good evening we're glad to see you here this evening or tuning in and a beautiful august sixteenth in holland michigan is so peaceful and glorious out there it's  hard to believe that such difficult things have happened in our world this past weekend in charlottesville virginia and all the conversations since i had at one point you just shut off the t v and so much of uncivil conversation and accusation and all that that's happening and i do want to say and they have i'm sure of the council and the citizens of harlem that that type of hatred and racism that was expressed this past weekend is not what we would condone or in any way want to be a part of it's really vicious statement against all that the united states has been established to protect and going all the way back to the original settlers even though they came here from the netherlands and were settled peacefully in michigan they still sent their sons to fight in the civil war to stand for principles  that were attacked this weekend so whenever that kind of thing hits us kind of like in the face it kind of shreds your heart and soul it's good to think of ok that's happening there what can i do here what is my response to all that and how can i make a difference and i really think that so many horrible things begin with one small grey decision that gradually leads to a place no one intended to get to and sometimes some of the best things we can do seem very simple and short lived in that maybe we just smile and we see somebody and mother teresa said that's where love begins when you smile at someone and greeting them when you just take time to listen to somebody and sort of walking away or talking over them or interrupting them or deciding they're not worth listening to if we can take the time to care about somebody else's problem even if it doesn't affect us today and if we can give to other people without expecting anything in return we do make the world a better place we do build bridges and we save people from the kind of real poverty disease of being nobody to anybody that's the last thing we would want to say about anybody in holland michigan we want everyone to be somebody to all of us or at least to somebody so peace begins with a smile  mother teresa said if we have no peace it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other and we are a huge family in the city of holland and i hope that we can be an example of people that care about each other and listen to each other and help each other that we are not here to bully and attack each other or others and martin luther king said i refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright day break of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality i believe that an armed truth and i'm conditional love will have the final word i believe that too i don't know when or where or how but i do believe that it's up to each one of us to take the responsibility to be the good that works to overcome the evil in the world that we can be a city on a hill that we can be a place that others feel included and appreciated and supported in holland and so let's each one of us try to make a difference by the way we live each day in the tiny decisions that will lead to great decisions that overall make a community what it needs to be every day so thank you for tuning in ever caring about what happens in government and holland and we will pledge to be civil to see evening we really want to have the impartiality of kindness and justice here is an opening prayer led by our colleague council member conference and then we'll have the pledge of allegiance we would invite you to join us to stand if you'd like dear god it has been a difficult couple of weeks for many in this city in this country there's been illness death and pain and sorrow and sometimes we can become overburdened over the top with these things we ask for guidance and hope and love in our hearts to overcome grief we ask for wisdom for this community its citizens to do the right thing and we ask your help to restore us and show was where we need restoration in your name we pray  now we will proceed to do the consented genda and i will read every item i'm bad at the end of that we plan to consider that whole group with one vote but perhaps you came here because you wanted to address one of those items that she reads and if that's the case at the end of her list reading i will open up the floor and you may come forward give us your name and address and tell us which item you would like taken off that consented genda and then we will handle that item as it appears in the sequence of the agenda and not in as a part of the consent package so am i please read us those concerned items item for aid to excuse the absence of council members bird  b to approve the minutes of the august two regular meeting in august ninth two thousand and seven to study session item for c to accept and file executed loss of office from various boards and commissions item eight to except for studying report in industrial development district application submitted by east sixty fourth for property located at three seventy four east sixty four street twelve do you want to refer claims filed against the city to the city's insurance carrier and city attorney for consideration two point one to approve the rent increase for the three downtown parking lots currently leased by city from the mere i'll see and  attachment says surplus twelve efore point two to approve the purchase of a john deere gater from green mark equipment inc at a cost of thirteen thousand eight hundred four dollars and fifty seven cents to be paid from the vehicle and x an equipment replacement found item twelve four point three to approve the bid submitted by bin dyke in mechanical to replace boilers at city hall and at the police in ministration building at a total cost of one hundred  seventy two thousand nine hundred twenty eight as included in the fiscal