Feb 20, 2023 City Council Meeting 02-20-23

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

[2. AGENDA APPROVAL]

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MEETING FOR THE COMING COUNSEL FOR THE CITY OF QUÉBEC ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2023. COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROV

OUR AGENDA, PLEASE. >>

[3. INVOCATION]

>> I AM HAPPY TO HAVE THE PASTOR HEAR FROM CORNERSTONE LUTHERAN CHURCH. IF YOU WILL PLEASE PROVIDE OUR INVOCATIONS

THIS EVENING. >> I AM YOU TO PRAY WITH ME.

HEAVENLY FATHER. ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY TODAY, WE ASK FO YOUR BLESSING ON THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS AS YOU ROLL OVER ALL THINGS WE THANK YOU FOR RAISIN UP LEADERS COMMITTED TO SERVING THE CITIZENS OF,. AS WE CONSIDER THE PAST WE THANK YOU FOR THE FORESIGHT AND WISDOM IN YOUR LEADERS WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE ENVISIONED THE PROSPERITY IN WHICH WE NOW LIVE. WE THANK YO FOR THE WOMEN AND MEN OF FAITH WHO HAVE WORKED FOR OUR BENEFIT AS A CITY. AS WE CONSIDER WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY. WE PRAY FOR THIS COUNSEL AND LEADERS FOR WISDOM, TO GOVERN, AND MEDIATE THE MATTERS AND ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR CITY THAT ARE PRESENTED BEFORE THE BODY. GRAN THEM INSIGHT AS THEY STEWARDIN CARE FOR RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED BY YOU, OUR FATHER GIVE THEM UNDERSTANDING AND STRONG JUDGMENT AS THEY MAKE DIFFICULT CHOICES AMONG COMPETING PRIORITIES. AS WE AS WHERE BLESSING FOR THE FUTURE O OUR CITY, COMMUNITY, AND NEIGHBORHOODS WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD SHOW OUR LEADERS HOW TO NAVIGATE THE ISSUES OF TODAY AN BUILD A FUTURE FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME. GUIDE GROU GATHERED HERE TO BE AGENTS OF YOUR JUSTICE AND PROVISION. THI IS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY. I LOOKED IN LOCATION AND THIS REQUEST IN THE NAME OF MY LORD, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.

[4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

>> THANK YOU, PASTOR MURPHY. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. IF EVERYBODY WILL PLEASE PFIZER OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[6. RECOGNITION OF PERSONS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL]

>> RECOGNITION OF CITY EMPLOYEE AND OUTSTANDING CITIZENS. NO AGENDA ITEMS FOR THAT. THE NEX WILL BE RECOGNITION OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL. I HAVE ONE BLUE CARD FROM MR. RON CARTER. THIS IS REGARDING CARMEL FARMERS MARKET.

>> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS. I APPRECIAT BEING HERE THIS EVENING. I HOPE YOU WILL EXUSE A COUPLE OF THINGS. I AM IN THE MIDST OF A SCIENCE IN ACTION SO MY VOICE MAKE IT OUT DURING THIS. ALSO, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE. THOSE OF YO WHO HAVE SERVED WITH ME KNOW THAT THERE WAS HARDLY ANY TIME IN 24 YEARS THAT I EVER TOOK TH MAYOR OR HIS ADMINISTRATION THE TASK IN THIS MEETING. IT WOULD BE IN HIS OFFICE OR AT LEAST H HAD A HEADS UP THAT I WAS GOIN TO SAY SOMETHING THAT I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT. THAT IS NOT THE CASE THIS EVENING. WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT IN APPROXIMATELY 75 DAYS, WE WILL START THE 25TH YEAR OF THE, FARMERS MARKET. IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, WE WILL BEGIN WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE THIRD YEAR OF NOT HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AT THE GREEN TO TAKE CARE OF THE SAFETY OF THE 110 OR 120,000 GUEST THAT WE WILL HAV THIS SUMMER AT THE MARKET. WE AVERAGED ABOUT 7000 PEOPLE ON SATURDAY. FOR THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS, I HAVE TALKED WITH THE MAYOR. I TALKED WITH HIS DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING ABOUT GETTING THE BALLOT REPLACED AT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT THROUGH THE BRAIN. I HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING IN RESPONSE OF ANY PARTICULAR, CREDIBLE EXPLANATIO AS TO WHY THOSE HAVE BEEN OUT AS LONG AS THEY HAVE. WE NEED

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THE STREET DEPARTMENT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE THERE BY 7:00.

