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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-07-06 CITY OF LIVONIA — CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF STUDY MEETING HELD JULY 6, 2020 Meeting was called to order at 8:16 p.m. by President Kathleen McIntyre via Zoom remote technology. Present: Brandon McCullough, Rob Donovic, Jim Jolly, Laura Toy, Scott Bahr, Cathy White, and Kathleen McIntyre. Absent: None. Councilmember Brandon McCullough and his daughter Harper led the meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance. Elected and appointed officials present: Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development; Todd Zilincik, City Engineer; Paul Bernier, City Attorney; Susan M. Nash, City Clerk, Mike Slater, Director of Finance; Judy Priebe, Director of Legislative Affairs; Ted Davis, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation; Jacob Rushlow, Superintendent of Public Service; and Dave Varga, Director of Administrative Services. President McIntyre commented on the passing of former Livonia Police Department member Paul Wood. There was no Audience Communication at the beginning of the meeting. NEW BUSINESS 1. BLOCK PARTY: Mary Beth Morris, re: to be held Saturday, August 8, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Woodring Street, between Vermont and Oregon, with a rain date of Sunday, August 9, 2020. The Petitioner not being present, Councilmember Jolly stated that it looks like the paperwork is in order and he then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 2. REQUEST TO WAIVE THE CITY'S NOISE ORDINANCE: Julie Blackmer, re. to host cardio drumming exercise classes on Monday and Thursday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the lot of St. Michael's School located at 11311 Hubbard Street. Julie Blackmer, Petitioner, presented this request to Council. She stated she lives in Northville but she has been teaching for twenty-three years at St. Michael's School in Livonia, she loves the area. They moved from Kansas to here. She said what she is proposing is a cardio drumming class that they've been doing for quite a while to help out with a women's group at the church, parish members, and people from outside the community can come. With cardio drumming you have a big ball on top of a bucket and you have a set of drumsticks and I'm the phys ed 2 teacher and health ed teacher at St. Michael's school, so we have a bunch of different types of routines that we do with everyone to exercise both upper body and lower body. It's been a huge hit for a lot of different people coming. They have age variances from mid-20's all the way up to 85, that women love to come. They've had a few men come and extend invitations for everybody that wants to come and be a part of this but because of Covid it can't be inside the school just yet, so we were trying to think of a different way to help others build, maintain and keep active with their fitness and this is a way to do this outside. They've spoken with Monsignor Bill that's at the parish and several other people there as well. Kate Barsack is the one who told me to make sure that I connected with the Council members to talk about the noise ordinance. The noise ordinance is for — we just play music and it's not really, really loud, it's just enough to give them a way to go about doing their exercise routine with us. We felt that the church lot was better than the school lot because we have the three different buildings that kind of surround us. So we're just trying to propose to see if we could get started doing this outside activity and keep it going until we can get back inside again. Councilmember Jolly stated he thinks this is a good thing and commended Blackmer on being proactive and that he has actually seen some of his Council colleagues participate in cardio drumming classes. He said the only concerns he had at all is because this is a residential neighborhood, that there might be some neighbors who might potentially complain and then asked if Blackmer had reached out to any of the neighbors to let them know this might be going on. Blackmer replied that many of them are part of the classes that they have that come and she wanted to talk to Council first before reaching out to the neighbors. She said a lot of the people from around the area are part of their group that comes and they're only there for an hour and everybody loads up and leaves, nobody lingers, there's nothing like that at all, they get in their cars and go after their exercise is done. Jolly said he himself has experience with Catholic Grade School elementary teachers and he knows how strict they can be but he trusts she will follow the rules and he then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda and wished her well. Vice President Bahr asked Attorney Bernier if noise ordinance waivers are for an indefinite period or do they have to be renewed every so often. Bernier replied that most of the ones they do are for a specific date or weekend, the only ones he's seen since becoming the City Attorney are for a very specific period of time but it's up to Council to decide what resolution they want to pass, say through September or a week, that it's up to them. Bahr said he has no problem with this but would like to put a one-year limitation on it. 3 Councilmember Toy asked what part of the parking lot they will be utilizing for this and Blackmer replied that it's the church lot, the convent is one building, then there's the rectory backed up to the lot and they're kind of in between those buildings right there but everybody is facing more of where the convent is, that way we're not really spread out more so and the