Most of this information can be found in the Instructions for Schedule 1 section of the Form 1040 Instructions Tax Year 2023, which you can find on the IRS website at irs.gov.irs.gov. Looking at the income tax formula, we're focused on line 2 adjustments to income, which you might hear called above the line deductions, possibly Schedule 1 deductions. Remembering that the first half of the income tax formula is basically a funny income statement. Most income statements having income minus expenses resulting in net income. Here we have income minus various deductions getting to taxable income, noting for taxes deductions are good. Therefore, we're always looking to increase the possibility of having more deductions also recognizing the difference between the above the line deductions or adjustments to income and the below the line deductions, which are the greater of either standardized or itemized deductions. One difference being that if you qualify for an adjustment to income above the line deduction, then you don't have to clear the hurdle of the standard deduction to get a benefit from it.


Yeah, he's got a good way to keep him alive and that makes everyone's job tougher You got to cover a little longer, but you know a man covers. I got to cover my man whoever that may be I'm sure be a variety of guys like every week and It's got to do my job a little longer But the situation the season we're at and how important this game is for us I'm willing to do that and we got to go out there and play our defense They go out there and play aggressive play smart and we got to take the ball away like we did last game against Last time at home against James.  Somebody was mentioning Tyree kill. Just not only the fact that he's So fast and also run his patterns at that full speed as well. Have you ever Seen a guy that has that type of ability before? Randy Moss is pretty good pretty fast. I mean, yeah, Tyree kills really good receivers and work He's a good receivers been working on his game.  I mean we could talk all day. They're really good on offense guys The best offense we've seen all year so we pride ourselves on being good on defense around here and I saw the Colts get after him a little bit I saw Green Bay get after him a little bit. I seen some defenses Houston got after him a little bit They played man-to-man they covered those guys up So we got to do our best to do that and we'll see what happens at the end Their moment at the beginning when you find out that Malcolm's done where there's a Sadness amongst the group that you you lose one of your guys.  So, yeah, we all feel for Malcolm here That's that's for sure. Malcolm will want us to play well and move on and let the Sean get his opportunity That's how football works He's about his work ethic he's probably one of the best press man-to-man corners in the league He was the best corner and training camp this year everyone covering training camp He didn't let up a catch and one-on-ones for 25 straight pass. I've never been a part of that I've never seen anyone that that good at that. So, uh, he's a good player It just this leagues about opportunity hasn't had it yet So now is a great opportunity for him to be get some reps and I was a young corner before I had to come in It's hard to come in spot duty So for him to get to get some chance here to get to feel his game out and put it to test is what this League's all about What I said earlier I got my first start when I keep to leave got hurt seven years ago And I made the most of it Malcolm got his first play in the Super Bowl He waited 17 games or 18 games got it in the Super Bowl and now we know Malcolm Butler as Malcolm Butler So that's how this league works and I think LaShawn is ready as anybody and we got a really deep group That's what we talked about not just a good group at the top But we got a deep group of players So what better opportunity to get your first start against my homes and the boys and go out there in He should remember As long as we win the game we'll take it so whatever happens we got to win the game We made adjustments throughout that game and Evans had two catches in the second half and we won the game So as long as we win the game We'll take it I have no idea. I don't think so. I'm preparing off what I see there He's a game-changing player, but I don't know if he's gonna play or not. So well, you know, I'm not gonna chase ghosts here I'm gonna prepare for their offense and have a good Wednesday practice here and get a good start and We'll see whoever goes out there. We'll show have a plan for How big is those third down stops for you guys in this one they're down serious We don't want to play 70 80 plays anymore. So third downs big We got to get back to being not just a good third-down defense, but a dominant third-down defense and those things were cleaning up on You know tomorrow's a big third down day for us today's first second down So we'll take it one step at a time, but I think that'll be a good game within the game is there down


Hello, Psych2Go family. Welcome back to another video. Have you ever met someone who enjoyed seeing others in pain? Do you know someone who constantly lies or manipulates those around them?  Sometimes you may even know at the moment you meet them. Perhaps it's how they speak to other people or how they treat you. Whatever the case, it's important that you're aware. To help you look out for those with an evil heart, let's talk about seven traits of someone who may have an evil heart. Before we begin, we would like to mention that this video is created for educational purposes only and is not intended to suggest that those who exhibit these traits are definitely evil people. Let's begin. Number one, they enjoy other people's pain. Do they seem to take pleasure in seeing other people hurt? Not only do some people enjoy seeing other people in pain, but they also purposefully do things to cause or worsen someone's pain. People like this struggle with sympathy and empathy and may revel in other people's misfortune. Whether it's physical or emotional pain that they're taking pleasure in, it's a sure sign that they have a cold and cruel heart. Number two, they're desensitized to other types of evil. Are you horrified or frightened when you see people hurt on the news? People with cold and wicked hearts don't react to the evil in the world the same way that others might. Instead of feeling emotionally hurt or moved by terrible events, they may be unfazed at all. They won't empathize or care about other people's suffering, nor be bothered by tragic events that occur in the world. Number three, they're controlling and manipulative. Are they only ever kind to you when they need something from you? People with an evil heart want to maintain control of everything and everyone in their lives and will often use manipulation tactics to do so. This may involve gaslighting or guilting you into doing things they want you to do. Their behavior can become abusive, especially if you don't comply with their wishes. Ultimately, their goal is to control the way you feel on the inside and on the outside. Number four, they're sadistic and cruel to others. Do they take pleasure in causing others pain? Those with an evil heart can act very cruelly towards others. Their cruelty can take various forms, such as purposefully getting into fights with others, causing emotional and physical harm to their loved ones, or even hurting animals. Sometimes their cruel behavior may even become life-threatening to those around them. In cases like this, it's important to call for help and support to remove yourself away from them. Number five, they have a tendency to lie. Have you lied to a loved one to protect them?  It might be true if the purpose is to protect them. Those with an evil heart will lie regardless of this and will care very little for their mistakes. Even if you catch them red-handed, nothing will change. This is because they do not feel ashamed or guilty for lying.  Number six, they have no humility. Do they always boast about how much better they are compared to others? Those with evil hearts are full of pride and self-importance, with no sense of humility at all. Because of their arrogance and need to be right all the time, they may fail to show any form of kindness or empathy to others, to the point of losing some of their relationships. And number seven, they do not feel remorse. Have you ever felt really bad and ashamed after doing something you knew was wrong?   So do you know someone who has shown these signs? Let us know in the comments below. If you find this video interesting, be sure to like and share this video with those who might benefit from it. And don't forget to subscribe and hit the notification bell icon to get notified whenever it's like to go post a new video. The references and studies used in this video are added in the description below. Thanks for watching and we'll see you soon.


those funds although they live in the incorporated area yes ma'am thank you mr. byron and we have um there are a few different um surveys that are out there as well in the between um uh economic development options opportunity has done some surveys community development of course is doing surveys especially related to the HUD fund so we we have a number of input methods that have already occurred that that could be useful um for that for that guidance as you mentioned but that is important in terms of assessing gaps and your right the the whole need to not to spread out funds according to gaps whether or are available uses is key to this discussion so and we've got some input as well i'll share with you i know howard will and i spoke at a neighborhood meeting and afterwards i got a very lengthy email from the community apparently after we left they they did talk about what they'd like to see so i'll forward that and i've gotten some from others i would also encourage us to look at i mean there are several very well organized grassroots nonprofits who are doing great work in the community that aren't always weren't always on our radar and have never been part of our system of getting community promotions or anything else and so i certainly would want us to get input from them because they are dealing with things every day in the community and they know where some of the gaps and some of the needs are so we uh could work with them not just to get the money into the community but also to make sure that um that they are part of the process too all right all right mr mr duval and then mr davis then mr rick and uh thank you mr mayor a lot of my questions were answered when you discussed the parking fund because i was looking at the hospitality fund there again those funds are going to be splitting into two years my my thought on the hospitality was to try to get as much money as we could back into the organizations by using the h tax funds out of the arp as a backstop hopefully the the collections of the h tax itself are going to be going up and i think they might have gone up a little bit more than we had anticipated we might have collected more than we anticipated this year so i i think the the question is how much of this can be used um to shore up the h tax rather than a direct expenditure uh on projects in the h tax so um could you ask other going to us and say it was direct expenses or the revenue we were treating as the revenue as a as basically a transfer and that's part of the guidance that we're still taking from treasury in terms of what we discussed and we'd be treating it as a it's important in terms of how the financials would be how it ends up being recorded if we're able to treat it as a grant so that we can transfer it into the fund and then it's a funding use of that system if you will what would you use half of that 4.8 million in in the budget year that we're talking about now 21 22 so what we have included in the fiscal year 21 22 for h tax is the 1.7 for this year um the other amounts are already in the fund so we would basically be helping to show up where the forecast of where we are today and this year's funding in the course of fire year just basically building a reserve okay okay when we get to the h tax fund Mr. Duvall I mean we understand where you know where you are and and what you all want to do with showing up for the groups I think we're trying to strike a balance as to getting making sure the fund is healthy in the years ahead as well as you know your ability potentially in the years ahead to do some of the things you have mentioned you want it to do pre-covid whether it is an h tax fund etc so okay all right um Sam and Daniel Sam you're on me so we can read your lips all right that my uh my my suggestions aren't too different from what I'm hearing now um even if we partner with folks some of it we can maybe use a seed dollars for those areas where we may not have enough to do what we want to do anyway but we could help those organizations that um that are pretty much trying to do some of the things that we'd like to do and can't do the other thing is um I'm I'm hoping we can do as much as we can in partnering with or helping to support small business initiatives citywide but then you know to be honest with you there's some areas where we probably would benefit if we really target to help small businesses trying to either get off the ground or small businesses just trying to grow and maintain that's all you know I think everything everybody said is is worthwhile for the discussion but I feel like we really need to look towards and and I would look to Miss Wilson and the staff we we've got equipment needs we've got shot spotter expansion needs we've got all these internal needs that we need to take care of and I think we need to to focus it inwards um as much as we can and take care of these needs to make sure that our staff and and all of our services are being delivered because they're based on citywide needs and services and I think we ought to look to see what else we need internally first before we go out there's a lot of recovery money out there for all types of businesses and nonprofits and everybody else through other grant opportunities I do think we need to look internally first and I'd like to see some more recommendations from staff on what we could use these funds for as we get more information yes I'm happy to do that and um thank you any other questions and again my um my most significant concern is obviously we have to we run a tight ship and I'm thankful of the work our staff does this does also represent a a significant um maybe a historic opportunity to make some really strong moves and some ways that matter I agree with to make it as a whole lot of great grassroots work going on out there we can support that in the interest of our citizens we need to do that but the two um particular areas stand out to me that we have an opportunity to make strides here and that's in working with our public partners and our nonprofit and for-profit partners for that matter and delivering broadband uh to to people of this community a digital divide is real we saw it and um in more ways from education to to healthcare to just economic stability more than we ever have and then um obviously affordable housing um affecting every community across this country and but Columbia is our our primary concern that this represents an opportunity uh to really stand up some long-term efforts uh in the interest of posterity and economic prosperity in those spaces those stand out to me and I and I I raise the issue of age tags I'm speaking specifically um about um about getting monies to these arts organizations that have weathered the storm um significantly not necessarily had the opportunity to participate as much in some of the efforts we stood up collectively as a group uh last year some of them are are hanging by a thread and it's important for us uh to try and um and support those organizations and make sure they have a weathered storm as well um so we'll we'll all have more opportunities to discuss them but I wanted to continue to lift up uh those in in particular broadband afforded by housing and and uh working with our age tax organizations getting them um up and strong and running again as the economy comes back mr. mayor yes sir mr. McDowell yes I uh I certainly don't want to beat the drum but I'm going to beat it because I've been beating it continuously um I think the services and whatever we do has to be it has to be driven uh with a human consciousness that is appropriate to whatever that calls this um I've got a I've got an issue with firefighters equipment uh I keep harping on that because there are firefighters that are in in need of new equipment and um I would certainly hope and we I may certain to be off the beaten path but of course I think it's necessary that if we're going to do anything it has to be it has to be driven with a kind of human consensus and um these firefighters need this equipment rate of cancer uh relative to firefighters equipment is very very important and I keep raising that issue issue but I think a large part of that has to be with that human dimension that uh if we're going to do anything it has to be human driven human dynamics driven I'm sorry thank thank you thank you sir all right I think we're um let's just keep keep moving and um yes sir we will and I guess as we move into the more specific um discussion of the funds just recognize that the budgets and balance by utilizing these proposed um numbers here particularly as it comes to the general fund the park and fund the hospitality tax so just keep that in mind you know I I hear you loud and clear about wanting um all the guidance we can give and and surveys and getting seeking input from the public on the external uses of the 6.5 if this is the breakout that you agree to um obviously I can always tell you other ways to use that internally I did not want to assume nor come to you with a recommendation that only um use the funds internally so this was about the best we could get to and again it's it's truly based off trying to um get our budget back at a minimum to the way it was and hope for some redundancy some sustainability and just quite frankly a little cushion um going into those fiscal years 22 23 etc so you did you guys exactly exactly what what you needed to do um no this is exactly where we need to start and uh I mean so no your home point and I think we're gonna have to figure out as we give you positive meaningful input and ask some of the important questions there'll be some places here I'm sure there'll be some opportunities for movement and some that just won't be um but we I think we just need to throw back very specific recommendations as to what we might want to see more or less of but you know you guys do the great job pulling this together okay yes sir so Missy why don't you um try to you know expedite some of these additional slides now that I think the council has a flavor for what what our basis is okay I'll put on the fire hose uh method here so okay the next few slides are really different ways of the ARP and bringing to attention um some areas of interest there's several other um programs that aren't highlighted here but these we know would be of interest there's 10 billion dollars in the in for um local the local government assistance that for capital projects it's specifically related to broadband so this is also addressing our broadband needs um rental housing there's various components related to rental housing emergency rental assistance is mentioned Richland County is receiving 12.5 and then another 9.5 coming as well as some other funds that are aren't listed here specifically um as Miss Devine mentioned in terms of coordinating with the county um on these funds also um and in mentioning too some of these programs coming up some are either going straight to the state or other eight um or other agencies but they are definitely finds that it will be coming into our community um in a variety of fashions so we want to make sure we're staying staying aware in the breath of how they are being utilized within our community so emergency housing voucher um through HUD um and also some additional funding for housing counseling. Many of these programs we're all aware of and familiar with um the city's the the home funds that will be coming through the HUD is mentioned there will be 2.5 million um dollars uh these actually have a uh youth time of uh fiscal year 2025 that's a little longer date uh it does have a little different um direction than our normal home funds but I'm sure Miss Dahid and her team will be able to address those as that as that moves forward uh home and assistance program also an allocation start going straight to the state uh 9.9 billion an additional rat and rental and housing assistance this is specifically related to water um assistance program this these funds without a health and human services five hundred million dollars this will be helping specifically individuals with their water and water use bills um you cannot find the city has access to but of course it finds that our customers would have access to um as well um of course we can't forget the relief to individuals and families um individuals we will be receiving uh fourteen hundred fourteen hundred dollars per taxpayer and then just for fourteen hundred dollars per dependent as well as also child tax credit that will be coming through um and various outlamps related to child tax credit um additional paid and sick leave um this is also will be helpful for us but that's also helpful for small business support with relation to the family and sick family um paid sick and medical leave as well as the um unimportant relief um and nonprofits will be able to sustain that program as well transportation the airport provisions as well as FTA um claiming that the CMRTA is also receiving some additional portion of these funds so again funds that are coming into the community that the city that's necessarily involved with but they are coming to our community uh FEMA disaster and disaster assistance the city does participate in some of these programs as well as mentioned some of these programs are available to the city by way of competitive grants to the some of the FEMA grants will be competitive um disaster assistance um funeral assistance for individuals uh the firefighter uh grants and safer firefighter hiring grants the city does um has participated in both of these programs i'm sure we would take advantage of the same opportunity um with a competitive grant and then emergency management performance grant nutrition programs SNAP WIC um EDT as well so there's also nutrition programs there's also a variety of programs that are system food banks um and food provisions that will be addressing the different food insecurity to our community directly as well that do not come directly to the city that will be be feed by several of the organizations that the city has partnered with on some food insecurity projects as mentioned this means the kamavi supplemental food program that specifically related to senior nutrition nutrition the emergency food shelter and then the usda child and adult care programs which is also assisting for food provisions for emergency for those that are in uh housing shelters next there's also the art humanities museums libraries these are also funds born directly to the state that will be assisting the arts organizations that will be assisting the humanities organizations um those and also two that will be assisting libraries and museums so and those are also of interest to our our council um and to our community um that again that's a high level overview um and by far is not it's not comprehensive but certainly areas of interest to our to our community and to our council would you would you go back one slide missy certainly so some of the national programs um obviously these are um this money goes to the state and as it says here competitive grants are there some efforts that we can stand up to maybe help some of our local organizations participate in that and maybe in lieu of h tax dollars i think that's a great approach so we have talked about that with regards to you know we did a um coalition last year with nine way and and similar to our community foundation for establishing helping to assess and capacity of some of these organizations to seek these dollars similar to the way our abo does with assisting small business take advantage i think there are some infrastructure in place together as c has done some work in this area we can certainly look i know they have done a survey of nonprofits you can certainly um look into that a little bit further to see it would be a valuable opportunity for these organizations to be able to profit these funds but also making sure that there's there's some really you know strong application um for this what's not listed here is the shutter venue um grant that's also out there and is available i know that is also being shared among our a number of our nonprofits that normally would take advantage of the hospitality tax grants as well um thank you yes okay so uh development of our budget just as mentioned you know the city manager's focus is always is continuing our operations especially as we were you know a year ago when we were faced with this we were uncertain um built some uncertainties but um had seen some progress and look forward to a brighter future continuing our to provide our uh day-to-day services and dealing our financial obligations which is as mentioned all of these are are underlining um guiding principles for uses of the amount of the reconversed plan funds because they have to support the city not just today but also helping strengthening us um for our um um for future resiliency budget drivers we know more than we did last year our department's budgets um were um submitted this year they were given the same guidance um if you recall as we're having uh some recent budget conversations the departments were asked to prepare their budgets within using the same allocation they had the current year um their current year budget was based on their FYS the 50 year 18-19 actuals so as of today that means these are um budgets that are using two-year-old financial information um to build out forward um coming into three years by the time we end this coming fiscal year there are some adjustments and we'll get to those as we move forward um personal budgets were pretty much left as they were um with some adjustments for um um positions um and moving forward and of course we are holding current service levels and maintaining existing programs not really um looking at any expanded for new programs but being able to provide the services that we have we did have a very compressed but a focused budget process um we've asked farmers to think about how they have gained efficiencies and um how they are able to deliver services from altered work arrangements um they also made sure we were trying to capture some shortfalls and gaps in services and being able to prioritize those um budget is built around some of these prioritized areas um she went through already with regards to water and sewer and storm water and of course focusing on priority maintaining our service delivery um and we are continuing to monitor and are anticipating or prepared to amend our budget in the coming months as we have more information available to us our total proposed budget is three hundred and seventy six million dollars that's a that of twenty million increase over the current year um from where we are today the majority of that coming from um our ARP funds but also our water and sewer funds the general fund is a hundred fifty five million with storm water I mean our water and sewer actually now being our leading budget of a hundred and eighty two million um being now our largest budget of course rounding that up um our enterprise funds can include water or water and sewer fund our storm water fund and our parking fund um and then our rounding our special revenues would be special hospitality tax and accommodation tax these together make up our operating budgets of the city general fund revenues um we did see some progress or some good um hopeful um information with regards to our revenues um our total budget is a hundred and fifty five million proposed for the city for the general fund this is an increase of eighteen million or roughly thirteen percent um from the revenue perspective that three point three million dollars or two point six percent over the current year budget um and I want to stress again that's over current year budget if we um if you refer to the packet of information that was attached on your agenda with regards to the budget numbers um our overall budget revenues are still below coming in lower than where we were pre-pandemic but definitely progressing better than we we were thinking we would be um a year a year ago when we were looking at this situation our property tax and lost revenues are actually coming in better than expected the business licenses and franchise what we do know um is that they are they still seem to be below where they should be at this time but still are known as both business license and franchise fees are not due um business license fees have just been are still coming in franchise fees um we do get some indications that those are not coming in those don't come in until the physical genes so it really will be um the end of the fiscal year before we really know how we are ending this ending this year um both with regards to revenues and our expenditures the majority of our increase in the budget really is coming from these transfers in one thing that has been we'll talk about this as we get on to the next slide with regard to expenditures um but we were able to incorporate into the general fund a return of our capital lease program as you recall that was one of the primary expenses that we've extended in the current fiscal year um this program is what we use to replace and replenish our rolling stock primarily in the general fund that's a key and that is a that's a a major initiative to be able to return back to the city's budget and back to operations um our I'm sure our operating departments will be much relieved to see us be able to go back to that replacement schedule um we have incorporated into this budget on 1.6 million from American Rescue Plan we brought to you in our last conversation we reviewed um the installment purchase revenue bond proceeds um there's a number of initiatives that are included in the installment purchase revenue bond that's been discussed with you um the the items that specifically have a budgetary impact are reflected in the budget and that would be this um we have incorporated funds for the implementation and first year support of the security camera upgrades the much anticipated security camera upgrades um very excited to see that process moving forward we've also restored the transfer from the hospitality tax um to 3.7 million um as well um combined of these funds this is what is able to support our ability to be able to return the capital lease program on the expenditure side um as mentioned um budgets remain relatively flat from the current fiscal year and they're using 1819 as a actual as their baseline um where there are increases those were basically um increases outside of personnel um what a personnel adjustments um would be increasing it would be used to um annual contract adjustments and schedules for instance our Microsoft enterprise license um that's in the IT budget along with some additional cloud solution software that was added to help us with the um a lot of the ability to be able to operate virtually but also our emergency communications like CAD system having an upgrade that's we're feeling there on to the council's approval um that will have um some and also some schedule replacements that are requested there the citywide election is also requested in the budget that's a one-time expense that um obviously it fluctuates as there is an election our recycling contract has been brought up that's a significantly increase of $250,000 in the budget it's been it has been an expense and this year that amount that but it has not been reflected in the budget of that amount so the budget now reflects that contract um full cost that has been a growing increased cost um as we are moving forward with our recycling that's an indicative of the industry um and not something unique to columbia there's also funding that we need to incorporate into the department's budgets for a rate increase for retirement system increases that we expected as well what's not listed here is um the capital lease that was also mentioned um i thought that mentioned pretty here on the slide but the capital lease program that that's listed um as mentioned that'd be the replacement program um we are with the nine million dollars some of the equipment that would be purchased would be a new ladder truck or a replace a much needed replacement ladder truck um a fire engine as well as our patrol cars um garbage trucks and other equipment um bucket trucks other heavy equipment as well as some of the replacement rolling stock for our general fund department moving on to water and sewer i want some of our time here since a lot of that's been covered the petal budget is 182 million with an increase of 13.8 or 8 percent um it does incorporate the 5 percent 5.82 percent rate increase as presented some of those revenues are also coming from the project sunshine it does allow us to maintain our 2.0 debt coverage um which is um a a monk standing target of the city for our financial um strength water and sewer fund expenditures uh that rate study um are the rate increase and those projected revenues uh helped to support a 120 million capital improvement program as you recall that was the stated goal for our capital improvement program for a number of years just to be able to 220 every year with the gosh our improvement with 40 million for water um improvements and 80 million for wastewater improvements so it utilizes 16 million in cash from the system or remaining coming from um or those would be budgeting cash reserves remaining being bonds and other proceeds of course the rating crease also covers the debt service for those bonds um and our debt service schedule now is at 42.9 million that's collective of all the active debt um on the on the system and and kind of and and reflect 24 percent of the budget and then we have also we retain the um general fund transfer at the same level to 4.1 million uh with regards to stormwater budget um it is proposed at 15.6 million an increase of 1.5 million right at 1.6 to 11 percent it does it does assume um the um the resuming of the rate adjustments in accordance to our rate structure that was adopted i think that's actually 2018 that 2016 for a five-year rate plan it was suspended last year during covid um and we are proposing to return back to that schedule um it would increase the um equivalent residential unit on a residential um rate from 13.32 dollars to 14 dollars and 15 cents it's an increase of 83 cents 83 cents a month um or six percent it is um this rate of course supports the 93 million dollars in stormwater improvements that were proposed for this five-year plan with 11.5 million in capital projects for this coming year you have a um a list of those proposed projects in your in your um budget package as well with regard to the parking fund um the proposed budget is nine million um with that 1.3 million or 70 percent of the current uh increase of the budget um projected revenue just below 18.19 um and we could use 2.7 so um without those funds you can see that the parking fund budget would be at a deficit um without there being um the the use of the ARP funds um these funds are allowing us to be able to restore some of our operations that also allow us to be able to adjust the maintenance priorities to be able to do some of them to be able to keep our garages not to be not just be able to keep our garages open but also keeping them functioning and also keeping them maintained so that they are safe and inviting and welcoming to our public to use them. Again this is just the parking fund budget you can see that 31 percent of the budget is for debt service um related to the parking fund um and includes which is a 2.8 million dollar um so the schedule on existing debt the 8th the hospitality tax budget um it's an increase of 4.2 or 57 percent over the current year we are pleased that revenues are coming in better than we had anticipated for the hospitality tax but one to remind you that they are still below the pre-tendent collections we do just like the use of the of the American Rescue Plan funds um as previously mentioned we are we have we have incorporated we've included um hospitality tax revenues of um our 1.7 million of ARP funds in this proposed budget um the hospitality tax budget is broken out by existing debt of 2.7 we've restored the general fund transfer to 3.7 um we've also incorporated has been brought to to the counseling discussion um in cooperation of the um repairs to the multi repairs to the five point fountain that the city owns in an amount of 250 thousand dollars um funding for pre-construction work and design a family part rehabilitation of 1.5 as we talked about um in the past that was one of the other programs that we suspended um as a result of the pandemic um we are we are anticipating that with the continued improvement we are seeing with the hospitality tax that we'll be able to proceed with that work um and have incorporated um 1.5 million for the pre-construction work and design that would be um before we actually issue the debt um and and repair the rehabilitation of this much love and and needed work of this at family park next finally also the allocation the hospitality tax grant program that's 3.4 million that's an increase of 587 thousand dollars in terms of what's programmed in the budget um this is not taking into account if there's any reserves or surplus available for allocation um in addition to the budget it is an increase in the current year we have made we staff have made no recommendations about how city council would allocate those funds um but just wanted to bring them forward as a as a whole amount and there will probably need to be future conversations about how to allocate those funds and how city council um maybe move forward we are anticipating releasing an application um for those funds um that's so many conversations about the direct allocation with regards to the accommodations tax the budget is 1.5 million it's a modest increase of 57 thousand right at 58 on 3.4 9 percent it um it is also hit by the pandemic so we are not at free still are not at we are not at pre-pandemic levels of revenue yet um it this with the way those funds come in from the state quarterly it's really a little bit harder to gauge sort of where we are today but so far we are we are making budget we are meeting our target but we are still not where we were pre-pandemic and again like with hospitality tax we have not made a specific allocation other than those allocations directly stated by state law with uses of our accommodation tax the first um allocation in state law is $25,000 transfer to the general fund with the remaining 95 percent uh uh broken out by 30 percent for advertising information 65 percent for tourism related um city council typically allocates those um for um specific organizations we do have to utilize a committee for that program we will re-engage that committee here before the June 30th um timeframe and then of course five percent for general purposes uh city council has also directed those allocations in the past as well we're prepared to do that going forward too um that I'll I'll stop there pause there with regards to the budget um I know that was a lot of information and still probably a lot of questions regarding the actual budget part of that um hopefully with the company's um the information that you have in the packet but um also if there's any comments just welcome you want to make or any other questions you need to do to the council and I want to have before we move to the next topic any questions or comments you're missing all right let's keep up let's keep moving the missing okay next we wanted to bring up the city budgeting for equity and recovery uh initiative this is a bloom burn for any what works city's program that the city was um accepted into we are one of 30 cities participating across the country in this initiative it's focusing on applying an equity lens to the city's budgeting process um we are working through with what works cities we are working with uh technical assistance um and other along with peer-to-peer meeting the other cities that are participating in the program we have specific technical guidance from GFOA as well as some other providers that are assisting us with this work um one of the the first approach that the city specifically is taking is we will be working on defining what equity means to the city as an organization and in our program um obviously this is an important area and focus of our city council and our city so having a a a definition that we all work from is very important and and and foundational in our work so we are helping to work collectively on on defining what equity means to the city um from there we will also be working on the term the curbing indicator um through this initiative that basically is um identifying an initial and equity indicator or financial indicator that indicates will indicate to us that we are reaching a result that the city desires to achieve through this effort and we'll also be incorporating um this uh the equity lens as a part of our priority based budgeting module that we've discussed in the past uh we we were a little suspended on that program with COVID but we will be reviewing that work through this initiative um and we'll be bringing some of that discussions with more to our departments along with other stakeholders as we carry out this initiative this project timeline is really between it started last October and day through September um with the supportive work that is something that is foundational as we proceed um um and and move forward in in the city okay any questions there any questions missy okay the last thing I will bring up again is just a reminder that this miss yes sir I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry um I heard you said the defining what diversity is or equity is um will you do that and it's it's staff related when you define what that is will there be input from other folk yes sir okay all right so there has not been a working definition of what that is as it relates to our city um I think there are certainly uh concepts and and maybe individualized definitions and efforts and work I know that through this work through this project because we look at our colleagues around the country that are doing this work most most most have started with um defining what equity means to them specifically so we thought that it was important to be able to do that here especially we have a number of initiatives I think in the city that are addressing and related to the equity within our community um and working from a a a a common viewpoint can only further move us along in that work and help us to better bridge that divide and be able to make sure we are addressing those gaps or disparity and it's really looking introspectively Reverend McDowell um I know a lot of times when we hear you know the big equity is it's such a a big thing for people to grasp globally and as a community but we want it to start um internally um and the way that we approach our work um so I just wanted to make that little bit of a distinction that we're trying to start with ourselves as well with how we are um going about our business well that's that's great and I think it all to I think it should be ought to be an internal movement and an internal definition of what it what it what it is yes but it's also important I think once we decide internally of what the group decides on what that definitely definition consists of it would certainly be good to draw in others to make sure that that definition is a collaborative effort and not uh not anything else I guess that's my old point yes ma'am yes thank thank you thank you sir any other questions for missy so this is we're just to enclose um just a false thank you to the council of course city manager um this is definitely a team effort um and to our department um and bringing this work forward and so we're pleased to be able to bring this to you the just a reminder that everything we discussed today um at this point is being proposed or advertisement this week for a budget public hearing and first reading on May the 11th which again would be a special call meeting just want to make sure we we stress to reiterate that so that we are all on the same accord to be what we finish up today's conversation and thank you again missy thank you so much I know this is we all had to step out of our comfort zone a little bit to get through this process in a um reimagined way but I think we tried to do our best and I really appreciate missy's hard work um and Jeff and Jan and everyone but you know the our finance professionals are amazing and I appreciate their um thoughtfulness about such an important part of city government and it's our budget and what our citizens expect so with that we will move forward with the advertisement unless you all are directing us otherwise all right thank you Mayor Benjamin we um recognize that I know there's some national news um pending and we just wanted to reassure you all that um we have been in preparation for that whichever way it may go today with the chauvin verdict and um just getting lots of messages here about that as I'm sure you all are as well so we'll continue along unless you direct us um otherwise we can move into the instant agenda item seven through 29 just mr. mayor just um very happy to see um the progress on moving forward with the disparity study and and to count from a mcdowell's point earlier I think a lot of the things that we're working on disparity study uh uh equity survey that should be done soon and as well as the other conversations I know we had we are making great strides and I'm excited to see uh this team that's assembled it's very impressive miss ma'am thank you absolutely all right yes sir I'm sorry ma'am just to back up for just one moment will there be an opportunity for any of us to be a part of that conversation on uh equity yes sir of course absolutely all right thank you all right please follow along mr. brennan yes mr. recommend hi mr. mcdowell yes mr. bevall hi mr. vine hi mr. davis hi ma'am thank you thank you prisa yes sir the zoning planning matter here is a first reading um with the again unipot development ordinance adoption um for our city a new city of columbia zoning map i know krista has um given you all binders about the timeline is there a motion move approving is there a second second discussion with the previous question call her all yes mr. brennan yes mr. recommend hi mr. mcdowell yes mr. bevall hi mr. vine mr. davis both of them how do you thank you for the hard work and time and patience and collaboration on this i'll go back thank you thank you all moving into ordinance's first reading item 31 ordinance number 2021 010 granting an encroachment to the municipal association of South Carolina for the use of the right of white area okay approval don't move you can't move for the Taj Duvall you can't do that i have no financial connection or that i know i just move the previous move the previous question correct call the roll mr. brennan yes mr. recommend hi mr. mcdowell yes mr. bevall hi mr. vine hi mr. davis hi near benjamin hi item 32 ordinance number 2021 011 amending ordinances 2014 032 and 2012 059 granting encroach was to the University of South Carolina for use of the right of white area of the 1500 block of green street and 800 block of pick and street second discussion with the previous question mr. brennan yes mr. recommend hi mr. mcdowell yes mr. Duvall hi mr. vine hi mr. davis hi near benjamin hi item 32 ordinance number 2021 020 granting an easement to dominion energy south carolina ink along a portion of city on property identified at the richland county tms number is moved is a second second discussion with the previous question correct call the roll good morning yes mr. recommend hi mr. mcdowell yes mr. bevall hi mr. vine hi mr. davis hi near benjamin hi item 34 ordinance number 2021 028 consenting to the inclusion of property in a multi-county industrial business part for project katawa 919 katawa avenue 318 lincoln street and 312 lincoln street in richland county um i do believe that um some some who may if you have any questions in other words we were holding for i think mere cobalt and adam beck um we're in the holding room if there are any questions let's get to the discussion period for their motion i'm i'm overproofal is there a second all right this is my discussion mr. mayor yes sir yes all right second i miss mr. vine secondly but i think she i think she'd happily take your replacement as a second so so discussion we got a good discussion period let's do it all right um you see you have you have bob and who else adam beck okay all right and um i said daniel had a question would that may be for staff or for the applicants daniel well i i i think it starts from staff um you know i haven't talked to anybody about this project so i'm not sure who who's bring this forward but i was a little concerned uh about several issues that weren't addressed in our packet which one was safety um the other what was brought up at the county about the my understanding this was a solicitation as part of it for public parking and it seems like there's only from what i've read only 11 spots that are public parking included in this but yet no mention of any of that in our briefing packet um so i'm i'm concerned about those issues um for sure and and would like to understand from our staff did did we it's something did we not get some information um you know as i said i hadn't been contacted so i don't know who the lobbyist is for this i'm assuming it's it's mayor cobalt since i'm here he's on the line but um just out of curiosity do we have any information on um the safety measure and how that's going to be deferred around those tracks along with what was the the agreement original agreement around public access parking ryan are you on i know we sought some answers to some of that i'm not sure um regarding the parking mr recommend um what responses did i know ryan forwarded everything that he got when he's 20 you said daniel you say this is part of a public parking solicitation what do you mean what does that mean my understanding is part of the the reason that the county and i'm this is what i'm told that's why i'm asking the question i couldn't find any of the information in our packet that there was supposed to be a greater portion of public parking as part of the incentive that was granted i'm not familiar with that aspect of it mr recommend ryan or um and the county is over one when they approved this happened there wasn't a pretty significant vote by the county county's approved up to two readings so far like nine two right so i assume they met there there are requests or there whatever the demands were it's come through the standard you know commercial development incentive process i will say with regards to you know the public parking um while it wasn't mentioned it um heavily in the uh the application that was sent out there wasn't attached um presentation that outlines there there will be um probably 11 uh on-site public parking spaces provided as part of the structured deck for this and then there will also be uh 17 uh parallel uh parking sites uh added along the street fronts of lincoln and katalba i believe as well as part of the uh pedestrian and and right-of-way improvements that will be required when they install the sidewalks there um but that's that's the also public parking now is that obit street or a public street i'm confused public street that's that's along uh winken and katalba streets um so that the streets adjacent to the south and west of where the project will be right um let me ask you this um the issue of safety was that considered talked through at at the county and the county side i know it's been brought up and and discussed and um i believe even some of the neighborhoods have have kind of had some concerns about it and have been in discussions with developers so i know it's been a topic of conversation i wasn't involved in a lot of those or in any of those conversations so that may be something you know that um mayor cobalt or mr beck could speak better to um it's my understanding that some safety concerns were brought up because of the railroad proximity and that the developers have um made some changes to address that but they would need to provide you specific the um mr beck and mayor cobalt on or no mr beck is on he's able to speak at this time yeah be curious to hear as well about the about the railroads because i know we got a bunch going on down there regarding the quiet zones and some of the railroad improvements curious as to how they affect this when we talk about neighborhoods we don't have a lot of residential housing down there if i if i know and when we're talking about this is i guess you got olympia to the to the south and grand be pretty far away on the other side of of everything to the to the west so but but um you heard the questions mr beck out soon yes and appreciate the time uh this afternoon council members and you're happy to answer any any questions can everybody i guess hear me okay kind of first of all yes yes we can perfect yeah so i think the first one i guess kind of question addressing safety i think is as part of our boza and fight plan approval uh back in december of 2020 um i believe the planning commission uh as a condition of our approval um has required us uh you know to to do some additional signage striping um kind of you know reflections to again kind of help help with the safety concerns i think that were brought up at that time i think the same safety concerns you guys uh as well have and i believe also and and you guys don't defer to you i'll probably know more about this and then we do but during with the quiet zone discussions i believe there the improvements i think are already been funded i think it's either the state or or county level for kind of improved um safety crossings i think over that linking crossing and so i think with the combination of both of those things we feel like we've we've met kind of the the concerns that were were brought up during planning commission then also at the county level and mr rick the question about parking um i think ryan addressed it specifically um but i'm trying to remember when we first um brought this incentive to the county i mean obviously the major concern was wasn't trying to get free public parking it was it was it was about the the significant tax burden uh that that six percent properties were were bearing and how stymie development we're talking about a 70 plus million dollar development here um even with the abatement paying close to a million a year and and two times that once the um the property matures in 11 years i just think i want to just keep our eyes on on that on that significant development so and if in fact this is not something we want to do prospectively uh let's keep that in mind too but um if someone could just take a look too i because i want us to the county and one of the county council people told me that they voted significantly in favor of the stuff um but what are the questions we have for mr beck and and i don't know if the man if mayor cobalt wants to any other questions thank me or cobalt's available um i see to me guys right now well i was just going to share i um i spoke with mr beck and mayor cobalt earlier i shared some of my concerns and reservations um you know i do think that we need to have the bigger conversation about prospectively as to whether or not where there is a need to continue to incentivize these types of projects um i think that we primed the well we certainly did what we needed to do we we sunset it and then we continued so i think we need to really look at that um but one of the things when i did discuss with him um the student housing portion mr beck addressed um maybe um changing the structure so that it was not um primarily for students and so mr beck or mayor cobalt can you address that for everybody so that we can discuss what you're willing to do on that piece yes absolutely i appreciate that hope sorry i was gonna look this is bob cobalt first i've been listening to the last two hours and i've had a flashback uh and uh i had to call uh kirk mcvenley just to get grounded in uh in a city council y'all do a terrific job um let me say the um issue that arose was would they lease or rent per bed and and they don't really do that but that seems to be an issue that they will be delighted to address in rent per unit um and uh you know get the however that needs to be done in a way that you're comfortable it'll happen um that then it would be just like any other commercial property i do think this is this is the policy the city and the county adopted in 2019 and if you want to change it we certainly understand that but you know they've gone through the process uh boza planning commission uh two readings that um county council and actually it was only one descending vote in each one of those two third readings scheduled um and so they're willing to do anything to work in any way to address safety issues um or you know how it operates uh these would be student housing in any way that you you think appropriate let me ask uh adam if he would add on to the uh per unit issue and any other issue yeah and thank you mary coble so yeah it's kind of to direct the direct to the question yeah we're obviously open to leasing by the unit you know our kind of original discussions and i think kind of message we've had through through most of our conversations with the county and i think even through our initial kind of means city and planning commission and boza was you know we you know we leased uh you know anybody that would qualify whether it was on a per bed or per per unit basis and i understand there's you know stigmas that go with with either one of those um and we didn't want to kind of you know limit limit that you know the the target renter there um but again if there's concerns over over the idea or the thought or the structure leasing by the bed we're um absolutely okay leasing by the unit um to kind of address you know any concern that may have and one other thing adam if you could address i believe there are 56 public spaces that will be as a result of of this project um 11 of them are in the garage the rest of them are outside which of course would be much convenient uh for the public that might want to use it but adam could you address that yes that's yeah that's correct so it's it's we have the 11 in the part in the in the bar garage and then the rest will be a long um kataba and lincoln as well as 10 surface spaces kind of just outside the garage um that will be available for public use um and then as well as kind of the the rest of the i guess kind of overall you know improvements we're doing and i don't know if this isn't kind of the the documents that were um shared was you know we're doing a significant significant amount of uh environment of cleanup on site obviously removing kind of the existing kind of light industrial buildings we're improving obviously the streetscape landscape you know along lincoln and kataba streets you know hopefully trying to kind of you know bridge the connection to kind of you know downtown drivet street you know u.s. creek village june you know the grand bien on p.mill's neighborhoods um so again it's it's not specifically just related to parking but as well as those other improvements uh and utility upgrades and um such that were you know is part of the over application and commercial incentive all right thank you any more questions for sabbat may i call has there has there been has there been community input relative to the prop uh to the project yes there have we met with uh the grand bien mills and all the neighbors associations uh a few times actually had a couple phone calls as follow-ups as we've gone through the process uh we got actually their input before we've been submitting um i think for our planning commission and in bosa submittals uh because we want to come in and obviously be good neighbors and make everybody aware of what what we're doing and what we're projecting we're not trying to um you know hide anything we're going to be honest enough front and i think what was great is we showed some preliminary elevations of what we were kind of envisioning and our first kind of cut or draft of renderings and actually present that's the neighbor associations and actually um got some very good and constructive feedback actually we incorporated in our next rendition of renderings uh which i think you guys have seen through our submittals um that the neighbor association uh honestly basically was the main reason why we made a lot of changes and kind of went for more of a modern industrial look as opposed to some other designs that we were thinking we were we were going to go down so um long long answer to a short question uh yes we've uh made in communication throughout their throughout our process well with that said Mr. Beck did are they supportive of it did they give you a letter of support for the conversations yeah that's what i was asking yeah yeah that's what we're all i mean i'm sorry yeah i mean we i don't i mean i'll go back and look i don't know if we have a letter or an email but um i've gotten i guess verbal support and i guess maybe other way to say it we haven't they haven't come out against us or at any point in time so um that's not on the letter specifically for you i can share but um in all the common communications we've had they've been supportive of project now that's let me make sure that's 675 beds or 575 it's 278 units and 670 um ish beds in one two and three bedroom units can can you address uh we've talked about it before you got on line um the safety and traffic concerns yes is this in relation to the lincoln railroad crossing yes yes so i think again as kind of part of our site plan approval we've agreed to work with the city to you know address any kind of safety precautions whether it's you know signage painting striping reflectors to kind of help improve that that crossing to address safety concerns and then as well as i think you know again i think that quiet zone or that specific crossing has already been funded i think at a different stage to your level for even you know more improvements above that um so we've incorporated that and that's the condition of our site plan approval which we received back in december and then i guess in terms of traffic i think that you know will be dependent i think what ultimately is decided by the railroad and by the city and state on kind of what the plan is for the railroad in you know that specific section so we're we're going to work with anybody and all agencies to to alleviate any you know specific traffic concerns without a traffic study completed and there wasn't any things specifically stated that you know any additional remediation was needed based on our project thank you mr mayor i call for the previous question previous question correct color mr brunnan no mr rickham is no mr mcdowell no mr google no mr vine no mr davis can hear you say i'm no mayor benjamin um i'm actually going to vote in the affirmative and um we need to go ahead and make a determination and maybe this specific project the developers the location maybe the proximity to the railroad whatever it happens to be but as it relates to the incentive and whether or not we choose that we want to officially sunset not yet set i think it's um it's supposed to sunset and at the end of next year then we need to make an affirmative policy decision these developers have expended significant sums of money to move forward on the policy that we have approved and it's not pro business for us to to change things mid-street so just let's let's pray over that think about that going forward and we're going to the next item on the agenda yes sir item 35 ordinance number 2021 029 amending the 1998 code of ordinance is the city of colombia south carolina chapter 23 utilities and engineering article 1 in general section 231 civil penalties for violations related to wastewater collection and treatment or treatment and distribution article 4 wastewater service section 2021 second second in discussion move the previous question for color oh mr bernand yes mr rickerman hi from mcdowell yes hi mr vines hi mr davis hi someone's got to take away sam's mute button can we disable sam's mute button is that possible you don't want to do that yeah i know we don't actually i know we don't thank you sorry erica did you say something no man thank you solutions again as we move forward with safety plans there in adherence with covet 19 pandemic safety and social distancing protocols as published by the cdc and d-heck south carolina d-heck and we had these for the various events reviewed and approved by our colombia police department the event on your agenda today is the resolution number our 2021 029 authorizing consumption of beer and wine only within void plaza adjacent to the museum of art miss miss wilson yes sir what's the size of the event what is what was the detail on the paperwork i don't know that we necessarily we we can't address capacity necessarily any more ever mndow um you know it's in a bit that's open to the public the um i do know all kovic all kovic and cdc requirements the plans are in place those that we can authorize their city processes just are um but it's it's a public event yes sir thank you ma'am all right move approval um second now i would say um ed uh just as a um as a venue manager the art museum does a pretty good job out there um at boy plaza so my my guess is they'll be they'll be managing things effectively as well if they give you any comfort um not oh move the previous question mr brunnan yes mr rickerman hi mr mcdowell no mr vall hi divine mr davis mr benjamin hi thank you ma'am let me into a period of resolutions item 37 is resolution number r 2021 043 approving the honorary naming of the lion's street community guard move approval so i can i move the previous question i know i mean we love we love we love marvin missing something awful good man move the previous question ma'am mr brunnan yes mr rickerman hi mr mcdowell yes mr duvall hi mr vine hi sorry all right right little sand all right hi mr david hi mr benjamin hi marvin was the smoothest bossy man i've ever known he would get he would get what he wanted but he but he was always nice and smiling um every step of the way we miss him and it doesn't necessarily it wouldn't necessarily have to be in a council chamber i mean he'd do that in the grocery store it wouldn't even have to be it wouldn't even have to be in his neighborhood either yeah no good man good man item 38 resolution number r 2021 048 approving the honorary naming of the intersection of colonial drive in the street bill shab's way i move approval second discussion remove the previous question court color all mr brunnan yes mr rickerman hi mr mcdowell yes mr duvall hi mr vine hi mr david hi mr benjamin hi item 39 is resolution number r 2021 026 supporting the housing authority of the city of columbia engaging in the maryon street high rise disposition project and i will say um maryon council that i've asked several questions about this um i didn't want to ask you to hold it unless you know that's your decision i'm i'm trying to just get some clarity on what you're actually endorsing here um with the disposition and and the adjacent property so miss wilson um i talked with i've met with miss um mac use and uh karen comarty um and miss commissioner sunclair yesterday so this is a hud requirement they're going through all the checks and this is required for them to actually relocate the residents um i've got commitment from her that this does not um commit any particular disposition um but there are some questions and i we can we got a long agenda so i'd like to maybe talk about it with um particularly christa um and amy there are some concerns i have apparently about um historic columbia um and their role in uh they're one of the boxes that have to be checked um for hud and there are some discussion as to whether or not there's some um artifacts that are more on the property so that that's a bigger discussion i think we have to have this but um my understanding this is just to allow them to move forward with the relocation of the residents and they'd like to start that process so this is time sensitive because this the historic columbia pieces out man simon is that is that that or something on the on the property itself on the property itself apparently um in 1980 something there was some archaeological dig that may have revealed some artifacts that um are on the housing authority property um and so under from what i understand it was really um it was a little confusing that's why i'd like our staff to be involved but as miss nathy's indicated to me um south calin archives and history actually has to be part of the people who agree and there is some conversation as to whether or not the man simon's footprint is indeed larger than we know and that it would extend towards the marron street property um and if so there's a desire to obtain that property which would reduce the footprint already existing for the housing authority so it seems like there's a lot of um discussion and i don't understand why it's a little any different than full street and how we were allowed to do the archaeological dig but they it didn't affect the the sale of the property so i think we have to ask more questions and understand that because that will affect their potential redevelopment of that site well remember that entire whether it's man simon's of that entire neighborhood was a you know significant african american community and we just conducted the man simons dig just a few years ago and found um you know some significant artifacts that told a lot about columbia's history my guess is that it should be some sandborn maps out there from the early part of last century that should tell us exactly what was there um so that yeah i think let's definitely make sure we cross those season dot those eyes i think our staff has been asking those questions and has some missing information we were just concerned that if you go ahead and approve it maybe we need to adjust this letter to reflect um you know that all of these things are dealt with properly um but missing what you want to add yes ma'am this is what can i suppose of having authority earlier today and they have um agreed that when those parcels are identified they all already have a survey plant showing which parcel they would donate to the city to combine with the man simon's house they've got a few more questions they need to clarify before that actually happens but certainly they're receptive to us including that acknowledgement in any letter she did reiterate the time sensitivity they cannot file with HUD the motion they need to file to vacate the property until they have our approved resolution so it's very time sensitive from their standpoint davis true question who owns who owns the survey and um what when did they do it when the date on the survey they he sent it to me earlier they have recently performed that survey after conversations to include historic Columbia about the need to make sure that we're protecting that site there's actually two smaller parcels one is point oh six acres they refer to that as the ghost parcel and we know for sure we want that there's another parcel that's point one nine acres that we believe may also need to be deeded over um to combine with the man simon's house and they're willing to do that their one question is can they still um need all of the code requirements for the remaining