[1. Call to Order & Roll Call]
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MEETING OF IDAHO FALLS. IT IS THURSDAY, JULY 30TH, AND WE WOULD ASK THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE US A ROLL CALL TO ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRANCIS HERE. COUNCILOR RADFORD PRESENT. COUNCILOR DINGMAN HERE. COUNCILOR FREEMAN HERE.
COUNCILOR LARSON. YES. COUNCILOR LEE. THANK YOU, MAYOR YAMAKAWA. OKAY. TONIGHT, I HAVE ASKED FIRE DIVISION CHIEF MILLS TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE 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. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING NEW THAT WE HAVE PLACED ON OUR
[3. Staff Responses to Prior Public Comment and Other Updates]
AGENDA, WHICH IS TO GIVE, STAFF SOME TIME TO HAVE RESPONSE TO SOME PRIOR PUBLIC COMMENT.BECAUSE SOMETHING'S NOT ON THE AGENDA WHEN THE PUBLIC COMES TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE DON'T HAVE AN INTERACTION BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE BREAKING THE OPEN MEETING LAW.
BUT THEN IT FEELS LIKE SOMETIMES MAYBE THE PUBLIC FEELS LIKE IT GOES UNANSWERED.
SO WE JUST WANTED THE CHANCE FOR OUR DIRECTORS TO EITHER KNOW OF AN ISSUE COMING UP THAT THEY COULD PROACTIVELY DISCUSS, OR THEN HAVE RESPONSE TO PRIOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO OF OUR DIRECTORS TONIGHT WHO ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING US. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW MORE, BUT I AT LEAST KNOW TWO, AND ONE OF THEM TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE OUR POLICE CHIEF. WE DO HAVE ON OUR AGENDA THE FLOCK CAMERA AMENDMENTS, BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE, THE LIMITATIONS AND SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AS ISSUES.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR POLICE CHIEF TO, TAKE THE PODIUM TO ADDRESS THE TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND I HAVE THREE TOPICS FROM THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. I WILL KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES PER TOPIC TO FOLLOW THE RULES. I WILL KEEP IT AT THREE MINUTES PER TOPIC TO FOLLOW THE RULES. AND I'LL TAKE THE LICENSE PLATE.
READERS WILL ASK. SO THE FIRST ONE THERE WERE QUESTIONS FROM SOME MEMBERS ARE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, AND SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE CITY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
CAPTAIN JOHN MARLEY'S NAME SPECIFICALLY WAS BROUGHT UP THAT HE WAS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION. SO I DID GO BACK TO CAPTAIN MARLEY AND VERIFY THAT HE HAD THE TIMELY RESPONDED TO ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT THAT SENT HIS WAY. IN DOING THAT, IT OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW SET OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAD. THEY REALLY WEREN'T QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IDAHO FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE QUESTIONS REALLY ABOUT HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATES AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S BECOME EXPECTED THAT WE WILL BECOME KIND OF THE LIAISON AND THE TO FACILITATE THAT SHARING OF INFORMATION. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND CONTACTED THE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO, TO GET THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS. AND THEN I GAVE THOSE ANSWERS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE ASKING THEM. I CAN'T TELL YOU THEY LOVE THE ANSWERS, THAT THEY GOT THE ANSWERS. AND WE WERE THE MESSENGERS TO GO BACK AND FORTH. AS THAT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN, IT CREATED MORE QUESTIONS. WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET THAT BACK TO THEM. ULTIMATELY WAS REQUESTED BY MEMBERS OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. WE JUST SET UP A WAY FOR THEM TO JUST ASK US QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. SO IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE NOW UNDER OUR I WANT TO THERE'S IN SPANISH A PLACE TO SAY, I WANT TO SAY IN SPANISH. I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO SAY IN SPANISH, BUT IT'S I HAVE A QUESTION. AND THAT WILL GENERATE AN EMAIL THAT GOES TO THREE PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT. YOU WILL ADVERTISE THAT VIA BOTH MARIA AND ALSO THROUGH ALL THE ENTITIES REGULARLY ON THAT RADIO STATION. SO THEY CAN ASK US DIRECTLY. WE'LL LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS ISN'T AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION. IF THEY HAVE PROBLEMS, THEY NEED TO CALL 911 OR CALL DISPATCH. WE WILL MONITOR THAT AND SET THE EXPECTATION OF WE'LL ANSWER WITHIN WITHIN 2 TO 3 DAYS TO GET THE ANSWERS BACK. SO WE FEEL LIKE WITH THAT PARTICULAR COMMENT THAT WE'VE TRIED TO RESPOND TO THAT AND GET PEOPLE THE ANSWERS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AND PROVIDE A WAY FOR THEM TO, TO ASK QUESTIONS SO WE CAN REGULARLY GET THEM, GET THEM FEEDBACK. THE OTHER SET OF COMMENTS ARE RELATING TO ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT AND THE ONE SPECIFIC CASE IN PARTICULAR, JUST, JUST IN GENERAL, UNDER CURRENT STATE LAW, POLICE OFFICERS, ANY, ANY BUSINESS THAT HAS A ALCOHOL LICENSE TO SERVE ALCOHOL, THEY HAVE TO ALLOW POLICE OFFICERS TO ENTER THEIR BUSINESS AT ANY TIME. A PERSON IS AT THE BUSINESS, NOT JUST WHEN THEY'RE OPEN, BUT IF THERE'S A PERSON AT THE
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BUSINESS, THEY HAVE TO ALLOW US IN. THERE'S NO WARRANT REQUIREMENT, BUT, THERE'S NO NEED FOR REASONABLE SUSPICION OR PROBABLE CAUSE AS PART OF THE REGULATIONS FOR DOING BUSINESS. AND SO AS POLICE OFFICERS DO THAT, THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOBS AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW. ONE OF THE CASES BROUGHT SPECIFICALLY IS AN ONGOING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT SPECIFICALLY, BUT SERGEANT GORMAN'S NAME WAS BROUGHT UP SPECIFICALLY DURING THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION. I DID GO BACK AND WATCH ALL OF THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF BOTH THE EVENT THAT GAVE RISE TO THE TO THE CRIMINAL VIOLATION, AND ALSO SERGEANT BERMAN'S INTERACTIONS. AND AFTER DOING THAT, IT'S MY FIRM BELIEF THAT PROBABLE CAUSE EXISTED AND HE ACTED APPROPRIATELY AND WATCHING THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF A, OF A SERGEANT GORMAN. HE ACTED IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER, AS WE WOULD EXPECT A POLICE SERGEANT TO ACT THAT DIDN'T MAKE THAT BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE AVAILABLE TO MY COUNCIL LIAISONS AND TO THE MAYOR. I CAN'T RELEASE IT PUBLICLY BECAUSE IT'S AN OPEN CASE AND I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE CASE. BUT IF ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, THEN I'M HAPPY TO SHOW THAT TO THEM. THE LAST ONE WAS THE LICENSE PLATE READERS. AND SO INTERNALLY AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WANT TO ALWAYS BE BETTER. THERE IS SOME LEARNING THAT WE'RE DOING. AND WE WANT TO, TO BE RESPONSIVE TO SOME OF THE, THE THINGS WE HEARD. SO FIRST, WE AMENDED OUR POLICY ON THE, ON THE TRANSPARENCY PAGE. THERE ARE PLACES WHERE OFFICERS PUT INFORMATION IN. AND THAT'S WHAT ENDS UP BEING ON THE TRANSPARENCY PAGE FOR FLOC. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S BEEN THERE, BUT BUT THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT HAS BEEN CONFUSING. WE'VE BEEN USING THOSE, THOSE, THOSE BLOCKS AS MORE OFFICER NOTES. AND SO THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING NOTES AND THINGS TO REMIND THEM, BUT IT MAKES IT UNCLEAR TO THE PUBLIC WHY WE ARE USING THE SYSTEM AND WHAT'S GOING ON. SO IT LEAVES US OPEN TO THE CRITIQUE IF WE'RE NOT USING IT PROPERLY. WE'VE GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT ALL THOSE, AND ALL OF THEM WERE PROPER USES OF THE LPR SYSTEM. HOWEVER, WE NEED TO DO IT BETTER. SO WE HAVE ESTABLISHED FIRM GUIDELINES, AND ONE OF THE CALLS WE'LL HAVE A DROP DOWN LIST THAT HAS ALL THE OFFENSES. THE OTHER COLUMN, THEY WILL HAVE TO CLEARLY STATE WHICH PART OF THE STATE LAW THEY ARE USING TO USE THE LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM AS A FELONY. IS IT A MISDEMEANOR? IS IT A MISSING PERSON OR IS A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT? AND THEN CITE THE CODE. AND THERE'S NOT ALWAYS A CASE NUMBER ATTACHED TO IT. THERE'S A CASE NUMBER. WE'LL HAVE THAT ATTACHED TO IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THAT. SO IT'S MORE APPARENT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO EVERYONE ELSE WHY WE'RE USING IT. THE OTHER THING WE FOUND IS REASONABLE TO DO IS UNDER STATE LAW, REQUIRE YOU TO AUDIT TWICE PER YEAR. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR TO ME THAT'S NOT FREQUENT ENOUGH, BUT WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED A WEEK AGO. AND IF OUR AUDITS SIX MONTHS OUT, IT'S REALLY HARD TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SO WE HAVE CHANGED OUR POLICY.INSTEAD OF DOING AUDITS TWO TIMES PER YEAR, WE WILL BE DOING THEM EVERY OTHER WEEK. SO AT LEAST TWO TIMES PER MONTH, THAT WILL ALLOW THAT WILL GIVE US SMALL ENOUGH DATA SET THAT WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT IT CLOSELY AND HAVE BETTER OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT THESE SYSTEMS ARE BEING MANAGED AS THEY SHOULD BE. DOING SO WITH THE LICENSE PLATE READERS, WE ARE EXCEEDING THE STATE LAW IN SEVERAL MATTERS, BOTH THROUGH THAT AUDIT AND ALSO OUR RETENTION OF THE DATA FOR JUST 30 DAYS. LASTLY, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, IF YOU GO TO THE IDAHO FALLS WEBSITE, THE IPD.COM OR THE CITY WEBSITE, THERE IS AN LPR SECTION ON THAT WHICH HAS PAGES AND PAGES OF INFORMATION ABOUT LICENSE PLATE READERS, WHY THEY'RE CONSTITUTIONAL, HOW WE USE THEM, HOW WE PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY. YOU CAN GO THERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. I KNOW EVERYONE'S NOT GOING TO DO THAT. SO THERE'S ALSO A ONE PAGE QUICK INFORMATION SHEET, WHICH WILL MAKE OUT OF MAKE A PDF ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LET PEOPLE HAVE THOSE. SO THOSE ARE THE UPDATES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. AND WE HAVE ONE COMING FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON THE SIDEWALKS ON JEFFERSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO, STREET SUPERINTENDENT CARDIN AND I TURNED OUT AND VISITED WITH MISS ALVAREZ OVER ON JEFFERSON STREET. WE REVIEWED THE STATUS OF JEFFERSON STREET.
