Nov 24, 2025 City Council Work Session

[Call to Order and Roll Call]

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POPPING NOISE, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. WE DO KNOW THAT COUNCILOR DINGMAN IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE TODAY. SHE HAS A CONFLICT. BUT COUNCILOR FREEMAN, WE'RE SENDING A QUICK TEXT TO HIM TO JUST SEE IF IF HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT. IT'S WE'LL BE FINE EITHER WAY. IF NOBODY, NOBODY LEAVES. BUT WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE WILL INVITE OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. APPARENTLY, I CAN'T TEXT AND USE THE MICROPHONE AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BURTENSHAW HERE. COUNCILOR RADFORD, PRESENT COUNCILOR FRANCIS HERE, COUNCILOR LARSON HERE. AND I HAVE REQUESTED FROM FREEMAN. AND I'VE NOTED. DINGMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR VERY FIRST MEETING IS NOT GOING TO TAKE US ALL NIGHT, WHICH IS, I'M SURE, WELCOME DURING A KIND OF A, I DON'T KNOW, A STRANGE WEEK, RIGHT. IT'S SORT OF RUSHED BEFORE THE HOLIDAY, BUT IT'S HOLIDAY FOR SOME AND IT'S ALREADY A SHORT WEEK AND IT

[Municipal Services, Public Works]

NOBODY WAS PAID. AND BEFORE I FORGET, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE.

WE'VE GOT BONNIE FROM THE SOUNDS CHOIR HERE, BONNIE TAGGERT, SHE'S BEEN A COMMITTEE MEMBER FROM THE INCEPTION. AND THEN WE MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WATCHING VIRTUALLY. SO WITH THAT, OUR CITY ORDINANCE APRIL 14TH, AS YOU SEE HERE, THE DUTIES AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THEY THEY SHALL ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LONG TERM FINANCIAL AND FACILITY PLAN TO IMPROVE AND SUSTAIN THE VIABILITY OF THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM. SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A CIVIC OR A CITY ORDINANCE IN JULY 12TH OF 2018 THAT ALLOWED FOR FUNDING AND DONATIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY WAS AUTHORIZED TO SEEK OUTSIDE FUNDING AND IN-KIND DONATIONS FOR ITS PROJECTS. AND THIS ACTUALLY CREATED THE CIVIC FOUNDATION THAT IS A PRIVATE 500 1C3. SO THIS IS AN OLD PICTURE. THIS IS WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE WITH THE OLD MARQUEE. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE WE USED IN A LOT OF OUR CAMPAIGN MATERIAL THAT WE WERE USING FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE AUDITORIUM, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION. OOPS, EXCUSE ME, $1.8 MILLION THAT THE MAJORITY OF IT WAS ACTUALLY FUNDED THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS. SO OUR ORIGINAL COMMITTEE, AS I MENTIONED, IS ARTHUR COLE. CARRIE, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. AND SHE'S, YOU KNOW, WITH US IN SPIRIT TODAY. SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN NOT ONLY THE EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE AND GUIDING THAT COMMITTEE THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, BUT ALSO ON THE CAPITAL

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OKAY, OKAY. PROJECT BUDGET UPDATE. SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE AWARDED A CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS COMPANY AT ALMOST 7.2 MILLION. IT'S 7.190104. AND THE CHANGE ORDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION SO FAR ARE ONLY ABOUT 0.7%. SO LESS THAN 1% CORRECT. AND THOSE ARE JUST FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A CHANGE ORDER FOR SOME REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE TO THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WHAT WE FOUND IS, IS WE STARTED KIND OF PUTTING REMOVING SOME OF THE OLD STUFF FROM THE FRONT PART OF THE BUILDING. WE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SOME REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE THAT WE NEED TO DO ON SOME CONCRETE THAT ARE NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THEY'RE MORE OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECT SCOPE. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LEVERAGE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE MATERIALS THAT CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN ORDER TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. WE WOULD BE VERY MUCH REMISS IF WE WOULDN'T, IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THIS CONCRETE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. AND SO THAT'S ABOUT SIX LESS THAN A 1%, 6%, 0.6% OF THE TOTAL. THEN WE ALSO HAVE, AS A REMINDER WE HAVE OUR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION THROUGH AAM. AND THAT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. AND WE'RE WITHIN BUDGET ON THAT. AND THEN THE GRAPHICS AND MFG CONTRACT THAT WAS FOR ARTISTIC LIGHTING FIXTURE AND SIGNAGE. THAT WAS 256,000. THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. AND SO THE TOTAL TO DATE IS AN ESTIMATED 67. 6 MILLION, ALMOST 7.7 MILLION. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND THE THE TODAY THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, THAT WE'LL USE OUR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET TO TAKE CARE OF. AND THEN I WANT TO POINT OUT THE CONSTRUCTION IS APPROXIMATELY 70% COMPLETE, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE FRONTIER CENTER PARKING LOT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. THAT'S THAT OVERLAY PIECE. WE'VE GOT TWO THIRDS OF THE PARKING LOT THAT WE NEED TO DO. WE DID THE FIRST ONE THIRD NEAR TIGER STREET, TOOK CARE OF THAT JOHN HOLMES AND TIGER STREET. THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD HOLD OFF ON THE OTHER TWO THIRDS UNTIL WE GOT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT'S ON IN THAT PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $86,000. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO LEVERAGE WITH THE HELPFUL THIS OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS, PARTICULARLY OUR BRIAN CARDEN, OUR STREET SUPERINTENDENT, IS JUST TRY TO ACCESS OUR OVERLAYS THAT WE HAVE OUR OVERLAY CONTRACT THIS UPCOMING YEAR. SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THAT WILL HELP SAVE US SOME COSTS. BUT THE TRADE OFF IS IS WE WON'T GET THAT

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THEY'RE PROJECTED TO BRING IN $659,386 BY 2029. AND THOSE ARE THE PLEDGES. MOST OF THOSE PLEDGES ARE LIKE THE FIVE YEAR PLEDGES WHERE YOU GET LIKE, YOU KNOW, $5,000 A YEAR ON THAT TYPE OF THING. AND THEN OUR CHC FOUNDATION, THEY PLEDGED, GAVE US A GRANT FOR $500,000 FOR THE UPPER UPPER MEZZANINE AREA. THAT REIMBURSEMENT WAS ACTUALLY DUE NO LATER THAN THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE GOT ALL OF THE REIMBURSEMENTS SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED THE FUNDS IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE WERE ACTUALLY A COUPLE MONTHS EARLY. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHC FOUNDATION FOR BEING SO PLEASANT TO WORK WITH. AND THEN THE MAY FAMILY FOUNDATION HAD PLEDGED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, 100,000. SO THAT TOTAL BRINGS US UP TO ABOUT $8 MILLION. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CIVIC FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTIONS ARE OVER FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND THEY AND THEY'RE PROJECTED TO END IN 2029. SO ISN'T IT ALSO FAIR TO SAY THE CIVIC FOUNDATION WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING IN THE CHC MONEY, AS WELL AS THE CREDIT UNION MONEY? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH, ACTUALLY, THERE WAS HOW DO YOU PUT IT? THERE WAS SOME MEETINGS AND THINGS THAT WERE SET UP WITH CHC FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE LED BY ANN VALIQUETTE AS WELL AS CARRIE CHAPMAN, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM. WE WENT OVER SOME RENDERINGS THAT ROCKS AND RICHARD WERE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM, AND IT WENT REALLY WELL AND WE WERE VERY, VERY PLEASED AND VERY FOR THE GENEROUS GRANT OF A HALF $1 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT. IT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CONSTRUCTION. IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MEZZANINE AREA, AND IT REALLY JUST IS A VERY GENEROUS, GENEROUS DONATION ON THEIR BEHALF. SO IS THIS ARE THESE NUMBERS FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT, INCLUDING WHAT THEY DID IN THE INTERIOR PART, OR IS THIS JUST THE EXPANSION? THIS IS JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OF THE LOBBY EXPANSION? YES. YEAH. THIS ISN'T PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WE ALSO HAVE SOME NOMINATIONS OF GIFTING BY OUR CIVIC FOUNDATION.

AND I WANT TO GO OVER THOSE WITH YOU AND ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME FEEDBACK ON THOSE.

OUR FIRST GIFT NAMING NOMINATION IS FOR THE ARTISTIC LIGHTING FIXTURE AND SIGNAGE.

THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CIVIC FOUNDATION IS TO HAVE IT BE A GIFT OF ARTHUR AND ANNALISE KUHL. THE THE CALLS ACTUALLY DONATED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY. THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS DESIGN OF THE ARTISTIC LIGHTING, AND I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT MOST OF, IF NOT ABOUT 97%, 98% OF THEIR CALLS DONATIONS COVERS THE COST OF THIS ARTISTIC LIGHTING FIXTURE AND THE SIGNAGE. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM BE PART OF THIS PROJECT. THE NEXT NOMINATION IS FOR THE MUSICAL PATHWAY AND RAILING, AND THE NOMINATION IS TO HAVE IT TO BE A GIFT OF THE WILLARD GEM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. THEY ARE ONE OF THE THE. THIS FOUNDATION IS ONE OF THE DONATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND IT'S ALSO VERY GENEROUS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO THESE WERE THE NAMING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR CIVIC FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN ACTUALLY COLLECTING THE MONEY FROM THE DONATIONS AND THE PLEDGES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE NEXT TIME WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS THE ARCTIC ARCHITECT TRIBUTE GARDEN. THIS ACTUALLY TAKES, AND I'M GOING TO MAYBE HAVE ROCKS TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DESIGN, BUT BASICALLY IT TAKES

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AND YOU CAN SEE THE BALCONIES THAT ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH THE WINDOWS UP ON THE TOP UP ABOVE. AND THEN WE'LL BE TAKING OUT THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS. ONCE THIS BUILD GETS SECURED.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LEAVING THEM IN BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL HAVING SHOWS. THEY HAVE FIVE YEARS WORTH OF SHOWS GOING ON, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET. THE OTHER ONE IS LOOKING BACK FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING TOWARD THE WEST, AND THOSE HOLES IN THE FLOOR ARE GOING TO BE OUR GLASS NOTES. THEY'RE IN IN A GROUP WITH THE TERRAZZO, AND THERE'S SIX OF THEM, AND THEY'RE MASSIVE PIECES OF GLASS THAT ARE IN THERE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE FRONTIER CENTER WILL GO RIGHT ABOVE THE VESTIBULE. FOR THAT ONE. AND RIGHT UP IN THERE, THERE, THERE GOES RIGHT UP THERE. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT. THESE ARE PICTURES SHOWING YOU THE CEILINGS. WE ARE MIRRORING WHAT HAD GONE ON IN THE OLD EXISTING BUILDING WITH THE OLD CORNICES. AND SO WE BUILT SOME IN HERE ALONG WITH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DUCTWORK, STEEL FOR THE STRUCTURE AND OUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE BALCONY AND THE ONE IN THE RIGHT. AND IT'S AND YOU WALK IN FROM THE OLD MEZZANINE ONTO THIS FLOOR SO YOU CAN LOOK DOWN INTO THIS SPACE. IT'S QUITE A NICE VIEW. IT'S JUST THAT SINK IN THAT. SO NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BATHROOMS. OKAY. THIS IS THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE WOMEN'S. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NINE WATER CLOSETS OR TOILETS WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. AND TWO ADA. SO A TOTAL OF 11 WATER CLOSETS ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE IS THE MEN'S. THEY HAVE TWO WATER CLOSETS, ONE ADA WATER CLOSET, AND THEN FIVE URINALS. AND SO THEY'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS NOW OF GETTING FINISHING THE SHEETROCK IN THIS THIS WEEK. AND SO IT'S COMING QUITE LONG. WE ALSO HAVE OUR TWO FAMILY RESTROOMS THAT FLANK EACH SIDE CLOSE TO THE BATHROOMS. AND THEY ALL HAVE A TOILET AND A SINK IN THEM. AND THEY'RE SEPARATE AND FAMILY. SO WE'VE GOT THE FULL DOWN FOR THE DIAPER CHANGERS AND THE CHAIR IN THERE. SO THEY'VE GOT MULTIPLE CHILDREN. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MEZZANINE GOES, THE WOMEN'S UPSTAIRS NOW HAVE TWO WATER CLOSETS AND ONE ADA FOR A TOTAL OF THREE TOILETS UP THERE.

AND THE MEN HAVE ONE ADA AND TWO URINALS UPSTAIRS. SO THEN IF YOU WE DO HAVE TWO SERVICE SINKS ON THE MAIN LEVEL, WHICH WILL HELP ED OUT FOR CLEANUP, AND ONE OF THEM IS CLOSE TO THE FLEX SPACE OR WHAT WE CALL THE FLEX SPACE. IT'S GOING TO BE FOR MERCHANDIZING OR

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AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID WAS THEY STARTED BUILDING THE CIVIC FIRST, AND THEN THEY STOPPED BECAUSE THE SCHOOL WAS GOING TO START IN AUGUST AND THEY NEEDED TO GET IT DONE. SO THEY STOPPED WORK ON BECAUSE THE DRAWINGS ARE ON THE SAME SET OF PLANS. AND SO THEN THEY JUMPED OVER AND FINISHED IDAHO FALLS HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN CAME BACK AND FINISHED THE CIVIC AFTER THAT.

SO I ALWAYS THOUGHT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. SO AND THEN OF COURSE, BEFORE WE DID ANY RENOVATION TO THE AUDITORIUM, WE HAD A STRUCTURAL EXPERT COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT. AND BASICALLY THE READING WAS OF THE REPORT WAS HER BONES ARE GOOD. I MEAN, SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILT IN 1950S IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN HOW IT'S BUILT TODAY. SO SHE'S SHE'S PRETTY STRONG. SHE'S WORTH THE INVESTMENT. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE REAL HAPPY THAT THINGS ARE GOING AS WELL. BUT YOU KNOW, AS AN OLD BUILDING, YOU KNOW, YOU RUN INTO THINGS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ON AN EARLIER SLIDE ABOUT THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF SOME OF THE SIDEWALK THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO LEVERAGE THAT AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, AS FAR AS THE FUNDING GOES, IS JUST A DELICATE MENTION THAT OVER 80%

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COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE ASSIGNMENT, MAYBE OF JUST HIGHLIGHTING ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL IS REALLY IMPORTANT FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIAL PERSPECTIVE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF SOME OF THE FUNDRAISING AND I KNOW OTHERS IN THE ROOM HAVE AS WELL.

BUT AND I KNOW THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS SOMETIMES DON'T SEE THINGS WITH THE SAME EYES AS AN ARTIST OR AS A A PATRON OF THE ARTS. AND SO WHAT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT? I THINK THE PART THAT I'D HIGHLIGHT IS HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SNUCK IN THERE AND SEEN THAT THE THE DRAWINGS AND WHAT IS COMING ABOUT IS EXACTLY AS PROMISED, THAT IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF I MEAN, I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T BEEN DANGEROUS OR ANYTHING, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS TOLD TO FRONTIER, WHAT WAS TOLD TO CHC, WHAT WAS TOLD TO THE PATRONS WHO DONATED IS EXACTLY THE ARTIST'S RENDERINGS. ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS ARE WHAT IS BEING. WE DID NOT OVERPROMISE AND UNDER-DELIVER. IT IS EXACTLY AS PROMISED. IT IS. IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE IT WAS PROMISED, AND IT IS ACHIEVING EVERYTHING THAT WE TOLD THE DONORS THAT WE WOULD ACHIEVE. WELL, AND I THINK THAT'S OWING IN PART TO. YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY AND PAM, YOUR VISION AND YOUR MANAGEMENT OF THIS FROM THE BEGINNING. AND THEN, CHRIS, YOUR DEPARTMENT'S CONTRIBUTION, DO YOU WANT TO JUST EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENT'S CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN? WELL, JUST THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION, THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE AMONGST THE THREE THAT ARE REALLY AT THE TABLE. AND CHRIS CANFIELD, I THINK THAT CREDIT SHOULD REALLY GO TO HIM. AND AS YOU WORK THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR US, IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE WE'RE ON TIME. WE'RE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AND THE COST, AS YOU'VE SEEN, ARE ARE VERY REASONABLE WITH THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED AND, AND THOSE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE AS NEEDS. SO IN THAT VEIN, I THINK IT'S REALLY BEEN A GOOD PARTNERSHIP FROM ARCHITECTS THROUGH MUNICIPAL SERVICES. AND THEN ALSO JUST IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION SIDE. I THINK CHRIS HAS HELPED OUT IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL, AND I THINK HE WON'T ADMIT IT, BUT I THINK HE LIKES VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. HE'S A HE'S A CONVERT FROM PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION TO THE VERTICAL SIDE. SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT THAT'S NOT JUST FOR EVERYONE. IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. THERE REALLY IS. SO SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. PAM, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE A MEMBER OF OUR AUDIENCE HERE, AND THAT WOULD BE OUR ADA COORDINATOR. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY STARTED LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE GIVE ACCESS TO EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO COME. IF YOU WANT TO COME, WATCH YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER IN A, IN A IN A DANCE RECITAL, YOU CAN COME DOWN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING TO GET DOWN THOSE STAIRS OR GOING 250FT TO 300FT DOWN THE HALL. AND SO THAT'S THAT WAS THE GOAL OF THAT. LISA FERRIS HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS PROJECT, HELPING US GUIDE US THROUGH ALL THE ADA PIECES. THE TITLE ONE FUNDING THAT WE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH WITH ARPA. AND SHE HAS ALSO BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL. AND JUST ONE OTHER THING I'VE GIVEN COUNCILMAN LARSON AND BURTENSHAW A TOUR THROUGH. IF ANY OF THE OTHERS OF YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH, BUT I CAN COORDINATE THAT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE EXPERIENCE. AND YOU WANT TO SEE FIRSTHAND. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT THERE? YOU'LL BE REALLY IMPRESSED. YOU'LL BE AMAZED.

COULD I MAKE ONE COMMENT, PLEASE? I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THE SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING PACKAGE THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE TO MAKE THAT MATCH WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE USED, THE THE BUILDING AND THE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE TOO FAR UNDER, YOU DON'T NEED IT TO BE

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THANK YOU. WHAT MAY SEEM CONFUSING, COUNSELOR, IS THAT DURING THAT FIRST PHASE, WHILE WE WERE DOING THE SEATING IN THE THE UPGRADING THE COLOR SCHEME AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN THERE, WE ALSO GOT THAT SOUND, SOUND WALL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT, SOUND SHELL, THE THANK YOU, THE SHELL FOR THE STAGE. SO IT MADE IT FEEL LIKE WE WERE DOING SOME OF THE STAGE WORK, BUT ACTUALLY THE DRESSING ROOMS AND THE PRACTICE ROOMS BEHIND ARE ALL PART OF THE FUTURE VISION. SO THIS, THIS FACILITY HAS YET TO RECEIVE SOME LOVE. WELL, ACTUALLY, WE DID DO A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESH ON A COUPLE OF AREAS, ONE OF THEM BEING THE RESTROOMS THAT ARE IN THE BASEMENT. SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED DURING THE EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE REALLY FORCED US TO TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY REFRESHING THAT WE CAN DO TO JUST MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE PALATABLE UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME ADA RESTROOMS ON THE FLOORS THAT THE ROCKS HAD MENTIONED, AND THEN THE OTHER AREA, UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY IS WE DID HAVE THAT MAY 20TH FLOOD. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO REFRESH THE THE DRESSING ROOM AREA, WHICH IS THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE THE BACK OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE BEHIND THE STAGE. IT STILL NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK DONE.

