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Councilman um meeting for Tuesday,
August 18th, 2026. My name is Mark

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Clark, I'm the mayor. I'm going to call
the meeting to order. Please stand and

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join me in the pledge.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America, and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

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» Roll call, please.
>> Mayor Clark.

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» Here.
>> Mayor pro tem Plecka.

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» Here.
>> Council member Johnson.

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» Present.
>> Council member Neal.

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» Present.
>> Council member Crabtree.

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» Here.
>> Council member Delaney.

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» Here.
>> Council member Lopez.

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» Here.
>> All right, next item on our agenda is

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the awards and recognition for the
August 2026 yard of the month. And this

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month's winner is Thomas McGugan and
Patty Peterson. If you're in the

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audience, please step forward. I'll
present you a certificate and a gift

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gift card to the Human Bean.

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And we also got a cool yard sign
>> [laughter]

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[applause]

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» All right, next on our agenda is
audience participation. Is there anybody

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that wishes to address the city council
on any item that's not on the agenda and

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or of a public hearing? If so, please
step up to the podium, state your name

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and address for the record, and please
keep your comments to under 2 minutes.

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» Hello, Leslie.
>> Good evening, council. How are you?

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» How are you?
>> Um Leslie Turner, she's actually a

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director of the Evans Area Chamber of
Commerce and I am here because I have

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secured an opportunity with House
District 50 candidate debate to bring it

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here to Evans. Both candidates have
already agreed to do the event and what

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I am here to ask Council for tonight is
the space to do that, to donate the

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space over at the library.
It will be a public event.

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It will be advertised. It will be about
4 to 6 hours long considering clean up

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and set up is what I'm thinking.
>> Okay.

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Okay.
Anybody have any

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» Sounds good.
>> Sounds good.

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» Yeah, I don't have any problem with it.
We can set up a time and coordinate it

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with the staff and yeah, we'll work that
out for you.

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» Absolutely wonderful.
>> You have a date yet?

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» October 1st.
>> Yep.

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» I'm thinking about doors opening at
5:30, commencing at 6:00 p.m. and I'm

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working out the details with both
candidates now. They're both either have

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toured or will be touring Evans.
>> Yep.

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» I I I would just Ed Bull, the city
attorney, I would just advise Council

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and Mayor Mayor Pro Tem that in in
giving a waiver out, the

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main thing would be to remain neutral in
any other party after this that seeks

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the same or similar circumstance.
>> Awesome. Thank you. Appreciate it.

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» All right, great. Thank you, Leslie.

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All right, anyone else?

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» My name is David Goodman. I
live over by the Sams area in the

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neighborhood there.
I've lived here for 26 years, paid my

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taxes for 26 years.
I've had some major concerns with what's

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going on in this
city here in the 26 years I've been

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here.
Uh, there was one blizzard the last

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blizzard we had when I was snowed in, I
come home and spent my whole time off

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cleaning my neighbors and my yards and
my gr-

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putting the snow in their yard.
I left the and didn't even get out of

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the state when I got a call from my wife
that the city [clears throat] of Evans

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had put a fine on my door for the snow
being on my sidewalk.

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And I couldn't understand how that could
happen cuz I cleaned the sidewalk for

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the whole neighborhood. And they said
they come in afterwards and plowed.

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I'd like to know what the easement and
what the rules are about that

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because I was told the easements is our
sidewalks and we have to keep them

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clean.
But when I clean them and I have to come

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back and get a ticket on my door, I just
got a ticket on my door the other day on

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the hottest day of the year telling me I
had a few weeds my and I had a a

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dishwasher sitting out on my sidewalk
that I hadn't got time to put into the

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trailer that I had my yard to get.
And I'm getting a little concerned about

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when they do this, they don't come up
and knock on the door or ring the

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doorbell or anything else. They just
come up and tape it to my door.

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And I think that's very unprofessional.
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I'd like to know what
the the the city does when they they

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decide to put projects in and who has
and what they do to talk to the people

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in the city of Evans about the projects
that they're getting done.

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For example, the sidewalks were being
fixed on Anchor

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and 23rd
and they fixed the sidewalks and less

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than a month later they tore the
sidewalks out to put in stop lights.

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To me that is poor poor management and a
waste of money.

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I've asked for the 26 years I've been
here for a light to get here and it took

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26 years to get there cuz we have two
schools on that street less than 100

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yards from that light. There's been
three times I've almost got hit. They

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got the light there 26 years later.
And I'm just kind of concerned about the

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way things are going in this
They build parks

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and they put and then and but we don't
have water to water our yards.

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I've tore my yard completely down to
dirt and saving money to put in

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artificial turf because it's the only
way I can keep it up.

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I'm 30 I'm 69 years old and got pushed
into retirement early because I wanted

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to get my knees replaced. And then the
results is the blood so I can't work

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anymore. I'm a disabled
and I'm just don't know what the heck

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I'm at [clears throat] my wit's end.
When they could I down on the corner of

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my neighborhood
I think it was last Thanksgiving or

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Thanksgiving before they had a police
out there shooting

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into the neighbor's house and and
I don't know what I never heard anything

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about that. They were there for my
friend. I had to go down and ask him

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what had happened. They had something
that they shot.

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But flash bangs and aren't in towards
house up he's out of his house for a

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month. I think people should be
acknowledged of what's going on. Just

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last week my car because I've been
parked by my door to make it easier for

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me. I ain't got no grass so I ain't
cutting anything. But then I told I

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can't do that. I got to put it on the
side on the driveway. So I went out that

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night and put my car on the driveway and
I come back in the next morning and I

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went out there and my car had been
broken into.

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Half of my stuff been stolen out of it.
So I'd like to know what the heck I'm

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supposed to do.
You know, I got all these concerns and

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nothing that the first time I I had it
happen 2 years

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in a row when I first moved here and I
put in and told the police they come out

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and I never heard another thing about
it.

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So what am I supposed to do? I don't see
police officers coming through our

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neighborhood. The one time they ever
come over in our neighborhood is when

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there's a somebody getting arrested or
they don't drive through just a patrol.

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There's house two two doors down from
mine. They have six vehicles and three

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or four of them are parked on their lawn
all the time.

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I park my name cuz I'm handicapped now
and I'm trying to get my yard fixed, but

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I ain't got $24,000 to put in this stuff
and do all this stuff. I got to earn it.

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And when I get a a note on my door
they're going to give me a $150 fine cuz

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I ain't went out there and pulled weeds.
Where were they were out there when I

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was in my walker and bending over my
walker and pull my weeds, where were

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they then? Cuz nobody go by there then.
Right after I got a house bill for 2

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months.
I went out there and was a walker and

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pulled every weed in my house. Again, I
didn't know where I was going to do with

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the weed because you guys taken away our
fall clean up and our spring clean up or

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we got to pay more money for it.
What are we supposed to do as a

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neighborhood? You want us to clean weeds
and come out and threaten us to give us

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deals. So I have to spend $150, $200 on
kids to come around and pull the weeds

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that I can't do no more.
And these are some major concerns that

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I'm seeing going on in this
I've seen parks get put up and

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how they watering that if we can't water
our

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our neighborhood. [clears throat]
It's starting to concern me very much.

