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A
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
18th
annual
state
of
the
community
luncheon,
thank
you.
Everyone
for
being
here,
I
just
wanted
to
mention
in
the
back
of
the
room,
is
the
event
sponsors
showcase
table.
If
you
hadn't
have
had
an
opportunity
to
take
a
look
at
it,
please
do
my
name
is
Barbara
Hart
Carter
I'm
with
Farm
Bureau,
Insurance
agent,
owner
and
I.
Am
your
current
board
chair
for
the
directors
of
the
chamber
of
commerce?
A
Thank
you
again
for
attending.
At
this
time,
I'd
like
you
to
turn
your
attention
to
the
American
flag
and
we'll
say
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
Please
I
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
of
the
United
States
of
America
and
to
the
Republic
for
which
it
stands.
One
nation
under
God
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice,
Carl.
A
That
was
the
end
turn.
The
page
I
also
would
like
to
recognize
the
event
sponsors,
and
they
too
will
be
screening
swirling
on
the
screen
behind
me.
Delta
College
s,
con
group,
Garber
Buick,
Garber,
Chevrolet,
Linwood,
Linwood,
Lakes,
regional
Convention
and
Visitors
Bureau
IBEW
Local,
692,
ITC,
Holdings
Remax
results,
Raymond,
TR
McTaggart.
Let's
give
them
a
round
of
applause
as
well.
A
B
Good
morning,
everybody
and
thank
you
for
coming
again
today.
I
will
be
introducing
our
speakers
but
before
hand
I'd
like
to
go
over
some
of
the
overview
for
the
format
will
be
following
today.
Each
of
our
presenters
will
be
provided
15
minutes
to
make
general
comments.
Dana
Muscat,
our
city
manager,
will
be
speaking
first
and
she
will
be
followed
by
our
county
executive
Jim
Barcia
at
your
tables.
You
will
see
note
cards.
These
will
be
for
your
questions
and
answer
period.
B
B
You
know
beforehand,
and
these
will
be
collected
right
after
Jim's
done
speaking
and
after
that
we
will
have
our
Q&A
setup
and
that
will
be
led
by
Mary
coulis.
She
is
the
community
affairs
manager
at
consumers,
energy.
She
will
be
facilitating
that
so
I'd
like
to
start
off
by
welcoming
up
to
the
stage
Dana
Muscat,
our
a
city,
city
manager,.
B
B
B
Yeah
and
our
next
speaker
will
be
Bay
County
executive,
Jim
Barcia,
who
would
like
to
walk
them
up
to
the
stage
and
Jim
was
born
in
Bay
City
and
as
a
lifelong
resident
of
Bay
County.
He
attended
Bay,
City,
Central,
High,
School
and
then
graduated
from
SVSU
in
1974
with
a
degree
in
public
administration.
He
has
served
three
terms
as
state
representative
for
Bay
County,
five
terms
in
the
Michigan
Senate,
five
terms
in
the
US
Congress
for
the
fifth
congressional
district
and
in
November
2016.
He
was
elected
as
her
new
bay
county
executive.
B
He
participates
in
numerous
civic
organizations
throughout
the
community
and
was
elected
to
the
county
executives
of
America's
Board
of
Directors
last
year
and
was
appointed
to
their
national
task
force
on
opiate
abuse.
Mr.
Barcia
has
a
very
ambitious
agenda
to
help
advance
our
region
economically
and
to
improve
government
services
to
the
bay
County
residents.
To
again,
thank
you.
C
Good
morning,
I'd
like
to
express
my
appreciation
to
the
Chamber's
board
of
directors
and
to
Ryan
Taryn,
the
president
and
CEO
of
the
Bay
Area
Chamber
of
Commerce,
for
this
opportunity
to
share
with
you
the
outstanding
qualities
of
the
city
of
Bay.
City
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
my
mayor
and
city
commissioners.
It
is
what
their
support,
hard
work
and
dedication
to
serve
that
this
community
continues
to
grow
and
prosper.
Please
hold
your
applause
to
the
end.
Commissioners.
C
Can
you
please
stand
when
I
call
your
name
Mayor,
Kathleen,
Newsom
they're
all
over
here
to
the
side?
I,
don't
believe.
First
word,
Commissioner
Jesse
vaca
is
here.
Second
word:
Commissioner
David
Rossi
third
word
Commissioner
Andrew
nezhinski.
He
is
also
our
Commission
president.
Fourth
word,
commissioner:
Brent
Brunner
fifth
work.
Commissioner
Rochelle
Hilliker
sixth
work:
Commissioner
John,
Davidson,
seventh
ward,
Commissioner,
Chris
besmogin.
She
is
our
vice
president.
Eighth
work,
commissioner,
at
Clements
was
our
sergeant
at
arms
and
ninth
work.
Commissioner
Cordell
Morris.
Thank
you.
C
C
Making
a
meaningful
difference
is
my
greatest
motivator.
Every
day,
every
day
I'm
reminded
of
the
important
work
were
involved
in
and
how
were
shaping
our
city.
In
addition,
working
with
a
team
of
individuals
who
care
as
deeply
as
I
do
in
delivering
effective
services
is
energizing
rewarding
indefinitely
a
privilege
with
that
I
want
to
thank
all
city
staff
members.
