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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
And
and
welcome
to
the
july
13th
meeting
of
the
columbus
city
council
and
it's
good
to
be
home,
we
we
we've
been.
We
need
to
thank
once
again
but
as
we
get
started,
our
staff
from
the
civic
center
and
also
from
the
trade
center
for
doing
just
an
incredible
job
on
trying
to
turn
some
of
their
larger
halls
into
a
council
chambers.
In
order
for
us
to
continue
to
be
socially
distanced
and
make
it
safe
to
do
the
business
of
the
city.
B
If
you
want
to
make
a
motion
or
if
you
need
to
to
be
heard,
we're
going
to
begin
our
meeting
as
we
always
do
by
invoking
god's
present
we're
going
to
ask
our
friend
dr
curtis
west,
from
halsey
chapel
to
the
podium
and
ask
him
to
pray
god's
blessings
on
these
proceedings.
Good
morning,
sir
good
morning,.
C
C
We
pray
your
special
blessing
upon
each
and
every
one
of
them
individually
and
collectively,
and
god,
as
they
deliberate
and
decide
in
the
interest
of
your
people,
bless
their
hearts
and
their
minds
that
we
will
see
the
results
that
we
will
see
our
community
coming
together
for
the
good
of
the
community
and
ultimately
for
your
glory
again
god.
We
simply
want
to
say
thank
you
and
we
invite
your
presence
in
this
place
to
rule
and
to
reign
in
jesus
name,
amen.
C
B
You
so
much
we
appreciate
please
thank
you
church
for
sharing
you
with
us
this
morning.
We,
I
think
we
do
have
a
quorum
now
so
we'll
oh,
no,
we
have
the
pledge
yeah!
Thank
you.
If
you
would
please
stand
as
you
can
and
join
join
me
in
the
pledge.
B
B
Motion
to
approve
the
minutes
is
there
a
second
all
right.
The
second
counselor
house,
motioned
by
the
mayor
pro
cham,
are
there
thank
you
for
speaking
up
sir,
and
are
there
any
any
questions
or
edits
or
concerns
about
the
minutes?
Hearing
none
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
The
minutes
are
received
very
quickly,
give
a
little
update
on
on
on
covet
19.
Of
course
it
has
sort
of
transformed
to
an
update
on
on
vaccinations.
B
B
The
numbers
have
stayed
stable.
We
have.
We
have
kept
our
our
seven
day,
rolling
average
at
or
around
10,
which
is,
which
is
a
good
number,
considering
that
people
are
moving
around
more
we're
getting
back
to
normal.
B
The
hospitalization
rate
continues
to
bounce
back
and
forth
between
around
high
20s
low
40s
and
speaking
with
some
of
the
hospital
personnel.
They
anticipate
that
to
be
the
case
as
we
move
on
through
the
rest
of
the
year.
So
overall
we
are,
we
are
getting
back.
Our
our
facilities
have
been
open.
We
have
gotten
back
to
almost
normal
activity
in
our
rec
centers
and
in
our
arenas.
B
B
I
just
want
to
briefly
acknowledged
the
passing
of
of
two
true
statesmen
in,
in
my
opinion,
pete
robinson,
passed
away
a
couple
weeks
ago
and
then
more
recently
and
closer
to
home
for
me
and
some
of
the
members
of
council
former
mayor
pro
tem
evelyn
turner,
pugh
passed
away
and
won't
go
into
a
eulogy
for
her.
But
those
that
knew
her
will
not
forget
her.
B
B
That's
missing
in
this
country
these
days
the
ability
for
us
to
dislike
an
idea
or
an
agenda
item
and
still
love
the
person
and
respect
the
person
bringing
that
opposing
view.
So
my
prayer
for
our
community
is
that
we
take
a
take
a
tip
from
those
two
incredible
people
and
it's
okay
to
disagree.
Just
don't
be
disagreeable
all
right.
We
do
have
a
kind
of
a
bittersweet
recognition
that
we're
going
to
make.
This
morning.
I'm
going
to
ask
our
auditor
john
redmond,
former
auditor,
john
redmond,
to
the
podium.
B
D
Thank
you
mayor.
It's
it's
pleasure
to
publish
the
proclamation
to
recognize
john.
I
feel
like
I'm
losing
a
friend
here
he's
moving
on
it.
I
was,
I
think,
council
henderson
when
he
was
a
counselor
myself,
councillor,
baker,
yeah
and
and
and
mayor
pro
tem
evan
pugh
were
on
the
audit
committee
to
hire
john
years
ago.
I
guess
it
was
back
in
08
and
I've
grown
to
know
john
and
I
think
developed.
D
The
proclamation
reads
as
follows:
whereas
john
d
redmond
was
born
in
muskogee
county
georgia
on
june
5th
1948
and
whereas
john
redman
graduated
from
columbus
high
school
in
1966,
he
went
on
to
receive
a
bachelor
of
science
degree
in
business
administration
and
accounting
from
columbus
state
university.
His
mba
in
management
from
georgia,
state
university
and
his
mba
in
finance
from
columbus
state
university,
whereas
john
redmond
and
his
wife
patsy
have
been
married
for
51
years.
D
B
E
Thank
you.
I
really
do
appreciate
those
kind
words
you
know
when
I
came
back
to
columbus
2008.
I
anticipated
I'd,
probably
work
about
five
years
and
retire
and
it
just
never
seemed
to
be
an
end
to
the
work.
So
I
went
on
as
long
as
I
could,
but
at
some
point
everyone
has
to
stop,
but
I
will
have
to
say
that
I've
certainly
enjoyed
working
here.
These
last
13
years,
I've
enjoyed
meeting
the
people
and
the
associations
I've
made
with
so
many
friends
here
and
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
serve
my
community
and
my
government.
B
You
would,
I
remember,
at
times
you'd,
come
and
report,
how
many
you,
how
many
audits
you
had
lined
up
and
I'm
like
my
gosh,
how
many
people
do
we
have
in
that
department?
12,
because
you
just
you
always
got
them
done,
and
you
did
them
professionally
and
you
did
them
with
with
the
input
of
the
departments
and
the
objective
was
never
to
expose
anything.
The
objective
was
always
to
make
a
more
efficient
and
and
more
effective
government,
and
you
did
that
and
we
we.
B
F
Redmond,
I
remember
many
years
ago
there
were
several
of
us
that
were
working
on
the
formation
of
pulling
an
auditor's
department
together
and
recognized
the
need
and
kind
of
brainstorming
how
to
go
about
it
and
we
started
moving
that
direction
and
we
realized
it
was
going
to
be
a
challenge
at
that
time.
We
didn't
know
who
we
were
going
to
find.
You
know
we
we
having
a
hard
time,
even
identifying
an
internal
auditor.
F
At
that
point
and
needless
to
say,
we
found
a
good
one,
a
good
one,
and
I
just
want
you
to
know
without
going
into
saying
a
whole
lot.
You've
been
invaluable
to
the
city.
You've
served
this
city.
Well,
you've
done
a
great
job,
and
so
I
really
appreciate
that
the
citizens
of
columbus
appreciate
it,
and
just
thank
you
for
all
your
time
and
service.
It's
not
an
easy
job
having
to
get
up
there
and
present
all
the
audits,
and
then
you
know,
and
still
the
next
day
be
friends.
F
You
know
with
with
people
you
you
work
around
and
you're
associated
with,
but
you
always
called
it
straight
up
like
it
is,
and
you
have
helped
this
city.
The
citizens
we're
in
great
financial
shape
today
and-
and
I
can
say
because
of
your
department-
that's
an
asset
as
well,
and
it's
just
a
teamwork,
a
team
together
that
has
accomplished
all
that
and
you've
been
again
invaluable.
Thank
you,
sir.
Thank.
G
H
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
your
service
and
the
training
that
you
gave
me
when
I
first
came
in
2011
and
12
the
different
conversations
we
had
trying
to
understand
the
auditing
process,
and
I
wish
you
nothing,
but
the
best
and
hopefully
you'll
be
busy,
but
not
too
busy
and
enjoy
your
retirement.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
Mr
edmund,
I
I
think
you
know
how
much
I
appreciate
your
service
everything
you've
done
from
reporters
court
to
every
aspect
of
this
government
where
we've
had
an
issue,
you
dig
deep
you're,
a
great
investigator
and
you
get
to
the
truth,
and
sometimes
it's
not
the
truth.
We
want
to
hear,
but
you
always
come
up
with
solutions
and
that's
what
I
really
appreciate
is
that
you
are
always
solution
minded.
J
As
a
new
counselor,
you
taught
me
my
first
big
lesson
about
getting
out
of
line
and
brought
me
back
in
and
you
did
it
so
gently.
I
wish
the
citizens
were
as
gentle
as
you
were
on
that
correction,
but
anyway
I
appreciate
it.
It
was
a.
It
was
probably
the
best
lesson
I
could
have
learned
early
in
my
service
to
this
city
and
I
will
take
it
with
me
forever.
J
K
John,
thank
you
and
just
like
my
colleagues
have
already
said
you
were
an
angel
to
this
community.
You
were
able
to
to
identify
the
issues
that
we
had
here
in
a
very
professional
manner.
You
ensure
that
we
knew
it.
You
ensure
that
it
was
taken
care
of
you
have
big
shoes
to
fill.
Someone
is
going
to
have
a
hard
time
because
you
have
set
a
high
standard
for
us.
We
have
the
highest
respect
for
you.
K
We
believe
in
what
you
say
and
what
you're
going
to
do
so
that
next
person
I
feel
sorry
for
them,
but
in
the
part
of
retirement,
since
I
retired
from
jesus
I'll,
tell
you
you're
going
to
love
it
because
you
make
your
own
time
and
you
have
more
time
with
the
family
so
enjoy
it
and
I'm
pretty
sure
you're
still
going
to
be
involved
in
this
community,
because
that's
the
person,
you
are
you're
a
giving
loving
person,
and
I
don't
see
you
leaving.
I
just
see
you
taking
a
break.
L
Thank
you
mayor,
mr
redmond.
Most
accountants
are
not
lawyers
and
most
lawyers
are
not
accountants
and
that's
probably
a
good
thing,
and
I
have
appreciated
all
your
counsel
over
the
years.
I
still
have
you
on
speed
dial
and
I
hope
patsy
will,
let
you
out
of
the
house
to
go
to
the
braves
games
and
the
georgia
gang,
but
wish
you
the
best
in
retirement.
M
B
B
B
Mr
redmond
will
be
missed
all
right.
We
have
on
my
agenda.
We've
got
a
an
update
on
one
of
the
most
exciting
things
to
hit
columbus
in
in
recent
memory,
and
we've
got.
We've
got
dean
solis
with
us
from
mercer
medical
school
to
give
us
an
update
dean.
Welcome
we're
glad
to
have
you
with
us.
N
N
N
We
take
the
mission
very
seriously
and
we
we
have
a
very
mission,
specific
admission
policy,
which
is
actually
quite
unique.
We
only
take
georgia
residents,
which
is
unusual
for
a
private
university,
and
in
the
last
few
years
we
actually
have
got
where
we
have
rural
zip
codes
favored
in
the
admission
process
in
order
to
actually
fill
our
class
with
more
rural
students
than
say
from
metro
atlanta.
You
can
see
on
the
slide
that
last
year
we
had
almost
60
percent
of
our
student
body.
N
Come
from
rural
areas
of
georgia
and
only
about
15
percent
from
metro
atlanta,
because
we
just
feel
that
that
students
that
grew
up
in
more
rural
or
sort
of
non-atlanta
areas
are
more
likely
to
go
back
and
and
work
in
a
in
a
less
populated
area
of
georgia.
We
also
have
very
mission
specific
scholarship
programs.
Two
of
them
in
particular,
one
is
the
accelerated
track
program
where
we
allow
students
to
graduate
in
three
years
with
their
own
curriculum.
N
With
these
two
mission,
specific
policies.
We
think
that
in
five
ten
years
we're
going
to
see
considerable
number
of
of
mercer
alumni
working
in
less
populated
areas
of
georgia,
and
then
we
also
have
a
rural
clinics
program.
The
first
one
started
in
planes
at
the
best
of
president
carter
when
they
lost
their
physician.
N
As
you
all
probably
know,
we've
had.
Third
and
fourth
year,
students
from
the
other
two
campuses
come
to
columbus
for
their
clinical
rotations
at
the
hospitals
and
the
local
offices.
This
has
been
going
on
since
2012
and
now
we're
going
to
start
a
new
four-year
medical
school
in
columbus.
You
probably
know
where
the
site
is
there.
It's
on
the
it's
a
beautiful
site
on
the
riverwalk.
Next
to
the
thesis
campus,
the
address
is
going
to
be
1701
first
avenue,
and
it's
really
going
to
be
a
spectacular
building.
It's
a
little
over
80
000
square
feet.
N
That
really
goes
along
with
the
historic
riverfront
architecture
in
columbus.
The
general
contractors
brassfield
has
had
about
100
to
150
workers
over
there
at
one
time
and
they've
really
got
this
thing
up
pretty
quickly.
The
the
ground
the
groundbreaking
was
in
september
and
they're
scheduled
for
having
the
the
building
open
in
december.
N
Well,
the
building's
not
going
to
be
ready
till
december,
and
so
we
are
starting
our
first
year
class
in
a
temporary
space
on
fifth
avenue
that
was
going
to
be
the
side
of
the
medical
school.
Originally,
it's
obviously
not
as
grand
as
the
building
that's
going
up
on
the
river,
but
the
inside
was
renovated
very
nicely,
and
it's
going
to
be
more
than
adequate
for
the
40
30
students,
the
tutorial
rooms
on
the
left
there,
where
they
do
their
small
group
learning.
N
Gross
anatomy,
I
think,
is
the
most
important
part
of
the
first
year
curriculum,
because
surgery
is
essentially
applied,
anatomy
and
they
have
graciously
allowed
us
to
use
their
very
nice.
Gross
anatomy
facilities
at
the
houston
clinic
foundation
for
first-year
students,
and
that
was
a
big
help
and
really
big.
Thank
you
goes
out
to
them.
They've
been
very,
very
generous,
as
the
class
sizes
are
then
going
to
grow
by
10
students
every
year
until
2024,
when
we're
going
to
max
out
at
60
students
per
year.
N
We've
got
70
to
80
faculty
and
staff
budgeted
when
we
have
full
enrollment
with
the
payroll
of
between
seven
and
eight
million
dollars.
The
operating
budget's
going
to
be
around
20
million
dollars
and
the
economic
impact
to
the
city
is
a
little
hard
to
to
judge
without
an
actual
study.
But
a
conservative
estimate
is
going
to
be
between
40
to
50
million
dollars,
and
I
don't
know
it
might
already
be.
Having
an
impact,
I
mean,
there's
a
hotel
going
up
at
city,
mills,
next
door
and
three
blocks
away,
there's
an
apartment,
complex
being
constructed.
N
This
size
usually
have
that
and
we
can
help
them,
because
we
have
quite
a
bit
of
expertise
in
starting
gme
programs
and
we're
already
the
academic
partner
for
saint
francis
they've,
already
submitted
to
start
a
internal
medicine
residency
next
year
and
we're
also
in
planning
on
helping
the
staff
local
clinics
we're
working
with
mercymed
to
help
staff
a
clinic
at
mill
village,
which
is
going
to
be,
I
think,
that's
the
right
name
for
the
housing
project.
N
That's
going
to
replace,
I
think
what
was
called
chase
homes
and
we're
working
with
jimmy
elder
at
first
baptist
to
start
a
and
staff
a
free
clinic
at
the
at
the
victory
mission
in
education,
we're
affiliating
with
columbus
state.
We're
going
to
have
a
guaranteed
admissions
program
with
columbus
state
where
their
pre-med
students,
if
they
meet
the
grade
and
test
requirements,
will
automatically
be
admitted
to
the
school
of
medicine
in
columbus.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
pipeline
for
local
students
to
go
to
medical
school
here
in
town.
N
It
should
greatly
enhance
their
pre-med
admissions
and
maybe
the
whole
college
admissions
and
we're
working
with
new
opportunities
for
their
students
to
do
research
in
our
research
labs
when
they're,
open
and
for
service
opportunities,
as
well.
I'm
actually
meeting
with
columbus
tech
next
week
to
see
how
we
can
support
their
health
science,
tech
program
and
maybe
even
start
some
new
tech
programs
that
are
going
to
be
based
at
the
medical
school,
such
as
medical
simulation
technology,
research,
lab
assistants,
animal
care,
assistants,
and
things
like
that.
N
So
we
think
we
can
be
a
big
help
to
the
local
colleges
as
well,
and
then
research
might
be
the
most
exciting
part
of
it.
This
is
going
to
be
something
relatively
new
for
columbus.
This
is
the
floor.
Plan
of
the
second
story
of
the
medical
school
building
and
the
encircled
in
red
is
the
almost
half
the
second
floor
and
that's
all
primary
biomedical
research,
labs
and
animal
facilities.
N
We've
we've
bought
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
state-of-the-art
research
equipment,
microscopes,
pcr
machines,
things
like
that
to
do
cell
culture,
genetic
and
animal
research
at
the
medical
school
and
we're
budgeted
to
have
up
to
12
primary
biomedical
researchers,
phds
that
really
have
very
little
sort
of
teaching
responsibilities.
N
They're
going
to
be
primary
researchers,
doing
biomedical
research
in
columbus
at
the
medical
school,
so
I've
been
basically
reaching
out
to
the
folks
in
columbus
that
are
doing
clinical
research
clinical
trials
on
patients,
the
cancer
center
houston
clinic
and
iact,
which
is
a
private
clinical
trials
company
here
in
town.
This
actually
does
a
lot
of
clinical
trials
for
big
pharma
and
I'm
getting
them
involved
with
the
school
to
help
us
decide
who
the
researchers
are
doing.
Research
at
the
school.
