[0:00] March 2nd the question.
[0:02] more than a minute, but
[0:03] You need to approve the chain folder.
[0:05] We we
[0:06] is progress.
[0:08] [laughter] Just text me.
[0:09] [laughter]
[0:11] It was only going to take three
weeks.
[0:13] I'll know where to vote.
[0:14] just caught on. It only took three
weeks.
[0:17] I said, we're going to dredge,
[0:18] we're going to
[0:20] Our Army Corps of Engineers,
[0:25] We need to approve the chain for
them.
[0:27] probably going to go
[0:32] I hope the only people who want to
trust the damage.
[0:37] Right.
[0:39] Okay. Angela.
[0:40] She's running the beach.
[0:41] Hi.
[0:42] she's running.
[0:43] Yes.
[0:44] I didn't see you coming.
[0:45] Yes.
[0:46] because if he gets to
[0:49] this, this may be one of the this
[0:53] because I
[0:54] going to just this, this
[0:57] This.
[0:58] Oh, just
[0:59] let's go.
[1:04] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[1:06] It's a complicated figure.
[1:09] Yeah.
[1:10] You want to use a shovel or what
happens?
[1:13] [laughter]
[1:14] It's not.
[1:16] Hi.
[1:18] You know why?
[1:19] It's going to take it out of
[1:21] Yeah, I the other.
[1:22] This one's good, this one's
[1:24] I didn't put it in here.
[1:27] Oh.
[1:29] I didn't you want to do it.
[1:31] I didn't really know.
[1:32] Just come on.
[1:33] And the sign along is
[1:35] signing along is
[1:38] Oh, my goodness.
[1:42] back, yeah.
[1:43] Yeah, back issues are bad. I
understand.
[1:49] So, yeah, no, I understand.
[1:52] I got myself back once a month.
[1:57] I don't give a damn.
[1:58] I have to call it.
[2:00] I think so.
[2:00] you go for
[2:01] I go to
[2:02] I go to wonder.
[2:04] Okay.
[2:06] Right.
[2:10] here for that too.
[2:11] I go to
[2:12] across the street.
[2:14] You seen him? Arlington.
[2:16] I could not you see what I'm saying?
[2:22] I could, I have to.
[2:23] All right.
[2:25] Okay, it's 5:30.
[2:27] I'll need to order.
[2:28] We'll freeze down for the pledge of
allegiance and a blessing by Pastor
Jan.
[2:33] I pledge allegiance to the flag of
the United States of America.
[2:38] And to the Republic for which it
stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
[2:47] Gracious Lord, we again thank you
[2:50] for this wonderful community
[2:52] and for all those who work to make it
this way.
[2:55] Those who organized such events as
the Rodeo, the Mexican Fiesta,
[3:00] those who make choices, decisions,
and those who work to make them
[3:03] enjoyable, safe, and successful.
[3:07] Lord, we ask that you protect all who
work on our streets,
[3:10] in our cemeteries, in all other jobs
from the effects of this heat.
[3:16] We ask that you guide us and lead us
tonight.
[3:19] Amen.
[3:20] [chatter] All right, Justin.
[3:23] [chatter] you can go.
[3:25] Yeah.
[3:26] Council member Sparrow.
[3:28] Here.
[3:29] Duly.
[3:30] Here.
[3:31] Jaeger.
[3:32] Here.
[3:33] Emmet.
[3:34] Here.
[3:36] All right, the first item on the
agenda is a proclamation
[3:39] for National Assisted Living Week,
[3:41] which is September the 13th to the
18th.
[3:44] So, whereas National Assisted Living
Week is observed
[3:47] each year to celebrate the
individuals who call
[3:50] assisted living communities home,
[3:52] and to honor the dedicated
professionals who serve them
[3:55] with compassion, respect, and
unwavering commitment.
[3:58] And whereas, assisted living
communities throughout Fort Madison
[4:01] provide welcoming homes where
residents can receive quality care,
[4:05] build meaningful relationships and
continue to participate in
[4:09] and contribute to our community.
[4:12] And whereas, the residents of
assisted living communities
[4:16] enrich Fort Madison with a lifetime
of wisdom, experiences,
[4:19] stories, and contributions,
[4:22] and deserve to be recognized and
celebrated for
[4:24] the important role they continue to
play in our community.
[4:27] And whereas, caregivers, staff,
administrators
[4:30] and volunteers in assisted living
communities
[4:34] demonstrate every day their
commitment to providing support,
[4:38] companionship, dignity, and
compassionate care to those they
serve.
[4:43] And whereas, the 2026 National
Assisted Living Week theme,
[4:46] Shining through the years, celebrates
the enduring light,
[4:50] strength, and wisdom of assisted
living residents and recognizes
[4:54] the caring professionals who support
them each day.
[4:58] And where.
[5:00] as National Assisted Living Week
[5:02] provides an opportunity for our
community to express appreciation
[5:06] for the residents, families,
[5:09] caregivers, staff, and volunteers who
make assisted living communities
[5:14] places of connection, compassion and
home.
[5:18] Now, therefore, be it proclaimed
[5:20] that I, Melinda Blind, mayor of the
city of Fort Madison, Iowa,
[5:25] do hereby proclaim September the 13th
through the 19th, 2026,
[5:29] as National Assisted Living Week in
Fort Madison.
[5:32] and encourage all residents to join
in recognizing and celebrating
[5:36] the residents, families, caregivers,
staff, and volunteers of our local
assisted living communities
[5:43] for the important role they play in
our community.
[5:47] We have a representative fromwood
Village here
[5:51] to receive a proclamation.
[5:57] So, I'm going to go ahead and say
thank you for all you do. My mother
was assisted living for seven years,
[6:02] so I know what you guys do.
[6:05] There's the and do you have two for
cheering?
[6:06] I choose. Yes.
[6:08] All right.
[6:09] okay? And introduce yourself.
[6:11] Do you want to get a photo, Melinda?
[6:13] Oh, yeah, that'd be good. I kinda
forgot.
[6:14] We have photographers over here.
[6:17] True. I didn't think about it.
[6:18] I was trying to get this to Okay.
[6:19] I will admit it. Okay. Okay.
[6:22] doesn't take pictures unless asked to
have a change of order.
[6:26] justified.
[6:27] Thank you.
[6:28] Okay.
[6:29] Thank you.
[6:30] Okay. Okay.
[6:33] Well, good evening.
[6:34] My name is Brenda Graham. I serve as
the director of assisted living and
memory care at Burwood Village.
[6:40] So, thank you for taking the time to
let me address the crowd a little
bit.
[6:45] Um, I'm here not to only introduce
Burwood Village,
[6:49] but part of our celebration of the
upcoming National Assisted Living
Week.
[6:54] Uh, Burwood Village is actually
unique in our community that we offer
a full continuum of care,
[6:59] that includes independent living,
assisted living, memory care,
[7:03] skilled nursing, long-term care, and
ventilator care.
[7:08] So, everything we do is guided by one
simple mission,
[7:11] providing personalized care while
fostering lasting relationships.
[7:16] This mission is carried out every
single day by the nearly
[7:19] 150 employees who work on our campus.
[7:23] I think that's something that most
people are not aware of in our
community,
[7:26] how large and what a big employer we
are.
[7:30] Um, that includes caregivers, nurses,
respiratory therapists,
[7:34] dietary and housekeeping staff,
activities coordinators, and
administrative team members
[7:40] who show up for our residents and
their families.
[7:44] We're excited to celebrate our
assisted living community in
particular during National Assisted
Living Week
[7:49] from September 13th through the 19th.
[7:52] It's a week set aside to recognize
our residents, to celebrate their
stories
[7:57] and to honor the caregivers and staff
who support them with skill and
compassion every day.
[8:03] At Burwood Village, we in particular,
besides our normal routine of
activities
[8:08] have two special events planned to
mark the week.
[8:11] On Monday, September 14th, we're
hosting a rise and shine breakfast
[8:14] for our residents and their families
and special guests.
[8:18] And on Thursday, September 17th,
we're holding our assisted living
[8:21] shining star staff appreciation
party.
[8:25] our chance to say thank you to the
team members
[8:28] who make Burwood Village so special.
[8:31] And I do want to recognize that
Burwood Village is not alone in this
work.
[8:36] Fort Madison is fortunate to have two
other assisted living communities
[8:40] caring for seniors as well.
[8:43] National Assisted Living Week is a
moment for all of us in this field
across our whole community
[8:49] to shine a light on the value of of
quality senior care.
[8:54] Thank you again for your time and for
your continued support
[8:57] of senior care in Fort Madison.
[9:01] Thank you very much.
[9:03] All right. So now we're going to get
back on track with the schedule a
little bit
[9:06] and we are going to do visitors and
appearance requests.
[9:08] Is there anyone in the audience who
wishes to address the council
[9:12] on an item that is not on the agenda?
[9:15] Yes.
[9:16] All right, sir. If you'll come up and
identify yourself.
[9:18] Give your name and address, please.
[9:19] Yes, my name is Randy Strebach.
[9:21] I live at 3036 Avenue E, Fort
Madison, Iowa.
[9:24] Um, I'm here tonight.
[9:25] I got a uh certified
[9:26] letter in the mail by having a boat
poked to my
[9:28] poked to my yard, my front yard,
which is fine.
[9:31] I understand it's against City Code.
[9:34] But is what it happened on August
19th. I got the letter.
[9:37] And mayor, nice to meet you. I've
never met you.
[9:40] I live next to you for 30 years.
[9:43] Never met you. I I remember I
remember I remember you when you were
much younger.
[9:45] [laughter]
[9:46] Yeah. A lot younger. About 30 years
younger.
[9:48] Mhm.
[9:49] And that that situation's been
addressed.
[9:52] But now is it just one neighbor
[9:55] or is it city code violation for all
neighbors.
[9:58] Because
[10:00] I have a city code violation here.
[10:01] That's another one in your name.
[10:03] Okay.
[10:04] That I think's your friend.
[10:06] That's been the same, that the
issue's been there since I got my
certified letter.
[10:13] But his isn't addressed yet. I can
guess, can I pass these out?
[10:16] Um, yes, you can pass it out. We, we
can address anything.
[10:22] That's fine.
[10:23] Um, I would suggest that you contact,
have, have you talked to Officer
Judd?
[10:28] I talked to him, yes.
[10:30] Okay.
[10:31] Not about this issue.
[10:32] Okay.
[10:33] I'm talking about the bow dish.
[10:35] Okay.
[10:36] Which I got to get changed. I'm going
to try to get that issue changed.
[10:38] Okay.
[10:39] But what it goes that far or not.
[10:41] Okay.
[10:42] But so I got to talk to him first
about this issue?
[10:46] He or um, Chief, can you can you
assist this gentleman um after the
meeting?
[10:53] Absolutely.
[10:54] What time is your meeting over,
usually?
[10:56] Oh, when he gets over.
[10:57] No, I get that. I get that.
[10:59] I'll step outside.
[11:00] Okay.
[11:01] Thank you, Cody, I appreciate that.
[11:02] Thank you. All right, sir. Thank you.
[11:06] [squeaking]
[11:08] Hey, is there anyone else who has
anything that they wish to talk
about?
[11:13] Okay.
[11:15] So now we are going to move on to the
consent agenda. Um, looking for a
motion and a second to approve the
consent agenda.
[11:22] Eger moves.
[11:23] Emmet 2.
[11:26] Okay, under the uh consent agenda are
the minutes of August the 18th.
[11:30] alcohol license amendment for Holy
Trinity Catholic Schools,
[11:35] uh, August the 26th claims, library
claims
[11:38] and payroll of August the 23rd, 2026.
[11:42] Any questions?
[11:44] Okay. Justina.
[11:47] Council member Telly.
[11:48] Yes.
[11:49] Jager?
[11:50] Yes.
[11:51] Roller?
[11:52] Yes.
[11:53] Emmet?
[11:53] Yes.
[11:54] Spiro?
[11:55] Yes.
[11:58] Okay, we have enough people here
right now, so we are going to,
[12:03] we were a little worried that we may
need to move item number two further
on down the line. Um, but sorry.
[12:08] We got we got Angela here.
[12:09] Okay, we're good.
[12:10] So, we're good.
[12:12] and your ordinances and resolutions,
[12:15] item number two, looking for a motion
and a second to approve the third and
final reading
[12:19] of an ordinance repealing and
replacing title three, chapter five,
housing code
[12:23] of the Fort Madison City Code.
[12:27] Earl moves.
[12:28] Yager 2.
[12:30] Okay, um, since the last meeting, um,
Matt Emmet had a
[12:39] we didn't talk about it the last
meeting because you had just received
it.
[12:42] Sure.
[12:43] And so now everybody has looked at
it.
[12:46] So I guess I'm going to kind of turn
in
[12:49] I'm going to officially make a motion
to amend with that. I hope everybody
[12:53] had a chance to read it. I think Pat
talked about that it doesn't
[12:57] remove the um, you know, the city
side is in uh in compliance
[13:02] with what we're trying to do.