They
are
incredible
and
a
talented
team.
Please
stand
to
be
recognized.
C
Needless
to
say,
the
thrill
of
finally
becoming
city
manager
and
having
the
opportunity
to
deliver
my
first
state
of
address
is
ridiculously
overshadowed
by
the
stress
of
wanting
it
to
just
be
perfect.
Last
night,
along
with
my
staff,
we
met
with
our
city
commissioners
to
set
new
goals
for
2018,
which
will
be
presented
for
approval
in
the
coming
weeks.
A.
C
Project
that
is
quite
has
taken
quite
a
bit
of
my
time
lately
and
one
that
is
the
elephant
in
the
room
is
bridges.
As
most
of
you
know,
the
city
is
blessed
to
own
two
of
the
four
bridges
that
are
located
in
our
city.
These
are
bascule
bridges,
bridges
that
had
a
lot
of
moving
parts
to
accommodate
our
river
traffic.
Bringing
commerce
debate
in
Saginaw
counties
I
want
to
stress,
regardless
of
what
you
hear
on
social
media,
town,
chatter,
etc.
We
have
a
very
good
working
relationship
with
the
county
on
this
issue.
C
We
also
discussed
possible
Road
swaps,
Tony
wide
in
exchange
for
the
state
taking
ownership
of
the
independence
bridge,
our
next
request
of
a
state
if
they
forego
the
takeover
option,
and
we
don't
have
an
answer.
Yet,
if
anybody's
asking
was
for
funds
to
repair
the
bridge
over
the
past
two
years,
we
have
only
received
two
hundred
and
thirty
five
thousand
dollars
per
year
for
repair
reimbursement.
We
currently
use
act
51
funds,
which
is
our
primary
road
funding
source
from
the
state
for
our
bridges
that
could
and
should
be
used
for
our
deteriorating
streets.
C
If
we
don't
have
any
additional
assistance
from
the
state
that
leaves
us
with
one
of
four
options,
we
could
do
a
countywide
millage
we
could
bind
out.
We
could
do
a
p3
agreement,
which
would
include
poles
or
the
thing
people
do
not
want
to
hear,
is
tear
the
independents
bridge
down,
leaving
us
with
the
cost
of
the
demolition
in
a
gap
connecting
the
thumb
area
to
I-75
Road.
C
The
City
Commission
recognizes
the
seriousness
of
this
decision
and
are
carefully
examining
all
of
their
options.
So
we
have
more
to
come
in
that
in
the
following
months.
On
collaboration
in
recent
years,
we've
worked
on
collaborative
projects
making
sure
the
tax
where
funds
are
being
spent
fiscally
responsible.
C
We
have
a
joint
purchase
of
a
ladder
truck
for
the
Public
Safety
Department,
which
is
currently
being
built
with
Hampton
Township,
and
about
a
week
ago
we
entered
into
a
joint
project
with
Bangor
Township
on
a
water
main
replacement.
We
our
partner
the
bay
area,
water
treatment,
plant,
Advisory,
Committee,
and
also
on
the
Bay
County
Land
Bank.
C
Many
more
projects
bought
to
our
city
by
some
pretty
amazing
people
are
in
the
works,
such
as
the
Uptown
phase
to
the
legacy
building
north
gate
brewery,
the
pavilion
in
Winona
Park,
the
Riverview
Discovery
Island
Park
and
Bigelow
Park
in
construction
of
the
Convention
and
Visitors
Bureau.
The
city
also
entered
an
agreement
with
the
river's
edge
Development
Corporation
to
market
the
former
City
Water
Works,
building
located
in
Bangor
Township.
C
The
city
completed
a
road
project
in
the
amount
of
$900,000
in
the
Midland
Street
business
district,
widening
the
sidewalks
to
allow
for
the
sidewalk
cafes
to
be
adjacent
to
their
restaurants,
as
opposed
to
being
located
in
the
streets.
In
2017
we
adapted
anti-discrimination
in
medical
marijuana
ordinances,
creating
a
lot
of
front-page
stories
for
our
area.
Both
of
these
ordinances
involved
heavy
public
participation
in
a
lot
of
staff
time.
C
We
are
continuing
to
work
within
the
housing
study
guidelines
by
continuing
our
commitment
to
eliminating
blight.
We
took
a
hundred
cases
to
court
last
year
for
blight
in
all
of
those
cases,
were
decided
in
the
city's
favor
every
single
one.
We
issued
two
thousand
six
hundred
and
twenty
six
letters
of
Correction
last
year
and
will
continue
the
enforcement
the
upcoming
year,
our
building
permits
they
were
increased
by
ten
point.
Six
percent
coming
in
at
six
hundred
and
ninety
one
issued
and
out
of
the
thirteen
thousand
one
hundred
total
residential
housing
units
in
base
city.
C
Four
thousand
seven
hundred
and
seventy
two
of
them
are
rentals.
Let
that
sink
in
a
little
bit.
That's
40%
of
our
housing
stock
that
our
rentals
and
sitting
that
makes
our
job
difficult
as
rental
housing
units
statistically
are
more
likely
to
fall
into
a
physical
state
of
disrepair
and
owner-occupied
persons
living
in
rental.
Housing
are
generally
more
transient
than
longer-term
residents
and
may
require
more
education
about
our
community
rules
and
expectations
of
a
city
in
face
city.
