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From YouTube: Columbus, Ga City Council Meeting 05 23 2023
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Columbus, Ga City Council Meeting 05 23 2023
A
Mayor
skip
Henderson
city
manager,
Isaiah
Hughley
pops,
Barnes
district,
one
Glenn
Davis
district
2,
Bruce
Huff
District
3,
Toya,
Tucker,
District,
4,
Charmaine,
crab
District,
5,
Gary,
Allen,
mayor
Pro,
tem
and
District
Six
Joanne
kogel
district
7,
Walker
Garrett,
District,
8,
Judy,
Thomas
posts;
nine
at
large
counselor
Tyson,
Begley,
Post
10
at
large
counselor,
Sandra,
Davis,
Clerk
of
counsel
and
City
Attorney
Clifton
Faye,
Columbus
Georgia.
This
is
your
city
council.
A
B
You
and
welcome
to
the
May
23rd
Columbus
city
council
meeting
we're
delighted
to
have
all
of
you
here
before
we
begin
our
business
of
the
business
of
the
city.
We
will
start
our
meetings
as
we
always
do
and
that's
by
asking
God's
grace
on
these
proceedings.
So
I'd
like
to
ask
Mr
Mike
Powell
Pastor
Mike
Powell
from
Asbury
Methodist
Church,
come
forward.
Welcome,
sir
Chris,
could
you
turn
that
light
on
for
me,
please,
sir.
Thank
you.
C
Oh
his
battle
Lord,
thank
you
for
our
mayor,
a
city
manager,
our
city
council,
our
City
attorney,
our
Clerk
of
council
department,
heads
and
all
the
great
people
that
staff
every
department
at
every
level
in
this
city
give
them
Grace
to
bring
truth.
Justice
and
stability
to
our
city
give
them
power
to
do
what
is
right,
father.
Your
intention
and
desire
is
that
our
land
prospers
so
that
we
Prosper
so
that
our
community
prospers.
C
You
desire
this
because
you're
a
good
father
who
loves
to
bless
his
people
and
father.
We
thank
you
for
your
grace
and
goodness
may
your
face
continually
shine
upon
us
so
that
your
ways
may
be
known
in
our
communities.
We
praise
you
God
or
may
all
the
people
place,
you
praise
you.
Then
our
Lord
will
yield
its
Harvest
Lord.
C
You
will
bless
us.
We
give
you
our
land,
our
homes,
our
labor
and
our
city.
Look
with
favor
upon
our
city,
protect
our
citizens
and
its
leaders
and
enrich
our
land
so
that
we
may
be
a
blessing
to
others.
We
pray
that
you
would
be
honored
and
lifted
up
in
our
community.
These
blessings
in
others.
We
ask
in
your
obedient
Sons,
powerful
name:
Jesus,
amen,
amen,.
B
I
spell,
thank
you,
sir.
We
are
grateful
for
your
church
loaning
to
you
to
us
this
evening
and
I
want
to
publicly
thank
you
for
all
the
many
ways
you
get
involved
in
this
community,
everything
from
the
Love
Thy
Neighbor
to
event
to
hosting
the
jobs
training
workshops
at
your
church,
you're
constantly
trying
to
help
improve
the
people
outside
those
walls,
not
just
the
folks
inside
them.
We
recognize
it.
We
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
Amir.
Yes,
sir,
if
you
would
please
stand
and
join
me
in
a
pledged,
our
flag.
B
Thank
you
all
right.
First
order:
businesses,
approval
of
the
minister
of
the
May
9th
meeting
the
motion,
the
second
to
approve
those
minutes.
Are
there
any
edits
or
anything
anybody
would
like
to
have
pulled
from
them
or
explained
hearing
none.
All
those
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye,
any
post,
all
right
that
that
is
proof
all
right.
You
we
have
had
an
add-on
that
should
be
at
your
table.
It
is
a
resolution
sponsored
by
councilor
kogel.
B
B
Being
the
Crown
Jewel
having
been
home
to
six
minor
league
clubs
over
the
past
years
with
at
least
10
MLB
Hall
of
Famers
such
as
Babe
Ruth,
Stan,
Musial,
Ty,
Cobb,
Hank,
Aaron,
Hank,
Aaron
and
Mickey
Mantle.
Having
played
there,
whereas
this
Columbus
this
Council
wishes
to
explore
the
possibility
of
bringing
a
minor
league
MLB
baseball
team
back
to
Columbus.
B
Now,
therefore,
the
Council
of
Columbus
Georgia
hereby
resolves
as
follows
that
this
Council
offers
its
enthusiastic
support
of
efforts
to
bring
a
minor
league
MLB
team
to
Golden
Park
in
Columbus
Georgia,
and
that
the
mayor
and
the
city
staff
are
authorized
to
continue
discussions
with
Diamond
baseball,
Holdings
and
other
parties
to
explore
opportunities
to
relocate
a
minor
league
team
to
Golden
Park
hi.
There's
a
motion.
Second,
to
approve
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed
all
right
that
passes
also
on
your
at
your
yeah.
Yes,
sir
councilor
Davis.
E
Just
one
comment
on
that
mayor:
I
think
at
the
time
that
we
were
exploring
taking
some
of
the
restrictions
off
of
the
land
in
South
Commons
I
I
recorded
my
vote.
No,
at
that
point,
I
just
was
unclear
of
exactly
what
was
going
on
and
understandably
today
back
then
it
was
a
little
different,
but
I
do
understand
that.
There's
still
a
lot
of
work
to
to
be
done.
I
think
you
staked
that
in
the
resolution,
and
certainly
this
opens
the
door
to
explore
opportunities.
B
F
B
B
B
Thank
you,
ma'am
all
right
also
I
was
going
to
mention.
You
have
an
excerpt
from
the
charter,
the
revised
Charter
that
outlines
the
creation
of
the
audit
oversight
committee
and
I
just
want
to
put
everybody
on
notice
it
at
the
next
business
meeting
in
June.
We
will
complete
those
we'll
ask
you
for
your
nominations
so
that
we
can
go
ahead
and
put
that
in
place
and
be
ready
to
work
for
the
new
fiscal
year.
Okay,.
G
H
We
include
in
there
the
proximity
to
hotels
and
single
fan
family
residents
in
there
there's
some.
There
is
some
concern
on
having
dog
parks
too
close
to
Hotel
areas
and
single-family
residential
period
periods.
Just
from
the
noise
from
a
noise
aspect
where
people
are
sleeping
at
all
hours
of
the
day,
especially
at
the
at
the
hotel.
B
B
G
G
G
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mayor
I,
don't
have
a
question
I
just
want
to
let
Council
know
that
I've
talked
with
Mr
Duncan
and
I've
met
with
the
petitioner
and
I'm
okay,
with
everything
that
make
changes
they're
making
out
there
I
did
confirm
with
Mr
Duncan
that
the
overlay
that
we
put
in
several
years
ago
will
be
maintained
except
from
this
piece
of
property.
Here,
one
condition
is
being
changed
to
allow
them
to
develop
this
land.
It
did
I
say
that
right,
you
did.
I
B
J
You
know
our
time
here
in
Midland
Georgia,
because
it
was
the
two
door
place
and
with
the
challenges
that
we've
had
initially
with
the
developer
and
then
now
to
see
the
proposal
that
is
about
to
come
right
next
to
my
home
is
challenging
it's
challenging
because
my
child
is
not
because
the
home
is
so
close
to
the
into
the
road.
My
child's
quality
of
life,
as
well
as
I'm
sure
others
that
are
not
here
that
I'm
speaking
for
is
impacted
because
that
road
is
so
close.
D
J
J
You
aren't
aware
that
you
know
the
night
makes
the
difference
in
in
here
in
you
know,
through
silence
that
annoys
and
truths,
and
now
to
see
the
proposal
of
of
the
the
this
new
development
that
isn't
further
encroaching
upon
the
the
little
bit
of
sanctity
or
the
little
bit
of
Peace
that
we
have.
It's
is
challenging.
J
J
It's
challenging
and
my
family
is,
is
definitely
going
to
suffer
and
I'm
sure
every
you
know,
there's
all
those
that's
here
to
speak
on
it,
but
again
I
need
consideration
in
in
that
you
know
that
matter
is
if
this
would
be
your
family,
that
that
entrusted
Builders
and
and
real
estate
agents
to
to
put
you
in
a
in
an
environment
that
you
can
Thrive
or
your
family
can
Thrive.
Would
you
like
to
have
been
placed
in
this
environment?
J
I
just
feel
it's
wrong
and
we
need
your
your,
your,
your
your
involvement
and
whatever
you
can
do
to
make
sure
that
my
family
and
the
rest
of
the
community
members
who
are
right
there
on
the
side
of
the
street
have
at
least
some
peace
of
mind
through
what?
If
there's
going
to
be,
if
it's
gonna
occur,
if
there's
some
fence
or
structure
or
barrier
that
prevents
the
noise
from
intruding,
then
then
you
know
at
least
have
that
into
consideration,
but
to
to
deny
or
sort
of
say
we
don't.
J
You
know
this
has
to
go
on
or
this
planned
development
has
to
go
on
it's.
It's
really
doing
us
an
injustice
and
I'd
like
you
know,
to
offer
the
same
if
anyone
else
would
like
to
speak,
but
I
I
definitely
need
your
your
support,
because
this
is
not
my
dream
that
I'm
living
it's
basically
a
nightmare
that
is
coming
through,
for
you
know
at
this
point
for
me
and
my
family
I
do
appreciate
the
time
to
be
able
to
speak
to
you
all
thanks
again.
Thank.
K
G
Well,
I'm
gonna,
let
Mr
Johnson
comment
too,
but
the
way
I
understand
it
is
removing
the
condition
that
said
it.
The
property
had
to
adhere
to
the
characteristics
of
the
color
site
plan
by
high
growth
Partners
dated
2010,
and
that
restriction
will
no
longer
apply
to
the
plan
unit
development
zoning
is
that
correct,
we'll
come
on
up.
L
L
It
would
be
better
off
falling
under
the
Highway
80
overlay,
then
the
Pud
under
the
Pud.
They
have
to
have
a
25
foot
buffer.
Well,
there's
nothing
planted
there
and
there's
nothing
that
says
they
have
to
plan,
so
you
could
develop
it
commercially
and
have
nothing
but
25
feet
of
a
field
going
back
to
the
residential.
L
L
L
M
E
Yes,
okay,
so
somebody
come
in
there
to
do
it
today.
What
he's
talking
about
is
actually
a
better
option
for
the
residents.
That's
the
way,
I'm.
Here
it's
a
better
option
than
what's
on
the
table
today.
It
helps
a
developer,
but
he
applies
under
the
new
overlay
District,
which
there
are
stringent
requirements
in
the
overlay
districts.
We've
got
what
four
overlays.
E
Six
or
seven
right
and
the
reason
we
put
them
in
there
was
because
we
knew
development
was
going
to
come
on
these
major
throughways
and
areas,
and
we
put
them
in
there
to
protect
residents
and
allow
for
better
developments.
There's
a
lot
of
requirements,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
residents
are
aware
of
that
that
there's
a
number
of
guidelines
they
have
to
follow,
and
it
to
me
it
winds
up
protecting
the
neighborhood
a
little
bit
better.
E
L
And
one
other
thing,
I'll
add,
is
under
a
put
a
commercial
component
under
a
PUD
is
neighborhood
commercial
uses.
General
commercial
uses
are
not
allowed,
so
the
uses
that
will
be
allowed
on
this
personal
services,
no
gas
stations,
for
instance,
things
of
that
nature
that
are
General
commercial,
which.
E
E
B
I
Thank
you,
I
appreciate,
counselor
Davis,
explaining
that
and
that
the
thing
that
I
was
was
told
to
me
about
ideas
for
adding
these
in
would
be
neighborhood
friendly
environment,
no
liquor
stores
that
would
be
a
restaurant,
a
light
restaurant
that
kind
of
thing
in
there
they're
going
to
build
three
buildings
and
faces.
So
it's
not
going
to
be
just
over
overnight.
I
Something
thrown
up
the
there
is
a
buffer
required
on
the
plant
that
they
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
right
on
this,
this
plant
is
being
amended
to
the
to
the
this
ordinance.
This
resulting
ordinance.
The
plaque
that
they've
submitted
is
that
correct?
Well,
there's
a
flat
in
the
plant
that
we
have
with
three
buildings
on
it
are.
G
N
N
N
Some
culture
of
that
nature,
the
roost,
the
the
people
buying
the
land
and
developing
used
to
live
in
this
area,
part
of
town
and
moved
into
town
further,
because
there
were
no
amenities
out
there
for
them
with
the
kids
and
such
they
want
to
bring
things
to
the
community.
