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In compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act of 1975, adequate notice of this meeting has been provided. If any member has reason to believe that this meeting is being held in violation of this act, they should so state so at this time. Say not pledge of allegiance,

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please. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Roll call please. Dave

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>> Mike. Yep. >> Councilman Bonner >> here. Gretchen. Kim. Barbara >> present. >> Sarah >> here. >> Randall >> here. >> Jennifer >> here.

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>> Tony Rose >> here. >> John >> here. >> Charlotte >> here. >> Justine >> here. >> And myself. All righty. Uh we have minutes of uh

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March 24th, 2026. Motion to approve those minutes. >> I'll make the motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Okay.

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Old business planning report. Uh we don't have a meeting tonight. Um our last meeting was a couple weeks ago. We had one basically one application. It was La Mer Hotel. We uh previously they

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had applied for uh a seasonal uh approval to build a new event room or wedding area inside the complex and it was approved. Uh subsequently they've

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timing has been off. So they've had they wanted to have an extension and they also wanted to have it so they could have it year round and there was a discussion about it and we we approved that uh they have other things going on.

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They're going to be doing uh tearing down actually one of the wings completely and and redoing that from scratch. U they also have some litigation going on about sight and air easement from one of the neighbors. I'm not sure where that stands, but uh that

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was the extent of that application. Uh and we don't have a meeting for tonight. Steve, you have you want to say something? >> Yeah. Um just a a couple I guess updates as well on on different matters. So, the the bike and pedestrian bridge uh being

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proposed between uh Grant and First Avenue, the um the the application package has been um has been submitted um for the permits. Um just a a couple of events that just happened over the

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past uh couple weeks. On April 11th, the blessing of the waters took place. It was really nice um ceremony that took place up at the um at the memorial. Mark Allen always does a really really fine job as far as mcing

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the proceedings and um nice it was a nice turnout for it. Um you know it's a solemn as it should be. Um but it was really good to see a lot of people from the community um you know being uh participating at the um at that

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remembrance ceremony. Um, additionally, last uh I guess on the 24th uh just last week, there was a two dedications in Lafayette Street Park regarding uh two different trees. One um on Arbor Day,

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the there was a Liberty Tree dedication um another nice ceremonial memorial tree. Um a lot of the kids came out from the elementary school as well and participated in the um in that dedication of that tree. So, it was a

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that was a nice event. And in addition, there was another dedication that day as well in the park. Um, a tree was dedicated to Jay Shatz. Um, Jay's done so much for Kate May over the years. Um, he's been on Sha Tree Commission I I think over 40 years, which is just

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incredible, you know, dedication for service to the community. So, he was there, Jay was there, his family was there. Um, and it was really was a great Kate May moment. Um, you know, to that to be able to participate in the

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dedication for him to be there for that as well. So, um, that took place on the 24th. Um, a couple of the things I'll just mention that are forthcoming. The native plant sale is taking place on May 2nd. Gretchen's not here. I know that she would not be real happy with me if

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somebody didn't at least mention the native plant sale that's going to be taking place at the nature center. Um, so for folks that are listening in, uh, great opportunity to be able to purchase plants and also to rely on some really stellar knowledge um, from folks who

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know Kate May as far as what grows here and how to take care of plants as well. Um, so hope people participate in that. Um Justine, I'm not going to take away your thunder because I know you're going to be talking about the climate school today, but I just want to mention that on May 5th, you're going to be

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presenting to city council um on uh on improving water sustainability in Kate May and discussing the Kate uh the Columbia University research projects. So, this is um this has been something we've been talking about as far as being able to do

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this presentation for a while. Candidly, I'm very excited and looking forward to the fact that you're presenting and really appreciate as well that that you will be presenting on the on the on the 5th. So, welcome everybody here to come and attend that or watch by way of the live stream. And again, thanks Justine

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in advance. I really appreciate it. Um, on that same day, >> there's going to be a presentation by the Jacob Jones Memorial Committee on their latest proposal as well. So, there's going to be uh two presentations before city council that day. So, um

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obviously it's a it's a project that has um there's been a lot of discussion, a lot of hard work. I know that's been done by by the committee members. Um, and John, I'm not going to take away your thunder either because I know you'll be talking more more about that, but um, we're

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looking forward to the presentation to city council as well as I know you have done an a public forum, but it's an opportunity for everybody in the city at a city council meeting to come and hear more about that project if they have not already heard um about the latest

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proposal. Um, two other matters I'll mention real quick. I promise Mike I'll be quick. Um May 8th is the 5K run. The the run through history. It takes place beginning and end at or begin begins and ends in Lafayette

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Street Park. Registration is still open. It'll take runners and walkers uh throughout Kate May past a number of historic uh and noteworthy areas in in Kate May. Um U Street, down Franklin Street. Um

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among other locations and past some significant um historic structures in town as well. So registration is still open for that race, right David? So on runsignup.com people can register for that uh for that run or again you could

