Jul 21, 2026 City Commission Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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COMMISSION TO ORDER. A COUPLE OF LOGISTICAL POINTS. WE ARE LIVE ON YOUTUBE AND NOT ON FACEBOOK. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT WE ARE NOW FOUR MINUTES OUT. AND WE ALSO DO NOT UNFORTUNATELY HAVE AN INTERPRETER TODAY. SO HAVING CALLED US TO ORDER, I WE LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. AND TODAY I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO NOTE THE PASSING OF ONE OF OUR LONG SERVING PUBLIC SERVANTS, DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF ERIC FREEMAN, WHO PASSED. AND SO IF YOU CAN REMEMBER HIM IN THE MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

COMMISSIONER. KNIGHT. PRESENT. MAYOR LAGRANGE. YES. I'LL JUST GO RIGHT INTO PUBLIC. THIS

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]

BECAUSE WE KNOW. THAT THAT CULTURE TRAMPLES EVERYTHING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS]

HOLD ON. MUSCLE MEMORY IS OFF FROM FROM A FEW WEEKS OFF. ALL RIGHT. FIRST ONE, A COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM SUZANNE SCHULTZ REGARDING THE PARK SCHOOL AGREEMENT. STEVEN FILED COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM MELISSA JEKEL REGARDING A FOIA APPEAL. RECEIVED AND FILED 26 COMMISSIONER 26 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED REGARDING EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM THE AMPHITHEATER. STEVEN FILED COMMUNICATION RECEIVED REQUESTING A PRE PERMIT PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT ESTIMATE POLICY. STEVEN FILED COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM STACEY MCKINNEY, EXPRESSING HER CONCERNS REGARDING THE CLOSURE OF MARKET AVENUE TO ACCOMMODATE AMPHITHEATER EVENTS. COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM ZACHARY MCGRAW REGARDING THE LAKE EASTBROOK AREA. RECEIVING FILED COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM DOCTOR JOSE FLORES EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE CESAR CHAVEZ AVENUE NAME. ERASURE RECEIVED AND FILED SEVEN COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED URGING THE CITY COMMISSION TO APPROVE TO APPROVE IMPROVEMENTS

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STEVEN FILED BRINGS US TO REPORT. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU GO ON, WE DO HAVE A CITY EMPLOYEE WHO'S CAPABLE OF INTERPRETING AS MISS LILIBETH PEREZ COULD COME MAKE HER SERVICES KNOWN.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LILY AND I'M THE INTERPRETER FOR THIS MEETING. IF YOU NEED INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN SPANISH, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES LILIBETH HINOJOSA INTERPRETER. EL DIA DE HOY. SI NECESITA SERVICIOS DE INTERPRETATION EN ESPANOL, POR FAVOR. GRACIAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT BRINGS

[REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS]

SO MY MY COMMUNICATION TO YOU IS THAT GIVES YOU GIVES YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF THE, THE, THE PROCESS THAT, THAT WE WENT THROUGH OR THAT YOU WENT THROUGH WHEN COMMISSIONER ROBBINS RESIGNED, KIND OF GAVE A RECAP OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE OF APPOINTMENTS, THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING, THE MULTIPLE VOTES THAT WERE HELD, AND THAT UNLESS I HEAR FROM A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION TO BRING THIS BACK, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS. AND THEN ALSO YOU HAVE SOME YOU HAVE SOME OPTIONS. IF WE STAY IN THIS PATTERN UNTIL NOVEMBER, WE CAN LOOK AT OR YOU CAN LOOK AT WHO WAS THE TOP VOTE GETTER. IF YOU WANT TO APPOINT THAT PERSON EARLY OR HAVE THEM WAIT TILL JANUARY, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE. BUT I SERVE AT YOUR PLEASURE. SO WHEN I HEAR FROM A MAJORITY OF YOU THAT THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT AN ABSTENTION THAT HAPPENED IN ONE OF THE VOTES. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I TALKED ABOUT IT AS WELL. SO THE ABSTENTION WAS NOT AN ABSENCE FROM THE MEETING. SO THE VOTE, WHETHER IT WAS THREE THREE TO 2 OR 3 THREE, YOU STILL THERE WAS STILL NEED FOR FOUR VOTES IN ORDER FOR IT TO PASS. SO THE ABSTENTION DID NOT CHANGE THE THE QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME. IF THERE IS SOMEBODY SOMEBODY HAD LEFT THE ROOM AND WE HAD A QUORUM, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. SO A FOUR VOTES WERE NEEDED FOR TO PASS IT ON. SO I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE

[CONSENT AGENDA AND REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES]

THESE ARE ITEMS WHICH EITHER PASSED WELL THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND THAT DIDN'T GET REMOVED FROM CONSENT FOR ANY OTHER REASON BY ANY COMMISSIONER FOR FOR THE

[CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL]

[1. Resolution approving the Joint Use of Facilities, Maintenance and Programming Agreement between the City of Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Public Schools]

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OTHER MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE LENGTHENING THE TIMELINES FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS TO UPDATE CURRENT PROCESSES AND OPERATING PRACTICES. AND THIRDLY, TO CLARIFY CERTAIN TERMS AROUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY ONE PARTY ON THE OTHER PARTY'S PROPERTY. AND I'LL ADD TO THAT A COUPLE THINGS. ONE IS THAT THIS CONTEMPLATES A COUPLE RENEWAL OPTIONS. THESE ARE THREE YEAR PERIODS WITH RENEWALS. AND THE SECOND IS THAT, AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST DOCUMENTS LIKE THIS, THE THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT CONTEMPLATES THAT THE. OUR CITY MANAGER COOPERATING WITH THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT COULD MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AN ONGOING BASIS, AS LONG AS IT DIDN'T VIOLATE THE OVERALL INTENT OF THE DOCUMENT, WHICH IS A FAIRLY STANDARD THING. BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THIS IS TO SOME EXTENT A LIVING DOCUMENT.

BUT, MISS BURNS, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL ADD THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ALREADY APPROVED THIS ON THEIR END. GOOD POINT. SO THIS IS PENDING OUR APPROVAL. IF WE CHANGE ANY LANGUAGE HERE, WE'RE WE'RE PLAYING A GAME OF PING PONG AND SENDING IT BACK TO THEM SO THEY CAN CONSIDER OUR CHANGES. BUT, MISS BURNS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD. NO, I THINK THAT COVERED IT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE ON THE CURRENT AGREEMENT. YEAH. AND I WAS I WAS GLAD TO SEE LANGUAGE. I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL DRAFTED. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS. BUT ANY OTHER COMMENTS COLLEAGUES. COMMISSIONER. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR COMMITTEE. REALLY DISCUSS THIS BRIEFLY. I'M GLAD WE GOT THE WORDING IN FRONT OF US. AND I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP HERE FOR ALL OF US. THAT OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE POINT NUMBER TEN, RIGHT, OF FIRST OFFER ON THE PROPERTIES AND THE DISCUSSION AROUND THAT. I DO FEEL LIKE THIS CONTRACT IS MUCH MORE WELL WORDED AND ROBUST THAN THE PREVIOUS VERSION. SO I WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR THAT, AND I WOULD LOVE TO JUST HAVE THE CITY MANAGER OR AS WE GO FORWARD TO DISCUSS WITH US HOW THAT FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL WOULD BE HANDLED, IN WHICH WHO'S THE FINAL DECISION MAKING ON THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION? BECAUSE THERE'S AN INTENT OF 30 DAYS INTENT OF NOTICE THAT HAS TO BE GIVEN IN WRITING. IF WE DO DECIDE SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD. YEAH.

SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE QUESTION. SO THE FIRST RIGHT OF FIRST RIGHT OF OFFER IS NOT NO LONGER REFUSAL. I THINK FIRST IT WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH SOME NOTICE BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE AND MY OFFICE. AND IF EITHER ONE OF US HAD INTEREST OF PROPERTY THAT WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE DISPOSED OF, WE WOULD LET EACH OTHER'S KNOW AND GET EITHER CONFIRMATION OR SUPPORT FROM THE RESPECTIVE GOVERNING BODY. BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY.

