May 06, 2025 City Commission Special Meeting

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ORDER. AND, MR. CLERK, IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER. KILGORE. PRESENT.

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BOUCEK HERE. MAYOR. LAGRANGE. PRESIDENT. COMMISSIONER. HERE. LET'S GET I GOT THAT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE, COMMISSIONER. SO MOVED. SUPPORT. AND THANK YOU. AND, MR. CITY

[PRESENTATION OF PROPOSED FY2026 BUDGET]

AND IF SOMEONE CAN ADVANCE THE SLIDE FOR ME, PLEASE, I CAN HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE'RE COVERING TODAY. TODAY, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO HAVE FOUR HOURS OF YOUR TIME FROM 9 TO 1. AND WE HAVE ALSO PREPARED TO HAVE FOOD. IF, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY IF NEEDED, BUT HAVE FOOD APPROPRIATE BREAK TIME. BUT I'M SAYING IF NEEDED, THIS MAY GO. THIS MAY GO VERY FAST. WE OKAY? I JUST BEEN TOLD WE MAY NOT HAVE FOOD TODAY, SO THIS COULD GO VERY FAST TODAY.

WELL, WE ARE PREPARED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. SO TODAY WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS MOBILITY, VITAL STREETS, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, STORMWATER OVERSIGHT CAPITAL. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE CREATED THIS SPECIAL WORKSHOP FROM 9 TO 1:00, WE DO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TIME AND DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY.

AT LEAST START ON THAT DISCUSSION IF NEED BE, BECAUSE THE WORK SESSION ON THE 13TH IS DURING THE MORNING OF CAL, AND WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HOW PACKED THOSE DAYS ARE, AND THEN THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS ON THE 20TH, WHICH IS A NORMAL CITY COMMISSION DAY. SO I THINK IF IT AFFORDS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE DELIBERATE DIALOG, WE'LL DO SO TODAY AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LUNCH. IF WE ARE GOING THROUGH 1:00. SO. WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING NEXT WEEK ON BOTH THE RATES AND THE TAX RATE IN SPECIAL FEES WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SPECIAL FEES THAT WERE. DISCUSSED IN MEDIA, PARTICULARLY ON THE PARKING SIDE. I'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF YOU ABOUT THE PARKING INCREASE. AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IT'S NOT AN INCREASE TO THE MONTHLY PARKING RATE. IT'S NOT A THAT WAS COVERED. IT WAS THE INCREASE TO PARKING FINES. AND WE WANT TO COVER THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE MOBILITY SECTION. WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT OUR VITAL STREETS BUDGET. AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION HERE ABOUT MOBILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CARS, BUT ALSO SHARED ROAD SPACES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO, IN THE PORTION OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND WATER QUALITY AND GREEN SPACES AND AIR QUALITY.

BUT SPECIFICALLY, WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION OR EXCUSE ME, WE HAD A GOOD PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CAP. AND AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CLIMATE ACTION. AND. ADAPTATION PLAN, THERE WAS DIRECTION. INSTEAD OF BRINGING AN ITEM BACK FOR A VOTE ON THE 13TH, WE WOULD HAVE A WORKSHOP.

AND SO DURING THIS PRESENTATION ON THE HEALTH ENVIRONMENT SESSION, WE'LL TAKE TIME TO OVERVIEW THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR YOU TO BEGIN ENGAGING IN WORKSHOP LIKE FASHION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON THE PLAN. AND LASTLY, WE'LL COVER STORMWATER OVERSIGHT COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AGAIN, JUST AS A GROUNDING OF SOME OF THE DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING, THEY ARE ROOTED IN OUR VALUES, OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION. AND THOSE REMAIN UNCHANGED REGARDLESS OF THE VALUES OF

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OTHERWISE WE WOULD RISK WADING INTO THE AREA OF POTENTIALLY AN UNAUTHORIZED TAX. DEPARTMENTS ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT IF FEES ARE GOING TO BE LESS THAN 100% COST RECOVERY RECOVERY, THEY DO PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT. SOMETIMES THE FEE IS SET BY A DIFFERENT BODY. SOMETIMES WE'RE DESIRING CERTAIN COMMUNITY OUTCOMES THAT JUSTIFY A SETTING BELOW THAT 100% COST RECOVERY LEVEL EACH YEAR. WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF NEW FEES THAT ARE EITHER COMPLETELY NEW OR REVISED SERVICES FOR THOSE FEES. AS A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE RATE STUDY RATE SETTING METHODOLOGY FOR BOTH THE WATER SUPPLY AND THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS THAT OCCURS IN FALL OF EACH YEAR. AND IT'S BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BODY ROUGHLY MID DECEMBER FOR ADOPTION OF THOSE WATER AND SEWER RATES. ADDITIONALLY, OUTSIDE OF THIS PROCESS IS THE PARKS AND RECREATION FEES. THOSE ARE APPROVED BY CITY MANAGER PER POLICY 1108. AS I ALREADY MENTIONED, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE FEES WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY AND WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BODY FOR CONSIDERATION ON MAY 20TH. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A SUMMARY, A REAL HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY BY CERTAIN SELECT CATEGORIES OF THE FEES. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL FEES TOTAL PROPOSED THIS YEAR ARE 1258. THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES. THE FIRST CATEGORY IS FEES WITH NO RECOMMENDED CHANGES. THAT'S ABOUT 57% WHERE THE FEES ARE STAYING UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THE SECOND CATEGORY IS FEES WITH COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. SO THAT'S ABOUT ANOTHER 24%. SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO CATEGORIES, YOU CAN SEE THAT APPROXIMATELY 81% OF THE PROPOSED FEES ARE NOT MORE THAN THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. CATEGORY C THEN DOES MOVE INTO FEES WHERE WE DO HAVE LARGER THAN COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. THAT'S JUST UNDER

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IF IT IS, IT'S DEEMED TO BE A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, AS I THINK I POINTED OUT ON THE ON THE PRIOR SLIDE. AGAIN, ABOUT 81% OF FEES ARE INCREASING AT NO GREATER THAN THE COST OF LIVING.

AND THEN SOME OF THE FEE ADJUSTMENT FACTORS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE DEPARTMENTS, THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S MANDATES THAT THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO VENDOR CONTRACTUAL PRICING MIGHT PLAY INTO SETTING A FEE, KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE DISCUSSION AROUND TARIFFS RIGHT NOW. SOMETIMES WE CAN ABSORB SOME OF THAT COST, BUT OFTEN IT HAS TO BE PASSED ALONG WITHIN THE FEE. THERE'S PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. A GOOD EXAMPLE THIS YEAR IS THE ODD EVEN PARKING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES, ALONG WITH THE SNOWPLOWS, CAN GET DOWN THE STREETS AND DESIRED COMMUNITY OUTCOMES. A GOOD EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF THIS IS JUST CHILDREN BEING ABLE TO ACCESS OUR SWIMMING POOLS, FOR INSTANCE. YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS INCREDIBLY AFFORDABLE. FINALLY, SOMETIMES IT'S TO ENCOURAGE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS. SO AN EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF THIS IS CERTAIN TAX OR STATEMENTS THAT WE PRODUCE, AS OPPOSED TO PRINTING AND MAILING A PAPER STATEMENT. THERE'S NOW AN OPTION TO GO ONLINE, LOG IN AND VIEW THAT ONLINE. LASTLY, AS THE CITY MANAGER ALLUDED TO, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE MEDIA THIS PAST WEEK ABOUT SOME OF THE PARKING VIOLATION FEES. SO I'VE JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF THEM HERE. THE FIRST ONE IS THE METER INFRACTION FEE NON-CENTRAL. THAT WAS AN INCREASE BASICALLY TO EQUALIZE THE COST BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND DOWNTOWN PARKING. AND THEN I ALSO TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, THE SEASONAL PARKING FOR ODD EVEN. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE WITH THE SEASONAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS. AGAIN, LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THE SNOW PLOWS ARE GETTING DOWN THE ROADS, EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE GETTING DOWN THE ROADS. AND IT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ME TOO, THAT THESE FEES, IT'S BEEN AT LEAST A DECADE, TEN YEARS SINCE THOSE FEES HAVE INCREASED. CONSIDERING INFLATION OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THE $5 INCREASE DOES SEEM RIGHT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT YOU'D EXPECT JUST TO MAINTAIN THAT SAME LEVEL OF FEE BASED ON COST OF LIVING. I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 25 OR $26, IS WHAT IT CAME OUT TO. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE INFLATION DURING THAT SAME PERIOD. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DOING NO, NO, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE NEXT SECTION AND THEN TAKE A PAUSE AFTER THAT. THANK YOU. I WILL HAND IT OFF. THANK YOU, MR. SATAN. OKAY. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR TIME. I JUST WANTED TO START A LITTLE BIT WITH THE BIG PICTURE. OUR OPERATIONS AND BUILDING AND MAINTAINING THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IS SPREAD ACROSS A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY. SO BEFORE WE DIVE DEEP INTO THE STRATEGIC OUTCOME AREA AND THE FOCUSES OF THAT, I JUST WANTED TO ORIENT THE COMMISSION AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC HOW WE DO THAT. SO YOU SEE HERE THAT WE REALLY DOVE INTO THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE SORT OF SPAN OF WORK ACROSS BOTH THE MOBILE GR, ALL MOBILE GR DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE A ROLE IN PROGRAMING, MAINTAINING OR BUILDING THIS KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S SIDEWALKS, BIKE NETWORK PROGRAMING, LIKE OUR CAR SHARE PROGRAM OR OUR MICROMOBILITY. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS FOUNDATIONAL FOR SAFETY FOR ALL USERS. SO POTHOLE REPAIR, SOME SUPPORT FOR COMING THROUGH WHEN THERE ARE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN THE RIGHTS OF WAY TO FIX THAT STREET SWEEPING AND SNOW AND ICE

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THEY'VE INCREASED BOTH ON OUR FEE OR OMNIBUS ORDINANCE. IT'S BOTH THE PARKING AND MONTHLY PARKING. THAT IS BECAUSE ACTUALLY, THE CAA SETS THE PARKING RATES AT THAT RAMP, AND THEY INCREASE THE RATES TO THE AMOUNT THAT'S NOW IN OUR OMNIBUS ORDINANCE LAST YEAR, BUT AFTER THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED. SO WE'RE JUST TRUING THAT UP. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE INFRACTION FEE INCREASES. JUST AGAIN, BOTH OF THESE INCREASES WOULD LEAVE OUR RATES BELOW THE CPI ADJUSTMENT TO THE BASE RATE SO SLIGHTLY BELOW. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP PACE A LITTLE BIT. AND AGAIN ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE PARTICULARLY WITH ODD EVEN THAT IS A COMPLAINT BASED ENFORCEMENT ACTUALLY THAT WE PRACTICE AND WE REALLY ARE JUST TRYING TO GET TO COMPLIANCE. SO THAT AGAIN, THOSE SAFETY AND SNOW REMOVAL AND OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT EVERYONE RELIES ON CAN BE PERFORMED. ALL RIGHT. SO THE PARKING PORTFOLIO IS A BIG PART OF THE MOBILE GR DEPARTMENT. IT IS A BIG PART OF MOBILITY. HOW PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE PLACES THEY WANT TO GO, WHERE THEY PARK, HOW THEY THEN MOVE FROM THAT PARKING TO THE PLACES THEY WANT TO GO IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. IS IMPORTANT FOR CONVENIENCE ALSO IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT SOME OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SO PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN, AS YOU KNOW, WE MANAGE A NUMBER OF PARKING FACILITIES THAT SUPPORT BUSINESSES THAT ARE ABLE TO HAVE LITTLE OR NO PARKING TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED AT THEIR OWN COST. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN MEET A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT ASSET FOR US. SO WE ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS WITH THIS BUDGET BOTH ON THE STAFFING SIDE TO AGAIN MAINTAIN CLEAN, SAFE OPERATIONS AND CONVENIENT OPERATIONS. HAVING FOLKS THERE ON LARGER PARTS OF THE DAY WITH ACCESS TO SUPERVISORY AND DECISION MAKING IN ORDER TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE USING OUR RAMPS, MAYBE STUCK, MAYBE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL HOURS USING OUR RAMP. SO ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THERE FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO WORK SAFELY. AND THEN WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN WITH RESPECT TO INVESTING IN THOSE EXISTING RAMPS. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE SOME INVESTMENTS IN REPAIRS ACROSS THE RAMPS THEMSELVES. AND THEN IN PARTICULAR WE'RE CALLING OUT A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT HERE AT GOVERNMENT CENTER. THAT IS JUST A PORTION OF THE OVERALL PROJECT COST. AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE IS ALSO A PLANNED RENOVATION OF THE PLAZA ITSELF. BUT BECAUSE THAT

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OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE A VISION ZERO COMMUNITY, SO WE ARE DRIVING CONTINUALLY FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND A NUMBER OF OUR PROGRAMS AND THE DATA THAT WE HAVE REVIEW NOW HELP DRIVE OUR INVESTMENTS SO THAT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT PLACES WHERE THE DATA IS TELLING US WE NEED TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS A PART OF WHAT WE ARE EVALUATING FOR PARKING. IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE DOING SOME AND BY WE I MEAN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK. BUT TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT IS NEXT FOR OUR PARKING PORTFOLIO. SO NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN, SHOULD WE BE INVESTING IN ADDITIONAL PARKING FACILITIES DOWNTOWN, BUT OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN. NOW THAT THE COMMUNITY MASTER PLAN HAS LAID OUT WHERE OUR GROWTH AREAS ARE, WHERE OUR BUSINESS CORRIDORS ARE, AND AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL, THAT INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC PARKING CAN BE TO DRIVE DRIVE DOWN COSTS, ACTUALLY, FOR OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO ADD TO THE PORTFOLIO, WHERE IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO OFFER PROPERTIES THAT WE CURRENTLY MANAGE AS SURFACE PARKING FOR SOME OTHER USE. SO I THAT WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COMMISSION IN THE FUTURE. BUT JUST KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS HERE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE WE WILL HEAR FROM VITAL STREETS COMMISSION. COMMISSIONER SASSY HAS A QUESTION, MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE CAN GO BACK TO SCOTT'S PRESENTATION AS WELL. RIGHT. MY QUESTION WAS, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE THAT FEE SCHEDULE PIECES WHERE YOU KIND OF BROKE DOWN THE PERCENTAGES? I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD SLIDE. OH, BOY.

THAT WE'RE SHOWING SOME OF THESE YOU KNOW THE SERVICE PROVISION FEES. BUT I ALSO WONDER COULD WE. ALSO INCLUDE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FREE OR REDUCED OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO I THINK ABOUT THE DASH SYSTEM. I THINK ABOUT THE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE CAR SHARE. I KNOW MICROMOBILITY ISN'T FULLY, YOU KNOW, FREE. WELL NOTHING'S FREE WE'RE ALL PAYING FOR. BUT ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. BUT THE MICROMOBILITY OPTION. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A COMMISSIONER OVER THESE YEARS, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS TRYING TO BALANCE IS OBVIOUSLY THESE PIECES, BUT WHAT ARE THE VALUE ADDS AS A TOTALITY FOR LIVING INSIDE THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS? SO IF WE COULD SEE THAT, THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION. I HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION. SOME OF THEM I WILL EMAIL BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE JUST QUICK QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T HEAR MISS BEHRENS, WHAT FEDERAL GRANTS ON THE MOBILE ON MOBILE GR SIDE HAVE BEEN CANCELED. I KNOW WE HAD OUR MIDYEAR REVIEW. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE RELATED TO THE EV CHARGING STATIONS, I BELIEVE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT ONE'S BEEN CANCELED. SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION. THE OTHER QUESTION WAS IN THE FOUR YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS, WHERE DO A REVIEW OF OUR TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS FIT IN AND HOW THAT IMPACTS AUGMENTS? SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IN THE SECOND WARD AND PROBABLY ACROSS THE OTHER WARDS. I KNOW I TALKED TO COMMISSIONER ROBBINS THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE ANN STREET BIKE LANE, BUT JUST LOOKING AT

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SOMETIMES I GET THAT WRONG. SO THE NUMBER OF TIMES I'VE PARKED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET INTENTIONALLY IS A NEAR ZERO NUMBER, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT ANY AMOUNT OF INCREASE IN THE FEE WOULD MAKE MY BRAIN LESS FUZZY AT, YOU KNOW, MIDNIGHT. SO I'M NOT I MY INSTINCT IS THAT EVERYONE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PARKING IN THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET AREN'T DOING SO INTENTIONALLY, OR THAT IF THEY'RE SCOFFLAWS, THAT MORE ENFORCEMENT MIGHT BE A WAY TO RESPOND TO THAT. BUT MY INSTINCT IS THAT INCREASING THE COST ISN'T GOING TO REALLY GET US MORE COMPLIANCE. AND SO IF THAT'S TRUE, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET MORE, IF IT'S NOT, IF PEOPLE AREN'T DOING IT BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I'LL TAKE THE $25 HIT, MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE SAYING FOR $25, I'LL PARK IN THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET, BUT FOR 30 BUCKS,

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CORRECT. SO NOT LIKE THE 3% INCREASE FROM 24 TO 25. CORRECT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. YEAH. I STILL JUST THINK WE I JUST ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF JUST WHAT NEIGHBORS ARE DEALING WITH. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST NOT. I JUST I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID. I TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND COMMISSIONER PERDUE ON OUR 2 TO 1. AND I THINK THAT WE'RE JUST A LITTLE THE MORE WE CAN SAY, FOLKS, FROM FEES, I THINK THE BETTER IN THESE TIMES, ESPECIALLY WITH THINGS LIKE IT'S THE CLASSIC CARROT OR THE STICK WITH THE OF COURSE, WE WANT THOSE CARS, THE PLOWS, TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE STREETS. BUT I ALSO DO BELIEVE THAT NEIGHBORS JUST ONE ADDITIONAL TICKET, ANOTHER TICKET, ANOTHER FINE, ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THEY'RE DEALING WITH, IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT AT THIS TIME. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED IN A LONG TIME, BUT THAT CHANGE, IT JUST FEELS LIKE ANOTHER THING FOR NEIGHBORS. SO I'M GUESSING A LOT OF US MAY WANT TO WEIGH ON THIS, BUT CITY MANAGER, YOU WANTED TO TALK NEXT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. DID THIS FEE FOR MOBILE FOR PARKING IN THE RAMPS? WAS THAT REVIEWED AT THE MOBILE GUARD COMMISSION? FOR THIS PROPOSED FEES THAT WERE NOT OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BELICHICK. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS MYSELF, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION THE MAYOR PUT ON THE TABLE. I AGREE THAT DOWNTOWN, WITH ITS DENSITY AND ITS ATTRACTION, IS A PLACE WHERE WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT PARKING. PEOPLE EXPECT TO PAY FEES, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, ALREADY, BUT TO CHARGE FEES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICTS, WE WILL. WE WILL WANT TO THINK VERY CAREFULLY AND STRATEGICALLY ABOUT THAT. AND IF THAT'S EVEN FEASIBLE AT THIS TIME, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CONGESTION ON SOME OF THOSE STREETS. I KNOW THAT, FULTON, THERE'S PARKING THAT'S METERED RIGHT BY DOWNTOWN GRAND VALLEY AROUND ADOBE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HOUSING SOON. AND THE LANES ARE NOT CLEARLY MARKED AS AN EXAMPLE THERE. SO THERE ARE TWO LANES SOMETIMES DRIVING AND SOMETIMES SOMEONE'S PARKED THERE. AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN PAY FOR PARKING OR SOMETIMES IT'S FREE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO PLACES. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE RESIDENTS AS AN EXAMPLE, IN THAT AREA. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD, THOUGH, ON THE ODD EVEN PARKING YOU SAID, IS THAT WHAT WAS CHANGED IN 2010 LAST, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALL THE

