 Were you getting that proclamation there? Uh-uh. Okay. I'm going to be out for two days. Oh, yeah. I'm going to go back to a shower and I know what it is. Is this the Assembly Street post office? Yep. Oh. Yep. Honolulu. I'm not doing that. Too many factors. Too many risks involved in the deal. No risk. What is this one? What is the hospitality? Put you guys away. She had one of these at home. It's very effective. And it sounds like a room. It works every time. My wife has one at home. I might have, but I don't. Thank you all so much for being here. Madam City Manager. Madam Kirk, would you please call the roll? Certainly. Good evening. Mr. Rickerman. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Mr. Badura. Mr. Rahn. Mr. Davis. Here. Mayor Benjamin. Here. We'll join us for the Pledge of Allegiance. I'm a nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Reverend McDowell, you bless us with a prayer. Let us pray, gracious and eternal creator, for all the things you've done for us, for the blessings of the activities you've allowed us to be about today, for the blessings of conversation and discussion. Touch and invigorate us with your love and with your power. Allow us to sense and yet be sensitive to your touch in our lives. Bless the city of ours. Bless those of us who sit and those of us who, in a very real and simplistic way, hear the needs crying out in the wilderness. We ask it in your name, amen. Amen. All right. Madam City Manager. Yes, Sir. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? I apologize. Have you called the roll? Yes. We have? Okay. I apologize. Okay. Let's do it. Mr. Mayor, at this time we would ask council to adopt the agenda with a few changes. All right. Under ordinance's first reading, if we could defer item number 40. Under appointments deferral of consideration of item number 46, the appointments to the accommodations tax advisory committee. And under other matters, the addition of the Millwood Avenue traffic calming measures, the Honorable Mo Badura, and finally a referral to, we're thinking the public safety committee instead of administrative policy, Mr. Mayor, on the clerk and I were discussing, one referral for the speed hump installation policy. Fantastic. All right. With those amendments, is there a motion? Motion. Yeah. So I'll move. Second. Second discussion. Seeing none, we'll move the previous question. The clerk call the roll. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badura. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. Council is asked to approve consent agenda items 8 through 26. Second. Any discussion? Seeing none, move the previous question. Clerk call the roll. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. Council is asked to approve consent agenda items 8 through 26. Second. Any discussion? Seeing none, move the previous question. Clerk call the roll. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. Mr. Mayor, moving into a period of several presentations, and I will help you as best I can get through these, Mayor and Council, the first being the Peace Officers Memorial Day Proclamation, the Honorable Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin. We have quite a few this evening, and all of them very significant. So thank you, staff, for pulling them together. This is a proclamation of Peace Officers Memorial Day. We always like to recognize and honor the service of the men and women who wear uniforms and run towards danger when others are running in the opposite direction. So whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week is an observance in the United States that pays tribute to local state and federal peace officers who died in the line of duty, and whereas tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world come together in Washington, D.C. to participate in events that honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, and whereas during Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, we celebrate those who protect and serve us every minute of every day, and we honor the courageous officers who have devoted themselves so fully to others that in the process they lay down their lives. And whereas thanks to law enforcement officers, we have safer streets, stronger communities, and a more secure nation. And whereas the City of Columbia thanks all those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place. Next item is the Drinking Water Week Proclamation, the Honorable Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin. Drinking water may seem novel until, of course, you don't have it. And we spent a great deal of time this afternoon talking about another significant investment in infrastructure over the next few years. About $500 million worth of infrastructure to make sure that the people in Midlands enjoy clean drinking water. This is a proclamation to do good in the future. Drinking water may seem novel until, of course, you don't have it. And we spent a great deal of time this afternoon talking about another significant investment in infrastructure over the next few years. About $500 million worth of infrastructure to make sure that the people in Midlands enjoy clean drinking water. This is a proclamation that dictates that water is our most valuable natural resource. And whereas only tap water delivers public health protection, fire protection, support for our economy, and quality of life that we enjoy. And whereas any measure of a successful society, low mortality rates, economic growth and diversity, productivity, and public safety are in some way related to access to safe water. Whereas we're all stewards of water infrastructure upon which future generations depend. And whereas each citizen of our city is called upon to help protect our source waters from pollution, to practice water conservation, and to get involved in local water issues by getting to know their water. And whereas the City of Columbia recognizes the importance of conserving the scarce resource that is water, as well as creating new safe water practices for our citizens to follow for generations to come. Now, therefore, I, Stephen Benjamin, Mayor of the City of Columbia, along with my fellow members of City Council, do hereby proclaim May 5th through the 11th to be drinking water week in the great City of Columbia and urge our fellow citizens to recognize and participate in its reservists. Mr. Shealy? We've invested about a half a billion dollars in water sewer infrastructure throughout the Midlands, and it's been game-changing for the health of the city and future city. And Teresa and Clint and Joey and the whole team done wonderful work and something worth being very proud of. Thank you. The National Preservation Month Proclamation, the Honorable Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin, which will also include the 2019 Mabel Payne Historic Preservation Award presented by Ms. Amy Moore, Principal Planner for the Planning and Development Services Department. I didn't see Amy. Why don't you come up from Amy? We are very proud to make a statement in support of Historic Preservation. The City of Columbia continues to benefit from Historic Preservation as an effective tool for economic and sustainable development, tourism promotion, community revitalization, to foster local pride and maintain community character while also enhancing livability. We realize that Historic Preservation is relevant for the City of Columbia as well as for communities all across this country, both urban and rural and for Americans of all ages, all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds. We realize it's important to celebrate the role of history in our lives and the contributions made by dedicated individuals in helping preserve the tangible aspects of the heritage that have shaped us as a nation and as a community. And we're proud to proclaim May of this year, 2019, along with our fellow members of the Council, as National Preservation Month in this great city. And that's all to recognize and participate in its observance. Ms. Moore. Thank you so much. I'm glad to be here again. Just as a quick plug, we have several activities for Preservation Month. Upcoming are a scavenger hunt, architectural scavenger hunt in the Vista Arts and Crafts for Kids at the Arts Center this Saturday, a movie Citizen Jane about Jane Jacobs, who is an urban pioneer, co-sponsored by the Columbia Design League. And we have a preservation bike ride, which keys in with bike month in a couple of Sundays. So we would be delighted if any of y'all would like to join us for those who, of course, all the citizens who would like to come. Last but not least, our Mabel Payne Award. As you know, Mabel Payne was a city employee who was a pioneer in the preservation movement here in Columbia, documenting historic resources and buildings that were important and we benefit from her work even today. She was a real workhorse. She was very tenacious. And she helped to generate a preservation ethic in the community that lives today. And it is in her spirit of love of the historic buildings we have and their stories, her quite frankly blistering hard work and her shareable dogginess to get the job done. It is in this spirit that we would like to offer the Mabel Payne Award to jointly honor two people, leaders of the Granby Mill Village neighborhood, Robert Gile and Joe Weeder. And before I introduce these gentlemen, I just want to give you just a little background on them. Granby Mill Village, as we know, is very important. It's a mill village. It's extremely intact and it was built for the workers who