N
What
the
themes
of
the
research
are
at
the
school
to
help
in
translational
opportunities,
so
that
discoveries
that
we
make
at
the
school
in
the
labs
can
translate
to
clinic
to
basically
patents
to
maybe
even
biotech
startups
and
a
small
biotech
incubator
industry
in
columbus.
I
don't
think
that
is
far-fetched,
so
thank
you
very
much
for
for
allowing
me
to
present
that's
sort
of
our
vision
for
the
medical
school
and
an
update
of
where
we
are
and
really
to
end.
K
Yes,
sir,
thank
you,
dr
for
being
here.
I
appreciate
the
update
since
the
school
will
be
in
my
district,
I'm
very
proud
of
it
and
very
excited,
but
I
have
a
question
for
you,
because
I
have
been
attending
to
see
how
I
can
help
and
stuff.
Do
you
think
in
the
future?
You
can
connect
mercy
with
miller
mott
miller.
Mock
college
is
a
very
small
college.
K
It's
like
a
community
college,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
young
smart,
single
moms
that
go
there
and
and
dads
that
are
trying
to
become
a
professional
and
be
able
to
provide
for
their
children
in
the
future,
and
they
do
have
a
small
segment
of
medical
after
school.
So
I
wasn't
sure
if
you
were
aware
of
that
or.
N
In
the
future,
you
could
look
at
it.
I
was
not,
but
I
will
reach
out
to
them.
I
basically
am
relatively
new
to
columbus.
We've
been
here
for
seven
months
now,
so
I
was
not.
I
was
not
aware
of
that
and
I
promise
I
will
definitely
reach
out
to
them
because
we're
basically,
you
know,
reaching
out
to
everybody
in
town
that
we
that's
associated
with
the
medical
school
so
that
we
can
really
integrate
and
become
part
of
columbus,
so
I
will
definitely
reach
out
to
them.
Thank.
K
You
I
just
been
in
contact
lately
myself
and
counselor.
Tucker
we've
been
visiting
learning
about
their
schools.
What
they're
doing-
and
I
admire
them
very
much,
because
when
you
have
young
people
that
don't
have
family
members
that
ever
been
to
college
and
they're
the
first
they
you
know
they
have,
they
need
a
little
bit
more
push
and
assistance.
You
have
single
parents
that
are
trying
to
better
their
lives
for
their
children,
so
they
don't
have
to
have
two
and
three
and
four
jobs,
and
they
specialize
on
that.
K
H
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
Only
question
I
had
was:
will
the
people
at
columbus
state
in
biomedical
research
be
working
with
you.
N
Yes,
in
fact,
you
know
they
do
biomedical
research
in
the
in
the
biology
department
over
there,
and
we've
been
talking
with
katie
hughes
and
monica
frazier,
the
two
main
folks
over
there
in
the
biology
department,
the
pre-med
department,
we're
working
out
we're
trying
to
try
to
work
out
some
way
where
they
have
joint
appointments
with
mercer,
so
that
their
students
can
do
research
projects
at
the
school
for
credit,
and
they
don't
have
to
like
just
do
it
on
a
volunteer
basis.
N
H
Delighted
about
three
years
ago
to
sit
in
on
a
session
where
they
were
using
a
grant
with
about
10
or
15
kids,
teenagers
and
things
from
around
the
area,
and
it
was
impressive,
the
studies
and
the
projects
that
they
came
up
with,
and
I
I
see
the
the
future
of
it.
You
know
it's
just
I
know
with
mercer
connecting
with
them,
I'm
sure
some
a
lot
more
opportunities
for
them.
B
F
F
That
mercer
medical
is
is
part
of
our
community
now,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
you
feel
welcomed,
and
I
mean
I,
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
great
fit
and
I've
gotten
over
the
years
to
know
some
of
your
students,
quality,
young
people,
quality,
young
people
and
you
guys
do
a
wonderful
job
and
I
say
that
generically
the
whole
team,
the
whole
effort
from
mercer
mercer
university,
mercer
medical
school.
So
we
want
you
to
feel
at
home.
F
We
want
you
to
be
a
part
of
our
community
and
we
think
it's
going
to
be
a
good
fit.
I
think
you're
going
to
have
a
good
time
here
and
enjoy
it.
Won't
you
bring
your
friends
over
here
to
make
their
home
here
as
well
and
stay
so
again.
We're
just
so
glad
that
you're
part
of
the
community
and
and
certainly
you're,
welcome
and
know
that
you're
welcome.
N
Well,
thank
you.
I
appreciate
that,
and
I
have
been
very
impressed
by
how
well
welcoming
columbus
is
and
all
the
support
that
the
school
has.
I
suspect
when,
when
that
building
is
finished,
that
and
students
basically
come
to
interview
it's
going
to
be
the
most
popular
medical
school
for
mercer.
I
suspect
it's
going
to
be
their
number
one
choice
when
they
see
the
building
the
city
all
the
stuff
going
on
down
by
the
river.
I
suspect
it's
going
to
be
the
most
popular
medical
school.
We
have
it's
good
stuff.
B
He
believed
that
the
at
the
groundbreaking
he
said.
He
believes
that
that
medical
school
will
have
a
similar
impact
to
the
impact
this
thesis
had
when
it's
spun
out
of
cbnt
and
that's
been
huge
for
this
community.
So
we
are
thoroughly
excited
about
partnering
with
mercer
in
any
way
we
can
and
we're
we're,
certainly
happy
to
see
you
building
the
partnerships
that
you're
building.
So
thank
you.
L
B
O
B
L
B
B
B
B
L
That
passes
down
there
now
we've
got
some
first
reading
hearings.
These
are
we'll
see
if
the
applicant
is
here
and
if
there
are
any
questions
around
the
table.
First,
one
is
zero
whittlesey
road.
This
is
a
35
acre
parcel.
L
L
L
B
L
P
Good
morning,
as
city
attorney
stated,
we
have
14
properties
bringing
forward
for
your
consideration
for
demo
just
an
overview
of
the
process.
Here's
the
listing
of
them
and
have
individual
slides
for
each
each
property.
But
the
total
comes
to
145
336
dollars
and
70
cents.
L
L
L
Q
I
bought
the
property,
probably
a
few
years,
probably
about
two
years
ago,
at
36,
36
26
early
way.
We
knew
the
lady
that
lived
there,
my
mom
and
dad
lives
right
beside
the
house.
Q
Q
Q
Meanwhile,
I
tore
all
the
brick
off
the
house
cleaned
all
the
brick
got
it
behind
the
house
and
I've
been
trying
to
take
it
down
as
much
as
I
can.
I
work
for
department
of
defense.
I
travel
all
over
the
world,
so
I've
been
kind
of
slow
about
doing
it,
and
then
I
got
a
letter
saying
about
having
it
demolished.
Q
Q
Q
B
Mr
kirby,
if
you
have
it
down
in
three
weeks,
it'll
be
down
before
our
next
meeting
to
approve
this
list
because
we
won't
meet
for
three
weeks.
So
yes,
sir
I've
seen
that
on
the
letter.
So
if
you
can,
if
you
can
get
it
down
in
three
weeks,
I
would
I
would
urge
you
to
go
ahead
and
get
after
it
I'm
working
on
it.
I
know
real.
Q
B
Because
I
don't
because
if
once
it's
down
when,
when
ryan
comes
back,
he
we
will
just
pull
that
out
of
the
list,
because
it's
already
been
done.
Okay,.
Q
The
house
should
be
completely
down
as
far
as
the
danger
part.
I've
already
got
most
of
the
debris
already
up
around
the
house.
The
reason
why
I
don't
want
that
I
could
have
took
the
house
down
in
two
days.
I
know
how
to
run
a
mini
x
or
a
track
hoe
right.
The
reason
why
I
didn't
because
the
materials
in
the
house
is
real
good
and
I
was
going
to
build
me
a
shop
with
it.
Unfortunately,
my
parents
just
died.
Q
I
just
buried
both
of
them
at
the
same
time
which
lives
right
next
door
to
the
house.
We
knew
the
lady
that
owned
the
house
very
good,
lady
and,
like
I
said
the
person
here
that
worth
at
code
administration.
I
know
he
let
me
know
when
the
house
went
upon
auction
and
I
bought
the
house.
The
first
thing
I
did
because
it
was
because
it
was
dangerous,
is
I
took
all
the
brick
off
of
the
house
because
it
was
it
was
away
from
the
house.
That's
the
first
thing
I
did.
Q
B
Well,
let's,
let's:
let's
do
my
recommendations
up
to
council,
but
my
recommendation
would
be
to
leave
it
on
and
then,
when
you
come
back
in
two
weeks,
we
can
kind
of
find
out
where
you
are
in
the
process.
Yes,
sir,
because
the
objection
is
not
to
force
ourselves
on
your
property,
it's
to
get
it
taken
down.
I
understand.
Q
B
You're
doing
that
and
you're
right,
knocking
on
the
door
of
having
it
finished.
I
feel
certain
that,
even
if
it
gets
approved
for
demolition,
they'll
put
it
on
the
list
and
ask
the
contractor
to
give
you
another
couple
weeks,
because
they
can't
get
to
all
these
at
one
time.
I
understand
so
I
we
for
putting
us
on
notice,
though
I
think
that's
we
admire
you
trying
to
get
it
taken
down
before
the
city
has
to
yeah.
Q
L
L
R
My
name
is
abby
brigdon,
I'm
vet,
2504,
cloverlane,
columbus,
georgia,
the
property
345
liberty
avenue
is
my
paternal
grandparents
property.
My
father
lived
there
until
he
until
he
died
and
there
was
no
will
or
anything.
R
So
I
had
to
work
hard
to
get
the
house
put
in
my
name,
it's
so
it's
in
the
family
right.
I'm
now
just
proposing
asking
this
to
not
to
tear
it
down
we're
trying
to
do
some
reconstruction
on
the
house.
So
far
we
have
cleaned
off
the
yard.
We
really
clean
it
off,
got
the
backyard
and
the
front
all
the
bushes
and
all
the
weeds
and
everything
and
not
trees
that
were
were
really
tall.
R
So
I'm
asking
for
an
extension
for
so
we
can
get
the
funds
together,
we're
working
hard
to
get
the
funds
together
to
do
some
work
on
the
house
really
would
like
to
keep
it
in
the
family
and-
and
we
know
it-
it
needs
a
lot
of
work
but
again
we're
trying
to
get
the
funds
together.
We
may
have
some
funds
coming
really
soon
to
do
some
construction
on
it
to
make
it
presentable,
so
it
won't
be
torn
down.
I
know
right
now:
it's
an
eyesore,
but
again
it's
family
property.
R
B
No
comments,
I
don't
from
from
counseling
or
questions
I
I
will
tell
you
that
that
historically
it
would
it
to
get
it
delayed
from
council
and
that
this
is
not
a
hard
fast
rule.
But
what
what
we
have
witnessed
in
the
past
is
that
it
would
have
to
you'd
have
to
have
a
contract
with
a
licensed
contractor
proof
of
funds
and
a
in
a
a
timeline
on
when
you
would
have
it
completed
and
lacking
those.
B
P
Yes,
ma'am.
This
property
has
actually
been
on
our
radar
on
our
list
since
2016,
when
we
first
started
sending
notices
as
she
mentioned,
it
does
look
like
she
became
the
owner
of
record
at
the
end
of
2019,
is
when
all
the
probating
and
all
that
happened,
but
the
house
itself
has
been
on
our
radar
since
2016.
K
We
are
not
going
to
meet
for
another
three
weeks,
as
you
heard
us
say
to
the
other
gentlemen,
and
you
heard
what
the
mayor
usually
that
criteria
we
want
and
the
reason
we
want.
That
is
because
we
understand
your
predicament,
but
we
also
have
to
look
at
the
people
that
live
in
the
dis
in
the
area
and
columbus
is
just
tired.
You
know
sore
sore
dilapidated
homes,
and
you
know
they
want
a
sense
of
pride,
especially
in
south
columbus.
They
want
that
stigma.
K
K
So
in
saying
all
that
in
a
short
term,
is
that
if
you
can
give
us
some
of
these
documents
before
our
next
council
meeting,
we
might
considered
do
you
know
allowing
you
to
have
an
extension,
but
I
need
you
to
understand
that
a
lot
of
people
don't
understand
that
when
you
ask
for
an
extension-
and
let's
say
you
put
thirty
thousand
dollars
into
the
extension,
but
you
did
not
meet
the
criteria
and
you
did
not
meet
it.
We're
still
gonna
tear
it
down
and
you
lost
thirty
thousand
dollars.
K
So
I
just
wanna
be
very,
very
clear
with
you.
I
don't
want
you
to
leave
like
nobody
cares.
Nobody
wants.
Yes,
we
care,
we
care
about
you,
but
we
also
care
about
the
community.
So
you
have
three
weeks
three
weeks
to
put
some
of
this
stuff
get
with
mr
pruitt.
Let
him
tell
you
what
you
know
what
you
need
in
order
for
us
to
consider.
K
Consider
I'm
not
saying
we're
doing
it.
Consider
giving
you
an
extension
since
you
just
got
the
property
in
2009
and
covet.
You
didn't
do
a
whole
lot.
I
can
promise
you
that
so
we,
but
we
need.
We
need
your
help,
we're
not
going
to
come
to
you
now
you're
going
to
have
to
go
with
mr
pruitt
sit
down
and
talk
to
him
and
see
what
he
has
to
say
and
then
he
will
make
a
recommendation
back
to
us
if
we
should
or
shouldn't
in
three
weeks.
Okay,.
K
I
was
corrected
by
counselor,
I'm
sorry,
I
was
corrected
by
counselor
tucker.
You
have
two
weeks
to
get
and
get
with
him
and
get
everything
we
need
within
two
weeks.
Yeah.
H
One
last
comment
on
the
over
here:
piggybacking
on
that
take
time
to
sit
down
with
director
pruitt,
but
the
key
to
the
whole
thing
will
be
getting
with
him
and
coming
up
with
some
type
of
contract,
to
show
him
a
timeline
and
who
will
be
doing
the
work
and
when
it
will
be
completed.
Okay,.
L
L
T
All
right
so
with
the
property,
he
actually
got
the
letter
back,
I
believe
in
2016,
and
he
did
make
the
changes.
He
didn't
finish
because
he's
80,
he
fell
off
the
roof.
While
he
was
trying
to
get
some
of
the
changes
that
was
given
to
him
made.
But
when
the
inspector
came
out
and
took
the
pictures
or
came
out
again
recently,
I
don't
believe
they
actually
took
the
updated
pictures
of
the
work
that
he
has
done.
T
But
since
he
got
the
original
letter
he
did
go
ahead
and
fix
the
carport
roof,
as
well
as
he
fixed
the
electricity
in
there
painted
and
did
the
rest
of
the
work.
That
was
asked
of
him
to
be
done
and
we
do
have
the
updated
pictures.
If
you
guys
would
like
to
see
that
so
we're
really
just
asking
for
it
to
be
removed
off
the
demolition
list
since
he
has
met
whatever
was
stated
in
the
initial
letter
that
was
given
to
him
is.
T
P
Well,
I
was
gonna
kind
of
echo.
What
what
she
had
stated
is
that
they
have
done
quite
a
bit
of
work
to
the
property,
so
this
is
another
one
that
I
think
we
could
meet
with
them
and
they
were
probably
about
80
percent
complete
with
some
of
the
repairs.
So
our
goal
was
to
push
them
across
the
finish
line
and
get
it
all
the
way
fixed,
and
so
I
drove
by
last
week.
We've
had
inspectors
go
by
last
few
weeks
and
every
time
we've
driven
by
they've
been
working
on
it
diligently.
B
O
J
Thank
you,
ryan.
How
is
this
going
to
work
so
when
it
comes
back
in
two
weeks,
if
there's
been
progress
made
on
these
you're
they're,
just
we're
just
not
going
to
see
them
on
this
list.
Is
that
how
it's
going
to
work?
Oh
yeah,
we'll.
P
J
P
I'll
provide
an
update
on
the
status
of
each
you
know
of
each
case
and
of
course,
the
homeowners
are
invited
back
as
well
to
provide
any
additional
update
or
documentation.
And
then
let
council
make
the
determination.
P
I
don't
know
how
she's
she
has
a
monitor
on
her
phone.
I
I
have
additional
pictures
that
I
don't
have
in
the
presentation
today.
Okay,
but
I'm
not
sure,
is.
O
O
B
I
L
U
It
was
a
workshop
originally
my
dad
did
woodwork
and
that's
why
I
learned
mine,
but
it
does
need
cleaning
up.
I
I
don't
disagree
with
that.
We
were
planning
on
doing
it.
We
were
doing
some
other
stuff,
and
that
was
on
the
list,
but
it
was
just
further
down
the
list,
but
in
the
next
two
weeks,
it'll
be
cleaned
up
the
side
that
piece
that's
hanging
will
be
took
down,
doors
and
stuff
started.
U
The
shed
is
not
falling.
Apart
from
the
structures,
part
that
was
add-on,
the
main
building
is
sound.
There's
nothing
wrong
with
that.
It's
just
it
got
bad,
it's
just
time.
So
in
the
next
two
weeks,
it'll
look
different.
That's
all
I'm
asking
for
is
in
the
two
weeks.
That's
coming!
B
B
Is
the
one
that
you're
going
to
have
to
make
comfortable
that
you've
got
it,
that
it
is
structurally
sound,
okay
and
then
he'll
he'll
bring
back
a
recommendation,
but
the
one
thing
that
I
would
echo
what
councilor
woodson
said
earlier
is
communicate
with
mr
pruitt,
because
if
it,
if
it
turned
out
for
some
reason
that
it
was
not
really
putting
good
money
into
a
good
project,
we
don't
want
you
spending
any
effort
and
money
that
you
may
lose
if
it
comes
down
anyway.
So
just
just
work
closely
with
his
councilor
woodson
did
you.
