[1:46] who is elder community church to lead us

[1:49] in the pledge of allegiance and the

[1:51] occasion.

[1:59] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[2:02] United States of America and to the

[2:05] republic for which it stands. One nation

[2:09] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[2:13] justice for all.

[2:17] >> Please uh bow your head with me in

[2:19] prayer.

[2:24] Gracious heavenly father, we uh

[2:27] first want to acknowledge that this is a

[2:30] day that you have made and we rejoice

[2:33] and we're glad in it.

[2:35] And Lord specifically we

[2:39] thank you for this evening and

[2:42] that you are here in our midst in our

[2:45] presence for this meeting.

[2:50] Father we thank you for uh the city

[2:52] council that's here in Goddard and the

[2:54] other leaders that are present here

[2:57] tonight as well. Those who give of their

[3:00] time and energy to to serve the

[3:02] community here. We give you thanks for

[3:05] them. And your word tells us Lord that

[3:07] you have appointed them. You have

[3:10] appointed them these positions that all

[3:13] authority comes from you and you have uh

[3:17] appointed them to these positions of

[3:19] authority. So may they keep that in mind

[3:23] as they leave.

[3:25] And father, I I pray that uh there would

[3:28] be harmony that that there would be

[3:31] unity amongst the the council tonight.

[3:36] uh that they would uh be willing to lay

[3:39] aside any any personal

[3:42] uh agendas or ambitions that they may

[3:45] have and to just focus on uh the Goddard

[3:50] uh what is best for the community here in Goddard.

[3:56] So Lord, we lift uh this time up to the

[3:59] nine. We ask that you would guide and

[4:03] direct

[4:05] the the council

[4:07] through the agenda tonight.

[4:10] That there would be grace, there would

[4:12] be mercy, there would be love, there

[4:14] would be respect amongst them for each

[4:18] other.

[4:19] And Lord, that the accomplishments of

[4:22] tonight would do two things. It would be

[4:26] bring glory to you and it would be a

[4:31] benefit to the people hearing God. And I

[4:34] pray all this in your name, Lord Jesus.

[4:36] Amen. Before

[4:48] we uh approve tonight's agenda, I would

[4:51] like to take a moment to

[4:54] apologize to my colleagues on the bench

[4:57] for the way I handled the for the last

[4:59] meeting. Um it wasn't my intention to be

[5:02] short. Um anything went off. I probably

[5:06] need to be a better listener. Um,

[5:11] I'll work to choose my words more wisely

[5:15] and uh, overall I'll just try to do

[5:17] better this thing. So that I apologize

[5:20] and appreciate your giving me some

[5:23] grace. So

[5:25] with that, we'll move on. I'll take

[5:28] entertain a motion for approval of

[5:30] tonight's agenda.

[5:31] >> Make a motion to approve tonight's

[5:33] agenda. Second Chris made a motion. I

[5:36] have a second. All those in favor say I.

[5:39] >> I.

[5:39] >> Motion carries 5 Z.

[5:43] » Item D,

[5:47] citizen comments.

[5:50] It's an opportunity for

[5:52] members of our community to uh share

[5:55] thoughts that they have with the

[5:58] council. And uh we'll go ahead and open

[6:00] citizen comments. So, if you want to

[6:02] come up, state your name, write it down

[6:05] on hopefully there's a piece of paper up

[6:06] there to write it down.

[6:13] » There is now

[6:16] we'll go ahead and open citizen.

[6:23] » Hello, Mayor Councilman. Uh, Daniel

[6:26] Carlile, 217 North Caesar. Uh, two

[6:29] things bring me in front of you guys.

[6:31] Uh, a little over a year ago I go in

[6:33] front of you guys. Our alley behind me

[6:35] is getting rough again. Uh, potholes

[6:38] will start to come back. They're not

[6:39] near as bad. Uh, like we need something

[6:43] done about that. The next thing about it

[6:46] that brings me to uh you guys uh behind

[6:50] the learning center that alley the 6T

[6:52] privacy fence. There's weeds that are

[6:54] presently taller than that 6T privacy

[6:56] fence. Last time I checked, the uh code

[6:59] was 8 in.

[7:01] Uh the fence is 72 inches tall. That's

[7:03] way over to anything we get done about

[7:05] that, too. Obviously, I don't need to

[7:08] see right at this moment, but that's

[7:10] what brings me in front of you guys.

[7:21] » Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you.

[7:33] Okay.

[7:35] Anyone else?

[7:40] Okay.

[7:59] Good evening. My name is

[8:04] » My name is Amber Mills and my family

[8:06] lives directly beside the new road

[8:08] edition by the Rachel Brooks. Um

[8:12] development.

[8:15] We are trying to understand the final

[8:17] plan for this area specifically whether

[8:19] a gate will be installed or what the

[8:23] process of this new road is and why.

[8:27] Um

[8:29] the current layout already looks

[8:32] unusual. On one side of the more

[8:34] culde-sac, there's an existing private

[8:36] driveway

[8:38] and on the other side there's now a

[8:40] roadway leading into an exire in into an

[8:43] entire housing addition

[8:46] and we live on the south side and our

[8:49] tree goes all the way across.

[8:52] Um, adding a gate,

[8:55] we don't know what your plans are, would

[8:57] make this area look even more

[8:59] disconnected and poorly planned rather

[9:01] than like a flexibly designed street.

[9:06] Um it would look like a private driveway

[9:09] and then a gated entrance if that's

[9:11] proposed would simply add um onto

[9:15] opposite sides of an existing culdeac.

[9:19] We're not opposed to the new road um

[9:23] when we bought the property and the kind

[9:26] of

[9:28] new stuff would probably get developed.

[9:31] Um,

[9:33] but we would prefer for it to remain

[9:35] open and for an entire area to be

[9:37] designed so that it looks and it

[9:39] functions like one continuous

[9:42] intentional roadway.

[9:45] We would like the council to clarify

[9:48] um is the gate definitely going to be

[9:50] installed?

[9:52] Um who requested the gate, the city, the

[9:56] developer,

[9:57] future residents? Um,

[10:01] what problem is the gate intended to

[10:03] solve if it is put up? And has the city

[10:06] studied how the gate would affect like emergency vehicles trying to go

[10:12] through, garbage trucks

[10:14] going through, school buses, um, because

[10:21] it kind of concerns us.

[10:24] Another major concern is kind of the

[10:26] communication.

[10:28] Um,

[10:30] no one from the city or the development

[10:33] contacted us about this road connection

[10:36] and I just think when you're supposed to

[10:39] be like working together, um, it would

[10:41] have been a little bit appreciated just

[10:44] to let us know what we were looking at.

[10:47] Um, we were never given an opportunity

[10:50] to ask questions or even provide just

[10:54] input before the work began.

[10:58] Um

[11:01] we were um actually coming back from a

[11:06] family vacation

[11:07] and just to come down your road and see

[11:12] your trees and everything getting taken

[11:15] out was really kind of a not a fun

[11:19] ending to our vacation.

[11:21] Um during construction, our property

[11:25] stake was also removed. No one notified

[11:28] us, explained why it was removed or told

[11:31] us whether in whether or when it would

[11:35] be properly replaced. We would like to

[11:38] know, you know, who removed it and how

[11:40] the city or the developer intended

[11:43] intends to verify and um remark her

[11:46] property line. Mayor, I don't mean to

[11:48] interrupt Miss Mills, but the council

[11:49] may want to vote if they want to extend

[11:51] her time per code of meeting procedures.

