[0:47] One more.

[0:54] Tomorrow.

[1:10] here.

[1:22] » My pledge is to

[1:44] Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for the town that we have to live

[1:51] in. Thank you for our study leaders tonight. Pray that you would give wisdom

[1:57] and be oversee these proceedings tonight.

[2:01] Give me all the glory for it in Jesus name.

[2:17] self expression.

[2:42] I

[2:45] » I hear we'll move on to the

[2:51] Starting.

[3:26] Um, we were talking

[3:30] and I went back last

[3:36] priest all said to the citizens

[3:42] of city government they field has forsaken him.

[3:47] Also I want to point out that you can't be geological but the state of war that

[3:53] some parts of Kansas do not have enough ground for irrigation crops livestock

[4:01] decades of high have caused water levels ste well

[4:08] and I don't understand how anybody still consider but just sit there talk about

[4:13] data No

[4:18] ind industrial hygienist Keny Clark stated their colon systems continuously

[4:23] pick up new water contaminated with antiques

[4:28] bioides and anti-alias. This water is released and flow down but

[4:34] in the process of pumping the water back into the into the into the spot where

[4:40] this wast

[4:44] is then transported from the rivered out into the top water and

[4:51] five stop water. Why are we being asked to sacrifice our

[4:56] drinking water to Google these data centers and the main purpose is to take

[5:00] over our jobs? We're talking white blue color jobs people with college degrees

[5:06] without degrees. We are all being played by the class for

[5:12] their enjoyment. The strength of ocean has never come

[5:17] from big industrial corporations. It comes from generation of people, open

[5:22] spaces and local businesses. Also wanted to ensure stewardship that

[5:28] doesn't steal the land in each its job. Our community is even planning against

[5:33] data centers that are invading our land. The last thing we need is a model

[5:38] keeping life moving data center anywhere near.

[5:43] He claimed that no city council member has signed NDA. I was wondering if

[5:48] anyone in the old wannabe city government including the city attorney

[5:52] passed sign I form

[5:56] » no comment >> nobody signed any NDAs

[5:59] » nobody nobody >> sure just remember one thing whoever

[6:06] controls the food in the water controls the masses that

[6:12] give up our control over our necessary human resources

[6:17] Thank you. Thank you.

[6:37] National School

[6:42] has no scientific and is known for opposition to

[6:46] environment while

[6:51] clean water

[6:58] with 50% drinking a lot of

[7:06] chemical

[7:10] be used in it is called a boat.

[7:18] I researched it and in my findings disturbing but there

[7:27] words that are prominent research university

[7:33] they are and it's

[7:41] break down two

[7:47] Here's what we're saying is they cannot film

[7:58] this because they strong female.

[8:08] They destroy everything

[8:13] basically their job.

[8:17] I think you can look that up and also look up the groups that

[8:24] 27 page letter talking about all this

[8:30] references may I say you start today

[8:42] because this will say that in fact they will get the chair we please give the

[8:48] floor. Thank you.

[8:57] I have regard

[9:01] if you want

[9:39] They're afraid of character flaws.

[9:53] over

[10:00] ourselves.

[10:09] Andy looking

[10:34] for Thank you.

[10:41] to do the hard work of unders listening, being transparent and

[10:47] following the law and earning the trust of people that you

[11:05] really

[11:14] to answer questions for accountability

[11:20] to admit.

[11:36] We all fall short about the important things about

[11:42] vulnerability to 30 people

[11:48] project here. We will be here hopefully

[11:54] children.

[12:04] These ideas are all here in town

[12:09] generation.

[12:35] Thank you, Mayor. Quick update on a couple of the uh

[12:39] electrical needs of the data center. Um today the Kansas Corporation Commission

[12:45] approved the transfer of the three parts questions approved the transfer of those

[12:50] part city service territory beverages uh territory. So beyond now on the

[12:58] application that the developers submitted to Bevered

[13:05] everything is approved by commission. Uh the other item that we've been

[13:10] talking about is this franchise agreement part of franchise agreement

[13:13] never achieved well the 20-year agreement 4% rate. Uh this is a 20% year

[13:20] but a 20 year agreement 5% rate and it would go into effect as soon as

[13:26] published if there are questions.

