 Good afternoon Hope everybody is well We start the new year Our first real meeting since the swearing in we have a new member mr. Bailey welcome. You can't hear me What's wrong with y'all? How about now I'll pull this thing up close close Madam clerk, could you read the roll, please? Good afternoon, mr. Bailey. Hi, mr. Brown here Ms. Herbert here dr. Bussles here mr. Brennan present mr. McDowell Oh, good afternoon Mayor Rickam in Here thank you reverend McDowell is here is here watching us and participating via zoom today With that, would you please stand for the Pledge of 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 mr. Brown Since Reverend McDowell is not in person I would ask you to to bless do a little invocation for us my pleasure, ma'er If you please blackout your heads Heavenly father, please bless this city this community This awakening amongst our people Help us to focus on our needs and not our wants Help us to focus on substance and not style Help us to focus on purpose in this year ahead Please bless this council To make decisions for all of Columbia Let us be mindful of our responsibilities And our accountability to the great people of Columbia Help us to unite To be collaborative and purposeful in our decisions Welcome Councilman Tyler Bailey to our table and give him the courage to support these initiatives and find his own way and path ahead Bless our staff and all those who make Columbia work for all of our citizens Please give us the inspiration to make 2024 the best year possible full of life Growth and value in your son's name. We pray amen I'm getting good at this I'm getting good. Yes, sir. Thank you mayor and counsel at this time We would ask you all to consider adopting the agenda with the following Amendments removing item 4 from the consent agenda for discussion Which is the professional services contract for a strategic master plan and design guidelines for downtown, Colombia We will take that item up but not on the consent agenda and deferring item 32 Which of the is the appointments to the Columbia Housing Authority and adding the Transportation penny sales tax to executive session as a part of item 36 receipt of legal advice relating to matters covered by attorney client privilege pursuant to South Carolina code section 34 78 to Motion to approve Second second motion a second any more changes concerns questions Hearing none seeing none. Madam clerk. Could you read the role? Mr. Bailey. Hi, mr. Brown Ms. Herbert. Hi, dr. Bussells. Hi, mr. Brennan. Yes, mr. McDowell Yes Mayor recommend I thank you. Thank you at this time We will receive public input related to the items on the agenda as outlined Is there anybody here who wants to speak on any item agenda that we're taking up tonight? There will be a place at the end of the agenda for any general Comments questions complaints compliments. We take them all And may I time items 20 through 24 I think 24 are part of the zoning public hearing So you also can wait for those items 20 through 24, which is a public hearing you'll have an opportunity to Speak then as well on that item your choice is to speak now or when that item comes up during the public hearing Is there anyone who wishes to speak at this time? Thank you. Yes, ma'am. I Believe she's here madam president She's here for the she's here for an item on the public hearing agenda She says she wanted to hear speak now. We'll let her speak You can do whatever works best for you miss car You can speak now or at that time for the zoning item. Oh We're here Yeah, I'll speak down there may be some people that want to speak later that's in a That's with the neighborhood association who is it opposed to the approval of rezoning of MLK old Shandon at The property on Senate Street Here would like to stand that's here with the community that's in opposition if y'all would stand We come as a neighborhood association In opposition of the rezoning of property In the MLK lower Waverly Shandon area that we want to maintain the single family district zoning of our community to Ensure that the character of the MLK lower Waverly community stay Intacted as a historical neighborhood that we are concerned about the changing of the character of our community parking issues over saturation of our community by rental properties and of student housing and So we are here to state our opposition in the rezoning of the MLK lower Waverly neighborhood and that we stand with the Forementioned City Position or not changing or redistricting single family historical neighborhoods and that did not be changed into a miss a mix Residential area. Thank you. Thank you. Miss Clark Seeing no other public input at this time how Yes, ma'am. I just wanted to Come before you today and support my neighborhood president By stating our opposition. Did you state your name Julie hard for the record Julie heart? Well, it's hard, but thank you So residents of the MLK Valley Park community believe that changing the zoning of 2212 Senate Street from single family to mixed district would negatively impact the neighborhood's historic designation and negatively impact population and parking density in the neighborhood While they are currently duplexes in the neighborhood Most were built 30 plus years ago and grandfathered into the current single family zone designation The single family zoning currently runs from the right side of Senate Street from one side of the block all the way back to the MLK Valley Park and That is the section that the neighborhood wishes to retain its current 100% single family small lot district the homes in the neighborhood are one and two story bungalows style homes That establish the overall historic character of our neighborhood and that's what we wish to retain I can vouch for the character of the neighborhood because I was born there I attended hand middle school drew high school and I currently live there. I Received an unsolicited call from one of the developers last evening and I was unsure how he discovered my name or cell phone number I was also unclear why he questioned what the issues were When our neighbors who gathered because we've been at this for a while The October 12th planning Commission meeting which was canceled due to lack of quorum Community members who attended and voiced their opposition at the planning Commission meeting on October the 30th Community members who attended the city council meeting on November 21st when the item was deferred and those who have shown up here today We have all stated the same intent We request that that south side of 2200 Senate Street Remain zone as 100% single family small lot district We believe as the neighborhood president said that our position is 100% in alignment With what the city stated on the October 23rd planning Commission agenda The summary on the agenda indicated that the city discourages the rezoning of a property to a more intense district within a single family block and that is Precisely what is being proposed today? We do not support the slicing of one lot from among the other lots on that particular side of the street The south side of Senate Street is crucial to us It's critical because it begins the de facto line of demarcation that begins our neighborhood And it is the start as I stated earlier of the swath of single family lots that runs from Senate Street to MLK Park We were informed today that a vote would not occur but we seek your support as We seek to maintain the character of our historic neighborhood by upholding both what the city generally Discourages and our specific request to keep all lots on the south side of Senate Street Zoned a single family. Thank you. Thank you. Can Can we hold hold whoever else wants to speak on this issue to the public hearing because I want to make sure that your Voice is heard on the record that right there at the issue Instead of early on I think it makes more sense for all if that's okay doctor Record yes, ma'am Agenda 21 Any other items for public input not on the zoning public hearing that would be items Outside of items 20 through 24. Okay Seeing none. Thank you future reference. Let's just add that bullet point to the Agenda when it says public input it says, please Okay outside of just so that it makes it easier for the clerk to be able to sure keep all that on record Yeah Council is asked to approve the December 19th 2023 work session and council meeting minutes Motion to approve Yeah, we have a motion in a second any questions comments concerns any corrections Hearing none seeing none madam clerk, could you read the roll, please mr. Bailey. Hi, mr. Brown. Hi, mr. Herbert Hi dr. Bussells. Hi mr. Brennan. Yes, mr. McDowell Yes May I recommend I thank you Moving into a period of presentations We have item two which is the Jamie Scott fitness day proclamation the honorable Daniel J. Rickam in mayor Where is there mr. Scott come on up? Good to have you here. Thank you for having me. Yep So I'm gonna read this and then I'll present it and I'll allow you to have an opportunity to say a few words as Well, whereas mr. Jamie Scott established Jamie Scott Fitness in 2008 is a small personal training and corporate wellness Consulting business in Colombia Jamie Scott Fitness has grown into a boutique gym located in Cross Hill Plaza and is celebrating 15 years of success here in our city. Yes, y'all can clap at this point Jamie Scott has been a lifelong advocate of the community focused on approach to health and wellness But working as a nutritional counselor head stroke strength coach at Hammond School and providing in-house fitness program to local businesses such as Eden's Jamie Scott is an award-winning athlete from the University of South Carolina holds multiple business and fitness Certifications including Goldman Sachs 10k small business program. So if it tracks certified 200 yoga certified Reebok cycle certified American Fitness professional for personal training Certification and an internship with the NFL strength program over the fast past 15 years Jamie Scott has supported the local community through a number of philanthropic efforts and is currently Introducing a new workout program to aid individuals with Parkinson's disease As well as a host of the upcoming charity 5k run and walk event on Saturday, March 23rd to benefit sister care So therefore I Daniel J. Rickman Mayor of City of Columbia along with my fellow may members of Columbia City Council do buy here proclaim January 23rd 2024 is Jamie Scott Fitness Day And I want to say Jamie Thank you because you're exactly who we want to continue to sport somebody who started off in business here And it's grown but doesn't forget to give back to the community that supported him and these efforts And I'm extremely excited. We had a chance to hear more about your Parkinson's disease and Having two friends who have suffered through it my mother who had part of it is part of her Louie bodies disease I know the effect it has not only on the individual, but the family and Knowing that there's somebody out there that's working with them and coming up with a program to help them Especially as they plateau as you know is it's such a challenge I just want to commend you for that but also want to give you an opportunity to say a few words before I present you with your proclamation Well, thank you for having me mayor As I look across councilmen Tina Herbert gave me one of my first Approve one of my first loans from the city. So thank you for believing in me So I'd to believe that it's 15 years and I'm looking forward to My father passed from Parkinson's a year and a half ago So I'm adamant about getting this program going and so we'll start mid mid-march and We'll get some news from it and we'll make it known that the program has started And it will be at a discounted rate because we're not looking to make any money We really want to give back to the community and also lastly sister care we do we have a 5k charity run starts in front of our door and Through that cross-hill neighborhood last year we had 350 Participants we're looking to try to get 500 this year. So I would appreciate everybody's support All contributions go directly to sister care again. Thank you for having me. Thank you Yeah, I just wanted to add when he said 15 years I kind of jump because someone's getting older But I don't what I was wondering so when you all opened the other center I took my whole team and we did cycling for a day They hated me But I was wondering is any of the old staff members that I required to go to Jamie Scott Fitness Routine building anybody here. I think they all left. They all live Congratulations, thank you So we are ready to take up the consent agenda items one through three and five through 18 Is there a motion? So move Motion is there a second second Any further discussion? Hearing none seeing none. Madam clerk. Could you read the roll? Mr. Bailey. Hi, Mr. Brown. Hi, Ms. Herbert. Hi, Dr. Bussell. Hi, Mr. Brennan. Yes, Mr. McDowell Yes, they're recommend I thank you As I read item for I would ask Planning and Development Services director Krista Hampton to come forward to answer any questions Item for council is asked to approve a new professional services contract for a strategic master plan and design guidelines for Downtown Columbia as requested by the Planning and Development Services Department on May 16th 2023 the award to MK SK ink in an amount not to exceed $123,000 which includes contingency the initial term of the contract will take effect upon issuance of a notice to proceed with an end date 10 months from Commencement with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods. This firm is located in Greenville, South Carolina the funding sources are outlined along with the contractor and consultant participation levels Okay, no worries. Yeah, thank you. Good afternoon mayor and members of council. I'm Lucinda statler planning administrator I just wanted to provide you with a brief background on the request for professional services today For the master plan and design guidelines for the downtown a Discussion was initiated by council in 2022 about urban design review and ways that we can improve upon the process in Light of the fact that it's been 25 years since the adoption of the city center master plan and guidelines and over 15 years Since the adoption of an avista