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Councilmember George questioned why Council doesn't pass legislation restricting drive - thrus instead of spending money on a property in order to prevent one. Councilmember O'Leary responded that purchasing the property offers a broader benefit than simply preventing a drive -thru. He stated that the sale is an opportunity for the City to play a larger role in the future of the neighborhood. He also noted that the City strengthened its drive -thru ordinance after McDonalds came in. Motion was made by Mr. O'Leary, seconded by Mr. Anderson to adopt Resolution 9021 -18 Director Butler added that since the Resolution was drafted the City agreed to allow the church to remove its stained glass windows and a time capsule in the future event that the City demolishes the church. These things were added into the purchase agreement but are not considered a material change. Councilmember Bullock asked questions to try and arrive at an estimate of how long the City may end up holding the property. The answer is dependent on development of the surrounding properties and could be up to three years. He expressed support. It was clarified that the property is being sold to the City at fair market value. Councilmember George explained that she would vote no on the Resolution due to the many unknowns including holding costs and future use of the property On the motion: Yeas: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, O'Leary, O'Malley, Rader Nays: George Motion passed. Resolution 9021 -18 adopted. 3. Public Works Committee Report regarding meeting held 9/24/18; Mr. Rader, Chair (to be provided) On September 24th we had a meeting with Public Works Director Beno. The whole committee was present. At that meeting we considered Ordinance 42 -18, which was a proposed easement that was to go in right in front of the parking lot at 15538 Madison Ave. that would allow for a box that AT &T was going to put there to allow access to fiber optics on a certain number of streets around that area. Unfortunately, a representative from AT &T could not be present. Also Councilmembers Bullock and Anderson brought up, and I think it was great, that we should probably look for a different space for this box if possible. So we put it to Director Beno to look for some additional space. Were it to go in that space it would take out two trees. However, I was happy to see that AT &T put in some effort to try to landscape the area had we put it there. We did defer at that meeting.