Feb 27, 2024 City Council

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING NOW HELD TO CONSIDER REPEALING CHAPTER 61 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER

[2. A public hearing will be held to consider repealing Chapter 61 of the Municipal Code, Traffic Regulations, and enacting a new Chapter 61 in its place to include new and updated definitions; regulate the use of all-terrain vehicles, off-road vehicles, golf carts and snowmobiles; add or increase parking fees; and comply with current practice and relevant law (Heidi Stiffler and Sgt. Graham Campshure). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #FIN2024-10]

61, IN ITS PLACE TO INCLUDE NEW AND UPDATED DEFINITIONS, REGULATE THE USE OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, OFF ROAD VEHICLES, GOLF CARTS AND SNOWMOBILES, ADD OR INCREASE PARKING FEES, AND COMPLY WITH CURRENT PRACTICE AND RELEVANT LAW.

HEIDI STIFFLER AND SERGEANT GRAHAM CAPTURE ARE HERE.

I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE FIRST PART OF THIS IS AMENDING THE CHAPTER 61 CODE TO ADD A SECTION REGARDING THE REGULATION OF ATV AND UTV ORDINANCES.

SOME OF THE BACKGROUND IS IN 2022, THE STATE CHANGED THE LAW THROUGHOUT THE STATE REGARDING THE USE OF ATVS AND ATVS ON COUNTY SECONDARY ROADS.

WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING MULTIPLE CALLS.

ARE THEY LEGAL IN THE CITY? ARE THEY NOT? SO THE WHOLE IDEA OF ADDING 61, 141 WAS TO HAVE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO THE PUBLIC ON THEIR USAGE IN THE CITY.

OOPS. FIRST OF ALL, HERE'S THE CODE IN AND OF ITSELF, WHERE WE PROHIBIT THE USE OF THEM IN THE CITY, EXCEPT FOR THE LISTED GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, UTILITY VEHICLES, UTILITY COMPANIES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THAT KIND OF OTHER ENTITIES THAT WOULD NEED TO USE THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I THINK IT WENT TOO FAR.

THERE WE GO. NO, I DID NOT.

BASICALLY, THE FINE FOR THIS WOULD BE A SCHEDULE VIOLATION, WHICH IS THE SAME AS A TRAFFIC CITATION.

SO, IF SOMEBODY IS USING A UTV OR ATV OR GOLF CART IN THE CITY LIMITS, THEY COULD BE STOPPED AND CITED WITH A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A SET AMOUNT BASED ON IOWA CODE.

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AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE ATV/UTV.

SO, THE OTHER CHANGES PROPOSED TO THE ORDINANCE RELATE TO PARKING OPERATIONS.

THERE ARE CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT PRACTICE, AS WELL AS RELEVANT LAW, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING A FEW RATE INCREASES FOR THE PARKING SYSTEM.

SO THE RATE INCREASES ON THIS SLIDE ARE PROPOSED TO ASSIST WITH RECOVERING OPERATING COSTS, SETTING ASIDE FUNDS FOR DEBT AND CAPITAL NEEDS WHILE STILL CHARGING COMPETITIVE RATES. THE FIRST PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE THE ON-STREET PARKING FEE FROM $1 PER HOUR TO $1.25 PER HOUR, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9 A.M.

TO 5 P.M., SO NO CHANGES IN THE DAYS OR THE HOURS ENFORCED, JUST AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF $0.25 PER HOUR.

RAMPS AND LOTS WILL STILL BE AT $0.75 PER HOUR, SO THERE WILL BE A LOWER COST OPTION FOR PEOPLE THAT CHOSE CHOOSE TO NOT PAY THE HIGHER ON STREET PARKING RATE.

OTHER CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE INCLUDE AN INCREASE IN THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS NOT PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.

THE FEE INCREASE WOULD BE FROM 5 TO $10 PER PENALTY.

THERE'S ALSO A PROPOSED INCREASE TO LOST TICKET FEE TO INCREASE FROM 12 TO $24 IF A DUPLICATE TICKET NEEDS TO BE PRODUCED.

THE CURRENT ORDINANCE HAS VERBIAGE TO ALLOW ON STREET FEEDS FOR FOOD TRUCKS.

ADDITIONAL VERBIAGE WOULD BE ADDED WITH THIS UPDATE TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES TO ALLOW FOOD TRUCKS AND LOTS AND RAMPS AT THE SAME FEE AS ON STREET PARKING, WHICH IS $5 PER DAY. AND THEN THE FINAL CHANGE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN THE METER PLACARD FEE FROM 2 TO $3 PER DAY.

A METER PLACARD IS JUST A WAY TO RESERVE AN ON-STREET SPACE FOR A FEW HOURS AT A SPECIFIC TIME, SO IT'S A LOWER COST OPTION THAN HAVING A METER FOR AN ENTIRE DAY.

SO, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION TO REPEAL AND REPLACE CHAPTER 61 AND MUNICIPAL CODE FOR TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.

FINANCE AND POLICE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE WITH SECOND AND POSSIBLE THIRD READINGS ON MARCH 12TH.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? OKAY, I'LL INVITE YOU TO TAKE THE PODIUM AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME IF YOU WOULD FOR US, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MIKE SOMERVILLE, AND I'VE BEEN A CEDAR RAPIDS ALL MY LIFE.

CONCERNING THE ATV USE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MARION HAS LEGALIZED THE USE OF ATVS IN THEIR CITY LIMITS.

FAIRFAX HAS LINN COUNTY HAS ATVS ARE PROVIDING MORE VISIBILITY THAN ELECTRIC BIKES, BIKES OR MOPEDS.

ELECTRIC BIKES AND SCOOTERS ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY FOR RENT THAT ARE DRIVEN IN THE STREETS CURRENTLY ALL OVER THE CITY, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN.

MY SIDE BY SIDE IS REGISTERED WITH TAGS.

REAR VIEW MIRRORS, HAZARD LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, SEATBELTS, A HORN DOORS, VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING THAT A CAR HAS.

THEY GO FAST ENOUGH THAT THEY DO NOT IMPEDE TRAFFIC FLOW.

LIKE I SAID, IN MY SIDE BY SIDE IS REGISTERED AND LICENSED THROUGH THE LINN COUNTY WITH THE DNR.

WITH MY SNOWPLOW ON MY SIDE BY SIDE, I DO A LOT OF VALUABLE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, NEIGHBORS WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS, OR PEOPLE WHO IN GENERAL CANNOT REMOVE SNOW ON THEIR OWN. I'VE HELPED GET CARS UNSTUCK IN DEEP SNOW.

I DON'T CHARGE ANYBODY MONEY.

BUT I'VE BEEN THANKED BY COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE THE HELP THAT I CAN PROVIDE WITH MY SIDE BY SIDE.

THEY ARE MUCH MORE FUEL EFFICIENT THAN LOADING THEM ON A TRACTOR OR TRAILER TO MOVE THEM.

AND WE ARE SURROUNDED ONCE AGAIN BY CITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY LEGISLATED LEGALIZED ATV USE WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

I ASK THAT IT'S CONSIDERED TO PERMIT ATVS TO BE LEGALLY DRIVEN IN THE CITY LIMITS USING COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION.

LEGISLATION SUCH AS PERMITS, LICENSING, AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT.

THANK YOU.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON EITHER OF THESE ISSUES? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW.

A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH ONE OBJECTION.

FOR THE RECORD, THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. POPE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

SERGEANT KEMP.

SO, IF YOU'RE COMING IN ON A SECONDARY ROAD INTO THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, COULD YOU TELL US HOW SOMEONE ON A SNOWMOBILE OR ON AN ATV WOULD KNOW? I MEAN, DO WE HAVE CITY LIMIT SIGNS ON ALL OF THOSE SECONDARY ROADS COMING INTO CEDAR RAPIDS? I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH PUBLIC WORKS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING SIGNAGE THAT WOULD BE PLACED IN THOSE AREAS ON THOSE ROADS COMING INTO TOWN.

SO, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE SIXTH STREET SOUTHWEST.

AS YOU COME IN FROM LINN COUNTY OR BEVERLY ROAD SOUTHWEST, OVER BY GENERAL MILLS, THOSE KINDS OF ROADS THAT ARE OUT ON THE OUTLYING

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AREAS THAT HAVE MIXED USE OF BOTH COUNTY AND CITY.

SO, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THEM TO GET SIGNS CREATED.

ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER> THANKS.

MAYOR. HEIDI.

JUST HOPING THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION BASED UPON MR. SAMUELS COMMENTS.

TWO THINGS. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOING OVER THE DRAFT, WE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT MARION AND SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT DO ALLOW THESE VEHICLES.

AND I BELIEVE THE RESPONSE WAS THAT BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, NOT AS MUCH DENSITY IN THOSE CITIES.

THAT'S WHY THEY HAD PASSED THEM.

AND YOU KNOW, CEDAR RAPIDS, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY CENTER CITY AND SOME MORE HIGHLY POPULATED AREAS.

SO, I DON'T KNOW IF EITHER OF YOU TWO CAN VALIDATE THAT OR ANY OTHER INSIGHT YOU WANT TO SHARE.

I CAN'T, COUNCILMAN.

WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT DES MOINES, DAVENPORT, BETTENDORF, SIOUX FALLS, OR I'M SORRY, SIOUX CITY COUNCIL BLUFFS AND THEY'RE ALL CITIES WITH LARGER DENSITY POPULATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE.

WE HAVE A VERY DENSE URBAN AREA.

AND THOSE CITIES HAVE ALSO BANNED THE USE OF ATVS, UTVS FOR RECREATIONAL USE IN THE CITY.