parcel and sell that parcel once they do those two smaller sites to us and we're working through those answers right now certainly they can sell it we just need to make sure that it would be code compliant without those two small parcels they would need to us let me look and see if I can tell you the date of the survey I'm looking for that right now if y'all have more questions I'll answer that shortly I think we just got a guilty verdict absolutely good um would y'all mind read me down would you would you mind would you mind Ed he's watching it I know he is I'm sorry would you would you mind give us a word of prayer before we go on with the rest of this discussion just in the wake of this verdict sure thank you brother these are turbulent times in our nation turbulent times in terms of chaos rod we would simply pray that this nation of ours is and it confines itself into a vacuum of peace and harmony but we know that there are things happening throughout this country of ours and particularly in this city of ours okay we would simply ask that you might continue to wrap your arms around those of us who understand and sense the tenets of peace and harmony but we know that violence is contagious and we know that it metastasizes everywhere so lord we just simply ask that you might give us a kind of peace that passes all understanding for decisions that are made we simply ask that in your wise counsel that you might allow us to vent and to feel your presence lord we need your help in these coming days we ask it in your name amen amen thank you um rare um a lot of people doing this some very difficult times and uh it's um uh it's important we we work hard to remain together so thank thank you very much thank you um Daniel um yeah we gotta get a briefing from the housing authority um on what the plan is and and what they're where they're relocating the residents and what their long-term plan is because this is going to be the third area in our downtown area that is going to be vacated by the housing authority and we know Gonzales Gardens is not complete and it's been sitting there for a long time ABC Allen Benedict which I hate that we can't rehab it because I think it'd be an incredible project with some incredible talent but that's not our choice and then we're going to have this building and you know there are a lot of rumors flying around on what's going to happen at Allen Benedict um there's a big push you know I'm hearing a lot of different things I think it'd be great if we just get some clarity so that we we understand what their plan is moving forward I think that's important we've gotten um I think we may I'm not sure the last official briefing we got and then had some conversations with the chairman and other commissioners that indicate some action but I've not seen the final plans and some very clear direction as to what's going to happen with these properties I think that's important we get that sooner rather than later because I believe even the timelines that we were showing last time there's a presentation I don't think we come close to meeting those timelines I'd like to see that as well uh Mr Mr Davis um I uh I kind of agree with Daniel but my concern is um we're talking the downtown area we are relocating a significant number of advocate Americans and the question is where do they go all they have another opportunity to live within the inner the real inner parts of the city keep that in mind that's a significant number of people that are going to be relocated question is where are you going to put them so so I briefly spoke with housing authority again this morning the first question you had the survey dated March 19th of 2021 Mr Davis so it's a recent survey the I would only be interested if that survey matches the the uh what's 19 whatever I remember that one I remember both of them so you know this is kind of okay I will share and what this survey does is show the two parcels that they would subdivide to deed to the city if we are interested in that which I think we are at least in the ghost parcel based on historic Columbia's input I do know that there's a total unit count in this property of 146 that there's only around 80 individuals in the property right now Columbia housing has told me they can't really start talking about their relocation plan for those 80 residents until they file with HUD or they they've got to follow the HUD rules and they have to file an action with HUD prior to really laying out the relocation plan however they have worked with these residents and they're very familiar with the interest of these individuals as far as where whether they would want to stay in the city whether they're specific properties they want to go to or if they have family elsewhere and would want to go somewhere else in the state um I don't have those details but it did sound like they've worked with the individual residents to to identify options at the time they are able to do that and Mr. Van I know you're working with housing authority a lot too I'm glad to ask for a briefing if you want me to do that or if that's something that you want to reach out to I've read to for um I'll defer to you no you guys go go ahead I mean I think that she would be happy to come and talk I think to just elevate what Missy said there's a process that HUD requires and so this they're they're checking boxes um but um you know Councilman McDowell and I met with Miss Miss Matthews maybe two months ago and we made it clear of our desire that relocations happen within the city and where they can adaptively reduce properties that they do and she heard that loud and clear and I spoke with her about that again yesterday I think that they have significant challenges of the the the maintenance of of the facilities and so I think that that they're doing the best they can I do know that there are new properties that they have obtained that are within the city um and that that is part of where their relocation so they're being very cognizant of the fact that they want we want to maintain our residents in the city and certainly make sure that they're they are on bus lines and other things so they're very sensitive to that and I just think it's probably well over over time for a briefing and we can raise all these these concerns and questions and get a briefing I would say Missy we probably would need to figure out what needs to be in public and what might need to be an executive session because I do know that there is information that they cannot share publicly at this time. Mika and Ed did they give you any idea of a timeline I mean obviously a number of different reasons that um different projects have gone offline but it'd be nice to see a start date on one of them at least very soon because I know they're not just the gardens or Allen Benedict and now uh Marion Street but I know there's several other projects they've been looking at working with some developers on but are we going to see Gow on anything anytime soon? I think Gow on Gonzales is imminent um and so I don't know if Councilman McDowell has additional timeline but I think that's very close um I do know and I think it may have been on our agenda one time um the the bonds um are also something that they're looking at and they um I know she sent us a list of the uh the different bonds that they want to look at so I think that's part of um their immediate plan as well is get the funding in place to get some of these projects up and running. Steve um Mr. Mayor there has there was a timeline Daniel um that was emailed out to us some time ago um and I want to say it was early March uh that Miss Matthews did send out a timeline particularly for uh Gonzales and for the place there off of two knots road I can't I can't call them Carter Street. Carter Street that's correct uh Carter Street. There are some architectural drawings uh that they've put together and of course that looks very very promising but there Daniel there is a timeline schedule that she did send out because I just checked my email I haven't received an email from Miss Matthews since January of 2021. Okay January 20th January 7th to be specific um yeah and and um and I don't have it either um the uh I was most still thinking about the the report from I guess well over a year uh a go on on how some things would move forward and and I'm sure I mean hopefully the the time it's given us the opportunity to really make some even better from our solid decisions but I if I'm going to start turning dirt on the gardens that be that'd be wonderful um obviously the proper relocation of the residents um preferably in and there they own their their own communities and then the opportunity to repatriate those properties uh is um is so important but obviously they eventually use those properties highest and best use mixed use mixed income whatever it looks like if it's be nice to see that and actually see some um um I'm we're we're still in the middle of a pretty dark on a hot market it would have with a significant need for affordable housing uh let's not miss the market because people need it and uh and so if things if things are moving I'd love to see that too and it doesn't have to be a full presentation to council I mean I'll take a written report with some um with some specifics as and when things are actually happening the uh the emails from the housing authority don't have ivory Matthews name on the address it's a funny funny licking thing but she has been sending out uh communications about every other week and she has talked about just about all the things y'all have talked about right now yeah that's the one it'll say no reply yeah um and they yeah they're continuously sending out stuff but those are the public ones I do think that based on the comments maybe a private briefing would would um answer some of these questions all right let's let's get it's getting updated on all the projects great to see good okay um so for item 39 or um how do you all want to proceed today um said times are the essence um I want to be real transparent uh I'm I'm I'm tired of asking the housing authority for things and and uh not getting what we asked for um we we had a pretty serious back and forth Ed smiling because he knows exactly where I'm going on on the uh shopping center uh that I I'm trying our darned estimate where people had access to healthy foods and um we got the stiff arm uh there and I didn't feel good about it and I shared that very directly uh I understand if the housing authority is going to focus on the central role of simply providing housing as opposed to trying to address all the social determinants of health I understand that that's okay but at the very least let's start seeing some housing come out the ground and and post haste uh I'm fine with voting for this resolution but I would hope and pray that we'll start seeing some movement and not more talk we don't we don't need more thinking we need action I'll move the previous question Mr. Vernon yes yes Mr. Rickner hi Mr. Mcdowell yes it's been involved hi Mr. Dade I'm not holding sick brother I thought you had turned over I share the mayor's concerns my mode is out I'm voting the affirmative and we'd like to prompt the report from the um from these I could direct in in the chairman yes sir I just forwarded you guys a timeline as well on some of the projects so that might be helpful and while we're waiting on the report thank you did you get that Daniel I'll let you know I want to I want to know what specialists y'all on that me and Daniel are on by the way but we'll talk about that later I think y'all are talking you miss miss the extreme everybody got it except you mr. man but then you got it Daniel you got the no reply I just searched no replies and I got a bunch of other stuff I don't think they still got what we're talking about Reverend Dowling Mr. he had turned over in his chair no I'm not home sick yet brother I'm still alive and well all right item 40 thank you resolution number r2020 1037 certifying building site as a textile mill site pursuant to the south Carolina textiles communities revitalization act title how many approval back in any discussion we'll move the previous question correct color room mr. Vernon yes to recommend yes mr. mcdonald yes mr. Duvall hi divine mr. davis hi mayor benjamin hi thank you ma'am welcome 41 resolution number r2020 1039 authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement of sale and purchase between the city of colombia and a minute dominion energy south carolina ink for the purchase of 2.24 acres known as 3000 harden street in richland county move second all right with the previous question i'm sorry discussion with the previous question correct color all