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to order. Please join me in the pledge

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of allegiance.

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I aliance to the flag of the United

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States of America and to the republic

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for which it stands. One nation under

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God, indivisible with liberty and

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justice for all.

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>> Mandy, will you please call the role?

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here.

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» city councils adop adopted a code of

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civility as elected officials. We pledge

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to promote civility through extending

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respect to others listening to

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understand disagreeing without

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disrespect engaging collaboratively and

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speaking up to address in civility. This

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meeting is being recorded. As a

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reminder, this meeting is being recorded

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and broadcast for Pella TV. Anyone who

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speaks to council, please come to that

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podium and microphone before you begin

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speaking so those listening at home can

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hear your comments and see you on

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camera. Can I get a motion for approval

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of the tentative agenda?

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>> So move.

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>> Support.

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>> Brander Horseman Stryland. Any

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Okay. All in favor, please say yes.

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>> Motion passed. [clears throat] This time

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I get the honor of uh reading a

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proclamation recognizing and thanking uh

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Chad Hardman for 26 years of service as

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a fellow police officer as he's going to

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head into retirement. So Chad, would you

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come up here and meet me here? I'll read

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this proclamation.

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All right. Proclamation thanking

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Sergeant Chad Hardman for 26 years of

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service as Pella police officer. Whereas

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the city of Pella has been safeguarded

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by the steadfast commitment and

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dedication of its law enforcement

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officers. And whereas Sergeant Chad

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Hartman has exemplified the highest

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standards of professionalism, integrity,

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and courage as a member of the fellow

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police department. And whereas Sergeant

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Hart Hartman has served the citizens of

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our community with distinction for an

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impressive and commendable period of 26

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years. And whereas Sergeant Hartman's

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exemplary service has contributed

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significantly to the safety and

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well-being of our residents, fostering a

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sense of security, and trust within the

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community. And whereas Senator Hartman

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has demonstrated leadership, resilience,

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and commitment to upholding the

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principles of justice throughout his

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distinguished career. And whereas

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citizens of Palo a debt of gratitude to

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Sergeant Hartman for his selfless

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devotion to the protection of life and

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property. Now therefore be it resolved

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by the city council of the city of Pella

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Iowa that on behalf of the city council

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staff city staff and citizens of Pella,

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we acknowledge the outstanding service

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of Sergeant Chad Hartman and extend our

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heartfelt appreciation for his 26 years

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of dedicated and honorable service to

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the city of Pella. This is the first day

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of September 2026.

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Congratul All

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» right. At this time, we have opportunity

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for public forum. Anyone wishing to

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address council regarding any agenda

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item, please step forward with the

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microphone. State your name and address.

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» Okay. Oh,

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» Anna Rupert, 1104 Key Street. Um, I'm

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here to voice my support for the

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proposed re uh rental inspection program

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on the agenda tonight as well as the

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revitalization committee. Um, I

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understand that Pellet is not yet

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required to have a rental inspection

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program because we are under 15,000

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residents, but I see that as an

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opportunity for Pellet to be proactive

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rather than reactive, especially given

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the significant amount of rental

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development being proposed through the

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Imagore urban renewal project. Imagine

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is proposing as many as 1350 rental

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units. Uh whether or not that entire

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number ultimately comes to fruition, I

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think it raises an important question.

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housing in Pella to be? This is an

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important issue because more than a

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third of Pella's occupied housing. Three

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uh sorry 37.4%

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according to the current comprehensive

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plan is renter occupied and Pella has

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experienced a shortage of quality rental

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housing for a long time. Like a lot of

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people who moved to Pella, I once was a

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renter and I have a lot of friends who

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are renters. Numerous renters I know

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from a variety of property owners and

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management companies have or are

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currently dealing with problems

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including sewage, mold, water damage,

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bed bugs, rodents, electrical hazards.

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rental vacancy rate of just 1.2%. When

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vacancies are low and the cost to own a

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home in Pellet is high, tenants have a

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very little leverage. With long waiting

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lists, high rents, and very few

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short-term lease options, there isn't

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much incentive for a landlord to make

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improvements, and tenants may be

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reluctant to report serious problems

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because they don't want to risk losing

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their housing or being unable to find

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another place. The uh the situation has

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improved somewhat. The current

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comprehensive plan draft identifies a

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vacancy rate of around 3.4%

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and suggests that rental demand may be

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declining. If 1350 rental units are

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eventually built, increased competition

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may encourage landlords to invest in

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more in their properties. But I don't

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think that we should rely on market

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competition alone to ensure that people

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are living in safe and sanitary

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conditions. We have already seen rent uh

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several rental properties and town homes

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included in the Imagine More urban

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renewal area identified as blighted. I

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can't help but wonder how much of that

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deterioration might have been prevented

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if regular inspections and basic

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standards had been in place earlier. And

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inspections provide a way to identify

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problems without putting the entire

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burden on tenants to speak up. That

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matters because renters may be

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particularly hesitant to report problems

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when their landlord is also their

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employer, school, or another institution

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with whom they have an ongoing

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relationship. People who want to live in

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Pella already pay a high price to be

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part of this community. I don't think

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that they should also have to pay a

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price in their health, safety, or

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quality of life. For those reasons, I

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believe a rental inspection program is a

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timely and reasonable investment in the

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long-term quality of housing in Pella.

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motion for approval of the consent

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>> Benstra. Any discussion?

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>> Father,

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>> Motion passed. Moving on to resolution

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number 7110

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entitled resolution ordering

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construction of the north tower recoding

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and fixing a date for hearing thereon

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and taking of bids. Therefore, Mike.

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>> Yes, Mr. Mayor. I'd be happy to explain

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this item. And for those in attendance,

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I'd like to direct your attention to the

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big board for a brief presentation on

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this item. As Mayor Dwart stated this

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evening, what this resolution really

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does is it sets the public hearing date

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for proposed north water tower painting

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project that we have. So, this would be

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the paint the water tower that invites

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Lincoln Elementary School on it. And a

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little bit of background on the tower.

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It's roughly 3/4 of a million gallons

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tower on it as well. do for an exterior

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painting. Now, the engine engineer's

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opinion of probable cost on this power

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project is $675,000.

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Council to approve this resolution. What

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that really does is sits the wheels and

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motions for soliciting bid for the

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project. We'd hold the bid letting on

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the project on September 24th.

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Hopefully, we'll have a little bit to

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present to council on October 6th.

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That's the day of the public hearing on

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it. Council proceeds with the

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construction contract on that evening.

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of September 1st, 2027. Staff is

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recommending approval of the resolution

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>> Okay. Thank you, Mike. Can I get a

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motion for approval?

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>> Brandon Horse Carl Stone. Any

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>> Okay. All in favor, please say yes.

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» Community

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like to go ahead and direct that

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question over to our engineer Bob Beans.

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>> Currently, because there's no logo on

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it, we've got it so that the it's a

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single color. The city gets to pick the

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color. So, it doesn't have to be white.

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that. If you wish to add a logo to it,

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we can discuss that. But right now,

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because it was all white, the thought

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was we would start with that. But the

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color is to be selected by the city.

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Just for frame of reference, the actual

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painting won't occur until next summer

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when school's out. So we're bidding it

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now because we want to get on the

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schedule of biders because it's a very

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tight window. And so if you wait too

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long, that window will close. There'll

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be nobody available or the price goes

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up. So may seem like we're way ahead of

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ourselves, but we're doing that for a

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very strategic reason.

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or a logo or something that I think at

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>> Last time they painted just the inside.

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paint on the outside is lead paint. Um

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so we've got when they when it gets

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painted there'll be a full like a canvas

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enclosure around it so that when they

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sand blast it off all of that will fall

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inside that containment. Um so that we

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won't have that they don't have to go

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around and pick up all any of that lead

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paint that gets blasted off. Um it may

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in containment when they actually do the

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painting. If they want to spray paint

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it, they have to put the containment

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back up. If they want to roll it on,

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which and the wind has to be less than

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10 miles an hour, there's an option for

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them to do that. They could do that

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without containing it. So it may it'll

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definitely be have a a canvas

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containment around it when it gets

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blasted sand blasted off the old paint.

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It may or may not when they put the new

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paint on.

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» Okay. Anything else?

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[clears throat]

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All right. We'll mo vote on the motion.

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All in favor, please say yes. Oppos? No.

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Mandy, please call the role.

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>> Yes.

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>> Carl,

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>> yes.

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Motion passed. Ordinance number 1091

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entitled an ordinance approving the

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addition of article 9.05 to the m

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municipal code of the city of Pella Iowa

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authorizing participation in the state

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of Iowa set off program. This is the

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second reading. Mike.

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>> Yes, [clears throat] Mr. Mayor. I'd be

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happy to explain the mayor stated what

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this ordinance proposes is participation

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in the Iowa set off program. Now, a

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little bit of background on the setup

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program. administered by the Iowa

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Department of Revenue and it allows

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public agencies such as the city of

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Pellet to recover past two debts that

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are owed to the city of Helen. The most

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likely sources of this could be utility

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collections. It could be ambulance

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billings that we've had been

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unsuccessful in collecting as well. But

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with that um there's a process that you

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would go through to enroll the debt with

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the state. And then what the state does

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is it checks for any individual that

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does owe money to the city of PO that we've enrolled in the program or

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submitted to the program. That

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individual has a state income tax

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refund, casino or sports wager wagering

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winnings, lottery winnings, any of those

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types of items before the state issues

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any dispersements on it, they would pay

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the debt that the individual owes to the

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city of Pella. So we view this as a

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win-win situation for the city of Pella.

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also hopefully allow us to get a higher

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percentage collection rate on our past

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few due receivables as well. So let's go

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ahead please Heidi.

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Now that first bullet point that we have

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up on the slide is the efforts city

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currently undertakes to collect past due

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debts on them as well. And with this we

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believe that this would be a good option

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for the city and collecting past debts

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to the city of Pelis. So with this we

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are recommending approval this evening.

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Mr. Mayor be more than happy to answer

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any questions the mayor council may have

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on this item.

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>> Okay. Thank you, Mike. Can I get a

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motion for approval?

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>> Some move.

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>> Mr. Carlstone. Any discussion.

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» Okay. All in favor, please say yes.

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Oppos? No. Mandy, please call the role.

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>> Yes.

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>> Carlson,

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>> yes.

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>> Motion passed. [clears throat]

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>> I'd like to make a motion that we

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suspend the rules and wave the third

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reading.