THEY PRIMARILY ALLOW FOR, AGAIN, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MS UTILITIES, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT NEED TO BE USING THEM TO GET AROUND, TO DO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OR MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY.

SO THAT IS WHERE WE CAME.

WE LOOKED AT TO SAY, IS THIS A GOOD IDEA IN CEDAR RAPIDS OR NOT? AND GIVEN AGAIN, OUR BEING THE SECOND LARGEST AND OUR DENSITY, IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WAS BEST THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW THEM FOR RECREATIONAL USE.

GREAT. THANK YOU, SERGEANT.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY? YEAH.

THANKS, MAYOR. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT RESPONSE DENSITY IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE HERE.

YOU KNOW, BEING AS LARGE AS WE ARE, EVEN WHEN WE'RE COMPARING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DES MOINES, THERE REALLY ARE NO CITIES THAT ARE AS LARGE AS WE ARE IN IOWA.

SO, IT IS VERY PARTICULAR TO THE SIZE AND DENSITY OF OF OUR HOUSING, OF OUR BUSINESSES AND SPECIFICALLY UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, ATVS, UTVS THE ACCIDENTS THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THEM IF THEY WERE TO COLLIDE WITH CARS ARE REALLY SEVERE.

I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT THE FIRST INTERNSHIP I EVER HAD IN HEALTH CARE WAS WORKING IN THE BURN TREATMENT CENTER.

I'M NOT GOING TO DESCRIBE, BUT JUST TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THAT THESE INJURIES ARE LIFE THREATENING IF YOU SURVIVE THEM.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO USE THESE SAFELY.

BUT I WILL ALSO SAY, I THINK WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WEAVING IN, OUT, IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC THAT HAVE A LOT LESS PROTECTIONS THAN CARS DO.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO PATROL AND TO SAY, WELL, THIS BLOCK, BUT NOT THAT BLOCK.

THERE ARE PARTS IN MY AREA, MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, THAT ARE QUITE RURAL.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT WHEN WE HAD THIS VERY THOROUGH DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES IT WAS NOT EASY TO PARCEL OUT THIS PART, BUT NOT THAT PART. AND SO REALLY, JUST FOLLOWING THE BEST PRACTICES OF THE OTHER LARGER CITIES IN IOWA, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT FOR US.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TODD? I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS AND THE RESEARCH THAT THEY DID.

THIS WAS SIMPLY A RESPONSE TO THOSE WHO USE ATVS AND UTVS UNSAFELY AND ILLEGALLY.

AND IT WAS ALSO IN RESPONSE TO NEIGHBORS' COMPLAINTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE SUMMERS OF THOSE WHO ELICITED THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.

SO. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING MR. SOMERVILLE'S COMMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES HE USES AS A VOLUNTEER TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER FOR PEOPLE.

IS THERE A WAY TO GET A LICENSE OR A PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE CITIZEN TO USE A UTV OR AN ATV IN THIS MANNER? HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW.

NONE OF THE OTHER CITIES HAD ANYTHING REALLY WRITTEN IN THEIR ORDINANCE REGARDING THAT.

OKAY. IT WOULD ALMOST HAVE TO BE LIKE A BUSINESS PERMIT OF SOME KIND TO EVEN THOUGH HE'S DOING IT ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS, I THINK THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF REGULATION THAT WAY. OBVIOUSLY, THEIR, YOU KNOW, LIABILITY REASONS FOR THEM WORKING.

ON A PUBLIC STREET.

I FIELDED CALLS RIGHT AFTER THE ORDINANCE, OR THE STATE CHANGED THE CODE FROM SEVERAL LAWN CARE PLOWING COMPANIES THAT WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY COULD DRIVE THEIR

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UTV ATVS FROM VARIOUS PARKING LOT SITES THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON.

AND IN THE PROCESS, THEY WOULD HELP PLOW THE SIDEWALKS OR STREETS FOR THE CITY STREETS DEPARTMENT.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY THAT WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, I DIRECTED THEM TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING, BUT THERE WERE SOME LIABILITY ISSUES THAT THEY BROUGHT UP REGARDING THE USE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES TO DO WORK ON CITY STREETS, EVEN IF IT IS IN A HELPFUL WAY.

THERE JUST WAS SOME LIABILITY.

SO, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR HOW THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT.

OKAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, I BELIEVE.

AND HAVE YOU LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE OUTSKIRTS MAY USE IT TO GO TO, SAY, A HOME DEPOT OR REALLY AS A UTILITY VEHICLE TO GO TO AND FROM IN AREAS THAT AREN'T AS DENSELY POPULATED.

WHAT WAS THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT MAYBE WERE THERE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT YOU THOUGHT IT COULD BE POSSIBLE, AND THEN IT WAS JUST TOO COMPLICATED TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT? OR WHAT WAS THE PROCESS OF THAT? VERY MUCH JUST THE COMPLICATION OF TRYING TO SAY THIS AREA, YOU CAN USE THEM, BUT NOT THIS AREA, THESE, YOU KNOW, PICKING A POCKET OF THE CITY OF ITSELF TO ALLOW THEM TO BE USED.

THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT THING.

AND WE WOULD HAVE A VERY LONG, ARDUOUS, WORDY ORDINANCE THAT.

I WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE CONFUSING THAN HELPFUL.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

IN THE CANDID, CANDID CONVERSATION, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE IN THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU DO SEE THEM AS A AS A GREAT IT'S AN AMENITY.

I MEAN, IT'S RECREATION IN OUR RURAL AREAS.

IT'S A WAY TO GET FROM, YOU KNOW, A TO B AND RESTAURANTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AGAIN IN MUCH LESS DENSELY POPULATED AREAS.

SO, I THINK IT SEEMS PRUDENT THAT WE JUST UNFORTUNATELY LET THOSE CITIES BENEFIT FROM THE USE OF THOSE.

SO, APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. WELL, SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE SINCE FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY TODD.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER REPEALING CHAPTER 71 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES AND ENACTING A NEW

[3. A public hearing will be held to consider repealing Chapter 71 of the Municipal Code, Erosion and Sediment Control for Construction Sites, and enacting a new Chapter 71 in its place to include updated standards and review and enforcement processes for erosion control permits (Ken DeKeyser). CIP/DID #43-17-012]

CHAPTER 71, IN ITS PLACE TO INCLUDE UPDATED STANDARDS AND REVIEW AND ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES FOR EROSION CONTROL PERMITS.

KEN DEKEYSER IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AGENDA ITEMS THREE AND FOUR TOGETHER, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE SEPARATE ACTIONS ON THOSE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO SOME BACKGROUND ON CHAPTER 71.

THIS IS IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

THIS IS EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES.

AND CEDAR RAPIDS HAS WHAT'S CALLED A MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM MS4 PERMIT.

THIS COMES FROM THE IOWA DNR.

AND THIS REQUIRES US TO REGULATE OUR EROSION, OUR STORM WATER DISCHARGES INTO OUR STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

AND WE ARE ONE OF 44 CITIES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE THIS PERMIT.

CHAPTER 71 SPECIFICALLY REGULATES THE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES.

AND THE LAST TIME WE HAD LOOKED AT THIS CODE UPDATE WAS IN 2006.

SO, THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO REPEAL AND ENACT A NEW CHAPTER 71.

THE CHANGES TO 71 ARE I THINK THEY'RE FAIRLY COSMETIC AND THAT WE ARE UPDATING OUR TERMINOLOGY TO BE MORE CURRENT WITH OUR OPERATIONS.

SO, SOME EXAMPLES ARE LISTED HERE.

WE'RE JUST REMOVING SOME STAFF TITLES THAT REALLY DON'T ENFORCE THE CODE OR ADMINISTER THE CODE.

AND WE'RE ADDING THE TERM CITY STORMWATER OFFICIAL.

AND THAT WOULD BE ANYBODY THAT'S PART OF OUR WATER RESOURCES TEAM OF INSPECTORS AND STAFF.

AND THEY WOULD BE THE ONES INVOLVED IN ADMINISTERING THE CODE.

THE CODE APPEALS WOULD NOT GO DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER, BUT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

AND THEN WE REMOVE SOME REFERENCES TO OBSOLETE DESIGN STANDARDS AND OTHER HANDBOOKS AND GUIDANCE THAT WE NO LONGER USE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO CHAPTER 72 OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS MS4 PERMIT ALSO REQUIRES US TO MANAGE AND CONTROL STORMWATER FOR FLOOD AND EROSION RISKS.

AND THAT'S NOT ONLY FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES, BUT THAT'S FOR FINISHED DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

AND THE CITY DOES HAVE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

WE'VE ADOPTED THE IOWA STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MANUAL FOR MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONTROL WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY.

WE ALSO HAVE A COST SHARING PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO CONSTRUCT SOME PRACTICES, AND WE WOULD REIMBURSE THEM FOR THOSE COSTS. THE THE CODE ALSO SETS THE STORMWATER UTILITY RATES AND ALSO CREDITS FOR THOSE OWNERS PROPERTY OWNERS THAT DO EDUCATION AND, AND HAVE SOME OF THOSE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON THEIR PROPERTY, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME

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CREDITS TO THE UTILITY RATE.

WE LAST LOOKED AT THIS IN 2013.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE PROPOSING TO REPEAL AND ENACT A NEW CHAPTER 72.

SO, THE CHANGES HERE RIGHT NOW, THE CODE CURRENTLY ONLY ALLOWS THE IOWA STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MANUAL AND THOSE PRACTICES CONTAINED WITHIN TO BE THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER FOR COST SHARING AND FOR CREDITS AND THOSE THINGS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN DO.

BUT WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS TO, TO DO OTHER THINGS.