worked at the mills at the turn of the century. So the houses together with the mills tell the story of the city's important cotton industry in a very clear visual way. And they basically tell it as a group. Not one particular building is important, but it's all of them together that tell that story. So late 1800s, on into the early 1970s, the neighborhood as the mills closed down became a little more deserted. But in 72 and 76 in her Bob and Joe, respectively. So the structures have been suffering in the neighborhood. It was inexpensive housing close to downtown and the neighborhood was not necessarily considered to be safe. But these guys worked at the university or were in school and so they saw an opportunity and saw the history and loved it. And they jumped in and they invested and they bought houses and they got themselves into a whole lot of work over the years. Starting with their own homes and then extending to the neighborhood. So they've done a lot, but in the interest of time, I'm going to just hit the keynotes of the things that they've accomplished. They founded the Granby Mill Village Neighborhood Association in 1988. They saved the Olympia and Granby Mills from demolition from more than one developer finding and supporting qualified developers to adaptively reuse those mills and we know how important they are today. This includes 701 Whaley, which was the Mill Workers Community Center. They managed to get a national register designation for the neighborhood. And also, as we know, an architectural conservation district here in the city of Columbia. They also obtained city and county support for professionally led planning efforts to guide the neighborhood's future development and protection. They've also worked at branding Granby, designing neighborhood signs and designing and raising money for the textile monument, workers' monument and the soon to appear interpretive signs. And among all that, they worked with people in the neighborhood, helping them understand their houses, how to keep them up, what rehabilitation is when you're in a historic community, what it looks like, and they put their muscle power into it. So they both cite that working with neighbors and former textile mill workers has been one of the most rewarding things about living in that neighborhood, knowing their stories and helping to support those. I'm very proud to offer the Mabel Payne Award to Joe Weeder and Bob Guile. Thank you. Very slight shift to the agenda. Take up item 35. I think it's important all of our young people be here for this presentation. Absolutely, Mr. Mayor. Under resolutions, we will move to item 35. The resolution number is R-2019, R-2019-034, approving the honorary naming of the 2000 block of Marion Street between Elmwood Avenue and Calhoun Street, Majesca Simpkins Way. So moved. Back again. Any discussion? Seeing none, move to the previous question. Call the roll. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mr. Benjamin. Aye. Would you like to say a word? And then we have Dr. Treadwell as well. I could project if I could have the children come up. Absolutely. Absolutely. I have you all. I'm honored to address City Council and all the dignitaries in this room. It is risky to give a member of the clergy a microphone, but I promise to keep it under two minutes. We know it very well. We know it very well. We are here tonight to pay respect, respect for the great activist Majesca Simpkins. We are here to pay respect to the City Council for the recognition of her work. We are here to pay respect to Dr. Andre Monteev-Treadwell, who continues in her aunt's tradition as she was the first African-American student at USC since reconstruction and continues the great work for Justin in the areas of health care today. With respect to the University of South Carolina students who spent their junior and senior year as part of the urban cohort, a group committed to racial justice in every class, every internship, and every interaction. And we pay respect to the students of the Cutler Jewish Day School. Hear us out with them? One who wrote, How can people not know about Majesca? They were on a first name basis. How can people not know about Majesca? She opened a hotel, worked for People's Health, was a banker, was fired as a teacher because she was getting married. Forced for civil rights in Columbia, she should be so, so famous. Children, tonight, your work, the city, excuse me, children, tonight, through your work, the city council answers your question by helping people become more aware of Majesca Simkin's work. I hope that each of you realize the power you have to make a difference. Our world is not always fair to every group of people. And we must work for change. As Ms. Simkin's famously said, we must pay the world for the space we take. And her niece, Dr. Henri Crodwell famously stated, Right is right, but is not achieved unless a few everyday people stand and say enough to tradition. Children, USC students, tonight your effort is being recognized because you said enough is enough and work for change. I encourage you to make this a lifelong pursuit. And I thank everyone here tonight. Thank you. They're so cute. That is adorable. Oh my god. They were brown too. You doing the other one? Pine Street? Oh, there you go. Better, better. Oh, this is Tamika? Yeah, that's Tamika. Yeah, she's gonna be real. Oh yeah. That's fine. That's fine. You know, it's a tree of life. That's a twin. Where? Where? That's true, I think. I have to. Tree of life. I believe these children are seven, seven years old, and it shows that you can never be too young to lead. We came out last week and commemorated the horrors of the Shoah. Yama Shoah last week and had a chance as a city to continue the mourn together. And we sit this month and the holy month of Ramadan as the followers of the prophet Muhammad reflect and fast. And when you have moments like that to celebrate the contributions and sacrifice of women like Majessa Simkins or recognized in our city of women this year, it shows that you have to lead by being willing to sacrifice and fight for something. And she was a lion. I was one of the people in this room and Mr. Davis and others, somebody else studied at her knee. I mean, she was strong. Strong like four-day-old coffee. I mean, she was strong. And as a result, she moved the needle for millions of South Carolinians who didn't look like her, who didn't act like her, who didn't serve the same God. She was unique. And so take a moment like that to recognize her sacrifice and for our babies to do it. I think it's significant. So thank you. Ms. Wilson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. If you like, we can also go ahead and do resolution number R-2019-040, approving the honorary naming of the 900 and 1,000 blocks of Pine Street between Senate Street and Stark Street as Beta, Beta, Zeta, Way. I want the Delta to make the motion. That would so move. Moved and seconded in discussion. Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. DuVall. Aye. Mr. Medora. Aye. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. Davis. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. Mr. Zeta-5-Beta. But we're naming the whole block behind them. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Dr. Leslie Hodges Jackson and I'm a member of Zeta-5-Beta sorority incorporated Beta, Beta, Zeta chapter. We've been in Columbia now for over 79 years on Pine Street and this is really important to us and we want to thank you because we're honoring all the ladies who came before us to be pillars in the city of Columbia and again, I just want to thank you. We're just so happy because it's been a long time waiting for this. That's time to talk some hoop dreams. Please. Yes, sir. Item 30, the national, oh, I'm sorry, you want to skit? Apologize. Let's skit. Apologize. Apologize. One more than the hoop dreams, I promise. Item 30, national bike month and bicycle safety month proclamation, the honorable Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin. Staff did a really good job on all the resolutions making them all nice and short until this one, Scott. I don't know what happened here. I'm going to work my way through it, proclamation of national bike month and bicycle safety month. Whereas the bicycle is a viable environmentally sound form of transportation, excellent form of recreation, as many Colombians will experience the joys of bicycling during the month of May through participation in educational programs, races, community events, trail work days, helmet promotion activities, charity events, or just getting out and going for a ride. Whereas the Pementa Trail attracts trail users each year from all around the state and provides economic health and scenic benefits to citizens of South Carolina, Columbia, and the Southeast. Whereas these bicycling activities and attractions have great potential to have a positive impact on Colombian economy and tourism industry and stimulate economic development by making the city attractive to businesses and citizens who enjoy spending time outdoors and leading healthy lifestyles. Whereas creating bicycle-friendly communities has been shown to improve citizens' health, being in quality of life to boost community spirit, to improve traffic safety and reduce pollution and congestion. Whereas May 13th and 19th of 2019 has redeemed to be bike to work week and bike to work day is May 17th. Whereas the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, bike clubs, schools, parks and recreation departments, police departments, hospitals, companies and