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» Okay. Sansra and Carl Stone.

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Is there any discussion on that motion?

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Okay. All in favor, please say yes.

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Suppose no. Mandy, please call the roll.

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>> Yes.

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>> Carlson,

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>> yes.

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>> Motion passed.

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>> Move to adopt.

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>> Support.

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>> Benryland. Branderhorse. Any discussion?

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All right, we'll vote on that motion.

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All in favor, please say yes. Opposed?

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No. Mandy, please call the role.

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>> Yes.

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Yes.

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>> Charleston.

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>> Yes.

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>> Motion passed. Can I get a motion for

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approval of abstract bills number 2206?

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>> Move to approve and issue warrants.

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>> Rander Horseman Stryland. Any discussion

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or questions?

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Okay. All in favor, please say yes.

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Pose. No. Mandy, please call the role.

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>> Yes.

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>> Carlson.

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>> Yes.

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Motion passed. Any council member have

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any other business you'd like addressed

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this evening?

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>> I would like to thank the police

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department for their quick response to

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the incident at the high school last

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week. To get there in three minutes is

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amazing. Thank you so much for what you

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do and [clears throat] staying on top of

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everything.

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I'd like to make an announcement that

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Thursday night here in this chamber,

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we're having a meeting about t tax

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incremental financing, explaining the

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ins and outs of it, how it's works and

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where it's useful and you're welcome to

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go

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six o'

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Okay.

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All right. Any member of the public have

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any other business you'd like to address

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council with this evening? If so, please

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step forward the microphone, state your

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name and address. Please limit your

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comments to three minutes.

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[clears throat and cough]

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Good evening, Ron Rosenville, uh, East

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First Street. U,

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I want to thank John for bringing up the TIFF program u that you're going to

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put out.

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That's that's uh that's great for once.

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I'm not going to yell at anybody. Um

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it's uh I think that's great. Everybody

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needs to know what that that is. And the

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last time I was here, lady was in about

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the library. I stopped by the library

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and took a look and

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they would write on everything they said

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library could use a little uh little

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facelift. So I'm in support of that. So

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hey, let's write this down on the

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calendar. Good night. [laughter]

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» Okay, seeing no one else, we will Oh,

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Harry,

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>> I was waiting to see if anybody else

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came up.

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>> Yeah, Harry, 725 Countryside Lane. Two

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comments on item I one. This trail

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that's being suggested, I think it's a

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good idea. I think that it's needed

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because otherwise traffic and vehicle

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potential conflict of bicycles and

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pedestrians through the parking lots is

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not a good thing. So should have a

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designated

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bike way or whatever. So I think it's so

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whoever came up with that thought had a

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good suggestion. I would encourage you

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to consider once it's in there possible

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lighting for it. It doesn't look like

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there's any lighting, but that's could

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be something that could be developed as

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we go. And then also on I2

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the whole revitalization

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grant committee report I'm a new member

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of that committee, but I did attend

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previous two meetings and I'd like to

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thank Councilwoman

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for her leadership and Mr. Nardini's

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staff support on it because they did a

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lot of analysis a lot of discussion when

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you look at that report

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you might look at it and think that it's

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over

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analysis etc but for a community that is

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developing it's something that's

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important and way back in my history I

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was in charge of program and it's

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important especially for safety

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health and safety code issues etc so

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I've told you that

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go ahead to continue

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and give direction to the committee to

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keep working. Thank you.

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[clears throat]

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» All right, seeing no one else, we will

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move into our adjourned policy and

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planning. Our first discussion item is

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the proposed trail connection at the

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sports park to University Street. So

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Mike,

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>> yes, Mr. Mayor, I'd actually like to

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turn the floor over to Mr.

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to explain the site. Council

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» with the construction of the indoor rec

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center extension of University Street,

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it appeared that there would be a demand

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for pedestrians and bicyclists to want

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to go from University Street down to the

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sports park. The plan right now is

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eventually there would be a trail

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connection on University to baseline and

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then south on baseline, but that's not a

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part of the current project. also that

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took pedestrian and traffic and

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bicyclists across the driveways of the

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pedest of the indoor rec center. So the

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thought was it might be a good idea to

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construct a trail from the trail that's

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in the sports park, the loop that's just

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north of the rec building up to the

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University Street. So that's what's

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shown in yellow. Um how that fits into

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the longterm plan is right now the trail

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on University Street would not go east.

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So we wouldn't have any trail crossing

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the

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really wouldn't go anywhere and

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eventually it would extend east over to

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baseline and south to baseline tie back

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into the sports park at that way but

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that's probably a few years down the

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road. So the current project would be to

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construct that trail. The goal basically

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alignment it follows just west of the

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parking lot on the west side of the rec

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center and continue south pretty much

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along the west broccoli line. If you

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back and look at the longterm plan for

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the sports park, there's two more ball

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fields that are west of the two westerly

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ball fields. There's also a drain that

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extends south. So we're trying to stay

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west of that. Stay out of many of those

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evergreen pine trees that are there.

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sort of in the west side of the unused

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area north of the rec building. So the

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plan is to go ahead and try to build

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that trail, get it open by the time the

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rec center opens next summer. The

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comment earlier about lighting, that's

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something we could consider. What we're

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trying to do right now is to get procure

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that contractor through what's called

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competitive quotation. So instead of

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going out for a formal bid similar to

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what we just you just did on the water

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tower, there's a procedure by which we

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can invite contractors.

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We have to by a minimum of three

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contractors to submit a price proposal

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at a certain time and then we would

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propose to do that later in September

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again. Come back to the October 6

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meeting, give the contractor the choice.

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They can either build it this fall or

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they can build it next spring. they need

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to be done by the time the rec center is

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done. And then

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we would suggest that you not

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incorporate lighting with it. It's it's

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almost two different kind of

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contractors. We're trying to appeal to

553
00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,200
concrete contractors who have small

554
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,280
overhead who could give us a very

555
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,679
favorable pricing. They couldn't do the

556
00:21:45,679 --> 00:21:46,960
electrical work. They'd have to

557
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,705
subcontract that out. So we

558
00:21:48,705 --> 00:21:49,679
[clears throat] want to at some point

559
00:21:49,679 --> 00:21:51,840
consider lighting the trail. It's

560
00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:53,520
probably better just to go ahead and do

561
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,400
a separate procurement for the lighting.

562
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,880
because that way we're not paying to

563
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,840
have one contractor mark up a

564
00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,080
subcontractor. The lighting may also

565
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,919
push us over the limit which we couldn't

566
00:22:05,919 --> 00:22:08,400
use competitive quotations and that's an

567
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,960
expedient process which we like to use.

568
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,080
So we don't have to have a public

569
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,840
hearing. We don't have to invite

570
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,799
everybody to bid. We can select who we

571
00:22:16,799 --> 00:22:19,520
go out and solicit for. So because under

572
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,200
competitive quotations the project

573
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,520
wouldn't come to council normally

574
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,520
similar to what just

575
00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,840
tower. The thought is it be good to come

576
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,760
to policy and planning to see if the

577
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,000
council had any concerns with moving

578
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,240
forward with the procurement of the

579
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,840
trail with the goal to get that

580
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,480
connection in by the time the rec center

581
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,880
opens next summer.

582
00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:45,039
>> So Bob question um

583
00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:48,159
the trail from with the extensive

584
00:22:48,159 --> 00:22:49,840
university is going to run on the south

585
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,400
side of university right so this would

586
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,760
be easy to hook into that once you get

587
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,000
The trail right now runs on the north

588
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,360
side of university to the schools with

589
00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:04,960
an intersection there. What have do we

590
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,679
have a how how's that going to be

591
00:23:07,679 --> 00:23:10,320
addressed? The crossover

592
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,280
uh

593
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:13,840
>> to that

594
00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:15,760
>> that's a part of the university street

595
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:16,159
project.

596
00:23:16,159 --> 00:23:16,880
>> Yeah.

597
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,400
>> Brad, do you want to comment on that?

598
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,400
might be he's the most

599
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,909
knowledgeable of that.

600
00:23:23,919 --> 00:23:25,840
Yeah. So that crossing would be on the

601
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,960
east side of 240th um from north to

602
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,159
south across University Street and then

603
00:23:32,159 --> 00:23:34,720
following University Street um on the

604
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,400
south side. And there is yeah

605
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,400
there will be a cost savings on the

606
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,960
University Street project. It was

607
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,960
proposed to be extended over to Baseline

608
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,799
Drive and so we have the exact number of

609
00:23:48,799 --> 00:23:51,039
feet that'll be eliminated but there'll

610
00:23:51,039 --> 00:23:53,280
be a portion of that eliminated from the

611
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,760
University Street contract.

612
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,080
>> So where the where you cross the road

613
00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,120
now and the trail goes north it'll just

614
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:04,320
it will be right there then go south to

615
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,480
Yeah, I think it I think it jogs just a

616
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,640
little bit to the east before it crosses

617
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,480
but it's at that stop intersection

618
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:15,269
there.

619
00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:20,070
Okay, thanks Brad. [clears throat]

620
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:21,840
» Any other questions?

621
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,159
>> Just curious, what's the procurement?

622
00:24:24,159 --> 00:24:26,000
Um, is there a threshold where you have

623
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,080
to go to bid versus doing this the

624
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,720
simpler procurement method?

625
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,120
>> If it's under about $68,000, we don't

626
00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:35,520
have any state procurement at about

627
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,039
$225,000

628
00:24:37,039 --> 00:24:38,960
we have to go out to the competitive

629
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,480
bidding. That's not the exact number,

630
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:41,919
but that's really close to where it's

631
00:24:41,919 --> 00:24:42,320
at.

632
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:42,880
>> Okay.

633
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,440
>> So, we're out in the midway between the

634
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,720
70,000 and the 225. It's so we're in

635
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,630
that mid-range.

636
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,159
» Well, it's going to be a great addition

637
00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:56,880
to the sports park. The whole bike trail

638
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,039
out to the sports park is an exciting

639
00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:01,277
part of this whole project.

640
00:25:01,277 --> 00:25:01,360
[clears throat]

641
00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:04,320
>> So, this will be great. Based on the

642
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,919
discussion tonight, I think we'll move

643
00:25:05,919 --> 00:25:08,159
forward with the procurement and then

644
00:25:08,159 --> 00:25:10,159
we'll be back hopefully on the 6th of

645
00:25:10,159 --> 00:25:11,600
October with the results of the

646
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,360
quotations.