That
would
be
there
for
the
neighbors
and
they
do
respect
the
sound
dishes
and
such
so
we'll
be
buffing
up
the
landscaping
and
such
along
that
buffered
to
try
and
help
can.
I
Okay,
so
my
I
got
a
couple
of
questions
regarding
the
buffer.
Sure
is
the
plat
that's
shown
here
with
three
buildings
on
it.
Is
that
the
plant?
That's
that
you're
going
to
be
utilizing?
Yes,
okay
and
explain
again
about
the
buffer.
Currently,
what
what
you're
asking
us
to
change
is
the
is
the
plan
as
it
stands,
has
a
25
foot
buffer
yeah
all.
N
N
And
to
do
so,
we
kind
of
want
to
stretch
it
out
and
kind
of
maximize
the
square
footage
to
provide
those
things
for
the
neighborhood,
so
we're
reducing
the
buffer
on
the
back
side
by
10
feet
on
the
side
by
15
feet,
but
we'll
do
a
lot
of
additional
landscaping
and
such
to
go
along
with
the
fencing.
That's
already
there
to
help
the
sound
issues.
N
O
F
F
B
L
But
it
and
it
I
mean
you-
can
still
leave
it
in
there
for
the
rest
of
the
development.
But
what
we
put
in
there
specifically
excludes
the
commercial
portion
of
the
put
from
the
25
feet
and
the
12
000
square
feet.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that's
clear
and
then
the
p
and
then
the
overlay
applies
and
one
thing
just
to
clarify
councilor
Allen
under
that
25
feet.
That
is
shown
now,
there's
no
requirement
to
plant
it.
K
I
was
going
to
ask
about
the
reduction
in
the
buffer.
It
looks
as
though
they're
putting
a
parking
lot.
All
the
way
around
the
buildings
and
I
was
wondering
if
that
parking
lot
was
being
used
as
a
buffer,
but
you
kind
of
just
answered
my
question,
but
in
a
way
there's
the
planted
buffer
and
then
there's
the
buffer
of
the
parking
lot
too
between
the
planted
buffer
and
the
parking
lot
before
you
get
to
the
building.
K
L
L
M
L
B
B
P
So
I'm
on
the
other
side
of
the
street,
where
the
park
goes
through,
but
those
people
who
live
directly
across
from
me.
Their
backyards,
go
right
up
to
that
fence
and
that's
where
the
parking
is
correct
so
and
they
have
very
short
driveways
in
the
back,
so
they're
not
going
to
be
able
to
sit
on
their
porches
or
patios.
Without
constant
traffic
going
in
and
out,
we
wanted
restrictions
on
what
they
can
have
in
that
area.
P
P
Well,
if
I
tell
this
before,
it
had
to
have
stone
pillars
in
it
in
its
roofs,
roofs
and
it
couldn't
have
a
flat
roof,
but
that
family's
always
got
a
flat
roof
and
it
doesn't
doesn't
really
have
stone.
And
of
course
everybody
comes
in
that
area
already
and
that
the
trucks
back
into
the
back
of
it.
So
there's
always
a
traffic
problem.
P
There
I
realize
they're
wagging
the
road
for
another
turning
lane,
but
these
people
who
live
where
this
fellow
that
spoke
live,
that
is,
it
goes
downhill
and
you
can
see
into
those
yards
from
this
new
turning
lane
that
they
want
to
put
out
here
on
Beaver,
Run
and
there's
a
big
triangle
there.
So
if
the
garbage
dump
is
right
down
here,
then
that's
going
to
go
in
and
out
their
backyard
anything.
P
We
wanted
no
businesses
that
are
opened
after
seven
o'clock.
Do
you
know
any
restaurants
that
close
at
seven
o'clock,
because
the
traffic
there's
there
are
a
hundred
and
something
parking
places
jammed
into
this
piece
of
land,
there's
36
just
across
the
front?
So
if
you
just
estimate
how
many
parking
spaces
are
there,
there's
a
heck
of
a
lot
there's
well
over
a
hundred.
P
P
P
P
B
I
Trying
to
get
you
some
answers,
man
yeah,
you
ask
a
question.
What
what
I
think
would
be
an
order
mayor
would
be
for
us
to
delay
this
till
the
next
meeting
and
give
me
a
chance
to
meet
with
the
homeowners
that
are
here.
Obviously,
I
wasn't
aware
of
your
concerns
and
I.
Think
we've
answered
some
of
them
tonight,
but
to
answer
your
specific
question
about,
can
we
limit
them?
Yes,
we
can.
We
can
put.
We
can
limit
the
uses
within
this
rezoning.
All.
B
Q
100
the
plan
I
think
I
knew
that
it
was
zoned
to
be
I,
don't
know
if
it's
a
commercial
or
like
where
it's
going
to
be
buildings
and
stuff,
but
yeah
just
hearing
the
difference
of
having
15
feet,
even
if
there's
like
shrubs
or
versus
25
feet
and
seeing
what
the
current
plans
are
with
the
parking
lot
in
the
back.
It
does
just
seem
a
little
like
the
amount
of
parking
they
want
to
put
in.
Q
We
have
I'm,
like
the
second
to
last
house
on
like
getting
ready
to
leave
the
complex,
so
we're
like
walking
distance
of
that
field
and
I
have
four
little
ones
that
are
constantly
like
playing
I,
don't
even
have
a
fenced-in
yard
right
and
so
yeah
there's
just
concern
about
the
amount
of
traffic.
What
kind
of
traffic
is
going
to
be
in
there?
Q
How
close
you
know
to
me
15
having
15
feet
with
shrubs
versus
the
25
feet,
I,
don't
know
if
we
can
have
the
25
feet
and
request
the
shrubs
or
you
know
just
I
think
we're
all
just
a
little
bit
concerned.
We
just
want
to
be
wise
and-
and
you
know,
request
as
much
protection
as
we
can,
because
we
have
little
kids
and
stuff
and
in
the
area
and
yeah
so
I
think
the
suggestion
to
meet
again
and
discuss
I
guess
the
plans
would
I
think
we
are.
B
E
Know,
mayor
I
just
want
to
reiterate:
I
know
the
kind
lady
that
came
up
here
before
I
think
she
might
have
mentioned
General
commercial.
This
is
It's
neighborhood
commercial.
Now.
So
when
you
look
at
the
uses,
look
in
the
neighborhood
commercials
because
it
takes
a
lot
of
the
stuff
that
you're
concerned
about
out
of
the
picture
so
neighborhood
is
commercial.
Is
the
is
the
category
to
look
at
the
specific
uses.
G
D
B
G
G
B
G
Our
last
item
is
a
resolution
rescinding
prior
resolutions
granting
land
in
the
East
Commons
to
the
railroad
companies
for
Depot
purposes.
Those
Depot
purposes
and
uses
have
ceased
to
our
understanding
here
in
the
council,
Chambers
and
the
city
attorney's
office
and
research
we've
had
done
on
that
with
this
resolution
is
ready
for
adoption,
because.
E
O
I
agree
with
everything,
that's
being
said,
I
think
just
as
a
process
if
we
could
delay
this
sum
just
to
give
us
more
chance
to
have
a
conversation
so
that
it's
clear
that
we've
tried
to
leverage
all
of
the
relationships
we
can
before
passing
this
so
I
I
agree.
We
may
need
to
take
this
action
if
we
can
just
delay
it
to
allow
us
more
time
to
have
discussions
is.
B
That
a
motion,
sir,
that
is
emotion,
all
right,
there's
a
motion
to
delay
this
item.
What,
for
what
amount
of
time,
one
month,
one
month,
there's
a
motion
to
lay
it
for
one
month.
Any
discussion
today.
Is
there
a
second
all
right,
I,
don't
hear
a
second,
so
it
dies
and
we,
but
we
we
can
continue.
Even
if
we
execute
this,
we
can
continue
with
the
dialogue
and
look
for
opportunities
to
have
those
conversations.
Counselor
Thomas.
E
E
O
E
O
Understand
everyone's
points:
yes,
it
does
not
preclude
it.
Conversations
are
happening
just
in
my
experience.
People
are
much
more
friendly
to
have
a
conversation
when
there's
less
legal
and
there's
less
lawyers
involved,
because
that
was
just
my
experience
and
I
feel
like
we've.
It's
been
around
for
several
years.
I
figured
one
more
month
would
have
hurt
anything.
B
B
G
B
B
All
right,
we'll
move
to
the
public
agenda.
People
appearing
on
the
public
agenda
will
have
five
minutes
and
if
you
aren't
able
to
complete
your
your
remarks
in
five
minutes,
we
will
give
you
another
three.
If
you
so
choose
after
the
clerk's
agenda
and
when
you
come
up,
please
state
your
name
and
your
address
and
we
will
begin
the
timer
after
you
have
stated
your
name
and
address
all
right.
So
first
is
Miss,
Paula,
Johnson
and
she's
here
to
address
the
Columbus
Police
Department's
handling
of
her
daughter's
murder
case.
R
B
R
R
Crime
Stoppers,
that's
been
16
months
ago,
April
the
14th
I
spoke
with
him
for
the
first
time
in
16
months
he
only
called
because
I
called
Sergeant
Baker
his
commander
officer
and
told
her
that
I
had
not
heard
anything
from
Corporal
recording
in
16
months.
Regarding
my
daughter's
case,
this
has
been
since
early
part.
2021.
R
R
R
R
R
Copper
green
does
not
reply
if
he,
if
he
is
not
the
one
to
take
this
case,
where
it
needs
to
be
I,
need
somebody
else
working
on
my
daughter's
case.
She
deserves
Justice.
This
family
deserves
it
will
never
be
closure,
but
we
deserve
comfort
in
knowing
that
someone
is
going
to
help
us
get
Justice.
For
my
child.
She
was
my
only
daughter,
I
birthed,
two
children
in
the
world
and
adopted
one
and
the
little
one
I
adopted.
R
We
want
Justice
cup
of
rock
green
is
not
the
man
for
the
job,
because
if
you
can't
talk
to
a
mom
in
16
months,
email
text,
anything
to
show
that
you
doing
something,
Sergeant
Baker
replies
through
my
messages.
Why
can't
you
Sergeant
Baker
is
not
the
investigative
officer.
You
are
I
asked
for
Crime
Stoppers
I'm
here
again
to
ask
for
Crime
Stoppers
to
get
my
her
face
in
public,
where
someone
knows
something.
B
We're
sorry
about
your
loss
and
I
can
tell
you
that
the
police
department
and
the
investigators
work
a
lot
of
cases
and
they
typically
do
an
exceptional
job.
Crime
Stoppers
had
lapsed
and
it
is
just
in
the
process
of
being
brought
back
and
refunded,
so
that
may
end
up
being
an
Avenue
that
can
be
used
to
try
to
try
to
get
somebody
that
might
have
seen
something.
So
thank
you.
S
B
B
B
B
B
T
Good
evening,
everyone
I
am
Asante
Hilton
I,
representing
Valley
Health
Care
system
located
at
1600,
Fort
Benning,
Road
I
do
have
a
slide
presentation
to
share
with
the
council
members.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
tonight.
We
wanted
to
share
with
you
tonight
our
strategies
for
implementing
a
way
to
increase
Access
to
Health
Care
in
Columbus
Georgia
for
our
residents
and,
as
you
all
know,
Valley
Healthcare
System
has
been
providing
comprehensive
medical
services
that
include
Family,
Medicine,
Dental,
Pediatrics,
Pharmacy,
women's
health,
behavioral
health
vision
and
Outreach
and
translation
services.
T
But
tonight
we
wanted
to
ensure
that
you
are
aware
for
your
residents
of
the
the
three
strategies
that
we
have
recently
implemented
and
the
first
one
is
with
respect
to
our
Pharmacy
Services.
We
do
have
free
Pharmacy
delivery
and
mail
order
Services
now
available
to
the
residents,
so
we
deliver,
so
our
Pharmacy
is
more
accessible
to
our
residents.
The
second
thing
is
the
promotion
that
we
will
pick
you
up,
because
we
understand
that
a
lot
of
our
residents
do
not
have
transportation
to
access
medical
services.
T
So
we
now
have
implemented
free
transportation
services
to
any
appointments
or
any
services
that
we
offer
again
comprehensive,
Medical,
Services,
inclusive
of
Pediatrics,
Women's,
Health
and
behavior
health
and
vision
services,
and
the
next
strategy
is
that
we
will
come
to
you.
We
have
currently
implemented
two
mobile
units,
a
medical
mobile
unit
and
a
dental
mobile
unit
that
we
have
been
working
with
Partners
in
the
community
to
bring
the
mobile
units
to
faith-based
organizations
to
churches
Community
sites
community
centers.
