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A
Bruce
huff
district
3.,
toya
tucker
district
4.,
charmaine,
crabb
district,
five,
gary
allen,
mayor
pro
tem
and
district
six
mimi
woodson
district,
seven
walker,
garrett,
district,
8,
judy
thomas
post,
9,
at-large,
counselor,
john
house,
post
10
at
large
counselor,
sandra
davis,
clerk
of
council
and
city
attorney;
clifton
fay,
columbus,
georgia.
This
is
your
city
council.
B
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
march
30th
meeting
it's
hard
to
believe
that
march
is
almost
gone,
but
today's
meeting
is
going
to
be
a
we'll,
have
a
short
consent
agenda
and
then
we'll
move
into
a
work
session,
which
we
typically
do
once
a
quarter
anytime,
there's
a
fifth
tuesday
in
the
month.
So
we
will
begin.
However,
the
way
we
always
do
by
invoking
god's
presence
during.
B
We,
I
think,
we've
got
pastor,
rob
strickland
here:
pastor,
strickland,
welcome
from
highland
community
church
of
columbus,
sir.
If
you
would
come
to
the
podium,
we
thank
you
for
joining
us
and
if
you'll
hit
the
button,
we'll
get
you
there,
you
go.
D
Thank
you
for
having
me
in
our
household
of
five.
We
have
to
do
everything
we
can
to
hold
it
together,
and
I
can
only
imagine
what
you
all
have
to
do
to
hold
it
together
for
a
city
of
so
so
so
many
people.
Thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
do
and
one
of
the
words
that
we
have
to
allow
our
home
to
be
glued
together
by
self-control.
I
have
three
sons
and
that's
the
most
common
word
in
our
vernacular
in
our
home,
and
so
self-control
is
just
one
of
the
fruits
of
the
spirit.
D
It's
actually
the
last
listed
in
galatians
5
by
the
apostle
paul
and
that
is
to
emphasize
and
say
saving
the
best
for
last.
That's
how
that
language
is
put
together,
because
self-control
is
such
a
work
of
the
spirit,
and
so
I
appreciate
your
diligence
and
and
just
your
discipline
being
able
to
be
self-controlled
and
lead
our
city
and
do
so
much
through
such
tumultuous
times.
Thank
you,
one
of
our
passages
that
we
hold
to
in
this
house
this
family
of
five,
and
you
guys
hold
the
house
of
our
city
here
together-
is
hebrews
1
3.
D
So
much
has
seemed
shaky
in
the
last
year
and
a
half
in
our
lives,
but
the
lord's
word
remains
immovable
and
that's
how
I
want
to
pray
for
you
all
that
you
would
find
rest
upon
the
lord's
immovable
word.
Let's
pray
father!
Thank
you
for
the
privilege
of
being
able
to
call
upon
your
name
to
ask
your
blessing
upon
this
council
for
a
city
that
I've
grown
up
within
that
I
love.
B
You
rob
before
you
leave.
Let
me
just
let
me
just
thank
you
again.
We've
had
an
opportunity
to
thank
carrie
for
what
you
do
in
not
just
the
east
highland
area,
but
but
really
throughout
our
community
and
the
truth
spring
ministry
that
you
all
began
so
many
years
ago
is
bearing
fruit.
B
Far
beyond
that
small
area
where
you
first
began
and-
and
I
don't
know
that
the
other
counselors
know
that
you
are
the
the
other
half
of
that
dynamic
duo-
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
they
had
an
opportunity
to
to
to
recognize
you
for
your
efforts.
You
know
we
have
all
said
that
for
columbus
to
be
the
community
we
want
it
to
be.
D
You
so
much
yes,
that
means
a
lot.
It
means
a
whole
lot
and
I
will
on
two
things
and
then
I'll
leave.
The
first
thing
is
that
my
wife
truly
is
my
better
half,
and
the
second
thing
is
we're
just
going
to
commit
to
doing
exactly
what
scripture
tells
us
to
do
to
love
our
neighbors
ourselves,
and
so
I
pray
that
we
can
all
get
into
that
vein
and
make
our
city
even
better,
even
more
committed
to
doing
what's
right,
and
that
is
to
love
our
neighbors
ourselves.
Thank.
B
You
amen,
counselor
garrett,
head
up.
E
Rob
you
and
our
friends
I
mean
I'm
a
I.
I
really
appreciate
your
ministry.
You
showed
me
everything
and
it's
in
my
district.
When
I
talk
to
neighborhoods,
I
let
them
know
that
you
are
how
we
change
the
city.
It
can
be
replicated
in
east
highlands
and
bibb
city
and
south
columbus
and
all
the
areas
that
are
blighted
and
my
church
first
baptist
is
doing
something
right
now
with
victory
mission,
it's
kind
of
similar
off
south.
E
I
think
north
london
road
and
we
need
more
of
you,
you're
renovating
houses,
you're
teaching,
kids,
who
need
it,
you're
teaching
them
in
a
christian
based
community
you're
bringing
in
people
who
know
who
would
otherwise
not
live
in
north
highlands
and
you're.
Turning
that
community
around
I'm
so
proud
to
be
your
friend,
I'm
so
proud,
you're,
my
constituent,
and
that
you
have
that
mission,
and
I
just
want
you
to
know
I'm
grateful
and
I'll
do
anything
I
can
to
help
you.
D
F
F
It
is
phenomenal
and
the
words
just
expressed
by
council
walker,
garrett.
I
I
I
wish
I
could
repeat
those
same
words
that
you
just
said:
counselor
garrett,
they
couldn't
have
been
said
better.
In
fact,
I'd
like
to
go
back
and
even
listen
to
the
council
meeting
just
to
hear
those
words
again,
because
I
mean
what
you're
doing
up
there
is
something
I
have
never
seen
in
our
city
and
council.
Garrett
just
said
it
should
be
duplicated
in
other
areas
of
the
city.
F
F
D
D
B
G
B
Thank
you
all
right.
The
minutes
have
been
provided
from
the
march
23rd
meeting
motion
to
prove
those
minutes
from
the
mayor
pro
tem.
Second
from
councillor
woodson.
Are
there
any
edits,
questions
or
amendments
hearing?
None
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
No,
all
right.
They
are
approved
a
quick
update
on
kovit,
as
we
try
to
do
every
council
meeting
just
to
kind
of
let
our
community
know
how
things
are
going.
B
B
But
as
from
the
very
beginning,
we
still
maintain
that
the
numbers
in
terms
of
active
cases
are
are
not
as
much
of
a
concern
to
us,
as
are
the
numbers
of
those
who
are
hospitalized
in
our
community,
and
those
numbers
continue
to
stay
flat.
Of
course,
we
also
watched
very
closely.
The
number
of
deaths
that
have
been
assigned
have
been
identified
as
being
a
result
of
covid
and
we
are
369
in
our
community
over
the
past
year.
B
One
of
the
reasons
that
those
numbers
have
maintained
a
a
fairly
low
level
is
because
our
community
has
been
diligent
about
adhering
to
the
cdc
guidelines.
I
know
it
sounds
like
a
broken
record,
but
we
have
people
in
this
community
that
care
enough
about
one
another
and
who
understand
that
these
these
activities
aren't
just
a
matter
of
protecting
themselves,
but
protecting
those
around
them.
B
They
have
maintained
the
the
social
distancing
for
the
most
part,
they're
wearing
masks,
and
they
are
maintaining
their
own
personal
hygiene,
making
sure
they're
washing
their
hands
often-
and
we
thank
them
for
that.
But
another
big
reason
is
because
the
vaccine
has
become
much
more
readily
available
throughout
our
community.
B
We,
as
most
people,
know
we've
talked
about.
We
are
one
of
the
was
nine.
I
think
it's
eight
mass
vaccination
sites,
the
governor
has
come,
visited
our
site,
as
has
senator
ossoff,
to
to
take
a
look
at
it
because
it
is
one
of
the
largest
in
in
the
in
the
state
we
don't
have.
I
don't
have
numbers
just
from
the
jima
site,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
our
best
estimate
is
we're,
probably
right
around
fifty
thousand
vaccinations
that
have
been
administered
citywide
we're
having
more
sources
of
the
vaccine.
B
B
So
that's
making
hay
in
a
relatively
short
period
of
time.
Gotta
have
to
lift
up.
Dp8S
dph
has
used
the
time
that
they
normally
spend
at
a
larger
vaccination
site.
That
jima
is
is
filling
that
role
to
get
out
into
the
community
and
out
into
areas
where
we
have
people
who
are
not
as
comfortable
with
with
registering
on
on
an
online
portal,
so
they've
actually
actually
conducted
one
at
st
mary's.
Road
methodist
saturday
went
out
to
that
site
and
I
tell
you
what
the
members
of
that
church.
It
was
predominantly
volunteers
from
that
church.
B
B
B
The
genocide
is
accepting
some
walk-ups,
but
that's
sort
of
a
gamble,
they're
taking
the
appointments
and
they
have
enough
vaccine
to
do.
However,
many
appointments
they
get
for
the
day,
plus
a
few
walk-ups.
So
if
you
want
to
try
to
drive
up
without
an
appointment,
you're
welcome
to
just
be
advised
that
it
there's
a
possibility.
You
may
not
be
able
to
get
get
that
vaccine
so,
but
we
do
we
want
to
thank.
B
B
So
they've
done
an
outstanding
job
very
quickly.
We
had
one
challenge
on
friday,
jima
was
doing
a
walk-up
site,
no,
no
appointment
necessary,
which
led
to
a
rush
of
people.
We
had
a
very
crowded
site
and
at
the
same
time,
over
at
peachtree,
mall
dph
was
doing
the
second
dose
from
their
mass
vaccination
effort
that
they
had
at
the
civic
center
four
weeks
earlier,
and
we
had
a
few
folks
because
dph
notifies
them,
they
send
out
a
mass
text.
They
collect
a
phone
number
from
everybody
that
gets
their
vaccination
and
make
sure
they
ask
them.
B
Is
that
a
good
number?
Can
you
receive
text?
They
say
yes,
so
they
send
out
a
mass
text.
Now
I
understand
it
was
between
30
and
50
people
who,
for
whatever
reason,
that
text
was
identified
as
spam
and
didn't
get
through,
they
didn't
get
notified
and
they
showed
up
at
the
civic
center.
Well,
they
couldn't
get
the
shot
at
the
civic
center
because
there
were
two
different
vaccines.
B
Civic
center
is
using
nothing,
but
fizer
jima's
site
is
pfizer.
Only
the
department
of
public
health
typically
has
used.
Moderna
and
they've
also
had
some
of
the
jansen,
which
is
the
johnson
johnson
manufactured
vaccine
when
it
is
available,
so
they
had
to
send
them
to
peachtree
mall
to
make
matters
worse.
We
had
a
bad
storm
blow
through
and
department
of
public
health
for
the
safety
interest
of
their
people
and,
frankly,
our
firefighters
canceled,
the
rest
of
the
shots
they
have
already
before
saturday.
B
So
you
may
get
some
calls
from
people
that
have
heard
about
that
are
complaining
about
that,
but
that
was
that
was
a
perfect
storm,
both
literally
and
virtually,
but
but
everybody's
working
hard
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
access
in
our
community
to
that
to
that
vaccine.
So
so
anyway,
that's
that's
sort
of
the
the
update
for
the
day
and
we'll
we'll
move
into
our
consent
agenda
and
mr
city
attorney.
Oh
mayor.
H
Pro
tem,
thank
you
mayor,
I'd
like
to
want
to
let
council
know
and
the
staff
administration.
H
I
wanted
to
give
a
special
thank
you
to
chris
whiteman
and
sitting
down
and
working
with
us
on
this
rezoning
this
before
us
today.
H
Also
susan
mccollum
and
lamar
hemmings
james
woodall,
glenn
hendry,
and
who
am
I
leaving
out
mick
long
street
and
scott
bryan.
Those
members
of
the
hoa
board
at
maple
ridge
sat
down
with
us
and
we
spent
several
hours
over
in
two
meetings
going
over
this,
and
it
was.
It
was
a
great
exercise
and
local
community
sitting
down
and
talking
and
working
things
out,
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
those
that
were
involved
in
that
publicly
and
then
with
that
mayor.
B
Okay,
there's
a
motion
to
approve
from
mayor
pro
tem
in
a
second
from
councillor
crabb.
Is
there
any
discussion
regarding
item
one
hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
No,
all
right!
Mr
city
attorney.
It's
your
agenda
and
if
you
would
just
kind
of
touch
on
what
that
item
is.
I
B
Ocean
from
council
crabb,
second
from
council
woodson
any
discussion
hearing,
not
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
No,
that
is
approved.
I
B
All
right
there's
a
motion
for
mayor
pro
tim
ii
for
council
woodson,
any
discussion
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
anybody
posed
and
one
abstention.
I'm
sorry,
counselor
garrett
asked
last
week
if
he
could
abstain,
so
we
have
six
councilor
thomas
is
over
there.
That's
six!
Thank
you,
though,
so
that
is
approved.
I
F
Thank
you
miss
mayor
and
the
city
attorney.
First,
let
me
say
that
I
do
realize
that
this
is
a
consent
agenda
and
it's
not
good
to
make
assumptions.
F
But
I
brought
this
forward
on
the
consent
agenda,
with
the
assumption
that
there
will
be
consent.
F
F
But
you've
heard
me
in
my
excitement
about
what's
going
on
in
uptown
for
the
last
several
weeks
or
months,
and
you
know
back
on
and
and
I
I
just
want
to
say
that
in
my
mind
there
is
a
movement
going
on
in
columbus,
georgia
all
over
columbus
and
it
is
because
of
leadership
in
this
government,
and
it's
because
we've
got
great
community
partners
when
this
project
first
came
up-
and
this
is
not
the
first
that
you've
heard
about
this
project.
F
We
had
the
owner
of
this
project
and
the
owner
of
another
project
come
forward
on
the
same
day
and.
F
One
project
may
talked
about
a
this
project:
a
20
million
dollar
investment
on
broadway,
20
million
dollars
in
in
a
hotel.
F
And
on
that
same
day,
w.c
bradley
came
forward
and
they
shared
with
you
a
35
million
dollar
investment
in
that
area
around
uptown
and
where
they
would
spend
some
100
close
to
200
million
dollars
in
that
area,
and
I
think
we
were
all
just
filled
with
excitement
and
then
ram
with
their
20
million
investment
talked
about
developing
this
alleyway,
which
is
something
that
just
phenomenal
for
uptown
and
for
columbus,
and
so
when
they
came
forward
ram
with
this
investment
in
the
alleyway,
they
were
asking
to
use
some
tad
dollars.
F
To
be
paid
out
of
the
uptown
tax
allocation
fund
and
before
the
other
payments
are
made,
and
let
me
just
go
back
and
talk
about
just
just
clear
up
a
point
that
I
made
earlier
when
I
talked
about
the
35
million
dollars
was
that
w.c
bradley
came
forward
with
was
the
parking
deck
and
their
total
investment
in
the
area
for
wc
bradley
was
167
million
for
their
entire
development.
F
F
F
C
B
F
B
J
I
just
want
to
make
some
clarification
on
this
352
820
over
five
years
max
10
years,
so
if
there
is
a
shortfall
and
we're
not
making
the
352
820
payment
in
one
year
and
we're
make
and
we're
making
up
the
shortfall
over
the
next
10
years,
if
we
can't
make
up
the
shortfall
within
10
years,
then
the
developer,
you
know,
that's
it
well,.
F
J
F
B
Okay
motion:
second,
too,
that
did
it
remain
tabled
until
after
the
presentation.
C
K
I
just
I
I
just
want
us
to
have
all
of
the
information
before
we
vote
on
this,
and
I
think
that
the
proper
parliamentary
movement-
don't
you
hate
it.
When
you
have
a
parliamentarian.
K
Certainly
appropriate
at
that
time.
B
L
L
With
all
that,
a
little
bit
of
background
here,
real
quick,
you
did
approve
the
actual
expenditure
of
these
funds,
this
1.7
last
year
by
this
time
last
year
itself,
and
when
doing
so,
you
actually
allowed
us
to
go
into
negotiations
with
the
developer
to
determine
how
the
payments
would
be
made
over
a
certain
amount
of
time
for
this
construction
of
a
new
pedestrian
way
itself.
As
I
said,
the
pedestrian
way
will
run
between
the
the
ac
marriott
itself
and
the
adjoining
properties.
L
You
may
recall
part
of
the
application
itself
when
they
they
made
it
to
us
the
reason
they
had
to
have
the
alloy
or
this
pedestrian
way
was
the
marriott
company
was
not
a
lot,
would
not
allow
them
to
build
up
against
another
building.
L
They
had
to
have
some
separation
so
in
doing
this,
they've
taken
really
taken
lemons
and
made
lemonade
out
of
it
for
the
most
part
and
driving
us
another
way
of
going
between
the
buildings
and
going
between
the
streets
themselves
involved
with
that
and
as
we
said,
it
will
connect
broadway
to
front
avenue
itself.
So
the
analysis
we
looked
at
in
dealing
with
this,
like
in
action
for
that
standpoint,
for
the
1.764
100
from
the
uptown
tad
funds
themselves.
L
Like
I
said
you
when
you
approved
it
last
year,
you
allowed
us
to
go
into
negotiations,
you
listen
to
determine
how
the
funds
would
be
distributed
here
and
that's
important.
L
We
don't
we're
not
going
to
make
just
one
big
payment
out
of
this
thing
or
not
make
smaller
payments
that's
going
to
infringe
upon
the
development
itself,
so
we
established
a
number
of
payments
in
this
case
we're
talking
about
five
or
a
five
year
period
once
a
year,
it'll
be
five
payments
over
a
five
year
period
when
it's
all
said
and
done,
and
then
the
overall
length
of
time
when
this
agreement
will
actually
be
enforced.
L
From
that
standpoint,
you
know
in
some
cases
we
could
go
five
years.
Sometimes
we
go
20
25.
It
depends
on
what
the
the
action
really
is
in
terms
of
expending
that
money
and
so
forth,
and
the
city
managers
already
told
you
this
morning
that
we
established
now
a
basically
fund
for
this
to
administer
these
accounts.
We
take
five
thousand
dollars
out
of
that
out
of
the
tax
funds,
the
uptown
tag
funds
to
make
that
work
and
go
forward
from
that.
So
these
are
the
financial
considerations.
L
We
were
asked
about
looking
at
again
that
that
1.7
is
the
overall
factor,
but
in
terms
of
making
payment
over
we'll
do
it
over
over
a
five
year
period
with
increments
of
352
820
each
year
for
a
five
year
period.
This
is
an
important
point,
as
countless
councilor
prabhas,
already
raised
a
proportionate
share
will
be
will
be
upon
the
payment
due
will
be
made
in
the
event.
We
cannot
for
some
reason
that
fund
it
runs
short.
