 everyone good to see you madam clerk could you read the role for us today absolutely mr. Brown here mr. Herbert here dr. Bussles here mr. Brennan mr. McDowell mr. Duvall Mary come in here can we stand for the present 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 the liberty and justice for now can you say a word please there's about here it's for just a moment create a most gracious God for your loving kindness for the opportunity to gather in this room today we simply ask that you might touch us individually and collectively allow your presence to energize us yet sensitize us to the various issues that we will discuss today touch us ignite us and yet give us the energy to do what is necessary for city building we ask it in your name amen mr. Mayor at this time we will ask for public input related to the items on the agenda and mayor no one has signed up to speak at this time thank you madam clerk item to moving into the approval of minutes councils asked to approve the September 5th 2023 council meeting minutes is there a motion so moving sir a second so I have a motion a second any changes questions any comments hearing none seeing none madam clerk could you read the role mr. Brown hi mr. Herbert dr. Bustle hi mr. Brennan yes mr. McDowell yes mr. Duvall hi mayor recommend hi thank you item three councils asked to approve the February 14th work session in February 28 2023 budget workshop minutes is there a motion is there a second second are there any changes questions corrections for work session from February 14th or 28th hearing none seeing none madam clerk could you read the role please mr. Brown mr. Herbert dr. Bustle hi mr. Brennan yes mr. McDowell yes mr. Duvall hi mayor recommend hi thank you moving into a period of presentations item for the Constitution week proclamation the honorable Daniel J. Rickman mayor ladies would y'all like to come up as I get ready to read in the proclamation and then I will I would y'all like to speak first good afternoon good afternoon your mayor and members I have been fallen told that I will be your speaker I am Conley and Ragley I'm the region of the Columbia chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution I'm joined by several of our other members from other chapters in the greater Midlands areas and for more than 130 years we've been dedicated to serving God home and country as blood descendants of those men and women who fought to establish independence and so today you are recognizing constant is recognized by Congress and we have some little bells for you to take and ring after the meeting so that the clerk does not get us in trouble to celebrate and remember the Constitution as the foundation for our government and our way of life so thank you for you thank you for helping us recognize Constitution week whereas the Constitution of the United States of America the Guardian of our liberties and bodies the principles of limited government and Republic dedicated to rule by law whereas on September 17th 2023 marks the 236th anniversary of the framing of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention whereas it is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent magnificent document in its memorable anniversary and to the Patriot celebrations which will commemorate it whereas public law 915 guarantees the issuing of the proclamation each year by the president of the United States of America designating September 17th through 23rd as Constitution week the Constitution of the United States of America is one of the most important documents in history so therefore I Daniel J. Rickman the mayor of the city of Columbia along with my fellow council members of Columbia City Council do by proclaim the week of September 17th through 23rd 2023 is Constitution week and we ask our citizens to reaffirmed ideals of the framers of the Constitution had in 1787 protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through the Guardian of our liberties so in the in the great city of Columbia we urge our fellow citizens to recognize and participate in Constitution week and ladies will present y'all with the Mr. Mayor as you all are seated and before we proceed we really should adopt the agenda I think we inadvertently left that at the off of the beginning and as you adopt the agenda we would want to just formally remove the first executive session as well as if you don't mind I want to correct item number six but as it reads professional services agreement deleting the director of and inserting for external affairs service consulting or services right what was this item six changing it from director to external affairs services thank you mr. Mayor and council so can we have a motion to the adopt the agenda with the removal of item one the correction in item six from director to external affairs services was there one more thought that it those are the two that I had yes sir all right second the motion in a second any other changes comments questions not hearing none seeing none madam clerk could you read the role mr. Brown mr. Herbert I doctor bustles I mr. Brennan mr. McDowell yes mr. Duvall I may recommend I thank you item number five is the Tom's Creek family farms mobile market update Ms. Aisha triggers director of the office of business opportunities hello good afternoon mayor council members recently you approved the food and security solutions initiative and that was awarded to Tom's Creek farms last week they did a presentation for our community development committee to provide an introduction and update and we wanted them to do the same for full council so I'm excited to present to you Tom's Creek the vendor for our mobile market hello council members mayor I'm Larry Schneiberger part owner with my father-in-law Michelle Hickman doctor Michelle Hickman we have a 200 acre farm in Hopkins and as of right now the trailer has been ordered we should get it's mid-October-ish we talked about with the committee launching the whole project like mid-January after the holidays should be ready about December we have other situations that were other things that we're going to do with it too I've talked to DSS they're going to come out and join the market mobile market and inform people on healthy box which is a snap benefit program and we also we're going to work with palmetto pediatrics and they're going to bring in some of their team and do some free health checks for the children and stuff along with the mobile market and then I will let my father-in-law explain the next situation we're going to the little project we're going to do thank you mayor members of council thank you for your time and audiences welcome as the academician part of me requires doing studies and reporting and taking advantage of the situation it's not just the bringing food healthy food to the community but also assessing what we're doing and reporting back to you and to the community and part of that is to make sure that the triad of socio-economics education health and wealth they're interrelated so we want to see that what we're bringing to the community is doing what's supposed to do and we want to do some studies using university resources and our own resources and reported back to you and to the Columbia community so yeah just curious when do you think you'll be able to make your first deliveries out yeah that's the picture of the mock-up of what it's going to look like we have an inside picture we don't have it that would be the inside and then the next one I think is the layout but we're gonna we're gonna do a little different we're gonna put a door on both sides with an awning