Mar 20, 2025 City Council Meeting

[1. Call to Order.]

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THANKS FOR WATCHING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE IDAHO FALLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS WHO ARE NOT CITY EMPLOYEES IN THE ROOM, AND THAT'S ALWAYS NICE. IT MAKES IT SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, AND THAT MAKES IT MORE INTERESTING FOR THOSE WHO SERVE. I WILL TURN AT THIS TIME TO THE CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN OUR EVERY SEAT IS FULL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASCERTAIN OUR QUORUM HERE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT BURTENSHAW HERE. COUNCILOR BRADFORD. PRESENT. COUNCILOR. DINGMAN HERE. COUNCILOR. FREEMAN HERE. COUNCILOR. FRANCIS HERE. COUNCILOR. LARSON HERE. MAYOR. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA. BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE AGENDA, WE SOMETIMES HAVE PAPER COPIES IN A LITTLE BASKET BY THE DOOR IN THE HALLWAY. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT OR DON'T WANT A PIECE OF PAPER, YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE TO SCAN THE QR CODE THAT'S ON THE TABLE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A LINK THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO NOT ONLY THE AGENDA, BUT ALL THE PACKET MATERIALS THAT GO WITH IT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ITEM NUMBER TWO OF THE AGENDA IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WE TYPICALLY START OUR MEETING THAT WAY. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE EXCUSE ME. FOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO STAND, WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, A VOLUNTEER, AMY KLEIN. SO YOU TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO ASK AMY TO SAY THE PLEDGE. COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM AND TELL US WHERE YOU'RE FROM. OR YOUR STUDENT OR YOUR YOUNG PERSON IN TOWN. I'M JUST THE PERSON IN THIS CITY.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. I KNOW YOU'RE A STUDENT HERE IN. OR ARE YOU A YOUNG WOMAN WHO'S WORKING? ARE YOU A STUDENT? YEAH. WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL? I GO TO A VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL. ISAAC.

VIRTUAL. ISAAC. ALL RIGHT. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE IN VIRTUAL, DO YOU HAVE REGULAR GRADES OR DO YOU ARE YOU SORT OF. YOU'RE JUST ACHIEVING CLASS BY CLASS OR DO YOU HAVE A GRADE? ASSIGNED GRADE. WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN? I'M IN 10TH GRADE CURRENTLY. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WILLING TO SAY OUR PLEDGE. IF YOU'RE INCLINED TO JOIN WITH AMY AS SHE LEADS US.

THE FLAG IS UP HERE, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAND. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE FIVE TIMES HER AGE WHO GET NERVOUS AT THE PODIUM, AND SO SHE DID NOT EXPECT TO BE

[3. Public Comment.]

THIS IS NOT A Q&A TIME. IT'S A TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO LISTEN AND TO HEAR. CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT THERE MAY BE SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO CAN HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS MORE IN DEPTH. IF YOU WANTED TO GO IN THE HALLWAY AND HAVE A QUIET CONVERSATION TO RESOLVE SOMETHING. FEEL FREE TO DO THAT. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME GROUND RULES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THERE. PRINTED ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE BACKSIDE OF THE COVER SHEET OF OUR AGENDA PACKET. AND PRETTY MUCH WE JUST ASK PEOPLE TO USE DECORUM AND TO USE LANGUAGE THAT WILL HELP ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING TO HAVE A BETTER CIVIC EXPERIENCE. EVEN IF YOU'RE UPSET WITH US, WE CAN HANDLE IT. JUST USE THE KIND OF LANGUAGE THAT WE SHOULD BE USING AROUND STUDENTS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE MICROPHONE OPEN OR OVER TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. WE HAVE MR. NITSCHKE HERE WITH US. I JUST SAID FIVE TIMES OLDER WOULD BE NERVOUS. I'M SIX TIMES OVER. I'M STILL NERVOUS. SO, YEAH, I'M BOB MITCHELL, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF IOWA FALLS. FIRST OF ALL, KUDOS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN WHAT IS ARGUABLY A DIFFICULT TASK AND FOR GRANTING THE UNWASHED TO HAVE THREE MINUTES OF THEIR TIME. KUDOS TO THE CITY CLERK FOR HANDLING MY FOUR REQUESTS QUICKLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. KUDOS TO THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND THE THREE GOLF COURSES FOR SETTING UP AND MAINTAINING THE NORDIC SKI TRACKS FOR THE PUBLIC THIS WINTER. KUDO'S TO TIM RANCK FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE IN THE GOLF WORLD. HE HAS A VERY ITCHY BUTT, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WILL FARE IN RETIREMENT, BUT WE DO WISH HIM THE BEST. KUDOS TO MAYOR KASPER FOR HER MANY YEARS OF PUBLIC