L
L
We
could
have
another
pandemic,
we
could
have
another
economic
downturn,
whatever
the
case
may
be,
if
the
money's
not
there
in
that
account,
we
may
not
be
able
to
pay
out
each
each
year,
there's
352
000,
so
we'll
we'll
do
a
proportion
share
involved
all
that
at
the
same
time
keep
in
mind
as
well.
L
There
are
two
other
projects,
basically
in
in
the
queue
now,
if
you
want
to
look
at
it
that
way
that
may
be
coming
to
us
at
the
same
time,
for
negotiation,
to
figure
out
how
we
can
allocate
the
money
to
them.
That's
wc,
bradley
and
their
their
development,
and
the
one
you
just
got
through
approving
not
too
long
ago
is
for
the
cotton
company
with
chris
woodruff
they're
going
to
be
coming
and
looking
for
that
money.
L
Out
of
that
account,
as
well
as
being
good
stewards
of
that
money,
we
have
to
make
sure
we
can
can
appropriately
pay
that
money
out
without
without
breaking
the
bank.
Basically,
if
any
shortfall
happens,
if
I'll
be
talking
about
here
within
the
tad
funds,
developer
will
be
allowed
to
recoup
that
for
additional
payment
up
to
five
up
another
additional
five
years
so
ten
years
in
total,
if
we
can
try
and
make
up
that,
if
we
have
that
shortfall,
we
don't
make
that
352
820
number.
L
We
can
still
have
another
five
years
to
try
to
catch
up
with
that,
I
don't.
I
hope
that
never
happens,
but
we
put
that
in
a
safety
factor
to
make
sure
it
happens
at
the
end
of
10
years,
though,
the
agreement
goes
away.
We
we've
done
all
due
diligence.
If
we
only
pay
out
1.6
and
he's
looking
for
1.7
in
the
year
11
we
paid
all
we
can
pay
out.
L
We,
our
recommendation
course,
is
to
do
just
that.
Allow
him
the
opportunity
to
sign
that
that
contract
and
get
them
started
on
that
involved
with
all
this,
and
then
I
think
that's
my
last
slide,
but
the
one
thing
you
should
also
know
I
may
have
stepped
over
here
is:
the
payments
itself
will
actually
start
in
december
of
this
year,
so
in
december
of
2021
through
2026.
What
we're
looking
for
in
terms
of
making
these
payments
back
to
the
developer.
F
For
this
project
and
and
ms
mayor
council,
let
me
just
mention
that
we
currently
have
in
that
ted
account
two
million
dollars,
that's
sitting
there,
and
so
with
that.
Mr
mayor
will
answer
any
of
the
questions,
but
certainly
we
ask
for
your
favorable
consideration
today,
council
crab.
J
Thank
you.
So
we
have
three
projects
that
we've
approved
out
of
this
tat
account
correct
or
do.
L
J
J
Okay,
and
are
we
hearing
any
rumblings
of
people
approaching
us
to
ask
for
more
tad
projects
in
that
area?.
L
J
J
I
think
we
we
owe
it
to
these
developers
when
we,
when
we
enter
into
one
of
these
agreements,
to
try
and
pay
them
what
we've
agreed
to
pay
them
in
the
five-year
time
period
and
if
we
spread
it
out
among
too
many
projects
we're
risking
a
shortfall,
and
I
I
want
us
to
be
aware
of
that.
Yes,.
L
L
L
I
suspect
one
of
the
two
of
the
other
two
we
got
now
are
waiting
really
to
see
how
the
revenues
fall
and
what
what
kind
of
tax
increment
we
actually
see
before
they
come
forward
their
projects.
I
I
think
they're
they're
as
concerned
as
we
are
about
making
sure
that
money
is
there
available
to
them,
and
I
can
assure
you
that
we're
going
to
do
everything
we
can
to
help
them,
but
at
the
same
time
we're
going
to
make
sure
we
don't.
M
Thank
you
mayor.
I
certainly
agree.
We
need
to
be
cautious
as
councillor
crowd
pointed
out.
I
too
have
toured
the
ac
hotel
and
looked
down
at
that
alleyway,
and
I
think
the
improvements
to
it
are
exactly
the
kind
of
thing
we
need
to
see
happen
up
in
uptown,
and
I
believe
projects
like
this
will
help
continue
the
momentum
that
we're
already
seeing
in
uptown
in
the
development
in
the
area
very
good.
Thank
you.
K
Mr
jones,
the
city
administrative
fee
that
you're
talking
about
here
coming
out
of
the
uptown
tax
allocation
fund
that
tax
allocation
fund
is
the
two
million
dollars
that
you
mentioned,
that
we
have
already
collected
in
taxes
right.
F
L
Yes,
ma'am,
that's
yes,
ma'am!
That's
the
intent,
because
there
is
going
to
be
some
accounting
issues
that
are
going
to
be
maintained.
For
instance,
one
thing
we
fail
to
point
out
in
my
presentation
is
they're
going
to
have
to
make
reports
back
to
its
annual
report
in
terms
of
how
that
money
was
spent.
Basically,
so
we
can
see
some
documentation
that
goes
with
it.
So
we're
done
we're
not
just
doling
out
money
here,
but
so
there
is
going
to
be
some
accountability.
L
K
F
K
And
so,
and
that
5
000
is
paid
from
the
tax
fund,
not
the
business
that
has
gotten
the.
K
L
That's
right:
okay,
that's
great
and
counselor
thomas
to
your
point
also,
I
should
have
raised
this
as
well.
This
was
a
this
was
a
very
steep
learning
curve
for
the
for
staff.
I'll
be
honest
because
we,
this
is
brand
new
spanking
new
for
the
most
part,
we're
trying
to
make
sure-
and
I
think
we
have-
we
got
it
right
in
terms
of
doing
that,
because
we
had
help
from
the
developers
attorney
on
this
and
making
sure
we
did
this
thing
right.
That's
an
imperative
bonus.
L
The
reason
we
want
to
do
it
right,
of
course,
not
even
benefit
the
developer,
but
this
is
going
to
be
the
the
the
model,
the
format
we
use
for
the
rest
of
our
tabs
from
here
on
out.
Hopefully,
we'll
get
a
little
bit
easier
in
terms
of
something
some
of
these
things,
but
this
is
going
to
set
the
framework
in
how
we
how
we
deal
with
other
tasks
and
other
developers
as
we
go
forward.
K
N
Yes,
thank
you
very
much.
I'd
just
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
the
city,
manager
and
staff
for
the
negotiation
and
the
things
that
you
have
accomplished.
If
any
council
member
has
not
seen
the
ac
hotel,
I
suggest
you
go
you'll,
be
very
impressed.
N
You'll
be
impressed
with
the
traditions
that
they
plan
on
putting
in
it's
open
to
the
public,
just
as
well
as
to
their
visitors
and
as
a
representative
of
that
district,
I'm
very
proud-
and
I
thank
all
my
colleagues
for
supporting
uptown
and
these
mementos
of
changes
that
we're
going
through
it's
something
different
from
columbus,
but
it's
definitely
going
to
put
us
on
the
map.
I
did
see
some
representatives
from
the
visitors
bureau.
They
will
be
very
happy
because
at
one
time,
many
years
ago
we
said:
what's
it
what's
it
in
columbus?
N
Well,
I
think
we're
going
in
the
right
direction,
with
the
arts
on
the
buildings
and
with
all
the
memento
in
uptown
columbus.
Everybody
throughout
the
whole
city
comes
to
uptown.
Everybody
enjoys
the
mirrors.
Everybody
takes
pictures,
so
I
think
we're
going
to
that
it
of
who
we
wanted
to
be
in
columbus
and
we
couldn't
do
it
without
our
staff.
We
couldn't
do
it
with
isaiah
and
pam
and
lisa
and
rick,
and
I
don't
want
to
lose
anybody,
but
in
behalf
of
district
7,
which
represents
uptown,
I
just
want
to
tell
everyone
in
the
staff.
N
B
B
All
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
no,
all
right
that
passes
yeah.
I
think
that
that
alleyway
to
me
and
obviously
it's
going
to
be
a
great
destination
for
people
that
want
to
kind
of
sit
down
and
take
a
break,
but
it's
also
a
critical
mid-block
cut
through,
so
that
people
are
going
to
be
able
to
continue
to
access
the
river
from
the
hotel
sites
and
from
broadway.
So
it's
I
think,
it's
incredibly
exciting.
M
Mayor,
if
we're
done
with
the
consent
agenda
and
about
to
go
on
the
work
section,
I'd
like
to
add
that
one
comment
I
mentioned
to
you.
I
believe
we
are
I'm
involved
in
a
project
to
honor
citizens
of
columbus
who
died
in
world
war,
one
either
killed
in
action
or
died
of
disease
and
non-battle
injuries.
The
research
so
far
has
identified
43
names
that
research
has
been
through
the
state
archives.
M
B
All
right,
mr
city
attorney,
I
guess
that's
it
for
your
agenda
right,
okay,
we'll
move
into
our
work
session.
Mr
city
manager,.
F
Thank
you
again,
mr
mayor.
First,
I've
got
the
president,
ceo
of
columbus
visitors
bureau,
mr
peter
balton,
he's
going
to
give
us
a
quarterly
update.
Mr
baldwin.
O
O
O
We
make
sure
that,
even
through
12
months,
even
though
12
months
ago,
travel
essentially
came
to
a
standstill,
we
had
to
keep
columbus
top
of
mind
to
our
visitors.
We
could
not
afford
to
simply
disappear
despite
this
major
disruption.
In
our
world,
because,
like
all
of
us,
people
still
continue
to
think
about
travel
and
they
still
dream
about
it.
O
O
So
our
messaging
had
to
make
us
stand
out.
The
destination
research
focused
on
multi-generational
travel
and
what
this
means
is
this
is
these:
are
parents
traveling
with
their
children
and
grandparents
and
in
most
cases,
even
extended
family?
The
four
areas
that
columbus
excels
in
are
adventure,
food,
arts
and
culture
and
entertainment.
O
explore
georgia,
showcase
columbus
with
10
best
things
to
do
this
spring
in
georgia,
u.s
news
and
world
report
talked
about
museums
form,
world
war
ii
heritage
trail
and
that
featured
the
national
infantry
museum.
365
atlanta
traveler
talked
about
27
plus
awesome
drivable
weekend
getaways,
and
this
is
just
to
name
a
few
of
those
publications.
O
We've
also
turned
our
attention
to
focus
one
of
the
first
of
its
kind,
a
virtual
travel
writer
tour.
Our
plan
is
to
host
a
a
virtual
tour
hosting
up
to
20
travel
writers,
featuring
15
attractions
from
our
the
coca-cola
space
science
center
to
columbus
museum
pasaquan.
The
black
heritage
trail
just
to
name
a
few
this
this
tour,
this
virtual
tour
will
take
place
in
late
may
and
again.
This
is
the
first
of
its
kind
that
we've
been
able
to
find
working
with
our
consultants.
O
We're
actually
closing
in
on
pam
in
regards
to
instagram
we're
closing
in
on
that
10
000
fan
base,
which
will
open
up
other
marketing
programs
and
opportunities
for
us.
But
the
main
thing
take
away
from
this
slide
is
that
all
of
our
numbers
are
going
in
the
right
direction
and
again
this
is.
We
can
track
this
back
over
the
12
months
of
the
pandemic.
O
Here
are
some
of
our
social
top-like
posts
where
we
featured
zen
moments.
Talking
about
the
the
new
water
feature
at
the
indigo,
we
also
featured
columbus
state
university's,
mccullar,
carson,
mccullar's
podcast
and,
of
course
the
river
has
always
been
a
major
attractor
in
any
of
our
messages,
and
so
we
constantly
talk
about
and
remind
our
visitors
what
a
fantastic
experience
it
is.
O
If
we
look
at
research
for
a
moment,
we've
talked
a
lot
about
that
so
far
and
we'll
talk
more
about
it
as
we
progress
this,
I
want
to
talk
about
that.
The
american
optimism
about
the
course
of
the
pandemic
is
up
a
staggering
40
percent,
60.3
percent,
feeling
that
things
are
going
to
get
better
within
the
next
month
and
again.
This
has
to
do
with
the
availability
of
the
vaccine
and
how
we
are
dealing
with
it
as
a
society.
O
Openness
excitement
towards
travel
is
certainly
an
increasing
sense
of
safety,
and
this
is
something
that
we
all
have
to
maintain
going
forward
is
that
we
do
not
leave
lose
the
messaging
and
our
safety
in
our
messaging
41.5
percent
are
firmly
confident
that
they
can
travel
safely
in
the
current
environment
up
nearly
five
percent
since
last
week
and
a
staggering
17
points
since
january.
Third,
so
again,
confidence
in
the
marketplace
still
covet
continues.
O
Excuse
me
still
cover
continues
to
be
top
of
mind
and
should
not
be
discounted
in
our
tribal
messaging.
Those
families
traveling
this
week
for
spring
break
are
still
very
concerned
about
possibility
of
contracting
the
virus
on
their
trip.
So
again,
safety
messaging
and
the
protocols
that
we
all
have
put
in
place
need
to
be
publicized
and
follow
very
carefully
over
70
percent
american
travelers
dreamt
or
planned
to
travel
in
this
past
week,
and
this
turned
into
actions
of
them
actually
turning
those
dreams
into
trips.
O
And
then,
if
we
look
at
what
attributes
are
important
to
travelers,
they
consider
cities
like
columbus
safety
still
remains.
A
top
of
mind
of
74.3
percent
are
saying
that
it's
important
and
they're
also
looking
for
destinations
very
similar
to
columbus,
where
there's
a
relaxing
atmosphere,
there's
good
weather.
There's
a
welcoming
atmosphere.
O
O
O
We
also
continue
to
track
the
impact
of
covet
on
meetings.
Year-To-Date
155
groups
fall
into
either
the
category
of
postponed,
cancelled
or
lost.
That
represents
a
little
more
than
22
million
dollars.
The
city
did
not
realize
this
past
year.
O
Projected
market
segments
include
meeting
bring
your
meeting
home,
which
we've
talked
about
just
a
moment
ago,
that
drive
market,
that
we
with
state
associations,
the
social
market
such
as
family
reunions
and
weddings,
and
believe
me,
social.
The
social
market
has
not
slowed
down
despite
the
pandemic.
O
O
O
If
we
look
at
the
outlook
for
fy21
and
beyond
fy21
definite
bookings
and
this
time
frame,
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
is
april
through
june.
These
are
some
of
the
highlights.
Prince
hall
grand
lodge
is
rescheduled
from
covid,
the
black
knights
ranch
management
consultants,
ocs
class
of
1968.
O
O
The
georgia
thespian
group
is
looking
at
bringing
an
additional
event
to
columbus,
their
military
unions
to
too
many
to
count
or
list
in
this
presentation,
international
trombone
festival
again
the
75th
ranger
rendezvous,
the
georgia
chamber
of
commerce
is,
is
coming
to
columbus
again
and
many
many
other
things
and
this
chart
represents.
You
can
see
the
economic
impact
of
beginning
at
fy
201
through
24,
as
far
as
the
the
business
that
are
definitely
on
our
books
and
that
we
are
looking
at
to
convert
that
tentative
business
to
definite.
O
And
then,
finally,
when
we
look
at
how
we
are
supporting
the
new
infrastructure
in
the
uptown
area,
we
continue
to
focus
on
lead
generation
strategy
for
this
new
hotel
product
and
the
trade
center,
we're
pulling
from
our
major
markets
we're
looking
at
groups
that
are
in
a
planning
phase
and,
as
I
said,
they
are
all
on
board.
Almost
100
percent
are
doing
that
now.
We're
prospecting
the
groups
that
did
not
meet
in
columbus
because
of
the
lack
of
infrastructure,
and
that
list
is
growing.
O
B
Peter
tough
job
this
year,
and-
and
we
thank
you
for
the
way
in
which
you
handle
it,
you
know
the
only
option
was
to
put
put
your
head
down
and
keep
moving
forward.
I
think
you
and
your
group
have
done
that.
We're
extremely
proud
of
the
effort
that
you
guys
have
put
forward
and
I
think
it's
going
to
help
us
kind
of
exit
this
pandemic
with
a
little
momentum.
B
You
know,
as
you
pointed
out,
we
had
a
lot
of
momentum
when,
when
this,
when,
when
this
virus
became
all
we
talk
about,
and-
and
I
really
am
optimistic
because
of
your
efforts
and
and
and
and
because
of
this
great
city,
we're
going
to
come
out
with
a
little
extra
momentum,
absolutely
thank
you.
Any
questions
for
mr
bowden.
P
Thank
you
mayor.
I
just
wanted
to
add
to
this.
The
you
know,
presentation
didn't
talk
much
about
sports
tourism,
but
just
remember
sports
tourism
is
one
of
the
major
drivers
in
our
community
to
put
heads
and
beds,
and
certainly
during
this
time
it
seems
to
be
a
thriving
market.
Mr
city
manager,
mr
mayor,
I
just
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity,
since
we're
talking
about
tourism
and
generating
generating.
P
Business
commerce,
in
our
rooms,
our
hotel
rooms
here
in
town-
you
know,
we've
got
a
there's
a
lot
of
our.
I
guess
our
sister
communities
out
there,
cities
throughout
the
state
that
are
really
making
a
difference
for
their
communities
and
they're
doing
it.
The
way
we
talked
about
this
before
and
that's
the
sport
of
pickleball.
P
P
Most
recently,
opalacka
opalaca
is
in
enjoying
a
just
a
tremendous
amount
of
success
with
their
pickleball
facility
over
there.
It's
almost
as
if
they're
having
a
tournament
every
weekend
or
every
other
weekend,
and
other
communities
are
following
that
path.
I
P
I
just
don't
want
you
know:
I've
been
hearing
a
lot
about
it
from
people
in
our
community
that
go
to
these
places
to
play,
because
we
don't
really
have
the
facilities
here.
It's
not
that
it's
not
that
much
of
an
investment,
but
it
is
a
big
generator
when
it
comes
to
sports
tourism.
P
So
I
just
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
put
that
out
on
the
on
the
table
that
we
really
need
to
look
at
that,
because
I
think
we're
missing
out
and
certainly
in
this
environment,
where
everybody's
thinking
about
safety,
health
and
safety,
tennis
pickleball,
is
considered
one
of
the
safest
sports
out
there.
You
know,
because
of
the
social
distance
scene,
you
really
play
the
game
and
not
really
get
close
to
anybody,
which
is
a
good
thing
and
the
infrastructure
believe
it
or
not.
Is
not
that
it's
not
that
costly.
P
It's
not
that
expensive
to
to
put
in
play.
But
as
far
as
sports
tourism
goes,
some
of
these
other
communities
have
figured
it
out
and
they're
taking
an
advantage
of
it,
and
you
know
we're
trying
to
get
heads
and
beds
and
get
people
back
in
our
community
and
visit
our
community.
