[0:00] Council meeting. Please rise for the
pledge of
[0:01] » allegiance
[0:05] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[0:10] stands. One nation under God indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.
[0:22] » I'll entertain a motion to approve the
agenda.
[0:24] » So moved by
>> Tony, second byraton. All those in favor
[0:28] say I. I I
>> signed. Motion carries. Moving on. The
[0:32] approval of the consent agenda,
including the following. Approval of
[0:36] city council meeting minutes of August
17, 2026. Approval of the bills and
[0:41] claims. Approval of tax abatement
applications. Thomas and Elizabeth
[0:46] Pilski, 208 Stonebrook Court, and John
and Kim Miller, 203 Glenn Oaks Drive.
[0:53] Approval of downtown incubator program
application from Just Danny Boutique and
[0:58] Color Studio and street closure request
for the Clear Lake Fire Department 911
[1:04] memorial ceremony in the following
licenses and permits. Tree trimmer's
[1:07] license, prec precision tree service,
that's new and excavators license,
[1:12] Cooper excavating and septic that is a
renewal. Motion please.
[1:16] » So moved.
>> Second.
[1:17] » Moved by Beth Anne, second by Dab. All
those in favor say I.
[1:20] » I post same sign. Motion carries. Um,
now is the time for uh city council for
[1:28] citizens opportunity addresses council
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No one appearing. We'll move on to
[1:50] unfinished business, of which we have
none. New business. Surf District Three
[1:54] Stars Plaza project review by Matt
Stading, city engineer.
[2:01] Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Council. Hope
everybody had a good holiday and good
[2:05] start to your week here. So, we'll kick
this off. Surf District's Three Stars
[2:10] Plaza project. We had a bid letting here
on September 3rd, 2026 4 pm. We had
[2:19] arranged, two bids were received from
three contractors holding plans and
[2:24] specs. One bid received was a Lwood
concrete and the other bid was Dean
[2:29] Snder Construction. So if you look at
your yellow sheet, the engineer opinion
[2:35] of cost was $121,929.
[2:39] Larry Lwood Concrete's bid came in at
$119,56.72,
[2:46] which was 2% under, and Dean Snider
Constructions came in at $168,540
[2:53] or $74.18,
which is around 38% over. So, if you
[2:59] look at the bid tab, you can kind of see
kind of the main items here were for the
[3:04] 6-in pavement and the 12-in pavement,
which is going to largely make up the
[3:09] guitar formation that's going to go in
the plaza area. And the 12-in thick
[3:13] pavement is going to be for the Ballard
lighting that sits off to the sides of
[3:17] the walkways. And then uh the remaining
items are your standard top soil sod um
[3:25] protection for storm water. And then we
have a lot of electrical routing that
[3:30] we're doing for the project for these
future lighting areas. So one thing to
[3:35] note, this project, you know, we were
targeting that $200,000
[3:41] um mark and we had to scale back just a
little bit. um we could not get lighting
[3:46] fixtures in time for what we need for to
satisfy the grant requirements. So those
[3:52] items will be going in the spring and
they're roughly the lighting fixtures
[3:55] are going to be roughly around 60,000.
Um and then we also could not find a
[4:01] contractor that was comfortable moving
forward with the staining portion of the
[4:07] guitar. So that will also be completed
in the spring which is roughly around
[4:10] 40,000 um for that portion. So, we got
about 100K that's going to come in the
[4:15] spring that will be completed at that
time. But, this will be the phase one of
[4:19] the project to complete the guitar and
all of the electrical routing and get
[4:24] all of the lighting fixtures and
everything set into place. Um, so that
[4:28] it's really just a plug-and-play type
thing in the spring. So, it'll the
[4:33] overall project for phase one will be
completed this year by the due date. And
[4:38] uh as far as the bids coming in, my
recommendation would be to go with Larry
[4:42] Elwood concrete in the amount of
$119,56.72.
[4:49] If you guys have any questions for me on
this, I would be happy to answer.
[4:53] » Any questions, Matt?
[4:57] » Thank you, Matt.
I'll entertain a motion to approve quote
[5:02] from Larry Elwood Concrete in the amount
of $119,56.72
[5:08] for plaza improvements. Motion, please.
>> So moved.
[5:12] » Second.
>> Moved by Bennett, second byraton.
[5:15] Council, any further discussion.
>> All those in favor say I.
[5:20] » I.
>> I. Motion carries.
[5:24] Moving on. 7th Avenue North Realignment
Project Reviews. Matt Stading, city
[5:28] engineer.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor Council.
[5:32] So,
first of all, I just kind of want to go
[5:35] back to when a when the 7th Avenue
realignment project and the hotel
[5:41] project all was moving forward. At that
time, we did do a comprehensive storm
[5:46] water management plan for this area. So
what that did was it took all of the
[5:51] existing area that used to that was
currently there and even factors that
[5:57] used to be there like the old hotel, the
old properties, the granular lot, any
[6:02] impervious area down in there. That was
all taken into account and then put
[6:06] against all of the proposed features
which is what we're planning with these
[6:10] new projects. So through that storm
water analysis, what came up was that we
[6:16] were not we were not doing anything to
push the imper push the impervious
[6:23] pavement farther forward from what it
was existing. So really what that what
[6:28] that means in a roundabout way is that
you're not increasing the storm water
[6:32] runoff any more than what it was
previously in that area. So having said
[6:38] that, you know, you're not improving the
area down there, but you're not making
[6:42] it worse. So there wasn't any liability
to really try to increase or move
[6:50] forward to farther capture that runoff.
Now, having said that,
[6:56] when we looked to receive some of this
additional grant money, I started
[7:02] looking at some area down here. And
really, from a ethical standpoint, like
[7:07] we all know that there's problems down
there. It's built into a hole. Um, it's
[7:11] very difficult for storm water to get
out of the area once it's down in there.
[7:15] And it does impact a lot of the
surrounding neighbors as well as local
[7:19] businesses in that area. So, when cities
design storm sewer systems, they're
[7:25] designed to handle the five-year rain
event. That is your very low standard
[7:32] rain event. Um, what happens is you
design roadways or roadways are supposed
[7:38] to be engineered and designed so that
when the storm system becomes overloaded
[7:42] and that fiveyear rain event, if you get
a 10, 25 year rain event, you got high
[7:47] and low points. Your intakes are at your
low points. Your high points are where
[7:50] the overflows are on the streets. So
those highest point high points are
[7:54] theoretically set so that once you get a
higher rain event, the water will then
[7:59] go down channel down the streets and go
over the high points and it'll channel
[8:04] that water to where it needs to go and
out of the lowoint areas that can't
[8:08] handle any more than what they're
designed for. this area with the lake
[8:12] being where it is and all the existing
development that's happened around it,
[8:17] it just was built around a low point
that could not physically get out of the
[8:22] area. And it when it does get out, it
goes to the lake and if it can't get to
[8:27] the lake, then it starts to impact local
residents and properties as we're all
[8:31] very aware of through some of the larger
rain events that we've had in the past.
