 In the absence of our mayor, of course, let me welcome each of you to this meeting today. Isn't it good to be alive today? Isn't it good to be in the city of Columbia? Come on, we can do it better than that, right? Thank you all so very, very much. If we could, let us all stand and repeat the pledge of allegiance. I'm going to ask Mr. Howard Devold if he would lead us in our invocation. Mr. Devold. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Let us pray, gracious God, and we thank you for this beautiful day that you have in the city of Columbia. We ask you to watch over and protect those that are in disaster zones such as Puerto Rico, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and other places. Give them protection from the winds and the rains, and make them whole again. We ask you to be with this body today to help us make wise decisions for this capital city, and to be under your supervision always, for whilst in your name I'm in. Amen. Mr. Mayor Pro Tem, will you mind if we call the roll, sir? I'm sorry, Ms. Wilson. Yes, thank you. Yeah, let's do that first. Yes, sir, thank you, sir. All right, you're doing good. Mr. Taylor? Mr. Herbert? Yes. Dr. Bussells? Yes. Mr. Brennan? Present. Mr. McDowell? Yes. Mr. Devold? Aye. Mayor, recommend. Thank you. Thank you. You have the agenda before you. Is there a motion to adopt the agenda? Motion. Is there a second? Yes, sir. Yes, of course. I think the clerk is going, would you make that reference? Well, okay. Just for the record, though, if we would, just for the record. Yes, sir, we'll definitely hold item number 23 until Mayor Rickamon's arrival. Thank you. Thank you. All right. It's before you. There has been, it's been moved in properly second that we adopt the agenda. Are there questions? Yes, sir. I heard the motion by Dr. Bussells. I did. Thank you. Mr. Taylor seconded. Thank you. All right. Madam Clerk, would you call the roll please? Mr. Taylor? Aye. Ms. Herbert? Aye. Dr. Bussells? Yes. Mr. Brennan? Yes. Mr. McDowell? Yes. Mr. Devold? Aye. Thank you. This is a time for those of you who have the agenda before you. If there is input, you'd like to reference that's on the agenda, on the agenda today. If there's any public input reference in the agenda. Seeing none. All right. Is there a motion then to approve the minutes from our last council meeting? Motion to approve. Is there a second? It's been moved and seconded that we approve the, approve the minutes. Madam Clerk, would you call the roll? Mr. Taylor? Aye. Ms. Herbert? Aye. Mr. Brennan? Yes. Mr. McDowell? Yes. Mr. Duvall? Aye. Thank you. Thank you all. Mr. Mayor Pro Tem, I'll do the presentations at this point. Item number two is the National Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation, the Honorable Edward McDowell. Mayor Pro Tem. Thank you. Whereas each year communities across our nation observe National Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the history, culture and contributions of generations of Hispanic Americans whose ancestors came from Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean and Central and South America. And whereas the observations, the observations started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 from September 15th to October 15th due to the fact that this window represents Independence Day in seven Latin American countries, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. And whereas we acknowledge the challenges to obtain equity and opportunities that many Hispanics and minority groups still face in our nation and rededicate ourselves to creating a vibrant and inclusive society where everyone may succeed and give access to the public and to the path of success and prosperity. Now therefore I, Daniel J. Rickman, Mayor of the City of Columbia, South Carolina, do hereby proclaim the month of September 15th through October 15th as Hispanic Heritage Month in the City of Columbia and encourage all citizens of this community to observe and take part in the activities recognizing the contributions of Hispanics to the cultural life of our city, state, nation and rural. Amen. Organizations of course in attendance to receive the Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation, Tanya Rodriguez-Hodges, the Executive Director and Supporting Staff, the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Language Access and Human Trafficking Survivor Coordinator, PASO, Maria Martin, Executive Director, South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs, Alex Tovalt, Hispanic Latino Program Coordinator. Would you all please come forward? Yes ma'am. So thank you so much to City Council and to the excellent acknowledgement of our ever-growing Hispanic Latino population here in South Carolina and in our beautiful Midlands. Columbia is the home of over 17 languages, I mean countries that speak Spanish, and in that we have grown exponentially over the last two decades, bringing our totality closer to 10% and we are one of the fastest growing cities and states that are honored to move to South Carolina because of the ever-lovely temperatures and also the hospitable people of this great state in our wonderful city. So thank you so much on behalf of our nonprofit organization, Latino Communications, our staff and the others that are here today. We simply just wanted to say thank you so very much from the bottom of our hearts for acknowledging our magnificent contributions that we have made to our city. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you for all you do for our city and for this organization. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. Thank you all. Item 3, National Code Compliance Month Proclamation, the Honorable Edward H. McDowell Jr. Mayor Pro Tem. Whereas code enforcement officers provide for the safety and welfare of the citizens throughout the United States through the enforcement of local codes or ordinances, facing various issues of building, zoning, housing, animal control, environmental health, and life, and safety. Whereas code enforcement officers often have a challenging and demanding role and oftentimes do not receive recognition for the job that they do in improving lives and working closely with residents and businesses of local communities. And whereas the American Association of Code Enforcement do recognize and honor code enforcement officers and professionals all across the United States and bring awareness of the importance of code enforcement in the communities of the United States. And whereas the American Association of Code Enforcement was established in 1988 for the purpose of providing ongoing training and support for code enforcement professionals working in the United States. Now therefore I, Daniel J. Rickerman, Mayor of the City of Columbia, along with my fellow members of Columbia City Council do hereby proclaim this day and honor and recognize the month of October 2022 as National Code Enforcement Month. David, would you please come forward? I want my picture made with the code. You notice when Daniel's here, we don't give him the picture. I know. Heads a man of the field. Mr. Hatcher. Thank you, Mayor Pro Temp and City Council. I didn't prepare a presentation, but I do. Do you want to acknowledge that we are humbled by this certificate and we appreciate everything that Council and City Management does for us and we enjoy our job. We enjoy what we do. Thank you. Thank you, David. Mr. Mayor, I think there are several of my colleagues who want to say something to David. Councilwoman Herbert, go ahead. I just wanted to say I am so thankful for the entire team and the patience that you have, particularly with my district and me being new and learning different things. Me and David, I think David, we got a real love thing going on these days. But I appreciate the patience. I appreciate the positive responses that I get from people as well when you all come out and assist them. And so I just want to make sure I say that I am personally thankful and I will continue to help in any way that I can. And y'all keep up the good work. Thank you. Mr. Dwell. I'd like to say to Councilwoman Herbert's remarks, but I'd also like to tell the public that we have something like 117 organized neighborhood groups in the city of Columbia and that large people get to go to a lot of them. And we always have the code enforcement person there. So these people not only do