2026-11-03 - City Council Agenda Review
Summary
Built from the YouTube manual caption transcript only (captions were uploaded manually, not auto-generated). The captions are rough: many words, numbers and names are garbled, so uncertain items are flagged. The agenda and minutes were not read. Names of staff are omitted.
- The Council President opened the morning briefing; one member was noted as blocked in and another as absent.
- Water system plan amendment resolution (number garbled in the captions): a department staff member described it as an amendment to the 2023 water system plan that adds an appendix with the 2027 to 2032 capital list, intended to make the City more eligible for funding. No objection is apparent.
- Resolution 2026-0070, Division Street Transit-Oriented Development Plan: a planning staff member said it recognizes the plan as guidance for future planning, land use policy, development regulations and public infrastructure on the Division Street corridor, with priority areas at the south couplet near the university and a node further north (names partly garbled). It stems from a federal Transit Administration transit-oriented development pilot grant tied to the bus rapid transit project (about 100 million dollars of public investment, as captioned). It is a four-year plan that changes no fees or regulations in the short term; next steps would be an economic analysis of the south couplet and work with developers. In response to a question, staff said the plan had been adjusted since it was presented about six weeks earlier, including removing a green roof item after federal comments and keeping affordable housing references only as they relate to state requirements. One member said the plan calls for a higher mandatory affordable and inclusionary zoning share than state law requires and asked that a factual error be corrected, which staff confirmed was done.
- Design contract for the replacement of a library (name garbled in the captions): staff described design work to a partial design level, with environmental review to follow. Related discussion, whose context is unclear in the captions, covered a bridge on a former trolley line, which staff said is a concrete structure comfortable to keep open to traffic during planning for rehabilitation, and the City bridge inspection program.
- Council rules resolution on amendments (number garbled): a request was made to defer it to January. Supporters of acting now said the question of whether amendments may be circulated on the day of a meeting has been a recurring problem for months, and that the resolution restores the original intent that amendments be published in the packet so members and the public can see them, and that it replaces multiple motions with one. Others suggested a three-member work group and input from the clerk and a former office director, noting the Council does not yet have a new office director. The parliamentarian said he saw no harm either way, was agnostic on timing and raised concerns about complexity relative to traditional parliamentary practice. The author said the resolution does not touch office operations and offered a short time period for changes. The outcome of the deferral motion is not clear in the captions.
- Nuisance properties ordinance: a floor amendment that was circulated earlier but overlooked in the agenda was discussed. Staff said the changes came from the City Attorney and the police department: restoring an accidentally deleted activity reference, clarifying definitions such as abandoned property and person in charge, adding a civil infraction path where an abatement agreement is breached, and shortening the response time to the chief of police or designee from ten days to seven. The effective date can be January 1, 2027. A member moved to keep the ordinance on the pending agenda to clarify the effective date question under the rules, and it was seconded; the vote is not clear in the captions, but the agenda was then modified by motion.
- The Council then announced a closed executive session beginning at noon on labor negotiations, with a possible break afterward.
Agenda
- Water system plan amendment resolution
- Resolution 2026-0070: Division Street Transit-Oriented Development Plan
- Council rules resolution on amendments
- Nuisance properties ordinance
Sources
- Meetings calendar: https://my.spokanecity.org/citycouncil/meetings/
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlK_LiT562o (City of Spokane YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@cityofspokane)
- Minutes: no separate minutes source has been found.
- Town: Spokane
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlK_LiT562o
Transcript
YouTube manual captions (uploaded manually); lightly redacted for privacy. Names of staff are replaced. The captions are garbled in many places and are reproduced as captioned.
Transcript
MORE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE AND
WELCOME BECKY AGAIN TO THE VERY
CARGO GATE UNCLE, PRESIDENT
[name]. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER
[name] BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS IT
COMES NOT TO TELL US HASN'T
COME FROM MEMBER YET BUT THE
RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER [name] IS BLOCKED IN
AND COUNCIL MEMBER IS CURRENTLY
ABSENT. THANK YOU. INDICATED TO
ME TO COME THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUST A FEW THINGS FOR
BRIEFING TODAY MOVING FIRST TO
THE PENDING ITEM SECTION WE
HAVE MARKED CAPITAL TO BRIEF
RESOLUTION TO GO TO 6-08 THREE
RELATED TO THE WATER SYSTEM
PLAN.
