Jul 28, 2026 City Council

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THIS MEETING OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER.

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I'D LIKE TO NOTE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, IS EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY CLERK, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

AND THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS, TO CITY STAFF FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

APPRECIATE THAT. A REMINDER TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TO TURN OFF ANY CELL PHONES OR ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT MIGHT DISTRACT US FROM OUR MEETING.

AND AS A REMINDER, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST REMAIN AN ORDERLY MEETING.

SO WE'LL ASK YOU TO KINDLY REVIEW THE RULES OF CONDUCT FOR PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRY AND THEN PROJECTED ONTO THE SCREEN DURING THOSE COMMENT PERIODS. DISRUPTIONS TO COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDAS, MINUTES AND VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE.

REGULAR SESSIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO WATCH LIVE AND ON REPLAY THROUGH FACEBOOK LIVE.

WE WILL BEGIN, AS WE ALWAYS DO, WITH AN INVOCATION BY PUBLIC SAFETY CHAPLAIN RICK GAYLE, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I SAY THANK YOU FOR THE QUALITY OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

FOR OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOD, FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

GOD. THEY COME IN WEEK AFTER WEEK AND MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY.

THANK YOU, GOD FOR THEIR AVAILABILITY FOR US.

AND NOW, LORD, I PRAY THAT THIS WILL BE A TIME WHERE QUALITY THINGS HAPPEN AND I THANK YOU FOR IT.

AMEN.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH A PROCLAMATION TODAY. THIS IS THE DAY OF CELEBRATING HOME OWNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY.

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COME ON UP, EVERYBODY.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

THIS IS A GREAT CROWD. CONGRATULATIONS. SO, A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

WHEREAS HOME OWNERSHIP PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN BUILDING STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS, SUPPORTING FAMILIES, ENCOURAGING CIVIC PRIDE, AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS HAS LONG BEEN SHAPED BY RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO HOME OWNERSHIP AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WHEREAS, IN OBSERVANCE DEDICATED TO HOME OWNERSHIP OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE INVESTMENT CONTINUES TO SHAPE CEDAR RAPIDS.

AND WHEREAS CELEBRATING HOME OWNERSHIP AND NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE WELL-BEING AND THE GROWTH OF THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS VALUES INITIATIVES THAT BRING RESIDENTS TOGETHER IN RECOGNITION OF PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONG AND WELCOMING.

I, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR TIFFANY O'DONNELL AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY RECOGNIZE AUGUST 7TH, 2026 AS 8/7 DAY CELEBRATING HOME OWNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY.

THE OBSERVANCE RECOGNIZES THE LASTING CONTRIBUTION OF HOMEOWNERS, NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHILE ENCOURAGING CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN THE PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT MAKE CEDAR RAPIDS A WELCOMING AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL.

[APPLAUSE]. WAS I SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE WITH REALTY SEVEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND HOME OWNERSHIP. YOU SAID IT VERY WELL. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND I SEE THERE'S SOME THINGS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

NEIGHBORHOOD FINANCE, SOME OTHER THINGS ALL ENCOURAGING HOME OWNERSHIP AND SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

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WHAT A TREMENDOUS LOSS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MANY OF YOU, WHETHER YOU SAW HIM AT THE MOTHER MOSQUE OR YOU SAW HIM HERE AS CHAPLAIN, OFTENTIMES IN OUR CITY COUNCIL, IT IS A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO THIS COMMUNITY IN LEADERSHIP.

AND I JUST WANT TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANK YOU AND GRATITUDE TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND SUPPORTED THIS CITY. AND CERTAINLY TO THE IMAM FOR HIS CONSTANT, PEACEFUL PRESENCE IN WHAT CAN BE OFTEN CHAOS IN THESE CHAMBERS. SO OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE COMING DAYS AND MONTHS.

SO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WITH OUR REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS, BEGINNING WITH THE PRESENTATION.

WE DO HAVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD FINANCE CORPORATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, LAURA SHAW. I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU FOR GETTING US UNDERWAY TODAY.

OKAY. HELLO. SINCE 2018. WELL, LET ME FIRST TELL YOU.

LAURA SHAW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO SINCE 2018, THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND NFC HAVE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO INVEST IN NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

STEPHANIE MURPHY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NFC IS HERE TODAY, AND SHE IS GOING TO SHARE A PROGRESS REPORT AND SOME UPDATES ON THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. THANKS, LAURA. YEAH. GREAT. WELL, WHAT A PERFECT DAY FOR US TO BE HERE SINCE WE'RE ALL ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP.

SO EXCITED. THANK YOU. AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO START OFF WITH A THANK YOU, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT AND VIGOROUS.

SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL. SO I AM STEPHANIE MURPHY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD FINANCE CORPORATION.

WE'RE A NONPROFIT MORTGAGE LENDER THAT OPERATES IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

WE ALSO ARE A NEIGHBORWORKS MEMBER, AS STATED ON THIS SLIDE.

WE UPDATED OUR MISSION THIS PAST YEAR. SCOTT OVERLAND SERVES ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND WE HAD A RETREAT AND WE UPDATED IT. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IT AND REALLY FIGURING OUT LIKE WHAT WE WANT TO LEAN INTO.

AND SO WE ESTABLISHED SOME VALUES AND WHAT WE FEEL THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

OUR EXCITING NEWS WAS THAT THIS SPRING WE HAD INCREASED OUR FORGIVABLE LOAN IN CEDAR RAPIDS A WHILE AGO TO 15,000.

SO EVERY LOAN THAT WE DO HAS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR LOAN PRODUCTS BECAUSE HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW THEM, BUT WE ARE A RENOVATION LENDER. WE HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE BUYING HOMES AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT OWN THE HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I HAVE A LENDING MAP SOON COMING UP, BUT WE DO A $15,000 FORGIVABLE LOAN THAT COMES FROM THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS FUNDING THAT IS PAIRED WITH OUR OWN CAPITAL. AND SO WE INCREASE TO MATCH THAT OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE THAT WE PROVIDE TO HOMEBUYERS TO 15,000.

SO THEY ALSO CAN GET THAT WHEN THEY'RE PURCHASING A HOME.

AND WE REALLY SEEN THAT CHANGE, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER CHANGES WE'VE MADE, GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE THAT WEREN'T ON HOME BUYING, AS WE SEE PRICES RISE AND INTEREST RATES REMAIN HIGH.

THIS IS WHERE WE LAND IN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

I DO WANT TO SAY LIKE, IF YOU'RE EVER WORKING IN YOUR AREA AND YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT COVERING AN AREA THAT WE SHOULD, THERE'S OLDER HOMES THERE. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND FINANCING TO FIX THEM UP OR TO PURCHASE HOMES BECAUSE YOU SEE TURNOVER, WE'RE OPEN TO CHANGING THESE AREAS, BUT WE DO COVER A GOOD CHUNK OF THE CITY, AND IT HAS LED TO SOME SUCCESS HERE.

THIS IS WHAT WE DID IN FY 2026 AS FAR AS THE UPDATE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED REALLY A LOT OF GROWTH.

YOU MAY KNOW OUR STORY FROM ME BEING HERE. PREVIOUS YEARS IS THAT WE WERE DOING GREAT WHEN WE STARTED.

WE CLOSED OUR FIRST LOAN IN JANUARY OF 2019. THE DERECHO CAME AND WE REALLY PIVOTED TO PATCH WORKING WITH THAT GROUP.

BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T FOCUSED ON GETTING HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS.

IT WAS A TOUGH TIME, AS YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ANYBODY HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE LEANED INTO WHAT WE FELT WAS IMPORTANT AT THAT TIME.

AND THEN WE'VE RESTARTED OUR CORE LENDING PROGRAMS. WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THEM, BUT THAT WASN'T WHERE WE WERE FOCUSED.

SO WE MET OUR GOALS EXCEEDED OUR GOALS LAST YEAR FOR CEDAR RAPIDS.

WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS 75 CLOSINGS A YEAR. THE GOAL FOR CALENDAR YEAR IS 55 FOR CEDAR RAPIDS,

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SO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DOWN PAYMENT LOANS GO TO OUR HOME BUYERS.

I THINK 100% OF THE PURCHASES IN CEDAR RAPIDS LAST YEAR WERE RECEIVED DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE THROUGH US.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVEN JUST OUR MONEY. WE PARTNER WITH THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BECAUSE WE'RE A MEMBER OF THAT.

SO WE HAVE LOANS THAT CAN GET UP TO $60,000 WORTH OF SUBSIDY WHEN WE START ROLLING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE.

AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER JOURNEY TO HOME OWNERSHIP THAT SOME OF OUR BANKING PARTNERS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, EVEN IF THEY DON'T GET THE LOAN THROUGH US. A FEW YEARS AGO WITH ARPA FUNDS, WE LAUNCHED THE ENERGY ADVANTAGE PROGRAM.

THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM FOR US BECAUSE AS WE REALIZE WE CAN'T CONTROL THE INTEREST RATES, WE CAN'T CONTROL THE PRICE OF HOUSING, BUT WE CAN CONTROL PEOPLE'S ENERGY COSTS FOR ELECTRICITY AND GAS BILLS ONCE THEY GET INTO THE HOME.

SO THIS IS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO DO REPAIRS WHERE THEY ARE IMPROVING THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOME, AS WELL AS LOWERING THEIR ENERGY BILLS. WE DO A LOT OF WEATHERIZATION.

WE DO INSULATION. SOME FOLKS HAVE DONE SOLAR.

WE DO A LOT OF WINDOWS. AND WITH THIS, WE'RE LAUNCHING A NEW PROGRAM WHICH IS A 4% LOAN NEXT WEEK ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

AND SO PEOPLE CAN GET A LOWER INTEREST LOAN AND PAIR IT WITH THIS IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN REALLY LEANING INTO THIS WORK, IF THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THEIR HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN.

WE STARTED IN 2024, COMMERCIAL LENDING LINE OF BUSINESS.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THIS WORK IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

WE'VE LEANT ON THE DERECHO RESPONSE HOMES. THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE ABODE TOWNHOME SORT OF IN LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM.

SO WE DO A 0% CONSTRUCTION LOAN BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SUBSIDY TO BUILD HOMES TO MAKE THEM AFFORDABLE.

AND SO WE THOUGHT, WELL, IF THE BUILDERS DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTION FINANCING COSTS, THERE'S ABOUT 4000 PER UNIT OF SUBSIDY. SO WE RAISE THE CAPITAL TO DO A 0% CONSTRUCTION LOAN, IF IT'S BEING BUILT IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OR FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME CAPITAL TO DO PRE-DEVELOPMENT LOANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IF FOLKS. SO IF YOU HAVE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE NOT FINDING THE RIGHT FINANCING FOR IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON HOMEOWNERSHIP OR HOUSING, WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU'RE AWARE OF PROJECTS.

SO THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF NEW THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE PHASE TWO OFFERING.

I BROUGHT A COPY OF IT HERE. SO WHEN WE FIRST CAME HERE, WE RAISED $8 MILLION FROM LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

WE'VE ALMOST GONE THROUGH THAT AS WELL AS SELLING LOANS TO FANNIE MAE.

SO WE'VE DONE A LOT MORE THAN $8 MILLION OF LENDING IN CEDAR RAPIDS DURING THAT TIME.

WE'RE NOW RAISING OUR SECOND ROUND OF $8 MILLION, AND WE FULLY EXPECT TO RAISE THAT FROM ABOUT 10 TO 11 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

AND THAT SHOULD WRAP UP LATER THIS SUMMER OR EARLY FALL.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE LAUNCHING OUR NEW ENERGY UPGRADE LOAN, WHICH IS A 4% INTEREST RATE LOAN.

AND WE RECEIVED $1 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM THE IOWA ENERGY FUND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT PROGRAM.

WE HAD PLANNED TO LAUNCH THIS BECAUSE WE WERE ON TRACK TO GET.

WHEN THERE WAS THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND MONEY, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET 8 TO 11 MILLION.

AND WE DIDN'T GET IT FOR REASONS THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND.

SO WE WERE LIKE, WHAT CAN WE STILL DO? AND THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME FROM.

AND THIS IS OUR TEAM IN CEDAR RAPIDS, THOUGH I AM HERE ABOUT THREE TIMES TO FOUR TIMES A MONTH, AND OTHER STAFF IS HERE VERY OFTEN. SO USUALLY THERE'S SOMEBODY FROM DES MOINES HERE AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK DOING CLOSINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THIS IS BRYCE AND TARYN AND NIKITA WHO HAVE BEEN AMAZING TEAM MEMBERS HERE.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU SEE THEM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I WENT PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE I WANTED TO LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY. NO THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

THANKS, MAYOR. I THINK THIS CONTINUES TO BE A REALLY FANTASTIC PROGRAM.

