 to order and for those in the chamber who want to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, please start. 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. Very good. And welcome, Bert. Thank you. We have a full lid here, so that's good news. Is there anybody, Todd, in the chambers that we should introduce? Yes, actually, we have Vicki Schneider, we have Tara, we have Daniela, we have Chad, and we have Carrie, and then we have Scott and Ron, and then myself. And I would like it, if you're okay, if you'd like, I can have Daniela come up to the podium and introduce herself, if you'd like. Sure. Let's just approve the minutes from October 26th. Well, no, let's just go ahead and do that right now. You're right. Thank you. Daniela, come on up. Madam Chair, maybe we should, as committee members, introduce ourselves to Daniela so she can put a face with a name. Sure, but let's give her a chance first. Sure. Very good. You're on. I'm on center stage, front and center. Daniela Pertipillo, I have, this is my second week. I had three days last week. I've gotten to know the finance department, a good group of people. Board workers, I can tell. And you know, you've got a good mix. So I think we're going to do some, create some new opportunities and some improvements and some efficiencies, and they all seem to be on board with everything. As an aside, I have over 25 years of experience in municipal government. I've done every single position in a finance department. Don't hold it against me, but it was all in Illinois. So I'm also learning some new things about Wisconsin. So it's all good. My goal has always been to learn one new thing a day and then it's something perfect. So I'm going through some initial processes and looking to see where we can have some efficiencies, and I will be talking and discussing that with both Tara and Todd, and we'll make some, hopefully some few easy tweaks to get us over the hump as we have some big projects ahead of us. Thank you for the opportunity, and I hope I can help. Please feel free to come in and talk to me. And if you have any questions, hopefully I can answer them for you. And then I think Jim Bourne suggested we introduce ourselves, which is a great idea. You and I have met. I'm Mary Lynn Donahue, the chair of the committee. Jim. Alderman Jim Bourne of the 10th district. And I just wanted to mention that when the Packers and Badgers win on the weekends, it's much more upbeat in Wisconsin on Monday. The same can be said in Chicago for the Bears. Who's next? Marcus. Hey there. I'm Marcus Tavalia with the older person for district five. I'm happy to have you on board to help us through this transition. Thank you. Bert. You're on mute. There you go. Hi. Hi. I am Roberta Felicky Pineski. I am the older person in district two and the newest Balder on Common Council having been elected by Common Council in July. Thank you. Nice meeting you. Welcome. I'll be the fifth welcome for you. Welcome. Okay. I'm looking at the Beau Tau Alderman district nine and need of cleaning his working environment? Don't look around? You like your working environment right? Every time I get it cleaned, I do something else and it looks like that's again. So now we're just going to leave it. Perfect. All right. Thank you. Mary Lynn, can I ask Chuck Adams a quick question? Chuck, I notice the hair on your face is a different color than the hair you have top is that natural for your question all right so let's go to the approval of the minutes from our October 26 meeting do we have a motion to approve all right there's been a motion in second any discussion hearing none all in favor state aye aye aye any opposed chair votes aye good we will go on to 3.1 which is a claim from the Kinsler law office law office on behalf of Charlene Ruffin brand Chuck this is coming into you now because it came in the council and got to you but so you know that we have already sent a denial letter we already met regarding this so all we're asking from you is to accept the document and file it right any questions for Chuck this is Jim I have a question for Chuck Chuck what is the next step then with the city are they are they going to just go ahead with a lawsuit or what are the next steps well they have basically by denying their claim it limits the amount of time that they have if they decide to pursue a lot I can't say whether I know for sure whether they will or not but just at least limits their time in that regard thank you any other questions hearing none could I have a motion to accept and file so second all right any further discussions hearing none all in favor state aye aye aye any opposed chair votes aye now Chuck I always need guidance on 3.2 through 3.5 can we take these as one or do we do them all separately you can do them all as one just make sure the motion includes them all all right so these resolutions express the intent of the city to exercise its police powers in loving a special assessment for the 2020 cost of operating and maintaining off-street parking within parking assessment district number one district number two and district number four and district number five could I have a motion to accept the resolution so move boring second right we have a motion and a motion and a second is there any discussion questions go ahead was there a map included and I missed it like where where are those places is it all downtown Mary Lynn this is Chad I can answer that question sure go ahead parking assist parking assessment district number one is downtown primarily from Pennsylvania Avenue to Niagara Avenue parking assessment district number two is the riverfront so in the vicinity of Parker Johns parking assessment number four is in heritage square on cell 12th Street and parking assist assessment district number five is the south pier district thank you and where has three gone to I don't know three there is no three and something must have closed out and then I don't know how the numbering worked but there is no three back from when we first put them into a fact it's way back there that we got rid of three okay very good we have a motion to accept the resolution are there any other questions or concerns I have