[11:53] >> Sure.

[11:55] >> I'll make a motion to extend the time to

[11:57] a second.

[11:58] >> Second favor say I.

[12:00] >> I oppose.

[12:03] >> I

[12:06] 32 41.

[12:12] We respect the council to or we

[12:15] respectfully ask the council um to just

[12:18] give us clarification on what is going

[12:21] to take place before making that

[12:24] decision. Please visit the location and

[12:27] look at the layout from the perspective

[12:29] that families should see and use this

[12:31] area every day. If this road is going to

[12:34] remain, we'd like it to flow naturally

[12:36] into an addition and look like it was

[12:38] intentionally planned.

[12:40] Not like unrelated entrances were

[12:42] attached to the end of a end of the

[12:44] culdeac.

[12:46] We're just asking for clear answers

[12:48] about the gate, our missing property

[12:51] state, and why the directly affected

[12:54] homeowners were not included in the

[12:56] communiation before the construction.

[12:59] Thank you.

[13:19] Micah, you might want to get her phone

[13:22] number and maybe

[13:24] >> talk. You guys want to talk?

[13:33] » That's great. I guess I'll take his

[13:39] stall.

[13:41] Anyone else?

[13:48] » Okay, we'll close citizen comments then.

[13:53] Move on to item E.

[13:57] Interest check and declaration that no

[14:00] one has any conflicts with agenda items.

[14:03] Five nos on that.

[14:07] Anyone have any appointments,

[14:09] recommendations, recognitions or not?

[14:12] So, we'll move the consent agenda.

[14:16] >> Make a motion to approve consent.

[14:19] >> Thank you. Cory seconds. Those in favor

[14:22] say I. I.

[14:25] Motion carries 5.

[14:33] New business.

[14:36] Good shitty.

[14:39] » Okay. You going to rotate this for me?

[14:42] Okay.

[14:44] >> Honorable Mayor City Council.

[14:45] >> Cool. These are running hot. Craig

[14:48] Crosset, your city manager here. Uh

[14:51] pinch hitting for our community

[14:52] development director. Uh this agenda

[14:54] item is related to the Cedric County

[14:56] Electric Co-op uh rebates. Um through

[15:00] ordinance 1047, uh the council would be

[15:03] establishing that it would finance and

[15:05] pay for the cost of the co-op electric

[15:07] utility system improvements to serve

[15:09] Richard Brook estates edition phase

[15:11] three and that the property owners

[15:13] benefiting by such improvements will pay

[15:15] special assessments in respect of those

[15:18] improvements. Next slide.

[15:21] So here's a breakdown of the cost and so

[15:24] this works generally just like special

[15:26] assessments do. U the costs will be

[15:29] spread proa gets the lots that it will

[15:32] be benefiting. Uh the reason we do this

[15:35] is because unlike ever the co-op won't

[15:38] finance those costs. So uh using the CD

[15:42] statute we're able to u help extend

[15:45] those costs over a period of time. So,

[15:47] uh, there's not a large cash lump sum

[15:50] payment paid upfront for the electric

[15:53] improvements to serve the development.

[15:55] Next slide, please.

[15:57] The agreement is uh uh have been

[16:00] reviewed and approved by both our bond

[16:02] council, Kevin Cowan, and our attorneys

[16:03] at Morris Lane. Next slide.

[16:07] Here is staff's recommendation. If you

[16:09] have any questions of a technical nature

[16:11] that I can't answer, Kevin Cowan, our

[16:13] bond council with Gilmore and Bell would

[16:14] be glad to assist.

[16:22] the more we develop into

[16:26] Cedric County co-op area, this will be

[16:28] more kind of a normal routine thing. Any

[16:33] questions on this pretty well

[16:38] agreement here? So, I'll entertain a

[16:40] motion to approve this. Make a motion

[16:44] that we accept the document as drafted

[16:46] in it substantially completed form by

[16:48] mayor on behalf of the city include any

[16:51] future minor modifications that may

[16:53] arrive prior to the execution of the

[16:56] second.

[16:58] He's made a motion. Christa seconds. All

[17:00] those in favor say I.

[17:02] >> I. Motion carries 5.

[17:05] >> Thank you mayor.

[17:26] Good evening, mayor and council. Some

[17:29] Wayne n

[17:31] um karaoke night.

[17:33] >> It is karaoke night, isn't it? So, uh,

[17:36] we are looking to get a change order,

[17:38] uh, approved for 109th, uh, street south

[17:41] of Kellogg to, uh, Santa Fe. We did some

[17:45] further review as this project was

[17:47] moving along of the MAC 552 surface

[17:49] steel, um, and decided that it was not

[17:51] the best product for what we were going

[17:53] to utilize it for. So, we're looking to

[17:55] get a deduct of $94,65963

[17:59] on that. Um and that money then would be

[18:02] utilized towards this change order on

[18:05] 199. Uh what's proposed is next please.

[18:10] What is proposed is uh concrete there at

[18:13] uh Kellogg and God road uh about 100

[18:18] foot approximately past that Enterprise

[18:20] Bank uh entrance there.

[18:23] um that would eliminate the potholes and

[18:25] such that that have developed there due

[18:26] to the meeting of the concrete and the

[18:29] asphalt due to due to the slope uh as

[18:32] vehicles come down to the asphalt that's

[18:34] creating the uh potholes and damage

[18:37] there. So when we extend that concrete

[18:40] out that can uh change that slope, make

[18:42] it more gradual as it meets up with the

[18:44] asphalt um eliminating some of those

[18:46] issues. Uh and then also that is a

[18:49] solution that uh you're looking at you

[18:52] know 20 years or so of uh lifespan on

[18:56] that concrete. Any expansions that would

[18:58] happen in that area um can also be

[19:01] pinned to the current as or excuse me

[19:04] pinned to the pinned to the current

[19:06] concrete um to allow us for those

[19:10] expansions and and to keep us from

[19:11] having to tear out the the concrete. Um

[19:14] and then of course the asphalt would be

[19:16] a mill edge mill with overlay um 7 foot

[19:21] from the edges on each side extending

[19:23] all the way down to Santa Fe. That would

[19:26] uh allow us to leave the current asphalt

[19:29] uh and and kind of taper that into the

[19:31] drives and such and tape that the sides

[19:33] of the road uh to keep that from having

[19:36] a larger edge. Um and then we also get

[19:38] to use the current asphalt as kind of a

[19:40] base material.

[19:41] It kind of helps and supports uh gives a

[19:46] little strong base because as as we

[19:48] speak we don't really know what's under

[19:50] 199. It's kind of a tongue twister under

[19:54] 199. Um and so this is kind of a best

[19:57] solution to keep from getting to into a

[20:00] mess that we may not want to get into.

[20:01] Next slide please. So as uh we speak um

[20:05] these are the specifications that we're

[20:06] looking at. Um Harland uh will be

[20:09] helping us out a little bit on this as

[20:10] well with some survey work and such, but

[20:13] uh the total bid is $232,270

[20:17] um is what APAC has given us for

[20:20] estimate of that cost. Um with this and

[20:24] the deduct that would still put us under

[20:26] budget of the 1.25 million is the top of

[20:29] our budget and this put us about that

[20:30] 1.138 million. um leaving us some money

[20:34] there for contingencies as we get into

[20:36] these projects. Uh if there's any issues

[20:39] that we then we can take care of that.