JEFFERSON STREET HAS NOW BEEN OVERLAID. THE. IT WAS COMPLETE. LAST THURSDAY, WE MET WITH MISS ALVAREZ AND HER NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET LAST THURSDAY. JUST TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME DETAILS, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IN THE FIELD. AND BASICALLY THE RESULT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS, IN HER CASE, IT WAS TO ADDRESS THE CURB AND GUTTER PROGRAM AND INTRODUCE HER TO THAT. AND THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THAT PORTION OF THE WORK REGARDING THAT. AND ALSO TO CHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH HER NEIGHBORS FOR ECONOMY OF SCALE AND COMBINING THESE PROJECTS WHEN POSSIBLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HER NEIGHBORS ARE
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CURRENTLY DOING AS WELL IN THAT AREA. SO THE WATERLINE SERVICES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, THE OVERLAY IS DONE. THERE IS SOME CONCRETE WORK THAT IS BEING COMPLETED ON SOME CORNERS AND SOME WORK RELATED TO THAT CONCRETE WORK TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL. BUT IT WAS GOOD TO GET OUT AND VISIT WITH THOSE FOLKS AND AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO KIND OF SEE THEIR CONCERNS AND REFLECT AND RESPOND TO, TO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THE CURB, VETERAN SIDEWALK AND THE ORDINANCE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING ACCESSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL. WE'VE HAD COMMENTS ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, AS WELL AS HOW THE COMMENTS, HOW THE LETTERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THAT HAVE BEEN SENT OUT. SO WE'RE WORKING ON IMPROVING OUR COMMUNICATIONS, GETTING THEM OUT SOONER AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THEM BOTH MUTUALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AS WELL AS THE CITY. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JUST LOOKING TO ANY OF THE OTHER DIRECTORS WHO MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING. OKAY, OKAY. NOW WE ACTUALLY IT IS TIME FOR. OH,[4. Public Comment]
SORRY MIKE, IT IS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND, WE LIMIT THOSE TO ROUGHLY THREE MINUTES.WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HEARINGS, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S PROBABLY HERE, TO TESTIFY IN THOSE HEARINGS. IF YOU ARE HERE TO TESTIFY IN THE, IN THE HEARING FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CITY OWNED REAL PROPERTY, WE WOULD WAIT UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR THAT ACTUAL ITEM. BUT OTHERWISE, THE PODIUM IS OPEN FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE WON'T BE RESPONDING BACK AND FORTH, BUT, YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS FINN GUERIN. I LIVE IN CITY DOWNS AND I'M HERE AGAINST BLOCK. I RAN THE NUMBERS PROVIDED BY TRANSPARENCY PORTAL, WHICH I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE CAN BE USED AS AN ACCURATE SOURCE, AS IT LIES ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS IN THE CITY AND THE NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS. BUT REGARDLESS, ONLY 0.6% OF DRIVERS THAT WENT PAST A CAMERA WERE ON A HOT LIST. YET EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE OTHER 99.4% IS SURVEILLED. WHERE THEY WERE, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN STORED FOR 30 DAYS ON A PRIVATE COMPANY'S CLOUD SERVER THAT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. I SENT EACH OF YOU A 20 PAGE DOCUMENT DETAILING LIES THAT BLOCK IS TOLD, SOME OF WHICH CAME UP DURING THE WORK SESSION, SUCH AS THE CLAIM THAT IS JUST A SINGLE PICTURE, SO IT CAN'T TRACK YOU IN THAT DOCUMENT. OUR LINKS TO SOURCES FOR EVERY SINGLE CLAIM THAT I MADE, INCLUDING VIDEOS IN WHICH AN OFFICER CLICKS A BUTTON LABELED START REAL TIME ROUTING, WHERE BLOCK DRAWS A MAP OF WHERE THE CAR DROVE BASED ON WHERE IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED, IN ANOTHER VIDEO, A FLOCK REP SHOWS OFF WHAT THEY CALL A DIGITAL TRAIL FLOATING ABOUT HOW IT INCLUDES, QUOTE, WHERE SOMEBODY'S COMING FROM, AND YOU CAN EASILY SEE WHERE SOMEBODY IS GOING TO IDENTIFY PATTERNS, END QUOTE. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS A HEAT MAP SHOWING WHERE A PERSON FREQUENTLY TRAVELS. GEORGE PETTIT, SHERIFF OF JEROME COUNTY, IS RANKED FIFTH NATIONWIDE ON HAVE I BEEN FLOCKED.COM FOR BOGUS TEST SEARCHES, WHICH WE RECENTLY JUST DISCOVERED EXTENDED FAR OUTSIDE OF JUST JEROME COUNTY AND TWIN FALLS. IF YOU THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY CAMERAS, WE CAN'T BE TRACKED, THE POLICE STATED ON APRIL 6TH THAT THEY ONLY HAVE A THIRD OF THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS THAT THEY WANT. WHEN IS ENOUGH? CLEARWATER COUNTY WILL NOT RENEW THEIR CONTRACT AS THE CAMERAS PROVIDED LITTLE BENEFIT TO THEM. THE CITY OF SALMON PASSED A RESOLUTION AFTER LISTENING TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS STATING THAT THEY ARE NOT PURSUING ALPR TECHNOLOGY. JUST TWO HOURS NORTH IN THE STATE OF MONTANA. THEY ARE COMPLETELY ILLEGAL AND THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE 2017. IN FACT, MONTANA IS PASSING AN AMENDMENT TO THIS LAW TO REQUIRE A WARRANT BEFORE POLICE CAN EVEN SEARCH THROUGH PRIVATELY OWNED ALPR CAMERAS. WITH THE WAY, THESE ARE SOLD TO POLICE AS A MAGIC BULLET FOR CRIME, YOU WOULD THINK THAT MONTANA WOULD BE A WASTELAND.