[8:35] So,
like I said, ethically and just trying
[8:40] to be a good steward of the community, I
started to look at what would happen
[8:44] since we do have this entire area tore
up and we are putting this plaza area
[8:49] in. What would it look like if we added
some underground storm water detention?
[8:54] Because that's really all that can
possibly be done to remedy the situation
[8:59] that you currently in that area. So, I
created a sheet of
[9:07] a hatched area, two hatched areas
really, and one is kind of encompassing
[9:14] from the MEC all the way down to the
alley
[9:19] all the way through Northshore, north to
south, as well as into our beach drive
[9:24] area a little bit. And then it also went
to the north all the way up the existing
[9:30] beach drive where it was um to Allen's
Alley area. So, and then and then I also
[9:36] grabbed about 5,000 square feet in the
in the back alley there too where
[9:40] there's some issues. And there are it
does reach out just a little bit farther
[9:44] than this. I mean, but this is kind of
generally where we have a lot of problem
[9:50] um year in and year out with these
larger rain events. So with those two
[9:55] areas, that's roughly around 27,400
[9:59] um square feet of of area. So I was
looking at two different systems, and
[10:05] these are Stormtech under underground
detention systems. Prinsko also makes
[10:11] one that was getting bid out as well.
It's it's uh approved equal, very much
[10:15] similar. So what what we have is a small
system that amounts to about 12,726
[10:22] cubic feet and then we had a larger
system that amounts to about 20,745ish
[10:29] cubic feet. So if you take this hatched
area that I'm showing on the plans and
[10:34] if we just
imagined a large rain event falling
[10:40] and for simplicity sake if you took a
snapshot in time this hatched area if we
[10:46] took 9 in of depth over this whole area
I realize that the roads are sloped and
[10:52] as you increase slope your your inches
they they diminish and go down. So
[10:56] you're not carrying a 9 in through
everything, but there's some areas that
[10:59] may be a foot, some areas that may be
two, three inches. So 9 in throughout
[11:04] this entire area should be able to be
held cubic foot volumewise in this
[11:11] larger underground detention area. So
that would do, in my opinion, that would
[11:17] be a massive improvement to the area
down there. Is it going to fix the
[11:22] problem 100%? No. It's you're you're
it's never going to guarantee to fix
[11:27] that problem. Soon as the lake comes up,
if the lake ever did get up to past the
[11:32] hundredyear and and started to come over
the road, then you got big problems at
[11:36] that point, too, that aren't going to be
solved with this. So, this system
[11:40] largely if if it's held underground, you
can imagine that these storm pipes will
[11:45] become overwhelmed at some point. And
really this is if if the whole storm
[11:50] system becomes overwhelmed and you're
you're always limited to your downstream
[11:54] capacity, you get pigeon holed by that.
But if this pipe were to back up, it
[11:59] would essentially just fill this entire
area underground. So it's just like
[12:03] having a big holding tank underground
essentially that's going to be capable
[12:08] of holding this increase in in runoff
from the storm events. So having said
[12:15] that, the two systems, if you look at
the small one came in roughly 152,000,
[12:22] um there is a 10% since this is going to
be a change order into the 7th Avenue
[12:28] contract. It it it would be a 10% for
the for the prime as well. So it comes
[12:33] about 167,000.
If you look at the larger um system,
[12:38] it's going to be about 273,000
to do that, which I I mean it is a
[12:44] substantial sum of money. I don't
discount that at all. I'm I'm just
[12:49] looking at what good could be done in
the area. And then I'm also looking at
[12:53] the funds that we will be receiving. And
I didn't play this out or or make this
[13:01] to look good, but you know, if you look
at the funds, we are receiving around
[13:05] 632,000
in additional um you take out the 96 for
[13:10] the vertical guitar leaves us around
536ish.
[13:15] if you put kind of our improvements
together here. So if you did the large
[13:19] underground storm detention
at the 273 and then you added the 120
[13:25] for the plaza area and then also add the
100,000 in for next spring that we need
[13:30] to put in for the staining and the
lighting fixtures, that comes to about
[13:34] 493,000.
So that leaves us about another 40 grand
[13:40] um in in funds to use for landscaping
and beautifying that plaza area. Um not
[13:46] trying to be a salesman here by any
means, but just looking at the pure num
[13:51] raw numbers and why I think this would
be a very viable option and solution for
[13:58] this area. And I think you're going to
make a lot of people and businesses
[14:01] happy by by doing so. But
that's that's kind of my spiel here. And
[14:08] if you guys have any questions at all, I
would be more than happy to answer or
[14:13] help better walk through this.
[14:19] » I do, if I may.
>> Um, [snorts] so on page 206 of the ADS
[14:24] sheets, Matt, that's the
what you're referring to as the large
[14:28] and the small system
and the placement of those. That's a
[14:33] couple pages back and that it's not
really a clear drawing, but then that
[14:37] shows it in reference to the
>> where the concrete is at.
[14:41] » Yeah.
>> Okay. Y
[14:42] » Okay. So, tell tell me how this would
So, this will connect into the storm
[14:48] sewer. So, basically storm sew can't
handle that. This will fill up fill up
[14:53] fill up fill up until it can't anymore.
And then
[14:56] » Yep. And then we'll be back to the same
problem that we got. So essentially all
[15:01] that surface water that was up top
before should in theory be underground
[15:07] um until the storm sewer. And there's
there's sophisticated parameters that
[15:12] are looked at as far as velocity,
volume, time of concentration for that
[15:17] water to get out in the pipes. It's all
a bunch of calculations that that a
[15:22] person can go through. But at the end of
the day, simplicity would say the
[15:26] storage that is above ground that we now
see should be able to be held
[15:32] underground.
>> What what if any maintenance is involved
[15:35] with this type of scope of project?
>> These are very very low maintenance. So,
[15:40] as far as I will say this, one part that
I didn't add that that is driving the
[15:45] cost a little bit higher somewhat is
because this area down down in the area
[15:50] that we're in, it it was largely swamp
land, which all of you know. So, I did
[15:54] look at the soil conditions. So, these
systems require about 32 3,300 psf to to
[16:02] support everything. And the geotechnical
on the hotel, you know, was more around
[16:07] like 1500 to 2,000. So when you add
base requirements are 9 in of underrain
[16:15] stone, storage stone underneath these.