THEY'VE SEEN SOME PRACTICES THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

AND PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD JUST SAY, NO, THAT'S NOT ALLOWED.

WE HAVE TO GO BY THE IOWA STANDARDS.

BUT NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW THOSE THINGS.

AND IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT AS STAFF AND AS WELL AS HAVE IT REVIEWED BY THE STORMWATER COMMISSION.

SO, WITH THE MORE BMP OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM, WE CAN HAVE BETTER SOURCE CONTROL.

AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE IN CHAPTER 72, IS TO TRY AND KEEP AS MUCH AS A STORMWATER RUNOFF ON SITE AS POSSIBLE, AND NOT TO JUST SIMPLY CONVEY IT OFF INTO THE PIPING SYSTEM AND EVENTUALLY TO STREAMS AND RIVERS WHERE YOU GOT A GREATER FLOODING RISK.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDING SOME, SOME PROVISIONS IN HERE SO THAT IF YOU'RE A PROPERTY OWNER OF MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, YOU CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR STORMWATER CREDITS ON THOSE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES. PREVIOUSLY, WE WOULD ONLY GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR ONE PROPERTY MAXIMUM.

AND IF YOU'RE A VERY EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION MINDED ON SEVERAL PROPERTIES, YOU CAN GET MORE CREDITS.

AND WE'RE ALSO SIMPLIFYING THE APPLICATION FORMS FOR THOSE STORMWATER CREDITS.

SO, THE EFFECTS OF THESE, THESE UPDATED CHAPTERS, CHAPTER 71.

THERE'S NO UPDATE HERE THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS TO OUR BUSINESSES, OUR DEVELOPERS.

WE'RE NOT INCREASING COSTS TO REGULATIONS WITH THIS.

SO, THERE ARE NO IMPACTS.

WE FEEL THAT CHAPTER 72 IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT, BECAUSE WE'RE PROVIDING MORE FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT PROPERTY OWNERS CAN DO FOR BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. AND WE'RE OPENING UP THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ELIGIBILITY THAT THEY CAN HAVE ON THEIR RATES.

SO, WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A POSITIVE BUSINESS FRIENDLY IMPACT.

AND WE DID SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH INTERESTED PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH US FREQUENTLY OVER SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT IMPROVING OUR ORDINANCES, AS WELL AS RAN THIS BY DEVELOPERS.

COUNCIL. AND WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU PLEASE HOLD THE SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THESE CHAPTER 71 AND 72.

AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDS HOLDING THE FIRST READINGS AND APPROVING.

KEN. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

FOR THE RECORD, THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

OKAY ON ITEM NUMBER 71.

SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER.

AND NOW THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CHAPTER 72, THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT ITEM.

[4. A public hearing will be held to consider repealing Chapter 72 of the Municipal Code, Stormwater Management, and enacting a new Chapter 72 in its place to include updated operations and adding flexibility to the design standards and stormwater utility credits (Ken DeKeyser). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #43-10-007]

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

FOR THE RECORD COUNCIL COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND? KEN, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE ORDINANCE EVOLVE OVER TIME AND MOST INTERESTED IN THE FLEXIBILITY PART AS FAR AS NEW METHODS, ESPECIALLY USING ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES AND NEW METHODS TO IMPROVE AND MAKE IT HOPEFULLY LESS EXPENSIVE AND EASIER TO GET TO THE END RESULT.

WHAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF PERHAPS A NEW FLEX, A NEW METHOD THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE ORDINANCE IF YOU HAVE ONE? WELL, ONE THING I WOULDN'T CALL THIS NEW, BUT I WOULD SAY MAYBE A TWIST ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO RIGHT NOW.

I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF OUR RECENT DEVELOPMENTS MAYBE OVER THE PAST 5 TO 10 YEARS, PARTICULARLY SOME INFILL SITES.

I DON'T WANT TO PICK ON ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR, BUT I'VE SEEN A FEW WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WE DID SOME WATER QUALITY THINGS THAT JUST CHECKED THE BOX.

IT WAS JUST SOME KIND OF A SAND BED OR JUST SOME SORT OF.

THEY CALL IT A BIO RETENTION, BUT IT ENDS UP LOOKING LIKE A BIG SAND PIT THAT'S IN THE FRONT YARD, AND THAT DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD.

AND IT REALLY DOESN'T PERFORM MUCH OF A PURPOSE THERE.

SO, IF WE WOULD JUST IF THEY WERE TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE REALLY BEEF UP OUR TOPSOIL OUT HERE? IF WE COULD PUT EIGHT INCHES OF COMPOST TO TOPSOIL, I'D SAY THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN WHAT THEY DID.

AND NOW YOU HAVE GRASS.

NOW YOU'VE GOT AN ACTIVE PLAY SPACE.

THAT'S THE SORT OF SIMPLIFIED THING THAT YOU CAN DO, RATHER THAN US JUST GOING STRICTLY BY THE BOOK.

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AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO GET A LITTLE MORE INNOVATIVE, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT SOME OF THE UNDERGROUND DETENTION CHAMBERS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE USED ON LARGER SITES. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SCALE THOSE DOWN TO MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY KIND OF A THING.

SO THERE'S A BIG RANGE OF THINGS, BUT JUST JUST GIVING US A LITTLE MORE OF A FREE REIN TO TO REVIEW THOSE AND COME UP WITH THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE THE END RESULT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN IT THAN IT DID BEFORE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MAYOR. YES, I WANT TO THANK THE INPUT THAT WE GOT FROM PROPERTY OWNERS ON THIS ISSUE.

AND I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN ON THIS DAY IN 2024, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT SHOULD HIT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BECAUSE WE ARE LOWERING A FEE.

WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN AROUND HERE.

SO GOOD WORK, KEN.

THANK YOU. IT'S NOT THE LONG GAME.

COUNCIL MEMBER TODD? YEAH, IT'S A LONG GAME.

AND I TOO, WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING SO RESPONSIVE.

YOU MENTIONED INPUT FROM DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS.

THAT'S THE WAY WE EVOLVE.

AND AGAIN, ONE REASON, ONE MORE REASON WHY I'M SO PROUD TO WORK ALONGSIDE TEAMS LIKE YOURS SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO 60 16TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST.

[5. A public hearing will be held to consider the vacation of a portion of right-of-way adjacent to 60 16th Avenue SW (Rob Davis). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #3018030-00]

ROB DAVIS IS HERE. ROB, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, ROB DAVIS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THIS ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY A CLEANUP ITEM.

IF YOU LOOK ON THE MAP, THE AREA TO THE SOUTH AND EAST HERE, THAT AREA OF FORMER B STREET SOUTHWEST WAS VACATED PRIOR TO 2000.

AND THEN IN 2018, THE REST OF THE BLOCK WAS TO BE VACATED 115-FOOT SEGMENT.

AS IT TURNS OUT, IN 2018, THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND A 40 FOOT BY 15-FOOT AREA THAT'S CROSSHATCHED IN THE MIDDLE THERE OF THE BLOCK DID NOT GET VACATED.

THE LINN COUNTY ORDER DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT VACATION.

SO HERE WE ARE SIX YEARS LATER IN 2024, JUST DOING, LIKE I SAID, A CLEANUP ITEM TO VACATE THE REMAINING BLOCK OF THE PIECE IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT'S A 40 BY 15-FOOT SEGMENT THAT'S NOW BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE VACATION THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE DONE SIX YEARS AGO.

SO, WITH THAT SAID, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE TO VACATE THAT REMAINING RIGHT OF WAY FOR B STREET SOUTHWEST.

THANK YOU. ROB, LET THE RECORD INDICATE HERE THAT WE'RE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? SEEING NONE.

THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY MAIER.

SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER THE VACATION OF A UTILITY EASEMENT NORTH OF AND ADJACENT TO 10,006TH STREET SOUTHWEST, AS REQUESTED BY

[6. A public hearing will be held to consider the vacation of a utility easement north of and adjacent to 10000 6th Street SW as requested by Williams Synergy Group, LLC (Rob Davis). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #EASE-034344-2024]

WILLIAMS SYNERGY GROUP, LLC.

AND ROB DAVIS IS HERE ONCE AGAIN.

ROB, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

THIS THIS LOCATION HERE WILLIAMS SYNERGY GROUP OWNS BOTH SIDES OF THIS EIGHT-FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT THAT WAS PLATTED IN 1991. THEY OWNED 10000 6TH STREET SW AND 9,900 6TH STREET SW.

EASEMENT IS EIGHT FOOT WIDE AND IS CURRENTLY NOT IN USE.

AND IT DOES INTERFERE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.

THE REMAINDER OF THE EASEMENT, WHICH GOES NORTH SOUTH AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 9900, THAT'S NOT SUBJECT TO THE REQUEST TO VACATE.

THEY'RE ONLY REQUESTING TO VACATE THIS EAST WEST PORTION BETWEEN 10,000 AND 990O 6TH STREET.

AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT IN USE.

AND WE'VE CONFIRMED WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES THAT THERE IS NO INTENDED USE FOR THAT.

SO, THE REQUEST IS TO VACATE JUST THIS PIECE, THE REMAINING EASEMENT NORTH SOUTH, AND THEN THE TOP OF 9900 WOULD REMAIN IN PLACE.

AND WITH THAT SAID, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE EASEMENT VACATION.

THANK YOU. ROB, THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD.

THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

SEEING NONE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION.

MOVED BY VANORNY. SECONDED BY POE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH HEAVISIDE, LLC FOR A DATA CENTER PROJECT ALONG 76TH AVENUE

[7. A public hearing will be held to consider a Development Agreement with Heaviside LLC for a data center project along 76th Avenue SW and Edgewood Road SW in the Big Cedar Industrial Center (Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #HQJ-0006-2024]

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SOUTHWEST AND EDGEWOOD ROAD SOUTHWEST IN THE BIG CEDAR INDUSTRIAL CENTER.

