2026-11-02 - City Council

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Built from the posted agenda, the council report (minutes) and the uploaded video captions.

  • From the video: The meeting opened with a statement marking the 10-year anniversary of the deaths of two city police officers and recognizing first responders.
  • From the video: Public comment included remarks on outreach and financing for the proposed soccer development, on the posted TIF agreement and free transit pass language, and on the climate action plan and a building energy benchmarking ordinance; speakers also raised downtown business concerns and appreciation for the 2027 budget work.
  • From the video: Council members commented on the zoning code amendments, noting the city is an early adopter of allowing housing on institutional land such as former church sites.
  • From the video: On the historic City Hall conveyance, several speakers addressed the two proposals, and council members debated them, with one voicing concern about closing off future riverfront opportunities.
  • From the video: Linda Westergaard asked whether landlords had been consulted on the rental property maintenance ordinance; another member defended the radon provision as a limited option.
  • From the video: On the Restore the Core grant, a member moved the higher reimbursement amount and another cautioned that an exception should not become routine; one member abstained.

Agenda

  • Consent items 3-38 (7-0): 2027 Pedestrian Crossing Improvements, estimate $700,000, bids 2026-11-24, hearing 2026-12-21; MLK Jr Pkwy lane modifications (I-235 to Hickman), estimate $2,950,000; National Park Service Land & Water Conservation Fund grant, $250,000, MLK Jr. Park; on-call traffic impact study agreements, not to exceed $150,000 each (Bolton & Menk, HDR, JEO); Veenstra & Kimm supplemental agreement, not to exceed $99,300; Ace Pipe Cleaning, not to exceed $236,128; MidAmerican underground relocation, $353,932.52; HOME mortgage subordination, $400,000 (Alley Landing); $209,000 auto body services (Stew Hansen Dodge City); GO Bonds Series 2026A ($55,775,000) and Taxable Series 2026B ($6,400,000) authorized; rental inspection fee schedule amendments; quarterly Treasurer's report (Sept 30)
  • Items 5 (tobacco permits) and 6 (device retail permit): 6-1, Voss no
  • Hearings: 1850 Easton Blvd rezoning and PlanDSM amendment (ordinance 16,589, 7-0); 801 SE 27th Ct rezoning, three duplexes (16,590, 7-0); Chapters 134/135 zoning amendments (16,591, 16,592, 7-0); 2027 HUD Action Plan (item 42); conveyance of 401 Robert D. Ray for $1,000,000 (option A, Heart of America Group, 6-1, Simonson no; option B was the Des Moines Metropolitan Center for the Arts)
  • Ordinances: liquor license approvals, Chapter 10 (16,593; the report records the final vote as 'Motion 0-0'); rental property maintenance, Chapter 60, first consideration 6-1 (Westergaard no); parking modifications, 12th St and 6th Ave (16,594, 7-0); Special Parking Permits (16,595, 7-0); Echo Valley TIF District No. 1 (16,596, 7-0)
  • Restore the Core DSM Ground Floor Activation Grant, La Mie Bakery, 319 7th St: option B, maximum reimbursement $200,000, 6-0, Simonson abstaining for a conflict of interest
  • Public speakers: Carolyn Uhlenhake-Walker, Jeana Goldman, Laird Archer (received and filed 7-0)

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>> THANK YOU. I GUESS I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE DES MOINES CITY COUNCIL MONT 222026. I'D LIKE TO READ A BRIEF STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO A TRAGEDY HAPPENING 10 YEARS AGO. THE

COMMUNITY WOKE UP TO A TRAGEDY, TWO HERE, SERGEANT TONY BANINIO AND URBAN POLICE OFFICER JUSTIN MARTIN WERE TAKEN WHILE PROTECTING US. FOR THE LAST DECADE THE MEMORY HAS BEEN CARRIED FORWARD AND

SERGEANT'S MEMORY HAS BEEN CARRIED THAT HAS BEEN LEFT GOODNIGHT. OUR LATEST CLASS GRADUATED AND I WITNESSED THE IMPACT TONY LEFT BEHIND AS ACADEMY HONORED. TONY BANINIO OUTSTANDING RECRUIT. GIVEN TO

THE TOP RECRUIT IN THE D.M.P. D'S ACADEMY CLASS, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE SERGEANT WHEN I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HE WAS THE S.R.O. OFFICER FOR A HIGH SCHOOL. HIS INTEGRITY, STRENGTH AND

COURAGE REVERBERATED THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION AND MODEL. HIS LEGACY CONTINUES TO SHINE THROUGH THE PEOPLE AND OFFICERS THAT KNEW HIM. AND ALL OF THOSE THAT WALK IN THE

FOOTSTEPS OF A GIANT. WE CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL TO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WORKING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE FOR ALL OF US, WITH THAT WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS

APPROVING THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED AND/OR MEANTED. >> APPROVAL. >> I -- AND/OR AMENDED. >> I FORGOT WE HAVE TO ROLE CALL. >> SIMONSON. >> HERE. >> VAUGHN. >> HERE. >> BARR ON. >> HERE. >> WESTER GUARD.