on both sides so because the trailer in my truck is quite long so we don't have to worry about getting it into certain spots I'll be able to put it anywhere we want to and they'll be able to exit on the left or the right out of the front so the when do we do the delivery well our farm keeps producing so when the truck is ready we will be able to just streamline the delivery so so it's totally retrofitted when it when it gets delivered so the people that build in my mother trailer they're gonna do the awnings or insulating do the air conditioning when I get it I will have to just shelf it out put the coolers in it okay and get it wrapped just go from there yeah with the stickers we haven't confirmed in an actual date yet we're still working on so we're planning to get started in January or up is that the goal yes so post holiday yeah so lots of rutabaga sweet potatoes collard greens and we and we work with local farmers too it's not just us I work with door farms out of something or a lot of always gonna be very impressive you're gonna stock it all yourselves we don't grow onions and potatoes that's about the lemons and and peaches stuff like that so some of the stuff will be but it'll be sourced out South Carolina so staying with the South Carolina fresh yeah campaign we seven now we have seven high tunnels at the farm so we year round we produce we grow 365 days a year plus our own animals the angles sheep goat chicken duck kidney hogs as they give birth delivering I don't have a look down there can we bring up the store yes oh no I was going to do it so yeah go ahead we we as a far as a family farm invested two million in the city of colombia we opened at 912 lady street we bought the building and retrofitted it to a two floors yeah we own the basement and the first floor and it is a true farm to market certified South Carolina store which we joke was the we don't have supply problem supply chain problem we're the supplier and the with the chain and the end point there and we have a bakery at the store so with this project the intention is fresh baked bread every day at every spot that we will be available any other questions yes can y'all let's go ahead can you move the slide back to the fund that's not the fun slide you know we want to see the fun slide which shows that one and I think that's important for people to see that it literally almost looks like a grocery store on the inside I think the food policy council members who are here how many can y'all stand up if y'all here is it yeah they've been working on this for a long time we're at least warning it for a long time and we finally got the funding and I'm glad that we were able to put in the budget thank y'all so much and I'm glad that it finally came to fruition and I'm so impressed with the process that we went through and who we found because one of the things that we know is when you have us the margins in food stores a slim period and when you have the form a lot of you know you have the materials there yourselves then you don't have to worry about paying more and you can take advantage of the scale we lose you know there's not as many spillage issues and then when I heard which was a surprise I didn't know that you had already invested two million dollars in the city and and we're giving you 180,000 I thought that was a good deal for the city I thought that was a great investment to help you expand and I feel very comfortable that based on your experience and what you've been doing thus far that this will be sustainable as long as folks come out and I'm gonna make sure I'm gonna make sure folks come out but I really feel comfortable that you all know the business and can run the business and make sure it's sustainable so I'm super excited about today I think having the store which was not part of the original description it was having the farm store and mobile vehicle makes so much more sense for the scale ability but the ability to move fresh product and get it moved out moved around which makes it much more sustainable which is really an asset and on both not only for our downtown area but for the mobile unit to get out it makes a lot of sense so it's very exciting did not know about that till today thank you very much and I appreciate your comments one thing is that we practice from a culture so nothing goes to waste everything cycles back to the farm and feeds our animals and or goes in as a fertilizer so you said kind of sustainable agriculture as well hopefully it's become a model to other small businesses or farmers well hopefully because unfortunately 28 percent of all the food that's grown in America today gets thrown away let alone what comes off the shelves from it being expired so I think the numbers creeping closer to 40 percent of all food items are wasted which you know there are a lot of alternatives for that fuel energy fertilizer so hopefully people will catch on and they'll follow your model because it's worked for hundreds of years in other places can work here but thank y'all we're excited about it look forward to seeing that wheeling down the road we'll bring it we'll park it right out there there you go and just remind me the stores is it 912 lady lady yep 920 right behind the blue marlin right right behind the blue marlin so if there's anyone who's interested in seeing what the product may look like while we wait for it to the the bus to be upfitted stop by 912 lady street to see what they have to offer thank y'all so much thank you thank you at this time mayor and council for your consideration the consent agenda items 6 through 13 there's a motion is there a second second is there any comments changes we did know ahead of time for the adoption of the agenda the changes in the language for item six any other changes questions concerns comments as you know in this we have our our water and sewer system revenue bonds that allow us to continue to invest in our system as we've committed to as we work with the EPA and others to make sure that we provide y'all the best water and sewer system out there I think some of the other notables in here are really our bunker gear which I'm so glad to see finally there we've been talking about that second set of bunker gear for quite a while and very excited that it's on our agenda today any other comments questions hearing none seeing them madam clerk could you read the role mr. mayor I want to just for point of clarification which the second set of bunker gear is underway this is the normal replacement gear for the fire department so I just wanted to be clear and transparent on that for you all but the bunker gear is underway as well thank you okay mr. brown miss harbert I dr. bustles I mr. Brennan mr. McDowell mr. Duvall I may recommend I thank you item 14 under ordinances second reading is ordinance number 2020 3097 amending the 1998 code of ordinances of the city of Columbia South Carolina chapter 24 vehicles for hire article for record and towing services section 24 to 15 towing and storage charges and this is the second reading again first reading approval was given on September 5th 2023 so there's a motion is there a second second it's a motion a second and I know that we went in last time to look at some changes to spread it over a two-year period and I know we were going to have a conversation to make sure about cleanup at Rex is all of that happened Robert is referred to public safety back the splitting of the cost yes in the ordinance yeah we're going to have a separate meeting about the review of review of the ordinances and the cleanup cost okay great coming to later date well not