You uh consistently raise the concern of people that own the homes and do not properly pass on the property uh through a will or an estate or something like that, thinking, hey, that's for people that are wealthy.

This is uh a program that you all approved our application uh for, and it gets rolled into the MOU.

The timing of this coincides with the fact that uh if you recall, we've awarded the uh FEC management to the United Way, and so the counselors are now employees of United Way to get them back up and uh and fully functional.

Uh the cities for financial empowerment requires that we have the MOU in place.

It happened to just expire right at the same time.

Um, but we needed to have that contract in place with United Way, which is why we're doing it now.

Mike, do we have any data of how many people they've served already?

Um we do, and I can get you all of that.

Uh and specifically it is CFE's database that we use for that.

So that's that that that and the training are the two things that we access through this MOU.

But yeah, what uh what time period you want to look at the last year or what you want to what what's what's important.

United Way is over transitioning, they're doing the training.

So just seeing like you know, so that people can see how many people are being served, even in demographics that are coming in.

I think it's a phenomenal program.

Um no question about that.

But just so that we know, you know, the people that are coming in and making sure they're being served, and uh so uh Rafiki Fulgren's is our uh FEC program manager on the city side, and he will put some together some information that I'll share with all of you.

Yeah, so once we're up and running, um when all of this gets resolved, how about letting the community know that this is available to them?

How are you promoting this?

So we do have built into uh both the uh uh the budget for the United Way and then through this fifty thousand dollar grant that we got some money there as well for marketing.

Yeah.

Will you have languages available?

They uh I believe they use language line.

Um they have had uh multilingual people on staff.

Uh-huh.

Uh so uh look to serve it a few different ways.

Okay.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And also where is the language for the MOU?

Oh, they just got it.

I um I I did get it around four o'clock after the book was sent out.

I'll send it to all of you all.

Okay.

Oh, thank you.

Okay.

Okay.

The language is basically the same language from our previous MOU.

Uh that's um, I believe has got incorporated uh what's in the short title here around the legacy planning.

But uh we had um it's it's the draft that CFE provides for us, and law did a thorough review on it for us, so that we're we're not asking for anything that's wildly different than um you've approved.

Yeah, exactly.

So in the transitioning where we were not operating operational, right?

Correct.

So then we don't owe retroactive to nothing.

I'm sorry, say that again.

We don't owe any retroactive um anything money to anyone.

No, no, and there's no um uh with the way the MOU operates, it's really the permissions for accessing the training and the database in exchange for our commitment that that is the system we will use.

Right.

Um and then the 50,000 is a separate grant, but the timing of it means that it's appropriate to roll it into the MOU because it's an additional service that we'll provide.

Okay.

Thank you, Consulus.

Uh Counselor Major.

Yes.

No, gotcha.

Oh, yeah.

Okay.

Yeah, go ahead.

Thank you, Madam President.

I have item 11.

Neil Brown, how great to see you.

Good to see you everyone here.

Happy New Year.

Uh item 11 is a contract adjustment to change the vendors' name.

Uh they were acquired by a different company, as well as the amount of the contract.

And so this is equipment that serves uh the emergency signal preemption system that allows fire trucks to interface with the traffic signals, um, basically get them where they're going as fast as possible.

A new questions?

No, I just want some clarification with um Catherine Conwright in Law about the name.

Uh we um we thought that the name was still staying the same as global traffic, and that um this other was it, myo vision or whatever it was.

Yes, absolutely.

We'll double check with them.

We got some information yesterday, which I think I shared.

But if you want me to get with Catherine, I can as well.

Um it sounds like um, what is the who is the who is the company?

They were GTT.

They were GTT, then they were bought by the the company Myo Vision, but they've retained GTT as a DBA or something similar for their contracts.

MyOVision is the is the owner of the company.

Yes.

All right, that's what you wanted me to care about.

I I know they're it was confusing to wade through.

So you're changing you changing the name and you adding the um the contract to be five years with a one with a five with one five year renewal option and increases the increasing.

Yes, same terms as before, those terms just weren't in the original ordinance.

Was not in the original uh ordinance, so that's what we want to make sure that we get in in this one.

Yes, and we worked with Jenna to make sure that the the contract periods are right as well as the start dates.