year team budget item twelve point one two approve a grant in the amount of ten thousand eight hundred ninety one dollars from the bureau of justice thirteenth two thousand and seventeen city council study session due to the council members a time in the michigan municipal league host city reception and item twelve east six point four two approved a revokable license agreement with greg mcmahon mili when chris group inc for the installation of a canopy and a new staircase at one thirty central avenue and authorized the mayor and deputy clerk to execute said agreement thank you anna now is there an item on that list that you would like taken off consented we will handle it in his seat in sequence as it would appears in the agenda if that's what you wish please come to the podium give us your name and address and which item you would like seeing then do we have a motion to approve the consent agenda group moved by peter's support supported by hoekstra we have a roll call please ana peters  whatever you would like to talk about as long as it doesn't appear later in the agenda just give us your name and address and you would have five minutes to address council there's a little light system green means go yellow means you have one minute left and red means you're five minutes are up would anyone in the audience care to address council this evening seeing men will close the public comment and then we will move on to management and administrative the city manager's office just pleased to report the following tips gifts community human relations department received a donation from g m dominant amount of fifty dollars for the howard hughes connections program community again human relations department received in kind donations for the how news connections program from how an aquatic center bam my year's gift card and boris bakery p recreation digraph nature center for the environmental education program received various donors in the amount of one hundred thirty dollars and twenty five cents from various donors parks and recreation for the south prisk other ship received an anonymous donation in the amount of sixty five dollars and the public safety services received an anonymous donor nation in the amount of fifty dollars for ice cream supplies for community events it is recommended that these donations be accepted with appreciation in an expression of gratitude be forwarded to said donors thank you and i we have a motion mike is not here i guess we're going someone else is going to have to accept this might be my manager resolution to adapt process and principles for the development of property in the city greg can you tell us about this sure but probably any one of us around this table right now could summarize this report since we've had several presentations from these four gentlemen that study sessions so danny ellens bill johnson phil meyer and soren wolf have taken the time and dedicated it to the city to look at a number of public properties in the city actually i think one hundred seventy or so properties with the thought of how are they use now and how could they be better used or how could we  them ready for future development or be more proactive perhaps if i use those words in attracting development for some of these parcels and i think after they begin their evaluation of all of these properties it was an extensive evaluation i think it made more sense to them to talk about the process in the principles for development rather than trying to be any more specific than that with all these properties and and really when you about it as a starting point there's not too much too great more more important let's say you have a first step the determining the process and the principles for moving forward so they took the time prepared extensive information presented to you as i said it was several study sessions they narrowed it down do six primary areas being mixed some use planning automobile environment communities building design and sustainability and then talked about what city council city staff and others in a community should think about and look for when you're thinking about development opportunities for one of these properties and then they split them into three primary areas of the community one being the downtown another being a central area in the southern portion of the city primarily the airport area and then made some recommendation for proceeding from that point you have a stablished by resolution a nine member review committee which will look in more detail and give you more direction for moving forward with some of these properties or prioritizing what we might call catalyst properties that you would address first so that committee will be beginning their work shortly and i think they have a sunset on our work of something like december thirty one of this year it would be surprised if they come to you at some point asking for an extension we'll see how that goes but we have prepared a resolution at your direction that would adopt what they have titled the overview of a process and principles in support of development in the city so i don't know if you want me to read that resolution but do you have it in your packets if you want me read it i'd be happy to do that but otherwise no leave that to your question so our recommendation is you adopt that attach resolution supporting the overview of a process of principles for property evaluation thank you greg you know we're very grateful to that group of gifted individuals with the breadth and depth and wealth experience and expertise to have the synergy of the four of them work together for they hours and hours i have no idea how much time they put into it but it was well beyond definitely beyond what they were paid for because they did this  just because they care that much about the future of this city and the the need they realize the need for us to have the visions and the principals and the process in place