If you go to 12 in and add geog grid
[16:21] through it, it ups the PSF to 2,000. So
that's what I included in here so that
[16:26] we have adequate PSF capacity to
maintain the system. It's like a
[16:31] gigantic leech field. That is the
easiest thing that I can say to compare
[16:37] it to. It's it's exactly like a a blown
up version of scale for a leech field.
[16:42] And it's very very limited if ever
maintenance involved in it.
[16:49] Structure clean out. You know, our
typical our typical maintenance items
[16:53] would be what you'd be looking at. The
the bigger system does have about an
[16:57] $18,000 structure that sits on that
30-inch pipe right in the middle. So
[17:03] that is a that's a pretty significant
structure, but you have two 24 inch twin
[17:08] coming in as well as a 30 going through
it. So it's a it's a gigantic structure.
[17:13] » That's the basin you're referring to
then.
[17:15] » Yes.
[17:19] » Is uh is this are they the they're local
here. Is this the only supplier or you
[17:24] said you mentioned another one?
>> Yeah, Princeco out of water a lot of
[17:27] them are out of water. So they do a lot
of field tiling. Uh and they get into
[17:32] all the um additional type underground
storage products. Lot lot like ads.
[17:38] That's another local local company.
>> Did you get pricing from them as well or
[17:42] do we have
>> They did. They they price both of them.
[17:44] I didn't see the final pricing. I just
saw their final numbers.
[17:47] » Okay. Okay.
>> But if you're interested, I I can get
[17:50] that final pricing. I don't know if ADS
or Prinsko was was low right now.
[17:55] » Okay.
[17:58] Matt, thank you very much for the
explanation and just a couple questions
[18:02] on this. First of all, it sounds like a
great opportunity for us to improve the
[18:06] the area down there. And I don't know if
you can do this, but if you remember the
[18:10] last rain event we had down there where
we had some trouble and traffic was
[18:14] blocked off. Can you estimate for that
type of an event, would this basically
[18:19] solve that or is there any way to kind
of
[18:23] describe I don't want to say that it
would have completely solved that. I
[18:26] think you're still going to probably see
some water on the road, but imagine
[18:30] where it was, you know, in the deepest
spot, a foot and a half, and we're
[18:35] adding more intakes, better intake
capacity volumes on the grates and and
[18:42] then take 9 10 inches out of that
throughout the whole area. Um, it very
[18:48] well could hold that under. I'm not
going to say that it can't, but I don't
[18:51] necessarily want to say that it would
either because I never measured that
[18:55] exact ponding.
>> No. And I know and it's hard, but that's
[18:57] just the most recent one in my memory.
And I think the key thing for me is, you
[19:02] know, why this would be such a good
thing to do now is we're digging it up
[19:05] anyway. And if it would significantly
help with that, it just makes a lot of
[19:10] sense. It seems to be a cost-effective
approach for us. And as you pointed out,
[19:15] if we can pay for this with the extra
grant money that we got from the state
[19:19] and we want to thank the IEDA and the
state for their participation, that was
[19:23] a terrific deal and everybody that was
involved with that. But it sounds like
[19:27] again it's a great opportunity to really
enhance that as far as infrastructure
[19:32] goes.
>> Yeah. And there are a lot of different
[19:35] things we could use this money towards.
I mean, it's it's a substantial sum of
[19:39] money and there's a lot of good things
that we could do with that money, but I
[19:44] I really feel looking at this area and
and doing our part to make sure that
[19:51] we're doing the best we can for the
community in certain places and with all
[19:55] of the given aspects at play, I think
that I I can't think of a a better
[20:00] opportunity, I guess, immediately than
what we're faced with there.
[20:04] » Exactly. Sounds like a great time to do
it. So, thank you, mayor. Thank you,
[20:08] Matt.
>> Mr. Mayor, may I speak? U Matt, again,
[20:11] also I'm going to go along with what
Bennett has said here. I think it's it's
[20:14] it's a great project, and I thank you
for giving the explanation of it because
[20:18] it is complex. Um, but knowing what the
situations are down there and, you know,
[20:24] realizing that there have been times
when this the water has backed up enough
[20:28] back in the 60s and 70s that it was
coming in the front door of the surf.
[20:32] Um, we need to do this for the
neighborhood. The whole area just needs
[20:35] that. will be a great and we've got it
all open and I'm excited with what we
[20:40] have here. Thank you.
>> Another question. Um we have an
[20:46] anticipated lifespan because obviously
this is substantial cost. It says in
[20:50] here jetting and vectoring are annually
done. Um do we do we know do we have an
[20:57] expected lifespan or what's that look
like? I can get an expected lifespan for
[21:02] you and give you that information. From
what I've dealt with quite a few of
[21:06] these down in the metro area. Um, and I
will say, you know, there they throw
[21:11] numbers 7,500 years out. Um, like it's
not that big of a deal. So, I've
[21:17] definitely heard figures of that, but is
it's with anything in in life. I mean,
[21:22] some things go before they're supposed
to, others outlive their expectancy.
[21:27] Because obviously ripping something up
that we're doing, spending a lot of
[21:30] money on would would matter. So if this
was a 20-year deal, I would say
[21:35] » but if it's a 75 to 100 year, that makes
sense.
[21:38] » Yeah. This is absolutely not. You you'd
be looking at some kind of substantial
[21:43] manufacturing defect. If that was the
case, I can guarantee that.
[21:48] » Okay. Thanks, [snorts] Matt.
>> Yep.
[21:52] » Thanks, Matt.
>> Oh. Oh, sorry. I had some a couple of
[21:55] questions too. I think most of them were
already been asked, but yeah, I um
[22:00] because you talked about the inspect,
you know, I noticed on a a video that I
[22:05] found on YouTube that explained this
system and how to install it and how it
[22:08] works. One of the things it mentioned
was that it can be operated in kind of
[22:12] the the flow through mode where it's
basically doing detention so that the
[22:16] the existing um storm system can take it
when it's ready
[22:21] » or flow down infiltration
>> and it sounds like it could be used sort
[22:26] of in hybrid mode. Is that kind of the
way that we'd be
[22:30] » installing
>> rapid detention because of like when you
[22:33] get the infiltration type systems,
you're dealing with large sand pockets
[22:38] in the areas that you're setting these
and just the same as you do an
[22:43] infiltration basin without an outlet.
It's got to have a sand layer to
[22:47] actually infiltrate to with the marshy
area that we're in and and it it's just
[22:52] not real practical. it will infiltrate,
but the parts per million is is very
[22:58] very high on that type of soil. So,
>> yeah, I kind of look at this as a, you
[23:03] know, compare this versus the risk of
doing nothing at this opportunity. It
[23:07] seems like already this this season
we've had two
[23:10] » storms that cause street flooding and
the frequency of those seems to be
[23:15] getting more. So, um, yeah, I agree that
it it seems like the right time to do
[23:20] this is the right thing.
