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City of Charleston Committee on Ways and Means 8/16/2022
B
C
B
D
Mr
chairman
and
fellow
members
of
council,
I
just
I
don't
know
that
they're
here,
I
don't
think
so,
but
I
just
want
to
shout
out
the
ls-3p
I
I
guess
you
know
here,
but
they
are
donating
their
services
to
build
this
building
and
not
just
a
little
drawing
conceptual
drawing
they're,
taking
it
all
the
way
through
construction
documents
and
permitting
at
no
charge
and
they're
asking
as
many
of
their
subs
and
other
civil
engineers.
I
know,
fordberg
engineering
has
already
agreed
to
participate
on
the
same
level.
D
So,
as
you
know,
we
have
a
fundraising
effort
to
help
pay
for
this
building
and
to
have
the
architectural
and
engineering
services
provided
at
no
charge
is
a
huge
lift,
a
huge
step
in
the
right
direction
to
get
the
hope
center
built
the
new
hope
center,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
them
publicly.
They
they're
really
publicly
public
spirited
terrific
to
to
donate
these
services
to
us.
So
thank
anybody.
You
know
with
ls3p
when
you
see
them
and
forsberg.
B
A
No
discussion,
but
I
just
want
to
applaud
them
for
doing
what
they're
doing,
because
that's
that's
a
lot
of
money,
that's
that
you
know
that
they
could
have
made
off
of
this,
but
they're
doing
it.
You
know
as
giving
back
to
the
community
so
to
speak,
and
it's
also
a
community
I
represent,
so
I'm
you
know
kudos
of
them.
Thank
you.
B
All
in
favor
aye
the
eyes
have
it
item.
Five.
Is
the
authorization
to
execute
an
intergovernmental
agreement
between
scdot
and
the
city
regarding
the
construction
and
maintenance
of
the
ashley
river
pedestrian
bridge?
Do
I
look
so
any
discussion
all
in
favor,
say:
aye,
I'm
sorry,
I'm
sorry,
I'm
saying
you
had
a
council
member
parker.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
did
bring
this
up
in
a
different
meeting
in
traffic
and
transportation,
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
I'm
you
know
I'm
not
for
the
pedestrian
bridge.
I
think
we
have
other
glaring
issues
to
spend
money
on,
but
I
understand
that
this
agreement
needs
to
happen
in
order
for
grant
funding,
but
I
just
wanted
to
state
that
for
the
record,
that's
sort
of
my
no
vote.
Okay,.
F
So,
just
briefly,
mr
chairman,
I
was
going
to
bring
this
up
with
my
report
on
tnt,
but
just
for
council's
information.
This
intergovernmental
agreement
is
a
prerequisite
to
us
getting
our
final
grant
agreement
in
place,
which
is
in
turn
a
prerequisite
to
us
getting
the
final
design
team
in
place,
which,
of
course,
is
prerequisite
to
building
this
project.
We
got
a
report
yesterday
on
all
that
to
so
so
this
intergovernmental
agreements
with
the
dot
and
that
will
then
put
us
in
place
to
finish
our
process
of
application.
F
I
understand
that
we
may
get
some
even
more
good
news
somewhere
in
the
future
on
where
we
are
with
our
funding
and
all
this
so
lots
going
on
all
positive.
So
I
certainly
recommend
approval
of
this.
B
Okay,
we
have
one,
the
nay
was
recorded.
The
neighborhood
was
recorded,
okay,
all
right,
so
move
item.
Six
is
six
seven
and
actually
eight
they're,
all
great
news
for
our
communities.
B
Second,
any
discussion
on
item
no
yeah
any
discussion
on
six.
Seven
and
eight.
Do
I
hear
a
motion
moved
and
properly
seconded
any
discussion
mayor,
matthew.
D
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
my
colleagues.
I
just
want
to
again
thank
folks,
our
stormwater
department,
matt
fountain
and
his
team.
Our
public
works
committee.
Who's
been
working
on
a
number
of
these
items
for
a
while
and
in
addition
to
to
a
couple
of
other
items
that
are
on
the
agenda,
I
just
want
to
point
out
we're
we're
covering
moving
the
ball
forward
in
every
part
of
the
city
other
than
daniel
island,
with
all
due
respect.