AMENDMENT PUT THE TRUCK IN PLAC AT EXACTLY 7:30. HAS TO BE SOMEBODY AROUND AT 11:30 SO THE CAN BE MOVED AT 11:40 TO GET OU 75 VENDORS OUT ON TIME. IN THE PAST WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE AND LOWER THE BALLOT OURSELVES WITH HYDRAULICS THAT WERE PROVIDED.

THAT WAS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO KNOW. I HAD MENTIONED IT TO TH MAYOR THAT HE NEEDED TO HAVE SECURITY FOR CHRIS KENDALL MARK. IT IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT FOR CHRIS KENDALL MARK BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BRING VEHICLES IN AND OUT EACH DAY.

WE HAVE TO BRING VEHICLES OUT EVERY SATURDAY, PUT THEM IN, BRING THEM OUT. IF WE DON'T HAVE THE TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NEEDED FOR SECURITY . THAT IS A REAL CONCERN FOR US.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IN THAT FIRST 5 TO 7 TENTHS AT THE ENGINES AT THE MARKET . IF SOMEBODY DECIDED TO DRIVE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY IT IS NOT FAR-FETCHED. IF SOMEBODY DECIDE THEY WANTED TO DRIVE A VEHICLE INTO THE ENTRANCE . THEY WOULD PROBABLY TAKE OUT 100 OR 150 PEOPLE. I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN PUBLIC. FRANKLY, I'M TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN'T GET AN EXPLANATION . THE LAST TIME I TALKED WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT IT HE HAS A CITY YOU FOLKS MANY TIMES AND THAT IS H HAS SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. THE DEPARTMENT HADN'T TAKEN CARE O THAT. I HAD NOT GOTTEN ANYTHIN THAT FROM AN ITEM THAT I GAVE IN MAY. A MESSAGE THAT SAID , "MR. MAYOR, WE NEED TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE WE GET TO THE FARMERS MARKET. " THERE WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE CALLED ACTION. MY CALLED ACTION TO YOU FOLKS IS WITH THE SEPARATION YO CAN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT PROVIDE MORAL SUPPORT. BRING YOUR COLLECTIVE POWER TO BEAR ON TH CITY ON THE MAYOR AND ON THE CITY ENGINEER. WE HAVE SOMETHIN DONE. NOBODY HAS GIVEN ME AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE CAN'T REPLACE THOSE. THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED AFTER ALMOST 2 AND HAL YEARS . THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I THINK I CAN PROBABLY STIC WITH THE COUNSEL THAT IS ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US RECEIVING SOME KIND OF RESPONSE OR AN ANSWER . I WILL RELY ON MY COLLEAGUES IF WE ALL MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS AND DIRECT PHONE CALLS I'M SURE WE CAN GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE AS YOU SA IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HER TONIGHT.

>> WE HAVE NO OTHER BLUE CARDS. THE NEXT STEP IS COUNCIL AND MAYOR OF COMMENTS OBSERVATIONS DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL

[8. CONSENT AGENDA]

$269,187 FOR SIX VACATION PAYOUT. GENERAL CLAIMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,194,796.10 . RETIREMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 110,000 $410.79. AND THEN WIR TRANSFERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,673,000 AND $399.30. MOVED AND SECONDED A DISCUSSION.