[13:07] I I just think that it's uh it's a
little bit less threatening
[13:10] than just the the normal language and
and goes to, you know, demonstrate
[13:14] that we are attempting to protect
people's privacy.
[13:19] Um, I think everybody's read it. I
don't know if I have to read it in
here if uh how that works.
[13:25] Um, I I mean, I will just uh, I I
mean, I'll be honest that
[13:30] you know, uh
[13:33] I I'm not going to make a big, but
uh, you know, Pat did state that
while he doesn't think it's
necessary,
[13:38] and you know, my opinion's different
on it, but uh,
[13:41] his comments were expressly
recognizes a tenant's right to refuse
the warrantless entries.
[13:47] protects privacy interest without
penalizing.
[13:51] Uh, retains judicial oversight before
entry occurs, avoids creating a class
[13:55] of units that um are not receiving
regular inspections and remains
[13:59] consistent with the ordinance stated
proposals. So,
[14:04] it's no risk to the proposal
[14:06] but gives a a a little bit of
guidance to a renter what their their
rights are.
[14:10] and I think that's important. So,
that's that's all I have to say.
[14:14] So, I have a question, Council member
Emmett.
[14:17] Are you wanting to amend section
3-58, Section A, I mean, paragraph A?
[14:22] Yeah, I think the 8 and then the
amendment to 3511.
[14:26] I believe that's what Pat intended
when providing the language for this.
[14:30] I don't want to speak for him. I I'm
sure he's he's here but
[14:34] it was my understanding that that was
the language that he provided for me
if I wanted to.
[14:39] Sure. So,
[14:40] this evening we actually have um Dan
Morgan filling in for Pat. Pat took a
vacation,
[14:47] which is good for Pat.
[14:48] And so Dan is filling in um tonight
as a part of our meeting, especially
this portion.
[14:55] Um, Dan, is there anything you wanted
to add? I know Pat will do you in on
this.
[15:00] No, I think
[15:02] I think Councilman Emmett has summed
up pretty well.
[15:05] that was the email that Pat shared
with the changes to the
[15:09] proposed changes to sections 3-5-8 A8
and then section
[15:15] 3-5-11, uh, were to have kind of a
middle ground, I think with
[15:22] the councilman's uh concerns, as as
the councilman indicated,
[15:26] I don't necessarily uh to to
necessarily outline what is
[15:31] already provided for by the
Constitution or the code of
[15:35] However, uh, if that is something the
council wants to consider at
[15:39] least kind of putting writers, I
suppose, on notice of those rights
[15:44] to a certain extent. Uh, that is what
Pat was proposing for those
[15:48] changes to uh A8 and then C. Okay,
uh, is there any discussion
[15:55] by any council members or do you just
want to vote on the amendment?
[16:00] I'd answer any question anybody has.
If not, I prefer a vote.
[16:04] motion in second.
[16:06] Oh, there was no second to that?
[16:07] No second. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't
catch that.
[16:10] Oh, oh, you have a comment.
[16:12] just public it, has the amendment
been read into the record or is the
[16:18] public have access to the amendment.
Why don't we read the amendment?
[16:20] Do you want to read the amendment?
read the amendment into the record?
[16:25] Uh, suggested amendment um 3-5-8A. A
consent to inspection,
[16:30] the owner or occupant may refuse
consent to routine inspection.
[16:36] Refusal of consent shall not
constitute a violation of this
[16:41] chapter and shall not by itself
result in penalties against the
[16:44] owner or the occupant. In cases where
consent is withheld, the city
[16:53] may seek an administrative inspection
warrant or other lawful process
[16:59] authorized by law. Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to
[17:03] exempt any rental housing unit from
the city's rental inspection
[17:06] program or from the inspection
pursuant to any lawful issued
warrant.
[17:09] Uh 2A. I'm sorry for that. Uh,
suggested amendment 3-5-11. Uh,
[17:16] Occupant privacy protections, no
occupant shall be required to
[17:20] consent to a warrantless inspection.
Refusal of consent shall not be
[17:25] considered evidence of code
violation. Um, these were numbered
one, two,
[17:31] three and four on this last one. Uh,
so number three, when access is
[17:34] denied, the city shall pursue
inspection through a lawful
[17:42] administrative warrant procedures
when inspection remains necessary.
[17:44] Number four, nothing in this section
shall be interpreted to
[17:47] remove a rental housing unit from the
city's program or routine rental
[17:51] inspections. All right then. Thank
you, check. I appreciate that. Um,
[17:57] we need a second or not. Uh, I guess
once it's said owner in there,
[18:01] I don't know, but I can second it. I
wouldn't want to not, but uh,
[18:05] I'll second the amendment. Motion for
the amendment. Okay, so we have
[18:07] a motion and a second.
[18:09] So, are we ready to vote?
[18:11] Okay. Justina.
[18:12] Council member Jaeger. No.
[18:15] Roller? No.
[18:16] Emmet? Yes.
[18:18] Sparrow? No.
[18:20] Tealey. Abstain.
[18:26] Now, we are back to the original
reading of the ordinance.
[18:31] Is there anyone, is there any further
discussion on that? Is there anyone
[18:36] in the audience who would like to say
anything? All right. In that case,
[18:46] are we ready to vote? something
there. I was going to ask, Matt, do
you want
[18:53] to wait until we have the additional
council members before we move
forward
[19:03] on this? Okay, Justina. Council
member Tealey. Abstain due to this
[19:05] regulates my business. Jaeger? Yes.
[19:08] Roller? Yes.
[19:09] Emmet? No.
[19:10] Sparrow? Yes.
[19:18] So, the motion failed.
[19:24] unless do we have Rusty on the line?
[19:30] Who's Who's iPhone?
[19:33] might be rusty.
[19:36] Okay. I see I hear you, Rusty.
[19:38] Okay. And then your kids.
[19:42] The the vote has already been made,
the motion failed.
[19:46] So the rules would continue the same
as they were for the previous year.
[19:53] If you can just hear only that.
[19:55] We see that just it.
[19:58] The only other thing that could
happen.
[20:00] And is um if
[20:03] Well ask our attorney.
[20:04] Yeah loves
[20:06] I mean we could someone if they
wanted to bring it back up at the
next meeting,
[20:09] they could let you know that you can
do a motion to reconsider.
[20:14] Um well
[20:16] it would have to be somebody from the
opposing side who wanted to
[20:19] bring it back up.
[20:22] And somebody from the side who was
yep, yep.
[20:27] your your you're good to you're good
to let it go.
[20:29] They're still good. good to Yeah.
[20:32] Okay.
[20:32] Okay. Well the motion to reconsider
wouldn't take place
[20:35] until the next meeting but
[20:38] Okay. In that case that motion
failed.
[20:42] All right then. We are moving on to
item number three.
[20:46] Which is a motion in a second to
approve the second reading of an
ordinance
[20:49] amending title nine traffic by adding
chapter 16 electric micro mobility
[20:53] devices to the Fort Madison City
Code.
[20:59] Further moves.
[21:01] Here too.
[21:05] Okay.
[21:07] Uh, any conversation regarding this
one?
[21:09] Um, I have not had anything, I don't
believe.
[21:13] Chief has, the police chief's office
is not either.
[21:16] Okay. Is there anyone in the audience
who would like to talk about the
[21:19] micro mobility devices?
[21:25] What is it? Oh. Okay.
[21:27] [laughter]
[21:28] Laura, would you like to do a
[21:30] Sure. I can give a quick. I can give
a brief.
[21:33] a camera? Is that what it is?
[21:34] No.
[21:35] No, no, no, no, no.
[21:36] So what it is um the micro um what
we're talking about
[21:40] e-mobility.
[21:41] Those are the scooters. The um
electric bikes.
[21:44] Um that we've seen a unicycle that's
electric.
[21:48] Um all of those type of um vehicles,
I guess you could say between a
bicycle
[21:54] and a and a motorized, you know,
scooter type characteristic is what
that is.
[22:03] what's the agenda
[22:06] Is it taxes or you need a license on
it?
[22:08] No.
[22:09] No, it is actually regulating where,
where they can be at.
[22:14] If they are a certain speed, they're
considered as if they're a vehicle.
[22:18] If they um are under certain speed,
they can be on the trail.
[22:23] Um, you know, just we're just trying
to regulate.
[22:26] This is really comes from our
insurance company.
[22:30] And other insurance companies because
accidents that involve them, the
first
[22:34] thing we get asked is what is the
city's code on these.
[22:39] And one of the things about them is
there are several different types
[22:42] of them.
[22:42] There is one that is considered to be
a class three.
[22:45] Correct?
[22:47] And that one has ability to go 25
miles an hour or higher.
[22:52] And those are the ones that are being
um restricted from the city's trail
[22:58] system, if I understand correctly.
[23:03] Um so
[23:05] and it just it just it just sets out
some rules and regulations.
[23:07] We are not doing permitting, the
state is very restrictive in what can
and
[23:12] cannot be done regarding these.
[23:14] micro mobility devices.
[23:16] I never heard that phrase before.
considered a bicycle and scooter.
[23:21] Okay. No, I understand that because I
did not I had never heard that term
[23:25] until this either. So.
[23:27] Okay, so we
[23:29] [throat clearing]
[23:30] I would like to. And maybe this is
more for our final reading, but
[23:38] I feel like whether we put it on the
city website, maybe posted on
[23:43] Facebook, but I I feel like I see a
lot of
[23:46] there's been some chatter about
[23:49] bicycles being on sidewalks and who's
responsibility it is to yield
[23:54] that kind of thing.
[23:56] Yes.
[23:56] And I feel like maybe in a condensed
form that maybe there should be some
[24:03] tips about who who needs to get off
the sidewalk, the bicyclist.
[24:08] And the pedestrian, the person on the
sidewalk has the right away.
[24:13] And I feel like maybe that would
maybe clear up some confusion.
[24:18] Sure.
[24:19] Um, and maybe hopefully it feels like
it's maybe more children that there's
[24:28] some issues with.
[24:30] Mhm.
[24:31] Um, and maybe parents see this and
have conversations conversations with
[24:35] their children about what their
expectation is if they're riding
their
[24:39] bicycles and their scooters on the
sidewalk.
[24:43] The chief has
[24:45] Right, right, right.
[24:46] So, the reason that we use that term
um is because as things, new things
[24:51] pop up, um we have to figure out a
term in order to be able to place on
it.
[24:54] If I say e-bike ordinance, well then
that doesn't apply to scooters.
[24:57] get
[24:58] like
[25:00] not a uni.
[25:01] That's exactly.
[25:03] And now, now, now there's a unicycle
that goes up towards the 70 miles an
hour.
[25:06] So it just, it's, it's one of those
things.
[25:09] Right. Yes.
[25:10] 100%. Cause I didn't want to rewrite
it twice.
[25:12] That that's understandable.
[25:13] Um, that being said as far as the
diagram, I think that is a wise idea.
[25:15] I'll probably get with Justina once
this passes.
[25:19] Um, but really first we need to pass
the ordinance and then once we pass
the ordnance, then we just need to
establish a resolution for fines.
[25:25] Um, for those that do violate them.
[25:27] I think the biggest thing here is
this is not uh for the purpose of,
hey, we got people, you know, you're
riding on the sidewalk, we gotcha.
[25:35] Here's your ticket. The purpose is
education.
[25:37] Um, and this is to keep kids safe,
this is to keep kids safe, this is to
keep people safe in the community.
[25:41] Um, we're not out to write tickets,
we're not out to write tickets, we're
out to just keep the community safe.
[25:44] We're here to serve the community.
[25:45] So.
[25:47] And um
[25:47] in regards to that,
[25:49] I know the police department and we
have shared this in the past, I know
several times a year, we do push out
some safety rules about bikes in the
community, regular bicycles.
[25:59] Because that's an issue too.
[26:00] Absolutely.
[26:01] and making sure that [inaudible]
[26:03] [clatter]
[26:04] That answers your question?
[26:05] Anybody else got any more while I'm
up here?
[26:07] I kind of like it over here so.
[26:09] [laughter]
[26:10] Uh
[26:11] Double.
[26:11] you just remember that.
[26:14] No, thank you.
[26:16] [clatter]
[26:17] All right then.
[26:18] Um, any further questions from
anybody or are we ready to vote?
[26:22] you guys are ready to vote, not me.
[26:26] Okay, Justina.
[26:28] Council member Roller? Yes.
[26:29] Emmet? Yes.
[26:30] Sparrow? Yes.
[26:31] Steely? Yes.
[26:32] Yeager? Yes.
[26:35] Okay, item number four.
