[1. A public hearing will be held to consider a change of zone for property at 1845 Sandberg Lane SW from A-AG, Agriculture District, to P-IN, Public – Institutional District, as requested by Big Dreams, LLC (Seth Gunnerson). CIP/DID #RZNE-000545-2024]

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW BEGIN WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO I REMIND EVERYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TODAY, WHETHER DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING OR DURING ONE OF OUR TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS, OF A FEW MATTERS TO ENSURE WE HAVE AN ORDERLY MEETING. FIRST REMINDER TO STAY AT THE LECTERN.

IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE OFFICER.

HE WILL THEN MAKE SURE WE GET THEM.

SECOND, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES A SPEAKER.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THE LIGHT TURN YELLOW, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE AND WHEN IT'S RED, WE'LL INVITE YOU TO TAKE YOUR SEAT AND PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL MATTERS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTER OF THE HEARING AND THAT ABUSIVE, PERSONAL, LOUD, THREATENING OR IRRELEVANT COMMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED AND FINALLY, IN ORDER TO HOLD AN ORDERLY MEETING, WE DO ASK FOR NO APPLAUSE, CHEERING, BOOING OR OTHER NOISE OR DISTRACTION FROM THE AUDIENCE.

SO WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

DOES THE CLERK HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS IN REGARDS TO ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? YOUR HONOR, FOR PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO, THERE WAS ONE LETTER OF OBJECTION FILED.

NO OTHER WRITTEN COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS WERE FILED.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE ONE OBJECTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1845 SANDBURG LANE, SOUTHWEST FROM AGRICULTURE DISTRICT TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY BIG DREAMS LLC.

SETH GUNNERSON IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

SETH. I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. AS NOTED, THIS IS A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT 1845 SANDBURG LANE, SOUTHWEST.

THE CHANGE IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED WESTDALE LIBRARY OR WEST SIDE LIBRARY, AND A PARK ADJOINING IT.

THE TOTAL LOT AREA IS 8.8 ACRES.

IT'S SHOWN ON A FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS URBAN HIGH INTENSITY.

THIS IS THE LOCATION SHOWN HERE.

WESTDALE MALL AREA TO THE SOUTH.

EDGEWOOD ROAD ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN BETWEEN EDGEWOOD AND WYLIE.

HERE'S THE ZONING MAP.

THIS LAND IS HAS UNTIL RECENTLY BEEN REMAINED AN AGRICULTURAL PARCEL, SO HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN REZONED SINCE BEING ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

THE CITY IS WISHING TO AS I MENTIONED, CONSTRUCT A NEW LIBRARY AND PARK ON THE PROPERTY.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW SHOWING THE PROPERTY AND THIS IS A SITE PLAN SHOWING PROPOSED LAYOUT AS PART OF THE REZONING.

PARK TO THE NORTH OF THE LIBRARY.

THE NEW LIBRARY WOULD SIT HERE WITH PARKING LOCATED OFF OF PROPOSED SANDBERG LANE.

HERE ON THE WEST.

HERE ARE A COUPLE RENDERINGS SHOWING THE LIBRARY BUILDING THAT'S PROPOSED.

IN TERMS OF REZONING CRITERIA, STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE WEST DALE AREA PLAN, WHICH WAS COMPLETED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S NO ISSUES RAISED BY STAFF WITH THE ABILITY TO SERVE THE SITE AS PROPOSED.

THE OVERALL INTENT IS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, AS IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT AND INTENDED TO BASICALLY DEVELOP AN ANCHOR TO THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AS IT MEETS THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CITY PLANS, AND THERE ARE NO RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS.

THIS WENT TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 1ST AND WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL PENDING TODAY'S HEARING.

A SECOND AND THIRD READING WILL OCCUR ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE CHAIR.

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

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

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

SETH, JUST A TECHNICAL QUESTION.

I HAD TRIED TO LOOK THIS UP.

IS THIS WHAT THE NEW ADDRESS WILL BE? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S SANDBERG LANE YET.

OKAY, SO THIS IS WHAT THE STREET WILL BE AND IT'S THE DRIVE THAT IT'LL BE OR I THINK THE INTENT.

THE INTENT IS THAT SANDBERG WILL BE A PUBLIC STREET THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND DEDICATED ON THE WEST SIDE HERE.

THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF IT, TO WYLIE, WILL BE SOLD FOR DEVELOPMENT TO HELP FINANCE THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION'S DONATION TO THE CITY.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO TO CONTINUE PUSHING THE WEST SIDE LIBRARY FORWARD AND, I MEAN, THESE RENDERINGS ARE JUST EXQUISITE, BUT ALSO WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO TO HELP CEMENT THAT SIDE OF TOWN IS REALLY PHENOMENAL, AND I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT IT.

SO HAPPY TO SUPPORT ANYONE ELSE.

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.

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1627 HAMILTON STREET SOUTHWEST AND

[2. A public hearing will be held to consider a change of zone for property at 1627 Hamilton Street SW and 123/129 16th Avenue SW from U-VR, Urban Village Residential District, and U-VG, Urban Village General District, to T-RH-PUD, Traditional Residential High District with a Planned Unit Development Overlay, as requested by Modern Home Builders (Seth Gunnerson). CIP/DID #RZNE-000603-2024]

123/129 16TH AVENUE, SOUTHWEST FROM URBAN VILLAGE, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND URBAN VILLAGE GENERAL DISTRICT TO TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL HIGH DISTRICT WITH A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY AS REQUESTED BY MODERN HOMEBUILDERS AND, SETH, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AS NOTED, THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY NEAR CZECH VILLAGE TO WHAT WE CALL A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHES A BASE DISTRICT AND ALLOWS FOR CUSTOMIZATION OF ZONING REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE TOTAL LOT AREA IS A LITTLE OVER 0.8 ACRES IN SIZE.

I'LL KIND OF DESCRIBE IT IN TWO TRACTS OF LAND.

THE SOUTHERN TRACT OF LAND HAS 12 HOME TOWNHOMES, WHICH ARE HAVE BEEN OR NEARING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AND THEN THE NORTHERN TRACT IS A PROPOSED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

ALONG WITH THAT.

HERE'S A MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION IN SOUTHWEST CEDAR RAPIDS, ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE MAIN STRIP AND CZECH VILLAGE.

HERE'S A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

THE RED COLOR INDICATES URBAN HIGH INTENSITY.

THE ORANGE COLOR IS URBAN MEDIUM INTENSITY AND HERE'S A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE EXISTING ZONING AND THE URBAN FORM.

DISTRICTS SURROUNDED BY GENERALLY TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON ALL SIDES OR ON, I SHOULD SAY, TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW TAKEN LAST YEAR.

