2026-10-06 - Pre-Council

00:00Good afternoon everyone. [laughter]

00:02Good afternoon.

00:04Good afternoon.

00:07Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our

00:08pre- meeting with now in the hands of

00:09our capable city clerk, Miss Lisa

00:11Carroll.

00:12>> This is the premeating of the Mobile

00:13City Council T Tuesday, October the 6th.

00:18We have approval of minutes from

00:19September the 29th.

00:21>> Any issues? Anyone?

00:24>> Okay.

00:26>> Appeals. We have requests for away with

00:27the noise ordinance on October 25th,

00:309:30 to 400 p.m. on Bank Avenue.

00:35October 17th from 6:00 p.m. until 9

00:39Oakley Place.

00:41October

00:4430th to the 31st from 9:00 p.m. until

00:472:00 a.m. on Dolphin Street.

00:51November the 21st from 3 p.m. until 10

00:53p.m. Marty Gro Park. October the 10th

00:57from 3:00 p.m. until 9:45 on Marine

01:00Street.

01:02And October 10th from 12:00 p.m. until

01:0410 p.m. on Dolphin Island Parkway.

01:07>> Street at 9 p.m.

01:10Any issues anywhere else?

01:12>> And Mr. President, if you would um the

01:16day Odal's Irish pub if we can um table

01:20that one. I'm sorry. Um hold it over for

01:23another week.

01:28>> Okay.

01:29>> Anyone [clears throat] else? Okay.

01:33>> Public hearings. Today is the public

01:34hearing to consider an application to

01:36reszone property located at 1451 Cedar

01:39Crescent Drive from R3 to R3 to remove a

01:42previously approved reszoning condition.

01:45>> Mr. President, uh Mr. Woods, um sorry,

01:50I'll sit up a little short. Uh I just

01:53wanted to I know this is the kind of

01:55first read obviously public hearing. Uh

01:57just to bring everybody up to see this

01:59is a uh was recommended for denial. Um

02:02there's a limitation on this property

02:04for 133 mobile homes. Uh whenever it

02:07went through planning uh planning

02:09commission, um I guess the question or

02:12the uh the what was in front of us was

02:15to to reszone and remove that. Um they'd

02:18still have to come back for a

02:19conditional use permit, but I did want

02:21to make the point that um I'm sure

02:23there'll be be some folks down here to

02:25speak about this. There was a planning

02:27commission. There's a a good many folks

02:28that came down and talked about it, but

02:30um I did want to just make a note that

02:32uh you know, kind of what's in front of

02:34the council in in a couple weeks here is

02:36is really reszoning, kind of removing

02:38the 133 limit. They'll still have to go

02:40back through to to um I guess decide

02:43what what the future looks like. But

02:45part of the original approval to allow

02:48or one of the conditions allowing 133

02:50units was there was um some fencing and

02:52and various items that the the park had

02:55to do. I believe it was back in 22. Um

02:58and and you know, basically one of the

03:00the reasons why it wasn't recommended

03:02for approval was that it was not um that

03:05was not addressed. So I just wanted to

03:07make a point now um kind of prep you in

03:09case somebody comes down to talk uh this

03:11evening about it. So

03:12>> and if the council remember a couple

03:15weeks back we denied trailer park from

03:18expanded down there and to me this just

03:20another way just trying to expand to

03:22have more mobile parks and everything.

03:24So, uh, right now I'm I'm not not right

03:28now. I'm not in favor of doing this

03:29period. So, all right. Mal clerk

03:33[clears throat]

03:34[laughter]

03:35public hearing to consider the proposed

03:37modification of a previously approved

03:39plan unit development for property

03:40located at 1891 and 1901 Herail Street.

03:45Public hearing to fix costs for

03:47demolition of structures at 31310

03:51Street and 72

03:5418 10th Street.

03:58Presentation of petitions and other

04:00communications to the council.

04:03Deborah Braggs to thank council for

04:05supporting the energy arts institute

04:07summer dance intensive.

04:09Isaiah Hower request assistance to

04:12assess community and housing development

04:15program and neighborhood restoration

04:17funding. Reggie Hill regarding fiscal

04:20year 27 budget implementation importance

04:23of alternate meeting times public safety

04:25oversight of boards commissions and

04:27committees.

04:30Ordinance is held over 07033.

04:34the ordinance to amend and re

04:37>> to amend and restate chapter 7 the

04:39Mobile City code and the city of Mobile

04:42schedule of fines.

04:43>> Mr. President

04:44>> Vice

04:46>> on this one um as you all remember we

04:48spent a good deal of time uh hearing

04:51from

04:52stakeholders and coming to an agreement

04:55on some amendments for this. However,

04:58um, Councilwoman Ingram reminded me that

05:01a portion that we had asked to be

05:03spelled out in this has not been done.

05:06That's Bose's law. And then considering

05:08that we is this not okay, keeps going on

05:10and off, but anyway, hopefully y'all

05:12heard me. As well, we we just got some

05:14information from one of the folks who

05:15was here and she had some questions and

05:17concerns uh regarding this amended

05:21version already. And since we just got

05:23this and the Bose Law portion is not

05:25spelled out, let's just go ahead and

05:27hold it over one more week so that we

05:29can get it all put together the way we

05:30want it.

05:32>> All right, Mr. W.

05:35>> These new microphones, I actually tried

05:37to turn it down because I think this

05:38might be providing [music]

05:39I don't know. Anyway,

05:41>> somewhere we're getting some feedback.

05:43>> Do I need to turn my

05:48>> um I definitely definitely understand

05:50that. Um, I did talk to Robert real

05:52quick um

05:55uh about the the I guess some of the

05:57grammatical errors and things. Um, he

05:59was going to change those real quick,

06:00but um I guess if we need to hold it

06:02over um I'm I'm okay with that

06:04personally. But um I do I would like to

06:07take it up sooner than later. I know

06:08personally in my district we're uh we're

06:11dealing with some things where it would

06:13especially it just over the past couple

06:15days has really reiterated how lack of

06:18teeth I guess our animal services has.

06:20So, um I um you know, if that's okay

06:22with everybody and okay with the

06:24administration, I'm willing to laid over

06:25a week with you. Um I just we sooner

06:27than later, I guess.

06:29>> Yeah. Well, we we understand that we had

06:31wanted to get it done quicker than today

06:34or tonight, but um just a few issues

06:36that we need to clear up and then we'll

06:38get it all together and have it on the

06:39agenda next week.

06:41>> Mr. Rob

06:44>> and Miss Gregory, thank you for that.

06:45Uh, I do want to point out I did review

06:47all of these and uh that is bad.