>> HERE. >> VANED BER BOW. >> HERE. GATTO. >> HERE. >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE WILL APPRO THE AGENDA AS MEANTED. MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE VOTE. WELL CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING, THE FIRST

ITEM IS APPROVING THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED. ITEM THREE THROUGH 38. THEY ARE ROUTINE ENACTED BY A ROLE CALL VOTE WITHOUT SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS CONSET AND COUNCIL RECALL FOR AN ITEM TO BE

REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE CAROL MAHA. I THINK YOU ARE UP TO SPEAK. WE ALLOW SPEAK ING UP TO THREE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU , MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M CAROLINE MAHA LIVING

IN DOWNTOWN DES MOINES. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 3. MANY OF US A HAPPY THAT WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO KNOWING WHERE THE RUBBER WRITS MEETS THE ROAD ON THE SOCCER THING. I PERSONALLY HAVE GOTTEN TIRED

OF WAITING, I DIDN'T MOVE HERE UNTIL 2020. IT SEEMS THAT THE PUBLIC RELATIONS AND POLITICS OF THIS THING HAS NOT BEEN WELL PRAYED BY THE REQUESTER. COMING UP WITH YOUR HAND OUT FOR SUPPORT FROM

TAXPAYERS, YOU MAY WANT TO PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES N IS WHAT WE SAW. YOU SOLD COMING GO. A FAVORITE DOUBLE INTEND RAY IN IOWA, USING IT TO PROP UP THE FOOTBALL TEAM IN ITALY AND BOUGHT ANOTHER IN

PORT BALL EVERY TIME ANOTHER TAXING BODY COMMITTED FUNDS, YOU SAID THAT WAS IT, THAT'S WHAT WAS NEEDED. IT WASN'T. AND BILLIONAIRES ARE NOT ON EVERYONE'S CHRISTMAS LIST THIS YEAR. WE CAN'T AFFORD

RENT, HEALTH CARE, GROCERIES, GIVE US A REASON THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS AGA AGAIN, I ASK IN CROWS AND LOREN SEWN PUT THESE DATES ON THE CALENDAR. MONDAY, DECEMBER SEVENTH, 5:00p.m. HERE, TUESDAY,

DECEMBER 15th, 7:30a.m. URBAN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD TENTATIVELY DECEMBER 21ST, IF WE GET ANOTHER OFFER. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU IN A PUBLIC SETTING, WE WANT TO CHEER ON THE DES MOINES TEAM

AND PUT DES MOINES IN THE TEAM NAME. WE NEED CONVINCING AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU TO MS CROWS, BAUMGARDNER AND MR FISHER FOR WORKING TO GET THE AGREEMENT POSTED ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. IT WILL GET THERE

EVENTUALLY. WE WERE TRYING TO GET IT UP THERE BEFORE THE MEETING, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT, I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING IT. >> YOU HAVE ANOTHER ITEM. >> I'M CAROL MAHA I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN DESNINE WARD 3. I'M

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 900 BIEN TIF AGREEMENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE FINAL TIP AGREEMENT WHEN IT'S UP FOR APPROVAL IN FRONT OF THIS BODY. LAST MEETING I ASKED TO DO THIS.

IT'S LIKE MAGIC THAT THEY ARE UP THERE THIS WEEK. SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE DIRECTOR CREWS FOR GETTING THAT DONE. IT'S A GREAT STEP IN TRANSPARENCY. I NEED TO READ UP ON THE MID-MIDDLE EASTERN PROGRAM,

AND WHAT IT MEANS TO RECEDE THE REQUIREMENTS, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS ARE, THEY SEEM LIKE GREAT INSIDE. I LIKED BASED ON THE NEEDING THIS MORNING, THAT ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4.2

((B)) SEEMS TO CONTEMPLATE FARMS FROM FUTURE STATE LAW, AND RELIEVES US OF RISK IF OUR FUND IS NOT FLASH AND WE CAN'T MAKE THE GRANT PAYMENTS. THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. INTERESTING LIE, THE TIP

AGREEMENT WITH ITEM 3 DOESN'T HAVE THIS SECTION SO I DON'T NO IF WE WON'T HAVE RISK OR DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT THERE. I WANT NOT FOCUSES ON I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF PUTTING LIMITED ACCESS PASSES IN TIF

PROGRAMS, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN UP, I THINK, IT'S EASY AND ON THE DEVELOPER SIDE TO BE OUT OF THAT AGREEMENT IN A YEAR. SO IF THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T PROMOTE THAT RESIDENCE OR

EMPLOYEES HAVE THIS FREE DART PASS, AFTER A YEAR THEY CAN OPT OUT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET 20% OF EMPLOYEES OR RESIDENTS. IT'S NOT IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS TO ROAM OAT IT TO GET PEOPLE TO USE IT, IT'S

IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO LET IT LIE. I'M HOPING WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY SO WE CAN - WHAT WE WANT IS TEAM TO USE THE DART, AND WE WANT NEW RESIDENTS IN THE BUILDINGS TO HAVE IT

FOR FREE, INCLUDED IN THE RENT WHICH WOULD BE GREAT FOR EVERYONE. THEN, CONGRATULATIONS TO MR CLARK WHO SEEMS TO FOCUS ON TURNING SURFACE PARKING LOTS TO BUILDINGS FOR HOUSING. I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST

BEFORE THE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT INCLUDING PUBLIC REST ROOMS ON FIRST FLOOR OF MIXED USE BUILDINGS. WHICH MAY GET US OUT OF A NEED FOR A PORTLAND LOO THAT WAS GOING TO COST HALF A MILLION, IF WE CAN

GET THOSE PUT INTO AGREEMENTS OR ENCOURAGE PUBLIC REST ROOMS, THAT WILL BE GREAT. >> OKAY, WITH THAT ITEMS 5-6 IS VOTING NO, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MOVE APPROVAL. >> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED

PLEASE VOTE. >> IT'S ME. SORRY. SEVEN YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> IT'S VERY SLOW. >> FIRST, BEGINNING OF OUR HEARINGS ON REQUEST FOR MARIAH JIMENEZ, AND ALAND RAE LEHANAS, OWNERS TO AMEND THE PLANNED

DSM CREATING THE TOMORROW DM, FUTURE USE FROM BUSINESS PARK TO NEIGHBOURHOOD MIXED USE AND RE-ZONE 1850 EASTERN BOULEVARD FROM EX BUSINESS PARK TO LIMITED R X1 MIX USED DISTRICT TO ALLOW REUSE OF

EXISTING BUILDING FOR A RESIDENTIAL AND/OR LIMITED RETAIL USE. 39 A IS A FIRST CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AND REZONINGAL 1850. 18 (B) IS FINAL CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AT 1850 EASTERN BOULEVARD

WAIVER BY THE APPLICANTS REQUIRES SIX VOTES. FIRST IS THE PARTIES INTERESTS APPLICANT FOR RE-ZONING WITHIN 250 FEATS OF THE PROPERTY TO BE REZONED WILL BE GIVEN UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK. SECOND IS

GERMAINE COMMENTS, 2 MINUTES PER PERSON, 20 MINUTES MAXIMUM, IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS CH. >> SEE NO, I MOVE ITEM 39 (A) AND (B). >> SECOND. >> SO MOVED AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE. >> SEVEN

YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 40. >> AT SOME POINT. >> REQUEST FROM AB PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LRC. IBRAHIM SANCHEZ TO AMEND THE PLANNED DSM CREATING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LAND USE

CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY FROM BUSINESS PARK TO LOW MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND TO RE-ZONE 801 SOUTH-EAST 27 COURT FROM ES MIXED USE DISTRICT TO LIMITED IN 3 (C)-2 NEIGHBORHOOD TO ALLOW

RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING ONE HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE TWO HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES 40 A IS FIRST CONSIDERATION. 40 B IS THE FINAL SCARRINGS. >> AT 801 SOUTH-EAST COURT. WAIVE

REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT NEEDS SIX VOTES. THE SAME PAYMENT OF PEAKING IS AVAILABLE. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS. >> I SEE NONE. I MOVE 40 A AND B. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED PLEASE VOTE. >>

7IER. >> NOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM 41, AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 41 AMENDMENT TO OUT DOOR STORAGE REGULATIONLATIONS, COMMUNICATION TOWER AND OTHER MINOR EDITS AND AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 135 OF THE MUNICIPAL

CODE TO BUILDING TYPE REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PETERS DISTRICT. STORE FRONT BUILDING TYPES, THE ROWHOUSE BUILDING TYPE REGULATIONS, HOUSE TYPE REGULATION, BISSIC CIRCLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE

PARKING, BUFFER, TRASH ENCLOSURE REGULATIONS FENCE AND WALL REGULATION, TYPE ONE DESIGN ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE FOR OUT DOOR STORAGE AND MODIFICATION FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS AND FINAL FRAMES. 41 (A),

FIRST SCARRINGS OF THE ORDINANTS AMENDING CHAPTER 134 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE. HAD 1A-1 FINAL CONSIDERATION AMENDING CHANT 134. WAIVER BY CHRIS JOHANSSONS NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTOR. RETIRES SIX VOTES. 41B.

ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 135 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE. 41B-IS. FINAL CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING 135 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE. WAIVERER REQUESTED BY CODY CHRISTIANSEN, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

REQUIRING SIX VOTES, AGAIN GERMAINE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, 2 MINUTES PER PERSON UP TO 10 MINUTES. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS. >> I SEE NONE, I MOVE 41A AND B. >> MAY I MAKE A COMMENT. >> SURE.

AS WE RECALL A FEW YEARS AGO WE AMENDED THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE REALIZE THINGS NEED TO CHANGE, I APPRECIATE CODY AND HIS DEPARTMENT OPEN TO THOSE CHANGES, HERE WE ARE,

FIXING THINGS THAT DON'T QUITE WORK WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO. >> THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES IN THERE, I APPRECIATE THE TIME THEY HAVE TAKEN TO REVIEW THE DETAILS. MOTION AND SECOND,

PLEASE VOTE. >> MAY I MAKE A COMMENT REAL QUICK. >> I AGREE EVERYTHING THAT COUNCILMAN SIMONSON SAID. WE ARE GOING A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST CORRECTING THINGS THAT ARE NOT WORKING WELL. I WANT TO

HIGHLIGHT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PIECE OF THIS THAT AND WHERE THE CITY OF DES MOINES IS LEADING. WITH THIS CODE CHANGE WE ARE ONE OF THE EARLY ADAPTORS OF WHAT SOME FOLKS CALLED YES IN GOD'S

BACKYARD. WE HAVE SORT EXAMPLES OF THAT WRCHLS YOU KNOW OLD -- WHERE, YOU KNOW, OLD RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS ARE GOOD CANDIDATES OR HOUSING. WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY IN A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES, I

THINK THE BROOKIES ARE HERE, THEY DID A PROMINENT EXAMPLE OF THAT. THERE THIS ISSEN SHRINING IT IN CODE MAKING IT EASIER FOR MIDDLE SCALE HOUSING BUILT ON INSTITUTION LAND IF THAT INSTITUTION SO

CHOOSE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT WHEN OUR HOUSING STRATEGY WAS SCUFFED. AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT STAFF HAVE PUT PENCIL TO PAPER AND VERYINGURED OUT A WORKABLE MODEL TO DIP OUR

