City of Des Moines, Iowa 2023 City Council, 17 Jul 2023

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Des Moines City Council regular meeting on Monday, July 17, 2023.

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Please stand by.. This is a t est.

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Good afternoon, everybody. welcome to our july 17th city.

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Of des moines city council m eeting., I will ask the clerk to take the roll. [ roll call].

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We have a quorum., we have a quick item. item.

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I ., which is naming closes.

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Creek watershed improvement.

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Program. of the gloria and lyle.

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Hoffman basin., we had a talk about t his.. We think it's very appropriate.. I like to move.

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That and ask council, any other.

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Discussion? I like to second it.. I want to commend gloria for perseverance.. I know gloria is.

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Going to have a big birthday coming up., I won't say how old she is. she haven't given up on her neighborhood and making the city a better place to live for many of the residents.. They.

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Are flood queens of 2018 who brought about a storm water.

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Committee and pushed us to get action done in their neighborhood.. I think it's fitting that we name it after.

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Gloria and lyle. thank you.

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Gloria, thank you. not only for your hard work, but your.

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Historical perspective that has been so helpful and letting everybody know how long we've been working on this. thank y ou, again for everything.. I know you won't quit.

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We have a motion and a second.

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I'll ask everybody to vote.

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Please. six yes.

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Congratulations. item 2 is approving the agenda as p resented and amended.

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quickly,. Let me see --, I don't.

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See any amendments other than.

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Item 5 was added. there's a letter on the regular agenda,.

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61-74, item 71 was added a.

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Recommendation. move approval., second., moved and seconded. all in favor, say aye.

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Aye. any opposition? item passes.

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Item 3 is approving the consent, agenda, items 3-60. any.

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C omments or a motion? I'll move it. I'll second..

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I know that item 5,. The attorney just wanted to be on record that he like it.

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C ontinued, mayor. I'm not willing to continue it.. I don't know if the ward councilman want.

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To continue it., I said no.

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Just to clarify., if item 5 was going to be continued, any other action will be. Taken, counsel would need to pull that from consent. the appropriate.

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Question will be whether or not the chair wants to pull it from.

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Consent for continuation? no.

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I will move item 3., it has been seconded.. Please.

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All right. that takes us to.

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Just to let everybody know,.

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Again, we're going to start the hearing items. for the hearing items this evening,. We had.

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Several vacation and conveyance hearings., one scoping --.

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Zoning hearing, license agreement, hearing, and smith hearing and a public improvement hearing. as a reminder,. The zoning item only which is item.

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66, we will hear from parties and interest first and then the general public.. The parties in interest are the person. That's asked for the z, oning or an.

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Individual that has received a notice within 250 feet.. They.

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Will come first. after that,.

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We'll ask for general pub.

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Comment: -- public comment on that item.. Only then the general public will step to the microphone. somebody steps before that time will be considered out of order and will not be allowed to speak.. I think that pretty much covers I t.. Let's get started. item.

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61. [agenda item read].

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We'll open it up and see if.

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There's any general public comments. anyone like to comment on this? step, forward.

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Mr. mayor,, members of the city- council.- I live in ward 3.

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186 spaces at the uptown plaza.

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Where 10 retailers, including hyvee, is located. 74 with 12 retailers for the ace hardware.

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At the beaver, dale plaza. now 160 spaces for the lawrence and.

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Skate park., which is downtown adjacent, where there's thousands of parking spaces,, thousands that are hurting us from a.

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Budget point of view.: this is definition of over parking and paving paradise to put in a parking lot.. The skateboarders figured if out two years how to get there.. They figured it out.

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It's downtown adjacent.

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really,. They can't even go outside anymore, because canada, a place where it snows nine months of the year, is burning.

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All these little decisions make.

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A difference. say no. thanks.

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Any other speaker? hearing none. can we have a motion?.

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I'll move 61a and b.

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Second. 61a and b has been moved.

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Item 62. [agenda item read].

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Seeing none. we'll have a motion. I'll move items 62 and 62a, move to waive the second and.

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Third reading.

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Plea vote and moved and.

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Seconded. six yes.

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Item 63 [agenda item read].

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Let's open it up. see if there's any comments regarding.

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This conveyance to the.

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Neighborhood finance.

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Stephanie with neighborhood finance corporation., I want to say thank you., we're excited about getting this property and building a single family home on it.. We really appreciate the partnership with the city as a way to get tax, sale properties.

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Back into the circulation and.

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Have people living in the.

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H, ouses. anybody? thank you., appreciate the work you do.

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I'll move item 63.

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Second. moved and seconded.. Please.

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Item 64. [agenda item read].

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We'll open it up for any.

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C omments regarding this.

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Conveyance., seeing none. I'll move item.

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64. second. move and seconded.. Please.

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Item 65. [agenda item read].

