, stages of that, but our thought process is to um allow someone from the community and that in that art community to design it.

Of course, it'll be the fire department um type of mural.

Um is that what that's what we want it to be.

Um, like I said, and in our thought process behind that, is because um, as you know, that that fire station is a is a hub of that area.

It's a lot of people that hang out in that area.

A lot of people stop by that by that fire station, get blood pressure checks.

A lot of kids kind of run around there.

We want to kind of be like an area that the community can still enjoy and and and be proud of.

Okay.

I I'll support it with I'm just not real crazy about it.

I don't want council member white to jump on me either.

So I'll support it, but uh it it just doesn't uh just doesn't sound completely right to me, but uh I will support it.

Thank you.

Okay.

All right, thank thank you.

Let me go to uh Mr.

Peterson through the chair to um Councilmember Clark Murray and a question you had earlier.

The the cost of the project is not nine thousand and seven dollars.

It is they got appropriated one point five million.

They've spent roughly ten thousand dollars to date.

This project is going the estimates that we received is just over 1.3 million.

So it's within what the remaining budgetary authority is, but it's not it's not that ten thousand dollars just to do the art lighting and landscaping.

Okay through the chair to Mr.

Peterson, so the amount that is the remaining balance, what the the amount that's missing, like the nine thousand.

So where where has that money gone?

Do you know?

Through the chair.

My understanding is that got spent in their preliminary uh work when they were trying to acquire the parking lot, the time spent on the land acquisition, that type of thing.

Okay, thank you so much.

So with that being said, through the chair to chief, what is what is the cost of your project?

Um the cost of the project is about 1.3 million.

Right, the overall project, but the art portion, the mural, the the lighting, what is the cost of it?

The way we got it broken down now, the design portion, um 161,000 construction of the fire station, the outside structure, 800,000, um and the contingency.

We got like 200,000 contingency, um, and then CI serve CEI service 150,000.

So through the chair, so you don't have that particular portion for specifically for the art for the art.

Okay, I do understand.

Right, thank you.

All right, thank you.

Let me go to Councilmember Morrow.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Chief Golden.

I I like this uh holistic approach to uh Ford Apache.

That's what they call it, right?

Fort Apache.

That's correct.

Um because the men and women uh who serve in uh JFRD spend many hours in these buildings, and and so it's nice to have a place with some aesthetics, uh lighting that will make it safer for the entire community and and it just seems like uh good money uh well spent uh to change that entire corridor, if you will.

And so uh I'm I'm gonna support it.

I I think it's a great approach forward, and having uh knowing the history of that particular intersection, uh I think this can be some transformative work that will help uplift that community.

So uh thank you for bringing it forward.

Thank you.

All right, no other speakers in the queue.

I've got a motion and a second on the bill as amended.

Let's open the ballot and record your vote.

Seven years, the nails.

By your action, you've approved 2026 0183.

Next item number 10, 2026, 0184.

Can I get I've got a motion and a second on the bill.

Ms.

Murray, you're recognized.

Is anyone here to speak to this?

And Mr.

Nooney is missing his opportunity.

FWC.

I don't know, maybe I shouldn't speak his name.

I'm sorry.

Terry a car Terry Carr, Environmental Quality Division.

Good morning, Mr.

Carr.

Just a couple of questions.

Because this particular um grant has some stipulations.

It says that the project must be completed by September the first.

So what is the project status?

Is it in design and planning?

Is it in distract uh in construction?

Which phase is it in through the chair?

Through the chair, it's in the planning phase.

We are trying to get bids confirmed.

We had one bid that came in, it was more than what the grant amount was, so we're looking for another bid, but we have materials staged at the right-of-way and storm water maintenance yards that we could deploy to satisfy the needs of the uh allocation.

Okay, so that once again, through the chair, the idea is to make sure that you're able to use the 120,000 dollars because making sure that the project is completed by that deadline.

Okay, and it sounds like that you're on top of the the deadlines and making sure that you have the the different aspects of the project in place.