647
00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:15,919
>> Okay. Thanks, Bob. [clears throat]

648
00:25:15,919 --> 00:25:17,440
All right. Uh we'll move on to the

649
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:18,880
recommendations of the neighborhood

650
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,430
revitalization grant committee.

651
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,039
» Yes, Mr. Mayor. I'll be happy to explain

652
00:25:25,039 --> 00:25:27,279
this item. As Mayor Ward stated, um

653
00:25:27,279 --> 00:25:28,559
we're here to talk about the

654
00:25:28,559 --> 00:25:30,240
recommendations for the neighborhood

655
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,720
revitalization grant committee that

656
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,880
we're making this evening. Little bit of

657
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,440
background on this. The council recent

658
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,200
appointed originally appointed at this

659
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,440
committee to make a recommendation on

660
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,200
developing a grant program for low and

661
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,080
moderate income families to identify

662
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,400
initiatives um for improvements to their

663
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,200
homes on it as well and also to identify

664
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,799
initiatives to improve neighborhoods

665
00:25:52,799 --> 00:25:55,520
throughout Pella. Now, the first we have

666
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:56,640
three things we're going to be here

667
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,480
talking about this evening. Actually,

668
00:25:58,480 --> 00:25:59,840
multiple items that we're going to be

669
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:01,440
talking about this evening. We're going

670
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,760
to start off with the low and moderate

671
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,840
grant um program that we have that the

672
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,760
committee was originally charged with.

673
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,679
Now, when we were originally appointed

674
00:26:09,679 --> 00:26:11,360
the committee, we started off with and

675
00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:12,880
we thought we had a revenue estimate

676
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,760
over the next 15 years of about $1.5

677
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,880
million in funds. where we're getting

678
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,440
those funds was previously under state

679
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,520
law through tax increment financing

680
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,200
which is council member Butler says

681
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:26,640
there's going to be a public information

682
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,799
session on it this Thursday night on

683
00:26:28,799 --> 00:26:32,320
that under the old laws is for a grant

684
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,080
award we had to dedicate a portion of

685
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,000
those tax increment financing revenues

686
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,919
and dedicated towards improving or

687
00:26:37,919 --> 00:26:39,440
assisting low and moderate income

688
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,039
families

689
00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:42,960
recent tax legislation that was passed

690
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,559
this past year by the state of Iowa

691
00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:47,039
eliminated that requirement and so we're

692
00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:48,480
no longer required and we've been

693
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,559
advised by legal counsel, we cannot

694
00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:52,960
withhold those funds. So, in essence,

695
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:54,080
when we looked at the committee's

696
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,840
budget, we started off with an estimate

697
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,000
of 1.5 million and thought we'd be able

698
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,520
to do a lot of good with the community.

699
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,000
We still can on it, but our funding

700
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,240
source has changed. What it looks now is

701
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,720
we have about $60,000 of funds available

702
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,039
to support this. And so, the committee

703
00:27:09,039 --> 00:27:10,480
spent a considerable amount of time

704
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,159
looking at our options and what we could

705
00:27:12,159 --> 00:27:15,200
actually do um with that. and we uh

706
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,880
actually reached out. We developed a

707
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,960
grant program and we thought about the

708
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,559
administration of the grant program

709
00:27:20,559 --> 00:27:23,600
internally at the city and then we

710
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,000
decided to contact Habitat for Humanity

711
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,880
and talk options with them. And with

712
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,960
that, we had a presentation from Miss

713
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,720
Amy Meyer, that's the director of

714
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,559
Habitat for Humanity, and it's also in

715
00:27:34,559 --> 00:27:37,440
attendance this evening on the ability

716
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,520
to administer those funds for us and

717
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,679
specifically the critical home repair

718
00:27:41,679 --> 00:27:44,799
program. We did included extensive

719
00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:46,240
summary of the critical home repair

720
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,480
program in the council package as well.

721
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:49,520
But that was the committee's

722
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,360
recommendation. They felt that Habitat

723
00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,360
for Humanity had the framework already

724
00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:56,159
in place to administer a program to

725
00:27:56,159 --> 00:27:58,000
assist low and moderate income families

726
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,480
in Pawa. And then also with the change

727
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,960
in funding from 1.5 million down to

728
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,200
60,000, that's a significant decrease in

729
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,200
the budget as well. So we thought with

730
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,679
limited funds in the short term that we

731
00:28:09,679 --> 00:28:11,760
have with this that we the better option

732
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,600
would be to contract Habitat for

733
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,320
Humanity on this. And so before we go on

734
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,200
to the next item of discussion, I'd like

735
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,720
to turn the floor over to Council Member

736
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,399
Brand Horse for any additional com

737
00:28:22,399 --> 00:28:23,840
comments on this or anything that I may

738
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,679
have may have failed to mention.

739
00:28:25,679 --> 00:28:28,880
>> I think that you have uh covered it all.

740
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:33,440
Um in speaking with Amy and seeing what

741
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,240
her organization could do for our

742
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:42,320
community, it was clear to us that the best selection was to partner with

743
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:46,240
Attack for humanity and uh so I'm in

744
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:52,950
full endorsement of that move.

745
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,520
» Okay, let's go ahead and dive in number

746
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,600
two. As we stated earlier in the

747
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,039
presentation, when this committee was

748
00:28:59,039 --> 00:29:00,720
originally appointed, we started off as

749
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,480
an LMI committee or lower moderate

750
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,080
income committee along with an

751
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:05,360
additional charge on any other

752
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:06,799
initiatives that can help improve the

753
00:29:06,799 --> 00:29:08,080
quality of life and neighborhoods

754
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,880
specifically in Pella. Now, one of the

755
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,039
items that we did take a look at is we

756
00:29:13,039 --> 00:29:14,799
conducted a blight assessment of the

757
00:29:14,799 --> 00:29:17,039
Huber Street area. Now, when we talk

758
00:29:17,039 --> 00:29:19,520
about Huber Street, it's this area.

759
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,039
We're looking at this red highlighted

760
00:29:21,039 --> 00:29:22,880
area up there on the Bayboard. And

761
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,880
generally, it's south of University

762
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,919
Street, east of Main Street, and it goes

763
00:29:27,919 --> 00:29:29,600
all the way down to north of Cuber

764
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,000
Street, and just west of Carson Street.

765
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,000
We hired a consultant to go out and

766
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,000
review this area. Roughly, there's about

767
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,159
65 properties within this assessment

768
00:29:38,159 --> 00:29:41,039
area. Now what the consultants report

769
00:29:41,039 --> 00:29:43,760
and the finding on it included was about

770
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,240
55% of the property they felt contained

771
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,159
item items of light in this

772
00:29:48,159 --> 00:29:49,760
neighborhood. So that's a significantly

773
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,840
higher percentage when you look at this

774
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,000
area on it. So Heidi, let's go ahead

775
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,600
please.

776
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:56,880
Now when we looked at the blight

777
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,399
assessment and our committee spent a lot

778
00:29:58,399 --> 00:30:00,240
of time on the blight assessment really

779
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,159
re researching what options actually

780
00:30:02,159 --> 00:30:03,840
work in communities if you're going to

781
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,320
eliminate blight or reduce blight in

782
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,120
communities. And what we found out just

783
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,200
to summarize on this is there's no one

784
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:12,799
approach that seems to work for

785
00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:15,039
eliminating blight. The most effective

786
00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:17,360
approach is multiple approaches to

787
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,320
reducing blast a concentrated effort to

788
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,799
do this. So what we have up here is just

789
00:30:22,799 --> 00:30:25,679
a few points um on approaches to blight.

790
00:30:25,679 --> 00:30:27,279
Now the first thing when anytime you

791
00:30:27,279 --> 00:30:29,039
tackle blight or you want to improve

792
00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:30,480
neighborhoods, the very first thing you

793
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,480
got to know is where you stand within

794
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,000
those neighborhoods. That was the

795
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,840
purpose of the blight assessment on it

796
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,600
to see what we're at, where we're

797
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:38,880
actually at if the neighborhood was

798
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,480
blighted, what percentage of properties

799
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,559
were blighted under there as well. So

800
00:30:42,559 --> 00:30:44,159
for that first one, as it applies to

801
00:30:44,159 --> 00:30:45,840
Hubert Street, that neighborhood

802
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,159
assessment we've already taken care of.

803
00:30:48,159 --> 00:30:50,399
Now, in researching this item, what a

804
00:30:50,399 --> 00:30:52,080
lot of places will tell you is that you

805
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:53,360
need to strengthen your property

806
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,200
maintenance codes. And this goes for

807
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,600
nuisance abatement, weeds and tall

808
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,640
grass, junk vehicles on it. City needs

809
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,640
to take an aggressive stance on it. And

810
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,720
that's been successful in other places

811
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,640
also with dangerous and dilapidated

812
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,039
structures as well. And that's something

813
00:31:09,039 --> 00:31:11,440
that for you know been fortunate I can

814
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,440
say I've been fortunate to be city

815
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,080
ministry for for a while now and I would

816
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,399
say communitywide I've always felt that

817
00:31:18,399 --> 00:31:19,760
hey the community takes care of this

818
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,279
issue and there's not a lot of blight in

819
00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:23,520
pel and we're very very fortunate but

820
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,520
the issue is is our housing stock gets

821
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,360
older in nature this could become more

822
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,000
of an issue in the future as well and so

823
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,360
the strengthening of the property

824
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,880
maintenance code by the committee didn't

825
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,799
make a recommendation on this item that

826
00:31:34,799 --> 00:31:36,480
should be an item for discussion at

827
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,720
future council meetings to to look at a

828
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,600
potential approach for reducing blight.

829
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:42,720
We're going to talk about the

830
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,120
residential rehabilitation program.

831
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,200
Actually, we just did with Habitat for

832
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:48,960
Humanity. The committee was recommending

833
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:50,960
to contract with Habitat for Humanity

834
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,399
for our main funds on that as well. Now,

835
00:31:54,399 --> 00:31:56,559
one item that keeps coming up and all

836
00:31:56,559 --> 00:31:58,240
the research on it when you talk about

837
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,559
reducing blight, usually one of the

838
00:32:00,559 --> 00:32:02,799
first items that's being recommended is

839
00:32:02,799 --> 00:32:05,279
a rental inspection program on it as

840
00:32:05,279 --> 00:32:07,200
well. We'll talk about the rental

841
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,919
inspection program in detail as well.