[26:36] Looking for a motion and a second to
approve the first reading of an
ordinance
[26:40] providing the general property taxes
levied and collected each year
[26:44] on certain property located within
the Innsbruck Residential
[26:47] Urban Renewal Area
[26:50] in the City of Fort Madison, County
of Lee, State of Iowa,
[26:52] by and for the benefit of the State
of the State of Iowa, City of Fort
Madison, County of Lee,
[26:58] Fort Madison Community School
District and other taxing districts,
[27:02] be paid to a special fund for payment
of principal and interest on loans,
[27:06] monies advanced to and indebtedness,
[27:10] including bonds issued or to be
issued,
[27:13] incurred by the city in connection
with the Innsbruck Residential Urban
Renewal Area,
[27:18] which is the Project Number Two Area.
[27:23] Do you want to repeat that? You lost
me at first reading.
[27:26] Thank you, Brick.
[27:27] [laughter]
[27:29] Do you want me to summarize that?
[27:30] No.
[27:32] K. your move, Sis.
[27:33] Roller second.
[27:36] Okay, Laura.
[27:37] Would you like me to take that on?
[27:38] Yes, um, so Council,
[27:39] this this evening, if you remember
back about a year ago, we did two
development agreements.
[27:44] Um, we're free guarding public
infrastructure pieces.
[27:48] Innsbruck is a Green Oak area, and it
was actually
[27:52] put together back in 2014. There was
a Project One and a Project Two.
[27:59] The time for Project One was
completed, Project Two was not.
[28:03] It was still within the time frame
for the development agreement to have
an amendment to it.
[28:09] We amended the development agreement
last fall.
[28:12] We did not do the approval of the
ordnance for this one,
[28:16] because we were waiting to see if,
you know, the progress of the
developer.
[28:21] Um, the developer has met the
criteria for the public improvements.
[28:26] as stated in the development
agreement and the structures that
needed to be built
[28:30] for it to initiate the development
agreement.
[28:34] Um, which did include part of the
infrastructure cost up front.
[28:40] Um, when he did all the items that
finalized up the development
agreement,
[28:43] and then the rest of it would be paid
back, um, for the public
infrastructure through
[28:49] what we call TIF, the tax increment
finance payment off of the
[28:53] new taxes created from the
properties.
[28:56] Um, so this is now just formalizing
it into our ordinances
[29:00] like we've done other development
agreement TIFs
[29:03] in our urban renewal plans.
[29:07] Okay, any questions on that?
[29:10] Yeah, I I remember setting this up
and voting on it and everything.
[29:13] Did it include interest at the time
that we set it up?
[29:18] That's true.
[29:19] To be paid back, like interest from
the time it was set up to now?
[29:22] Did this is saying that we're
reimbursing interest costs
[29:25] as well as actual costs of things put
in.
[29:29] I don't know.
[29:30] So.
[29:31] So what will be is
[29:34] I have received what the true cost of
the public infrastructure is.
[29:40] And then we have in the development
agreement that we would not exceed
[29:43] a certain amount.
[29:47] Okay.
[29:48] So, with that being said,
[29:49] So that you have interest that they
use it on whatever
[29:52] Yeah, whatever
[29:53] the so we are going to pay the
[29:55] half of whatever the public
infrastructure cost was, which I
think
[30:00] whatever's left in that program from
the first phase of 14,
[30:06] came up to like 480 some thousand
dollars. And then,
[30:11] so a portion of that will be paid
now, and then the city
[30:15] will be reimbursed back our portion
of that through the
[30:18] TIFF payment, and the developer will
receive the other portion.
[30:23] Um, there's been some changes in this
with the state law. So actually, the
low to moderate
[30:29] income piece, because this is a true
economic development, is actually
allowed to be paid
[30:33] back to the city directly, so we can
help pay our payment back quicker
because we did not
[30:40] designate a project for those funds.
So, whatever, you know, that amount,
I like I said,
[30:47] 480,000. That is the amount of money
that is in the urban renewal. Yes.
[30:55] Okay, any further questions?
[31:01] Justina. Council member Roller? Yes.
[31:03] Emmet? Yes.
[31:04] Sparrow? Yes.
[31:06] DeLee? Yes.
[31:07] Jaeger? Yes.
[31:09] Okay, item number five.
[31:13] Looking for a motion and a second to
adopt a resolution approving the
mayor's signature on change
[31:19] order number one, for public
improvement project 2024-01,
[31:23] 10th Street combined sewer separation
project,
[31:27] increasing the contract amount by
$38,035.
[31:33] DeLee moved, Sparrow seconds.
[31:37] Okay.
[31:38] Mark, it's a change order.
[31:41] [laughter]
[31:43] I'm not going to pick on you like the
last mayor.
[31:45] Appreciate that.
[31:47] Um, so change order number one, like
you said, Melinda, this $38,035.
[31:52] Um, this is for the extension of the
water main.
[31:55] We have a water main that runs up
10th Street from Avenue F. It stops
mid-block.
[32:00] Um, we have to abandon and relocate a
section of the water main in the
intersection of
[32:07] 10th and F to move it around some
structures.
[32:09] In doing that, we're going to cut off
service to three properties.
[32:13] Um, so what we're going to do is
reconnect the water main from Avenue
E down to where it stops
[32:20] mid-block to loop the system, but
this is caused due to the need of
providing service
[32:25] during the project, and we relocate
the existing main in F and 10th.
[32:30] So, uh, we have communicated with the
SRF.
[32:33] It sounds like it will be covered by
the SRF.
[32:36] We do have contingency in the
project.
[32:38] Um, the reason I say it sounds like
it's covered is because it's it's
clean water, uh, not
[32:45] the not the sewer funds, but this is
a direct relation to being in the way
of the intakes
[32:51] and having to be relocated as far as
that project goes.
[32:54] So, we should be good.
[32:55] If not, the water fund has some
money.
[32:59] And in as Mark mentioned, this this
project is needed for what we're
doing,
[33:05] because once you rip open a street,
sometimes your blind surprises.
[33:08] But in the long run, it will be very
beneficial for the city and those
residents in that
[33:13] block. And the project is continuing
on schedule at the moment.
[33:18] It hasn't been going very long, but
we're still on schedule even with all
the rain.
[33:21] Yeah, it's going good.
[33:23] [laughter] Okay. Free day. I drive to
work, and I drive down Avenue E, and
I'm like,
[33:28] Wait, you can't do that.
[33:29] You got to remember before you get
too far into the best method of it.
[33:35] It's it's habit.
[33:37] It's just habit.
[33:38] We're driving in all new directions
and see a new parts of town that we
come to work.
[33:42] Yes.
[33:43] They're just narrow streets with a
big work truck.
[33:46] [laughter] There you go.
[33:49] I mean, I get it. I get it. But.
[33:52] So, are there any questions or
comments on this?
[33:55] Okay.
[33:57] Change order's actually good.
[34:00] All right then, Justina.
[34:01] Council member Emmett? Yes.
[34:03] Sparrow? Yes.
[34:04] DeLee? Yes.
[34:05] Jaeger? Yes.
[34:07] Roller? Yes.
[34:09] All right, item number six.
[34:10] Looking for a motion and a second to
adopt a resolution approving a
contract
[34:14] with Banner Fire Equipment
Incorporated of Roxana, Illinois,
[34:19] for the refurbishment of fire
apparatus 9442
[34:23] in an amount not to exceed $238,120.
[34:29] Jaeger moves.
[34:31] Too.
[34:32] All right, Chad.
[34:36] One sheet paper.
[34:38] One sheet of paper?
[34:39] One-sided?
[34:40] No, I got a little bit on the other
side.
[34:41] That's why I thought.
[34:42] Both sides.
[34:43] Both sides are fine.
[34:44] I'm sorry. Okay.
[34:46] Big enough.
[34:47] [laughter]
[34:49] Uh, so let's see here. What I'm
asking for tonight is,
[34:51] uh, the, uh, this is the 20-year, uh,
refurb of our aerial apparatus. It's
9442 is
[34:58] what its designation is.
[35:01] This was a planned refurbishment the
[35:05] going back to 2021, I believe, 2022.
[35:11] Um, the uh, major things that
originally there was uh,
[35:16] a lot of different items included in
it because of the substantial cost.
[35:22] Uh, I have knocked it completely back
to only things that have to do with
safety.
[35:28] So, mainly with the uh, the the
latter portion of it.
[35:32] Um, the uh, the truck is is 20 years
old, it was placed into service in
2006.
[35:39] We uh, received that truck through a
uh, AFG grant.
[35:45] Uh, kind of give you an idea how much
uh, things have gone up since then.
[35:48] What is an AFG grant?
[35:50] Assistance to Firefighters Grant.
[35:51] Thanks.
[35:52] Sorry about that.
[35:53] [laughter] It's all right.
[35:54] Um, at that time that truck was
700,000,
[35:59] uh, the city paid 70,000 for it.
[36:02] Uh, so, for that amount of money it
served the community for 20 years.
[36:09] And the same truck now, now today
would be about 2.3 to 2.5 million.
[36:15] So, at uh, some point, uh, I better
start writing grants again.
[laughter]
[36:21] So,
[36:22] uh, for that amount of money.
[36:23] Those grants are great.
[36:24] So, like I said, the uh, the the
truck is in a good shape.
[36:29] We do have a couple of minor things
that we have held off on
[36:33] in anticipation of this
refurbishment. Uh, they would take
care of it at the same time.
[36:39] But uh, I just wanted to uh, give a
little bit of a shout out to our
maintenance guys.
[36:45] We have a tremendous maintenance
program that's headed up by uh,
[36:50] for the biggest part of the last 20
years it was Neil Gathers.
[36:54] He has turned the reins over to Alex
Myrody, but uh,
[36:58] those two along with our city
mechanic,
[37:02] uh, they take very good care of our
trucks.
[37:05] They are expensive, but we keep them
a long time.
[37:09] Uh, for example, right now, uh, our
front line engine that we're running
is a 1997.
[37:16] Uh, our mini pumper is a 2013.
[37:19] Uh, this truck is a 2005 that was
placed into service in 06.
[37:25] So,
[37:25] our newest engine,
[37:28] no fault of our of our own uh,
maintenance program it had some
brackets break on the
[37:35] pump module body.
[37:37] Uh, that was by design from the
manufacturer.
[37:40] So it's in the shop right now getting
worked on.
[37:42] But uh, otherwise, so.
[37:45] Um, what I'm asking is we
[37:49] we've had this in the works for quite
some time, but we never did have a
contract signed
[37:55] in order to order the equipment now.
We have to they want us to sign a
contract, of course.
[38:01] There's a major piece that's uh, that
needs to be replaced is it's on the
turntable.
[38:08] Once they order that, it takes three
to four months for them to get it.
[38:12] So, this truck is going to be down
anywhere from six to potentially 10
months.
[38:19] So.
[38:20] Curiosity question.
[38:22] So, we spend the
[38:24] 238,000.
[38:27] How much more life does that give the
truck?
[38:31] So, uh, NFPA gives uh, uh,
recommendations just like I said,
[38:36] it's up to a 10-year refurb.
[38:40] What it says is it's supposed to give
you another 10 to 15 years.
[38:44] Um,
[38:46] my uh, being being real, uh, the way
we we take care of the trucks,
[38:52] it could be 20.
[38:53] Wow.
[38:54] So.
[38:55] So with the 238,000.
[38:58] I I I believe it is.
[38:59] Very much so.
[39:00] And and like I said, the
[39:01] How much would it be about 1.2?
[39:03] Yeah.
[39:04] Like I said, it was more of a
curiosity question as opposed to a
[39:07] We talked in depth about this. Um,
council. This is one thing that's
been talked about.
[39:11] We talked about before I even got
here, uh, in my role two and a half
years ago.
[39:16] We talked about it when it was
discussed, I think when they
purchased
[39:22] the new one that was going to finally
arrive.
[39:26] Yeah.
[39:27] This all.
[39:28] Yeah, yeah.
[39:29] And so that's where we're at. At this
point, it was talked about, I think,
[39:32] I think it was talked several years
before that in the middle of.
[39:37] Dustin just asked me, didn't we
already plan this? Didn't we already?
I go,
[39:41] We talked about it.
[39:42] It's been a long time coming.
[39:45] But to be formalized, I feel like
this needed to come in front of
council.
[39:49] Yeah, we we I I believe we have
absolutely discussed it.
[39:53] Um, bringing it back before you
because we have not signed a
contract.
[39:59] I felt like when, uh, when we got
that, there was a contract
[40:01] that needed to be signed. I brought
it to Laura.
[40:04] Oh, no. We come to you because to be
fair and upfront about that.
[40:09] So, um, Chief, thank you.
[40:11] I've uh, no doubt that we need to do
this, that's kind of a
[40:13] no-brainer to extend the life of it.
[40:16] um, I I do have some questions though
just because um, it it
[40:20] talks about us using the sale of the
fire station that hasn't
[40:24] sold to offset it.
[40:25] So, how much is in the 2027-28 budget
for this?
[40:29] How much is an unfunded liability?
[40:32] And why didn't we plan for it if we
knew it was coming in 20 years?
[40:36] And that's probably a question to all
of us, not just Chief.
[40:39] So, it was a 20-year maintenance that
we knew it was coming.
[40:44] Yeah. Right.
