 hold anything else. All right, hold anything else. Hey, hey, Steve, we hold items. We hold items. Are you messing with me? Is that it? I'll show you a microphone. Is your microphone? Here. Okay. Mr. McDowell. Mr. Duvall. Here. Mr. Badura. Here. Mr. Lyon. Here. Mr. Davis. Here. Mayor Benjamin. Here. Thank you. All right. Thank you. I'm Clark. Madam City Manager, let's go ahead and get things started. If everyone please stand and join us for the Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge is 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. The tradition has it that Councilman McDowell attends to lead us into the prayer. If I ask all of you please bow your heads for a moment and join us for a brief word. Father God, we ask that you watch over this convening of your children here at Columbia City Council. You give us the wisdom to make right decisions in the interests of the people of the city of Columbia. We ask that you pray over and watch over Mrs. McDowell, Reverend McDowell, as he attends to his mother's needs and in his absence that you cover him with your love and grace and mercy. We ask that you continue, Father God, to make this city the very best place it can be in the interests of her citizens. It's in his name we come. Amen. Amen. All right. Is there a motion to adopt the agenda? So moved. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? Move the previous question. Court, call a roll. Mr. Rickerman. Aye. Mr. Badora. Aye. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Bein. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mr. Benjamin. Aye. Any public input on items on the agenda? Seeing none. Mr. Rickerman. I think it would be helpful maybe if Joey or Clint would just let everybody understand item 13. It's a very large contract. Yeah, we have. And how it benefits the community and social worker. Sure there. And while we have a lot of really important issues on the agenda, we fully anticipate this would be a very brief meeting. So item 13 is a significant contract. Would you guys give us the, yeah please, the background of this $24 million plus contract? Okay, so this is the Lake Catherine sewer project. And we're replacing about 13,000 feet of large line gravity sewer. We're the existing lines about a 30, 36 inch. And we're replacing it with 36 and 42 inch. This is a clean water 2020 project. It eliminates a significant SSO that we have routinely when we have some significant rainfall. So it is a, it's a very important project for us. It really addresses an existing capacity issue that we have in our system today. When we have a significant rainfall, we have an SSO on Lake Catherine. So this project addresses that, removes that, but also allows for, even though it's a really built out area, it allows for a future potential growth as well. So it's a very important project for us at the city. So. Fantastic. We're to a local business enterprise and significant SWB. CDBE. We're meeting the 10% gold CDBE. Sure. Subcontract outreach program. We're meeting, I think it's 28% is what we have on this particular project. So it's, it's a big subcontract project as well. It's fantastic. And an SSO would be a sanitary sewer. Sanitary sewer. Yes, sir. All right. Fantastic. All right. Thank you. Thank you, Joey. Mr. Davis. Yeah. Just wanted to, since we're in, in territory, just note the, the commitment and on item 10. We're holding that. It won't be held. Which is the commitment for the higher part of the design services. As everyone knows that we've, the community and the council has been committed to this project and that would be a significant improvement. Consistent with what we've been doing with the park system. And also with recreation in the North Columbia area. All right. Thank you. Mr. Davis. All right. Is there a motion to approve items nine through 16 by consent? So moved. Second. Second. Second. Any discussion? Seeing none. And move the previous question. Court call row. Mr. Rickerman. Aye. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Padura. Aye. Item 17. We're going to take up the Columbia Housing Authority. Move the nominations of James Chatfield. Georgia Martin. Martin. Mayor. Mayor. Kara Simmons. And Anson Claire. I will, for appointment to the Housing Authority Board. I want to say some brief comments on behalf of all of the council. Second. Is there a second? Second. We were so impressed with the high quality of all the applicants. We kept putting out the call for more applications. And the community responded. And we got high quality applicants with leaders from both the corporate and community service. Some wonderful records of service. And hopefully, quite frankly, I think this is a desire that we will find so many of you willing to serve in other boards and commissions throughout the city. We feel great that these new appointees will work with the existing board members of the Columbia Housing Authority to make some important decisions that will help impact the residents now and in the future. The term for these new board members will be a third. I do also want to say thank you to the previous members of the commission for their service to the people of Columbia. And if there's no further discussion, I'm with the previous question. Mr. Rickerman. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. We do have a press release for the members of the press highlighting the immediate appointees. Thank you. The greater Columbia Community Relations Council have a motion that we appoint Breelogue, Leslie Gadsden, Jeff March, Derek Swindle, Mickey Tangry, Tyler Bailey, and Reginald Hare, and that Dr. Corry, Claudia Allen, and Dr. Jennifer Clyburn-Reed, when her term expires. Is there a second? Second. Discussion. Again, another example of some fantastic applicants and we'll hopefully have an opportunity to integrate many of them into different boards and commissions as the opportunities come available. Move the previous question. Clerk Calderon. Mr. Rickerman. Aye. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Vine. Aye. The consideration of matters discussed during the work session. And then we have to discuss community promotions. Are there any other items? I'll make a motion there, unless someone else is prepared to do so. Hold on. You have the list. Okay. We moved consistent with the notice of funds available made for the community promotions budget. Move that the Austin Work Society received $10,000. The Federation Center for the Blind received $18,500. The Greater Columbia Community Relations Council received $15,000. Healthy Learners received $10,000. The USC Equity and Education Conference $3,000. Broken Homes $2,000. Every Black Girl $10,000. The Ram Foundation $10,000. Senior Resources $20,000. Serving Connect $14,000. Sister Care Incorporated $9,500. Special Olympics $9,000. The USC September Clark Exhibition $10,000. And Wren $9,000. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? Ms. Divine. Just one thing, Mr. Mayor. I just wanted to say, this is always hard. We always have a limited amount of funds for community promotions. And there's so many amazing and worthy organizations. You know, so it's hard to fund everybody, but I'm really happy with the list that we're presenting, because not only do we have some great organizations that we continue to fund like Sister Care and others, but we've got some new organizations that have never been funded by the city, which I think certainly supports or shows our support of diversifying our funds and making sure that organizations that haven't been in our pot before have an opportunity. Thank you. Mr. Mayor, for clarity and as a part of your motion, these funds come from your FY17-18 fund ballot. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am. All right. Any further discussion? Again, wonderful applications. We look forward to continuing the part of the community to help us meet our collective community goals. Moving to the previous question. Kurt Calderon. Mr. Rickerman. Aye. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Divine. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mr. Benjamin. Aye. Are there any other items from the report or referral? Mr. Badura. I have a referral. I wonder, and this is for public safety, I wonder if we can have a discussion about sirens, fire truck, ambulance, and police into looking into new frequency or a different sound just because of the new cars nowadays is a lot more quieter than they used to be. And I think maybe it's worth looking at the different version of sirens or frequency or loudness or something like that that we can maybe make that more aware for the cars in today's world just because it's a lot more quieter than they were before. And that's something that it's been researched before a couple of times and it's just something I want to look at as a city. Any possibility of maybe having a discussion with the chiefs first? I did. I think my conversation with the chief there isn't any federal regulations or any standards to any of that. I'm just my only feedback on that was when you look at other countries in Europe or outside the United States they have a different frequency and a different sound and I'm sure there is a reason for it and I just want to be able to look at that and see if there is any possibility to improve. Our emergency vehicles moving through the streets without anybody being in the way because they couldn't hurt here. Who's public safety committee? Daniel. Daniel. All right. Is that a motion? Yes, sir. For that item, is there a second? Second. Second. Discussion? For all of that item to the public safety committee with a previous question we'll call it all. Mr. Rickerman. Aye. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Devin. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. Yes, sir. Mr. Duvall. We have had two of the applicants that will approve for the housing authority come in. They missed their election but I'd like to recognize them. James Chatfield and Georgia Mearton. If y'all would stand so we could recognize y'all. Thank y'all for coming. Don't see a sign-in sheet. Is there a motion to adjourn? So moved. Second. All right. Discussion with a previous question. All right. Mr. Rickerman. Aye. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. Have a good evening. You can tell us. Okay.