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walk if you choose to. Um on May 13th are the historic preservation award is the historic preservation award reception taking place at the shaont. I um at that time

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folks that have contributed to historic preservation are going to be recognized as well as those that own historic structures but also have contributed to the community. Um I've I've down is that 7 to 900 p.m. John >> 7 to 9 or seven awards given

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>> seven awards given. So it's going to be an exciting time and it's going to be first I think first time with this something is kind of coming together with this type of energy. So it's going to be an exciting exciting uh project um or evening. Look forward to being there

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for that. And the last item I'll mention is that on May 20th is the citywide open house. Um I know we have talked about that, but again that's going to be at convention hall from 5:00 p. p.m. to 700 p.m. So there's a lot going on in Kate

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May in May. Uh we've broken the seal for the season. And um you know what's also exciting is a lot of the items that I just mentioned really are related to what we do here on the on the environmental commission. um as and it

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just so they're going to be gonna be great events. So, thank you Mike. I appreciate it. >> Uh while you're mentioning that city open house, Justine will be are you actually going to presenting something or is it just going to be beginning? >> It's essentially a twominut overview,

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>> okay, >> of what the environmental commission is and its mission, what it functions to do. >> All right. So that's so that's between five and seven and she's going to start that meeting. But now for the probably every commission or

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committee is going to be presenting something. So maybe 5:30 they're all going to break out. Everybody's going to have an individual table. And so if anybody wants to show up, you can really would like to have you there to help Justine or whoever whoever you

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want to just see what everybody does. 5:30 is on that May 20th. Be nice just to show up. And it'll be good. I mean, I I'm going to be there probably for the planning board, but I'll just nice to be around and you can help out whatever you need. >> We just don't know how many people will

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be in attendance. So, you know, there could be no one lined up to speak to the EC or there could be 10 people. And so, just having another person at the table with me would be great >> just in case. >> It' be nice if just just think about it and just show up and just see what

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everybody else is doing. Hopefully there'll be a lot of people there, but we'll see. >> I agree with Mike and Justine. I think again, we don't know what it's going to going to be um because we the first time we've done an open house in this manner. So, um everybody's certainly welcome and

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actually would appreciate it if you if you did come to chance to participate and meet some other people in Kate May and um help answer their their questions. >> Paul was here, but he stepped out for a minute. So, John wants to present a

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short 10-minute uh presentation on the Jacob Jones project. So, about 10 minutes, we're just going to sit and let him talk. >> Okay. >> He's got this by Let's do Paul. Paul, while you're here, you can whatever you want to say. >> Uh

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everybody >> Paul Dietrich, our city manager. So, he'll whatever he wants to talk about, we can. >> Yes. So, just to kind of give you uh a lot of our projects are kind of getting in the swing or finishing up. So, we you know, uh Harborview Park, it looks like

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it's not doing a lot, but it's like a lot hiding behind the dirt piles, so to speak. So, they're rebuilding the uh boardwalk section along the the harbor itself. They have some of the foundations set for the um new pavilion, some of the seating. So,

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>> what is that circular thing there? So that that's so it is a seat wall. So to the I'll say the the north side of that wall will be part of the burm. >> Okay. >> And then down below there'll be seating >> below that. >> Okay.

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>> So kind of there's a lot of different elevation change. A couple different types of seating involved in that and stuff like that. Um because of the site is kind of a little awkward to get to. I'm looking at um I have a police department going out and taking drone

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photos. So I may be posting kind of maybe on a every other week basis put it on our city project site just so that kind of people can see the update and progress as it moves forward from that standpoint. Um

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>> does it have a completion date? >> We are mid June, late June. We're we're I think we're it's going to be tough. I mean, there's some there's a couple pieces that we're still waiting to get a a

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delivery date on, but I think we're we'll have the majority of the park ready and open. And there may be like one piece that we might have to wait till fall or something like that later, but I think we'll officially dedicate it and open it probably in late June. >> Cool.

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>> That's the hope. Uh the Prominade Preservation Project, um you've probably saw that they got the whole surface paved. Um, >> my bike likes that. >> Your bike likes that. Everybody likes it. Um, towards the end of May, uh,

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we'll be painting the surface coating similar to that gray color that's underneath the arches. Um, it's going to look better than what was at the arches because when Public Works did that a couple years ago with the arches, they did it real quick. one coat, the new

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one's going to have a thicker coating of it, so it'll have a better appearance and um it'll last. So, it does provide about 20° of cooling, you know, if if you know, if you compare the temperature between the unpainted and the painted

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asphalt surface. Um so, the temperature it does really help out from a temperature perspective. Uh we are putting out to bid that it was advertised on Monday the water treatment plant phase one a >> back to the pron are they done now all

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the masonry along the uh the the street side >> on the street side yes we were done all the masonry >> and why all the different elevations >> so so >> it looks like different elevations but I guess it's >> so there are I mean what what really has

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what changes across the elevation is really the street level. >> Now we there was a section yes I think it was from Queen down to almost Jackson that we raised the elevation by 1 foot from what it was previously. So yes it is we we increased the height in that

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section um by one foot but most of the height that was the only height change difference from that perspective. Um, where was I going to? Prominent preservation >> water treatment.