really the cost just the actual cleanup correct all right good thank you Robert mr. mayor yes sir Robert would that conversation include being in conversation with other towing companies so that conversation would probably not include towing companies I believe there's some other items that are out there that will be in that discussion along with how we clean up after that so we hope to have that meeting soon this is just a rate change before you tonight thank you sir any other comments hearing none seeing none matter Clark could you read the role mr. Brown hi mr. Herbert hi dr. Bussell hi mr. Brennan yes mr. McDowell mr. Duvall may I recommend hi thank you item 15 under public hearing and first reading for zoning planning matters is an annexation future land use map amendment and zoning map amendment for 5706 and 5710 Fairfield Road 602 Oakland Avenue 721 and 731 Prescott Road and NX809 and NX815 Woodside Avenue good afternoon miss Hampton good afternoon council um miss Wilson um read the beginning of this the public hearing item and it is a request to annex the property and assigned a land use classification of community activity corridor and urban edge residential small lot and assign a general commercial district and mixed use district zoning and it appears my presentation starts directly after that my apologies I do not have a slide for that let me just make sure it's not at the end here we go now fifth item 15 is the there we go so it's right here off at Fairfield and Prescott the highlighted is there anything we needed to know about it no sir so the the requested zoning is actually split towards the front towards Fairfield it would be the general commercial which is what is prevalent along Fairfield towards the back which is closer to the residential is a very low mixed use designation upon annexation is there anyone here to speak for against this item yeah no one's on up is everybody here seeing none hearing none there is yes sir you come to the podium just please if you come to the podium just so that the folks at home they're listening can hear you thank you thank you I'm Ronnie Campbell and um we purchased that prop down Fairfield road and are seeking to get it resumed and annexed into the city what department's not in here thank you sir anybody have any questions no but I'd like to welcome Ronnie Campbell to Columbia well I appreciate Ronnie is a good friend of ours from Chesterfield right good friend of my wife's and good friend of mine well I appreciate that you're great friends I'm glad you're investing in the Midlands now yes we're doing our best I looked at you back in the bag and I thought that was a Ronnie Campbell what's he doing in Columbia if anyone has any questions let's say I'll attempt to answer them but I move approval no because I've been looking for acknowledgement over here in the corner it's Herbert thank you and it's in my district hours no so I just want to make sure I clarify on Fairfield road just for the record because sometimes folks don't understand that um the ac2 that we're recommending is similar to okay in this property right here I guess the red it's going to be similar to what the city zoning is for similar properties around it is that ac hours so the ac that's the land use classification which is your policy right and then the actual zoning classification here which is the GC as you can see across the way is also GC and then of course you get further up towards the highway you get into light industrial I'm sorry so I was looking at the other I was looking at the other track just to make sure go back to your other picture the land use mm-hmm and I just want to make sure the the one that is shaded in is already in the city correct correct and that is the same okay basically what I'm saying is it's going to be the same thing as whatever everything else we have that's owned in the city towards land use towards Fairfield correct yes now in the back it will be in mixed use which is a it's a transitional district between a more intense commercial and between residential okay and then for my clarification there's like a trailer on Oakland are those those pieces of let me see how to us are those property pieces going to be they're going to remain the same where you all plan on doing something with them there's two old abandoned houses and the mobile home we're talking about it's an older mobile home can't be moved we were planning just to have them all removed clean the lot up thank you there's a lot of outbuildings on it we're going to have to take now yeah that's what I wanted to make sure thank you any other questions miss Herbert no but I'll move approval motion in a second any further discussion or questions hearing none seen no madame clerk mr brown mr harbert aye dr bustles aye mr brennan yes mr mcdowell mr duvall aye may i recommend aye thank you your next case is an annexation future land use map amendment and zoning map amendment for 110 Jacobs mill pond road um this is a request to annex the property assign a land use classification of urban edge residential large lot and a zoning of residential single family large lot is there anyone signed up madam clerk no sir is there anybody here to speak in favor or against item 16 hearing unseen on mr brown this is district four motion for approval second the motion in a second any further discussion hearing none seen madame clerk could you read the role mr brown mr harbert aye dr bustles aye mr brennan yes mr mcdowell yes mr duvall aye may i recommend aye number 17 an annexation future land use map amendment zoning map amendment for 77 16 garner's ferry road request to annex the property and assign a land use classification of community activity corridor and a zoning of general commercial district madame clerk you have anybody no sir is there anyone here who would like to speak on this favor against item 17 this amendment for approval the motion is there a second second the motion in a second any further discussion hearing none seeing none madame clerk could you read the role mr brown mr harbert aye dr bustles aye mr brennan yes mr mcdowell yes mr duvall aye may i recommend aye thank you moving to a zoning map amendment also called a rezoning for 1507 mount vernon street this is a request to rezone the property from residential single family rsf2 to residential mixed district rm1 is there anybody here to speak for against this item please distinguish mayor council members and fellow community members my name is delilah sedania jinkins and my family and I have called our beautiful city of columbia home for as long as i can remember my husband was born and raised here and we're so proud to call this city our home i'm a native member of our community my husband and i owned snac food in blithe wood for 13 years and in the city of columbia for more than three years i wanted to share a little bit of who i am and what i stand for with you i'm a proud member of this community who prides myself i'm not only gaining from but giving back to this community i am seeking to rezone a piece of land that we purchased a while back it is currently zoned for single family dwelling and i would like to have it rezoned to multi family dwelling my goal is to uplift the community by building a modern and beautiful homes to match the new main street aesthetic and complement the brewery because we are a small local organization our profit is not our only objective there are myriad of ways to house multiple families and keep the current residents of this community comfortable for example a set of townhomes or duplex would serve our cause and would refrain from