[40:45] Now it's an unfunded liability money
on there.
[40:47] It's coming. I just want you to know.
[40:50] and I want to say that this is how
things happen in cities but this
[40:53] happens at times where we know we're
gonna do this and a lot of times
[40:56] cities will go, well, you know, we
just know we're going to get a new
[40:59] truck. And I think, I think the fire
department's trying to be physically
[41:02] responsible if it can be refurbished
and kept longer, which is a good
thing.
[41:05] Um, the original plan,
[41:08] and I'll I'll give you back a little
history on this
[41:11] because when I came on board, the
original plan was
[41:13] when it got closer to when the truck
was going to be done.
[41:18] They were going to bond for the new
fire truck and include this
[41:20] in the bond.
[41:22] We didn't bond for the fire truck
because we had to utilize
[41:27] some ARPA funds, which during Covid,
um, we received
[41:31] close to, it was like $1.8 million in
um funds from the Federal
[41:36] Government.
[41:38] And we in December of '24 had to have
items that were already
[41:42] contracted.
[41:45] The fire truck, the new fire truck
was contracted at that time,
[41:49] so we utilized ARPA funds to pay for
that.
[41:53] This was not in that, the contract
signed before Dec '24.
[41:58] So this is where we're at now at this
time.
[42:03] Yeah. What is the unfunded piece?
[42:05] What was in the 2027-28 budget? Do we
know?
[42:08] The '27-8, '28 budget?
[42:09] 27 or 26, 26-27?
[42:12] We didn't even, we did not put it in
this budget yet because we're
[42:15] waiting on the new fire truck to get
done because we can't
[42:18] move this fire truck.
[42:19] It just said some of it was in there.
Some of it wasn't.
[42:22] Oh. So to give you a little bit more
history on this one.
[42:27] It is in. It's in the thing. I mean,
that's my question.
[42:31] The '27-28, we haven't done the
'27-28 budget yet.
[42:33] It says that it's in there. It's
going to be in there.
[42:36] but we're also looking at, you're
also selling a building that has
[42:40] potential of a $200,000. $200.
[42:43] You don't know. We have we need to
[42:46] set these funds aside now to sign
this contract.
[42:48] Where is it? Like, what fund did it
come from right now?
[42:52] If it were to come today, you're
because this is a general fund issue.
[42:55] This would be a general fund issue.
[42:58] So with that being in the plans,
[43:01] you are looking at you know that
you're going to be selling your
[43:03] previous fire station.
[43:06] We know there is an interest of that.
We haven't put it on the market yet
[43:09] because we still need that fire
station until we're ready.
[43:13] So you're basically going to be
selling a building that's going
[43:17] to pay for your fire truck.
[43:20] And if there is any differential, we
will have to plan for that in
[43:23] the budget as we prepare the budget
coming up.
[43:30] To be clear, it's a 200K unplanned
expenditure on a budget that only
[43:34] had 200K before it goes negative on a
year.
[43:38] Yeah. Well, now I understand. I
understand.
[43:42] However, the plan that was set out
how many years ago did not plan out.
[43:46] Yeah. So. I mean, I'm supportive. I
just
[43:52] That's a good question.
[43:53] and I understand that you're
concerned.
[43:57] But, you know, you are again going to
be selling,
[43:59] you are going to be selling your
building.
[44:01] Can we do anything to mandate that
the sale of the fire department
[44:04] comes back to this cost? Is that a
thing?
[44:09] Well, when we go to put it on the
market, if you want to pass
[44:11] a resolution that says that, you can.
[44:16] I mean, to me that building sold
should go back into the Fire
Department.
[44:22] and how it's utilized.
[44:23] It's all part of the Fire Department
General Fund anyway. So.
[44:26] Yeah. It's going to go in the general
fund and it would go towards this.
[44:32] And to answer your question, uh,
[44:34] I'll I'll have one square on me that
uh, the the part of this
[44:38] we had a transition from
[44:40] my predecessor to me.
[44:44] Uh, it it just, yeah, it's it's on
me.
[44:49] Oh, it's on all of us.
[44:51] It's uh, it's a no-brainer. It's just
that budget.
[44:54] Well, again. Go ahead.
[44:57] was it say we originally bought a new
fire truck.
[45:00] So it's not it's not that we haven't
planned
[45:02] No, it's not that you didn't plan.
[45:03] It's just we had the ARPA funds that
were originally going to go to the
[45:08] 20th to 30th Street Avenue L project.
[45:11] That project had not had a contract
yet.
[45:14] And so we couldn't use that project,
[45:16] so we had things in line that were
[45:20] already under contract that fit the
needs.
[45:24] And so we shifted everything that was
under contract.
[45:27] That included some of the bridge um
engineering for the bridge projects
that Mark has.
[45:33] It included the new fire truck.
[45:36] It also included the purchases of the
property that we needed to purchase
to build where the fire station is
now, the new one.
[45:42] So we had some purchase orders,
things under agreement to meet the
needs of the of the federal code.
[45:48] got enough support. We didn't have.
[45:50] [rustling]
[45:52] Was anyone else's question?
[45:54] Any other questions from anybody?
[45:57] Uh, once the contract's signed, how
long before it goes in for the
retrofit?
[46:01] Well, right now, uh
[46:04] since since we're in our uh our old
firehouse,
[46:07] uh we're we have the uh the new fire
truck that was
[46:09] ordered back in 2023.
[46:12] Uh it was supposed to be coming in
September.
[46:15] Uh they have since pushed it back to
[46:17] sometime in October.
[46:19] So when that truck arrives, Ariel is
going to go.
[46:24] Okay, that answered my question.
[46:25] Yeah.
[46:26] Otherwise you could be down one
truck.
[46:28] Yeah. So
[46:29] This the new this aerial truck it has
a higher reach capability, right?
[46:33] 104 foot, yeah.
[46:34] So is there are we reaching out to
like Kiakuck in the absence of our
truck in case we need some support?
Absolutely.
[46:41] And we're uh I've uh worked on
relationships with uh Burlington
Fire,
[46:46] uh so we absolutely will have their
assistance during that time,
[46:50] both of them.
[46:51] as well as Mount Pleasant.
[46:54] [rustling]
[46:58] [rustling]
[46:59] Just out of curiosity, um which of do
these
[47:05] departments all surrounding
departments uh to Mount Pleasant
[47:09] and Kiakuck have an aerial that is
same height as ours?
[47:12] Yes, they do.
[47:15] Yeah.
[47:17] All right then, thank you very much.
[47:19] At at one time back in history when
the uh Tama building was on fire,
[47:24] uh all of them were around that
building, ours as well.
[47:29] Any further questions?
[47:32] All right, then thank you very much,
Chad. Justina. Council member
Sparrow?
[47:36] Yes. Teley?
[47:38] Yes. Jagger?
[47:39] Yes. Roller?
[47:40] Yes. Emmett? Yes.
[47:43] Okay, item number seven.
[47:44] Looking for a motion in a second to
adopt a resolution approving the
following applications
[47:50] for a three-year urban revitalization
tax exemption.
[47:53] For at 1734 and a half Avenue L.
[47:58] Teley so moved.
[48:00] Jagger two.
[48:02] Okay, I don't know if anybody's
noticed that building and the changes
that have occurred down there.
[48:07] While they've been working on it, but
it's quite a change down there.
[48:13] Um anybody have any questions?
[48:16] All right.
[48:17] We always appreciate it when citizens
uh work on these old buildings.
[48:24] Cuz I think Jan will tell me that's a
really old building down there.
[48:28] Okay.
[48:29] And Andy, keep forgetting Andy's in
the back row back there.
[48:32] Tertio.
[48:35] Oh, was it? Okay. Thank you.
[48:38] All right, if there's no questions,
[48:39] Um then Justina.
[48:41] Council member Teley? Yes.
[48:43] Yager? Yes.
[48:44] Roller? Yes.
[48:46] Emmett? Yes.
[48:47] Sparrow? Yes.
[48:50] Okay. Now we're moving on to the
update, and I'm sure this is what
people are really interested in.
[48:56] Um this is regarding the Planning and
Zoning Commission
[48:59] and high infrastructure impact
developments
[49:02] in extraterritorial two-mile zoning.
[49:07] So, item number eight.
[49:09] Looking for a motion in a second to
direct staff to continue working
[49:13] with the Planning and Zoning
Commission on the proposed zoning
regulations
[49:18] addressing high infrastructure impact
developments.
[49:21] Emmett so moved.
[49:23] Sparrow seconds on that.
[49:26] All right, uh, Mr. Krugmeyer, are you
doing the report on this one?
[49:30] So, as Doug's coming up here, I just
would like to bring a few
[49:35] few items to this as we explained in
the council report.
[49:38] Past is no planning and zoning
commission, they are working on both
of these ordinances.
[49:44] And at our last meeting,
[49:46] in all of our discussions, we wanted
to bring this this evening.
[49:50] We normally don't do this, come back
and ask,
[49:53] counselor, are you comfortable with
[49:56] us are you good in our direction, but
[49:58] due to both of these types of
ordinances,
[50:02] Planning and Zoning Commission and
staff felt it was important to get
some
[50:07] feedback at this point and to make
sure we're going in the right
direction.
[50:10] So with that, I will turn it over to
Doug.
[50:13] Exactly. So these are major code
adjustments, major code additions.
[50:18] Um,
[50:19] We'll get to the two-mile
[50:20] in a minute, but that is a council
decision.
[50:22] That's a citywide decision that we
need to decide if we want to make.
[50:26] So, when we are discussing it at
staff level,
[50:30] and we understand what we're what
we're feeling.
[50:32] Council is explaining to us what the
direction we should probably go to
[50:35] try and continue to protect our
citizens and neighboring citizens.
[50:40] Um,
[50:41] start writing code, give it to P&Z,
and P&Z wants to pause and wants
[50:46] to hear what council really thinks
about these things before we
continue.
[50:49] So,
[50:50] here we are.
[50:50] Um, the
[50:52] one that we have been working on a
little bit longer than the two-mile,
[50:55] two-miles kind of straight forward as
an adopted ordinance.
[50:58] It's how we choose to zone that
two-mile
[51:03] that you can change.
[51:05] Uh, this one is the high
infrastructure impact developments.
[51:09] Um, a wide variety of developments
can go into that.
[51:11] Some of the stuff we already have out
there,
[51:14] need such infrastructure that they
would end up going through this
[51:16] process too if we had a similar type
use go in.
[51:20] But I wanted to get this to you just
so that we can understand.
[51:25] [paper rustling]
[51:27] Apparently I'm too far away.
[51:29] Oh. you can.
[51:36] Are you going?
[51:40] Uh, what it really is. Um,
[51:43] It's it's infrastructure based.
That's how I decided that we decided
to
[51:46] kind of write this code.
[51:49] It's not based on the use itself.
[51:51] I don't care if it's a technology
facility or you know, a
[51:55] rendering plant or whatever the case
may be.
[51:58] It's based on how much infrastructure
they need, how much use they need,
[52:02] water consumption, that kind of
thing.
[52:05] So, based on how much they're going
to need will it'll it'll scale what
[52:09] kind of review we want to do for
that.
[52:13] Um,
[52:14] that review will take engineering
studies that we want to see
documented,
[52:19] and then if we have questions about
it, we will outsource our own
[52:23] independent engineering to validate
what they sent us.
[52:27] So they don't just send us, you know,
a bread box and say,
[52:29] here you go, it looks good.
[52:32] Um,
[52:34] And then from there we can we can
really understand what it truly
needs.
[52:39] We think we've honed in on that
number.
[52:41] Now we can classify it and and see
how that's going to affect.
[52:47] Can we handle the utility needs or or
the road needs or a wide variety of
[52:51] things?
[52:53] So, go to the next slide for me.
[52:54] [paper rustling]
[52:59] We're going to break this down into
three categories.
[53:02] Uh, the first category is not much
infrastructure needs, smaller
[53:05] facilities, we may already have water
sewer in the area, and it's just
[53:08] connecting to the system.
[53:11] Some may need, you know, some
upgrades in the system in the area to
make it
[53:15] work.
[53:17] And some may need a new well put in
because they're they need that much
[53:21] water or or new substations for
electrical or that kind of thing.
[53:26] So, based on the classification,
that's going to help us define what
[53:31] list of studies we want to see to
understand how that's really going
[53:35] to affect the community.
[53:38] Smaller ones shouldn't affect much.
[53:39] We won't probably ask as many studies
of that, you know, that's that's the
[53:42] kind of thing we're looking for.
[53:44] It's not so much use-based, it's it's
infrastructure based.
[53:49] And then obviously, we get noise
studies and that kind of stuff
[53:52] depending on what type of facility it
is and and that kind of thing.
[53:58] Those are just some of the examples
we're looking at for the types of
[54:01] studies.
[54:02] Water capacity, waste water capacity,
electrical, roads, traffic.
[54:06] Some some places they they do a
number on the roads getting developed
[54:10] but don't have a lot of traffic.