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>> Oh, the water treatment plant. Sorry. Um, water. So, the water treatment plant um was going out to bid for phase one. Uh, we'll be probably talking later uh this during the summer towards the end of the year in how that overall

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project will affect uh water rates. I'll be working with Justine and kind of using some of the, you know, the stuff that the Columbia University proposal talked about, you know, getting more information out about um how the water rates are created and stuff like that

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and more public education. So, we're going to kind of combine the outreach of, you know, the new water treatment plant with some of that educational input that the uh that capstone project did um that I think will tie it all together and bring it back forth. And

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I'm sure you've seen >> all bonded and funded. >> It is not all bonded. This phase is bonded. So, so it's essentially we're breaking it down into four phases. Um, we're constructing phase 1 A this year. We're starting it this year. Um,

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phase 1B, which would be the actual desalinization equipment, the the RO trains that the reverse osmosis trains, uh, they probably won't be funded. uh they're we're hoping to get $9.5 billion dollars uh funding for that project uh

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from the Army Corps and that would be uh in the federal fiscal year 2028. So if you kind of think about it, we're the budget that was adopted like in October, if you say the budget was adopted, I don't know. Um that was the

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2020 six fiscal year budget. The budget coming up up at towards the end of this year in October would be the 27 budget. So, we're talking about the federal budget that would be approved in really the the fall of 2027, which is the

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federal 2028 budget. And it would be about this time in 2029 that we would look to be able to start procuring the procurement process. once

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Congress gets it all signed off and by the time it falls down to the Army Corps. So that would be that. Um probably next year around this time we'll be going out for phase two of the project. It's kind of out of phasing but this is how we broke it out for terminology would be the iron removal

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phase. um which the iron removal is a really key component to the project because it allows us to um treat some of the water out of some of the wells that do not need desalinization reverse

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osmosis. So we can, you know, it it become a more cost-effective way to treat some of our water that we can get from some of the upper upper aquifers that have not become a higher level of salinity in them.

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So police station building set the first or I'll say the the second floor deck on the police station building that moving that building is moving pretty good. should be we'll be talking about opening that building about this time next year.

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>> Paul, can you just give it can you give an update on um the lead pipe uh >> so lead pipe project there was a hiatus in that project because we were we were applying for a D grant to fund that project. Uh that grant money has now

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been awarded. So I think we we still have to push some buttons but that the people that have signed up with uh to participate in that project which in talking with Delasio associates um the outreach from the city of the people

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that wanted to participate in that project was tremendous. So I want to say thank you to all of our residents that you know volunteered and wanted to be part of that project. you can still go online and uh you know ask to be part of that project. But we're hoping that you

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know by midsummer that they'll be back in focus and reaching out to people which is kind of almost better because more people are down so it'll be easier for people to get access uh to to do the uh investigation. But uh we'll know more

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as the summer goes through. So, just to follow up on that, people that had signed up before because I think there was outreach several months ago and if they they're they're on a list. >> They're on a list and they will be contacted. You don't don't worry, they did not forget about you. It's just

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they're just waiting to so that you know there's only so much work that they could do without getting paid. So, I think everybody can appreciate that. Um, so, uh, now that they have the funding sources getting back closer to being awarded, they'll be able to, uh,

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start that project back up again. >> If anybody's has any questions for me about what's >> anything on the prominant extension and all, is there a timeline on that? Uh if you can tell me when the federal government is going to get back to work and can FEMA can send me a letter

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saying, "Hey, City of Cape May, here's a >> that $22 million >> that 24 little 24 million and change that uh the congressman has said that you know, I mean, we've gotten at least verbal approval that yes, that the you know,

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before the Secretary of Homeland Security left, she signed the authorization for the project that we know we think we believe that

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has been done but we don't know if that has been communicated from the department of homeland security to FEMA headquarters to be able to funnel down it's somewhere between the secretary's desk >> at definite yet

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>> well I'm going by congressman said that that was signed so we can I'm going on the presumption that he didn't make that announcement without having some assurances that it was signed. But it's just an, you know, at that point the bureaucrats get a hold of it and it it's

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got to make its way, >> you know, it's it's you. So, think about it's got to go from headquarters of Department of Homeland Security to the headquarters at FEMA. Then it has to go to the region in New York City for our region FEMA

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headquarters. so that the project manager can send the city a letter saying yes, you can move forward with the project. >> How does that tie into the core project down at the end, the 200 by 200 foot? >> So totally separate. So

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>> separate. >> It's kind of separate. The Army Corps project is kind of is moving independently because they already have their author authorization. They already have their money and they're moving ahead. >> Okay. what what we're going to run into. I wanted