[13:35] I know

[13:51] it's just power and that's what the economy is

[13:58] that's what they so with the case

[14:05] overall since they have

[14:15] whatever

[14:18] that is not technically a power sale. They're paying for 80% of the power but

[14:24] they're not receiving delivery. So they would be home

[14:32] and then their sales tax

[14:41] it will take it'll probably take four or five years uh for us to realize the full

[14:48] estimated $20 million franchise fees that we would that we're supposed to

[14:52] realize. um it'll take four or five years for them to get filled out.

[14:59] » And if the data center doesn't go in, you know, we voted out um

[15:07] the the franchise fee stands for whatever we have connected. Now

[15:12] » there's there's uh I got a virtually earlier this week I want to

[15:19] say there was like 15 other properties almost all

[15:24] or south or where our house distribution system

[15:29] does not extend that's all but I guess

[15:35] if that center is notable something else

[15:42] Right. We had an agreement on each server.

[15:52] Once we transfer the service territory that you get out, that's the average. So

[15:57] regardless of how much power locates those three parcels, it's going to

[16:03] they're going to collect branches.

[16:14] uh they could be approaching us for a week.

[16:22] It's actually beneficial for them to for us to renew it when we don't have an

[16:28] active franchise because the section of state statute that controls what the

[16:33] cost is if we want to acquire um service territory on purchase. Um,

[16:41] absent the franchise agreement, the statutes control dictate that we pay the

[16:47] existing provider the depreciated cost of any infrastructure over which is how

[16:53] we bring the state hospital on the city system for less than $10,000. Uh if

[16:58] there was an active franchise agreement, then we're looking at paying them four

[17:03] years of revenue that they could be off of that if u

[17:34] approving.

[17:43] I

[18:04] » received by asking me to get a request from the developers and I talking

[18:11] tonight. So, they're here to speak this council

[18:20] member detailed list of everything that has been has been accomplished thus far

[18:26] and what some of the delays have been. Uh I would before I turn it over to me

[18:30] and council ask questions. Um, I was thinking putting this together back in

[18:35] May to allow the opportunity uh to salvage that home. Um, I didn't know how

[18:42] long it would I didn't know how long expect take in uh the availability of

[18:47] engineers and all the stuff requested. So I put 3 months in there note.

[18:53] So with that I would answer any questions I have here. Otherwise, we're

[18:57] done. You can

[19:04] stand.

[19:10] » Yeah. I think it's a three two or three page.

[19:15] Maybe it's a page and a half hour, but then there's pages of design that

[19:23] one of whoever the engineer was dragged

[19:29] structural sound and then also The hospital

[20:01] I have sequence. So many

[20:33] second

[20:42] building

[20:47] pretty

[20:52] back.

[21:23] over here.

[21:33] What's

[21:51] This would extend it out to October 31st. Is that that's going to give you

[21:57] the time that you need? >> Yeah. I mean, no,

[22:02] there shouldn't be any other

[22:25] What happened?

[23:09] It's your authorization to allow the project to move forward. So you put

[23:13] whatever time limit on it you want to put on

[23:19] it is pretty much done.

[23:44] Well, we're recording.

[24:04] Can I

[24:21] cinch their Quick.

[24:42] Hi. Hi.

[25:01] September of last year was brand at that time we met at

[25:08] Federal's properties uh under a development agreement uh for

[25:13] the restoration and rehabilitation both 500 and 510 main uh We successfully

[25:19] received the agreement and after received it the contractors. The the

[25:23] development contractor got into 510 and start doing a lot more investigating as

[25:28] to what it was going to take to make that building structurally sound and

[25:32] they came to the determination that costwise going to cost way money to

[25:38] rehab 510 going to just tear it down and build new. Um since that time um and

[25:46] just came in this morning I visited with the developer uh they did their

[25:51] crunching of numbers on a new building and that building itself also still be a

[25:56] losing proposition right now with the amount of land that's available it's

[26:00] only a 25 so go so I um so what they have done is they they have notified us

[26:09] that they plan to back away and I That's probably uh

[26:16] I I I hate to see it happen because I was hopeful that the building would be

[26:21] salvaged. Uh but the project itself is not viable that there aren't two

[26:26] buildings there and 510 is really kind of the

[26:32] the we link in the project that if it wasn't going to require so much money to

[26:38] store uh then yeah we would not be having this conversation tonight. Well,

[26:42] they estimated it's going to be particular district.

