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From YouTube: 6-16-21 City Council (Reconvened)
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Des Moines City Council meeting reconvened from Monday, June 14, 2021.
View the agenda: https://DSM.city/CouncilAtHome
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A
C
Finally,
we
had
no
choice
but
to
recess
our
meeting
to
this
morning.
It
is
being
conducted
via
zoom,
rather
than
face
to
face
I've
been
asked
by
residents
and
media
and
I'm
sure
our
council
members
had
have
as
well
about
you
know
what
might
happen
to
those
who
displayed
such
extreme
behavior
monday
night
that
behavior
that
the
demonstrators
had
on
monday.
C
These
are
business
meetings
and
we're
going
to
use
every
legal
method
necessary
to
get
our
city's
business
done
and
to
hold
those
who
intentionally
interfere
with
that
objective
accountable
under
the
law.
This
morning
we
will
continue
with
the
seven
actually,
I
think,
there's
six
hearing
items
from
monday
night.
C
So
again,
I
quickly
ought
to
go
over
the
rules,
because
the
items
that
we're
going
to
have
this
morning,
which
are
72
to
76,
are
zoning
items.
So
we
will
also
so
as
a
reminder
for
the
zoning
items
which
are
items
again
72
to
76.
We
will
hear
from
the
parties
of
interest
first
and
then
the
general
public.
The
parties
in
interest
include
only
the
applicant
for
the
resulting
those
people
living
within
in
the
250
feet
of
the
property
to
be
rezoned,
to
whom
the
city
has
sent
notices.
C
After
all,
those
parties
in
interest
have
commented
we're
going
to
open
it
up
to
members
of
the
public
for
jermaine
comments
who
are
still
qualified
to
speak
so
to
aid
in
recognizing
the
parties
in
interest.
I
will
ask
everyone
else
to
not
step
up
or
raise
their
hand
on
the
zoom
call
unless
they
are
the
zoning
applicant
or
they
live
within
that
250
feet
and
received
a
mailed
notice
of
the
the
rezoning.
C
C
D
E
C
C
item
72
is
on
a
request
from
mercy.
One
medical
center
des
moines,
diane
cummins
is
the
officer
to
approve
a
pud
final
development
plan
mercy,
one
richard
demming
cancer
center,
located
at
411
laurel
street
to
facilitate
construction
of
a
new
vehicular
drop
off
lane
and
canopy
on
and
adjacent
to
the
west
facade
building
entrance
in
compliance
with
a
previously
approved
pud
conceptual
plan,
amendment
again
parties
in
interest
again,
those
are
the
applicant
or
those
within
250
feet.
F
C
G
Yes,
good
morning,
mr
mayor
members
of
the
council,
doug
saltscaper
engineering
resource
group,
24-13
grand
avenue
also
attending
the
meeting
this
morning
is
eric
bonenkamp
from
hubble
realty
company.
If
there's
questions
that
I
can't
answer,
he
most
likely
will
be
able
to
an
unusual
request
from
a
developer,
not
asking
for
space
to
do
more
lots
and
development,
but
less
over
75
acres
land
has
been
dedicated
to
the
city
for
park.
Ground
majority
of
that
is
heavily
timbered
and
steep
topography.
C
C
C
B
C
C
C
D
E
Hi,
this
is
reverend
ewing,
my
pronouns:
are
they
them
theirs?
While
I
think
storage
in
general
is
fine,
it
seems
like
a
better
use
for
this
property,
given
the
way
that
des
moines
is
expanding
would
be
for
affordable
housing,
especially
considering
the
number
of
people
in
homeless
camps
who
have
been
evicted
by
the
city.
Recently,
it's
appalling
to
me
that
we
would
not
prioritize
housing
people.
B
C
C
C
D
A
A
You
hear
me
now:
yes,
we
can
awesome.
This
is
nick
brenner,
with
menards
5101
menard
drive
eau
claire
wisconsin.
I
just
wanted
to
give
a
quick
history
on
this
one.