They
planned
it
so
well
drainage-wise.
They
don't
need
these
projects.
D
D
I
think
we've
ever
had
installed
at
the
west
side
of
calhoun
street,
so
the
east
side,
the
west
side
of
peninsula,
james
island,
johns
island
and
west
ashley
they're
all
covered
here
in
this
agenda,
and
it's
a
thanks
again
to
our
stormwater
department
and
everybody
involved
in
making
these
move
forward.
Thank
you.
B
Any
more
discussion,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
the
eyes.
Have
it
item
number
ten?
Is
it?
Yes?
Nine
move
for
approval.
Item
number.
Nine.
B
D
Mayor
so
so,
once
again,
this
is
a
grant
money,
we're
applying
for
and
again
total
on
this
city
council
session,
we're
applying
for
about
15
million
dollars
in
funding
from
various
sources
that
are
now
available
to
us.
Thanks
to
the
state
and
federal
government,
the
infrastructure
money
we're
trying
to
get
our
share
and
the
important
thing
is
the
funding
that
would
have
paid
for
this
necessary
update
at
concord
street
was
money
all
coming
out
of
the
drainage
fund.
D
So
if
we
get
the
grant
that
frees
up
that
drainage
fund
money
for
projects
all
over
the
city-
and
I
can't
thank
sarah
hagar
enough
back
to
council
member
sheila-
it
was
your
idea:
let's
go
ahead
and
hire
a
grants.
Writer
right
after
you
got
elected
to
council,
she
has
really
had
a
terrific
year
and
continue
to
do
so.
As
I
think
you
know,
we,
we
announced
a
seven
million
award
to
lowline
earlier
today,
but
anyway,
grant
writing
she's
doing
a
terrific
job.
It's
really
paying
off.
B
Great
things
are
happening
any
further
discussion,
if
not
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye,
item
11,
12
and
13
all
involve
the
international
african-americans.
B
And
and
as
we
move
forward
in
january,
it's
going
to
really
really
be
great
for
us
to
be
able
to
experience
the
international
african-american
museum.
I
think
it's
going
to
make
an
unbelievable
statement
in
our
city
in
our
state,
so
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
seeing
it
in
its
full
completion.
Councilmember.
A
The
language
on
the
change
order,
it
says,
unfortunately,
the
black
locust
is
not
returnable
for
a
refund,
so
we've
got
a
bunch
of
wood,
that's
been
installed
and
we
do
something
productive
with
it
other
than
throw
it
away.
A
So
interesting
enough,
black
locust,
the
only
place
that
grows
is
in
west
virginia
in
surrounding
states.
There's
one
supplier
that
actually
manufactures
this
and
it
was
purchased
from
from
them.
We
currently
have
it
in
storage
right
now,
and
I
guess
the
way
that
we're
looking
at
this
is.
These
are
funds
that
the
iam
has
transferred
to
the
city,
so
they're
actually
asking
us
the
city
to
sell
that
wood
for
them
and
transfer
the
funds
back
or
put
it
back
into
the
project
budget.
A
Okay,
with
just
everything
going
on
trying
to
finish
up
the
museum,
we
haven't
sat
down
with
procurement
on
figuring
out
how
we
actually
sell
this
material,
okay,
okay,
so
anybody
that
needs
black
locust
one.
B
A
D
I
would
just
say
seriously
that
it
was
intended
for
a
boardwalk
correct.
Yes,
sir,
and
I
bet
it's
really
high
quality
material-
that
if
you
try
to
sell
it,
you
can't
get
good
dollar
for
it.
I
mean
there's
a
project
over
in
shadow
moss
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
and
it
needs
a
boardwalk
or
there's
some
other
thing
coming
up.
Where
we'll
need
a
boardwalk.
Let's,
let's
use
it.
If
we
can
yes.
A
B
Thanks
mayor
you're,
on
top
of
it
any
further
discussion,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
the
eyes
have
it
item
number
14,
the
recreation
department,
any
discussion
all
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
aye,.
B
A
Thank
you
chair.
You
guys
are
going
too
fast
for
this.
For
me,
I
just
want
to
congratulate
laurie
on
number
14..
