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A
A
We
want
you
to
know
that
this
is
televised
live
on
ccgtv,
it
will
be
rebroadcast,
and
this
is
the
second
of
three
scheduled
public
meeting.
We
had
one
on
the
14th
on
monday
tonight,
the
17th,
and
then
we
have
a
third
public
meeting
on
monday,
the
21st.
A
We
will
have
an
update
at
the
city
council
meeting
on
tuesday,
the
22nd,
and
so
we
encourage
you.
If
you
watch
city
council
meeting,
you
will
see
the
same
presentation
as
part
of
the
council
meeting
and
you
will
see
them
at
council
meetings
as
we
go
forward
at
each
meeting.
We
are
going
to
continue
to
show
it
for
those
who
may
be
watching
ccgtv
who
missed
it
before
will
have
an
opportunity
to
hear
this.
This
powerpoint
each
time
we
have
city
council
meeting,
there
will
be
additional
public
meetings.
A
The
schedule
has
not
been
released
but
know
that
there
will
be
additional
public
meetings.
The
purpose
of
staff
coming
out
the
city
manager
and
deputy
city
manager
to
have
these
public
meetings
is
to
educate
we
as
staff
we're
not
out
here
to
campaign.
In
fact,
we're
not
allowed
to
campaign
for
or
against
a
special
purpose,
local
option,
sales
tax,
and
so
our
purpose
here
today
is
to
collect,
gather
information
from
you.
The
citizens
answer
questions
that
you
may
have
and
but
then
share
with
you
what
you
have
shared
with
us
over
a
period
of
time.
A
We
had
some
public
meetings
in
2020
before
the
pandemic,
and
then
we
suspended
those
meetings,
and
we
are
now
picking
back
up
and
going
back
to
the
public
to
say
here's
what
we
heard
from
you
do
you
want
to
add
to
this
list.
If
you
want
to
add
to
the
list,
we'll
add
things
to
the
list,
we'll
ultimately
take
it
to
city
council
and
the
city
council.
Members
will
decide
based
on
your
input.
A
What
goes
forward
on
this
list
for
the
proposed
special
purpose:
local
option
sales
tax,
which
will
be
held
in
november
with
that
I'm
gonna
call
on
the
mayor
and
then
pam
hodge
will
come
up
to
deliver
the
powerpoint,
and
then
we
will
answer
questions
and
educate
on
what
we've
heard
from
citizens
and
talk
about
how
those
things
might
work
if
approved
going
forward.
A
B
B
One
is
the
multiple
media
that's
being
used
to
try
to
make
sure
that
this
gets
to
as
many
people
as
possible
that
it's
going
to
be
recorded,
it'll
be
replayed,
and
the
reason
for
that
is
because
this
is
about
the
citizens
of
columbus.
This
is
really
a
continuation
of
stuff.
I
think
we
started
this
back
in
2019
and,
of
course,
when
the
pandemic
hit.
Frankly,
we
just
made
the
decision
that,
even
though
it
was
gonna
make
the
hill
a
little
steeper
for
us,
we
we
just
decided.
B
B
The
idea
is
exactly
as
the
city
manager
laid
out
is
to
collect
ideas
from
you,
so
we've
done
that
we're
coming
back
by
saying
this
is
what
we
think
we
heard.
This
is
your
opportunity
to
confirm
to
alter
or
to
remove
so
we
we
look
forward
to
your
comments
and-
and
we
look
forward
to
the
comments
of
those
that
may
be
watching
at
home
and
and
submitting
their
ideas
and
questions
online.
B
This
is
also
an
effort
for
us
to
continue
to
fulfill
a
promise
that
we
made
to
individuals
you
you
remember
that
several
years
ago
we
had
a
major
challenge
with
our
existing
government
building
that
created
about
six
and
a
half
million
dollars
worth
of
work
for
us
for
for
an
old
building,
and
we
did
the
work.