I
think
this
is
something
we
really
need
to
focus
on.
P
So
I
don't
want
to
forget
about
sports
tourism,
because
that
is
making
a
big
difference
in
our
community,
and
I
hope
that
we
really
take
a
close
look
at
that
and
see.
If
we
can,
we
can
tap
into
the
success
that
others
are
having
and
and
they'll
come
you
build
it
they'll
come
I
mean,
that's
that's
an
old
saying
that
I'm
very
familiar
with.
P
I
don't
know
if
that
always
works,
but
it
seems
to
be
working
with
pickleball
if
you
build
it,
they'll
come
and
it's
a
sport
that
the
senior
community
loves
and
there's
not
many
activities
out
there
that
the
seniors
can
really
engage
in
on
golf
golf
is
really
doing
well.
I
was
really
surprised
mayor
to
see
the
some
of
the
numbers
that
that
we're
producing
right
here
in
our
community,
so
there's
some
opportunities
there.
I
just
don't
want
to
miss
out,
and
you
know
we
should
add
that
to
the.
B
Equation,
that's
all
I'm
doing
yep
and
I
think
the
I
had
an
opportunity
to
discuss
pickleball
with
our
director
of
parks
and
recreation
saturday
I
was
out
at
the
safe
kids,
bicycle
helmet,
giveaway
and-
and
I
think
I
think,
they're
working
on
some
things
with
regards
to
pickleball
for
this
community
that,
hopefully,
will
will
make
us
a
little
bit
more
of
a
player.
B
But
I
agree
I
hear
about
that,
particularly
from
folks
my
age,
it's
not
as
tough
on
the
knees
and-
and
I
think
it
engages
an
entire
segment
of
the
community
so
yeah.
I
know
that
our
folks
are
continuing
to
work
on
it
and
mary
sherman
and
her
folks
at
the
sports
council.
They
do
an
outstanding
job.
I
mean
they
throughout
this
pandemic.
They've
worked
hard
to
find
sports
and-
and
I
guess
quasi
sports-
that
that
would
bring
people
into
the
community
and
do
so
in
a
manner
that
that
was
safe.
B
Given
our
our
coveted
restrictions,
so
the
city
manager.
F
Yes,
sir,
and
miss
mayor
into
council
davis,
I
appreciate
that
conversation
and
I
think,
you're
right
on
point
regarding
pickleball
and
you
know
we
cannot
let
cities
whether
they're
our
size
or
smaller
or
even
larger
in
the
region
outdo
us-
and
you
know
I-
I
don't
even
want
to
really
say
this-
that
we've
taken
a
tennis
court
at
cooper,
creek
and
transitioned
it
to
pickleball
for
it
for
use
pickleball,
that's
not
good
enough.
F
We
need
to
be
competitive
and
I
watched
on
the
news,
as
you
did,
the
pickleball
courts
in
opelika
and
and
so
it's
on
our
radar
and
we've
so-called
transitioned,
a
tennis
court
for
use
for
pickleball
sport.
It's
not
good
enough
and
we
will
do
better.
We
can
do
better
and
we
will
thank
you.
J
I
think
you
just
my
question
was
didn't.
We
approve
a
contribution
from
somebody
an.
J
F
N
I'm
just
learning
about
this
and
I
think
it's
very
interesting
and
I
have
a
suggestion
that
I
thought
thought
about
it.
It's
where
I
always
go
walk
my
dog
there's
a
big
field
and
it's
closed
in
and
the
grass
is
beautiful.
It's
really
nice
and
I
don't
know
why
it's
closed
it
and
that's
when
you
go
down
south
lumpkin
road
by
the
oxbow
golf
course
and
you
pass
them
just
before
you
get
to
oxford
meadows.
There's
a
park
right
there
with
a
pavilion.
N
It
has
the
dog
park
where
the
dog
park
is
there's
a
piece
of
land.
There
that's
closed
up
that
doesn't
look
like
it
even
gets
touched,
and
I
think
that
would
be
a
great
place
because
it's
safe
it's
easy
to
get
to
plenty
of
parking.
I
go
around.
I
have
this
app
that
tells
you
all
the
hiking
and
walking
places
that
you
can
go
and
I've
been
visiting.
N
I
didn't
even
know
columbus
had
that
many
walk
places
and
hiking
places
and
I've
been
going
around,
but
that
one's
close
to
my
home
and
I
go
there
like
almost
every
day
or
every
other
day
and
it's
barely
used.
It
also
needs
like
more
lighting,
so
at
night
you
know
you
can
or
when
it
starts
getting
dark.
You
can
use
it
more,
but
it
has
a
great
walking
trail.
It
has
the
dark
park
in
it.
It
has
a
beautiful
big
pavilion
and
that's
a
place
where
people
can
drop
books.
N
I
mean
I've
been
there
through
the
colbert,
because
hardly
nobody
goes
there.
It
is
so
nice.
I
don't
even
think
a
lot
of
people
are
even
aware
of
it,
but
in
that
note
too,
could
you
please
have
parks
and
rec
check
the
dog,
the
dog
park,
because
I
saw
on
rainy
days
a
lot
of
big
puddles
of
water
and
people
tend
not
to
use
it
because
there's
a
lot
of
puddles
of
water.
F
N
But
that
would
be,
I
would
say
you
know
from
looking
around
and
then
I'll
call
I'll
call
holly
later,
because
I've
been
noticing
some
things
as
I
walk
through
all
the
parks
that
we
have
in
the
city.
Some
parks
need
some
replacement,
some
little
tlc
to
them.
So
just
wanted
to
mention
that,
as
we
talked
about
this,
this.
C
N
Here
and
and
to
tom,
I
would
just
like
to
suggest
I've
been
talking
to
some
people
and
we're
like
gathering
together
and
doing
like
some
traveling
and
stuff,
like
that.
Do
we
have
any
dog
friendly
hotels
in
columbus,
because
I
was
asked
that
question
and
I
said
no,
no.
N
N
You
know
to
columbus,
it's
like
a
little
group,
that's
starting
to
get
out
with
their
pets
and
meet
and
go
different
places,
and
so-
and
I
saw
your
presentation,
but
I
didn't
hear
anything
about
that
in
your
presentation
and
I
think,
with
the
extent
of
it
growing
so
big
with
people
could
be
more
at
home.
You
know
adopting
more
pets
because
they
don't
have
companionship
or
whatever
in
the
home.
I
think
it's
important
that
when
we
do
this
presentation
also
add
those
immensities
too.
O
F
You,
mr
bowden,
thank
you.
Sarah
next
mayor,
I
have
mr
ed
wolverine
president
and
ceo
of
uptown
columbus,
for
an
update.
Q
I'm
not
exactly
mr
ed
wolverton,
but
I
am
one
of
his
friendly
board
members
who
get
to
work
very
closely
with
mr
ed
wolverton.
Let
me
allow
me
to
introduce
myself
to
those
of
you
who
do
not
know
me.
I
am
helena
coates.
I
am
chair
for
uptown
columbus
over
the
last
few
years,
and
so
was
one
of
the
lucky
people
who
were
able
to
work
through
the
process
of
hiring
our
newest
ceo,
who
you
will
get
to
hear
from
in
just
a
few
minutes.
Q
To
start,
I
do
want
to
show
you
let's
see.
Do
I
push
the
thing
to
make
it
go
to
our
paramount
there
we
go.
I
do
want
to
show
you
share
with
you
this
morning.
The
mission
statement
of
our
organization
and
ultimately,
what
it
comes
down
to
is
economic
development
for
the
area,
but
it's
to
make
uptown
an
inviting
livable
and
a
perpetually
active
space
for
our
visitors
for
the
people
who
live
there
for
our
merchants,
for
all
of
the
folks
that
we
represent
in
our
community
and
in
our
district.
Q
All
of
it,
though,
all
of
the
work
that
we
do
and
that
we
create
organizationally
is
really
to
spur
economic
development
to
continue
the
growth
and
the
wonderful
assets
that
we
have
begun
and
that
we
have
worked
on
through
the
years.
In
fact,
much
of
the
conversation
that
you
guys
have
had
this
morning
has
been
around
uptown
columbus
with
the
tads
and
the
new
infrastructure
and
the
build-up
of
everything
that
we
have
down
there
and
it's
it's
a
proud
space.
Q
I
think
that
all
of
us
can
be
happy
with
from
a
community
level,
most
certainly
one
of
the
things
that
I'll
share
with
you
this
morning.
In
fact,
probably
the
best
way
for
you
to
think
of
uptown
columbus
is
really
that
we're
our
three-legged
stool
right.
Q
We've
got
uptown
columbus
responsible,
mainly
for
economic
development
and
events
in
in
the
area,
and
then
we
have
whitewater
management,
which
was
begun
in
2013
when
we
had
the
onset
of
white
water
and
we
reopened
the
river
back
up
as
an
attractive
space,
leisure
space
for
people
to
enjoy,
and
then
third,
we
have
the
bid.
The
business
improvement
district
and
those
three
together
really
conform.
Q
We
do
have
some
other
focus
areas
outside,
though,
of
just
economic
development
and
events.
We
also
work
collectively
with
the
people
in
the
area
and
people
who
want
to
invest
in
the
uptown
area
on
urban
design
and
planning
place,
making
marketing.
Of
course,
the
area
and
and
a
lot
of
what
we
do
could
not
be
done
without
our
partners.
Q
Partners,
like
you,
our
counselors
we've
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
several
of
you
over
the
last
several
months
and
look
forward
to
speaking
with
the
rest
of
you
guys
to
talk
about
some
areas
of
interest,
but
but
our
partners
are
critical
to
our
success
right
this,
the
cvb
who
you
were
able
to
just
hear
from
as
well
and
promoting
uptown
as
a
destination.
I
mean
really.
Q
We
are
very
private
sector
led
and
directed
in
fact,
our
typical
budget
during
a
year
somewhere
between
five
and
six
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
all
of
that
comes
solely
from
private
donations
and
also
from
marketing
events.
You
know,
unlike
any
other
organization
in
this
city
or
frankly,
in
the
world.
Now
we
were
heavily
impacted
by
covet
as
well,
and
we're
not
able
to
do
any
of
our
events.
Q
So
50
of
our
budget,
this
year
was
not
realized,
and
so
we've
had
to
be
very
creative
about
how
we
spend
our
dollars
and
some
of
the
things
that
we're
able
to
focus
on,
but
because
of
that,
it's
it's
given
us
an
opportunity
to
really
work
even
more
significantly
with
our
partners
and
generating
with
them,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
being
spurred
and
helped.
Q
In
fact
miss
lisa
goodwin
is
the
city
representative
who
serves
on
our
board
as
well
and
has
been
instrumental
in
helping
us
work
with
with
our
our
city
on
several
issues
that
we
work
we
have
worked
through
in
in
the
past.
So
currently
we
have
three
and
a
half
professional
and
office
staff
who
work
with
us,
and
some
of
you
may
know.
We
really
had
100
turnover
within
the
last
12
to
14
months
and
so
in.
Q
In
fact,
one
of
the
things
that
I
will
note
about
ed
is
that
ed
is
the
first
ceo
president
of
uptown,
who
we've
brought
in
from
out
of
town.
But
someone
who
has
a
very
varied
and.
Q
Q
R
Thanks
helena
the
bid
started
in
1999
and
you
will
see
on
the
slide
it.
It
covers
a
large
area
from
coming
from
the
north
side.
When
you
come
over
the
bridge
by
tesis,
we
start
right
there
at
18th
street.
We
go
over
one
block
east
of
veterans
to
5th
avenue
and
east
to
7th
street,
which
would
be
just
past
the
trade
center
going
a
little
into
the
historic
district.
R
The
bid
is
a
special
assessment
district
that
property
owners
all
pay
into.
So
it's
organized
to
fund
extra
services
that
these
residents
or
these
businesses
need
down
here
when
we
started
this,
the
word
benchmark
was
used
an
awful
lot
and
we,
the
goal,
is
to
truly
benchmark
what
are
the
city
services
that
are
being
done
and
make
sure
that
that
level
stays
you
know
like
it
was
in
99,
and
then
these
extra
services
are
meant
to
to
make
it
a
special
place
and
the
property
owners
are
willing
to
be
taxed.
R
For
that,
so
we
always
called
it
kind
of
the
where
the
whipped
cream
and
the
cherry
on
top
for
for
our
community
we're
what
makes
it
really
sizzle.
What
really
makes
it
special
as
far
as
taxes,
just
to
give
you
an
idea
all
of
the
owners
down
here
and
they
voted
on
this
themselves,
but
they
voted
to
tax
themselves,
the
city
and
the
school
district.
R
All
the
taxes
that
roll
up
before
bid
or
without
the
bid
today
are
41
0.04159
for
city
taxes
that
works
out
rule
of
thumb
to
like
16
68
per
thousand
dollars
in
value
just
an
easy
number
to
tell
people.
Well,
our
our
businesses
voted
to
tax
themselves,
an
extra
two
dollars
and
eighty
cent
per
thousand
in
value,
that's
right
at
.007
in
tax
millage,
and
they
voted
to
do
that
because
they
wanted
something
special
and
fast
forward.
R
You
know
we're
now
in
2020
and
guess
what
we've
created
something
really
special,
so
that
we're
the
heartbeat
of
the
city-
and
you
know
if
your
heart
doesn't
work
just
like
in
your
body.
If
your
heart's,
not
vibrant
and
active,
then
your
your
body
is
is
not
so
we're
proud
to
be
a
part
of
that.
We're
proud
that
the
bid
has
been
able
to
make
this
a
special
place.
Bids
are
regulated
by
the
state
law
and
they
require
city
approval.
R
So
I
want
to
thank
all
of
our
council
members
and
city
for
proving
that
back
then
see
richard
bishop
obviously
spent
a
lot
of
time
with
us
and
and
uptown,
and
you
know
this
bid
sunsets
every
10
years,
so
we
have
to
come
back
to
you
guys
and
ask
for
a
renewal.
I
believe
that
happens
in
2024,
but
it
has
given
us
a
really
good
base
that
we
can
go
forward
and
make
sure
that
that
the
columbus
downtown
the
uptown
area
stays
nice
and
vibrant.
R
So
there
are
over
a
thousand
bids
all
across
america
and
in
canada.
There
are
bids
in
in
europe,
asia
and
africa
and
you
go
all
over
and
people
talk
about
their
bids
downtown
and
when
you
see
them
clean
and
you
see
them
safe
and
you
see
people
walking
around
willing
to
help
you.
You
know
that
a
bid
is
in
place,
so
we
should
be
the
envy
of
a
lot
of
communities
that
have
not
stepped
up
and
done
this.
So
our
bid
does
focus
on
that
extra
cleaning.
R
It
focuses
on
safety
and
it
focuses
on
marketing
and
and
kudos
to
our
bid
board.
We
voted
this
year
to
spend
an
extra
thirty
thousand
dollars
in
beautification,
and
you
can
see
the
street
markers
signs
and
the
so
forth.
That
really
makes
it
look
nice
painting
of
some
of
the
handrails
and
things
such
as
that
that
just
needed
needed
to
be
done,
and,
quite
frankly,
the
city
you
know
did
not
have
those
funds,
so
we
stepped
up
at
this
time
and
the
board
voted
on
that.
R
We
voted
on
an
extra
ten
thousand
dollars
at
our
last
meeting
to
put
for
additional
marketing
because
we
are
absolutely
confident,
just
as
you
all
were
saying
before
we
got
up
here
that
you
know
columbus,
georgia
and
specifically
uptown
has
invested
a
significant
amount
of
money,
and
we
have
that
sense
of
place.
It's
now
time
to
go
out
and
market
it
and
market
it
even
more
and
tell
people
our
secret.
R
So
you
know,
if
you
keep
it
clean
and
you
keep
it
safe
and
you
market
it,
people
will
come
back,
they
will
come
the
first
time
they
see
that
they'll
come
back
again
and
again
and
again
and
that's
what
we
we
strive
for
in
uptown
every
day
the
bid
board
has
14
team
members
14
members
on
our
board.
They
are
people
that
pay
into
the
district,
so
they're
the
people
that
actually
write
the
check
for
these
extra
services
that
are
on
the
mo
the
board.
We
employ
a
team
of
nine
and
a
half.
R
You
ever
see
that
half
person
walking
around
anybody,
but
nine
and
a
half
ambassadors
who
are
on
the
street
picking
up
litter.
We
didn't
miss
a
beat
during
the
during
the
pandemic.
We
were
still
out
there
and
actually
that
that
little
bit
of
take
a
deep
breath
gave
us
time
to
clean
up
town
and
make
it
shiny
and
it
looks
beautiful
for
everybody
to
come
down
and
enjoy
now.
R
R
I
want
to
thank
pam
hodge
she's,
our
ex-officio
member,
for
our
bid
board
and
she
participates
in
our
board
meetings,
always
helpful
with
buzzer
phone
and
probably
driver
crazy,
some,
but
she's
been
great,
so
I
do
have
a
day
job
and
during
that
day
job
I
am
a
real
estate
broker.
I've
been
in
the
real
estate
business,
my
whole
career,
and
so
with
my
backdrop,
I
wanted
to
just
share
a
few
insights
with
you
here.
R
The
tax
base
for
the
uptown
area
alone
is
over.
540
million
dollars
has
almost
8
000
workers
in
the
uptown
area.
They
may
not
be
here
today
because
of
the
pandemic,
but
their
desk
is
there
waiting
on
them
to
come
back.
We
have
over
1200
csu
students
that
keep
this
place.
Just
vibrant,
just
can't
even
say
enough
about
what
csu
has
meant
to
our
downtown
area.
We
have
almost
600
businesses
and
6600
residents
and
we
keep
building
more
and
more
and
more
because
it's
always
uptown.
R
You
can
see
a
breakdown
here
of
the
business
users
we
have
some
of
the
years
ago.
We
said:
wouldn't
it
be
wonderful
if
we
could
get
some
of
these
great
entrepreneurial
chefs
to
come
downtown
and
open
up
their
business
guys,
we
have
them
now.
We
have
them
and
it's
a
unique
place
to
come
so
sustaining
and
making
this
district
thrive
is
crucial
to
our
success
and
the
economic
health
of
our
entire
community
glenn.
As
you
said
earlier,
if
you
build
it,
they
will
come,
and
I
would
just
say
to
each
of
you.
R
R
You
always
have
that
10-year
that
20-year
plan,
but
I
do
believe
we
have
built
it
in
columbus,
georgia,
whether
it
it
is
the
riverfront,
the
riverwalk,
the
the
hotels
that
are
coming
here,
that
will
be
game-changers
for
people
to
come,
and
so
we
look
forward
to
all
this
activity
and
the
bid
is
happy
to
be
a
part
of
it
to
make
this
a
a
place
that
people
really
do
want
to
come
back
again
and
again
so
tell
your
friends
about
it,
come
back
and
see
uptown
and
enjoy
it
to
wrap
up
this
presentation
by
uptown.