So agreed, it's good to clean it up.

Okay, then I'll translate that too.

Thank you.

Thanks, yeah.

Any other questions?

No.

What's that, man?

Uh uh, Councillor Monctor for and Erin Reach.

Thank you, President Paniagua.

Um, Saisha, you're stuck with me.

Councilor Aaron Reich has items 12 through 17.

Saishabar Commissioner Parks quickly back to Rashida uh counselor Kawell.

The item that you had was a grant specifically for Machesny to be used for youth sound and music and seniors.

Whatever happens in that building.

The system is shot, we needed a new one.

There was an opportunity to apply for a grant.

And so possible.

Okay.

Just to clarify.

I thought it said the CISO Center.

Is the Magna Rally?

Magnarini and Magnorelli.

Mike Relly.

Sorry, I call it Machesny.

Sorry, Magnarelli Center.

So it's yeah, everything is correct.

Yes, right.

We us park kids play call it by the park name, right?

Magnalie.

Magnorelli.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Item 12 is an agreement with elite gaming for services related to instructional program at both sites Southwest and Wilson for the new eSports um gaming suites.

Um we want a professionals to run programming for the youth and potentially adults soon in our um centers.

Soisha, I think this program is phenomenal.

Um I had a chance to see the one in Wilson Park and see the kids play is they made a storage room into something beautiful.

So I commend the team.

Um as we're doing this and moving forward, I know previously we talked about making sure other parks um can have this possibility too, maybe Sheila or something that we can make a rate arrangements to make sure that other parts of the city can have this too.

Yeah, so Southwest will come live February.

February.

Um and then we're looking at smaller, like just horse gaming stations at maybe Machesny or a few others.

Or or Schiller too.

Yeah, okay.

All right.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Okay, 13.

13 is um agreement with Anadoga County Resource Recovery Agency from Oakland, I believe we have someone here to speak about it if there's questions.

It's battery recycling program.

Um it's important that we recycle our batteries and not throw them in the garbage because they can combust and start fires, not just in our homes, but in our trash trucks as well.

Um so this is the opportunity to set up some stations in our centers so that neighborhood folks have the ability to recycle their batteries appropriately.

So I do have a concern with this because of the potential for uh a fire or combustion.

Um is this is this gonna be located within the building or just on the property?

I'm gonna review.

Hi, um, I'm Kristen Lawton.

I'm the director of recycling at Okra.

And so we've been working collaboratively with parks for some time to take a look at exactly where are the best places for these.

So they will definitely be indoors.

They will be in areas that are only open during the hours that the community centers are open.

Um, and they will be um we we also be helping staff to understand what's going in them and and have safety measures in place already.

We've been um operating a similar program at area wagman stores for more than 20 years.

So um they're they're uh tested and true in other areas as well already.

So if they get dropped off and and you know the the parks are usually within business hours.

Yes.

And people leave people, go home, leave batteries in there.

What happened?

Do they just get dropped off and they get left overnight in the So yes, they will stay overnight, much like they do in our existing kiosk that we have at uh area Wagman stores and hardware stores.

Um but what happens is we have a regular uh collection cycle.

So we have a driver that is going to come and collect all of the batteries.

Um whatever schedule works well for the parks, we kind of have them in different places, and depending on the volume that comes in, we collect accordingly.

So right now at Wagmans we do it weekly.

So um, you know, whatever we'll kind of figure out what works for you guys and adjust to that.

So why wouldn't you expand to more more grocery stores where there's more people who's responsible for battery drop off um instead of centers where it is more youth than anything?

So one of the pieces we actually the reason we started looking into this is that we received a grant from the Department of Energy and a facet of that is expanding our footprint.

I mean we really have our our footprint right now is very suburban we don't have we have one city location it's in the civic center.

So we were looking to go to places where families and residents would be coming on a regular basis children, seniors so that we would make it visible so that we could do not only the education of you can drop them off here and this is a good place to put them but also to help people understand um batteries in general and learn how to to properly use them at home there's all kinds of education that we Okra will be doing as part of this grant to educate the community as a whole about how to how to properly deal with them at home so that they don't run into any issues with them.

