Remarks by Rick Bertrand
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Okay. Okay. I know we took, cause I know, did that even come up Andrew at PNZ at all?
I mean, I just look at like with the cell towers and I look at what they pay in tax for about the same footprint. It seems like that they pay a ton in. I would just like a little bit more love for stuff that's sitting on public infrastructure. I think there's an opportunity there. So this is only first reading, right? So we've got two more readings on this? So this is, and maybe we'll come back and discuss this. I would like to just throw an amendment on vote for there. Pass it, pass it. Just to throw, I'm going to put a stupid number. Let's just say $1,500 assigned annual fee on it as an…
I got some bad advice from Mike then. What's going on over here?
I wouldn't mind just opening a discussion on it, if that makes sense. When would that happen? How could I do that? Two weeks?
Okay, let's do that. Let's come back and talk about it. I want to do some research on it, too.
But Chris, doesn't this new ordinance, though, basically put, isn't this like a de facto moratorium?
But I'm sure my proposal just sounded outrageous, but at the end of the day, we're going to have a finite amount of boards moving forward if this gets read.
No, no, I get that. They need extended so nobody can get in there, sneak in there, get approved. What I'm saying is that... As outrageous as it might sound to put a fee on each billboard, the reality of it is that if this passes as is, there's going to be no new billboards from any other companies.
No, I know that, but where I'm going with this, Bob, is I know we're trading. I'm saying is that if we've got to extend the moratorium for two weeks.
What I'm saying is that if this passes on its third reading, you're basically putting in a moratorium on any new companies coming into the city.
Who? How? It's going to be replaced, isn't it?
So you're blocking out any new customer any new any perspective? That's that's the little intricates of this thing, right or if they buy it they can Lamar doesn't sell
You see where the discussion I'm going with this is that it's going to become a finite amount of signs, if not less, moving forward, correct? Correct.
All I'm saying is it caps the city's ability to grow more revenue off of that industry.
But the taxes are tiny, that's what I'm saying. I mean, that's one reason. The reason is, I didn't just conjure this up.
Hey Dan, thanks for spending money. Appreciate you guys spending some money out there so keep building. Gonna build some more.
What do you got, Mr. Mayor? You're not going to be here, so tell us what you got.
Teresa, question. On the ramp itself, so the people that live downtown I'm gonna be ignorant here. I don't know this answer. They have it. They buy a monthly permit, right? Correct. I knew that part. Yes. And is that different than like a if you work downtown permit? Is it the same?
That's my question is, does this affect the development agreement to a tenant that's already down there? I had that question from two people.
So let me ask you, Teresa, can you identify that group or it's not an identifiable group?
I mean, someone that actually lives downtown.
So is there a way for them to identify themselves that they as a tenant downtown that it can stay there with their ad or not?
Okay. Yep. So I'll hit her back and just say get a hold of you. Yeah, absolutely. Again, if you're living down there, I think they feel like they've got a flat rate that was worked in. I don't know if it was going to fall back to the landlord. It depends on where they live.
That should stay there. Yeah. That's fair. They live down there.
Block by block. That's the goal. That's it. Already got it. Three votes. Who's going to step up, right, Reagan?