Apr 23, 2024 City Council

ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THIS WAS THIS WAS GREAT.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE AND HEIDI AND YOUR YOUR ABSENCE.

WELL THE DIRECTOR ROLE WAS OPEN.

YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT WAS ZERO BASED BUDGETING, ESPECIALLY ON THE DISCRETIONARY EXPENSES, I THINK ZERO BASED BUDGETING WAS, I WOULD SAY TEN YEARS AGO WAS AN INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE.

NOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY THE INDUSTRY PRACTICE AND WHERE THAT COMES ON THE DISCRETIONARY EXPENSES IS YOU KNOW, THERE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE ARE SOME, SOME BUDGETS WHERE THE BUDGET FOR 24 AND 25 IS EXACTLY THE SAME AND I THINK WHEN IT'S ZERO, IF YOU HAVE A ZERO BASED BUDGET, YOU HAVE TO FLUSH OUT AND REALLY KIND OF JUSTIFY ALL THOSE EXPENSES AND I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE OBVIOUSLY WITH THOSE DISCRETIONARY EXPENSES.

BUT I DO THINK THAT'S A BEST, PRACTICE THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND THE SECOND THING WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME AND PERHAPS COUNCIL, IF THERE'S A PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO BE GIVEN AT COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT IN ADVANCE.

YOU KNOW I KNOW THERE ARE SOME DOCUMENTS THAT ARE SHARED WITH US AT A MEETING THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS.

SO I'M NOT NECESSARILY NEEDING TO SEE ALL THAT, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A FORMAT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE SEEN BEFORE AND SO BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M A NUMBERS GUY HAVING THIS IN ADVANCE WOULD HELP ME BETTER OR EASILY UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE DATA IS PRESENTED AT COUNCIL.

SO THANK YOU BUT GREAT JOB TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

SURE. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER POE. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, ABHI.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? HOW MUCH IS REMAINING IN PROJECT WORKSHEETS FROM THE DERECHO? WE WILL HAVE TO RUN THE THE NEW NUMBERS.

WOULD YOU WOULD YOU GET THAT OUT TO COUNCIL? DEFINITELY. WE'LL HAVE IT FOR THIS WEEK'S COUNCIL COMMUNICATION.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE RESERVES, PLEASE? WHICH? YOU SHOWED A SLIDE.

I THINK IT'S TOWARD THE END.

YEAH. THERE IT IS, RESERVE CAPACITY.

OH, THE RESERVE CAPACITY.

YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU.

SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY POINT, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT IN A DISASTER PRONE CITY LIKE CEDAR RAPIDS HAS HAPPENED TO BE THIS RESERVE CAPACITY, I THINK, IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT DOES ALLOW US TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF A DISASTER AND A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT, OF COURSE, WAS THE DERECHO.

WE WERE ABLE TO CALL IN THE BACK BLACK TRUCKS THAT EVERYBODY SAW ROAMING AROUND THE CITY TO PICK UP THE DEBRIS, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT, SIT AND WAIT FOR A FEMA APPROVAL TO START GETTING SOME OF THAT WORK DONE BECAUSE WE HAD A RESERVE CAPACITY.

AND SO NOW WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME OF THOSE FEMA DOLLARS TO COME IN WHERE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE WOULD WE'D STILL BE WAITING FOR FEMA DOLLARS TO COME IN.

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SO THIS IS ALWAYS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT THAT I LIKE TO MAKE EVERY TIME WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO BE NIMBLE AND FLEXIBLE IN THE FACE OF DISASTER. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH EVERYONE.

SURE. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST BUDGET.

THANK YOU. SURVIVE.

IT'S A TEAMWORK AND DEFINITELY YOU KNOW, THE THE LION'S SHARE IS ON THE HEIDI STIFFLER.

YOU NEED IT, WALLACE FOR MUSCLE.

I CAN SEE, BUT A COUPLE POINTS.

A. I THINK THERE'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE AIRPORT'S HIRING MORE PEOPLE.

I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE EITHER STUCK THERE BECAUSE OF LIMITED SERVICE.

I HOPE THAT THIS WILL HELP RESOLVE SOME OF THAT TO A DEGREE.

YOUR DEBT SERVICE LIMIT? IS A HUGE DEAL AND FOR A CITY TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL.

ON TOP OF ALL THE FLOOD CONTROL WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A PROPS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM ON THAT.

IN TERMS OF ZERO BASED BUDGETING.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A BUDGET IN MY LIFE HERE WITH THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER WHEN HE HAS SAID, GO IN AND INCREASE YOUR BUDGET BY ANY STRETCH. SO WHILE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WRITTEN IN THE BUDGET BOOK.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY BODIES OR ANY COST ADDED UNLESS THERE IS SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EVERYBODY THAT EVERYBODY COMPREHENDS AND THEN THE THIRD THING AND THE TAG ON MY COUNCILMEMBERS COMMENTS, THE IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENT IN THE UTILITIES, WHICH ARE HUGE AND SIGNIFICANT.

DURING THE LAST GREAT SHOW, WE WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE THAT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO THE WELL FIELDS, SO THAT BATTERIES, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY.

WE HAD BACKUP POWER AND WE HARDENED THOSE, THAT EQUIPMENT.

SO LUCKILY, WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE POWER FOR TWO WEEKS, WE HAD WATER.

WE LEARN THOSE LESSONS FROM THE FLOOD AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE THEN AND SO WHILE I MEAN WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING HERE, GUYS, IT'S A MODEL FOR WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES WOULD LIKE TO DO AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING IT DONE AND SO CONGRATS ON YOUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'D JUST LIKE TO ECHO MY APPRECIATION FIRST AND FOREMOST TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS LEADERSHIP AND TO STAFF WHO DO ZERO BASED BUDGET.

I KNOW THEY'RE ALL GIVEN THAT MARCHING ORDER.

IT IS A CONSERVATIVE BUDGET.

I COULDN'T BE MORE PLEASED TO SEE THAT TAXPAYERS DO GET RELIEF IN THIS BUDGET AND THAT, AGAIN, IS A THANK YOU TO THE WORK BEING DONE IN DES MOINES.

AND OUR CITIZENS HERE WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT.

AS SOMEBODY WHO DESCRIBES CITIES AS A LIVING, BREATHING ENTITY THAT GOES ON FOREVER WE'RE AT A REALLY GREAT TIME LIVING IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

I THINK IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR TO SEE TREMENDOUS GROWTH AND MOMENTUM, AND MUCH OF THAT IS A TRIBUTE TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GIVEN HERE IN THIS BUDGET.

I MEAN, THERE IS TREMENDOUS FREEDOM THAT COMES WITH GREAT BOND RATINGS AND STRONG, HEALTHY BUDGETS.

THERE'S TREMENDOUS FREEDOM AND LIBERATION IN THAT.

SO HATS OFF TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ABHI, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, DAVE, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL IN BRINGING THIS TO US TODAY.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THAT MOTION WILL CARRY.

WE NOW NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, I BELIEVE.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD. ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WATER SERVICE BY REPEALING EXISTING RATES AND ESTABLISHING NEW RATES FOR FISCAL 25.

THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

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

A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER VANORNY.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE INNOVATIONS THAT WE BROUGHT TO CEDAR RAPIDS IN 2018 WAS PUTTING OUR MEETINGS ON FACEBOOK LIVE, LIKE SOME

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PEOPLE MIGHT BE ENJOYING TODAY.

ONE OF OUR FIRST MEETINGS TO HIT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WAS OUR BUDGET HEARING.

SO NOT ONLY DO WE INTENTIONALLY OFFER THAT TRANSPARENCY THERE, BUT WE HAVE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES TO THIS BUDGET.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD ABOUT TWO MONTHS OF HAVING THIS AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS HAVING IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS, WITH OUR VIDEO, AND WITH THE CITY BUDGET AVAILABLE FOR TWO MONTHS FOR PEOPLE TO CONSUME AND CERTAINLY IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO TALK THIS THROUGH WITH PEOPLE, BUT REALLY JUST APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE HAD THIS AVAILABLE FOR TWO MONTHS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING CHAPTER 13 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE WASTEWATER FACILITIES BY REPEALING EXISTING RATES AND ESTABLISHING NEW RATES FOR FISCAL 25. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 3.

NOW FOR ITEM THREE.

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? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF ITS ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER HOEGER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TYLER OLSON.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES NOW FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING BY REPEALING EXISTING RATES AND ESTABLISHING NEW RATES FOR FISCAL 25. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

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

FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES AND FINALLY, A PUBLIC HEARING NOW TO CONSIDER AMENDING CHAPTER 72 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, BY REPEALING EXISTING RATES AND ESTABLISHING NEW RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

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

FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER MAIER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING CHAPTER 32 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ZONING TO UPDATE, USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS, DEVELOPMENT

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

[6. A public hearing will be held to consider amending Chapter 32 of the Municipal Code, Zoning, to update use-specific standards, development standards, review and approval procedures, and definitions (Haley Sevening and Betsy Borchardt). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #CD-0048-2018]

STANDARDS, REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES AND DEFINITIONS HALEY SEVENING AND BETSY BORCHARDT ARE HERE.

I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU, HALEY SEVENING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY BETSY BORCHARDT WHO IS ALSO WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY WE BRING THESE FORWARD.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, PROACTIVE RESPONSE TO ISSUES AND TRENDS.

ANOTHER ONE IS CONSISTENCY WITH ADOPTED CITY POLICIES AND PLANS AS WELL AS STATE CODE CHANGES AND THEN ANNUALLY WE GENERALLY DO A CLEAN UP PROCESS.

LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAKE THE CODE EASIER TO READ AND UNDERSTAND, IMPROVE CODE ADMINISTRATION, AND CORRECT ANY UNINTENDED ERRORS OR CONFUSION.

SO THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES, WE WILL BE PRESENTING A COUPLE DIFFERENT UPDATES TO THE CODE AND THE UPDATES THAT WERE PRESENTING TODAY ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE FIRST TWO BULLET POINTS OF THE PROACTIVE RESPONSE AND CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER POLICIES, PLANS OR STATE CODE.

SO HERE ARE THE FIVE TOPICS THAT WE WILL BE COVERING TODAY AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BETSY TO SHARE THE UPDATES OR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON HOME OCCUPATIONS.

DO YOU WANT TO STOP AFTER? THANK YOU. SO THE STATE RECENTLY ADOPTED NEW LANGUAGE ON HOME OCCUPATIONS AND IN ORDER FOR US TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, WE'RE UPDATING THE CODE.

THE STATE SPECIFIES THAT IF A HOME OCCUPATION DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN THE CITY IS NOT ALLOWED TO REQUIRE THEM TO GET ANY TYPE OF PERMIT OR APPROVAL. SO AND THEN THE STATE LANGUAGE ALSO SAYS THAT IN ORDER FOR A HOME OCCUPATION TO BE NO IMPACT, IT NEEDS TO BE LIMITED TO LAWFUL SALE OF GOODS AND SERVICES, DOESN'T GENERATE ON STREET PARKING OR A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.

ACTIVITIES OCCUR INSIDE THE DWELLING OR THE YARD OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEY ARE NOT TO BE VISIBLE FROM AN ADJACENT ADJACENT PROPERTY OR STREET AND CURRENTLY, OUR CODE SAYS THAT ALL HOME OCCUPATIONS HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE AN IMPACT OR NOT.

SO HERE'S HOW WE CATEGORIZED EVERYTHING.

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SO CATEGORY A IS NO IMPACT.

SO OF COURSE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY APPROVAL.

CATEGORY B IS LOW IMPACT AND IT DOES REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WHICH IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT.

SO IT WOULD BE REVIEWED INTERNALLY BY STAFF.

CATEGORY C IS A MODERATE IMPACT.

AND THAT REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

SO THAT WOULD GO THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS AND THEN HIGH IMPACT.

IF YOU'RE CREATING A HIGH IMPACT THEN YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A COMMERCIAL OR AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.

THIS IS A TABLE THAT WE CREATED TO HOPEFULLY MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS REQUIRED PER EACH CATEGORY AND WITHIN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE CODE, WE HAVE A LIVE WORK PORTION THAT ADDRESSES ALSO REFERENCES.

WELL, HERE LET ME START OVER.

THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO ALLOW A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT WITHIN A BUSINESS.

SO SOMEBODY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ADD AN ADDITION ON TO THEIR BUSINESS SO THEY CAN LIVE AND WORK IN THE SAME LOCATION.

SO THIS SECTION ALSO REFERENCES RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND THAT'S UNNECESSARY SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE IN HOME OCCUPATIONS SECTION.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO REMOVE ANY REFERENCES TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS FROM THIS SECTION AND THEN IN ANOTHER PORTION OF THE CHAPTER 32, IT REFERENCES IN-HOME DAYCARES.

AGAIN, IT'S ALREADY A HOME OCCUPATION, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GROUP THEM IN WITH THE HOME OCCUPATION SECTION.

ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO MATCH THE TITLES.

DHS HAS DIFFERENT TITLES TO EACH OF THE TYPES OF IN-HOME DAYCARE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MATCH THEIR LANGUAGE.

AND ALSO WE'RE JUST BASICALLY TAKING A STEP BACK FROM ENFORCEMENT ON THE CITY SIDE AND ALLOWING DHS TO HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT WE DID WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES AND ENFORCEMENT TO COME UP WITH THESE CATEGORIES.

SO THE NEXT SECTION OF THE CODE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO AMEND IS RELATED TO ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO USES.

AND THE ISSUE OR KIND OF THE IMPETUS FOR THIS IS REALLY THAT OUR URBAN FORM DISTRICTS, OUR DOWNTOWN KIND OF CORE AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE STARTING TO BECOME INCREASINGLY RESIDENTIAL.

WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE MULTI-UNIT PROJECTS IN THESE AREAS AND SO IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES, WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD A LEVEL THREE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO USE AND A LEVEL THREE WOULD BE ANY SORT OF USE THAT HAS A GREATER THAN 50% OF SALES FROM ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO, SPECIFICALLY FOR OFF SITE CONSUMPTION.

SO EXAMPLES OF THOSE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOUR TYPICAL LIQUOR STORE, A TOBACCO STORE, VAPE SHOP, OR OTHER SIMILAR USES WITH, AGAIN, THE GREATER THAN 50% SALES FOR OFF SITE CONSUMPTION AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF ADDING THAT LEVEL THREE IS WE'RE LOOKING TO REQUIRE THAT LEVEL THREE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO USES ARE A CONDITIONAL USE IN OUR URBAN FORM DISTRICTS.

SO THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THIS RIGHT NOW DEPICTS WHAT OUR CURRENT STANDARDS REQUIRE.

SO WHERE YOU SEE THE ORANGE OR THAT YELLOW COLOR ANY LEVEL TWO OR AS PROPOSED, THE LEVEL THREE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO USE WOULD REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE.

LARGELY THAT IS BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICTS.

WE ALREADY HAVE A 300 FOOT BUFFER.

HOWEVER, ONCE YOU GET OUT OF THAT 300 FOOT BUFFER IN THE GREEN AREA THAT YOU SEE, THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED BY.

RIGHT. SO IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN GREEN WOULD ULTIMATELY BECOME ORANGE OR THAT CONDITIONAL USE.

THE NEXT TOPIC OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IS RELATING TO OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO OUR AIRPORTS BEING REQUIRED BY THE FAA OR THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TO PLAN FOR WILDLIFE HAZARD MITIGATION AND ULTIMATELY, LANDSCAPING, OF COURSE, CAN ATTRACT THOSE ANIMAL HABITATS THAT PRESENT LIFE AND SAFETY ISSUE IN THE PRESENCE OF AIRCRAFTS.

SO SPECIFIC TO OUR PUBLIC AIRPORT OR PAP ZONE DISTRICT, LOOKING TO PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW AND WITH THAT, IT WOULD GIVE DISCRETION TO THE CITY TO DETERMINE ALTERNATIVE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS WHERE OUR STANDARDS CANNOT BE MET SPECIFIC TO THIS WILDLIFE HAZARD MITIGATION AND THEN I DO WANT TO NOTE, IF THERE ARE ANY TREES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED, SUCH AS THROUGH OUR PARKING LOT, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, STREET TREES OR OTHER TREE PLANTINGS REQUIRED.

WE WILL STILL REQUIRE THAT THE CITY PLANT THOSE ON THE APPLICANT'S BEHALF THROUGH A FEE IN LIEU OR THE

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APPLICANT COULD PLANT THEM ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY ON THEIR OWN.

I'M CONTINUING ON THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES IS RELATED TO PERMANENT OFF PREMISE SIGNS, AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO SOME FEEDBACK AND THROUGH ZONING ADMINISTRATION, IDENTIFICATION OF AN ISSUE RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE OFF PREMISE SIGNS AND THE LIMITATIONS ON THE DISTANCE FROM THE ADVERTISED USE IN WHICH THEY CAN BE PLACED. SO RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A 500 FOOT LIMIT, OR A SIGN HAS TO BE WITHIN 500FT OF THE USE THAT IT'S ADVERTISING AND THEN THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ZONING ADVISORY GROUP AND CITY PLANNING COMMISSION THIS WAS KIND OF DETERMINED TO BE AN ISSUE SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE REFER TO AS LIKE A CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT OR MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE, AS THE EXAMPLE IN THE IMAGE SHOWS A MULTI-TENANT KIND OF SIGN.

SO IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CODE, WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD A NEW SIGN TYPE SPECIFIC TO THOSE OFF PREMISE USES.

WE ARE CALLING IT AN INTEGRATED CENTER SIGN AND THIS SPECIFICALLY REFERS TO AN OFF PREMISE SIGN IN AN AREA OF DEVELOPMENT UTILIZING COMMON SITE FACILITIES SUCH AS DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREETS, PARKING AREAS, MAINTENANCE, OR OTHER COMMON SERVICES.

SO AGAIN, REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE CAMPUS TYPE DEVELOPMENTS OR THOSE MASTER PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AND THEN IN THIS IMAGE, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THIS IS THE EDGEWOOD TOWN CENTER ALONG EDGEWOOD AND BLAIRS FERRY, WHERE YOU SEE THE STARS ARE A THEORETICALLY, PER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, WHERE THESE MULTI-TENANT SIGNS COULD BE PLACED ALONG THOSE COMMON KIND OF DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES AND THE BLUE LINE IS KIND OF DEPICTING THE CONFLICT OR THE POINT OF ISSUE WITH OUR CODE RIGHT NOW, WHERE THAT IS OVER 500FT AWAY, SO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE ON AN EXISTING SIGN.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE NEW INTEGRATED CENTER SIGN TYPE.

THE DISTANCE FROM WHICH THE USE WOULD BE PERMITTED TO BE ADVERTISED IS BASED ON THE ZONE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SIGN IS LOCATED IN.

SO FOR OUR URBAN FORM AND TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS ACTUALLY LOOKING NOT TO INCREASE THAT DISTANCE.

SO IT WOULD BE MAINTAINED AT 500FT.

WHEREAS IN OUR SUBURBAN MIXED USE AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS WHERE WE START TO SEE MORE OF THESE TYPES OF KIND OF CAMPUS OR MASTER PLAN TYPE DEVELOPMENTS LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT DISTANCE TO WITHIN 1000FT AND THEN WORTH NOTING IS THAT IN TERMS OF THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, THE NUMBER OF SIGNS, ILLUMINATION, AND SOME OF THESE OTHER SIGN REQUIREMENTS, THEY MATCH WHAT IS ALREADY PERMITTED FOR FREESTANDING SIGNS IN THESE ZONE DISTRICTS, SINCE MOST FREQUENTLY THESE WILL END UP BEING A FREESTANDING SIGN AND THEN LASTLY LOOKING TO PROVIDE SOME AMENDMENTS RELATED TO OUR URBAN STREET FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT BE CREATED BY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT CAN MAKE STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF THE CODE CHALLENGING. SPECIFICALLY, OR A FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE RELATED TO OUR REQUIRED BUILD LINE OR FOR EXAMPLE, FUNCTIONING ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND THE EXAMPLE THAT I LIKE TO USE FOR THIS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS THE FIRST AND FIRST WEST.

KIND OF AREA ALONG FIRST STREET NORTHWEST, WHERE THE CITY RECENTLY COMPLETED A FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECT THAT REALLY DID PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE ALIGNMENT AND GRADE OF FIRST STREET NORTHWEST.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE FROM 2021.

A PRETTY STRAIGHT PARCEL LINE.

PRETTY FLAT ROAD AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE 2024 IMAGE AND CAN SEE THAT PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GRADE CHANGE, AS WELL AS KIND OF THE CURVILINEAR ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD AND SO IN TERMS OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, LOOKING JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASED FLEXIBILITY THROUGH A MINOR DESIGN ADJUSTMENT FOR THESE SITUATIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIC TO OUR URBAN ZONE DISTRICTS AND REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR STAFF OR THE CITY CAN MAKE THE MINIMUM ADJUSTMENT NECESSARY TO STILL MEET THE INTENT OF THE CODE, BUT PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES OR ISSUES WITH THE STRICT ENFORCEMENT AND THEN I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE PARCELS OR SITUATIONS WITH THE UNIQUE CONFIGURATIONS DUE TO ADJACENT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. NOTHING THAT IS SELF-CREATED AS PART OF THE PROJECT, REALLY, THOSE PREEXISTING KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

IN TERMS OF TIMELINE FOR THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

A PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN WAS REVIEWED WITH THE ZONING ADVISORY GROUP IN MARCH AND THE CITY PLANNING

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COMMISSION IN APRIL, WHO DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING AND THEN WOULD COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A SECOND AND POSSIBLE THIRD READING AT THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY.

AND IT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 32 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE BE APPROVED AND WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU BOTH.

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.

COUNCILMEMBER OLSON.

YEAH, I THINK THE ONLY ONE YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF CHANGES AND I APPRECIATE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MORPH OUR PLANS BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING AND HOW BUILDINGS ARE DESIGNED AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IS THE PERMIT HOME OPERATED BUSINESSES, BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS I GET FROM PEOPLE THAT DO START A BUSINESS AND IT GROWS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHOLE YARD IS FULL OF EQUIPMENT AND AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S BECOMES WHAT MOST PEOPLE CALL A NUISANCE PROPERTY AND SO HOW DO WE I MEAN, WITH THIS ZONING AND NO PERMIT, THAT'S FINE.

I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T OPERATE A BUSINESS OUT OF HOME AND DON'T GET A PERMIT ANYWAY.

YOU KNOW, THEY JUST SORT OF START IT.

BUT HOW DO WE ENFORCE THIS? YOU KNOW, WHO ENFORCES THIS IS A VIOLATION IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THESE NEW STANDARDS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THESE STANDARDS THEY DON'T MEET NOW.

AND ARE WE THEN IS THAT A POLICE ENFORCEMENT? IS THAT A CITY ZONING ENFORCEMENT? WHAT IS IT? ZONING ENFORCEMENT.

CORRECT. YES AND ALSO ALL EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO PUT UP A FENCE OR SOMETHING TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S NOT VIEWABLE TO ADJACENT OR PROPERTIES.

SO THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT SOME SORT OF SCREENING IN FRONT OF IT IF IT'S VIEWABLE.

THEN HOW ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ALREADY HAVE A SITUATION? IS THIS FOR NEW PROPERTIES OR ANY PROPERTIES? SO IN TERMS OF A HOME OCCUPATION, IF YOU HAVE BEEN OPERATING A HOME OCCUPATION LEGALLY OR YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD SOUGHT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FROM THE CITY, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE PERMITTED TO OPERATE AS A BASICALLY ILLEGAL, MAYBE NON-CONFORMING OR CONFORMING, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY FALL ON THIS CHART.

HOWEVER, I WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT IF WE RECEIVE COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC, I MEAN, OUR BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ZONING DEPARTMENTS DO DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP ON THOSE AND IN TERMS OF HOME OCCUPATIONS, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WE RELY PRETTY HEAVILY ON SOME OF OUR OTHER EXISTING CODE REQUIREMENTS OR NUISANCE ORDINANCE SPECIFIC TO LIKE OUTDOOR STORAGE OR EVEN LIKE JUNK VEHICLE PARKING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

YEAH, AND I THINK, I MEAN, I SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES GETTING STARTED AND WE HAD A LOT THAT CAME OUT OF THE DURATIO PEOPLE STARTED BUSINESSES FOR REPAIRS AND THINGS, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

IT'S JUST THAT IT'S KIND OF HARD SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT THAT IT JUST DOESN'T FIT IN A RESIDENTIAL STREET OR SITE AND SO I JUST I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE THESE KIND OF RESTRICTIONS AND STILL ALLOW HOME BUSINESSES BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT THAT DO NOT CAUSE AN ISSUE, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION ONES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE BECOME AN ISSUE AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO USE THIS CODE TO HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE THAT CAN BE USED BY THE CITY TO ADDRESS WHEN THERE IS A COMPLAINT.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TODD.

THANK YOU MAYOR, TO PIGGYBACK ON YOUR IDEAS, I THINK WE DO NEED SOME TOOLS.

A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES THAT I'VE SEEN, THEY START OUT GOOD AND THEN YEAR TWO, THEN YEAR FOUR, AND THEN YEAR, IT ENDS UP BEING A NUISANCE.

THE SIMPLE PREMISE, IF, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE SIMPLY STUCK TO WHATEVER THEY DO IN THEIR HOUSE IS FINE AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T BOTHER THEIR NEIGHBORS.

THAT WAS A CASE WE WOULD NEED THESE ORDINANCE TWEAKS.

BUT I DO HAVE TO COMMEND YOU AND JENNIFER PRATT AND LEGAL FOR YOUR CHANGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE TOBACCO SMOKING PIECE.

LAST WEEK WE DID YOU.

DID A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE HEIGHTS AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS IS A AGGRESSIVE MARKETING STRATEGY DONE BY SOME OF THESE COMPANIES TO TARGET LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS

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AND WHEN YOU HAVE CONCENTRATIONS OF THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES IN AN AREA, IT REALLY MAKES IT TOUGH TO STABILIZE A NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO THIS HAS BEEN ON THE BUCKET LIST FOR A LONG TIME.

I DO HAVE TO COMMEND YOU TO USUALLY IT'S ALWAYS AFTER THE FACT.

SOMEBODY READS THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY TRYING TO PUT A SHOP SOMEWHERE AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, RALLIES THE TROOPS.

SOMETIMES THEY CAN STOP IT, SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T.

BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE AT LEAST THE BACKGROUND, THE DATA, THE BASELINE DATA, AND THEN A SORT OF A PLAN FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP PREVENT SOME OF THESE FUTURE EVENTS DOWN THE ROAD, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNCILMEMBER VANORNY.

THANKS, MAYOR. I HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ABOUT SOME OF THE NUISANCE AND I GUESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP OUT OF YOUR HOME.

IN MY COUNCIL TIME, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME UP AND AND SAY THAT THEY WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT AND HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS SOME OF THEM WERE EFFECTIVELY FELT LIKE THEY WERE RUN OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO EITHER STORE THINGS IN A TASTEFUL WAY OR HAVE THEIR WORK VEHICLE IN THEIR PROPERTY.

NOW, MAYBE IT'S JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN, BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.

I'M PRETTY USED TO THAT.

IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL.

THERE MIGHT BE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT CERTAINLY I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A LOT MORE PEOPLE FEEL WELCOMED AND ABLE TO HAVE A THRIVING BUSINESS. SO THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, I JUST MIGHT ADD ON THE TOBACCO SHOPS AND ALCOHOL AND VAPE.

I SUPPORT THIS CHANGE HERE, I DO, I'M GOING TO ASK A FAVOR AND MAKE SURE WE KEEP AN EYE ON WHERE THESE GO FROM HERE, BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, JUST SIMPLY IT'S JUST GEOGRAPHY MOVE AND I THINK WE AS A CITY CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THAT TOO AND MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE ABOUT ZONING AND WHERE WE'RE ALLOWING THOSE GOING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

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

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT 860 17TH STREET, SOUTHEAST FROM TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL FLEX TO TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL HIGH

[7. A public hearing will be held to consider a change of zone for property at 860 17th Street SE from T-RF, Traditional Residential Flex District, to T-RH, Traditional Residential High District, as requested by Dahnovan Builders LLC (William Micheel). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE034395-2023]

DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY DONOVAN BUILDERS AND BILL MICHAEL IS HERE WITH MORE ON THAT.

BILL, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST.

FOR A CHANGE OF ZONE FROM TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL FLEX TO TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL HIGH ZONE DISTRICT.

THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES 1.67 ACRES.

THEY'RE PROPOSING A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY AT THE FORMER HIGLEY MANSION CARE FACILITY.

SO THIS TREATMENT FACILITY IS WOULD SERVE INDIVIDUALS WITH ADDICTION, AND IT'S A VOLUNTARY RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY AND THEY HAVE A VERY ROBUST REVIEW PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE TREATED HERE.

IN ADDITION, IT IS A CLOSED CAMPUS.

SO PEOPLE WON'T BE COMING AND GOING IN THE EVENING.

THERE ARE PICK UPS AND DROP OFFS AT SCHEDULED TIMES, AND THE REZONING IS NECESSARY.

THERE'S ALSO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUIRED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED MOVING TO THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING HELD ON MARCH 18TH. THERE WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF 70 ATTENDEES THERE.

THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC.

A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS COMPLETED, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WOULD BE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN 100 TRIPS PER DAY AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WOULD NOT BE DURING PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC, SO SHOULD NOT CAUSE A TRAFFIC ISSUE.

IN ADDITION, THERE WAS ALSO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE SERVED BY THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY AND I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERNS WERE MITIGATED BASED ON RESPONSES THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE FOLKS AT COVENANT FAMILY SERVICES WHO ALSO ATTENDED THE MEETING AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS.

IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP URBAN RESIDENTIAL HIGH IS IN THE RED, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT PARCEL SURROUNDING THAT IS URBAN MEDIUM INTENSITY AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE CEMETERY THERE IS PUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC EXISTING ZONING MAP AGAIN, SUBJECT PARCEL, ZONED TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL FLEX AN AERIAL VIEW.

AND THEN A STREET VIEW.

OF COURSE IT HAS THE MASONRY WALL AROUND.

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THIS IS THE ENTRANCE OFF OF 17TH.

AND THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT OR THE SITE LAYOUT.

THEY DID PROVIDE, HOWEVER, SOME RENDERINGS OF THE LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY HAD INCLUDED IN THE LANDSCAPING PLAN.

REZONING CRITERIA.

CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OTHER STUDIES.

THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT IS PERMITTED WITHIN THE URBAN HIGH INTENSITY LAND USE TYPOLOGY AREA, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MOUNT VERNON ROAD CORRIDOR ACTION PLAN.

IN TERMS OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, SERVICES AND SUITABILITY, THE UTILITIES ARE IN PLACE AND ARE SUFFICIENT TO SERVE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

ROAD ACCESS WOULD REMAIN LIMITED TO 17TH STREET, ALTHOUGH THERE IS CURRENTLY A DRIVE ON THE EAST SIDE OFF OF MOUNT VERNON ROAD AND WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES SENSE FOR EMPLOYEES TO ACCESS BACK THERE AS A PART OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS, AND AS I MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED THAT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF CHARACTER.

THE PROPOSED ZONE DISTRICT MAINTAINS TRADITIONAL DESIGN STANDARDS AND RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.

PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO ZONING DISTRICT IS DISTRICTS IS THAT THERE IS A HIGHER NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS ALLOWED IN THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT, AND A TREATMENT FACILITY IS PERMITTED BY CONDITIONAL USE.

IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS THE CPC RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY APPROVAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST DURING THEIR APRIL 4TH MEETING, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BASED ON CONFORMANCE WITH THE STANDARDS FOR APPROVAL AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, OF COURSE, HERE WE ARE TODAY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND POSSIBLE THIRD READINGS AT THE SECOND COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN EVENTUALLY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BILL, THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? OKAY, I'LL INVITE YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY FOR THE RECORD.

ANTHONY BITTERS, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

I LIVE IN THE WELLINGTON HEIGHTS AREA.

EXCUSE ME. SO I'M JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE WELLINGTON HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION BOARD AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

IF THIS WERE TO PASS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE AREN'T ANY THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE ANY LANDSCAPE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AND SO WITHIN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD MARCH 16TH, THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS THAT THERE WOULD BE LANDSCAPE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE FACING THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

SO ON THE WEST SIDE THERE WAS TALKS OF BUILDING A FENCE OR HAVING TREES TO WHERE THOSE NEIGHBORS ON THAT SIDE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN THE BUILDING LOOKING TO THEIR WINDOW AND SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST PREFACE, WILL THERE BE EXTRA LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT STRUCTURE? WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THOSE.

LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE QUESTIONS ASKED HERE AND THEN WE CAN TALK TO YOU.

SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. THANKS.

WAS THAT THE ONLY QUESTION? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU ANTHONY.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE WISH TO AND THAT WAS NOT AN OBJECTION.

THAT WAS NOT. NO OBJECTION OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.

NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

HI, MY NAME IS MIKE BAYLES.

SOLON, IOWA. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF HIGLEY PARTNERS, SO WE'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND SPECIFICALLY, I THINK THERE WAS JUST A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.

THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPING ADDITIONS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY ALREADY GOT THEIR INFORMATION WHEN WE GO FORWARD.

IF IF APPROVED, WE PLAN ON COORDINATING WITH THEM ON SPECIFIC THINGS TO DO.

BUT THE FENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THING.

PLUS A LOT MORE TREES.

SO EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AGAIN, NOT AN OBJECTION THERE.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE WANT TO BE PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY, LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

THANKS, MAYOR. I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS AND TO SEE WHAT AT LEAST SEEMS LIKE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THIS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOPICS YEAR OVER YEAR THAT IS DISCUSSED AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IS ABOUT OPIOID USE AND JUST THE ABSOLUTE GENERATIONAL PROBLEM THAT IT'S BECOME.

SO TO HAVE A RESOURCE THAT'S HERE AT HOME SO PEOPLE CAN GET BECAUSE ADDICTION HAPPENS TO ALL PEOPLE OF ALL INCOME SIZES OF ALL YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF DEMOGRAPHIC THAT YOU

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WANT TO ASCRIBE TO IT.

AND SO TO HAVE A RESOURCE LIKE THIS AT HOME REALLY JUST MEANS THAT MORE CEDAR RAPID-IANS ARE GOING TO BE THE HELP THAT THEY NEED AND BE MORE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT HERE AT HOME. SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS SERVICE IS COMING TO OUR AREA.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

THANK YOU MAYOR. HAVING BEEN THROUGH THIS BUILDING MANY TIMES, WHEN IT'S LOOKED FOR DIFFERENT CONVERSION AND NOW HAVING BEEN IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR SO LONG AND IT IS A HISTORIC LOCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS PREPARE AND RETAIN THAT CHARACTER AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER THAT'S LANDSCAPING AND THE OTHER PARTS.

SO I THINK THAT LIKE YOU SAY, YOU GET NERVOUS WHEN YOU HAVE CHANGES LIKE THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS MENTIONED THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT WE THERE'S PARTNERS THAT HAVE PUT THIS TOGETHER THAT WILL STRENGTHEN OUR SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME BRING WHAT WAS A VERY UNIQUE, COMPLEX BACK TO LIFE AND MAINTAINED IT AND SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING THAT THIS SORT OF HAPPENED AND SO I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR AND HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE THE NEXT STEPS TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, I WOULD AGAIN ECHO MY COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON REMARKS AND THAT ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY IS I HAVE TO GIVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOME CREDIT BECAUSE AND IN MANY PLACES A AND I'M WORKING ON A PROJECT IN ANOTHER PLACE WHERE A FACILITY LIKE THIS WOULD NOT BE EMBRACED TO THE DEGREE THAT IT APPEARS TO BE AND THAT SAYS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ITS EVOLUTION AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IT CERTAINLY ISN'T AN EASY DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S ONE THAT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF NOISE AND I HAVE TO GIVE THE DEVELOPERS CREDIT.

I THINK THEY'VE HANDLED IT WELL HELPING TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY AND THE STORY.

IT'S A NEAT STORY. I WAS AROUND WHEN IT WENT FROM THE MANSION TO THE CARE CENTER AND THE REALITY IS THAT TODAY, IT'S A PIECE OF BLIGHT THAT'S SITTING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S GETTING BROKEN INTO YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY A SERVICE CALL EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR SOMETHING UP THERE.

THIS WILL HELP ACTIVATE THAT AND I HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE THAT DESERVE THE CREDIT.

THE CREDIT COUNCILMEMBER OVERLAND.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I HAD TWO QUESTIONS, BUT THE FIRST ONE WAS ON THE LANDSCAPING, AND THAT'S BEEN ANSWERED SUFFICIENTLY.

SECOND QUESTION IS, WHERE DO THE EMPLOYEES PARK, AND IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY ISSUE WITH EMPLOYEES PARKING ON THE PUBLIC STREETS? YES. SO THERE IS EMPLOYEE PARKING PLANNED AROUND THE BACK IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE SPACES IN THE FRONT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY DO NOT NEED ON STREET PARKING.

GREAT. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

APPRECIATE IT. QUESTION.

COUNCILMEMBER POE, COUNCILMAN OVERLAND, YOU JUST BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT UNTIL THEN, BUT IF THERE IS PARKING TOWARD THE BACK, I'M ASSUMING THAT OUR OUR LIGHTING WILL BE FACING DOWNWARD AND WILL NOT BE IMPACTING THE NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOOD AS AS SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES COME IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

RIGHT. SO A COUPLE THOUGHTS THERE.

ONE, OF COURSE, THEY NEED TO FOLLOW ALL THE APPROPRIATE STANDARDS FOR LIGHTING.

IN ADDITION YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING MASONRY WALL AND THE FENCE THAT WAS REFERRED TO.

THAT'S PART OF THE PURPOSE FOR THOSE IS TO SHIELD HEADLIGHTS.

IF THERE ARE FOLKS LEAVING BEFORE AND AFTER DAYLIGHT.

SO AND NOT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT TO ECHO THE IMPORTANCE OF A FACILITY LIKE THIS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

WHERE I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THIS YOU USUALLY HAVE TO GO TO DAVENPORT OR BETTENDORF OR SOME PLACE ELSE, BUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY POINT.

WE ARE LIVING IN A SOCIETY WHERE ADDICTION HAPPENS TO EVEN THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULDN'T ASSUME IT WOULD HAPPEN TO.

AND AND IT IS, IT DOES AND SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, IN MY MIND, TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN, HAVE SOME PLACE THAT OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS CAN GO THAT'S CLOSE TO HOME, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I JUST CAN'T SAY HOW IMPORTANT A PROJECT I THINK THIS IS AND THE POINTS ABOUT THIS BEING AT THIS BEAUTIFUL OLD MANSION AND BEING ABLE TO

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RESTORE IT AND UTILIZE IT IS, YOU KNOW, IS REALLY A BONUS.

SO THANK YOU, BILL.

ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. I'M SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN BY TODD, SECONDED BY POE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 8 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER SERVICE LINE EASEMENT NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF ELY ROAD SOUTHWEST AND OLD RIVER ROAD SOUTHWEST,

[8. A public hearing will be held to consider a Permanent Sanitary Sewer Service Line Easement northwest of the intersection of Ely Road SW and Old River Road SW, adjacent to the Cedar River, as requested by BUZ Properties, LLC (Rob Davis). CIP/DID #ESCY-000204-2024]

JUST ADJACENT TO THE CEDAR RIVER, AS REQUESTED BY BUZ PROPERTIES.

ROB DAVIS IS HERE.

ROB I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

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

THIS IS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SHACK TAVERN ON OLD RIVER ROAD, 2545 OLD RIVER ROAD.

THE SEPTIC SYSTEM AT THAT SITE HAS FAILED AND THERE'S REALLY TWO OPTIONS THAT THE LINN COUNTY WILL PROVIDE.

A BRAND NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM.

OR IF YOU CAN CONNECT TO AN EXISTING SANITARY SEWER THAT IS A PREFERABLE OPTION HERE.

AND WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE DRAWING TO THE LEFT HERE IS AN ALIGNMENT OF A PRIVATE SANITARY SEWER CONNECTION.

IT WOULD GO THROUGH CROSS OLD RIVER ROAD THROUGH A LINN PROPERTY.

ALLIANT HAS ALREADY GRANTED AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THAT.

AND THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS AT THE LEFT AREA WHERE IT'S ON CITY PROPERTY.

THIS IS ALL FLOODPLAIN IS NOT DEVELOPABLE.