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SINCE I LIVE IN THE 1850S CITY BOUNDARY, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A FAIR BIT OF DENSITY, DOUBLE HOUSES AND, YOU KNOW, MANY DUPLEXES AND STUFF IN THE SAME LOT. AND SO PARKING CAN BE DIFFICULT, BUT IT IS A BRAIN DRAIN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PARK. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS WE CAN LOOK AT THE TIME LIKE, SO MIDNIGHT IS THE CHANGEOVER OR SOMETHING SAID SOMETHING WEIRD LIKE 1 A.M, BUT. WHAT IF WE'RE NOT ENFORCING IT EVENLY BECAUSE IT'S COMPLAINT BASED? MAYBE WE'RE NOT CATCHING ALL THOSE AREAS THAT COULD USE SOME ENCOURAGEMENT. SO I'M NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF INCREASING THE PRICE RIGHT NOW JUST FOR THAT REASON. AND MY MAIN QUESTION THAT I WANTED TO ASK ON THIS WAS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE'RE NOT RAISING THINGS MORE THAN THE COST OF LIVING. WE'RE COMPARING WHAT WE'RE DOING AS GOVERNMENT TO WHAT HOUSEHOLDS ARE DOING. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY WHEN WE SAY COST OF LIVING, IT'S JUST LIKE THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR, THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR. OKAY, SO THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR. YEAH. WHAT WAS THE $16,000 IN 2010 VERSUS. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MIND GAME I THINK BECAUSE FOR THE COST OF LIVING, FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ACTUALLY LIVING LIKE IN A HOUSEHOLD, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THEIR ACTUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME? HAS IT ALSO ADJUSTED UPWARD IN THE SAME AMOUNT? I KIND OF THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING MORE PRESSURE THAN WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THE COST OF LIVING FOR CITY GOVERNMENT. LIKE I ASSUME WE'RE SAYING WE HAVE MORE EXPENSES TOO. SO THEREFORE WE NEED TO RAISE OUR PRICES, RIGHT? JUST LIKE BUT FOR THE HOMEOWNER OR THE RESIDENT, THAT MEANS ALL THEIR PRICES EVERYWHERE ARE RAISING INSTEAD OF SURE. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO MUNICIPAL FINANCES, YOU HAVE POLICY DECISIONS IN FRONT OF YOU ABOUT HOW MUCH IS WHAT OF OUR CITY. SERVICES AND FUNCTIONS ARE APPROPRIATE TO BE PAID BY THE GENERAL TAXPAYER THROUGH YOUR INCOME TAX AND REAL PROPERTY TAX AND OTHER THINGS. SO THE GENERAL TAXPAYER PAYS FOR THAT SERVICE VERSUS WHAT OUR APPROPRIATE FEE BASED SERVICES. IN THE PAST, THE COMMISSION'S PRIOR TO YOU ALL MADE DECISIONS ABOUT THE FEE, HOW THE PARKING FEE AND PARKING TICKET REVENUE SHOULD BE BASED. AND WE ARE KIND OF ON THAT SAME POLICY KICK SAYING, ALL RIGHT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS WAS THE POLICY CHOICE MADE FOR ENFORCEMENT FOR ODD, EVEN SO THAT WE CAN PLOW TO ENFORCE PARKING RATE TURNOVER, PARKING TURNOVER THAT SUPPORTS BUSINESSES SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T JUST PARK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STREET. WE PUT METERS IN. THAT WAS A POLICY CHOICE TO KEEP THE PARKING, THE CARS KIND OF IN AND OUT OF THERE SO THAT BUSINESSES CAN SEE PARKING IN FRONT OF THEM. AND WE ARE KIND OF FOLLOWING THAT SAME POLICY CHOICE. IF THE CHOICE IS NOT TO RAISE THE PARKING TICKET FEE, THAT'S FINE, BUT THE COST WILL BE SPREAD AMONGST THE GENERAL TAXPAYER. SO THAT IS THE POLICY CHOICE RELATED TO ALL FEES AND TICKET ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT. BUT I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE JUST ONE OTHER THING. I WANTED TO CLARIFY THE OUTSIDE OF ODD EVEN THE REASON YOU WOULD GET A PARKING TICKET IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE BECAUSE YOU VIOLATED A METER, OR YOU'RE PARKED IN FRONT OF A HYDRANT OR SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKED. SO WE HAVE THE METERS THERE, IN THEORY, TO, AGAIN, KEEP THAT PARKING AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH WITH SHORTER DURATION TYPES OF TRIPS RATHER THAN FOLKS PARKING THERE ALL DAY LONG. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A POLICY CHOICE MADE BECAUSE WE AT WE GO BACK AND DO THE RESEARCH, BUT I'M ASSUMING THERE WAS SOME ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT METERS WOULD BE VALUABLE THERE TO KEEP THAT PARKING AVAILABLE. I APPRECIATE THE HISTORY AND THE POLICY VERSUS PRACTICALITY DISCUSSION. I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL NOT ONLY FOR US ON THE COMMISSION, BUT ALSO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IF WE IF WE'RE ARE WE MOVING ON FROM THAT TOPIC OR COMMISSIONER ROBINSON? YEAH, I JUST HAD A COUPLE THOUGHTS TOO. I AGREE WITH MOST OF THE PREMISE OF WHAT WE SAID. I THINK PROBABLY MORE SO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT ASPECT OF, YOU KNOW, I WANT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GO TO MIRROR SHOES LIKE ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE WEST SIDE, LIKE BEING ABLE TO NOT BE SO WORRIED ABOUT IF I DON'T GET BACK BY THE VERY MINUTE THAT I AM DONE SHOPPING FOR MY SHOES, I'M NOT GOING TO GET A TICKET. I THINK I AGREE WITH THAT PREMISE. I THINK

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AND ADMITTEDLY, I DON'T KNOW IF WHEN I FIRST GOT MY LICENSE, I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE TIE TO ODD EVEN WAS FOR THE PLOW, SO I WOULD RATHER SEE. I SAW I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THESE INCREASES IN THE PARKING INFRACTION FEES. AND THIS IS ABOUT COMPLIANCE, NOT ABOUT OFFSETTING. THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES IS WHAT I'M HEARING THIS MORNING. SO I WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE THOSE INCREASES AND TO PUT EFFORT INTO FINDING OTHER WAYS TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE OUTSIDE OF A FEE INCREASE. IF I MAY GO ON TO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION, IF I COULD JUST RIFF OFF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING JUST BRIEFLY. IF WE WERE TO GO MIDWAY, WE WOULD LOGICALLY GET MORE REVENUE. AND I CAN IMAGINE A WORLD IN WHICH WE COULD HAVE A HYBRID OF COMPLAINT BASED AND ENFORCEMENT BASED, WHERE WE WENT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON AND IT WOULD COST MONEY SO WE COULD GO OUT AND WARN PEOPLE SO WE COULD HAVE A WARNING EVENT WHERE WE WENT ALONG AND GAVE PEOPLE THINGS UNDER THE WINDSHIELD THAT SAID, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TICKET, YOU COULD HAVE PAID $25 AND WE COULD DO THAT ON A NON SNOW EVENT AFTER NOVEMBER 1ST. AND SO LIKE AN ANNUAL HEY GUESS WHAT? WE'RE COMING. WE'RE NOT KIDDING. WOULDN'T COST THE TAXPAYERS ANYTHING. IT WOULD COST US THE COST OF GOING OUT AND DOING THAT. BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING IN OUR IN OUR BASKET OF TOOLS. YEAH. IF I, IF I COULD THIS IS THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION. I DIDN'T THINK WE'D HAVE THIS MUCH CONVERSATION IN THE FIRST SECTION. SO THIS IS THIS IS GOOD. I A COUPLE THINGS. IF WE WERE CERTAINLY WE ALWAYS FOCUS ON EDUCATION. AND I THINK WE DO A GENERALLY GOOD JOB THROUGH NEWSLETTERS AND SOCIAL AND OTHER WAYS OF REALLY EDUCATING ON PARKING. I THINK WE EVEN MADE A VIDEO CARTOON ON IT, WHICH WAS WHICH IS HELPFUL, BUT I, I DO THINK IF WE WERE TO DO THE EITHER, AS COMMISSIONER BELCHER INDICATED, NOT MAKE A COMPLAINT BASED MORE PROACTIVE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE MORE RESOURCES IN TERMS OF STAFF TO DO THAT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE EDUCATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THE BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION FROM THE DAIS HAS BEEN IT'S BEEN A RANGE OF OPINIONS HERE. AND SO NOW THE PROPOSALS, THE $5 FEE I'VE HEARD COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT A MODERATE INCREASE LESS THAN THAT. I'VE HEARD NO INCREASE IN RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE PREFERENCE IS. AND SO IT STAYS AT FIVE. UNLESS I COULD BE CLEAR ON WHAT THIS THIS THE PREFERENCE IS. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE TODAY. BUT BY THE TIME THE BUDGET IS WE NEED TO KNOW IF THERE'S AN APPETITE TO. THANK YOU CITY MANAGER. SO THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME WE HAVE TO GET A CONSENSUS ON A ON AN INFLECTION POINT, I THINK. BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER BELCHER USED SOME OTHER THAN PARKING STUFF YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FIRST AND THEN COMMISSIONER PERDUE, YOU ALSO DID TOO. SO I'M NOT FORGETTING THAT. BUT MY INSTINCT IS TO BE SOLOMON HERE, CUT IT IN HALF. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD GO DOWN THE DOWN THE ROOM.

COMMISSIONER ROBBINS. YEAH, I GUESS MY PREFERENCE WOULD PROBABLY BE LEAVE THE METER ENFORCEMENT THE SAME. I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE INCREASE FOR ODD EVEN, WHETHER IN PART OR IN FULL. OKAY. COMMISSIONER KILGORE. I'M REALLY A NO ON BOTH. OKAY, COMMISSIONER SASSY, JUST THINKING ABOUT A PROCESS PIECE THAT CITY MANAGER BROUGHT UP. WHEN DOES THE NEXT MOBILE GR COMMISSION MEET? YOU HAD ASKED THAT QUESTION IF THEY HAD REVIEWED THIS, AND THEN WE HAVE THIS FEEDBACK FROM THIS BODY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD POINTS THAT WERE MADE COLLEAGUES. AT SOME POINT WE MADE THAT CHANGE TO THE DOWNTOWN INCREASE WAS LIKE $30 INSTEAD. SO, YOU KNOW, I STARTED YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THAT AND YOU KIND OF NOTICE, KNOW THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I THINK SO. I THINK I'M SUPPORTIVE OF YES. GO AHEAD. THEY MEET ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF JUNE. THEY MEET ON THE FIRST THURSDAY. SO JUNE IS THE NEXT. SO AFTER THE BUDGET UNFORTUNATELY. OKAY. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THE INCREASE AS PROPOSED. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF I THINK TO CITY MANAGER'S POINT I THINK THERE IS ONE. HOW MANY. I THINK IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ANSWER A QUESTION WHEN I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ODD, EVEN VIOLATIONS THERE ARE. SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THAT IS LIKE. HOW BIG OF AN ISSUE IS THAT? I THINK WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU, IT FEELS LIKE A BIG ISSUE. I WOULD SAY PEOPLE ON MY STREET ARE ALWAYS DOING IT. I DON'T CALL THEM, I DON'T CALL ON THEM. BUT SO I FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE RECORD, THE 1300 BLOCK OF COLUMBIA, I DON'T CALL ON YOU. I DO THINK THERE'S LIKE BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS OF LIKE MODEL THE BEHAVIOR THAT YOU

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LET'S KEEP AMERICAN TICKETS. GREAT. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE THING. SO WHEN YOU DO INCREASE TICKETS, TICKET FEES, THE THREE THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS OBVIOUSLY COMPLIANCE. IT'S THAT INFLATION ADJUSTMENT TO THE CPI. AND THEN ALSO SOME SOME THINGS DO OFFSET SOME ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. AUDIT EVEN TICKET FEES DO COME BACK TO THE PARKING FUND. UNLIKE MANY PARKING INFRACTION FEES, THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT DOES COME BACK TO US. AND WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THE YEARS PAST, WE, YOU KNOW, AS THE VIOLATIONS ARE GOING DOWN, OF COURSE THE REVENUE IS GOING DOWN. SO THE GOAL HERE IS COMPLIANCE. THE GOAL IS NOT, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF IT'S ALWAYS COMPLIANCE. SO WE'VE GONE FROM THE REVENUE IN 2022 OUT OF ODD EVEN WAS 245,00. DOWN TO THIS FISCAL YEAR 24.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OVER IT, 82,000. SO WE'RE REALLY DECREASING IN OUR IN IN THE REVENUE, WHICH IS EXCELLENT BECAUSE THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE GETTING COMPLIANCE. BUT IT DOES CONTINUE TO COST TO GO OUT AND ISSUE TICKETS FOR THOSE. GREAT SUMMARY. SO COMMISSIONER YOU WANT TO CONTINUE. SO I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU KNOW AGAIN THE THANK FOR THE EXPERTISE OF WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS IS THERE'S LAYERED PIECES OF THIS. THERE IS SOMETIMES WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO CONDUCT OUR CITY SERVICE WORK, AND WE'RE GETTING A CALL FROM A BODY WHO HAD A PLANNED ACTIVITY. THEN IF WE DON'T DO THAT ACTIVITY, SOMEONE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MAD ABOUT THAT, TOO. SO I DON'T WANT TO COMPLICATE THIS, BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY?

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BUT I HAVE BEEN USING IT MORE LATELY NOW THAT I'M DRIVING AROUND. SO I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THAT BEFORE WEIGHING IN FINALLY. BUT I DO THINK THAT GENERALLY RAISING COSTS, UNLESS THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECOUP, THERE IS A PERCEPTION ALREADY OUT THERE IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, OH, THE CITY JUST MAKES MONEY OFF OF PARKING FEES. SO JUST WANT TO NAVIGATE THAT WITH SOME THOUGHTFULNESS. THANK THANKS MAN. THIS IS HELPFUL. I'LL VISIT WITH COMMISSIONER NIGHT OFF AND THEN GET WITH THE STAFF ON WHAT OUR PROPOSAL WOULD BE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER KILGORE, FOR KEEPING ME ON PROCESS. SO NOW I THINK WE'RE BACK TO COMMISSIONER BELICHICK ON OTHER ITEMS. MY I GUESS MOVING FORWARD TO LIKE THE MOBILITY BLUEPRINTS THAT WE HAVE AND THE IDEA THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS AN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR MOBILITY. I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO OR WHAT PLANS IN THIS BUDGET ARE SUPPORTING THAT SPECIFICALLY. AND IF YOU COULD JUST BACK UP FOR ONE SECOND IN THE PROCESS OF THAT AND SHARE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A VISION ZERO COMMUNITY? I'M PHONING A FRIEND ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BELICHICK. THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM IS A CONCEPT THAT WAS DEVELOPED SOME YEARS BACK. AND IT'S THIS DRIVING TO VISION ZERO. IT'S ZERO DEATHS ON YOUR STREETS. SO THAT IS WHAT VISION ZERO LOOKS AT. IT'S A SAFETY RELATED PLANNING AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN EFFORT. AND IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK AND BECAUSE I'M ON MOBILE GR THERE'S AN EXCITING NEWS ABOUT LIKE EXPANSION OF THE DASH. SO IF YOU COULD BECAUSE THE DASH IS FREE RIGHT. THE DASH WENT TO SEVEN DAYS. MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. OH I WAS LIKE NOT A NOT ONE RIGHT NOW. WE HAD AN EXPANSION OF THE DASH.

THE FIRST PART OF 2024. AND SO ALL OF 2024, WE WENT TO A SEVEN DAY A WEEK SCHEDULE. AND THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT. JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT WAS IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THERE WAS A COST TO THE DASH. COST IS ABOUT $3 MILLION A YEAR TO OPERATE AT A 15 MINUTE HEADWAY. OUR FRIENDS AT DGR HELP US OUT WITH SOME SOME, SOME COST SHARING WITH THAT. AND YOUR COST HERE FROM THE CITY, I BELIEVE, IS IT'S A LITTLE OVER 1,000,001.3, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M PULLING THAT RIGHT OFF MY HEAD. BUT YEAH, I DON'T HAVE IT HERE. SO. WHAT? SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW WE OPERATE THE DASH VERSUS THE RAPID. SO WE DO WHAT IS

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WE OWN THE BUSSES. THEY PROVIDE THE BUS DRIVERS AND THEY DRIVE THE ROUTE THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER, THE DASH LINE FOR THE DASH LINE. SO BUT WE DO NOT AS A CITY OPERATE THE RAPID NO, WHICH IS A COMMON CONFUSION OUT THERE. YEAH. SO HOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS, JUST AS WE MOVE FORWARD MAY NOT BE A BUDGET ISSUE, MAYBE MORE OF A POLICY ISSUE AND A PLANNING ISSUE, BUT HOW TO INTEGRATE BETTER? MAYBE EXPANDING NOT JUST HOW OFTEN THE DASH IS RUNNING, BUT WHERE IT'S RUNNING OR BEING ABLE TO. HOW WHAT MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY MAKE DIFFERENT CHANGES, PLANS, IMPROVEMENTS IN HOW THE RAPID RUNS, SINCE I KNOW WE'RE NOT DIRECTLY IN CHARGE OF THAT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A TO BE CONTINUED CONVERSATION. THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. AND I'M GETTING NERVOUSNESS FROM CITY MANAGER. SO COMMISSIONER PURDUE YOU HAD OTHER SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT JUST REALLY QUICK. ARE THE PROJECTS ALREADY DETERMINED FOR THE TRANSIT STOP IMPROVEMENTS. AND BOTH ON SLIDES 12 AND 14, ARE THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS ALREADY DECIDED? YES. SO THE TRANSIT STOP IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR, THOSE THE THEY ARE ALREADY SELECTED AND PUT IN THERE ALL OVER THE CITY. WE PARTNERED WITH THE RAPID TO WORK ON THOSE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS. AND SAME THING FOR THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FOCUS. 14 CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANKS, COMMISSIONER ROBINSON. YES, SUPER QUICK. AND I DON'T NEED ANSWERS ON THESE IMMEDIATELY. ONE IS A QUESTION. ONE IS A THOUGHT ON THE DASH. I KNOW IN PAST YEARS WE'VE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, AFTER KIND OF GETTING PROOF OF CONCEPT WITH THE DASH BEING A FREE SERVICE AS WE CONTINUE TO SCALE IT IN TERMS OF MAKING IT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE LONG TERM TO SCALE. WE'VE WE'VE TOSSED AROUND THE IDEA, I KNOW COMMISSIONER O'CONNOR SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ADDING LIKE A $1 NOMINAL FEE, WHICH I KNOW DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I USED TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THERE WAS A $1 FEE FOR USING CITY POOLS. AND I THINK COMMISSIONER KNIGHT HAD ASKED, WELL, IF IT'S ONLY A DOLLAR, WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING IT? AND THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS CAME AND SAID, WELL, THAT $1 ACTUALLY FUNDS LIKE 100 LIFEGUARD POSITIONS. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A CONVERSATION LONGER TERM TO I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE DASH. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT EXPANDED, BUT THERE'S STILL A FINANCIAL IMPLICATION OF US SUBSIDIZING IN WHOLE. AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE IT WOULD WOULD BROADEN THE HORIZONS ON IT EVEN MORE. SECOND, MY THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED INCREASING CITY PARKING RESOURCES ADDITIONALLY OR WHAT WHAT CONVERSATIONS WE COULD HAVE AROUND THAT. SO JUST A THOUGHT TO PLANT, LIKE MAYBE HOW WE COULD USE CITY PARKING AS A WAY TO INCREASE HOUSING, LIKE IF THAT COULD BE USED AS AN INCENTIVE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY, ALONG CERTAIN BUSIER STREETS OR CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY A GOOD CARROT TO INCENTIVIZE SOME DEVELOPMENT. SO JUST A JUST A THOUGHT. GREAT. OKAY. MOVING ON.