TOES IN THIS AND I HOPE WE TAKE A LOOK AND THIS WILL BE A MODEL FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES SOMETHING WE CAN BUILD ON GOING FORWARD. EXCITED THAT THAT IS IN THIS EXACTLY. >> AND AS LONG AS WE ARE GIVING OUT

KUDOS, IN ADDITION TO CODY'S STAFF, CHRIS JOHANSSONS'S STAFF IS PART OF THIS. >> RIGHT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WHO IS LEFT. >> EVERYBODY HAS. SEVEN YES. >> SEVEN YES, MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 42 ON

APPROVAL. THE 2027 ACTION PLAN AS PART OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 2025-2029 CONSOLIDATED PLAN. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS. >> SEEING NONE I MOVE 42. >> IT'S MOVED AND

SECONDED, PLEASE VOTE. >>EN SEVEN YES. MOTION CAR RACE. >> ITEM 43. ONCONVENIENCE OF 40 IS, ROBERT D RAVE FOR 1 MILLION, CHOOSE AN OPTION, (A) IS APPROVE CONVENIENCE TO HEART OF AMERICA OR (B) DIRECT

THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT FOR CONVINCE WITH DES MOINES METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS. JERMAIN COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, 2 MINUTES PER PERSON TO SPEAK, UP TO 10 MINUTES. >> IF YOU

COME STATE YOUR NAME AND WARD. >> I'M LEERD DORCHER, I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE CONVEYANCE MEANS, BUT THE IDEA FOR THE DES MOINES METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS LOOKS FANTASTIC. I KNOW THERE'S MANY

THINGS UNDETERMINED. AS FAR AS AN INITIAL PROPOSAL AND IDEA, IT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. WE HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE HEART OF AMERICA GROUP. AND THIS MAY BE THE CASE ANYWAY. TIME IS GIVEN FOR THE OTHER

OPTION TO LASH THE PROJECT OUT SOME AND FOR THAT TO HAVE AS MUCH CONSIDERATION AS ANYTHING ELSE. I THINK THAT WILL CARRY FORWARD FOR YEARS TO COME AND BE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY IN THE LONG RUN,

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I THINK WE NEED TO GET WE HAVE A MIKE FROM HEATHER. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, AND COUNCIL. I LOVE THAT IDEA ABOUT - SORRY, MY NAME IS HEATHER ARMSTRONG I LIVE IN WARD 2 HAVING

AN ART CENTER BECAUSE I LOVE ART A WHOLE LOT. AND I WOULD GO TO IT IF THIS GOT APPROVED THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU HEATHER. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, IF NOT. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL. >> YOU HAVE 2

MINUTES. >> M DI BOARD MEMBER WITH THE DESNINE MET PAL STAN CENTER, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF HISTORIC CITY HALL, OUR INTENTION IS NOT SIX TO BUILD A

PERFORMING ARTS VENUE, IT'S TO WORK WITH THEITY TO PRESERVE, RESCORE CITY HALL WHILE CREATING A WORLD CLASS 2 IST CENTURY ARTS FACILITY ON THE DES MOINES RIVER. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE HAVE A SPRAPABLE

FROM THE CIVIC HISTORY, THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE RIVER FRONT IS SIGNIFICANT. CENTER AND ITS FUTURE SHOULD REFLECT THAT HERITAGE. WE BELIEVE DES MOINES HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY,

PROTECTING A LANDMARK, ESTABLISHING A CULTURAL DESTINATION SERVING THE REGION FOR GENERATION, THE CENTER ADDRESSES DOCUMENTED SHORTAGES, MRCHL APPS, REHEARSAL. EDUCATIONAL AND CREATIVE SPACE, AND

STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS AMONG DOWNTOWN EAST VILLAGE AND THE RIVER FRONT. >> WE RECOGNIZE THE MERITS OF DEVELOPMENT. AND RESPECT THE INVESTMENT REPRESENTED BY COMPETING PROPOSAL. IT MUST CONSIDER

MORE THAN WHICH PROJECT IS READY TO GO. THE QUESTION IS WHAT FUTURE DO WE WANT FOR THIS IRREPLACEABLE CIVIC SITE AND WHAT OPPORTUNITY WE RISK LOSE FIGURE WE MAKE AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION TODAY. WE

URGE THE STATE TO ESTABLISH A CLEAR PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING AND RE-IMAGINING HISTORIC BUILDINGS, THEY ARE PART OF A SHARED CULTURAL HISTORY, ALLOWING THEM TO BE MOTH BALLED IS NOT A LONG TERM

PRESERVATION STRATEGY, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE METROPOLITAN FROM TORE THE ARTS MUST LOOK AT PROGRAMMING, FROUR R, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND OTHERS TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURES THROUGH

A DEFINED PROCESS WITH CLEAR MILESTONES AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO PRESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE CITY HALL, AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AS ONE INTEGRATED VISION. >>

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WHEN ELSE WISHING TO PEAK: . >> HEARING NO. I'M MOVE 43A. >> SECOND. SECOND. >> MAYOR MAY I COMMENT. THIS CITY OF DES MOINES SPENT A LOT OF MONEY REHABILITATING THAT

BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, IT'S A TREASURE. WE WILL FOREVER, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME OWN THE BUILDING, PROBABLY USE IT FOR EVENT SPACE MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK BIGGEST, I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO TO HAVE A