[54:12] So, it might be, you know, road
warranties or road replacements when
[54:17] completed, and then, but you don't
need to expand lanes or anything,
it's
[54:21] it's all based on what the study is
and what their proposal is
[54:23] because of that.
[54:30] So, we're really talking about two
different things.
[54:32] Um,
[54:33] the HID code and then the extra
territorial, I'm going to call it ET
[54:36] because I think it's fun.
[54:40] Um,
[54:42] I am looking at doing that district,
that two miles, as a standalone
[54:46] zoning district.
[54:48] You can extend all of our individual
districts out, residential out, ag
out,
[54:54] commercial out, you know, up the
roads and stuff like that.
[54:57] I don't see that we want to do that.
[54:59] I don't want to try to regulate
building permits in this area.
[55:02] I don't want to regulate setbacks in
this area.
[55:05] We're not worried about that.
[55:06] We're just worried about the types of
facilities
[55:09] like HID, but not only that one.
[55:11] You know, it could be rendering
plants and and major other facilities
[55:14] that we just want to know aren't
going to bother the neighbors,
[55:17] bother the neighborhood and
potentially bother the city also.
[55:21] So, uh it's really going to stay
pretty high level.
[55:25] Um but if they can show us that
they're not going to get beyond their
property lines
[55:30] in in anyway, then uh it's a special
use permit
[55:34] and everything looks good, they'll
they'll they'll still be able to
develop and then we won't try to
regulate the development, you know,
show.
[55:40] We may ask for through special use,
you can ask for conditions like
[55:45] like guarantees and extra studies,
extra studies, extra testing once
they're up and running
[55:50] that our concerns have been met and
complied with and that kind of thing.
[55:53] But um we're not trying to do
standard zoning. It's just going to
stay high level.
[56:02] The goal is to protect the property
owner, uh prevent incompatibility,
that kind of thing.
[56:08] Um
[56:10] Go to the next one.
[56:13] And then there's just kind of a list
of a list of what what things we are
going to do on the left.
[56:17] Or they only the kinds of facilities
that might get checked
[56:21] and the key is we're not going to
look at the list on the right.
[56:24] We don't care about the farms or the
houses or the small businesses.
[56:27] The stuff that's already out there,
the stuff that can come and go all
the time because they're just on the
edge of town.
[56:32] You know, if it's not bothering, if
it's not bothering, if it's not big
enough to bother the region,
[56:37] the area, the neighborhood, then it's
going to go through
[56:40] and not even need review from the
city.
[56:43] Is the is the goal. We're just
worried about the big ones.
[56:49] So, the questions are for council,
[56:53] one, do you have any major questions,
any major questions, any anything on
these two types of codes?
[56:57] Are we going in the right direction?
Are we going in the right direction?
Are we completely off base and you
want to focus on one type of use
specifically
[57:04] or or just write something
individually?
[57:06] Do we want to not do two a mile
because you've heard feedback?
[57:11] After this meeting, you're probably
going to hear some feedback.
[57:14] So, I wanted to get an understanding
to get an understanding to you that
what what kind of level we're really
looking at.
[57:19] We're not looking at full-blown
zoning, we're just looking at the
major uses and how that might affect
the neighborhoods.
[57:25] The property owners as a whole, we
won't they they won't even see us.
[57:30] I think it's a a good start and in
the right direction.
[57:33] I feel like if you guys are going to
put the work in to doing this, that
it should cover more than just
[57:42] one specific and whatever business,
whatever the situation might be.
[57:49] But so I feel like this is a good
start.
[57:53] So, we're not trying to play catchup.
[57:56] Right, those new types of uses always
pop up and and they haven't even been
defined yet.
[58:00] So, this would still help cover those
kinds of things.
[58:02] And I'd love to give Barb a chance.
Barb's our planning and zoning
director.
[58:05] [laughter]
and has sat in these meetings and I'm
sure would have questions for you
specifically.
[58:10] So, Barb, if you want to say, go for
it.
[58:12] Real real quick, Barb, before you
jump up, I'll fill in some of the
things that I think are
[58:17] our P&Z has been getting absolutely
punished online
[58:21] uh with all sorts of false
information.
[58:24] They're they're on the take. This is
a a new law to put data centers in.
[58:29] So, it's um it's really important
that right messaging comes out here
that
[58:34] right now, we don't have any tools to
deal with this.
[58:37] If somebody goes into the uh uh yeah,
I too, there's nothing we can do
about it.
[58:43] If somebody goes two miles out,
there's absolutely nothing we can do
about it.
[58:47] So, that's what they're asking us to
do is as the elected officials
[58:52] to to really be on record that we're
asking them to go and and do this
work
[58:58] and that we get the message out there
that we get the message out there
that this isn't a vote for a hit
property,
[59:04] it's a vote to have uh tools in place
[59:08] so that it's not just an automatic
yes or an automatic no
[59:12] and that they have to go through this
evaluation criteria.
[59:14] So, Barb, I think that covered the
ones that I need to cover. Come on
up.
[59:19] [laughter]
[59:22] I didn't want to start talking and
too hot.
[59:25] Um Barb AC, chairperson, planning and
zoning.
[59:29] Um these are big conversations, these
are big conversations, these are big
concerns, these are a big deal.
[59:34] And so that's why the commission
wanted to bring it back to the
elected officials.
[59:40] We are volunteers. Yes, we signed up
for this, but it's feeling a little
brutal lately.
[59:45] And so, um we want input.
[59:48] Um I think that some of the concerns
especially with the extraterritorial
[59:52] doning. That's a big deal, you guys.
[59:56] Um, and I think that needs to be a
collaboration with the county.
[59:59] I mean, the people that live in the
county live there for a reason.
[1:00:03] Um, we need to be very respectful
[1:00:06] and um, you know, and and about their
choices and where they live.
[1:00:11] I mean, we're retroactively ask, you
know, um, enacting something.
[1:00:15] You know, like this didn't exist when
they bought this property.
[1:00:18] We're coming in after the fact.
[1:00:19] Is it necessary?
[1:00:21] Possibly.
[1:00:22] But we need direction from you guys
[1:00:24] because if there's no intention of
passing something like this, there's
no point
[1:00:28] talking about it.
[1:00:28] So, um, in the interest of being
efficient and doing it correct,
[1:00:32] uh, we want input from you and your
constituents and um,
[1:00:37] make sure that we're going in the
right direction.
[1:00:38] I don't think there's any like Doug
said, there's no interest in like
[1:00:41] micromanaging this two-mile radius.
[1:00:44] Um, but maybe there's no interest in
doing it at all.
[1:00:47] And maybe with,
[1:00:49] you know, if the county, from my
understanding, is starting to, they
[1:00:52] put the moratorium in on the data
centers.
[1:00:54] They're starting to engage counsel on
how to regulate some things in the
county,
[1:00:59] which might make this a moot point.
[1:01:01] You know, if the county's going to
step in and regulate county,
[1:01:05] then we don't have as many concerns.
[1:01:07] So, there's some overlap there, how
do we handle it? What do we do?
[1:01:09] Let's not waste time.
[1:01:11] Let's do what people want to do.
[1:01:13] Um, what do you guys want to do?
[1:01:15] And then for the high impact
development,
[1:01:18] um, my personal concern is
[1:01:22] uh, you know, we're trying to not be
too specific because,
[1:01:25] you know, as we're learning with all
sorts of things from e-scooters to
[1:01:28] data centers, like things are
constantly developing and if you
label things
[1:01:31] too specifically, you might mess
something that could potentially come
in that
[1:01:34] was unintended.
[1:01:37] But is there a concern that by trying
to be too broad, we're accidentally
[1:01:40] labeling something and maybe
hindering a business that shouldn't
be, um,
[1:01:45] for example, and so,
[1:01:50] You guys know I'm not a politician. I
just, you know, talk, but I
[1:01:55] I think my instincts are correct.
[1:01:56] I don't have, you know, suave
language to explain this.
[1:01:59] But I just, you know, if we're going
to have a business, just because they
[1:02:02] need a lot of water doesn't mean it's
that we don't want them in our in our
[1:02:05] community.
[1:02:06] But like there's certain businesses
that we're going to want to encourage
and
[1:02:09] we we want them here.
[1:02:12] There's others that we don't.
[1:02:13] So maybe maybe this is multiple
things. Maybe there are specific
things and broad
[1:02:16] things.
[1:02:17] And maybe this is a very layered
approach that we need to take.
[1:02:21] But without some feedback from the
people that are actually going to be
voting on
[1:02:24] this, I mean, we need some direction.
[1:02:27] Because this is a lot to put on the
shoulders of just four people.
[1:02:32] Four people.
[1:02:34] with no formal training.
[1:02:36] Who didn't get voted for me.
[1:02:38] Who don't get paid and don't get
breath.
[1:02:40] But you do a wonderful job.
[1:02:41] We appreciate it. And our good
people.
[1:02:43] It's so
[1:02:44] I and I think it's unfortunate and
maybe you guys can explain it.
[1:02:47] And that planning is doing us some
really cool things.
[1:02:49] We talk about all sorts of things and
we we're very, I think the group that
[1:02:54] we have right now is a very good
commission
[1:02:55] and we try very hard to be
open-minded and we want to encourage
development and
[1:02:59] we want to make things more
transparent, easier processes. We're
not trying to
[1:03:04] make things difficult.
[1:03:06] But, you know, then things like this
come up, um, and we we kind of get a
bad rap,
[1:03:10] but
[1:03:11] we we are, we did bring this back to
you because we do think people should
[1:03:14] have input.
[1:03:15] Not because we never cared or why do
we never cared or why do we care now?
It's no, because we always cared.
[1:03:20] We're we're going through the process
just like we all need to do.
[1:03:23] This is the process.
[1:03:24] It's your turn.
[1:03:26] We need input.
[1:03:27] So,
[1:03:28] do you have any questions for me?
[1:03:29] I I think the main concern that I've
always had along and it it seems like
[1:03:33] it's been cleared up that
[1:03:34] I didn't want to see uh encroaching
into that two-mile and essentially,
[1:03:38] I mean, like you said, people live in
the county for a reason.
[1:03:41] They don't want to deal with some of
the issues that people that live in
[1:03:44] town are willing to deal with.
[1:03:46] Well, and
[1:03:47] [inaudible]
[1:03:49] I might
[1:03:51] I can be wrong with this,
[1:03:52] but I think possibly some of the
people that were maybe the loudest
talkers about,
[1:03:56] hey, the two-mile people, you know,
like, hey, we have two miles, we have
two miles
[1:04:00] that we can regulate, that kind of
thought process probably came from
people that
[1:04:04] live in town and not the people that
live out in that two-mile area.
[1:04:11] No, they're they're out there too.
[1:04:13] They're very concerned.
[1:04:14] People are concerned and this is a
big, this is not should not be taken
lightly.
[1:04:17] This is a big deal.
[1:04:18] Well, I mean, like us coming in and
saying,
[1:04:20] hey,
[1:04:21] Oh, sure. in the city like,
[1:04:23] hey, this is two miles in and yeah.
[1:04:26] Well,
[1:04:27] I think that is kind of what I was
saying. It's easy for me to say,
[1:04:29] hey, yeah, it's two miles and I don't
live outside.
[1:04:33] Oh, it is, but I think it's the same
question that we get, you guys have
to
[1:04:36] consider all the time as people come
to you and say, don't tell me to mow
my lawn
[1:04:40] but make sure my neighbor does.
[1:04:41] You know, it's the same thing.
[1:04:43] that we always but it doesn't make it
an invalid question and it doesn't
mean
[1:04:47] that the conversations are pointless.
I mean, these they need to happen.
[1:04:50] People are concerned, people that
live
[1:04:52] within the two mile.
[1:04:53] They they don't want to be regulated
[1:04:55] and you could tell them all day long.
We're looking at high level
regulation.
[1:04:58] Okay, that needs to be very defined
because otherwise
[1:05:01] I mean, who's going to believe us?
Right.
[1:05:05] Well, I mean, it has to be very
specific.
[1:05:07] Well, and also you have that that
slippery slope argument, you know,
[1:05:10] once you let that door crack open,
[1:05:12] it'll slowly creep open wider and
wider because
[1:05:16] the next uproar that comes to the the
the territory.
[1:05:20] Yeah. They are. I mean, you guys all
know.
[1:05:22] I I'm extremely concerned that people
have rights, people have property
rights.
[1:05:25] If you're and they need to be
respected.
[1:05:27] Um, I think I think that is that is a
huge thing.
[1:05:31] I mean, I'm not saying one is more
important than the other, but
[1:05:34] The two mile radius is a big deal.
[1:05:35] But also it's affecting people that
live in the county and
[1:05:39] if we do that, too though, um, I
don't know if Doug or Laura, if it's
in your notes,
[1:05:42] I didn't check, but
[1:05:43] um, if we do enact that, we also have
to increase our planning and zoning
board
[1:05:46] by two members.
[1:05:48] And those two members come from the
county.
