City Council - Regular Meeting

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Okay. Well, thank you so much. I am Tammy Hop. I am the chairperson of the disability awareness and accessibility committee and advisory committee for Rapid City. And we are delighted once again to give our annual update to the council and the mayor. I'll go through the committee's history, who we are, what we do, and why it matters. Uh the history of the the committee, we were founded 51 years ago, which is really pretty remarkable given that the ADA, the Americans with Disabilities Act, wasn't even founded until 15 years later. So, we were definitely ahead of the curve in terms of embracing inclusion and accessibility in our committee, in our community. Uh, Mayor Barnett at the time, as those of you who are longtime residents might recall, was rebuilding the city after a pretty devastating flood and was doing so with the with intention and with inclusion in mind. Uh, thus the then mayor's advisory committee for the employment of the handicapped. Uh, since then, we broadened our name or our name changed as our mission evolved uh to what we are now, the disability awareness and accessibility committee. So what who are we? What we do? Uh the the committee is a citizens committee all volunteer comprised of a cross-section of volunteers to include people with disabilities and those like me who work with organizations that work and help and support people with disabilities. Our mission is to advance support and promote equal inclusion and well-being of people with disabilities in all aspects of community life. We have recognized that for 51 years. the goal uh to make Rapid City a truly inclusive place to live is really better for for all of us. Um huge thanks goes to this council and to the mayor for supporting and mayors before Mayor Solomon for supporting the committee for so many years. Uh special thanks to um

Amber Cornella for seeing the wisdom of having an ADA coordinator outside the HR department and for Vicky Swisser for recognizing the wisdom of that. Marlo uh Capsa who is the planning projects division manager in community development has been amazing. She's really just been plugged in and all the important things happening uh at the city level and represents us very very well. Um, I also have to give a huge thanks to the departments within Rapid City who have always welcomed us on planning committees and attended our meetings to share their the work that they're doing and and again we just see intention throughout the entire city of Rapid City uh government in terms of making our city truly truly inclusive. So we are really really grateful makes our job a little bit easier. So what we do uh we facilitate city concerns related to um ADA compliance with access to public places and services. Uh we network with other organizations. We have our interpreter here, for example, Katie Peterson, who's with SD DROP. And I'm sorry, Katie, I'm not going to get the acronym for that. But she's um she's pretty much everywhere with her special skill and and again just making these forums and and even theater and other um uh opportunities in Rapid City more accessible to everybody. We raise awareness through PSAs, uh particularly around the rally. Our parking PSAs have gained a lot of attention. Um, we organize activities that demonstrate the positivity and possibilities of inclusion. Our disability resource fair is held every July around the the anniversary of the ADA in which we connect uh vendors and organizations. Uh, just helping people navigate life a little bit easier. Uh, make it a one-stop shop for people of all abilities, seniors, um, and people of all of of all ages. This year it will be on July 25th at the mini zoo. I can never say it. Katie's gonna laugh at me.

Mini Minusahan.

Minusahan. Thank you center. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Uh I really I have to get that down before July 25th. But we we've moved it indoor just because it again in the spirit of accessibility, it's been so hot in in previous years. We hope that'll be more welcoming. Uh we just had our all annual all- ability skate in which the weather did cooperate. It was an amazing I mean we had many many people of all abilities enjoying ice skating together as a community. um at Main Street Square who generously extended a free skate for the day. We celebrated last year our 50th anniversary with an open house right here in city hall. And as [clears throat] we will be doing soon, um uh recognizing an organization or an individual who has really shown exceptional dedication to people with disabilities. Um and again, that's that's coming up. I want to also give a shout out to Marlo again and Jamie Tennis, our grant writer for securing funding for an ADA transition plan. We have not had one since 2011. So, this will be a gamecher for our community. It's essentially a self audit. We're just we'll see how we're doing and where we can where we can maybe make improvements. So, and why it matters. The stats are there for you to read. It's everybody is either dealing with a disability or know somebody with a disability whether it's evident or not. Um it it assumes a tremendous amount of funding just to make life easier to navigate or to help with health issues. So it matters. We're we're all dealing with this in one way or or another whether it's somebody we know or something we're deal dealing with personally. So, an accessible, inclusive community is what we all want for people who live here and visit here. And we as a committee and you as a city um I think are doing a pretty good job working together to make make that happen for people. So, now the fun.

I'm really excited of excited about this. Um, this is an organization that uh has just been gone above and beyond um showing what all ability is really about on stage um at uh Jolly Lane Greenhouse. I'm throwing down a lot of clues here, but even even so, before I can get even get to who this is, um I have to say that this uh city too has been super supportive financially and otherwise um in terms of supporting our uh recognition award recipient of the year. So, our recipient of the year is Flutter Productions. Yeah. [applause] [applause] the Rapid City Arts Council investment fund through the Rapid City Arts Council has put um significant support behind Flutter Productions in the tune of of $17,000 recently, a grant, just knowing how important this organization is. So, first and foremost, thank you for that. Um, as a community we are and and as a committee we are recognizing Flutter Productions for creating opportunities for performers of all abilities to soar on stage, break down barriers, and change perceptions of what is possible for performers and audiences. And anybody who has been to a Flutter productions, whether it's been a full stage production or a recent fashionable, can just see the magic of it. It is like nothing else that you've ever seen. It's truly magical and it just shows it it shows what's possible when a community comes together for the good of performing and being and expressing and just being awesome. So congratulations Flutter Productions. [applause]

So Tammy, I I think we ought to get a photo, don't you? Oh, absolutely. We've got some We've got some performers here. We have Heather Pickering, the artistic director of Flutter Productions. Uh, and it would be our honor to have a photo. So, council, would you do me a favor and join me in the bullpin as well as our guests here with Flutter Productions and the and the committee members as well, so that we can get a big group photo to celebrate this occasion. Thank you.

Be great. And and thank you very much. There's a shin killer here. Big smiles everybody.

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All right, folks. I'm going we're going to go into general public comment and I have a couple of items uh before we get rolling. Uh general public comment is a time for members of the public to discuss or express concerns to the council on any issue not on the agenda. Action will not be taken at the meeting on any issue not on the agenda except by placement on the agenda by unanimous vote of the council members present. And my question for the council tonight, I've had council members give me a couple of thoughts today. So just for council policy, just to remind the audience members as well as the council members that each speaker is limited to up to three minutes per individual with a maximum of 10 minutes per side pro and con. That's particularly relevant beyond the general public comment unless otherwise ordered by the council by a majority vote. So does the council wish so by default we have 10 minutes per side of the issue. Would any member of the council like to make a motion to lift that in order to allow all speakers to go forward or do you want to leave our policy as is? Councelor Maher.

