2026 Special Meeting - City Council / Lincoln Redevelopment Successor Agency / Lincoln Public Financing Authority

JUNE, OUR… 9, THAT'S JUST DOWN THERE. I DON'T THINK IT'S ALL THE WRONG PLACE. YES, COUNCILMEMBER ANDREA. MADAM BARSON? COUNCILMEMBER REEDY? HERE. COUNCILMEMBER BROWN IS CURRENTLY ABSENT. MAYOR POSTMAN. HERE. MAYOR PEARL? HERE. PRETTY MUCH. WE'RE PUBLICIZED ON NOT MANY OTHER ITEMS IN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL. WE CAN HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE, BY USUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE. WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. OKAY, VERY GOOD. THANKS, EVERYONE. OKAY, VERY GOOD, WE'LL MOVE ON. OKAY, SEAN, YOU WANT TO GO PREPARED? OKAY, MY NAME IS GREG GRAYSON, I WAS HERE, WITH YOU, WITH MOST OF YOU, ALMOST ALL OF YOU, BACK IN THE END OF FEBRUARY 2025. AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL, ALONG WITH INPUT FROM STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY, PUT TOGETHER A SET OF PRIORITY GOALS, THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS, FOR 25-26. AND WHAT THEY DID AT THAT TIME WAS IDENTIFY SEVERAL, WHAT THEY CALLED, PRIORITY GOALS, OR PRIORITY GROUP A GOALS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THEY WANTED THE STAFF TO BE WORKING ON PRESENTLY. THEY HAD THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND THEY WANTED THEM TO GO RIGHT TO WORK ON THEM IF THEY WEREN'T ALREADY WORKING ON THEM. THE SECOND SET OF GOALS WERE PRIORITY GROUPS B. THEY WERE IMPORTANT, BUT THEIR PRIORITY WAS JUST A NOTCH BELOW, AND IT WAS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, GET TO THEM IF THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, OR BY THE SECOND YEAR IF YOU CAN. AND THEN, COUNCIL ALSO IDENTIFIED COUNCIL AND STAFF, JUST SOME ONGOING PROJECTS AT THE TIME THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP IN FRONT OF NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL AND STAFF, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THE IDEA, EVEN BACK IN 2025, WAS THAT IN ABOUT A YEAR, A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR, WE WOULD ALL GET BACK TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT WHERE THE CITY IS WITH REGARD TO ALL THE GOLD. AND THE ONGOING PROJECTS, AND ALSO TO DETERMINE IF YOU WANT TO REVISE, ADD, TO THOSE GOALS, GOING THROUGH THE REMAINING PART OF THIS YEAR INTO 2027. SO, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE HERE TODAY. SO OUR PLAN, I MEAN, WE'LL BE HERE FROM 9 TO ABOUT 2 TODAY. WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH LUNCH. I THINK WE'RE HAVING PIZZA BROUGHT IN. SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH A CITY MANAGER UPDATE. HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE GOALS AND SOME OF THE ONGOING PROJECTS TO KIND OF NOT ONLY BRING COUNCIL, BUT THE COMMUNITY UP TO DATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT. SEAN HAS ALSO ASKED THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LARGER PROJECTS THEY MAY BE WORKING ON, SO THEY CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COUNCIL, SO THAT BY THE END OF THAT, YOU'LL KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF ALL OF WHAT'S ON THE PLATE, WITH REGARDS TO PROJECTS AND GOALS. SO, AFTER HE DOES HIS STAFF REPORT OR HIS UPDATE, WE'LL SWING IT BACK OVER TO THE COUNCIL, AND WE'LL ASK FOR THEIR COMMENTS, ANY ADDITIONS, ANY REVISIONS TO ANY OF THESE GOALS, WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO… ACTUALLY, AT THAT POINT. AFTER WE GO THROUGH AD AND THE ONGOING, WE'LL THEN OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL GET TO ADDITIONS, IF WE WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO ANY OF THE CURRENT PRIORITY GOALS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR GOING INTO 2027. THEN FINALLY, BASED ON A REQUEST, FROM THE MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION. THIS WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON TIME, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE'LL GET THERE. WITH REGARD TO, MISSION STATEMENTS, MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS, AND ALSO SOME CORE VALUES. SO, WE'LL KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE, WHAT THEY REPRESENT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TEMPLATE, AT LEAST FOR THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT, AND THEN THEY CAN DECIDE WHICH DIRECTION THEY WANT TO GO WITH REGARD TO ALL THREE OF THOSE. SO, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR PLAN FOR THE DAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. WELL THEN, SEAN. OH, WAIT A MINUTE. MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WHERE ARE DONUTS? THANK YOU. NOT A STRAIGHT PATH, WE'RE MAKING IT. OKAY. NOW THAT THOSE ARE TAKEN CARE OF, SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, AND GOOD MORNING, AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT REALLY QUICK, LET ME TAKE CARE OF… WE HAVE A 200% INCREASE IN PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AT THIS TUESDAY, RIGHT? I'M PRETTY SURE LAST TIME THE ONLY ATTENDEES WERE ERIC AND JULIUS, TO BE WRONG ABOUT THAT. SO, THANKS TO… THANKS TO THE FOLKS FOR COMING. AND WE'RE BACK. AND YOU'RE BACK! SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN SO MUCH FUN LAST TIME. OKAY. SO, THIS IS, LET ME THINK HERE… THIS IS YEAR… ROUGHLY YEAR 4. OF STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR US, AND IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, I THINK WE'VE DONE 5 SESSIONS. SO, WHEN I GOT HERE, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD A, A STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT WAS, KIND OF OBTUSE. IT WAS, TO PARAPHRASE IT, IT WAS, A KIND OF LIGHT MISSION STATEMENT, AND ESSENTIALLY THE GOALS WERE TO JUST PROVIDE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND GREAT SERVICES FOR THE COMMITTEE. WHICH, IS GREAT, BUT THAT'S JUST SORT OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO, ALWAYS. AND SO, PRETTY EARLY ON, I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH HOLLY, A COUPLE OF HER COLLEAGUES AT THAT TIME, AND EVERYBODY KIND OF AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE NICE FOR ME, AND I THINK FOR STAFF TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS BECOMES A WORK PLAN, ESSENTIALLY, AND IT HELPS US SORT OF ALLOCATE OUR TIME. WHAT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE, IS FOR MOST PEOPLE HERE. 65-70%, MAYBE HIGHER IN SOME CASES, OF THE WORK THAT WE DO EVERY DAY. IT'S NOT GOOD. IT'S JUST THE NORMAL STUFF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT. IT'S THE ANSWERING PHONE CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY, HELPING PEOPLE WITH THEIR PROBLEMS, PROCESSING, YOU KNOW, LICENSES, AND… PERMITS AND PAPERWORK, YOU KNOW, RUNNING CALLS, ETC. THAT'S SORT OF THE… A MAJOR SHARE OF THE WORK. THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF THAT. PERCENTAGE. AND SO, OVER THE YEARS, CITY COUNCIL HAS KIND OF PUT TOGETHER, IN MY VIEW, PRETTY REASONABLE LISTS THAT, AREN'T NECESSARILY A REPORT CARD, BUT THEY'RE A GUIDE TO HELP US. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA TIME TO RESEARCH AND INVEST IN SOME KIND OF A PURSUIT, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WANT TO BE SPENDING THE TIME ON. SO IT'S SUPER USEFUL TO US, AND THERE'S A PANIC THAT SETS IN ON ME ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE WE HAVE THESE SCHEDULES WHERE I RUN TO THE PLAN, AND I THINK, OH MAN, I DON'T REALLY… I HAVEN'T OPENED THAT IN A WHILE. I REALLY HOPE WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO. THIS TIME WAS REALLY FUNNY, BECAUSE I OPENED IT UP, AND IT WAS ORGANIC. WE DIDN'T OPEN THIS PLAN UP AND GO, ALRIGHT, WE'RE DONE WITH ONE, LET'S GO TO TWO. IT JUST SORT OF HAPPENED THIS WAY. AND SO, AS I GET THROUGH UPDATES, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE EITHER COMPLETED, MOST OF THESE TASKS, OR THEY'RE SO FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS THAT IT ALL BUTTERATED. SO, OKAY, LET'S START. START WITH THIS ONE. THESE TWO HAVE BEEN ON… VERSIONS OF THIS PLAN FOR A LONG TIME. TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT, INITIALLY, TAX SHARING AS RELATED TO PROPERTY TAX WAS MORE ABOUT GETTING NEW TAX SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH THE ORGANIC AREAS, OR ADDRESSING LIMITED TERM AGREEMENTS IN THE 12 BRIDGES AREA TO HELP US KIND OF KEEP OURSELVES, NOT IN A COMPLETE, UTTER DEFICIT. WE DID THOSE THINGS, AND THEN AS NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS CAME ON BOARD. AND ESPECIALLY THIS MOST RECENT, COUNCIL, THE, THE DESIRE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND PROPERTY TAX STARTED TO CENTER STAGE. IT'S A REALLY COMPLEX WORLD. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE ARE STILL SECTIONS OF THE LAW THAT RELATES TO PROPERTY TAX AND HOW ALL THE ACCOUNTING WORKS THAT I STILL DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND AFTER HUNDREDS OF HOURS AND LOTS OF SMART PEOPLE OF ME TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT. WE'VE DEVELOPED, SYSTEMS IN JEN'S DEPARTMENT THAT HELPED VISUALIZE HOW PROPERTY TAX GETS FIGURED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE PUSHED THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD… THAT TOOL LED US TO UNCOVER NOT ONLY A SITUATION WHERE WE WERE BEING UNDERPAID IN THE WHOLE PLAN AREA, WHICH WE'VE ADDRESSED AND SETTLED WITH THE COUNTY, BUT IT ALSO POINTED OUT A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM, WHICH IS THAT THERE'S A LARGE SECTION OF LINCOLN, ALL OF WHICH FALL INTO A COUPLE OF TAX RATE AGREEMENTS. THAT GO BACK MANY DECADES, THAT ARE SUBSTANDARD COMPARED TO EVERY SINGLE OTHER COMMUNITY IN OXFORD COUNTY. AND SO WE FLAGGED THAT ISSUE FOR THE COUNTY, AND WE'RE NOW… PROBABLY ALMOST A YEAR. ALMOST A YEAR TO… I'D SAY, LIKE, TRUE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE REALLY BEEN THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS, BUT WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. THEY HAVE, A PROPOSAL FROM US, THAT I WROTE, THAT WAS SENT TO THEM IN EARLY MAY, AND WE'RE WAITING ON A RESPONSE. I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO, ONE OUTCOME AS A RESULT OF THIS, I THINK, IS THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO BE A COMMUNAL, SORT OF. SET OF COMMUNICATIONS TO THE ELECTED BODY AND TO THE STAFF THERE TO SORT OF MOVE THAT ALONG AND HOPEFULLY SET UP THAT PATH. OUR… I MEAN, IT'S… ANYBODY COULD REQUEST A DOCUMENT IF THEY WANTED IT, SO I DON'T FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SHARING, BUT… THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE SENT IS, ESSENTIALLY A REQUEST THAT ALL AREAS THAT SIT IN THE 30% CITY, 70% COUNTY KIND OF SHARING RATIO BE ADJUSTED TO A 45-55 SPLIT, 45 CITY, 55 COUNTY, WHICH IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH MOST OF THE AREAS THAT ARE AROUND HERE. AND WE VIEW IT NOT ONLY AS A NECESSITY FINANCIALLY, BUT AN EQUITY THING. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF THE MAYOR, WHO LIVES IN ONE OF THOSE TAX RATE AREAS, PAYING HIS PROPERTY TAX BILL EVERY YEAR, AND… A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF IT IS NOT GOING TO SERVICES IN LINCOLN, MEANING THAT, CONCEPTUALLY, HE IS SUBSIDIZING OTHER AREAS OF THE FUND. BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING LESS FOR THE SAME SERVICES. SO, THAT'S WHERE THAT PROJECT STANDS. I WOULD SAY THAT IN TERMS OF OUR WORK AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WE ARE 90% OF THE WAY THERE. THE REMAINDER OF IT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF WHATEVER AGREEMENT THAT WE COME TO THE COUNTY, WHICH, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THEY LEAN ON. SO, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE I MOVE ON FROM IT? WHEN DO WE EXPECT A RESPONSE? I DON'T… I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES. WE'VE ASKED, I PINGED THE COUNTY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SAYING, HEY, THIS IS LIKELY TO COME UP ON OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING ON WEDNESDAY, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? SO… WHAT DO I GOT. COMMENT ON WHY WE THINK TAX RATES ARE… OH, YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S, THANK YOU. YEAH, SO, THE WHY IS A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION. THE THEORY WE ALL HAD, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT WHY THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN AGREED FOR THAT. THE RUNNING THEORY FOR A LONG TIME WAS THAT LINCOLN HAS A REALLY SMALL TOWN. DEL WEB COMES IN, THEY SELL THIS AMAZING PROJECT, THE CHATS TURNED OUT TO BE AMAZING, TO THE COMMUNITY. COUNCIL TELLS THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME, YOU RUN YOUR END UP TO AUBURN, AND WE GET THE FACTORY AGREEMENT AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, WE NEED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND SO, THE THEORY INITIALLY I HAD WAS… AND I COULD SEE MYSELF DOING THAT IN CERTAIN SCENARIOS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALLURED BY SOMETHING THAT'S SO UNUSUAL. WHICH, WHICH MAY BE SOMEWHAT TRUE. WHAT WE ACTUALLY THINK NOW, AS WE'VE LOOKED INTO IT MORE, IS, EVERYBODY'S BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHY WOULD IT BE SO DIFFERENT AMONG THE CITIES, AND WHY ARE WE… SORT OF LAST PLACE. AND THEN WE FIGURED OUT THAT, THE WAY THAT THE COUNTY CALCULATES HOW YOU SHARE IS YOU SHARE YOUR COSTS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES TO THIS NEW AREA, AND THEY SHARE THEIRS, AND YOU KIND OF WRANGLE OVER YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE. LINCOLN DIDN'T HAVE A CAVE FIRE EVER DURING THAT TIME FRAME. THEY HAD, AS EARLY AS WE CAN TELL THEM, THEY HAD A PART-TIME PAID CHIEF. AND 26 VOLUNTEERS. AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN MANAGE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. AND IT'S A MODEL THAT WORKS JUST FINE UNTIL YOU GET TO A CERTAIN SIZE. VOLUNTEERS CAN'T BE RUNNING CALLS 24-7, RIGHT? SO, AT A CERTAIN POINT, IN THE 2000S, LINCOLN SORT OF REALIZED, HEY, WE'RE NOT AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE CAN SURVIVE ON VOLUNTEERS, AND WE NEED TO PAY PROFESSIONALS DOING THIS WORK, AND SO THEY MADE THAT SHIFT. SO MY THEORY, OUR WORKING THEORY. IS THAT WE WERE REPRESENTING THE COST OF THE BUYER AT THAT TIME. AND THEY HADN'T MAYBE FORESAW THAT IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, AND SO, AS A RESULT, IT WASN'T PART OF THE ANALYSIS, AND… THE REST IS HISTORY. PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT, OF COURSE, OVER 30 YEARS, THAT BECOMES A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF THEM THAT ARE COLLECTED. GOOD. THUS, THE GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN SUFFERING. ANITA, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WHAT'S THE CURRENT COST OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? SO, AROUND THE… WHAT DID WE SAY, 9… 118, I THINK IT WAS, ACTUALLY. SO, SO THAT'S THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAVE TO DISCUSS HOW YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THIS, BUT IT'S NOT DONE, BUT WE'RE WAY DOWN THE ROAD NOW. WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE. THE MOST REASONABLE ARGUMENT YOU COULD EVER HAVE. ONE OTHER THING I WILL MENTION IS NINA AND I WENT AND TALKED WITH, A GUY WHO'S A FINANCIAL EXPERT FOR CITIES, SUPER WELL REGARDED, HIS NAME'S MICHAEL COLEMAN, AND WE ASKED HIM, HEY, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SCENARIO WHERE A CITY WENT AND RENEGOTIATED DECADES-OLD TAX SHARING AGREEMENTS 30 YEARS AFTER? AND HE SAID, NO, THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED. SO WE'LL BE THE FIRST, I HOPE. ONE MORE QUESTION? YEAH. WHAT WAS THE TOTAL, AGAIN, IF WE WERE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK AND RETROACT, LIKE, FROM WHEN WE GOT THE FIRE STATION, WHAT'S THE… WHAT'S THE TOTAL? WE HAVE ESTIMATES. WE HAVEN'T CALCULATED THAT, BECAUSE THE DATA'S NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THAT FAR BACK. RIGHT. WE, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE NUMBER COULD BE, BUT IT'S… IT IS A TRUE, TRUE GAP USING ESTIMATE. IT'D BE A REALLY HARD ONE TO DO, BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO CALCULATE WHEN EACH AND EVERY SINGLE HOME WENT ONTO THE ROLLS, HOW MUCH IT WAS WORTH AT THAT TIME. YOU COULD DO IT, IT WOULD JUST TAKE A REALLY LONG TIME. WE… I'LL PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY. WE'VE REQUESTED RETROACTIVITY AS PART OF THIS, AND BACK. HE FIGURED… WHAT DID WE DO, NITA? 6, 7 YEARS? YEAH, 7 YEARS. 7 YEARS. WE PICKED THAT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN IRS KIND OF TIMELINE. AND, THAT DELTA WOULD BE 15… ROUGHLY $50 MILLION DURING THAT TIME. SO IF YOU FIGURE 30 YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY 50S, I WOULD GUESS. THAT 70 YEARS BRETT ROCKFORD WAS PART OF THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU SAID? YEAH. THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH. WHICH IS A LOT LESS THAN 50. YEP. THE SIGNIFICANT OTHER POINT TO MAKE HERE IS THAT WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH HAPPENS TO PROPRIETARY AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE IN THAT 10-YEAR AGREEMENT? SO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A MILLION. IT'S CONTINUING TO DWINDLE EACH YEAR, SO THE WAY THE AGREEMENT IS STRUCTURED IS THAT WE GET THE INITIAL AGREEMENT ON THE HOUSE PERMANENT PROPERTY. FOR A HOME THAT BECOMES UNROLLS, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE GO BACK TO OUR NORMAL SHARE. AND SO, IT'S BEEN DELETED. IT'S JUST SHY OF A MILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND IT WILL BE LESS IN 26-27. HE'S NOT WORKING, SO I'M GETTING FED. THAT GAVE US MONEY THAT WE SHOULDN'T. THOSE RIGHT BARS TO BEGIN WITH. YEP. YES, JUST FOR A DIFFERENT AREA. YES. SO… IF WE'RE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF, WHAT IT DOES ALSO IS IT CREATES A LITTLE BIT MORE EQUITY ACROSS PROPERTY TAXPAYERS OF LINCOLN, WHERE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF CERTAIN HOMES, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN TO BE AT A CERTAIN LOCATION, PAYING MORE OR LESS FOR ITS SERVICE. IT SHOULD BE PROPORTIONATE AS POSSIBLE. SO, SURE, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. NUMBER TWO, IF YOU DIDN'T ATTEND CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT, THIS, THIS ITEM HAS HAD A LOT OF NAMES OVER THE YEARS. AT FIRST, IT WAS OVERT. IT SAID SALES TAX. AND THEN, IT SHIFTED TO REVENUE MEASURE, AND THEN IT SHIFTED TO REVENUE GENERATION OPTIONS, BECAUSE COUNCIL SORT OF SAID, LOOK, THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COULD GENERATE FOR REVENUE FOR SERVICES, SO IMPORTANT TO. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, BUT LAST NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, UNANIMOUSLY, THE PLACEMENT OF A, OF A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT, A ONE-CENT, SALES TAX MEASURE. IT WAS A REALLY LENGTHY, OR I THOUGHT PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION. IT COMES ON THE HEELS OF A COUPLE YEARS OF, SORT OF, DISCUSSION AND DATA COLLECTION, AND SO, THIS MORNING, NITA AND I MET AT THE RECORDER'S OFFICE AT 8 AM, AND WE'RE THE FIRST PEOPLE WALKING IN THE DOOR, AND, BOTH… I MEAN, SHE WASN'T AS NERVOUS AS I WAS, BUT I'M VERY… I'M VERY NERVOUS ABOUT FILING PAPERWORK WITH THAT PARTICULAR REPORTER'S OFFICE, BECAUSE IT'S VERY TOUCHY. EVERYTHING HAS TO BE JUST SO. AND, FORTUNATELY, RYAN ARAMCO, OUR ELECTIONS OFFICIAL, HAPPENED TO BE THERE THIS MORNING AND MET US UP FRONT THERE, AND AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF LITTLE LANGUAGE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE OBSCURE FOR THEM. HE CAME IN AND MADE THE CALL AND SAID, IT'S FINE, WE'RE GONNA ACCEPT IT. SO, THEY ASSIGN MEASURE LETTERS BASED ON THE WAY THEY COME IN. WE ARE MEASURE F, AS IN FRANK, OR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUT NOT ANY OTHER WORDS. IN FACT, BRIAN SUGGESTED THAT IT KIND OF FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY. SO, BIG DEAL. THAT'S IT NOW. THEY WILL SEND US PROOFS OF… BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST NIGHT, I'M SURE THEY'RE TYPESET CORRECTLY, AND, AND AS I MENTIONED LAST NIGHT, THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND ALL KINDS OF, ADVOCACY, OR LACK THEREOF RELATED TO IT, WILL BE MORE OF A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN APP CORRECTLY. THERE ARE ALREADY A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS STEPPING UP. SO, THAT'S JUST… THAT'S THE MAIN ONE. THAT IS SORT OF WHAT CAN CHANGE THE NATURE OF HOW WE PROVIDE SERVICES HERE AT LINCOLN. WE CERTAINLY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OTHERS. WE HAVE DONE A FEE UPDATE RECENTLY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FEES ARE RESERVED WITH THE COST OF PROVIDING A SERVICE, SO THAT'S ADDRESSED. WE HAVE CHANGED HOW WE RECEIVE REVENUES FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF REVIEW. THERE'S… WE'RE SORT OF ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THAT, AND COUNCIL MAY HAVE MORE IDEAS AS WE GET TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT OTHER THINGS WE SHOULD LOOK INTO. FOR THAT. SO, HUGE DEAL, AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY. THE HEAVIEST LOAD OF THE LAST YEAR. WE HAD, JUST TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT FOR YOU, A FEW OF US, AARON, NINA, MYSELF, HOPE, A COUPLE OF OUR ATTORNEYS WERE ON WEEKLY CALLS ON THIS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, EVERY… EVERY KIND OF COHORT ASSIGNMENTS TO DO. SO, HUGE LIFT, AS IT FREES UP TIME TO ADDRESS A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. YES, OH, YES? I JUST WANTED TO SAY… AGAIN, WE ALL HAD COMMENTS, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY GET TO SAY LAST NIGHT THAT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS CAME INTO THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OKAY, HOW'S THIS GONNA GO? REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT, AND THE DILIGENCE TO GET THIS ON THE TABLE. AND THEN ALSO, IT REALLY WAS VERY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE RIGHT WORD, BUT JUST VERY ENCOURAGING TO HEAR, EVAN AND OUR POLICE DETECTIVE SAY THAT THEY WERE GONNA TAKE THE WEEK THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE OUT THERE. NOT NEW YORK, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THAT FROM COUNCIL, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE PULLING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THAT. YEAH, YEAH, AND I DIDN'T GIVE THOSE GUYS ENOUGH KUDOS LAST NIGHT, BUT BOTH GROUPS HAVE SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT, I THINK, IN PREVIOUS MEASURES, WE'VE HAD THIS ISSUE, WHERE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO GET STAFF ESPECIALLY STAFF THAT WORK SHIFT WORK THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES SLEEP DURING THE DAY TO BE ENGAGED ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT TO BE HONEST, THEY HAVE… THEY RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO US, AND THAT MEANS A LOT LIKE THIS. IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE THEM BE SUPPORTIVE VERBALLY, IT'S ANOTHER TO SAY, I'M GOING TO PUT SOME TIME INTO THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, SO, PRETTY COOL. OKAY, BETTER… PURSUE BETTER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE SMART GROWTH. SO THIS WAS, REALLY BORN OFF OF THE BACK OF TRYING TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR 40% OPEN IN SPACE RULES. POLICIES, AND THINK ABOUT, HOW HAVE THEY BEEN APPLIED? ARE THEY APPLIED CORRECTLY? DO THEY NEED TO BE CHANGED? DOES IT STILL WORK? DOES IT MAKE SENSE? AND SO COUNCIL HELD A WORKSHOP ON THIS. I SUBSEQUENTLY KIND OF DID A LITTLE MINI WORKSHOP WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF WRITING UP, KIND OF, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED INTO SOME POLICIES THAT THE COUNCIL'S BEEN TO CONSIDER, PROBABLY IN JULY OR AUGUST, AND, JUST SO… FOR COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS FLAGGED BY COUNCILMEMBER REEDY DURING A DIFFERENT LAND USE PROJECT WAS THE 40% OPEN SPACE IDEA IS A REALLY COOL IDEA, AND IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A LOT OF WHAT LINCOLN'S DEALERS, BUT… IT IS ALSO NOT AS APPLIED AS YOU THINK, RIGHT? SO ALL OPEN SPACES ARE CREATED VEHICLES, THE TAKEAWAY. SO, SUN CITY IS THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR TOPOGRAPHY, THEY HAVE REALLY INTERESTING… 12 BRIDGES AS WELL, HAVE INTERESTING, USABLE PUBLIC SPACE AND OPEN SPACE. YOU CAN LOOK AT OTHER AREAS OF LINCOLN THAT HAVE DEDICATED OPEN SPACE. IT'S NOT REALLY AN AMENITY IN THE SAME WAY TO THE COMMUNITY. FLAT LAND, NO TRAILS. JUST BLANKED. AND SO THE THEORY WAS, HOW CAN WE… IT'S ONE THING TO MAKE RULES, BUT WE'RE SORT OF IN THIS CHANGE AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT INSTEAD OF RULES, WE LIKE THE CONCEPT OF INCENTIVES, SO DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S BETTER FOR YOU AS A PRIVATE DEVELOPER OR PROJECT. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CRAFT IDEAS TO ENCOURAGE OPEN SPACE IMPLEMENTATION AND PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY IS OF VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES AROUND IT. IT'S NOT SIMPLY THAT YOU HAPPEN TO BUY THAT HOUSE THAT'S RIGHT ON OPEN SPACE SO YOU HAVE A NICE VIEW. WELL, THAT'S LOVELY. BUT WE SURE WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE ABLE TO WALK A TRAIL THROUGH IT, ENJOY WHAT'S COOL ABOUT OPEN SPACE HERE. SO… THAT ONE IS WELL ON ITS WAY TO, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC REVIEW, AND LIKE I SAID, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CHEW ON. THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, COUNCILOR REEDY WAS NICE ENOUGH TO COME TO VIA YESTERDAY. WE HOST A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MEETING EVERY MONTH. KEEP UP ON PROJECTS, AND THEY HAD A NICE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IDEA, AND SO THEY'RE… THEY HAVE HAD SOME FEEDBACK FOR US ABOUT THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO THEM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF RELATED IS, THE COUNCIL TOOK UP A CONCEPT OF, WHEN WE LEARNED THAT WE HAVE A MARKET-GRADE APARTMENT PROJECT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON JOYNER, AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MARKET-GRADE APARTMENTS IN LINCOLN. MOST OF OUR APARTMENTS THAT DO EXIST WERE BUILT PROBABLY 35 OR 40 YEARS AGO DURING KIND OF THE AFFORDABLE… THE YEARS WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS AN EASY THING TO GET MONEY FOR, IT ALSO EXISTED. AND THAT'S GONE AWAY, AND WHAT WE'VE NOTICED IS THAT WE DO HAVE A REALLY… I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO IT, IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT ON YOUR WAY OUT OF HERE TODAY. POLAND, THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, APARTMENT PROJECT AT BELL BREEZE, RIGHT BY KAISER. IT JUST OPENED RECENTLY. I DROVE THROUGH IT THIS MORNING AS I WAS COMING HERE, AND I DIDN'T… THEY HAVE… PLAYGROUNDS. POOL, A COMMUNITY GARDEN, A LITTLE DOG PARK, LIKE A TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR PEOPLE WHO USE COMPUTERS. IT'S A REALLY NICE PROJECT. IT'S ALMOST HARD TO TELL THAT IT MIGHT BE CLASSIFIED AS AFFORDABLE. SO, ANYWAY, WE HAD A MARKET RATE PROJECT COME THROUGH, AND WHAT