YOU CAN NOTICE THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE 12 TOWNHOMES, WHICH ARE NEARING COMPLETION ON THE SOUTHERN, WHICH WOULD BE THE TOP OF THE SCREEN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN THE REQUEST ALSO ENCOMPASSES THIS PAVED PARKING LOT LOCATED NEXT TO THE FORMER U.S.

BANK BUILDING ON 16TH AVENUE IN HAMILTON.

THE FIRST PHASE OF THE 12 ROWE HOMES.

PART OF THE REQUEST FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, IS TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO SPLIT THE LOTS UP INTO INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.

SO ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE EACH ROWHOME BE ON ITS OWN PARCEL.

THE HOMES WERE CONSTRUCTED IN A MANNER THAT WOULD PERMIT THAT, BUT THE ZONING CODE REQUIRES THAT EACH LOT HAS A FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC STREET.

THEY'RE ALSO WISHING TO CREATE AN OUTLET WHICH WOULD BE SHARED BY THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS TRIANGULAR SPACE HERE.

WHICH CAUSES SOME OF THE STREET FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS AND NECESSITATE THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE TWO.

THIS YELLOW AREA I'M SHOWING ON THE SCREEN NOW, THEY WOULD HAVE UP TO NINE ADDITIONAL ROWHOMES, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE ON INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.

HERE'S A SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING THE EXISTING ROW HOMES AND CONCEPTUALLY, THE LAYOUT FOR ADDITIONAL HOMES ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LOT.

HERE ARE SOME IMAGES OF EXISTING HOMES DONE BY THE DEVELOPER.

ON THE TOP AND THE RIGHT ARE PICTURES OF THE ROW HOMES RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED.

IN THE BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE IS A PROJECT DONE BY THE SAME DEVELOPER ACROSS THE STREET, FROM WHERE THEY WILL PROPOSE ADDITIONAL HOMES TO BE BUILT.

AS NOTED, THE REQUEST FOR THE REZONING IS TO ALLOW THEM TO PLACE EACH HOME ON ITS INDIVIDUAL PARCEL, SOME OF WHICH WOULD HAVE NO STREET FRONTAGE.

IT ALSO PUTS BOTH PHASES OF THE DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT, AS THEY ARE SHARING A COMMON SPACE, AND ALLOWS FOR THEM TO DO A SIMILAR SUBDIVISION IN THE PHASE TWO PROPERTY. THE REZONING DOES NOT CHANGE THE DENSITY PERMITTED OR WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN THAT PROPERTY OTHERWISE.

IN TERMS OF REZONING CRITERIA, STAFF FINDS IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN, WHICH IS TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE INFILL WITHIN THE CZECH VILLAGE AREA AND ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE ARE NO CONCERNS WITH THE CITY, WITH SERVICEABILITY OR THEIR ABILITY TO SUITABILITY FOR THE PROJECT.

THE REQUEST FOR TERMS OF CHARACTER AS A CRITERIA FOR REZONING.

IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY MAINTAINS THE EXISTING ZONING BUT GIVES THEM SOME FLEXIBILITY IN DEVELOPMENT.

ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS THAT DEVELOPMENT ALONG D STREET WILL BE REQUIRED TO MATCH THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET, AS SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE GRANTED WHICH ARE LISTED HERE, ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING FOR REDUCED SETBACKS AND PROPERTIES WITHOUT FRONTAGE ON INDIVIDUAL STREETS. THIS WENT TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 1ST, AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL PENDING TODAY'S HEARING.

AGAIN, A SECOND AND POTENTIAL THIRD READING OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, AND I'LL RETURN IT TO THE MAYOR.

THANK YOU. SETH. 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 AND WE DO HAVE ONE OBJECTION, AS NOTED BY THE CLERK.

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FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

YEAH. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE PAST THIS SPACE MOST DAYS WHEN I'M COMING HOME AND THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT IT.

ONE, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, THIS SPACE HAS SAT VACANT AND HAS REALLY BEEN BLIGHTED.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT THEY'VE BUILT THESE AND VERY ATTRACTIVE BUILDINGS IN THIS AREA, IN AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO CREATE DENSITY IN.

PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THIS IS THE IMPETUS FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING BEHIND IT AS WE WORK ON THE PROMENADE, AS WE WORK ON THE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE CZECH MUSEUM, AS WE WORK ON THE IMPROVEMENTS ALL THE WAY UP TO MOUNT TRASHMORE.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES TOO, IS THAT THE BUILDER HAS ALSO BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL THAT I APPRECIATE, AND MAKING IT VERY IT ROLLS NICELY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY'VE BUILT THOSE GARDENS IN AND THOSE GARDENS ARE VERY NICE AND I'VE SEEN THE NEIGHBORS TENDING TO THEM.

NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY PERSONALIZED ALL THESE HOMES, AND WITHIN A MATTER OF WEEKS THEY WERE ALL FULL.

SO THIS IS A THERE'S ENOUGH STREET PARKING THERE.

THEY'RE VERY WELL DONE AND I JUST APPRECIATE HAVING HIGH QUALITY HOMES IN THIS AREA.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD AT TIMES WHEN WE GO INTO AN OLDER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO A 1 OR 2 OR 3 STORY TOWNHOME TYPE DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHEN I FIRST WATCHED IT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND HAD THE I THINK WE WERE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY THEY HAD.

I WAS WHEN I FIRST SAW THE FOUNDATIONS, THE DENSITY LOOKED HEAVY DUTY AND SO IN LOOKING AT THE FINISHED PRODUCT, THEY ARE IT IS A DENSE DEVELOPMENT, BUT NICELY DONE IN THE DESIGN, LANDSCAPING AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE UPPER PICTURE, NOW OUR STREETS ALONG THERE LOOK KIND OF CRUMMY AND SO THEY LOOK SO MUCH BETTER.

SO I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT TOO.

WE GOT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT MEANS THAT SOME WORK IN THERE ON SOME OF THE STREETS NEEDS TO BE DONE AND EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY, THAT'LL BE IN OUR MASTER PAVING FOR PROGRESS PLAN SOMEDAY.

BUT I THINK THAT THE DENSITY WITH THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT USED TO BE A BANK FITS VERY NICELY AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT HAVE MOVED, WERE IN THE ORIGINAL ONES AND THEY LOVE IT.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER AND PEOPLE TAKE PRIDE IN THIS TYPE OF HOME BECAUSE THE RENTS ARE NOT CHEAP, AND MY ASSUMPTION IS THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO EVENTUALLY SELL THEM AS CONDOS, I ASSUME WHY THEY WANT TO PUT THEM ON SEPARATE PARCELS.

BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT ADDITION AND PROVES THAT IF YOU DO IT NICELY, A MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR IN AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD AND RAISES THE VALUES OF ALL THE PROPERTIES AROUND IT BECAUSE OF THE LANDSCAPING AND DESIGN.

SO I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE STATEMENT, AND ASHLEY WAS RIGHT ON TRACK AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE CZECH VILLAGE AREA.

SO GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER TODD, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE TOP FEW? AND SO IS THERE AN ALLEY THERE OR I'M JUST LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE GARBAGE AND YEAH, THERE IS AN ALLEY THROUGH HERE IN THERE.

SO IN TERMS OF TAKING THEIR RECYCLES OUT, WHERE DO THEY TAKE THOSE? I WOULD HAVE TO.

I CAN CHECK AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE LESS THAN FOUR UNIT BUILDINGS THAT THEY HAVE GARDENS, SO THEY WOULD WHEEL THEM OUT TO THE STREET.

I BELIEVE THEY GET SERVED THROUGH THIS DRIVEWAY HERE.

WE HAVEN'T REVIEWED THIS ONE IN DEPTH YET, BUT I KNOW SOLID WASTE AND NOT TO BE CRITICAL OF THIS AT ALL, BUT I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT POLICY DISCUSSION WE HAD A WHILE BACK AGO ABOUT THE ALLEYS.

WHO'S PLOWING WHAT AND SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

BUT YEAH, I WOULD ECHO MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS IN TERMS OF THE ESTHETICS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I DIDN'T CATCH WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THAT TRIANGLE SECTION ALONG BARBER STREET.

WHAT WAS THAT GOING TO BE USED FOR? THE DEVELOPERS WISHING TO BASICALLY CREATE THIS AS A SEPARATE PARCEL.

BE A LETTERED PARCEL.

SO NOT BUILDABLE.

I THINK THEY'RE WANTING TO HAVE IT AS COMMON OPEN SPACE FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. THE ONE THING I FORGOT, THOUGH, IS THAT WHEN WE WERE ORIGINALLY LOOKING AT THIS PLAN IN PHASE ONE, I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THEY WOULD KEEP THE MATURE TREES THERE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S ALWAYS APPRECIATED WHEN A DEVELOPER LISTENS, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WERE THEY THESE ARE QUITE CLOSE TO THE STREET, WHICH I WAS REALLY CONCERNED MAY THEREFORE CAUSE AN UNFAVORABLE IMPACT TO OUR TREES AND OBVIOUSLY POST-RACIAL.

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WE'VE LOST SO MANY, BUT THEY KEPT THEM AND THERE'S TWO VERY TALL TREES IN FRONT OF PHASE ONE, AND IT'S JUST DEEPLY APPRECIATED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE.

OH, YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT, COUNCILMEMBER POE.

THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I ECHO ALL OF THE COMMENTS BY MY COLLEAGUES, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH AN UP AND COMING AREA.

CZECH VILLAGE HAS BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL OLD HISTORIC PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR SO MANY YEARS.

SO NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA IS CERTAINLY WELCOMED AND EMBRACED, AND I'M ECHOING A LOT OF THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER VANORNY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING TREES BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED TO HANG ON TO EVERY OLDER TREE. WE HAVE.

BUT THIS IS TRULY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS AREA AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT AND AS WE LOOK AT THE LIGHT LINE LOOP AND THE PROMENADE AND THE FESTIVAL STREET AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THIS UP AND COMING AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE THINK ABOUT UP AND COMING, WE THINK ABOUT THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS AREA LIKE NEW BOHEMIA.

BUT CZECH VILLAGE REALLY IS POSITIONED AND STAGED FOR THIS WONDERFUL GROWTH.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO I'M I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S COMMENTS AND FULLY SUPPORT IT MAYOR, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS HAS BEEN HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU AND NUMBER THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE DISPOSITION OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 416 SIXTH STREET SOUTHWEST.

[3. A public hearing will be held to consider the disposition of City-owned property at 416 6th Street SW (Jeff Wozencraft). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #DISP-0048-2024]

JEFF WOZENCRAFT IS HERE.

JEFF, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS STATED, THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR PROPERTY DISPOSITION AT 416 SIXTH STREET SOUTHWEST.

TO START, JUST AN AERIAL IMAGE OF OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.

SIXTH STREET IS RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE IMAGE HERE.

CEDAR RIVER ACADEMY IS TO THE SOUTH AND THE PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.

SOME SITE CHARACTERISTICS.

ABOUT A 10TH OF AN ACRE.

IT'S CURRENTLY A VACANT LOT ZONED IN OUR TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL FLEX FLEX DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SMALL SCALE MULTI UNIT RESIDENTIAL.

IT HAS ACCESS TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT WAS ACQUIRED AFTER THE FLOOD IN 2010 AND IT IS LOCATED IN THE 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN.

SO OUR FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS LOT.

OBJECTIVES FOR THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT WITH THE SIXTH STREET SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR ACTION PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2020.

WITH THE GOAL HERE TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP KEY CITY OWNED SITES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

PREFERENCE FOR HOUSING DESIGN THAT MEETS OUR ZONING CODE.

ADDRESS ALLEY CONDITION.

WE ARE REQUESTING THAT PROPOSALS CONTEMPLATE PAVING THEIR PORTION OF THE ALLEY AND, OF COURSE, BE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

SO TODAY WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE A MONTH FROM NOW, AND THEN WE WOULD HOPE TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AT THE 2ND OCTOBER MEETING, WITH A NEGOTIATION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN THE FALL OR WINTER OF THIS YEAR AND WITH THAT, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE MAYOR.

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

DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

PLEASE APPROACH THE DAIS AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU LIVE.

MARK MOLINARO, NORTHWEST SIDE PROPERTY OWNER SPEAKING ON THE PREVIOUS ONE TOO, SPEAKER THAT'S FUNNY.

YOU TALK ABOUT PAVING THE ALLEY.

I'M THE NEIGHBOR TO THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT OVER IN CZECH VILLAGE AND YES, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

THEY DID NOT PAVE THE ALLEY.

IT'S CRAP. IT'S DUSTY, IT'S DIRTY, IT'S LOTS OF GARBAGE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO YOU WOULD THINK WITH ALL THE INCENTIVES AND EVERYTHING, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THEM DO THAT AND THEN SAME THING HERE WITH THE EMPTY LOTS, MULTIPLE LOTS AROUND TOWN THAT ESPECIALLY OLD FLOOD LOTS THAT WE'VE ASKED ABOUT DOING SOMETHING WITH.

I KNOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR PROPOSALS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I WOULD DISPOSE OF THEM FASTER BECAUSE MOST OF THE ONES THAT THE CITY OWNS ARE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT TALL AND GRASS, GARBAGE, YOU KNOW, VAGRANTS, STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO EVEN IF YOU JUST GAVE THEM TO THE NEIGHBORS WITH MAYBE THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD UPKEEP THEM BETTER WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU.

DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

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JEFF, JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT WE OFTEN HEAR FROM OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR PARCELS LIKE THIS TO MOVE HOMES TO.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THIS PROPOSAL AS WELL? CERTAINLY CAN BE CONSIDERED.

IT WOULD MEET CRITERIA THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS AND WOULD BE EVALUATED BY THE STAKEHOLDER REVIEW COMMITTEE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THEREFORE, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAGER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE TAFT AND WEST WILLOW SAFE

[4. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Taft and West Willow Safe Routes to School project (estimated cost is $548,000) (Ken DeKeyser). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #301948-02]

ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT.

WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $548,000.

KENNEDY KAISER IS HERE.

KEN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, KEN KAISER WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

THIS IS A SIDEWALK AND TRAIL EXTENSION.

THEY SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS SERVED BY TAFT AND WEST WILLOW SCHOOLS.

ONE OF THE CROSSINGS ALSO INCLUDES A PEDESTRIAN FLASHING BEACON, WHICH IS BECOMING MUCH MORE PREVALENT IN A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS.

THE FUNDING INCLUDES, IN PART $384,000 OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM FUNDING.

THE PROJECT OVERALL SUPPORTS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR SIDEWALK AND TRAIL EXTENSIONS, AS WELL AS YOUR COUNCI PRIORITIES FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S A $548,000 COST.

OPINION. THIS WAS BID THROUGH THE IOWA DOT LAST WEEK ON AUGUST 20TH.

SO WE DO HAVE THE BIDS THAT CAME TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK, AND THEY ARE FAVORABLE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO YOU ON THE NEXT MEETING.

PROJECT LOCATIONS.

THIS IS THE SIDEWALK PROPOSED ALONG STONY POINT ROAD NEAR WEST WILLOW.

AND THIS IS ALSO SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN AS AN AREA NEEDING THIS EXTENSION AND THEN THE OTHER LOCATION IS SOUTH AVENUE.

THIS IS A PART OF AN OVERALL TRAIL SYSTEM, BUT FOR THE INTERIM THIS IS GOING TO GET ESPECIALLY THE LOTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF F AVENUE.

I NOTE THERE ON THE EXHIBIT THERE TO THE RIGHT, THAT'S OVER 200 LOTS AND THIS, AND IN OTHER AREAS THERE COULD BE BETTER SERVED BY TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND THE BEACON AND WITH THAT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU KEN.

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

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

ALL RIGHT, THAT MEANS THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLAN SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE NOELRIDGE GREENHOUSE BOILER

[5. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Noelridge Greenhouse Boiler Replacement project (estimated cost is $310,000) (Jeff Koffron). CIP/DID #PUR0724-014]

REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $310,000.

JEFF KOFFRON IS HERE.

JEFF, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M JEFF COFFIN WITH FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES HERE TODAY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE NOELRIDGE GREENHOUSE BOILER SYSTEM AND MAIN PIPING LOOP IN THAT FACILITY. IT WAS ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY INSTALLED IN 1970.

SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY WE'VE GOTTEN OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF THAT ONE FOR SURE.

BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 20TH.

PRE-BID MEETING WAS ACTUALLY HELD EARLIER TODAY 2:00 PM AT THE NOELRIDGE GREENHOUSE.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A BOILER ROOM DISCUSSION.

SO BID QUESTIONS.

DEADLINE IS ALSO TODAY AT 5:00 THIS AFTERNOON, AN ADDENDUM ANSWERING ALL QUESTIONS RAISED WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW BY 5:00.

THE BIDS ARE DUE IN ON SEPTEMBER 4TH BY 11:00 AND THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE PROJECT IS $310,000.

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

MAYOR? THANK YOU.

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

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

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES 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 COUNCIL ON ANY SUBJECT PERTAINING TO COUNCIL ACTION FOR TODAY.

A SECOND PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD COMES AT THE END OF OUR MEETING FOR RESIDENTS TO SPEAK ON ISSUES THAT ARE GERMANE TO THE CITY, BUT MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA TODAY, SO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY AND STAFF MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE BEFORE AND AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AT THIS TIME, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE AS A COUNCIL ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU.

SO ALSO REMINDER THAT ALL MATTERS ARE ADDRESSED.

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PRIOR TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING APPLIED TO THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO REMAIN AT THE LECTERN.

FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK, ONE MINUTE.

LIGHTS. TURNS YELLOW. RED.

RED LIGHT. PLEASE SIT DOWN.

COMMENTS NEED TO BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTER YOU WISH TO ADDRESS, AND NO ABUSIVE, LOUD PERSONAL COMMENTS ARE ALLOWED AND NO PARTICIPATION FROM THE AUDIENCE.

PLEASE. WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THAT IS ANGIE MORRISON HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22.

HI, ANGIE MORRISON, 7309 ROLLING RIDGE DRIVE, SOUTHWEST.

I'M THE CFO, BOARD SECRETARY TREASURER AT COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR PRAIRIE SUMMIT YMCA WILL PROVIDE TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT MANY OF THE CITY STAFF MEMBERS HAVE PUT WITH US WORKING ON THIS PROPOSAL.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR DOUG WHEELER, WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, SO HE ASKED ME TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS AS WELL.

WE WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THE SUPPORT OF OUR YMCA PROJECT.

THIS FACILITY WAS ENVISIONED FOR TWO PURPOSES ONE FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS AND ONE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, INCLUDING OUR 7000 HOMES IN THE CITY LIMITS OF CEDAR RAPIDS. THIS PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS US TO OFFER MORE EXPERIENCES WITHIN THIS SPACE AND OFFER THE BEST POSSIBLE AMENITY TO SUPPORT CURRENT RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH IN SOUTHWEST CEDAR RAPIDS.

I WANT TO THANK MRS. PRATT, MAYOR O'DONNELL AND CITY MANAGER POMERANZ FOR THEIR TIME, EFFORT AND OPENNESS, WHICH LED US TO THIS PROPOSAL AND ASKED FOR THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT ON THIS RESOLUTION.

OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT PROGRAMING AND THIS NEW FACILITY STAND AT THE READY TO ASSIST IN THE GROWTH OF SOUTHWEST CEDAR RAPIDS, TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST TALENT IN OUR AREA THROUGH GREAT LIFESTYLE AMENITIES LIKE THE NEW PRAIRIE SUMMIT YMCA.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MAYOR O'DONNELL, WHO CAME TO OUR RCR EVENT LAST WEEK ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY TO GIVE OUR INSPIRATIONAL WELCOME TO OUR STAFF BEFORE THEY LEARNED ABOUT OUR THRIVING ECONOMY.