[20:41] Next slide, please.

[20:44] Um this is the summary of the the uh

[20:46] proposal of the 23 $232,270.

[20:50] Uh as you can tell, you know, it's

[20:52] mainly the like I spoke of the proponent

[20:55] excavations and the uh concrete. Next

[20:58] slide, please.

[21:00] Um, like I said, this all will be

[21:02] fitting underneath the 2026 roadway

[21:03] budget. Um, it puts us under budget

[21:06] still. Gives us some room for

[21:08] contingencies. Next side, please. At

[21:11] this point, I'd take any questions if

[21:12] you have any.

[21:16] » What's the timing for this look like?

[21:18] >> So, the timing would look like possibly

[21:20] Paul, we would work with Apac to try to

[21:22] make sure that we have as minimal uh

[21:24] disruptions to the school as possible.

[21:27] um keep kind of saying this is shortterm

[21:30] aim for long-term yay in a lot of

[21:32] respects. This is something that once we

[21:34] get this completed um you know you may

[21:37] have like 199 shut down for a couple of

[21:40] weeks for the concrete then the asphalt

[21:42] won't take very long very long at all.

[21:45] Um so we'll have a little delays but

[21:49] we'll try to make sure we fall inside

[21:50] those fall breaks and things of that

[21:52] nature. We'll do the best we can on

[21:54] that.

[21:56] And I apologize. I wasn't really

[21:58] thinking of this earlier when um we

[22:00] discussed this, but what about the

[22:02] houses that are down? I mean, what will

[22:05] this look like for them?

[22:07] >> There should be minimal disruptions for

[22:08] them as well. You know, there's other

[22:10] streets that they access when it comes

[22:11] to the edge mill and such. There's still

[22:13] a driver service there.

[22:14] >> Yeah.

[22:15] >> Um so, you're not really disrupting too

[22:17] much on that. Uh because the concrete

[22:19] work is just going to be right there at

[22:24] 199. So that's where the the biggest

[22:26] disruption.

[22:30] » And I know are we planning to try to get

[22:33] that little island put in there too

[22:35] then?

[22:35] >> Yeah, we'll we'll talk to Apac um about

[22:38] that uh and see if we can get that kind

[22:41] of thrown into the project as well while

[22:42] that area is shut down um to kind of

[22:45] help consolidate some of those projects.

[22:49] I think one thing it's important to

[22:50] point out that uh we are still waiting

[22:54] for a study from KOD and an engineering

[22:57] service that's almost 4 months in delay.

[23:01] Um so these things we were doing that

[23:04] won't negatively impact anything in the

[23:07] future in terms of adding lanes but it

[23:10] is frustrating that when you're promised

[23:12] something that it goes three and a half

[23:15] or four months before we receive it. I

[23:17] know sometimes when people hear this

[23:21] little piece, it's not in response to

[23:23] that study. We'll make sure that's

[23:25] clear. This is just an improvement that

[23:28] we're going to make to eliminate part of

[23:29] the issue there just with the the

[23:31] surface. And uh hopefully once we get

[23:34] the study then um

[23:37] if it works out like it did at 183rd

[23:39] Street uh KO will hopefully provide us

[23:42] with some funding uh to to do the maybe

[23:46] the expansion of turn lanes and um it's

[23:50] not by one of the fact that we're not

[23:52] paying attention to it. We are severely

[23:55] limited. Uh when we did the 183rd Street

[23:58] expansion, Kott would not do the study

[24:00] at 199 until 183rd was finished and they

[24:04] wanted a time limit to let the traffic

[24:06] flow settle in before they'd actually do

[24:08] the study. So the reason really for the

[24:10] delay for not doing anything from right

[24:12] after 183rd Street was done is really

[24:15] the timeline of of K in and the way they function. So

[24:21] and K I'll say this on on a lot of other

[24:23] things. They've been really good to work

[24:24] with. Uh they cost shared the drives on

[24:28] the north side. I think three or four of

[24:30] those and and uh I don't want to

[24:33] discourage them, but there's an

[24:34] engineering firm that's slow walking

[24:36] this deal and I don't know why. So, but

[24:40] I just want to make sure that people

[24:42] understand that that we're highly aware

[24:44] of the corner and I think we all cringe

[24:47] when we hear that there's been another

[24:49] accident there. So,

[24:51] that's my two cents on that. Well,

[24:54] anticipate that as well. Um, you know,

[24:56] on the asphalt side of things there,

[24:57] first we're starting to see the roads

[24:59] slop off. We're starting to see some

[25:00] damage done to 199 that we get head of

[25:03] before before it becomes a larger issue

[25:06] as well.

[25:07] >> And it's so heavy traffic, too. It

[25:10] doesn't take as long to deteriorate once

[25:12] it gets to that point. So,

[25:15] >> any other comments or questions?

[25:18] >> I just say thank you for being

[25:20] proactive. I like I say this all the

[25:21] time. I don't think we could say enough

[25:22] good things about public works this last

[25:24] year, but just being proactive and

[25:27] getting ahead of these situations before

[25:29] they become situations. I'm grateful for

[25:32] that. So, thank you.

[25:36] » All right. A motion to

[25:46] » flip the coin. I'll make a motion to

[25:48] approve a change order to see roadway

[25:50] maintenance contract with APAC

[25:53] in the amount of $232,27

[25:57] and authorize the city manager execute

[25:59] the change order.

[26:02] >> Court has made the motion there's a

[26:04] second all those in favor say I

[26:07] >> motion carries zero.

[26:09] >> Thank you Jason.

[26:16] » All right you sub in a pinch and take

[26:18] them out of life. on back here for the

[26:21] uh new vehicle purchase for the building

[26:24] inspector. Next slide, please. Uh we

[26:26] have a 2014 Chevy Impala. So when we got

[26:30] that vehicle, it was used for code

[26:33] enforcement purposes and then most

[26:36] recently it was used for building

[26:38] inspection services and uh through

[26:41] extensive effort by our on staff uh

[26:45] maintenance person of vehicles and the

[26:48] uh effort of a um actual mechanic that

[26:52] has a shop outside of town where we take

[26:53] our fleet. Um, we found that it's going

[26:57] to need uh the head gaskets or a full

[26:59] engine replacement, which are both

[27:02] exorbitant costs. I think if you did

[27:04] either of those things, the vehicle

[27:05] itself would probably be worth around uh

[27:08] what those items cost. So, um, with

[27:11] that, we have looked at some options or

[27:14] our attempt was to find a new vehicle.

[27:17] Uh, so we have warranty, something with

[27:20] good gas mileage. It's going to be used

[27:22] as our building inspector. He's going to

[27:23] be doing inspections around town. Um,

[27:26] which by the way, he's very busy. He's

[27:29] been here for a couple months. And, um,

[27:31] we've had a lot of permits pulled just

[27:33] in the last few weeks. So, we've been

[27:34] really excited to put him to work. Um,

[27:37] but, uh, the car went out on him soon

[27:39] after he started. We are trying to share

[27:41] uh the acco vehicle, but we've been

[27:43] keeping three to four dogs in our kennel

[27:46] uh pretty consistently. For some reason,

[27:49] folks have a harder time taking care of

[27:50] their pets in the summer months. Not

[27:52] sure what the science is behind that,

[27:53] but the acco vehicle has been pretty

[27:56] well tied up during uh business hours.