AND SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT WE GRANT AN EASEMENT THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TO CONNECT TO THE SANITARY SEWER AND ELY ROAD SOUTHWEST. THE PROPERTY OWNER, SHACK TAVERN, HAS PROVIDED PAID FOR THE FEES THE PROCESSING FEES AND AS WELL AS RECORDING FEES AND THEN WE WOULD PROVIDE THIS EASEMENT TO THEM FOR A DOLLAR AND WITH THAT WE'D RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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 HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

FOR THE RECORD COUNCIL GOT TO HAVE A GOOD SEWER AT THE SHACK.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. SEEING.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TYLER OLSON.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLAN SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE 2024 PAVEMENT MILLING AND CURB REPAIR

[9. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the 2024 Pavement Milling and Curb Repair project (estimated cost is $4,870,000) (Doug Wilson). (Paving for Progress) CIP/DID #301998-15]

PROJECT, WITH AN ESTIMATED COST AT $4,870,000.

DOUG WILSON IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

DOUG WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. DOUG WILSON, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THIS PROJECT INCLUDES REMOVING ASPHALT SURFACES, CONCRETE PATCHING, AND CONCRETE CURB REPAIR AT 18 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

ONCE THE CONTRACTOR IS COMPLETE WITH THEIR WORK, STREET OPERATIONS DIVISION WILL DO THE ASPHALT OVERLAYS ON THE STREETS.

ENGINEERING OPINION OF PROBABLE COST IS $4,870,000.

WE EXPECT OPEN BIDS ON MAY 4TH, 2024, WITH CONSTRUCTION TO START IN JUNE OF 2024 AND COMPLETION IN 2024 OF OCTOBER OF 2024. OF ALL WORK.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOUG.

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

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.

SEEMS LIKE DOUG, THIS YEAR WE REALLY HAVE A BIG LIST OF THE ASPHALT OVERLAYS COMPARED TO PAST YEARS, MAYBE TWICE AS MUCH AND BUT IN ANY EVENT, QUITE A FEW MORE. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS DONE, PRIMARILY IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH THE CITY CREW AND GETTING THE ASPHALT REPLACED. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY OVERLAND, SECONDED BY MAIER.

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

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

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

THE SECOND PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD COMES AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR RESIDENTS TO SPEAK ON ISSUES THAT ARE GERMANE TO THE CITY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ON OUR AGENDA.

TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE AFTER THE MEETING.

AT THIS TIME DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN.

SO A REMINDER THAT ALL OF THE MATTERS I ADDRESSED PRIOR TO THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TODAY APPLIED TO THESE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AS WELL.

SO A REMINDER TO STAY AT THE LECTERN.

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ANY DOCUMENTS NEED TO BE GIVEN TO THE OFFICER ON YOUR RIGHT, GET THEM TO US.

COMMENTS NEED TO BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTERS YOU WISH TO ADDRESS.

ABUSIVE, PERSONAL AND IRRELEVANT COMMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED AND THERE SHOULD BE NO PARTICIPATION FROM THE AUDIENCE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

SO IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON.

TODAY WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HERE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

SO I WILL JUST CALL YOU IN THE ORDER THAT I HAVE ON THIS LIST HERE.

AND OUR FIRST IS AL MAIER HERE TO SPEAK ON 1265 WILSON AVENUE SOUTHWEST.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I PROPOSE THAT WE BILL I'M FROM CORRIDOR NETWORK CONSTRUCTION.

WE STARTED OUT AS A SMALL COMPANY IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

WE HAVE OUTGROWN OUR FACILITY.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO.

WORK IN HIAWATHA AND BUILD AN OFFICE THERE.

A FEW PEOPLE HAVE TALKED TO ME AND HELPED US TRY TO MOVE INTO SOMETHING INTO CEDAR RAPIDS.

SO WE'RE PROVIDING TRYING TO BUILD A NEW OFFICE OFF OF WILSON AVENUE.

OFF OF 12TH STREET, RIGHT THE NORTH OF THE LINN COUNTY HEALTH BUILDING.

I BELIEVE IT IS THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE 2005.

WE SUPPORT QUITE A FEW FAMILIES IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 70 EMPLOYEES.

WE STARTED IN 2015 WITH EIGHT OF US.

MR. MEYER, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU REAL QUICKLY HERE JUST BECAUSE THERE ISN'T AN AGENDA ITEM, WAS THERE? WAS THERE A SPECIFIC ITEM? OH, NO, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I SUPPOSED.

THAT'S OKAY, PLEASE CONTINUE.

I JUST WANT TO NOTE, I WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT I WASN'T MISSING AN AGENDA ITEM.

SO TYPICALLY WE WOULD DO THIS ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M JUST GOING TO INVITE YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR THOUGHT.

IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, JUST GO AHEAD.

PARDON. [INAUDIBLE].

37. OKAY. GOT IT.

YOU, IT DOES PERTAIN.

LET'S GO. KEEP GOING I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR TIME BACK.

OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO WE HAVE MADE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS IN CEDAR RAPIDS WITH NELSON CENTER AND WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP TRAIN SOME OF THESE PEOPLE IN THE TRADE WITH FIBER OPTIC CONSTRUCTION IN IOWA.

WE SUPPORT SEVEN THE SEVEN SURROUNDING STATES.

WE DO SUPPORT CEDAR RAPIDS.

ACTUALLY, SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE LIKE ALLIANT ENERGY THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS MAQUOKETA VALLEY REC.

WE'RE BUILDING NETWORK IN WATERLOO, IOWA FOR THE CITY.

OUR GUYS TRAVELED THROUGHOUT IOWA.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE.

WE'VE GROWN, OUTGROWN THIS FACILITY ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE AND JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THE CITY WITH THIS PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN EMPTY SINCE 2005.

I THINK IT IS THAT WE CAN HELP CONTINUE OUR GROWTH WHICH THE PRESIDENT IS PUTTING $100 BILLION INTO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE IN THE RURAL AREAS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE FOCUS ON.

THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

NEXT WE HAVE JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE] HERE TO SPEAK ON.

I'M IT'S MOUNT VERNON ROAD, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 35 FOR COUNCIL AND YOU CAN CORRECT MY PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR NAME.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER TREMBATH.

I LIVE AT 2107 GREENWOOD DRIVE SOUTHEAST.

I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ON THE 2000 MOUNT VERNON ROAD PLAN BEING PROPOSED.

KNOWN BY MANY AS AMBROSE OR THE BUCHANAN SCHOOL.

I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE LOT.

I AM, HOWEVER, CONCERNED.

I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE AMBROSE, AND I SPENT ALL OF YESTERDAY CANVASING OVER 70 OF MY SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

THE THING THAT WAS MOST ALARMING WAS THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR THE MEETINGS THEY HAVE.

SO TO SAY THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION APPROVES THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BE AN INACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE ACTUAL PEOPLE BEING DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS BUILDING, IF THEY WANTED TO BE AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S THOUGHT, THEY SHOULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN 500FT, JUST AS THE CITY DID, BY SENDING OUT A CARD TO LET US KNOW.

THE PLANS THAT WERE BEING REVIEWED IN THE BID SITE.

PLEASE HEAR ME WHEN I SAY THEY ARE NOT REPRESENTING THE SURROUNDING HOMES AND FAMILIES DIRECTLY AFFECTED.

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BEING A DIRECT NEIGHBOR TO THIS SITE, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSAL.

THE MAIN CONCERN ARE THE SIZE AND THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF THE BUILDING.

A FOUR STORY NO MATTER WHERE ON THE LOT YOU BUILD, IT WILL TOWER OVER ALL THE RESIDENTS SURROUNDING IT.

A MAJORITY OF THESE HOMES ARE BUNGALOWS, MEANING THIS BUILDING WILL NOT LIVE UP TO THE MOUNT VERNON ROAD MASTER PLAN, STATING ESTABLISHED DESIGNS AND USE OF STANDARDS THAT SUPPORT THE REDEVELOPMENT ON SMALLER LOTS PROMOTE BUILDINGS THAT ARE TO SCALE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT ALSO STATES THESE EFFORTS MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMIT TO, GREEN BUILDING, ENERGY CONSERVATION, AND EXTERIORS THAT BLEND WITH OR ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

A NEIGHBOR HAD A RESPONSE FROM MAYOR O'DONNELL, SAYING THIS IS A LARGE PARCEL WITH SIGNIFICANTLY SIZED FORMER SCHOOL BUILDING, WHICH IS THE POINT OF REFERENCE FROM WHICH THIS IS BEING EVALUATED.

THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS TALLER THAN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, BUT WILL BE PLACED AT A LOWER ELEVATION ON A SITE TO MITIGATE THE OVERALL IMPACT.

THE MOUNT VERNON ROAD CORRIDOR ACTION PLAN DOES RECOMMEND A MULTI UNIT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

I'D LIKE TO CONTEND BY SAYING THE OLD BUCHANAN SCHOOL IS SMALL IN COMPARISON TO OTHER SCHOOLS IN TOWN.

A FOUR STORY BUILDING WILL NOT BLEND IN, IT WILL STICK OUT, IT WILL LOOM OVER US AND BLOCK OUT THE SUN FROM EVERYTHING SURROUNDING IT.

AMBROSE DOES NOT TOWER OVER US.

THIS BUILDING WILL BE THE TALLEST BUILDING ON MOUNT VERNON ROAD.

A REMINDER THAT MOUNT VERNON ROAD STARTS AT 10TH STREET, THEREFORE CANNOT BE DOWNTOWN, CANNOT BE USED IN COMPARISON.

AS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE PARKING LOT, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE IN THE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING? THERE ARE LUXURY APARTMENTS BEING BUILT ALL ALONG 380 AND IN NEWBO FACING CARGILL, THE BUILDING BEING PLACED IN THE FRONT OF THE LOT AND THE PARKING IN THE BACK WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR THE RESIDENTS SURROUNDING THE LOT.

IF PEOPLE ARE PAYING TOP DOLLAR FOR THOSE APARTMENTS, WHY WOULDN'T THEY PAY AVERAGE MEDIAN PRICE FOR THE ONES DIRECTLY ON MOUNT VERNON ROAD? IF THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE GRANT FUNDING, THEN MAYBE THIS MIGHT NOT BE AN APPROPRIATE SPACE FOR THIS PROPOSED PROJECT.

I HAVE SO MANY OTHER CONCERNS RANGING FROM WHERE WILL THEY DIRECT STORM WATER? WILL THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS IMPACT THE SEWER SYSTEM CAUSING BACKUPS IN PEOPLE'S HOMES? WHERE WILL THE DUMPSTERS BE LOCATED? WILL THERE BE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ALONG RESIDENTIAL STREETS, AND IF SO.

WHAT WILL THE CITY DO TO HELP ASSIST THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THIS PROBLEM? WILL THERE BE AN ADEQUATE SPACE FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN THIS BUILDING TO PLAY? CAN THE DEVELOPER OR CITY INSTALL A PLAYGROUND AT GLENWAY PARK TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AND ANY FAMILIES YOU ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT TO THIS A SAFE PLACE TO PLAY? REMEMBER, I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACE.

HOWEVER, I AM OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT DESIGN AND PLAN BEING PRESENTED AT 2000 MOUNT VERNON ROAD TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS AND I HOPE OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD, AND YOU WILL CONSIDER WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AMAZING NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU AND I'M HOPING THAT EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 35 WILL STAY FOR THE REGULAR AGENDA AND THE PRESENTATION, JUST SO WE CAN ALL MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. NEXT IS TREVOR DYER HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 36.

I WALK QUICKLY TO MAXIMIZE MY TIME.

MY NAME IS TREVOR DYER.

WHEN I GET NERVOUS, I TRY TOO HARD TO BE FUNNY.

MOST OF MY DAUGHTER WOULD TELL YOU THE JOKES DO NOT WORK.

HOWEVER WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY FAMILY AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

WE LIVE HERE, WE WORK HERE.

WE GO TO SCHOOL HERE.

FROM THE BIKE TRAILS TO THE ICE CREAM SHOPS TO PICKLEBALL MOST TIME, ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

WE'D ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO MAXIMIZE EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.

SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO BE CITIZENS OR CEDAR RAPIDIANS AND TO WE I'VE ALSO I'VE HAD A DEVELOPMENT COMPANY FOR OVER 14 YEARS AND BEFORE THAT, I GREW UP WITH A COMPANY CALLED PETERSON CONTRACTORS, AND WE WERE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF A LOT OF PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE CEDAR RIVER PAPER COMPANY. I HELPED BUILD THE NORTH SOUTH RUNWAY, THE EASTERN IOWA AIRPORT, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE FEDEX TERMINAL, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE CITY ALREADY AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN ITEM NUMBER 36 IS A COMMERCIAL PARK TO HELP FACILITATE SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES FOR BUSINESS GROWTH.

WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER PARKS AND OTHER CITIES AND FOR EXAMPLE, THIS OUR RESEARCH TELLS US THAT THERE IS A LOT OF NEED TO

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SUPPORT SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES AND TO COUNCILMEMBER OLSON'S FOR POINT EARLIER THAT WE WOULD VERY MUCH LOVE ANY SORT OF SUPPORT OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR BUSINESS OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN THEIR BUSINESS FROM A HOME BUSINESS GROWING OUT OF THAT BUSINESS.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPLEXES INSIDE THIS 15 ACRE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THERE WOULD BE CONDO UNITS AND EVEN STORAGE UNITS ALSO FOR GOODS AND OTHER AREAS THAT CITIES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IN BEFORE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON A STORAGE SITE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S ABOUT 43% OF THE STORAGE UNITS IS SELF STORAGE UNITS, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL PAVED, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOOD LOOKING SITE.

LIKE 43% OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY SMALL BUSINESSES AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY TURN THOSE INTO SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATORS, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO GRADUATE OUT OF THEIR HOME, WORKING OUT OF THE GARAGE OR OUTSIDE BUILDING OR OTHER.