842
00:32:09,919 --> 00:32:11,760
But what the rental inspection program

843
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,240
lets us do and in essence there's a

844
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,000
strong correlation between blight

845
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,080
neighborhoods and rental properties as

846
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,399
well. What the rental inspection program

847
00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:23,039
would a do is identify how many

848
00:32:23,039 --> 00:32:24,399
properties we actually have that are

849
00:32:24,399 --> 00:32:26,720
rental units in the city of Pella. We'd

850
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,200
also have a guaranteed actually a

851
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,039
rotating site one when we'd inspect

852
00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:32,559
those rental programs for life and

853
00:32:32,559 --> 00:32:34,320
safety items as well, but someone would

854
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,399
actually be on the inside of the units

855
00:32:36,399 --> 00:32:38,159
inspecting program. So, more to come on

856
00:32:38,159 --> 00:32:40,240
that here in just a little bit. The

857
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,120
other approach to um reducing blight if

858
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:44,240
you wanted to look at the rental

859
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:45,919
inspection program and I call this the

860
00:32:45,919 --> 00:32:48,000
carrot and the stick program on it as

861
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,600
well. So, if you wanted to take a look

862
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,559
at the carrot is a urban revitalization

863
00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:54,640
area. We're going to be talking about

864
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,480
that very very soon as it flies the

865
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,399
Hubert Street area. But the thought is

866
00:32:58,399 --> 00:32:59,919
if you could encourage economic

867
00:32:59,919 --> 00:33:01,519
development or redevelopment in this

868
00:33:01,519 --> 00:33:03,360
area that would take care of some of the

869
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,039
blight issues as well. So if you wanted

870
00:33:05,039 --> 00:33:06,559
to look at that would be the potential

871
00:33:06,559 --> 00:33:09,279
cure. I hate to use the word stick with

872
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:10,720
the rental inspection program because

873
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,399
there's a lot of benefits on it but that

874
00:33:12,399 --> 00:33:14,399
would be the code enforcement aspect of

875
00:33:14,399 --> 00:33:17,120
it as well. Now, one of the items that I

876
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,120
think we've seen in Pella and that holds

877
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,799
true in other communities and I think

878
00:33:20,799 --> 00:33:22,640
it's a big item for the city on a go

879
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,080
forward basis and it's always been a

880
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:25,840
huge it's always been a significant item

881
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,399
for the city of Pella is to invest in

882
00:33:28,399 --> 00:33:30,480
your public infrastructure. If you look

883
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,720
at neighborhoods when the city redes the

884
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,200
streets

885
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,039
actually improves the streets on it,

886
00:33:37,039 --> 00:33:39,039
improves sidewalks when there's

887
00:33:39,039 --> 00:33:41,200
additional landscaping green space areas

888
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,080
around there that tends to really shape

889
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,760
up and reduce blight in those areas.

890
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,120
Now, I can think of the Huber Street

891
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:48,640
area. If you looked at our capital

892
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,720
improvement program, we have planned

893
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,279
repairs, University Street, East First

894
00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:54,799
Street. There's also going to be an

895
00:33:54,799 --> 00:33:56,240
electrical underground conversion

896
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:57,919
project on East First Street where we're

897
00:33:57,919 --> 00:33:59,760
going to be burying transmission lines

898
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,840
around this area as well here in the

899
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,720
next two years on that. And then we look

900
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,120
at the Charles S. Far Charles Farber

901
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,720
Park, which is the old power plant site,

902
00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:10,320
and what the city's planning to do and

903
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,240
really turning that in from an old power

904
00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:14,960
plant site into what I is going to be a

905
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,119
very nice public park as well. So, we

906
00:34:17,119 --> 00:34:18,480
have a lot of these items that we're

907
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:19,919
currently planning for and I didn't even

908
00:34:19,919 --> 00:34:21,280
mention the storm water improvements

909
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,440
that we're working on as well. But that

910
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,280
is an important item as far as reducing

911
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:26,879
blight is invest in your public

912
00:34:26,879 --> 00:34:29,520
infrastructure as well. So, in summary,

913
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,040
when we talk about approaches to

914
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,560
reducing blight, there's no

915
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,800
oneizefits-all. It's usually a

916
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,560
combination of approaches that you have

917
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,399
to take to actually make a dent in

918
00:34:38,399 --> 00:34:40,320
blight. And this would be something that

919
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,159
the committee looked at and we thought

920
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:44,159
we kind of prioritized the ones that we

921
00:34:44,159 --> 00:34:46,480
thought would have the most impact on it

922
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,639
overall. And with that, I think the

923
00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:50,879
census was that the city is has plans to

924
00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:52,720
invest in public infrastructure as well

925
00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:55,119
as landscaping with the Charles Charles

926
00:34:55,119 --> 00:34:57,520
Harbor Park coming in the horizon as

927
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,119
well as the repairing of the electrical

928
00:34:59,119 --> 00:35:00,960
power line, storm water improvements and

929
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,359
street improvements in this area. on

930
00:35:03,359 --> 00:35:05,839
this. Um it's a policy decision when you

931
00:35:05,839 --> 00:35:07,839
look at strengthening property

932
00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:09,440
maintenance codes and that be something

933
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,079
we certainly could follow up on as well.

934
00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:13,680
But what the committee looked at the two

935
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,599
items that we're currently not doing

936
00:35:15,599 --> 00:35:17,599
here would be the urban revitalization

937
00:35:17,599 --> 00:35:19,760
area and the rental inspection program

938
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,440
and that's what we're here to talk about

939
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,079
the rest of the program this evening. So

940
00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:26,000
with that, council member Brown, do you

941
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,680
have any additional comments to add as

942
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:28,960
far as reducing light?

943
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,640
>> Nope. Good.

944
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,040
>> Okay. I I had one question about the the

945
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,680
study. Um you mentioned a couple of the

946
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,920
commercial buildings and they actually

947
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,680
put a picture of deriders there and then

948
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,839
also mentioned Jimmy John's for for

949
00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:44,720
traffic going on to Huber. Did did they

950
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:48,400
count those as part of the

951
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,400
those properties actually assessed for

952
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:51,839
blight or were they just comment

953
00:35:51,839 --> 00:35:54,240
commenting on that for generalities? I

954
00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:56,560
>> think generalities I'll verify that but

955
00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:00,160
I do not believe they were included. And then also on the map that they give,

956
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,200
did they they talked about 36 of 65? Did

957
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,680
they identify which ones on the map that

958
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,160
we got or did they have a another

959
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,160
supplemental piece that showed which

960
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,000
ones that aren't attached here?

961
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000
>> I'm sure we can get that. Okay. Find out

962
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,240
the detail on those.

963
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:18,079
>> Okay. I don't need to see it, but I was

964
00:36:18,079 --> 00:36:19,839
just curious how they I was looking at

965
00:36:19,839 --> 00:36:21,440
the math how they came up with the

966
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:22,400
numbers on that.

967
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,520
>> Okay. I think they also Calvin looked uh

968
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,760
in the in the blight assessment there's

969
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,880
also a safety evaluation and so I think

970
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,680
some of the the things uh like the uh

971
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,880
photograph of the writer and the uh

972
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:40,960
mention of Jimmy John's and going into

973
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,240
business were part of the safety

974
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:46,720
>> because they also looked at safety for

975
00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:47,760
children.

976
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,200
>> I just didn't know if that figured into

977
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:50,480
the math or not.

978
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,560
>> Um no I don't believe it does. I think

979
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:56,079
it's numbers of of actual lighted

980
00:36:56,079 --> 00:36:59,040
property, but then they do have a caveat

981
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:03,359
in that study uh mentioning safety.

982
00:37:03,359 --> 00:37:10,390
So, it's a good point. Thank you.

983
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,520
» Okay, let's go ahead and let's talk

984
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,440
about kind of the continuation of the

985
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,839
Huber Street area. And when we talked

986
00:37:17,839 --> 00:37:19,520
about economic development, economic

987
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:20,800
development is very important in

988
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,280
communities with it. And the thought is

989
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,040
when you look at economic development,

990
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,320
usually we're talking about urban

991
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:27,680
renewal plans. We're going to be there's

992
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,040
going to be a lot of discussion on urban

993
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,599
renewal plans on Thursday night. This is

994
00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:34,240
another approach uh to for economic

995
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:35,680
development. It's called an urban

996
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:39,680
revitalization plan um with it. And so

997
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,839
with urban revitalization, it has a lot

998
00:37:41,839 --> 00:37:44,800
of the same framework as urban renewal

999
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,200
does on it. It's very similar as far as

1000
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,520
adoption. We'll have to formalize it if

1001
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,359
the council proceeds with an urban

1002
00:37:51,359 --> 00:37:52,880
revitalization plan. We'll have to

1003
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:56,160
develop a plan document as well. There

1004
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,920
be adopted via there will be an urban

1005
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,119
vitalization ordinance as well. In

1006
00:38:01,119 --> 00:38:03,040
addition, the notification requirements

1007
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,599
for urban arrivalization areas are more

1008
00:38:05,599 --> 00:38:07,520
significant than urban renewal plans.

1009
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:08,960
There'll be actually in addition to

1010
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,200
advertising for public hearings, there

1011
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:12,960
actually be mailed notices to every

1012
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,720
property that's within this district as

1013
00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:16,960
well. we move forward. So, it's a little

1014
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,320
bit more intensive as far as

1015
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:19,920
notification requirements of urban

1016
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,000
renewal, but the basic framework is the

1017
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,400
same. Now, overall, if you're looking at

1018
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,079
urban revitalization, we're talking

1019
00:38:26,079 --> 00:38:29,119
about 65 odd properties. With urban

1020
00:38:29,119 --> 00:38:30,720
renewal and economic development, we've

1021
00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:32,400
been focused a lot on those properties.

1022
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,400
A lot of times with urban renewal, what

1023
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,079
you're looking at is one property owner

1024
00:38:36,079 --> 00:38:38,720
that's developing their property on it.

