[Call To Order] [00:00:08] WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT IS TIME FOR OUR JUNE 22ND, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS 6 P.M. AT THIS TIME. IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE LANITA DANIELS, WHO'S WITH THE NORTH PULASKI UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, COME UP AND LEAD US ALL IN PRAYER. GOD OF JUSTICE AND MERCY. THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. HELP US TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION. HELP US TO LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD WILL. HELP US TO SPEAK WITH CHARITY AND RESTRAINT. GIVE US A SPIRIT OF SERVICE. REMIND US THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF YOUR AUTHORITY. GUIDE US TO BE THE LEADERS YOUR PEOPLE NEED. HELP US SEE THE HUMANITY AND DIGNITY OF THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US. AND TO TREAT ALL PERSONS, NO MATTER HOW WEAK OR POOR, WITH THE REVERENCE YOUR CREATION DESERVES. AND FINALLY, GOD, RENEW US WITH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR PRESENCE AND THE JOY OF HELPING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY WORTHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON. WE ASK THIS AS YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, CONFIDENT IN YOUR GOODNESS AND LOVE. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ROLL CALL PLEASE. BROOKS. HERE. WILLIAMS. HERE. BRODERICK. HERE. THOMAS. PRESENT. WADE. HERE. MCCULLOUGH. [4. Recognition of Maddie Phillips, Arkansas winner of the America’s State Fair Art Contest celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States. Her artwork will be displayed at the America’s State Fair Art Exhibition in Washington D.C. ] HERE. TOWNSEND. HERE. TREE HERE. AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE FOR MADDIE PHILLIPS TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TREE PLEASE HELP ME. AND A PRESENTATION. TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING MADDIE PHILLIPS. SHE IS THE ARKANSAS WINNER OF THE AMERICA'S STATE FAIR ART CONTEST, CELEBRATING OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HER ARTWORK WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE AMERICA'S STATE FAIR ART EXHIBITION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WE ARE SO PROUD OF MADDIE BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT. MADDIE WILL RECEIVE AN ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP TO WASHINGTON, DC. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE HER ART IS RIGHT NOW. CORRECT? THEY HAD TO MAIL IT OFF. SO THAT'S WHY SHE'S GOT A PICTURE HERE. JUST A COUPLE. YEAH. OH. OH, WOW. WOW. BOOZE AND ALL THOSE AND ALL. IT'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT. GOOD JOB. SHE WILL BE HONORED IN WASHINGTON, DC AND PRESENTED WITH HER AWARD. HER ARTWORK WILL ALSO BE PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED AND DISPLAYED AT THE AMERICA'S STATE FAIR ART EXHIBITION. MADDIE, YOUR TALENT, CREATIVITY AND HARD WORK HAVE MADE SHERWOOD PROUD. PLEASE HELP US IN CONGRATULATING AND JOINING HER. WELL, Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. LET ME LET ME BACK THAT UP. PLEASE. PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING HER WITH AN OUTSTANDING APPLAUSE. CONGRATULATIONS, MADDIE. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SHERWOOD, WE GIVE OUT THESE CHALLENGE COINS, WHICH IS A TRADITION, ESPECIALLY AMONGST MILITARY COMMUNITIES OF WHICH WE ARE ADJACENT TO. AND ACTUALLY, THE PERSON WHO STARTED THIS TRADITION FOR THE CITY OF SHERWOOD IS HERE WITH US TODAY. BUT WE GIVE THESE CHALLENGE COINS OUT WHEN PEOPLE DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. AND CERTAINLY YOU HAVE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SHERWOOD, HERE'S YOUR CHALLENGE COIN. AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I HAD THAT IN MY SPEECH. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE ACTUAL BUSINESS OF THE [5. Approval of the minutes of the regular called meeting on May 22, 2026, as transcribed ] [00:05:05] COUNCIL. YOU ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULARLY CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 22ND, 2026 AS TRANSCRIBES ANY CHANGES. MOVE FOR ADOPTION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRODERICK. ROLL CALL PLEASE. WADE. I MCCULLOUGH. I BROOKS. I. WILLIAMS. I. THOMAS. BRODERICK I TREAT I [6. May 2026 Financials ] TOWNSEND I YOU ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MAY 26TH FINANCIALS. OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IS COMING UP IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS I THINK OVERALL ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF GIVE A QUICK LITTLE OVERTURE IN TERMS OF THE STATE OF OUR FINANCIAL AFFAIRS? WELL, I THINK. IT'S LOOKING GOOD. BUT WE ARE MID-YEAR AND THERE ARE ALWAYS TIMING ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO REVENUE. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, OUR LOT LOT FEE TURN BACK NORMALLY COMES IN ONCE A YEAR. IT COMES IN IN JUNE, SO WE'LL RUN NEGATIVE UP UNTIL THAT TIME WHEN IT ARRIVES. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK GREAT, VERY POSITIVE. AND THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR WE'LL EVEN OUT SO THAT WE HAVE A FEW LINE ITEMS THAT PLAY OUT THAT WAY. AND BUT OVERALL, I THINK OUR EXPENSES ARE WELL MANAGED AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING REALLY WELL AS EXPECTED AS PLANNED FOR THE YEAR. I WANT YOU TO KNOW, THOUGH, THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A NEW PACKET IN THE ORIGINAL ONE, THE BALANCE SHEET FOR THE GENERAL FUND WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED. YOUR PACKET SHOULD HAVE IT NOW BECAUSE THAT CAME IN EARLIER AND REPLACED IT. AND I THINK WE WILL ALSO MAKE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. BUT THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE AMENDED ONE, AND IT'S A VERY POSITIVE REPORT. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THAT. LASTLY, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR OUR RESERVES. AND THEY'RE QUITE HEALTHY. AS YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR US TO HAVE TWO MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENSES AT A MINIMUM. AND THAT FOR US IS ABOUT 5.7 MILLION. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 17.7 MILLION. AND SO IT'S WE'RE DOING WELL. AND THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. BUT THAT'S KIND OF A GENERAL SUMMARY. THE GIST OF IT. GREAT. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS, ALEX. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. WE HAD PARKS AND [7. Committees/Commissions] RECREATION COMMITTEE. IT WAS A BRIEF MEETING. DO YOU WANT TO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE MINUTES OTHER THAN THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE? NO, LIKE YOU SAID IT WAS, IT WAS A QUICK MEETING THAT THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE THE PURPOSE IN OUR COMMITTEE IS TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OVERSEE THINGS AND BRING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COUNCIL ABOUT A GRANT THAT WE'D LIKE TO APPLY FOR. OKAY. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE AND TOURISM FOR ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE CITY OF SHERWOOD. AS STATED BEFORE, THIS IS A 2018 GRANT. THE ESTIMATED COST 125 000. OUR PART WOULD BE 25,000. NO GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL GET THE GRANT, BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS. IT HAS TO HAVE A. THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION. IT WILL REPLACE THE PARK. THAT IS THE PLAYGROUND, EXCUSE ME, THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SOCCER BY THE SOFTBALL. IF YOU WERE TO GO DOWN BEAR PAW AND YOU JUST KEPT GOING STRAIGHT PAST THE FOOTBALL STADIUM INTO THE PARKING LOT, ALL THE WAY TO THE END, THAT'S THE PLAYGROUND. AND IT'S ALSO UTILIZED A LOT BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS, OF WHICH THERE ARE SEVERAL ON BEAR PAW. SO IT'S A PLAYGROUND THAT WILL BE UTILIZED QUITE A BIT. TYPICALLY WE DO NOT THEY THEY DO NOT CHOOSE THE WINNERS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR BEFORE WE GOT IT. IT WAS ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. [00:10:03] SO THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT KIND OF LIKE WE'VE DONE BEFORE. LIKE WITH DURAND PARK, IT WOULD BE A NAMED CAPITAL ITEM EXPENDITURE IN THE BUDGET. MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. DON'T WE NORMALLY THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE. WE HAVE SEVERAL TIMES, I KNOW, BUT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 OR SOME AMOUNT LIKE THAT, DON'T WE? FOR A FOR FOR A GRANT APPLICATION. NO, BECAUSE THE GRANT APPLICATION ACTUALLY HAS THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR. OKAY. AND THEN RESET THOSE AMOUNTS FOR ME AGAIN, TOTAL AMOUNTS 125,000. OUR PART WOULD BE 25,000. AND AND IT WOULD GO OUT TO, OF COURSE, GO OUT TO BID IF WE DO RECEIVE THE GRANT. OKAY, SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, BUT I'M HESITANT TO ALLOCATE FUNDS. I THINK, I THINK THAT WE'RE STILL MAYBE GOING TO ADD AN AGENDA ITEM TO ADDRESS THE GREENS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY, WE THINK. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE STILL HAVE PENDING IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR NORTH SHERWOOD. SO I JUST I'M HESITANT TO ADD SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WOULD BE ON THE WANT LIST RATHER THAN THE ABSOLUTE NEED LIST. WITH THOSE, I WOULD CONSIDER THOSE TWO ITEMS NEEDS THE GREENS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PREVIOUS BUDGETS AND THE AMOUNTS THAT WE PUT IN TERMS OF FOR MAINTENANCE OF PLAYGROUNDS AND SO FORTH, THIS IS A FRACTION, FOR EXAMPLE, OF WHAT WE PUT IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR. DO WE HAVE MAINTENANCE MONEY IN THE BUDGET? I MEAN, COULD THIS COME OUT OF MAINTENANCE? YES, MA'AM. WHY ARE WE SO IT CAN COME OUT OF MAINTENANCE. IT'S ALREADY ALLOCATED. WE KNOW IT'S NOT ALREADY ALLOCATED. OUR PART IS IS 25,000. IT THERE'S NO ALLOCATING FOR MONIES UNTIL WE GET THE ACTUAL GRANT. FIRST WE HAVE TO RECEIVE THE GRANT. WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH, IS IT WILL TYPICALLY COME OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, OF WHICH IT WOULD BE A SPECIFIED ALLEGATION OR A SPECIFIED A SPECIFIED LINE, JUST LIKE IT HAS BEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE SPILLWAY PROJECT. AND IT'S A FRACTION OF WHAT WE HAVE SPENT IN TERMS OF FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. THIS IS WITH OVER 17 MILLION SITTING AND RESERVES, I, I DON'T SEE THAT SPENDING 25,000 NEXT YEAR ON A PLAYGROUND IS BY ANY MEANS GOING TO BUST A BUDGET. WELL, THE FACT THAT IT CAN BE ADDED TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET CORRECT, IS, I THINK WOULD KIND OF ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL. IT'S NOT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. IT WOULDN'T BE EXPENDED, MOST LIKELY. STEVE, CAN WE PAUSE THIS AND TALK ABOUT I HATE TO ALLOCATE MONEY WHEN WE HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD OUR BIG MONEY ITEM FOR THE AGENDA. ARE WE ADDING THE GREENS TO TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION? CAN WE HEAR WHAT THIS. CAN WE HEAR ABOUT? OKAY, WELL, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE GREENS, IT HAS A SPECIFIED AMOUNT, RIGHT. BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT BECAUSE. BUT SINCE WE'RE NOT ON THAT AGENDA ITEM. SO ARE YOU ASKING THIS GETS PUT DOWN LATER IN THE AGENDA. CAN WE PAUSE THIS DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT THE GREENS. COME BACK TO THIS DISCUSSION. SO WE ALL KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH PARKS AND REC. YES. OKAY. OKAY. THEN WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE UP THE RESOLUTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE TAKE THIS RESOLUTION LATER IN THE MEETING. NO, NO, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT. YOU CAN PAUSE THE DISCUSSION, BUT WE NEED A WE NEED A MOTION TO TAKE UP AN ISSUE, NOT ON THE AGENDA. TONIGHT I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE UP THE THE RESOLUTION WHICH IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TO LOOK AT THE BALCONY FOR THE THE GREENS. SECOND. OKAY. WE IS THERE A SECOND WE HAVE A. OKAY, OKAY. BUT ALSO WE STILL HAVE THIS ON THE TABLE THOUGH. YES, YES, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT VOTE UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL CORRECTLY. YOU WANT TO PAUSE A PREGNANT PAUSE, PAUSE, PAUSE, A GO TO BE OKAY AND THEN COME BACK. SURE. OKAY. WE WANT TO GET THEM BOTH DONE. OKAY. ROLL CALL TO ADD THE BALCONY ON TO IT TO SUSPEND THE RULES, TO ADD THE BALCONY RESOLUTION. THAT RESOLUTION BEFORE I VOTE NO. FIRST, YOU HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES. WADE. YES. MCCULLOUGH. I BROOKS I. WILLIAMS. I THOMAS BRODERICK I TREAT I. TOWNSEND I. I AGREE OKAY A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO ALLOW THE ERECTION OF [Additional Item] TEMPORARY STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS FOR THE BALCONY AT THE CLUBHOUSE AT THE GREENS AT NORTH HILLS. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. MR. WALL, DO YOU STILL WISH TO SPEAK? MR. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. I'M SORRY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. [00:15:06] CAN I SPEAK OF SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THE BUILDING, THE FIRE PROTECTION AREA, OR IS IT STRICTLY STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS? WELL, IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE RESOLUTION ON THE RESOLUTION REGARDING. I'M SORRY, IT NEEDS TO BE YOUR TOPIC. LET ME STOP THE CLOCK HERE. IT WILL NEED TO BE GERMANE TO THE RESOLUTION REGARDING APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR TEMPORARY STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS. OKAY, I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON FIRE HYDRANTS AROUND THE BUILDING, SO I DON'T THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO. WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AS WELL AS OUR FIRE MARSHAL. OUR PARKS DIRECTOR WENT UP THERE, AS DID, I BELIEVE, AUSTIN. WERE YOU PART OF THAT AS WELL? AFTER EFFECT? OKAY. AND MONICA AT THE GREENS AS WELL AS DAWN. AND SO THEY RECOMMENDED THERE WAS SOME CRACKING AND THERE WAS SOME REBAR THAT WAS EXPOSED ON THE BALCONY. AND SO THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO USE THE BALCONY UNTIL WE HAD A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER LOOK AT THE BALCONY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE. WE WOULD NOT WANT ANYBODY TO GET HURT. SO AT THAT TIME, WE WENT AHEAD AND WE HAD AN ARCHITECT AND A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AS PART OF IT. YOU CAN'T USE IF THE BALCONY CANNOT BE USED. AND THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WE CAN'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THE BALCONY BECAUSE WE DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS STRUCTURALLY SAFE. THEREFORE, WE COULD NOT USE IT AS AN EMERGENCY EXIT FOR THE UPSTAIRS OF THE GREENS. THEY HAD TO RECONFIGURE, WHICH THEY DID THAT. THAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR THE ARCHITECT. THE AMOUNT OF CAPACITY FOR THE UPSTAIRS OF THE GREENS. AND THAT BROUGHT THAT TO ONLY 49 PEOPLE. SO AT THAT TIME, MONICA CONTACTED EVERYONE WHO HAD BOOKED ANYTHING AT THE GREENS. WE OFFERED OTHER, YOU KNOW, ANY OF OUR OTHER PLACES AND OF COURSE, REFUNDED MONEY IF THEY DID NOT WANT TO USE ONE OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES. OKAY. THROUGH JUNE. MEANWHILE, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THEY DO FEEL THAT THEY CAN SHORE IT UP FROM UNDERNEATH TEMPORARILY TO KEEP THE BUILDING OPERATIONAL DOWNSTAIRS AND UPSTAIRS, BUT THE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY EXIT. STILL CAN'T GO OUT ON THE BALCONY, BUT YOU CAN. IF THERE'S A FIRE, BE ABLE TO USE IT IN ORDER TO LEAVE THE BUILDING. SO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COSTS IS GOING TO BE FOR BECAUSE THERE'S SPECIALIZED SCAFFOLDING, SCAFFOLDING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED BECAUSE OF THE LOAD THAT HAVE TO SUPPORT THE COLUMNS. THE TWO WORST SIDES ARE THE OUTER SIDES. THEY SAID THIS IS NOT A NEW SITUATION. THIS IS PROBABLY BEEN ONGOING FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IT LOOKS LIKE AT ONE TIME SOME OF THE. STEEL STRUCTURES THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THE BALCONY WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUFFICIENTLY CONCRETED IN, AND THAT'S ON THE SIDES AND THE SIDES. THERE'S A SLIGHT BEND TO IT, WHICH WAS PART OF THE CONCERN. BUT THE EXPOSED REBAR IS OUT ON THE THE PART NEAR WHERE THE STAIRS WERE. SO THEY'VE COME BACK AND SAID, WE CAN SHORE IT UP TEMPORARILY UNTIL WE CAN GET A NEW FIX FOR THE WHOLE BALCONY. WE DO NOT KNOW AT THIS TIME THE ACTUAL FIX, WHAT THAT WILL BE. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BEING ABLE TO CUT THE BALCONY COMPLETELY OFF, BECAUSE THE REBAR RUNS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT FLOOR. ACTUALLY, I THINK MARINA BROUGHT TO US SOME OLD PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE FOUND THROUGH BECKY VASSER, I THINK THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER. I ACTUALLY SHOWED IT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, AND THEY DID VERIFY THAT IT WAS ALL [00:20:04] POURED THE BALCONY AND THE INTERIOR AT ONE TIME. SO THEY'VE GOT TO THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATION WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON IT AS WELL AS THE REDESIGN. BUT MEANWHILE, IF WE CAN DO THE SCAFFOLDING UNDERNEATH, IT CAN SHORE UP THE BALCONY, MAKING IT SAFE FOR DOWNSTAIRS AS WELL AS TO BE USED THE STAIRS TO BE USED FOR AN EMERGENCY EXIT. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT PRICE IS GOING TO BE. I DO KNOW THAT THE AMOUNT THAT IS IN HERE WILL COVER IT. I WAS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE IT WOULD GO IN THE BUDGET. SO THERE'S NO QUESTION IT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S GOT THE LINE ITEM IN THERE. BUT BY DOING THIS, TAKING IT OUT OF THE RESERVES AND MOVING IT OVER, AS SOON AS EVERYTHING'S READY TO GO, WHICH HOPEFULLY IS WITHIN A DAY OR TWO, DEPENDING UPON THE COMPANY AND GETTING THE SUPPLIES, THEN IT'S THEY SAID IT'LL ONLY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS IN ORDER TO PUT IN THE SCAFFOLDING NEEDED TO SHORE IT UP. THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP OPERATIONS GOING. THE EVENTS THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR JULY CAN STILL TAKE PLACE, NOT THE BALCONY BLAST, BUT LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO'VE RENTED IT FOR WEDDINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS SUCH AS THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT. AND NO, WE HAVE NO IDEA AT THIS TIME WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ENTIRE BUILDING REPLACEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, THOUGH, IS SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF THE BALCONY, IF WE WANT THERE TO BE A BALCONY IN THE FUTURE, AND I ASSUME WE WANT THERE TO BE A BALCONY OF SOME SORT IN THE FUTURE. BUT THE DESIGN OF THAT, THE COST OF THAT, ALL THAT WOULD NEED TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ONCE WE HAVE THAT. BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS. IN THE MEANTIME, THIS WOULD ALLOW OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, SO WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO THE 49 PEOPLE. IF WE PASS THIS CORRECT, IT GOES BACK TO WHATEVER. EVERYTHING CAN GO BACK TO THE WAY THAT OTHER THAN PEOPLE CANNOT GO OUT ON THE BALCONY TO LINGER AND WILL THIS TEMPORARY FIX LAST US? YOU KNOW, IF IT TAKES SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET EVERYTHING? YES, ABSOLUTELY. IT CAN LAST US QUITE SOME TIME. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT FOR A LONG TIME, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT OF AN EYESORE. SCAFFOLDING. YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN IN ALL MAJOR CITIES, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON DIFFERENT TYPE OF THINGS AND YOU HAVE TO WALK UNDERNEATH THE SCAFFOLDING AND SO FORTH. IT'S NOT PRETTY, YOU KNOW, SO BUT YES, THIS WILL DEFINITELY, THIS CAN KEEP US FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT CERTAINLY WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE, WE WANT THE PERMANENT FIX AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WON'T MAKE FOR NICE BRIGHT PICTURES. I TAKE THOSE INSIDE. YEAH NOT OUTSIDE. GO TO NEW YORK AND SEE SCAFFOLDING ON EVERY STREET. YEAH, BUT I DO NOT. I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THIS UP. I DID NOT FURNISH THE PICTURES. I DID TELL YOU THAT, MISS VASSER. I GAVE YOU THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECT THAT MISS VASSER HAD GIVEN ME. BUT I DIDN'T FURNISH THOSE PICTURES. BUT OKAY, I DID GIVE YOU THE NAME OF THAT ARCHITECT. SO FROM HER. CAN I ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THIS RESOLUTION? IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, CAN WE WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING, PLEASE? AND OUT OF SECTION THREE, JUST THAT IT'S DEEMED TO BE AN EMERGENCY AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS WIFE. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THAT WOULD DRAG IT OUT FOR SEVERAL MORE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU HAVE TO PUBLISH IT TWO WEEKS IN A ROW. THEN YOU HAVE TO GIVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS SO IT WOULD AT LEAST PUSH IT OFF AN ENTIRE MONTH. I'D ASK FOR A MOTION FOR THAT AMENDMENT, PLEASE. SO YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO ACT SECTION THREE THAT SAYS, AND THIS WOULD BE DEEMED AS AN EMERGENCY, CORRECT. COMPETITIVE BIDDING HIS WIFE OKAY. SO MOVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT TO WAY FOR THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING DUE TO EMERGENCY ROLL CALL. PLEASE. WADE I MCCULLOUGH BROOKS I WILLIAMS I THOMAS BRODERICK I TREAT I TOWNSEND I THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO ALLOW THE ERECTION OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS FOR THE BALCONY AT THE CLUBHOUSE OF THE GREENS AT NORTH HILLS, AS AMENDED. I. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. THE COURSE ITSELF IS ON THE HISTORICAL REGISTER, CORRECT? YES. DOES THAT CONSIDER THE BUILDING THE CLUBHOUSE TOO? YES. IS THAT GOING TO COME INTO PLAY IN THE IN THE END, PLANS TO PERMANENTLY DO SOMETHING. IT CAN. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL. THAT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND YOU HAVE TO WORK [00:25:01] THROUGH THEM IF YOU'RE REPAIRING. IT'S ONE THING. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE IT, THAT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT THING. SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT IS FEASIBLE AND TIME WISE AND SO FORTH. BUT BASICALLY HOW THAT WORKS IS LIKE, IF WE DID WANT TO ALTER IN SOME WAY THE WAY IN WHICH THE BALCONY LOOKS, YOU SEND THE PLANS TO THEM, THEY CAN SAY, THAT'S FINE, GO AHEAD. OR THEY CAN SAY, NO, WE DON'T, WE DON'T LIKE THAT. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE, DO WE WANT TO KEEP THE BUILDING ITSELF ON THE HISTORIC REGISTRY AND GO AHEAD AND FIX IT? OR DO WE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO ALTER THE PLANS? ARE THEY GIVING YOU ANY? AND I KNOW THEY WOULD BE WIDE RANGES, BUT HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU ANY KIND OF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING FROM HERE TO HERE. NO. FOR A PERMANENT REPAIR. NO. IT REALLY THEY UNTIL THEY GET IN THERE AND CUT AWAY AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THERE'S THERE'S REALLY. OH YEAH. THERE'S NO IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE FOR THEM IN ORDER TO GET IT. AND THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF THINGS IN WHICH WE COULD DO IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT BALCONY. BUT I'M NOT AN ENGINEER NOR AN ARCHITECT. AND I DIDN'T SLEEP AT A HOLIDAY INN LAST NIGHT. SO SORRY. I GOT ONE QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT THIS RIGHT. SO WE'RE WE HAVE THE SECTION THREE TAKEN OUT THE COMPETITIVE BID JUST FOR THIS PIECE ONLY. YES, SIR. SO WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THEN IT'LL GO OUT FOR BID, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. OKAY. IS THIS FOR NOW? I'VE HEARD TWO PHRASES. YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEERS AND THE ARCHITECT. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT JOBS. YES, MA'AM. SO IS DO WE NEED CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT? YOU HAVE BOTH. SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THE IT'S THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DESIGN THE SCAFFOLDING OF WHICH THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN HOLD THE WEIGHT AND SO FORTH. AND WE'RE TRYING TO IMPACT WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWNSTAIRS AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THEIR GOAL IS. AND THEN ALSO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING TO FIND THE, THE HEAVY DUTY MATERIALS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH BUSINESSES DOWNSTAIRS ARE NOT IMPACTED BECAUSE WE WANT TO. YES, MA'AM. WE'VE GOT TWO BUSINESSES THAT ARE RUNNING DOWNSTAIRS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO IMPACT EITHER ONE OF THOSE EITHER. YEAH. AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MITIGATE THEM. EVEN IN TALKING WITH THEM. THEY, YOU KNOW, I ASKED, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO BE CLOSED? AND IF THEY DO, CAN WE DO IT ON A MONDAY WHEN THEY'D BE CLOSED ANYWAY? AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO NOT HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE BUSINESSES AT ALL AND JUST ASK THEM TO LIKE, NOT USE THE PATIO FOR TWO DAYS OR GO OUT A DIFFERENT DOOR IF THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT UNDER THAT DOOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE WANT TO WORK WITH THEM AS BEST WE CAN TO NOT DISTURB THEM. SINCE YOU STATED THAT THE REBAR GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH INTO THE BUILDING, ARE THEY GOING TO BE CHECKING? YES, ALL OF THAT AS WELL. THEY SO THEY SHOULD KNOW IN TERMS OF THE PART THAT IS EXPOSED. THIS IS FAR AWAY FROM THE BUILDING AS IT IS. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT IS SHOWING SOME RUST. SO AS THEY GO DEEPER INTO IT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE, HOW DEEP IS THE THE RUST, HOW FAR DOES IT GO INTO THE BUILDING? OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRODERICK AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. WADE I. MCCULLOUGH I BROOKS I. WILLIAMS I THOMAS BRODERICK I TREAT I TOWNSEND I THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE GRANT RESOLUTION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE THE EXISTING DRAWINGS AND THEN THE PROPOSED. AND THESE ARE THE ACTUAL PROJECT COST. YOU KNOW, ON SOME GRANTS LIKE WE HAVE AN UPFRONT COST AND THEN WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ENDING COST. SOMETIMES WE HAVE LIKE THE ENGINEERING COST UP FRONT. THAT'S YEAH, THIS IS SO WE'RE JUST REPLACING AN EXISTING PLAYGROUND. SO THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NO SURPRISES HERE. CORRECT. SO PRETTY MUCH WE SIGN UP FOR IF WE GET THIS GRANT, THE CITY GETS $100,000 AND THEN WE'RE OUT 25000. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. YES, YES. OKAY. ASSUMING MATERIALS DON'T GO UP. [00:30:05] OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT A ISN'T THAT RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT THE THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCULLOUGH. ROLL CALL PLEASE. WADE I MCCULLOUGH I BROOKS I. WILLIAMS I THOMAS. BRODERICK. TREAT I TOWNSEND I THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN YES. ONE. NO. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE GET OFF PARKS AND REC I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT DURAND PARK. SURE. AND I AM THANKFUL THAT WE WERE PROVIDED. EVERYBODY'S BEEN PROVIDED A RENDERING OF DURAND PARK AT THEIR PLACES TONIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE MINE IS. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. HERE YOU GO. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS ONE. MAYBE IF YOU DON'T KNOW. BUT I'M. I'M REMEMBERING. I REMEMBER WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. SO IT'S THE SAME AS IT CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, RIGHT? TWICE. SO I HAD CALLED OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, BLAKE CALLOWAY, THIS MORNING. AND SO HE WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED. I'M NOT I DON'T LIKE TO SURPRISE PEOPLE. AND JUST BECAUSE MISS WILLIAMS AND I REPRESENT THE WARD THAT THIS PARK IS IN, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM THE NEIGHBORS IN THIS AREA. WHAT'S GOING ON? EVEN THOUGH THIS HAS BEEN ADVERTISED AND PUBLICIZED. BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW FACEBOOK RUMORS GET GOING. AND THE MAYOR EVEN SAID THERE WERE SOME WILD RUMORS GOING OUT THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO IF YOU WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT DURAND PARK, NO PROBLEM TELLING US WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE DEMOING THE OLD COURTS THAT WERE IN TERRIBLE SHAPE, THE TWO TENNIS COURTS, ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SEAL OFF AND LOCK OFF. AND THEN THE PD USED IT FOR TRAINING AND THEN ANOTHER TENNIS COURT. AND THEN THE BASKETBALL COURT, WHICH WAS NOT FULL SIZE, WAS SMALL. I CAN STILL REMEMBER BACK AS A KID, GOING BACK OUT THERE AND DRIVING MY BIKE UP THERE AND PLAYING OUT THERE. HEY, I PLAYED TENNIS IN HIGH SCHOOL ON THE TENNIS COURTS. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S LONG TIME AGO. IT'S WE'VE ALL, I THINK, ENJOYED DURAND PARK AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER. AND THE YOUTH CENTER. BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING OUT THE COURTS. WE'RE BRINGING IN A FULL COURT BASKETBALL COURT SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT'S AT CHERRYWOOD RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THAT'S COVERED UP ALL THE TIME. WE'RE ADDING AN ANOTHER OUTDOOR RESTROOM FACILITY LIKE WE HAVE AT THE OTHER PARKS. THERE'S GOING TO BE 32, IT LOOKS LIKE ROUGHLY 32 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES. AND THAT'S HUGE BECAUSE THE ART SCHOOL THAT WE'VE LEASED IT TO HAS AN OVERFLOW PARKING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACES FOR OUT THERE. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE HUGE FOR US, FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE PLAYING BASKETBALL AND THE PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE THAT FACILITY GET TO USE, WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE SOME SIDEWALKS AND THINGS THAT GET SOME STUFF THAT'S NOT ADA. GET IT UP TO ADA, AND WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKE IT LOOK REALLY NICE. AND THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS FOR ME IS THE BASKETBALL COURTS CAN BE PRETTY ARTISTIC AS WELL. IT'S NOT YOUR STANDARD SURFACE. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THERE. IT'S GOING TO LOOK PRETTY COOL. SO AND I KNOW ART SCHOOL, SO IT'S GOING TO BE NEAT. I SAW THERE WAS A, THERE IS A MEMORIAL FLAG POST. IT IS NOT BEING TOUCHED. THERE IS A SPECIAL MAGNOLIA TREE TO SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE A PLAQUE, BUT I KNOW IT WAS SPECIAL NOT BEING TOUCHED. NONE OF THE TREES ARE BEING TOUCHED. IN FACT, THE LANDSCAPING WILL BE ENHANCED WITH THIS PROJECT. SO IT'S. AND THERE'LL BE SOME PLAYGROUND LIGHTING WITH THE BASKETBALL AND. YES. SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK VERY NICE WHEN IT'S ALL DONE. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE DURAND PARK SIGNAGE BACK OUT. IS THAT IS THAT. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY HOPE SO. YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AND WHERE ARE YOU PUTTING THE SIDEWALKS AND THE PARKING LOTS WHERE SOME OF THAT IS? I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS AT THE FRONT, WE COULD THERE'S TWO CHOICES YOU COULD PROBABLY DO. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT IS IT, BELMONT AND SHERWOOD AVENUE, SHERWOOD AVENUE, YOU CAN PUT ONE RIGHT THERE AT THAT CORNER, JUST LIKE IT WAS RIGHT THERE. AND HE LIKES TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT INSTEAD OF THE OVERGROWN BUSHES AND STUFF THAT'S BEEN AROUND IT. RIGHT. AND BY A TENNIS COURT, WHICH KIND OF BLOCKS THE VIEWS AS WELL. SO YEAH, THE DURAND FAMILY WAS A HISTORICAL FAMILY IN THE CREATION OF THIS CITY. SO HAVING ITS NAME ON THAT PARK, I THINK THAT WAS ALSO SOME OF THE CONCERN. YEAH. UNEASINESS IS THAT THE HISTORICAL PIECE WAS GOING TO BE LOST IF IT'S OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL GET IT OUT THERE FOR SURE. IS THIS THE FINAL COURT RENDERING? BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAST ONE THAT I SAW WAS LIKE A SWEEPING THING, BUT NO, NO, IT'S KIND OF A NO. THIS IS THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING. WE BELIEVE RIGHT NOW. ARTISTIC LOOK, THE SHERWOOD LOOK, LOOK NEAT. BUT I THINK IT'S MORE AND I THINK MAYOR AGREED THAT WE GO THIS ROUTE BY AN ART SCHOOL. OKAY. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET THIS, LIKE MAYBE BLOWN UP A LITTLE BIT AND PUT ON A BOARD AND PUT BY THE PARK? ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS COMING SOON. SURE. YES. THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA BECAUSE WITH US GETTING [00:35:02] PHONE CALLS AND THE QUESTIONS AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW THAT Y'ALL WERE ENHANCING IT, BUT WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO TELL THEM. YEAH. AND THAT PUTS US IN A BAD LIGHT. PUT ON FACEBOOK. YEAH. STUFF OUT. YEAH. YES. IT HASN'T. I DON'T DO FACEBOOK. SO IF IT HASN'T BEEN OUT THERE THEN NO, I WENT I WENT LOOKING FOR IT. YEAH. OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I KNOW I'VE SEEN IT. I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHERE I'VE SEEN IT. YEAH. WE'LL GET WITH OUR. YEAH. I THINK WE HAVE SOME PR PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE CITY. YEAH. THEY HAVE THE JOB COMMUNICATION PEOPLE. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION. BUT SOMEBODY ASKED ME AND I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT IT. AND MAYBE WE HAVE OTHER PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN THE CITY, BUT IF THESE ARE GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND NOT LOCKED AT NIGHT, THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT WHAT HOMELESS PEOPLE THEY DO GET LOCKED. THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO LOCK IN ONE LIKE HINSON. THEY EVERYTHING. ALL OF OUR RESTROOMS EXCEPT FOR CITY HALL PARK. THEY AUTOMATICALLY LOCK. THEY HAVE A TIMING LOCK AT. WHEN THE PARK CLOSES AT NIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OFF, THE LIGHTS WILL BE SET TO TIMERS AS WELL THAT THEY WON'T COME ON AFTER THAT. OKAY, SO NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A LOT OF FEAR WHEN WE STARTED DOING THE BATHROOMS, BUT THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL AND APPRECIATED BY THE PARENTS. AND THEN THEY UNLOCK, I GUESS, IN THE MORNING. YES, MA'AM. NOW YOU CAN'T GET LOCKED IN, CAN YOU? IF YOU'RE IN THERE AND THEY'RE IN THERE AND YOU CAN GET OUT, YOU CAN GET OUT YOURSELF, OKAY. YOU CAN ONLY WISH, BUT YOU, YOU CAN ONLY GET OUT, BUT YOU CAN'T GET BACK IN. THAT'S OKAY. GET OUT AND GET ME HOME. YEAH. LET ME OUT! YES. BANGING FROM INSIDE THE CONCRETE WALL. SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD POSSIBLY ADD LATER ON IS THE CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING ELSEWHERE THAT WE CAN PUT OUT THERE TO MONITOR THAT AS WELL. SO WITH THE PARKING, WE WANT MORE SECURITY. SO THAT WILL GO ON TO THE LIST LATER ON AS WELL. NOT IN THIS PROJECT THOUGH, AND IN CHANGING TABLES. GOING IN THE RESTROOM. YES. THANK YOU. CHANGE THE WHAT? CHANGING CHANGING TABLE. THANK YOU. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE. AND THAT THAT TAKES OFF ONE OF MY CHECK MARKS. I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK PROJECT UPDATES BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. SO OUR STREET OVERLAY IS IN PROGRESS. SEMINAL SIDEWALKS. THEY WERE PUT OUT TO BID. THEY WERE AWARDED IN THE PROJECT ACTUALLY STARTED TODAY. THE POWER LINE TRAIL PHASE ONE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO ARDOT FOR BID APPROVAL, WHICH MEANS BASICALLY SO THAT WE CAN ADVERTISE IT OUT FOR BID. THE INDIAN HEAD SIDEWALK PROJECT, WHICH IS SHOSHONE TO ONEIDA, WILL BE SUBMITTED TO ARDOT TO BE PLACED OUT FOR BID THIS WEDNESDAY. SHERWOOD ACRES IS CURRENTLY OUT TO BID WITH AN OPENING OF THE BIDS JULY 8TH. JACKSONVILLE KATO IS CURRENTLY OUT TO BID WITH THE BID OPENING ON JUNE 30TH. THE SPILLWAY IS IN THE BID PROCESS. SAME THING WITH. IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED AS OF LAST SUNDAY AND IT'S SCHEDULE OPENING IS JULY 9TH. THAT'S THE CHERRY WOOD SPILLWAY. YES, MA'AM. LAKE CHERRY WOOD SPILLWAY. THERE'S NOTHING HAS HAPPENED ON WOODRUFF CREEK. SLASH HINSON TRAIL. THE NEXT STEP. IT'S KIND OF SLOW. IN THE BEGINNING, YOU GET ASSIGNED AN ON CALL ENGINEER, BUT THAT HAD. NOTHING'S HAPPENED THERE YET. NO DECISION YET ON AN ENGINEERING GRANTS FOR OR THE SIDEWALK GRANT THAT WE APPROVED LAST MONTH. SO NO NEWS YET ON THOSE. BUT I AM TOLD THAT WE SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING BY THE NEXT MEETING ON SOME OF THEM, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. LIKE THE SIDEWALK GRANT. WE WILL NOT, BECAUSE THAT'S THROUGH ARDOT, THE GAP CREEK TO ONEIDA ENGINEERING GRANT. IT'S STILL IN THE ENGINEERING PROCESS. NOTHING NEW TO REPORT. THAT'S WITH MCCLELLAN. HOWEVER, IT'S BEEN SAID A MILLION TIMES. BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN THE INDIAN HEAD LEVIES WILL NOT BE USED FOR THIS PROJECT AS REQUESTED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, SO THERE SHOULD BE NO FEARS WITH THAT BROCKINGTON EXPANSION. WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ON THAT. IT'S ON THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND ITS ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE IS 2028. WE'VE EARMARKED MONEY FOR THAT. SO AND ONCE AGAIN, CONTRACTS ALREADY SIGNED. OUR PART IS 2 MILLION ON IT. AND AND THAT WOULD BE OUT OF THE BOND MONEY. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON CURRENT PROJECTS. WE GOT ONE RANDOM QUESTION. YES MA'AM. I KNOW THAT BEAR PAW GOT OVERLAID. YES THIS PAST WEEK. I ALSO KNOW IT'S A TRADITION TO HAVE BEARS PAWS PRINTED OR PAINTED ON. YES. THAT DRIVE. IS THAT STILL GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK? OH OF COURSE. OKAY. YEAH. WE DON'T DO IT. THE SCHOOL DOES IT. I THINK THE CHEERLEADERS. THAT'S THE TRADITION. YES. MULTITUDE OF GROUPS I'VE HAD SEVERAL THAT HAVE REACHED OUT WAS LIKE, OH, OF COURSE. YES, THE PAWS ARE [00:40:06] GONE. YEAH. BUT IN ORDER TO BE OVERLAID, THEY HAD TO BE GONE. BUT. YES, YES. SO I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE FUN PAINTING FRESH PAWS ANY, ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS. NEW BUSINESS. YES. WE, [9. New Business ] I'M PRIVILEGED WITH MISS BROOKS. AND TO BE ON THE CHAMBER'S MILITARY RELATIONS COMMITTEE AND OUR CHAIRPERSON OF THAT CAN CAPLINGER IS HERE TODAY AND ASK HIM TO COME UP AND THE CHAMBER. PRESIDENT JOE IS HERE TODAY AND. HELLO, JOE. SO KENNETH SWEARS HE'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME WORDS OF WISDOM. HE'S A FORMER PERSON SITTING ON THE CITY COUNCIL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GOOD GOOD, GOOD. YEAH. I WAS ON THIS COUNCIL FROM 2011 TO 2018. AND AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO COME UP AND SPEAK. I'M CURRENTLY THE CITY OF SHERWOOD MILITARY RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE, BEEN ON FOR, GOSH, TEN, TEN YEARS OR BETTER. AND I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SHERWOOD MILITARY RELATIONS COMMITTEE. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKSTORY, I ARRIVED HERE IN SHERWOOD IN FEBRUARY OF 1991, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST GULF WAR WITH MY WIFE AND MY ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD SON. WE BOUGHT A HOUSE OVER ON SHERWOOD AVENUE AND WAS JUST GETTING SETTLED IN. I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY, DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS WITH THIS, WITH ANYBODY, REALLY, EVEN THE MILITARY AT THAT TIME. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEY DIDN'T HAVE SUPPORT FOR THE MILITARY LIKE THEY DO TODAY. I WAS WORKING AT LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE. I WAS A C-130 INSTRUCTOR LOADMASTER WITH THE 62ND AIRLIFT SQUADRON IN MARCH. I IN EARLY MARCH, I WENT TO SHERWOOD TIRE AND I WAS GETTING SOME MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING DONE ON MY ON MY CAR. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, BUT THE OWNER, CHARLIE EDENS, WAS THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY A NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, CHARLIE, HE'S HE'S THE OLD GUY, REALLY KIND OF KIND OF CROTCHETY AT SOME TIMES, BUT HE'S, HE'S REALLY A GOOD PERSON. BUT BACK THEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES. SO YOU HAD TO USE A DIAL UP. AND SO I CALLED THE SQUADRON, ASKED TO USE HIS PHONE. I CALLED THE SQUADRON AND TO SEE WHAT MY WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO NEXT DAY. BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU, YOU HAVE TO YOU'RE GOING TO CALL IN AND SEE IF YOU'RE GOING TO FLY THE NEXT DAY OR YOU GOT GROUND TRAINING WITH, WITH STUDENTS OR WHATEVER. BUT THE SCHEDULER, HE, YOU KNOW, HE SAID SOME STUFF TO ME AND, AND BASICALLY HE SAID, PACK YOUR BAGS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE COMING BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO IRAQ. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I JUST GOT THROUGH HERE. I'M WITH MY WIFE, MY ONE HALF YEAR OLD SON. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY. I'M THINKING, OH MY GOD, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF MY SON AND MY WIFE? AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I COULD HAVE GOT OVER THERE AND NOT COME BACK, WHICH SOME OF MY COMRADES DID THAT, BUT DID NOT COME BACK. BUT ANYWAY. HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, KEN, THERE'S SOMETHING SOMETHING'S WRONG, YOU KNOW, AND I, I TOLD HIM, I SAID, WELL, WHAT'S UP? AND I SAID, WELL, I'M GOING TO WAR. AND. HE SAID TO ME AT THAT TIME, HE SAID, IF YOUR FAMILY NEEDS ANYTHING AT ALL, HAVE THEM CONTACT ME FIRST. AND YOU KNOW, I STILL GET EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. BUT IT WAS A WEIGHT LIFTED OFF MY CHEST. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST IT WAS GONE, YOU KNOW, AND AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. BUT I TELL YOU ONE THING, I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL TO CHARLIE EDENS FOR THAT, I REALLY AM. I TELL YOU THAT STORY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR MILITARY RELATIONS DO. YOU KNOW, WE AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, WE TAKE CARE OF OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES, YOU KNOW. ALL BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE HAVE DIFFERENT CREEDS. WE HAVE. AND I'LL JUST PARAPHRASE THE ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE. THE SOLDIER'S CREED SAYS, I WILL NEVER ACCEPT DEFEAT. I WILL NEVER QUIT. I WILL NEVER LEAVE A FALLEN COMRADE. THE AIRMAN'S CREED IS I'M AN AMERICAN AIRMAN, A WINGMAN, A LEADER, A WARRIOR. I WILL NEVER [00:45:02] LEAVE AN AIRMAN BEHIND. I WILL NEVER FALTER. AND I WILL NEVER FAIL. OUR CITY HAS A A LOT OF ACTIVE DUTY RESERVISTS, NATIONAL GUARD RETIREES WHO HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CAREERS AND FAMILY DYNAMICS. WE NEED TO ENGAGE THOSE PEOPLE. WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM. WE NEED TO HONOR THEM. THE MILITARY IS NOT AN EASY LIFE, I CAN ASSURE YOU. AND WE HAVE MILITARY IN OUR AUDIENCE TO. THE SHERWOOD MILITARY RELATIONS. AND I SAY THIS, I WANT YOU GUYS IF IF YOU HAVE FREE TIME, WE MEET ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT MEETING IN JULY, BUT THIS NORMALLY IT'S THE SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 10 A.M. AND WE MEET AT THE SHERWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARDROOM. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES. WE HAVE MEMBERS CONGRESSIONAL. WE HAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVES COME. WE HAVE ALDERMAN BROOKS AND ALDERMAN WILLIAMS THAT COME. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM CAMP ROBINSON, LITTLE ROCK, AIR FORCE BASE. WE HAVE LOCAL COLLEGES, BUSINESS AND STATE. VETERANS CEMETERY. AND WE ALSO HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND WE WOULD LOVE TO. AND I PERSONALLY INVITE YOU TO COME. IF YOU FIND A SERVICE MEMBER WHO NEEDS NEEDS HELP, HAVE THEM CONTACT US. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND WE CAN HELP, OR WE CAN SEND THEM TO SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP. I'M GOING TO SWITCH SWITCH HATS NOW AND GO FROM MILITARY RELATIONS TO KEN KEPLINGER. WHEN I WAS AN ALDERMAN, I GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. COMMENTS, AND COMPLAINTS FROM OUR ENGINEERING AND BUILDING INSPECTORS. THEY WERE BEING TOO STRICT, THEY WERE BEING TOO HARD TO WORK WITH, OR I COULD NEVER GET A HOLD OF ONE OF THEM. I JUST FINISHED BUILDING A HOUSE OVER ON IT'S A CUSTOM HOUSE OVER ON OAKDALE ROAD, AND I HAD MANY DEALINGS WITH THE CITY BUILDING PROCESSES, AND I WANT TO REPORT TO YOU GUYS. THEY WERE ALL VERY PROFESSIONAL. THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL DURING THIS STRESSFUL PROCESS OF BUILDING A HOUSE. AND ANYBODY THAT'S BUILT A HOUSE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THE STRESSES THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT. YOU, ESPECIALLY MICAH, BUT JOSH, AT THE FRONT DESK OVER THERE, HE GAVE ME ALL THE INFORMATION, THE NECESSARY INFORMATION THAT I NEEDED. IF I HAD ANY QUESTIONS, I COULD CALL HIM AND HE WOULD GET BACK WITH ME AND LET ME KNOW WHAT WHAT YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER. AND BASICALLY, AS FAST AS HE COULD. ALL THE INSPECTORS WERE VERY THOROUGH AND EVERYTHING FROM THE FOUNDATION TO THE FINAL CO, THEY WERE ALL VERY, VERY PROFESSIONAL. AT THE END, I REQUESTED CHIEF INSPECTOR PAUL BROWN TO DO THE FINAL INSPECTION INSPECTION. PAUL CONFIDED IN ME A FEW YEARS AGO THAT HE GREW UP IN SHERWOOD. HE KNOWS A LOT OF THE PEOPLE, NOT ONLY PROFESSIONALLY BUT PERSONALLY LIVING HERE ALL THESE YEARS. HE KNOWS AND CARES ABOUT THIS. THIS CITY OF SHERWOOD FAMILY. HE STATED THAT IF HE EVER SHORTCUTTED AN INSPECTION OR SOMETHING WENT WRONG, OR SOMEONE GOT INJURED OR KILLED, HE WOULD FEEL PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO STRICT WITH ALL THESE INSPECTIONS. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF SHERWOOD, I RESPECT AND I HONOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO BE SAID. I DID BUILD A HOME AND I BUILT HIM. ABOVE CITY STANDARDS BECAUSE THAT'S I'M NOT NOT SAYING I'M A LITTLE OCD, BUT I'M A LITTLE OCD, AND I WANTED THE HOUSE TO BE BUILT AS BEST AS IT COULD BE BUILT. AND I ASKED PAUL, AFTER THAT FINAL INSPECTION, I SAID, PAUL. IF THIS WAS YOUR HOUSE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO MAKE IT BETTER? AND HE SAID, KEN, LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE. AND SO HE CAME BACK TO ME A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I GOT THINKING OF WHAT SHE WAS SAYING. HE SAID, I [00:50:01] WOULD PUT A WHOLE HOUSE SURGE SUPPRESSOR ON THAT HOUSE. I NEVER THOUGHT OF A WHOLE HOUSE SUPPRESSOR. AND I AND I'VE BEEN DOING ELECTRONICS MY ENTIRE LIFE. BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE FOLLOWING DAY I ORDERED ONE AND AND I HAD IT ON THERE. SO I WANT TO THANK ENGINEERING, ESPECIALLY PAUL BROWN, FOR TAKING CARE OF HIS SHERWOOD FAMILY. I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE. I DIDN'T SEE HIM. BUT ANYWAY, NEXT I WANT TO TAKE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. I KNOW THE THINGS THAT YOU GO THROUGH BECAUSE I'VE LIVED THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY. THE DECISION THAT YOU MAKE ARE SOMETIMES NOT EASY. THE TIME INVOLVED WITH WHAT YOU DO IS SOMETIMES STAGGERING. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THE CITIZENS ARE NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR TALENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, MARY JO. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PROVEN TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL CEO OF THIS CITY. YOU HAVE THE FORESIGHT TO SEE WHAT THE CITY NEEDS, AND YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. YOU'VE IMPROVED THE PARKS AND YOU'VE BROUGHT IN CONCERTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS, CITIZENS OF SHERWOOD'S LIKE, BUT THE PEOPLE, THE YOUNGER GENERATION, DEMAND, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT TO MOVE INTO SHERWOOD. YOU'VE NOT ONLY CREATED A GOOD TEAM. BUT YOU'VE CHANGED THE FEEL OF THE CITY. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. LASTLY, I PROMISE IT'S THE LAST THING IF YOU SEE A SERVICE MEMBER, MILITARY POLICE, FIRE, HONOR THEM AND THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO. IT'S AN EXTREMELY DEMANDING AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS CAREERS, AND NOT ALL OF US CAN DO THAT. THAT'S MY COMMENTS. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN IT. OH, WE HAVE [10. Announcement(s) ] ANNOUNCEMENTS. I ALMOST FORGOT. ALL RIGHT. JULY 3RD, WE HAVE OUR FIREWORKS AND FOOD TRUCKS AT THE GREENS. IT OPENS AT 6 P.M. THERE WILL BE EXPANDED PARKING AS WELL AS THIS YEAR. THERE WILL BE TWO WAYS IN AND TWO WAYS OUT FOR PARKING. SO ALL THAT WILL GO EVEN SMOOTHER. WE HAVE EXPANDED NOT ONLY THE FOOD TRUCKS BUT ALSO THE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES AND SO FORTH. SO IT SHOULD BE A GREAT TIME. AND WORKING WITH JOEY HAS BEEN QUITE A JOY. AND I KNOW WHAT HE HAS PLANNED AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT. IT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING. JULY 7TH WE HAVE THE SENIOR LUNCHEON AT 1130 AT THE JACK EVANS SENIOR CENTER. JULY 11TH IS A TAX FREE HOLIDAY. JULY 18TH WE'VE GOT MOVIE NIGHT AT THORNHILL POOL. AND I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RUDY. IT WILL BE BACK TO THE FUTURE. JULY 19TH WILL BE FIRST RESPONDERS AND MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY AND FREE ENTRY WITH ID FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MILITARY FAMILIES. ALSO, TO GIVE YOU GUYS A HEADS UP AND WE WILL MAKE A POST ABOUT IT. METRO PLAN IS DOING A A SPECIAL GRANT. AND WITH THAT, IT'S FOR ELECTRIC BIKES. AND THESE ARE FOR ANYBODY LIVING IN A TRI COUNTY AREA. AND SO IT'S FOR VOUCHERS. ONE IS THEIR INCOME BASED ONE'S 700 AND ONE'S 1200. SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, WE'LL PUT OUT INFORMATION ON THAT. BUT IF YOU ARE WANTING AN ELECTRIC BIKE THIS MAY BE THE TIME FOR THAT'S IT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND. ANY OBJECTIONS? AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.