the work during the day, they are out at night at the neighborhood meetings listening to what the neighborhoods have to say about code enforcement and getting a long list of to-dos out of those meetings. And I appreciate the time that you put in, you all put in for code enforcement for the city. Thank you. Dr. Bussells. I just wanted to echo that your work is incredibly important in making sure that our city represents what we value, which is a city that's vibrant and safe. And I just want to thank you all for being willing to be flexible with this new Council and working really hard to address some of the challenges that we hear from our constituents and just know that we really appreciate and notice the hard work that your team is doing. Thank you so much, David. Thank you. Your work. Where are all the officers? Oh, they got to get back to work. I can't do this without them. Look, you are my best friend. And of course, I'm sure all of us around this day know that code enforcement not only helps residents within our city, but also helps each one of us to understand some of the codes and some of the violations, helping folk to get through some of the things that they ask. And we are thankful for you and for your leadership. Thank you so much, sir. Thank you. Yes, sir. Thank you, Council. And thank you, David, and the whole team. You know how much we appreciate you. Item four, the National Community Planning Month Proclamation, the Honorable Edward H. McDowell Jr. Mayor Pro Tem. Whereas change is constant and affect all cities, towns, suburbs, counties, boroughs, townships, rural areas, and other places. And whereas community planning and plans can help manage this change in a way that provides better choices for how people work and live. And whereas the month of October is designed as National Community Planning Month through the United States of America and its territories. And whereas the celebration of National Community Planning Month gives us an opportunity to publicly recognize the participation and dedication of the members of the Planning Commission and other citizens planning who have contributed their time and expertise to the improvement of the City of Columbia. And whereas we recognize the many valuable contributions made by professional community and regional planners of the City of Columbia and extend our heartfelt thanks for the continued commitment to public service by these professionals. Therefore, I, Daniel J. Rickerman, Mayor of the City of Columbia, South Carolina, along with my fellow council members of Columbia, do hereby proclaim the month of October 2022 as Community Planning Month in the City of Columbia in conjunction with the celebration of National Community Planning Month. Christa, you going to come? Who else is going to come, Christa? This is Daniel. You know I came to the council meeting. So just a quick thank you for this recognition. We are a small but mighty staff. I would encourage you to look at our recent annual report to show what this staff has done. The accomplishments are remarkable. Between annexation, bike pad, historic preservation, you name it. We're doing it with these wonderful folks. So thank you very much for the recognition. Thank you, Christa. Mr. Brelin. Yeah, Christa, I just wanted to say, Christa, to your team. Not just a busy year. How about a busy two, three, four years? Columbia Compass, everything that you've done to take us to the path to grow this city in a smart way. And I want to say thank you to your staff for that. You know, explaining, zoning, ordinances, planning, it's tough to do it via email. So thank you for carving out time to meet with all of us individually. And I know as new council members come on board, that is a fresh tutorial to learn everything that you do day in and day out. So we're very appreciative of everything you've done and where we're going with your vision. So thank you so much. Ms. Herbert. I was just going to say, you know, I got my, I think my first experience with the city of Columbia was DDRC. And so I started learning all of these things that I knew nothing about. And so I love watching the group and the things that I've learned and how you all plan what so well and help us preserve. That's always been the interesting thing. Historical homes and businesses and so forth. So I'm just glad to see you all and see some familiar faces that have been here since way back when. I won't say when that was, but way back when. Mr. DeVall, I'd like to echo what my comrades have said, but I'd also like to add that we should have had this in the opposite order. We should have had the community planning department before we had the code enforcement because it's the planning that lays the groundwork of a beautiful city and it's the code that keeps it beautiful. So thank you for what you do on your half of the process and your wonderful staff, all the things they do. Chris, thank you very, very much, especially when you get a frantic call from me calling you thinking about something and you are in your own way very calm and collected. Thank you so much. So in my frenzy to try to get a question answered, you answer those things. Thank you and your team for being who you are and who you are. Thank you very much. Thank you. We appreciate you, Chris, and the whole team. Moving forward, Mr. Mayor Pro Tem. There are no more presentations. Well, you know, I wasn't going to say that. You really know how to pull off these photo ops with your colleagues. But we hadn't done that in a long time. I see. I'll have to tell the mayor. Thank you, team. Thank you. I'm sorry. Yes, we are at the point for the consent agenda items 5 through 22. All right. I move approval of the consent agenda items 5 through 22. Is there a second? You moved and seconded that we approve agenda items consent calendar 5 through 22. Are there any questions? I'd just like to make a comment and thank the staff for item number five, identifying ways in which we can allow the water staff to benefit from some of the services that the nonprofit provides. And so I appreciate y'all making those connections and helping make it very clear why this is being funded in the way that it is. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Thank you for bringing that our attention to Dr. Bussells. All right. The clerk called the roll. Mr. Taylor. Ms. Herbert. Aye. Dr. Bussells. Aye. Mr. Brennan. Yes. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Thank you. Ms. Herbert also had those ideas for the staff. Thank you both ladies. Item 23, we're holding. We're going to defer that until the mayor gets here. Yes, sir. All right. And so the second ordinance for second reading is item 24. Ordinance number 2022-012, a 15th supplemental ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of City of Columbia, South Carolina water works and sewer system revenue bonds and one or more series in the aggregate principal amount of not exceeding $85 million in order to finance various capital projects and improvements to the system. Any necessary debt service reserves, capitalized interest and issuance costs, authorizing the mayor, the city manager, and the assistant city manager for finance and economic services, or any two of them acting together to determine certain matters with respect to the bonds, prescribing the form and details of such bonds and other matters relating thereto. This first reading approval was given on March the 1st, 2022, and our CFO and assistant city manager, Mr. Jeff Palin, has sent council the backup information to refresh your memory on the purpose of why this second reading is coming forward now. We've also, as requested, included the attorney estimated costs for the issuance as listed for the Cobon Council and Tax Council, Burr-Forman, Michael Season, Ryan Gentry, John Nason, and Jeff Allen at $197,500. Okay, item number 24 is before you. I move approval of item 24 to the amount of $85 million in order to finance this second reading. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Item number 24 is before you. I move approval of item 24 to the amount of $85 million for water sewer bonds. All right. Is there a second? Second. Second. All right. It's been moved and seconded. Item number 24. Are there further questions? If not, clerk, Mr. Clerk, would you call the roll? Yes, sir. Mr. Taylor. Aye. Ms. Herbert. Dr. Bussells. Aye. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Yes. All right. Madam City Manager. Yes, sir. Thank you. Ordinance is first reading. Item 25 is ordinance number 20202082 amending the 1998 code of ordinances of the City of Columbia, South Carolina, Chapter 11, licenses, permits, and miscellaneous business regulations to add Article 13 purveyors of cannabis products. This item has come forward from the Economic and Community Development Committee with a recommendation for approval. It's Public Safety Committee. I'm sorry. It should have been the Public Safety Committee. My apologies. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Yes, sir. Item 26 should also be Public Safety Committee recommendation as well. Yeah, both are. Yeah, both 25 and 26 are Public Safety. Mr. Mayor for a 10. Yes, sir. I move approval of item 26. And I'll ask Mr. Taylor to explain the purpose of this particular ordinance. Thank you, Mr. Duvall. What we're doing here is an ordinance that requires the sellers of THC and cannabis products to post warning signs equal to 50% of the size of the signs selling the product, warning the consumers that this product may possibly cause you to fail a workplace drug test. We're just saying tragedy after tragedy because these are legal products with unintended consequences of people failing drug tests, losing their jobs. It's a detriment to employers who are losing good employees over this. And I just think it's our duty as citizens to warn our folks that there's a downside to be wary of when you consume this. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any questions if anybody has? Let me get it. Before we go any further, you did move that didn't you have it? That was not a second. Or did I? I didn't hear it. It sounded like he moved item 26. You may have meant 25. But if you could just restate the motion, that would be helpful. I move approval of item number 25, which is the cannabis products signs. Second. Thank you. Title over second. Okay. Thank you. It's been moved and seconded. Are there, is there any further conversation, questions? Thank you, Ms. Taylor, for that. Any other questions? All right. If you would approve that. Madam Clerk, would you call the roll? Yes, sir. Mr. Taylor. Aye. Ms. Herbert. Aye. Dr. Bussell. Aye. Mr. Brennan. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Item 26, under resolutions. Resolution number R-2020-074. Resolving to consider ordinance number 2020-081. Amending the 1998 code of ordinances, chapter 17. Unified development ordinance, article four, use regulations. Section 17, 4.2. Principal uses to add provisions governing smoke or vape shops. And article nine, definitions and measurements to add definitions concerning smoke or vape shops and setting and advertising to the public, the date of a public hearing on this ordinance and referring this ordinance to the Planning Commission for its consideration and invoking the pending ordinance doctrine with respect to this ordinance. Again, this resolution is coming forth out of the public safety committee recommended for approval. Mr. General. Mr. Mayor Pro Tem, you will note that this is a resolution instead of an ordinance. The reason that is, is that the change that will be made to implement the restriction on the location of vape shops and others that are covered by this particular ordinance has to be part of the zoning laws. And it goes through the Planning Commission. So we're asking you to approve this resolution 2020-074 today and we will invoke what they call the Pending Ordinance Doctrine. In other words, once we pass this resolution today, our staff will be instructed not to do anything that will be against this particular ordinance when it is finally passed. It's a pending ordinance. In other words, the will of the council is that these shops fall under the ordinance as it comes back to us from the Planning Commission. And I move adoption of resolution 074. Is there a second? Second. Alright, you've been moved and seconded. Are there any other questions? Now Howard, just one observation. Does this come back to the Public Safety Committee or does it come back to the council? It'll come back to council as a recommendation from the Planning Commission. Alright, okay. Any other observations? Any other questions? And McCleary, if you would, call the roll. Sir, Mr. Taylor. Aye. Ms. Herbert. Aye. Dr. Bussells. Aye. Mr. Brennan. Yes. Mr. McAllen. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Thank you. Resolution number R-202-083, approving the planting of a tree and placement of a plaque at the southwest corner of the South Carolina Crime Victims Memorial Garden and Path of Remembrance in the riverfront park south parking lot in remembrance of Officer Roy Andrew Drew Barr Jr. Motion to approve. Second. They're moved and seconded. Are there further questions? If not, Madam Clerk, would you call the roll? Mr. Taylor. Aye. Ms. Herbert. Aye. Dr. Bussells. Aye. Mr. Brennan. Yes. A bit resolutions item 28, resolution number 2022-051, authorizing consumption of beer and wine beverages only at the South Carolina Pride Festival on Friday, October the 14th, 2022, and Saturday, October the 15th, 2022. Motion to approve. Is it? All right. It's been moved and seconded. Are there further questions? If not, Madam Clerk, would you call the roll? Mr. Taylor. Aye. Ms. Herbert. Aye. Dr. Bussells. Aye. Mr. Brennan. Yes. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Thank you. Public comment on a road closure. Again, this item 29, the closure of Balling Springs Court is simply for City Council to receive public comment on the closing of this property with no further action taken at this time. So this item is to hear from the public. There has not been, will not be a vote taken referencing the closing of this street, this court. What we're hearing today and what we want to hear today is input from the public. Are there persons here that would like to speak? Referencing the closing of spring court. Hearing none. No one signed in to speak. All right. Hearing none. Ms. Wilson, if you would proceed. Yes, sir. I wanted to do the city manager's report, Mr. Mayor Pro Tem, when Mayor Rickerman was here, but I can go ahead and proceed if you would prefer. Would you like to hold? Unless you all have any other committee referrals, reports, or new business you'd like to take up. Would you all like to hold it until the mayor gets here? I understand he'll be here shortly. It really does lead into items 31 through 35, though. So for the sake of time, I mean, he's aware, and if you prefer for me to continue, I can. Okay. All right. We're comfortable with that? Let's go with that, Ms. Wilson. Okay, sure. I'm going to have our general services director, Mr. Kelvin Keesler, join me for the manager's report point today for the report. I wanted today to take some particular time with all of the great work that's been going on with our new initiative program, the Rapid Shelter Columbia to give council a little bit more detail during Dr. Bussell's as the chairwoman of the Task Force to prevent an in-homelessness, the last task force meeting. We shared some of these slides and I wanted to make sure I shared them with all of council. I think they've even been updated since then, Kelvin. I really just have to say publicly, I don't know, after all these years, I'm still sometimes amazed by our staff. They, the talent and the skill sets on the City of Columbia's team, it's really quite remarkable. And I think you'll agree with me when you see some of these pictures, what we've been able to do in just a matter of very few weeks, as you all know, with the transformational decision you made to move forward with Rapid Shelter Columbia. So with that, the first slide is just a discussion outline slide. We're going to take you through a few views of the construction update in advance one, Kelvin. And then we'll go through a program update, which is just a brief slide or two on staffing, partner contracts for our operations and wraparound services. And then I'll talk a little bit about next steps to include operating guidelines and establishing program goals short-term and long-term. But again, I will hand off to Kelvin. I think this is a great opportunity too for our public to begin to see the transformation of and what we're working towards in Rapid Shelter Columbia. So you all know the history of the pallet shelters with the pallet shelter