I
know
we
just
passed
it,
but
it's
that's
a
great
program
to
work
in
our
after
school
programs
and
it's
nice
to
see
a
little
bit
more
alignment
on
the
academic
and
social
emotional
learning
piece,
so
lori
good
job.
Thank
you.
D
And
we
started
with
the
second
one
number
22
to
address
the
minimum
pay
of
not
just
one
one
department
of
our
city,
but
all
of
our
civil
employees-
and
this
has
been
a
goal
of
all
of
us
for
years
now
and
it
seems
like
every
budget
year
came
along
and
we're
always
tight
and
constrained
that
we
do
what
we
can.
But
this
is
a
solid
and
I'll
note,
a
mid-year
adjustment
to
our
salaries.
We
don't
normally
do
that.
D
We
normally
wait
till
the
new
budget
year
starts,
but
thankfully
amy
and
the
great
team-
and
they
finished
their
audit,
their
review
of
last
year's
budget
and
our
our
revenue
was
a
little
higher
than
what
we
had
budgeted
so
to
invest.
That
back
into
our
employees
is,
is
job
number
one
right
now
for
russia,
we've
been
looking
at
the
statistics
of
competitive
pay
in
today's
labor
market.
D
Typically
government
lags
behind
the
private
sector
and
that's
continues
to
be
true.
We're
we're
behind
the
eight
ball
trying
to
play
catch
up,
to
be
honest
with
you,
but
I
hope
it's
a
show
of
good
faith
that
we're
we
are
trying
to
catch
up.
We're
adjusting
our
minimum
pay
for
for
all
employees
and
then,
but
that
only
applied
to
about
475
employees
that
they
would
actually
see
a
little
difference
in
their
paycheck.
D
So
I
thought
it
was
also
appropriate
to
bring
to
you
all
forward
a
an
additional
bonus
for
all
of
our
employees
across
the
board
and
same
amount,
no
matter
what
your
salary
is
and
that's
what
number
21
is
and
again
we
were
able
to
do
this
based
upon
the
additional
revenue
we
had.
D
Basically,
this
is
about
the
same
amount,
as
3.4
million
is
a
little
less
than
three
mils,
and
so
so
it's
almost
like
a
double
double
gift
in
a
way
to
to
our
city
budget
that
is,
but
to
bring
forward.
Another
bonus
for
all
of
our
employees
be
250
after
taxes,
so
it's
a
little
more
expense
to
the
city
than
just
that
figure
and
then
half
of
that
amount
for
our
part-time
employees.
D
So
we
got
a
lot
of
work
to
do
everyone.
We,
we
were
at
the
public
safety
committee
just
an
hour
and
a
half
ago
and
heard
reports
from
fire
and
police
departments.
Frankly,
mr
chairman,
and
all
my
colleagues,
it's
all
of
our
city,
employees
really
deserve
to
be
paid
fairly
more
than
what
they're
making
now
I
know,
we've
tried
we're
going
to
have
to
look
at
every
penny
that
we
can
dedicate
it
to
this
for
next
year's
budget
as
well.
D
But
this
is
a
good
step
in
the
right
direction
and
thank
you
all
for
supporting
and
supporting
our
employees.
B
Yeah
there
was,
there
was
one
thing
that
that
came
out
of
that
meeting
in
public
safety
that
really
stood
out
for
me,
and
that
is
if
our
staff
and
our
departments
are
doing
as
well
as
they're
doing
given
their
staffing
levels.
Can
you
imagine
what
they
can
do
if
they
were
fully
staffed?
B
I
mean
we
really
need
to
think
about
that,
because
they're
really
breaking
their
backs
to
keep
our
city
functional.
B
I
mean
we
have
some
shortfalls
everybody's
talking
about
the
trash
and
some
other
stuff,
but
I
think
that
that
that
we'll
get
there,
and
I
think
that
this
is
one
of
the
ways
that
we
can
get
there
by
giving
people
a
twelve
hundred,
fifty
dollar
bonus
and,
of
course,
part-time
much
less
so
mayor.
I
applaud
the
effort
of
our
budget
division
and
our
human
resource
division
to
really
have
been
listening
to
council
members
and
staff
in
terms
of
what
the
needs
are.
I
think
I
saw
councilman
saccharin's
hands.
First
then
councilman
shane.