>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
YEAH THIS ITEM AS I BRIEFED AT
.THIS IS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO
OUR 2023 WATER SYSTEM PLAN
ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T HAVE AN
APPENDIX TO IT WHICH INCLUDES
OUR 2027 TO 2032 LIST AND
REALLY JUST AS AN EFFORT FOR US
TO BE MORE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING
TO ANY QUESTIONS ON EQUAL
FOOTING. I THINK I COULD [name]
THE WEEK A LITTLE BIT MORE
CLEARLY WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO
BE ALL INCLUDED I THINK. SURE.
THANKS, [name]. TURNING BACK TO
RESOLUTION TO THE 2026 DASH
SEVEN ZERO, WE HAVE [name]
HERE TO BRIEF THAT PERHAPS WITH
SUPPORT FROM THE PROVIDER WIFI
.YEAH. SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING THE DIVISION THREE
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
PLAN AND GUIDANCE FOR FUTURE
PLANNING AND LAND USE POLICY
AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS
WELL AS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT ON THE DIVISION
STREET CORRIDOR SPECIFICALLY ON
THE SOUTH CAPUT GONZAGA
UNIVERSITY AND THE WILLIAM
STREET NODE. AND FRANKLIN PARK
AND FROM WILLIAM FRANCIS. SO
THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIORITIES
AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST
POTENTIAL FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT AND THIS IS A
RESULT OF THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT
PROJECT GOING IN. SO THE 100
MILLION DOLLARS OF PUBLIC
INVESTMENT IN FEDERAL TRANSIT
ADMINISTRATION GOING INTO THE
DIVISION THREE CORRIDOR AND
THIS STUDY WAS THE RESULT OF A
GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT
ADMINISTRATION. IT'S CALLED THE
TOD PILOT PROGRAM GRANT AND IT
GOES TO COMMUNITY WHERE MAJOR
TRANSIT INVESTMENTS ARE
HAPPENING RECOGNIZING THAT TO
GET THE MOST BENEFIT FROM THE
PUBLIC DOLLARS REQUIRED CHANGES
ON THE LANDED SIDE OF THINGS AS
WELL COULD NOT THAT INVESTMENT
BETWEEN THE CURB AND SO WHAT
THIS GRANT HELPED US DO IS LOOK
AT WHERE THE GREATEST
OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND COME UP
WITH PLENTY OF POLICY
DEVELOPMENT REGULATION CONCEPT
AND TRAIL TRANSPORTATION
DESTINATION PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY
AND URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES
THAT MAKE THE MOST OF THOSE BUS
RAPID TRANSIT THAT HE THAT'S
GOING IN. AND THIS IS A FOUR
YEAR PLAN THAT DOESN'T CHANGE
ANYTHING ON FEES OR DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS IN THE SHORT TERM
THAT WOULD COME THROUGH
ADDITIONAL FOR THE PLANNING. SO
THE NEXT STEP ON THIS IF
ADOPTED AND RECOGNIZED WOULD BE
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHEST
POTENTIAL AREAS FIRST. SO THAT
WOULD BE THE SOUTH COUPLET BIKE
AND THE UNIVERSITY AND AND GOOD
IN DEPTH ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AT
THE SOUTH COUPLET TO LOOK AT
WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT MAKES
THE MOST SENSE IN THE SHORT
TERM AND POTENTIALS OUT AND
THEN START WORKING WITH
DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA AND MAKE
SOME OF THOSE FIRST THAT
HAPPENED THAT WE ACTUALLY CAME
BACK ON THE GROUND SO THAT'S
WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND
HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT AND
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE
GET GO. YEAH AND THIS IS THE