a question for Chad and Chad sat down come on back Chad yes go ahead sorry Chad take a property like Parker John's that you mentioned is that assessment based on you know the parking spots that are right next to their building for easy access or how is that determined for a property what their amount is going to be so every every district has different calculations in the riverfront district it's based on what the zoning code requires for parking so whatever the zoning code says in the number of seats in the restaurant reflects the number of parking stalls and then their assess for that number of stalls in the downtown district it's based on the first floor square footage and in the south pier district it's been south pier inherited square both like riverfront based on the number of stalls required per the zoning code okay thank you anything else before Chad sits down if there are no other questions all in favor of the resolution state aye aye aye aye any opposed chair votes aye so we are going to move on now to three point six which is a resolution authorizing the city to enter into a contract with growth design group for architectural architectural and engineering services for the conversion of 1817 North 8th into the senior activity center of shabuaga and I can take Chad yep go ahead so this is as you stated to enter into contract with growth design group you recall growth design group was hired by the city to do a feasibility study on the at that time the expansion of the senior center while we were working on that project the issues at the current center came to fruition so we kind of shifted the that project into looking at other opportunities and the save a lot came to fruition as a potential location for the senior center so what this contract will do is basically take the programming needs both current and future and develop a center a layout in the former save a lot building that would be conducive to those operations as the first phase that's $40,000 for that phase of the programming and final feasibility and early design and then once we move into what we would consider the construction phase or final design it's based on the percentages that are outlined in the contract we have met and talked about that internally with the city administrator with Vicky from the senior center and HR and Dave Bebel and we're all in agreement that those costs make sense for us and the way it's broken out that it makes sense we just need to we'll be moving forward at a quicker pace our goal is to well we have to close on the real estate by January of 2021 and then once we get HUD on board and we finance this through the section 108 program we're gonna have to finalize plans and move into the bidding process so that's the reason we're looking for approval on this contract at this point so that we can start getting some solid or cost estimates so we know what we're working with for Chad I have one Chad Chad I noticed when I was reading over the document I think it was in part of phase one that Mike Kaney construction was mentioned in there ultimately when we get to any construction is that going to go out to bid for the for the general contractor yes how is that reference and how is that reference in there with him I didn't I didn't understand that they're just gonna use Mike Kaney construction to give them real life construction costs so they're just gonna be an advisor to coming up to coming up with the cost but then it will ultimately go out on public bid and then my other question is I know with the senior center we have the Friends Organization is the Friends Organization in a position to be any of any assistance with this as we go along or how are they gonna fit into this eventually are they're just gonna continue the role that they have now with the senior center Jim this is Todd Wolf I've been working with the president of the scene of the Friends group negotiating how that's going to take place so that's that's that support will be identified very soon thank you this is a really wonderful opportunity I think for the city and in the senior community to to look at really interesting space and build into it I'm hoping some other community services with them because it's a big building and I know that's really premature to be talking about that but I think it'll be it'll be just an interesting opportunity in a neighborhood that can certainly use some energy so I would I would agree with that and a thing that I like about that that building there is ultimately it's going to be a facility that's at grade without any ramps or steps and it's just going to be more conducive for the use that it's going to have especially in the winter for people to be able to pull in pet park it pull in pull into that parking lot and just go into a facility that's at grade so it's going to be a fantastic addition thanks I've got a question here looking at the documentation in phase two of this project it looks like there's between six and a half or six percent to six and a half percent as a fee of total construction cost is that something that we normally see when hiring out architects Marcus this is Todd again we had quite a bit of discussion on that and actually we will fall in the six percent category and six percent is actually a favorable percentage for the construction and remodeling that we're looking to do so we did do our research and found that the six percent was actually a favorable number for us other questions okay well I would like if someone would bring a motion to approve the resolution in the contract with growth the construction so move boring and Bert is seconding any other questions seeing none are hearing none all in favor state I I I any opposed chair votes I very good all right so let me just get back to board docs here I think we have exhausted our agenda our next meeting is December 14th do we have any any quorum issues nobody's traveling so there shouldn't be all right I'm not hearing anything so that's good news and could we have a motion to adjourn please so most second all right we have a motion and a second on favor state I any opposed chair votes I thank you all appreciate it we're done at 520 happy Thanksgiving everyone