Thank you, Mayor. I would like to make a motion that we listen to all speakers. Uh people have come here tonight to speak to the council. I don't think it's fair to limit the speaking public comment or on the individual items. So again, I make the motion that we do not put a limit on speakers. Thank you. Other than the three minutes. Is there a second? All right. Motion fails for lack of a second. So it will the default setting is in place. each speaker up to three minutes with each side, 10 minutes per side, pro and con. The other thing I want to make sure we bring to the attention of everybody. It's just good to review this every now and then. I'm reviewing Rapid City Council handbook. So uh in section uh 215 is a preservation of decorum which we will uh hold in place tonight that the presiding officers shall preserve order and decorum in the case of disturbance, disorderly conduct may order the meeting room cleared. By decorum I expect us to listen respectfully uh avoid personal attacks and focus on the issues rather than individuals. So, we have issues we care about, by all means, um, we will do that, but just want to make sure that we have that so that we can have free flowing, uh, communication. Councelor Strowman,

may I make a motion? Um, um, could I, um, make a motion to modify the rule to allow 20 minutes per side? 20 minutes per side. I'd second that. Okay, we got a second by Cris, uh, to modify and city attorney is now chiming in. So before we get to a vote, city attorney, um just a thought, but since the speaker time is three minutes per person, maybe the extension should be a multiple of three. So then you don't Well, they don't have to use the full 3 minutes either. Well, that's true, but just it was just a thought. If you wanted to if you do 21, that's seven speakers or but you could limit it to 22. It's up to up to the council.

Frankly, I don't think we have that many. um that we'll probably hit about that amount. But so the motion on the floor, councelor Strowman's asked for 20 minutes per side, pro and con for up to three minutes per individual with a second by Crisis. And this is for items not on the general public comment. All in favor? Any opposed? All right, motion carries. So now that we got that out of the way, let's go to the public comment. Anthony Wright, you're up first, sir. Uh you have three minutes. They'll be followed by Leanne Shoemaker or Shoeacher.

Hello everyone. My name is Anthony Wright. Um I'm a School of Mind student. I represent the Student Association Senate on the governmental relations committee and I just wanted to give you guys an update on what's been going on on campus. Uh so first and foremost, um we had a success with the career fair on campus a few weeks back. around 250 plus companies showed up to campus uh and recruited our talented STEM students for internships, co-ops, and full-time offers. Um 10,00 plus students uh attended and many of which including myself uh who are undergrads or who are about to graduate in three months received offers for jobs. So, we're about to join the workforce and get ready for taxes. That should be fun. But uh uh next on topic, uh thank you, Mr. mayor for uh attending the student senate meeting on February 18th. Uh that was a pleasure. Really appreciate that. And uh thank you guys for keeping us involved and willing to keep us involved in the uh America 250 initiative. Let's see here. Going to toot our own horn a little bit. Uh School of Minds, we won first and second place this year or in 2025 for the governor's giant vision business plan competition. So that was awesome. around $32,000 was raised um in uh rewards. Let's see here. Uh the winners were a biotech company and as well as a UAV company that already has clients with defense and energy uh industries. Let's see here. The Black Hills on ice uh recently happened. It was nice to see uh the Rush team get a win with some hard worker football gear on. That's always nice. And uh that's all we have. Uh thank you for your time. Thank you, sir. Uh, Miss Schumacher, you're up next, followed by Charles Lanning.

Hi, I'm Leanne Schumacher. I was voted in as a city council woman 4897 to 51206. Was president chair and also sat in the mayor's chair till I someone was sworn in. I held that job seriously and fulfilled my ethics and obligation to my constituents. I am here to discuss the council's negligence to protect their constituents of Rapid City by allowing state representative Taffy Howard to misrepresent the facts, true meaning, and purpose of Liberty Land's proposal, excuse [clears throat] me, to be established to the people. They were misled by who is the developer of li Liberty Land. The constituents were led to believe it was seven outside individuals developing the project. In reality, it was a company that has been in established in the city for 82 years and has given back to the city in many ways under conflict of interest. You have due diligence to protect your constituents from false and deceptive advertising, which is what the state representative Taffy Howard had done regarding Liberty Land. And I request the city council to initiate an investigation into a violation of her code of ethics under the administration rules procedure through the state of South Dakota 20-70-03-01. P public officials should address misconduct with precision and avoid retro retro court. Footnotes. People that are wrong don't like to repent. People believe a lie when they hear it over and over. Gossip is worse than cussing. Thank you for your time.

Charles Lanning, you're up next, followed by William Wagner.

Charles Lanning, longtime watcher, first time here. Um, I just have a couple points I wanted to talk on. Uh, last council you talked about the coverts going into the old sonnet location. The purpose of that was for a variance on parking. We talked about for several minutes about the turning lanes and all that other stuff. There is a right turn only sign there. Two point on that would be if you look just across the street at Bacon Park, Culver's location, that intersection there is exactly what we were talking about before. You turn in there and you're you're competing with the drive-through lane exit traffic of Culverts, the incoming and the outcoming from uh Dollar Tree and Boyds, and then the park back there. Um I I mean the big long discussion on that. It could be whatever it is. It's up to the developer, but I I see where it was a big conversation and I just I live on the west side. I look right across the street. Friday I went to the park for a comedy event. Same issue. I almost hit a car coming out of the drive-thru and another one coming out of Dollar Tree where my lane was to be the center lane and those two oncoming on me. We're supposed to be on my left and right based on the lines there. Right. So, there's another common issue that's already in in in the city. Um, as we talk about that one, um, my other comment would be on Genesis Farms. Last uh council meeting, you approved a location on Mount Rushmore Road. I'm all about accessibility to dispensaries and stuff, but when we started this thing, they own two locations and now there's only three different uh companies that own dispensaries within Rapid City. I would also say that company is statewide operating out of Rapid City here, right? But we're we're the Rap City and we

worry about Rapid City, not not other places. Um, I know other people are going to talk on the whole Liberty Land stuff, right? The big thing that struck my heart was the 670 $675,000 campaign donation tax deduction for that company for the uh advertisement for the vote yes campaign, right? That's public knowledge. 670, we'll call it,000. If you got that to put towards marketing for a campaign for an emergency vote, what what what could that have gone for? You know, like uh final final point on mine would be uh as the mayor mentioned earlier, current state of national affairs, right? The protests that we have here behind city council building on this sidewalk, uh I believe is a big safety issue. Protest, I'm all about it. That's what I fought for this country for, for people to protest. But you got a retaining wall, a sidewalk, and a curb.