increasing traffic or disturbing the neighborhood as it stands now as previously mentioned i would like to add value and uplift the neighborhood with my development without pricing anyone out my goal is to add to the community and comfortably house the growth that is to come i would like to marry the charm in history of the neighborhood currently to the new aesthetic that is coming with the rebrand of the main street corridor ask for your reconsideration on the zoning of this property thank you in advance for your consideration thank you um can do you give us a little history miss other i'm sorry i didn't see ladies back there sorry please come forward just waiting for the rest of my neighbors then yeah y'all traveling packs we're older so we have to keep watching the others back i'm gao baker um i live in the neighborhood in fact my street is adjacent to mount vernon and these are all the neighbors that actually live on mount vernon street um we are against the property being rezoned as for multifamily use our neighborhood doesn't have a good history of taking care of multifamily units especially in our area that street um and if it could say single family dwelling we would welcome that it's an awkward corner um hold on miss baker i don't know who it was but i could it was it was hard for people i want to make sure people hear what you had to say go ahead it's an awkward corner it sits kind of like a triangle so when you make that turn um you there's a ditch um on both sides of it so it's very hard now to see coming from that way to make a left turn on to glenda in fact even making a right turn it it's just an awkward street it's a very narrow street from that end it starts up at main and mount vernon and comes down and the closer it gets to glendon it gets narrower so the cars are parking on the street already from that block on down to glendon so it's um the visibility is very hard now i just can't see a multi dwelling family dwelling sitting in that particular area and i'll give the podium to the rest of the neighbors if they want to say anything yes ma'am so i'm carol michel and i'm 1503 mount vernon street so this property sets adjacent to me i've been in the property for 50 years and most of the people in this block which is the interior block which houses the school at the top and the eight houses at the bottom and up those eight to ten houses they are all owner occupied right and in your visions and your steps of the finding columbia envision 2036 this area is to be the neighborhood we protect the school we have a walkway up and down that street or going to school the Lutheran center across the street walks that block as extra size the school bus is in this corner it's a dangerous corner we've had three accidents in that corner hitting the house that's facing mount vernon on industry because they run the stop signs they come up out the sink and they end up into the resident's house they've they've tagged her house three times i really think that it's a dangerous deal or to block that corner with nothing with something other than what has been there for the last 100 years a single family drawing i'm joice drinkings and i live at 1411 mount vernon street and my concern is the traffic the school children up and down the road we do not have a sidewalk and um i would you know much rather that that be a single family dwelling put there instead of a multifamily we have multifamily's over there already and the concern is the children are playing in the streets already and driving can get to be really a bad situation in that area down there when especially when school is out and um i cannot see anybody even uh we have a air bnb there in that same block now and all this business and um adding of multifamily units i believe it will be a bit too much for the area thank you for being here ma'am my name is linda cambell i have property uh on 1510 mount vernon street right across from the property they want to build multi units my concern is that is parking is a concern the street is so narrow right now as one of the other clients said that we do have a multi units on that street and the problem is it's the street is too narrow and if something you're coming down the street somebody's going to have to stop and let the other car go through and so my concern is the parking thank you baker everyone miss hampton i noticed both staff denial and and planning commission voted seven oh to deny this as well is there anything you need to add to what we've heard this evening no i mean as you know as we've discussed it was staff does support additional density in appropriate locations um this part of mount vernon is single family has been um and there is plenty of multifamily in the adjacent area so we felt that the plan and the development patterns point towards keeping it as it is right and i will just add to i have walked that area um and my you know we live the different places so my grandmother has lived right over there off windermere um and i just want to make sure that the applicants understand it's not that we're against development um but we do want to keep the character of that particular neighborhood and to put a multifamily housing right smack dab in the middle of several um single family homes um does not work with the mission and the goals of even the plan which is why it has been denied every step up to here um single family homes would be great i would just say personally i am not opposed to renters because i've i've been a renter for many years myself um so i i wish and i can sit down i meant to sit down with y'all before because i know some are your people but if we could sit down at some point i don't mind having a further discussion on it but we won't be able to approve i'm sorry i won't be able to approve i don't know what the rest of council is gonna do um but i won't be able to approve it um the request that's being made anymore any other further comments from anyone um miss herbert your district you want to make a motion i make a motion to deny the request is there a second second a motion in a second any further discussion hearing on seeing none madame claire could you read the roll mr brown i miss harbert i dr bustle's i mr brennan yes mr mcdowell yes mr duvall i and i recommend bye thank you the final request on your zoning public hearing is a text amendment to amend the unified development ordinance otherwise known as a zoning ordinance chapter 17 regulations the use regulations to add additional uses to the permitted use table for ec employment campus zoning district this is one of the improvements that we're proposing as zoning has been implementing this district it has shown that several uses that would be approved in what is under an industrial zoning classification were not listed so we are making this proposal to you to amend that um i had a phone call on this miss hampton i did not do a very good job explaining could you just take two minutes and just give the bridge version for the public while you're here so the ec district is listed under you have several major group classifications of industrial mixed use residential ec is in the industrial listing of the classification however its use permissions are really slim and so we have had a number of inquiries for different parcels zoned ec where the use classification would seem appropriate for this type of industrial light industrial i should say however it wasn't permitted so that is why we've made these suggestions for additional uses to bring it more in line with that classification thank you there any other further questions from council is there anyone in