And then Marty you could go ahead is that I think it's a great idea we need to make sure we're doing appropriate about the batteries but I'm just worried about what else is going to come with it right because once you give people outlet like oh you can drop a battery they're gonna drop off other things so we have to make sure that it's in the right spot and it's gonna be you know controlled because if I could just see it going into a whole another area where you know you're gonna you're gonna have to pick up the are you guys gonna pick up other cell phone if they drop it off too like TVs and stuff because I can see that happening.

So I think we have seen that in the places we already have this we do uh a lot of outreach and education um and we also have uh decaling on the containers that are very clear about what's accepted and what is not um and that that is uh an education point in and of itself the kiosk which is one of the reasons we're looking to put this in community centers as well um so yes you are right uh there may be all sorts of things that come in that is something we we actually manage already um so you know depending on the items obviously um you know most of them we are already handling as part of our collections that we do at the grocery stores um so we have a level of confidence that we'll we'll be all right um but certainly everything is an evolution and we're happy to work with the city as things come in and figure out how to address it I wouldn't have a problem if we put a drop off right here in City Hall we we can certainly explore that too yeah we can yeah we can I think that would be a good suggestion I really think it would because it would be it would be in a better environment where we can check things I think uh I think that's a suggestion we could share sure yeah we'd be happy to I mean we're looking to make this more accessible to all of our residents I think I think it would because we have a lot of traffic every day with the citizens come into City Hall.

I think it would be good I think it would be a good start if we could do a program and we we started here at City Hall.

Oh you say as an option but I I I want to go back to the communication and education side of things.

Sure.

Right in which if if if if the program like this exists how do you make sure that the the non desirable items don't show up right that don't check the emails and other stuff how do you make sure that this is people can take advantage of it.

So we have been doing education on this for as I mentioned about 20 years community wide and so uh we have our public information officer here who does a great deal of work not only we do emails we have newsletters we do advertisements that are both digital as well as traditional advertising this is a fully funded effort through the Department of Energy so we have a a significant amount of funding that is devoted to making sure this messaging gets out into the community and specifically to the areas where we're adding these new kiosks.

That's actually a facet of the grant um so uh I think we we have more resources than we've ever had to devote to educating about this particularly in these four locations that we had proposed for the city for go ahead no the four locations I didn't look at but the other thing is since we're talking about you're going into parks with seniors and you then I would really exercise that you go have a conversation with the city of Circuit School District to make sure that the children know and that they know and they're down the same um pathways and then this aging and youth department too so if there's a lot of support and you have um money to like for that to make sure that that is getting each age group and making sure that's in different languages across can you I'm sorry you mentioned the city schools and what was the secondary entity agent and youth so the Anadaga County agent and youth to make sure that the senior sites and those places but um the other part is the language piece that we have it all the message out in several different languages that so that people understand what's the mission and where's the assignment at so yeah great suggestions thank you thank you thank you very much I also want to mention that the fire department has been at the meetings um talking about this topic with the recycling of the batteries um I guess it go there not I think about it we're gonna go right to the fire department any problems they can just hose them all out I'm gonna ask that we withdraw 14 and 15 I have some more work to do on that so we're gonna withdraw um the bond ordinance and authorization 16

I also want to mention that the fire department has been at the meetings um talking about this topic with the recycling of the batteries.

Um I guess it goes there.

Now that I think about it.

I'm gonna ask that we withdraw 14 and 15.

I have some more work to do on that, so we're gonna withdraw um the bond ordinance and authorization.

16 is um our year.

This is what I was speaking to.

Our licensing agreement with American Society of Composers, authors, and publishers.

It's an annual license that we um at parks use yearly.

Um for music, as well as um 17 is similar.

If I can flip my page, um, with the Society of European stage authors, composers for our annual licenses for um playing music, copyright of music in the parks and at at different programs.

You'll see another one later on in the year for Pops in the park.

Any questions?

Thanks, Commissioner.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh Councillor Monto.

Uh Counselor Nabi.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh I have item 18.

Uh Commissioner Robinson, do you want to speak on this?

Okay.

Counselors.

Eric Anis, uh, Chief Development Officer.

Um, I so this is the um extension or the request to extend the existing agreement with VO for the micro mobility program.