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FOR ALL THE GOOD OF THE SOME OF THE THINGS THEY CHOSE TO DO, THEY MIGHT AS WELL PUT UP A SIGN IN THE LION EXHIBIT THAT SAID NO BITING. THE PEOPLE THAT WORK VOLUNTEER AT THE ZOO, AND THE PUBLIC THAT VISITS THE ZOO DESERVES BETTER. THE ONLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THE PROPER SAFETY EVALUATION AND DETERMINE APPROPRIATE AND INSTALL ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES TO MINIMIZE THE RISK TO STAFF, ANIMALS AND THE PUBLIC.

EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN UNDESIRABLE EVENT TO OCCUR. SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU IS THAT I'M NOT PLANNING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AGAIN ON THIS MATTER. AS I SAID, I HAD TWO OBJECTIVES. AFTER MY ENCOUNTER WITH KAMANI IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THE IDAHO FALLS ZOO SO THAT POTENTIALLY FATAL ACCIDENTS CANNOT HAPPEN. AND TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO OTHER ZOOS SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE THEIR WORKER AND PUBLIC ARE SAFE FROM APEX PREDATORS. AS A SECONDARY STRETCH GOAL, I WOULD LIKE THE OVERSEEING AGENCY, THE ASA AND THE USDA APHIS TO UP THEIR GAME. NO LONGER ACCEPT ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS AS SUFFICIENT MEASURES FOR SINGLE POINTS OF FAILURE AT ZOOS WITH APEX PREDATORS. TO DATE, I HAVE FAILED ON MY OBJECTIVE TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT THE IDAHO FALLS ZOO. OBVIOUSLY, THEY DON'T FEEL THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. I WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE MAYOR AND THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, AS APPROPRIATE, TO FACILITATE THE DISSEMINATION OF THIS NEAR-FATAL INCIDENT AND ASSOCIATED MANAGEMENT FAILURES SO THAT OTHER ZOOS CAN LEARN FROM THIS INCIDENT. I'VE CREATED A WEBSITE. W-W-W DOT COM. IF INTERESTED, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW MY CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MAKE ZOOS SAFER ON THE BLOG SECTION SECTION OF THE WEBSITE. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT ME DIRECTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. NEITZKE. WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON GOOD INSIGHT, AND I'LL SAY THAT MANY A TIME I HAVE NOTED THAT EVEN SUPREME COURT OPINIONS HAVE AN INTELLIGENT REPUTATION, SO IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW MULTIPLE OPINIONS. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE A WATCHDOG. FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, IN THE FORM OF MR. NISHIKI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? THANKS. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THEN, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE AGENDA, WE MOVE ON

[4. Consent Agenda.]

AND IS THERE ANY OBJECTION FROM ANYONE ELSE. YEAH. JUST I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO SUPPORT LIKE WHY WHY WOULD I SUPPORT THAT? IT'S NOT A VOTE. YOU'RE SAYING REMOVE IT? WELL, WELL, HE CAN REMOVE IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT IT ENDS UP ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. NO, NO, THIS WOULD BE THE. IT

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THAT'S RIGHT. SO IF A COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT JUST IS A REQUEST AND IT'S DONE. BUT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE NOT REMOVING IT FROM CONSENT AND SLIDING IT OVER TO REGULAR. WE ARE REMOVING IT FROM CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. SO I WOULD, I GUESS, TAKE THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION AND THEN WE WOULD NEED A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY.