SO WE WANT TO HELP THEM GROW.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE UNITS THAT ARE DIFFERENT SIZES, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A CONTRACTOR CONDO COMPONENT TO IT.

SO WE'LL HAVE 1503 THOUSAND 206,000 412,000 SQUARE FOOT UNITS OR SITES OR FACILITIES THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP BUSINESSES GROW AND TO KIND OF GET THEM GIVE THEM A CHANCE VERSUS THEM LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND OTHER SITES.

SO WE WANT TO KEEP BUSINESSES HERE AND THE SMALL THE WAREHOUSES PART OF OUR RESEARCH AND OUR STUDY, WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT NEED OR DEMAND FOR WAREHOUSES OR 25,000 SQUARE FOOT AND UNDER.

OTHER DEVELOPERS HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN THE AREA BY THE AIRPORT THAT HAVE BUILT FACILITIES, BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES AND THAT ARE MUCH LARGER.

HOWEVER, WE FEEL LIKE FOCUSING ON SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES IS IMPORTANT AND SO THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE PROJECTS FROM THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THESE POTENTIAL TENANTS AND CLIENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS FROM IN-STATE AND OUT-OF-STATE ATTRACTION WHERE OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST 40 JOBS IN THE AREA AND CREATE AN ADDITIONAL 40 JOBS IN THE AREA.

AND I THINK ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST METAL BUILDINGS.

WE DESIGNED WITH INTENT.

PURPOSE. WE WANT BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS THAT ESTHETICALLY THAT LOOK REALLY GOOD, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THE WRIGHT BROTHERS BOULEVARD AREA.

WE WANT IT TO LOOK NICE.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE EXCITED ABOUT IT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT AND DRIVING AROUND THE AREA.

THE I FEEL LIKE THE DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF BUILDING BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS SO FAR, AND WE WOULD LOVE VERY MUCH TO ADD TO THAT WHITE STONE AND BRICK AND OTHER AND ON THE FASCIA FACING THE STREET AREA.

SO WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CITY.

WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE BEING HERE.

WE WANT TO HELP IT GROW AND STARTING NOW AS A SMALL BUSINESS MYSELF, YOU KNOW, GROWING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S A LOT OF FUN WHEN SOMEBODY GIVES YOU A CHANCE AND THAT'S I THINK WHAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND WE'RE TRYING TO FACILITATE.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MAURA [INAUDIBLE] HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 35.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

I AM MAURA [INAUDIBLE] AND I LIVE IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT ON MOUNT VERNON ROAD.

THE ROAD ITSELF. AND ALSO, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HIGLEY MANSION.

I MEAN, AGAIN, AS A LIFER IN THE VERNON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE OF THE SECOND GENERATION FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THE VERNON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S NICE TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THIS MAJOR CORRIDOR IN OUR AND SO REALLY, IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOWEVER, AND ALSO IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE AMBROSE SITE. WE'VE SEEN IT.

WE ALL A LOT OF US DID GO TO SCHOOL, NOT SCHOOL THERE, BUT WENT TO CLASSES THERE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE INVESTMENT IN THE AMBROSE LIGHT AT AMBROSE LOT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT FIT AND THIS IS NOT A CASE OF [INAUDIBLE] IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

IT IS MORE SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THE RIGHT INVESTMENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A LONG HISTORY.

WELLINGTON HEIGHTS AND VERNON HEIGHTS HAS BEEN A.

IT'S STRANGE HOW WELLINGTON HEIGHTS IS MADE UP OF MANY OF OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS, BUT THEN WE HAVE VERNON HEIGHTS, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN A VERY STABLE

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NEIGHBORHOOD FOR GENERATIONS AND SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH THIS SITE WILL HAVE LASTING IMPACTS FOR GENERATIONS AND WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR THE NORTHWEST SIDE BEING PLOPPED DOWN INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, INTO THE CORE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SITE'S PROXIMITY TO TRANSPORTATION, TO AMENITIES.

EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD MAKE IT RIGHT FOR DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE IN THE PAST, BECAUSE THERE WAS FOCUS ON KEEPING THE BUILDING ITSELF, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO REMEDIATE AND MAKE THE MONEY WORK.

BUT I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS, WAIT, LET'S CLEAR IT ALL OUT, AND LET'S REALLY LOOK INTO HOW TO BEST UTILIZE THAT SPACE AND ANECDOTALLY, I WORK A LOT AT GRANT WOOD, AND I SEE MY CHILDREN'S CLASSMATES LEAVE SCHOOL AND HAVE TO TRANSFER MID-YEAR TO THESE OTHER SCHOOLS, CEDAR RAPIDS SCHOOLS, BECAUSE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SECURITY. REALLY ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF APARTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

WHAT WE HAVE OR OR MULTIFAMILY OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT WE HAVE ARE A LOT OF HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN CONVERTED AND AGAIN, I THINK A MULTIFAMILY UNIT.

IS GREAT FOR THAT SITE.

I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SCALE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT IS DESIGNED.

SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS SITE AND I KNOW IT'S NOT.

I KNOW WE'RE ON THE FRONT END OF THIS CONVERSATION.

THAT'S WHY THIS IS AN EXCITING PROCESS.

SO I ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE OF THE TAX CREDITS, AND FURTHER DELAY COULD PROHIBIT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE.

HOWEVER, IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING MY PARENTS ALWAYS USED TO TELL ME POOR PLANNING ON YOUR PART DOESN'T CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY ON MINE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SITTING VACANT. FOR NOT FOR BETTER, BUT FOR WORSE.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S AN EMERGENCY, THAT WE NEED TO REACT TO THAT QUICKLY.

WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL HAVE A LASTING, POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT, EMBRACING ALL THE VARIOUS ASSETS THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TO OFFER.

SO AND THAT'S WHEN I SAY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M TALKING BOTH WELLINGTON AND VERNON HEIGHTS.

SO I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE NEIGHBORS, THE SCHOOLS AND THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BRAD SCHUMACHER, NOT HERE? ALL RIGHT, STEVE EMERSON.

ITEM 35.

BUT YOU KNOW. JUST A GUESS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT AS THE SENSITIVE ARCHITECT.

I BROUGHT SCOTT FREE OFF TO TAKE ALL COMPLAINTS.

HE'LL BE THE EVIL DEVELOPER IN THIS ROLE.

I WAS ON FOUR TEAMS THAT PROPOSED TO TRY RENOVATING THE AMBROSE SITE.

WE TRIED HARD. NOBODY COULD MAKE IT WORK.

AND SO THIS TIME AROUND, WHEN I'M PROPOSING ON THE AMBROSE SITE, IT IS NOT TO SAVE THE BUILDING.

I'M NOT AGAINST HISTORIC.

I'M NOT AGAINST ADAPTIVE REUSE.

I ACCIDENTALLY HAVE 300 APARTMENTS DOWNTOWN THAT ARE MOSTLY IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS, AND THEY'RE ALL FULL.

THE NEED FOR HOUSING IS HUGE.

THIS GRANT THAT THE STATE OFFERED OFFERED RACHEL REPLACEMENT HOUSING IS INCREDIBLE.

IT'S AWESOME. SO MY CHOICE TO PROPOSE DEMOLITION OF THIS ISN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE OR I DON'T LIKE ADAPTIVE REUSE. IT'S JUST THAT THIS BUILDING IS REAL HARD AND I WE'VE TRIED AND I'VE GIVEN UP.

I'VE LOST ENOUGH MONEY THIS YEAR ON HISTORIC MISTAKES IN DUBUQUE.

BUT WE ARE, AS ADAM WILL PRESENT.

WE ARE AT THE VERY CUSP OF THIS.

THIS DESIGN IS NOT DONE.

THIS IS AN AMENDED DESIGN THAT WAS PUT ON THIS SITE TO DO A TEST FIT TO SEE IF IT WILL WORK.

WE WILL HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.

WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR REZONING THE STATE GRANT.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLE GRANT THAT THEY'VE OFFERED A FORGIVABLE LOAN.

I GUESS IT WILL BE HURRICANE PROOF HURRICANE GLASS MEANT TO HUD FORTIFIED GOLD STANDARDS.

SO THE ROOF WON'T COME OFF IN THE NEXT ROW.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BLOW OVER.

THE STRUCTURE IS GOING TO STAY THERE.

IT WILL HAVE UNDERGROUND DETENTION.

IT WILL RETAIN A 2.5IN RAIN EVENT.

WE SITED IT THE WAY WE DID JUST TO TEST IT, TO GET SOME UNDERGROUND PARKING.

SO OUR PARKING WASN'T AS IMPACTFUL ON THE SITE.

BUT ANOTHER PART OF THE GRANT IS THERE ARE CHOICE LIMITING ACTIONS.

THEY SAY I CAN'T ADVANCE THE REZONING PRIOR TO THE STATE DOING THE ANALYSIS PRIOR TO HAVING OWNERSHIP OF IT AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT'S MEETING, I DON'T YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T INVEST A LOT OF TIME IN IT.

SO WE WILL AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT I LIKE.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF INTEGRATING SOME OF THE HISTORIC ELEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL THE BOOK MASONRY, THE SIGNAGE, MAYBE NAMING IT AND USING THAT STONE AND INTEGRATING IT IN.

THERE'S ONE COMMENT I HEARD I HAVE SPIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST, YOU KNOW OF DOING A THREE STORY INSTEAD OF FOUR STORY.

WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. WE'LL CONSIDER THAT AND REQUESTED THAT I LOOK AT SHIFTING IT.

SO IT IS AGAINST MOUNT VERNON ROAD AND HAVE THE PARKING AND THE LANDSCAPING, THE PARKING TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'LL LOOK AT THAT ALSO.

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THE REALITY OF IT IS THERE'S A LOT OF WORK.

THIS IS NOT A RUSH.

IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY. IT'S A LOOKING TO USE A SITE FOR A VERY VALID PROJECT AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND WE WILL INVOLVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I FRANKLY, I CANNOT YET DO THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A CHOICE.

LIMITING ACTION. I'D LOSE THE GRANT.

SO LAST ITEM.

IT'S BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY ALL NIGHT.

ASHLEY AND DALE, YOUR NAME TAGS ARE SWITCHED.

MY OCD HAS JUST BEEN CONFUSING ME ALL NIGHT BECAUSE OF THAT.

I'LL BE HERE FOR LATER IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. STEVE, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

MIKE BAZE, I THINK HE.

I THINK HE MAY HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER TODD DOING THE IMPORTANT WORK OF CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. MARK ANDERSLAND HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 35.

MAYOR COUNCIL EVERYBODY ELSE.

MARK ANDERSLAND I LIVE ABOUT 900FT FROM THE PRESENT OR BUCHANAN SCHOOL OR AMBROSE SITE, AND I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TO REQUEST THAT WE MOVE SLOWLY AND DELIBERATELY.

NOW, I DON'T HAVE THE FACTS THAT YOU FOLKS HAVE ABOUT THE URGENCY OF THIS GRANT.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER SITES WHICH WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE SAME MONEY, AND IN THAT CASE, I WOULD RECOMMEND AND REQUEST THAT.

THOSE SITES BE CHOSEN BECAUSE, AS MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, THIS IS A SPECIAL SITE AND WE SHOULDN'T BE RUSHING AFTER MONEY IF THAT'S THE PRINCIPAL REASON FOR ACTING SO QUICKLY NOW.

MY PRINCIPAL CONCERN HAS BEEN THAT EVERYTHING HAS COME SO QUICKLY, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHY THAT IS.

I UNDERSTAND THE CITY NOTIFIES FOLKS WITHIN 500FT OF A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED, THAT PLANS ARE BEING MADE, AND SO ON.

I LIVE AT 900FT AWAY, SO I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT I CAN SAY THAT MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS COMING UP FOR A VOTE TODAY AND WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS, NO MATTER WHICH WAY WE DO GO HERE IS THAT.

GET FEEDBACK FROM THE WIDER NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED AT ALL NOW.

I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS THAT THERE WAS APPROVAL BY A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE, AND I'M NOT.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WAS MADE IN GOOD FAITH, AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST.

AND THANK GOODNESS FOR VOLUNTEERS, PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS AND SO ON.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THIS PERSON.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND IF I WERE IN THAT POSITION, I WERE ASKED TO SPEAK FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I GUESS MY RESPONSE WOULD BE, WHY DON'T WE SEND OUT A DOOR TO DOOR SURVEY OR SOMETHING SO I CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK FOR THE NEIGHBOR? THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

INFORMALLY, EVERYBODY THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH IS FIRST AGHAST THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.

WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND SECONDLY, THE PARTICULAR DESIGN AND I THINK IT WAS EXPRESSED WELL, DOESN'T THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED AS A STRAW PERSON AT THIS POINT, PERHAPS DOESN'T FIT THE SITE AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE ARCHITECTS THAT HAVE PROPOSED THIS, THAT WE COULDN'T GET SOMETHING THAT DOES FIT THE SITE. BUT THE OTHER ONE DOES SEEM TO BE WOW, THIS SITE ACTUALLY MIGHT BE EASIER TO GET THIS GRANT FROM THAN THE OTHER ONE, FOR WHATEVER REASONS.

LET'S JUST GRAB IT AND PLOP IT IN HERE AND IT SEEMS TO US THAT IT DOESN'T MATCH AND I'LL IN MY REMAINING TIME, TALK ABOUT THAT.

BUT CONCERNING GETTING US INVOLVED A SUBSET OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WELL, MEANING WHATEVER DOES NOT REPRESENT WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IF THAT THE FACT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE HAS SAID THAT IT'S A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OR THAT WE THINK IT'S A GREAT DESIGN, DOES NOT AT ALL REFLECT WHAT I'M SEEING FROM MY NEIGHBORS, HEARING FROM MY NEIGHBORS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO CONSULT FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH TRAFFIC, HAVING KIDS WANDERING BY, AND SO ON.

