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[Music] coming up on new GTV boredom Commission meeting of the unified government of Wyandotte County Kansas City Kansas [Music] you evening and while I'm happy to represent the faith community and I actually pastor at the Salem Baptist Church here in town sounds like Wanamaker face down after Johnson a man would you bow your heads with me Father we gather together here today intent on doing good work we seek to represent fairly and well those who have given us this task may our efforts be blessed with insight may it be guided by understanding and wisdom and we seek to serve with respect fall may our personal face give us strength to act honestly and the world in all matters before us and your name we pray amen Thank You Reverend Carter of Salem Baptist that's the clerk are there any revisions to tonight's agenda yes mr. mayor we have a blue sheet that has been distributed under consent agenda we have two items item number six is requested to be held until the July the June 13th 2009 teenth meeting is the resolution regarding the Turner logistics development agreement and we have a new item item number eight was inadvertently left off of the original agenda it's a resolution regarding the second amendment to the legends Westland development agreement it was on the consent agenda from unanimous approval at the economic and development and Finance Standing Committee thank you very much our first order of business is the mayor's agenda and we have a special recognition of very special students from Coronado middle school and their guides we have Daquan Cheadle Carlos Reyes Jimenez Lou Noma Amaya and Dale Sean Sharkey again all students from Coronado middle school so this little background a steam village a non-profit organization that engages the students and families in science technology engineering arts and math or steam partnered with KCK public schools to support an opportunity for students to participate in the student Space Flight experiments program seep and sponsored by gear up a college readiness program at the University of Kansas and here tonight to share the success of the program is Miss Erin Morley science teacher at Coronado middle school miss Lisa Henderson project director gear up mr. William wells director a steam village and the four students who participated in an experiment that was submitted to the National Center for Earth and space science education if all of you would come to the podium be recognized miss Erin Morley will share your story with us good evening thank you so much for having us here tonight we're very honored I am Erin Morley and these are my students this is anima mio seventh grade Coronado middle school this is Daquan Cheadle eighth grade Carlos Jimenez Reyes and Dale Shaw and Sharkey we have mr. William wells from a steam village and Miss Lisa Henderson row who has brought us this program to our Kansas City Kansas Public Schools and really presented this amazing program for us here at quartet all of Kansas City Kansas public schools and presented this opportunity for nine different middle schools to compete to send an experiment to the international space station and to be performed by real astronauts so really an amazing opportunity and I'm very proud of my students two out of the three finalists for the district came from Coronado which I'm very proud of and and these wonderful young men very very diligently worked through their winter break every night after school and have really dedicated themselves to the science and really to the research that was worthy of being sent to the International Space Station I could not possibly be prouder of them their experiment is to see if mint Leafs are MIT it's Elfman seeds will grow in microgravity that will then determine whether or not maybe more plant life can be sustained in a microgravity scenario we're very very proud of their research and and their ability and just their never-ending desire to learn and I'm just very very proud of these guys [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] I'm so sorry in my excitement I forgot to say some of the most exciting part of that this experiment of course is fantastic in the fact that they're going to the International Space Station or their experiment is going to the International Space Station but right before it goes to the International Space Station they will be taking their research to washington d.c to present it at the smithsonian museum of air and space [Applause] an amazing honor [Applause] I mean we're talking about 13 and 14 year old boys who have really just dedicated themselves to the sciences and I truly could not be more proud of them they also have been invited by they have been invited to go to the launch of the program to actually see the experiment that they have put their hands on and built they have the opportunity and have been invited to have VIP passes to go see this experiment be flown up to the International Space Station so hopefully we can get the funding to do that so that we can just let them have this amazing experience that there is just you know what an amazing opportunity for literally anyone but for these guys in their lifetime to be able to say I put that in space so again thank you very much and congratulations you make all of us proud alright next we have the Public Works PSA Awards Dave Reno from Public Works is here to make presentation Thank You mayor good evening everyone I've also got Jeff Fischer Director of Public Works looks like this this evening so this is our second year for this contest our contest is a PSA contest PSA stands for public service announcement that's near and dear to my heart as a marketer