so that we are able to handle when developers come to us from other places not understanding how how and does things and the expectations that we just automatically have and the culture that we have had for decades very very grateful for them in helping us define what you are but what is the vision and what of the principles behind that there and how exactly do we go through a process to incentiv in investors and to help us become an even better city so we will be different for generations to come with this ability to define what we want as a city so are there any comments or other questions from counsel response to this resolution thank you move or i took stress supported by birch and any other discussion i think we've had like three presentations and everyone was so well received very very grateful for all their huge work and we hope to give this system a very very long life in the city so am i could you call the roll please birds yes yes white man yes regular meetings have been relatively light in terms of number of items on the agenda i don't know if your study sessions had a little more substance to them and i just want you to know that this may not hold for future meetings coming up we do have projects where bids have been received that we're evaluating that will come to you and you'll have some important decisions to make on those in the near future we have projects that are about to be bed and so those will be coming to you as well so welcome to the media people that are here starting today michigan economic development association is being hosted in the city of ireland for the first time ever they have the largest amount of support generated and the largest number of people ever to attend that conference and so we're really glad that jennifer owens as head of the lake shore advantage issued that invitation and chaired the committee that it work so hard to figure out how they're going to inspire all of these developers to go throughout the state so we're glad that they are here that is the first of three statewide conferences that howland is hosting in a little over a month which is amazing because middle of september will have the michigan municipal league again a conference that has never been hosted in the city of holland that could bring probably like five hundred fifty people here to enjoy holland and to learn about how to do cities better and to get great conversations exchange ideas and all go away better because of having participated in the weekend after that we're going to have the state historical society and that will involve several hundred people as well hosted in the city of holland that will be the twenty second through the twenty fourth fourth that friday through sunday so great things are happening in this month and please be friendly to all the guests that are here in holland enjoying being a part of what makes holland great and we also have on the ninth of september the hope and highland community day that happens every year this year it's going to be hosted at windmill island gardens it has a lunch that goes from eleven to one thirty and everybody is welcome to attend that and after that they have their football game in the stadium which people enjoy also that same day the ninth is going to be the one hundred fiftieth anniversary for thirty four mm church and they have activities planned that morning for people to celebrate their hundred fiftieth and since mike can't be here tonight i do need to talk about labor day which is of course the fourth of september i will start with the labor day boardwalk which begins over by heinz and walks all the way to windmill island gardens with a serving pancakes that starts at about eight and there's also going to be the truck parade and that will and up in  the civic center area and we'll have a limited number of trucks not quite as many as usual because of the construction of course but it will be a great morning and nine thirty people will be out there they'll have ice cream and it will be a great celebration of labor in this community because we have so many hardworking dedicated workers around here there will be one more concert this friday at collin park bandshell the souls and that is going to be called vintage vibe in style and hopefully people will be able to hear that from six thirty to eight thirty so there are all kinds of activities going on around howland please avail yourself of the beauty that is here and a part of our nine one one at a county central dispatch system we had talked about her before because of the way she handled the domestic violence situation so well and she her story was sent all the way to the national level and she has won an award as the best first tell a communicator of the year for the country so we really appreciate the quality that we have in this area in our central dispatch system and throughout our public safety people that serve us so well every day in and day out we are so grateful for them so do we have any other motions communications from council community an opportunity to to work many of these folks haven't had that opportunity before chance to learn work skills earn money and it's proven to be a huge success in surrounding this program it's one of those things sometimes in government things either go very slowly or they have medium to and significant effects sometimes all the time but this is one of those programs that we really had no idea what the outcomes were going to be when it was started but it's proven to be a method success and has really changed  he is now placed thank you and the other comments motions resolutions from counsel thank you and thank you for being a part of the seedling and for tuning in if you are elsewhere watching and we do thank you for being a part of this community and we all want to be a part of being the change that we would like to see in the world thank you have a good 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