PLEASE VOTE. WE HAVE NO ACTION ON ITEM 9. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10 FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS . FINANCE UTILITIES AND WILL COMMITTEE HAS NOT MET SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. LAND-USE AND SOCIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE. WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO THE SPECIA

[11. OTHER REPORTS – (at the first meeting of the month specified below)]

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WE HAVE MET ONCE AND THAT WAS O SEPTEMBER 23, 2022. WE REVIEWE TWO PROJECTS. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON SQUARE NORTH AND APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF $80 MILLION IN BONDS FOR THAT. THE SECOND PROJECT WAS THE 111TH STREET AND PEN PROJECT AND WE RECOMMENDED BONDS BE APPROVED FOR THAT TOTALING NOT MORE THAN 76 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS. THE CONVERSATION AROUND THESE PROJECTS AMONG THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE AROUND THE MIX OF RENTALS AND CONDOS. THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND THE STUDIO ONE, TWO, THREE, PARKING SPACES INCREASED THE VALUE OF THE LAN AS WELL AS NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, WALKABLE DEVELOPMENTS, WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT AND THE INTEGRATION OF SOME SOLAR PROJECTS. THERE ARE NO SCHEDULE MEETINGS AT THIS MOMENT.

HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE MET IN TH FALL. WE EXPECT WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING THEN AND AGAIN JUST B GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TRUST IN ENDORSEMENT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU THIS

EVENING? >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MOORE? I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES TO SERVE AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. THANK YO FOR YOUR REPORT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. THE NEXT UP WILL BE OUR ANNUAL MEETING FROM THE

LIBRARY BOARD. >> GOOD EVENING COUNSELORS. MY NAME IS SHALL GO ON I AM YOUR APPOINTEE TO THE COMICALLY .

THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR OF SERVING AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO ALLOW ME TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. WE HAVE HAD AN EXCITING YEAR AND WE HAVE A GRAND OPENING WITH A NEW LIBRARY. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY WANTS TO HEAR ME RAMBLE. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY AND HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HE MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

>> THINKING. IT IS NICE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I HAVE A PRESENTATION I'M GOING T GET GOING. THIS IS THE FIRST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BRANCH AND BEING AT MERCHANT SQUARE AND JUST TO KICK THINGS OFF WE HAVE A GREAT LIBRARY BOARD. WE HAVE A GOOD COOK OF PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE A CONCERN THAT THEY ARE DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE LIBRARY AND WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND IT IS A REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THE BOARD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR

APPOINTMENT. >> I'M GOING TO LEAD OFF WITH A LITTLE REPORT ON THE WEST BRANC . I AM REALLY HELPFUL AND I WIL PUT ON THE SLIDE THAT 2023 IS THE BEST YEAR YET AND I DO BELIEVE THAT. WE OPEN THE WEST BRANCH IN JANUARY 2020 WITH A LOT OF FANFARE AND HOPE AND THEN TWO MONTHS LATER WE HAD A PANDEMIC AND IN THE BRANCH REALLY DIDN'T GET THAT MUCH OF CHANCE TO GET GOING BEFORE WE HAD TO DO WITH THAT. 2022 WAS DEFINITELY UP FROM 2021. I THINK THIS YEAR IT WOULD BE THE FIRST FULL YEAR WHERE THE PANDEMIC REALLY ISN'T AFFECTING WHAT WE CAN DO AT THE BRANCH . WE ARE STILL MAKING IMPROVEMENT OF THE SPACE. I THINK THERE IS STILL A LOT OF POTENTIAL OF WHA WE CAN DO WITH IT. THE BRANCH WAS THE, CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY

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IT'S NOT A LARGE SPACE BUT THEY DO A LOT WITH THE STATES THAT WE DO HAVE SO WE CAN SEE OUR STAFF HERE MAKING SOME KITS THA ARE PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN CHEC OUT AND TAKE HOME AND DO IT AT HOME AND THEY ARE GETTING SOME THINGS READY ON THE SHELVES. W ASKED IF THEY WERE REALLY GOING TO DO THAT AND THEY SAID IT MUST'VE BEEN A DREAM. IT WAS TH BEST THING THAT WE COULD DO.

