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Okay?
So
we
have
a
few
elected
special
guests
in
the
room,
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
them
right
now.
If
I
may,
as
I
read
your
name,
please
stand
and
if
you
would
please
refrain
from
applause
until
until
we
get
through
the
names
so
representing
congressman
kelty's
office
is
jake.
Bennett
jake,
representing
senator
kevin
daly,
is
matt
beerline
county
commissioners
von
begic,
kim
coonan,
ernie,
krieger,
catherine
zanotti,
our
county,
treasurer,
shawna,
walraven
city,
commissioner,
chris
gerard,
I'm,
sorry,
city,
commission,
president,
chris
gerard
our
city,
commissioners,.
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Our
city
commissioners,
karise
basmaggian,
kristen
mcdonald
rivet
as
well
hampton
township
supervisor,
terry
close
hampton
hampton
township
clerk,
fran
de
wise,
hampton
township
treasurer
donna,
seaman,
monitor,
township,
super
supervisor,
terry
spencer,
monitor
township,
treasurer
sue
pike
and
bangor
township
supervisor.
Glenn
rowley
also
bill
bill
g
shooti
candidate
for
state
representative
is
in
the
house
as
well.
If
we
can.
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A
couple
of
a
couple
of
housekeeping
items
that
I
may
to
minimize
technical
difficulties
and
to
keep
jim
barsha
on
task
we've
we've
decided
to
pre-record
both
dana
and
jim's
presentations.
It's
really
about
our
live
stream
and
keeping
things
organized.
However,
jim
and
dana
are
in
the
house,
and
madison
jarman
from
consumer's
energy
will
facilitate
a
live
q,
a
with
them
afterwards,
you'll
notice
in
the
center
of
your
tables,
a
bunch
of
pencils
and
some
cue
cards.
Please
jot
your
questions
to
either
either
or
both
there
will
be
a
chambered
team.
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Our
premier
sponsors
include
covenant
healthcare,
cumulus,
media,
dow
financial
edge
credit
union,
great
lakes,
federal
credit
union
harbor,
light
photography,
spence,
brothers
and
wildlife.
Credit
union
community
partners
are
great
lakes
bay,
michigan
works,
great
lakes,
bay,
regional
convention
and
visitors,
bureau
and
saginaw
valley
state
university.
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B
B
Excuse
me
audience.
Members
are
encouraged
to
write
their
questions
on
the
index
cards
that
are
at
each
table
and
state
whether
the
question
is
for
dana
or
for
jim
or
if
they're
for
both
chamber
team
members
will
collect
the
cards
after
dana
muscat's
presentation
again,
a
q
a
will
be
facilitated
by
madison
german
from
community
from
consumers,
energy,
our
community
affairs
manager,
and
that
will
take
place
after
both
presentations.
B
Please
write
your
questions
on
the
index
card
located
in
the
center
of
each
table
and
state
whether
those
questions,
as
I
just
said,
are
either
for
dana,
jim
or
for
both
a
member
of
the
chamber
team
will
collect
the
cards
after
dana's
presentation
and
for
those
joining
virtually.
Please
submit
your
questions
in
the
q,
a
box
on
your
screen,
so
with
that
we're
going
to
introduce
jim
and
then
we'll
play
the
video
recording
jim
barsha
was
born
in
bay
city
and
is
in
a
lifelong
resident
of
bay
county.
B
He
attended
bay
city,
central
high
school
and
then
graduated
from
saginaw
valley,
state
university
with
a
degree
in
public
administration.
He
has
a
lengthy
record
of
public
service
at
the
federal
state
and
local
levels.
He
participates
in
numerous
civic
organizations
throughout
the
community
and
currently
serves
on
the
board
of
directors
for
an
opioid
abuse.
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C
I
am
proud
of
the
bay
county
health
department
in
this
diligent
work
on
behalf
of
our
residents.
Our
public
health
officer,
joel
strauss
and
his
team
have
overcome
every
obstacle
they
have
faced
during
this
pandemic.
First,
they
met
the
challenge
of
registering
residents
for
vaccines.
Despite
the
hardship
of
a
low
supply
in
extremely
high
demand,
then
they
pivoted
to
rolling
out
vaccination
clinics
for
thousands
all
the
while
ensuring
social
distancing
as
the
vaccine
supply
increased
quickly.