master plan and guidelines Staff is a staff was excited about the opportunity to embark on an update in the years since these Plans and guidelines have been adopted as you well know We've seen many significant changes to our capital city including hundreds of millions of dollars in private development in our downtown Both in new construction and renovations Major infrastructure projects have been completed and or underway Thousands of housing units have been built downtown. The city has adopted the new unified development ordinance and a comprehensive plan Transportation has started a major shift to being shared and electric and the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way cities think about living Working and using public space These changes necessitate a fresh look at how we coordinate public and private activities to support high quality public space That prioritizes pedestrian activity a dynamic public realm and fosters urban living and economic development As the discussion evolved over the past year and agreed upon approach was to have a consultant facilitate a planning process and take into account these significant changes and to rewrite the city center and an avista design guidelines as A single document for the combined geographic area in a clear and streamlined format This process will include important stakeholders to ensure an inclusive and transparent process and Build upon existing relevant planning concepts from the in avista master plan public space public life study and Infrastructure recommendations from walk by Columbia to facilitate a vibrant safe and walkable downtown We've completed the RFP process and have selected a consultant team led by MKSK to provide professional services And I'm happy to answer any questions First of all, thank you for being here and secondly, I'm very excited that we're moving forward It's been close to almost 30 years Since we've had a design guideline Upgrades and I think with the changing of the times and the opportunities are there and obviously as we talk about Traffic and we talk about Walkability and all those pieces. This is a perfect time and they're really re-examining where we were so I appreciate it I'm excited that and I've heard nothing but great things about this firm across the US So I think they're the right people for the job. So I'm excited about that Dr. Bussells, thank you and thank you for that overview. So for for the interest of the public, you know The most folks that come for different zoning matters. They know about the UDO Unified Development Ordinance. Let's not talk in acronyms. I know that could be difficult But I just helped me understand that what this will do is it will streamline some of these guidance these guidelines for these two Areas into one, right and then it will Ensure that there's not conflicting Guidelines between those two plans so it'll make it easier for people to be able to understand Exactly how their business or idea fits into Urban core, that's correct. Okay Yes, because when the city center guidelines were adopted in 98 We had a very different zoning ordinance and there was a lot of things that it was trying to Address that our zoning didn't at that time and since we do have more appropriate zoning now. This is going to you know Just delete anything that is confusing or overlapping and make this really just about and it's really going to focus on the public realm as well Okay, thank you Mr.. Mayor One more question. So I'm also very excited that we're undertaking this. I think strategic Master plan is exactly what we need for Columbia. What is the exact geographic area of this study? So basically this is going to be combining city center in a divista So the northern boundary is Elmwood Avenue and right now cities city center includes parcels on both sides of Elmwood So it's not the street, but the parcels on both sides It's the east is Pickens The west side is the river and then the south side kind of does zigzag a little bit from Blossom And then it goes down to Kataba because in a vista kind of took a chunk out of the southwest corner of City center and then expanded it southwards. So it's those two already identified areas as one. Okay, great. Thank you Mr.. Bryn, we send a thank you for for that wonderful summary and I look forward to a rewrite and a re Imagination so so let me talk to you Stakeholders, let me ask you first about stakeholders with the University of South Carolina They they played a pretty major role in the initial development and imagination of the in a vista district Is that fair to say? So what what is their role now as we look to the next 25 years of planning as to what successes we have had in That district and how I think they're going to bring bring back the designer to Wani to do a 2.0 version will they take into account What comes from this study as they re-imagine the in a vista plan? I mean, there's certainly a primary stakeholder in this process So I imagine that they will be involved in this process just like they have you know gotten us involved in some of their Planning processes so they do have their own set of design guidelines for University projects And we actually have a staff person that sits on their board so that we can better coordinate those efforts But they will certainly be at the table and discussing anything that is proposed that would affect University plans and development for certain fantastic fantastic important that we keep them in mind and then my second question to you as a stakeholder You know this is very heavy in district 3 growth downtown traffic transportation pedestrian safety Will the will the design guidelines that come from this help us work with? DOT with County as we build our transportation infrastructure over the next 25 years in these downtown major corridors that feel like highways coming through our wonderful city at some times to really Channel that and have more a smarter approach to traffic calming Well, we'll certainly be coordinating with DOT when any recommendations include in the right-of-way The public realm is the focus of this It's the design guidelines are largely focused on how do we coordinate private development projects and review those when they You know and how they interface with the right-of-way, so there we do have a an item in here That's curb management, so we hope the consultant will be helping us to at least get some General guidance and best practices for curb management because that is one of our you know biggest challenges with the new transportation and and different things that we're seeing so But certainly DOT will be in that conversation as well particularly if there are recommendations that would affect rights-of-way It's not a traffic study per se But but all of that will be considered as part of it can give us a good profile of the density That's coming our way from the growth of our city certainly certainly And I would add to that I think this is the perfect opportunity for us to get that ULI study that was started in 2014 completed because it really did look at those traffic patterns how to create the walkability Looking at why we have four lanes on Sumter and Marion and how do we really bring together the vista the Main Street North Main and the other areas and come back And so I think you know this is a perfect time as we're doing this guidelines really to dig up that study and try to Get it finished because I think it addresses a lot of the issues that you're talking about and you know These are studies that we already need deep in and had a lot of public input And so we need to utilize these assets that we have so I think it's be a great time for us to look at finishing that Thank you Lucinda appreciate it. Thank you. Any other questions? Motion to approve got a motion is there a second Second motion in a second. I think questions have all been asked madam clerk. Could you read the role, please? Mr? Bailey, I Mr. Brown. Hi, Ms. Herbert. Hi, Dr. Bustle. Hi, Mr. Brennan. Yes, Mr. McDowell Yes, may I recommend? Thank you one consideration of bids contracts and change orders item 19, which is An approval for a change order number two for project WM 3872 the water system improvements along Rimer Pond Road and Hard Scrabble Road is requested by Columbia water on November 11th, 2023 the award to lat construction LLC in the amount of two million eight hundred and one thousand four hundred and sixty three dollars and eight cents the current term of the contract ends on February 14th 2024 and this change order extends the contract of February 14th 2025 the firm is located in Swansea, South Carolina. If there are any questions, we are happy to answer them a New protocol. We're going to put into place mayor is to have contracts that are over that are ten million dollars and over Not on the consent agenda in case you all wanted to highlight those fairly large procurements that we That that we've done a solicitation on and also any change orders or amendments to contracts that are two million dollars and above So that what this item would fall in that category because of the amount It is I do think it'd be great if miss Higgins could just explain for the public to What why this increase in the changes that were necessary for this contract? Yes, sir And I had one quick question miss Wilson. You said any project over ten million? Yes, ma'am ten million and above Maybe be on this Wilson. Yes, sir. Yes ma'am data. I'm sorry. Yes ma'am Thank y'all for letting me come and talk to you today This project we bid back in 2021 is one of our main transmission lines for our city water system to push out water out Into the northeast area where we have a lot of growth Of the design was done earlier. We had easement acquisition Once we got the contractor out there there have been a lot of utilities that have been in our easement We've had dominion that we've had to relocate with them We've also had to deal with the town of water Winsborough water line There's 16 homes along our route that were constructed right on the edge of our easement and it's a 42 inch water line So we had to add some vibration testing And we also have hard scrabble has done the road winding project So we our boars are a little bit longer because the roads been widened So most of everything on hard scrabble has been done other than the intersection of rhyme or pun and hard scrabble and Everything from Longtown over to our tank has been done. So just the 24 inch section right now This will help with a time extension materials and the additional boars. I'm happy to answer any questions We don't take these lightly. This is a large one Yeah, and I think it's important is is is the write-up that we receive that the public understand about You know, you mentioned the relocation of the town of Winsborough's water line the material delays obviously But the roadway projects considerably affected that and then the explosive development in the area changed kind of the plans because these plans are actually developed in 2020 right Actually before that They were already out of date. We went and and I guess the question would be going on in the future How can we help try to anticipate that can we build in future for that as we see because it does And I think for people to understand is it takes a long time to get the engineering done Absolutely, then you got to go out for procurement Then you got to award it negotiate it and did it and then actually get to the construction phase Absolutely, and we actually have a consultant that we are bringing on board to help us with our Update our water model and looking at growth throughout the area to try to anticipate these kind of needs Right any questions from council? I Guess my only question is so there is is most of this extra labor cost or material cost or What is the greater majority of the extra because I look I understand that everything's more expensive, right? And it was four years ago. So so we had some upgraded Waterline we have 42 inch waterline that we added about 180 feet of to serve that area for the transmission line We also have several boars that are expensive DoT doesn't like us to cut their new pavement. Unfortunately, they got there before we did So those add up the boars are actually very expensive as well And then the testing during construction waterline for the Winsborough relocation was 577,000 that is Something that we try to negotiate just to see if we could take their Customers and cut their water line off because that's kind of the end of their system But they wanted us to pay them for that So it just and unfortunately ended up being part of our project to have to get them out of our way Okay, thank you I believe Reverend McDowell was attempting to speak as well Reverend McDowell. Do you have a question? Yes Dana, let me ask you a question You said you said initially that we were building we would build in the future How how how do we build in the future? Do we build in the future financially? What what where does that come from? Well We do forecasting trying to figure out where the growth is going to be when we are doing our large transmission projects That's how this was actually Originally conceived So we're just being more aggressive with our water model and trying to make sure that we meet the demands as the city grows Especially with scout motors coming and there's a lot of growth going on towards the Blythewood area Does that answer your question Kelsman? Do that have does that have do you have any idea how that perhaps would look? financially As far as the construction piece Yes, yes Well the additional amount of work that we have that's going to The large amount of growth out there is Let's see We've got it. We've got about five hundred thousand of the Change order for the large transmission line is that Yes Yes Reverend McDowell this is Clint I'll add a little bit to what Dana and thank you Dana excellent summary I think as we look at growth moving forward the the modeling and water planning that we're doing In that kickoff meeting is scheduled for two weeks from now to project that y'all have already approved will help us Plan and both financially and from an engineering design standpoint What's needed to meet those future growth needs and we'll have is A deliverable from that study in that model We'll have an idea of the magnitude of investment that's needed to serve both growth and also look at replacing aging infrastructure So that'll be an outcome of that water study And Clint you may want to add so our work ongoing with like CDM Smith and others those big Contracts that the council previously approved it goes into that work as you're describing that we're always Looking at into the future right absolutely another big contract that they've approved Yes, ma'am and always trying to Look forward whether it's wastewater collection system growth and needs the treatment facilities or water distribution as well All right, does that answer your question? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Thank you, Clint. Thank you Dana Thank you, sir. I just wanted to I just and I know I Emphasize this as we were reviewing the agenda but this is a large amount of money and our role as council members is to provide that oversight and so I want to Make sure that moving forward Some of these costs are not incurred because of a lack of collaboration with DOT and these Developments that are coming because we should not be taking on those costs solely by ourselves I mean three million dollars can go pretty far for a lot of other projects that we have So as you're having these discussions, I think it's vital to think about how you know, sometimes it's Historically embedded that the city's just gonna take it and that's to me That's not acceptable, especially as we're seeing growth and scouts coming in there's got to be some cost-sharing if Projects are colliding and it's leading to some of these delays Yes, ma'am. Thank you, dr. Bussells. It's a great comment And I think syncing up the time that and shortening the time between Surveying design and going to bid for construction is really important Because that shortens the amount of time for change to happen on the ground from when the design was done So we're really working to synchronize the capital improvement program and get the projects done in a more timely manner But thank you for that Any other questions Is there a motion So moved there a second second got a motion in a second. We've had discussion so madam clerk. Could you read the role? Mr. Bailey mr. Brown mr. Herbert dr. Bussells. Hi mr. Brennan mr. McDowell Yes, mayor recommend. Thank you Feel like I'm getting scolded every time I hear him call down Like I did something wrong Also, no, she wants to call me first every time too Moving now into zoning and planning matters for second reading and any Citizens or others here to speak as we take up these items Please let us know a mere recommend will instruct you accordingly Item 20 is a zoning map amendment for 1213 pick and street The first reading approval was already given on this item back in December December 19 2023 I won't present on this one necessarily since it is I just know if you had any additional is there anyone here to speak for or against I think this first reading was Approved by us Hearing none seeing none. Is there a motion? Motion to approve second Madam clerk, could you read the role, please? Mr. Bailey mr. Brown mr. Herbert dr. Bussells mr. Brennan mr. McDowell Yes May recommend I thank you The first item on your public hearing agenda is an annexation future land use map amendment and zoning map amendment for 4200 old Leesburg Road and a two-acre portion of 45 4257 old Leesburg Road the request is annex the property assigned a land use classification of urban edge residential small lot and a zoning of single-family small lot district the current the property is currently classified as Residential high-density in red in Richland County. I Believe there was a lady here want to speak on this issue ma'am. Please come forward Hi, my name is Mary Lynn bear. I live at 4307 Old Leesburg Road, which is adjacent to the two acres that they're proposing to annexing I Realize the city needs to grow don't get me wrong here, but I'm trying to save my house Um We're 4307 sits, which is like I said directly one over my dad is 4308 There is a dirt road The little blue and the big blue area that they're trying to annex in and we live on that dirt road The front of our houses are less than these walls apart. It is traveled But I my fear is that they're trying to annex the 4257 two acres to make a new entrance into this development The blue acreage I understand they're wanting to make 200 homes in there Where you see the cattle ridge road maple teal lane? They've put 200 more acres in that used to be family land my cousins owned the 99 acres and now it's going to have 300 plus homes on it eventually that dirt road would have to have some Traffic study done and if they ever pave it like I said one of us is gonna lose our homes It's more. I'm not don't care you put in the city even though it has a Hopkins address if you pull up both parcels of that land My mail comes out of the Hopkins post office doesn't come anywhere near Columbia and But like I said annexing it in my fear down the road is what's gonna happen to Olesburg Road Okay, did you want to add anything to them? I mean it's been rule like I said my cousin's own it It was 99 acres at one time they came in from the back side, which was pageant to And at what they come in from Really that area right there is isolated in the city if you look at a city map they come across from Fort Jackson across Near Leicester Farms Road across back into Develop canary woods into the city and now they're trying to go back and it will be a U shaped basic Area that's in the city That's all the way out to almost lurch lumbola lord Chris, so do we have any additional information? That addresses some of the concerns that and I think they're valid questions I mean looking at the map and seeing the location of the home Have we considered that as part of our? certainly, so this is the phase four of canary woods, which we have already annexed and Developed the first phase the first three phases With regard to the development I was speaking to the young woman indicating that this will be going to planning Commission for for our review of the development and Subdivision once we have a handle on what that looks like I will be contacting her to address those issues I'm not yet certain of their their intentions with regard to Olds Leedsburg Road. My understanding is that it would be rather Costly for them to redevelop the entire road So we will we will definitely be contacting the developers on that Mr. Mayor, yes, so in this case by annexing it It gives us a little bit more oversight in the process for to understand what the developer wants to do with this Otherwise with it being in the county the process stops here, correct And that's more for the public and some of the concerns that they've raised Correct. Yes, as I've mentioned to to multiple people with regard to the specific annexation The Richland County allows this development Similarly with their zoning currently, okay It would largely happen regardless of the annexation, okay, but with our process We will have our our rules and regulations in place. Thank you Miss Hampton is it fair to say the further you go out on Leedsburg Road further into lower Richland Less density is allowed under the county Land and planning once you get there there there are a few parcels on this side But largely on this side of Richland lower Richland Boulevard. It is medium or high density residential in the county Yes, once you get over lower Richland, it's more agricultural Our intention in our urban service area is not to annex land that is generally zoned Agricultural it is up to a council in the future, but that would not be our recommendation And D.O.T. currently owns Old Leesburg Road Well, Leesburg may be a county road. I'm not certain of that, but I could Do you mind coming to the mic ma'am? Just because we're recording all this. Thank you very much Leicester Farms Road where Old Leesburg Road comes up to Leicester Farm Road is actually already maintained by the city From Leicester Farm Road out towards the property that they're annexing is Serviced by the county it is Richland County D.O.T. does not do anything to our road This area right here yeah between the two Like I said, I know the city's got to grow my my thinking is what is the purpose of the 4257 that little two-acre plot of how it's gonna start affecting Old Leesburg Road. Yes, that's my question and In the EESB in between the two to two dark areas who owns that property? They actually own County okay. Yeah. All right. Thank you I guess that to me just Wow, what's the little parcel for? There any other questions council May we have one individual additional individual signed up to speak mr. Gerald Waller? That's my dad he probably doesn't we were just covering our basis. Thank you Thank you my my question would be Can the project move forward without that that additional parcel there We'd need to consult with the developers we certainly can do that if you you could You've got an option to either hold first reading or you could hold first reading tonight Subject to learning that information. I would be inclined If council is to give it first reading with a subject that we have an opportunity to work with the development team To look at that. I want to be able to look at I mean, I think what's been brought up are very valid and To me, I've got real hesitation of annexing that little portion there that parcel, which is the I think the 22 114 tax map Yes, that's the two acre portion. Yeah If you actually go this sale is fairly new and contingent like I said, it's family If you actually go on Richland County and pull up the online map service That two acres is not even cut out to have its own tax map Number yet. There's actually 8.8 acres that was that lot that they're cutting two acres out of and like I said It doesn't even have its own Tax number yet. So you're saying it's very early in the development process. Yes a good time to have conversations about the future of that Okay Thank you. I think traditionally we Don't like to take that up unless they have ownership of that property. So Richland County and their mapping online is Delayed significantly So we've got this I Would be inclined I don't know if the development teams here But I'd be inclined to give it first reading to understand that I'm not guaranteeing There's a second reading unless we can figure out a way to address the issues that have been brought forth I do think they're very valid Understand that that development is there and people have sold that land I get it but that too that to me the subject of this conversation is really that two-acre piece that's being cut off and Creating a thoroughfare and I think that unless there's going to be some infrastructure to go with that and Addressed especially, you know as we're talking about The homes that these folks have right there I would be inclined for a motion We give it first reading with a subject that We meet with the development team to see if we can work something out with no guarantee on the second reading until we can come to some type of agreement Mr. Mayor I'd be inclined to make that motion with the contingency that there's a little more homework We need to do on the with the developer Could we have a second for that? Any other discussion? Procedurally we're voting for a second reading If we're going to put this into a second reading with the caveat that we have time to talk to developers about what their attention is Yeah, we don't know normally you'd have a second reading two weeks later Obviously if we can't get something we're not gonna have that second reading till we can try to move something forward or even ever have a second Reading but this gives an opportunity to show faith that we're trying to work both with the developer and With the neighborhood and hopefully we can come to the same because it's to me It's it's really about this two-acre parcel at the end of the day And I think what's been brought forth to us is is very valid Obviously, you know the maps and stuff that we have don't stress exactly the the Topography and obviously the location of the houses and the potential interests I think we need to take that in consideration if we're gonna annex something in to me it's also Zoning for the county in the city is very similar. So I think what we're doing is providing our ability to provide oversight and guidance as far as this goes to to Kind of allay some of the concerns of the of this area. So so I think I think we're actually doing a service by by Amending this motion to give us some more Oversight into exactly what the purpose of this project is Any more questions or concerns nothing for me Madam clerk, could you read the roll? Mr. Bailey. Hi, mr. Brown. Hi, mr. Herbert. Hi, dr. Bussell. Hi, mr. Brennan. Yes, mr. McDowell Yes, mayor Rickamon. Hi. Thank you Your next case is an annexation future land use map amendment and zoning map amendment For 1408 and 1412 Grove Park Lane This is a request to annex the property assigned a land use classification of urban Community activity corridor and a zoning of mixed-use one the property is currently zoned general commercial in Richland County Madam clerk. Do we have anybody signed up for this? Yes, sir. We have miss Sandra Renew I'm Sandra Renew. I'm the business owner Beside this here plot at 1400 1404 Grove Park Lane I'm speaking for all the business owners around there this small lot is Surrounded completely by commercial and small business I have even offered to buy this property from this landowner and have it tore down the building is such They have had no permits or License and have been building on this a property for over two years Have rated them for having people living on this general commercial property for commercial business Is that the attempt? So was there anything you wanted to add on that? The building is completely eat up with mold they have makeshift a roof over it I don't see how it would be even livable for someone What I what I want to understand is if you can have livability based under the the zoning that they're asking for you can Staff Chris, I'm sorry. I guess two questions. Have we I am concerned about The current status mm-hmm is the owner changing or is this the same owner that's been there for two years? Or is I know the same owner? I was asking Krista It's no no problem That is my understanding I'm not aware of an ownership change Okay, and I won't disagree about the condition of the property either The intention is to make it into a duplex So base what I am concerned about is the number of complaints if they have had If they have been a burden to Richland County, it sounds like they may be a burden to us So I would like to have the public hearing but not defer the vote on this one I know but we we can't I can't do anything about that I mean in your first thought is as well if we if we if we annex it in then we could put code enforcement But even to get that as we know the link that it takes through the court system to deal with that I don't think would solve your problem, but just delay the problem. So I I'm with miss Herbert. I would be apt to Finish the public hearing but delay this for another date for us to explore and and really decide if this is something that We want to annex into the city and Christa if you all could just look into Verifying any issues that they've had over the last what you just you did just say she was right Was that yeah, I've got the condition of the property is not the condition Okay, I'm probably more certain concerned about the activity at the at the property than the Even after Richland County rated it and told them they could not live there. It's still living there So Richland County had to raid the property Who's that I don't know County districts. Thank you Yes, ma'am, thank you for your help very helpful. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone else to speak on this item? Miss Herbert, I'll entertain a motion if you got one. I do have a question. Yes, sir Documented violations from the owners of that property from Richland County. No, sir We wouldn't we don't necessarily have that as part of our annexation process But we can certainly we'll we'll review those as as direct excerpt And so I don't really I'm asking to defer the vote today Do I need to make a motion to defer the vote? Yes, ma'am. I'd like to move on item 22 as we have conducted the public hearing to defer First reading to our next council meeting That would be February 6th or the next time we do Write your stuff this one will be February 6th Yes, and we'll we'll provide a status if we we don't have enough information. We can defer it further. Okay. Thank you Motion is there second Second a motion is second madam clerk. Could you read the roll? Mr. Bailey. Hi, mr. Brown. Hi, miss Herbert. I'm dr. Bussells. Hi, mr. Brennan. Yes, mr. McDowell Yes, mayor recommend. Hi. Thank you So you now are in a zoning map amendment and you have heard from some folks on this one And so we will continue on with the zoning map amendment of 2212 senate street It is a request to rezone the property from residential single family small lot in the old shandon lower waverly historic district To residential mixed remaining in the old shandon lower waverly historic district I would ask um that we pick up where we left with dr. Gattis Good evening. My name is dr. Bambi gattis. I reside at 904 oak street 32 years actually um So i'll be i'll be brief Let me note as I look at item number 23 And I note staff recommendation as approved or approval Um as that is a backdrop We believe in the fidelity of family We believe in the legacy of single family historical single family households Our appeal is based on our belief that there's been a chipping away Of those structures and those beliefs and the legacy of our community That being said three requests one We again maintain that there be strict confinement of the mlk lower waverly to r1 Or residential single family developments only number two We would ask for some consideration that would require Developers that are seeking to build new construction in our area Or other historical communities to show evidence of community engagement Requiring the developers to engage the presidents of the designated neighborhood associations And or the citizens in that community prior to and or Certainly before it goes before planning committees and before you members of city council Finally We given the geographical considerations of our community mlk lower waverly We again express our level of discontent about the necessity to make ongoing And continuous appeals for intervention from the city Um for those of you that may not recall we recently made an appeal for a decision and approval that was given to a A business who were parking gas Trucks and diesels and behind a church and neighborhood communities. We had to make an appeal In that spirit, we're asking that our community be looked upon as others where that would probably not be tolerated We encourage those members of council Who rarely reach out to our community until election time? To recommit their level of enthusiasm To create an intention this year during 2024 to at least attend one Association meeting to meet our local community members and hear from us directly and finally make a Concerted effort to remind us why we place them in office through our vote. Thank you I'm sorry. I have a quick question. Um for dr. Gattis Are you saying based on what you read that the developer did not reach out to the neighborhood association? When we attended the planning committee meeting it was stated that they had talked to community Our question for those of us that were present was when did that occur? Of course, we would first convene with our president, uh, vivian armstead She had no record of any appeals or any overtures made to her on our behalf So i'm not clear who they spoke with we questioned that but that was not the venue or the Timing for us to make that appeal, which is why we're here today And since that time there has not been an appeal Only the appeal that miss heartwell spoke of when she was called last night by Someone who indicated that he had met us at the last meeting and uh to my recollection Her response was we don't recall such a meeting meaning There was no official attempt to introduce themselves to anyone that was in the group that attended that planning meeting Thank you Dr. Gattis question What are some of the concerns that you had with the change in zoning for that property and What some neighbors have given you about their concerns? I think it's pretty it's been said pretty articulately from those who've already spoken Um, I don't want to be redundant in my comments. All I can say on a personal note is that I have a 43 year old daughter Who was born and was raised was raised uh since 1992 in on pine On oak street prior to our residents, uh, we lived on pine Which was upper waverly So we've been in that community for as long as i've lived in this City, so we've had the opportunity to watch it We are not against development We are not against progression What we are appealing for is some sensitivity Uh and support for what is left of mlk lower waverly so that we can maintain Single family housing so that when my great-grandchildren Come back and continue as they do now to come to our neighborhood I can say I can talk to them about what the legacy of mlk was really about And they can see it in front of them that families still reside there Reverend mcdowell, I know you wanted to say something before we bring up the next speaker Mr. Mayor, let me ask a question. Yes, sir. Is this Is this a public hearing? Yes, sir All right, if this is a public hearing that means that uh, no vote will be taken today, right? um Sir you your request was that we have a public hearing at this time and that is it and we're going to honor that request All right, um Aren't we scheduled to vote on this february 6th? We haven't scheduled to vote it on any time at this point today. We're just having the public hearing At your request and and I think one of the things you wanted us to follow is to hear from the community And then that's great. And that's what we're doing. Uh, and I know you wanted to say a few things So I wanted to make sure you were heard Yeah, we're fine. We're fine We can continue. Okay Thank you, sir Okay, mayor have an extensive list, but um, mrs. Bivens is next on the list Evening everyone I have I can go further back than dr. Gettis Five generations of my family have lived in Waverly The first house bought in my family was in 1925 the second was 1937 And so five generations of us has lived there When the thing that bothers me the most Is when all of us who stayed there We didn't have to leave Waverly for any services except to go to taps and get clothes and shoes Now I do believe in progress But we want to keep our community To single family homes The thing that bothers me the most council people is that people who come Developers who come used to come to our president and ask to talk to us in the community All of us The reason that some people are not there now and you don't see as many is because of death And marriage people move to other places We are now working on people who own The houses there that have been left undone. They are coming back and Uh rehab Rehabilitation Is that some like chd and tn These people have come to us brought their plans And told showed us the houses and different things and we'd like for any developer to do that for us But now I may under the bottom here. It says the staff recommendations are approved Um, am I reading it wrong? Does it put staff? Are they calling the council staff? Oh, okay. Well, I'm you know, I'm just asking because None of them who are coming to build the houses are going to live in our community When I wanted to do my house over And I went downtown. I wanted a circular driveway and I wanted to expand my house another 30 feet to the two locks They told me no Because it was a historic district and we wanted to conform to how it was Okay If I can do that, I'm satisfied with my house instead of going With I went left. So I'm satisfied with it. But then I don't want to um of mix Whatever they're calling this now. I want single family homes back in there And since I'm one of the older members in the community People, you know, ask all of us how it was I want to still maintain that Just like she mentioned about trucks. We had to ask you all to take the trucks out. That's i'm over Yeah, but he if I remember the the trucks, they just said clarification You did get them out. Yeah, but somebody put them in there first without even consulting us He didn't consult us either. Okay. Well, you got them out. I'm proud of that I'm saying now I want you to also ask these people to come and talk to us About how we would like it the church even wanted to put something up that said c4 We said no, so it's not there you can improve on something if you want to But you can't have a c4 in there and then move and they put a mcdonalds in our neighborhood So we it's not that we don't know some things some things we don't know But please pay attention to what we who are living there All of us could have moved out and moved up northeast or somewhere else But we didn't that means we love it. We want to continue to maintain it, but please Listen to us even though people come to you. I don't think you can say no You can't do this but you do have to talk to the community first now I understand that at large people along with my Mayor pro tem looks out for all communities So the people who are at large, please pay attention to us also Now I always want to talk about my mother and father who live there They did so much work at the community along with others that she even got the palmetta Award a palmetta whatever they call for south carolina order the palmetta order of palmetta So and they were the first ones to vote in that area in 1947 When voters used to walk and the lines would be all around the block Well, it's not that way anymore because people have died out moved But it's not that we don't vote and when you come to us We used to have police presidents that were coming to sit in our communities and talk to us Fire people and even our council persons. Well, we don't get that that much anymore We wouldn't mind having it so you would be up to date on what's going on with us I didn't mean to take up so much time except that we want one family houses, please Not mixed Also, you have two a group that we have already Seen and we'd like for you to approve that if you will all those houses that came to our meeting Thank you so much. I appreciate it It's good I'm video counts. I live on penalty street and our family homes right along with many My mother was born in 1918 She started schooling went all the way through school here in columbia in the same house i'm in It's where she lived Her sisters all of them stayed there a grandfather bought that home Though his kids could go to college Numerous people in the area they went to college just about everybody was a teacher numerous teachers The house down the street mr. Hampton Lived in that community our members of small child. He was one of the ones who worked with some of the first black newspapers Our community Had a lot of wonderful people and we still do We just want respect for who we are for our ancestors And for our future children As any other historical neighborhood that's what we want We want single family. We don't want mixed residential It's numerous places that could be done and not just in our community, but in columbia in general wherever it's a historic district It's just tell them no there's places that's not build something out of the way there But I would like to see the city stand up And tell anybody anywhere That you respect all of your historic districts and all the people there. Thank you Mayor next miss ashland bristly has signed up to speak Maybe not Ashley you're looking looking fine this evening. Yeah, my name is Bobby deal. I stay right across from this park this life and um I'm 75 years old. I can sit on the porch now And enjoy the neighborhood and when my great-grandbaby comes we sit on the porch and play this little game What go this way is hers? What go this way is mine? I want to keep that When you start building apartments in there, you don't know what you might get it may be all right now But once that little seed blossoms then the loud music the cars the shooting I mean, let's tell the truth. That's what happens And the only thing the people that build these apartments think about is the checking the maker They're not concerned about us