So I just wanted to make sure.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you, Mr.

Carr.

All right, no other speakers in the queue.

Let's open a ballot and record your vote.

Six yay, zero and your action you approve 2026, 0184.

Next item number 11, 2026, 0185.

Uh that one's going to be deferred.

Item number 12, 2026, 0186.

I've got a motion second on the bill.

Mr.

Bolden, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Through the chair, Chief Golden.

I guess you're gonna are you the only person here qualified to speak to this bill.

Uh Mr.

Chair, as as Chief comes down, uh my suggestion is uh number one questioning the demand for this.

I think we've not seen it.

Uh maybe Chief Golden, my question to you, first of all, have we seen a call for this kind of I'm I I support it, don't get me wrong, but let go ahead and speak to the question if whether or not through the chair to Chief, whether or not we've seen this uh a need for this kind of service.

Through the chairs of councilman bowling.

Um you're not going to see a high number of need for this.

Um as you know, all fire stations are safe havens.

Um so an individual can bring uh a newborn to a fire station and hand hand that off anonymously um to an individual.

This will be uh for those folks who don't want to be identified or who don't want to have that interaction, it just adds another layer um to that.

Um as far as numbers of how often that happens, um, I don't know, but I mean, whenever you hear a story about uh an infant being in a dumpster or anything like that, I think this would help help with that.

I I I couldn't agree more.

I guess my question, and I'd like to offer it as an amendment and would appreciate a second, if we uh if we took down the number down to four, one in each quadrant, a centralized station within the districts or within the quadrant of the city, we could take this price down per uh or Mr.

Peterson from 314 to 100 K.

Just to see whether or not this is a viable program and and warranted.

I I like the idea of it, don't get me wrong.

I just think putting it in 14 stations arbitrarily to say one for each district.

I think we might be better served in a more frugal stewards if we just change it to four stations, one in each quadrant of the city.

And I offer that as a mess uh as a motion as an amendment.

Well, uh then I understand.

Well then we most centralized location with each district.

I have not taken a moment to do that if we can do that.

If not, I it can defer the motion and introduce it tomorrow in finance.

But I I think that common sense would dictate we can recognize the a centrally located uh station within each quadrant.

Um Ms.

Mary.

To the chair, so we have them listed by the fire station address and not on a map.

So I'm just concerned that if we're being left to as staff to identify what can is considered central, that's really stepping in the shoes that you all should be in to identify how where you think they should be.

Um to the extent that council member boylan is comfortable waiting and offering this in finance or having somebody take it up in finance, that that would give us the opportunity to maybe identify these on a map, and then there could be consideration by the membership of where exactly do you consider something to be centralized to the areas of the city?

To that extent, uh Councilman, uh Chair, I'm gonna turn to Chief Golden, if you wouldn't mind helping me identifying what you would characterize as the four central stations in each of the quadrant.

Uh if you can come back with that information today or uh or later today or first thing in the morning, I'd appreciate it.

And to that end, uh I'd appreciate some comment.

Um I'm gonna go ahead and defer my amendment then, but I think the idea of it limiting it to four, it makes more sense to see if there isn't in fact a genuine need for this kind of uh service.

All right, thank you.

So let me go to next uh Chief White.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Chair.

What I would suggest if we would defer this one cycle, and I don't know if it should be four or fourteen, because I think one baby would be worth the 314,000 we spent for all 14, and let Chief Golden dig deep and see if it should be 10, see if it should be 12 or stay at 14, and then us come back and vote it out.

It would be my suggestion if you was okay with that as chair, or if Chief Golden was okay with that.

Yep.

Yes.

All right.

That so I've got a motion uh request to Mr.

Chair, if you're inclined as the chair to accept that recommendation, and as Mr.

Boylan has withdrawn the amendment that was on the table, um as long as everybody's comfortable with the deferral, then you don't have to to take up any motions.

It's up to you as chair.

All right.

So I'm going to defer this, but I do want to give the opportunity to the committee to speak to speak on it while it's in front of us right now.

