[Call to Order] [00:00:03] THIS MEETING OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026. I'D LIKE TO NOTE ONE ABSENCE, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTY HOEGER IS ABSENT FROM TODAY'S MEETING. I WANT TO WELCOME OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY CLERK, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY. AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR BEING HERE AND AVAILABLE TO HEAR FROM THOSE IN THE GALLERY. A REMINDER TO TURN OFF ANY CELL PHONES OR ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT MIGHT DISTRACT FROM OUR PROCEEDINGS TODAY. AS A REMINDER, WE NEED TO HOLD AN ORDERLY MEETING AND JUST REVIEW THE RULES OF CONDUCT THAT ARE PRESENTED THERE FOR EVERYONE WHO'S IN THE ROOM TODAY. THOSE RULES ARE AVAILABLE WHEN YOU COME IN, AND THEY'RE ALSO PROJECTED ONTO THE SCREENS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL DISRUPTIONS, I SHOULD SAY, TO COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. PLEASE NOTE THAT 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 VIA FACEBOOK LIVE. WE'LL NOW BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION BY PUBLIC SAFETY CHAPLAIN JOSH KENT, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE STAND. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE DO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, LORD, AS WE COME TO THIS MEETING, LORD, AS OUR LEADERS HAVE CALLED THIS MEETING, LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM, GIVE THEM GUIDANCE, GIVE THEM UNDERSTANDING. LORD, I PRAY FOR OUR AREA, LORD, WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO REPRESENT YOU. LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND LORD, OUR MAYOR. LORD, AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUSINESS TO CONDUCT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YOU MAY BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BEGIN WITH PROCLAMATIONS. [Proclamations/Presentations] OUR VERY FIRST ONE IS START A CONVERSATION CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT SUICIDE. AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED THEN BY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. SO IF I COULD HAVE THOSE FOR OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION, JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER POE AT THE DAIS, PLEASE. HELLO. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THIS PROCLAMATION IS EXTREMELY PERSONAL TO ME. MY HUSBAND'S NEPHEW COMMITTED SUICIDE AT 21. AND SO THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT ALL FAMILIES. AND SO THIS NARRATIVE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HAVE. SO PLEASE, A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS. WHEREAS, SUICIDE IS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT IMPACTS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, WORKPLACES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION. AND EVERY LIFE LOST TO SUICIDE REPRESENTS A PROFOUND LOSS OF HOPE, CONNECTION, AND POTENTIAL. AND WHEREAS, STARTING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE CAN HELP REDUCE THE STIGMA, CHALLENGE HARMFUL MISCONCEPTIONS, AND REMIND PEOPLE THAT ASKING FOR HELP IS A SIGN OF STRENGTH AND AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD HEALING. AND WHEREAS, CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT SUICIDE MEANS MOVING FROM SILENCE AND STIGMA TOWARD OPENNESS, HOPE, AND UNDERSTANDING, WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT PREVENTION IS POSSIBLE AND THAT SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CRISIS, THOSE WHO HAVE LOST SOMEONE TO SUICIDE, AND ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, DURING SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING COMPASSION, CONNECTION AND SUICIDE SAFER COMMUNITIES WHERE ALL PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY MATTER AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUPPORT WHEN LIFE GETS TOUGH. NOW, I ANN POE, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR TIFFANY O'DONNELL AND THE ENTIRE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER 2026 AS START A CONVERSATION CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT SUICIDE AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO START A CONVERSATION CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT SUICIDE BY PROMOTING HOPE, CONNECTION, AWARENESS, AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, FOR DOING THIS. WE SEE THE IMPACTS EVERY DAY. OBVIOUSLY, WE DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, BUT DURING THIS MONTH IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT IT AND BRING IT TO THAT PUBLIC EYE. ON THURSDAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A LIGHT THE NIGHT MEMORIAL DOWN AT OUR HEADQUARTERS BUILDING JUST [00:05:03] A COUPLE BLOCKS DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE 250 NAMES THIS YEAR THAT LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE SUBMITTED AS THEIR LOVED ONES WHO HAVE DIED BY SUICIDE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HONOR. SO THAT NUMBER JUST KEEPS INCREASING. AND WE ARE NOW OVER 100,000 CONTACTS AS AN AGENCY. WE JUST BROKE. IT'S 101,483, I THINK, FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. SO REMARKABLE AND TWOFOLD. WE DEFINITELY HOLD THAT SPACE THAT THAT IS A LOT OF HURT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT WE'RE GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE THERE. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. AND I'LL JUST HAVE THOSE OF YOU HERE FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TO JOIN US. THESE ARE ALL MY HAPPY FACES. HELLO, EVERYBODY. WELCOME. WELCOME. SO GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. HI. HOW ARE YOU? SO NICE SEEING YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. HI. HOW ARE YOU? GREAT. THANK YOU. THIS IS ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROCLAMATIONS. WHEREAS, HISPANIC LATINO AMERICANS HAVE PROFOUNDLY SHAPED THE HISTORY, CULTURE, ECONOMIC AND FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THEIR RESILIENCE, SACRIFICE, LEADERSHIP, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, LATINOS ARE SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, ENTREPRENEURS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS AND INNOVATORS, WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM OUR NATION AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS, LATINO IMMIGRANTS HAVE STRENGTHENED THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE AND DETERMINATION, CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR LOCAL AND NATIONAL ECONOMIES AS FARMERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, FACTORY WORKERS, CAREGIVERS, AND PROFESSIONALS WHO LABOR SUSTAINS AND STRENGTHENS OUR NATION EVERY DAY. AND WHEREAS, LATINO SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE HONORABLY ANSWERED THE CALL TO DEFEND THE FREEDOMS AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES OF THE UNITED STATES, SERVING BRAVELY AT HOME AND ON BATTLEFIELDS ABROAD. LATINO MEN AND WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. PARDON ME. ARMED SERVICES. HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE, SACRIFICE, PATRIOTISM AND LEADERSHIP, EARNING MEDALS OF HONOR AND DISTINGUISHED MILITARY RECOGNITIONS WHILE PROTECTING OUR NATION AND PRESERVING PEACE. AND WHEREAS, THE LATINO COMMUNITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS SHARES THE SAME DREAMS, ASPIRATIONS, VALUES, SACRIFICES AND TRIUMPHS AS FAMILIES ACROSS OUR NATION, DEMONSTRATING RESILIENCE, FAITH, DETERMINATION, AND ENDURING COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS RECOGNIZES THAT AMERICANS REMARKABLE STORY ROOTED IN IMMIGRATION AND REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE COMMUNITY WHERE DIVERSITY IS CELEBRATED BY ALL RESIDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR CIRCUMSTANCE. I, ANN POE, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR TIFFANY O'DONNELL AND THE ENTIRE CEDAR RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH AS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR LATINO IMMIGRANTS, WORKERS, EDUCATORS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESS OWNERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND SERVICE. [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH KICKS OFF SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, AND IT REPRESENTS A LONG HISTORY OF DIVERSITY AMONG 30 PLUS LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES OF FOLKS THAT HAVE MADE IT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND ADD A LOT OF VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS MEANS A LOT FOR US. AND WE ARE HAVING FESTIVAL LATINO THIS SATURDAY, THE 12TH AT MCGRATH AMPHITHEATER. PLEASE JOIN US. WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. [00:10:08] [APPLAUSE]. SEE YOU SATURDAY. YEP. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON OUR HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEMS INITIATIVE. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE LAURA SHAW AND JENNY PETERMAN TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. THIS IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CITY COUNCIL. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, CERTAINLY EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THIS FIVE YEARS PLUS, ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS AND WANTING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US UP TO SPEED WHERE WE ARE TODAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. LAURA SHAW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. IN 2023, THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS CONTRACTED WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS TO CONDUCT A DESIGN CLINIC IN OUR COMMUNITY. FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT CLINIC, WE WERE ABLE. THE CITY WAS ABLE TO PARTNER WITH LINN COUNTY AND THE HOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY TO CREATE THE FIRST OF OUR HOMELESS SYSTEMS MANAGER TEAM. SO THIS POSITION HAS BEEN JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND HAS DRIVEN MEANINGFUL PROGRESS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE. SO TODAY, OUR HOMELESS SYSTEMS MANAGER, JENNY PETERMAN, IS HERE AND SHE'S GOING TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON OUR ONGOING WORK AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY. YES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M JENNY PETERMAN, HOMELESS SYSTEMS MANAGER WITH HOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY. AND AGAIN, I CONTINUE TO BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT IN THIS WORK. SO SINCE THE LAST QUARTER OR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITHIN THIS SYSTEM. WE HAVE OUR LIVED EXPERIENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH AGAIN, THAT IS SEVEN MEMBERS OF THOSE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE FORMED THIS COUNCIL TO REALLY DRIVE THE INITIATIVES AND THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITHIN THE SYSTEM. SO THEY HAVE ASSISTED WITH FACILITATING A COMMUNITY HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT TRAINING. SO THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ALL OF OUR HOUSING CASE MANAGERS. IT WAS A TWO DAY LONG TRAINING THAT THEY SAT WITH ME AND WE REALLY WENT THROUGH, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SERVE THESE INDIVIDUALS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SUPPORT, AND WE TRAINED ALL OF THOSE CASE MANAGERS ON THAT. THEY ALSO ATTENDED THAT TRAINING AND GAVE FEEDBACK AND THEY STAYED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THOSE CASE MANAGERS AS WELL. SO THAT WAS REALLY IMPACTFUL. THEY ARE CURRENTLY ASSISTING THE CITY OF WATERLOO IN CREATING THEIR OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE ADVISORY BOARD. SO THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO CREATE THE SAME COUNCIL IDEA THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND SO THIS GROUP OF SEVEN INDIVIDUALS ARE VIRTUALLY THERE HELPING. AND THEN THE WATERLOO GROUP WILL BE COMING HERE IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR TO MEET WITH OUR COUNCIL AND GET MORE FEEDBACK. SO THAT'S EXCITING FOR THEM. AND THEN THROUGH THE CITY'S ADOPT A PARK INITIATIVE, THE LIVED EXPERIENCE COUNCIL ADOPTED GREEN SQUARE PARK. AND SO THAT WAS OFFICIAL ON JUNE 17TH, THEY STARTED THEIR VOLUNTEER HOURS. AND THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, SO FAR SINCE JUNE 17TH, THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED 93 VOLUNTEER HOURS BETWEEN THE SEVEN OF THEM. AND THEY HAVE FILLED 18 BAGS OF THE GREEN ONE DAY CHALLENGE BAGS. SO THEY ARE OUT THERE HELPING KEEP GREEN SQUARE PARK CLEANED UP. AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN EVENTS GOING ON. BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL. WE HAVE OUR COORDINATED ENTRY STREET OUTREACH TEAM. THIS IS PRIMARILY THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL HELPING WITH THAT STREET OUTREACH PEER SUPPORT PIECE AND THEN WAYPOINTS, STREET OUTREACH CASE MANAGER. THEY BEGAN PROVIDING OUTREACH AGAIN ON APRIL 1ST, ONCE THE WINTER WEATHER SHELTER CLOSED. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE INTERACTED WITH CONSISTENTLY 62 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOW ON OUR BY NAME LIST OF THOSE THAT ARE UNSHELTERED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. USUALLY, SOMETIMES THEY FLUCTUATE IN AND OUT OF AN INDOOR SITUATION AND THEN BACK OUTSIDE. AND THEN THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO 52 ENCAMPMENTS AND HELPED CLEAN UP THOSE 52 ENCAMPMENTS SINCE APRIL 1ST. AND THEY WORK WITH SOLID WASTE ON THAT AS WELL. WE HAVE OUR LANDLORD TENANT SUCCESS INITIATIVE THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH CEDAR RAPIDS BANK AND TRUST. THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, THAT CONTINUES TO JUST BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND QUICKLY GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED. AND SO SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, WE HAVE HOUSED 62 HOUSEHOLDS, MADE UP OF 88 ADULTS AND 62 CHILDREN. SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING REALLY GREAT WORK THROUGH THAT INITIATIVE. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR LAST EXCITING UPDATE IS WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH CRST WITH THEIR PROPERTY OUT ON 16TH AVENUE. IT IS A DORMITORY SETTING. THEY NO LONGER HAVE A NEED FOR THAT BUILDING. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO PILOT A BRIDGE HOUSING PROJECT OUT OF THERE. THIS WILL BE A PILOT PROJECT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS WITH THE INTENT TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING AT THE END OF THAT THREE YEAR TERM. [00:15:02] AND THIS REALLY IS TO CREATE A BRIDGE HOUSING PROJECT THAT DOES NOT EXIST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THE OUTFLOW OF HOMELESSNESS. SO WE KNOW THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED EXTENSIVE AMOUNTS OF TIME HOMELESS AND UNSHELTERED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO HOUSING AND THEN MAINTAINING THAT HOUSING. SO THIS PROJECT REALLY IS TO GET THEM IN A STABILIZED SETTING, PROVIDE THAT ON SITE CARE AND SUPPORT OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE INDOORS. AGAIN, HELP THEM WORK THROUGH THOSE INITIAL BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES AND THEN HELP THEM SUCCESSFULLY REINTEGRATE BACK INTO FAIR MARKET HOUSING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THE REALLY UNIQUE PART ABOUT THIS PROJECT, IT'S 65 UNITS, SO ALL 65 UNITS, WE ARE HOPING TO BEGIN LEASING UP STARTING NOVEMBER 1ST. AND THEY WILL FIRST BE PRIORITIZED TO ANYBODY EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE UNIQUE PART ABOUT THIS PROJECT, IT IS NOT ONE AGENCY CREATING A NEW NONPROFIT OR A NEW PROGRAM. IT REALLY IS ALL OF THESE PROVIDERS ON YOUR SCREEN THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THIS PROJECT. THEY ARE ALL IN PARTNERSHIPS AND MOUS. THEY SERVE AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO LEAD THIS PROJECT FORWARD OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AND THEN MANY OF THEM WILL HAVE ON SITE SUPPORTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKDAYS, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE CONNECTED TO CARE WITHOUT THOSE BARRIERS OF THEM NEEDING TO COORDINATE THEIR OWN CARE WHILE STILL LIVING IN A CRISIS SITUATION. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. WOW. JUST WOW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. AS MY COLLEAGUES KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN. HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF MINE SINCE I STARTED, AND I ALWAYS REFLECT ON WHAT GETS PICKED UP, WHAT DOESN'T. RIGHT? MY SECOND TERM, I REMEMBER BEING INTERVIEWED BY OUR LOCAL MEDIA AND I THINK THEY WERE HOPING FOR LIKE A NEW SALACIOUS, YOU KNOW, THING THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE AS MY MISSION. AND I SAID FOOD INSECURITY AND HOMELESSNESS AND NEVER MADE THE NEWS BECAUSE IT WASN'T. IT WAS TIRED, I GUESS. BUT NOTHING IS MORE EXHAUSTING THAN BEING HOMELESS AND TRYING TO FEEL LIKE A WHOLE PERSON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU BELONG. SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE ARE CAST OUT AND ARE NOT WELCOMED. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE REALITY IS, WHETHER IT'S IN A PARK OR IN A SHELTER OR A LIBRARY OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, LIKE PEOPLE ARE JUST PEOPLE AND THEY DESERVE THE DIGNITY TO EXIST AND TO HAVE A COMMUNITY HELP THEM WHEN THEY'RE IN NEED. AND I REMEMBER TALKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POE ON THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, I THINK AT THE TOP OF THE YEAR. AND I SAID, WE NEED ANOTHER HEIGHTS. THAT PROJECT, NOT ONLY FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FROM HACAP, IS JUST WAS SO PHENOMENALLY RECEIVED THAT IMMEDIATELY WE. AND WE KNEW, TO BE FAIR, AS SOON AS WE GOT THAT OFF THE GROUND WITH OUR ONE TIME ARPA DOLLARS, WE KNEW WE'D NEED ANOTHER ONE. BUT THAT WAS OUR MISSION AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR ON DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. AND LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE NOW. JUST AN INCREDIBLE WHEN I SAW THAT NEWS, I MEAN, 65 PEOPLE THAT THIS CAN HELP. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AND SUCH A GOOD USE OF A SPACE THAT WAS NOT BEING USED, YOU KNOW, ANY LONGER. THAT HAPPENS TO BE AN AREA WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF ACUITY OF POVERTY AS WELL. AND IN AN AREA WHERE WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN RESOURCES, THE LIBRARY IS SO CLOSE TO THIS. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LOCAL MARKETS, ETHNIC MARKETS. WE'RE PUTTING A TON OF RESOURCES INTO THE WALKABILITY AROUND THERE. SO IT COULD NOT COME AT A BETTER SPACE. AND IT'S NOT FAR FROM DOWNTOWN TO ALONG A BUS ROUTE, RIGHT? SO FOR ALL THE REASONS, I'M JUST REALLY INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE ARC OF WHERE WE GOT, WHERE WE STARTED OFF IN MY COUNCIL SERVICE, WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE A PERMANENT SHELTER, AND THEN WE GOT A PERMANENT SHELTER, AND THEN WE GOT THE HEIGHTS AND NOW WE HAVE THIS. IT'S HARD. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ULTIMATE SOLVE FOR HOMELESSNESS, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE BOTH DOING AND THAT THE CITY TEAMS CONTINUE TO DO, AND I HOPE TO KEEP MAKING A DENT IN IT, FOR ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANKS FOR SHARING THE GREAT STORY. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE JOINT TENANT LANDLORD PROGRAM? I THINK YOU SAID THERE WERE. OKAY. SO THERE WERE 77 HOUSEHOLDS ENROLLED AND 62 HOUSED. SO THE 15 DIFFERENCE IS THAT. YOU'RE ENROLLED. THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR HOUSING. OKAY. IS IT JUST. ARE THERE ENOUGH LANDLORDS IN THE PROGRAM TO MEET THAT DEMAND? THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH UNITS THAT WE CAN FIND THAT ALSO MEET THAT FAIR MARKET RANGE AND THEN MEET HABITABILITY INSPECTION. SO THERE'S A LOT. MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ON HUD FUNDED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. OKAY. AND SO FINDING THOSE REQUIREMENTS CAN SOMETIMES BE A CHALLENGE. OKAY. AND IF THERE IS, HOW ARE NEW LANDLORDS. [00:20:01] LIKE WHAT'S THE OUTREACH TO LANDLORDS IF THEY WANT TO ENROLL IN THIS PROGRAM? WE ARE FOCUSING ON THAT ON PHASE TWO. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING WITH CRBT COMING UP TO DO SOME LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT. SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND DIFFERENT MARKETING MATERIALS TO GO OUT TO THEM. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A CORE GROUP OF LANDLORDS THAT THEY NOTIFY US EVERY TIME A UNIT IS AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY PASS INSPECTION, WE KNOW THEY MEET HABITABILITY AND THEY WILL ACCEPT RENTAL ASSISTANCE. SO THAT'S. BUT WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT NOW. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD IS, ABOUT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT YOU DID IN JULY. ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE SOME RESULTS OF THAT? YEAH. SO I DO GET THE RAW DATA IN NOVEMBER. SO I DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING YET FOR THOSE THAT WERE IN SHELTER. BUT OUR UNSHELTERED COUNT WAS 51. HOWEVER, WITH OUR BY NAME LIST, WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE PROBABLY INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE EITHER IN A HOTEL OR DOUBLED UP ON THAT NIGHT. SO WE STILL FEEL LIKE 60 TO 62 IS WHERE WE'RE AT. BUT 51 WAS OUR COUNT. GREAT. THANK YOU. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER TODD. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO GIVE COUNCIL A PLUG. YOU GUYS DECIDED TO TACKLE THIS AND MAKE IT A PRIORITY 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO. AND CEDAR RAPIDS IS. I MEAN, WE ARE REALLY ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE NATION IN TERMS OF A SMALL CITY THIS SIZE, TO SAY, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IT, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE. AND I'M SAYING THAT NICELY, BUT WE DID WHAT THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE RECOMMENDED TO DO. WE TOOK THOSE STEPS. WE HIRED JENNY, WHICH WAS A POINT PERSON FOR US, AND WE HAVE REALLY WORKED WELL WITH. I HAVE TO GIVE THE STATE OF IOWA A PLUG BECAUSE I THINK DIRECTOR DURHAM AND HER DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN THERE IN TERMS OF HELPING WITH THOSE GAPS IN FINANCING. I DON'T WANT TO LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, BUT IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING YOU GUYS ARE GETTING AN AWARD HERE IN A DAY OR TWO? YES. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SHARE. CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S WELL DESERVED. AND WHILE WE'VE DONE ALL THESE THINGS, STILL, THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE MAYOR AND I WORK ON MORE THAN DOWNTOWN, THE TRIAD OF THE APARTMENTS, THE LIBRARY, GREEN SQUARE, DOWNTOWN CRIME, DOWNTOWN MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE INTERSECTION OF METH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IT'S A CONSTANT CHALLENGE. BUT WE ARE FURTHER ALONG THAN WHERE WE USED TO BE. AND WHEN COUNCILMAN MAIER ASKED EARLIER ABOUT THE DATA. OUR DATA IS GOOD NOW. I MEAN, WHEREAS BEFORE, WE THOUGHT WE KNEW WHAT WAS OUT THERE, BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE DATA. AND YOU'RE KEEPING IT IN REAL TIME. AND THAT REALLY HELPS ALL OF US MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND COUNCIL, GOOD WORK. COUNCILMAN. OLSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE WATCHED THIS CHANGE AND THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING, BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY NOT MANY CITIES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THEIR HOMELESS COUNT IS GOING DOWN. AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES GOVERNMENT PUTS A LOT OF MONEY INTO PROGRAMS AND HOPE THEY WORK. WELL, I THINK WHAT I'VE NOTICED WITH THE INITIATIVE, IS THE FACT THAT WE'VE NOW CONVINCED COMPANIES LIKE CEDAR RAPIDS BANK AND TRUST TO INVEST. JOHN SMITH OF CRST WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM, WHICH IS A SPECTACULAR LOCATION AND FACILITY, WE SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE TOGETHER WORKING WITH LANDLORDS, WHICH NEVER STEPPED UP BEFORE UNTIL THEY WERE ASKED TO HELP. AND WE CAME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HOUSING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD. AND SO, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THOSE, PLUS ALL THE NONPROFITS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM, IT'S JUST SPECTACULAR. AND IT TAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING TO PROVIDE HOUSING TO EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO BE SHELTERED. HOMELESS OR NEAR HOMELESS. AND NOW THERE'S THAT CORE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, REFUSE TO GO INTO SOME SORT OF HOUSING. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE HARD PART OF CONVINCING THEM THAT WE CAN MAKE THEM BETTER BY USING SOME OF THESE SERVICES. AND SO JUST, I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS SPECTACULAR. AND WE JUST NEED TO KEEP GOING. AND WITH EVERYBODY DOING A SMALL PIECE, IT COMES TOGETHER TO A GREAT SUCCESS. AND CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A LOT MORE AWARDS BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE ARE NOT CITIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET TOGETHER AND [00:25:01] ACCOMPLISH THIS AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS EFFORT. YEAH. AND I'LL JUST WRAP UP, JENNY, BY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN NEVER UNDERESTIMATE LEADERSHIP. AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITHOUT YOU LEADING THIS. SO MUCH SO THAT I'D LOVE FOR YOU JUST TO EXPLAIN TO THE GROUP HOW. YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THIS NEW FACILITY, THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION COMING IN THERE. CAN YOU JUST TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR KIND REMARKS. YES. SO WE WILL HAVE 24 HOUR ON SITE SUPPORT. SO THERE WILL BE TWO STAFF MEMBERS THERE ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON SOME TYPE OF MOU OR GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT. THE ADVISORY BOARD IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT. SO MORE TO COME. BUT JUST HOW DO WE BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR WITH THOSE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCING ISSUES. SO THAT WAY WE CAN ADDRESS IT IMMEDIATELY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER KEY PART. WE DID HOST THREE OPEN HOUSES, AND I THINK WE ONLY HAD ONE ACTUAL COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT CAME BY IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT TO HEAR MORE AND RECEIVE A TOUR, SO. AND WE DID DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. WE POSTED ON. A LEAK MEMBER AND I MYSELF, WE WALKED AROUND TO EVERY SINGLE RENTAL UNIT AND POSTED ON EVERYBODY'S DOOR OR HANDED THEM IF THEY WERE HOME OR OUTSIDE A FLIER OF LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHEN THOSE OPEN HOUSES WERE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, GOING THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TEACHING PEOPLE NOT ONLY WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN DOORS AGAIN, BUT ALSO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND SUCCESSFULLY REINTEGRATE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, SO. AND YOU WILL ACTUALLY BE IN THAT? YES. MY OFFICE WILL BE IN THAT BUILDING. YES. WONDERFUL. WELL, JENNY, THANK YOU. LAURA, THANK YOU. REALLY, I TRULY MEAN IT. I MEAN, LEADERSHIP MATTERS. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY. [1. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed Amendment No. 12 to the Urban Renewal Plan for the Central Consolidated Urban Renewal Area (Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #TIF-0089-2023] I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TODAY, WHETHER DURING A PUBLIC HEARING OR DURING ONE OF THE PUBLIC INPUT PERIODS OF A FEW MATTERS, TO ENSURE WE HAVE AN ORDERLY MEETING TODAY. YOU'LL BE ASKED TO STAY AT THE LECTERN RIGHT THERE. ANY DOCUMENTS YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE OFFICER. SHE WILL GET THEM TO US. SECOND, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. SO WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, THAT INDICATES YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT FOR YOUR REMARKS. AND WHEN IT'S READ, WE'LL INVITE YOU TO TAKE YOUR SEAT. THIRD, PLEASE 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 MEETING ONCE AGAIN. SO WE ASK FOR NO APPLAUSE, CHEERING, BOOING OR OTHER NOISE OR DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT FROM THE AUDIENCE. AND WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. DOES THE CLERK HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS IN REGARD TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY? YOUR HONOR, THERE WERE NO WRITTEN COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS FILED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, NUMBER 12, TO THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE CENTRAL CONSOLIDATED URBAN RENEWAL AREA. SCOTT MATHER, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL. SCOTT MATHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO COMBINE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3 AS THEY ARE RELATED. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO YES, THIS IS REGARDING CENTRAL CONSOLIDATED URL AMENDMENT 12 AND TWO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. THE FIRST ONE, JULY 14TH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED OR ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL BY NGUYEN ENTERPRISES, AN ENTITY OF NICK NGUYEN FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF VACANT LAND 1126 AND 1132 ELLIS BOULEVARD. AND THEN ON JULY 28TH, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED CITY INCENTIVES FOR EVOLUTION LC, AN ENTITY OF STEVE EMERSON, FOR THE ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT AT 219 SECOND STREET SOUTHEAST. AS A RESULT, URBAN RENEWAL AREA PLANS ARE REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. CONSULTATION WITH TAXING AGENCIES ALSO OCCURRED ON AUGUST 24TH WITH NO COMMENT OR OBJECTIONS. SO TODAY WE'RE HERE FOR THE URBAN RENEWAL AMENDMENT AND AGREEMENTS. NGUYEN REAL ESTATE, LLC. THIS IS A $1.5 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MIXED USE BUILDING ON CITY OWNED LOTS, WHICH WOULD ENTAIL THREE MAIN FLOOR COMMERCIAL UNITS FOR LEASE, AS WELL AS THREE UPPER FLOOR APARTMENTS, ONE OF WHICH WOULD BE A TWO BEDROOM, TWO WOULD BE A THREE BEDROOM. CONSTRUCTION WOULD COMMENCE AS SOON AS FOURTH QUARTER 26 AND COMPLETE BY FOURTH QUARTER 27. CITY INCENTIVE WOULD PROVIDE THE STANDARD 10 YEAR, 100% REBATE OF INCREASED TAXES FOR THE HOUSING PORTION AND A 10 YEAR, 50% FOR THE COMMERCIAL PORTION. AN ESTIMATED $500,000 IN NEW TAXES WOULD BE GENERATED OVER TEN YEARS, WITH $275,000 BEING REBATED. THE AREA SHADED IN YELLOW ARE THE THREE LOTS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY ALONG ELLIS AND K AVENUE. AND A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS. [00:30:06] THIS WOULD BE FROM THE FRONT. FACING ELLIS. AND FROM THE REAR. THE SECOND AGREEMENT IS WITH EVOLUTION LC. IT'S A $4.1 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER THREE FLOORS OF THIS BUILDING. 21 MARKET RATE RENTALS, MIX OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM. FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR REMAINS THE SAME. THE STANDARD INCENTIVE OF A TEN YEAR, 100% REBATE OF INCREASED TAXES. AN EXPECTED $300,000 IN NEW TAXES OVER TEN YEARS WOULD BE CREATED, WITH $250,000 BEING REBATED BACK TO THE DEVELOPER. AND JUST A REMINDER OF THE BUILDING WE'RE SPEAKING OF, THEY'RE REALLY NOT DOING ANY EXTERNAL RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING. SO AGENDA ITEM ONE WOULD BE TO RECOMMEND APPROVING AMENDMENT 12 TO THE CENTRAL CONSOLIDATED URA. AND AGENDA ITEMS 2 AND 3 WOULD BE TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH NGUYEN REAL ESTATE AND EVOLUTION LC. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SCOTT. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE. THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? OKAY, LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS, FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. NOW, THIS ITEM NUMBER 2. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, NGUYEN REAL ESTATE. [2. A public hearing will be held to consider a Development Agreement with Nguyen Real Estate LLC, an entity of Nick Nguyen, for a mixed-use redevelopment on City-owned lots at 0, 1126 and 1132 Ellis Boulevard NW (Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #PRD-000177-2025] THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS, FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER POE. HI, SCOTT. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE RENDERINGS, PLEASE? AND SO THIS FACES ELLIS BOULEVARD? CORRECT. AND SO THE LOWER UNITS, THOSE WOULD BE HOPEFULLY RETAIL OF SOME SORT? CORRECT. RESTAURANTS, WHATEVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. DO WE KNOW THAT. DO THEY ALREADY HAVE FOLKS WHO WANT TO GO IN THERE? NOT IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL, BUT IN TERMS OF THE BUSINESSES? THAT, I'M NOT AWARE OF. I DO BELIEVE THE DEVELOPER'S HERE TODAY, IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, HE COULD DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE USERS ARE ALREADY DETERMINED, BUT. OKAY. YEAH. I ONLY BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY GREAT SPACES ALONG THERE THAT HAVE HAD SOME TURNOVER RECENTLY. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, AS WE'RE ADDING THAT CAPACITY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING RESIDENCES BACK AND WORKING ON FLOOD CONTROL, AND CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE BEING REDIRECTED AROUND THERE. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE, PEOPLE THAT CAN GO IN THERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME EMPTY BUILDINGS PRESENTLY THAT HAVE BEEN EMPTY FOR SOME TIME. SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTION, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. NOW, ITEM NUMBER 3. THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON EVOLUTION, ENTITY OF STEVE EMERSON. [3. A public hearing will be held to consider a Development Agreement with Evolution, LC, an entity of Steve Emerson, for an adaptive reuse project at 219 2nd Street SE (Scott Mather). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #TIF-0025-2026] THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROJECT. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS, FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER 4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY AT 1756 MALLORY STREET SOUTHWEST, [4. 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] FROM TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL SINGLE UNIT DISTRICT TO URBAN VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY OFB, LLC. SETH GUNNERSON IS HERE. SETH, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. SETH GUNNERSON, ZONING ADMINISTRATOR IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR A 8000 SQUARE FOOT PARCEL LOCATED NEAR THE CZECH VILLAGE DISTRICT FROM THE T-R1, TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL SINGLE UNIT DISTRICT TO UVR, URBAN VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THE REQUEST IS BEING MADE BY THE DEVELOPER, WHO'S WISHING TO CONSTRUCT A FOUR UNIT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY. THE EXISTING LAND USE IS TWO SINGLE UNIT DWELLINGS ON THE PROPERTY. THE STAR HERE SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THIS SITE. IT'S IN THE URBAN MEDIUM INTENSITY LAND USE TYPOLOGY AREA ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S LOCATED JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CZECH VILLAGE. AND THEN HERE'S A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE CZECH VILLAGE. 16TH AVENUE IS LOCATED OVER HERE. THIS IS D STREET SOUTHWEST. C STREET'S OVER HERE. THIS IS THE PARCEL IN QUESTION ON MALLORY STREET. [00:35:02] AS YOU'LL RECALL, THIS WAS SUBJECT TO A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE END OF JULY. AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL GAVE THE APPLICANT SOME DIRECTIONS TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROPOSAL, WHICH I'LL GET INTO HERE IN A SECOND. HERE'S AN AERIAL SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY IN PROXIMITY TO OTHER HOMES AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE CZECH VILLAGE AREA. AND THEN THIS IS A STREET VIEW SHOWING THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS THIS ONE HERE. AND THEN HERE'S A STREET VIEW ON THE BACK FROM BARBARA STREET, WHICH WOULD BE THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. HERE'S THE SECOND HOME ON THE PROPERTY. AS NOTED, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON JULY 28TH. AT THAT TIME, CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED THE APPLICANT WORK WITH OBJECTORS TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROPOSAL. THE APPLICANT MET WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND A HISTORIC PRESERVATION GROUP WHICH HAD CONCERNS WITH THE REQUEST. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THEY HAVE UPDATED THEIR BUILDING PLANS, WHICH REFLECTS SOME COUNCIL COMMENTS RECEIVED ON DESIGN AND HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS. THE DEVELOPERS ALSO AGREED TO TWO CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE DOING ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. THE TWO CONDITIONS ADDED. THE FIRST ONE REQUIRES THAT THE BUILDING MATCHES THE SITE PLAN THAT'S PROVIDED AND THE SECOND THAT THE DEVELOPER MATCHES THE BUILDING PLANS WHICH ARE PROVIDED TOO, WHICH I'LL SHOW. THIS CONDITION WOULD APPLY TO ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE OTHER THAN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO ESSENTIALLY REQUIRING ANY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE TO LOOK LIKE THE PLANS YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDED HERE. HERE ARE THE UPDATED BUILDING ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. THEY'VE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILING AND CHANGE THE COLORS ON THE STRUCTURE. THIS WOULD BE THE ELEVATION FACING MALLORY STREET. THIS WOULD BE THE ELEVATION ON INTERIOR TO THE SITE FOR UNITS TWO, THREE AND FOUR. FOR COMPARISON, HERE ARE THE CURRENT PROPOSED. AND THEN THIS IS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'VE ADDED MORE WINDOWS, SOME MORE DETAILS ON THE WINDOWS AND MASSING OF THE STRUCTURE, OR IN DETAILS ON THE ELEVATION OF THE STRUCTURE. HERE'S A PROPOSED SITE PLAN. AND THEN HERE'S A SKETCH PROVIDED SHOWING THE BUILDING HEIGHT AS WELL. WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE THE PREVIOUS. TYPICALLY, WHEN STAFF PROVIDES ELEVATIONS AND SITE PLANS, WE'RE EXPLAINING KIND OF THE REASON FOR THIS REQUESTED ZONE CHANGE. IN THIS CASE, WE'RE MAKING THOSE ELEVATIONS AND SITE PLANS A CONDITION OF THE ORDINANCE, MEANING THAT SHOULD THIS PROJECT FELL THROUGH, ANYONE WISHING TO DEVELOP ON SITE WILL HAVE TO MATCH THE BUILDING DESIGN AND BUILDING LAYOUT THAT'S PROPOSED HERE. AS WAS PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT, THE SITE CONTAINS EXISTING STRUCTURES, TWO HOMES AND A GARAGE WHICH WERE BUILT IN 1890 AND THE MID 1900S. THOSE ARE LISTED IN VERY POOR CONDITION. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW AND THE HOLD ON THE PROPERTY HAS EXPIRED. THE APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH SAVE OUR HERITAGE TO COMPLETE REMOVAL OF ANY HISTORIC FEATURES WITHIN THE BUILDINGS. IN TERMS OF ZONING CRITERIA, THE REQUESTED ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE CZECH VILLAGE AREA AND PROVIDES MISSING MIDDLE INFILL HOUSING NEAR THE CZECH VILLAGE DISTRICT. STAFF HAS NO CONCERNS WITH THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PROPERTY. AND IN TERMS OF CHARACTER, STAFF FINDS THAT THE MASSING ALONG MALLORY GENERALLY MATCHES OTHER BUILDINGS ALONG THE STREET, AND THE APPLICANT'S MADE MODIFICATIONS BASED ON COUNCIL FEEDBACK AT THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING, AND HAS AGREED TO CONDITIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT TO MATCH THE PROVIDED SITE PLAN. JUST AS A REMINDER, PRIOR TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, WE RECEIVED A PETITION OBJECTING TO THE REZONING. EVEN THOUGH STATE CODE REGULATING THIS HAS CHANGED, THE APPLICANT MADE THEIR APPLICATION PRIOR TO STATE CODE CHANGING AND IS BOUND BY THE RULES AT THAT TIME. SO ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL OF SEVEN OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AS NOTED, THE APPLICATION WAS MADE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE LEGISLATION WHICH REMOVED THE OBJECTION PROVISION FROM STATE CODE. THIS WENT TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, WHO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, PENDING A POSSIBLE FIRST ORDINANCE READING TODAY, ON AUGUST 11TH WOULD BE THE SECOND POSSIBLE THIRD ORDINANCE READINGS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SETH. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? OKAY, I'LL ASK YOU TO COME TO THE LECTERN. AND IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU LIVE, FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS JOSH BASS. I'M THE DEVELOPER ON THIS PROJECT AND I HAVE AN OFFICE ON ELLIS BOULEVARD. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ADD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT SETH SAID. AND AFTER LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU GUYS GAVE SOME GOOD FEEDBACK. [00:40:02] I WENT OUT AND KNOCKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS AND THEN I HAD A LITTLE INFORMAL TOWN HALL AT THE NEWBO MARKET. SETH ATTENDED AND DAVID MAIER ATTENDED, AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH WHAT WE THINK IS A LOT BETTER PRODUCT. AND SO A LITTLE SPEED BUMPS ALONG THE WAY, BUT WE'RE A LOT HAPPIER WITH WHERE WE'RE AT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK SETH AND DAVID FOR A TON OF OUTSIDE WORK. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. WOW. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, JOSH. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR LISTENING. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD INDICATE A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER POE. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE MAYOR'S. THANK YOU, JOSH. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. WHAT A DIFFERENCE. YOU CAN JUST TELL BY LOOKING AT THESE TWO PICTURES THAT YOU REALLY HAVE UPPED THE GAME. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL AMENITY TO THAT AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. YEAH. SO CAN WE GO BACK TO THE FULLER PICTURE OF THE PROJECT? GO FORWARD. THERE WE GO. OKAY. YEAH. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU GET YOUR HYDRANGEAS LIKE THAT. BEING UP THE STREET, I'M LIKE, MINE ARE ONLY THE RED PART. BUT THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I LIVE LIKE TWO BLOCKS IF THAT FROM THIS AREA. AND SO IT'S REALLY PARTIAL TO ME. I'VE TEASED COUNCIL MEMBER TODD OVER THE YEARS THAT CZECH VILLAGE IS IN MY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S IN MY HEART. AND SO IN THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THESE ARE A LOT OF THE FAMILY HOMES THAT I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH. AND COUNCIL MEMBER PO WAS SPOT ON. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. WE HAD, WHAT, LIKE 5 TO 10 PEOPLE HERE LAST TIME. THERE'S NOBODY HERE OBJECTING. WE'VE HAD PROJECTS LIKE THIS BEFORE WHERE WE DID THIS, WHERE WE SAID, NO, WE DON'T LIKE THIS. WE DON'T LIKE THE DESIGN. IT DOESN'T FIT IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WAS NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO THE PRIOR DESIGN, BUT THIS IS SO MUCH MORE FITTING AND WILL REALLY ELEVATE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE NOT. AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND NOT BE IMPOSING TO THE OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT ARE THERE. SOME OF THOSE HOME NEEDS SOME TLC. YOU KNOW, BUT THEY'RE HARD WORKING FOLKS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BUILT AROUND THE TIME WHEN THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE THAT WAS THERE AND THE FACTORIES. AND SO THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND SHOWING A BEST CASE SCENARIO AS A DEVELOPER OF WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THAT GOOD NEIGHBOR AND LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND BE A COMPLIMENT TO WHAT'S EXISTING THERE AND NOT A DETERRENT TO. SO REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WELCOME YOU TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER, SINCE YOUR NAME WAS MENTIONED, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? I DON'T, ACTUALLY. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. [5. A public hearing will be held to consider the disposition of City-owned land at 397 15th Avenue SW (Jeff Wozencraft). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #PRD-000451-2026] ITEM NUMBER 5 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE DISPOSITION OF CITY OWNED LAND AT 397 15TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST. JEFF WOZENCRAFT IS HERE. JEFF, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JEFF WOZENCRAFT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AS STATED, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE A PROPERTY DISPOSITION AT 397 15TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST. JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE AERIAL HERE. THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED IN 2011 WITH CDBG FUNDS, APPROXIMATELY A 4000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. CURRENTLY VACANT IN OUR T-R1 ZONE DISTRICT WITH ACCESS TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. THE LOT IN QUESTION IS THIS ONE, OPPOSITE THE CITY SERVICES CENTER. SO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, THE OBJECTIVES PREFERENCE FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DESIGN THAT WOULD MEET OUR T-R1 ZONE DISTRICT. AND OF COURSE, PROPOSALS THAT ARE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. THE PROCESS PROPOSALS WILL BE REVIEWED AFTER THE DEADLINE BY NON COMPETING DEVELOPER, COMMERCIAL LENDER AND A NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE AS A PART OF OUR STAKEHOLDER REVIEW GROUP. WE WILL THEN BRING IT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD. AND THEN THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE SIX MONTHS TO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE TIMELINE ON THIS. TODAY WE'RE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE LATER THIS MONTH. BRING IT BACK HOPEFULLY TO COUNCIL IN OCTOBER. AND THEN NEGOTIATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LATER IN THE FALL. WITH THAT, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THE INITIATION OF THE RFP FOR 397 15TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST. I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU, JEFF. THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NOW, FOR ITEM NUMBER 6. PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER 6 HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO A PUBLICATION ERROR. SO THERE WILL BE NO STAFF PRESENTATION OR VOTE ON THIS ONE. HOWEVER, DOES ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? [00:45:08] ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM NUMBER 7, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED PLANS, [7. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Cherokee Trail Phase III project (estimated cost is $1,800,000) (Erik Turnquist). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #325069-10] SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE CHEROKEE TRAIL PHASE III PROJECT WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $1,800,000. ERIK TURNQUIST IS HERE. ERIK, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ERIK TURNQUIST OF PUBLIC WORKS. AS FOR CHEROKEE TRAIL PHASE III, THIS HAS BEEN PHASE PROJECT FOR CHEROKEE TRAIL, WHICH CONNECTS CHEROKEE PARK TO THE RIVER AND DOWNTOWN AREA. THIS THIRD PHASE IS FROM WESTWOOD DRIVE NORTHWEST TO 13TH STREET NORTHWEST ALONG F AVENUE. THIS INCLUDES A TEN FOOT PAVED SHARED PATH AS WELL AS WATER MAIN, STORM SEWER DRIVEWAY AND A RETAINING WALL INSTALLATION. ENGINEER'S PROBABLE COST IS $1.8 MILLION. WITH THAT, THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY FEDERAL GRANTS RECEIVED BY FUNDS ALLOCATED BY THE CORRIDOR MPO. THE MPO IS THE METRO PLANNING ORGANIZATION, WHICH HELPS CITIES IN THE AREA BE ABLE TO RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS. THIS PROJECT IS BID THROUGH THE DOT ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. IT WILL BE A 70 DAY CONTRACT. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTRACTORS TO START WORK DURING THIS WINTER. BUT THE LATE START DATE IS APRIL 27TH. ANY WORK DURING THE WINTER WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE ROADWAY TO LIMIT IMPACTS TO THE PUBLIC. AND IT'S KNOWN AS A PHASE PROJECT. SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. WITH THIS PORTION OF THE PHASE III. WE HELD AN OPEN HOUSE A WHILE AGO, AS WELL AS ONGOING COMMUNICATION DURING ACQUISITIONS NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT. PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. THANKS, ERIK. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS, FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, THEN THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NUMBER 8 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE EDGEWOOD ROAD NORTHEAST TRAIL [8. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Edgewood Road NE Trail Phase 3 project (estimated cost is $3,300,000) (Erik Turnquist). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #325073-02] PHASE III PROJECT. THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $3,300,000. ERIK, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ERIK TURNQUIST OF PUBLIC WORKS. THIS PROJECT IS TO FILL IN GAPS OF THE EDGEWOOD ROAD TRAIL. THIS WILL CONNECT BLAIRS FERRY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO O AVENUE. THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS FROM GLASS ROAD UP PAST 42ND, AND THERE'S A PORTION ALSO NORTH OF HIGHWAY 100 NEAR THE TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A TEN FOOT SHARED PATH, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER MAIN, STORM SEWER AND RETAINING WALLS. THE ENGINEER'S PROBABLE COST IS $3.3 MILLION. WITH THAT, FEDERAL AID GRANT FOR THIS PROJECT IS $2,560,000. THIS PROJECT IS BEING LED BY THE DOT ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. THIS CONTRACT IS 130 WORKING DAYS, WITH THE LATE START NEXT YEAR OF APRIL 5TH. CONTRACTOR MAY BEGIN WORK PRIOR AS LONG AS THEY DO WINTER WORK OUTSIDE OF THE ROADWAY. PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN DOING ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS DURING THIS PROJECT FOR THIS PHASE. AS KIND OF JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, THE 42ND AREA OF EDGEWOOD. I KNOW THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ONGOING. THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS SUBMITTALS FOR THAT, BUT THIS PROJECT WILL JUST WORK TO ADDRESS THAT GAP THERE. AND DUE TO THE FUNDING SOURCE OF. WELL, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. THE CITY IS WANTING TO MOVE. OR PUBLIC WORKS. THIS PROJECT IS. SORRY, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE. THIS PROJECT IS WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT GAP THERE. THIS GAP HAS BEEN A NEED FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ADDRESSED, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY. LIKE I SAID, FROM BLAIRS FERRY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO O AVENUE. AND WAITING ON THE DEVELOPER TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT PROPERTY. THE DEVELOPMENT. THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY ARE ALL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND WILL NOT IMPACT ANY FUTURE PLANS FOR THAT PARCEL. THAT PARCEL WILL BE DEVELOPED DOWN THE ROAD, BUT WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACTS TO DELAYING THIS PROJECT FURTHER. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION. I'LL REDIRECT IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. AWESOME. THANK YOU, ERIK. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER TODD. JUST. I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER NOW, BUT MY EXPERIENCE IS, THE TRAIL RUNS ALONG ELLIS [00:50:01] BOULEVARD, CROSSES THE RIVER ON THE BRIDGE, AND NOW THIS SEGMENT IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. HOW DO I GET ACROSS THE ROAD? CORRECT. THE CROSSING OCCURS AT THE INTERSECTION WITH GLASS WITH THE SIGNAL THERE. 42ND OR GLASS? GLASS. AND THAT'S WHERE IT CROSSED OVER FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE THERE ON EDGEWOOD ROAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO I SAW THAT THIS IS GOING TO START AS EARLY AS NEXT APRIL, RIGHT? CORRECT. IS THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BETWEEN 42ND AND GLASS GOING TO BE DONE BY THEN? JUST BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY CONGESTED THERE RIGHT NOW. UNDERSTOOD. THERE WOULD BE NO IMPACTS TO TWO WAY TRAFFIC DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. TWO WAYS OF TRAFFIC WILL BE OPEN AT ALL TIMES. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN WITH MORE CONGESTION TO THERE. AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL WORK WITH THOSE CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO OVERLAP WITH SIGNAGE TO KIND OF REDUCE ANY CONFUSION WITH TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNAGE. TRY TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT THAT HAS A SMOOTHER TRANSITION. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT COMPLETION DATE IS, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE. THERE'S POSSIBLE OVERLAP, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT FREE WATER WORK THAT WE'RE OFFERING THE CONTRACTOR OCCUR PRIOR TO THE APRIL DATE. YEAH. I THINK IF WE CAN JUST COMMUNICATE OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND KENNEDY AND PROBABLY XAVIER AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF ALL THAT AREA AROUND THERE. I MEAN, THEY'VE HAD BEEN HAVING CONSTRUCTION FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. AND I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF REROUTING, SO I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING IT, TO BE CLEAR, BUT I WANT TO JUST BE MINDFUL OF THE TOLERANCE OF SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAVE JUST LIKE BEEN CONSISTENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME RIGHT NOW AS WE NAVIGATE THIS. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POE. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ERIK, DID YOU SHOW US A MAP REAL QUICK? YEP. THERE IT IS. SO YOU'RE STARTING AT GLASS. STARTING AT GLASS ROAD. AND THEN THIS IS GOING DOWN TOWARD O AVENUE. AND DOES IT CROSS THE. IT'S GOT TO CROSS THE CEDAR RIVER BRIDGE. SO THIS GOES FROM GLASS ROAD NORTH. SO THOSE PREVIOUS PHASES IS A PHASE PROJECT. SO THE PREVIOUS PHASES HAVE ALREADY CONNECTED FROM ELLIS ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO GLASS ROAD. OKAY. SO THIS IS COMPLETING THE GAP SECTIONS THAT ARE NORTH OF THAT. THANK YOU. ALL THE WAY UP TO BLAIRS FERRY. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. [9. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Cedar Valley Nature Trail Erosion Repairs project (estimated cost is $215,000) (Steve Krug). CIP/DID #PUR0826-041] NUMBER 9 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE CEDAR VALLEY NATURE TRAIL EROSION REPAIRS PROJECT. THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $215,000. STEVE KRUG IS HERE. STEVE, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. STEVE KRUG WITH PARKS AND REC. AS STATED, I'M HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CEDAR VALLEY NATURE TRAIL EROSION REPAIR PROJECT. THE TRAIL EROSION REPAIR IS ALONG THE CEDAR RIVER, NORTH OF MOUNT TRASHMORE AND EAST OF THE NEW ALLIANT ENERGY LIGHTLINE BRIDGE. REPAIRS WILL INCLUDE REMOVING THE EXISTING FIELD, FENCING AND TRAIL. WILL BE ADDING EROSION PROTECTION ALONG THE RIVER. AND THEN ONCE THAT IS COMPLETE, MOVE THE TRAIL AND FENCING BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. WE'LL HAVE NEW ASPHALT, FENCING AND EROSION CONTROL. THE ENGINEER'S COST OPINION FOR THIS IS $215,000. AND JUST A PLAN VIEW. RETURN THAT TO YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU, STEVE. AND THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROJECT. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. 10 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE CITY SERVICES CENTER REMODEL [10. A public hearing will be held to consider the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the City Services Center Remodel FF&E project (estimated cost is $285,000) (Jason Stancliffe). CIP/DID #PUR0826-049] FF&E PROJECT. THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $285,000. JASON STANCLIFFE, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. JASON STANCLIFFE WITH FACILITIES. I'M HERE FOR THE CITY SERVICE CENTER REMODEL FF&E PROJECT. THE WORK GENERALLY CONSISTS OF FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT FOR CSC AT 515TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST AS PART OF THE REMODEL PROJECT. BIDS FOR THIS WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 26TH. THE BIDS ARE DUE TOMORROW. ESTIMATED COST IS $285,000. AND WITH THAT, FMS RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATED COST IS IN THE RESOLUTION. AND I TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, JASON. THIS IS THE TIME AND A PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? LET THE RECORD SHOW A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD WITH NO OBJECTIONS, FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL? SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, [00:55:02] SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN OVERLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER 11 HAS BEEN CANCELED AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO NO STAFF PRESENTATION OR VOTE ON THAT. HOWEVER, DOES ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. [PUBLIC COMMENT] HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS. THE FIRST IS A CHANCE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY SUBJECT PERTAINING TO COUNCIL ACTION SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. A SECOND PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD COMES AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO SPEAK ON ISSUES THAT ARE GERMANE TO THE CITY BUT MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE BY PHONE OR EMAIL, BUT AT THIS TIME DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL THE MATTERS I ADDRESSED PRIOR TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TODAY APPLY TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AS WELL. REMAIN AT THE LECTERN. IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS, GIVE THEM TO THE OFFICER. PUBLIC COMMENTS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. ALL COMMENTS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE MATTERS YOU WISH TO ADDRESS. AND OBSCENE, IRRELEVANT, ABUSIVE COMMENTS WON'T BE ALLOWED. WE SHOULD ASK FOR NO PARTICIPATION OR DISRUPTION FROM THE GALLERY AS WELL. IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON. AND TODAY IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. ECHO ELAM TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 14. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ECHO AND I LIVE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE. I AM READING THIS STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF A CEDAR RAPIDS RESIDENT WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. TODAY, YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE A $191,906.80 RETIREMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT FOR POLICE CHIEF DAVID DOSTAL. NEARLY $200,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND THE FULL AGREEMENT ISN'T EVEN ATTACHED FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW. WE AREN'T TOLD WHEN HIS RETIREMENT TAKES EFFECT. WE AREN'T TOLD WHO TAKES COMMAND NEXT. WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU PULL THIS AGREEMENT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN DAVID DOSTAL WAS HIRED, THE CITY MANAGER, JEFF POMERANZ, CALLED SELECTING A POLICE CHIEF ONE OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES AND EMPHASIZED TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. APPARENTLY, TRANSPARENCY MATTERED WHEN YOU HIRED THE CHIEF. IT SHOULD MATTER JUST AS MUCH WHEN TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING $191,096.80 FOR HIM TO LEAVE. AND WE'VE SEEN IT BEFORE. IN 2023, TAXPAYERS PAID AT LEAST $241,442.78 IN WAYNE GERMAN'S SEVERANCE AGREEMENT. NOW IT'S ANOTHER $191,096.80. THAT'S AT LEAST $432,539.58 IN DISCLOSED AGREEMENTS INVOLVING TWO POLICE CHIEFS IN THREE YEARS. STOP TREATING SIX FIGURE POLICE DEPARTMENT DECISIONS LIKE ROUTINE HOUSEKEEPING. AND WHILE WE'RE ON CRPD ACCOUNTABILITY, ANSWER ANOTHER QUESTION. ARE YOU RENEWING FLOCK? THIS COUNCIL APPROVED UP TO $499,250 FOR FLOCK AND CALLED IT A COUNCIL PRIORITY. THAT CONTRACT CONTEMPLATES ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR TERMS, AND THE CURRENT CONTRACTUAL DECISION POINT IS APPROACHING. IF ANOTHER FLOCK EXISTS. EXCUSE ME. IF ANOTHER FLOCK AMENDMENT EXISTS, SHOW IT. IF IT DOESN'T, TELL THE PEOPLE OF CEDAR RAPIDS THAT THE CONTRACT IS ENDING. YOU ROUTINELY BRING MAJOR CONTRACT RENEWALS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. FLOCK DESERVES NO LESS, BUT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER ON RECORD AND THEN VOTE NO. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR BETTER RULES FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR NICER SURVEILLANCE. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO END IT. NO RENEWAL, NO QUIET ROLLOVER. AND DON'T JUST TEAR DOWN FLOCK TO JUST REBUILD THE SAME VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE DRAGNET UNDER ANOTHER COMPANY'S LOGO. TAXPAYERS ARE NOT YOUR ATM. CEDAR RAPIDS RESIDENTS ARE NOT DATA POINTS IN A SURVEILLANCE NETWORK. RELEASE THE DOCILE AGREEMENT. EXPLAIN THE MONEY. TELL US WHO IS RUNNING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TAKE DOWN THE FLOCK CAMERAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S GOING TO CLOSE OUT OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. [MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA] CITY MANAGER POMERANZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NO CHANGES. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES ON ANY AGENDA ITEMS OR MAKE CHANGES? ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] [01:00:02] THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. MOVING ON NOW TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. [28. Report on bids for the Ellis Road NW at Rawson Lane Sanitary Sewer Improvements project (estimated cost is $850,000) (Ben Worrell). CIP/DID #6550136-01] ITEM NUMBER 28 IS A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE ELLIS ROAD NORTHWEST AT ROSS AND LANE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $850,000. BEN WORRELL IS HERE. BEN, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR BEN WORRELL, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THIS PROJECT IS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO CEDAR RAPIDS SEWER, LOCATED IN THE COUNTY, ALONG ELLIS ROAD AT ROSS AND LANE. PROJECT INCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF 117FT OF 36 INCH SANITARY SEWER. ALSO INCLUDES LINING OF 1358FT OF SANITARY SEWER, AND ALSO INCLUDES EXTENSION OF 8 INCH SANITARY SEWER ACROSS ELLIS ROAD STUB FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND FLOW METERING MANHOLE REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF PALO. ALL THIS IS BEING DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PREVIOUS 2080 AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PALO FOR COST SHARE. PROJECT BID. ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, WE RECEIVED FOUR BIDS, RANGING FROM $761,434.00 TO $1,255,516.90. LOW BIDDER WAS AMERICAN EXCAVATION AND CONCRETE. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BEN, THANKS. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. 29 IS A REPORT ON BIDS FOR THE WATER SYSTEM VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE REPLACEMENTS PROJECT. [29. Report on bids for the Water System Variable Frequency Drive Replacements project (estimated cost is $2,692,000) (Casie Meyer). CIP/DID #6250155-02] THIS HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $2,692,000. CASIE MAIER'S HERE. CASIE, I RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. CASIE MAIER WITH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES, OR VFDS ON WATER PUMPS VARY THE AMOUNT OF FLOW BEING PRODUCED BY THE PUMP. THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S WATER SYSTEM, THERE ARE 14 PUMPS THAT HAVE VFDS THAT HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. WE RECEIVED TWO BIDS ON AUGUST 26TH THAT RANGED FROM $2,051,300 TO $2,226,225, WITH ESCO ELECTRIC COMPANY SUBMITTING THE LOW BID. THE ENGINEER'S OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THIS PROJECT IS $2,692,000. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2026 AND CONTINUE UNTIL JANUARY OF 2028. THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS AWARDING THIS CONTRACT TO ESCO ELECTRIC COMPANY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. CASIE, THANK YOU. COUNCIL? ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER 30 IS A PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION REGARDING CONTRACTOR DEFAULT AND TERMINATING CONTRACTS WITH [30. Presentation and resolutions regarding contractor default and terminating contracts with Shift Companies, LLC (Shift General Contracting, LLC) (Taylor Burgin). (Paving for Progress) CIP/DID #3012429-03] SHIFT COMPANIES, LLC. TAYLOR BURGIN IS HERE. TAYLOR, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT AND SOME BACKGROUND ON KIND OF AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ON SOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN TOWN. SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR YOU. ON AUGUST 21ST, 2026, THE CITY WAS NOTIFIED THAT CONTRACTOR SHIFT GENERAL CONTRACTING, LLC, WAS VOLUNTARY DEFAULTING ON TWO CONTRACTS. THOSE CONTRACTS WOULD BE 34TH STREET SOUTHEAST FROM BEAVER AVENUE, NORTH OF TERRY DRIVE AND RICHARD DRIVE NORTHEAST FROM EVERGREEN TO NANCY JANE LANE. SO HERE'S A PROJECT MAP JUST TO KIND OF ORIENT EVERYBODY ON 34TH STREET SOUTHEAST. CONSTRUCTION WAS UNDERWAY FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS ON THIS ONE. MAYBE THE SILVER LINING HERE IS THE FACT THAT ALL THE RESIDENTS DO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND THEIR HOMES VIA VEHICLE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. SO TIMING WISE, I GUESS THAT'S OKAY THERE. WE HAVE DELIVERED NOTICES TO RESIDENTS A COUPLE TIMES ALREADY, JUST TO KIND OF LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT TO EXPECT. THEY'VE BEEN REALLY PATIENT AND GREAT TO WORK WITH. WE'VE TALKED TO MANY OF THEM IN PERSON WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE. SO I APPRECIATE THEIR PATIENCE AS WE NAVIGATE THIS SITUATION. RICHARD DRIVE, HERE'S A PROJECT MAP OF THE AREA. PROJECT WORK HAD LITERALLY JUST STARTED THE WEEK BEFORE. SO NOT A WHOLE LOT HAD HAPPENED THERE YET. LUCKILY, WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF CLEANUP AND GET THE ROAD OPEN BACK UP AGAIN. SO EVERYONE AGAIN HAS ACCESS TO EVERYTHING THERE. SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF PLAYING CLEANUP AND GETTING THINGS GOING. SO I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A SITUATION THAT HAPPENS VERY OFTEN, THANKFULLY. WE WORK WITH SOME REPUTABLE CONTRACTORS AND HAVE HAD GOOD LUCK FOR. [01:05:06] I DON'T THINK THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AROUND HERE. SO THE CONTRACT PROCESS. SO IOWA LAW DICTATES THAT THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS AND THE CONTRACTS BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. SHIFT GENERAL CONTRACTING, LLC, HAD PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED TWO CONTRACTS FOR THE CITY AND WAS IN GOOD STANDING AT THE TIME OF THE BIDS AND WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACTS. SO CONTRACTS ARE ENTERED INTO WITH PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS AS PART OF THE REQUIRED PROVISIONS AND THE ATTACHMENTS TO THE CONTRACT. AND ONCE A CONTRACTOR BREACHES THE CONTRACT AND DEFAULTS, THAT'S WHEN THE PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS ARE CALLED UPON TO STEP IN. SO A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON WHAT THAT MEANS. SO THE BONDS BASICALLY GIVE THE CITY AN INSURANCE POLICY THAT THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED, AND OUTSTANDING CLAIMS WILL BE HANDLED BY THE SURETY, THE SURETY BEING BASICALLY AN INSURANCE COMPANY. AFTER CONTRACT TERMINATION, THE SURETY WILL TENDER A NEW CONTRACT TO THE CITY, WITH A NEW PRIME CONTRACTOR CHOSEN BY THE SURETY WITH CITY CONCURRENCE. THE CITY WILL ENTER INTO A NEW CONTRACT TO FINISH THE PROJECT WITH AGREED TWO TERMS, AND THEN THE SURETY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COSTS AND DAMAGES ABOVE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT PRICE, AND PROVIDES MEANS FOR PAYMENT TO SUBCONTRACTORS AND VENDORS TO BE COMPENSATED FOR SERVICES OR MATERIALS NOT PAID FOR BY GENERAL CONTRACTING, LLC. SO KIND OF THAT UMBRELLA PROTECTION FOR US THERE. SO WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? THE CURRENT STATUS. THE CITY AND THE SURETY HAVE BEEN WORKING. BASICALLY AS SOON AS WE WERE NOTIFIED, WE HAD REACHED OUT TO THEM. THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH SO FAR, WHICH IS ENCOURAGING. ON SITE MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH THE SURETY AND PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. PROPOSALS ARE TO BE DELIVERED TO THE SURETY BY SEPTEMBER 9TH. TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACTS IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP HERE TO CLEAR THE PATH FOR NEW CONTRACTS TO BE EXECUTED SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH WORK. AFTER THAT, WE WILL ENTER INTO NEW CONTRACTS AND CONTINUE THE PROJECTS. SO WE'LL NEED SOME FOLLOW UP COUNCIL ACTION BASICALLY TO AWARD CONTRACT TO NEW CONTRACTORS TO KEEP MOVING. WITH THAT, WE RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTIONS TO TERMINATE CONTRACTS. SO I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR, FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TAYLOR. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. WELL, ONE, I HAVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS HAPPENING BETWEEN GLASS ROAD AND 42ND, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE TOLERANCE AND JUST PATIENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT PERSONAL TOUCH. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS ON THE NEWS. REALLY UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. I'M GLAD IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN. BUT IN THIS, BECAUSE OF IOWA LAW, WHICH HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION, AT LEAST IN MY COUNCIL TERMS, BY, YOU KNOW, OUR HARD WORKING UNIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO ARE ALWAYS SAYING LIKE, WELL, HOW IS THAT CHOSEN, RIGHT? AND OUR HAND IS FORCED IN A LOT OF WAYS OF WITH THAT LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BID. SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? DO THEY GO ON A LIST THAT SAYS THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER. THEY'VE HAD THESE TOO. BUT THEN THIS PUTS US IN QUITE A PRECARIOUS SITUATION. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, END UP TRYING TO COME BACK ON, WE'RE FORCED TO TAKE THEM BECAUSE OF THIS IOWA LAW. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH. SO SHIFT GENERAL CONTRACTING BASICALLY IS NOT GOING TO BE AROUND ANYMORE. SO THAT PART OF IT WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. BUT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT PAST PERFORMANCE ON PROJECTS AND AWARD OR NOT AWARD BASED ON THAT. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, AFTER WE GET BIDS, MOST OF THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WILL REACH OUT. WE'LL TALK. HEY, DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THEM? HOW WAS THE EXPERIENCE? DO YOU RECOMMEND? AND YES, WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE. IF WE HAVE CONCERNS, WE WILL BRING THOSE FORWARD, SO. MY OTHER QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT THE COST DIFFERENTIAL BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, GREAT DELTAS IN BETWEEN. YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS LAST PROJECT WAS $850,000. BUT THEN WE WERE, YOU KNOW, UNDER ABOUT $80,000. AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE THAT'S EGREGIOUSLY OVER OR FEELS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? SO WHO MAKES UP THE COST DIFFERENCE NOW? IS IT THE TAXPAYERS? IT COVERED BY THE SURETY BOND? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. YEAH. SO WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT COST TO GET IT COMPLETED. BUT THE DELTA BETWEEN WHATEVER THE NEW CONTRACT IS VERSUS WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST US ORIGINALLY, THAT IS UP TO THE SURETY TO MAKE US WHOLE ON THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TODD. I JUST WANT TO SAY, IN MY YEARS OF BEING HERE, I'VE NEVER HAD IT HAPPEN BEFORE. AND SO IT IS A VERY HIGH. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S A VERY HIGH PROFILE PROJECT FOR US. PEOPLE HAVE LET US KNOW. BUT I WOULDN'T. I JUST WANT TO ASSURE THEM THAT IN TERMS OF STREET PROJECTS, [01:10:08] THIS IS THE TOP OF THE LIST. YEAH. CAN WE ASSURE THEM IT WILL HAPPEN? LIKE NEXT? I MEAN, YEAH, THIS IS THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US IN PUBLIC WORKS, OBVIOUSLY. IT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE GOAL FOR THE SURETY AND EVERYBODY IS TO GET UNDER CONTRACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER FINISH THE PROJECT, ESPECIALLY TALKING 34TH, OR AT LEAST MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADWAY IS COMPLETELY PUT BACK AND USABLE FOR WINTER. I MEAN, EVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE ACCESS WHERE WE CAN SNOWPLOW AND DO OUR NORMAL MAINTENANCE. SO I AM CONFIDENT THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN. AND DEPENDING ON WHICH CONTRACTOR WE END UP WITH, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE COULD POTENTIALLY FINISH THE PROJECT YET. SO THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. TAYLOR. THANKS. OKAY, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION INITIALLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. SO THAT MOTION WILL CARRY. AND THEN BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE SECOND RESOLUTION, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 31 IS A PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER'S SUSTAINABILITY GRANT PROGRAM. [31. Presentation and resolution approving the City Manager’s Sustainability Grant Program (Sara Maples). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #CM010-26] SARAH MAPLES IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. SARAH. I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SARAH MAPLES, SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM MANAGER. SO THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS SEVERAL COUNCIL ADOPTED PLANS. THE PROGRAM FOLLOWS MULTIPLE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND ENVISION CR STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS, HEALTHY LIVING, CONNECTING THE CITY AND EMBRACING THE OUTDOORS, AND ALSO IS ALIGNED WITH THE COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TO INCREASE RESILIENCY SUPPORT, ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS FOR ALL RESIDENTS, AND REDUCING POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. SO THE OVERALL PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE REALLY TO EMPOWER THE COLLECTIVE ACTION FROM THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES. SO THIS MEETS THE NEED OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS REQUESTING FUNDING FOR LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS, AND ALSO LEVERAGES IDEAS, RESOURCES, EXPERTISE AND TALENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SCALE OUR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. SO THE CITY MANAGER'S SUSTAINABILITY GRANT PROGRAM WOULD OPERATE BY GIVING COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM AWARDS RANGING FROM 1000 TO $10,000. THE FUNDING SUPPORTS NEW PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE COMMUNITY WIDE CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCY GOALS, PROMOTING ECONOMIC VITALITY, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. AND ALL FUNDED PROJECTS MUST DEMONSTRATE CLEAR PUBLIC BENEFIT AND WOULD BE EVALUATED ON SUCH A TOTAL OF $60,000 IS AVAILABLE. THIS GRANT CYCLE FROM FUNDS ALREADY BUDGETED IN FY 26 AND FY 27. HOW IT WORKS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. AGAIN, IT HAS TO HAVE A PUBLIC BENEFIT. APPLICATIONS REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF CITY STAFF AND ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. GRANT RECIPIENTS HAVE ONE YEAR TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT, WITH POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION, AND CITY STAFF EVALUATE THE PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS AND THE IMPACT TO GUIDE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. THIS IS DISTINCT FROM THE MAYOR'S YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION FUND, WHICH FUNDS YOUTH LED PROJECTS, ITS UNIQUE PROGRAM WITH DIFFERENT FOCUS AND ALSO DIFFERENT ELIGIBILITY. AGAIN, BENEFITS ARE THAT IT ENCOURAGES INNOVATIVE, COMMUNITY DRIVEN SOLUTIONS, SUPPORTS PILOT TESTING NEW IDEAS, BROADENS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION BY INVITING NONPROFITS, BUSINESSES AND GRASSROOTS EFFORTS GROUPS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A SHARED SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. IT ALIGNS WITH COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND VISION CR AND THE COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND IT PROVIDES SMALL BUT STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS THAT CAN HELP BUILD MOMENTUM AND POSITION OUR COMMUNITY FOR FUTURE EXTERNAL FUNDING. SO OUR TIMELINE IS THAT IT WOULD BE ALIVE NEXT WEEK, POTENTIALLY APPLICATIONS DUE IN DECEMBER WITH AWARDS IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN ONE YEAR TO IMPLEMENT WITH A MONTH TO PRODUCE A REPORT FROM THE AWARDEES. AND WITH THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S SUSTAINABILITY GRANT PROGRAM. AND BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. SARAH. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. [32. Presentation and resolution accepting a proposal from Gelid LLC, an entity of Josh Bass and Tyler Oswood, for the redevelopment of City-owned land at 1026, 1221 and 1223 Ellis Boulevard NW and 1216 6th Street NW (Jeff Wozencraft). (Council Priority) CIP/DID #PRD-000294-2026] 32 IS A PRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PROPOSAL FROM LLC, WHICH IS AN ENTITY OF JOSH BASS AND TYLER OSWALD FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CITY OWNED LAND AT TEN, 26, 1221 AND 1223 ELLIS BOULEVARD NORTHWEST AND 1216 SIXTH STREET NORTHWEST. JEFF WESENCRAFT IS HERE. JEFF, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. [01:15:02] THANK YOU MAYOR. AS STATED, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A PROPOSAL FOR THE FOUR ADDRESSES LISTED ABOVE. SO AERIAL OVERVIEW HERE. WE HAVE ELLIS BOULEVARD RUNNING DOWN THE CENTER OF THE IMAGE. TIME CHECK PARK ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND PORTION. THE PARCELS INCLUDED IN THIS RFP ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE HERE. ALL OF THESE PARCELS ARE IN OUR 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. SO WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH OUR FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE. ALL ARE WITHIN OUR URBAN VILLAGE ZONE DISTRICTS. THAT WOULD NEED TO MEET OUR URBAN FORM DISTRICT STANDARDS. AND ALL WERE ACQUIRED AFTER THE FLOOD OF 2008. SO IN, IN LINE WITH THAT THE OTHER OBJECTIVES HERE ARE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN, WHICH CALLED FOR HIGHER INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT ALONG ELLIS PREFERENCE FOR HOUSING DESIGN THAT MEETS THAT URBAN FORM AND PROPOSALS THAT ARE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. SO THE ONE PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY RECEIVED WAS FROM GELID S LLC, AN ENTITY OF JOSH BASS AND TYLER OSWALD. THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR 14 UNITS, SEVEN TOWNHOMES, AND SEVEN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. HERE IS A SITE PLAN FOR THE PROJECT. THIS IS 1026 ELLIS BOULEVARD. THIS WOULD BE 1221 AND 1223 ELLIS BOULEVARD OVER HERE IN 1216 SIXTH STREET. HERE IS A ELEVATION FOR THE TOWNHOMES FRONTING ELLIS AND SIXTH STREET. THERE IS ONE THREE PLEX THAT'S CONSIDERED IN THIS PROPOSAL. THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ADDITION TO THIS REPEATING BAY. SO THOSE ARE TEN UNITS IN TOTAL FOR THE TOWNHOMES, TWO DUPLEXES AND ONE THREE PLEX, THERE WOULD BE THREE BEDROOM, TWO AND A HALF BATH UNITS, A TOTAL OF 1600FT². THIS IS THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND GARAGE UNITS. SO TWO STALL GARAGE WITH TWO ONE BEDROOM UNITS OF 600FT² EACH. THIS WAS REVIEWED BY A STAKEHOLDER REVIEW GROUP OF A NON COMPETE DEVELOPER, COMMERCIAL LENDER AND NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE. ALL RECOMMENDED THE AWARD WITH AN EXPERIENCE AND NOTING AN EXPERIENCED DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT'S PRODUCED QUALITY WORK DESIGN THAT MATCHES THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND ADDED UNITS TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. AS NOTED IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, DEVELOPER WILL HAVE SIX MONTHS TO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. WITH THAT, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE PROPOSAL TO JILL AT LLC AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. JEFF. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO., AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT BRINGS US NOW TO ORDINANCES. 33 IS AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF TAX INCREMENTS WITHIN THE ATHENEUM URBAN RENEWAL AREA. [33. Ordinance relating to the collection of tax increments within the Atheneum Urban Renewal Area at 4010 20th Avenue SW. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #TIF-0021-2026] THIS IS AT 4010 20TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST. THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TODD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. 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 HIS THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY POE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. 34 IS AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF TAX INCREMENTS WITHIN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA AT 7217 UNDERWOOD AVENUE, [34. Ordinance relating to the collection of tax increments within the Skogman Urban Renewal Area at 7217 Underwood Avenue SW. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #TIF-0023-2026] SOUTHWEST. THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER PO. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MOVE THE RULE REQUIRING THREE READINGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS BE SUSPENDED AND THE ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING. THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE ON THIRD AND FINAL READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 35. [35. Ordinance granting a change of zone for property south of Wright Brothers Boulevard SW and east of Kirkwood Boulevard SW from S-RLF, Suburban Residential Low Flex District, to S-RMFPUD, Suburban Residential Medium Flex District with a Planned Unit Development Overlay, as requested by Prairie Land Development, LLC. (Council Priority) CIP/DID #RZNE-000315-2026] IS AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY SOUTH OF WRIGHT BROTHERS BOULEVARD. SOUTHWEST AND EAST OF KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD. SOUTHWEST FROM SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL LOW FLEX DISTRICT TO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM FLEX DISTRICT WITH A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY AS REQUESTED BY PRAIRIE LAND DEVELOPMENT. THIS APPROVAL ON THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON ITS SECOND READING HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOD, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER PO. 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 COUNCIL MEMBER POE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAIER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT CLOSES OUT OUR FORMAL BUSINESS TODAY AND BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD. [PUBLIC INPUT] SO THIS IS A CHANCE FOR CEDAR RAPIDS RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY SUBJECT PERTAINING [01:20:02] TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. IF YOU'RE NOT A RESIDENT, A PROPERTY OWNER OR BUSINESS OWNER, YOU WILL NOT BE INVITED TO SPEAK. BUT WE DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO EMAIL OR CALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. AS WITH THE EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT THIS TIME, WE'RE HERE AS A COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONCERNS. I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY TO STAY AT THE LECTERN. COMMENTS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND WE ASK FOR NO ABUSIVE, OBSCENE, LOUD, THREATENING OR PERSONAL COMMENTS IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK. APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WHEN CALLED UPON AND THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK SIGNED UP RATHER IS TOM PAPE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE WAS ON. YOU'RE GOOD. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW ME. THIS IS THE SEVENTH TIME I'VE APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ABOUT THE FIRE LANE ACCESS ROADS AND THE SIGNS IN MY FRONT YARD. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. I WIDENED THE DRIVEWAY ACCESS ROAD 26 FOOT, STILL INSTALLED THE SIGNS, AND PAID FOR THAT OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. OKAY. SO THAT THAT IS OVER. WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS I WANTED TO THANK SCOTT OLSON. I SEE MARTY'S NOT HERE, DAVID. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAME OVER AND ACTUALLY LOOKED AND HELPED ME WITH THE SITUATION. OKAY. TYLER OLSON, WHO WAS A GREAT HELP HELPING ME TALK WITH SOME OF THE CITY SERVICE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT I CAN DO AND CAN'T DO AND HOW TO WIDEN THE ROAD. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT. BY THE WAY, THE CITY IS STILL BUILDING 24.5FT WIDE CONCRETE ROADS CURB TO CURB WITH NO SIGNS AND PARKING ON BOTH SIDES. JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT. THAT'S NOT THE REASON I'M HERE. THE REASON, THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE IS IN 2019, I WENT DOWN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WERE GOING ON AND BASICALLY WAS TOLD UNLESS I WAS HURT OR INJURED OR PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. WELL, THE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBOR LADIES KEPT GETTING AFTER ME ABOUT. I NEEDED TO DEVELOP A PAPER TRAIL AND GO DOWN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND START COMPLAINING OF WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AND WHAT I HAD ON MY SECURITY SYSTEM AND STUFF. AND I SAID, NO, I AIN'T GOT TIME FOR THAT. BUT ANYWAY, I WENT DOWN THERE AND I TALKED TO AN OFFICER. SELENA WATKINS WAS HER NAME, AND SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF EXPLAINING MY RIGHTS, THE NEIGHBOR'S RIGHTS, WHAT YOU KNOW. AND SHE AGREED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE NEIGHBOR. AND THEN SHE GOT BACK TO ME. AND THAT'S BEEN 5 IN 2 WEEKS. IT'LL BE FIVE MONTHS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A ONE ISSUE. THERE'S NOT NO YELLING, SQUEALING, TIRES, HONKING, ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON. NOTHING. I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S, YOU KNOW, I KNEW KIND OF WHAT THE ROAD WIDENED. THE ROAD WASN'T GOING TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE. BUT ANYWAY, AFTER HER, SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL. AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS GOING ON THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF. I'M NOT GOING TO. BUT SHE HE ACTUALLY AT THE AREA AND HE SAID HE WANTED TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTES, GET ALONG, STOP ALL OF THIS STUFF. AND IT'S BEEN SINCE MAY 5TH HAS NOT HAD AN ISSUE. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT OFFICER. YOU KNOW, I WISH I WISHED I WOULD HAVE WENT AND TALKED TO HER SOONER. SO SHE JUST DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. AND BY THE WAY, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2019 WHEN I WENT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LEADERSHIP. AND LIKE YOU, I'LL QUOTE YOU EARLIER SAYING LEADERSHIP CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. WELL, IT TAKES GOOD LEADERSHIP TO HAVE GOOD EMPLOYEES LIKE SELENA. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. TOM GARRETT SMITH HERE TO SPEAK ON NEW CONSTRUCTION AND DATA CENTERS IN CEDAR RAPIDS. COMPLETELY OFF SUBJECT, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER POE, THANK YOU FOR THE WHAT I WANT TO SAY, THE PROCLAMATION ON SUICIDE AWARENESS. I LOST MY NEPHEW ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. HE WAS 14. SO ANY LIGHT WE CAN SHED ON THAT IS APPRECIATED BY ME, MY FAMILY, AND PROBABLY A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN THE CITY COUNTY THAN WHAT WE WOULD EVER THINK OF. SO YEAH, I DON'T ENVY ANY OF YOU GUYS AND LADIES ON SOME OF THE UPCOMING DECISIONS AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION DATA CENTERS. A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. MY NAME IS GARRETT SMITH. I WORK FOR IBEW 405. I LIVE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. I WORK IN CEDAR RAPIDS. MY SON GOES TO CEDAR RAPIDS SCHOOLS. SO I'M NOT A UNION THUG OR A GOON IS WHAT I WAS CALLED AT THE LINN COUNTY CITY COUNCIL OR LINN COUNTY [01:25:07] SUPERVISORS MEETING THAT I WENT TO. SO I WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP. I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT FACTS, LOOK AT HARD FACTS. WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE DECISIONS YOU'VE GOT AS FAR AS PROJECTS COMING ON IN CEDAR RAPIDS, JUST OUTSIDE OF CEDAR RAPIDS. LOOK AT FACTS, TALK TO OTHER MAYORS TALK TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER BIG CITIES THAT HAVE DEALT WITH THESE THINGS AS FAR AS ECONOMIC IMPACTS, BUT THEY DO TO HELP TRADE SCHOOLS, UNION NONUNION. JUST LOOK AT ALL THAT STUFF. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG ARGUMENTS IS WATER USAGE. EVERY ONE OF US, WELL, NOT EVERY ONE OF US, BUT A LOT OF US HAVE A MEMBERSHIP TO MISTER CAR WASH OR ONE OF THOSE. THOSE USE 2 TO 3.5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR. EACH ONE OF THEM. COMPARE THAT TO A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM. IF YOU GET A MINUTE. THEY SAY THERE'S NO JOBS AFTER CONSTRUCTION. OUR HALLS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR ELECTRICIANS TO MAN MAINTENANCE. THERE'S MULTIPLE ELECTRICIANS, MULTIPLE SHIFTS IN EVERY ONE OF THE DATA CENTERS. THAT'S NOT TO MENTION PLUMBERS, PIPE FITTERS, OTHER TRADES. AND ALSO I'VE SEEN PERSONALLY WHAT THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF IT IS I'M SEEING GUYS THAT POSSIBLY MADE POOR DECISIONS FINANCIALLY PREVIOUSLY IN THEIR LIFE. THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THOSE SPOTS. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR FAMILIES ON VACATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES AREN'T NECESSARILY ABLE TO DO IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES, WHETHER YOU'RE LAID OFF IN THE WINTER, WHATEVER. PLUS A LOT OF THAT MONEY IS SPENT HERE IN KR, YOU KNOW, PAYING OFF MORTGAGES, BUYING THINGS, CARS, ETC. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE FACTS AND TAKE BOTH SIDES OF EVERYTHING UNDER CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. GARRETT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOHN LEE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT MORGAN VALLEY ENERGY CENTER. IN THE COUNTY. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU KNOW, I STAND UP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS A LOT. AND ONE THING THAT I THINK I'VE FAILED TO SAY IS THANK YOU. THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS DEAL WITH. AND I THINK THAT THAT DOESN'T GET REPRESENTED ALL THE TIME. SO. MY BUSINESS IS IN CEDAR RAPIDS, BUT I LIVE OUT RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS POWER PLANT OR WHERE THEY WANT TO BUILD THIS LESS THAN A HALF A MILE AFTER THEY MOVE THE LOCATION. MY KIDS JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE, PLAY ON THEIR PLAYGROUND. LESS THAN A HALF A MILE FROM WHERE THEY WANT TO BUILD THIS PROPOSED MORGAN VALLEY ENERGY CENTER. I'M ALSO A PRO SE INTERVENOR IN THE IOWA UTILITIES COMMISSION DOCKET ON THIS. I'M HERE TODAY. NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE PLANT, BUT ABOUT ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS WITH THE CITY'S NAME ON IT. A LICENSE APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSION SAYS THE WATER FOR THE PLANT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE PROVIDED BY CEDAR RAPIDS CITY WATER DIVISION. EXHIBIT K TO THIS DOCKET IS THE WATER BALANCE, AND IT'S FILED PUBLICLY ON JUNE 26TH. IT SAYS TEN GALLONS A MINUTE ON A MILD DAY, BUT 103.5 GALLONS A MINUTE WITH 145. EXCUSE ME, ON 105 DEGREE DAY, 103.5 GALLONS A MINUTE, 145 OF THOSE GALLONS GET CONSUMED. NOT, NOT RETURNED. WASTEWATER COMES BACK AT 50 GALLONS A MINUTE. THAT ONLY HAPPENS IN EXTREME HEAT ON THE SAME DAY. RESIDENTIAL DEMAND PEAKS. TWO THINGS ABOUT THE DOCUMENT. EVERY PAGE IS STAMPED PRELIMINARY AND NOT TO BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND INITIAL ISSUED ON INITIALLY ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 25TH AND ALLIANCE OWNED POSITION SAYS THAT THE IOWA. EXCUSE ME, THE WATER DIVISION DRAWS WELL WATER PRIMARILY FROM SHALLOW WELLS AND CEDAR ALLUVIUM. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYWHERE WHERE ANYONE HAS PUBLISHED WHAT A PEAK DAY DRAW USE OR DOES TO THESE, WELL, FIELDS. I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT'S A PROBLEM. I'M TELLING YOU THAT I CAN'T FIND WHERE THE QUESTION WAS ASKED. HERE'S WHAT I DO KNOW THOUGH. NO AGREEMENT ON ANYTHING ON RECORD IN THE WATER DIVISION INDICATES THEIR CAPABILITY AND WILLINGNESS. OR IT INDICATES THEIR CAPABILITY AND WILLINGNESS. THERE'S NO HYDROLOGY STUDY IF THEY HAVE TO DO WELLS OUT BY US IN THE MORGAN VALLEY ALLUVIUM. I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO PUT THIS ON YOUR AGENDA TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS BEFORE DECEMBER 7TH. WE ARE THAT'S WHEN THE CASE GOES BEFORE THE STATE PROCEEDING. HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO ASK OUR EXPERTS HOW TO ASSESS THIS IF DECISIONS HAVEN'T BEEN MADE ON THIS? OUR KIDS DESERVE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS LIKE THIS, AND WE DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PROPER RECOMMEND THE PROPER ARGUMENTS AT THE STATE [01:30:02] LEVEL AT THE IOWA UTILITIES COMMISSION BEFORE DECISIONS LIKE THIS ARE MADE. THIS IS A DECISION THAT SHOULD BE MADE BEFORE THE IOWA UTILITIES COMMISSION HAS TO MAKE A RULING ON THIS, AND PEOPLE LIKE US DESERVE THE ABILITY TO ARGUE THAT THE WAY THAT IT TRULY IS GOING TO BE. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE WATER. YEAH. WE'VE NOT BEEN FORMALLY ASKED. SO I MEAN, TO PUT ON AGENDA IS WOULD BE PRESUMPTUOUS. OKAY. OKAY. CITY THAT'LL CLOSE OUT OUR SECOND PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD. [CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS] CITY MANAGER POMERANZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS TODAY? JUST A COUPLE ITEMS, MAYOR. I NEED YOUR MICROPHONE. DO YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE? YES. THANK YOU. RIGHT THERE. I JUST WANT TO LET THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR KNOW THAT THIS AFTERNOON, WE WILL BE RELEASING THE PRESS RELEASE REGARDING THE RETIREMENT OF CHIEF DOSTAL. SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS BEING ASKED, BUT THERE'LL BE STATEMENTS IN THAT DOCUMENT FROM CHIEF DOSTAL, AS WELL AS THE CITY. SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT, AS FAR AS THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, THAT ALSO WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL, THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE SPECIFICS ON THE DIFFERENT TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON BY CHIEF DOSTAL AS WELL AS MYSELF, WHO SIGNED THAT DOCUMENT. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING SOON AND WILL BE RELEASED TO THE MEDIA AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER VANORNY. THANKS, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND WELCOME BACK TOBY HARRISON, WHO WAS A REALLY GREAT DISTRICT LIEUTENANT FOR ME IN DISTRICT 5. HE'S GOING TO BE JOINING US WITH CITY SERVICES. OR BUILDING SERVICES AS CODE ENFORCEMENT. BUT HE WAS A HECK OF A DISTRICT LIEUTENANT. SO GREAT SEEING YOU IN THE CROWD. DALE, YOU'RE MAKING FACES FOR TOBY. HE KNOWS HIM TOO WELL. TOBY DOESN'T HAVE A MICROPHONE. THAT'S NOT FAIR. OKAY. WELCOME, TOBY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, COUNCIL MEMBER TYLER OLSON MOVES TO ADJOURN. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OVERLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NO. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.