06:52[laughter]

06:52The changes uh that were requested in

06:55this email were actually being read off

06:56of our current set of city ordinances.

06:59They were not being considered off of

07:01the draft new ordinances. Uh [snorts] so

07:03all of these are not even included in

07:05the draft ordinances that are presented

07:07today.

07:08>> Well, okay. Um Okay. Well, with that in

07:11mind, can you get that Bose law

07:14information put into this draft?

07:17>> So, that's what we were doing with Bose

07:18Law, particularly. It's already spelled

07:20out. It's a state law. So, it does not

07:22have to go into the city ordinances.

07:23It's already enforceable as a state law.

07:25And uh that's what we were not we were

07:28had talked about not repeating each

07:29individual ordinance uh that the state

07:32has. Uh and I do know we had some

07:34discussions early on about uh where we

07:36would spell them out. And one of the

07:38things that we're looking at doing is

07:40making a comprehensive uh website so

07:42that our citizens can go to it and they

07:44can see all the state laws and all of

07:46the animal ordinances. That way when the

07:48state updates a law, we don't have to

07:50come back and update our animal

07:51ordinances to match that law. It's

07:53already in effect. We just have to go in

07:55and add it at to our website.

07:58>> Yeah. Just go ahead,

07:59>> Mr. President. Uh so first of all,

08:02Robin, thank you. You know, to get us to

08:04this point is just amazing. So, thank

08:06you for your diligence and the work you

08:07put into this. But one of the things

08:09that was specific, and I went back and

08:11looked at the minutes, was the fact that

08:12we didn't want citizens to have to go

08:14two different places.

08:16>> One of the things that was shared is

08:17that they should be able to pick up this

08:18ordinance and know exactly what the what

08:21the law states and what they should be

08:23held accountable for. [clears throat]

08:24So, I do respect the fact that the law

08:27will change, but we need to be updating

08:29our ordinances. We should be looking at

08:30them. It should be a, you know, a living

08:32document. So, having shared that, you

08:34know, I I still think if we agreed to

08:36that and that was part of it, I would

08:38like to see us move forward on what we

08:40agreed on in the minutes.

08:42>> I don't know if I remember correctly, so

08:44y'all help me out. Didn't we say that we

08:46just wanted it mentioned in there? Not

08:50spelling out the

08:52spelling out the entire thing, but

08:54basically alluding to Bo Bose's laws

08:57state something. I I can't remember

08:58exactly.

09:02[laughter]

09:03I'm gonna attempt to talk in the

09:05microphone from a distance here. Can

09:06y'all hear me?

09:08>> Yeah.

09:09>> So, yeah, I think we just need to know

09:11specifically. I mean, as Robert already

09:14um expressed, you know, we all the state

09:16law is I mean, it's there and and I

09:19appreciate that. Um, you know, C

09:22councilwoman Ingram wants to maybe

09:24reference it within the statute. Um, or

09:26excuse me, within the city code and we

09:28can do that. Um,

09:29>> I think it's just referencing.

09:31>> Yeah. to be clear. I mean it it's

09:33already enforceable.

09:34>> I think that was it. Just referencing,

09:36you know, to make sure that it is part

09:38of ours. Just referencing there is state

09:40law that

09:41>> references.

09:42>> Yeah. I mean, and we've got references

09:44to, you know, Alabama code generally. I

09:47don't know if it's if it says

09:48specifically Bose law in the latest

09:51version. Does it reference both?

09:53>> It doesn't say the word Bose law, but it

09:55has the statute.

09:56>> Yeah, I think it references the

09:57statutory section.

09:58>> Right. So, so again, this was about the

10:01fact that if I pick this up, I don't

10:03know Bose's law. That's exactly what our

10:05conversation was regarding. And so, if

10:08there's something in here that lets you

10:10know something to the fact of what does

10:12that mean? But picking this up just

10:14saying um you know, section 7-21 um

10:19review B's law. That that is exactly

10:22what we were trying to avoid so that

10:24they would be able to pick this up and

10:25know that the that's exactly that's what

10:28we discussed. I think right so we've got

10:29the reference to the statutory code uh

10:32section. So what I would what I would

10:33suggest is that we just include in

10:35there. Yeah, it says I think if we look

10:38at 721

10:41and this is tethering. The city will

10:42enforce tethering violations through

10:44applicable state law. For reference see

10:47Senate Bill 361, also known as Bose law.

10:50Is that sufficient?

10:51>> Will that do?

10:53>> No.

10:53>> You want the statutory section?

10:55>> That is that's what we agreed on. So,

10:57you know, we're back here now saying

10:59something different, but that's what we

11:00agreed on. We talked about the fact that

11:01we shouldn't have to if they pick it up.

11:03It would it would Thank you so much.

11:11>> Yeah. I mean I if we want to do that we

11:13can um the reference to the statutory

11:16section should be sufficient and we can

11:19say

11:21well it already says Bose law we'll say

11:22statutory section

11:23>> as long as everybody understands exactly

11:25what it is. Yeah.

11:26>> Yeah.

11:26>> Right.

11:28I think what I'm hear

11:30is that if you picked up this document,

11:33this ordinance, you wouldn't understand

11:34that.

11:36>> Yeah, we we can certainly include it.

11:38>> Yeah, we we can include it as an

11:40appendix. What I'll say is I mean this

11:42is not the only state law that touches

11:44on animal control, right? I mean,

11:45there's there's myriad of laws that that

11:48you know, we're charged with knowing

11:49just as being citizens of Alabama.

11:52and and I agree with you, but I think

11:54that if we're going to put specifically

11:56refer to this one, I think what the

11:57mayor is suggesting, I think that takes

11:59>> we can put as an appendix. That's fine.

12:01>> Can you can you do that before we meet

12:03at six?

12:03>> We can do that in about 30 seconds.

12:05>> All right. So, with that then, are we

12:08ready to rock and roll on this one?

12:10>> All right. Good.

12:15Mad clerk.

12:17>> Resolutions held over. 08 1033 approve

12:20purchase order to GW Stewart for

12:22installation

12:24[clears throat] and 8-month rental of

12:26power supply unit for C CBP screening

12:30equipment at the cruise terminal. 08

12:321034 approved purchase order Sam Sarah

12:35for setup and subscription for vehicle

12:37usage and diagnostic tracking software

12:39and cloud storage services. 08 1036

12:43approved purchase order to truck

12:44equipment sales for articulating

12:48aerial bucket truck. 08 1039 approved

12:52purchase order fleet service and

12:53equipment doing business as fleet code

12:55for four buyer municipal snow plows.

12:59131042 authorized change order of

13:02asphalt services for downtown street

13:04optimization, resurfacing and striping.