C
The
bay
county
health
department
provided
over
fifty
thousand
of
the
voluntary
one
hundred
ten
thousand
plus
vaccines
our
residents
received
in
twenty
twenty
one.
That
is
an
amazing
feat.
Thank
you,
joel
and
your
dedicated
team
at
the
health
department
for
all
of
your
efforts.
They
do
not
go
unnoticed.
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C
My
hope
is
that
the
focus
will
now
shift
from
vaccinating
to
treating
people
who
are
ill
now
that
the
majority
of
those
who
want
to
be
inoculated,
probably
already
have
been.
The
hope
is
that
our
businesses
will
see
some
normalcy
and
that
the
level
of
worry
will
decrease
when
we
gather
to
enjoy
all
that
bay
county
has
to
offer
because
of
our
aging
population.
C
This
will
hopefully
help
prevent
severe
illness
and
hospitalization
among
those
already
infected.
We
are
aggressively
pursuing
any
financial
resources
the
state
can
provide
keeping
our
residents
healthy
is
of
the
utmost
importance
with
the
uncertainty
over
the
last
two
years.
One
of
the
only
upsides
of
the
covet
19
pandemic
is
the
american
rescue
plan
act,
funding
that
the
federal
government
appropriated
to
local
municipalities
across
the
state
and
nation.
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C
The
board
allocated
one
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
initial
work
on
a
broadband
needs
assessment
in
order
to
be
prepared
for
infrastructure
dollars
in
our
area,
just
like
all
others,
reliable
and
high-speed
internet
services
in
every
corner
of
our
county
is
vital
for
businesses,
children
doing
homework,
farmers,
employees
working
from
home
job
seekers
and
so
much
more.
The
board
also
approved
two
other
projects.
I
want
to
discuss
in
a
little
more
detail.
C
I
am
thankful
that
dianne
fong
and
the
foundation
partnered
with
us
to
receive
funding
proposals
from
non-profits
and
distribute
these
funds
based
on
need
using
a
community-based
vetting
process.
Thank
you.
Diane
second
bay
county
has
partnered
with
bay
future
to
implement
three
different
economic
development
proposals.
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C
This
vital
and
essential
program
will
keep
our
economy
progressing
and
will
be
administered
by
bay
future
inc
as
trevor
megan,
sherry
and
the
team
at
bfi
have
the
skills
and
experience
necessary
to
effectively
distribute
these
funds.
I
recognize
that
small
business
is
the
driving
force
of
our
local
economy.
C
The
second
economic
proposal
in
this
package
approved
over
368
thousand
dollars
for
small
business
support.
The
small
business
development
center
at
svsu
and
bay
future
will
work
together
to
aid
the
growth
and
startup
of
small
businesses
in
bay
county
by
offering
critical
tools,
including
small
business,
training
and
entrepreneurial
support.
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C
One
of
the
ways
we
can
assist
our
businesses
in
our
community
in
general
is
in
talent,
attraction
to
our
area
and
retention
of
our
residents
as
the
oldest
county
per
capita
in
the
state
of
michigan.
The
prediction
of
a
smaller
population,
as
well
as
a
smaller
workforce
in
the
next
25
years,
demands
our
attention.
C
When
our
population
decreases,
we
lose
more
than
just
community
members.
A
lot
of
state
and
federal
funding
is
tied
to
population,
for
example,
per
pupil
grant.
Funding
to
our
schools,
state
and
federal
revenue
sharing
and
road
funding
are
all
dependent
on
our
population
to
ensure
our
success
in
the
future,
to
have
the
workforce
here
to
attract
and
acquire
major
business
inside
our
county
boundaries
to
retain
all
of
the
crowd
college
graduates
that
study
here
in
the
great
lakes
bay
region
and
to
maintain
and
grow
our
population.
C
The
third
economic
development
program
bay
county
chose
to
fund
with
bfi
is
a
talent,
attraction
and
retention
portal
modeled
after
hello,
west
michigan
designed
to
attract
and
retain
workers
bay
future
will
partner
with
the
chamber
to
bring
this
platform
to
life.
It
will
be
a
one-stop
shop
for
talent
recruitment
through
our
resume
portal
place,
making
by
telling
our
unique
story
and
information
on
everything
you
need
to
know
to
live
here,
such
as
k-12,
education,
leisure
activities,
housing,
local
government
and
more.