S
Good
morning,
everybody
thank
you
for
being
here.
Thank
you
leah
and
thank
you
helena.
So
I'm
delighted
to
be
here-
and
this
is
my
first
opportunity
to
come
and
talk
with
this
astute
body.
So
thank
you
for
having
us
this
morning.
I
do
come
to
columbus
here
with
over
25
years
of
downtown
development
experience,
including
some
with
river
cities.
S
I
actually
started
the
program
in
savannah
back
in
the
1990s
and
also
had
a
stint
in
wichita
kansas
that
has
the
mighty
arkansas
river
and
not
to
be
confused
with
the
arkansas
river
and
then
also
coming
from
wilmington,
which
was
my
roast
most
recent
stop
prior
to
coming
here
to
wilmington.
So
there
are
some
shared
traits
that
all
these
cities
have,
and
they
are,
as
leah
talked
about
a
dominant
business
center,
but
we're
also
an
entertainment
center.
S
We
offer
a
great
historic
setting
that
encourages
the
redevelopment
and
reuse
of
these
existing
historic
assets
and
we're
really
everybody's
neighborhood.
It's
an
authentic
place.
We
are
a
place
that
is
different
from
downtown
macon
in
downtown
savannah
and
atlanta
and
any
other
place.
It
is
the
only
place
in
the
world
that
has
the
collection
of
buildings
and
the
collection
of
people
right
here
in
the
world
right
here
in
uptown
columbus,
but
we
are
also
an
experiential
place.
S
It's
a
place
where
people
come
to
interact
to
see
other
people
to
watch
what's
happening
to
visit
our
stores
to
take
part
of
the
activity
that
happens
here.
So
all
of
those
things
are
great
about
uptown.
That's
part
of
why
I
came,
but
also
why
I
picked
this
profession.
It
is
really
something
I
truly
enjoy
doing.
So.
Let's
talk
about
the
importance
you
heard
both
helena
and
leah
talk
about
economic
development,
so
this
is
actually
page
58
from
last
year's
budget
book.
S
I'm
sure
you
remember
this
chart
scintillating
data
and
staff
does
a
great
job
putting
this
together
each
year,
but
I
found
this
particular
page
that
was
very
intriguing
to
me
because
you
list
the
top
10
taxpayers
in
columbus
and
muskogee
county,
and
I
know
that's
a
really
small
chart
there.
So
I
blew
it
up
for
you
and
that's
the
chart
right
there.
You
can
see
some
of
the
the
big
folks
that
are
on
here
all
the
walmart's
combined
peachtree
mall,
so
the
pratt
and
whitney.
S
So
you
see
those
top
ten
rate
payers,
but
if
you
think
about
uptown
as
a
district
as
leah
talked
about
that
47
block
area
of
the
bid,
do
you
know
who
the
number
one
taxpayer
is
in
our
community?
It's
uptown
6.8
million
dollars
all
right.
6.2
million!
Excuse
me
of
taxes
paid
each
year
by
our
uptown
district.
So
that's
why
it's
really
important
that
we
continue
to
sustain
and
nurture
and
grow
and
uplift,
our
uptown
district.
So
I'm
going
to
shift
a
little
bit
we'll
talk
about
what
happened.
S
Last
year
in
2020,
we
had
13
new
businesses
open
in
the
district,
50
full-time
equivalent
jobs
and
almost
75
million
dollars
worth
of
new
investment
in
uptown
last
year
alone.
That
are
that's
real
dollars.
That's
based
on
property
sales
that
occurred
as
well
as
building
permit
value
that
was
issued.
So
that's
despite
the
pandemic.
We
had
this
level
of
economic
activity
last
year
and
I
would
say
to
you
that
we
should
be
very
proud
of
this
growth
and
we
need
to
continue
to
nurture
and
grow.
S
S
When
you
think
about
the
economic
results,
if
that
work
wasn't
happening,
if
we
had
150
tons
worth
of
litter
and
trash
and
debris
running
around
our
uptown
area,
would
we
have
achieved
75
million
dollars
worth
of
investment
last
year?
I
would
say
to
you
that
answer
is
no,
so
these
things
work
together
in
harmony
to
help,
build
and
sustain
each
other
and
create
this
holistic
approach
that
we
bring
to
our
economic
and
our
community
building
work.
S
You
see
our
safety
patrol
augmenting
what
our
police
force
does
over
2
000
hours
of
patrol
work,
both
on
foot
and
vehicle,
going
through
the
district,
keeping
an
eye
on
things
looking
for
things
that
might
be
out
of
place
and
reporting.
Those
special
events
and
marketing
is
a
big
piece
of
what
we
do.
We
launched
a
new
website
last
year.
We
continue
to
do
our
market
days
on
saturday
mornings,
even
though
it's
at
a
socially
distance
approach
to
it,
but
we've
continued
to
do
that.
S
We've
just
started
our
new
season
over
120
vendors
for
market
days
each
year,
our
social
media,
following
continues
to
grow
over
47
000
people,
follow
us
on
our
different
platforms.
So
that's
a
good
megaphone
that
we
can
use
to
tout
what's
happening
in
the
uptown
district,
as
well
as
our
businesses
and
our
community
rush
south,
which
is
our
myriad
of
attractions
that
we
manage
in
our
uptown
district.
The
biggest
piece
of
that
is
the
the
rafting
and
the
zip
lining.
We
tracked
those
numbers
just
over
30
000
users
last
year
alone.
S
This
is
despite
being
closed
for
two
months
because
of
the
pandemic,
but
we
also
did
other
things
like
installing
a
photo
op
display
on
the
wave
shaper
island
and
the
splash
pad,
where
kids
can
take
a
picture
of
themselves
in
a
kayak.
We
work
to
enhance
the
island
and
to
improve
the
high
water
alarms
that
are
along
the
river
to
provide
safety
measures
for
people
that
are
out
and
about
on
the
river.
From
an
organizational
development
standpoint,
we
did
raise
about
175
000
from
our
donors.
S
This
is
a
little
bit
less
than
what
we
had
hoped
for,
but
in
the
pandemic
again
we
knew
this
was
going
to
be
a
challenging
year
for
us.
We
also
did
pursue
and
did
receive
ppp
funding,
as
well
as
an
edel
loan
to
help
sustain
our
operations
and,
as
lena
said,
we
continued
operating
throughout
the
pandemic.
Our
team
continued
to
work.
We
didn't
take
any
time
off.
We
continued
to
provide
the
services
that
were
so
important
to
our
business
community.
We
also
collaborate
very
closely
with
the
chamber,
the
convention
visitors
bureau,
the
historic
foundation.
S
In
fact,
many
of
these
organizations
actually
have
seats
on
the
uptown
board
or
the
bid
board
as
a
way
to
strengthen
that
collaboration
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
duplicating
services
or
we're
not
overlapping
services.
We
work
closely
with
our
other
partners
with
special
projects
and
infrastructure.
You
can
see
the
landscaping
along
broadway,
the
tulips
that
have
popped
out
this
spring,
a
great
job
that
city
staff
is
doing.
Managing
those
contracts
making
sure
those
plants
are
in
good
shape
to
really
create
a
quality
space
for
our
visitors
and
our
residents
are
coming
to
the
area.
S
So
let's
shift
gears
again
and
let's
talk
about
what's
going
on
right
now
by
the
late,
great
marvin,
gaye,
he's
really
said
it
best
and
almost
everybody.
So,
as
you
heard,
the
city
manager
talk
earlier
about
all
the
investments
that
happened.
I
actually
went
back
and
tracked
everything
from
2013
and
it's
an
impressive
number,
but
for
today
I'm
just
going
to
talk
to
you
about
things
that
are
underway
right
now
recently
completed
or
have
been
announced.
So
we'll
start
with
the
marriott
hotel
just
across
the
street,
refurbished
all
their
rooms,
a
10
million
dollar
project.
S
They
also
have
a
project
to
add
another
wing
to
the
hotel
and
a
sky
bridge
that
would
connect
over
to
this
facility
to
better
provide
an
opportunity
to
bring
more
convention
groups
into
the
area
banks.
Food
hall
opened
up
on
bay
street.
This
is
wc
bradley
company,
a
two
million
dollar
project,
2.4
million
dollars
opened
in
september
just
across
the
street,
from
the
splash
pad
and
the
playground.
So
it
really
provides
a
great
synergistic
opportunity
for
people
that
are
coming
to
visit
our
area
as
well
as
people
along
the
riverwalk.
S
More
vendors
are
coming
in
that
construction
is
underway.
Now,
so
you'll
see
more
activity
in
this
building
very
soon
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
Hopefully,
the
hotel
indigo,
which
just
opened
in
february
107
new
hotel
rooms,
a
30
million
dollar
project,
a
great
anchor
to
our
northern
boundary
there
at
14th
street
bridge
providing
more
eyes
on
the
street,
providing
more
people
out
in
this
area.
So
another
important
addition
to
our
hospitality
infrastructure.
You
heard
about
the
ac
hotel.
S
The
little
alleyways
going
in
that
just
to
the
north
there
is
is,
was
part
of
your
agenda
today.
They'll
be
opening
next
month,
perhaps
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
and
we're
very
excited
to
have
this
facility
coming
online
as
well.
The
hampton
end,
which
is
a
couple
of
doors
down,
they
have
started
their
construction.
This
is
88
rooms
about
a
12
million
dollar
project.
S
They
hope
to
be
open
later
this
year
and
will
be
excited
to
have
that
nucleus
of
those
three
hotels
coming
online
within
a
couple
of
blocks
of
each
up
really
changing
the
dynamic
of
12th
12th
street
there
on
broadway,
the
1200
1300
block,
as
well
as
connecting
down
to
the
indigo
as
well
mercer
medical
school
will
be
adding
their
building
coming
online
next
year
about
240
students.
Faculty
will
be
with
that:
a
32
million
dollar
project
and
again
enhancing
those
educational
uses
that
are
part
of
our
center
city
district.
S
Ken
henson,
is
doing
a
apartment
project
that
is
on
2nd
avenue
in
the
1500
block,
watching
this
change
almost
on
a
daily
basis.
75
apartments
going
in
there
market
rate,
housing,
there's
also
a
couple
of
historic
homes
that
are
part
of
the
site
and
ken
is
renovating
those
homes
to
be
part
of
this
project
as
well.
S
So
it's
a
very
unique
opportunity
for
us
and
one
we're
very
excited
about,
because
we
really
see
residential
as
an
important
economic
development
strategy
because
of
people
living
here,
they'll
be
more
likely
to
use
our
restaurants
and
our
shops
and
our
attractions
and
visit
those
more
regular
basis.
So
that's
why
residential
is
so
important
to
us.
S
Peaceold
companies
also
working
to
renovate
the
old
city
mills,
a
45
to
50
hotel
rooms
will
be
coming
in
there,
a
budget
of
about
12
million
dollars
and
they
hope
to
have
this
one
open
later
on
this
year
as
well.
The
bradley
company
is
working
on
renovating
the
old
ymca
on
11th
street,
about
a
one
and
a
half
million
dollar
budget
on
that
one,
and
they
will
be
opening
off
later
this
year.
This
is
slated
for
office
space.
S
This
is
a
project
that
was
just
recently
completed
at
1023
broadway.
This
is
one
of
our
three
axe,
throwing
places
in
uptown
right
now.
This
is
the
group
that
columbus
acts
was
over
in
the
old
raymond
row.
Building
this
building
was
completely
renovated
for
them
just
across
the
street,
and
they
have
now
moved
in
and
the
space
is
really
is
a
nice
function
for
them.
Ken
henson
is,
in
addition
to
the
project
he's
building
new
he's,
also
renovating
two
buildings
in
the
1200
block
of
first
avenue
for
apartments
and
ground
floor
commercial
use.
S
These
are
historic,
rehab
projects,
so
he's
getting
tax
credits
to
do
these
projects
as
well
again,
adding
to
our
residential
base,
which
is
so
important
for
us
going
forward.
This
is
the
building
right
next
door
to
chancellors
the
if
you've
seen
it
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks
that
scaffolding
has
now
come
down
to
reveal
a
beautiful
facade.
That's
been
restored,
a
restaurant
will
be
going
in
as
the
ground
floor
tenant
here,
the
upper
floors
will
be
used
for
either
office
or
residential
space.
S
This
is
a
building
right
next
door
to
mabel
is
on
on
11th
street
commercial
will
be
the
ultimate
use
of
this.
You
can
see
the
the
as
they
took
down
the
side
of
that
building.
It's
a
little
bit
rough
there,
so
they'll
be
cleaning
that
up
and
getting
some
users
in
on
that
ground
floor.
So
another
important
project
for
us,
and
then
this
is
the
high
side
market.
This
is
one
you
recently
approved
for
tad
financing,
an
11
million
dollar
project
that
includes
both
rehabbing
existing
buildings.
S
The
two
buildings
on
the
corners
are
being
rehabbed
and
the
one
in
the
middle
will
be
a
brand
new
building
that
will
be
constructed
with
the
focus
of
this
project
being
office
and
retail
and
restaurant
users.
So
we're
excited
to
have
this
come
into
this
block
on
13th,
but
this
is
just
the
big
projects
right.
S
We're
not
talking
about
things
that
are
also
contributing
to
the
whole
uptown
scene
paid
parking
for
on-street,
which
is
something
that
you
have
just
decided
to
to
push
this
on
hold
for
just
a
minute,
so
we'll
be
working
with
city
staff
to
get
with
our
stakeholders
to
figure
out
a
plan
forward
on
whether
to
provide
paid
or
required
paid
parking
for
using
our
on-street
spaces.
The
dragonfly
trail,
which
is
an
important
mix
for
our
mobility
in
the
uptown
area.
S
Historic
district,
protect
potentially
being
created
in
the
high
uptown
area,
and
you
can
see
all
the
other
things
that
are
in
the
mix,
including
we're
looking
to
expand
our
reach
to
engage
more
stakeholders
by
creating
new
committees
that
anyone
can
get
involved
with
if
they
have
an
interest
in
helping
to
plat
to
plan
and
chart
our
forward
with
uptown
going
forward.
And
of
course,
we
all
have
to
navigate
the
post
uptown
recovery
with
with
covid.
Now
I
will
mention
to
you
that
we
recently
have
just
completed
a
survey
of
our
small
business
owners.
S
This
is
really
important
because
we
get
a
lot
of
data
on
the
national
level
and
we
see
some
on
the
state
level,
but
we
don't
often
hear
much
on
the
micro
level
of
just
how
is
it
affecting
uptown.
So
this
is
a
question
we
asked
them
about
comparing
sales
of
2019
to
2020,
and
what
you
see
here
is
that
two-thirds
of
our
small
businesses
reported
sales
losses
of
25
or,
more
from
our
perspective,
for
uptown
columbus.
S
We
of
course
saw
a
decline
too
in
our
revenues,
because
we
weren't
doing
our
special
events
and
we
didn't
didn't
quite
have
the
success
with
our
private
donors
because
of
covet
as
well.
So
this
is
a
number
that
we
need
to
keep
in
mind
as
we
think
about
our
post-covered
recovery,
the
loss
of
full-time
jobs,
8.9
loss
of
jobs.
We
ask
people
to
compare
jobs
last
year
at
this
time
to
now
a
22
decline
in
part-time
jobs.
So
these
are
pretty
substantial
numbers.
We
need
to
keep
in
mind,
but
we
also
need
to
recognize
this.
S
S
We
didn't
have
access
to
them,
so
these
numbers
are
actually
a
little
bit
higher
and
we're
also
trying
to
chart
what's
going
to
happen
with
office
workers
we've
been
in
touch
with
thesis,
we've
been
in
touch
with
other
office
users,
bring
those
workers
back
to
the
uptown
scene,
they're
vital
for
our
restaurant
business
and
our
retailers,
and
we
just
don't
know
how
all
this
is
going
to
shake
out
going
forward.
But
we
are
prepared
to
take
that
challenge
and
be
working
with
everyone
to
make
sure
that
uptown
comes
through
this
stronger
than
ever.
S
B
Great
presentation,
council,
woodson.
N
Yes,
thank
you
very
much.
I'd
appreciate
you
coming
forward
and
updating
us
on
all
the
wonderful
things
that
are
going
up
in
the
uptown
area
had
a
question
friend,
I'm
not
sure.
If
you
can
answer,
maybe
staff
can
do.
We
have
an
update
on
the
expansion
of
the
marian,
the
convention,
hotel
and
the
walkway.
Do
we
have
an
update
on
that
when
that
will
be
constructed
or
opened.
S
It's
my
understanding
and
talking
to
the
developers
that
again
the
project
that
was
somewhat
suspended
because
of
covid.
They
still
have
long-term
plans
to
implement.
I
don't
have
a
time
frame,
particularly
from
them,
but
obviously
with
the
downturn
in
the
hospitality
industry,
they
decided.
It
probably
would
be
wise
to
wait
just
a
little
bit.
N
Isaiah,
can
we
get
an
update
on
that
later?
No,
we
don't
have
to
do
it
today,
but
can
we
get
an
update
on
what's
going
on
because
end
of
goal
been
up?
Ac's
come
up
the
hamptons
about
up,
so
I
don't
see
why
they're
not
in
process
or
about
to
come
up
to.
Can
we
get
an
update
next
time
on
that
next
week,
or
so.
B
We
we
can
try
to
get
an
update,
yeah.
Of
course,
you
know
one
thing
to
keep
in
mind
with
that
particular
developer:
they
had
three
projects
going
at
one
time.
Two
of
them
have
continued,
and
so
I
think
they've
just
had
to
stagger
it.
This
was
from
some
early
conversations
because
they're
working
on
the
city
mills
project
they're
working
on
hampton,
and
they
did
all
the
room
renovations
at
marriott.
N
So
I'm
just
worried
about
it
because
we're
promoting,
but
yet
the
main
hotel,
that's
supposed
to
be
for
conventions
is
not
up
and
running
the
way
it
should.
Okay.
Thank
you.
C
B
S
Certainly,
we
provided
the
city
staff
and
actually
on
our
website,
we
have
created
a
spot
that
you
called
a
development
report
and
you
can
go
to
our
website
at
alwaysuptown.com
and
it
actually
goes
back
to
the
2013
numbers,
which
was
really
the
next
big
phase
of
the
evolution
of
uptown
with
the
creation
of
the
white
water
piece.
So
that
will
catalog
projects
that
go
back
from
2013
and
I
believe
that
number
is
just
north
of
270
million
dollars
over
the
last
eight
years.
B
F
Next,
mr
mayor,
I'm
going
to
ask
irene
shaver
to
come
forward
at
this
time
and,
if
renzo,
buckner
is
here
as
well,
but
they've
got
an
update
for
this
council
or
want
to
share
their
project.
