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AND THEN WE WILL START. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. I CALL THE
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SPECIAL EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE CARMEL CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.HERE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD. TODAY'S MEETING IS TO KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE IN RESPONSE TO THE STORMS THAT WE HAD LAST NIGHT. WE HAVE AN AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MARYLAND COUNSEL COMMENTS AND APARTMENT UPDATES AND TIME IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS A QUESTION OR CONCERN, YOU CAN ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. I AM GOING TO START OFF WITH MAYOR FINN COME TO GIVE SOME OPENING REMARKS AND THEN AFTER THAT IF THE COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS FOR THE MAYOR AND WE WILL GO TO ANY COUNCIL STATEMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO THE HEADS. ON TO SAY THIS BEFORE WE START, I KNOW A LOT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE TAKING TIME TO BE YOUR TODAY SO LET'S BE RESPECTFUL OF THEIR TIME SO THEY CAN GET BACK TO HELPING THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO STOP ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. START OFF WITH YOU, MAYOR FINKAM.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. HI, EVERYBODY. GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL .
I WANT TO BEGIN THE MEETING WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE STORM. I AM REALLY PROUD OF OUR TEAM ON HOW TO HANDLE IT GOING INTO THE EVENING LAST NIGHT. AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN ALL OF THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS FOR ALL THAT THEY DID TO MAKE SURE WE WORK THROUGH THIS CHALLENGING TIME. THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE REALLY SEE OUR PROFESSIONALS SHINE AND I AM SUPER PROUD OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID. REALLY SPEAKING FROM THE HEART , ACTING FROM THE HEART AND GETTING WORK DONE AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE ON THE LINE AND PUBLICLY HERE AS WELL. I KNOW FROM OUR RESIDENCE THIS IS VERY CHALLENGING. THIS STORM DIAGONALLY CUT A CROSS OUR IMMUNITY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST IMPACTING A LOT OF AREAS. THANKFULLY, WE WERE REALLY, REALLY LUCKY. WE COULD HAVE HAD A LOT MORE PROPERTY DAMAGE. WE COULD'VE HAD A LOT MORE INJURY AND LOSS OF LIFE AND WE DIDN'T AND GOD WAS LOOKING OUT FOR US AND I JUST WANT TO SAY , ALTHOUGH MANY OF YOU ARE STILL IMPACTED, I AM JUST THANKFUL THAT IT WASN'T WORSE. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUILDING DEPARTMENT TEAMS, HAVE JUST REALLY DONE EXCEPTIONAL WORK OVERNIGHT AND SO, WE WILL GET TO THEM HERE IN A MINUTE. I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON SOME STATISTICS FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY 911. THE ANSWERED A TOTAL 429 CALLS. 100 911 CALLS AND 320 EMERGENCY CALLS FROM 8:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M. THERE IT:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M.. MEDICAL TO 10:00 WAS 107 INCOMING CALLS. 10:00 TO 11:00, . THAT WAS IN THREE HOURS ACCORDING TO THE 911 CALL. AND LOTS AND LOTS OF THIS PATCHES TO POLICE AND FIRE. AS ALWAYS AFTER EVERY KIND OF EVENT LIKE THIS, WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS BUT WE ARE REALLY THANKFUL TO THOSE PARTNERS IN THE 911 CENTER FOR THEIR EXTENDED HOURS AND PRICES MANAGEMENT AS WELL DEALING WITH RESIDENTS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.
IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. I AM IN THE PROCESS IF IT IS NOT HAVE BEEN DONE ALREADY DECLARING A STATE LOCAL EMERGENCY. BASICALLY, THAT READS, FOR YOUR INFORMATION WHEREAS -- AND WHEREAS AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS NOW AN APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSE, NOW THEREFORE IT BY THE POWERS INVESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CARMEL BY INDIANA CODE ACTION 1014 THROUGH 29, A LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY SHOULD BE AND AT THE SAME TIME HEREBY DECLARED BY AND FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA. AND ALL APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF EMERGENCY AUTHORITY OR OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA ARE HEREBY EXERCISED TO DO THE UPMOST OF THE DUTIES REQUIRED OF THEM FOR THE DURATIONOF THE
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EMERGENCY EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY LAWS, REGULATIONS STATE AND LOCAL. ALL CITIZENS ARE CALLED UPON AND DIRECTED TO OR COMPLY WITH EMERGENCY NET RECORDS, -- AND TO THEN COMPLY WITH LAWFUL DIRECTIONS OF PROPERTY IDENTIFIED OFFICERS -- PROPERLY IDENTIFIED OFFICERS. ALL OPERATING FORCES WILL DIRECT THEIR COMMUNICATIONS OR REQUEST FORCE ASSISTANCE OF OPERATIONS TO THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA, CITY OPERATION CENTER. THE CITY OF CARMEL OPERATION COUNSEL ENSURES THAT THIS DECORATION IS PROBABLY FILED AND GIVEN GENERAL PUBLICATION. THIS DECORATION OF LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY SHALL BE REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR SEVEN1 DAYS OR UNTIL THE 30TH OF APRIL, 2025. SO, THAT IS IF NOT ALREADY ENACTED AND IN PROCESS AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN HELPFUL THIS MORNING AND WE JUST DECIDED TO ENACT THAT THIS MORNING -- OR NOW -- TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE POWERS AT OUR HAND NECESSARY FOR THE CLEANUP. WE SENT A NOTE OUT EARLIER TODAY VIA SOCIAL AND ALSO HERE RECENTLY VIA PRESS RELEASE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HITTING ALL OUTLETS. THAT WE ARE HERE TO HELP OUR RESIDENCE CLEANUP WITH STORM DAMAGE. IT APPEARS, PRIVATE TREES SO WE CA RAISE OUR HANDS AND SAY THIS IS NOT OUR ALBUM. IT IS A PRIVATE CITIZEN PROBLEM BUT WE FELT IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO HELP OUR CITIZENS MANAGE THROUGH THIS DISASTER AND SO WE ARE ASKING THEM IF THEY NEED HELP CLEARING TREES TO GET TO THEIR HOME AND IF THEY WANT TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THEIR YARDS AND GET THEM TO THE EDGE OF THE YARD ON THE ROADSIDE THAT WE WILL PICK THEM UP AT OUR COST. MATT HIGGINBOTHAM CAN GET MORE SPECIFIC UPDATES ON THAT WHEN HE GIVES HIS REPORT. WE FELT IF THERE IS EVER A TIME TO NEED EXTRA KNOWLEDGE FROM OUR RAINY DAY TO HELP THIS WILL BE THE TIME. AND AGAIN, OUR GREAT STAFF[2. DEPARTMENT UPDATES]
HAD SOME BEST PRACTICES THEY'RE GOING TO PULL FROM AND THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY REASONABLE THING WE CAN DO. WE HAVE OUTLINED THE STAFF PATH THE STORM TOOK IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST TOOK THE DIAGONAL CUT IT TOOK A HALF THE CITY AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WILL BE PICKING UP STORM DAMAGE. WITH THAT, I WILL LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. I GUESS I AM SORRY WITH THE AGENDA YOU WANT THE COUNCIL COMMENTS FIRST. IS THAT RIGHT, PRESIDENTAASEN? >> SORRY. I KNOW THEY TURNED IT UP FOR HER BUT YOU CAN TURN ME DOWN. ANY COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR THE MAYOR? ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS NOW? YOU CAN ALSO HOLD THEM UNTIL AFTER THE COMMENT UPDATES. OKAY. WE WILL DO THAT. FIRST UP,
LET'S CALL OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT UP FOR AN UPDATE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, AND MAYOR APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US. REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CARMEL POLICE DEPARTMENT OVERNIGHT IN THEIR RESPONSE TO THIS. PREPARATION TO AND RESPONSE TO. WE HAVE 13 OFFICERS WHO WERE ON SHIFT AT THE TIME AND HAD ABOUT 15 TO 20 OFFICERS WHO CAME IN WERE EITHER CALLED IN OR CAME IN ON THEIR OWN TO COME AND ASSIST IN THE PROCESS .
WE ALSO HAD NUMEROUS SURROUNDING AGENCIES THAT ASSISTED US WITH CALLS TO HELP US WORK ON THE STORM ISSUE. LEADING INTO TODAY, WE HAVE ASSISTED OUR FRIENDS IN CHECKING OVER 900 HOMES THAT WERE IN THE AREA THAT HAD POWER OUTAGES THAT WERE REPORTED. WE FOUND TWO PEOPLE IN THE REALM WE NEEDED OXYGEN ASSISTANCE AND ALONG WITH HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE THOSE. WE ALSO FOUND ONE ADDITIONAL POWERLINE ISSUE ON TOP OF A BUILDING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ASK OUR FRIENDS AT CFD TO ASSIST AS WELL. WE STILL KNOW WE HAVE POWER OUTAGES IN THE CITY. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DUKE AND OBSERVING THE BEST THAT WE CAN, THEIR POWER OUTAGE WEBSITE TO SHOW US. WE HAVE EVERY INDICATION AT THIS POINT THAT POWER SHOULD BE RESTORED SOMETIME THIS EVENING TO THE RESIDENCE OF CARMEL. FOR THOSE THAT ARE OUT. WE DO STILL HAVE TWO ROAD CLOSURES. ONE OF THOSE IS ON GRAY WORLD BETWEEN JENNINGS AND MAINE THAT IS BECAUSE OF A POWERLINE THAT IS DOWN AT THE TIME AND ALSO AT 111TH AND PENNSYLVANIA. WE ALSO HAVE A POWERLINE ISSUE THERE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THREE STRUCTURES WE BELIEVE NEED ADDITIONAL SECURITY OR OVERNIGHT SECURITY.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AND WORKING ON A PLAN ON GETTING THAT PROCESS IN PLACE AT THIS
TIME AND I WILL TURN IT OVER FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> COUNCIL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
IF NO QUESTIONS, THEN -- COUNCILMEMBER TAYLOR? >> WE HAVE TO GO TO DUKE'S WEBSITE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN POWER IS OUT STILL OR THEY WILL COMMUNICATE WITH US DIRECTLY? OR
EMA DIRECTLY? >> AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL CONTACT BUT MOST
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OF THAT IS THROUGH THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. WILL THE CARMEL FIRE DEPARTMENT? CHIEF FACTOR, I THINK YOU ARE ON MUTE. DID YOU WANT TO GIVE THE UPDATE?
DEPUTY CHIEF RAY, RIGHT? >> YES. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. CARMEL FIRE DEPARTMENT. CURRENTLY BACK NOW WE ARE UP OUR OPERATING LEVELS IN BUSINESS AS NORMAL.
WOULD IT HAVE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE STORM LAST NIGHT. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE AND I'VE ONLY HAD ONE REPORTED INJURY. IT WAS A MINOR INJURY AND DID NOT SEND ANY PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FIRE REPORTED WHICH IS A HUGE DEAL WITH SOMETHING OF THIS ATTITUDE WITH THE WIND DAMAGES AND THINGS WE HAD. CURRENTLY JUST OPERATING AS NORMAL AND VERY FORTUNATE IN THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK ALSO OUR FIREFIGHTERS ON SHIFT. THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WE HAD INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK TIME OFF TOO TO HELP WITH OUR EOC THIS EVENING AND THIS MORNING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. EXCELLENT JOB AND IT WAS JUST A
PLEASURE. >> COUNCIL? >> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> CONSULAR SNYDER? >> THIS MORNING IN YOUR PRESENTATION , YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS ABOUT RECOVERING EXPENSES THROUGH STATE FUNDS AND THROUGH THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COUNTY'S COOPERATION, ARE YOU NOW ABLE TO SUBMIT WHAT YOU NEED TO SUBMIT AND ARE YOU THE PERSON THAT WILL BE DOING THE SUBMISSION?
>> YEAH. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. JOEL THACKER , FIRE CHIEF. I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR BEING PROACTIVE IN THAT REGARD. WE WILL WORK WITH THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN COLLECTING OUR COSTS THAT WE HAVE STARTED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING SO WE KNOW WHEN THE STORM STARTED , THOSE PERSONNEL COSTS, EQUIPMENT COSTS AND I THINK THE BIGGEST EXPENSE WOULD BE DEBRIS CLEANUP . AND THEN, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING PROBABLY A MINIMUM OF $100,000 IN PUBLIC DAMAGES. SO THE CITY BUILDINGS, OVERTIME COSTS . AND THAT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL COSTS SO, $100,000 CITY COSTS TO KIND OF QUALIFY. SO, WE WILL MONITOR OUR COSTS AND WE DO HAVE TIME TO SUBMIT THAT. IT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS REALLY OVER THE COURSE NUMBER OF WEEKS AND PROBABLY MONTHS INTO THAT BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
>> WE COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO 50% OF OUR COSTS SO, WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
>> COUNCILLOR SNYDER MENTIONED THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE. WOULD YOU BID GIVE THE COUNCIL AN
UPDATE? >> WELL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MAYOR FINKAM -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN MY CONVERSATION, IS THAT THEY ARE FULLY PREPARED TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORT TO RECOVER THOSE FUNDS AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW OF DOCUMENTING -- MAKING THE DOCUMENTATION IN THE PAPERWORK WORK BUT I WAS TOLD BY THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY FULLY INTEND TO CARRY THROUGH WITH THAT PROCESS SO THAT THOSE FUNDS CAN BE COLLECTED BY
CARMEL. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE STREET DEPARTMENT. MATT HIGGINBOTHAM. IF YOU WANT TO DO
AN UPDATE? >> THANK YOU. MATT HIGGINBOTHAM. STREET COMMISSIONER. OUR FIRST COST ON DISPATCH , URBAN FORSTER WAS UNSEEN BY 10 A CLOCK P.M. . EOC CONNECTED WITH CHIEF STERLING. I GOT IN THE TOWN BY 11:00 P.M. 11:00, WE HAD ROUGHLY 22 STAFF MEMBERS. TEAM MEMBERS HERE. WORKING ON CLEANUP ALREADY AT MAINE HARRISON. WORK THROUGH THE NIGHT. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 24 SERVICE REQUESTS BASED ON DISPATCH LOCATION OVERNIGHT . AN ADDITIONAL FOUR SINCE 6:00 A.M.
WE HAD ALL OF THE ROADS OPEN AND PRETTY WELL CLEANED. BY THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY AND THAT
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WILL JUST CONTINUE. SO MY OVERNIGHT STAFF LEFT AT 10:00 A.M. THIS MORNING. THE REST OF MY TEAM CAME IN ABOUT 4:00 A.M. AND GOT IN BETWEEN 4:00 A.M. AND 5:00 P.M. AND ARE STILL OUT IN THE FIELD. FOR SOME DEBRIS ON 126 AND EAST I BELIEVE SO THEY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE WORKING ON THAT. AND A COUPLE OTHER AREAS. REPUBLIC DONATED TWO DOWNSTAIRS FOR US TO USE FOR EXTRA TO BE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND A COMPANY BROUGHT A GRAVEL TRUCK AND HAS BEEN ASSISTING SOME OF OUR TEAM. SO, YEAH. WE'RE PULLING IT ALONG BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. BEFORE THE FORESTRY, WE WENT HOME ABOUT 10:00 A.M. THIS MORNING AFTER BEING HOME ALL NIGHT. WE DID NOT BELIEVE WE HAD LOST A SINGLE CITY TREE AS THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN HARD ATIT. >> ALL RIGHT. QUESTION, COUNCILLOR TAYLOR?
>> COULD REPEAT -- I DIDN'T HEAR WHO THE DONATOR WAS? >> REPUBLIC TRASH SERVICE.
>> EXCELLENT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE RECOGNIZED. >> IN THE MAYOR'S DECLARATION, IT CITES SEVEN DAYS. WILL THE CURBSIDE TREE PICKUP LAST AS LONG AS NEEDED ? AND I'M SURE
IF EVERYONE CAN GET THINGS OUT IN THAT SEVEN DAYS -- >> THAT WOULD BE MY ASSUMPTION.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE MAJORITY OF IT. IT IS FAIRLY KIND OF DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER AREAS BUT IT IS ISOLATED ENOUGH THAT WE CAN GET STAFF THERE AND GET QUITE A BIT
DONE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND ASSIST WHERE WE CAN. >> AND THEN, THIS IS A ONE-OFF .
I DON'T WANT TO FORGET. I SPOKE WITH SHANNON AND SHANNON AND I SPOKE TO SPECIFIC THE SAME PEOPLE INDEPENDENTLY ABOUT THIS BIG CHUNK OF HOUSE IS IN A RETENTION POND THAT I SPOKE WITH ABOUT AN HOUR AGO THAT SAID WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT AND I SAID WELL, TALK TO MATT .
MAYBE IF THEY CAN BRING A TRUCK OVER BUT MAYBE IF THAT IS A DONATED DUMPSTER WE CAN HELP OUT
WITH. >> YES. I JUST NEED TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.
>> AND I DON'T EXPECT A FULL ANSWER RIGHT NOW BUT I DON'T WANT TO LET IT GO.
>> I ECHO COUNCILLOR SNYDER'S COMMENTS ABOUT GIVING LEEWAY THERE. I KNOW CARMEL SCHOOLS ARE OUT TOMORROW FOR SPRING BREAK SO A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY BE OUT OF TOWN AND NEED A LITTLE MORE TALENT TIME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JOSHI FOR USING THE RAISING HAND. I'M GOING TO
CALL ON YOU. >> . I HAVE JUST HAD A QUESTION. OBVIOUSLY, THE NORTHEAST SIDE WAS MORE AFFECTED. I HAVE HAD NEIGHBORS ON THE WEST SIDE WITH ASKED IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT THEY CAN HELP AND WE CARE ABOUT OUR MEMBERS AND OUR FRIENDS AND WANT TO SEE IF THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP WITH ANY KIND OF EFFORTS. I KNOW THERE ARE ELDERLY PEOPLE YOU HAD MENTIONED IN THE POST MIGHT NEED HELP WITH THE TREE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND THE STREET DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO DO THAT BUT ARE THERE WAYS WE CAN BE ABLE TO COORDINATE SOME VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AS WELL?
