I'd like to call in order the may meeting of the Laws County City Council. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic the next thing is public hearing will need a motion to suspend this meeting. So move. Second. All in favor. All right. Okay. Ordnance 2025-12. And ordnance for an additional appropriation in the park and recreation operating fund number 2040. Okay. Is there any public comment on this ordinance? Any public comment? Would the reconvene? We're right. Emotion to reconvene. Would the reconvene? I get that. Okay. All in favor say aye. All right. Opposed? Okay. Approval of the minutes. Does anybody have any questions or concerns about the minutes from the April meeting? I'm moving to accept the minutes as red. Second. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Reports of city offices on file in the city clerk's office. Renewable department. You use a read-out. Renewed Department monthly March. Fleet maintenance monthly March. Climate Plan 2024 and a report left Yet police department 2023 and report and Parks and Recreation 2024 and a report Okay, and those are on file at the clerk's office or you can see them online also Is there any presentation of petitions and communications? They're not Presentation and disposal of claims. They're not okay. Now we're going to ordinances for second reading. Ordnance 2025-12. In ordinance for an additional preparation in the park and recreation operating fund. Funded fund number 2040. Okay, Mr. Brown. Madam President, I move to we're here in the pool ordinance 2025-12 on second reading second. Okay Hello Jeremy Diel City controller. Oh, man president. Ladies and gentlemen of council This is the second reading of this ordinance which is an appropriation request for the park department to spend an additional $82,000 The additional appropriations requested solely for a capital asset expenditure and is to enable the acquisition of two new trucks. The parks department early in spring recognized that they had some trucks with irreparable issues. So rather than invest more maintenance into them, we decided to replace them with new acquisitions. The park board met on April 21st and gave its approval for this additional appropriation as well. The park operating fund has adequate resources so this is not going to be an impactful measure for the parks department and we also expect reimbursement from the parks foundation for one of these vehicles which even lessens the matter. I respectfully ask that you approve this additional appropriation request for $82,000. Are there any questions to concerns from the council about this? Any from the public? Hearing none. It's a rule call vote on ordinance 2025-12. Flinker, Snyder, Reynolds, Luis, Hi, Brown, Oliver Smire, I, Williamson, Hi, Downing, Ornus Passes, H-0. Next one is Ornus 2025-13. In order to ordnance 2024-47 and ordnance fixing the salaries of appointed officers and employees of the city of La Pia, Indiana, for the year 2025, excluding the sworn protective occupation and law enforcement members of the police and fire departments. I move for passage of ordnance 2025-13 on second reading. Second. Good evening, City Council and the Milum IT have a meeting. We have a meeting. We have a meeting. We have a meeting. We have a meeting. We have a meeting. We have a meeting. We have a meeting. We have a meeting. We have a? Seeing none, we'll contact the roll call vote. Leaker, Snyder, Renn, Riddles, Weez, sorry. Hi, Brown, always Meyer, hi, Williamson, hi, Danny. Hi, thank you. Cornice passes, H0. Hey, Cornice 20, 25-15. An ordinance-minute chapter 4.06 of the Latvian Municipal Code regarding the Latvian Farmers Market. Moving over here, Ordnance 2025-15 on second, final year. Second. All right. You have in front of you on second reading a bit of a cleanup ordinance for a farmer's market ordinance. It does a couple of things. One, it does update the definition of farmer's market to allow that vendors can sell crafts that actually has been taking place for several years. So we're getting the language of the ordinance to match that. Also made changes that will allow the Board of Works to establish the footprint of the farmer's market if anyone had the opportunity to come down on Saturday. You would have seen the new footprint for the farmer's market and it was quite crowded. And then also to give an additional hour for the removal of vehicles that are parked there before the market. So happy to answer any questions. Any questions from the council? Any questions from the public? Seeing none, will the clerk conduct a roll call vote for 2025-15. Thank you. Snighter. Reynolds. Wee. Brown. Ours, Meyer. Williamson. Downing. Ordus Kessas. 