So council member Murray.

Thank you, Chair.

Um I I do respect the uh amendments and the uh motion that was put on the floor to defer this.

One of the things that I was going to focus on was actually the the funding source.

Um we talk about the reserves and how the reserve should be used.

And of course, this is a worthy, uh definitely a worthy um reason to use funds, but I think we can find another funding source.

So the deferral, I think is would be appropriate.

Uh I don't have another funding source in front of me.

I was hoping that Mr.

Peterson could present one for me at some point.

Okay, another funding source.

So uh and and I know this will still, although we're going to defer to neighborhoods, it will still go before finance.

And so I'm thinking that those who sit on finance will probably have probably have an idea about another funding source as well.

That's all I wanted to say.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

So let me go to council member next.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, through the chair to uh Mr.

Golden, um I had conversations with uh Chief King and when they were trying to roll this out.

And if I am correct, I think the uh the concept of having uh a safe haven box at all of the uh in all of the districts was to further extend that that grace, that anonymity uh and access and convenience for uh uh a mother who may have reached this difficult decision.

Am I correct in thinking that that it was all about access, convenience, uh extended anonymity is why the idea of having one in each council district just seems safe and wise.

Um the initial conversations that we had, um we didn't know it was gonna go up to 14.

The initial conversations we had was the four um potentially um locations.

Um we were gonna identify those locations in the like major um interstate thoroughfares is what we were looking at.

Um and then it came up that it was opportunity to do that in a different council district.

So of course, the more fire stations you had at availability of of course the the better.

Um it'll just open it up um to more individuals to actually utilize and then know those locations within their certain council district.

All righty, thank you.

Uh to legislative services, would you please add me?

All right, let me go to Colonel Miller next, Chair.

Through the chair, um Chief, sir, you're the one uh carrying all the water for this one.

Um I'm not sure.

Well uh obviously the uh introducer wasn't able to be here today.

Um I would have liked to have heard his thoughts on this.

And um I get the amendments.

I don't have any problem with the amendments, however, um as with council uh member Clark Murray, um I have some concerns about this the funding source, and um that's what I would like to see adjusted.

Uh we have some options, and uh I'd like to see that adjusted away from the operating reserves.

Um because there are other options.

There's debt savings right now of I think over eight million dollars that we could look at.

There are other pots that have been put off to the side that are left up to the council to decide where that you know where those funds are used.

So um I'd like to see a change in the source of this funding.

Um however, here in chief, through the chair, hearing chief say the original idea was just four locations.

Um that's where I do agree with my colleagues here.

I think we'd need to look into that a little bit further to make sure we're putting them in the right places.

I am a hundred percent in support of this, as uh past President White pointed out.

You know, how much is one baby's life worth?

Uh absolutely, if only one over 314,000.

So I don't have a problem at all uh with the amount, uh, but we certainly want to be more strategic and make sure we put them in the right locations and that Chief and his team are in agreement.

Uh the number and the and the locations are correct.

So I support this.

Um I'm not quite willing to co-sponsor until we change the funding source and and I would recommend and I don't know if we want to we're you're deferring, so I guess we can we'll take this up at another time since the chair is going to defer.

So that's I'll just put that all of that on the record for now.

And um uh thank you, Mr.

Chair.

All right, thank you.

So uh I will be deferring this.

Uh you know, I I look at this bill uh uh wholeheartedly support this.

Uh whether it's one or fifty, it doesn't matter.

Uh the money that we we spend uh to save one is is well well worth it.

And so uh I look forward to finding a path to get this enacted, uh whether it's four, twelve, however many uh uh resources that we put out there for the community.

Uh I think we can never go wrong with that.

Uh so I'll I'll defer it and uh we'll move on to item number 13 2026 0187.

Uh before I move the amendment, let me go to uh councilman tomorrow.

Thank you.

Uh Mr.

Chair, if it's the pleasure of the chair at all, I'd like this um item deferred.

Uh there are some issues that have to be resolved, and um the uh the recipient is working to uh resolve those who've been in contact with the uh council auditor's office.