IT GOES BOTH WAYS. SO IF THERE ARE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING DISPOSING OF, WE TOO SHOULD ALSO NOTICE THEM TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY INTEREST IN ACQUISITION. THE ONLY THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY IN MACRO TERMS, AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IN COMMISSION KNOWS THIS, BUT. AND PROBABLY MOST FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT, THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT THEIR INTENTION TO DISPOSE OF A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES. AND WHILE THE SCHOOL BOARD, OF COURSE, HAS THE HAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TO AND IS ENGAGED IN THEIR PLANNING ON HOW THEY DO THAT. UNLIKE THE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS ON DEVELOPMENT AND BRINGS THINGS TO THIS BODY ALL THE TIME. AND SO I THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME REAL DEVELOPMENT WORK IN THE CITY IS I THINK THERE'S A REAL UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEXT NEAR TERM, BUT THAT ALSO WILL PROBABLY INVOLVE US HAVING THE MONEY TO DO IT. IT'S TOUGH TO DO THINGS WITHOUT MONEY. AND THE OUR NEW LAND BANK IS, I THINK, DESIGNED EXACTLY TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK. SHOULD IT GET FUNDING FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, IT'LL THEN BE IN A POSITION POTENTIALLY TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES, AND THEN PUT THE GREAT MINDS ON OUR STAFF AT WORK, ON MEETING ALL THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE ALL SHARE, ON REALLY GETTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TOWN, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN TOWN, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK, FRANKLY, ALSO ADDRESSING GREENSPACE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, HOUSING FOR FAMILIES, WHICH WILL HELP OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE HOPE. BUT ALL KINDS THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF POSSIBILITIES ON THE HORIZON.

AND I THINK IT'S FRANKLY KIND OF EXCITING THAT WE HAVE WE'VE GOT WE'VE WE'VE DONE THE WORK

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GREAT. ANY FURTHER, IF SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT OFF.

CONSENT WHOEVER DID, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WAS WORTH ELEVATING TO THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY HEARING. I MEAN, I ASSUME THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WATCH THIS THAN WATCH OUR OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS. MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT THANKS TO WHOEVER TOOK THAT OFF CONSENT. THAT BEING SAID, WE NOW NEED TO HAVE A RESOLUTION. SO CAN I HAVE A DID I GET A MOTION ALREADY? OKAY, THEN WE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR THE RESOLUTION. SAY AYE.

[1. Series Ordinance for Water Supply System Improvement Junior Lien Revenue Bonds in an Amount Not to Exceed $21.05 Million]

[2. Motion to give Series Ordinance for Water Supply Sytem Improvement Junior Lien Revenue Bonds in an Amount not to Exceed $21.05 Million immediate effect.]

A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. SO MOVED. SUPPORT. GREAT. NOW TO YOU, COMMISSIONER KNIGHT. OKAY. ONCE AGAIN, ON MAY 12TH, 2026, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THE PUBLICATION OF A 45 DAY NOTICE OF INTENT REGARDING THE POTENTIAL ISSUANCE OF ONE OR MORE SERIES OF WATER SYSTEM SUPPLY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT JUNIOR LIEN BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 21.5 MILLION. THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS ON SUNDAY, MAY 17TH, 2026. THE 45 DAY REFERENDUM REFERENDUM PERIOD EXPIRED ON JULY 1ST, 2026, IN NO POSITION FOR REFERENDUM WAS FILED. THIS INCLUDES SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF VARIOUS AGING WATER MAIN INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER OAKWOOD AVENUE, VALLEY AVENUE, BERKSHIRE STREET, WEALTHY STREET, JEFFERSON AVENUE, BUTTERWORTH STREET, BUCHANAN AVENUE, MILLBANK STREET AND PLYMOUTH AVENUE WITHIN THE CITY.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, THE REPLACEMENT OF WATER SERVICES AND COMPRISED OF LEADED MATERIAL AND THE RESTORATION OF STREETS, RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS AFFECTED BY THE IMPROVEMENTS. IN ADDITION TO FUNDS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS, PROCEEDS FROM THE BONDS WILL BE USED TO PAY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS. THANK YOU. THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE. SEEING ANY DISCUSSION? COLLEAGUES SEEING NONE. COMMISSIONER. YES.

COMMISSIONER. KILGORE. YES. COMMISSIONER. YES. COMMISSIONER. PURDUE. YES. COMMISSIONER.

KNIGHT. YES. MAYOR. LEGRAND. YES. CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT? SO MOVED. ALL

[3. Ordinance amending Section 1 of the Budget Ordinance 2026-11 for Fiscal Year 2027 (Amendment No. 01)]

[4. Motion to give Ordinance amending Section 1 of the Budget Ordinance 2026-11 for Fiscal Year 2027 (Amendment No. 01) immediate effect. ]

THIS IS THE LEONARD TO AND TRAIL STREET PROJECT, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IN THE SECOND WARD. A LITTLE OVER 67,000. PARKS AND REC AGAIN IS ITEM NUMBER SIX. THIS IS FOR THE MICHIGAN NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND. THIS IS A GRANT AWARD, AGAIN FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT AT THE BIKE PARK TO APPROPRIATE 300 ZERO ZERO $0. AND THEN LASTLY, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS FOR SULLIVAN FIELD IMPROVEMENTS, $200,000 RECEIVED FROM FRIENDS OF VALLEY FIELD FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT SULLIVAN FIELD. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS UNDER THAT ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS AGAIN A ROLL CALL VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION COLLEAGUES.

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COMMISSIONER. PERDUE. COMMISSIONER. YES. COMMISSIONER. YES. MAYOR. LAGRANGE. YES. CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT? SO MOVED. SUPPORT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION

[1. Public Hearing to consider a Brownfield Plan Amendment for the 111 Barnett Street NE, 830 Fourth Street NW and 838 Butterworth Avenue SW Redevelopment Project]

THANKS. THANKS, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, JARED WARNER NORCROSS. I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WANT TO HEAR THE THE BRAINCHILD, BUT MAYOR COMMISSIONERS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. IT'S BEEN BEEN A LONG ROAD, BUT WE ARE FINALLY HERE. AND I KNOW RICKY'S REALLY EXCITED TO TO HOPEFULLY KICK THIS PROJECT OFF WITH YOUR SUPPORT. RICKY IS A PRODUCT OF THE EMERGING DEVELOPERS PROGRAM THROUGH THE BROWNFIELD AUTHORITY, RICKY STARTED. REAL ESTATE BEGAN WITH REMODELING, ACQUIRING, REMODELING, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND DUPLEXES AND RENTING THOSE OUT. SO THIS REPRESENTS THE NEXT STEP INTO HIGHER DENSITY SOME INFILL HOUSING, NEW CONSTRUCTION AS OPPOSED TO TO REMODELING. HE'S WORKING WITH A GREAT TEAM TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION, BUT WITH THAT SUPPORT, HE WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THE PREDEVELOPMENT WORK THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN AND, AND ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD TO BRING THE REQUEST FOR THE HOUSING TIF PROGRAM. SO SARAH DID A GREAT JOB. HER AND HER TEAM WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING US HERE. WE APPRECIATE THAT. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RICKY. HE CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HIMSELF, BUT I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION. GUYS. SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE THESE PROJECTS WITH YOU. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND AS JARED SAID, IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A LONG ROAD AND I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT WE'RE FINALLY HERE. YEAH. SO THE THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THREE DIFFERENT PARCELS THAT WILL BE BUILDING A SIX UNIT, ANOTHER SIX UNIT AND THEN AN EIGHT UNIT ON. I'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE. EIGHT 34TH STREET WILL BE A SIX UNIT BUILDING. WE HAVE AMPLE ON SITE PARKING AS WELL 11 SPOTS ON THAT SITE. THE SECOND ONE WILL CONSIST OF EIGHT UNIT BUILDING AT 111 BARNETT STREET. WE'LL ALSO HAVE EIGHT PARKING SPACES ON THAT SITE, AND THE LAST ONE WILL BE 838 BUTTERWORTH. IT'LL BE A SIX UNIT BUILDING, AND THAT WILL ALSO HAVE SEVEN PARKING SPACES ON SITE. SO REALLY TRIED HARD TO DESIGN DESIGN THESE DEVELOPMENTS TO HAVE MAXIMUM DENSITY WITH ALSO MAXIMIZING ON SITE PARKING. THAT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN OF MINE. ALSO, ALL OF THE UNITS ARE A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN YOUR TYPICAL LARGER SCALE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE CITY. EIGHT 34TH STREET WILL BE FOUR THREE BEDROOM UNITS AND TWO FIVE BEDROOM UNITS. 111 BARNETT WILL CONSIST OF EIGHT THREE BEDROOM UNITS AND. 838 BUTTERWORTH WILL CONSIST OF SIX TWO BEDROOM UNITS. SO REALLY EXCITED FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS. AND YEAH, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK. WELL, YEAH, THE SIZE OF THE UNITS REALLY JUMPED OUT AT ME. AND THAT'S GREAT TO SEE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE NEED