Your time's up. Thank you, William Wagner, followed by Brandon Ferguson.

Good evening. I stand before the council with seven circles of love and protection tonight. Like the seven stars of the Big Dipper, my path is set by a higher law that demands transparency. I speak with agopy love, a love that is not silent but fierce in its demand for justice. Vice President Tang on F uh February 25th, you voted for the nonrenewal of the one heart lease stating was not comfortable but that you would work through it to find a better place for one heart in the future. Well, with agape love demands the truth. You serve as vice president here, but you also sit on the board for Monument Health and chair the opiate committee. You are the architect of the grants and the allocator of the funds. Under South Dakota codified law 6-1-17, a public official is prohibited from using their vote to pave the way for personal or partner monetary gain by forcing one heart out to find a better place. You are clearing real estate for medical interests that benefits your private associations. To the city attorney, your silence is not neutrality. You have an ethical duty to intervene when a vote is tainted by a conflict of interest that puts this city in legal jeopardy. By failing to stop this, you are failing the people. The constitution guarantees a government free from self-deing. I'm here as a life past seven, a seeker of truth to tell you that the seven circles are closed and the light is shining on this corruption. I demand this council immediately invalidate that vote and launch uh launch an ethics investigation into these grant ties. The truth is complete and I yield my time.

Right. Brandon Ferguson followed by Robera Harmon.

Here you go. Thank you. After speaking uh at the committee meeting this past week regarding the one heart issue, I've been reached by over 100 community leaders, program directors, tribal leaders, and a common thing popped up in the conversation, a rumor about a book that was published. And we have allowed the the devil into our community and embed himself into our police department and embed him embed himself into our one heart program. The devil comes in a married couple format. The name of the book is called political prostitution. It is written by Charity Doyle and her husband Timothy Doyle.

Mr. Ferguson, let's try to stay away from stomp on my first amendment rights. It overpowers it overpowers your Sydney ordinance any day. I dare you to stomp on my First Amendment right boy. So now here's So here's exactly what she says. She has hate towards Native Americans, towards blacks. Sir, she's not a public official. She's private. I'm going to ask you again. She is a program director underneath the city and I have a right to speak on behalf as a as a citizen and I have a right to freedom of speech. She's not an elected official. Tell me that I can't talk about her then. You can talk all you want, but I'm just telling you please keep quiet. We want to court. So here's what she said. Let me let me let me quote what our lieutenant is saying.

They are talking about how minorities, how black people, how Native American and how black Native Americans have a voice and how that voice only represents a certain amount of people in the community. She says they have an Alsharpton and they have a Nick Tilson. Can you imagine if our white people had a had an Alsharpton? This is what she says. Quote, "He would be one nappyhaired cracker." She uses the n-word in this 10 times. Brandon, I'm going to ask you, please. You You keep going to talking about a a private citizen. We can't let you do that. Can you Can you uh reset my clock because you took 60 seconds away from me?

I'm going to ask you to stop. Enough about the private citizen. Please get to an is to the issue. The Rapid City Police Department lieutenant turns around and says he quotes inside the book Adolf Hitler and says the reason why I quote him is because of his successful tactics to use to manipulate normal people into conducting atrocities of their own accord. Anyone could be brainwashed and we feel there's a fair amount of brainwashing covertly going on in this city. They quote, "Great masses of the people will more easily fall victim to a big lie than a small one." Adolf Hitler. They turned around and and their question, there's a chapter in the book, why can white people not use the word the n-word, a whole chapter on it. I provided this to the to the chief of police today. I provided it to his supervisor there. I filed a formal complaint. I tried to go to one heart and let their board of directors

Times up. You took away 90 seconds of my time, Jason. Sir, you were talking about a private citizen rather than You were provided a copy of this book. You have this book. You knew about this for over 10 years. No, I wasn't on the council 10 years ago. Authorized this to happen. You authorized this to happen even before when you were I'm going to ask you to leave. Please leave. That's enough. Thank you. You violated my right right there.

All right. Robera Harmon, you're up next. Thank you, Mayor and City Council for listening. Uh, Mr. May Maher, I wanted to thank you for honoring the fact that you said we should all be heard. Um, I was at a previous meeting and it was if you weren't all the way in the right or if you weren't all the way in the left, then um, there was no place for us to speak. And so today, um, there was an opening prayer that said in the book of James that we would ask for wisdom and we would not be double double-minded to receive that. Um, that doesn't apply to everyone. It only applies to believers. So otherwise, it's foolishness to others. Um, for me, it is my belief system. And what I wanted to speak on is what do we do well and what could we do better? Um there are things that our city does well and and for those we should be applauded, but there are things that our city does not do well. Um I was looking at some of the numbers that were um quoted at that last meeting and they ranged with a variation of 3 to five um in the 400s. Um it was talking about the PIT count. And the thing is is I'm a follower of Cause IQ, which is a um kind of like a study group that studies uh nonprofits and things like that. Um I have seen an increase of over 150 from the time I started watching it to the time it is today. And I also saw the amount of revenue and assets. It's a lot of money. It's a lot of money. And I think that in I agree with reviewing things to say what do we do well and what could we do better because if it's working why isn't it working? Why isn't it working when the numbers

only vary three to five every year? I think the quotes were around 4542 456. And so as someone who has done outreach for a number of years now, I see that we have a we have every time we have a gap in services, we create something different. We create something new. You know, there's a lot there's a lot like 1320 1327 I believe. Not all relative to homeless or some of the larger uh problems that we have in our city. But I agree with the folks that speak in the middle at times and I also agree on both sides as well. Um, but what do we do well and what can we do better? And I think as a city, isn't that where we're headed? Like, isn't that what we're supposed to do? Not just this is the way we've always done it or I, you know, and I think that there is decency. And I'm also of the um, you know, I I don't know what one life is worth. I I don't know. If you asked me what my son's life was worth, I would tell you it's an infinite number, right? And so, what do we do well and what could we do better? All right, that will conclude our general public comment and we will move on to non-public hearing items 2 through 38 and open public comment for items 2 through 32. I do have one speaker request form for these items and that's item number 10 with Mark Malar. Mr. Mar, [snorts]