C
This
program
is
designed
to
create
a
larger
talent
pool
for
businesses
to
pull
from
by
attracting
employees
and
retaining
our
residents.
The
intention
is
to
turn
the
prediction
of
population
loss
to
one
of
growth.
Thank
you
trevor
ryan,
beth
and
phil
for
working
together
with
us
on
this
package
of
economic
development
priorities.
C
C
Before
I
answer
the
thoughtful
questions
from
the
audience
in
december
bay,
county
experienced
an
I.t
security
incident,
thankful
to
say
our
it
specialists
caught
it
quickly
enough
that
it
was
isolated
only
to
our
email
server.
A
new
cloud-based
email
system
was
implemented
in
order
to
ensure
the
safety
of
our
electronic
communication.
C
More
vigorous
virus
protection
was
installed
on
each
computer
after
a
complete
forensic
investigation,
and
we
were
back
up
and
running
in
mere
days
in
this
digital
age.
Attacks
like
this
can
be
common,
but
we
are
grateful
that
our
I.t
professionals
were
attentive
enough
to
catch
it
early
and
ensure
a
positive
outcome
in
what
could
have
been
a
catastrophic
situation.
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C
C
B
Thank
you
very
much,
jim,
very
impressive
accomplishments
achieved
by
the
county
this
year.
So
now
I
just
like
to
encourage
everyone.
Please
go
ahead
and
submit
those
questions,
or
at
least
start
writing
them
out
and
submit
them
if
you're
online
joining
us
virtually.
It
is
now
my
pleasure
to
introduce
dana
muscat.
B
B
She
is
also
past
president
of
the
bay
county
clerks,
with
a
focus
on
continued
education
and
leadership.
Development
dana
became
a
graduate
of
great
lakes
bay
region,
leadership,
institute
and
leadership.
Saginaw
county
attending
saginaw
valley,
state
university,
dana
became
a
certified
public
manager
as
well
as
a
graduate
of
the
henry
marsh
institute
for
public
policy.
B
She
serves
as
a
board
member
for
the
following:
michigan
municipal
executives,
bay,
future
bay,
county
convention
and
visitors,
bureau
bay
city,
public
safety
and
fire
prevention,
our
pension
and
retirement
systems
board
and
michigan
municipal
risk
management
authority
planning
committee.
She
is
a
member
of
the
bay
city
noon,
optimist
club
and
a
volunteer
for
many
other
organizations.
D
D
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
and
thank
our
mayor
and
city
commissioners.
A
truly
effective
city
government
needs
a
strong
partnership
with
and
between
the
mayor
and
city
commission.
I
am
thankful
for
the
relationships
that
have
been
built
with
each
and
every
one
of
them,
as
we
continue
to
work
together
to
get
the
job
done
for
our
residents.
D
I
certainly
cannot
do
the
work
without
an
outstanding
set
of
employees
at
the
city
of
bay
city.
We
have
a
strong
team
and
I
am
grateful
for
the
hard
work
that
they
do
every
day.
At
one
point,
during
the
pandemic,
we
had
over
50
vacancies,
which
meant
our
existing
employees
chipped
in
where
and
when
they
could.
Our
public
safety
officers
responded
to
calls
dpw
continued
to
work
on
our
streets
and
sidewalks,
picking
up
recycling
and
rubbish,
and
electric
employees
kept
our
lights
on
bottom
line.
D
D
What
would
that
be?
I
could
think
of
many
words.
Possibilities
build
balance,
laughter,
family
travel,
recovery,
strength
this
year
the
city
is
going
to
focus
on
strength,
strength
is
having
the
capacity
for
exertion
or
endurance
and
the
power
to
resist
force
to
be
tough.
It
also
allows
someone
to
deal
with
problems
in
a
determined
and
effective
way.
D
One
of
the
many
lessons
we
learned
in
2020
and
2021
was
the
importance
of
human
connection.
Many
of
us
went
from
seeing
our
colleagues
at
the
office
and
dropping
our
kids
off
at
school
to
navigating
remote
work
in
virtual
school.
Those
who
continued
working
in
person
had
to
adjust
by
practicing
social,
distancing
and
following
mask
requirements.
D
All
these
changes
to
our
daily
social
life
made
it
imperative
to
find
ways
to
safely
connect
with
friends,
family
and
neighbors
to
keep
some
sort
of
normalcy.