In
our
case,
the
average
sale
price
of
a
rental
house
is
more
than
20%
that
I'm
sorry
$20,000.
C
C
We
are
continuing
our
commitment
to
replace
sidewalks,
upgrade
all
streetlights
to
LED
budget
for
road
projects,
work
on
blight
and
work
with
a
county
in
our
neighboring
townships
and
cities
to
find
ways
to
improve
our
region.
In
closing,
we
want
to
boost
the
strength,
stability
and
appeal
of
a
city.
This
means
ensuring
that
you
all
have
pride
and
where
we
live,
work
and
play.
This
is
where
you
all
come
in.
We
need
positive
leadership,
not
negative.
We
need
good
news
stories
by
everyone
in
this
room,
not
negative.
C
So
I
leave
you
with
this
challenge
for
all
of
you,
when
you
go
back
to
your
office,
write
down
what
we
can
do,
look
ahead
envision
partner
and
develop
the
city
of
a
city
and
Bay
County
and
the
Great
Lakes
Bay
region,
so
we
can
continue
to
be
an
exciting
City
with
the
momentum
of
looking
to
the
future,
we
want
all
of
you
to
be
part
of
it.
Thank
you.
D
I
want
to
thank
Ryan
Tarrant,
the
officers
of
the
Bay
Area
Chamber,
your
Bay
Area
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
the
opportunity
for
Dana
dye
to
share
the
progress
we're
making
at
the
city
and
county
level,
and
it's
not
often
that
I
get
to
be
in
such
a
distinguished
group
of
guests
and
community
leaders
who
have
done
such
a
phenomenal
job
in
making
sure
that
we
take
advantage
of
all
of
our
assets
and
all
of
the
many
attractions.
So
we
have
that
make
Bay
County
a
city.
D
Truly
a
magnificent
place
destination
is
to
visit,
as
well
as
to
reside
and
I
complement
our
city
manager,
who
I
have
had
a
great
working
relationship
for
the
past
20
years.
Since
you
began
our
service
for
the
city
based
city
and
looking
forward
in
the
years
ahead
to
working
very
closely
with
her.
What
I
thought
I'd
do
today
and
my
remarks
is
kind
of
touch
on
some
of
the
issues
that
I
enumerated
at
last
year's
state
of
the
community
luncheon
at
Bay
Valley
Inn.
D
To
give
you
sort
of
an
update
on
the
progress
we've
made
and
then
to
touch
upon
some
of
the
issues
that
we'll
be
focusing
attention
on
in
the
remainder
20:18
than
the
coming
months
and
years
ahead,
I
touched
on
Bay
County,
Animal
Control
last
year
and
I'll
give
you
an
update
on
that.
During
2017,
we
adopted
best
practices
and
completed
the
strategic
plan.
We've
improved
the
layout
of
the
facility
to
reduce
stress
and
illness
in
animals,
particularly
communicable
respiratory
disease.
D
We
doubled
the
size
of
our
cat
condos
to
promote
overall
wellness
and
we
are
partnering,
but
all
about
animals
rescue
to
spay
neuter
animals
prior
to
their
adoption.
We
are
waiving
adoption
fees
for
our
clear,
the
shelter
events
where
some
have
waited
for
up
to
one
and
a
half
hours
to
give
an
animal
a
forever
home
to
address
the
issue
of
feral
cats
and
reduce
euthanasia.
We
have
established
to
trap
neuter
release
program
and
we
have
also
improved
efficiencies.
D
By
replacing
outdated
software,
we
went
from
one
of
the
worst
counties
for
kill
rates
in
Michigan
to
one
of
the
top
counties
for
release
rates
and
adoption
rates.
We
are
currently
at
85%
and
have
almost
reached
the
no
kill
status,
which
is
90
percent
adoption
of
healthy
adoptable
animals.
In
reality,
no
kill
status
is
that
animals
are
only
euthanized
upon
owner
request
and
for
health
or
behavioral
reasons.
I
want
to
touch
also
on
the
Bay
County
Department
on
Aging,
which
we
created
and
I
thank
the
board.
D
So
as
I
mentioned
in
2017,
we
did
create
a
Department
on
Aging
or
DOA,
and
it
was
expanded
to
become
its
own
Department
with
one
in
four
residents
over
the
age
of
sixty
eight
county
has
the
highest
ratio
of
seniors
per
capita
of
all
counties
in
Michigan,
and
our
new
department
creates
opportunities
to
serve
our
seniors
better.
The
deal
way
provides
services
such
as
Meals
on
Wheels,
congregate,
meal
sites,
home
aging
services,
personal
care
and
elder
abuse
case
worth.
D
Doa
helps
contact
seniors
to
connect,
still
excuse
me
seniors
to
federal
and
state
programs
and
facilitates
access
to
their
services.
These
functions
also
give
people
an
opportunity
to
connect
with
other
seniors
and
remain
active
members
of
the
community
by
aiming
to
improve
health
through
yoga,
tai,
chi
motivational
speakers
and
healthy
living
advice.
It
reduces
common
issues
that
plague
our
seniors,
such
as
depression
and
loneliness.
D
Quality
of
life
is
one
of
the
most
important
goals
for
all
of
our
citizens
and
we
are
committed
to
helping
residents
enjoy
their
role
in
the
year.