But
while
we
were
doing
it,
we
discovered
that
there
were
a
lot
of
life
safety
issues
that
also
had
to
be
addressed.
B
So
we
to
be
certain
that
we
were
taking
care
of
the
citizens
of
this
community
and
providing
a
safe,
comfortable,
efficient
environment
for
them
to
do
the
work
and
them
to
expect
their
government
to
do
the
services
that
are
provided
to
them.
We
started
talking
about
the
possibility
of
a
sales
tax
to
to
take
care
of
that
judicial
building,
so
that
will
be
one
of
the
items
that
you'll
see
on
here,
but
the
rest
of
those
the
rest
of
that
revenue
generated
from
that
sales
tax
will
come.
B
The
the
projects
will
come
from
you.
A
sales
tax
is
is
the
way
we
chose
to
go
because,
frankly,
we
have
a
lot
of
people
as
a
as
a
hub
city
with
folks,
visiting
folks,
working,
folks,
dining
and
and
recreating
in
columbus.
There's
a
lot
of
people
from
out
of
our
county
that
use
our
facilities
and
we
love
that
we
love
being
a
regional
center,
but
it
gives
them
an
opportunity.
B
B
Deputy
city
manager,
pam
hodge
is
going
to
come
up
now
and
she'll
start
the
powerpoint
and
walk
you
through
so
again.
Thank
you.
D
Good
evening,
I'm
deputy
city
manager,
pam
hodge,
and
I
appreciate
those
of
you
that
are
here
today
and
those
that
are
watching
from
ccgtv
I'll
go
through
a
presentation,
we'll
be
happy
to
answer
your
questions
at
the
end,
and
I
will
point
out
that
we
have
the
ability
for
you
at
home
to
ask
questions
or
actually
you're,
if
you're
in
the
audience,
you're
welcome
to
ask
your
questions
this
way
as
well.
You
can
go
on.
D
Www.Mintymenti.Com
and
put
in
this
code
386-3966
when
you
come
up
to
the
screen,
it
looks
very
simple:
you
just
input
the
code,
3806
3966
and
this
screen
will
pop
up
when
you
hit
submit,
feel
free
to
type
in
your
question.
We
have
someone,
that's
monitoring
this
and,
at
the
end,
we'll
provide
all
the
questions
that
are
asked
online
so
that
we
can
respond
to
those
questions
as
well
and
obviously,
if
you're
in
the
room
with
us
this
evening,
you
can
come
up
to
the
microphone,
we'll
be
happy
to
answer
your
questions.
D
D
You'll
also
see
the
notice
of
the
public
meetings,
which
this
is
the
second
public
meeting
you'll
also
see
the
2021
splash
comment
card.
We
also
have
those
printed
in
the
back
of
the
room
this
evening,
but
you'll
be
able
to
go
online
and
fill
out
that
comment
card
as
well.
So
there's
another
way
for
you
to
respond
and
ask
questions.
My
email
and
my
phone
number
is
listed
on
that
comment
card,
so
you're
welcome
to
contact
my
office
and
we'll
get
your
questions
and
any
comments
related
to
city
council.
D
So,
as
we've
talked
about
the
special
purpose,
local
options,
sales
tax,
the
ballot
would
be
november,
the
2nd
so
working
backwards
from
that
date.
The
call
for
the
elections
would
be
august.
The
3rd
council
will
have
to
make
a
decision
through
a
resolution
on
july
27th.
So
we
are
in
that
time
period
where
we're
gathering
all
of
that
information
from
our
citizens,
so
that
we
can
provide
that
information
to
city
council
and
they'll
make
a
determination
of
what
projects
appear
on
that
list.
D
So
the
2021
splost
right
at
this
time
we're
proposing
a
400
million
million
dollar
splost.
That
would
be
a
collection
period
of
approximately
10
years.
If
the
splost
passed,
the
collection
would
actually
start
april.
1St
of
22
ballot
would
be
in
november.