I HAVE SHARED WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUE TO PUSH WHAT IT CAN DO.

HAVING LOOKED AT WHAT IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FOR ME, I STILL THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER PERSONALLY WITH NFC FOR AN IMPROVE LIKE MY

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I PERSONALLY THINK THAT IT'S A BETTER INVESTMENT TO BRING UP KIND OF RAISING, YOU KNOW, RISING TIDE RAISES ALL SHIPS.

SO TO BRING UP SOME OF THESE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REALLY GREAT, AFFORDABLE HOMES, BUT IT MAY COST ALMOST THE PRICE OF A NEW HOME TO FIX THEM UP TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE SO THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH DIGNITY.

AND I LIVE IN A MANUFACTURING KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SET.

THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF NEW HOMES GOING IN. SO I UNDERSTAND THE COST OF IT.

I UNDERSTAND HOW ROI WORKS AND KIND OF WHY THINGS HAPPEN THE WAY THAT THEY DID.

I WANT TO SEE US CONTINUE TO PUSH THESE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED HOME RENOVATION HELP, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GETTING THE UTILITY OUT OF IT THAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD, AND HELPING PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.

IT'S A LOT EASIER JUST TO BUILD NEW, BUT IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD A NEW HOME.

SO I'D LOVE TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL AND SEE HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THIS FOR HOME RENOVATION, SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT OLD HOMES IN CEDAR RAPIDS THAT JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE LOVE, AND THEY MAY TAKE MORE OF AN INVESTMENT UP FRONT TO BRING THEM UP TO A NEWER HOME WITHOUT CREATING URBAN SPRAWL, SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO JUST APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. YEAH, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT MORE ON OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT PRODUCT WITH THE REALTORS HERE. THANK YOU. HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH OUR HOME PURCHASE PRODUCT, BUT WE DID JUST HIRE A COMMUNICATIONS.

OUR FIRST EVER YOU KNOW, WE'RE A SMALL NONPROFIT, LIKE WE'RE OPERATING AT THE MARGINS, BUT WE JUST HIRED THREE WEEKS AGO OUR FIRST COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING PERSON. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW MATERIALS AND HOPEFULLY WAYS THAT WE'LL BE GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, STEPHANIE, FOR BEING HERE.

AND SHOUT OUT TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY BRYCE WHO I'VE KNOWN PROBABLY THE LONGEST OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS.

AND ALTHOUGH YOU HAVEN'T HAD A DESIGNATED HEADCOUNT FOR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION, BRYCE IS SO VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE, AS A COUNCIL, DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP SPREAD THAT MESSAGE.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING INNOVATIVE IN THE TYPES OF PRODUCTS THAT YOU'RE OFFERING BASED UPON WHAT THE MARKET NEEDS ARE.

YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE ONE INTERESTING QUESTION.

SO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME THAT NFC IS ESSENTIALLY A MODERN DAY REDLINING TOOL.

I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING IT'S TARGETED TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND, YOU KNOW, HELP ME WITH A MESSAGE THAT I CAN SHARE WITH PEOPLE WHEN I HEAR THAT OR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME I SEE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP. YEAH. THANKS. SO OUR HISTORY, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS WE STARTED IN DES MOINES.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE KNOWS I WAS THERE WHEN WE STARTED.

SO I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE. AND OUR HISTORY IS THAT WE REALLY WERE SET UP TO BRING CAPITAL TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD BEEN REDLINED.

SO THOSE TEND TO BE THE LOW AND MID CENSUS TRACTS AND THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE LIVED IN ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS FIRST.

SO SOME PEOPLE SAY LIKE IT'S REVERSE IN THAT BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA IS HOW DO WE BRING CAPITAL TO NEIGHBORHOODS IN A WAY THAT'S EFFECTIVE, TO COUNCIL MEMBER BERNARD'S POINT, LIKE, BECAUSE YOU NEED THAT SUBSIDY TO MAKE IT WORK, RIGHT? I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THAT OUR HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT WHEN WE GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT AREN'T THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS OR THAT THE MARKETS ARE WORKING WELL, PEOPLE JUST DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S NOT EASY LIKE TO DO A PURCHASE AND A RENOVATION LOAN AT THE SAME TIME.

LIKE A LOT OF US HAVE DONE ONE OR THE OTHER AND BOTH ARE HARD.

AND SO TO COMBINE THEM, AS IN MOST OF OUR HOME BUYERS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, BUT THEY ARE. SO WE'VE JUST FOUND THAT PEOPLE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PROGRAM WHEN WE DO GO IN.

LIKE SOMETIMES WE'LL BE ASKED TO GO INTO A HIGHER INCOME OR NEWER HOME AREA AND THE MARKET'S WORKING.

SO. COUNCIL MEMBER TODD. STEPHANIE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMAN SCOTT OVERLAND, WHO I THINK HAS BEEN ON YOUR BOARD FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT SINCE HE'S RETIRED NOW, HE MIGHT HAVE MORE TIME TO ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR EFFORTS THERE.

COUNCILMAN MAIER, I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF PIGGYBACK ON YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE SAME THINGS TOO.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TO SUGGEST THAT THERE WASN'T A TIME IN THE CITY'S HISTORY WHEN REDLINING DIDN'T EXIST, BUT I DON'T KNOW A BANKER OR A REALTOR WHO IS NOT TRYING TO MAKE A DEAL TRYING TO SELL A HOUSE.

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AND I HAVE TO SUGGEST THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD CYCLE IN TERMS OF REVITALIZATION AND STABILITY MORE SO THAN I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. THERE'S STILL STUFF. YOU STILL GET NUISANCE ABATEMENT, YOU STILL GET ABSENTEE LANDLORDS.

BUT IN TERMS OF HOME OWNERSHIP, I'VE SEEN THAT IMPROVE OVER THE DECADE.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN QUIETLY CHUGGING ALONG, DOING YOUR PART OF HELPING TO MAKE THE WHOLE PICTURE WORK. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO CEDAR RAPIDS WHEN YOU DID, STEPHANIE.

YEAH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. IT'S BEEN GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND.

I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK STEPHANIE. SHE'S THE FIRST PERSON I MET IN 2015 WHEN I WENT OVER TO DES MOINES, WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL.

AND IT TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK AND GETTING A LOT OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE OFF THE GROUND, THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF HINDRANCES AS FAR AS VARIOUS MATTERS LIKE INTEREST RATES AND THE STORM AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT I'D LIKE TO SIMPLY HAVE A BIG THANKS TO STEPHANIE AND ALL THE PEOPLE AT NFC, NOT ONLY THE FOLKS HERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS, BUT THE ONES IN DES MOINES. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST RUN, IF NOT THE BEST RUN NONPROFIT I'VE EVER BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH.

AND THEY'RE MAKING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT. AND AS TIME GOES BY, IT'S JUST GETTING GOING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STICKING WITH IT. IT WAS A HECK OF A LOT OF WORK, AND CERTAINLY YOU CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING.

BUT I THINK WE ARE CONTROLLING, SPEAKING FOR NFC, AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO THANKS. OH WELL THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU. IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO BE ABLE TO POINT TO NFC WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A DESIRE TO PURCHASE THEIR OWN HOMES.

AND I THINK I'M GLAD YOU HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS PERSON BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY HERE IT IS THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT AND I HAPPEN TO PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OFTENTIMES THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.

AND BRYCE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN SORT OF BEING THE POINT ON THAT.

SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE WE ALL BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GENERATIONAL SHIFT. HOMEOWNERSHIP CAN, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS.

SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SPREAD THAT MESSAGE OUT YOU KNOW, LET US.

LAURA'S GREAT, BUT, BUT LET US KNOW EVEN AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF.

I WONDER IF LIKE WE MAILED YOU LIKE ANNUALLY OR QUARTERLY, LIKE JUST OUR MOST RECENT FLIER.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, YOU HAVE A FEW.

LIKE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OR MAYBE SOME OF OUR FREE GIVEAWAYS WITH OUR QR CODE BECAUSE I MEAN, WE TRY TO GET TO AS MANY MEETINGS AS WE CAN AND EVENTS.

AND I THINK YOU SEE US AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE THANKFUL WE GET TO DO THE FARMERS MARKET EVERY YEAR.

BUT JUST REALLY LETTING PEOPLE KNOW AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S NO INCOME GUIDELINES.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS WE HELP ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, HIGHER INCOME, BUT ANYBODY CAN COME BECAUSE WE'RE INTERESTED IN REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOODS.

WONDERFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER POE. YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK.

TO THAT POINT STEPHANIE, I'VE NOTICED SOME YARD SIGNS AND TO ME THAT REALLY CATCHES MY ATTENTION.

I'M GOING, OH, GREAT, THERE'S ANOTHER HOUSE THEY JUST SOLD OR THEY WERE PART OF.

SO I REALLY LIKE SEEING YOUR YARD SIGNS OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S GONE A LONG WAY IN HELPING RAISE AWARENESS AS WELL.

SO GOOD IDEA. I DELIVERED SOME MYSELF LAST WEEK.

EXCELLENT JOB. WELL THANK YOU. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.

WE'RE DEFINITELY BETTER BECAUSE IT'S HERE. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON NOW TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TODAY,

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A REMINDER TO STAY AT THE LECTERN. IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL, GIVE THEM TO THE OFFICER. SHE WILL GET THEM TO US.

SECOND COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

WHEN THE LIGHT IN THE CONSOLE IN FRONT OF YOU TURNS YELLOW, THAT INDICATES YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.

AND WHEN IT'S READ, WE'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE YOUR SEAT ONCE AGAIN.

THIRD, BE AWARE THAT ALL COMMENTS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTER OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT ABUSIVE, OBSCENE, LOUD, THREATENING OR IRRELEVANT COMMENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

AND FINALLY, WE NEED TO HOLD AN ORDERLY HEARING.

SO WE ASK FOR NO PARTICIPATION FROM THE AUDIENCE IN TERMS OF CHEERING, BOOING, OTHER NOISE OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT THAT MIGHT TAKE US AWAY FROM THE PROCEEDINGS.

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WHAT ELSE? THAT'S IT. OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 1, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED CALEDONIA HAULERS URBAN RENEWAL AREA. THIS IS AT 420 TO 550 FRENCH COURT SOUTHWEST.

SCOTT MATHER, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL.

SCOTT MATHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. I WOULD REQUEST TO COMBINE ITEMS ONE AND TWO AS THEY ARE RELATED.

YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WITH SOME BACKGROUND HERE.

JUNE 9TH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED STANDARD INCENTIVES FOR A NEW TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS BUILDING WITH GAVIN CR PROPERTIES LLC, AN ENTITY OF CALEDONIA HAULERS, INC. ON JUNE 23RD, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION INITIATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND TIF DISTRICT. WE ALSO HELD ON JULY 2ND, CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

AND THEN JUNE 3RD. I'M SORRY, JULY 13TH, WE HELD A CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED TAXING ENTITIES.

NO COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS. SO TODAY WE'RE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION AS WELL AS FIRST TIF ORDINANCE READING.

SO THIS IS A $14 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS BUILDING, WHICH INCLUDES FULL DRIVE THROUGH BAYS, AUTOMATED BAYS, OFFICE SPACE AND PARKING FOR SEMI TRUCKS AND TRAILERS.

A COMMITMENT OF 27 NEW JOBS CREATED WITH 15 OR MORE THAT WOULD BE AT OR ABOVE THE STATE'S WAGE THRESHOLD OF $30.41 PER HOUR.

THE STANDARD INCENTIVE PROVIDES A 10 YEAR 50% REBATE OF INCREASED TAXES GENERATED.

WE'RE ESTIMATING ROUGHLY $3.3 MILLION IN TOTAL TAXES OVER THIS TEN YEAR PERIOD, OF WHICH $1 MILLION WOULD BE REBATED BACK TO THE COMPANY.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW SHOWING THE LOCATION ALONG 6TH STREET, JUST WEST OF I-380 AND SOUTH OF WALFORD ROAD.

AND A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS OF THE NEW BUILDING.

SO FOR AGENDA ITEM ONE, I'D RECOMMEND APPROVING THE CALEDONIA HAULERS URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND THEN ALSO APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM 2.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SCOTT. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER IS HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD.

THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. THANKS, MAYOR.

SCOTT, I JUST. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE AERIAL? OKAY.

SO THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF FAMILY FARMERS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA AROUND WOLFORD AND SOUTH.

WHAT I ALWAYS HEAR FROM THEM IS JUST A REQUEST ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION.

AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO THERE JUST TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT, TO KIND OF REDIRECT THE LIGHTS IN, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S GOING TO BE IN AND OUT, WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ONE, BECAUSE WE'VE GROWN AROUND THEM AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AND RESPECT ALL THE FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE STILL FARMING HERE.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY THE NIGHT SKY FROM THEM AND IMPACT THEIR ANIMALS THAT SOME OF THEM STILL HAVE SOME ANIMALS OUT THERE.

SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT JUST TO HONOR THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. AND SCOTT, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT THE LIGHT ORDINANCE IS THERE? DO YOU KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? I KNOW IT HAS TO DO WITH LIKE A ONE CANDLE ILLUMINATION AT THE PROPERTY'S EDGE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THAT'S NOT AN AREA I'M AN EXPERT IN, SO. BUT WE WOULD ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING OUR ORDINANCE.

EXISTING ORDINANCE. FOR SURE. YES. AN ORDINANCE FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU, SCOTT. ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS, FOR THE RECORD.

ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION WILL HAVE BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THIS MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE ON THIS ITEM, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS ON THE ORDINANCE? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER.

THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3.

OH, 2. SORRY. WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.

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ANYBODY HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE AHEAD WITH A RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE THERE, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY TODD, SECONDED BY VANORNY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES. NUMBER THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PARK LINE LLC,

[3. A public hearing will be held to consider a Development Agreement with The Parkline LLC, an entity of Tyler Oswood, for a housing redevelopment project on City-owned property bounded by Ellis Boulevard, J Avenue, 6th Street and I Avenue NW (Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #PRD-000177-2025]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. FOR A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT.

JULY 22ND OF 2025, CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTED PROPOSAL AND SALE OF DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL PROPERTIES TO INCLUDE 1015, 1017 AND 1035 ELLIS BOULEVARD, NORTHWEST, 609 J AVENUE NORTHWEST AND 1012, 1018 AND 1034 6TH STREET NORTHWEST.

ON MARCH 10TH, 2026, CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL FOR SALE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THREE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES IN THAT BLOCK 604, 614 AND 620 I AVENUE NORTHWEST. AND WITH BOTH RFPS BEING AWARDED TO THE SAME DEVELOPER, A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN FINALIZED WITH THE PARK LINE LLC, AN ENTITY OF TYLER OSWOOD.SO THIS IS A $7,850,000 INVESTMENT FOR. INCLUDES FOUR MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS FOR A TOTAL OF 36 UNITS.

THESE ARE A MIX OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS, AS WELL AS A FOUR PLEX, WHICH IS A MIX OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, A THREE UNIT TOWNHOME THAT ARE ALL TWO BEDROOM.

THIS WOULD BE PHASE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN BY FOURTH QUARTER OF 26, COMPLETE BY THIRD QUARTER OF 2030.

DISPOSITION OF CITY PROPERTY FOR $1, AS THE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT PROVIDES A MIX OF 60% AMI, 80% AMI AND A FEW MARKET RATE UNITS. IN ADDITION, ALL PARCELS ARE IN 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN AND WILL BE NEED TO BE ELEVATED BY TWO FEET ABOVE THAT FLOODPLAIN LEVEL. THE CITY INCENTIVE WOULD PROVIDE A 15 YEAR, 100% REBATE OF THE TAXES GENERATED BASED ON THE ASSESSOR'S POST-DEVELOPMENT VALUE ESTIMATE. WE ARE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY $1.5 MILLION IN NEW TAXES OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD, OF WHICH $1.3 MILLION WOULD BE REBATED BACK TO THE DEVELOPER.

SO HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW. THIS WOULD BE LOOKING FROM THE CEDAR RIVER.

SO FACING WEST WE HAVE ELLIS BOULEVARD. HERE TO THE WEST WE HAVE I AVENUE.

ON THE LEFT, J AVENUE AND THEN 6TH STREET HERE.

SO THERE ARE THREE HOMES THAT WOULD REMAIN THAT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.

SO HERE IS THE SITE PLAN SHOWING THE FOUR BUILDINGS HERE, AS WELL AS THE THREE PLEX HERE AND THE FOUR UNIT PLEX FOUR UNIT HERE. ALL OF THESE CIRCLES REPRESENT TREES.

SO I BELIEVE THERE'S ANYWHERE UP TO 81 TREES TO BE PLANTED TO BASICALLY OFFSET THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THE LARGER TREES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THIS PROPERTY THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR THIS REDEVELOPMENT.

SO THEY'RE REALLY PUTTING A LOT OF TREES ONTO THIS PROPERTY.

AND THEN IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY CANNOT MEET THE RELIEF REQUIREMENTS, THEY WOULD BE THEN PARTICIPATING IN THE RELIEF PROGRAM BEYOND THAT.

BUT IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THEY'VE SATISFIED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

SOME RENDERINGS, THESE ARE WHAT THE LARGER APARTMENT BUILDINGS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS IS THE FOUR PLEX TO REALLY KIND OF REALLY RESEMBLE MORE OF A SINGLE FAMILY LOOK FROM THE STREET.

AND THEN THE THREE UNIT TOWNHOME. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PARKLAND LLC AND RETURN IT BACK FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SCOTT.

THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

LET THE RECORD SHOW PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER POE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TYLER HAD DONE SOME UNITS ON, I THINK IT'S 10TH STREET SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 7TH AND 6TH RIGHT THERE BY THE LINN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING, I THINK.

AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. AND THEY HAVE THIS FEELING OF CONNECTIVITY, FEELING AS THOUGH THEY'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND IN THIS AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WAS SO DEVASTATED IN 2008, THIS IS THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT I WAS HOPING WOULD COME BACK TO THAT

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I LIKE THE LOOK OF THEM. I LIKE THE UNIQUENESS OF THEM.

I LIKE THE FEEL THAT THEY ARE ALMOST LIKE INDIVIDUAL HOMES.

AND SO I REALLY LOVE THIS PROJECT. AND I'D LIKE JUST TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TYLER FOR BEING VERY CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE IN GIVING US THAT COMMUNITY FEEL.

SO I LOVE THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

YEAH, THANKS. SCOTT, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE OVERLAY PICTURE? OKAY, SO DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL CALCULATION OF LIKE WHAT WE WOULD.

YOU SAID 81 TREES, AND THIS DOES LOOK VERY DENSE, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE REQUIRE THEM TO PUT IN OFFHAND? I CAN TELL YOU THAT. AND I WANT TO STAY IN MY LANE.

BUT THIS WAS WHAT WAS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MEET THE NUMBER OF INCHES OF CALIPER THAT WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY.

OKAY. SO THEY DIDN'T PUT 81 TREES IN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY THOUGHT NECESSARILY WAS NEEDED, BUT THEY FOUND A WAY TO BE CREATIVE, TO GET IT DONE AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RELIEF PROGRAM BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INCHES BEING REMOVED IN ORDER TO DO THE PROJECT. OKAY. I GUESS THE WAY THAT I RECEIVED IT AT FIRST IN YOUR PRESENTATION IS THAT THEY WERE EXCEEDING THAT, BUT THEY'RE MEETING IT, WHICH IS. I MEAN, IT'S STILL.

WHICH IS FINE. ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, BUT I MEAN, IT STILL IS A VERY DENSE, YOU KNOW, AREA. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE THOSE PROTECTIONS WITH OUR RELIEF YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS. WILL YOU GO FORWARD IN THE PRESENTATION THEN TOO? THE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. THIS IS SO NICE.

I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT AT ONE OF THE LAST COUNCIL MEETINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND A SENSE THAT IT WOULD NOT FEEL GOOD.

IT WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WOULD MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WHO WASN'T FROM TOWN WOULD COME IN AND SEE THIS, IF THEY WOULD NECESSARILY KNOW THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND I HOPE OUR CEDAR RAPIDIANS WOULD FEEL VERY GOOD LIVING IN A SPACE LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY NICELY DONE AND GIVES THAT FEEL.

AND SO JUST APPRECIATE PROJECTS WHEN THIS. I HOPE THEY DO PUT IN SOME SIMILAR LANDSCAPING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO TIE IT IN, BUT REALLY JUST APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONALITY IN THOUGHTFULNESS OF THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TODD. SCOTT, DO YOU REMEMBER THE PERCENTAGES OF 60, 80 AND MARKET RATE UNITS? THE ONE THING I DO KNOW IS ALL BUT THREE OF THE UNITS ARE 80% AND BELOW.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE ONLY ONES THAT DON'T FALL BELOW 80% ARE THE THREE UNIT TOWNHOME.

I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY HOW MANY WERE 60 AND 80.

I WANT TO SAY IT WAS ABOUT HALF. I WANT TO SAY MOST IF NOT ALL, THE ONE BEDROOM WHERE WE'RE AT 60 AND BELOW.

I THINK THE TWO BEDROOM INTENDED TO BE AT THE 80%.

OKAY, THANKS. GREAT CONTEXT. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PROJECTS THAT TYLER AND HIS GROUP HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS PROVE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND THEY DO IMPROVE ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, YOU KNOW, AS ANN SAID, THIS AREA WAS DEVASTATED.

BUT YET WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS A PRODUCT THAT IS HIGH QUALITY, SERVES A CROSS SECTION OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF YOU DRIVE DOWN OVER THERE NOW AND THEN YOU HAD THE CASINO IN THE NEAR AREA AND SOME OF THE PICTURES WERE OLDER, WITH THE MILL GONE IN THIS AREA IS REALLY DYNAMICALLY CHANGING.

AND I THINK IT'LL BE ONE OF THE REALLY FUN AREAS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PARKS AND EVERYTHING THAT WILL EVENTUALLY COME AFTER THE FLOODWALL IS DONE. THIS CAN BE ONE OF THE NICEST AREAS IN THE CITY TO LIVE NEXT TO THE CEDAR RIVER.

SO THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THIS GROUP IS DOING TO PUT UP A QUALITY PRODUCT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

NUMBER 4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT 1027 AND 1033 8TH STREET,

[4. A public hearing will be held to consider a change of zone for property at 1027 and 1033 8th Street NW from T-R1, Traditional Residential Single Unit District, to T-RF, Traditional Residential Flex District, as requested by Matthew 25 (Seth Gunnerson). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE 000296-2026 ]

SETH, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SETH GUNNERSON, ZONING ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

AS NOTED IN THE DESCRIPTION, THIS IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE ZONE FOR TWO PARCELS ON NORTHWEST CEDAR RAPIDS.

THE REQUEST IS TO GO FROM TR 1, WHICH IS A SINGLE UNIT RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT TO TRF, WHICH IS A FLEXIBLE MULTI-UNIT ZONE DISTRICT.

THESE ARE TWO PARCELS WHICH WERE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY AFTER THE 2008 FLOOD AND LATER SOLD TO MATTHEW 25.

THE TOTAL LOT AREA IS 12,800FT², WHICH IS AROUND A THIRD OF AN ACRE.

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THE GREEN STAR SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY NEAR THE CORNER OF J AVENUE AND 8TH STREET NORTHWEST.

THE URBAN OR THE LAND USE TYPOLOGY AREA IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS URBAN MEDIUM INTENSITY.

HERE'S A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY THE FORM BASED ZONE DISTRICTS ALONG AND NEAR ELLIS BOULEVARD NORTHWEST. ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING IS RIGHT HERE.

SO THIS IS IN THE SAME VICINITY. THE TWO PARCELS LEFT ARE PART OF THREE PARCELS WHICH WERE PURCHASED BY MATTHEW 25 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE AERIAL IN THE FIRST PROPERTY THEY BUILT WHAT IS CONFORMING TO THE SINGLE UNIT ZONING, WHICH IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH AN ATTACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND A DWELLING UNIT ABOVE A GARAGE.

SO ACTUALLY THREE UNITS ON THIS PARCEL. WHAT MATTHEW 25 IS WANTING TO DO WITH THE REMAINING TWO PARCELS IS DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF A TRADITIONAL DUPLEX, WHERE BOTH OF THE UNITS WOULD BE OVER 1000FT² AND SIZE.

HERE'S THE STREET VIEW SHOWING THE LOCATION. THIS IS J AVENUE AND 8TH STREET HERE.

HERE ARE THE TWO PROPERTIES. THE NEW THREE UNIT.

THE HOME WITH THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS WAS CREATED AFTER THIS STREET VIEW IMAGE WAS TAKEN BUT IS LOCATED HERE.

HERE'S THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, SHOWING DUPLEXES ON EACH PROPERTY WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.

AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY WILL BE PAVING THE ALLEY BEHIND THE PROPERTY.