13:07Ordinance is being introduced.

13:0964048 is the reasonzoning on Cedar

13:12Crescent Drive. 64049

13:16is the modification of the put on Herail

13:20Street. Consent resolutions being

13:22introduced. 031057

13:2703 1058

13:30appoint Nicole Edwards to the Advisory

13:32Commission on the Disabled and confirm

13:34the appointment of can't pronounce his

13:37name.

13:38uh Ricardo Woods [laughter]

13:42to the Mobile Housing Authority Board.

13:44311059 authorized the mayor to apply,

13:47accept, and receive grant from the state

13:50of Alabama Department of Conservation

13:51and Natural Resources for Brookley by

13:53the Bay Southern Activation Zone phase

13:561B project $9 million. No local match.

14:01371060

14:031061 1062 are recommending recommending

14:07approval to the ABC board for issuance

14:09of a retail beer on off premises license

14:12to Baytown Burger Company on Dolphin

14:14Street for issuance of a special events

14:17retail license to Boo Bash Battleship

14:20Parkway and for issuance of a restaurant

14:22retail liquor license to Chills Grill

14:25and Bar on Chillinger Road South

14:2940 1063 3 1064 are fixing the cost of

14:33demolition of the structures at 10th

14:35Street and 10th Street. 60 1065

14:41gosh through um 1095

14:45are determined appropriations to Dumis

14:47Wesley Community Center, Scarbor Model

14:50Middle School, John L. for Magnet High

14:52School, Osnam Charitable Pharmacy,

14:57MAF MEF

15:00Public Charter School,

15:02Ex Okay, Excel Academy, uh BC Rain High

15:06School, the Child Advocacy Center,

15:09Mobile Law Enforcement Foundation, The

15:11Courtyards at Magnolia Grove Property

15:13Owners Association, Maynard 4

15:16Foundation, Holloway Elementary School,

15:20serve a public purpose and approved

15:21payment

15:23371096

15:2510971098

15:27or recommend approval to the ABC board

15:30for issuance of a retail food store

15:32consumable hemp products license to Cash

15:35Saver on Government Street for issuance

15:38of a retail food store consumable hemp

15:41products license to Greer St. Louis

15:43market on St. Lewis Street and for

15:46issuance of a retail food store

15:48consumable hemp products license to

15:50Greer's cash saver on Cottage Hill Road.

15:56Resolutions being introduced. 011074

15:59authorized foreign trade zone operator

16:01agreement with Transport Global for

16:04operator services.

16:06011075

16:08authorized agreement amendment number

16:09one with vocer for Brookley by the bay

16:11vehicle and multimmoal access road.

16:15011076

16:17authorized agreement for grant

16:18participation with the southwest Alabama

16:21regional highway safety office community

16:23traffic safety program for traffic

16:25grants.

16:26>> Mr. President.

16:27>> Yes, Miss Woods.

16:28>> Um could I ask about this? I'm obviously

16:30looking through um there's certain um I

16:33guess obviously should you get this

16:35grant I guess um or I'm assuming we will

16:38get the grant. Um when we get the grant

16:40obviously there's certain things that

16:41can kind of kind of you know obviously I

16:44think Memorial Day, Labor Day, I saw

16:46that in there. Um I guess how how do you

16:49determine the amount or how did they

16:50determine the amount of the grant? I

16:51didn't see a grant amount in there. Is

16:53it just like a passes through the

16:55county, the county then distributes on a

16:57certain criteria for every municipality

16:59or

17:00>> what this [snorts] does is allow us to

17:01actually uh pursue this is the

17:04resolution. So the resolution just lets

17:06us know just gives us the the the uh the

17:08right to actually pursue funding as it

17:11comes through. I mean it could be for

17:12anything. It could be for overtime. It

17:14could be for uh uh things that are

17:17relative to traffic enforcement, things

17:19that will help us in certain areas that

17:21we have problems in.

17:23>> Gotcha. So, this is um this grant is

17:25really strictly enforcement, speeding,

17:27uh DUIs, uh random traffic,

17:30>> everything relative to public safety.

17:32Yeah. In in that in that vein. Yes.

17:34>> Okay. Thank you.

17:35>> You're welcome.

17:4208 1077

17:44approve purchase order to southern

17:45building structures for one parking bay

17:48structure

17:50$21,000

17:52081076

17:541078 I'm sorry approved purchase order

17:57Thompson Tractor Company for one

17:58electric scissor lift $16,898

18:03081079

18:05approved purchase order to Herk Rentals

18:07for one Genie trailer mounted boom lift

18:11$27,800

18:14081080

18:15approved purchase order Griffin sports

18:17equipment for three Spalding Renegade

18:19portable basketball hoop back stops with

18:23shot clock holders and installation

18:26>> Mr. President

18:27>> $78,680

18:29>> Mr. P.

18:30>> Yeah, just want to get information. Is

18:31this I know we have the Harlem um Globe

18:33Troters coming, but is this going to be

18:35for any basketball

18:38um games that come to the region's

18:41arena?

18:43>> Okay. All right. So, we'll never have to

18:44go out. We'll have our own court. Okay.

18:48Thank you.

18:51>> All right. Thank you.

18:54081081

18:56approve purchase order to Dan Bobcat

18:59North America for one Bobcat mini track

19:02loader $35,893.7082

19:08approved purchase order CDW government

19:11for 6ale pro computers $19,959

19:17081083

19:19approved purchase order to dear company

19:21for one John Deere progate ator utility

19:24vehicle with sprayer

19:26$56,360.84

19:30081084 and 1085 approve purchase order

19:34to Davy Tree Expert Company

19:37for trimming and removal services tree

19:40trimming and removal services

19:44$37,425

19:46and $39,75.97

19:51miss zero. Yeah, Councilwoman,

19:53>> first of all, I'm excited to see this.

19:55Um, you know, when I look at these

19:56addresses, I think both of them are

19:58going to touch district two. But I do

20:00have a question. Um, so how is this

20:03decided? Like, was this decided? Like

20:06this is part of the service contracts

20:08and this is one of those. This is the

20:10area that was in the plant. Just trying

20:12to get an idea.

20:14>> How was the

20:15>> these areas? So,

20:16>> how was the location decided? It was

20:18decided based on need by the urban

20:19forester.

20:20>> Okay. So, so this one is more aligned

20:24back to

20:26it's not like I as a result of 311 or

20:29anything like that.