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Let's open up for comments regarding this sale and.

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Conveyance., seeing none. I'll move item.

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Moved and seconded.

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item 66. [agenda item read].

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Let's ask first parties and interest. either of the applicant or any of those.

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Available?, if there's others,, we ask that you come over on the.

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Side at this time., my name is dan., I'm the o wner of rw excavating.. I was.

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A contractor that did gloria's.

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Basin. this consideration,, this is about the 2142 market, street.

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Is property we intend to own.

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other two? Are leases and.

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R ecycling business and aggregate storage protect by.

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The sight considerations that are going to happen in the next.

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Step of this process. you're.

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Already there. you're, adding on more parcels? the process is to add on more parcels. the property. That's already. There is a port, a potty.

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Business., it will be vacating.

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We will purchase that property.. It is on the mlk corridor.

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It did say that -- yes, it's on the mlk c orridor., there's some trees, there. with a fence,, moderate short trees and the tall trees,.

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There will be no sight from mlk.

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Question? anyone else?.

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S eeing no more parties., let's see if the general public has.

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Any comment. seeing none.

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I'll move item 66 a and b.

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Second. 6,, a -- 66, 66a and b has.

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Been moved and seconded. six yes.

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Item 67. [agenda item read].

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Let's open up and see if there's comments from the general.

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P ublic. anyone?, seeing none.

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I'll move item 67.

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Item 67 has been moved and seconded.

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Item 68. [agenda item read].

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Open up any interested parties want to make any comments on.

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Tara, I live downtown des moines here.. All of the items.

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A -k, are all about the bigger.

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City- and I already know that I.

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Have a 1600 square foot place that I live and I pay $8000 of taxes, a year.. That's.

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Ridiculous., what's being offered here, is not being done.

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Properly., I want this to.

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Continue., I'm not on board with paying more for it.. Let's get done what we committed to do.

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Let's do that right way: now., let's discuss adding other.

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Features including, I'd be happy to pay for more. If I was getting what I supposed to be getting.

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Now. thank you.

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Anyone else? council, any.

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Discussion?, I would say mr. mayor,, there is some graffiti that needs to be taken care of in that area.. We need to address that rather.

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Quickly. she's absolutely correct., there's some down there., I'm not sure why --, I don't know if it's not reported or what operation downtown d oing.. That needs to be cleaned up in that area. For.

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anything else?, I'm happy to move this. I'll.

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Make one note. residential properties are not subject to the increase with the ssmid., we'll continue working with our.

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Partners. we're appreciative everything in operation, downtown does.. We will happily continue.

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Working with them on how we can improve this service.

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That seems to be excludely.

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Properties., I'm being taxed on.

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This., I don't believe so.

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I don't believe any residential properties.

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The last paragraph,, the middle second paragraph.

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We'll refer to legal.

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I'm happy to move item 68.

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like I said,, I'm appreciative of the partnership that we have with operation downtown.. I know.

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It's not always easy work.. We got a range of issues that we're working through.. I'm happy they're at the table to continue partnering with us.. This will help facilitate the ability to keep doing that work and keep working with the city.. I will.

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Second. moved and seconded.

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Item 69. [agenda item read].

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Anyone want to speak to this.

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Volunteering annexation?.

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Seeing none., I will move item 69.

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Second. moved and seconded.

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Item 70. [agenda item read].

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We'll open up to general public for any comments to this item.

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Regarding the specifications, plans, engineer, estimate and low.

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Bidder designation. I'll move item, 70 and 70a.

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How long does this typically.

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Last? $200,000. couple of.

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Years?, I would hope it's more than two years.. That seems like.

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A lot. we're going to get rid of the.

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Snow and scrapers.

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That completes the formal.

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Hearings. we'll note that it is.

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5:22. takes us to move forward.

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Item 71. [agenda item read].

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I like to move item 71.. I.

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Want to thank everyone., we had six of the members of the council participate in formal.

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Reviews., our recommendation is stated.. I would like to move.

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Approval of this item.

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Appreciate for your hard work and getting it done., I want to publicly thank the three of you..

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You guys do a great job. thank you for stepping in and taking care of business. you were thrown in a tough position.. I.

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Appreciate what you done. you welcome., I want to thank all the rest.

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Of the council for your.

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R esponse., it's helpful, we get confirmation., that's one thing: we as a council made very clear. every year. We do a formal review of our three reports.. We have very favorable reviews.. We wanted to make sure they are acknowledged for the work that they do.

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It's like actually almost on time., it's on time., good work.,.

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Item 72. [agenda item read].

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Any conversation on this one?.

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I'll move, 72 and 72a.

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Second. moved and seconded.

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Item 73 [agenda item read].

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Any thoughts? I'll move item, 73,, 73a, 73b.

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And pursuant to rule 42a, waive.

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The second and third reading.