THEY PROVIDED SOME RENDERINGS SHOWING THE HOMES, LARGELY TWO STORY BUILDINGS WITH GABLED ENTRANCES FACING THE STREETS, LARGELY MATCHING THE SIZE AND MASSING YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN TERMS OF REZONING CRITERIA, THE DISTRICT IS PERMITTED TO BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE URBAN MEDIUM INTENSITY LAND USE TYPOLOGY AREA, PROVIDES INFILL HOUSING IN THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CITY HAS NO CONCERNS WITH THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PROPERTY.

THE REQUEST PROVIDES A TRANSITION FROM HIGHER INTENSITY ZONING TO THE EAST ALONG ELLIS BOULEVARD.

GENERALLY FITS IN WITH RECENT EXISTING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S 1 TO 2 STORY CONSTRUCTION. DETACHED HOMES OR 2 TO 4 UNIT TOWNHOMES ARE GENERALLY WHAT'S BEING BUILT IN THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE EXISTING ZONING WOULD PERMIT THE THREE UNITS ON A SINGLE PARCEL.

SO ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIX UNITS. THE REQUEST FOR REZONING IS BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING WOULD NOT COUNT AS A HOME WITH AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, BECAUSE BOTH OF THE UNITS ARE LARGER IN SIZE.

SO THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO DO TWO LARGER UNITS, IT'S REQUIRED TO BE REZONED.

JUST WENT TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 2ND AND WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, PENDING TODAY'S ACTION, SECOND AND POSSIBLE THIRD ORDINANCE READINGS COULD OCCUR ON AUGUST 11TH.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL RETURN TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU, SETH.

THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW.

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

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. YEAH. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE RENDERINGS? OKAY, SO A CONTRAST FROM THE LAST ONES THAT WE SAW.

AND I JUST WANT TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. I LOVE EVERYTHING MATTHEW 25 DOES.

LOVE THEIR CAFE FOOD. MY TEAMS LOVE THEIR CAFE FOOD.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN OTHER DESIGNS THAT THEY'VE DONE THAT MAYBE THESE ARE JUST SIMPLE DRAWINGS, BUT I HOPE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANCE BEHIND THEM.

THE IMPORTANT STUFF IS WHAT'S INSIDE THE WALLS.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN A CERTAIN TYPE OF HOME AND THAT THEY ELEVATE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

MAYBE THAT'S THROUGH LANDSCAPING, MAYBE IT'S THROUGH A COUPLE OF FEATURES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT JUST SOMETHING SO SOMEBODY DOESN'T LOOK AT THIS AND SAY LIKE, OH, THAT'S PROBABLY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SETH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY'LL PAVE THE ALLEY.

SO DOES MATTHEW 25 COVER ALL THE COSTS FOR PAVING THAT ALLEY, OR IS THAT A.

DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S A SHARED EXPENSE BETWEEN THE CITY AND MATTHEW 25? I'M NOT SUPER FAMILIAR ON WHAT THE TERMS OF ANY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE MIGHT HAVE WITH THEM ARE IF THEY'RE GETTING TAX INCENTIVES THAT MIGHT COVER THAT COST, BUT IT IS GENERALLY SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN REQUIRING FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. OKAY.

AND THE SAME THING WITH THE SIDEWALK, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU SAW A PICTURE AND IT'S FINE, BUT WHEN YOU START TO BUILD NEW PROPERTIES AND YOU HAVE THIS 80 YEAR OLD SIDEWALK, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HAVE SOME ATTENTION TOO.

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SO SIDEWALKS WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT.

GENERALLY, WITH ANY PROJECT REALLY IF THEY WERE TO DAMAGE.

SO I KNOW I ACTUALLY LIVE A, WELL UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, LIVED A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY FROM THIS LOCATION.

SO I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY A COUPLE YEARS AGO MARKED THE SIDEWALKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WHERE'S DEFICIENT, THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE REQUIRED TO IMPROVE THEM.

AND WHEN FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SIDE, WHEN WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT, IF THEY WERE TO DAMAGE THE SIDEWALK, PART OF KIND OF OUR PROCESS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR IT.

SO IT WOULD BE THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR AND RESTORE ANY DAMAGED SIDEWALK.

COUNCILMEMBER POE. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO, SETH, IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE OF THE ALLEY, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD THAT BE? GENERAL. WELL, I MEAN. SNOW REMOVAL. SNOW REMOVAL IS RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE CITY. I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, THE CITY DOES SNOW REMOVAL IN ADVANCE OF TRASH COLLECTION.

OTHERWISE, IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNERS TAKE CARE OF THAT.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WITH ANY ALLEY IN TOWN. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TODD.

NOBODY DOES SNOW REMOVAL IN THEIR ALLEYS THAT I'M AWARE OF.

THEY EITHER WAIT FOR IT TO MELT OR IF IT'S IF IT IS A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL, PUBLIC WORKS WILL OR SOLID WASTE WILL OR WHOEVER CAN PUT A PLOW ON A CITY TRUCK WILL HIT THAT ALLEY.

MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW, THIS IS JUST THE REZONING, RIGHT.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO US WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I WOULD SUSPECT, CONCURRENTLY, YOU CAN ASK FOR DRAWINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, FOR INSTANCE, MAYBE DONE BY AN ARCHITECT AND HAVE SOME OF THOSE COST HAMMERED OUT A LITTLE BIT SPECIFICALLY BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT INCOME LIMIT THEY'RE TRYING TO APPEAL TO.

MAYBE THERE'S OTHER STATE GRANTS OR OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP DO IT.

BUT YEAH IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALLEYS OVER IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT.

AND SO SOMEDAY WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET AND DO THAT ON A LARGER SCALE.

SO THANKS, SETH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, EVERYBODY.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON HIS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY OVERLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT 1756 MALLORY STREET,

[5. A public hearing will be held to consider a change of zone for property at 1756 Mallory Street SW from T-R1, Traditional Residential Single Unit District, to U-VR, Urban Village Residential District, as requested by OFB, LLC (Seth Gunnerson). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-000277-2026]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AS MENTIONED IN THE DESCRIPTION, THIS IS A CHANGE OF ZONE AGAIN FROM THE TR-1, WHICH IS A TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL SINGLE UNIT, SINGLE FAMILY ZONE DISTRICT, IN THIS CASE TO UVR URBAN VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS A FLEXIBLE MULTI-UNIT ZONE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A LITTLE OVER 8000 SQUARE FOOT PARCEL LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST CEDAR RAPIDS IN THE VICINITY OF CZECH VILLAGE.

THE PROPOSED USE IS FOR FOUR UNIT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.

ALSO A DETACHED OR A GARAGE FOR UNIT GARAGE AS WELL.

THE EXISTING LAND USE IS TWO SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.

THE EXISTING LAND USE IS ACTUALLY NON-CONFORMING, BUT TWO HOMES ON A SINGLE PARCEL.

HERE IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THE STAR IS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

IT'S LOCATED WITHIN THE URBAN MEDIUM INTENSITY LAND USE TYPOLOGY AREA.

NEAR IT IN THE CZECH VILLAGE AREAS. URBAN HIGH INTENSITY.

AND THEN HERE'S THE ZONING MAP SHOWING THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF AROUND CZECH VILLAGE IS PREDOMINANTLY THE TIER ONE TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL SINGLE UNIT DISTRICT. TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY IS THE KRASNY SQUARE DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER HOMES AND TOWNHOMES AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CZECH VILLAGE AREA. THE REQUESTED ZONE DISTRICT IS THIS LIGHT BLUE COLOR URBAN VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS A FORM BASED DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. HERE'S AN AERIAL SHOWING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

CURRENTLY THERE'S A HOME AND I'LL SHOW IN A STREET VIEW TO A HOME FACING MALLORY STREET.

THERE'S ALSO A HOME ON THE PROPERTY ALONG BARBOUR STREET AND A GARAGE ALONG BARBOUR STREET TO THE WEST.

THIS IS THE KRASNY SQUARE DEVELOPMENT I MENTIONED OVER HERE, WHICH IS A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THERE'S ALSO A FOUR UNIT TOWNHOME THAT WAS COMPLETED A COUPLE YEARS AGO ON D STREET HERE, AS WELL AS YOU KNOW,

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HERE'S A STREET VIEW ALONG MALLORY STREET. THE HOME IN QUESTION IS THIS ONE HERE.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. YOU CAN SEE PREDOMINANTLY ALONG MALLORY STREET IS PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ONE AND A HALF TO TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT. THIS IS THE VIEW ALONG BARBER STREET.

BARBER STREET REALLY FUNCTIONS MORE LIKE AN ALLEY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL OF THE HOMES OR THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE GARAGES WHICH BACK UP TO BARBER TO THE WEST.

THE SITE PLAN PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWN HERE, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A FOUR UNIT BUILDING WHICH RUNS EAST TO WEST ON THE PROPERTY HERE, AND THEN THE GARAGES WHERE THE FACING BARBER STREET JUNCTION, WHICH I MENTIONED, KIND OF FUNCTIONS MORE LIKE AN ALLEY AS THE PROPERTY OPENS UP.

IT'S A KIND OF TRAPEZOIDAL SHAPED PROPERTY THAT IS NARROWER TOWARDS MALLORY STREET AND THEN OPENS UP ON THE WEST SIDE.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS WHICH WERE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

WHAT I WILL NOTE, SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TWO YOU KNOW, OR TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.

WHAT I WILL NOTE WHAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSED AND ALSO DRIVEN BY THE KIND OF THE INTENT OF THE FORM BASED ZONING DISTRICT, IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE VISUALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT MALLORY STREET, WOULD BE THE MASS AND KIND OF VIEW OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, OR AT LEAST THE UNIT AT THE FAR EAST END. THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT THERE'S AN ENTRY DOOR THAT'S ORIENTED TOWARD THE STREET.

SO THAT MAKES THIS UNIT LOOK MUCH MORE LIKE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG THE STREET.

HERE'S A BUILDING ELEVATION INTERIOR TO THE SITE SHOWING THE ADDITIONAL THREE UNITS WHICH WOULD BE ORIENTED INTERIOR TO THE SITE OR TOWARD THE GARAGE. IN TERMS OF THE EXISTING SITE, THERE ARE THREE EXISTING STRUCTURES, TWO HOMES AND A GARAGE.

THE HOMES WERE BUILT IN 1890, 1949 AND THE GARAGE IN 1950.

THE CITY ASSESSOR LISTS THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE HOMES IS VERY POOR.

THOSE HOMES HAVE GONE THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS, AND THE DEMOLITION HOLD WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY AND WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON JULY 9TH.

THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH SAVE OUR HERITAGE WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE HOMES AND REMOVED HISTORIC FEATURES SUCH AS WOODWORK AND OTHER ITEMS FROM THE HOMES.

ALSO NOTING THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A PETITION WHICH WAS MENTIONED BY THE CLERK AT THE START OF THE MEETING WITH 15 SIGNATURES OBJECTING TO THE REZONING.

STAFF EVALUATED THE PETITION AND DETERMINED THAT IT CONTAINED THE OWNERS OF MORE THAN 20% OF THE LAND, WHICH WAS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE STRUCTURE.

AS A RESULT, PER STATE CODE SECTION 414.5. THIS REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL OR SEVEN OR MORE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES TO PASS THE ORDINANCE OR TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE. WHAT I WILL ALSO NOTE IS THE STATE DID RECENTLY PASS A LAW WHICH EFFECTIVELY CHANGED AND REMOVED THAT PROVISION FROM STATE CODE, BUT THE APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THAT PROVISION GOING INTO EFFECT.

SO IT'S BEING REVIEWED UNDER THE RULES THAT ARE IN PLACE AT THE TIME THAT THEY APPLIED.

IN TERMS OF CRITERIA FOR THE REZONING, THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSIDERED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE URBAN MEDIUM INTENSITY LAND USE TYPOLOGY AREA.

AND AS A DISTRICT THAT'S PERMITTED TO BE CONSIDERED. IT'S LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CZECH VILLAGE NEWBO NEWBO, NEW BOHEMIA AREA ACTION PLAN PLANNING AREA, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE INFILL MISSING MIDDLE OR SMALLER MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IN THE VICINITY OF THE CZECH VILLAGE AREA. STAFF HAS NO CONCERNS WITH THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PROVIDER, TO THE PARCEL IN TERMS OF CHARACTER. THE PROPOSED ZONE DISTRICT AND THE EXISTING ZONE DISTRICT ALLOW 2 TO 3 STORY CONSTRUCTION.

THE HEIGHT LIMITS ARE VERY SIMILAR BETWEEN THE TWO ZONE DISTRICTS.

