2026-09-08 - City Council

00:00at 6:00

00:02and try to get this started.

00:06>> I can get everybody to stand. We were

00:09going to do a prayer and then we'll do

00:10the pledge of allegiance.

00:15>> Let us pray.

00:16>> Dear God, as we approach 911, we

00:21remember God of the history and

00:22remembrance. We remember when the towers

00:25fell and the lives were lost. We

00:27[snorts] remember the dust and the

00:28smoke, the despair and the grief. We

00:31remember that sense of vulnerability and

00:33shock. We remember the numbness that

00:36overwhelmed us as we watched our screens

00:38for hours and hours, waiting for an

00:40explanation and understanding that never

00:42came. We remember We remember God of

00:46hope and presence. We remember the

00:48heroes, those who rushed to help, who

00:50guided the wounded down innumerable

00:52flights of stairs, who rose to overwhelm

00:54those who held death in their hands. We

00:56remember the hours and the days of

00:58binding wounds and healing hurts, giving

01:01comfort and drawing tears. We remember

01:03words of support and compassion from

01:05nations far and wide. We remember. We

01:09remember in part because we see the

01:11ripples of that tragic day continue to

01:12impact our world 25 years later. We

01:15grieve with allies today as our allies

01:18grieved with us 25 years ago. And

01:21together we wonder if there will ever be

01:23an end to violence and to war and hatred

01:25and death. We remember and we grieve our

01:28world's

01:29quest to learn the things that lead to

01:32peace. We call on you now in

01:34remembrance. God of justice and of

01:36peace. Give us a will to truly pray that

01:39your kingdom may come on earth as it is

01:41in heaven. Amen.

01:43>> Amen.

01:43>> Amen.

01:45I aliance to the flag of the United

01:48States of America and to the republic

01:50for which it stands. One nation under

01:53God, indivisible, with liberty and

01:55justice for all.

02:02>> Good evening and welcome. We'll call

02:04this meeting to order and do a roll

02:06call.

02:08>> Here,

02:09>> here. Zulie

02:10>> here. Hol

02:12>> here.

02:13>> Here. Joe

02:15>> Camper

02:16>> here.

02:17>> Camp Peter

02:18>> present. [clears throat]

02:19>> Lester

02:20>> here.

02:21>> Here.

02:22>> Young.

02:23>> We have a quorum.

02:28>> All right. Item three, adoption of the

02:30agenda.

02:30>> So moved.

02:31>> Second.

02:33>> Motion and second. All in favor?

02:35>> I.

02:36>> Any vote?

02:38>> All right. Item 4 A, presentation of the

02:43State day proclamation. Is Holly here?

02:49There she is. I see.

02:50>> Can we bring up a crew or

02:52>> I'm sorry.

02:53>> Can I bring up a crew?

02:54>> You can bring whoever you would like.

03:08>> Should be letting the the crowd get past

03:10me.

03:16Welcome.

03:17>> Thank you.

03:23>> If you just like to

03:24>> Sure.

03:24>> just make a few comments and

03:26>> Yeah, I'd love to.

03:27>> And introduce all your friends with you.

03:30>> We're all twinning, right? Um yeah, so

03:33Proclamation Estate Day, uh September

03:3610th is National Suicide Prevention Day.

03:39There's a lot of people standing up here

03:40that have um lost loved ones to suicide

03:44um here and everywhere else in our

03:46community. And so had the idea to to

03:49proclaim um stay day at September 10th

03:53for the city of Jefferson so we can take

03:55care of each other and continue to raise

03:57money for for the cause. And our um

03:59Cappy Classic is a foundation that we

04:01created to raise money to give money to

04:04local students um for educational

04:06scholarships. So started there three

04:09years ago and continue to build upon

04:12that. So thank you for for doing this

04:13for us and for our community.

04:17>> Sure.

04:18>> You want to identify your guests or

04:20>> Yes. Yes. I'm sorry. Um and actually

04:22they can Holly Nun um just Holly Nun

04:25[laughter]

04:26community [clears throat] resident,

04:27longtime um Trisha Orshlin. She is a

04:30she's a therapist. She owns Tree of Hope

04:32um in our community and so provides a

04:34lot of resources um to our community and

04:36to us personally. Uh Brody Wood, uh

04:40Brian Nineuk, Jill Wood, Gloria Hansen,

04:45Claire Lingering, thank you Linger, Kyle

04:49Linger, thank you and Tyler Stacy Kala

04:52and Clara Brown. Um so just a community

04:54of people trying to support each other

04:57um and while we're grieving. Well, so

05:00great to see the students here. We we

05:02appreciate the work you've done.

05:04>> Probably not a family in this room that

05:06has not been touched by it in some ways.

05:09So,

05:09>> we appreciate that. Any comments from

05:13council?

05:15If not, I'll read the proclamation and

05:17then I'll come around front and we'll

05:19get a picture and everybody can be a

05:21part of it. But proclamation claims,

05:24whereas September 10th is recognized as

05:27World Suicide Prevention Day with a

05:29purpose to raise awareness around the

05:31globe that suicide can be prevented. And

05:34whereas our community has experienced

05:37profound loss due to suicide, inspiring

05:39the creation of Stay Day as a reminder

05:42that every life has value and that those

05:45who are struggling should know they are

05:47not alone. And whereas stay day seeks to

05:51encourage open and honest conversations

05:53about mental health, provide support to

05:55individuals and families navigating the

05:58impact of suicide, and remind those who

06:00are struggling that there is hope and a

06:03reason to stay. And whereas our

06:06community is committed to supporting the

06:08children and families whose lives have

06:10been forever impacted by suicide and to

06:13providing resources, education, and

06:16opportunity that help survivors move

06:18forward. And whereas recognizing

06:21September 10th as stay day provides an

06:24opportunity for our city to unite and

06:28honoring those who we have lost,

06:31supporting those left behind and

06:33encouraging every person who may be

06:35struggling to choose to stay. Now there

06:38therefore I Ron Fitzwater, mayor of

06:40Jefferson City, Missouri, do hereby

06:43proclaim September 10th, 2026 as stay

06:46day in in the city of Jefferson in

06:49conjunction with World Suicide

06:51Prevention Day and that all citizens are

06:53encouraged to join together to spread

06:55hope, foster connection, support one

06:58another, and remind those who are

07:00struggling to stay because the world is

07:03a better place with you in it. and we

07:06thank you for bringing this to our

07:08attention.

07:08>> Yeah, thank you very much.

07:09>> I'll come around front. Council will

07:11kind of gather together behind us and

07:13we'll do a couple pictures.

07:26Let's

07:36go there.

07:53We need to shift.

07:55>> Is that good?

08:00>> Yeah.

08:05>> One, two, three.

08:10>> Thank you.

08:17Thank you.

08:23[clears throat]

08:28>> Thanks.

08:36All

09:02right. And again, thanks for coming in,

09:04for sharing that with us.

09:07Item B,

09:09Patriots Day presentation. A good friend

09:12of mine, Mr. Steve Serlock.

09:15The microphone is yours if you would

09:17just reintroduce yourself for our

09:20friends at home. Thanks for being with

09:21us.

09:22>> All right. My name is Steve Serlock. I'm

09:24captain PIO of K County Fire Protection

09:27District and excuse me in with the

09:30Missouri Picture Day Committee. Um,

09:34with the week coming up, uh, just a few

09:37days away, we have the 25th anniversary

09:39of 911. And can everybody remember what

09:42they were doing 25 years ago on 911?

09:46I sure can. And uh, I was working at

09:49MODAT and all of a sudden everybody

09:52disappeared. And so I started looking

09:54and looking and finally found everybody

09:57around the TV set. Small, real small TV

10:00set. And that was a whole day. No work

10:04got done, but you know, we were all

10:07entranced into what was going on in New

10:10York City and uh the Pentagon in

10:14Pennsylvania. So this week we're going

10:16to commemorate

10:18um the 25th anniversary of 911. We're

10:22very very fortunate to have a piece of

10:25history in Jefferson City for 4 days. Um

10:29and that being the tunnel the towers 911

10:32never forget mobile mobile exhibit. Uh

10:36that will be at the cap from Thursday

10:38through Sunday. Um so uh and it will be

10:43the tour guides will be six New York

10:46City firefighters that were at ground

10:49zero at the time. And so uh it's it's a

10:53very historic occasion. Uh we're going

10:56to start the week off tomorrow evening.

10:59We're going to meet the mobile exhibit

11:00in Kingdom City and Cole County first

11:04responders are going to meet the exhibit

11:07at Kingdom City and escort it to Jeff

11:10City. Um that being higher patrol,

11:14Capitol Police, Jeff City Police, EMS,

11:17uh fire,

11:20emergency management. It's going to be a

11:23quite an escort and all the overpasses

11:25on the way in Fton and Kingdom City or

11:28Hold Summit. Uh they will have uh people

11:32lining the bridges and overpasses as we

11:34come through and hopefully the rain will

11:37hold off that we can get this done and

11:39uh uh be a memorable event. So, we'll

11:44exit off of uh uh the Missouri Bridge

11:47onto Main Street and come down Main

11:48Street to the cap. And um then Thursday

11:54will be students day. We have uh schools

11:57coming in all day long till 3:00 and

12:00then it'll be open to the public after

12:01that. Uh and then Friday is the 25th

12:08anniversary of 911. Um we'll have uh the

12:12exhibit will be open but starting at

12:145:00 that evening. We'll have uh static

12:18displays around the cap of uh first

12:21responder vehicles and first responders

12:23themselves taking questions or whatever.

12:26Then at 7:00 we have uh a commemoration

12:31of 911 with u I just go through a little

12:36bit of it. uh pledge of allegiance,

12:39taps, helicopter fly over, uh guest

12:43speakers, going to be uh battalion chief

12:45at the New York City Fire Department, uh

12:48which will be pretty interesting to

12:51hear. Um Missouri task force one, our

12:55mayor will speak. And uh then after that

13:00uh about an hour at [clears throat] 8:00

13:03we'll start reading the 2,977

13:06names that passed away that day. U that

13:09includes uh uh first responders and

13:12civilian personnel or civilians that

13:15were in the tower and just lining the

13:17streets. Um Saturday we start out

13:21Saturday morning with the tunnels and

13:22towers 5K

13:24which will start at the exhibit and go

13:27down High Street and then come back to

13:29the cap and then the exhibit will also

13:31be open that day. And Sunday the exhibit

13:34will be open from uh basically 11 till 5

13:38and then it will leave Jeff City on uh

13:42uh Monday morning. But uh this is this

13:46is a very unique a very historic

13:49u

13:51item to have in Jeff City on the 25th

13:53anniversary 911. I mean they could have

13:56easily went I've been talking with them

13:58for four years but they could have

14:00easily went to New York uh to the

14:03Pentagon or Pennsylvania because that's

14:05where all the planes hit. And uh but

14:09our uh you know I got a call maybe 8

14:12weeks ago and they said we're coming. I

14:14said what do you mean you're coming? And

14:16they said we're coming to Jeff City. I

14:18go oh my gosh we got a lot of work to

14:20do. And uh but uh I like for the people

14:26also when when the comes in on tomorrow

14:29evening uh Central Bank is going to line

14:33the main street with uh flags. people

14:37waving the flags and stuff and uh we

14:40encourage everybody come out with a flag

14:41and stuff and and wave the uh New York

14:46City firefighters and the exhibit on and

14:49that would be a good welcoming for them

14:52to come into Jeff City and see you know

14:54a welcome ceremony like that. So uh and

14:59I was with a New York City fire fire

15:01four year or five years ago and believe

15:04me it's a treat to u just talk to

15:09somebody from New York that was on the

15:10fire department. Of course I've been

15:12with firefighter for over 50 years so we

15:15get along pretty good. But uh uh the

15:19hats in front of you uh depict 911. It

15:25has the Pentagon on it. It has the

15:26towers on it and on the brim on the bill

15:29it has flight 93 which uh crashed in

15:32Pennsylvania. So, uh we encourage

15:35everybody to come out, participate. Uh

15:38if there's a line or anything, you know,

15:40be patient. Um we take about 25 to 30

15:44people at a time through the exhibit and

15:45there's three tour guides at a time

15:47going through the exhibit. Um it it

15:50expands out to it's 6 80 83 feet long

15:54expands out to 38 ft and u it's 1100

15:59square ft on inside of Memorial's

16:01memorabilia from ground zero. So uh also

16:05task force wouldn't be there Thursday or

16:07Friday too. So they were all at ground

16:09zero. But uh anyway, is there any

16:13questions or anything that uh you like

16:15to ask or if I can answer or anything?

16:20>> Likely.

16:21>> Uh Steve, knowing you as long as I have,

16:24I'm I'm very grateful and humbled that

16:26that you worked as hard as you have to

16:28help get this to Jefferson City because

16:30it's going to be a special day. Thank It

16:32is going to be a special week almost,

16:35but uh it's a golden opportunity for

16:38people to come out and see a part of

16:39history and we hope that the school kids

16:43coming in Thursday, most of them weren't

16:45born yet. And so, you know, they can see

16:49what's going on and uh hear stories from

16:53the New York City firefighters. So, that

16:55is precious.

16:58Well, I can attest, Steve put together

16:59quite a committee that worked very hard.

17:02This guy is organized. He has it right

17:04down to the minutes. So, I compliment

17:07you on all the work that you've done on

17:09this project. And

17:10>> don't say me now because there's a lot

17:12of people in that committee,

17:13>> the the whole team. It takes leadership

17:16and you but

17:17>> uh pulled us together and made us

17:19>> we have we have a list of volunteers

17:22minutebyminute blow of who's going to be

17:25where and what's going to happen and

17:26stuff like that. That's the only way to

17:28do anything big as this. Uh so everybody

17:31knows their part. Everybody knows what

17:33to do and if something fails or a hiccup

17:36comes up we can all respond to it. So,

17:40well, the other thing I was going to

17:41indicate is it's quite a financial

17:43commitment to bring this exhibit and

17:46when you first read the number,

17:49everybody looked and said, "This

17:50community can do it." And your team did

17:54that. You went out and raised the

17:55dollar. So,

17:56>> yeah. So uh yeah and we not only have

18:00the expensive exhibit but I always like

18:02to say portaotties uh and uh hotel rooms

18:07uh rental cars uh meals uh just a lot of

18:11stuff and u we're going to try to use

18:15Jeff City restaurants and we're going to

18:17see what the guys want to do if they

18:19want to go out and eat with everybody or

18:21or if they want time alone. Uh, so it's

18:24going to be a lot of stuff for them, but

18:27uh, we're here to help them. Anything

18:29they want, we'll get for them.