T
So
we
want
the
public
and
your
residents
to
understand
that
those
mobile
units
can
be
scheduled
to
come
out
to
any
Community
event
to
make
Health
Care
More
accessible
on
demand,
and
then,
lastly,
we
have
partnered
with
the
food
mill
here
in
Columbus
to
offer
some
nutrition
Education
Services
free
of
charge
to
any
Resident,
we'll
be
starting
the
first
class
on
June
2nd
and
on
our
website
at
valleyhealthcolumbus.com.
You
can
register
for
free,
cooking
and
nutrition
classes.
M
Huff,
thank
you.
So
much
for
being
here,
you
hit
the
ground
running.
You
said
you
were
working
on
some
things,
so
it's
glad
I'm
glad
to
hear
it.
It's
in
the
district
and
it's
been
a
major
facility
for
the
whole
area.
So
I
appreciate
what
you're
doing
I'll
come
by
sit
down,
talk
and
see
what
we
can
plan
together
around
the
area
and
especially
to
get
the
word
out
about
the
mobile
services
and
and
getting
people
there.
M
U
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I'd
like
to
thank
Dr
hilt's.
Well,
congratulations!
First
of
all
on
your
appointment
and
but
thank
you
for
what
you
are
doing
and
for
coming
here
tonight
and
and
may
I
heard
the
word
free,
which
means
no
cost
in
transportation
and
other
things
and,
and
with
that
said
it
will
benefit
all
of
Columbus,
Georgia
and
so
I
I
want
you
to
take
advantage
of
ccg
TV.
U
We
will
do
a
commercial
for
you
to
run
on
ccg
TV,
we'll.
Let
you
we'll
we'll
interview
you
we'll
we'll
do
whatever
to
get.
The
word
out
that
Healthcare
is
is,
is
is
something
that
many
people
cannot
afford,
or
they
don't
have
transportation
to
get
there,
and,
and
so
we
want
to
help
you
get
the
word
out
to
the
citizens,
not
just
in
Council
house
district,
but
throughout
the
city
of
Columbus.
So
we'll.
B
Get
with
you
thank
you
and
want
to
thank
you
for
your
participation
in
the
Commission
on
health
that
is
just
starting
to
gain
some
steam,
particularly
the
mobile
piece,
and
you
mentioned
food
mill
and,
of
course
our
Parks
and
Rec
are
going
to
be
participating
in
that
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
what
you
do
to
serve
the
community.
Thank
you.
T
B
T
B
B
V
There
are
many
places
across
the
country
from
Tiny
towns
to
large
cities
that
have
adopted
a
no-kill
model
with
success.
They
are
saving
lives,
creating
positive
economic
impact
and
generating
Goodwill
and
positive
publicity
and
I
wanted
to
mention.
There's
places
like
Taft
Texas,
which
is
a
population
of
2818,
where
one
woman
took
over
the
local
animal
control
with
no
money
or
volunteers,
the
shelter
didn't
even
have
electricity
and
she
made
the
shelter
no
kill
immediately,
which
brought
in
loads
of
donations
and
volunteers,
and
she
ended
up
winning
I.
V
Think
35
000
in
the
Petco
Foundation
unsung
hero
award,
so
I
mentioned
that
because
it's
not
a
matter
of
resources,
it's
a
matter
of
having
somebody
in
charge.
Who
has
the
will
and
the
commitment
to
do
that.
Places
like
Greenville,
South,
Carolina
and
Huntsville
Alabama
have
made
huge
progress
in
this
area,
with
cooperating
with
their
community
and
and
I
saw
that
happen
in
Kansas
City.
When
I
lived
there
10
years
ago,
it
was
a
basically
your
old
style,
dog
pound.
V
And
now,
if
you
look
up
KC
Pet
Project,
it's
like
one
of
the
pride
it's
the
pride
of
the
city.
It
has
they
partner
with
Kansas
City
Chiefs.
It's
really
amazing
program
that
brings
a
ton
of
good
publicity
to
Kansas
City
so
and
the
reason
that
I'm
coming
here
today
is
because
there
has
been
a
sharp
increase
in
killing.
First
base
that
has
been
happening
at
cacc
in
the
past
few
months.
V
At
the
last
city
council
meeting,
the
new
cacc
division
manager
told
you
that
this
was
due
to
her
hiring
more
Animal
Control
Officers,
who
were
bringing
more
dogs
into
the
shelter
her
own,
slides
that
she
presented
to
you,
while
speaking,
which
I
included
in
your
packets,
show
that
virtually
the
same
number
of
animals
were
brought
in
in
February
308
and
in
March
307..
Yet
the
number
killed
for
space
increased
drastically
from
four
in
February
to
24
in
March,
with
no
increase
in
intake
over
those
months.
V
She
also
told
you
that
cacc
is
quote,
still
no
kill
unquote,
even
with
this
increase.
In
fact,
cacc
is
not
no
kill
by
any
standard
and
the
same
day
that
she
told
you.
This
cacc
killed
three
dogs,
four
space,
a
shelter
live
release
rate,
which
is
like
the
industry
term
for
the
number
of
animals
who
leave
the
shelter
alive
requires
you
to
count
the
animals
killed
for
all
reasons,
including
space,
behavior
and
illness,
and
your
division
manager
cited
only
the
percent
of
animal
animals
killed
for
space
rather
than
the
total
percent
killed.
V
Cacc
records
that
I
included
in
your
packet
that
I
received
through
an
open
records
request,
show
a
total
of
15
killed
in
March,
not
the
quote
under
10
percent
end
quote,
as
the
division
manager
stated
and
regardless
of
the
percentage,
a
shelter
that
is
killing
animals
just
for
space
really
is
not
a
no-kill
shelter.
So
the
programs
that
are
used
to
save
the
lives
of
animals,
if
you
do
become
a
no-cal
shelter,
they
have
been
known
for
decades.
They
have
been
used
all
over,
including
Kansas
City,
where
I
came
from.
V
These
include
having
an
active
Foster
program,
comprehensive
adoption
program
and
a
robust
volunteer
program
where
the
volunteers
are
treated
well
and
valued.
With
all
of
this,
supported
by
top-notch
marketing
and
customer
service
and
I
would
just
like
to
to
add,
take
a
peek
at
your
Google
reviews.
If
you
want
to
see
kind
of
how
a
shelter
is
doing
for
customer
service,
look
at
Kansas,
City,
Google
reviews
and
maybe
look
at
Columbus.
W
V
B
X
First
of
all,
name:
Teresa,
Alamein,
six,
three,
six:
three
Flat
Rock
Road;
congratulations:
Mr,
Mayor
on
hiring
a
police
chief
within
a
week
of
a
police
chief
retiring.
What
a
surprise
didn't
see
that
coming
Chief
Warren
was
on
the
job
for
16
years.
He
was
an
assistant
chief
before
he
became
chief.
X
X
Interestingly
enough,
only
eight
percent
of
them
are
women,
a
real
shock,
a
real
shock
and
to
cut
to
the
chase.
I
just
want
to
urge
you
do
not
waste
any
money
on
searching
for
a
police
chief
I
heard
that
it
costs
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
to
do
a
national
church
for
a
chief
executive
of
a
police
department.
X
Don't
do
it
in
watching
the
budget
deliberations.
I,
don't
think,
there's
any
taxpayer
dollars
to
be
wasted.
The
leadership
for
the
Columbus
Police
Department!
It's
already
here:
I
have
the
benefit
of
meeting
the
command
staff
on
March,
9th
two
assistant,
Chiefs
Kennedy,
Dent,
Fitzpatrick,
deputy
chief
Hastings
and
other
deputy
and
other
Command
Staff.
The
leadership
is
already
here,
promote
from
within
you're,
looking
at
promotions
and
transfers
Etc
after
talking
to
Chief
Mathis
on
March
12th,
he
hit
the
ground
run.
X
The
one
thing
I
can
say
for
sure
is
he
is
culturally
competent
and
he
has
been
a
chief
executive
in
some
smaller
communities,
but
in
Henry
County,
where
he
was
deputy
chief.
That
was
over
two
hundred
thousand
residents
I
understand
if
he
is
asked
to
do
anything
in
his
so-called
interim
job
I
think
he
can
offer
some
training
assistance
around
the
issue
of
executive
leadership.
X
That
was
a
void
after
chief
Bourne
left
on
Executive
leadership
training,
because
assistant
Chiefs
that
were
assistant
Chiefs
at
the
time
Chief
born
was
she
appeared
to
leave
with
Chief
board.
It
was
kind
of
an
interesting
exit
so
again
do
not
waste
money
searching
for
a
permanent
police
chief
when
the
leadership
to
be
cheap
is
already
here.
B
Y
Y
Y
Y
I've
been
down
here
before
this
Council
before
and
I
have
to
wait
60
days
before,
I
can
speak
on
this
other
matter,
but
then
the
60
days
is
almost
up
so
I'll,
be
here
on
the
next
council
meeting,
but
we're
going
to
have
to
do
something
about
the
crime,
the
violent
crimes
and
the
murder
in
the
city.
All
these
different
things
that
we
got
going
on
in
the
city,
they're
not
going
to
be
any
good
if
people
is
not
safe.
Y
Y
M
Yeah
Mr
Carter.
Thank
you
for
coming.
Thank
you.
Every
time
I
see
you
I
tell
you.
Thank
you.
I
smile
yeah,
just
for
being
concerned.
You
have
been
eyes
and
ears
in
your
neighborhood
over
the
years.
I
want
you
to
know
that
you
are
appreciated
and
we
are
talking.
We
are
working
on
some
things
and
trying
to
get
things
together
to
make
Columbus
a
safer
place
to
be
so,
don't
don't
give
up
on
us
and
don't
stop
coming.
B
U
Mr
Mayor
first
on
my
agenda
is
a
2023
young
game.
Changers
host
City
sponsorships
donations,
Georgia
forwards
young
game
changers,
as
many
of
you
know,
as
a
leadership
Action
Program,
where
50
of
George's
brightest
young
man's
gather
to
develop
creative
and
viable
recommendations
to
real
community
and
development
issues
each
year
for
one
whole
city
and
we're
that
whole
city
this
year
and
so
donations
will
be
accepted
if
you
approve
and
expend
it
to
cover
expenses
such
as
meeting
rooms
and
food
expenses
and
other
expenses
associated
with
hosting
the
game.
U
B
B
B
B
U
The
designer
has
a
desire
to
make
the
sidewalk
more
attractive
and
common
for
children
guests
visiting
the
hospital,
and
so
the
sidewalk
will
will
be
a
serpentine
walkway,
including
structural
components,
known
as
Moon
Gates.
The
moon
Gates
will
be
circular
in
nature
and
include
lighting
and,
of
course,
there's
no
financial
obligation
to
the
city.
U
That's
approved
and
and
of
course,
I've
said
to
you:
I
keep
bringing
grants
from
from
Metra
and
they've
been
very
successful
and,
and
we
are
working
to
put
on
our
website
where
we
apply
for
each
of
these
grants
and
and
kind
of
a
status
were
received
or
not
received
and
and
in
total.
So
that
I
think
you
all
requested
that
but
here's
another
rant,
it's
a
million.
U
Okay,
so
the
next
one
is
a
American
Rescue
plan,
Act
stimulus
grant
for
a
million
seven
hundred,
sixty
four
thousand
dollars
and
there
is
no
match
and
so
Metra
was
allotted
this
money
and
we
need
to
be
able
to
receive
it
and
they'll
use
this
money
for
Capital
and
bus
simile
laters
to
help
teach
train
the
drivers
to
drive
buses,
get
their
CDL
and
so
forth.
But
there's
no
match
to
this
grant.
B
H
I
just
wanted
to
I'm.
Sorry
I
just
wanted
to
wait
until
you're
after
you
were
done
with
the
the
Metra.
But
while
we're
on
the
topic
of
the
ARP
grants,
can
we
get
an
update,
maybe
by
the
next
council
meeting
or
sometime
in
June,
on
what
the
status
is
on
the
ARP
grants.
Sure
I'm
still
getting
a
lot
of
calls
and.
D
U
We
can
certainly
bring
an
update
and
and
I
can
tell
you
that
the
movement
has
started.
I've
I've
been
signing
those
for
the
last
several
days.
Okay,
they
are
coming
through
the
out
of
the
finance
office
now
to
my
office
for
Signature,
and
so
we
in
fact,
I
signed
some
today,
I
sent
some
yesterday.
I
signed
some
Friday,
so
there
is
movement,
yeah
yeah,.
B
S
S
Yeah
during
the
last
budget
review
session
and
I
heard
a
lot
of
talk
in
reference
to
a
grant
department
and
actually
I
was
like
sharing
some
information
regarding
I,
think
gwinnett's
grant
department
and
some
other
you
know:
Metropolitan
Metro,
Atlanta
Grant
departments.
What
I
did
one
I
know?
Originally
we
had
a
temporary
position
for
someone
to
manage
our
grants.
I
think
for
Arthur.