THE EXISTING LOT COULD BE DEVELOPED WITH THREE DWELLING UNITS, A SINGLE FAMILY AND THE TWO ADUS BY RIGHT WITHOUT ANY REZONING.

THE REZONING REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR FOUR DISTINCT UNITS IN TOWNHOME CONFIGURATION.

AS YOU SAW THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY PARCEL ON THE BLOCK FACE ON MALLORY THAT WOULD BE MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION.

AND AS NOTED, THE MASSING OF THE STRUCTURE STAFF FINDS IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE MASSING, THE HEIGHT OF OTHER STRUCTURES WHICH EXIST FACING MALLORY STREET.

CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.

THIS WENT TO CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 2ND. THE CPC ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST.

PENDING ACTION BY COUNCIL TODAY. SECOND AND THIRD READING COULD OCCUR ON AUGUST 2ND.

AND WITH THAT, I TURN IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU.

SETH. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? OKAY.

I'LL ASK YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO APPROACH THE DAIS.

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MY NAME IS MICHELLE KESSLER. AND I OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE FOR THAT PROPERTY. I'VE LIVED ON MALLORY STREET, WHICH IS FOUR HOUSES UP FROM THAT FOR OVER 34 YEARS. AND AS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH PETS AND CHILDREN FENCED IN YARDS. AND THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR THAT TO BE PUT.

I HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO SAY. THAT HOUSE DOES NOT LOOK BAD ON THE OUTSIDE AT ALL.

THERE IS NO NOTHING FALLING APART OR ANYTHING.

THE INSIDE MIGHT, BUT THE OUTSIDE LOOKS PERFECTLY FINE.

BARBER STREET, THAT IS NOT LIKE AN ALLEY. THAT IS AN ACTUAL STREET USED BY A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME AROUND IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN'T TURN LEFT.

WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO THE END OF MALLORY STREET, IT'S D STREET.

YOU CAN'T TURN LEFT THERE. SO YOU COME AROUND THAT LITTLE CURVE SO YOU CAN TURN.

TURN EITHER WAY, IT'S NOT AN ALLEY WHATSOEVER.

IT'S MY OPINION THAT THIS IS NOT WHERE IT'S GOING TO STOP BECAUSE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT IS TO RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT WOULD, THEY'LL WANT TO TAKE OUT AND PUT ANOTHER BIG BUILDING IN.

AND THEN THAT ALLEY RIGHT THERE IS FOUR OAKS WHERE HAYES SCHOOL WAS EVENTUALLY.

IT'S MY OPINION BECAUSE THAT'S OLD. THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO TAKE THAT OUT.

AND THAT WHOLE AREA WILL BE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.

MULTIPLE ONES. AND THEN RIGHT THERE IS HAYES PARK.

THERE'S A SPLASH PAD, THERE'S A PLAYGROUND, THERE'S A BASEBALL FIELD.

THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR THESE BIG APARTMENT BUILDINGS.

THE CZECH VILLAGE SIDE IS NOT LIKE THE NEWBO SIDE.

THE CZECH VILLAGE SIDE IS HOMES, HISTORIC HOMES.

THEY ALL HAVE UNIQUE THINGS TO THEM. THERE'S NOT BUSINESSES ON THE CZECH VILLAGE SIDE LIKE THERE IS ON THE NEWBO SIDE WITH RESTAURANTS AND TATTOOS AND.

BARS AND STUFF. THE CZECH VILLAGE SIDE IS FAMILY HOMES AND SO I OPPOSE IT. I SIGNED THE PETITION, I, I OPPOSE IT, I DON'T WANT IT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

WHAT THEY'VE DONE ALREADY. ALL HE SHOWED IT LOOKS DIFFERENT IN REAL LIFE THAN HIS DRAWINGS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARY TRESNAK. I RESIDE AT 2516 26TH STREET DRIVE SOUTHEAST, AND I AM HERE TODAY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SAVE CEDAR RAPIDS HERITAGE. MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR OUR EFFORTS ADVOCATING TO PRESERVE THE CITY'S RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, USING EDUCATION ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, AND ACTION FOR INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS.

BUT WE ALSO ADVOCATE TO KEEP THE CHARACTER OF NEIGHBORHOODS AS A WHOLE.

WE'RE HERE TODAY VOICING OUR OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST FOR THE HOME AND ACCESSORY DWELLING LOCATED AT 1756 MALLORY STREET FROM THE TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL SINGLE UNIT DISTRICT TO URBAN VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL.

I THINK THERE'S SOME IRONY ABOUT THE FACT THAT EARLIER IN TODAY'S MEETING THAT WE WERE CELEBRATING HOME OWNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY THROUGH THE THROUGH THE COUNCIL'S PROCLAMATION, AS WELL AS THE PRESENTATION FROM NFC PROMOTING HOME OWNERSHIP.

AT THIS TIME, WHEN THERE'S A LACK OF AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN CEDAR RAPIDS, WE HAVE TO ASK,

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AND IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SENDS A SIGNAL FROM THE CITY IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT WE DON'T VALUE OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I SEE I'VE GOT 30S. SO THE NEIGHBORS HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY VOICED THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE ZONE TO REZONING. THE NEIGHBORS ARE HARD WORKING INDIVIDUALS WHO PURCHASE THEIR HOMES IN GOOD FAITH, AND THEY WORK HARD TO KEEP THEM UP, AND THEY TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR HOMES.

AND IF THIS APPLICATION IS APPROVED, IT'LL BE THE FIRST DOMINO IN A GENTRIFICATION OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH AFFORDABLE HOMES BEING REPLACED BY MULTI-UNIT RENTAL PROPERTIES.

AND I ASK YOU IF IT'S ONCE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD? AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANYONE ELSE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS THERESA MICHELSON, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT I WENT TO THE CITY AND PICKED UP MY LETTER BECAUSE I HADN'T KNOWN ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR REASONS I WON'T GET INTO.

MY CONCERN IS, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY, THAT THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY UNIT AREA, AND IN THE AREA THAT WE HAVE, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE A BANK BUILDING THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THAT AREA, AND WE HAVE SEEN THE CONDOS GO UP AND WE WERE TOLD BY BUILDERS THAT THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL AND THERE WOULD BE LANDSCAPING, AND WE'LL STAY OFF YOUR PROPERTY LINE AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

IT'S BRAND NEW AND EVERYTHING WILL BE GREAT. AND WE TOOK THEM FOR THEIR WORD.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS PARTICULAR BUILDER WILL DO THE SAME.

BUT IT ABSOLUTELY DID NOT TURN OUT THE WAY THAT WE WERE SOLD ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION THE COUNCIL TO REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT HAVING THIS UNIT IN THE MIDDLE OF SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS IS WISE OR MAYBE WISER THAN LENDING A HAND FOR SOME LANDSCAPING OR SOME WAYS IN WHICH TO DEVELOP THAT AREA WITH BETTER TREES OR BETTER STREETS, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF POTHOLES.

MAYBE JUST DRESS THE AREA UP FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY UNITS VERSUS BRINGING IN MULTI UNITS IN A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AREA.

I AM OPPOSING THIS SPECIFIC REZONING. DID YOU SIGN THE PETITION AS WELL? I DID, OKAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU.

MARY DID YOU SIGN THE PETITION TOO? NO. OKAY.

WE DID FILE ONE OF THE OBJECTION LETTER. GOT IT.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET MY MATH RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS? OKAY.

HI, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOSH BASS, AND I'M ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OFB.

I THINK THE MAIN THING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU GUYS IS THAT INTENT MATTERS.

WE DID NOT BUY THIS PROPERTY TO DESTROY IT, NOT BUY IT, TO TEAR IT DOWN.

WE BOUGHT IT TO REMODEL IT, TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE OWN THE FOURPLEX ACROSS THE STREET, ON D STREET.

AND THEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND GOT INTO IT.

IT WASN'T ECONOMICALLY VIABLE FOR US TO REMODEL IT.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO HOMES ON IT.

SO THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. THIS IS A THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE AND A NON-CONFORMING LEGAL STRUCTURE ON THE BACK.

EXCUSE ME. THIS IS ALSO A NUISANCE PROPERTY THAT WAS OWNED BY A LANDLORD.

THAT WAS LATER IN LIFE WHEN SHE PASSED, IS HOW WE PICKED IT UP.

SO YES, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS FULL OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND HOMEOWNERS, BUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY IS THAT IT'S BEEN A RENTAL FOREVER AND A PROBLEM, AND YOU CAN VERIFY THAT IN POLICE RECORDS. I THINK THE LAST THING THAT I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW IS THAT THE CPC COUNCIL, I MET CINDY HADDISH THERE. WE AGREED WITH THE CPC COUNCIL THAT THE PROPER PATH FORWARD WOULD BE FOR THEM TO SALVAGE IT.

THAT'S GREAT. WE WANT THE ARTIFACT, THE HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS, TO BE PRESERVED.

IN MY OPINION, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE SALVAGED THE PROPERTY IF THEY WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE FIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

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YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OF THEM BEING HARD WORKING INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE I LIVE VERY CLOSE.

SO THANK YOU. THIS I CONSIDER THIS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS DOWN THE STREET. IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT.

COUNCIL MEMBER TODD WINS AGAIN. BUT THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP PLAYING IN, AND I HAVE TO CONTEST WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SOME OF THE CHARACTERIZATIONS OF CZECH VILLAGE BECAUSE HAVING GROWN DOWN THE STREET THERE, TOO, THEY'VE GOT MULTIPLE BARS THERE, THERE'S FAMILY RESTAURANTS, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BOTH SIDES ARE, I DON'T GET INTO THIS WHOLE NEVER HAVE THIS, THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER VERSUS THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER. BOTH SIDES ARE GREAT. THE CZECH AREA, WHETHER IT BE NEW BOHEMIA OR CZECH VILLAGE, IS FANTASTIC AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE IT WITHIN ARM'S REACH.

I LOVE THE HOMES ON D STREET, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

I REMEMBER TAKING A MOTORCYCLE RIDE WITH MY LATE FATHER THROUGH HERE WHEN IT WAS RAVAGED BY THE FLOODS, THIS AREA GOT HIT THE HARDEST. IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, IT WENT UP A COUPLE STREETS, A COUPLE STREETS MORE INTO HAMILTON, BUT NOT ALL THE WAY. I WAS ON TOP OF THE HILL BEHIND WILSON.

AND SO THE HARD PART IS, IS THAT TO THE HISTORY, WHICH I APPRECIATE JOSH SHARING NOT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO WEATHER THOSE STORMS AND IT WAS MULTIPLE, IT WAS THE FLOOD OF 93 AND THEN 2008 AND 16 AND 18, THESE HOMES GOT HIT REPEATEDLY AND NOT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO MANAGE THAT.

AND THERE ALREADY ARE A LOT OF RENTALS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE I HAVE A VERY GREAT NEIGHBOR, JEREMY, WHO HAS BEEN A LONG TIME RENTER, AND HE'S FANTASTIC.

AND SO I ALSO JUST WANT TO CONTEST WITH THE CONCEPT OF WHO IS A RENTER WHO LIVES IN MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS WELL.

I DON'T THINK IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, YOU'RE THIS KIND OF PERSON OR THAT KIND OF PERSON.

SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY JUST KIND OF SILENCE AND, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE THAT KIND OF NIMBYISM.

BECAUSE I THINK WE JUST NEED PEOPLE WHO NEED SHELTER AND HOMES THAT THEY CAN LIVE IN, IN A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FITS IN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT.

I DO UNDERSTAND HAVING DRIVEN THAT, THAT IT PROBABLY DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, IS USED LIKE A STREET, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT BASED ON WHAT SETH SAID, I DON'T KNOW THAT IF THAT BARBER STREET IS REALLY MEANT TO BE A MAIN STREET, IT IS REALLY AN ALLEY THAT HAS BECOME, OVER TIME JUST USED MORE LIKE THAT.

I'VE TAKEN IT MYSELF ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THESE FOLKS HERE HAVE DONE A VERY NICE JOB OF BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL IN HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO ADD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK WHEN WE KNOW THAT A PROPERTY HAS BEEN A NUISANCE PROPERTY A LONG TIME RENTAL, IT HAS IT'S A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT PEOPLE GAVE UP ON IT A LONG TIME AGO.

SO NOW WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, WHETHER WE DECIDE THAT IT'S THIS PROJECT OR ANOTHER PROJECT TO INVEST IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, LOOKING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ACROSS THE STREET AND AROUND THE WAY.

IT'S HARD TO SAY YES THERE, BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET.