The
george
washington,
carver,
victory
garden
and
farm
growing
hope
and
reclaiming
our
community,
mr
runzell
buckner
and
irene
shaver.
T
We
are
here
this
morning
to
talk
about
a
project
that
has
been
long
going
for
now,
quite
a
few
years,
going
back
to
the
war
on
drugs
in
the
carver
heights,
community
back
in
the
90s
early
90s,
and
the
purpose
for
that
was
to
basically
develop
a
community
for
people
to
live
safely
and
also
to
enjoy
their
community
and
their
city.
T
That
project
led
from
the
war
on
drugs
to
the
billing
of
george
washington
carver
high
school,
which
is
to
basically
which
was
basically
developed
to
give
our
kids
within
our
community
a
nice
decent,
updated
magnet
school.
That
would
be
enjoyable
for
them
to
go
to
and
also
enjoyable
for
our
city
to
see.
T
And
then
we
moved
on
to
the
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail.
The
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail
was
developed
in
order
for
our
city
to
know
some
of
the
contributions
that
african-americans
have
made
to
this
city.
To
make
it
the
great
city
that
it
is
to
understand
each
other
and
to
learn
to
love
each
other,
we
must
learn
something
about
each
other,
and
that
trail
was
also
developed
because
of
the
fact
within
the
african-american
community.
T
The
purpose
for
this
garden
is
to
teach
the
kids
in
our
school
system,
where
food
come
from,
how
it
managed
to
get
to
the
shelves
on
the
stores
and
also
about
healthy
eating,
because
this
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
must
focus
on.
One
of
them
is
healthy
eating
and
the
other
is
cutting
down
on
the
violence
within
our
community
and
also
cutting
down
on
the
dropout
rates
within
our
community.
U
Could
I
have
the
presentation
up
all
right,
thank
you
for
having
us
here.
My
name
is
irene.
I've
been
working
for
runzell
for
about
two
years,
and
we've
been
working
really
hard
on
this
proposal
and
we're
so
honored
here
to
give
it
to
you
today
give
you
updates
on
our
progress
and
make
this
pitch
to
you.
So
the
garden
is
called
the
george
washington,
carver
victory
garden
and
farm,
and
the
purpose
of
it
is
to
grow,
hope
and
reclaim
our
community.
U
I'm
going
to
show
you
a
professional
design
done
by
realm
and
ed
hoffman,
their
firm
out
of
columbus
ohio
that
we
went
through
this
professional
design
process.
With
turn
around
columbus
was
formally
founded
in
2005
ronzell's
been
doing
community
work,
his
entire
life,
so
the
legacy
of
turnaround
columbus,
extends
beyond
that.
But
our
mission
is
to
empower
and
inspire
youth
with
hope,
opportunities
and
the
tools
to
succeed
through
community-based
education.
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George,
the
carver
high
school
renovation
was
another
thing
we
were
involved
in.
That
was
a
37
million
dollar
project
and
ronzell
really
was
out
on
the
streets,
garnering
support
for
that
and
making
that
a
priority
for
the
district.
So
we
partnered
with
the
school
district
for
a
long
time.
What
happened
when
that
school
was
renovated
is
that
carver
went
from
a
low
performing
high
school
to
one
of
the
best
performing
high
schools
in
columbus,
and
what
that
teaches
us
that
informs
our
approach
is
that
investment
matters,
investment
in
students,
high
expectations,
beautiful
places
to
learn.
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It
really
improves
student
achievement,
and
we
we
have.
The
data
to
support
that
that
really
turned
around
the
performance
of
that
school,
so
people
meet
your
expectations
when
you
invest
in
them.
The
the
martin
luther
king,
outdoor
learning
trail
as
ronzell
said,
is
part
of
this
project
of
rehabilitating
this
2.2
mile
of
martin
luther
king
jr
boulevard.
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U
So
part
of
the
mission
here
is
to
create
a
model
that
can
be
replicated
in
other
cities
of
how
do
you
reinvest
in
these
places
that
have
become
forgotten
that
have
become
sacrificed
zones
in
your
city
and
really
live
up
to
that
legacy
of
of
dr
king?
And
how
do
you
highlight
the
african-american
populations
in
your
city
and
all
the
contributions
they've
made?
So
this
trail
has
11
markers
of
local
columbus,
african-american
heroes,
and
these
are
our
kids
in
our
program.
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U
So
this
is
where
we
work.
The
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail
runs
from
downtown
all
along
martin
luther
king
boulevard,
and
then
it
goes
up
to
macon
anyways.
This
is
martin
luther
king
boulevard,
right
here,
behind
jd
davis,
elementary
school
and
behind
the
marshall
success
center,
which
used
to
be
marshall
middle.
This
used
to
be
spencer,
high
school,
we're
in
between
brown
avenue
and
17th
avenue.
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There's
a
10.3
acre
lot
that
the
muskogee
county
school
district
has
given
turn
around
columbus
in
a
memorandum
of
understanding
to
manage
indefinitely
to
build
this
10-acre
youth-run
farm
and
community
innovation
center.
This
land
has
been
not
used
for
many
many
years
on
two
sides
of
it.
Our
giant
recycling
places
it
used
to
be
a
slaughterhouse.
Here.
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These
are
the
data
from
the
census
block,
which
is
the
martin
luther
king
boulevard
census,
block
65
of
the
families
in
this
community
live
in
poverty,
that's
three
times
the
rate
of
columbus
as
a
whole.
What
that
means
is
a
family
of
four
makes.
Fourteen
thousand
dollars
a
year,
that's
it
very,
very
difficult
to
invest
in
any
long-term
property
or
investments
really
hard
to
provide
rent
and
food
at
a
high
quality
for
your
family.
Eighty
five
percent
of
the
fa.
The
population
is
eligible
for
food
stamps.
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This
is
a
food
desert,
meaning
there's
not
healthy
food
options
within
10
miles.
It's
a
high.
It
has
one
of
the
highest
crime
rates
in
the
city.
It's
classified
as
one
of
the
most
dangerous
neighborhoods
and
the
top
three
health
problems
in
columbus
and
in
this
area,
but
are
disproportionately
represented
in
african-american.
Populations
are
diabetes,
heart
disease
and
poor
nutrition.
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A
hundred
percent
of
the
children
that
we
work
with
at
jd
davis,
elementary
and
in
our
farm
leaders
program,
are
on
free
and
reduced
lunch,
meaning
that
they
are
low
enough
income
that
they
rely
on
the
school
for
one
of
their
meals
a
day,
and
this
is
all
to
say
that,
despite
this
terrible
context,
children
still
have
dreams,
and
this
is
national
data.
45
say
they
want
to
own
their
business.
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42
say
they
will
invent
something
to
change
the
world,
and
this
is
what
we've
found
in
working
with
young
people
is
they're
change,
makers,
they're,
absolutely
inspiring,
and
they
want
to
do
things
in
the
world
that
will
make
this
a
better
place,
and
so
all
of
these
things,
the
both
the
negative
and
the
positive
things
they
change
dramatically
from
strategic
investment
and
strategic
investment
in
the
most
disproportionate
disadvantaged
populations.
U
Our
principal
initiative
is
creating
this
10-acre
youth-run
farm
and
community-based
learning
and
innovation
center,
and
the
purpose
of
that
is
to
reclaim
this
community
from
cycles
of
poverty
and
violence
and
to
create
a
new
path
forward
for
youth
and
their
families.
That
has
opportunity,
hope,
health
and
productive
community
engagement
in
it.
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We've
been
working
on
this
for
a
while,
always
building
partnerships,
getting
community
feedback
and
support
and
volunteer
engagement
turnaround
columbus
is
one
of
the
most
credible
organizations.
I've
ever
worked
with
in
terms
of
its
integrity
to
the
community
and
community
ties.
There's
a
lot
of
community
into
this
project
into
the
design
and
conception
of
it.
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In
october,
we
got
the
school
board
to
sign
the
mou
formally
and
we
received
twenty
thousand
dollars
from
the
crime
prevention
grant.
So
thank
you.
That
is
the
only
money
we
have
and
it
has
allowed
us
to
do
wonderful
things.
In
november
we
went
through
a
professional
design
process
with
rome
and
ed
hoffman
and
got
it
all
costed
out
with
turner
construction.
U
You
should
be
getting
a
package
of
the
design
renderings
and
all
the
costing
that
was
done
by
this
national
construction
firm
and
it's
really
like
down
to
the
screws.
It
is
the
worst
case
scenario
numbers
because
it's
you
know
it's
fully
featured
everything.
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
cost
savings
and
I
hope
this
is
the
beginning
of
many
conversations
with
the
city
about
that
budget
and
what
we
could
possibly
do.
We
also
went
through
a
farm
production
design
process
with
fort
valley,
state
and
tuskegee
university.
Those
are
both
big
partners
in
this
work.
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U
So
they've
been
wonderful
partners
and
have
advised
on
the
agriculture
business
plan
january.
We
broke
ground
at
the
garden
and
and
opened
the
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail
and
then
in
march
we
began
our
homegrown
hope
program,
which
is
our
saturday
elementary
school
program.
We
have
21
kids
enrolled
in
that
and
then
we
have
our
hope,
dealer
farm
leader
program
and
we
just
hired
10
farm
leaders
which
are
high
schoolers
that
are
going
to
run
that
farm
this
summer,
sell
the
produce
and
build
the
business.
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What
this
looks
like
in
five
years
is
for
five
to
eight
acres
of
food
production
in
orchards,
really
that
would
really
dramatically
change
the
local
food
scene
in
columbus,
we'd
love
to
be
able
to
employ
more
like
40
youth
in
on
the
farm,
and
we
would
run
city-wide
education,
programming
of
all
different
kinds
for
different
ages
and
then
many
community
events
and
nutrition
education
in
our
teaching
kitchen.
So
this
is
our
homegrown
hope,
saturday,
elementary
program
reading,
we
focus
on
reading
nutrition
arts
and
stem
science
and
math
in
the
garden.
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So
here's
our
kids
are
reading
about
george
w
washington,
carver
he's
a
pioneer
in
agriculture
and
one
of
the
first
african
americans
to
get
his
bachelor's
degree
from
tuskegee
or
not
from
tuskegee.
He
went
and
taught
a
tuskegee
after
that,
but
we
do
snack.
The
kids
often
harvest
their
own.
They
planted
this
lettuce
and
it
was
ready
to
harvest
so
they
harvest
their
own
food.
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U
Third
grade
reading
level
is
a
major
predictor
of
retention
in
school.
Most
of
these
kids
read
to
the
two
levels
below
so
this
is
how
we
are
contributing
getting
these
kids
early
so
that
they
meet
these
critical
milestones
and
are
able
to
stay
in
school,
but
also
they
get
to
be
involved
in
this
small
business
and
learn
hands
do
a
lot
of
hands-on
learning.
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U
U
If
you
came
out
here
right
now,
you'd
see
these
empty
athletic
fields,
but
you'd
see
some
of
our
production
in
the
east
field,
but
the
the
vision
here
is
the
that
there's
on
either
side
there's
agricultural
production,
which
basically
is
a
agricultural
campus
for
the
entire
district
to
do
experiential
learning,
there's
greenhouses
in
the
west
field,
there's
a
children's
garden
in
the
west
field,
they're
surrounded
by
orchards.
So
it's
a
living
food
forest
and
we'd
redo
that
track,
so
people
can
walk
around
it.
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U
This
teaching
kitchen
would
be
a
partnership
with
hospitals
or
the
department
of
public
health
to
provide
nutrition
education
and
also
a
place
where
we
would
add
value
to
our
agriculture
products,
learn
how
to
and
pass
down
cultural
information
like
having
grandmas
come
in
and
teach
pickling
techniques
to
our
kids
that
helps
us
preserve
our
products.
We
can
sell
them
at
a
higher
price
point.
We
get
that
cultural
transfer
of
knowledge
which
helps
rebuild
back
families
and
culture
in
this
community,
they're
the
marketplace
first
for
our
kids
to
sell
their
goods.
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Elders
and
elders
council
to
pass
on
knowledge
about
what
the
legacy
of
community
work
in
this
neighborhood
and
in
columbus,
there's
community
garden
spaces
around
that
central
node,
where
people
can
take
ownership
or
have
access
to
land.
This
is
primarily
renter-owned
area.
So
having
access
and
communal
access
like
this
to
land
is
a
huge
it's
a
huge
opportunity
for
many
of
these
families
and
kids.
They
have
zero
context
for
growing
their
own
food
or
interacting
with
nature.
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So
we're
in
phase
zero
working
in
that
east
production
field
hundred
percent
donated
labor.
We've
engaged
149
volunteers
this
year.
This
is
where
our
high
school
youth
leaders
work.
This
is
where
we
take
the
elementary
kids
down
and
we
do
a
garden.
You
know
one
hour
of
garden
time
every
saturday
and
we're
basically
running
out
of
that
pavilion
for
shade,
which
is
just
a
old
building.
So
this
is
where
we're
at
right
now
it
by
the
end
of
this
year.
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I'd
like
to
see
phase
one
started
in
which
orchards
take
a
long
time
to
come
on
so
we'd
like
to
get
started
on
the
orchard
in
the
west
field,
so
that
you
know
three
to
five
years.
We'd
have
production.
There
start
to
delineate
that
central
area
with
the
pathways
and
really
get
that
repurposed
pavilion
because
we're
you
know
we
have
a
port-a-potty
on
site
right
now,
so
we
need.
We
need
some
basic
facilities
to
run
phase
two
would
do
the
track
and
the
west
production
field
get
those
greenhouses
in
there.
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U
So
when
this
is
costed
out,
the
top
top
cost
is
4.9
million
dollars
phase
one.
This
number
is
related
to
what
the
east
field
would
be
if
it
was
fully
featured
six
inches
of
topsoil,
all
the
site
work
that
would
go
into
that
phase.
One
is
1.6
million
phase.
Two
is
1.5
million
and
phase
three
at
500
000.
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The
thing
I
want
to
draw
your
attention
to
is
the
cost
per
square
foot.
I
know
you
probably
see
comparable
projects
like
this,
but
this
one
is
pretty
coming
in
really
reasonable
at
11
dollars
per
square
foot,
and
the
purpose
of
this
is
to
reclaim
our
community
to
provide
an
education,
space,
restore
hope,
opportunity,
generate
peace
and
forever
change
the
trajectory
of
young
people's
lives.
This
could
be
a
huge
place
for
tourism
farm
visits.
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It's
an
outdoor
experiential
classroom
for
the
entire
district,
so
we
could
book
many
school
visits
there,
but
I
think
our
real
some
of
our
most
important
outcomes
are
what
it
brings
for
community
transformation
just
taking
our
farm
leaders,
for
example,
10
of
them
this
year.
Two
of
them
are
graduating
seniors
if
two
of
them
go
to
fort
valley
state
and
get
a
free
college
education,
they're
first
in
their
family,
to
go
to
to
go
to
college
when
one
person
in
the
family
goes
to
college
that
changes
the
entire
trajectory
of
all
their
siblings
right.
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If
you
have
one
person
and
you're,
not
the
first,
you
have
way
better
likelihood
of
better
outcomes
in
higher
ed,
and
so
it's
those
kinds
of
sequenced.
It
effects
that
that
we
are
able
to
produce
because
we're
going
to
engage
kids
from
their
from
third
grade
up
until
they're
18
and
bringing
them
through
that
entire
program
of
mentorship
skill,
building,
experiential
learning-
and
these
are
the
experiences
that
matter
in
people's
lives.
U
It
doesn't
you
don't
when
you
learn
a
skill
when
you
gain
confidence
in
yourself
when
you
develop
your
own
business
plan
and
sell
your
own
goods.
These
are
skills
that
are
transferable
to
any
industry
and
they
help
create
the
type
of
mindset
and
self-regulating
behaviors
that
we
need
in
young
people
and
the
types
of
beliefs
that
they
need.
We
need
them
to
have
in
themselves
to
come
back
and
reinvest
in
columbus,
build
their
own
business.
U
So
it's
a
place
of
community
pride
and
there's
a
lot
of
outcomes
that
come
from
it.
Some
of
them
are
more
intangible,
but
I'd
encourage
you
to
consider
this
proposal
as
you're
in
a
position
to
really
take
us
to
the
next
level
and
community
organizations
like
this.
They
can
bang
their
head
against
the
wall
for
years
and
years
and
years
operating
on
a
shoestring,
and
we
could
absolutely
do
that.
U
U
So
we've
been
long-time
partners
of
the
city
and
we
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
We've
also
partnered
with
the
school
district.
For
a
long
time.
We
have
these
university
partners
we're
engaged
with
midtown
columbus
housing
authority.
Columbus
waterworks
is
going
to
make
in-kind
donations
to
us
to
get
our
water
in
keep
columbus.
U
Beautiful
is
donating
orchard,
some
of
the
orchard
we're
working
with
the
community
foundation
to
engage
donors,
and
then
we
have
many
many
other
partners,
2wr
and
hecton-broodshaw
we're
working
with
them
to
take
parts
of
this
design,
especially
the
repurposed
pavilion,
and
take
it
down
from
the
conceptual
into
a
plan.
That's
ready
to
give
to
a
contractor
right
now,
and
we
have
you
have
been
our
biggest
donor
of
the
crime
prevention
program
and
have
allowed
us
to
run
our
programs
and
get
started
on
the
farm.
U
U
I
think,
in
terms
of
investment
turnaround
columbus,
because
we
are
so
deeply
integrated
into
the
community
and
have
so
much
community
support.
That
is
really
the
thing
that
will
make
this
project
move
forward
and
secures
your
investment
in
it.
So
talking
to
you
as
city
council
members,
but
also
just
as
people
in
this
community,
please
come
support
us
there's.
So
many
ways
to
support
us
come
make
a
financial
contribution.
You
can
come
volunteer
on
the
weekend
in
the
garden
and
meet
our
kids.
You
can
visit
us
I'd,
love
to
have
the
city
council
out
there.
U
We
can
show
you
our
farm
and
what
we're
doing
buy
our
produce
and
eggs
and
honey,
and
you
could
donate
spread
the
word
you
could
sponsor
a
flower
bed
along
the
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail.
You
could
sponsor
one
of
our
youth
in
entrepreneurs
cost
about
a
thousand
dollars
to
sponsor
them
for
a
year
partner
with
us,
invite
us
to
speak,
and
I
just
want
to
open
it
up
for
questions.
B
Counselor
mayor
pro
tem.
H
Hang
on
yes
ma'am.
I
would
like
to
ask:
have
you
I
noticed
in
the
plan
you
have
a
tree
canopy
and
I
think
you
called
it
an
orchard
around
some
of
the
properties
that
you're
going
to
be
developing.