18:31>> And I know our police department and

18:33fire department and EMS, everybody

18:36stepped up and said, "Whatever you

18:38need." So,

18:38>> yeah, they all did. And we're going to

18:40be a great weekend.

18:40>> We appreciate it. And it's a lot of hard

18:43work, but we're going to have good

18:45memories of it.

18:46>> Good.

18:48>> Councilwoman now,

18:49>> thank you so much. Really appreciate it.

18:51it is going to be uh something uh worth

18:55seeing and spending some time on. I just

18:57wanted to also thank every many people

19:00in this room sometimes you don't realize

19:03that some of our uh people in this room

19:05actually responded to 911 and were in

19:08New York City. Some of our uh

19:10individuals here have have went overseas

19:13and fought in some of the wars since

19:15then. Uh and so I want to say thank you

19:17to everybody. Thanks.

19:19>> Thank you. Thank you.

19:23All right. All right. I'd like to get a

19:25picture before you take off if

19:27>> Okay.

19:28>> Brian will. And in violation of our

19:31rules, if you wear your hat, I think

19:32it'd be a cool picture.

19:40>> My hair can handle it. But

19:43I don't have any.

19:47>> No, you wear it. You wear it.

19:58Put it in

20:04something

20:09really.

20:13>> Hey, this for our chief, police chief,

20:15and EMS. Come on. Let's get them up

20:17here.

20:17>> Come on up, guys.

20:19[snorts]

20:20You're all part of this

20:24guys.

20:32>> One, two, three.

20:37[applause]

20:48Sorry.

21:03>> Just thanks again, Steve. We look

21:04forward to

21:07a great few days and kind of honoring

21:10people [clears throat] that gave it all.

21:12>> Yes.

21:12>> Thanks.

21:13>> Thank you, guys. [snorts]

21:16All right. Next item. It's distinct

21:19pleasure to welcome president of our

21:23hometown university, Dr. John Mosley.

21:26And

21:27we talked a few weeks ago at a meeting.

21:29And I asked it's about time to get an

21:31update on what our blue tigers are up

21:33to. So, thanks for being with us.

21:35>> Well, thank you for the opportunity. As

21:37everybody knows, I'm very shy, so it

21:39took a lot for him to talk me into doing

21:40this. Uh, no, but uh thank you. Uh first

21:44of all commend you guys for in the first

21:46two group groups that have spoken

21:48tonight. It's uh two that are near and

21:51dear to all of our hearts in this room.

21:53And uh before I even begin with a

21:55Lincoln update, I just think back to

21:57certainly September the 11th, but what

21:59if we all maintain the sense of pride

22:01that we had on September the 12th? What

22:03if we could get back to that as a as a

22:05country and uh think about who we are

22:08and uh maybe how far we've gotten away

22:11from that day. Uh

22:15I get to represent a great university

22:17right here in Jefferson City. Uh and

22:20we've had a tremendous start to the

22:22school year. Um

22:24far beyond anything that I could

22:26imagine. Number one, that I I get to do

22:28this every day. Uh and so I'm very

22:30thankful for a number of people that

22:32have worked really hard to continue to

22:35move the university forward, beginning

22:37with uh a sense of pride for all of us

22:39in Jefferson City, not just at Lincoln.

22:41And that's the new building uh the HSSI

22:43facility right on Highway 50, which has

22:46become basically unofficial welcome to

22:48Lincoln University for our community uh

22:51and for people passing through. Um the

22:53facility is open now. We still have some

22:55minor things going on to get the

22:58emergency operating training center

22:59completely operational, but we

23:01anticipate that to be completed this

23:02fall. We are getting a number of

23:04requests to use the facility and I

23:06believe the chamber will kick off the

23:08state of education uh in Jefferson City

23:11there on October the 8th. And so if you

23:14haven't seen that yet, you should be

23:15receiving some information from Gary

23:17Plameumber and his group at the chamber

23:18very soon. In addition to the uh HSSI,

23:22which is certainly again the beacon of

23:24[snorts] uh there was a lot of

23:26renovations on our campus this summer,

23:28um our facilities [clears throat] team

23:30and outside contractors were able to

23:32make adjustments at MLK,

23:35Frank Hall, Lorenzo Green, that's where

23:37our police department is housed. Sherman

23:39Hall is a residence hall. Uh in addition

23:42with our partnership with JC Parks, we

23:44are in the process of replacing the

23:46bleachers at Vivian. Uh we have

23:48resurfaced the tennis courts right there

23:50on the corner of Duncan and Lafayette

23:52and soon we will be adding branded

23:54windcreens to represent both of our

23:56entities uh there at that again

23:58beautiful location right on the corner

24:00of campus. Uh we have broken ground and

24:03construction is completely underway out

24:04at Freeman Farm which is down Highway 54

24:08for our meat uh processing research

24:10facility. We expect that that facility

24:12will be completed in the spring of 27

24:15and then will be operational for uh

24:18farmers in mid Missouri to bring their

24:20um their livestock there to harvest. Uh

24:26on an athletic note, our men's soccer

24:29team is number 11 in the country last

24:31after last week's poll. They are still

24:33undefeated although they've had they're

24:35one 0 and two which as a former coach I

24:39still don't understand how we leave with

24:41the tie but they do that in soccer and

24:43they get one point for a tie, three

24:45points for a win and so uh they do have

24:48their first home match tomorrow night.

24:51Uh men and women's soccer play uh double

24:53headers in conference play which begins

24:54tomorrow. Uh our matches will be played

24:57at Capitol City High School. And you may

25:00say why? because our football stadium,

25:02Reed uh Reed Stadium, the the field is

25:05too narrow. So, our opponents, it it's

25:08more narrow than a traditional college

25:10field. So, we have to notify our

25:12opponents

25:14uh of that and then they get to make a

25:17decision whether or not they want to

25:18play you there. Because we've gotten

25:20very competitive, nobody wants to play

25:23us there. So, they forced us to play uh

25:25out at uh we choose to play at Capital

25:28City. Again, uh I'm grateful for the

25:30partnership with uh Superintendent Brian

25:32McGraw and and our friends Robert Esakia

25:35and really uh Brian Haramman, all the

25:37all the ads here in the county uh or in

25:39the city work very well together uh with

25:41us and as do uh we with them. But we are

25:45going to compete out there. Uh it's

25:46partly superstitious because our men's

25:49soccer team has not lost at Capitol City

25:52High School and so uh we'll continue

25:54that beginning tomorrow and Sunday. Uh

25:57football is home on Saturday night.

25:58We're playing another H.B.CU Langston

26:00University. It's the Battle of the LU 6

26:02p.m. kickoff. Uh hopefully that gives us

26:04a break from some of the heat that we've

26:06been experiencing. There will be a

26:08battle of the bands on Friday night at

26:097:30 at Reed Stadium. Uh I would say

26:12that uh we were notified by Langston

26:15that they're bringing three buses with

26:16their football team, but six buses with

26:19their band. So I don't know if there's

26:22going to be four on a bus or there's 300

26:24people coming, but it's going to be a

26:25pretty fun night. uh on Friday night and

26:27then again Saturday uh at the game and

26:29we appreciate that. It's great to for us

26:31to compete against another HB.CU. Uh a

26:34reminder that homecoming at Lincoln is

26:36September the 26th. It's only two weeks

26:38away. You may say, why is it earlier? Uh

26:40we typically have one of the first two

26:42Saturdays off, but we have to find an

26:44opponent for those Saturdays and we

26:45struggle to do that uh in athletics this

26:48year and so we were we were uh forced to

26:50to turn a conference game into a

26:52homecoming game. Uh, so I am one of not

26:55not I'm I'm one of many of us praying

26:57for a break from the heat for many

26:58reasons, but certainly because I don't

27:00want to wake uh welcome our guests back

27:02to Jefferson City with these 97 degree

27:04days. So [snorts] hopefully they'll

27:05break before late September. And then uh

27:08casino night, normally that would have

27:09been held by now. Our Blue Tiger

27:11Athletic Club hosts that event typically

27:12the second Saturday in August. This year

27:14it got put off and because of the the

27:16new date um we have granted them

27:19permission to use the new HSSI facility.

27:22And so, uh, if you have not been to one

27:24of those events, it's a very [snorts]

27:26fun fundraiser. I like to say they put

27:28the fun in fundraising. And, uh, it's a

27:31fun evening. Um, it'll begin, I believe,

27:33about 5:30 or 6:00 p.m. But, uh, it's a

27:36great opportunity to support all of

27:37Lincoln athletics and in a in a good

27:39night, uh, and to have fun while you're

27:42doing it with an opportunity to win

27:43great prizes at the end of the night.

27:45Uh, I would be happy to answer any

27:47questions that you have uh, at this

27:49time.

27:51Any questions?

27:53>> I know it was reported at the I think

27:56it's east side meeting on Friday they

27:58were bringing 242 members of their band.

28:00>> Sounds about right. I think we've got

28:02about 65. Small but mighty. The marching

28:05music

28:06>> music. Mr. Greffrath I think dealt with

28:08that issue at the parks meeting a little

28:10while ago. So

28:11>> well that to someone else this time.

28:14>> Yeah. Before I sneak out, I want to

28:15commend these gentlemen over here uh and

28:17their teams. Uh the partnership that we

28:19have with Gary Hill is our police chief

28:20and Jeff City PD and uh JC Fire [snorts]

28:24uh is tremendous. Uh the response to our

28:25campus uh in fact they got to come see

28:28me one time this summer and I was I was

28:30happy to see our spring and I was happy

28:31to see them show up. But u I am I am

28:33extremely appreciative of uh what we

28:35have here at Jefferson City.

28:37>> Thanks for all you do. We are proud of

28:39our hometown university.

28:40>> All right. Well, thanks

28:49And item 4 D, another update from a

28:52great friend of ours, Ann Bax. She's

28:55going to talk about the Cole County

28:56Community Organizations Active and

28:59Diseases Co-ed. Welcome.

29:05>> Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for having

29:07us tonight. Um, as mayor said, I'm Ann

29:10Bax, formerly with the United Way of

29:12Central Missouri, but now the hat I wear

29:14is um I'm one of the community members

29:17that's working on community

29:18organizations active in disaster or Cole

29:21County co-ed. So um with me is Angela

29:24Hirsh. She's our vice chair and um

29:27Angela's handing out um it's a little

29:29description of the co-ed but also a

29:30flyer about an event I'll talk about

29:32here in a bit. But also want to

29:34recognize two other committee members

29:35with us. Kyle Renick in the back is an

29:38is fairly new member so with his new

29:40role. So we're excited to have Kyle. And

29:42then Matt Kennedy who is actually our

29:44boss. So Matt's the one that calls us

29:46that when when something happens um in

29:49the community that the co-ad is uh

29:51needed, we don't just uh self-activate.

29:54Um Mac and his team and is uh is the one

29:57that calls us to action. And I want to

29:59also thank Chief Hoy for his support of

30:01of what we're doing. So letting um those

30:04guys be so active and uh we really do

30:07appreciate it. So I think we'd all agree

30:09our lives changed, our community changed

30:12uh May 22nd of 2019. Hard to believe

30:15it's been over seven years ago. Um but

30:18uh my role with the United Way at the

30:20time really gave me a vantage point to

30:22see uh our community in action and I saw

30:26um you know a lot of heartbreaking

30:28things but heartwarming things the way

30:30our community came together. But what I

30:32knew um that night when Zack Paul

30:35confirmed that the tornado had touched

30:37down, I knew that we did not have a

30:40community plan. Uh we United Way knew

30:42kind of what we thought our role should

30:44be. We had met with other United Ways

30:46volunteer mobilization and um really um

30:50just mobilizing funding and donation

30:53management was really our strength and

30:55we kind of knew that would should be our

30:57role but we had not met with other

30:59health and human service agencies or or

31:01people in the field of disaster recovery

31:04and rebuilding to know that uh what

31:06everyone else thought their role should

31:07be. So, we did not have a playbook and

31:10so um you know what we had no formal

31:13conversations but about 10 days after

31:16the tornado hit uh we had a meeting in

31:18the United Way boardroom. We had about

31:2060 members there. Um you know Angela was

31:24there of course um Susan was there. Uh

31:27there were a lot lot of people in our

31:28community that were there, mostly health

31:30and human service agencies and a lot of

31:32faith-based groups that came together

31:34and we had poster boards all over the

31:36walls and said which organization can

31:38help with transportation in the short

31:40term, the long term who can help with

31:42feeding all of the things that are

31:44critical to disaster survivors after um

31:47a disaster of the magnitude of what we

31:50experienced. So, um, from that we

31:54established a short-term, really, it was

31:56our short-term recovery committee and

31:58then we morphed into the long-term

31:59recovery committee and we really leaned

32:02heavily on the experts of disaster.

32:05SEMA, since they're local, they were

32:06right by our sides. They held our hands.

32:08They attended our meetings. They showed

32:11us what it means and and what our role

32:13should be in recovery. And um, so we

32:16really they helped us to build a

32:18playbook, but again, um, we didn't have

32:20that. And so, um, the other, you know,

32:23again, we had Missouri VAD was another

32:26organization that helped us. We were

32:28fortunate Catholic Charities had a case

32:30manager for disaster on staff. Um, some

32:33things just really came together that um

32:36could have propo uh posed a really

32:39difficult [clears throat] um situation

32:40for us if we didn't have a case manager.

32:42So that um that um short-term then

32:46intermediate term long-term recovery

32:48committee morphed into the as I said

32:50into the long term and the experts told

32:52us it would take three to five years to

32:55get the disaster survivors back to their

32:56new normal and of course we me probably

33:00the most um glass half full was like

33:03we're going to do it sooner our

33:04community is so strong we could do this

33:06faster but they knew what they were

33:08talking about again and um exactly four

33:11almost four um years and a couple couple

33:15days later we closed our last disaster

33:17survivor case. And so United Way had

33:19raised about $659,000.

33:22I'm sorry, $359,000.

33:24That money just came pouring in. It

33:26wasn't like United Way had to do. We

33:28just established a fund and those those

33:30were the monies that the long-term

33:31recovery u vetted and gave to those

33:33disaster survivors. So, that was all

33:35money that was given to United Way as a

33:38fiscal agent um for the long-term

33:40recovery committee. So, I say all that

33:43and Bill, you know, to kind of to help

33:46us remember what happened and what it

33:48looked like and and I can't say uh

33:50enough how proud I was of our community.