Therefore,
it
is
critical
for
the
city
of
bay
city
to
act
as
a
connector,
a
connector
of
neighbors
services,
organizations
and
resources
challenging
times
require
challengers.
D
We
all
know
that
nothing
great
comes
easy.
We
must
work
for
it.
The
mayor
city,
commission
city
employees,
residents
and
businesses
in
bay
city
have
the
strength
to
hope,
plan,
learn
and
execute
through
the
challenges
we
have
been
through.
Now,
more
than
ever,
we
have
learned
how
important
it
is
to
find
ways
to
better
connect
residents
to
their
local
government.
The
past
few
years
we
have
been
working
to
make
city
hall
even
more
accessible
in
a
number
of
ways.
D
If
there
was
ever
a
time
to
take
a
moment
to
pause
and
reflect
on
what
works
and
what
doesn't
it
is
now.
2021
was
not
just
about
crisis.
We
saw
investment
in
economic
growth
in
bay
city.
Amidst
the
pandemic,
we
had
several
new
businesses
open
during
this
past
year:
midland
street
bookstore,
water
street
nutrition,
the
sunshine
shop,
bark
bc,
spectrum,
reach
underground
axe,
club,
ellie
and
isabelle
boutique
and
shoot
and
share
studio,
to
name
a
few.
We
also
received
62
applications
for
medical
and
adult
use,
marijuana
facilities
with
17
opening
in
2021.
D
Once
again,
uptown
invested
another
24
million
dollars
on
our
riverfront,
with
six
new
structures
that
include
109,
new
residences,
consisting
of
graystone
single-family
homes,
luxury
apartments
and
townhomes.
Our
city
is
about
architectural
and
public
spaces.
The
movement
that
we
want
to
make
is
about
neighborhoods
and
people
neighborhoods
that
are
accessible,
safe,
inclusive,
clean
and
affordable,
a
city
that
preserves
its
history,
character
and
sense
of
community.
D
Our
code
enforcement
officers
strive
to
provide
our
citizens
with
the
highest
quality
of
service,
to
uphold
and
enforce
codes
and
standards
to
protect
health,
safety
and
welfare,
and
they
are
doing
all
this
by
continuing
their
blight
enforcement.
Upwards
2021
provided
to
be
another
busy
year
with
3785
new
cases
opened,
including
271
notice
of
violation
tickets
issued
in
98
cases
being
sent
to
court.
D
D
Now
that's
a
dollar
figure
to
be
proud
of.
I
announced
last
year
that
more
homes
were
sold
in
bay
city
during
the
pandemic
than
the
last
five
years.
Well,
that
record
was
broke
again.
One
in
13
homes
in
bay
city
sold
equating
to
a
total
of
80
million
dollars
with
a
home
median
selling
price
of
82
000
1
000
homes
sold
in
2021
53
of
those
homes
were
rental
properties
and
were
converted
to
owner
occupied
bay
city
homes
also
saw
an
increase
in
their
value
of
8
percent.
D
We
also
have
our
first
neighborhood
enterprise
zone
in
the
grant
street
neighborhood,
in
conjunction
with
the
bay
city,
housing,
commission
bay,
county
and,
specifically
bay
county
treasurer
shawna
walraven.
We
were
able
to
demolish
six
homes
in
2021,
with
funding
provided
from
the
bay
city,
housing.
Commission.
These
homes
were
owned
by
the
city
and
the
county.
The
lots
have
been
cleared
and
transferred
to
the
bay
city,
housing
commission
for
future,
affordable
housing
developments
early
in
2021,
we
assisted
82,
low-income
residents
in
bay
city
facing
coveted
hardships
with
rent
mortgage
and
utility
assistance
with
cdbg
funding.
D
D
D
The
dedication,
training
and
professionalism
of
our
staff
shows
that
our
employees
have
a
vested
interest
in
our
community.
This
accreditation,
which
was
under
director
cicchini's
leadership,
shows
that
our
public
safety
department
is
committed
to
excellence
by
providing
the
best
possible
public
safety
services
to
citizens
in
bay
city
and
all
the
people
visiting
our
community.
Returning
this
past
year
was
the
youth
leadership
academy,
which
is
an
eight-week
program
for
25
participants.
D
Other
highlights
include
the
bay
city's
inaugural
fire
academy
in
the
creation
of
the
quick
response.