Have
you
thought
about
getting
trees,
columbus
involved
with
helping
you
identify
the
proper
tree
to
put
in
and
where
to
obtain
them?
H
T
We're
working
we're
working
with
a
gentleman
named
lorenzo
zone
jones
who
work
with
the
trees
in
the
city
of
columbus
who's
involved
with
us.
B
V
V
V
I
just
want
to
know
how
much
money
are
we
going
to
allocate
as
a
city
in
reference
to
those
funds
that
are
coming
down,
because
maybe
that's
something
that
you
know
we
can
invest
in
in
this
process
and
also
within
that
money.
I
think
it's
mentioned
small
business
nonprofits,
so
the
funds-
yes,
they
are
for
our
local
government.
T
T
T
T
F
So,
mr
mayor
and
counselor
council
tucker
to
your
question
about
stimulus,
we
we
will
be
coming
to
council
once
we
are
able
to
get
more
information
regarding
american
recovery
plan.
F
We've
got
a
staff,
stimulus
or
american
recovery
plan
team
working
to
we're
waiting
on
the
treasurer
to
release
more
information,
but
they
are
the
team.
That's
working
to
pull
together
all
of
the
allowable
uses
of
those
dollars
and
and
once
we
get
all
of
the
allowable
uses,
then
we
will
come
to
council
and
and
share
with
you
what
those
uses
are
and
kind
of
what
we've
got
on
our
list
and
try
and
put
that
list
in
priority
order.
F
We
do
know
we
have
a
limited
amount
of
information
that
revenue
recovery.
We
know
is
there
and
and
sewer
rehabilitation
projects
on
that
list
coming
from
the
treasury.
But
beyond
that
we
don't
have
a
whole
lot
of
information
and
so
we're
waiting
on
direct
information
on
when
the
first
release
of
funding
will
be
coming
directly
to
us.
F
That's
related
to
your
area.
That
was
an
allowable
expense,
and
then
you
learned
afterwards
that
your
other
competing
cities
knew
that
and
got
them
in
then
shame
on
you,
so
we've
got
all
eyes
and
ears
open
and
looking,
and
once
we
get
more
information
we're
going
to
compile
that
list.
This
is
an
awesome
project
that
mr
buckner
and
irene
shavers
and
turnaround
columbus
put
together.
F
We
are:
we've
got
staff
working
to
connect
them
with
the
vendor
that
we've
identified
for
the
farmers
market,
that
we
can
connect
them
and
let
them
have
some
conversation
about
what
they're
doing
trying
to
do
at
the
farmer's
market
and
what
they're
trying
to
do
on
this
10
acre
site.
So
we
are
going
to
be
looking
at
how
if
there
are
opportunities
for
small
business,
that's
something
the
mayor
has
been
pushing
really
really
hard
for
small
business
in
this
money.
That's
coming
down,
but
certainly
projects
like
what
mr
buckner
and
turnaround
columbus
have
brought
forward.
F
We,
if
there's
an
opportunity,
then
we
want
to
have
that
on
the
list
that
you
might
consider,
but
want
to
thank
mr
buckner
and
turn
around
columbus
for
coming.
K
Mr
buckner,
thank
you
and
dr
shaver
for
coming
today,
as
you
were
talking,
I
thought
about.
I
don't
know
if
you
were
here
earlier
in
the
meeting
when
reverend
strickland
from
truth
springs
was
here,
but
I
heard
him
do
a
presentation.
K
K
I
want
a
job,
I
want
to
be
able
to
work,
and
I
don't
think
that
sentiment
is
restricted
to
the
north
island
community.
I
think
the
kids
in
this
area
that
are
going
to
be
impacted
by
this
program
that
you're
doing
they
also
want
to
work.
They
also
want
to
contribute-
and
I
think,
a
lot
of
times
our
some
of
our
citizens
paint
everybody
with
the
same
brush.
K
When
you
said
fort
valley,
state
university
is
willing
to
offer
a
scholarship
if,
if
you
will
go
through
this
program,
what
a
wonderful
thing
that
is
available
for
those
kids
in
that
community-
and
so
I
want
us
as
a
city
and
mr
city
manager,
turn
your
hearing
aid
up.
K
K
So
you'd
want
me
to
do
that,
but
I
can
do
other
kinds
of
things
for
this
and
I
think
mr
city
manager,
if,
when
we
get
to
the
point
when
mr
buckner
gets
to
the
point
that
he
has
vegetables
for
sale,
let's,
let's
put
it
on
ccgtv,
go
down
there
and
buy
them,
do
whatever
we
can
to
support.
K
B
You're
quite
welcome.
Thank
you
ma'am,
mr
button,
michelle
very
quickly
just
I
applaud
you
going
for
that
national
plan,
because
this
is
a
very
ambitious
incredible
project
and
you
use
the
word
transformational.
I
think
this
is
one
of
those
transformational.
Projects
has
an
opportunity
to
be
because
it
it
has
an
opportunity
to
impact
not
just
citizens
in
that
area,
but
the
entire
community
and
people
who
visit
our
community
and
looking
for
unique
and
different
places
to
go
visit.
So
I
think
you've
got
a
room
full
of
fans.
B
T
If
you
have
a
child
that
goes
to
north
columbus
or
whatsoever
school,
they
go
to
if
they
want
to
get
that
scholarship
free
for
four
years
to
be
a
veterinarian
to
go
into
farming,
agriculture,
engineering
or
whatever
come
out
and
get
involved
in
this
farm,
and
we
will
lead
you
through
to
the
president
of
these
colleges
dean
of
these
colleges.
So
you
can
talk
to
them
and
visit
the
colleges.
T
N
Mr
renzel,
can
you
please
tell
us
how
we
can
reach
you
or
the
public
can
reach
you
and
what
hours
are
the
farms
open
so
that
we
can
go
participate
or
people
that's
interested
can
come
by
and
see
what
you're
doing.
Could
you
provide
us
with
that
information?
Please.
U
So
our
only
paid
employee,
besides
the
the
youth
fighters,
is
our
garden
manager,
so
royal
she's
there
typically
tuesdays
to
sundays
from
8
to
noon,
but
she
doesn't
have
a
set
schedule.
Yet
the
young
people
are
going
to
be
working
saturdays
and
sundays,
8
to
10.
They
just
work
4
hours
a
week,
and
then
we
run
our
saturday
program
from
10
to
1
every
saturday.
So
we
have
our
kids
out
there
and
any
education
volunteers
to
get
in
contact
with
us.
U
Turnaroundcolumbus.Com
is
our
our
website.
Turnaroundcolumbus
gmail.com
is
the
email
or
info
at
turnaroundcolumbus.com
and
the
the
number
the
phone
number
to
give
you
a
personal
phone
number.
T
U
At
t-o-t-a-c
org
on
instagram
and
facebook,
but
I
would
love
to
book
we're
having
midtown
midtown's
going
to
help
us
they've
already
promoted
us
to
get
some
donations
for
like
right
now.
You
know
we
need
basic
garden
donations
and
boots
for
the
kids
to
work
in
the
garden.
U
U
F
Thank
you
for
coming.
Thank
you
so
much
next
we're
going
to
have
rob
scott
to
talk
about
consolidated
plan.
F
W
X
The
hud
con
plan
consolidates
into
one
single
document
the
planning
and
applications
requirement
for
the
community
development
block,
grant
or
cdbg
or
the
home
investment
partnership
program.
What
we
so
commonly
call
home.
X
The
analysis
of
this
data
has
been
used
to
establish
priorities,
strategies
and
actions
that
the
city
will
undertake
to
address
these
needs
over
the
next
five
years
annually.
The
city
will
develop
a
hud
action
plan
in
which
we
describe
the
planned
investment
of
our
federal
resources
to
address
the
needs
identified
in
the
consolidated
plan
also
annually.
X
The
executive
summary
most
like
any
executive
summary
in
a
high-level
report
provides
an
overview
of
the
hud-consolidated
plan.
It
summarizes
the
needs
of
the
community
infers
on
the
drawn
conclusions
and
identifies
our
course
of
action
in
a
complete
but
brief
synopsis.
X
The
process
acutely
identifies
how
the
columbus
consolidated
government
conducted
the
hud
consolidated
planning
process.
It
includes
all
parties
and
institutions
who
have
participated
in
this
development
and
those
things
consist
of
stakeholder
interviews.
Public
needs
hearings,
good
public
needs
meetings,
web-based
citizen
surveys,
as
well
as
consolidated,
planned
public
comment
periods.
X
It
seeks
to
leverage
point-in-time
data.
We
just
most
recently
heard
pat
frey
from
the
united
way
of
the
chattahoochee
valley,
come
and
talk
about
the
most
recent
point
in
time,
count
that
was
conducted
for
our
city.
So
a
lot
of
that
information
will
be
housed
in
this
plane
as
well,
and
it
describes
the
jurisdiction's
need
for
public
improvements
as
well
as
for
public
services.
X
It
identifies
areas
where
households
with
multiple
housing
problems
are
concentrated,
looks
at
if
there
are
any
areas
in
the
jurisdiction
where
racial
or
ethnic
minorities
or
low-income
families
are
concentrated,
and
it
also
takes
a
look
at
what
are
the
characteristics
of
the
market
in
these
areas
or
neighborhoods.
X
And
here
are
the
different
sections
of
that
market
analysis
section
of
the
hud
consolidated
plan.
Next
is
the
strategic
plan.
The
strategic
plan
is
based
on
an
analysis
of
housing
problems
across
the
government
or
the
the
columbus
consolidated
government.
Excuse
me
by
income
level
among
renters
owners
and
households
with
special
needs.
X
These
are
some
of
the
sections
of
the
strategic
plan
and
I
addressed
those
earlier
when
I
was
talking
about
what
the
strategic
plan
is
designed
to
do
after
the
creation
or
development
of
the
strategic
plan
annually.
As
I
stated
earlier,
we
summarize
the
activities
through
for
our
action
plan,
so
the
acts
the
con
plan
or
the
hud
con
plan
is
a
five-year
document,
and
the
hud
action
plan
is
an
annual
document
where
we
outline
how
we
will
leverage
the
funding
to
address
the
things
that
we
have
identified
within
the
consolidated
plan.
X
I'm
here
are
the
sections
of
the
action
plan
and
those
are
available
for
you
here
and
once
we
submit
the
action
plan
after
the
completion
of
the
program
year,
hud
requires
us
to
do
the
consolidated
annual
performance
and
evaluation
report
or,
in
short,
we
call
it
caper.
X
X
Some
of
the
things
that
it
looks
at
it
looks
at
racial
and
ethnic
compositions
of
families,
assisted
it
has
goals
and
outcomes.
It
measures
the
goals
of
what
we
stated
that
we
wish
to
accomplish
in
our
action
plan,
and
it
also
looks
at
cdbg
home
accomplishments
things
that
we've
done
throughout
that
program
year.
M
X
The
most
recent
consolidated
plan
can
be
found
on
our
website,
but
if
we
need
to
make
it
public
make
it
available
to
you
all
we're
more
than
happy
to
make
the
most
recent
consolidated
plan
available.
It's
on
the.
X
Community
reinvestment
page
there's
a
section
called
plans
and
reports
and
I
believe
it's
the
first
one,
but
it
is
the
con
plan
which
governs,
I
want
to
say,
16
through
21
or
17.
Thank
you.
Yes,
no
problem.
F
So
let
me
approach
him.
Thank
you,
scott,
for
that
update.
We've
got
two
more
if
there
are
no
other
questions
of.
V
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you,
city
manager,
hugh
lee,
for
bringing
this
up,
because
I
was
the
individual
that
wanted
to
know
more
information
about
our
consolidated
plan,
and
I
appreciate
this
information
and
I
will
be
reaching
out
to
the
director
to
get
just
some
some
more
information
about
the
the
plan
and
I
know
you'll
be
having
some
community
meetings
and
things
like
that.
So.
But
thank
you
for
this
presentation.
F
Sure
so,
mr
mayor,
our
final
two
topics
are
very
very
important,
so
there
are
last
but
not
least,
the
t-splost
update,
rick
jones.
Our
planning
director
is
going
to
come
with
that
and
then
he's
going
to
be
followed
by
deputy
city
manager,
pam
hodge
with
the
splost
update.
L
L
I
got
my
acronyms
messed
up
the
transportation
investment
act,
which
was
done
back
in
2010
and
it's
also
been
called
the
tea
splash,
which
is
that
transportation,
special
purpose,
local
option
sales
tax,
which
is
a
mouthful
to
say,
but
we're
in
the
in
the
process
now
of
looking
at
doing
another
tea,
splash
or
tea-
a
program
here
in
22,
and
I
want
to
share
that
with
you
this
morning.
What
we're
talking
about?
L
If
you
want
to
say
it
that
way,
because
of
the
fact
that
there's
not
a
whole
lot
of
regulation
that
comes
with
it,
there
are
some
regulation
that
don't
get
me
wrong,
but
this
when
you're
dealing
with
this
when
you
versus
against
federal
dollars,
we
look
at
we're.
Cutting
years
off
of
the
time
per
time
in
terms
of
projects
case
in
point,
the
one
that's
out
there
right
now
is
under
construction
is
the
diversified
diamond
at
interstate
and
buena
vista
road.
L
If
we
had
left
it
into
our
regular
transportation
programming
for
funding,
we
still
will
be
talking
about
that
project.
There
is
no
lie.
We
would
still
be
talking
about
it
because
of
the
funding
and
the
regulations
that
go
with
it.
On
that,
let
me
give
you
a
brief
history
here
on
this
back
in
2010,
like
I
said,
the
legislature
approved
this.
L
This
act,
I
believe,
at
the
time
my
van
smith
was
part,
was
part
of
that
this
deal
and
putting
this
action
together
for
us
on
that,
so
that
allowed
regions
basically
to
come
together
and
basically
impose
a
one
one
cents.
One
percent
sales
tax
on
themselves
for
transportation
needs
the
in
2011,
the
regional,
the
river
valley,
regional
roundtable,
came
together
and
identified
projects.
L
Much
like
we're
going
to
do
again
here
very
soon,
with
the
understanding
that
75
of
that
money
that's
raised,
goes
towards
actual
projects
and
the
other
25
is
set
aside
for
the
for
discretionary
items
and
so
forth.
The
election
was
held.
I
got
on
here
in
november,
the
actual
actually
by
looking
back
at
my
records
this
morning,
the
election
was
held
back
in
july
of
2012
and
looking
at
the
numbers.
L
In
terms
of
all
that
2013,
the
work
actually
began
on
eight
projects
in
columbus
itself,
with
the
us
27
custer
road,
first
road
being
the
first
and
then
in
2011.
Excuse
me
2021.
L
I
want
to
let
you
know
that
five
of
those
eight
projects
have
now
been
completed,
or
in
one
case
it's
ongoing.
That
would
be
with
metra.
The
other
three
are
actually
either
under
design
or
are
in
construction
from
that
standpoint,
that
being
the
spider
web,
which
is
almost
ready
to
go
out
to
bid
the
diversified
diamond.
I
just
mentioned
that
interstate
185
is
actually
under
construction
and
we're.
L
We
are
still
working
on
design
and
negotiations
in
terms
of
dealing
with
right-of-way
for
the
one
down
at
casita,
okasita
and
185
for
that
post,
a
new
interchange
itself
that
I
want
to
give
you
an
idea
what
you're
looking
at
here
there
are
really
right.
Now
there
are
four
tia
regions
throughout
the
state
when
the
election
was
held
back
in
2012,
only
river
valley,
central
savannah
and
heart
of
georgia
actually
voted
for
this
kind
of
teo
program
itself.
L
The
southern
georgia,
regional
commission
or
regional
area
really
voted
for
their
their
tia
and
back
in
2018.
You
get
an
idea
here
from
the
listing
of
the
number
of
projects,
the
amount
of
money
that
comes
in
each
one
of
these
areas,
based
on
that
as
well.
I
want
to
share
with
you
also
this.
These
are.
L
These
are
your
neighbors
now,
and
this
is
important
because
there
are
16
counties
in
the
river
valley,
regional
area
involved
with
all
this
is
you
know
you
can
see
here
then,
where
they're
your
neighbors
is
because
all
of
them
all
of
us
have
to
come
together
as
a
region
here
to
determine
what
that
listing
of
projects
is
going
to
be
for
the
region,
for
it
to
go
out
to
vote
and
so
forth,
and
so
really,
if
you
want
one,
if
you
want
to
see
your
projects,
get
the
support
of
the
other
regional
other
counties
in
the
region
itself,
and
that's
so
so
vital
to
us
more
anything
else.
L
From
that
standpoint
again,
these
these
are
our
neighbors
here
and
the
ones
we
have
to
work
with
to
develop
that
list.
When
it's
all
said,
the
regional
roundtable
itself
can
consist
of
32
members,
each
of
them
have
we
have
two
from
every
county,
mayor,
henderson
and
councillor.
Judy
thomas
is
our
representative
on
that
committee
from
that
the
executive
there's
the
executive
committee
that
comes
out
of
that
those
32
members,
which
consists
of
eight
members,
five,
those
elected
from
the
round
table
mayor
henderson,
is
one
of
those
members.
L
There
are
two
members
from
the
house
of
representatives
and
there
are
there's
a
senator
from
the
regional
delegation
itself
that
sits
in
the
north
meetings.
This
is
a
timeline
that
we're
working
on
now
for
the
next
next
go
around
for
the
next
election
of
2022
tia
or
t-slots
projects
may
31st.
We
have
to
expect
our
proposed
project
we'd
like
to
see
happen
in
the
next
election
and
I'll.
Tell
you
now
and
I'll
show
you
this,
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
all
of
them.
I
just
want
to
show
them
to
you,
though.
L
L
We
got
to
determine
staff
and,
with
your
help
as
well,
it's
got
to
determine
what
there's
our
priority
on
which
project
we
want
to
see,
go
forward
and
which
ones
we
think
will
actually
be
funded
and
beneficial
to
the
region.
On
october
20,
by
october
this
year,
the
roundtable
will
convene
and
select
the
final
regional
project,
they'll
they'll
finalize
that
list
for
the
promotion
of
the
projects
himself
and
then
on
may
may
of
next
year.
L
This
time
next
year
we
will
have
had
an
election
and
we
will
determine
about
whether
we
want
to
go
forward.
We
could
go
forward
that
list
or
not
based
on
the
voter's
decision
here
in
terms
of
the
projects
itself
and
happening.
These
are
generally
the
guidelines
or
principles.
The
guideline
principles,
rather
that
the
round
table
has
established
that
the
investment
list
is
developed
with
a
focus
on
deliverability,
meaning
that
we're
not
talking
about
things
that
may
be
my
terminology,
not
theirs
pie
in
the
sky
type
stuff.
L
It
has
to
have
be
based
on
on
reality
in
some
cases,
they're
looking
for
actual
docu
projects,
rather
that
have
either
been
designed
or
in
them
in
the
mode
of
being
designed
itself.