20:30>> In part, in part it is. So, if you

20:32consider the corridor, the number of

20:33calls you get adjacent to that corridor

20:35and then the traffic on the corridor,

20:37you kind of you add those things

20:38together and does that mean does that

20:40corridor need a contractor to go through

20:42and just blitz everything on that

20:44corridor to to knock those service

20:46requests down? That's kind of what leads

20:48to it. And the uh those corridors were

20:51also assessed by a third party. So we

20:53had a a a company come in and do an

20:55inventory of the trees on those

20:57corridors. So Michigan Avenue, for

20:59example, has a good number of water oaks

21:01on it that really need to be removed

21:03because they're dangerous to the right

21:05away or people traveling in it. Uh so

21:08you have the the trimming component to

21:10make visibility better, lighting better,

21:12and make it safer for large vehicles to

21:15transit. Then you have the removals of

21:17the water oaks in order to make it safer

21:19for everybody. Halls Mill doesn't have

21:20any removals. It's it's a lot more about

21:22limming up and creating that safer

21:24canopy for vehicles transiting through

21:27>> and and that's helpful. Let me ask it

21:29this way, Matt. So for example

21:32like this is this service is being

21:35provided through a contract

21:37>> but then [clears throat] I know that we

21:39have in-house that you know like I'm I'm

21:42thinking about an area where the the uh

21:44limbs have overgrown and they're over

21:46the street and so forth. So

21:50this is going to be taken care through a

21:51contract but yet they I was told that we

21:53would have to wait for you know you know

21:56until that gets on the list for the

21:57in-house to take care of that one. Is

21:59that is there a difference like is is it

22:02that if it's a certain area then we do

22:04the contract if it's over here then we

22:06do in-house

22:07>> in part. So there's a couple things. So

22:10one this is kind of corridors in general

22:13being able to align something along

22:15corridors is specific to what this was

22:18intended for when this money was set

22:20aside.

22:20>> Uh there are also emergency removals. A

22:23lot a lot of times our emergency

22:24removals end up being done by

22:26contractors. And then we have the

22:28internal forestry crew which is only

22:29it's only one crew. They're they're

22:31doing uh the majority of the backlog of

22:34SRO's or service requests, I'm sorry. So

22:37um it it depends, you know, a lot of it

22:39depends. If if there's an impending

22:41issue on any given tree, it may be more

22:44efficacious for us to have the

22:45contractor respond, an emergency

22:48contractor respond uh because it it's

22:51really within the professional judgment

22:52of the urban forester. you know, he has

22:54to look at it from the arbor standpoint

22:56and say, is this something that that

22:58requires an emergency removal or is this

23:00something that although it might not

23:02look nice, it it's something that the

23:04internal crew can accomplish uh due to a

23:08lack of urgency. So, that's that's kind

23:10of what the I know it's kind of a a

23:13loose

23:14>> kind of a loose matrix of decision

23:16making uh situations that lead to that,

23:18but that is a situation that we find

23:20ourselves in in the coming year. uh the

23:23budget that you all approved that was

23:24proposed by the mayor includes

23:26additional uh contract monies for the

23:29department. So, we'll be seeing more of

23:31that contract money being rolled out in

23:32a in a different way as opposed to the

23:35previous uh format that was uh that was

23:38put in place. I think you'll see a

23:39little bit more active contractor

23:41presence in that removal process.

23:44>> That's exactly what I want to hear,

23:45Matt. Thank you so much.

23:46>> Thank you. [laughter]

23:49>> All right, Madam Clerk. [clears throat]

23:51081086

23:53approved purchase order to Max Sweeney

23:54Auto Group for crew cab pickup truck

23:57$48,3982.

24:00081087

24:02and 211088 are approving purchase order

24:05to spire marketing services for events

24:08department 66,000 and authorizing

24:11contract with spire for marketing

24:13services 55,000.

24:15>> Mr. President I'm

24:17>> uh Mr. pending and and council mingle.

24:19>> You want you can go nothing.

24:22>> First of all, I'm not sure who um which

24:25department. Well, I know the department.

24:26I don't know who's here to speak on it,

24:28but I am excited that we are working

24:30with the firm to tell our story because

24:32they're doing such great things um in

24:35the parks department and events and all

24:36of that and we have some great things

24:38happening. So, I'm excited about that.

24:39But I do have some questions in terms

24:42of, you know, the focus and the goal of

24:45this. And if and if if we need to hold

24:47it over because uh Shondaanda is not

24:49here, you know, just let me know. I can

24:51save those questions. But my my two

24:53major question was again like what is

24:55the overall goal and the objectives? I

24:58noticed that in the plan it does not

24:59include that. And I'll just stop there

25:01with the first question.

25:06>> I think that I thought you were going to

25:07ask other question. I think

25:09Okay, that's fine.

25:12>> And I can follow up with her. Um,

25:14>> it's going to be hell over a weekend

25:16away. So, it's over 50 over 50,000.

25:18>> Okay, thank you.

25:21>> Um, Logan, maybe you can this not in the

25:24detail. Um, this company, is this a

25:26local company?

25:29>> Okay.

25:30>> It is a local company.

25:31>> Okay. Have we and and we have used them

25:34before, right? Correct.

25:35>> Okay.

25:37[snorts]

25:37>> Okay. Anyone else? All right. Thank you,

25:40Mr. Logan.

25:43>> 501089

25:44and 1090. Resolutions calling for public

25:48hearing and authorizing preparation of

25:50project plan for tax increment financing

25:52district 5 Midtown to I65 corridor and

25:57district 7 South Riverfront.

26:01>> Mr. Woods, Mr. President. Um, I'll just

26:05ask the administration about these two

26:07and then we can go from there if that if

26:09that's okay.

26:14>> A little

26:16I guess just kind of like a little

26:17little heads up and um I heard that

26:19y'all possibly wanted to do something

26:21with these this week.

26:22>> Explain what they are.

26:24>> Explain explain what that is. [laughter]

26:27Uh yeah, I think we're going to record

26:28some videos on what is a tax increment

26:31finance district. Um you know, tax

26:35increment finance districts. We're

26:37sitting in one right now. The the best

26:39example is you know what you've seen in

26:41downtown. Uh we have a a tiff is the

26:45short name for them. Um what this tiff

26:48did that we're sitting in right now uh

26:50in downtown in the Hank Aaron Loop along

26:53with a few other portions. um 30 I

26:56believe three years ago now froze our

27:00property values at that day's rate. Now

27:04uh those properties continued to gain

27:06value. Many dollars were injected

27:09through the RSA and other private

27:10investments that increased the overall

27:14tax value for the area for the tiff. Um,

27:18as those values increased, property

27:21taxes increased as well. But with the

27:24frozen values, all the additional monies

27:26that came after the date that was set,

27:29which we, you know, ultimately wish to

27:30do in these, all those additional

27:32dollars went into a TIFF fund. And all

27:35of the dollars collected in that TIF

27:36fund were then redirected and

27:38redistributed to, you know, make private

27:40projects uh palatable. um you know make

27:43the dollars work to improve facades

27:46around our downtown area, invest in

27:48sidewalks and uh you know all kind of

27:52things to really make uh projects that

27:54otherwise in many cases would not have

27:57been economically feasible without the

27:59help from the tiff. So, what we are

28:02doing in these two districts that we're

28:04talking about today, the Midtown 65

28:06corridor, uh, and the South Riverfront,

28:09is uh, we're we're delineating an area,

28:12which is, you know, this public comment

28:14will be taken into account. The we're

28:16asking you to call for a public

28:18comments, um, you know, scheduled for 21

28:22days from today. Um, that's that's part

28:24of the requirement is actually 15 days,

28:26but we want to keep it on our normal

28:28schedule.