33:52Even though we didn't have an

33:53established playbook, uh we came

33:56together beautifully. I got to sit in on

33:59the meet the um meetings that happened

34:01every morning with law enforcement,

34:03fire, all the city staff. Um and I was

34:07got to represent the charitable

34:08organizations and um I think that was

34:10about three weeks that that group that

34:12that those people met. Um at first it

34:14was twice um twice a day and just

34:17talking about the immediate needs and uh

34:20it was an amazing thing to watch. Uh and

34:22I still talk a lot about that. But um

34:26now we know our role is to get prepared.

34:29And so that's what a co-ad is. And in

34:31communities best practices, you have a

34:33co-ad before um a disaster. But our

34:37community is not very different. Most

34:38communities build one after. And so

34:41really what the co-ed is about is just

34:44number one establishing relationships

34:46and keeping those relationships strong.

34:48So you know seven years ago there was a

34:50different uh Salvation Army leader.

34:52There was a different mayor. there was a

34:54different American Red Cross leader, a

34:56different United Way leader. All of the

34:58agencies took uh that took the lead in

35:00in disaster response for for our um

35:03survivors has different leaders. So,

35:06again, it's getting those people

35:08together, keeping them around the table,

35:09making sure we all know what our roles

35:11are, and uh you know, who's going to

35:13feed, who's going to where are we going

35:15to have our short-term shelters, where

35:17are we going to have our long-term

35:18shelters if we need them, all the things

35:20that we had to figure out on the fly. uh

35:23seven years ago and again it came

35:25together great but uh really you know

35:28the goal is to get the playbook and be

35:30able to flip a switch when things

35:31happen. Uh we had a little bit of a

35:33trial run um several weeks ago when we

35:36had those straight line winds and

35:38unfortunately I was out of town but Matt

35:40called and uh Angela stepped in and uh

35:43we had for um it was u where was that

35:46Mac?

35:47>> Oage.

35:48>> Thank you. Osage city. I keep want to

35:49say Oage County. Osage city had had the

35:52most damage and so they needed some

35:53water. They needed potentially um some

35:56short-term shelter that didn't end up

35:57needing to happen. But again, um, Mack

36:00and his team do not need to worry about

36:02some of those things. And that's what

36:03the co-ed does. We provide that safety

36:06net and that really the man and and

36:09women power to get the work done that

36:11needs to be done um so that they can

36:13tend to what they really need to do. So

36:15that's kind of what um that's kind of

36:17what the co-ad is all about. And uh

36:20we've got about two and a half years

36:21under our belts. We've got bylaws. We

36:24have a strategic plan. We have an

36:26executive committee that meets monthly

36:28and uh is doing a great job of of

36:30implementation of that strategic plan.

36:33We've got about 137 people in the

36:35community that have um come to one or

36:38more meetings. Uh we have quarterly

36:39meetings and those meetings are starting

36:41to be more uh more educational now. Um

36:44our last meeting was about volunteer

36:45management. The one before that was

36:47donation management. So, it's just about

36:50not teaching them down in the weeds, but

36:52high level. And um and then we have four

36:54standing committees that are really

36:56doing the grassroots efforts of

36:58gettingus between um you know, schools

37:02that possibly could be um a shelter and

37:05and things that we're going to need for.

37:08So, um things are happening. It's slow.

37:10Um during blue skies, you know, a lot of

37:12people will say, "Why are we doing this

37:14now?" Um, but we're doing it now so that

37:16when when gray skies come along, we are

37:18prepared. We're resilient and we can

37:21really spring into action for our

37:22disaster survivors in our community. So,

37:25that's really um that's kind of what the

37:27co-ed is about. And this is the second

37:29year that we as a co-ed have kind of hit

37:32pause on the on the work that we're

37:34doing um to implement the strategic

37:36plan, all those things so that we can um

37:40put a uh ready festival together. So you

37:44have in front of you um the council

37:46members have in front of them. On

37:48September 19th we have the second annual

37:50Cole County Ready Festival. Uh we were

37:53really excited last year. We um Red

37:56Cross gave us the seed money to do it

37:58and um Boone County does this and so we

38:01kind of borrowed some of their ideas but

38:03we had over 30 vendors last year. Um

38:06again law enforcement brings all their

38:08cool uh vehicles that the kids go

38:10through. We make it very family

38:12friendly. Um and uh we have a bounce

38:14house. We have um you know we have some

38:17refreshment trucks. And then we have

38:19Missouri Baptist who is known for

38:21feeding in disaster. They give out hot

38:24dogs and chips and water um to the first

38:26300 people that come through. And we

38:28have many many health and human service

38:30agencies that are either inside um or or

38:33outside. But um you know, we really want

38:35people to come and understand what it's

38:37like and what it's how important it is

38:39for them as individuals and families to

38:42be ready. Um and um it's not only a a

38:46disaster, but it could be a pandemic. I

38:48mean, what we learned um in during after

38:51the tornado and flooding and and what we

38:54put into action as a long-term recovery

38:56committee, we really rolled right into

38:57the pandemic and were able to use those

38:59partnerships and u the knowledge that we

39:02had gained to to really respond to our

39:05people who needed us most during the

39:06pandemic as well. So, so anyway, um if

39:09you can help us spread the word, last

39:11year we had 400 people come and again

39:13that was the first effort. So, we're

39:15hoping to uh to do even better than that

39:18this year and really educate our

39:20community on what it looks like to be to

39:22be responsive, I'm sorry, to be re

39:24prepared because um I can even speak for

39:27my family. We don't uh we don't have a

39:29go bag like we should. We don't have a

39:31lot of the things that we talk about and

39:33um it really is important and it's

39:35something that we're hoping that we can

39:37help to to educate our community about.

39:39So that's that's what I have, but

39:42certainly would take any questions if

39:44anybody has any.

39:46>> Thanks for being here. Any comments or

39:48questions?

39:51>> Thanks again for all your work.

39:53>> Thank you. Thanks for having me.

39:57>> All right. Item five, opportunity for

40:00public comment. We do not have anybody

40:02signed up.

40:05So item six, public hearings, there are

40:07none. Item seven, you have five names in

40:11front of you for recommended

40:13appointments.

40:15Motion to approve.

40:17>> Second.

40:17>> Got a motion and a second. All in favor?

40:22>> Any opposed?

40:26>> All right, that takes us to item eight,

40:30presentation from staff consultants and

40:33invited guests. And we're indeed

40:35fortunate to have a housing strategy

40:38presentation from Mr. Lav housing

40:41innovations group. Thanks for coming to

40:44Jefferson City. It's a little trip from

40:46Vermont. Correct.

40:48>> Indeed.

40:49>> But we invite you to the microphone if

40:51you'd identify yourself and you can

40:54bring along whoever you'd like to bring

40:55with you.

40:56>> Great. I think Dave, you were

40:59>> and you told me that right before the

41:01meeting and I forgot it. Mr. Helman. No

41:04problem, mayor. Um, so tonight we do

41:06have Jeff Leel here as well as Susan

41:08Cook to present on the housing strategy.

41:10Um, due to the location of the screens,

41:13we did include the presentation also in

41:15the packet so you can watch it on your

41:17iPad instead of having to try to to find

41:20a screen to look at. Um, and then we

41:22will be taking this up uh as a

41:24resolution also. So, I believe Susan's

41:26going to start out and then we'll go

41:29from there.

41:30>> You're welcome. I did not mean to

41:31sidestep you. We appreciate you being

41:34here.

41:34>> Sure. Am I good?

41:38>> So, good evening. Um, I want to take

41:40just a couple minutes before Jeff begins

41:42to talk about how we got to this point

41:44because the strategy really was a

41:46community and collaborative effort from

41:48the very beginning. As Ann just spoke,

41:51um, the long-term recovery committee

41:53that I was a part of, that's how the

41:55capital city task force evolved. We were

41:58kind of a spin-off from that long-term

41:59recovery committee to really focus on

42:01housing.

42:03And when that 2022 housing needs

42:05assessment came out, it really became

42:07increasingly clear that we needed to do

42:09more than move beyond just simply

42:12identifying the challenges. We needed a

42:14strategy that could help us determine

42:16what actions were realistic for Jeff

42:18City, where the opportunities were, and

42:20how the city and community partners

42:22could work together. So over the last

42:24two years, the housing task force and

42:26city staff have worked very closely

42:28throughout the process. Uh task force

42:31members including started out with an

42:34and angel that were just here. Um Gary

42:37Plameumber, Mike Lester, um Curtis

42:40Groven, Logan Gratz. I'm name dropping

42:42all I can here guys. Like it was a big

42:44community effort, right? Um but we were

42:47involved in determining the need for the

42:49strategy. We were involved in writing

42:51and reviewing the RFP. Uh we helped

42:54select the consultant and then we've

42:56been working with Jeff throughout the

42:57development of the plan. Along the way,

43:00Jeff also met with stakeholders from

43:01across the community and incorporated

43:04all of that public feedback. I also want

43:06to especially thank the city staff. Um

43:10everybody that worked on this project,

43:12including Rachel Cindy, who's not here

43:13tonight, was instrumental in getting

43:15this through to the finish line.

43:19So what you have in front of you tonight

43:21[snorts] is a result of a lot of people

43:22and a lot of different perspectives that

43:24came to the table to make sure that we

43:26had a common goal of moving something

43:29realistic forward. I also want to be

43:31clear that this strategy is not a magic

43:33wand. It doesn't just get put down on

43:36paper and then solve all of our housing

43:39challenges. It's going to require us to

43:42pick up where the strategy ends and

43:44starts in a better sense and really do

43:47the work to move it forward.

43:50Um it means that we're going to have to

43:52continue to collaborate, follow through,

43:54and then bring back these specific

43:56recommendations to the council for um re

44:00for approval. So, this is really the

44:02beginning of the next phase of the work,

44:04not the end of it. So, with that, I'm

44:07pleased to turn it over to Jeff Leel to

44:09walk you through the strategy.

44:14>> Welcome.

44:16>> Thank you. Um, Mr. Mayor, members of the

44:20city council, it's a great pleasure to

44:23be here and to present uh present to you

44:27this housing strategy. Um,

44:30just quickly on a word of the earlier uh

44:34discussion of 911

44:36911

44:38I was working at the US Department of

44:40Housing and Urban Development

44:42and my uh I could see the Pentagon on

44:45fire for my office.

44:47So that was quite a uh scary time. I

44:50mean scary time for everybody but there

44:54um any event.

44:58So, here we are 25 years later and we

45:00are trying to move forward uh and really

45:02address the housing challenges that you

45:05have here in Jefferson City. And uh I'm

45:07here today to give you an update on the

45:10progress. We It's been about 10 months

45:13since I started work. Uh and as Susan

45:16mentioned, there have been a lot of uh

45:20uh cooks [clears throat] in the kitchen.

45:21It's been a collaborative effort, but we

45:23now have a complete housing strategy

45:25that we are pleased to share with you.

45:27I'm going to give you uh an update on

45:29that strategy and uh this will help to

45:31inform a resolution later uh later this

45:35evening. So, this is we're calling it

45:37the Jefferson City Housing Supply

45:39Strategy and it's really meant to be not

45:41a report but a uh an action plan. These

45:45are our concrete steps that you can take

45:48to address housing challenges in the

45:50city. So as you will remember there was

45:53a housing study uh earlier housing needs

45:56assessment and I did not duplicate that

45:59work. Um instead we tried to build on

46:02it. So we took the findings from the

46:04housing uh needs assessment and we move

46:07forward. But I did look at a few

46:08statistics just to get a sense of

46:11whether things had gotten better or

46:12worse or where things stood. found that

46:15um home prices had gone up by about 73%

46:19since the end of uh 2019.

46:24Um your rents have gone up between 30

46:27and 60% depending on bedroom size since

46:302000.

46:32And um these are uh it's quite obviously

46:36a large increase in costs and that's one

46:38of the things really motivating the

46:40strategy, right? How do we help to bring

46:42housing costs under control so that

46:44people can afford their housing? Also,

46:47um more than half of the homes in

46:49Jefferson City were built before 1998.

46:52So, as homes get older, obviously they

46:55experience housing challenges. So,

46:57that's another part of the landscape

46:59that we're trying to address. Now, there

47:01has been some progress recently. you

47:03know, uh you have your $5,000 a unit uh

47:07for completed homes and uh in 2025 there

47:10was an increase in permits to uh 110

47:14units.

47:15That's uh uh I think triple what had

47:19been the prior few years. So that's good

47:20progress, but it's still only about half

47:22the average uh uh rate of growth uh of

47:27US cities. So just to give you a a sort

47:29of a benchmark

47:31um you know my uh discussions indicated

47:35and uh really a shortage at all price

47:37points. You know you have households met

47:40[clears throat] needs who are hourly

47:42wage earners who are professional

47:44employees, older adults, people with

47:46disabilities um very low-income

47:49households really the spectrum. Um, but

47:52at at the same time, the city is really

47:55well positioned, I think, to address

47:56your housing challenges. Um, other

47:59cities that I've I've uh examined and

48:02worked in um really lack the solid base

48:07of demand that we see here in Jefferson

48:09City. I mean, you are the state capital.

48:11Um you have uh you know people are

48:15working in the city and they want to

48:16work more and you've got employers who

48:19would add more uh staff right if there

48:21were places to put them. And you have

48:23you know legislative staff who would

48:25love to uh uh you know walk over to

48:29their flat if there was an apartment

48:31here in downtown right rather than

48:33driving 30 40 miles. So you really have

48:36a lot of the core elements. you have so

48:38many uh nonprofits and um and sort of

48:43missiondriven professionals. Um so I

48:46really feel like that there's a the core

48:49base is there. What you really need is a

48:52strategy, right? Like you need a set of

48:54actions like what are you going to do

48:55tomorrow to kind of move forward and

48:57that's really the goal here was to

48:59identify concrete set of actions. So um

49:03the housing needs assessment was in

49:042022.

49:07Uh I was brought in about 10 months ago

49:10uh and uh conducted a series of

49:13stakeholder interviews about 20

49:14stakeholders uh did some uh of my own

49:17analysis and research uh partnered with

49:20the individuals on the Capitol City

49:23Housing Task Force and the city staff.

49:25We had two public hearings uh an initial

49:28factf finding hearing in the beginning

49:30and a subsequent hearing uh to get

49:32feedback and the result is uh an

49:35actional blueprint that's in your um in

49:39your packet tonight and it it lists

49:42specific steps organized into three

49:44phases things that you could do to

49:46really move forward and address your

49:47housing challenges. So I'm going to give

49:49you just a brief overview uh and you can

49:52read more in your packet. So just in one

49:55slide, what is this about? Well, the

49:58goals of the strategy are three-fold.