[1:05:51] They're not they don't they're full
voting members on everything that
planning and
[1:05:54] zoning does for our city, but they
don't live in the city.
[1:05:57] And so not that that's good or bad,
it's just information.
[1:06:00] So those we have to um increase the
board of adjustments
[1:06:05] uh by one person.
[1:06:07] Yeah, two people.
[1:06:08] I mean, two people, too on that?
[1:06:10] So, I mean, it it it does affect a
lot of different things.
[1:06:13] And then I think everyone needs to be
really well educated on what we're
doing.
[1:06:16] And the commission needs to trust, we
need to be able to trust that we're
[1:06:21] we're acting in good faith to here.
[1:06:24] And we we have to be able to rely on
the people that are giving us the
information.
[1:06:29] And so, I mean, there's a lot going
on here.
[1:06:32] Would those increases of two members
of each of those boards,
[1:06:35] is that just for the extra because of
the extra territorial or is it
[1:06:38] for the high impact?
[1:06:39] No, no. It's extraterritorial. ET.
[1:06:42] So whenever a city does a two-mile
radius zoning, which is very common.
[1:06:47] It is very common for cities that are
incorporated for Madison to have
[1:06:52] a two-mile zoning around their city,
[1:06:56] especially if the county does not
have a zoning ordinance.
[1:07:00] I know the county is starting those
discussions, it's going to be a while
[1:07:04] for that two-mile radius to be
covered in the county zoning.
[1:07:08] So something that, you know, the city
could do, and then as the county
develops their
[1:07:12] planning and zoning, we can decide,
hey, you know what, this works well,
[1:07:16] it takes care of it, we don't need
it.
[1:07:21] Or or we compliment our two-mile
zoning to work with the county, um,
[1:07:25] ordinance.
[1:07:28] But those members on those boards
would be voted by and I mean, they
would be
[1:07:32] appointed by the county, we ask the
county to appoint them to our
commission
[1:07:35] to represent the county portion of
that.
[1:07:39] Um, with that.
[1:07:40] But it is very common, um, planning
and zoning uh codes came into the
state
[1:07:43] in late 60s, many cities adopted that
two-mile radius at that time.
[1:07:50] Yeah, and I think this is where it
goes from the the board to discussion
on us up here and
[1:07:55] you know, I'm uh we already have the
uh two-mile for subdivisions.
[1:08:01] A lot of people don't know that and
that and that did cause some
confusion during this whole
[1:08:05] the because we had the subdivisions.
[1:08:08] Um, you know, I think the list that
did we publish goes a long way of um,
[1:08:12] hopefully, it it won't, there will be
a lot of people out here.
[1:08:16] But then as the city council, I think
we have to look at the other side of
it.
[1:08:20] There is a reason that an industry
comes half a mile outside of town.
[1:08:25] And that is to take the resources of
the resources of the town without
having to contribute to the town.
[1:08:30] And and I think as the city council,
that's what we have to look at here.
[1:08:34] You know, it's uh it gets all the all
the stuff that we put in.
[1:08:40] But none of the uh franchise tax,
doesn't have to pay the, you know,
[1:08:44] it's that's what we're trying to
prove.
[1:08:48] But the opposite end of that coin is
is is three miles same thing if we
was to do that. Yeah.
[1:08:54] I mean, it's not going to change the
amount of electricity used, it's all
comes
[1:08:57] from the same grid, the natural gas,
same grid, the natural gas, same
thing, it comes from the same
pipelines
[1:09:00] through the same company.
[1:09:03] So, yes, I I don't disagree with
whether we need to do this or that we
need
[1:09:07] to do this something along these
lines.
[1:09:11] But I just want everyone to realize
that two miles and three miles isn't
[1:09:15] really that far apart.
[1:09:17] If you're talking utilities, yeah.
[1:09:19] I'm talking mainly utility.
[1:09:21] I mean, that's that's one of the
biggest concerns a lot of people have
on this is that
[1:09:25] yes, there's the noise and and I'm
not diminishing that, but a lot of
the
[1:09:29] concerns is how much is my electric
bill going to go up because we don't
have
[1:09:33] enough electricity or natural gas in
this area as it is.
[1:09:36] Well, make sure not to confuse the
two though.
[1:09:37] So the H I I D is an ordinance that
would apply to city limits.
[1:09:42] Like, Yes.
[1:09:44] And the extraterritorial is just that
there they're two separate things.
[1:09:49] Yeah. But but
[1:09:50] you couldn't with the two mile uh
extra territorial,
[1:09:54] then then that HID would also be a
part of that two mile.
[1:09:59] It would. It can if you want that.
[1:10:00] It can. It doesn't have to.
[1:10:01] And that's so part of the two mile
too though?
[1:10:04] Yeah, we haven't uh the commission
has not
[1:10:07] we have a working draft,
[1:10:09] but we haven't, we've been focusing
on the other one.
[1:10:11] Really, yeah.
[1:10:12] It's keeps getting table cause we run
out of time,
[1:10:14] but the two mile zoning um,
[1:10:16] we haven't even gone through a list
of um,
[1:10:19] you know, what would be allowed or
not allowed. um.
[1:10:22] So, I mean it can be a specific or as
broad as we're
[1:10:26] instructed to do.
[1:10:28] A lot of cities what they will do
with us is
[1:10:31] they will in that two mile radius,
they will zone
[1:10:35] areas as if they were zoning it
within their city.
[1:10:40] I'm not even sure where like even to
that point of that,
[1:10:44] I think our biggest concern is
[1:10:46] it allows for us to make sure
[1:10:51] again, the whole purpose of this
two-mile zoning is,
[1:10:54] those are going to be those areas
that you may annex
[1:10:56] in in the future.
[1:10:58] And so that's why if it's if it's an
ag, it should be in
[1:11:01] it should be an ag,
[1:11:02] if it's residential, it's
residential.
[1:11:03] If it's industrial, it should be
industrial.
[1:11:06] And so when we have some control in a
two-mile radius,
[1:11:10] we can control exactly the pro you
know,
[1:11:13] is it need to have a special use
request
[1:11:15] through board of adjustment.
[1:11:17] It allows for a board of adjustment
to take a look at it
[1:11:20] a little more in depth.
[1:11:22] as to, okay, does this fit this area?
[1:11:25] Because sometimes people think things
fit in an area,
[1:11:28] it doesn't always fit in the area,
[1:11:30] but there might be an area somewhere
else that fits much
[1:11:32] better for that situation.
[1:11:34] It just allows for us to have a
little more control within our
[1:11:37] boundaries around the city.
[1:11:41] We're not looking as Doug mentioned,
[1:11:43] Barb's hit on this a little bit.
[1:11:45] We understand, and coming from a
staff standpoint, um,
[1:11:49] we understand people live out in the
county for reasons.
[1:11:53] We do not have enough staff to handle
every building permit
[1:11:56] that goes on in the county.
[1:11:58] That's not our goal.
[1:12:00] This is not a goal to oh, every
house,
[1:12:03] every fence, every whatever.
[1:12:05] That is not it. That's not what we're
looking at.
[1:12:07] We're not looking at it implementing,
no,
[1:12:09] you know, what they do, what we do in
the city out
[1:12:12] in those areas.
[1:12:14] We're just making sure that what
develops around us is the right
[1:12:17] fit for the future of Fort Madison
and the protection
[1:12:21] of our two mile radius.
[1:12:25] So, you know, it is a again,
something that's been put
[1:12:28] in place for numerous years, used in
other locations.
[1:12:32] We're not there to regulate, you
know,
[1:12:35] how many dogs they have in their yard
or whatever the case may be.
[1:12:39] You know, I think that that is some
concerns.
[1:12:42] Well, one thing hasn't been
discussed.
[1:12:43] Like I at the commission hasn't
gotten into it.
[1:12:46] You haven't gotten a lot of in-depth.
We haven't had time.
[1:12:48] No, we it keeps getting table.
[1:12:49] That that particular discussion keeps
getting table.
[1:12:51] So, it but that's why it kind of came
up though too is because
[1:12:54] if it's gonna be an uphill battle the
whole way and you
[1:12:57] have no intentions of pursuing
something like this,
[1:12:59] or you feel a collaboration with the
county would be more
[1:13:02] effective and you want to pursue that
for a while,
[1:13:04] then we're not going to even put it
on the agenda.
[1:13:06] We're going to focus on other things.
[1:13:09] So I think that's where the
commission would like input
[1:13:12] and feedback of what you want from us
to be working on,
[1:13:16] and if so, then we will work on that,
but
[1:13:19] I it's a like it's a big deal. I
mean,
[1:13:23] Have we talked very much?
[1:13:25] Okay. Well, actually, uh yes, Mayor.
[1:13:29] And then I'll respond to your
question.
[1:13:31] And as far as the other one, I think
the the biggest thing is,
[1:13:33] are we on the right track, are we on
the right direction?
[1:13:36] Are we too broad? Are we not should
we be more specific?
[1:13:39] If you've got one specific concern
and you just want us to
[1:13:42] write an ordinance for data centers,
then we'll do, you know,
[1:13:44] We'll work on what we need to work
on.
[1:13:46] We don't want to be wasting time
cause this a this is a lot.
[1:13:49] This is a lot and there's a lot of
pieces and my concern frankly
[1:13:52] is being too broad and not hitting
our intended target.
[1:13:58] If the target is in fact to regulate
more like
[1:14:01] electronic businesses, then let's do
that.
[1:14:04] I just there is a concern.
[1:14:07] Okay, so I think as it concerns the
high
[1:14:10] infrastructure impact developments,
one of the things
[1:14:13] that I note when I look at the count
or the city zoning
[1:14:18] we have I2 in which uh one of these
can be built
[1:14:23] as it is right now that starts in the
vicinity of 12 to 13
[1:14:26] Street and runs all the way along
Fort Madison's Riverfront,
[1:14:31] even all the way up to Avenue O in
some locations.
[1:14:35] and then you've clear out to 50th
Street I believe
[1:14:38] or Throe Road.
[1:14:40] So, we need something
[1:14:42] we need this HID as soon as possible,
in my
[1:14:49] opinion.
[1:14:50] We need something in there.
[1:14:51] We need something regarding this.
[1:14:53] because we can have something walk in
tomorrow and want to go here,
[1:14:58] and that could be located
[1:15:00] 100 feet away from somebody's
residential property.
[1:15:03] Because there are residential that
borders that, um,
[1:15:06] I2.
[1:15:08] So
[1:15:11] let's just focus right now on the
high impact.
[1:15:14] I think we can safely take a vote. I
think we're all on the same
[1:15:17] consensus.
[1:15:19] Well,
[1:15:19] can I just say though, I understand
that it is a
[1:15:21] concern and we're trying the the
commission is trying to put
[1:15:24] use the word tools I like that.
[1:15:25] We're not we need the tools, right?
[1:15:27] We need the tools in order to do it
right.
[1:15:29] But we need to do be smart and we
need to do this right
[1:15:31] the first time, you know,
[1:15:33] like we didn't we can't go out there
with a dull saw blade people.
[1:15:36] Like this isn't going to work.
[1:15:38] Like we need to be smart.
[1:15:40] Um, so you want this tomorrow, but
we're not just going to
[1:15:42] I'm not saying tomorrow.
[1:15:43] You want us to work effectively, we
need information.
[1:15:46] We need quality information. We need
direction.
[1:15:49] We need experts and if you want us to
do it, then we need it now.
[1:15:52] because otherwise we're just spending
our wheels.
[1:15:54] Okay.
[1:15:55] so
[1:15:56] Barb.
[1:15:57] We have gone we've spent a lot of
time on the HID one.
[1:16:01] Yeah.
[1:16:02] And and we haven't spent as much time
on the Tumba because
[1:16:04] we've we've really in-depth HID.
[1:16:06] And I think we've developed a pretty
good in-depth that
[1:16:10] allows for us to go in and look at
[1:16:14] when a facility comes to us and we
have the classes
[1:16:18] what does that look like
[1:16:19] and we're also we're just not
allowing someone to come in
[1:16:23] and pick
[1:16:24] a location
[1:16:26] and not tell us what are all the
impacts of the infrastructure
[1:16:28] and what it would do for the
community.
[1:16:32] So I think those are very key things
in there.
[1:16:36] And I think Council from from the
vibe I'm getting, I think
[1:16:39] Council is happy,
[1:16:41] if you're not, speak up.
[1:16:43] This is where Barb's wanting that
info.
[1:16:45] feedback is, are you happy with us
saying,
[1:16:48] you're going to need, you know, an
industry comes in.
[1:16:50] We want to know the impact of air
quality, noise,
[1:16:54] what are we going to need for water?
[1:16:56] What is it going to be on sewer?
[1:16:57] What is it going to be on
electricity?
[1:16:58] What is that impact going to be to
the community?
[1:17:02] And it's really the responsibility
when someone
[1:17:05] really wants to develop to bring that
to the table.
[1:17:07] Mhm.
[1:17:09] I think the ordinance looks good.