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BUT THESE LOOK SORT OF INTERESTINGLY HISTORIC TO ME, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT. BUT THEY CERTAINLY HAVE SOME ARCHITECTURAL LOVE IN THERE. AND THAT'S GREAT TO SEE.

SO THANKS FOR THAT. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ON THE DESIGNS OF THESE BUILDINGS.

AND YEAH, GRATEFUL FOR THE TEAM THAT I'M WORKING WITH ON THESE PROJECTS. THEY ARE CLEARLY NOT COOKIE CUTTER. THEY CLEARLY STAND ON THEIR OWN AS INDIVIDUAL INTERESTING BUILDINGS. SO IT'S GREAT. COMMISSIONER BELICHICK, THANK YOU. AND YEAH, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT. I THINK YOU TOOK SOME OF THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH MAYOR.

I TWO OF THESE ARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN MY WARD. AND I WAS LOOKING AND I'M, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF IMPRESSED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PACK THAT EIGHT 34TH STREET INTO THAT LOT. SO YOU GUYS MUST HAVE DONE A LOT OF IT IS A VERY DEEP LOT. IS IT REALLY TELL FROM THE STREET VIEW. BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY PACKED IT FULL AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT OUTCOME. YEAH. SO I KNOW AND I KNOW, LIKE IF YOU'VE EVER DONE ANYONE'S EVER DONE ANYTHING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE ZONING AND LIKE MEASURING THE RULER AND DOING THE EXPERIMENT OF LIKE, HOW MANY THINGS CAN YOU GET IN THERE? SO IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND, BUT MOSTLY I WANTED TO ALSO ADD THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER DURING THE COMMUNITY MASTER PLAN PROCESS, BUT ALSO I CONTINUE TO HEAR WHEN I'M TALKING TO NEIGHBORS, EVEN YESTERDAY AT MY COMMISSIONER HAPPY HOUR, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE WAY THINGS FEEL AND FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH OFTEN GETS LUMPED UNDER THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS. BUT OFTENTIMES WHAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE MEANING AND NOT PLANNERS IS WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? DOES IT FIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD? AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS AN OLD PART OF TOWN. IT IS. THESE DO FEEL MORE HISTORIC. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL DESIGN IN THE PEAKS AND NOT THE FLAT ROOFS, NOT THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S IT'S NICE TO HAVE MODERN DESIGN, MAYBE IN A CORRIDOR THAT'S IMPROVING OR, YOU KNOW, BUSY STREET, BUT TO BE IN FILL AND FEELING LIKE, OKAY, IT DOES MATCH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT DOES MATCH THE PEOPLE THERE. AND, AND THEN THE SIDES, YOU KNOW, HAVING FAMILIES. SO THE COMPLIMENT AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, AND I SOMETIMES I TREAD LIGHTLY, GET MYSELF IN HOT WATER, BUT WHAT DOES A THREE WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO RENT? LIKE A MONTHLY RENT FOR A THREE BEDROOM AND FIVE BEDROOM. THE THREE I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO JARED HERE BECAUSE HE PROBABLY HAS THE NUMBERS THAT WE. YEAH, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE PROPERTIES IN THE LIKE HOMES THAT ARE RENTING FOR 23, 2400. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. YEAH, I YEAH, I WROTE THEM DOWN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A TYPICAL QUESTION. SO OUR RENTS WERE RANGING BETWEEN 2000 TO 2650 A MONTH. SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AND GOOD WORK.

I WILL HAVE TO CORRECT YOU ON ONE THING ON MY PART. NOW, I DON'T WANT IT TO. YOU JUST SAID YOU YOU LOVE THE ARCHITECTURE AND NO FLAT ROOFS. WE DID UPDATE THE BUILDING PLAN FOR BARNETT. IT IS A FLAT ROOF, BUT I THINK IT'S STILL GOING TO LOOK FANTASTIC. ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE JUST BEEN EXCELLENT TO WORK WITH, LIKE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AS WELL WERE BY RIGHT. SO WE CAREFULLY DESIGNED THE BUILDINGS TO FIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE ZONING RESTRICTIONS, BUT STILL MAXIMIZED DENSITY DOING THAT.

SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CORRECT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THERE'S NO FLAT ROOF BUILDINGS. NO, NO, THAT'S BUT I THINK YOUR DESIGNS ARE INTERESTING WITH THE BALCONIES AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN JUST THE ATTENTION. AND I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE EMERGING DEVELOPER PROGRAM. THERE'S SOME A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE PAUSED RIGHT NOW. AND SO YOU'RE IN A LUCKY SPOT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THIS POINT AND GET HOPEFULLY A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND SOON. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE EMERGING DEVELOPER CHANCE AT IT AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY HELPED ME, I GUESS, PUSH ME THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND YEAH, SUPER EXCITED. SO THANK YOU. GREAT.

COMMISSIONER KILGORE. YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. JUST A QUESTION FOR MR. NIRO AND PROBABLY CITY MANAGER OF I REALLY APPRECIATE COMMISSIONERS BELICHICK'S QUESTION. FOR ALL DEVELOPERS AND WHOEVER WHO ORGANIZES THESE GRAPHICS FOR US. IS THAT YOUR OFFICE, MR. NIRO? WE LET THE

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IT SEEMS TO ME, YES, WE CAN JUST INCLUDE IT ON THE SLIDE. WE'RE TALKING. YES. PERFECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ALL HE MEANT DEMYSTIFY MAYBE NOT ACCESSIBILITY. THERE WE GO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. IT IS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH. SO YES WE'D ALSO LIKE TO BE ACCESSIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT. I DO WANT TO NOTE WITH THAT REQUEST THAT THE ARMY PIECE WILL CHANGE BASED ON THE THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE.

SO I IMAGINE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ONE NUMBER. SO THERE IS A LOT OF CAVEAT NUANCE WITH WHATEVER WE PRESENT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO, TO CONSIDER. ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, MISS ROMERO. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS WE'VE SEEN THAT THAT HAS BEEN A SCATTER SITE DEVELOPMENT. AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT A FEW YEARS AGO. SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT KIND OF WHAT DID WE UTILIZE ANY DIFFERENT PROCESSES TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR THE SCATTER SITE PROJECT TO COME TOGETHER, OR WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS SUPPORTED A PROJECT LIKE THIS? YEAH, WE, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD ONE OTHER COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW, BUT I, I MEAN, THAT OPPORTUNITY REALLY OPENED UP WHEN THE ACT CHANGED AND ALLOWED HOUSING TO BE AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO ACTIVATE MORE INFILL BECAUSE OF IT. BUT NO, IT'S, IT'S FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCESS AS A TYPICAL BROWNFIELD PLAN WOULD. SO WHEN THE ACT CHANGED, DID IT ALSO SPEAK TO SCATTER SITE DEVELOPMENT? IT'S IT'S ALLOWING THE PROPERTY IS QUALIFYING AS ELIGIBLE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF HOUSING. AND SO UNDER TRADITIONAL BROWNFIELD TIF, YOU HAVE TO BE BLIGHTED, FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE, CONTAMINATED WITH A FACILITY OR ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS. AND SO THIS JUST KIND OF CARVED OUT A WHOLE NEW SPACE FOR ELIGIBILITY.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I'M, I'M MORE SO SPEAKING TO WORSE WORD SCATTER SITES DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE. ARE THEY POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HOUSING COMPONENT? WE HAVE NOT DONE IT HERE. ARE THEY ELIGIBLE. ARE THEY POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HOUSING COMPONENT. YES. OKAY. YES. SURE.