civic groups throughout the city and region will be promoting bicycling as leisure activity as well as environmentally friendly alternative to the automobile during May 2019. And whereas the City of Columbia adopted the first bike and pedestrian plan on June 2nd, 2015 as a transportation element of our comprehensive plan known as Walk Bike Columbia, and this plan has a goal of creating great places for bicycling with the focus on evaluation and planning, education encouragement, evaluation and planning and engineering and enforcement. And whereas the education of bicyclists and motorists as to the proper and safe operation of bicyclists is important to ensure the safety and comfort of others now. Therefore, I, Stephen Benjamin, Mayor of the City of Columbia, do hereby proclaim May 2019 to be National Bike Month and Bicycle Safety Month and the City of Columbia and urge our fellow citizens to applaud as I wrap up this resolution. Is there anything that Cardinal Newman has not won this year? Huh? I'm just curious. I'm just curious. Um... Yes, Mr. Mayor. Time for the Hoop Dreams and these two historic proclamations for these wonderful teams that... From a Cardinal Newman parent, right? Absolutely. Did very well together this year. Item 31, Cardinal Newman Varsity Women's Basketball Team Day Proclamation The Honorable Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin. Whereas the Cardinal Newman women's varsity women's basketball team completed this past season with an overall record of 25-4, finishing region play at 8-0. I'm the earner title of region champions. And whereas throughout the season, the team produced big wins where they came in second place at the Savannah River Shootout and finished third in the Rock Holiday Classic. And whereas the Cardinal Newman Varsity women's basketball team completed this season by winning the SKISA state championship game versus Northwood Academy. And whereas the team was comprised of players Audrey Myers, Bobbaker, Maggie Bleke. Bleke. Maggie Bleke. Make you correct me as I go along, alright? Make sure you get it right. Aaron Boyer, Alice Etter, Jasmine Hogan, Megan Holbrook, the name sounds familiar. Ashlyn Watkins, Sarah Dayhoff, and is it Tenazha? Tenazha Kennedy. And whereas the Cardinal Newman women's basketball team was led by head coach Molly Rainward, which is Josh Holmes, Kate Reese, and Lily Powers. Athletic director Will Udy and athletic trainer Heather Dubs in the leadership of principal Jacqueline Kaspersky. And whereas next season the team returned with a talented team of players and looked to build upon the success of this season. And whereas the City of Columbia is delighted to recognize the Cardinal Newman women's basketball team for their outstanding work both on the court and in their community. Now there for I, Stephen K. Benjamin, mayor of the City of Columbia, South Carolina, along with my fellow members of the Columbia City Council, to hereby proclaim May 7, 2019 to be Cardinal Newman Varsity Women's Basketball Team Day in the Great City of Columbia. So, let's go. All right. Item 32, Cardinal Newman Varsity Men's Basketball Team Day Proclamation, the Honorable Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin. You guys are getting the money that's worth out of me today. I'm excited to recognize the Varsity Men's Basketball Team at Cardinal Newman. Whereas the Cardinal Newman Varsity Men's Basketball Team finished this past season with an overall record of 25 and 5, finishing region play at 7 and 1, allowing them to earn the title of Co-Region Champions. And whereas throughout the season the team produced big wins against Great Collegiate Academy and the Bojangles Bash, Berkeley and the Phenom Hoop Report Low Country Showcase and the Phenom Hoop Report Winter Classic Tournament. Whereas the Cardinal Newman Varsity Men's Basketball Team completed their victorious season by winning the state championship game versus their rival Hammond School, their first title since 2013. Whereas the team was comprised of seniors Bryson Earl, who was attending Hampton University, Chico Carter Jr., who was signed with Murray State University, Malik Tucker, who was signed with Belmont Abbey College and Tarell Fleming, who was a member of the Cardinal Newman Men's Basketball Team was also comprised of players at Chennai. They get it right? That's Shane. It's a type over here. We're going to get it right. Shane Monsanto, Thomas Tyler, Joshua Beedle, Charles Cooper, LJ White, Peyton Cooper, Jordan Martin, Jalen Hammond, Salah Schristi, and Jack McDonald. Whereas the Cardinal Newman Men's Basketball Team was led by head coach David Dieter, along with assistant coaches James Abrams, Michael Culbertson, Jason Joy, and Caleb Scott Kahoon, athletic director Real UD, athletic trainer Heather Dubbs under the leadership of principal Jacqueline Kosprowski. And whereas next season the team will return with a talented group of underclassmen and will look to build upon their success of this season. Whereas the City of Columbia is delighted to recognize the Cardinal Newman Men's Basketball Team for their outstanding work both on Mayor of the City of Columbia, South Carolina, and all my fellow members of Columbia City Council do hereby proclaim May 7, 2019 to be Cardinal Newman Men's Basketball Team Day and the great City of Columbia and urge my fellow citizens to recognize and participate in its observance. Come on up guys. You want to have a word or something before you leave? Thank you all. Thank you all so much. I'm sorry, Tamika. I was just to say I'm sure we will recognize her in the future, but I did want to say since we're recognizing Cardinal Newman and their great athletes we certainly have a fabulous athlete Ms. Alex Florence who is in the back of the room is part of the state the Alex Florence who is in the back of the room is part of the 3A state championship 4 by 100 meter relay team. We're going to put you on the spot. So Ms. Wilson I'm sure we'll recognize her teammates soon. Oh, we need to. Let's do it. Let's do it. Alright. Eleanor, thank you for joining us. No you're fine. I'm not Eleanor Boyd. Well, my name is Santana Hayes and I'm with Midlands Fatherhood Coalition. I've been working for Midlands Fatherhood Coalition for the past eight years. First, I want to thank you all for giving us the opportunity to present on tonight. In America today there are approximately 19.7 million children being raised in a father absent home based on United States census data. That means that there's no biological father, there's no adoptive father there's no foster, there's no stepfather raising those children. That's approximately one in four children in America today that's being raised without a father. We all know that's a grim statistic but what does that really mean? What are the implications behind that? Children that are raised without an active and engaged father or four times more likely to grow up in poverty. There's seven times more likely to become a teen parent. More likely to face abuse and neglect. More likely to suffer from obesity. More likely to actually drop out of high school. They're actually also more likely to commit crime and go to prison. On the list of negative possible societal ills can go on and on and on. Midlands Fatherhood Coalition works every day to address these issues by providing comprehensive fatherhood services to fathers. Being in Columbia we believe this is an advantage because we know how hard the mayor and the city has worked to create a city that's full of creative and innovative and appealing individuals an environment that really allows for people to thrive. Last year at Midlands Fatherhood Coalition we were able to serve 1,183 fathers. The impact of that on children is actually 2,648 children that were actually able to impact because of our services. So we know that strong fathers help to make strong families. Strong families help to make strong communities and strong communities ultimately create a stronger community in Columbia. What we do and how we do it. So fathers is our focus obviously. Because of this we get dads from all walks of life, from all zip codes. We don't focus on whether it's a black dad or a white father or a Latino father. Our main focus is once this individual leaves our program we want them to be a better father. Research has shown that fathers are actually spending 3 times 3 kids in 2008 and they were about 3, about actually a generation ago. So what that tells us is that fathers are actually more involved, more engaged. But out of the fathers that were polled in this Pew study 40% of fathers still felt as if they didn't have really everything they needed to be the best parent possible. So what we find at Midlands Fatherhood Coalition is some fathers come to us in crisis mode but some guys just come to us because they really just want the support that we're able to offer. One thing we say is our dads they don't really come to us looking for any type of handouts but what they do want is to support relative information in a place where they can feel that they're a part. Over 600 of the guys that we served in Columbia in the past few years came voluntarily to our program. About 400 of those guys came actually by way of court through our ATI program which is all turned to incarceration. We also have a program that specifically serves young fathers. Fathers that are under. Actually one of our case workers spent a good portion of his morning about two weeks ago at a local high school with a 15 year old who had just become a father himself. He was having a difficult time dealing with