BUT I WAS UP IN BUTTE FOR TWO YEARS AND IT WAS A PRETTY NICE PLACE. NOT RIDDLED WITH CRIME LIKE BLOCK WOULD HAVE YOU THINK. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU WE DO NOT WANT THIS HERE. WE WANT IT TO LISTEN TO BY THE PEOPLE THAT WE ELECTED TO SERVE US. YOU HAD THE EXCUSE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT GOING UP, BUT YOU KNOW NOW BY VOTING TO APPROVE THIS ADDENDUM, YOU ARE LEGITIMIZING THIS SYSTEM THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE INPUT ON, AND THE PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE INPUT ON IT. WE ARE SHUT OUT OF THIS AND WE'RE KIND OF TIRED OF IT. WE ARE THE ONES WHO VOTE, NOT THE CAMERAS. DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADDRESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT THERE'D BE MORE PEOPLE LIKE LAST TIME. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS COLBY HATTON. I AM A RESIDENT OF IDAHO FALLS, AND I AM ONCE AGAIN HERE REPRESENTING STRONGER IDAHO FALLS. THIS WEEK WE WANTED TO LEAVE A COMMENT ABOUT WALKABILITY. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT FAR MORE PEOPLE WALK HERE IN DOWNTOWN THAN ON 17TH STREET? THAT'S NOT RANDOM HAPPENSTANCE. IT IS
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DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE DESIGN OF THE CITY. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR DOWNTOWN, IT'S SAFE, EASY, AND CONVENIENT TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO ON FOOT. THIS HAS SERIOUS BENEFITS FOR EVERYBODY. PEDESTRIANS GET MORE EXERCISE. THEY'RE FAR MORE LIKELY TO SHOP AT LOCAL BUSINESSES INSTEAD OF GIANT CHAIN STORES. THEY DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO TRAFFIC, AND ANYBODY CAN BE ONE, WHETHER YOU'RE EIGHT YEARS OLD OR EIGHT YEARS OLD. DESIGNING SAFE, WALKABLE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO VASTLY BETTER FOR OUR CITY FINANCES. IT COSTS MILLIONS LESS TO PUT IN A NARROW STREET FILLED WITH HOMES AND BUSINESSES THAN IT COSTS TO BUILD WIDE, UGLY, NOISY ARTERIALS LIKE 17TH AND SUNNYSIDE. SORRY, IN DENSE AREAS, THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES ARE A NET POSITIVE ON TAXES INSTEAD OF A NET DRAIN. FINALLY, IT'S SIMPLY FAR MORE PLEASANT TO LIVE IN. PLACES IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH REASONABLE BUSINESSES SUCH AS BAKERIES, SALONS AND CORNER STORES, IS FAR GREATER THAN THAT IN FAR FLUNG SUBURBAN SPRAWL. OUR BELIEF IS A STRONGER IDAHO FALLS IS THAT ALL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD FOCUS ON PEDESTRIAN FIRST AND FOREMOST.DOING SO LEADS TO A LIVELIER, MORE NEIGHBORLY, MORE PRODUCTIVE, AND ULTIMATELY BETTER CITY FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING DRIVERS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TONIGHT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. COUNCIL, WE ARE READY
[5. Consent Agenda]
TO MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE ADDRESSED? I DO HAVE ONE. WE TALKED ABOUT. IT WOULD BE OKAY TO ASK THE DIRECTOR TO SPEAK OF SOMETHING WITHOUT TAKING IT OFF. AND THERE'S A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT IN THE SRO CONTRACT WITH ALTURAS THAT WE HOPE BECOMES A PATTERN. AND I WONDER IF, CHIEF JOHNSON COULD EXPLAIN THAT ADJUSTMENT. SO BOTH THE CONTRACT WITH THIS DISTRICT 91 AND ALTURAS ARE MOSTLY THE SAME, JUST UPDATES THE YEAR AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, WHICH IS ACTUAL HOW MUCH IT COSTS FOR OFFICERS WITH ALL THE TOURISTS. BUT WE'VE ADDED AN END IS THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO PAY HALF OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER SPECIFIC TRAINING. WE SEND THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER CONFERENCE, AND THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT TYPE OF OF WORK. WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THAT COST D91, CONCEPTUALLY AGREED TO IT, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS TO ADD IT TO THIS YEAR. SO WE ANTICIPATE ADDING THAT NEXT YEAR. PD SPECIFIC TRAINING TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. WE STILL COVER JUST THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT WILL BE SPLIT 5050, LIKE YOU SPLIT EVERYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT? OH EXCUSE ME. YES, PLEASE. CITY CLERK OKAY, THERE ARE SIX ITEMS FOR CONSENT TONIGHT. ONE FROM MUNICIPAL SERVICES FOR THE 2026 SECOND QUARTER IMPACT FEE REPORT. ONE FOR FIRE. IT'S FOR CONTRACT SERVICE PAYMENT TO PUBLIC CONSULTING GROUP, LLC FOR $194,572.96. THERE'S ONE FOR IDAHO FALLS POWER, AND IT IS THE SALE OF A SURPLUS TRANSFORMER TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR $75,000. MOUNTAIN WEST TRANSFORMER THERE ARE TWO WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.THEY ARE BOTH MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, ONE FOR ALTURAS AND ONE FOR DISTRICT 91. PUBLIC WORKS HAS ONE ITEM. IT'S A BID AWARD FOR THE POLICE STATION SHOOTING RANGE TO THREE H CONSTRUCTION LLC FOR $116,451. TWO FROM OFFICE OF CITY CLERK.
SO 26TH JUNE LICENSING. THERE WERE 78 NEW LICENSES, 16 RENEWED AND TEN CONTRACTOR LICENSES, AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM THE WEEKS OF JUNE 22ND, 25TH, JULY 6TH AND JULY 9TH OF 26. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE TO. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT, COUNSELOR? I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT BECAUSE I HAD A QUESTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I ASKED BEFORE THAT I THINK IS RELEVANT. THE TRANSFORMER CONCERNED ME A BIT BECAUSE I THOUGHT, OH, WE'VE BEEN NEEDING THESE AND WE'VE HAD THIS TWO YEAR LEAD TIME AND ALL THIS. AND SO I ASKED THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THAT, AND IT IS NOT USEFUL TO US. AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE WOULD HOLD ON TO THAT AND REWORK THEM OURSELVES TOO, BECAUSE THEY ARE VALUABLE. BUT THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE EXCEPT TO RECEIVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED. SECOND CITY CLERK
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RADFORD A. LARSON. YES. FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS A DINGMAN. YES. AND LEE. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION[6.A.1) Amendment to Flock Safety Contracts with Flock Group, Inc.]
CARRIES. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS COMING TO US. WE ARE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, AND IT'S COMING TO US FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE FLOCK SAFETY CONTRACTS WITH THE FLOCK GROUP INCORPORATED. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THIS WAS COVERED DURING OUR WORK SESSION LAST MONDAY. BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN AGAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. SO WE'VE HAD, CONCERNS FROM THE PUBLIC. I'M GOING TO MOVE ABOUT THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THE FLOCK GROUP INCORPORATED. SO CURRENTLY SECTION 4.1 OF THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONCERNS CUSTOMER DATA. NOW CUSTOMER DATA IS THE DATA THAT'S GATHERED BY THE THE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE, FOR THE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM.THIS IS THEIR CITY CAMERAS THAT ARE GATHERING THIS DATA. AND SO CUSTOMER THAT IS THE CITY HEREBY GRANTS THE FLOCK A LIMITED, NON-EXCLUSIVE, ROYALTY FREE, IRREVOCABLE, PERPETUAL WORLDWIDE LICENSE TO A USE AND DISCLOSE CUSTOMER DATA TO PROVIDE THE FLOCK SERVICES. AND B, USE CUSTOMER DATA TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE FLOCKS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. NOW IT'S THAT LAST CLAUSE AFTER B, THE USING CUSTOMER DATA TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE FLOCKS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. THAT HAS CAUSED CONCERN WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THAT THEY OBJECTED TO FLOCK BEING ABLE TO USE OUR DATA TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN ITS AI, ITS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM TO BE BETTER. AND SO, MY OFFICE, WE REACHED OUT TO THE FLOCK GROUP. WE TALKED WITH THEIR ATTORNEY, WE NEGOTIATED A CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT. AND HERE IS THE CHANGE. AND THIS IS WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO COUNCIL TODAY. SO IT HAS THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT YOU NOTICE B IS AMENDED. SO IT'S TO USE CUSTOMER DATA TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE FLOCKS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ONLY AS PERMITTED BY THIS ADDENDUM, PROVIDED THE FLOCK MAY NOT USE CUSTOMER DATA TO TRAIN OR IMPROVE ANY MACHINE LEARNING OR AI MODELS. SO AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY GOES TO THE CONCERN THAT'S BEEN RAISED ABOUT ALLOWING FLOCK TO USE CUSTOMER DATA TO IMPROVE THEIR AI MODELS, AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED. I'VE SPOKEN WITH, AGAIN, WITH THE FLOCK TEAM, AND THEY HAVE A WAY TO CUT OFF THEIR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM FROM USING OUR DATA TO TRAIN ITS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM. AND ONCE THIS IS EXECUTED, THEN I WILL SEND THIS IMMEDIATELY TO THEM. ONCE I GET IT AND REQUEST THAT THEY CUT THE DATA OFF. THE CONTRACT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, IT CONTINUES ON. FLOCK WILL NOT USE FOOTAGE FROM CUSTOMERS HARDWARE TO TRAIN OR IMPROVE ANY MACHINE LEARNING OR AI MODELS. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, FLOCK WILL USE NON NON FOOTAGE DATA TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE FLOCKS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MONITORING, EVALUATING IMPROVING HARDWARE BASED ON DEVICE METRICS AS NEEDED. SO IT DOES HAVE A CARVE OUT FOR NON FOOTAGE DATA. SO YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN GO AND LOOK AT THEIR HARDWARE AND SAY, HEY SAY SOMETHING GONE WRONG. IS THE CAMERA NOT WORKING. SO THEY CAN GIVE IMPROVED THOSE SORTS OF THOSE SORTS OF, ASPECTS OF THE SERVICES. BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR IT WOULD STILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO USE IT FOR MACHINE LEARNING OR AI MODELS.