AND SCOTT MATHER IS HERE ALONG WITH BILL MICHAEL.

GENTLEMAN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

AS MENTIONED, THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR WITH HEAVISIDE LLC.

THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF QUITE A LOT OF WORK LEADING UP TO THIS MINIMUM INVESTMENT OF 576 MILLION.

THAT'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OR MORE DATA CENTERS.

IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE COMMENCEMENT WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE AND WILL CREATE A MINIMUM OF 31 JOBS THAT ARE AT OR ABOVE THE HIGH-QUALITY WAGE RATES.

IN TERMS OF THE BASE LEVEL INCENTIVES IT'S 20-YEAR, 70% TAX EXEMPTION.

THIS IS, OF COURSE, IN COOPERATION WITH THE STATE'S HIGH QUALITY JOBS PROGRAM AND SUBJECT TO MEETING THE EMPLOYMENT THRESHOLDS, WHICH THIS DOES ASSUMING THAT THE APPLICATION IS APPROVED THE IF IT IS NOT IMPROVED, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION TO PROVIDE A COMPARABLE TAX REBATE VIA TIF.

AND THE FINAL THING RELATED TO THE INCENTIVES IS A 20-YEAR, 75% ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REBATE OF FRANCHISE FEES COLLECTED BY THE CITY THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL PROVIDER, PER THE DATA CENTER.

AND I'M GOING TO LET SCOTT TALK ABOUT THE REMAINDER HERE.

SO, IN ADDITION, THERE IS ALSO A COMMUNITY BETTERMENT FUND, WHEREAS THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE ANNUAL COMMUNITY BETTERMENT PAYMENTS TO THE CITY, WHICH CAN BE USED TO INCREASE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING GROWTH OF AMENITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE COMPANY WOULD MAKE ANNUAL PAYMENTS OF $400,000 PER DATA CENTER FOR 15 YEARS, WITH A MAX OF 6 MILLION PER DATA CENTER AND A TOTAL OF 36 MILLION.

THERE'S ALSO A GRAY WATER DISCHARGE CREDIT, WHEREAS THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE MONTHLY GRAY WATER OR MONTHLY CREDIT FOR GRAY WATER DISCHARGE ESCALATED ANNUALLY, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 57% OF THE UNIT SEWER DISCHARGE.

SO, HERE'S A MAP OF THE PROJECT LOCATION.

IT IS ONE PART OF THE BIG CEDAR INDUSTRIAL CENTER, WITH EDGEWOOD ROAD TO THE EAST, ALONG THEIR NORTH AND SOUTH, AND 76TH AVENUE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. STAFF RECOMMENDS AUTHORIZATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH HEAVYSIDE, LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OR MORE DATA CENTERS.

STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THE CITY SPONSORSHIP OF THE COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR STATE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES UNDER THE HIGH-QUALITY JOBS PROGRAM.

IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, TODAY, WE'RE HERE CONSIDERING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

MARCH 22ND, IDA WILL REVIEW THE COMPANY'S HIGH QUALITY JOB APPLICATION, AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, WE WOULD WORK TO CREATE AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR, FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW.

A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD.

THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY? I'LL JUST SAY THAT I THINK THIS.

THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING ROLE MODELED IN FUTURE, ESPECIALLY LARGER DEVELOPMENTS.

AND SO, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THE BETTERMENT FUNDS THAT THEY'RE SETTING ASIDE.

IT WAS A VERY THOUGHTFUL PLAN PROCESS.

I'M VERY EXCITED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN DISTRICT FIVE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MAYOR. SO, SCOTT, OR COULD YOU TELL US, DID YOU MENTION THE NUMBER? I'VE HEARD A COUPLE DIFFERENT NUMBERS THROWN AROUND FOR THE HIGH-QUALITY JOBS NUMBER.

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR THAT? I'VE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT ONES NOW.

SO, THE MINIMUM IS 31 JOBS.

SO, THAT'S THE MINIMUM.

MINIMUM OKAY.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION JOBS WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY LOCAL JOBS, THOSE ARE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT.

AND WITH A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL DATA CENTERS COMING ONLINE.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS COMPANY WANTING TO BE ABLE TO USE LOCAL LABOR? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

YEAH. JUST TO ADD ON TO SCOTT'S ANSWER, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MINIMUM OF 31 JOBS.

HOWEVER, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT AS THIS PROJECT RAMPS UP, WE WILL SEE MORE THAN 31 JOBS OR 31 PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY HEAVISIDE.

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AND THEN TO ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE OBSERVED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THESE EXIST IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY CONSTRUCTION JOBS THAT MATERIALIZE FROM THESE PROJECTS IN ADDITION TO OFTEN OTHER SUPPORT BUSINESSES THAT POP UP YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT IT'S A RATHER LARGE PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING WE SEE FREQUENTLY IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS EXIST.

AND ON A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USING LOTS OF CONCRETE AND LOTS OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY GET A LOT OF THAT LOCALLY.

IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONTRACTORS, EVERYTHING FROM ELECTRICAL TO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT POP UP AS THIS PROJECT GETS ROLLING AND YOU KNOW, THEY NEED ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THAT MATERIALIZE.

SO. YEAH. GREAT.

WELL, I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ENCOURAGES THE USE OF LOCAL LABOR.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I KNOW IT'S YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR QUITE A WHILE, SO GOOD JOB, TEAM.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

OKAY, OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. THEN I'LL GO TO OLSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

TODD. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS QUESTION IS FOR BILL OR SCOTT OR MAYBE BOTH OF YOU.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE NEXT STEPS, WHICH REALLY SHOW TWO MORE.

KEY MILESTONES.

YOU KNOW, I'VE RECEIVED FEEDBACK ABOUT NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN SHARED ABOUT THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS, CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE USE OF WATER AND ENERGY AND PERHAPS YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT OF UTILITY RATES FOR RESIDENTS. TODAY IS NOT THE DAY TO GO THROUGH THAT DETAIL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME AND RESIDENTS WHO ALSO MAY BE LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION? WHEN WILL THAT INFORMATION BE SHARED AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK FOR RESIDENTS WHO MAY HAVE INPUT THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SHARED? YEAH, THE HIGH-QUALITY JOBS PROGRAM APPLICATION GOES TO THE STATE ON MARCH 22ND.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE OBVIOUSLY NOT WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, BUT THAT EXISTS, THAT YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU KNOW, AS THINGS CONTINUE ON AND THEY GET FURTHER THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS YOU KNOW, THEN WE WILL KNOW MORE.

SO REALLY, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY IS THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.

AND THAT WILL THEN ALLOW HEAVISIDE TO START MAKING ADDITIONAL DECISIONS AND REALLY PUT THEIR FOOT ON THE GAS TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO, GETTING THIS STEP-IN PLACE IS KIND OF THE LINCHPIN TO, YOU KNOW, LOTS MORE TO COME.

DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN THAT? LOTS MORE WILL START.

AND IF WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I THINK AFTER THE HIGH-QUALITY JOBS PROGRAM APPLICATION IS CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE NEXT IMPORTANT STEP TO THIS. AND I THINK ONCE THEY GET THROUGH THAT, THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE INFORMATION.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT HIGH QUALITY JOBS, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU HAVE A STOP GAP IN PLACE SHOULD THAT NOT GO THROUGH AT THE STATE LEVEL.

CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON? THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

OF THE OF THE PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY A HUGE CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

A COUPLE OF POINTS. AND THEN I GUESS I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, TOO, I THINK.

A LOT OF TIMES THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS ARE SEEN AS TEMPORARY, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU BUILD A BUILDING, AND THEY MOVE ON.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OTHER BUILDINGS TO BUILD WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IN THE SENSE THAT ONE THE SIZE AND THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING TO, TO CONSTRUCT THIS PROJECT YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF YEARS, RIGHT, FOR A BUILDING.

AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW THESE PROJECTS HAVE GONE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IT'S LIKELY TO SOME EXTENT, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS, RIGHT, BUT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN ONE, YOU KNOW, SO IT COULD EASILY TURN INTO A 15 YEAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

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AND AT THAT POINT, THAT'S A PERMANENT JOB, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT SPEND, IF NOT THEIR WHOLE.

TRADES CAREER A PRETTY GOOD CHUNK OF IT, YOU KNOW, WORKING THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF AT LEAST WHAT I WOULD CALL PERMANENT JOBS IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT WILL BE YOU KNOW, EMPLOYED BY HEAVISIDE. SO, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE AND SCOPE THAN WE WOULD MAYBE ANOTHER KIND OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT MIGHT WRAP UP A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR MAIER MENTIONED THE WATER USAGE, AND IT HAS COME UP.

WE ARE NOT ABATING OR REBATING ANY OF THE WATER FEES.

CORRECT. AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, JUST THE FRANCHISE FEE ON THE ELECTRICITY.

THAT'S ACCURATE. YEAH.

AND TO ADDRESS YOUR FIRST POINT, WHAT WE'VE OBSERVED IN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IS YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS, WHICH IS LENGTHY YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN PROJECTS GROW OVER THE YEARS AS, AS YOU ALLUDED TO IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND I JUST THINK THE POINT ABOUT THE WATER FEES IS IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY OUR UTILITY.

I MEAN, THE ELECTRICITY IS ALLIANT, NOT THE CITY.

RIGHT. AND SO, ALLIANCE GOING TO SET THEIR RATES, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THEIR PROCESS THAT'S LAID OUT BY THE IOWA UTILITIES BOARD.