BUT AGAIN, WE WE PRIORITIZE. THE COMMITTEE PRIORITIZED WHERE THEY FELT WAS THE BEST PLACE TO TO MAKE THE MILESTONES AND MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FROM THE COMMITTEE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. I THINK THERE WERE SOME INSURANCE DOLLARS THAT HELPED AS WE WERE BRINGING THE FLOODED OUT AREAS BACK TO, TO, TO INTO OPERATION. THE THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THIS A PAM HAS MENTIONED A FEW TIMES THE SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN PRIVATELY RAISED AND HOW MUCH OF THIS UPGRADE IN THESE FIRST TWO PHASES HAS BEEN PRIVATELY FUNDED VERSUS HOW MUCH HAS BEEN PUBLICLY FUNDED. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE VERY BUDGET CONSCIOUS AND TAX DOLLAR CONSCIOUS, AND WHEN THEY SEE BEAUTIFUL ART, THEY SEE BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING, THEY SEE BEAUTIFUL THINGS HAPPENING. THEY MIGHT INSTANTLY SAY, WELL, WE SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING TAX DOLLARS ON THAT. AND WE SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE USE OUR TAX DOLLARS. AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT KIND OF FRUGALITY, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE ARE WE'RE GETTING WE'VE GOTTEN SO SMART THAT WE'RE FIGURING OUT HOW TO CREATE BEAUTY, HOW TO BRING IN PRIVATE DOLLARS, PUT THEM TO WORK, HOW TO CREATE AN INSPIRATIONAL SPACE THAT'S A HECK OF A COMMUNITY ASSET WITH MINIMAL INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC DOLLARS, 20% OF THE COST. AND THAT TO ME IS JUST A HECK OF A COUPON. IF I HAD AN 80% OFF COUPON FOR SOMETHING WONDERFUL, I'D USE IT RIGHT? AND THE REAL VALUE IS THAT OR EXCUSE ME, THE REAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE CITY HAD IS AT LEAST 20% OF THE COST. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES ACCESSIBLE TO WHATEVER EXTENT WE CAN, COULD, CAN, AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE'RE MEETING IT IN THIS REALLY, REALLY NETWORKED SORT OF WAY. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE

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THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS THAT WHEN I LEARNED THAT THE AND WE ALL LEARNED THIS A WHILE BACK, THAT THE ELEVATOR WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE FOR THE ULTIMATE ADA ACCESSIBILITY WHEN THE ELEVATOR WAS DEEMED TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET, WE CHOSE TO BE FRUGAL. THERE IS NO ELEVATOR IN THIS UPGRADE, BUT THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR SOMEONE WHO DOES NEED ACCESSIBILITY TO HAVE IT ON WHATEVER FLOOR THEY HAPPEN TO BE ON. AND THAT, WE FELT WAS MORE THAN HALF THE BATTLE. SO I'M VERY EXCITED, AND I'M NOT THE LEAST BIT APOLOGETIC TO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS BEING FRUGAL OR WANTING US TO BE FRUGAL. WE HAVE TO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY IT ANY MORE CLEARLY AND I'M GOING TO STOP REPEATING IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT POINT WAS WAS MADE AND HOPEFULLY VERY WELL TAKEN BY THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I'M GOING TO BE QUIET NOW. OTHER THAN THAT, PAM, IF YOU HAVE ANY RAP OR ANY FUTURE. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE JUST A BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT THE THE 1.8 MILLION THAT WAS INVESTED INTO THE AUDITORIUM. IF SOME OF YOU PROBABLY RECALL THE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE ORANGE SEATS THAT WERE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAD WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE ADA ABILITY FOR SEATING. WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT TICKETS WERE SOLD AND THEN SOMETIMES TAKE OUT A SEAT AND ROLL SOMEBODY INTO INTO A SPACE. AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THAT RENOVATION WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE SEATS. THEY DO ALLOW FOR ADA. AND SO NOW WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO GO TO A SHOW, THEY CAN GO ON THE IDAHO FALLS ARTS COUNCIL SITE AND THEY CAN SEE OUR SEATING CHART AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHICH ONES ARE ADA COMPATIBLE. THEY CAN SIT IN A SEAT IF THEY WANT TO, OR IF THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR WHEELCHAIR. THEY CAN HAVE THAT THERE AS WELL, AND THEN THEY CAN PURCHASE THE TICKETS BASED ON THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN IN THAT WHOLE AUDITORIUM RENOVATION THAT WE DID PRIOR TO THE RENOVATION OF THE AUDITORIUM, THE CITY ONLY SPENT ABOUT $35,000 ON THE FACILITY. AND SO IT WAS VERY WORN, AND IT WAS IN DESPERATE NEED OF A REFRESH. SO AND I WANT TO ADD, BEFORE I FORGET, I'D BE REMISS IS WE'RE ACTUALLY MORPHING WHAT WE CALL THE MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING MONEY TO REPLACE SEATS IF WE NEED TO. IT'S APPROXIMATELY $20,000 A YEAR THAT WE JUST SET ASIDE TO COVER ANY OF THOSE EXPENSES THAT MIGHT COME UP. ONE QUESTION. ONE MORE COMMENT.

OKAY. LET'S GO TO QUESTION AND THEN A COMMENT. SO IF THE ELEVATOR IS IN THE DESIGN CAN WE PUT IT IN EVENTUALLY? YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY WASTING YOUR MONEY BECAUSE YOU CANNOT GET UP TO THE SEATS IN THE BALCONY BECAUSE IT CAN ONLY GET TO THE BALCONY, AND THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO GO UP LIKE 12 STEPS TO GET UP. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO EITHER GO UP OR DOWN.

SO IT DID NOT WARRANT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AN ELEVATOR COSTS TO ONLY BE ABLE TO REACH TWO FLOORS. AND FOR LIKE BANQUETS AND FESTIVALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE MEZZANINE, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR A BANQUET UP THERE, BUT YOU COULD HAVE A SMALL GATHERING UP THERE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE FLOOR, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH, RIGHT.

AND IF I COULD ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT ONE QUESTION, WE DID INSTALL RAILING UP ON THE BALCONY AREA. THERE WAS NO RAILING UP THERE. SO AT LEAST PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY HOLD ON TO SOMETHING. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY FROM OUR PRIOR BUILDING. OFFICIAL REGGIE FULLER HELPED US WITH THAT. SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, GREAT ACCESSORY AND REALLY AN ELEGANT SOLUTION TO THOSE THAT MAY WANT TO SIT UP ON THE BALCONY, BUT MIGHT NOT BE TOO COMFORTABLE JUST WALKING UP THE STAIRS WITHOUT A RAILING. COUNCILOR FREEMAN, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE THE JOB OF KEEPING THE SPIRIT OF THE MOTIF OF THE OF THE FACILITY.

RIGHT. THAT WAS A COMPLAINT THAT I HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS REMODEL. AND THEY'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN THIS BEAUTIFUL ART DECO FACADE AND REPLACE IT WITH SOME MODERN UGLY THING. AND AND IT'S NOT THE CASE. IT'S IT'S IT'S YOU'VE HONORED THE MOTIF THAT WAS THERE BEFORE. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

AND JUST ONE MORE THING I CAN ADD TO I KEEP COMING UP WITH ALL THESE THINGS I WANT TO ADD, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ATTENDED AN EVENT AT THE FRONTIER CENTER IN THE WINTER MONTHS. I THINK I WENT TO ONE CONCERT WAS I THINK IT WAS LINDSEY STIRLING, AND WE LITERALLY HAD TO WAIT OUTSIDE. THERE WAS A LINE OF US OVER 50 TO 75 PEOPLE WAITING TO GET IN, BECAUSE THE LOBBY DID NOT FIT ENOUGH PEOPLE. AND YOU CAN'T SIT PEOPLE IN BECAUSE A LOT OF

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[Public Works]

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I'M WORKING WITH THEM FOR THREE YEARS. I'M A PEOPLE PERSON, SO I LIKE TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S 101 REASONS WHY IT'S NEEDED. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE ALL WALKS OF LIFE. USE IT. SENIORS TO YOUNG KIDS, TEENAGERS, EVERYBODY USES IT. IT'S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR ALL AGES. MY NAME IS KATE MARCUS. I AM THE TRANSIT COORDINATOR FOR GREATER IDAHO FALLS TRANSIT. WITH A MICRO TRANSIT SYSTEM. WE SAY, HEY, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE ALL THE DEMAND IS GOING TO BE. WE'RE GOING TO LET OUR CUSTOMERS TELL US THAT WE DO DOOR TO DOOR TRANSIT. WE HAVE SMALLER VEHICLES, AND THOSE VEHICLES GO TO WHERE THE DEMAND IS. I'M SANDRA OLSON, AND I'VE BEEN USING THE GIFT BUS FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. I LOST MY DRIVER'S LICENSE DUE TO A VISION IMPAIRMENT THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE, SO IT'S HELPED ME RETAIN SOME OF MY INDEPENDENCE. I AM A U.S. ARMY VETERAN. I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS AND DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM TO APPOINTMENTS OR EVEN THE GROCERY STORE, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT CAN COME PICK THEM UP AND TAKE THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. WITH OUR SERVICE, WE'RE VERY AFFORDABLE.