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Moved and seconded.

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73I [agenda item read].

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Move 73-I, 73-ia.

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Second. moved and seconded.

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73Ii. [agenda item read].

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Any thoughts? I move 73ii and 73iia.

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Second. moved and seconded.

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We're going to open up now request to speak from our.

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General public., we have 10.

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Request. for those wishing to speak under the public speaking items in the agenda,, we will only be calling on those who registered to speak.. All speakers must comply with the rules regarding their names and addresses, or they will not be recognized to speak. each.

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Speaker will receive two minutes each., we'll ask you to keep your own time. at the end of.

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The two minute,, the clerk will announce time the speaker's mic.

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Will be turned off., we want to hear from all residents and we.

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Encourage you to be respectful of one another and even if the viewpoints are different from your own., we'll start right in.

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And our first speaker is marcus.

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Coenen. mr. mayor, members of the.

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Council, my comments tonight are.

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For councilmember shoe.

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Scheumaker, who is absent. you.

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Swear to be accountable,, transparent and seek out and execute the will of the people.

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the board of the beaver hood.

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Association is concerned, for the last several months, has impacted the residents of.

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Beaverdale through the work that you were elected to do. since march, you have not acted in accordance with the oath. You took to be accountable and transparent.. You silenced all.

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Residents of ward 1., we feel we deserve a voice in the city. Council.- councilmember scheumaker! Please consider the oath you made to the people of ward one.. If not,, please resign.

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So the residents of ward 1 can.

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Have a voice on this council.-.

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Next speaker is adam.

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Callanan. hello. I live in ward 3.. I like to talk about some of the ways that the city has recently failed to support residents and the public. I live on. Can -- court avenue.

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In that report, I couldn't see anything that was about reaching out to residents or talking to.

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Residents. talking to lot of different groups but ignored residents, which is in line with earlier parts on court avenue., there were fences put up and.

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Checkpoints to show I.d. and people have your bag just to walk down the sidewalk.. It's just a bizarre process that residents have been left out. Of.

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recently, also, there was a governance work session.. This was not recorded or publicized.

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It turns out, the city spent about $25,000 on a third party person to come and talk about governance.. This seems like a pretty important things: the public to be aware. Of., there was no reporting of it.. It's.

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Bizarre oversight, if it was an oversight to choose not to.

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Publicize things like this. still to this day, there's lack.

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Of hybrid access to meetings.

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We still are in the point where.

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Public comment is down to two minutes.: it used to be much longer. people try to speak and cut off thinking. They have five minutes., that's something the council could change, but refuses to. council routinely --.

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They are private organizations, and people are residents and not part of those organizations.

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people shouldn't have to incorporate into private groups in order to be heard by the.

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C ity. thank you.

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Next speaker is moraima.

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Moritz. move to veola perry.

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Mayor. councilmembers, veola.

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Perry, ccra racial justice, team.

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Third party investigation and review. spring 2022cci racial.

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Justice team request a third party investigation of dmpd due to serious allegation of police.

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Misconduct. later in that the.

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Spring, councilwoman presented this to council and you councilmember. Ever s approve and.

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Voted on a third party consultant. 21st century policing and.

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September '22., 21st century policing began steps reviewing policies and procedures. most important for us, interviewing community stakeholders. Like me, to give input. april 25th of this year, 21st century p, olicing provided a national, renewed call to action report..

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We agree with their recommendation. two of those recommendations. I'll highlight. rebuild the culture of policing organization, like the des.

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Moines police department and invest locally and organize community to address unjust systems that contribute to poverty and racism. 21st.

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Century policing reports first.

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To a transformation,, which b egins when there is commitment.

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From all in this work., you see this leads to building trust and.

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Legitimacy., it is our hope that once they provide their local findings, that you, city c ouncil, would take every recommendation provided by 21st century policing. Seriously., you will do the necessary work.

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Could take to improve policing.

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Here in des moines., cci is not.

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Going anywhere and we will.

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Monitor your progress. thank.

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John noble.

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Hello., like many residents of des moines and iowa,, I spent last tuesday at the iowa state capitol watching them pass a draconian and dangerous ban on abortion.. I had the pleasure.

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Running into my councilmembers.

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Councilmember mandelbaum had great words about a four piece resolution about reproductive.

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Rights. councilmember boesen.

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And voss told me there was nothing that the city could do to protect reproductive rights.. This isn't about me, being I gnored,. This is about many people who have been ignored, who.

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Come here to ask the city.

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Against reproductive rights.

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Since roe v. roe, v. wade, fail.

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Other cities and states places.

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Like austin,, chicago and tucson,,.

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Have taken actions. have passed, resolutions, have done different things to protect reproductive rights.. The residents and the people of des moines need council to stop fooling around,. Stop pretending like there's nothing. You can do.. There are things you can do.. We need you to take action. thank you.