[26:46] And even then, there's still an old building that's been retro bitted and um

[26:52] doesn't exactly have the space that they could could like or would like. Uh so

[26:58] with that, I put this resolution together. think it's in the best

[27:01] interest of the cities to move forward with returning the eel grant and then

[27:08] issuing for the demolition of 10 and it's going to have to be very delicate.

[27:12] I don't expect that to be cheap to tear that building down, but I would rather

[27:18] take it down in a controlled way than

[27:22] that. Yes.

[27:31] But both buildings would need to come down.

[27:34] » No

[27:37] 500. So we'll probably talk that next spring,

[27:41] but but 510. So

[27:48] we'll be looking for somebody else.

[27:59] states

[28:02] different

[28:16] I mean I can never be sure but I just need the

[28:22] state will cause harm

[28:25] 500, which is why we're have to be very careful with who we select. And it might

[28:30] be one of those demolitions where we're taking a death brick by brick. I know

[28:35] we're going to go in there and excavator stuff

[28:39] because that would be my main I think that's the state's concern uh is is

[28:45] protecting 500 bank because it is a historical gun

[28:56] we have got I can't remember but I've

[29:04] 5 years ago was a little more viable.

[29:11] 5 years ago was 5 years ago, you know, got a partially building backside.

[29:19] Um, it's just it's exposed to the elements.

[29:41] service

[29:54] resolution 1388 provide 510 demolition 510

[30:00] building. >> Second

[30:03] by second

[30:12] part.

[30:25] Hi. >> Hi.

[30:30] » Hi.

[30:34] » Hi.

[30:45] and they are lease agreement with an option to purchase um with an agrave.

[30:53] Um the terms of that agreement were to pay a city lease or rent payments on

[30:59] that and city would credit them back on the p for the purchase of the land.

[31:04] what they've done and the success they've had in their business, you know,

[31:09] is they've been able to pay the land off late, which they did that

[31:16] somewhere in that neighborhood. Uh, so we've worked through the title process.

[31:19] Um, the title company did not like the way the agreement is structured. They

[31:24] said it still requires a tax law to transfer the land. Um and now they take

[31:30] more towards the pool. Um because it didn't actually it was a structure like

[31:35] a mortgage where it just became theirs. Um I went council resolution authorized

[31:40] actually transfer the land from the city to the trust. So that's resolution 139.

[31:48] just any questions. Happy to

[31:52] We have

[32:11] » to approve resolution. He found

[32:24] I

[32:32] » Hi.

[32:52] I mean perfectly what

[32:57] person

[33:03] he

[33:06] That help?

[34:00] Um the only thing I have is um we did receive our um an initial guaranteed

[34:09] maximum price on our water treatment plant. Um the cost of construction is uh

[34:14] it's between 34 and 35. And the reason I'm not saying the exact number is

[34:18] because we're still working through some of the line items and getting what is

[34:23] all included in those line items understood. So we make sure we're not

[34:27] including too much that we don't want or adding in not including things that we

[34:31] do need. Um in that 34 million there's roughly 2.6 million in contingency. Um

[34:39] about half of that 2.6 six is in below grade contingency. the uh the Seymar has

[34:44] a certain amount of rock excavation that they've included in their bid and the

[34:51] 1.3 million in contingency is in the event they run into more rock excavation

[34:56] than what they estimate and they would have to justify that to not only the

[35:00] engineer but the city in the form of I don't want to necessarily call it a

[35:04] change order but the council would have to release authorized release of that

[35:09] contingency. Um the other uh unknown is the amount of

[35:14] work that's going to be required at the intake. So that number is also 1.3