>> And you will also to that infiltration
[23:24] point like we're at lake level, so
there's not there's not a lot. I mean,
[23:29] you're you got water table not not far.
So,
[23:38] » is there a formal change order or is
this just kind of an informal thing for
[23:42] the time being? I didn't see anything in
the packet. This is this was more meant
[23:46] to be an informal um I it's something
that we'll get a formal change order and
[23:51] put into the 7th Avenue, but it will not
go into due to cost um and everything.
[23:57] This would go into the 7th a realignment
project, not the plaza project.
[24:01] » Okay.
>> Okay, makes sense.
[24:03] » Yep. And this is this was bidded by the
excavation contractor on the seventh a
[24:09] realignment project.
So, and and uh and I guess just to note
[24:16] one more thing, like we do have that
shortfall um on our plaza area where it
[24:21] was around 200, now it's 120. The all
they they're going to look at this as a
[24:26] as a whole. So, they'll add the 7th A
project in with the with the actual
[24:31] plaza project. So, this will make up
that shortfall also.
[24:38] » Okay. And then so probably just it's
head knots for
[24:42] a smaller chamber or larger.
>> Yeah. Really just really just want to
[24:47] know um and it's entirely up to up to
the council and what you guys would be
[24:51] more comfortable doing. But uh yeah,
just really kind of want to know that
[24:56] you're
in favor of going a specific direction,
[25:00] large or small, and then we'll get all
the paperwork put together and do a
[25:04] formal change order and I'll kind of go
through this again at that time.
[25:08] Council, just a head nod. Um, move
forward with the larger chamber.
[25:15] » You're recommending?
>> That's the one that I'm recommending.
[25:19] » Yes, mayor.
>> Yeah.
[25:22] » All right. Thanks, Matt.
[25:27] » Still, I'll entertain a motion to
approve
[25:31] change order one, the larger.
>> I'll for that.
[25:35] » Right.
>> I'll second. Uh motion by Tony, second
[25:38] by Beth Anne. Council, anything further?
All those in favor say I.
[25:42] » I.
>> I. Motion carries.
[25:45] » Purchase of 72inch side discharge
zeroturn mower review. Jeremy Kornberg
[25:50] public works. Welcome.
>> Council. Uh so as part of the fiscal
[25:57] year 2627 budget, we had a new mower for
our mow crew. Um we were replacing a
[26:03] 72inch side discharge mower. We reached
out to six vendors um and got received
[26:09] six bids back. Um we received a bid from
Mason City Red Power for a a Gravely 72
[26:16] inch. Um Floyd Leonard bid a Toro 72
inch side discharge. Van Wall and Casey
[26:25] Nielsen both bid on a John Deere.
And then Schwarz Rockck Implement from
[26:31] Charles City and uh JNA Outdoor
Equipment from Boat Iowa bid on their
[26:36] Xark series 72-inch discharge. They are
all fairly similar machines. They all
[26:42] have a 38 horsepower engine, 72 in uh
side discharge. Um
[26:51] height or you know the
adjustable suspension seats, all the
[26:56] things that we've had in all them. So
they were equivalent bids. Um,
[27:00] we're recommending going with the low
bid um for Mason City Red Power, which
[27:04] was the Gravely machine. That was
$15,400.
[27:08] Um, I can go through the bids on the
other ones. Toro, Floyd L Leonard bid
[27:13] the Toro, theirs was $16,51.33.
[27:18] Van Wall for the John Deere was $17,999.
Casey Nielson John Deere was $18,500.
[27:28] Schwarz rock implement for the X mark
was 16,700
[27:32] and uh JNA outdoor equipment was 16,594
for an X mark as well. Um we had
[27:41] budgeted 18,000 for this item. Uh so
we're coming in well under budget. Um,
[27:47] and the machine that it will be
replacing that 72 inch dis side
[27:51] discharge will essentially get moved out
to the ball fields for the summers so
[27:56] that the uh uh the crew that works out
there will have a dedicated machine to
[28:01] to use on their fields out there. So,
um, we're kind of moving a mower back
[28:05] and forth as needed this summer and this
will kind of provide them with one that
[28:10] uh they should be able to use fulltime
out there. Um,
[28:16] they do have this machine pretty much on
hand, so we'll be able to receive this
[28:20] in the next week or so as well.
>> Any questions for me?
[28:25] » Council, any questions, Jeremy?
>> Thanks, Jeremy.
[28:29] » All right. Thank you.
>> So, entertain a motion to approve
[28:32] purchase of 2026 Gravely PT6720
turn mower from Mason City Red Power in
[28:39] the amount of $15,400.
Motion, please. So move
[28:43] » second.
>> Moved by Tony, second by Deb. All those
[28:45] in favor say I.
>> I.
[28:47] » Oppos. Same sign. Motion carries.
>> Item D, water department well number two
[28:52] generator and variable frequency drive
VFD project review. Adam Ty, water plant
[28:59] superintendent. Welcome.
>> Thank you, mayor, council. Um, this was
[29:04] uh discussed or our fiscal year 2627. We
budgeted $132,000
[29:09] for uh a variable speed drive frequ uh
variable frequency drive uh and a
[29:16] supportive generator. Currently, the
generator in place is too small and it
[29:22] will run the motor. However, because it
starts so slow, it's going to end up
[29:27] doing damage, which we've been told. So,
we've put in for a generator in the
[29:32] amount of $94,642.50.
[29:36] This is for not only the generator but
to have it installed also. Uh this would
[29:41] include the the VFD in the amount of
$26,500
[29:48] the installation of that as well. Um the
VFD we are getting from teamwork
[29:53] technology and integration TTI and Min
Iowa electric is going to purchase and
[29:59] install the colar
>> [clears throat]
[30:02] » uh diesel generator. Um the total is
going to be approximately 1 thou
[30:07] 121,142.50.
[30:11] There is a possibility uh depending on
the VFD if it's a little under size we
[30:17] may have to come up with another 4,000
which is still under our original
[30:21] 132,000.
Um, as far as any other quotes, uh,
[30:27] we've kind of touched on this. Right
now, TTI runs and or excuse me, takes
[30:34] care of our SCADA system, which runs the
entire water plant and uh, all our
[30:38] towers, all our wells. And when they do
coding, everything is coded to talk to
[30:44] get talk together. Um, sanitary district
ran into this where they had multiple
[30:48] people doing the coding and stuff
stopped talking and then they had to
[30:52] start over. it cost them lots of lots of
money. So, uh they're very dependable.