AND THEN AGAIN, IT'S VERY CLEAR IT THEN CONTINUES ON. FLOCK WILL USE CUSTOMER DATA SOLELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ADDENDUM. WE'VE ALSO REVIEWED THIS ADDENDUM ALSO PROVIDES THAT IT SUPERSEDES AND BASICALLY TRUMPS ANY CONTRARY LANGUAGE IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. SO EVEN THOUGH I SHOULD BACK UP. SO OUR CONTRACTS WITH LOG REFERENCE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE, THESE ARE KIND OF BOILERPLATE CONDITIONS THAT THEY HAVE. SO WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THIS, THIS ADDENDUM WILL GOVERN OVER THOSE MORE GENERIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS. WHEN THERE'S A CONFLICT. ANOTHER CHANGE THAT THE AMENDMENT MADE OR WILL MAKE IS THE DEFINITION OF PERMITTED PURPOSE WAS AMENDED. BASICALLY PERMITTED PURPOSE IS NOW LIMITED TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY IDAHO CODE 49, SECTION 49-1432. EFFECTIVELY WHAT THIS MEANS IS A TERM AND CONDITION, ONE OF THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 2.1 OF THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRES END USER END USERS, AUTHORIZED END USERS, END USERS. SO AT TIMES THE IDAHO FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT OR IT HAS ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, TO BE
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ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MUTUALLY SHARE OUR DATA SO WE CAN ACCESS. AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THOSE OTHER AUTHORIZED END USERS, WE ARE AGREEING THAT THEY NEED TO, THAT THEIR USE OF OUR DATA IS LIMITED TO THE PURPOSES AND THE IDAHO CODE, WHICH AGAIN, ARE LIMITED TO INVESTIGATING CRIME OR CONDUCTING TRAFFIC STUDIES, THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT IS WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS FAIRLY SHORT. IT IS FAIRLY SHORT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.COUNCIL. I THINK YOU HAVE A QUESTION. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. CHIEF JOHNSON GAVE US A HANDOUT EARLIER BEFORE THE MEETING AT THE START OF THE MEETING. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WE'RE NOT COLLECTING FACIAL RECOGNITION. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE TAKING PICTURES OF LICENSE PLATES. WE'RE NOT IDENTIFYING DRIVERS OR PASSENGERS AND VEHICLES. THIS IS CERTAINLY ABOUT NOT SHARING DATA. UNDER IDAHO CODE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF IDAHO CODE. WE'RE NOT RECORDING ANY VIDEO OR AUDIO, AND WE'RE NOT MONITORING SPEED WITH THESE CAMERAS. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
CORRECT. OKAY. COUNCILOR FRANCIS, THIS IS A COMMENT, FOR THE PUBLIC. AND THAT IS THIS IS A STEP TO FIX THIS CONTRACT FOR OUR BENEFIT. BUT ALSO I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE NEXT STEP FOR THE COUNCIL IS WE SEE IT IS WE'VE ASKED THE POLICE TO COME FORWARD WITH OPTIONS OF OTHER APPROACHES THAT WE CAN TAKE AND MAY BE OUT THERE FOR US, SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW IT MATCHES WITH THE GOALS WHICH ARE STATED, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO ANALYZE WHAT THE OTHER OPTIONS ARE. AND THAT'S A STEP THAT WE'LL, I BELIEVE IS COMING IN THE FALL. COUNCILOR BRADFORD SO CAN YOU CLARIFY WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS UNDER THIS AMENDMENT? SO PREVIOUSLY, ANYONE WHO WAS PART OF THE FLOCK NETWORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IF THEY WERE INVESTIGATING A CRIME, THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS. SO THIS AMENDMENT DOESN'T SPEAK TO WHO OR WHO DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS. THAT'S A MATTER BETWEEN I'M NOT AS UP TO SPEED ON THAT AS CHIEF JOHNSON. YOU PROBABLY WANT TO TALK WITH HIM. CHIEF JOHNSON IS COMING TO THE PODIUM. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE YOU KNOW, SO THE WAY THE AGREEMENT AGAIN, THIS ADDENDUM ONLY DEALS WITH THIS DISCRETE PART. IT DOESN'T DEAL WITH WHO IS AN AUTHORIZED END USER. BUT WE WE RETAIN SOLE CONTROL OVER WHO IS AN AUTHORIZED END USER. WE CAN SAY NO, YOU DON'T GET OUR DATA OR YES YOU DO. YEAH. AND THE QUESTION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STATE LINE AND THERE'S SOME THINGS, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE STARTING TO RESTRICT WHO HAS ACCESS TO OUR DATA. IT'S IMPLIED WHEN WE SHARE INFORMATION THEY'RE GOING TO ABIDE BY IDAHO CODE, BUT WE'RE REQUIRING AN AGENCY WANTS TO SHARE OUR DATA THAT THEY WILL SEND THEM A FORM THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES THEY AGREE TO ABIDE BY IDAHO CODE AND LIST THAT OUT. THEY WILL HAVE TO SIGN THAT, RETURN IT TO US. AND IF THEY DO, THAT WILL SHOW THE PROCESS OF MAKING THAT CHANGE WILL TAKE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, TO COMPLETE THAT. BUT THAT'S WHO WE'LL BE SHARING DATA WITH IS THOSE AGENCIES TO AGREE TO OBEY THE LAW. WE WON'T REQUIRE OTHER AGENCIES TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY REQUIRED TO DO THAT. IF YOU WANT THE FULL INFORMATION THAT FALLS, TWIN FALLS IN THOSE PLACES, BECAUSE CRIMINALS TRAVEL AND THEY TRAVEL FREQUENTLY. SO IT HELPS US QUITE A BIT AND SHARE WITH OTHER STATE, BUT THERE AREN'T THE SAME REQUIREMENTS. WE ARE OUT OF STATE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT OR SHARE WITH THEM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, ANY DELIBERATION. OKAY. YES, PLEASE. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE I, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE LIMITS HERE. AND DOING THAT, KNOWING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO FLOCK BECAUSE I THINK THAT CONVERSATION STILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT I DON'T WANT MY VOTE TO BE PERCEIVED AS APPROVAL OF FLOCK AND GENTLEMEN.
OKAY. IF YOU'RE READY FOR THE QUESTION, I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE FLOCK SAFETY CONTRACTS WITH FLOCK GROUP, INC. AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. DINGMAN. YES. LARSON. YES.