Team
department
of
public
works
were
able
to
replace
approximately
8
350
square
feet
of
sidewalks
and
11
ada
rams
also
completed
were
milling
asphalt,
overlay,
water,
main
sidewalks
and
sewer
work
on
winona
avenue,
johnson
street
lafayette
and
kosciuszko
and
marquette
avenue.
In
the
total
amount
of
four
million
six
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars,
our
team
was
able
to
remove
and
replace
196
lead
services.
This
past
year
we
also
saw
two
additions
to
our
parks.
D
This
past
year,
a
fundraiser
spearheaded
by
pat
o'shea
at
a
pickleball
courts
at
carroll
park.
The
courts
are
a
big
hit
with
the
community
members
such
a
big
hit
that
we're
considering
the
addition
of
more
courts,
also
community
development
assisted
with
the
installation
of
the
new
fitness
obstacle
course
at
maplewood
park,
with
community
development,
black
grant
funds.
D
D
Our
challenges
are
great.
The
road
ahead
is
long
and
there's
so
much
work
to
do
but
bay
city.
We
are
ready.
The
city
received
31
million
dollars
in
american
rescue
egg
funds
to
address
the
storm
that
covet
left
behind
myself.
The
mayor
and
commissioners
and
our
finance
director
know.
We
will
never
experience
this
once
in
a
generation
funding
stream.
Again
we
had
so
many
questions.
D
Where
do
we
start?
What
are
the
most
impactful
expenditures
or
single
projects
that
we
can
undertake
to
benefit
current
and
future
residents?
Our
city
commission
acted
quickly.
By
setting
up
subcommittees,
we
had
four
areas
of
importance:
increased
population,
social
mobility,
children
in
education
and
immediate
needs.
To
date,
we
have
had
over
25
organizations
present
their
losses
during
copen
numerous,
and
I
mean
numerous
meetings
took
place
to
listen
to
our
residents
and
businesses
on
the
best
uses
for
the
funds.
I
can
tell
you
that
good
things
are
coming
from
these
funds.
D
D
Just
yesterday,
we
launched
the
homeowner
assistance
program
for
one
million
dollars
to
assist
homeowners
with
utilities,
rent
and
mortgages
under
infrastructure,
we're
placing
lead
lines
and
sewer
trickling
filters
and
fixing
the
roads.
We
have
allocated
just
under
six
million
dollars
to
roads.
They
are
shovel
ready
and
are
spread
out
throughout
the
city.
D
So
what
I'm
saying
is
the
next
couple
of
summers
in
bay
city
will
be
full
of
orange
cones.
The
social
mobility
subcommittee
is
working
on
a
proposal
to
increase
business
and
stabilize
health
and
human
services
in
the
city.
The
child
care
and
education
subcommittee
are
working
on
an
early
childhood
initiative.
Youth
employment
and
a
partnership
with
naacp
for
youth
and
young
adult
engagement.
D
Lack
of
child
care
is
definitely
a
crisis
in
michigan,
with
the
state's
overall
workforce
down
by
136
000
women
compared
to
early
2020..
I
must
congratulate
the
city
commission
for
taking
the
time
to
plan
strategically
collaborate
to
maximize
our
resources
and
engaging
our
public
through
civic
engagement
to
transform
our
community.
D
The
recent
global
pandemic
in
this
historic
series
of
federal
legislation
intended
to
secure
economic
recovery
and
reinvestment
in
america
is
an
example
of
an
event
that
will
unlikely
reoccur
again
at
this
scale.
The
plan
that
the
commissioner
set
forth
was
long
but
needed
and
well
worth
it.
They
truly
had
the
strength
to
set
up
their
own
system
that
fit
the
needs
of
our
community.
D
In
closing,
if
you
had
asked
me
five
years
ago
where
we
would
be
in
early
2022,
I
would
have
never
guessed
that
we
would
be
taking
on
these
issues.
Certainly
no
one
predicted
the
pandemic
or
the
economic
challenges
that
we
would
face
as
a
result.
But
what
I
do
know
we
are
ready
to
move
forward
and
focus
on
what
is
next
for
our
community.
B
Thank
you
dana
for
that
update
it's
good
to
see
that
the
city
of
bay
is
doing
just
as
well
as
the
counting.