ALL RIGHT. WHY DO I NOT THINK IT'S A FIT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE DENSITY DOESN'T SEEM TO MATCH THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION FOR A NUMBER OF THE REASONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE SITES WHERE HOUSING CAN BE BUILT IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

SOME OF THOSE ARE ONLY SUITED TO HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING THAT IT WOULDN'T BE SAFE FOR.

THERE AREN'T SCHOOLS CLOSE BY, AND SO ON.

OUR PARTICULAR SITE PROBABLY IS SUITED TO BOTH, WHICH MAKES IT GREAT AND MORE VULNERABLE.

BUT GIVEN THAT THE NATURE OF WELLINGTON HEIGHTS AND THE VERNON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOODS IS FAMILY ORIENTED, THERE ARE LOTS OF KIDS AROUND.

IT DOES SEEM APPROPRIATE TO DIRECT THIS DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS SUPPORTING FAMILIES, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL THE OTHER SITES IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

HERE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I DON'T KNOW.

FOR INSTANCE, IT COULD BE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOUSES.

IT COULD BE A PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL HOUSES.

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GRANT, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PROPOSAL ON THE DOCKET HERE.

IT COULD BE A GREEN SPACE.

IT COULD BE COMMUNITY GARDEN.

THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN DO WITH THAT SPACE THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DISADVANTAGE THOSE ALTERNATIVES BY ACTING TOO FAST NOW.

NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE COULDN'T BE MERITS TO THIS PROJECT.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE I SPOKE TO WAS WORRIED ABOUT TEARING DOWN THE BUILDING AT THIS POINT.

IT'S OLD, AND SO THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY A POINT OF CONTENTION AMONG MOST OF US.

IT'S A HISTORICAL BUILDING.

WOULD BE NICE TO BUILD IN HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY BELIEVES THAT'S AN EASILY SALVAGED BUILDING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DEVELOPED.

IT'S IN A GREAT LOCATION, WHICH IS WHY IT SHOULDN'T BE WASTED IN THE SENSE THAT THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT PERHAPS COULD HANDLE THE DENSITY THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.

SO I WELCOME REDUCING IT TO THREE STORIES I WELCOME, INCLUDING APARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE TO FAMILIES.

WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING TO MOVE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE'S NO HOUSING LOCALLY.

WHY THE HECK IN THE PROPOSAL? ARE THERE NO THREE BEDROOM UNITS? A ONE BEDROOM UNIT REALLY ISN'T SUITABLE TO A FAMILY.

THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S VERY SUITABLE TO OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN, BUT REALLY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PROPERTY.

SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM WITH A PREDOMINANCE OF THREE BEDROOM.

NOW YOU SAY, WELL THAT LOWERS THE DENSITY.

EXACTLY. TIME. AND I'VE GOT TO QUIT IN A MOMENT.

THANK YOU. SO NO, YOU NEED TO QUIT NOW.

YOU'RE 25. OVER.

THANK YOU. BEN CLARK HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 35.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

BEN CLARK KNOLLWOOD DRIVE SOUTHEAST HERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS TO SPEAK ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF MOUNT VERNON ROAD.

I JUST WANT TO SAY AT THE OUTSET THAT I'M TREMENDOUSLY EXCITED THAT MR. EMERSON IS HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECT.

THIS CAME UP ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR SCREEN PROBABLY 48 HOURS AGO.

AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S A VERY ENGAGED NEIGHBORHOOD AND WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY AND SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS.

THAT THERE'S AN OPENNESS TO MAKING SOME DESIGN SHIFTS THAT WILL FIT MORE WITH THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS WE PROCEED, I AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS SPOT REDEVELOPED AND PUT TO GOOD USE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT WE'VE HEARD THEMES HERE OF GETTING THE SCALE RIGHT OF GETTING THE STYLING RIGHT AND SO TO THE DEGREE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT MORE COMMUNITY INPUT.

I THINK IT WILL ULTIMATELY BE A NET POSITIVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CARSON MCGEE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 35.

HI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.

I'M NOT GOING TO WASTE A LOT OF YOUR TIME.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE HEARD.

WE WE'VE ALL BEEN SPEAKING TOGETHER AND MEETING UP WITH EACH OTHER IN THE LAST 48 HOURS.

SINCE WE'VE ALL FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ADDITIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT SOMETHING THAT IS TAKING AWAY FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND RIGHT NOW WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED OR WHAT WE ARE AWARE OF RIGHT NOW JUST SEEMS TO GO AGAINST THAT IDEOLOGY OF WANTING TO ENHANCE AND WANTING TO MAINTAIN THAT HISTORICAL RELEVANCE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS.

WE JUST SPOKE EARLIER TODAY ON A PROJECT THAT IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF ACCEPTANCE, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE POINTS THAT I THINK THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND THAT I'M ECHOING AGAIN, IS THAT HISTORICAL RELEVANCE AND KEEPING IT WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE PROPERTY OR GUIDELINES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALSO HAVING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT IS A BIG PART.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, ECHO WHAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID AND TO JUST SPEAK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE DO THIS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND BUILD THE RIGHT THING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THAT CLOSES OUT OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD.

CITY MANAGER POMERANZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?

[MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA]

NO CHANGES. NO CHANGES.

COUNCILMEMBERS, ANYONE NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES ON ANY AGENDA ITEMS? OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE AHEAD.

THAT BRINGS US TO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

THE APPROVE THE AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY MAIER.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA WITH ITEM NUMBER 34.

[34. Report on bids for the Ellis Golf Course ADA Improvements project (estimated cost is $630,000) (Jeff Koffron). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #PUR0324-234]

THAT IS A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE ELLIS GOLF COURSE, ADA IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $630,000.

JORDAN CANNON IS HERE.

JORDAN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M JORDAN CANNON WITH FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO REPORT BIDS ON THE ELLIS GOLF COURSE ADA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

SO BIDS WERE ISSUED ON MARCH 27TH, 2024.

PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON APRIL 9TH, 2024.

THE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND OPENED ON APRIL 10TH, 2024 AT 11 A.M.

ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS PROJECT WAS $630,000.

PROJECT COMPLETION IS SET FOR SUMMER AND FALL OF 2024.

SO WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE EIGHT COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT, RANGING FROM $262,000.

114 AND $0.29 TO THE HIGHEST BID OF 442,900.

SO FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES RECOMMENDS AWARD TO DAVE SCHMIDT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED.

AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, AND RECOMMENDS THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AS DESCRIBED.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. JORDAN ALL OF THE BIDDERS, ALL THE BIDS WERE WELL UNDER THE ESTIMATE OF 630,000.

KIND OF UNUSUAL, ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THE BIDDERS HAD A GOOD FEEL OF THE PLAN OF THE PROPOSAL? AND AT THE SAME TIME WHY WAS THE ESTIMATE SO HIGH RELATIVE TO WHAT THE BIDDERS ARE? ABSOLUTELY. SO WHEN WE GOT THE ESTIMATES IT WAS KIND OF A PEAK CONSTRUCTION SEASON.

I'M GOING TO TRY AND FIND THIS AGAIN.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID BEING IN THE PEAKS TIME, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE PRICING WAS KIND OF ADJUSTED TO THAT. ALSO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A WINNER THIS YEAR.

SO A LOT OF THESE CONTRACTORS WERE ABLE TO WORK ALL WINTER LONG.

SO REALISTICALLY, THEY WERE KIND OF AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, AND NOW THEY'RE LOOKING TO FILL IN THAT VOID.

THAT WAS THERE.

SO THAT WOULD BE.

BUT YES, WE ARE CERTAINLY CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL BE.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ALL DAY LONG.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TYLER OLSON.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION PASSES.

ITEM NUMBER 35 IS A PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PROPOSAL FROM ASPECT ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DISPOSITION OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 2000 MOUNT VERNON ROAD,

[35. Presentation and resolution accepting a proposal from Aspect Architecture for the disposition of City-owned property at 2000 Mount Vernon Road SE and approving a project term sheet (Adam Lindenlaub and Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #DISP-0010-2017]

SOUTHEAST, AND APPROVING A PROJECT TERM SHEET ADAM LINDENLAUB AND SCOTT MATHER ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU BOTH.

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL ADAM LINDENLAUB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING AND I WILL BE JOINED BY SCOTT MATHER, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

SORRY. AS I CAUGHT UP TO THE SLIDES.

SO, AS STATED, THIS IS AN ITEM TO CONSIDER THE SELECTION.

OOPS.

SLIDESHOW.

SORRY. I'M NEW.

OKAY. SO APOLOGIES AGAIN TO THIS IS TO CONSIDER THE SELECTION OF A PROPOSAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF 2000 MOUNT VERNON ROAD SOUTHEAST AND APPROVAL OF A PROJECT TERM SHEET.

SO JUST TO CENTER EVERYONE MOUNT VERNON ROAD, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOMEWHAT THE CENTER OF THE IMAGE, 20TH STREET ON THE WEST AND 21ST STREET ON THE EAST AND HERE'S SOME SITE CHARACTERISTICS.

BUT I DID ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TALK ABOUT CONCERNS THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING AND YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THOSE JUST TODAY PUBLIC INPUT.

SO THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST OF SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT WITH THE DEVELOPER, CITY COUNCIL.

TYPICALLY THE FIRST STEP IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS TO GO THROUGH THE REZONING, AND PRIOR TO THAT, THE DEVELOPER WOULD MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HEAR CONCERNS.

THE CENSUS IS PROPERTY IS CITY OWNED.

WE NEED TO FIRST GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THE DEVELOPER THE RESOLUTION.

THAT'S WHY THE RESOLUTION TODAY IS FOR SELECTING A DEVELOPER.

ONCE SELECTED, THOUGH, THE DEVELOPER WILL PROCEED WITH THE REZONING PROCESS.

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AND AS YOU'VE HEARD MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER.

AND TO GO OVER THAT ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE CITY, A CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, AND THEN COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AT NUMEROUS POINTS, WHICH I'LL NAME A COUPLE LATER. ANOTHER ONE, ROAD CONDITIONS THAT YOU HEARD THE CONDITION OF 20TH STREET AND 21ST STREET SOUTHEAST.

THAT WILL BE REVIEWED THROUGH OUR PAVING FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM THAT'S DONE EVERY TWO YEARS.

THE ANALYSIS OF THE ROADS AND ANY IMPACTS THAT THIS PROJECT WERE TO HAVE ON THAT WOULD BE PICKED UP AT THAT TIME AND IF NEEDED ADDED TO THE PROGRAM AND THEN, AS YOU'VE ALSO HEARD, TODAY IS SIZE OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED ON THE SITE.

THAT IS THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WILL BE IRONED OUT THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS AND ALSO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND HOW THE DEVELOPER RESPONDS TO THAT.

SO TO GO THROUGH SOME BACKGROUND, THE CITY RECEIVED AN INQUIRY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING ON THE SITE.

THE CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND RECOMMENDED THOSE, AND CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THOSE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT ISSUED THE RFP. THOSE ARE FOR A FINANCIALLY FINANCIALLY VIABLE REDEVELOPMENT BASED ON CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS.

ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT WITH THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE MOUNT VERNON ROAD CORRIDOR ACTION PLAN AND THEN A PREFERENCE FOR RETAINING A UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE THROUGH RENOVATION AND OR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

ON FEBRUARY 13TH, THAT RFP WAS ISSUED, WHICH WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN SEVEN YEARS.

WITH OUR PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS, WE DO ENGAGE THE HELP OF STAKEHOLDERS AND SO WE HAD A REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT WAS COMPRISED OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE VERNON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. OUR CHAIR OF THE CITY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, A NON-COMPETING DEVELOPER, AND THEN A FINANCIAL LENDER.

TWO PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED, AND THAT REVIEW COMMITTEE DID DEEM ONE OF THOSE TO BE INCOMPLETE AND NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

BUT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING SELECTION OF ASPECT ARCHITECTURES.

PROPOSAL. SO THIS IS A PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT.

I JUST DO WANT TO POINT OUT IT WAS MENTIONED UNDERGROUND STORMWATER DETENTION.

THIS WOULD BE THE ENTRANCE TO A LOWER LEVEL GARAGE, WHICH ALSO WOULD BE FUNCTIONING AS A STORM SHELTER.

AND THEN A COUPLE IMAGES.

THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE IN BOTH OF THESE IS WOULD BE ABOUT MOUNT VERNON ROAD AND DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT $4.5 MILLION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS WAS AWARDED TO THE DEVELOPER? AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OFF TO SCOTT.

SO REGARDING THE INCENTIVES, THE PROJECT DOES QUALIFY FOR THE ABOVE STANDARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

WHENEVER WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR ABOVE STANDARD INCENTIVES, WE DO A FINANCIAL GAP ANALYSIS.

WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, VERIFY CONSTRUCTION COSTS, OPERATIONAL COSTS.

WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE EQUITY THAT A DEVELOPER BRINGS TO A PROJECT EXCEEDS THE NET PRESENT VALUE OF THE CITY INCENTIVE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THIS PROJECT, THE COSTS DO INCLUDE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND SITE PREPARATION.

SO TERMS OF A TERM SHEET WOULD BE 17.5 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

THIS WOULD BE A FOUR STORY, 52 UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH A MIX OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS. BECAUSE OF THE CDBG FUNDING, AT LEAST 51% OF THE UNITS WOULD NEED TO BE AT OR BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

IT WOULD INVOLVE UNDERGROUND PARKING AND STORM SHELTER.

DOES NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE IOWA GREEN STREETS.

CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY IS SLATED TO COMMENCE IN SEPTEMBER OF 24, WITH COMPLETION IN OCTOBER OF 25.

THE INCENTIVES.

THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE AROUND 4 MILLION IN TAXES OVER 20 YEARS, AND SO THE REIMBURSEMENT WOULD BE 100% OF THE TAX INCREMENT UP TO A NET PRESENT VALUE OF 1.7 MILLION, OR 20 CONSECUTIVE PAYMENTS.

OOPS. OKAY, SO FOR OUR TIMELINE JANUARY, THE CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MET, RECOMMEND MET AND MADE RECOMMENDATION OF THE RFP FEBRUARY 13TH.

THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND ISSUANCE OF THE RFP.

TODAY THE CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPER SELECTION AND APPROVAL OF TERM SHEET AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS TOUCHPOINTS WITH CITY COUNCIL.

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SOME OF THOSE ARE LISTED HERE.

SO CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO ESTABLISH AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA.

THERE WILL BE APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEN ALSO A REZONING AND WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE.

OH, SORRY AND THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL AND AUTHORIZE THE PROJECT TERM SHEET AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. I WOULD LIKE IF YOU COULD JUST GO BACK TO THE TERM SHEET BEFORE WE GET TO DISCUSSION HERE WITH COUNCIL, JUST TO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON TODAY.

SO THESE DETAILS AND THE TERM SHEET HOW MALLEABLE WHEN YOU PUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE ONE BEDROOM, HOW MANY ONE BEDROOM AND TWO BEDROOM.

HOW MALLEABLE IS THAT? IF WE APPROVE THIS TERM SHEET AS IS.

YOU KNOW IF. I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH WHEN WE'RE TALKING SUPPORT, FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

BUT WHEN WE GET KIND OF DOWN IN THE WEEDS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY BEDROOMS, HOW MALLEABLE IS THIS? YEAH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MODIFY THIS AND BRING IT BACK FOR APPROVAL.

IF IT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO WHAT IT IS TODAY, I WOULD SAY WE'D BRING IT BACK AND GET APPROVAL FOR AN AMENDED TERM SHEET.

THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ACTION BEFORE WE WOULD ACTUALLY BRING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGING FROM THIS.

SO TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE RIGHT NOW VOTING ON A RESOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE ASPECT ARCHITECTURE BEING THE DEVELOPER. CORRECT? CORRECT. WE'RE NOT APPROVING ANY DESIGNS.

I MEAN, WE DON'T WE DON'T DO THAT HERE.

THIS IS JUST OVERARCHING WE'RE APPROVING ASPECT.

CORRECT. AND FINANCIAL TERMS. AND THE TERMS WERE BASED ON THE PROFORMA THAT WAS PROVIDED AS PART OF THE PACKET.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, COUNCILMEMBER OLSON.

YEAH, I THINK THE MAYOR ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTION.

I, YOU KNOW, AND HEARING FROM NEIGHBORS AND HAVING BEEN IN THIS BUILDING FOR MEETINGS MANY YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE SEEN ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCHEMES COME THROUGH AND NOBODY'S MADE ANYTHING WORK. SO THE BUILDING JUST SITS THERE EMPTY.

AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT JUST HAPPENED DOWN THE STREET.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO INCORPORATE DIFFERENT THINGS INTO THE PROJECT.

BUT I THINK TO GO TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, I HAVE NO PROBLEM VOTING TO SELECT ASPECT ARCHITECTURE AND STEVE AND HIS TEAM TO DEVELOP THIS PROJECT, THIS SHEET I DO NOT APPROVE UNTIL THE MEETINGS ARE HELD.

SO IF WE CAN MODIFY THIS TODAY WHERE IT JUST READS, WE ARE APPROVING STEVE, MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COME BACK WITH A REVISED SHEET.

LET'S GET THAT DONE SO HE CAN GET THIS DONE.

BECAUSE THERE'S TIMING. SO THIS PAGE I THINK NEEDS TO DISAPPEAR AND SO I SUPPORT THE CONCEPT THAT THE HOUSING.

I KNOW HE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB PUTTING THAT PROJECT TOGETHER.

HE'S VERY CREATIVE AND CAN INCORPORATE HISTORIC ELEMENTS INTO THAT.

HE'S PROVEN IT, DONE IT, AND GETS THINGS DONE.

THAT'S WHY THE COMMITTEE SELECTED HIM, BECAUSE HE HAS A TRACK RECORD OF GETTING THINGS DONE.

AND SO NOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ASPECTS OF THE STATE PROGRAM, WHETHER HE HAS TO FOLLOW CERTAIN TERMS AND I THINK THAT'S THE MAYOR'S THING.

IF THE STATE IS ONLY GOING TO SAY, YOU HAVE TO BUILD THIS MIX AND THIS TYPE OF BUILDING THEN THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

I LIKE STEVE'S IDEA THAT HE WAS JUST PLACING A CONCEPT ON A SITE TO TEST IT AND SO I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO MEET WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND GET SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER TYPES OF UNITS AND MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN BECAUSE WE NEED TO THIS BUILDING SHOULD NOT KEEP SITTING THERE.

AND I THINK I KNOW STEVE HAS THE CAPABILITY TO GET IT DONE.

SO I'M READY TO VOTE TO APPROVE ASPECT AS THE DEVELOPER OF RECORD FOR US, BASED ON COMING BACK WITH THE DETAIL THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND FROM STEVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT GRANT AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY HAVE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AGREE WITH THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE TO AMEND WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED IN OUR MINUTES TO DO THAT.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO AMEND IT JUST TO DO THAT ONE THING IF THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.

BUT I WANT TO KEEP THIS THING MOVING AND SEE IF WE CAN, WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND STEVE WORKING TOGETHER, I'M CONFIDENT THAT IN A NICE PROJECT CAN BE DEVELOPED ON THIS SITE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S VANESSA, THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION OR NOT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, SELECTING THE DEVELOPER, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SELECTING THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.

COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON, WOULD YOU MIND IF WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS TOO? OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER MAIER YEAH, I AGREE WITH WHAT SCOTT SAID, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOTION INCLUDES ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO.

SO MAYBE IT'S ALSO THE INCENTIVE.

SO IF CAN WE INCLUDE THE INCENTIVES TODAY AS WELL.

GOOD POINT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

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THANK YOU MAYOR. SO MY QUESTION REALLY HERE IS RELATED TO THIS SPECIFICALLY.

THE LEVEL OF DETAIL OF THE BREAKOUT OF THE UNITS.

IS NOT REQUIRED OR IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE FEDERAL.

CDBG, IS THAT CORRECT? 51% IS WHAT'S REQUIRED.

OKAY. SO IN OKAY BUT NOT THE BREAKOUT BETWEEN THE UNITS.

SO I MEAN, I THINK THE, WE WANT TO LEAVE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY NEED TO COME BACK AND AMEND IT BASED ON.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ONLY ISSUE HERE IS THE BREAKOUT OF THE UNITS AND THE DESIGN.

YEAH, DESIGN. BUT WE AREN'T APPROVING THE DESIGN TODAY.

THIS IS NOT IN THE TERM SHEET.

SO FOR THE TERM FOR WHAT WE'RE I MEAN THE COUNCIL ACTION BEFORE US IS JUST THE TERM SHEET.

IT'S NOT THE DESIGN. IT'S NOT A REZONING.

IT'S NOT ANY OF THAT TODAY.

SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, REALLY THE ONLY ISSUE HERE, AND I THINK AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT COMMENTED AGREED THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FLEXIBILITY ON THE UNIT PART.

IF WE CAN REMOVE THE JUST THE REFERENCE TO 24 ONE BEDROOM AND 28 TWO BEDROOM, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT.

IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE WITH COMMENTS, WE CAN PROBABLY DO TAKE A MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO BE YEAH, MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDING, WE GET WHAT WE NEED IN THERE.

YES. SO AS FAR AS YOUR QUESTION GOES, YOUR HONOR, THE.

THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH TAKING OUT THE FIRST BULLET POINT.

THE ONE FOUR STORY, 52 UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

AS FAR AS MINIMUM IMPROVEMENTS GO, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE TERM SHEET, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE 51%. SO IF WE'RE JUST TAKING OUT THAT FIRST BULLET POINT UNDER THE MINIMUM IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE OUT THE 52 RESIDENTIAL, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED.

SO IT WOULD SAY A ONE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING 51% OF UNITS AT 80%, YES AND THE REMAINDER SHOULD PROVIDE SUFFICIENT TERMS FOR IT TO BE.

I LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE FOUR STORY AND WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE VERY SPECIFIC BEDROOMS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

YEAH. SO GIVEN THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THINGS THAT WILL COME LATER, BUT I WILL JUST SAY ONE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S, THAT IS A GOVERNMENT WORKING.

WELL, WHEN PEOPLE ARE EMAILING US, I COUNTED 34 EMAILS THAT WE GOT.

SO IF I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YOURS, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE I GOT TO THEIRS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH THERE'S A REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY HERE.

SO WHILE YOU'VE BEEN ENGAGED THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REINVEST IN THE VERNON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THAT IS GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT.

IT LOOKS LIKE COREY RATH IS YOUR LIAISON.

IF THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, LET'S DO THAT.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MEET THURSDAY AT THE FOURTH THURSDAYS OF THE MONTH AT 5:30, VIRTUALLY.

SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND YOU'RE NOT A ACCREDITED OR WHATEVER.

IS THAT HIGHER LEVEL WHERE YOU CAN ALSO GET UP TO $10,000 DESIGNATION.

SO THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO, TO CULTIVATE INTO SOMETHING THAT SUSTAINS THIS ENERGY AND MAKES SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS DONE WELL WITH THE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE COORDINATED IN THIS EFFORT TODAY.

BUT OTHERWISE, I DO SUPPORT REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON WHO HAS TESTIFIED TO THE WORK OF STEVE EMERSON. I AGREE, I'VE SEEN HIS WORK, I'VE SEEN HIS DESIGNS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE FACT THAT HE WILL DO THIS PROJECT WELL AND WILL LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORS INVOLVED.

COUNCILMEMBER. TODD.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

WHAT? SEEMS LIKE A DISCONNECT ACTUALLY HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT ISN'T UNTIL THERE'S AN EVENT THAT FOLKS RALLY AND FOCUS.

AMBROSE HAS BEEN SITTING THERE VACANT.

I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU HOW LONG AND IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN HERE.

I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY COUNCIL, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I'LL JUST READ IN A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

INTENT. YOUR ANTENNAE MOVING FORWARD.

OKAY. WE'RE INTENT ON IN TERMS OF ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PIECE, I THINK WE WENT PAST THAT.

THE DEVELOPER CAN SALVAGE WHATEVER HE CAN OUT OF IT AND PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE.

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I WANT TO TAKE US BACK TO.

THE PICKLE PALACE.

REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THAT DEAL? YOU KNOW, I SORT OF SAT HERE AND SAID, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, NONE OF US KNOW WHAT THIS THING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT WE TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH THAT BY WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPER, BY WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A PRODUCT THAT WE'RE ALL APPRECIATIVE OF, A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE IN NEWBO.

AND IN KINGSTON IN PARTICULAR, AND IN TERMS OF HISTORICAL INTEGRITY, DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT IS THERE WAS THERE AND SO IT CAN BE IT CAN CERTAINLY BE DONE.

RIGHT. BUT IN TERMS OF THE TERM SHEET, I HAVE TO PUT THIS IN.

YOU PROBABLY GOT THE CDBG MONEY BASED ON THE AMI, THE PERCENTAGE, THE INCOME AND SO THERE HAS TO BE A SENSITIVITY TO THAT.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THREE BEDROOMS OR NO, THREE BEDROOMS OR NO TWO BEDROOMS. I ALSO WOULD POINT THIS OUT.

WE HAVE TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND WE HAVE SINGLE MOMS WITH KIDS AND FAMILIES, AND IT WORKS FINE.

SO I WOULD SUPPORT YOUR EFFORT HERE.

I THINK OF THIS SORT OF IN TERMS OF A COMPROMISE.

SO THERE ARE GOOD COMPROMISES WHERE IT'S LIKE A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

OKAY. THEN YOU HAVE BAD COMPROMISES WHEN EVERYBODY'S MAD.

BUT IT ENDS UP BEING A COMPROMISE.

NOBODY GETS WHAT THEY WANT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO.

YOU HEARD THE INTENT ONCE, AND WE KNOW WHAT THE NEED IS FOR HOUSING THERE.

SO HE WOULDN'T BE BUILDING THIS IF THE BANK DIDN'T SAY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE WILLING TO PAY A MORTGAGE FOR THIS THING.

SO IN TERMS OF OUR WAITING LIST, WE KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.

THE QUESTION IS, WILL TERMS OF COMPATIBILITY.

WHAT WILL IT BE SO THAT IT MAYBE CHALLENGES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME EMBRACES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO I ALSO WANT TO IN TERMS OF TIME, IS THERE A TIME ON I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE STATE, BUT IF HE DOESN'T USE THE MONEY.

THEY WILL GET IT AND SO IN TERMS OF A TIMELINE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO AT LEAST.

FIGURE THIS THING OUT.

IN A WAY THAT DOES IT JUSTICE.

BUT THAT ALSO STILL HAS A SENSITIVITY TO THEIR OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD TAKE THAT MONEY IN A HEARTBEAT.

ALRIGHT I'M GOING TO TAKE THE DEVELOPER AT HIS WORD WHEN HE SAYS THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY.

SO IT'S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY THAT'S OUT THERE, I'M REALLY NOT INTERESTED.

I DON'T WHILE IT'S CERTAINLY OUT THERE, IT'S REALLY NOT A FACTOR IN THIS CONVERSATION.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS THERE IS EVERY CONFIDENCE IN THIS DEVELOPER.