AND SO THEN IN DISCUSSION QUESTION COMES UP FROM COUNCILOR RADFORD. AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS THAT IT'S JUST THEY'RE NOT QUITE READY. I WANT TO BE CAREFUL HOW I WORD THIS. I THINK THAT THIS IS A PARTICULAR APPOINTMENT THAT'S SUBJECT TO SOME CHANGES IN THE OVERALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. YES, THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT. MR. THERE'S THE DIRECTOR IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING TO ANSWER, GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED, I THINK. AND SO IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE TO WAIT. IT'S NOT REMOVING IT FOREVER, NOT JETTISONING IT. AND I'M QUITE WILLING FOR IT TO COME BACK AS SOON AS AN ISSUE IS RESOLVED. A QUESTION IS RESOLVED. DOES THAT HELP TO SATISFY? I'LL DO WHAT I. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CAN YOU CAN YOU GIVE US JUST. I'M JUST GOING TO LOOK I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THAT ATTACHMENT REALLY QUICK BECAUSE I. OKAY. SURE. WE CAN WAIT A MOMENT. YEAH. HE'S JUST. YEAH. I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE TO LOOK AT THE. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT PAGE THAT PARTICULAR ONE WAS ON? I HAVE THE HARD COPY HERE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. I THINK IT SHOULD. IT SHOULD BE HERE IN THE FRONT. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND YOU CAN CALL FOR THE VOTE. OKAY, SO, CITY CLERK, WE HAVE A MOTION THAT'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED, AND WE WILL ASK YOU TO CALL THE ROLL ON IT. FRANCIS, I. I. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES.

BRADFORD. ABSTAIN. BURTENSHAW. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. SO THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MODIFIED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS OR REQUESTS? ALL RIGHT THEN, WITH THAT, I'LL GO TO THE CITY CLERK AND ASK FOR A MOTION. NO. FIRST WE ASK CITY CLERK TO READ THE

[4.A.1) Appointments to City Boards, Committees and Commissions pursuant to Idaho Falls City Code Title 2]

IDAHO FALLS POWER HAS ONE. THAT'S THE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE IDAHO FALLS POWER SERVICE POLICY AND THEN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. WE'VE GOT THREE. THE FIRST ONE BEING CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY 25TH, 2024. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025, AND THEN ALL LICENSING THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK FOR FEBRUARY OF 2025 FOR ALCOHOL, CATERING, CHILDCARE WORKERS AND FACILITIES, DOOR-TO-DOOR SALES AND ADDITIONAL DOG. THERE WERE 31 NEW AND NINE RENEWED FOR CONTRACTORS. THERE WERE 49 ISSUED AND BOTH NEW AND RENEWED. THANK YOU. THAT WAS QUITE A LOT. SURE. OKAY. I WOULD MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE, ACCEPT OR RECEIVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, CITY CLERK, WE HAVE A MOTION THAT'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. WE WOULD ASK FOR YOU TO CONDUCT A VOTE. PLEASE. FRANCIS I. DINGMAN. YES.

FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. AYE. BURTENSHAW. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THAT

[5.A.1) Easement Vacation - Parkway Apartments at Snake River Landing ]

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COVERED PARKING IS NOT ALLOWED OVER A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT. SO THERE WAS A REQUEST TO COME FORWARD AND VACATE THAT. SO THAT PROCESS HAS CAME FORWARD. BUT IF YOU REFER TO IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO PAGE 302 IN YOUR PACKET, THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, THE BUILDING FOOTPRINTS AND THEN EVERYTHING DETAILED IN GREEN IS AN EASEMENT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THAT COVERS ALL THE PUBLIC UTILITIES WITHIN THAT. SO AS WE REVIEW THIS, PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HAS SIGNED OFF ON THOSE, AS WELL AS ALL OTHER UTILITIES, INCLUDING IDAHO FALLS POWER AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO VACATE THIS PARTICULAR USE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR. ALL RIGHT. A LOT OF TRUST THERE. WE DOCUMENTS AND SUCH ARE IN ORDER. A QUICK COMMENT. THANK YOU.

YEAH, WE'LL TURN TO COMMENTS. AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, CONSIDER THEIR VOTES. I JUST THINK THIS IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF CREATIVE, THOUGHTFUL SOLUTION TO HELP DEVELOPMENT THAT WORKS FOR BOTH SIDES. RIGHT? GOOD COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. COUNCILOR LARSON. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE EASEMENT VACATION ORDINANCE UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS AND REQUESTS THAT IT BE READ BY TITLE.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THIS MOTION IS READY TO GO. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT A VOTE ON THIS ORDINANCE, DINGMAN? YES. BURTENSHAW. YES, FRANCIS. I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES.