FROM A CITY UTILITY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE WATER UTILITY IS GOING TO RECEIVE THE FULL FEE FOR WATER THAT'S CONSUMED AND HAS THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY HAD THE CITY BUDGET HEARING, RIGHT, FOR OUR ANNUAL BUDGET THAT WILL BE SET TO BE APPROVED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE FEES THERE AND ALSO THE CAPITAL PLAN FOR UTILITY, THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT GOING FORWARD.

AND SO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND WE HAD ALREADY BEEN PLANNING FOR FUTURE CAPACITY.

AND SO, A BIG USER LIKE THIS WILL END UP ACTUALLY HELPING TO PAY FOR FUTURE CAPACITY.

IT'S BEEN ONE OF CEDAR RAPIDS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES FOR A LONG TIME.

NOT JUST FOR RIVERSIDE, BUT FOR A LOT OF OTHER INDUSTRY.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR.

AND ANY BIG PROJECT, INCLUDING THIS ONE IS GOING TO HELP GOING TO HELP FINANCE.

SO, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, TO NOTE.

AND THEN I GUESS ONE OTHER NOTE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 20-YEAR ABATEMENT WILL START AT THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST, AND SO IT'S NOT A 20 YEAR FOR ANY FUTURE.

THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED.

CORRECT. THAT IS ACCURATE.

YEAH. SO, IF THERE WERE TO BE ADDITIONAL DATA CENTERS ADDED LET'S SAY AS YOU SAID, BUILDING ONE IS COMPLETED IN 20.

I'M JUST THROWING A NUMBER OUT THERE, 2025.

AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER IN 2027, A SECOND ONE IS COMPLETED THAT WOULD ONLY RECEIVE 18 YEARS OF THAT 20-YEAR PERIOD IN TERMS OF THE EXEMPTION.

SO YOU COULD EASILY HAVE A HANDFUL OF BUILDINGS, SOME OF WHICH ONLY HAVE A TEN YEAR, YOU KNOW, ABATEMENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WE DO FOR OTHER KINDS OF PROJECTS, THAT'S MAYBE HALF, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF THESE IS A 512, I FORGET THE EXACT NUMBER, $570 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

576 576 THANK YOU.

IT'S A LOT. ONCE YOU GET TO 500.

THAT'S PRETTY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY BIG.

SO, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL, RIGHT? THAT IN A LOT OF WAYS THE ABATEMENT IS SLIDES DOWN, YOU KNOW, SHOULD MORE CONSTRUCTION OCCUR.

SO, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT HERE.

OBVIOUSLY, SOME, YOU KNOW, BIG ISSUES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN A, IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU AND THE REST OF THE CITY TEAM IN THEIR AREAS OF EXPERTISE, YOU KNOW, HAVE STUDIED IT.

AND THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE ABILITY TO DO IT.

AND ULTIMATELY SOME FUTURE CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, IN 20 YEARS IS GOING TO HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX VALUATION THAT'S GOING TO START FLOWING INTO THE CITY BUDGET.

SO, I PROBABLY WON'T BE HERE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SEE THAT, BUT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO THANK US FOR IT.

SO, THANK YOU.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO COUNCILMAN OLSON'S COMMENTS.

FIRST OFF, WE HAVE NEVER DONE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LIKE THIS.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU COULD TAKE THE 30 YEARS' WORTH OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, AND IT STILL WOULDN'T ADD UP TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

SO, IT'S A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR JEFF, YOU AND YOUR TEAM IN PARTICULAR.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER ISSUE.

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ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE LOCATING AT THIS LOCATION IS BECAUSE THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT WATER, AND THAT ALL THAT WATER DOESN'T ALL GET USED.

WE PROVIDE A REBATE FOR THE COOLING WATER THAT GOES BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.

AND SO THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOBBLING UP WATER.

AND BY THE WAY, THESE DATA CENTERS ARE MADE A LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN THEY USED TO BE 20 YEARS AGO, TEN YEARS AGO, EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO NOW.

AND SO CONGRATS TO THE TEAM FOR YOUR WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS LIKE THIS.

THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I'LL JUST ECHO.

THANKS FOR THE YEARS.

EMPHASIZE YEARS OF WORK AND EFFORT THAT'S THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.

GETTING US EVEN TO THIS POINT.

AND YOU HEAR ME OFTEN SAY CITIES ARE FOREVER.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF OF CEDAR RAPIDS, THIS WILL BE ITS OWN BULLET POINT ON THAT TIMELINE IN TERMS OF NEXT LEVEL DEVELOPMENT.

AND I DON'T MEAN JUST IN TERMS OF YES AND OTHER COMPANIES COMING WITH, YOU KNOW, STARTING WITH 31 JOBS.

MULTIPLY THAT BY I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY.

YOU SAID DATA CENTERS.

SO I'LL EMPHASIZE THE S HOW MANY JOBS ON THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE GROWTH THAT COMES BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE A PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER. OLSON MENTIONED BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS, PAY FOR OUR FUTURE WATER.

THIS IS A THIS IS THIS IS HOW WE DO THAT.

THIS IS HOW A CITY SCALES.

AND SO WHILE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS IN HERE, I PARTICULARLY AM PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ALONGSIDE HEAVISIDE TO HAVE THAT COMMUNITY BETTERMENT GRANT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LONG TIME.

WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE WE LOVE TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO COME HERE.

WE LOVE TO PROVIDE BENEFITS.

BUT WOW, ISN'T IT NICE WHEN THEY SAY, WELL, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? HOW CAN WE HELP YOU, TOO? AND IF I'M READING THAT RIGHT, IT'S 400,000 PER CENTER.

AND YOU DID SAY POTENTIAL CENTERS AND PER YEAR PER YEAR.

OKAY. SO, AS WE LOOK AT TIGHTENING BUDGETS AND LESSENING FUNDING SOURCES, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY.

AND AGAIN, A MOVE LIKE THIS IS STRATEGIC.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE X'S AND O'S ON PAPER AS WE SEE THEM TODAY.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT GOING FROM A TO B, B TO C TODAY.

THIS CONVERSATION IS REALLY ABOUT A TO Z.

AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON IN 20 YEARS.

WOW WHAT A LUCKY COUNCIL.

SO, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG.

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT 4,400 6TH STREET, SOUTHWEST FROM GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO LIGHT

[8. A public hearing will be held to consider a change of zone for property at 4400 6th Street SW from I-GI, General Industrial District, to I-LI/PUD, Light Industrial District with a Planned Unit Development Overlay, as requested by Sun Line, Inc. (William Micheel). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-000126-2024]

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WITH A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY AS REQUESTED BY SUNLINE, INC.

AND BILL MICHAEL IS HERE ONCE AGAIN.

BILL, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS REQUEST.

IT'S REZONING FROM GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY.

JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUDS.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR, BUT.

BUT JUST IN CASE THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE NOT PLANNED.

UNIT DEVELOPMENTS ARE MOST OFTEN USED WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE DESIGN ELEMENTS IN A DEVELOPMENT AND OF DIFFERENT USES.

AND SO, ALL OF THESE USES ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

AND I'LL KIND OF GO OVER HERE ON THE NEXT BULLETS.

WHAT IS ALL INCLUDED IN THIS? BUT SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF DESIGN ELEMENTS AND AMENITIES WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE MOST OFTEN SEE THIS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY USED SO AS NOT TO YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN GROUP ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER IN ONE REVIEW PROCESS. AND SO, IT INCLUDES 43 ACRES.

THAT'S THE TOTAL LOT AREA.

PROPOSED USES INCLUDE A CAR OR GO KART RACING CENTER A NEW EXHIBIT HALL CONTRACTOR SHOPS SOME OUTDOOR STORAGE.

AND THEN POTENTIAL FUTURE USES INCLUDE EITHER A HOTEL, MOTEL, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT AND FUEL STATION FOR THE RACETRACK.

AND SO, HAWKEYE DOWNS, OBVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR THE INTERCHANGE OF I-380 AND HIGHWAY 30.

AERIAL VIEW OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS URBAN HIGH INTENSITY, WITH SOME INDUSTRIAL AND OPEN SPACE SURROUNDING THE AREA.

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HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS THE 43 ACRES THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE REZONING WITHIN THE LARGER HAWKEYE DOWNS PROPERTY LIMITS.

AGAIN, FROM GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WITH THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, I REALIZE THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON HERE.

UP TO THE NORTH IS THE RACETRACK PIT AREA AND EVENT CENTER OVERFLOW PARKING.

THAT OVAL THAT YOU SEE UP IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER IS THE GO KART TRACK.

AND THEN IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THAT ARE THE CONTRACTORS' CONDOS, AS THEY CALL THEM.

AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST IS THE FUTURE EXPO CENTER.

AND REALLY GONE OVER THAT ALREADY? A NUMBER OF TIMES. THAT'S JUST THE USES AND THEN POSSIBLE FUTURE USES.

IN TERMS OF THE REZONING CRITERIA CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OTHER STUDIES AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE, DISTRICT DOES ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THESE USES WITHIN THE THE LUTA THAT THIS FALLS INTO IT CAN PROVIDE THE SITE ALL OF THE NECESSARY PUBLIC FACILITIES AND UTILITIES.

AND IN TERMS OF CHARACTER, THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS IN THE AREA.

SO, IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING ON FEBRUARY 1ST.

AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BASED ON CONFORMANCE WITH THE STANDARDS FOR A REZONING.

AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. BILL.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? I'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

AND JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD.