GOOD DEVELOPER. MOOIKE WAY LEN, WHO WILL BUILD FINE BUILDING. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE BUILDING THAT THEE PROCESSES TO BE THERE. MY CONCERN IS CLOSING THE DOOR ON A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY,A HARD DECISION,

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION. >> ANY OTHER COMMENT. >> I'D LIKE TO TALK. >> TURN YOUR MIKE ON. SORRY. I WANT TO THANK BOTH GROUPS FOR THEIR PROPOSALS, I THINK IT'S BETTER WHEN YOU MAKE OUR

JOB HARD AND PUT TWO GOOD PROPOSALS FRONT OF YOU, WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD WORK THAT THE HEART OF AMERICA GROUP HAS DONE IN THE EAST. I'M EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS RELOCATED INTO

DOWNTOWN I THINK IT'S FANS FOR US C. I SAID THAT'S WHY THE HISTORIC BUILDING WEIGHED IN. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VISIONARY PROPOSAL THAT DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS HAS PUT FORWARD. I THINK THAT

IT IT IS A GREAT VISION. AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT THAT THAT THAT IS LIMITED TO JUST THE HISTORIC CITY HALL. I KNOW THERE ARE TWO OTHER HISTORIC PROPERTIES ON THE RIVER FRONT ONE

IS VACANT NOW, WITH A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL. THAT I THINK IS LIKELY TO STALL OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND THEN THE OTHER WE ARE HOPING - I KNOW THE CHIEF IS SITTING BACK THERE, HOPING TO GET THE POLICE

DEPARTMENT MOVED MOO THE OTHER HALF OF THE BUILDING, I KNOW THE POLICE WILL HAVE IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, PRESENTING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY ON THE RIVER FRONT. I HOPE WE DON'T - I UNDERSTAND THE

ACTION IN FRONT OF US TODAY BUT I HOPE WE DON'T LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THE VISION GOING FORWARD AFTER THIS. BECAUSE I THINK IT IS - IT IS A VISION THAT CAN AND I KNOW VEHICLES FEEL STRONGLY

ABOUT THE CONNECTION FOR CITY HALL. THAT CAN BE REALIZED THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY, I HOPE IT WILL HAPPEN, I'M GLAD IT WAS A PART OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS

NOT ON EASY VOTE BUT I'M GLAD THAT IT WASN'T MADE EASY FOR US, THAT MEANS THERE'S INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT AROUND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE DOWNTOWN. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY I AGREE WITH COUNCIL BOUND

MANDEL BECAME. WHEN I SAW THE PROPOSAL. PHENOMENAL. WE HAD ANOTHER PROPOSAL OF AN OFFICE BUILDING BECOMING TAXABLE TO D WHEREVER. I KNOW WE WILL KEEP CITY HALL HELD TO HISTORIC NATURE. AND IF THERE

ARE OTHER AREAS, PROBLEMATIC WITH THE STREET THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD RECOLLECTS BUT THE VISION IS THERE IF THE TIME AND AVAILABLE, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO HAVE HEADQUARTERS SOMEBODY THAT HAS DEVELOPED

HOW MANY PROJECTS IN THE EAST VILLAGE OF QUALITY, THE MASS TIMBER, AND BRINGING MORE OPPORTUNITY OF RETAIL. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WORKING DOWNTOWN WITH THE CLOSING OF THE STREET AND CREATING A

COURTYARD, IT OPENS UP OPPORTUNITIES TOO. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE IN THIS CASE I WILL GO WITH A MOTION, ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK. >> I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION TO CONVEY TO HEARTOF AMERICA, ONE

OF THE THINGS I WANT TO WEIGH UP IN THE DISCUSSIONS TRYING TO WEIGH WHAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS, I BELIEVE THERE'S A GAP FOR THIS TYPE OF PERFORMANCE VENUE IN THE CITY OF DES MOINES, AND I THINK

WE'D BE WELL SERVED FROM AN ARTS AND CULTURE AND FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE TO DO OUR BEST WORK TO FILL THE GAP, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROPOSAL. I HOPE IF WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME

WE CAN FIND THE RIGHT SPOT FOR IT. >> OKAY. >> SIXIER, ONE NO. MOTION CARRIES. >> NEXT ITEM. THE ODDS INTO HEARING, 5:28. THE NEXT TITLE IS ORDINANCES. ITEM 44. MEANTING CHAPTER 10 OF THE MUNICIPAL

CODE REGARDING LIQUOR LICENSING PROOVLT. 44a.m. FINAL ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER SO OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING APPROVAL BY RECOMMENDED BY CODY CHRISTENSEN REQUIRING SIX VOTES. >> I MOVE 44 AND

44A. >> MOVED AND SECONDED, PLEASE VOTE. 7 YES. >> MOTION CARRIES, ITEM 45. IS AMENDING CAPTOR 68 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRING TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. >> I'LL MOVE ITEM

45, YOUR HON COURT, IN PURSUANT TO RULE 2A I WAIVE THE SECOND AND THIRD READING. OKAY, THEN I WON'T. WE'LL DO THE FIRST READING. >> SECOND. >> YES CH. >> WE HAD A WORKSHOP AND QUESTIONS WERE RAISED

AND WE WERE TOLD OKAY, WE'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION. AND I GO BACK WITH MY QUESTIONS LAST THIRST AS SOON AS THE AGENDA CAME OUT AND WE RECEIVED IT AND DID A NICE JOB, BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE RUSHING