BRADFORD. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THIS IS KIND OF AN ACTION IS TAKEN IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE. AND THE ORDINANCE THEN REQUIRES UNDER THE LAW, STATE LAW REQUIRES CERTAIN PROCESSES. AND ONE IS THAT WE DISPENSE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE READ THREE TIMES. WE DISPENSE WITH THE THREE READINGS AS YOU HEARD IN THE MOTION, BUT NOW IT NEEDS TO BE READ BY TITLE, AND THEN IT WILL NEED TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER BEFORE IT BECOMES ACTIVE. AND SO WE'LL TURN TO THE CLERK TO READ THIS BY TITLE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF AN EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING THAT TITLE TO SAID VACATED EASEMENT SHALL VEST AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION THREE OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER PASSAGE. APPROVAL AND PUBLICATION ACCORDING TO LAW. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU

[5.B.1) Bid IF-25-016, 2025 Concrete Replacement for Public Works]

IS IT 2 OR 3? JUST TWO ITEMS COMING TO US FROM MUNICIPAL SERVICES. OUR DIRECTOR, PAM ALEXANDER, IS HERE. LET'S SEE. THE FIRST ONE IS A BID RELATED TO CONCRETE REPLACEMENT. YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THE REASON THAT YOU SEE THIS BID ON THE REGULAR AGENDA IS BECAUSE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THIS EVENING. LET ME GET MY GLASSES. IT'S OVER $300,000. SO THIS ACTUAL WILL BE THIS ACTUAL BID WILL ACTUALLY BE TO DO OUR CONCRETE REPLACEMENTS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A ROUTINE ITEM THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD ON A REGULAR AGENDA. THE QUANTITIES THAT WERE ESTIMATED AS FAR AS THEY WERE BASED ON A THREE YEAR AVERAGE. AND SO OUR STREET SUPERINTENDENT PUT THAT TOGETHER. HE HAS REVIEWED THE BIDS. WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF TWO BIDS, AND THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WAS FOR CONCRETE AND CONSTRUCTION, FOR A TOTAL OF $334,803. AND WORK WILL GET STARTED HERE AS SOON AS IT WARMS UP. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR, ALEXANDER? ALL RIGHT. THEN THE CHAIR IS READY FOR A MOTION. WE'LL TURN TO OUR LIAISONS. COUNCILOR LARSON AND COUNCILOR. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL.

EXCUSE ME, I MOVE THE COUNCIL. ACCEPTED. APPROVE THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE BID FROM FOREST, CONCRETE AND CONSTRUCTION FOR A TOTAL OF $334,802. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OH. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IT WAS ME. I'M THE SECOND. I WAS LOOKING AT THE I GOT IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO CONDUCT OUR VOTE. FREEMAN. YES.

FRANCIS. HI. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. HI. BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. MOTION CARRIES.

[5.B.2) Donation of Harris Tait 9100 Handheld Radios to College of Eastern Idaho’s Law Enforcement Program]

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TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT. YES. THANK YOU. SO I HOPE SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD DEPUTY CHIEF GALBREATH HERE AT ONE OF THE COUNCIL SESSIONS? HE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO SUPPORT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO BE CREATED AT THE COLLEGE OF EASTERN IDAHO. AND ACTUALLY, I THINK I DID SEE IN THE NEWSPAPER EARLIER THIS WEEK TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. SO THIS DONATION REQUEST FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO DONATE APPROXIMATELY 15 HANDHELD RADIOS TO THIS PROGRAM. AND A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT IT, BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAME FORWARD REQUESTING TO USE CARES MONEY TO PURCHASE THEIR RADIOS. THERE WAS AN ISSUE, AND THERE'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE OVER TIME WITH THE RADIOS. BUT THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST THEY HAD BACK IN 2020 WAS TO REPLACE THEIR HANDHELD RADIOS TO A MOTOROLA SOLUTION. AND PART OF THAT WAS WHAT THEY DISCUSSED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID THIS AS WELL, IS THEY ALLOWED FOR THE ENCRYPTED INFORMATION AS THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, RESPONDING TO A CALL OR ACTUALLY BEING ON SCENE OF A PARTICULAR ISSUE. SO WE PURCHASED THOSE MOTOROLA RADIOS BACK IN PROBABLY THE SPRING OF 2021, BECAUSE IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO GET, YOU KNOW, ALL THE RADIOS ROLLED OUT. AND SO THEY WERE AN UPGRADED PLAN. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE WERE ABLE TO USE CARES MONEY TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THOSE AND JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONE. ALONG WITH THE MOBILE, MOBILE, THE MOUNT, THE VEHICLE MOUNT MOBILE REPEATER WAS A TOTAL OF $619,250, SO THAT WAS APPROVED IN LATE NOVEMBER. EARLY DECEMBER OF 2020. AND THEN AFTER THAT, AS YOU KNOW, WE COLLECTED ALL THE OLD RADIOS AND THE RADIOS WERE ACTUALLY SET ASIDE. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM, IF THEY WERE USING ANY OF THEM AT ALL. BUT IT WAS AS WE KNOW, WE HAD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD THINGS ALL OVER, AND SO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IS WHEN THEY WERE MOVING EVERYTHING OVER TO THE POLICE FACILITY THAT WAS RADIOS WERE WERE SET ASIDE AND WITH THE WITH THE PROGRAM OVER AT CCI, OUR CAPTAIN, JOHN MARLEY, ACTUALLY HAD PRESENTED TO MUNICIPAL SERVICE SAYING, HEY, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DONATE 15 OF THESE RADIOS TO THE CCI LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. SO WHAT WE DID BASED ON THAT REQUEST, WHICH WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IS WE WENT OUT AND WE LOOKED AT THE RESEARCH OF WHAT THOSE RADIOS WILL COST IF WE WERE TO SURPLUS.