[27:58] And so, um then he's had to resort to

[28:01] utilizing his personal vehicle. and it's

[28:03] not very efficient for his time to be

[28:05] keeping a diary of his mileage so he can

[28:07] be reimbursed in his personal vehicle

[28:09] for inspections that are a mile from

[28:11] city hall all day long. So um what it

[28:14] really amounts to is this he's this

[28:16] position spends a lot of time in a

[28:17] vehicle. So we would like to use

[28:19] equipment reserve funds on hand to

[28:21] purchase something new. So u we looked

[28:24] at uh some new sedans. So uh you know

[28:28] the American uh manufacturers are not

[28:30] really making sedans anymore. I think

[28:32] they figured something out with the

[28:33] market there. So, that really leaves you

[28:35] with uh Nissan or Kia. We saw the Nissan

[28:39] Sentra uh that we preferred over Kia's

[28:42] options. Um it's around a 27 $28,000

[28:46] vehicle. Uh while I was having a a

[28:51] meeting with Councilman Dur uh late last

[28:53] week, he had brought up an opportunity

[28:56] for perhaps a Chevy Sport Track. Um, had

[28:59] actually never heard of this vehicle

[29:00] before, which um, like to think I know a

[29:03] little bit about cars, so it was a nice

[29:05] surprise to hear there was another

[29:06] option. It's around the same price,

[29:08] right around $28,000, but it's an SUV.

[29:12] There are going to be few instances

[29:15] where uh, having a little bit more grade

[29:17] separation in an SUV versus a sedan

[29:20] could be fruitful. Typically, um, he's

[29:23] going to be able to park on a paved

[29:24] street and then walk into a construction

[29:26] site, but there may be some times where,

[29:28] um, it would be beneficial to have an

[29:30] SUV to be able to do inspections. Um,

[29:34] unfortunately, our contractors can

[29:36] sometimes have a difficulty in keeping

[29:39] up with their trackout, which is the

[29:41] large big clouds of dirt that they pull

[29:43] in and out of construction sites. Um, if

[29:46] you drive a sedan with a low profile,

[29:48] sometimes that can be an issue. So just

[29:50] again kind of attributing to maybe a

[29:53] desire to look at the the Chevy uh

[29:55] option instead. So um the Chevy tracks

[29:59] so it were next slide please. Here's a

[30:03] look at the two options.

[30:06] Next slide please.

[30:08] Again this will be attributed to

[30:09] equipment reserve uh per the advice of

[30:12] our chief financial officer. So we

[30:14] always like to give you guys options. uh

[30:16] staff would recommend purchase authority

[30:19] for the Chevy tracks. I would think

[30:22] 29,000 could cover it comfortably from

[30:25] what we have seen. Um and it looks like

[30:27] there's a couple dealerships here

[30:28] locally that we could source it from.

[30:30] And so at that point, we would just be

[30:32] looking for the the best cost um up to

[30:35] that expenditure authority. And we're

[30:37] going to go after the basic warranties

[30:39] and stuff like that, too. So, uh, a

[30:41] revised motion, if you are willing to go

[30:43] with staff's recommendation, would just

[30:46] be authorizing staff to have expenditure

[30:48] authority up to, uh, $29,000 to

[30:51] purchase, uh, 2026 Chevy Tracks from the

[30:55] best dealership price in the area.

[30:59] I'm sure you'll be able to narrate that

[31:01] word for word back to me if that's the

[31:02] route you want to go, but I'm here to

[31:04] help piece meal a motion together if

[31:06] needed.

[31:08] Any

[31:11] questions?

[31:12] >> My suggestion is just simply to give

[31:14] them the budget authority to spend it to

[31:16] 29,000. I think they're pretty

[31:18] responsible and I think that if you guys

[31:21] go out and find a better deal on a

[31:23] vehicle that works for a building

[31:24] inspector, I personally have trust that

[31:27] you're going to make the best purchase.

[31:29] So,

[31:33] » my only comment would be to round it to

[31:35] 30. These are numbers guys

[31:39] even just you know

[31:43] >> but you say it doesn't need leather.

[31:45] >> Yeah.

[31:46] >> It's too hot on these August days.

[31:48] >> Heated and cooled seats.

[31:51] >> 30

[31:53] 29's fine.

[31:57] » Yeah, I'd be fine with 30.

[31:59] >> Same just in case.

[32:02] >> Are you okay with 30?

[32:03] >> I'm okay with 30.

[32:04] >> Give a test.

[32:05] I'm 30 or 29.

[32:08] >> M

[32:10] not as

[32:11] >> Michael's not in here to say this. So I

[32:13] will say that I feel like you guys went

[32:15] well past the expectancy

[32:18] of life on this vehicle. So I feel like

[32:19] rounding up an extra thousand is fair.

[32:26] I recommend that we approve the purchase

[32:30] of a new vehicle

[32:33] >> for not to exceed 30,000.

[32:37] >> That's staff's discretion.

[32:41] >> I second.

[32:41] >> Give you the authority to Yeah. I don't

[32:44] know. Making it up.

[32:46] >> Very good. You know, we made the motion.

[32:47] She made it up. She said that it was

[32:49] good.

[32:51] The seconds. All those in favor say I.

[32:53] >> I.

[32:55] Motion carries 5.

[33:06] » I've had a good day at the plate, so

[33:08] coach is leaving me in here. Um, this

[33:10] last item in new business would be the

[33:12] strategic growth zone overlay district.

[33:14] So, back in August of 2025, we had a

[33:18] joint special meeting amongst the

[33:20] planning commission and city council.

[33:22] this concept first appeared at that

[33:24] time. Um, and if you go back and watch

[33:27] that meeting, which I did, hopefully

[33:29] some of you guys did too, such as staff,

[33:32] but um, it was a consensus that this was

[33:36] something that we wanted to uh, look at

[33:38] moving forward with and at least put on

[33:40] the council agenda. So, um,

[33:42] unfortunately, uh, due to competing

[33:44] interests, uh, we did not get that on

[33:46] the agenda, uh, in the fall of last

[33:49] year, and I'll take accountability for

[33:52] that falling through the cracks. It

[33:53] should have come up pretty soon

[33:55] thereafter, that special meeting. So,

[33:58] um, you guys might recall we spent quite

[34:00] a bit of the second quarter of this year

[34:03] working through a, uh, resolution that,

[34:07] uh, put some parameters and design

[34:10] standards and things of that nature

[34:12] around two family, three family, and

[34:15] four family zoning districts. And so, is

[34:18] at that time kind of that light bulb

[34:20] went up. Oh, uh, we talked about this

[34:23] last year. It's kind of a part of this

[34:25] same discussion.

[34:27] Let's check the pulse again to see if

[34:29] they still want to go uh through with

[34:31] considering this. Uh we'll if so then

[34:34] we'll put it on the agenda. So had

[34:36] another pulse check with you guys in

[34:37] July 1. Again, it was uh provided by the

[34:41] governing body that uh staff go ahead

[34:44] and put this on the agenda. So the last

[34:47] uh planning commission meeting here a

[34:49] week or so ago um they approved adopting

[34:52] the strategic growth zone overlay

[34:54] district uh and so now it is before you

[34:57] to ratify the decision of the planning

[34:59] commission. Advance slide please.