the audience has any questions or concerns about this amendment did anybody sign up well madame clark i think we're ready we need a motion motion to approve is there a second second we have a motion and a second any further discussion seeing none madame clark mr brown all right miss herbert i dr bustles hi mr brannon yes mr mcdowell mr duvall i may recommend i thank you and that concludes your sitting public hearing thank you miss hampton ordinance is first reading item 20 ordinance number 2023108 granting an encroachment to southeast restaurants corporation for the use of the right of white areas of the 2,400 block of forest drive the 1,500 block of north millwood avenue and the 1,400 block of lion street for the installation and maintenance of landscaping and irrigation adjacent to 2,400 forest drive in richland county so it was a motion is there a second second a motion a second any further discussion i look forward to that building being renovated it's been sitting empty for quite a while it's exciting news madame clark could you read the roll mr brown hi miss herbert dr bustles hi mr brannon yes mr mcdowell yes mr duvall i may recommend hi thank you item 21 ordinance number 202310 authorizing the city manager to execute the sixth amendment to atm site lease with truest bank branch banking and trust company or otherwise known as bbnt for use of 3905 enter to approve well there's a motion and a second any questions or concerns hearing none seeing none madame clark did you read item 21 mr brown miss harbert hi dr bustles hi mr brannon yes mr mcdowell yes mr duvall i may recommend hi item 22 ordinance number 2023114 adopting the commercial reviving loan fund crlf code revised as of august the 29 2020 we got a motion a second we got a second from miss harbert madame clark could you read the roll mr brown miss harbert hi dr bustles hi mr brannon yes mr mcdowell yes mr duvall hi may recommend hi item 23 ordinance number 2023116 amending the 1998 code of ordinances of the city of columbia south carolina chapter 2 administration article 2 mayor council and city manager division one generally section 231 compensation mr may i move approval there's a motion is there a second second there's a motion in a second any further discussion mr mayor mr duvall i'd just like to point out that this is a requirement of the state law to change the compensation of an elected council before an election the last time this council has had a change in salary was 2006 17 years ago this particular ordinance raises the salary from 13 350 to 20 350 i think it's well merited by the service that these council members serve and uh i move the question mr mayor when i was just gonna say i think some other folks okay mr mayor i wanted to talk a little bit about um this potential opportunity as a data person wanted to share some information with the public today a harvard institute of politics poll suggests that the millennial generation has become greatly disillusioned with the current political system and they find several barriers to running for office especially millennial women this new survey data underscores that young people are interested in getting involved and understand that they have the power to effect change but sometimes they lack the information support and explicit opportunities to do so this same study study shows that less than half of young people feel financially comfortable around running for office and are often deterred by the stress of fundraising managing home and public life and of course lack of privacy for women in particular these challenges are further exacerbated by the double standards that exist with an age difference of over 40 years on columbia city council by changing compensation to align with other municipalities and the cost of living we are leveling the playing field we are allowing opportunity for us to diversify the class of people that actually run for office and not just those who are stereotypically seen as politicians white males from well-off backgrounds and professions like lawyers developers and business owners i hope that this change encourages the next generation of leadership to step up and run to help continue to increase representation in politics mayor miss herbert and i just wanted to add along those same lines first of all we would still be less i think than any of the surrounding areas i think that's key to know but the other part just to pick up on what audity said i am a lawyer i went through the list of all of the black council members that i can remember and y'all can help me if i'm missing one but i have luther patiss lawyer e.w. commodity lawyer to make a divine lawyer brian newman lawyer um tina herbert lawyer reverend mcdowl retired preacher which means you know he he has a he got a chat yeah he you know i'm saying but no seriously it means that he has income coming in um and then mr. davis and he worked for the state before he retired um even as a black female attorney i don't think that just black female attorneys should be on city council um you have mothers you have um folks who work in different stages of life um and twenty thousand dollars there's so many financial barriers because um it cost a lot it cost a lot financially to get into it and then you do that just to sometimes take a big hitting your finances um and so for me it's not about my pockets really but it is about making sure that everyone has more of an opportunity so they can at least consider running but some people look at it now and they just like i don't know how we're going to do that um and so and even if the increase is not a huge amount um i think that this does again open the opportunity for diversity and for people more people to at least think about it and to financially be able to do it if you do it and you're not and your finances aren't good you don't make good decisions that's my personal opinion so you want people to be able to make really good decisions and financial decisions about what's going on with council um and so i um of course am very supportive of this ordinance and this change mr. mayor can i say a few words uh mr. brown so i think it's fair to say that everyone on council uh does a really good job i think it's important that this is not just about the money so the effort the time investment the passion of everyone up here on council i appreciate and cannot speak uh enough of however um this is called public service um and i think when we talk about public service we know that it's not a thankless job but it is a job that we've all signed up for there's little mistaking of what we're getting into so i signed up for public service uh i signed up to make a difference uh not to make money so i think from a council perspective everyone knows exactly where they stand and what we're doing in columbia and the efforts that we're making to make columbia the best city it can possibly be in the south caroline thank you any other comments or the previous question madame clerk and this is this this is for the compensation as mr. devol said for six council members first reading first reading six council members at uh roughly seven thousand dollars council member or total of forty two thousand dollars in the next fiscal year correct do we have a second huh do we have a second total right seven thousand dollars per per council member time six yeah 20,050 i believe correct 350 350 350 so motion and there's a second madame claire hey mr. brown no miss herbert yes dr bustle yes mr. brunnan no mr. mcdowell yes mr. duvall yes mayor rickamon yes thank you resolutions item 24 resolution number 2020 3081 authorizing