JACOB FISHER OF I DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY, BUT WHO WOULD BE THE OWNERS SACHSE, OWNER OF SAID PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, JACOB, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

CAN WE GET YOU THAT AFTER THE MEETING? YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

AND ONE COMMENT FOR THE RECORD.

THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

I BETTER SAY SOMETHING.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU, BILL, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS WITH THE OWNER.

AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE SOMEONE STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THAT PROPERTY.

IT CAN BE.

AND I THINK IT HAS A VISION TO BE SOMETHING REALLY A REAL ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF THIS COME TO FRUITION.

AND CERTAINLY, A NEW EVENT CENTER COULD BE VERY WELCOME OUT THERE.

SO, THIS IS EXCITING NEWS.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING GOING ON IT AND SEEING HOW SOON IT CAN COME TO FRUITION.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MORE COMMENTS, APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLAN SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE BLAIRS FERRY ROAD NORTHEAST OVER I-380 TRAFFIC

[9. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Blairs Ferry Road NE Over I-380 Traffic Signal Replacement project (estimated cost is $650,000) (Ken DeKeyser). CIP/DID #306289-02]

SIGNAL REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $650,000 IN.

KEN DEKEYSER IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. THE PROJECT INCLUDES SOME BRIDGE DECK MAINTENANCE, AN OFF RAMP WIDENING, SOME SIDEWALK RAMPS AND SIGNAL REPLACEMENTS, AS WELL AS A NEW ESTHETIC FENCE.

THE BID HAS ALREADY OCCURRED, AND IT'S BEING ADMINISTERED BY THE IOWA DOT.

SO, THEY BID THE PROJECT, THEY WILL CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT AND THE CITY IS SIMPLY CONTRIBUTING SOME FUNDS FOR THE SIGNAL WORK.

SO, IT ALREADY BID WITH A LOW BID OF 2.35 MILLION.

THE SIGNALS AND THE FENCE ARE BEING COST SHARED BY BOTH CITIES OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND HIAWATHA, AND THE.

THE LOCAL MATCH FOR THE PROJECT IS $650,000, AND CEDAR RAPIDS SHARE IS GOING TO BE AROUND 320,000.

SO AS FAR AS THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, THIS IS THE BLAIRS FERRY ROAD BRIDGE OVER 380.

SO, THEY WILL BE DOING A DECK OVERLAY AND SOME APPROACH REPLACEMENT HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THESE SIDEWALK RAMPS CROSSING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

AS WELL AS I THINK THIS IS A LONG-NEEDED WIDENING OF THE SOUTHBOUND EXIT RAMP.

AND THEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED ON BOTH ENDS OF THE BRIDGE.

AND THEN THERE'S AN ESTHETIC BRIDGE FENCE THAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU NOW SEE ON 32ND STREET NORTHEAST, CROSSING OVER 380.

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AND THAT'S IT.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

KEN. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

OBVIOUSLY A FAIRLY INVOLVED PROJECT.

I'M SURE YOU'VE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO FIGURING OUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW DURING THE EXECUTION OF THIS IMPROVEMENT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE IN STAGES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ON AND OFF RAMPS WILL BE THERE'LL BE SOME PERIODIC CLOSURES OF THOSE.

THE 380 BRIDGE WILL BE KEPT UNDER I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE KEPT OPEN, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE NARROWED DOWN, YOU KNOW, LANE WISE TO DO THE WORK THERE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE DOT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT GOOD PRESS RELEASES AND INFORMATION OUT THERE TO INFORM EVERYBODY AHEAD OF TIME.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER.

PUBLIC HEARING HELD. NOW TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLAN SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE BOWLING STREET TRAIL PROJECT.

ITEM NUMBER TEN.

[10. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Bowling Street Trail project (estimated cost is $3,760,000) (Ken DeKeyser). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #325072-02]

ESTIMATED COST OF $3,760,000.

CAN. I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. SO, THE PROJECT WILL RECONSTRUCT THE EXISTING BOWLING STREET TRAIL BETWEEN 33RD AVENUE AND C STREET SOUTHWEST, AND ALSO ADD SOME NEW SIDEWALK IN THAT CORRIDOR. SO, IT'S ABOUT 1.4 MILES WORTH OF WORK, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCT A ROUNDABOUT AT BOWLING STREET AND WILSON AVENUE.

THIS PROJECT HAD BID THROUGH THE IOWA DOT ON FEBRUARY 20TH.

THERE'S A $3.76 MILLION COST OPINION.

I WILL BE BACK LATER TODAY FOR THE BID REPORT ON THAT.

THIS INCLUDES ALMOST $1.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS.

SO WE'VE GOT THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM, WHICH LARGELY WOULD PAY FOR THE TRAIL WORK, AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH LARGELY COVERS THE ROUNDABOUT, AND THEN THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY COVER A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH OF THOSE BOTH THE TRAIL AND SOME OF THE ROUNDABOUT WORK.

HERE'S THE LOCATION OF THIS.

AND THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE SEEN A PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION NOT LONG AGO.

THE BOWLING STREET TRAIL WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1978 AND IS ONE OF THE FIRST SEPARATED TRAILS IN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

AND IT'S A IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONNECTOR BETWEEN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND JONES PARK.

AND SO, THIS PROJECT WILL RECONSTRUCT THE TRAIL THAT'S A SITTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF BOWLING STREET.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET JUST NORTH OF 21ST AVENUE, WE WILL CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

AND THEN HERE AT WILSON AND BOWLING STREET THERE'S THE HY-VEE AND THEN THE DAIRY QUEEN OVER HERE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A ROUNDABOUT.

HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE ROUNDABOUT.

AND AS FAR AS THE ROUNDABOUTS GO, WE DID DO A GOOD TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ANALYSIS.

AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR HAVING A ROUNDABOUT HERE IS TO ALLEVIATE A CRASH HISTORY AS WELL AS SOME, SOME NOTABLE DELAYS THAT OCCUR AT THE EXISTING FOUR-WAY STOP.

IT'S ALSO VERY ADVANTAGEOUS WHEN YOU HAVE A TRAIL TO USE A ROUNDABOUT RATHER THAN A TRADITIONAL INTERSECTION BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT POINTS, AS WE'VE MAY HAVE POINTED OUT IN SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT THE ADVANTAGE OF A ROUNDABOUT IS IT GIVES DRIVERS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS FEWER THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOOK ALL WAYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S FEWER CONFLICTS, FEWER DECISIONS TO BE MADE.

AND SO IT'S A SAFER ACCESS FOR, FOR CYCLISTS ON THE TRAIL.

AND WITH THAT, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

KEN. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

FOR THE RECORD.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY? THANKS, MAYOR. I ACTUALLY SHARE THIS TRAIL WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE.

COUNCIL MEMBER TODD.

BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP ALONGSIDE THIS ROAD, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN QUITE BUSY.

AND SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE PUT IN FOR SAFE BIKEWAYS, REDUCING THE LANE, HOPEFULLY REDUCING THE SPEED A LITTLE BIT.

EVEN IT CAN GO BACK TO THE, THE RIGHT THERE.

YEAH. SO, THERE ARE SOME REALLY INTENTIONAL THINGS HERE THAT ARE STARTING TO BE IMPROVED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

AT ONE POINT IN TIME, PRETTY MUCH EVERY MEDIAN WAS JUST A CONCRETE SLAB, AND THEY LOOKED TERRIBLE, AND THEY AGED TERRIBLY.

SO EVEN THE BRICKWORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE QUITE COMMON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.

BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS WILL BE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AS WE'VE BEEN UPDATING PARTS OF TOWN AS WELL, THAT WE'VE ALSO PUT IN SOME OF THOSE

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POLLINATORS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE IN IOWA WEATHER.

SO, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORS WILL BE TOO.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO UTILIZE THE GREAT RESOURCE THAT IS JONES PARK.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMUTING ALONG THERE GOING TO HY-VEE, OR MAYBE SOMEDAY WE'LL GET A DAIRY QUEEN AGAIN, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT THOSE KIND OF THINGS AROUND THERE.

AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE THAT THERE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE CERTAINLY PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING ALONG THIS AS THEY EVEN GO TO MOUNT TRASHMORE.

SO APPRECIATE THIS PROJECT.

LET THE RECORD SHOW WE HAVE NO MORE COUNCIL COMMENTS FOR APPROVAL OR FOR COMMENTS.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY TODD.

ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE CRESTWOOD DRIVE NORTHWEST ROADWAY AND PEDESTRIAN

[11. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Crestwood Drive NW Roadway and Pedestrian Improvements project (estimated cost is $1,710,000) (Ken DeKeyser). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #301946-03]

IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

THIS ESTIMATED COST IS $1,710,000.

I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU ONCE AGAIN.

THANK YOU. SO THIS PROJECT INCLUDES A SIDEWALK AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN EDGEWOOD ROAD AND WYLIE BOULEVARD.

AS YOU STATED WE'RE BIDDING THIS ON ACTUALLY TOMORROW $1.7 MILLION COST OPINION.

WE DID CONDUCT PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING LAST YEAR ON IT.

AND THIS WILL INCLUDE SOME STAGE ROAD CLOSURES.

THIS IS THE LOCATION YOU CAN SEE CRESTWOOD DRIVE.

TO THE EAST IS EDGEWOOD AND TO THE WEST IS WYLIE BOULEVARD.

AND HERE'S A BIGGER OVERVIEW OF THAT BETWEEN WYLIE BOULEVARD AND 38TH STREET NORTHWEST.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ASPHALT ROAD.

IT'S GOING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ASPHALT STREET THAT'S THERE.

NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A RURAL SECTION JUST SIMILAR TO WHAT'S THERE NOW AS WE GO TO THE EAST FROM 38TH OVER TO EDGEWOOD ROAD, THAT IS GOING TO BE CHANGED FROM ASPHALT SEAL COAT AS IT IS NOW TO A CONCRETE STREET.

