good evening we're very glad that you have chosen to join us this evening after another beautiful weekend in holland michigan and won a wonderful way to celebrate our amazing work force with all the different activities this weekend and we're glad to be of allegiance we would invite you to join us by standing if you'd like compassionate lord we pray for those who have been devastated by recent natural disasters we remember those who have lost their lives so suddenly we hold in our hearts the families forever changed by grief and loss bring them consolation and comfort surround them by our prayers for street us those who have survived and heal their memories of trauma and devastation may they have the courage to face the long road of rebuilding ahead we ask thank you and i so appreciate your thoughts about those that are just had a whole different kind of weekend and i had my head in the civic center and i forgot about all of those people and then mazing devastation you cannot imagine what that must feel like when you have half a yard full of stuff if all the people in your family are even still there so thank you so much now we'll have the consent to genda which is a list of items that we will read and i will read at the beginning and we plan on handling those as one block at the end with one vote however you may have come this evening because you wanted to discuss one of those items if that's the case at the end of anna's reading are open it up for people to come to the podium give us your name and address and you can tell us which i had him you would like taken out of that consent agenda and then we will handle that item when it appears in the sequence of your agenda so and i please tell us what is on consent this evening item for b to approve the minutes of the august ninth sixteenth and twenty third close meetings august municipal employees retirement systems as follows laurie strong out from the city employee delegate vander white from the city as alternate with john hoffman from the how important public works human resources manager as an officer delegate and jennifer army general city human relations director as the officer alternate twelve one point one two approve the bid submitted by eighty one asphalt for two thousand and seventeen window on the waterfront pathway resurfacing project in the amount of thirty five thousand seven hundred mediate with funds to be allocated from the two thousand and eighteen municipal capital improvement fun subject to approval as to form by the city attorney item twelve each one point two to approve the bid submitted by national construction for the seventh street improvement project in the amount to one hundred twenty six thousand one hundred fifty six dollars and forty four cents and that the board of public works find fifty percent of the project cost and that the general general city portion be funded through the street improvement capital projects fund item twelve point want to schedule a public hearing on the consolidated annual performance and evaluation report for september twenty two thousand seventeen city council meeting as required by the us department of housing and urban development and to approve submission of the report including any comments received during the public hearing or fifteen day comment period preceding the hearing twelve b two point two and seventeen a to excess except in place on first reading and ordinance amendment to section one thousand ash thirteen point one in a perforated storage was a final adoption at the september twenty two thousand and seventeen regular council meeting items twelve two point three twelve two point four and twelve two point five to adopt resolution scheduling and public hearing on the subsidies on the annual downtown parking operations and maintenance assessment downtown operations and maintenance assessment and downtown principal shopping district assessments for wednesday september twentieth two thousand and seventeen in the city council chambers and to instruct the deputy clerk to publish and mail notices three point one to approve the placement of two signs showing the progress of the greater ottawa county united way two thousand and seventeen fund raising campaign four point one to approve the ound item twenty four point three two except in july two thousand and seventeen monthly financial report as presented i had him twelve be poor point forward to declare of various items in bicycle supported by the police division as surplus with donations to be made to seventy times seven and also listed in property room dot com for disposal and sale four point five to schedule a public hearing for september twentieth two thousand and seventeen to create an industrial dot development district for property located at three seventy four east sixty four street twelve east six point two to schedule a study session immediately following the september six tonight council meeting regular meeting to be held in the training room to review the civic center project budget and bid package number two and six point three to approve the for a year labor agreement with the firefighters union based on the supplement agreement reached by both parties subject to labor attorneys approval thank you and that was a comprehensive list now is there any item that and i just read on that list that you came here to talk about the seeming if that's the case please make your way to the front give us your name and address and tell us which item you would like taken off the consented genda seeing none will move to counsel is there any item that you would want to take off the consent agenda so quite a powerful piece we're very proud of that that actually won an emmy award and that's a big deal a big big deal for us this video went up against w x y z which is an a b c station out of detroit and w w t which is nine and ten north in the northern lower in the u p c the emmy is from the academy of television arts and sciences slash the national academy of television arts and sciences this is a big deal this this really says that what we're doing here is not just something locally that has impact and we know we're doing a good job but we went up against the big guys with this and we won and that's it for me personally that's very affirming we've got it's been an interesting road to get here we've got two extremely talented people that make all the stuff you guys have seen this before you've seen the drone videos but this is very special to me personally so along with this so here's the we'll present that to the marriage just a moment along with this we also hit three million video views on facebook you tube