mr. brunnan yes mr. recommend hi mr. mcdonald yes mr. Duvall hi divine mr. davis hi mayor benjamin hi thank you item 42 resolution number r2021 041 authorizing the city manager to execute a purchase and sales agreement between the city of colombia and eden's grand partners for the purchase of approximately two points first second second in discussion we'll move the previous question correct color all mr. Vernon yes mr. recommend hi mr. mcdonald yes mr. Duvall hi hi mr. davis hi mayor benjamin hi item 43 resolution number r2021 044 encouraging governor henry mcmaster to request the u.s. department of the treasury to release south colinas allocation of appropriated funds from the homeowner assistance fund authorized through the american rescue plan at 2021 and i think mr. devine sponsored this yes i'm just kind of related to our conversation earlier there are monies that we got direct allocation there's also monies that go to the state there are certain things that our state actually has to request in order to get it and so i'm working with habitat for humanity and as well habitat for humanity and some other homeless providers and we've they've asked that we do this resolution i've already spoken to kyle so once we pass it we will make sure that it goes to the governor's office i do understand that others have sent similar letters or resolutions so hopefully there will be a request from our state for this additional funding to help our homeowners and rental assistance get help so move the previous question for carlo roll mr. vrennan yes mr. rickamann hi on the dowel yes did you all hi mr. vine hi mr. davis hi mayor benjamin hi thank you uh a period of appointments uh mayor and council on your agenda with two items the climate protection action committee and the columbia housing authority which i think that is the resident um seat but i'll allow miss wood to help you all who thank you manager who's miss wood miss jinkens wood i didn't know who that was who do we have who we have with c-pack actually you know i haven't teased you at least one time i know i do i me too mayor uh how many seats we have my c-pack oh c-pack uh there's three officers um it's actually the new slate of officers are left on your memo and they're asking for you to increase the slate of the was the emotion discussion my approval of the slate produced by c-pack second and discussion with the previous question carlo roll mr. vrennan yes sir rickamann hi mr. mcdowell yes mr. duvall hi mr. vine mr. davis hi mayor benjamin hi next up we have the columbia housing authority resident commissioner again this is to select a resident and meet the qualifications of actually living in one of the properties um living within the same unit um and to be considered to assist with c-h-a uh input and we have um the applicants that you were sent please also look at your uh recent email as well ashley can i add um and looking at the list that miss wood has um provided us there was an applicant um that was missing from the list that i know senate application i'm not sure if it got lost in the mail um but when i when i saw review my package not over there i confirmed with her that she did send it so she has sent me a a copy of her application along with a copy of a letter written by the mlk neighborhood endorsing her application and i've sent that miss wood i don't know if we can get it sent to everybody but um the applicant would be is this kimbelin hicks kimbelin hicks yeah she'd be an excellent appointment appointee yes so it misses miss so mr. green is turned is termed out he is yes yes yes he is i moved the appointment of kimbelin hicks i'm sorry miss mr mr mcdonnell uh ashley let me ask you a question miss wood i'm sorry um let me ask you a question um there was a vetting process um yeah well essentially um the applications yesterday were open for a month and they applied either by mailing in or sending it online um and from that point on you all received all of the applications that were submitted however the board made additional recommendations that you estimate though from the administrative committee of course we've had long and genuine conversations about the renaming of the park there in bull street uh dr bobby donelson and and robin weights have been very resourceful in allowing us to look at persons and look at names uh the committee at its last meeting decided to go ahead and do some additional vetting of those names that were submitted uh somewhere between 15 and 17 names uh the committee which is composed of howard and uh and sam uh we consensually decided on the name of page ellenton page ellenton there has been conversations with uh with uh the hughes company and of course uh in our deliberations we thought that mr ellenton was the person uh to name that park afterwards of course mr ellenton whose house is still standing there in the uh i think in the wheeler hill area uh arsenal hill arsenal hill i'm sorry in the arsenal hill area uh he was a self-taught architect that worked very closely with uh dr uh babcock uh he was very instrumental in his studies in the forming of of uh domed for the buildings he was very instrumental in the building of bakery there and several other buildings in that area of course we bring this name to you for your approval and of course there are other names that we'd like to see throughout the park as it relates to toppers uh street naming and that sort of thing so mr mayor we bring this name to the council and there are other members of the committee perhaps that would like to uh see some howard yeah um thank you ed page ellenton is a really special person when it's connected to the bull street property he was an enslaved person from rocket ham north carolina who was sold to columbia uh he taught himself against his master's wishes uh the the art of bricklaying and became a master bricklayer uh he was befriended by dr babcock and because of his architectural skills he actually designed several of the buildings that are on the campus we know that he did the park or annex that's still standing down there and we are using dr babcock's book called asylum doctor who has extensive footnotes and references where these where these uh documents are kept and dr dollison is going to the carolini and our library and get that box uh and see what else he mr ellenton built on the property he had said his house is still standing uh down on arson hill he built the original people for first preparatory church and he was instrumental in in the founding and the worship and several of the churches that are still active in columbia day during recent reconstruction he was in political office and had a lot uh a lot of influence in in the politics of the city uh and he is a very worthy person to name that park after we hope to name other facilities and other put other wayfaring signs in the park to take care of the 14 or 15 other uh very creditable names also to honor the people that um helped develop the bill street property i i concur with ed and how it said it well he represents for us in columbia he was very ecumenical in his service to churches uh he was a member of the washington street methodist church a member of the uh Bethel AME church and of course uh a member of the lapson presbyterian church so he was a guy who had who had all the credentials of leadership for our city uh i understand that he was uh an elected official uh joined the board of health and um joined the board of health as as a member of that board for mental health in 1875 i believe so this man represents a real gift to to uh columbia so i bring this name i raise this name for your consideration was it was the plan to get approval today or um uh have y'all have y'all dialogue with obviously bobby and and and robin were very involved in advancing this and have you have y'all um conferred with the hueses as well yes yes yes yes sir huge uh robert and claire i think that's claire chandler chandler that was chandler they were right in the midst of that conversation so we're ready to act on that today mr man i think it's a wonderful recognition and i love when that period in our history um the reconstruction era in particular was such an amazing time particularly in south carolina we led we led the country in many in many ways in many respects and lifting up a name of someone who others might not ever have known existed an ordinary person with an extraordinary life is a pretty amazing opportunity that's a motion um second second motion here uh i mean just any further discussion thank you all for your work on this and um then move the previous question apart for a while mr brennan yes mr rickamon i could y'all send out the bio on the gentleman please yes yes sir not for that information mr mcdowell yes mr google hi mr vine hi mr david hi mr benjamin hi thank you mayor i have a report as well all right thank you i'm sorry i'm sorry mr vine erica if you would not only send it how about sending that bio to all of us i mean we have it already and uh how it has that delightful book that the asylum doctor uh but the bio would be helpful for those of you who don't know miss ellie uh erica send the powerpoint that the historic columbia used it has not only page ellington but the other considerations on there yes so send it'll it'll have the bio for him but it's got everybody else on there too sure will thank you thank you you're welcome ready yeah yeah mr vine um just mr mayor the uh just an update from the tax study committee councilman davall councilman rickamon and i met this morning um as previously reported in our initial meeting we decided um that it might be best to get each of us uh find an economist who can review dr galatzen's um study and meet with us to give us any feedback and any considerations that uh as we move forward so uh we have each selected an economist um we've got steven walters jk walters uh james london and holly obrick um and all three have agreed to serve in this capacity um we uh plan to meet and miss hamon will send you guys the bios for these three um as well as uh professor derrick black um from the law school he is not an economist but he is an expert on school equity and school funding and so we thought as we elevate this conversation we certainly need to have someone with his expertise that could maybe help us um can make certain considerations that aren't um just economic base but certainly equity base as it relates to our schools and the way they are funded in tax so our goal is to have an initial meeting within the next two weeks with the three economists and ourselves to uh hear their uh their assessment of dr galatzen's report as well as um any considerations that they think that we need to have as far as how the process should move forward especially bringing in the county and other stakeholders as part of the conversation um after the six of us meet along with staff we plan to bring in professor black uh so that he can add um in his input as well and then hopefully by then we'll be in a position to bring back to council a path forward a recommendation for a path forward on how we want to have this discussion moving forward um we do uh we have provided the report to each of them along with we were able to obtain a copy of the Lincoln study and so miss hammond will send those to that to you as well um but we want you to know that we are moving forward and we think that hopefully within the next month or so we we can have a recommendation for council to consider or first thank you mr fine are you all did you all have any other reports or i think that said i think we're we're ready to go um i'm sorry any any citizen in the cube public input no sir not at this time all right mr duvall mr may i make a motion we're going to the executive session for receipt of legal advice related to matters covered by attorney client privilege pursuant to scco 30-4 s78 to covid 19 redistricting uh quiet zone uh bond court proceedings uh discussion of matters related to proposed location or expense or expansion of services to encourage location or expansion of industries or other businesses pursuant to scco 30-4 s78 to affordable housing projects discussion of negotiations instant to propose contractual arrangement pursuant to 30-4 s78 to owensfield park and storm water fees uh receipt of legal advice related to appending threat and a potential claim pursuant to scco 30-4 s78 to former council member and discussion regarding the development of security personnel or devices pursuant to scco 30-4 s78 3 the amaya action assembly is there a second okay any discussion saying none of the previous question third color all mr bernie yes mr rickamon i'm sorry yes hi mr vine


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