but the PSA contest there we go is about why water quality matters so students had the option of either producing a poster or producing a video just something creative that provided some educational material and then we judged him and tonight we're bringing near the winners so we had how many we received eight entries from 23 students and we've got three schools that came out on top so at Wyandotte high school with teacher Sarah Thomas this is a group of students here our duty middle scoot middle school with teacher Lori and another photo with the students here they did a great one we'll talk about them in a minute and then holding the Jesus Christ Catholic school with teacher Alexandre Dingell Attard so let's get right into handing out some awards just you want to hop up to him so first place and the poster contest goes to de via Gladney and Gaby Lopez come on up here with no trash in our waterway awesome well done good job second place poster with clean up pet waste is Jay Dominguez Bryan music Alejandro Molina Jeremiah Hickerson and veronik Hopkins Veronica Ryan come on up here [Applause] awesome great job third place is Haley Jordan with no litter in the river Haley is enjoyed able to join us the evening this evening but that's a look at her artwork I don't love it especially the drawing of the turtle all right our high school students this is their poster it's Brian padilha wanna Choa and Emilio Dominguez they also weren't able to be here with us this evening but great job first place I love it super high contrast all right never our video winners we've got Genesis Cruz Oliver litsen Austin Minich you guys you're here right yeah Christopher Ortiz para Christopher wasn't able to join us this evening but you three come on up we'll get you we'll get your photos and then we'll show you the video here real quickly this video is fantastic [Applause] [Applause] good job congratulations okay so here is 60 seconds of Awesome our first place some easy ways to help result this is by not over filling your tank and recycling your oil pick up your trash I know water treatment center where your superheroes oh that's awesome well that's why please welcome let's go guys well done alright we're gonna move on to the second place video with Brian Juan and Emilio this one's pretty solid here we go hey what are you doing you know it's go to our watering a pollute our earth why don't you pick it up man keep the keep it's our dream hurry up pronto okay thank you thank you I put in the track [Music] bosses way I'm telling you that's solid stuff and that's it so special shout-out to our teachers Sarah Laurie and Alexandra you did a great job your students did a fantastic job we hope to see you compete with us again next year and that's all we've got this evening thank you again thank you very much thank you item number three is the appointment of commissioners Bynum and Mark Lee to witness the destruction of ballots that no longer need to be maintained by the election office motion in a second roll call please roll call Kane Walters Gilbert Bynum I burrows Townsend I McKiernan I Johnson the vote is eight to zero that motion carries thank you next to the consent agenda does any member of the Commission staff or citizen in attendance tonight wish to set aside any item on tonight's consent agenda you would need to step forward at this time state your name and city of residency for the record we ask that an asset that sytem be set aside if an item is not set aside all items on the consent agenda will be voted on by one vote mr. Bach I'd like to set aside item number 5 from chiron Park please second motion the second roll call please call king mark lean Walters bynum I Burroughs all right Johnson I mckernon i Johnson the vote is eight to zero that motion carries thank you that takes us to the set-aside item item number five I'll recognize County Administrator box Thank You mayor staff is requesting that this item be returned to staff or sent back to staff for further evaluation for consideration of the Fitness Park to be done potentially with joining playground or to look at other locations before we proceed in this direction are there any comments or questions second we have a motion in a second roll call please roll call Kane mark clean waters find them I Burroughs Johnson I make your noon I Johnson notice eight to zero that motion carries all right that concludes the portion of our regular meeting we are adjourned in that capacity now call back to order as the land bank board of trustees item number one is to propose the land bank policy lease program chris is here to make a presentation good evening okay so tonight we're gonna talk about a policy update it's a lease program we used or we currently have what's called the adopt a lot program and in some of the proposed suggestions that we'll be making in the future this was one that we felt we needed to probably get up here before you guys to consider first so what's good right into it just a couple things we want to point out for I go in the details we feel that having a lease program is going to help us promote development we think it's going to strengthen whether its land bank or UG control of the property but we still feel it gives applicants the opportunity to use the property until such time as needed so again what we're trying to do is it's this is designed to encourage greening gardening that type of stuff we're still very much interested in development but the old policy or the current policy it was just a one-year agreement it did give the applicant an opportunity to purchase it during that term they were supposed to maintain the property sign a release waiver or have insurance and they couldn't build on