SOME PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED US BEING THERE A PART OF IT WAS SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE LOCATION. AND WE ARE JUST GETTING THROUGH THIS UNTIL YOU FINISH YOUR CONSTRUCTION. WE STILL HAVE BIOGRAPHIES BUT THEY ARE NO LONGER IN THE FREEZER SECTION.

WE HAVE AUDIOBOOKS BUT THEY AR NOT IN THE AUDIO SECTION. THA IS WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE TO ACCELERATE CONSTRUCTION ON THE SERVICE AND I SHOULD'VE MENTIONED THAT OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BETH MYERS IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND BETH WAS GREAT IN HELPING US GET THROUGH MERCHANT SQUARE AND A LOT OF TIMES BETH WAS TAKING CARE PROBLEMS AND I TOOK THE CREDIT.

THAT IS WHAT DIRECTORS DO. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. WE MOVED OUT MERCHANT SQUARE IN AUGUST 2022. IT WAS A COUPLE MONTH TRANSITION. WE OPENED THIS IN OCTOBER. WE HAVE A PROJECT GOALS WHICH I SHOWED YOU THAT THE SCHOOL HAD THREE OR FOUR YEARS AO WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGE AND WE INDEED ACHIEVED ALL VEHICLES WITH THES NEW VERSION . ALL OF THAT HAS HAPPENED. I WILL EXPLAIN SOME O HOW WE DID THAT IN HIS VERY QUICKLY. IT HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC RECEPTION OPENING DAY ON OCTOBER 1. IT WAS AMAZING. W ESTIMATE WE MIGHT'VE HAD 300 PEOPLE WAITING TO GET INTO THE DOORS. THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS WERE WITH US FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING. IT WAS REALLY GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMEMBER FINKAM AND AASEN AND WORRELL AND RIDER. I WAS A GREAT DAY AND THANK YOU T THE COUNCIL. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT, COUNCIL. WE HA A LOT OF SUPPORT AND WE APPRECIATE IT . WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AND COME TOGETHER WE CAN DO GREAT THINGS. I AM VERY PLEASED THAT THE LIBRARY IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT. ONE O THE BIG DRIVERS THERE WERE A LO OF DRIVERS THAT WE DID. WE NEEDED LARGER SPACES. WE WOULD MAX OUT OUR LARGEST STATES COUL ONLY GET ABOUT 100 PEOPLE . WE HAVE THESE LARGER SPACES AND WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ROOM AND WE HAVE STARTED HAVING EVENTS AND I HAVE A PICTURE THERE WAS A SLIGHT ON THE LEFT . SOMEONE SPOKE ON THE THIRD AND THE ROOM WAS PACKED AND COMFORTABLE. THE HAD 200+ PEOPLE AND IT WAS FOR ME WHICH WAS GREAT. 400 ATTENDEES AT THE CHINESE NEW YEAR PARTY IN JANUARY 23. THESE SPACES ARE GREAT AND WE ARE OPENING UP TO BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS WHO HAVE THE ABILIT TO PRESERVE THESE SPACES AS WELL. WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY BUSY WITH THE LIBRARY DOING SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY DOING SOMETHING IN THESE SPACES AND WE HAVE MEDIUM-SIZED MEETING SPACES ON THE FLOOR BY THE SKY BRIDGE THA CAN HOLD GROUPS OF 20 OR 30. A LOT HAPPENING AT THE LIBRARY. HAVE RECEIVED MORE POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE LIBRARY IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS OTHER THA THE PREVIOUS SIX OR SEVEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE WHICH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. I HAD A LITTLE VIDEO THAT I AM GOING TO ATTEMPT TO PLAY THAT SHOWS YOU AND GIVES YOU A LITTL GLIMPSE OF THE CROWD REACTION AND THIS IS LESS THAN TWO MINUTES. THIS IS NOT LONG.