YEAH. PLEASE. YEAH. MUSKEGON ACTUALLY DID A SCATTERED SITE DEVELOPMENT WITH A LOT OF THEIR CITY OWNED AND LAND BANK OWNED PROPERTIES SEVERAL YEARS AGO. SO IT WAS POSSIBLE BEFORE.

HOWEVER, I THINK WHAT SARAH WAS GETTING TO IS FROM A TRADITIONAL BROWNFIELD STANDPOINT, YOU NEED TO BE ADJACENT OR CONTIGUOUS TO THAT. IF EACH PROPERTY QUALIFIES IN AND OF ITSELF, IT COULD BE INCLUDED IN A BROWNFIELD PLAN. SO FOR MUSKEGON, THEY HAD ALL LAND BANK PROPERTIES AND THOSE ARE ALL CONSIDERED BLIGHTED. SO THEY DID A SCATTERED SITE PLAN SO THAT SO IT NOT NEEDING TO BE CONTIGUOUS WAS PART OF THE UPDATE. HOUSING IS THE BIGGEST PIECE. YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE OWNED BY THE THE LAND BANK. AND OBVIOUSLY THESE PROPERTIES ARE OWNED PRIVATELY. SO IT WOULD REQUIRE THE HOUSING COMPONENT TOO. OKAY, GREAT. AND YOU KNOW, I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE ONE, I THINK IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SUPPORT MORE PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY MULTI-SITE INFILL PROJECTS. AND SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS COME THROUGH. AND SO WANTED JUST SOME CLARITY ON WHAT CHANGED. OR WAS IT JUST KIND OF FROM THE PRIVATE SIDE THAT IT CHANGED? BUT I'M HEARING IT'S BOTH PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE AS WELL AS KIND OF PROJECT TYPE. SO THANK YOU. AND THEN TO THE DEVELOPER, CONGRATS. I MEAN, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR YOUR GROWTH FROM

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SO I'LL COMMENT ON THAT TOO. THE, THE ZONING CHANGES THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE YEARS AGO ARE A BIG REASON WHY THESE DEVELOPMENTS CAN BE WITH THIS DENSITY ON THESE SITES. SO DEFINITELY SHOUT OUT TO THEM. YES, MAYOR. I ALSO WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE ITEM IN THE PACKET TO COMMISSIONER KILGORE'S AND BILL SHAQ'S COMMENTS EARLIER. THE MAXIMUM RENT ALLOWANCE IS CLEARLY STATED IN THE ITEM. IT JUST WAS NOT REFLECTED ON THE POWERPOINT.

BUT I THINK COMMISSIONER KILGORE'S POINT IS HE HOPES THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS BROADCAST RIGHT NOW AND SEEING THE SLIDE, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT LOOKING AT OUR PACKET. YEAH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WITH THAT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THE STAFF HAD HEARD THAT BEFORE. JUST NOT HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SLIDE. YEP. GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS PROJECT? RUSSELL ON WEST SIDE. I JUST WANTED TO MOST OF THE TIME I COME UP TO COMPLAIN AND BE A JERK AND ALL THAT. I JUST I JUST WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL SAY THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER KILGORE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PERDUE, IN BRINGING UP THESE AND HIGHLIGHTING THE THE THINGS, SOME OF WHICH I BROUGHT UP BEFORE AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT RATHER THAN JUST AM I THAT WE HAVE NUMBERS AND TO CITY MANAGER'S POINT. YES, THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PACKETS. NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO GET THEM BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE AT, ESPECIALLY ON THE NEW WEBSITE, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN HOW IT USED TO BE. SO HAVING THAT INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IS IN REAL TIME FOR PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE MEETINGS AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WATCH ALL THE TIME, CAN GIVE THEM AN IDEA WHEN THEY SEE THAT ARMY NUMBER, WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT. AND TO COMMISSIONER PERDUE'S POINT, YES, IT IS MORE THAN JUST THE ONE. IT WILL CHANGE AS INCOME CHANGE, AND IT'LL CHANGE AS DEPENDING ON THE THE WHAT UNIT IT IS, WHETHER IT'S A SINGLE OR FULL FAMILY. ALL OF THAT COMES INTO PERSPECTIVE. BUT HAVING THAT ILLUSTRATED WOULD REALLY HELP PEOPLE BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING PASSED AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, AND THE OVERALL BENEFIT TO EVERYONE AND TO THE DEVELOPER. I'M A WESTSIDE RESIDENT. THIS IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM ME.

LOVE THIS AREA, LOVE THE DENSITY, LOVE THE DESIGN. I COME FROM A FAMILY OF DEVELOPED WELL, MY WIFE'S FAMILY, WHICH I CLAIM A FAMILY OF DEVELOPERS AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.

GOOD TO SEE. OKAY SEEING NO ONE ELSE. THIS HEARING IS CLOSED AND FOR THIS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. THANKS. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO

[2. Public hearing to consider establishing an Industrial Development District for Profile Films at 701 Ann St NW]

[3. Public hearing to consider an application for an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate filed by Profile Films for a $26 Million project located at 701 Ann St NW]

[4. Public hearing to consider an Amendment to the Brownfield Plan Amendment for the Redevelopment Project located at 701 Ann Street NW]

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SO THIS IS NOT HOUSING RELATED, BUT WE'VE GOT SITE PREP AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEING SOUGHT AFTER. YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT COSTS OF 53.7 MILLION. AGAIN THIS IS THE SAME NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING, 97,000FT■!S. THE BROWNFIELD TIF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES ARE ARE SPECIFIC TO 5.1 MILLION. AND AGAIN THAT'S MAINLY COMPRISED OF SITE PREPARATION. SO THINK CLEARING AND GRUBBING LAND BALANCING AND THEN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. THE INCLUSION PLAN PERCENT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE DRAWING DIFFERENT NUMBERS TO GET THAT PERCENTAGES, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S STILL VERY IMPRESSIVE. AND THEN 55 NEW JOBS AND THIS TIF WILL. THE TIMELINE IS OVER A 24 YEAR TAX CAPTURE PERIOD. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE TEDDY AND STEVE AND ALSO JARED UP ON BEHALF OF WARNER, NORCROSS AND JUDD TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT. GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. HI. I'LL JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE SITE. I THINK YOU PROBABLY ALL RECOGNIZE IT. AND THEN I'LL LET STEVE AND TEDDY TALK ABOUT PROFILE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO, YOURS INCLUDED, WHEN I FIRST BEGAN WORKING WITH THEM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SITE FOR QUITE A WHILE. THEIR COMPANY IS LOCATED IN THE AVATAR PARKWAY, WHICH IS IN THE CITY OF WALKER. THEY ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND RIGHT ON THE BORDER. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE NOW IN GRAND RAPIDS. SARAH GAVE A GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO EXPAND PRODUCTION CAPACITY, AND I'LL LET THEM TALK ABOUT THAT.

BUT THE SITE OBVIOUSLY HAS A STORIED HISTORY. THE FORMER FULLER AND RICE LUMBER MANUFACTURING, THE HASKELITE MANUFACTURING, WHICH THEN BECAME A SUBSIDIARY OF EVANS, WHICH MADE HVAC EQUIPMENT FOR TRACTORS, MOTORHOMES, ETC. THE PROPERTY IS CONTAMINATED. PART OF THE STRUGGLE WITH THIS. WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY, IT HAD A MASSIVE, SPRAWLING OLD MANUFACTURING BUILDING. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY VACANT, BECAME ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE. THERE'S UNDERLYING CONTAMINATION. THEY WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS GOING TO BE REQUIRED FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, WHETHER THAT WAS A VAPOR BARRIER OR IF THEY COULD DIG AND HAUL THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, MOVE FORWARD TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT AND SOME OF THE GEOTECHNICAL ISSUES THAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH. SO THEY DEMOLISHED THE BUILDING. IT WAS FULL OF ASBESTOS. THE DEMO AND ABATEMENT WERE ABOUT 2.3 MILLION, WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BROWNFIELD PLAN REQUEST. SO THAT KIND OF CLEARED THE WAY THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT WAS ABLE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TESTING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE CAN BE SOME SOURCE REMOVAL, WHICH ACTUALLY SAVES SOME MONEY. THERE'S STILL OBVIOUSLY SOME GEOTECHNICAL ISSUES, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE BROWNFIELD PLAN. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE COSTS INCLUDED ARE THAT THERE'S ABOUT A PROJECTED 17 YEAR REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD. THEY ARE SEEKING THE IFT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THERE, BUT I WILL I WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO STEVE AND TEDDY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PROFILE ITSELF. THANKS FOR HEARING OUR PROPOSAL TODAY. I'M TEDDY AMON.

STEVE STARTED PROFILE FILMS BACK IN 1998. WE'VE BEEN OPERATING ON THE BORDER OF WALKER AND GRAND RAPIDS SINCE 2015. I GUESS WE MOVED IN JANUARY OF 2016. WHAT WE DO IS NOT FILMS LIKE TV OR MOVIES. WE MAKE PLASTIC FILM AND BAGS FOR FOOD PACKAGING MAINLY. SO IT'S CALLED BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION. WE'RE USING POLYETHYLENE, WHETHER IT'S HIGH DENSITY OR LINEAR LOW. AND WE'RE WE HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS IN THESE DAYS, IT'S OVER 80% DIRECT OR INDIRECT FOOD CONTACT. BUT WE GOT OUR START BACK IN THE DAY SERVING THE INDUSTRIAL, YOU

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IF YOU GO RIGHT TO THE MIC. YEAH. SO SO ALL THE PEOPLE WATCHING CAN HEAR YOU. YEAH.

OKAY. I FOUNDED PROFILE IN 1998 AFTER A SHORT STINT WITH A SIMILAR COMPANY HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS. WE STARTED IN THE OLD REYNOLDS ALUMINUM BUILDING, WHICH YOU'RE PROBABLY QUITE FAMILIAR. THAT BUILDING HAD SOME UNIQUE QUALITIES ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY THE CEILING HEIGHT.

OUR PROCESS REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE STEEL TOWERS WITH WHICH WE RUN FILM UP TO COOL, AND THEN WHEN THE FILM COMES BACK DOWN, WE CAN DO A VARIETY OF THINGS TO IT, LIKE MAKE IT INTO BAGS.

SO THE FANCY NAME FOR WHAT WE DO IS EXTRUDED POLYETHYLENE. WE BASICALLY MAKE BAGS, BUT WE DON'T MAKE BAGS THAT END UP IN THE HAND OF THE CONSUMER. OUR BAGS GO TO PLACES LIKE BLUE DIAMOND ALMONDS AND PUBLIC SUPERMARKETS AND A LOT OF SHORTENING AND INGREDIENTS AND MEAT PACKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO FOR US TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SELL TO THESE LARGE FOOD COMPANIES, WE HAVE TO MAKE A PRODUCT THAT WORKS ON THEIR MACHINERY. IT HAS TO BE FOOD SAFE, AND IT HAS TO BE DELIVERED ON TIME. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE DO. AND WE'VE BEEN GROWING STEADILY EVER SINCE WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1998, MOVING FROM PORTER STREET OVER TO WHERE WE ARE NOW WAS A INCREASE FROM 90,000FT■!S TO JUT OVER 200,000. IT'S ABOUT 190,000FT■!S OF OPERATIONS AND THEN SOME OFFICE SPACE. THIS NEW BUILDING WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 97,000 MORE PURE MANUFACTURING. THERE IS A SIZABLE OFFICE INCLUDED IN THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT THE MAIN POINT IS TO ADD TO OUR, YOU KNOW, CURRENT MANUFACTURING CAPACITY. WE'RE NOT ADDING MANY NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR ANY NEW RISKY MARKETS. WE ARE JUST EXPANDING OUR CORE BUSINESS INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN OUR 28 YEARS IN BUSINESS. OKAY. SORRY. I ALWAYS REMEMBER THINGS WHEN I SIT BACK DOWN. BUT SO WE ORIGINALLY STARTED WORKING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN 2024, I THINK TO ADVANCE THE BROWNFIELD AND EFT REQUEST. THE UNFORTUNATE PART WAS THE ORIGINAL BUDGET CAME BACK AND EVEN WITH THE SUPPORT, IT DID MAKE SENSE. SO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM KIND OF PAUSED. THAT WAS THE DECISION TO REMOVE THE BUILDING, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS UNDERNEATH THAT. THEY ARE, SINCE WORKING WITH A DIFFERENT GENERAL CONTRACTOR, STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE BUDGETS, BUT WE WERE AT A POINT THAT THAT WE COULD GET THIS ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. SO JUST WANT TO KIND OF TOUCH ON SOME OF THE TIMING FROM THE BUILDING BEING DEMOLISHED TO, TO THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU TODAY.

SO GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES? COMMISSIONER KNIGHT, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I JUST SOMETHING RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD AGAIN AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOUSING AND HOUSING COSTS AND ALL OF THAT. SO YOUR AVERAGE WAGE IS $22 AN HOUR. HOW DOES THAT EQUATE TO A LIVING WAGE IN THE CITY? YES, ACTUALLY. SO WAGES ARE YEP. A TOPIC WORTH DISCUSSING HERE. SO I WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR AVERAGE CLOSER TO 23, 45 PER HOUR BASED ON THE, THE PRIMARY POPULATION IN THAT PLANT WILL BE THE STARTING WAGE WOULD BE $22. BUT THAT IS THE THAT'S THE STARTING WAGE. WE DO ANNUAL INCREASES AND MERIT INCREASES. ALSO. THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR BENEFITS. WHICH PROFILE HAS EXTREMELY STRONG BENEFITS. YOU KNOW, HEALTH INSURANCE AND AND 401 S AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN ALSO WE OFFER BASICALLY UNLIMITED OVERTIME THAT MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES LEVERAGE, WHICH IS TIME AND A HALF AND TWO DOUBLE TIME ON HOLIDAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE DO HAVE A REALLY NICE OVERTIME POLICY AND WE, WE DON'T EVER DO MANDATORY OVERTIME. AND WE ENCOURAGE OVERTIME IF OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD LIKE TO. SO THAT THAT IS LIKE THE STARTING

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THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE YOU'RE PAYING MY MY HUSBAND IS AND HAS BEEN AT AMAZON WAREHOUSE FOR SINCE THE PANDEMIC IN MARCH OF 2020. AND HE'S ONLY NOW MAKING $22 AN HOUR. SO I DO THINK THAT THAT IS COMPETITIVE. COMPETITIVE. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT IN THE WEEDS. SO BUT I WANT TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING A BROWNFIELD AND THERE WAS CONTAMINATION AND YOUR PROCESS INVOLVES SOME CHEMICALS, I'M SURE. AND SO ONE, WHAT'S YOUR YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN? JUST LIKE A 30S ON THAT. AND THEN DO YOU USE ANY RECYCLED MATERIALS IN YOUR ETHYLENE POLYETHYLENE EXTRUSION? OR DO YOU HAVE TO USE RAW MATERIALS? SO TO BE CLEAR ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN, DO YOU MEAN FOR THE SITE OR FOR OUR.

OKAY. JARED, DO YOU MIND? YEAH. FOR THE I THOUGHT YOUR QUESTION WAS SPEAKING TO THEIR OPERATION.

WELL, THE NEW SITE IS GOING TO BE DOING MANUFACTURING AND THEY'VE GOT CONTAMINATION.

YOU'VE HAD TO CLEAN UP FROM PREVIOUS MANUFACTURING. SO IT'S ALWAYS WORTH JUST HIGHLIGHTING BRIEFLY THAT. AND THEN IF ANY RECYCLED MATERIALS ARE USED IN THE PROCESS. SURE. AS FAR AS REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE GOES, THE THE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT.

AS I MENTIONED, THE BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED AND THEY'RE ANTICIPATING SOME SOURCE REMOVAL AS OPPOSED TO THE NEED FOR A VAPOR INTRUSION OR VAPOR BARRIER FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

NOW, IF YOU I THINK YOU'RE. YEAH, I'M I THOUGHT YOUR QUESTION WAS GOING WAS TO THE USE OF THE CHEMICALS AND STUFF THAT. YEAH, THE LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO NOT HAVE IT BE CONTAMINATED AGAIN IN THE FUTURE? YEAH, YEAH. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS. SO ALL OF OUR RAW MATERIALS ARE EITHER BOXED, BOXED AND TRUCKED IN, OR WE HAVE RAILCARS THAT ARE PUMPED VIA SILO AND WE HAVE A ZERO PELLET LOSS PROGRAM. SO ALL OF OUR RAW MATERIALS COME IN PELLET FORMAT WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT PROFILE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE GETTING THE PRODUCT INTO THE FACILITY, THE RAW MATERIALS, WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ZERO LOSS OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY. AND WE DO SWEEPS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, I THINK PROBABLY MORE OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM, THAT'S PART OF THEIR NORMAL PM SCHEDULE. POLYETHYLENE, IT'S NOT A LIQUID.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL OF OUR INKS ARE WATER BASED AND WE USE THOSE VERY RARELY. WE HAVE VERY LITTLE WATER USE AS WELL. SO IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WATER WE'RE USING UP IS, IS MINIMAL. AND SO BASICALLY FOR KEEPING OUR PROCESS CLEAN, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE WE KEEP TRACK OF THE PLASTIC WE'RE PRODUCING, RIGHT? AND MAKING SURE MOST OF IT OR ALL OF IT SHIPS OUT THE DOOR. AND THE SCRAP THAT WE PRODUCE DOES NOT END UP IN A LANDFILL. SO ALL OF OUR SCRAP DOES SHIP TO A RECYCLER WHERE THEY'RE RE PELLETIZING THAT SCRAP INTO MORE POLYETHYLENE FILM. IT'S CALLED PIR POST-INDUSTRIAL USE BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONSUMER. IF IT LEAVES OUR FACILITY IT'S INDUSTRIAL USE. SO SO IT IS ALL RE PALLETIZED WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN WE DO PURCHASE SOME POST-CONSUMER RESINS. SO WE DO MANUFACTURE PCR, POLYETHYLENE FILM AND BAGS TO ACTUALLY FOR SOME GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHERE

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[5. City Commission to hear appeals on FY2027 Downtown Improvement District Special Assessment Roll Number 8806]

PROPERTY OWNERS WERE SENT NOTICES ON MAY 28TH, 2026 AND NOTIFIED OF THE ASSESSMENT AMOUNT AND THE APPEAL PROCESS. THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT RULE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS STARTING ON JUNE 15TH THROUGH TODAY. A COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW. THERE HAVE BEEN ZERO APPEALS TO THIS DATE. TODAY, THE COMMISSION CONVENES AS THE BOARD OF REVIEW TO HEAR ANY APPEALS OF THE ASSESSMENTS, AND TODAY IS THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY OF THOSE APPEALS.

I'LL BE HERE AND THEN AFTER THAT, I'LL BE AVAILABLE TILL 5:00 IN THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE TO ACCEPT ANY APPEALS. IF ANYONE SHOULD HAVE ANY. AFTER WE RECEIVE THE APPEALS, WE'LL REVIEW THOSE WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 11TH REQUESTING CONFIRMATION OF THAT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT RULE. AND IF EVERYTHING IS CONFIRMED, IT WILL BE BUILD ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NO ONE APPEALING, I'LL CLOSE THIS HEARING. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY ITEM YOU WISH TO HAVE THE. BE

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MARK BACK. ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE ORANGE PHELAN. FOR HIS. IRRESPONSIBLE COMMENTS ON THE WILDFIRES THAT HAPPENED IN CANADA. WHICH SENT SMOKE ALL OVER THE MIDWEST. AND HIS BRAZEN ATTEMPT TO RAISE TARIFFS. SAYING THAT IT WAS THEIR PROBLEM AND IT WAS THEIR FAULT.

CAN'T HAVE. NO. HE'S NOT JIM CANTORE. HELL, HE'S NOT EVEN ELON BACA. HE NEEDS TO STOP HIS BRAZEN ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO GET MONEY. AND FORCED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO PAY FOR HIS CRAZY ACTIONS. I LIKE TO ALSO APOLOGIZE TO HIS BEHAVIOR DURING THE WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. IN SPAIN. WAS AWARDED THE TROPHY DURING THE TROPHY PRESENTATION. HE DIDN'T GET OFF THE STAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AT METLIFE. HE WON IT ALL. HE WANTED ALL TO BE ABOUT HIMSELF. EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF FIFA WAS TRYING TO YANK HIM OFF, BUT HE REFUSED.

BUT I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR IS THE ONES WHO PUT HIM THERE. THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE MIDTERMS ARE CRITICAL. AND IF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE, BUT TO DO SO NOW BECAUSE TIME IS RUNNING OUT, THE PRIMARIES ARE AUGUST THE 4TH AND THE GENERAL

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BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T. THE SAME BEHAVIOR IS GOING TO CONTINUE. WE WANT TO CONTROL WHAT HE HAS TO WHAT HE'S DONE. WE WANT TO CONTROL WHAT HE COULD DO. THIS IS GONE TOO FAR. IT'S TIME TO MOBILIZE AND ORGANIZE, GET REGISTERED AND GO VOTE. THANK YOU. REVENGE 2026. HI, KIM WARD THREE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING EVERYONE TO REGISTER AND VOTE. I THINK IT IS OUR CIVIC DUTY AND WE SHOULD NEVER MISS IT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WHENEVER WE GO THROUGH AN ELECTION, WE WITNESS THAT THE BIGGEST TURNOUT IS THE NONVOTER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, NEIGHBOR, I APPRECIATE IT. I CAME HERE TODAY FOR A COUPLE REASONS. NUMBER ONE, TO PAY MY PROPERTY TAXES ON TIME LIKE I DO EVERY YEAR. NUMBER TWO, I JUST WANTED TO WITNESS HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO A CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. MAYBE WE NEED TO RETHINK THAT. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE CAN MAKE IT TO A 2:00 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER HAVING A BACKUP PLAN WHEN SOMEONE DECIDES TO CANCEL A CITY COMMISSION MEETING LAST MINUTE. IT'S OUR MEETING, NOT YOURS. AND WE CAME TOGETHER AS RESIDENTS AT BREWERY VIVANT THAT EVENING AND INSTEAD HAD OUR OWN MEETING. WE'VE GOT ALL THE NOTES TO SHARE WITH YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED ON WHAT MY NEIGHBORS CONCERNS ARE AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, AND WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON.

SO PAYING MY PROPERTY TAXES ALWAYS REMINDS ME, WHAT IS MY MONEY GOING TO? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT AM I GIVING THIS BIG CHECK TO MY CITY FOR EVERY YEAR, AND I'M NOT AGAINST IT. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MISUNDERSTAND. I BELIEVE IN OUR TAX SYSTEM. I BELIEVE IN PULLING OUR RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS AND A BETTER CITY TO LIVE IN FOR EVERYONE. BUT WHEN I LOOK AROUND AND I SEE OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, OUR HOMELESS PANDEMIC IN THIS CITY, OUR EMPTY BUILDINGS SITTING EMPTY AND VACANT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO GET CREATIVE WITH THEM, BUT WE'RE BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS. I'M HAPPY WHEN HOUSING BECAUSE WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS, BUT THE PROBLEM IS HOMELESS AND CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING TODAY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD NEW BUILDINGS.