[1:17:13] I recognize that we are dealing with
legal counsel on this.
[1:17:15] They are reviewing it.
[1:17:18] They are
[1:17:19] Yes, they've done one.
[1:17:21] They've done one review.
[1:17:21] working with us to help format it.
[1:17:25] Um, and I think Fort Madison is also
kind of on the cutting
[1:17:28] edge of doing this.
[1:17:30] It's just the type of the way we're
writing it,
[1:17:34] different.
[1:17:35] most.
[1:17:36] You know, I'm trying to focus on
infrastructure.
[1:17:39] Mhm.
[1:17:41] Other cities are being more specific
in their drafts
[1:17:44] about the types of businesses and
ours is much more broad.
[1:17:51] I'm not sure that I it's one way to
do it.
[1:17:54] Is it the right way? Is it the best
way?
[1:17:56] I don't know.
[1:17:57] But it's what that's the direction
we're going though unless we
[1:18:00] pivot.
[1:18:01] I think maybe it's too late now. It's
fair to say that is a
[1:18:03] concern that they had at the last
meeting.
[1:18:06] Mhm.
[1:18:07] Uh, does the council want them to
focus on one thing that
[1:18:11] we keep hearing about in the news,
[1:18:13] or do we want to focus on Hid
[1:18:16] that may catch other businesses in
the net?
[1:18:20] is the the concern that the the board
have?
[1:18:23] I think because of where our location
is for the I2.
[1:18:28] In our town, it's not like we have
all I2,
[1:18:30] it's out here in the industrial area.
[1:18:33] Our I2 runs south of the railroad
tracks,
[1:18:36] starting like I said about 12th
Street,
[1:18:38] and then it just keeps going all the
way out to 50th Street,
[1:18:41] and then we have more I2 out there
where climax and Siemens
[1:18:43] and that are.
[1:18:45] But we have a lot of residential
there.
[1:18:47] So there's we're unusual for some
communities
[1:18:51] because their I2 may be generally
located in, you know,
[1:18:53] an industrial area.
[1:18:55] Ours is running along our entire
community.
[1:18:59] So I like the idea of pulling
everything in.
[1:19:04] So, Angela, did you?
[1:19:05] I think that's kind of where my
question would be,
[1:19:08] are you is the concern about pulling
everything in that
[1:19:11] we might exclude a business
[1:19:13] that possibly we would want or no?
[1:19:17] Potentially.
[1:19:18] Yeah, so you know, sometimes I and in
the adverse consequence
[1:19:20] of, you know, trying to make
something a catch all
[1:19:24] and I like the idea and we're going
to have to put this
[1:19:26] through its paces and like try, like
if we have a matrix,
[1:19:28] like all right, let's put this on the
matrix, this hypothetical
[1:19:30] business, and let's see how it works
out.
[1:19:32] It needs to work from the beginning.
[1:19:33] Um, and we'll make sure it does if
that's the direction we go.
[1:19:37] But there's always a concern, right?
Is like when you
[1:19:39] try to be too broad do do the
outliers
[1:19:42] get that when we're actually
concerned about the outliers,
[1:19:45] but we're trying to be in the middle.
Do we actually
[1:19:50] accidentally, totally missed the mark
and not get what we want.
[1:19:52] If what we want is out here, then
let's just do that.
[1:19:54] Or or do you like being in the
middle? Do you want the middle?
[1:19:57] Well, I guess my thought is is
[1:19:59] or both.
[1:20:00] You know, the maybe the and maybe I'm
thinking this wrong,
[1:20:02] but if the concern is is that we
might exclude a business
[1:20:06] that maybe we would potentially want.
[1:20:09] Or is already here.
[1:20:12] I mean, that fits on this.
[1:20:15] Do we want that?
[1:20:16] I mean, are they doing stuff that
wouldn't fit into our
[1:20:19] into a community or a neighborhood
anyway.
[1:20:22] Well, if you're going that makes
sense.
[1:20:23] If you're going by the utilities,
though,
[1:20:25] I mean, what about a business that's
already existing
[1:20:28] that's a major employer of our
community, but
[1:20:30] they want to do an expansion?
[1:20:32] Then all of a sudden, you know,
you're going to have
[1:20:34] bigger utility needs for that
business.
[1:20:38] And this as it's written and I think
to your concern is
[1:20:41] or as we're currently doing it.
[1:20:44] Um, there are substantial costs.
[1:20:47] You know, that could be whether a
business comes or doesn't come.
[1:20:50] We're requiring engineering studies
and input
[1:20:53] from the lion and input from, you
know, all of that.
[1:20:58] That that's the that's the concern.
[1:21:00] Well, we already have these processes
in place.
[1:21:02] We already, you know, court these
businesses and work with them
already.
[1:21:05] I mean, so there's already processes
in place.
[1:21:07] I mean, it's just it sounds like I'm
arguing against the
[1:21:09] very thing I'm working on And that's
not
[1:21:11] [laughter]
a little bit.
[1:21:12] It does.
[1:21:15] It does, but devil's advocate.
[1:21:17] I mean, that's it.
[1:21:18] It does.
[1:21:19] I hear myself, but
[1:21:20] you have to understand that this is
this
[1:21:23] it's it sounds that way because I
take it very seriously.
[1:21:28] And it is a big deal and it affects a
lot of people.
[1:21:30] And people that live here, I live
here, I work here.
[1:21:32] I've got kids here.
[1:21:33] I mean, this is a big deal.
[1:21:35] And I don't we need to do it right.
[1:21:37] And and
[1:21:38] it's a lot to comprehend and it's a
lot to understand.
[1:21:42] And
[1:21:45] I mean, we're just doing the best we
can.
[1:21:47] So,
[1:21:48] Well, the flip side of it is if you
want to narrow the scope,
[1:21:53] then you know, narrow the scope and
say we're going to be strictly
limited to this,
[1:21:59] then something else pops up.
[1:22:00] Yeah.
[1:22:01] And you're like, oh no, this is not,
this is not going to work.
[1:22:06] then we're
[1:22:08] So we might be looking at a broad one
with an overlay
[1:22:11] that is more like specific to a
particular industry.
[1:22:13] This might be this is probably a
multi-tiered approach.
[1:22:17] Yeah, so there's a special use to
this too, correct, Doug?
[1:22:23] Like like they request a special use.
[1:22:26] The so a business would show up and
say, hey, we want to do this.
[1:22:29] Right? What are we going to do?
[1:22:30] Mm.
[1:22:32] And that would trigger this
ordinance, we'd change how that gets
triggered.
[1:22:36] Right?
[1:22:37] Depending on the team.
[1:22:38] Right now and I do, it's going to go
through staff level
[1:22:40] across the board. In fact, every
department.
[1:22:43] Yeah.
[1:22:44] And we do it in house.
[1:22:45] And there's not a lot of check and
balance.
[1:22:47] Mark says, I can't get you that much
water unless we do something.
[1:22:51] This is going to define what they
need to prove to us
[1:22:54] so that we can quantify review of
that.
[1:22:59] That's the key.
[1:23:00] It doesn't mean that they won't come
in and proceed.
[1:23:03] It's we need all that information
anyway, we're just
[1:23:06] scratching the surface trying to get
it.
[1:23:09] And we're saying, I need to see this
information now.
[1:23:12] I don't think that's unreasonable for
them
[1:23:15] trying to develop a $20 million
facility.
[1:23:19] The studies.
[1:23:20] They're going to give them all that
information anyway.
[1:23:22] Yeah.
[1:23:23] Yeah.
[1:23:24] And if they're willing to pay to
mitigate those things,
[1:23:26] it doesn't matter what industry they
necessarily are.
[1:23:29] They're still going to get their
their permits to
[1:23:32] run their business or factory.
[1:23:34] And that's where the D comes into
development agreements,
[1:23:35] it might be a development agreement
with the city
[1:23:38] because they're bringing jobs.
[1:23:39] Yeah.
[1:23:40] Mhm.
[1:23:41] They might be a development agreement
because
[1:23:43] they're not bringing jobs that they
benefit the city
[1:23:44] in some other way.
[1:23:46] Yeah.
[1:23:47] Or at least not harm the city.
[1:23:48] Exactly.
[1:23:49] Yeah.
[1:23:50] That's what I know we've been working
on.
[1:23:51] So
[1:23:53] a lot of work.
[1:23:53] Yeah.
[1:23:55] A lot of work you've been doing. What
I've seen you
[1:23:57] guys have been doing good work.
[1:23:58] I understand why you're standing in
front of us today.
[1:24:01] So what do you need from us?
[1:24:02] To go forward.
[1:24:03] Like if we all say, hey, we like what
you're doing right here.
[1:24:08] What do you need from us today?
[1:24:09] Today.
[1:24:10] To go forward.
[1:24:13] anybody that has questions
[1:24:15] and go through them more,
[1:24:17] give us your input.
[1:24:18] Talk to the public.
[1:24:19] I mean, you guys the public can reach
out to you.
[1:24:22] Do we want them to go forward on Hid?
[1:24:25] Do we want them to go forward on
something less broad?
[1:24:28] Well, we do have a motion on the
table to move forward with the hid.
[1:24:33] So if if staff all not staff, sorry,
council comfortable
[1:24:37] with the direction they're going.
[1:24:41] I'm hit, I am, yes.
[1:24:42] Okay.
[1:24:43] Okay.
[1:24:44] All right.
[1:24:45] Everybody down here for me?
[1:24:46] Okay.
[1:24:47] So I'm going to is there anybody in
the audience
[1:24:50] who wants to say anything?
[1:24:52] Are y'all good?
[1:24:54] Okay.
[1:24:56] So, I'm going to ask Justina to call
the roll.
[1:24:58] Council member Tily. Yes.
[1:25:01] Yager. Yes. Roller. Yes.
[1:25:03] Emmet. Yes. Pharaoh. Yes.
[1:25:07] Okay. So now item number nine is a
motion and a second to direct staff
[1:25:11] to continue working with the planning
and zoning commission on the
[1:25:14] proposed zoning ordinance for the
city's two-mile
[1:25:17] extraterritorial zoning area.
[1:25:21] Yager moves. Emmit two.
[1:25:25] Okay. So, Doug's already talked to us
about this.
[1:25:30] And we got Barb here for questions.
[1:25:33] Um, I had a couple conversations with
people
[1:25:39] and the idea, the concerns that I was
hearing are from people
[1:25:43] who think that we're going to go out
there and, hey,
[1:25:47] we're going to treat that two-mile
area like it's the city.
[1:25:51] And I've told him that is not what
the plan is.
[1:25:56] It is it's not what you think it is,
[1:26:01] it's going to be so much easier than
that.
[1:26:03] You know, we're not going to restrict
ag operations,
[1:26:06] we're not going to restrict things.
[1:26:09] for residential.
[1:26:11] So, I'll just say it.
[1:26:15] Mhm.
[1:26:16] Similar to this, we had a lot of
conversation last month
[1:26:20] regarding the property on the hill
and
[1:26:24] the city could stop this.
[1:26:26] No, we can't because we don't have a
two-mile radius.
[1:26:29] We cannot permit it. We can't do
anything
[1:26:31] unless it was in the city limits.
[1:26:34] And it's not except for the few
parcels that it is.
[1:26:38] So, that's where and we have feedback
and I got
[1:26:41] a lot of feedback saying,
[1:26:43] Well, I don't want this, but I don't
want you to control this.
[1:26:46] And I think we can create this
two-mile zoning in a in
[1:26:49] the best world that
[1:26:52] allows for us to at least know what's
going in and if it
[1:26:57] fits a certain criteria in the zoning
process,
[1:27:01] there's a much more bigger review to
it to put some teeth to it
[1:27:04] versus us saying we can't do
anything.
[1:27:07] Because no one liked it when we said
we couldn't do anything.
[1:27:12] And Doug, you're there, so do you
want to add to that?
[1:27:15] You're spot on.
[1:27:16] Okay, does anybody have any comments,
questions?
[1:27:19] Uh, I mean, my main concerns is is
like I had mentioned earlier,
[1:27:23] a bit of a slippery slope idea.
[1:27:25] 15 years from now, none of us are
going to be
[1:27:28] sitting in these chairs.
[1:27:29] And what happens then with the
decisions that are made by
[1:27:32] the people that take our places.
[1:27:34] This is a big change.
[1:27:35] Yes. That's.
[1:27:36] And then every time we adjust that,
that's another council that
[1:27:40] would still have to adjust our zoning
code to make those changes?
[1:27:43] But
[1:27:44] One thing to highlight here is we
haven't stuck,
[1:27:48] you haven't started working on it,
but the board has not.
[1:27:52] No.
[1:27:52] So like if somebody, some questions
that came up today,
[1:27:56] do we want to hear from the county
and find out if there's anything
[1:28:00] they want to work on together.
[1:28:01] We can table this, you know, that's
[inaudible].
[1:28:02] Well, I can give you an update.
[1:28:04] I'll give you an update on a staff
point.