[35:04] So this is meant to be an area where uh

[35:07] the development community and

[35:08] stakeholders could expect a more

[35:11] favorable outcome from planning

[35:12] commission and council uh for zoning

[35:14] amendments uh with the expectation that

[35:18] uh certain restrictions passed on the

[35:20] two family resolution related to the 40%

[35:23] ratio of two family uh properties would

[35:27] not apply in the area. The expectation

[35:29] would be that the design standards would

[35:31] still be intact. This is merely a policy

[35:34] signal. So, if this were uh approved

[35:37] tonight, um it would be published in the

[35:40] paper and then put on the zoning map as

[35:42] an overlay district. And it's a policy

[35:44] signal to developers and stakeholders

[35:47] that if you were to contemplate

[35:50] purchasing property in this area and

[35:53] apply for a zoning amendment to uh R2,

[35:57] three or four zoning classification,

[36:00] the planning commission and council

[36:02] would give high consideration to

[36:04] amending or waving the portion of the uh

[36:09] resolution and restrictive covenant as

[36:11] it relates to the 40% % on the two

[36:14] family properties. It does not give any

[36:17] additional authority. Um the same uh

[36:21] Kansas statutes would need to be

[36:23] followed when it comes to the zoning

[36:26] amendments. So it go through that same

[36:27] due process. This would just kind of be

[36:30] a layer of color over that process for

[36:32] you guys to consider um if this were to

[36:35] be adopted.

[36:37] Here's a look at the west region as it

[36:42] relates to the area around Gddard. In

[36:44] the light blue, you have the city of

[36:46] Goddard city limits. In the purple uh

[36:49] hashed area, you have the city of

[36:51] Witchah's 2035 urban growth area, which

[36:54] is more or less an official symbol of

[36:57] where they see uh potential growth

[36:59] patterns in our area. In the dark gray,

[37:02] you see the city of Witchaw city limits.

[37:05] The orange is the strategic growth zone

[37:07] area. It's basically the entire

[37:09] unincorporated Sedu County between the

[37:12] city of Goddard and the city of Witchah

[37:14] from 21st Street North to MacArthur

[37:17] south. You can see a little uh area

[37:20] within the orange where city of Goddard

[37:23] has already um established city limits

[37:27] within the strategic growth zone area as

[37:29] well as just some light blue areas uh

[37:33] within the city of Witchaw's 2025 urban

[37:35] growth area.

[37:37] Go ahead and go to that next one.

[37:40] When we looked at this the first time,

[37:42] we didn't include the school district

[37:44] overlay, but as we had more

[37:46] conversations about this, it became more

[37:48] and more relevant to us. Now, uh the

[37:50] school district is roughly 10 times our

[37:53] size and land mass. Um it it takes up a

[37:56] large portion of the city of Witchah to

[37:58] the northeast there. You know, it goes

[38:00] up to 119th and the half mile line north

[38:03] of Central between it 13th. uh looking a

[38:06] little further south it goes all the way

[38:07] to Maple and Tyler of course to the

[38:09] southwest where you know on and past uh

[38:12] Lake Aptton. So um we think this is an

[38:15] important context to the conversation

[38:17] because uh we feel like the neighboring

[38:20] city is generating more uh value uh from

[38:24] a financial perspective only uh from the

[38:26] school district versus the city of

[38:28] Goddard. And uh there's a line of

[38:30] thought that the strategic growth zone

[38:32] being a policy signal that developers

[38:34] may consider annexing Goddard versus

[38:36] Witchah that we would be able to take

[38:38] more advantage of the fact that our

[38:40] school district is probably the primary

[38:43] reason if not one maybe two as to why

[38:46] development dollars are being invested

[38:48] into the city of Goddard. I always say

[38:50] the school district is the lifeblood of

[38:52] our community and I really mean that.

[38:55] Next slide.

[38:58] There's a small publication cost for

[39:00] notice and if approved the council uh

[39:02] the ordinance would be published. Um we

[39:06] got two options here. One is to wave the

[39:08] reading of the ordinance. Uh and then

[39:10] two uh we recommend you approve the

[39:12] ordinance introducing the strategic

[39:14] overlay district into the zoning and

[39:15] subdivision regulations and updating the

[39:18] official zoning map to reflect the new

[39:20] district. With that, I would be glad to

[39:21] take any questions that you guys might

[39:24] have. Uh, and I believe uh city attorney

[39:26] could uh contribute as well if needed.

[39:30] >> Craig, could we go back to that image?

[39:33] >> Yes, sir.

[39:34] >> Could you just explain I I asked uh

[39:38] Craig and Micah why we wouldn't target

[39:42] further south because of the large witch

[39:46] border to the south of MacArthur that's

[39:48] still in the school district.

[39:51] It's a great question and to me it's a

[39:53] matter of practicality. Um there's a

[39:56] costbenefit analysis that we must

[39:58] consider when we look at annexing on the

[40:00] periphery of the community and that

[40:02] boils down to where are the nearest

[40:04] available utilities. There becomes a

[40:06] time where it's cost ineffective for a

[40:09] development to come into the city of

[40:10] Goddard if the nearest water man or

[40:12] sewer main is too far away. Um there

[40:16] just the proforma doesn't the math

[40:18] doesn't work. So our thought was is to

[40:22] go much further south than what we're

[40:24] recommending today. It may not be

[40:26] necessary because we're probably not

[40:28] going to see development that far south

[40:31] be annex into the city of Goddard or

[40:32] requested to be within

[40:35] a relative amount of time, 5 to 10 years

[40:38] maybe. Um I think it's really important

[40:40] in the context of this conversation to

[40:42] remind ourselves that we're going

[40:44] through a comprehensive planning

[40:45] process.

[40:46] some communities or stakeholders say,

[40:48] "Well, why don't you wait for that

[40:49] process to conclude before making

[40:51] decisions like this?" And the reason is we don't have the affordability of

[40:56] time because of the growth pressure that

[40:59] we're currently experiencing. Um, we

[41:02] don't want to not have these things in

[41:04] place and dollars be invested in other

[41:07] communities instead of ours because we

[41:09] haven't set a clear line of sight for

[41:10] those who are interested in investing in

[41:12] Gddard.

[41:17] Well, time is a thing. Like I just saw

[41:19] the news today about,

[41:22] you know, somebody dissolving at 119th

[41:25] in colony and that's right there along

[41:28] that border and that's going to be

[41:30] Witchah.

[41:31] >> So it's it's they're making their way in

[41:35] and if that gets developed and it's in

[41:37] Witchaw, which it looks like it will be.

[41:39] So they big Boston is right there

[41:42] against that area. So doing this now is

[41:46] important. I think

[41:49] >> I think you're right. And there's been

[41:51] some recent signals I think that have

[41:54] affirmed this concept in my mind as it

[41:57] relates to the speed of growth from us

[42:00] or our neighbors to the east. And

[42:03] there's been a couple of pretty

[42:05] significant capital investments in their

[42:08] utility infrastructure near us that are

[42:11] kind of a signal to me, okay, you know,

[42:14] we're wanting to make sure that we are

[42:15] capable of serving this periphery and

[42:18] having the capacity to do so, which

[42:20] tells me that this general area is of

[42:23] interest. And part of it is just due to

[42:26] the the fact that you look at the other

[42:29] areas of the county where the suburbs

[42:31] are buted up against the city and

[42:33] they've kind of developed through all

[42:34] those areas and this is the next spot.