[30:58] They're they are a town um company and
they're available 247. We've also had um
[31:04] other electrical companies and motor
companies come in and do various work in
[31:10] the in the water plant and we've had
some issues with that as well. This just
[31:15] we've always just kind of because of the
water being very important, we just know
[31:18] where we're going with our stuff. The
plant was finished in [clears throat] uh
[31:22] 1949. It's got a second section was the
addition was done in 1973. And so we
[31:27] found issues throughout of stuff
connecting. So it's kind of an ongoing
[31:31] thing at the water plant itself. Um this
stuff right here, what it'll do is it
[31:36] allows us to control fully the motor and
control the flow of the water coming out
[31:43] of that uh specific well. And the soft
start lets that motor just like it says
[31:50] to start softly and then we can bring
the volume down at any time. Um,
[31:56] as far as that goes, it it'll integrate
into our VFD which or or excuse me, our
[32:01] SCADA system which we basically at this
time we only have the ability to watch
[32:06] it, start it and stop it. So, this will
actually give us just more control over
[32:12] everything, which we're going to end up
doing with uh well number three. Uh
[32:16] eventually, well, number one is already
on site and we already have that. So,
[32:20] this just goes along with the all the
upgrades that the water plant's done um
[32:24] with our ability to run when there's no
power um in storm situations and and
[32:31] we've done a lot of things for that and
this [clears throat] is just another one
[32:35] of them
[32:41] » for me.
>> Council, any questions? Are we looking
[32:43] at a similar lifespan going forward or
do they
[32:46] » It actually um it'll go along with
uh as far as the the generator we are
[32:53] replacing was it's been 30 years. So
that's 30 years old over 7,000 hours. Um
[33:00] I don't know as far as Coler how long
their expens expecties are. I can find
[33:05] out if again it's a technical I mean
you're talking maintenance on a diesel
[33:09] motor which as long as you maintain it
usually you can let those things go. Um
[33:14] they don't run non-stop as far as we'll
it'll uh probably start we'll have it
[33:19] start soft start and start once a week
for just just to get a general start and
[33:24] then when we use it um you do your
yearly maintenance and oil change. So as
[33:28] long as you do that it should last quite
a long time. Um, as far as the motor
[33:33] goes, this will help the life of the
motor for it soft starting than it just
[33:38] jerking on all the time. Um, we have
those, our wells are looked at every 5
[33:42] years. And that's part of the part of
the maintenance is we check our motors
[33:45] and whatnot. Um, right now we have not
replaced our motors at well two or
[33:50] three. They've just either been rebuilt
or and that type of thing. We've been
[33:54] really good with our maintenance our
maintenance program.
[33:59] Other
[34:03] questions?
[34:10] » A motion to approve purchase of
generator from Min Iowa Electric Motors
[34:14] in the amount of $94,642.50
and VFD from TTI in the amount of
[34:20] $26,500.
Motion please.
[34:24] » So moved.
>> Second. Moved
[34:26] » by Bethanne. Second by Bennett. Council
in either comments. All those in favor
[34:32] say I.
>> I.
[34:34] » Oppos. Same sign. Motion carries.
>> Purchase of John Deere Gator and snow
[34:38] snow equipment review. RodG city
mechanic.
[34:47] » Good evening, mayor and city council. Uh
I've been working with uh Jim J. What's
[34:53] your last name? Jim Jackson back there.
uh and uh Jacob Whitman on this project.
[34:59] We were initially going to buy just a
John Deere gator for the summertime for
[35:03] using and then run the uh Polaris Ranger
we have out to the Ball Diamonds, which
[35:08] is still going to happen. But the more
we got our heads together and got around
[35:13] this, we were going to decide to uh try
to make this gator into a piece of snow
[35:17] equipment as well, which we're going to
do. Um, when I was dealing with both all
[35:22] three of the John Deere dealerships,
they all three recommended going with a
[35:26] uh Boss snow system on it because John
Deere actually no longer makes blades
[35:31] for those machines at all anymore. So,
that was what we did. We put this
[35:36] together. The low bid would be Van Wall
Equipment in Mesa City at 28,500.
[35:42] Casey Neielsen was the same exact bid,
but we're going to go with Van Wall
[35:46] because they would be considered a local
bid over Casey Neielson out of Canawa.
[35:51] And uh so our recommendation is the cost
of the machine, the lighting we will
[35:56] install at the public works, we will buy
and rather than have a dealership put
[35:59] them on, we can do it inhouse cheaper.
The extended warranty on that machine is
[36:03] $17,855.
[36:06] That's going to extend that out to I
believe uh in here 60 months or 800
[36:12] hours. Uh we do not currently have with
the amount electronics on equipment
[36:17] anymore. We don't have the technology as
far as engine analyzers to be able to
[36:21] hook into every brand of everything we
buy out there. Uh so the extended
[36:26] warranties is very very important
anymore just due to the amount of
[36:29] electronics that's in everything. Uh so
the total cost of the unit is going to
[36:35] be 30,715
uh with the extended warranty, the
[36:39] lights and the machine. And our
recommendation like I said is bandw
[36:43] equipment.
Anybody have any questions on that?
[36:48] » Questions?
>> And that's 60 months or 800 hours. Just
[36:55] » 60 months 800 hours was on the tractor.
This was um
[37:01] yeah 60 months, 800 hours on this one.
The tractor was more more hours.
[37:09] » I had a bunch of things I was going
through putting these together.
[37:12] [clears throat]
>> The boss snow equipment itself, I I
[37:16] accepted two bids because there's only
two real local bids around here. And uh
[37:22] my papers backwards here.
[37:27] So, the uh Stellar truck and trailer in
Mason City was $10,331.
[37:33] Christ steal truck and equipment out of
uh Lake Crystal, Minnesota was $10,363.
[37:40] I reached out to Larry Elwood and his
plow shop and I never received an email
[37:44] or any information back from them as far
as a bid. Uh so, our low bid is Stellar
[37:50] Truck and Equipment at 10,331.
There is no extended warranties on this
[37:56] stuff. And this again is equipment that
the public works will put on the
[37:59] machine, put it in place and hook it up.
Uh that Kevin and I are very capable of
[38:04] taking care of the snow equipment we can
get in about two weeks. The uh gator and
[38:10] the uh John Deere tractor, both of them
were somewhere around 1 of December
[38:14] before we see them.
[38:19] in the John Deere tractor itself that we
had in there. Uh kibble equipment out of
[38:25] Osage was $45,64.
Van Wall was $45,500.
[38:33] $46,500.
I better put my glasses on. And Casey
[38:37] Neielson was 51,250.