Know that VO has been uh having conversations and conducting outreach with council staff as well as members of the council.

But um counselor, uh, I know that the team, particularly from VO is more than happy to make additional information available and participate in a committee meeting.

Um, but uh wanted to just get a sense if I can answer any questions now.

I'm happy to do it.

Uh I don't have any media questions.

Um I believe plus my colleagues have a question now they want to discuss with the contract.

Is there a reason to keep it the February one?

I know that that happened because of uh an extension last year.

Yeah.

Do we bring it back to the end of the year or so it's a good I'm I just want to I don't want to speak out of turn, so just Joe Barry just let me know whether or not if that if that's a prerogative if the council were willing to or wanted to amend the dates and if uh VO was agreeable to that, is that something that is possible?

Yes, that's possible.

Not that it matters matters, but February, you know, they're off the road anyway.

We had been on the January one cycle.

Yeah.

Uh it's very helpful, so we can we can raise that with VO.

From the effect of date.

Last year we had to grant an extension to get the contracts in place.

Now we're on a February one cycle.

And we wanted to expire what date again?

Uh we had been January one.

Yeah, first of the year and taking it through the end of the calendar year.

Okay, so it's uh it's the effect of January um this year.

So that's what we're doing.

I think we could I mean and maybe the question is if we can backdate it um the pending approval, but we could backdate it to start on January 1st of 2016.

That's what I'm saying.

So that's what we're asking um to align with the calendar year as a good thing.

You'll send me another letter right quick.

Sure, we can we can revise that.

Yeah, okay.

So we we're gonna have more questions.

So I'm gonna hold this for committee meeting, hopefully by that time.

We're gonna hold this for now because I think there's some questions.

And if Mr.

Hoover, Mr.

Cole Buff could come to the committee meeting, they would be here with some statistics and they can answer our questions.

Um so I think that would be important before we I don't I don't want to vote on something because I also want to continue to have an input of my constituents.

All right, with your approval.

Thank you.

My question will wait.

Okay.

All right, but what we will do in the meantime, we'll work on coordinating that meeting, and I know the VO team will make themselves available.

So I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Councillor Nabbey.

Hey, Councillor Moore.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um, I have items 19 through 22.

We're gonna withdraw 22.

That's already been approved last year.

Um 19 in an agreement with Krauss Health Um Hospital for the Help People Employee Assistance Program.

Hello, hello, Madam President Paniagua.

Members of the council, welcome as a chair, uh, counselor Moore.

Um the two items in front of you um are essential and mandatory um um items for firefighter wellness and safety and for our operational uh readiness, as you know that our firefighters work in high risk and high stress uh situations and environments, and these two legislation items 19 and 20, um, are for mentally to make sure our firefighters are mentally and physically uh fit to safely protect the community.

Um this cross help uh people.

This is gonna be uh an uh agreement directly with the fire department uh to provide counseling, um confidential counseling, uh critical incident stress support, um any type of supervisory, supervisory consultation and any wellness services needed um from um um going on a call, doing stress debriefings, they facilitate um after action um um situations where our firefighters need to be debriefed uh when they have other types of situations going on um with uh psychological mental issues, we want to refer them to them.

And um they're currently on our uh critical incident stress response team, so that's as a natural fit for our fire department.

So hey Chief, this is just somewhere like an invoice.

So as you need it, you're gonna go and do it that way.

They're just as yep, as needed.

Uh we'll have a report of I'll be able to give a report to not into um get into any HIPAA information, but I'll be able to say how much we use it and uh so that's what that um legislation is for.

If there's any more questions.

That is very similar.

It's not something you can do.

Sometimes we need somebody in um Krauss help is local, so they'll be able to respond and uh get immediate attention to our firefighters when we need and uh over the past year we've had several um issues um that we needed um immediate help and this agreement's gonna allow us to make that happen.

I agree.

I I know the police department has something very similar that they have still having somebody that they can relate to, somebody that's you know, consistency when it comes to stuff like that is very helpful.

Yes when you're talking about EAP, so I definitely understand.

And back in the 80s, our firefighters union, we were one of the forefront organizations to start EAP, and so Krauss was right there from the beginning.