1025
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:40,160
It's a little different when you go to

1026
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,760
an established neighborhood and you're

1027
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,839
dealing with multiple property owners

1028
00:38:43,839 --> 00:38:46,480
throughout the area. When you look at

1029
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,480
those properties and my sense is

1030
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:49,680
particularly at the residential

1031
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,680
properties that you could potentially

1032
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:53,599
have if you wanted to try to accomplish

1033
00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:55,520
economic development a lot of smaller

1034
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,920
projects instead of one large project

1035
00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,280
there could be multiple small

1036
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:02,400
improvement projects as well. So what

1037
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,480
urban revitalization was most commonly

1038
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,839
used for in Iowa is tax abatement on tax

1039
00:39:07,839 --> 00:39:10,079
abatements for new improvements within

1040
00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:12,400
the area. And so what our committee

1041
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,079
talked about and these aren't set in

1042
00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:16,160
stone. The purpose of tonight's

1043
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:17,599
discussion is to see if there's interest

1044
00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:20,000
in going forward with council with an

1045
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,599
urban realization plan. So just taking a

1046
00:39:23,599 --> 00:39:25,200
stab at this to throw something out

1047
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,880
there for discussion purposes. What our

1048
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,200
committee talked about is the projects

1049
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,520
that would be eligible for active date

1050
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,000
would be residential rehabilitation

1051
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,320
including additions and expansions

1052
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,480
construction of new single family to and

1053
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:42,000
multifamily residential housing as well.

1054
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,560
Now, I will say this, um, with it, we

1055
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:45,920
approached this from a policy

1056
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,079
standpoint. We certainly could have had

1057
00:39:48,079 --> 00:39:50,079
more in-depth conversations on these

1058
00:39:50,079 --> 00:39:51,520
eligible improvements, and there's

1059
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:53,839
different perspectives on things such as

1060
00:39:53,839 --> 00:39:56,079
multifamily housing out there with our

1061
00:39:56,079 --> 00:39:58,400
committee. But we thought that just in

1062
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:01,040
throwing putting these up for proposals

1063
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:02,880
that if council was interested in this,

1064
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,880
there' be additional discussions on this

1065
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,960
as well. Hopefully the NRG committee be

1066
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,560
able to share some additional feedbacks

1067
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,400
and additional recommendations if

1068
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,040
council is interested in going forward

1069
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:14,560
or further exploring an urban

1070
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:17,440
vitalization plan. The committee also

1071
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,599
talked about this item that we have and

1072
00:40:19,599 --> 00:40:21,920
that's the fourth bullet point down is

1073
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,920
under state law there's a requirement of

1074
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,839
the urban vitalization plan will have as

1075
00:40:25,839 --> 00:40:27,839
a threshold as far as the minimum

1076
00:40:27,839 --> 00:40:30,240
improvement. I initially had the number

1077
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:31,839
proposed significantly higher than

1078
00:40:31,839 --> 00:40:34,880
$10,000 for minimum improvement. Um the

1079
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,560
committee had a lot of talk and

1080
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,400
discussion about that and we settled on

1081
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,079
10,000. Now whether that's the right

1082
00:40:40,079 --> 00:40:42,079
number or not um that's up for

1083
00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:44,000
discussion as well. There is a

1084
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,520
requirement under state law when you

1085
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:47,040
look at tax abatement that the

1086
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:48,880
improvement or the new construction has

1087
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,119
to lead to at least at least a 10%

1088
00:40:51,119 --> 00:40:53,359
increase in valuation for the property

1089
00:40:53,359 --> 00:40:55,839
as well. So how that plays into 10,000

1090
00:40:55,839 --> 00:40:58,319
that would probably need further um

1091
00:40:58,319 --> 00:41:01,680
further research on that as well. Now if

1092
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,839
we did we're going to move forward with

1093
00:41:03,839 --> 00:41:06,560
urban revitalization plan and area on

1094
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:08,880
it. We could offer a maximum tax

1095
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,200
abatement under state law of up to 100%

1096
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,960
of eligible improvements for up to 10

1097
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,440
years. Now, this would exclude the

1098
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,119
school district levy. So, if you looked

1099
00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:18,800
at the tax rate and backed out to

1100
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,560
school, you'd be looking about half of a

1101
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:22,800
typical property tax bill in which is

1102
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,680
significant. So, again, what the idea

1103
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,400
with this is you'd be incentivizing

1104
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:29,839
property owners to improve their

1105
00:41:29,839 --> 00:41:32,400
property. You'd also be incentivizing

1106
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:34,640
developers to go into this area and

1107
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,960
potentially conduct smaller projects and

1108
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:38,640
improve the neighborhood as well.

1109
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,319
Hopefully with the goal of eliminating

1110
00:41:40,319 --> 00:41:42,560
or reducing blight on it. That would be

1111
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,040
the ultimate goal with this. So Heidi,

1112
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,000
let's go ahead please.

1113
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,720
Okay, let's back up if we could please.

1114
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:53,280
So again, I mean I would tell you with

1115
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,040
urban renewal plans, we've done a lot of

1116
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,800
urban renewal plans, a lot of

1117
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,800
development agreements on urban renewal.

1118
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,119
I see the advantage of like this. If we

1119
00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:03,839
establish an urban revitalization plan

1120
00:42:03,839 --> 00:42:06,400
in an area and you identify the Heber

1121
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,720
Street area, I view a lot of just

1122
00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:10,400
improvements could happen just

1123
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,079
organically without the city getting

1124
00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:13,440
involved. It would just be handled down

1125
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,599
at the county auditors, county

1126
00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:17,680
assessor's office when you look at those

1127
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,440
improvements. So the smaller projects

1128
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,200
could take place without necessarily

1129
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:22,640
having a development agreement with the

1130
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,560
city of Pella. And I think that's

1131
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,440
significant to it as well. And so the

1132
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,359
hope would be with the tax abatement

1133
00:42:29,359 --> 00:42:31,040
that set up for smaller improvements.

1134
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:32,400
And again, what we're trying to do is

1135
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,720
incentivize economic development in this

1136
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:37,119
area. And so with that, I'd once again

1137
00:42:37,119 --> 00:42:38,720
like to turn the floor to council member

1138
00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:40,240
Brandon Wars to add any additional

1139
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:41,520
comments on this.

1140
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,319
>> Right. I think the most important thing

1141
00:42:44,319 --> 00:42:47,760
uh to note is that the committee is uh

1142
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:51,440
focusing on developing neighborhoods

1143
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:55,359
uh getting individuals uh to get into

1144
00:42:55,359 --> 00:42:58,800
these homes and send their children to

1145
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,599
Pella schools, shop in the Pella grocery

1146
00:43:01,599 --> 00:43:04,240
stores and shops. It's it's about

1147
00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:06,720
neighborhood revitalization just as its

1148
00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:09,520
title is. It's about eventually seeing

1149
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,520
kids riding their bikes up and down the

1150
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,160
sidewalks in a safe and healthy

1151
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,640
environment.

1152
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,440
It's not if if you live in that area,

1153
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:22,240
which I do, it doesn't mean that we're

1154
00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:24,319
going to have the bulldozers

1155
00:43:24,319 --> 00:43:27,200
ready to go and sit at the top of the

1156
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,000
hill. No, we're going to walk alongside

1157
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,040
of of families that believe in this area

1158
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:38,710
and want to breathe new life into it.

1159
00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:38,960
» [clears throat]

1160
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,079
>> So, it's the Habitat for Humanity

1161
00:43:42,079 --> 00:43:44,480
Partnership you talked about, is that

1162
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,599
within this revitalization plan or is

1163
00:43:47,599 --> 00:43:49,839
that something?

1164
00:43:49,839 --> 00:43:50,800
>> Well, [clears throat] it certainly could

1165
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,119
cover it. So, we sent out letters right

1166
00:43:53,119 --> 00:43:55,520
away to specifically to this district to

1167
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:56,960
let them know that our program is

1168
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,839
available to them. So, um, for the owner

1169
00:43:59,839 --> 00:44:01,440
occupied homes, especially the ones

1170
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,720
under like $200,000 assessment, they've

1171
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:06,800
already been made aware that this is an

1172
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:08,960
option for them. So, um, some of them

1173
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,280
might take, you know, more work than

1174
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:17,109
that.

1175
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:19,760
» I think the humanity programs anywhere

1176
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:24,710
in the city.

1177
00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:26,400
» Thanks. But we're certainly happy to

1178
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,040
target that area as well.

1179
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:29,920
>> Mike, [clears throat] when you talked

1180
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,880
about that 10% increase in value, do

1181
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,720
they use the assessed value as the

1182
00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:37,599
baseline of preassessed value and a post

1183
00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:38,640
assessed value?

1184
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,560
>> We believe so, but that's something we'd

1185
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:45,990
have to verify. Okay, Google council.

1186
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,599
» Okay. Any other questions about the

1187
00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:50,800
urban revitalization plan? So, I think

1188
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,800
you're going to move into the inspection

1189
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:57,750
program.

1190
00:44:57,760 --> 00:44:59,920
I should say is anybody opposed to

1191
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:05,109
pursuing that?

1192
00:45:05,119 --> 00:45:06,880
» Okay, let's talk about the rental

1193
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:11,119
inspection program and with this again

1194
00:45:11,119 --> 00:45:12,800
the committee was looking at it and we

1195
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,400
originally started discussing the rental

1196
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,079
inspection program when we looked at

1197
00:45:16,079 --> 00:45:17,599
items that were successful as far as

1198
00:45:17,599 --> 00:45:19,680
reducing blight. But when you look at

1199
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:21,839
the city and the growth of the city on

1200
00:45:21,839 --> 00:45:23,839
it and with the rental inspection and

1201
00:45:23,839 --> 00:45:25,680
we've been involved in I would say a

1202
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:27,440
little bit of background on on this as

1203
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,000
well, we do typic not typically

1204
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:31,760
occasionally hear about complaints from

1205
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,160
renters at the city as well. This seems

1206
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,160
to be an area that you know we're not

1207
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,400
quite at the $15,000

1208
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,119
15,000 population, excuse me, level

1209
00:45:41,119 --> 00:45:42,800
where we'd be required to have a rental

1210
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:44,560
inspection program, but we're bumping

1211
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:47,280
up. We anticipate bumping up that here

1212
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:50,240
in the next decade or so. Now, with

1213
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:53,920
that, again, for a population of 15,000,

1214
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,160
we'd be required to have this program.