and vimeo that's three million people have seen the videos in the past five years that's another huge huge thing you know we started out with just the television channels we've engaged in media we hired these guys the talent marianne's in the back she's done a great job for us but you can see the impact you can see it getting out there we're getting our word out five years ago we came up with a very simple mission and that is we're going to show what's great about holland to the world through video and communication and i think the three million views the emmy award that just affirms that were in on the right track and we're doing things well but we're going to keep going we're going to keep doing the best we can to show how wonderful this town is so on behalf of the communications group media myself i would just like to thank you all for your support throughout the years you recognize the value of what we're doing and thank you and that is beautiful and that is a higher level than all those other award you had telly awards before write in about six of them seven seven of them wall seven yeah nobody's counting seven telly awards and now ms emmy there that that is beautiful and what's you know when we started the idea of how did craft our message you know you you couldn't do regular mail anymore we didn't have e mails for everybody people were connecting all different ways there's no longer the town square where everyone comes how are we going to communicate with with the community how are we going to bring people together so that they can have a shared experience that we can discuss what's important to us and and have a discussion about things that we're concerned about or whatever is going on in the world how can we do that and so the idea of bringing the cable v into the city was bold and and very fast but you guys pulled it off it was an amazing operation and it did happen in one night right that's correct one day one day and that was huge and a huge reorganization and a whole new type of ordering of equipment and then actually hiring people out of the media market to help us was amazing and then to have people of kevin lee and eric press cutter's stature and ability and heart to be able to tell the stories that we're trying to communicate to the public is priceless and when you watch that video who can't watch that without getting chills and tearing up and that is what we need in today's world to mutually experience values that touch our hearts and challenge us to be better people and to realize and thank the nobility of those who have sacrificed so much for us and it's hard to do it in today's world everybody's so fast paced and nobody listens but it is the method of video that brings values to life like that and helps all of us realize that memorial day parade and those boy scouts putting out those flags for us and all that all the different layers of community that come together with that whole experience is something you don't find and you very many places and it's a value that that this community really cares about when you see  those all the people that come all down all those streets that in reverence for what has happened and those who have given their lives it really drives your heart to the community and to all those people around you so it is a priceless thing to encapsulate that for us and i think you just did a beautiful job an obviously that people thought so too so thank you so much for all you do and we're very glad to be able to celebrate what we already know you're doing for us i thank you so much  so we're going right now to public comment that's a time when you can step forward and talk to us about anything you would like that you may have come here this evening that talk about i once again you would just come up to the podium give us your name and address and you would have five minutes to address council about whatever's on your heart and mind we have some discussion in the back row of who's going to first what we do if we hear is swear word or a shrill slur or come from a kid we'll walk up to them and give the morning after that come to take it now here's how it works depending on the swear word to each other by saying racially bad things to each other yeah that's a real problem isn't it that's called bullying right so then you've decided on a solution to that problem so and that would be to first of all what was your first line of defense they would have a ticket right no the first one would be a warning all first to give them a warning and then they'd have a ticket and they'd have to pay a fine up to twenty dollars well but when they do community service with the ticket that's a very good plan it must be a need that you have noticed well that's great and i'm really respect you for noticing a problem and figuring out a solution and then coming in and working together to present it to city council really appreciate your taking the time to do that and you are thinking about your community that's very admirable what grade are you guys in even six ok i  person here laurie thank you very much for your presentation and may i ask you to do one more thing yes you have it down very well there and if you could send us a copy of that the email you'll be able to find her e mails in the city website that would help us that to help deliberate and discuss this a little bit more all right thank you very much guys thank you yes we have mr compensation either someone comment on here thank you guys for bringing this sort tension one of the techniques that you can use is i message is where you really say to that person i really find it offensive when you talk that way and sometimes that will help and sometimes it won't but at least you are being proactive and you were stating what you're feeling and maybe that will get them to think about there's no guarantees but unless you speak up people will think it's perfectly ok and we have a lot of things on television and you see today that we're bombarded with a lot of not good things and i commend you and your friends who will speak up and thank you for coming tonight with a great  any other comments for the leaders of the future thank you for being here tonight so now we're moving on to it does anyone else have something they'd like to address council were still public comments are open hard to follow that well prepared presentation all right we'll close public comments then and we'll move on to the city manager section transportation services the twenty sixteen resurfacing project with recommendations for allen drive and i think probably brian white our director of transportation services it's going to