just the stresses of becoming a new parent. This is the type of work we do every day to make sure that fathers have the resources and the tools they need to become better parents. How do we do it? We have a curriculum that's actually evidence based. It's a 24 week curriculum that we cycle about two times throughout the year. We do classes on healthy relationships, six weeks on healthy relationships, six weeks on economic stability, six weeks on parenting, and we also do five weeks on men's health. We make sure that we're covering all the bases that a father could possibly need when they come to our program. We also look at the economic stability and the actual earning potential for fathers who come through our program. One of the areas we work on, like I said, is economic stability. We provide a week-long employability job boot camp for fathers that need employment or they just want better employment. In one of the particular zip codes in the city, once fathers completed the job boot camp, 84% of those individuals actually gained employment. In 2018, we partnered with Millins Technical College and sent about 12 of our young fathers through a program that gave them pre-manufacturing and skills training. That actually was OSHA certification, Sigma certification, along with a few other certifications that would give them just a head above the other individuals who apply for these jobs. We understand that income volatility is a real thing and we work to make sure that our fathers are able to benefit from the many opportunities that are here in Colombia. The main reason we do what we do though at the end of the day is really because of the children. Our biggest motivator is based on the fact that we know when fathers win, children win. Children provide for our fathers a sense of purpose that supersedes career ambition, civic engagement and any other potential competing passion. Our organization provides father-child activities on a monthly basis. In 2018 about 450 children participated in our father-child activities hosted by Millins Fatherhood Coalition. 36% of our fathers who had previously reported negative relationships with their children were able to improve those relationships by the end of 2018. We want to make sure that all children in Colombia have an even playing field by ensuring that they have emotionally, financially and socially stable fathers in their lives. We know Colombia is a place of opportunity and we want those children, every child to have access to those opportunities. In closing, one thing I want you all to remember today is the reason why we do this work is really to secure the future by impacting the fathers and in turn impacting the children. We do this for a little girl named Leah who was two years old when her father first came to see us. He was an army vet who had just done two tours of duty. He was not happy with the situation his child was living in with the other parent and he just wanted to provide his child with a better opportunity at life. He began work on our program and over time he actually was able to complete his bachelor's degree. He actually went on to get married to a wonderful young lady. They had another child. Today he works for the state, his wife works for the city and he also was given full custody of his two-year-old child. That child today now lives in a happy, healthy family and her future is going to be completely different because of her father coming and taking advantage of our services that we provide. We want you all to understand that Midlands Fatherhood Coalition is woven into the fabric of the city of Columbia. We believe that our work is critical to making this city the great city that we all know it to be. We need support from the city of Columbia. We need the city behind us like the neighboring counties have done from Midlands Fatherhood Coalition to make sure this organization is able to go forward and do the work that we've been doing for years to come. Thank you. Are there any questions? I'd say I don't believe there's a dollar that are spent anywhere in the state, maybe this country has been spent with the Midlands Fatherhood Coalition. You guys do great work. Excellent work. It's not only an investment in the here and now. We're saving a bunch of money. Some of you have seen the collateral material in front of you. Just in 2018, tax payer funded incarceration costs saved through the Jobs Not Jail Program almost $3.5 million. This is money well spent. We all may not know that the program statewide is seeing a significant budget cut, which is, I think, as wrong-headed as we could possibly see. Other counties have stepped up and supported the coalition. And I believe that we, as a city, should as well have been in communication with the chairman and county council, asking him to partner. We think the school district should also step up and start that conversation. But the work that you all do is amazing. Amazing. Thank you all for what you continue to do and looking forward to spending some more time working with you at some long-term solutions that allow you to continue doing the great work that you're doing. We're blessed to have you. I just wanted to say that I actually, the follow-up coalition was one of my charities that I donated to today with Midlands Gives. And I did it in memory of Ford Mason, one of our amazing community leaders who we lost the last couple weeks. But I did not realize until he passed how much work he did with your organization. And so I certainly wanted to give in his memory, but I will continue to support you guys. Thank you so much for your support. And we have some individuals from our organization, some fathers and staff as well. I'd like for them to stand up. Yeah, brothers. All right. Good job. Thank you, ladies. Let me just add, I couldn't have agreed more with the mayor and Tamika. I think what you guys do are extremely important not for the city itself, but every future for every child that it's coming up. And it's important that they know their father, of course, and it's important for their fathers and other kids. But just the ability to give those children all that they can do in life, I think that's important. And I fully support any kind of funding that you guys may have. If we can work it out with the budget, we'll be glad to do so. Thank you. You'll keep leading. Brothers, thank you all for being great role models for so many of us. You're not being role models for anybody else. It would be better dads, too. Thank you. God bless you. Angela. Not Angel. Thank you so much as well, brothers. Thank y'all. See y'all on June 15th. You sure it's not the 16th? Are you sure? I finally committed to doing my 5K with the Midlands Fatherhood Coalition. Y'all pray for me. Pray for me. Is he doing a shirtless? Y'all know that was his New Year's resolution two years ago. Looking forward to seeing you there. No. Thank you. Mr. Davis? Alright. Let me just echo what everybody is saying. We've had some conversations. The last impression I had was the ceremonies at the State House. And to see the number of fathers and volunteers not only from here in the city, but from all over the state. And the good thing about it, too, is that you serve families and impact young men in rural areas also. And that's the one thing that's very important. Everybody you serve of various backgrounds but the goal is the same. That's, you know, the partnership friendship, helping people to deal with goal settings and those kinds of things to build character and really support it. Thank you. Alright. The movers to mom partnership the Honorable Edward H. McDowell Jr. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Wilson. Mr. Mayor and other fellow members of council on a whole Friday night in January tragedy struck 411 persons had to be relocated out of their apartments their homes into places that was dubbed new spaces 269 families had to be relocated to 9 separate hotels. We presently have 25 families currently housed in one hotel. 169 persons, families have been relocated and is in permanent housing. What we've tried to do here these last six months and particularly this last month is to not forget those persons who had to turn over a new leaf. A new leaf, what does that new leaf represent? Items, clothing, shoes everything that is needed to start over again. We tried very due diligently to make sure and ensure that every family was cared for cared for emotionally physically pastors were gathered together huddling with families to emotionally hear their vicissitudes and a lot of folks struggled with that. The internet and the phones were ringing a bluzz because everybody wanted to help and you did. And I am grateful and that team of ours is grateful for your assistance. Several major things happened. We got folk into new places. Children were given backpacks to carry when they were in other geographic locations for food. It worked. I think you know that in just a few days we are going to celebrate Mother's Day. Let me say it before I forget Happy Mother's Day. In collaboration with two men and a truck we started a conversation with them how can we best feel the needs of our families or still in hotels. For a month we talked for a month we strategized to sort of get some semblance of what could we do and of course two men in a truck Nicky Moy was our contact person over there and we decided to deliver Mother's Day gifts to our families who were still in hotels. That doesn't mean a lot when you're living in a six bedroom house but when you're in a hotel room and you've been there for a number of weeks it feels good