BRADFORD. I AND LEE. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ALSO COMING FROM
[6.A.2) Settlement and Release Agreement with the Oloff Revocable Trust]
OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE REVOCABLE[00:30:02]
TRUST. DO LEAD US TO THAT ONE. SO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WE HAD A, A WORK SESSION IN WHICH YOU AUTHORIZED MY OFFICE OR MYSELF TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT WITH ONE OF THE PARTIES IN THE LITIGATION, FOR THE INFORMATION, THE PUBLIC, THE LITIGATION IS AN EASEMENT DISPUTE WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITH SOME PROPERTY OWNERS OFF OF CUSTER ROAD JUST NORTH OF PETERSON. KIND OF IN BETWEEN PETERSON AND SUNNYSIDE. SO WHAT HAPPENED IS, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE REVOCABLE TRUST, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES, REACHED OUT AND SAID THEY WANTED THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THIS LAWSUIT ANYMORE. AND SO WE CAME UP WITH A CREATIVE SOLUTION. MY RESPONSE WAS, WELL, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS ALL SORTED OUT AND WE WANT TO GET IT ALL DONE IN ONE FELL SWOOP. BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND ATTORNEY FEES, WHICH IS, WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE NEGOTIATED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THEM WHERE THEY AGREE BOTH, BOTH THE CITY AND THE REVOKABLE TRUST AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE OUTCOME OF THE LITIGATION. SO IT GOES IN THE CITY'S FAVOR.THEY AGREE TO THAT. WE HAVE THE EASEMENT THAT WE'RE CLAIMING IF IT GOES AGAINST THE CITY, THE CITY WILL AGREE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS SORT OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE DID. IF SO, THAT'S IF IT'S RESOLVED BY LITIGATION. IF IF SETTLEMENT BECOMES A POSSIBILITY, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO LET THEM KNOW, HEY, SETTLEMENT TALKS ARE, YOU KNOW, STARTING WITH OTHER PARTIES, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM NOTICE. AND AS LONG AS WE PROVIDED THEM NOTICE, THEN THEY'RE BOUND BY THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO THE EXTENT IT CONCERNS THE EASEMENT.
THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF, YOU KNOW, APPEARING AND PARTICIPATING IN SETTLEMENT, SENDING US A NOTICE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE SETTLEMENT OR THIRD, IF AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THEY JUST DON'T RESPOND, THEY'LL HAVE WAIVED THEIR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE SETTLEMENT PROCEEDINGS. SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES FOR THEM IS IT MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THEIR ATTORNEY, SAVES THEM RESOURCES AND TIME. FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A BENEFIT BECAUSE IT'S ONE LESS PARTY WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AS OPPOSED TO LITIGATION. SO THAT'S A SAVINGS TO BOTH THE CITY AND TO THE TRUST. IN ADDITION, I THINK WE'RE GETTING ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS AN AMICABLE PARTING OF THE WAYS IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS IT TO THE THE CITY'S INTEREST TO STILL BE, RESPECTED. SO. SO I PRESENT THAT FOR YOU. STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE REVOCABLE TRUST AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
SECOND. FREEMAN. YES. BRADFORD. I. LEE. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. LARSON. YES. THANK
[6.B.1) Final Plat, Development Agreement, and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, Westbrook Estates Division No. 1.]
YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK. NEXT. COMING TO US FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS A FINAL PLAT. THE DEVELOPMENT, AGREEMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR WESTBROOK ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER ONE. AND I'M GOING TO ASK MR. PEABODY TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE I'D LIKE THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT UNTIL EARLIER TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE SLIDES. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE FINAL PLAT. THIS PROPERTY IS OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. STAFF HAS COME TO CALL IT THE FISH PROPERTY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. AND CLEVERLY THE DEVELOPER HAS INCLUDED ALL OF THE STREET NAMES INCLUDE SOME SORT OF ASPECT OF FISH RELATED STREET. SO THAT MAKES IT MAYBE MORE FUN. OVER ON 17TH NORTH, WE HAVE TWO DIVISIONS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. PRETTY STANDARD LAYOUT WITH PUBLIC STREETS, GENERAL LOTS. DIVISION ONE INCLUDES, 51 LOTS. 48 OF THOSE LOTS ARE BUILDABLE. THE OTHER LOTS ARE GENERALLY FOR STORM PONDS OR OTHER COMMON AREAS. COUNCILMAN FRANCIS ASKED THAT I SPEAK TO THE PART OF THE STAFF REPORT REFERRING TO ATTACHED DWELLINGS. SO IN AN R-1 ZONE WHICH IS PROPERTY ZONED R-1, WHICH IS SORT OF A STANDARD SINGLE DWELLING UNIT ZONE, IT, IT ALLOWS FOR DETACHED DWELLINGS OR ATTACHED. SO AN ATTACHED DWELLING IS ONE THAT SHARES A COMMON WALL. SO TYPICALLY YOU'LL SEE A TWIN HOME OR EVEN A TOWNHOME. ARE THOSE TYPES OF SINGLE UNIT DWELLINGS, EACH DWELLING, EVEN THOUGH IT SHARES AN ATTACHED WALL, IS ON ITS OWN SEPARATE LOT, TO BE OWNED INDIVIDUALLY AND OWNED SEPARATELY. AND THE R-1 ZONE, IT ALLOWS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE UNITS TOGETHER. SO YOU COULD[00:35:03]
POTENTIALLY HAVE THEM IN BLOCKS OF THREE. THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, THEIR PROPOSAL IS FOR TWIN HOMES. SO YOU WOULD ONLY SEE TWO ATTACHED DWELLINGS. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THREE DWELLINGS ATTACHED TOGETHER, THAT CENTER UNIT, BECAUSE THE LOT IS ONLY AS WIDE OR CAN ONLY BE AS WIDE AS THE UNIT ITSELF, IT GENERALLY CANNOT MEET THE MINIMUM, SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LOT OR THE MINIMUM COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LOT. AND SO THE ZONING ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR THOSE ATTACHED DWELLINGS TO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT OR THE MINIMUM, PROPERTY COVERAGE REQUIREMENT. THE ZONING CODE STILL REQUIRES THAT THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT MEET THE DENSITY OF THAT ZONE. SO IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DENSITY GROW BECAUSE OF THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE STILL MATCHING THE SAME DENSITY THAT IS ALLOWED. IT'S JUST ALLOWING A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE OF THOSE UNITS BEING ATTACHED. OTHERWISE, THE, THE PROPOSED PLAT, AS YOU SEE IT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COMP PLAN. AND I TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. SO YEAH, JUST A FOLLOW UP TO THAT. SO DO I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT, THAT THESE LOTS MIGHT BE LESS THAN 7000FTā S? CORRECT. BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO DWELLINGS ON IT. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION ON THESE FINAL PLATS. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR WESTBROOK WESTBROOK ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID AGREEMENT. SECOND. LARSON. YES. FRANCIS I. LEE. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. BRADFORD.AYE. MOTION CARRIES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR WESTBROOK ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID FINAL PLAT SECOND. DAMON. YES. BRADFORD. LARSON. YES. LEE. YES. FRANCIS I.
FREEMAN. YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RECENT STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR WESTBROOK ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. DAMON. YES.
FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. BRADFORD. I. LEE. YES. LARSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NOW
[6.B.2) Final Plat, Development Agreement, and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, Westbrook Estates Division No. 2.]
THIS NEXT WESTBROOK ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER TWO WAS SHOWN. IT'S FOLLOWING THE SAME FORMAT AS MR. BUTLER DESCRIBED. SO IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE I DO I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR WESTBROOK ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER TWO, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID AGREEMENT. SECOND.LARSON YES. FRANCIS I. LEE. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. BRADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR WESTBROOK ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER TWO, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID FINAL PLAT SECOND DINGMAN. YES. BRADFORD. ALL RIGHT. LARSON. YES. LEE. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES.
AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REASONED STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA FOR STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR WESTBROOK ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER TWO, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS I.