From
that
standpoint,
the
projects
themselves
that
look
for
products
that
actually
are
from
existing
plans
or
studies
such
as
gdot's
work
program,
our
own
mpo
long-range
plans
or
short
short
range
work
program,
county
transportation.
L
In
other
words,
it's
got
to
be
something
it's
again
going
to
be
based
on
reality
here,
in
fact,
about
something
that
can
really
happen
here.
More
than
anything
else,
it's
got
to
be
consistent
with
the
statewide
strategic
transfer
plan
and
the
mpo
plans,
if,
if
applicable
here,
so
that's
that's
what
we're
looking
from
that
and
then
the
investment
list
encourages
effective,
multiple
solutions
that
appeal
to
a
broad
spectrum
of
the
region's
citizens.
L
L
This
is
the
budget
process,
or
at
least
with
the
budget.
That's
been
proposed
right
now
from
the
state
itself.
You
see
that
the
little
footnote
here
this
is
really
a
draft
until
the
state
fiscal
economist
says
so
looking
at
what
they're
talking
about
this
641
million
over
the
next
10
years,
that
could
be
available
to
us.
L
Keep
in
mind
that
25
that
money
is
automatically
set
aside
for
discretionary
needs
so
that
you
take
that
160
million
off
that
and
go
from
that.
Gdot
also
takes
the
sense
of
the
pie
here:
almost
20
million
dollars
well
little
over
19
million.
I
guess
in
terms
of
what
they
need
for
administrative
costs
as
well
in
terms
of
monitoring
the
programs
and
so
forth.
L
B
Excuse
me
counselor
thomas,
yes,
ma'am.
K
Mr
jones,
the
160
million
local
discretionary
25,
that's
for
the
entire
16-county
region.
It's
not
just
for
muskogee
county.
K
L
I
think
if
you,
if
you
were
to
go
back
and
look
at
the
the
minutes
of
the
meetings
we've
had
over
the
years
dealing
with
the
citizens,
citizens
advisory
group
and
we're
dealing
with
a
roundtable
you'll
find
that
my
name
is
probably
highlighted
in
there
as
being
one
of
the
biggest
opponents
or
critics
in
terms
of
the
budget
that
they
present
to
us.
The
budget
that,
if
I
can
have
my
slide
back
up
here,
yeah
the
budget
they're
showing
now
this.
L
L
That
was
actually
being
collected
over
over
a
month
on
a
monthly
basis,
we're
somewhere
between
13
and
15
behind
that
projection,
and
I
I
keep
asking
them
to
make
sure
that
the
numbers
that
they're
showing
us
really
reflect
or
give
us
a
real,
solid
basis
for
us
to
make
determination
what
projects
need
to
go
forward
or
come
forward.
So
I'm
a
little
bit
cautious
about
that
number
in
terms
of
what
it's
showing
us,
but
just
know
that.
L
L
In
that
thousand,
I'm
sorry
thank
you,
385
million.
It's
got
to
be
shared
with
the
other
15
counties
as
well
involved
with
all
that,
when
you
look
at
how
you're
going
to
go
about
sharing
that
money,
you've
got
to
they've
decided
that
these
are
the
the
criteria
that
it's
going
to
be
met:
roadway
capital,
for
instance,
things
like
building
like
building
the
spiderweb
project
itself.
That
would
fall
upon
you
that
50
to
70
of
that
money
is
talked
about
being
set
aside
for
those
kind
of
projects.
L
There's
there's
also
here,
money
set
aside
for
transit
capital
and
there's
also
money
says
for
transit
operation.
There
are
two
separate
items
here.
One
of
course
is
buying
the
buses
and
so
forth,
and
then
the
others,
the
operations
and
maintenance
of
a
transit
system.
Much
like
we're
doing
now,
with
metra
they're,
using
some
of
that
22.2
million
they're
getting
now
to
help
help
offset
their
costs
with
operation
maintenance
things
like
safety
traffic
operations
here
safety's
got
between
15
and
30
percent.
L
That
money
is
supposed
to
be
looked
at
being
being
possibly
set
aside.
Traffic
operations
non-motorized
bike.
Traditionally
these
are
trail
systems.
Things
of
that
nature,
zero
to
five
freight
and
logistics,
is
two
to
ten.
Aviation
is
another
zero
to
five,
then
roadway
and
bridge
maintenance
is
zero
to
five
itself.
These
are
all
important
factors,
and
I
say
this
for
you
to
understand
that
if
we
don't
have
a
project
that
meets
roadway
capital,
we
may
be
able
to
fit
it
up
under
safety,
in
other
words,
we're
tight
on
money.
L
From
that
standpoint
itself,
on
that,
I'm
gonna
walk
you
real,
quick
through
this
because
of
the
latency
in
the
afternoon
here,
but
we've
broken
out
all
of
all
the
projects
that
we
have
received,
with
the
exception
of
the
ones
we
received
yesterday
afternoon
from
from
mayor
pro
tem,
we'll
go
back
and
massage
those
and
put
them
in
the
spreadsheets
as
well.
But
I
want
to
show
you
this.
L
This
is
what
we're
looking
at
under
roadway
capital,
and
these
are
projects
like
the
casita
road
widening,
which
is
really
running
now
from
the
new
new
roundabout
to
10th
whitefield
road
widening
out
there
beautiful
road
corridor
which
would
take
the
rest
of
the
shoot
from
the
illegal
area
on
to
winton
williams,
road
widening,
which
is
we
already
have
already
had
the
right-of-way
in
place
and
the
designs
there.
It's
just
a
matter
of
putting
that
into
action,
forest
road,
widening
looking
at
that
from
making
on
into
woodruff
and
so
forth.
L
From
that
that's
a
project
we've
been
talking
about
for
some
time
that
we
just
need
to
have
some
fruition
about.
On
that
other
projects
like
the
county
line,
mahaprabhu
road,
the
central
church
road,
that's
one
we've
been
talking
about.
We
got
a
resolution
from
you
some
time
back
about
four
or
five
months
ago,
because
if
we
have
potential
large
development,
that's
going
to
happen
in
harris
county
that
could
affect
the
county
line,
road,
mahaffey,
interchange,
area
itself.
L
That
project
could
benefit
both
muskogee
and
and
harris.
That's
one
of
the
reasons
on
there.
Universal
road
improvements
is
actually
improving
that
overall
roadway
that
runs
really
from
from
bueno
vista
back
down
to
to
casita
road
itself.
L
There,
lynch
road
manchester
expressway
that
was
that
was
put
on
there-
that's
a
suggestion,
that's
something
that
probably
needs
a
lot
more
conversation
about,
but
just
know
it's
on
there,
council
house
here,
interstate
14,
was
put
on
here,
but
understand
we
can't
do
studies
with
it
and
because
of
the
limited
amount
of
money
we
got,
we
we
really
can't
wish.
We
could.
I
guess,
but
we
just
can't
do
anything
with
that.
So
just
do
know
that
we
did.
We
did
take
seriously
your
request
on
that
old.
L
Double
church's
road
is
basically
a
small
road
needs
to
be
looked
at
from
that
ill.
Just
road
wreaking
road
improvements,
making
that
road
away
from
really
from
the
spider
web
area
itself
and
dressing
it
up
and
improving
the
overall
quality
that
road.
That's
on
the
list
as
well
andrews
road
improvements
and
then
morris
road
improvements,
all
those
on
here
our
ad
have
been
added,
but
we
have
not
done
the
cost
analysis
on
them.
L
Yet
projected
cost
analysis
of
what
we
think
it
will
take
under
transit
capital
here
we're
looking
at
we've
been
looked
at
look
at
electric
buses.
You
can
see
there's
like
12
on
the
on
this
list
here.
I
think
this
is
being
very
proactive
on
mattress
park
in
terms
of
understanding
what
would
allow
for
this
to
happen,
and
so
that's
on
the
list.
L
Golf
cart,
trams,
using
a
trams
to
shuttle
folks
in
the
uptown
area.
Let
me
stop
myself
here,
real
quick.
You
need
to
understand
too,
on
the
transit
side
of
this.
We
stand
a
very
good
chance
in
the
region
in
terms
of
getting
what
we
need,
because
there
aren't.
There
really
isn't
anybody
else,
that's
running
a
transit
service
in
the
region,
not
to
the
degree
we
are
right
now
anyway.
So
these
these
have
some
real
possibilities
of
happening
for
anything
else.
The
under
opera,
transit
operations
and
maintenance.
L
Here
we
got
to
have
maintenance
fleet
technicians
and
to
keep
maintaining
the
electric
buses,
the
maintenance
and
renovation
of
the
buildings
out
there
transfer
center
expansion
and
renovation,
then
having
charging
stations
for
those
buses
is
vital
as
well.
So
all
those
things
are
on
the
list,
as
well
as
the
new
drivers
and
electric
vehicles,
that
charging
stations
and
so
forth
see
what
the
actual
cost
objective
cost
would
be
on
that
in
dealing
from
that
standpoint,
safety
is
what
I'm
saying.
L
If
we,
if
we
don't
get
a
project
under
under
road
transportation
or
general
traffic
traffic,
changing
improvements,
we
can
probably
take
it
under
safety.
We've
done
that
with
steam
mill
road
in
terms
of
making
that
overall
improvement
to
that
roadway
from
being
vista
all
the
way
out
to
the
end
of
that
and
looking
at
it
going
from
two
to
three
lanes
with
that.
Second
avenue
streetscape
is
the
one
we
just
got
through
doing.
B
N
Hi
rick,
how
are
you
thank
you
rick.
I
wanted
to
ask
you
a
question.
I
don't
know
if
it's
inappropriate
here
or
not,
but
in
the
transit
capital,
can
we
add
or
is
it
part
of
it
or
it
cannot
be
added
the
shelters
at
the
bus
stations?
You
know
the
cover
over
them
because
we
have
the
bus
stop
there.
We
just
have
a
bench
or
just
have
the
bus
stop,
and
sometimes
you
have
elderly
people.
N
You
have
people
on
handicap
and
it's
grass,
where
it's
gravel
is
there
anything
that
this
can
be
used
to
make
those
improvements
and
don't
make
those
possible.
I
do
know
that
our
transit
department
rose,
I
know,
rose,
have
been
working
on
it
and
as
they
get
an
opportunity
to
get
one
they're,
placing
them
in
different
places,
but
if
that
could
be
a
part
of
that,
I
think
the
citizens
will
really
appreciate
it.
L
L
All
right,
let's
go
back
to
the
presentation
one
more
time
here
talking
about
safety
here,
though
this
south
lumpkin
road
is
on
here
as
well,
in
terms
of
the
street
skates
for
that,
and
then
some
improvements
to
double
churches.
Road
would
also
be
on
here.
As
these
are
all
safety
projects,
we
can
identify
them
as
needs
for
improvements.
L
In
many
cases
we
will
be
adding
curb
and
gutter
and
sidewalks
to
these,
which
is
a
desperate
need
in
some
cases,
for
these
projects
and
that
traffic
operations
is
actually
moving
talk
about
actually
moving
the
traffic,
improving
the
flow
and
so
forth.
Schaumburg
road,
j.r,
allen,
parkway
and
schomburg
at
the
blackman
road
connector.
In
fact,
those
top
three,
the
one
at
us
usaid
in
blackmon
and
so
forth.
L
All
came
out
of
the
recent
j.r
allen
study,
trying
to
make
those
improvements
there
around
about
at
13th
and
17th
and
lynwood
boulevard
is
proposed
flat,
rock
at
chicago
road,
constructing
a
roundabout
and
then
the
proposal
I
think
we
had
come
into
us
recently-
is
the
edgewood
and
club
view
about
having
a
roundabout
in
that
as
well
area
as
well.
L
There's
a
couple
in
here
we
haven't
identified
again
the
cost
on
them,
improving
the
entrance
ways
to
the
basically
to
the
civic
center
off
of
off
of
victory
and
off
of
lumpkin
boulevard,
we're
going
to
work
and
look
and
see
what
the
cost
would
be
for
to
do
in
that
in
terms
of
providing
streetscapes
and
whatnot.
For
that
and
then
the
same
thing
about
looking
at
martin
luther
king
and
shepard
drive
about
potential,
creating
a
roundabout
at
that
point
as
well
just
got
to
figure
out
the
cost
on
those
right
now.
L
Other
note
these
are
non-motorized
improvements
again
bike
and
protection
type
things
the
doing,
streetscape
enhancement
around
the
liberty,
theater
block
area
itself,
proposing
you
know,
setting
aside
money
for
sidewalks
and
so
forth
throughout
the
throughout
the
community,
about
almost
about
23
miles
worth
introducing
road
shares
and
bike
lanes
on
various
roads
throughout
the
community
as
well,
and
doing
that.
That's
not
actually
building
a
new
multi,
a
new
multi-use
trail,
but
to
actually
provide
more
or
less
the
sheriffs
and
bike
lanes
on
the
roadways
themselves.
L
Multi-Use
trails
along
various
roadways
in
the
community
as
a
whole.
From
that
standpoint,
bradley
park
drive
complete
streets
project.
It's
on
it's
on
the
list.
Mobley
road
complete
streets
is
also
there
as
well.
The
resurfacing
of
the
columbus
riverwalk
has
been
proposed
as
a
project.
We
just
don't
have
an
actual
cost
on
that
right
now,
we'll
have
to
have
to
find
that
forest
us
the
dinglewood
lake
bottom
connector.
This
is
king.
L
The
same
thing
can
be
said
for
cooper
creek,
so
looking
at
that
and
then
the
other
one
on
there
is
the
the
trail
that
will
run
back
up
into
harris
county
from
oscillate
county
again
to
allow
for
more
bike,
pedestrian
activity
and
so
forth
and
going
from
there.
L
There
is
nothing
we
have
not
got
anything
really
proposed
right
now
for
freight
and
logistics,
that's
something
we
may
have
to
think
about
a
little
bit
harder
about
where
we
want
to
go
with
that.
We
won't
miss
that
opportunity,
but
we
need
to
look
at
that
as
well.
Columbus
metro
airport
has
proposed
extension
of
the
of
the
runway.
As
you
recall
now
in
in
that
list,
I
show
I
shared
with
you
earlier
the
earth
there's
a
line
item
for
airport
improvements
or
aviation
improvements.
L
They
want
to
look
at
it,
possibly
extending
the
runway
to
support
cargo
services
for
the
community.
They
think
that's
a
big
market
for
that,
and
they
want
to
look
at
that
that
possibility
of
that
happening,
and
then
there's
this
this
roadway
and
bridge
maintenance.
What
we
have
right
now
is
broadway
in
terms
of
dealing
with
the
brick
pavers
down
there.
L
There's
we
got
to
do
some
coordination
because
there
may
be
some
other
improvements
or
other
construction
ideas
that
are
going
on
at
the
same
time,
but
that's
something
that
we
have
added
to
the
list
as
well.
Rick.
N
Hey
brick,
iron.
I'm
sorry,
hey
rick,
on
this
broadway
on
the
bricks
on
here.
Brake
payment.
Is
that
like,
throughout
the
whole
historic
district,
where
you're
uptown,
where
there
are
a
lot
of
bricks
that
are
caved
in
and
missing
and.
W
L
Yeah,
that's
that's
the
idea
of
looking
at
that
what
it
would
take
that,
may
I'm
not
sure
whether
you
see
it's
down
there
to
be
determined
with
terms
of
the
cost
and
what's
going
to
happen,
as
I
tried
to
to
allude
to,
there
may
be
some
other
activities
going
on
down
there
that,
in
terms
of
some
work,
we
may
have
to
coordinate.
L
N
Okay,
I'm
very
interested
in
that,
because
it
is
in
really
bad
condition,
and
it
is
something
where
it's
a
place
where
everybody,
our
tourism,
comes
and
visits
and
goes
through
to
see
the
homes
or
even
ourselves
that
we
have
family
members.
We
usually
take
them
down
there
to
look
at
the
beautiful
homes
and
to
be
in
those.
N
M
L
No,
all
of
them
the
ones
we
thought
we
could
bring
forward
right
now
we
can
go
back
and
look
at
them
again
in
terms
of,
if
you
think,
there's
one
we
missed,
I
mean
there
were.
There
was
quite
a
litany.
L
We
could
we
could
basically
take
out
that
300
million
or
what
385
million
and
do
it
on
jr
island.
We
thought
these
were
ones
that
were
really
key,
that
to
make
improvements
now,
particularly
ones
on
blackman,
in
terms
of
dealing
with
the
school
traffic
out
there
in
the
afternoons
and
mornings.
We
believe
we
can.
We
can
handle
that,
and
there
may
be
some
other
weekend.
We
can
capture
as
well.
Okay,
thank
you.
B
You
know
rick
just
out
of
curiosities.
We
had
talked
some
time
ago
about
the
increasing
development
over
on
13th,
yes,
cotton
companies
and
also
some
development,
that's
occurring
to
the
east
side
of
of
veterans,
and
we
talked
about
pedestrian
improvements,
maybe
crosswalks.
Something
like
that.
I
don't
know
if
something
like
that
would
fit
into
t
splosh
funding,
but
just
to
provide
a
safe
way
to
access
right.
The
north
side
of
13th
and
the
east
side
of
veterans.
L
F
Okay
and
mayor,
we
want
to
say
that
this
is
the
list.
Today,
we've
been
talking
over
the
last
few
meetings
and
months
about
bringing
things
forward
for
this
list,
and
and-
and
I
know
that
director
jones
may
mention
what
mayor
pro
tim
allen.
F
But
the
mayor
pro
tem
said
sent
a
list
of
roads
that
were
initially
paid
as
rural
roadways,
and
he
mentioned
since
consolidation
they've
been
maintained
as
rural
roadways,
with
traffic
increasing
over
the
years
as
columbus
began
to
grow,
and
you
know
it
was
truck
traffic
and
all
of
everything
going
on,
and
but
he
sent
that
list
of
roads,
schaumburg
road,
hancock,
road,
blackmon,
road,
pierce,
chapel,
road
warren
springs,
road,
county
land,
road
midland
road,
mckee,
road,
fulton,
road
jenkins,
road,
lynch,
road,
macon
road
to
matthews,
elementary
school
garrett,
road
manhattan,
road
to
yale
road.
F
But
he
all
of
these
he
specified
the
stretch
of
roadway
he's
talking
about
like
schaumburg
road
one
strings
road
to
hancock
road.
But
those
are
excellent
roadways
and
an
excellent
catch
or
thought
to
get
them
on
this
list,
because
we
have
an
opportunity,
as
you
saw
that
list
just
think.
If
we
could
get
all
those
things
funded,
tsploss
what
it
would
do
for
our
transportation
network
system
in
this
county.