A
Thank
you
chair.
I
just
want
a
clarifying
question
for
myself,
so
I
know
some
organizations
categorize
part-time
employees
differently.
So
when
we
say
part-time,
it's
all
of
our
hourly
staff,
regardless
of
where
they
work
so
yeah,
they're,
part-time
and
full-time.
It's
every
city
staff,
member
okay,
regardless
of
how
many
hours
they
work
or
that's.
C
And
I'm
pleased
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
have
our
finances
in
such
a
state
that
we're
able
to
do
this,
as
mentioned
before
those
of
us
who
supported
this
middle
increase
for
our
budget
last
time
did
so
with
the
hope
that
our
economy
was
going
to
turn
around
and
or
the
federal
government
was
going
to
come
and
help
us
out
along
the
way
which
they
they
did
and
our
economy
did
turn
around
particularly
locally.
Our
economy
turned
around.
C
But
this
is
just
a
drop
in
the
bucket
to
the
overall,
more
serious
problem
we
have
in
the
city
with
with
our
pay.
I'm
glad
we're
doing
this,
I'm
glad
we
have
the
situation
that
we
we
can
do
this
we're
going
to
take
up
the
next
item.
That's
going
to
hopefully
project
us
into
the
next
few
year
of
discussion
of
dealing
with
this,
but
but
I
think
the
public
just
needs
to
be
aware
that
this
is
not
the
final
solution.
This
is
not
the
the
end
of
the
line.
C
This
is
just
a
a
pattern
on
the
back
sort
of
speak
to
our
employees,
which
they
are
well
deserving
and
we
need
to
do
more,
but
I'm
glad
we
have
the
opportunity
to
to
address
this.
Thank
you,
sir.
B
Any
other
comments,
if
not
all
in
favor,
say
aye
the
eyes
have
it
item
number
23
planning,
breast
preservation,
sustainability
resolution
moved
and
properly.
Second,
any
discussion
on
item
number
23.,
if
not
all
in
favor,
say
aye
I'll
call
on
councilmember
shade
for
the
committee
on
real
estate.
I'm
sorry!
Oh
I'm
sorry.
G
I'm
chairman
of
pal
no
problem.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
The
real
estate
committee
met
yesterday
afternoon
and
we
covered
an
enormous
amount
of
ground.
The
first
two
items
on
our
agenda
had
to
do
with
approving
rental
agreement
for
festival
hall
regarding
the
moja
arts
festival
coming
up
this
fall
and
that
was
approved
unanimously.
G
We
then
approved
a
second
amendment
to
the
management
and
operating
agreement
regarding
the
c
v
b,
building
on
on
meeting
street
to
sort
of
re
kind
of
true
up
some
expenses
associated
with
the
upfits
they've
done
in
that
property,
you
should
you
should
check
it
out.
It's
it's
really
quite
fantastic.
What
they've
done
over
there,
then
we
approved
an
amendment
to
the
lease
agreement
between
the
city
of
charleston
and
the
aquarium
regarding
the
maritime
center.
G
This
is
to
facilitate
student
access
to
the
waterfront
they're,
going
to
build
some
railings
and
things
of
that
nature
out
on
the
docks,
and
it
will
not
be
an
exclusive
use
of
that
facility.
G
It'll
be
open
to
the
public
as
well,
but
this
will
be
more
of
an
opportunity
for
the
students
that
the
aquarium
seeks
to
educate
over
at
the
maritime
center
to
have
direct
access
and
engagement
with
with
the
water,
which
is
just
a
really
really
special
thing,
and
a
remark
was
made
at
the
committee
yesterday
that
in
the
not
too
very
distant
future
we're
going
to
have
a
much
expanded
footprint
of
the
aquarium.
Of
course,
the
international
african-american
museum
right
next
door.
G
It's
really
going
to
be
a
pretty
incredible
waterfront
there,
all
based
around
education
and
all
kinds
of
heritage.
You
know
aspects
of
the
community
and
low
country,
so
we're
all
looking
forward
to
that.
We
then
adopted
a
measure
involving
morrison
yard.
G
We
then
approved
a
utility
easement
out
on
daniel
island
to
run
some
power
to
some
soccer
and
lacrosse
fields
that
all
passed
unanimously,
and
then
we
approved
a
rite
of
purchase
involving
56
noonan
street.