SO THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KILGORE HAD ONE MORE THOUGHT. YEAH. ONE QUICK QUESTION. MISS SMITH IS THERE BECAUSE YOU NOTED SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HERE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT TICKETS, THE SPLIT OF WHAT GOES TO PARKING AND THEN WHAT GOES TO GENERAL FUND OF LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S THIS PRICE. AND THEN JUST WHERE THAT THAT MONEY GOES, RIGHT? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT'S A MUCH BETTER QUESTION FOR YOUR DEPUTY CFO. YOU'RE CORRECT. THERE IS A THERE'S A SPLIT THERE. RIGHT? WE CAN WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THE ALLOCATION OF REVENUE FROM PARKING OPERATIONS THIS EVENING CAN COME BACK LATER TOWARDS THE END WITH THAT ANSWER, MAYOR, WHAT I WILL DO NOW, SINCE WE SPENT OUR FIRST HOUR PRIMARILY ON MOBILITY, IF WE COULD, WHAT I WOULD ASK IF THE VITAL STREETS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION CAN COME UP AND DO THE OVERVIEW AND THE STORMWATER OVERSIGHT COMMISSION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONCLUSION ON THAT, WE'LL GET THROUGH THESE TWO SECTIONS AND THEN ASK QUESTIONS. WE HAVE SEEN THE PRESENTATION.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS FAIRLY SMOOTHLY. GREAT. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE CINDY IRVING WHO IS OUR DEPUTY CITY ENGINEER. AND THEN TIM ROSEBOOM FROM THE VITAL STREETS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. FORWARD. YES. THANKS. YEAH. THERE WE GO. WE'LL LET YOU START. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. AS KATE SAID, MY NAME IS TIM ROSENBAUM. I'M WITH THE RAPID, ALSO KNOWN AS THE INTERURBAN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS, SERVING THE CORE CITY AS WELL AS THE FIVE SURROUNDING CITIES. I'M ALSO A THIRD WARD RESIDENT, AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE VICE CHAIR. EXCUSE ME, OF THE VITAL STREETS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. SO WITH ME IS CINDY

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AND THE IDEA THERE IS TO REPLACE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. IT'S A SAFER OPERATION. IT DOES REQUIRE THE USERS TO SLOW DOWN. IT ELIMINATES THE SORT OF LEFT TURN CONFLICTS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF COLLISIONS. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT'S MORE COMMON ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. THE IDEA THERE IS TRAFFIC CALMING JUST TO, IN GENERAL, SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND MAKE THE STREET MORE COMFORTABLE FOR SORT OF ALL THE USERS. AND THEN MOVING ON. THIS SLIDE TELLS TELLS US THE VITAL STREET INVESTMENT FACTORS. SO ITS VITAL STREETS AGAIN I HAD MENTIONED IS LOOKING AT ASSET MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES. IT ALSO LOOKS AT NEIGHBORHOODS OF FOCUS. IT'S GUIDED BY THE VITAL STREETS INVESTMENT PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES THOSE STREET TYPOLOGIES. IT ALSO LOOKS TO PRIVATE SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT, LEVERAGES A TON OF OTHER, YOU KNOW, GRANT AND FUNDING PROGRAMS. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, IT APPLIES ASSET MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES. THERE'S A WHOLE RATING SYSTEM THAT I THINK CINDY IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH. AND I THINK THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION IS JUST THE ACTUAL PLAN FOR THE YEAR. WHAT'S GOING TO GET FUNDED AND WHAT FUNDING LEVELS ARE RECOMMENDED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO ORIENT EVERYONE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT IS A SUMMARY OF THE MORE BROKEN OUT BUDGET THAT'S IN YOUR BUDGET BOOKS. SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 246 IN THE BUDGET BOOK OR PAGE 254 IN THE PDF. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC 2026 INVESTMENT. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A LONGER PRESENTATION THAT LISTS SEVERAL STREETS. THAT IS ON PAGE 252 TO 258 IN THE BUDGET BOOK, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS AND THE PDF, THAT'S 260 TO 266, JUST IN CASE YOU ARE LOOKING OR YOU HAVE NOTES FROM PREVIOUS MOMENTS THAT YOU'LL BE IN STEP WITH WHERE WE'RE AT. SO THIS SLIDE IS VERY BUSY. I KNOW, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE YOU THROUGH JUST GENERALLY OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES. SO WE WORK WITH GRAND VALLEY METRO COUNCIL. THEY WORK WITH THE TRANSPORTATION ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AT THE STATE LEVEL. THEY GO OUT AND DO PACER RATINGS ON ALL OF OUR FEDERAL AID, URBAN STREETS.

THOSE ARE OUR OUR MAJOR STREETS. WE COST SHARE WITH THEM AND WE PAY FOR THEM TO ALSO DO THIS RATING ON ALL OF OUR LOCAL STREETS. SO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES. WE'VE CHOSEN TO EVALUATE ALL OF OUR STREETS. THE PACER RATING IS THE PAVEMENT SURFACE EVALUATION RATING, AND IT'S A 1 TO 10 RATING, EIGHT, NINE, AND TEN IS GOOD.

TYPICALLY, WE'RE NOT DOING WORK ON THOSE STREETS. FIVE, SIX, SEVEN IS FAIR, AND THAT'S JUST GENERAL MAINTENANCE, CRACK SEALING THINGS TO EXTEND THE LIFE. A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS ARE ON STREETS. ONCE THEY HIT POOR THAT PACER ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPHIC THAT IS WE CALL THAT MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION. THAT WAS FROM OUR SUSTAINABLE STREETS PLATFORM. THAT WAS KIND OF OUR OUR LITTLE MASCOT THERE. BUT THE CONCEPT BEING AS YOU'RE FOLLOWING THAT DEGRADATION CURVE, EVERY ASSET DEGRADES. IF YOU CATCH THAT ASSET AT A CERTAIN POINT, YOU CAN USE A LOWER DOLLAR AMOUNT TO RESTORE IT TO GOOD CONDITION. IF WE LET

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THERE'S THREE TYPES OF INVESTMENT THAT YOU'LL SEE.

THERE IS RECONSTRUCTION. THIS IS OFTEN PAIRED WITH OUR UTILITY PARTNERS WHERE WATER OR SEWER IS DOING A MAJOR PROJECT. AND WE ARE GOING TO RECONSTRUCT THE ENTIRE STREET THAT WILL BE DESIGNED BY A CONSULTANT. THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL BE SURVEYED, AND IT'S OUR BEST OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK THE DESIGN OF A STREET. AND WHAT GOES INTO THAT RIGHT OF WAY. WE ALSO HAVE REHABILITATION, WHICH IS ABOUT A THREE INCH MILL, AND RESURFACE. SO WE'RE OFTEN TAKING OFF A TOP COURSE AND A LEVELING COURSE, ADDING MORE ASPHALT. BUT THAT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF RETHINK DESIGN. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. AND THAT'S FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE A PACER THREE AND FOUR. IT'S ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF OF ROAD MILLING. SO WE CUT OFF THE TOP LAYER OF ASPHALT AND WE REPLACE THAT. THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF OUR ROADS. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. WE HAVE ROADS THAT WERE BUILT WELL, THAT HAVE GOOD BASES AND SUB BASES, AND ESPECIALLY LOCAL ROADS WITH LOWER TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND LIGHTER VEHICLES. WE'RE ABLE TO RESTORE THEM USING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND AN INCH AND A HALF MILL AND RESURFACE. WHEN WE DO THAT, WE ALSO INVEST IN THE OTHER ASSETS IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT ANY SIDEWALK SQUARES THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE OR DAMAGED OR REPAIRED, WE MAKE SURE CURB CUTS AND ADA RAMPS ARE BROUGHT UP TO GRADE. WE ALSO LOOK AT OUR STORMWATER AND OUR GUTTER PANS AND OUR CATCH BASINS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING WATER OFF THE ROAD FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY. SO JUST KIND OF THAT BIG PICTURE. AND THEN OUR FINAL GROUP, WHEN WE HIT A PACER ONE AND TWO, A ROAD IS IN VERY POOR CONDITION. AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN GOING IN AND OVERLAYING THOSE STREETS WITH ASPHALT AND STABILIZING THEM TO HELP PROLONG THEIR LIFE UNTIL WE CAN GET AROUND TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR VITAL STREETS ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THIS IS FY 26, AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THESE NUMBERS IN OTHER AREAS. BUT I WANT WHAT I WANT TO DRAW EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR 77 PROJECTS, 55 OF THOSE ARE ON LOCAL ROADS. AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OR REHABILITATION.

SO WE'RE NOT FULLY RECONSTRUCTING THE ROAD. WE'RE NOT RECONFIGURING THE ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY. CROSS SECTION. OUR MAJOR NON FOR US IS OUR SMALLEST GROUP OF ROADS. AND THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED AS MAJOR ROADS. BUT BECAUSE OF HOW ROADS WERE CATEGORIZED BACK IN THE 1950S, THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED A FEDERAL AID URBAN STREET. BUT THEY ARE MAJOR STREETS. BUT IT'S A SMALL GROUP IN OUR IN OUR CLASSIFICATIONS. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR FEDERAL AID. URBAN STREETS ARE THE ONES WHERE WE CAN QUALIFY FOR GRANTS THROUGH MDOT. THERE ALSO ARE MAJOR STREETS. WE HAVE ABOUT 15 OF THOSE THAT ARE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, AND THEN WE HAVE SIX THAT ARE RECONSTRUCTION. SO IN A YEAR LIKE THIS YEAR WHERE WE'RE IN 26, WE'RE WE'RE DOING 77 PROJECTS. WE'RE PROBABLY ACTUALLY DESIGNING ABOUT TEN. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES, WE'RE DOING FIELD ENGINEERING. WE'RE GOING OUT SURVEYING, STAKING AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IN THE FIELD.

SO LET'S TALK WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE ARE. SO A COUPLE CLARITIES EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS OUR BUDGET YEAR IS JULY TO JUNE WHEN WE REPORT OUR METRICS. OUR CONSTRUCTION SEASON IS MARCH TO NOVEMBER. SO WE REPORT OUR OUTCOMES BASED ON THE CALENDAR YEAR. SO IN 2013, OUR STREETS HAD REACHED A LEVEL OF 60% POOR. WITHOUT INVESTMENT, IT WAS PROJECTED THEY WOULD REACH 87% POOR. OUR CURRENT STATE AT THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024, OUR ROADS ARE AT 61% GOOD AND FAIR.

YOU CAN SEE THE BAR GRAPH BELOW SHOWS THAT OUR INVESTMENT IS 25 TO 30 MILLION FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY. WE DO HAVE A PRETTY BIG SPIKE IN 25 AS WE'RE CATCHING UP ON SOME MAJOR PROJECTS. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE RED LINE IS SHOWING OUR PERCENT GOOD AND FAIR. SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR STREET RESULTS FROM 2015 TO 2025, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 61% GOOD AND FAIR. WE'VE DONE 2149 PROJECTS. WE HAVE WORKED ON 648 CENTERLINE MILES OF STREETS, AND WE'VE INVESTED ALMOST $220 MILLION IN VITAL STREETS, DOLLARS IN FY 2026. WE'RE PLANNING 77 PROJECTS ON 34 CENTERLINE MILES OF STREETS WITH 29.7 MILLION IN VITAL STREETS DOLLARS, AND THEN IN THE GRAPH BELOW, THE PERCENT GOOD AND FAIR. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE VISUALLY THAT WE ARE SLOWLY WORKING AWAY AT THESE STATISTICS. OUR NUMBER OF STREETS IN POOR CONDITION ARE

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AND THAT IS THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTION TO VITAL STREETS. ABOVE THAT IT SAYS ACT 51 REVENUES AT 3.4 MILLION. THAT WAS A COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY MADE TO VITAL STREETS, THAT THE FIRST $3.4 MILLION OF ACT, $51 THAT CAME TO THE CITY WOULD SUPPORT VITAL STREETS. IF YOU LOOK AROUND TO THE ORANGE SECTION OF THE PIE, THE $8 MILLION IN STATE INVESTMENT THAT ALSO REFLECTS ACT $51, THESE ACT $51 ALSO SUPPORT PUBLIC WORKS. THEY PAY FOR OUR SNOW PLOWING, OUR MAINTENANCE OF OUR ROADS. SO THAT COMES FROM A SHARED INVESTMENT BETWEEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND $8 MILLION OF THE ADDITIONAL ACT, $51 IS PROJECTED TO COME INTO VITAL STREETS IN 2026. WE ALSO HAVE CASH AVAILABLE. WE OFTEN HOLD CASH IN CONTINGENCY FOR LARGER PROJECTS, AND THAT'S ALSO MONIES TO COMPLETE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING. WE ALSO HAVE 850,000IN GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 4.4 MILLION IN GRANTS. WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT COMING IN FROM OUR SIDEWALKS DIVISION TO PAY OFF OUR BOND THAT WE ISSUED RIGHT AFTER THE INCOME TAX INCREASE WAS APPROVED. BUT OF COURSE, THE REVENUE DIDN'T COME IN IMMEDIATELY AND WE WANTED TO GET STARTED ON STREET REPAIRS. SO WE DID GO OUT AND BOND TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING. LET ME GO TO USES. HOW DO WE USE THIS, THIS, THESE DOLLARS. THE BOTTOM TWO THIRDS OF THE GRAPH SHOWS THE INVESTMENT IN THE LOCAL STREETS. THE MAJOR NONFEDERAL AID URBAN STREETS AND THE FEDERAL AID URBAN STREETS. SO YOU CAN SEE 11 MILLION, ALMOST 12 MILLION IN LOCAL STREETS, ABOUT 17 MILLION IN OUR STREETS AND ABOUT 700,000IN OUR MAJOR. NON-FARM STREETS. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT VITAL STREETS INVESTS IN. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE SHOW OUR GRANTS HERE. AND THE REASON THAT IS, IS THOSE ARE NOT GUARANTEED UNTIL THEY'RE OBLIGATED WITH MDOT. SO JUST IN CASE THERE'S EVER AN ISSUE WITH FUNDING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT. WE SUPPORT OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND OUR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS. WE KEEP DOLLARS IN CONTINGENCY IN CASE ALL OF THE STATE ACT $51 DO NOT COME THROUGH. WE TRANSFER ABOUT $3 MILLION TO OUR SIDEWALK FUND. WE'LL TALK ABOUT SIDEWALK INVESTMENT AT A LATER POINT. WE ARE MAKING OUR LAST BOND PAYMENT OF $2.1 MILLION TO PAY OFF THAT INITIAL BOND THAT WE PULLED IN 2014, AND THEN WE ALSO TRANSFER MONEY TO TRAFFIC SAFETY AND SIGNALS, AND WE INVEST IN OUR BRIDGES FOR MAINTENANCE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT ELSE WE INVEST IN, I THINK IT HELPS TO SEE SOME EXAMPLES. SO THIS WAS STATE STREET FROM LAFAYETTE TO MADISON. IT WAS COMPLETED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. CALENDAR YEAR 2024. RIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE THE BRICK STREET, RIGHT. MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SIDEWALK, STRIPE OUT A BIKE LANE, PUT PERVIOUS BRICKS IN TO MANAGE STORMWATER UNDERNEATH OUR PARKING AREA. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO ADD SOME BULB OUTS TO SHORTEN THE CROSSING DISTANCE FOR PEDESTRIANS. CESAR CHAVEZ FROM CLYDE PARK TO HALL. THE RECONSTRUCTION. YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SLIDE WE WERE ABLE TO NARROW THE STREET TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC CALMING. YOU CAN ALSO SEE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIDEWALK, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE USED TO HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT WAS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE CURB, WHICH DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE FOR PEDESTRIANS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO WIDEN THE SIDEWALK AND ALSO ADD A PARKWAY. SO NOW PEOPLE TRAVELING ON THAT SIDEWALK ARE SEPARATED AND SAFE FROM THE TRAFFIC, AND ALSO IS JUST A MORE ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDED SEVERAL UTILITY PROJECTS. WATER WAS A VERY BIG PARTNER TO UPGRADE WATER MAIN ALONG THIS AREA AND INVEST IN THIS COMMUNITY. NOW WE HAVE HALL STREET FROM MADISON TO EASTERN. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A STREET THAT WAS DESIGNED, BUT FOR THE MOST PART WAS A ROAD MILL. WE HAD A PORTION WHERE WE PUT IN WATER MAIN AND REPAIRED THE TRENCH, AND THEN THE REST WE WERE ABLE TO JUST RESTORE THE ASPHALT. YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SIDEWALK ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT COLORS OF SIDEWALK, AND THAT SHOWS WHERE WE SYSTEMATICALLY WOULD GO THROUGH AND MARK ANY SQUARES THAT WERE AN ISSUE AND REPLACE THEM. AND WE DO THIS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN ASSETS THAT ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR INVESTMENT, AND STILL BRING THINGS UP TO STANDARDS. WE TALKED ABOUT GREEN

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WITH OUR ENGAGEMENT, WE HOSTED 21 COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE ATTENDED 20 MEETINGS WITH BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS. WE SENT MORE THAN 40,000 MAILERS. WE RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 315 SERVICE CALL MESSAGE REQUESTS FROM 311. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE SPANISH TRANSLATION. SO IN OUR VITAL STREETS DESIGN GUIDELINES, IT OUTLINES A MATRIX OF LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEN WE SHOULD ENGAGE ON PROJECTS, WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HEAR THEIR INPUT TO HELP IMPROVE AND REFINE OUR DESIGNS. WITH OUR BICYCLE INVESTMENT. WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WAS COMPLETED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024, VITAL STREETS RECENTLY UPDATED THEIR METRICS. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, THERE WERE ABOUT TWO MILES OF BIKE LANES. I KNOW NOW THERE'S OVER 100 MILES OF BIKE LANES, AND WHAT WE REALIZED WAS WE WERE GOING BACK AND IMPROVING SOME BIKE LANES THAT HAD BEEN MAYBE STRIPED OUT AND PAINTED AS AN OPPORTUNITY ORIGINALLY. BUT ONCE WE CAME BACK TO THE STREET, WE WERE ABLE TO UPGRADE THEM. SO THERE WERE IMPROVEMENTS ON MONROE, BOTH ALONG RIVERSIDE PARK TO ADD SOME DELINEATORS, AS WELL AS SOME CONCRETE BARRIERS TO PROTECT BIKES AND KEEP CARS IN THEIR APPROPRIATE LOCATION. AND THEN WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO ADD NEW BICYCLE LANES ABOUT 2.1 MILES ON SEVERAL STREETS. OUR SIDEWALK FUND. SO WE'RE TRANSFERRING ABOUT $3 MILLION INTO OUR SIDEWALK FUND. WE STARTED TWO YEARS AGO WITH STRATEGICALLY INVESTING IN ONE WARD AT A TIME. WE WERE WE WERE. WE WERE ABLE TO LET LARGER CONTRACTS. WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR OUTPUT OF WORK SIGNIFICANTLY BY CONCENTRATING OUR PROJECTS IN ONE AREA. SO THERE WAS LESS MOBILIZATION, LESS MOVING FOR THE CONTRACTOR.