organization we're working with. And Kelvin's just given you another photo of that, which we have shared with the council previously, but for the public's benefit. Kelvin. Good afternoon, Mayor Pro Tem City Council. Ms. Wilson, thank you for letting us come here and talk about pallet shelters and what we're doing at the emergency shelter site. So on September 7th, we had the press conference on site, which kick-started our shelter process. We started site clearing right after that press conference. On September 7th and 8th, our public works group, like Ms. Wilson said, we worked with some of the best here at the City of Columbia. We had the site cleared. And in my opinion, record time. Kevin, could you stop for just one second? One or two of us doesn't have... You got it on yours. You have it on yours too. Here you go. Oh, the iPads. Yeah, the iPad. You're very technical. Okay. Does everyone have this on your iPads? We got it down there soon. Thank you. All right, Kevin, I'm sorry. So on September 12th, we completed the site clearing there at the shelter. If you can advance the next slide. One more. Yeah, one more please. So on September 13th, we started grading the site to get it ready for all the underground work that had to take place. Advance the slide, please. On September 12th, we had Dominion on site putting in our electrical service and setting the new transformer. That's a picture to the far right. Then on September 19th, we were rough-graded the site. We had the gutter installation going on the side of the building and storm drain work on September the 20th. September 22nd, we've completed the storm drain and we have the electrical service installed. And then on September 29th, before Hurricane Ian, we were able to get the electrical in place and we had Dominion back on site and we were able to get the meters installed as well prior to Hurricane Ian arriving. And that was really critical for us. We were a little afraid that Dominion would have gotten pulled away, so we wanted to make sure we got them out there on site and got that taken care of. Next slide. As you're familiar, this is the pallet shelter site. This is located at 191 Calhoun. Next slide, please. So our construction schedule is as follows. We have September 7th with the press conference. We had the site clearing. September 19th through the 15th, we completed our engineering drawings and storm drainage plan. September 12th through the 14th, we'll be completing the site grading storm drain installation and electrical installation and moving right along into the Dominion energy that being completed on September 13th. September 7th, the site preparation work will be complete. We'll have sidewalk installation, which will start next Monday, October 10th through the 17th. Followed right behind that will be some artificial turf that we'll be putting down between these shelters so we don't keep the weeds and all that down. It'll be easy cleanup and help us with drainage as well at the site. Then on October 24th through the 28th, we'll have pallet shelters arriving here on site. With the anchoring and the electrical connections to those shelters, October 26th through the 28th, with a tentative opening of November 1st for our Rapid Shelter Columbia. Next slide, please. So this is a look at when pallet arrives. Their staff are going to arrive October 23rd. They'll arrive in Columbia, South Carolina. They'll have October 24th. The units will arrive here at 191 Calhoun, and they'll start the unloading process. They'll also have staff prepared to train approximately six to eight lead individuals. These lead individuals will lead like small crews that will be installing these shelters. On October 25th, the team leaders will supervise a crew of between four to five volunteers and will be installing shelters. They'll continue that work on October 26th, and on October 26th, we'll also start the anchoring and installation of the electrical components here. On October 27th, we'll have the final installation items that's completing the inside of the units, making sure all anchoring systems are tied down, all the electrical equipment is completed, and we'll again continue and finalize that on October 28th. Does Council have any questions while Kelvin is still up regarding the construction timeline? We have made a formal request for volunteers, a very formidable partner we have here in Columbia, so I'll wait until they are able to formally accept, but it takes about an hour with using this structure with four to five volunteers with each crew to put together a unit, and so we're very hopeful that this is going to get done in record time. Yes, sir. Ms. Wilson, very nice job, and I think you've communicated to me, but I just want to confirm that our camera system that we use city-wide will it be in place on the entranceways and things like that? I just think that's very reassuring for the public. Absolutely. Yes, thank you for that reminder, Mr. Taylor. I did want us to mention that. Kelvin, do you want to speak to the 29 cameras or so that we're putting down there? Yes, so we got 26 cameras that are planned. We have three additional that will probably go back and add based on police's recommendation, so it will be 29 total cameras is what we're looking at on the site. That will be inside of the buildings, not inside the pallet shelters, but inside 191, the overflow shelter units, and the rest of the cameras will be outside. We met with the fiber installation folks today. They're actually running those lines down there for us, so we'll have all that in place by November 1st. Where will the fiber terminate? It's going to terminate at 191 Calphe, right in front of the building. We have a pedestal right out front. Let me ask it the other way. Who do you hook to on the fiber? We had some extra fiber at the canal water treatment plant. We're going to pull that fiber back and pull it over, so it'll be on city. Any other questions? Part of our conversation, I think Mr. Taylor raised that issue, and that was the cameras and how important that is as we continue this journey. Making sure that that is locked down. I mean, it's going to be a very critical part of what that pallet community is going to look like and what the advantage is that we could have with a real good camera system and have pointed in the right direction. Absolutely. We worked with Director Tinsley and with Police Department as far as location of cameras. We're also adding sight lighting as well in this location, so we'll have a lot of light there on site. And again, 29 cameras is what we're looking at. Speaking of which, we're putting street lights and we're going to light it up down that access road. Currently, there's the minion lights there now. There's a few that are not working. We're going to make contact with those to get those in place, but we're going to have lighting on our site as well. And off of our buildings. And we'll be able to monitor the cameras. I think as Mr. Taylor was making that point about our new system, so the cameras will be able to be monitored from the EOC. Of course, we are also, I'll talk about this while I'll just say it now, for a security management standpoint, the Chief and his team are finishing up interviews with three vendors, so we'll have a specific contract for security services that will come before council probably on October 18th. But definitely putting an emphasis on security and safety and lighting, it's very important. Thank you, Kelvin. I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all in terms of how aggressively you've been able to get some of this started and excited to see it come to light. City Manager Wilson, I have a question about November 1st. I know that is the day. And as you know, we're already getting questions about ways in which to sign up or engage with the shelters. When the time is appropriate, is that something that you all can share? I'm assuming it'll align with the folks that we're hiring. Yes, ma'am, exactly. And so I'll just go into that and we can advance to the next slide. The three positions that are being recruited, but you all have previously referred to as the czar and we formally named the Director of Homeless Services, the Homeless Services Project Manager and the Homeless Services Program Specialist. And we have already begun interviewing for these candidates this week very rapidly, aggressively, but