The
next
point
I
want
to
talk
about
most
certainly
a
common
issue
that
the
bay
area,
chamber
and
other
organizations
all
of
our
support
groups
and
supporting
are
basically
state
parks
and
recreational
area
is
that
of
increased
shoreline
access.
Shoreline
access
to
the
beach
has
been
greatly
improved
at
the
Bay
City
State
Park
through
the
installation
with
320
foot
boardwalk.
D
We
have
added
moviments,
offering
first-time
access
to
people
using
wheelchairs.
We
are
actively
working
to
secure,
beats
staging
area
parking
for
viewing
by
all,
including
those
with
mobility
issues.
We
lobbied
for
additional
funding
to
provide
for
by
the
D
from
the
DNR
for
daily
grooming
of
our
beaches
at
both
the
Pinconning
park
and
the
base
city
state
park.
D
We
have
pre
improved
safety
of
the
topical
March
hunting
area
along
with
a
number
of
other
concerned
citizens
who
spoke
out
by
urging
the
DNR
Commission
to
increase
safety
zones
and
eliminate
high-powered
rifle
hunting
from
the
area
of
our
state
recreation
area
and
our
wonderful
rail
trail
system.
We
have
treated
over
six
hundred
acres
of
shoreline
for
invasive
species
from
Pinconning
all
the
way
to
Hampton
Township,
enhancing
the
quality
of
our
shoreline
increase,
increasing
recreational
opportunities
available
to
property
owners
and
visitors
alike.
D
Next
topic
is
one
that
Dana
touched
on
a
tremendous
collaboration
between
the
city
bay,
county
townships
and
other
municipalities
throughout
the
county.
As
a
member
of
the
land
bank,
it
is
our
mission
to
partner
with
our
municipalities,
to
maintain
the
integrity
of
our
local
neighborhoods.
Our
treasurer
and
land
bank
director
represents
key
has
been
particularly
active
in
the
past
year.
Ensuring
that
Bank
has
a
well-defined
structure
and
standard
operating
procedures
to
ensure
the
maximum
number
of
properties
are
rehabilitated.
D
Blighted
properties
are
identified
for
demolition,
while
others
are
sold
to
private
third-party
developers
or
individuals
for
rehabilitation.
This
ensures
a
more
efficient
management
of
properties
to
better
serve
the
needs
of
our
communities.
Remaining
properties
can
be
banked
and
held
for
future
development.
This
process
is
just
one
way
we
can
revitalize
neighborhoods
throughout
bay
County.
Another
issue
that
we've
been
tackling
and
haven't
been
real,
visible
on,
but
we've
been
working
diligently
on
for
the
past
year
is
that
of
the
opioid
epidemic.
D
D
The
huge
monetary
cost
borne
by
our
local
governments
to
address
the
problem
costs
resulting
from
increased
crime
rates,
increased
policing
needs
and
court
dockets,
as
well
as
health
care
and
treatment
costs,
is
transcended
only
by
the
untold
human
suffering
of
those
who
have
succumbed
to
the
scourge
of
addiction,
as
well
as
the
family
members
left
in
its
wake
toll
has
been
taken
on
the
is
too
great
and
we
can
no
longer
afford
to
sit
on
the
sidelines.
Lake
County
is
choosing
to
fight
back.
D
We
have
retained
the
national
law
firm
of
motley
rice
LLC
to
represent
the
county
in
a
federal,
RICO
fracturing
and
organized
crime,
action
against
the
pharmaceutical
and
marketing
marketing
companies
to
curb
the
unethical
marketing
of
those
drugs,
as
well
as
their
easy
availability.
An
example
of
this
easy
ability
of
as
a
case
of
dr.
Bernard
Shelton,
st.
Clair
Shores,
who
prescribed
over
2
million
doses
of
hydrocodone
between
2013
and
2016.
D
He
was
indicted
on
21
counts
of
unlawful
unlawful
distribution
of
controlled
substances.
However,
criminally
indicted
doctors
after
the
drugs
have
entered
our
communities
is
not
enough.
Their
availability
needs
to
be
limited
through
cases
such
as
the
one
that
will
be
filed
by
Bay
County
in
the
coming
weeks.
D
Just
one
factor
that
might
be
of
interest.
In
a
single
year
there
were
over
64,000
opioid
overdose
deaths
in
the
United
States
more
than
the
total
number
of
lives
lost
over
the
course
of
the
nine-year
Vietnam
War
and
that's
annually.
Loss
of
lives.
Enough
is
enough.
Eight
and
Bay
County
refuses
to
set
eight
idly
by
by
waiting
for
others
to
resolve
the
problem.
I
am
recommending
moving
up
the
start
time
of
our
annual
County
budget
process
as
well
by
two
months
from
June
to
April.
D
This
additional
time
will
allow
for
input
from
department
directors
and
the
public
to
the
board
and
its
financial
analysts
upon
completion
of
the
executives
proposed
budget.
The
Board
of
Commissioners
will
have
an
early
October
deadline
for
its
budget
submission.
This
will
provide
more
opportunity
for
department
directors
to
address
any
budget
concerns.
The
public
hearing
is
proposed
from
mid-october.
