Yep. F-18 is the uh resolution authorizing the sale of general obligation sales tax revenue bonds uh for the construction of the regional sports and recreational complex. Uh I continue to hope that this this uh this project goes well. Uh but in good faith, I can't I can't vote for this item as I don't feel like it reflects the desires of the vast majority of our community.

You know, my understanding is that there's over 300 homes going into this uh development. And uh my questions for the developers is whether or not there have been uh well, my understanding is that there have been uh uh traffic analysis of how these will impact the residents currently living currently living there. I think uh probably coming off of uh 43 45th there off of Country Club. You know, the houses that currently use that road are probably numbered 40 to 50 and we're talking about adding 300 there.

The consultant did need to perform a traffic study for this project. Um there are conditions that were attached to the traffic study related to pedestrian facilities um access points along the counties uh county state aid highway 34 country country club road and then 45th um avenue and and the longer term design identified that as a local collector. The county is reconstructing 34 in phases. So they would address any intersection improvements necessary at the intersection of 45th and 34 with their project um here in the very near term.

As the city council has been previously informed, the GCubed engineering study for the pathway directing pedestrians and bikers across a busy Maywood Road County Highway 125 was flawed, inaccurate, and in direct contrast to a pre-existing engineering study that deemed a southside path was not feasible and dangerous. An obvious conflict of interest exists since the GCubed engineering firm is a member of the preserve's development.

A good friend of mine was one of the first people that died on that dangerous road as relates to the stone barns between the stone barns in the Beerman house. His name was David Dof. ... To be able to effectively deal with that as traffic will increase uh will only create a very serious uh element for anybody walking, jogging, trying to ride a bicycle. ... It needs to be public safety first.

The development agreement is clear that this pathway is required by the developer along the property that they have control of. There is property we do not have control of, but we have talked to one nice neighbor to the south that has offered to grant the easement to get that pathway along that stretch as long as it's not to his cost and he is not in the city of Rochester and uh we've agreed to do whatever we can to get that easement from him.

And I guess just to add context here, one of the ways that we do work with the county is through Roco and there are five seats at the Rogue board, which is the largest number for any represented body, but not a majority of that board. And during last year's safety action plan process, I asked over and over uh for a a recommendation from that safety action plan that the county adopt a complete streets policy exactly for these types of situations.

ATU has long believed that public transportation is essential public service. Because of that, our union will never stop advocating for RPT to one day be publicly operated by the city. We believe the people of Rochester are best served when essential public services are directly accountable to the public they serve rather than provide uh provided through private contracts.

VIA transit was selected, they really stood out with their their level of high amount of innovation um strong use of technology and data. And something that I say to to myself and to my team on a pretty regular basis is that we're a data-driven department that focuses on people.

VIA has come up with a new methodology that we're pioneering about integrating the modes on one technological platform. ... For us, we're able to marry, I think, your technological renovation and the development plans of the community, but also the needs of your local residents to move around the community to feel respected and to feel served in a meaningful way.

I I'm really happy to hear about particularly the uh riders of ZIPS knowing more when the ride is coming and not having a window where they're expected to be out or miss their ride. I've waited with riders on very very cold days on awful conditions and that is not the level of service that I would expect moving forward. So, I'm really glad to hear that simple thing.

It is a very good question but one that's not easy to answer. we have to um go back and kind of recreate uh the story of um decisions uh made along the way given the number of entities the complexity of the project um it's not really possible to determine in that six weeks that since you asked the question um who is really responsible and to understand is it was it a design situation was it a material situation was it construction means and methods was it something involved with the the inspection process was handled. ... So unfortunately, um, that's a long way of saying no, we don't have any more information than we did 6 months ago about is it a design issue, is it materials issue, is a construction issue. We just know that there are a lot of um, firms involved and a lot of paperwork to sort through.

It's um it's just embarrassing what's going on here. ... I'm not in favor of throwing more money down in this. I think that we need to redo the surface on this. It's it's obviously that uh it's getting worse. We now have snow melt leaks that we really don't know where they are. ... If somebody wants to say enough is enough, let's get this done right. So um I am not in favor of of doing this. And I think DMC's is um responsible for this. Um, but it's sad that we have 16 different firms and nobody knows who's in charge.

And so I want us to make the improvements that we need. And I've also mentioned that I want to stage this for a long-term design with the other side of Peace Plaza. ... And I I don't think it makes sense for us to show that we are just going to continue to iterate at the scale of the entire plaza when there are problems. So, I'm in favor of this tonight. I am frustrated like many of my colleagues, but I am not supportive of an idea that we rip out all the pavers and pour concrete because that's an obvious easy solution.

I also I mean, we're all digging in here, but the fact is Peace Plaza is wellused. If you go down there, there is joy happening every single day. The children love the water. people sit outside, people enjoy it. So, it's not yes, we've had some problems. Yes, we're trying to fix them, but way yes, this is a well-loved and well-used spot. ... Our businesses can't handle it. Our pocketbook can't handle it. And I really think if we can fix this, we can move beyond this and onto other very important projects in the city.