lots of great interest, lots of great candidates. We are finishing up that process this week for the Director of the Project Manager. And I look forward to bringing them on board very, very soon, leading up to November 1st. Part of their responsibilities will be to assist with establishing guidelines for Rapid Shelter Columbia rules, regulations, dignity standards that we will have to follow and we will have expectations that the individuals we serve are here to. And as part of that process, what I've learned as we've been working on this and I sent you all an email in this regard, this isn't a situation where we can flip a switch and we're going it alone. It was never intended to be that. But what it is, is the city now being in a position of making sure we are holding ourselves accountable and the providers that we work with for making sure we can address the outcomes and strategies that council has outlined when it comes to the unsheltered population in particular. And I think what has become apparent to me that while we had a very capable third party who was working as a coordinator for homeless services for the city doing a good job, we as the city proper had not been immersed and we needed to sort of remove that middle man so to speak. And so it's been a lot of work. We're learning a lot of things, but I think there's been some issues of capacity for some of our providers, the street outreach, the after hours issues, the fact that we've needed more individuals really. We just needed to ramp up this situation. This rapid shelter in the pods is just a tool in the toolbox. Nobody's saying it's going to solve every problem. It's another tool for some of the individuals who maybe have not done well with the congregate setting. So this non-congregate setting will be in place where we traditionally have the Inclement Weather Center. We'll have that operating 365 days a week. Yes, Dr. Bussells will be finalizing how we identify candidates. I don't anticipate we'll have all 50 pods on November 1st filled. I think that would be very ambitious, but I do anticipate that we'll have several filled and we're working with transitions and the other providers to help us identify those individuals that would do well out the gate to get a pod. And so once we get the director on board and the project specialist, they'll be working hand in hand with our providers to identify those folks. It's not... I wouldn't sit here and say that we're soliciting people to give us feedback. I think we know this population and we know who we're going to be seeking as good candidates to possibly have a pod. In addition, the overflow, which is the, as Kelvin showed you a minute ago, where the traditional Inclement Weather Center has been housed, those butler buildings will still be used the same way for the Inclement Weather Nights when it's 40 degrees or below, then that facility will be open for individuals in need to come there. And that's how we think we need to start and how we have worked with transition staff and other providers. We want to make sure that their locations are still utilized as well. And we want to make sure that the 50 individuals or so that we're rolling through the pods are getting that wraparound services so we can move them into a more permanent situation. It would be very difficult to do that and at the same time have the overflow center stay long. You don't want to have that kind of mix of environment behaviors while you're trying to make a lot of positive progress with those individuals with some intensive case management. The other thing I was going to say because this leads into the contracts that are on your agenda is that we have needed to, for continuity of services and honestly we're talking about three shifts of house managers, house assistants, shift workers that transitions as always used to operate the overflow center. We still need them to do that. We need to replicate that same amount of staff they're about to also operate on the pod side. So we've been working with them to make sure we are staffed up and there is a population of people who have the skill set to do this and they've traditionally done that and they've traditionally been contracted through transitions and so we want to utilize and make sure we're able to still get these individuals to come and work on both sides of Rapid Shelter Columbia. So all of that has been going on. We're sorting it all out. We are utilizing them to help us hire through contractual arrangements, case managers that will be there every day for the Rapid Shelter pod side and we're utilizing them to also thank you, work with us to hire the staff as I mentioned, case managers, house managers, house assistants for both the pods and the overflow piece. So it's quite a lot of activity to get all of these folks staffed 24 hours a day three different shifts but that's what we're working on right now. Trying to think of Pam or Missy if I'm missing anything because there's a lot of moving parts. We'll then begin to use our three staff persons at the top to also begin to schedule clinicians and providers to be on site during the day so that we are bringing the services to the individuals that will be there all the time at the pods. Salvation Army doing the meals still that was what they've always done so it's just again the city is now going direct with these providers versus having a middle person doing this for us and it's been enlightening I must say it's been very interesting very enlightening to understand on a deeper level what all is involved here. We need to bring transportation services back as well but the comment has already committed that they'll continue to provide that service. Mr. Mayor Protein. Mr. Duvall. Madame City Manager I've had a few calls about the pods I think there's a misconception that this will be their house for as long as they want to stay there the theory that we're using is it'll be a temporary house until we can get the wrap around services to get them into a school permanent program. Yes sir, that's exactly right and I do think that going into this I probably myself thought within a week to 14 days we'd be able to move individuals that might be a bit ambitious because as you all are also working on and Councilwoman Herbert is leading the effort with affordable housing task force and the providers have reaffirmed this there's just not the housing stock at the affordable retainable rate for some of these individuals there's a lot to this you've got to make sure that they have stable jobs to be able to then get housing that is permanent so one of the other approaches we're looking at again through transitions they have a tiered approach where they move people to a more permanent type arrangement at transitions some of them may be better candidates because they're about to move into they may have gotten a job and so if we need to sort of move someone from a pod to the second or third tiered transitions or vice versa we've been looking at how that might work but yes or you're exactly right it is not meant to be permanent it is meant though that we want to move people when they're in a good place to be moved so that we try to stop the cycle 50 people at a time so to speak and we think as you know a lot of it's going to be trial and error I don't want anyone to think this is like magic and we've figured it all out but it is a good valiant effort to try to do something a little bit differently see if we can move people and meet them where they are and particularly they're good candidates for not being in that congregate environment but it's probably more like 30 days to 45 days maybe for some before they're able to find a permanent spot Ms. Wilson just to clarify something because I want to make sure I didn't have a misunderstanding I think you touched on at the end one of the reasons we're doing the pods is because a lot of this came out of dealing with our chronic unsheltered homeless that would refuse to go into a dormitory type deal so I'm going to guess that our first priority on the pods or to get those people it was the police department's described me one time and I thought it was pretty good description that we have somewhere 800 homeless folks in Columbia 200 are unsheltered 50 cause the vast majority of the issues this really I thought the concept was to make sure Mr. Vowell it's not that so people understand that it's a new