G
This
is
a
little
bit
complicated,
but
this
is
one
of
the
properties
where
the
city
of
charleston
has
participated
in
you
know
ensuring
you
know,
affordable,
housing
and
and
the
property
has
gone
into
foreclosure,
but
under
some
of
the
legal
agreements
we
have
in
place,
the
city
is
allowed
to
step
in
and
make
sure
that
property
is
not
taken
out.
G
So
we're
going
to
have
the
authority
to
step
in
and
the
property
is
worth
considerably
more
than
the
hundred
and
thirty-five
thousand
dollars
that
that
we
have
approved
the
next
two
items
had
to
do
with
a
really
impressive
piece
of
affordable
housing.
Infill
development
over
on
america
street
six
homes
are
going
to
be
brought
to
market
by
jjr
development,
a
entity
that
that
really
needs
no
introduction
around
here.
G
Jeff
roberts,
its
principal,
they
do
a
tremendous
amount
of
award-winning
work
in
the
city
in
partnership
with
giannisha
johnson,
her
department,
everybody
else
at
the
city.
This
is
going
to
be
a
really
really
impressive
development
once
it's
all
said
and
done
and
wasn't
easy,
but
jeff
and
his
team
navigated
the
process
effectively,
and
hopefully
this
can
be
a
model
for
future
private
public
collaboration
in
the
affordable
housing,
space
downtown
and
elsewhere.
G
Then
we
approved
an
escrow
agreement
regarding
long
savannah.
This
has
to
do
with
the
acquisition
of
property
under
the
development
agreement
for
long
savannah
parkway
and
then
finally,
we
approved
the
necessary
documents
regarding
some
utilities
that
were
construction.
G
We
were
constructed
incident
to
the
credit
one
stadium
improvements
over
on
daniel
island
that
of
course
passed
unanimously
as
well,
and
then
we
gave
unanimous
approval
to
four
annexations,
three
of
which
were
in
west
ashland,
one
of
which
was
on
james
island
in
wagner
and
I'm
sorry
in
riverland,
terrace
and
four
new
properties
into
the
city
of
charleston.
And
then
we
concluded
with
two
executive
session
items,
one
involving
the
children's
museum
and
one
involving
a
discussion
about
acquiring
some
property.
A
One
small
correction:
number
letter
e
was
deferred
request
deferral
by
staff.
Thank
you.
B
I
just
bring
that
up,
because
I
think
it's
something
that
we
really
need
to
start
thinking
about
for
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Okay,.
C
C
So
you
just
sort
of
take
that
in
into
proper
context.
I
am
dating
myself
and
I
will
talk
about
this
a
little
bit,
but
the
house
I
own
on
travis
street,
I
bought
downtown
right
off.
The
broad
street
was
for
sixty
seven
thousand
dollars
in
1982,
and
that
was
considered
a
very
nice
property
on
on
broad
street,
so
200
000
would
have
bought
you,
a
very
nice
house,
anywhere.
A
E
C
For
someone
to
afford
a
house
on
the
peninsula
to
pay
200
000
only
because
the
city
is
subsidizing,
the
balance
of
that
property
and
that's,
I
think,
in
bulk
account
all
the
expenses
to
really
go
into
with
the
land
and
the
construction
and
everything
else.
So
it
is,
it
does
put
things
in
perspective
when
you
look
at
it.
That
way,
I'm
glad
you
pointed
that
out.
I
asked
you
that
question
yesterday
in
our
committee,
the
cost
of
housing
in
charleston
is
going
to
every
day.
G
Yeah,
mr
chairman,
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
touch
on
some
of
the
remarks
you
just
made
there
and-
and
I'm
not
trying
to
do
this,
because
I
you
know,
lost
a
bet
to
jeff
and
have
to
give
him
compliments
in
public.
I
mean
I
mean
what
I'm
about
to
say.
Jeff
and
his
team
are
some
of
the
most
experienced
knowledgeable,
infill
developers
in
the
region,
and
this
was
not
easy
for
him
financially
from
a
regulatory
process.
It's
not
easy
doing
this.
G
There
are
not
many
entities
around
that
can
do
the
sort
of
work
that
they
did
on
this
project.