THE NORTH EDGE OF THE ROAD WILL HAVE A CURB SO THAT CAN FACILITATE A SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, A SIDEWALK EXTENSION, BASICALLY BETWEEN 38TH AND EDGEWOOD. AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT STREET WILL BE A RURAL SECTION AS IT IS TODAY, WITHOUT THE CURB.

FOR SOME OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AROUND 2017 OR SO THE, THE SIDEWALK WAS PART IN BECAUSE OF THE COMMON BOND DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCURRED AT CRESTWOOD AND EDGEWOOD.

AND AT THAT TIME SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS WERE ALSO ASKING FOR A SIDEWALK EXTENSION TO GO FURTHER WEST.

AND IN THE COMMON BOND DEVELOPMENT HAS ACTUALLY PROVIDED A LETTER OF CREDIT TO HELP FUND SOME OF THAT.

THESE ARE THE TYPICAL SECTIONS.

SO, THE BETWEEN 38TH STREET AND WYLIE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE TYPICAL RURAL ASPHALT SECTION MUCH LIKE IT IS TODAY EXCEPT A BRAND NEW.

AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE EAST THERE'S A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE CURB SECTION, AND THEN THE CONCRETE STREET GOING TO THE AGAIN, THE SHOULDER RURAL SECTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET.

AND WITH THAT, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. THANKS, KEN.

THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

FOR THE RECORD COUNCIL COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

YEAH, THANKS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT THAT COMING UP HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE PAIRED WITH ITEM NUMBER 13.

MAYBE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE SINCE IT'S ON THE SAME STREET, AS I UNDERSTAND WITH FIRE STATION THREE.

THOSE ARE RENOVATIONS.

ADA RENOVATIONS, I BELIEVE FOR THE BUILDING FACILITY ITSELF.

IT'S IT'S NOT. HERE.

LET ME GO BACK TO THE SCOPE OF THAT.

WE ARE DOING A THE DRIVEWAY AND SIDEWALK THROUGH THE DRIVEWAY, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY HAVING, LIKE, A COORDINATION ISSUE WITH ANY RENOVATION WORK ON THE STATION ITSELF.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY MAIER.

ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLAN.

[12. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the 16th Avenue SE from 2nd Street to 4th Street and 3rd Street SE from 16th Avenue to Sinclair Basin Pavement and Water Main Improvements project (estimated cost is $1,760,000) (Doug Wilson). CIP/DID #301964-02]

SPECIFICATIONS. FORM OF CONTRACT.

ESTIMATED COST FOR THE 16TH AVENUE SOUTH SOUTHEAST FROM SECOND STREET TO FOURTH STREET AND THIRD STREET.

SOUTHEAST FROM 16TH AVENUE TO SINCLAIR BASIN.

PAVEMENT AND WATER.

MAIN IMPROVEMENTS. PROJECT.

THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $1,760,000.

YES, THIS IS A PROJECT IN THE NEWBO NEIGHBORHOOD THAT INVOLVES MANY THINGS.

WE HAVE THE SIDEWALK, PAVEMENT, STORM SEWER, WATER MAIN.

ALSO, I SHOULD MENTION SOME LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

THIS BIDS TOMORROW.

WE'VE GOT THE $1.76 MILLION COST OPINION.

WE PROVIDED A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS DURING DESIGN.

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THEY WERE HELD AND NEWBO AND CZECH VILLAGE ASSOCIATION WAS AMONG THE ATTENDEES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

AND WE ARE GOING TO REVISIT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.

THIS PROJECT WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE COMING IN A SEPARATE PACKAGE FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BRICKWORK AND MORE OF THE DECORATIVE THINGS.

BUT WE'RE NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LAYING THE FOUNDATION, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTING, THE CONDUITS, THE GETTING ALL THE GROUNDWORK IN AND THEN DOING THE DECORATIVE THINGS NEXT YEAR. SO THIS IS THE LOCATION IS GOING TO BE TWO BLOCKS OF 16TH AVENUE AS WELL AS THIRD STREET SOUTHEAST.

AND THEN HERE'S A LARGER VIEW OF THINGS TO INCLUDE A FULL PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION.

THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS DRIVEWAYS SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS ADDITIONS WHERE IT'S NOT PREVIOUSLY.

AND WHILE WE'RE IN THERE, WE'LL BE TAKING CARE OF WATER MAIN.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK SOON AND HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT ANYTHING THERE.

THERE WILL BE AND THEN SOME TRAIL CONNECTIONS OVER FROM THE 16TH AVENUE BRIDGE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTION AND A LONG NEEDED IMPROVEMENT HERE.

JUST FOR REFERENCE YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THE NEWBO LOFTS.

THIS WAS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED SINCLAIR BASIN OFF ON THE END OF THE THIRD STREET SOUTHEAST CUL DE SAC, IDEAL THEATER.

AND THEN THERE'S A NUMBER OF BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT ALSO ARE LOCATED HERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL FOR THIS PROJECT IS, IS THE ROAD CLOSURES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE STAGING THIS IN BY THE BLOCK.

SO EACH BLOCK WILL BE CLOSED OFF AND AND STAGED ACCORDINGLY.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, OF ONE OF THOSE BLOCKS HERE.

AND, AND A LOT OF THE SIGNAGE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED JUST TO POINT OUT PARTICULARLY WE WILL BE ADDING BUSINESS SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION DETOUR SIGNAGE ON THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I CAME TO THE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR, IT WAS KIND OF A NEW THING.

IT WAS BUT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS A NORM, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET INTO CONSTRUCTION, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TRY TO GET THAT ALL DONE AFTER THE FACT BY OUR CONSTRUCTION STAFF.

SO WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR BUSINESSES ARE BEING ACCOMMODATED AND CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE AT LEAST THINKING ABOUT THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING GETTING THE CUSTOMERS BACK TO THEM AS BEST AS WE CAN DURING CONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT WITH THAT, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT RESOLUTION.

KEN, THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER.

POPE. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

KEN, CAN YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO THE MAP FOR ME? THE CONSTRUCTION MAP.

THERE YOU GO. SO YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE ARE SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN THERE.

WILL THE ENTIRE STREET BE SHUT DOWN? ARE WE GOING TO ALTERNATE SIDES? IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN STAGES.

SO THE ENTIRE STREET WON'T BE SHUT DOWN LIKE THIS.

THIS AREA HERE THAT WE SHOW IN THE DARKER HATCHING, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE THAT WOULD BE CLOSED, WHEREAS THESE OTHER TWO STREETS WOULD BE OPEN AT THAT TIME.

SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CLOSE DOWN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE THREE SECTIONS HERE, THREE LEGS OF IT.

WE WOULD ONLY CLOSE DOWN ONE AT A TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AFFECTED THERE STILL HAVE ACCESS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST PARKING ON THE ADJACENT STREETS, PARKING ON THE ALLEYS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.

IT'S A IT'S PRETTY COMMON WHEN WE GET IN THESE CONGESTED AREAS TO TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO BLOCKS.

YEAH, I GUESS I'M, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE BUSINESSES SITTING ALONG 16TH AVENUE THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE.

SO IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE 16TH AVENUE BRIDGE, LIKE THE IDEAL AND KICKSTAND AND HBOMAX ARE ALL IN THAT AREA.

SO HOW LONG WOULD THAT STREET? BECAUSE THAT WILL DEFINITELY IMPACT THEIR BUSINESSES.

HOW LONG WILL THAT STREET BE? BE CLOSED.

WELL, IT WOULD BE CLOSED INTERMITTENTLY AND EACH.

SO WE WE PLAN ON GETTING THIS DONE IN THE 2024 SEASON.

SO WE'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU FROM APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER TO GET THAT DONE.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE STREET IS GOING TO BE CLOSED DOWN DURING THAT WHOLE TIME.

IT WOULD BE CLOSED DOWN WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE PAVING OF THE STREETS.

NOW, WHEN WE'RE DOING UTILITY WORK, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO BREAK IT UP INTO SECTIONS OR BREAK IT UP INTO HALVES.

BUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, IT'S KIND OF A, IT'S A BITTER PILL TO TAKE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GOT TO GET THAT WATER MAIN IN, SO THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AGAIN.

WHEN YOU GET THAT STORM SEWER IN IT'LL BE TOUGH.

BUT ONCE IT'S DONE, THE REWARD IS GOING TO BE WORTH IT.

IT'S GOING TO LOOK NICER.

IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION NICER.

IT'S GOING TO FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU'RE PARKING.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST DURING THAT TIME, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTRUCTION STAFF ARE PRETTY MUCH IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THOSE OWNERS.

IF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE DID LAST YEAR WHERE BUSINESSES WERE WERE IMPACTED, WE LITERALLY GO OUT TO TALK TO THEM EVERY DAY, AND WE EVEN WORK

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WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO ADJUST THE SIGNAGE.

IF IT GETS TO BE A REAL A REAL ISSUE ON THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT'S APPRECIATED.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

IT A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THAT SECTION ARE KIND OF UP AND COMING BUSINESSES.

I'M THINKING OF THE IDEAL IN PARTICULAR, AND ANY KIND OF EXTENDED SHUTDOWN WHERE THERE'S LIMITED ACCESS, WALKING IN THE FRONT DOOR OF OF THAT BUSINESS IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THEM.

SO THE MORE COMMUNICATION THE BETTER.

AND YOU KNOW, I AGREE IT'S GOT TO BE DONE.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

AND YES, IT'LL BE WONDERFUL WHEN IT'S DONE, BUT THAT'S A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

SO ANY KIND OF ANY KIND OF BALANCING THAT YOU COULD DO SO THAT THERE'S ACCESS TO THESE BUSINESSES, A LOT OF BIKE CYCLISTS GO THROUGH THIS AREA AS WELL.