They were significantly more. That does
[38:42] have an extended extended warranty would
be 60 months, 2,000 hours. Our
[38:47] recommendation is to go with kibble
equipment out of Osage, $45,64.
[38:53] The reason we stay with all John Deere
equipment is we have approximately 20 to
[38:58] 30 pieces of equipment out in the shop
and they only work on John Deere's
[39:02] hookups. I went across the street to
Case IH. Their front mounts do not
[39:07] accept all the John Deere equipment.
It's very important for us to utilize
[39:11] and be able to hook all this equipment
on whatever tractor we need to run it
[39:14] on. So, if we got one broke down, we can
always grab it.
[39:19] Uh, that would be about all I got. Is
there anything else? Any questions you
[39:23] guys have?
>> Any questions?
[39:28] » All right. Thanks, Rod.
>> Okay.
[39:32] All right. So, we'll [clears throat]
need a motion to approve purchase of
[39:34] John Deere Gator from Van Wall Equipment
with lights and extended warranty in the
[39:38] amount of $30,715
and Boss snowplow and snow sander from
[39:43] Stellar Truck and Trailer in the amount
of $10,331.
[39:47] Motion please.
>> Second move
[39:51] » byton, second by Deb. All those in favor
say I.
[39:54] » I. Same sign. Motion carries. Now we'll
move on to purchase of John Deere
[39:59] compact tractor which Rod touched on.
So I'll entertain a motion to approve
[40:04] purchase of John Deere compact tractor
tractor with 60-in heavy broom from
[40:09] kibble equipment with extended warranty
in the amount of $45,64.14.
[40:15] Motion please.
>> So moved.
[40:18] » Second.
>> Moved by Kraton. Seconded by Bennett.
[40:21] » All those in favor say I.
>> I. Oppos. Same sign. Motion carries.
[40:26] Item G, 2026, street reservicing project
review of pay estimate number one, Matt
[40:31] Stading, city engineer.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Councel.
[40:36] So, we'll get started here. Please note
that original contract sum to H
[40:41] Heartland Asphalt in the amount of
$643,746.80.
[40:48] The value of completed work and
materials stored to date, $432,76.70
[40:55] minus our standard 3% retainage amount
of $12,962.30
[41:00] brings us to that total amount due this
estimate of $419,14.40,
[41:07] which makes this pay up about 67.1%
completed.
[41:13] So, this is part of our actual 2025
utility and street resurfacing project.
[41:19] And just run through a few of these
items here so you know kind of where
[41:23] this amount's coming from. They did have
the mobe charge, some traffic control,
[41:27] had a decent amount, 32,000 on the
pavement removals. Um, pavement uh
[41:32] scarification to get some of those
surfaces prepped was 45,000.
[41:37] Um, we had a few gate valve adjustments
which didn't amount to much. the
[41:42] aggregate base course 40 42,000 almost
there. So that that is due to a lot of
[41:48] our um full depth 10 inch patching
locations on these streets. So they
[41:53] brought a mill in and we did set the
mill say let's two two and a half inches
[41:58] deep on the edges and did some profile
milling to get that crown built back
[42:02] into the road. Um, what happens, you see
a lot of this alligator cracking that
[42:06] you'll notice on some streets. When they
run that mill through there, sometimes
[42:11] that alligator cracking is on the
surface and you can get that out. If it
[42:14] goes through and it's deeper, that's
where I say, "Well, let's go in and
[42:18] we'll core this section out." And that's
where we get those full depth cores,
[42:21] which increases to the aggregates as
well as the uh as well as the HMA
[42:27] patching. So, and then you can see there
uh through the 4 inch thick patching you
[42:32] had almost 87,000 in those full depth
patches and about 188,000 in the 2-in
[42:37] surface course. So to date we've got
19th 18th 17th fifth a sixth a um
[42:46] Highland Drive is completed and we are I
really was wishing we could have got
[42:51] everything on this one payout but the
rain pushed us back and I did add been
[42:56] working with the railroad DOT. I added
on 16th Street that goes into Eagle A if
[43:01] you go north across. So, on the south
side by the tracks, there were some
[43:05] very, very bad pavement conditions there
that I decided to mill out and uh we're
[43:10] going to patch those areas too while
we're doing seventh. Um they're going to
[43:13] come in tomorrow and finish everything.
So, after after tomorrow, it should be
[43:17] good. And then, uh do a final walk
through and get the final pay and be on
[43:22] our way. You guys have any questions for
me? Be happy to answer.
[43:26] » Council, any questions? Great. Thanks,
Matt.
[43:29] » Thank you. So need a motion to approve
pay estimate number one in the amount of
[43:33] $419,114.40
to H Heartland Asphalt. Motion please.
[43:40] » Second.
>> Moved by Deb, second by Tony. All those
[43:42] in favor say I.
>> I.
[43:44] » Both same sign. Motion carries. Chief of
police report Lieutenant Hines.
[43:56] Oh, Captain Hines. Sorry. I don't know.
I've done that twice. Twice I've done
[44:00] that and I know it.
>> That's all right. I'll answer to
[44:02] whatever. Mayor, council, good evening.
Um, just a few updates. Uh, we got the
[44:08] July report. I think it's in front of
each of you from Chief Colby. Um, last
[44:14] week our Dodge Charger, we were able to
sell that at auction. Uh, it's car 42.
[44:21] We sold that at auction for $4,800. that
was purchased from Pritchards in 2021
[44:27] for 29,800.
So, it was nice to get some of that
[44:30] money back out of that car. Uh, when
sold, it had 133,000 miles on it and
[44:38] just over 11,000 idle or hours total
hours on it. Um, that equal about
[44:44] 310,000 miles. Um, the replacement car
is currently at Electronic Engineering.
[44:50] Should be done very, very soon. and then
we'll get the next car in for them to
[44:54] upfit. Um, we have all new patrol car
routers. Uh, they're [clears throat]
[45:00] slated to be installed before October
31st. Uh, Chief Colby had previously
[45:05] spoke on that project at a previous
council meeting. Uh, we're able to get a
[45:09] rebate of $4,680
for the routers. Uh, bringing the
[45:14] out-of- pocket cost to under $1,000 for
the taxpayers. So, that was a good good
[45:20] addition we were able to do. Um, Officer
Grim, he's our going to be our new
[45:26] juvenile detective. Uh, he is going to
be attending the school resource officer
[45:31] uh training program next week.
Um, as far as other training, we have
[45:37] our fall firearms range schedule uh
starting up here in September and then
[45:42] we'll carry that on into October also.
And then also last week uh our
[45:47] dispatchers held a fall training day. So
they were able to go sit through some
[45:52] scenarios and get some training from our
communication supervisor Aaron from
[45:57] during that time. So
that's all I have.