>> I REMEMBER WHEN THE LIBRARY WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT. THIS FEELS A LOT MORE MODERN AND APPROPRIATE WITH INFORMATION

AND WITH EACH OTHER. >> THIS LIBRARY WE OFFERED HAD A 3-D PRINTING AVAILABLE DOWNSTAIRS. THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT IPODS AND COMPUTERS AVAILABLE. THERE WAS A CRICKET MACHINE WHICH I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT DOING ARTS AND

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>> I HAD TO CHECK OUT THE MURAL IN THE TEAM LIBRARY AREA BECAUS AS AN ARTIST MYSELF I HAVE HEAR STORIES OF IT AND I WAS BLOWN

AWAY. >> I THINK THE NEW DIGITAL MEDI LAB AND MORE SPACE AT THE LIBRARY WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL.

THERE IS A LOT MORE ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO STUDY AND I REMEMBER WHEN IT CAME IN THE LIBRARY WHE I WAS YOUNGER. THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF SPACE TO STUDY. HE HAD TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO GET UP OUT OF A CHAIR. AND NOW THERE I A LOT MY STUDY ROOM AND CREATIV

SPACES. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST GRAND AND INVITING LIBRARIES I HAVE EVER BEEN IN. THE CHILDREN'S APARTMENT IN PARTICULAR HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH SPACE DEDICATED TO CHILDREN. THIS IS WITH THE TWO ROOMS THAT ARE SET UP FOR DISCOVERY. THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. AND THEN THE SHEER AMOUNT INVOLVING CHILDREN'S BOOKS DOWNSTAIRS

BLEW ME AWAY. >> EVERY TIME I LOOK AT MY TAXES AND WHERE THEY GO. THIS I ONE PLACE I DON'T MIND. PAYING

FOR THIS. THIS IS MARVELOUS. >> TO THAT GENTLEMAN!. I HAVE TO POINT OUT AGAIN THAT WE WER LARGELY ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.

I SHOULD THINK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, RATIO, ARCHITECT, PRINCIPL ARCHITECT, KEVIN HUGHES. THIS WAS THE LAST PROJECT BEFORE RETIREMENT HE HAS WORKED ON A LOT OF LIBRARY PROJECTS AND LIVES IN CARMEL. H HUNG ON FOR THIS. OUR PROJECT ARCHITECT IS GOING ON TO DO GREAT THINGS WITH THE LIBRARY'S ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SKILLMAN CORPORATION, CONSTRUCTION, THEY WERE COMPLETELY ON POINT. WE WERE ON BUDGET AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE WAS ON POINT. GREAT JOB. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IS HERE FROM EMERITUS GROUP. BU MARK GRIFFITH IS THE EARNERS REPRESENTATIVE. HE HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND HE HAS BEEN HERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND HAS A BIG DIFFERENCE. HE HAS A GREAT PROJECT. AND ANOTHER SHOWPIECE OF THE NEW VERSION OF THE LIBRARY IS THE DIGITAL MEETING LAB IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THAT IS EXCITING TO SEE WHAT IS GOIN ON. THERE'S PEOPLE DOING ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. THI IS PROBABLY THE MOST ATTRACTIVE SLIDE I HAVE HAD IN THIS PRESENTATION AND THAT IS BECAUS SOMEBODY FROM THE DIGITAL MEDIA LAB MADE IT FOR ME. CHRISSY THOMPSON MADE IT AND SHE TRIED TO CONVEY WITH PICTURES AND BRIEF WORDS ON WHAT IS HAPPENIN . IT IS A GOOD REPRESENTATION.