28:30That's to allow uh the public to give

28:34their points of view on these issues on

28:36the maps that we've created. One map,

28:38the waterfront map is really you can see

28:41it all outside of this window that we're

28:43standing by right now. It includes Pinto

28:46Island where we as a city expect more

28:48development. We expect our ship building

28:50industry to grow and we expect a lot of

28:52it to happen right there. Uh and as we

28:55look at our waterfront uh where you see

28:57the jail and other items that I would

28:59argue and have argued that those are not

29:01the highest and best use and and not the

29:04best way to extract the value of those

29:06properties. And so we hope to use some

29:09of the funds by freezing values today

29:13knowing investment is coming uh and be

29:16able to pull a to assist that investment

29:18probably through some economic

29:20incentives and b being able to take some

29:22of those increased property values and

29:24pour them into this area of our

29:27waterfront which will very soon be just

29:29south of the bridge. Uh you know really

29:31expand that riverw walk that we all I

29:34think want to see in Mobile. Um, you

29:36know, we we've just completed the uh

29:38Cooper Riverside Park, things happening

29:40at the Maritime Museum. These are all

29:42good things. I want to see those good

29:43things continue down our waterfront. Uh,

29:46and this tiff in particular, based on

29:48the investments that we're expecting, I

29:50think it will change the face of the

29:52city forever. Uh, and will really bring

29:55that downtown entertainment, waterfront

29:57entertainment that I think so many of us

29:59want. Um the Midtown 65 corridor tiff,

30:04you know, we we anticipate some uh

30:06investment in that area. Uh you know,

30:08TIFF can be used for a lot of purposes.

30:10You know, we have one down on DIP that

30:12is really meant to invigorate life into

30:15that commercial corridor, the retail

30:18establishments that kind of line DIP. Uh

30:21the 65 corridor one to me is is some of

30:24that, you know, really helping to um

30:28promote reinvestment in our malls, in

30:30our commercial corridors throughout that

30:33entire area, but it also takes in a

30:35large amount of housing. When you look

30:37at Trinity Gardens and Kiteon and a

30:39little further south, we've got a lot of

30:41housing in there that could use some

30:42help. There's a lot of infrastructure in

30:44there that could use some help. And um

30:47you know in the end city dollars are f

30:49are finite in many ways. We hope to grow

30:52them but they are finite in many ways.

30:54And um this is something that will take

30:57agreement with the taxing authorities,

30:59the the county commission, uh the school

31:02board. We've had some initial

31:03conversations with that. We'll also as

31:05part of that be asking uh the president,

31:08Mr. CJ Small to issue a letter to those

31:11taxing authorities so we can have a

31:12meeting, a meeting of the minds as to

31:14these districts, what they look like,

31:16what the purpose of them are. Um, and

31:19and with the 65 corridor tiff, it's a

31:21dual purpose. It is to breathe new life

31:24into the commercial corridor, but it's

31:26also to breathe new life into the

31:28housing and infrastructure of, you know,

31:30Trinity Gardens, Kiteon, and um, you

31:33know, down down south towards Imagigene.

31:36uh really excited about these. You know,

31:39when you when you look at the impact of

31:42especially something as you know, funny

31:44named as a tiff, uh you know, what can

31:46it really be? Well, downtown would not

31:49be what it is today without tiffs. Um

31:52until last year, until really October

31:551st, we were limited to 10% of our

31:58property being tied up in a tiff. We now

32:00have expanded that through legislation

32:02with partnerships at the legislative le

32:05level to 50%. That's a gamecher for our

32:10city. Huntsville is using them

32:11incredibly well. So much of the growth

32:13that you see in Huntsville is supported

32:15and in some cases driven by their use of

32:18tiffs. Um we're doing some larger tiffs

32:21here. Um you know to some degree they'll

32:24be pay as you go. Uh most of them

32:27involve anticipated projects but maybe

32:30not projects that are really you know

32:31the bottom line is not signed as of yet

32:33but we expect them. [laughter]

32:35Um we're also going to leave room. These

32:37are just the start. We have other tiffs

32:40to primarily you know um address housing

32:43in a number of areas of our city that

32:45we'll be introducing after these. Uh of

32:48course we talked a little bit about the

32:49Telman's Corner Highway 90 tiff as well.

32:52Um,

32:54of all the things that we do, we do so

32:56many things as a council, as an

32:58administration to change the future of

33:00our city for the better. I'm not sure

33:02there's anything that is going to be

33:04more impactful than these. These will

33:07not only allow us to collect monies we

33:10never would have, but to apply them

33:12directly, very targeted and directly to

33:15the areas which we lay out. So, I'm so

33:18excited about these. I cannot wait to

33:19get them going. my finance department's

33:22probably sweating because it's going to

33:23be a lot of work. Uh there's going to be

33:25a lot of work, uh a lot of dollars to

33:28count and a lot of meetings to be had to

33:30make sure that we're deploying these

33:31tiffs in the right way. And and today is

33:34just the start. Today is the start where

33:36we open them up to the public, allow the

33:38public to see the maps that we proposed.

33:41Uh those maps can change certainly

33:43throughout this process and you know, in

33:45many cases will uh that's perfectly fine

33:47with our meetings with the taxing

33:49authorities. There will be an exchange

33:51of ideas and I expect movement on lines

33:53and maybe even initial targets and

33:56things that we will absolutely discuss.

33:58But all of this is really indicative of

34:02the partnership that we have in Mobile.