So they're very familiar with our needs, and um we definitely need this agreement.

So I think I I'll speak in favor of that as well.

As a former volunteer firefighter, um had to use had to use these services plenty of times.

Um for suicides and other other situations that really stress out the the responders.

So I fully support this, yes.

Thank you.

Um two things, you know, one of the um one of the approach that the the that the police department used is that individual who are utilizing services like this is that they align them with people with experience like that.

Can you repeat your statement?

So as pe as firefighters are going to utilize EPA, uh EAP services.

Have we made sure that that on the other end that individuals that are delivering this services, quote unquote therapists, that they are that they understand yes, um the firefighters as opposed to just being overly therapists, you know, therapies that are specifically.

Yeah, we have a robust behavioral health program.

It's like a three-pronged program with EAP critical incident stress and a debriefing program when we go on traumatic calls, things that our firefighters see that nobody should see that we respond to.

Um so when we began this behavioral health program, Krauss was right with us to help us build this program.

So we got away from it because of the citywide program, but we realize we need them to be more specific to our first responder needs, and that's why I'm I'm presenting this legislation.

So they are um experts in um I wouldn't uh suggest or recommend that um they provide these critical services to our firefighters if I didn't believe that they uh were able to um not just be therapists, but they understand uh what our firefighters go through.

They're gonna understand the remedies they need to mitigate whatever situations um so they can return back home to their family safely, that they can perform the duties that we're asked as as a city.

When was the last time we used Krauss?

It's been a couple years.

Um I think it's been like two or three years since I specifically had we specifically use Krauss, but the city used to use Krauss as their overall before we went to ENI, and um, and they were built into our a lot of our policies and procedures.

So with with this, did we we obviously use a service like this last year and some stuff like that?

Do you have a data maybe and again you you you you will remove the HIPAA information, but do you have a data that we can see how effective and are you uh how this program is being utilized by the members?

For the specific program we have in place right now.

No, no, just overall, just the the last I can give you the last data um that I have with Krauss and I can look up to figure out what our ENI usage is.

Yeah, if we can try to get the data.

Yes, if you can if we can do that, Rick.

And specifically though, specifically for firefighters.

I'm not looking for the entire city.

Okay, specifically for firefighters.

And I'll say this.

So this is just EAP, the EAP program through the city is like one sliver of our three-pronged behavioral health program.

A lot of it's we have a peer support group where our firefighters help each other get to the resources that they need.

So some of them don't go through E and I or the city's uh program.

Um, but this Krauss help is going to be involved in all three prongs of our of our behavioral health program.

So I I'm sure um I'm sure we can get data.

I don't know if you need data.

I don't know if you can break out the data first.

I was gonna say I can't break it out by fire, but I can tell you about our overall usage and how that works.

Okay, I I guess let's talk about that.

But I would tell you the last time we had an independent program.

I guess what I'm asking, Chief, is if a program like this, you you have used it before.

Yes, right?

Through the fire department.

Yes, usually before that's the date I'm looking for.

I have that data.

I just got a date.

That's that's it.

And Rick, that would be great as well.

If you can send us the same data overall as well.

Thank you.

Okay, yep, I'll give that for you.

Oh, and there's something else, right?

Okay, yep.

Item 20.

Um is to go into an agreement with Well No Achmed.

Um there's some standards that make sure that our fire department has a fire physician in uh well now is our fire physician, so they make sure we um are able to do um our workplace safety, our physicals, all of our respirator exams.

Um they have they handle all of our um behind medical program for a fire department.

It's an essential mandatory program.

So we already have enough contract with them.

This is just to extend the contract underneath the underneath the agreement we already have in place.

Does anybody have any questions with that?

Okay, thank you.

Donna item 21.

Um is an agreement with this the police uh bureau of ETF.

Hi, uh, Deputy Chief Richard Trudell.

Good afternoon, counselors.

Um, as I've stated, uh I have item number 21, which is a renewal of our agreement with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms for overtime uh reimbursement for um any cases that we do with ATF.

We have two task force officers that are uh co-designated um with ATF, so any overtime that they incur during the course of their investigations with those folks in ATF, we get re uh reimbursement on that over time.

It's a five-year agreement, and this is a renewal.