There
will
be
a
tentative
budget
adaptation
in
date
in
November,
leaving
some
leeway
in
the
December
if
additional
negotiations
are
necessary.
D
Transparency
is
key
with
the
intent
that
the
increase
in
interaction
will
lead
to
more
transparency,
not
only
with
county
employees,
but
the
public
as
well
another
exciting
opportunity,
what
we're
looking
at
already
put
in
place-
and
that
is
a
dental
forma
County
residents.
We
have
formed
a
partnership
with
my
community,
dental
centers
and
I
want
to
say
there
are
thousands
of
emergency
room
visits
from
dental
issues
in
Bay
County.
This
is
due
to
the
lack
of
preventive
care
and
delaying
costly
dental
treatments.
D
The
new
dental
center
under
the
auspices
of
the
bay
County
Health
Department,
will
serve
up
to
3,500
residents
in
need
annually.
This
clinic
will
be
staffed
by
two
dentists
to
dental
hygienists
and
two
dental
assistants.
You
will
be
open
five
days
a
week
from
8
a.m.
to
5
p.m.
except
for
holidays
services
will
be
provided
for
those
with
Medicaid,
low-income
and
uninsured,
who
normally
fall
through
the
cracks.
Every
kind
of
dental
care
will
be
provided,
preventative
and
restorative
care,
oral
surgery
and
removable
appliances
such
as
dentures.
D
The
location
of
the
dental
center
is
still
to
be
determined
and
we
are
anticipating
an
opening
date
in
late
May.
Another
exciting
proposal
we're
working
on
as
partnering
with
MHT
housing,
Inc
a
nonprofit
corporation
that
has
extensive
experience,
renovating
public
housing
units
to
secure
tax
credits
through
Mistah.
These
tax
credits
will
fund
major
renovations
to
Senator
Ridge
arms,
our
public
housing
facility
located
in
Hampton
Township.
It
is
important
to
the
county
that
MHD
has
extensive
real
estate
holdings
in
Bay
County
and
a
proven
presence
and
dedication
to
the
area.
D
You
may
may
recall
the
recent
beautiful
renovations
to
metal.
Excuse
me
maple
wood,
Manor
in
downtown
bass,
City
MHT
partnered,
with
the
bass
City
Housing
Commission,
to
make
that
renovation
possible.
The
partnership
with
MHT
could
result
in
about
five
million
dollars
from
building
renovations,
as
well
as
construction
work
for
local
laborers
businesses
and
material
suppliers
throughout
our
County.
Eight
counties
budget
could
also
receive
you
know
2
and
1/2
million
dollars
for
Public
Interest
projects
as
well
as
$50,000
a
year
for
Sierra
or
a
management
support
all
this
at
no
cost
to
Bay
County
taxpayers.
Wait.
D
Let
me
correct
that
for
a
total
of
51
dollars
for
the
application
fee,
so
Independence
Bridge
is
Damien.
Covered
I.
Try
not
to
be
redundant
has
been
mentioned,
with
MDOT
Director
Kirk's
title
to
discuss,
connecting
m15
to
I-75,
which
would
transfer
ownership
and
maintenance
of
the
independence
bridge
to
the
state
and
be
X,
and
he
expressed
that
his
budget
for
infrastructure
is
very
tight.
With
many
existing
state
highways
in
need
of
repair.
D
We
look
forward
to
consulting
with
Matt
Chenoweth
MDOT,
director
of
bids
and
structures
to
identify
any
potential
sources
of
state
or
federal
funding,
including
grants.
The
state
is
still
considering
the
issue.
Reviewing
the
submitted
information
and
will
provide
us
for
the
response
within
30
days,
in
my
opinion,
groundwork,
including
obtaining
a
man
of
value
engineering
studies
should
be
undertaken
to
determine
the
viability
of
the
cost
of
repair
or
replace
and
I.
Think
that
is
critical
to
getting
a
cost
estimate.
What
is
the
wisest
path
to
go
forward?
D
No
ideas
will
be
turned
away
or
discounted
and
all
parties
remain
interested
in
any
option
for
funding.
We
remain
willing
to
assist
the
city
as
much
as
we
can
as
soon
as
there
is
a
consensus
among
city
leaders.
My
last
point
is
on
economic
development
and
finally,
as
I
said,
nothing
is
more
important
to
our
County
and
region
as
economic
development
and
job
creation.
D
A
recent
example
of
our
collaboration
is
and
I
think
our
great
celebration
for
Bay
County
is
Dow
DuPont
decision
to
expand
their
state-of-the-art
100
million
dollar
expansion
of
the
Innovation
Center
at
williams,
township,
which
will
create
approximately
200
jobs
and
research
and
development,
and
those
are
secured
jobs
and
well-paying
jobs.
As
a
member
of
the
bay
future
board
of
directors
as
well,
I
know
that
there
are
a
number
of
projects
in
the
works
that
demonstrate
that
we
are
a
nationally
competitive
location
for
businesses
to
locate.
D
B
Thank
you
again,
Dana
and
Jim
for
your
comments
and
very
nice
presentations.
As
we
have
some
folks
come
around
and
collect
some
of
the
questions
from
the
note
cards.
We
will
move
into
the
Q&A
portion
of
our
of
our
program
here
and
that
will
be
led
by
Mary.