the property so what we're proposing here is a change to that now instead of having to come to you every with suggestions for approval we're going to ask that the land bank manager have the authority to just go ahead and execute it the lease with the applicants and then we will comment each next Standing Committee to report that action we are going to up it to a two-year term if we feel that we need to terminate the lease whether it is a violation or whether we feel that there's a development project that's worth considering we will definitely serve 30 day notice to turn around and let the applicant know if there is farming involved or some sort of vegetable growing that type of stuff we will try to work it out with the potential developer to make sure that time is allowed for the the crop to season and all that stuff we're still going to ask that it's maintained we're going to still hold to a hold harmless agreement and we're gonna allow little things like maybe a small little shed fencing will be allowed as long as it is not permanently affixed to the ground because we know sometimes there's there's animals out there that may want to get into there so so that that's really the difference that's presented to you tonight and then we of course are recommending the approval of this tonight so I'll stand for any questions mr. slaughter thank you for the you and the rest of the staff for the work on the police program after two years if you've entered a lease with an applicant after two years if there's no interest from an developer per se is there a renewal opportunity I think we would definitely be open to that but I think what we would want to do is just start a brand new lease on that okay but yes if we have nothing planned it doesn't really make sense if something strongly already occurring there okay thank you Commissioner Townsend Thank You mayor I'm mr. slaughter I had a question about the language in section 12 agreements for temporary use of land and it's 12 1 I guess II and you admit you made reference to this before that participants and I'm assuming that that's meaning the Lee C's must sign a hold harmless agreement or add the w CL b1 a kind of land bank to their insurance policies I understand and fully support the need to have the lessee sign a hold harmless do we need to have that other phrase or add them to the insurance policy and here's my concern about that who's gonna monitor the leases have insurance policies who's going to monitor that for the duration of the lease those policies are kept as they should be so that there is active insurance would it be just a fish in this product illegal to only say that they have to hold harmless I know the point is that the city whether unified government not be held liable for anything that might occur while this property is leased I think in I'll have legal respond to this as well but I think our thought is a larger scale project that maybe already have an insurance policy for their program we would just ask to be a certificate holder there would probably be communication between our office and the party involved or the lessee to make sure that those are kept current but I'll let legal talk as well good evening commissioners administrators I don't think there would be any harm if we just removed that last phrase but I also don't think it hurts anything like mr. slaughter said if we do have a situation where it's a bigger group and they already have like some type of insurance policy maybe an umbrella umbrella policy or something to that effect we could just be added to that certificate so where I think it would be better I think we're more protected if we keep that in rather than if we remove it but if they sign a hold harmless agreement also I think we'll be just fine I think thank you entertain a motion Commissioner Johnson the adopt understood the prompt the premise behind the adopted a lot program that's if somebody wanted a group one or two or a person one they're not a lot and they would clean it up and they would maintain it there might be some signage and things of that nature is that correct yeah I don't think we would prohibit that okay so but now we're switching from the adopt a lot to at least a lot in is it the same premise behind this lease a lot program well I think ideally and and some of the stuff will we bring it to you in the future will probably help clarify this a little bit but we feel that there's certain strong areas in the community especially the Northeast that we would like to strongly focus on development and trying to bring those developers in but in the meantime if someone still wants to do a community garden or an individual garden or any other type of things that we will consider we feel that instead of selling the property and now in the future making that developer then have to renegotiate with that current owner why not at least sta