THAT'S DIFFICULT. I DO THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THAT I'VE SEEN AND DRIVE HOME EVERY DAY THROUGH THIS AREA, ALONG HAMILTON AND ALONG D STREET, ARE VERY CUTE.

THEY'VE THEY'VE DECORATED THEIR HOMES. THEY'RE GREAT NEIGHBORS. THEY TAKE CARE OF IT. I SEE THEM OUT WITH THEIR ANIMALS JUST AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE FURTHER UP THE STREET. AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO TO SEE THIS BEING AN IMPOSITION WITH THAT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE ALLOWED SAVE CR TO COME IN BECAUSE THIS, THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVE ALL THE TIME ABOUT SALVAGING THOSE PARTS.

IT DOES FEEL A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS THOUGH, IF WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN THOSE PIECES OUT AND NOW WE'RE ASKING TO SAVE THE WHOLE.

AND CERTAINLY IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HELP MOVE THE STRUCTURE WHICH SAVE CR HAS BEEN FANTASTIC AT.

THERE ARE OTHER PLACES AROUND TOWN THAT IT COULD BE MOVED TO ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER, I'M SURE.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO TAKES TIME AND MONEY, AND MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT SOMEBODY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN.

BUT AGAIN, GIVEN THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE SO BEAUTIFULLY, DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS, IT SOUNDS LIKE.

BUT THE ONES ON HAMILTON STREET, WE HAD TALKED HERE AT COUNCIL ABOUT SAVING THOSE TREES, AND THEY SAVED IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY THESE HUGE HISTORIC TREES.

AND I HAD NO IDEA HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT AND BUILD THE, THE MULTIPLE STORIES THAT THEY HAD, BUT THEY DID. AND IT'S FANTASTIC. AND SO I JUST, I WANT TO FIND THAT MARRIAGE WHERE WE WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS, THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS HERE THAT IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A MORE INTENTIONAL VOTE FROM COUNCIL.

SO I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE THERE IN THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, BUT I'VE SEEN YOU DO REALLY NICE WORK ON THE OTHER STREET JUST NEARBY.

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ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER POE. SETH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE RENDERING, PLEASE? AND HOW. AND THEN I NEED TO SEE SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THE HOUSES ADJACENT TO THAT.

MY, MY QUESTION IS IS EXACTLY, I THINK WHAT, WHAT MARY HAD POINTED OUT TO THE TRANSITION, WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT TRANSITIONING INTO THESE OLD HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THE HEIGHT OF THESE, OF THESE BUILDINGS TO ME BECOMES A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC AND FEELS LIKE IT DOESN'T QUITE FIT THERE. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT GO BACK TO THE ONE YOU JUST HAD.

SETH. THANK YOU. WHILE I RECOGNIZE AND I LOVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

MY GRANDMA LIVED UP THE STREET. I I I, I WORRY ABOUT, I'M LOOKING AT THE THIRD HOUSE AND THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH AS YOU GO UP THE STREET FROM THE ONE THAT WOULD BE DEMOLISHED, IT, IT JUST THE TRANSITION OF THE HOMES.

IT JUST FEELS VERY I BEST, BEST WORD WOULD BE AWKWARD, A LITTLE AWKWARD.

SO I GUESS WITH EXISTING YOU'VE GOT, I THINK THESE MAY BE ROOTS HOMES HERE JUST BECAUSE OF HOW THEY LOOK.

OKAY, TWO STORY HOMES. AND THEN I'D CALL THIS ONE AND A HALF STORY WHERE YOU HAVE KIND OF THE UPSTAIRS, BUT IT WOULD BE, BUT IT WOULD BE REPLACED. THE ONE YOU JUST HAD YOUR MARKER ON.

REPLACE THIS ONE WOULD BE ORIENTED TOWARD THE STREET WOULD BE TWO STORY HOME.

THIS WOULD BE THE VIEW. WELL, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY.

I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT A LITTLE MORE WORK TO DO WITH COORDINATING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT AGAIN, IT JUST ISN'T QUITE FEEL 100% RIGHT TO ME. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T NEED IT.

IT'S NOT THAT IT WOULDN'T. IT COULDN'T FIT. I'M JUST NOT THERE YET.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. YEAH, I AGREE WITH ANN POE OR COUNCIL MEMBER POE.

I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE NEIGHBORS.

AND WITH THAT MANY NEIGHBORS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT IS PERCEIVED WILL DAMAGE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I DO NOT SUPPORT THE REZONING.

I ENCOURAGE MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE DEVELOPERS TO COME UP WITH A MORE AGREEABLE SOLUTION. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE HAS TO BE ZERO PEOPLE ON A LIST THAT DON'T SUPPORT IT, BUT 15 NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING A BUSINESS OWNER.

I AM JUST NOT COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING IT AT THIS TIME.

THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON. SETH, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE WHEN YOU STARTED THE PRESENTATION AS TO HOW THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED? I JUST HAD A QUESTION. SO YEAH.

SO THE BACK TO THE EXISTING BACK BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL PAGE HERE.

SO THE EXISTING LAND USE IS TWO SINGLE FAMILY.

BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, YOU CAN BUILD MORE THAN TWO UNITS.

YOU COULD HAVE TWO UNITS PLUS AN H. WHAT CAN YOU HAVE ON THAT PROPERTY WITHOUT CHANGING THE ZONE? WITHOUT CHANGING THE ZONING, YOU COULD HAVE AND I WOULD NEED TO LOOK CLOSER TO SEE IF ONE OF THE EXISTING HOMES MAY BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT BASED ON THE RULES, BUT YOU COULD HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE TWO ACCESSORY UNITS.

ONE OF THEM WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

ONE OF THEM WOULD BE DETACHED. I THINK THE LET ME GO BACK A FEW SLIDES TO WHAT WE SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE. YEAH. SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THOSE BUILT AROUND IN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO THEY COULD HAVE UP TO THREE UNITS ON THAT SITE, ONE REGULAR AND TWO ATTACHED UNITS.

CORRECT. UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING. YEP. UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.

SO, AND SO MY, MY COMMENT IS AGAIN YOU KNOW, THE SAD PART IS THAT THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN TOASTED, YOU KNOW, ON THE INSIDE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO REBUILD A HOUSE LIKE THAT AND MAKE THE THINGS WORK.

AND THEN IF THEY JUST LEAVE IT AND THEN THAT'S NOT ANY GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD EITHER.

SO I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN, WE'VE DONE WELL IN MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IS THAT TYPE OF UNIT THAT WOULD FIT THIS ZONING, WHICH WOULD NOT REQUIRE REZONING, BUT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BUILD SOME NEW UNITS THERE OF A DIFFERENT TYPE THAT WOULD FIT MAYBE WITH THE SURROUNDING HOUSES.

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BUT I WOULD RATHER SEE I DON'T OPPOSE SOMETHING BEING DEVELOPED ON THIS PROPERTY NOW.

AND I, I WOULD HOPE AND SORT OF I, I DON'T LIKE VOTING NO ON THINGS WHEN IT DOES STOP IT AND THEY CAN'T COME BACK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

THE PROPERTY'S GOING TO SIT WELL. SO I WOULD LIKE.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, AS I THINK THE DEVELOPERS CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE SEVEN VOTES.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I'M JUST GOING TO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DEFER THIS TO A LATER MEETING.

I'M NOT CALLING FOR ANY VOTES. GOOD. THANK YOU.

YEAH. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY OF THAT. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE NEIGHBORS OR THE DEVELOPERS THAT THERE IS A CHANCE TO REDEVELOP THAT SITE WITH MORE UNITS AND GET UP TO THREE POTENTIAL UNITS ON THAT SITE, AND TO ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RATHER THAN HAVE A HOUSE THAT SITS THERE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT.

SO I AGREE. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF DIRECTION, BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AS AN ITEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER TODD. I DON'T WANT TO SOUND HARSH, BUT I'M.

I THINK IT'S NO SECRET THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. THIS IS THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GOT HIT HARD DURING THE FLOOD.

BUT PRIOR TO THAT IT IT, ONE OF THE, ONE OF MY MOST CONTROVERSIAL VOTES WAS ONE THE CITY WANTED TO TAKE OVER THE BALL FIELD AT HEINZ FIELD FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOUGHT ME ON THAT PRETTY PRETTY LOUDLY.

AND THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT TOOK IT OVER AND THE WORLD WENT ON, AND THERE WAS PUSHBACK WHEN FOUR OAKS WENT IN, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE WAS A POINT MADE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED SOMEDAY AT FOUR OAKS GOES FROM THAT SITE.

THAT IS THAT'S A REAL CONCERN THAT PEOPLE SHOULD FOLK SHOULD, SHOULD THINK ABOUT.

BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOME ALLUSIONS MADE TO, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CITY WAS, YOU KNOW, IN ENCOURAGING THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CITY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE DEVELOPER PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM WILLING SELLERS.

RIGHT. I BELIEVE SO. AND THEN WENT INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SAVE CR HERITAGE TO SALVAGE THE PROPERTIES, AT LEAST SALVAGE THOSE MATERIALS THAT WERE IN THE PROPERTY.

AND NOW THE ORGANIZATION IS SAYING THAT THE DEVELOPERS SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROPERTY.

TO ME, THAT THAT THAT THAT LACKS A LEVEL OF INTEGRITY THAT I WOULD HOPE ONE WOULD SEE IN THESE TYPE OF AGREEMENTS. AND TO ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE CITY, BECAUSE WE WOULD ALLOW THIS, THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT HISTORICAL PRESERVATION IS A MISNOMER. YOU CAN DO BOTH. YOU CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

YOU CAN ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE OF CHANGE AND INCREASING DENSITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STABILIZING A NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU CAN DO ALL THOSE THINGS. YOU CAN YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO BOTH.

THERE ARE SOME GOOD POINTS IN TERMS OF WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOES.

IT'S A CHALLENGED NEIGHBORHOOD. MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE OWNED HOMES THERE ARE STARTING TO PASS.

AND THESE, PROPERTIES ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING BOUGHT UP BY SPECULATORS.

THEY HAVE BEEN. AND YOU'RE SEEING DETERIORATION.

AND SO WITH THAT, THAT'S WHEN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT COMES IN AND TRIES TO PUT A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IN PLACE.

IF THERE'S NUISANCE PROPERTIES THAT I HEARD ARE A PROBLEM OR PEOPLE ARE NOT MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTIES OR THEIR LANDSCAPING, THEN THERE'S A FORMAL PROCESS TO DO THAT.

BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THESE SELECTIVE PARCELS IN THIS TIP OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK I'VE SEEN SOME ENHANCEMENTS.

I'VE SEEN SOME PROPERTY VALUATION INCREASING.

AND SO, I MEAN, I, YOU CAN ARGUE ABOUT SOME OF THE LITTLE THINGS, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN THIS, IN THIS IN THIS AREA. NOW, CAN YOU DRAW A LINE LIKE A DMZ AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT TO GO ANYMORE

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BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IF THERE WAS A VOTE, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS ONE.

COUNCILMEMBER HOEGER. I'LL JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT MY RESUME OF BEING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR NINE YEARS, AND THAT'S ALL WE DID, WAS INFILL HOUSING.

AND IT'S EXPENSIVE AND IT'S HARD. AND WITH TODAY'S COST OF CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE SEEN THE LAST THREE PROJECTS.

EVERY ONE OF THEM IS CREATIVE AND TRY TO DO INFILL HOUSING.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ASKING THEM TO BE 80% OR 60% BELOW MEDIAN INCOME.

AND SO I'M NOT SAYING IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR FOUR UNITS, OR IF THEY CAN DO THREE UNITS AND NOT HAVE IT REZONED.

BUT I WANT TO COMMEND ALL THE DEVELOPERS TONIGHT THAT COME IN WITH CREATIVE PLANS THAT FIT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK THE HEIGHT IS, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A ROW OF ONE AND A HALF STORIES AND TWO STORIES.

SO THIS IS A TWO STORY PLAN. IT'S NOT A THREE STORY PLAN.

IT'S IT'S NOT A CONCRETE BOX THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WEDGE IN THERE.

SO I KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO VOTE TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPERS TO GET, WE SAW ONE ELEVATION ON THE PARK LINE LLC THAT I THINK THAT FRONT ELEVATION TOWARDS THE STREET MATCHED MORE TO THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD THAN WHAT THIS ONE DID. MAYBE THAT'S THE ELEVATION. I THINK THAT MAYBE THE PARTIES ARE RELATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'M JUST I WANT TO COMMEND ALL THE DEVELOPERS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMING OUT AND SPEAKING AND GIVING THEIR VOICE, IT'S BEING HEARD. AND I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR BOTH PARTIES THAT WILL WORK.