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But I've lived here 26 years and it just
seems like it's going downhill instead

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of up.
I got a ticket just before I reach just

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before I got off the truck, I got a
ticket for driving through Evans with a

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mud flap off my truck. It fell off
when I come back. I told the officer,

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"Hey, I'm headed to the yard now. I know
it's off, but I got to get to the yard."

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He gave me a $50 fine for that. But I
see pickups and cars all over the place

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with the tires sticking this far out
from underneath the cars. I've lost two

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windshields over the 26 years from cars
like that. And there is a law and an

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ordinance in this city and this county
for they they're to be underneath the

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vehicle. If not, they are to be ticketed
for

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Why are drivers are only ones to get
them tickets?

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I like to understand all these concerns.
I expect to get answers tonight, but I'd

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like to bring them up so you guys can
think about them.

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» All right. Well, thank you. Appreciate
it.

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» Thank you.

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» All right. Anybody else?
All right. Seeing none. All right. We

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will move on. Approval of agenda. Madam
Clerk, any changes to the agenda?

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» No, Mayor.
>> All right. I would entertain a motion.

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All right. I have a motion and a second
to approve the agenda.

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» I didn't
get a vote.

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» You did not get
>> No.

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» Okay.
Are you in favor?

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» I.
>> I.

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» I. The motion carries 7-0.
All right. Next item on the consent

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agenda.
Any discussion on the consent agenda? If

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not, I'd entertain a motion.

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Motion and second to approve the consent
agenda.

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» I.
>> Okay. All right. That motion carries

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7-0. All right. Next item, new business.
Item 8A, public hearing consideration of

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a retail liquor store license for Evans
Liquor LLC at

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Unit B. I'll open up with the public
hearing. We'll [snorts] hear from staff.

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» Thank you, Mayor and City Council.
The city received an Julie Barnett, City

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Clerk. Uh the city received an
application for a new um retail liquor

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store liquor license from Mr. Francis,
registered agent for Evans Liquor LLC.

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The application is con- for
consideration of a retail liquor store

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to sell alcoholic beverages for
consumption off the premises located at

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3313 35th Avenue Unit B.
The City Council will be acting in a

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quasi-judicial role as the local
licensing authority to consider the

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approval of this retail liquor store
license. If the license is approved by

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Council, the license will be processed
and finalized with the State Enforcement

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Division.
In Council's role as the liquor

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licensing authority, the approval of a
new liquor license must be based on the

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findings regarding the reasonable
requirements of the neighborhood, the

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desires of the adult inhabitants of the
neighborhood, and the moral character of

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the applicant.
The license application was submitted

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for concurrent review with the city,
which allows the state to process the

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application while the city [snorts] is
also considering the application.

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For the record, the following findings
from the report submitted by staff have

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been determined. Notice of public
hearing.

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The city received the application on
June 29th, 2026 from Evans Liquor LLC

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for retail liquor store off premises at
3313 35th Avenue Unit B.

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The notice of public hearing on this
matter was posted on the property and

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published in the Greeley Tribune on or
before August 7th, 2026.

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The applicant is entitled to possession
of the premises.

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The applicant has applied for a state
sales tax license and city business and

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sales tax license.
The selling of liquor in the manner

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proposed in the application is subject
to zoning, fire, building, and other

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applicable laws of the City of Evans
and/or State of Colorado.

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This property is zoned C2 general
commercial. Liquor stores are considered

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a retail use indoor, which is a
permitted land use in the C2 zone

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district.
The premises where the selling or

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serving of alcohol will be conducted
does not appear to be within 500 ft of

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any public school or principal campus of
any college.

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There has not been within the last 2
years preceding the date of the

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application a denial of an application
by either the state or local licensing

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authority for a retail liquor store at
this location for the reason that the

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unreasonable requirements of the
neighborhood and the desire of the

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inhabitants were satisfactory by the
existing outlets.

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So, the applicant conducted a survey
within a 1-mile boundary of the premises

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to convey the needs and desires of the
neighborhood. The petition returned 20

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businesses in favor with three
businesses opposed, and the petition

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returned 83 residences in favor
with four residences opposed.

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Uh there is one other retail liquor
store within the 1-mile boundary of 3313

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35th Avenue Unit B, as well as these
other liquor licenses within a 1-mile.

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There are three hotel restaurant, one
retail liquor store, and three FMB wine,

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which is are your gas stations.
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attached to the packet was a memorandum
from the Evans Police Department, which

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shows that no information was found when
they conducted their background check on

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the moral character of the applicant.
The applicant is here this evening and

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available for any questions you may
have, as well as a representative from

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the company Liquor Pros that did the
needs and desires survey.

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So, the public hearing is tonight. Um
so,

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I'm available for any questions that you
have, and the applicant is also here.

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» Okay. Thank you.
Any questions

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of of staff and/or the applicant? So,
please use the request to speak button.

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All right, seeing none.
Um I will ask because this is a public

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hearing if there's anybody in the
audience that wishes to speak for or

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against this item, please step up to the
podium, state state your name and

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address for the record.

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» Mr. Mayor
>> Mr. Mayor, Councilman

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My name is Tony Belfiore and I reside at
4615 West 21st Street Circle in Greeley.

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The reason why I'm here is because I own
three commercial buildings in this town.

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I've owned one for 22 years and that's
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I started Naughty Pine Liquor. I'm the
former owner of Naughty Pine Liquor. So,

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when I went to get my liquor license 21
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I had at least 300 signatures.
At that time, most of the council said

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they'd never seen anything like that.
So, and that was with a population of

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15,000.
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there's about a population of let's say
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That's less than 0.4%

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of the population.
So, I guess to me, what that

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demonstrates is there's not a need and I
know when they're talking about I've

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been in many, many of these liquor
these liquor licensing

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either for or against.
And I know the biggest thing is the need

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and that's why I'm here tonight because
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that there's a need for another liquor
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when we have one
within the prox close to me that that

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Coral Bay is.
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it's truthful.
Yeah, I own the building where Coral Bay

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is. My sons own Coral Bay Liquor.
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I don't think that that even from the
sketch that he showed, it shows that

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it's not
his building is not prepared for a

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liquor store. Yeah, they can do it, but
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of experience in the liquor business.
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I'm just trying to tell the truth and
I'm trying to save him some money

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because Coral Bay is very well
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Like I say, we've been collecting paying
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for the city of Evans for 22 years.
So, we have some we have some roots

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here.
And I I guess the basis of what I wanted

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to say is the need. I think you need to
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83 signatures
point to the need of another liquor

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store.
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» All right, thank you. Thank you very
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Anyone else?

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All right, seeing none, I will close the
public hearing and entertain any comment

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from council and or a motion.

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All right, seeing no
uh comments, I would entertain a motion.

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What's that?
>> Fred.

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» I'm just having a login issue.
>> All right, go ahead, Council member

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Neil.
>> I just needed to login again.

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» Okay, no problem. Just go ahead.
>> Picking me out.

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No one mind. I'm fine.
>> Okay.

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All right.
>> Um members of the authority, this is Eva

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Garrettson with Liquor Licensing
Professionals.