S
And
the
only
reason
why
I
was
I
was
mentioning
this,
because
when
you
look
at
the
projects,
like
almost
each
project,
had
you
know
at
least
probably
250,
150
or
so
and
I
was
thinking.
If
we
had
more
of
I
guess
like
a
temp
grant
department
to
manage
the
offer,
we
would
probably
have
you
know
more
funding
to
do
more
more
projects
instead
of
having
that
line
item
within
the.
U
U
U
Well
once
they
sat
once
they
sign
it,
like
they're,
actually
now
coming
to
my
office
to
actually
sign,
and
there
were
people
coming
through
there
today
and
they
signed
and
I
could
hear
them
out.
It's
like
how
long
will
it
be
before
I
get
my
check.
You
know,
okay
and
and
typically
that's
going
to
take
a
couple
of
weeks,
okay
to
process
a
check,
but
but
but
when
it
gets
to
my
office,
I
signed
them
the
same
day.
Okay,.
U
It's
their
signature
and
then
I
signed
off
the
same
day,
and
then
it
goes
to
process
the
check.
Okay,
thank
you,
but
there's
that
movement
is
there.
You
know.
Of
course,
we
were
not
doing
anything
because
of
the
state
issues
that
we
explained
to
you,
and
once
we
got
those
cleared
up
signed
off
on
by
the
state
and
we
were
able
to
start
processing
next
I've
got
aftermath:
canine
Grant,
it's
fifteen
thousand
dollars
for
the
Columbus
Police
Department.
B
U
B
U
Contract
extension
for
Pursuit
vehicle
build
out
with
mobile
Communications
America
Inc
B
I've
got
tractors
for
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
see
I've
got
Live
Scan
fingerprint
system
upgrade
for
the
Columbus
Police
Department
D
I've
got
radios
and
accessories
for
Public,
Safety
Communications
and
it's
800
megahertz,
radio
and
accessories.
It's
for
various
City
departments
and
they'll
purchase
those
two-way
radios
and
equipment
on
an
as
needed
basis
got
a
backhoe
loader
for
Public
Works
departments.
U
U
F
But
what
I
would
like
to
request
is
that
you
assign
whoever
the
appropriate
staff
person
under
you
to
look
into
this
and
to
bring
back
to
us,
hopefully
at
the
last
meeting,
our
last
meeting
in
June
a
status
report
on
what
what
is
the
condition
here.
If
we
look
at
the
insurance
and
fix
the
insurance,
will
that
allow
those
43
officers
who
work
for
the
Columbus
Police
Department,
but
who
live
in
Alabama
to
drive
their
cars
home
I?
F
Don't
expect
a
full
report
at
that
time,
but
just
let's,
let's
get
it
started
and
get
talking
about
it
and
I
know
that
The
Command
Staff
has
said
whatever
we
need
from
them.
If
we
need
somebody
to
tell
you
who
to
talk
to
in
West,
Point
and
LaGrange
and
Rome
and
how
they
do
it
they'll
be
glad
to
do
that.
F
But
that's
that's
one
of
the
issues
that
I
think,
quite
frankly
as
a
morale
issue,
not
only
for
those
43
officers
that
can't
drive
their
cars
home,
but
if
we
can
fix
that
I
think
that
will
be.
That
will
show
the
other
officers
in
the
department
that
we
are
trying
to
do.
What
needs
to
be
done
to
make
sure
that
their
job
is
easier
to
do
if
you
will
yeah
so.
D
F
U
F
B
B
Z
Councilor
Thomas
I
can
give
you
the
opinion
right
here.
I
do
thousands
and
thousands
of
these
cases
per
year.
Generally
speaking,
the
insurance
covers
the
the
vehicle
unless
it
is
non-use
for
like
if
they're,
going
back
and
forth
from
home
to
work
is
generally
not
covered
under
our
insurance.
While
they
are
on
duty.
Of
course
it
is.
Z
T
P
X
F
I
think
all
of
these
things
are
will
enter
into
this
question,
and
you
know
I
I
would
be
interested
in
knowing
how
they
do
it
in
West
Point
how
they
do
it
in
LaGrange,
how
they
do
it
in
Rome,
probably
Augusta
I,
don't
know
about
Augusta
but
they're
on
the
border.
Also,
so
you
know
whatever
we
can
come
up
with
to
make
it
easy
for
these
folks
to
these
43
officers
to
be
able
to
to
drive
their
car
home,
but.
W
Thank
you,
Mr
manager,
I
appreciate
the
chance
to
talk
to
you
all
mayor
I,
also
appreciate
y'all's,
allowing
me
to
give
you
an
update
of
what
we
are
working
on
at
the
River
Valley
Regional
Commission
I
first
want
to
say
thanks
to
our
chairman
pops,
Barnes
I'm.
Sorry
he's
not
here
today
to
to
to
to
to
talk
with,
but
I,
do
appreciate
his
leadership
for
the
Regional
Commission.
He
is
a
chairman
of
the
River
Valley
Regional
Commission,
mayor
Henderson.
We
appreciate
your
work
and
attendance
on
that.
W
The
leadership
of
Columbus
for
the
region
is
very
important.
I
appreciate
y'all's
y'all's
work
on
that.
Thank
you.
So
let
me
tell
you
a
little
a
bit
about
the
River
Valley
Regional
Commission.
We
are
16
counties.
We
are
51
local
governments,
one
of
those
being
the
Consolidated
Government
here
in
Columbus.
The
rest
of
the
region
really
does
look
up
and
appreciate
leadership
that
Columbus
provides.
W
We
are
large
enough
that
we
are
the
size
of
Delaware.
We
are
large
enough
that
we
have
two
types
of
barbecue
in
this
region.
If
you
go
to
the
eastern
part
of
this
region,
you
will
be
getting
a
vinegar-based
barbecue
sauce.
If
you
stay
here
in
Columbus,
at
Chester's
or
or
or
or
one
of
the
other
fine
barbecue
joint
joints
here,
you're
going
to
get
something
different,
we
have
been
around
for
a
long
time.
We've
been
around
since
the
1960s.
W
We
are
the
federally
designated
Economic
Development
District
I
say
that,
because
that's
the
Cornerstone
of
what
we
are
and
what
we
have
been
for
a
long
time,
we
do
work
a
lot
with
Federal
funding.
That's
a
core
of
what
we
do.
The
nature
of
this
region
is
very
rural.
With
the
exception
of
Columbus,
the
rest
of
the
region
looks
at
some
pretty
substantial
poverty
and
economic
distress,
the
challenges
those
local
governments
have,
and
they
rely
on
us
quite
a
bit
to
help
them
with
a
variety
of
different
things.
W
One
thing
on
the
T
on
the
Poverty
of
this
region,
the
State
Department
of
Community
Affairs,
has
a
way
to
measure
economic
attainment
with
the
tier
systems.
12
of
our
16
counties
in
this
region
are
the
lowest
economic
tier,
but
tier
one
County.
That
gives
you
some
insight
of
the
different
challenges
that
the
region
has
Columbus
this
year
is
is
one
of
those
tier
one
counties
that
may
be
an
anomaly,
but
there
are
some
advantages
that
Columbus
can
take
advantage
of.
W
Columbus
businesses
can
take
advantage
of
and
being
a
tier
being
in
tier
one
County.
There
are
12
Regional
Commissions
in
the
state
of
Georgia.
We
have
organizations
like
us
all
over
the
country
across
the
river
in
Alabama
they
were
called
Council
of
governments.
We've
all
been
doing
something
very
similar.
All
of
us
are
the
common
thread,
as
all
of
us
are
federally
designated
Economic
Development
districts.
We
work
with
the
economic
development
Administration
and
their
predecessors
and
have
again
since
the
1960s.
W
What
we
do
is
we
effectively
and
efficiently
administer
federal
dollars.
All
the
programs
that
we'll
talk
about
have
Federal
nature,
their
Federal
funding
at
their
core,
and
what
we
do
is
we
are
effective
and
efficient
managers
of
that
Federal
dollar.
As
the
city
knows,
federal
dollars
are
not
always
very
easy
to
administer,
and
so
we
do
what
we
can
to
make
sure
that
we
do
that
in
the
best
way
possible.
W
W
W
What
we
have
been
able
to
do.
This
is
a
anomaly
of
a
year.
We
have
had
nine
our
return
on
investment
for
the
investment
our
local
governments
are
making
is
ninety
dollars
per
dollar
of
dues.
That
is
an
anomaly.
It
will
not
be
that
high
again.
This
is
largely
due
to
arpa
funding
and
the
different
pieces
of
funding
that
we've
seen
recently,
and
our
job
is
to
get
these
resources
out
to
the
region
in
infrastructure
and
human
capital.
We
do
what
we
can
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
this.
W
W
What
most
people
know
us
for?
Is
this
a
planning
and
government
services?
This
is
a
large
part
of
our
history.
This
is
what
we've
been
working
on.
We
do
comprehensive
and
pre-disaster
mitigation
plans.
We
have
a
bike,
pedestrian
planner,
who
allows
us
to
do
great
things.
Like
rides
helmet
distributions,
helping
with
safe
routes
to
schools.
W
W
Asset,
one
of
the
things
that
we
that
the
County
south
of
us
struggle
with
is
as
the
buffer
is
increasing
and
going
into
private
hands.
That
resource
is
coming
out
of
a
public
actual
and
so
they're
losing
tax
revenue
in
these
rural
poor
counties.
That's
making
a
big
difference.
This
project
is
designed
to
help
identify
and
find
different
ways
to
to
to
improve
their
situations.
W
We
work
on
Transit.
We
do
run
Transit
program
with
our
partners.
We
have
the
lure
Chattahoochee
Regional
Transit
Authority,
you
all
have
seen
you
may
have
seen
the
patola
transit
buses
we
help
with
that
program.
We
do
run
some
Transit
programs
here
in
Columbus
to
this
Muskogee
County
Senior
Center.
We
run
some
dialysis
trips.
W
We
also
do
a
lot
of
grant
writing
that
is
a
large
part
of
what
we
do.
We
write
a
number
of
different
grants
for
our
local
governments.
Community
Development
block
grants.
We
have
written
several
our
grants
for
our
local
governments.
One
thing
that
we
did
not
do
is
we
did
not
write
grants
for
our
Broadband
rural
Broadband
program.
However,
we
supported
everybody
who
did
write
a
grant
for
our
for
Rural
broadband
and
we're
able
collectively
in
this
region,
to
invest
84
million
dollars
in
Broadband
in
the
rural
parts
of
this
region.
W
So
we're
really
really
pleased
with
that
and
it
was
a
strategic
decision
to
help
support
everybody
else.
Who's
who's
going
after
and
trying
to
secure
funding,
they
did
the
work.
All
we're
doing
is
trying
to
make
sure
that
we've
been
working
on
Rural
Broadband
since
2014
and
in
various
forms
and
fashions
we'll
I'll
finally
mention
the
neighborhood
products
projects
with
arpa
from
the
governor's
office.
We
were
able
to
secure
multiple
projects,
including
three
in
here
in
Columbus,
with
the
city
of
Columbus.
W
W
These
projects
are
impactful.
These
projects
are
going
to
make
a
difference
in
the
region
in
the
in
the
in
the
places
that
they
that
they
work
now
is
a
time
to
be
accelerating
and
trying
to
do
more
to
try
to
get
this
as
many
of
these
dollars
are
in
Washington
DC
back
into
this
region
as
possible.
This
is
a
historic
period
of
investment
from
Washington
D.C
and
to
me,
these
are
our
tax
dollars
that
are
going
to
DC.
W
W
I'll
mention
Tia
the
transportation
investment
act
that
was
passed
by
voters
in
this
region
in
May.
The
t
splost
is
attached
we're
using
tia2
as
the
as
the
program
and
you'll
see
the
numbers.
Here
we
have
23
total
projects,
several
of
them
here
in
Columbus,
several
of
them
coming
out
of
the
ground.
Now
total
investment
in
the
region
of
489
million
dollars.
Tia2
has
45
projects.
W
There
is
a
Citizens
review
panel
to
help
review
that
make
sure
these
projects
are
properly
administered.
We
work
with
Georgia
Department
of
Transportation
on
that
we
help
with
that
citizens
review
Panel
System
view
review
panel
has
three
members
in
this
area:
Joseph
Brannon,
Todd,
Schuster
and
Kathy
Carlisle
up
in
Harris
County.
Those
folks
are
responsible
for
making
sure
that
that
investment
is
moving
forward
as
as
planned.
W
I'm
using
this
slide
on
purpose,
this
is
a
historic
opportunity
for
investment.
As
for
as
Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt
discussed
with
rural
electrification,
we
have
the
same
thing
happening
now
with
rural
broadband.