OUR LOWEST COST IS $2, THE HIGHEST ONE IS $7. YES, THEY JUST DOWNLOAD OUR APP OR THEY CALL INTO OUR DISPATCH AND EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY CAN RIDE IT. I HAD NO PROBLEM DOWNLOADING IT AND USING IT. IT WAS VERY EASY FOR ME TO USE. SO I USE AN APP CALLED VOICEOVER, WHICH VERBALIZES WHATEVER I TOUCH. OPEN GIFT AND THE GIFT APP LOADS RECENT DESTINATIONS.

AND I WON'T HIT THE NEXT BUTTON BECAUSE THAT WILL ACTUALLY INITIATE A RIDE REQUEST. HOW EASY IS THAT? YOU JUST SAW THE WORK, THE PROCESS? VERY EASY. I'M MICHELLE ZIGMAN AND I SERVE ON THE IDAHO FALLS CITY COUNCIL. WHEN OUR FORMER PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A WOMAN WHOSE FATHER LIVED HERE AND HE WAS COMPLETELY HOUSEBOUND WITHOUT A PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM. AND SHE WAS ASKING ME REALLY POINTED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IS MY DAD SUPPOSED TO GET HIS GROCERIES? HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO SEE HIS FRIENDS? HE'LL NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT IT. AND YOU REALLY START TO REALIZE THAT WITHOUT PUBLIC TRANSIT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO REALLY CAN'T LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT IT. WHEN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS NOT AVAILABLE, A LOT OF TIMES THE PRIVATE OPTIONS DON'T EVEN OFFER A RIDE FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S IN A WHEELCHAIR OR OFFER ASSISTANCE TO SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE OR HAVE A MOBILITY DISABILITY WHERE THEY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE TO THE CAR. SO THOSE PEOPLE ARE ARE BASICALLY HOMEBOUND. ONE NICE THING ABOUT MICRO TRANSPORTATION IS WE'RE VERY DATA RICH. THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE THAT DATA AND SAY, HEY, IN THE FUTURE, AS OUR POPULATION GROWS AND WE HAVE MORE POPULATION DENSITY, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF WE DO MOVE TO A FIXED ROUTE TO HANDLE A PORTION OF THIS DEMAND, I'M HOPING THAT THEY WILL EXPAND THEIR AREA.

HOWEVER, OUT OF IDAHO FALLS AREA. THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE I DO HAVE FREQUENT MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE TOWN OF AMMON. I THINK THE THING WE WANT AMMON TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD BE SPENDING MONEY AT THEIR BUSINESSES IF THEY COULD GO INTO AMMON, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WE WOULD UTILIZE OUR SERVICE SO MUCH MORE IF YOU WERE IN AMMON. WE BUILD COMMUNITIES WHEN SENIOR CITIZENS CAN RIDE WITH THE CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING TO THE LIBRARY, AND THEY HAVE THAT INTERACTION. BEING THE ADMINISTRATOR SITTING IN THE OFFICE, I MOSTLY DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS, OF COURSE. RIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE SEEING THE PEOPLE.

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IT WAS A REAL POSITIVE THING FOR ME TO SAY. THIS GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO BE INDEPENDENT. I HAD A PASSENGER TELL ME THAT NOW. THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE BURDENS TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN JUST SET UP A RIGHT THEMSELVES, GO TO THEIR DOCTORS, GO GROCERY SHOPPING, GO TO LUNCH WITH A FRIEND, GO SEE THEIR FAMILY ON THEIR OWN. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BURDENING ANYBODY NO MORE. SO THEY LOVE THAT. THAT'S REALLY WELL DONE. WHO DID THE VIDEO FOR YOU? IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT CONTRACTED WITH A GROUP CALLED SOLVER OUT OF THE TREASURE VALLEY, AND THEY SPENT THE BETTER PART OF A WEEK HERE FILMING THAT AND GETTING ALL THE PRIVACY RELEASES FROM ALL THE INDIVIDUALS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, LUCKILY, IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL. AND ALTHOUGH THIS THE STORIES FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO ARE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, IT IS NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WE DO. IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST ESSENTIAL PORTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUALS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO WOULD LIKELY NOT HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN GET TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND TO BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT GIFT ALSO DOES THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF RIDES FOR JUST MAYBE, YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR OR, YOU KNOW, THE KID THAT'S GOING TO THE BALLGAME OR, YOU KNOW. WILL OCCUR OVER HERE IS POINTING TO HIMSELF, YOU KNOW, AND I I'VE USED IT MYSELF. IT'S IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A VERY NICE THING TO BE ABLE TO USE. UNFORTUNATELY ALL THE DRIVERS ALL KNOW WHO I AM. SO I DON'T GET THAT UNBIASED ANYMORE. I HAVE TO KIND OF RECRUIT MY FRIENDS FOR SECRET SHOPPING ABILITIES TO KIND OF GET INDEPENDENT REVIEWS. BUT BUT LUCKILY, OF THE THOUSANDS OF RIDERS THAT WE HAVE EVERY EVERY YEAR, WE GET A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK AND WE AVERAGE ABOUT 4.9 STARS OUT OF FIVE POSSIBLE STARS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING ON 67,000 REVIEWS, SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD INDICATION THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. ALTHOUGH BY NATURE, I ALWAYS THINK THAT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO IMPROVE UPON. SO WE KIND OF TAKE THAT KAIZEN APPROACH WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BE DOING TO BE EITHER PROVIDING BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE, MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE, MAYBE JUST SOME SOME SORT OF VALUE. SOMEHOW ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR CUSTOMERS, BY KEEPING THE PRICES REALLY LOW AND THE WAY WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IS BY SHOWING VALUE TO A LOT OF OUR SPONSORS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE OUTSIDE OF OUR VEHICLES, WE HAVE A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT SPONSORS FEATURED ON THE VEHICLES WE COULD CYCLE THROUGH TO THE FLEET. PHOTO. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE EIGHT VEHICLES IN THAT PHOTO, AND THAT'S BECAUSE UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, WE DID ALL THIS WORK WITH EIGHT VEHICLES OR LESS, AND STARTING IN JUNE, WE WERE ABLE TO TO RECEIVE THE NEW TURTLE TOP VEHICLE THAT COUNCIL FUNDED THROUGH SOME ARPA DOLLARS. AND IT HAS BEEN A LARGE BLESSING TO US, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE IT. AND BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE IT, WE'VE HAD FOUR RECORD BREAKING MONTHS IN A ROW JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AND LIKELY NOVEMBER WILL ALSO BE AN ADDITIONAL RECORD BREAKING MONTH. THE YEAR. THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025 WILL LIKELY ALSO BE A RECORD BREAKING YEAR BY ABOUT TWO, PERHAPS 3%, DEPENDING ON HOW THE WEATHER HOLDS UP AND WHAT THE DEMAND LOOKS LIKE THROUGHOUT THE END OF THE YEAR. HOW MANY RIGHTS DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO? ABOUT 101,000 IS MY GOAL FOR THIS YEAR. FOR HOW MANY? SO? SO IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND MORE RIDES THAN, OH, THE RECORD BREAKING. WE DO RECORDS BY BY HOUR, BY DAY AND BY MONTH. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A 10,000 PASSENGER MONTH IN JULY AND WE HAD NEARLY A 10,000 PASSENGER MONTH LAST MONTH. IF THAT KEPT UP YEAR ROUND, THAT'D BE ABOUT 120,000 RIDES. BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN ALL WEATHER, AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT ADDITIONAL VEHICLE UNTIL MID-YEAR. SO WE'LL SEE. PROBABLY THE FULL THE FULL EFFECT OF HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL VEHICLE NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL SPONSOR NOW BECAUSE THAT VEHICLE NOW HAS A WRAP ON IT, AND THIS IS THE DESIGN FOR THAT WRAP. IDAHO FALLS PARKS AND REC TOOK UP THE DESIGN. AND THEY USED THIS SIDE FOR THE ZOO. AND IF YOU WANT TO THE OTHER SIDE FOR, YOU KNOW,

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WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED BY THIS. THE WRAP WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL. IT WAS EXECUTED REALLY, REALLY WELL. THE DESIGNER WAS VERY RECEPTIVE TO OUR NEEDS, AND ALTHOUGH IT'S ONLY BEEN OUT IN THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT, FAMILIES AND KIDS HAVE SAID A LOT OF NICE, VERY KIND THINGS ABOUT SEEING IT AND AND LIKING THE, THE DESIGN. AND I'M SURE THAT WE'LL, WE'LL GET SOME MORE OF THAT FEEDBACK AS, AS PEOPLE SEE IT IN PUBLIC. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE VALUE IS THAT WE ARE RECEPTIVE TO CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. WE HAVE THE ABILITY IN OUR APP TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO VOLUNTARY SURVEYS. AND THIS IS THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE FIELDED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. IT WAS SURPRISING TO US THAT ONE OF THE MOST COMMON USES FOR GIFT WAS ACTUALLY FOR WORK PURPOSES. I DID NOT THINK THAT IT WOULD BREAK SO HIGHLY. ALTHOUGH WE ARE VERY DATA RICH, THE NUANCES OF WHY A PERSON IS WRITING HAS TO BE KIND OF ANSWERED BY THE SURVEY PROCESS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MIGHT BE GOING TO WALMART TO SHOP, BUT THEY ALSO MIGHT BE GOING TO WALMART TO WORK. SAME MAY BE SAID FOR ANY BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR OUR THREE HIGHEST DEMANDS.