report on that please yes good evening madam mayor council members topic tonight has to do with our twenty sixteen resurfacing project and specific aspect of that project we did several  roadways in the central park area office a short drive last year one of those roadways included ellen drive in the finished product from the contractor did not turn out as we would have hoped on that particular piece of the project and so we we worked with the residents of allen drive as well as our contractor to try and come up with a solution to to address the verified that from a quantitative standpoint the mix the asphalt that was laid pretty much met all the physical properties that it needed to but it was definitely lacking in appearance and more of a workmanship issue so we basically came up with three different options and wanted to propose moving ahead with the preferred option the three options included ceiling the outcome of that i don't think anybody would but i think we'd be going in the wrong direction with that just with all the patching in a in a brand new roadway like that so we want to note that but definitely certainly not a preferred price for this and it really revolves around the specifications that were in play and trying to be fair to the contractor trying to preserve that relationship with the asphalt industry at the same time definitely sending the message that you know this is not the type of work that we want to have moving on into the future so i'd like to extend a special thanks to councilman lynn for helping mediate with pavement with anticipated cost of around twenty thousand dollars we're not proposing any mental amendments to the budget or any changes to the budget there's some savings there from last year as well as some contingencies that we haven't tapped so so that's your recommendation before it's very ok thank you brian do we have a motion movie approved by lend support supported by yes motion passes you know thank you thank you brian thank you for all the work with the neighborhood and things don't always go as we'd like but we try to make them right right thank you very much ok moving on to management administrative services what kind of gifts are there and the city manager's office is pleased to present the following gifts to report parks and recreation for the digraph meter center received one hundred  forty one dollars in cash donations memorial to the all veterans at centennial park for the parks and recreation received a donation in the amount of three hundred dollars from steven on a console and a four hundred dollars also was received from cathy pacino community foundation by your operations for the department of public safety received twenty dollars donation from rachel  the snow amount for the transportation department received one hundred thousand dollars from the community foundation of the highlands eleven area grant from the heart of hounds fox it is recommended that these two nations be a couple of things here are just there are almost all of the items again on your agenda our consent this evening couple reasons for that they are relatively routine and we do have some work to do yet to night in a study session but that doesn't mean that there wasn't a lot of work that went into the preparation of these reports whether it's you know brian in the reports that he prepared and seven street improvement or what he just reported on the allen drive a lot of work went into into those report just a tremendous amount of work on a number of these items to get them to the point to point where they could actually be considered relatively routine for your action like this evening so for those who might be watching or in the audience it want to obtain more information than what they might have received from an a summary or they can always go to our website w w w dot city of holland dot com and get further information and read the reports in the background  information on that website so i just wanted to note that thank you thank you greg and by the time it gets here it's been through a lot and we've talked about it a lot and discussed didn't ask questions and wrestle through things so it may appear like the type of a top of an iceberg but there's a lot underwater thank you yes we have some appointment it's and re appointments tonight rhonda sack is appointed to the district library board for her first term and he is appointed for his second term and that will and in january twenty twenty one so the recommendation is for an appointment of random pet sec to the district library board david black to the planning commission and met nugent to the roberts very briefly one of the items that we had been dealt with on our consent to gender was the approval of a collective bargaining agreement between us and the holland for four years union and not to get into specifics and but i think we've come out of that with a very good agreement one that both sides could live with and i think we've found over the years that certainly the firefighters union police union as  well have stood up for their membership in and and fought for what they thought was was good for their membership but also understand their relationship with the city and the community i think that enters into the spirit of the mike thanks dave very well said and my my congratulations also it's a it's a long road been better new year so good job on both sides of the fence and i also want to say thank you to the community least successful labor day truck parade this past monday we had seventy two trucks made a little bit of noise downtown got everybody in the parking lot i can't say enough to go construction jodi specifically dustin gregg everybody that helped a little bit of construction going on down in that area and they were willing to to move the fence just a little bit so we could get the trucks through there we get most of the trucks in the parking lot  looking for the next year but you guys did great and thank you very much for putting up with my nervousness dustin and i e mailed quite a few times over the course of a little bit here but again everybody that showed up we probably had no rift in fifteen hundred people up there is just absolutely wonderful to see everybody out there celebrating the great work force that we have here all the manufacturers the service industry the construction industries that we have ice creams not too bad either and just the smiles of the guys in their trucks i get the pleasure of being at herman miller at about seven o'clock when the first trucks start rolling in and the guys hop out of the cabs and they've got a rag in their hand and they're starting