The
Investments
investment
opportunities
that
we
have
now
will
not
happen
again
in
our
lifetime
and
doing
everything
we
can
to
make
sure
we
secure
those
investments
in
this
region
is
our
top
priority.
W
We
are
the
Workforce
Development
Area
for
the
middle
Flint,
that
is
the
eight
counties
in
the
eastern
part
of
this
region,
lower
chat
and
Howard
Pendleton.
Of
course,
the
Workforce
Development
Area
for
the
eight
Western
counties.
We
appreciate
working
with
lower
chat,
Workforce
Development
board.
Together
we
are
the
workforce
region
and
we
work
regularly
and
in
partnership
with
Columbus
on
that.
W
The
third
line
of
business
I'll
talk
about
is
the
Area
Agency
on
Aging.
This
is
a
major
part
of
what
we
do.
This
is
an
incredibly
important
component
of
our
work.
I
want
to
recognize
our
AAA
advisory
council
members.
Pops
Barnes
is
one
of
those
and
John
and
Marilyn
house
have
been
members
of
our
AAA
advisory
Council
for
a
number
of
years
and
appreciate
their
help
and
support
through
the
years.
W
The
heart
of
our
AAA
program
is
our
aging
and
disability
resource
connection
hotline.
This
is
a
1
800
number
that
is
available
to
everyone,
everyone
in
Columbus
everyone
in
the
region.
It
is
a
starting
point
for
our
services.
We
take
a
note
and
wrong
door
approach
to
services
and
we
do
get
a
number
of
folks
that
are
referring
that
that
make
referrals
to
this.
So
please
make
sure
folks
have
this
number.
Please
make
sure
this
number
is
shared.
W
W
We
have
a
number
of
services
that
we
provide
to
seniors,
I,
think
I'll
go
ahead
and
let
the
let
you
all
fill
and
fill
in
the
rest.
There
we
work
with
Partners.
That's
how
we
do
this
work.
Direct
Services
provides
the
the
work
for
Meals
on
Wheels.
They
are
a
great
partner
for
us
Georgia
legal
service,
always
caring.
The
Meals
on
Wheels
program
is
a
core
part
of
of
the
service
that
we
do,
but
it
isn't
the
only
service
we
feed
folks
in
senior
centers
home,
delivered
meals.
W
We
help
with
with
folks
that
are
that
need
some
some
assistance
at
home
for
light
housekeeping.
We
also
help
take
care
of
people
who
are
taking
care
of
others
at
respite
care
is
an
incredibly
important
piece.
You
all
know
that,
as
you
take
care
of
other
people,
it
wears
you
out
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
are
taking
care
of
our
seniors
can
can
have.
This
can
have
the
help
that
they
need.
W
We
do
have
a
wellness
program
that
we're
very
proud
of
the
wealth.
The
matter
of
balance
course
that
we
are
that
we
run
we've
done
that,
but,
most
recently
in
partnership
with
Piedmont
Hospital
in
senior
Wellness
day,
we
had
over
overhead
seniors
at
the
Trade
Center.
We
do
need
volunteers,
we
do
need
people
that
can
help
us
who
are
interested
in
learning,
how
to
teach
and
how
to
be
a
lay
leader
for
these
Wellness
programs.
W
Finally,
I'll
mention
the
dementia
care
specialist.
It's
a
new
program
that
we
have
and
our
new
dementia,
Care
Specialists
will
be
available
for
training
in
the
community
in
the
next
few
months.
Here
our
Partnerships
are
incredibly
important
when
we
have
resources
that
we
can't
use.
We
look
and
keep
our
heads
up
and
see
who
can
use
them
in
this
past
year,
with
the
amount
of
funding
that
was
coming
out
of
Washington
DC.
W
We
looked
up
and
looked
around
to
see
who
else
would
be
able
to
be
bent
to
benefit
this,
and
we
found
West
Georgia
a
public
health
with
their
help.
With,
with
the
with
the
assistance
of
Dr,
hiltz
and
Jack
Blackwood,
we
had
three
things
that
we
worked
on
there.
We,
you
all
helped
provide
resources
for
a
mobile
unit
for
dph
for
West,
Central
Georgia
great
thing,
but
it
was
here
in
Columbus
we
looked
and
found
some
funding
for
a
mobile
unit
outside
of
Columbus,
so
we
could
serve
the
other
counties
in
this
region.
W
We
have
helped
with
in
expanding
the
public
health
Workforce.
We
are
the
only
AAA
in
the
state
to
receive
this
award.
We
did
some
help
with
the
code
vaccine
response.
In
total,
we
had
500
000
in
investment
that
we
couldn't
use,
but
we
know
that
dph
could
and
we
wanted
to
get
that
information
to
them.
W
Finally,
I'll
mention
the
senior
hunger
Coalition
councilor
Tucker.
Thank
you
for
being
a
member
of
that
pops
appreciate
your
help
and
support
on
that.
We
have
given
a
number
of
series
of
mini
grants
in
the
region
and
particularly
here
in
Columbus.
Our
most
recent
flag
is
seen
it
as
a
donation,
a
grant
to
Saint
Anne's
Outreach
for
coolers
to
help
with
the
with
a
food
delivery
program
that
they
run
and
using
doordash
to
help
facilitate
that
I've
taken
a
fair
amount
of
time.
W
H
You
know:
we've
watched
the
particularly
the
Aging
population
portion
of
rvrc
grow
with
Leaps
and
Bounds,
and
so
and
I
know
I'm
sure,
I'm
I'm
sure
pops
would
agree
with
me
on
on
this
one
and
that
that's
a
really
good
thing
and
even
being
at
the
anti
or
the
Aging
event
that
we
had
like
you
had
a
couple
weeks
ago.
The
difference
between
last
year
and
this
year
was
I
mean
tenfold.
H
So
from
my
perspective
of
of
health
and
health
and
wellness
I
look
forward
to
helping
you
in
any
way
that
you
need
to
be
helped
with
as
far
as
anything
are
you
doing,
but
particularly
in
the
the
anti-aging
portion.
So
thank
you
for
all
that.
You
do
it's
it's
a
lot.
Whenever
somebody
asks
me
what
rvrc
is
I
just
say
they
do
it
all.
So.
Thank
you.
S
Yes,
I
I
was
actually
going
to
say.
Councilor
Barnes
is
the
biggest
cheerleader
for
RV
RC.
The
first
day
I
sit
in
the
seat
when
we
were
in
the
Civic
Center.
That
was
the
first
day.
He
tapped
me
and
said:
hey.
You
need
to
get
involved
in
this
senior
home
Coalition.
So
since
that
day,
I've
actually
been
on
two
cycles
for
creating
the
grants
for
the
senior
hunger
Coalition
and
actually
going
out
and
looking
for
individuals
to
apply
and
happy
every
second
Tuesday
of
the
month
coming
down.
S
Oh,
but
I
have
learned
so
much
about
RV
RC
in
these
little
under
three
years
and
I
would
say
yeah
you
all
are
everything
and
thanks
for
leveraging
the
offer
dollars.
You
know
when,
when
the
conversations
first
occurred,
that
was
the
one
thing
that
you
and
I
agreed
on
was
leveraging
the
money.
You
know,
and
you
all
have
done
that
so
thank
you.
W
I
appreciate
your
help
and
your
leadership
again
for
you
all,
you
know,
know
and
understand
the
role
that
the
rest
of
the
region
and
whether
you're
using
the
region
of
a
river
valley
region
or
the
MP,
the
mpo
or
any
other
measure
of
region
Columbus,
is
very
important.
It
is
very
important
for
this
area
and
I'll
include
our
friends
over
in
Alabama
as
part
of
that,
and
we
appreciate
y'all's
leadership.
Participation
with.
M
Us,
yes,
sir
director
Livingston,
thank
you
so
much
for
what
you
do.
We
have
some
private
conversations
from
time
to
time,
but
you
know
my
conversation.
I'm
an
infrastructure
type
person
and
I
was
just
looking
at
the
numbers
here.
City
manager
and
I
spoke
a
lot
when
we
passed
the
first
t-s
plus
about
the
opportunities
to
get
so
many
projects
done
and
with
the
new.
M
The
blessing
of
the
new
cheese
blast,
I
think
we're
somewhere
with
1.34
billion
dollars
of
projects
in
a
20-year
period,
but
probably
will
never
be
repeated
in
our
history,
but
I.
Thank
you
for
what
you
do.
I'm
looking
at
you
spoke
of
tier
one
counties,
cities,
counties,
counties
looking
at
the
numbers
here,
it
seems
as
though
Columbus
has
been
a
major
player
in
the
t-splash
world
of
other
counties.
Getting
a
chance
to
do
things
they
never
would
have
had
the
opportunity
to
do
so.
M
M
I
thank
the
public
and
the
voting
public
for
getting
it
passed
for
us
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
to
make
the
roadways
better
and
I'll
get
with
you
and
see
what
else
I
can
do
from
time
to
time
and
for
tomorrow
morning,
I
apologize
at
the
last
minute,
but
I
had
a
church
member
that
died
and
I
got
my
calendar
mixed
up.
I
thought
the
service
was
Thursday,
so
I
had
signed
up
to
be
there
in
the
morning.
W
B
All
right,
that's
it
Jim!
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
The
the
work
of
the
rvrc
is
critical,
particularly
we're
talking
about
we're
talking
about
the
things
it
means
to
the
smaller
counties.
Some
of
those
counties
were
filling
potholes
with
sand,
so
for
them
to
get
the
discretionary
funding
just
to
be
able
to
try
to
create
some
more
sustainable
roadways
for
the
folks
is
essential.
U
D
R
AA
We
had
a
total
of
5300,
approximately
5
300
sales,
this
year,
of
which
3
500
or
so
were
what
we
call
qualified
sales
arms
length
sales
that
we
can
use
to
develop
Market.
Our
Market
is
based
on
this
year
and
last
year.
So
it's
a
it's
a
two-year
Market
that
we
use
for
our
updates,
the
other
sales,
the
out
of
that
5300.
Those
are
things
like
divorces,
name
changes,
changes
to
Estates
that
kind
of
thing,
so
we
can't
use
those
out
of
this.
AA
Last
year
we
had
1453
homesteads
that
were
removed,
which
means
those
were
reset
to
fair
market
value
because
of
our
Frozen
homesteads
ranges
from
people
moving
Selling
Houses,
changing
locations
to
people
passing
away,
so
that
allows
us
to
reset
those
values.
But
in
doing
so
we
had
1770
new
Homestead
sign
ups,
so
there's
a
lock
on
1770
taxable
values
so
but
they're
at
the
new
value
we
sent
out
somewhere
in
their
neighborhood
of
5900
personal
property
notices,
those
includes
boats,
aircraft
and
business
inventory
equipment,
those
kind
of
things
and
real
property
notices.
AA
AA
I
see
some
shocked
faces,
we
are
still
playing
ketchup
from
the
we
made
a
decision
in
20
and
21
at
the
height
of
covid,
not
to
make
any
changes
so
22
we
started
adjusting
the
market.
We
were
very
conservative
in
the
changes
that
we
made
last
year.
It
was
a
seven
percent
increase
last
year
and
this
year
is
the
final
year
of
catch-up.
So
this
is
12
week.
We
tried
to
balance
it.
AA
We
didn't
want
to
hit
anybody
with
these
massive
increases
and
to
kind
of
give
you
an
idea.
I
talked
to
my
fellow
Chiefs
in
other
counties
and
some
of
them
have
held
off
making
these
changes
and
they're
hitting
their
constituents
with
something
in
the
neighborhood
of
25
increases
this
year.
We
did
not
do
that.
We
split
ours
over
two
years,
so
we
did
a
little
bit
last
year,
a
little
bit
this
year
kind
of
evening
it
out
so
notices
are
going
out
on
Tuesday.
They
are
at
the
printer.
AA
Now
that
will
open
a
45-day
appeal
period.
That
appeal
period
will
end
on
Friday
July
14th
appeals
must
be
hand
delivered
to
us.
They
can
be
mailed
if
they're
postmarked,
we
don't
accept
metered,
and
then
we
have
something
brand
spanking
new
this
year
they
can
be
uploaded
to
us.
We
have
an
online
appeal
module
that
if
you'll
give
me
a
few
minutes
of
time,
I'll
like
to
walk
you
through
and
kind
of
show
you
how
this
is
going
to
work,
it's
very
customer
friendly.
AA
So
that's
the
that's.
The
big
thing
is
that
they'll
be
able
to
file
this
online.
The
links
to
get
to
filing
their
appeals
will
be
through
the
city's
website
through
my
page
on
the
city's
website
or
through
directly
through
Q
public.
That's
where
the
appeal
module
will
be
hosted
and
they
there's
a
there's
a
button
on
there
that
when
they
go
to
submit
they
can
they
can
actually
start
their
appeal
right
now.