Coulis
Mary
is
the
community
affairs
manager
for
consumers,
energy
and
she
will
be
moderating
for
us
here.
E
E
No,
but
you
know
a
couple
of
takeaways
that
I
got
from
the
presentations
is,
you
know,
certainly
talking
about
the
positive
story
is
providing
powders
positive
leadership
in
our
community
and
really
the
strong
collaboration
that
we
have
in
our
community
between
the
city
and
the
county.
I
think
that
is
just
you
know.
E
Their
Beautification
Committee
is
in
embarking
the
improving
the
corridors
into
the
community
and
25
Thomas
Street
Gemma
Street.
You
know,
if
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
this,
what
actions
the
city
can
take
enforcement
and
blight
in
that
area?
Shar,
you
really
just
in
the
words
it's
specific
to
that
sure.
So
we're.
C
Very
thankful
that
GE
has
undertaken
to
help
us
with
the
blight
issue
in
the
city.
We
look
at
that
corridor.
Obviously,
that's
the
first
thing
people
see
when
they
come
into
our
city,
so
we
want
to
start
heavy
enforcement
in
that
area
and
we're
thankful
that
the
Beautification
Committee
is
coming
up
with
ideas
and
sharing
that
with
the
city
we
have
a
one-point
enforcement
officer.
If
you
can
believe
it
that
covers
our
entire
cities,.
E
Right
well,
thank
you.
Jim
I
think
this
one
is
for
you.
Our
Great
Lakes
has
a
long
history
of
shipping
materials,
including
agricultural
products
and
iron
ore
used
in
manufacturing
facilities
Saginaw.
We
know
the
Saginaw
has
been
working
with
the
US
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
on
a
deep
water
port
study,
and
then
you
know
clearly
would
have
obvious
implications
to
be
County.
Can
you
do
you
have
any
information
you?
Could
you
provide
a
little
bit
of
an
update
on
that
sure.
D
That
goes
back
a
long
way
to
answering
and
the
number
of
takeovers
of
the
Saginaw
and
make
them
in
terms
of
our
dock
operators,
to
talk
about
engaging
the
Corps
of
Engineers
in
the
federal
government
entering
the
Saginaw
River
deepening
study,
which
would
allow
our
freighters
that
engage
in.
You
know:
international
commerce,
to
Europe
and
even
in
Asia,
to
help
get
to
market
the
great
products
that
our
area
is
or
whether
it
is
sugar
with
Michigan
sugar.
Whether
it
is
solar
panels
from
hemlock
semiconductor,
whether
it
is
a
numerous
types
of
agricultural,
Love,
Boat.
D
Well
so
I
say
agribusiness
products.
It
could
range
from
fertilizer
and
pesticides
all
the
way
to
the
wonderful
pickled
products
fermented
products.
We
made
a
debut
foods,
mr.
chips,
up
on
13
or,
of
course,
a
number
of
other
agriculture
products
that
are
processed
here.
In
this
rich
agricultural
region
of
Michigan,
and
so
we
could
see
additional
expanded
investment
in
terms
of
tax
base
and
especially
job
creation
and
value-added
activities,
to
our
Dade,
County
and
region,
Saginaw
and
regional
economy,
making
us,
hopefully
a
destination
for
investment
from
agribusiness
and
from
other
business
products.
D
That
would
be
manufactured
here
currently
what
the
clouds
is.
Currently
the
draft
of
the
Saco
River
is
his
glow,
and
so
our
greatest,
and
only
Henry,
about
50%
of
the
load
that
the
main
normal
freighter
would
carry
if
we
went
to
a
27
foot
draft
that
would
allow
the
transportation
of
products
to
be
more
economical
by
loading
them
fully
rather
than
half-full,
and
so
it
would
be
a
great
thing.
You
know
that
same
economist,
David
delete,
Dade
County
served
me.
D
The
county
executive
is
employed
supportive
of
that
effort,
and
we
await
decisions
by
the
coordinators
on
the
cost-benefit
analysis
study
and
if
that
proves
what
we
hope
it
will.
We
would
be
a
mine
approximately
in
2021
to
see
an
80
million
dollar
investment
by
the
Corps
of
Engineers
to
deepen
the
Saginaw
River
channel,
which
would
enhance
the
flavor
traffic
I.
Do
want
to
mention
that
bridge
in
2017
we
have
an
upset
in
France,
rather
favour
traffic
133
vessel
passages,
which
was
20
more
than
in
2016,
which
saw
113.
D
D
F
D
Hut
by
10
feet,
or
so
we
could
probably
significantly
reduce
the
number
of
openings
of
the
spans,
simply
because
some
of
the
some
of
the
water
crafts
that
goes
under
the
bridges
travels
through
the
bridge,
which
spans
just
a
little
bit
too
high.
And
so,
if
we
were
to
increase
the
height
on
the
bridge,
he
might
be
able
to
significantly
reduce
the
number
of
openings
of
those
fans
that
sometimes
inca
meets
our
motors.
So
I
just
thought:
I'd,
never
think
they're
potential.
D
E
C
As
we
all
know,
our
question
about
the
marijuana
ordinance
we
do
have
thousand
dollar
application
fee
and
I
will
tell
you
that
there
was
I,
believe
30
applications
take
another
one,
but
only
three
I
think
that
this
point
about
return.