1215
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:57,520
And what the committee looked at the

1216
00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:59,040
rental inspection program and some of

1217
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,040
the difficulties the city's had on

1218
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,200
rental inspection. And we'll talk later

1219
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,280
on this evening about public safety and

1220
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:06,480
some of the issues with the public

1221
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,040
safety departments as well. But as it

1222
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,119
applies to blight, there is in other

1223
00:46:11,119 --> 00:46:13,119
communities a high correlation between

1224
00:46:13,119 --> 00:46:16,000
blight and rental rental properties, not

1225
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:17,440
only in the Hebrew Street area, but

1226
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,119
throughout the city of Pel. That could

1227
00:46:19,119 --> 00:46:21,359
be the case as well. So other

1228
00:46:21,359 --> 00:46:24,000
communities that are under 15,000, for

1229
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:25,599
instance, that have adopted a rental

1230
00:46:25,599 --> 00:46:27,200
inspection program. This could be the

1231
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:28,720
city of Knoxville. This could be the

1232
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:30,160
city of Oscaloosa. This could be the

1233
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,240
city of Grenell. All of those cities

1234
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:33,839
have adopted the rental inspection

1235
00:46:33,839 --> 00:46:36,079
program. A lot of cities have adopted

1236
00:46:36,079 --> 00:46:38,160
just looking at life and safety, health

1237
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:39,920
and safety issues that are listed up

1238
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:41,280
here on the board. So this would be

1239
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,280
smoke and carbon monoxide alarms,

1240
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,599
electrical hazards, heating and plumbing

1241
00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:48,000
systems, sanitation within the within

1242
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:50,160
the home, property maintenance items as

1243
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:53,119
well as structural items as well. So

1244
00:46:53,119 --> 00:46:55,520
cities tend to focus on on those items

1245
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:56,800
when you go through. So, we're not

1246
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,400
looking to bring the entire housing

1247
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,640
structure up to code, but we are focused

1248
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,800
on life and safety issues and health and

1249
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,119
safety issues as well. So, let's go

1250
00:47:05,119 --> 00:47:08,710
ahead, please, Heidi.

1251
00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:10,640
Now, one of the benefits we think with

1252
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,319
the rental inspection program is a lot

1253
00:47:12,319 --> 00:47:14,319
of rental inspection programs require an

1254
00:47:14,319 --> 00:47:16,240
annual registration of all rental units

1255
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:19,200
within the city of Pella. And one of the

1256
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,440
items if you were to ask folks, how many

1257
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,599
exact rental units do we have in Pella,

1258
00:47:23,599 --> 00:47:25,119
you always get this kind of good look.

1259
00:47:25,119 --> 00:47:26,240
Well,

1260
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:28,640
on it. We don't have an exact count. We

1261
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,079
would have a handle on it, but that's

1262
00:47:30,079 --> 00:47:32,480
not the sole reason for doing this with

1263
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:34,560
annual registration. I think one of the

1264
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:37,119
hidden benefits of this is we would also

1265
00:47:37,119 --> 00:47:39,119
ask for a local property manager or

1266
00:47:39,119 --> 00:47:41,839
emergency contract on it. So, when we

1267
00:47:41,839 --> 00:47:44,160
have a public safety call on this, that

1268
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,000
information would be very very bene

1269
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:47,520
beneficial to our public safety

1270
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,040
departments and I'll let them talk about

1271
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:52,319
it here very very soon on that as well.

1272
00:47:52,319 --> 00:47:54,319
Now, as far as the frequencies of

1273
00:47:54,319 --> 00:47:56,079
inspections, the city council, that's a

1274
00:47:56,079 --> 00:47:57,760
policy decision. The city council would

1275
00:47:57,760 --> 00:47:59,440
have to decide how often we would

1276
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,760
inspect the rental units, but our

1277
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,160
committee talked about them. Most rental

1278
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:05,920
inspection programs are anywhere from

1279
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,480
two to four years initially on it as

1280
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:11,359
well. And the fees for it for the

1281
00:48:11,359 --> 00:48:12,800
cities, there are some firms that

1282
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:14,400
conduct the rental inspection programs

1283
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:15,920
that the city would hire that they would

1284
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,319
bill out the property owners directly on

1285
00:48:18,319 --> 00:48:20,640
it as well. Now, we did contact one

1286
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,480
contractor performs numerous rental

1287
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,040
inspections throughout Iowa. Their fees

1288
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,599
would be $125 for the first unit. This

1289
00:48:27,599 --> 00:48:29,520
would be for the property owner and $50

1290
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,880
for additional units as well. So

1291
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,440
overall, we thought again we originally

1292
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,440
started on this as a blight reduction

1293
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:39,200
item, but there's a lot of other

1294
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,920
benefits with this as well. And I'd like

1295
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,160
to start off with if I could call on

1296
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:46,400
Chief Bogard of the fire department to

1297
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:47,680
talk a little bit from the fire

1298
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:49,520
department's perspective on proposed

1299
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:51,158
rental inspection programs.

1300
00:48:51,158 --> 00:48:55,510
[clears throat]

1301
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:58,880
In a recent meeting I had with Mike, we

1302
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,280
discussed the public safety aspect of

1303
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:03,839
rental inspection program.

1304
00:49:03,839 --> 00:49:06,160
Um for the record, fire department would

1305
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,160
definitely be in favor of initiating

1306
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,520
such program. I believe it helps serve

1307
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:14,480
as a leveling the playing field so to

1308
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,440
speak of all the property owners. To be

1309
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,680
clear, there are many, many good,

1310
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:21,520
trustworthy, responsible property

1311
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:25,359
owners, rental property owners in right

1312
00:49:25,359 --> 00:49:27,440
now, they're already providing and even

1313
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:30,000
overproviding what's required. This

1314
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,520
discussion is really for those that

1315
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:35,200
aren't and they are out there.

1316
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:37,119
Uh, I discussed with Mike a recent call

1317
00:49:37,119 --> 00:49:40,559
that we had where a young couple had

1318
00:49:40,559 --> 00:49:42,880
rented a duplex, had only been living

1319
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:44,319
there about a week or so, and the young

1320
00:49:44,319 --> 00:49:46,319
man noticed there was no CO detector

1321
00:49:46,319 --> 00:49:49,200
present. He took it upon himself to buy

1322
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:52,240
one and put it into service. Two days

1323
00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:56,000
later, all three agencies here responded

1324
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:59,440
to that unit with a CO activation call.

1325
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:01,040
We went in and discovered some of the

1326
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:03,440
highest readings I've ever seen. The

1327
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:06,480
furnace had malfunctioned

1328
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:09,760
and these folks might not have survived

1329
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:10,880
because it was in the middle of the

1330
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:14,000
night. They were sleeping. That

1331
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:16,800
activation woke them up. They took it

1332
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:21,990
seriously, called 911 and evacuated.

1333
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,160
Without the presence of that detector

1334
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:26,720
that he installed himself, the outcome

1335
00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:30,160
would have been completely different.

1336
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,400
They were lucky. Consequently, we were

1337
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:33,920
lucky.

1338
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:36,400
I'm not comfortable relying on luck

1339
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,119
regarding public safety. I think we can

1340
00:50:39,119 --> 00:50:44,390
do better. Thank you for listening.

1341
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:49,829
» Chief McH.

1342
00:50:49,839 --> 00:50:51,359
» Yeah, the police department is very much

1343
00:50:51,359 --> 00:50:53,040
in favor of this. You know, a lot of

1344
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,040
people look at public safety as siloed.

1345
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:56,400
You know, fire department, police

1346
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,960
department, ambulance. We're not. Um we

1347
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:02,720
all, you know, situation arises, we all

1348
00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:04,480
come together and so we have a lot of

1349
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:06,800
the similar concerns and and actually

1350
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:08,640
the same issues

1351
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:10,960
from the police department standpoint.

1352
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:12,400
You know, I look at anything that

1353
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,720
improves the quality of life in this

1354
00:51:14,720 --> 00:51:17,359
city, a positive thing. So, public

1355
00:51:17,359 --> 00:51:19,520
safety, that's that's my lens. That's my

1356
00:51:19,520 --> 00:51:22,960
focal point. Uh, also when we talk about

1357
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:24,880
contacts, there's there's just numerous

1358
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:26,880
times throughout, you know, different

1359
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:29,280
calls for service where we need contact

1360
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,920
information of who owns this apartment

1361
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,559
or who owns this house. And sometimes we

1362
00:51:34,559 --> 00:51:36,960
don't have the luxury of time. And so

1363
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:40,000
having, you know, this compiled in one

1364
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,640
um in one section which would come

1365
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:44,079
through the police department, we have a

1366
00:51:44,079 --> 00:51:47,280
very robust uh CAD system uh already in

1367
00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:48,720
place. So we wouldn't have to spend any

1368
00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:51,680
money to do this. uh is super important

1369
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:54,160
and I echo a lot of the same comments as

1370
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,720
chief

1371
00:51:56,720 --> 00:51:59,280
>> take Boston.

1372
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:02,240
>> Um I'm also going to echo the same uh

1373
00:52:02,240 --> 00:52:04,640
same views as Chief Bogar. I'm going to

1374
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:06,480
bring a remembrance to some people from

1375
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:09,119
about six years ago. We got called to

1376
00:52:09,119 --> 00:52:11,760
the manor. You all know the manor here

1377
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:13,599
has a lot of individuals that live

1378
00:52:13,599 --> 00:52:16,559
there. Um, and we actually we have

1379
00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:18,800
carbon monoxide detectors on our bags

1380
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:20,240
and we were there for somebody that was

1381
00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:23,119
sick and they were feeling sick and our

1382
00:52:23,119 --> 00:52:24,559
alarms went off the minute we walked

1383
00:52:24,559 --> 00:52:26,240
into that that building and we had to

1384
00:52:26,240 --> 00:52:27,839
evacuate it. It was evacuated for

1385
00:52:27,839 --> 00:52:29,680
several weeks while they fixed the

1386
00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:31,760
carbon monoxide leak. Had we not had

1387
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:34,400
that luck of having a carbon dioxide

1388
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:36,160
detector on our bag and detecting that,

1389
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:38,319
how many people could have perished from

1390
00:52:38,319 --> 00:52:41,280
that? And this could all be rectified by

1391
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:43,440
having a program where detectors like

1392
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:50,790
that are in place. So,

1393
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,040
and before we turn over our

1394
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:54,800
recommendation, council member Brander

1395
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:56,640
Horse, do you have anything to add?

1396
00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:59,680
>> No, I I I want to thank each and every

1397
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,240
one of the department heads that spoke.