50:00You see them at the bottom. Grow the

50:01housing stock, improve the quality of

50:04existing homes, and strengthen your

50:07historic neighborhoods. Very simple,

50:09three goals. Um, and to do that, you

50:12really need to build more, repair more,

50:15and ensure you have the capacity to

50:17administer the plan. So in terms of

50:19building more um the goal is to increase

50:22housing supply at a range of price

50:24points. So a well functioning housing

50:26market as you know has housing at a

50:28range of price points right a lot of

50:29different kinds of housing to meet

50:31different needs and that's really the

50:33goal here. So part of it is how do we

50:35unlock housing in the downtown?

50:38How do we uh expand the market rate

50:41workforce and affordable housing stock?

50:44Um there are specific uh proposals in

50:47here to do that. Uh and they involve a

50:50lot of them. The goal here was not to

50:52come to you with a large bill for costs,

50:55but really to try to leverage existing

50:57federal and state incentives and found

51:00quite a few incentives that are

51:01available to the city but are not being

51:03taken advantage of. Um so um

51:09the other piece here is to think about

51:11building new housing types, accessory

51:13dwelling units like granny flats, right?

51:15And thinking about uh more multifamily,

51:18more town homes, you know, more of a

51:20diverse mix of housing. The second piece

51:22is around repair. So you have a old

51:25housing stock and it it has come up

51:27again and again. People say, "Okay, it's

51:29great to build new housing. What do we

51:30do about existing homes? How do we

51:32ensure that existing homes um are are

51:36still there to help the next family? So,

51:38there are a series of actions here

51:39recommended for coordinating the actions

51:42of home repair providers, developing

51:44developable scale developing scalable

51:47financing models uh where people can get

51:49loans to uh repair their homes that they

51:52might not be able to get today. Uh and

51:54also steps to really improve the quality

51:56of your ex existing rental stock. Uh and

51:59then the final piece around capacity,

52:01you know, this isn't going to happen on

52:02its own and we have to, you know, ensure

52:05that there uh both between the city and

52:08their community partners, there are

52:10people who have the time uh and the uh

52:12and the resources really to kind of move

52:15this forward. So there's some proposals

52:17in here for developing the the

52:21infrastructure, the organizational

52:22infrastructure outside of the city to

52:25actually implement the proposal. So,

52:28what we need are full-time staff who

52:30wake up in the morning and say, "How am

52:31I going to move this this forward?"

52:33Right? Rather than it's great,

52:35volunteers, amazing, right? But everyone

52:36has a full-time job. Everyone's busy.

52:39Somebody needs to have as a job to wake

52:42up and say, "How am I going to move this

52:44forward?" Um, so, uh, the plan has

52:49recommendations about that. This is just

52:50a little bit of the early emphasis. Um

52:54so the first piece is around really

52:56developing capacity to tap federal and

52:59state resources. I mentioned that there

53:00are resources that are available to

53:03Jefferson City that you're not tapping.

53:05So there's something called new markets

53:07tax credits uh which is a federal tax

53:10credit for um primarily for uh mixed

53:14use. So for you know it would cover

53:16commercial and mixed use. Um but it

53:19would also you can also use it for home

53:21ownership. So, if you wanted to create a

53:23home ownership uh uh program, they would

53:26it would cover essentially 20% of the

53:28costs of of those homes. Uh and it's

53:31free money, right? I mean, it's not easy

53:34program to work with, right? But it's

53:36it's free money. There's a a program

53:38called opportunity zones, which is a uh

53:41the this administration has recently

53:43passed uh a set of improvements for

53:47opportunity zones that were specifically

53:49intended to help places like Jefferson

53:52City. They um what they did basically is

53:55make these in uh opportunity zone

53:58credits much more useful in in rural

54:02communities, which they define as any

54:04community under 50,000 people. And so

54:06because you're at the high end of that,

54:08you're actually much more you have much

54:10more of the infrastructure needed to

54:12really attract investors than a smaller

54:14community would. Um there are, you know,

54:18you know about historic tax credits

54:19already, but you have large parts of

54:20your downtown and adjacent areas that

54:22would qualify for very generous federal

54:25and state historic tax credits. And

54:28finally, there's something called uh uh

54:30you remember the low-income housing tax

54:32credit. you you've approved two

54:33low-income housing tax credit projects,

54:35right? So, those are um 9% credits and

54:39there's another kind called 4% that are

54:42only worth about half as much, but

54:44they're automatic. You don't really need

54:45to compete for them. So, um and there's

54:48the part of town, the downtown and

54:50southside that qualifies for a what they

54:53call a a increased basis. Basically,

54:56they're worth the credits are worth

54:57more. So the bottom line is these four

55:00credits are all available in the

55:01downtown and in the census track to the

55:04south which is south kind of southside

55:06writ large. Um and and so a big part of

55:10the strategy is how do we train

55:11developers to help them understand how

55:13to access these credits? How do we you

55:15know create partnerships between them

55:17and developers with more experience in

55:20other places joint ventures to really

55:22help them access and bring money into

55:23your city? Uh at the same time there are

55:25things that the city can do to kind of

55:27complement that to help unlock

55:29development. So for example um you know

55:32the city could uh change the zoning here

55:34in the downtown to allow residential

55:38only buildings. Like right now you have

55:40to only build residential on top of

55:42retail. And while that makes sense for

55:45like the two blocks of High Street where

55:47there's a lot of, you know, high-end

55:49retail, there's a lot of this area where

55:52people, you know, might be very

55:53interested in building or taking

55:55existing uh uh buildings and

55:58transforming them into residential, but

55:59they can't do it under current zoning.

56:01Right? So, that's an example of a zoning

56:03change. And you're not being asked today

56:05to approve these things. We're trying to

56:06give you a roadmap to some of the things

56:08that might be coming to the council in

56:10the next few years. looking at your

56:12parking, making sure that you, you know,

56:15you

56:17all the parking you require is

56:18absolutely necessary. You've already

56:20reduced it somewhat, but potentially in

56:22the downtown might be another area to

56:23look at. Expanding the types of housing,

56:26allowing duplexes, triplexes, town

56:28homes. These are housing co types that

56:31are naturally lower cost. So, uh um

56:34that's a piece of this, looking at

56:35accessory dwelling units where you take

56:37a structure and put in your backyard. Um

56:39and finally thinking about uh could you

56:42know could there be some incentives that

56:44you offer to people who are building

56:46affordable housing such as a targeted

56:48chapter 100 framework uh uh to provide

56:51tax abatements. Um so that's those are

56:55some of the tools that are discussed in

56:58a strategy. Uh I'll try to go really

57:00quickly. It's a three-phase strategy.

57:02The phases are not meant to be strictly

57:04sequential. Uh but basically trying to

57:07just uh group all of the ideas into uh

57:11kind of first phase focuses on some

57:13early successes and laying the

57:15foundation for future work. So proposing

57:18to focus on expanding housing in the

57:21downtown

57:22um through the zoning incentives,

57:25through tapping these federal credits,

57:26through partnering with the state to

57:28identify land that the state owns that

57:31potentially you could develop. Uh

57:33focusing on uh affordable and mixed

57:35income rental housing and then starting

57:38to coordinate your home repair efforts

57:40and really sync up and identify plans

57:42and and doing what what we call

57:44innovation pilots. So looking at some of

57:46the more innovative housing types like

57:48modular manufactured housing and

57:50accessory toiling units, you know, uh um

57:54really trying to to uh pilot some

57:57initiatives to see if what works, right?

57:59And then phase two is about scaling um

58:03you know, so scaling any of those pilots

58:06that were successful, scaling your home

58:08repair efforts, focusing on coordinating

58:11efforts in the southside.

58:13um you have so many stakeholders in the

58:15southside area, but you know, Lake

58:17University was here. I'm thinking kind

58:19of Old Munich Bird, but it kind of

58:21expanded and uh you know, who really

58:24share uh uh a mission, right, of trying

58:27to make that neighborhood as strong as

58:28possible, but they're not really working

58:30together perhaps as much as they could.

58:32So, how could we coordinate their

58:33efforts? If there was a staff person who

58:36could do that, that would be really,

58:37really helpful.

58:38And then also thinking about citywide,

58:40are there places where we can expand

58:42workforce housing? So for example, some

58:44one thing that's being done in a lot of

58:46communities is looking at some of your

58:48your light commercial zones and allowing

58:50multif family housing there more easily.

58:52And right now uh you do allow uh uh

58:56apartment buildings of eight or more in

58:58your C2 zone, but you don't allow uh any

59:02um any residential in C1 or CO, right?

59:06Or C3. So really just thinking about uh

59:09trying to be more liberal with the

59:10zoning. And then the final phase is

59:12looking at kind of longer term things.

59:15Now you could decide to do those earlier

59:16but things that are take more effort. So

59:19um expanding water and wastewater so

59:22that there are more sites to develop.

59:24Thinking about annexation

59:27really if you want to reach that goal of

59:2850,000 residents at some point you're

59:30really going to need to look to

59:31annexation. uh taking some of the ideas

59:35pioneered in Southside and expanding

59:37them to other neighborhoods. And then

59:39and then finally, you know, uh we will

59:42have gone after federal and state

59:44funding and uh um and actually there is

59:48a new federal law that just passed in

59:50July. You might have seen it, the 21st

59:52Century Road to Housing Act. and that

59:55includes uh uh funding something called

59:58an innovation fund that rewards

1:00:00communities that expand their housing

1:00:02stock. So there $200 million a year is

1:00:05the uh proposed level hasn't been uh uh

1:00:09appropriated yet, but um there there

1:00:12might be some new money as part of what

1:00:13I'm saying and there's some additional

1:00:15money in that act. So something to kind

1:00:17of pay attention to and kind of sync up

1:00:19and make sure that you're positioning

1:00:21yourself really to compete for those

1:00:22funds. But at some point we might need

1:00:24to say okay do we need any more local

1:00:25money but the but the strategy tries to

1:00:28identify all other sources first and

1:00:30then come to you later right so uh we're

1:00:32not coming right away um okay so that's

1:00:37a lot I know I apologize it's long and

1:00:39the strategy you probably saw is quite

1:00:41long uh it's organized by the way you

1:00:44know there's like a short executive

1:00:45summary and then there's a part a that

1:00:47kind of you know and then and then the

1:00:49long strategy is part B so uh you could

1:00:51just read little bits of it. But but

1:00:53really what what what what we're doing

1:00:55now is developing an implementation

1:00:57plan. So a kind of a phased set of very

1:01:01concrete actions that the city and its

1:01:03partners can take over the next four

1:01:06years really. And it starts in the first

1:01:08six months with really organizing and

1:01:09coordinating and convening key

1:01:11stakeholders and beginning some training

1:01:13and setting up a tracking system. And

1:01:15then in the second six months really

1:01:17identifying specific policy options in

1:01:20each of these areas that can be um that

1:01:23can be refined. Uh designing approaches

1:01:26to repairing existing homes, selecting

1:01:28your pilot priorities. So within a year

1:01:30you've kind of planned out really the

1:01:33the uh the next steps and and then in

1:01:36the third six month is really where you

1:01:38come in sort of from September 27 to

1:01:40February 28th that uh you know if this

1:01:44plan moves hopefully moves forward

1:01:46you'll be uh [snorts] uh asked to look

1:01:49at some zoning recommendations uh for

1:01:52changes to the zoning. Um there'll be

1:01:55some pilots that will be structured and

1:01:57funded. Um hopefully that southside

1:01:59coordination capacity will be will be

1:02:02set up and then in the later stages as

1:02:04things in the as pilots for example take

1:02:08place there will be actions based on

1:02:10what happens in those pilots right and

1:02:12so there are certain actions that are

1:02:13more contingent on the existing um

1:02:17initial steps. So, uh, it's a lot, but

1:02:21you're, uh, uh, I think what you're

1:02:22being asked to do, and and it's

1:02:24something that the city can talk more

1:02:25about. It's really at this point

1:02:27acknowledge that this strategy is is

1:02:30complete, that the city staff would like

1:02:32to use it to organize their actions as a

1:02:34guide for their um, for their plans, and

1:02:37then as um, things become ripe for city

1:02:40council action, they'll be bringing them

1:02:42back before you um, for more official

1:02:45action. So, now we're uh,

1:02:48There's a resolution later on um with

1:02:51specific zoning incentive and funding

1:02:53recommendations. And then to the extent

1:02:55that you have ideas about ways to

1:02:58improve the process um things you want

1:03:01to accelerate, please, you know, let the

1:03:04staff know uh eager to uh work with you

1:03:09to make sure that we meet the housing

1:03:10needs of the of the city.

1:03:14Any questions? All right. Any questions

1:03:17for Mr. Lel? We do have the resolution

1:03:20coming up later in the meeting, but any

1:03:22specific questions at this time?

1:03:26[clears throat]

1:03:27>> Yeah, I've got a few for now. Um,

1:03:30so what you you would we've talked about

1:03:33affordable housing um and everybody

1:03:35gives a different definition. So for

1:03:37this strategy, what do you consider an

1:03:39affordable housing?

1:03:43So, um, just to be clear, the strategy

1:03:46covers market rate housing and

1:03:48affordable housing and workforce

1:03:49housing, like the full spectrum.

1:03:51>> So, but affordable and workforce

1:03:54housing, what's the difference?

1:03:56>> So, if you just bear with me for a

1:03:59second. Yeah. So,

1:04:00>> I have a somewhat different [snorts]

1:04:02approach. I don't think I don't usually

1:04:05use very rigid definitions, right?

1:04:08rather I think about um a well

1:04:10functioning housing market has housing

1:04:12at a range of price points to meet the

1:04:14needs of of everybody right and so um uh

1:04:20workforce housing some people would say

1:04:23you know like if you looked you know in

1:04:25various ordinances around the country

1:04:27they might say that it's housing

1:04:28affordable to people between 80 and 120%

1:04:31of the median income so that's like a

1:04:33very common thing and the reason they

1:04:35picked that is that there are range

1:04:37range of federal programs that are

1:04:40targeted on families with incomes below

1:04:4280% of the median income. Right? And so

1:04:45sometimes people would say that

1:04:46affordable housing is housing between

1:04:48zero affordable to the very lowest

1:04:50income people up to about 80% of median

1:04:53or 60% of median depending on the

1:04:55program and uh and then workforce would

1:04:59be above that. But a lot of people in

1:05:02that affordable range are working,

1:05:04right? And so, uh, it's a misnomer to

1:05:07think that someone at 60% of AMI is not

1:05:09working. You know, that's 50 $60,000 a

1:05:12year. Those people are working, right?