AND SO TO BE VERY CLEAR, THEY WERE NEVER THERE WAS NEVER A SURPLUS REPORT SUBMITTED FOR THOSE RADIOS TO BE SENT OVER TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO PUT ON PUBLIC SURPLUS. IN FACT, THEY WERE JUST I THINK THEY WERE JUST INVENTORIED, IF YOU WILL, IN THE, IN THE OFFICES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IS WE WENT OUT AND GOOGLED TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY WOULD BE WORTH AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY USE THEM. AND THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THEY'RE ABLE TO THE WAY THESE RADIOS ARE SET UP, BECAUSE THERE'S OLD TECHNOLOGY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY PICK UP STUFF ON SCANNERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, POLICE SCANNERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHERE THE NEW MOTOROLA SOLUTION THAT WE PURCHASED IN 2020 IS ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED. IT'S ENCRYPTED, SO YOU CAN'T JUST TURN ON THE SCANNER. AND THIS IS THE OTHER THING WE DID IS WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO TETON COMMUNICATION, WHO WE'VE HAD A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH, AND HE'S ON OUR RADIOS, OUR FIELD EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE. AND WE SPOKE WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT, AND THEY BASICALLY JUST SAID THAT THESE RADIOS ARE END OF LIFE. THERE'S REALLY FROM THEIR OPINION, THERE'S NO RESALE VALUE FOR THE RADIOS THEMSELVES. AND SO WE WOULD LIKELY IF WE WERE TO SURPLUS RADIOS, WE WOULD LIKELY GET THEM FROM PEOPLE THAT HAD A HOBBY, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH WORKING WITH TWO WAY RADIOS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO BEING THAT WE PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER, LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD COST IF WE WERE TO PUT THEM ON PUBLIC SURPLUS, WE PRESENTED THE PACKAGE FOR YOU TODAY TO CONSIDER TO DONATE 15 OF THE RADIOS TO THE COLLEGE OF EASTERN IDAHO TO SUPPORT THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. WE ESTIMATED THAT THE VALUES WOULD.

THE VALUE OF THE RADIOS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 100 TO $150 EACH, AND THAT WE DID IDENTIFY THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A HIGH MARKET FOR THOSE RADIOS. AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTING TO SUPPORT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AT CSI, WE ARE BRINGING THIS TO YOU THIS EVENING TO ASK YOUR FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO DONATE 15 OF THE RADIOS, THE OLD 9100 HARRIS HARRIS STATE 9100 HANDHELD RADIOS TO THE COLLEGE OF EASTERN IDAHO TO SUPPORT THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. THANK YOU DIRECTOR. I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH EXPLANATION. SO I GUESS THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT WHILE SOMETHING CAN HAVE MARKET VALUE, IF THE MARKET ISN'T ROBUST, THEN YOU AREN'T REALLY GUARANTEED THAT SALE. AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE JUST GIVING AWAY $100, YOU KNOW,

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PROGRAM NO PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS TRAINING PROGRAM. WE CALL IT POST POST. AND IT'S WE'RE SEEING NOW A MOVEMENT TO DECENTRALIZE POST SO THAT YOUR OFFICERS DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE POST TRAINING, INVOICING AND BASICALLY LIVE THERE FOR FOUR MONTHS WHILE THEY GET TRAINED.