ON A DAY DESIGNED TO INSPIRE GREAT ALIGNMENT BETWEEN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONSIDERING THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU AND THAT WILL CLOSE OUT OUR VERY FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

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

[MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA]

NO CHANGES, NO CHANGES.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES ON ANY AGENDA ITEMS OR MAKE ANY CHANGES.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, THAT'LL BRING US TO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

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

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

I. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

[21. Report on bids for the Westside Library project for the Facilities Maintenance Services Division (estimated cost is $17,850,000) (Jason Stancliffe). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #PUR0624-324]

ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE WEST SIDE LIBRARY PROJECT FOR THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES DIVISION AND THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $17,850,000. DOLLARS.

JASON STANCLIFFE IS HERE.

JASON, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM JASON SANCHO WITH FACILITIES, AND I AM HERE TO REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE WEST SIDE LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

THE BID DOCUMENTS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 24TH.

A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON AUGUST 13TH.

THE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND OPENED ON AUGUST 14TH AT 11 AM.

THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE PROJECT WAS 17,850,000, AND THE PROJECT COMPLETION IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2026.

WE RECEIVED EIGHT BIDS TOTAL AND THE HIGHEST, THE LOWEST BID WAS 15,525,000, AND THE HIGHEST WAS 17,237,000. FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES IS REVIEWING THE BIDS IN.

AN ACTION TO AWARD OR NOT WILL BE PRESENTED SEPARATELY FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU MAYOR. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. YEAH, WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT IT'S A STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE APPLYING TO BE A PART OF IT, LET ALONE THAT SO MANY ARE SO UNDER BUDGET.

SO IT'S HAPPENING AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON SINCE WE HAVE NO RESOLUTION TO THAT.

ITEM NUMBER 22 IS THE PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PRAIRIE

[22. Presentation and resolution authorizing negotiation and execution of a partnership agreement with the College Community School District for the Prairie Summit YMCA development at 76th Avenue SW at Lone Willow Drive SW (Jennifer Pratt). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #655991-00]

SUMMIT YMCA DEVELOPMENT AT 76TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST AT LONE WILLOW DRIVE.

SOUTHWEST. JENNIFER PRATT IS HERE.

JENNIFER, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

JUST SOME QUICK BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT.

IN THE FALL OF 2023, COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTERS APPROVED A $43 MILLION SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM FOR A WELLNESS CENTER.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THEN ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YMCA TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE FACILITY.

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SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT I'LL GO OVER HERE INCLUDE A COMPETITION SIZE POOL, RECREATIONAL POOL, THE WALKING AND RUNNING TRACK, INDOOR TURF, BASKETBALL AND MULTI-PURPOSE COURTS, AND CARDIO AND WEIGHT LIFTING.

HERE'S JUST SOME IMAGES TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

AGAIN, IT REALLY DOES ALIGN WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS.

THE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL AMENITIES TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND AGAIN, AS A YMCA FACILITY, IT ALSO OFFERS MEMBERSHIP ASSISTANCE BASED ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

AGAIN, THE INDOOR WALKING TRACK WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED AMENITY FOR OLDER ADULTS IN A RECENT CITY RECREATIONAL SURVEY AND AGAIN, THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED COORDINATION WITH THE YMCA.

WE DO WANT TO WORK WITH THE YMCA ON REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS FACILITY AS WELL AS OUR DOWNTOWN FACILITY, AND IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENHANCED PROGRAMING EXPERIENCES AND PROVIDE CONSISTENT PRICING FOR JOINT RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING, AND REALLY WANT TO OPTIMIZE THE RECREATIONAL SPACE TO MEET OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.

ONE SPECIFIC PROMOTION IS FOR THE SILVER SNEAKER PROGRAM, WHICH IS A MEDICARE FUNDING FOR YMCA MEMBERSHIPS.

SO FOR THIS PROPOSAL, THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT ON 76TH STREET SOUTHWEST, THE SEWER EXTENSION FOR THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS WALKING TRACK NAMING RIGHTS OF 500,000.

IN CONSIDERATION FOR THIS, THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS OFFERED THE CITY LOGO AND NAME ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS A CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS WALKING TRACK SIGNAGE FOR THE INDOOR TRACK.

SO AGAIN NEXT STEPS.

TODAY WE HAVE THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE WILL AGAIN WORK ON COORDINATION WITH THE YMCA, ON YOUTH PROGRAMING AND PROMOTING MEMBERSHIP RESOURCES, AND THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START THIS FALL WITH COMPLETION IN EARLY 2026.

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

THANK YOU JENNIFER.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT DISTRICT FIVE HAS TWO REALLY GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN IT.

BUT I WILL ALSO SAY ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING THINGS THAT J-HAWKS HAD OVER ANY PRAIRIE HAWKS WAS THAT WE HAD A POOL.

I AM VERY EXCITED FOR ANY OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY STUDENTS, THOUGH, BECAUSE IT'S WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO GROW CEDAR RAPIDS, WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE MORE URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE DES MOINES AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, AND OTHER REGIONAL.

COMPETITIVE AREAS AS WELL IS THAT THEY HAVE DIVING TOWERS.

THEY HAVE POOLS. THIS IS WHY, WHEN WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT LOOK AT THE SENIOR FACILITY OR THE INTERGENERATIONAL CENTER, WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT, BECAUSE THE SUCCESS OF OUR SCHOOLS REALLY MATTERS TO BUILD THE GREAT FOUNDATIONAL BASE FOR THE HEALTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I KNOW THAT PARTICULARLY WITH THE AMERICAN PRAIRIE DEVELOPMENT YOU KNOW, UP AND COMING, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DENSITY IN THIS AREA AND THEY NEED AN OUTSTANDING FACILITY LIKE THIS, BUT SO DOES COLLEGE COMMUNITY.

SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR THE CITY TO GET INVOLVED IN, WHICH YOU JUST REVIEW, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE FACILITY IS BUILT AGAIN, HOW THE OPERATION IS GOING TO WORK. I MEAN, ARE WE CONTRIBUTING TO ANY TO THE OPERATIONS OR IS IT ALL DONE BETWEEN COLLEGE COMMUNITY AND THE WHY.

COULD YOU JUST REVIEW THAT, PLEASE? YES. SO THE THE OPERATIONS, ONGOING OPERATIONS WOULD BE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE YMCA.

WE JUST HAVE THE THE ONE TIME PARTICIPATION AT THE BEGINNING.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACILITY AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT COUNCIL VOTES ON TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A WORLD CLASS DIVING FACILITY AND A WALKING AND RUNNING TRACK.