AA
If
they
want
to,
they
can't
see
any
of
their
values
you,
yet
those
won't
be
available
until
the
30th,
but
if
they
go
out
to
their
property
on
qpublic.net,
there's
a
little
button
there.
That
says,
would
you
like
to
appeal
and
it
starts
the
whole
process,
but
they
can't
submit
anything
yet
that
the
button
to
submit
won't
turn
on
until
the
30th
and
it
will
shut
off
on
the
14th.
AA
So
this
is
what
it
looks
like
when
they
go
out
to
their
property
they'll.
It
they'll
jump
to
a
search
screen
where
they'll
be
able
to
look
for
their
property
either
by
their
parcel
number,
by
their
name
or
by
their
address
and
when
they
get
to
their
property.
There
is
that
little
blue
button
that
says
appeal
to
the
board
of
assessors.
They
just
click
on
that
and
that
takes
them
to
a
screen.
That
says
start
a
new
appeal.
There's
a
button
on
there.
It
says
click
here
that
button
explains
the
different
types
of
appeals.
AA
AA
They
can
enter
their
email
address
there
or
just
click
Start.
If
they've
already
started
an
appeal
and
maybe
got
interrupted
and
have
to
go
back,
this
is
also
where
they
can
enter
that
six
digit
code
that
they'll
receive
in
process
in
submitting
their
appeal,
so
they
can
come
back
and
and
go
back
to
work
on
it
when
they
start
their
appeal.
There
is
a
video
that
they
can
watch
that
Will
demonstrate
how
to
submit
their
appeal.
AA
If
they
choose
to
appeal
their
value
or
uniformity,
then
it
takes
them
to
a
comparable
search
where
they
can
find
like
properties
to
theirs.
What
happens
a
lot
of
times
is
taxpayers
will
show
a
reward
of
Equalization.
They
don't
have
any
evidence.
They
don't
know
how
to
put
that
together.
They
don't
know
what
what
they
need
to
bring,
and
this
will
actually
help
them
make
their
case,
because
it
allows
them
to
look
for
comparable
properties
if
they
are
appealing
something
else.
Maybe
they
were
denied,
Covenant
or
or
something
like
that.
AA
They'll
it'll,
take
them
straight
through
the
appeal
process
without
having
to
go
through
the
comparable
search.
But
this
little
setup
I've
done
here
for
you
is-
is
involving
the
comparable
search.
So
it
takes
them
to
the
next
screen
to
start
their
comparable
search.
They
hit
the
little
blue
button
and
on
the
right
hand,
side
here
is
their
property
information.
This
is
just
a
little
top
portion
of
the
screen.
There's
a
lot
of
criteria
that
are
listed
here
on
the
left
are
little
boxes.
AA
We
have
some
of
those
defaulted,
so
it
will
automatically
select
some
of
those,
but
they
can
choose
additional
criteria
when
I
set
up
this
particular
sample
for
you
all,
I
left
in
blank
I
didn't
select
any
criteria
other
than
what
it
defaults
to
and
once
some
of
the
things
it
defaults
to,
is
it
defaults
to
a
20
square
footage,
either
less
or
greater
than
their
property.
So
it'll
look
for
stuff,
that's
comparable
in
size
and
then
it'll
also
look
for
stuff,
that's
comparable
in
valuation.
AA
AA
Take
them
to
this
screen.
They
do
have
to
assert
what
they
believe
their
property
to
be
worth.
It'll
also
show
what
we
have
it
valued
at.
They
assert
what
they
feel
it's
worth.
They
provide
their
contact
information.
If
it
is
an
agent,
we
do
have
tax
Representatives
that
represent
taxpayers
for
their
appeals.
AA
They
can
input
that
information
and
also
they
have
to
select
which
one
of
the
appeal
routes
they
would
like
to
take,
whether
they
wish
that
to
be
Board
of
Equalization
arbitration,
hearing
officer,
Superior
Court,
they
click
save
and
it
takes
them
on
to
attaching
supporting
documentation.
Maybe
they
have
a
recent
appraisal,
maybe
they
refinance
recently
and
they
have
a
new
appraisal.
They
can
attach
that
here,
if
they're
a
tax
rep.
This
is
also
where
they
would
load
their
letter
of
authorization
if
they
don't
have
any
documents.
AA
They
just
click
skip
this
step
and
it
takes
them
to
the
review
and
it
shows
they
have
the
ability
to
look
at
their
property
information.
Their
appeal
form
the
subject,
the
comparable
properties,
and
then
they
can
download
all
of
that
as
a
zip
file
so
that
they
have
it
for
their
records
and,
as
you
can
see
on
this
particular
screen,
it
says
submissions
not
available
at
this
time.
That's
where
the
little
blue
button
to
submit
their
appeal
will
be
once
we
turn
it
on.
AA
D
AA
K
D
K
AA
That
management
agreement
covers
appealing
their
taxes.
Yes,
otherwise
we
wouldn't
just
need
a
letter
that
states
hey
I'm,
authorized
I'm
the
owner
that
says
I'm
authorizing
this
particular
person
to
represent
me.
You
don't
even
have
to
have
any
kind
of
a
fiduciary
responsibility.
You
can
represent
your
next
door
neighbor
if
they
authorize
it.
AA
We're
very
excited
about
this
I
I
think
it
just
gives
another
another
tool
in
the
toolbox
to
help
the
taxpayer
understand
how
we
arrive
at
their
values
and
how
their
property
is
valued
and
when
they
go
to
appeal
I
mean
we
like
to
think
that
we're
perfect
and
we
get
it
all
right.
We
know
we
don't,
and
there
are
times
where
appeals
are
absolutely.
You
know
the
the
avenue
to
take,
so
we
we
want
to
be
able
to
to
have
that
taxpayer
have
everything
that
they
need.
AA
E
Davis
Madam
Texas
I
said
well.
We
got
you
here
just
listening
to
you,
the
you
know
and
simple
I'm
just
sitting
here
thinking
man,
we
are
really
in
financially
healthy
as
a
city
and
listen
in
your
presentation.
Now,
with
the
tax
digest
coming
in
I
mean
I'm
going
to
play
I'm
going
to
play
the
dumb
one
here,
but
I
know
what
that
equates
to
me.
AA
D
D
AA
With
that
increase
comes
an
increase
in
appeals,
and
we
know
that,
because
there
will
be
people
that
will
be
upset
at
increases
in
values
and
I
can
tell
you
that
that
we
do
have
a
percentage
that,
even
though
we
try
and
split
this
up,
so
that
nobody
gets
hit
with
big
increases
at
any
one
time.
That
doesn't
mean
that
there
aren't
some
big
increases
on
the
table
for
some
taxpayers.
E
E
AA
Our
numbers
are
well
supported
by
the
market.
We
have
a
lot
of
sales,
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
mentioned
just
the
sales
from
2022..
We
work
with
a
two-year
market,
usually
it's
a
three
year,
but
we
have
enough
sales
from
21
and
22
to
only
be
working
with
a
two-year
Market
to
establish
our
values.
Between
the
two
years
we
are
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
almost
8
000
sales,
which
is
sufficient
for
developing
a
good,
solid
valuation.
Market.
E
U
AB
Good
evening,
mayor
city
manager,
counselors
I'm
here
this
evening
to
talk
about
the
affordable
housing
initiative
that
we're
preparing
to
launch
with
American
Rescue
plan
funding
the
American
Rescue
plan,
affordable
housing
initiative
is
a
response
to
a
crisis
in
our
community.
As
you
know,
the
demand
for
housing
considered,
affordable
is
intense,
and
so
this
program
is
seeking
to
develop
solutions
for
those
who
need
affordable
housing.
Most
with
the
implementation
of
ARP
funds
into
a
developing
Capital
stack.
AB
This
project
is
designed
to
produce
affordable
housing
units,
particularly
for
those
with
lower
incomes.
The
community
reinvestment
department
is
requesting
proposals
as
a
component
to
address
the
Columbus's,
affordable
housing
crisis.
The
application
guidelines
or
the
program
overview
can
be
found
at
columbusga.gov
on
a
community
reinvestment
website.
The
applications
will
begin
to
be
accepted
tomorrow,
May
24
2023
and
will
close
promptly
at
July
24
2023
11
59
PM.
The
applications
can
be.
AB
AB
Some
of
the
things
that
we
look
to
address
through
this
opportunity
to
when
we're
looking
at
the
proposals
proposals
are.
Will
those
units
have
income
restrictions
you
know
or
set
aside
for
residents
within
that
project?
We
want
to
understand
things
about
how
the
project
adds
value
to
the
physical
community
and
translates
into
tertiary
effects
for
the
intended
residents
who
will
occupy
these
spaces
and
questions
like
does.
The
proposed
project
include
layering
of
funding
sources
to
better
disperse
the
incurred
burden
of
development
costs?
AB
That
just
simply
means
that
you
know.
3
million
is
not
a
lot
of
money
to
address
the
problem,
but
if
there
are
other
funding
sources
that
we
can
leverage
to
make
a
deeper
impact,
we
would
love
to
see
what
those
projects
look
like
and
also
what
other
firm
Financial
commitments
are
being
provided
for
the
project.
U
AC
Good
afternoon
mayor
members
of
council,
Mississippi
manager
yeah,
we
okay
just
like
to
share
with
you
a
brief
presentation
that
we've
been
working
on
with
some
upgrades
to
the
River
Center
parking
garage
and
we've
been
working
on
these
improvements.
Now
for
almost
a
year,
we
started
last
year.
So
what
we
want
to
present
to
you
is
what
we
call
the
summer
showcase
and
so
on
June,
the
6th
from
between
the
hours
of
10
a.m
and
2
P.M.
AC
We
will
be
conducting
some
tours
at
the
River
Center
Parking
Garage,
just
to
show
those
of
you
who
can
come
out
between
those
hours
as
well
as
the
public.
What
we
have
done
to
the
River
Center
parking
garage
and
and
we've
spent
quite
a
bit
of
funding,
t-sbloss
funding
for
these
upgrades,
and
so
we
want
to
you
know
actually
say
to
the
public.
You
know
people
have
said
you
know
they
didn't
really
feel
safe
at
the
garage,
and
so
we
want
the
public
to
know
that
we
were
listening.
We
heard
them.
AC
AC
If
you
you
can
go
anytime,
you
really
don't
have
to
wait
until
June
the
6th
you're
going
to
see
these
changes.
We're
continuing
to
do
touch-ups.
You
know,
maybe
touch
up
paint
here
or
there
up
until
that
time
and
we
do
it
daily,
but
the
new
signage
you
will
notice
it.
If
you
haven't
been
in
the
garage,
it's
noticeable
beautification,
nice
flowers
and
Greenery
Shrubbery
on
the
outside,
which
means
a
lot
when
you
enter
in
the
garage
you
want
the
entrance
and
the
presence
to
be
noticeable
emergency
call
boxes.
AC
This
really
huge,
we've
got
14
total
emergency
call
boxes
at
the
River
Center
Garage.
There
are
four
of
the
pedestal
type
that
you
see
and
10
of
the
boxes
that
are
on
the
wall.
So
that
is,
is
a
huge
feature
for
people
who
may
feel
like
it's
not
safe.
If
it's
at
night,
those
those
call
boxes
are
there
for
them.
AC
Led
lighting,
this
garage
is
lit.
You
know
we
have
heard
people
say
it's
too
dark.
It
is
bright,
very
bright,
I
believe
Bay,
Avenue
garage
was
probably
the
only
one
that
had
the
LED
lighting,
but
now
River
Center
is
well
lit,
re-striping
and
of
spaces
and
numbers
again.
That's
we've
had
all
of
the
parking
spaces
re-striped
way
finding
signs.
So
it's
easy
to
see
the
numbers
of
of
where
you're
parking
and
the
floors
foreign
the
fifth
floor
entrance
gate
for
years,
we've
had
so
much
activity
going
up.
AC
On
the
fifth
floor
and
everything
going
on
up
there,
so
you
will
be
able
to
see
there
this
gate
it's
closed
off
and
we
can
open
it
whenever
it's
needed.
We
it's
a
automatic
gate
if
we
need
to
open
the
fifth
floor,
but
this
prohibits
people
from
driving
up
and
just
going
up
there
hanging
out
laudering
vandalizing
on
the
fifth
floor
and
the
the
new
fencing
that
you
see
on
the
right
there.
It's
it
will
house
the
new
golf
carts,
that's
the
part
of
it.
AC
We
we
didn't,
we
didn't
have
the
whole
picture,
but
it's
bigger
than
that.
The
four
golf
carts
that
we're
going
to
be
purchasing
that
are
actually
being
manufactured
now
for
the
Uptown
shuttle.
So
once
the
shuttle
is
is
finished
at
night.