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our project to be out to bid at the same time their projects out to bid so that I hopefully can get one contractor and it's the same contractor so that we share in the mobilization costs and and all of that startup costs and not have a Now granted if their project goes first

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it's going to have a good better likelihood that they're going to that contractor is going to be pretty aggressive in bidding on our project. which which isn't in a bad thing because that way maybe they can throw more of the mobilization costs on the federal

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project and then it's going to be cheaper for them to build on our project. So >> I know one of the one of the property owners here is very happy that Illinois Avenue is paved. >> Yes. Well, that's that is just base paving. That's not final. I get it. But it's just um now just just as a

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reminder, so the anticipation for that seaw wall project, if it gets moving, if we put it out to bid and we start the project in the fall, it's probably an 18-month construction project. So anytime I'm talking to residents, especially on East End towards Poverty

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Beach, there's going to be a block or two or a section that is going to have construction during the summer of 2027. there's going to be impacts during the summer. Um, we'll try to minimize them. Probably try to close down no more than

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I'll say two beach entrances at a time, but there's going to be impacts for those residents down there at DAT. >> Grand scheme of things, it's a good thing. >> Grand scheme of good thing. Um, and then the other thing regarding Poverty Beach, if you've been down this last bit of weather, we had create a lot of erosion.

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So, Poverty Beach is in real bad shape uh beachwise. Um, if you've followed the congressman's announcement that New Jersey was getting $99 million worth of beach funding, if you looked at the list of towns, you might have noticed one

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town was not included in that list. Yes, that was Kate May City. >> Um, so we have to wait to the federal we've been told. Uh, I had Commander Lee at the Coast Guard base reached out to her cohorts at the Army Corps and and

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it's slated in their work plan to be budgeted in the fiscal year 2027, which means that it'll be in 2028 that we might get um funding. I'm hoping that they can slide

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it in this in in fiscal year 27 so that we can maybe for next year's summer Coast Guard. They didn't they have a whole bunch of money proposed to to upgrade that base? >> So there Yeah, they've got like $440 million. Yeah, there there's the Coast

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Guard spending $440 million. That's a lot of money in upgrades at that base. Um >> timeline on that? Any idea? Is that >> it's already started? >> Okay. >> Yeah, they've got projects already started. I know >> they purchased down in Birmingham another campus for the Coast Guard.

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>> It will not I mean I was waiting to make that announcement at sorry, >> the council meeting, but that is not going to be a Coast Guard recruit training center. Really? >> Yeah. They have training centers all over the country, you know, for different types of training. Um,

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so that that new base in Birmingham is from what I my understanding is not going to be used for re I'll say the recruit training that we have here at KMA Trac. Is any of that money being used for the housing for the guard or is it

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>> Yeah, that's there's a good portion for Yeah, that's part the I don't know how much of it's using I'll say the off base housing if you're talking about it's I think it's more for the barracks on base. I don't know,

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but I know most of it, a lot of it's they're they've got a new barracks, new uh fire station, new gymnasium, a lot of different facilities. >> So, carrying that out over towards the beach, Poverty Beach. Is that area that has that been impacted there with the

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Coast Guard or Yeah, that >> Yeah, their beach gets hit worse than ours. >> If you can picture the Coast Guard base, it goes all the way out to the to the ocean >> on Poverty Beach, right? Yeah, that that's just an extension of Poverty Beach. And >> I walked my dogs there one time and I

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got >> You can only walk so you can only walk so far. >> I got stopped by some of the Coast Guard people. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. You go past the beach club, you can't walk much past the beach club. Not for long. >> Yeah, you won't be able to walk down there. >> My dog saved me. >> No, they'll stop you.

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>> Uh, anybody else have any questions for Paul? >> Just um two things real quick. First off, um, regarding you mentioned Poverty Beach, um, their beach cleanup at Poverty Beach was just last week. It was a very successful cleanup. I just want

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to say thank you to the boarding house. Thank you to Chad. David, thank you as well for being uh, involved in that and public works. So, really appreciate public works coming out and participating in that. >> So, um, I know there's another beach cleanup scheduled. I don't have the date

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right in front of me. I want to put you on the spot, David, but um we have we have them every month at different beaches, and I know it's posted on our website as far as where the beach cleanups are located. Um so, I know you

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you indicated there were a number of people had shown up for it, which I thought was fantastic for uh it wasn't an unpleasant day, but it was still a cloudy, blustery day midweek in April. And to get what, you know, a dozen 14 people like cleaning up the beach is

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just is just great. So that was really really good to see. >> Yeah. >> Um and like I said, appreciate public works being out there and working, you know, to uh with everybody to help get that done. >> Um last >> item, you went through a whole list of projects. Really appreciate that, Paul.