SO WE STARTED IN WARD THREE LAST YEAR. WE DID WARD ONE AND THIS, AND IN 2026 WE'LL BE DOING WARD TWO. AND YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN SQUARES ARE SHOWING THE AREAS OF THE THREE CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS TO INCREASE SIDEWALKS. THE PART THAT I ALWAYS FIND INTERESTING IS YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE GREEN SQUARE IN THE THIRD WARD IS SMALLER THAN THE SECOND, AND THE FIRST WARD. PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHEN THESE AREAS OF THE CITY WERE BUILT, AND THE DENSITY AND THE EXISTING EXISTENCE OF EXISTING SIDEWALKS. SO JUST A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER, LARGER NUMBERS OF SIDEWALKS WITHIN THE THIRD WARD. OUR NEXT. AND THEN JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF INVESTMENT BY WARD, JUST VISUALLY TO KIND OF SHOW YOU DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE'RE INVESTING. SO THERE'S THIS IS WARD ONE. WE HAVE WARD TWO AND WARD THREE. SO THESE PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK. WE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL NAMES OF THE STREETS. BUT I THINK VISUALLY IT KIND OF HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT BALANCE AND DISTRIBUTION, HOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT WARDS, HOW WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BALANCING DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS AND PRECINCTS, BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYONE IN THE CITY TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INVESTMENT BY WARD, AND THIS WILL BE MY FINAL SLIDE. WHEN WE LOOK AT 2016 THROUGH 2025, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD INVESTED ABOUT 77 MILLION IN WARD TWO, 75 MILLION IN WARD THREE AND 71 MILLION IN WARD ONE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH SOME LARGE PROJECTS, WE CAN'T STAY IN EXACT BALANCE YEAR BY YEAR. SO IN 2026, WE HELP REALIGN. WE HAVE A LARGER INVESTMENT IN WARD ONE AT $11 MILLION, WARD THREE AT 9 MILLION, AND WARD TWO AT 8.5 MILLION. SO AND THEN THROUGH ALL 30 YEARS, WHAT'S PROGRAMED OUT NOW THROUGH 2030, WE ARRIVE AT ABOUT 119 MILLION INVESTED IN EACH WARD. THANK YOU. OKAY,

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AS LONG AS OUR AS OUR VICE CHAIR, HOW MUCH LONGER WILL OUR VICE CHAIR BE HERE? OKAY. HE'S HE'S OKAY. THANK YOU. SO TALKING ABOUT THE CAP, AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THE CAP IS BASED ON THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE CITY CAN MAKE, BUT ALSO THAT RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAN MAKE TO REDUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. THAT PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON APRIL 29TH. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW BEST TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL. LAST NIGHT I SENT YOU ALL THE ACTION MATRIX THAT YOU ALL HAD REQUESTED THAT THAT OUTLINES MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHAT'S A POLICY, WHAT'S A PROGRAM, WHAT'S AN ACTIVITY, WHAT REQUIRES FUNDING? WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE FEEL LIKE ARE EASILY IMPLEMENTABLE, AS WELL AS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS, THINGS THAT THE TEAM HAS ALREADY STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD ON. WHAT WE WERE HOPING IS THAT YOU COULD TAKE THAT LIST AND PROVIDE US WITH THE 20 THINGS THAT YOU FELT LIKE WERE MOST IMPORTANT OFF OF THAT LIST, SO THAT WE COULD CONSOLIDATE THAT, HAVE A FINAL DISCUSSION, AND HOPEFULLY ADOPT THE CAP WITH A LIST OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS ON IN FY 26. AT THE JULY MEETING. AND I BELIEVE AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TARGET WITH THAT, BUT DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE REFINE THIS IN A WAY TO YOUR FEEDBACK THAT IS FOCUSED AND IMPLEMENTABLE IN IN THE SHORT TERM, AS WE MAINTAIN A FOCUS ON THE LONG TERM? A COUPLE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE IN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT. OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BUTTERWORTH LANDFILL, PARTICULARLY SOLAR, ON THE BUTTERWORTH LANDFILL. JUST TO REMIND YOU ALL, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 190 ACRES ON THAT SITE RIGHT NOW. THE ONLY PIECE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY IS TO BUILD SOLAR THAT THE CITY CAN CONSUME ON ITS PRIMARY CIRCUIT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF REAL, MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY SOLAR LEGISLATION AT THE STATE WIDE LEVEL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE. BUT THAT 1.5 TO 2MW OF SOLAR IS ONLY GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 15 ACRES OF 190 ACRE SITE. SO WE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES NOT JUST FOR SOLAR USE, BUT FOR OTHER USES THAT WE MAY WANT TO CONTEMPLATE ON THAT SITE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

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THERE'S A MAJOR INVESTMENT COMING UP THAT'S THAT'S RELATED TO THE FACTORY YARDS PROJECT.

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THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEEK WAYS TO FUND. BUT WE'RE DOING THAT DESIGN WORK NOW SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED. WE'LL LOOK AT THE WATER SYSTEM. WE'RE CONTINUING OUR WORK WHEN IT COMES TO THE LEAD SERVICE LINES AND THE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT. YOU'LL SEE THAT INVESTMENT HERE. AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN TERMS OF LEAD MITIGATION, THAT INCLUDES THE $500,000 THAT WAS SET ASIDE FROM PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, AND THEN SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING, BOTH IN PERSONNEL AND IN TERMS OF BUILDING THE PIPELINE OF THE FUTURE PIPELINE FOR WATER WORKERS. WHEN WE LOOK AT LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT, I DID WANT TO SHARE WHAT OUR MAP LOOKS LIKE FOR THE COMING YEAR. WE ARE CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT THAT PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 250 KITS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED NOW, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO PURSUE AND EXPAND HOW WE CAN GET THAT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A MAP OF THE TARGETED AREAS THAT WE HAVE FOR LEAD SERVICE, LINE REPLACEMENT AND FY 26. AND YOU'LL SEE ON THIS LAST SLIDE, WE'VE GOT A GOAL OF ABOUT 1900 THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HIT IN FY 26. IN TERMS OF REPLACEMENTS, OF COURSE, THAT IS ALSO ALWAYS INFLUENCED BY THE AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACTORS TIMING, WEATHER AND IN MANY CASES, WHEN WE'RE WORKING IN OLDER AREAS, SOME OF THE UNEXPECTED THINGS THAT WE MIGHT SEE WHEN WE OPEN UP THE ROAD. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO INVITE MISS. LET'S TAKE A PAUSE HERE, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND SEE WHAT QUESTIONS THERE ARE NOW OVER EITHER VITAL STREETS OR STORMWATER. SO PERHAPS WE CAN GO BACK TO VITAL STREETS AND SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS. I HAVE A FEW. GREAT, GREAT. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU, CINDY. AND LAST YEAR I WAS GIVING PART OF THIS BUDGET PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. SO IT'S FUNNY TO BE ON THIS SIDE NOW. I'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION ON PROTECTED BIKE LANES. AND IF WE ARE THINKING FOR NOW OF ANY SORT OF IN-BETWEEN MEASURES, SUCH AS THE ARMADILLOS, A LITTLE BUMP OUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT A COMPLETELY PROTECTED LANE, BUT SORT OF GETS PEOPLE IN THE THINKING AND THE ACTION OF HAVING A BARRIER TO A BIKE LANE. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMMUNITY HAS ORGANIZED IN THE PAST IN LARGE NUMBERS ABOUT, AND SOMETHING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO WANT OUR CITY TO BE MORE CONNECTED AND USE DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION, WE WANT TO SEE MORE. SO JUST WOULD LIKE TO FIRST HEAR MORE ABOUT PROTECTED BIKE LANES. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO KEEP MY ANSWER FAIRLY SHORT BECAUSE I THINK THE OTHER KEY PARTNER HERE TO SHARE IS MOBILE GRT, WHO WORKS ON OUR

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SO TYPICALLY THE PROCESS FOR THE SO THERE'S A NEED AN ASSESSMENT. AND THEN YOU GAVE THE PAGES WHERE THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS INTERSECTIONS AND FUNDINGS IN THE BOOK GETTING TO DESIGN ON THOSE OTHER THAN WHAT IS ALREADY IS AND REPLACING AS IS BEING ABLE TO BRING A PROPOSED REDESIGN WITH A BUDGET WITHOUT HAVING KNOWN FUNDING, ENGAGEMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE. I THINK THAT WOULD PROVE SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING AND CORRECT ME IF I'M IF I'M WRONG WHEN WE WHEN WE PRESENT

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AND DESIGN IS A SMALLER PORTION OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT. SO OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 PROJECTS STARTED DESIGN AT THE BEGINNING OF 24. IT TAKES ABOUT 18 MONTHS FOR US TO FULLY GET THROUGH A DESIGN, ANY PROPERTY ACQUISITION PERMITTING. SO WE DO WORK ON DESIGN ROADS THAT ARE BEING DESIGNED. WE DO HAVE DESIGN MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THE MAILERS AND THE DISTRIBUTION AND ATTEND THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS. SO, YES, SO WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING AND REDESIGNING A ROAD FOR THE VITAL STREETS DESIGN GUIDELINES AFTER THE PROJECT COMES TO DESIGN TEAM SO THAT THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS VIABLE, AFTER THAT, WE GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND WE SHARE THE INTENDED DESIGN, RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK, AND THEN DEPENDING ON THAT FEEDBACK, WE REEVALUATE THE DESIGN. SO THEN MAYOR, WHAT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, ARE YOU ASKING BEFORE WE BEGIN THE ACTUAL EFFORT TO DESIGN WITH THE PUBLIC HAVING A PREVIEW WITH THE COMMISSION BEFORE, BUT I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE WHAT THE ASK IS. WELL, I GUESS THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE MORE WE CAN GET VISUALS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF FOR INITIAL RESPONSES FROM THE COMMISSION. THAT'S I MEAN, COMMUNITY INPUT IS GOOD, BUT LIKE A LOT OF US ARE SPENDING A LOT OF OUR TIME THINKING ABOUT STREET DESIGN AND HOW THAT WORKS. AND SO. I LOVE TO SEE CONCEPTUAL STUFF MAYBE EARLIER IN THE CYCLE. THE OTHER THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY, AND JUST GENERALLY, IS THAT A LOT OF THIS IS BEING FRAMED AS WHEN WE'RE DOING A MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION, WE'RE GOING TO MAJOR STUFF. FAIR ENOUGH. BUT IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT IF YOU'RE DOING A ROTO MILLING, YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS LIKE THE RUBBER STAMP, RUBBER BUMPERS FOR BIKE LANES OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A I WHEN WE THINK ABOUT LIKE STREET CALMING AND LANE NARROWING, THOSE LANE NARROWING CAN HAPPEN WITH THINGS OTHER THAN RIPPING A STREET UP. I'M THINKING, FOR EXAMPLE, OF FULLER STREET. BY MICHIGAN, I MEAN IT'S SIX LANES WIDE. THEY'RE ALL 12 FOOT WIDE LANES. IF YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT, AND YOU NARROWED THEM ALL TO TEN TEN FOOT WIDE LANES, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HARD TO SEPARATED BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT STREET WITHOUT REPAIRING ANY POTHOLES, DOING ANY ROTO MILLING, ANY MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY TRUE THAT IF YOU DID THE ROTO MILLING, THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE TO GET MORE ROBUST DESIGN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION, OTHER, OTHER WAYS OF GETTING AROUND AND THEN ALSO, EVEN IF WE'RE DOING A ROTO MILLING, GREAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT LIKE, OH, COULD WE IS THERE SOME WAY TO CROSS FULLER STREET MID MID TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ACHIEVABLE THERE. SO I THINK IF WE CAN MOVE INTO NOT THINKING, OH, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO DO STUFF WHEN WE DO MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION, THAT'S PROBABLY A PLACE WE WANT TO SHIFT TO. SO I'M NOT IT'S NOT A CRITICISM, IT'S JUST A DREAM. AND I WOULD SHARE WHEN WE WROTE A MILL, WE DO PARTNER WITH TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THEY WILL COME IN WITH STRIPING. AND OFTEN THAT'S HOW WE ESTABLISH SO MANY BIKE LANES SO QUICKLY WAS BY THEM.

RESTRIPING THE QUESTION THAT I WAS HEARING WAS SEPARATION AND SEPARATED BIKE FACILITIES AND TO THE EARLIER POINT WE ARE WORKING WITH MOBILE GR. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THOSE OPTIONS AND THOSE ALTERNATIVES AND VETTING WHAT WHAT'S VIABLE HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS. ONE LAST THING, MAYOR.

SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 61% FAIR, GOOD AND FAIR AS OF SEPTEMBER 2024. AND THEN COULD YOU JUST REMIND MYSELF AND THE PUBLIC OF WHEN THIS WHEN VITAL STREETS, SUNSETS AND WHEN THIS WILL BE HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND IF WE ARE ON TRACK WITH THE PROMISES THAT FOLKS VOTED ON, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO OUR GOAL WAS 70% GOOD AND FAIR AFTER THE FIRST 15 YEARS, WHICH WOULD BE JUNE 30TH OF 2030. AND OUR INITIAL ASK WAS FOR 30 YEARS TO BRING OUR STREETS UP TO CONDITION. AND THE PUBLIC SAID, HOW ABOUT IF WE VOTE FOR 15 YEARS AND YOU PROVE YOURSELVES TO BE GOOD STEWARDS AND THEN YOU COME BACK TO US? SO YES, WE WILL BE ORGANIZING AND GETTING READY TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEIR INPUT AND HELP FOCUS THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANS AND THE NEXT ROUND OF INVESTMENT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANKS. AND I THINK, YEAH, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S SAKE, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN SAYING FIX THE ROADS, WE HAVE TO BE IN A MINDSET OF MAINTAIN THE ROADS.

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OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SEGMENT. OKAY.

AND I WANT TO CONFIRM NO QUESTIONS ON THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT AREA. WE HIGHLIGHTED THE PROPOSAL ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CAP ON SLIDE 41. SO HEARING NONE WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL. MINE A LITTLE BIT TOO. IT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET BUT I THINK IS BEEN SOME OF THE ACTIVITY WE'VE ENGAGED IN. SO THE LAST COMMISSION NIGHT OUT WE FOCUSED ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND SORT OF WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE. WE KNOW WE NEED TO MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS, BUT THEY DO HAVE IMPACTS TO SORT OF EVERYDAY LIVES. AND SO JUST WONDERED IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE AT THE WE HAD A GOOD A GROUNDBREAKING FOR CANAL PARK LAST WEEK, BUT JUST WONDERED WHAT THAT COMMUNICATION WAS WITH LIKE THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. AND JUST AN UPDATE ON I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT LINCOLN PARK AND MLK. I FEEL LIKE IS IN A DIFFERENT AREA, BUT WITH NOT AS MUCH OF THAT BUSINESS DISTRICT. SO JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT. YEAH. SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO INTO GREATER DETAIL ON OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN THE IMPACT AROUND CORRIDORS. I SEE MISS BEHRENS HAS COME UP, BUT THAT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO IMPROVE ON IS OUR NOTIFICATION ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THAT PROJECT SPECIFICALLY. ALONG CANAL PARK, WASN'T IT WASN'T I MEAN, IT WASN'T A STREET PROJECT. IT'S PARK PROJECT. SO IT'S OFF IN THE PARK, BUT YET IT HAD, I THINK, A UNIQUE IMPACT. UNLIKE OTHER PARK PROJECTS ON ADJACENT BUSINESS OWNERS. AND SO I THINK WE CERTAINLY DID HEAR FROM SOME OF THE BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA. SOME WERE NOT AS INTERESTED IN TAKING PARKING AWAY FROM THE PARK ITSELF, WHICH IS A TENSION BETWEEN OUR CARBON REDUCTION PLANS AND CERTAINLY BUSINESS MODERNIZATION PLANS.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TRIED TO REASSURE THEM THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE OFF STREET PARKING AND OTHER AREAS. AND I SEE MISS BEHRENS IS THERE TO OFFER ANY ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

YEAH. MR. MARQUART IS HERE TOO. I THINK WE ARE DEFINITELY CONTINUOUSLY LEARNING ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS, HOW IT'S LANDING, HOW IT CAN BE IMPROVED. SO I THINK WITH RESPECT TO CANAL PARK IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SAME WITH STREETS PROJECTS OVER YEARS AND ALSO WHEN WE THINK IT'S LIKE, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION TO START ANY MINUTE AND THE FENCES ARE GOING UP TOMORROW, AND WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY LAP BACK AROUND TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND SAY, NO, NO, SERIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS. YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE THE FENCES ARE GOING. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE. BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TOMORROW. SO THAT'S ONE THAT WE KNOW AND OWN THAT WE WEREN'T THERE. RIGHT.

YOU KNOW THE DAY BEFORE THE WEEK BEFORE SAYING NO THE FENCES ARE GOING UP NOW. BUT WE ARE CONTINUALLY OPEN TO THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE LEARNING IS THAT WE NEED TO BE ADAPTABLE TO A DIALOG WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES IN PARTICULAR THAT ARE IMPACTED. SO AS WE PLAN AND ENGAGE AND INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK INTO THE PLANS THEMSELVES, IT'S ANOTHER THING WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING AND THE IMPACTS ARE FELT AND THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH FOLKS SO THEY KNOW WHO TO CALL. LIKE, HEY, I WASN'T I WASN'T READY FOR THAT. AND THIS IS THE IMPACT I'M SEEING NOW. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE ALL OF IT. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD. IS THAT MORE INTERACTIVE RELATIONSHIP. SO PEOPLE AT LEAST KNOW WHO TO CALL. AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AND SAY, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FIX THAT, BUT HOW ABOUT THIS? OR WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIX THAT. AND WE

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THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SASSY. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YOU BRING UP COMMISSIONER PERDUE BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HELP ME WITH THE TIMELINE. WE HAD THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REACH OUT WITH A MORE ROBUST CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS AND OTHER CITY WATER FILTRATION WATER FILTRATION KIT PROGRAM. THAT WAS AT TWO YEARS AGO. YEAH, IT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. YEAH,

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YEAH. AND THE ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DHHS PROGRAM AND OURS IS THAT DHHS IS AN INCOME BRACKETED PROGRAM. SO THERE MAY BE FOLKS THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF IT BASED ON INCOME CONSIDERATIONS. AND WE HAVE HAD IN SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN WITH HEALTHY HOMES, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFLECT RESIDENTS FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND WARDS THAT WOULD SHOW UP AT THESE EVENTS LOOKING FOR A FILTER. WE'VE DEFLECTED THOSE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE'VE NOTED THEM, AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET RESOURCES THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR PITCHER FILTERS AND FILTERS AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, COMMISSIONER KOGER. YEAH. TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER PERDUE SAID, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ON THE SINGLE. YOU DID NOTE SINGLE HAULER AND WHAT FEEDBACK WE GOT. RIGHT. SO LATER ON IN FALL OF 2026, I'D LOVE TO HEAR HOW THAT SURVEY WENT AND WHAT COMMUNITY SAID. AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU COULD GIVE MORE BACKGROUND ON THE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARTNERS LIKE VICINITY AND THE STEAM DISTRICT, I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ON THAT AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE. YEAH, THAT'S PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE BRING BACK LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE BIG VISION OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH COUNTY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE READY TO TALK ABOUT IT AS WELL, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO BRING THEM INTO THAT. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. BUT THE STEAM DISTRICT CONVERSATION, WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. IF THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT'S PRIORITIZED WITH THE CAP, BECAUSE THAT THAT IS LISTED AS A RECOMMENDATION, AS I RECALL, IT IS THE STEAM DISTRICT AND WASTE TO ENERGY RUN PARALLEL. THEY'RE BOTH OPERATED BY VICINITY. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME SOME SYMBIOSIS THERE. SO I'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT IT IN ITS ENTIRETY WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. COMMISSIONER BOUCEK.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT STUFF IS VERY DIVERSE, SO IT'S A KIND OF A LOT TO DIGEST. BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT COULD EASILY BE MISSED. AND THAT IS THE DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE WATER FILTRATION PLANT. AND TO EMPHASIZE THAT, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THIS AREA.