WE'VE WORKED WITH HIM ON NEW AND AS WELL AS HISTORIC PROJECTS AND HAS PROVEN EXTREMELY TRUSTWORTHY AND DOES GREAT WORK.

SO I THINK WE'RE HEARING THAT DO I NEED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AMEND THIS TERM SHEET, OR WE CAN JUST.

NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO, WE WERE VERIFYING THAT THE RESOLUTION ITSELF JUST REFERS TO THE TERM SHEET AS EXHIBIT A, AND SO WE'LL JUST MAKE THE CHANGES TO EXHIBIT A. WONDERFUL.

OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED THEN IF THERE ARE NO MORE COUNCIL QUESTIONS WE WILL ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL AND CITIZENS WHO ARE HERE AND I DO ANTICIPATE SOME CHANGES ON THE WAY FOR THE VERNON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 36.

I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A BAD WAY.

I JUST MEAN PROGRESS.

I DON'T MEAN TO IMPLY ANYTHING BAD THERE.

ITEM NUMBER 36 IS A PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AUTHORIZING CITY FINANCIAL INCENTIVES UNDER THE MASTER PLAN REDEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE

[36. Presentation and resolution of support authorizing City financial incentives under the Master Plan Redevelopment economic development program for the construction of the Airport Commercial Park, which includes five commercial lots along Wright Brothers Boulevard SW, as proposed by Iowa Development I LLC (Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #TIF-0092-2024]

CONSTRUCTION OF THE AIRPORT COMMERCIAL PARK, WHICH INCLUDES 5 COMMERCIAL LOTS ALONG WRIGHT BROTHERS BOULEVARD SOUTHWEST AS PROPOSED BY IOWA DEVELOPMENT LLC AND SCOTT MATHER IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU. SCOTT, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL.

SCOTT MATHER, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM IOWA DEVELOPMENT ONE, LLC FOR STANDARD CITY FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.

THE PROJECT DOES QUALIFY UNDER THE MASTER PLAN REDEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AS IT MEETS THE 15 ACRE MINIMUM.

THE STANDARD INCENTIVE BRINGS A TEN YEAR, 50% REBATE OF NEW VALUE AND TAXES.

THIS IS A $21 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, OF WHICH ONE WOULD BE 24,000FT², A 20,000 SQUARE

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FOOT AND FOUR 13,000 SQUARE FOOT.

CONTRACTOR SUITE BUILDINGS.

IT INCLUDES SELF STORAGE UNITS THAT PROVIDE WILL PROVIDE EXTRA STORAGE FOR SOME OF THE CONTRACTOR SUITE INDIVIDUALS, AND SERVE AS A SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR.

THIS IS PLANNED TO RETAIN ROUGHLY 40 JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS BRINGING A MINIMUM OF 40 NEW JOBS TO THE CITY.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROJECT LOCATION JUST SOUTH ALONG WRIGHT BROTHERS BOULEVARD AND WEST OF I 380.

HERE'S A STREET VIEW FACING SOUTH ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD, WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO WRIGHT BROTHERS AND ANOTHER VIEW FACING EAST TOWARDS I-380.

HERE IS THE SITE PLAN CURRENTLY WITH THE SELF STORAGE UNITS OVER HERE.

THE CENTER FOR BUILDINGS ARE CONTRACTOR SUITES OF VARYING SIZES, AND THEN ON THE EASTERLY SIDE IS THE 20,020 & 4000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS.

AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE RENDERINGS OF THE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AUTHORIZING THE STANDARD TEN YEAR, 50% REBATE OF INCREASED TAXES.

AN ESTIMATED 3.6 MILLION IN TAXES WOULD BE GENERATED OVER TEN YEARS, WITH ROUGHLY 1.4 MILLION TAXES REBATED.

SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, WHICH WOULD BE FOLLOWED UP BY CREATING AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND TIF ORDINANCE AS WELL AS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER OLSON.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, THIS IS A QUESTION.

I GOT A COUPLE PHONE CALLS THAT PEOPLE WERE HAD QUESTIONS ON THE ABATEMENT.

AND IT RELATES TO SPEC BUILDING VERSUS A BUSINESS RELOCATION.

NOW, EXPLAIN THE 40 RETAINED JOBS, AND THEN THE 40 NEW JOBS.

WHERE THE 40 RETAINED JOBS COMING FROM.

YEAH. WHEN WE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND ACTUALLY THEY THEY HAVE SOME VERY DETAILED SPREADSHEETS WHERE THEY DID THEIR, THEIR CALCULATIONS AND REALLY FELT THAT BASED ON THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH EXISTING SMALLER BUSINESSES, THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RETAIN 40 JOBS WITH THEM MOVING TO THIS LOCATION AND EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS.

AND THEN ALSO REGARDING THE NEW JOBS, THEY'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT POTENTIAL CLIENTS BASICALLY OUT OF STATE THAT THEY ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH AND SO WHAT I EXPLAINED TO THEM WAS THESE WOULD BE THE NUMBERS, IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THAT WE WOULD USE IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND IF NOT MET, THEN THERE WOULD EITHER BE A CLAWBACK OR NO REBATES MADE IF THEY DIDN'T MEET THESE THRESHOLDS, BECAUSE BOTH OF THESE DEVELOPERS MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD ASKED FOR THE SAME INCENTIVE AND WERE TURNED DOWN OF MAJOR PROJECTS THAT THE OUR DEPARTMENT SAID THAT WE DON'T GIVE THE URBAN THE CREDITS TO PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST SPEC WITHOUT A COMPANY OR SOMETHING TIED TO IT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE VERY DETAILED AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE DOING.

I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING NEW AND WHERE WE'RE JUST DOING.

BECAUSE REALLY, THERE'S TONS OF THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS BEING BUILT, AND I SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE.

I'M JUST SAYING THIS, THESE DEVELOPERS AND TWO OF THESE, BOTH OF THESE DEVELOPERS ARE DEVELOPING SIMILAR TYPE BUILDINGS IN THIS AREA AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY ASKED FOR INCENTIVES, AND WE'RE TOLD BY OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT A SPECIFIC USER.

I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ON THOSE.

THOSE WOULD BE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROJECTS THAT OCCURRED BEFORE MY TIME.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THOSE.

BUT REALLY,WHAT DROVE THIS PROJECT QUALIFYING WAS THE FACT THAT IT MET THE 15 ACRE MINIMUM.

IT HAD COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.

IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, OUR MASTER PLAN REDEVELOPMENT TALKS ABOUT NOT BEING SOLELY RESIDENTIAL.

THIS ISN'T RESIDENTIAL AT ALL.

AND SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMMITTING TO BRINGING JOBS AND WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE ALL THAT NEGOTIATED.

BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE.

YEAH. AND AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. IT'S JUST THAT THEY QUESTIONED I KNOW AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THESE FLEX BUILDINGS BEING BUILT ALL OVER THE CITY AND A LOT BY THE AIRPORT OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND I'M TRYING TO THINK, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THAT FINE LINE WHERE WE GO WITH INCENTIVES AND NOT INCENTIVES? AND IF THIS FITS OUR STANDARDS, THEN I'M FINE WITH IT.

BUT I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED BY THE QUESTION.

WELL, ONE OF THE FACTORS MAY BE, WAS IT LESS THAN 15 ACRES POTENTIALLY.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF FACTORS.

I KNOW THAT EACH PROJECT IS UNIQUE AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALLY AND SO I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE FOLKS IF YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME.

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HAPPY TO DO THAT. RIGHT.

GOOD QUESTION. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING? NO. OH, COUNCILMEMBER OVERLAND.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY ONE THING.

JUST ONE THING REAL QUICK.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE DEVELOPER FOR THE PROPOSED DESIGN.

FOR THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE TYPE OF SERVICE THAT IT PROVIDES.

I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA ATTENTION TO THAT AND THE LANDSCAPING, AND IT'LL BE A NICE PROJECT.

SO THANK YOU. EXCELLENT.

OKAY. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SCOTT OLSON.

ITEM NUMBER 37 IS A PRESENTATION RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AUTHORIZING CITY FINANCIAL INCENTIVES UNDER THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

[37. Presentation and resolution of support authorizing City financial incentives under the Community Benefit economic development program for the construction of a commercial building at 1265 Wilson Avenue SW as proposed by Stone Meyer LLC (Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #TIF-0091-2024]

OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT 1265 WILSON AVENUE SOUTHWEST, AS PROPOSED BY STONE MEYER, LLC.

AND, SCOTT, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM STONE MEYER LLC, AN ENTITY OFCORE NETWORK CONSTRUCTION FOR STANDARD FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.

THIS PROJECT QUALIFIES UNDER THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

IT CALLS FOR A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF THEIR LOCAL HEADQUARTERS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

COMES WITH A STANDARD INCENTIVE OF A TEN YEAR, 50% REBATE OF NEW VALUE AND TAXES.

IT INVOLVES A $5.4 MILLION INVESTMENT, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 50,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL BUILDING, OF WHICH 42,000 SQUARE FOOT WOULD BE WAREHOUSE, AND THE ADDITIONAL 8000 WOULD BE OFFICE SPACE.

THE EMPLOYER CURRENTLY EMPLOYS 70 FOLKS, SO 70 JOBS RETAINED, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 20 NEW JOBS CREATED WITH THIS EXPANSION.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.

SO IT'S RIGHT ALONG ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WILSON AVENUE AND IT'S JUST NORTH OF THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR.

RELATION TO WHERE THIS IS LOCATED AT.

HERE'S A STREET VIEW FROM WILSON AVENUE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY WITH DHS IN THE BACKGROUND AND THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE RENDERINGS OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW RENDERING.

AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF STREET VIEWS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AUTHORIZING THE STANDARD TEN YEAR 50% REBATE.

AN ESTIMATED $1.6 MILLION IN TOTAL TAXES WOULD BE GENERATED OVER TEN YEARS, WITH AN ESTIMATED 640,000 BEING REBATED.

TODAY WE'RE HERE TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.

IF APPROVED, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD INVOLVE CREATION OF AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND TIF ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SCOTT.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PESTER YOU, MAYOR.

THERE. I WAS INVOLVED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS AND ASSISTING THIS DEVELOPER IN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY, AND HE WAS GOING TO BUILD A BUILDING THAT WAS NOT AS NICE AS WHAT HE'S GOT PROPOSED HERE.

I'M NO LONGER INVOLVED IN IT.

IT'S BEEN 2 TO 3 YEARS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, I SHOULD.

I SUPPORT THE PROJECT, BUT I MAY JUST BECAUSE OF THAT CONFLICT BECAUSE MY NAME WAS ON THE SIGN A LONG TIME AGO.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF, PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU LOOKED AT THIS SPACE.

IT'S BEEN SITTING, AS WE'VE SAID, VACANT FOREVER AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A REAL WONDERFUL AMENITY TO WILSON AVENUE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AND I LOVE IT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT. I'LL SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY I LOVE TO SEE SOME HAPPENINGS ALONG WILSON AVENUE AS WELL.

THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD JUST ASK US TO REALLY START INFLUENCING IN THIS CONVERSATION IS THE BEARING OF LINES, CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION OVER FROM LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT ALLIANT AND ITC TO WORK ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF SIDEWALKS ALL ALONG.

WILSON I'M GOING TO BEAT THAT DRUM UNTIL IT HAPPENS.

ALL ALONG, WILSON AND BEARING AS MANY LINES AS WE CAN JUST TO LIFT UP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY POE.

AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THAT BRINGS US NOW TO THE ORDINANCES.

[38. Ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code, Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks, by enacting paragraphs relating to sidewalk, parking and driveway maintenance and repair. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #41-08-018]

ITEM NUMBER 38 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER NINE OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE STREETS, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS BY ENACTING PARAGRAPHS RELATING TO SIDEWALK PARKING AND DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.

THE APPROVAL OF THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY MAIER, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER. POE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MOVE THE RULE REQUIRING THREE READINGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS, BE SUSPENDED, AND 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 POE, SECONDED BY HAGER.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

ITEM NUMBER 39 IS AN ORDINANCE VACATING PUBLIC WAYS AND GROUNDS OF A 0.99 ACRE PARCEL OF 33RD AVENUE SOUTHWEST, BETWEEN WILLIAMS

[39. Ordinance vacating public ways and grounds of a 0.99-acre parcel of 33rd Avenue SW between Williams Boulevard and west of Sequoia Drive SW as requested by Atwood Rentals, LLC. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #ROWV-033829-2023]

BOULEVARD AND WEST OF SEQUOIA DRIVE SOUTHWEST, AS REQUESTED BY ATWOOD RENTALS, LLC.

THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY HAGER, SECONDED BY MAIER.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE RESOLUTION FOR THIS ITEM THIS IS THE RESOLUTION AT THIS POINT.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION? SEEING NO QUESTIONS.

THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY MAIER.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS RESOLUTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 40 IS AN ORDINANCE VACATING PUBLIC WAYS AND GROUNDS OF A 1.24 ACRE

[40. Ordinance vacating public ways and grounds of a 1.24-acre parcel of 33rd Avenue SW between Williams Boulevard and west of Sequoia Drive SW as requested by Bellon-Africa Family Farms, L.C. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #ROWV-033829-2023]

PARCEL OF 33RD AVENUE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN WILLIAMS BOULEVARD AND WEST OF SEQUOIA DRIVE, SOUTHWEST, AS REQUESTED BY BELLON-AFRICA FAMILY FARMS. THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY VANORNY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE THE RULE REQUIRING THREE READINGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS BE SUSPENDED AND 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 POE, SECONDED BY MAIER.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

NOW WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO VOTE ON.

SO BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION FOR THIS ITEM COUNCIL, ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD.