Speaker 0: Motion carries as you please. Item 19.
Speaker 2: Communication from Councilwoman Pryce, Chair, Public Safety Committee Recommendation or request staff to explore revisiting the fire facility's impact fee ordinance and evaluate other financing solutions that are available.
Speaker 0: Councilwoman Price.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr. Vice Mayor. This is this is an item that came before public safety. And we requested a report actually a very long time ago on our current fire impact fees and how those fees are utilized and how much money is a revenue is collected through those fees. In light of the recommendations or the presentation that was made by the fire department, it became apparent to all of us that we need to reassess our fire impact fees and look at alternative methods of funding fire facilities moving forward. Because we don't have really a long term way of preparing for infrastructure needs and building new facilities within the fire department. And as we start to see more density and growth throughout the city, we should be reevaluating whether our fire impact fees, our development fees that include impacts to city infrastructure are appropriate in light of our need . So this item is asking the city manager to evaluate its different financing or funding options, including creative approaches to create revenue creation for fire facilities and a report back to council with options.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman. Councilwoman Price. Do every fiber come into the center?
Speaker 4: Yes, we have the issue. Your time starts now.
Speaker 0: Hello again. I'd like to. I'd like you all to strongly consider this item very carefully, very important. There are a lot of funding options from the case study. Clearly, our. Fire and destruction needs to be modernized and updated to reflect the needs of the city. Getting new locations is good. Getting back to planning for how to most effectively meet our needs. The construction and furnishing of new buildings defined by the services. I mean, that's a tremendous opportunity not just to work with storage, but I mean, you know, just a community resource. I mean, there's so many things that can be done when people have to defund the police. I mean, $10 million a week, $10 million for some of these properties. I mean, item to get, you know, the purchase of the property which which is a good thing to land is the most important after the city. But how we optimize and utilize that, how we prepare for emergency services and potentiality, that is very, very important. I very much appreciate the councilwoman for bringing forth. Thank you. Any room comfortable in my purse, would you? Actually.
Speaker 1: I guess I'll second this motion. There's not already a second.
Speaker 0: And also we only have a second.
Speaker 1: Okay. I support this item, and I wanted to speak to it just because in the downtown, obviously we've had a lot of development with the downtown plan. There's other strategies that will happen after I leave office around more development throughout the city. And we also have our inclusionary housing policy that we've just adopted, recognizing that whenever we have increased density, which means new development, that we also need to respectfully ensure that we're collecting enough fees to build our infrastructure. And so I fully support this. I don't have the agenda item in front of me right now, but I'd love to see what our impact fees are and what other cities are doing. Thank you for bringing this item. It's been talked about for a while, so appreciate it, Mr. Vice Mayor. Can I just jump in real quick on this one?
Speaker 0: Yes, go ahead.
Speaker 1: I just wanted to point out that all the back up materials for this item are actually on the agenda for tonight, including the presentation that was made. So this remote, if I just wanted to point out that staff did follow up on this particular item.
Speaker 0: Hey. Thank you. I'll consider something. I'll just speak from the side of. Thank you. I support the motion as articulated. Thank you very much. Craig, would you please call for the vote?
Speaker 2: District one.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: District two.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: District three.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: District four.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 1: District five.
Speaker 2: District six. District seven.
Speaker 3: I.
Speaker 2: District eight.
Speaker 3: I.
Speaker 2: District nine.
Speaker 0: All right.
Speaker 2: Motion carries.
Speaker 0: And clerk. Mr. Shoop, when I was the second on this motion. Okay. Now, item 20, please.
Recommendation to request staff to explore revisiting Ordinance No. ORD-07-0017 (Fire Facilities Impact Fees); and evaluate other financing solutions that are available.