SO THAT'S WHAT. YEAH. I AGREE WITH MOST OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID TODAY.

I THINK THE COMMUNICATION THOUGH, AS ACTUALLY AS EVIDENCED BY THE PARTICIPATION OF THE GROUP TODAY HAS BEEN EXCELLENT.

SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND CITY TEAM, DEVELOPERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR ALL BEING A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE WITHOUT A DOUBT YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED SOME NEW THINGS TODAY.

SO I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST DEFER THIS TO A LATER MEETING BASED ON THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WE HAD COME FORWARD.

RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SETH. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS,

[6. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Ellis Park Parking Lot project (estimated cost is $900,000) (Rob Davis). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #3311559-01]

THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $900,000. ROB DAVIS IS HERE.

ROB, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL ROB DAVIS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THIS PROJECT, THIS MAP HERE IS SHOWING THE OVERALL AREA OF ELLIS PARK, ELLIS LANE THAT THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM WILL BUILD.

WE'VE BUILT THE FIRST PHASE NOW, SO THIS IS ONE SMALL PIECE OF IT.

THIS IS KIND OF A REFRESHER. ELLIS BOULEVARD HAS BEEN PART OF IT'S BEEN BUILT UP ON TOP OF A LEVEE.

WE'LL HAVE A FUTURE LEVEE COME ALONG THE RIVERFRONT HERE, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A WALL ON THE LEVEE COMBINATION ACROSS HERE.

SO THIS IS A KIND OF A 2D MAP HERE, BUT THIS IS ABOUT A 15 FOOT HIGH TO KEEP THE FLOODWATERS OUT.

IN ORDER TO COME DOWN WITH THIS ROAD OFF OF THE LEVEE.

IT'S WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT'S AREA HERE BOUNDED IN RED.

THERE'S A PARKING LOT THERE THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE WAY.

SO WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO IS RELOCATE THE PARKING AS SHOWN THERE IN RED OUT OF THE WAY.

SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUT WITH BOULEVARD COMING DOWN OFF THE TOP OF THE LEVEE.

I WANT TO THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS AS WELL.

WE CAN'T DO THESE PROJECTS AROUND THE PARKS AND MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE A PARK WITHOUT THAT COORDINATION.

SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS REMOVING THE PARKING LOT THAT'S THERE AND PUTTING A NEW CONCRETE PARKING LOT IN, AND THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE RELOCATION WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.

AGAIN, WE HOPE THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT LEAVES THINGS BETTER THAN WE FIND THEM.

THERE'LL BE AN INCREASE OF 79 PAVED PARKING SPACES AT THE ELLIS PARK AREA.

THIS IS A KIND OF A BLOW UP JUST OF THE AREA.

THERE'S 85 SPACES THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL BUILD.

WE'VE ALREADY BUILT PARKING NEAR THE SOFTBALL FIELDS.

WE WILL MAINTAIN ACCESS TO AT ALL TIMES TO THE SOFTBALL FIELDS.

[01:25:02]

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ALSO THAT WE'VE COORDINATED THE SCHEDULE OF THIS TO GET AFTER THE POOL SEASON AS WELL AS AFTER THE MOSTLY AFTER THE SOFTBALL SEASON. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE THIS PROJECT IN BETWEEN YOU KNOW, NOW AND THE END OF THE WINTER WHEN THE PARK USAGE IS A LITTLE LESS AS MAYOR MENTIONED, THE ENGINEER'S OPINION OF PROBABLE COST IS $900,000.

THIS IS THE LAST PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE ARPA FUNDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SET ASIDE FOR FLOOD CONTROL IN THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

BID OPENING IS TOMORROW, JULY 29TH. THE LATE START IS SEPTEMBER 21ST, SUBJECT TO ACCEPTABLE BIDS.

AGAIN, TRYING TO GET AFTER MOST OF THE USE OF THE PARK FOR THE YEAR, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER 20TH OF THIS YEAR.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THIS ITEM.

I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. ONE QUICK QUESTION. WITH THE RFP, ARE WE ENCOURAGING PERMEABLE PAVERS OR SOME MORE FRIENDLY OPTIONS OTHER THAN STRAIGHT CONCRETE? THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THE CONTRACT. IT IS A CONCRETE LOT.

WHY IS THAT? WHY? WHY WASN'T A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY OR ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY OPTION CONSIDERED.

WELL, THE I WOULD SAY THAT THE OPTIONS THAT WE DID OVER AT THE NORTHWEST REC CENTER, YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT. THOSE ARE HAVE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND THEY DO NOT HOLD UP VERY WELL WITH THE SALT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

COUNCILMEMBER HOEGER. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE AERIAL REAL QUICK, ROB? SO THIS ONE OR? THIS ONE'S FINE. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, NOTHING HAPPENS TO THE HALL OF FAME BUILDING, RIGHT? IT STAYS AS IT IS TODAY. THAT IS CORRECT.

WE HAVE MET WITH THEM LAST YEAR. THIS PROJECT DOESN'T BUILD ANYTHING FOR THE HALL OF FAME BUILDING, BUT IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE ANY NEW WORK OR REFURBISHMENT.

IT'S REALLY KIND OF NEUTRAL TO THE HALL OF FAME BUILDING. PERFECT. THAT'S GOOD TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT THERE. BUT AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS, IS WHEN YOU SAY THE END OF CONSTRUCTION FOR NOVEMBER THAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT PROPOSED PARKING, NOT THE ROAD AND THE LEVEE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF A ROAD TO NOWHERE.

RIGHT. AND CORRECT. THE YOU WILL SEE LATER ON, VERY END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL COME BACK WITH A CONTRACT FOR PAVING THE ROAD.

THIS CONTRACT END OF THE YEAR IS JUST THAT PARKING LOT IN RED.

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH A THE WORK FOR TO GET THE ROAD THIS DIRECTION, AND THEN ALSO KIND OF TIE IT BACK IN OVER HERE AND THAT'S A 2027 PLANNED WORK. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL? IF NOT, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY HAGER, SECONDED BY MAIER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES. SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS,

[7. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the 4th Avenue SW Gatewell project (estimated cost is $390,000) (Ben Worrell). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #675005-02 ]

BEN WORRELL IS HERE. BEN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. BEN WORREL, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THIS PROJECT IS TO CONSTRUCT A GATE WALL ON A STORM SEWER OUTFALL TO THE CEDAR RIVER.

IT'S A BURIED STRUCTURE WILL BE FLUSH WITH THE GROUND.

AND THE INTENT IS TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE A GATE IN THE EVENT OF A CEDAR RIVER FLOOD AND PREVENT BACKFLOW.

THE GATE CAN BE OPERATED WITHOUT CONFINED SPACE ENTRY.

SO IN COMPARISON, THE CURRENT FLOOD RESPONSE PLAN CITY STAFF HAVE TO GO OUT AND PUT IN A TEMPORARY PLUG WHILE THE RIVER IS STILL AT A VERY LOW LEVEL AND STILL, PIPE IS STILL ACCESSIBLE, WHICH CAN BE CHALLENGING.

AND SO THIS GATE WILL BE ABLE TO BE CLOSED AT A MUCH HIGHER FLOOD LEVEL.

AND THE STORM SEWER CAN REMAIN OPEN LONGER. THE PROJECT WAS COORDINATED WITH VENUE WORKS AND THE SCHEDULED EVENTS AT MCGRATH AMPHITHEATER.

AND AN ENGINEER'S OPINION OF PROBABLE COST IS 390,000.

BUILDING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 5TH. CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE FROM OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH MAY 28TH, BUT THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO BE DONE WITH ALL WORK EXCEPT SIDING BY MARCH 31ST.

THOSE DATES ARE SPECIFICALLY SET UP TO COORDINATE WITH SCHEDULE EVENTS AT THE AMPHITHEATER, AND ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION WILL BE MAINTAINED ON FIRST STREET.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BEN. THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD, THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY MAIER.

[01:30:02]

AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO AND THE MOTION CARRIES. HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS.

[PUBLIC COMMENT ]

A SECOND PUBLIC INPUT WILL COME AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO SPEAK ON ISSUES THAT ARE GERMANE TO THE CITY BUT MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF MAKE THEM AVAILABLE BY PHONE OR EMAIL, BUT AT THIS TIME, AS A COUNCIL, WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL MATTERS I ADDRESS PRIOR TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TODAY APPLY TO THESE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AS WELL. PLEASE REMAIN AT THE LECTERN IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS, GIVE THEM LIEUTENANT, SHE WILL GET THEM TO US.

ALL COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. WHEN YOU GET TO WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT, IT TURNS YELLOW.

IT'S RED, WE ASK YOU TO TAKE YOUR SEAT AND ALL COMMENTS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTER YOU WISH TO ADDRESS.

SO ABUSIVE, OBSCENE, IRRELEVANT COMMENTS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND WE ASK FOR NO PARTICIPATION FROM THE GALLERY AS WELL.

IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK, APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON TODAY AND TODAY WE HAVE A FEW NAMES ON HERE, BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE HEARD FROM MOST. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ THEM OFF BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM.

I HAVE JOSHUA BASS. MR. BASS SPOKE, THERESA MICHAELSON SPOKE, MARY AND MICHELLE.

I THINK THEY ALL SPOKE ALREADY. AND I HAVE NOBODY ELSE LISTED FOR THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND OFFICIALLY CLOSE OUT THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

ACTING CITY MANAGER ANGIE HARPER, ANY CHANGES TO THESE AGENDA?

[MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ]

COUNCIL MEMBER POE. YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 22.A.

22.A ROCK THE BLOCK. GOT IT, COUNCILMEMBER HAGER.

I WILL RECUSE MYSELF FROM. 22.C. 22.C THE PIZZA BEER RUN.

OKAY. GOT IT. ANYONE ELSE? ANY CHANGES? OKAY.

THAT BRINGS US FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR CONSENT.

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

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

AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MOVING ON.

[27. Report on bids for the 3rd Street SE from 8th Avenue to 5th Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation project (estimated cost is $590,000) (Doug Wilson). (Paving for Progress) CIP/DID #3012639 02 ]

THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $590,000. DOUG WILSON IS HERE.

DOUG, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR DOUG WILSON, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THIS PROJECT INCLUDES ASPHALT RESURFACING, CURB AND GUTTER REPLACEMENT, STORM AND SANITARY SEWER ALONG WITH WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS, DRIVEWAY ALLEY APPROACH REPLACEMENT ALONG WITH PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS IN THE CORRIDOR.

BID OPENING WAS JULY 15TH. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO START THIS FALL AND BE COMPLETED THIS FALL.

WE HAD A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING ON MAY 21ST OF THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THE CORRIDOR PRIOR TO THE PROJECT BEING LET. WE HAD, AS I SAID, A BID OPENING ON JULY 15TH, 2026, WITH FOUR BIDS RECEIVED RANGING FROM $616,487.65 TO $861,927.55. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO VALENTINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOUG COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY OVERLAND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES. 28 IS REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE FY 27 SANITARY SEWER PROJECT REPAIRS PROJECT.

[28. Report on bids for the FY27 Sanitary Sewer Point Repairs project (estimated cost is $250,000) (Ben Worrell). CIP/DID #651-008-01 ]

BEN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROJECT THAT THE CITY DOES TO REPAIR DAMAGED SANITARY SEWERS THAT ARE DISCOVERED MOSTLY DURING ROUTINE INSPECTIONS.

THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES THE REPLACEMENT OF 167 LINEAR FEET OF SEWER MANHOLES, AND THE CORRECTION OF TWO PROTRUDING TAPS IN PREPARATION FOR FUTURE LINING UP AND PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT AS NEEDED.

PROJECT BID. ON JULY 22ND, WE RECEIVED FOUR BIDS RANGING FROM 234,002.00 TO $521,202.00. LOW BIDDER WAS B.G BRECKE. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BEN. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY OVERLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

29 IS A PRESENTATION RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AUTHORIZING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES UNDER THE CITY'S TARGETED DISTRICT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR AN ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT AT

[29. Report on bids for the FY27 Sanitary Sewer Point Repairs project (estimated cost is $250,000) (Ben Worrell). CIP/DID #651-008-01 ]

[01:35:08]

SCOTT MATHER, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. COUNCIL. SCOTT MATHER, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

SO WE RECEIVED EVOLUTION LLC, AN ENTITY OF STEVE EMERSON REQUESTED CITY INCENTIVES UNDER THE TARGETED DISTRICT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT AT 219 SECOND STREET SOUTHEAST. DUE TO THE DECREASE IN DEMAND OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE, THE UPPER THREE FLOORS WOULD BE CONVERTED TO APARTMENTS, WHILE THE FIRST TWO FLOORS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

THIS WOULD BE A $4.1 MILLION INVESTMENT. AS STATED, THE UPPER THREE FLOORS WOULD HOUSE 21 MARKET RATE RENTALS.