THERE ARE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, SHOPPING AND WORK. BUT IN CLOSE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH WE HAVE LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND DINING AND TO A LESSER EXTENT FOR SCHOOL. I THINK THESE THE DATA HERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT CONSIDERING THAT EACH OF THESE REPRESENTS A UNIQUE USER. SO THEY'RE ONLY KIND OF ALLOWED TO SELECT, THEIR PRIMARY. SO IT WASN'T A RANKED CHOICE. IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT QUESTION THAT'S IN OUR LIST, THIS MIGHT BE A SURPRISE TO SOME. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. WE ASKED, HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU PLAN ON SPENDING IN THE COMMUNITY, OTHER THAN THE RIDE FARE THAT YOU PAID TODAY? A MAJORITY OF OUR USERS DID MENTION 1 TO $50, BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL IN THE 50 TO $100 AND SEVERAL IN THE 100 TO $200 RANGE. WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE IS THAT WHEN A CUSTOMER IS RIGHT, A GIFT NOBODY'S WRITING GIFT TO GO SPEND MONEY ON AMAZON, THEY'RE THEY'RE WRITING GIFT TO SPEND MONEY IN THE LOCAL BRICK AND MORTAR STORES IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS AN ECONOMIC MOVEMENT THAT WE CREATE. WE CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEND THAT MONEY LOCALLY. AS WE GO ON TO FURTHER RESPONSE, THIS ONE MIGHT NOT BE ANY SURPRISE TO ANYBODY, LEAST OF ALL TO MYSELF, BUT WE ASKED, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE GIFTS, SERVICE EXPAND? AND THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE IS, AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT SHELLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NEXT CLOSEST PREFERRED OPTION, WHICH I THOUGHT THAT WAS QUITE INTERESTING. ALTHOUGH THERE'S NOT PROBABLY ANY POSSIBILITY OF GOING TO SHELLY ANYTIME FUTURE, WE WON'T LEAVE THAT EXCLUDED FROM THE POSSIBLE FUTURES. RIGHT? SO AND IF THERE'S IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE I'D PREFER TO FILL THE QUESTIONS WHILE WE'RE ON THE SLIDE. YOU KNOW, WITH THE PAUSE FOR A MOMENT FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE. SO WE ARE STILL DOING BUSINESS AS GIFT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO IS BEING IS SHELLY, WAS THAT PART OF A VERY SMALL PORTION OF CHILE IS ACTUALLY IN I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR DEFINITION OF CHILE.

PROBABLY NOT. SHELLY CITY BOUNDARIES. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD CONSIDER SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT CONSIDER THEMSELVES? OH, I LIVE IN CHILE, EVEN THOUGH THEY REALLY LIVE KIND OF OVER BY THE TRUCK STOP OVER THERE. AND THAT'S IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY AND IS HOW FAR NORTH DO WE DO ALL THE WAY UP TO WASN'T IT A LARGE AREA OF A TRIP TO LIKE SALMON AND REXFORD PREVIOUSLY? YES. TRIP TO PROVIDED A LOT OF SERVICES THROUGHOUT TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT SIX, WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL COUNTIES INCLUDING SALMON AND REXBURG AND SAINT ANTHONY. AND SO AS THEY SEEK OPTIONS, YOU'RE STILL AN OPTION FOR THAT. AS A CONTRACTOR, IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE. WHAT? WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF COST OF SERVICE, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT SERVICE, CORRECT? YEAH, I THINK THAT THOSE EXPANSIONS ARE ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED WAS THAT THOSE EXPANSIONS INTO OTHER COUNTIES WERE NOT DONE APPROPRIATELY. THERE IS A PROCESS, AND I BELIEVE IT INVOLVES VOTERS IN OTHER COUNTIES. IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF COST. RIGHT. SO I COMPLETELY YEARS AWAY FROM

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MY, MY BROTHER DIDN'T, DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE ME A RIDE TO THE AIRPORT. SO NOW I'M GETTING A GIFT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MYRIAD OF REASONS WHY THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE, BUT THE WAY WE ACCOMMODATE THAT IS WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME SCHEDULING AVAILABLE FOR SCHEDULED RIDES FOR DAY OF SERVICE. SO IT JUST IT'S A SERVICE STANDARD THAT WE BELIEVE IN AND IT'S VERY CONVENIENT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. OKAY. COOL. WAS IT MISSING RIDES. SO THE WE KEEP STATUS STATISTICS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY SHOW UP FOR THEIR RIDE. SO NOW WE HAVE A FEE SCHEDULE WHERE, HEY, IF YOU BOOK YOUR RIDE AND YOU DON'T SHOW UP, YOU'RE STILL PAYING FOR IT. BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET THAT TO ZERO BY, YOU KNOW, ENGAGEMENT, TRAINING, CAJOLING. SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE SAY, HEY, COME ON, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU GET YOUR RIDES? YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT IF WE SHOW UP, WE WANT YOU TO ACTUALLY TAKE YOUR RIDE TO ACTUALLY MISS IT AND PAY A FEE. SO NUMBER OF RIDES IS THAT SINCE INCEPTION? THAT'S SINCE INCEPTION. YEP. SO AS OF TODAY, WE ARE WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 330 ISH THOUSAND RIDES LIFETIME. RIGHT. SO THAT'S A THAT'S KIND OF A LARGE NUMBER. I MEAN, IT'S NOT IN COMPARISON. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT THE SAME MAGNITUDE AS, SAY, OUR AIRPORT.

BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T DRAW PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FROM A, YOU KNOW, MULTI-STATE REGION. RIGHT. THIS SLIDE, OUR DASHBOARD IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS PICK UP AND DROP OFF LOCATIONS. SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY PRETTY EVIDENT, LIKE THE WALMARTS AND THE WINCO. BUT OTHER PLACES LIKE THE SENIOR CENTER, WE HAVE DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF OCTOGENARIANS USING THE SENIOR CENTER, AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THEY NEED A RIDE, AND THAT'S A PLACE THAT THEY FEEL SAFE AND THAT THEY CAN USE THE SERVICES. AND, YOU KNOW, EITHER GET GET A MEAL OR ENJOY BINGO. THEY HAVE A PRETTY SLICK BINGO

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SO WE MIGHT LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HAVING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WHEN WE HAVE MORE VEHICLES FOR THOSE PARTICULAR HOURS. WE ALSO JUST LOOK AT THEM IN GENERAL AND SAY, HEY, IF WE CHANGE OUR SERVICE STANDARDS AND WE WAITED AN EXTRA 30S LIKE, HOW MUCH MORE WOULD WE CAPTURE, RIGHT? OR IF WE CUT IT BY 30S OR A MINUTE, WHAT WOULD WE CAPTURE? RIGHT? ORIGINALLY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE WOULD WAIT UP TO FIVE MINUTES FOR A BORDER TO GET ON, AND WE QUICKLY REALIZED, HEY, THIS IS NOT TIME WELL SPENT, RIGHT? SO THE AS WE CLOSE THAT WINDOW TO A TWO MINUTE BOARDING TIME CREATED A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ON TIME FOR THEIR RIDE AND ACTUALLY TURNED INTO A BETTER EFFICIENCY MODEL FOR US. SO WE USE THIS DATA. THE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL SHOW SOME OF THE MORE GRANULAR DATA FROM OUR RIDE PROGRAM. THIS RIDE PROGRAM IS CALLED RIDE THROUGH RECOVERY. EASTERN IDAHO PUBLIC HEALTH SPONSORS THIS RIDE PROGRAM.

THAT MEANS THAT PAYING FOR THE COST FOR IT, AND IT'S A RIDE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION, THAT THEY CAN GET TO THEIR COURT-APPOINTED SOMETIMES DRUG ADDICTION AND COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS. THIS IS A VERY POPULAR RIDE PROGRAM. WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION EARLIER TODAY WITH ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATORS AND EASTERN IDAHO PUBLIC HEALTH ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO POSSIBLY INCREASE THEIR CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FUTURE YEAR AND HOW HOW IMPORTANT THE PROGRAM IS TO THEM. AND THESE ARE THESE ARE MODELS THAT WE USE TO TO CAST OUR DEMAND, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THE WAIT TIMES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AND SO ONE OF THE, THE EARLIEST INDICATOR OF SATISFACTION IS HOW LONG YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR A RIDE. AND SO WHEN WE DO THESE PROGRAMS, WE WANT TO BE VERY MINDFUL ABOUT THE EVERYDAY USER. THAT ALSO IS NOT A PART OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT SUFFER FROM A LONGER WAIT TIME. AND WE WE KEEP RECORDS OF THIS, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE CAN DEPLOY THEM IN A SMART WAY. AND WHEN WE RENEGOTIATE THEM, WE KEEP THAT DEMAND AS A PRINCIPAL FACTOR IN THAT, IN THAT NEGOTIATION. HERE ARE SOME SOME MAPS THAT ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, HELPFUL. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. JUST TO EXPAND UPON IT GOES TO SHOW THAT THOSE USERS TE FOR THE THE AIRPORT COME FROM ALL OVER THE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD OR. BORROW. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WERE LARGE ENOUGH TO HAVE THAT, BUT NOT ONE PARTICULAR AREA THAT'S BENEFITING MORE THAN ANOTHER. EVERYONE SEEMS TO. THE DEMAND IS CAST PRETTY, PRETTY SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A DEAL TO GO TO THE AIRPORT, THIS THIS MAP KIND OF SHOWS THAT YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THIS ONE IS JUST FOR THE LAST 12 CALENDAR MONTHS. SO AGAIN IT'S PRETTY PRETTY WELL SPREAD OUT. SO I THINK THAT'S AN INDICATION THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT GIFT AND KNOW THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM A RIDE TO THE AIRPORT. THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION WORK ZONE THAT'S KIND OF USED BY PUBLIC WORKS, MOSTLY TO BE AWARE THAT THERE MIGHT BE TOO MANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN ONE AREA AT A TIME, OR TRY TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME ORGANIZATION FOR THAT ALTERNATE. YEAH, ROTATING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND AND IT BREAKS UP THE CITY IN, IN PRETTY DISTINCT CHUNKS. AND YOU CAN SEE PICKUP AND DROP OFFS ALL THE TIME, OR AT LEAST IN THIS CASE. SAY ALL TIME AT THE TOP OF THAT ONE, OR YEAH, ALL TIME AT THE TOP OF THAT ONE.