t off with a lease agreement and they can still do what they want to do except we would still have property control just for clarity would that be for it any property across Wyandotte County this his lease would be the would be the way that we would deal with any property that wanted to be used as for instance a a little community farm community garden they will be required to do at lease program with us I mean I would say yes for the time being but I could see also some areas that maybe we're currently working deals that maybe we want when we wouldn't want to pursue that but that's the main idea yes looks like I mean I sees I see certain problems with and the reason why I see certain problems is we don't have a methodology that determines when we will lease versus when we will allow them to have their project that project and I it kind of struck me as odd I looked at the paper at the information that came across our desk today or this week rather but it seems to me that there would be to be some kind of parameters that would determine when we would lease versus when we will allow them you know I'm talking about people within the context of a community garden just using that as a context only at this particular time but there could be other reasons seem like there will be some guiding principles that would that would help us to understand that better I'm maybe I'm missing this folks maybe somebody mean Commissioner I'll just add that the stuff that we've been working on internally with other departments we hope to set those guidelines for you but we also felt that it was a priority even though the other stuffs still being worked on that we bring this part of the policy recommendation to those other updates be brought before the commissions of the weekend they will be brought to standing committee context of a program correct okay Commissioner Townsend Thank You Commissioner Johnson sigh inquiry prompted another one meant asked about in the hold harmless agreement language it mentions gardening and cultivating of property are these the only uses for which we would consider a lease not necessarily again the driving point behind this is recommendations on areas that we strongly feel need to be developed or should be focusing on development and if someone wants to come to us to purchase that we fill this as an alternative method for them to do what they want to do but yet we can still control that in case the development idea comes along again the driving the other driving force behind this is to sell a proper to someone and then turn around and get asked to develop an area and now we used to have control of it and now we don't and sometimes I'm not saying every time but sometimes that could be a factor in whether the development actually goes forward no I understand I mean I think it's I'm in favor of having this as a method to also move land along and development what develop it while the city the kid the ug retains ownership but I'm just asking since the hold harmless agreement language only talks about those two situations is that the only are those the only two situations we're talking about someone could come and say I'd like to lease this lot yeah okay I understand yourself I'll let legal handle this one good evening again no I think the hold harmless agreement it doesn't have to be voted on it's just an agreement we would have with anybody who wanted to do a lease so that can be modified for whatever reason they would want to do the lease this more like a here's an example of a hold harmless agreement we can use but that's not anything that requires action by the Commission to enter into so we can modify that at any time depending on what they want to use the land for Thank You counsel thank you thank you mister yes assistant administrator seaman so Commission also the commissioners and mayor I also want to just make clear that you know what the the lease agreement is talking about our lease language is not for someone to build a structure beyond much of a shed or something that would they would use for gardening or storage on that could be easily removed as Chris noted earlier so there are constraints I mean as you're saying the cultivating would be one thing but if you just wanted to mow it and plant some flowers that's another does that make sense Commissioner Mark Lee I was just gonna know this address is one of the other problems we've discussed in in relation to the gardens which is that a group that wants to do a community garden today may not the group may not exist or may have dissolved over time and so this gives us the ability to still retain control over that land but let that garden group have the garden two years from then nothing else is going on and that group is still together they can keep gardening if that group has dissolved and that land is no longer being used this gives us the ability to retain control and again I think what we're we're trying to do is move from where we have these the land bank properties really as a burden to the city cost to us really and understand that they are an asset that has to be managed for future development Commissioner Johnson I'll just be brief I'd rather until I can get all the rest of the language that we talked about earlier I I'm not in favor of this until I can see the whole the whole picture that's just my my two cents we do have a motion in a second to move this forward roll call roll call Kane let's go for it Carol did you want to send it back sure so who made the motion can i retrack my motion you can retract your motion I want to reject my motion and we have to have the second to retract their second I think right yes who seconded let me clear in a second and so he is retracting so the motion is not moving forward all right so I have to let folks know this is not a public hearing this is just for Commission discussion you'll have opportunity to take this up with your Commissioners so we do not have a motion to move this forward so where does that leave us if you want to vote on it we can vote on it I don't have a problem with it I just want to know what my hobbies I make a motion to move it forward okay all right we have a motion move forward in a second roll call please roll call Kane Barclay aye Walters Bynum I Burl's Townsend I McKiernan I Johnson nope the vote is seven to one motion carries okay does any member of the now move to the land bank Board of Trustees consent agenda does any member of the Commission or anyone in attendance tonight wish to side aside any items on the land bank consent