music would be set up closer towards where the gym building is, that's the newer building. I wanted to make sure that the music had buildings around it so it's not filtering out really loudly but it has some filters within the use of the buildings. Blackmer then asked what the protocol is after appearing at this Study Meeting and Councilmember White asked that a nonveto letter be requested for the July 20th meeting. President McIntyre said she would let the Council know that there is a nonveto request. DIRECTION: APPROVING (1 YEAR LIMITATION) CONSENT 3. APPOINTMENT OF MELISSA KAROLAK TO THE LIVONIA BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: Office of the Mayor, re: for a term which will expire on November 24, 2022. Dave Varga, Director of Administrative Services, presented this request to Council. He stated on behalf of Mayor Brosnan they are very pleased to offer Melissa Karolak for a vacancy on the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, which term would expire November 24, 2022. She is the vice-president of finance at St. Mary Mercy Hospital and she also has a bachelor's and MBA from Madonna University and is a great candidate for that position. Ms. Karolak stated she is excited about the opportunity and knows many councilmembers from the Livonia Foundation. Councilmember Toy offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 4. REQUEST TO APPROVE QUARTERLY BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS: Department of Finance, re: for the first and second quarter of the 2020 Fiscal Year Budget. Mike Slater, Director of Finance, presented this request to Council. He said he is before them to request a few budget adjustments for the 2020 Fiscal Year. The first item is to recognize the $25,000 grant from the Michigan Municipal League that is to be used for promoting the 2020 Census Count. The second item is a number of adjustments that were required by GASB 94, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, to establish new special revenue funds for 4 Designated Purposes (211), Historical Commission (270) and Arts Commission (272), that were previously reported in the Trust and Agency Fund but now must be reported in a special revenue fund under GASB 84. Vice President Bahr asked what the $25,000 grant money would be utilized and Slater replied that he had spoken to Dave Varga this morning about this and that the funds will be used for the lawn signs promoting the response to the 2020 Census, as well as some Facebook ads and then there was a targeted phone campaign to areas of the City where they were seeing low response rates. Bahr then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Donovic stated that Vice President had asked his question. Councilmember Toy stated she would like to see the supporting documentation regarding the grant money expenditure and asked this item to be put on the Regular Agenda instead of the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING REGULAR 5. REQUEST TO APPROVE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CHARTER COUNTY OF WAYNE AND THE CITY OF LIVONIA- Department of Parks and Recreation, re: for the improvements at Botsford Pool and Clements Circle Park, with the proposed City's participation to be $35,671.00, from budgeted funds. Ted Davis, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, presented this request to Council. He stated they are asking Council to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between Wayne County and the City of Livonia, which in total is $154,329.00 used for two projects. Botsford Pool will be doing the complete removal and replacement of the marcasite for the outdoor pool. Clements Circle will be doing a complete removal and replacement of the park pavilion and this is for the 2019/2020 grant cycle, projects would take place next summer prior to the pool opening and prior to the summer for the Clements Circle Project, and they are asking for City matching funds in the amount of $35,671.00, and they're anticipating total project costs of$190,000.00 for the two projects. Councilmember McCullough clarified that the City is responsible for the$35,671.00 and the remaining $154,329.00 will be from a grant from the County and Davis replied yes. McCullough then went on to say this is a great upgrade for the Botsford Pool and he then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Jolly stated this relationship Livonia has with Wayne County has brought great benefits to the City over many, many, many years. He said if you look throughout Livonia's park system oftentimes you will see placards that say this is the work of the County and the City working together to beautify the City parks. He went on to commend Davis and his staff for seeking and getting grant 5 money and also the County Commissioners as well for helping the City receive that grant money. Vice President Bahr questioned Davis about the major improvements that were done at Botsford two years ago and Davis replied it was for equipment, a climbing wall was added and a water play feature, which were significant upgrades to that site and improved the usability of that. Before that it was simply a 1970 six-lane 50 meter pool, shallow to deep. There were play features added to that area and this will actually make the comfort level and usability even more with the marcasite replacement and we also did the bath house as well. President McIntyre stated she wanted to clarify that the funds for this are from Wayne County Parks millage money that our County Commissioners are very involved in, especially Commissioner Terry Marecki and that Livonia is usually a donor city to the County and we receive generally less than what we put in and it is always appreciated when our Commissioners are able to go to bat and get money for a project like this. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 6. REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATION AND AMEND CONTRACT WITH GRANITE INLINER, LLC (f.k.a. LIQUI-FORCE SERVICES, INC.: Public Service Division, re: to provide payment for the required sewer system rehabilitation improvements and increase the not to exceed amount to $1,000,000.00 for fiscal year 2020, to cover two emergency sewer repairs, from the Unexpended Fund Balance of the Water and Sewer Fund. Jacob Rushlow, Superintendent of Public Service, presented this request to Council. He stated this item comes from having two emergency sewer repairs in the area of Norwich and Rayburn streets where the sewer pipe had been totally collapsed and there were a couple small sink holes that formed which is why we knew that there was something going on and took a look at that pipe to see what the issue was. Since that time, actually since the time we wrote this letter, which was June 10th, we actually had another small sink hole at a different area nearby in the same neighborhood and we have since temporarily stabilized that sink hole but have not repaired that pipe yet. So after repairing those previous two collapsed pipes, those particular sections of sewer were relined from manhole to manhole. Due to the nature of the pipe failures that we saw there and the extent of the deterioration in the pipe, the Department decided to conduct a sewer video inspection of the remaining pipes in the subdivision to assess the condition and identify if there was any further action needed or any other areas of concern. So those video inspection reports that we reviewed in detail showed that there were in fact similarly poor structural condition pipes that were in dire need of repair to avoid any further sewer failures. So, with that, after doing that evaluation we are before you tonight and bringing a recommendation to perform emergency sewer lining in those areas. So, it's our recommendation from the Public Service Division 6 to authorize an additional appropriation of $650,000.00 which would increase the not to exceed amount for Granite Inliner up to $1,000,000.00 for Fiscal Year 2020, they will complete this project within this fiscal year and that would come out of the Unexpended Fund Balance from Water & Sewer Fund and with that I'll offer to amend their existing contract to reflect that increased amount. Councilmember McCullough asked if the City does preventive video inspections throughout the City regularly over a ten year term or some interval of time and Rushlow replied that's correct, they're trying to get through as much of the City as they can. Their cycle is a little less than that, they're trying to get it done within a five-year period where we take a look at every section of pipe. You might recall back a few years ago when we had grant money from the State to do what we call Asset Management Plan Report and that document was kind of our tool to help us do more preventive maintenance and one thing really coming out of that report was increased inspections, increased sewer cleaning, and that's what we've been doing since that time back in 2013. McCullough then said he'd like to point out that our infrastructure is dated and some of these repairs are costly. He then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda because we definitely obviously need to do this work but wanted to touch base on the measures that your department is doing to try to stay ahead of it and how expensive these measures can be. Vice President Bahr stated that the key point is that this expense is already included in the water rates the residents are currently paying. Every year Council has to approve water rates which almost always increases and that time will be coming up soon but it's a good time to remind anybody that's watching that it's not that night that we approve those rates, that those rates get set, it's all these types of decisions, these necessary improvements that happen throughout the year that the rates have to be set to cover. So this is one of those moments where we're taking that action but this is even better because this one is already covered under the rates the citizens are paying so this won't affect the rates. President McIntyre asked Rushlow the schedule for these repairs and Rushlow replied that since they knew this was coming before Council that they had Granite Inliner deploy crews out to start doing cleaning and preparations for lining as well as notifying residents that this project was likely coming so that they're aware of what's coming up and what they need to do and that Granite would be working in the area using the funds that we currently have under the contract to have them start to do some preparing work, the cleaning and prepping of the pipe for that liner to be installed. So they're actually out there, they started working last week on Monday before the Holiday so they will be ready to start lining very shortly. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 7 7. REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE: Public Service Division, re: to enable payment to D'Angelo Brothers, Inc., for the emergency water main replacement on Surrey Road through the DPW Yard, from budgeted funds. Jacob Rushlow, Superintendent of Public Service, presented this request to Council. He stated this item is related to water main replacement and the work actually occurred under an emergency repair starting on March 23rd and was finished April 13th. This really came in the midst of Executive Orders that told everyone to stay home and stay safe but during that time the Department of Public Services was greatly reduced in staff numbers and we were really focused on maintaining just operations that were focused on sustaining health and safety. But recently this stretch of water main had had three repairs due to water main breaks on Surrey Road between Schoolcraft Road, which would be the south service drive or the eastbound service drive of Schoolcraft going south along Surrey Road to the DPW yard, so three breaks in recent time. On top of that we knew also from doing those other break repairs that there was a broken gate valve on the corner of Surrey Road at Schoolcraft that needed to be replaced. So due to that combination of recent water main breaks, broken valve, and the impacted properties which was not just the DPW yard, it extends well beyond our yard to neighboring commercial and industrial properties that are around the area and there is a map included in your packets to help try and illustrate that and make that clear. The emergency work that was performed included replacement of a broken valve near Schoolcraft Road, replacement of the deteriorated water main along Surrey Road, as well as installation of a new loop through the DPW yard. So as a result of all of those emergency efforts, we were able to greatly improve the water quality in those facilities, decrease the length of time water would sit in the pipe being unused, improve fire protection and liability and create a system redundancy now being fed from two different directions that will help in the event that there is ever a future water main break in the area. All that was completed with minimal operational impacts or traffic conflicts with our yard being two/thirds of our staff were not in the yard at the time so we had very minimal traffic conflicts. Most of those businesses were closed at that time so we were able to minimize water service disruption and really greatly reduce any safety concerns we would have with those types of projects. So, with that it is the recommendation of our Department that Council proceed to authorize payment to D'Angelo Brothers in the amount of$257,970.80, for equipment, materials, and labor necessary to perform this emergency water main replacement. Councilmember Jolly said these items come before Council every once in a while because DPW is responding to an emergency and we are fortunate to be in a position to be able to trust the DPW and their professionals and understand what they're doing, but it is also Council's job to verify and make sure that the amount of money going out makes sense and that's why I'm going to say what I'm about to say. Typically we see these things and they've been in the ballpark of sometimes $70,000 to $80,000, this is quite an expensive emergency expenditure, and although I appreciate everything that was said and I think I understand what 8 you're saying, because of the amount of money involved here I would like to offer an approving resolution but I would like it on the Regular Agenda so that we can have a little more time to look into this and possibly review it. President McIntyre asked Rushlow how the sewer gets coordinated with the Engineering Department of the City and Rushlow replied that since this particular project being done under an emergency, they inform Engineering and keep them in the loop of what's occurring. There's no direct engineering work involved since it's more of an operational maintenance type project, so we don't need to do survey work for a replacement like this. The pipe was installed through a directional drill and a pipe burst which really just uses the existing old cast iron pipe as a host of where the new pipe is going to be pulled into place and a ramming head burst that old pipe which is why it's called pipe burst, and it's pulled into that same void or that same space where the old pipe was. So there's really not a lot of engineering design or details or specifications with something that's been a tried and true method for the DPW for both small and large projects in the City. So we're actually coordinating with Engineering but there's no additional permitting or anything like that for this type of an emergency repair project. Councilmember Toy inquired if part of the expense was due to it being on a weekend or something, that she knows people were laid off or furloughed in the City, but was that part of the expense. Rushlow responded that as part of the back-up with the letter in Council's packets they had included all of their invoicing which includes their hours, whether they were straight time or overtime, it doesn't specifically say weekend work but there usually is overtime typically with this because the contractor, especially this time of year, they like to work dawn to dusk, they want to get as much done in a day as they can, so their work may include some overtime in there, that's built into their contract we have with D'Angelo for emergency repair work. This project was a little bit bigger than most that we normally see for an emergency, you know just a spot repair, because we were replacing a large section of pipe. That stretch along Surrey Road is about 1,000 feet of pipe, that's why you're seeing a higher cost for emergency repair but it's because there was more pipe to replace than we would typically do in a small quick repair. And also the duration of time shows that it was March 23rd to April 13th when the work was completed, too. Toy then asked if City personnel were able to do that would the costs be comparable. Rushlow replied that the work that the DPW does in the Water Department for repairs is really small spot repairs to stop leaks. You need to bring in a contractor to really install long lengths of new pipe because that method that I mentioned, that pipe bursting that I discussed and explained a little bit, we don't have that type of machinery to do that type of work, that's really a large production type piece of equipment that we don't do a lot of it so we don't have the need to buy that type of equipment. 