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Um if you'd like, I can go through the
process and procedure with the petition

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in order to address any concerns. Um but
I am here if you have any questions. Or

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I can just give uh what our process and
procedure is uh that we conduct

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throughout the entire state of Colorado.
>> All right, I appreciate it, but we've

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already concluded the public hearings
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» Yes, sir.
>> So, we're we're going to go ahead and to

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to a vote here. So, thank you.
Appreciate it.

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Councilman Neil, did you have any
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» No.
>> All right, I would entertain a motion

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then.

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All right, I
I have a motion, but no seconds.

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So, being that we have no second, that
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considered dead.
And uh no further action taken. Or did

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you
I see that you voted.

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» Yeah.
>> Okay.

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No second?
All right, we don't have a second on

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this, so we cannot process the motion.
Therefore, that motion

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does not pass.

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So, I guess that's a denial for the
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Oscar, city attorney.
>> Right.

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» It's denied.
>> Okay. That [clears throat] motion, guys.

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All right.
Thank you. Moving on to next item,

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consideration of a development agreement
with Mountain Cement Company. We'll hear

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from staff.

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» Hey. Thank you, Mayor Ed Bowles, city
attorney. If if I may

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brief the council from this position.
I'll also rely on the the

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director of engineering if if for any
details in regards the roadway. But

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essentially, we're calling this a
development agreement, but it's really a

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participation agreement for proportional
cost to improve County Road 33 from the

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Mountain Cement Company
property to County Road 46.

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Um it does not obligate the city to
perform this improvement only in the

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event that the city were to appropriate
and then budget money within a

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approximately a five-year period. It
does allow for an extension which is

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called in a tail period of six months to
keep the agreement going to allow for

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design
and the build-out subsequent build-out

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if if the city were to obtain funding
from an alternate source which we

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believe to be Mountain Tracks in the
future and then

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» [clears throat]

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» to fully fund the project. But at this
point again the recommendation is to

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Council to approve this. It is
their proportional share of that

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improvement of the paving of that road.
Thank you.

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» Thank you.
Any questions or comments of staff?

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» Yes and
can you

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remind me
what the length of this

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segment is?
>> It's approximately 6,900 ft.

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» Thank you.

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» Since my request to speak is not up and
I don't see anyone on the board so it

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seems that there's no other questions or
comments I'd entertain

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» We're having some little technical
difficulties here at the moment.

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» No no no problem. Anybody else any
questions or comments while we're

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waiting? No? All right. I'd entertain a
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» It's not giving me the option.
>> All right, we'll go ahead and do a vote

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by vote. Okay, I have a
All right, I've entertained a motion.

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» I move to approve the development
agreement between the city of Evans and

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Mountain Cement Company.
>> Second.

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» I have a motion and a second to approve
the development agreement between the

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city of Evans and Mountain Cement
Company. All those in favor signify by

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saying aye.
>> Aye.

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» All opposed nay.
Motion carries. All right, next item.

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Public hearing consideration of
ordinance number 869-26, accepting the

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public road right-of-way for MCC first
replat. We'll hear from uh us I'll open

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the public hearing. Hear from staff.
>> Great. Good evening, Mayor and Council.

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Micah Hallsey, planner with the City of
Evans.

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For your consideration this evening is
ordinance number 869-26 for acceptance

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of public right-of-way, uh which
supports the proposed Mountain Cement

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Company minor subdivision first replat
application. The second reading of this

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is scheduled for September 1st. This is
a public hearing.

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The property owner of the subject land
is Mountain Cement Company LLC as

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represented by the EPS Group in
attendance tonight. The subject

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right-of-way is depicted in the stamp
survey exhibits A and B attached this

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ordinance.
For background, the City of Evans

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Community Development Department is
processing the Mountain Cement Company

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first um
replat to their minor subdivision, which

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seeks to consolidate Lot A of RE3237
and Lot 1 of the MCC minor subdivision

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into a single lot. So, this is a lot
consolidation replat. Uh both lots are

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annexed into the City of Evans.
The proposal proposed resultant lot will

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contain the pending MCC transloading
terminal, which is under construction

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and permitted by separate site plan.
This replat and subject dedication of

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additional right-of-way is related to,
but is distinct and separate uh

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procedurally from this uh MCC facility.
In brief, the property owner requested

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dedicating additional strip of
right-of-way being 10 ft in width along

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the full frontage of the property lying
west of and adjacent to the existing

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60-ft of right-of-way 447th Avenue, also
known as uh County Road 33. This area

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has been previously identified as future
right-of-way to be dedicated by this to

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the City of Evans per the Weld County
record exemption plat uh RE615-01-63

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as um recorded in 2015.
This 10-ft wide strip to be dedicated is

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approximately 0.32 acres. The overall
half right-of-way section being 30 ft

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lying west of the section line and that
additional 10 ft is a total width of 40

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ft um is approximately 1.29 acres, while
the existing half right-of-way of 30 ft

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is already public right-of-way, this
ordinance formally accepts that entire

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40 ft strip as uh dedicated in fee to
the city of Evans.

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The re-plat application has been
initially approved and included this as

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a condition of approval uh for city
council accept the additional road wide

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right-of-way prior to recording the
plat.

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Uh, per section 18.03.100
of the Evans municipal code, city

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council is responsible for acceptance of
additional city right-of-way.

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The subject acceptance of right-of-way
supports this condition. The re-plat

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includes a statement of dedication for
the right-of-way um with information on

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the city council ordinance. So, just so
you know the mechanism, city council is

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accepting the right-of-way. You're
accepting it as part of the public road

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network. The plat is the vehicle where
that right-of-way is officially

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dedicated. And so, this ordinance would
be referenced on the plat. Um, there are

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no direct financial impacts related to
the city as a result of this

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right-of-way. It's not a necessary
roadway. This is just the land where a

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road could be built. And for
recommendation, staff has reviewed the

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applicable Evans municipal code
sections, found that the applicant's

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request is consistent with the staff
report with the 2015 recorded exemption

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plat.
And staff recommends

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approval of this ordinance on first
reading. Should this ordinance be

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approved on second reading, this is the
final condition of approval for this

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re-plat and the approved plat would move
to recordation. Um, applicant's present,

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happy to answer any questions. Thank
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» Great. Thank you, Michael.
>> Appreciate it. All right. Uh, any

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questions of staff?

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All right. Seeing none. Um,
cuz this is a public hearing, I'll ask

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anybody in the audience that wishes to
speak for or against the site to please

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step up to the podium, state your name
and address for the record.

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Seeing none, I'll go ahead and close the
public hearing and entertain any council

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discussion and/or a motion.
Staff

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» [clears throat]
>> I'm glad to see this replat is clearing

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this up and consolidating this piece of
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» Seeing no other
comments, I would entertain a motion.

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» I move to approve ordinance number
869-26

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as proposed on first reading.
>> Second.

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» I have a motion and a second to approve
ordinance number 869-26 as proposed on

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first reading. All those might signify
by saying I.

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» I.
>> All opposed, nay.

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Motion carries. All right, next item 8D,
consideration of resolution number

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24-2026,
designation of four automated vehicle

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identification systems, AVIS, and we'll
hear from staff.