>> I THINK THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE POTENTIAL FOR COORDINATION. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF REQUESTS YET . I ASSUME THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO COME IN NOW THAT IT IS OUT AND THE INFORMATION IS OUT BUT ONCE WE START TO GET THAT INFORMATION, I THINK THAT IS WHEN WE CAN REALLY
DEVELOP A PLAN. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILLOR MINNAAR?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR SERVICES BUT I DID GO CANVAS THE AREA THAT YOU REFERENCED AROUND HARRISON DRIVE, WHERE WITH COUNSELORS LIGHTER SNYDER IT SAID -- AND TO DR. JOSHI'S ., THERE WERE SEVERAL PASTORS GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP SO THERE WAS A COORDINATED EFFORT THAT WE CAN DO, I'M HAPPY TO HELPS YOUR HEAD BY YOU OR SOMEONE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT WORKED ON. THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT WAS HIT PRETTY HARD AND I RAN INTO SEVERAL OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT TRUCKS AND PEOPLE AND THEY WERE OUT THERE DOING THE JOB AND DOING IT WELL AND I STOPPED AT A NEIGHBORS. I JUST THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD HEAR THIS. LAST NIGHT , A TREE FELL IN THE
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CUL-DE-SAC AND THEY CANNOT GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR STREET AND THE STREET DEPARTMENT WAS THERE IMMEDIATELY CUTTING DOWN THE TREES AND WHEN THEY SPOKE TO THE NEIGHBORS, THEY ACTUALLY SAID WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO WAKE UP THIS MORNING AND CLEAN THIS TREE UP BY OURSELVES BUT OUR STREET DEPARTMENT WHEN OTHER TOOK CARE OF IT. SO, KUDOS TO YOU. KUDOS TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AS WELL AND I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SAID. SO, THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO MOVE TO ANYONE ELSE ON JIM SO WE CAN THEN MOVE ON TO PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DOCS OR I.T.? I KNOW WE HAVE SOMEONE IN THE ROOM I CAN DO IT AS WELL. I.T.,
YOU WANT ANY UPDATES YOU WANT TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME? >> YES. KEVIN DOES NOT APPEAR DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY. JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES. SHOWED THE TORNADO SIRENS WENT OFF AND WERE ACTIVATED SIX TIMES, WHICH ENDED UP STRETCHING OUT ABOUT 30 MINUTES ACROSS THOSE TIMES. HE STARTED AT 9:22 AND THE LAST ONE SOUNDED ABOUT 9:47 LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THOSE, WHICH IS NUMBER 421, DID NOT ACTIVATE WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT WILL BE REPAIRED. APRIL THE NINTH , BUT THEY ARE OVERLAPPED BY TWO OTHER SIRENS. OTHER THAN THAT, THE OTHER SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD , WE HAVE SIX CAMERAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DOWN TO THE TEAM NEEDS TO GO OUT AND REVISIT AND MAKE SURE THOSE ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING. AS POWERPOINT BACKUP -- MAKE SURE THOSE OUTSIDE CAMERAS HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY OTHER DAMAGE. THE AMPLIFIER EMPLOYEES GO WHICH PROVIDES THE SOUND DURING THE SHOW DID BURN UP LAST NIGHT. WE DO HAVE A SPARE AVAILABLE TO US THAT WE WILL WORK ON REPLACING THAT IN THE NEAREST FUTURE ACTUALLY SO WE CAN GET THE SOUND OUT. OTHER
THAN THAT, NETWORK HAD NO ISSUES AND RANGE IS FINE AS WELL. >> COUNCILLOR SNYDER AND THEN I
THINK WE HAVE A COMMENT AFTER THAT. >> KEVIN, THANK YOU. WITH YOUR VARIOUS ITEMS THAT ARE DOWN AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR ZACH AND THE MAYOR AS WELL, BUT ASIDE FROM STATE RESPONSE, POTENTIAL FUNDING, THE CITY WILL ALSO HAVE INSURANCE ON THAT? I AM GENERALLY CURIOUS. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU FILE A CLAIM FOR ON SOME OF THOSE BIGGER TICKET
ITEMS? >> I WOULD ASSUME SO. I AM STILL VERY NEW TO UNDERSTANDING THAT PART OF THIS WORLD, BUT IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. SINCE THE SCOPE IS ONE WHERE WE HAVE DESPAIR, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO TRY AND WORK WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT AMPLIFIER IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LARGER OF
THE TICKET ITEM. >> COUNCILLOR SNYDER, WE WILL WORK WITH OUR INSURANCE PARTNER AND DETERMINE WHAT MAKES SENSE TO FILE A CLAIM FOR WHAT DOESN'T AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE DISASTER RELIEF IF WE GET IT SO, SOMETIMES THEY WILL ADVISE WE DO FILE CLAIMS FOR SOMETHING AND OTHER TIMES WE JUST WISH SELF-INSURE, I.E. PAY IT OUT OF OUR POCKET. I DO WANT TO ALSO PROVIDE YOU A LIST AS FAR AS SOMEONE WHO WHEN ASKED ABOUT DAMAGE TO CITY BUILDINGS. CITY HALL. EXTREMELY DIMER MINOR DAMAGE TO THE POPULAR. I HATE THAT WORD. I COULD NEVER SEE IT RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE METAL ON THE VALLEY CAME BRUCE. AND THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS A LIGHT FIXTURE WITH SOME CEILING TILE. INTRUSION UNDER THE EXTERIOR DOORS OF THE WEST BALCONIES. STREETS OF GUTTERING CAME OUT OF THE SIGNED TRAP AND UTILITIES OF THE WASTEWATER PLANT. SO, AGAIN, VERY LUCKY THAT THE DAMAGE WAS NOT WORSE AND AGAIN WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR INSURANCE PROVIDERS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUT THERE. AND THEN, A
FIRE STATION -- FIRE STATION 344 HAD SOME FENCE DAMAGE. >> DO YOU HAVE A TIME CURRENCY
YOU NEED TO GIVE YOUR UPDATE QUICK AND THEN GO BACK TO I.T.? >> WELL, IF I.T. HAS MORE, I DID JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE BUILDING INSPECTION TEAM FOR GETTING OUT EARLY LAST NIGHT. I KNOW THEY WERE WITH EEOC A LITTLE AFTER 10:00 AND ALL FOUR OF THE INSPECTORS WERE OUT UNTIL AFTER 4:00 THIS MORNING BUILDING ASSESSMENTS WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ROOF DAMAGE AND OTHER STORM RELATED. AND I KNOW UP TO THIS POINT THEY HAVE ASSESSED OVER 40 BUILDINGS AND OBVIOUSLY
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THERE ARE GOING TO BE HUNDREDS MORE IN THE DAYS AHEAD . AND WE CAN PROBABLY ANSWER QUESTIONSBETTER THAN I. >> DOES -- ACTUALLY I HAVE AN I.D. QUESTION AND THE COUNCILLOR HAS A QUESTION TOO. THIS MAY BE MORE FOR THE MARRIAGE BUT IN THE PAST, WE HAD CITY CAMERAS ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE SOMEONE CAN SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I KNOW WE DISCONTINUED THAT BUT I THINK LAST NIGHT, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HELPFUL. WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHERE THINGS WERE GOING AND WHAT IS GOING ON. WHAT WAS THE CHANGE OF THAT OR WILL THERE BE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HAVE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN SEE
IN REAL TIME FROM OUR CITY CAMERAS? >>
SPEAKERS ] >> YOU ARE UNMUTED. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?
>> THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM PUBLIC SAFETY , POLICE AND FIRE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TAKING A BIGGER LOOK ON OUR OVERALL SAFETY PLAN. WE FELT THE FOOTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE CAMERAS, SHOULD THERE BE SOMETHING CRITICAL HAPPENING? IT PROBABLY WAS NOT PROVEN FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY AND SO WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION ALONG WITH SOME OF KEVIN'S TEAM TO TAKE THOSE LIVE AND WE WOULD STAND BY THAT AND I THINK AS WE HAVE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WILL TRY TO BE GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC. I KNOW FROM THE COUNTY SIDE OF NOTIFICATIONS, ALL DAY LONG NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT IMPENDING WEATHER. THE STORM. THERE ARE OTHER APPS THAT OUR PUBLIC COULD ACCESS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON. BUT FROM THE FOOTAGE OF THOSE CAMERAS AND THE LIVES, WE WOULD BE PRUDENT NOT TO ALLOW
PUBLIC ACCESS . >> COUNCILLOR SNYDER AND COUNCILLOR TAYLOR.