when somebody brings you a basket and say I love you Happy Mother's Day so what we decided to do was to put boxes in each one of our departments here in the city we didn't want money we didn't want gift cards we wanted things that folk could readily and immediately use when they got into permanent housing you see some of those boxes here today so on Saturday we are going to be delivering boxes we've already got them packed two men in a truck is going to help us amen and if you aren't doing anything on Saturday come and help us deliver we're going to give each mother a love box a box filled with energy a box filled with the kind of respect that is needed for each one of these families and of course a boxed box filled with love items this city has done a tremendous job in assisting and hepping with our families so we ask you we ask you as you celebrate your mama's birthday whether living or has transitioned I'll celebrate my mama's mother's day on Sunday 87 years old and I thank God for every year so as you celebrate your mother's day please please remember the families that are still huddled together in that room the only love that they get sometimes is the love that we bring to them so keep us in your prayers if you if you've got an item to donate the box is over there if you've got money to donate just give it to me I'm just kidding but please we need your help and particularly we need your prayers because children have been dispersed relocated other school districts please so in a continuing effort we need to see who we are and who God has charged us to become and to be happy mother's day and may your mother's day be just as bright as the ABC mothers thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you Mr Madawn will move his mom to use up your time anyway so begin. I would like to say for those of you who do not know that the City of Columbia met Timeliness last Thursday. So we're very excited about that. It's been a long two years, but I would like to say thank you to all those city departments and those sub recipients who did what we needed them to do so that we could meet Timeliness. So here we are again. The City of Columbia Community Development Department is presenting its fiscal year 2019-20 draft annual action plan. You shall all have a summary in front of you. This information today it represents the fifth year of the city's 2015-2019 consolidated plan. The action plan is the City of Columbia's application for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Entitlement grants and identifies the proposed programs and projects to be funded during the city's fiscal year 2019. Working in collaboration with partners, neighborhoods and community stakeholders, the action plan identifies how the city proposes to utilize these funds to address its community development, housing and public service priorities and goals as described in the executive summary. Recommendations for funding CDBG activities and HOPWA program awards were ratified by the Citizens Advisory Committee on March 12th, 2019. And I take this opportunity to recognize the CAC members currently. That's Ms. Ursula Polaris, Ms. Patricia Brown, Mr. Marvin Heller and Ms. Trey Taylor. If any of them are here in the audience, would you please raise your hands? Thank you all so much for your hard work. In addition to that, we want to again thank them for their dedication to the NOFA process because it is a long process and they have helped us to ensure that their quality activities are funded each year in order for us to reach our consolidated plan goals. So there are three HUD entitlement programs. They are the CDBG home and HOPWA programs. The Community Development Block Grant, there's $1,812,493 in CDBG revenue available for project activities. That is a 22.92% decrease from last year. And the reason for that is because we did not have any prior year funding. We had very little prior year funding to add to this year because we spent all the money. So it's a good problem. Yeah. We received $1,43,436 for new entitlement for this year. There's $119,457 prior entitlement in our local accounts as well. And also we estimate a $650,000 program income revolving loan fund. So that totals the $1.8 million that we spoke about earlier. The primary objective in this development of viable urban communities through the provision of decent affordable housing, improve living environments and expansion of economic opportunity. Funds are intended to serve low and moderate income residents in areas and also eliminate slum and blight or eliminate an imminent threat of health and safety due to a disaster. CDBG activities included in the fiscal year 2019 action plan addresses community development priority needs outlined in the consolidated plan. Projects include public services, public facilities improvement and affordable housing activities. You can see those items in the information you've provided in the summary on page four. Our home investment partnership program has $813,486 in revenue available for 2019 projects. This is also a 6.24% decrease and that's mainly because the entitlement funded this year is lower than it was last year. So what we're receiving this year is $563,486 plus we're estimating $250,000 in program income for our home revolving loan fund. The home program is dedicated to increasing the availability as well as the access as access to affordable housing for low-income households. Activities include affordable housing loans, residential acquisition, rehabilitation and new construction. The last entitlement is the housing opportunities for persons with AIDS also known as HOPWA. There's $1,475,403. I think I got that mixed up. But anyway, you know what I'm saying. $1,475,403 in revenue available for 2019 programs and that is an increase. So we did receive an increase this year in entitlement dollars. HOPWA funds may be used for a wide range of housing, social services and program planning and development costs for the benefit of individuals living with HIV, AIDS and their families that reside within the Columbia MSA. Those counties include Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland and Saluda counties. Project sponsors being recommended are the Columbia Housing Authority, PALS, the Cooperative Ministry, Midlands Housing Alliance Transitions, Upper Savannah Care Services, USC and also the University of South Carolina Department of Medicine. Citizens have the opportunity to comment during the city's comment period which began on April 8th, 2019 and will end on today May 9th, 2019. The city's annual action plan submission is due on May 15 to HUD. In addition to tonight's public hearing, a public hearing was held on April 11th, 2019 at Wood Forest Community Development and Education Center located at 3730 North Main Street, Suite D here in Columbia, South Carolina. The action plan along with citizens' comments will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development prior to May 15. All public comments can be submitted to the Community Development Department located at 1225 Lady Street. So at this time I'd like to know if you all have any questions about the information that we presented to you. Thank you. I think we're public hearing now, right? We're going to call us public hearing to order. Is anyone here to speak in favor of against on the report? It means you're very popular, Gloria. That's a good thing, but you have several people in the audience. I do want to thank the citizens of Brasser Council for your leadership and your help, continued help. Thank you. These dollars are making a big difference, making a big difference in the quality of life for the people of the city and region. So much to do, but thank you for your leadership. Thank you very much. All right. Do you want me to make a motion? All right. Is there a motion? Okay. So moved. Second. Any discussion? Seeing none, we'll move to the previous question on approving the annual action plan for community development. I'm Clark. Mr. McAuliffe? Yes. Mr. Rickerman? Mr. Duvall? Aye. Mr. Badura? Aye. Mr. Vine? Aye. Mr. Davis? Aye. Mayor Benjamin? Aye. Moving into a period of ordinance's second reading, ordinance number 2019-012 amending the 1998 code of ordinances of the city of Columbia, South Carolina, Chapter 8, Environmental Health and Sanitation, Article 4, Pollution. May I move the approval of the smoking ordinance and vaping ordinance? Moved by Mr. Duvall, seconded by Mr. McDowell, I believe. Any discussion? Seeing none, I'll move to the previous question. Clark, Colorado? Mr. Rickerman? Aye. Mr. McDowell? Yes. Mr. Duvall? Aye. Mr. Badura? Aye. Mr. Vine? Aye. Mr. Davis? Aye. Mayor Benjamin? Aye. Ordinance's first reading, item 39, ordinance number 2019-025, providing for the issuance and sale of the City of Columbia, South Carolina special obligation bonds or notes to the hospitality fee pledge series 2019 in an aggregate principal amount of not exceeding $4,200,000 in order to finance the acquisition, renovation, and equipment of certain capital projects. So moved. So moved. Second. Second. Any discussion? Moving to the previous question, Clark, Colorado? Mr. Rickerman? Aye. Mr. McDowell? Yes. Mr. Duvall? Aye. Mr. Badura? No. Mr. Vine? Aye. Mr. Davis? Aye. Mr. Benjamin? Aye. Item 41, ordinance number 2019-033, authorizing the City Manager to execute a 12th Amendment to purchase agreement between the City of Columbia and Bright Meyers, 2001, LLC for the sale of 5.97 acres or thereabouts at Capital City Stadium. So moved. Second. Second. Move to the second discussion. There's been, there was robust discussion of this matter and the legal implications and to understand that there are significant issues of work out between now and the potential second reading. We would test staff a lot, but there's a lot of work we get from here and there. What's the time? October 31st. October 31st. Yeah. October, between now and the next meeting. Between now and the next meeting. Yeah. Yes. Was it there? Close by the end of the month. Was it there a request for an extension? That's what this is. That's what this is. Yeah, but it would have to be resolved by the end of this month, Daniel. All right. Yeah, so, and we can brief you on those. With the previous question. I'd call the roll. Sure. Understood. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. DeVall. Aye. Mr. Baldura. No. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. David. Aye. Mr. Benjamin. Aye. Item 42 under resolutions. Resolution number R 2019-020 authorizing notice of the 2019 election for council members from districts two, three and one at large. Move approval. Can we just extend terms by two more years? That was good to me. So, if we didn't do this, could we not have elections? He's so silly. We could be we're not on the ballot. We could be pretty dogged on silly, can't we? Moved and properly seconded in discussion. Seeing none. Move the previous question. Call the roll. Mr. Rickerman. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. DeVall. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. David. Aye. Mr. Benjamin. Aye. And I'm sorry. I don't have the resolution in front of me. Filing period will be determined. It's pushed back. It'll be later in August. It'll be close to three weeks. Later in August ending, I believe on September 7th. Okay. So a little bit later this year than the normal. Okay. September the early August to September the fifth. I believe it is 90 days. Right? Not 90 days. No, it's about a two week filing period. We get asked. Let's rock and roll. All right. Yes. Aye. I think I voted already. Let's let's keep it going. Thank you. Item 43 resolution number R 2019 026 authorizing the city manager to execute a purchase agreement between the city of Columbia and Honolulu Rapid Transit Company. Limited now. So move. Move and second the discussion. Move the previous question. Kurt Colorado. Mr. Rickman. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badura. No. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. David. Aye. Mr. Benjamin. Aye. Item 44 resolution number R 2019 038 authorizing condemnation for easement acquisition for sanitary sewer and access. To a motion. So move. Second. I'm sorry. Probably identifies 4632 Lila's Court. Moving second. Any discussion with the previous question. Kurt Colorado. Mr. Rickman. Aye. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mr. Benjamin. Aye. Item 45 resolution number R 2019 041 authorizing the purchase of approximately 11.64 acres on the western side of Gills Creek Parkway at Pelham Drive. Richland County TMS number as outlined from Franklin D. O. and the third and all for a stormwater utility site. I would remind the mayor and council that this does provide us with some wetlands credits. And I think this is a. Okay. Is there a motion? Yes. So move. Second. Moved. I think this moves by Mr. Rickman and seconded and motion by Mr. Badura. But first second with the previous question. Kurt Colorado. Mr. Rickman. Aye. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Vine. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Davis. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. Aye. Thank you. Thank you. A period of appointments holding item 46 moving to the board of zoning appeals followed by the Citizens Advisory Committee for Community Development, the Climate Protection Action Committee, the Food Policy Committee, Ms. Ashley Jenkins. So how many slots do we have available? Actually two new appointees. That's our Mr. Rickman. Get the microphone, Daniel. Can't hear you, bro. Talk up, Daniel. We need to make sure that we look at is that each district has a representation on the on the zoning board. I think it's very critical that we have that. And currently District 1 has zero, District 4 has zero. You have two applicants for District 1 available now. I think I'm going to have to find somebody. There is a young gentleman and I would be willing to do a little horse trading here. So can we just do it because I had a nomination. I wanted to nominate Gail Baker. And then hold the other one. Yeah, what I was going to ask, so there's a young gentleman who lives two blocks outside of the district and he could fit the outside. He's just somebody I think that y'all would be very pleased with and would do a tremendous job. He applied to be on the Planning Commission and he couldn't. So I'm going to ask him to put that in. Let's make one appointment now and I would move the appointment of Gail Baker. He has an active application serving the Planning Commission. Yes. He can be included in the motion. You want to ask him first? No, I mean I know. Is that okay? I don't know if I need to put in a new app. So John Gregory. So it's removed to appoint Gail Baker and John Gregory. One question. Yes, sir. Has that guy been notified? John Gregory? No, Reggie. He has. They've discussed it with him. All right. A nomination of Ms. Baker and Mr. Gregory. No to approve. Seconded by Mr. Baker. Where's Clint? You're rubbing off on me, man. You're rubbing off on me. Motion by everybody. Ms. Devine. Seconded by Mr. Rickinman. With a previous question, I'll call her all. Mr. Rickinman. Hi. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Ball. Hi. Mr. Badura. Hi. Mr. Devine. Hi. Mr. Davis. Hi. Mr. Benjamin. Hi. I'm sorry. Mr. Badura, did you vote no? Hi. Oh, okay. Thank you. You got used to hearing no. It sounded like no. I thought he said no, too. It was three no's, wasn't it? Yeah. Do you want me to say no? I know. It sounded like you said no. All right. So community development? Yes. So I've been to the community council. I've been to the city council. I've been to the city council. I've been to the city council. Citizens advisory committee. All right. So for that one previously, it said two appointments. But it's now three because they had a vacancy that occurred in April. Someone's term expired. And they're not interested in the real. This is. This is one of the real places. We actually have people from every district represented currently. I'll make a motion to one. Ms. Brown stepping off. No, tags. No, tags. Step on up. Tags. Thanks. Inspired. All right. I'm sorry. So, Alderman Brown. I didn't nominate anybody. Moe nominated Wanda Canaan. So, Tiger's inspired. And then Walter Marx, I think his term. He resigned. Walt Marx, again. And then, hold on. Let me. You actually have an updated version outside of the memo. That's a separate sheet that looks like this. Should be right behind the citizens advisory committee memo. Walter Marx is the one who just six, whose term just expired. Then there's a vacancy for district four. And then also vacancy can be appointed by the mayor. So, I don't get an appointment. You have one. It's Walter Marx. He literally just finished a term. So, that's why they hadn't updated it yet on this. Oh, I got you. So, I get an appointment or no? You do. We have three total. Wanda Canaan. Okay. So, it's a Mr. Badour appointment, a Mr. Rickerman appointment, and a mayor appointment. Yes, ma'am. Okay. And Walter is not up for reelection, right? He is not. He doesn't want to pursue another term. I think he's done good. Okay. I'm going to defer until the next meeting. Make my appointment. Okay. Me too, because I don't have anybody. Applicants. Who's this? Mo made a motion. Vote on this. You moved to defer. So, I've got to come back with one and two. I'll second most. You moved to defer, Mr. Mayor. My appointment. Oh, yeah. Mr. Badour's nomination. Is there a second of Mr. Badour's nomination? Second. All right. I'd like to... You don't have one, Sam. You can defer for the next time. You don't have one. No, no. I don't. I don't. You don't want to be laughing out. You're agreeing with the deferral. I don't want nobody to jump on it. Okay. Move to the previous question. Third color rolls. Mr. Rickerman. Aye. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Duvall. Aye. Mr. Badoura. Aye. Mr. Vaughn. Aye. Mr. Davis. Aye. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. Mr. Dasjid. Aye. Mr. Morris. Aye. Mr. Dutton. Aye. Mr. Dutton. Aye. Mr. DiGiorgo. Aye. Madam President, Mr. Davis's nomination committee. It differs from the original one that was online because we actually need to reappoint two appointees, John Upting and Louis So. So, I mean... And then we're appointing one new person. You need one more new person? For the new person I'd like to recommend Dr. Z. Is that he came back ready with him? She was good. And then Louie was my appointment, so I definitely want him reappointed. Oh, good. So those two reappointments. So the reappointment of John Epting and Louie Dassault and the appointment of Lori Zewalski. Yes, she's impressive. You really? All right. I'm good with that. John Epting is still going to serve some more? Oh, he was ready to resign. OK. He does. The reappointment of John Epting and Louie Dassault and the appointment of Lori Zewalski. All right. Mr. Mayor, move on to the following name. All right. Moon, second. Second. Second. There's a second. Any discussion? Louie, the previous question for Colorado. Mr. Rickerman. Aye. Mr. McDowell. Yes. Mr. Boval. Aye. Mr. Badura. Aye. Mr. Vines. Aye. Mr. David. Aye. Mayor Benjamin. Aye. So the Food Policy Committee was deferred last time because you all didn't have the comprehensive memo. And there were only three applicants last time, and we need to fill four slots. Now there are four applicants to fill, if you so choose. Can we re-advertise? I mean, you need four applicants. I mean, you need four appointments, and you have four applicants. Right. Now we do. I'd be more than happy to re-advertise it, whatever you all would like to do. Move to defer. And if you have any situations. What exactly are you looking for, Moe? Jimmy Williams. Got some substance there. We can hold off. Let's plan the move. If you're going to repost, we'll post it for seven or 10 days, whatever it takes. We need to go ahead and act on this next meeting, but post it for seven more days or something like that. Y'all push it out to folks you want to consider. That's fine. I will do that. Do you need this back for you? Yes, I do need those back. Yes, sir. Just one moment. Oh, you need the book back? Mm-hmm. I'm going to provide y'all updates each week with each council member. Absolutely. Yeah, Mr. This was good, Ashley. Thank you. Mr. Middall. Mr. Mayor, I do want to recognize Nikki Moe. She's our person at two men in a truck. Stand up, Nikki. She has been very, very helpful. Thank you very much. She had to go several places tonight and do some things at the job. So thank you for being here with us and two men in a truck. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Moe. All right, so any matters considered during the work session that need to be taken up right now? No, sir. You do have three, I'm sorry, four additional items on the other matters. I apologize. Other matters. I thought Mr. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, please. Okay. Item 51, the Five Points Association Clean and Safe Program Funding Request, the Honorable Daniel J. Rickerman. And if I might, Mayor Benjamin, for item 52, the Black Expo Funding Request, the Honorable Tamika Isaac Devine. I'd just like to say at the offset, the staff and I have researched both of these items as far as just previous discussions about them and did not have we found the intent, we believe, of counsel in the minutes, but there were no formal motions provided for both of these items, so that would be the purpose of these items. In addition to that, in your motions, I would just ask that counsel authorized the manager to determine the proper funding source, but we need a motion that gives clarity to your intent with the amount of funding for each. Item 51, the Five Points Clean and Safety, if you remember back in September, we committed to a five year, $125,000 a year for the clean and safety at a hospitality, and as part of that, the Five Points Association, we would re-divert the money they're spending currently to beautification projects, which also would include lighting up the alleyways and other items in an overall plan that they would move forward, and the reason this is back in is that I thought we had made this motion correctly, and when we went back to the minutes, we talked about it, but we actually never moved forward on it, and so we want to get that formally in a motion that we voted on so that they can go ahead and start spending money on the beautification and try to hit some projects over the summer, which will also include helping light up and guide to the parking that we've purchased on Divine Street, so bringing that connectivity together, so with that, I move that we commit to the Five Points Clean and Safety Program, $125,000, which this year was to be included in it, which we've already budgeted, I think, for it, or partly, well, I leave that up to the city manager to thank for five years. $125,000 per year for five years. Second. All right. Discussion? Was it a previous question? Clark, Colorado? Mr. Rickerman? Aye. Mr. McDowell? Yes. Mr. Duvall? Aye. Mr. Badura? Aye. Mr. Devine? Aye. Mr. Davis? Aye. Mayor Benjamin? No, I cannot identify a funding source if it's not already authorized. I remember us having that same discussion, Daniel. We had live a list that we were working on. All right. Black Expo? The next one is the same thing. We had the list of funding, Black Expo was put in, for $25,000, however, there were some questions regarding the new direction, so we held it, and we asked Mr. Thomas to come make a presentation he did and then we discussed it again however we've never made a formal motion and did not discover it until of course black expos next week and when Mr. Thomas called Ms. Fanning to get his money there was no money found so I make the motion that we allocate the 25,000 that we discuss for black expo the 2019 black expo second discussion second all right and again you're authorizing or requesting the city manager to find a funding source all right right moving second with a brief question Mr. Rickerman? Aye. Mr. McDowell? Yes. Mr. Duvall? Aye. Mr. Badura? Aye. Mr. Van? Aye. Mr. Davis? Aye. And if I could say I know we've talked about it a couple times and I know Mr. Duvall has put forth a couple kind of suggestions and we don't usually get to it around budget but we really need to kind of resolve this you know hospitality some of the groups like five points like black expo that typically go through the committee and the committee doesn't fund them because council has done so and we've talked about looking at it through a tiered system or some kind of funding but I'd like for us to try and get that resolved this year because it seems like we have this every year something kind of happens and I would like to be able to at least have something set on what we're going to do. To my colleagues who want to defer 100% to the committee we have to defer 100% or not. I don't think we ought to defer 100% to the committee I think the council needs to take charge. I get mighty flexible when you when you want to. Mayor votes aye. I think the committee should get more money every year I mean I think you know the way we look at it maybe we should offer a percentage for the committee a percentage for line items and of course we have we're going to have to have a percentage for debt pay. I think if we can divide that up every year equally somehow it would be beneficial for the committee and everybody else because the part will keep on increasing. Yes sir, Ms. Davis. I don't know that the issue right now is that the committee needs more money. I think we still need to take a closer look at how those decisions and why they're made it as far as allocating to different groups because we still know that the smaller groups the not so popular groups get nothing if anything to get peanuts. So I'm for I'm for taking a look at the recommendations that we came out with how to whether we call it a tear or whatever we do that first and see how that goes. Of course we don't necessarily dictate how much money goes in the pot it's based on on revenues coming in but I think we need to take a look at that process first off the proposal. Please don't. We'll be all right. We'll be all right. Item number 53. Wait a minute. Are you done? I'm sorry. No, I disagree with you. I think we ought to take a look at that. He said not tonight. I'm sorry that I started it. I just not tonight but we will but we will revisit it. We go absolutely. I'm always open. You know, I'm I that the committee does Yeoman's work that but for their service we would never be able to work our way through this process and they do the vast majority of the work. I think we should always maintain that council maintains the latitude to meet some some some important needs that we see. If it's clear that there that there are consistent efforts that will not run the gauntlet of the committee process that that that we think is valuable to the long-term health safety vibrancy the city then we need to make a commitment to making that funding request. Some some have crossed that threshold and become line items. Some some have not yet and but you know we can make this decision and decisions change prospectively. I'm always open for for those discussions but I'm always open for those discussions. It's not tonight. I just wanted to know when in the future you wanted to bring it to you as a whole or if you if you if you if you want to it's something that's recommended it's something that recognizes staff recommendations funding realities some real input from Ms. Fanning and her committee and others I mean yeah I don't want anything from any one of our individual council members I want something that that influence that has everyone's everyone's influence coming from the from the from the committee without a question more money final clarification mr. recommend the 125 or five points association was start this fiscal year and move forward right we're not we're this point we miss it let's make it easier let's make it easier and look at at July one money it make life a lot easier for everyone I would think is that agreeable would you like to me restate the motion no I just want to clarify out your motion's fine you said 125,000 per year for five years I didn't I wanted to make sure when you're starting my money yeah so good alright mr. Anderson this is the proposed closure of the Vista recycling center mr. Robert Anderson public works and then after this item mr. Anderson will also assist mr. Badura with an explanation of the Millwood Avenue traffic calming measures good evening Samantha's gonna pass out a few pictures real quick a lot of people don't know but are my dear last remaining drop-off center for recycling is located in the Vista down in behind the memorial or up