SAME PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED
SIX WEEKS AGO OR SO BUT HAS
THERE BEEN ANY ANY CHANGES TO
THE PLAN? YEAH, WE MADE SOME
ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON COMMENTS
WE HEARD BACK AND WE ALSO
RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM FDA
ABOUT CONSULTED DESIGN GREEN
ROOF OR SOMETHING THAT IS IN
THE DESIGN STANDARD FOR BUS
RAPID TRANSIT OR HIGH
PERFORMANCE CONFIGURATION. SO
WHILE LANDSCAPING CAN HAPPEN
NEARBY WE CAN MAKE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND
CITY INVESTMENTS IT'S JUST NOT
PART OF THE SHELTER DESIGN
THING. AND SO TAKING A FEW
THINGS OUT LIKE THAT THERE WERE
A FEW THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED
THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY CITY
RECOMMENDATIONS BUT THEY ARE
STATE REQUIREMENTS AND STATE
RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THOSE
MENTIONED ARE STILL IN THERE
ONLY INSOFAR AS THEY RELATE TO
STATE REQUIREMENTS IN SO YEAH
AND OBVIOUSLY I HAVE SOME
CERTAIN OPINIONS PERSPECTIVES
ON THAT AND I DON'T IMAGINE THE
NECESSARILY BE INCORPORATED BUT
THE TWO THINGS I WOULD JUST
POINT OUT ONE IS ON THAT I
THINK THE PLAN CALLS FOR
ACTUALLY A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF
MANDATORY AFFORDABLE AND
INCLUSIONARY ZONING THAN THE
STATE LAW REQUIRES. SO THAT WAS
JUST ONE THING. SO TO SAY IT'S
BECAUSE OF STATE LAW, IT'S A
FULL FLIGHT MISNOMER BUT THEN
THERE WAS THE ONE LINE IN THERE
THAT WAS REFERENCING OUR THAT I
POINTED OUT FOR YOU GUYS THAT
WAS NOT FACTUALLY CORRECT AND
I'M WONDERING IF THAT GOT
CORRECTED. YEAH, YEAH, WE
CREATED THAT. OKAY. I SEE.
YEAH, I THINK I THINK AGAIN I
THINK IT MAY YOU THINK ON
MOVING NOW TO FINAL ITEM IF WE
HAVE ONE FOR YOU THIS MORNING
AND THAT IS OPEN TO 30 6-087
ZERO AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE
[name] HERE TO BRIEF THAT ON
THEIR BEHALF GOING TO ACCOUNT
FOR SO THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH
FOR FOR DESIGN WORK FOR THE
REPLACEMENT OF THE LAKE PUBLIC
LIBRARY CONTRACT FOR ALL THOSE
THAT WONDERFUL BREAK FOR THE
THE WORK SO THIS WILL GET A
5,060% DESIGN WILL WORK ON THE
NEPA AND WE'LL HAVE TO BE MORE
PREPARED FOR WHAT'S
GRANDFATHERED BECOME AVAILABLE
AND QUICKLY TO THE FIX THE GIG
AND CAPABILITY THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO GO DOWN TOMORROW OKAY
OKAY ANYTHING WE'RE DOING IN
FACT UPGRADES AND WE'VE KEPT A
CLOSE EYE ON IT. I THINK [name]
POINTED OUT A PIE IS MIDDLE TO
THAT. WE'RE GETTING PRETTY
BEEFY BECAUSE THEY WERE BUILT
BACK IN THE DAY FOR THE TROLLEY
THAT LAND ON THAT LINE. SO WE
ARE COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING
TRAFFIC ON THAT ON THAT BRIDGE
WHILE WE WORK TOWARD A
REHABILITATION OF IT YOU GET A
KICK KICK IF HE THE BRIDGE THAT
HAS THE WORST IN THE WORST
STATE OF REPAIR VERSUS ANY OF
THE OTHER BRIDGES AND SPOKANE
YOU KNOW YOU KNOW I'D HAVE TO
ASK IN A QUICK TEAM WILL HE
DOES THE BRIDGE INSPECTIONS AND
YOU KNOW THEY HAVE A THERE'S
DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE THIS IS
A CONCRETE BRIDGE. IT'S NOT THE
SAME LIKE SOME OF THE THE
PLACES THAT YOU FIND OTHER
PLACES THAT THE MORE SINGLE
POINT OF FAILURE TYPE BRIDGES
THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF A
BRIDGE SO I MEAN IT JUST
DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
AT AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK
UNDER BRIDGES FREQUENTLY