They're not concerned about our historic neighborhood It is concerned about is the checking the maker Thank you. Thank you, sir Mayor miss ashley ashland bristly signed up to speak Um, my name is ashland bristly. I am the resident of two two two six and it street, which is The exact neighbor of the lot in question So on each side of my house, I have those two lots the one in question and the one on the my left That is also empty You've heard about the historic aspect of this property and this location I want to talk about the present the developer and the future of this location as well I have met the developer because he's been on My lot previous to me. So he's talked to me. He's told me how he owns the other multi family Lot down the street that he just built how tiny it is how just he had to squeeze it into this itty bitty lot It's a cement block building right across from another cement block building. There's one that's taupe There's one that's blue the one that's blue with a bunch of trash outside has a bunch of dogs tied up outside Has a bunch of shutters missing and then you have the one across from it And you say that he is going to keep within The look of historic waverly and I disagree that he will because I've seen his work I've seen what it looks like and it's also within a hole that is likely to flood as well So I have concerns about the developer, but let's talk about the future of this area This area is like broad street in Augusta, Georgia This is an up and coming area that people want to invest in there's a historic house right across from me I've also met them as well because I walk my dog a lot They Are looking to buy that house this dilapidated house is gorgeous house. They want to fix it up They want to invest in the single family homes that are left to rot here So this is an up and coming area for young professionals for people who want to live near the college near five points where businesses are booming So why would we put in a mixed residential house right in the middle of this? This will be an eyesore in five years five years tops. I don't know how old that blue one is It's already an eyesore You're going to regret it and I say that because the station Five minute walk So who is going to be living in this students aren't going to be living in this housing When the stations five minutes away from here young professionals are not going to be living in this housing Who is going to be living in this housing this multifamily housing the people who I've met while I walk across the street They are not Young professionals or students looking to buy into that cement block building that's already there I'm concerned as somebody who lives alone as you can even see back here We're mostly women that live here as well We want to be able to kind of control who is coming into this area For our safety And so when you have multifamily housing you cannot control that as well, especially if it's You know a lower income housing as well. We don't know who's going to be moving in here We prefer single family housing Thank you Can we just get a hand of all the people who are opposed to this? Just just to make it easier Thank you You can't yell from the back row. You either got to come up or you got to be quiet one or the other I know who it is Miss Pamela Mack Miss Mack Did you want a speaker or are you good? Thank you, ma'am Peanut gallery in the back row to the left We have a mr. Mack Good afternoon. I live at 814 oak street with my wife Pamela Mack It's hard to follow The rest of these strong ladies that live in our community. You're a brave man to try to do it. Yeah, that's right. That's right That's gonna be honest with you But I believe if we don't stand for something we'll fall for anything These our community. I like to know who my neighbor is I don't need to have renters Trying to guess who's living to me next year the following year preserving the community To I know mr. Bailey asked a question. What issues do we have when you have a renter that's living next to you You might have three or four renters in that particular housing Where's the parking? Where are they going to park? The people who live there, where do they park? They don't have a park because you've got four five people living in one house Not to mention whoever else they might have over but um again, we have a family. I have a daughter We love our community. I live next door to mr. Carter who Um actually loves Little Waverly So we're here to fight And we'll continue to fight feel Carter, is it? It's not fill is it? Yeah. Yeah, mr. Carter. Yeah Uh, no not feel Carter the other mr. Carter that's past but um Durham Carter, but we're here to fight. We'll continue to fight. Um for our community And that's all I have to say Thank you for being here, sir like Mr. Joe wideman mr. Wiseman I think I'm the only one here today to speak on behalf of tim welp. I don't want to turn my back Just wait and talk to y'all. Sorry. Can y'all hear me still? So I know there's been a lot of talk today about legacy Legacy is really really important Legacy is something as an african-american. We're all proud of Tim Welp one of the people that's available for this project is one of my good friends Tim grew up here in Columbia, South Carolina He's currently in Virginia right now Because he his family was military his dad retired from Fort Jackson One of the goals that tim tries to do Is to go into communities that are usually minority communities and help provide value to those communities He tries to talk to people that he consider his friends his brothers his mentors And say hey, do you think this is a good idea? He usually tries to pick a community that he sees as a part of himself Don't know the property that the young lady was talking about Hopefully she can put that address on the record Because when I was testing to him he had no idea what she was talking about I've been to a lot of his properties When I say he is that kind of person that puts in a lot of work blood sweat and tears He's developing historic neighborhoods before He's helped some of my clients out When they've needed a place to stay to actually help them provide somewhere that's living One of his properties right now as soon as you come in on bull street If you look off to the right the property that has the green house that's across from the starbucks That's one of his properties that he's done He has a mom and a daughter living in those properties. That's part of his goal Is to build these houses So that he can empower young mainly minority people To have some kind of ownership To be able to provide for them He's a really good dude He's willing to meet with y'all sit down and talk Hear the concerns that you have And then see if y'all can move forward But I respect everything that you're all saying He's not some outside developer that's coming in from outside the state I mean, he's born and raised here. He went to usc. He's a kappa Yeah, so he means well and I just want y'all to get to know him as the person And I understand about keeping tradition But at the same time As the younger generation is coming up all we want to do is see our tradition continue on To help build value because a lot of times especially in columbia It gets left behind and other things get developed and sometimes our communities don't get developed That is what he's about if anybody wants to talk to me you can talk to him when we leave If y'all want to sit down and talk to him I'll make that happen. I'm like his big brother So hey man, just go talk to him Y'all might not agree But at least y'all can feel each other out and you can know that in his part He's trying to do the right thing and he's really trying to bring some value back to a community that he sees as far as himself And that's all I want to say. Thank you. Thank you, sir No one else has signed up to speak on this item All right, so We're obviously we're not taking them. Oh, sir, please Good evening. My name is miles madden. I am The one of the partners with philips allen capital. We're a development firm Based here in columbia, but then we also have a Preface in the upstate of south calana, which is what I lead up. I'm the business partner at timothy web Which that gentleman just talked about so I did want to give a little bit of clarity It kind of speak to what we're trying to do as a as a group And kind of similar and I'll turn this way as well because I do want to speak to We respectfully ask for you to speak into the mic and face the council, please okay, so so Our goal in terms of what we're trying to do Is we're trying to invest in a community that we understand has not had a significant amount of investment That is our goal that's similar to what the other gentlemen said about other areas that we've invested in specifically here in columbia But then also in the upstate as well. I know we're talking about columbia, but that's our goal We want to invest in And so what we're looking to do and what we're aiming to do is is to provide value to the community We understand that there's a housing shortage across the country And so what we're looking to do is provide housing not just for one family, but for multiple families So when we when when we saw this property and we saw the community Already a mix of multifamily homes and also single family homes And so we wanted to continue that that that that's structure And so that that was our goal our ultimate goal is to provide value to the community to invest in the community And previously now to some of the comments that have made The the the cement building. That's an eyesore. That's not a part of of of of our firm That's not a property that we own and I would love to for that to be in the record But that's that's not something that we own that was my first time actually hearing of that And and I also hear the feedback from the community. I think some of the points that they make are fair We've we've reached out to multiple members at the community actually in the planning When we met with the planning commission, we had other property owners within that community with us as well Um, so we're not opposed to Sitting down and meeting with the with the community to understand their concerns. As I said, we understand that some of them are fair When we talk about parking, um, we have if you look at that lot, it's a very long lot and What that does is it gives us a flexibility to address the parking concerns Where our tenants and our residents won't have to actually Park on the street, but they can park on the parks or what that we have These are the things that we've we've planned out and put to thought And so we we we welcome the opportunity to work with the community to understand what their concerns are as I said, you know I I focus on the upstate part of our development and Timothy who unfortunately can be here He's dealing with some family interest. He had a death in the family. Um, but We welcome that opportunity to meet with the community and talk And if I'll be here after the uh after the meeting if anyone wants to talk and I and I welcome that opportunity I would suggest that that you reach out all the the interested parties here All the leadership is here and set a date and sit down with you and your partners and have a real discussion About what the potential is and and I think that's the best way to go right now Ask him for what you're asking is not going to happen Uh, and so I I would suggest you sit down and see how can you work with this neighborhood? Embrace the history that's there. Look, there's a lot of opportunity in that neighborhood And there's some challenged areas as we know Stark and cherry that we also got to get on some of our church folks to start doing something with their property as we all know So, I mean we this is I ride through there every morning and what I want to see is Is families running in a set in those streets a set of somebody ride through and dumping their trash in those streets Because that's what happens every weekend in those empty lots. So yes, we want to see development But it's got to be development that is thought through and is intentional And and is is part of the fabric because that is a neighborhood that's got strong history And I think the more that we can embrace that the more we can come together and talk about what we can do And maybe it's not multifamily there. Maybe it's multifamily on a corner somewhere Maybe that's a single family But maybe that that one family makes a big difference and y'all all could be part of it so I would encourage you because Everybody here cares about this neighborhood or they wouldn't be here And I think you'll find that y'all could work together if you have conversation And mr. Madden I appreciate you sharing that with us And I know one thing that we all hear a lot is When people intend to develop a piece of property and the neighborhood association was not contacted before The planning process and before plans are set in place And I think it sounds like you're really invested in columbia and you want to do business and you're doing good business And I think that just it would help Counsel and us get to quicker decisions and your own planning process from building if the neighborhood association can come here And say they know you already you sat down and even if they disagree with With what you're doing I think that process works a whole lot smoother and it we won't Necessarily have to have big law long public hearings like this understand Thank you, mr. Babe. Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor Go ahead Ed Call him and talk them from the heavens. Yeah this wonder One of the reasons we wanted to do this is to have that kind of conversation Not only with the residents but with the developers Give us a keen sense of what we need to do there What we need to do with this piece of property We need a keen sense of Of moving forward with this effort And I think the more we talk to each other and and and and this conversation not at each other that That allows it to become a volumous kind of movement to at least get something to happen. Thank you, mr. Mayor Thank you, mr Reverend me down mr. Mayor um and and to the neighborhood. I'd like to talk to you for a second. Uh, this isn't my district um, but I don't live too far away from it and also One of my companies is making a pretty substantial investment near the corner of uh Gervais and millwood In the old Not all building And I love I love this area. I mean I grew up Above mace park and my family's business was in west columbia So I've driven down this area my whole life and and I've always I've always felt like There's a lot of promise for this area and I feel like With your passion that you're bringing today That we can do something with this before your area and I really think what we need is a strategic plan I think this is something that that um And if something that fits and and it's not a it's not a it's a strategic plan that values the past But also values the future and I really feel like this is something That I would like to be a part of I like the entire council to be a part of this It's so important that we don't Continue to leave these areas behind and and and and it is true That by doing nothing You do leave the area behind so you have to do something And but it's important that you have the buy-in From the neighborhood and the community and I want to I want to be an advocate for you I want to I want to I want to be part of this process. I want to work with reverend mcdowell This is his and and and everybody else on council And I want to when I when I leave this earth I want to I want to be able to say I made a difference and I want to make a difference in your area So so whatever I can do to help I want to help and I want to I want to be a part of this solution no matter what it is. So thank you mayor And I yeah, I just wanted to add to to make sure Um That we understand too that this process that we have in place Is to protect the neighborhoods Because I I just want to make sure because I kind of felt that there was a tone We have to keep coming back and begging the city Yes, because if we didn't have this process they would people could and you know People can come and do what they want to do so If you work with us, I mean, but this is the process So y'all understand what I'm saying like this is how we protect or at least give you Something of a moment to have some input because without this Then folks could do and without even getting your input So it's not that the city is um not listening to you or not, you know, doesn't care about your neighborhood No, we wouldn't have this process if we Didn't care I see you looking at me with the side I thought I saw that Can I entertain a motion to defer This until the opportune time that the developer in the neighborhood can come together second The motion is second. Madam clerk. Could you read the roll? Yes, sir. Mr. Bailey. Mr. Brown. Ms. Herbert I Dr. Bussells. I mr. Brennan. Yes, mr. McDowell Yes, may I recommend I thank you Thank you. The last item in your agenda this evening is a zoning map amendment for 1741 kushman drive It is a request to rezone the property from mixed-use district m u2 To institutional general district Two individuals signed up. Okay. Ms. uh bernie for mulchry. Ms. Maltry Hello, everyone. Good evening. How are you? We appreciate you And may I recommend And councilwoman Tina Herbert who we know well most of you I've met And it is my privilege to stand before you On behalf of the property located at 1741 kushman drive And uh, this is uh, your item number 24 And before I make my personal statement, and I think we do have other interested parties here I'd like to read a statement by one of our educators from habert school Who was unable to be here this afternoon because of another commitment if i'm in order This is from, uh, miss diana monaghan To the city of columbia council board and members and i'm stating exactly the way she wrote it My expressions to the zoning of allen university stadium Is a warm welcoming addition to the community area This is an opportunity to showcase the thriving student growth at allen university But most importantly This should also be an opportunity for the communities located in the area to thrive as well Second in order for this to happen I am asking with the help of the city council And reps to look at the overall picture on how a major cleanup Along two-notch road kushman and pine belt road would best serve the communities This major cleanup would involve removal of abandoned structures Run down structures And structures that's not serving its purposes to the surrounding communities or reflections upon entering Leaving or driving within the city of columbia areas and limits The multiple auto salvage yards along pine belt Located near wg sanders middle school A middle school with younger youths Or the motel quote-unquote That no one cares to speak about or acknowledge Our communities Should be just that A reflection of what the city of columbia passed low and suggested Where friendliness flows 2004 2008 Is happening now 1998 1999 And a capital place to be rolled out in 1991 And now I hear per miss monaghan. I hear the phrase this is home In the end, I would like to see business catering to workers like myself teachers construction workers office workers Including allen university office staff Who have to spend most of their 30 minute lunchtime Dodging in and around forest acres hubs Only to have 10 minutes to wolf down their lunch In other words, miss monaghan is suggesting that eateries be placed along that area or Restaurants that would Um Be useful for the teachers and other workers in that area to utilize Rather than sending their monies or increasing the revenue in the forest acres area Okay, and that is the written statement as submitted by miss diana monaghan given that to the clerk so she can put it in the record Thank you, ma'am Okay And of course i'm bernita mow tree bernita lorric mow tree From the green view and 204 area in 1969 or early 70s My church the rahub with united church of jesus christ was established in 1912 kushman drive And we also bought a property Directly in front of the church in the belvedere community as part of the annexing To the church We have since then moved to 3420 north belt line boulevard But we kept the original structure at 1912 kushman drive and have renamed it the c l lorric senior empowerment center Meaning that we do have events there such as weddings, baby showers And we our future goal is to expand to include educational Opportunities for young people in the area With that in mind, I'd like to say that we are in favor of improvement And we believe that the proposal that you have before the council and the community Will be a blessing to the kushman drive area But our issue is down through the years There has been a traffic problem. We have addressed this with the zoning area And they did put up a church sign We were wanting uh at least a flashing light because there is a An incline coming down from the water tower down to the church. That is a blind spot If you put a stadium there our interest our interest is Where will the main entrance be? For the stadium because if you use just kushman drive you're going to have a traffic Build up you have pedestrians that we would be concerned about so that's my main concern in addition to miss monigan We would like to see general improvement in that area We do not want to see a stadium built only to be welcoming to And i'll just be blunt to sex traffickers And and off color people that will come in at night to try to utilize the area And so that's my concern. I think we do have We do have leaders from the church Our pastor and also the board of the chairman of our deacon's board if you would like to Come up and expand on what I have said Is that is that that's not possible right there at the back row Is dr. Dubb taylor. I think he can answer and quell some of your questions and concerns about the development as a whole The developer is here Okay, the allen university The ever-reverend dr. Dubb taylor so you can uh good. Okay. We'd like to hear from him Miss sally who's next? She's got an order miss furges you got to listen to the clerk You might not be listening to me, but you guys need to improve this sound system because we miss furges It really needs improving. I have no other individual signed up to speak Hold up, sir Yeah, we did. Yeah, we did Yeah This is about zoning Does that make sense Just a point of clarification here. Madam clerk Who do you have no other individuals have signed up to speak? Thank you. Miss furges I'm sorry miss furges comes first Thank you. Thank you. That's why I love you. See Okay now First of all, I'm gonna say I didn't go to alan I'm a benedict grad 1966 A long time ago, but my husband graduated from alan in 1966 So one of us crossed the street somebody crossed the street Okay, but um, I have a couple of questions number one And this is in response I Want you to think about what building A stadium On the corner of kushman and two nights will do For the entire community And I want you to realize too That although I didn't go to alan. I am a graduate of benedict alan was smart enough To meet with the community leaders of both of those communities and my community which is way down the street So they met with holland park with With belva dear with jones mcdonald with the edgwood community and we all support this endeavor We are sure that it will improve the entire area There should be no issues with sex trafficking That kind of blew my mind There should be no issues with anything negative going on with such a strong strong Addition to this greater community now. I talk the pastor Over there One of my students, how about that at canaan many years ago? I won't tell you how many but um I knew his father I knew his older brother and they're all dedicated To the church Right around the corner now, but we used to be right across the street and i'm sure that The members of the church Like the members of the community will see this as a positive addition to the entire area And it really bothers me that already the staff has recommended that this endeavor be denied On what status and on what grounds? I mean why? So I am sure That as you vote for this Wonderful wonderful Project that you will of course support it Thank you. Ms. Ferges. Thank you for being here and I need to catch up with you about an issue Down by truman street at the back side of your neighborhood Good afternoon, my name is diane wally diane thomas wally 40 36 well court my backyard is going to be on the back of it and i'm I approve this message Wait the crow flies. I approve this message. My god daughter put some finger nail polish over me I got to go back to the place and get it done. I can't take it off Because so anyway, I that's why i'm holding my hand like this But it anyway They got they met with me. I went to the zoning board and we need this We need this a hotel We need a good pretty hotel on two knots rope. How about a holiday in? Go a little higher I just was thinking motel hotel holiday in but that's just where my brain was. Well, we need this I have never met the church I've never met the church Okay, I've never met the people at the church some of my co-workers The church but anyway, I have never met with the church, but we need this we need to sit down restaurants And this will help yes And cleaning up down. I think that's the county And I need to go to the county meeting tonight Well go on down there. You know, I got two meetings to go to tonight the county and the school district Proceed if you promise to shake and rattle it roll them a little bit. I will like I say, I'm here to stay Congratulations That's our council person Mr. McDowell, I love you too, but We need this Allen university got in contact with me. I sent a letter in and plus I talked we really need this Allen should not have to go to a high school football stadium and they college When I got the information they wanted to put uh Ambulance service there. No, you only hear football at a certain uh season But I have one of my neighbors here. He was concerned come up here, baby He was concerned about His taxes going up So Uh, can you explain that to him his taxes aren't gonna go up He got a letter After we hit what well now I retract my statement because if the county votes to raise taxes then his taxes will go up. Do with that But it's not gonna go up. He was worried. He was worried about the Fine And In Bevedere. Yeah, he stay on Bevedere You speak in the mic sir, thank you Cesar Robinson 34 Bevedere drive The property line we where the market is red in my backyard So I don't know how far The fence gonna go From the city property to my property. That's what I that's what I want to know Okay. Thank you, sir for being here Sharon Thank you. Ms. Wally We got a time. I got 26 more minutes seconds You gotta speak fast. Okay. Okay, and I appreciate what you're doing I heard you was in our neighborhood the other day and you didn't even call me, but that's all right That's that y'all we get our neighborhood fixed up too We get our neighborhood fixed up very good staff at the time and whoever come in they better come right Yes, ma'am Just state your name for the record, please. Sure. My name is clay cannon. Um, may you recommend members of council? I'm the civil engineer representative for allen university on behalf of um, the project team for this Um, just wanted to introduce myself to welcome any questions Uh, certainly mr. Taylor's here who's who can address the community outreach Um, we definitely hear the neighbors. This will be an ongoing collaboration with the communities um, there'll be traffic management plans developed 95 of the time this facility will be for student athletes practicing day in day out things of that nature So we won't have tremendous traffic impacts. Um, but certainly when events are held There will be traffic management plans Coordinated with the city dot law enforcement officials Certainly helped direct traffic for those events Um to the gentleman in the belvedere community There are certain neighborhood compatibility requirements we're aware of we have to meet Um, we're maintaining a 40 foot buffer from the neighborhood There are certain noise Ordinance we have to follow for events, you know, we have to be respectful of that And so certainly aware of that this will be an ongoing process as these as this project's developed Um, but we look forward to that opportunity and again, mr. Taylor's here on behalf of allen if any questions Thank you Dr. Taylor Good evening They just wanted to take the second and first to say first of all to say thank you to the city council Thank you for all the support that you give allen university Uh, dr. Maynealy uh and myself have gone out and met with the communities. We have met with the community presidents Uh when we were starting this process in all on favor Just think of an institution having to bus its kids at four o'clock in the morning To our neighbor uh institution university of south carolina just to practice football Think of an institution that pays A thousand dollars a day in transportation fees Just so our student athletes can play Think of an institution that went seven and three this year In over the last two years. We've had to bust our kids 40 minutes to a neighboring high school Put in this stadium Where we're proposing Will assist and solve that The economic development Impact that this will make on the city and the county is Is enormous The support the jobs everything all the good stuff that opportunities like this um Will bring the community will only make this community grow We are open to feedback and support of anything from the community This would be an allen university project that was set the city of columbia Development on that side of the corridor. It was skyrocketed. So we are hopeful That you will approve it and we are looking forward to working with the community In doing so. Thank you sir. Any questions? Mr. Mayor. Yeah, first of all congratulations on getting your doctorate But I do recall when we first met and you had Presented this dream. It's really great to see it come to life And I think this is one of those unique situations where it makes sense to move forward with something like this Even though it may not have been part of the original plan because there's such strong neighborhood buy-in um, and so, uh, I appreciate everybody that came out to Uh speak in support and uh, I'm very supportive and excited to see this come to life Yes, this stadium would be like fort Knox would be very secured. So these concerns will be, uh, Definitely addressing this part of the planning that we are put for well You're welcome to deposit that gold at the city of columbia. We'll take good care of it for you Absolutely. Thank you so much and uh, dr. Taylor. I would just add as a two-time hbcu graduate Um, I think it's long overdue for all in university have a stadium here I always thought it was a shame that they had to practice at other schools I played football for a little bit at Hampton university So I know I as as an athlete to have your own locker room your own field of the practice and play on so Um, I appreciate the work that y'all did talking with the community and it seems like there's buy-in there And so, uh, I'm I'm looking forward to see what Allen university does for the stadium Absolutely. I friends at university of South Carolina, Mr. Ray Tanner and others. I mean have been more than helpful But uh, it has put a strain on us from a financial standpoint as well as first and foremost our student athletes But this opportunity will assist in solving those Solving those problems About my request would be is that as as you continue to develop the plan think about As game day traffic, you know, and maybe we can help with the signal that that miss Moultrie was asking about That's something we probably can help with but also think about You know the ins and out because we we want that I do think it's a catalyst You know, we need a shot in arm in that stretch And I think with that type of investment, you know, and what what's going on with the old motel getting converted I mean, we're starting to see it happen right up the street from you. There are 34 Businesses owned by women in the Midlands Plaza We want to continue that growth on both not to notch all the way from your main campus all the way down And I think it's uh, I think it's very important and we appreciate you being here Without sending somebody but being here in person. I think it means a lot Absolutely. Thank you. Dr. Taylor. Is anyone else want to speak on this issue? Mayor Yes, sir mayor mayor Yes, ratman mcdow Yes Dr. Till Dr. Till let me ask you a question. I heard your engineer speak just a moment ago Um, has there been or is there in the making a developers agreement contract? Sir. Yes, we currently have our developer. Yes That was yes, reverend mcdow I didn't hear Yes So the development agreement Agreement contract is for the for the for the stadium. Is that correct? Yes All right. Thank you, sir Just wanted to hear that. Thank you, sir. Yes, sir. Thank you, mr. Reverend mcdow. Yes, sir Good evening My name is past pastoral oric from the Rehoboth church And I stand here today to say that I'm in agreement. I I would love to see this project happen The only concern that we have is the volume of traffic But I do believe that this will be a plus for the area to enhance the the development that's already started and uh Hopefully that alan been the court. I'm not listening to me alan university Will be able to place some other buildings on some of the other properties for higher learning To help develop that whole corridor of tunich road I look forward to it and uh, you know the areas dormant now and I remember when that area was a salvage company And uh, I'll be glad to see something come there to Enhance the community. Thank you for being here reverend. Yes, sir. Thank you Anybody else have any Prista Can I get a motion reverend mcdow? You want to make a motion? So moved mr. Mayor Can I get a second second a motion a second madame clark? Could you read the roll? Mr. Bailey All right, mr. Brown. All right, mr. Herbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi, mr. Brennan. Yes, mr. McDowell Yes, mayor rickamon. Hi. Thank you That concludes your zoning public hearing. Thank you. Thank you miss hampton Thank you all Ordinance is first reading mayor and council item 25 ordinance number 2024 001 Authorizing the city manager to execute a lease agreement between the city of colombia and one colombia for arts and culture for 932 932 square feet of office space located at the taylor street Second a motion and second madame clerk. Could you read the roll because i'm not going to entertain any comments? Mr. Bailey. All right, mr. Brown. Hi, mr. Herbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi, mr. Brennan. Yes mr. McDowell Yes, i recommend. Hi Item 26 ordinance number 2024 002 granting an encroachment to merb on taylor llc Hotel trundle for the use of the right-of-way area of the 1500 block of main street Second Madam clerk. Could you read the roll please mr. Bailey? Mr. Brown. Hi, mr. Herbert. Hi, dr. Bussell. Hi, mr. Brennan. Yes, mr. McDowell Yes, i recommend. Hi. Thank you event resolutions item 27 resolution number r 2020 9 5 authorizing consumption of beer and wine beverages only at the colombia marty grott festival at city roots urban farm And the 1000 block of airport boulevard to approve second The motion is second madame clerk. Could you read the roll mr. Bailey? Hi, mr. Brown. Hi, mr. Herbert. Hi dr. Bussell Hi, mr. Brennan Yes, mr. McDowell Yes, i recommend. Hi Item 28 resolution number r 2023 099 authorizing consumption of beer and wine only at the chili cookoff at the 2100 block of green street in the second to approve second Madam clerk. Could you read the roll please mr. Bailey? Hi, mr. Brown. Hi, mr. Herbert. Hi, dr. Bussell Mr. Brennan Yes, mr. McDowell Yes, i recommend Hi, thank you Moving into a period of appointments item 29 city council committees So for standing committees structure Um for this coming year, we'll have administrative policy committee That'll be chaired by ed mcdowell with members dr. Bussells and mr. Brown staffed by miss benjamin arts history preservation and philanthropy chaired by mr. Bailey members, uh reverend mcdowell miss herbert Staff liaison will be mr. Simons community development will be chaired by miss herbert Mr. Bailey and mr. Brennan As council members staff liaison will be miss gentry Economic development and infrastructure will be mr. Brown mr. Brennan dr. Bussells staffed by mr. Palin health social environment affairs committee will be chaired by dr. Bussells Mr. Bailey and reverend mcdowell Will be the members and Staff liaison will be mr. Shealy Public safety will be chaired by will Brennan members Miss herbert and mr. Brown and this will be chaired by none other than our city manager Teresa wilson I have a motion to approve those committees for this coming year A motion and a second madam clerk. Could you read the roll? Mr. Bailey. Hi mr. Brown. Hi miss herbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi mr. Brennan. Yes mr. McDowell Yes Mayor rickamon. Hi Item 30 mayor pro tem Well, I would make the motion that we appoint for this fiscal year Mr. Will Brennan Is our mayor pro tem second a motion and a second? The calendar year fiscal year The calendar year calendar year. Yes, ma'am. Okay. Second Thank you rever mcdowell You read the roll please Mr. Bailey. Hi mr. Brown. Hi miss herbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi mr. Brennan. Yes mr. McDowell Yes, mayor rickamon. Hi. Thank you Congratulations Well before we get in today, I'd like to make a motion to defer the at-large appointment Did you have a time frame you wanted that you wanted that next meeting or would you like to leave it open? Let's put on the next meeting February 6 Do I have a second? Mr. Bailey. Hi mr. Brown Miss herbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi mr. Brennan. Yes mr. McDowell Yes, mayor rickamon. Hi Is there any other appointments? I think we're holding we're gonna hold on all. Okay. Well, no I I'm actually ready for the district one appointee. Okay. I might like to entertain that motion I'll make a motion to appoint joseph Sir Nellidia To the citizens I talked to him. I just called him joe To the citizens advisory count citizens advisory committee for community development. Do we have a second for that motion? second Madam clerk, could you read the roll? Mr. Bailey. Hi mr. Brown. Hi miss herbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi mr. Brennan. Yes mr. McDowell Yes, mayor rickamon. Hi We're going to hold item 32 until february 6 Okay, and that's my motion. Can I have a second on that second Motion in a second madam clerk. Could you read the roll? Mr. Bailey. Hi mr. Brown. Hi miss herbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi mr. Brennan. Yes mr. McDowell Yes, mayor rickamon. Hi. Thank you. Mr. Bailey. I think you had one on this too, right? Yes, I have another motion to defer the at-large appointment For the columbia preparers advisory committee And move forward with the other appointments outside of miss harris I'd like to make an amendment to clarify. We're going to hold Sierra harris since it's not district specific And reappoint And move forward with three appointments and new appointments, but hold that hold that uh Does that a friendly amendment to his motion? Yeah, just to clarify because I think community development is the only one that has District and at-large specific. So we just want to keep one open All right. Is there a second to that amended motion second? second You clear madam clerk. Yes, sir Mr. Bailey. Hi mr. Brown. Hi miss harbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi mr. Brennan. Yes, mr. McDowell Yes, mayor recommend. Hi. Thank you I'd like to make a motion to reappoint amy husband j scott jillett and william baker And make new appointments claudia mcmillan and ralph mccarthy For the columbia preparers advisory committee second second All right, whenever you're ready madam clerk. Thank you Mr. Bailey. Hi mr. Brown Miss harbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi mr. Brennan. Yes mr. McDowell No Mayor recommend. Hi. Thank you We'd like to make a motion to um appoint jacklyn marshal to the planning commission There a second second a motion in a second And that was just one appointment that we needed at this point. Correct. Um, madam clerk. Could you read the roll? Mr. Bailey Hi, mr. Brown. Miss harbert. Hi dr. Bussell. Hi mr. Brennan. Yes mr. McDowell Yes, mayor recommend. Hi. Thank you Moving into a period on the mic with a city council reports referrals and new business Mr. Mayor. Yes, um, I'd like to make a motion to appoint councilwoman bussels to serve as the historic columbia board Representative as requested by historic columbia Did would you be Would you be Okay, if we do that on february 6 where we could do all the council appointments Because we got caught. We got several to do you know what I am because I forgot that you told me that we were gonna do that Thank you, dr. Bussell. I apologize. Thank you Remove that remove that So you all be ready to address your special committees any that need Any other on the february 6 if possible so that we can voluntold mr. Bailey to join some boards We're trying to see how much time we can eat up in his life Okay, I got plenty time to spare Don't say that too late. Don't say that because Any other uh council reports referrals? I do have a question, mayor. Um earlier. We were discussing a temporary What did you call it temporary moratorium? No, not that. Oh, you're talking about the signage. Yes, ma'am. Go ahead. Do I need to refer that to anywhere? Should we take that up with staff? I think you should take that to the city manager. Okay. Thank you It's temporary question um, I would I have given all of council and I plan to Um Look to see how we could put this in the system But I would like us to consider an ordinance Around to make sure that we put it out for a public hearing But I definitely would like us to have an opportunity to look at signage for vape shops and you know Planning ahead if the state does end up getting into legalizing marijuana So that we have a plan in place as the city of what can be displayed What signage can be used and I know we've worked on location But the signage and also at the same time would like us to revisit the signage around Our liquor stores it used to be it used to be a red dot and that was all you were allowed and now we're having poster upon poster and um I think if you go to the corner of harden and rosewood and you look at that That store that is not reflective of who we are and covering the entire building with advertising And there's no way that you can see in that store. There's not there's safety reasons And I think it detracts from our communities. So I want to make sure that as we go forward We allow legitimate businesses to run but at the same time that they're running with spirit of the neighborhood Because some of the signs that we're seeing especially on the vape shops are very misleading about what they're selling and they also have consequences to them And you know, it's obviously the great debate this year at the legislature will be around The gray area around delta 8 delta 9 and delta 10 So we'll stay tuned But I think we need to do our part to to clean up these stores allow them to continue to operate But make sure that we get it cleaned up. So that'll be coming to you. I'd like I gave each of you a copy I'd like y'all to look at it and then I'd like us to get it on the council agenda for a public hearing Is there any other new business dr. Bussells? Yes, um reverend mcdell. I am Referring some stuff to our committee as we had discussed. Um, so we'd like to move forward with We have several pending items through the administrative committee. We would like to meet I spoke with reverend mcdell With the two of us in person and potentially Him remote we would like to go over the food truck Um, uh ordinance and and regulation and guidelines. It's something that we've been discussing Also want to revisit the signage moratorium And see where we are in terms of that process and how we'd like to move forward on that and then, um Was there anything else that I'm missing in terms of I feel like there is what I can't think of There's there's one other pending thing that I believe we may have referred to committee in December Okay, so we so I just wanted to get on record that we've discussed that we would like to go ahead and meet um, because we don't want this to Become something that we fall behind, especially as we enter budget season Mr. Mayor Yes, reverend mcdell Can we as an administrative committee uh convene the committee uh next month? Can that be the pertinent next because we're regularly scheduled at the for the end of this month You're you want to go ahead and have a regular schedule for the regular meeting in february? In february, yes Madam clark says yes, sir. You can Yes, ma'am. Thank you, sir And I'd really like to address the issues that uh, dr. Bussell's Raised she and I have had some conversation Uh about that and of course have read the email that uh, peter sent. Thank you so kindly You have any other referrals? I'd like to give a brief update from the economic development and infrastructure committee Um, we had two really good presentations last meeting from uh core as well as groko And I think it's super important for the city that we continue to engage A lot of these groups in columbia and support them uh financially as well as as I guess systematically We have a lot of good things going on and there's a lot of young people in columbia that want to get involved in the process They want to get involved in making columbia better and and We want to be collaborative and we also want to give our support To developing columbia columbia has traditionally not been super progressive Um, and we want to kind of bring out this entrepreneurial spirit that I know exists in columbia So we want to we want to continue to support the economic development committee With councilman brennan and councilwoman bustles. We're we're super focused on economic development, but also Um the development of our folks in the city Um, and I think we got some really good things going on So I encourage anybody to continue to help as we support our community in these different ways. Thank you Um, I do have a just a brief report from the community development committee Um, we had a great meeting a couple of weeks ago. We heard from home works Which is a group that we have um previously worked with through community development Um, and the work that they're doing revitalizing neighborhoods and homes Um, and I think staff will be having a follow-up meeting with them to Investigate how we can work further with them And then we also I guess we approved and finalized the plan for town and gown And mr. Brennan wants to thank staff for all of your hard work on that um, and also finding a way to make sure all Colleges and universities feel a part of the process and I think that was a big part of it So we're looking forward to hear that roll out in a few months. I think it'll take a while to get it together and chairwoman Tina Herbert was so gracious enough to invite me to sit at the table, but I was instructed that I was not able to speak So it was a good time sitting there quietly see out of a meeting. I didn't even get to have a meeting without you I wasn't going to say that But we were glad to have mr. Bailey observe his first community development meeting Anybody else have anything want to add any new business? I just want to highlight I know that the health environmental and social affairs committee does a lot of work with addressing some of the homelessness Projects that we're working on and just wanted to highlight Camisha and her team for sharing with us the story of mr. Green who moved into permanent housing and he is a Wonderful story because he battled substance use issues and addiction and through our wraparound services and all of the hard work that You know camisha's team is doing we were able to get him into Permanent housing and continue those services so looking forward to your next update and Just wanted to take a moment to commend you all for the continued work And only being a year in for rapid shelter to see so much progress is really amazing Anyone else I would just like to make a pitch and thank Council for their consideration As we're going into budget season, but in advance of budget season The need to have probably more work sessions As well as then getting into the budget season with budget workshop So just for your consideration of your schedules, which are extremely busy and we do understand that Just so council knows I've blocked their schedule every other tuesday from two to five Starting today. So okay, you're welcome I've violent told you today I can't wait. Wow didn't know that mayor In addition to Many retreat just a day and a half. It's not the typical Retreat that you know, you're probably that we've had before we get into the strategic big broad outcomes because you've already set those in place, but it is To talk about kind of an economic forecast Some of our big major projects that are still pending give you some more detailed information and updates on those So we'll continue to work at that and get some time on your calendars And and if council would if because of time, I know We're talking about trying to have at least a day and a half, right? I'm city manager, you know Some feedback of if we do it in early in the week or we take a saturday out of our our Schedules and and do it then let's let's talk about that as a group This is very important. There's so much going on and so much progress And a lot of these and uh projects and major developments that we're doing internally that we want to make sure that everybody We're getting the updated information, but also making decisions as we go into the budget I mean, this is everything from our economic to our consolidation of offices our continued programs that we're all working on that Are so important to our community. We just got to give some time So let's talk about that if we want to do it during the week or we want to give up a saturday and just say, you know Hey, we're going to give up a friday afternoon and a saturday to get this done or we want to do a monday tuesday But um if you could get with the city manager, I think she really has a lot of great things to share But she also needs our input. Thank you mayor. Thank you council Any other new business referrals? I think we're I think we're good there I think we're at the public hearing stage At this time we have mr. Wade fulmer first thing council for being at the mlk park on monday mlk day was good to see presidents there And all those teachers and students Who are our whole future and integrity? So Back to the animal control Mr. Fulmer could I just ask you to pull the mic a little bit closer to you just just so we can capture all your words Thank you, sir. Sure Animal control non-enforcement news and barking noise The code is clear section 470 a b and 6 That's all they need to do what they need to stop the dog from barking for two years at from From midnight till till four in the morning and since november, there's been more There's been five times when i've been woke up between Know when midnight and 4 a.m I ask again Taking it another another way. Sure. The code needs to be reviewed. Sometimes I used to work with the administrative procedures act and and revising regulations for dehec and mental health But the bottom line is if there are not people in the division Who are going to do what they're supposed to be doing? It's not serving the people. It's not quality of care. It's not quality of life I ask again why 17 months before ticket for untimely excessive barking including after dark until 3 a.m Then only by the efforts of columbia police departments and revision Why when two more flagrant but same violations? There were no tickets animal control non-enforcement and animal control supervisors said They won't let us do that. Who are they? This is part of the problem in the chain Who are they of the animal control chain though documented incident reports by columbia police to again and dispatch Of two years of cumulation of logs and response by dispatch and columbia police Why were the accumulated reports which were given by columbia police department? by officer and captain To animal control to provide to city legal. Why were they withheld? Not given by animal control to city legal and the reference there I've been in contact with city attorneys baker rushing and thief. They don't know Nobody knows Who stopped the ticketing of violations by the department of animal control? Who withheld the columbia police department and dispatch departments and logs evidence which were given to animal control for city legal? This 75 year old veterans care health care and gun laws advocate Constituent resident homeowner, vietnam brown star PTSD veteran victim is again asking counsel to demand answers Tickets by an accountability of the division of animal control There must not be any myth Our our cover no more obstruction of code enforcement duty No conflict of interest free passes for those who adopt pets Uh, and no free passes for repeat violations No interference with inner force enforcement duties by any organization chart chain Respectfully determinedly mr. Mayor and counsel when will our City hear your answers your resident your resolution Why the the repeated division of animal control non-enforcement of nuisance code? And I say this not lightly and I pass this by people Why the withholding tampering of reports evidence? Thank you, mr. Opposed to get to city legal and has just furthered the problems I am asking when and for your questions again Thank you, sir So I noticed that animal control. I'm glad that we're looking at it in a health committee That's very important. I I noticed that animal control is also under Councilwoman Herbert's Jurisdiction in some way, which seems to be more the legal part as opposed to We need this because it's also a healthcare thing So I don't see us getting anywhere if if what I would like to see And being in the business of DHEC And and they have multiple layers assistant to the deputy commissioner assistant assistant assistant assistant All those layers you have to go through and try to get an answer. We don't have that many layers. Thank goodness Somebody can pick up the phone And say to mr. Anderson public works over animal control Answer these two questions Why mr. Fulmer would you like to leave your written comments? Because I believe we spoke prior to the meeting and you agreed to adhere to the time limit Yeah, why Why the tampering with the evidence? Uh Why who who said you can't write more violations just because you've already written a ticket last thing five times Since october I have been awakened one night twice between the hours of midnight And four o'clock the same dog And the owner and her Living friend Come home from bartending I don't think I should have to be woke up If they have to take the dog outside of the house common sense says you go with him You don't put him outside the house at four o'clock in the morning to wake up the neighbor That's what I have. I will be back next In two weeks and try to get into a little bit more detail. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir I do have one brief question The last time that a ticket was issued For like the last complaint that you had where a ticket was issued Are we talking about 2023? Um September After After 17 months This no no no listen to my question. Okay, was the last date that a complaint or ticket was done That you for you calling in for something was it september 26 last complaint was um september the 26th Okay, the one before that was april the 10th. I just needed that last year was january 23rd I just needed that last day. Thank you. Yes. Thank you Is there anyone else signed up madame clerk? No, sir. Can I entertain a motion to go to in the executive session? Yes, sir Go to in the executive session. Yes, sir. I move that we go to the next session Oh, well, I recant that I'm not moving somebody else And mr. May I'd like to make a motion to enter into executive session for discussion of negotiations Incident to propose contractual arrangements pursuant to sc code 30-4-70 a to department mental health surplus property And receipt of local or legal advice which relates to matters covered by attorney client privilege pursuant to sc code 30-4-70 a to Loomis fiber of south carolina llc franchise agreement and add transfer and For transportation penny sales tax review receipt of legal advice relating to matters covered by attorney client privilege pursuant to sc code 30-4-70 a to Got a second Madam clerk, can you read the role mr. Bailey? I work would be mr. Brown Mr. Herbert Dr. Bussells. Yes, mr. Brennan. Yes, mr. McDowell I may recommend. Thank you