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Um Lifeguard Headquarters. Could you touch on that just for >> lifeguard headquarters if you're not doing anything this Friday, May 1st, 4:00, uh we'll be doing the ribbon cutting for the lifeguard station. They're out there just doing some final cleanups, touching up the little paint

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where it's not painted, where it got scuffed up, and uh they're moving stuff in. And uh finally, we'll have proper adequate comparable facilities for both the male and female guards. And um bless you. And uh you know, everybody that's

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been taking a little sneak peek in there, they've been real happy. And a couple of female guards were down last weekend and got in there and looked at and they were just like shocked and amazed of, you know, the facilities that they're going to have now, which uh it's it's really great. And I got to really thank the contractor. you know, he it

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was a really harsh winter um to uh work in outside and they worked through all that real blustery, cold, freezing weather to keep on schedule so that they could have this building open up for uh for us for the season. So, >> I got I got to thank council council I

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got to thank council that you know they >> it was a very tight schedule and you know they allowed me to do some things to uh get that project moving and underway. Um so they fasttracked some things and that allowed me to you know

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allowed us to get it done uh for the season. Otherwise it was going to have to be another season. So it all worked out well. >> Okay. >> Oh and the solar panels will be going back up. The solar panels aren't up on the building. They are coming back. We council authorized a change order of

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$21,000 to reinstall those uh the solar panels back up on the roof. >> Okay, good. >> Like your matching shirts, by the way. >> Actually, and I do have one other thing. We're going to be making a presentation in later

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in June, I think. Um, we've been working with Elangy Electric on energy efficiency and um, they had a consultant come down and and really worked with us in creating set points for our um, HVAC controls and lighting controls and uh,

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and in just a two week period in March we save 14% of our electric usage compared to last um that same period last year. Uh so they're going to do a more comprehensive month and a halflong

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uh analysis and then we're hoping in uh the early part of June to be able to make a presentation at council to show you know how much energy savings we had in May. And uh you know >> that's fantastic. We're really po, you know, really excited to see that just

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changing the controls and making sure that, >> you know, everything is, you know, kind of tempered down and, you know, you don't need to run those HVAC controls and your lighting, you know, when nobody's in the building. Um, and, uh, you know, that really, you know, 14%,

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it doesn't sound like a lot, but at the rates that we're paying for electricity, you know, if we can cut our electric bills even 10% over the entire year, that's going to be good news for us. You look at our monthly bill lists, you realize that 10% is it's not a small

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amount of money. >> At the end of the year, it's not going to be a small number. >> Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, Paul. >> Thanks, everyone. >> Uh, ongoing commissioning is important. >> Yeah. >> All right. So, John's going to give a short presentation on the

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Jacob Jones project. >> 10 minutes. Yeah, >> it'll be 10. So, Steve asked me if I'd make this presentation today. So, you may recall the last time we presented the city council was um last August prior to this iteration. Um and that was when we were looking at the Poverty

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Beach location or in proximity to Poverty Beach. Well, that led us to totally scrap everything we had been thinking and start over. It was a page one rewrite. Spent most of October, November, and December um redesigning. And we presented this latest iteration

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in a 30inut presentation on April 15th, about two weeks ago. So, what you're about to see is a a 30-minute presentation condensed to 10 or less. So, the first and most importantly, this this project is entirely funded by a 501c3 nonprofit organization and other

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donations. We do have a uh website that you can go and visit for updated information you can see at the bottom of this slide. So, really quickly, historically, on December 11th of 1941, Germany declared war on the United States. That was only 4 days after Pearl Harbor. Within nine weeks on February

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28th, 1942, the Jacob Jones destroyer was sunk right off the coast of Kate May. This was part of the Nazi yubot campaign to eliminate supply ships reaching Europe from the United States. But this was the first US naval vessel in the Battle of the Atlantic to be sunk

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by those Ubot. And it was used as heavy propaganda in Nazi Germany to validate their campaign what which they called operation drum beatat. 138 officers and crew members were or lost their lives. The their bodies are

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still at the wreckage site. They were never retrieved. There were 11 survivors who were treated at the U or at the um Naval Air Station which is now the Coast Guard base. So this will be the first memorial of its kind anywhere in the United States. What we've found is that there are no memorials to a single ship

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that was sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic. There is one overarching memorial at uh Battery Park City in Manhattan and one little plaque that we found at a small site up in Maine. And it's also going to not only memorialize

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and honor those 138 crew members, but it's also intended to honor the hundreds of other US sailors that were that lost their lives in the Battle of the Atlantic. And there was this is of national significance. One could argue that it was the most important event um to occur of national import in Kate May.