8-0. And now to ordinances for first reading. Ordus 2025-16. And ordinance to amend the zoning ordinance. It's a typical New County, Indiana, to be sure on certain real estate and NB to R1U. you. Mr. I moved to here and I agree with Lord, it's 20, 25, 16. Second. Okay. Mr. Riley. Yes, thank you. Good evening, Kevin Riley with RTS Law representing the petitioner. As mentioned, this is a request to rezone property at 1511 Kasuth Street from NB to R1U. This was formerly a law office in the petitioner purchased the property recently with the idea of rezoning it and using it as a residential rental. We initially filed this as a to rezoned R1B, but we talked to area plan staff after we filed it and decided that R1U made more sense because of the small size of the lot. So that's why there was the adjustment. The areas north and south of Kassuth are both zone residential. So we think this is appropriate for that area. We received a favorable recommendation from staff and from the Area Plan Commission. And we request your approval. Happy to answer any questions you have. Hey, anybody in the council have questions? We approved this air play and supported the city. They walked through this with us and it looked like good. Anybody from the public have questions and concerns about this ordinance? Seeing none will the clerk conduct a roll call vote on ordinance 202516? Lanker. Sniiter. Reynolds. Weas. Brown. All right. All right. All right. Winston. Downing. All right. Ornus passes. 8-0. Okay. Next is ordinance 2025-17. In ordinance, authorizing the City of Lafayette, Indiana, to make it make and give them a loan and authorizing it, proving other actions in connection there with. Okay, Mr. Brown. Madam President, I move that we hear and approve ordinance 2025-17 on first reading. Second. Okay. Hi, I will speak and actually the developer, John Tbil is in the back of the room and he is going to get us kicked off with telling us a little bit about the project and then I will talk about the ordinance itself. Thank you for your time tonight. I'm John Tbil and I've been working for some time on this project at everyone typically knows it as the pub site on between 4th and 5th streets near Union. and we're planning a 36 unit townhome development there. All the procedural aspects of the development have been approved. And I have asked for some assistance with some of the development costs, which includes vacating the alley and putting in some underground storage and the engineering moving some gas lines, putting in new water lines. Our project scope is about $11 million and I have requested a forgivable loan for $250,000 for infrastructure improvements. Happy to answer any questions about the development that you may have. Do utilities that I see there in the middle of they get buried when we vacate the LA you'll be able to? Yes. Yes. And the pose will be a big portion of this request is related to the Duke pose. And which they don't do that. So we have to do that. Actually. Yeah. Are there any other questions or concerns? If you want to talk to me. Yeah, I'll talk about the ordinance. Thank you, John, for talking about the project. The ordinance in front of you is John alluded to. The city is offering, would like to offer a 250,000 tiff forgivable loan to help support the project and the infrastructure costs that were laid out. The ordinance that you have in front of you will authorize that, forgiveable loan, to be made from TIFF funds. The $250,000 can be drawn down by the developer in three installments. First, when the purchase property is purchased and cleared, second installment, and we have 50% of construction is completed and then finally upon an issuance of the certificate of occupancy. Upon the completion of the project successfully, the $250,000 loan will be deemed forgiven. Ladies and gentlemen of the council just want to show the support for this project as you know Mr. Tebel has worked with with us on many other projects, infill projects in the community that have been incredibly successful. This is a lot that we've been working to develop to get it just right for the neighborhood also. It's very important so these are owner occupied and you probably remember that he took down a couple other houses that were in very poor condition adjacent to this location. So this is a really important project for us. We feel the $250,000 forgivable loan for an $11 million investment and of owner occupied and brings back a corner to life that works well with the Centennial neighborhood. As you probably remember, he also did the Centennial Town Homes in the Centennial Neighborhood. So we think this is a win-win for all of us here in the community. So we would certainly appreciate your support for this ordinance. Thank you. Any other questions from the council? I had a quick question, or maybe it's just a point of clarification. This will still have to go through the Economic Development Commission for approval. Yes, that is correct. City Council approval is one of the many steps that go along. Redevelopment Commission has already heard it. Economic Development Commission has heard it and this is the final step. Thank you. Okay, any questions from the public concerning this ordinance? Certainly an improvement to that. Yes. I was going to say thank you, sir. That's all I've been doing for this. Ever. Right in the middle of my district. Okay, any other questions or comments? Seeing none, will the clerk conduct a roll call vote on ordinance 2025-17? Thank you, Snyder, Reynolds, Wee, Sigh Brown, Holler's Meyer, Weeamson, Five, Downing. Hi. Ornus Pessis, H-0. Okay, next is ordinance 2025-18. And ordinance vacating the portion of the right of way in the city of Lafayette, Indiana, a portion of the Isle of Union Street between 4th and 5thth streets. And move we hear and approve ordinance 2025-18 on first reading. Sorry. All right, this ordinance is also related to the Centennial Edge neighborhood. As you heard Mr. Teeble talk about the alley