OBVIOUSLY WE WE FIX A LOT OF
THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE PARK ON
SUSPENSION BRIDGES ON ON THE
HOWARD STREET BRIDGE. WE'VE
OBVIOUSLY REPLACED HISTORY AND
I'M A NURSE IT REALLY ISN'T
THAT LONG AGO AND IT COMES UP
AGAIN LIKE SO WE'VE DONE A LOT
OF WORK ON BRIDGES SO WE BUT WE
CONSTANTLY KEEP AN EYE ON THEM
BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE
CRITICAL STRUCTURES AND HAVE A
DIFFERENT KIND OF FAILURE THAN
A ROAD. SO YOU GIVE ME ALL
RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
MOVE THE RIGHT FOR
CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT IF
YOU SEE THANK YOU. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT THE FIRST ITEM
RELATES TO A PROPOSAL AGENDA
ITEM RESOLUTION 20 20 THAT
FILLS THE EIGHT NINE AND THEN
THEN A COUNCIL WOLF COUNCIL
PRESIDENT REQUESTING A MOTION
TO DEFER THIS RESOLUTION TO
JANUARY 30TH, 2012 AND PROPOSED
AGENDA HE COULD I REALLY
QUICKLY IF I MIGHT YOU KNOW,
HISTORICALLY WE DO OUR COUNCIL
WE GET TO TAKE A YEAR AND IT
KIND OF GOES OUT OF OUR CYCLE
AND I FEEL I CAN GET THERE NEXT
WEEK AND THE COUNCIL AND HOW WE
GET BACK ON THIS TAKE THAT THE
COMMITTEE MONEY AND COME WEEK
WEEK AGAIN HOW TO WORK THROUGH
THAT I THINK SO AT THIS POINT
IN TIME I DON'T SEE THE NEED HE
CAN ANYTHING YOU KNOW A TAKING
ON WHEN WE DO ARE OR COUNCIL
RULE IT IN JANUARY SO THAT
WOULD BE I MEAN THE REQUEST FOR
THE DEFERRAL COME ON WITH THE
MOTION YET WASN'T YET OKAY YEAH
ALL MOTION TO DEFER TO JIM 1327
I THINK IT KICKED OFF BECAUSE
THAT YEAH I DON'T SUPPORT THIS
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS ISSUE
HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR
US FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS
AND IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT
ISSUE ON AMENDMENT AND WHEN THE
MINUTES ARE NOT ALLOWED AND ARE
ALLOWED WHETHER THEY CAN COME
THE DAY OF A MEETING AND NOT
DURING A MEETING AND I THINK
THIS PROVIDES THE CLARITY THAT
WE WERE TRYING TO THINK WHEN WE
ACTUALLY CREATED THE RULE. I
BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL ASKED
WE'VE BROUGHT IT UP AT
COMMITTEE THAT THEY LIKE FORM A
GROUP TO WORK THROUGH THIS. WE
CAME UP WITH THAT LANGUAGE TO
CREATE A RESOLUTION TO THAT. I
THINK THAT THE CURRENT RULES AS
STATED ACTUALLY IN THIS RIGHT
NOW BUT WE HAVE HAD THEM WE'VE
INTERPRETATION OF THOSE RULES
FOR ALL THE TIME AND I THINK
THAT THIS GETS BACK TO WHAT WE
HAD INTENDED BACK IN JANUARY
FEBRUARY WHEN WE ADOPTED THE
RULE KNOWING THAT IT WAS THE
GOAL OF BOTH WE THOUGHT ABOUT
IS WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED. SO
I DON'T THINK THAT WE TO DELAY
IT. I DO WORRY DELAYING IT
ANYWAY LIKE LAST YEAR THERE
WERE A LOT OF OTHER CHANGES IN
THE LITTLE COOL AND THAT GOT
DELAYED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND I
THINK IN THE MEANTIME IT WOULD
BE CLEAR IF YOU HAVE AMENDMENT
PROCESS THAT'S CLEARLY LAID OUT
AND THAT WOULD RESOLVE A LOT OF
THE MOTIONS THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY SEEING THAT KIND OF
GET COMPLICATED AND WOULD
PROVIDE THE CLARITY AROUND
THOSE AMENDMENTS FOR THAT WE
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING
AND THEY CLEAR THE WAY FOR THE
PUBLIC AND FOR US AND THEN WE
CAN WORK THE OTHER I WOULDN'T
ANTICIPATE THAT THESE RULES
WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED AROUND
AMENDMENT IN ANY WAY AS TO WHAT
WE'RE DOING NOW. THANK YOU.