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It made headlines all across the United States, including of course the Philadelphia Inquir. But note the date, March 4th. This was 6 days later. The the US Department of Defense was very concerned about the panic that this attack would raise on the east coast of

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the United States. It made headlines in Boston, Chicago, New York, LA, um pretty much every city in the United States and also really small towns such as North Dakota. These are just a few of the dozens of newspapers that we found. So given that, one could argue that this

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was the most important national event to occur in Kate May really creates what we believe is a strong argument for its location right here. And even though Kate May is so much known for its Victoriaana, this

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event in 1942 expands in many ways the period of significance. And given that Kate May is the only national historic landmark district in the United States to include the entire municipal boundaries of the city, we believe that this strongly reinforces its historical significance. So when we did this page one rewrite, we

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took a look at an evolving way of assessing what we would consider desirable and appropriate sites. to all of these really critical viewing to vis visual access to the sinking site. Therefore, also the beach in the ocean located in a commercial area so

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that there were no impact on any residential properties and of course no D regulatory process within the jurisdictional determination thereby already within the construction zone of the prominade improvement. In terms of core principles of design, very much

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trying to have this be a reverent site, a place of quiet reflection and meditation and rich with symbolic symbolism. So the site that is

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being proposed is directly across from the Grand Hotel where many of you know is a one of the two remaining observation two of the three observation towers that were built which is embedded actually within the Grand Hotel. and the

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owner of the Grand Hotel with whom we've had many discussions and several presentations simply asked that it be located in the area between those two yellow lines in front of the main mass of the restaurant and hotel lobby. So in the lower leftand corner you can see a line connecting our site to the sinking

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site which happens to occur at 43° due east of solar south. Remember that for a phenomenon that is designed into this a little bit later. So if we blow up the location on on Beach Drive and then rotate it, what we can see here is this

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site plan. And what's happening with this site plan is this central axis is that line that connects the center of our site to the sinking site which is again 43° east of D solar south and it's

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located on the prominade. So beach drive is at the top here. This is the new bulkhead. Then this is this is the portion where there's 28 feet of landscape sloped area up to the prominade which is 18 ft wide before you

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get to the seaw wall. So if we look at it in section here's beach drive. Here's the little bulkhead wall. This is the sloping landscape up to the prominade which will actually be roughly 5 ft higher than the sand is currently at that location. the new cast inplace

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concrete seaw wall and then sloping back down to the beach. So this shows the design drawn into it which is predominated by this 8-foot circular portal which I'll describe as we move on

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here. So the the beach drive is at the top of this drawing. The beach is to the bottom. This is the prominade. This central axis is what connects us directly to the sinking site. In the center of this whole thing which generates all these geometries is a

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two-foot diameter plaque which will be cast in bronze hopefully from bronze. We have bronze that's been salvaged from the sinking site. We're simply waiting for permission from the Navy to use that bronze to cast this plaque which will be of course this seal. So the platform itself is roughly a foot higher than the

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prominade. So you can see over the seaw wall. So on one side you go up two steps. On the other side is a slope surface which is a ramp that leads to this arrival area through which or from which you then pass through the 8 foot cylinder that has all of the names of

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the 138 soldiers cut out into it. You arrive then in the sacred space which is shaped like the bow of the ship. In fact, the the framing members that are used to create that are designed to precisely

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be of the same dimensions and configuration of the of the bow of the Jacob Jones. We were able to obtain blueprints from the Navy to do that. that then is surrounded by essentially a fencel-like structure that has welded wire in it up which will be

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grown a living wall we call of of um coral honeysuckle which is a native pollinator. So there will be providing food for humming birds and other pollinators. And then that again is nested in surrounded nested within a surrounding second layer of native

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vegetation 6 to 7 foot high bay berries. So this is what it would look like from a sort of bird's eye view if you were looking at it from uh beach drive. This center axis is also marked by a slightly depressed

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blue tile area that is intended to collect all the rainwater that falls on this so that rainwater can then be deposited in this in the planting area to the beach drive side and also the planting area to the prominade side. So

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all of the names which will be laser cut as cutouts into this portion of the arrival portal will be backlighted by a second layer of stainless steel that allows the sun to diffuse through it.

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And at night time there will be a very low voltage LED illumination. So the names themselves as opposed to most memorials that are carved in darkness will actually be illuminated in light. This is what it would look like essentially from eye height from beach

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drive looking from the main portal to what is in the distance here a twoft diameter viewing portal that is focused directly on the sinking site. So, the reason why that's important is on February 28th when the

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sun is directly in alignment with the sinking site, that occurs at 9:51 a.m., the elevation of the sun at that point is roughly 33°. It will pass through this twoft portal with a 4-in flange

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creating a shadow which will precisely illuminate on the date of the sinking when the sun is in alignment with the site. It'll precisely illuminate that twoft diameter plaque on the floor of the >> It's pretty cool >> entire monument. And you can notice that

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the frames that are of stainless steel forming the bow of the ship are caned just a bit to suggest that the bow is sinking. From the prominade side, it would look something like this, but it's nested in in and embedded in the habitat. And the whole intention here is that it's not really revealed to you

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until it's sort of hidden within all of this native vegetation until you actually engage it and walk through this choreographed sequence. So that is really thought of as a mystery being revealed to you experientially.

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And we've done a whole lot of research with all the descendants from the um there are 35 families that we've been able to contact including Hugh Black who was the his family um who was the captain of the ship and uh his his

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grandsons have been involved and his one surviving daughter um is one of the primary contributors to the 501c3 for funding this. And that's pretty much it, guys. Love it.

