Board of Mayor & Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Well, welcome all. Good to see you here. I want to say that I have visited Sugar Polish and they did a good job on my pedicure and I will be going back. So it was a very nice environment. The staff was wonderful. I also tried bun in Bombay and went at the convenience store. The food was very good. My family eats a lot of Indian food. and I met Johnny and he's a lovely man so cheers to them and try them out and then I'm looking forward to trying out Ford barbecues and rotisserie chicken so that's all I've got that's a lot thank you I don't have much to add so Mr.

I have a question. Have y'all gotten the receivable reports yet from the county?

Before we move on, I have some questions and comments. First, my question is, all these projects listed, do we have to vote again on them before we move forward with them? Or once we authorize these, are they authorized to move forward without any action by us?

Okay. Yeah. That's what I thought. I just wanted to clarify. I've been looking over this and, you know, I wasn't there when y'all approved this, but I'm kind of looking at it like Paul said, from a kind of cash flow look to see, you know, how... how our money, you know, where are we getting the money to manage all these projects? I did look at the balance sheets as of June, and the total, and leaving the small splost and taking out this shared streets project, we've got about $13 million in projects, and the funds after the $1.42 million total about $6.5 million. Let's see. So in the capital,

Well, I've got more of a statement. I don't care. Okay. Well, I know last time I said that I thought this was a project that BDA should pick up. I mean, it is connected to the ABLA development that's going on. I don't know, you know, Patrick has said that it's Hurley City, and I have to accept that. But I think it's something the DDA could have paid for. I think it's something, a question we should have asked. I know David said it the last meeting. He didn't think it was a good use of their money. But we do have a lot of projects on our plate, and we do need to consider how our funds are spent

You edited this one, the GMA one a bit. Sorry, I'm sorry.

I see what's what, because the track shows has underlines.

I'm fine with version two. But I would, I would like to add a couple of things that so one thing is that I was there was a whereas the BMC recognizes that the responsibility of public officials are best fulfilled when elected officials and city staff respect one another, you could sit and manager there instead of city staff. Respect one another's roles and work collaboratively in carrying out the city's business. And then the second one, I think, you know, there should be an ending that there's, you know, there's the ability to address the situation, you know, like in the electronics, you know

Yeah, but we, you know, it's written as a template for cities to use to modify it to suit their specific needs. It doesn't mean it's the only way it can be done.

Well, you don't know that they adopted it. We certainly have the ability to do this resolution any way we choose to do, as long as it's within legal you know, stuff, and it's written properly and all that. All I was asking for is a respect for our different policies, contracts, and applicable law.

Right here. Where is the BMC recognizes the responsibility of our best fulfilled and elected officials and staff recognize one another's roles and work collaboratively.

I just wanted to put it back in the document too.

No, it's not. I did send y'all something like that email, but apparently it didn't get incorporated into this.

So I'm asking that this underline in the third one about recognizes that the public, if that could be incorporated into number two, number one, And then number two, if we can have something at the end that just says we have the authority to address the conduct through, you know, the principles, I mean, through the avenues we already have.

John, it's just something at the end to say that we'll address it is all. That's all it is, is something to say.

You have options. It's not being specific. Y'all are very specific in the electronics that we're talking about.

Stephen, what do you think about the second one? Here, I'll give you what it says, the second one. You already know what it says before you.

It's up there at the top, the second paragraph.

But we haven't seen this yet. Well, you saw a version of it.

to something that he believes is a better way to state it?

I'm just asked for two small statements to be included in it.

Well, I'm not even asking for that at this point.

That's my... I think we are forgetting that we didn't do this for the purpose of being a city of civility. We did this because of an incident that happened that was very unfortunate for our city. And that is why we were doing this. This was presented to us as an option of how to address it. So I think this thing about conforming, you know, is not the priority here. I think it's basically making a statement back to our residents that, you know, we aren't going to let something like this happen again. You know, that we respect, you know, each other, that we're going to act a way and that, you kn

Well, will y'all at least consider putting in that first one I recommended? Which is in here already. It recognizes... No, that one's fine.

And I'm just asking... Which one is that?

What I'm asking to do is down here on the first page, the second from the bottom, that the BMC recognizes that the responsibilities of public officials are best fulfilled when elected officials and the city manager respect one another's roles and work collaboratively in carrying out the city's business. I think it is important to respect each other's roles, and I don't see why there's a problem with that end.

It's fine now. It's in here. It's what I'm asking for is in here. So I'm fine. I missed that.

This is the version that Stephen said was the second version I'm fine with. The only thing, because he clarified that this, one of my points was already in here and I missed it. The only thing we're talking about at this point different from the second version that you've approved and agreed to is the ending one about, you know, about what I want. Okay. You still have it?

We have the right to address the conduct through our already existing laws and policies. That's all it says. I mean, you know.

You're not pulling it out. It's the one that has the underline.

No. I'm okay with this version. The only thing I asked to add to this version was that we have reserved the right to... What did I say? It's just basically that we will... That we have the authority to address the conduct inconsistent with the principles through our existing laws and policies. That's all you have to say. All you have to add.

So this is a design for the entire process? Okay. And then... So since the DDA is going to give us the 673, is this 100 part of that 673? Yes. And will they send that to us? Correct. Okay.

So you're saying it's from South Avondale to Pine. Is that going to be like across from the billiard hedge to my parents' basement? No.

What's going to have to be done to make that acceptable crossing? I mean, there's not really a cross place right there now, is there? It's over by the little strip mall.

I feel a little confused on whether it's on the Abelia Hedge side or over on the, and you say it wasn't there.

Is Pine Street behind the Waffle? I can't remember which one. Is Pine Street next to the parents' basement?

So it's going to be that little hook from the end of the ability head. Correct. Okay. What kind of accommodations are going to need to be made to make that happen?

It does have a little bit of a timeline. So, yeah. Basically, what we're saying is Right.

But we can't. have an expectation that the laws will be enforced.

Well, I mean, I appreciate those safety concerns because that is the most important. But it looks like if we've already got, you know, a number of violations of age driving, then it's most likely it's going to happen in the crossing as well. So, I mean, that is, you know, maybe something that has to be addressed. Because I think it's going to be worse, you know, for a 14-year-old to be driving a golf cart just around the neighborhood. It will be even worse trying to cross the main street. So, I think that is certainly something to consider.

Why would you need them to be older to drive a golf cart, not a car?

Right. But I mean, you said the state law says 18, right? For driving?

I mean, I can appreciate where you're coming from.

Margaret Lentz from 9 North Lentz. I'm just thinking about the golf cart, too. I have a golf cart, and it's so much fun to run around Avondale. And I always thought, oh, that'd be good if we could go across the street. But when you think about it, you're going across the street to traffic, not residential street. There's tons of traffic over here now. And it's like, where do you go, and how far can you go? Can you go down to Sam's Crossing? I don't know. So... I love having a golf cart, but I think it might be dangerous to have them all back in the year when there's cars. I mean, you go to the