MIX OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM. FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR WOULD REMAIN AS IS.

THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE THE STANDARD INCENTIVE TEN YEAR, 100% REBATE OF THE OF THE INCREASED TAXES GENERATED.

WE'RE ESTIMATING ROUGHLY $300,000 IN NEW TAXES OVER TEN YEARS, WITH 250,000 BEING REBATED BACK.

THERE IS NO CHANGES BEING PLANNED TO THE EXTERIOR.

THIS IS JUST MORE AS A REMINDER OF WHICH BUILDING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO YOU KNOW, COBBLE HILL AND STACK WELLNESS AND SOME OTHER BUSINESSES WOULD REMAIN AND THERE'LL BE NO IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THOSE TWO FLOORS.

IT'S JUST THE UPPER THREE FLOORS. SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.

IF APPROVED, THEN I WOULD AMEND THE CENTRAL CONSOLIDATED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND BRING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BACK FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

WITH THAT, I'LL RETURN IT BACK TO YOU WITH ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANKS, SCOTT. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER POE. YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DECISION BY BY STEVE TO DO THIS CHANGE. I, I LIKE IT A LOT.

SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT.

OH HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS WHERE I WANTED TO BE.

WE'RE ALL BUSINESS. SORRY. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

ANYONE ELSE? IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AND THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY OVERLAND.

SECONDED BY HOEGER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. AS YOU'LL NOTE, THAT ITEM 30 HAS BEEN REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 31, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PROPOSAL FROM MJ RESTORATIONS LLC,

[31. Presentation and resolution accepting a proposal from MJ Restorations LLC, an entity of Jeff Kenny, for the redevelopment of City-owned property at 416 6th Street SW (Jeff Wozencraft). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #DISP-0048-2024]

JEFF, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR JEFF WOLLSTONECRAFT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AS STATED, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A PROPOSAL AT 416 6TH STREET SOUTHWEST.

SO THE PARCEL IN QUESTION IS HERE IN BLUE. THIS IS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FIFTH AVENUE DIAGONAL AND 6TH STREET.

YOU CAN SEE CEDAR RIVER ACADEMY ACROSS THE STREET ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND PORTION OF THE IMAGE.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS TRF OR TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL FLEX, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SMALL SCALE MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS UP TO EIGHT UNITS.

THE PROPERTY IS IN THE 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN, SO IT DOES NOT NEED TO COMPLY WITH OUR FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE.

AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON HERE. SO THE RFP OUTLINED OBJECTIVES STANDARD ALIGN WITH EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, IN THIS CASE THE 6TH STREET CORRIDOR ACTION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGED MULTI-UNIT HOUSING ALONG THIS STRETCH OF THE CORRIDOR AND IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS ACROSS 6TH STREET TO KINGSTON VILLAGE.

OVER HERE, A PREFERENCE FOR HOUSING DESIGN THAT MEETS OUR ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND ONE THAT IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

THE CITY RECEIVED ONE PROPOSAL FROM MJ RESTORATIONS LLC, AN ENTITY OF JEFF KENNY FOR A DUPLEX.

SO HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS AND THEN A SITE PLAN.

AND THEN BACK TO THE ELEVATIONS AND GETTING AHEAD TO FUTURE SLIDE.

THE REVIEW GROUP OF A NON-COMPETING DEVELOPER AND COMMERCIAL LENDER DID RECOMMEND THAT THE PROPOSAL BE AWARDED WITH THE CONDITION THAT PORTICOS OR ENTRANCE HOODS BE ADDED ABOVE THE DOORS HERE TO ADD A LITTLE MORE CHARACTER TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

SO AS I STATED, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY A NON CONVENED DEVELOPER AND COMMERCIAL LENDER.

THEY DID MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD THE PROPOSAL WITH THAT CONDITION, WHICH WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT HAD AGREED TO AND NOTING THAT THE SCALE DOES ALIGN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WITH THAT STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE PROPOSAL AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE MAYOR.

THANK YOU. JEFF. COUNCIL. THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. THINK YOU'RE ALL JUST LOOKING AT ME.

NO, I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD, RIGHT?

[01:40:03]

SO ANY NET NEW HOUSING IS GREAT. BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE RENDERING AGAIN.

AND SO WE TALK ABOUT THIS PRETTY EXTENSIVELY AT AT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

IT, WHAT IS THE ARMY ON THIS? NO RENT LEVELS WERE ESTABLISHED.

THESE WOULD BE THREE BEDROOM, TWO AND A HALF BATH.

I ONLY SAY BECAUSE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE DON'T NEED MORE BUILDINGS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS, THAT ARE BASIC, THAT END UP I'M NOT NOT CHARACTERIZING THIS DEVELOPER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE NEED MORE CHARACTER IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF VERY BASIC BUILDINGS THAT BECOME VERY DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS PRETTY QUICKLY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF DIGNITY IN THEIR DRESSING, IF YOU WILL.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE DON'T TREAT THEM.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF YOU WEAR YOUR SUNDAY CLOTHES OR YOUR, YOUR NICE CLOTHES FOR PICTURE DAY AND EVERYBODY STARTS BEHAVING BETTER, THE NICER THE OUTSIDE IS WHILE THE INSIDE MATTERS, MOST PEOPLE RESPECT IT MORE AND IT LASTS LONGER.

AND SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE DON'T ONLY ASK THEM TO DO KIND OF THE DOOR COVERINGS BECAUSE THAT'LL BE GREAT IF THEY'RE PICKING UP A DOORDASH OUTSIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE THREE SECONDS, THEY NEED THAT COVERAGE. BUT IT'S, IT'S LIKE THE BARE MINIMUM THAT I HOPE TO SEE IMPROVED ON THIS JUST SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE PLACES THAT THEY GET TO LIVE AND NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS AS A PLACE TO LIVE.

I'M GOING TO, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPER.

I'M GOING TO DEFER THIS AS WELL BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THIS IS THIS DOESN'T WORK.

SO LET'S ENCOURAGE, LET'S ENCOURAGE SOME WORK ON THIS AND WE WILL COME BACK AND REVISIT IT AT A FUTURE MEETING.

COUNCIL MEMBER POE. YEAH. CAN I JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT, JEFF, AS YOU'RE TALKING WITH THESE DEVELOPERS, WE TALK A LOT AT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ABOUT 360 DESIGN STANDARDS AND WHAT THIS BUILDING LOOKS LIKE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.

AND NOT VERY OFTEN AM I SEEING WHAT THE SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE.

SO WHEN WE SEE SOME OF THIS, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPERS TO GIVE US A 360 VIEW OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, TO COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY'S POINT. THE SIDE COULD BE JUST NOTHING.

SO HAVE THEM COME BACK AND. BUT SHOW US A 360 DESIGN, PLEASE.

YEAH, I AGREE. WE DID SOME OF THESE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FLOOD.

THEY WERE PUT UP QUICK. AND IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEM NOW, YOU WOULD SAY WHO WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN YOU GUYS DID THAT? BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK TO THEM, YOU KNOW. AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD CONCUR.

OKAY. AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH US CONTINUING THE LAND BANK.

THIS PROPERTY. YEP. AGREED. YEAH. SO WE'LL JUST WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DEFER THAT IF YOU WANT TO BRING THIS FEEDBACK BACK TO THE DEVELOPER.

AND AND AGAIN, STAYING IN OUR LANE AS A COUNCIL, THIS ISN'T ASKING FOR CHANGING OF ZONE.

THIS REALLY IS JUST ACCEPTING THAT PROPOSAL. SO I'M COMFORTABLE SAYING WE'LL DEFER.

YOU CAN GIVE US THE FEEDBACK AND WE CAN REVISIT AT A FUTURE MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFF. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO ORDINANCES.

[32. Ordinance amending Chapter 61 of the Municipal Code, Traffic Regulations, to establish revised speed restrictions on various streets in Section 61.029 and authorize temporary speed restrictions within construction zones. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #60-27-012]

TRAFFIC REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH REVISED SPEED RESTRICTIONS ON VARIOUS STREETS IN SECTION 61.029 AND AUTHORIZE TEMPORARY SPEED RESTRICTIONS WITHIN CONSTRUCTION ZONES.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AND THE 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 THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY TODD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THAT CLOSES OUT OUR FORMAL BUSINESS TODAY AND BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD.

[PUBLIC INPUT ]

AS WITH THE EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN AS A COUNCIL.

I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY TO REMAIN AT THE LECTERN.

COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND NO ABUSIVE, OBSCENE, LOUD, THREATENING COMMENTS.

IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK, APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON SET TO SPEAK.

TAMARA KRUG HERE TO SPEAK ON DATA CENTERS. HI, MY NAME IS TAMARA KRUG.

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A HOUSE HERE. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SAVE MORGAN VALLEY.

FIRST, AN INVITATION FOR YOU ALL ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH FROM 6 TO 8 P.M., WE'RE HOLDING A COMMUNITY MEETING AT USHERS USHERS FERRY

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LORI KNUTSON IS A PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST WITH MORE THAN 30 YEARS IN ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.

SHE MANAGED THE GROUNDWATER PROGRAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S LOS ALAMOS CLEANUP, AND SHE'S AN EXPERT WITNESS IN HYDROLOGY AND WATER LAW.

OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS DOCTOR BRITTANY KEYS, CLEAN AIR POLICY MANAGER FOR THE HEALTHY CLIMATE, WISCONSIN. SECOND, WHAT IS NOW IN THE PUBLIC RECORD.

ON JULY 15TH, ALLIANT FILED ITS REZONING APPLICATION WITH LINN COUNTY.

ATTACHMENT SEVEN IS A LETTER ON CEDAR RAPIDS LETTERHEAD DATED MARCH 31ST SIGNED BY ROY.

EXCUSE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCE HESSEMAN, THIS CITY'S UTILITY DIRECTOR.

THE LETTER SAYS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LINE ABOUT WATER AND SEWER SERVICES TO THE MORGAN VALLEY ENERGY CENTER.

IT SAYS CEDAR RAPIDS IS DESIGNING AND BUILDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AT THE NORTHWEST WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH WILL BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF WATER FOR THAT PLANT.

IT SAYS SEWER CAPACITY IS NOW IS AVAILABLE NOW.

IT SAYS THE CAPACITY FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE CAPACITY BEING COMMITTED.

AND IT CLOSES BY SAYING THE CITY LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CLIENT.

THAT LETTER IS FOUR MONTHS OLD. FOR THREE MONTHS, WE'VE ASKED THIS COUNCIL ABOUT EXACTLY THIS, AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S NO AGREEMENT AND NO CONTRACT.

THAT MAY TECHNICALLY BE TRUE. A LETTER IS NOT A CONTRACT.

BUT TECHNICALLY TRUE ISN'T THE SAME AS TRANSPARENT.

WE'RE ASKING AND THIS DOCUMENT EXISTED BEFORE THE WHOLE TIME FRAME.

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU BUILD TRUST. SO WE'RE GOING.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION YOU WON'T ANSWER TONIGHT.

WE'RE ASKING TWO THINGS YOU ACTUALLY CAN DO. PUT THE WATER AND SEWER RECORDS FOR THIS PROJECT WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THEM, THE LETTERS, THE CAPACITY WORK, NORTHWEST PLANT AND WHAT IT COSTS, NOT BECAUSE ANYBODY IS FORCING YOU TO, BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE FINDING THIS OUT ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE AND TELL US ABOUT CHANGES GOING FORWARD WHEN THE CITY PLANS INFRASTRUCTURE A PROJECT THIS SIZE, AT WHAT POINT DO THE PEOPLE AFFECTED HEAR ABOUT IT? RIGHT NOW, THE ANSWER SEEMS TO BE WHENEVER SOMEBODY ELSE FILES IT.

ON A SIDE NOTE OF MY OWN, I'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF SHOE LEATHER WALKING UP AND DOWN THESE STREETS, AND YOUR CIVIC ATTITUDE RIGHT NOW IS TERRIBLE.

THEY HATE THE DATA CENTERS. THEY THINK NO ONE'S LISTENING, AND THEY'RE JOINING US IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST THAT.

WE DON'T WANT THE DATA CENTERS. I'M A FARMER, I GROW CORN, I DON'T GROW DATA CENTERS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT WAS OUR ONLY SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

SO THAT WILL CLOSE OUT OUR FINAL PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD.

ACTING CITY MANAGER CHARTIER, ANY COMMUNICATIONS TODAY?

[CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ]

OPPOSED SAY NO. AND MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.