OKAY. I THINK I MY PERSPECTIVE
I THINK ONE THING I THINK THE
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS YOU
DON'T HAVE AN OFFICE YET AND
LIKE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT
WE HELD WITH OF AN OFFICE
DIRECTOR INTO THAT WHEN WE YEAH
I GUESS I WOULD SAY I'M FINE
WITH IF THE POOL COULDN'T GET
INTO A CONVERSATION BUT MY
SUGGESTION WOULD BE AND WE'VE
DONE RULES IN DECEMBER WE DONE
IN JANUARY WE PUT THEM OFF THE
FEBRUARY SO THERE'S DIFFERENT
TIME BUT MIKE SUGGESTION WOULD
BE THAT THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS
SHOULD BE ON A WORKGROUP AND
ACTUALLY JUST WORK THROUGH
RULES WITH [name], MAYBE GET
SOME INPUT FROM [name] AND OUR
FORMER OFFICE DIRECTOR IF HE
CAN PROVIDE SOME INPUT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP BRING
THINGS TOGETHER IN A MORE
CONCLUDED WAY AND YOU CAN GO
THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT
BENEFITS AND AND NEGATIVES OF
ANY OF THESE CHANGES RATHER
THAN JUST DOING IT AS A ONE OFF
.OKAY. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE THEY
COME FROM THAT BUT HE FOR AN
OFFICE DIRECTOR BECAUSE THIS IS
NOT ABOUT THE OTHER POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES THAT IS SOLELY
ABOUT THEM AND SO THIS IS
CLEARLY PURELY I THINK
COMFORTABLE WITH LIKE HE YEAH
THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT ANY OF
THE OPERATIONS OF THE OFFICE
IT'S JUST ON HOW WE DID
AMENDMENTS DURING THE ONLY FORM
FOCUS ON THIS LITTLE THING AND
I THINK I'M TO REMEMBER WE'VE
RAISED THIS ISSUE WE'VE HAD THE
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
INTERPRETATION OF THIS RULE AND
WE ASKED IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE
TO WORK ON THOSE AND WE DID
FORM OUR GROUP WITH THAT THE
CLERK [name] AND [name] RIGHT
AND MYSELF TO WORK THROUGH THIS
NOT A COME FROM NUMBER WANTED
TO BE A PART OF IT FOR THIS ONE
THAT WE KEEP THE FEEDBACK TO
THE KEY FOR THE COUNCIL I WOULD
BE OPEN TO DOING A SHORT A TIME
PERIOD IF THERE IS CHANGES BUT
WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS AT
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK THERE WAS
NO OTHER FEEDBACK EXCEPT THOSE
COME FROM THE CATH CODE
FEEDBACK NO THEY COME FROM
THEM. THEY HAD FEEDBACK FROM
THEM BUT IF THERE IS FEEDBACK
TO CHANGE I THINK WE COULD DO
THAT. BUT I THINK THE CLEAR THE
AROUND THE RULES TO BE A
POSITIVE STEP FORWARD FOR THAT
COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER KICKED IT
AND IT WASN'T ME THAT KNEW
ABOUT COMING IT WOULD WAS
SOMETHING INDICATES BUT I GAVE
A FEW DID THEY GET
CLARIFICATION OF WHAT WE'RE
ALREADY TRYING TO DO AND I WAS
INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS
EARLIER SO I DON'T SEE THIS AS
A MAJOR KEY TO IT IN KIND OF
KEEP DOING IT. THEY COULD HAVE
TAKEN I DON'T THINK THAT THE
DELAY IT AND I THINK THAT IF
FOLKS WANT MORE TIME TO DISCUSS
IT I'M HAPPY TO BUT BUT BUT I
DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO DEFER
TO THE NEXT MEETING AT THE I
THINK FEEDBACK ON THAT IS NOW
THE NOVEMBER SO WILL BE
ECLECTIC AND GANG WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT POSSIBLY EIGHT MORE
MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR AND FOR ALL THE RESOLUTION
THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A KEY
COUNCIL RULE I TAKE IT NOW IT
WOULD BE ABLE TO ADVANCE ON ITS
OWN WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER
TO HAVE SOME INPUT INTO HOW
THEY GO FORWARD. SO I AGAIN IN
MY MIND IT'S NOT LIKE KIND OF
THINKING IT YET WE TAKE ACTION
ON IT BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIRST
OF THE YEAR GOING FORWARD SO
QUICKLY HAVE [name] COMMENT.