how you doing? Mark Malar, I thought maybe you guys were missing me. Um, I'm against the uh money being spent on a highway study, so I'm going to come up here and and speak for it because I know if I do that, you'll vote it down. Um, but really I I believe the uh the gentleman that spoke the other day, I believe he's with the highway department, spoke that uh somebody had big concern about their street and it was item number 349 out of 3500 items. So, I think we probably could do better putting a patch crew in the street and fixing some of the holes in the mat that are going to get worse rather than studying out five years on what we should fix. Um, I don't know about you folks if you're taking mass transit or what, but those of us that drive around the city could probably find you a year's worth of holes to patch and fix and drainage issues and whatnot that could be done. I think the LAR uh, great technology probably is uh, showing up in some good places, you know, but we also suffer from our water lines washing out the base under the streets all the time and whatnot. So, I I I know that you like to separate yourselves from making a lot of the decisions. You can come in here and just rubber stamp the study and say, "Yep, that's the way we need to go. We paid somebody to do that study." Um, but I I I don't think you're I I don't know if you're utilizing this study enough to ask for it again uh right now on a five-year basis. Um, I think you could probably do better off with a few asphalt rakers and a plate packer and fixing some of the holes. Thank you.

All right, that will conclude the public comment for these items and we will move on to consent items 2 through 32. Would the council like to approve all items or remove any items for separate consideration? Councelor Pedigrew. Uh, item 10, please. Okay. Any other items to be pulled? Otherwise, I'll entertain a motion to approve items 2 through 32 with the exception of item 10. Got a motion by Maher with a second by Tamang. All in favor?

Any opposed? Motion carries. Item 10. Authorize mayor and finance director to sign professional services agreement with Michael Baker International, Inc. for their 2026 pavement condition index data collection project number 2874 and CIP number 51447 in the amount of $32,923. Councelor Pedigrew. Thank you. Uh Mr. Mayor, if I could ask our public works director, Mike Ty a question on this item. Um how does this process work? M Mike, are are these people that just come to town and they drive on all of our streets and rate them or h how's this process done?

Yeah, so how the process works is this is a company that will drive all of our streets. Um, as Mr. Malar mentioned, we have LAR as a part of this. So, um, this will be the first study where we're incorporating in the curbs and the sidewalks as a part of this study, but it'll give us elevations, give us street conditions. So, this is the pavement condition index that we utilize to determine the priority of of repairs that are needed on the streets. Thank you. That's all I had, Mr. Mayor. All right. With that, we'll entertain a motion for Oh, never mind. Councelor Roberts, you're on a you got it. [snorts]

Thank you very much. I just want to weigh in this on this a little bit because over the years, I've definitely fought a lot of different uh studies that we do. This is one of the few that we actually do that we rely heavily on. And I think this study, we're actually getting a pretty good deal. Um, at least we're not putting together another department for the city and buying a million dollars worth of equipment and doing it inhouse, which would cost us 10 times what this study costs us every 5 years. And again, I have seen literally dozens and dozens of studies in my time on the council that have been put on the shelf and never used, but this one is used almost daily. So, this is one of the few that I really do support heavily.

Thank you. Thank you, Councelor Strowman. Thank you, Mayor. And I think um Mr. Roberts answered my question, but and I know it's before your time at the city, Mr. Ty, but Roger, didn't we just did one of the is it every five years that we do these? I'm asking the city engineer if he could. Yeah, Roger Hall in the audience is shaking his head in the affirmative, but he can go over to the podium if you have any questions for him. Okay. Would you do that so it's on the record there?

Good evening. Thank you. Uh Roger Hall, city engineer and uh yes, we do this uh I believe the frequencies every three years. Our conditions are changing that frequently and this LAR I think the public works director explained it very well. So you're in favor of this too?

Oh, 100%. Uh this uh we use this every day. Uh Councilman Roberts was spot on. This is how we assess which roads get paved next. This is how we determine, you know, uh, when somebody calls in and says, you know, my road's the worst one in Rapid City, you know, and we can look in there, and Mr. Malar commented about something that was said at public works last week. We had a citizen complaint on a road and we looked at our pavement condition index, and it was number 348 out of 3500. So, uh, segments that we track in the city, but we use this every day. It also, you know, helps us plan for the next five years of road projects, everything else. The big one on this one is we are going rightaway to rightaway this year. So, this is a big leap from what we've done in the past. We're going to see all of our curb conditions, and we're going to see uh all of our sidewalks, all of our light poles, and everything. Uh we're going to come back later and ask for uh money to do that evaluation at a later date. We're hoping to get some grant money for that.

Thank you, sir. I have nothing further. I yield. Okay. All right. Second. All right. We have a motion by Bieber with a second by Roberts to approve item 10. All in favor?

Any opposed? All right. Motion carries. Thank you. That takes us to the end of the consent items. We will move on to non-consent items 33 through 38 and open public comment for items 33 through 38. I do have a handful of speaker request forms. Uh, so what we will do is if you are on the pro side, we'll start with you. Um, so if I say your name and you're on the pro side, it means you just go ahead and come forward until we hit our 20-minute mark and then we'll go to the con side. Uh, first up, Dave Davis. And that will be and I will give you the person on deck will be Heidi Hillenbrand. Mayor and Council, thanks for the opportunity to speak with you tonight, both as a longtime citizen and voter in W three and as a member of the OneHeart board. Please know that One Heart, the OneArt board does not object to item 36 tonight. Everyone at Oneheart, including our board, our staff, those that have contributed to the long range plan for it, all of us look forward to the evaluation process that's ahead of us. We're committed to work with the city on our lease in an open and honest and transparent manner. Thank you, Mayor, Council, everyone here who supports One Heart. We look forward to having this process go through in a very unique way. Thank you.

Thank you. Heidi Hillenbrand is up next, followed by Dan Trippy.