1:05:14And so, um, the way I look at it is we

1:05:17need housing for everybody in the

1:05:19community. And there are a range of

1:05:22[snorts] federal programs called

1:05:23affordable programs, uh, that serve very

1:05:26specific populations between zero and

1:05:2980% of the median income. there is

1:05:31another group above that that cannot

1:05:34afford market rate housing and that's

1:05:35what I think of as workforce housing

1:05:37right making sure that anybody

1:05:39essentially who can't afford a market

1:05:40rate housing um has access to a housing

1:05:43they need the other thing I would just

1:05:44mention in my view is we want to push

1:05:47the cost the the the rents and home

1:05:50prices and market rate housing lower so

1:05:52even without subsidy can we use lowerc

1:05:54cost housing construction techniques

1:05:57right can we build duplexes and

1:05:58triplexes and town homes that are

1:06:01naturally lower in cost without subsidy,

1:06:04right? And that's now reaching down into

1:06:05the workforce. So, I don't know if that

1:06:07helps, but that's how I think about it

1:06:09rather than a rigid definition, more

1:06:11just a kind of trying to chunk out the

1:06:13the the

1:06:15population of people who cannot afford

1:06:16market rate housing and making sure

1:06:18their needs are met.

1:06:19>> Okay.

1:06:20>> And then the uh one other question.

1:06:23So, I' I've read yours and the 2022 um

1:06:30Who do you look to, and I I mean it's

1:06:33it's in here a little bit, but who do

1:06:34you look to to implement?

1:06:37Um

1:06:39I guess this the 2026 one. So right now

1:06:422022 is all pretty well the city.

1:06:45Our staff doesn't have enough time to

1:06:47implement even the whole 2022.

1:06:50Um, 2026 to me is pretty well the same

1:06:53with just, you know, there's the factory

1:06:55built housing is new, the ADU is new,

1:06:58the home sharing model stuff. I mean,

1:06:59I've got lists, but I'm just trying to

1:07:01figure out how like in this plan, and

1:07:04maybe I missed it. Is there somewhere

1:07:05that says, hey, this is how you can

1:07:07implement this without I mean, it looks

1:07:10to me like we're going to have to hire a

1:07:11staff to implement this new plan.

1:07:14>> Um, and so that's what I'm just trying

1:07:15to trying to figure out when we have the

1:07:17discussion later.

1:07:18>> Yeah. No, it's a great question. So,

1:07:20first of all, the 2022 study was just a

1:07:24needs assessment. It had a set of

1:07:26recommendations at the end, but it

1:07:28wasn't a plan. Just to be super clear,

1:07:30the city's not implementing, as I

1:07:31understand it, the 2022 plan. It was a

1:07:35study that identified the needs of the

1:07:36community and it had some boilerplate

1:07:38recommendations at the end, some of

1:07:40which were useful, some of which were

1:07:42less useful, but it wasn't a strategy.

1:07:44It wasn't a plan. Right? So now this is

1:07:46a plan that does call for specific

1:07:48implementation and the proposal is to

1:07:51split the implementation between the

1:07:53city staff and people outside the city.

1:07:55So we have proposed uh raising money to

1:07:59hire outside the city from philanthropic

1:08:02sources to fund uh a

1:08:06a staff person who would coordinate a

1:08:09committee like let's say you take the

1:08:11existing task force and turn it into an

1:08:13ongoing organization. That person's job

1:08:17would be when they wake up in the

1:08:18morning to try to actually move the

1:08:20housing strategy forward. And so they

1:08:22would be coordinating the efforts of a

1:08:26lot of existing people in the community,

1:08:28right? You've got groups like Habitat,

1:08:31you have private developers, right? You

1:08:32have um

1:08:35lenders, right? So there's a whole

1:08:37series of people who are actually going

1:08:38to build the housing. The city's not

1:08:40going to build the housing. Its

1:08:41developers are going to build the

1:08:42housing, right? So somebody needs to

1:08:45kind of arrange for the training that

1:08:47people need to learn how to access these

1:08:49resources. Um and I've been able to

1:08:52identify quite a few resources to

1:08:54provide that training and to provide uh

1:08:57um you know so that we can you know

1:09:01empower our developers here in in

1:09:04Jefferson City to really you know have

1:09:06priority. Um so uh I just was in some

1:09:10meetings today with city staff where

1:09:11they were laying out a set of actions

1:09:14that they could take to support the

1:09:15strategy that would not require new

1:09:17staff. Now, they may come to you at some

1:09:19later point and say they need to hire

1:09:20more staff, but the idea is not to have

1:09:22everything fall on the city. The idea is

1:09:24for there to be a partnership where the

1:09:26city does what it can do, right? And the

1:09:29and the uh other actions are being done

1:09:31by others throughout the community. And

1:09:33really, it's going to take a village to

1:09:35make this work. You're going to need all

1:09:37of the capacity that you have. I wish I

1:09:39could say there was one thing you could

1:09:40do. You could pass some some magic wand,

1:09:43but even if you gave, you know, a

1:09:44million dollars or whatever, it's not

1:09:46going to solve the problem. And so we

1:09:48need to figure out how do we um how do

1:09:51we get the housing that you need here?

1:09:53And that's going to take a lot of

1:09:54different action by a lot of different

1:09:56people. And so the planation calls for

1:10:00um outside coordinator to help

1:10:02facilitate the action that's needed from

1:10:04a range of different actors.

1:10:06>> Thank you, Councilman Mo.

1:10:10In the presentation, I noticed u

1:10:14in the presentation I noticed a good

1:10:16emphasis on the uptown area um or

1:10:19downtown. Um is there any particular

1:10:22reason why that area is uh the focus of

1:10:27the analysis?

1:10:29>> Yeah, there is. Um so first of all the

1:10:32um the plan itself calls for uh action

1:10:36throughout Jefferson City but it is it's

1:10:38phased and there's a reason why uh it

1:10:41starts with downtown and with the

1:10:43adjoining area to the south and

1:10:45southside which is that these two the

1:10:48two census tracks in that area qualify

1:10:51for special federal incentives that the

1:10:53rest of Jefferson City does not. So

1:10:55there there is the um as I mentioned the

1:10:59opportunity zones, the um new markets

1:11:03tax credits, um

1:11:07historic tax credits, and also the basis

1:11:09boost for the low-inccome housing tax

1:11:10credit. So these are um this is federal

1:11:13money that could be accessed and brought

1:11:14into Jefferson City that would only be

1:11:16available in those places. So um and and

1:11:20to be clear, this is not most of these

1:11:23are not tied to affordable housing. It

1:11:25would apply to market rate housing,

1:11:26right? It would apply to uh uh retail,

1:11:29right? Like commercial. So it's uh new

1:11:31markets is not for housing uh

1:11:34particularly. I mean you can use it for

1:11:36mixed use housing, but a lot of it's for

1:11:37commercial and retail and opportunity

1:11:40zones. You have to have a market

1:11:41component to make it work. So just to be

1:11:42clear, it's not about dumping affordable

1:11:44housing in a particular place. It's

1:11:46about accessing underutilized resources.

1:11:49And so when we we were looking for like

1:11:51what can we do right away to like get

1:11:54things going um and and the downtown uh

1:11:58seemed like a very compelling place

1:12:00because number one it qualifies for

1:12:02these federal tax credits. Number two,

1:12:05you've got the state capital here.

1:12:06You've got a ready source of people

1:12:08coming in who might be interested in

1:12:10living here, right? And number three,

1:12:13you've got the convention center coming

1:12:14in. Number four, you've got the river

1:12:16market coming in. Right? So you've got a

1:12:18cluster of other actions that are

1:12:19bringing people in. And so what I think

1:12:22what we're saying is, hey, there's a lot

1:12:24going on here. If the city kind of makes

1:12:27the zoning compatible with with new

1:12:30development and new redevelopment, and

1:12:31if we train developers to access these

1:12:33resources, we could we could really

1:12:35start building some housing pretty

1:12:36quickly here in the downtown and then

1:12:39extend that into the southside area,

1:12:41which also qualifies, and really start

1:12:43to get some early wins. In the meantime,

1:12:45we can be thinking about what do we need

1:12:47to do to activate housing in other parts

1:12:48of Jefferson City. And that's where

1:12:51things like um allowing um multifamily

1:12:55housing in light commercial areas comes

1:12:58in. That's throughout the city, not just

1:13:01in this area. That's where things like

1:13:03accessory dwelling units come in. That's

1:13:05throughout the city. Duplexes,

1:13:06triplexes, quadruplexes, town homes,

1:13:09using factory build housing. There's a

1:13:11lot of strategies that are intended for

1:13:13the rest of the city, but we started

1:13:15with those two areas because of the

1:13:16federal incentives.

1:13:18>> Thank you.

1:13:18>> Sure,

1:13:20Camp.

1:13:21>> Yeah, I'm not sure if we if this is now

1:13:24or later, so just if it's for later, let

1:13:26me know. Um but since he brought the

1:13:29downtown part up, um a lot of it was I

1:13:32mean phase one is the downtown area. um

1:13:36>> the first uh four actions in uh phase

1:13:40one and the first one is downtown and

1:13:41the other three are not downtown.

1:13:43>> Yeah, but down it's a big part.

1:13:45>> Well, it's one of 16 items in the plan.

1:13:47>> Yeah.

1:13:48>> Um

1:13:49I'm just I'm just totally confused

1:13:51because there's absolutely no land

1:13:53downtown to build,

1:13:55you know, so we'd have to be we'd have

1:13:57to tear something down to build any of

1:14:00this, you know, phase or housing or

1:14:03anything. So that that's I just I'm

1:14:05confused. It might be a good strategy.

1:14:08>> Sure, I can talk about that.

1:14:09>> But if there's no land to build,

1:14:11>> I it's it's certainly true that you

1:14:13wouldn't be doing new construction on on

1:14:15vacant land, but there's there are quite

1:14:17a few structures that are not optimized

1:14:20for, you know, maximum. I mean, you you

1:14:24know, there are places here where you

1:14:25have dry cleaners where in other cities

1:14:28there would be a four or five story

1:14:29apartment building there, right? There

1:14:31are places where there are parking lots

1:14:33that there would be, you know, uh,

1:14:35apartment buildings. So, my hypothesis

1:14:38is that if you made it easier for people

1:14:41to [clears throat] reimagine existing

1:14:42spaces as residential housing without

1:14:44having to have retail on the first

1:14:45floor, that people would convert

1:14:47existing uses, they would build new

1:14:50floors on top, they some of the

1:14:52buildings would be to tear torn down um,

1:14:55and that there would be activity. And

1:14:56and just to be clear, I'm not I wouldn't

1:14:59limit it to, you know, just like the

1:15:01threeb block area, right? I mean, I

1:15:03would look certainly over to McCarti. I

1:15:05would look at some of the joining

1:15:06residential areas. The idea is like

1:15:08where can you,

1:15:11you know,

1:15:12walk to the capital within 5 10 minutes,

1:15:15right? It's it's it's that area. And so

1:15:17some of those parcels there are the city

1:15:20there's even a city-owned parcel that

1:15:21has some uh uh development potential uh

1:15:24that I've talked to the city about. So I

1:15:27think there is some land. It's not I

1:15:28agree it's not vacant land uh uh but

1:15:31there's some underutilized land that

1:15:32could be repurposed uh for housing.

1:15:40>> Thank you for being here. Um, so some of

1:15:42the places that maybe that

1:15:45[clears throat] are vacant and all that

1:15:46lay in flood zones and all that. How do

1:15:48we get the federal government to ease or

1:15:51whatever restrictions there? Because I

1:15:54know one gentleman that has would like

1:15:56to maybe update or something along that

1:15:58line also or build, but the the

1:16:02requirements from the building in a

1:16:04flood zone are just outrageous and they

1:16:08tend to say no right off the bat. And

1:16:10how so how do you uh convince them to

1:16:13say you know hey we got land here we'll

1:16:15just wave this and let the owner of

1:16:18assume responsibility for as far as any

1:16:21insurance and all that.

1:16:24>> Yeah it's it's a good question. I don't

1:16:27have the answer. I apologize. I you know

1:16:29I think uh I think you would want to

1:16:31just be really sure right that that's

1:16:34safe to build there and and that would

1:16:36be you know having an experienced

1:16:39disaster here right you know we don't

1:16:40want to have another one and and and uh

1:16:44so I would you know be double triple

1:16:47sure because uh um there's been a lot of

1:16:49building in flood zones around the

1:16:51country and people have you know

1:16:54suffered as a result so I um but you

1:16:57know there are there's land, you know,

1:17:00there's an old school building right in

1:17:02in right next door to here that that's

1:17:05uh up on a hill. It's not presumably not

1:17:07in a flood zone, you know, that could be

1:17:09redeveloped. Uh just to give you an

1:17:11example of a underutilized structure

1:17:13that's close by, right? So, um I think

1:17:16we need to be looking at, you know,

1:17:18whatever we do, let's build in a way

1:17:19that is uh sensible and resilient and

1:17:22and and uh u ensures the housing is

1:17:25there for many decades to come.

1:17:30Thanks for

1:17:32>> first of all, thanks for everybody's

1:17:33work. I appreciate it. And I do like the

1:17:35idea of doing different pilots. Uh I do

1:17:38think it may require us to suspend some

1:17:41of our traditional ideas. Uh like you

1:17:43said, some of it's even retail. So, we

1:17:46might could use it for some of the

1:17:47revitalization work that we're doing

1:17:50along with reimagining what is a you

1:17:52know what is a what is a dwelling and

1:17:55looking to drive down the cost with some

1:17:57of the types of dwellings that we do.

1:17:59Um, and I especially appreciate your

1:18:01thoughts on the resources because I do

1:18:03think having someone to spearhead this

1:18:06will be really crucial. And you know,

1:18:09the city we're we're pretty lean on our

1:18:12staff. So, um, I think that will be

1:18:14something we will have to pay special

1:18:16attention to. And also, um, in reading

1:18:19the report, I especially appreciate the

1:18:21metrics and measurements. You know,

1:18:22that's part of my bread and butter, uh,

1:18:25in some of my background. And if we

1:18:27don't have metrics and measurements, we

1:18:29won't really know where we need to get

1:18:30to, nor where we have gotten to. So, I

1:18:34think that's really important. So, I

1:18:35just wanted to say thanks and and point

1:18:37those couple things out. Appreciate it.

1:18:40>> Thank you.

1:18:43Are there any model cities that have got

1:18:46this right that we could point to and

1:18:48look at and say, you know, there's

1:18:53an idea or some place that's getting

1:18:56things right.

1:18:58>> I would say that there are um individual

1:19:02communities that are doing really

1:19:04positive, constructive things that are

1:19:06worth emulating. I'm not sure I would

1:19:08say a single community has done all of

1:19:10the pieces, but just to give you an

1:19:12example, um

1:19:14I talk here about trying to coordinate

1:19:16home repair efforts and scaling up

1:19:18efforts to repair existing homes. So

1:19:21there have been a number of cities that

1:19:22have have implemented programs like

1:19:25that. Two of them are Louisville,

1:19:26Kentucky and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1:19:29Just so I think their models are really

1:19:32worth looking at and emulating and in

1:19:34preparing this strategy. I was looking

1:19:37at them. Um there are quite a few cities

1:19:40that have uh successfully

1:19:43um um enabled housing in light

1:19:47commercial areas. Uh and that's been a

1:19:49strategy that's very popular at this

1:19:51point. So again, not one community

1:19:54that's doing all of these things. I did

1:19:56look to see what other communities are

1:19:59doing and have found to be effective.

1:20:02Um, I did talk with developers in Kansas

1:20:06City that are successfully using New

1:20:08Markets tax credits. Um, there are quite

1:20:11a few nonprofits around the country that

1:20:14have used new markets tax credits for

1:20:16home ownership.

1:20:18Um, and that can be done, by the way,

1:20:20not just with new construction, but it

1:20:22can be done with substantial rehab. So

1:20:24to the point about being built out, you

1:20:27can take 15 or 20 existing homes that

1:20:30are that are substandard and invest in

1:20:33them as a package and the credit will

1:20:36cover 20% of the net costs of that um

1:20:41and you know you have to bring in a

1:20:42consultant and they make a lot of money

1:20:44but the net effect right is not me right

1:20:47it's somebody else who does that kind of

1:20:48work uh is a 20% subsidy so again I can

1:20:52point to dozens of places that have

1:20:54implemented that strategy. So, not one

1:20:55city, but but each of these ideas has

1:20:58been done somewhere.

1:21:01>> Okay. Well, we appreciate you being

1:21:03here. We do have the resolution coming

1:21:04up in a little while that may generate

1:21:06some additional questions, but thank you

1:21:08very much. Appreciate your work on this

1:21:11>> project and we'll see where we go from

1:21:13here.

1:21:14>> Thank you.

1:21:19>> All right.

1:21:20This takes us to item nine,

1:21:23announcements by mayor, council, and

1:21:25staff, administration committee,

1:21:28Councilman.

1:21:30Um, it's scheduled for October 7th. If

1:21:32there's things on the agendas,

1:21:38>> finance, Councilman,

1:21:40>> thank you, Mr. Mayor. Our next meeting

1:21:41will be this Thursday,

1:21:44>> same time, same place.

1:21:45>> That meeting is still on.

1:21:48Okay,

1:21:49>> that's budget meeting,

1:21:51>> correct?

1:21:52>> Budget meeting.

1:21:53>> Finance committee was cancelled, wasn't

1:21:55it?

1:21:55>> Yeah.

1:21:56>> Oh, yes.

1:21:57>> Yeah, the budget meeting.

1:21:58>> Correct.

1:21:59>> Okay. Thanks. And public safety.

1:22:01Councilwoman Allen.

1:22:02>> Thank you, mayor. The next public safety

1:22:04meeting is on September 24th, Thursday

1:22:07at 3:30 in the bankrop

1:22:11>> public works. Councilman Camper. Yeah,

1:22:14we our next meeting is Wednesday or this

1:22:16Wednesday 7:30 here in council chambers.

1:22:20>> Under other announcements, I would just

1:22:22remind everybody we do have our show me

1:22:25air show me state air show on Saturday

1:22:28and Sunday. So, it is a busy time in the

1:22:30capital city and there's a riata going

1:22:34on this weekend. So, there's a lot going

1:22:35on in the capital city. Any other

1:22:38announcements?

1:22:41Councilman Campy.

1:22:42>> Yeah, I said that wrong. It's Thursday

1:22:44the 10 at 7:30.

1:22:45>> Thursday time,

1:22:46>> not Wednesday.

1:22:47>> Okay.

1:22:49>> All right. Seeing none other item 10,

1:22:51consent agenda. Three items in front of

1:22:54you.

1:22:55>> Motion to approve.

1:22:56>> Second.

1:22:58>> Motion. The second. All in favor?

1:23:00>> I.

1:23:01>> Any opposed?

1:23:04Item 11, bills introduced 2026-033.

1:23:10An ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

1:23:12Missouri, authorizing the mayor and city

1:23:14clerk to amend a lease agreement with

1:23:16New Singular Wireless TCS LLC

1:23:19authorizing city switch one LLC to build

1:23:22the cell tower at 1675 Cavalere Drive.

1:23:26>> Chief SCO,

1:23:28>> yes, you may remember that this original

1:23:31agreement came before the city council

1:23:32and was approved June 1st of this year.

1:23:36This is a subsequent sub lease agreement

1:23:39modifies the original agreement to allow

1:23:42for city switch to also utilize uh the

1:23:44same site which is originally

1:23:48contemplated in the the agreement

1:23:50approved on June 1st. So this is

1:23:52following that process bringing it

1:23:53before you for that suble agreement.

1:23:56Happy to answer any questions.

1:24:03>> Mr. Mayor, I'd like to um move that we

1:24:05suspend the rules for 202633.

1:24:08>> Second.

1:24:09>> There's been a request to suspend the

1:24:11rules. Any opposition to that?

1:24:15>> All right. We'll ask the clerk to read

1:24:17read the bill again. An ordinance of the

1:24:20city of Jefferson, Missouri, authorizing

1:24:22the mayor and city clerk to amend a

1:24:23lease agreement with New Singular

1:24:25Wireless PCS LLC, authorizing City

1:24:28Switch, DEVCO 1 LLC to build a cell

1:24:31tower at 1675 Cavalere Drive.

1:24:37>> Okay, you have bill 2026-033

1:24:42in front of you. Any other comments?

1:24:46Do a roll call vote. Hollers.

1:24:48>> Hi

1:24:49>> Allan.

1:24:49>> Hi

1:24:50>> Julie.

1:24:50>> Hi

1:24:51>> Wol.

1:24:52>> Hi

1:24:52>> Hazelton.

1:24:53>> Hi

1:24:54>> Joe.

1:24:56>> I

1:24:57>> Camp Peter

1:24:58>> I

1:24:58>> Lester

1:24:59>> I

1:25:00>> Michael

1:25:00>> I

1:25:01>> Young.

1:25:03>> Bill [clears throat] passes.

1:25:05>> All right. Item B 2026-034.

1:25:10An ordinance renewing an existing

1:25:12franchise and granting for a period of

1:25:1420 years to Union Electric Company DBA

1:25:18Missouri a corporation successors and

1:25:20assigns a non-exclusive franchise right

1:25:24permission and authority to construct

1:25:26reconstruct excavate for place maintain

1:25:29operate and use all equipment facilities

1:25:31devices materials apparatus or media

1:25:34including but not limited to ducts lines

1:25:37pipes hoses cables culverts tubes tubes,

1:25:40poles, towers, wires, conduits,

1:25:42conductors, manholes, transformers,

1:25:45underground vaults, switch gear,

1:25:46capacitors, receivers, and transmitters

1:25:49with all necessary or appropriate

1:25:53apparenses

1:25:55and appliances and connection therewith,

1:25:57and along across, over, and under the

1:25:59streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks,

1:26:01squares, bridges, and other public

1:26:03places, and city of Jefferson City and

1:26:06areas dedicated to the city for public

1:26:08utility use for for the purpose of

1:26:10transmitting, furnishing, and

1:26:11distributing electricity and gas within

1:26:13and through said city. Prescribe

1:26:16prescribing the terms and conditions of

1:26:18such grant imposing certain obligations

1:26:20upon the grantee, its successors, and

1:26:22assigned successfully in connection

1:26:24therewith.

1:26:27>> Let's turn that close.

1:26:28>> First, I would like to say I did not

1:26:30write that title. [laughter]

1:26:33>> Can we reread that?

1:26:36>> We may.

1:26:38So uh we every 20 years we need to renew

1:26:41our franchise agreement with Amaran for

1:26:44gas and electricity and that is what

1:26:47this is uh to do the same as it has

1:26:50always been. However, uh as you may have

1:26:53know, the Missouri legislature has been

1:26:55talking about changing the law.

1:26:58Currently, uh when uh we need to have uh

1:27:03people using our right of way, we're

1:27:05going to say expand a street, move their

1:27:08utilities, that is at their cost, and

1:27:10this new law, if passed, would make that

1:27:12at our cost. Obviously, it's a lot more

1:27:14expensive. Mr. Bremer suggested uh that

1:27:17we add language to this where am Amaran

1:27:20would agree that uh they would always

1:27:23pay the cost for that. They were

1:27:24agreeable to that. Thank you Kyle for

1:27:27for making that suggestion. That's going

1:27:29to save the city potentially a lot of

1:27:31money if that law were to ever pass.

1:27:33Other than that it's the same

1:27:36as you may remember it from 20

1:27:40council hours.

1:27:42>> Um thank you Mr. Mayor. I would ask to

1:27:45uh put a check mark on this to have it

1:27:47finalized for the whole council for

1:27:50tonight's meeting.

1:27:52>> This bill,

1:27:52>> you're requesting to suspend the rules.

1:27:54>> The rules? Yes, sir.

1:27:56>> Is there any opposition to suspending

1:27:58the rules?

1:28:02>> We will ask our clerk to read the bill

1:28:04again.

1:28:06>> An ordinance renewing an existing

1:28:07franchise and granting for a period of

1:28:0920 years to Union Electric Company, DBA,

1:28:12Amaran, Missouri. A corporation is its

1:28:14successors and assigns a non-exclusive

1:28:16franchise right permission and authority

1:28:19to construct, reconstruct, excavate for,

1:28:22place, maintain, operate and use all

1:28:24equipment, facilities, devices,

1:28:26materials, apparatus or media, including

1:28:29but not limited to ducts, lines, pipes,

1:28:32hoses, cables, culverts, tubes, poles,

1:28:34towers, wires, conduits, conductors,

1:28:37manholes, transformers, underground

1:28:39vaults, switch gear, capacitors,

1:28:41receivers, and transmitters. with all

1:28:43necessary or appropriate opportunences

1:28:46and appliances in connection therewith

1:28:48in along across over and under the

1:28:50streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks,

1:28:52squares, bridges and other public places

1:28:55in the city of Jefferson City and areas

1:28:57dedicated to the city for public utility

1:28:59use for the purpose of transmitting,

1:29:02furnishing, and distributing electricity

1:29:05and gas within and through said study.

1:29:07prescribing the terms and conditions of

1:29:09such grant imposing certain obligations

1:29:12upon the grantee its successors and

1:29:14assigned successfully in connection

1:29:16there. I think this time could be short.

1:29:19See

1:29:19>> all right you now have 2026-034

1:29:23in front of you for roll call. Seeing no

1:29:25other comments, we'll do a roll call

1:29:27vote. Alan

1:29:28>> I

1:29:29>> Zulie

1:29:30>> I

1:29:32>> Hzelson

1:29:33>> I

1:29:34>> Joe

1:29:35>> I

1:29:36>> Camper

1:29:37>> I

1:29:38>> Lester

1:29:38>> I

1:29:39>> Michael

1:29:40>> I

1:29:40>> Youngers

1:29:42>> I

1:29:43>> bill passes.

1:29:45>> All right. Item C 2026-035.

1:29:50>> An ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

1:29:51Missouri relating to its finance

1:29:53disclosure policy and conflict of

1:29:55interest. You must have written that

1:29:58one, Mr. Nicholas. [laughter] Very

1:29:59succinct.

1:30:01>> It's like a ha coup.

1:30:06>> So, also every two years we have to pass

1:30:09a financial disclosure policy less that

1:30:12let you all be forced to fill out the

1:30:14long form. You may think that the form

1:30:16you have is long enough. U so we do that

1:30:20every year, every two years in

1:30:21September. And that's what this is.

1:30:24>> Councilman Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I ask

1:30:27to suspend the rules and pass this bill

1:30:30on the second reading this evening.

1:30:32>> Is there any opposition to suspending

1:30:35the rules?

1:30:37Hearing none, we'll ask the clerk to

1:30:38read 2026-035.

1:30:42>> An ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

1:30:44Missouri, relating to its finance

1:30:46disclosure policy and conflict of

1:30:48interest.

1:30:53>> Any other questions? We'll do a roll

1:30:56call on 2026-035.

1:31:00>> Julie,

1:31:01>> I

1:31:01>> Hol

1:31:02>> I

1:31:03>> Huzzleton

1:31:04>> I

1:31:05>> Joe

1:31:06>> I

1:31:07>> Camper

1:31:08>> I

1:31:08>> Lester

1:31:09>> I

1:31:10>> Michael

1:31:10>> I

1:31:11>> Youngers

1:31:13>> I

1:31:13>> Allan

1:31:14>> I

1:31:14>> bill passes.

1:31:18All right, it takes us to item D

1:31:212026-036,

1:31:24>> an ordinance authorizing the mayor to

1:31:26execute an addendum to the tax increment

1:31:28financing contract with Up and Up

1:31:30Development.

1:31:32>> Minister Nicholas.

1:31:33>> Yes. Uh so FNF development currently has

1:31:38a uh uh TIF agreement with the city and

1:31:43uh they have asked to amend that TIF

1:31:44agreement to allow them to have to issue

1:31:48bonds. Currently they don't have the

1:31:49authority to issue bonds. These would be

1:31:51bonds that they're issuing, not bonds

1:31:52that the city's issuing. Um, and the

1:31:56city has agreed to that or proposes that

1:31:59we agreed to that and this ordinance

1:32:02would make that effective.

1:32:08>> Council likely.

1:32:10>> Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to place this

1:32:12in front of the council and suspend the

1:32:14rules.

1:32:15>> Second. [clears throat]

1:32:16>> Is there any opposition to the request

1:32:18to suspend the rules?

1:32:22All right. Seeing none, we will have the

1:32:24clerk read 2026-036.

1:32:28>> An ordinance an ordinance authorizing

1:32:30the mayor to execute an addendum to the

1:32:32tax increment financing contract with up

1:32:35development.

1:32:38>> All right. You have 2026-036.

1:32:42Any comments?

1:32:46>> Seeing none, we'll do a roll call vote.

1:32:49>> Holt

1:32:51>> I. Hazelton.

1:32:53>> Hi

1:32:54>> Joe.

1:32:56>> Hi

1:32:57>> Camper.

1:32:58>> Hi

1:32:59>> Leer.

1:33:00>> Hi

1:33:00>> Lel.

1:33:01>> Hi

1:33:01>> Young.

1:33:02>> Oers.

1:33:03>> I

1:33:04>> Helen.

1:33:04>> I

1:33:05>> douly

1:33:06>> I.

1:33:07>> Bill passes.

1:33:10>> All right. Item E 2026-0

1:33:1537. An ordinance of the city of

1:33:17Jefferson, [clears throat] Missouri,

1:33:18adopting a budget and personal

1:33:20classification plan for the city for the

1:33:22period of November 1, 2026 to October

1:33:2531, 2027 and appropriating money in the

1:33:28city treasury to pay the cost of

1:33:30operating the city government during

1:33:32that period in accordance with the

1:33:33budget.

1:33:35>> Miss Conry, welcome.

1:33:37>> Thank you, mayor. Um, this is just the

1:33:39first reading for the adoption of the

1:33:41FY2027 operating budget. The general

1:33:43fund proposal is $45,442,425

1:33:49with additional funding for other funds

1:33:51including the capital project fund

1:33:52bringing the total FY2027

1:33:55city of Jefferson budget to $88,458,24.

1:34:00And as I stated in the premeating, at

1:34:02the next meeting, the bill will be moved

1:34:04to the informal calendar until council

1:34:06is ready to adopt the budget.

1:34:10>> Any comments at this point? All

1:34:14right, we will continue with bills,

1:34:17introduction of bills with item

1:34:19F2026-038,

1:34:23>> an ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

1:34:25Missouri, authorizing the mayor and city

1:34:27clerk to execute a $266,022

1:34:30agreement with the Missouri Highways and

1:34:32Transportation Commission for

1:34:34Metropolitan Transportation Planning

1:34:36Services for the period of November 1,

1:34:382026 to October 31, 2027. 7 reflecting

1:34:42consolidated planning grant funds as

1:34:45approved in the FY2027

1:34:47Campo Unified Planning Work Program.

1:34:52>> Mr. H.

1:34:53>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, first off, I'd

1:34:55like to apologize to the clerk for the

1:34:56long title. Um, but, uh, as she stated,

1:35:00this is our consolidated planning grant,

1:35:03the CPG with the Missouri Highway and

1:35:05Transportation Commission. Um, it funds

1:35:08our our Campo project. Um this is the

1:35:10same grant that is an annual agreement

1:35:12that we enter into every year since

1:35:152003. Um the grant is an 8020. Um so the

1:35:20the funding that we would receive is

1:35:22$266,22

1:35:25and that's the federal contribution. The

1:35:2820% local matching would come from both

1:35:32the city and the county. The city pays

1:35:3415% and the county pays 5% of that. Um

1:35:38that would give us a total amount from

1:35:39this agreement funding for Campo in the

1:35:42amount of $331,49.

1:35:46Um be happy to answer any questions.

1:35:51>> You didn't write 0352, did you?

1:35:55[laughter]

1:35:56>> Thank you. All right, seeing no

1:35:58questions, we'll move on to item G,

1:36:012026-039,

1:36:05>> an ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

1:36:06Missouri, amending the 2025 2026 annual

1:36:10budget of the city of Jefferson,

1:36:11Missouri by appropriating additional

1:36:13funds within the police department fund.

1:36:16>> Chief, thank you.

1:36:18>> Appreciate it. Uh, early this spring, we

1:36:20had a police vehicle that was involved

1:36:22in an accident, the results of which it

1:36:24was, uh, deemed a complete loss. Uh the

1:36:26city has received a check in the amount

1:36:28of $36,870.50

1:36:30for the replacement of that vehicle. Uh

1:36:33we're requesting to uh deposit that into

1:36:35our purchase of vehicle line items so

1:36:37that we can utilize that to replace that

1:36:39vehicle. But be happy to answer any

1:36:41questions.

1:36:43[sighs]

1:36:43>> Councilman Camper.

1:36:46>> Yeah. Is that something you want to wait

1:36:47till next meeting or I mean if you have

1:36:49the check we're just pushing this off.

1:36:52>> If you want to suspend the rules, that's

1:36:54completely up to you. We are ready to

1:36:55purchase some more. We have to of course

1:36:57out the bid, you know, and and get

1:36:58another one in. But if it's fine, I'd

1:37:00like to suspend the rules. There's no

1:37:02point just leaving that check in there

1:37:03and waiting on this.

1:37:05>> Second.

1:37:05>> Been a request to suspend the rules on

1:37:082026-039.

1:37:11Any opposition?

1:37:14All right. We will ask the clerk to read

1:37:172026-039.

1:37:19An ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

1:37:21Missouri, amending the 2025 2026 annual

1:37:25budget of the city of Jefferson,

1:37:26Missouri by appropriating additional

1:37:28funds within the police department fund.

1:37:31>> Any other discussion on 2026-039?

1:37:37All right, you have that in front of you

1:37:38for roll call. [clears throat] Hazelton.

1:37:40>> Hi

1:37:41>> Job.

1:37:43>> Hi

1:37:44>> Camper.

1:37:45>> Hi

1:37:45>> Lester.

1:37:46>> I

1:37:47>> Michael.

1:37:47>> Hi

1:37:48>> Young.

1:37:49>> Olers.

1:37:49>> I

1:37:50>> Allan.

1:37:51>> I

1:37:51>> Julie

1:37:52>> I

1:37:54>> bill passes.

1:37:56>> Right. That takes us to 2026-040.

1:38:01An ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

1:38:02Missouri, authorizing the mayor and city

1:38:04clerk to execute an agreement with the

1:38:06Missouri Highways and Transportation

1:38:08Commission pertaining to the

1:38:09transportation alternative program for

1:38:12the Jackson Street side path and the

1:38:14acceptance of TAP grant funding.

1:38:18>> Mr. Brown.

1:38:19>> Yes, Mr. Mayor. Um, in 2025,

1:38:24last year, this the city applied for a

1:38:28uh a grant, a TAP grant for a side path

1:38:31on Jackson Street from Mccardi up to up

1:38:34to Capitol. Um, we were successfully

1:38:38selected uh to receive that grant when

1:38:40when funding was available.

1:38:41[clears throat] funding is now becoming

1:38:44available and uh we can um authorize

1:38:48this agreement so we can begin our

1:38:50design and and uh planning stage of it.

1:38:53So that's what we're asking tonight

1:38:58any questions.

1:39:06Thanks.

1:39:08All right. Takes us to item 12A, bills

1:39:11pending, 2026-027.

1:39:15>> An ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

1:39:16Missouri, amending chapter 19, motor

1:39:18vehicles and traffic schedule O parking

1:39:21time limit section B, parking time zone

1:39:23B, by the removal of two spots on the

1:39:25south side of the 10,00 block of East

1:39:27High Street.

1:39:29>> Mr. Burma.

1:39:31>> Yes, this would remove two short-term

1:39:34parking spaces uh next to Birthright on

1:39:37the thousand block of of High Street.

1:39:39So, um back in 2020, they requested

1:39:43those spots. Uh they no longer need

1:39:45those spots. We'd like to see them

1:39:46revert to uh what the rest of the block

1:39:48is, which is a no no time limit space.

1:39:52Any questions?

1:39:55Seeing none, we will do a roll call vote

1:39:58on 2026-027.

1:40:02>> Joe,

1:40:05>> I Peter

1:40:07>> I

1:40:07>> Lester

1:40:08>> I

1:40:09>> Michael

1:40:09>> I

1:40:10>> Youngers

1:40:12>> I

1:40:12>> Allan

1:40:13>> I

1:40:13>> Julie

1:40:14>> I

1:40:14>> Holt

1:40:15>> I

1:40:15>> Hazelton

1:40:16>> I

1:40:17>> bill passes.

1:40:20>> All right item 13 informal calendar.

1:40:22There is nothing on that calendar. Item

1:40:2514, resolutions. Resolution 2026-28.

1:40:30>> A resolution of the city of Jefferson

1:40:32adopting the Cole County hazard

1:40:34mitigation plan 2026.

1:40:38>> Councilman Camper.

1:40:40>> Yeah. I'd like to bring resolution

1:40:422026-28

1:40:44to the table for vote

1:40:46and a request to bring 2026-28

1:40:50by council. Is there a second to that?

1:40:54>> Second.

1:40:55>> Got a second. All in favor?

1:40:57>> I.

1:40:58>> Any opposed?

1:41:00All right. You now have resolution

1:41:012026-28

1:41:03in front of you, Mr.

1:41:06>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh before you is

1:41:08the uh resolution adopting the 2026 Cole

1:41:12County hazard mitigation plan. Over the

1:41:15last few months, uh city staff as well

1:41:18as um partners from the community and

1:41:21other organizations around Cole County

1:41:24um have worked on a hazard mitigation

1:41:26plan. Um this is one of the requirements

1:41:30according to the disaster mitigation act

1:41:32of 2000. we have to adopt this plan

1:41:34every five years to qualify for FEMA uh

1:41:37funding if there is an emergency um or

1:41:40any kind of natural disaster. So this

1:41:42fulfills that requirement. Um the city

1:41:45uh successfully participated met all

1:41:48requirements and this is uh included in

1:41:50your packet is the um draft section of

1:41:54just what Jefferson City section is

1:41:56going to look like. It is part of a

1:41:57larger plan. um it will potentially

1:42:00change um once it's submitted to FEMA.

1:42:04Um it is uh got to be approved by them.

1:42:06So that's why the wording in the

1:42:07ordinance or I'm sorry in the resolution

1:42:10uh does say that we're we're asking for

1:42:12adoption as it is, but with the

1:42:15understanding that there could be um

1:42:17small changes to it based off what FEMA

1:42:19and the federal government makes us do.

1:42:21Um the main goal of this is to uh

1:42:24prepare the city and and put us in a

1:42:26good situation where we can apply for

1:42:27grants should we uh need them in the

1:42:29case of an emergency. Yeah, happy to

1:42:32answer any questions.

1:42:36>> Seeing none, you have resolution 2026-28

1:42:41in front of [snorts] you for call.

1:42:43>> Cam Peter,

1:42:44>> I

1:42:44>> Lester

1:42:45>> I

1:42:45>> Michael

1:42:46>> I

1:42:47>> Young

1:42:48>> Hollers.

1:42:48>> Hi

1:42:49>> Alan.

1:42:50>> Hi

1:42:50>> Julie. I

1:42:51>> Bolt

1:42:52>> I

1:42:53>> Hazelton

1:42:54>> I

1:42:54>> Joe

1:42:56>> I

1:42:57>> resolution is adopted.

1:43:00>> All right. Item B resolution 2026-29

1:43:04is our housing strategy study. Mr.

1:43:09Councilman Camper.

1:43:11>> Yeah. Lights of green.

1:43:13>> All right.

1:43:14>> I jumped in front of the clerk. Let's

1:43:15let's let the clerk read and then I

1:43:17would

1:43:17>> like to read some more. [laughter]

1:43:20>> Go back to 35.

1:43:21>> A resolution of the city of Jefferson,

1:43:23Missouri adopting the housing supply

1:43:25strategy.

1:43:27>> I see a microphone. Councilman Camper.

1:43:30>> I'd like to bring resolution 2026-29 in

1:43:32front of council for a vote.

1:43:34>> Second.

1:43:36>> We got a motion and a second. All in

1:43:38favor?

1:43:38>> I.

1:43:39>> Any opposed? You now have resolution

1:43:432026-29

1:43:44in front of you, Mr. H.

1:43:47>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh before is the

1:43:49resolution adopting the housing strategy

1:43:53uh housing supply strategy for the city

1:43:55of Jefferson City. Um this was created

1:43:59uh in collaboration with Capital City

1:44:01Housing Task Force, community

1:44:02stakeholders, residents, city staff um

1:44:05as well as holding multiple uh hearings.

1:44:08This uh supply housing supply strategy

1:44:12does not um

1:44:15by approving this it does not lock in

1:44:17any um guaranteed funding that the city

1:44:21will have to do or guaranteed

1:44:23legislation that's going to have to

1:44:24happen. This is a guide that we will use

1:44:27um if approved to come up with

1:44:29implementation plans and action items

1:44:32that we can do within the city and also

1:44:34reach out to the public and other

1:44:37organizations and work with uh groups

1:44:39like the Capital City Housing Task Force

1:44:41to um bring in other stakeholders to

1:44:45have buyin um and ultimately hopefully

1:44:48improve the housing uh stock and

1:44:50situation that we have within the city.

1:44:52Um some of the the things that we're

1:44:53we're currently looking at are the

1:44:55zoning codes and and the different

1:44:57things that we can do um in the meantime

1:44:59to make this a more developer friendly

1:45:01city. Um as well as reaching out and and

1:45:05speaking with our stakeholders and our

1:45:07other groups to um get the buy in so

1:45:09that they can assist us in making this a

1:45:12success. Be happy to answer any

1:45:15questions.

1:45:16>> Councilman Campy.

1:45:18Um, so this has

1:45:21question. So why do we have to approve

1:45:24to use a plan that was spent money on?

1:45:29>> Does that make sense? Like if we spent

1:45:31the money, so if we say no tonight,

1:45:32we're just going to put that plan in the

1:45:33trash.

1:45:36>> So the way I understand it is for staff

1:45:39to work on something, we have to be

1:45:40directed by council. Um, so by accepting

1:45:43this resolution, it allows staff to look

1:45:46at the suggestions and move forward with

1:45:49attempting to um get the buyin from the

1:45:52stakeholders and the community to assist

1:45:55us with this. Um, that would be what we

1:45:58would have gained by adopting the

1:46:00resolution is that would give staff

1:46:02directive that it's something that we

1:46:04should proceed with looking into and and

1:46:07hopefully moving forward with.

1:46:10Council.