[42:43] » I think it's also important to note for

[42:45] people who are um not really in favor of

[42:49] the growth of God to look at this chart

[42:51] closely because the intention of

[42:54] is still spelled out there in the

[42:55] purple. And um this is

[43:01] our our way to say

[43:04] um this is our way to protect our city

[43:08] and the limits, the boundaries and um

[43:12] just it's it's a pretty clear image

[43:14] about what the intentions of everyone

[43:16] are. So

[43:18] >> I think it's coming either way we have

[43:20] this conversation.

[43:21] >> Um It's obviously hard to swallow. I

[43:24] mean, I've said this and I would say it

[43:26] again. It's hard to swallow a lot of the

[43:28] hard work that we've put in to um put

[43:32] regulations on developers and just make

[43:34] sure that we're, you know, building what

[43:35] we want. And I think that there's things

[43:36] that no matter what, we want to make

[43:38] sure we keep. But no matter what

[43:40] happens, whether we do this or we don't

[43:43] do this, this is coming. These

[43:45] developments are coming. It's a matter

[43:47] of is Goddard going to see the revenue

[43:50] from that and are we going to benefit

[43:52] from what we're going to be driving past

[43:54] every day? Um we have some of that

[43:58] already. We drive past things that we

[44:01] really don't love and we don't have a

[44:03] saying in because it's not God. And so I

[44:04] think it's really important that as

[44:06] we're looking at this, we're ensuring

[44:07] that

[44:10] we're getting a piece of this to to

[44:13] benefit the city.

[44:17] I guess the last point is there's really

[44:19] no guarantee that in that grower

[44:26] to the developers,

[44:28] but it just does provide them with an

[44:30] additional option. And I mean it makes

[44:34] sense on the north side too. That's kind

[44:36] of the direction where our next water

[44:39] source is.

[44:41] So I think

[44:43] reasons

[44:47] too.

[44:51] » I not to just continue on, but I mean it

[44:53] it's a small incentive

[44:56] when you think the disadvantage that we

[44:59] already have with our tax rate, you

[45:01] know, being higher and some of those

[45:03] types of things. I mean, it it gives a

[45:05] reason to choose Godard over our

[45:08] neighbor. I I think there's more than

[45:10] one, but for some it's a dollars and

[45:12] cents thing. And if your annual cost of

[45:15] living is excessively more in one versus

[45:17] the other, that may be the determining

[45:19] factor on where you live. So, um, you

[45:22] know, having a small incentive like this

[45:25] is helpful, but there's still going to

[45:27] be other forces that we're going to be

[45:28] working against as people look at at one

[45:31] versus the other.

[45:33] I think the other thing is is we have to

[45:35] consider this in the context of the

[45:36] Northwest Expressway, but also the

[45:38] massive amount of flood plane,

[45:40] especially on the north side of the

[45:42] strategic growth overlay district. It is

[45:44] financially unfeasible to do um a more

[45:49] inefficient uh single family

[45:51] development. In these areas where you

[45:53] have a 80 acre piece of land, but only

[45:56] 45 acres of it is developable because

[45:58] there's flood plane issues, there's

[46:00] Northwest Expressway. the only uh

[46:04] opportunity for those types of tracks is

[46:07] going to be higher density uses. And

[46:10] that's not only uh to help out the

[46:12] developer, but also the city of Gddard.

[46:15] We want more value per acre, more

[46:17] taxable value for the smaller smallest

[46:20] amount of land possible. Those tracks

[46:22] are not going to develop as single

[46:24] family homes next to the expressway. And

[46:27] with all that flood plane mixed in

[46:28] there, um there's already some 100% two

[46:32] family projects there. There's mobile

[46:33] home park. Just lots of context to be

[46:36] considered, especially as we look north.

[46:43] » Any other questions?

[46:49] » Okay, I'll look for someone to uh make a

[46:52] recommendation to wave the reading

[46:54] order.

[46:57] Make a motion to wave the reading of the

[46:59] ordinance. Second

[47:03] motion correct seconds. All those in

[47:05] favor say I.

[47:06] >> I

[47:08] passes 5 Z.

[47:11] Next step in advance.

[47:15] Go ahead. Make motion to approve the

[47:16] ordinance introducing the strategic

[47:18] overlay district into the zoning and

[47:21] subdist and regulations and updating the

[47:23] official zoning map to reflect the new

[47:25] district.

[47:27] Second

[47:30] motion

[47:31] made a motion 40 seconds. I'll get this

[47:33] straight.

[47:40] » Council member Bird.

[47:41] >> Yes.

[47:42] >> Council member White.

[47:43] >> Yes. Mayor Lee,

[47:45] >> yes.

[47:46] >> Vice Mayor Hall,

[47:47] >> yes. Council,

[47:50] >> yes. Ordinance 1051. 105150.

[48:03] » Yeah, you're still

[48:05] >> I think you probably have to stop for

[48:07] me, but I'll get through this here.

[48:10] >> I wasn't planning to speak so much

[48:11] tonight. I sound so nasely.

[48:14] So, thanks for bearing with me here. Um,

[48:16] I want to just highlight one point to

[48:18] reiterate

[48:20] items. The design standards stay so long

[48:24] as the council wants to continue to do

[48:26] that as they look at zoning amendments

[48:29] and restrictive code. We are merely

[48:31] discussing the ratio. I think that's

[48:33] really important. The design standards

[48:35] were not lost in that.

[48:37] Um, I've been a little remiss not to

[48:40] introduce a new member of our city

[48:41] staff, our assistant to the city

[48:43] manager, Josiah Wadney. Uh, he's just

[48:45] starting week four here. So, he's

[48:48] already added another gear to the work

[48:50] that we're doing uh through his

[48:52] expertise and u his efforts. So, super

[48:56] glad to have him on our team and just

[48:57] want to make sure I recognize him. So,

[49:00] >> excited to work with you all.

[49:03] >> So, a few updates here on some of the

[49:05] agenda items. I just want to highlight

[49:06] we've got the uh regular budget hearing

[49:09] and the revenue neutral rate budget

[49:11] hearing on Tuesday, September 8th.

[49:12] That's the day after Labor Day. So, make

[49:14] sure you got the right dates on your

[49:16] calendar. It'll be our se regularly 700

[49:18] p.m. meeting. Uh the guiding Goddard

[49:20] comprehensive plan. We've got some

[49:22] engagement opportunity coming up on

[49:24] September 24th as well as a booth at

[49:27] fall festival uh where we will have um

[49:30] the group going out and meeting the

[49:32] community where they're at to ask them

[49:35] their vision for Goddard's growth in two

[49:38] or three days. So I'm told we will have

[49:40] possession of the van from Witchaw

[49:42] Transit for the GDD go transportation

[49:44] program. It's been uh kind of a fun

[49:47] hurdle after the other to get the title

[49:50] and the VIN number issue worked out that

[49:52] our staff has been diligently working

[49:54] through. I'm grateful for their

[49:55] perseverance. Starting tomorrow, um we

[49:59] will begin uh getting our new AV

[50:01] upgrades. They should be done by Monday,

[50:03] August 24th. So, we'll have the new

[50:05] system in our Tuesday council meeting.