K
K
You
never
know,
miracles
do
happen,
but
I
don't
want
and
that's
what
I
try
to
stress
so
often
I
don't
want
people
to
put
their
hard-earned
money
on
a
project
that
they're
not
going
to
be
able
to
finish
and
then
we're
going
to
come
and
tear
it
down.
Anyway,
that's
my
biggest
concern,
that's
how
I'd
say
get
with
him.
Let's
be
realistic,
let's
accept
what
needs
to
be
done
and
take
care
of
it.
We're
still
gonna
leave
it
on
the
list.
Okay,.
O
K
And
I
say
to
you-
and
I
say
to
those
listening-
please
take
in
consideration
when
you
have
properties
that
are
defoliated
like
this.
Please
consider
the
neighbors.
You
know
they
have
to
live
with
this.
Their
children
have
to
live
with
this,
their
children.
I
just
talked
to
a
business
the
other
day.
You
know
they
built
this
beautiful
building
and
then
they
fill
it
up
with
all
signs
and
they
go
home
to
north
columbus
and
we're
stuck
with
it.
K
You
know
looking
at
it
we're
just
asking:
let's
take
more
pride
in
our
on
our
south
side:
let's
clean
it
up,
let's
take
that
stereo
wording
out
of
it
because
it's
a
wonderful
place
to
live.
I.
H
Thank
you
for
your
presentation
this
morning,
mr
bowell,
is
the
property,
is
in
council
woodson's
district?
Yes,
he
gave
me
a
call
yesterday
and
we
spoke
last
evening,
so
I
thank
everything
that
you've
heard.
I
promised
you
I
called
council
woodson
last
night,
which
I
did
and
I
appreciate
it.
I
hope
I
hope
you've
heard
everything
that
we
talked
about
last
night.
H
Oh
reiterated
around
the
table
here
get
with
director
pruitt
today
and
get
it
all
spelled
out
what
needs
to
happen
and
he
will
guide
you
through
the
process
because
when
he
comes
back
for
his
final
inspection,
if
it's
not
completed
it's
going
down
and
that's
what
council
woodson
and
the
mayor
and
everyone's
trying
to
let
you
know
money
invested
will
be
wasted.
So
don't
start
if
you
can't
complete
it.
I
understand
okay,.
L
L
P
Thank
you
thank
you.
I
did
just
want
to
mention,
I
think,
as
you
can
see
today,
this
is
probably
one
of
the
most
well
attended
one
of
these
hearings
that
we've
had
from
property
owners,
which
is
a
good
thing,
and
I
think
it
is
due
to
the
the
investment
commitment
that
has
been
made
to
clean
up
these
properties.
We've
gotten
people's
attention.
They
know
we're
serious
about
it
and
so
they're
taking
the
time
to
come
down
here
and
talk
to
you
all
about.
L
P
B
L
M
V
Good
morning,
this
is
a
little
different,
so
the
presentation
that
I
am
sharing
is
at
the
request
of
the
city
manager,
I'm
just
basically
going
over
the
presentation
that
was
given
at
a
prior
council
meeting
regarding
the
integrated
waste
fund,
so
the
integrated
waste
fund
is
an
enterprise
fund
and
enterprise
funds
are
funds
that
charge
fees
for
services
provided
to
outside
customers.
This
includes
any
other
local
governments.
V
V
One
percent
comes
from
commercial,
solid
waste
fees,
four
percent
from
recycling
fees
and
four
percent
from
landfill
fees,
with
one
percent
from
any
investment
income
that
we
may
receive
from
the
fund
in
terms
of
where
the
money
goes.
45
goes
to
support
personnel
and
all
of
those
expenditures
related
to
peak
paying
people
that
salary
wages
benefits
overtime,
that
sort
of
thing
operations
accounts
for
53
percent
in
that
operation
total.
V
This
is
again
as
of
may
because
this
is
just
a
repeat
of
a
prior
presentation,
cash
on
hand,
including
those
investments
that
we
count
as
reserves
for
the
fund
at
10.9
million
dollars,
pending
utilization
of
3.3
million
with
the
current
landfill
closure,
post-closure
liability
cost
of
13.5
million
leaving
a
5.9
million
dollar
deficit
in
the
fund,
won't
really
go
through
the
chronology
here,
but
again,
we've
been
talking
about
integrated
waste
and
the
fund
itself.
The
program
for
several
years
dating
back
to
2008
in
this
presentation
to
as
recent
as
june
2021.
V
So
just
some
points
to
consider
in
terms
of
the
integrated
waste
fund.
Again,
these
are
funds
that
are
usually
self-sustaining,
principally
through
user
charges
for
the
services
that
are
provided
and
they
operate
as
separate
enterprises.
Similarly
to
those
commercial
enterprises
found
in
the
private
sector.
One
thing
to
note
is
that
the
maintenance
of
existing
services
and
equipment
consumes
virtually
all
of
the
budgeted
resources,
so
we
have
very
little
to
set
aside
in
terms
of
adding
to
these
reserves.
V
Our
current
reserves
do
not
adequately
cover
future
obligations,
such
as
the
closure,
post-closure
cost
and
again
funding
those
closure.
Post-Closure
costs,
as
well
as
any
additional
capital
equipment
that
will
be
needed
at
some
point
for
the
fund
will
require
an
adjustment
in
the
current
collection
rates.
So
just
as
a
reminder
here,
this
was
a
slide
that
was
in
a
presentation
that
was
given
previously
by
deputy
city
manager
goodwin
in
terms
of
the
one
month
fee
waiver.
You
know,
of
course
the
columbus
waterworks
will
need
a
adequate
notice.
V
They
would
make
that
rate
change
for
one
month
and
then
the
following
month
change
the
rate
back
to
the
normal
fee,
which
is
currently
18
a
month.
The
loss
of
revenue
for
one
month
is
one
million
dollars,
and
one
thing
that
I
really
sort
of
like
to
point
out
in
terms
of
the
fees
and
the
current
liability
that
we
have
on
the
books
for
13
and
a
half
million.
That's
not
the
total
cost.
V
We
receive
a
report
every
year
from
these
states
state's
environmental
protection
division
and
they
tell
us
how
much
we
should
have
on
hand
well
how
much
the
total
cost
should
be
to
take
care
of
our
landfills
from
closing
the
landfills
and
the
post-closure
care
for
the
landfills,
and
that
cost
of
20
is
26.3
million
dollars.
Of
course,
this
amount
is
based
on
the
amount
that
would
be
paid
if
all
equipment
facilities
and
services
required
to
monitor
and
maintain
it
were
acquired
as
of
june
30
2020.
V
But
again,
this
is
based
on
100
percent
utilization,
that
chicago
and
46
percent
utilization
at
pine
grove.
So
it
varies
every
year
and
what
I
will
say
is
we
have
received
the
information
from
the
state
in
terms
of
the
cost
that
they
have
for
2021.
Obviously,
this
is
a
part
of
the
audit
process.
V
J
V
Well,
you
could,
to
some
degree
make
that
assumption,
but
the
work
has
to
be
done
and
if
we
have
a
vacancy
typically
what
we
we
do,
expand
out
additional
costs
for
overtime
for
the
people
that
are
currently
employed
to
make
up
for
that
that
shortfall
in
personnel.
J
V
Let's
see
2020
for
chicago
road
because
it's
at
100
utilization
and
then
20
140
for
pine
grove.
V
V
J
Part
of
this
26.3
million
for
post-closure
is
already
really
being
accounted
for
within
the
budget
somewhere.
It.
V
Is
in
terms
of
the
us
having
to
maintain
those
facilities
and
the
people
that
and
my
critter
jump
in
at
any
point
here,
but
I
would
say
gas
in
terms
of
maintaining
the
facility
and
the
personnel
and
the
equipment
that's
already
out
there,
that
we
have
to
utilize
to
to
maintain
it.
Okay,.
J
V
It's
just
like
you
know,
any
type
of
investment
that
you're
making.
You
know
you
have
a
goal
in
terms
of
your
retirement
investment.
You
put
a
little
bit
aside
to
to
meet
that
goal.
That's
essentially
what
this
is
here
I
mean,
26.3
million
is
if
we
acquired
every
single
thing
that
we
needed
to
close
and
maintain
those
two
landfills
as
of
june
30
2020.,
so
the
liability
that
we've
recorded
right
now
that
we
have
recorded
right
now
the
books
is
13
and
a
half
million
dollars.
W
Sure,
yes,
sir
quick
just
a
quick
interjection
here,
I
can
answer
the
question
about
the
closure
date.
I
don't
know
chance
tonight
approximately
25
years
and
that's
obviously
depending
on
how
much
waste
we
bury,
but
current
rate
current
capacity,
25
26
years
is
what
we're
looking
at
for
the
closure
of
pine
grove
and
the
dollars
you
described
were
very
accurate
as
far
as
those
dollars
would
be
needed.
W
If
we
closed
it
today,
but
those
are
also
in
today's
dollars
that
doesn't
account
for
the
inflation
it
would
be
at
the
at
the
back
end
of
this,
and
that
is
closure
and
post
closure.
There's
a
lot
of
post
closure
requirements
by
georgia
epd
as
far
as
what
you
have
to
do
once
the
landfill
is
actually
closed.
As
far
as
maintaining
it,
keeping
the
grass
cut,
keeping
the
trees
from
growing
handling
erosion
issues,
monitoring
your
wells,
your
leachate,
all
those
things
that
have
to
be
done
for
decades.
After
it's
closed.
B
J
I
I
do
remember
taking
a
tour
of
the
recycling
center
when
we
first
became
when
we
first
got
on
council-
and
I
believe
he
said
something
like
since
they've
opened
up
the
recycling
center,
that
they've
gained
several
like
10.
B
B
To
make
that
landfill
last
longer,
which
does
help
the
investment
piece,
but
it,
but
it's
long,
been
a
concern
I
mean
going
back
to
when
I
first
got
on
council
that,
without
a
constant
effort
to
try
to
accrue
and
to
fund
future
obligations,
what
will
have
to
be
utilized
will
be
bond
issues
we'll
have
to
borrow
the
money
to
do
the
the
cell
closure.
B
J
Fund
when
they,
when
they
get
into
a
situation
where
it's
kind
of
an
emergency,
they
do
kind
of
you
know,
take
from
that
to
get
through
the
emergency,
knowing
that
they
could
probably
build
it
up,
because,
yes,
inflation
is
affecting
the
cost
of
things,
but
inflation
is
also
affecting
you
know
the
rate
of
collection,
too,
I
mean
as
they
both
they
both
rise,
and
so
I
think
they
kind
of
cut
each
other
off.
I
mean
it
equals
out.
B
F
F
You
know
you
said
earlier
that
you
know
there's
somewhat
of
a
to
be
admired
when
people
can
agree
to
disagree,
and
you
know,
and
sometimes
that
happens
and-
and
I
know
that
there's
probably
some
perspectives
on
this-
where
there
are
some
that
don't
agree,
and
there
are
some
that
do
agree,
but
that's
okay,
it's
okay
to
agree
to
disagree,
and
but
the
one
thing
that
I
want.
F
I
got
a
call
yesterday
from
a
reporter
that
asked
me
to
you,
know,
to
kind
of
clarify
and
talk
and
state
my
position
on
the
matter,
and
you
know
here's
one
side
of
the
picture.
What's
your
side
of
the
story,
so
you
know
we
had
a
conversation
and
sometimes
look
everybody's
different.
Everybody
reads
into
things
differently.
I
mean
we're.
Just
people
are
different
in
general
and
and
you
look
at
things
from
a
different
perspective,
and
I
just
want
to
from
a
clarity
standpoint.
F
I
had
some
conversations
last
night
with
a
few
people
and-
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
that
that
it's
coming
from
me,
okay,
that
it's
it's
from
my
perspective
of
how
I
view
this,
and
maybe
some
of
the
terms
that
I
used
or
how
I
described
this
matter
could
be,
I
will
admit,
maybe
could
be
taken
out
of
perspective.
F
But
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
citizens
understand
that
number,
one,
that
we
don't
have
an
integrity
problem
in
our
government,
especially
in
accounting
and
finance,
and
all
the
way
across
the
board.
If
we
did
I'd
be
the
first
to
you
know,
you
know
me
mayor,
I
mean
I'd,
be
the
first
to
to
bring
it
up,
but
I
just
want
to
say
I
have
the
greatest
respect
for
I
said
it
earlier.
F
Our
finances
are
in
fabulous
shape
and
that's
the
credit,
the
team
overall,
whether
it's
the
finance
department,
the
auditor,
all
the
people,
there's
several
people,
the
city
managers
office,
several
people
that
work
on
this
and
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
that
our
people
do
a
really
good
job
there.
So
there's
number
one:
there's
there's
no
integrity
issues
when
it
comes
to
financial
matters.
I
think
we're
one
of
the
best
run
cities
in
united
states
so
I'll
leave
that
there
in
a
second,
mr
crittel,
would
you
come
up
please,
director
critter?
When
did
you?
F
When
did
you
come
on
board
in
working
with
the
city
september.
F
You
you've
kind
of
yeah.
I
just
want
to
make
this
clear
and
I've
said
it
before
you've
inherited
quite
a
challenge,
and-
and
I've
stated
I
just
call
it
a
management
nightmare-
I
wouldn't
want
it,
but.
F
Yeah
yeah
and
look
there's
a
myriad
of
matters
that
it's
just
hard
to
explain
to
the
public.
You
know
that
that,
what's
they
see
one
perspective,
but
really
when
you
break
it
down
the
mechanics
of
actually
what's
happening
on
the
operational
side,
it's
a
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
issues
there.
But
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
totally
appreciate
what
public
services
is
doing.
I
appreciate
all
the
hard
work
and
effort.
I
know
that
you
guys
are
working
hard
on
this
matter.
F
I
know
that
that
the
staff,
your
staff,
the
employees,
the
drivers
you
got
people
out
there
working
hard.
It
is
what
it
is.
I've
said
that
before-
and
I
think
you
would
agree
with
me-
but
you
know
you're
just
trying
to
keep
getting
out
of
that
situation
and
we
do
rely
a
lot
on
inmate
labor
and
it
has
helped
the
citizens
from
the
standpoint
of
having
not
having
to
pay
a
a
lot
of
extra
fees
and
calls
for
services,
whether
it's
done
through
the
private
sector
or
other
means.
F
I
think
there's
some
win-win
in
all
that
from
that
standpoint,
but
you
know
covet
is
taking
its
toll
and
and
that's
just
hard
to
explain,
sometimes
and
where
we're
at
today,
but
I
just
wanna
make
that
clear
that
that
I
appreciate
all
the
work
and
effort
from
your
department
and
your
people
and
what
you're
doing
and
usually
you
know
when
you
get
a
call
or
we
call
you
or
a
text
comes
in
I
mean
usually
the
department
gets
on
it.
F
Pretty
quick,
there's
still
a
lot
of
things
out
there
that
that
you
guys
are
working
on,
and
you
know
that
and
you're
out
there.
What's
really
impressive
is
you
know
you're,
not
just
a
tell
me
kind
of
person,
you
know
you're
a
doer
and
you
know
you're
out
there.
I've
never
seen
a
director
get
on
a
truck
or
drive
a
truck
or
get
out
there
working
to
to
see
what's
going
on,
but
that
is
appreciated.
F
So
I
just
maybe
that
didn't
come
across
in
some
of
the
explanations
from
my
point
of
view
and
having
this
conversation
with
the
with
a
reporter,
but
today
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
clear,
and
I
just
want
people
to
understand
that
from
my
perspective,
but
I
think
there
does
come
a
time.
I'm
not.
You
know
that
it's
just
doing
the
right
thing
and
you
know
hopefully
we'll
get
on
get
behind,
get
get
get
ahead
of
this
and
get
behind
it
and
get
back
on
track.
F
So
keep
up
the
good
work.
Just
keep
working
diligently.
You've
got
I've
said
it
several
times.
You
got
my
support
if
y'all
need
help
over
there
and
anything,
we
need
to
go
out
and
get
more
help
from
the
private
sector
to
deal
with
some
of
this
stuff.
I
mean
you
just
let
us
know
I
mean
I'm
willing
to
to
help
the
department
in
whatever
way
possible
so
mayor.
Thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
that's
clarified
and
on
the
record.
M
Councillor
davis,
thank
you
for
those
comments
and
we
certainly
do
appreciate
mike
and
his
entire
team
for
all
that
they
have
been
doing
and
we,
I
think
this
is
a
good
time
to
go
ahead
and
bring
up
the
presentation
that
we
have
on
yard
waste
so
that,
as
this
discussion
continues,
you
will
see
that
we
are
making
headways,
and
so
with
that.
Mr.
B
Crittel,
the
only
thing
is:
we've
got
a
couple
of
people
on
public
agenda
that
and
I
think
that
that
are
due
up.
First,
okay,.
J
B
X
The
name
is
paul
olsen.
I
live
at
one
three,
eight,
three
zero
euphoria
lane
eleven
years
ago.
I
ran
for
mayor
and
at
that
time
one
of
my
platforms
was
wasted
energy
and
it
wasn't
something
I
came
up
with
the
public
works
person,
plus
an
assistant
city
manager,
who
you
guys
sent
up
to
north
carolina
to
investigate
this
basically
came
back
with
hey.
You
could
elongate
the
landfills
for
like
10
times
more
plus.
At
the
same
time,
you
can
sell
that
energy
and
after
a
while,
you
could
have
a
dividend.
X
B
O
L
K
O
L
Right,
mr
johnson,
if
y'all
will
try
to
get
a
notice
to
mr
adams,
we'll
delay
that
item
next
and
last
item
mayor
is
a
resolution
ratifying
previous
resolution
designating
additional
courthouse
courtroom
locations
and
it
would
also
add
the
muskogee
county
administration
building
as
a
possible
additional
courtroom
site.
As
long
as
the
school
board
approves
the
use,
and
it
is
ready
for
official
adoption.
B
Is
there
a
motion
motion
approved
from
mayor
pro
temps
or
second,
second,
from
councillor
huff?
Any
discussion
we'll
do
this
with
voice
vote
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
Are
there
passes
all.
L
B
Okay,
thank
you,
we'll
move
to
the
public
agenda
and
a
reminder:
it's
been
a
while,
since
we've
been
here,
the
timer
will
let
you
know
when
your
time
is
up.
Actually
I'll.
Tell
you
when
you've
got
30
seconds
remaining
you'll
have
five
minutes
and
we
asked
we'll
start
the
timer
once
you
give
your
name
and
your
address
first,
individual
we've
got
signed
up
on
public
agenda.
Is
ms
annette
adams
regarding
solutions
to
the
solid
waste
program?
B
X
Okay,
my
name
is
paul
olson
and
I
live
at
138th
year,
jupiter
lane.
I
urge
citizens
to
vote
no
for
the
upcoming
november.
Second
splash.
That's
a
special
purpose:
local
office
of
sales
tax
and
I'll.
Tell
you
why?
Because
muskogee
county
will
have
the
highest
sales
tax,
nine
percent
and
as
surrounding
counties,
it
will
be
a
deterrent
that
won't
shop
here,
they're
savvy
buyers
out
there,
the
proverbial
question
to
the
mayor
and
city
council.
X
Will
you
be
proud
that
the
muscular
county
will
have
the
distinction
behind
having
the
highest
sales
tax
of
any
of
the
159
counties
in
the
state
of
georgia?
I
hopefully
you'd
say
no.
You
wouldn't
be
proud
of
that.
Sales
tax
is
a
regressive
tax
according
to
state
representative
carolyn
hughley
as
being
quoted
in
the
ledger
inquirer
many
years
ago,
and
for
those
people
who
don't
know
what
a
regressive
tax
it
hurts.
X
The
poor,
the
middle
class
and
the
elderly
on
fixed
income
even
hurts
businesses,
because
in
the
old
lost
the
they
took
away
the
sales
tax
for
the
the
hotel,
motel
and
the
auto
sales.
So
you
can
ask
glenn
davis
they
lobbied
for
that.
In
that
respect
there
it
would
cost
the
average
family
around
300
annually
for
the
sales
tax.
This
one
penny
that
they
keep
on
touting.
If
you
buy
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
vehicle,
it'll
be
an
additional
three
hundred
dollars.
X
The
scouting
county
collectively
has
one
of
the
highest
property
tax
millage
rates
at
nearly
42
mills,
when
the
average
county
in
georgia
is
only
30
mils,
that's
12,
mils!
More!
Are
you
proud
of
that
city
council
mayor
in
in?
In
all
reality,
we
will
be
the
head:
the
most
heavily
taxed
county
in
the
whole
state
of
georgia,
muskogee
county
has
the
highest
murder
rate
per
capita
in
the
state
of
georgia,
mayor
and
city
council.
Are
you
proud
of
that
recognition?
X
There
has
been.
There
has
been
no
preventive
maintenance
to
the
government
center
for
years.
Nor
have
city
leadership
has
complied
with
water,
shot
off
regulator
as
enforced
upon
all
commercial
properties
in
columbus.
What
you
guys
require
other
commercial
people
you
guys
didn't
have
for
the
government
center.
That's
why
we
had
the
flooding.
You
only
have
reactive
maintenance.
Are
you
proud
of
that?
X
Should
columbus
taxpayers
reward
failure?
I
don't
think
so.
There's
no
structural
damage
to
the
government
building,
but
yet
you
want
to
tear
it
down.
We
need
from
you
a
structure,
engineering
report,
that's
what
we
need
for
transparency.
The
replacement
is
200
million,
which
amounts
to
7
100
per
square
foot.
There's
three
hundred
and
ten
thousand
square
feet.
X
Math
is
seven
hundred
dollars
a
square
foot
and
then
you're
going
to
take
a
bond
out
and
that's
going
to
be
an
additional
100
million
dollars
over
a
period
of
20
years.
So
now
it's
a
ticket
of
300
million.
X
So
that's
now
going
to
be
a
thousand
dollars
per
square
foot.
The
taj
mahal
across
the
way
was
300
square
foot
at
30
million
and
we
called
that
the
taj
mahal
I
did.
I
was
the
one,
the
coin
that
and
are
we
being
gouged.
X
We
are
doing
something
when
building
material
is
at
its
all-time
high.
That
is
not
smart.
That's
not
visionary!
Mayor
city
council,
you
pass
a
resolution
300-20
on
october
13th
2020,
to
ask
our
state
representative
to
pass
legislation
to
allow
up
to
five
percent
dedicated
to
the
reserve
maintenance
fund.
That's
the
spot
and
you
guys
said
up
to
five
percent,
so
it
could
be
one
percent,
two
percent
three
percent:
four
percent:
okay,
because
resolutions
are
non-binding
agreements,
we've
been
burnt
in
the
past
okay.
X
So
then
the
state
legislative
session
began
july
january,
11
2021..
It
was
not
addressed
by
our
own
local
legislature
until
two
months
later,
on
march
1st,
that
was
the
first
reading.
Second
reading
was
march
3rd.
This
was
house
bill
696.
So
if
anybody
wants
to
go
out
there,
you
go
to
the
georgia
legislature
house,
bill
696
and
it
was
half-hearted
attempt.
You
know
why,
because
the
sponsors
were
debbie
buckner,
she
was
a
member
of
the
appropriations
committee
where
that
was
being
and
she's.
X
Also
ways
of
means,
which
is
the
purse
rings,
richard
smith,
who
was
a
former
city
councilor.
He
not
only
was
on
the
appropriations
committee,
but
he's
on
the
he's,
the
chairman
of
the
rules
committee
and
for
those
who
don't
know
what
the
chairpers
rules
committee
is
they're,
the
ones
that
allow
the
bills
to
go
out
on
the
floor,
one
of
the
most
powerful
positions
you
have
in
the
state
legislature,
so
it
could
have
been
done
van
smith
appropriations,
commission.
X
X
She
was
on
the
appropriation
committee
and
before
that
she
was
on
the
rules
committee
and
you
would
think
when
they
came
back
and
they
said
it
died
in
committee
after
four
months,
and
you
got
to
understand
that
come
march
9th,
that's
considered
the
cut-off
date.
Why
would
you
if
the
session
started
january
11th
and
you
guys
were
hellbent
and
making
sure
that
we
would
have
preventative
maintenance?
Would
it
take
two
more
months
before
they
do
it
and
it
died?
Okay,
so
that
was
half-hearted.
X
B
B
X
Be
talking
about
that
in
the
future
mayor
henderson,
because,
honestly,
when
you
fill
out
that
doggone
form
it,
it
tells
you
that,
basically,
you
know
in
the
past,
even
theresa
gave
us
10
minutes
yeah.
B
And-
and
we
will,
we
will
address
some
of
those
items,
mr
olsen
too,
at
the
end
of
the
public
agenda,
we'll
we'll
get
deputy
city
manager,
pam
hodge,
because
there's
a
lot
of
allegations
in
there
that
are
just
not
quite
accurate.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
the
public
gets
the
correct
information.
B
We
will
we'll
call
up
ms
teresa
element,
ms
element,
once
you
state
your
name
and
your
address.
We'll
start
the.
Y
Y
Oh,
you
have
a
little
time
in
there.
That's
great
it's
good
to
be
back
theresa
element,
3911
steam
mill
road.
What
miss
glisten
is
passing
out
is
information
about
the
project
that
the
southern
anti-racism
network
has
engaged
as
part
of
the
crime
prevention.
Y
Y
What
you
have
is
a
chronology,
and
this
was
if
you
could
hold
off
on
the
women's
international
league
of
peace
and
freedom
thing
and
focus
in
on
the
housing
authority
document,
because
attached
to
the
housing
authority
document
are
all
those
great
programs
and
events
that
trisha
coleman
vice
president
of
education
programs
at
goodwill
of
the
southern
rivers.
She
puts
that
together
and
she
and
our
apartments
are
actually
we
have
a
zoom
meeting
at
11..
Y
Y
Well,
it
is
okay,
one
three,
five,
seven,
nine
and
the
mayor's
office
2022.
No
one
should
run
unopposed.
You
have
the
information
and
you
have
the
mou
now.
The
second
topic
is
about
the
u.s
marshals,
wilding
at
my
apartment,
complex.
Unfortunately,
my
good
friend
john
house
deserted
me.
I
hope
we
can
get
back
together
at
some
point
you
willing
to
work
on
it:
okay.
Y
Well,
I
called
congressman
bishop's
office
yesterday
and
told
them
about
the
u.s
marshals
they're,
going
to
help
me
file
my
complaint
with
the
doj.
It
wasn't
about
the
arrests.
It
was
about
how
they
treated
me,
threatening
to
tow
my
car.
They
were
just
all
off
the
subject,
while
they
at
cross
creek
apartments
on
july
7,
they
got
to
be
disciplined
for
what
they
did
and
the
last
item
that
you
have
the
brochure
that
miss
woodson
was
looking
at
the
women's
international
league
for
peace
and
freedom.
It's
a
106
year
old
organization.
Y
Y
Now,
because
in
march
we
formed
the
fanny
lou
hamer
branch
of
the
women's
international
league
for
peace
and
freedom,
and
hopefully
you
all
know
who
fanny
lou
hamer
was.
She
was
a
member
of
the
women's
international
league
for
peace
and
freedom
and
they
treated
her
real
bad.
So
that's
why
we
named
the
branch
here
after
her
roy
bourgeois
is
an
honorary
member.
I
asked
carolyn
hugo
to
join.
She
told
me
she
would
and
then
she
reneged.
Y
B
All
right
we'll
move
on
to
the
city
manager's
agenda
and
I
think,
at
the
request
of
council
crabbe,
we
are
going
to
pull
up
mr
crittel's.
B
Agenda
that'll
be
fine,
yes,.
B
M
Okay
items,
one
two
and
three
on
the
city:
manager's
agenda
is
a
declaration
of
taking
resolution
regarding
the
spiderweb
project
on
three
parcels
motion.
B
B
K
B
B
B
M
Okay,
yes,
item
one
is
parcel
28,
which
is
3100,
bueno,
vista,
road,
the
kentucky
fried
chicken
location
and,
of
course,
the
reason
for
this
repeal
of
the
existing
resolution
is
doing
an
updated
appraisal
where
that
amount
that
is
compensated
to
them,
went
from
five
hundred
and
forty
six
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
to
six
hundred
and
seventy
six
dollars
and
five
hundred
dollars.
M
Item
two
is
parcel:
40,
600,
624
andrews
road
again
same
reason
that
compensation
value
went
from
11
900,
and
this
is
for
the
extreme,
auto
care
located
next
door
to
the
kentucky
fried
chicken
and
that
value
went
to
fifteen
thousand
three
hundred
and
fifty
dollars.
M
Item
three
is
parcel
41,
which
is
650
andrews
road
and
that
compensation
value
went
from
263
700
to
162
thousand
seven
hundred
dollars,
which
is
a
net
overall
increase
of
all
three
parcels
of
thirty
two
thousand
four
hundred
and
fifty
dollars.
M
The
overall
increase
was
32
450
from
where
it
was
to
where
it
is
now
item
four
is
an
environmental
services
agreement,
which
is
a
second
amendment
to
the
existing
agreement,
with
columbus
power
producers
for
landfill
gas
collection
and,
of
course
again.
This
is
just
a
second
amendment
where
we
are
now
have
a
there's,
a
new
third-party
user,
that
the
columbus
power
producers
have
contracted
with
for
the
extraction
of
gas
at
our
landfill
and,
of
course,
what
we
do,
of
course,
is
receive
a
portion
of
those
funds.
D
M
Okay
item
five
is
the
fy
22
public
defender
contract,
and
this
is
an
agreement
between
the
circuit
public
defender's
office
and
the
for
the
chattahood
judicial
circ
judicial
circuit
for
the
indigent
defense
services
and
the
public
defender
provides.
So
this
service
provides
for
public
defenders,
personnel
in
the
superior
juvenile
and
recorders
courts.
M
D
And
it's
motioned
by
council
tucker
second
by
councillor
house,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
and
it
passes.
Okay.
M
D
M
This
is
a
one-time
grant
with
no
local
match
and
it's
to
outfit
a
k-9
response.
Vehicle
item
number
eight
we're
pulling
that
item,
which
is
the
donation
requests
with
columbus
police
department.
We'll
come
back
with
that
item
number
nine
is
the
u.s
department
of
justice,
fy
21
er
burn
memorial
justice
assistance
grant,
and
this
is
of
course,
with
no
local
match,
and
this
grant
is
for
one
hundred
and
four
thousand
seven
thirty
one.
B
Hearing
none
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Okay,.
M
On
item
10
we'd
like
to
bring
up
at
this
time,
becca
sajak
is
here
and
she's
with
the
of
course,
dragon
fly,
and
we
do
have
the
update
on
this,
and
I
think
this
would
be
an
appropriate
time
for
her
to
come
and
pam
will
introduce
this.
K
Z
In
this
location,
today
we
have
becca
sajak
who's,
the
director
and
ceo
of
the
dragonfly
trail
network.
AA
All
right,
let
me
make
sure
I
know
how
to
use
this
okay.
So,
as
pam
mentioned,
dragonfly
trails
comes
to
you
guys,
periodically
at
least
once
annually,
to
give
you
an
update
on
any
of
the
trails
that
we're
working
on
and
we're
really
pleased
right.
Now
we
have
one
under
construction,
which
is
the
riverwalk
to
mlk
junior
trail.
The
construction
is
going
really
well.
AA
We've
been
working
on
two
other
sections
of
our
network
and
we're
going
to
show
you
those
today
and
talk
through
them
a
little
bit
the
these
two
next
sections
that
we're
showing
you
are
probably
the
two
that
have
been
asked
about
the
most
by
the
public.
So
we're
really
pleased
that
we
are
in
the
design.
Some
of
them
are
preconceptual.
Some
are
actually
fully
designed
to
show
you
today.
AA
AA
We
we
needed
to
get
the
funding
in
place
in
order
to
bring
it
to
you
guys.
So
this
is
the
connection
from
the
north
terminus
of
the
riverwalk,
if
you're
familiar
with
that
section,
basically
just
south
of
lake,
oliver,
the
the
trail
sort
of
ends,
and
then
you
go
on
this
utility
road
and
then
you're
at
river
road.
And
then
how
do
you
access
north
columbus?
AA
The
city
did
a
great
job
with
gdot
to
get
the
river
road
roundabout
in
there
when
they
put
that
roundabout
in
they
actually
programmed
it
in
a
way
that
it's
ready
for
a
trail
to
be
connected
and
that's
what
we
want
to
do.
So.
AA
This
section
is
pretty
short,
it's
just
over
half
mile
and
it
would
connect
from
the
northern
terminus
of
the
riverwalk
to
the
river
road
and
bradley
drive
roundabout
and,
of
course,
why
this
is
important
is
because
it
connects
all
of
the
residents
in
north
columbus
to
the
mill
district
to
uptown
to
fort
benning.
Now
they
can
go
east
to
midtown
to
the
martin
luther
king
jr
trail
as
well.
AA
The
the
image
on
the
right
is
the
actual
trail
so,
like
I
said
that
that
kind
of
bright,
green
at
the
bottom
is
where
the
existing
riverwalk
ends
and
then,
where
you
see
the
dotted
lines
is
what
we'll
go
through
next.
AA
So
this
is
green
island
drive,
there's
about
five
houses
on
this
particular
street.
We
are
proposing
to
do
sharrows,
which
means
this
will
get
you
from
the
river
road
roundabout
through
this
street.
We'll
just
share
the
lane
again,
not
a
lot
of
vehicular
traffic,
so
we
feel
really
comfortable
with
sharrows
on
this
and
we
don't
need
a
dedicated
trail.
It's
also
a
cost
saving
mechanism.
AA
AA
The
decision
was
that
it
is
a
safer,
better
option
to
put
a
bridge
in,
so
we
are
proposing
something
that
will
look
like
this.
It
will
keep
all
of
the
pedestrians
and
cycling
traffic
off
of
river
road,
but
it
will
still
create
this
beautiful,
easy
to
access
connection
from
north
columbus
to
the
riverwalk.
AA
That
I'm
gonna
go
back,
so
this
connection
for
river
road
is
basically
fully
engineered.
It's
it's
ready
to
go
we'll
need
to
to
do
a
bid
process.
We
obviously
would
love
feedback
from
you
guys
again
this.
I
think
we
first
proposed
this
back
in
2017,
so
we've
heard
feedback
the
last
four
years
over
it,
but
we
feel
like
we
have
the
funding
in
place
and
we're
ready
to
move
forward
on
this
one
pretty
soon.
AA
The
next
connection,
that
is
very
much
still
a
discussion.
We
are
continuing
to
gather
feedback,
is
the
midtown
connector.
So
I
think,
do
you
have
a
pointer
on
this?
AA
AA
Okay-
maybe
I
shouldn't
have
done
this
so
okay
hold
on
I'm
gonna,
clear.
K
AA
Okay,
you
know
I
might
be
able
to
just
do
this
yeah.
Let
me
just
go
here
so
and
then
can
I
get
this
screen
off
this
drawing
screen
or
I'll
just
leave
it.
If
you
guys
are
good
with
that.
AA
Leave
it
so
there's
there's
three
section
of
of
the
midtown
connector:
each
of
these
segments
is
in
sort
of
a
different
stage
of
planning,
so
the
first
one
is
segment
one
it's
0.9
miles.
This
is
basically
starting
where
the
current
trail,
that
is
under
construction.
If
you'll
recall
it
ends
at
winton,
road
and
10th
avenue
right
by
joey's
thrift
mall.
So
this
first
segment
is
90
engineered.
We
have
met
with
the
housing
authority,
columbus
museum
parks
and
rec
trees,
columbus
and
we've
really
worked
through
this
design.
AA
We
were,
we
actually
up
until
about
six
months
ago,
had
a
different
way.