I'M A STRONG NO FOR THE $500,000 IN NAMING RIGHTS AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF RATIONALE FOR THAT.

SO THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR BOND VOTE, WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL AND MY THOUGHT IS THAT IF THAT FUNDING WAS NEEDED FOR THE FACILITY THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED IT IN THEIR BOND VOTE, WHICH PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY 64%. THIS $250,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 AND 26 IS NOT IN OUR BUDGET,

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AND IT'S NOT IN THE FORECAST, AND THE CITY IS NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO BE WHAT I BELIEVE IS FRIVOLOUS WITH DOLLARS AND IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THIS $500,000 IS NAMING RIGHTS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPROVE THE FACILITY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS WALKING TRACK ANYMORE YOU KNOW, BEST IN CLASS. I WOULD ALSO SAY TO THE CITY HAS MULTIPLE WALKING TRACKS ACROSS ALL QUADRANTS, INCLUDING THE YMCA, DOWNTOWN, COLE COLLEGE, KIRKWOOD, MERCY COLLINS.

NOW, SOME OF THOSE AREN'T AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE AT THIS TIME, BUT WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS LIKE KIRKWOOD THAT ARE PUBLICLY FUNDED SCHOOLS, I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TO USE THAT SPACE AND I WOULD JUST AND I WITH REGARDS TO YMCA, WHEN I MOVED HERE WITH MY HUSBAND, OUR COMBINED HOUSEHOLD INCOME WAS $60,000. WE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR A REDUCED MEMBERSHIP AT THE YMCA.

A YMCA MEMBERSHIP FOR TWO ADULTS IS $1,150.

I BELIEVE THAT'S AMONG THE MOST EXPENSIVE PRICES.

SO THIS IS IT'S YOU HAVE TO BE MAKING LESS THAN $60,000 A YEAR TO GET SOME SOME DISCOUNT WITH YMCA.

I WOULD ALSO SAY WITH YMCA, THERE'S NO DAY PASSES, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE COMMITTED TO AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP IN ORDER TO USE ANY OF THEIR FACILITIES.

NOW THAT'S DIFFERENT IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THEIR SPORTS PROGRAMS, BASKETBALL, ETC.

SO THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS THERE.

I WENT TO THE YMCA TODAY TWICE.

THE DOWNTOWN ONE, IT WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS IN THE YEAR AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE USING THE TRACK.

RIGHT. BECAUSE TODAY IS NOT A DAY WHEN PEOPLE WOULD BE USING RUNNING OUTDOORS.

WHEN I WENT THERE AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING, THERE WERE BETWEEN.

I WAS THERE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

THERE WERE BETWEEN 3 AND 7 PEOPLE ON THE TRACK.

I WENT TODAY AT NOON AND I WAS ON THE TRACK FOR AN HOUR.

THERE WERE BETWEEN INCLUDING MYSELF, ONE AND SIX PEOPLE.

SO CLEARLY WE'RE NOT IN AN OVERCAPACITY SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO TRACKS.

I WOULD ALSO SAY TOO, I WAS ALSO A MEMBERSHIP OF COE COLLEGE.

WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I FIRST MOVED TO CEDAR RAPIDS.

WE LOOKED AT JOINING THE CEDAR RAPIDS COUNTRY CLUB PRIMARILY FOR USE OF THEIR FITNESS FACILITY, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH COE COLLEGE. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY AMAZING AMENITIES AT THE CLUB, AT THE CLUB, BUT NOT NOT WORKOUT FACILITIES AND SO I DID HAVE A MEMBERSHIP AT AT COE COLLEGE, WHICH IS CHEAPER THAN THE YMCA, MUCH BETTER TRACK.

IT WAS ACTUALLY I DIDN'T STAY AT COE BECAUSE IT WAS EERIE.

THERE WERE SO FEW PEOPLE THERE ON THE TRACK AND IT'S AROUND THEIR TENNIS COURT, SO IT'S HUGE.

I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AROUND THE COMMUNITY ALL DIFFERENT QUADRANTS.

I HAVE IN THE PAST YEAR I'VE CONNECTED WITH MANY PEOPLE.

THERE HAVE BEEN ZERO PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPROACHED ME ABOUT THE NEED FOR WALKING TRACK OR RUNNING TRACK IN THE CITY.

I KNOW THAT IT WAS THE LARGE, THE NUMBER ONE AMENITY IN A RECENT SURVEY, BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT.

THE QUESTION WAS IF WE WERE TO BUILD THIS NEW MULTI GENERATIONAL FACILITY, WHAT ARE THE AMENITIES THAT YOU WANT AND THAT WAS BY FAR THE NUMBER ONE AMENITY.

BUT EVEN YOU KNOW WHEN I ATTENDED SEVERAL 55 AND OVER THEMED EVENTS NEVER IS WALKING OR A TRACK LISTED AS A PRIORITY AND SO, YOU KNOW IN SUMMARY, THIS IS A NON-ESSENTIAL EXPENDITURE.

I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE MUCH OTHER HIGHER NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO SPEND THIS KIND OF MONEY WHEN IT'S NOT IN BUDGET IS IS UNNECESSARY AND FRIVOLOUS, IN MY OPINION AND AGAIN I WANT TO BE CLEAR, OF COURSE WE WOULD NEED TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT.

THAT'S A NON-ISSUE.

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BUT TO ME IT'S THE NAMING RIGHTS AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE HAVE THE NAMING RIGHTS ON THAT WALKING AND RUNNING TRACK, THE FACILITY WILL STILL BE BUILT.

IT WILL STILL BE AN AMAZING AMENITY FOR ANYONE WHO CHOOSES TO JOIN THE YMCA.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER TODD THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MAIER.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP POINTS FOR DISCUSSION AND I WILL JUST CHIME IN TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY DISTRICT AND THEIR SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF THIS INITIATIVE.

WHEN WE DID THE PARK AND REC MASTER PLAN.

THIS WAS A WHILE BACK AGO.

THE PARK AND REC MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED THE NEED CITYWIDE TO BUILD REC CENTERS OF VARYING DEGREES, AND I WOULD QUANTIFY THAT BY SAYING THAT STUDY WAS DONE WAY BEFORE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED OUT THERE.

AND SO I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT THEM.

FOR IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE KNOW PASSING BOND INITIATIVES, IT'S TOUGH AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND THEY DID THAT WITH THE TRACK AND THE MIX AND THE MATRIX AND SO IN A WAY, THEY'VE SAVED US A SIGNIFICANT COST IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS USUALLY IS THE DEVELOPER BUILDS THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE CITY GETS CALLED IN AFTERWARDS TO PUT THE NOT JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THE PARK, AND THE TRACK, EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT AND IN THIS CASE, THAT'S SAVING US TO A DEGREE.