agenda second Commissioner Walters so are you setting that aside okay thank you could I just have clarification of the items that are on consent please Trish are you just asking to have us list those so you know this please I would like to clarify for us and the folks in attendance the items that are on consent because of PD with one vote we will approve all items on consent hmm man would you like that the clerk read that yes please do Bridget the items that aren't casino gender the land bank business transfer to land bank that's item number one item number two is the land bank business applications then item number three will be the land bank business for the Northeast hold area we have three sections that are under the land bank consent agenda for approval thank you you have community members that I think desired did you ask if anyone present wanted to pull an item on consent yes okay pull an item that's on consent mayor it's up to you but I just wanted to point out that I thought that's what I was seeing okay item number three okay so item number three is set aside we have a clarification is set aside on waste the item the right one yes I remember one item number three now entertain a motion for approval the rest the consent agenda so moved the motion the second roll call please well Kyle king mark lee walters binome i world Townson i McKiernan i Johnson I ate Lotus eight to zero that motion carries okay that takes us to item number one so mr. Commissioner waters so my question for Chris I believe in my agenda it says 30 42 and 30 44 Hiawatha Street is in the transfers to the land bank and then under it it says applications received and request is to plant an orchard so I want to make sure that that parentheses has nothing to do with the action that we're taking that this is strictly a transfer to the land bank and then secondly I would like to know how if property is not in the land bank how have we already received an application from someone to to negotiate for this property just in the just in for the purposes of transparency how can that how can somebody get to the head of the line like that without the rest of the public having this opportunity well I will say that we this has kind of been standard practice if it's a border commissioner city of KCK unified government property is we do request for a transfer so there's an opportunity there for you guys to bet that it's standing committee and then if it's approved generally we have the application ready to go instead of waiting a whole other cycle before we bring that application forward so it's kind of just a timely mechanism you know as far as if you didn't approve the transfer when we got to that point in applications we would just pull those off because obviously thinking I guess I was just misunderstanding that I I thought that the process was that all people knew what properties were in the land bank and could pursue transfer to them but if if a property has already spoken for before it even gets into the land bank I think we should review our processes impersonally but I would move for approval to accept into the land bank this property with the understanding that the fact that there's an application for the planting of an orchard has nothing to do with this action second we have a motion to second any discussion or questions does anyone in the public wish to speak for or against seeing none Oh call ho Cockaigne Barclay Walters Bynum aye burrows Townsend I McKiernan I Johnson bonus 8 to 0 that motion pass that takes us to set aside item item number 3 and so those who asked to set aside the item no okay Chris go ahead and give your presentation on that first yeah okay for those that haven't remembered this we're back again with the request for the North East hold area the request originally was for 180 days this really just pertains to yard expansions and property acquisitions any kind of development single-family multifamily would have been worked up and brought forward and then we were supposed to come back with recommendations and we're just not at that point yet so again we formed a couple teams that are going to be part of this process to help making determinations on what you go forward to the mission in the future so the original ask was a 120-day extension that that 180 days has expired so now I guess we're just asking for a new hundred twenty day hold again will notify anybody that has submitted an application prior to this or after during that time that their property there is a hold it is not a denial and then I just put on there that we're back here again so so that that's really all my comments right Thank You Man a state your name and city of residency hello my name is Tissier mank and my residence is Kent City Kansas so Monday of this week we met with mr. slaughter and the director of economic development and he kept mr. slaughter kept saying that internal they had made internal decisions so I asked them I said well was the North East Side's community involved in the northeast master plan and putting it together and I never got a straight answer but what I want to say the whole time that we've been talking about this all I've been hearing is getting shut down or we can't do this the ug is its best in our best interest to lease and this that or whatever but I don't understand how come if it meets the requirements of the Northeast master plan why these people can't have what they want why they can't have their community garden why they can't develop things as long as it's not going against the Northeast master plan and I don't believe that the community would have okay the Northeast master plan knowing that their voices would have been muted or ignored when they