Remarks by Julie Schoenherr
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But again, we get accused of bullying somebody trying to force them to do something. You're not bullying.
I didn't say all the time. I said they come up for sale.
Lamar bought from Verde. Verde bought from Avery. That's fine.
Got approved for one of them, because I let you know that personally. Okay.
You told me that there were three, and one of them was approved.
Well, when is enough billboards? Who gets to decide that?
For me, it's not that. For me, it's we're 55% per capita, as high as 55% over what communities around us that we thrive to be like. Everybody wants to be like Sioux Falls, Des Moines, Omaha, all these cities, but we are already above them for the number of billboards that we have.
I said you have the right to your opinion.
Right. We can stop the discussion until the mayor comes back. That's what we said we were going to do.
Sure, we can certainly examine that. If it passes next week, then we'll require a fourth reading.
We would include it in the materials next week.
Hearings. Item 14, hearing and resolution, instituting proceedings to take additional action for the authorization of a loan disbursement agreement and the issuance of water revenue capital loan.
Oh, hold a minute. Okay, we needed to step back just for a moment, Craig. So we have a motion and a second. The public hearing's now open. Okay. Okay.
Okay. Voting is ended. The measure passes 4-0 with Mayor Scott absent. Item 15, hearing and resolution approving the proposal to sell property adjacent to 3501 West 35th Street and 3415 West 31st Street and authorizing the deed. Petitioner John and Margaret Fitch.
Anyone else to be heard? So we'll be voting with the correction.
Hearing is now closed. Please vote. Measure passes 4-0. The mayor is absent. Item 16, hearing and resolution determining an area of Sioux City to be a blighted area and designating such area as an appropriate for an urban renewal project and adopting amendment number one to the amended restated combined central Sioux City CBD urban renewal plan. Properties located along Pierce Street and Iowa Street. Can I get a motion, please? So moved.
Hearing is now open. Anyone to be heard?
Anyone else to be heard? Seeing none, the hearings now closed. Please cast your vote. The measure passes 4-0 with Mayor Scott absent. That's the end of the agenda. Have any citizen concerns? Anyone to be heard?
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
And we're not saying that you can't. We're just saying that our legal team here at the city has got to verify through the state that we can legally do that.
And you've already you've already proposed the idea and we're thankful for that and we're considering it but It has got to go through the legal process.
I remember him taking away on the trash and we found a new solution for that by offering a smaller bin, right? But we came up with a new solution. We offered a smaller bin with a smaller fee because if your senior citizen you don't have as much trash.
to give you the opportunity to ask for it.
Who gave you this information, ma'am? Who was saying that to you?
No, no, no, no. I just, I'm wondering who had that conversation.