We
were
going
to
go
through
this.
We
were
going
to
go
down
warren
williams
and
this
section
is
actually
going
behind
behind
the
columbus
museum
on
bradley
drive.
We
thought
this
is
a
better
option
because
now
we're
creating
not
only
a
destination
for
trail
users
with
the
columbus
museum,
but
we're
also
connecting
the
housing
authority.
The
housing
authority
was
so
ecstatic
about
this
change.
They
are
actually
funding
a
section
of
this
trail.
AA
I
think
I
have
a
closer
view
of
this
yeah.
So,
as
you
can
see,
it
goes
behind
bradley
drive,
hugs
warren
williams
and
goes
through
dinglewood
park.
The
next
section
is
the
lake
bottom
park
connector.
So
this
one
is
going
to
take
first
off.
Lake
bottom
is
the
crown
jewel
of
our
city.
People
have
a
lot
of
ownership
to
this
part
as
if
you
have
been
following
what
trees
columbus
has
been
doing
with
their
survey.
AA
They
have
gotten
thousands
of
responses
which
is
way
more
than
they
expected
so
we're
working
closely
with
dorothy
and
holly
to
make
sure
that
what
their
survey
results
say
align
with
what
we
want
to
do
for
this
trail.
So
this
trail
is
very
much
pre-conceptual.
We've
actually
looked
at
about
10
different
ways
to
get
through
here.
We
feel
this
is
a
great
option
that
we
have
currently.
So
what
it
would
do
is
on
the
west
side
of
the
park.
AA
Basically,
we
would
leave
the
m10
gravel
path
alone
and
create
it's
not
quite
parallel,
as
you
can
see,
but
it's
it's
pretty
close
in
the
beginning
and
then
it
it
moves
around
the
baseball
fields
and
behind
them
behind
them.
The
reason
why
we
are
leaning
towards
doing
a
second
path
is
because
right
now,
lake
bottom
is
used
for
running
and
walking
and
strollers
cyclists
do
not
use
this.
AA
Do
not
use
this
part
of
lake
bottom,
because
it's
gravel,
we
looked
at
putting
in
concrete
where
the
gravel
was
that
was
not
favorable.
People
really
love
the
gravel.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
we
we
keep
that,
as
is,
but
also
provide
a
connection
with
a
concrete
trail
from
what
is
through
lake
bottom,
into
the
fall
line
trace.
AA
So
we'll
continue
to
explore
this
segment
when
we
get
the
survey
results
from
trees,
columbus,
we'll
continue
to
meet
with
midtown
inc
and
parks
and
rec,
and
we're
actually
going
to
go
in
the
park
and
set
up
sort
of
a
display
and
get
more
feedback
from
trail
users
on
what
they
want.
Just
from
an
engineering
perspective.
This
is
the
the
best
least
obtrusive
way
to
get
through
the
park
we
protect
as
many
trees
as
possible.
We
protect
the
green
space.
AA
We
protect
the
amenities,
so
this
is
a
proposed
route
right
now,
but
it
could
very
much
change
and
then
this
is
just
the
north
side.
This
is
pretty
straight
forward.
We
would
just
hug
the
track
and
tennis
courts
and
get
us
to
cherokee
and
gerard
the
section
that
we
are
applying
for
the
tap
application
is
shown
here.
AA
So,
as
pam
mentioned
we
in
order
to
apply
for
funding,
we
have
to
have
some
sort
of
proposed
route.
There
is
a
lot
of
time
to
just
to
determine
what
this
route
looks
like.
So
this
particular
section
segment
3
is
the
least
developed.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
getting
more
public
input.
AA
We
need
to
look
at
the
road
conditions
a
little
bit
more,
but
in
order
to
actually
make
the
application
we
have
to
have
some
some
showing
of
the
trail,
and
so
this
is
the
last
segment
that
would
get
us
to
the
fall
line,
trace
becca.
J
AA
Yeah
that
that's
a
great
question
this
is
this
is
absolutely
completely
separate
from
13th
street.
So
one
of
the
a
lot
of
the
feedback
we
get
is
people
who
live
in
midtown
or
live
in
uptown
or
work,
and
those
want
to
be
able
to
go
back
and
forth
safely.
13Th
street
really
isn't
an
option
at
this
point,
and
that
is
what
this
trail
is
proposing
to
provide
is
a
really
safe,
protected
way.
It's
off
of
13th
street,
it
kind
of
snakes
around
so
and
goes
so.
AA
AA
Things
like
that,
so
that's
already
started
yep.
It
started
on
the
beginning
of
june
and
I
would
encourage
anybody
just
drive
by
the
it
looks
amazing,
it's
and
they're
moving
really
quickly,
they're
doing
a
great
job.
So.
AA
I'm
going
to
defer
that
to
pam.
I
believe
there
is
a
gdot
project
happening.
J
Z
Yes,
so
13th
street
is
part
of
the
spurred
22
resurfacing.
That
g-dot
is
they
anticipate
letting
in
september
they're
doing
the
the
second
phase
of
that
which
was
rhys
road.
All
the
way
out
to
beaver
run
first
phase
should
be
let
in
september
and
council
has
already
approved
the
restriping.
That
would
make
the
changes
to
13th
street,
and
so
there
will
be
some
adjustments
made
to
13th
street
based
on
that
prior
plan.
That
was
done
and.
J
AA
And-
and
let
me
just
mention
this
before-
I
forget
one
of
the
constraints
of
the
dragonfly
trails
being
able
to
create
all
the
connections
you
see
here,
so
everything
in
the
dotted
line.
Oops,
sorry,
okay,
everything
in
this
map
on
the
right
that
you
see,
that
is
a
solid
yellow
line,
is
existing
or
under
construction.
Anything
that
is
dotted
or
strike
is
proposed.
One
of
the
challenges
for
our
organization
is
to
get
enough
funding
to
continue
to
work
towards
creating
this
network.
AA
The
tap
application
is
a
is
a
federal
funding
option
for
us
to
get
our
trails
done
quicker
as
they've.
Really,
if
you
talk
to
the
public
they're
one
of
the
things
that
people
love
the
most
especially
after
covet,
so
dragonfly
trails
is
working
with
the
city
to
find
as
many
funding
options
so
we're
not
just
relying
on
the
city
or
our
private
donations,
we're
searching
for
grants
and
other
federal
funding
options.
Becca.
D
AA
So
I
don't
want
to
say
for
sure
we
know
we
need
to
connect
from
the
northern
terminus
of
lake
bottom
park,
which
is
where
those
green
stripes
are
to
the
red
line
which
is
fall
line
trace.
We
are,
we
have
been
and
will
continue
to
explore
the
most
feasible
option
to
connect
there.
I
assume
I
I
do
believe
we'll
go
through
cherokee
avenue
at
some
point.
This
route
that
you
see
in
front
of
you
today
is
not
final.
AA
We
still
want
to
meet
with
the
country
club.
We
still
want
to
meet
with
some
of
the
neighbors
and
figure
out
what
is
the
best
way
bet
best
being
safest,
most
cost
effective.
All
of
those
different
things
to
make
the
trail
correct.
So,
in
order
to
apply
for
or
in
order
to
put
an
application
in
for
tap
funding,
we
have
to
have
a
route,
so
we
know
we
want
to
get
from
the
north
terminus
of
lake
bottom
to
fall
line
trace.
D
AA
So
I
think,
from
what
we've
heard,
let
me
go
back.
One
of
the
benefits
of
trails
is
that
you
want
to
have
these
north
south
east
west
connectors,
where
things
cross,
so
you
can
navigate
through
different
trails
and
and
the
lake
bottom
connector
would
allow
you
to
to
travel
from
the
fall
line
trace
to
martin
luther
king
jr
trail
and
to
and
to
the
riverwalk,
and
so
you
don't
want
to
just
it's
not
an
ideal
situation
to
just
end
a
trail.
You
want
to
make
sure
you're
connecting
those
neighborhoods
and
or
amenities.
AA
That's
that's
between
north,
the
north
part
of
the
lake
bottom
and
fall
line.
Trace
like
you.
Don't
you
want
to
make
sure
they
have
a
destination
to
go
to
does
that
makes
am?
I
am.
I
answering
your
question
like
yeah.
AA
D
O
AA
Yeah
and
if
and
if
you
have
any
feedback
about
how
what
you
would
propose,
we're
happy
to
look
into
that
and
meet
with
you
and
look
at
those
options.
Yes,
it's.
We
know
that
this
connection
is
very
important
to
a
lot
of
the
citizens
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we
we
do
it
right,
which
will
take
a
lot
of
research
and
a
lot
of
conversations.
B
We
got
one
more
question
here:
counselor
crab.
J
J
AA
Busy
yeah
and
that's
that's,
we've
explored
and
we
will
continue
to
explore
how
we
can
get
into
the
neighborhood
to
keep
you
know.
Obviously,
the
trails
are
separate
from
the
road,
but
yeah
it's
a
much
lovelier
commute
if
somebody
isn't
going
through
a
neighborhood,
but
there's
got
to
be
sufficient.
You
know
right
away
to
be
able
to
do
that
as
well.
Okay,
but
yeah.
I
think
all
of
all
of
these
points
are
really
good.
It's
that's
why
it's
so
important
that
we
get
as
much
feedback
as
possible
when
designing
these
trails.
AA
AA
Please
do
there's
a
lot
of
questions
about
how
you
would
like
to
see
a
trail
through
lake
bottom
that
we're
going
to
use
when
we
as
we
design
that
trail
we'll
continue
to
meet
with
midtown
their
board,
the
neighborhood
associations,
local
businesses,
property
owners
and
host
public
meetings,
like
I
said
in
lake
bottom,
to
continue
to
get
feedback
to
make
sure
that
these
trails
are
made
for
everybody
in
our
community
and
we're
designing
them
in
a
way
that
people
will
actually
use
them
and
feel
safe
and
comfortable.
Doing.
B
K
Thank
you
very
much
becca.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation.
It's
always
good
to
see
you
and
give
us
some
updates
on
the
outside
stuff
that
you're
doing
in
our
community.
I
had
a
question
for
you
on
the
dragon
trail.
Is
it
just
we're
talking
just
about
the
pathway
on
lake
bottom
or
is
at
the
lake
bottom?
Is
that
going
to
include
like
lighting
or
anything
like
that
or
just
the
trail
itself
is
park
and
rank
gonna
be
or
keep
columbus?
K
I'm
trying
to
get
an
idea
of
what's
your
role,
key
columbus
trees
and
the
cities
portion
in
lake.
AA
Bottom,
that's
a
really
good
question.
I
think
so
many
different
organizations
have
affinity
to
and
field
ownership
of
lake
bottom,
and
so
we
are
all
collaborating
together
to
make
sure
whatever
projects
we're
all
working
on
that
they
are
collaborative
and
they
are
ultimately
what
the
citizens
want.
So
dragonfly
trails
is
pretty
focused
on
the
actual
trail
trees.
Columbus
is
really
looking
at
the
tree
canopy.
AA
I
think
parks
and
rec,
and
I
this
is
my
perspective
from
all
the
meetings
we've
had,
is
really
looking
at
a
holistic
view
of
the
park
and
how
people
use
it
and
the
activities
and
then
keep
columbus,
beautiful.
Of
course,
as
always
thinking
about
you
know,
environmental
aspects
of
the
park
so
because
there
are
so
many
organizations
that
have
an
invested
interest
in
it.
AA
I
think
that's,
why
we're
being
so
cautious
as
we
work
through
the
plans
and
making
sure
all
five
or
six
entities
have
to
be
on
the
same
page
and
have
to
agree
with
any
changes
or
improvements
to
the
park.
That
would
happen
so,
like
I
said,
midtown
parks
and
rec
trees,
columbus,
keep,
keep
columbus,
beautiful,
the
actual
citizens
of
columbus
and
the
midtown
neighborhoods.
We
are
working
together
to
make
sure
that
when
we
do
it,
we
do
it
right
and
everybody's
pleased
with
the
product.
K
On
the
and
the
survey
portion
I
pulled
it
up,
so
I'm
taking
it
now
would
all
of
the
entities
that
you
mentioned
will
look
at
this,
because
I
walk
lake
bottom
with
some.
Ladies,
sometimes
I
walk
it
with
my
dog
and
you
know
after
a
certain
time,
and
it
needs
lighting
and
it
needs
more
like
water
stations
to
cool
off,
because
georgia
gets
very
hot
and
some
of
it.
Some
of
the
trail
also
needs
to
be
like
resurfaced
with
a
little
bit
more
rocks
and
things.
K
AA
Yeah,
I
think
that's
the
the
best
part
of
that
survey
is
at
the
bottom
there's
going
to
be
at
least
from
when
I
remember
taking
it,
there's
comments
you
can
make
and
you
should
add
those
comments
and
then
trees,
columbus
will
get
the
results
and
it's
really
up
to
them,
how
they
distribute
those
and
share
those.
But
from
my
understanding
they
have
every
intention
to
share
those
with
the
stakeholders,
specifically
like
dragonfly
trails
or
parks
and
rec,
to
make
sure
that
again
we're
working
towards
a
vision,
that's
collaborative
and
it's
best
for
columbus.
AB
K
I
just
make
one
little
request
not
to
hurt
but
lisa.
In
reference
to
this
becca
just
reminded
me,
it
was
brought
to
my
attention
as
we're
doing
the
presentation
for
the
sponsor.
It's
brought
to
my
attention
that
at
rigged
in
part
had
a
couple
constituents
ask
me:
can
we
do
a
walking
trail
there?
That
would
connect
it
to
the
riverwalk,
because
lots
of
times
people
don't
even
realize
that
the
riverwalk
is
right
there.
They
just
go
down
the
hill
behind
if
they
go
behind
the
pool
and
they
go
down
the
hill.
K
They
end
up
at
the
riverwalk.
But
there
was
some
comments
made
from
watching
the
the
reports
and
becca.
You
just
reminded
me
of
the
fact
that
they
feel
they
should
be
like
a
walking
trail,
because
there
isn't,
if
you're,
going
to
walk-
and
I
walk
right
in
part
two
if
you
walk
right
in
park
you're
where
the
vehicles
are
unless
you're
at
the
baseball
fields.
So
just
want
you
to
take
a
little
note
of
that
that
that
was
something
that
somebody
you
know
brought
to
my
attention.
K
F
Davis,
miss
cj.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation.
It's
just
you
know
it's
amazing
what
you
can
do
with
a
little
connectivity
here
and
there
you
know,
with
these
trails
and
just
getting
people
out
of
their
neighborhoods
and
connecting
our
whole
city.
F
I
mean
I'm
I'm
thrilled
and
I
love
it,
but
a
little
bit
of
trivia
here
and
I
don't
think
a
lot
of
people
realize
this,
but
it
wasn't
brought
up
in
the
presentation
about
the
the
river
road
connector,
but
actually
in
it
you
know
if
you
go
back
and
look
at
the
master
plan
of
the
riverwalk.
F
Not
a
lot
of
people
know
that,
and
you
know
I'm
excited
about
that,
because
that
that
will
you
know
at
the
end
of
the
day
it
will
solidify
the
riverwalk
being
totally
completed,
and
lately
I've
been
seeing
a
lot
of
activity
in
that
area,
and
you
know
bikes,
they've
got
you
know
signs
and
stuff
down
there
and
it's
dangerous
people
getting
out
there
on
river
road,
but
it
seems
like
a
lot
of
people
are
starting
to
utilize
that
area
and
then,
of
course,
I
get
a
lot
of
complaints
down
where
people
have
to
go
and
kind
of
in
an
isolated
area.
F
AA
Good
work,
thank
you,
and
I
would
say
too
that
area
when
we
put
the
trail
in
will
there'll
be
a
beautification
aspect
to
it
with
landscaping
and
we'll
have
a
nice
bridge
and
it'll
just
make.
V
AA
Look
a
little
bit
more
welcoming
too,
as
well
when
you're
riding
or
running
through
there,
but
yeah
to
your
point.
People
drive
their
car
a
half
mile
to
get
from
you
know,
cascade
or
north
columbus
to
get
to
lake
oliver
to
get
on
the
riverwalk.
It's
it's
just
silly!
So
we're
going
to
make
it
better.
Z
So,
just
to
add
to
that
we'll
be
coming
back
to
council
on
july
27th
just
to
get
final
approval
from
council
on
that
river
road
connection,
so
that
we
can
move
that
one
forward.
So
I'll.
B
D
Thank
you
mayor.
I
would
we've
got
chief
blackman
and
deputy
chief
kennedy
here
and
I
would
like
to
call
up
item
from
the
purchases
on
the
city
manager's
agenda.
Item
d.
To
so
we
don't
hold
them
up
from
doing
the
valuable
work
that
they
do
for
our
community.
M
B
There's
a
motion
from
the
mayor
pro
tem
and
a
second
from
councillor
davis
to
approve
on
the
purchases
item
d,
the
desk
officer
reporting
system,
all
any
discussion
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
you
wanna
did
you
wanna
explain
at
least.
M
S
Good
morning,
mr
mayor
and
city
council
members
and
appreciate
the
support
that
you
offer
to
the
police
department,
this
will
be
the
first
stage
of
allowing
our
police
department
to
transition
to
a
different
approach
of
allowing
citizens
to
be
able
to
provide
some
self-reporting
on
some
of
the
incidents
that
they
have
to
occur
to
them.
Of
course,
it
would
be
incidents
where,
obviously
there's
no
one
in
custody.
S
It
would
be
an
incident
where
it
would
be
for
the
most
part
where
a
report
may
be
needed
for
insurance
purposes,
and
this
is
something
that
that
my
staff
and
I
excuse
me-
my
staff
and
I
have
noticed
trending
in
law
enforcement
agencies
of
similar
size
to
our
cities,
and
this
is
a
way
for
one
way
for
our
department
to
be
able
to
free
up
some
officers
to
be
able
to
respond
to
calls
for
service
instead
of
taking
report,
calls
that
could
be
made
by
citizens.