I
I
know
that
people
think
that
were
getting
all
of
this
money.
Influx
of
money
between
the
$5,000
application
could
be
champion
told
by
my
staff,
like
that.
It
really
doesn't
cover
the
staff
time
that
they
are
putting
it
to
check
the
ends
of
the
background
of
us.
It
is
filling
our
storefronts.
C
C
It
is
what
it
is.
You
know
it
is
it's
coming.
It's
probably
what
you
know.
We
think,
probably
in
the
next
year
or
two
we'll
have
to
look
at
it
again,
because
things
are
going
to
have
to
change
at
that
point.
As
far
as
our
literacy
goes,
I
know
you
can
address
out
the
county
think
about
Manor
it
some
of
the
other
smaller
contracts.
Yes,.
D
So
they
provide
some
additional
relative
into
the
County
coffers,
one
individual
that
I
didn't
meet
with
in
bangkok,
township
and
there's
also
some
interest
in
calling
township
because
of
the
size
of
the
operation.
One
individual
has
been
approved
by
a
business
in
canada.
This
council,
he
is
an
American
citizen,
who's
in
Southeast
Michigan.
D
So
we
will
wait
to
see
how
much
of
this
investment
actually
transpires
and
given
doubts,
it
is
going
to
mean
additional
relative
to
make
counties
and
cities
for
the
units
of
government
and
I
do
want
to
say
that
it
is
something
that
it's
amazing,
how,
in
the
last
10
years,
it
appears
of
the
cultural
attitudes
with
regard
to
marijuana,
might
change
dramatically
and
so
along.
If
it's
out
there,
we
don't
have
a
segment.
D
E
C
F
C
I
think
you
all
saw
what
happened
when
he
didn't
have
the
p3
rating
on
the
agenda
and
we
had
heavy
public
participation
and
push
back
a
little
bit
of
us
tearing
down
the
bridge
and
building
the
new
one,
and
so
that's
when
we
took
a
step
back
and
decided
as
a
commission
that
we
needed
to
go
through
all
the
steps
again
in
mind
you,
the
managers,
we
were
me
all,
went
through
those
exact
same
steps.
This
isn't
new
to
me
or
to
the
Commission
that
seated
today,
they've
been
doing
this
for
a
long
time.
C
C
C
We
would
love
to
have
grant
opportunities
money
from
the
state
to
help
us
close
bridges,
because
I
do
believe
with
all
my
heart
that
there
is
a
regional
issue.
It's
a
regional
bridge
that
serves
people
outside
of
a
city,
and
everybody
needs
to
do
the
serious.
Look
at
that
village.
I
I
can't
say
that
that
the
school
to
me,
yes,
I,
think
I
just
don't
see
putting
it
backs
coming,
but
you
might
have
to
put
that
option
out
there
just
to
explore
that
we're
very
open.
C
E
C
B
C
I
know
they,
we
talked
about
low-income
housing
and
there
are
some
low
income
units
that
are
talking
about
coming
into
the
city
and
that's
a
decision
that
the
city
commissioners
need
to
make
with
the
public
housing
and
what
neighborhoods
they
eat
development
to
do.
We
had
a
study
that
actually
said
where
they
need
to
be
placed
if
we
do
for
America
City,
so
that
will
be
a
decision
that
the
traditional
need
to
me.
Okay,.
F
E
You
Jim
it
was
surprising
to
hear
that
the
economy
is
lead
County
in
terms
of
senior
citizens.
You
know
in
living
in
Bay
County.
Can
you
speak
to
a
little
bit
more
about
how
you're
working
with
the
Department
on
Aging
and
some
of
the
initiatives
they
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
meeting
the
needs
of
our
seniors
in
this
community.
E
D
You
yeah,
we
have
a
few
just
slipped
out.
We
get
back
great
director
of
$9.99,
with
one
quarter
of
population
being
over
the
age
of
60,
we'd
have
to
kind
of
respond
to
their
needs,
their
concerns
and
try
to
ensure
that
that
their
retirement
years
are
truly
golden
years
for
them,
and
sometimes
that
can
be
a
struggle.
But
by
offering
an
array
of
services
and
partnering
with
our
state
and
federal
programs,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
takes
advantage
or
can
take
advantage
of
some
of
the
opportunities
that
are
out
there.
D
It's
also
sort
of
a
little
red
flag,
because
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
concerned
about
is
that
many
of
our
Millennials
or
people
in
Dade
County
sometimes
find
more
lucrative
career
opportunities
in
Oakland,
County
or
out-of-state,
and
that
can
have
a
significant
impact
on
resources.
We
have
to
provide
vital
services
of
to
our
residents,
for
example,
on
this
exam.
We
welcome
the
most
amazing
benefit
he
has
as
well
as
the
city.
D
It's
on
a
per
capita
basis.
So,
as
we
see
a
decline
in
our
population,
we
also
see
a
decline
in
our.
You
know
our
resources.
In
addition,
if
we
have
younger
people,
I
see
Jennifer
custody
she's
a
champion
because
she's
here
she's
a
she's
got
a
check
in
a
sense
of
place
and
retaining
our
younger
people
in
Bay
City
and,
as
all
of
you
have,
and
if
we
have
a
young
family
that
does
not
have
children.