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» Good evening, council, mayor and
council. Uh Randy Darlin, chief of

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police.
The Evans Police Department is

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requesting City Council approve
resolution number 24-2026

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designating four roadways as automated
vehicle identification system traffic

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safety corridors.
This is pursuant to CRS 42-4110.5

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and the Evans Municipal Code 10-04-119.
The proposed corridors are 37th Street,

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42nd Street, Prairieview Drive, 11th
Avenue, and 35th Avenue. The Police

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Department completed a separate traffic
safety assessment for each corridor

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using recent quantitative data,
including traffic volume and speed

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studies, crash history, enforcement
activity, hazardous driving incidents,

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and traffic-related complaints.
Based on these assessments, staff has

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determined that each proposed
designation is reasonably related to

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improving traffic safety. Approval of
the resolution establishes the

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geographic areas in which AVIS
technology can be deployed. It does not

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require automated enforcement throughout
the corridors or authorized enforcement

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until all applicable statutory and
municipal requirements for notice,

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warning period signage, equipment
placement, privacy data use, and program

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operations have been satisfied. Over the
last

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few months, we've been working through
this process.

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Uh last our last meeting, we passed the
ordinance for this process. These are

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the first four corridors that I will
bring you that will provide uh uh

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different roadways throughout the city
that provide the opportunity to utilize

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Avis technology. And that that
technology is both a uh

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a fixed location that will be out off of
37th and and Palermo Drive and the

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mobile uh unit that would be mobile
throughout the community within these

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specific corridors.
Um

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identifying corridors is a requirement
under the state statute for Avis

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technology.
Um this is step one. We'll have

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additional corridors. We'll bring them
to you in in pieces as you could see,

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the process for this was uh pretty
substantial. We did a quite a bit of

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data collection, quite a bit of uh radar
use to bring as much data and and

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quantitative information uh under the
state statute as we could to this

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process um and to try to be as
transparent and open to the public about

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what our, you know, traffic related
safety protocols are in the city. Um

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each one of the corridors uh was was
evaluated on the same, similar, or

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identical standards. We used a
methodology across all of the the

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locations. Um each one of those uh
documents was uh provided to you uh for

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this this hearing for this uh request
under the resolution and uh was provided

430
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:47,040
uh each of the required uh data metrics
under the state statute.

431
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:50,240
So, you can I'll be happy to answer any
questions you might have on those.

432
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:54,040
» Okay. Thank you, Chief. Appreciate it.
Any questions or comments to the first

433
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,040
half?

434
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:59,680
Council Member Delaney.
>> I didn't do that.

435
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,841
I don't know how my name is on there.
>> Okay.

436
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:04,861
Thank you, Chief.
>> [laughter]

437
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:11,000
» All right. Seeing no questions or
comments, I'd entertain a motion. Oh,

438
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:14,000
Council Member Johnson.
>> Um

439
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:20,640
one of the things I would like um if you
can also just um elaborate on the type

440
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:26,800
of system it is cuz I know many are
concerned as I have concerns

441
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:32,040
address concerns for other types of the
ALPRs, but this is not. So, if you can

442
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:35,680
just distinguish the difference between
this system and the other system.

443
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:39,480
» So, we have [clears throat] two systems
that'll be going into place within the

444
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:46,680
city. One is a fixed location.
Um and one is a uh mobile trailer. Both

445
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:52,840
use ALPR technology, but it is not used
in the same ALPR technology ALPR

446
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:56,840
technology uh system that most concerned
uh some of the public is the Flock

447
00:31:54,520 --> 00:32:00,120
system, right? The technology is very
very similar.

448
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:05,560
Um the difference is live notification
to law enforcement uh through um through

449
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:10,720
the cameras, right? So, when with the
cameras we're putting into the public in

450
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:15,680
this endeavor, Avis, right? They go into
uh into the streets. There is signage

451
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:20,200
letting you know that the the the the
equipment is within 300 ft of the

452
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:24,280
signage that's on the public way. We we
sign the roadways as well.

453
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:28,640
And then if a vehicle is captured
speeding within an area, there is a

454
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:32,440
license plate read.
And that license plate read is then

455
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:36,240
eventually sent to the police department
for confirmation of the violation of

456
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:40,160
speeding.
There isn't an immediate read of a

457
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:43,400
license plate to tell us, "Hey, the
occupant in this vehicle or the

458
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:47,040
registered owner of this vehicle has a
warrant for their arrest." There isn't

459
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:51,760
data that's being provided to the police
department that the vehicle may be

460
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:55,520
stolen or um there isn't an Amber Alert
or a Senior Alert associated with any of

461
00:32:54,040 --> 00:33:01,440
the plate reads.
This information is read specifically to

462
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:05,280
the radar detection device and and
whether or not someone is speeding

463
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,880
within that area, and then the data is
uh

464
00:33:05,982 --> 00:33:11,400
» [clears throat]
>> collected, correlated, and then anybody

465
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:17,360
that was identified as traveling at 11
mph or more over the speed limit is then

466
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:21,360
identified through uh license plate
technology. We then verify that license

467
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:24,760
plate against the registered owner of
the vehicle, the make, the model of the

468
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:28,200
vehicle, the color of the vehicle,
whether or not we got a clear read of

469
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:33,200
that license plate, and then that is
brought to the police department for us

470
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:36,760
to do a secondary check and determine
whether or not that is an actual

471
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:40,720
speeding violation, at which time we
then identify that as a notice of

472
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:45,200
violation and have the company send that
out to the public. So, there's no live

473
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:49,360
read notifying the police department of
any individual operating that motor

474
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:52,200
vehicle of any warrants, of any
um whether or not that's a licensed

475
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:56,440
driver,
any of those factors. It's just simply

476
00:33:54,120 --> 00:34:00,760
looking at speed of the vehicles
traveling through the corridors

477
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:05,520
uh and being um
monitored by our equipment that's in the

478
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:09,639
field. So, very different than ALPR.
However, it's similar technology. It's

479
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:13,520
still a license plate read from a
camera, right? And that's the similarity

480
00:34:11,720 --> 00:34:17,639
between the two.
Um and that data is stored, so if there

481
00:34:15,919 --> 00:34:21,440
were a later investigation that were
necessary, it would be a uh uh for a law

482
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:24,120
enforcement purpose, there would be an
ability for us to go back and look at

483
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:27,679
that data,
but it's not being done the way the

484
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:29,840
Flock system is, where it's live
notification

485
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:33,480
um
tracking of a vehicle or, you know, a

486
00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:36,679
notification to the police that the
vehicle stolen or any of those factors.

487
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:40,840
If a vehicle went through one of these
cameras that was stolen, we would get no

488
00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:44,000
notification. If a vehicle went through
that was the registered owner had a

489
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:46,919
warrant for their arrest, we would get
no notification. Those type of

490
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:50,480
notifications are not part of this
system.

491
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:54,879
» And I I appreciate that explanation. I
think in part the reason why

492
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:59,720
this is happening is because our
community um

493
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:04,880
has requested some type of measure to
help with safety, especially with a lot

494
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:10,440
of vehicles speeding, um crashing into
properties, um putting the community in

495
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:14,160
danger due to that. And so, this is one
of the things that we're going to

496
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:19,360
attempt to try to mitigate
that for the community. So, thank you

497
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,360
for that explanation.

498
00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:23,560
» All right, I'd entertain a motion.