So
thank
you
for
sharing
all
of
that
information.
It
is
now
my
pleasure
to
introduce
madison
jarman
community
affairs
manager
for
consumers
energy
to
serve
as
the
moderator
for
the
questions
from
the
audience.
So
if
you
haven't
write
your
question
down
now,
if
you
haven't
submitted
it
online,
please
do
so
and
members
of
the
bay
chamber
staff
will
be
coming
around
to
collect
them.
Thank
you.
E
E
And
then,
if
you
have
your
questions,
please
make
sure
that
you're
running
them
on
index
cards
raise
them
up,
so
our
ambassadors
can
come
collect
them
online.
Please
make
sure
you're
submitting
those
as
well,
and
I
have
two
to
start
off
at
least
okay,
so
the
first
one
is
for
dana,
given
the
declining
population
in
big
city.
Does
the
city
anticipate
funding
tail
attraction,
efforts
to
turn
the
tide
in
the
near
future?.
D
E
C
Jana
mentioned
in
her
remarks
how
our
bay
county
land
bank,
seeing
the
collaboration
between
the
city
and
the
county
on
addressing
the
issues
of
light,
as
well
as
foreclosed
properties
throughout
the
city
and
the
county,
and
it's
very
important
that
we
as
we
go
forward,
look
at
the
quality
of
our
neighborhoods,
wherever
they
may
be
in
the
city
of
the
township
of
county.
That's
one
area,
several
others.
C
D
That
he
was
talking
about
the
transportation
led
by
commissioners,
rivet
and
dockett
and
asmagian.
It's
a
really
important
piece
to
address
our
youth
in
the
community
and
getting
them
to
jobs
right
we're
finding
that
a
lot
of
them
don't
have
driver's
license,
which
I'm
surprised
when
I
was
16.
That
was
the
first
thing
I
did,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
kids
graduating
from
high
school
that
still
don't
have
their
driver's
license,
so
they
need
to
get
to
their
jobs
right
and
that's
their
excuse
that
they
can't
work
if
they
don't
have
transportation.
D
I
met
with
jim
staff
and
jim
was
at
some
of
the
meetings
too,
where
we
discussed
some
of
the
nonprofits
that
we
are
distributing
the
money
to
just
so
we
can
collaborate
on
that,
so
a
few
of
them
that
jim
hit
those
are
also
on
our
list.
We're
making
sure
that
not
only
the
city
is
covered,
but
also
the
whole
county,
so
that's
kind
of
where
we're
collaborating
on
that.
E
C
Well,
we
see
the
involvement
of
jennifer
acosta
and
so
many
other
redevelopment
specialists
real
estate
specialists
in
our
community
throughout
the
county.
Looking
at
how
to
revitalize
some
of
the
aging
housing
that
we
have
and
when
I
was
in
the
legislature,
we
did
work
on
a
lot
of
financial
incentives
for
business
investment
on
the
riverfront,
the
obsolete
property
rehabilitation
act.
I
know
jeff
and
I
were
jefferson
house.
I
was
a
senator
in
the
senate.
C
We
worked
closely
to
try
to
create
incentives
for
people
to
look
at
one
of
the
old
contaminated
warehouses
on
the
riverfront
and
convert
that
keeping
the
original
structure,
but
actually
converting
that,
to
you
know
very,
very
high-end,
condos
retail
establishments
and
professional
offices.
We
need
a
similar
effort
for
our
housing
and,
while
we're
lagging
behind,
I
think
on
that.
Certainly
the
legislature,
maybe
can
do
more,
but
there
are
at
one
time
big
city
was
the
second
largest
city
in
michigan
only
second
to
detroit
because
of
the
lumber
air
and
the
ship
building
industry.
C
Here
we
have
a
proud
history
and
one
that
we'd
like
to
share
and
talk
about
with
people
who
aren't
familiar
with
it,
but
a
lot
of
our
housing
is,
it
was
built
in
the
1900s.
1920S
wasn't
well
insulated,
becoming
age
aged,
and
we
need
to
look
at
everything
we
can
do
to
re-rehabilitate
the
housing
or,
if
it's
beyond,
repair,
demolish
it
and
make
room
for
new
residents
to
make
their
home
in
bay
city
or
throughout
the
county.
C
So
we
will
continue
to
do
that,
but
we
haven't
seen
the
kind
of
commitment
at
this
point
for
housing
as
we
have
for
the
development
of
the
riverfront.