Whatever
time
we
decide
to
run
it
Monday
through
Saturday,
when
those
carts
come
in,
they
will
be
housed
inside
of
those
that
fenced
area
at
the
garage.
And,
of
course
we
have
cameras
throughout
the
garage.
We've
always
had
cameras
and
so
we're
upgrading
the
cameras
as
well.
AC
Again,
those
are
just
like
I
say
those
are
the
major
upgrades
we
have
made
upgrades
and
we,
we
are
we're
budgeting
for
each
garage
each
year,
each
budget
year
so
with
the
River
Center
Garage
being
the
the
public
garage.
We
started
with
that
one,
and
so
each
year
next
year
we
will
start
our
upgrades
with
Bay
and
as
well
as
CSU,
but
we
have
already
invested
in
all
of
the
garages
in
terms
of
pressure
washing
exterior
and
interior.
AC
In
fact,
the
River
Center
garage
has
been
pressure
washed
twice
already
and
and
wayfinding
signs
are
already
in
the
garages
restriping.
So
for
Bay
and
River
Center.
We
will
be
also
adding
call
boxes
and
if
it's
LED
sliding
so
we're
gonna
make
sure
that
we
set
aside
funding
every
year
for
upgrades
to
the
garages,
because
we
want
you
know
we
really
we
need.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
parking.
Space,
Uptown
and
Uptown
is
just
growing
and
we
need
our
citizens
to
know
that
the
garages
are
accessible
for
them.
H
This
is
going
to
be.
This
is
going
to
be
really
great
for
for
Uptown
and
the
shortages
of
parking
spots
that
we
have
up
and
down
Broadway
and
First
Street,
especially
once
our
government
center
moves
downtown.
So
I
anticipate
this
taking
a
lot
of
load
off
of
some
of
that.
Some
of
that
parking,
as
well
as
with
the
River
Center
increase
and
attendance,
so
particularly
now
that
we're
out
of
the
covet
time.
So
this
is
this
is
a
great
great
asset.
AD
AC
H
D
A
AC
AC
U
So
the
point
I
was
going
to
make
with
a
new
and
improved
garage,
the
look,
The
cleanliness,
the
way,
finders
the
call
boxes
and
and
then
we're
going
to
have
the
four
golf
carts
that
are
going
to
be
throughout
Uptown
Columbus
and
at
no
cost
to
Citizens
and
it'll
be
like
an
Uber
or
Lyft.
You
can
call
for
the
golf
cart
and
it'll.
Tell
you
I'm
going
to
be
there
in
three
minutes
and
they'll
come
and
pick
you
up
and
they
take
you
to
the
garage
or
wherever
you're
going
in
uptown.
U
AC
But
we
are
already
getting
feedback
from
citizens
on
the
improvements
of
the
garage,
and
so
you
know
I
like
to
thank
mCP
the
award
Herbert
Walker
and
Deputy
Warden
Sherman
Thomas
for
the
additional
Manpower.
It
really
takes
a
lot
to
clean
all
of
the
garages
and
maintain
them.
So
you
know
I
just
want
I
want
to
thank
them
for
the
additional
help
and
mCP
a
CPD
for
coming
by
because
a
lot
of
times,
if
people
see
police
riding
through,
they
feel
safe.
AC
M
M
For
the
update,
I
just
wanted
to
say,
I
I
have
been
in
that
garage
for
years
and
years
and
years
so
I've
seen
it
from
where
it
was
to
where
it
is
I
was
just
in
there
last
week,
always
been
a
good
central
location
for
parking
and
walking
down
to
Bayfront
or
down
to
the
1100
block.
Well,
most
of
the
activities
go
on
most
of
the
restaurants,
but
anyway
thank
you.
Everything
looks
good.
My
only
question
is:
where
are
the
call
boxes
located
inside
of
the
garage
they.
AC
M
M
AC
F
F
U
U
I
will
say
that
I
know
there
is
a
plan
in
meeting,
so
you
know
I
will
answer
that
later,
but
we're
going
to
they
don't
know
this.
Yet
we're
going
to
be
friendly
in
terms
of
I
mean
we're
not
going
to
run
around
and
just
hand
out
parking
tickets
because
we
know
people
is
going
to
probably
be
crazy,
a
lot
of
people
trying
to
move
about
and
so
and
we're
not
just
doing
it
for
them,
but
we
we
have
done
it
for
others.
F
Well,
well
and
I
know
too
that
there
are
a
number
of
those
garages
that
if
there
was
a
shuttle
between
the
garage
and
the
Trade
Center,
that
would
be
helpful
to
the
people
attending
and
so
forth.
Somebody
told
me
they
were
going
to
be
like
4
000
people
down
there.
I
don't
know
if
that's
if
that's
correct
or
not,
but
at
any
rate,
when
you
get
when
you
get
to
the
point
where
you
can
bring,
give
us
an
update.
Please.
B
B
U
Well,
absolutely
we,
we
always
have
an
exit
exit
clause
in
any
agreement
we
reach
and
we
have
gotten
rid
of
vendors
and
gone
to
the
next
best
vendor
in
that
case,
and
we've
gotten
rid
of
some
and
we've
gone
out
with
a
new
RFP.
So
we've
we've
done
it
before
and
we
deal
with
the
city,
attorney's
office
and
Cliff
and
Lucy
have
been
really
really
good
about.
E
U
Here's
what
we
do
when
we
know
that
it's
something
that
we
need
on
a
regular
basis
like
for
Architects,
for
example.
We
we
go
out
one
time
and
for
a
contract
period
we
would
identify
three
different
vendors
and
we
put
them
on
a
list.
We
go
out
for
a
engineering
firms.
We
do
three
of
them.
We
put
them
on
the
list.
We
go
out
for
attorneys,
who
will
handle.
U
U
E
E
U
U
Yeah,
thank
you.
So
next
mayor
I've
got
I-14
update.
We
had
Frank
Lumpkin
come
and
give
you
an
update
at
the
last
meeting
this
time
as
staff
is
Will
Johnson
we'll
give
you
an
update
and-
and
he
also
has
updated
a
draft
letter
in
your
packet
that
that
he
will
tell
you
about
and
if
he
doesn't
I
will
some.
L
We're
going
to
go
over
just
the
basics
of
what
we
know
about
I-14
so
far
as
a
city
manager
just
mentioned,
Mr
Lumpkin
and
his
associate
are
here
with
the
youth
infrastructure
Coalition
to
add
any
information
later
that
they
know
that
I,
maybe
don't
know
so
they're
here
tonight,
to
support
staff
I'm
going
to
try
to
get
through
this
pretty
quickly
because
it
is
a
bit
long.
Yes,
the
history
so
far,
I-14
was
originated
as
safety
Lou
legislation
in
2005.
L
L
Formerly
hood
and
Gordon
2017
Council
requests
at
I-14
be
put
on
the
legislative
agenda
for
the
general
assembly
in
2020,
Congressman
Babin
of
Texas
presented
an
I-14
Amendment
to
the
house
resolution
2
to
set
up
I-14
as
a
high
priority
quarter
and
also
that
year.
The
mpo
letters
would
support
Alabama
and
Georgia
senators
agreeing
to
support
a
further
study
of
an
East-West
link
from
Texas
to
South
Carolina.
L
Also
in
2020,
stantech
was
hired
to
present
a
study
on
improvements
needed
to
J.R
Allen
Parkway,
which
included
Interstate
upgrades
in
2021,
Senators,
Cruz
and
Warnock
include
I-14
into
the
American
job
plan
bill,
which
would
designate
I-14
as
a
East-West
corridor
from
Texas
to
Augusta
plan
director
Rick
Jones
filled
out
Senator
warnock's
Transportation
priorities
request
and
sent
it
in
and
then
again.
2022
counselor
hats
requested
that
gdap
pursue
a
raise
Grant
to
update
the
I-14
route,
raise
grants
or
rebuilding
American
infrastructure
through
sustainability
and
equity.
L
L
It's
an
East-West
Interstate
through
the
most
underserved
parts
of
the
South.
It's
an
excellent
opportunity
for
economic
development.
We've
already
done
the
2020
Jr
Allen
Parkway
study,
French
study
as
part
of
the
Metropolitan
Transportation
study
will
be
done,
will
be
completed
in
early
24,
which
will
help
us
identify
how
much
Freight
is
actually
coming
through
Columbus
and,
of
course,
as
mentioned
before
their
strong
local
advocacy
here
in
Columbus,
some
of
the
cons,
Jerry
Allen
Parkway
is
not
up
to
Interstate
standards.
L
We
would
need
to
increase
Bridge,
Heights
and
widths
Lane
widths,
add
Lanes.
We
would
have
to
deal
with
grades
and
several
other
issues.
When
I-14
was
identified
in
2005
we
had
no
Walmart,
no
Midland
Commons
and
no
kitten
Lake
development
in
the
Beaver
Run
area.
There
are
limited
options
for
rerouting
that
have
been
identified
by
usdot.
L
Of
course,
grades
and
terrain
are
an
issue.
It
undermines
reconnected
communities,
Grant
is
outlined
the
infrastructure
and
investment
jobs.
Act
again
I
mentioned
the
lack
of
support
from
Lee
County
out
of
126
respondents
to
the
Jr
Allen
study
in
2020
I-14
upgrades
were
rated
as
tier
3
or
tier
4
priorities
for
Jr
Allen
out
of
a
leased
rating
of
five
and
the
other
issue.
That's
that's
already
programmed
with
GDOT.
Is
the
proposed
Lynch
Road
in
Macon
Road
rounds
roundabouts.
L
L
This
is
out
of
the
2011
report
to
Congress
from
usdot.
This
is
Montgomery
to
Columbus.
These
are
the
Alternatives.
They
came
up
with
alternative
one
and
two
which
comes
down
280.
You
get
off
on
85
in
Opelika,
heading
down,
280
into
Phoenix,
City,
yeah,
I'm,
pretty
sure
it's
Smith,
Station
area.
That
does
not
like
that
scenario
at
all.
L
L
L
And
then
alternative
3B,
which
is
just
blowing
and
going
with
no,
they
didn't
put
a
route
in
there,
but
that's
just
completely
just
mowing:
through
undeveloped,
land
would
be
871
million,
and
then
we
get
to
the
next
option
of
Columbus
to
Byron
and
hitting
75
alternative.
One
gets
off
on,
Manchester
gets
off,
Jerry,
Allen
and
Manchester
Expressway
goes
up
the
County
Line
Road
and
just
blows
through
everything
from
here
to
Byron,
so
that
would
be
extremely
unpopular.
L
To
do
alternative
three
two
and
three,
which
is
down
80
and
96
fall
line.
Freeway
would
be
407
million
dollars,
and
these
are
some
other
scenarios
that
we've
looked
at
or
have
been
presented
to
you
all
before
that
were
in
other
presentations.
This
is
coming
off
the
curve.
It
warms
right
before
you
get
to
Warm
Springs
Road,
going
through
a
couple
subdivisions
going
through
a
couple
of
schools
going
through
Bull,
Creek,
Golf
Course
and
coming
out
on
the
other
side
of
Beaver
Run,
which
you
know
we'd
all.
D
L
L
Another
one
we
looked
at
same
thing:
you
just
stay
on
315.
Despite
that
tag
there
that
says
208,
but
you
stay
on
315
and
then
hit
90
going
to
Junction
City
and
you
you
go.
You
have
to
bridge
in
front
of
Goat
Rock
Dam
at
the
river
and
then
another
one
we
looked
at
is
Mrs
Montgomery
Mrs
Columbus,
but
it's
really
not
far
from
the
south
gate
of
Fort
Benning,
and
that
is
mostly
rural
route.
We
have
no
costs
on
these
things.
L
This
is
just
staff
getting
together
and
looking
at
a
couple
of
things,
but
you
get
off
on
65
south
of
Montgomery
hit
us-82,
go
to
Union,
Springs,
hertzburg,
pittsview,
cotton
Omaha
and
then
that
Northern,
Steward
and
Southern
Marion
and
Taylor,
and
all
that
area
are
rural,
so
yeah
those
do
by
bypass
Columbus
but
also
we're
densely
developed.
So
these
are
some
Alternatives
that
we
might
ask
for
ask
Federal
Highway
to
look
at
to
go
over
some
issues
out
of
the
study
that
would
upgrade
Jr
Allen
to
Interstate
ready.
L
L
L
L
L
The
national
highway
performance
program
is
Interstate
upgrades,
and
that
is
probably
the
one
you
would
go
to
the
most,
that's
the
deepest
well,
then
you
have
the
highway
safety
Improvement
program,
which
is
safety
based
or
you
can
go
after
Grant
anticipation,
Revenue
vehicle
bonds.
But
you
know
with
bonds,
they
have
to
be
paid
back.
L
As
far
as
delegation
support
goes.