THROUGH THIS AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW HAVE WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH LANDLORDS, HAVE WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE HANDLED. BECAUSE EVEN IN THE QUESTIONS THAT I RECEIVED HERE AT THE - LATE

THIS AFTERNOON, TO ME THERE'S A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. SO, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR IT, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD HAVE MUCH MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE PUT THIS IN PLACE. >> SO THE MOTION WAS

FOUR. >> JUST MOVING 45. >> IT WAS SECONDED. >> SO WE'LL COME BACK FOR ANOTHER HEARING. >> SECOND AND THIRD HEARING. >> THANK YOU. >> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. >> I JUST WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF

COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK STAFF - I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES IN HERE, I THINK THE PIECE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WESTER GUARD WAS REFERRING TO WAS THE RADON MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR RENTAL

PROMPTS. THIS HAS -- PROPERTIES, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AT A COUNCIL MEETING. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT STAFF HAS BEEN ADVANCING IT. WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE INITIAL

ITERATION, SOMETHING MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT STAFF ULTIMATELY CAME BACK WITH. SO, THE INITIAL CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT MAKING THIS ACONDITION OF ALL RENTAL CERTIFICATES, THAT THEY WOULD BE TESTING,

AND THIS IS A LOT MORE LIMITED THAN THAT. THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A RENTER TO REQUEST THEIR LANDLORD CONDUCT A RADON TEST. SO IF THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT RADON, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS

WHO IT IS GETTING A LOT MORE ATTENTION AND CONCERN. BECAUSE WE ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY FOR CANCER RATES IN THIS STATE. AND WE ARE ONE OF ONLY TWO SAYS THAT HAS RISING CANCER RATES.

AND WE KNOW THAT RADON IS ONE OF SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. NOT THE ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHERS, INCLUDING THE WATER. WE KNOW THAT RADON IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR

THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT. SO, PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH THE OPTION TO GET A TEST. DOES NOT REQUIRE A LAND LARD TO MITIGATE PUTS THE BURDEN ON THE TENANT. IF THERE IS A HIGH TEST. AND THE TENANT

IS CONCERNED. THEY STILL HAVE TO FIND NEW HOUSING, SO THIS IS, IN MY MIND A VERY, VERY LIMITED AND MINIMALLY BURDENSOME WAY TO ADDRESS THIS. AND GIVES THE LANDLORD A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY, IN MY MIND I

WOULD HOPE IF A LANDLORD TESTS AND FIND OUT THEY HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF RADON, THAT THEY WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND INSTALL MITIGATION BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE PUTTING WHOEVER IS LIVING THERE AT

RISK. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR, WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT THE RISK OF SOMETHING THAT YES KNOW -- WE KNOW A REAL CAUSE OF CANCER AND HARM TO THE FOLKS. I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK. I

THINK STAFF DID IT IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER AND LIMITED WAY. I'M GLAD WE ARE TAKING THIS SMALL STEP FORWARD. AND APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL ON IT. >> I THINK IT RAISED AWARENESS. I THINK NUMEROUS

PEOPLE WITHIN OUR OWN ORGANIZATION HAVE TESTED THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND FOUND THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MITIGATE. IF ANYTHING. RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING SAFETY, I WAS ONE OF THE THREE STATES THAT

IS REALLY RADON HEAVY. IF WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. >> SIX YES, ONE NO, MOTION CARRIES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM 46. AMENDING CHAPTER 114 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING

TRAFFIC REGULATION CHANGES AS FOLLOWS, (A) ARE PARK, MOD IFFIC CAKES BETWEEN MULL BRIE STREET. B PARKING MODIFICATIONS BETWEEN EUCLID AND CLINTON AVENUE (READS). >> I'LL MOVE ITEM 46. 46 (A) AND (B),

PURSUANT TO RULE 4 IT A WAVE THE SECOND AND THIRD READING. >> MOVED AND SECONDED, PLEASE VOT VOTE. >> 7 YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 47. ALDING 114 CH. >> MOVE APPROVAL. AISLE WAIVE THE SECOND AND

THIRD. >> MOVED. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM 48. SPSH ECHO VALLEY TIF DISTRICT AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 15-403. 48 A. FINAL CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANTS TIP DISTRICT. NO.1, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER A

FOR THREE, WAIVER REQUESTED BY CORY CREWS. ECONOMIC DIRECTOR, REQUIRES SIX VOTES. >> I WILL MOVE ITEM 48 AND 48 A. MOVED THE AND STOPPED. PLEASE VOTE. >> IT'S ON THE FILE FOR CONSIDERATION. >> SEVEN

YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 49. CONSIDERATION OF RESTORE THE CORE D SM GROUND FLOOR ACTIVATION GRANT FOR 319 SEVEN INDUSTRIES, CHOOSE AN OPTION, A IMPROVE A MAXIMUM RAGE BURSE. OF

100,000 OR BR, MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT OF 200,000. >> HAPPY TO MOVE ITEM 49 B FOR THE MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT. I WANT TO TRY A COUPLE OF THINGS. THIS IS THE FIRST RESTORE THE CORE. AND IT HAPPENS TO

COINCIDE LE MIA IS MEETING TO FIND A SPACE. THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS GO ON, THE BUILDING RENOVATED. AND LE MIA HAS BEEN A GREAT DOWNTOWN TENANT. TONNES MY LUNCH SPOT ROTATION AND HAS BEEN FOR ERRORS

YEARS AND I THINK THE LOCATION IS BETTER. IT'S & ITTING TO GET IT ON THE DOWN COURT, IT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT RESTORE THE CORE IS TO DO. IT'S FANTASTIC, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. >> I DO WANT TO JUST