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>> And when are you presenting this to to council? >> We will be presenting this to city council, a slightly expanded version of this. I got that in in less than 10 minutes. >> Right. We will do it in 15 for city council on May the 5th. And uh I think

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we'll be then coming back hopefully for um voting on approval of this if we're fortunate enough for that to occur on May the 19th. >> Okay. >> It's really >> Thank you for your time. Yeah, >> that's great. >> Anybody have any questions at all? >> John, appreciate um you going through

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this. I know you >> for you that's racing through uh this. So, I really appreciate you doing that. >> Uh um but well, and I Yeah. So, can you just touch on the the plannings that are around it for a moment? >> Yes. So, um >> expand on that just a little bit more.

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>> Yeah. A couple things. One of the things that we really wanted to do was not only so a whole regenerative mindset is if you're going to build something it should actually contribute to the vitality and viability of the place in which it is located including a larger

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series of nested systems. So in this case, the the coral honeysuckle, talking to a couple of um um ornithologists believe that that may be the primary native pollinator on these beach

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locations, predominantly for hummingbirds. And then the additional bay berries provide food for the other nesting birds that don't actually nest right there on the beach. They nest elsewhere. But this does provide for food sources for those two types of I'll

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call them um native habitat. >> Anybody else have any questions for John? >> The Jacob Jones is preserved. There's no diving on it or anything. >> Oh, no. It is considered Well, it's an interesting set of questions. For a long period of time, there were no

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regulations for diving. Um, it is a well-known diving site, although it's not that much of a big deal, mainly because there's not much left. So, it the the way the torpedoes hit it, it broke up into three pieces. So, they're a little bit scattered.

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One of a collection of divers have before it was regulated heavily collected some a series of bronze implements that we hopefully want to use to create that bronze plaque. Um, it's still divable, but there's limitations to how accessible it is currently. So,

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the Navy has imposed more regulations than were for decades. So, this happened what, 60 years ago, right? Right. >> Yeah. >> Actually, 80 years ago, what am I thinking? Yeah. Yeah. >> So, thanks for that question.

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>> And thanks for your time, everybody. Um, the little handout is a abbreviated version of what I presented, so you can >> Thanks, John. Yep. Thank you. Justine, you want to say anything more about your climate thing? >> Um, yeah, I can just run through it pretty quickly. I will share the final

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report I received from the Applied Climate Group with this commission. Um, but to just um introduce you to it so you know what you will be receiving. Um the applied climate group was

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essentially phase two of the first capstone concerning water conservation. Within that folder, there are um six groups essentially that created projects. Um the first one is a story

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map. It is they actually made us on ArcGIS a story map about water in Kate May. It is beautiful. It starts with uh the indigenous communities that lived here and their relationship to water and it tracks all the way up to today. Um

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and then they have recommended sites with QR codes that visitors can use to um travel throughout town to learn the story of water here. Um so we will need to proof that right with our local knowledge and make sure all the right

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sites are on it um and read through it. But a very polished rough draft is now ours. The second group is uh carrots and sticks costbenefit analysis um looking at water pricing. It looks at uh

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largecale businesses, smaller businesses and then residents. They created an actual tool that we can use to assess these costs which is again fantastic. the there is a another carrots and

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sticks group. They also looked at costbenefit analysis but have a had a different approach to it. Um so as a city we'll need to figure out which of these um platforms we prefer.

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Um there is a workshop group that created a schedule uh prep points, talking points um for the city to host essentially workshops or uh town hall style events with stakeholders and uh

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business owners, residents to introduce them to water conservation, tiered pricing, rebate programs, etc. Um there is there were mailers that they designed and created to go into the water bills. There are uh three different onepager

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handouts that they designed and created to send out to restaurants, hotels, residents explaining how they could save money. Um and there's actually a website that they built for us um where residents, business owners, etc. can put

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in um what their current bill is and what their cost is and then toggle over uh which water saving actions they want to implement and see what their new bill would be. Um they're all beautifully designed. I'm extremely impressed and

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I'm really really excited for the city. Um, the final two groups focused on a public art campaign um to really capture visitors um as they come here and may not have had exposure to all of these

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other assets. Um they have uh recommendations for different types of art ranging from more interactive pieces to murals, sculptures. They provided a list of organizations that we should contact to consider partnering with both

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in terms of um engaging regional and local artists as well as potential grant funding. They also created the actual document that would be a call to artists um for the city. So again, we have to read through all of this material, proof

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it, finalize it. Um but they did the large majority of the leg work for us. So that is the three minute update. >> So May 5th, you're doing that at council. >> Yes. Yeah. Um they I know I need to get

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the slides over to Aaron right away for council's approval. Um but I am just receiving all of these slides like last night and this morning. I attended the presentation on Friday. Um and now all of the files are trickling in. So, I'm

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gonna rush to get it sent over, but I'm just really, really excited for K City. >> I have one quick question. That water calculation usage tool that residents can use, when will that be accessible on the city's website? Do we know?