We
came
and
rezoned
these
two
properties
back
in
october,
when
we
were
looking
at
adding
onto
the
store.
Since
that
time
we
have
completed
our
engineering
work
for
the
most
part
and
realize
we
can
save
two
of
the
houses.
A
F
Mayor
just
one
question:
as
I
went
through
the
pnz
recommendation,
it
talked
a
lot
about
the
I
know
there
was
some
discussion
about
parking
and
the
islands
being
put
in
for
parking.
What
what
is,
what
is
menard's
plan
to
do
that?
Are
you
doing
it
every
eight
spots
or
what?
What
exactly
did?
What
was
the
determination
of
what's
going
to
happen
through
that.
A
So
from
from
communications
with
the
city
that
will
be
part
of
the
discussion
through
the
site
plan
review
process
right
now,
we
are
still
asking
for
some
leniency
on
there.
Just
so
we
don't
have
to
rip
up
the
entire
parking
lot
and
you
know
for
the
islands
and
for
irrigation
we're
trying
to
keep
the
disruption
to
as
minimal
as
possible.
A
Plus
we
have
an
enormous
amount
of
trees
and
landscaping
on
the
site
in
general,
especially
on
the
west
side
and
the
north
side,
where
we
are
bordering
residential
units.
So
I
guess
we
haven't
come
to
a
complete
decision
on
that,
and
that
would
be
something
that
we'll
be
working
with
city
staff
on
through
the
site,
plan
review
process.
F
I
know
it's
difficult
and
this
isn't
the
first
one-
and
I
know
other
council
members
have
had
this
discussion
with
business
owners
and
and
and
folks
in
in
their
ward,
that
want
to
reinvest
but
really
can't
afford
to
do
all
the
stuff
that
we're
trying
to
do
so.
I'd
like
to
see
that
in
a
in
a
workshop
form,
if
we
can
have
a
discussion
about
it,
yes
councilman
we
can,
we
can
bring
that
up
at
a
gent.
F
F
I
just
meant
generally
the
requirement
to
address
any
site
plan
issues
right,
but
I
think
this
is
the
eight
spots
is
something
a
little
different,
but
I'm
not
talking
about
the
the
tree
mitigation
policy
or
anything
like
that.
I'm
talking
about
ripping
up
parking
lots
that
already
have
significant
landscaping
around
it.
To
put
to
put
more-
and
I
know,
that's
a
challenge-
and
I
know
that
was
talked
about
that
menards
possibly
might
have
to
close
to
even
do
do
that
portion
of
it.
So
I
hope
staff
will
work
with
them.
F
H
C
H
Thank
you,
yeah,
just
very
quickly.
This
project's
been
discussed
several
times
at
multiple
planning
and
zoning
meetings
and,
obviously
city
council.
Previously,
this
is
our
site
plan
approval,
I'm
vice
president
of
development,
construction
for
wesley
life,
75-year,
non-for-profit
senior
housing
provider
in
central
iowa,
as
well
as
the
entire
state
of
iowa.
H
The
project
itself
is
an
enhancement
of
amenities
for
our
community
and
our
over
350
residents
and
the
thousands
of
seniors
and
other
people
within
the
community
that
we
serve.
There
are
exterior
amenities,
real
realigned
parking
areas,
new
front
entrance,
in
addition
to
the
wellness
center
and
aquatics,
and
the
auditorium
extensive
landscaping
plan
and
arrangements
made
with
adjacent
neighbors
on
significant
screening
that
we've
worked
collaboratively
on
with
with
them
through
the
process.
C
C
All
right,
that
is
the
final
item
on
our
agenda
for
today.
I
want
to
thank
the
council
and
the
applicants
on
the
zoning
items
and
issues
and
the
general
public
for
your
attendance,
sorry
that
we
had
to
put
it
off
till
today
after
that
disruptive
and
frustrating
disappointing
actions
in
front
of
the
city
council
on
monday
night.
That
did
not
allow
us
to
do
these
items
that
required
input
from
the
parties
in
interest.