WE LEARNED WAS THAT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR DEVELOPERS TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE MARKET RATE WORK, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO RETAIN OWNERSHIP, BECAUSE THE FEES, PLAN COSTS. MITIGATION OF, YOU KNOW, HABITAT AREAS CREATES A HUGE BILL BEFORE YOU EVEN PUT ANY SPACE ON THE GROUND. AND, SO THE COUNCIL CONSIDERED A PROGRAM A WHILE BACK THAT WOULD ALLOW DEFERRAL OF THOSE FEES, KIND OF UNDER A LOAN AGREEMENT, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, SO THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE SOME ROI EARLIER IN THE PROCESS. AND AREN'T KILLED. YOU KNOW, THEY SHARED WITH ME THAT IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM ABOUT 15 TO 20 YEARS TO EVER ACTUALLY MAKE IT OUT OF THE DEAD INCURRED TO GET ABOUT THE FIRST PLACE. SO, SOME PEOPLE ARE SO WELL CAPITALIZED, THEY WON'T DO THAT, BUT IN GENERAL, YOUR MEDIUM AND SMALL IS SORT OF NOT ABLE TO DO THAT, IT'S JUST TOO SMALL. SO, THAT WAS ANOTHER THING. AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A VARIETY OF, REALLY INTERESTING WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, WHICH IS REACHING ITS CONCLUSION HERE ABOUT OUR FORM-BASED CODE AND WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THINGS FOR THE DOWNTOWN CORE THAT WON'T REQUIRE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PLANNING REVIEW. SO, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW. SUPPORT-BASED, THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT IS IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT FITS WITHIN THESE PARAMETERS, THEN GO DO IT. AND IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING FUNKY OR DIFFERENT, THAT'S OKAY TOO, BUT LET'S REALLY, LIKE, HAVE THE COMPUTER BE WEIGH IN ON IT. SO THAT ONE'S WORTH THAT. MOVING ON, DEVELOP AIRPORT ACTION PLAN. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS ONE, MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A FORMALIZED PLAN, BUT WE SURE HAVE DONE A LOT AT THE AIRPORT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A PLAN. AND I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH A FEW OF THEM REAL QUICKLY. IN THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO MATT AND SCOTT BOYNTON. WE HAVE BROKEN GROUND ON THE LARGEST ANGER PROJECT WE'VE DONE IN 30 YEARS. WE HAVE, PARTNERSHIPS WITH NOW JESSUP UNIVERSITY FOR THEIR FLIGHT SCHOOL AT, AT LINCOLN AIRPORT. JUST THE OTHER DAY, A NEW FLIGHT SCHOOL, THAT, THAT IS, AIR INDIA, THAT, THAT IS GOING TO… THEY'RE GOING TO TRAIN INTERNATIONAL PILOTS FOR INDIA OUT AT OUR AIRPORT, HAVE STARTED. WE HAVE… INSTITUTE A PAM FEE, A COMMON AREA MAINTENANCE CHARGE, WHICH THE AIRPORT USERS AGREE TO, WHICH IS WILD, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PAY, SIMILAR TO THE HOA, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE DOLLARS TO REPAVE AREAS OF THE AIRPORT, PROVIDE BETTER MAINTENANCE SERVICES, SECURITY SERVICES, UPGRADE, GATES, AND A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT WERE ON THE LIST THAT THEY SAW THE REALLY IMPORTANT AIRPORT. AND THAT'S BEEN APPROVED. THE BIGGEST ONE, THOUGH, WHICH IS FORTHCOMING IN COUNCIL HERE VERY SHORTLY, IS THAT, I THINK THE CITY'S LOOKED AT THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES AND NEVER REALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER, BUT THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE APPROVED AND SENT FORTH TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS LAST MEETING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE MODEL OF HOW THE AIRPORT IS RUN. SO THE AIRPORT, FOR A LONG TIME, HAS BEEN RUN ESSENTIALLY BY ONE AND A HALF PEOPLE. ONE AND A HALF PUBLIC WORKS STAFF THAT ARE OUT THERE HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, VERY LIMITED RESOURCES. LONG TERM, THE QUESTION FOR THE AIRPORT WAS. WOULD WE BE BETTER SERVED BY BRINGING IN A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT ONLY DOES THIS KIND OF WORK? THEY MANAGE AIRPORTS FOR A LIVING, THEY SPEAK THAT LANGUAGE, THEY CAN HELP PUSH FORWARD INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENT, SO WE DIDN'T ALREADY THINK ABOUT WHAT, A YEAR AGO? ROUGHLY? AND WE PICKED A VENDOR, THEIR NAME'S AP ARROW, AND THEY'VE BEEN A JOY TO WORK WITH, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY COMPLEX BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO PAY TO GET ONE AT THE AIRPORT. AND SO, WE HAVE WORKED OUT SOME CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT DEALS, TO HELP PARTIALLY COMPENSATE FOR THAT SERVICE. BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE, IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT PERFECTLY, THEY'RE ON BOARD WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND, WE IMMEDIATELY SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICES, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE NOT ONLY THERE MORE OF THE TIME THAN WE ARE, BUT WE'RE ALSO BRINGING ON PEOPLE THAT LITERALLY DO THIS FOR A LIVING. SO, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE SERVICE UPGRADE TO THE AIRPORT, HELP US LEVEL UP. SO, WHAT AM I FORGET? OH, AND FORGET SOMETHING ELSE. WE, WE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE LONG PROCESS, TO DETERMINE HOW TO HELP ADDRESS, AIR FLIGHT THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS MOSTLY THE FOSCOW, LAKEWOOD AREAS. WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, JUST THE TRAFFIC THAT'S OCCURRING NONSTOP, AND THE NOISE. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE PAST WHAT WE WOULD HAVE SAID IS SIMILAR TO PROBABLY WHAT WE SAY MOST OF THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRAIN NOISE, WHICH IS… ALRIGHT, BUT, THIS TIME WE DECIDED TO GO A STEP FURTHER, AND WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD FLIP THE FLIGHT PATTERN TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. WE LOOKED AT, WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME NOISE MONITORING TO GET AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE NOISE REALLY LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN WE HAVE, WORKED ON COMMUNICATING WITH OUR FLIGHT SCHOOLS AND PILOTS TO TIGHTEN THEIR PATTERNS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT FLYING OVER FROM SUPER URBAN AREAS AS MUCH. WHETHER OR NOT THAT HELPS A WHOLE BUNCH, I THINK WE'RE ALL A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL OF, BUT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT COMPLAINT. AND I'M PROBABLY FORGETTING OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE AIRPORT. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WINGS AND WHEELS. OH, YEAH, SO… HOW MANY WAS THAT? 26? 29. 29, HANGARS THAT, THAT WAS ON A GROUND LEASE, THAT, I THINK THEY HAD 30 YEARS ON IT. CAME UP FOR RENEWAL, THE OWNER OF THAT KIND OF SIGNALED TO US THEY PROBABLY WEREN'T GOING TO RENEW, SO THOSE REVERTED BACK TO CITY OWNERSHIP. SO WE ARE NOT A LANDLORD, AGAIN, OF THOSE 26. WHICH ACTUALLY IS A NICE SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THE AIRPORT, BECAUSE IT'S… YOU'RE NOW DIRECTLY RECEIVING RENT VERSUS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT WE GET ON THE GRANT LEASE. WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE HOLD THOSE AND JUST CONTINUE TO COLLECT RENT, OR WHETHER WE SELL THOSE OFF TO SOME OTHER PARTY AND USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. ALSO, BIG CHANGE AT THE AIRPORT. MATT AND SCOTT HAVE REALLY PRIORITIZED, PAVEMENTS AND DOING YEARLY, PAVEMENT PROJECTS OUT THERE, WHICH THE AIRPORT IS JUST SUPER EXCITED ABOUT, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ABOVE FOR A FOOTBALL CLO. SO THAT'S AIRPORT. ONGOING. REDUCED HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC ON LINCOLN BOULEVARD. SO THIS ONE… KIND OF CAME ABOUT… IT'S SOMETHING THAT, IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME, THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOREVER. PROBABLY PRE-BYPASS, AND PROBABLY POST-BYPASS. SO, DURING THE, DOWNTOWN PLAN, WE DECIDED THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA, AT LEAST SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE ACTUAL DATA SAYS ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC. IT'S ANECDOTAL. I'M THERE ALL THE TIME, AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE THERE ALL THE TIME, BUT MAYBE THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE LOUD AND I NOTICE THEM. SO, WE HIRED AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO A LOOK AT IT, AND THEY DIDN'T GO SUPER DEEP, BUT THEY WENT DEEP ENOUGH FOR US TO MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL TRAFFIC LOOKS LIKE. SO, AGAIN, THIS ISN'T DEFINITIVE, BUT WHAT THEY SHARED WAS THAT, NOT AS MUCH OF THE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT YOU SEE GOING DOWN INTO THE BOULEVARD IS ACTUALLY SIERRA PACIFIC. 