D
Each
child
is
not
enrolled
in
public
or
charter
schools
and
Bay
County
as
a
represents
a
loss
of
nine
thousand
two
hundred
dollars
in
state
grants
for
people.
So
we
think
of
the
base
of
the
public
schools.
If
we
lose
a
little
over
90
students
in
a
given
night
here,
that
could
be
a
million
dollar
loss
and
state
funding
alone.
So
we
need
to
continue
to
focus
on
retaining,
at
least
if
not
growing,
a
population
and
kind
of
stemming
the
decline.
I
think
the
last
figures,
I
heard
is
our
census.
D
Figures
for
Bay
County
have
declined
from
107
thousand
people
in
the
county
to
105
duxi,
and
so
that's
not
a
good
trend,
something
that
all
of
us
in
the
room
and
your
elected
officials
at
all
levels
of
government
are
aware
of
and
working
hard
to
stem
and
to
grow.
Our
population
make
sure
that
Bay
County
and
the
many
attributes
that
we
offer
further
the
destination
for
people
not
only
to
visit
but
to
make
the
whole
and
reside
here.
Thank.
E
You,
and
certainly
how
add
to
that
too,
we
are
also
very
lucky
to
have
the
universities
and
Delta
College
in
our
area
as
well
to
help
teach
our
young
people
and
educate
them.
Keep
them
in
this
community.
That's
very,
very
important
to
help
build
on
that
population
that
we
have
that
we
have
lost.
Could.
D
I
just
have
yeah
yeah
as
an
alum
Sacramento
State
University
I'm,
very
proud
of
my
educational
experience
that
I
have
that
campus.
So
probably
beautiful,
beautiful
campus,
that's
out
there
as
well
as
Delta
College,
which
a
member
of
the
league
innovation,
which
is
one
of
the
elite
categories
of
community
colleges
across
the
United
States,
the
wonderful
programs
people
can
graduate
from
both
those
institutions
of
higher
education.
Don't
weigh
in
at
the
worthless.
I
also
want
to
go
at
the
bank.
D
B
D
E
And
we're
starting
to
see
more
female
involvement
in
government.
We
are
certainly
seeing
more
females
climb
the
ladder
and
business
as
well.
Even
are
consumers
energy
are
we
have
our
first
to
see
female
CEO
patty
poppy
I
just
wondered
if
you
had
a
leadership
lesson
that
you
learned
that
maybe
you
could
share.
That
would
be
beneficial
or
any
piece
of
him.
Vice.
C
You
know,
I
won't
mention
any
names,
but
as
a
young
lady
I
was
in
the
workforce
and
I
have
somebody
actually
I
wasn't
going
to
be
who
I
wanted
to
be.
We
were
in
the
process
of
evaluating
their
jobs
and
looking
to
see
where
we
fell
in
a
certain
wage
levels
and
I
never
lost
that
was
pushing
for
me
to
go
up
the
ladder
a
little
bit
and
the
consultant
didn't
see
it.
That
way.
It
pretty
much
told
me
to
my
face:
I
was
21
years
old
at
the
time
and
everybody.
E
E
Well,
thank
you
very
much
for
that
and
again
I
think.
You
know
it's
important
for
all
of
us
here
to
go
back
and
relay
the
positive
things
that
are
happening
in
our
community,
and
you
can
clearly
see
that
city
and
county
is
working
together,
and
it's
going
to
continue
to
be
very,
very
important
to
us
with
that.
I
would
like
to
call
Ryan
Tarrant
our
CEO
follow
the
bay
chamber.
G
Thank
You
Barry,
Thank,
You,
Dana,
Thank,
You,
Jo,
appreciate
the
city
commissioners
and
the
county
commissioners
being
here
today.
One
person
that
I
wanted
to
mention
I
know
I
saw
a
Jake
Bennett
here
from
congressman
Kildee
office
Jake
is
congressman.
Kildee
'he's,
acting
district
chief
of
staff
did
I
get
that
right.
Welcome,
Jake.
Thank
you.
G
Just
a
couple
of
quick
updates
on
events
that
we
have
coming
next
week's
eye-opener
on
March
9th
here
at
the
Doubletree,
we'll
have
two
fifths
of
our
local
supers
BAE
Aaron
X
is
DS
dem
kadish
and
Bay
City
Public
Schools
Superintendent
Steve
Bigelow
here
to
give
us
an
educational
update.
This
year's
annual
meeting
will
take
place
here
at
the
Doubletree
on
March
20th.
The
theme
is
our
beautiful
bay
area,
the
past
present
and
future
our
leadership
Bay
County
class
I
know
we
have
several
members
of
our
leadership.
G
G
One
other
little
announcement,
the
last
time
I
was
at
a
Chamber
event
and
a
president
made
an
announcement.
Bob
Van
Deventer
announced
he
was
retiring.
So
no
such
luck
for
you
guys,
but
we
are
going
to
be
hosting
a
quarterly
speaker
series
and
we've
named
that
leading
the
way.
The
first
lunch
in
this
series
will
be
at
Bay,
Valley,
Conference,
Center
and
Resort
on
April
5th,
with
Michigan
Attorney
General
Bill
Schuette
with
that
have
a
wonderful
afternoon.
Thank
you.
Everyone.