home it's a place for us to get that person that's causing the issues on the street off the street until we can get them to the whether it's mental health, drug services or whatever is that correct? I just want to make sure that is correct obviously Mr. Taylor some folks depending on what kind of problems they're causing on the street we don't also want them to cause them at the pods and so there's going to be a balance we have to strike about identifying the people who are going to be successful in the pods and those are some of the things that we've been working through so to the point made earlier about who may get a pod coming out the gate yet we know the people that we're targeting to get them and who would be successful there let me take into discussion one step further today many times when our police officers encounter a homeless person on the street whether or not they're disruptive or just dealing with issues it seems like if it's after five Saturday or Sunday our officers basically only have two choices walk on or I'll take you to jail alright the purpose of what we're doing here is to remove the walk on option it's rapid housing or incarceration I mean it gives us the opportunity to no longer leave folks facing issues on the street I just want to make sure that we're always reserving the back and I realize this is an operational question down the road it doesn't need to be answered today but I just want to be on the record and I hope we always have reserved you know an X number of there is our perfect thank you ma'am I will get into the details of that but yes sir that has definitely been addressed but there's a lot there's a lot of things we've got to work out no question about that and I think the prevailing question that I've received and I think my colleagues have probably probably got similar questions and that question is are we providing permanent housing and the thing that I've said and I think the colleagues have also said that no this is not permanent housing this is a step towards getting better and out of that comes a new journey somewhere else so I think I think while there are numerous and various things that we need to do primarily and most importantly those issues that whether it's I mean the whole nine yards there's a lot of questions and a lot of concerns that we just need to and make sure that they are fleshed out in such a way that it happens yes sir absolutely and you know I'll take this opportunity too on the record to um implore I know councilman Brennan has had some conversations that we continue the conversations with department of mental health the crisis stabilization unit I've mentioned that multiple times when we've had these conversations that's a very it's another key aspect because some individuals also need that immediate attention and so to have that unit to have this effort going on I think you really start making some progress here moving forward once we start standing up these various tools in our tool box so we're looking forward to seeing that um stabilization unit in the midlands get stood up as well I had a question as Wilson um I guess in the next three to six months I know that we're looking at the rapid shelter Columbia site will be open 24 seven or starting November the first is the goal to launch that that part with the pods yes ma'am that would be the 24 seven um rapid shelter component simultaneously from November 1st through I think the end of March or maybe it's March 1st um we would have the overflow for the inclement weather nights so any night that it's 40 degrees or below starting November 1st as well. Okay and so I'm just curious um just so I'm clear what kind of activities do you anticipate will be going on during the daytime throughout this and especially in the beginning of the process because I'm trying to figure out um our folks who are using the pods so they get to stay there 24 seven or do they you know come and go or what kind of structure do you look to see with that. So just as soon as I possibly can get these individuals hired we're starting those conversations already but that would that's going to be one of the tasks is that they're going to be scheduling for example we need to have the DMV come one day Department of Veterans Affairs um you know different health services mental health counselors all the different wraparound services we will schedule certain days it's the thought process and we're looking at other um cities that have done this the pallet shelter is recommended as well but again that was why it was so key for us to keep a certain amount of continuity with our providers we need them we need all of them to work with us through this and be able to now come to this one location where these individuals are and we schedule the time on certain days of the week and we'll get in a good rhythm we haven't worked all of those details out yet what that looks like for um you know we obviously not keeping any holding anybody captive but we will have rules and regulations about when people you know must be back in place because we also have to organize dinner service and breakfast service overflow individuals on that night that is um working in the Salvation Army as well equipped to do this we've talked about it so we're literally in the weeds right now you know breakfast will be served for overflow at this time breakfast will be served for the pods folks who are living on site at you know staggered times then we'll have lunch just for individuals in the pods and all the other activities with the service providers will be going on during the day and then we'll have dinner staggered for those individuals coming for inclement weather night and a set time for those in the pods you know I don't know if Kelvin pointed it out that they're looking at a communal area as well um where the folks in the pods would be able to gather you know have activities um recreational type things to do so um we're trying to get it all done ma'am miss Wilson how doable would it be as we continue this journey and push forward for the general public to have is that could there perhaps be a question an answer something that the general public wants for an example when would breakfast be served low hanging fruit kind of question yes sir that might give the general public a better view and a better understanding of what Rapid Shelter is all about well I think some FAQs that we get posed facts about the Rapid Shelter Columbia now you all who work with me the longest know I like to wait till we really have it more um you know concrete and detail I know a lot of it's still going to be fluid but you're exactly right I think we can put that out I know that um Dr. Bussells is working with the task force on the strategies and outcomes so I think that's another great document that'll be posted so I envision us having a prominent place on the website where we can post these different things we're also working on a database we've had lots of individuals asking you know to volunteer to drop off welcome packages and baskets and food and all of that is appreciated and welcome we're just not quite at the point to receive on it yet but we want to have a place where people can um we can capture those individuals who want to assist but when that time comes absolutely with the help of Dr. Bussells and other members perhaps of the task force and of course our colleagues to sort of put together that kind of document to help clarify what this whole what rapid shelter is all about. Yes I'm glad you're saying that I mean two of the things that I keep getting and people don't mean anything by it but referring to them as tiny homes and we're trying not to refer to them as that because that's not really what it is I know it looks similar but it is not meant to be a permanent home it's a pod that is definitely dignified and provides all the safe secure and necessary things for an individual um and I think there's another misconception oh about the 40 degrees or below per night is when the overflow kicks in on those particular nights. Mayor can I um so as you were talking and this is very helpful I think one of the things we should put on our list of things to discuss with the new staff members is making sure that we have infrastructure or some sort of in incentive structure built in place so that those experiencing homelessness chronically know that this is not a permanent