Um and so um um I'm asking for this to be deferred until those issues have been resolved.

All right, thank you.

We'll def defer it and appreciate that.

Councilman.

Item number 14, 2026, 0188.

Okay, a motional amendment.

I've got a motion second on the amendment.

No speakers in the queue.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed likewise, none.

Amendment carries.

Get a motional.

I've got a motion and a second on the bill as amended.

Those speakers in the queue.

Let's open a ballot, record your vote.

Six years, zero and a s by your action you approve 2026 0188.

Next item 15.

We've taken action.

16, we've taken action.

That takes us to item number 17, 2026 0207.

Can you got a motion and second on the bill?

Miss Murray.

All right.

Thank you, committee.

So uh essentially, this is going to be a passive park in District 9.

Um I am acquiring the property from the owner for $350,000.

The land appraisal through the chair to Councilmember Boylan, because I know you're gonna ask that question.

It's appraised at $375,000.

So look at that.

Clark Murray has struck a deal, and we have like a what a $15,000 um, what's that no, maybe $25,000 um equity in the land?

Yeah, $25.

So and it will be the parks and parks and recreation department will have oversight over the um the property.

And then I'll take any other questions if there are any.

All right.

Let me let me go to Colonel Miller next.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Through the chair, just like to be added as a co-sponsor, and um we it was deferred, but I also like to be added to 187.

I'm assuming they'll be able to work out those those concerns.

Um what a wonderful organization, and um I trust this is all been worked out on this bill for for good purpose for for the district.

So I'm I'm in support of both.

Thank you.

All right, no other speakers in the queue.

I'd like to be let me go to councilman.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Uh to the uh district council member, what's the acreage here?

And um uh the uh when you acquire the land, uh when does the process begin for uh converting it to uh uh a passive park?

Um through the chair to council member Amorrow.

Um there are total of six parcels and it was a total of gosh, you would ask me that question.

Okay, I've got this information.

No, you're okay, you're okay.

I just didn't write that particular information down.

Renee, come on up so you can answer that.

Thank you.

1.3 and what was your other question?

You said when is it going to be transformed?

So I cannot answer that question right now, but of course we're gonna need to do some um some design, and I have my CBA fund, so that's where I look to do some improvements on the land.

Thank you.

Please add me as a sponsor.

Uh I'm I'm familiar with that side of town as well, and I think this will be a very nice uh amenity to that area.

Um through the chair to council member, well, actually to the committee.

It will be a Ms.

Barnes was here.

I think she forgot about this particular bill, but she was here on our last council night and she did speak about it and how it's needed.

This area is not just um it's not just a plot of land, it's also area where students walk to the um, I think it's called Bessie Coleman, one of the KIPP schools.

And they and it's an area that's it's a high traffic area, so this will actually serve to help calm some of that um that traffic down, and it'll give those students an opportunity a place to sit and sway actually stand and wait for the bus and those that walk through that area as well.

And it's really truly for the seniors in that area.

They don't have an area where they can just, for example, sit and just have some coffee, you know, and just if they want to watch cars go by or they want to watch their grandbabies as they travel get on the bus or as they walk on to the school, it's a place to do that.

It's a it's an area that will calm that particular um intersection.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, everyone.

Uh I like to be added as a co-sponsor as well.

Uh any time it involves parks, I'm I'm all in.

I I don't think we can do enough.

And uh given given our community uh more park access.

So with that, let's open the ballot and record your vote.

Six years, zero knees.

By your action you approve 2026 zero two zero seven.

The next items are on second reading.

And zero two four nine.

With that brings us to the end of our agenda.

Um Mr.

Carlucci, you're recognized.

Okay.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Real quick, Chief Golden.

I just want to let you know uh for the baby boxes, we'll defer that in finance.

But if you can still be there, because I do want to have a lot of just discussion about that.

So just to give you a heads up.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

All right, thank you.

Any other comments from the committee?

If not, we are adjourned.

Thank you, everyone.