[46:02] » All right, council. Any questions?
>> Thank you.
[46:06] » Thank you.
>> Works chair me
[46:18] council. Um so yeah, we've had pretty
busy month. Um [clears throat]
[46:24] uh first off, just an update on the uh
public works foreman position. Uh we had
[46:31] a pretty good group of applicants. Uh we
conducted our interviews last week and
[46:36] just to announce that uh after
interviews uh Jason Dunning, a current
[46:42] city employee with public works was
offered and accepted the position. So
[46:46] after interviews with Steve, Jacob and
I, uh we we came to the conclusion that
[46:50] he'd be a great fit to uh take over as
that position. He has a great knowledge.
[46:54] He's been here I think 12 years already.
So to move him into that position and
[46:59] and and go forward, it'll work out
pretty well. He'll I think he will take
[47:03] that position on the 21st, which lines
up to uh we got him signed up to go to
[47:07] the Iowa Streets and Roads Conference is
with me that week. There's some good
[47:10] leadership and different things that go
on at that conference. So, uh, I think
[47:14] it'll be a really good fit, um, and a
good change up there for for that group.
[47:19] It does leave us with a position we
still got to now look at hiring, uh, and
[47:23] getting a couple of those positions
still filled out there, or I guess we
[47:26] have one position to still filled out
there after, uh, we have a transfer from
[47:30] another department. So, uh, beyond that,
um, a lot of things going on. We've had
[47:34] some trainings, uh, with our new with
Edith. Uh, we did bucket truck safety
[47:38] training. So just uh safety around a
bucket truck harnesses, rescues from it,
[47:43] a bucket truck. Um and then uh we also
did forklift certification out there as
[47:48] well. We got some other things lined up
here coming up this winter. Um other
[47:52] things going on. Um our winter
snowblower has been taken up to
[47:56] Wisconsin to get its new controller
installed. That was a budgeted item. So
[48:00] that should be back in a couple weeks
hopefully or
[48:03] » two to three more weeks. So um hopefully
to have that done. [clears throat] As
[48:07] Matt said, we've been doing work with
the railroad. We we're having doing some
[48:10] work on getting some secondary tracks
removed here in town. So, we have uh one
[48:14] that was removed and we'll be getting
that paved back uh this week. Um we're
[48:18] working on getting the other one still
removed and some repairs with them. So,
[48:22] they they've been working with us on
that and it's been going pretty well. Um
[48:26] [clears throat] and then just as a FYI,
we've started doing some tree trimming
[48:31] through town. We are not removing trees.
We've had a few people come out and ask
[48:34] us to remove their asht tree or
whatever. Those are projects that we're
[48:38] doing outside of this. This is just
trimming trees that are encroaching on
[48:41] the roadway. So, when we're sweeping,
whatever it is, hauling moving snow
[48:46] branches and stuff that hit our hit our
rearview mirrors and and whatnot and
[48:50] lights and break things. So, uh we do
that every couple years, trim it up from
[48:54] back curb up. Um so, we don't go back
onto the properties or to the sidewalks
[49:00] or anything. It's just pretty much back
curb. We go up like 18 feet and just
[49:03] kind of trim that canopy to keep excuse
me keep things off of our vehicles,
[49:07] buses, other things like that. So, um
yeah, other than that, just a lot of
[49:12] maintenance. Um we did a bunch of
cleaning for the sanitary district uh to
[49:17] televise some of our systems, get
prepped for some, um future projects in
[49:21] some areas. So, that was about a week or
a few days just really heavy duty
[49:25] cleaning to get to get through some of
those tough areas. So, uh to get good
[49:29] footage on that. So, a lot going on.
Staying busy. Um, any questions for
[49:34] anything going on out there at public
works
[49:36] » council? Any questions?
>> I don't have a question. Um, but Jeremy,
[49:39] I want to thank you on behalf of the
historical society. Got our pad in so
[49:43] that it's easier for us to get in and
out of the building safely on a street.
[49:46] Um, and all the grading has been done
and it's it's working beautifully. So,
[49:50] thank you very much on behalf of the
society.
[49:52] » Yep. And I think I kind of gave Steve an
update. We should be getting uh the the
[49:58] electrical thing upgraded here in the
next few weeks hopefully. I know Alliant
[50:02] came in and got the underground portion
done. So, I just got to get with our
[50:07] electrical contractor to get the actual
service changed over. Okay. Excellent.
[50:10] » And that won't impact you guys. That'll
just be a one day during the day thing.
[50:14] So,
>> yeah. I say I saw them back in the back
[50:16] there digging and burrowing and Yeah.
So,
[50:19] » okay, great. Thank you.
>> Anything else,
[50:22] » Jeremy? Thank you,
>> Jeremy. I quick question. So, we do the
[50:25] street side trimming. Do we ever do
anything on the back side for the
[50:28] sidewalk as far as
>> We haven't um I mean, so technically by
[50:32] ordinance,
tree trimming of the trees in the
[50:36] rightway is the homeowner's
responsibility to keep it up to like 14
[50:40] feet on the roadway and 10 feet on the
sidewalk.
[50:43] um just because of the equipment that we
have and the abilities we have, we've
[50:47] just always taken care of the roadway
portion as a
[50:51] doing it rather than having the
homeowner do it. Um every once in a
[50:56] while we do get some complaints that
something's hanging too low and then
[51:00] we'll contact the homeowner and have
them do it. But other than that, this is
[51:03] just something we go out and do as part
of our our general maintenance. So,
[51:09] » yeah.
fix. Thanks.
[51:17] » Matt studying anything.
Jacob is not with us tonight. Mayor's
[51:23] report. Fire department.
Who's coming?
[51:28] » The lifeaving award. [clears throat]
[51:33] » Yeah.
>> From you and your
[51:34] » I come up with something.
>> Oh, that [laughter]
[51:40] » coming for that. tell you we haven't
figured it out yet. Mayor Council,
[51:44] thanks. I guess I was told to get up.
You know, it's one of the duties I got,
[51:48] I guess. Uh, August was busy for us. 144
calls. Uh, training went really well.
[51:54] Uh,
we had an opportunity to use it, a car
[51:58] simulator, fire training device from our
service down in De Mo in De Mo, the fire
[52:03] marshall's office. And uh, we actually
use it for our open house as well. It's
[52:07] an opportunity to have the guys train in
a car and you're not burning it up all
[52:11] the time. The same car, you just set it
on fire. This one here is is made for
[52:14] that. So, they had an opportunity to do
that. Uh we actually had a little some
[52:18] junior fire training on that on our open
house with some of our uh sons of the
[52:23] fire department personnel got to do some
firefighting, which was kind of nice to
[52:27] see that we've got some maybe some guys
coming up through the ranks that when
[52:30] they get older, they can join the fire
department as well. Um and our community
[52:35] outreach did go well. Our open house
went pretty well. We got some
[52:38] possibilities for some guys that might
want to join the fire department. So, we
[52:42] hope to get some applications out for
that. Uh otherwise, we we did had a good
[52:47] uh good turnout for that. Uh had I got
rid of a lot of cookies. We had a lot of
[52:51] cookies, so everybody ate those. I don't
know if that meant anything, but uh we
[52:54] got rid of a lot of cookies that I'm not
sure who ate them all, but it wasn't me.