THIS IS A PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY THAT EVERYONE WOULD HATE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IT RIGHT. AND SO GETTING THOSE NEW DISINFECTION PROCESSES UP AND RUNNING, INVESTING IN WAYS TO RECOVER MATERIALS, I THINK THAT'S VERY INNOVATIVE. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE MAYBE IN THE PUBLIC MIGHT UNDERSTAND THAT. SO HAVING MORE UPDATES WITH THAT OR A BRIEFING DOWN THE ROAD WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY GENERATING DOLLARS. I GUESS ONE QUESTION OUT OF THAT WOULD BE WHERE DOES THAT $2.3 MILLION IN RECOVERY FROM, WELL, FROM THE GAS, BIOGAS, BUT ALSO WHATEVER WE'RE SELLING WITH 96 TONS OF STRUVITE PHOSPHORUS THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH THAT RECENTLY WHEN I TOURED THE PLANT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REAL PRODUCT. WHERE DOES THAT MONEY

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THE OTHER THOUGHTS I HAD HERE WERE BACK TO THE LEAD CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT. ONE, I, I LOVE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VITAL STREETS, THAT WE HAVE A TIMELINE. WE HAVE A GOAL TO HAVE THE LEAD LINE REPLACEMENT. BUT I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHERE, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF LEAD LINE REPLACEMENT, WE WHERE WE ONLY WENT UP TO THE STREET AND DIDN'T GO TO THE HOUSE, HOW MANY HOMES WOULD WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO DO THAT? FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW MY AREA, MY HOME IS LIKE THAT, WHERE I GUESS IT WAS LIKE OH EIGHT OR SOMETHING, WHERE THE STREET WAS DONE, BUT NOT THE SERVICE UP TO MY HOUSE A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY. MY OTHER HOUSE, THEY IT NOW HAS IT ALL THE WAY BECAUSE IT WENT FROM THERE. SO THERE WE GO. WE GOT SOMEBODY COMING. WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. MOST OF THE OLD CSO AREAS GOING BACK THROUGH THE 90S. IF YOU GO IN, WE DO HAVE THE MAPPING TOOL OUT THERE. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY SEE WHERE THE CITY SIDE WOULD BE GREEN ON THE MAPPING TOOL, SHOWING THAT IT'S NON-LEAD, AND THEN THE PRIVATE SIDE IS RED. THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE TYPICALLY TRY TO TARGET IN THE WINTERTIME BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TEARING UP THE STREETS. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS THAT ARE FINISHING UP FROM THIS PAST WINTER WHERE THEY'RE DOING PRIVATE SIDE ONLY REPLACEMENTS.

AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE BIDDING OUT, ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND BOTH OF THOSE CONTRACTS FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF, OR AT LEAST TRY TO EXTEND THEM. NOT SURE IF THE CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO BE UP FOR IT. WE HAD CONVERSATIONS, CONVERSATIONS ON THIS YESTERDAY, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BIDDING OUT ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS THEN IN THE WINTER FOR NEXT WINTER AS WELL. AND IT'S REALLY BECAUSE IT'S EASIER. IT KEEPS THE CONTRACTOR, KEEPS OUR CONTRACTORS WORKING EVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WE'RE NOT TEARING UP STREETS, TEARING UP THINGS IN THE WINTER TIME. SO WE'RE SLOWLY BUT SURELY MAKING PROGRESS ON IT. WE DO PUT ASIDE OF THE $11 MILLION THAT DOUG MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, APPROXIMATELY 22. $2 MILLION ARE DEDICATED TO PRIVATE SIDE ONLY REPLACEMENT, WHETHER THAT'S SCHEDULED WITH CONTRACT WORK IN ADVANCE OF STREET OVERLAYS, WHETHER IT'S THE TEMPORARY PAVING THAT'S DONE BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OR IF IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH EMERGENCY LEAKS, THAT'S WHERE THAT TWO PLUS MILLION GOES TO.

AND ON AVERAGE, IT'S ABOUT 4000, $4,500 A PIECE TO DO A PRIVATE SIDE REPLACEMENT ONLY. WOW.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. BE CURIOUS TO SEE THE LINKS IF WHERE WE CAN GO FIND THAT INFORMATION. AND FOR OUR OWN HOMES. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. SO IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH IS MASSIVE. IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU. AND THEN WITH THE $2.35 MILLION FOR LEAD HAZARD CONTROL PROJECTS IN THE HOUSING REHABILITATION, IS THAT BROKEN OUT IN PARTICULAR GRANTS? IS THERE CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOMES EXPECTED? I WAS TALKING WITH A COUPLE OF NONPROFIT REHABILITATION PLACES, AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE SPENDING UPWARDS OF 64, $65,000 AND WHOLE HOME REHABILITATION AND REMEDIATION. THANK YOU. I WAS WAITING TO SEE. ABOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING. YES. SO OUR LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE USE SORT OF IN COMBINATION WITH OUR HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM. SO IN ESSENCE, WE WILL DO COMBINED PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. BUT YOU'RE CORRECT THAT WORK IS VERY EXPENSIVE. AND WE DO ABOUT WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM IN COMBINATION WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR HOUSING REHAB, ANYWHERE FROM 45 TO 50 A YEAR, WHICH SOME OF THEM ARE COMBINED PROJECTS, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT. BUT I COULD GET YOU MORE SPECIFIC DETAIL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A MORE LIMITED PROGRAM WITH RESOURCES FROM FROM THE STATE CASES WITH VERY HIGH

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WE HAVE A SLOGAN. WE WANT TO SLOW DOWN OUR RAINWATER, SPREAD IT OUT AND SOAK IT IN. SO THAT'S REALLY A GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE HERE TODAY. JUST A QUICK HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF OUR STORMWATER OVERSIGHT COMMISSION NINE MEMBER PANEL WITH VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, FROM DRAIN COMMISSIONERS TO ENGINEERS TO EGLE. SO REALLY A DIVERSE GROUP OF THOUGHTS AND INDIVIDUALS THERE. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WE HAVE MISS CHRISTINE AND MISS KATIE DOYEN OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THEY THEY'LL BE LEAVING THE BOARD DUE TO PROFESSIONAL CHANGES IN THE IN THEIR WORLD, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM AND WORKING WITH THEM IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY. SO I'LL BE BACK UP FOR TO THIS BOARD FOR DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS ON MEMBERS TO FILL THIS. BUT NINE MEMBER BOARD THAT'S VERY ACTIVE, VERY ENGAGED WITH WITH THE CITY HERE, SOME HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF SOME POLICY AND COMPLIANCE ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGH THIS. LAST YEAR, WE SUBMITTED FOR THE RENEWAL OF OUR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM PERMIT, THE MS4. THAT'S OUR OVERALL, I LIKE TO CALL IT OUR STORMWATER BIBLE. THIS IS OUR OVERARCHING PERMIT THAT ALLOWS US TO OWN AND OPERATE A STORM SEWER SYSTEM HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS. THIS IS UNDER PERMIT WITH EGLE AND THE EPA. SO IT'S A HIGH LEVEL DOCUMENT THERE THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN APRIL HOPING FOR A DECISION OR PERMIT SOMETIME THIS FALL FROM EGLE AND HOPING FOR A FIVE YEAR CYCLE WITH THAT. THIS LAST CYCLE WAS LIKE A YEAR AND CHANGE, SO IT JUST LED TO SOME CHALLENGES THERE, BUT GOT IT IN AND LOOKING FOR A LONGER TERM PERMIT WITH THE STATE. THE SOC BOARD BEGAN EVALUATING EXISTING LEVEL OF SERVICE GOALS AND MAINTENANCE METRICS TO SEE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR OVER TEN YEARS, SEEING WHERE WE'RE AT AND SEE IF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT METRICS, EXCUSE ME, AND POLICIES NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. SO THAT'S ONGOING WORK WITH THE SOC. AND THEN ALSO MORE CITY RELATED. BUT WE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AUGUST AUDITS WITH EGLE REGARDING OUR SOIL EROSION PROGRAMS, BOTH FOR US THE ABILITY TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION WORK, COMPLETE OUR ROAD PROJECTS, BUT THEN ALSO PERMIT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND SOIL EROSION REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT WAS A GOOD AUDIT THERE AND GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH EGLE. ALSO PART OF THE GOAL OR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION IS TRACKING OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE. C GOALS. WE HAVE VARIOUS GOALS FOR INSPECTING GRAVITY MAINS LIKE OUR STORM SEWER PIPE, CATCH BASINS, CULVERTS, SO HIGH LEVEL LOOK THERE GOALS WE DID REACH THIS CYCLE WERE WITH OUR GRAVITY MAIN INSPECTIONS AND OUR CULVERT WORK. OR EXCUSE ME, OUR DITCH WORK. BUT AREAS WHERE WE HAD CHALLENGES WAS REALLY WITH OUR OUR CATCH BASINS. WE HAD SOME STAFF OPENINGS THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. THOSE LARGE VECTOR TRUCKS ARE LARGE PIECES OF EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT TO RUN. SO WITH CHANGEOVER IN STAFF PERSONNEL, THERE'S TIME FOR TRAININGS AND SAFETY AND JUST TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED THERE. SO WE'RE FULLY STAFFED. SO THOSE METRICS WILL BE BETTER THIS COMING YEAR. AND THEN SAME TYPE OF ITEMS WITH INSPECTING OUR GRAVITY MAINS, CATCH BASINS, CULVERTS. WE'RE ABLE TO

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WE HAVE A GALLONS INFILTRATED GOAL. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE EVERY GALLON OF RAINWATER WE INFILTRATE INTO THE GROUND, IT'S BECOMING TREATED. IT'S LESS STRESS ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S LESS STRESS ON OUR STREAMS AND RIVERS. SO IT'S NOT ONLY A QUALITY COMPONENT, BUT IT'S A CAPACITY COMPONENT. SO REALLY TRENDING WELL WITH OUR GALLONS INFILTRATED GOALS THERE REALLY WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO MR. IRVING AND HER TEAM. AND REALLY DIVING DIVING IN AND FINDING WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THIS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. THERE'S EXISTING CONDITIONS TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER IT'S CONTAMINATION, EXISTING UTILITIES OR EVEN JUST POOR SOIL TYPES LIKE CLAY. SO REALLY THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF FINDING UNIQUE WAYS TO GET THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THESE PROJECTS. SO DOING WELL ON THE INFILTRATION PORTION. AND THEN ANOTHER KEY GOAL IS ACRES TREATED. BASICALLY HOW MUCH OF THIS AREA OF OUR CITY OR THESE PROJECTS IS MAKING IT INTO A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE UNIT.

SO WE HAVE A GOAL OF TREATING 921 ACRES. THIS IS A CUMULATIVE GOAL. SO IT'S A IT'S A YEARLY PROGRESS GOAL. AND WE'RE ABLE TO TREAT 441 ACRES. SO WE'RE HALFWAY THERE. AND EVERY YEAR WHEN WE ADD MORE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, MORE CATCH BASINS, WE ACHIEVE THIS GOAL OR WORK TOWARDS THIS GOAL A UNIQUE CHALLENGE, I GUESS, WITH THE GETTING THE AREA UP AND THE ACREAGES UP IS A GOOD TOOL WE USE IS THE INFILTRATION BASINS, BUT THEY CAN ONLY DRAIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AREA. SO WHETHER IT'S TOPOGRAPHY, DRAINAGE CONDITIONS. WE CAN INFILTRATE A LOT OF WATER IN A SMALL AREA. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE YOU'LL SEE IN FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS, I'M PROPOSING TO INCLUDE SOME LARGER REGIONAL SIZE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO HELP TREAT MORE AREA. EARLY ON IN THE DAYS, WE HAD A INNOVATIVE INFILTRATED PROJECT AT JOE TAYLOR PARK. WE HAVE A LARGE SCALE REGIONAL DETENTION SYSTEM UP AT MARY WATERS PARK ON LEONARD. SO THROUGH OUR OUR CAPITAL PLANNING WORK AND OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT WORK, LOOKING AT VARIOUS LARGE SCALE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY TO HELP THIS GOAL. SO THAT'S LATER ON. BUT A GOOD TIE IN THERE. AND ALSO PART OF OUR WORK WITH THE SOC IS REALLY A PUBLIC EDUCATION AND A IN A, AN ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT TO OUR WORK. WE RAN SOME SALT BILLBOARDS AND SALT MESSAGING ABOUT HOW WE CAN REDUCE SALT IN OUR IN OUR PERSONAL USE TO HELP IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN THE AREA. WE ALSO THE STORMWATER STAFF ARE VERY ACTIVE IN OUR YOUTH CAREER ENGAGEMENT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE GROW 1000 PROGRAMING OR THROUGH THE EPA WORK OR THE WATER WORK, REALLY TRYING TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND GET YOUTH, TEENAGERS, YOUNG ADULTS INTERESTED IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. SO REALLY ACTIVE THERE. AND A LOT OF THAT WORK INCLUDES HOSTING A BOOTH AT THE HOME AND GARDEN SHOW EVERY YEAR DOWNTOWN, ENGAGING RESIDENTS BOTH FROM THE CITY BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY AND THE REGION FOR FOUR DAYS, TEACHING THEM JUST ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, NO FATS, OILS AND GREASE DOWN THE DRAIN, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, REALLY TRYING TO HAVE A LARGER PRESENCE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS, YOU KNOW, CATCHING GOOD NEIGHBORS, CLEANING OUT CATCH BASINS DURING A HEAVY RAIN EVENT, ENCOURAGING THEM TO ADOPT A DRAIN, KEEP OUR DRAINS CLEAN, AND HELP OUR, OUR OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF. AND THEN REALLY JUST GOING TO SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL OUTREACH. SO BIG COMPONENT OF OUR WORK THERE. SO THEN MOVING ON TO SOME SOME ONGOING PROJECTS. THIS IS AN AERIAL FOOTAGE OF THE WORK THAT'S ONGOING OUT AT THE WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY.

CLOSING OUR FLY ASH LAGOON. THAT'S BOTH A LEGACY PROJECT WHERE WE'RE WE'RE CLEANING UP.

FLY ASH THAT WAS USED IN THE 60S AND 70S TO INCINERATE AND TO DRY OUT SLUDGE AND THOSE FORMER OPERATIONS. SO THIS FLY ASH HAD HEAVY METALS. PFAS. SO ONGOING WORK TO REMOVE THAT SITE. WE

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THAT JUST COMES FROM, LET'S SAY, THE ENVIRONMENT OR COMMUNITY. NOT NOT A DIRECT FACTORY, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, OILS AND GREASES FROM CARS OR, YOU KNOW, FERTILIZER FROM LAWNS. SO REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE REAL LOCAL LEVEL TYPE POLLUTANTS. SO WE SUBMITTED A GRANT FOR APPLYING FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NEAR DICKINSON PARK AND NEAR LINCOLN PARK, BOTH IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF FOCUS AND THIRD AND FIRST WARD, RESPECTIVELY. SO REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. GRANT JUST APPLIED FOR THAT IN MARCH, SO AWAITING RESULTS ON THAT. BUT THAT'S THE TYPE OF GRANT WORK AND OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS IN ON STATE AND LOCAL. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE ALSO ANOTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITY IN WITH FEMA. I GOT CONFIRMATION THAT THIS IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN FEMA THAT'S STILL ACTIVE AND BEING REVIEWED. SO THAT'S POSITIVE NEWS. BUT THIS IS REALLY SEEKING MONIES FOR A FLOOD MITIGATION STUDY ALONG ANY MILL CREEK, BASICALLY FROM WEST OF ALPINE UP TO THE CITY LIMITS, AND JUST LOOKING AT WAYS NOT ONLY TO BETTER ADDRESS SURFACE FLOODING AND BANK RESTORATION IN THE AREA, BUT ALSO HOW IT IMPACTS COMMUNITY. THIS WAS INCLUDED A FOCUS ON CLIMATE RESILIENCY, ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS. THERE'S PORTION OF THIS AREA, FLOOD ZONE THAT IS NEIGHBORHOOD OF FOCUS. SO JUST TRYING TO BRING IN THE HUMAN ELEMENT OF SOME OF THIS FLOODING AND IN

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AMERICAN RIVERS IS A NATIONAL, NONPROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL RIVER ADVOCACY GROUP, AND THEY SELECTED THE CITY FOR SO FOR WORKS PAST AND PRESENT. FOR ALL OF OUR HARD WORK AND, YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP THE RIVER AND SEPARATING OUR SEWERS AND REALLY THE FORWARD THINKING POLICY WORK AND, AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WORK WE DO AND REMOVING THE DAMS AND ALL THAT HIGH QUALITY, IMPACTFUL WORK WE DO AS TO PROTECT OUR GREATEST ASSET, THE GRAND RIVER THERE. SO THIS WAS A NICE NATIONAL EVENT IN WASHINGTON, DC. MAYOR, YOU GAVE SOME NICE COMMENTS AND AWARDS, AND IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. AND THIS WAS A NATIONAL CONVENTION, AND IT WAS VERY NICE TO HEAR HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA OR FLORIDA THAT KNEW OF GRAND RAPIDS OR KNEW OF THE WORK WE DID, SO THAT WAS IT WAS INVIGORATING. AND, YOU KNOW, HELPS KEEP THE KEEP THE FAITH AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD HERE. SO AND MR. TABOR, HOW MANY OTHER CITIES WERE RECOGNIZED THIS YEAR? THREE, THREE, THREE CITIES AND REALLY SOME CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, SOME NONPROFITS AND A IN OUR PARTNERS AT WE WERE ALSO SPECIFICALLY AWARDED. SO IT WAS A IT WAS AN IMPACTFUL EVENT IMPACTFUL AWARD. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT. SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO MAYOR WE HAVE THAT I WON'T WE WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON THAT SECTION. YOU HAVE THE LIST OF THE CAPITAL OVERVIEW. I COVERED THAT A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK. BUT YOU HAVE THE DETAILED LIST OF SOME OF THE TOP PROJECTS. I THINK THAT'S ALSO FOUND IN THE BUDGET BOOK. SO WE'LL PAUSE HERE, SEE WHAT QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AND THEN WE'LL GET READY FOR OUR NEXT SECTION ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