9 DIRECTION: APPROVING REGULAR 8. SITE PLAN PETITION: Planning Commission, re: 2020-05-08-03 submitted by Soave Homes, to renovate the exterior facade of the building located on the west side of Farmington Road between Lyndon Avenue and Five Mile Road (15195 Farmington Road) in the Northeast '/4 of Section 21. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development, presented this request to Council. He stated this is a site plan petition involving the renovation of an existing office building and in Council's packets there are some photographs that show what the building looks like today. This is directly across from the Senior Center on Farmington Road, it's one of two office buildings side by side, this is the one that's identified as Cambridge Underwriters. This building was originally built in 1947, it was added onto in the `70s, it's about 9,000 square feet. The Petitioner in this case is going to completely gut the inside of the building, he's going to raise the ceiling height, because the zoning is C-2, General Commercial, he's going to create two suites in the lower level that could possible be rented as retail spaces. The balance of the both the first floor and the upper floor will be used for office. Parking in this case while it's limited, this is part of the shared parking agreement arrangement with all of the surrounding businesses, so it's felt that parking will not be an issue for this property and in fact the Petitioner intends to use much of the second floor for this own business purposes. So, unfortunately I can't show you the rendering of the building but for those of you familiar with this has a metal plaid feature on part of the structure, all of that is to be removed. The EIFS on the lower level gets removed as well. Brand new Hardie plank siding will be installed on the upper part of the building, new brick, as well as cultured stone on the lower level, sectional canopies, new store front windows, I think if you'll look at the rendering provided in your packets you'll note the substantial improvements that are being made to this building. The Planning Commission reviewed this at their last meeting and fully endorsed the plans as presented. Councilmember Jolly stated he thinks this is a great project, he thinks although not technically part of the Master Plan, he thinks this is being done in the spirit of the Master Plan and the vision that was created for the Five Mile and Farmington corridor. Esthetically it's going to beautify a building that is quite outdated but it's also a massive investment in that district as well and he's hopeful it's a sign of things to come. On the City side, both sides of Farmington Road there, I welcome this first step here towards accomplishing what was set out in the Master Plan in spirit at least. He then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Councilmember McCullough stated it's somewhat refreshing to see some development hit the packet and the renderings to kind of see the Hardie board, which is a very sustainable product, the cultured stone, taking a building that has some historic impact to the City and even the infill of some of the brick, this will pair very nice with the NY Deli and even O'Malley's renovations, so he's celebrating this project and can't wait to see it get done. 10 DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 9. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES AS AMENDED: Department of Law, re: to add Section 225 and amend Section 230 of Chapter 04 (Streets and Sidewalks) of Title 12. Paul Bernier, City Attorney, presented this request to Council. He stated this item came to them two ways. He said at the last meeting there was a long discussion on a couple of streets where the City was going to do reconstruction of the street and the mailboxes were a big issue that came to dominate quite a bit of the conversation. Even prior to that the Law Department had decided to take a look at the issue of the mailboxes in the right-of-way. Mr. Hanna asked us to look at it, Mr. Zilincik asked us to look at it, and after the last Council meeting Council asked us to take a look at it. So we have proposed an ordinance that really doesn't change a lot, but it clarifies a lot. The rights-of-way are not an area where people can just put up whatever they want. It is required that we get permission of the City Inspection Department and get a permit to put up structures within the right- of-way. The reason for that clearly is because of the danger it causes to motorists; we want to have a consistency on the sidewalk and also for the U.S. Postal Service for their ability to deliver mail. One of the problems that we saw was that if we put up giant structures, the brick encased mailbox structure, when they get damaged or destroyed, the City does not want to be on the hook for wanting to replace those. In addition, it causes damages to the plow equipment, it could cause damages. Finally, of course, it causes if somebody were driving down the road and lost control and the hit a permanent fixture, it could cause serious injuries to the motorist. We took a look at it and we decided to clarify or ask the Council to clarify the ordinance and indicate that any mailbox that goes up in the right-of-way has to basically comply with United States Parcel Service recommendations on placement and material. It's included in the