I am Heidi Hillbrand from Dakota Charitable Foundation, and I'm here to speak of the community's investment in the OneArt program. OneHeart was the result of much collaboration across the community and years of studies and research by the Rapid City Collective Impact Group. It was not a pet project. One heart fills an identified need in the community for transitional housing and creates a path for long-term stability and self-sufficiency for its guests. Over $29 million has been invested in One Heart. 5 million of that has come from the city to cover about half of the purchase price for the property. 24 million has come from individual donors, grants, and foundations, including our foundation, and was used to complete the purchase, renovate the campus, and operate fund the operations. Simply put, the non city funds, the community funds have exceeded the city's investment by almost five times. The community gave $24 million specifically for the one heart program and the council I believe has an obligation to honor and protect the community investment. Dakota Charitable has made a substantial investment in one heart because there was an identified need in the community and my dad Ray Hillenbrand trusted that the city would be a good partner and owner for the property. When the original lease was entered into, the then mayor and city council understood one heart's purpose and the need it fulfilled and heartily supported the project. I am new to city politics. It's uh this notice of non-renewal is I don't know if this is standard practice and um if this has applied to all of the leases that have been part of the city. Um there are many rumors that the city wants to utilize part of the campus for its own agenda and I don't know if that

is true and as a funer who has invested a lot of money in the campus I would be alarmed if that was so the campus was designed and built to the specific needs of one heart's program and guests any externally mandated changes would threaten the security of the campus the you know the effect on the guests and one heart's ability to fulfill their mission. And while I appreciate hearing on Wednesday at Wednesday's meeting that the process is simply a landlord's due diligence, that One Heart will not lose its lease and that nothing will be taken away from One Heart. I would really appreciate full transparency on the city's plans. It would be very reassuring. As a local funer, we need to know that dollars we invest in the community will be used as intended. Despite rumors to the contrary, OneHeart operates near or at capacity with some fluctuations. One heart is fulfilling its mission and the results are quite exceptional. It is estimated that One Heart has saved the city an estimated 11.6 million in services. The standard that the city sets with this vote will be one that we and other funders in Rapid City will pay close attention to. We hope the community's investment in Oneheart will be honored and protected by the city, especially given the need in the community and the success of the OneHeart mission. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Dan Triby, you're up next, followed by Chad Rick Ratigan. Again, three minutes each even though we got the 20-minut countdown going.

I'm Dian Triby. Um, I've worked with Ray Helen Bran for a lot of years and really I just have one thing that I would really like to ask and you know this really is based on unless the council has already you guys have already worked to issue this non-renewal tonight. Why? Why? wide tonight. It's the 2nd of March. The lease runs out in at the end of the year. Um there hasn't been an attempt to talk about the lease, uh the details of the lease, the things that might want to be changed, but pretty darn quick it seems like to to come forward and say, "Well, we're we're not going to guarantee a renewal." Uh I lease a lot of property here in Rapid City and uh usually if there is a question of the lease, it's because of some violation of that lease by the tenant or has there been a a violation of that lease or is this just something that you came up with? Um, just really really important I think to slow down on this issue this notice of renewal and start having some dialogue about what this is what this is all about and put it out there to the people of Oneheart and the board of one heart. Is this how you is this how the city deals with their leases? Does everybody that lease property when their renewal comes do is the first act that you do is to give them a notification of of nonre renewal and then you go back and negotiate because that's not how it works in my leases. If I went to my leases and I said I I just don't think I'm going to reay I got to think about this. I wouldn't have any

tenants. Um, you know, this thing is built on trust and it's it's built on fair play. And I think really in talking with the the board members at Oneheart, that's really really what people would like to see is just simply put this out on the table. I mean, if if you're hiding something, everybody's going to lose. So, put it out on the table and let's figure out what it is that you guys want to accomplish. But going publicly on this and saying we're just not going to we're not going to guarantee your lease, it certainly would not work in the business that I am in. And I'd really really just hope that you will give this some thought and put this non-renewal on hold and talk to the players that are involved with this and come up with something and see whether all this can be avoided. Thank you very much. All right. Uh, Mr. Ratigan, you're up next, followed by Holly Soer. [clears throat] Good evening, mayor and council members. Uh, thank you for the opportunity to speak. Chad Gratigan. I am the current chief of operations and programming at Oneheart. Uh, been with OneHeart since May of 2020. uh been a part of the process, been blessed to be part of that process of developing our current programming alongside our community partners um staff and guests alike. Uh I believe one heart should be evaluated by how it manages risk, controls costs and addresses key community needs, not by how popular we are. Okay. Um our mission is to guide individuals from crisis to lasting independence by imp implementing safe, accountable and structured processes that drive strong outcomes. So, our data consistently shows that individuals who remain engaged in our program for six months or more experience better results across every major area that we track. Those areas

include housing stability, employment, education, transportation, and child care. This confirms an important reality. Lasting change requires time, structure, and consistency, not short-term interventions. These outcomes are driven by how we operate. So, safety is foundational to our model. We provide a secure structured environment supported by clear expectations, consistent staffing and shared accountability. This structure protects not only our residents but also our staff, partners on campus and the surrounding community. And it creates stability. People need to focus on work, family, and recovery. One is a long-term program. It's not an emergency shelter. participants uh participation requires commitment to the program structure because our data shows us that engagement and duration matter when it comes to outcomes and these expectations help ensure that the limited resources that we have are used effectively and responsibly. Our referral process is deliberate. So we collaborate with community partners, some of them are here tonight to match individuals with one heart who will benefit from our structured long-term support. We also assess these partnerships to ensure that they align with our mission every year. This approach safeguards program integrity, boosts our outcomes, and eases pressure on other emergency services. In short, our outcomes are strong because our processes are clear. We're not managing a moment of crisis. We are building pathways out of it. Thank you for the time.

Holly, you're up next, assuming you're a proponent, followed by Kyle Fastor, assuming he's a proponent.

Good evening. Through my years of working with people in deep addiction and crisis and later on with the Rapid City Police Department's quality of life unit as a community outreach specialist, I have seen firsthand what works and what doesn't. I'd like to speak about the role that OneHart plays in structured addiction recovery in our community. There was a comment made previously that One Heart only pushes through about 50 people per year, as if that number is small. But when you're talking about individuals in deep addiction, coming out of treatment, coming out of crisis, trying to rebuild their lives, a lot of times from the ground up, 50 lives per year is quite significant. Recovery at this level is not a quick reset. It requires structure, accountability, after care, and safe housing. Stability is not just a roof over someone's head. It means consistent expectations, drug testing. It means curfews. It means employment employment requirements. It means counseling, peer accountability, and it means someone stepping in before a relapse becomes another arrest or another emergency call. There's been a comment comparing this to a daycare. It is not a daycare. This is rehabilitation. This is structure. This is discipline. And this is rebuilding responsibility. And when you heal the addict, you heal the family. It is a ripple effect. That is the ripple effect. Children regain stable parents. Parents rebuild trust. Families begin to stabilize. Generalization cycles can begin to break. When one person becomes stable, the impact spreads outward into the household, into the workplace, and into the broader community. Addiction recovery does not operate on a fixed timeline. Individuals leaving treatment may be medically stabilized, but they are not yet rebuilt. Without the stability and wraparound services that One Heart provides, many would fall back into crisis. And if that stability were not there, the responsibility would not disappear. It'll fall back on law enforcement. They'll be back in courts. It would fall back on emergency services. And ultimately, it would fall back on our community.