condemnation for easement acquisition for water main extension along chape and road to serve 518 smokehouse in leccington county motion to approve second got a motion and a second uh any further discussion uh i appreciate staff helping get this through uh i know it was painstaking thank you clinton your staff and everybody who worked on that madame clerk could you read the roll mr. brown all right miss herbert dr bustle i mr. brunnan yes mr. mcdowell yes mr. duvall all right mayor rickamon i event resolutions item 25 resolution number 2023 064 authorizing consumption of beer wine and liquor within boy plaza at mcquinn motion to approve zero second second any further discussion hearing not seeing them madame clerk could you read the roll mr. brown miss herbert i dr bustle i mr. brunnan yes mr. mcdowell yes mr. duvall i mayor rickamon i item 26 resolution number 2023 067 authorizing consumption of beer and wine only at paint the town garnet and black usc homecoming event at 747 saluta avenue motion to approve second got a motion a second any questions or concerns seeing none hearing none madame clerk mr. brown miss herbert i dr bustle i mr. brunnan yes mr. mcdowell mr. duvall i mayor rickamon i item 27 resolution number 2023 068 authorizing consumption of beer wine and liquor at jerry best at the five points fountain on sunday october to approve so we have a motion is there a second second second any further discussion hearing none seeing none madame clerk could you read the roll mr. brown miss herbert i dr bustle i mr. brunnan yes mr. mcdowell mr. duvall i mayor rickamon i item 28 resolution number 2023 073 authorizing consumption of beer and wine only with emboyed plaza adjacent to the columbia museum of art for the contemporaries october membership motion to approve there's a motion and a second second we have a motion and a second any further discussion hearing none seeing none madame clerk read the roll mr. brown miss herbert i dr bustle i mr. brunnan mr. mcdowell mr. duvall i mayor rickamon i item 29 resolution number 2023 082 authorizing consumption of beer wine and liquor at the gerbet street bridge dinner at the gerbet street bridge on motion to approve there's a motion is there a second second that's coming up very exciting that's a great event any other comments seeing none hearing none madame clerk mr. brown i mr. herbert i dr bustle i mr. brunnan yes mr. mcdowell mr. duvall i mayor rickamon i thank you item 30 appointments municipal election commission um i'm a little concerned about this i think we got to figure this out because i don't know that anybody realized but we can't go into an election with the candidate on the committee i'm just seeing the printed list he's not actually on the committee he was replaced by austin nickles and so the current sheet is not updated he was replaced years ago by austin at least two years ago okay all right we've got three members we have three members and we're just asking for the reappointment of miss monoland to her second time as that was updated she was like whoa that's not going to work has that been updated on the website i believe i believe it is updated on the website okay we'll double check yeah please double check that that would be great was there a motion so moved we got a motion is there a second well we won't only hell and not only that's the request you said the reappointment of helen mother okay yes okay thank you so is there a second there a second a second second all right madame clark could you read the roll thank you mr brown all right miss herbert hi dr bustles hi mr brunnan yes mr mcdowell mr duvall i mayor rickamon hi thank you city council committee referrals reports and new business mr duvall mr mayor there's a house bill house bill 40 22 that would allow as an option the a municipal government to use instant heard-off voting and i have given the clerk the literature that explains this and i'd like to ask the administrative committee to take it up and see if that this is something that the city of columbia would like to sound a resolution and support of the municipal association is supporting it and it's an option and it doesn't require but the clerk not the clerk the city manager has mentioned in past conversations that we might need to go to the plurality because of the cost of running two elections if you had a runoff this would solve that problem it would it would save the city lots of money and it would save candidates having been a candidate that's been a runoff on the two elections and i've won it is expensive to get into a runoff this would solve that problem so i'd like to refer it to the administrative committee howard just since you brought it up for the public because you what what is the process so how is the public going to have input on that because i do think this is one of those things that you need citizen input on well it's a it's a in the state legislature it's not before the city council other than i would like to get the city council to endorse it that this is a piece of legislation that will be vetted at the committee meetings at the next council meeting if they refer it back to the full council and during the legislative process i think there'll be plenty of opportunity for the public to understand what this will do yeah i think i just want to make sure that that our citizens know what we're doing so if it goes to committee can we at some point have some kind of of information sent out just so they know what we're looking at because for some people to understand especially when we're talking about the way elections are held the way voting is i think in today's world we need to be very clear and precise and transparent when we're talking about changing anything so there's no confusion and that all people know exactly what's going on well a couple of points mr. mayor this is this is permissive legislation at the state level uh it would it would not change anything with the city of columbia until the state legislature has passed it and then it would have to go through a vetting process again with the city of columbia to adopt that form i understand that i think what i just want to make sure is that if we are putting a resolution forward that our citizens know what we're doing when it comes to voting that's all i'm saying i mean i think it's appropriate in today's world to make sure that information is shared i'm sure that the committee will vet it and it will come back to us and you're going to send this to admin yeah admin that's where i think it will is that where it ought to go yes sir i think it should go there and and i you explained it perfectly councilman deval and it may be um from a timing perspective good if you all want to consider it after the upcoming election just to the point of not confusing anything or would you rather it go to committee before i'll leave that to the chairman of the committee's discretion okay sounds like that would be either be the appropriate way to do that and mr. deval is right it wouldn't change anything that the city's currently doing it's just putting another method on the table that the state legislature is considering but in case you all don't want to to the mayor's point confuse the citizens about your discussion of it right now i think that's a good point yeah i think i think you're i think you're right but it also gives a committee an opportunity to flesh out those issues and to come to council with uh with a recommendation and right now we we need to make that decision okay thank you havin um madame clark would you read the role mr. mayor may i just just for rickett there were several