and there's some reasons um you know in the staff report as to um you know why we view that they're in default of that at this point. So I think for good, you know, to be straightforward um to continue at least our end of the bargain and be um straightforward um you know to move forward with the step makes sense um to you know to make sure the agreement is where it should be which I think in our opinion is dissolved right.

Yeah, I agree that the wrong things are happening. Yeah, thank you for the update on that and I appreciate you putting this on as we had that discussion to kind of make this step when we saw that there wasn't any progress happening on that. It's very unfortunate. Um, and I would yeah, I think it would be good for us to have a continuing conversation with the property owner over there so we can figure out what's going on and stop trespassing from happening.

So, the first one is a library task force committee and this one would be generally eight elected and appointed members um that would guide the library task force and the plan is for that committee to meet four times throughout the design process um at different strategic points as we get in that design. So concept um kind of that preliminary design before construction documents and that sort of thing.

They're particularly valuable in uh two two things. First of all, uh being able to help us uh design a building around what our budget can handle, uh because they do all the cost estimations for it. So, they can be a real resource to the architect to make sure that they're using current construction uh pricing. Uh and I think the other part of it is u both uh buildability buildability of whatever an architect designs uh because sometimes it can be impractical. Um, but also then, uh, the maintenance, long-term maintenance of the building is what what's going to be, uh, the best materials, the best things to make sure it's a long-term, uh, facility.

Do we for this? So, not that they need to be on the staff design group, but for this building in particular, I think it's important that our communications team is like very in the mud of it to say, so they kind of can really tell that story because it's really easy to say we need a police station. We need to expand public works. You need your roads plowed. Like those roads are or roads those buildings are very easy to say we need this. I think the library the I can't speak tonight. the library is a different story almost. So I think having our communications team really in touch with that, not that they need to be on the staff design group, but I would assume probably coming to those meetings and things so they can

I think at that time the council was thinking that a lot of the the broader objectives and the vision for downtown still feel relevant. Um but the question is how should those be applied um looking towards you know the next 10 15 20 years, right?

This one, I think we need to see what the process and where it guides us. Um, but I do think there's potential that it's not just um, you know, physical things, but also looking at kind of that social policy um, you know, type things. So, how do we activate downtown? How do we better partner with the downtown business alliance? Um, you know, some of those questions I think become to come to the table um this this go around.

I've spent the last Well, I've lived downtown my whole life also. Okay. Well, that qualifies built in me. Um, but yeah, also just getting to hear and see the perspectives of the business owners and kind of an evolution over the last seven and a half years. The downtown business alliance I sat with seven and a half years ago is so different than today and it's been really interesting. So, um, and reading through our last master plan, just how much of it has been accomplished or shifted, but how there's still, um, a feeling and a desire even from the community to do more.

The item in front of you tonight is basically it's a parameters resolution. So what it's doing is it's sort of setting parameters around which we allow our municipal advisors to go out into the market uh to sell uh the debt um and you know give them some ability to negotiate uh basically as we're uh going through this.

But then also our industrial park too are, you know, the the industrial parks end up being a big deal. Uh because it really shows that there's a diversity of um diversification of of types of properties that are taxed in the community and it's not just residential properties that bear the burden, but that that gets spread across others as as well.

So, we have received a request from Mr. Keeport for his building uh for a loan for exterior renovations for the uh historic Chesca Depot building at 3115 Chesca Boulevard. So, as you may know, this building was built in the late 1800s as a train depot and is a very prominent landmark here in downtown um and remains close to its original appearance still to this day.

I mean, the inside, you know, with with smoke damage, basically every surface has to be addressed. Um, so there's a lot of work to do on the inside. It's it's shocking to me how expensive that is, but fortunately insurance will cover the biggest part of that. Um, but I I look at this then as an opportunity to say, "Well, let's take a look at the outside." You know, it's pretty easy when you have a building for a long time to just kind of let things go another year, another year, another year. But, but this really is an opportunity to accelerate some things that need to happen anyway. Um, and and this kind of a loan program really makes it possible. So, um, so I'm I appreciate uh the city supporting the my business in in this way. I'm happy to answer any questions.