around Memorial Park over the last several years what we're experiencing is what you're seeing in pictures right here the contamination rate is just completely out of control people are using this for an open dumping ground the we've tracked people from upwards in the 10,000 block of two-knots road Casey West Columbia St. Andrews area so what we're doing is we're wanting to request that we close this with we put a 30-day notice up and then we would work with any businesses in the area then want to continue to recycle we would recycle at the end of 30 days right just take the fence down Robert aren't most of the buildings down there and everybody already have recycling yeah there's very few businesses using that now I agree it's been turned into a dog motion so moved so moved by Mr. McDowell second by Mr. Rickman in discussion seeing none with the previous question or color all Mr. Rickman I Mr. McDowell yes Mr. Duvall Mr. Badura see Mr. Vang I got that Mr. Davies Mayor Benjamin any items considered during the work session yeah so one more item there we add one more the Wood Avenue traffic on Mr. Badura Lordy well this is not a secret I think it's been out on the end of paper and the news and everywhere else I think DOT has just to give history for what I'm talking about that DOT has done a study about Millwood Boulevard or Avenue Avenue about calming devices for traffic to the accident or some of the casualties we had in the past few years and I think they were came up with some proposals the fastest or in the more economical way to slow traffic down for pedestrian is to install hog signal and with that I think that Ed and I were talking about ways to improve that safety for pedestrian and we like to support that or make that a motion that if with blessings of the city manager and of course Robert Anderson and and the traffic engineer if we can maybe install I don't know how you're gonna make the motion but may we support the motion of a hog signal on Millwood Avenue so what they've done is they've done the pedestrian study and they found the counts for pedestrians are that that warrant a hog signal at that location there's a lot that went into their presentation and bore you with the details even though they were very interesting and that's about the percentage of the people that would use a hog signal or push the button based on the numbers and they found that number to be very high so they are proposing a hog signal there are some other proposals that would come later as we complete the studies but they would like to install the hog signal sooner than later do t would fund most of the hog signal with parts that they have laying around they made a control cabinet or something we have around and we would put two poles in do the locates put the hog signal in activated once it's activated we would assume maintenance responsibilities through our agreement with this use my ignorance what is a hog signal off signal is a pedestrian activated stop on Taylor Street that's right stop play chicken plan yeah but we but you're talking about the crosswalk going to the liquor store that's correct they're wanting to install the way the side of the street street the hog signal would be located there on Millwood Avenue so so I'll make a motion to support that that's like playing Frogger when you're going across we've seen the videos so I'll make I'll make this I'll make the motion to support that recommendation made by DOT and Robert Anderson to improve the hog signal on Millwood Avenue as soon as possible second motion by Mr. Badura seconded by Mr. McDowell is there any further discussion say none and with the previous question I was just going to say and councilwoman Teresha and I kind of talked and I talked about this as well but know when the I guess when the county committee or something talked about this there was a lot of discussion about you know what's the city going to do how's the city going to participate so can we just make sure that they that we send something saying council approved us making this contribution so there it's no mistake that we have contributed to traffic calming in that area maybe Chris trainer can help us with that message all right yeah so consistent with our previous discussions about just pushing information to citizens we can actually target folks who just live in that neighborhood for starters there are no matters discussed during the work session that need to be considered mayor however there is the one referral to the public safety committee regarding the installation of speed humps the installation policies all right on what was that speed humps speed on speed I have a referral to the public safety also as do I all right so we'll have a meeting on the art of the next meeting date that we have so let's see if we can take them all at one time so apart developing a policy on installation speed humps develop I think there'll be three references to the public safety committee we can do them and madam clerk if you prefer individually or at one what's the date 27th 21st our next meeting yeah let's do it that morning motion who's motion is on speed humps your statement or mr. Badura what that was a recommendation from it we'd have we were trying to clean up a discussion second second all right move the previous question court call roll mr. Rickerman hi mr. McDowell hi mr. Badura hi Mr. Davis mayor Benjamin hi mr. Duvall mr. may I'd like to refer a noise noise ordinance to the public safety committee the legal apartment and CPD have been working on or noise ordinance for over a year now and it's ready for prime time so I'd like the committee to look at it and bring it back to council motion as a motion is there second second discussion with the previous question for color all right and lastly can we get an advanced copy of the memo that's been in the works for a long long time this is this is Sam Daniel who else is public safety Reverend McDowell the ref yeah I think the noise is coming from his neighborhood I think so he unless you're right and lastly I want to come and present before the committee to discuss we've had of course a number of different improvements already I might add in recommendations proposed or state statutes as well as actions by our TNC's five points our hospitality districts University everyone's really stepping up and of course a CPD CPD is doing great work but still wants to discuss some of some innovations and improvements as to how we do it ride chairs in Columbia and want to come before the public safety committee discuss some of those thoughts we can schedule you in 2020 sir please add that to this is a motion December 31st 2020 is there a second second any further discussion say none with the previous question clerk color all Mr. Rickerman I Mr. McDowell Mr. Duvall I Mr. Badura I Mr. Vine I Mr. Davis Mayor Benjamin I any other reports or referrals from committee is divine just a report not from a committee but I did want to report that Councilman Davis and myself did make the trip last week to DC to meet with our congressional delegation as well as the Department of Transportation I felt like we had some really good meetings our delegation pretty much was unanimously in support of most of the requests that we had or at least to support the request that we had and as well as our meeting with the Department of Transportation was mainly to develop a relationship but they were very supportive on helping us try and locate some funding Mr. Rickman for the railroad items that we had concern and actually directed us to some grants and pots of money that they have that will be coming available so we thought it was a productive meeting but I think that Mr. Davis and I would agree and he can he can add that one thing that we discuss is that we need to do this on a more regular basis I mean it was very good to talk to the staff members and particularly Senator Graham staff mentioned that although you know we know that our members of Congress and we see them while they're here in the district sometimes things get lost in translation when it gets to staff especially the staff in Washington that don't interact with us on a regular basis and they were very grateful that we came and further explained our projects and our requests so I think that we need to look at at least twice a year if we can and do that and make sure that we keep those relationships going and that we're providing them the information that they need I agree one thing that it was it was obvious that although we were there to make them aware of needs and asking for help they the staff were and I think in all cases aware of what our issues and problems are and where we think we might need some help so they have other communications going to them has helped by the time we got there they've had some time to think about how they might be able to assist or how they might partner with us in those subject matters so I agree we should do it more if no more than two times we need to do it twice a year the the council of their there's there's no citizens who sound to speak the council has previously noticed items still for discussion on the executive session agenda so in the tenant entertain a motion to return to executive session and let the public notice we will not be returning to the full council meeting afterwards all right moving probably seconding discussion with the previous question of part color all the recommend I Mr. McDowell Mr. Duvall I Mr. Badura I Mr. Vines I Mr. Davis Mayor Benjamin I mother's day Mr. Bond thank you and all the mothers you and all of you thank you what's up brother