But
I
do
want
to
compliment
the
city,
damon
and
all
of
the
commissioners
and
previous
office
holders
and
mayors
who
worked
and
made
it
a
priority
to
redevelop
our
our
bay
city
riverfront.
When
I
talk
to
people
who
come
to
bay
city
and
visit
they're
raving
now
about
what
they
experience
here,
some
of
the
fine
establishments,
businesses
and
beautiful
restaurants.
C
D
Just
a
little
bit,
I
think
jim
touched
on
it,
but
I
I
think
you
could
see
in
the
numbers
that
I
reported
to
that
we
kind
of
are
having
a
movement
with
people
buying
our
houses,
I'm
fixing
them
up
and
reselling
them
and
they're
absolutely
on
an
affordable
price
and
they're
moving
now
towards
owner-occupied,
which
is
something
that
we
strive
to
do
in
the
city
as
well.
So
we
are
seeing
that
we
would
like
a
little
bit
more
to
address
that
middle
income.
E
F
D
D
C
I
agree
with
them
that
the
outdoor
concerts
and
state
theater
feature
tremendous
entertainment
opportunities
for
bay
county
residents
to
see
people
that
we
might
have
to
ride
the
swimming
eagle
or
to
detroit
to
see.
So
that's
always
great
to
see
a
venue
of
entertainment,
and
I
also
love
the
new
bandshell
that
is
beautiful.
C
F
E
C
C
We
we
struggle
with
that
to
keep
it
open
each
and
every
year,
and
we
know
it's
important
as
someone
who
is
on
the
swim
team,
not
a
not
a
star
this
one,
but
someone
who
was
on
the
swing
swim
team
at
obesity,
central
high
for
three
years.
I
appreciate
those
who
love
to
swim
and
recreate
in
pools,
and
it
is
a
popular
program
that
we
have
and
we've
tried
to
make
it
available
to
the
young
people.
C
Our
veterans
have
donated
money
and
raised
money
previous
years
to
to
make
use
of
the
pool
free
on
tuesdays
and
thursdays.
But
I
know
we
just
had
a
recent
discussion
we're
going
forward
with
another
year.
If
we
can
find
the
resources
to,
you
know,
keep
it
going
which
we
haven't
decided
to,
but
also,
if
there's
something
on
the
horizon,
that
we
could
actually
improve
and
possibly
make
it
a
year-round
pool.
D
Did
you
notice?
I
didn't
have
that?
Yes,
I
did
so.
We
are
currently
working
on
the
lease
agreement
for
independence
bridge,
so
we
did
the
one
for
liberty,
as
you
probably
all
know
that
we
already
have
construction
going
on
liberty.
They
are
here.
United
bridge
partners
are
working
on
it.
A
lot
of
stuff
is
being
done,
you're
not
going
to
see
a
lot
of
it,
even
though
there
is
just
one
lane,
that's
up
there
right
now,
so
we
will
have
construction
starting
on
independence.
E
E
D
D
E
D
F
C
Well,
as
you
know,
we
own
the
pacific
arena,
which
has
two
olympic-sized
sheets
of
ice,
and
it's
doing
very
well.
For
many
years
the
bombs
have
finally
been
paid
off
and
those
were
700.
Excuse
me,
950
000
dollars
a
year
for
20
years
in
2018,
the
city
arena
was
paid
off
so
that
took
a
financial
burden
off
the
county
and
then
traditionally
would
lose
about
250
to
350
000
dollars
a
year
on
the
operations
the
base
city,
electric
department
gets
a
lot
of
revenue
from
our
city
arena.
C
I
think
around
15
16
000
a
month
in
electric
bills
to
keep
it
cool
and
also
the
the
ice
you
know
firm
to
use.
It
is
kind
of
an
expensive
sport.
However,
we
actually
were
on
track
with
copa
to
bring
that
red
ink
down
to
about
20
or
30
thousand
dollars
and
so
we're
making
most
significant
progress
there.
It
is
popular
and
one
of
the
events
that
we
had
last
last
year.
C
I
think
it
was
for
red
st
lawrence
was
we
had
four
of
our
rhythmics,
including
dylan,
miss
dylan's
last
name
dylan,
the
captain
of
the
red
wings.