Self-Reporting.
M
And
this
is
a
at
a
cost
of
two
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
for
a
two
year
contract,
but
the
city
will
receive
five
dollars
on
each
report
that
is
provided
and
for
a
total
of
about
forty
four
thousand
dollars
in
annual
revenue.
S
S
U
S
B
H
Thank
you
counselor,
yes,
chief
and
assistant
chiefs.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here.
I
saw
this
in
san
francisco
in
2019
and
I
had
no
idea
what
I
was
looking
at
right.
My
brother
was
trying
to
explain
to
me
that
so
much
traffic
people
are
so
busy.
It
was
just
easier
to
implement
the
system,
so
they
could
go
ahead
and
take
care
of
their
business
and
move
along
exactly.
S
B
M
B
B
all
right
motion
from
mayor
pro
tem?
Second,
from
councilor
woodson,
any
questions
of
the
council
hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye
any
opposed,
but
we
need.
M
Again
in
item
12
item
12
is
the
district
child
health
program.
That
is
a
part
of
the
public
health.
They
currently
lease
39
25
square
feet
and
they're
looking
to
lease
an
additional
1071
square
feet:
okay
item
13
is
the
fy
22
community
development
block
grant
and
the
cdbg
coronavirus
round
three
home
program
and
the
fy21
home
investment
partnership
program
and
some
recommended
funding
opportunities
for
them,
and
the
director
rob
scott
is
going
to
come
and
just
talk
about
the
agencies
that
will
be
funded
through
these
dollars.
AC
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
here
today,
I'm
here
to
talk
about
fy22
hud
funding,
recommendations.
AC
During
my
discussion
today,
I'm
going
to
talk
about
how
the
funding
was
accessed,
what
the
sources
of
available
funding
are
and
what
the
actual
recommendations
are
so
to
access
the
funding.
The
cdbg
grant
applications
were
open
for
about
five
weeks
home
grant
applications
were
open
for
about
six
weeks
and
cdbg
cv3
grant
applications
were
open
for
about
two
weeks.
The
applications
were
reviewed
by
community
reinvestment
staff
as
well
as
community
development,
advisory
council
or
cdac
staff.
Members.
AC
Thank
you.
Okay.
The
sources
of
funding
that
were
considered
for
this
calendar
year
were
the
cdbg
entitlement
funds.
The
city's
fy
2022
cdbg
allocation
is
one
million
six
hundred
and
seventy
two
thousand
six
hundred
and
fifty
six
dollars
and
it
goes
to
serve
or
benefit
low
to
moderate
income,
households
or
persons
in
four
census
tracts.
AC
The
next
source
of
funding
that
was
considered
was
the
community
development
block,
grant
dash
coronavirus
round
three,
as
or
as
we
call
it.
Cdbg
cv3
the
city's
fy
22
cdbg
cv3
allocation
is
143.59.
AC
Excuse
me
hundred
and
forty
three
thousand
and
fifty
nine
dollars.
I
apologize.
The
city's
fy
22
home
allocation,
which
is
centrally
focused
around
affordable
housing,
is
986
139
dollars.
AC
AC
So
let's
talk
through
the
cdbg
funding
recommendations
for
fy22,
so
you
can
see.
There's,
there's
administration
fees,
boys
and
girls
club
mercy,
med
of
columbus,
let's
grow
steam,
homeless,
resource
network,
safe
house
ministries,
urban
league
of
greater
columbus.
AC
Of
course
we
have
admin,
then
we
supporting
boys
and
girls
club
of
the
chattahoochee
valley,
girls,
inc
of
columbus,
new
horizons,
behavioral
health.
AC
AC
AC
We
have
administration,
we
have
a
more
affordable
housing
development
funding
for
neighbor
works
of
columbus
in
both
choto
reserve,
as
well
as
just
regular
single
family
acquisition,
we're
pleased
to
announce
a
recommendation
for
true
spring
inc
for
affordable
housing
development
along
5th
and
6th
avenue.
It
will
be
rental,
housing
and
also
the
vasino
group
who
has
a
project
for
seniors
cottages
at
richton
park.
K
That's
one
where
you
have
affordable
housing
development
cottage
at
brighton
park.
Can
you
describe
that
a
little
bit
more.
AC
Yes,
this
is
a
ambitious
project
by
the
vasino
group.
The
vecino
group
has
done
a
lot
of
affordable
housing.
They've
done,
affordable
housing
in
south
of
atlanta
they've
done
housing
in
missouri,
and
so
this
originally
set
out
to
be
a
smaller
project,
but
with
increased
leveraging
and
funding
through
other
sources.
That
facino
has
acquired
we're
able
to
leverage
4,
400
000
to
almost
double
the
supply
of
the
original
offer.
B
B
O
M
Those
purchases
are
an
animal
controlled
truck
for
public
works
at
a
cost
of
65
375.
A
service
truck
for
public
works
at
a
cost
of
45
thousand
six.
Ninety
one
item
c
is
a
security,
locking
system
maintenance
services
for
mcp.
It's
an
annual
contract
at
a
cost
of
thirteen
thousand
six
hundred
dollars.
M
W
Good
morning,
good
morning,
counselors,
mr
mayor,
please,
good
morning,
I
wanted
to
take
a
couple
of
minutes
to
give
you
guys.
Information
is
what
I'm
here
to
provide,
and
I
hope
again.
I
hope
this
can
be
a
dialogue,
a
conversation
and
let
you
know
where
we
are
we're
making
progress
in
some
areas
in
some
areas.
We
are
not
and
that's
why
I'm
here,
to
tell
you
I've
gotten
a
lot
of
get
a
lot
of
text,
three
on
request,
etc.
W
So
I
want
to
kind
of
go
through
where
we
are
with
yard
waste
and
also
the
others
hey.
It
worked,
we're
still
behind
on
yard
waste
in
both
ways,
yard
waste
is
getting
better.
We've
gone
from
being
four
to
six
weeks
behind
for
to
now
about
one
to
one
and
a
half
weeks
behind
it
is
getting
better.
We
are
seeing
a
little
bit
of
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel
not
caught
up
yet
by
any
stretch
of
the
imagination,
but
we
are
getting
there.
W
W
W
I
was
19
short
because
I
had
12
that
are
not
here,
that
we
have
positions
open,
have
seven
call
outs,
so
19
short
puts
me
about
that's
about
a
third
30
31
32
percent
30
31
by
my
math
in
my
head
percent
of
drivers.
We
don't
have
so
what
we
do,
and
you
guys
know
this.
What
we
do
is
we
fill
up
household
garbage
first
recycling.
Second,
what's
left
over,
goes
to
yard
waste
and
what's
left
over
from
that,
goes
to
bulk
and
and
monday
bulk.
W
I
think
I
had
four
drivers
and
that
just
doesn't
cut
it
doesn't
make
a
dent
in
what
we
have.
That's
that's
the
problem
we're
seeing
around
the
city
right
now.
This
is
not
a
problem
of
identification,
not
a
problem
of
knowledge
or
knowing
or
effort.
We
still
have
drivers
the
drivers
they're
leaving
us
to
go
to
other
places
that
that
pay
more.
It's
just
a
pay
issue
at
this
point,
so.
M
W
Yes,
ma'am,
that's
correct,
because
household
garbage
is
first,
recycling
is
second.
What
we
have
left
goes
to
kind
of
the
yard
waste
and
then
what's
left
from
that,
if
it
happens,
is
bulk
and
a
lot
of
days
it's
just
it's
just
one,
two
or
three
four
drivers
left.
That's
all
we
have
am
waste,
I
said,
is
gaining
ground.
They've
done
well.
They've
had
the
same
problems.
We've
had
they're
not
immune
to
the
issues
we've
had,
but
they
did
start
as
scheduled.
On
june
21st
they've
figured
out,
they
they've
got
to
hire
additional
drivers.
W
They've
got,
we've
got
five
trucks.
Now
they've
got
six
drivers
because
they've
had
one
out
kind
of
on
a
rotating
basis.
That's
10
helpers
and
they've
now
got
12
hired,
so
they
they're
kind
of
have
the
same
situation.
We
are
as
far
as
as
folks.
They
pay
a
little
more
than
us,
because
they're
able
to
get
you
know,
get
the
folks.
They
need
they've
gone
through
the
learning
curve.
The
routes
have
been
tremendous,
as
you
can
imagine,
after
being
not
picked
up
for
four
weeks,
when
you
go
out
there,
the
volume
is
huge.
W
We've
averaged
90
tons
a
day,
I
believe
is
the
number
on
yard
waste
and
that's
a
that's
a
lot.
That
is
a
whole
bunch
of
yard
waste,
but
as
they
get
these
things,
if
they
run
through
the
routes,
the
first
time,
the
second
time
around
we
get
caught
up,
will
be
a
lot
lighter.
The
volume
be
a
lot
lighter
and
that's
the
expectation
they
are.
Currently,
I
told
you
before
they
were
going
to
run
four
days
a
week,
our
same
collection
days.
Well,
this
past
week
they
ran
six
and
they
run
five
days
a
week.
W
Every
day,
they've
been
here
and
six
days
a
week
when
they
have
to
just
because
it's
the
same
situation,
we've
got,
they
have
a
driver
out,
they
have
to
get
caught
up
and
they're.
A
very
conscientious
company
have
done
a
great
job
for
us,
but
they
are,
they
are
currently
run.
The
last
I
think,
the
last
two
weeks
they
ran
six
days
a
week
and
that's
the
situation
we're
in.
W
We
do
anticipate
getting
caught
up
on
yard
waste
by
the
end
of
august.
The
landfill
has
continued
to
be
open
for
no
fee
dumping
of
yard
waste
until
then,
and
if
we
have
to
extend
that,
we
will
we'll
take
a
look
at
that
at
that
time.
But
I
feel
pretty
confident
that
by
the
end
of
august,
we'll
get
caught
up
on
that
the
growing
season
kind
of
slows
down
a
little
bit
then,
and
we
are
continuing
to
gain
ground
every
day
on
the
on
the
yard
way.
D
I've
got
a
question.
Thank
you
mayor.
I've
got
a
question
regarding
the
landfill
opening.
Is
it
open
on
saturday
it.
W
Is
open
every
other
saturday
that
schedule
is
posted
on
enter
on
the
website?
I
don't
remember,
I
don't
remember
which
saturday
we're
on,
but
we
do
alternate
saturdays,
so
not
to
completely
wear
out
our
folks
out
there,
but
it's
every
other
saturday
now
until
the
end
of
august
and
it's
posted
on
the
city's
website
under
the
public
works
section.
Okay
and
you.
W
B
Counselor
crab
hang
on.
Let
me
get
to
you
there
we
go.
J
Thank
you.
Could
we
extend
this
no
charge
to
the
landfill
from
just
yard
waste
to
bulk
waste,
also,
and
maybe
encourage
citizens
to
take.
W
W
B
G
Okay,
counselor
house.
Thank
you
mayor.
That
was
the
same
thing.
What
I
the
recent
comments
I
got
were
about
that
there
are
people
that
have
trucks
to
be
happy
to
all
the
busted
mattress
out
there
gotcha.
If
they
can
do
it
not
get
charged
okay.
So
if
you
change
that
that
will
clean
up
some
of
it
any.
W
The
last
thing
I
want
to
talk
about
the
bulk
waste
issues
we
have-
I
don't
know
it's
it's
hard
to
gather
the
magnitude
of
the
problem
we
have
right
now.
In
the
month
of
june,
we
had
69
evictions
and
that
that
keeps
going
up
and
that
what
that
does
is
takes
a
crew
from
the
route
out
there
for
the
biggest
part
of
a
day,
cleaning
up
an
eviction.
So
it's
something
that
I
want
to
make
sure
we
continue
to
to
bring
forward
for
action
on
this,
because
it
is
a
continuing.
W
I
do
expect
that
number
to
go
up.
We
are
seeing
a
daily
kind
of
an
uptick
from
the
sheriff's
office.
We
get
that
list
from
them
every
day
but
69
in
june.
It's
that's
a
difficult
number
to
manage
with
the
few
trucks
we
have
on
the
road
picking
up
bulk
because
they
end
up
diverting
over
and
it's
kind
of
like
playing
whack-a-mole.
W
We
just
go
from
one
side
of
the
town
to
the
other
and
we
do
more
driving
than
we
do
collecting,
because
a
lot
of
times
the
stuff
ends
up
on
the
streets
and
on
the
roads,
and
we
have
to
get
it
off.
We
can't
we
just
can't
leave
it
where
it
is
so
that
and
then
creates
problems
with.
When
you
leave
a
route
and
the
citizen
looks
at
you
and
say
you
know
where
y'all
going,
I
actually
had
them
chasing
the
trucks
down
the
street
and
that's
that's
not
a
good
situation
either.
W
B
Yes,
there
are
a
few
more
councilor
tucker.
AD
AD
I
saw
another
one,
yes
ma'am,
so
I'm
I
think
I
think
we
need
to
to
really
address
coming
up
with
the
eviction
process.
AD
When
we
met
we
discussed
getting
our
guests
was
it
with
with
think
it
was
who
yes,
columbus
board
of
realtors,
and
in
order
for
us
to
be
more
proactive,
you
know
get
ahead
of
when
the
eviction
process
actually
happens,
because
the
sheriff
department
or
well
either
the
clerk
municipal,
kirk,
clerk
or
superior,
would
get
that
information,
and
we
can
kind
of
get
with
you
to
get
these
things
taken
care
of
prior
to
them,
putting
it
out
on
the
street
and
it
just
stand
out
there
for
for
weeks
and
then
becoming
a
problem.
AD
B
And
I
think
I
think,
subsequent
to
that
conversation
that
you
and
councillor
crabb
had
we
did
have
a
meeting
with
the
sheriff
and
brought
all
the
parties
in
here
and
we've
got
city
attorneys
working
on
the
legalities
of
requiring
certain
things
of
those
folks.
We've
got
a
list
of
people
that
typically
work
in
the
markets
that
you're
referring
to
and
we're
gonna.
B
If
we've
talked
to
the
city
manager
when
he
gets
back,
he's
gonna
pull
together
a
meeting
with
those
con
those
individuals
and
talk
about
the
items
that
council
crab
was
bringing
up
actually
a
couple
of
different
options.
One
is
you
know
a
pod
and
the
other
is
just
have
them
have
a
truck
out
there,
but
we're
working
on
the
to
make
sure
it
fits
with,
what's
required
from
georgia
law
with
regards
to
giving
them
access
to
their
success.
B
Some
of
that
state
law,
but
but
we
can,
but
we
can
comply
with
it.
We
we
will
give
you
an
update
after
that
meeting,
because
they're
going
to
try
to
get
those
those
landlords
together
and
kind
of
for
forewarn,
but
also
ask
them
to
help
give
some
input
as
to
which
is
the
best
way
for
their
business
model.
That
still
allows
us
to
keep
the
neighborhoods
clean
and
not
putting
over
an
undue
burden
on
our
folks.
AD
I
know
and
and
also
the
way
that
you
did,
the
evictions
you
put
69
in
june.
Is
it
possible
for
you
to
do
something
similar
in
reference
to
the
tickets
that
you
get
for
for
waste?
You
know
from
the
community
in
reference
to
how
many
tickets
that
you
get
on
a
monthly
basis
or
each
council
meeting
and
then
how
many
you
all
have
closed,
because
that
will
help
us
and
if
it
can
be
broken
down
by
by
district,
that
will
help
us
be
able
to
convey
that
message
to
our.
AD
You
know,
residents
that
we're
making
progress,
because
right
now
only
thing
they
they're
saying,
is
they're
putting
tickets
in
and
we're
not
doing
the
work
so
sometimes
and
I'm
information
technology.
So
I'm
all
about
trouble
tickets
and
when
you
see
open
and
closed-
and
I
can
tell
you
how
many
I've
opened
and
how
many
I've
closed
to
say
when
I
have
to
go
to
the
the
general
and
present
this
information,
we
need
to
show
the
citizens
that
we're
opening
tickets
and
closing
tickets.
W
K
I
just
want
to
pick
you
back
on
that
that
that
information
will
be
really
good
if
it's
on
the
website,
because
people
can
then
go
into
the
website
and
see
you
know.
Okay,
I
put
a
work
order
on
some
I
put
in
a
ticket
on
some
day.
It's
open
and
it's
closed
because
sending
us
the
message
all
the
time
we
might
not
be
able
to
convert
it,
but
if
the
custom,
if
the
citizens
go
out
there,
they
can
look
at
and
say:
okay,
my
request
is
still
in
progress.
K
Okay,
my
request
has
been
completed,
just
something
to
think
about
not
saying
that's
what
you
have
to
do,
because
you've
got
to
go
back
and
figure
out
what
will
work.
W
B
M
But
citizens
can
currently
do
that
right
now,
through
q
alert
through
our
q
alert
system,
they
will
tell
them
exactly
when
that
work
order
was
open.
What
the
progress
is
of
that
when
it's
closed
and,
of
course,
the
columbus
311
app
can.
K
We
do
a
little
commercial
then
on
our
access
channel
to
remind
people
of
that,
so
they
know
where
to
go.
And
absolutely
yes,
okay
and
oh,
I
wanted
to
ask
you
was:
can
you
describe
what
buck
waste
is
because
I
know
that
people
put
out
things
out
there,
thinking
that
the
city
will
pick
them
up,
but
the
city
does
not
pick
it
up.
W
And
there's
a
pretty
extensive
list
on
the
website,
but
basically
it
breaks
down
into
two
categories:
it's
green
waste,
green
bulk
and
non-green
bulk
green
bulk
is
pretty
self-explanatory
limbs
and
things
like
that.
Non-Green
bulk
would
be
mattresses
or
white
goods
or
things
like
that
are
picked
up.
We
don't
pick
up
construction
debris
and
that
is
probably
the
biggest
misconception.
We
get
a
lot
of
mixed
loads
of
things.
