City Council Regular - Regular Meeting

You spoiled it. There's no hearing. That was on my... My dear.

Council members will urge. Help me make sure I've got this clear. If we approve this tonight, that gives them the authority to try to advance it. Council still has a final say over it. It's back to correct.

Just could feel on their part. They may not get to 66%, right?

Council member Elzengray. Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, Madison. It's nice to meet you. So should they get the approval, the number of signatures, we would have to put in some city services. Has Alan, have you guys looked into how big of a burden that would be for the city?

Okay, thank you. Did I see a hand down there? Yes, yes. Thank you, Mayor. Robert, thank you very much for the presentation. I have a question. So do we currently collect sales taxes? Do you guys buy a lot of Amazon stuff? More than most people. So we would also get that. Yes, that's correct. That's a good point.

case i buy a lot yeah we'll take the taxes we need some members savari thank you robert thank you ellen i i know i've ordered some questions that you you touched on many of them today i'm very leery of the quote unquote french drains and it's very not specific on the plat drawing it says that when we use when we annex in the canvas they'll take it And I have enough anecdotal experience with undefined French drains. I don't know if they're identified. I don't know if that means everyone on every rock fence and one that a neighbor put in. I'm not saying I'm against considering this, but I think

One more question, and maybe this is for finance. Long term, is this a, you know, you said a couple hundred thousand dollars initially would probably be our revenue from this. Does it continue to build and go on in perpetuity?

Thank you. Excuse me. Go ahead. Chief, do you get many, many calls that you have to respond to, even though that's the county?

Mayor Mrakas, I will say that. Mayor Mrakas, Since I have a lot of interest stormwater facilities have watched the county on that facility over the years that they did a rehab on it a couple years ago did a very nice job that they continue to do maintenance on it, so I think it'll be a. I mean, it's still a liability, but it's not one of those that has been abandoned. You know, it has dead car parts in it and stuff like that. So it's not a very big one either. I wish some of mine were that small. Okay. Thank you.

So anyway, thank the developer for hanging in there.

Thank you, Mayor. And Robert, thank you very much for the presentation. This is a point that I brought up earlier. I just wanted to check and see where you guys were on this. And that is the access to the Anderson parcel. Because without that, then traffic would go down Benton Drive, which is a non-starter. So where are you guys at on getting that, the easement or purchasing the property from North Shore Boulevard?

Thank you. Actually, I had a question about that, but you just answered it about that, Terrell. Where are you at on getting through the Anderson property? Because when we last spoke, you guys didn't have an easement?

Mayor, I move to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance for council's consideration at the September 21st, 2026 City Council regular meeting.

You did a good job on that. I mean, seriously. You brought up some points that...

Council member, Sean. My understanding or belief was that, If it was passed, that mayor would serve out his term as mayor because the former government wouldn't change until the following January.

We did multiples with the RFA, didn't we? Multiple town halls?

You up? Sure. Thank you, Councilman Peirce, and ask you because I think you're 100% right. Everybody knows where they're going on this. But in general, I do appreciate all of the comments and I really appreciated the town hall. I think either form of government can work because it's more about who we elect than the former government under which we operate. As I said during the town hall, the 10 largest cities are split five to five And the 10 cities that are around our population are also split five to five on form of government. So either form of government can work. And before the town hall