I WILL ADD THAT IN THE OLD VERSION OF THE DIGITAL MEDIA LA WE HAVE ONE SOUND RECORDING AND NOW WE HAVE TWO SOUND RECORDING ROOMS AND A VIDEO RECORDING ROO . WE HAVE NOT ROLLED OUT THE VIDEO RECORDING ROOM YET. THAT IS BECAUSE IT HAD SOME SOUNDPROOFING ISSUES AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT UP TO A HIGH QUALITY LEVEL. PEOPLE GO IN THERE AND THEY ARE GETTING A REALLY QUALITY RECORDING EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE SOME THINGS WE ARE GOING TO DO TO GET THAT READY AND IT WILL BE ROLLING OU THIS YEAR. IT'S EXCITING. COMPARING 2021 ALTHOUGH THE 2022. WE HAVE HAD MORE VISITATIONS IN 2022 THAN WE DID IN 2021. THEY WERE ACTUALLY CLOSED MORE DAYS DUE TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2022. I THINK THE EXPLANATION FOR THAT IS THE LAST QUARTER OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WE WERE IN RENOVATED LIBRARY. LOOKING AT THE DIGITAL MEDIA LAB. THEY 532% INCREASE IN VISITS. WE ARE GETTING SO MANY PEOPLE COMING I AND TAKING A LOOK AND WORKING IN THERE AND WHAT WE HAD IN OUR DOWNTOWN SPACE. OVERALL, UP 27.3% IN VISITATIONS . I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER DRAMATIC INCREASE OF VISITATIONS WHEN I COME BACK AN REPORT NEXT YEAR WHEN WE HAVE A FULL YEAR IN THE NEW LARGER VERSION OF THE LIBRARY.

CIRCULATION. WE KIND OF HELD OU GROUND. 2020, THE PANDEMIC HIT AND WE TOOK OUR BIGGEST DIP . W ARE OPEN 291 DAYS IN 2022 COMPARED TO 309 DAYS IN 2021. BASICALLY, WE HELD OUR GROUND O CIRCULATION . IF WE GO AND LOOK AT THE FOURTH QUARTER COMPARISON. COMPARE THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2019 TO THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022. I WANTED TO USE 2019 BECAUSE THAT IS PRE-PANDEMIC. THAT WAS A NORMAL LEVEL BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. LOO

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I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LIBRARY CAR THAT WANTS TO GET WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CA START THE PROCESS . YOU CAN FIL OUT AN ONLINE FORM AND GET A TEMPORARY NUMBER AND ACCESS DIGITAL RESOURCES IMMEDIATELY AND COME INTO THE LIBRARY WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE AND GET YOUR PERMANENT CARD. WE STARTED THAT WITH COVID-19. WE ARE CONTINUIN THAT. I'M GOING TO HURRY THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I TALK ABOUT IT EVERY TIME. I FEEL LIKE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FO MEETING AT A SALES PITCH IN THI DIGITAL RESOURCES. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THE LIBRARY IS ONLY COLLECTION OF PHYSICAL MATERIALS. OVER DRIVING THE WAY WE HAVE IS INCREASINGLY POPULA UP 7.5% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IF IT WENT BACK FIVE YEARS AND IS PROBABLY UP 30% OR 40%. I THINK WE ARE RELEASING PEOPLE G PHYSICALLY UNDER THE DIGITAL. FOR PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO READ E-BOOKS . YOU CAN CHECK OUT AN E-BOOK IMPEDED IN THE LIBBY APP OR ON KINDLES OR WITH A KINDLE APP. AUDIOBOOKS, DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOS. THIS IS A COLLECTION O MATERIAL THAT OUR LIBRARIANS, W MAKE SELECTIONS AND PURCHASE AN WE ARE ALWAYS ADDING TO IT. IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED IT, I WOULD SUGGEST TRYING IT IF YOU LIKE ANY VERSION OF THOSE. THERE IS NO WRONG WAY TO READ A BOOK.