that needs to be vacated. What you have in front of you is an ordinance to vacate the alley. They are requesting that the alley that runs south of Union Street between 4th and 5th Street be vacated to facilitate the development. Ah, try that one more time. The development. The developer owns all the real estate on either side of the alley that will be vacated. The very southern portion of the alley, which serves the property located at 815 North Forest Street, will not be vacated as part of this vacate and they will still have access to their parking area and garage at the back of the property. Happy to answer any questions. Okay, any questions from the council on this ordinance? Any questions from the public on this ordinance? Seeing none, will the clerk conduct a roll call vote on ordinance 2025-18? all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all. Aye. Williamson. Aye. Downing. Aye. Organs passes. 8-0. Okay. and it's 601. So moved. Second. Okay. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay. Now we're to ordinance 20, 20, 25 dash 20. Oh, no. 19. Sorry. 19. All my notes here. Okay. And ordinance vacation apportion of North Fifth Street in the city of Lafayette, Indiana. Okay. Where are Mr. Reynolds? Move to here and vote on ordinance 2025, not dash 19. Second. Okay. And so here's. I'm sorry. No, I'm just talking to you. No, actually, Mr. Zugen, were you going to present this? Thank you. Okay. My apologies. Ladies and gentlemen of the council, thank you for considering this ordinance 2025-19. And thank you to Attorney Chazneck for sponsoring it. My name's Nick Dugan. We have a client box at LLC that owns what's commonly known as the old Coke plant there in between the sort of Salem and Union bridges just to the north of here. We've got what is essentially some cleanup of a situation that's been about the same for at least 25 years. That portion of fifth street between Salem and Union is basically egress for a parking lot at this point if you're familiar with the property. To the south even there's no through way left. There's some vegetation there. I think some trees or some bushes and it's been that way forever and so we would respectfully request vacating it. We've petitioned filed on the 25th. Attorney Chasnick has answered the ordinance. And let's see. We would like to add some property back to the tax roles of the county, which would probably be good for everyone in here as well. So we respectfully request your support. If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them best I can. Questions or concerns about this ordinance? Any from the council? Any from the public? Seeing none, would the clerk conduct a roll call vote on ordinance 2025-19? Thank you. Thank you. Aye. Snyder. Aye. Reynolds. Aye. Weas. Aye. Brown. Aye. Huller Smire. Aye. I'm going to conduct a roll call vote on ordinance 2025-19. Lanker. Snyder. Hi. Reynolds. Wease. Brown. Hello, Smire. Hi. Winston. Hi. Downing. Hi. Ordnance passes 8-0. Okay. And we need to set up public hearing for this ordinance on June 2nd at 602. So Lou. Second. Okay. Okay, all in favor say hi. All right. Opposed? Hey, now in favor say aye I Now is ordinance in 2025 dash 20 and ordinance to amend the zoning the to amend ordinance 20 24 dash 47 and ordinance fixing the salaries or the pointed officers and employees of this city of Lafayette, Indiana for the year 2025 excluding the sworn protective occupation and law enforcement members of the police and fire departments. Madam President, I move we hear an approved ordinance 2025-20. Second. Okay. And here are me. Good evening, City Council. My name is Jeremy Greenard. I'm the city engineer. There's two things that we're proposing to do with this ordinance change. Historically, our department has had two senior level electricians as full time electrical inspectors. One of them is retiring and so now was the time to look at how things operate and determine if it made sense to move forward in a different direction. After some consideration and discussion with the mayor, the building commissioner, and the remaining electrical inspector, we're proposing that we delete both of the existing positions and replace them with the following two positions. The first is senior electrical inspector with an SO classification in the ordinance, which is similar to the current positions. The differences that we're proposing to set the low end of the pay scale at the maximum of a Pat 3 pay scale, which is what the current building inspectors are at. So if a building inspector worked their way up through that Pat 3 scale and got some electrical training over the years, they could conceivably graduate to this position if and when it opens and they're the best candidate. We're proposing to set the high end of the pay scale at the current rate of our electrical inspectors so that our existing electrical inspectors pay is not affected by these changes. The amounts are listed in item two of the ordinance. And the second position is electrical inspector. And we're proposing that the classification be the same as the other building inspectors, which is Pat III. This reinforces that this is now more of a junior position that is mentored by the senior electrical inspector. And instead of a minimum of five years of electrical experience, it's a minimum of two years of electrical