499
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:37,160
All right, I have a motion and a second
to approve adopt resolution number

500
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:41,160
24-2026
designating the four traffic safety

501
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:47,520
corridors identified in the resolution
as automated vehicle identification

502
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:52,440
system corridors pursuant to CRS 24-4
um

503
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:58,560
110.5 and sections 10.04.119
of the Evans Municipal Code.

504
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,560
So, if you're votes.

505
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:03,480
And that motion carries 7-0. Thank you,
Chief. Appreciate it.

506
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:08,120
All right, next item consideration of
resolution number 25-2026

507
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:13,640
proposed November 2026 ballot question
for amendment to food sales tax. You

508
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,640
will hear from staff.

509
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:53,400
» Well, the information that I was going
to put up is in your packet this

510
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:57,000
evening. So, it's just about the
language that I was going to add um

511
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,920
to it. So,
uh good evening Mayor Clark and members

512
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:03,160
of council. Brian Stone, economic
development um director for the It's

513
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:07,960
okay.
Um city of Evans. Um I'm here this

514
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:11,880
evening for the consideration of a
resolution which would amend the

515
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:15,440
permitted uses of the current city of
Evans food tax.

516
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:19,720
Uh I I want to start off by saying this
is not a new tax. Um it does not

517
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:24,880
increase the tax rate and it doesn't
does not change what is taxed um within

518
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:28,880
the food um realm.
Most of you are aware of what the food

519
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:32,480
tax does, um but it really generally
applies to food purchased for home

520
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:36,360
consumption. So, that's your meat,
that's your fruits and vegetables,

521
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:40,520
bread, cereals, uh frozen foods, dairy
products,

522
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:46,400
and other um grocery items. It does not
include your hot um prepared meals,

523
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:50,600
tobacco, um alcohol. Thank you. Um
or non-household food items. None of

524
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,800
that would change within this ballot
amendment.

525
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,920
Um
just to give you a little history of of

526
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:59,920
where we're at and what we've done. Uh
back in 2002, um the Evans voters

527
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:04,720
approved
a ballot language for the the use of

528
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:09,760
food tax. And it was very specific of
what it was was used for. It's so parks

529
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:13,760
and recreation, um trails and walkways,
um streets and roadways, as well as

530
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:17,680
traffic control measures.
In the 2002 ordinance, so with the

531
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:23,320
ordinance um following that, there was
language to include um um tax revenue

532
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:26,680
for economic development incentives.
Somehow it didn't get in the ballot

533
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:30,960
language, so it's not an authorized use
currently for that.

534
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:37,240
Then in 2021, uh we went back to the
voters and asked them to amend this food

535
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:42,520
tax um for the use of the construction,
design, operations of the Evans Police

536
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:46,760
Station.
Those Those um will not change with this

537
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:51,480
proposal. Those uses will still remain
in in place. What What we're trying to

538
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:56,160
clean up and and add to that is really
the operations that supports those 2002

539
00:38:54,640 --> 00:39:01,040
improvements. Um so we have some
operational needs that can go into that,

540
00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:04,680
as well as including that '02 um
ordinance where we have performance

541
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:10,200
space economic development incentives
that can be used from this food tax

542
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:15,040
to increase commercial development. Um
Other places for the others to shop, as

543
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:18,480
well as just provide other opportunities
for our our community.

544
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:24,000
Again,
remaining with our our '02 and our '21,

545
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:29,520
um they'll still still remain a priority
um as we move forward. So I did include

546
00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:34,280
um I want to make sure that everybody's
um okay with the language on it. We have

547
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:39,720
met with um
Butler Snow, as well as um internal

548
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:43,160
legal counsel has reviewed this and
helped us with the language, as well as

549
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:46,720
the resolution. So I'll give you a quick
second to to take a peek. I apologize,

550
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:49,640
it's it's not very big, but it was
included in your packet in your packet,

551
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:53,000
as well.
Um

552
00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:56,920
But it is it is lengthy, but we really
want to provide the transparency of what

553
00:39:55,280 --> 00:40:00,760
this is, what it's going to provide, and
really what we're asking our Evans

554
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:07,120
voters to to decide on. And really
understand um that I look at this as a

555
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:13,760
community benefit of of adding these
uses for you guys to make decisions on.

556
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:17,680
So if the voters say yes, um City
Council would [snorts] have the

557
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:21,080
additional authority to utilize those
purposes listed within that ballot

558
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:24,840
question.
That being said, everything still has to

559
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:28,200
come to city council for approval. So,
appropriations and approval will remain

560
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:30,680
the same. It'll just be an opportunity
for you guys to have a little bit more

561
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:35,240
flexibility.
The existing voter approved uses in 2022

562
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:41,000
and
20 2002 and 21 remain in place.

563
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:45,880
The tax rate remains the same as the
well as the products that are being

564
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:50,600
taxed. If the there is a a no votes in
November, then everything remains the

565
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:54,400
same. The '02 and '21 remain in place as
is today.

566
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:58,280
So, we're looking for direction tonight
to add this ballot question to the

567
00:40:56,560 --> 00:41:01,400
coordinated election with Weld County on
November 3rd.

568
00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:05,760
Um as I mentioned, we have had legal
assistance review this.

569
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:11,000
Um and just to kind of reiterate, it's
it's no new taxes and it really provides

570
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:15,680
you guys a city council flexibility to
look at other opportunities that we can

571
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:19,160
bring in and incentivize and or use for
operations for some of those

572
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:23,280
improvements that we've done uh in the
past. So, with that, staff would

573
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:26,680
recommend uh approval of the resol-
resolution and I'd be happy to answer

574
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:30,440
any questions you have.
>> Okay, thank you, Brian. Appreciate it.

575
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:33,360
Any questions or comments of staff?
Actually, I do have a quick question.

576
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:36,800
So,
this was originally proposed in 2002.

577
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,400
» Yep.
>> It was supposed to be on the ballot,

578
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:43,760
never got
on there as it was intended to be.

579
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:48,240
Went out and got it in 2021, nobody
caught it then.

580
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:52,760
So, the question is, as you said, they
vote no, where do we come up with any

581
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:57,400
way that we can
work any economic incentives for any

582
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,960
major
or future developments? Where does that

583
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:03,000
come from?
>> Well,

584
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:06,520
um well, we would have to use, you know,
for the non-food related items. So, we

585
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:10,880
would have to look at other
opportunities that that go um we would

586
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:14,920
have and
really how this all got brought up is as

587
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:18,320
I'm working on an incentive policy for
the city of Evanston we can attract new

588
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:23,240
commercial development within our
community. And this was identified as I

589
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:27,400
as I dug down further and
stumbled upon a document I noticed that

590
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:31,480
this was not an available use. So that's
why we're bringing it to you guys this

591
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:36,280
evening to expand your opportunities to
create that flexibility to utilize these

592
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:39,680
funds for one operations but more
importantly incentives that we can bring

593
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:42,920
additional commercial development to
Evanston.