wanted to do something that was positive in the northeast side so I'm just I'm just here speaking for the people because they are not in agreeance with the north east master plan at this point because they're being shut down for anything that is positive that they want to do on that side of town yes sir Thank You Terrell Dyer Kansas City Kansas we did me with Chris slaughter last Monday I believe like how y'all something for us to have a meeting with her slaughter we were able to sit down with him through that meeting just describing a little bit I don't believe we got very much done really because the the concerns and the questions that we had weren't able to get answered because apparently uh who he also answers to was not present which he also stated last time here at this mean that he was told to actually do something so our flag us as a community to talk to those specific people with these applications that do deal with the northeast master plan that go into development of what we're really trying to do with the northeast master plan is to develop our communities I think we all have that common goal with this but to do this whole thing I've had a few different interpretations and when there came to mind is that I hope I'm hope I misinterpreted the fact that I hope you're not thinking money going into this development make sure they were thinking people as we're taking a disability meant because there's people in this community that we're trying to build and one faster that we look at is that we want to also as a community want to build your soil around you and I feel like our governing bodies might be overlooking may be overlooking their soil and how they can build their soil to make this process or these processes run a lot smoother and look at the people who are looking to beat the developers that aren't there are not here yet and have not come because we are looking to develop this area as well because you I think we all understand we do live in a food desert and our organization is looking to create a community-based food system where we actually grow our food and place it into a grocery store that's also being developed right now here on Pandora we're looking to actually have not just the garden is not going to be just a community garden it is going to be aquaponics is going to be hydroponics it's going to be greenhouses we're going to grow all year long the educational system is going to be a niche faction is going to be somewhere where people want to be a reason why people want to come back to on their County that's part of North East master plan that's why we that's why you guys started to bring this together to where we start bringing development back here it's people in the community that's been trying to develop on the accounting for quite some time before there was ever a north east master plan we've had a master plan ourselves that we've been working for years before a master plan was even thought of and we just want to make sure our plans are being heard as with one thing another thing is thank you I understand that you guys are looking to lease or hold the land and I can understand the lease but when we also see other people who come into this community and are able to get almost like a green light to develop certain things and then we bring a development or application that can bring development to this community if it might not be taken as serious or basically I'm sounds like y'all giving you our community enough credit on what we can do with what we have and what we're trying to build from and we're actually trying to do that bringing proposals to you guys and I just feel like leasing the land on some of these proposals and telling them we're still on it and we can take the land back it's unfair if we're coming into our own community as the developer why can't we buy our land at some point I understand the lease to make sure we and the lease will make more sense if we get more investment out of our governing body and say you know what
we won't invest with you we don't come down here and get w-which we're gonna come in look Commissioner Bynum has walked these streets with us and walked these block with us and and seeing where you're trying to come down there and do we want to get from art there nobody is some commitment with what we also trying to do as a community earmarks can seek is all I have to say it's kind of something simple I kind of hear the UH the the word use a little community gardens those same little community gardens is building big hope in those communities we developed our garden on Ogden there were about three drug houses on all new when we came here I was hiding behind a tree at one point because of gunshots they don't do that no more matter of fact they weren't used to be drug house when we pull up he pulls his while I'm around start helping us cut grass so if you don't think that is a grassroots effort that's gonna make this community better I don't understand what we really trying to do and as far as homeless land for a development plan my family has owned land on 20 think when their foot I'm 30-something years old they've been owning me was just hard before I was born and when I was about five the development stop it has not started since so I don't understand what we waiting on none of us is gonna be here if we keep waiting that's what broke the bridge all the weight and then the last thing I'll say is everybody up here and all the leaders that surround this community a lot of worrier we we should be the head of the community the rest of the folks are the body well good as if the head isn't connected to the body we're no good we already did if the head is not connects to the body so whatever