CHECK THEM OUT ON CDS OR DOWNLOAD IT WITH AUDIO. YOU CA READ THE BOOK. THERE IS ANOTHE RESOURCE. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION BECAUSE IT IS DIFFERENT FROM LIBBY. WE ARE NOT SELECTING FOR IT. IT IS A LARGE COLLECTION OF MATERIAL THAT IS JUST THERE . A BIG ADVANTAGE BEING THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO WAIT. THERE'S ALSO E-BOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, MOVIES, MUSIC . IF YOU FIND IT ON THERE IT'S AVAILABLE. YOU CA CHECK IT OUT. THAT IS A PART O A LOT OF PEOPLE'S READING DIET THAT THEY CHECK REGULARLY. AND IN CANOPY IS A STRANGE STREAMIN MOVIE TV SHOW. I ALWAYS MENTIONED I HAVE WORKED FIVE YEARS BACK . IT HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY. SOMETHING LIKE 500% IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH THIS IS BEING USED. CANOPY COLLECTION OF MOVIES, FILMS, CLASSIC FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, INDEPENDENT FILMS. YOU CAN SEE THE CHART . I WOULD BE IN THE ORANGE CATEGORY. I LIKE TO WATC THIS ON MY TELEVISION AT HOME THROUGH A STREAMING DEVICE . A LARGE CHUNK OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THINGS ON MOBILE DEVICES. AND I SUSPECT THAT IS PROBABLY THE YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHI THAT IS DOING THAT. NO WRONG WAY TO DO IT. TUTOR.COM. MY FINAL SALES PITCH COMMERCIAL.

REALLY LIKE THIS BECAUSE THIS I REAL TUTORS. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TUTOR.COM IS THAT THEY HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT BEHIND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. IT IS AN ENTIRE RANGE OF SUBJECTS IN HIS MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AP CLASSES, BUSINESS , 26 OR SO DIFFERENT SUBJECT CATEGORIES, REAL TUTORS . IT IS NOT AN ANSWER GIVING SERVICE.

YOU GO INTO A CLASSROOM AND THE TUTOR YOU. AND THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE SEE IN THE COMA LIBRARY THAT A LOT OF TUTORS ARE WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND THAT ISGREAT. THIS GIVES EVERY STUDENTS IN CARMEL AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A TUTOR THROUGH THIS. I LIKE TO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT. IF THERE IS ANY STUDENT OUT THERE THAT NEEDS HELP THIS IS A RESOURCE WITH A LIBRARY CARD THAT CAN ACCESS FOR FREE. THIS

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THAT IS OUR SOLAR PROJECT AND TELL HIM AUNT DESIGNED IT AND SO AGILE ENERGY IS THE COMPANY THAT IS BUILDING IT. THE PANELS ARE ALONG THE ROOF. WE ARE WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF PARTS BEFORE IT GOES LIVE AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE INVERTERS AND A BREAKER BOX . I EXPECT THAT TO GO LIVE APRIL, NO LATER THAN MAY. WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE 30% ENERGY OFFSET FOR THE LIBRARY. WE ALS WILL HAVE SOME METHOD OF SHARING WITH THE PUBLIC ENERGY USAGE OFFSET THAT WE ARE GETTIN FROM THESE PANELS. IT WILL BE A EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO HOW TH PANELS WORK. THAT IS ANOTHER EXCITING THING OF THE PROJECT.