AND AGAIN, IT SHOWS THAT THERE ARE USERS, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF USERS IN EVERY JOT AND

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TRANSPORTATION WON'T ALLOW THEM TO GET TO BECAUSE THEIR DRIVERS DON'T WORK THAT EARLY. AND, YOU KNOW, APPARENTLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU'RE LIKE 80, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING IN THE AFTERNOON IS JUST TOO LATE. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THOSE EARLY MORNING APPOINTMENTS TO GET TO THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF APPOINTMENTS. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP.

TYPICALLY THERE WILL BE A SHOPPING ELEMENT AFTERWARDS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE MALL AND WALK AND USE VARIOUS SERVICES. RIGHT NOW I HAVE A VERY, VERY CONVINCING OCTOGENARIAN THAT LIVES SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE OF OUR SERVICE AREA THAT SAYS, HEY, I DESPERATELY NEED JET SERVICE. WHAT CAN WE DO? I HAVE A BRAND NEW BRIDE AND I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF HER DUE DATE. AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU CAN BE 80 YEARS OLD AND STILL HAVE YOUNG LOVE. YOU KNOW, THE IT'S IT'S AMAZING. SO DO

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AND JUST GIVE, GIVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE. AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE'D LOVE TO HAVE WITH THEM. I DO HAVE THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S NEXT BOARD MEETING ON MY TO DO LIST, SO IS IT WITHIN THE LEGAL BOUNDS OF OF GIFT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SHUTTLE GOING AROUND? IT IS. WE WOULD WANT TO AVOID ROUTED SERVICE FOR FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT WE CAN DO ON DEMAND SHUTTLING. YES, IT'S A POSSIBILITY. WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DEMAND. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD COST AND HAVE THAT COST OFFSET BY THOSE ENTITIES RECEIVING THE SERVICE. BUT IT WOULD BE LEGAL TO DO IT. ABSOLUTELY BE. IT MIGHT NOT BE THE WISE THING TO DO. YEAH. DEPENDING DEPENDING I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO MOST ANYTHING LEGAL FOR THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEY. WELL, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SO IF AN ORGANIZER OR EVENT PLANNER WANTED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES AND WHAT THE COSTS MIGHT BE OF SOME KIND OF SHUTTLE SUPPORTED SERVICE FOR THEIR CONFERENCE OR THEIR EVENT PARTICULARLY, MAYBE I'M THINKING EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE EVENING OR MAY HAVE ALCOHOL INVOLVED, OR YOU DON'T WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVING AFTERWARDS. HOW DO THEY WHAT'S THEIR STEP? USUALLY THEY CALL CITY AND THEY TRANSFER THEM TO ME. OR IF YOU WANT TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, GREATER TRANSIT ON THERE, THERE'S A WAY TO GET AHOLD OF ME. BOTH EMAIL AND AND PHONE CALL. AND WE WE DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS. WE HAD THE AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY, WE MOVED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. GRANTED, IT WAS A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP, BUT WE WE WERE ABLE TO ORGANIZE IT AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD OUTCOME. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE A HIGHER OPINION OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO BECAUSE OF IT. THE LIFE ISSUE THIS PAST YEAR WAS YOUTH AND WOMEN. THIS COMING YEAR, IT'S THE WHOLE ENCHILADA THAT'S GREAT. IT'S A BIGGER EVENT AND WE'RE PLANNING ON ASSISTING ON THAT AS WELL. YEAH, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THOSE POSSIBILITIES. AND AGAIN, THAT HAVING THAT TURTLE TALK GIVES US ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES. BUT IS TURTLE TOP MEAN SORRY. THE TURTLE TOP IS A CUTAWAY VAN A CUTAWAY VAN DEFINITION IS FORD MAKES LIKE AN E-450 TYPE OF VAN. RIGHT. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BACK. IT'S JUST THE CAB. AND THEN THAT GOES TO A REFIT OR A BUS COMPANY LIKE ABC BUS OR CHRIS-CRAFT. AND THERE'S A MILLION OF THEM. RIGHT. AND THEY, THEY PUT ON A CUSTOM BED THAT IS DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT HUMAN BEINGS. AND OFTENTIMES THERE'S A WHEELCHAIR LIFT. SO, SO MOST OF THE MOST OF THE SMALLER BUSSES THAT YOU SEE ARE CONSIDERED CUTAWAYS. AND THIS IS THE TERMINOLOGY IN OUR PARTICULAR CUTAWAY. THE BRAND IS TURTLE TOP. AND SO IT'S A 14 PASSENGER VAN THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO CARRY TWO WHEELCHAIR SEATS AND 14 PASSENGERS. AND IT'S JUST A REALLY ELEGANT DESIGN FOR WHAT WE NEED. YOU KNOW, IT'S SMALL ENOUGH TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND IT'S LARGE ENOUGH TO DO SOME OF THE BIGGER TASKS THAT SOME OF THEM

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YOU KNOW, THOSE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD ALLOTMENTS, BUT JUST FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS. SO WE ALWAYS ARE MINDFUL WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, SAY WE CHANGE A PRICE OF SERVICE OR CHANGE A LEVEL OF SERVICE OR AN HOUR OF SERVICE. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT HOW PEOPLE HAVE HAVE TRADITIONALLY USED GIFTS AND IS IT A NEGATIVE EFFECT? IS IT A POSITIVE EFFECT? IS THERE NO EFFECT AT ALL? RIGHT. TYPICALLY WE KNOW IF IT'S A NEGATIVE EFFECT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WE'LL GET SOME FEEDBACK. SO FEROCIOUS FEEDBACK. AND AND IF IT'S POSITIVE WE'LL USUALLY SEE THAT IN SOME OF THE REVIEWS. LIKE IT'LL GET MENTIONED UNIQUELY. AND WE ALWAYS KEEP A COLLECTION OF THOSE THINGS JUST TO, JUST TO BE MINDFUL AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO, TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEET OF FOOT OR MORE CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTED OR JUST IN GENERAL, BE MORE MINDFUL OF HOW IT CHANGES, AFFECT OUR CUSTOMER BASE. SO WE'VE SETTLED QUITE A BIT ON OUR. OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO OUR CUSTOMERS? WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO OUR BOTTOM LINE OF EFFICIENCY? WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE ALGORITHM THAT WE'RE USING IS IS QUITE GOOD. THERE ARE STILL SOME TWEAKS THAT WE DO OCCASIONALLY BASED ON, YOU KNOW, IF WE MIGHT HAVE A DRIVER CALL IN NO SHOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE MIGHT BE SOME SOME CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS ON THE FLY. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE THE ALGORITHM HAS IT SITS WORKS REALLY WELL. FROM THE SURVEY RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED IN OTHER SURVEYS, ONE OF THE LARGEST RESPONSES, OR ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS THAT WE GET ASKED, IS WHEN THE WAIT TIME IS A LITTLE TOO LONG, WHAT DO YOU DO? AND THEY SAY, HEY, CAN WE JUST FIND ANOTHER RIDE THAT'S MORE EXPENSIVE, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE? AND SO WE SAID IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF OPTION TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE YOU FOR A HIGHER PRICE, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT? AND WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD WANT. WE ALSO HAD AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE THAT CUSTOMERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DIRECT TO AIRPORT TYPE RIDE. SO OUR SERVICE IS SHARED RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU DO GO TO THE AIRPORT, YOU MIGHT PICK UP SOMEBODY ALONG THE WAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO THE AIRPORT AND GOING SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY. AND SO SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT THE BEST TRAVEL OUTCOME FOR FOR SOMEBODY GOING TO THE AIRPORT, ESPECIALLY WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF LUGGAGE, SO, SO FORTH. SO WE ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING MAYBE AN AIRPORT DIRECT SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, FOR PROBABLY A PREMIUM PRICING. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE. ANY QUESTIONS OR. YEAH. SO IS THIS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. YES OKAY. RIGHT NOW THE SERVICES ARE NOT SOLELY PROVIDED BY YOU AND PEOPLE THAT YOU HIRE. RATHER IT'S AN ENTITY THAT WE CONTRACT WITH. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S BY DESIGN. WE GET A MUCH BETTER DEAL BY UTILIZING THE FEDERAL TRANSIT DOLLARS IN PURCHASE FOR SERVICE CONTRACT.

OKAY. AND THEREFORE, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLES AND SUPPLYING SOME OF THE VEHICLES FALLS ON OUR CONTRACTOR, ALTHOUGH WE OWN SOME, DO WE HAVE MIXED OWNERSHIP? YES WE DO. WE HAVE A MIXED OWNERSHIP FLEET. THE THE THE VEHICLES PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR ARE ALL 100% MAINTAINED BY THE CONTRACTOR. THE VEHICLES THAT WE OWN ARE A MIX. SOMETIMES THEY'RE SERVICED BY THE MAINTENANCE SHOP HERE IN IDAHO FALLS. AND ONE VEHICLE

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SOLVING. IT'S IT'S AN ON PAPER PROBLEM, NOT A NOT A PHYSICAL PROBLEM. RIGHT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME MORE RECEPTIVENESS FROM A MAINTENANCE SHOP RECENTLY. AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING SOME ADDITIONAL WINS OVER PURCHASE THROUGH SOME CARBON REDUCTION DOLLARS LATER IN 2026, PROBABLY IN APRIL. AND THAT WILL BE THE REAL TELLTALE SIGN OF HOW WELL WE CAN GET THAT MAINTENANCE COMPLETED THROUGH THE SHOP, BECAUSE IT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VEHICLES COMPARED TO RIGHT NOW. JUST ONE. RIGHT? OKAY. I DO RECOMMEND THAT THERE BE SOME PREEMPTIVE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON THAT ONE. BUT I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS EXCITING IS, IS THE RIDERSHIP THAT YOU'RE SHOWING.