experience. And it makes the senior electrical inspector position something for them to work toward and possibly graduate into, again, if and when the position open and they are the best candidate. So along with that explanation, I'd be happy to answer any additional questions that you have. Okay. Are there questions from the council on this ordinance? This is basically an savings. It is. Yes. That's one of the benefits. Any questions from the public on this ordinance? Seeing none will the conductor roll call vote on ordinance 2025-20. Minnaker. Snighter. Hi. Reynolds. Hi. Wee. Hi. Brown. Hi. Ours, Meyer. Hi. Williamson. Hi. Downing. Hi. Ordnance passes. It's a zero. Okay, now we need a motion to suspend the rules on this ordinance. Move. Second. Second. Okay. All in favor say aye. Hi. Okay. Now you'll need a motion and second to hear it on second reading. And then we'll go through the whole thing again. Okay. So do we need to explain why we're suspending the rules? Okay. thing again. Okay thing again. We need to explain why we are suspending. I can offer an explanation. We are requesting that the rules be suspended today because we were almost all the way through the process of looking to replace the retired electrical inspector when it was determined that this was a better suit and fit for the department. as we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. So we are the second vote. and so there is no additional money to the budget. So we are the city is requesting that we suspend the rules for this. And so we'll have the second vote and then they can... And the second vote? Yeah. Well, so we'll request that someone move to hear it again on second reading and once it is voted through again, it will be a finalized. Okay. Okay. So. Madam President, I moved to here, order 2025-22nd reading. Okay. Okay. All right. Um. I'll read the ask for comment again. I'll read it again. Okay, ordnance20. And ordinance to amend the ordinance 2024-47. And ordinance fixing the salaries of the appointed officers and employees of the city of Lafayette and Indiana for the year 2025. It's going to be in the storm protected occupation and law for the survivors of police and fire departments. Okay, any other comments or questions about this ordinance from the council or the public? Seeing none will we have a roll call vote on ordinance 2025-20. Plinker. Snighter. Reynolds. We. Sight. Brown. Always, Meyer. Williamson. Hi. Downing. All right. Ordinance. S is 8 to 0. Okay. Now we're on the ordinance 2025-21. In order to the Comma Council of the City of Lafayette, Indiana, authorizing the issuance of the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a tax vote economic Now we're on to ordinance 2025-21. In ordinance of the Comma Council of the City of Lafayette, Indiana, authorizing the issuance of the City of Lafayette, Indiana, tactical economic development revenue bonds and approving and authorizing other actions in respect there to in connection with the Vita Lifestyle Residential Housing Project. Okay, Mr. Brown? Madam President, I move that we're here in a, that we're here and approved ordinance 2025, that's 21 on first reading. Okay. Okay. And so, Dennis, can I talk about the project a little bit? So I will talk about the project a little bit. I apologize if there is no one here on that. That would have been a miscommunication on my part. But I will explain what we are doing here. So the vital lifestyle development, you've actually heard a couple of times. It is a planned development that is going on state road 38 that is 55 and older housing. We did approve the plan development and then they came back and actually asked for slight modification, which improved as well. So this is an exciting senior housing project. They did approach the city late last year because the legislature has established they knew IFA residential housing infrastructure fund, which is a new fund for developments of this nature to be able to request some bond funding through the IFA in order to facilitate an offset higher infrastructure cost. So the bond amount through the IFA is actually at about 3%, which is much lower than the market rate for bonding. So there is a benefit to be able to do this. So this project they have come and requested that we issue a bond through the inf- I'm just trying to. Residential housing infrastructure fund, the bond amount that is being requested is $2.252 million. The project, the bond payments will be paid through the TIF that is generated from this project when it is completed. And then there will be a taxpayer agreement which you are used to saying so that the developer, if the TIF is not sufficient in order to make that bond payment, the developer is required to make a payment so that none of this money is coming out of the city's coffers other than the TIFF project and the developer will be responsible for the rest of it. And this is, and I know the mayor stand up and I'll let him talk about the project in once, but I will say that this project, one of the things that when we were getting into it that really interested in this project is actually a mixed income housing project. So it is a combination, it's a total of 189 units and it is a combination of market rent and then anywhere from 40% to 80% AMI and so a division of different rates. And that's a very exciting