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REGULAR MEETING January 22, 2018 telling us that we have a lot of work to do if we want our purchasing to really reflect the business community at large. I was also very encouraged by the Annual Report of the PSAP Center. We have been through a lot of ups and downs on that and a lot of leadership transitions. We believe under the new director that was confirmed, Ray Schultz,there will be the right kind of information and cross-training to get us to the performance we need to get to. Some people have also been wondering if Limebike will remain in the winter. We had 10,000 Limebike rides during the months of December. I'm still waiting to see some route data on this but there was no day in 2017 that nobody used the bikes. I know it is hard to believe knowing how cold it was but that could also indicate it is meeting a need that some people really rely on. We do need to have a conversation about bike parking and we will be talking more about that in the coming year. March 13, 2018 will be the State of the City address. Councilmember John Voorde stated, Happy belated birthday. Mayor Buttigieg replied, Thank you. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, Happy New Year to you. When the information comes out regarding Ardmore, what is going to be your procedure of disseminating that to the Council and the public? Mayor Buttigieg replied, That will probably have two (2) steps. The first will be the releasing of the information about the study. We will release the study and everything contained in that so the public can view it. The next step would to be to offer a recommendation of which option would be best. We are still open for input on how best to structure this process, though, and we welcome any and all feedback on that process. Councilmember Oliver Davis followed up, Is there any way we can have notices of announcements like the American Airlines reveal? I was trying to see what time it was so I could go but I never could figure out the time. Mayor Buttigieg replied, I understand and am aware of that. If it makes you feel better,the Airport didn't even want to tell me what was going on until the day of the announcement. I think there was some concern about one (1) of the competing airlines getting word of it before it was announced. Councilmember Oliver Davis interjected, Somebody else sent out a text and then everybody found out. The more advanced we can have stuff like that,the better, because I like to personally go to as many of those things as possible. Thanks. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, Thank you for coming. There are a lot of great things going on, of course, and what a terrific summary. I appreciate you coming to do that tonight. I wanted to piggyback on just a couple of things you had said. In terms of information and looping the Council in and with all the different measures underway addressing violence, and particularly youth violence, maybe a little bit more information going forward in terms of the outreach specifically within the high schools. Also, I was unable to attend some of the youth workshops that address that issue and I think those could be good and informative regarding action and response to this issue. The other thing to pick up on, with regard to the recommendations that were behind the funding for the increased street outreach, maybe we could go back as an Administration or a Council and look at the fullness of that and see if there is anything left yet unturned. In light of some of these changes as incidents occur, if there is anything coming to light, I'm just thinking that perhaps there could be something because I know there was a really collaborative group behind that. And then, similar to that, a little bit if you could share anything on the lead initiative and where we are with that. I did want to lift up the people going out tomorrow night for the point-in-time count for the community. These numbers are so important to what we do and how we do it. It also further identifies the needs and issues. It also helps us, not just as a City respond, but more so collectively as a community because of the breadth of some of these issues that people are dealing with as well as their networks of families and friends that care. I just really do applaud the FUSE Center as it is an amazing facility. I am very hopeful going forward. I think we are at about the halfway point. I think that is ahead of some of the projections. Again thank you for coming and the leadership on the PSAP Center, I think we all know how critical it is to support that primary function of City government. I am very pleased 3