[50:08] Uh it'll feel a lot more professional in

[50:09] here, which is something I'm really

[50:11] excited about. um no one feels good

[50:13] about clickers not working and having to

[50:15] use boom boxes and um all the other

[50:18] issues we've faced over the last several

[50:20] months. So I I appreciate the council

[50:22] and the community kind of being patient

[50:24] with us uh through those trials. So um

[50:27] Trails End third edition 12 or 60 days

[50:30] have elapsed on that project. Um we're

[50:32] about to have a lot of new residential

[50:35] uh development come online that's

[50:37] nearing shovel ready. Um, you know, it

[50:39] takes a year, year and a half to get all

[50:41] this horizontal infrastructure in. Uh,

[50:44] interesting. I sent an update to the

[50:45] governing body last week. I think I

[50:48] think we've issued around 60 single

[50:50] family new construction permits to six

[50:54] two family new construction permits. So,

[50:57] uh, amongst all the discussion about two

[50:59] family, this year has been all about the

[51:00] single family home thus far. I do expect

[51:03] with a lot of these residential

[51:04] developments that are about shovel

[51:05] ready, there'll be a bit of a catchup

[51:07] moment for the two family properties.

[51:10] The public works facility is progressing

[51:12] really well. I hope you guys have been

[51:13] driving by to to watch those guys work.

[51:16] Um they're going to be continuing the

[51:17] exterior panels, wall blocking, and uh

[51:20] starting some of the HVAC, electrical,

[51:22] mechanical work as well. Legacy Bank

[51:24] Park, uh the crews board have finished

[51:26] the pavilion pad. Uh they've finished

[51:29] the excavating and grading of the pond.

[51:31] They've done the sanitary sewer boring

[51:32] beneath maple. The pipe is in for the

[51:35] sewer. Um we're going to be seeing uh

[51:38] the benton knife being packed into the

[51:40] bottom of that pond so we have a pond

[51:41] that doesn't leak uh once it's full of

[51:44] water. Uh super excited for the progress

[51:46] on that project. uh the water looping

[51:48] project uh you know that the uh historic

[51:53] part of town I'll call it uh has proved

[51:56] to provide its trials and tribulations

[51:59] as it relates to this project. Once we

[52:01] get out of there it should be much more

[52:03] smooth sailing. You got to consider uh

[52:05] that area is full of utilities. It's

[52:08] well established. There's old stuff in

[52:10] there that we may not even know is

[52:12] there. Um, so you know, they've been

[52:15] doing pretty good dealing with little

[52:17] paper cuts that have come up here and

[52:19] there as they've been working through

[52:20] that part of the project. Um, four

[52:22] streets pretty much done, oak streets

[52:25] pretty much done. Um, they got a couple

[52:27] of tree streets left there as far as

[52:29] water lines are concerned. And then, uh,

[52:31] hopefully in the next few weeks they'll

[52:32] be moving on to other parts of town and

[52:34] we'll get that base layer of asphalt,

[52:36] excuse me, the top layer of asphalt put

[52:38] back on those Tree Street roads.

[52:41] Uh the 2026 roadway projects are kind of

[52:43] on pause in that area of town. Until

[52:45] then, uh as Jason shared, tonight uh

[52:48] we'll be doing uh the mill and overlay

[52:50] work now that's been approved and then

[52:52] the concrete tear out and replace. Um

[52:54] we're going to try to target fall break

[52:56] for that Brook Estates phase three. Uh

[53:00] so they're continue to keep moving

[53:02] forward on that. Uh I'll just take a a

[53:04] brief moment to uh as far as the gates

[53:08] concerned and the separation with the

[53:09] other uh county residents. Um we're

[53:13] hoping to get a final recommendation

[53:15] from our legal team uh midweek this week

[53:18] on the legalities of putting the gate

[53:20] there. Uh the gates that have been

[53:22] proposed are really nice decorative

[53:24] looking gates. They didn't want to go

[53:25] with something that would not fit within

[53:27] that. I'll call it a state style

[53:29] neighborhood. Um, we've seen the

[53:31] application done before, so I'm hopeful

[53:32] it'll work. As you heard tonight, we

[53:35] basically got two property owners saying

[53:37] they want two different things. They're

[53:38] not residents of God. So, here we are

[53:41] refering uh two different positions from

[53:44] uh county neighboring property owners.

[53:46] Um, I don't think at this time I'm ready

[53:49] to change course uh from the fence

[53:51] unless we get something from legal that

[53:52] says otherwise. Um, since this continues

[53:55] to get put back on your plate, we'll

[53:57] just keep you updated with uh oneway

[53:59] updates um via email. Uh, villas at

[54:03] Pleasant Ridge Creek, they've got uh

[54:06] mostly asphalt down there. I think we're

[54:07] just waiting on a base coat. It's one of

[54:09] those that's nearing shovel ready.

[54:10] Willows Ridge paving will be coming

[54:12] soon. They're finishing up the storm

[54:13] water drainage. So, uh, in true

[54:16] contractor fashion, they wanted to

[54:18] start, uh, the day they told us they

[54:21] wanted to close Maple, we said, "No,

[54:22] that's not going to work. we need to

[54:23] give the community a week of heads up

[54:25] and then they didn't show up uh to do

[54:28] that work on that day. So, um we are

[54:31] trying to figure out if and when they

[54:34] need to close Maple and we'll go at

[54:37] giving everyone notice again. So, if you

[54:39] see folks getting riled up again about

[54:41] that, that's because it wasn't done the

[54:42] first time it was as it was committed to

[54:44] be done. Micromobility device ordinance.

[54:48] Uh it's just kind of been uh hanging out

[54:50] in purgatory. I need to get a final

[54:52] review and comment from our staff

[54:54] leadership on that. Our legal teams had

[54:56] the draft ordinance to us now for a few

[54:58] weeks.

[55:00] 167 to 23rd Street crew should be uh

[55:02] starting construction this week. Maple

[55:05] Tree, believe it or not, this one has

[55:06] been uh hanging out there for a really

[55:08] long time, but they just had their

[55:10] pre-construction conference and we'll

[55:11] have the notice to proceed issued

[55:13] September 1st. Um applications are due

[55:16] for the mayor's youth council September

[55:18] 1. Uh if anyone from the public knows of

[55:20] a high school student at Goddard High,

[55:22] Goddard Eisenhower or Goddard Academy

[55:24] that uh would like to be more civically

[55:27] involved and learn uh more about their

[55:30] local, state, and federal government, we

[55:32] would love to have them be a part of

[55:34] this program. Uh and then there lies a

[55:37] few upcoming agenda items for you to

[55:39] preuse. Mr. Mayor, with that, I will

[55:42] retire. And if anyone has comments or

[55:45] questions, I'd be glad to feel those.

[55:47] Any

[55:52] questions?

[55:54] Were we good at building?

[55:57] >> No.

[55:59] >> I played second, so if I I had to, I'd

[56:01] get run over and cover first.

[56:05] >> I do have a question. I actually

[56:08] >> um I know our senior center director is

[56:11] fairly new, but I was just curious if we

[56:13] expect to get quarterly updates at some

[56:14] point.

[56:15] >> Yes. So, actually I thought I had that

[56:17] as an upcoming agenda item in here.

[56:19] >> Sorry, I didn't read all the way through

[56:20] them.

[56:21] >> Yes, she will be here to give the

[56:22] quarter three report.

[56:25] >> Not the next meeting. It should be

[56:27] within one to three council meetings.

[56:28] >> Look forward to it. Thank you.