product for us to see and when we were really informed of the nature of that, we wanted to be able to help facilitate get this project going. Hey, you didn't need anybody to come. Did you? You just saved us a bunch of money. Paying travel costs. So Jackie gave a very good explanation it, ladies, and gentlemen of the council. We are excited about it, as you know. We've worked hard to create affordable housing opportunities in our community for seniors. As you know, we're partners on the snowy owl development. We're partners on the Jeffersonian apartments that are currently under construction. And we've worked on this a long time. It's went back and forth through several renditions. But when we looked at this and the number of units and this mixed use of market rate and different percentages of the annual median income to make an additional several, almost 100 and some, when you've strapped out the market rate, it's over 100 affordable units for seniors in our community. So we actually have three projects that we're invested in that help you create affordable housing for seniors in our community. This is a good way for us to do it because as Jackie indicated, we don't touch any of our current funding. This is tipped generated by the new investment and the new assess valuation will be created by this particular development and then with the taxpayer agreement in case it doesn't generate enough, you know, we'll be covered. So we think it's a good use of this new program to help facilitate this and make a new reality and have three actual projects underway of creating affordable housing for the seniors in our community. So we would certainly appreciate your support on this ordinance. Thank you very much. Okay. Are there any questions or comments from the council? Any from the public? Seeing none, will the clerk conduct a roll call vote on ordinance 2025-21? Schneider Reynolds we see brown always my I'm sin I downing for this s is zero. Okay, Miss Alainius a new business climate action plan 24 and your report Hello, good evening the Griffey Department Economic Development. To celebrate Earth Day, which was able to second of this year, the Greater Lofiite Climate Action Plan Joint Leadership Committee released and published the 2024 Annual Report for the Climate Action Plan. Overall, since 2023, the Greater Lofiite Climate Action Plan acts as a catalyst for social, economic, and environmental sustainability within the Greater Lofiate area. In 2024, in particular, Martin Achievement and Sustainability Leadership for Greater Lofiate, with the creation of the City of Lofiates, Climate and Resilience Manager position, which is my current role, which greatly helped increase capacity for implementing the plan. Additionally, to have more of an arts and culture perspective in the plan, our joint leadership committee created an additional member position in which the arts federation now has a representative representing arts and culture and another segment of our community. Overall, as we enter the third year of climate action plan implementation, we realize it's essential to reflect on the shared accomplishments of the past year, especially as we continue to strengthen collaborations and shared-in-if initiatives as well as create new ones. As for implementation progress thus far, it's of course important to highlight the four focus areas within which strategies for implementation are categorized. Within the climate action plan, these four focus areas are one, energy use in the built environment, two transportation, three agriculture and forestry, and four water, wastewater and solid waste. Now, within each of these focus areas are numerous schools and actions, and actually one of the goals within each focus area is a public priority goal. And these were developed during the public input sessions when the plan was being created throughout 2020 to the end of 2022 to see what is most important for the community moving forward. Overall, since implementation began in 2023, we've of course prioritized the public priority goals to make sure that we're representing what the community and team's most important to them and hopefully to future generations. Out of these goals and actions, in total there are 12 goals and 71 actions within the plan. But overall within just two years of implementation, on the cities of Lafayette, West Lafayette, to Becannoux County and community partners, have initiated progress on 41 of these actions, which overall is 58% of total actions. And of course, none of this could be possible without dedicated community members who have been making progress, not only since the plan was adopted in 2023, but most definitely decades in generations before then. I'm diving into just these focus areas briefly. On the first focus area, energy use in the built environment. We've seen developments in solar energy throughout the community. Some notable projects being the solar fields at the Lafayette Renew facility as well as the Ross Road Lift Station in 2024. We've also held public education and outreach campaigns on energy consumption and building efficiency not only through social media platforms but also in partnership with the National Non-Profit Solar United Neighbors who helped to provide information sessions It's not only around energy efficiency, but also in partnership with