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I asked Acting Chief Wilkins ifthey have received a lot ofcalls related to the mask mandate and they have not, which is a good thing. Hopefully the citizens and patrons visiting our city are complying. Motion by Councilmember Neff, seconded by President O'Malley to receive and file the committee report. A roll call vote was conducted as follows: Yeas —Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner Nays —None Motion passed. 3. Public Works Committee report regarding meeting held August 17, 2020. (to be provided) Committee Chairperson Rader delivered the following committee report: The Public Works & Sustainability Committee met today at S:00 p.m. All members were present as were members of the administration. Today was an important one. We had our third and final hearing on the resolution to create Bernice Pyke Park and we did refer that with a recommendation for adoption back here tonight as well as the Planning Commission referred it here. So we're very pleased to be at the point now where we have all the pieces that have come together over the course of a few months or years to make this a reality. The meeting went very smoothly. The last piece we were waiting on, which came in, was the legal description of the space. A survey was done. Ms. Swallow filled us in on how that came out. People had some questions and I think we were able to answer those and we referred that back here for adoption tonight. I would like to thank the community who really stepped up over the last few years to push to make this space more welcoming, more inviting. And to get that officialpark designation was very important to the community. Thank you to the residents and thank you to Council for being supportive of this over the years. Thank you to former Councilman O'Leary who really led this charge back in 2015, before I came on the scene, and had done meetings and submitted a resolution to get this done back then. Also Director Ducu and Public Works for getting the space ready. Also the Planning Department—former Director Sylvester, Michelle Nochta, and David Baas for all the work they did in planning that. Our Law Director for getting the legal description prepared, the Planning Commission, the Council Clerk's Office, and Joe Meyers too. So it basically shows how many big pieces and parts it takes when you pull something like this together so thank you everyone. We did it. And we will be able to dedicate this on the day of the 100 anniversary of the ratification of the 19' amendment, which would be tomorrow, August 181h. An important day in our history and an important day to remember a very important woman who led that charge in this area and was able to secure the vote for women here in Lakewood in 1917 and also worked to secure the vote nationally for women 100 years ago tomorrow.