THAT'S A BIG EXPENSE FOR A DEPARTMENT TO HAVE TO HOUSE THEM AND ROOM AND PAY FOR THE ROOM AND BOARD. SO TO DECENTRALIZE IT IS, I THINK OVERALL IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL IDEA THAT WILL SAVE MUNICIPALITIES A LOT OF MONEY, AND IT WILL ALSO ALLOW THOSE OFFICERS TO GO HOME EACH EVENING, THAT SORT OF THING. HOWEVER, IT TAKES SOME RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH THE POST OUTLETS THROUGHOUT THE STATE NORTHERN IDAHO, EASTERN IDAHO, SOUTHERN IDAHO, ETC. AND SO THAT ONE WOULD THINK WOULD STILL BE A STATE RESPONSIBILITY. I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS STILL STARTING TO HAPPEN. THE STATE HASN'T CREATED THE PROGRAM OFFICIALLY AND SAID, OKAY, EACH OF YOU GET X DOLLARS TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD UP YOUR TRAINING LOCATIONS. SO THE FACT THAT CEI WAS GIVEN THIS PROGRAM MEANS THAT THEY'RE CERTIFIED TO TEACH THE CURRICULUM. WELL, IF WE CAN DONATE SOME MATERIALS, THEN THEY'LL JUST GET UP TO SPEED FASTER. AND SO THAT'S SORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT I DO THINK IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THIS DECENTRALIZED APPROACH. OVERALL.

IT WILL SAVE THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS THOSE DOLLARS, AND IT KEEPS THE EVERYTHING LOCAL. SO THAT'S THE BACKSTORY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INSIGHT ON THAT OR. OKAY, SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND WE WILL, I GUESS, TURN TO THE LIAISONS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EXCUSE ME. NO, WE'RE BACK TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES. SO, COUNSELOR LARSON, I KNOW HE'S READY TO MAKE THAT MOTION, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT THAT IDAHO, THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS CAN SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THERE AREN'T A LOT OF INTERSECTIONS FOR US TO ACTUALLY DO THAT. RIGHT? IT'S MOSTLY IN NAME ONLY, LIKE WE SUPPORT THAT. BUT I I'M EXCITED

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DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. BURNSHAW. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

[5.C.1) 25-06 IFP York Substation Upgrade - Cache Valley Electric]

UPGRADE. SO THIS IS AN ONGOING PROGRAM. THIS ONE IS YOUR SUBSTATION, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT FEEDS ALL THE PLANTS RIGHT OFF THE ROAD THERE. WE DID BID THIS. WE GOT FOUR BIDS. THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG SPREAD BETWEEN THE LOW TWO AND THE NEXT TWO. UNFORTUNATELY, LOW TWO DID NOT HAVE THEIR IDAHO PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS LICENSE. WE DID TALK TO THEM. THEY WERE IN PROCESS.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, YOU GOT TO HAVE IT BEFORE YOU BID ON THESE. SO OUR AND CACHE VALLEY IS A GREAT CONTRACTOR. THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD REPUTATION. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO AWARD THAT WORK TO CACHE VALLEY. IT WAS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. ALL RIGHT. THEN I'LL TURN TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO LIAISE WITH IDAHO FALLS POWER TO MAKE THOSE MOTIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCILOR FREEMAN IS READY TO GO. YEAH. I'LL JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT THAT WE HAD A BOARD MEETING FOR IDAHO FALLS POWER EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH. THEREFORE THERE'S NOT MUCH DISCUSSION ON IT. THIS EVENING I WAS GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT. SO OKAY, WITH THE MOTION I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THIS BID AWARD FOR CACHE VALLEY ELECTRIC OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 2,203,400 $953.40 AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION TO THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILORS. CITY CLERK, WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION FOR A VOTE. DINGMAN. YES. BRADFORD I FRANCIS I BURTENSHAW. YES.

LARSON. YES. FREEMAN. YES. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU EVERYONE. SO THE

[5.D.1) Legislative Hearing for Consideration of an Ordinance approving Snake River West Urban Renewal District]

THERE IS A FAMILY MEMBER THAT OWNS SOME PROPERTY IN THIS URBAN RENEWAL. HE DOES NOT PAY US, BUT HE IS A RELATIVE AND I PROBABLY NEXT TIME WOULDN'T HAVE RECUSED MYSELF. BUT BUT IT IS A FAMILY MEMBER, SO I WILL CONTINUE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS PARTICULAR URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE GOING TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE PODIUM FOR NOW OKAY? OKAY.