GREAT. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY KICK OFF. IF SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, INTERNATIONALLY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IS UNCOVERING WATERWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN COVERED HISTORICALLY. SO I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. ONE IS THAT PART OF YOUR LIKE DREAM LIST? IT'S NOT ON LIKE DO IT NEXT YEAR. BUT BUT THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS IN YOUR MODELING YOU'RE KIND OF I MEAN YOU'RE MODELING A LOT OF STUFF, BUT LIKE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S WAYS IN WHICH THAT COULD ACTUALLY COUNT AS IT COULD COUNT AGAINST YOUR MODELING ON SUCCESS OF CAPTURING STORMWATER, POTENTIALLY, IF RAINWATER IS GOING INTO A PREVIOUSLY COVERED WATERWAY AND GOES OUT WITHOUT ANY MITIGATION OR, YOU KNOW, BUFFERING OR TREATMENT OF THE WATER. SO, YOU KNOW, IF MORE MOTOR OIL WINDS UP IN, IN THAT WATERWAY, THEN THEN THAT'S SORT OF A NEGATIVE. SO THERE ARE NEGATIVES AND POSITIVES TO THIS. BUT IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT ANY COMMUNITY DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING AROUND UNCOVERING WATERWAYS. YEAH. NO. GREAT QUESTION MAYOR. THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF THE UNCOVERING OF WATERWAYS, WE HAVE A DAYLIGHTING REPORT. SO WE COMMISSIONED THIS ACTUALLY IN 2000, I THINK 14, 15 ISH EARLY DAYS OF SOC AND VITAL STREETS, WHERE WE WENT THROUGH AND SELECTED SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE DAYLIGHTING COULD

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AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE DOING BRANDYWINE WORK. SO LARGE SCALE DAYLIGHTING PROJECTS. YES, WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR THAT. MYSELF AND MY TEAM IS VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THE SILVER CREEK, PLASTER CREEK. BIKE PATH, DAYLIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES. SO VERY ACTIVE IN THAT, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT SILVER CREEK FOR DAYLIGHTING. SO IT IS A TOPIC OF MINE AND, AND I THINK MOVING FORWARD, HAVING A, A REFRESHED DAYLIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE A PRIORITY OF SOC BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO HIGHLANDS AND PORTIONS OF ALGER RAVINE. SO WE'VE DONE SOME PROJECTS AND THEN I KNOW PERSONALLY SOME PROJECTS DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION DUE TO I KNOW THERE WAS A PROJECT POTENTIAL ON WALKER NEAR BISSELL, BUT PT GASOLINE CAME IN AND USED THAT SPACE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION. BUT IN GENERAL, VERY MUCH A PROPONENT OF DAYLIGHTING AND A REFRESH OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK WOULD BE VALUABLE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION ON POTENTIAL DETRIMENTAL ITEMS, IF WE DAYLIGHT, I WOULD CONSIDER THOSE COST OF DOING BUSINESS, SO TO SPEAK. I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PROPONENT OF DAYLIGHTING. THERE'S SUCH HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS WITH WITH WATER QUALITY AND EDUCATIONAL AND REALLY PEOPLE REALIZING WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS WE HAVE AROUND HERE. SO IF WE GET OCCASIONAL SOMEONE MADE A MISTAKE AND DUMPED A LIKE PAINT CAN DOWN THE DRAIN TYPE VIBE OR A CAR ACCIDENT OR THE SPILLS INTO THE DAYLIGHT, I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WE'RE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THOSE TYPE OF INCIDENTS. SO I WOULDN'T WANT THOSE TO BE PREVENTING ANY TYPE OF DAYLIGHTING OPPORTUNITY. RIGHT.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEAL OFF THE GRAND RIVER JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE DROPPED A BULLDOZER IN IT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AN INTERESTING SUNDAY PHONE CALL. SO YES, WE DO WANT TO AVOID THE SKY TRACKS AND PEOPLE BEING CRAZY ON CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DIVING INTO THE RIVER. SO THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER I'M IN THAT SAME LINE. WILL WE RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE DAYLIGHTING PLAN FOR SILVER CREEK? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED IN THE NEXT SECTION UNLESS MISS BARRENS ARE NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT IN THE COMING MONTHS. OH, CERTAINLY. YEAH, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO SOMETHING IN COMING MONTHS. BUT I WAS SPEAKING MORE SPECIFICALLY TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING NEXT WEEK ON ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND AFFORDABILITY. OKAY. AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION. TYPICALLY, WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF OUR EFFORTS RELATED TO SERVING OUR HOMELESS POPULATION OR THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, THAT'S TYPICALLY PART OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY CONVERSATIONS. BUT I NOTICED IT WASN'T IN OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY. WOULD THAT BE IN THE SAFETY OR SORRY IT WASN'T IN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT? WOULD THAT BE IN THE. IT'LL BE IN THE SAFETY OF THE FIRE. CHIEF HAS A COUPLE OF SLIDES TEED UP FOR THAT OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANKS. NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. WHAT WE'LL DO NOW. WE'LL TRANSITION TO SAFETY. I'LL ASK POLICE CHIEF. FIRE CHIEF IN OUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR TO COME FORWARD. AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STARTING OFF THE SAFETY SECTION AND THE OTHER TWO PRESENTERS. IF YOU. WE HAVE TWO SEATS AT THE TABLE THAT YOU CAN BE ON DECK AND SHARE THE MIC, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS AND WE'LL JUST HOLD ALL THE QUESTIONS UNTIL ALL OF THE ENTIRE SAFETY SECTION IS BRIEFED. CHIEF WINSTROM AND ERIC, YOU CAN COME TO THIS TABLE WITH A MIC.

IT'S. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO START HAPPENING. I'M SORRY I ALLUDED TO WE MENTIONED THE CAPITAL THAT WAS ALREADY LISTED AND INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THAT I COVERED LAST WEEK.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK IF THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT. ALL RIGHT I THINK IT'S STILL MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO SAFE COMMUNITY AND START OUT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO BRIEF OVERVIEW. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO. BUT IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO LEVEL

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THIS IS COMMON AMONG MOST PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, 84.69% OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS PERSONNEL RELATED. IT'S A VERY PERSONNEL INTENSIVE BUSINESS. WHEN WE GET ON SCENE, AND WE HAVE TO ASSEMBLE A LOT OF PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY TO MITIGATE THINGS AND KEEP THEM FROM GROWING OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE SERVICES. BIG RED TRUCKS ACTUALLY COME OUT OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S A PASS THROUGH FROM FLEET AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, AND THEN JUST MINIMAL OTHER CHARGES. THIS IS A MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR US. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT STAFFING. WE DID PLAN FOR THE KINDLE FIRE STATION TO OPEN. WE'RE STILL GOING TO BUY OUR LARGE FIRE TRUCKS, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT FACILITIES FOR ANY OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PAST HEADQUARTERS IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS, I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED ALL THE MASONRY WORK OUTSIDE. THAT'S WELL OVER 100 YEAR STRUCTURE, AND WE'RE SPENDING SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REPLACING A LOT OF MORTAR AND TUCKPOINTING AND CAULKING OUTSIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE IN THAT BUILDING FOR ANOTHER 100 YEARS.

AND THEY SAID IT'S ACTUALLY IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. AND THEY SAID IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE INVESTING NOW TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THAT. I WANT TO GIVE JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS. AS I MENTIONED, KINDLE IS COMING ALONG NICELY. THEY ARE LOOKING AT INSTALLING THE DRYWALL IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND SHINGLES. SO IT'S GETTING IT'S GETTING THERE.

AND THIS PAST FRIDAY, I TOOK A BRIEF TRIP OUT TO WYOMING, MICHIGAN TO AND LOOKED AT ENGINE 12 COMING DOWN THE LINE. AND THAT IS COMING TOGETHER NICELY AS WELL. AGAIN, I WANTED TO REITERATE THIS KINDLE IS ON TIME, ON BUDGET AND EXPECTED TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. VERY PROUD OF THAT DIVISION FIRE STATION. AS I MENTIONED, THE OLD STRUCTURE, NOT THE FIRE STATION, BUT THE OLD IN THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET IS COMING DOWN TODAY. CONSTRUCTION WILL START IN EARNEST SHORTLY AFTER THAT, AND LOOKING AT A LATE SUMMER EARLY FALL OF 2026 MOVE IN. WANT TO REITERATE THERE'S NO NEW STAFF AT THAT STATION. WE'RE SIMPLY MOVING THEM FROM ACROSS THE STREET. SO FROM THE OLD STATION ON THE TOP LEFT TO THE NEW STATION ON THE TOP RIGHT, AND THEN WE ARE CURRENTLY LEASING EAST LEONARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THERE, IT IS AMAZING HOW BUSY THAT PLACE IS BETWEEN OUR TRAINING STAFF, OUR CERT CLASSES, MEDICAL CLASSES, WE HAVE 4 OR 5 CLASSROOMS FULL QUITE FREQUENTLY. SO IT'S A VERY GOOD SPACE FOR US. THAT HAS WORKED OUT QUITE WELL. TRAINING CENTER PROBABLY MOST EXCITED ABOUT THIS FOR ME. DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE NOT A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS GETTING UNDERWAY THIS SUMMER. THEY ARE STARTING DEMOLITION IN JUNE ON THE OLD BUILDING OUT THERE.

ANTICIPATED OPENING OF MARCH 2027. WE HAVE DONE OUR FIRST OF THREE BID PACKS ON THERE AND IT ACTUALLY CAME IN FAVORABLE, SO IT CAME IN A LITTLE BIT UNDER WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING, WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT NEWS. SO FAR PROJECTS ARE GOING QUITE WELL. I DID WANT TO REMIND US 37% OF THAT PROJECT IS GRANT FUNDED, AND THEN 100% OF THE STATIONS ARE GRANT FUNDED. SO DOING QUITE WELL WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO BRING SOME MONIES INTO OUR CITY. EXTREME AMOUNT OF VALUE ENGINEERING. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A STATEWIDE RESOURCE. THIS WILL BE UTILIZED FREQUENTLY. AND

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HOW OFTEN WE'RE OPERATING IN THIS DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT. I DO EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE WHEN WE'RE ADDING IN AN AMPHITHEATER, THREE TOWER PROJECT SOCCER STADIUM. OUR CALL VOLUME IS ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE, SO WE JUST WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, NOT SOUNDING ANY ALARMS, BUT WE WANT TO WATCH THAT AND BE ABLE TO ADAPT IF NEEDED. CONTINUED INCREASE IN FIRE TRUCK PRICES. THANKFULLY, WE ARE WELL FUNDED. WE'VE WORKED WITH FLEET. THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING ON THEIR LARGE FLEET AS WELL. HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE GOING TO START TO MITIGATE AT SOME POINT, BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE HAS SEEN A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN PRICES ON LARGE VEHICLES. AGAIN, WE'RE WELL FUNDED, WE'RE DOING MANY THINGS. WE'RE WORKING LOCALLY, WE'RE BUYING STOCK UNITS. WE'VE BOUGHT USED APPARATUS IN THE PAST. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THOSE COSTS DOWN AND REASONABLE, BUT THAT PROBLEM'S NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON.

REACCREDITATION DURING 2026. SO WE ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH THE PAPERWORK. IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A 910 MONTH PROCESS EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE UNDERTAKE THIS, AND NEXT SUMMER WE WILL SIT IN FRONT OF THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE COMMISSION TO BECOME REACCREDITED. THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD ACCREDITATION WORKLOAD IN LEONARD FIRE STATION DISTRICT. AS KNAPP'S CORNER CONTINUES TO BUILD OUT AND APARTMENTS CONTINUE TO INFILL. LADDER ONE UP THERE CONTINUES TO BE A VERY BUSY MACHINE FOR US AS STAFFING ALLOWS. I PUT ENGINE ONE IN SERVICE SOME DAYS. I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A FEW EXTRA BODIES AND I'LL PUT I'LL PUT ENGINE ONE IN SERVICE UP THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING AS WE WATCH THAT AREA GROW. I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE FACILITIES THE LAST TWO. I'D LIKE TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON RIVER REDEVELOPMENT AND WATER RESCUE DEPLOYMENT CHANGES. WE DO HAVE A DIVE TEAM NOW. IT STARTED AT THE END OF CHIEF LEHMAN'S TENURE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW THAT AND BE ABLE TO OPERATE SAFELY WITHIN THE RIVER. AND AS THE RIVER CHANGES, WE ANTICIPATE MORE WORK IN THE RIVER AND THAT'S FINE.

OUR CREWS THAT ARE BRIDGE STREET AND MONROE ARE READY TO GO. WE JUST NEED TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING APPROPRIATELY BASED ON THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GOING TO EXPERIENCE. FINALLY, HOT ENHANCEMENT, HOT ENHANCEMENT. SO THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM IS UNDERGOING SOME TRANSITION RIGHT NOW. I PRESENTED IT PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE FEEDBACK WAS RECEIVED LOUD AND CLEAR. HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM IS CONTINUING. THEIR CORE WORK IS NOT CHANGING. WE ARE SIMPLY FOLDING IN SOME ADDITIONAL MEDICAL WORK AS TIME ALLOWS. THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS IS THE SAME WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND AS TIME ALLOWS. WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH OUR CUSTOMERS THAT UTILIZE 911 A LITTLE MORE FREQUENTLY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM MORE APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE OPTIONS, RATHER THAN CALLING 911. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE. ALL. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT THERE, OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS PERSONNEL COSTS OVER 75%. SOME OF THE OTHER CAPITAL OUTLAYS IMPORTANT TO US, THE NEW AND IMPROVED LIGHTWEIGHT RIFLE RATED BODY ARMOR. ACTUALLY A MAJORITY OF THAT 300,000 IS FOR VEHICLE BUILD UPS. OTHER PROJECTS VERY IMPORTANT TO OEM JUST IN TIME. FORTUNATELY, ALLISON JUST LEFT, BUT SHE GOT HER 44,000 REQUEST IN THERE FOR THE TORNADO SIREN, WHICH I'VE BEEN TOLD MANY TIMES IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. ALSO VERY IMPORTANT. AUTOMATED EXTERNAL

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AND SO WE WILL BE REPLACING THOSE WITH UNEXPIRED VERSIONS. IF THIS BUDGET IS APPROVED. YOU CAN SEE A MAP OF OUR CURRENT SERVICE AREAS THERE. ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE FIVE SERVICE AREAS. AND OVER THE YEARS WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING WITH THE COVERAGE OF THOSE BEATS. WE'RE UP TO 92% OF CITY BEATS COVERED 24 OVER SEVEN 365 BY AN OFFICER. THAT'S UP FROM 86% LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMISSION AND HELPING US STAFF UP. WE'RE AUTHORIZED 302 CURRENTLY HAVE 290 FULL OFFICERS. THERE'S A TYPO THERE, EIGHT RECRUITS IN THE ACADEMY, WHICH WOULD PUT US AT 298 IF THEY WERE GRADUATED. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY EVEN MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN THAT BECAUSE OF THE FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAST CLASS, WE ADDED SIX LATERALS. WE'VE BEEN DOING QUITE WELL, ATTRACTING LATERAL CANDIDATES AND ANTICIPATE THAT CONTINUES. SO IF YOU CAN DO THE MATH, THAT MEANS WE'LL BE AT 302 HOPEFULLY VERY SOON. BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

120 NON-SWORN INCLUDES OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND OUR INTERN POSITION AS PART OF OUR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM. OUR REQUEST DOES INCLUDE FOUR NEW POSITIONS AT DISPATCH TO INCREASE OUR TOTAL STAFF TO 53. WE ARE AVERAGING STILL 285 CALLS FOR SERVICE A DAY. THAT EQUALS OVER 100,000 EVERY YEAR. DISPATCH AND PATROL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB RESPONDING TO THAT. FOR THE REQUEST IS A VERY EXCITING NEW TECHNOLOGY, AS YOU CAN SEE AN IMAGE OF IT ON THE RIGHT. IT'S CALLED BALLISTICS IQ, WHICH ALLOWS US TO COMPARE BACK 25 YEARS AGO. YOU CAN ONLY COMPARE THE ACTUAL FIRED ROUNDS WITH BALLISTICS. NOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY COMPARE THE EJECTED SHELL CASINGS, WHICH ARE ALMOST ALWAYS LEFT AT SHOOTING SCENES. SO WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY, VERY QUICKLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY CRIME, GUNS, GUNS USED AT VARIOUS CRIMES OR IF THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM. YEAH, THAT THAT SAYS IT ALL. OKAY. ADDITIONALLY, CONTINUE OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CURE VIOLENCE, OR MAKING A REQUEST FOR THE RISK TERRAIN MODELING SOFTWARE TO BE USED IN OUR DATA INFORMED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM, FULLY STAFFING OUR VICTIM SERVICES WITH THE VICTIM SERVICE MANAGER AND TO CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATES. AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS COMPLEMENTED BY OVER 20 VOLUNTEERS. THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND THAT THIS BUDGET ACCOUNTS FOR THE INCREASED ATTENTION THAT WE ARE GIVING, SUPPORTING THE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGH OUR VICTIM SERVICES COORDINATOR. CONTINUING WITH OUR CLEAR PROGRAM, WHICH IS TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF RETURNING CITIZENS WHO ARE RELEASED FROM THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MDOC AND OTHER PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THAT WAS THEIR THEIR LAST STOP AT MDOC, AND THEY DON'T GO BACK. YOU CAN SEE GOOD NEWS IN A GRAPH HERE. WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THAT 302 NUMBER AFTER A VERY SOME VERY CHALLENGING TIMES IN THE RECENT PAST, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES MONEY FOR TWO POLICE ACADEMY CLASSES AS WELL AS GROWING YOUR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM. AND I WILL SAY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 30% OF OUR NON LATERAL CANDIDATES BEING EITHER PART OF OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM, OUR INTERN PROGRAM OR BOTH. AND IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO SEE NOW I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS. THIS JUST LAST WEEK ATTENDED THE ACADEMY GRADUATION AND A COUPLE KIDS WHO WERE LEADERS IN THE EXPLORER PROGRAM AND THEN WERE INTERNS DOWNSTAIRS FOR YEARS. AND NOW THEY'RE FULL, FULL FLEDGED POLICE OFFICERS. AS WE'VE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB IN RECRUITING THE GUARDIAN BACKGROUND CHECK SOFTWARE IS HELPING US STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT POLICE OFFICERS ARE DOING POLICE WORK INSTEAD OF WORK THAT CAN BE BETTER DONE BY A COMPUTER. BACK TO DISCUSSING 911 BRIEFLY. IN THIS REQUESTED BUDGET, WE HAVE INCLUDED MONEY FOR TWO PORTABLE 911 CALL TAKING KITS, AND THAT'S LITERALLY A SUITCASE WHICH YOU CAN UNPACK IT. AND IT'S THE FULL 911 SETUP WHERE THEY CAN ANSWER THEIR 911 PHONES, THEY CAN DO A FULL DISPATCH, AND THAT CAN BE USED AT EITHER A CRITICAL CRITICAL INCIDENT OR A LARGE EVENT, SUCH AS LIKE A LARGE CONCERT VENUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. A REQUEST INCLUDES AN ADDITION OF ONE SUPERVISOR UP IN DISPATCH. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE COULD FINALLY GET TO 24 SEVEN SUPERVISOR COVERAGE, WHICH WE'RE NOT AT, AND THE THREE ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS, WHICH WOULD PUT US CLOSER TO THE INDUSTRY STANDARD OF CALL TAKERS PER CALLS RECEIVED. SUPER