W
That
one
of
my
managers
described
to
me
best
anything
that's
permanently
attached
to
your
house,
flooring,
carpet,
walls,
drywall
two
by
fours
those
things-
that's
considered
construction
debris
and
we
do
not
pick
up
construction
debris.
That's
the
responsibility
of
the
contractor
or
the
homeowner
to
get
that
haul
to
a
landfill.
They
can
haul
to
the
c
d
landfield.
We
just
don't
pick
that
up.
W
So
that's
the
the
best
I
can
do
is
describing
that
and
we
do
get
a
lot
of
stuff
mixed
together
and
that
just
creates
additional
work
and
problems
as
far
as
separating
it
out,
because
we
we
do
try
to
minimize
what
goes
in
landfill.
For
instance,
all
the
green
bulk
that
we
talked
about,
gets
chipped
and
mulched
and
is
going
in
our
compost
area,
which
is
going
to
save
us.
Air
space
in
landfill
extend
the
life
of
our
landfill.
We
are
constantly
doing
things
to
try
to
extend
that
life
of
the
landfill.
W
K
M
You
and
then,
of
course,
the
tree
for
feed.
We
do
not
pick
that
up
and
that,
of
course
our
is
the
when
a
tree
has
been
cut
down
and
it's
kind
of
beyond
the
four
foot
sections
and
where
a
private
company
has
come
in.
We
do
not
pick
that
up,
they
will
put
it
out,
they'll
come
in
and
we'll
spray
the
orange
spray.
Let
them
know
that
you
know
this
is
not
gonna
be
picked
up,
and
so
they
would
have
to
call
us
and
then
they
charge
per
ton
of
what
we
pick
up.
K
So
we
can
do
something
to
kind
of
like
educate
the
community
or
give
them
a
reminder,
because
some
people
are
doing
self-constructions
themselves.
You
know
they're
not
hiring
people,
because
it's
too
expensive
and
with
youtube
now
youtube.
You
can
learn
to
do
anything.
I
patched
a
hole
by
myself
with
a
youtube.
I
was
so
impressed,
so
I
just
would
like
for
us
to
go
ahead,
so
you.
V
H
Director
cradle,
thank
you
so
very
much
for
all
you
do.
Thank
you,
my
constituents
say
thank
you
and
you
know
which
ones.
H
Yes,
it's
good
to
hear
the
updates
and
everything,
because
I
have
a
a
constituent
or
two
that
actually
get
in
their
cars
and
they
drive
around
to
all
the
different
communities
trying
to
figure
out
which
one
you're
picking
up
the
fastest.
H
So
I
told
them
that
wasn't
fair,
so
please
just
report
it
and
give
it
time
because
we
were
behind
and
you
know,
lack
of
drivers
and
things
of
that
nature.
Has
there
been
any
updates
on
being
able
to
install
the
cameras
and
some
of
the
heavily
dumping
areas.
So
we
could
lessen
the
repeat,
dumping
and
lessen
the
load
on
you
trying
to
go
back
and
pick
up
at
the
same
place
twice
in
four
weeks.
M
We
have
we
have
a
meeting
as
a
matter
of
fact
that
is
scheduled
to
talk
about
that.
Of
course,
the
funding
and
all
of
that
we're
going
to
be
meeting
with
not
only
public
works,
but
the
police
chief,
because
they
both
are
going
to
be
doing
the
same
thing
or
looking
to
do
the
same
thing,
and
so
we
will
have
that
meeting
and
we'll
certainly
provide
you.
An
update
of
that.
M
O
H
What
are
the
requirements
for
the
new
drivers
that
you're
trying
to
hire
cdl.
B
J
Thank
you,
counselor
tucker,
maybe
a
baby
step
towards
the
eviction
process.
I've
started
implementing
this
last
month.
I
had
two
move
outs.
J
AD
Say
one
last
thing:
in
reference
to
the
3-1-1
software:
in
some
of
the
other
cities
they
have
a
software
called
c-click
fix,
c-s-e-e
click,
c-l-I-c-k
fix
f-I-x
and
what
this
software
does
is
it
actually
show
you
the
ticket
on
the
the
left-hand
side
of
the
screen
and
then
you'll
have
a
map
that
shows
the
areas
where
the
tickets
are
that
the
citizens
have
requested
tickets
and
it
it'll
help
with
tracking
and
I'm
I'm
big,
and
I
know
you
know
we're
talking
about
budgets
and
stuff
like
that,
but
I'm
wondering
if
there's
a
platform
in
3-1-1
that
will
be
able
to
do
this
and
we
just
gotta
it's
just
a
matter
of
turning
it
on.
AD
M
And
again,
q
alert
could
provide
just
that,
and
so
it
may
be
that
be
good
if
we
just
come
and
share
with
you
just
how
q
alert
works
so
that
you
can
see
all
of
the
the
benefits
and
the
things
that
citizens
can
see.
M
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
report.
Okay,
next
update
is
with
our
fire
chief
sal
skarpa
who's,
going
to
give
a
fire
ems.
V
V
That
says,
if
a
department
is
expected
to
exceed
their
budgeted
allocations,
they
must
come
before
this
council
and
request
additional
appropriations,
and
so
that's
why
we're
here
today
the
chief
is
here
today
with
me
to
request
of
the
council
additional
budget
appropriations
for
the
fy
21
budget
and
the
amount
of
430
000.
V
There
were
some
out
of
the
ordinary
overtime
expenditures
in
fy
21
that
were
related
to
so
I'm
related
to
covet,
obviously
and
then
just
being
short
staffed
in
terms
of
the
number
of
vacancies
in
the
department.
I've
had
conversations
with
the
chief
they've
hired
several
people
within
the
recent
weeks,
and
so
we
don't
anticipate
that
overtime
would
be
an
issue
going
into
fy
22..
V
Also,
the
auto
parts
and
supplies
line
item
was
significantly
more
than
it
typically
is.
I
know
there
were
some
changes
in
terms
of
the
maintenance
and
upkeep
of
their
vehicles
going
out
to
service
just
due
to
the
lack
of
mechanics
and
our
fleet
maintenance
division
with
puppet
works,
having
trouble
keeping
those
mechanics
here.
V
From
the
fire
and
ems
department
again
pursuant
to
ordinance
13-39
and
the
request
is
430
000,
and
I
anticipate
just
due
to
the
savings
that
we've
seen
in
other
departments
that
this
will
be
absorbed.
As
we
finalize
the
fy
21
budget.
B
B
A
very
dangerous
situation
for
for
the
firefighters
inside
the
building,
so
until
we're
able
to
identify
means
to
replace
those
vehicles.
I
think
you
can
expect
for
some
of
these
to
continue
as
we
try
to
keep
the
apparatus
functioning,
not
only
keeping
the
citizens
safe,
but
also
keeping
our
firefighters,
safe.
V
AB
When
I
first
came
on
the
department
about
11
months
ago,
we
had
a
mass
exodus
of
people,
I'm
not
sure
if
I
should
take
that
personally,
but
we
had
a
mass
exercise
of
folks
who
left
the
organization
for
retirement
or
for
other
opportunities,
and
since
then
we
have
had
several
classes
that
we
have
graduated.
In
fact,
a
couple
weeks
ago
we
graduated
our
largest
most
diverse
class
of
recruits
in
over
a
decade,
26
firefighters
that
we've
added
to
our
core.
We
have
another
class,
that's
getting
ready
to
start.
AB
AB
We
have
the
highest
number
of
applications
we've
ever
had
currently
because
we
are
we're
no
longer
hiring
we're
recruiting
we're
going
out
and
being
selective
about
reaching
out
to
people
to
join
our
organization.
AB
We've
spent
a
tremendous
amount
of
time
money
and
effort
to
address
that
challenge,
and
so
I'm
fairly
confident,
barring
any
significant
challenges
over
the
next
12
months,
that
we
would.
We
have
addressed
the
overtime
issue
for
the
next
fiscal
year.
However,
we
will
continue
to
have
challenges
associated
with
fleet
maintenance
and
I'm
sad
to
say
that
in
the
last
three
years,
our
fleet
maintenance
budget
has
doubled.
AB
That's
unheard
of
in
our
industry,
but
our
fleet
maintenance
budget
has
doubled
in
three
year
time
span,
and
I
anticipate,
unfortunately,
being
here
this
time
next
year
to
talk
about
fleet
maintenance
challenges
and
the
associated
costs.
With
that
we
we
do
not
have
a
sustainable
fix
at
this
time.
The
challenges
that
our
public
works
fleet,
our
public
folks
folks,
are
feeling
they've
done.
A
tremendous
job
of
supporting
us,
but,
quite
honestly,
they're
tapped
out
we've
had
to
outsource
95
of
our
fleet
maintenance
in
the
fire
department.
AB
That
means
we're
paying
labor
that
we
weren't
paying
a
year
ago
for
95
of
our
our
costs.
That
is
not
anticipated
to
change
in
the
next
12
months,
so
I
anticipate
our
cost
for
fleet
maintenance
to
continue
to
rise,
as
we
have
our
aging
fleet
of
our
of
the
fire
department.
AB
I'll
be
glad
what
I'd
like
to
do,
I'm
going
to
do
it
today.
I
would
like
to
be
able
to
come
before
council
and
present
to
you
kind
of
in
detail
the
status
of
our
fleet,
if
it's
appropriate,
to
talk
about
the
challenges
we're
experiencing
with
fleet
maintenance
and
the
recommendations
that
I
think
we
need
to
seriously
consider
to
stave
off
some
more
significant
challenges.
But
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
today.
K
It
will
give
us
more
time
to
have
a
discussion
to
see
to
try
and
it
would
get
time
for
our
finance
department
to
also
look
prior
to
him
and
see
if
there's
any
way
we
can
fit
it
in
the
budget
or
upcoming
or
grants
so
that
we
have
a
very
productive
work
session,
because
if
I
understand
correctly
by
talking
to
the
chief
a
couple
months
ago,
our
fleet
is
really
old.
Just
like
our
facilities
are
and
he's
bringing
on
new
people.
K
We
want
these
new
people
to
stay,
not
to
be
trained
and
go
somewhere
else,
so
the
environment
of
which
they
work
and
the
equipment
that
they
work
with
is
very,
very
important,
and
we
all
around
this
table
know
that
our
budget
is
tight.
So
why
wait
till
that
time
frame
to
figure
it
out
if
we
can
go
ahead
now
and
start
figuring
it
out
and
start
allocating
and
start
doing?
It
will
make
the
process
easier.
Just
have
we
done
for
public
safety
for
the
police
department
in
the
past.
B
Okay
motion
motion
approved
the
request
from
councillor
huff,
second
from
council
woodson,
any
discussion
all
in
favor
say
aye
any
opposed,
and
I
will
say
that,
as
chief
scarpa
rolls
around
to
his
first
full
year
in
columbus
georgia,
we
could
not
be
prouder
of
the
way
the
transition
has
gone
and
the
way
the
fire
and
emergency
medical
services
serve
our
community
and
the
fact
that
he
keeps
us
constantly
informed
of
needs.
Yes,
but
also
opportunities
and
we're
we're
very
fortunate.
M
M
Z
Z
Good
afternoon
just
to
provide
a
quick
update
of
where
we're
at
with
the
american
rescue
plan.
Just
as
a
reminder,
this
was
signed
into
law
on
march
11th
of
2021
and
it
was
1.9
trillion
in
economic
relief.
362
billion
of
that
was
direct
aid
to
states
and
local
government,
which
we
fall
into
that
category.
Z
There
were
four
broad
categories
that
were
allowed
under
the
american
rescue
plan,
including
the
response
to
the
public
health,
emergency
re
response
to
workers
performing
essential
work,
revenue,
replacement
and
infrastructure
for
water
sewer
and
broadband,
the
amount
that
has
been
allocated
to
the
city
of
columbus
and
muskogee
county.
As
a
consolidated
government,
we
qualify
as
both
a
city
and
a
county
with
78
million
dollars
total.
Z
We
have
received
that
initial,
which
is
50
percent
of
the
city
and
50
percent
of
the
county
allocation
for
a
total
of
39
million
241
000
19.
The
balance
of
that
is
anticipated
to
be
distributed
12
months,
so
next
june,
is
what
the
projections
are.
Z
That
interim
final
rule
was
released
by
the
treasury,
which
is
the
guidance
for
the
arp
funding
that
was
in
may
of
2021.
It
is
currently
under
comment
period
through
this
friday,
so
we
are
awaiting
that
final
rule.
There
has
been
a
lot
of
frequently
asked
questions
that
have
been
submitted
and
answered
by
the
treasury
and
that
guidance
has
kind
of
evolved
over
that
time.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
anything
that
we
make
a
recommendation
to
council
that
it
does
meet
the
requirements
of
that
final
rule.
Z
So,
just
last
time
we
came
to
the
last
council
meeting.
We
had
received
332
requests
from
departments
totally
totaling
108
million
dollars.
Our
internal
team
has
reviewed
those
requests.
We've
determined
that
77
of
those
requests
substantially
meet
the
ifr
that
interim
final
rule
and
are
being
evaluated.
That
was
a
48
million
dollar
total
of
those
77
requests.
Z
60
requests
are
are
questionable.
We
want
to
make
sure
they're
eligible
under
the
final
rule.
That
was
just
over
23
million
dollars.
195
of
those
requests,
totaling
35
million
dollars
did
either
not
meet
the
ifr
or
have
already
been
funded,
either
through
the
regular
budget
process
or
another
funding
source
through
a
grant.
So
those
we've
pulled
off
of
the
request
from
departments.
Z
I
will
say
that
there
are
additional
requests
that
have
come
up
either
as
a
referral
from
council
or
as
a
referral
from
the
mayor
or
the
city
manager
that
are
not
part
of
these
332
requests.
That
will
be
part
of
that
recommendation.
When
we
come
forward
to
council,
we
have
done
the
initial
calculation.
There
is
a
complicated
calculation,
that's
required
for
the
category
of
revenue
recovery.
Z
You
have
to
take
your
prior
fiscal
years
and
you
go
through
this
formula
and
it
is
based
on
total
city
revenue,
not
individual
revenue
sources
like
hotel,
motel,
tax
or
civic
center
revenue
or
parks
and
recreat
parks
and
recreation
revenue.
It
is
by
the
total
of
the
city,
so
we
have
determined.
The
finance
director
has
gone
through
those
calculations
for
our
2020
calendar
year.
We
can
claim
3.5
million
dollars
as
revenue
recovery.
Z
Now,
when
you
look
at
those
individual
revenue
sources,
the
civic
center,
the
trade
center
hotel
motel
tax,
this
will
not
come
close
to
meeting
those
specific
revenue
sources,
so
that
will
be
part
of
our
recommendation
as
we
come
forward
how
those
funds
could
be
allocated.
So
that
will
be
part
of
that
recommendation
coming
forward
once
we
receive
that
final
guidance.
Z
This
is
just
a
summary
list
of
some
of
the
things
that
we've
received
from
departments
as
they're,
either
response
to
covid
requirements
related
to
the
pandemic,
how
it's
impacted
their
operations,
and
so
those
are
the
requests
that
we
have
been
evaluating
and
I've
really
put
in
really
three
categories
and
those
will
be
coming
forward
to
you.
I
provided
you
that
entire
list
at
the
last
council
meeting,
and
so
that's
what
we
have
made
our
initial
review
of
so
at
this
time,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
we
should
by
the
next
meeting.
Z
I
hopefully,
the
the
treasury
will
release
that
final
rule
before
the
next
council
meeting
and
so
we'll
be
able
to
have
more
discussion
at
that
next
meeting.
G
Z
So
those
that
grant
program
that
we
had
offered
before
would
have
been
expenditures
prior
to
the
start
of
the
american
rescue
plan.
Okay,
so
that's
why
those
particular
expenditures
would
not
fall.
Z
Rescue
plan,
but
we
there
is
a
program
that
cdbg
is
running
through
one
of
their
cv
programs,
and
so
they
have
started
making
awards
of
four
thousand
dollars
each
for
those
businesses
who
have
made
application
through
the
startup
columbus
program.
Z
B
Good
thank
you,
and
we
continue
to
try
to
be
hopeful
about
the
final
guidelines,
because
we
we
desperately
do
want
to
try
to
start
pushing
some
of
that
money
out
to
small
and
minority-owned
businesses
and
some
of
the
areas
that
are
underserved
in
a
desperate
need
of
some
some
assistance.
But
we've
got
to
make
sure
that
those
expenditures
are
going
to
going
to
fit.
Otherwise
we
end
up
having
to
eat
them
all
right.
Council,
tucker.
AD
AD
However,
I
also
noticed
that,
unlike
the
cares,
the
federal
guidance
encourages
citizens
cities
to
engage
with
their
citizens.
So
that's
why
you
keep
hearing
counselor
house.
Ask
those
questions.
Are
we
engaging
with
the
citizens
in
reference
to
these
arp
funds
and
and
the
spending
choices,
and
are
we
going
to
include
them?
You
know
in
the
process
and
also
unlike
the
cares
act,
the
federal
guidance
also
encourages
that
we
focus
on
equity
and
support
for
the
community,
so
it's
almost
like.
AD
We
have
to
reimagine
how
we
use
these
funds
and
not
just
focus
on
the
city's
needs,
although
they
are
very
important
but
focus
on
the
community
too,
and
I
appreciate
our
mayor,
mentioning
you
know
those
hardest
hit
industries
like
our
small
business
owners.
I
know
councillor
woodson
mentioned.
I
forgot
what
restaurant
it
was.
That
was
yeah.
That
was
having
issues
and,
of
course,
we've
seen
it
on
the
news
constantly
where
individuals
have
been
shut
down
for
18
months
and
they're
struggling
trying
to
come
back
up
so
and.
B
We
and
we
are
absolutely
gonna-
make
sure
that
these
funds
are
utilized
in
a
way
that
benefits
the
entire
community.