YOU DIDN'T PUT IN WHAT THE COST WAS FOR THE SEWER EXTENSIONS IN THE ROUNDABOUT.

BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT BIG A PROBLEM WITH THE NAMING RIGHTS.

I DID HAVE A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF THE OPERATION, AND I SHARE THAT WITH THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE MY GOAL WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TAXPAYERS, IN TERMS OF THE OPERATIONS ARE PROTECTED AND THE EVENT THAT A THIRD PARTY WHO IS OPERATING IT, SOMETHING HAPPENS AND I'VE RECEIVED ASSURANCES THAT THERE'S A PLAN B IF THERE'S A WORST CASE SCENARIO BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS WITH, YOU KNOW WITH THE OPERATIONS.

IN TERMS OF THE ANALOGY WITH THE TRACK, THAT'S AN ANALOGY THAT I'LL MAKE WITH A WIRE OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY OPERATOR.

IF THERE IS NO PROGRAMING AND LEADERSHIP TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE PROMOTION OF THAT AMENITY, YOU WON'T SEE ANYBODY ON WHETHER IT'S THE HANDBALL COURTS OR IN THE POOL OR ON THE TRACK AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD THAT NECESSARILY AGAINST THE Y PER SE.

BUT IT'S AN OBSERVATION.

IT'S AN ACCURATE OBSERVATION.

BUT I THINK BASED ON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY DISTRICT, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CLAW THAT BACK.

I THINK IF THEY SEE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THAT IT'S NOT BEING OPERATED PROPERLY.

SO IN THIS CASE, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE AND I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT JENNIFER AND JONATHAN AND THE TEAM, THE MAYOR FOR THEIR WORK ON SEEING THIS HAPPEN, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT HAPPEN IN OTHER QUADRANTS AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON. THANK YOU MAYOR.

I THINK THE VALUE HERE REALLY IS THE COLLABORATION AND THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO TAKE WHAT WHAT IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF CITY SPECIFIC RESOURCE AND TURN IT INTO A REALLY AN AMENITY FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, CLEARLY IT'S ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CEDAR RAPIDS, BUT I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAT END UP USING IT.

YOU KNOW, WE COUNCIL MEMBER TODD AND OTHERS HAVE BROUGHT UP, WE DO HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

OBVIOUSLY, THE NORTHWEST REC CENTER COMES TO MIND AT A COST TO THE CITY OF WELL IN EXCESS OF THIS AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO ME IT'S OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PHYSICAL FACILITY THAT COMES WITH IT, BUT IT'S THE INVESTMENT IN THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT BRINGS NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL AMENITY, BUT YOU LAID OUT ALL THE OTHER COORDINATION THAT WILL OCCUR WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND

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THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING YOUTH PROGRAMING, ADULT PROGRAMING AND REALLY MAXIMIZING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SO I SEE A LOT OF VALUE HERE BEYOND JUST THE BUILDING AND THE AMENITIES IN THE BUILDING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT.

ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER.

OLSON. YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO ADD, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF PROJECTS WHERE THERE ARE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU PICK ONE THAT YOU LIKE AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY RELATE TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT LOOKING AT THE OVERALL PROJECT.

SO MY ASSUMPTION IS WE DIDN'T INVEST JUST FOR A TRACK.

I MEAN, WE INVESTED IN THE CONCEPT AND SO AND THE TRACK APPARENTLY WAS THE ONE ITEM THAT SEEMED TO BE A GOOD FIT, YOU KNOW, FOR A NAMING OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'VE WATCHED THE STUDIES COME UP AND AND WHAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS, I THINK IN TODAY'S WORLD, THE COST OF WHAT'S CHARGED AT A FACILITY LIKE THIS, THERE'S IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE MONEY UNLESS IT BECOMES PUBLIC SUPPORTED AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT THE CONCEPTS WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS THAT WERE 50, 60, $80 MILLION, THAT PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO RUN SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THAT YOU GOT TO CHARGE FOR IT.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THAT WHEN YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST PRIVATE ENTITIES AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK BY THE FACT OF TEAMING.

IT ALLOWS US TO ENHANCE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH THAT'S INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND ALLOWS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE A GOOD INDOOR FACILITY FOR THEIR ATHLETES AND OTHER PEOPLE AND FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND SO I THINK FOR US THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT, ARE WE RUNNING THIS THING? AND I THINK THE POINT BEING IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD WISE AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERS AND IT'S A TOUGH JOB ANYMORE TO MAKE THINGS WORK.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK DAVID'S POINTS ARE TAKEN YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, AS FAR AS I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE THESE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS.

I THINK THIS YOU KNOW, IS WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING, BUT AGAIN, SOME OF US DIDN'T GET TO PARTICIPATE MUCH IN THAT UNTIL WE READ ABOUT IT.

AND SO I SUPPORT THE EFFORT AND I THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES WHERE YOU GET TO NAME A FACILITY, YOU GET TO PICK SOMETHING, YOU PICK SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF FUNKY THAT PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, WELL, WE SUPPORTED THE TRACK.

WELL, YOU'RE REALLY SUPPORTING THE PROJECT AND YOU JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE YOUR NAME ON THE TRACK AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE KIND OF FACILITIES AND I HAVE BEEN ENOUGH THINGS I'VE CONTRIBUTED TO.

I PICK A CONFERENCE ROOM HERE OR I PICK SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO DO.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT'S WORTH THE COST.

IT'S JUST A STATEMENT.

THAT'S JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT AND SO BUT I THINK IT'S EXCITING AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT PROVES THAT PROBABLY THE WAY SOMEDAY THAT THE CITY BUILDS ANOTHER REC FACILITY, WE'RE GOING TO BE TEAMING.

THAT'S WHAT MARION DID.

THAT'S WHAT I JUST DON'T THINK IN TODAY'S WORLD, WE AS A CITY CAN AFFORD TO DO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST REC CENTER JUST BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE.

SO I THINK THE TEAMING IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENHANCE AN AREA OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IS GROWING AND BE A PART OF IT, AND WHETHER IT'S THE TRACK OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ON THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THE AREA.

SO THAT WAS MY THOUGHT.

ON NAMING OPPORTUNITIES JUST AS A COMMENT [INAUDIBLE] NO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

FOR TAXPAYERS, THIS REALLY DELIVERS ON A PROMISE OF RECREATION IN EVERY, IN EVERY QUADRANT AND WE HAVE HAD FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE DO WANT AND THE SENIORS THAT I SPEAK TO DO ACTUALLY WANT TRACKS.

THE SILVER SNEAKERS WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS SPACE OUT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY CLOSE TO THE WHY WHEN THE DOWNTOWN WHY IS YOUR ONLY OPTION.

IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT FOR THOSE 7000 HOMES WE KNOW ARE OUT THERE AND NOT JUST OUT THERE, BUT THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE OUT IN COLLEGE COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE ABLE TO TO USE THIS FACILITY.

YOU KNOW, MY KIDS WERE WERE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE Y WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER, IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT WAS WE HAD TO BE MEMBERS OF IT AS STUDENTS AND COLLEGE COMMUNITY.

WE WERE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS FACILITY AT LARGE.

AT NO COST, WHICH I THINK IS AGAIN, A HUGE DELIVERING ON OUR PROMISE FOR AMENITIES, AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE DOLLARS SPENT ON THIS PROJECT.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

ABSOLUTELY. THE CITY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

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THIS WE ARE USING TAXPAYER MONEY FOR A VERY SMALL PORTION OF A VERY LARGE AMENITY.

AND, I MEAN, IF WE COULD ASK TAXPAYERS WHETHER THEY'D RATHER, YOU KNOW, BOND FOR A NEW BUILDING, PAY FOR THAT FULL FACILITY OR PAY FOR A PORTION OF IT. I THINK THE PRUDENT THING AND THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO TO DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE IS TO PARTNER.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANY ONE ENTITY TO DO ANYTHING ALONE IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

SO IT REALLY IS LEVERAGING A PROJECT TO THE BENEFIT OF TAXPAYERS AT A VERY AFFORDABLE RATE, IF YOU WILL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY DISTRICT FOR THEIR VISION IN THIS PROJECT.

IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH OVERWHELMING SUPPORT TO HAVE THIS PROJECT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, I WHAT I DO KNOW ABOUT THE TRACK IN PARTICULAR IS THERE WAS A TRACK IN THE INITIAL PLAN ONCE WE THEY HAD SECURED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, THEY WERE ABLE TO REALLY EXPAND WHAT THAT TRACK WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO IN TERMS OF THAT VERY SPECIFIC PART OF THE BUILDING OUR MONEY IS HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT IN A TO MAKE IT A BETTER FACILITY OVERALL TOO. SO AND WITH THAT, I WILL ABSOLUTELY BE VOICING MY SUPPORT FOR THIS WITH THE PRUDENCE OF TAXPAYER SPENDING AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY DECISION.

COUNCILMEMBER POE.

YEAH. I'M SORRY TO BE THE LAST, LAST VOICE IN SO MANY OF THESE COMMENTS ARE WONDERFUL AND, YOU KNOW I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE HONOR TO REPRESENT ALL OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND THIS QUADRANT OF OUR CITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT AMENITIES.

I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR YEARS THAT WE HAVE A RECREATIONAL CENTER IN EVERY QUADRANT OF OUR CITY, AND I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT QUADRANT OF OUR CITY AND TO YOUR POINT, THE INVESTMENT AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH IS HUGE AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER TODD AND COUNCIL MEMBER OLSEN'S COMMENTS.

I LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S PLAN B FOR ONGOING OPERATION? I THINK THAT'S REALLY A VITAL POINT AND BUT WITH TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, LIMITED RESOURCES, THERE'S NOT ONE. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO THIS ON OUR OWN.

WE HAVE TO BE A REALLY GOOD STEWARDS AND PARTNERS AND DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THESE KIND OF AMENITIES ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY.

SO I REALLY COMMEND US AND YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CERTAINLY JEFF AND OUR TEAM FOR LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THIS IS REALLY, CRITICAL BECAUSE TO MY HOPE AND MY VISION FOR THIS CITY, WE'VE HAD NORTHWEST REC CENTER THAT FOR YEARS HAS CARRIED THE BURDEN OF A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE HAD TO OFFER AS A CITY.

NOW WE HAVE ONE ON AVAILABILITY ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE AND A VERY LARGE GROWING AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THERE'LL BE OTHER PORTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH THOSE SAME KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH.

SO WE CAN HAVE THESE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATIONAL AREAS AND TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF OF NORTHWEST AND I JUST AND, YOU KNOW, SILVERSNEAKERS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT AN AGING, GROWING OLDER POPULATION THAT REALLY UTILIZES THAT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH MEDICARE AND SO THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE OVERLOOKED EITHER, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO BE ABLE TO GO AND UTILIZE THAT BENEFIT.

SO I'M ALL IN ON THIS AND I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU REPRESENT THE CITY AT LARGE, THAT YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE I'M 100% BEHIND THIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU AND DIRECTOR PRATT, I THINK IN LIGHT OF THE QUESTIONS RAISED HERE YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF HOW THE VOTE GOES CAN WE EXPECT UPDATES AS IT RELATES TO MEMBERSHIPS USE OF THE FACILITY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO THE

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OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING IT IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTING.

ABSOLUTELY. WE REALLY DO SEE THIS AS AN ENTRY POINT TO INCREASE OUR COORDINATION WITH THE YMCA.

AND AGAIN, REALLY FOCUSING THAT WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN FACILITY AS WELL.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WE WORK MORE IN CONCERT WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAXIMIZING RESOURCES.

EXCELLENT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER NO MORE QUESTIONS.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

COUNCILMEMBER VANORNY.

MOVES TO ADOPT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

WE'LL JUST DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

OKAY AND THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES.

THAT BRINGS US NOW TO THE ORDINANCES.

[23. Ordinance repealing Chapter 44 of the Municipal Code, Auctions, in its entirety. CIP/DID #CLK004-24]

ORDINANCE ITEM NUMBER 23 IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 44 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL? YEAH.

MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

THE RULE REQUIRING THREE READINGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS BE SUSPENDED AND THE ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING.

THANK YOU. THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND THIS MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 24 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33 OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS MUNICIPAL CODE BUILDING CODE TO INCLUDE REFERENCE TO THE 2009 AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD

[24. Ordinance amending Chapter 33 of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Code, Building Code, to include references to the 2009 American National Standard of Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #BSD-007-2024]

OF ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES.

THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND THAT CLOSES OUT OUR FORMAL BUSINESS TODAY AND BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD.

[PUBLIC INPUT]

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

SO AS IS WITH THE CASE WITH EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, THIS IS A POINT IN TIME WHEN WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN AS A COUNCIL AND I'LL REMIND EVERYONE TO REMAIN AT THE LECTERN.

COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AND NO ABUSIVE, LOUD, THREATENING OR PERSONAL COMMENTS.

IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON AND THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK IS CAROL GRUMMAN, WHO'S SPEAK SPEAKING ON A COMPLAINT ON MY PROPERTY. SHE SAYS HERE.

YEAH. CAROL GRUMMAN, CEDAR RAPIDS.