They come to us timely, those um reimbursements.

They come timely, yes.

Thank you.

Yep, absolutely.

Yep.

Chief, is it a renewal or is it just uh because I have it as a new the letter was written as a new agreement?

My understanding is it's a renewal, but I can confirm that.

I'll look back on it in the index and see what it is and get in touch with you.

Okay, sounds good.

Thank you.

Hey Chief, I just want to give a quick shout out to some of your staff.

I actually two of them.

Um was at a game a couple weeks ago, and a young kid wanted to see what the vests and stuff looked like, and you know, the officer let them, you know, feel like the vest.

That was awesome.

And the kid was just thinking it was an officer, and I thought that was great because that's great.

You know, you know, with the children.

And the other thing was I was at an incident the other day, and there was a uh it was really ugly incident, but I want to commend your staff because it was a little chaotic, but at the end, they were able to explain to the people in the community why they had to say what they said and why they, you know, it wasn't just like you know, he made sure before they left that they explained to them the protocol and why they had to do it a certain way, and that it they weren't just being you know mean or so.

I'm saying to you is whatever you're doing to this new group that's coming through, they're definitely they're hitting it on a nose.

We really appreciate that.

Sounds a lot like the procedural justice that we're we're teaching to our folks, and that's exactly what they should be doing.

Explanations and taking their time and and certainly the community engagement with the youth is is exactly what we want.

So it's great to hear.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Thanks, Chief.

You again item 22 is being withdrawn.

Um thank you.

Um that's your last one, right?

Yep, yeah.

Council Moore, and then we move on to Council Williams.

Thank you, Madam President.

I've got items 23 through 26.

Um 23.

We are working to get a committee meeting on the calendar so that we can get an update around.

We got one?

Oh no.

Okay.

Um we can get an update from the administration around the progress and the path forward and to make sure that we can get our new counselors on board and up to speed with the the history and the future trajectory.

Um we will hold that for the cycle and move on to 24.

Met OJ, Commissioner of Assessment.

Uh, we are looking to change four different assessment roles for a pair of properties 1314 Spring Street and 112 14 um BERT.

These are a couple instances in which uh uh on the first uh there's an exemption earned but improperly removed on on the other uh an inventory collection error needs to be corrected.

25 we are looking as part of the broader public safety headquarters relocation project, at least 100 parking spaces uh on Geddes Street.

This is an existing shopping plaza with some additional capacity um to to foresee needed employee parking.

We'd like to uh take a lease on these hundred spaces, backfilling some of their excess inventory, getting close in parking for police employees, and hopefully continuing to activate the street over there.

OJ, what how many spaces do they have?

On site?

Yes.

I think on site itself, we have about a hundred and ninety-nine on the um supplementary magnolia lot.

We have a hundred.

No, no, no, no, just this particular lot shopping center.

Yes.

Double this to 200 at least.

It doesn't seem like that.

Um, I mean, the price isn't that it's just price is good.

I'm just concerned with congestion over there because I've I've in terms of ingress egress or just like loading up the lot.

Well, I would say take a ride over there.

Um I guess I'm thinking you guys would probably utilize more of the front lots closer to the street.

Correct, on both West Marcellus and South Ghettis, we'd be taking spaces on the periphery.

Yeah, but even then it doesn't seem like enough.

It doesn't seem like a lot of I don't know.

Where the you remember where the the cement blocks were they they're gonna open that up as well, and that allows to quite a few more parking spaces over there in that.

Both of the corner and closer to city hardware, the former city hardware.

The total space counters are the total spaces, yeah.

We can do that, and uh for you know a Microsoft Paint map would help too.

We can uh if you know marking up uh an aerial shot would help.

Yeah, that would do that.

That would be helpful.

I think you're kind of commission.

You're right.

Um have you looked?

I'll work follower high school because proximity.

We discussed that with the district early on.

Um there's enough times when they're at or approaching capacity at times that just don't jibe with what the workforce needs are at our new building that that's you know, co-location is a phenomenal idea.

We just weren't able to make that work.

Okay.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Thanks all.

And um 26.

Good afternoon, Evan Loving, budget director.