BRADFORD. I. LEE. YES. LARSON. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OUR
[6.C.1) Short Term Equipment Rental Agreement with Mountain West Transformer]
NEXT ITEM IS COMING TO US TONIGHT FROM IDAHO FALLS POWER, AND WE HAVE OUR GENERAL MANAGER, FREDERICKSON, HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SHORT TERM EQUIPMENT RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH MOUNTAIN WEST TRANSFORMER. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. AS MENTIONED, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH MOUNTAIN WEST TRANSFORMER. THE RENTAL INVOLVES A DELTA STAR MOBILE SUBSTATION THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT BEING NEEDED OPERATIONALLY. AND I GUESS IF I GO INTO THAT, I WOULD JUST MENTION THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FOR AN EMERGENCY PURPOSE THAT WE COULD PUT TO WORK FOR US, BUT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH IDAHO FALLS POWER STAFF INVOLVING BOTH THEIR ENGINEERING GROUP AND SUBSTATION GROUP, WE'VE HAD THIS FOR SOME TIME AND NEVER HAD TO PUT IT IN USE. YOU'VE[00:40:05]
PROBABLY HEARD AT BOARD MEETINGS THAT TALK ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF THE SYSTEM AS IT EXISTS, WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, SUBSTATIONS THAT GO OUT. WE STILL HAVE RELIABLE POWER SOURCES. AND SO WITH THAT MOVING FORWARD, AN AGREEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT INVOLVED AN 18 MONTH RENTAL AT A RATE OF 35,000 PER MONTH, TOTALING $630,000. IN ADDITION, THERE'S AN OPTION TO EXTEND THE LEASE BY SIX MONTHS. THAT RENTAL RATE WOULD INCREASE TO $40,000 PER MONTH. BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS IDAHO FALLS POWER TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF THE ASSET, AS IT'S CURRENTLY NOT BEING REQUIRED FOR USE, AND IN DOING SO, HELPS KEEP OUR RELIABLE POWER AT A VERY AFFORDABLE RATE, NOT ONLY REGIONALLY BUT BUT ACROSS THE NATION. SO AS PART OF THIS RENTAL AGREEMENT, OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HELPED ESTABLISH THAT AND STAFF RECOMMENDS ITS APPROVAL THIS EVENING. BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE ANY. DIRECTOR, CAN YOU TELL US WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS UNIT? I CAN'T TELL YOU TOTALLY, BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD THIS FOR A NUMBER OF DECADES. SO I THINK IT'S I BELIEVE, MR. GENDRON WAS OUR WAS OUR GENERAL MANAGER AT THE TIME. YEAH. THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. SO MY QUESTION IS, DO WE KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT LOCATION, BUT I BELIEVE THROUGH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD, IT ACTUALLY IS TRAVELING QUITE A DISTANCE BACK EAST. SO I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE EAST COAST. SO. BUT WE GOT, WE GET TO DEMAND IT BACK AT OUR DEMAND, RIGHT? WE HAVE OPTIONS IN THE AGREEMENT THAT BASICALLY STIPULATES THE PERFORMANCE THEREOF. BUT WE WE ARE AGREEING TO AN 18 MONTH LEASE. YEAH. I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT WHEN WE WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOP ELECTRICITY.AND LIKE WE DO NOW WITH THE NUMBER OF SUBSTATIONS WE HAVE. SO THAT IT WAS, IT WAS A, AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO HAVE THEN, BUT IT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT TODAY. I WOULD I WOULD ECHO THAT, IN THE FACT THAT THE RELIABILITY HAS BEEN A MAJOR CONCERN FOR IDAHO FALLS POWER. AND SO THOSE TYPES OF PURCHASES WERE MADE TO ENSURE THAT RELIABILITY EXISTED WITH A NUMBER OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND THE ABILITY TO REALLY BE ABLE TO REROUTE THAT, THAT POWER FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT ACTUALLY MAKES THIS ROOM, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PURSUE. I'M READY WITH THE MOTION. I WOULD MOVE THE COUNCIL, APPROVE THE SHORT TERM EQUIPMENT RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH MOUNTAIN WEST TRANSFORMER FOR THE USE OF THE DELTA STAR MOBILE SUBSTATION AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES.
FRANCIS I. BRADFORD. I. LEE. YES. YES. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. AND THEN TONIGHT, WE ALSO HAVE
[6.D.1) Amendment to Development Agreement for Trumblee Acres]
FROM PUBLIC WORKS THE AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR TREMBLEY ACRES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WE'VE AGREED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH TREMBLEY ACRES TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO KIND OF BRING IT CURRENT. THEY EXECUTED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN 2015. WHAT ARE THE GENTLEMEN SPLIT BASICALLY SPLIT HIS PROPERTY HOME NEXT TO HIS CURRENT HOME ON 17TH SOUTH. IT WAS AN EXISTING HOME AT THE TIME. HE WAS LOOKING TO GET CONNECTION TO CITY SERVICES. AND SO HE PLATTED A TWO PARCEL.IN THAT ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE HAD AGREED TO REIMBURSE HIM FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A STREET FRONTAGE ACROSS HIS FRONTAGE ON 17TH SOUTH AS AN ARTERIAL STREET. AND THOSE ARE FOR THE DIFFERENCES IN ARTERIAL STREET SECTION VERSUS A RESIDENTIAL STREET SECTION.
HOWEVER, IN LOOKING AT IT AND THE CONSTRUCTION PER THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT MAKES BETTER SENSE TO BRING HIM CURRENT WITH OUR CURRENT POLICIES, WITH THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE PAY, THE IMPACT FEES AND INCORPORATE THOSE FEES WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF 17TH SOUTH, WITH THE FUTURE PROJECT, WHEN IT MAKES SENSE, WE ARE WORKING WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA WHERE GRIZZLY, COMES DOWN AND TIES IN TO 17TH SOUTH, ON THAT CURVE TO TRY TO IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION AS WELL. SO IT WOULD TIE BETTER WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE SEDIMENTS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY.
THEN WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS LIAISONS. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR TREMBLEY ACRES DATED OCTOBER 22ND, 2015, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. I'LL SECOND ME. YES. DINGMANN. YES,
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FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD, I THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. AND OUR NEXT[6.D.3) Easement Vacation of portions of Pop Kroll Way lying within the SW1/4 of Section 8 T. 2 N., R. 38 E., Bonneville County]
ITEM IS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN EASEMENT VACATION OF ROAD THAT BASICALLY IS ACROSS THE FRONT EDGE OF OUR CURRENT STREET SANITATION BUILDING. AND THAT EXISTING ROAD. AS YOU TURN OFF THE EXCUSE ME, POP CRAWL. IT IT GOES THROUGH THE AREA OF OUR STREET SANITATION COMPOUND AND IT KIND OF IS. IT'S NOT THE NATURE OF THAT IS MORE OF A DRIVE BY THAT ACCESS THE OFFICES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE OR NOT, BUT ANYWAY, THAT BEING THE CASE, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC STREET. AND AGAIN, IT JUST PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE, TO THE COMPOUND BY VACATING CONTROL THAT GIVES US MORE LATITUDE IN OUR MORE, FLEXIBILITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW STREET SANITATION BUILDING WITHIN THE COMPOUND, THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND STREET FACING REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO OUR INTEREST WAS TO EVALUATE THAT, GIVE OURSELVES THE EASEMENTS NECESSARY ON THE CITY PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY AND BASICALLY VACATE THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST THINK IT'S KIND OF IRONIC. WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES PERMISSION TO DO SOMETHING FOR OURSELVES. WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST AND WE DID THE POLICE COMPOUND AS WELL. SO OKAY, WE ARE READY FOR MOTION. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE VACATING AN EASEMENT UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES, REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE SEPARATE READINGS AND REQUESTS THAT IT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY. SECOND. FREEMAN. YES. BRADFORD.ALL RIGHT. LARSON. YES. DINGMAN. YES. LEE. YES. FRANCIS. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. AND I'LL READ THAT INTO THE RECORD. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF TWO PORTIONS OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING THAT THE TITLE TO SAID VACATED PORTIONS OF RIGHT OF WAY SHALL VEST AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER PASSAGE APPROVAL AND PUBLICATION ACCORDING TO LAW. OKAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM COMING TO US TONIGHT IS FROM
[6.E.1) Public Hearing - Intended Exchange of City-Owned Real Property]
MUNICIPAL SERVICES, AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THE CITY HAS INTENT TO EXCHANGE CITY OWNED REAL PROPERTY, AND I WILL DECLARE THE HEARING OPEN AND ASK OUR MUNICIPAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS HEARING. SORRY, I'M KIND OF MESSING WITH THE MIC UP HERE.SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M. I'M SHORT, SO I NEED TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC. SO YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING. I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF OVERVIEW ITEMS BEFORE WE OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING. SO, BACK ON MONDAY, JUNE 22ND, OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, P.J.
HOME HAD A PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL AND HE PRESENTED AT THE WORK SESSION A RECOMMENDATION TO EXCHANGE 0.229 ACRES OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY FOR A 0.050 ACRES OF DEVELOPER OWNED PROPERTY. ALSO AT THIS WORK SESSION, COUNCIL HAD OPTED TO ISSUE A DECLARATION PURSUANT TO IDAHO CODE 50-1402 AND 50-1403. SO IN STATE STATUTE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC.
WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF AN EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY, THE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THE DECLARATION TO EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY WAS BASED ON THE VALUATION OF 2.50 PER SQUARE FOOT, OR $2.50 PER SQUARE FOOT, SUBJECT TO FINAL SURVEY RESULTS, WITH AN EQUALIZING CASH PAYMENT TO BE MADE BY THE DEVELOPER TO THE CITY BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE IN VALUE, WITH ALSO THE DEVELOPER PAYING ONE HALF OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL COST OF $3,500. WE NOTICED THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SATURDAY OF JULY 11TH AND JULY 18TH. BOTH OF THOSE WERE ON SATURDAY. AND NOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE LOCATION SLIDES. HOPEFULLY THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR TO COUNCIL, BUT WE DON'T PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION IN THE NEWSPAPER BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF THE PAPER. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE, KEVIN HERE FROM OUR KEVIN CULVER FROM OUR MANAGER. HE'S OUR GOLF OPERATIONS MANAGER. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC OPERATIONALLY WISE WITH THIS, YOU WANT TO ASK, HE'S MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP WITH THAT. SO, AS OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR HAD MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING
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FOR AN IDEAL RESTROOM LOCATION ON THE GOLF COURSE. THIS IS THE SAGE LAKES GOLF COURSE. SO THIS SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR AS, AS THE HIGHLIGHTED SPACE HERE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN IDEAL LOCATION. IT'S NOT WORKING, BUT THAT'S OKAY. THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE LIMITED UTILITIES THAT ARE IN THE AREA. AND SO STAFF HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE PUTTING IN A RESTROOM ALONG THAT GOLF COURSE. AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE HOLE NUMBER NINE, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT. BUT YOU CAN ASK ABOUT THAT. I'M SURE HE KNOWS WHICH ONE IT IS. SO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AGAIN, ABOUT JUST THE QUANDARY THAT WE HAD WITH HAVING UTILITIES IN THE AREA AND BEING ABLE TO INSTALL THE RESTROOM ALONG THAT PATH. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT WE HAD SOME UNUSED CITY PROPERTY. AND THEN IN THE COURSE OF DISCUSSING WITH THE DEVELOPER, WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING A LAND EXCHANGE. SO THAT WAS ALL INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JUNE. WE PUBLICLY NOTICED IT, AS REQUIRED. AND WE HAVE AN INTENT, A DECLARATION OF INTENT FROM CITY COUNCIL. SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROPERTY, I WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPRAISAL. SO JUST A REAL QUICK NOTE HERE. THIS HOPEFULLY LOOKS FAMILIAR.MOUNTAIN STATES APPRAISAL ACTUALLY DID THE APPRAISAL. AND THIS IS WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE DECLARATION OF INTENT FOR THE ACTUAL EXCHANGE ITSELF. THE APPRAISAL REPORT IS IN YOUR PACKET. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW IT. AND WITH THAT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE INTENT TO EXCHANGE THE CITY OWNED REAL PROPERTY? OKAY. THEN I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING. AND UNLESS COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I THINK WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION.
I JUST MAKE A COMMENT. YES, I THINK THIS IS A DEFINITE WIN WIN BECAUSE IT GIVES THE DEVELOPER ACCESS TO SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE, AND IT GIVES US ACCESS TO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE. SO. YEAH, IT'S A WIN WIN. THAT'S I'D LIKE TO COMMENT TOO, JUST, JUST THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PORTA POTTIES IN THIS LOCATION IN A, IN A IGLOO JUG OF WATER ON A STAND AT THIS SPOT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR MANY YEARS SINCE THE GOLF COURSE WAS BUILT. SO YOU'RE EXCITED. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY BASED ON A VALUATION OF $2.50 PER SQUARE FOOT, SUBJECT TO FINAL SURVEY RESULTS, WITH AN EQUALIZING CASH PAYMENT TO BE MADE BY THE DEVELOPER TO THE CITY BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE IN VALUE, WITH THE DEVELOPER PAYING ONE HALF OF A $3,500 PROPERTY APPRAISAL COST AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. BRADFORD DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. AND LEE. YES. MOTION APPROVES. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY, COMING TO US TONIGHT IS THE TENTATIVE
[6.E.2) Tentative Approval of the 2026/27 Fiscal Year Budget]
APPROVAL OF THE 2627 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. AND THAT COME BACK OVER TO DIRECTOR ALEXANDER. YES.THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE. WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM THAT ARE GETTING SET UP FOR THE WAR BONNET RODEO, SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. AND SO I'M A PINCH HITTING FOR THEM FOR THE EVENING. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IN HAVING OUR BUDGET SESSIONS. THEY WERE VERY PRODUCTIVE. THERE WAS A LOT OF COLLEGIALITY AMONGST THE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS COORDINATION WITH THE REQUESTS AND THE ASKS AND THE PRIORITIES AND ALL, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC, WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO ESTABLISH A TENTATIVE NOT TO EXCEED BUDGET FOR THE 26, 27 FISCAL YEAR THAT BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST OF 2026. AND IT ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2027. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A ROADMAP HERE. WE STARTED THE PROCESS BACK IN MARCH. WE HAD TO MOVE IT UP ABOUT A MONTH OR SO BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY STANDING UP A NEW ERP SYSTEM. SO WE HAD TO GET EVERYTHING READY, PROBABLY LIKE A MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF EARLY AND REALLY WANT TO SEND OUT OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR DEPARTMENTS AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM TO GET ALL THOSE NUMBERS IN THERE. AND EVERYBODY WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY ON THEIR BUDGET. SOME DEPARTMENTS ACTUALLY MADE SOME DECREASES OR SOME REDUCTIONS TO HELP SUPPORT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER PROJECTS. SO, AS I SAID EARLIER, A LOT OF COLLEGIALITY IN THIS, IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS, THE
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PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED. WELL, PARDON ME, WILL BE PUBLISHED, THIS SATURDAY AND NEXT SATURDAY. SO AUGUST 1ST AND AUGUST 8TH. AND THE TENTATIVE NOT TO EXCEED BUDGET.CURRENTLY THE DOLLAR NUMBER IS $393,483,964. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN WE ADOPT THE BUDGET NEXT MONTH, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO OVER THAT AMOUNT. WE CAN GO UNDER THAT AMOUNT, BUT WE CAN'T GO OVER THAT AMOUNT. THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT INCLUDES RATES AND FEES FOR SERVICES, STATE AND GRANT, STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT REVENUE. IT INCLUDES A 3% STATUTORY PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND 1% FORGONE FOR ONGOING. AND SPECIFICALLY THIS YEAR, THE 1% ONGOING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. BOTH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE AND FIRE SAFETY OPERATIONS. AND THEN 1%, APPROXIMATELY 1%, IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 1% OF THE 3% FOREGONE FOR ONE TIME. FIRE AND PARKS AND RECREATION CAPITAL PROJECTS. NOW, THE BUDGET BOOK WILL BE LOADED ON OUR WEBSITE TOMORROW. WE'RE JUST DOING A FEW COSMETIC THINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS READABLE AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE. AND WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT BOOK BECAUSE WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING PLAN FOR AUGUST 13TH, AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN THIS ROOM AT 6:30 P.M. AND WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET BOOK, LOOK AT THE PUBLIC NOTICES FOR WHAT THE FOREGONE DOLLAR AMOUNTS WILL BE. AND THEN ALSO WE WILL BE DOING AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ITSELF. WE'LL BE DOING SOME PRESENTATIONS FOR FEES FOREGONE AND BUDGET. AND THEN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE CALENDAR TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO ADOPT IT BY A CERTAIN DATE. AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE TO DO IT BY THE FIRST TUESDAY, I BELIEVE IT IS IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET IT DONE BY THE END OF AUGUST. AND THAT WILL BE THE ACTUAL BUDGET ADOPTION FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION OF THE TENTATIVE NOT TO EXCEED BUDGET FOR THE 2627 FISCAL YEAR. COUNCILOR LEE, JUST A REALLY SORRY, THIS SOUNDS REALLY NITPICKY, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT. AND YOUR SLIDE YOU HAD 393, FOUR, 83, NINE, 64. AND ON OUR AGENDA IT HAS. 954 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE APPROVED IT ACCURATE. I KNOW IT'S ONLY WITHIN TEN BUCKS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT $10. I HAVE, I HAVE ON THE AGENDA. THE ACTION ITEM IS 393483954 OKAY, SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A TYPO INSTEAD OF A FIVE. IT'S A SIX. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. SO I DIDN'T MEAN IT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THE RIGHT NUMBER.
SO IT'S 64 CORRECT AND NOT 54. IT IS 54. OKAY. SO THE AGENDA IS ACCURATE, CORRECT? OKAY.
THANK YOU. YES. THE ACTION IS CORRECT WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. THAT'S GOOD. AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL WILL BE VERY TIRED OF ME SAYING THIS BY THE TIME AT THE END OF THIS BUDGET. BUT, BUDGET IS SPENDING AUTHORITY. IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO ME HOW, HOW HIGH THIS BUDGET NUMBER IS.