40% OF IT OR SO IS BETTER OVER THE TIME OF YEAR. BUT GLADI IS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE, VERY SMALL. AND, DELIVERY TRUCK TRAFFIC IS STANDARD, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT EITHER. SO THAT LED US TO BELIEVE THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THERE'S A LOT OF THROUGH TRAFFIC GOING ON. AND THEN WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY. WHY WOULD YOU, IF YOU'RE COMING SOUTHBOUND OR NORTHBOUND. YOU'RE NOT STOPPING AT LENGTH HERE. WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST TAKE 65? SO WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT'S JUST… SOME OF THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, AND THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. YOU DRIVE THAT WAY VERSUS DRIVE THAT WAY. AND THEN WE'VE FIGURED OUT THAT, THERE'S THIS THING CALLED A… IS IT A SPA ROUTE, THEN, OR STAR ROUTE? SPA… SAP? OKAY. WHICH IS A FEDERAL DESIGNATION OF TRUCK ROUTES THAT, AT SOME TIME IN THE PAST, PROBABLY MAYBE PRE-BYPASS. WAS DELINEATED AS, HEY, HERE IS HOW YOU GET FROM HERE TO HERE, AND IT'S ON A MAP, SO PROBABLY BENEFITS STILL ON THEM. AND SO OUR THEORY, WHICH COULD BE RIGHT OR WRONG, IS THAT THAT DELINEATION A LOT OF TRUCK DRIVERS NOW ARE USING NAVIGATION LIKE THEY ALL ARE, AND SO IT'S LIKELY THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PRE-PROGRAMMED THAT PATH. SO, VIN'S BEEN WORKING ON HAVING THOSE… THAT DESIGNATION REMOVED, AND IT'S REALLY UNNECESSARY, AND, 65, HOPEFULLY, IS THEIR NEW… THEIR NEW ROUTE. IT WON'T… IT SHOULDN'T AFFECT DELIVERY TRAFFIC, OR IF YOU'RE COMING INTO LINKEDIN, TO SPI AND LIVE, YOU KNOW, JUST SO WELL. THE OTHER IDEA IS… WHEN WE ELIMINATE THAT, WE ALSO THINK THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD THAT, A LOT OF THOSE TRUCKS END UP ON, WHATEVER THE EXIT IS IN SHERATIVE, AND, TAKE OLD CITY 55 BACK DOWN THAT WAY, WHICH ACTUALLY WOULD BE BETTER FOR US, POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT… THERE'S ABOUT 9 STOPLIGHTS BETWEEN 7TH STREET AND LINCOLN, OR IT'S HIGHWAY 65. SO, WE WERE… OUR IDEA IS TO TRY THAT OUT, HAVE ANOTHER ANALYSIS DONE TO SEE IF THAT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE. IF IT DOESN'T, THE ONLY OTHER ALTERNATIVES ARE 3 REALLY, REALLY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE SEXUALLY BYPASSES. I'LL JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE NEED A 23 CENT SALES TAX TO BILL ANY OF THOSE. PROBABLY NOT REASONABLE. THE OTHER SOLUTION THAT WE'VE BEEN KICKING AROUND, AND WE WANT SOME COUNCIL DIRECTION ABOUT HOW FAR YOU WANT US TO TAKE THIS. IS TWO THINGS. ONE IS SOME MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE THAT SHOWS LAND WIDTH, SO MEDIUMS, ETC, AND OR… A CHANGING, AND WE HAVE TO WORK OUT THE INTERIOR OF THIS, A CHANGING OF PARALLEL PARKING ALONG LINCOLN BOULEVARD TO MORE OF A 45-DEGREE ANGLE, WHICH THEN, AGAIN, CHOKES PLENTY OF TRAFFIC. THERE'S SOME DOWNSIDES TO THAT, OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE BACKING UP INTO TRAFFIC. BUT, YOU KNOW, MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE TRIED THAT, AND IT'S… TRUCKS WILL STILL… TECHNICALLY BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE IT, IT JUST ENDS UP BECOMING SUCH A SLOWER AREA OF TOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, USUALLY PEOPLE WILL POINT IN. THEY'RE NOT HANGING OUT. SO THAT'S WHERE… THAT'S WHERE THAT SITS. YEP, PLEASE. JUST A LITTLE UPDATE ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT SEAN BROUGHT UP. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY TO TRY TO COORDINATE REPLACEMENT OF THOSE STAR ROUTE TRUCK SIGNS, SO THAT'S IN PROGRESS. WE WILL GET THOSE REPLACED. THOSE… THERE'S ABOUT 3 OF THEM THAT'S EXPORTED PONDS ON COUNTY PROPERTY, SO WE NEED THEIR ASSISTANCE. AND I REACHED OUT TO CALTRANS TO LOOK AT, STATE ROUTE 193, MAYBE BEING PARK DRIVE. AND CURRENTLY, WHEN THAT PORTION WITHIN CITY LIMITS WAS RELINQUISHED TO THE CITY. THE AGREEMENT REQUIRED THAT THE CITY KEPT THAT AS A TRUCKLOAD. SO, IT'S VERY… BASICALLY, WE CAN'T, BASICALLY. WE CAN'T VERY GOOD TRUST ON ENGAGING CONTRACT. NOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT MORE PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY AND MORE ACCESSIBLE THAT WOULD POSSIBLY DETER THE LOGGING TRUCKS FROM HEADING WEST ALONG 193. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS… MAKING WHOLESALE CHANGES TO LINCOLN BOULEVARD. THAT WILL REMAIN A LOCAL TRUCK ROUTE, AND BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF SPEI SIERRA PACIFIC. AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HALF THE TRUCK TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT. THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AS… NEED TO PRESENTED WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND COUNCIL WAS THAT, THEIR REROUTE OFF 65 WOULD BE A WISE ROAD. THAT WOULD BE THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION. BUT STILL, THE NORTH-SOUTH ALONG LINCOLN BOULEVARD WOULD STILL HAVE TO REMAIN TUNED. YEAH, WHEN WE GET BACK TO IT, YOU MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE TRY TO ENGAGE THE COUNTY, WHICH JURISDICTION THAT IS. PROBABLY THROW, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, IS THAT IT'S A… IT'S FINE FOR THEM TO GET OFF THERE. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A VERY LARGE TRUCK, YOU CAN'T STOP AT THE STOP SIGN AND NOT HANG IN TO THE TRAIN TRACK. SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE TOO… SHALLOW FOR THEM, SO THE SOLUTION WOULD PROBABLY BE MOVING THAT INTERSECTION AT Y'ALL 65 DOWN A BIT, EAST AND EASTERLY, SO THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM TO STOP AND MAKE THEIR RIGHT NEXT TURN. IT WOULD BE AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT, BUT, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THAT. SURROUNDING AREAS IN THAT AREA. SO, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE WE CONTINUE? OKAY. ALL-AMERICA CITY DESIGNATED. SO, WE DID APPLY THIS YEAR. WE PUT IT THE, THE, EVERY YEAR HAS A THEME, AND THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS, TRANSPARENCY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND, WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY DASHBOARD THAT WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF. IT'S A REALLY COOL TOOL THAT DOESN'T EXIST EVERYWHERE, AND WE THOUGHT, OKAY, IT'S NOVEL, IT'S INNOVATIVE. IT'S SUPER TRANSPARENT, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DOWN TO THE CHECKBOOK LEVEL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NO-BRAINER. SO WE WROTE IT UP, AND, SUBMITTED IT, AND, WHEN WE DIDN'T GET CHOSEN, AND IT'S A PRETTY COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND SO WE ASKED FOR A DEBRIEF, AND THE DEBRIEF WAS, LOOK, WE REALLY LIKE YOUR PRODUCT, IT'S AWESOME, BUT YOU GOT EDGED OUT ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE USAGE OF SAID TOOL IS NOT A SUPER… ASIDE FROM ERIC PERLIN AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS THAT MAYBE HAVE BEEN ON THERE, IT DIDN'T… OUR PAGE VIEWS WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT, AND I WAS JOKING WITH JOHN YESTERDAY THAT I WISH, IF I'D KNOWN THAT, I MIGHT HAVE HAD EVERY STAFF PERSON IN THE CITY JUST SORT OF REFRESH THAT PAGE, LIKE, I'M READY, YOU KNOW? BUT, YOU KNOW, FINE, LESSON LEARNED. WHAT OUR IDEA IS THAT, JUST BECAUSE YOU FAIL ONCE DOESN'T MEAN YOU STOP, AND SO OUR IDEA IS, DEPENDING ON WHATEVER THE TEAM IS NEXT YEAR, MAYBE GOING THROUGH A BIT MORE OF A, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EFFORT, WHERE, WE, YOU KNOW, SOLICIT INTEREST FROM PARTIES TO COME IN, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS HOW IT WORKED THE FIRST TIME THAT WE RECEIVED THE DESIGNATION, THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE PARTIES, I THINK ROGER WAS INVOLVED LAST TIME, ACTUALLY HELPED WRITE THAT. BECAUSE I THINK THE REVIEWERS PROBABLY WANT TO SEE IT MAY PLAY BETTER THAT IT'S A COMMUNITY APPLICATION MORE THAN JUST A BAD PEOPLE HERE WRITING IT. SO, WITH THAT SAID, THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T TECHNICALLY ON THERE, WE WENT ON KIND OF A WINNING STREAK OF… OF AWARDS DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. WE WON, JUST A LOT. WE WON AN ECONOMIC INNOVATION AWARD FROM THE CAREERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. WE WON, ONE FROM A FACILITIES, AWARDS PROGRAM. I THINK THERE WAS 4, ESSENTIALLY, THAT WON, OSTENSIBLY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK, AND ABOUT A 3-MONTH PERIOD. AND SO, IT WAS A REALLY NICE THING TO HAVE HAPPENED, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT REALLY WHY WE DO IT, IT IS NICE TO KIND OF CELEBRATE SOME OF THE GOOD WORK WE'VE DONE, AND IT HELPS US COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, LIKE, HEY, SOME OF THE THINGS WHERE YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING, FOLLOWING IT ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED, BY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. I THINK WE GOT REWARD ALSO, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY. KAREN, AND FOR TEAM MEMBER, SUBMIT MY NAME FOR AN AWARD WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. WEIRDLY. SECTOR CHAMPION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THEY KIND OF PRESENTED IN D.C, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE AN EAST COAST LEGEND NOW. YEAH, I DID NOT ATTEND SAID PRESENTATION, BUT THEY DID SEND ME THE AWARD, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT STARK HOLDER, SO… SO, THIS