34:04You know, this this would not be

34:06possible were it not for our partners in

34:08the state legislature. We would never be

34:10here today. So, I want to thank them

34:12specifically for voting this through. Um

34:15this wouldn't be possible without our

34:16partnerships with the school board and

34:18with our county commissioners. So much

34:20of what we do is through partnerships

34:22with those agencies. These they are

34:25generally foregoing future value uh to

34:28help us really inject capital into these

34:30areas. In many areas of the city

34:33including portions of these we have

34:35declining property values. We need to

34:37reverse that. These are the best tool

34:39that we have available to us today to do

34:42that. And I I can't wait to talk to the

34:44public more about them. I'll shoot

34:45someformational videos. Uh we'll be

34:48putting out more and more information as

34:50to what exactly this means. But uh when

34:53we talk about transforming the future of

34:54the city, these tiffs are going to be

34:57the biggest tool in our back pocket.

34:59>> Mr. President,

34:59>> and uh I'm sorry. And then Mr. Mayor, so

35:02you know, obviously when you start I got

35:04the letter from Miss Hasty this week, I

35:06believe, about uh you know, what my

35:09property value is.

35:10So this, you know, just for just for

35:12clarity, um this isn't raising property

35:15taxes on individuals. We're um basically

35:17kind of going in and and mutually

35:19agreeing to lock in all the set a

35:22benchmark there. You know, what the city

35:24collects, what the county collects, what

35:25the school board collects, and then, you

35:28know, should we, you know, should we we

35:30are going to when we reinvest in these

35:32areas? Obviously, um you know, when it

35:35comes to appraisals and things like

35:36that, obviously you you bring the you

35:38bring the values up, you reinvest in an

35:40area and you know, I know for me, I I

35:42hope whenever, you know, I hope my home

35:44value keeps going up. Obviously, homes a

35:46lot of times are the biggest investment

35:48that an individual ever makes. So,

35:50you're not necessarily increasing taxes,

35:52but what you are doing is is hopefully

35:53building up the neighborhood. So maybe

35:55you maybe you are going to eventually

35:57pay a little more in tax when it comes

35:59profit, but at the end of the day, that

36:00home value rises and then anything over

36:03what you kind of mutually all agree

36:04upon, you know, that money goes back to

36:06the tiff. Um, you know, anything above

36:08that on the taxes goes back to the tiff

36:10and then they just continuously, I

36:12guess, for the next 30 years reinvest in

36:14that area to hopefully continue to grow

36:15the values of that. That and that's kind

36:17of the gist of the tip, I guess.

36:18>> Yeah, absolutely. We're not increasing

36:20millage rates. We're not putting a new

36:22tax on anyone's property. you know, the

36:24the property taxes that exist today are

36:26the same property taxes that will exist

36:28tomorrow or once these tiffs are

36:30approved. Um the only increase that

36:33anyone will see in their ultimate tax

36:36bill will be very will be commensurate

36:38with an increase in the value of their

36:40property. We hope that in many ways the

36:42biggest beneficiaries of this are the

36:44property owners of today. Uh, you know,

36:47we we want others to benefit from this

36:50by development and and reinvestment. Uh,

36:53but I believe some of the biggest

36:55winners out there will be the people who

36:57own property in these places today.

37:00>> Gotcha. And then obviously every tiff

37:02has a plan. Um, you don't you don't

37:04establish a tiff without a plan. So, um,

37:07right now what you're asking the council

37:09is is to allow the public hearing, I

37:12guess, um, so that we can kind of start

37:13that public input process. Um there's

37:16some maps on there that they're a little

37:17grainy, but we'll get with y'all to try

37:19to get the the maps a little more more

37:21um dialed in. Yes.

37:23>> But um you know, at that point, you

37:24know, we we we start the public hearing

37:26process. And I'm I'm assuming there's a

37:28there's a process of of gaining that

37:30public hearing. And you know, also when

37:32it comes to uh obviously taxes and

37:34property taxes or a revenue stream for

37:36other municipalities or organizations,

37:38whether it's the school board or or the

37:40county. Um so there'll be some input

37:41from there. And then um at that point

37:43when the tiff goes into play there I

37:45guess there's a tiff board and correct

37:47then a tiff's established like you were

37:50saying for for certain purposes. So you

37:52know between now and hope you know

37:54between now and not hopefully but

37:56between now and the approval you know

37:58when it comes back on here for us to

38:00approve the tiff um you know we're going

38:02to have some some goals that are set and

38:04then the this council will approve the

38:06goals and then we'll go off to the races

38:08to try to get everybody to kind of

38:09mutually agree on. And that's kind of

38:10the I guess what the the process of the

38:12t

38:12>> that's generally the process. Yes. So

38:14those those plans will be laid out for

38:16these individual tiffs and those will

38:18generally be finalized before they come

38:20back before this council for a vote.

38:23They will ultimately have to come back

38:24before the council for a vote on the

38:26individual plans. Uh obviously we are

38:29going to distribute those and continue

38:31to have both public and private comments

38:33on those. Uh you know we've been working

38:36on these for many months at this point.

38:38um tried to hold them. We probably were

38:41at a point where we could have done this

38:42a little earlier, but we had a budget to

38:45pass and there were some other things

38:47going on. So, we held them past, you

38:49know, after the budget. Um we have a lot

38:52of those goals as we see them laid out

38:54and and really phased out as well. You

38:56know, kind of the near-term expectations

38:58of what this TIFF is going to help um

39:01invest in, what what goals we have in

39:03the near-term and long-term plans. Um so

39:07that you know whether something needs to

39:09move to near-term or long-term is

39:11certainly up for debate and discussion.

39:13Um but they'll we are looking forward to

39:16having quite a few discussions about

39:18these so that we can make sure we've got

39:20them right. Uh we've we've engaged a

39:22consultant with planning next. He has

39:26Michael specifically has been working

39:27furiously on these for quite some time.

39:30Uh, and we just we look forward to

39:32having those discussions both with the

39:33public, with our friends at the taxing

39:36authorities, and of course this council.

39:38>> And um, is there a I guess obviously

39:41they're on agenda today. Um, heard I

39:44mean I guess heard a rumor or was told

39:47or that asked us maybe consider take

39:49this by consent today. Um, I I know um,

39:52obviously with consent there's got to be

39:54100% of us um, uh, you know, willing to

39:57say yay or nay. I know there is one

40:00person that one councilman that's not

40:02here. Um he's he has said that he he

40:05he'd like to flush this out another week

40:07or so. Um so I don't think the consent's

40:09there. Um especially from him and we'll

40:11hear from him at uh he'll be here for

40:13for big council. Um but I just want to

40:16kind of just set that. But um I I do

40:18appreciate the fact that you put these

40:19on agenda. Um I think it's well worth

40:21the discussion and um you know my my

40:24only haste when it comes to things like

40:26this is um obviously once that you know

40:29and again there are limitations 50% over

40:32the city and you got to meet the

40:34criteria of of what a tiff is in order

40:37to kind of call it a tip. You know, my

40:39only haste is that obviously um whenever

40:41we lock those values in when it comes to

40:43the general fund um you know, it will it

40:46will take you not a hit, but uh you

40:48know, obviously less money would come to

40:50the general fund that that's going into

40:52the tiff, but end of the day, I really

40:54do think that sales tax revenue is going

40:56to catch up. I mean, things like that is

40:57going to going to cover that. So, that I

40:59I would be remiss if I didn't say, you

41:01know, we we do need to make sure we

41:03consider that, but I'm sure that y'all

41:04done that,

41:05>> you know, certainly. I mean, if you look

41:06at our the amount of money we receive

41:09from property taxes as a city, uh we

41:12ultimately turn around and hand a lot of

41:13those dollars off to the school board.

