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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Louis Schultz said that he is unhappy that the minutes from special meetings are still <br />not being disclosed. He said that the remote voting process was not accurately recorded for a meeting when Mr. Signer voted remotely. He brought up Mr. Maurice Jones' loan forgiveness as part of his contract. He mentioned the contract with former Chief Al Thomas. <br />On motion by Mr. Bellamy, seconded by Ms. Galvin, the Consent Agenda passed. (Ayes: <br />Mr. Bellamy, Ms. Hill, Ms. Galvin, Ms. Walker; Noes: None) CITY MANAGER RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY MATTERS (FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS) <br />Mr. Murphy reported on items from October 1, 2018 meeting. He announced the work session for Behavioral Health on December 12, 2018 and he will reach out to various organizations to invite to the work session. <br />Chief RaShall Brackney gave a presentation to Council on warrantless detentions data and <br />answered Council’s questions. Chief Brackney said that moving forward the Police Department is working on standardizing data processing and transparency. The Chief said that she wants the data reporting <br />standardized and that she is open to having the reports on the website. <br /> Mr. Murphy said that the data system currently used to track and collection information encountered an 18-month implementation delay and it is not functioning properly. <br />COMMUNITY MATTERS <br /> Ms. Shantell Bingham, said that she is speaking on item 6, Food Equity Initiative. She quoted a resident of Friendship Court about the limitations for acquiring healthy food in the City. Mr. Bellamy said that he has reservation about any organization coming into the community and <br />telling someone what they should eat. Ms. Bingham said that she the Food Justice Network is <br />about creating a health environment and not telling people what they can/ should eat. It is about redevelopment and policy changes. Mr. Justin Shimp said that the City should think about people and housing rather than <br />parking/cars. He said it is important to reduce parking requirements and increase density in <br />developments. Mr. Michael Payne made comments about the Paris Climate agreement. He proposed the following steps for City Council. 1. Divesting all City Council assets in fossil fuel industry. 2. <br />Publicly pledge that the city will be a 0-emission city by 2032. 3. Comprehensive community <br />development strategy; community wealth building as the bedrock of economy. We have control over the scale and scope of climate change.