594
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:46,720
» Mr. Mayor, I'd also throw out there if I
may

595
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:49,680
that there's there
there are other tools for economic

596
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:55,120
development but they're a bit more
cumbersome. So there's TIFs, tax tax

597
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:59,000
increment financing that requires a URA.
Brian and I have looked at that as to

598
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:02,880
what what that means for other areas of
the community as we as we work on the

599
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:06,760
build out of of additional commercial
economic development opportunities. And

600
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:09,200
then there are other opportunities like
um

601
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:12,520
um
PIDs

602
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,880
» Public improvement districts.
>> Public improvement districts. Thank you

603
00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:20,360
very much. Public improvement districts
but again those things have to be

604
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:24,640
the city council has to be petitioned
for those and so the they are a little

605
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:30,040
bit more cumbersome.
Um but but those are just an example of

606
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:35,280
a couple different alternatives that uh
that exist out there but

607
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:39,560
they do come with some nuances.
>> Absolutely. No, I I mean I I agree with

608
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:43,120
with with that completely. I mean I just
wanted to put it out there because what

609
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:46,880
I wanted to reiterate is you know, in
order for us to continue to grow and

610
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:51,600
progress forward we need these
additional tools in in in order to help

611
00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:54,760
us draw more businesses in and be more
competitive with our you know,

612
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:58,520
neighboring communities. I mean for a
city like us to continue to grow just

613
00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:02,400
like all other communities out there
they use economic incentives and all

614
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:06,280
these incentives for these large
businesses to come into their

615
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:09,280
communities. So I I to you know, throw
that out there because I know a lot of

616
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:13,320
people like to see a lot more retail in
here, larger developments and everything

617
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:17,840
like that. This is one of those tools
that we would be able to utilize to lure

618
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:21,960
them into our community and, you know,
and and help them, you know, be a part,

619
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:25,400
you know, part of our community. So, I
think this is a really good idea. I

620
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:29,280
think this makes us really competitive,
you know, with other communities to draw

621
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:32,840
in more businesses and everything. And,
you know, that that money can go a long

622
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:37,280
way to hire more police officers, put
more staffing out in the street, you

623
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:40,320
know, for code enforcement, you know,
you know,

624
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:44,040
everything that we we could utilize, you
know, infrastructure [clears throat]

625
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:46,920
improvements, etc. So, I really
appreciate it. Thank you.

626
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:51,240
» And one of the things that, you know,
pursuant to Brian's present Brian's

627
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:56,560
presentation tonight is
this is an existing tax. This is not a

628
00:44:53,920 --> 00:45:01,680
tax increase. And this is the only tool
we have that is not a tax increase

629
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:05,200
uh from where we're currently at. So,
that is, I think, the

630
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:09,160
one of the real one of the real valuable
pieces of this is our tax rate is not

631
00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:12,880
increasing
with the expansion of this

632
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:17,880
of this opportunity.
>> No, absolutely. And if we're going to be

633
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:23,120
a community that's going to be reliantly
heavy on sales tax and have a very, you

634
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:27,160
know, small mill levy, this is a big,
you know, advantage for us to use this

635
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:30,000
and a tool to go forward. So, thank you.
Appreciate it.

636
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:34,440
What's number uh
Councilmember Johnson.

637
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:38,520
» Um I am for this proposed ballot
question. I have a question, though. Um

638
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:43,000
granted
Now, if

639
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:48,680
if it passes tonight, do we have um a
marketing plan, like PR or what are we

640
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:55,160
doing? Is there a plan in place, I
should say, to ensure that this

641
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:55,160
passes?

642
00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:01,040
» After tonight, staff's hands will be
tied just a little bit. Um I have

643
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:05,360
created a fact sheet if it does pass
that I will distribute to Cody for um

644
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:08,920
distribution so that way everybody at
the front desk, customer service,

645
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:13,000
everybody throughout our side that we
can we can get the factual information

646
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:17,600
that's as much as we can provide.
Um if that it's if

647
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:22,120
from that point on it's going to have to
be um residents and and other people

648
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:25,920
that are are are showing the support for
this um ballot issue. We will provide

649
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:29,920
the facts and that's what we can do. I
apologize that we didn't get this in

650
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:34,320
front. This all kind of stumbled across
as I was I was hoping tonight I would be

651
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:38,760
presenting incentive policies um but I
think this is an important step to make

652
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:42,880
sure our incentive policies align with
what your guys' goals are as well as the

653
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:45,480
city's for growth and how we can move
forward.

654
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:49,520
» I agree. I I agree this is extremely
important for our community especially

655
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:53,560
as, you know, we methodically bring in
new businesses.

656
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:57,200
Um have we What what's the deadline for
like the city to speak on this? Um and

657
00:46:55,880 --> 00:47:00,560
the reason why I say this because
currently we have in our audience

658
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:05,440
our um the executive director for the
chamber so if we can recruit, you know,

659
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:09,160
um partners and stakeholders to help us
and I'm glad you're here today

660
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:14,080
um so they can assist with this
endeavor.

661
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:18,040
» Can you speak to that Ed of of when we I
know we have to have the the ballot

662
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:21,800
question to the county by the first part
of September um but can you kind of

663
00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:25,520
guide us on on that process?
>> Cuz there's typically like a deadline

664
00:47:23,720 --> 00:47:28,480
when it's like the city can't speak on
it. Um

665
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:32,040
in the past that has happened so I'm
just curious to when that is.

666
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:34,760
» I don't have I don't have the the exact
timeline in front of us. We do know that

667
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:38,360
the
the window is very tight.

668
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:40,200
» It felt like September.
>> Yeah.

669
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,960
» So we're good right now?
>> Once it's pretty much

670
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:46,720
» It needed It needed to
go on and be approved tonight in order

671
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:51,200
to make sure that we hit the ballot
because of the fact that we're

672
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:54,120
uh the IGA that we have with the with
Weld County. So

673
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:58,160
um
>> The ballot needs to be certified with

674
00:47:55,680 --> 00:48:02,760
the county by September 4th. And then we
still need time before that to actually

675
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:07,480
do the Spanish interpretation and get
that certification before we certify the

676
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:09,720
ballot. So, um tonight was basically the
last night.

677
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:13,040
» Okay.
So, speak Just kidding. No, thank you.

678
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:15,360
Thank you, Brian. I appreciate you.
Thank you.

679
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:20,640
» Councilmember Neil.
>> Along the line,

680
00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:23,560
are we planning on mailing out
the fact sheet

681
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:28,960
before they
it hits the ballot?

682
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:32,800
» I I think we can look at avenues
following tonight's approval and your

683
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:37,120
guys' consideration for this. Once we
have that, then we can look at avenues

684
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:39,240
of of promoting it to um
the factual information that we can

685
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:44,320
provide.
>> Well, it definitely needs to be promoted

686
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:48,000
and we got a short period of time to try
to

687
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:52,600
convince the voters that this is needed
to be changed.

688
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:55,560
Originally, back in 2002, when this was
passed

689
00:48:54,040 --> 00:49:02,800
or promoted,
um the mantra from the city council

690
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:07,800
and the mayors back then was always
that development will pay for itself.

691
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:13,360
And that
climate has changed over the years to

692
00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:18,760
where you have to promote
your city

693
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:24,000
and its amenities to attract businesses.
And

694
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:29,680
I'm not entirely in favor of that
aspect myself, but

695
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:33,280
I I realize that this is what what
people are doing in other communities.

696
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:35,880
So,
I am in favor of of

697
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:41,800
uh
trying to get this changed over.

