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You do have a call.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Let's proceed with the document review.

Starting with the consent agenda, item number one, ordinance 2026 076.

Um governmental operations standing committee recommended approval.

Item two, ordinance 2026, 087, land use, housing, and transportation standing committee recommended approval.

Item 3 and 4, ordinance 2026 089 and 091.

Governmental Operations Standing Committee recommended approval.

So this item is to be continued to the July 27th council meeting.

Item 6, ordinance 2026 102.

This paper was continued previously at the May 26th council meeting, and it's currently being continued to the June 22nd council meeting per acre request.

Item 8, ordinance 2026 106.121.

This paper was committed referral weight.

Items 15 through 17, ordinance 2026 122, 123, and 124, planning commission recommended approval.

However, I believe I do have a request that all these items be moved to the regular agenda.

If it is the consensus of council, item 15 through 17 will be moved to the regular agenda.

Okay.

Councilwoman Gibson.

Thank you, Madam President.

I um I made the request to have those three items moved to the regular agenda.

Is there a consensus?

Always about to ask any further comment, question, discussion.

Councilmember Chairman.

Why?

Sure.

The thinking on these is one this involves the sale and transition of property from the schools.

Um, and uh when this was first brought to the school, there there was uh much discussion about it.

Um my personal interest is to ensure we are um cognizant, you know, that the schools are getting compensated for the transfer of property.

Um, and the other piece to this is this is also another um uh instance of uh of making a transfer at the same time the property's been surplused, which violates this our code um regarding surplusing properties uh prior to sale, so what school is it?

You said there was a school involved or some land the land, um so as you see uh 2026 uh-122.

Um this property at 1461 Commerce Road is uh was uh as a school division property, it had been used as a facilities uh facilities for facilities use, yes.

But it says they're giving up the deed, a quick deed to accept a quick claim deed.

Because I know that's where the casino was gonna go at one time, and we we stopped that we didn't let that happen, and the land's been vacant for all those years, and I think it's retail and all that.

That's something that I know that my district definitely needs some retail and mixed use and all of that.

And how many acres is it?

Is anybody here that can?

Okay, let me take the additional comments and then I can come back for any questions.

Uh, council member Robertson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um these papers uh uh in have been in discussion.

The issue of the land transfer from rich and public schools to the city, uh, and also the other papers in regards to this, the three papers um part of a development that we have been working on for I don't even know how many years, many many years.

We've been talking uh with schools as well as with uh the uh city central, and a lot of meetings have been held with the community with the administration, um, in regards to these papers, there is a opportunity for us to significantly look at um schools have agreed to the relocation strategy that has been uh adopted by the school board, and the assessment values have been done by uh the city as it relates to the sale uh agreement that has been reached.

Uh it's been something that's been in process for quite some time.

It's an opportunity for us to provide a significant level of development, uh housing development and other uh mixed public use as well, and a guarantee to satisfy rich and public schools uh relocation uh strategy that have been put in place.

Um if they're I would really prefer that we continue with the papers where they are and would request that we continue to have them on the agenda as presented.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other comment question?

Councilman Breton?

Um, I would be interested to just hear all the details about the proceedings that have gone into this and understand, you know, when it comes to land transfers, I think it is worth it that we just make sure that they're given their time so the public knows that we're paying enough attention to all the details on these.

So I'm pretty confident that it will probably be approved after we hear all the details, but I think it's important.

I would support putting it on the regular agenda just to make sure that gets that level of attention and time.

Can I get a sense of whether or not there's uh consensus to leave this where or leave these papers where they are, and or to move them to regular agenda?