AND THEN I JUST STARTED THINKING, OH, WHAT IF ONE MAN GOES OUT OF SERVICE? WELL, IF IT GOES OUT OF SERVICE, THAT'S ON OUR CONTRACTOR. AND I IMAGINE THEY HAVE CONTINGENCIES FOR FIGURING OUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING GOES OUT OF SERVICE. BUT ON OUR END, EVERY TIME WE ADD TO THE FLEET WITH OUR OWN OR EXCUSE ME, WITH VEHICLES THAT ARE OWNED BY GIFT, WE WE'RE JUST ADDING, WE'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT CAPACITY. AND WE DON'T HAVE YET A FLEET AN RESERVE IN CASE ANOTHER ONE GOES OUT AND ALL OF THAT YET, OR WE HAVEN'T BUILT INTO OUR SERVICE MODEL, WE DON'T PLAN ON USING 100% OF THE RESOURCES AT ANY TIME. IT HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A CAR IN THE BODY SHOP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT THAT WE WERE NOT AT FAULT FOR. LET ME JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR. AND OUR CONTRACTOR IS OBLIGATED TO RENT A CAR TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THOSE RIDES. AND SO THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT THE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES THAT WILL BE RECEIVING, WE WON'T BE PLANNING ON USING THEM AT 100% CAPACITY, PROBABLY BE A DIVERSE USE. MAYBE SOMEONE THAT AIRPORT DIRECT TYPE PROJECT WITH THE ABILITY TO FILL IN THE GAPS IN BETWEEN. THERE ARE LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED YET OR HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REALLY ADDITIONAL QUOTE UNQUOTE VEHICLES. BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO EXPLORE THOSE MODELS, AND THEN YOU'LL LEARN THOSE LESSONS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT CAREFULLY, CAUTIOUSLY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST GO GUNG HO AND AND NOT HAVE A BACKUP PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. LIKE, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW TIMES WHEN I HAVE THOUGHT, OH, WE DON'T WANT TO ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE RIDES FOR X, Y, Z, PURPOSE OR EVENT BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WOULD BE TAKING VEHICLES OUT OF SERVICE. BUT IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO LEARN THAT YOU HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO THE MODEL AND THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WE CAN ALWAYS ASK, AND IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU'LL SAY NO. IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SUPPORT SOMETHING NEW OR ADDITIONAL.

BUT THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME YESES WHEN PEOPLE ASK.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M DONE PEPPERING HIM WITH QUESTIONS. OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS. COUNCILOR FREEMAN, YOU ARE ON THAT BOARD. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY FROM A BOARD MEMBER PERSPECTIVE, NO. KEITH HAS OUR TOTAL RESPECT AND OUR.

SUPPORT. AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S RUNNING THINGS BY THE BOOK, BUT HE'S ALSO BEING BEING FRUGAL WITH THINGS. AND WE'RE DOING WELL FINANCIALLY RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE OVER $1 MILLION IN THE BANK. WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE THE THINGS GOING TO WORK, I THINK. RIGHT. YEAH. WE'RE TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE THINK WE THINK, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. I DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY PUT SOME OF THE FINANCIALS IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD BACK FROM SOME OF

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RIGHT? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF TALKING EVERYBODY'S EAR OFF IN ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT GIFTS. BUT AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN GET TO DO THAT FOR US IS GOING TO BE THE REAL, THE REAL CHANGING FACTOR. YOU KNOW, THE MORE PROPONENTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY THAT CAN GIVE IT A TRUE TESTIMONIAL OF THEIR USE AND THAT IT WAS A GOOD IT WAS A GOOD USE AND IT WAS A HAPPY EXPERIENCE. AND IT GOT CLEAN, GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GOING TO TO OVERCOME THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF, OF UNDERSTANDING OF, OF OUR SYSTEM, PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY PR CAMPAIGN COULD, COULD DO. SO WORD OF MOUTH IS THE BEST WAY REALLY TO GET IT KNOWN AS SOMETHING THAT'S FOR EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST A GROUP OF PEOPLE. ABSOLUTELY. THAT WORD OF MOUTH IS, IS IS KEY. COUNCILOR RADFORD, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD EXPERIENCES WITH TIFF THIS YEAR, AND I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY SYMPHONY. I GOT TO GO TO A FREE CONCERT AND A FREE RIDE BECAUSE IT CAME THROUGH MY APP AS A TEXT, AND I JUMPED ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A HARD THING TO FIND A PARKING SPOT THERE. SO EXCELLENT. THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE AND I GOT TO RIDE IN HERE WHO WAS ON THE BUS. AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM WERE SENIORS THAT HADN'T LEFT BEFORE TOWN, YOU KNOW, LEFT OUT TO GO DO AN ARTS EVENT ON A SATURDAY MID-AFTERNOON. THEY WERE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE DARK. AND AND I GOT A FREE CONCERT AND A FREE RIDE. AND THAT WAS MEANINGFUL. AND THEN ON THAT RIDE, WE WERE COLLECTING PEOPLE AS WE WENT AND DROPPING THEM OFF. AND IT WAS 2 OR 3 PEOPLE WORKING, YOU KNOW, FAST FOOD. THAT'S HOW THEY WERE GETTING TO WORK, LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR DATA, EMPLOYERS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXCITING FOR THEM, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. SO OH, YES. THE ONE THING THOUGH, IF I COULD JUST KIND OF ADD TOWARDS I THINK KIDS TOUCHED ON THESE ISSUES. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, THAT LAST MILE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE IS OUR AIR SERVICE CONTINUES TO EXPAND. I THINK GIFT IS REALLY CLOSE, POISED TO REALLY SERVE THAT ROLE. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT DIRECTOR TURNER AND KATE HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP THEY DO. SO THEY CAN PLAN FOR THAT AND GET EVERYBODY WHERE THEY WANT TO GO AFTER THEY'RE AT, YOU KNOW, OUR EXPANDING AIRPORT. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH OUR GIS DASHBOARDS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR AND I HAVE CHATTED ABOUT AT SOME POINT. IT'S A BUSY TIME OF YEAR, BUT THIS IS A TOOL THAT AS WE HAVE MORE AND MORE OF THESE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS, IT'S A VERY EASY WAY TO REPORT DATA AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BASED ON THAT. SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE COOPERATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN OUR GIS DIVISION AND GIFT. AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK WITH THE TYPE OF MANAGEMENT THAT YOU'VE SEEN FROM K, TO LOOK AT UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC THROUGH

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CAN WE REDUCE OUR WAIT TIMES. SO SO THERE'S REALLY KIND OF SOME EXCITEMENT AS WE TRY TO FEED THIS THING TO SEE REALLY THE TRAJECTORY. I'VE BEEN ON AN UPWARD RIDERSHIP. AND AS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MORE VEHICLES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO US ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICE SUPPLY? SO I THINK THAT'S EXCITING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SKILLS THAT THAT KATE HAS. SO WE'RE JUST WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS UPCOMING YEAR AND SOME OF THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. WE'RE THE FIRST CITY IN IDAHO TO DO MICROTRANSIT. I THINK WE WERE THE FIRST CITY IN IDAHO TO DO DOOR TO DOOR MICROTRANSIT, OR IS A DIFFERENT MODEL OF ON DEMAND MICROTRANSIT IN THE TREASURE VALLEY, BUT IT'S NOT DOOR TO DOOR. IT'S JUST MORE OF HEY, WE PICK UP ALONG A CERTAIN ROUTE AND IT'S JUST ON DEMAND.

MICROTRANSIT. SO, YOU KNOW, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, YES, IT COULD BE LESS SPECIFIC. NO. CHRIS ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT THAT OUR WAIT TIMES ARE GOING UP A LITTLE BIT, I THINK. AND AND THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE BECAUSE IT MEANS HOW BUSY WE ARE. RIGHT? SO WHEN WE GET THESE EXTRA VANS THAT ARE COMING, THAT'S GOING TO THAT'S GOING TO ALLEVIATE THAT PROBLEM.

BUT RIGHT NOW OUR WAIT TIMES ARE AS PRETTY MUCH AS HIGH AS THEY'VE BEEN BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND IS HIGHER WITH THIS WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF VEHICLES. YEAH, I'D BE SUPER INTERESTED IN LIKE NEXT YEAR OR ANOTHER. TIME TO HAVE THEM TO COME SPEAK TO US ABOUT THE JUMP FROM FROM THIS TO SOME FIXED ROUTES. AND WHAT'S THAT GOING TO TAKE IN TERMS OF OUR DOLLARS? BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HOW WE'VE DONE THIS, RIGHT. THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEMS ARE MORE OF A COMMITMENT. YEAH. THE SYSTEM WOULD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE WOULD NEED IN PLACE FOR FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT. WE WOULD NEED SOME LARGE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, PROBABLY A HOME BASE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, THE ABILITY TO PARK LARGER VEHICLES AND MAINTENANCE THEM ON ON A REGIMENTED SCHEDULE. SO THERE ARE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT REASONS WHY WE STARTED WITH THIS MODEL AND CONTINUE WITH THIS MODEL. BUT WE ARE ALWAYS MINDFUL ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT ROUTE SERVICE MIGHT LOOK LIKE AS AGAIN, THE POPULATION GROWS AND THE DENSITY GROWS. I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW HOW THAT LEAP HAPPENS. AND THEN LOOKING AT CITIES LIKE POCATELLO, THAT'S MADE IT WORK.