the National Nonprofit Solar United Neighbors, who helped to provide information sessions not only around energy efficiency but also in solar development. This past year, they've really focused on development for rural, nonprofit and small businesses, especially to lower and reduce energy costs and ensure energy independence for those that can be less resilient when it comes to grid outages. We've also been participating in a national cohort to develop a network of resiliency hubs within the Greater Lafayette area in partnership with local nonprofits to ensure vulnerable community members are more resilient to extreme heat and weather impacts, for example. As for the second focus area transportation, one notable project I'm sure everyone film filming with is the Sagamore Parkway Trail opening in fall of 2024, which allowed more mobility options to connect both communities Lafayette and West Lafayette across the La Bash River. Also, not only in Lafayette, have there been recent advancements in electric vehicles, such as that of the two new electric recycling and trash trucks through the Strait and Sanitation department but also through the City of West Lafayette's hybrid vehicles at their water resource recovery facility and city buses 10.5 million grand through the Federal Transit Administration's low and no emission vehicle program. As for the third focus area, agriculture and forestry, then partnership with the Tobacco new invasive cooperativeif Cooperative Task Force. They have developed their five-year plan moving forward and have also hosted numerous engagement outreach opportunities for identifying native species, removing them, and emplacing them with native species as well. As for tree plantings, I'm much I know incredibly popular, both tree Lafayette and West Lafayette tree friends have been working together to plant trees and historically disadvantaged communities. And Tree Lafayette in particular planted over 300 trees throughout 2024 in partnership with community volunteers. As for a really innovative community initiative that is Ed Maps, which is EDD Maps, in partnership with the Depecanu invasive cooperative task force. They've been working with community volunteers, also known as citizen scientists, to go around the community and actually learn about and map invasive species so that that data can then be used for later cleanup days with larger community volunteer groups. Tick also partnered with Duke Energy for the invasive plant swap program. And in 2024, they over 150 invasive plants from local properties helping to restore our community's natural landscape. And last but not least, the fourth focus area is water, wastewater and solid waste. A lot of work has been catalyzed through the tip can you county solid waste management district of which we have partnered with also pretty university to develop a working group for a county waste strategy to see what that might look like in the future and to make sure that we're all kept updated with changes that might happen to recycling updates and ensure just a stream of knowledge and information can continue throughout each community. We've also had E Waste Education initiatives throughout the community. We are actually one of the only communities in the state to now offer a VAPE Disposal Program, which allows us to effectively and safely dispose of lithium batteries within VAPE. There are also a lot of other electronics too that we can't always see you at the bare eye. Keeping these out of garbage trucks and landfills actually increases worker safety, because these lithium ion batteries have actually been known to cause fires, electric fires and trucks. So the more we can keep these batteries safely out of these trucks and out of landfills, and the more safe that we can keep our public health and also the environment. Also for EWAS, we posted two EWAS days last year, of course, each with over 1,000 residents coming for the spring and fall events. that collects it over a total of 183,000 pounds of east waste. And those will continue on throughout this year as well. And last but not least, for food waste reduction, the Westlachia Go Greener Commission has continued their efforts in mitigating food waste and increasing diversion through education, give ways like tabletop food waste bins, and that food waste has been taken to the West Lafayette Water Resource Recovery Facility where it's used to power up to 15% of the plant per day through an anaerobic digestion process. Overall, these are really just a snapshot into each of the four focus areas. I could probably go on and on all day about the work our community has been doing, but these are just a few of those notable highlights. Looking forward into 2025, we're really excited to be part of two different national programs. One is the lead for cities 2025, National Certification Cohort. Lead LED stands for Leadership and Energy and Environmental Design, and that's hosted through the US Green Building Council. Lafayette was actually one of 16 cities or counties to be selected for this national cohort. And through here, this national cohort will be able to benchmark our sustainability initiatives against other communities who are kind of leading the charge throughout the US, and sure we aren't reinventing the wheel and to continue moving forward so that we can manage