1:46:18>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This may be a

1:46:20question for Mr. Leel. Um, he said a

1:46:23word that got my attention. Having

1:46:26worked for the federal government for 23

1:46:27years, I've not heard of many things

1:46:29free. When you said free,

1:46:31is there something specifically we can

1:46:33do to to drive a free uh project that

1:46:38I'm not familiar with?

1:46:44>> We'll invite you back to the microphone

1:46:46to address that question.

1:46:48>> Sure. What what I meant by that was that

1:46:51it's a um available federal incentive

1:46:55that um provides funding to support

1:46:59development in the city that is not

1:47:02being taken advantage of. So it's true

1:47:06that uh

1:47:08you know there's transaction costs

1:47:10associated with it, right? Um you have

1:47:13to put a whole deal together, you have

1:47:15to put a capital stack together. But I

1:47:16guess my perspective would be if you're

1:47:19going to be doing if you want to do

1:47:20development anyway and someone's telling

1:47:23you they'll give you a 20% net subsidy

1:47:25after all that transaction costs. That's

1:47:28what I meant by free money is that it's

1:47:29money that is sitting on the table that

1:47:31is not competitive that you could um

1:47:35mobilize to put into a capital stack in

1:47:38order to get development done that you

1:47:40want to get done.

1:47:42And I was focused particularly on kind

1:47:43of an infill strategy that other cities

1:47:47have used to take their downtowns and

1:47:50kind of uh add more housing, you know,

1:47:53where there's kind of lower density

1:47:55housing or parking lots or um you know,

1:47:59upper floors that aren't being utilized,

1:48:00that kind of thing. So, a number quite a

1:48:02few state capitals actually, you know,

1:48:04have done that successfully.

1:48:07>> Thank you.

1:48:12Thank you. All right. See no other

1:48:14questions, Mr. Mayor.

1:48:18>> Oh, I'm sorry. You, Councilman Hull?

1:48:22>> Yes.

1:48:22>> I I am curious with regards to the study

1:48:24in the report, and this is just for my

1:48:26own curiosity. Did you take into

1:48:28consideration the limitation that was

1:48:30placed on the height of buildings in the

1:48:32city of Jefferson when it comes to being

1:48:36competitive with or overshadowing the

1:48:38capital building?

1:48:40because I noticed you mentioned, you

1:48:41know, capital cities are capable of

1:48:43building these structures in their

1:48:45downtown area. I'm assuming that's

1:48:47something that was taken into

1:48:48consideration issue.

1:48:52>> Yeah, I was not proposing to build any

1:48:53buildings taller than the capital. Yeah,

1:48:56>> maybe.

1:48:56>> No, no, for sure. For sure. Um,

1:49:00>> yeah, you know, I mean the there are uh

1:49:03let's put this way. There are

1:49:04restrictions that you like that one that

1:49:06you probably don't want to lift, right?

1:49:08But there are other kinds of

1:49:09restrictions like only being able to

1:49:12build residential over retail that

1:49:15perhaps we should be willing to change,

1:49:17right? And so I guess my suggestion is

1:49:19that the city look carefully at some of

1:49:21the existing restrictions and ask

1:49:23whether they're really strictly

1:49:24necessary to achieve your goals. I mean,

1:49:27I think the idea of sort of a, you know,

1:49:31um,

1:49:33you know, if the whole downtown could be

1:49:34like that, two blocks of of High Street,

1:49:37that would be wonderful, but it's it's

1:49:38not happening. It's not likely to

1:49:39happen. So, you know, there have been

1:49:42developments that have come to the city

1:49:44and asked for approval and they couldn't

1:49:45get approval because they didn't have

1:49:46retail on the first floor, right? And

1:49:48so, the idea is just to allow that kind

1:49:49of thing to happen. But, yes, obviously,

1:49:52I would imagine you would not want to

1:49:54change that. That's not up to me. But

1:49:55you could, you know, but

1:49:57>> I wish we could. Um, but we can't. So,

1:49:59>> right. It's up to me, you know, it's up

1:50:01to you. I'm just saying that yes,

1:50:02there's quite a bit that you could do uh

1:50:04within the existing footprint of

1:50:06buildings and within buildings that are

1:50:08still below well below the height of the

1:50:10cap.

1:50:10>> Okay. Understood. Thank you,

1:50:15>> Councilman Hustleton.

1:50:17Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um there was

1:50:19a mention of having dedicated staff

1:50:23members that you know are iron focused

1:50:26on this best till dawn.

1:50:30Having looked at this, what is the task

1:50:33burden on staff and how much additional

1:50:37how much additional additional workload

1:50:40is this on our staff?

1:50:45So having having looked at the plan um

1:50:49you know really with the phased approach

1:50:51um some of the items that are in this

1:50:53this U strategy um staff is already

1:50:56currently working on um the zoning code

1:50:59changes the if you remember a while back

1:51:01we changed setbacks and lot sizes um you

1:51:05know we're working through the P&Z uh

1:51:07process to do a lot of those types of

1:51:09things including accessory dwelling

1:51:11units you know things that we need to do

1:51:13as a city to stay um on the the level

1:51:16with other cities. Um anytime that we

1:51:20add new tasks um in the beginning, it's

1:51:22it's going to add um to the workload. Um

1:51:26a lot of the stuff that's in here that

1:51:27says that it's a dedicated person,

1:51:29that's you know, under the hope that we

1:51:32could work with outside groups to

1:51:34actually have that dedicated person. Um,

1:51:36so that would be somebody that would

1:51:38work for either Southside, and you can

1:51:40correct me if I'm wrong, or you know,

1:51:41one of these other organizations that

1:51:44would take over this and really steer

1:51:45this going forward. The city would

1:51:47facilitate it starting out and and

1:51:50starting out, we'd have a lot of of

1:51:53parts of this this process. But as we

1:51:56train developers, we train banks, we

1:51:58train, you know, the the folks in our

1:52:00city that are going to be actually the

1:52:02the boots on the ground doing this, you

1:52:04know, hopefully at that point we become

1:52:05more just as facilitators and and able

1:52:08to make those connections. And then, you

1:52:10know, if we're able to um get these

1:52:13pilot programs up and then a group um is

1:52:16able to get a full-time staffed or a

1:52:18part-time staff position where they

1:52:20would focus just on this, you know, that

1:52:22would be ideal. Um, you know, currently,

1:52:24of course, with the way our staffing is,

1:52:27um, and and planning protective

1:52:29services, you know, we couldn't dedicate

1:52:31a full-time person to this without

1:52:33sacrificing other staff um, duties. Um,

1:52:36you know, we definitely um, work very

1:52:39much on other duties as assigned um,

1:52:42kind of thing. And and this is something

1:52:44that if we take it in bites and and we

1:52:46work with the partner agencies and

1:52:48organizations, you know, we think we can

1:52:50we can make it work. Um, you know, but

1:52:52it does, as you said, it it takes a

1:52:54village. We can't do it all ourselves.

1:52:56We really need the buy in from the

1:52:57outside groups.

1:53:01>> Council Light.

1:53:02>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh just a quick

1:53:04question and

1:53:10>> is there a way

1:53:16to to utilize a grant or to investigate

1:53:20the utilization of a grant? Grant

1:53:22funding al typically includes FTE costs.

1:53:27[snorts] Is that something we could

1:53:29leverage in this instance?

1:53:34Um definitely any grants that we get

1:53:36that we're approved for and that we are

1:53:39the um group that's administering those,

1:53:42we do get the um cost that go

1:53:45administrative costs and and prep and

1:53:47delivery costs that go along with that.

1:53:49The problem with staffing of a full-time

1:53:52city position is if it's a two-year

1:53:55grant, if it's a one-year grant, now we

1:53:56get into where's the funding going to

1:53:58come for a permanent position. Um, so

1:54:01that's where, you know, we look at other

1:54:04outside third party organizations to

1:54:06help us with this. Um, other groups that

1:54:09could assist us with those things where,

1:54:12you know, we could pay them out of those

1:54:14grant funds to assist us where we

1:54:16wouldn't have to sacrifice a full-time

1:54:18employee when money runs out.

1:54:23>> Thank you.

1:54:25city.

1:54:27>> Council Lester,

1:54:30>> what have some other cities done to uh

1:54:33uh

1:54:35uh

1:54:37get the funding for such a entity more

1:54:41focused on housing?

1:54:44>> I think the um the thing that I've seen

1:54:48most for that kind of position is local

1:54:50philanthropy.

1:54:52Um [clears throat]

1:54:54yeah, if you think about it, right, um

1:54:56you know, here you are philanthropy and

1:54:57you're funding dozens and dozens of

1:54:59positions across the city to provide

1:55:01direct services, you know, to fund a

1:55:04half-time position or even a full-time

1:55:06position to coordinate

1:55:09implementation of a housing strategy

1:55:11that could leverage tens of millions of

1:55:13dollars. I mean, it's quite a

1:55:16a good investment. So I I think that's

1:55:18the easiest is just to look to your you

1:55:21know local funders. Um but uh you know

1:55:25there are there are certainly other um

1:55:28you know [clears throat] there are there

1:55:29are uh national funders you know there

1:55:32are banks community development

1:55:34organizations that kind of

1:55:40Okay. See no other question. Do you have

1:55:44resolution 2026-29

1:55:47in front of you for roll call?

1:55:49>> Lester

1:55:51>> I,

1:55:51>> Michael,

1:55:52>> I

1:55:52>> Youngers,

1:55:54>> I

1:55:55>> Allan,

1:55:55>> I

1:55:56>> douly

1:55:56>> I

1:55:58[clears throat]

1:56:00>> Job

1:56:02>> I

1:56:03>> Peter

1:56:04>> no

1:56:05>> resolution is adopted.

1:56:09>> Again, Mr.

1:56:10Thanks for your work on this project,

1:56:13joining us and safe travels back home.

1:56:15>> Thank you so much.

1:56:17>> All right.

1:56:20>> Resolution 2026-30,

1:56:23item 14C,

1:56:25>> a resolution authorizing the city of

1:56:27Jefferson to apply for the FTA buses and

1:56:29bus facilities infrastructure grant.

1:56:35Council

1:56:35>> Camper. Yeah, I would like to put

1:56:37resolution 2026-30

1:56:39in front of the council for vote.

1:56:41>> Second.

1:56:42>> Got a motion and a second. All in favor?

1:56:45>> I.

1:56:45>> Any opposed?

1:56:48>> All right, Mr. Brimmer. Resolution

1:56:512026-30.

1:56:53>> Yes, this grant would reimburse 80% of

1:56:56the cost of any bus facility that that

1:57:00we would uh build. Right now we have a a

1:57:04current bus barn facility over at our

1:57:07east mil east Miller facility. uh a new

1:57:11bus facility. uh you know, whether in

1:57:14conjunction with a a street facility or

1:57:17a standalone bus barn, uh would allow us

1:57:21to um you know, repurpose an existing

1:57:26bus barn potentially over at East Miller

1:57:29uh for our street division, which uh we

1:57:33to everybody knows we tore down our East

1:57:35End facility about a year a year ago.

1:57:39Um, and we're looking for for storage

1:57:42space over at East Miller Street. So, if

1:57:45we can uh if we can get some get a new

1:57:48bus facility built over over at at uh

1:57:52either Hyde Park or

1:57:54um East Miller Street, it would uh it

1:57:58would accommodate our street facility uh

1:58:00as well. So, we could repurpose existing

1:58:02an existing building. So, there's any

1:58:04questions.

1:58:08>> All right. Seeing none, you have

1:58:09resolution 2026-30

1:58:12in front of you for roll call. Michael,

1:58:15>> hi

1:58:16>> Youngers.

1:58:18>> Hi

1:58:18>> Allan.

1:58:19>> Hi

1:58:19>> Julie.

1:58:20>> Hi

1:58:20>> Holtz.

1:58:21>> Hi

1:58:22>> Hzelson.

1:58:23>> I

1:58:23>> Job

1:58:25>> I

1:58:26>> Camp Peter

1:58:26>> I

1:58:27>> Lester

1:58:28>> I

1:58:28>> resolutions adopted.

1:58:32>> All right. Item 14D resolution 2026-31.

1:58:37An ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

1:58:39Missouri, authorizing the mayor and city

1:58:40clerk to execute a 1,ion59,625

1:58:47agreement with Donneer Excavating

1:58:49Company Incorporated for Hart Street,

1:58:51Pabana Street, and West Main Street

1:58:53Sanitary Collection System Con.

1:58:58>> Yes. Final, I would like to bring

1:59:01resolution 2026-31

1:59:03from council for vote. Second.

1:59:06>> All right, we got a motion and a second.

1:59:09All in favor?

1:59:10>> I.

1:59:10>> Any opposed?

1:59:12>> All right. You now have resolution

1:59:142026-31

1:59:16in front of you, Mr. Brown.

1:59:20>> Yes. The collection system in this area

1:59:22is uh needs to be revoked and uh this

1:59:25will allow it to happen. Um with that,

1:59:28are there any questions?

1:59:32>> Seeing none, we'll do a roll call vote.

1:59:34Young Elders.

1:59:36>> Hi Melon.

1:59:37>> Hi

1:59:37>> Julie.

1:59:38>> Hi

1:59:38>> W.

1:59:39>> Hi.

1:59:40>> Hi

1:59:41>> Joe.

1:59:43>> I

1:59:45>> Lester

1:59:45>> I

1:59:46>> Michael

1:59:46>> I

1:59:47>> resolution is adopted.

1:59:50>> All right. That takes us to item 15. We

1:59:52have approval of the close session

1:59:55minutes.

1:59:56>> Motion to approve.

1:59:57>> Second.

2:00:00>> We got a motion and a second. We'll need

2:00:01a roll call vote on that. Allers.

2:00:04>> Hi.

2:00:04>> Allan.

2:00:05>> Hi.

2:00:05>> Julie.

2:00:06>> Hi.

2:00:06>> Hol.

2:00:07>> Hi.

2:00:07>> Hazelton.

2:00:08>> Hi.

2:00:09>> Joe.

2:00:11>> I

2:00:11>> Cam Peter.

2:00:12>> Hi.

2:00:13>> Lester.

2:00:13>> Hi.

2:00:14>> Michael.

2:00:14>> Hi.

2:00:15>> Young.

2:00:17>> All right. Item 16, new business. None.

2:00:21Item 17, unfinished. Business. None.

2:00:23Item 18.

2:00:25>> Make a motion to adjourn the meeting.

2:00:28>> Second.

2:00:30>> Got a motion and second to adjurnn. Any

2:00:32discussion?

2:00:34>> All in favor?

2:00:36>> Anybody opposed?

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