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OF COURSE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE SUPPORT OF CO-RESPONSE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE NETWORK, 180 MSW RIDING WITH OUR OFFICERS, AND WE'RE IN JUST STARTED TALKS WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM. AND AS WE ENVISION A POLICE DEPARTMENT, I KNOW AS THE FIRE CHIEF MENTIONED, THE INCREASES OF THE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES DOWNTOWN, AMONG OTHER PLACES, HORIZON ISSUE OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE OFFICERS HAVE A WAY TO GET TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE CITY, AND THAT IS IT FOR POLICE. THANK YOU. OUR COURT AND WE ARE WE'RE WRAPPING UP AFTER SIX FIRST DISTRICT COURT AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP. WE WILL NOT DO OPA TODAY. WE'LL DO THAT NEXT WEEK AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND OTHER PREVENTION, OVERSIGHT AND PREVENTION EFFORTS THAT THEY HAVE. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S GOOD AFTERNOON. NOW I'M ERIC SIMON, THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET AND SOME AREAS. UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT COURT. A SNAPSHOT OF OUR COURT IN THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, THIRD BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. I AM PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT AND PART OF THE COURT. WE HAVE OUR STAFFING. WE BROKEN DOWN OUR STAFFING. WE HAVE 68.5 EMPLOYEES. THAT INCLUDES SIX OF OUR ELECTED JUDGES. WE HAVE ONE MAGISTRATE AND SEVEN GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS AND OUR DEDICATED TEAM WORKS SHOWS UP EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL WITHIN OUR CITY AND OUR SURROUNDING AREAS HAS A HAS THEIR GUARANTEED THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF DUE PROCESS. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. OUR JURISDICTION WITHIN THE CITY, OUR MISDEMEANOR CASES, INITIATION OF ALL FELONY CASES, GENERAL CIVIL LAWSUITS, UP TO 25,000. WE HAVE A SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL PROBLEM SOLVING COURTS THAT I'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL HERE IN A MOMENT. PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IS BECAUSE WE ARE COMMUNITY FOCUSED, AND WE HAVE A DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL SERVE. WE ALSO LOOK FOR A LOT OF OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH ARE GRANTS. CURRENTLY, THERE'S ABOUT $1.5 MILLION OF GRANTS THAT FUND MANY OF OUR PROBLEM SOLVING COURTS, A FEW OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE INITIATING. AND THESE ARE STATE, LOCAL, FEDERAL AND REALLY HELPS TO OFFSET ANY APPROPRIATION FROM THE CITY. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON THIS PAST YEAR IS THE REVAMPING FROM

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WE ARE NOW PROUD TO SAY A YEAR INTO IT, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER, WE HAVE 57 ACTIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS ALL THREE WARDS IN THE CITY. THIS FISCAL YEAR TO DATE, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 23,000 HOURS OF COMPLETED COMMUNITY SERVICE, SO TO SPEAK. AND BASED ON A CALCULATOR, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED VOLUNTEER ESTIMATE THAT BRINGS UP OVER $800,000 IN VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS PROGRAM ALSO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT REMOVES BARRIERS FOR THOSE THAT INTERACT WITH THE COURT. WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY SITES, WE HAVE HOURS, THERE'S SKILL LEVELS, AND THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES TO WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OFFERED FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT FROM THEIR SERVICE. SO IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A POSITIVE YEAR AND A HALF. SO SINCE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED IT, OUR PROBLEM SOLVING COURTS. MICHIGAN IS A LEADER IN PROBLEM SOLVING COURTS OR TRADITIONAL TREATMENT COURTS. AND OUR FOCUS AT THE 61ST DISTRICT COURT IS TO NOT JUST BE PART OF MICHIGAN AS A LEADER, BUT BE A STATE LEADER. AND WE HAVE OUR DRUG COURT, WHICH IS OUR TREATMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WE HAVE TWO SOBRIETY COURTS. WE INDICATE TWO ONE'S A FELONY SOBRIETY COURT, AND ONE IS OUR MISDEMEANOR SOBRIETY COURT. THIS DEFINITELY REDUCES RECIDIVISM WITH DRINKING AND DRIVING. WE ARE PILOTING OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT CURRENTLY. IT'S OUR FIRST YEAR IN OPERATION, VICTIM CENTER AND SAFETY AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGE.

AND WE HAVE A LONG ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY OUTREACH COURT, WHICH IS TIED TO THOSE UNHOUSED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT REMOVES BARRIERS TO THE ACCESS OF JUSTICE. WE HAVE A JUDGE THAT GOES OFF SITE AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPUNGEMENTS AND CLEARING YOUR WARRANTS WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO COURT. SO THAT'S BEEN DEFINITELY SUCCESSFUL. NEXT, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TYING THIS BACK TO BUDGET A LITTLE BIT. OUR CASELOAD AND OUR STAFFING. WHAT YOU'LL SEE FROM THIS GRAPH IS THE. THE GRAYISH LINE REPRESENTS OUR STAFFING FROM 2018 TO 2024. WE HAD JUST OVER 90 EMPLOYEES PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, AND OUR CASELOAD HAS TOOK A DIVE LIKE MOST COURTS IN THE STATE. BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY BACK UP. IN 2024, YOU'LL SEE A REDUCTION, THOUGH, FROM 2018, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY BE ABOUT 30% OF OUR CASES. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ABOUT A 50% DECLINE IN YOUR CIVIL INFRACTIONS AND YOUR LIKE, YOUR PARKING TICKETS, YOUR SPEEDING AND THOSE TYPE OF CASES. SO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FELONY FILINGS, OUR SERIOUS MISDEMEANORS ARE MISDEMEANORS. WE HAVE SEEN A SPIKE, ESPECIALLY FROM 23 TO 24. WE HAVE HAD ABOUT A 20% INCREASE. AND THESE FILINGS ARE NOT JUST FROM THE LOCAL GRPD, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES WITHIN THE STATE. AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN OUR CIVIL FILINGS, ABOUT 51% FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. BUT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO EVALUATE OUR SERVICES TO DO MORE WITH LESS, AND WE HAVE NOT INCREASED OUR STAFFING ALLOCATION, NOR IN THIS BUDGET DO WE PRESENT ANY ADDITIONAL STAFFING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WORKLOAD. BUT WE ARE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT US. AND WE HAVE SEVEN COURTROOMS IN OPERATION EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WE SUPPORT. DOWN TO THE NUMBERS. OUR COURT EXPENDITURES IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS OVER $13 MILLION. OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, OUR STAFFING PERSONNEL REPRESENTS ABOUT 58% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET. THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD FOR A JUDICIAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.

SOMETIMES IT'S ROUGHLY CLOSER TO 80% A BIG CHUNK OF OUR BUDGET, AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, IS OUR BUILDING RENTALS AND LEASE. IT'S JUST SHY OF $3 MILLION. THAT'S ABOUT 25% OF OUR BUDGET IS ALLOCATED FOR US TO BE IN THE KENT COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT. WE WILL WILL DECREASE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE THE BONDS ARE BEING COMPLETED AND WE ARE PREPARING FOR THAT. DISTRICT COURT REVENUE. WE HAVE A PROJECTION OF OUR DISTRICT COURT

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THEY'RE GOING TO VET THROUGH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS JULY, AUGUST. THIS SUMMER, CONCEPT PAPERS AND LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS WILL BE DRAFTED. THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS. I'LL KEEP COMING BACK AND SHARING INFORMATION TO THIS BODY. AND IN SEPTEMBER OF OCTOBER, THIS FALL, FINAL PAPERS AND CONCEPT PAPER TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR REVIEW. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH TRIAL COURT FUNDING. OH, AND ON THAT NOTE, I WANT TO ADD THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. BUT ALSO AS WE ARE FOCUSED ON. WE ARE FOCUSED ON BEING STEWARDS OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. IT'S NOT JUST ME. IT'S NOT JUST THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF, IT'S THE JUDGES. IT'S THE 89.5 PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP EVERY DAY. AND IF I DON'T GIVE THEM CREDIT, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO DO SO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ALSO I CAN'T I CAN'T WALK AWAY WITHOUT THE WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR TEAM WITH THE MICHIGAN INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION UNDER CONNIE. SO THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK TO GO GET OUR FOOD ITEMS, WHICH ARE APPARENTLY SANDWICHES, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND DO QUESTIONS. AND I THINK WE CAN NOT TALK WITH OUR MOUTHS FULL.

WE CAN DO BOTH THINGS AT ONCE. SO. SORRY. SANDWICHES ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE HALLWAY. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S LIKE ID REQUIREMENT OR ANYTHING. I THINK WE'RE JUST GIVING OUT SANDWICHES. RIGHT? WHO WANTS TO KEEP EATING AND NOT ASK QUESTIONS? CAN BUT OTHERWISE ARE THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESENTATIONS? COMMISSIONER SAUSAGE THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. I HAD A QUESTION AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR BOTH FIRE AND POLICE. CAN YOU TELL US HOW MANY TIMES THE.

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CORRECT. OKAY. WERE YOU BEHIND THAT? MAYBE. OKAY. THERE IS SOME ANTITRUST STUFF GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH A FEW OF THE LARGER FIRE TRUCK MANUFACTURERS. POST COVID. THERE IS A FOUR YEAR BACKLOG IN WORK, AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY SHUTTERED A LOT OF FACTORIES. AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY HITTING THE NATIONAL SENATE FLOOR AS WELL. AND IT'S SOMETHING I'M JUST TRYING TO STAY ABREAST OF BECAUSE IT IS VERY CHALLENGING FOR A LOT OF AGENCIES TO GET FIRE TRUCKS RIGHT NOW. GOT IT. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION FOR FIRE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED OBVIOUSLY I WAS ABLE TO HEAR THE PUBLIC SAFETY SESSION THE OTHER DAY, OBVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT THE MEDICAL WORK. I THINK I ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH IT. WAS THE FUZE PROGRAM THE FREQUENT USER SUPER SOMETHING? YES. MY EMS CHIEF, I BELIEVE INTERACTS WITH THAT GROUP AS WELL. THE WAY I'LL EXPLAIN IT IS SUPER USERS OR FREQUENT UTILIZERS OF THE 911 SYSTEM DON'T ALWAYS FALL INTO CERTAIN PROGRAMS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I WORKED WITH CALDWELL HEALTH. I'VE WORKED WITH PRIORITY HEALTH. WE ARE WORKING WITH KATHERINE'S HEALTH, BUT WE STILL RUN INTO PATIENTS THAT DON'T FIT THE CRITERIA FOR ANY OF THOSE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHERE WHEN WE HAVE CAPACITY IN THE AFTERNOONS, WE'D LIKE TO FOLD IN A VISITOR TO AND REALLY WORK ON GETTING THOSE PEOPLE NAVIGATING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENTLY. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT DISTINCTION. SO OKAY, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU. I CAN GO TO UNLESS OTHER PEOPLE HAD FOR FIRE AND THEN I CAN WAIT. COMMISSIONER KELLER. YES, CHIEF BROWN, WE TALKED ON PUBLIC SAFETY ABOUT BRINGING REPAIRS IN-HOUSE. AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE COST SAVINGS THAT WILL COME FROM BRINGING MAINTENANCE IN-HOUSE. WE HAVE NOT EVALUATED THAT YET. SO WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH OUR VENDORS. WE DO HAVE A BACKLOG OF MAINTENANCE BECAUSE WE'RE DOWN TO ONE VENDOR RIGHT NOW. ANOTHER VENDOR WE USED TO UTILIZE IN ALLENDALE WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.

AND SO WE'RE DOWN TO ONE VENDOR IN JENISON THAT WE TAKE ALL OUR FIRE TRUCKS TO. SO AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE FIRST PRIORITY IS GETTING TRUCKS FIXED. THE SECOND IS THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN 2027 STARTING TO TRANSITION. SOME OF THAT WORK IN-HOUSE. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THAT FINANCIAL ANALYSIS COMPLETED YET. BUT IT IS TOP OF MIND. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS INCREASED NEED FOR YOUR SERVICES AS WE HAVE SOME OF THESE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMING ON BOARD. HAVE YOU DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF A PRICE OR HOW MANY PERSONNEL THAT WOULD BE AS THINGS COME FORWARD AS THESE AMENITIES START COMING ONLINE? SO WHEN I LOOK AT CURRENT STATE, MY TWO RESCUES OUT OF LAGRANGE ARE RUNNING JUST UNDER 3000 CALLS A YEAR. 3500 IS MY THRESHOLD FOR I HAVE TO GET ANOTHER UNIT THERE. SO WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE, BUT WE'RE CLOSE. THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS TRAVEL TIMES. SO MY LAGRANGE STATION ONLY HAS A THREE QUARTER SQUARE MILE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC, THE PEDESTRIANS, THE BIKES, THE DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING AND THE VERTICAL TRAVEL TIME. I WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE RESOURCES DOWNTOWN. BUT AGAIN, WHEN THOSE COME ONLINE, BASED ON

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IT'S GOING TO REMAIN THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM. AND RATHER THAN TRYING TO BALANCE HOMELESS WORK AND MEDICAL WORK EQUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE HOMELESSNESS WORK DONE FIRST.

AND THEN IF WE HAVE ANY CAPACITY, THEN WE WILL FOLD IN SOME MEDICAL OUTREACH. OKAY, SO THAT WAS THAT WAS RECEIVED LOUD AND CLEAR. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CHANGE COURSE A LITTLE BIT OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY BASED ON FEEDBACK.

SO WHEN YOU SAY AS TIME ALLOWS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER JUST GETTING ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE OPTIONS, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THAT MIGHT RELATE OR COMPARE TO LIKE THE WORK OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER, FOR EXAMPLE. IT'S VERY SIMILAR. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH NETWORK 180 RIGHT NOW TO GET SOME MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM OUR NORMAL SOCIAL WORKERS. THE EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE DURING PUBLIC SAFETY IS WE HAVE A PATIENT AT 72, SHELDON. THEY'RE NOT ON PRIORITY HEALTH. THEY ARE NOT HOMELESS, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO DIALYSIS RIGHT NOW FOR VARIOUS REASONS, ONE OF THOSE BEING TRANSPORTATION. AND SO 3 TO 4 TIMES A WEEK, MY FIRE TRUCK SHOWS UP, HELPS THE AMBULANCE LOAD THEM INTO THE AMBULANCE, GOES TO THE HOSPITAL, GETS EMERGENCY DIALYSIS. THAT'S NOT A GOOD USE OF ANYONE'S TIME, ESPECIALLY THE PATIENTS AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE SITUATION WHERE MY HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM COULD SIT WITH THEM AND THE MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND HELP THEM NAVIGATE GETTING TRANSPORTATION LINED UP, GETTING BACK INTO THE CLINIC, GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS PATIENT. AND THEN IT REALLY DOES HELP THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. IF WE CAN AVOID CALLING 911 FOR STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THERE I KNOW THERE'S TYPICALLY STAFF AT A LOT OF OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS THAT ARE MEANT TO HELP NAVIGATE TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER KIND OF MORE SOCIAL BARRIERS. YES. WHAT WHY HASN'T THAT CONNECTION BEEN MADE WITHIN THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM? THERE ARE SO MANY PROGRAMS IN THIS CITY, AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THOSE. AND THAT'S WHAT OUR TEAM IS GOING TO HAVE THE TIME TO DO VERSUS MY SUPPRESSION CREWS WHO SHOW UP MITIGATE THE IMMEDIATE LIFE SAFETY RISK AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO SLOW DOWN. IT MIGHT BE AS SIMPLE AS GOING WITH THEM TO MEET THE APPROPRIATE PERSON AT THE HOSPITAL, AND KIND OF HELPING THEM NAVIGATE AND HOLDING THEIR HAND THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU. MANY OF YOU KNOW I WORK IN HEALTH CARE FULL TIME, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW IT CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS AND FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON, BUT ALSO AT PUBLIC SAFETY. LAST WEEK WE HAD THE ADJUSTER PRESENTATION. AND PART OF THE PURPOSE OF ADJUSTER IS TO FIND GREAT EXAMPLES LIKE THIS RIGHT THERE. IT IS A MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE PROBLEM, BUT NOW IT'S BECOMING A HUGE PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSE. AND HOW DO WE GET AHEAD OF THE PROBLEM? SOLVE THE REAL PROBLEM OF THE HEALTH CARE ACCESS SO THAT WE CAN SAVE DOLLARS AND EFFORTS AND FOCUS ELSEWHERE WITH OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE? SO THANK YOU FOR KIND OF SHARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT. AND THEN RELATEDLY, KIND OF IN THE SAME VEIN. WE WE'VE DONE, I THINK LAST YEAR WE DID A PUBLIC SAFETY TOUR OF EACH WARD.

AND IN THE THIRD WARD, YOU KIND OF POINTED OUT HOTSPOTS OF WHERE MEDICAL COSTS TAKE PLACE. AND SO KIND OF IN THE SAME VEIN OF HAT IN THE MEDICAL NEEDS THERE, THOSE ALSO EXIST ELSEWHERE, PARTICULARLY IN WHERE WE HAVE A DENSITY OF SENIOR CITIZENS, WHERE WE HAVE A DENSITY OF, WELL, THAT'S MOSTLY A KIND OF IN 2 OR 3 LOCATIONS, AT LEAST IN THE THIRD WARD. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION IN THIS KIND OF NEW APPROACH OF OR IN YOUR INITIAL APPROACH OF THINKING ABOUT MOD, OF DOING MORE MEDICAL OUTREACH OR CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND MORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IN PARTICULARLY THE HOT SPOTS THAT ARE REALLY A DRAIN ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. SO MY DIRECTION TO THE EMS CHIEF WAS WE'RE SOON TO HAVE 12 FIRE STATIONS, 12 FIRST, TWO DISTRICTS. LET'S TAKE THE TOP 911 MEDICAL CALL USER IN EACH DISTRICT MAY NOT BE A PERSON, MIGHT BE AN ADDRESS, A FACILITY.

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AND IF WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE MONEY IS BEING TAKEN OUT OF DEMOCRATICALLY ACCOUNTABLE.

SOURCES THAT I THINK IS PROBLEMATIC, AND WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE MONEY TO GO TO THE PEOPLE UP IN THIS DAIS TO MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS ABOUT. SO WE'RE HERE TO WE'RE HERE TO SPEND THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY TO PERFORM BASIC SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN OLIGARCHY. I LIKE DEMOCRACY.

WELL, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE DID WHAT DID MEANS? YOU MENTIONED THAT A COUPLE TIMES.

THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. IT'S A SELF ASSESSMENT ON FROM PROPERTY OWNERS TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL THINGS, FOR IMPROVING THE LOOK OF AN AREA OR SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO AN AREA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR FIRE? OTHERWISE, MOVING ON TO POLICE, I'LL ASK.