BUT THAT IS BECAUSE EVERYONE'S UTILITY BILL RUNS THROUGH OUR BUDGET. EVERYONE'S SANITATION BILL RUNS THROUGH OUR BUDGET, OUR AIRPORT RUNS THROUGH OUR BUDGET. AND SO IT REALLY, DOES ADD UP TO A LOT. AND BUDGET IS NOT CASH IN THE BANK. IT IS JUST THE BUDGET AUTHORITY. AND IF CASH DOESN'T MATERIALIZE, THEN IT IS NOT SPENDABLE. SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE THE BASELINE FACTS ABOUT OUR BUDGET. AND I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN YOU BRING UP THAT POINT TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAXES ARE NOWHERE NEAR THIS 393, NOWHERE NEAR. WE'RE IN THAT 50 MILLION RANGE. OKAY. IS THAT FOR WHAT IS OUR PROPERTY TAX INCOME THIS YEAR? YES. SO THE PROPERTY TAX FOR ESTIMATED FOR 20 2027 IS $54,098,846. PRETTY GOOD VALUE. AND MAY OR MAY I ADD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE BUDGET BOOK. IT'S OVER 100 PAGES LONG, BUT ACTUALLY, IF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURE HIGHLIGHTS, THAT'S ON PAGE 29. NOW, IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT PAGE ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING CLEANED UP COSMETICALLY. BUT THEN GO THROUGH THE BOOK BECAUSE EACH DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY LISTS THEIR BUDGET, WHETHER THEY'VE GONE UP, WHETHER THEY'VE GONE DOWN. WE ALSO WAS SOME OF OUR SIGNIFICANT BUDGET PROJECTS AND THINHE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET
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WITH A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, USUALLY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD IDEA JUST TO KIND OF GO THROUGH, FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE BUDGET ITSELF, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE OVERSPENDING, BUT IT'S REALLY CARRY OVER. SO THERE'S LIKE A NEGATIVE REVENUE. YEAH. SO ALL OF THAT IS GOOD TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH. SOME OF OUR LARGER PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS BECAUSE UNLIKE SOME OTHER STATES ON THIS SIDE OF THE COUNTRY, WE DO HAVE A WINDOW OF TIME THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF WORK DONE. AND THEN SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT ABLE TO WITH THE WINTER. SO YEAH. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER, COUNCILMEMBER FRIEDSON, AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER FRANCIS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PROPONENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY INCREASES IN THIS BUDGET, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. IT'S MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. AND I KNOW THIS COUNCIL AGREES WITH ME ON A LOT OF THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING ABOUT $30 MILLION ON POLICE THIS YEAR ALTOGETHER WITH FIRE, EMS AND WILDLIFE. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $33 MILLION. AND AND CONVERSELY, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $13 MILLION ON PARKS. I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WE NEED TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON, ON POLICE AND FIRE.WELL, I AGREE AND WE ARE. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FRANCIS. YEAH. MY COMMENT IS THANKING MUNICIPAL SERVICES FOR THIS BUDGET BOOK. AND REALLY THIS IS REALLY TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC. AND EVEN IF YOU GET SWIMMING WITH NUMBERS, JUST READ THE NARRATIVES BECAUSE EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS EXPLAINED WHERE THEY WERE AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING OR AUTHORIZING THEM TO SPEND. IT'S, IT'S JUST REALLY EASY TO READ THE NARRATIVE AND YOU CAN GET A LOT OUT OF IT. AND YOU SAID IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW, TOMORROW ON THE WEBSITE. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FRANCIS, FOR SAYING THAT BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INPUT FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY FELT LIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY UNDERSTOOD THE BUDGET AND THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO NOT EVERYBODY IS REALLY IS INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT POLICE AND FIRE, THAT'S A VERY POPULAR, TWO DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE MAJORITY OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR POLICE, FIRE AND PARKS AND RECREATION IS USUALLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, 74, 76% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENTS THIS YEAR AND AS WELL AS LAST YEAR, THEY LISTED ALL THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY'VE CURRENTLY COMPLETED WITH THEIR BUDGET, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING AND WHAT THEIR VISION IS BASED ON COUNCIL PRIORITIES FOR NEXT YEAR. SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT BOOK. IT'S EASY TO FOLLOW. I MEAN, IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I DO, BUT IT REALLY IS. AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, TAKES A CHANCE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT BEFORE WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 13TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LARSEN. FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS I WAS ON COUNCIL, I WORKED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT GAVE ME SOME INSIGHT INTO HOW HARD THEY WORK, TRAINING AND DOING IT RIGHT AND BEING TRANSPARENT. SINCE THE FIRST YEAR, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THERE'S A LOT THERE THAT IS SIMILAR IN THAT THEY TRAIN VERY MUCH, THEY WORK HARD AT DOING THEIR JOB. BUT THE THING I WANTED TO BRING OUT WAS THE QUALITY OF EMS. I THINK WE CAN MATCH UP WITH JUST ABOUT ANYBODY IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE IN-HOUSE. THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL UNLESS YOU HAVE TO CALL AND MEET SOME FOLKS, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, PLUS FOR LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, BUT ALSO VERY PROFESSIONAL WHEN THEY COME IN YOUR HOME. COUNCILMEMBER SILVA, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT AS WELL THAT I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THE DIRECTORS HAVE DONE.
AND WHEN I LOOK THROUGH THE BUDGET BOOK, WHICH REALLY IS JUST A, JUST A FABULOUS DOCUMENT THAT THAT REALLY JUST IS A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF HARD WORK. AND AGAIN, OUR MISSION OF TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ALL OF COUNCIL IS ALWAYS KEEPING IN MIND WITH THE IMPACT TO RESIDENTS ARE AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR HOME AS AN ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE OF $375,000, IT'S A $10 A MONTH INCREASE. A $600,000 HOME IS GOING TO HAVE A $17 A MONTH INCREASE. AND I THINK ABOUT THAT. AND ALTHOUGH THAT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, I KNOW THAT EVERY PENNY COUNTS TO A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS. AND I THINK THAT, ALL OF COUNCIL REALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT, BUT I LOOK AT OUR BUDGET BOOK AND I SEE ALL THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH AT THAT NUMBER, AND I SEE ALL THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM FOR THAT NUMBER. AND I THINK THAT IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY. AND I THINK THAT, AND IT'S THE HARD WORK OF THE DIRECTORS WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR PLANS TO UTILIZE TAXPAYER DOLLARS PROPERLY HAVE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO SET US UP FOR SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. I'LL JUST ADD THAT I'LL PUT SPOT ON, BUT I ALSO AM EXCITED
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FOR THE ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD WILL MAKE THIS AN EVEN MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE REPORTABLE. WE'LL HAVE MORE DEPTH TO SEE THE BUDGET, WHICH I THINK WILL BE AMAZING. SO I'M EXCITED IN THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE TENTATIVE 2026 2027 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $393,483,954. AND GIVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND RADFORD I. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I.FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. LEIGH. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA. IT IS 730 AND 93 DEGREES OUTSIDE, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU WILL MISS OUT ON THE HEAT. IT IS STILL LIGHT AND HOT OUTSIDE. TOMORROW NIGHT, COUNCIL. THE
[7. Announcements]
WARBONNET RODEO FOR, DARE TO WEAR PINK. I GOT PINK COWBOY BOOTS THIS YEAR, SO. WENT ALL OUT. SO, WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE WILL START DOWN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RADFORD, FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS HE HAS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. I JUST GOT INFORMATION.I DON'T HAVE HARD NUMBERS BECAUSE MY NUMBER IS NOT THAT GOOD. BUT THIS YEAR THE WARBONNET HAS SEEN MORE PARTICIPANTS, PARTICULARLY IN SOME CERTAIN, EVENTS. I MEAN, THEY REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT. AND SO IF YOU DON'T TEND TO GO TO RODEOS, GIVE IT A SHOT. MY GUESS IS YOU'LL ENJOY IT. TONIGHT IS OPENING NIGHT. LAST NIGHT THEY DID HAVE A FREE FAMILY NIGHT WITH MUTTON BUSTING. I THINK IT WAS AT BUSTIN. I'M NOT SURE. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. LOTS OF FUN FAMILY ACTIVITIES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAZILIAN COUNCIL WON'T BE MEETING BEFORE THIS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUPPORT KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY ANIMALS HEALTHY, YOU CAN SUPPORT THE PINTS AND PURRS EVENT ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH, AT 330 TO 7 IDAHO BREWING COMPANY AND HELP SUPPORT LOW COST SPAY AND NEUTER VOUCHERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS. WELL, WE HAVE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? STARTING AT 7:00 INSTEAD OF 630 FOR A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING, JUST ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND AUGUST 4TH AT TUFTS PARK IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT FOR THE POLICE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THE POLICE CAN AND DO DO, THEY ARE THERE WITH A GOOD SHOW AND WE WILL BE READING A PROCLAMATION, THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY POLICING. VERY GOOD. YEAH. OKAY. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED
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