what we measure. Also, we were one of 19 communities in partnership with West Lafayette to represent the Crater Lafayette area to be selected into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sustainable Communities Accelerator Network. And within this network is where we're working with other communities across the U.S. to help advance resiliency hubs. Overall, we are hopeful for federal funding, specifically one of the conditional awards that we received, which is the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, for which we have applied to do government-owned building retrofits, audits, as well as potentially workforce development opportunity within the community. From this, and we've heard some updates, it's currently on pause, but we're hoping that some of those funds will still be available toward the end of the year to kick off the program. Also moving forward just more locally, a few events coming up that I'd love to highlight. One is Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 16th at 8 a.m., and that will be happening at the Myers-Pedestrian Bridge. And then also our annual event green fast to celebrate the plan as well as all things green within our community is taking place on Saturday June 7th from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at really Plaza. So we hope to see you there if you're able to attend. And overall again I just wanted to recognize and thank community partners and city staff that have made this work possible throughout the last year and before that by many decades. And with, I would be happy to answer any questions that you might have. And thank you for your time this evening. Do you still have, sorry. Good. The state grants that were given to communities for the invasive plants, is that still in with the budget or did it get cut? Yeah, I think with state grants for removing invasive plants, a lot of those funds go through the Wabash River enhancement corporation as they're typically the host. I know one of those large funds is the 319 grant that's used for urban and rural community members to do invasive removals, especially for rural community members. It's focused on sustainable farming, and you cover crops, etc. So actually, I know this year, we're trying to get rid of a lot of that rural funding. So if you know any farmers who may be interested in cover crops, that 319 grant is still available for rural communities. We just finalized the selection for urban communities. for right now, looking forward, we're still trying to pursue whether or not that great opportunity will be available in future years. But right now I think we're just focusing on coming through those numerous applications from community members and allowing those funding to go through for this year. Okay, so this is not big yet. The funding has not been allocated yet for those community members who have applied. Any other questions? Or, hopefully? No, I'm thinking so much. Yeah, thank you for your time. Hey. Maybe I just, this like to say, she's doing a great job if you couldn't tell. Yeah. Absolutely. I could tell she wasn't reading anything so she knows it. Okay, reports of standing committees. Any reports? Reports of special committees. Reports by the Mayor. Okay. Reports of council members. Okay. Next is public comment. You can come to the podium. You have three minutes to speak. Please state your name and address and be respectful. In courtyards to all people in the room. So do we have any public comment tonight? Hi, my name is Sean Perra. I live at 1-1-5 South Ninth Street here in Tipecanoo. I sent a copy of this to it's called like West Lafayette Council. Do you guys receive stuff from that? Google says to contact the city of Lafayette send it to that email. And it felt kind of wrong to be sending it to West Lafayette. So sorry you didn't get it ahead of time. And also, this is addressed to Mayor Ruz Warz. Just left. That's fine. I can email him. You want to get that out for three minutes? Thanks. Sure. Yeah. I have already gone to the commissioners meeting because they have soil and water showing up and discussed a little bit about getting soil samples done for concerns with cloud seating that would would be going on above Indiana. And after I was told that they got a grant for this type of stuff, they could make an exception and I could not pay out of pocket this time for element labs up in Fort Wayne Indiana to test the soil. I went to the office and the supervisor was like, no, that's not a priority. We're not giving $300 to a soil sample if I sign to the city of Lafayette's name. So now I am bringing this before you guys. Subject of weather modification, geo-engineering, public health and safety. My name is Sean Perro and I'm presenting this information to my representatives and my community. To spread awareness on the subject of climate change and the dangers of geoengineering. I'm a huesher born and raised originally born in Marival, Indiana, but grew up in Porter County most of my life. I now live in the beautiful county of Tipecanu, which is why I'm making requests to you here and now for environmental protections. It has come to a great shock to find out zero counties in this beautiful state have any soil testing programs that include testing for lethal toxins such as heavy metals. My goal with this request is