[35:19] million. Um we had a diver go in from gardener. Um and they do these types of

[35:24] dives regularly. That's their business. Um is to do diving into clear wells and

[35:30] other water tanks. um those types of situations, intakes, uh to see what the

[35:36] condition of those intakes are um to try to remove some of the unknown around

[35:41] that work and work some of that 1.3 million out of out of their contingency

[35:46] or their allowance. Um the Semar fee itself is about is

[35:51] between 3 and 4 million and that's going to be contingent on where we sign the

[35:55] final GMP. So, at the end of the day, it best case scenario, if we are able to

[36:01] eliminate all of the uh contingencies that are in the bid, our water treatment

[36:06] plant is currently anticipated to cost 31 million, but we can't really put that

[36:12] out there because we don't know what type of subsurface risk there is. And

[36:17] then also the risk uh around the uh intake work. So, um with that, that's

[36:23] all I have as city manager. Um, do you have anything yet?

[36:27] » Um, this week we released an invitation for bid for all of the work that needs

[36:32] to be done. Uh, that's going to be insurance covered from the hail event

[36:36] back in April. It took quite a while for us to get back all of the estimates uh

[36:41] from the adjuster uh and also just to know everything widespread that was

[36:47] damaged. Uh, but now we have that out for uh any contractor who would like to

[36:52] bid on that. We do have that structured uh to be you can bid by building, you

[36:57] can bid by trade, you could build a bid a single building. Um basically whatever

[37:02] someone feels comfortable being able to bid on um and complete the work on, they

[37:08] are welcome to bid that. They do not have to bid the whole package. There are

[37:11] 20 buildings listed um or 20 pieces of property. Uh I do want to make a note

[37:16] 500 Main is one of those. Um there is roof repair already in that. We'll see

[37:20] what all that covers and then we can have more conversations about that roof.

[37:24] But I'm really hoping that we can get that roof solidified in a way that we

[37:28] don't have to revisit it um after this bid process. Uh the other thing I want

[37:34] to mention is Brett and I did um have a conversation with BG consultants uh to

[37:40] ask them to do a feasibility study on using our remaining right ofway at Carr

[37:46] Avenue as a potential solution for a pedestrian overpass bridge. Um as

[37:52] council is aware, there are two problems with the overpass. Um pedestrian access,

[37:57] but then also just the size of the overpass and its ability to serve our

[38:01] community. um take on larger vehicles and have the correct weight for the type

[38:06] of vehicles that actually need to use it when Main Street, Pacific, and Brown are

[38:10] all blocked. Uh so, one thing that they're going to examine is whether or

[38:13] not building a new overpass structure on that car ride ofway is something um that

[38:19] would work for the community and be feasible. Uh the reason we're having to

[38:23] look at that right of way uh is because the railroad has told us in no uncertain

[38:28] terms are we going to be allowed to put any kind of structure even a pier in any

[38:34] of their right of way. Um and the right of way that the railroad owns in town

[38:38] basically runs from uh where buildings start

[38:44] uh to 7th Street uh through that whole corridor. Um, so the current overpass

[38:50] does have peers in Railroad Rideway. Uh, if we were to re try and rebuild that,

[38:54] they would not allow us to maintain those peers or put those peers back. Um,

[38:58] so a rebuild or a adjustment to the existing overpass is likely not in the

[39:03] question. Um, and then the other thing that they have given us an option for is

[39:10] um, potentially if we wanted to build something over the railroad tracks, we'd

[39:16] have to have it completely outside of their rideway on either side. Um, which

[39:21] obviously the ride ofway that we own is streets that are currently open. So

[39:25] that's Main Street, Brown, Pacific, and we don't want to be putting a structure

[39:29] in the middle of those used streets. So, Carr Avenue is one of the remaining

[39:34] swaths of rightway that we have that we're hoping there may be something

[39:38] feasible to do there. Um, so we're going to start working on that and start

[39:42] chasing some grants and some funding hopefully from there. Um, and just keep

[39:47] trying to figure out how to solve this problem. Um, and I think that's all I

[39:51] have. There wasn't something else.

City Council Meeting 8/13/2026

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