It
starts
april
1st
of
22.,
because
we
are
consolidated
government
and
we're
considering
issuing
bonds
for
one
particular
project
on
the
list.
D
D
We,
as
the
mayor
mentioned
one
of
the
major
projects
that
kind
of
brought
up
this
discussion
was
how
we
were
going
to
deal
with
the
challenges
that
we
were
having
at
the
government
center,
and
so
city
council
authorized
us
to
bring
on
a
team
to
help
us
evaluate
the
government
center
and
then
the
options
for
the
government
center.
There
were
four
options
that
we
asked
our
consultants
to
review.
One
would
be
to
renovate
the
tower
the
existing
government
center
and
add
an
addition
to
that
facility.
D
The
second
option
was
a
new
complex
on
the
facility,
so
demolition
of
both
the
tower
and
the
wings
and
a
construction
of
a
new
judicial
center
and
a
new
administration
square
footage,
as
well
as
a
parking
deck
option.
Three
was
a
new
judicial
center
on
the
existing
site,
downtown
in
uptown
and
a
government
administration
facility
on
a
different
site
and
then
option
four
was
leave
the
government
center,
where
it's
at
and
build
a
new
facility
on
a
different
site.
D
One
thing
that
they
looked
at
was
the
need
to
right-size
the
government,
and
so
they
did
a
complete
needs
assessment
with
every
department
and
function.
That's
in
the
government
center
currently
and
then
some
of
those
functions
it's
actually
outside
the
government
center.
That
really
support
the
general
operations
of
the
city
and
what
they
found
was
city
government
is
about
the
right
size.
The
the
administration
is
about
the
right
size,
they're,
projecting
a
slight
increase
from
102
000
square
feet
to
107
000
square
feet.
So
really
some
minor
changes
for
city
government.
D
What
they
found
was
our
court
and
our
court
functions
were
really
not
in
the
right
space
to
right
size
for
best
practices
for
court
operations.
So
the
majority
of
the
increase
in
the
square
footage
is
on
the
court
side
and
really
to
illustrate
this.
You
can
see.
On
the
left
hand,
side
is
really
the
a
current
courtroom
in
the
government
center
and
on
the
right
side
is
best
practices
of
how
a
pair
of
courtrooms
would
operate
for
best
practices.
D
The
blue
represents
the
courtroom
itself
and
you
can
see
from
the
current
version
to
a
new
version.
The
courtroom
is
about
the
same
size
as
what
we
have
currently
what
the
differences
are
is
those
support
spaces
around
the
courtroom
itself.
The
orange
actually
represents
the
inmate
area.
You
can
see
a
very
small
elevator.
Basically,
inmates
are
transported
up
and
down
in
in
the
government
center.
D
The
other
thing
you'll
see
is
the
yellow
area
represents
the
public
space
and
so
in
the
public
space
if
you've
been
to
any
courtroom
for
any
purpose,
you're,
basically
standing
in
the
hallway,
there's
not
much
room
for
the
public
to
get
in
and
out
of
courtrooms
to
have
any
discussion
with
their
attorney
with
their
family.
Related
to
that
so
you'll
see
that
the
major
difference
is
in
the
inmate
area
in
the
public
space,
not
necessarily
the
courtroom.
D
They
eventually
eliminated
option
two
and
left
us
with
option
three,
as
their
recommendation
so
option.
Three
and
again,
this
does
not
depict
what
the
facility
will
look
like.
This
is
only
to
show
how
it
could
be
situated
on
the
site,
how
many
floors,
potentially
it
could
be
based
on
the
square
footage.
It
will
not
be
just
square
block
building,
so
we
really
looked
at
cost
and
we
asked
them.
D
We
really
need
to
make
sure
that
the
cost
is
under
200
million,
and
we
also
wanted
to
look
at
something
that
we've
done
recently,
which,
with
the
health
department,
is
we
retrofitted
an
existing
building
for
the
health
department.