white things down just the sheer pride that every one of them has for their specific perfect perfection so again thank you and we'll be back next year i don't know what it's going to look like yet but we'll be back next year you know we thought well is that going to work and it went beautifully yeah and safely that was thanks to all that all your planning and the committee and everybody that helped with it we really appreciate all of that we're going to keep on truckin exist eleventh year it is ok and also the labor day boardwalk was beautiful is a beautiful day and so many people showed up all different generations and walked from heinz all the way out to when millan gardens and great volunteers there thank you jay and kristen for help and that was a huge serving for all those different people coming out there and everybody had a great time enjoying our own venue it windmill island gardens you didn't have to pay to reserve it like you do for a wedding and people really enjoy seeing all the flowers and getting together and walking along the water it's  wonderful amenity and a great event to have in highland so it was a it was a great labor day weekend speaking of the work of all the departments this is hot off the press our latest annual budget and you may not be able to read it through tonight it's four hundred twenty six pages and it does celebrate maximizing livability which is our mission statement and it's has a great introduction about holland and its value and if this didn't work right we would all know it so we really appreciate all the work in the finance department to follow up on all the myriad accounts that they take care of  and accurately for us and also this saturday we have there's a hundred fiftieth party going on at thirty four mm church because it is their one hundred fiftieth birthday that's going to go on from i think it's ninety nine thirty to noon they'll have different speakers and celebrate all the things about thirty formed and thirty five i think was the church that was just newly built one week before the fire and the whole thing burned down again but there they are being resilient and still in the community so it would be great to wish them happy birthday if you have time saturday morning and also saturday is the hope holland community day and that's going to be celebrated at windmill island gardens this year so you can go out there and have a picnic lunch from eleven o'clock to one thirty and if you buy a ticket for picnic you can also go to the women's soccer game at noon or the men's football game at one thirty in that same ticket works for all of that and you can also hang out at women island gardens till five o'clock in the evening if you'd like to so many great things going on and we're very thankful for all that we can enjoy and it was and hopefully we can work up some ways to support the people in houston and those areas i know the red cross has been there i've heard this ovation army is working in and maybe other other efforts that can come from this area to help them very devastating times for them and also one of the things i wanted to mention we brought in the bloomberg philanthropy people this past week tuesday and there was an offer to the mayors in the country to come up with a solution to a problem and you could apply it and if you're one of the first three hundred cities to apply they bloomberg initiative would send out a person one of their staff people who's an idea accelerator to help your city craft its application to apply for other layer as a financing through their generosity so i contacted them and talked to them about the pay it forward holland initiative and they were very excited about it and last week tuesday jesse came here from new york as one of theirs one of their jesse wise as one of their staff people and he helped us for the day we brought in about fifteen people from different marketing organizations and a high school student make sure advantage and the convention and visitors bureau and all of us brainstormed how could we grow the pay it forward how it initiative to maybe pay it forward michigan maybe pay it forward usa in this world of uncivil talk like those just those young men pointed out to us in our public comment section this the best way to combat hate and anger is with love and so with if this if ever there was a time to really grow that concept i would say that it is now and if you have any stories about a time when somebody was going in in a bad direction and there was an individual who stepped forward to say something positive and helped change that person's day and sometimes it can change a person's life please tell us those stories because we think those are the stories that will motivate people to be a part of a pay it forward how and maybe pay it forward michigan initiative so please send us those stories and maybe we just found two of our spokespeople tonight about that concept will have to talk about that employer initiating an effort and it was mentioned at the truck parade to send some relief down to texas we have a van trailer park done seventh street big white one we're coordinating this through the the american red cross and some of the items that we're looking for that they're looking for that they've suggested are rakes and shovels work gloves cleaning supplies top of that list is bleach obviously  bedding for shelters diapers nonperishable baby food and formula will be collecting those for the next two or three weeks loading up to hopefully loading up that van trailer and even more with donations from to make donations around the community will hook it up to a truck and bring it down to texas where it's needed very badly so just like to get the word out spread it out well except donations  if you have any questions at all my e mail is is on the city web site they'd be a great great place to contact me i'll be able to help you out thanks nancy great thank you mike and i knew it wouldn't take long for how to have something go and that's great thank you so much tragedies that happened the human relations commission plus herrick library will be having a program on monday from six thirty to eight thirty will be a little bit different from the usual kind of feeling about it but it's going to be a documentary showing a discussion of award winning film dealing with some good things that have happened rather than just things blowing up and killing each other and other be a skype kind of thing from one of the jewish rabbis and be an open ended discussion it could be interested for interesting for some of you who are looking for a good discussion with a lot of good people there and