AND WHEN THEY MADE THE JUMP AND WHY IT WORKED FOR THEM BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE MAKING MONEY, NOT OFF THEIR FIXED ROUTES EITHER, BUT THAT THEY HAVE SOME OPTIONS THAT HAVE HELPED THEM. SO IT'S INTERESTING, BUT NOT FOR THIS DISCUSSION. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT I ENVISION EVENTUALLY IN THE NEXT DECADE OR TWO, THAT WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET SOME FIXED ROUTES GOING ALONG 17TH. AND, YOU KNOW, UNLESS SELF-DRIVING CARS REALLY BECOME A LOT MORE PREVALENT AND, AND, AND THAT THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION. I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. EVENTUALLY A FIXED ROUTE IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO MOVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND GRANTED THAT MAYBE THAT FIXTURE WON'T HAVE A DRIVER AT THAT POINT. WHO KNOWS? YEAH, THAT'S THE QUESTION. YEAH, I THINK I THINK THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THAT MIGHT NOT BE, YOU KNOW, TUNING IN ON A REGULAR BASIS IS EVERY TIME YOU SEE A GIF VAN. THERE IS A DISTINCT REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE ON THAT SAME ROADWAY. SO YOU'RE WELCOME. 60 SOME ODD PERCENT PLUS OF OUR RIDES ARE SHARED RIDES. AND THAT'S USUALLY WITH 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 PEOPLE. AND SO THAT'S 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 CARS THAT ARE COMING OFF THE OFF THE ROAD AT THAT TIME.

AND WE'RE DOING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF THOSE TYPES OF RIDES, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S THAT'S A REDUCTION IN THE TRAFFIC. SO EVEN IF YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO USE GIFT, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET THROUGH THAT ONE STOPLIGHT. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? FIVE PEOPLE ARE RIDING ON OUR VAN AND YOU MAKE IT TO WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING IN TIME AND MAYBE A LITTLE HAPPIER.

I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGER POINT HERE, RIGHT, IS THE COST MAY NOT ALWAYS OUTWEIGH THE BENEFIT TO VOTERS AND OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE WE GET PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S SALT LAKE VALLEY IS SO MUCH MORE PLEASANT TO DRIVE IN AFTER THE TRAIN AND THEIR, THEIR FIXED ROUTES. I MEAN, IN MY LIFETIME, THAT WASN'T TRUE. AND I MEAN, WE'RE NOT THERE YET, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT THAT BIG OF A METRO AREA, BUT IN THE NEXT 40 YEARS, WE PROBABLY WILL BE. AND THE

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[Mayor, City Council]

SECOND GREAT CITY CLERK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING MINUTES, CAN WE ASK YOU TO CONDUCT A VOTE FOR US? FRANCIS A FREEMAN. YES.

LARSON. YES. BRADFORD. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS POINT,

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BUT STAY STAY INVOLVED IF YOU CAN. AND I SENT AN EMAIL EARLIER WITH SOME OF THAT INFORMATION. THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THAT THE PEAKING PLANT RIBBON CUTTING COMING UP ON THE FOURTH, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE FLIER, OR SOME PLACES WHERE YOU CAN PARK, AND ON THE FRONT SIDE, JUST FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE AGENDA. LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST HALF HOUR, ALL OF THE THE SPEAKING. THEN WE'LL GO INTO RIBBON CUTTING AND THEN TOURS AND SNACKS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. IT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK, A FESTIVE DAY AND I THINK THEY'VE INVITED A GREAT MANY PEOPLE. SO I DON'T HAVE A REAL SENSE OF WHO'S COMING. BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CROWDED BECAUSE THERE IS A COMPETING EVENT IN WASHINGTON OR EXCUSE ME, IN BOISE THAT WILL BE PULLING LEGISLATORS. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE PEAKING PLANT EXPERIENCE. I THINK THE SATURDAY AFTER JUST TWO DAYS LATER OR A WEEK OF TWO DAYS LATER, IF MONDAY THE EIGHTH, OH, OKAY, A FEW DAYS LATER THEN NOT SATURDAY MONDAY. FOR LEGISLATORS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO, WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND ON THAT THURSDAY THE FOURTH. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S EXCITING. GOING BACK TO EVENTS, I THINK SOMEWHERE ON HERE I LISTED A LONG TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TOMORROW NIGHT IT IS AT 7:30 P.M. NOT SEVEN. SO GO BY WHAT YOU KNOW, NOT BY WHAT I WROTE. LET'S SEE. I THINK IF ANYTHING ELSE COMES FORWARD, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU VIA EMAIL. BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE REPORT THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT TO ALL OF YOU TO GO AROUND, AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILOR BRADFORD, AND THEN WE'LL GO THIS WAY AND AROUND. WE'LL GO CLOCKWISE.

YEAH. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. JUST THANK YOU FOR THE PARTY WE HAD FOR THE TREE LIGHTING. IS IT. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S THE BIGGEST TREE I'VE EVER SEEN US HAVE FOR THE OFFICIAL CITY TREE. IF YOU LIKE IT, BE SURE YOU MENTION SOMETHING TO IFDC MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IF YOU LOVE THAT BIG, BIG TREE IN THE PLAZA THERE, BE SURE YOU SAY SOMETHING SO THAT IT'LL BE SURE TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO DECORATING THAT IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I REALLY ENJOYED IT. GREAT TURNOUT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING HERE. OKAY. COUNCILOR LARSON, THANK YOU. MAYOR. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU GUYS ARE GETTING READY FOR A HOLIDAY OR SOMETHING, COUNCILOR FREEMAN? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT COMING UP IN DECEMBER THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION ALSO. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AT THE END OF THE MONTH. YEP. THAT'LL BE RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. YEAH, I BELIEVE ON THE 22ND. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT THAT TREE A LITTLE BIT. IT SEEMS TO ME, AND I DON'T WANT THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO TAKE ISSUE WITH THIS, BECAUSE IT WAS THE WHOLE THING WAS VERY WELL DONE. BUT I THE TREE BEING LIGHTED AND THEN RELIGHTED BASICALLY RIGHT IN DIFFERENT. IT JUST SEEMED TO ME LIKE THE TREE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DARK AND THEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIT AT THAT MOMENT. TO ANYBODY ELSE HAD THAT FEEL. I AT FIRST I THOUGHT, IT IS, IT'S LIT. BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS ONLY THE BACKGROUND LIGHT, TINY LITTLE BLUE LIGHTS, AND THEN THE BIG BUBBLES AND THE BIG, YOU KNOW, GARLAND THAT THAT DID LIGHT UP. OKAY, BUT I KNOW WHAT THEY WERE THINKING. SPEAKING OF THAT LIGHTING, THOUGH, IT'S ALSO INTERESTING THAT OUR OUR WATER TOWER HAS BEEN SO POPULAR.

AND I WENT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY MORNING WALK IN THOMAS PARK AND BOO AT THE ZOO. THEY HAD SOME OF THE LIGHTS LIKE WE HAVE ON OUR WATER TOWER OVER UNDER TREES, AND IT LIT THOSE TREES LIKE THEY WERE LIKE FULLY LIT UP LIKE THE ONES. AND THAT'S SUPER EASY. IT LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT DOING TOO IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S KIND OF COOL. TECHNOLOGY, ALTHOUGH THINGS ON THE GROUND TEND TO BE MORE SUBJECT TO VANDALISM. COUNCILOR I DO HAVE

[01:50:03]

THINGS ARE PRETTY MUCH ON TARGET. SO MOVING FORWARD. NO, THERE IT HAS WATER IN IT RIGHT NOW IN A TESTING MODE. YEAH. AND WE MAY WELL SEE THE OTHER TOWERS START TO COME DOWN THIS MONTH OR IN DECEMBER. YEAH. YOU HAVE A DATE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE SORT OF POSITIONING IN DECEMBER, BUT THEY'LL START WORKING THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY. OH, OKAY, I GOT IT. I HAD A DIFFERENT BRIEFING THIS YEAR. MUST HAVE BEEN MORE RECENT. WELL, YEAH, I THINK IT'S BEEN SORT OF A WORK IN MOTION. AND THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF COORDINATING WITH ALL THE CONTRACTORS AROUND THE HOLIDAY AND I LIKE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. SO SUE, I GUESS REMIND PEOPLE THAT EARLY EARLY VOTING ENDS TWO DAYS FROM NOW AT 5 P.M. SO YEAH, IT'S ODD BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO VOTE EARLY, YOU GOT TO GET IT DONE IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS. YEAH. THE BACKUP PLAN IF YOU DON'T VOTE EARLY, IS TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. I WAS THERE BEFORE THIS MEETING AND IT TOOK FOUR MINUTES. THAT'S VERY OKAY. YOU STILL HAVE SEVEN MINUTES NOW? YEAH. YEAH. AND THE ELECTION OFFICE IS LOCATED ON. OH, CAPITAL. CAPITAL N AND B WITH PARKING ALONG WITH FREE PARKING. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT WORK. OH, THIS THURSDAY IS THE SALVATION ARMY COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE ELKS LODGE BETWEEN 11 AND 1. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO BE NOURISHED, FED, OR JUST HAVE SOME FELLOWSHIP, THAT'S A PLACE TO GO. THERE ARE ALWAYS CHEERFUL VOLUNTEERS, AND THERE'S ALWAYS A REALLY GOOD VIBE AT THE TABLES AND EVERYBODY IS WELCOME. SO BE SURE THAT YOU BE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A PLACE TO BE, AND MAKE SURE YOU LET THEM KNOW THAT

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