>> WELL, I WANT TO JUMP BACK TO KEVIN BUT CHIEF THACKER, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE AND WE GOT A REALLY COOL NOTE THAT THE MERE SHED WITH US LAST YEAR FROM ARIZONA, IMPLEMENTING OUR SNOW REMOVAL. AND YOUR POINT ABOUT APPS, I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON OUTSIDE AND THEY CAN DO THAT FROM THE SAFETY OF THEIR BASEMENT OR DO IT STANDING OUTSIDE. SO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- MEATY AT ANOTHER TIME A MORE THOROUGH DEFINITION OR REASON WHY PUBLIC CAMERAS ARE NO LONGER PUBLIC. KEVIN? AND I
AM TRYING TO SET YOU UP FOR SUCCESS HERE. >> OKAY.
>> THE POWER CAME BACK ON CITY HALL RIGHT AROUND -- >> 6:30?
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD ANYTHING ONLINE INTERACTIVE? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT ONLY TOOK A FEW MINUTES FOR THOSE THINGS TO CYCLE BACK THROUGH AND FOR ACCESS CONTROLS AND OTHER THINGS TO BE BACK UP AND RUNNING IN THE BUILDING. THE TEAM HAD TO THORLEY GO THROUGH THE ROOMS THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN FOR TEAMS AND THAT BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS A VERY SHORT WINDOW OF TIME FOR THAT STUFF TO BE ACTIVE AND AVAILABLE. IF THE COUNCIL MEETING HAS BEEN ON IT:00 A.M.,
IT WAS FOR SURE UP AND RUNNING. >> ONE LAST COMMENTBECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHO TO DIRECT IT TO BUT WHEN COUNCILLOR MINNAAR AND I WENT UP TO STATION 44, OUR ACCESS CODES DID NOT WORK ANY LONGER. COULD YOU CHECK INTO THAT? I AM NOT SURE BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
>> OKAY. >> COUNCILLOR TAYLOR? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AASEN.
AS A QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW WE PERFORMED A TEST. THE TORNADO ALARM TEST. A SIREN TEST AT FRIDAYS AT 11:00 A.M. BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD AN ACTIVE TORNADO IN OUR COMMUNITY, DO WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE PROPER COVERAGE WITH THOSE STORM SIRENS INCLUDING IN THE INCIDENCE OF
ONE OF THEM NOT WORKING? >> GOOD QUESTION. I HAVE A MAP IF IT IS ALL RIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE COVERAGE OF THE TORNADO SIRENS FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL. YOU GUYS LIKE TO SEE THAT?
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> MAYBE IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN WITH YOU VERY BRIEFLY. I THINK YOU SHOULD SEE THE MAP AND NOW AND SO THAT IS THE COVERAGE. THE BLUE AREA IS ALL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL AND SO BASED ON COVERAGE AND THE ONE THAT WAS OUT IS THIS ONE HERE, 421, WHICH
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WILL BE REPAIRED IN APRIL. WE HAVE REALLY GOOD COVERAGE. WHAT THIS MAP DOES NOT SHOW YOU IS WHAT THE SURROUNDING AREAS HAVE ASKED COVERAGE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE ARE JUST FOCUSED HERE ON CARMEL AS YOU HEAD NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST, THERE ARE TWO NATAL SIRENS COVERING THOSE SMALL BLUE GAPS THAT WE HAVE AROUND HERE. THOSE SIRENS, EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE STARTED A PROGRAM TO REPLACE THOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE OLD TECHNOLOGY. THEY WERE INSTALLED I BELIEVE IN 2001 , IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT AND SO, THEY ARE DEFINITELY AT THAT POINT IN THEIR LONGEVITY WHERE THEY NEED TO START BEING REPLACED. BUT EACH OF THOSE SIRENS IS PROVIDING 130 DECIBELS AND THAT IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A MILE RADIUS, IF YOU WILL, AROUND THAT LITTLE RED DOT. MY BELIEF WOULD BE AND BASED ON THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD, THAT SHOULD COVER THINGS. IN TERMS OF SOUNDING THE ALARM'S, HAMILTON COUNTY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THEY MANAGE ALL OF THE TESTING AND SOUNDING THE ALARM'S FOR THESE TYPES OF INSTANCES. SO,DOES THAT HELP? >> YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE VIRTUAL BESIDES MAYBE THE MAYOR , COUNCILLOR JOSHI?
>> COUNCILLOR MINNAAR? >> YES. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT DIRECTOR SAID . AGAIN, I RAN INTO BILL HOLT AND HE WAS OUT THERE SURVEYING AND GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO THE HOUSES THAT WERE AFFECTED IN THAT AREA. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE DID RECEIVE THE KUDOS AS WELL. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT MENTIONING YOU SOONER, ILL. MY APOLOGIES.
>> YOU ARE FINE. >> ANY QUESTIONS TO THOSE OF YOU ON VIRTUAL BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
ANYONE IN THE ROOM? ALL RIGHT. CHIEF FACTOR? >> AND I RAISE MY HAND, MR. PRESIDENT. JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON THE STORM SIRENS BECAUSE WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS , A, I DON'T BELIEVE THE STORM SIREN WENT ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT IS JUST A GOOD REMINDER THAT THESE ARE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS. REALLY, THE TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN IS FROM THE CIVIL DEFENSE DAYS SO THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR WARNING OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY ARE IN OUR HOME. IN FACT IT IS MORE OR MORE DIFFICULT WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE. IT IS MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO HEAR THESE INSIDE OF THE HOMES SO, WE REALLY WANT TO -- WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE AND WE CAN USE THE STORM SILVER LINING TO INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO BE A STORM READY COMMUNITY AND TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS NOW DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW, HAVING A WEATHER RADIO IN THEIR HOME THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE THEM UPDATED INFORMATION AND NOT RELYING ON
THESE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS AS SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. >> THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THOSE IN THE ROOM. IF YOU NEED TO DROP OFF ON VIRTUAL, I UNDERSTAND. WE WILL CALL ENGINEERING FIRST. I KNOW DIRECTOR HAS BEEN ON THERE SINCE BRAD IS IN THE ROOM, LET'S HAVE
HIM GO THERE. A LITTLE EASIER TO HEAR. >> BRAD. DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. WE STARTED YESTERDAY ACTIVELY PREPARING AND ASSESSING ALL OF THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BECAUSE THOSE CAN BE VULNERABLE FROM A STORMWATER PERSPECTIVE IF YOU ARE MIDWAY THROUGH THE PROJECT. WE HAVE SOME PUMPS OUT THERE TODAY FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO HELP WITH THAT . OTHER THAN THAT, OUR STAFF IS HANDS ON DECK OUT IN THE FIELD. THEY HAVE RAKES CLEARING STORM DRAINS AND ASSESSING THAT KIND OF STUFF TO SEE WHAT KIND OF VULNERABLE STORMWATER STUFF A CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THE RAINWATER THAT IS GOING TO COME IN THE FUTURE.
WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND STREET DEPARTMENT TO HELP THEM PRIORITIZE WHERE WE
WANT TO HAVE THE CLEANUP. >> QUESTION, COUNCILLOR MINNAAR? >> DIRECTOR, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY TOO SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR RIGHT ABOUT OBJECTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT SPECIFICALLY IN THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT WHERE THE ANDREWS PUD, I BELIEVE IT IS
MEADOW? >> MEADOW STONE. MEADOW STONE. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT JOHN THOMAS HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB WORKING WITH THEM -- THANK YOU, JOHN, TO MAKE SURE THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT DOES NOT AFFECT ISSUES THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING. AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS STILL ON YOUR RADAR AND WE ARE PAYING DEEP ATTENTION TO THAT. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> COUNCILLOR TAYLOR? >> DIRECTOR PIECE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DIRECTING THE
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STORMWATER BECAUSE WE ARE EXPECTING MAYBE TWO INCHES OF RAIN TOMORROW SO, THERE ARE PEOPLE INSPECTING ALL OF THE INLETS AND ARE WE COMMUNICATING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS OR MAYBE HOAS ET CETERA TO LOOK AT CLEANING OUT THEIR INLETS AND THEIR CUL-DE-SACS AND SO FORTH? SO WE CAN SORT OF HEAD OFF THIS PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS?>> WE SORT OF HAVE ONGOING INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS AND STORMWATER DEPARTMENTS AND INFORM PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP THOSE RINGS CLEAN AND BE GOOD HELPERS.
OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY ARE ELDERLY, THEY CAN CALL THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND WE CAN HELP OUT HOW WE CAN BUT WE DO HAVE INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS FOR BEST PRACTICES FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE THEIR SYSTEMS ARE FUNCTIONING AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
>> IT WILL BE GREAT IF WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION OUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND ET CETERA ABOUT THAT
IF WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING. >> RIGHT. I CAN WORK WITH OUR TEAM ON THAT.
>> COUNCILLOR TAYLOR, WE ALSO JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF MESSAGES OUT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER TODAY SO THAT WAS THE NEXT LAYER OF MESSAGING. TALK ABOUT STORM DEBRIS AND BRING IT OUT OF NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY AND GET IT ON THEIR CURVES. THE NEXT THING WOULD BE ABOUT CLEARING INLETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED IT OUT TONIGHT FIRST THING TOMORROW WE WILL LOOK AT THE LEATHER TOO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING ALL OF INFORMATION WITHOUT OVERWHELMING STAFF AS WELL.