We
have
letters
of
support
from
the
mpos
signed
by
mayor
Henderson
that
were
submitted
to
Senators
Lefler,
Purdue,
Jones
and
Shelby,
who
all
are
no
longer
there,
but
we
do
have.
We
do
have
correspondence
with
Senators,
Warnock
and
osof
and
I
think
Frank
said
Senator
tuberville
as
well,
but
that
was
for
the
J.R
Allen
study
that
was
not
for
I-14.
U
And
let
me
just
say
that
at
the
last
meeting
we
talked
about
a
ladder
that
the
mayor
could
send
to
various
Representatives
Georgia
in
Georgia
and
in
Washington,
and
and
this
is
the
letter
that
you've
passed
out.
Yes,
sir,
and
and
and
so
the
only
difference
in
this
letter
and
the
letter
that
you
may
have
had
last
week,
is
that
it's
specifically
and
limited
us
to
Jerry,
Allen,
80.
U
I
I
One
one
thought
was,
as
14
makes
its
way
across
several
states
to
get
here.
It's
going
through
underdeveloped
communities
to
try
to
help
pump
life
there,
which
is
fair
and
the
right
thing
to
do,
but
when
it
gets
to
Columbus
it's
turning
and
going
north
and
my
thought
was,
it
should
cross
the
overthorpe
and
go
down
Victory,
Drive
and
next
to
Fort
Moore
and
then
maybe
go
up
185..
I
My
thought
again
was
instead
of
going
all
the
way
to
185
and
then
the
parkway
it
would
turn
on
Buena
Vista
Road
and
follow
a
Technology
Parkway
around
to
Highway
80.,
and
that
way
it
could.
It
could
maybe
touch
a
lot
of
communities
in
Columbus
and
pump
life
into
several
different
Avenues,
no
pun
intended
along
the
way
way,
but
I
I
just
think
they're.
I
U
Buena
Vista
Road
through
all
of
those
businesses,
so
I,
don't
know
where
it
would
go
and
and
when
it's
going
to
be
and
that's
why
I'd
say
it
needs
to
be
determined
at
a
time,
in
my
opinion,
when,
if
it's
10
years
from
now
or
20
years
from
now,
you
know
the
leaders
at
that
time
around
this
table
and
other
places
will
have
to
see
what's
Best
in
terms
of
routing
through
Columbus.
At
that
time,
that's
just
my
thought.
That's
why
to
be
determined.
B
AD
AD
Good
job
guys
hey,
thank
you
all
for
for
letting
us
have
our
little
photogenic
moment
in
interrupt
gels
meeting
for
that.
But
if
there's
any
further
questions,
I
believe
I
gave
business
cards
to
everybody
last
week
and
be
happy
to
answer
those
this.
This
letter
I'll
make
sure
it's
forwarded
to
the
appropriate
people
at
Federal
highways
as
well
as
GDOT.
So.
X
M
U
B
AE
So,
starting
starting
on
the
right
side
of
the
snapshot
in
the
general
fund,
the
general
fund
is
up
6.78.
This
is
largely
due
to
our
sales
tax
collections.
Sales
tax
collections
are
up
about
five
percent
right
now.
The
general
fund
franchise
fees,
as
well
as
our
insurance
premium
and
occupation
tax
Revenue,
the
other
local
option
sales
tax
fund
is
up
7.36
percent.
AE
The
storm
water
fund
is
up
9.15
again.
This
is
largely
due
to
some
erosion
control
fees
that
we
collect
in
that
Fund.
In
addition
to
the
transfer
in
that
was
made
from
the
general
fund
to
this
fund
relative
to
the
pay
plan,
implementation
and
Paving
fund
is
up
seven
point:
eight
zero
percent,
I'm
largely
due
to
the
transfer
in
from
the
general
fund.
The
Indigent
care
fund
is
down
12.30.
AE
This
decrease
is
largely
due
to
the
decrease
in
the
military.
We
went
from
three
meals
to
two
and
a
half
meals
for
FY
23.,
so
obviously
lower
tax
collections
being
recorded
in
that
fund,
the
Integrated
Waste
fund
is
up
13.07
percent
I'm,
largely
due
to
the
residential
fee,
Revenue
that's
being
restored.
There
was
a
waiver
of
one
month's
fee
in
FY
22
and
so
we're
showing
that
Revenue
in
FY
23,
so
that
accounts
for
that
increase.
AE
The
emergency
telephone
fund
is
up.
7.24
percent
I'm
The
Economic,
Development
Fund
Authority
fund
is
up
points,
Point,
0.14
percent,
The
Debt
Service
fund
is
up
26.99,
and
that
is
largely
due
to
the
increase
in
the
millage
The
Debt
Service
millage
went
up
from
0.33
meals
to
0.83
meals
to
fund
the
new
city
hall.
AE
The
transportation
Metro
fund
is
down
13.60
percent.
This
is
due
to
Grant
reimbursements
related
to
the
cares
funding
that
were
a
lot
of
cares.
Funding
that
we
received
in
FY
22
is
about
two
and
a
half
million
that
we
received
in
FY
22
that
obviously
we're
not
receiving
in
FY
23
we've
already
been
reimbursed
for
those
expenditures,
but
that
accounts
for
that
decrease
that
you
see
in
the
revenues
the
Trade
Center
fund
is
up.
AE
1.26
percent
Bull
Creek
Golf
Course
up
22.57
as
well
as
Oxbow,
Creek,
Golf
Course
of
17.46,
and
this
is
operational
revenue
for
both
the
golf
courses
so
continuing
to
improve
and
build
their
reserves
for
the
golf
Authority,
the
Civic
Center
fund
is
down
43.49
again.
This
is
another
Grant
situation
where
we
receive
Grant
funds
and
FY
22
that
we
did
not
receive
in
fy23.
AE
If
you
move
to
the
left
side
of
the
snapshot
here,
just
really
starting
in
the
general
fund
as
far
as
the
year-to-date
expenditures,
our
goal
at
this
point
is
to
be
at
about
at
about
17
percent.
So
if
you're
at
17
or
above
17,
you're
doing
great
in
terms
of
the
budget
starting
down
the
general
fund
expenditure
side,
there
is
the
city's
attorney
litigation.
AE
AE
The
fire
department
here
is
on
the
watch
list.
They've
actually
I
mean
we.
That's
that
overs
that
we
anticipated
they've
come
before
Council
are
ready
for
additional
Appropriations
mCP
is
on
the
watch
list,
I'm
going
to
continue
to
watch
mCP
and
just
see
where
they
land
in
terms
of
their
the
budget.
They
are
on
the
watch
list
right
now,
though,
and
if
I
need
to
they'll
come
before
this
Council
for
additional
Appropriations
if
necessary.
AE
Hopefully
it
won't
be
the
case
and
then
non-categorical
that's
listed
here,
I,
don't
anticipate
that
that's
going
to
be
an
issue
from
an
over
budget
standpoint
as
we
move
through
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year.
The
reason
why
it's
listed
here
is
because
of
some
of
the
media
adjustments
that
we
made
relative
to
some
of
the
transfers
that
we
did
particularly
for
the
pay
plan,
implementation,
as
well
as
some
Capital
Improvement
Project
funding
that
we
transfer
to
our
CIP
fund.
AE
AF
B
B
AF
AF
AF
Next,
we
have
Council
appointment,
the
vocabulation
for
the
Development
Authority
of
Columbus.
This
is
the
seat
of
counselor
Bagley
Council
Garrett
has
nominated
Franklin
called
Douglas
mayor
Pro,
tem
Allen
has
nominated
Amy
Bryan
and
councilor
Crabb
has
nominated
Laura,
Gower
Mr
Mayor,
real
briefly
to
go
over
the
vote
tabulation
process
for
this
seat.
We
have
three
nominees:
I
will
do
a
roll
call
vote,
calling
each
council
member
by
name
to
record
their
vote.
If
a
member
receives
six
votes,
then
I
will
ask
the
council
to
confirm
that
person.
AF
If
no
nominee
gets
six
votes,
then
we
will
start
the
process
again
with
the
vote
tabulation.
But
this
time
I
will
remove
the
nominee
that
had
the
least
amount
of
votes,
and
we
will
take
that
roll
call
vote
again.
If
November
receives
the
six
votes
necessary,
then
we
will
have
to
bring
this
back
at
the
next
meeting.
N
AG
AF
AF
I
have
outlined
the
six
categories
for
which
the
new
appointee
must
serve
must
fit
into
one
of
these
six
categories
to
serve
on
this
board
the
building
authority
of
Columbus.
We
have
two
seats
that
are
open
for
nominations:
Lila,
Carr
and
Vincent
Allen
Columbus,
Aquatics,
commission,
Christopher
Kennedy
is
interested
in
serving
another
term.
If
a
member
of
council
wanted
to
make
that
nomination,
Council
crab
has
made
that
nomination.
Thank
you.
We
will
bring
this
back
for
confirmation
at
the
next
meeting.
We
also
have
the
seat
of
Bruce
Samuels.
The
seat
is
open
for
nominations.
AF
AF
We
also
have
the
seat
of
William
Bandy.
He
does
not
desire
reappointment,
it's
open
for
nominations
and
for
all
of
these,
that
are
not
eligible.
I
am
working
with
the
key
Columbus
beautiful
commission
director.
To
get
these
seats
filled.
We
also
have
Lee.
Jordan
is
he's
eligible
to
serve
another
term.
We
have
not
confirmed
with
him
to
determine
if
he
is
interested
in
serving.
AF
AF
We
have
the
region:
six
Regional
advisory,
Council
for
Department
of
Behavior,
Health
and
developmental
disabilities.
The
seat
of
Cynthia
Smith
she's
not
eligible
to
serve
another
term.
The
seat
is
open
for
nominations
for
the
retirees
health
benefits
committee,
Mike
Massey.
This
seat
is
open
for
nominations,
Peter,
Renee
mcananny.
She
is
interested
in
serving
another
term.
If
a
member
of
council
Council
Crabb
has
made
that
nomination,
and
we
will
bring
this
back
for
confirmation
at
the
next
meeting,
we
also
have
some
upcoming
board
appointments
that
convention
and
visitors
Board
of
Commissioners.
B
V
My
name
is
Ellie
Johnson
and
I
live
at
211
7th
Street
Columbus
in
the
Seventh
District,
so
I
had
been
mentioning
that
cacc
has
a
lot
of
room
for
improvement
in
many
areas
that
could
help
a
lot
more
animals
find
homes.
I
mentioned
their
10
adoption
rate,
which
that's
just
a
huge
low-hanging
fruit
area
for
improvement
and
a
lot
of
that
problem.
It
seems
like
it's
marketing
a
lot
of
from
my
conversations
with
people
over
many
years.
V
I've
found
that
most
people
have
no
idea
that
cacc
exists
and
that
they
can
go
there
to
adopt
a
pet.
This
is
a
marketing
issue
that
should
not
be
too
difficult
to
solve
their
Facebook
page
things
like
that.
The
dogs
need
in
the
cats
need
like
bios
and
and
photos
on
those
pages
to
help.
People
know
that
they're
available
for
adoption,
ccc's
volunteer
program
is
struggling,
as
was
noted
in
the
city
audit.
V
Many
good
people
in
this
community
are
exhausted
from
trying
to
save
animals
from
a
broken
Sheltering
system.
Some
are
essentially
running
many
animal
shelters
out
of
their
homes,
paying
out
of
pocket
to
care
for
too
many
animals.
Because
of
this
failure,
you
have
the
power
to
change
this
by
passing
a
resolution
to
make
Columbus
no
kill
and
instructing
cacc
leadership
to
meet
with
the
community
in
open
public
meetings
and
come
back
to
you
in
front
of
the
council
and
present
to
you
a
concrete
plan
on
how
they
plan
to
make
that
happen.
V
Providing
a
modern,
no-kill
animal
Sheltering
system
will
save
many
animals,
like
my
foster
dog
80,
who
came
very
close
to
being
killed
at
cacc
and
is
a
fantastic
dog
and
Columbus
will
be
a
better
place
to
live
when
people
know
that
the
tax-funded
city,
shelter
is
a
safe
place
to
take
a
found
animal
or
for
their
pet,
their
own
pet
to
land
if
they
get
lost
because
right
now,
that's
not
the
case.
So
I
appreciate
your
time.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
M
D
M
S
That
I
would
mention
it
publicly
because
she
said
that
if
we
don't
address
it,
she's
going
to
the
NAACP
next
in
the
media,
so
I
wanted
to
bring
it
to
the
Forefront
that
it
was
a
conversation
and
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
sure
what
was
had
but
I
know.
I
was
the
third
person
contacted
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
whatever
it
is
that
she
discussed
that
we
sit
down
and
talk
to
her
as
soon
as
possible.
Please
so
this
pastor,
Delta
Outlet.