The
biggest
challenge
we
have
right
now
is
to
go
out
there,
even
though
we
we
have
an
idea
of
what
the
guidelines
are.
If
we
go
out
to
that
public,
you
know
people
hear
what
they
want
to
hear
and
if
we
talk
about
we're
hoping
this
fits,
then
if
it
doesn't
now,
we've
got
we're
in
the
same
position.
B
We
were
with
cares
in
one
respect,
and
that
is
they
were
looking
to
us
for
the
money
that
was
no
longer
available,
even
though
we
didn't
have
control
over
it.
So
I
think
once
we
get
that
finalized
guidelines,
you'll
see
us
be
very
proactive,
very
aggressive
in
going
out
to
the
public
and
talking
about
where
we're
gonna
put
this
money.
AD
Yeah
and
I'm
always
looking
at
what
is
our
recovery
story,
you
know
for
the
city
like
what
does
that
look
like
for
the
entire
city
and
not
just
columbus,
consolidated
government,
but
what
does
it
look
like
for
the
entire
city
because
the
entire
city
has
suffered?
You
know
during
this
time
and
if
we
can
just
come
up
with
some
type
of
process,
whether
it's
even
just
a
just
like
we
just
had
the
the
public
forum
in
reference
to
the
citizens
review
board.
AD
We
just
have
a
public
forum
to
explain
like
a
more
in-depth
process
of
what
these
arp
funds
are
and
just
get
a
community
assessments
like
a
needs
assessments
and
just
open
it
up
for
communication,
because
it's
not
making
any
promises
but
just
open
it
up
for
communication
with
the
community.
So
it's
just
something
else
all
right.
Thank
you.
Man.
Z
Next
presentation
will
be
the
special
purpose:
local
option,
sales
tax,
and
we
do
have
a
draft
of
the
resolution
that
council
will
be
considering
at
the
next
meeting,
we'll
pass
that
draft
out
to
you
just
this
is
just
for
your
information.
We've
been
working
with
the
city
attorney's
office
and
bond
council
in
preparation
of
next
council
meeting
on
july
27th,
and
so
that
you'll,
you
will
have
a
draft
of
that
resolution.
Z
Again.
This
is
the
timeline
working
back
from
the
november
second
ballot.
The
election
call
for
the
election
on
august,
the
3rd
and
that
resolution
that's
being
passed
out
will
need
to
be
considered
at
the
july
27th
meeting.
In
order
to
meet
that
november,
2nd
ballot,
the
collections
are
400
million.
Z
Only
all
other
projects
would
be
pay,
as
you
go.
One
of
the
items
that
mr
olsen
mentioned
was
that
the
interest
cost
would
be
100
million
dollars.
That
is
absolutely
not
correct.
Our
rate
is
actually
less
than
1.75
percent.
The
interest
on
a
200
million
dollar
bond
would
be
around
20
million,
and
so
that
is
part
of
the
400
million
dollar
total,
and
it
only
runs
for
the
length
of
the
splost.
It
is
not
a
20-year
bond,
so
just
wanted
to
clarify
that
misinformation
that
was
provided.
Z
The
city
government
is
about
what
it
needs
to
be
based
on
that
needs
assessment,
102
000
square
feet
in
2017
to
107
000
square
feet
in
today's
best
practices.
The
differences
were
really
on
the
court
and
the
court
related
hundred
functions,
sixty
thousand
square
feet
to
three
hundred
and
fifty
nine
thousand
square
feet
in
total.
Z
Z
On
the
right
hand,
side
is
a
pair
of
courtrooms
that
share
that
inmate
circulation,
which
is
in
orange,
and
you
can
see
that
the
inmate
circulation
to
provide
the
adequate
security
and
best
practices
is
where
a
lot
of
the
increase
in
the
space
is
required,
as
well
as
the
public
access
if
you've
gone
to
court
at
any
time,
you're
really
standing
in
a
hallway.
Z
They
looked
at
multiple
attributes
of
each
of
the
four
options
and
were
able
to
put
it
into
a
yellow,
green
and
red
type
format
and
determined
that
option
one
was
not
the
best
fit.
They
also
ruled
out
option
four
as
well
as
option
two
and
they
felt
that
option.
Three
is
their
recommendation,
and
this
is
from
our
consultants
that
we
hired
both
architects
and
construction
consultants
and
that
would
be
the
judicial
center
to
remain
on
the
site
with
the
administration
on
another
site.
Z
Z
Z
So
for
the
phasing
this
again
is
just
the
blocking
to
show
how
much
space
is
required
and
would
it
fit
on
the
existing
site
and
to
show
this
is
the
obviously
the
current
tower
with
the
wings
phase.
One
would
be
the
demolition
of
the
wings
and
the
parking
structure
with
the
construction
of
a
new
judicial
center
on
this
site,
followed
by
the
demolition
of
the
tower
and
the
construction
of
the
parking
facility
on
the
existing
site.
Z
So
just
to
go
through
this,
the
recommended
projects
for
the
splost
I'll
go
through
each
one
of
these
individually.
But
this
is
the
recommended
budget.
We
did
have
a
meeting
with
our
consultants
where
we
have
our
financial
advisors
and
we
have
lowered
the
requirements
for
the
debt
service,
so
it
has
allowed
from
the
previous
presentation
additional
funding
for
some
of
the
categories
and
to
meet
some
of
the
requests
that
we
heard
from
council,
as
well
as
from
the
citizens
during
some
of
those
splash
public
meetings,
the
judicial
center
at
200
million.
Z
One
of
the
comments,
I
believe
that
mr
olsen
talked
about
was
600
and,
or
he
said,
700
price
per
square
foot.
The
actual
construction
cost
associated
with
the
judicial
center
is
at
381
dollars
per
square
foot.
All
the
other
costs
associated
with
that
include
design
development
costs,
the
demolition
of
both
the
tower
and
the
wings
project
management,
ff
e,
and
so
those
are
all
the
costs
included
in
the
judicial
center.
Construction
costs
is
at
381
dollars
per
square
foot.
Z
This
would
be
space
for
all
of
those
courts.
The
superior
state
court
municipal
magistrate,
probate
juvenile
court,
the
judges
and
the
clerks
for
each
of
those
courts
and
those
supporting
court
functions.
District
attorney,
public
defender,
accountability,
courts.
The
next
project,
which
we
hear
frequently
from
our
citizens,
is
the
need
to
upgrade
our
parks
and
recreation
facilities.
Z
Pickleball
courts
was
something
that
we've
heard
frequently
looking
at
that
facility
at
cooper
creek
park
to
be
coupled
with
the
tennis
center.
That's
out
there,
which
we
have
staffing
that
could
help
run
those
pickleball
courts
at
cooper,
creek
park
and
then
a
pool
splash
pad
replacement
at
shirley
winston
salmon,
road
and
rigdon
park.
Those
are
the
the
focus
of
the
splost
as
well
as
other
park
improvements
throughout
the
community
public
safety
for
facility
renovation.
This
is
another
place
that
we
were
allowed
to
increase
to
20
million.
Z
Z
We
heard
station
five
needs
to
be
replaced
out
off
lynch
road,
so
that
was
added
to
this
project
list,
as
well
as
the
renovation
of
the
public
safety
building
the
vehicle
and
equipment
at
24
million
for
public
safety.
This
would
be
for
the
fire
department,
police
department
and
sheriff's
office
fire
trucks,
ambulances,
administrative
vehicles,
you
heard
chief
scarpa
earlier
today
talking
about
the
need
for
equipment
in
the
fire
department.
Z
This
allocation
would
help
address
some
of
those
concerns
that
they
have
in
the
fire
department,
as
well
as
the
sheriff's
office
pursuit
vehicles,
the
range
system,
inmate,
transport
vans
bomb
squad,
equipment
for
the
sheriff's
office,
as
well
as
the
police
department.
The
river
road
tower
replacement
is
a
high
priority.
Z
This
is
for
emergency
communication,
pursuit
vehicles,
suvs
motorcycles,
a
mobile
command
vehicle
and
other
equipment
for
the
police
department,
transportation,
20
million
for
resurfacing
and
trails
and
sidewalks
at
5
million
storm
water
flood
abatement
at
20
million
we've
had
our
consultant
barge,
provide
a
report
to
council
in
may
of
20..
This
would
address
most
of
those
projects
that
are
a
high
priority
to
address
stormwater
concerns
throughout
our
community
and
that's
at
a
total
of
20
million
golf
club
houses
and
bridges.
Z
We
did
provide
an
addition
to
this
particular
project
to
replace
the
bull,
creek
clubhouse
and
replace
the
bridge
as
well
as
renovation
of
oxbow
clubhouse
and
replace
the
bridge.
That's
out
at
the
golf
course
in
oxbow
heavy
equipment
throughout
the
government,
at
14
million
anywhere
from
tractors,
trailers,
dump
trucks,
utility
vehicles,
compactors
excavators,
those
used,
typically
by
parks
and
rec,
and
public
works
departments,
information
technology
at
5
million
to
replace
computer
equipment
throughout
our
government
and
economic
development
at
9
million.
Z
This
would
be
additional
infrastructure
and
site
preparation
for
muskogee
technology
park,
targeting
a
south
columbus
redevelopment,
as
well
as
other
economic
development
initiatives.
The
trade
center
at
5
million
their
current
parking
structure
is
397
spaces.
This
would
be
coupled
with
bonds
that
were
issued
in
2003
to
be
able
to
provide
500
spaces
for
parking
at
the
trade
center
improvements
to
the
civic
center
at
5
million
roof
replacement.
Z
Z
If
the
voters
choose
to
pass
the
splost
in
november
april,
1
of
2022
muskogee
county
sales,
tax
rate
would
be
nine
percent.
It
would
be
nine
percent
for
nine
month
period
of
time.
Then
it
would
revert
back
to
eight
percent,
as
the
t
splost
rolls
off.
The
voters
would
then
have
the
opportunity
to
determine
if
it
stays
at
nine
percent
or
if
it
it
reverts
back
to
eight
percent,
so
that
will
be
in
the
hands
of
the
voters
to
make
that
decision,
but
it
would
not
be
a
permanent
nine
percent.
Z
It
would
be
eight
percent
for
nine
months
and
up
to
the
voters
to
determine
if
it
continues
at
nine
percent.
I
will
just
mention
too
phoenix
city
sales.
Tax
rate
is
nine
and
a
half
percent
and
auburn's
is
nine
percent,
so
close
proximity
to
us.
It
is
similar
to
what
those
two
jurisdictions
are,
although
throughout
the
state
of
georgia,
nine
percent
would
be
the
rate
that
we
would
have,
and
it
would
be
the
highest
rate
in
georgia,
but
similar
to
our
neighbors
across
the
river.
D
Excuse
me,
council,
woodson.
K
Pam,
thank
you
for
this
information.
I
just
have
one
little
concern,
and
that
is
that
we
did
this
report
at
the
end
of
the
public
agenda.
K
If
we
do
this
presentation,
because
some
people
are
going
to
turn
off
the
tv
after
mr
olson
spoke
and
they're
not
going
to
hear
this
and
they're
just
going
to
go
based
on
the
information
that
he
made
and
not
some
of
the
viewpoints
that
were
providing
in
the
correction
of
it.
Why?
He
is
correct,
it'll,
be
at
nine
percent,
but
it
will
be
temporary
for
eight
percent,
as
he
said
it,
it's
the
largest
in
the
whole
state
of
georgia.
K
Actually,
we
have
two
neighboring
companies
and
I
just
think
that's
very
important,
because
we
don't
know
how
many
people
will
stay
watching
the
council
meeting
all
the
way
to
the
end
and
it's
a
tendency
that
perception
becomes
a
reality
sometimes
and
in
today's
society,
there's
so
much
misinformation
and
we
need
to
make
sure
we
clarify
that
information
at
the
time
of
it.
I'm
not
sure
if
mike
can
do
some
magic
with
the
camera
and
put
it
in
between
I'm
not
sure
what,
but
it's
very,
very
important
that
we
get
that
out.
Z
Z
Z
We
did
have
three
public
meetings
in
june,
14th,
17th
and
21st.
Those
were
televised
live
and
we
did
have
the
opportunity
to
respond
to
questions
during
the
meeting.
Even
if
you
weren't
here,
we
made
that
capability
available
as
well
and
at
this
time
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
and
again
we'll
be
coming
back
on
the
27th
for
your
approval
and
consideration
of
the
draft
resolution.
J
B
B
J
J
This
is
taxation
with
representation
you
go,
the
citizens
have
a
choice.
These
are
items,
we've
gone
over
them
today.
We've
talked
about
the
maintenance
on
these
trucks
and
we
had
for
the
am
you
know
for
the
fire
and
safety.
We
we've
talked
about
all
these
expenses
and
these
this
splost
money
would
help
cover
new
vehicles
so
that
we
don't
have
the
maintenance
expenses
that
we're
heading.
You
know
that's
hitting
us,
so
I'm
going
to
say
it
again,
the
splost
vote.
B
Thank
you
thank
you,
ma'am,
and,
and
you
know
I
I
tend
to
agree
with
you.
I
think
I
think
one
of
the
things
we
the
public
needs
to
understand
is
this,
isn't
something
the
city
is
pushing
down
people's
throats.
This
is
simply
all
right.
This
is
what
we
heard.
You
say,
because
all
of
these
items
came
up
and
that's
why
it's
kind
of
back
to
basics,
there's
very
little,
if
other
than
maybe
some
a
few
splash
pads
to
benefit
neighborhoods,
there's
nothing
new.
B
I
mean
these
are
all
things
that
have
you
know
we're
replacing
or
substantially
upgrading
things
that
have
been
in
existence
for
20
to
25
years,
and
we
do
we
do
maintenance.
Contrary
to
what
mr
olsen
says,
we
do
regular
maintenance
on
all
these
things.
Just
like
you
do
on
your
your
vehicle,
you
do
regular
maintenance,
but
at
some
point,
20
years
down
the
road
you're
going
to
need
a
new
engine,
and
now
you've
got
a
substantial
investment
in
that
vehicle
right.
So
it's
the
same
thing
with
some
of
these
facilities.
B
We
maintain
them
and
we
make
sure
that
they're
operational
they
serve
our
citizens
for
20
years.
25
years,
but
at
some
point
you're
going
to
have
a
big
ticket
item,
whether
it's
the
heating
and
cooling,
the
flooring,
the
roof
you
know,
but
just
or
maybe
just
functional
obsolescence
that
no
longer
serves
the
size
community.
We
are
so.
D
Thank
you,
sir.
Just
real,
quick
question
regarding
the
t.
Splice
date
do
we
know
when
that
will
be
on
the
ballot.
I
think
your
president
said
march.
Z
O
B
I
know
we've
got
a
an
important
executive
session
that
we
need
to
get
to
and
we've
got
several
counselors
that
are
going
to
have
to
leave
because
of
appointments
soon.
B
Okay,
I
wonder
if
we've
got,
I
think
we
can
get
through
the
clerks
agenda
fairly
quickly,
but
we
can
go
into
executive
session
there.
I
didn't
realize
that
was
the
end
of
yours.
Okay,.
B
All
right
there's
a
motion
from
mayor
pro
tim
sec
from
councillor
house
to
approve
item
for
any
any
discussion.
All
in
favor
say
aye.
B
He
posed
no
motion
mayor
pro
tem
that
diminished
be
received
second
by
council
woodson
any
discussion
or
any
items
that
he'd
pulled
hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye
all
opposed
all
right
that
passes
now,
if
you
would,
let's
take
a
breath
and
and
let's
let's
walk
through
those,
what
those
resolutions
for
very
quickly
madam
clerk,
just
kind
of
let
the
public
know
if
they're
watching
this
at
home.
AE
Items
you're
referring
to
items
item
number
one
is
the
resolution
to
excuse
council
barnes
resolution
number
two
is
excusing
councillor
davis
from
the
june
29
special
call
meeting
item
three,
as
amended
is
to
excuse
councillor
judy
thomas
from
the
june
29th
as
well
as
today's
meeting
item.
Four
is
the
email
correspondence
from
sharonda
huff,
she's
resigning
from
her
seat
on
the
board
of
family
children's
services
and
five
were
minnesota.
Various
boards
great.
AE
AE
B
AE
We
also
have
up
for
nomination
seats
for
district
5,
7
and
8
for
the
public
safety
advisory
commission,
the
council
district
3
representative
for
the
youth
advisory
council.
We
have
outlined
the
10
council
district
seats
for
council
district,
nine
councilor
thomas
is
nominating
jalen
olivier.
He
may
be
confirmed.
B
K
Clerk
of
council
or
deputy
goodwin
are
we
going
to
get
a
list
of
individuals
that
are
interested
from
the
schools?
Yes,.
M
M
AE
AE
B
All
right,
thank
you,
madam
clerk.
We
need
to
go
into
executive
session
to
discuss
litigation.
I
B
Motions
mayor
pro
tim
second
from
council
gear
will
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
We
are
in
executive
session.
B
All
right,
we
are
back
in
session.
We
went
into
executive
session
to
discuss
litigation.
No
votes
were
taken,
I'm
going
to
hand
it
off
to
the
city
attorney
to
present
a
resolution.
L
Thank
you
mayor.
I
appreciate
everybody's
time
and
attention
to
this
matter.
I'll
call
up
the
resolution
that
authorizes
the
city
attorney
finance
director
and
their
representatives
to
make
payment
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
settle
all
claims
of
plaintiffs
hector,
areola
and
his
estate
against
the
consolidated
government
or
any
other
claims
related
to
an
incident
occurring
on
january
9
2017,
including
attorney
fees,
and
to
execute
all
appropriate
settled
settlement
documents
to
this
effect,
and
it
is
ready
for
adoption.
B
Motion
approved
from
councillor
garrett,
second
from
from
councillor
woodson,
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
any
opposed
all
right
that
is
approved,
motion
adjourned
from
mayor
pro
tem.
Second
council
woodson,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
We
are
adjourned.