SO I WISH THAT WE WOULD COME TOGETHER AND FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE THAT. AS A TAXPAYER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE LAST MEETING THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, AND I'M ONLY HERE TODAY BECAUSE I OWN MY OWN BUSINESS. I SET MY OWN SCHEDULE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WHEN I'M NOT WORKING, I'M NOT MAKING MONEY. SO IT'S NOT ADVANTAGEOUS FOR ME TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW. ICE IS AN ISSUE IN OUR CITY, AND WHEN MY NEIGHBORS COME TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IT AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING IGNORED. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE LAST MEETING, DAVID, YOU DISAPPOINTED ME SO DEEPLY. YOU MOCKED OUR NEIGHBORS THAT CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT ICE ACTIVITY AND WHAT THEY'RE LIVING THROUGH AND SURVIVING THROUGH IN THE STREETS. AND YOU MOCKED THEM. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SIT THROUGH A MEETING AND HEAR OUR NEIGHBOR THAT COMES AND BASHES PEOPLE THAT GO TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

THAT'S WHY THEY WALKED OUT. THEY DIDN'T WALK OUT BECAUSE OF YOU. SO PLEASE RESPECT MY NEIGHBORS AND YOUR NEIGHBORS BETTER THAN WHAT YOU DID. AND PLEASE, IF SANCTUARY POLICIES ARE IN PLACE, SHOW US WHERE AND WHO'S ENFORCING THEM. THANK YOU. OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER PUBLIC

[COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS]

SORRY FOR THE WEIRD MOVEMENTS. I'M JUST HAVING A AN ISSUE WITH MY LEG. BUT I WANT TO SAY TWO THINGS. ONE, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. YES, SIR. DOG IS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS THIS YEAR. AN ICON WHERE SECOND AND THIRD WARD CONVERGE. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS.

THERE'S SOMETHING TODAY. THERE'S SOME THINGS TOMORROW. AND THEN ON THURSDAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING AND THEY'RE GOING TO ROLL BACK HOT DOGS. SO ANYWAYS, I JUST APPRECIATE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE IN BUSINESS. AND THERE OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN SOLD IN THE LAST YEAR TO NEW OWNERS, BUT TO BE IN BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS IS CERTAINLY AN ACHIEVEMENT WORTH CELEBRATING. SO I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. AND

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AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN THE LAST DAY OR TWO THAT WERE SHARED AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY SPACES. AND SO MAKING SURE WE HAVE SPACES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN CONNECT IS ABSOLUTELY KEY. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO SHARE WITH ONE ANOTHER, JUST THAT CONNECTIVITY THAT ONE ANOTHER HAVE WITH EACH OTHER, WHETHER IT'S KNOWING YOUR CHILDREN'S FRIENDS OR KNOWING WHO THEY'RE CONNECTING WITH. I, YOU KNOW, CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT IS LIKE IN THAT SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD, BUT A LOT OF THAT IS PLAYING OUT AS WELL. AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, YOU HAD SHARED ABOUT DEPUTY CHIEF FREEMAN'S PASSING, AND I THINK JUST A REMINDER THAT LIFE IS FLEETING. AND SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK AND ALSO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOU WHO ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY WHO WORK DIRECTLY WITH HIM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES. THAT WAS VERY HARD TO SEE. AND JUST A REMINDER TO CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY TODAY. TELL THEM YOU LOVE THEM, TELL THEM YOU MISS THEM. AND, AND JUST WE HAVE SOME REALLY DEDICATED STAFF MEMBERS AND YEAH, JUST APPRECIATE YOU SHOUTING THAT OUT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT'S IT FOR TODAY, COMMISSIONER KNIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SASSY. MR. FREEMAN WAS A GOOD FRIEND. I MET HIM SOME YEARS AGO, AND HE ACTUALLY CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR HIS WHEN HE APPLIED TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN BATTALION CHIEFS IN THE CITY. AND I WAS HAPPY TO DO THAT. I HELPED WORK WITH HIM ON STARTING THE YOUTH INTERNSHIP IN THE CITY WHEN I WAS AT THE URBAN LEAGUE, AND I WAS. I WAS VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING, TRYING TO RECRUIT YOUNG MEN. MY SON, BEING A FIREFIGHTER, WAS ONE THAT WAS INSPIRED BY CHIEF FREEMAN, SO I WILL MISS HIM DEARLY. WE WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SCHEDULE SOME LUNCH TWO WEEKS AGO SO THAT THAT CAME AS A REALLY HARD BLOW BECAUSE I JUST SAW HIM AT CHIEF FUNKHOUSER'S RETIREMENT AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT. SO YES, YES, YES, I KNOW LOTS OF THINGS ARE GOING ON IN THIS WORLD, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE THAT TIME AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST LOVE ON ONE ANOTHER. WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT ONE OF OUR CANDIDATES FOR SENATE THIS THIS PAST SUNDAY. THAT WAS A REALLY AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE AND TO SHARE OUR VOICES WITH WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CITY AND ACROSS THE STATE. YAY, SPAIN! WAS REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT, THAT EVENT, BUT ALSO GLAD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO OPEN THAT UP FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE, FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR FREE AND BE ABLE TO WATCH THAT EVENT AND SEE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER. SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD TO BE A PART OF THAT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE SEASON. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND DEVELOPMENT WITH COMMUNITY.

WE GOT NIGHT NIGHT OUT, NATIONAL NIGHTS OUT THAT ARE COMING UP THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. THAT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE OUR ROUNDS ACROSS THE CITY AND JUST SHOW OUR SUPPORT. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT. COMMISSIONER PERDUE, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

GREAT DAY COLLEAGUES. ALMOST SIX HOURS OF BACK TO BACK MEETINGS. NO EATING. IT'S GREAT.

BUT NO, SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY, WANT TO ECHO MY CONDOLENCES TO ERIC FREEMAN'S FAMILY, THE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND I JUST REALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU ALL OVER THE WEEKEND SINCE WE HEARD THE NEWS. SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE TODAY TO HONOR HIM AND ALL HIS WORK. AND AS A REMINDER, I THINK IT WAS LAST MONTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUMMER ACADEMY STUDENTS WERE HERE. AND MY UNDERSTANDING, HE WAS A KEY PART OF, OF STARTING THAT. AND SO WE, WE GOT TO SEE HIS LEGACY IN REAL TIME. RYAN WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. SO THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO SPEAK TO TODAY, JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, IS

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BUT I KNOW THAT THE DESIRE OF THIS BODY, AS JUDGED BY OUR VOTES, IS THAT WE JUST FOLLOW THE ELECTION PROCESS AND NOT APPOINT SOMEONE. AND SO THERE WILL BE A PRIMARY FOR THE FIRST WARD, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A NOVEMBER ELECTION. AND THEN FROM THERE, I PLAN TO ALLOW THE ELECTION, THE TYPICAL ELECTION PROCESS, TO PLAY OUT IN THAT THAT PERSON WILL BE SWORN IN AND THEN START ON JANUARY 1ST, JUST LIKE THEY WOULD WITH ANY OTHER REGULAR ELECTION PROCESS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THAT, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS OF THE THIRD WARD, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND SUPPORT COMMISSIONERS AND RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT IN THE MEANTIME. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING. I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT SUMMER. COMMISSIONER COLEGROVE, THANKS FOR GOING. WARD BY WARD.