1398
00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:05,920
Um, some of you um have been chatting

1399
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:09,440
with me about this for eight plus years

1400
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:12,720
and it it's not only time, it's past

1401
00:53:12,720 --> 00:53:17,280
time and uh to Ry's point, you know

1402
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:20,480
what, one incident like that is one too

1403
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:27,349
many. So, appreciate your input greatly.

1404
00:53:27,359 --> 00:53:30,079
I see the fees here, but what are the

1405
00:53:30,079 --> 00:53:33,040
penalties for not complying? Are they in

1406
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:35,119
here somewhere that I read?

1407
00:53:35,119 --> 00:53:37,760
>> Yeah, but that you didn't talk about the

1408
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:39,839
non-compliant or the reinspection fees.

1409
00:53:39,839 --> 00:53:42,400
We had to verify that. So, if council's

1410
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:43,760
interested in the rental inspection

1411
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:45,280
program, that's kind of a nice segue.

1412
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:47,599
Council member Butler, if I can jump in.

1413
00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:50,000
What our thoughts are is at the NRG

1414
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:52,400
committee, we talked about things on a

1415
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:55,920
broad policy level. We didn't into the

1416
00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:57,680
details other than what we're talking

1417
00:53:57,680 --> 00:53:59,680
about here. We wanted to make sure

1418
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:01,920
before we looked at additional details

1419
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:03,839
on it that council was in favor of even

1420
00:54:03,839 --> 00:54:06,160
pursuing it in the first place. Other

1421
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:09,040
cities do have a fee for reinspections

1422
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:11,359
on those and it automatically triggers

1423
00:54:11,359 --> 00:54:13,760
if you have issues. The follow-up

1424
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:15,440
inspection is given amount of time to

1425
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:16,640
the property owner to come into

1426
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:19,119
compliance on it. And so there are fees

1427
00:54:19,119 --> 00:54:21,119
for reinspection, but this assumes a

1428
00:54:21,119 --> 00:54:23,280
clean build first time the units

1429
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:24,720
inspected. But there would be additional

1430
00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:26,720
fees if they had to come back out most

1431
00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:30,240
likely. Okay. And I I would recommend

1432
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:37,349
random inspections, not scheduled

1433
00:54:37,359 --> 00:54:38,960
because

1434
00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:41,680
if they know the schedule,

1435
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:45,680
it's too easy to fix stuff.

1436
00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:51,270
You want to correct stuff.

1437
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:54,319
The business I was in when I got in the

1438
00:54:54,319 --> 00:54:56,640
grain business, we had random warehouse

1439
00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:58,319
inspections. You never knew when the guy

1440
00:54:58,319 --> 00:55:00,559
was coming. [snorts] You walked in,

1441
00:55:00,559 --> 00:55:03,040
dropped his satchel, and you were under

1442
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,640
the gun. So, you know, just you can

1443
00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:18,549
figure out how to do it randomly.

1444
00:55:18,559 --> 00:55:20,400
» The one thing we have to think about

1445
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:22,880
There are some laws that since there's

1446
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:25,280
tenants there there there's a notice

1447
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:28,000
requirement. I don't I don't know if

1448
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,319
that can be overridden by state code or

1449
00:55:30,319 --> 00:55:32,000
not but that just that's what a

1450
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,079
committee's for right to research this.

1451
00:55:34,079 --> 00:55:35,760
>> Yeah. I think for tonight I think we

1452
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:38,480
might be digging too deep into details

1453
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:41,119
here. I think we expect I think

1454
00:55:41,119 --> 00:55:45,040
>> I would assume based on the three

1455
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,440
>> Yeah. what we just heard that we want to

1456
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,240
move in the direction of establishing a

1457
00:55:50,240 --> 00:55:52,640
rental program, inspection program.

1458
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:54,559
>> So, let's start there. Committee can

1459
00:55:54,559 --> 00:55:56,240
work with staff,

1460
00:55:56,240 --> 00:55:58,000
>> lay out the parameters, then we can

1461
00:55:58,000 --> 00:55:59,839
start picking the parameters part if we

1462
00:55:59,839 --> 00:56:01,119
want to.

1463
00:56:01,119 --> 00:56:02,640
>> Because when I look up there, I think

1464
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:04,400
two to four years, if you only do it

1465
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,799
every four years,

1466
00:56:06,799 --> 00:56:08,720
that would what good would that do? I

1467
00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:13,119
mean the CO2 detector could go out

1468
00:56:13,119 --> 00:56:15,920
three years and you know anyway but I

1469
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:18,000
think all those details we would

1470
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:20,480
anticipate coming back with an actual

1471
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:23,440
policy to discuss

1472
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:27,119
>> and to your point it is an incredibly

1473
00:56:27,119 --> 00:56:30,079
detailed committee. Everyone on there is

1474
00:56:30,079 --> 00:56:33,680
a detailed person and they will really

1475
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:38,470
rise to the occasion.

1476
00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:41,200
Okay. So, just to make sure we're all on

1477
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:42,960
the same page, let's go. Excuse the next

1478
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,599
slide, please. Heidi. So, with that,

1479
00:56:45,599 --> 00:56:47,520
staff is planning on proceeding with the

1480
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:50,480
LMI grant program, Habitat for Humanity.

1481
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:51,920
There'll be a formal contract. We

1482
00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:53,839
already have a contract of Habitat for

1483
00:56:53,839 --> 00:56:56,480
the program. We'll most likely have an

1484
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:58,079
additional contract for the remaining

1485
00:56:58,079 --> 00:57:00,960
LMI funds that we will have on that.

1486
00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:03,760
probably take that just for review of

1487
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,839
the NRG committee before it proceeds to

1488
00:57:05,839 --> 00:57:09,440
county to the the council, excuse me.

1489
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:12,079
Two, um, with the urban revitalization

1490
00:57:12,079 --> 00:57:14,160
plan for Cuber Street area, we'd like to

1491
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:16,640
go back to the NRG committee and talk

1492
00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:18,559
about the details of that program before

1493
00:57:18,559 --> 00:57:20,720
we hold another work session on it at

1494
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:23,839
council as well. And the last item that

1495
00:57:23,839 --> 00:57:25,599
we have as far as the rental inspection

1496
00:57:25,599 --> 00:57:28,079
program, we'd ultimately like to go back

1497
00:57:28,079 --> 00:57:30,720
to the city council as well, but I also

1498
00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:32,480
would like to to mention that we are

1499
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:35,599
planning on holding work sessions on the

1500
00:57:35,599 --> 00:57:38,319
commercial building code, especi

1501
00:57:38,319 --> 00:57:41,359
specifically on interior renovations on

1502
00:57:41,359 --> 00:57:43,839
existing buildings as well. So, we had

1503
00:57:43,839 --> 00:57:46,640
thought with that that time when we

1504
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:48,480
talked about enforcement and property

1505
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:49,760
owners that we would talk about the

1506
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:51,520
rental inspection program. Again, we

1507
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:53,119
don't have to do that. We can send this

1508
00:57:53,119 --> 00:57:55,280
directly back to the committee and work

1509
00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:58,319
independently of that sessions on the

1510
00:57:58,319 --> 00:57:59,839
commercial building code independently

1511
00:57:59,839 --> 00:58:03,200
of the rental inspection program. So, um

1512
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:05,599
with that, Mr. Mayor, don't have any

1513
00:58:05,599 --> 00:58:07,680
suggestions. Well, I I just think based

1514
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:09,680
on discussion,

1515
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:13,839
uh, we definitely want the committee to

1516
00:58:13,839 --> 00:58:15,760
hammer out more details about a rental

1517
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:18,480
inspection inspection program for

1518
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:21,200
>> for housing, rental housing, the

1519
00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:23,520
commercial code. I see that as a

1520
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:25,760
separate discussion, commercial code,

1521
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:29,359
building code discussion. So I would

1522
00:58:29,359 --> 00:58:33,920
expect the the committee to start having

1523
00:58:33,920 --> 00:58:35,359
more discussions about the rental

1524
00:58:35,359 --> 00:58:37,119
inspection program

1525
00:58:37,119 --> 00:58:40,319
>> bring something council to actually

1526
00:58:40,319 --> 00:58:47,190
approve.

1527
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,359
» Yes sir. Thank you.

1528
00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:51,040
>> Okay. [clears throat]

1529
00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:52,799
We'll move on to Pella Historical

1530
00:58:52,799 --> 00:58:54,880
Society proposal regarding the trolley

1531
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:57,920
station. I see we have a few members of

1532
00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:00,960
the historical society here. Uh are they

1533
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:02,640
doing this? Are you going to do it or

1534
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:04,880
>> I'll do a brief mayor before we turn the

1535
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:06,640
floor over and a little bit of

1536
00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:08,720
background. The fellow historical museum

1537
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:10,559
is in the process of renovating and

1538
00:59:10,559 --> 00:59:12,799
build Wells Fargo Bank that's located at

1539
00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:14,799
712 Washington Street. And here's their

1540
00:59:14,799 --> 00:59:17,040
approved design commit by the city's

1541
00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:18,640
community development committee to the

1542
00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:20,960
building that we have up here as well.

1543
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:22,720
Little bit of background on the

1544
00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:24,400
facility, including the hours of

1545
00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:26,079
operations. It'll be seven days a week

1546
00:59:26,079 --> 00:59:28,160
from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. And we do

1547
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,480
have listing of the exhibits inside

1548
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:32,480
there. Is important to note the building

1549
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:34,400
will contain proposed to contain public

1550
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:36,559
restrooms. What we're here to talk about

1551
00:59:36,559 --> 00:59:38,720
this evening is a proposal that we've

1552
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:40,559
received from the public historical

1553
00:59:40,559 --> 00:59:42,880
museums and specifically at the end of

1554
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:44,400
the discussion we're looking for

1555
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:46,160
direction if we want to move forward in

1556
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:48,799
drafting considering a draft contract

1557
00:59:48,799 --> 00:59:51,440
with the historical museums on this for

1558
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,200
the public restrooms as well as the

1559
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:55,280
proposed alley upgrade that's being

1560
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:58,000
proposed. So, as far as their proposal

1561
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:00,160
this evening, what we're looking at in

1562
01:00:00,160 --> 01:00:02,240
exchange for allowing the public to use

1563
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:03,839
public restrooms within their new

1564
01:00:03,839 --> 01:00:06,079
building, they're asking or requesting

1565
01:00:06,079 --> 01:00:08,559
an $8,000 stipen to help support the

1566
01:00:08,559 --> 01:00:11,839
operations of of the public restrooms.