A
lot
of
them
would
have
turned
tail
and
and
probably
not
followed
through
on
it.
City
of
charleston
can't
do
anything
about
the
federal
interest
rates.
We
can't
do
anything
about
inflation
costs
of
materials
supply
chain
things
of
that
nature,
but
the
more
those
issues
become
accelerant
to
the
cost
of
housing,
which
we're
obviously
seeing
the
more
important
it
is
for
the
city
to
always
be
critically
examining
our
regulatory
process
to
make
it
as
frictionless
as
possible.
G
We've
got
to
make
sure
we're
taking
care
of
stormwater.
We've
got
to
make
sure
we're
taking
care
of
historic.
You
know,
preservation,
architectural,
you
know
considerations,
but
all
of
that
friction
that
we
have
in
the
process
becomes
highlighted
the
more
we
have
these
headwinds
from
the
greater
economy,
and
this
isn't
easy
and
and
we're
not
going
to
get
to
16
000
units
six
units
at
a
time
like
this,
this
is
important,
it's
to
be
celebrated,
but
it's
gonna
need
to
be
an
all
the
above
approach
for
us
to
meet
our
goals.
Thank
you.
B
And
and
we're
in
total
agreement,
I'm
very
familiar
with
jeff's
work,
humanity's
work,
I'm
still
saying.
However,
that's
a
lot
of
money
to
develop,
affordable
housing
anywhere,
especially
in
charleston
councilmember
parker.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
so
I
was
not
allowed
to
attend
executive
session
on
items
m
n
yesterday
for
the
real
estate
committee.
When
will
I
and
other
council
members
be
notified,
or
you
know
updated
on
the
discussion
regarding
the
negotiations
with
the
children's
museum
and
whatever
property
is
being
proposed
to
purchase.
G
Well,
caroline
in
the
future,
if
you
want
to
ever
attend
an
executive
session
on
the
real
estate
committee
just
reach
out
to
me,
we
can
talk
about
it
ahead
of
time.
Mike
did
that
we
were
able
to
get
mike
in
happy
to
talk
to
you
about
that.
I
certainly
don't
have
any
opposition
to
that.
You
know
we
got
to
be
mindful
of
quorum
requirements,
full
council,
things
of
that
nature,
but
just
give
me
a
heads
up
ahead
of
time.
You
know
when
the
agenda
gets
published.
G
If
there's
something
that
strikes
your
interest,
let
me
know
about
it.
Obviously,
if
it
deals
with
james
island,
I
don't
see
that
being
a
problem
at
all.
You
know.
Part
of
the
reason
we
gave
the
consideration
to
mike
yesterday
was
because
you
know,
without
giving
away
too
much
confidential
information
here.
Let's
just
say
his
district
was
implicated
in
some
of
these
discussions.
G
We
wanted
to
grant
him
that
courtesy,
but
certainly
something
we
can
talk
about
and
provide
you
with
that
opportunity
and
I'll
just
go
a
step
further
and
say
any
sort
of
agreement
regarding
a
lease
regarding
the
sale
of
property.
G
A
Mr
chairman,
I
think
the
legal
department
needs
to
address
this.
I
don't
mean
official
on
this
spot,
but
traditionally,
if
you're
not
on
the
committee,
I
don't
think
you
participate
in
executive
sessions.
I
think
has
been
the
standard.
I
think
that
if
somebody
has
an
item
that
is
affecting
their
district
and
the
committee
wants
to
hear
from
them,
I
think
that's
one
thing.
But
traditionally,
if
you
are
not
on
the
committee,
you
do
not
participate
in
executive
sessions.
A
B
E
A
Yes,
now
in
the
past,
I
understand
the
committee,
but
there
have
been
times
in
the
past
where
a
council
member-
that's
not
on
the
committee
who
happens
to
be
in
the
meeting,
asked
to
be
in
the
executive
session
and
that
curtis
as
a
courtesy
has
been
granted.
A
F
F
F
Hopefully
that
bodes
well
for
tonight.
I
just
want
to
point
out,
as
we
went
through,
our
bids
and
purchases
which
we
take
in
in
lump
sum
included
in
the
bids
and
purchases,
was
something
that
we've
been
working
on
around
this
table
for
a
good
long
time,
and
it
wasn't
just
a
small
bid
and
a
small
purchase.