Uh number 26 is actually it says transfer funds, but it's primarily transfer position, an IT position that was in parks doing IT specifically for parks, it's moving to the IT department so it can support the city as a whole, and the transfer of funds is the remaining salary.

So it is a transfer fund.

It is a transfer of funds.

The primary purpose of the transfer of the funds is to transfer the position.

Right.

The funds are moving with the position.

There we go.

Yeah.

Any questions?

All right.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you, Councillor Williams.

And we move on to Counselor Jones Reserve.

Thank you, Madam President.

I have items 27 through 35.

Good afternoon, Council.

Jake Dishaw, Deputy Commissioner of Code Enforcement and Zoning Administration.

Uh, just a quick reminder and update on item 27.

Um, this was a carryover if you recall the last council meeting for those of you that were um in the last uh meeting before the new year.

Um we had a meeting scheduled with the state in person and they canceled due to illness.

Um we need to reconnect with them.

Um, and we hope we can we can have this resolved and finalized um pretty soon here.

So I kindly ask for a hold and we'll we'll keep you up to date.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, counselors.

Come on Jordan, director of housing and neighborhood planning.

So items 28 and 29 are technical corrections and items 30 through 35 our request to have these properties transferred to the land bank once the foreclosure is complete.

We'd actually like to withdraw item 30.

Um, I did have a conversation with Caitlin um regarding long-term land use, so I think we just need to speak internally about what we'll do there.

Okay, so that was already a carryover that we had concerns about.

All right.

Are these all vacant lots?

Are these tonities?

Um one of them had one of them said masonry building, so I need to um oh, we did talk about that one.

Yeah, so we are moving that just yeah.

So yeah, these are all our moving.

Um but I do want to just state um in Common or Michael, you guys can correct me um if I'm wrong, but anyone who finds themselves in the foreclosure process with the city um still has the ability to redeem um within as far as vacant lots, I would say five to six months, and as far as um structural um houses or buildings, um eight to ten months.

They still have the ability to redeem while the city is working their process.

Um so I just want to put that out there for people who may think that, oh it's a done deal.

You still have time.

Um we do extensive outreach.

The the the uh MBD staff as well as myself, Rashida has also been doing some many of the council had done um outreach as well.

So even with that, once it hits this table and it moves forward, they're still months of possibility to regain.

So for bringing that up.

Yes, that's important.

All right.

Any additional questions?

All right, thank you, counselors.

Thank you.

Um thank you, Councillor Jones Brown, sir.

We're moving to Councillor Monkey.

Thank you, President Penny Aqua.

I have items 36 through 39.

Uh 36, we will hold for another meeting.

37, we're gonna hold for a committee meeting in regards to Parkside Commons.

38, we will go into executive session following this meeting.

And who's here for 39?

Jake.

Uh to establish a funeral home at 4400 South Salina Street in West Glen.

Um, I will add that this is a Muslim funeral service home.

So these are uh very quick, short, um small gatherings.

Um glad you clarified that because I was like, I don't know what's going on here.

Okay.

Yeah.

Um, if you're familiar with the one that's down the street.

So I'm certainly not an expert on it, but there is a a body washing um that happens in a a brief short ceremony, to my understanding.

It's uh very small direct family usually and it's usually under an hour.

Um but we can connect offline and I can get more info on that.

Um what I can say is the site improvements here um from a pedestrian vehicular traffic standpoint with parking.

If you if you know it now, it's completely paved 100%.

There's no sidewalks, there's no curbing.

This is gonna add all that, and I think it'll make it a more attractive site and it'll put a vacant building back in use, but also it'll make the traffic flow and pedestrian flow on that uh on that corner a lot more safer.

Any questions?

Katie?

No.

I just um I just uh general home just jumped out at me.

I just wondered do we um have we always expressed like that type of business or like uh normally we would say uh uh uh establishing a business, but uh white universe was so it's uh it's an actual use in the zoning code, so it was adopted with the new zoning code in 2023.

Thanks, Jake.

Yep.

Thanks, Jake.

I'm all set, President.

Any other questions from any other counselors?

Anything else?

All right, so this meeting is no okay.

Oh, we're gonna need to executive session.

Purposes of legal advice.

Motion or in favor.

Okay.