He
was
up,
and
he
talked
to
us,
presented
the
2500
check
and
recalled
his
days
when
he
was
at
a
high
school
down
in
oakland
county
and
would
come
up
and
practice
at
our
civic
arena,
and
he
said
he
loved
the
double
sheets
of
ice
and
we've
also
looked
at
taking
out
one
sheet
of
ice
and
going
to
turf
sports.
C
C
C
I
mentioned
that
in
the
presentation,
but
we've
tried
to
invest
all
of
the
money
that
the
golf
course
gets.
No
financial
support
from
the
taxpayers,
the
county
owns
it,
but
all
of
the
costs
are
borne
by
the
people
who
golf
there.
So
the
way
to
raise
the
revenue
is
to
get
more
and
more
people
to
come
out
and
go,
and
we
needed
to
address
some
structural
and
some
long-term
issues
there.
C
In
terms
of
the
condition
of
the
golf
carts,
the
condition
of
the
pro
shop
and
also
a
more
effective
irrigation
system
for
the
fairways
and
greens,
and
so
we're
seeing
a
much
higher
volume
of
traffic
at
the
bay
county
golf
course,
and
we
also
put
an
install
of
a
33
million
gallon
pond.
That's
a
reservoir
for
our
irrigation
system
and
we
were
able
to
sell
about
98
000
worth
of
clay
to
encapsulate
the
current
wedding
top
soil
up
there.
So
it
was
a
win-win.
C
E
E
C
D
We
do
we
do
have
some
plans.
We
do
need
to
look
at
some
of
the
lighting
there,
but
the
softball
teams
that
come
in,
I
know
are
very
invested
in
those
fields
and
they
have
talked
about
investing
like
fundraising
for
the
fields
and
putting
them
back
into
that.
So
we'll
continue
to
do
that,
because
obviously
you
talked
to
clear
golf
like
this
is
just
another
thing
that
we
need
to
get
outside
and
do
just
over
the
past
couple
years.
We've
noticed
an
uptick
in
sports
like
that
and
walking
on
our
trails
and
what
happened.
D
E
E
D
G
G
So
this
was
february
of
2020
and
we
were
just
shy
of
300
people.
It
feels
really
good
to
be
back
and
have
more
than
300
people
at
an
event
post
covent.
So
you
guys
have
been
been
a
great
audience
and
not
just
that,
but
we
asked
great
questions.
Nobody
asked
about
a
minor
league,
baseball
team
or
an
amusement
park,
and
chris
gerard
didn't
ask
about
madonna,
so
we
had
a
great
day
right.
G
I
want
to
thank
imageworks
for
live
streaming
for
us
today
on
short
notice
and
the
doubletree
staff
for
their
hospitality.
As
jim
mentioned,
we
are
excited
at
the
chamber
of
commerce
to
be
working
on
talent,
attraction
and
retention,
and
when
you
ask
yourself
and
your
question,
why?
Why
is
this
so
important?
Jim
alluded
to
it?
You
know
we're
the
oldest
county
in
the
state
of
michigan.
G
I
got
a
thumbs
up,
I
nailed
it,
so
this
is
going
to
be
the
biggest
initiative
that
the
chamber
of
commerce
has
ever
worked
on.
Jim
threw
the
slide
up.
It
was
581
thousand
dollars,
that's
half
the
funding.
We
continue
to
work
with
the
city,
the
city,
commissioners,
on
securing
the
other
half
of
that
fund
and
I'm
sure
I'll,
be
having
conversations
with
a
number
of
you
as
we
look
forward
to
make
that
self-sustaining.
G
Before
we
go
today,
just
a
couple
of
event:
announcements.
The
first
is
superior
insurance
group,
formerly
northway
will
be
hosting
our
after
hours
this
thursday
from
five
to
seven
and
this
other
one's
exciting,
and
nobody
else
knows
about
it
yet,
but
on
may
20th
at
drift,
we're
going
to
host
a
summer
kick-off,
bloody
mary
brunch.
G
Four
and
a
half
years
I've
been
trying
to
transition
our
eye
opener
breakfast
at
7
30
into
a
10
a.m:
bloody
mary
brunch.
This
is
the
segway
to
that.
So
we
will
kick
off
our
summer
as
we
go
outside
into
the
cold,
with
thoughts
of
bloody
mares.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
joining
us
today
have
a
wonderful
day.