AND SO YOU'LL HAVE DETOURS.

I DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE THOSE.

YOU HAVE DETOUR SIGNS THERE? YES. THERE WILL BE SOME ADVANCED SIGNAGE.

I JUST JUST BROUGHT A SNIP OF JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'VE GOT DETOURS, SIGNAGE THAT SPECIFICALLY MARKS OUT DIFFERENT BUSINESSES ON HERE.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS THAT WE HAVE.

RIGHT. WELL, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT MIGHT IMPACT THIS AREA AS WELL, AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN IT WILL START, IS THE HIGH PROJECT THAT SITS AT THE CORNER OF, OF FIRST AND 16TH AVENUE RIGHT THERE AS YOU ENTER THE BRIDGE.

SO IF THEY'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION ON THAT SITE, TOO, THERE'S IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY, PRETTY HEAVY LIFT FOR SOME OF THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU COMMUNICATING WITH THEM EFFECTIVELY AND CONSISTENTLY.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THEM BEING ABLE TO HANG ON DURING THAT TIME.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER POE, BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY WE'VE REALLY DONE A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN IMPROVING OUR COMMUNICATION OF THIS BECAUSE I AS SINCE MY TIME ON COUNCIL, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT BUSINESSES HAVE ASKED ABOUT AND HAVE KIND OF DONE IT THEMSELVES.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE BIGGEST ISSUE EVERY TIME WE ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT PIECE OF THE PIE DO YOU WANT? GOING TO DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THE CITY? NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, IT'S ALWAYS INVESTING IN STREETS, IMPROVING MORE STREETS.

I WANT MORE DOLLARS TO GO TO STREETS.

SO WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

AS EMPHASIZED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE, IT IS A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW, BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE SIGNAGE AND KNOWING THAT, I MEAN, FIRST OFF, YOU'RE QUITE LUCKY IF YOU EVER GET TO PARK IN THAT STRETCH.

THAT'S GREAT OUT THERE.

SO LUCKILY ON SECOND STREET SOUTHEAST, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE MOST PEOPLE PARK ANYWAY.

SO IF YOU CAN DO THAT AND BE MINDFUL OF LIKE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE PARKING AS THEY FREQUENT THESE BUSINESSES, THAT WILL HELP TO CONTINUE THEM.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE ONLY COME ONLINE IN THE RECENT YEARS JOINING KICKSTAND.

SO JUST ALTERNATING THAT, BEING MINDFUL, MAKING SURE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE WELL MAINTAINED SIDEWALKS EVEN WITH THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE REALLY CRITICAL IN THIS, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SIGNAGE. I KNOW THAT THE BUSINESSES WILL TOO, RIGHT? MAYOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

TODD. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE WON'T HAVE 12TH AVENUE SHUTDOWN THIS SUMMER.

AND SO THIS IS THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE ORIGINAL 16TH AVENUE STREETSCAPE FROM CZECH VILLAGE TO THE FRONT OF SAINT WENCESLAUS.

THIS IS THE PHASE TWO OF THAT.

AND I HAVE TO THANK STAFF AND JEFF FOR INCLUDING THAT IN THE BUDGET, BECAUSE IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE GOT THE EXTENSION INTO THE SINCLAIR AREA ON THIRD STREET, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP OPEN UP THAT ENTIRE AREA.

SO I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE STAFF FOR THAT.

THAT THAT PIECE OF THE PROJECT.

IT ALSO IS GOING TO MAKE DELIVERIES AND ACCESS A LOT EASIER FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THERE FOR WHEN THE STREET IS SHUT DOWN.

AND SO KEN, GOOD.

GOOD WORK.

IT WILL BE A BUSY SUMMER NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO DOWN THERE WITH MOUNT VERNON ROAD AND WITH THIS WORK DOWN HERE.

THANK YOU. IT'S JUST REALLY EMPHASIZES TO YOU THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

AS MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY MENTIONED, WE ALL WANT GOOD STREETS, RIGHT? GOTTA HAVE GOTTA HAVE SAFE WATER MAINS.

GOT TO HAVE UPDATED SERVICES.

SO IF WE WANT THAT AS A CITY AND WE VALUE THAT AS A CITY, WE HAVE TO ALSO VALUE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORD, SACRIFICING FOR THE REST OF US. AND IF IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO WALK A FEW EXTRA FEET, I'M PRETTY SURE WE DO THAT WHEN WE GO TO VISIT BIG CITIES.

WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO WALK A LITTLE BIT.

SO THIS IS JUST THE MAYOR'S PUSH FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO WHICH WE HAVE TO HAVE PROJECTS LIKE THIS AS CITIZENS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL.

AND JUST REMEMBER THESE BUSINESSES ALONG HERE.

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IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A PUBLIC HEARING HELD TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLAN SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT, AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE CENTRAL FIRE AND FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE

AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

[13. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Central Fire and Fire Station #3 ADA Renovations project (estimated cost is $565,500) (Jeff Koffron). CIP/DID #PUR1223-156]

ADA RENOVATIONS PROJECT.

THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $565,000.

JEFF KAUFMAN IS HERE. JEFF, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M JEFF COFFIN WITH FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CENTRAL FIRE AND FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE, ADA RENOVATIONS.

THIS PROJECT WILL BRING INTO ADA COMPLIANCE.

CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS CENTRAL FIRE STATION AND ALSO FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE.

BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT WERE ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 14TH.

PRE-BID MEETING WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 20TH.

AND BID QUESTION DEADLINE WAS FEBRUARY 21ST.

WE DID RELEASE AN ADDENDUM ANSWERING ALL QUESTIONS RAISED ON FEBRUARY 23RD.

BIDS ARE DUE TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 28TH AT 11:00 AM, AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS PROJECT IS $565,500.

AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST AS IN THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

COUNCIL COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER TODD JUST I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

REFERENCED FIRE STATION THREE.

AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT CENTRAL FIRE.

SO CENTRAL FIRE OUT OF COMPLIANCE OR IS IT FIRE STATION THREE? BOTH OF THEM. THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT WHERE IT'LL IT'LL INCLUDE BOTH CENTRAL FIRE STATION AND FIRE STATION THREE.

SO MY POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THOUGH IS FOR AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE BUT LONG TERM.

THE QUESTION OF PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO OLDER FACILITIES.

I THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE SOME OF THESE OLDER FIRE STATIONS.

SO. ABSOLUTELY.

AND CURRENTLY WE'RE ONLY DOING WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED FIRE STATION NUMBER SEVEN, AND WE'RE DOING CENTRAL AND FIRE STATION THREE IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ACTUALLY WILL HAVE PUBLIC TOURS AT THOSE STATIONS.

SO THE OLDER OUTLYING STATIONS, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A PLAN ON MAKING THOSE FULLY ACCESSIBLE UNTIL THE STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND THEY'RE SURE THAT THOSE STATIONS ARE GOING TO STAY IN PLACE. THANK YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH, JEFF.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION.

MOVE BY COUNCILMEMBER MAIER, SECONDED BY OLSON.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

THIS FIRST ONE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY SUBJECT PERTAINING TO COUNCIL ACTIONS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.

AND I ONLY HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO SIGNED UP, AND I BELIEVE HE ALREADY SPOKE MR. SUMMERWILL ON UTVS.

SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

WE WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE OUT OUR VERY FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

CITY MANAGER POMERANTZ, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?

[MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA]

WE HAVE ONE CHANGE, YOUR HONOR.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS REQUESTED TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 29 M FROM THE AGENDA.

ITEM 25 IS THE GRANTING A TEMPORARY STAGING EASEMENT ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

29 M 29 M AS IN MARY.

TEMPORARY STAGING EASEMENT OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES ON ANY AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY, THAT BRINGS US TO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

THE AS AMENDED, THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY OBERLIN, SECONDED BY MAIER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY OLSON, SECONDED BY TODD.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND ITEM NUMBER 30, A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE BOWLING STREET TRAIL PROJECT, WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF

[30. Report on bids for the Bowling Street Trail project (estimated cost is $3,760,000) (Ken DeKeyser). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #325072-02]

$3,760,000. KEN DEKEYSER IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT IT BID ON FEBRUARY 20TH.

HERE IS A RUNDOWN OF THE BIDS.

THEY RANGED FROM A LOW BID OF $3,130,076.90, UP TO A HIGH BID OF $4,377,096.97. THE BID AVERAGE OVER THIS WAS 3.7 MILLION, WHICH IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE COST OPINION OF 3.76 MILLION.

SO IT'S A GOOD GROUP OF BIDS AND A GOOD COST OPINION.

[01:25:05]

AND WITH THAT, THERE IS NO ACTION ON YOUR PART AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANKS SO MUCH. THAT BRINGS US NOW TO THE ORDINANCES.

[31. Ordinance repealing and replacing Ordinance No. 054-22 relating to the collection of tax increment within the amended Consolidated I-380 Corridor Urban Renewal Area. CIP/DID #TIF0070-2022]

ITEM NUMBER 31 IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NUMBER 054-22 RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF TAX INCREMENT WITHIN THE AMENDED CONSOLIDATED I-380 CORRIDOR URBAN RENEWAL AREA.

THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY PO, SECONDED BY VANORNY.

COUNCIL MEMBER. POE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

MAYOR. I MOVE THE RULE REQUIRING THREE READINGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS, BE SUSPENDED IN THE ORDINANCE, BE ADOPTED ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING.

THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY PO, SECONDED BY TODD.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.