It
was
a
million
dollars
for
the
water
management
plan,
which
we've
been
talking
about
for
a
long
time.
I,
along
with
some
others,
sat
on
the
selection
committee
for
the
water
management
plan.
F
Dale
did
a
great
job
of
putting
it
all
together,
and
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
we
believe
that
the
team
that
has
been
assembled
it
shows
in
your
agenda
packet
that
it
was
black
veatch,
but
it
was
black
and
beach,
along
with
a
huge
team
which
includes,
among
others,
wagner
and
ball,
which,
as
you
recall,
was
one
of
the
participants
and
really
the
main
driving
force
of
the
dutch
dialogue.
So,
as
we
put
this
million
dollars
forward
to
come
up.
F
Finally,
in
the
city,
with
a
comprehensive
water
management
plan,
we're
actually
spending
moneys
on
someone
who
has
a
long
history
and
experience
with
the
city
and
has
already
laid
out
a
baseline
vision
for
some
of
the
things
that
we
can
be
doing
in
the
future.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
you
all
know
that
we
collectively
worked
hard
to
put
together
the
package
and
actually
originally
when
it
came
through
the
committee,
this
committee,
it
was
500
000
package.
It
was
up
to
a
million
dollars.
F
F
I
get
it
once
it
comes
to
asking
for
more
money,
I'll
hand
it
off
to
dale,
but
it
definitely
is
going
to
get
us
into
a
very
good
place
and
what
that
money
allowed
on
the
front
end
was
for
black
veatch
wagner
ball
and
like
to
put
together
really
a
good
team
that
covers
all
our
bases
and
allows
them
to
look
city-wide.
This
is
not
going
to
be
a
peninsula
deal.
This
is
a
city-wide
view
of
a
water
management
plan
that
I
believe,
we've
really
put
a
good
team
together.
F
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
all
knew
through
bigs
and
purchases.
That's
what
we're
doing
tonight
and
thank
you
all
for
being
part
of
that.
No.
A
Regarding
the
question
of
whether
it's
enough,
I
would
say
it's
enough
for
a
good
start
right,
so
I
I
think
this
is
a
good
start,
but
a
million
dollars
is
not
for
the
scope
of
work
that
we're
talking
about
may
not
go
very
far.
B
D
So,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
know
I've
made
a
couple
of
comments
already
and
about
some
items
on
this
agenda
today,
and
maybe
it's
because
it's
a
summer
meeting
and
we've
gone
for
a
whole
month.
It's
a
little
longer.
We
work
right
through
it
in
in
short
order
again,
it
just
amazes
me
how
much
work
goes
into
doing
all
these
items
by
our
staff
on
on
all
levels
and
and
legal
by
the
way
has
their
eyes
on
most
everything
that
comes
before
us.
D
They've
been
like
doing
an
incredible
job,
but
you
think
about
the
fire
department.
You
know
procuring
two
new
trucks
at
2.7
million
dollars
in
getting
all
new
fire
breathing
apparatus.
Just
just
to
make
that
happen
and
go
through
the
procurement
process
is
his
work.
The
comprehensive
water
plan
that
council
member
seeking
just
mentioned
this.
This
hope
of
getting
a
new
hope
center
built
the
this
agreement
with
the
d.o.t
y'all.
It's
it's.
D
It's
a
big
big
agreement
and
so
important
to
be
able
to
build
the
bike
pad
bridge
already
talked
about
the
storm
water
department,
all
those
things,
the
change
orders-
and
these
are
close
to
the
final
change
orders
that
we'll
need,
at
the
end
of
this
project,
to
build
the
international
african-american
museum,
and
I
got
to
tell
you
edmund
mosch-
deserves
a
medal
for
his
commitment
and
his
work
on
getting
that
building
built
and
bringing
it
in.
Basically,
on
time.
D
On
budget
I
mean
me
the
the
museum
folks
paid
for
the
add-ons
laurie
getting
wings
to
help
our
kids
after
school,
all
the
real
estate
matters
I
mean
I
just
got
a
shout
out
to
all
our
departments
and
all
the
work
that
they've
been
doing.
It's
just
really
incredible.