>> I DO WANT TO REITERATE AS I AM A BIG STORMWATER GUY WITH WHAT COUNCILLOR TAYLOR IS SAYING AND WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT THE INLETS ARE FINE. RETENTION PONDS WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT TRY TO STEP DOWN AND HIT DEBRIS , I WOULD LIKE -- DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN DANGER. ARE THERE CONCERNS ALONG THE RIVER AT THE MOMENT?
>> IT IS FLOWING PRETTY HIGH. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO CONCERNS OF THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS IT CAN GO FROM BAD TO WORSE PRETTY QUICKLY. JOHN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT AT
ALL? >> IT WILL BE DAYS HERE BEFORE THE FULL EFFECT OF THE RAINS ARE FELT THROUGH THE WHITE RIVER AT LEAST. MOST OF THE STREAMS IN THE CITY ARE WITHIN THE BANKS RIGHT NOW BUT I WOULD EXPECT THEY MAY REACH THOSE BANKS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS WE GET MORE RAIN IN. WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO TELL PEOPLE TO NEVER ENTER FLOODWATERS OR DRIVE THROUGH THEM SO, AS COUNCILLOR JOSHI MENTIONED VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, WALKING AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS AND HELPING PEOPLE TO CLEAR STORM DRAINS WILL HELP PREVENT THAT LOCALIZED FLOODING BUT, TO COUNCILLOR SNYDER'S POINT, IF YOU HAVE A RETENTION POND THAT IS CURRENTLY BLOCKED, THESE REACH OUT TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND WAIT UNTIL THOSE FLOODWATERS ARE DOWN. WE HAVE REDUNDANT SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS RETENTION PONDS TO ALLOW THOSE WATERS TO STILL DRAIN DOWN OR TO OVERFLOW OUT TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACES. SO AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE OVERFLOWS, USE THE STREETS. SO IF YOU SEE THOSE FLOODWATERS TURNED AROUND , FIND AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR ENGINEERING? COUNCILLOR TAYLOR, I HAD ONE QUESTION FOR POLICE
BEFORE -- >> WHAT WE SEE OFTEN IN THESE INSTANCES IS THE STORM CHASERS, RIGHT? SO THEY WILL START GOING DOOR TO DOOR. SOME OF THEM ARE MORE ETHICAL COMPANIES THAN OTHERS. BECAUSE WE HAVE A PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ANYBODY TO DO DOOR TO DOOR SALES, COULD YOU TOUCH ON THAT PROCESS A LITTLE BIT FOR THE PUBLIC AND IN SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH REPARABLE COMPANIES SO OUR RESIDENTS DON'T GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF?
>> BRADY MYERS DEPUTY CHIEF POLICE. SOME CITY STAFF ARE SAYING WE WOULD BE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT TO PUT OUT SOME WARNING MESSAGES OF EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SOME RED FLAGS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR. WE ARE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY DIRECT WITH ANY PARTICULAR VENDOR OR SERVICE BUT JUST SOME WARNING SIGNS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SO IT IS NOT TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS.
>> ALSO, A REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO DO WISH TO GO DOOR-TO-DOOR, THERE IS A BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS AND THEY MUST COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND APPLY FOR A PERMIT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. WE DO HAVE A SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IS IT QUICK PROCESS. WE DO A BACK GROUND CHECK AND APPROVAL PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE REPARABLE INDIVIDUALS GOING DOOR TO DOOR SO WE ALL FEEL SAFER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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>> FROM THE RESIDENCE STANDPOINT, IF THEY ARE NOT LICENSED OR AND DO NOT HAVE THE CORRECT SOLICITOR PERMIT LICENSE, THEY SHOULD PROBABLY NOT WORK WITH THOSE COMPANIES.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE? >> YOU DID SAY WINDOWS 2 STREETS
WOULD BE OPEN AGAIN OR WE DON'T KNOW YET? >> OUR BEST X-MEN IS THAT WE DO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS WHO CAN. THERE ARE SOME COLLABORATIONS WITH THEM BUT THE WIRES ON THE POLL MAYBE DUKE ENERGY LINES SO THERE ARE COORDINATIONS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE THERE. I DON'T WANT TO ANTICIPATE IT BEING TOO MUCH LONGER THIS EVENING.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT? >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. >> DIRECTOR DUFFY WITH UTILITIES. DID YOU HAVE AN UPDATE THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE US? DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR UTILITIES?
>> YOU JUST SAID YOU CAME THROUGH JUST FINE. WE WERE TOLD SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS MORNING
IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY. >> THE THREE WELLS THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.
>> WE DID HAVE TO POWER UP THREE WELLS. OPERATORS HAD TO COME IN AND RESET THEM BUT WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER WELLS THAT WERE NOT IMPACTED AND ONLINE AND HAVE ELEVATED STORAGE AND STORAGE AND GENERATORS. NOT TO MINIMIZE THINGS BUT FOR THE UTILITY, IT TERMS TIMES AND WE WERE PREPARED
TO FIND. >> DIRECTOR DUFFY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN THOSE CASES WHERE THE THREE WELLS WERE FLIPPING, IF THERE WERE SOME SORT OF -- IF WE NEEDED TO DO A BOIL OR THAT OTHER STUFF THAT WOULD COME FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT AND WE WOULD BE NOTIFIED AND THERE WOULD BE A CITYWIDE -- SO THERE IS NO CONCERN ABOUT THE DRINKING WATER IN THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT.
>> WE HAVE GENERATORS THAT CAN PROVIDE 20 MILLION GALLONS SO, IN GOOD SHAPE.
>> REASSURING OUR NEIGHBORS THAT THE WATER IS FINE IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING SO, THANK YOU.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> DIRECTOR DUFFY I WOULD ASK WHAT YOU CAN ANSWER JUST THE SAME. I AM GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT IF YOU CAN JUST VERIFY IT IS TRUE THAT CARMEL HAS NO
LONGER AND FOR ANY TIME HAS ANY CSO? >> OUR SYSTEM IS NOT A COMBINED
SYSTEM. >> JUST FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE NERVOUS ABOUT OVERWHELMING THE SYSTEM AND DIRECTLY DISCHARGING. EVERYBODY KNEW THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH CARMEL?
>> I AM GOING TO CALL IN DIRECTOR CLICKS THAN WITH THE DEPARTMENT. YOU WANT TO GIVE AN
UPDATE? >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MICHAEL CLICKSTON. OVERALL, SIMILAR TO WHAT DIRECTOR DUFFY STATED, IT WAS A TYPICAL STORM FOR US IN MANY WAYS WITH NOT SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. AT THE TIME OF THE STORM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS OPEN AND HAD BEEN JUST A BIT FURTHER SOUTH WE WOULD'VE HAD A DIRECT HIT. AT THE TIME IT WAS THE LAST HOUR OF OUR OPERATIONS SO THERE WERE UNDER 30 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING INCLUDING STAFF WHEN WE WENT TO WARNING STATUS, WE SHELTERED IN PLACE WHICH IS OUR PROTOCOL IN THE AQUATIC LOCKER ROOMS WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR STORM SHELTERS AND ONCE THE STORM HAD PASSED THROUGH AND WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO RELEASE SOMEONE'S WE VALIDATED THERE WERE NO MAJOR ISSUES WITH IN THE BUILDING AND ALSO WITHIN THE PARKS, WE COULD SAFELY RELEASE PEOPLE. SO, I WAS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH MY TEAM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER DURING THIS STORM AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STORM. SO EVERYTHING WAS HANDLED EXACTLY TOWER PROTOCOLS AND SAFETY STANDARDS. SO VERY PLEASED WITH THAT AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM FOR MAKING SURE EVERYONE STAYED SAFE DURING THE STORM. AFTER THE STORM, WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT THE TRAILS ARE DARK AT NIGHT SO WE FELT IT WAS BETTER TO STAY OFF THE STREETS TO KEEP YOUR PEOPLE ON IT. THIS MORNING PROMPTLY WE STARTED DOING EVALUATION OF THE PARK SYSTEM. WE DID HAVE TWO PARKS ALONG WITH A SECTION OF THE GREENWAY THAT WERE IN A SECTION OF THE PATH. UNFORTUNATELY OUR TWO PARKS ARE UNDEVELOPED PARKS. CHERRY TREE PARK HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PROBABLY ABOUT 10 TREES. SOME OF THEM QUITE LARGE WERE UPROOTED AND OR OTHERWISE DAMAGED. SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS TO REMOVE THAT. WE ARE PUTTING NOTIFICATION OUT AT THAT PARK IS CLOSED AGAIN, THERE IS NO PARKING LOT. IT IS NOT A PARK THAT IS ACTIVELY USED BY MOST MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO, FORTUNATE THERE. THE SECOND PART
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OF THAT WAS IN THE DIRECT PATH WAS THE NATURE PARK. AGAIN A RELATIVELY UNDEVELOPED PARK.THERE IS A LITTLE TRAIL BUT WE HAVE ALREADY CHECK BACK TO MAKE SURE IT IS OKAY BUT NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE. AND THEN, THE GREENWAY WHERE WE HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS LITERALLY OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING TO THE WEST NEXT TO WHERE YOU SAW I THINK IT IS THE ANTIQUE MALL THAT WAS DAMAGED. SO A LOT OF THE INSULATION FROM THAT STRUCTURE IS NOW IN THE TREATS.