NOTE A CAVEAT. AND SOMETHING I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO REGULARLY. BECAUSE WE - THIS IS OUR FIRST BROEM IN RESTORE THE CORE, AND WE ARE MAKING ON EXCEPTION TO OUR POLICY, AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO

DO SO IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT TYPICALLY, THE EMMAGE ABILITY WOULD BE 100,000 FOR A PROJECT THAT HAS IN A BUILDING WITH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LIKE THIS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD POLICY, I HAPPY THAT

THIS EXCEPTION. DOES NOT LEAD TO AN EROSION OF THAT GOING FORWARD. I THINK THERE ARE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES BOTH WITH SOME OF THE UNIQUE COSTS AND THE TIMING OF THIS. THAT I HOPE THIS DOES NOT LEAD TO

AN EXCEPTION TO THE POLICY ON ON ONGOING BASIS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT AND EXCITED TO SEE LE MIA IN ITS NEW SPACE. I THINK THAT BECAUSE. YOU OF THE TIME FRAME.

THEY ARE FORCED OUT OF THEIR ESTABLISH: THEY ARE A REPUTABLE BUSINESS OWNER IN DES MOINES. IN THIS CASE, I THINK SOMETIMES EXCEPTION, WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, ACT INVESTIGATED THAT CORNER

IS HUGE. GREAT TO SEE THEM ON THAT CORNER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. >> JOE SECONDED. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> SIX YES, ONE ABSTAIN. MOTION CARRIES. >> SIMONSON. >> COULD THE NEXT ITEM AS WE PROVIDE SPEAK. >>

UNDER PUBLIC SPEAK EKS, ALLOWING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COUNCIL FOR UP TO 20 METERS FOR A TOTAL OF ONE HOUR ON THE AGENDA, THEY'LL BE CALLED FORWARD INDIVIDUALLY, WE ASK EVERYONE TO STATE

NAME, DRAESHGS AWARD PRIOR TO PROVIDING COMMENTS. KEEP COMMENTS GERMAINE AND AVOID PREFERENCES, TO CHARACTER ATTACKS. THEY DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PURPOSE OF THE FOR UP. AS A REMINDER TO THE COUNCIL

AND THE PUBLIC, THIS PUBLIC SPEAKING TIME IS TO HEAR COMMENTS. IF THERE'S A NEED TO FOLLOW UP WE'LL GET IT TO THE PROPERTY STAFF OR COUNCIL, MEMBER TO FOLLOW UP AT A TIME AFTER THE MEETING, THANK YOU

FOR YOUR SUPPORT. CAROLINE IS UP HERE. WE'LL LET YOU START IN CH. OKAY TO PUT THAT ON IN A MINUTE. >> WE MAY NEED TO MOVE IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. >> SORRY. >> WE'LL GET IT ALL... OKA OKAY. >> WHY

DON'T YOU JUST GO AHEAD. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING CARO IAN EURO LINE HECK-WALKER TASK FORCE ON SUSTAINABILITY, WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE 2015. I'M AT 41-11ING OLE SOL AVENUE, I'LL TALK

ABOUT ADAPT DSM. CHIEMENT ACTION PLAN UNANIMOUSLY PAST IN 2021. IN SEPTEMBER, THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME CAME UP WITH A REPORT THAT IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO HOLD WARMING TO THE

PLANET TO 45 DEGREES, WE ARE TO WORK TO KEEP IT AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT IS BEFORE YOU, IF YOU NOTICE. IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT

28 RE-DUCK, WE PASSED THERE. WE HAVE A GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, GOING ON NOW THAT IS REPORTED. >> 2030 WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT 45 REDUCTION IN 2035 WE PASSED A WONDERFUL ORDINANCE CARBON FULLY I WAS

LIKE TO BRING UP FOUR THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE: WE HAVE A GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY GOING ON. 2025 WE HAVE GOT REACH 28% REDUCTION. WE'LL FIND OUT IN ABOUT DECEMBER. WE HAVE A GREEN TEAM THAT HAS

BEEN FORMED BY CITY STAFF FROM MOST DEPARTMENTS. AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT ADAPT USE FOR 35 BY 35 STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN ADAPTIVE DSM THAT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS COULD IMPLEMENT. CODY SMITH. CODY SMITH

ALSO HAD A GRAND SHOWS THE POSSIBILITY OF A RESILIENCE HUB IN DES MOINES, THERE ARE MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY DUE TO DISASTER AFTER DISASTER IN WEATHER AND CLIMATE. SO THAT IS FOOD -- GOOD. I HOPE OUR

DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE ON BRINGING BACK. WE HAVE GREENHOUSE GAS AND THE BUDGET IS NOT VERY GOOD. SO WE HAVE GOT TO BRING BACK THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN 2019 ON MEASURING WATER EFFICIENCY AND

ENERGY ECERTAIN SI INNING EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE 75 FEET OR MORE. WE HAVE 75 FEET COMPLIANCE, THINGS SLOW DOWN DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE WAS CLOSED. ACCORDING TO EX DES

MOINES WHEN IT'S BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL... >> THANK YOU CAROLINE. >> WE CAN STILL PASS IT AND BRING IT BACK. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS. JENA GOLDMAN. >> JEANA OR... JEANA, COME

ON UP. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, I LIVE IN WARD THREE, I'M JEANA GOLDMAN, I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN DESMOIRN. A PASSIONATE FEMALE BUSINESSES OWN SXESHGS OPERATOR AND MULTI PROPERTY OWNER DOWNTOWN, IT'S