ONE, EARLY RESEARCH ON LLDS, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS AND IS ON THE SAME PAGE IN THE ROOM, LINCOLN HAS A KIND OF A TANGLED MESS OF LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING AND OTHER FACILITY DISTRICTS THAT PAY FOR SERVICES, PRIMARILY LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING, BUT ALSO A FEW OTHER THINGS IN VARIOUS DEVELOPED AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO'VE COME OVER IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. AND IF YOU SEE THIS IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, HOW YOU SET IT UP IN THE VERY BEGINNING MATTERS MOST MORE THAN… WHAT IF IT COMES LATER? BECAUSE YOU COULD BOX YOURSELF INTO PERFORMANCE. ONCE… IT'S TYPICALLY… THEY'RE TYPICALLY SET UP PRIOR TO HOMEOWNERS ALL MOVING IN. SO, THE AMOUNT IS KNOWN, THE ESCALATOR IS KNOWN, WHAT IT'S PAYING FOR IS KNOWN. WE HAVE SOME THAT DON'T HAVE ANY ESCALATOR. AND SO, AT SOME POINT, IT WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE FOR US TO DO THE ENGINEER'S REPORT TO LEVY THOSE FEES THAN IT WILL BE FOR US TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE FEES AND DO THE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE JUST FINANCIALLY UNDERWATER BECAUSE OF THE COST OF POWER AND THEIR AC. MAINTENANCE, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS A DIFFERENT STORY. THERE'S ALSO A DIFFERENT PROBLEM, WHICH IS THAT WE HAVE A CITYWIDE CMP. AND WE HAVE THE BIG… THAT'S INTENDED TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR REGIONAL FACILITIES, LIKE MCBEAN PARK, BOSKETT, THE THINGS THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST FOR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYBODY NEEDS THEM. AND ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT GOES INTO THAT CRP AND PAYS A SHARE INTO IT. PROBLEMS WITH THAT IS THAT, AREAS LIKE SUN CITY ARE NOT PARKED, AND THEY PRECEDED THEM. AND SO THE TOOL ENDS UP BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT, TO USE WHEN YOUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND A HUGE SECTION OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS NOT A CONTRIBUTOR. SO… WE HAVE HAD… WE'VE LOOKED AT IT INTERNALLY, WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT EXPERTS THAT WE WORK WITH ON CFDS THAT HAVE HELPED US TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SORT THIS. WE HAD SORT OF PAUSED THAT EFFORT, BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO MAKE A WHOLESALE CHANGE TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITHOUT GOING BACK OUT TO THE VOTERS AND SEEING WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO TO ADDRESS ADDRESS THAT. IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO SORT OUT, BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND, AMONGST SOME OTHER CHALLENGES WE HAVE, IS NOW IN SUBSIDY MODE OF MLDS. I THINK THIS BUDGET CYCLE, WE WERE PUTTING IN $1 MILLION? 1.2 MILLION? 1.3. 1.3 MILLION. SO, MEANING, ANY DEFICITS THAT EXIST IN THOSE AREAS IS BEING SUPPLEMENTED BY THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS A TERRIBLE PLACE TO BE. SINCE THE GENERAL FUND IS ALSO AN DEFICIT. YEAH. THAT WELL-DOCUMENTED PLAN. SO… SO WHAT TO DO. WHAT TO DO IS WE… NOW THAT THIS EFFORT, WHICH HAS BEEN… ALL-ENCOMPASSING. THE NEXT DEEP DIVE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN, OR AT LEAST A PATH FORWARD TO ADDRESS THOSE. THE ONLY OTHER SOLUTION FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE IN DEFICIT IS TO CUT SERVICES. AND, YOU KNOW, WENDY SAID SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY THAT I THINK IS REALLY TRUE, WHICH IS, WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH OTHER COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA, YOU THINK, YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY NICE PLACE, I'D LOVE TO LIVE FOR, OR THAT WOULD BE A NICE PLACE. IF I WAS YOUNGER, I'D MOVE THERE. THAT'S… THAT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT. LIKE, ALL OF THOSE PLACES YOU'RE ENDING UP RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE PAID FOR THAT. IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN. AND SO, CUTTING SERVICES TO AREAS, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE CROSSINGS, FOR EXAMPLE. REALLY NICE LANDSCAPING, YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY. THE SECOND THAT THE MAINTENANCE STANDARD REDUCES. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT IF THEY'RE LEAVING THE ROOM DEPARTURELY FOR ANOTHER REASON. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME TRUTH, BUT, SO THAT'S THAT. NOT A HUGE UPDATE ON THAT ONE. THIS ONE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT A BUNCH, KIND OF QUIETLY WALKED ONE IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT, THERE WAS… THE CITY LOOKED AT THIS… THE CITY HAS MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, EVEN DURING MY TIME, TRIED TO EXPLORE HOW TO GET OUT OF PG&E TERRITORY AND TRY TO BRING IN A DIFFERENT PROVIDER. AND WE HAD BEEN NOT CONTENT, BUT WE HAD DECIDED THAT WE WERE JUST GOING TO SORT OF WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS CASE THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO CITY AND BG&E. THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, AND… THEY'RE PURSUING EACH OTHER, AND IT'S BECOME A REALLY BIG DEAL, AND IT WILL… WHATEVER THE DECISION ENDS UP BEING IN THAT CASE WILL KIND OF DEFINE HOW CITIES CAN NAVIGATE THIS OR NOT IN THE FUTURE. AND IT'S UNCLEAR WHEN OR IF THAT IS EVER SETTLED. SO, THE WAY IT WOULD WORK TO GET OUT OF PG&E IS YOU CAN CALL PG&E, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PG&E ABOUT THIS, AND SAY, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US TO GET OUT OF YOUR TERRITORY INTO SOMETHING ELSE. AND WHAT PG&E WOULD TELL YOU FUN FACT, THEY ARE NOT AN ELECTRIC UTILITY OR GAS UTILITY PROVIDER. THEY ARE A GAS AND ELECTRIC TRANSITION PROVIDER. SO, THEY'RE… THEY'RE ABOUT ALIGNS TO YOUR HOUSE. AND, THEIR TERRITORIES, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO THEY DEFEND THEIR TERRITORIES VIGOROUSLY, AND RINGEN IS NOT A SMALL LITTLE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY LOSE MONEY, THEY MAKE MONEY HERE, AND SO THEY HAVE EVERY INCENTIVE TO TRY TO RETAIN IT. WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU'D ASK, OKAY, WHAT'S THE NUMBER, RIGHT? AND SO THEY WOULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF TRYING TO EVALUATE WHAT THE VALUE OF A IN-GROUND OR OVERHEAD INFRASTRUCTURE IS, AND THEY'D SAY, I'M MAKING THIS UP, IT'S A BILLION DOLLARS. TO GET OUT. SO THE WAY YOU DO IT, IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO, WERE MOTIVATED, IS YOU GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU'D HAVE TO VOTE FOR A BOND. BILLION DOLLAR BOND, AND, YOU PAY THEM OFF, AND YOU… THE ONLY… THE MATH ONLY WORKS IF YOUR NEW PROVIDER IS PROVIDING YOU A LOWER SERVICE THAT COVERS BOTH YOUR DEBT SERVICE AND THE POWER CONSUMPTION THAT YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL. AND I DON'T THINK THE MATH WORKS. I KNOW, THAT'S PART OF ME. FOR NOW, UNTIL THERE'S A BETTER PATH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING IS THIS CONCEPT CALLED SPOT DODS. THE IDEA IS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT VARIETY OF RDRP ISN'T NECESSARILY WHAT IT IS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T LOOK AT WAYS TO HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT AS ALTERNATIVES. AND SO, THE IDEA IS THAT, THERE'S A STUDY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE REVIEWING HOW WE MIGHT CREATE STANDARDS SO THAT WHEN… I THINK THOSE FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, NOT YET, SO IT'S THE UNITED STATES, IF WE GAVE THOSE STANDARDS THAT SAID, HEY, LOOK, IF YOU PUT IN THIS TYPE OF UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE ELECTRIC UTILITIES, THEY ALREADY DO THE FEEDING THEM. WE HAVE WORKED, YOU KNOW, I'M MAKING THIS UP, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET, BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH ANOTHER PROVIDER, A ROSEVILLE LAGARD, A SLIDE LETTER. TO COME IN AND SERVE THAT AREA. AND THERE IS A PROCESS THAT'S MUCH EASIER THAN JUST GETTING OUT OF BJV TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT ENCOURAGEMENT MODEL WHERE THAT'S OCCURRED ELSEWHERE, AND IT'S SAFE. AND SO, IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT'S A START, AND IT'S, THE DEVELOPERS, BY AND LARGE, REALLY LOVE THE IDEA, BECAUSE IF THEY CAN SPEND A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY AT THE BEGINNING TO PUT THEMSELVES UP OUTSIDE OF PG&E TERRITORY, PEOPLE WILL PAY MORE FOR THEIR HOMES, BECAUSE… YOU KNOW, MOST VOLUMETRIC, I THINK THEIR SHARE IS GENERALLY, LIKE, 40% BETTER. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S AT. IT'S STILL ONGOING. I THINK WE'RE KIND OF GETTING TO, LIKE, THE 70% COMPLETED RANGE, AND WE'LL HAVE A STUDY AND SOMETHING TO DISCUSS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION MOVING FORWARD. OKAY, ALMOST DONE, THEN I'LL SIT DOWN. OH, OKAY. SO… AARON AND DANIELA BROUGHT ON, SOME FACILITATORS WHO I THOUGHT DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, AND I'M PARTIAL TO GREG FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, SO APOLOGIES, BUT WE DIDN'T USE YOU ON THIS ONE. TO COME IN AND SPEAK WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ABOUT, CREATING, A MINI STRATEGIC PLAN, OR AN ACTION PLAN, AND A WORK PLAN BEHIND THAT. AND FROM MY OWN PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE OTHERS HERE THAT SHARE THEIRS. I THOUGHT THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. THE DISCUSSION WAS REALLY GOOD. IT FOCUSED THE EFFORTS. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT NEC THAT'S GREAT AND ALSO DIFFICULT SOMETIMES IS THAT, DEPENDING ON THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE RUNNING IN MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AT TIMES. AND OUR IDEA WAS TO HELP KIND OF FOCUS OUR RESOURCES AND EFFORTS, WHICH ARE NOT MADE TO THE THINGS THAT MATTER. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE YOU MAY NOT GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT OUT OF THE PLAN, BUT AT LEAST IT ORGANIZES OUR ONE CAN. THAT'S AVAILABLE, IF YOU'VE CHECKED ONE OF OUR PAST COUPLE MEETINGS, THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT COMPLETED AFTER THE FEEDBACK FROM EDC, AND THEN MOVING UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR FOR COUNCIL RATIFICATION. ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE DISCUSS A LOT IS FORESTS AND AGRIBUSINESS TOURISM. AND, WEIRDLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DISCUSSED HERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE, LIKE, SORT OF PROPANE THINGS THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT IT? AND WE'RE IN THIS MOMENT, FINALLY. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A HELL OF A LOT OF SENSE UNTIL VILLAGE 5 WAS ANNEXED TO REALLY MAKE A HUGE PUSH TO THIS, BECAUSE OUR FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS SERVED LINCOLN REALLY WELL. YOU KNOW, FOSCATE TO SOME DEGREE, HAS A REGIONAL POSITION. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE FACILITIES THAT CAN HOST MAJOR TOURNAMENTS AND BRING IN LOTS OF EXTERNAL PEOPLE TO… TO BE HERE AT LINCOLN, YET. BUT VILLAGE 5 DOES HAVE VERY LARGE, WHAT IS IT, NITA? 70 ACRES? 70-ACRE, AREA DESIGNATED AS AN ATHLETIC OR SPORTS COMPLEX. YEP, AND THAT WAS INITIALLY THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH AN AREA, STUDIED PROFESSIONAL SOCCER, BUT THAT IS NO LONGER A THING, BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT TOOK TO GET IN THERE. BUT THE AREA IS STILL SET ASIDE FOR THAT USE, AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION INTERNALLY ABOUT HOW SHOULD WE WHAT SHOULD WE PUSH TO HAVE THERE? SHOULD IT BE, I THINK WHAT WE'VE LANDED ON IS A ROBUST BASEBALL COMPONENT, BASEBALL-SOFTBALL COMPONENT, AND A ROBUST SOCCER COMPONENT. IT COULD BE THAT THERE'S OTHER INTERESTING THINGS IN THERE THAT WE COULD DO, BUT WE NOW FINALLY HAVE ORGANICS AND LAND THAT CAN BE A THING. SO THE DISCUSSION THAT HAS HAPPENED MORE RECENTLY IS, PBT HAS, OVER TIME, GIVEN US, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY SMALL LITTLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR PARKS TO IMPROVE MCGEE PARK, OR TO IMPROVE, BASKET. BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE HOTEL, AND WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING, IT MAY BE TIME FOR US, IT IS TIME FOR US TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH PDP AND OTHERS ABOUT NAMING RIGHTS FIELDS THAT CAN HELP US GENERATE ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE THIS BE OUR CENTERPIECE OF SPORTS TOURISM. HERE, THANK YOU. SO, MORE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD ON THAT. THAT'S REALLY KIND OF MATERIALIZED, MORE IN EARNEST HERE THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. THE DEVELOPED CITYWIDE MASTER CALENDAR, SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE, WHAT HAPPENS WITH EVENTS IN LINCOLN, WHICH IS SUPER NORMAL IN ALL CITIES, IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER, WE HAVE A FEW OTHER WAYS WE PUMP THE INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE REASONABLE DEADLINES THAT WE GIVE THE COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, NONPROFIT PEOPLE ARE JUST USUALLY DOING IT AS A SECOND GIG, AND DON'T HAVE TIME TO FOLLOW… ALWAYS FOLLOW THE DEADLINES, AND SO WE CONSTANTLY HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WERE SENDING US, OH, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE SPAGHETTI COOKOUT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SENDING IT TO US AT 6.30 ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER THE, YOU KNOW, NEWSLETTER'S GONE OUT, AND IT'S JUST NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE. SO, AT A CONFERENCE I WAS AT. I WALKED BY THIS BOOTH, AND A GENTLEMAN, HAS THIS SOFTWARE THAT HE SELLS THAT, BASICALLY IS A COMMUNITY CALENDAR, BUT THE COMMUNITY POPULATES IT. YOU, THE CITY, ON YOUR WEBSITE, HAVE SOME ABILITY TO, IF SOMEONE PUTS SOMETHING UP AGAINST IT, OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN… YOU KNOW, NOT PRIVILEGED, BUT GENERALLY, IT'S JUST SORT OF OPEN TO PEOPLE PUTTING UP THEIR EVENTS, AND SO… WE WANTED TO CHECK WHAT'S GOING ON. TO THIS WEBSITE, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S HARD. AND, HE GOES, WHAT DO YOU… YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, I'M GONNA TALK TO MY, IT DIRECTOR ABOUT THIS. HE GOES, WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE'S GONNA SAY? AND I SAID, SHE'S GONNA SAY NO. 100%. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE JEN IS A NO PERSON, IT'S NOT BECAUSE JEN DOES TRUST, AND IS VERY SERIOUS ABOUT OUR INTERNET AND, ELECTRONIC SECURITY. AND MORE THAN THAT, THOUGH… ON JEN'S FACE. LOOK ON YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA SAY THAT I'M BLACK. SHE'S SUPER SERIOUS ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE REASON. THE REASON IS THAT SHE'S LIKE, SHE'S LIKE THAT MOM WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, I REALLY WANT TO GET A PAIR OF LEVI'S, AND SHE'S LIKE, WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON LEVI'S, I'LL MAKE THEM FREE. AND, I WAS JUST AS GOOD. AND SO, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID WHEN I BOUGHT IT UP TO IT. IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE COULD JUST DO… SO, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, WE'RE HOPING TO ROLL THAT OUT WHEN WE HAVE A BIT OF DEBRIS, GET A LITTLE BETTER HERE OVER THE SUMMER, BUT IT'LL SET YOU… YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT HAVING THE SAME KIND OF CONCEPT, WHERE YOU CAN LOG IN. AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, OR ROTARY, OR WHATEVER, AND YOU CAN SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING OUR, REGULAR MEETING THIS TUESDAY, AND PLUG IT INTO THE CALENDAR, AND PEOPLE CAN GO CHECK THAT GROUP. COMMUNITY EVENTS, ETC. SO, I'M GONNA FINISH THAT, SELL IT. WELL, EVERYTHING THAT DAN MAKES, WE CAN SELL, HONESTLY. IT'S JUST FINDING THE PERFECT STUFF. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LATER, TOO, ABOUT SOME OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL EFFORTS THAT SHE'S HAD. THIS ONE WAS TAKEN, OBVIOUSLY BY OUR FIRE CHIEF, AND IT'S, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE TO DO ABOUT THIS. WHERE'S… YEAH. SO, WE GOT THE, KIND OF, NEW FIRE MAP ABOUT A YEAR AGO. WHAT WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THERE'S DRAWN AREAS, IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO US TO BE CONGRUENT WITH WHERE REAL FIRE RISK OCCURS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAD TO DO THIS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, SO OUR CONCEPT PROBABLY WAS THAT SOMEBODY LOOKS AT A GEO MAP AND JUST SORT OF FACE OUR WIND PATTERNS AND FEED THE GRASS. WHAT AREAS ARE HIGH RISK VERSUS WHAT ARE ALWAYS AT RISK. AND THERE ARE HUGE AREAS OF 12 BRIDGES, EVEN BACK TO BAKEFORD, A LOT OF THEM WITH ONE. MANY AREAS OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL THAT WERE COLORED RED, OR THE WORST POSSIBLE RISK LEVELS. SO WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT WHETHER, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE AREAS WERE COLORED IN THAT WAY, AND WERE PROBABLY FIELDS 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO, BUT ARE NOW FULLY DEVELOPED AREAS. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ESPLANADE IS ALL IN THAT AREA. WELL, ESPLANADE DOESN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF BRUSH OVER THE AREA. SO, WE LOBBIED SOME OF THAT. WHAT THE CHIEF DECIDED TO DO WAS USE IT TO COORDINATE, AGREEMENTS WITH STATE AGENCIES, OUTLIER IN PARTICULAR, TO BASICALLY CREATE, AN MOU THAT SAYS IF WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EVENT. YOU'RE GONNA COME IN WITHOUT CHARGING US. AND BRING ALL YOUR MONEY EQUIPMENT. YOU'RE GONNA BRING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA FLY THE PLANES OUT OF MCCLOUD. AND DROP, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO JACK DOWN THE FIRE. YOU'RE GONNA BRING IN THE HEAVY DOUGH ROOF, HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO HELP US MANAGE A MAJOR, MAJOR ISSUE LIKE THAT. HE TOOK IT FOR, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF, LOOK, THEY'RE GOING TO DESIGNATE THIS AREA, THERE MAY NOT BE MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN USE IT TO… ARRANGED FOR SOME, ESSENTIALLY, A FIRE INSURANCE POLICY, THAT IF WE EVER GOT IN THAT POSITION, WE COULD MARSHAL ALL THE RESOURCES AND NOT NECESSARILY EXPECT TO GET A HUGE BILL AS A RESULT OF THAT AFTER THE FIRE'S OVER. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE 12, YEAH, RIGHT HERE, 12 BRIDGES FIRE, WHICH CAME WITHIN I DON'T KNOW, 20, 30 FEET OF THE FIELD RIGHT THERE, AND COULD HAVE JUMPED JOINER. SO WE HAD 30 OR SO ENGINES IN AND AROUND THE AREA THAT ALL WORKED ON THAT AND STOPPED IT BEFORE IT AFFECTED THE PROPERTY. SO THAT ONE IS… WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MONITORING IT, BECAUSE THEY WILL CHANGE OVER TIME. WHAT WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, THOUGH, IS THAT IF THEY'RE COLORED IN AREAS, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE EFFECT YET, BUT WE'RE CONCERNED THAT YOUR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE POLICIES END UP PUTTING PEOPLE IN A ROUGH SPOT, WHERE THEY RAISE PREMIUMS, OR THEY CANCEL IT ALL. OKAY, AWESOME. THIS, IS COMPLETE. WHAT WE'VE… CATHERINE AND I DECIDED TO DO WAS, THE COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED THE RENOVATION OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY DOWNTOWN. AND THE MODEL THAT MAY END UP BEING THERE MAY NOT BE LIBRARY RELATED, IT MAY BE SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO, CATHERINE ATKINS ARE WORKING ON… SHE FEELS VERY STRONGLY, AND I THINK SHE'S RIGHT, THAT WE, AT SOME POINT, DO NEED TO HAVE A LIBRARY PRESENCE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SHE WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CARNEGIE HAD ITS CONSTRAINTS AS IT RELATES TO MODERN LIBRARY SERVICES, AND SO THERE MAY BE OTHER AREAS OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR A LIBRARY LOCATION THAN WHAT WE'RE INTO THAT RIGHT NOW. SO WE DECIDED TO, INSTEAD OF JUST RUNNING THROUGH FACILITY NEEDS. SINCE WE HAVE REALLY NO MONEY FOR THOSE AT THE MOMENT ANYWAY, WAS TO FOCUS MORE ON LIBRARY SERVICES, AND SO THE, NOW, DO YOU REMEMBER, THEY WERE XLOS. CONSTRUCTION, DECONSTRUCTION, OR… CONSTRUCTION? CONSTRUCTION, STRUCTURE. THEY BROUGHT IN A LIBRARY EXPERT TO LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS. AND, AND THE TRANSIT SERVICES THEY PROVIDE HERE AT THE LIBRARY, AND GIVE US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE APPROVE THOSE, AND WHAT TO DO WITH THE GAP IN SARAH COLLEGE FUNDING THAT IS NOT GOING. BY THE WAY, SIMON. AND THE COUNCIL RECEIVED THAT REPORT A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO. THEY HAD SOME INTERESTING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I THINK MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE TO, REVIEW DURING BUDGET TIME, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THE MEASURE IS SUCCESSFUL AT SOME POINT. IT WILL CREATE SOME ROOM FOR THE LIBRARY TO, TO HOPEFULLY EXPAND THE GROUP SERVICES HERE. OKAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'VE GONE ON FOR, BUT IT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME. AND, I THINK I ADDRESSED EVERY SINGLE ONE, SO UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON ONE, OR SOMETHING I DIDN'T MENTION, I'LL JUST SIT DOWN AND GET BACK TO YOU. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, THANKS, SEAN. MAYOR, DO WE WANT TO PUSH INTO YOUR, DISCUSSION NOW, OR DO WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK? I WILL POINT OUT THAT DAN RILEY, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT EXTRAORDINAIRE, MADE A HERCULEAN AND SUPERHERO EFFORT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PASTRIES AND FRUIT NOW THAT LITTLE ROUND COUNT. WE'LL THEN ASK, OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC AND ASK THEM FOR THEIR FEEDBACK, COMMENTS, OR FOR WHATEVER YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT. SO, WITH THAT, JOHN? SO, I DIDN'T HAVE STAFF PREPARE FORMAL STUFF BECAUSE, EVERYBODY'S SO DEEP INTO THEIR WORK HERE, I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR EACH PERSON TO SHARE ONE OR TWO AND GET A LITTLE THANKS FOR WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I'M GONNA GO AROUND THE ROOM, PROBABLY ONLY NEED A COUPLE MINUTES FROM EACH OF YOU, BUT IF YOU COULD SHARE SOME PROJECT OR INITIATIVE THAT MAY BE GOING ON IN YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT MAYBE ISN'T SOME… THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S ON THIS LIST, BUT NONETHELESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE I DID CALL THEM MAKES… IT HELPS TO HELP FRAME, SORT OF, THE CAPACITY OF WHAT EVERYBODY'S, HANDLING RIGHT NOW, AND THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, JUST SORT OF BEHIND THE SCENES ARE SUPER IMPORTANT, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT THOROUGHLY… KIND OF ITEMS. SO, I WANT TO PICK ON THE RETIREE. AND MATT, AND ALSO, ZACH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUMP IN, YOU WANT TO SHARE ABOUT SOME THINGS, A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH PD THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT BE… LAY OUT THERE, BUT SHE'LL REPORT TO YOU GUYS. SURE. THAT'S FINE. SO, SEVERAL THINGS RIGHT NOW IN THE TONE OF THE DEPARTMENT IS WE'RE WRAPPING UP A LOT OF LONG-TERM PROJECTS, THINGS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN NOT DEPENDENT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. WITH A LOT OF THE INTERNAL TURNOVER THAT WE HAVE HAD, AND THE RETIREMENT OF DATSON JOHNSON BRINGING OUT THAT NEED. WE INTENTIONALLY, OUR LAST FACILITY TO START GETTING NEW, AND I WAS STARTING TO CLOSE OUT THINGS WRONG. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID HAVE GOING ON. WE'VE DONE THE AP TRACK REPORT, WHICH IS THE EXACT REPORT SETTING, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SHORT, LONG-TERM SERVICE DELIVERY, SOME SORT OF THAT. ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS REORGANIZATION, THAT IS PROPER MANAGE STRUCTURE, AND, SEPARATION OF DUTIES. A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IS TO DO MORE WITH US, AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT, BUT WE'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST BLOWN A LOT OF THINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO CONVERT A, THIRD POSITION INTO A LIEUTENANT POSITION, SO NOW WE HAVE A SUPPORT LIEUTENANT, AN OPERATIONAL TENANT OVERSEEING BOTH DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE SEPARATING OUT DISPATCH AND RECORDS SUPERVISOR, MODEL. STEVE, WHO'S A PROJECT SUPERVISOR, JUST… PUBLIC RECORDS HAVE BEEN SO… HAVE BECOME SO COMPLEX, YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO JUST HAS AN EXPERTISE IN THAT TO… THAT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO RELEASE THINGS, DELETE, RE-RELEASE, KEEP US OUT OF HOT WATER, AND THINGS OF EXCEL, AND, BEING ABLE TO JUST PROCESS RHETORICS THE RIGHT WAY, AND BE… SEEMINGLY MONITORING NEW MANDATES OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REPORT AND REPORT ON, WE NEED SOME… WE JUST FOCUS ON THAT IN WHATEVER SETTING, AND THAT IS GETTING STARTED. THE DISPATCH SIDE, IT JUST SEEMS SO COMPLEX AND BUSY, AND… INVOLVED. WE NEEDED SEPARATE MATERIALS. SO, PRIMARY SUPERVISOR POSITION WILL BE POSTED, IT'S GONNA SIT OUT THERE FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS, AND THEN START THE INITIAL BILL. SOME LONG-TERM PROJECTS, CIP PROJECTS, THERE ARE PARKING LOT EXPANSION, AND THAT SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP. EVIDENCE FROM CONSTRUCTION IS NOT DONE AND NOT BEING CLOSED OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY IT THERE. ANOTHER MAJOR THING THAT WE ARE… I THINK MOST OF THE FINISHING UP IS REALLY CLEARING UP OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT AND HOW WE HANDLE THE COMPLAINTS, HOW WE HANDLE FIRM INVESTIGATIONS, HOW WE HANDLE, JUST BEING PROFESSIONALS AT OUR JOB. KATHY, WORKED IN THAT LINE OF WORK FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS, SO WE'RE EXACTLY WHAT I WAS DOING WITH THIS. SO, HE WAS THE BREATH, THE PRESSURE THAT WE NEEDED, BUT THE EXPERTISE. KNOW HOW TO DO WHAT WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO DO, AND… REALLY INFORMALIZE THE WAY THAT WE HOLD OUR PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, CHILDREN WRAPPING UP OUR EXPERIENCE HANDLED THINGS CORRECTLY. SO THAT'S… WE'RE DOING IT, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON FORMALIZING OUR DOCUMENTATION AND POLICY CONTENT, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. AND FINALLY, THE LAST, REALLY BIG PROJECT WE WERE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON IS A PRODUCT CALLED PEREGRINE. IT'S A SOFTWARE PRODUCT THAT INTEGRATES, WASTE PRODUCTS IN THE REGION, AND IT'S, THAT WE'RE DATA SHARING, BUT, IT'S SHARING, MORE OF, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ON THE PRIVATE INFORMATION, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AND JUST ARRANGING ALL OF THESE, SILO OF DATA CENTERS THAT ALLOWED THEM TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, AND… YOU KNOW, NECESSARY BURGLARS, WHEN YOU GET THAT INFORMATION TO SEE IF PERHAPS OUR INFORMATION.