solution right um and that requires placing a little bit of trust and fresher on our provider partners but also um you know something that I think city council can certainly help with is making sure that our state and regional partners buy into this program as well so I will be asking all of my colleagues to um help me in advocating for some of these pieces to make sure we can really keep this what it is which is it is a rapid short-term solution for a long-term problem so just thinking through some of those things because it sounds like it's going to be a amazing environment um that's really focused on being trauma informed and with a dignity involved and I could see why folks would be like I like it I don't want to leave and there's so many people we have to serve so really thinking about different triaging and um thinking about ways in which we can leverage existing and um providers and programs I think will be really important and we can go back to some of the ideas that the task force uh produced and then as I was looking at the um the staffing and thinking about this as a whole I know this may not be the right time but I would love if down the road we could have the economic and community development uh committee look at really look closely at some of our CDBG drawlers that are focused on homelessness because I'd like for us to eventually have some of those dollars support this work um and so that it's not all coming out of our general fund right because there's lots of different priorities and so I'd like to refer that discussion um as you know we we get a rapid shelter off the ground to explore next budget cycle what some of that funding would look like and what would be appropriate absolutely I couldn't agree more doctor bustles okay thank you so much we'll keep updating you all thank you for the support welcome mayor I don't know if there are other committee referrals reports we noted doctor bustles referral there and then item 36 um is the public safety committee September 27th 2022 report the honorable howardie default the public safety committee do you have a report sir we do okay we have we have one item that we would like to report back up to the council for the next meeting of the council that's that's the fireworks ordinance we have reviewed the fireworks ordinance and we think it's ready for prime time so if you would get with legal and get a copy of that for our next council meeting could you just briefly summarize what that is the fireworks ordinance is patterned after the ordinance that um britchton county is um looking at also I think we're a little bit further along than they are mainly it says hours uh that you are permitted to have fireworks uh use fireworks in the city okay miss wilson did you want to finish the committee things and then go back to the vote or I can do that now I'm sorry that was my fault I was on such a roll there with rapid shelter columbia update we do need and I absolutely need for you approve the can or consider approval of consideration of agreements for rapid shelter columbia item 31 council is asked to ratify an emergency procurement and approve a master product and services agreement for rapid shelter columbia motion to move Mr. Taylor Mr. Herbert Mr. Brennan Mr. Duvall Mayor rickman item 32 resolution number r202287 ratifying and authorizing the city manager to execute a professional services agreement for the housing first program between the city of columbia and the University of South Carolina for fiscal year 2022-2023 motion to approve second Mr. Taylor Mr. Herbert Mr. Brennan Mr. McDowell Mr. Duvall item 33 resolution number r202288 authorizing the city manager to execute a professional services agreement for the rapid shelter columbia and overflow program between city of columbia motion and a second any discussion seeing none hearing none Mr. Clark could you read the roll Mr. Taylor Mr. Herbert Dr. Bussles Mr. Brennan Mr. McDowell Mr. Duvall Mr. Rickman item 35 resolution number r202278 authorizing the city manager to execute a professional services agreement for the rapid shelter and overflow program between the city of columbia and the midlands housing alliance for fiscal year 2022-2023 motion to approve second there's a motion there's a second no discussion Madam Clark could you read the roll Mr. Taylor r202278 authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement between the city of columbia and the midlands housing alliance in the 2025 main street for fiscal year 2022-2023 motion to approve second yes sir Mr. Taylor this is 2025 main street I just want to clarify that's the that's transitions this is transitions $325,000 contract or is that something else for the city operations and that does include a lot new language about securing correct I just want to affirm that yes sir for guests here yes sir absolutely it includes additional language ensuring that the perimeter is monitored with security monitored and prevent laudering etc yes prevent laudering yes sir we ask the chief himself the language and yes sir absolutely it also includes for the public's knowledge that we have asked for transitions to submit the dollar amounts that other regional governments are giving them to get a better idea and that they will you know put in a good faith effort to secure funding from lexington and some neighboring entities as well we have a motion in a second any more further discussion seeing none hearing none madam clerk do you read the roll Mr. Taylor Mr. Herbert Mr. Brunnan Mr. Duvall thank you thank you all for your attention of these matters and I don't know if there are any additional referrals committee referrals reports or new business I did have a referral if there are no reports for the economic and community development committee wanted to refer to items creative options for food insecurity and then the other one would be a report and I don't know if they'll be able to do it by the next meeting but community development and the development corpse specifically what they're doing with housing and what the goals are for this current year from community development and the development corporations councilwoman yes ma'am and we have the additional item from Dr. Bussells regarding just following up on HUD funding for rapid shelter as we go through the budget process item 23 yes sir we did want to mention I think we were asked to link the economic development annual plan which was linked to the agenda for the public's consumption as requested there are no other reports or new business moving back to item 23 this is an ordinance second reading an amendment to the unified development ordinance off street parking standards as listed you want me to read all of it no ma'am is there a motion is there a second a motion second any further discussion hearing none seen ma'am clerk could you read the roll Mr. Taylor Mr. Herbert Dr. Bussells I Mr. Brennan Mr. McDowell Mr. Duvall no I thank you sir and Mr. Mayor we are now at the public input Mayor we have Ms. Diane Wiley followed by Susan McPherson who have signed in to speak Ms. Wiley good evening yes ma'am that's what happens when I try to put something on the schedule and not do it through Ms. Belt and I end up being in two places at the same time I just want to thank everybody for being here today and to the city manager and council and the mayor we have an harvest time pop-up shop at Gunners Chapel Baptist Church in the Belvedere community 1631 Wendover Drive October the 29th 2022 at 12 to 5 we have for our kids food vendors bouncer house games and fellowship trying to keep our neighborhood intact and I want all the other comments with you thank you just come in every now and then but my issue is today is I want to thank chief and chef lot he's not here and Mr. McDowell all the policemen especially Lieutenant Ham for helping us last Saturday we had two about the property 3602 Thurmond Street we had two groups of people having cookouts one was all the way from Rock Hill how they get down here they was going to party did you invite them I stayed out there from 130 to 830 Mr. McDowell came and I want to thank all the officers that came every hour on the hour I was blowing up the phone they was playing on having them a good time but it didn't happen it was quiet I called the school district they said that property is not theirs it says you all but we need cameras I'm serious now Mr. McDowell