One heart provides a structured bridge between treatment and independence. It helps break the cycle instead of feeding it. It reduces strain on first responders. It gives people the opportunity to become stable, contributing members of our community instead of cycling back through crisis systems. This leash renewal is not about a building. It is about whether Rapid City chooses structured recovery or reactive crisis management. I appreciate your time. Thank you.

All right. Next up for the proponent side, Kyle Fast Horse, followed by Britney Miller. Good evening. I'm here as a proponent for the renewal of the one heart lease. Um, I'm a graduate of their program. I'm evidence of of their program and how how it impacts the community. Um, I reversed my behavior during my housing crisis. Um going through the structured program of one heart, I've learned to re [snorts] um take accountability. Um it it restructured my discipline. I rebuilt my bond with my daughter, my family. Um, especially with my job, it's helped build, like I said before, the discipline to to build myself up. Um, I've I've been promoted three times. Um, I'm able to take care of myself um without any support from from family. I'm able to go to the grocery store and, you know, buy whatever I want to eat. I can pay all my bills, my child support, everything, and still have money to save. And I I commend One Heart for that, for giving me that the the freedom that I have now from my housing crisis. So, I I'm here to support that and as proof of One Heart's direction. Thank you.

Thank you. Next up is Britney Miller, followed by Dylan Clarkson for the proponents. I would like to pass it to the next person, please. All right, Dylan, you're up. Followed by Carrie Lassau or Lassau. Carrie, you'll tell me how to pronounce your last name, sir.

Good evening, council members. Thank you for your service to our community and for allowing me the opportunity to address all of you tonight. My name is Dylan Clarkson and I serve as the president and chief executive officer of Pioneer Bank and Trust which operates two branches here in Rapid City. I have also had the privilege of serving on the board of directors of OneHeart and I have been and will continue to be a strong financial supporter of its mission. After touring the OneHeart campus shortly after its opening, I made the decision to support this organization because of its clear, measurable mission to transform members of our community into thriving, employed individuals. OneHeart addresses two of the most significant long-term challenges in our community that our community faces, housing insecurity and unemployment. By equipping participants with real world skills that lead to stable employment and long-term housing, One Heart plays a vital role in reducing homelessness in our city. From a business perspective, as a shareholder in my family's business, I also recognize the value of increasing the number of employable, job ready citizens in our workforce. The positive impact of more than 800 onehe heart participants who have benefited from the program extends to all of us residents, employers, and the broader Rapid City community. In closing, I respectfully urge the council to unconditionally renew the lease with one heart so that this important work can continue. Thank you all.

Thank you. Next up, uh Carrie, followed by Joshua Maguire. This one. This one. Yeah. Hi. It's Lasso. Thank you.

I bet. Um I'm I'm a staff member of OneHeart and I'm here just briefly to speak on um what I have found in the last six months of of working with this organization um specifically under the leadership of Charity Doyle. Um I in 26 years of working in the not for-profit field uh have have not seen a leader more dedicated to the mission of an organization than I have working under charity. I think her leadership is inspiring and to me um to have people and and what I have heard in this community um disparage uh this individual who has shown nothing but integrity and um concern even in this last week or two weeks of what's been happening. her number one concern was to the guests of our organization and to make sure that they did not feel um in any way threatened or um you know had any any type of fear for you know the stability of their future and I just find um that in itself to be um proof of the type of leader she is for this organization and what she has to to offer. So I myself um feel honored to work for one heart. I have seen firsthand the outcomes uh for the people that their lives are forever changed. Um you know by definition we may be a transitional living facility but we are a transformational campus and people come into our facility one person and they leave a completely different person because of the hard work of all the staff members and their dedication under the leadership of charity. Um lastly I I just I don't even know if it's worth it saying, but when people come to the microphone and they say certain things

about other individuals, especially um going on and on about um you know, name calling and and saying things that in my experiences completely are not true. It would really carry more weight with me if they were actually a taxpaying member of this city, if they actually lived in Rabbit City. Thank you. Next up, Joshua Maguire, followed by Candace Avaret. I think that's how you pronounce the last name. All right, Joshua, I'd like to yield my time, please. All right, Candace.

Hi, um, council member. So, I'm going to share with you, um, a note that I wrote about my experiences at One Heart. Good afternoon, Council members and Mayor. My name is Candace and my son and I have been directly impacted by the one heart program. At the end of 2021, I left an abusive relationship and I had nowhere to go. My parents died when I was young, so I didn't have family to fall back on. At one of the hardest moments of my life, my therapist introduced me to One Heart, and it changed everything for us. Since coming to Oneheart, I started college and I'll be completing my bachelor's degree in geocciences this August. I was able to get my driver's license for my first time. I bought my first car. I opened a savings account and I'm able to save money now. I also was able to get mental health treatment for me and my son. after the abuse. I also have help from partner providers one heart has like uplifting parents in the career learning center and for the first time I have mentors and a real support system that stand behind me because of this program I know that I'm capable of anything and I also want to say this clearly for everyone in this room charity in one heart have been like family to me the family that I've never been able to tough. They provided me with stability, encouragement, accountability that I needed to make myself better. Their support didn't just help me survive,

it helped me grow. And I'm here today because I truly hope that the city continues to renew this lease because programs like this, well, honestly, there's no program like this. Um, it it's not a shelter. What they do here creates opportunity, dignity, and hope. And I want other people in this community because it's not just about me. It's about Rapid City. And I want other people in this community to be able to take advantage of this program and use it for them to be able to rebuild their lives and truly thrive. Thank you for your time.