I TALKED TO MY STAFF AND SOMETIMES WHEN I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY I ALWAY LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IT IS EASIER TO THINK OF THIS AS A NEW LIBRARY. IT IS NOT ONLY A FEW LITTLE TWEAKS ON WHAT WE HA BEFORE. IT IS ESSENTIALLY FUNCTIONING AS A NEW LIBRARY. W ARE IN ASSESSMENT MODE. WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WORKING WHEN WE NEED TO DO BETTER . THAT IS A PROCESS WE ARE GOING TO BE IN ALL 320 23 T GET THIS RIGHT. THIS IS AN EXCITING PLACE TO BE. I AM APPRECIATED AND HUMBLED TO THE REACTION FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE LOVE IT AND HOW MANY KID WE SEE AFTER SCHOOL. I THINK MR. RON CARTER TOO WHO IS ALSO WHEN HE WAS ON THE COUNCIL WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE TO THE LIBRARY THIS HAD BEEN MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING AND THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. TAN YOU AGAIN. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN TAKE THEM.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE BEEN TO TH LIBRARY SEVERAL TIMES. MY 94-YEAR-OLD WITH ONE LOCALLY AN SHE IS A BIG MAN AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. SHE DIDN'T MIND . SHE SAI IT WAS WELL LIT AND SHE COULD STILL GET HER BOOKS. I'M GIVING YOU ONE PIECE OF THE FEEDBACK BECAUSE I HEAR IT EVERY TIME I GET THERE. IT IS THE NUMBER OF HANDICAPS THOUGHTS YOU HAVE IN THE GARAGE. I AM SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GOT A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THERE IS A SIX O THE FIRST FOUR AND THERE IS ONL ONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND ONE ON THE THIRD FLOOR . HER OBSERVATION AS A SENIOR CITIZEN AND ONE OF YOUR BIG FANS THERE IS PROBABLY SHOULD BE MORE HANDICAP PARKING AVAILABLE. IF YOU ARE BORED YOU CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND MY MOM WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I HAVE RECEIVED THE FEEDBACK AS WELL. I HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT WANT MORE HANDICAP PARKING PARTICULARLY ON THE TOP

OF THE GARAGE. >> VERY GOOD. I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR MOM. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE COUNCIL AND BEING A MEMBER OF

[12. OLD BUSINESS]

PRESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE THIS. >> AFTER SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH COUNSELOR FINKAM AND THE PRESIDENT OR THE CHAIR I SHOULD SAY FROM THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE I AM GOING TO ASK WITHOUT IT THERE IS NO OBJECTION. I'M GOIN TO WITHDRAW THIS AMENDMENT.

THERE IS NOT AMENDMENT. NO OBJECTION. I WOULD LEAVE IT TO YOU TO STATE THAT IT IS WITH JOHN.

>> WITH JOHN. >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ITEM 13. WE HAVE ZERO NO NEW BUSINESS. I DON'T THINK I'VE

[16. OTHER BUSINESS]

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>> I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE KELLY MITCHELL.

>> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I WOULD CLOSE NOMINATIONS. WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR KELLY MITCHELL.

COULD I ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE? OKAY. THAT HAS PASSED. THE CARMEL CLIMATE ACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE DOES OUR TWO YEAR TERMS. WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE FOUR APPOINTMENTS. IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE COMMITTEE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THIS BODY. THE CLERK HAS NOTIFIED ALL OF THE ENTITIES, LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS, ETC. WE ARE TO NOMINATE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ALSO TWO MEMBERS OF THIS BODY. WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED ON FRIDAY THE RESUME OF TONY RACK. IF ANYBOD HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT RESUME? I WOULD LOOK FOR A NOMINATION FOR TONY. IS THERE

SECOND? >> AYE..

>> IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON MR. TONY? WOULD YOU PLEASE VOTE? VERY GOOD. HALFWAY THERE. IF ANYONE HAS ANOTHER NOMINATION WE NEED TO GET THAT FIELD. WE ARE GOING T MOVE TO CITY COUNSELORS. I HAV SPOKEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL. I AM RECOMMENDING THAT COUNSELOR HANAN AND COUNSELOR

HAIRS SERVES. >> MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. DO WE HAVE DEVELOPED INDIVIDUALLY? I THINK THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE ON BOTH. IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO US OF VOTING TOGETHER? PLEASE VOTE. THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED. WE HAV ONE MORE APPOINTMENT TO MAKE. WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE AS SOON AS YOU CAN. WE NEED TO DO A NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF OUTSTANDING CHECKS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1414.09. THIS I ACKNOWLEDGMENT ONLY. IS THERE

SECOND? >> AYE.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE." MOVING ON TO ITEM 17 ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I AM HEARING NONE. I WILL MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

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