WE HAD SOME REMOVAL OF LIMBS AND STUFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRAIL WAS CLEAR, BUT OTHERWISE, NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE THEN WHEN WE HAVE MAJOR THUNDERSTORMS GO THROUGH THE AREA. OUR TEAM WORKING WITH CLOSE COORDINATION WITH ENGINEERING IS CLEARING OUT BASICALLY THE CONNECTION POINT BETWEEN THE DITCH BUT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS BUILDING AND NEXT TO THE GREENWAY THAT EMPTIES INTO THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE JAPANESE GARDEN AREA TO MAKE F1 SURE THAT THAT WATER IS FLOWING ACTUALLY. RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING I CHECKED IN WITH MY TEAM AND THEY WERE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THAT CLEANED UP. SO, THEY OFFERED ME A SHOVEL. I OFFERED TO HAVE ONE OF THEM COME IN MY STEAD HERE AND THEY DECIDED TO KEEP GOING WITH THEIR ROUTES. BUT VERY HAPPY WITH THE OVERALL RESPONSE. WE HAVE INSPECTED ALL OF THE PARKS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SOME LOOSE ONES THAT BECOME NOTICEABLE AS WINDS CONTINUE AND WHAT HAVE YOU BUT OVERALL VERY, VERY WELL. WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE ADDITIONAL ONES THAT ARE COMING SO WE REMIND EVERYONE THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DOWN THERE BUT THAT IS OUR LARGEST RIVER PARK. RIVER HERITAGE PARK. RIGHT NOW, NO PARTICULAR ISSUES BUT IF THE WATER RISES, THAT PARK DOES SOMETIMES FLOOD SO IF NECESSARY, WE CAN CLOSE THAT FLOWING WELL PARK. POOLE CREEK PARTICLES THERE AS WELL SO AGAIN, STAY OUT OF THE WATER THERE. BUT JUST USE -- DUDE DUE DILIGENCE AND THE PARKS, ESPECIALLY THE CREEKS AND
THE RIVER. HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS. >> COUNCILLOR MINNAAR. SORRY.
NOT TO BELABOR THE POINT. OBVIOUSLY, THE NORTHEAST SIDE GOT HIT VERY WELL AND THE PARTICULAR PART THAT LOOKS LIKE COMMON GROUND AND I DROVE BY AND IT IS QUITE SAD TO SEE THOSE TREES GONE. SO TWOFOLD QUESTION. THAT PARK IS CLOSED. NO ONE SHOULD BE IN THAT VICINITY?
>> IT IS CLOSED. WE DON'T HAVE A PARKING LOT SO IT IS HARD TO TYPICALLY CLOSE BUT WE ARE PUTTING SIGNAGE UP TO SAY PARK CLOSED. AND WE REMIND THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE NOT USE THAT PARK BECAUSE WE ARE FOCUSING OUR ATTENTION IN THE ACTIVE PARKS AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE TREES THAT WERE DAMAGED THERE WORK WITH CONTRACTORS BUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT A DEVELOPED PARK, WE RATHER THOSE CONTRACTORS BE WORKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES BEFORE ADDRESSING A PARK THAT IS NOT OPEN.
>> THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION. I DON'T WANT THE NEIGHBORS CONCERNED THAT THE TREES THERE ARE NOT BEING DEALT WITH KNOWING THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST. AND THIS MAY BE A LONG DOWN THE ROAD BUT I AM GOING TO ASK IT. WILL WE BE ABLE TO REPLACE SOME OF THOSE TREES
THAT WE LOST TO THE STORM? >> WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SOME OF THE TREES ARE QUITE LARGE SO YOU OBVIOUSLY CANNOT REPLACE A TREE THAT IS THIS BIG BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AT THAT. IT MIGHT ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE LOOK AT. IS THERE A BETTER WAY OF MAINTAINING THAT PARK IN THE FUTURE? IT IS WHAT IT HAS BEEN. LIKE I SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE KIND OF A COMMON AREA THAT MAYBE THERE IS A MORE ECOLOGICAL WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT AT A WAY
THAT IS LESS EXPENSIVE TO THE TAXPAYERS. >> COUNCILLOR QUESTIONS FOR
PARKS? COUNCILLOR SCHNEIDER? >> FIRST, THANK YOU OF COURSE. SO, AS YOUR RESOURCES FINISH THEIR IMMEDIATE TASKS, WILL THEY THEN BE ASSISTING STREET DEPARTMENT ALONG MULTI USE PATHS AND AS WE DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, THEY ARE TO YOUR POINT A LOT OF HANGING LAMPS. WILL
THEY BE -- >> SO FOR US, OUR STAFF DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE EXCITEMENT EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT THE STREET DEPARTMENT HAS OR FOR THE TRAINING FOR REMOVAL OF EVERYTHING. IF THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN ASSIST THE CITY, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO IN THAT WAY BUT AS I WAS GOING AROUND TO THE PARKS RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, THE PARKS ARE ACTUALLY BEING PRETTY WELL USED. AS SOON AS WE GET THEM CLEANED UP, WE ARE GOING BACK TO MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN USE THOSE PARKS. SO TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN HELP THE STREET DEPARTMENT, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE QUITE THE FLEX OF PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY
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MOBILIZE IN THAT DIRECTION. >> IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOU PUT OUT MESSAGING. AND YOU STRESSED -- BECAUSE I THINK YOU WERE AROUND WHEN I WAS ON THE PROJECT WHERE IN A PARK, A LIMB FELL AND
KILLED SOMEBODY AFTER A STORM. >> NOT ONE OF OUR PARKS. >> NOT IN CARMEL. NOT IN CARMEL.
THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY TOUGH AND CONSONANT BUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO A STORM WHERE A LIMB FELL AND DID KILL SOMEBODY IN CARMEL. SO JUST BEING AWARE THAT NATURE IS NOT ALWAYS FRIENDLY OR ADAPTABLE AND THEN, FINALLY, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU ASSESS OR MAKE A DECISION BASED ON INCOMING WHETHER
WHETHER OR NOT TO GO AHEAD AND PREEMPTIVELY CLOSE A PARK? >> IT IS ALWAYS A DELICATE BALANCE BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS, OUR MEMBERS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WHAT HAVE YOU LIKE USING THE PARKS. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE STORM WAS COMING THROUGH PREDOMINANTLY AS IT WAS ALREADY DESK DUSK . AND THE PARKS ARE CLOSED FROM DUSK TO DON. A LOT OF TIMES IT IS BETTER TO KEEP THEM THERE BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY THEY ARE IN A SAFE POSITION UNTIL THE STORM IS OVER. IT IS ALWAYS KIND OF THAT DELICATE BALANCE. WE HAVE ON A VERY RARE EQUATION CLOSE FACILITIES WHERE WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STORMS . THAT IS MORE COMMON IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE ICE AND SNOW COMING THIS DIRECTION. THIS ONE IS ONE WHERE WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WAS PRUDENT TO NECESSARILY CLOSE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A MAJOR STORM AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COME THROUGH THAT I'VE BEEN PRETTY SEVERE TOO. IT IS A DELICATE BALANCE BUT WE DO HAVE PRETTY SEVERE -- NOT SEVERE BUT VERY EXACTING PROTOCOLS FOR WHEN WE HAVE THOSE TYPES OF STORM SITUATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE IN OUR FACILITIES ARE SAFE AND RETAINED IN THE
FACILITY UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO LEAVE. >> THANK YOU. SO, IN ORDER FOR TIME, I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HERE. COUNCIL HAS A QUESTION FOR A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT HERE, WE CAN DO THAT DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS . I WILL SAY SOMETHING QUICK AND WE CAN GO DOWN THE LINE. EACH COUNCILLOR. ONE QUESTION. IF YOU HAVE A SECOND QUESTION WE CAN GO BACK DOWN THE LINE AGAIN. DON'T GET A SECOND BITE UNTIL EVERYONE HAS THE FIRST BITE BUT I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW THIS CAN BE A LOT WORSE AND THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE BUT I DON'T WANT THAT TO DIMINISH OR BE DISMISSIVE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT WE SHOULD SHOWED GRATITUDE THAT OUR CITY DID A GREAT JOB RESPONDING TO THIS STORM AND THAT WE COULD HAVE HAD A MUCH MORE CATASTROPHIC SITUATION LOSING TREES, DAMAGE TO YOUR HOME, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING NEIGHBORS ARE SERIOUS THINGS AND WHILE WE ARE GRATEFUL, WE ARE NOT DISMISSIVE OF THESE CONCERNS AT ALL. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO ONE BY ONE. AGAIN, ONE BITE OF THE APPLE THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION OR MAKE MORE COMMENTS.