THAT'S INTEGRITY AND HONOR EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO. SHE PUTS IT OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WILL BE HAVING A HEARING. AND THE HEARING HAS YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T MEMORIZE THE CONTENTS OF THE ORDER FOR THE HEARING AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT TYPICALLY WE'LL HEAR FROM WE'LL HEAR INFORMATION RELATED TO THE STUDY AND WHY THIS IS ELIGIBLE. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT SO THAT WHEN WE CLOSE THE HEARING, YOU'LL KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO VOTE. THIS MIGHT BE IMPORTANT LATER. SO IS THIS WHERE YOU MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT ALL THE THINGS IN THE PACKET, PLUS ANYTHING PRESENTED AS PART OF THE RECORD? YES. ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT IS A FORMALITY GIVEN THAT THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE HEARING. OKAY. IT'S NOT LIKE A JUDGE IS GOING TO SCRUTINIZE IT.

BUT YES, EVERYTHING THAT IS PRESENTED AND SAID AND THAT IS IN THE PACKET IS CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE BODY OF EVIDENCE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDER WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR VOTE. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL DECLARE THIS LEGISLATIVE HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD APPROVE THE FORMATION OF THE SNAKE RIVER WEST URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT.

WE'LL DEFER THIS HEARING TO BE OPEN. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HEAR A SERIES OF REPORTS. WE'LL START WITH OUR DIRECTOR, WADE SANDER. WELL, HE'S THE CITY'S DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUT HE'S ALSO. IS IT CALLED DIRECTOR? YEAH. ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TERM OF THE IDAHO FALLS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. AND THIS IS THE AGENCY THAT ADMINISTERS

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OKAY. MY NAME IS KITTY C AND I OWN THE SELF-STORAGE FACILITY AT 1333 SOUTH PIONEER ROAD. I WROTE THE LETTER IN OPPOSITION TO THE URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT. THE WAY I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WAS I NOTICED A LEGAL NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER. SO, YEAH, IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY. SO SINCE THAT I'VE HAD A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY THE IMPACTS ON MY PROPERTY, I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT I, I'VE HAD GREAT INFORMATION FROM FROM A LITTLE GROUP HERE WHO GOT TO KNOW ME PRETTY FAST, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO TONIGHT WAS I VISITED A LITTLE BIT WITH CHRIS FREDERICKSON. I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH HIM ABOUT THAT BEFORE. I SPOKE WITH WADE BRAND, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS ARE REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE'S A LINE ON A MAP THAT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY. I HAVE BEEN REASSURED THAT WE CAN TALK

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND GETTING THE ANSWERS THAT THAT IT'S WAY BETTER THAN GETTING MAD. SO IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE DON'T NEED TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS THE HEARING OR SUSPEND IT? FOR NOW, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OR CLARIFICATION, PLEASE, BECAUSE I RAN INTO A MISTAKE LAST TIME. WE THINK WE NEED TO. THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE HEARING AND IF WE DECLARE IT, CONTINUE TO OPEN. SO IF SOMEBODY COMES TO TALK TO US DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, MAY WE LISTEN TO THEM OR ACCEPT THEIR EMAILS? I BELIEVE EMAIL IS LEGIT AND CONVERSATIONS ARE FINE. ALL RIGHT. AS A FORM OF INFORMING YOURSELF. AND IF YOU DO PERHAPS TALK TO SOMEBODY THAT REALLY MAKES SOME INTERESTING POINTS, YOU MIGHT ENCOURAGE THEM TO SHARE THOSE WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OR TO DIRECT THEM TO THE DIRECTOR, AND HE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SHOW UP IN OUR PACKETS. SO THAT'S ALL GOOD INFORMATION. SO FAR, SO GOOD.

OKAY, THEN I DON'T KNOW HOW TO JUST MOVE ON FROM THE HEARING IS OPEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PAST THE OPEN HEARING. YEAH. JUST TABLE IT AND YOU CAN MOVE ON TO YOUR NEXT ITEM. ALL RIGHT.

SO YES OH TWO DATES. THAT'S RIGHT. WE'LL TABLE IT TO A DATE CERTAIN WHICH WILL BE THE DATE THAT WILL BE ADVERTISED, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL BE APRIL THE 10TH. BUT IF SOMETHING UNFORESEEN HAPPENS IT MIGHT BE THE WEEK AFTER. OKAY. APRIL THE 10TH IS OUR TARGET DATE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS ON OUR INVITE. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT BURTON, TRY TO COME BACK TO THE PODIUM SINCE WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. AND WE HAVE TO TAKE. CAN THE CHAIR TABLE OR DOES THIS REQUIRE A VOTE? YES. OUR CITY ATTORNEY. DO WE VOTE TO TABLE I.

YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE TO TABLE IF THERE'S CONSENSUS ON IT. I, I WAS TEASING THE MAYOR THAT HER DATE CERTAIN SEEMED A LITTLE UNCERTAIN AND I WAS WAS COMMITTING DIRECTOR SANDER TO MAKE SURE THAT APRIL 10TH BECAME CERTAIN. OKAY, THERE WE GO. OUR DATE CERTAIN IS NOW CERTIFIED.

CERTIFIED. CAN I ASK FOR ONE CLARIFICATION? YES. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE BACK TO THE LEGISLATIVE AND I KNOW I RECUSED MYSELF, BUT IF WE RECEIVE AN EMAIL, EVERYONE HAS TO RECEIVE IT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE HEARING, RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T RECEIVE INFORMATION DURING THE TESTIMONY THAT, YEAH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LEGISLATIVE HEARING AND WHAT'S KNOWN AS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING IS FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION, CAN RECEIVE LOTS OF COMMENTS. SO THERE ARE LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED SOME OF THIS SESSION WHEN THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES WOULD GET TOGETHER AND RECEIVE TESTIMONY. AND IF YOU WATCH SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW THAT THE PRIOR COMMUNICATION. BUT ONCE THE HEARING IS OPEN, IT'S STILL THE SAME THING. IT'S STILL THE SAME THING. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THAT WAS I JUST WANTED

[6. Announcements]

AND WE START ABOUT 1130, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS AT NOON, AND EVERYBODY PAYS FOR THEIR OWN LUNCH. YEAH. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE COMING UP, COUNCILOR FREEMAN AND COUNCILOR CLARKSON. FRANCIS AND LARSON. IT'S KIND OF A NATIONAL ISSUE, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF UKRAINE AND THE NEGOTIATIONS ON APRIL 2ND AT 7:00, SPONSORED BY ALTURAS INSTITUTE, KAREN LIEBERT AND JEFF COFFIN, THE MUSEUM OF IDAHO ARE SPEAKING THOSE

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THINGS ARE REALLY CHANGING FAST. YES, I READ SOME NEWS TODAY THAT I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED UP ON. I READ A HEADLINE THAT I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED UP ON COUNCILOR LARSON. I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO BRAD KRAMER AND DIRECTORS SANDER AND FREDERICKSON FOR WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUMPING ON THAT PROJECT AND MEETING WITH HER AND WORKING OUT WHAT APPEARS AT THIS POINT TO BE A SOLUTION THAT WILL WORK FOR EVERYBODY. SO KUDOS. THANKS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. OUR LEGISLATURE CONTINUES TO BE IN SESSION, ALTHOUGH THERE IS TALK THAT MAYBE NEXT WEEK BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON SOME OF THE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS. AND THEY'VE ALSO PASSED SOME BILLS THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME WORK ON. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? OH, ONLY ONLY THAT WE WILL BE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. NEXT WEEK FOR. THE AIRPORT. SO THAT WILL INCLUDE CATHERINE AND MYSELF AND THE MAYOR TO GO AND TRY AND. WORK THROUGH THE DC, WORK THROUGH THE DC DELEGATE TO THE DELEGATION. WE DO HAVE APPOINTMENTS TO MEET WITH ALL OF THE DELEGATES, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAYBE THE TREES WILL BE IN BLOOM. I LOOKED AT THE TEN DAY WHETHER THEY MIGHT BE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE COLD. WELL, AND IN FACT, IN ORDER, THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AIRPORT RECEIVES THE FUNDING THAT IS NEEDED. AND RIGHT NOW WE NEED A LOT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME UPGRADES TO DO IN ORDER TO BRING MORE FLIGHTS IN AND TO PROCESS THE LUGGAGE THAT WE HAVE TO PROCESS IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND SO DEMAND IS HIGH AND THE NEED TO EXPAND IS HIGH, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE DOLLARS TO DO IT YET. SO TRYING TO PUT THAT PACKAGE TOGETHER AND THERE ARE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. SO IT HELPS TO HAVE ALLIES IN CONGRESS. ALL RIGHT I THINK WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR CHITCHAT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. AND SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.