Thank you, Candace. Uh that's that's the remainder of the proponent side. I'm going to read speaker request names on here. If you're on the opponent side, you're free to talk. If you're a proponent, I'm sorry that the time has expired. Next up is Benny Kirkland. Benny. Okay, take it. You're a proponent. Daniel Maguire,

proponent. Okay. And Brandon Ferguson. At this time, I'm just asking that the city move forward with the decision that was made at legal and finance committee earlier this week. There was a recommendation for an approval that we would uh bring this issue into this circle right here and that we would put a hard stop to the non-renewal underneath the automatic renewal provision. At this time, I'm just asking that the council would entertain that idea that was brought forth. [clears throat] It's nothing against one heart personally. It's not a personal attack. It's questioning whether or not this program that initially came to this circle when it first started, if they are aligning with what they had promised that they were going to accomplish in these last five years. What they did accomplish is raising nearly $30 million off of servicing 50 people a year. $6 million a year. If Ray Hildebrandt gifted that building to the city, he entrusted this circle up here to make the right decisions. If they felt one heart was the direction or Charity Doyle was the direction, he would have gifted it to her. He didn't. I'm asking that this circle would be open to the idea of allowing other organizations that are doing powerful impactful things for our homeless population and our atrisisk community members. Why can't we allow Wavy to put in a proposal on this building? Why can't we not allow Cornerstone to put in a proposal on this building? Why can we not just open up our thinking process?

It's not saying you're going to grant the proposal. All we're saying is like, okay, we gave it a shot. It's not producing the numbers. Her target audience is 1,100 invisible homeless in Rapid City. She's helping 50. We all know we're going to see a increase in people coming to Rapid City, nearly 20,000 more new people. with that is going to bring more social issues that are going to require this type of programming. She did an interview with Stephen nine months ago and she said that in that time frame she has a waiting list of 24 people. And the reason why they don't have a waiting list of over 600 people to get into this program is because of the vetting process that they do is so intense. You have to have your life pretty much in order, clean and sober before you start the program. That's really cool. I love that vision. It's probably not the best vision for us to be utilizing our city property with. I'm just asking that the council will move forward, grant uh grant the recommendation that was brought forward by finance. We heard it from from their board of directors right now. They're in support of the continu. allow other programs to admit.

Thank you. All right, we'll move on. Brandon, I'm going to You know what? Okay, that's enough. Item 33. Well, we'll close the public comment. That was the last one in case you didn't figure that out. And item 33, first reading of ordinance number 6704, an ordinance amending section 17.06 of the RAP city municipal code. A request by FMG Engineering for a reszoning request from General Agricultural District to office commercial district property that generally described as being located at 4550 Mount Rushmore Road.

Crisis has made a motion to approve followed by Tang. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. Item 34, first reading of ordinance number 6706, an ordinance amending section 17.06 06 of the Rap City Municipal Code. A request by Sam Papendic for GAP Office LLC for resone requests from Light Industrial District to General Commercial District for property generally described as being located at 1104114118 and 1212 West Main Street. Motion by Secrets with a second by Roberts to approve. All in favor?

Any opposed? Motion carries. Item 35, first reading of ordinance number 6707 regarding supplemental appropriation number one for 2026 and the total amount of 3 million 3,923,27247.

Motion by secrets with a second by Tamang. All in favor? Any opposed? All right, motion carries. Item 36, a request from Alderman Tamang for discussion and possible direction on whether the city council should issue a notice for non of non-renewal under the automatic renewal provision of the lease with one heart to preserve the city's contractual rights prior to the expiration of the initial lease term at the end of the year. facilitate discussions regarding the long-term use of the property and buildings and consider potential amendments or clarifications to the existing lease with one heart. Councelor Vaher, you have the floor, sir. Yeah, I was planning on making a substitute motion

until I talked to a couple of attorneys today and realized that this langu because I thought this was too harsh, but actually it's standard uh language used to uh prepare for lease renewal. So, I I changed my mind on the motion and I'm I'm going to support this. Thank you. Thank you, Councelor Tamang. Move to approve. If I get a second, I'd like to hold the floor. All right. I got a motion by Tang with a second by Secretress to approve. The floor is yours.

Thank you. So, um I don't want to go over everything I said in legal and finance. I think um there was a pretty good discussion. I I just want to clarify a couple couple of points. No one on this dis I am confident wants to see one heart closed or moved and um I will echo what some of the board members said. We look forward to a productive conversation about how we can work together to meet one heart's needs to meet the city's needs and to um hopefully in a few years all of us be in a an excited and encouraged state uh going forward. I yield. Thank you. Next up, Councelor Strowman.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, I don't need to repeat, but I will say that I agree with everything Stephen said. Five seconds. Well done.

Uh, anybody else want to make a comment? Otherwise, a brief just a brief comment for me after Bill Evans, of course. Uh, thank you. I don't want to get too preachy, but you know, we sit up here in the council and we're subject to a lot of uh comments and things get legs that actually have no basis in fact. Um, a lot of the people tend to be a little self-righteous and accuse us of cahoots. And when we've had it from both sides and you heard both sides tonight and I would just like to say, you know, go back look at Exodus check number nine that says bearing false witness. We don't get anywhere when people run with these rumors and create a false narrative. Um I think Mr. Dr. Tamang explained this very well on Wednesday about what the process is. I would think if you explore this you'll find that it's standard. I don't know why anybody would want an unc, you know, unconditional renewal. I think you should always shine lights on things and so everybody can see what you're doing is great and perhaps you even get more support. I know when you're a teacher as I was for 40 years, they're in there evaluating you at every turn. You don't complain about that. You know, it's part of the process. I don't see this at all as being destructive to the cause or the mission of one heart which I we all I think up here thinks is great but I think it it is important that we have transparency in government and anything that is door endorsed as a nonprofit needs to have light shining on it so that people know what the real mission is and how it works. So that's all I wanted to say. Any other comments from council members?

Well, you know, I'll echo what has been said. uh one heart has been a force for good in our community. I have no doubt that the city and one heart can come to an agreement that is beneficial for the entire community and um I look forward to being part of those discussions. I look forward to uh hopefully in the near future announcing an you know terms of a new agreement with one heart and that it'll be a positive thing. So tonight's procedural uh but I do think we in the coming you know several months here hopefully we can have productive discussions and and we already have um and I look forward to that. So I see no reason why this can't have a positive outcome. Uh that's really my hope and I'm hearing from my colleague or my I guess my colleagues up here that that's a lot of them want that same thing. So uh appreciate all the passion on this topic. It's good. I think it's obviously an opportunity for one heart to tell their story. Uh which we heard some powerful things tonight and uh you know maybe that's one of the positives that comes out of this is more the community sees a lot of the quiet work that happens at one heart that maybe they don't always get to see. So and for those of you who have been impacted by one heart and have really done the hard work of changing your lives for yourselves and your loved ones, we are so proud of you. Well done. And uh we know it takes a community to help that happen, but you know, it takes you wanting to make that change. And somebody out there has been paying attention to this and they need to make that change, too. And so, you're just one decision away from changing the course of your life. And so, if throughout this whole discussion, you're seeing this, you're watching this online, on the news, or wherever, uh just know that there's help out there for you. So for those who want to to get out of their situation and live the lives they're meant to live, it's there for you. And I think you heard a few stories tonight and there's probably a

whole lot more people who have proven that it is possible, that you're never too far to and never too far away to be who you're called to be. So with that, the motion on the floor is to approve. All in favor?

