Another fun filled Tuesday evening at Carnegie. It all starts with the Land Use Committee meeting. The Agenda is posted online, but of course there are no linked documents to the presentations, so I am just as baffled as you.
A. Social Media and Bed & Breakfast establishments (Like I said above, I am truly baffled, sounds like the making of another unneeded regulation).
B. Multi-Family Housing Land Uses (This one is a head scratcher to).
At the informational meeting we get the monthly finance report, an update as to what the multi-cultural actually does with our tax dollars and CYS (whatever that is).
The Regular Council meeting is full of odds and ends.
Item #21, forcing businesses in the Northern Netherlands to build sidewalks on streets that no one walks on.
Item #33-35, Hey, it’s not a water rate increase, it’s a surcharge! I wish someone, anyone, on the council would call out this bullshit. They are charging city water customers an extra ‘fee’ to take out a loan to build our water/sewer system. Sounds logical, right? Except for the fact that there is F’ing GOBBS of money in the CIP for these projects, and we don’t need to take out loans based on surcharges.
Dumb.
Item #36, The Bumpback. I am still on the fence about this, not sure what to think. I will pop the popcorn on this debate. Both sides have great arguments.
Item #43, Food truck regulation silliness, 1st reading.
Item #44, So we don’t have a price tag on a new city administration building (even though the question has been asked a million times) but we find it necessary to hire an architect and construction manager first? When is the council going to call out this BS? They have had plenty of opportunities, but continue to vote for this project.
A & B is an attempt to restrict AirBNB.com. it’s like Uber. Check it out, it’s a way to get around $200 hotel rates. Residents take in overnight guests without paying city bed and resort taxes (30 to 40%).
#21 is to prevent blockbusting where Lloyd & Bender don’t own land.
#33-35, sink your own well. We’re right on top of the Ogallala aquafer. Time for septic fields. Actually, isn’t it time to privatize water & sewer.
#36, the ‘Bump’ was a butt bust dance from the 70’s. It’s legalized assault.
#43, there’s gonna be taco trucks everywhere. You get a license once then don’t renew. Kinda like auto insurance. Impossible to regulate and the city can’t enforce because the court does not recognize unconstitutional city lawsuits.
#44, just like the EC. Huether will award contracts before there’s a vote or a location. The Administration Building is critical so he gets his kickback before the end of his term.
Council meetings have become like a trilateral commission get together or mafia godfather sit downs. It’s upsetting because they don’t bother to hide anything. I’d rather not know Sitting Bulls remains are inside the Skull & Bones Tomb called Carnegie Hall.