698
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:44,560
Um it's my understanding that
by ordinance,

699
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:48,200
they
uh

700
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:52,120
uh previous city councils had
kind of

701
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:56,560
added this to that without and that's
why we are now

702
00:49:54,680 --> 00:50:00,080
because it was never put on the ballot,
that's why we're putting it on the

703
00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:04,720
ballot, but I'm very concerned about the
timeline, the narrow timeline to get

704
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,720
this done.

705
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:08,280
And get the information out to the
voters.

706
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:12,400
» Yeah, like I said, I have the fact sheet
already done, so we can start working.

707
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:15,360
Um I apologize, it just it snuck up on
us, and and we think this is the best

708
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:18,240
opportunity to move forward and and the
best time to do it.

709
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:22,680
It really is, and with and you know,
kind of going back to the the incentive,

710
00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:26,560
if it really is performance-based. So,
none of that is additional cost to the

711
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:29,960
city. Um it'll be
a a shareback agreement more so than

712
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:36,720
than us paying.
>> It's just really unfortunate that we've

713
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:40,160
we've discovered another thing that's
uh

714
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:43,360
should have been done 20 years ago
and have to correct try to correct it

715
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:48,640
and
and submit it to the voters in a short

716
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:48,640
period of time.

717
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:52,360
» It is.
>> Thank you.

718
00:50:50,720 --> 00:50:56,520
» Thank you, Councilmember Neil.
All right, any Not seeing any other

719
00:50:53,920 --> 00:51:00,160
additional questions or comments for
staff, I would entertain a motion.

720
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:10,480
All right, I have a motion and a second
to approve resolution number

721
00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:15,920
2025
or 2025-2026

722
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:19,680
referring to the proposed food sales tax
ballot question to eligible electors of

723
00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:24,800
the city of Evanston at the November
3rd, 2026 coordinated election subject

724
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:29,360
to final legal review and any necessary
non-substantiated

725
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:29,360
revisions.

726
00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:36,640
And that motion carries.
All right, next report, city manager.

727
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:36,640
Thanks, Brian.

728
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:43,480
» Yes, Mayor and Council, just a couple
things for you here tonight. In your

729
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:47,840
packet, uh I have included a pretty
lengthy

730
00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:50,360
uh city manager's update on various uh
capital projects that we have. I just

731
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:53,720
want to go over a couple of those with
city council tonight. Uh, first off,

732
00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:56,480
concerning the police station
construction, the city has taken

733
00:51:55,080 --> 00:52:00,480
possession of the new Evans Police
Department building. Uh, they began

734
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:05,280
moving in on August 10th. Got in pretty
quick. Uh, we're in our second week of

735
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:08,960
operations of of full police operations
out of the new facility. Uh, with

736
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:13,040
construction of the new facility sub uh,
substantially completed, the project has

737
00:52:10,720 --> 00:52:16,600
transitioned uh, to renovation of the
former space here at city hall. Uh, that

738
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:20,400
will be the expansion of the
administrative offices uh, with that

739
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:26,960
completion scheduled for December of
2026.

740
00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:31,320
Uh, jumping down to uh, County Road 394
culvert repair. Uh, that project has

741
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:36,080
been awarded to Coyote Ridge
Construction in the amount of

742
00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:36,080
$108,852.35.

743
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:43,680
Uh, construction is anticipated to begin
on or about August 24th. Uh, and is

744
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:49,120
expected to take 2 weeks to complete
weather permitting. So, uh, should have

745
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:53,880
that uh, that road opened up here in the
in the near future.

746
00:52:51,520 --> 00:53:00,880
49th Street engineering studies. Uh,
that project has been awarded to JR

747
00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:07,520
Engineering in the amount of $109,420.
Uh, with work expected to begin after

748
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:11,240
August 24th. So, uh, $109,420.
I know at first we were we were really

749
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:16,400
unsure what that was going to cost and
then it was pulled down under 200 uh,

750
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:20,640
200,000. So, $109,490
is uh, substantial decrease from where

751
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:24,680
where we initially expected these
pre-design studies to come in at.

752
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:30,920
Ridge Pond pump station. The engineering
team is currently working on the

753
00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:36,480
internal review for all aspects of the
project uh, to make sure that we have

754
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:43,520
have it properly scoped. Uh, after which
time we get a RFP issued by on Bidnet

755
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:46,880
uh, by the end of August uh, 2026. So,
that's coming up here

756
00:53:45,240 --> 00:53:52,160
just in a couple of weeks. I hope to
have that out on Bidnet [snorts] for

757
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:55,320
consultant selection.
Updates on a couple of upcoming

758
00:53:53,840 --> 00:54:00,400
community events.
We have Heritage Days scheduled for

759
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:04,920
Saturday, September 19th, 2026.
And then we have the fall 2026 community

760
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:08,440
cleanup event
scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd,

761
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:15,560
2026.
That'll take place from 8:00 a.m. to

762
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:18,840
4:00 p.m. at the First Avenue site. And
Mr. Mayor, that's all I have tonight.

763
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:24,280
» Great, thank you, Cody. Appreciate it.
All right, city attorney.

764
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:27,000
» Just briefly, Mayor. Um
I continue to work with the city manager

765
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:31,000
to
one by one address

766
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:34,000
issues that have come up and we are very
successful, I believe,

767
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:39,280
thus far.
Come October, just to put it

768
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:42,680
let you hear that in municipal court
they're going to be adding an afternoon

769
00:54:40,720 --> 00:54:45,880
session for criminal matters and they'll
be writing traffic tickets in the

770
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:52,440
morning.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it.

771
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:52,440
All right, moving on.

772
00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:59,120
Let's see.
Council discussion.

773
00:54:57,160 --> 00:55:03,360
All right, so
I just want to let you know be on the

774
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:08,160
lookout for council in the next couple
weeks. I'm going to be working with

775
00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:12,720
Julie Tempwich in HR to get the
annual uh

776
00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:17,560
city manager evaluation out to you. And
then later on after that will I know,

777
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:20,520
you know, our city attorney's only been
with us a short period of time, but

778
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:24,560
we'll just give him a preliminary
preliminary evaluation, you know, maybe

779
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:28,200
about a week or two after that. So, be
on the lookout for those coming through

780
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:32,080
to you on your email. Other than that,
that's all I have.

781
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:36,120
Council member Johnson.
>> Um, I just wanted to speak on the

782
00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:41,600
manager's report. I know we're in the
midst of the 37th Street light um

783
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:43,480
project. I just wanted to
um

784
00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:46,880
this is
touching on that subject but not just

785
00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:50,960
the street light component. I know we
had discussed previously and this is

786
00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:56,120
some time ago there was an analysis made
for um 29th and there um

787
00:55:53,720 --> 00:56:02,040
although we couldn't place like a speed
bump or a stop sign, we considered a

788
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:07,160
street light there because it is really
dark on Anchor and 29th.

789
00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:12,520
And so I just wanted to see if there's a
possibility to add that to that specific

790
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:18,560
project just because I know it does take
a year for us to order street lights.

791
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:21,840
And I don't know if we can just add it
to that.

792
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:26,280
Granted this is something I'm bringing
up from previous um council discussions

793
00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:30,160
that we had.
Just bringing it back to the forefront.