41:15Um I would say that the the hit, you

41:18know, if there is one, uh will be

41:20extremely minimal. And I I don't think

41:22that it's something that we'll feel as a

41:25city. What we will feel is the impact of

41:27these tiffs.

41:27>> Awesome. And again, I I'll end with I

41:29appreciate y'all working on this. I'm

41:31looking forward to finding, you know,

41:32more information, diving in on this. And

41:34um but thank you. I think this is a game

41:36changer especially for um for certain

41:38areas because um you know like you're

41:41saying the general fund and the the

41:42money the city receives you only go so

41:44far you got a whole city to run on that

41:46but these tiff district kind of dial

41:47into the needs of that area. Certainly,

41:50it just allows you to truly um highlight

41:52those areas that both need reinvestment

41:55and in many ways we expect some project,

41:58some some event whether it is our public

42:01investment in parks and other

42:03infrastructure, whether it is a private

42:05project that comes in and really injects

42:07capital into these areas. So, all the

42:10ones that we've laid out, we have they

42:13have to have funding mechanisms.

42:14Otherwise, we've got declining property

42:16values in some and that would just that

42:18wouldn't help us. Uh, so we've been

42:20very, you know, thoughtful in what we've

42:23come up with so far and we look forward

42:24to continuing those discussions. I

42:27understand that we're not able to take

42:28these under consent which, you know,

42:30would push the timeline of these calls

42:32for public hearing back at least by a

42:34week. Um, I I would ask you to have some

42:40urgency when it comes to these because

42:41these property re-evaluations that we'll

42:43be relying upon, you know, to grow our

42:46tiff from, uh, they're being

42:48re-evaluated all the time. You know,

42:50while we get our tax bill in October,

42:52those re-evaluations happen well before

42:54that. And so we there are some of these

42:56projects that we really want to lock in

42:58today's value so that we receive the

43:00maximum benefit within the tiff.

43:04Councilwoman.

43:05>> Thank you, Mr. President. First of all,

43:07mayor, I I just want to thank your staff

43:09uh last week or the week before. I had

43:11an opportunity to meet with them and for

43:13them to brief us um on the TIFF and the

43:16plans and so forth. I got so excited

43:18that I forgot to ask some questions, but

43:20I think you've you've answered one of

43:21those questions, but I just want to u

43:24again um confirm that the residential

43:29improvements has and when we were

43:31looking at the presentation, I think

43:32that might have been a typo or

43:34something. It wasn't there, but the

43:35residential improvements that's been

43:37added, we're moving forward with that.

43:39And that's a large part of this. And

43:40that's the part I think I'm most excited

43:42about when I think about how strategic

43:44you all have been in ter in terms of the

43:46areas you've identified. So, um, thank

43:48you for confirming that that is in there

43:50and and that is, you know, that part has

43:52been included. Um, another my follow-up

43:55[clears throat] question is um,

43:56Councilman Woods talked about, you know,

43:58our next steps and you said that there

44:00will be a TIFF board, but prior to that,

44:02we will get the plan with the goals and

44:04it will outline the residential parts

44:06and, you know, the thing the specific

44:08actions that are part of this plan in

44:11terms of the improvements. So, I just I

44:13I just want to close with the fact that,

44:15you know, we must reinvest in our areas

44:18where we've lacked the investment and as

44:20you said, we don't have the funding.

44:22this is probably the most strategic tool

44:24that we have that will allow us to do

44:26this and I just want to commend you all

44:28for being out front and forward thinking

44:30in terms of trying to create this

44:31transformation. So, thank you.

44:33>> Thank you very much. It's it's hard for

44:34me to say that there's one particular

44:36goal for these tests because there are

44:38multiple um but when we look at our

44:43housing and our neighborhoods that truly

44:45need revitalization on the housing side,

44:47this is going to be an incredible tool.

44:52the ghost in these mics. Um, it's going

44:55to be an incredible tool and it's going

44:56to just pour gasoline on the programs

44:58that we are already utilizing and

45:01hopefully pouring a lot more dollars

45:02into those same programs and new

45:04programs.

45:06Very excited.

45:07>> Mr. President,

45:09>> I just want to join in with my

45:10colleagues. Um, I had opportunity to see

45:12the presentation as well. Um, thank you

45:14to the legislation um, our state to

45:17getting this through. I think this is a

45:19game changer. I don't think I believe I

45:21know it's a game changer. Um and like

45:24you said, mayor, um this is opportunity

45:26to invest in our our neighborhoods, but

45:28at the same time build up our business

45:30corridor. You know, look at the mall to

45:32see the things that's taking place. We

45:34have to have funds to be able to create

45:36that change. And so, I just want to

45:37commend your your administration,

45:39everyone who worked on this. Um this is

45:42needed for the city of Mobile. People

45:45always talk about the growth of

45:46Huntsville. Um, but this is opportunity

45:49for Mobile um to to really grow um

45:52inside um and invest back into our

45:55communities. So, I just want to commend

45:56you and your staff. Thank you.

45:59>> Thank you, Councilman.

46:00>> Um Mayor, thank you. I appreciate this.

46:03This is really very creative thinking

46:06and visionary. So, I I appreciate what

46:08you all have been doing. Just to make

46:10sure everybody understands because when

46:11I first saw the presentation, I was

46:13looking at it and I said, "That's not in

46:15District 7." Uh the numbers are a little

46:18confusing because they're by council

46:20district but they're not. So if you see

46:22something that says district 7, no it's

46:24not. It's made more like ABC and D. But

46:27talking about district 7 and those areas

46:29that are out west that are not part of

46:31this roll out. Of course, what I'm

46:34looking for is when do we roll out west

46:36the northwest to to hit us? And I

46:39understand that this is initial. You

46:40know, it's a getting started and you got

46:42to have a funding mechanism in there.