district you working if you can't tell me if you ain't want the box if you don't know what's going on with the people of your district we already doing we not connected does anyone else please come forward otherwise any comments or questions from the Commission Commissioner burrows Thank You mayor okay I'm sorry did you say she died of cancer he Kansas Central middle school teacher those gentlemen you just saw coming to their community and in created incident programs within the school that I work from they're trying to do things from to be within the community which was a grassroots efforts to start a commitment to start keeping kids off the streets and create positive things within the community they really need some leaders in this community to sit back because we got to let these young people who really have the vision and we need in as the elders Faceman I'm trying to get behind them and keep promoting that because that's what I've been about my whole life and I'm really just hoping that our leaders will start to listen to the people who want to establish because these guys have a real plan for this community this is not something that's just fly-by-night they've been well educated they know what's going on within the community so I just want to ask that you guys really take time out and listen to what's going on within not just this organization a young man there are several and we're trying to bring those together so that we all can try to bring establish a real community like it used to be when I grew up when DeWitt was over there making money and Fields was over there Rutgers Rutgers shoe shopping we want to be we want to bring what's going on in other communities back to our community so people can have pride and that's what's gonna stop the crime and everything we want to build crime back into pride back in our communities we want to bring jobs back here so that people will have a reason they don't have to go all the way to the legends or anywhere else for the job the job is right here and that's going to kill our crime everything like I said we've already seen this dart act so you just want you guys to really really take time to listen to what's going on here thank you Thank You Commissioner Burroughs Thank You mayor in first and foremost I want to commend those that were here this evening to speak so passionately about their community and that I do want to state also that I believe the lease agreement is a result of the Commission listening to the needs of the community and providing an opportunity for those that want to continue to develop within their community their gardens and there are aspirations to make a difference but I also want to bring the attention to the community that there were many there were many citizens and community leaders that participated in identifying the master plan and having input there were numerous community meetings and there was a tremendous amount of input put in by the community leaders as well as citizens and there's been a tremendous amount of time and resources that this community has put forward to ensure that a master plan that moves for a while will assist in developing the northeast community with pride and with the commitment that those issues that you brought forward tonight will be met that we will new have new housing stock that we will have new jobs that we will have new businesses there's nothing in that master plan that says you can't participate in that the only thing we are doing right now is holding that land available so that we can aggregate Lee put a plan together that develops a master plan cuddle completely and not haphazardly we have lost our identity in our community when we build pockets and it's very important that if we're going to have bold investment in a community that is so sorely in need of it that it takes bold leadership and commitment of everyone to see it to fruition and I've lived this community my whole life I grew up on 18th and Quindaro so I know what the community has the transition it has gone through and as why I am adamant about keeping the ground in an aggregate manner so that we can get the large investment and the monies and the necessary to come in and do major infrastructure changes to assist in after the hundred and twenty days or after a hundred and fifty days or whatever we choose to do that when a developer identifies the projects that community activists at community leaders will have a chance to step forward and participate in that if you are committed to developing I would assume that you would have not only a rendering but also the financial wherewithal to come forward and present to the Commission and to the planning committee the vision that you have but this plan has had a tremendous amount of resources time and energy put into it by a tremendous amount of people in the community and I for one am very proud of the fact that those that have come forward in the Northeast community want to see the reinvestment in redevelopment of that community I'm tickled to death to see it and I'm supportive of it and I do hope that there is an opportunity for the young entrepreneurs to be part of that Commissioner Townsend Thank You mayor well commissioners just oak don't need to add anything to it out of there other than I think it was well said what I will speak to is the frustration that I hear and somehow something's gotten twisted to make these constituents feel like what they're trying to do is being unvalued and that is not it at all inspect in fact I had the pleasure of speaking with mr. marks some months ago about a project I guess they hand mr. butt chewed our were working on and the result of this body and the ug workers here every day is this