COUNCILLOR WORRELL? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I GUESS I WANT TO JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I EXPERIENCED LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS OUT IN THE FIELD. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE THAT THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES. WE AS A COMMUNITY WERE VERY LUCKY THAT IT WAS JUST PROPERTY DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE -- I WAS IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, BROOKSHIRE NORTH, AND I SAW A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPEN. NUMBER ONE, OUR POLICE OFFICERS. THEY WERE THERE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND COMPASSION, EMPATHY FOR THIS COUPLE WHOSE HOME WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED WAS -- IT WAS ACTUALLY RAINING INSIDE THE HOME , AND I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROUDER OF THOSE POLICE OFFICERS. I WISH I KNEW WHICH ONES THEY WERE. THIS WAS AN BROOKSHIRE NORTH AND THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD CAME OUT TO HELP THIS COUPLE AND THE ONE THING I WOULD ASK THE MAYOR TO DO IS TO MAYBE THINK -- AND MAYBE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BUT WHAT DO WE DO IF THEY NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY? THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I SHOW UP HERE DO THEY NEED A PLACE TO STAY? BUT IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 15 HOMES BECAUSE OF THE TORNADO TOOK OUT A NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I HAVE HEARD HAPPENED FROM IOWA. WHAT WOULD WE DO? I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAVE OPENED UP COOLING
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CENTERS WHEN ELECTRICITY IS GONE BUT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THIS SITUATION. SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW IF I'M OUT THERE THE NIGHT THAT IT HAPPENS I KNOW WHAT TO SAY AND WHERE TO SEND PEOPLE TO AND THE FIREFIGHTERS. ALSO, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO NOBLESVILLE.THAT WAS THE TRUCK THAT SHOWED UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT NIGHT AND THEY WERE VERY KIND AS WELL. I ALMOST HESITATE TO SAY THIS BUT I THINK IT GOES TO THE QUALITY OF OUR OFFICERS. IF I BELIEVE WHAT I THINK I SAW, I SAW A POLICE OFFICER WITH A CHAINSAW WHO WAS HELPING TO CLEAR THE AREA AND IT WAS AMAZING. SO IF I AM INCORRECT, IT SURE LOOKED LIKE A POLICE OFFICER AND WILLING TO DO THAT. IT WAS WHATEVER IT TAKES THAT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLE. OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. EXCELLENT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. STREET DEPARTMENT. EVERYONE THAT SHOWED UP. THE WAY THAT THE GRID SEARCH WAS DONE. OFFICERS WERE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR MAKING SURE. SO, I GUESS I WANT TO BE THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL TO THE EMPLOYEES, THE STAFF, THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COMMUNITY. I AM GRATEFUL THAT IT WASN'T MORE SERIOUS. I KNOW THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN LEARN FROM AND, MAYOR, YOU CAN DO THAT AFTER ACTION AND WE CAN ALL LEARN AND DO THINGS AND BE READY FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY BE WORSE. BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU AND, IF I CAN MEET THAT POLICE OFFICER, I WOULD LOVE TO DO IT.
>> MAYOR FINKAM, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION IN THERE? >> OKAY. WHERE DO WE SEND PEOPLE WAS NOT EXPECTING AN ANSWER TONIGHT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE MAYBE I KNOW ABOUT IT IF
SOMETHING HAPPENS TOMORROW. >> JEFF, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. WE WOULD SET UP SOME KIND OF RESPITE AREA WITH A NONPROFIT PARTNER OR HOTEL PARTNER TO GET THOSE FAMILIES TAKEN CARE OFF.
BUT THANKFULLY, WE DID NOT NEED TO DO THAT. CHIEF THACKER, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ONTO
THAT? >> YES. WE HAD THREE FACILITIES KIND OF ON STANDBY FOR THIS INCIDENT AND WE WERE READY TO ACTIVATE THOSE IF NEEDED, BUT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND EVEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WE CONTINUE TO GO DOOR TO DOOR, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TALKED ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS ON OXYGEN THAT DID NOT HAVE POWER, WE WERE READY TO GET THEM TO A LOCATION WHERE THEY COULD RECEIVE POWER , BUT FORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT NEED TO DO THAT. BUT
WE DO HAVE THOSE PLANS ESTABLISHED. >> OKAY. IF WE COULD SHARE THOSE, I WOULD LOVE -- PROBABLY ANY VOICE IN A STORM IS HELPFUL SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE JUST
WHAT NOT TO SAY. COUNCILLOR TAYLOR? >> I JUST THINK AS A NUMBER OF NEW COUNSELORS I THINK AND CHIEF, WITH YOUR HOMELAND SECURITY AND BACKGROUND YOU HAVE , MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE COULD HAVE SOME EDUCATION FOR THE COUNSELORS ON SORT OF PROTOCOLS.
WHAT OUR PLANS ARE. HOW IS AS COUNCILMEMBERS WE CAN SUPPORT THE MAYOR AND THE CARMEL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CARMEL POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE EVENT OF A LARGE-SCALE DISASTER.
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS, ET CETERA. I KNOW LAST NIGHT ADAM WAS TRYING TO KEEP MOST OF US UPDATED, BUT OTHERWISE, I HAD NOT RECEIVED MUCH BESIDES THE TEXT MESSAGES -- THE RAVE ALERT THAT THE EEOC WAS OPEN AT A LEVEL TWO STATUS, RIGHT? SO, I AM ASSUMING LEVEL TWO IS WORSE THAN LEVEL ONE OR WORSE THAN LEVEL THREE, BUT WE ARE NOT EDUCATED TO THOSE MATTERS, SO I THINK SOME OF THAT AT SOME POINT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US.
>> WE WILL GO TO COUNCILLOR SNYDER AND BY THE WAY, I DO HAVE COUNCILLOR JOSHI AND COUNCILLOR
GREEN THE FOLLOW-UP TOO COUNCILLOR SNYDER. >> THANK YOU. AND TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILLOR TAYLOR ., I AGREE AND A LOT OF US WERE IN THE FIELD. MOST OF US WERE CHASING FIRETRUCKS AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE NEEDED HELP BUT DID NOT HAVE REAL INFORMATION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS. THE INTENT OF THIS MEETING IS TO LET THE CONSTITUENTS OF CARMEL KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE PROUD AND THEY CAN SEE THE EXCELLENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS IN THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. EVERY DOOR I WENT TO TODAY WAS JUST VERY, VERY, VERY
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THANKFUL. FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE GOT WONDERFUL CHIEFS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS, BUT IT TAKES SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR A SUBMARINE, PROBLEMS BLOW UP THE BOAT. THAT THAT CARRIES TO EVERYBODY IN THE FIELD. I THINK THAT IS EXCEPTIONAL. SO, TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THANK YOU. THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVE OR DECLARATION OR I AM NOT SURE WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS FORMALLY CALLED, BUT EXECUTIVE ORDER ABOUT THE CHEER TREE CLEARING I THINK IS WONDERFUL. I CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER WAY TO HELP A LOT OF THE FAMILIES WHO DID HAVE REAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THEIR HOUSE BY LOOKING AT A MESS IN THEIR YARD THINKING WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? I AM GOING OUT ON SPRING BREAK NEXT WEEK OR I AM ON SPRING BREAK OR WHATEVER. I THINK THAT THAT INITIATIVE IS INCREDIBLE. I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT COSTLY, BUT I THINK THIS STORM IS GOING TO BE COSTLY. SO, WITH THAT, THIS COUNCIL, IF THE PUBLIC HASN'T ALREADY NOTICED, IS A VERY PATIENT COUNCIL. WE LIKE TO GET THINGS DONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY. SO, WITH THAT, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR WHERE WE START HAVING BUDGET ISSUES AND THEN TRY TO BLAME IT ON THE STORM OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. SO, I WOULD TODAY MOVE THAT WE ALLOCATE $250,000 OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND TO HELP ASSIST IN THE COST OF THIS RELIEF AND THEN ALSO $50,000 OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND TO BE IN THE PARKS 101 FUND TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THEIR COSTS AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS MEETING CANACCOMMODATE THAT MOTION WITH THE CITY LEGAL. >> I WOULD SECOND THAT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT MAYBE THE MOTION IS UPDATED TO SAY UP TO. UP TO THOSE AMOUNTS. ARE YOU OKAY WITH
THAT? >> AS AMENDED. >> I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.
>> CITY LEGAL, YOU HAVE CONFIRMED? >> BARRING ANY VOCAL I WILL TAKE IT AS A YES THAT WE ARE FINE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND -- DIRECTOR? YOU CAN COME UP TO
THE MICROPHONE. >> -- I KNOW NORMALLY WHEN WE ARE DOING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS, WE HAVE TO PUBLIC NOTICE THAT IN THE NEWSPAPER FIRST.
>> NOT IN THE EMERGENCY SETTING. LEGAL EXPLAINED TO ME. >> SO, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY CONVERSATION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS ON THE TABLE? OKAY.