THAT'S INTERESTING. WELL, I ALSO AM VERY THANKFUL FOR PRODUCTIVE DAY. I'M THANKFUL FOR THE REVIEW OF THE K9 TEAM POLICIES BY THE GRPD. THERE WAS QUITE A SENSE OF RENEWED COMMITMENT TO STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE IN TERMS OF OUR WORK AND SERVICE TO COMMUNITY. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE DEPUTY CHIEF, AND I'M THANKFUL TO HIM AND CHIEF TRIGG AND THE AND OPA FOR THEIR COLLABORATION. THEY BOTH SAID THAT THEY ENJOYED WORKING WITH ONE ANOTHER ON LOOKING INTO THESE POLICIES, REVIEWING THEM, AND ONCE AGAIN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT WAS VERY PROMISING TO HEAR, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED REVIEW OF OUR CONTINUED REVIEWS OF OUR POLICIES, AS COMMUNITY HAS REQUESTED THAT, SUCH AS OUR FOOT CHASE POLICY, THE CANADIAN WILDFIRES. I'M JUST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CERT AND THAT EARLIER TODAY, I'M JUST CONTINUING TO LET FOLKS KNOW TO BE SAFE, ESPECIALLY FOR THIRD ORDERS. YOU CAN LOG ON TO JUST ER.APP AND FIND THERE'S OVER A DOZEN AIR QUALITY MONITORS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE THIRD WARD, SO YOU CAN GO EVEN CLOSER. OF COURSE, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOUR AQI. YOU CAN FIND THAT ALL OVER THE STATE@AIRNOW.GOV, BUT JUST AIR.APP. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR SUPPORTING THAT. SO THAT WAS A $20,000 INVESTMENT TO GET MORE GRANULAR ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT OUR WHAT OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS BREATHING IN. AND MOST OF THEM ARE BY SCHOOL.

SO WE WORKED WITHIN COMMUNITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN ALONG WITH THE CITY AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I WORKED ON BEFORE BEING ELECTED. SO I'M VERY PROUD TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT. AND YES, WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE. AND, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF A SILVER LINING WITH THE CANADIAN WILDFIRES, IT'S SHOWING US THAT OUR CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN IS IMPORTANT THERE. CLIMATE CHANGE IS CLEAR. IT IS PRESENT. I THINK FOLKS CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THIS IS NOW BECOMING A MORE CONSISTENT THING. AND THAT'S FROM THE EXTREME HEAT AND DRYNESS. AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE AS A CITY ARE BEING PROACTIVE, WHETHER IT'S SUPPORTING AIR QUALITY MONITORS OR PASSING THAT VERY BIG PLAN. THAT WAS THE CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN. SO ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO STAY SAFE. CHECK THE AQI AND WEAR MASK UP IF YOU CAN AND TAKE CARE. THANKS, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. I WILL JUST HAVE THREE THINGS. THE CAP.

LET'S ADD ON TO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT AND THEN YES, BE SAFE OUT THERE. BE BE HEALTHY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. BUT AS WE LOOK FORWARD TODAY, WE SET OUR

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HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR THIS SUMMER, AND THEY HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM AT U OF M PUTTING INTERNS INTO DIFFERENT AREAS. SO HE'S BUSY WORKING ON HIS LSAT AND VARIOUS OTHERS. SO ENDEAVORS, BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE HIM IN OUR OFFICE GOING THROUGH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ELECTION THINGS. WE'VE MAILED OUT 30,000 ABSENTEE BALLOTS AT THE END OF JUNE. WE HAVE ABOUT 10,000 RETURNED. SO 20,000 OF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR BALLOTS IN YOUR HANDS. SO YOU GOT TWO WEEKS TO GET THOSE IN. IF YOU STILL DO HAVE YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT, I HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT YOU DROP THEM OFF IN ONE OF OUR SECURE DROP BOX, WHICH WE EMPTY DAILY RATHER THAN PUTTING THEM IN THE MAIL. AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN STILL GET THEM IN THE MAIL. WE'LL PROBABLY GET THEM, BUT IT'S BETTER TO PUT THEM IN A DROP BOX OR BRING THEM TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, OR YOU CAN BRING THEM TO AN EARLY VOTING SITE OR PUT IT THROUGH A TABULAR ON ELECTION DAY. SO YOU HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS WHEN YOU'RE ABSENTEE. VOTING FILING DEADLINE FOR SCHOOL BOARD IS IN 34 MINUTES. SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, I THINK THERE'S TEN CANDIDATES THAT HAVE FILED FOR FIVE SEATS. SO AND THAT THAT'S AS OF YESTERDAY. SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FILING WAS TODAY. EARLY VOTING STARTS THIS SATURDAY. SO WE SAY SOUP ELECTION DAY WAS THE SUPER BOWL IS NOW THE WORLD CUP OR WORLD SERIES. IT'S IT'S WE'RE IN EXTENDED TIME NOW. SO BUT EVEN SO, EARLY VOTING STARTS ON ON SATURDAY. THE 25TH GOES THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND. IT'S 9 TO 5 EVERY DAY EXCEPT FOR THE TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, WHICH IS 1107. YOU CAN FIND ALL THAT INFORMATION ON, ON OUR GEAR VOTES WEBSITE. WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS. IT'S AT OTTAWA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN THE OLD CAFETERIA ON ON ROSEWOOD THERE, AND THEN ALSO AT SAINT PETER AND PAUL SCHOOL AND GRPS UNIVERSITY. YOU CAN GO TO ANY OF THOSE SITES. SO IF YOU'RE SOME, I THINK OF LIKE THE, THE GARFIELD PARK NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE BORDERING THE THIRD WARD, GO OVER TO OTTAWA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE CLOSER FOR YOU. SO YOU CAN GO TO ANY OF THE, ANY SITE YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT BEHOLDEN TO YOUR PRECINCT OR YOUR WARD. YOU CAN GO TO ANY OF THE THREE SITES. AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT DISABILITY PRIDE, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH DISABILITY ASSOCIATES OF OF KENT COUNTY. THEY ASKED IF THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, IF I GIVE THEM A TOUR OF, YOU KNOW, POLLING LOCATIONS, I'M LIKE, WELL, WE'RE, THEY'RE ALL OPEN ON ELECTION DAY. SO THEY'RE, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO OUR POLLING LOCATIONS TO SEE WITH THROUGH THEIR LENSES OF WHAT OUR PRECINCTS LOOK LIKE WHILE THE PRECINCTS ARE OPEN. SO SOME OF THE DISABILITY GROUPS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH INGHAM COUNTY AND WAYNE COUNTY AND SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES. I SAID, COME ON. AND THEY ALSO CAME AND PRESENTED TO THE KENT COUNTY CLERKS ASSOCIATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, TOO. SO THOSE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING. SO THAT'S ONE GOOD THING THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS. I SAID, YEAH, COME AND TAKE A LOOK. LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THOSE OF US THAT ARE, HAVE, ARE MORE ABLE THAN OTHERS SOMETIMES TAKE THOSE THINGS FOR GRANTED. SO IT'LL BE NICE FOR, FOR THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR, THEIR PROCESS OF GETTING INTO BUILDINGS AND INTO POLLING LOCATIONS. AND THEN FINALLY, I DO HAVE THERE'S INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN HITTING THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ON ELECTION TYPE THINGS, DIFFERENT VIDEOS, DIFFERENT CAROUSELS OF, OF INFORMATION. BUT THE, THE LAST THING, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO, GO TO MICHIGAN.GOV/VOTE. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL THE INFORMATION YOU CAN SEE IF WE, IF WE RECEIVED YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT BACK, IF YOU NEED TO APPLY FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, LOOK AT A SAMPLE BALLOT. CHECK YOUR POLLING LOCATION, YOUR PRECINCT NUMBER, ALL YOU CAN FIND IT ALL THERE AND IN ONE SPACE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. CITY ATTORNEY QUICK, QUICK, A QUICK COUPLE OF THINGS. WE RECESS FROM CLOSED SESSION BUT DID NOT GET TO ALL THE ITEMS. SO WE'LL ASK YOU TO RECONVENE DOWN ON THE SIXTH FLOOR FOR THOSE TWO FINAL ITEMS IN CLOSED SESSION. I THINK AS A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT IT'S ELECTION TIME. I'M SURE FOR THOSE OF YOU RUNNING IN CONTESTED OR UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS, YOU FEEL THAT GOING ON. BUT OCCASIONALLY THERE ARE INTENTIONAL OR MAYBE UNINTENTIONAL EFFORTS TO MISLEAD THE PUBLIC ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS AROUND ELECTIONS OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT, FOR A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE IS REALLY DISHEARTENING AND CAN BE FRUSTRATING FOR THOSE OF US

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