lease option I was under the impression from that conversation that the good work you're doing where you're doing it will continue and that you will not lose out on any of the things you want to do in a hundred and twenty days and I think Commissioner just alluded that there's been no plan brought to this body in any form about what's going to happen in the next 120 days this is an opportunity for us to do something the right way that was the meat for a North East master plan instead of hodgepodge here and hodgepodge there this is a continuation of executing that but with an option for energetic gentlemen such as yourself to still move forward with what you'd want to do so I hope you would see that thank you miss mink for your comments it's good to see people are listening but we just want to make sure that it's not getting twisted into the ug not wanting to support groundswell of your participation so we hear you but this was an option where you could continue go forward or others with similar plans but I haven't heard anything that is going to come to fruition in a hundred twenty days there would not make this hold a reasonable option so therefore I'm gonna support it commissioner Bynum Thank You mayor um just a couple of comments that probably echo some of what's been said but I have a specific question mr. Dyer and mr. marks the lease when we three began communicating less all with mr. slaughters help and at one point we discussed the lease and you were agreeable so we've approved tonight the lease program and I'm need to know from you is that gonna be agreeable for you right now for moving forward because that's what we had been working on and and and we had agreed it was agreeable so it would be helpful for me to know is it agreeable you'll need to come to this forward please I'm and thank you well for us as Chris know our plan is as small as just a guard like with aquaponics hydroponics is gonna be a revenue generator right we've already got as you know we've got the EPA on the hood they want to test the ground do phase one two three six that's 30 20 30 $40,000 tiffin vestment crack in land that I guess the ug will still long and want to boot us out at any time so do you see there like 10 that's the hole that we're gonna start investing running into the soil that we don't even own not only that we've built on sustainability so when we start talking about producing fish and lettuce on a continual basis this is sustainable so two years there's nothing sustainable years none of the vernacular of the contract said after two years be willing to extend you or you could buy the property then that would be different but right now it's just two years least something 30-day notice we want you to go so I need to understand and and I might be a little outside our boundaries here but you are the project that I've been working with and we had agreed that two years was agreeable and I'm not well familiar with your timelines I'm seeking to compromise with you at this point and the lease program is in place and available to you right now and we can work toward the future ownership so I'm trying to work with you right now to get you something that allows you to start and I'm hoping that you'll be accepting of that I honestly don't have to talk to my organization in mostly okay I'm not ready to make that decision you don't have to make that decision in front of us tonight but but thank you for coming forward to tell me and we can talk more later as to your timelines and whatnot because the lease program has been adopted by the body so it's on the table and available okay so we'll just talk more later we don't we can leave that there for now I appreciate thank you as you know I appreciate very much what you're trying to do and I support what you're trying to do and I also support what Commissioner Burroughs and Commissioner Townsend are saying in terms of the efforts that we're all trying to make in this community and I'm hoping that we're all trying to make them together I want to just say again for the record Commissioner Johnson and Commissioner Johnson and I spent a great deal of time bringing forward an opportunity for a northeast master plan and then participating in it and staff here as well as the consultants did I think go above and beyond to allow community participation which I thought was very high and they went out of their way I believe to literally mail a postcard inviting the community to every single community meeting that was held to every single address in the Northeast area master plan so I was very pleased with the public participation in the process I just you you both and I would like to talk more and Thank You Commissioner Townsend well based on that I wanted to came to me that mr. Martin mr. Dwyer and anyone else listening in similar situations you have a lot of power now you have worn your hat when this started because you have the option of going forward with their lease or not this vote right now is just about extending the whole I don't know what you can do whether you lease or wait to submit an application for purchase then it's totally up to you okay not saying that there might be some other people who want that property but this boat is just about the extending of the hundred and twenty day hold but now you have another tool that you didn't have so therefore I move that we adopt the whole we have a motion and a second any discussion Commissioner nope okay roll call please roll call King Barclay I Walters item i burrows Townsend I McKiernan I Johnson build estate to zero that motion carries thank you that concludes our meeting for the evening thank you for your attendance we are adjourned Gordon pay up over-under was a 20 you