was out there wasn't you Mr. McDowell yes sir I'm a lady I was there but they were getting ready to have a good time that night so Lieutenant Ham went back out there at 10 o'clock they were leaving but we were having serious problems we had 159 calls on that property last month that shouldn't be happening they reported that in our neighborhood meeting but if nothing don't be done I will call I told the neighbors call call call call cause you're going to get tired of calling we need cameras out there they having sex they selling drugs the homeless people out there man sleeping in the little house he come out there late and the school is right there that's every day so we need help but the school district I talked to Mr. Perkins and Mr. Brown and they said that it was you all property well I'm glad to know that now that we've clarified that for the public record that's very helpful for us yes but we need help yes I started to call you too next time I will Miss Wiley I would expect you would I was trying to give you a break did you at least get some food from them while they were there did you at least get some barbecue or chicken from them they offered me something but I wouldn't have brought my own food we'll make sure as we continue to look at this but your information you just shared with us is very helpful I gave y'all some pictures this is every day that's going on every day well hopefully before long we can do something with that property like we've talked about and really make a nice improvement in the neighborhood you thought I was going to be a fuss but no I'd like to say I don't let it go I don't let it go that's good you know I was kind of mad one time but Mr. McDowell would you say I know I burn your phone yeah you do I call you more than I call my husband well I always call him first but I'm serious we do have some problems you know and if something happened I'm gonna say didn't I tell you so you know thank you Mr. Mayor may I just say a word referencing that piece of property there's still some conversation that we need to to have with Richland one referencing an old document I think the mayor is familiar with it I think our city attorney has those documents we have not done anything with those with that document yet in terms of what's the next steps so we just need you to know that while it may be the district it's not ours it's not ours anyway the one is passing but we need signs because they think it's a party place and the neighbors call when they start calling me I start calling him yes ma'am I'm gonna call you next time thank you I'm a type person I work for if you give me something to do I'm gonna do it and I'm just like a little nerd you know miss Tina you know I'll be on my job you know and underpay but I do it because I love what I do no you love your neighborhood you love your neighborhood and we appreciate that you thought I was confused but I just want y'all to know every time I have a problem I take every complaint as a compliment because if you didn't care you wouldn't be here if everybody were coming here neighborhood leaders we could have this city looking good but you know sometimes people be scared but I'm not I'm not thank you miss Wiley one of the interesting things that I'm through one of the interesting things about miss Wiley of course she has been out of her home since 2015 2015 rick and very diligently trying to make sure that house on web cord is in one way or another restored or either torn down and built again but this family has been out of their house since 2015 and there needs to be a collaborative effort to make sure that we get this woman and her husband who is confined to a wheelchair in that in their home again we got to have this woman miss wick pierce thank you good afternoon I am Susan McPherson from the chamber and it is my pleasure to be here today first of all I would like to commend all of you you are doing such a tremendous job moving the city of Columbia forward from the chief to the planning to the enforcement to all of these people when we call with a question or concern from the business folks you all respond but I always give you credit because you respond very expeditiously and we appreciate that so today on behalf of the chamber the board are 1200 partners throughout the city of Columbia I just wanted to come in and say thank you very much for your work to remove the parking requirements we think that this is going to be a tremendous help for moving the city forward for economic growth to help out with our small businesses and that's what the city of Columbia is about is the growth of small business and it also gives us an opportunity in those spaces where we are going to free up some of the parking spaces that now we can create a better environment for our people to live work and play so for that we really thank you for that we do not see where this is going to impact residential neighborhoods and it's going to be a help again to our small businesses so we appreciate your help there and we also think that this is very supportive of your business friendly initiatives that you've adopted and also with being open for business so therefore we appreciate that we just wanted to come say thank you on behalf of the Columbia business community we hear you we're listening and we thank you for working with all parties to come up with an amenable resolution to that so thank you I also wanted to take one more minute while I'm up here and have the floor to say it is our distinct honor and pleasure to on behalf of the business community we are going to be honor and chief Holbrook as the public servant of the year and I can't tell you how deserving that is because I know you all agree with that we have been through a lot of trying times over the last few years chief you've worked very hard I had the great pleasure and pride of being on the panel that interviewed from the community that interviewed the chief he came in he had a mission and a plan he has lived by that daily so it's my distinct honor on behalf of the chamber to say thank you so much we'll see you on Thursday evening so we appreciate all the good work that you're doing in your team so thank you very much thank you Madam Clark do we have anyone else sign up I signed up mayor I did want to take a minute to remind everybody on Friday that's October 7th from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. we are hosting our breast cancer awareness breakfast at Boyd Plaza it's ten dollars a ticket we look forward to seeing all of you there we want to run out of food bring your friends your family take your kids by there before you go to school we look forward to our goal is to raise $50,000 this month to put towards a new piece of equipment to really compress the time that it takes for scanning and testing for our patients in our community it's a great opportunity for us to come together if we do reach the $50,000 I will be standing on main street in an all pink suit waving at everyone and thanking them so please come spend your dollars come make your investment you corporate folks who are out there listening we look forward for you to also chamber will be looking for your donation as well since you're here I want to thank those who have committed and we look forward to seeing everyone there hopefully my colleagues will be there serving meals as well from 7 to 9 a.m. on Friday morning Mr. McDowell will definitely be there you'll be there you'll be there 7 a.m. 7 a.m. about 8.30 unfortunately yes I just want to commend Reverend McDowell we had a fast-paced delightful first part of the meeting I thought we might I told my wife to put him on the late dinner tonight well done you did a great job we got pictures taken we got all the pictures all the pictures mayor very good I'm glad I know my absence was not missed and we can keep on moving um thank you thank everybody for being here Mr. DeVall do you have a motion yes sir Mr. Mayor I'll make a motion this conversation is subject to contractual arrangements pursuant to ec0 30-4S70A 2 legislative affairs receipt of legal advice related to a pending threat and a potential claim ec0 30-4S70A 2 uh deliverance and revival center church versus the city is there a second second any discussion Madam clerk could you read the roll mr. Taylor mr. Herbert dr. Bussles I mr. Brennan yes mr. McDowell Mr. Duvall I recommend we'll be meeting downstairs