W
F
L
Let
me
give
you
some
some
final
thoughts
here
before
I
walk
away
here:
the
idea
that
the
election
is
scheduled,
as
I
said
for
for
march
of
2022..
So
as
city
management
has
stressed
you
the
importance
of
knowing
what
that
list
is
going
to
look
like,
because
we
have
to
get
invite
by
may
31st
of
this
year
for
it
to
be
considered.
L
I
got
to
tell
you
when
we
sat
down
in
2011
and
decided
on
these
projects.
It
wasn't.
I
don't
want
to
call
it
horse
trading,
but
worth
a
lot
awful
lot
of
negotiation
going
on
between
us
and
the
other
counties
to
make
sure
that
columbus
was
well
represented
in
terms
of
getting
our
fair
share
of
the
money,
because
we
really
are
the
the
main
emphasis
in
this
ca
in
this
region.
There's
no
no
getting
around
that,
but
you
need
to
understand.
Also.
L
This
is
an
all
or
nothing
election
on
on
march
of
22.,
it's
a
simple
51
percent,
50
plus
1.
However,
you
want
to
say
it:
it's
always
needed
if
well
I'll,
give
you
an
example
in
20
in
2012
harris
voted
against
the
tia
or
t
splash
that
the
county
went
against
it.
So
sorry,
they
are
all
part
of
all
part
of
the
deal.
Now,
when
it's
all
said
and
done,
no
county
can
really
opt
out
this
whole
process.
L
L
The
new
one
percent
sales
tax
go
into
goes
into
effect
july
of
next
year
from
that,
if
the
voters
approve
the
tax
cities
and
counties
may
only
have
to
provide
a
10
match
for
the
money
we
get
from
from
gdot,
which
is
known
as
this
local
maintenance
and
improvement
grant.
From
that
standpoint,
we
get
right
now,
roughly
a
little
over
two
million
dollars.
We
get
on
that
miss.
F
L
I
I
I'll
go
with
them
on
that,
because
they
know
what
more
than
I
do
on
that
part.
So,
okay,
so
we're
looking
at
january
of
2023,
then
for
that
to
go
into
effect.
Yes,
okay,
that's
right!
Right,
the
old
and
cold.
The
owen
goes
off
in
22
in
involved
with
that.
So
by
that
time,
new
one
rolls
on.
I
understand
that
what
we're
saying
now,
okay,
should
we
should
the
voters
reject
the
referendum
itself?
L
Every
local
government
will
have
to
provide
30
match
for
that
of
big
money.
That's
that's
part
of
the
carrot.
Stick
approach,
the
other
part
of
that
is,
there's
no
round
table
agreement.
Otherwise
the
round
table
comes
together
in
october
and
they
can't
decide
on
the
list.
Don't
want
a
list
or
whatever
what
happens
is
then
the
match
goes
to
50
for
the
mig
money
that
may
not
sound
like
much
to
anybody
else
but
to
but
to
columbus.
That
has
some
some
real
ramifications.
L
That's
the
whole
part
of
this
process
in
dealing
with
it
and
then
last
but
not
least,
here's
the
the
timetable.
One
more
time
for
you,
as
I
said
from
my
very
beginning
on
this
on
this
meeting.
This
is
the
easiest
money
we
get.
N
Rick
can
can
those
cameras
or
machines
that
say
how
fast
you're,
speeding
that
we
discussed
a
couple
weeks
ago
for
neighborhoods,
where
you
know
they're
speeding.
They
were
talking
about
the
flashing
lights.
The
cameras
can
that
be
put
on
this
or
no.
L
L
Man
I
apologize
if
we're,
if
we're
talking
about
things
that
monitor
your
speed
or
things
of
that.
Yes,
that
could
be
a
safety,
a
safety
item
that
we
could
set
aside.
For
that
I
I
don't
again,
it's
you've
got
to
look
at
the
impact
of
the
project
itself,
it's
going
to
have
on
the
community
overall
and
then
what
the
importance
is
going
to
be
to
the
region
itself.
Some
of
that
some
of
those
kind
of
projects
may
be
able
to
be
funded
through
our
discretionary
fund.
L
N
F
K
Mr
jones,
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
was
a
misconception
by
some
of
our
voters.
The
last
time
was
when
you
said
this
is
an
all
or
nothing
vote.
That
means
I
can't
vote
to
say
I
want
you
to
improve
schomburg
road,
but
I
don't
want
you
know
right,
dragonfly
trail
or
whatever.
L
K
L
That's
correct
exactly
and
they're
still
they're
still
getting
projects
out
of
that
as
well,
because
of
that,
that's
that
sales
tax,
the
widening
of
state
right,
I
think
it's
315,
which
is
really
river,
goes
up
into
harris.
That
was
a
project.
The
one
project,
that's
really
not
only
necessary
on
columbus's
list
but
is
attributed
to
harris
county,
is
the
widening
of
veterans,
which
is
us
27,
which
goes
up
into
catalan
and
so
forth.
L
K
L
K
F
B
F
All
right,
deputy
manager,
pam
hodge,
will
cover
that.
Y
This
is
the
current
timeline
for
the
2021
splost.
We
are
currently
reviewing
those
options
of
the
government
center
and
how
covid
the
pandemic
has
impacted
those
options
and
that
assessment
we'll
be
having
virtual
public
meetings
in
may
and
june,
with
a
council
presentation
in
july
for
a
council
resolution
at
the
end
of
july.
In
order
to
meet
the
call
for
election
august,
the
3rd,
the
muskogee
county
tax
rates,
if
a
splost
were
approved
on
november
2nd
of
2021,
the
current
rate
is
8
percent.
Y
That
includes
the
state
four
percent
sales
tax
loss
of
one
percent,
o
loss
of
one
percent,
the
east
lost
of
one
percent
and
the
current
t
splost
is
one
percent
in
april
of
2022.
If
a
splost
was
approved,
it
would
go
to
nine
percent
for
a
period
of
time
dependent
upon
the
results
of
the
march
2022
election.
Y
It
could
remain
nine
percent
come
january
of
2023
or
revert
back
to
eight
percent,
so
it
would
be
a
temporary
nine
percent
for
nine
months
and
depending
on
the
results
of
a
t,
splost
vote,
it
could
stay
at
9
percent
in
january
of
2023.
Y
Y
The
city
has
had
two
splosts
over
time,
one
in
93
and
another
one
in
2000,
and
then
the
t
sploss,
which
is
a
regional
t,
sploss
that
impacts
muscogee
county,
just
a
refresher
on
the
government
center
options
that
are
being
evaluated
option.
One
is
the
existing
site,
a
complete
renovation
of
the
tower
with
an
addition.
Y
This
would
be
a
renovation
of
the
existing
tower
demolition
of
the
wings
and
then
construction
of
an
addition
option
two
is
the
existing
site
and
this
would
be
a
complete
new
complex
on
the
existing
site.
That
would
be
demolishing
those
facilities
that
are
currently
there
and
constructing
new
government
and
judicial
center
on
the
existing
site.
Y
Option
three
is
both
existing
and
new
site.
This
would
include
a
new
judicial
center
on
the
existing
site
and
the
administrative
functions
on
another
site,
a
new
site
demolishing
those
existing
facilities,
construction
of
a
new
center
judicial
center
and
then
construction
of
an
administration
building
on
a
new
site,
an
option.
Four
is
just
a
new
complex
on
a
new
site.
This
would
be
constructing
both
a
new
judicial
and
administrative
complex
on
another
site.
J
Thank
you.
Is
there
going
to
be
other
items
on
this
special
ballot.
B
J
No
I'm
talking
about
okay,
so
we
have
the.
We
have
the
splost
on
a
special
ballot
november
2021..
Is
that
going
to
be
the
only
thing
on
this
ballot,
or
are
there
going
to
be
other
ballots?
I
know
that
we
that
there's
a
there's
an
election
to
replace
mike
edmondson's
position.
Is
that
going
to
be
on
this
november
val
ballot
or.
J
Guess
what
I'm
getting
at
is
the
cost
that
is
entailed
with
having
a
special,
a
special
election.
I
mean
it
seems
like
we,
you
know
shouldn't
we
be
combining
it.
You
know,
maybe
have
it
it's
it's
crazy
for
us
to
all
go
to
the
to
the
polls
for
a
ballot
that
has
one
item
on
it.
I
mean
it
seems
like
we
should
be,
combining
the
special
election
for
the
school
board
with
this,
so
that
there's
several
items
together
to
save
money
to
save
people.
You
know
the
citizens
time
of
of
going
out
to
vote.
F
J
F
Would
have
to
yield
to
the
city
attorney,
I
don't
know
the
rules
for
special
elections
for
school
district
school
board,
but
what
I
do
know
is
that
there
is
no
way
we
could
move
this
one
to
june
because
it
you
know
just
can't
happen
based
on
the
calendar
that
you
saw
in
the
call
for
an
election
and
and
going
out
and
getting
citizen
support
and
all
that,
but
I
don't
know
if
they
are
able
to
move
their
special
election
in
june
to
november.
That's
a
city
attorney
question.
I
They
they
can't
move
theirs.
At
this
point,
it's
been
called
for
under
their
rules,
which
are
separate
from
the
cities
on
a
special
election
to
fill
a
vacancy,
so
that
is
all
set
and
will
happen
in
june
now
the
splost
itself.
That
could
be
a
different
date,
but
that's
up
to
this
group,
this
body
to
determine
there
will
be
primaries
and
other
elections
in
2022.
I
J
F
J
F
J
F
F
And
I
think
we
have
to
remember
I
mean,
certainly
as
the
mayor
said,
we
can
come
back,
but
you
know
we
had.
We
worked
through
a
potential
conflict
with
the
river
valley,
regional
commission,
in
all
of
the
counties
on
the
t
splits.
F
F
I
really
would
like
to
see
those
things
happen.
I
know
you
would
too,
but
when
we
start
moving
this
into
2022
and
theirs
is
in
2022,
it
could
create
a
lot
of
confusion.
F
J
F
F
F
J
F
K
I
will
do
that.
I
will
go
and
vote
at
each
one
of
those,
but
I'm
afraid
we're
going
to
have
some
voters
who
say
I'm
not
going
to
do
that.
I'm
not
going
to
vote
that
many
times
in
you
know
that
short
a
period
of
time.
It
would
seem
to
me
that
this
november,
if
the
only
thing
on
the
november
2021
ballot,
is
the
splost
and
the
only
thing
on
the
march
ballot
22
is
the
t
splice
that
those
two
elections
could
be
combined.
K
K
K
K
K
I
just
I
just
am
concerned
that
we're
going
to
defeat
our
purpose
of
getting
what's
what's
out
there.
F
That
with
the
t,
splash
people
that,
if
they
interfere
if
their
date
was
going
to
be
when
we
had
planned
to
go
out,
which
it
was
that
I
believe
they
were
told
that
we
would
have
to,
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
ask
the
people
for
both,
at
the
same
time,
to
vote
that
we
would
have
to
support
ours
and
not
support
theirs.
But
we
would
turn
a
list
in
may.
I
believe
I
don't
want
to
speak
for
you.
F
And,
and
so
you
went
to
them
and
you
were
really
honest
with
them
and
straightforward:
don't
mess
with
our.
F
Because
of
what
you
mayor,
the
position
that
was
taken
and
so
and
now
that
they
yield
they
did
yield
and
say
we
won't
conflict
with
when
columbus
is
going
to
do
it.
Here's
when
we'll
do
it
and
then
to
come
back
and
say
well
now
we
want
to
we
change
our
mind
so
mayor.
That's
what
I
recall.
That's
accurate.
B
That's
accurate
and
that
came
through
discussions
with
this
council,
as
is
the
best
way
to
try
to.
K
Well
in
mr
city
manager,
a
lot
has
changed
in
the
period
of
time,
since
we
did
that
the
the
t
splash
when
they
changed
it,
they
changed
it
to
may,
and
now
someone
from
the
state,
as
I
understand
it,
has
changed
all
of
those
elections
to
march.
K
All
I'm
asking
is,
let's
take
a
look
at
it
and
make
sure
that
that's
still
what
we
want
to
do
given
the
election
schedule,
given
the
cost
of
elections
these
days,
all
of
that
kind
of
stuff,
I'm
not
asking
to
change
it.
I'm
saying:
let's
look
at
it,
make
sure
one
more
time
that
this
is
what
we
want
to
do.
K
P
Mayor
miss
city
manager
and
council.
I
just
I
want
to
bring
something
up
that
hasn't
been
talked
about
today.
But
look
I
really
don't
want
us
to
get
blindsided
and
miss
the
opportunity,
because
we
can't
plan.
Are
we
not
able
to
plan,
or
should
I
say
strategically,
plan
but
just
keep
in
mind
friday,
there's
going
to
be
a
big
announcement?
Supposedly
we
don't
know
what
it
is
unveiling
of
quote
a
a
infrastructure
package
coming
out
of
washington.
P
I
guess
my
point,
you
said
glenn.
What
are
you?
What
are
you
trying
to
say?
My
point
is
that
you
know
we're
talking
about
this
stuff.
Today
is
just
some
stuff
dealing
with
state
local
levels,
regional
levels
and
what
we're
trying
to
handle,
but
there's
going
to
be
some
national
matters
that
are
coming
out
at
the
same
time.
P
So
you've
got
all
these
moving
parts,
whether
a
huge
infrastructure
package
that
somebody's
got
to
pay
for
and
locally
the
issues
that
we're
talking
about
so
much
got
to
pay
for,
but
all
of
this
is
the
same
kind
of
the
same
stuff.
Now
I
know
how
the
t
spots
work
and
you
know
a
lot
of
us
had
concerns
before
that.
Once
you
put
that
list
down,
it's
pretty
much
in
concrete,
it's
it's
etched
in
concrete.
P
You
can't
change
from
it
and
I
guess
what
I'm
concerned
about
and
looking
at
all
this
stuff,
these
the
moving
parts
is
that
we're
not
going
to
have
the
opportunity
to
coordinate
and
strategically
plan
all
this
and
we
may
miss
out
on
some
opportunities
or
or
not
take
advantage
of
some
of
these
opportunities
that
are
all
going
to
coincide
and
kind
of
come
together.
At
the
same
time,
and
I'm
you
know
we're
all
talking
about
the
same
stuff
but
kind
of
which
pot
is
it
going
to
come
out
of
there's
a
lot
of
stuff.
P
That's
moving
right
now
in
the
under
the
auspices
of
funding,
whether
it's
through
gasoline
taxes,
whether
it's
through
other
matters,
a
lot
of
money
moving
around,
and
I
see
a
lot
of
stuff
on
our
list
and
I
don't
even
know
what
we
can
ask
for
from
another
level.
But
I
just
you
know
you
can
only
do
so
much
and
you
you
want
to
make
sure
that
you
get
it
planned
appropriately,
so
everything's
in
line,
I'm
not
sure
we
can
do
that.
Does
that
make
sense,
I
mean
really.
P
You
understand
what
I'm
saying
that
we
can
get
it
in
line
and
not
miss
out
on
something,
because
I
don't
know
you
know,
there's
so
many
regulations,
requirements
and
all
this
kind
of
stuff
coming
from
different
pots
of
funding,
and
you
know
I
just
it.
It
concerns
me
and
I
think
there's
going
to
be
questions.
We
need
to
be
prepared
for
those
kind
of
questions
out
in
the
community
because
it's
going
to
be
could
be
overwhelming
to
to
many
people.
So
how
does
that
play
into
this?
P
P
You
know,
especially
with
this
t-spots
matter,
and
I
I
know
that
once
these
things
get
approved,
I
mean
how
I
mean
you
know
that
you
don't
change
them,
they
don't
change,
so
the
question
would
be
maybe
a
couple
of
those
projects
or
a
few
of
those
projects
could
be
funded
in
other
ways
that
we
could
do
other
projects
in
their
places.
I'm
just
kind
of
concerned
that
we
don't
get
locked
in
to
not
being
able
to
to
strategically
plan.
F
Well,
you
know
I
I
will
will
say
that
I
mean
your
concern
is
valid
and
we
think
about
that
every
day-
and
you
heard
me
talk
about
challenging
department,
heads
about
your
state
associations,
regional
national
associations
and
and
making
sure
that
you're
feeding
information
to
us
on
what's
going
on
in
your
specific
areas
of
work-
and
I
say
these
exact
words
to
them.
F
If
we
miss
something-
and
it
comes
up
and
comes
to
my
attention
later-
it's
shame
on
you,
because
you
should
have
been
monitoring
parts
and
wreck
categories
and
public
works
categories.
Shame
on
you,
and
so
you
know,
we've
got
georgia
municipal
association,
looking
out
for
us
and
feeding
us
information.
All
day.
F
Every
day
we've
got
association
county
commissioners
of
georgia,
looking
out
and
feeding
us
county
information
all
every
day
we've
got
the
naco,
the
national
association
of
county
officials,
they're
doing
the
same
thing:
the
national
league
of
cities
we're
overwhelmed
with
information
and
internally
you
know
we
have.
I
create
teams
to
work
on
these
specific
areas.
If
it's
cyber
security,
then
it's
I.t
and
it's
you
know
it
depends
on
the
area
we're
dealing
with.
F
F
B
And
the
only
only
thing
I
would
add
is
that
our
staff
is
aware
of
the
same
issues
that
you
just
mentioned
and
they
are
trying
to
juggle
all
of
those.
I
know
deputy
city
manager
hodge
mentioned
the
other
day
that
right
now
in
the
compilation
of
a
budget,
you
know
what's
the
impact
of
what
the
stimulus
money
that's
available
for
muscogee
county
going
to
have
on
on
where
we
pull
our
funds
from
to
try
to
try
to
balance
the
budget.
P
Well,
and
and
yes
ma'am-
I
mean
there's
already
some
things
in
in
you
know
in
movement,
but
I
think,
as
it
relates
to
the
conversation
of
infrastructure
improvements,
traffic
related
improvements,
roads
streets,
things
like
that,
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
moving
there
and
we're
going
to
be
doing
some
stuff
here
locally
in
our
request
to
citizens.
P
So
I
don't
know
you
know
the
the
impact
from
the
outside
information
that's
coming
in,
but
I
think
a
lot
of
these
are
going
to
be
done
here
locally
and,
and
certainly
those
are
the
requests
that
we
would
make
from
these
various,
whether
it's
from
the
federal
government
or
state
government.
Of
course,
a
lot
of
that
stuff
comes
through
the
gdot.
But
then
the
request
locally
here
to
citizens
are
just
you
know,
making
sure
that
that
we
get
the
most
of
the
opportunity
is
key.
So
thank
you.
J
B
All
right,
I
think
that
that
is
that
is
it
for
for
today.
Does
anybody
have
anything
else
that
they
need
to
bring
before
the
council
motion
to
adjourn
from
councillor
woodson,
the
second
from
counselor
house,
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
any
opposed,
no,
all
right!
We're
adjourned.