[56:31] >> And just cuz we're on that and I see

[56:32] Karen over there, I think nothing but

[56:34] high praises for our new senior center

[56:36] director. She's fantastic. So, I love

[56:40] the sparkle of color she's bringing to

[56:42] the space.

[56:44] >> The all pink room. I love it. So, if you

[56:47] have not had a chance to stop by and see

[56:48] it, please do.

[56:52] >> You need your sunglasses to go in there.

[56:54] >> You will.

[56:56] >> Okay. Any other questions for

[57:00] >> you guys?

[57:12] It's a pretty big meeting. Just want to

[57:14] thank um our speakers T Amber for coming

[57:17] in and sharing the thoughts. I always

[57:20] like it when the community does that. So

[57:22] um we appreciate coming in and speaking

[57:24] sometimes with us this evening. I know

[57:26] they're gone but maybe they're watching

[57:28] on TV or on the computer

[57:32] that

[57:34] uh welcome Josiah officially.

[57:36] >> Thank you.

[57:37] >> You've been a huge asset already in the

[57:39] short amount of time that you've been

[57:40] here. Um,

[57:43] and I uh want us to pay attention to

[57:46] Main Street because the um work has

[57:49] begun on our mural, our first mural in

[57:51] God. So, they were out there today

[57:54] spraying the wall down and preparing it.

[57:56] So, um that will be coming. And um yeah,

[58:01] I'm excited about that. And I want to

[58:03] thank Craig for the um the work on that

[58:06] because he has applied three years.

[58:08] >> Ryan Shrek. Ryan,

[58:09] >> I gotta give credit where it's

[58:11] >> okay. So, Ryan has applied three years

[58:13] for that grant and we finally got it.

[58:15] So, um yeah, so government's getting its

[58:17] first mural on the side locker.

[58:21] >> Persistence pays off.

[58:23] >> You excited to see it?

[58:25] >> Um I I got all of that. I would tell

[58:28] everyone to drink your vitamin C because

[58:31] we're week two of school and I know

[58:33] Christa's edging her chair down there so

[58:37] it's going around a little early. Um,

[58:40] I just want to say I mean I've been

[58:43] seated what are we month seven and I

[58:46] appreciate that even if we all don't

[58:49] share the same views all the time. I

[58:51] feel like we're pretty aligned, but I

[58:53] appreciate that we all have enough

[58:54] respect that we can have that cander and

[58:57] um we're willing to come back in the

[59:00] next time and I think we all our hearts

[59:02] are all in the right place. And so I

[59:04] just appreciate that we're able to do

[59:06] that and we get along well and we work

[59:08] together well and so I just want to put

[59:10] that out there and say thank you because

[59:11] this has been a really good experience.

[59:14] So

[59:16] >> my turn. Your turn.

[59:18] >> All right. Um, I did want to make a

[59:20] comment about

[59:22] uh the Rachel Booker Estates thing. So,

[59:27] um, we we have been listening and we do

[59:29] appreciate when citizens come up and

[59:31] give us comments. So, we get to hear

[59:33] things. But I I want to let everyone

[59:36] know that the city does do a great job

[59:38] of fielding a lot of these questions and

[59:40] we've seen some of the communications

[59:42] that have been going on and the city's

[59:43] been doing a great job and I appreciate

[59:45] you might get going and talking with

[59:47] individuals, but don't I hope citizens

[59:50] don't feel like they have to come up and

[59:51] give comments. We appreciate it, but

[59:53] there's also a whole staff that's always

[59:55] willing to listen and provide feedback.

[59:58] So, you don't have to go that route. you

[1:00:01] can always go to the city and and talk

[1:00:02] to them during their business hours. So,

[1:00:05] um just just uh letting everybody know

[1:00:08] that. So, um I also wanted to just give

[1:00:11] a shout out to all the videos I've been

[1:00:13] seeing of some of the new things going

[1:00:15] on

[1:00:16] >> on Facebook, social media the city's

[1:00:17] been putting out. It's been great. Hope

[1:00:19] the community's been enjoying seeing

[1:00:22] what all has been going on, not just the

[1:00:23] city projects, but other things that

[1:00:25] have been going on uh with other

[1:00:26] developments. So, I just look forward to

[1:00:28] seeing more of those. So, thank you.

[1:00:32] >> Good.

[1:00:33] >> Okay. Um the uh

[1:00:38] micro mobility

[1:00:41] ordinance was after our meeting here

[1:00:45] downtown. Uh about 2:00,

[1:00:50] there was a guy on a bike ped

[1:00:53] and I pulled out turned on the main

[1:00:56] street. He was behind me.

[1:01:00] He pulled me on the sidewalk

[1:01:03] and uh he raced me to the other corner

[1:01:07] and I was doing 20 and I think he was

[1:01:09] doing 25.

[1:01:10] >> Wow.

[1:01:11] >> Um and all I could see is someone

[1:01:15] stepping out of city hall or the senior

[1:01:18] center,

[1:01:18] >> the daycare.

[1:01:20] >> Yeah, he kind of zigzag back around. But

[1:01:24] I think we probably need to kind of get

[1:01:27] a handle on that and

[1:01:32] This is, you know, you kind of see

[1:01:33] something and you kind of go,

[1:01:35] >> is this really happening?

[1:01:37] >> And it did. So anyway,

[1:01:39] >> mayor, we'll put a shot clock on

[1:01:41] ourselves to have a draft of the

[1:01:44] ordinance in front of you by the next

[1:01:47] council meeting, which is the fourth

[1:01:48] Tuesday.

[1:01:49] >> The city attorney's given us one that we

[1:01:52] provided input on. We've had a couple

[1:01:54] meetings about it and the last draft

[1:01:57] they gave us a few weeks ago and it's

[1:01:59] been our leadership including myself

[1:02:02] that has not gotten that turned back

[1:02:03] around to them because of other

[1:02:05] priorities. But at any rate, we'll get a draft in front of you guys at that

[1:02:09] 14-day meeting and we can workshop it a

[1:02:12] bit if you see some things you want to

[1:02:13] adjust and we could look at codifying it

[1:02:16] that first Monday of September. I

[1:02:19] suppose it'll be here soon.

[1:02:20] >> Tuesday.

[1:02:21] >> Yep. The 8th. And just seeing that was

[1:02:23] probably this, you know, this afternoon

[1:02:25] is just kind of a reminder to all of us

[1:02:27] that we need to kind of keep that long.

[1:02:30] Uh the other thing I'll mention is uh at

[1:02:33] the last uh last Tuesday's LMPO meeting,

[1:02:36] the final approval for our joint project

[1:02:39] with the county to pave

[1:02:42] 183rd

[1:02:44] north of Maple to Central was approved,

[1:02:46] which includes our first roundabout. So

[1:02:49] um

[1:02:52] first uh first money spent on the roads

[1:02:54] in western Cedric County in 20 years.

[1:02:58] >> Great.

[1:02:58] >> So, thanks

[1:03:01] and

[1:03:04] that's awesome.

[1:03:07] >> So, and

[1:03:10] that uh any other comments?

[1:03:13] Not I'll entertain a motion to adjourn.

[1:03:17] >> Second.

[1:03:19] I make a motion to adjurnn

[1:03:21] >> every time.

[1:03:23] >> Man has made the motion.

[1:03:25] >> Christa seconds. All in favor say I.

[1:03:27] >> I.

[1:03:32] » Swear.

[1:03:34] Get out.

8.17.2026 Regular City Council Meeting

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