referrals to administrative policy committee i know mrs herbert made two and i just want to make sure we've got those for the record would you restate those mr. Herbert uh yes one was the um signage for the lee roye malls multi purpose center at hyatt arc the other one uh was uh consideration of virginia bedford's name for url wood community center yeah that's correct and also um reverend mcdowell we have currently we currently suggested a moratorium on naming so we need to revisit that if we want to make the change that's correct okay and that's what i was going to mention because there's another name that has surfaced and that's a serenance resource center at the at the um bailfield center um as you know this committee has been charged with uh the whole notion of looking at the renaming of facilities honorary signage um and those sort of things that we have not made a recommendation to bring to council yet thank you ma'am mayor and we have a motion on the floor that needs a second thank you you got all that because there's a whole lot of moving parts there they've got attitude that was a motion with an ad ad and an ad we got it all covered have you got it miss erika yes i just want to make sure we got it okay we got a motion in a second madam clerk could you read the role mr brown miss herbert i dr bustle i mr brunnan yes mr mcdowell yes mr devolve i may recommend i think do we have any uh referral other referrals or new business or reports to come out this evening no all right mr mayor i'd like to give an update from our last economic that'd be great mr brown go ahead so we met uh last tuesday with the economic development infrastructure committee we had a really good uh discussion with local developer frank kason frank's done a lot of projects locally including the city of clumbia and we're going to continue to to bring local regional and maybe even national developers to speak to the committee to talk about some of the challenges that they see within the city for development and some of the things that they see as positives within the city for future development i feel really good about a lot of the developments and future developments that we're going to have in columbia so we want to really get that feedback from the developers on how we're doing as a city we also had a very brief preliminary meeting on the entryway signage which will continue to develop as time goes on um we also had a really good uh zoning update from christa hampton uh one of the challenges obviously within the city on development is is making sure that we're business friendly and making sure that we're not an impediment to good development within the city so i think we're on the right track uh with that as well i think there's a lot of positive vibe in the city and i think columbia is alive and well and uh looking forward to uh more to come thank you thank you mr brown any other updates new business going once going twice with that we'll move into a public input madam clerk yes sir we have three individuals signed up we will remind individuals that they have three minutes to for their remarks before city council first we have save our kids mr lee carol mr carol good to see you well it's better than being prayed over right you're right you're right my name is lee carol save our kids uh mr risa glad to see you back hallelujah okay uh when i do work for city council in 25 i will not ask for any money i don't want no money and um i think a public servant should be a public servant um what i'm really here about is uh the park i gave y'all a list of stuff and uh and we need better program for our year and our parks only have after school programs and you know they said they do on paper but if you go there they do not and our parks um equipment is uh residential it's not commercial so it's not going to lie and i'm glad you guys see that i come to how you park on sunday because it would have been embarrassing so we got to get better equipment because you go out and look at that our basketball goals out there they are leaning and they got a crack in them and the the pole will put in two inches seam I watched the guy do it i even talked to the park director and he told me said well lee um it's a boy of my pay grade and i'm trying to figure out what pay grade when it dealing with people being hurt but um i wish we would go out and look at the park as a city official just go out looking at the park just walk around and go into the neighborhood especially these parks that's in low income area but i do appreciate it thanks thank you mr carol mayor is it okay only because i just discussed how your park last night at how your parks meeting and it was included in your state of the city that the city has budgeted i believe 373 373 thousand dollars a hundred thousand how you ever say that y'all know what i'm saying in Hyatt park and i just wanted to let you know what we're using it for because what i also tell folks is if we have money in the budget right now to do these things it will take us a minute to get to something else so it's not as if we're ignoring your request so right now they have budgeted for the baseball field and new fencing which has been completed currently looking at the swing area and waiting quotes so maybe there were good requests like before you had your request several requests from the community they're working on the kiosk that's going to go outside they've received mural signs and working with park staff to install them we have the structure behind the home plate that needs to be moved we're looking for funding for that and an additional railing was added and again that was almost 400 thousand dollars that was budgeted for this year so we are working on Hyatt park we just haven't gotten to the specific items that you're talking about and i just wanted to make sure that you knew that you weren't being ignored what do you say keep open like my grandma that's what my grandma say too thank you ma thank you ma'am clerk yes sir we have mr jason lyon mr lyons the floor is yours doing well my name is jason lyon i want to thank you mr mayor we had sat down this last friday and we had a discussion um started off with some disagreements but then we got to common ground and talking about solutions for the community and um so i'm still here standing here supporting uh erico be kind of great she had to leave for uh to go get some to get some donations so she can help others um but i wanted to um just highlight again just our our reason for being here is to talk about how we can have the best community solutions and it means having more people come into the table and talking and working through some of the issues um because at the end of the day right as as much as we want to have one centralized location work for everybody um seeing how it's been playing out thus far it's just it's just not working for everybody and and so just keeping at it and trying to find new things new ideas um you know it's it's never too late to call things at some cost or you know keep trying to revise them to make them work um but i did want to um just bring about an idea i've sent all of you but i want to send this publicly invite to anyone and everyone to join us uh not this saturday but the following saturday on the 30th to join us at 10 o'clock in the 10 o'clock in the morning down at finley park we're gonna be going down on the parking parking lot side we're gonna meet there um so that we can all kind of understand a little bit more about what it means to walk a mile in their shoes so we're gonna walk for one mile all the way down to 24 01 main street which is where