OKAY. OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO
ASK IF OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN CAN
HIS PERSPECTIVE MAYBE HAVE ANY
THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF WHETHER WE
DO THIS NOW OR THE ONE OFF
LATER OR MORE? TIME TO DISCUSS
WHAT THE BUDGET WELL, I DON'T
THINK THAT THE HARM EITHER WAY
YOU KNOW WE HAVE A RUNNING LIST
OF TACTICAL CHANGES WE'RE GOING
TO NEED BECAUSE I NEED THE
COUNCIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE
YEAR. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT A
SUBSTANTIAL ASSET TO COVER THE
ONE THAT BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE
MOST DISCUSSION I'M AGNOSTIC AS
TO WHETHER HE DID IT NOW OR
LATER. I DO HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT
THIS APPROACH. I DO FEEL THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE'VE PLAYED FAR
ENOUGH FROM ROBERT'S
TRADITIONAL VIEW OF THAT. I
WORRY THAT THE PARTICULAR EVENT
IN THIS CASE A LITTLE TOO
COMPLICATED BUT IT'S ALWAYS
BEEN MY CONCERN ABOUT THE
ADOPTED THAT THERE ARE A LITTLE
COMPLICATED AND SO THEN THAT'S
AS FAR AS I WANT TO SAY I DON'T
WANT TO SUGGEST THAT I HATE
THIS BECAUSE I DID TOLD A
LITTLE OF THE PERSON I DON'T
HATE IT BUT I'M MORE DUTY. I
THINK ABOUT THE SIMPLER PART OF
MOVE AGAIN YEAH I WILL SAY THAT
THERE IS A TIME SENSITIVE ISSUE
THAT RIGHT NOW UNDER THE
CURRENT INTERPRETATION IN THE
LAST TWO MONTH OF THE LAW THAT
WE DO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BRING UP
THE FOR A VOTE AND THEN A
GENERAL REVIEW RIGHT NOW IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CIRCULATED
TIRED INTO THIS WOULD REQUIRE
THAT THOSE THINGS MUST BE
CIRCULATED IN THE PACKET WHICH
I BELIEVE WAS THE INTENT ONLY
TO HAVE THE RULE ORIGINALLY IS
THAT IT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IN
THE PACKET AT FOR COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO DELIBERATE ON IT FOR
THE PUBLIC TO KNOW IT RIGHT NOW
ANY AMENDMENT CAN BE CIRCULATED
AT THE MEETING ITSELF AND THAT
IS NOT THE INTENT THAT WE
PASSED ORIGINALLY AND SO I DO
THINK THAT WE HAVE HAD ISSUES
OF THAT OCCURRING IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS AND SO THIS
GETS BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL
INTENT AND THEN WE CAN WORK WE
CAN FIX THAT TOO IF THE RIGHT
POINT I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR
ISSUES IS ABOUT THE FIVE
THRESHOLD THIS IS FOR THRESHOLD
AND IF THE RIGHT WOULD PREFER A
DIFFERENT STRATEGY TO DO THAT.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS IN THE FEEDBACK THAT
WE'VE GOTTEN FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS IS THAT INSTEAD OF
DOING MULTIPLE MOTION IT'S
EASIER TO JUST DO ONE MOTION
AND INSTEAD OF DOING FOR THE
MOTION TO HAVE BEEN RULED AT
IT, THE IT TO DO IT AS ONE
MOTION. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE
MAIN THING IS ABOUT THAT IF THE
RIGHT DOESN'T LIKE BUT THE
FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD FROM
COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THAT WE
PREFER SIMPLICITY AND CLARITY
AROUND IT. THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY
CAN ONLY ACT IN THE ROOM TO ADD
NOT GO MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO
DEFER TO THE ANYWAY THEY KEEP
EVERYTHING TO INDICATE LIKE
THEY I I KNOW NO NO I BELIEVE
THAT BY KITTY THANK YOU MR. I
THANK YOU COUNSEL ONE MORE ITEM
RELATING TO PENDING ONLY WITH
ANOTHER REQUESTING A MOTION TO
ADOPT THE BUILDING COLORS AND
THEN THE TWO ORDINANCES 339
THREE SEVEN NUISANCE PROPERTY
YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS IS THE
AMENDMENT THAT WAS TIMELY
CIRCULATED A WHILE AGO BUT
OVERLOOKED BY ALL AND NOT
INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA SO WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THAT MOTION TO
ADOPT THE MOKI IF IT PASSES
WITH FIVE VOTES IT WILL STAY ON
PENDING FOR THIS WEEK AND FINAL
FOR NEXT WEEK IF IT'S ADOPTED
WITH FOUR VOTES IT WILL BE
DEFERRED ONE WEEK TILL BEYOND
THAT IT CAME OKAY THANK YOU.