[52:59] Uh it did happen again on the triathlon.
We got to have Bud out in the water. Um,
[53:05] we didn't do the long one, but at least
Bud was in the water, had an opportunity
[53:10] if they needed that. Uh, and we did call
in an unexpected boater. Had a problem
[53:14] with his boat. So, we did pull that in.
So, that might
[53:17] » I'll address that. Okay.
>> You know, like I said, you might have to
[53:21] get a bill for that, whatever it's going
to be. Um, again, I think we did, again,
[53:26] the calls were a lot for 144. Uh, just
up keep you informed obviously what's
[53:31] coming up Friday. Uh, I hope all you can
attend. If you stay far enough away, you
[53:35] can't call in a meeting. Okay. So,
everybody can show up. Okay.
[53:39] Excuse me. But anyway, uh, it's not a
meeting if you all stay far enough away.
[53:43] Right, Graden?
>> How far?
[53:45] » Yeah, I don't care. One can stand in
front, one standing back. Just stay away
[53:48] from each other.
>> Stay right beside each other.
[53:49] » Just stay away from each other. I don't
care. Discuss.
[53:51] » But again, we should have That should be
a great day. We have a gentleman coming.
[53:54] I think he's really excited to be here.
Actually, we're gonna have kind of a get
[53:59] together with fire department personnel
and him Thursday night. Uh we've had to
[54:04] uh talk to the to Chelsea Snider at the
surf and they're going to let us use the
[54:09] the lounge over there so we can bring
him in uh show him parts of Clear Lake
[54:13] and and the surf and everything. So,
he's we're looking forward to having him
[54:16] here. Uh we're looking forward to
another thing.
[54:22] We think it's going to be here and
that's the statue. Uh we're hoping it's
[54:26] going to be here anyway. We're going to
put that in and we've had some already
[54:28] some contacts and fire departments bring
our fire trucks so we should have a
[54:32] pretty good turnout with that too. Uh
but again, we invite you to come over.
[54:36] Uh anybody wants to help out uh Monday
the 14th we're stuffing letters for the
[54:40] pancake breakfast as well. That's coming
up real quick. So if you're in the and
[54:45] wants something to do Monday night,
we'll be stuffing letters at the fire
[54:48] station. You can come over and help do
that. And we invite you to the pancake
[54:51] breakfast. And um
anything else, J?
[54:57] You want me to get out of here? He wants
to be That's why he's here. He put the
[55:00] time clock on me every time I come. So,
>> when is the pancake breakfast again?
[55:04] » That's going to be October 4th. And if
you see, you know, as we put up our
[55:07] signs that traditional signs have gone
up over there at the fire station and
[55:11] out on the highway, uh we've been using
those signs for a long time and we're
[55:15] going to keep using till the pl until
they wear out. But it's October 4th. Uh
[55:19] and they're going to be special pancakes
again. So, we invite you to come over.
[55:23] Okay. Anything else you got for me,
mayor, before I sit down? [laughter]
[55:27] » I think we're good.
>> Thank you. I was out on the swim course
[55:34] for the triathlon on a borrowed jet ski
um as for safety and the battery died
[55:41] and I was slowly drifting into the uh
the swimmers and
[55:47] » I was nervous because they don't sit I
mean they they were swimming clo and
[55:51] anyway I think they were talking about
on the radio but fortunately I was near
[55:56] uh Jim in Bud and I grabbed a hold and
they told me to Sure. So that I guess
[56:03] that Yeah, you saved me. That would have
been embarrassing, but
[56:08] um city administrators report.
>> Yeah. So happy to announce that um the
[56:13] workforce housing tax credit, we had two
applicants this year. We had the
[56:17] Lakeside Acres Project and we had the
Panther Builders project. Uh we learned
[56:22] last week ahead of time that Lakeside
Acres was funded. Learned today that
[56:26] Panther Builders was also funded. So,
both our applicants
[56:29] » made use of the thriving community
points that we had to apply for projects
[56:33] and get those u get those awards. So,
that was great news. Um, other notes on
[56:38] housing, we've got our boost housing
report is in. We'll be sending that out
[56:42] shortly to council so you can guys can
start reviewing that, get a feel for
[56:46] that um result. Um, tonight starts the
housing conference down to mo, which
[56:51] Matt and I will be catching the red eyee
down to that one tonight. So, that's
[56:54] tomorrow. starts tomorrow morning, runs
through Thursday, is down in De Moines
[56:58] and and we'll be speaking more on some
of the housing tax credit stuff that
[57:02] we've worked on and and all that good
stuff. Um,
[57:06] also want to let you know that last
Friday the Wnebago the Winnebago River
[57:11] watershed project that we've been
working on that wershed management plan
[57:15] was completed and adopted. So, we have
an approved plan here. We've got a
[57:19] series of tasks that in there for the
region. some of them work um directly
[57:23] with Clear Lake and and with what we're
doing. And so we're going to be look
[57:27] looking to utilize that going forward
for applying for projects and and and
[57:32] and working on partnerships together to
improve all the aspects around the
[57:36] wershed, whether it be water quality,
water quantity, all those things. And so
[57:41] I'll have that on the next agenda for
you guys to review and look to approve.
[57:47] And
um next council meeting we will have a
[57:51] tower access agreement for this tower
that's out back behind us here. Um Clear
[57:56] Lake CLT owns op owns an operates it.
They are looking to sell off that
[58:01] portion of the business. There's not
currently an easement agreement or
[58:04] access agreement to that tower and
there's a piece of property that cut
[58:08] cuts out here into the prop property
that is not city property. So we'll have
[58:12] a access agreement and a ingress egress
agreement that we currently don't have
[58:17] to go with that and that will be on the
next agenda. So that's it for me.
[58:22] » All right. Thank you.
So now I will entertain a motion uh to
[58:28] go into close session pursuant to
section 21.5J of the code of Iowa to
[58:34] discuss purchase of real estate. Motion
please.
[58:37] » So moved.
>> Second.
[58:38] » Motion by Bennett, second by Bethanne.
All those in favor say I.
[58:42] » I.
>> Post same sign.