proposed ordinance that we have written, basically it complies with that it has to be a post or a support no larger than a 4 x 4 wooden support of a two-inch diameter standard steel or aluminum pipe. It also explains the distance it has to be from the road or from the curb. So we have proposed this because Council asked, Engineering asked, and Inspection has asked for it. Councilmember Toy asked if the new ordinance addresses the issue of big rocks being placed around the mailbox and Bernier replied that they didn't directly address the placing of rocks, but anything that goes into the right-of-way has to be approved by the Inspection Department. Large rocks would not be approved by the Inspection Department, it's a safety issue. Councilmember Toy offered an approving resolution for First Read. Vice President Bahr said this is already included in the ordinance under "other objects", but that this new amendment clarifies it and Bernier replied yes, but they also wanted to make sure that it complies with the U.S. Postal Service 11 recommendations because if they're too high, it creates a problem, if they're too close to the road, it creates a problem, if it's too far away from the road. So it creates a guideline on where and what material can be used, the size of the mailbox, and the placement of the mailbox. Quite frankly you always had to get a permit to put up the mailboxes or to put up a structure there anyway, we recognize probably a lot of people didn't do it, and they do that at their own peril when they put up the giant bricks because they weren't complying with the ordinances. Vice President Bahr asked if houses that don't have sidewalks have rights-of-way like this, too, or is this only when there's a sidewalk there. Bernier replied that he thinks that all of the City streets have a grass right-of-way next to the street, and that he doesn't think there are very many streets where the right-of-way ends at the pavement but that's a fair question for Mr. Zilincik. Zilincik replied typically when there is no sidewalk, you can see where the telephone poles are at or the utilities are typically are at the edge of the right-of- way. On a sidewalk, when there's just a sidewalk within the right-of-way, the property is typically one-foot offset from that sidewalk on either side. One thing he also wants to state is per the ordinance, when people plant fences or bushes it typically should require a minimum of two-feet from the back of sidewalk or right- of-way because again the fence post, you still have to maintain that and we put stop boxes or shut-off valves for the water one-foot behind the sidewalk, so the ordinance does require, we run into it when we do sidewalk repairs, where people put up structures out against the sidewalk itself, whether it's a decorative brick post or a fence post or a bush, whatever, of course we have to trim that back, we feel bad, but again, per the ordinance that was supposed to be planted two feet from there. So that's a little education and he appreciates City Council and obviously the Law Department to clarify that, they want to do what's right, we don't want to take anything back from people, but he appreciates taking the opportunity to strengthen the ordinance and hopefully make less work for people later on in the future. Vice President Bahr stated he would like to see this information included in the City newsletter to remind residents. Councilmember Jolly stated he recognizes a lot of effort went into this to clarify this, from the Law Department, from the Engineering Department, but he anticipates because we are to some extent clarifying to bring attention to this to avoid problems later on down the road, but he would anticipate or hope that this will receive some kind of media coverage so that people will be made aware of this. To avoid some kind of rush of questions or residents being concerned about their existing structures, can clarification be provided in regard to plans for enforcement, that he imagines that we're putting them on notice that if and when we need to do work, they should know that this is not allowed, they should stop putting things up that are not allowed, but are we going to go out enforcing, taking actions against the structures that exist where no work is currently planned. 12 Bernier replied that he is always hesitant to talk about enforcement issues because as Council knows, enforcement priorities tend to change over time and he never wants to go on record saying we will not or we will enforce this and this is the way we'll enforce it because things change. However, I don't think the purpose behind this is to go out and tell people they have to tear down currently their structures. I don't think there is any current plan or intention to that. It's really so people don't put up any new items and should the old items be torn down; the folks are on notice that we're not going to pay to replace their$700 mailbox that they put up there that they shouldn't have had in the first place. I don't know if that answers your question but I don't think there's a rush to go out and wanting to ticket people and have them torn down, but we certainly don't want any new ones going up. President McIntyre reiterated the comments made by Vice President Bahr and Councilmember Jolly that the Administration should be diligent in getting this information out to the residents. DIRECTION: FIRST READ AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION None heard. As there were no further questions or comments, President McIntyre adjourned the Study Session at 9:00 p.m. on Monday, July 6, 2020. For the 1 901st Regular Meeting of July 20, 2020 DATED: July 9, 2020 SUSAN M. NASH, CITY CLERK