OKAY. YEAH SPEAK TO THEM A
LITTLE BIT AND APPRECIATE THE
PATIENCE IN THIS ORDINANCE DOES
NOT HAVE TO GO INTO EFFECT
UNTIL JAN ONE, 2027 SO OKAY
WITH THE GO AND I KNOW THAT
YOU'RE HAPPY TO CALL GOOD BUT
THESE CHANGES REALLY CAME FROM
A SPEEDY AND LEGAL IT DID
CLARIFY AND IT WAS AN
ACCIDENTAL DELETION AROUND
UNDER THE SECTION OF GOOGLE
RELATED ACTIVITY INCLUDE USING
AS WELL AS DELIVERING FILLING,
STORING OR GUESSING IT AT AND
CLARIFYING DEFINITIONS AROUND
ABANDONED PROPERTY PERSON IN
CHARGE. IT ALSO THINK SOME OF
THE LANGUAGE AND MOVED IT
AROUND AROUND IF A PERSON WAS
POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW DEALING
WITH A SPEEDY OFFICER OR CODE
ENFORCEMENT ONE ISSUE THAT CAME
UP THAT I THINK A SPEEDY AND
COULD FORESEE IN CITY LEGAL
TROUBLE IS KIND OF THE IS
COMPLIANCE AND THEN HAVING AN
EASY OUT SO IF THERE IS
CONTINUING ACTIVITY RESULTING
FROM A FAILURE TO ABIDE BY AN
ABATEMENT AGREEMENT AND THERE
WOULD BE A CIVIL INFRACTION
BREACH BETWEEN THE INFECTIVITY
AND THEN OFF AGAIN KEEPING THE
AMOUNT OF THE IF ANY PERSON
CHARGED FAILED TO RESPOND TO
THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR DESIGNEE
WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AS OPPOSED TO
THE CURRENT TEN DAY TAKING
MOTION AND SECOND ON THE
AGGREGATE AND THING I I YOU
KNOW COME COMFORT AND I'D LIKE
TO MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP IT ON
THE PENDING AGENDA BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN ALL RIGHT
I THINK DOING OKAY YOU MAKE IT
KEEP IT ON THE KIND OF I JUST
THINK THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THE RULES ARE NOT CLEAR AND SO
I WILL BE MAKING A POINT EVERY
DAY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING
A MOTION TO HAVE CLARITY AROUND
THE DATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR
I THINK YOU CAN CAN WE GET HOME
GOING OFF OF THE AGENDA THAT
INDICATED THAT THERE WERE FIVE
VOTES IT WOULD BE ON EFFECTIVE
DATE FOR VOTE. IT WOULD BE ON
THE COUNCIL. I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT ACTUALLY IN THE RULE. SO
I'M MAKING A MOTION TO MAKE
CLARITY HOW WE'RE DOING. YEAH,
I THINK ALTHOUGH I DO
APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I THINK
PART OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE
HAVE HAD IS THE DATE WHEN YOU
ARE TRYING TO THE DATE AND
CERTAINLY CLEAR THAT WE ARE
MEANING THAT I THINK THAT IS
THAT IS CRITICAL. SO THANK YOU.
YEAH BAKING IT RIGHT IF YOU CAN
I CAN DO IT AGAIN FAVOR THE
SECOND DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO
THAT OKAY EATING OKAY IN
KEEPING ON THE AGENDA FOR
NOVEMBER 4TH IF ANY I THINK I I
I YOU KNOW AT STAKE [name] THAT
COMPLETES DINNER WITH YOU. I'LL
MAKING A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF
MODIFY FOR THE IN THE SECOND OF
THE WEEK INDICATE BY THING I I
YOU KNOW I THINK IN THE AGENDA
IS MODIFIED WE ARE NOW GOING TO
GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH
P AND TAKE A LITTLE GEEKY AND
FOR ME TO GET HERE BE A TECHIE
WE WILL BE GOING INTO A CLOSED
SESSION AND AFTER THAT STARTING
AT NOON TO DISCUSS FLAVOR OF
THE NEGOTIATIONS. SO IF WE IF
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION YOU KNOW
DOESN'T LAST, YOU KNOW, 20, 35
MINUTES, THEN I'LL PROBABLY DO
A BREAK AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO
A CLOSED SESSION AND YOU'LL SEE
I KNOW I CAN E OKAY. OKAY. I
WILL NOW GOING TO GET
A