1567
01:00:11,839 --> 01:00:14,160
In addition, the item number two, which

1568
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:15,760
is somewhat new to the city council,

1569
01:00:15,760 --> 01:00:17,839
we've talked about this alley before at

1570
01:00:17,839 --> 01:00:20,400
city council meetings as well. What they

1571
01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:22,799
are proposing and requesting city do is

1572
01:00:22,799 --> 01:00:24,559
take ownership and upgrade the alley

1573
01:00:24,559 --> 01:00:26,880
that's along the northern boundary of

1574
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:28,720
the station as well. And I believe we

1575
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:31,680
may have a map of the alley here as

1576
01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:34,480
well. So this is the alley that we're

1577
01:00:34,480 --> 01:00:37,839
back here looking at as well. It's this

1578
01:00:37,839 --> 01:00:40,799
green highlighted area that we have

1579
01:00:40,799 --> 01:00:43,280
Wells Fargo building is located right

1580
01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:46,720
over over here as well. So now as far as

1581
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:49,440
staff's understanding of this, it's our

1582
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:51,200
understanding that the property owner,

1583
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:53,119
the legal property owner of the alley is

1584
01:00:53,119 --> 01:00:55,200
willing to donate the property to the

1585
01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:58,559
city. The PEL his Historical Museum say

1586
01:00:58,559 --> 01:01:00,319
a preliminary cost estimate for the

1587
01:01:00,319 --> 01:01:02,000
alley improvements. They range somewhere

1588
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:04,400
between 60 to $80,000. If we were going

1589
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:07,359
to hire a contractor, the 80,000 would

1590
01:01:07,359 --> 01:01:09,839
be as if we repaid it with a brick inlay

1591
01:01:09,839 --> 01:01:12,960
on it as well. So from staff's

1592
01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:14,480
perspective, we are looking for

1593
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:16,960
direction. Um there's a lot of details

1594
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:18,799
not on the historical society or the

1595
01:01:18,799 --> 01:01:21,040
historical museum's part, but on city

1596
01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:22,960
staff's part that we would need to firm

1597
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:25,119
up before we formally consider this

1598
01:01:25,119 --> 01:01:26,559
item. So we're simply looking for

1599
01:01:26,559 --> 01:01:29,680
direction this evening on it. Before we

1600
01:01:29,680 --> 01:01:31,680
turn the floor over, we'll jump to the

1601
01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:32,960
questions that we're going to be asking

1602
01:01:32,960 --> 01:01:34,799
at the end of the presentation. So let's

1603
01:01:34,799 --> 01:01:37,040
go ahead, please.

1604
01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:38,960
If council would like to proceed further

1605
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:40,640
with these two projects and consider

1606
01:01:40,640 --> 01:01:42,400
them, what we would do is we'd go back

1607
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:44,960
and we we would develop a project budget

1608
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:47,760
both for the public restrooms as well as

1609
01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:49,440
get an updated cost estimate for

1610
01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:51,599
upgrading the alley. One of the items

1611
01:01:51,599 --> 01:01:53,119
that we're going to take a look at is

1612
01:01:53,119 --> 01:01:54,960
whether we can do it with city crews or

1613
01:01:54,960 --> 01:01:57,359
not. That would significantly reduce the

1614
01:01:57,359 --> 01:01:59,040
cost of that alley down. So, we'll look

1615
01:01:59,040 --> 01:02:02,480
at the feasibility on that as well. And

1616
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:04,400
we'll also have a draft agreement that

1617
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:06,240
we would work on with the historical

1618
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:08,319
museums as well, both for the restroom

1619
01:02:08,319 --> 01:02:10,720
use as well as the alley project on it.

1620
01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:13,040
And so again, we're simply looking for

1621
01:02:13,040 --> 01:02:14,640
direction this evening. And as Mayor

1622
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:16,559
Dart stated, we do have representatives

1623
01:02:16,559 --> 01:02:19,680
here tonight. I'm sure we'd love to

1624
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:21,440
speak and get their perspective on the

1625
01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:23,599
project. So mayor before we turn the

1626
01:02:23,599 --> 01:02:25,119
floor over.

1627
01:02:25,119 --> 01:02:26,640
>> Yeah.

1628
01:02:26,640 --> 01:02:29,670
Comments.

1629
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:32,400
» Well, my two cents worth. I'm not big on

1630
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:34,799
the brick. I'll leave it at that. You

1631
01:02:34,799 --> 01:02:36,480
know, a lot of old people coming through

1632
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:40,799
there. Weather conditions, wet, ice,

1633
01:02:40,799 --> 01:02:42,880
brick is sleep, slippery. We get a lot

1634
01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:45,359
of comments on the downtown business

1635
01:02:45,359 --> 01:02:47,359
district in front of the big trees and

1636
01:02:47,359 --> 01:02:50,319
so on. I'm not big on brick and brick is

1637
01:02:50,319 --> 01:02:53,040
more expensive. So you may disagree but

1638
01:02:53,040 --> 01:02:55,599
that's my comment.

1639
01:02:55,599 --> 01:02:57,520
We look at the press brick and so on

1640
01:02:57,520 --> 01:03:00,480
that exists in Gell which is very

1641
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:08,069
attractive and it's not as slippery.

1642
01:03:08,079 --> 01:03:11,920
» When is the renovation plan to be done?

1643
01:03:11,920 --> 01:03:17,270
>> Our hope is mid March 2027.

1644
01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:19,440
So, so my question kind of comes from

1645
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:21,680
back my first term that the question of

1646
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:24,640
the legal ownership of that alley was up

1647
01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:32,150
for debate. Has that been settled?

1648
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:33,920
What I from the discussion I've had with

1649
01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:35,520
Mike, the city attorney has has

1650
01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:38,960
determined Ted Nancy actually in a

1651
01:03:38,960 --> 01:03:42,160
position they could authorize the sale

1652
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:48,549
or the gifting of that ele

1653
01:03:48,559 --> 01:03:49,920
» and they're willing to do that.

1654
01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:52,960
>> Well, I think I'm I'm 100% in favor of

1655
01:03:52,960 --> 01:03:54,799
moving forward

1656
01:03:54,799 --> 01:03:56,559
>> because it's going to be with the

1657
01:03:56,559 --> 01:03:58,319
trolley

1658
01:03:58,319 --> 01:03:59,119
Yeah.

1659
01:03:59,119 --> 01:03:59,920
>> Yeah, I agree.

1660
01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:02,960
>> I look at the walkway to hit the salty.

1661
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:06,160
>> Well, I mean, downtown restrooms,

1662
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:08,960
we've all had that question a million

1663
01:04:08,960 --> 01:04:10,880
times.

1664
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:12,799
So,

1665
01:04:12,799 --> 01:04:15,359
yeah, I think we move forward with this

1666
01:04:15,359 --> 01:04:17,520
project and get it done. [clears throat]

1667
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:20,400
>> I do, too. I I think that we've looked

1668
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:23,200
at this project before, but at that

1669
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:26,640
point, we were looking at a bank. We

1670
01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:29,359
weren't looking at something that is a

1671
01:04:29,359 --> 01:04:32,000
citywide attraction and this most

1672
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:35,599
assuredly is and it has great purpose

1673
01:04:35,599 --> 01:04:38,240
and great aesthetic value. And I'm

1674
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:40,480
probably going to make Bob off his chair

1675
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:42,880
at this point because it's really hard

1676
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:46,400
to get a doubleian individual to change

1677
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,720
her mind

1678
01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:55,760
and you all just saw it. But I do with this is very purpose driven now and

1679
01:04:55,760 --> 01:04:58,880
We have our trolley driver here. So,

1680
01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:01,839
>> make it much easier to drive in and out

1681
01:05:01,839 --> 01:05:03,760
if they can go through that.

1682
01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:06,559
>> Yeah. No, it's it's shows extreme

1683
01:05:06,559 --> 01:05:11,039
creativity and wonderful project. So, I

1684
01:05:11,039 --> 01:05:12,240
would be in support.

1685
01:05:12,240 --> 01:05:14,640
>> Yeah. And I think Harold brings up a

1686
01:05:14,640 --> 01:05:18,079
good point. I think get the get the

1687
01:05:18,079 --> 01:05:19,839
ownership of the alley and all that.

1688
01:05:19,839 --> 01:05:21,920
Then we can have a couple we can have

1689
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:24,480
some options on details about how to how

1690
01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:27,200
to hard surface the alley from there

1691
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:33,510
once we get this other stuff done.

1692
01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:35,039
» Okay. I think

1693
01:05:35,039 --> 01:05:37,520
>> got support to move forward.

1694
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:39,760
>> All right. Thank you.

1695
01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:42,960
>> All right. Any any upcoming items you

1696
01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:45,520
want to point out here? Yeah, the next

1697
01:05:45,520 --> 01:05:47,599
um actually the next meeting is going to

1698
01:05:47,599 --> 01:05:49,680
be a rather long meeting that we have.

1699
01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:51,200
There'll be numerous not maybe not

1700
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:54,160
numerous items items on for September

1701
01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:56,559
15th. We'll have the parks master plan

1702
01:05:56,559 --> 01:05:59,039
discussion on that as well. We'll also

1703
01:05:59,039 --> 01:06:03,680
have the pill municipal airport layout plan discussion

1704
01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:05,920
for September 15th. And then we

1705
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:07,760
anticipate the other permit ordinance

1706
01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:09,599
will be presented to council on October

1707
01:06:09,599 --> 01:06:11,440
6 as well as the investment policy

1708
01:06:11,440 --> 01:06:13,599
changes or proposed changes to the

1709
01:06:13,599 --> 01:06:15,440
investment city's investment policy on

1710
01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:18,240
October 6th as well. So that's our

1711
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:20,160
upcoming project report.

1712
01:06:20,160 --> 01:06:22,880
>> Okay, with that I'll entertain a motion

1713
01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:23,760
to adjurnn.

1714
01:06:23,760 --> 01:06:25,039
>> So moved.

1715
01:06:25,039 --> 01:06:27,200
>> Answer Brandor. All in favor please say

1716
01:06:27,200 --> 01:06:29,119
yes. Opposed no. Mandy, please call the

1717
01:06:29,119 --> 01:06:30,160
role.

1718
01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:32,640
>> Yes.

1719
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:33,520
>> Be in strike.

1720
01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:34,640
>> Yes.

1721
01:06:34,640 --> 01:06:37,599
>> We are ajourned.