So
we
wanted
to
look
at.
Could
we
retrofit
an
existing
building
for
city
operations
and
not
have
to
build
a
new
structure?
D
So
they
came
up
with
really
what
we're
calling
option
3a
and
that
would
be
a
new
judicial
center
on
the
government
center
site.
It
pulls
the
sheriff
administration.
That's
not
related
to
those
court
functions
into
a
separate
building,
possibly
at
the
jail
site,
which
would
make
his
operations
more
efficient
and
then
looking
at
renovating
an
existing
building
for
the
city
government
facilities.
D
So
this
is
what
it
potentially
could
look
like
on
the
existing
site.
This
would
be
a
new
judicial
center
and
the
new
parking
structure
and
again
this
is
not
what
the
building
itself
will
look
like,
but
phasing
for
that
excuse
me
phasing
for
that
would
be
removing
the
two
wings
building
a
new
judicial
center,
demolishing
the
government
center
constructing
a
new
parking
structure.
D
D
D
D
Public
safety
facility
renovations,
10
million
dollars.
This
would
include
the
renovation
of
three
fire
stations
that
would
be
station.
Four
six
and
eight
four
is
off
of
st
mary's.
Road.
Six
is
off
of
brown
avenue
and
eight
is
off
of
whitesville
road
as
well
as
renovations
to
the
public
safety
building,
which
was
originally
built
in
the
90s
24
million
for
vehicle
and
equipment
for
public
safety,
and
this
could
be
anywhere
from
firing.
Fire
trucks
and
ambulances.
D
Transportation,
24
million-
this
would
be
strictly
for
resurfacing
and
expansion
of
the
trail
and
sidewalk
system,
storm
water,
flood
abatement,
one
of
the
other
things
that
we
hear
a
lot
of
requests
from
our
citizens
is
to
address
a
lot
of
the
drainage
issues.
We
came
to
council
in
may
of
2020
with
a
prioritization
of
those
storm
water
projects
and
those
are
listed
on
this
a
particular
list
at
20
million
anything
from
the
historic
area
to
north
columbus
to
east
columbus.
D
D
Bull
creek,
clubhouse
and
bridge
this
is
to
replace
the
clubhouse
at
the
golf
course
for
bull
creek,
as
well
as
a
renovation
of
the
oxbow
creek
clubhouse
at
4
million
dollars,
heavy
equipment
and
vehicles
at
14
million.
This
would
include
tractors,
trailers,
dump
trucks,
excavators,
all
of
that
equipment
that
our
city
departments
utilize
on
a
daily
basis
to
take
care
of
the
needs
of
the
citizens,
information
technology,
5
million
to
replace
community
computer
equipment
throughout
the
government
economic
development,
9
million.
D
D
D
And
just
to
give
a
history
of
the
sales
tax
and
currently
what
the
sales
tax
is
in
muskogee
county.
It's
currently
at
eight
percent
includes
four
percent
for
the
state:
one
percent
for
a
local
option:
sales
tax
for
general
operations
of
the
city,
the
other
local
option,
sales
tax,
which
was
voted
on
by
the
voters
in
2008,
became
effective
in
2009,
and
that
is
70
percent
public
safety,
30
percent
for
infrastructure.
D
D
This
provides
a
history
of
the
sales
tax
in
muskogee
county
they've
been
five
different
e-splos
done
for
the
school
district,
we've
had
two
previous
floss
and
one
t-splost
again.
Tonight
is
our
second
public
meeting.
We
will
also
have
one
on
the
21st
again
from
5
30
to
7
at
council
chambers
at
the
city
service
center
that
we're
in
this
evening.
D
D
C
C
C
C
So
with
that,
I'm
sorry
that
the
judicial
center,
I
guess
is
going
to
is
propos-
looks
like
it's
going
to
be
in
that
basic
area
and
not
you're
not
able
to
do
it
at
the
near
the
jail,
the
liberty
area
to
to
build
that
up.