to present my research and hopefully after further understanding we can make changes together to typical new counties governing policy for the betterment of our community. All humans on God's green earth are born with the innalable rights, which include a direct connection to the sun. A higher power for most, but at very least is a source of energy and dopamine. The most popular religion in America being Christianity is a direct descendent of sunworship originating from ancient Egypt. A clear example is the Easter holiday we all just celebrated as a community. Many residents of typical news shouted with pride, he has risen, indeed he has risen. After the sun spent three days in a tomb dead. This is directly tied to the sun and our celestial sun and its origins from December 25th, the winter solstice, when it's at its lowest point for three days. This is when the sun is in a tomb. On the third day, the sun rises. So we can shout with pride. He has risen. Indeed, he has risen. If you would like more evidence supporting that the sun of God and the celestial sun are directly connected, please request for their data from me. Whether through physical benefits, such as vitamins or through spiritual strength, the powerful healing effects of the sun far outweigh the guilt and propaganda we have been fed as consumer citizens. We need to understand that cloud-seating is a direct violation of religious and spiritual freedoms since it doesn't take away peace of mind. In attachment number one, you'll see I have provided a document from the NASA.gov website that explains the two biggest factors that affect climate change are water vapor and aerosols. The subject is labeled the non-CO2 effect because as we talk about the real dangers of water vapor, the word CO2 needs to be peppered in there as propaganda. I would like you to pay most attention to this quote from this document that might otherwise be overlooked. And quote, perhaps not as obvious to the casual observer. Clouds also act like radiative blankets by absorbing the thermal infrared radiation, aka heat, that the Earth's surface emits back towards. Carbon dioxide is not the greatest threat to climate change. It is indeed the agencies that are engineering the weather. CO2 is the breath of life for plants. The more we emit, the more our plants grow. This is supported in studies and statistics that say our green life is growing at a greater rate than ever. I have not provided any source for this because I don't believe anyone on this council is in confusion on the subject of the breadth of life for plants would help them grow. So I ask why is our government attacking CO2 so intensely as the number one enemy? When we help plants breathe they return clean air for us. It's only biological harmony. In 2016, Wabash Valley Resources or WVR an affiliate of Fibro LLC acquired a gasification plant near West Terroho. And this facility's policy for CO2 is to capture what it emits an injected underground. This is a $600 million project that has received $11.1 million in US taxpayer dollars per year. Instead of giving them $11.1 million per year in tax money to inject it in the ground, why can we not make requests for captured CO2 to place and release in our parks, example, Happy hollow. This is a disgusting waste of taxpayer dollars as well as a disgusting waste of helpful gases. I believe we can influence anything we set our minds to, such as Arsler-Matell, USA and Burns Harbor, Indiana facility, has a similar capture procedure that is funded by the DOE for $1.5 million per year. Let's request these resources. You can see the source underneath. There seem to be some confusion on the topic of chemtrails, cloud seating, or geoengineering. And if this is even taking place over Indiana skies. The biggest company contracted to cloud seating in the US is called Rainmaker Technologies Corporation. Please Google the company's name with Indiana in the search, and you will see their Indianapolis location filed filled with Tanker and Spring Plains. See attachment two. In attachment two, I believe it has the building that they originally purchased, and you're not going to see the actual airport and the tanks. Yeah, Sean, you're. Yeah, I would move to spend the rules and allow me to talk. There is, that is not an option for public comment. It's clearly stated on our agenda. It's limited three minutes, but thank you for the information that you've provided to the council. They do all have it. I'll have it. And my hailing might be a good resource to talk with her about these concerns. So you're not going to read to the part where I make a motion to make any special request for soil investigation, because like I said, soil and water does not cover this. Climate is doing a great job with bicycle routes, but we have a real health concern with our soil and future generations. So I am making a motion to either make a new branch of government or make a special exemption for the pay. Thank you for your comments. Thank you for your comments. Anybody else for public comment tonight? I'd like to remind you there is a public hearing this Thursday from 5 to 6 considering the chicken ordinance. So if anyone's interested, you can come Thursday night from 5 to 6 right here. Okay. for gentlemen. Does that get back? All in favor say aye. Aye. What do you think six minutes?