Any opposed? Motion carries. Item 37, a request from Alderman Tang that the city council establish an 18-month review framework for undrawn 2022 vision account allocations requiring projects without meaningful draw down activity to return to the common council for policy direction including potential continuation, modification or deobligation of previously awarded funds. Councelor Maher. Uh yes, I wasn't on the council when that 2020 2022 list was approved. However, I was chairman of the vision committee. The Heath Sappa OTP was our number one project and um I would really like to see it completed. It's something that's been talked about for generations. Um, but there it's it's a very hard thing and I would was going to oppose this 18 months, but I think we really got to incentivize them to get moving and it's very complicated. I've talked with uh with Shante there and I've talked with uh I understand uh there's some issues with getting the land turned over. They don't have the land yet to move forward in this project and so I want to help them get that going. Um, and so while I will support this because this is really the last project that this is going to impact, the um the uh Black Hills Mountain Bike Association will begin construction this spring on the bike park which I think is going to be amazing addition to the city parks.

And then the other one I think is a city project, the drainage issue. So this is really only going to affect one I mean H Sappa OTP and then this doesn't seem to apply to the last vision round which there might be some projects in there but I get do agree that it's been four years and we got to get this project moving um and given them 18 months to show some real progress. Thank you. Thank you. The city attorney would like to chime in. Joel Landing.

Thank you mayor. in my memo or the attachment. I think we did miss one project that everyone is aware of which is the dome over the the pool at Roosevelt Park. So that is one. Unlike the other two park projects that was actually while it was brought forward by a private group that was going to be constructed by the city, I think most of you are aware we've had some conversations about that project because of some of the ongoing costs. So I think everyone is aware that that project has not been constructed. It's also not in the process to be constructed right now. So that other that would be another project we would need to look at in 18 months. Duly noted. Councelor Tming. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. [clears throat] Like to move to approve and if I get a second like to hold the floor.

Thank you. All right. Motion by Tamang with a second by Evans. The floor is yours.

Thank you. Um, so to my colleagueu's point, um, I think we're all in agreement that we want to honor the vision fund and honor the awards from January 2022. And this was really a I feel that was a collaborative effort among many of the council members and TV and others. I won't speak for anybody that was my that was my feeling based off the meetings we had. And so the 18-month window really gives the organizations a timetable in which they can galvanize donor bases to try to get these projects off the ground. I think um I think some of my wiser more senior colleagues have described the death spiral of projects because they don't have the money to get it off the ground and it keeps getting more and more expensive and so it gets harder and harder and so by putting some kind of timet on it it creates a sense of urgency and you'll notice um at the end of these 18 months you do not automatically deobligate it just gives the council options um to the obligation is one but so is continuence and so is adjusting. So, I think it was a a good compromise all around and I think um we got to a good spot and I don't feel like there was any angst from the the organizations that we were we were were speaking with. Thank you. I yield.

Any other comments? Otherwise, motion on the floor is to approve. All in favor? Any opposed? All right. Motion carries. Good work, everyone. Item 38, request by DC Scott Company Land Surveyors, Inc. for Russell Sorenson for preliminary subdivision plan for proposed lot E1 and lot E2 of Mahoney edition number two generally described as being located at 125 102 and 106 MacArthur Street. The recommendation is to approve of stipulations. Second got a motion byman with a second by secrets to approve of stipulations. All in favor?

Any opposed? Motion carries. All right, that takes us to uh the public hearing items 39 through 44. And we will open the public hearing for items 39 through 44. I have no speaker request forms for those items. So, we will close the public hearing and move on to consent public hearing items 39 through 41. Would the council like to approve all items or remove any items for separate consideration? All right, we have a motion by secret with a second by Tang to approve items 39 through 41. All in favor?

Any opposed? Motion carries. That takes us to the uh end of the consent public hearing calendar. We will move on to non-consent public hearing items 42 through 44. Item 42, second reading of ordinance number 6705, an ordinance amending section 17.06 of the Rap City Municipal Code. A request by FMG Engineering Inc. for ship RC LLC for reszoning request from general commercial district to light industrial district for property generally described as being located at 3980 Campbell Street to approve. Second. All right. Motion by Roberts with a second by Tang to approve. All in favor?

Any opposed? Motion carries. Item 43, uh, resolution number 2025-126, a resolution for the vacation of rightway for property generally described as being located at the terminus of Hennessy Drive. Motion by seekers with a second by Roberts. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. Item 44, resolution number 2025-127, a resolution for the vacation of rideway for property Jenn described as being located at the terminus of Hennessy Drive. Motion by Cris with a second by Bdorf. All in favor? Any opposed? That motion is approved. Uh, next we'll move on to the bill list. With that, we go to Finance Director Daniel Aninsley.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, the bills for Main Street Square and Visit Rapid City total $24,972.37.

Second. Motion by Layman with a second by Strowman to approve. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. For the record, Meer is not present. 46. [snorts] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The remaining uh bills total 11,35,957.75. Motion by Robert, second by Strowman to approve. All in favor? Any opposed? Oh, councelor Evans. Before we get going, well, this is unrelated to that. Oh, well, let me let's finish the motion then. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. The floor is yours.

I just want to compliment the mayor on his appearance with the symphony on Saturday night. I have to say he did an absolutely fabulous job doing the Lincoln portrait. Everybody in attendance was super impressed and I'm really hard to impress when it comes to musical performances, but he did a really, really good job. So, I just want to congratulate him on that. He he represented the city very, very well. So, congratulations. The symphony does a great job. I was honored to be a part of it. Thank you, Mr. Evans. Do we have a motion to adjurnn? Motion by Tang with a second by Roberts to adjurnn. All in favor? Any opposed? We're journ. Thanks, everyone.