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ABSOLUTELY. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, REINVENT THE WHEEL ON THE LARGE EVENTS LIKE THE SOCCER STADIUM, THE AMPHITHEATER, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MODEL OF THE VAN ANDEL ARENA, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM. AND TYPICALLY BETWEEN 6 AND 10 SWORN OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED. ANYTIME AN EVENT, A LARGE EVENT TAKES PLACE IS THERE THIS WEEKEND. SO WE'LL LOOK.

WE'LL WAIT TO GET THE TRAFFIC ROUTES AND, YOU KNOW, FINALIZE PARKING THINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND HAVE OUR. SPECIAL EVENTS. LIEUTENANT, TAKE A DEEP DIVE AND SEE IF 6 TO 8 LOOK GOOD. DOESN'T WE'LL GET THE SCHEDULE. I THINK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 55 EVENTS A YEAR AT THE AMPHITHEATER, MAYBE MORE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SOCCER GAMES, BUT WE PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER. WE ACTUALLY WILL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF SCIENTIFICALLY RELIABLE NUMBER OF AN ACTUAL NUMBER THAT WILL NEED JUST TO MAINTAIN THAT. WITH THAT, THEN THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE WORKING, HOW MANY WOULD HAVE TO BE ORDERED IN EVENTUALLY.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THAT IF WE DON'T GO OVER 300, WE WILL ON CERTAIN DAYS BE ORDERING IN EVERY PERSON THAT'S OFF. YOU'RE YOU HAVE TO COME TO WORK KIND OF LIKE THIS SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, AS THE RIVERBANK RUN. TO BE HONEST, WE USUALLY HIT OVER A 20 YEAR SENIORITY MARK FOR ORDERS. AND SO ON SATURDAY, ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T AT LEAST HAVE 20 YEARS ON THE JOB IS GOING TO BE IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY WORKING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ORDERED INTO WORK, THE RIVERBANK ROAD. JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A MANPOWER EXTENSIVE OR IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE NUMBERS. WE KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE. I KNOW FROM THE HIGH SIDE, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS. WE'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE BACK IN THE YEAR 1999 WHEN WE HAD 396 OFFICERS. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT THAT MANY, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THE 300 TO DO IT RIGHT, AND TO DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN OUR WORKFORCE, BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN KEEPING THE MEN AND WOMEN COMING IN AND BEING MOTIVATED IS, IS THEY SEE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING. THIS MORNING, I WENT TO BOTH LINEUPS AT 530 AND 630 AND LOOKED AROUND. WE HAD 35 SWORN OFFICERS THIS MORNING. WE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY, BUT I CAN THINK BACK TO THE SAME TIME IN 2022, AND I WILL GO IN A MORNING LINEUP AND HAVE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, AS FEW AS 16 OFFICERS. AND THE OFFICERS SEE THAT THEY KNOW HELP IS ON THE WAY. AND SO WHEN I SAY, HEY, YOU'RE ALL WORKING SATURDAY, IT DOESN'T KILL MORALE. SO BUT ANYWAY, WE HAVE A WAY TO COME UP WITH A REASONABLE, RELIABLE NUMBER. AND I THINK TEN IS A GREAT STARTING POINT FOR THAT. BUT WHEN WE GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE SOCCER SCHEDULE AND THE AND THE AMPHITHEATER SCHEDULE, WE COULD PROBABLY GET YOU SOMEWHAT OF A STATISTICALLY RELIABLE NUMBER. GREAT. THANKS, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS. YEAH.

THANKS, MAYOR. I FIGURED I'D KEEP MY COMMENTS. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE CONSOLIDATED FOR BOTH.

FIRST OF ALL, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRE STATIONS. SOUTH DIVISION ESPECIALLY. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT TAKE SHAPE FOR CHIEF WINSTROM RETURN OF COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICERS. THAT'S SUPER EXCITING TO ME. THAT'S SOMETHING THE PAST TWO YEARS I'VE HEARD CONSTANTLY FROM NEIGHBORS IN EVERY CORNER OF MY WARD IN THE CITY TOO. SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN SECOND, I JUST WANT TO COPY AND PASTE EVERYTHING THAT WAS JUST SAID. I THINK MY BIGGEST THOUGHT RIGHT NOW AND COMMISSIONER KILGORE ALLUDED TO THIS TOO, IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO NEED FOR INCREASED AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN? I KNOW I THINK I

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AWESOME. CAN CAN I IF SOMEONE CAN PULL UP SLIDE 14 MAYBE JOEL, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE 14 BECAUSE THIS THIS QUESTION COMES UP HAS BEEN COMING UP EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH NUMBER ON THE TOP LINE. WAS IT 3 OR 4 NOT 302 BECAUSE WE'VE LOST GRANT POSITIONS. AND EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN ASKED, WHEN ARE YOU ADDING MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO THE CITY BUDGET? AND MY RESPONSE WOULD BE WHEN I CAN BE ASSURED WE CAN STAFF ALL THE POSITIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE VACANT POSITIONS SITTING IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE UNUSED. AND SO MY RESPONSE AGAIN TODAY IS THE SAME WITH THE CAVEAT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 302 POSITIONS, THE CHIEF AND I CAN AGREE TO HIRE TEN MORE. I GUESS I CAN AUTHORIZE THE STAFFING OF TEN MORE THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY STAFF. SO THAT'S 312 POSITIONS. ONCE I SEE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS CONSISTENTLY STAFFING AT THE 30, 306 LEVEL, IT THEN TO ME IT SIGNALS IT'S TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WHAT I'M WHAT I'M HEARING NOW IS EVEN AT 290, YOU'LL BE CLOSE TO 298 WITH THE ONES YOU HAVE IN THE ACADEMY. BUT THE RETIREMENT AND TURNOVER IN TERMS OF PROJECTIONS, YOU HAVE A PROJECTION OF BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR END OF NEXT YEAR, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RETIRE OR TURN OVER OUT OF THE 290? YOU KNOW THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, LET'S SAY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WANT TO OR BY THE END OF IN IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26, BY NEXT JULY, NEXT JULY, THERE THERE MAY BE SEVEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. WE HAD A HUGE WHEN THAT DIP THERE. THAT'S THE MASS RETIREMENT FROM THE 90S BECAUSE WE HAD MASS HIRINGS IN THE 90S.

FORTUNATELY THAT'S GONE AWAY AND NOW IT'S JUST A TRICKLE. AND PEOPLE THAT WERE LEAVING FOR OTHER JOBS AND OTHER AGENCIES HAVE STOPPED LEAVING. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE WE'RE GOING TO BE AT 302 IN NO TIME. SO WE SAY WITH SEVEN. SO THAT MEANS HIRING ANOTHER 22 OR SO IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, COULD GET US AT 305 NUMBER AFTER THE SEVEN LEAVE. EVEN EVEN LESS THAN THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EIGHT IN THE ACADEMY THEY'LL MARRY UP WITH HOPEFULLY ANOTHER SIX LATERALS OR MORE. AND SO YEAH, EVEN LESS THAN THAT. SO WE'RE CLOSE. SO PROBABLY NEXT BUDGET IF WE'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT STAFFING LEVEL OVER 300 FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME, WE WILL BE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. GREAT. SO COMMISSIONER AND THEN COMMISSIONER PURDUE, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. CHIEF. I DO HAVE A QUESTION AROUND STAFFING AS WELL. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THESE MAJOR EVENTS WOULD BE RELATED TO TRAFFIC. I KNOW THERE'S OTHER CONSIDERATIONS TO, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PD HAS TO RUN THE TRAFFIC COORDINATION BECAUSE THAT'S A STATE LAW, RIGHT? THAT IS ACCURATE. SO I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE MADE SO MANY STRIDES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO REALLY CIVILIANIZE CERTAIN POSITIONS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.

FOIA RECORDS, I CAN'T THINK OF ALL OF THEM. BUT I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME ONTO THE COMMISSION, THAT WAS A MAJOR DISCUSSION THAT WE WERE HAVING. AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD OF THESE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SOME OF THE MEDICAL RESPONSE PIECES THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, CHIEF BROWN, IS TO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF WHERE

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SOME OF WHAT THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT, I FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOME PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WAS OCCURRING IN THAT YEAR, AND I, I DON'T SUPPORT THAT. BUT I WONDERED IF THAT CONTRACT IS STILL BECAUSE IT WAS OKAY. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NO LONGER VALID. THEY'VE WORKED OUT THEIR OH, THEY THEY HIRED A RETIREE TO GO WORK ON THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES DIDN'T THEY? I BELIEVE IT ENDED A YEAR AGO. YEAH. THAT NUMBER COMMISSIONER, WILL YOU SEE ON THE CHART THAT DECREASED FROM 304302. THAT'S DUE TO THE EXPIRATION OF THAT CONTRACT.

OKAY. BECAUSE WE COULD ONLY STAFF TO 3 OR 4 IF WE STAFFED AT 302 TO HIRE THE ADDITIONAL TO THE HOSPITAL. AND I MY FEELING WAS LIKE, LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER. AND OKAY, GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT MIGHT COME IN THE DISCUSSION.

THIS IS MORE FOR YOU. JUST BROUGHT UP THE TRUCK ENFORCEMENT. THIS WAS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, COLLEAGUES THAT CESAR CHAVEZ GRANVILLE AVENUE CORRIDOR BROUGHT UP THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRUCK ROUTE AND FEELING LIKE THAT WASN'T BEING ENFORCED. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WHERE THAT HAS CONTINUED OR LANDED, BUT I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER THAT. OR MAYBE YOU HAVE ANSWER. I CAN COMMIT TO HAVING AN UPDATE ON PUBLIC SAFETY. OKAY, I WAS I LISTENED TO THE RADIO, EXCEPT I TURNED OFF WHEN I'M IN HERE. BUT I LISTENED TO IT JUST ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVELY EDUCATING AND PROBABLY TAKING SOME ENFORCEMENT OVER ON CESAR CHAVEZ, SO IT SHOULD BE GETTING BETTER. THE ACTUAL WEIGHTS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO DEPLOY IN THE WINTER TIME JUST BECAUSE OF CONDITIONS, BUT THEY'RE BACK OUT THERE WITH THE WEIGHTS AS WELL. SO OKAY, I THINK HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION COME NEXT. PUBLIC SAFETY OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST THIS IS PROBABLY MORE OF A COMMENT BUT JUST THE CONTINUED SUPPORT. YES, I THINK THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A OF A UNFUNDED MANDATE AS IT RELATED TO THE TRANSPARENCY EFFORTS, WHICH I'M SUPPORTIVE OF. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH HOW WILL WE SUPPORT THAT? JUST THIS YEAR, OUR FOIA COMMITTEE, WE'VE HAD COMMISSIONER KILGORE, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS AND I, WE'VE HAD, I THINK, 3 OR 4 APPEALS, WHICH IS QUITE HIGH FOR THIS TIME. AND DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY STRAHM ALSO SHARED THAT

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SO PEOPLE THEN DON'T OUTLAY THE MONEY IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THEY GET. BUT WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THESE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS. DO WE INCLUDE MORE OUR WELL, I SHOULD SAY I DON'T KNOW. AND I DON'T SEE MR. DAVIS BUT IS FOIA AND WHAT FOIA IS INTENDED TO DO PART OF THAT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMPAIGN? IF NOT, CAN WE INCLUDE SOME OF THAT? SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER PERDUE. GOOD MORNING CHIEF. MORNING, COMMISSIONER. JUST TO KEEP THE LINE OF FOLLOW UP QUESTIONING GOING. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT AROUND, TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER SASSY, BECAUSE I HAD I WAS WONDERING WHY WE SPENT SO MANY RESOURCES ON TRAFFIC. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS A STATE LAW. AND I WONDER IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO RECONSIDER OR OR WE THINK SHOULD WORK DIFFERENTLY FOR US, ESPECIALLY FOR OUT YEARS, IF WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER ADDING IT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CONVERSATION AND POTENTIALLY OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. JUST THINKING AHEAD. SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CRIME PREVENTION PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION ON SLIDE 13. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, I AM JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN RECENT YEARS AROUND VICTIM SUPPORT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S CERTAINLY WORTH CELEBRATING. I THINK THERE'S STILL A GAP IN DV SERVICE, PARTICULARLY ON PREVENTION. RIGHT. LIKE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF ON ACCOUNTABILITY, RIGHT. SEEKING JUSTICE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED. AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO DONE A GOOD JOB OF SUPPORTING THE VICTIMS AFTER THE FACT. IF THEY'RE STILL ALIVE. BUT WE HAVEN'T I DON'T THINK, AS A COMMUNITY DONE A GREAT JOB ON THE PREVENTION SIDE. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE TALK ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME, REALLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THREATS. THOSE HOMICIDES COUNT FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR HOMICIDES ARE DOMESTIC RELATED. SO WHILE WE SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PURSUING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS AND WE ARE PURSUING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ACCUSED, BUT WE'RE NOT YET PUTTING RESOURCES IN THE PREVENTION OF EVEN CREATING VICTIMS IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SPEND MORE TIME EXPLORING AND SEEING HOW, FROM A CRIME PREVENTION AND VIOLENT CRIME STANDPOINT, WE MIGHT WE MIGHT BETTER TACKLE THAT. ON THE PREVENTION SIDE ANY. NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND, BUT FEEL FREE IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS. WE SO AS POLICE OFFICERS, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE OFTEN MADE AWARE OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE GET CALLED TO THE HOUSE AND WE'RE TAKING THAT REPORT AND INTERACTING. SO WE END UP BEING THE CONDUIT FOR THE ENTITIES WHICH ARE BETTER ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, THE SAFE HAVENS, THE YWCA, THOSE WHICH COULD PROACTIVELY GET TO THE POINT. I MEAN, IDEALLY, WE WOULDN'T BE CALLED TO THE HOUSE BECAUSE THAT INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE WOULD BE PREVENTED. BUT SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE WORKING IN THAT FIELD AND SUPPORT THEM ANY WAY WE CAN. AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. HALF $1 MILLION GRANT WE GOT FOR THE RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE SEEN IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IT REALLY WORKS.

AND THAT COMBINED WITH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT, I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO GET THOSE INCIDENTS BECAUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABUSER IS IT'S NOT A ONE OFF. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A BURGLAR. LIKE THEY JUST GO AND GO AND GO AND GO UNTIL THEY'RE EITHER PUT SOMEBODY PUTS HANDCUFFS ON THEM OR UNTIL SOMETHING EXTREMELY TRAGIC HAPPENS. SO I SEE THE CAPACITY FOR MORE THERE. AND WHETHER IT'S US OR JUST US SUPPORTING SOMEBODY ELSE WORKING IN THE FIELD, WE'RE WE'RE ALL FOR IT. AND CLARISSA NOVA. WELL, YOU KNOW, CLARISSA. CLARISSA, OUR VICTIM SERVICES MANAGER, IS VERY FORWARD THINKING. AND SHE'S BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE ON A LOT OF THIS. AND I THINK IF THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, WE'LL GET THERE. BUT INTENTIONALLY LOOKING FOR THOSE MORE OPPORTUNITIES IS I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CONNECTION OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT FOCUS OF THAT, THAT PARTNERSHIP. AND I THINK WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT AT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE WOULD LOVE VALUABLE AS WELL AS THE DICE. I HAVEN'T HEARD AN UPDATE ON ON DICE IN QUITE SOME TIME TOO. SO I THINK OH, AND JUST THIS IS THIS RELATES TO OUR CONVERSATION WITH PD, BUT ALSO 61ST DISTRICT COURT AND OPA, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT TIME. I'M JUST WONDERING IF JUST RELATED TO EXPUNGEMENT FAIRS, I KNOW WE DO WHAT WE DO THEM. I THINK WE HAVE ONE LAST WEEKEND THE COURT DOES.

AND JUST WONDERING IF THE SAME NEED IS THERE AS IT WAS YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED DOING THOSE EXPUNGEMENT FAIRS. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A I SEE A LOT AHEAD. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SAYING

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I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS I MEAN, I ONLY HAVE THREE MORE YEARS ON MY TERM, SO THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THREE YEARS. TO REALLY LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, LONGER TERM FIXES, PARTS OF IT WILL HAPPEN. OKAY, OKAY. NOT ALL OF IT. ALL RIGHT. BUT YOU WILL SEE THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, OKAY. YOU WILL LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS FACILITIES AND STAFFING ALLOCATIONS. SO YOU WILL LOOK YOU WILL SEE IMPROVEMENTS COLLECTIVELY ALL OF IT OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE AND THEN ACCEPT IT. IT'LL HAPPEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WAS MY QUESTION. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OTHERWISE THANK YOU ALL. AND WE'LL MOVE ON

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THAT'S HOW I'VE HELPED THE EDUCATOR THAT WORKS AT GRCC THAT USES FORTNITE TO EDUCATE HIS STUDENTS ON A SCIENCE CLASS. BUT THEN HE WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH KDU TO HOST A COMPETITION WHERE HE HAD 200 KIDS ACROSS THE GLOBE, DEVELOPING ISLANDS ON FORTNITE SPORTS LIKE ISLANDS. SO ALSO WITH THE YOUTH JUSTICE INFLUENCE ESPORTS LEAGUE, A PARTNERSHIP THAT I DEVELOPED WITH 17 CIRCUIT COURT, WHICH IS KING COUNTY'S COURTS. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM HAVING KIDS THAT GO THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM. NOW THEY'RE ON THE E-SPORTS TEAMS, AND NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO GET SCOUTED, GETTING COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. IT'S A COOL THING THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. I'M ALSO HAVE THE CITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. ACTUALLY, SOMEBODY IN NORTH CAROLINA CONTACTED ME ABOUT THIS E-SPORTS LEAGUE TO EXPAND IT, AND THEN THEY WORK IN THE AEROSPACE. SO WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT ASTEROID MINING, HUMANITY'S FIRST TRILLIONAIRE COMING FROM ASTEROID MINING, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A REALITY ONE DAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE DEE JONES THAT GETS BILLIONS TO CREATE AN ASTEROID MINING COMPANY, BUT I KNOW HUMANITY'S FIRST TRILLIONAIRE IS GOING TO COME FROM THAT. AND I DO KNOW THAT IT'S ANOTHER STATE THAT'S TRYING TO DUPLICATE THE LEAD THAT I DEVELOPED HERE IN THE CITY OF GR AND KING COUNTY. IT'S PRETTY COOL. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK DAVID LEGRANDE FOR HIS WORK ON THE EXPUNGEMENTS, BECAUSE I WAS SOMEBODY THAT TRIED TO GET MY RECORD EXPUNGED. AS YOU SEE, I GOT THIS SCAR RIGHT HERE. A POLICE OFFICER SPLIT MY EYE. THEN I HAD TO GO TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND SAID THAT GUY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. AND THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO CHANGE THE POLICIES WITH THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS, BECAUSE HE DEFINITELY VIOLATED MY RIGHTS AND SPLIT MY EYE OPEN. AND IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED EXPUNGEMENT. SO THANK YOU, DAVID LEGRANDE. AND PLEASE UTILIZE THE RESOURCES THAT I GAVE YOU FROM THE SAUDI BUSINESS PEOPLE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY RICH PEOPLE AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR PRODUCTS. AND THEY ALSO HAVE NINE FACTORIES, ECO FRIENDLY FACTORIES. YOU LOVE IT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, THE MEETING IS

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