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Jolene prescott.

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I live at 3013 third street.

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Not far from birdland pool.

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It's got a high ward,, which you don't see anymore in places.. I.

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Love birdland pool.. It's got deep, water. the other morning, I noticed something.. I took my.

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Grandchildren to swimming.

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L essons and they were having the parents sit in the concession stand: area. well,, I'm not going to sit in the concession stand area because, about 15 years ago. I had a.

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Carcinoma removed from my face., I do not sit in the sun at pall.

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All ., I do sit where the.

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Awnings were. I went over to the pool they had awnings over their concession stand: a rea., that's not a problem.. I'm.

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Hoping that birdland does not.

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Become the next highland park apartments., we need to spend time looking at birdland and its.

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Historical significance and taking care of things. please,.

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Put an awning over that concession stand area or you can.

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Move the fence around where it supposed to be to cover those awning areas., I'm not going to sit in the sun next summer.

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Please do something about it.. I do have one more thing to say.

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It's time. thank you.

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Lori ann young.

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Good evening., I'm lori y oung. cci racial justice team. in june 2020,. You all passed the anti-racial profiling.

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Ordinance for des moines., the.

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Basis from that ordinance came.

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From ordinance led by the cci racial justice team., we presented it to you in 2018..

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One of the I tems that the community d emanded at that time was to establish a community review board or crb for short. unfortunately,. That request was not included in the final ordinance when the ink dried..

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Here we are nearly five years. Later, 21st century policing, solutions, recently released a report called renewed call to.

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Action., the report recommend that police department should implement programs that builds respect, transparency and accountability in collaboration with the community, develop metrics to monitor how e ffectively police perform in each domain.. According to the city marring,, there will be a.

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C rb., we ask that you continue to keep this as a priority..

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What type of crb will des moines.

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Have? will it be weak or effective.?

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That is up to you,. Council.- in.

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March, the racial justice team, provided you with our proposed draft ordinance for a crb.

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Please consider the thoughtful work that we did to provide you with wording that will result in.

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Effective and fair, crb and process., as we have done for the past five years,, we will continue to monitor you until the application of in critical task and beyond. to create.

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Greater trust between police and.

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Community, the crb is a.

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N ecessity.: let's get this.

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Done. thank you.

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Laural clinton.

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I'm laural clinton of des.

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Moines., I am a cci racial.

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Justice member., I'm asking the city council to revisit the recommendation of the public works on the marijuana and pub.

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Works recommendation for the lowering the priority of marijuana from the des moines police department.. I watched.

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The city lower the priority on.

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Homelessness., which I think is a great thing., I watched you.

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Partner to create what I call a.

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Sober up, to decriminalize.

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Public intox., I have yet see.

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Anybody pulled over for the smell of marijuana, given narcan or a sobriety test.. What will.

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Happen to black or brown men who are pulled over with small.

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Quantities of marijuana? will they still be the people that go to jail and the other people get a pass because they are publicly intoxicated?. That's a question I'm going to pose to the c ouncil.. I want to pose the fact that we have a farming bill as of 2018, that legalized hemp.

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For our farmers. there's a store that sells hemp at.

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0-Point '03%., I want marijuana.

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Decriminalize, because the bureau of investigation says that police 94 their canines can determine the difference between hemp and marijuana simply by smell. the days of chasing down.

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Black and brown men out of my community,, simply because you think they smell like marijuana.

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Bridget botkin. bridget?.

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Move on to harvey harrison.

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Mr. mayor,, members of the council.- I'm harvey harrison.

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On october, 19 of last year,, the chief of police finally signed an order doing one important thing that the community has been demanding since 2016.. He signed the order, which is s itting over here in your view., improves the collection of data on traffic stops by requiring the issuance of a written warning on all traffic stops, even when a citation or traffic violation is not issued.. Our.

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Gratitude and enthusiasm for this progressive special order is tempered at best.. For the past seven years,, the community, led by iowa cci, has been d emanding. This action by our police department.. The chief was so proud of this action and.

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His special order that he didn't publicly announce it., it was nowhere to be found on the police department website until intense and ongoing pressure was applied by iowa cci and the des.

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Moines register wrote an article on july 10th.. The sergeant had the unmitigated gall to wrongly imply that the police department did this on its own initiative., totally ignoring all of the ways in which the department has attempted to block every initiative of this kind. For the past seven years.

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in this election year,, I suggest that whether you're running for office or not,, it is way past time that you make ongoing reform of the police department. One of the center pieces of your election campaign and your political careers.

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Mayor I move to receive file.

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74A-J. second. moved and seconded.. Please.

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motion to adjourn.. I want to thank all the.

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Citizens for attending., we have a motion to adjourn. all in favor, say aye., ladies and.

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Gentlemen,, this meeting is adjourned.