>> COUNCILLOR GREEN? YES? >> YES. JUST A QUESTION. THIS WILL JUST BE APPROPRIATING MONEY BUT THERE WILL BE ADEQUATE OVERSIGHT AND CONTROLS ON HOW THAT MONEY IS SPENT THAT IS THE
QUESTION. >> WILL BE ADEQUATE OVERSIGHT IN CONTROLS OF HOW THE MONEY IS
SPENT? >> YES. I ANTICIPATE ALL EXPENDITURES ALLOCATED TO EMERGENCY RELEASE WILL BE IN EITHER CLAIMS OR AND WAS IS REVIEWED BY COUNCIL BUT DICTATED TO BE SPENT OVER TIME. THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE AFTER THE FACTS.
>> AND JUST WANT TO KIND OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. I KNOW SOMETIMES IF WE GET OUT TOO EARLY AND SPEND MONEY, WE MAY NOT PER PROPERLY BE REIMBURSED FROM FEDERAL FUNDS OR STATE FUNDS. THE EMERGENCIES GO THROUGH SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL ARE PRETTY DOCUMENT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PROPER INVOICES TO ON BOARD. THE SECOND QUESTION IS, CAN DR. JOSHI AND I
BOTH BE ON THIS? >> WHEN IT COMES TO APPROPRIATIONS IF THEY CAN VOTE
BECAUSE IT IS NOT A TAX OR ROLE, CORRECT? RITUALLY? >> THANK YOU.
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>> HE WILL HAVE TO BE ON A SCREEN DEVELOPED BUT HE CAN VOTE. HE CAN JOIN OTHERWISE YOU
CAN TELL US HOW YOU WOULD'VE VOTED >>
>> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> THANKS, COUNCIL. IF I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE MOTION, I KNOW IT HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED BUT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ACT ON THE EXTENT ALLOWED UNDER THE EMERGENCY POWERS UNDER THE LAW AND, THAT WAY, YOU OFFER A LEVEL TWO PROTECTION ASSOCIATED TO THAT AND YOU CAN DIG INTO THAT.
AND HOW IT CAN BE ALLOCATED. >> THE POINT IS, I DID NOT MEAN TO GET COMPLICATED HERE. THIS IS
A WAY TO HELP OUR PEOPLE. >> IS OKAY. I WOULD RATHER SECOND AND GET IT RIGHT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION WITHDRAWN AND EMOTIONAL THE SECOND LANGUAGE. ANY OTHER
>> I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION. SORRY. CHIEF THACKER, ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE WITH REGARD TO STATE FUNDING? I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTIO OPENLY?
>> I BELIEVE THAT IT IS EVEN MORE TO THE POINT OF BEING PROACTIVE WITH THE MAYOR'S EL IS UNDER THIS STATUTE, IT PROVIDES FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND PURCHASING AS
BENJAMIN JUST OUTLINED. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE QUALIFICATION.
>> OKAY. HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? JESSICA LEXI ARE YOU PREPARED? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. IT SHOULD POP UP ON THE SCREEN. ROLL CALL BECAUSE IT IS
VIRTUAL. >> COUNCILLOR WORRELL. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILLOR TAYLOR. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT AASEN.
>> AYE. >> COUNCILLOR SNYDER. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILLOR AYERS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILLOR MINNAAR.
>> AYE. >> COUNCILLOR JOSHI. >> AYE.
>> AND THEN COUNCILLOR , WE CANNOT SEE YOUR FACE? >> I VOTE IN SPIRIT.
>> MOTION PASSES. COUNCILLOR, ANY COMMENTS? >> HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS WITH YOUR INITIATIVE AND IS SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR GOALS HERE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TRULY HELPS THE PEOPLE IMPACTED IN THIS. I SAID IT THIS MORNING AND I'M GOING TO REITERATE IT. I BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT MISSION IS TO DO THE MOST GOOD FOR THE MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND BOTH OF THOSE QUALIFY IN THIS. YOUR EMERGENCY DECLARATION HIT A SPOT ON AND I THINK THE COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND NOT MESSING AROUND WITH FUNDING AND MAKING SURE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SAY WE CAN DO IS IMPORTANT SO, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THAT INITIATIVE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCILLOR AYERS? >> MAYOR FINKAM, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK IN THIS . LEASE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE STREET DEPARTMENT. AND I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A CONTINUED EFFORT AS WE HAVE SOME STORMS COMING IN THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND RAIN AND EVERYTHING. AND WE ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SUCH AN AWESOME COMMUNITY THAT ALWAYS COMES TOGETHER. NOT JUST CITY OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY. ALL OF THE
PUBLIC. IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILLOR
MINNAAR? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ECHO EVERYONE'S COMMENTS. I DO HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR HIGGINBOTHAM -- EXCUSE ME. COMMISSIONER HIGGINBOTHAM. YOU AND I SPOKE ON THE PHONE EARLIER TODAY AND I WANT YOU TO TOUCH ON THE PICKUP THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY HAVE TO DELAY PICKUP BECAUSE OF THE INCOMING STORMS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND I JUST WANT THE CONSTITUENCY TO KNOW THAT -- WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE GOING FORWARD. AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED TO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND HOW YOU SERVE OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM CAROL DIXON WHO ANSWERS OUR PHONE ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR MAYOR AND, MAYOR FINKAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EXECUTIVE ORDER AND HELPING ME THROUGH THE
NORTHEAST DISTRICT AS WELL. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT JUST LIKE MICHAEL HAS MENTIONED. SPRING BREAK. THE UPCOMING WEATHER. I DID NOT WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS STUFF PICKED UP. WE WANT THEM TO CONTACT US WHEN THEY ARE READY SO THAT IT MAKES US MORE EFFICIENT SO WE ARE NOT
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JUST DRIVING AROUND DAILY CHECKING. WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO THE PLACE, PICKING STUFF UP AND GETTING STUFF DONE. SO NOBODY IS GOING TO NECESSARILY WORK IN THE RAIN. THEY MAY GO IN THE RAIN TO CLEAR THEIR YARD BUT NEXT WEEK IT MAY CLEAR UP THE WEEK AFTER. WE GET INTO THE ROAD AND GET IT PICKED UP. JUST LET US KNOW AND THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO REITERATE.>> SO, TO BE CLEAR, COMMISSIONER, WITH THE SEVEN-DAY ORDER, I GUESS THIS IS MORE FOR MAYOR FINKAM, WITH THE EXOTIC EXECUTIVE DATE ORDER, WITH THE COMMISSIONER BE ABLE TO STRETCH OUT HIS TIMELINE TO HAVE THESE LIMBS AND DEBRIS PICKED UP AS I JUST WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR AND ALSO, MATT, THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS IF SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION OR COMMENT OR CONCERN, THEY ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT THEIR CITY COUNCIL IS WHAT YOU WOULD PREFER THAT THEY
CALL THE STREET DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY? IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO TRACK AND ASSIST WITH OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM. SO IF THEY CONTACT OUR OFFICE OR SEND AN EMAIL, NOW, IT GETS PUT INTO OUR PROCESS AND WE MAP THE LOCATION AND KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING SO
THEN WE CAN MONITOR OUR EFFICIENCY AND REDUCTION , THAT >> ALL RIGHT.
>> COUNCILLOR MINNAAR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF WE NEED TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY ORDER, WE WILL DO THAT WORK WITH THE CITY LEGAL TO DO THAT SO THAT IS NOT A CONCERN.
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. >> COUNCILLOR JOSHI AND THEN COUNCILLOR GREEN.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB FROM MAYOR FINKAM ALL THE WAY DOWN. I KNOW MATT I HAVE TALKED TO YOU SO MANY TIMES AND YOU JUST SAY WE JUST DO OUR JOBS AND EXPECT TO DO THEM AND WE DON'T EVEN NEED THANKS. I'VE HEARD THAT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT WE WANT TO THANK YOU EVERY DAY ANYWAY BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW HARD YOU GUYS WORK. APPRECIATE IT AND YES, IF THERE ARE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS TO BE COORDINATED, PLEASE LOOK AT THE WEST DISTRICT AND THE NORTHWEST DISTRICT THAT THE.TO SAY MUCH DAMAGE KNOW HOW WE CAN BE HELPFUL AND WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY HERE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR GREEN, YOU WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT? >> THANKS, COUNCILLOR OFTEN.
LIKE COUNCILLOR MINNAAR SPOKE EARLIER, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY. ALL OF THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. GREAT WORK. OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY CITY EMPLOYEES. MY FELLOW COUNSELORS GETTING OUT THERE IN THE FIELD , HELPING THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND TAKING PICTURES FOR ALL OF US.
KEEPING US AWARE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON THROUGHOUT ALL THE DISTRICTS. THE QUICK WORK BY THE MAYOR AND, BY FAR, WE HAVE HAD SOME BAD STORMS SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL BUT NOTHING AS SEVERE AS THIS. KIND OF CITYWIDE AND CONTINUED THE
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