FAIR TO SAY MY LIVELIHOOD IN ALL FACETS DEPENDS ON THE CITY'S INVESTMENT AND CARE FOR A HEALTHY DOWNTOWN. I OWN KIRKWOOD EVENT AND PLATFORM EVENT MENU, FOR THE FIRST TIME TWO WEEKS AGO I HAD TO PUT A

PLANE CUSTOMER AND PRIVATE PART IN LOCKDOWN DUE TO A SHOOTING DOWN THE BLOCK. I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE STRUGGLES OF A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER, IT'S BECOMING SOMETHING I NEED TO THINK ABOUT A

RESPONSIBILITY. THE VIOLENCE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND FEAR OF DOWNTOWN INCREASING, BUSINESSES THAT BARELY SURVIVED COVID ARE STRUGGLING, CARRYING COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY THE DAY. BUILDINGS AND

ENRICHING TOWN ARE UNINHABITED AND UNEXCITED BY ENTREPRENEURS, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE DOWNTOWN OWNERS AND LOVING CARE FOR BUSINESSES IS THERE, BUT THE FEELING THAT OUR HANDS YOU ARE TIED AND THE

FEELING OF DEFEAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPER SUPPORT FROM THE CITY IS THERE. THERE ARE THREE PATHS I WANT TO HIT ON IN MY SHORT TIME TO SPEAK FOSTERING HEALTHY AND HAPPY COMMUNITY, THE FIRST IS

ABOUT HEALTHY SCHOOL SYSTEMS. CREATING HEALTHY KIDS IS THE FABRIC OF THE CULTURE, 42 KIDS TO A CLASSROOM WITH ONE TEACHER WILL NOT PRODUCE GOOD CITIZENS, I SAY THIS. I WORKED FOR DES MOINES PUBLIC, I

MOVED ON ONCE COVID TO OPEN A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS, I'M DISILLUSIONS WITH HOW SCHOOLS ARE CUT. AND NOT ENOUGH ENERGY FOR TEACHERS TO HELP KIDS, RETIRING. I BECAME A BUSINESS OWN WE ARE A GOAL TO CHANGE

THE ENVIRONMENT POSITIVELY AND FOSTER IMPROVEMENT THROUGH MY OWN BUSINESS WHICH I HAVE DROEL OVER. IMPROVEMENT FOR SCHOOLS IS VITAL. THE SECOND IS BEAUTIFICATION AND CLEANLINESS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD

GIVING RESIDENTS FEELING AND PERCEPTION THAT A COUNTRY IS IMPORTANT AND LOVED BY A CITY THAT DARES, BUSINESSES THAT CARE AND RESIDENCE, CREATING INGREDIENTS THAT CREATES SOMETHING WE CAN BE PROUD OF.

MOST IMPORTANTLY I WANT TO MOVE TO THE FINAL THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, GOOD BUSINESS OWNERS ARE THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY, THEY NEED SUPPORT, PROVIDING FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING AND BRANDS ALLOW

BUSINESS HELP. STIPEND FOR COST. FOR ANY GOOD BUSINESS OWNER THAT CHOOSE, MAYBE IT'S COST PROHIBITIVE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY BUT WILL PROVIDE WHAT THEY CAN. E.M.T.S. STAFFING COSTS. ALLOWING

BUSINESSES TO CARE. THE HELP THEY NEED TO FIGHT TO KEEP A LIVELIHOOD. VACANCIES AWAY. LOCAL TRAFFIC COMING AND PREVENTING CRIME. CURFEWS DISCONTINUING LOITERING, KEEPING DISTRICTS AND TEENS, HOLDING

PARENTS AND TEENS PARENTS OF TEENS ACCOUNTABLE. NOT ALLOWING STREETS TORE PARTIES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU >> WE CAN FOLLOW UP AFTER. >> OKAY. >> IF THIS

PERSON WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT PAPERWORK FOR FILE. >> WE CAN RECEIVE AND FILE THE REST OF IT. >> WE CAN GET IT OR IF YOU WANT TO SEND IT. EITHER WAY OR WE CAN TAKE THE PAPERWORK. YOU MAY HAVE NOTES

OR SOMETHING, OKAY. >> LAIRD ARCHER. >> LAIRD ARCHER, I MAINLY WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE REPURPOSES OF THE DES MOINES CITY HALL, IT'S BEEN COVERED. I WANT TO ADD COMPLIMENTING THE CITY COUNCIL WITH

THE 2027 BUDGET. I KNOW IT WAS DIFFICULT. I THINK YOU DID THE BEST JOB THAT YOU COULD. SO SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND THEN JUST TOUCHING ON RADON MITIGATION FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES, I WANTED TO - I AM NOT

SURE IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE POPE COUNTY WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM THEY ASSIST WITH A RENTAL PROPERTY I HAD, AND PART OF THAT WAS RADON MITIGATION, THEY ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>

THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. DID YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY REGARDING THE BUDGET PROCESS. >> YES CH. >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, IT WAS MEANINGFUL TO THE CITY THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO

DO THAT. >> KEEP UP THE INITIATIVE AND GOOD WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> WITH THAT. >> I'LL MOVE RECEIVING FILE 58 THROUGH C. >> MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR - WE'LL VOTE ON THIS ONE CH. >> MOTION

CARRIES, WITH THAT I'LL... MOTION TO ADJOURN, YOUR. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. (MEETING ENDED)