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>> Up to city council. >> Great. >> Yeah. >> Is there a date we have to proof the slides by? >> No. So now that we have this information, essentially I'm going to take it to city council and they are going to decide a schedule for

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implementation. I mean they may wait to roll out a tiered water pricing system or um rebate program until after the new water treatment facility is complete. They may decide to do it now because we actually really need it now while the

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current one is in such a fragile state. I'm not sure. Um but Steve can keep us a breast >> and I will I would say this like my observations in in participating in some of the zoom calls and um seeing some of

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the presentations and the materials I mean this is first rate. It it's just outstanding work. really appreciate everything that you have done and others have done to contribute to um um bringing the the groups that have worked

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on this into focus to really tune in on what our issues are in Kate May. So I think the product has been outstanding and I'm sure that there's going to be aspects of this that are going to be very beneficial for Kate May. So thank you. Appreciate it. >> Of course. I guess one other thing I should have mentioned, they also

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provided a folder of um marketing material assets. So um table tents, different signs that uh we can distribute throughout town. you know, they there's a list of recommended businesses, restaurants, shops where,

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you know, maybe we can go and say, "Would you mind posting the or putting these on your table on the back of a menu, something just so that visitors who who would not know become aware of our water crisis, right, just while

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they're si sitting there. So, capturing all of those small moments for engagement. Um, so they designed the materials for us and, you know, we can edit them as we wish, but we're a decent chunk of the way there. >> Okay. >> So, good. >> Yep.

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>> Before I forget, uh, David sent out last month to us a website to go to to do to complete that best practices seminar on online. Every member of every commission board in the city has to sign an affidavit that you

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watched that. So, if you haven't done it yet, watch it and just sign it and get it back to Dave. Takes you It's doesn't take long, really. >> Is this new? >> I don't know. Is it a new requirement? Because we didn't do it in past years.

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>> We didn't do it in past. >> Yeah. >> But it's something you you It's kind of like what you took when you originally were on the committee. All right. But now it's just kind of an overview of everything that everybody >> Everybody's doing this thing. So, it's required. I already did it. Signed it

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and he has it so it doesn't take long. >> Is the digital signature okay or do we need to physically sign it? Okay. >> I didn't do >> uh Okay. >> You want to talk about the bike and pedestrian committee thing at all or we already did that? >> Um I think >> Sorry.

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>> I know I had a report. >> Okay. I got to Charlotte. You hold on. >> Yeah. Um I think David's going to give us just a a quick update and >> I I don't I don't have anything additional. >> I know I signed a letter. >> Yeah, that's it. As for the bike and pedestrian bridge, um >> a vote did go out to the environmental

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commission. We got all back the results that the commission is in favor of the bridge. So collected all that information and sent um >> part of it was part of the the package that they sent out for that, right? >> Yeah. >> Supporting it. >> Correct. Yeah. Yep. So we sent um letter

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of support from environmental commission to city manager. So he has that on file >> and that was uh you're correct, Mike. that was provided included in in the application package. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay, Charlotte, you're up. You want to talk about that stewardship program? Yeah.

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>> What I'm going to talk about today um is the fact that historically Earth Day and Arbor Day are named in April and it's actually a celebration of the Earth's birthday. Um and we find

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that the first Earth celebrated in 1970 and introduced by Senator Nelson who forced the issue through Congress to create a new agency. The federal agency

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was the US EA and because of this we now there wasn't any clean air act clean water act and so over the years these things had to be approved and introduced.

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Um but one of the people who brought it to light 40 years ago was a scientist named Rachel Carson. She lived from 1907 through 1964 and her famous book Silent Spring was

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published in 1962 in which she described the harmful impacts of the chemical DDT and its effect on nature and humans as well. And I could go on with this report and for a

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while, but I can see that um we're coming to the the meeting so that when I see you next month, I will go into more detail about this. It's too important a concept for it to be introduced in five

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minutes. So, that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Charlotte. Uh we're coming up on the end of our meeting here, but I know last month we talked about we were going to talk about projects that we were going to do for the coming year and we we still haven't actually talked

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about that part of it. So next week, next month, let's definitely get into it. >> I'll do that, too. >> What whatever we're going to be doing for the rest of the year, we have to just lay it out there like Doom Day or whatever we're going to be doing. I'd like to get an idea of what we're doing for the rest of the year. So if you have any ideas, jot it down and we'll talk.

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We'll kind of get a timeline of all the stuff that we can do. Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Anybody else have anything they want to say? >> This is just an idea I had. It was kind of related to climate school and I guess the signage that they've created, but one location I was thinking of is just

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the beach showers um for like an interactive touch point especially for kids so they can remember to conserve water. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Motion to adjourn. Unless >> you want to stay around and do more

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work, >> I make a motion. >> All righty. All All in favor? >> Mic's off. >> Thanks, Mike. >> Everybody