46:45So, just don't forget us because we have

46:48a lot of those very same needs all out

46:50west

46:52>> without a doubt. And uh you know, we

46:54have I will say one that we have uh

46:57begun to work on. Our focus has been on

47:00these three, but there's certainly one

47:01that may sit entirely in District 7. Um

47:04I'm not sure it's close on a couple of

47:07spots. But, you know, one dream that I

47:10think the two of us share is really

47:12making Municipal Park and Langen Park a

47:14true destination.

47:15>> And ours may be more like a maybe even a

47:18tourist improvement district sort of a

47:21thing rather than a tiff because of more

47:23amenities. So,

47:24>> I do think we can do both and I would

47:27suggest that where we can, let's do

47:29that. We're we're certainly making sure

47:31all of these tiffs have to include a

47:33certain amount of of blight of

47:35underdeveloped property, of vacant

47:37property, of um you know, and even

47:39blighted commercial property. And so

47:41that's a number we're very cognizant of

47:43and making sure that we adhere to that

47:45standard. Uh you know, in district 7,

47:47there are certainly some needs and we're

47:50just going to make sure anything we

47:51propose out there fits within that

47:53framework.

47:53>> Yeah. Okay.

47:55>> Um Mr. Fleman.

47:57>> Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, I'll be quick. Um I

47:59just want to echo the sentiments my

48:01colleagues thank you and your team um

48:04for all your hard work to pull these

48:06together. You made mention um that these

48:09are bigger than the ones we've done in

48:10the past. I think that's important. Um I

48:14think some of the serious needs we look

48:16at um north, south, east, west, all over

48:18the city, housing redevelopment

48:22um making them bigger, increasing that

48:24bank that we can really do. Um, we have

48:28a workforce uh growth here in the city.

48:31There's going to be a need for housing,

48:32good housing. This creates that

48:34opportunity. Um, I think um I'm looking

48:37forward to see all this come together

48:39and this money benefit these districts

48:42and um looking forward to see what else

48:44is rolling out in the future. Thank you.

48:47>> Thank you. And you know, these these

48:49will take time. Some will take time to

48:51grow. Some I hope may grow overnight. Um

48:56but it they are very versatile while we

48:59are also we have some expanded zones. I

49:02would say the waterfront districts

49:03pretty similar to the size of the ones

49:05we've done in the past uh as far as

49:07acreage. Others aren't you know others

49:09are much larger. Um and and we really

49:12try to calculate uh the needs of our

49:15community today, but also to look into

49:18that future where um development does

49:21occur, things that will be needed in and

49:23around that development, where those

49:25opportunities for increased housing lie

49:28and and where we can invest in them. So,

49:30it is it has been a true team effort. I

49:33certainly didn't sit down and write all

49:34these out myself. uh Michico,

49:38our team uh with uh Helmsing has helped

49:41tremendously. So many of the staffers

49:42that you see in this room have been

49:45thinking about this, working on this for

49:46months and months and months. Uh and

49:49we're just excited to be taking this

49:50first step and look forward to

49:52continuing these conversations.

49:55>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

49:57[clears throat]

50:00>> Resolution 601091, authorized settlement

50:03agreement and release of claims. Call

50:05for public hearings 411092. Call for

50:08public hearing to consider the proposed

50:10tiff district 5 Midtown I65 corridor

50:16corridor scheduled October 27th 41 1093

50:20call for public hearing to consider the

50:21proposed tiff for district 7 south

50:24riverfront scheduled October 27th.

50:28Announcements.

50:29>> Uh councel

50:31Mr. Pan.

50:31>> Yeah. Thank you Mr. President. Um I just

50:33want to truly thank um my colleagues um

50:36the council um staff um thank you Lisa

50:39and thank you to the administration for

50:40supporting this evening um meeting. We

50:43have our pre-consil meeting and we of

50:45course we have our council but this take

50:47everyone to to make this happen. Um and

50:49it's important to me I think it's

50:51important to us that we give residents

50:53an opportunity to um be present when we

50:57can. And so I look forward to it um to

51:00to the meeting at 6 PM and I just want

51:02to thank everyone. Um some people

51:04probably like why he got a hat on um in

51:07in this pre-consil meeting but we have a

51:09young man named Cam that attend

51:12Williamson and he was diagnosed u with a

51:15brain tumor and he has surgery on

51:17tomorrow and the students at Williamson

51:20asked for people to wear a hat on

51:21Tuesdays um today and so that's why I

51:24have my hat on. Um I ask you to keep his

51:26family um and him in prayers as he go

51:30into um surgery on tomorrow.

51:33>> Mr. President,

51:34>> um madam,

51:35>> thank you. Um I want to echo the same

51:37sentiments uh from my colleague. You

51:39know, it this really takes a team effort

51:41for us to want to offer another

51:44opportunity so that other residents can

51:46participate if available and for us to

51:49be able to do this and for all of us to

51:51work collectively to make this happen.

51:53just thank you uh for your support and

51:55I'm excited because already I see two

51:57residents from district 2 that attended

51:59the meeting for the fir well I think

52:01this was the first time I've seen them

52:03here and that's Miss Shen and uh Wanda

52:06Cochran well I've seen Wanda before but

52:07Betty Shen thank you all for being here

52:09and they're from district 2 thank you

52:11>> Wanda hit many of our meetings

52:13>> I was going to say matter

52:14>> of fact she hit more meetings than you

52:16have

52:17>> yeah and Betty Shen used to work at

52:19government plaza so she's been here a

52:20lot

52:21>> that do not count [laughter]

52:22That that don't count. Yeah, they're

52:24here.

52:24>> That do not count.

52:25>> Okay. All right.

52:26>> They both were former employees.

52:28>> Okay. All right. [laughter]

52:29I tried.

52:31>> And I've been getting text messages

52:33about what time dinner start and I told

52:35them ask Corey [laughter] for Corey's

52:39meeting. Any other council members? Uh,

52:41vice president.

52:43>> All right. Any issues with the consent?

52:45Anybody want to withhold unanimous

52:47consent on any of the consent items?

52:50Okay. I did. Let's look at resolutions.

52:53Um 01 1075

52:561077

52:581078 79 81 82

53:0284 85 86

53:07and I guess that's it because 89 and 90.

53:10>> Let's go ahead and just take it up. If

53:11he having a problem he can say we'll go

53:13ahead and call him out. Okay.

53:14>> All right. If he having a problem he can

53:16just say

53:16>> he can withhold. Yeah. All right.

53:17>> All right. That's be 1089. I'll call him

53:20out and if he wants to withhold then he

53:21can do that.

53:22>> All right.

53:22>> All right.

53:23>> Anything else? Anything from

53:24administration?

53:25>> All right. We see each other at 6:00

53:27downstairs.

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