christ central is and we're gonna be walking back and a part of this is we're gonna be feeding as well as giving water to everyone who comes out so if you guys are able to join us we would love to have you um but anyone who is able to come please do um there'll be community organizers there with us there will be people coming in there are sponsors and everything else so it's a good community event and it's talking it's purpose is to address some of the problems that we're facing to be able to come together to find some of these solutions and work in hand in hand to where we can have a shining beacon for what the rest of the country should be trying to emulate um i really do believe that columbia has that opportunity and i think as long as we're working in partnership with everyone around us that we can see those things and so um with that i just want to thank you guys all again for taking the time to hear us out mr mayor it was it was good to sit down with you and talk and i look forward to continuing to work for the best i think when we left at mr lions we were going to get a list of some folks to have a small group so that we could come up with some guidelines and suggestions you had a couple around cleanups and other stuff so i think why i support you having a great march i think getting some folks around the table and actually coming up because we're still getting some some difference so where people think we should just let everything happen and that there are no guidelines and that's not going to work for anybody so i think it'd be a good idea for us to go ahead and grab some folks and let's talk about what can be done to so each person can achieve their mission but do it not the expense of others absolutely and i'll just add that um obviously you are well aware that's the construction zone now so i also support your walk but certainly be aware that from a public safety perspective there's no way we can support you being in the park i mean you can't even get in the park but if you choose to locate yourself near the park be aware that we'll also be doing whatever's necessary because it's posted and we've had that discussion multiple times where there's no need to encourage people to be in an unsafe zone either we're not going to be in the park good we're going to stay outside the park we so how far away construction so far away can we stay away so if you're if you're organizing a march a formal march as you just said publicly then you would need to go through the process with the police department to get all of the um necessary items in place as far as officers for public safety ahead of time and they're here they'll let you know that tonight so the question and we're not gonna go back and forth about it but we still have 18 seconds i still have 18 seconds but i would like to recline my time so i would like to ask you so if the plan is is for people to make this march on their own are they going to have to require police protection when they do that when people are leaving from wherever they are across town to come to christ central if that was a plan that was accepted by everybody then are they all to petition to the police in order to make this walk to be able to get food and service if you're having a walk which like we the mayor said and i'm saying and we encourage you to do that i'm just simply telling you to do like any other organization does and do it properly so we can make sure that you sit down with our officials to make sure your walk is done in the proper fashion as we would do with anyone thank you so much mr. lying anyone else yes sir mayor we have reverend silvia roberts signed up to speak good afternoon how are we new good afternoon mayor and the city council i am reverend silvia roberts and these are reverend davis we are all from the newberry district ame church and we are here to talk about the homeless i think that the messaging that we received several weeks ago from the city council was very convoluted and the information was misunderstood to where people could have been defended so we would want it more clarity from the city council on how you're going to help the homeless because they are finding a way up the city um broad river road we're finding them all over the streets they're not here in the city of columbia they are all over now and how do we feed them how do we meet these needs and then this is the reason why we all came because we really didn't understand your plan for the homeless we really didn't and it was nobody to really tell us what is needed because we're ready to help this is brother eigner he's our member and he's very passionate about the elderly the audience uh what they have they're having a destination place for the homeless to come to um i know uh like we meet the people as they need we have people different places in terminals and everything so uh some have difficulties and some have mental illness so if we got something to give them right then and there and they can't come to the designated place to eat it's not feasible for us not to give them something to eat as that place and that's our stand against the audience to bring them all that one place and i'm thinking that uh that's a good thing too but we got to meet the people as they need and and and just to say we can't feed the people in the city i don't i don't go that's not what we're saying and the constant misinformation that's being shared from folks that leave this meeting and put out on the internet and the other stuff is incorrect we're offering a place that has bathrooms a kitchen a dining room hvac to go but that doesn't fit everybody's needs nobody's preventing anybody to do it okay but part of what our conversation and why we want to bring people to the table is to have a conversation how do we create guidelines because we can't continue to allow people to just feed wherever they want and then they leave the trash and that the people are out they have no bathrooms to use or anything else that we then have the responsibility and the residential residents and the businesses have a responsibility to clean up that's not what we're talking about um i our director of homeless services is here miss camicia hepper after the meeting y'all are welcome to hear she can tell you everything that we're doing but you better sit down for a little while because there's a lot there's a lot going on we just need guidelines and and if there's some things that you want to help with she would love to have your help we have 50 pallet homes where we got folks who've made the decision to try to get help and get the wraparound services there she also sees all the needs that are out there as well it's a great resource i encourage you if you want to help join forces with us and let's help and let's make sure that we're making a difference for people not just enabling them but actually helping them get out of their situation so thank you for your your your volunteerism and help and we look forward to connecting you all after the meeting thank you so much yes ma'am no one else has signed up ma'am uh anyone else with that uh entertain a motion mr mr ma'am well he's got to make the motion first let's just make the motion make the motion mr mayor i make a motion we go into executive session for discussion of negotiations the incident to propose contractual arrangement pursuant to sc code 30-4 s 78 to adventure there's a motion is there a second any further discussion hearing done seeing nothing madam clerk will you read the roll mr brown hi miss herbert dr bustles mr brunnan yes mr mcdowell mr duvall all right mayor recommend good job yes