794
00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:33,640
» Yeah, I appreciate you bringing that
back up. I'll I'll coordinate with

795
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:38,200
engineering and then I'll get
information out to the council on that.

796
00:56:35,560 --> 00:56:45,360
» Perfect. Thank you.
>> All right, Councilman O'Neal.

797
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:50,040
» Well, first uh Cody and Ed are
are we

798
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:55,840
having any luck looking at uh re-
being reimbursed uh

799
00:56:52,240 --> 00:56:55,840
for the the culvert repair?

800
00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:05,080
» So the culvert repair is is a
interesting situation. Um

801
00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:09,920
I actually went out with the director of
engineering to to look at it.

802
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:15,920
And that made every bit of difference in
the world. Uh essentially what you have

803
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:21,640
is a situation where the culvert failed.
Uh you have an individual that uh

804
00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:26,240
essentially did dig into that. However,
um by law

805
00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:31,000
the city is responsible for uh the
maintenance of that culvert and the

806
00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:36,280
subsequent replacement once it fails.
Maintenance there is case law on it. So,

807
00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:41,920
in this instance, uh there will not be
any ability to recover any um

808
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:47,680
repair cost. Um
so much time has passed to even

809
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:53,080
determine what the amount of damage
would have been done to the roadway

810
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:57,520
um to accurately go after it.
Plus the fact that uh it was already it

811
00:57:55,840 --> 00:58:03,120
had already failed.
So, it it's a unfortunate situation that

812
00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:07,000
should have been
addressed

813
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:11,800
a long time ago.
>> And I thought that uh

814
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:16,120
the the was
um

815
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:18,560
technically the property of uh
Dixie

816
00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:23,080
um
water company or something.

817
00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:28,280
» So, Dixie it was responsible for putting
it in. The the the provider/owner is

818
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:33,080
responsible for for it and when it goes
in, but once it goes under that roadway,

819
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:37,280
it becomes the responsibility whoever
owns that roadway. In this case, it's

820
00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:42,280
the city and it's maintenance that is
required and and maintenance includes

821
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:47,160
end-of-life replacement.
>> All right, thank you for that.

822
00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:50,840
Um the other thing I need to bring up is
uh we

823
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:54,400
uh received a
a substantial amount of information

824
00:58:52,680 --> 00:58:58,080
about the
uh

825
00:58:55,760 --> 00:59:01,480
someone wanting the client's zone in the
railroad

826
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:04,640
again and
um

827
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:08,680
just wanted to reiterate that
there were four members here on this

828
00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:13,480
council that were
uh engaged in that discussion about 5

829
00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:18,440
years ago
and

830
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:22,600
um at that time it was just
uh pretty cost prohibitive

831
00:59:21,120 --> 00:59:24,760
um at
uh

832
00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:31,800
1 to 2 million dollars per intersection.
And

833
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:35,880
the
most effective thing that we could do

834
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:41,280
would be to close 39th Street off
completely. I note that CDOT has already

835
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:45,240
recognized
um

836
00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:50,480
a problem area there and
uh done something to mitigate it by

837
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:57,240
uh closing off access to
going and turn making turns southbound

838
00:59:54,000 --> 01:00:01,720
on Highway 85 at that intersection.
Um

839
00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:06,920
I don't know whether the council would
want to pursue maybe doing a quiet zone

840
01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:11,880
there. I know the railroads are very
acceptable to closing off

841
01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:16,040
uh
little used intersections

842
01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:20,440
or crossings,
uh but it's still

843
01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:24,760
would probably cost us a quarter of a
million dollars to do that.

844
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:28,680
Uh so I don't know whether there's any
interest in that or

845
01:00:26,640 --> 01:00:33,440
or checking into seeing what that would
do what the cost would be to do that at

846
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:38,680
this time, but uh
since it's been brought up by a resident

847
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:44,320
on the east side again
uh I thought I'd bring it up and

848
01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:49,160
» I am not in favor of that. It's
cost-prohibitive, one. Two, the

849
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:53,560
railroads do not have to abide by any
quiet zone regardless of a municipality

850
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:59,000
enforces one or not. They're
federal railroads trump any state

851
01:00:57,280 --> 01:01:04,000
and municipal
um

852
01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:07,720
um noise ordinance. Um if they feel that
they need to go through and blow their

853
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:13,640
horn, they they absolutely have the
right to do it. The railroads already

854
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:18,960
made some progress in trying to mitigate
train traffic stopping in larger

855
01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:23,200
communities such as Evans and Eaton and
LaSalle and not have their trains parked

856
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:27,480
in you know, in those intersections for
a long period of times by already

857
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:30,400
closing some of the county roads,
especially up uh

858
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:36,280
past uh
um Alton Pierce to reduce that, but they

859
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still can do that if they need to
because of their work and rest cycles. I

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don't think it's
we don't have the budget for it. The

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railroads don't have to abide by it.
And and and it's it's cost prohibitive.

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I mean, my my thing is too
you you live in a community that's near

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a railroad, you own a house that you
purchased

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that's by a railroad.
And that's the unfortunate consequence

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of living near a railroad. You you will
have train traffic going through and

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01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:05,320
they will blow their horn.
>> Well, I'm

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» [clears throat]
>> I'm not looking at it so much as a

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uh
noise issue, it's a safety issue because

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there's no
lights there or a signal there at that

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intersection. And it's
uh

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very little used.
Um because now now you can only go north

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on um Highway 85.
But

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01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:31,840
uh
it it's still a safety concern

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01:02:30,840 --> 01:02:38,920
um
to me because there are there are no

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no uh signals there or or gates
to indicate that uh a train's coming

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through there.
Uh

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» From what I recall,
um there weren't any um

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significant accidents or injuries to
pedestrians or anything.

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So, for me
we have other issues we need to worry

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01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:03,280
about and I would rather put our money
towards

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01:03:01,760 --> 01:03:08,640
you know, the bigger issues that need to
be addressed, especially on the east

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01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:12,240
side, than shut down a street that might
that some residents might get upset

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01:03:10,680 --> 01:03:17,960
about. So,
for me, I can't get behind that, uh

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01:03:15,520 --> 01:03:21,080
shutting down a street.
>> One one resident, but it's not multiple,

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01:03:20,760 --> 01:03:24,960
so.
>> Well, I'm just saying.

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01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:29,600
You know, from what I understand, there
were no big wrecks to bring it

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01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:33,760
you know, make it worry.
>> I think the police chief or the fire

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chief said there were were
one pedestrian and one car

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01:03:36,680 --> 01:03:43,800
over 26 years that he can remember, but
so

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» Anybody Anyone else?
>> No.

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01:03:45,240 --> 01:03:48,480
» All right.
Well, it doesn't seem like there's any

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01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:50,760
interest from the council line.
>> Well, thanks for Thanks for bringing it

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01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:54,640
up though, Council member Niel. I
appreciate it though.

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01:03:52,720 --> 01:03:58,320
» I'm just following it up with
what the resident said, so.

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01:03:56,760 --> 01:04:01,880
» Absolutely. I appreciate that.
Absolutely, 100%.

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01:04:00,600 --> 01:04:05,360
» So.
>> All right, I'm not seeing anybody any

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01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:07,720
other things for council discussion, so
with that being said, I'm going to go

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ahead and adjourn the meeting. Thank
you, everybody.