[1:28:06] Would that be good, Melinda?
[1:28:07] Yeah, it would be good.
[1:28:08] Let me tell you this and then you can
go from there.
[1:28:10] So, since we worked on sending you
out the ordinance last week
[1:28:13] and prepped the council packet, um,
[1:28:16] actually Doug,
[1:28:17] um, and myself had the opportunity to
sit down and talk a little bit
[1:28:22] more with the county on and chat
about this whole
[1:28:26] process.
[1:28:29] And what they're looking at doing
with the two-mile zoning with the
[1:28:33] whole um, piece with their, what are
they looking at?
[1:28:38] Does are they going to do, you know,
a high density, high impact
[1:28:42] or are they going to be strictly data
centers, or they going to be
[1:28:45] strictly nuclear? What are they
looking at?
[1:28:48] So, as I mentioned earlier, planning
and zoning at the
[1:28:51] county level is going to take some
time.
[1:28:53] They have to form a commission.
They're going to have to have a
[1:28:56] staff person. They're going to it's
going to take time.
[1:28:59] And when if they put that in place,
then the next layer would come
[1:29:02] back if we do the two-mile,
[1:29:05] does the city's two-mile override
theirs,
[1:29:08] or does it complement and that's what
would have to be developed
[1:29:12] as they develop theirs.
[1:29:15] So, that's kind of where we're at at
this point.
[1:29:17] So are you saying that maybe we
should kind of slow walk that?
[1:29:23] Um, I would not advise that.
[1:29:24] No.
[1:29:25] Uh,
[1:29:26] I was also present at that meeting
and um, I think it is it is a good
[1:29:30] move for us to continue doing what
we're doing
[1:29:34] for now.
[1:29:37] Okay.
[1:29:38] Yes.
[1:29:39] Just reminder also though that
[1:29:41] Uh,
[1:29:42] Sorry, that two-mile moves.
[1:29:45] We NAC said that two-mile goes
further out than it is today.
[1:29:49] I mean, just throwing that out there.
[1:29:51] Someone might not think much about
it.
[1:29:54] Oh, we're on two miles out.
[1:29:55] city limits,
[1:29:56] but we have a new industry that comes
in, that's in the county, right on
there and they want to come and and
[1:30:01] just like the KCs at the edge of town
want to become part of the city.
[1:30:05] that two mile moves into a
neighborhood where I might not have
ever I never thought that that was
going to be a problem for them.
[1:30:12] Well, I believe nine times out of 10,
[1:30:15] it's it's not going to be a problem
for any residential or farm
operation.
[1:30:21] Right. We're not worried about that.
[1:30:22] Yes. And I I don't disagree with
that.
[1:30:23] I don't disagree with that.
[1:30:25] I like you said, that might I agree
it's always been.
[1:30:27] Well, let's go 99 out of a hundred
times.
[1:30:29] The argument's always been the the
slippery slope idea of
[1:30:31] when all the pieces are off the
chessboard, there's new pieces on the
board.
[1:30:36] Then where are the rules then?
[1:30:41] So my, I guess closing statement
would be,
[1:30:44] uh, we've seen a lot of concern from
the public.
[1:30:47] Mhm.
[1:30:48] And we reviewed our code and it needs
adjustment.
[1:30:53] And we understand that we can't do
anything outside two miles,
[1:30:55] outside city limits.
[1:30:58] virtually at all.
[1:31:00] And we have the ability to change
that.
[1:31:03] in a reasonable time frame, so at
least there's some upfront control,
[1:31:07] some checks and balances.
[1:31:10] Mhm.
[1:31:11] The county's working on theirs,
that's a whole new department for
them,
[1:31:13] that's gonna take them some time.
[1:31:16] When they get there's done, it'll be
a discussion between the city and the
[1:31:18] county, how we want to mesh those
[1:31:21] or do we rescind ours because they
are now doing zoning and they're
[1:31:25] checking that for themselves and
[1:31:27] in theory, watching our boundary for
us.
[1:31:30] But for the time being, I think it's
wise to protect ourselves.
[1:31:36] as a city.
[1:31:37] Yeah.
[1:31:38] And I think we were elected by the
citizens of Fort Madison and the
[1:31:42] citizens of Fort Madison are wanting
the city protected from some things
[1:31:46] and this is part of that.
[1:31:49] And the real key is, what do we
actually looking at?
[1:31:52] The things that the people in the two
mile are concerned about also.
[1:31:55] That's what we're looking at.
[1:31:56] We're not looking at their lot and
whether they build a new
[1:31:58] poll barn or not.
[1:31:59] I don't care.
[1:32:00] And just one more piece, if you look
at our history on the two mile
[1:32:04] subdivisions, we've been very
reasonable across how many years.
[1:32:08] We we have a body of evidence to show
that we are being responsible and
[1:32:11] reasonable in maintaining the two
mile ordinance.
[1:32:15] Right.
[1:32:16] Right.
[1:32:16] And and I've been mentally playing
devil's advocate here. I'm not saying
[1:32:19] that this this should not happen.
[1:32:22] I just I came from the county for a
lot of years and, you know,
[1:32:27] out in the county people don't
tolerate certain things like they're
[1:32:30] willing to hear in the city.
[1:32:33] And I just want to make sure that
what happens stops at I don't want to
[1:32:36] see complete planning and zoning
outside of the city.
[1:32:40] Absolutely.
[1:32:41] I don't want to sound like that.
[1:32:42] I like that. Well, I'll be honest,
[1:32:45] following the things that have been
going on, it would have surprised me
[1:32:48] if every incorporated community in
the county wanted to do a two-mile
ordinance
[1:32:54] in order to protect their cities.
[1:32:57] I believe West Point was having this
same discussion.
[1:33:00] You think you're ready to vote?
[1:33:01] with carbon pipeline.
[1:33:02] [inaudible]
[1:33:03] All right.
[1:33:04] Um
[1:33:06] Council members, unless you have
anything else to say, anybody in the
audience?
[1:33:10] Are y'all good?
[1:33:11] Okay.
[1:33:12] Um,
[1:33:13] then it sounds like council is ready
to vote because you are basically
going
[1:33:17] to tell the Planning and Zoning
Commission that you're in favor of
them continuing
[1:33:21] Absolutely.
[1:33:22] with their with the plan to do the
ET.
[1:33:29] Dug's terms.
[1:33:32] Okay?
[1:33:33] Justina.
[1:33:35] Council member Yager.
[1:33:36] Yes.
[1:33:37] Roller?
[1:33:37] Yes.
[1:33:38] Emmit?
[1:33:39] Yes.
[1:33:40] Sparrow?
[1:33:41] Yes.
[1:33:42] Tili?
[1:33:43] Yes.
[1:33:44] All right, Lara.
[1:33:47] Okay. Well, Council, thank you
tonight for a lot of good discussion.
[1:33:51] Um, I think it's important. I think
it means a lot to planning and zoning
to have these discussions to kind of
[1:33:55] get them in a direction of where to
go.
[1:33:59] And we'll continue, um, modifying and
working on this and working in
[1:34:03] between with legal to make sure we're
getting the direction that we want to
go.
[1:34:07] So just a few things. Monday next
week is Labor Day. We will be closed
and
[1:34:10] um for the holiday.
[1:34:13] Um, we have a something unusual we're
doing. We never shut down being able
to do our transactions online or our
[1:34:17] finance department taking, um, permit
fun, you know, payments for permit,
[1:34:22] payment for water bill.
[1:34:26] But we are doing a software upgrade,
we're going cloud-based with our
[1:34:30] accounting software. This has been a
big deal that we've been kind of
working on for a while.
[1:34:34] And with that, from 5:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, September 8th, we will not
be
[1:34:38] able to do any online transactions,
and we will not also take any cash
[1:34:42] transactions or check transactions,
any transactions inside City Hall.
[1:34:48] We're just going to say all day on
September 9th.
[1:34:52] The drop-off box is available in the
alleyway if someone wants to make a
payment.
[1:34:56] But we'll be open, we'll be doing
business.
[1:34:58] we're just not operating the
[1:35:01] finance section of taking cash for
the day.
[1:35:02] Or credit cards or anything.
[1:35:04] Um, with that, um, then we'll
[1:35:06] get to uh September 11th, uh
[1:35:08] which will be the 25th anniversary of
9/11.
[1:35:11] Um, the fire department, police
department and city
[1:35:14] is working together with
[1:35:16] altogether to put together a ceremony
[1:35:19] at 7:35 AM on
[1:35:21] uh Friday, September 11th
[1:35:25] at the current fire station.
[1:35:27] So we invite the public to come for
that.
[1:35:29] We'll have promotions out here
[1:35:31] within the next day for that.
[1:35:33] um ceremony in honor of the 25 um
anniversary of that
[1:35:36] event.
[1:35:38] Um, I do want to give a kudos out to
our staff and
[1:35:41] many staff that are not here but that
are
[1:35:44] and a lot of them have been
[1:35:46] working towards our Rodeo that's
coming up.
[1:35:49] in a week.
[1:35:50] And there's a lot of prep work.
[1:35:52] Um, we start probably close to a
month ahead of time.
[1:35:55] and then during the event,
[1:35:57] we have a lot of emergency management
[1:35:59] involved. I know our police
department works lots of hours.
[1:36:02] I know we have fire there.
[1:36:04] And we also have our staff picking up
trash
[1:36:06] in the campground and everywhere else
[1:36:07] to make this work.
[1:36:08] And so this is a big, big deal in our
community, and
[1:36:11] the city contributes a lot of
manpower to that event.
[1:36:16] So I kudos them all for making sure
for Madison
[1:36:18] looks good during that time.
[1:36:21] Um, that is all I have this evening.
[1:36:24] All right.
[1:36:25] speak up.
[1:36:26] Yeah. Oh my goodness.
[1:36:27] You all have a really long night,
[1:36:29] so I'm going to give you guys a nice
story.
[1:36:31] Oh my gosh.
[1:36:32] Uh, two, two really exciting things.
[1:36:34] One, I'd like to actually give a
shout out to Sean.
[1:36:37] Um, had a great opportunity to work
with him on a grant.
[1:36:41] Um, him and I put in a lot of work.
[1:36:44] He did most of the writing. He did a
really good job
[1:36:46] and we ended up getting, I believe it
was $42,000
[1:36:48] for the county
[1:36:51] on a criminal interdiction grant
[1:36:53] for stolen items, burglaries.
[1:36:55] So, uh, pretty excited.
[1:36:57] Uh, that starts here relatively soon,
so,
[1:36:58] uh, I wanted to tell him thank you
formally because he put
[1:37:01] a lot of work into it, so I'm really
excited.
[1:37:03] Uh, and it's always nice when we
collaborate
[1:37:05] with other agencies.
[1:37:06] Yes.
[1:37:07] Um, one last one. Uh, one of my
officers who couldn't
[1:37:09] be here because he's working a lot of
overtime,
[1:37:12] we are short staffed.
[1:37:15] Uh, did something pretty awesome this
week
[1:37:16] and I got to get of a letter of
accommodation
[1:37:18] for him.
[1:37:20] Um, there was an elderly lady who her
house was egged
[1:37:22] by some juveniles.
[1:37:24] Uh, the officer had taken the report
and then
[1:37:26] on his day off,
[1:37:28] took his own personal power washer
and washed
[1:37:30] her house.
[1:37:32] Um, and that is everything that I
look for as a leader
[1:37:35] is that we're making impact in the
community and
[1:37:38] my people are willing to sacrifice
their own personal
[1:37:40] time for those that are in this
community.
[1:37:42] So.
[1:37:43] Pretty proud of him.
[1:37:44] Yes.
[1:37:45] Well, thank you for sharing and no, I
did not get
[1:37:47] a chance to ask you if you had
anything.
[1:37:48] I should ask staff, was there
anything else this evening?
[1:37:53] You okay, Chad? You okay?
[1:37:54] Okay.
[1:37:56] I'll see you for next time.
[1:37:57] Okay. Do we have any change orders
you're going to talk
[1:37:59] about before they get on the agenda?
[1:38:01] No.
[1:38:02] Very briefly in light of the earlier
proclamation,
[1:38:04] the library does have rotating
collections at both
[1:38:06] uh, Gury Valley Place and Burwood.
[1:38:10] Oh, okay.
[1:38:11] Sarah, since since I did ask is there
anything,
[1:38:13] do you want to talk about find your
Fort Madison?
[1:38:18] Sure.
[1:38:19] You you might as well.
[1:38:20] You go so we can hear you
[1:38:22] and if we have viewers at home.
[1:38:26] So we're starting a program next week
at the library
[1:38:29] called Find Your Fort Madison,
[1:38:30] where we're going to highlight local
uh businesses, events,
[1:38:33] uh groups that are people in the
community may not know of.
[1:38:37] We're starting off with Hinterland
Dairy next to
[1:38:39] uh, yes, next Tuesday.
[1:38:41] Um, and then we're going to have Swed
coffee in October.
[1:38:45] I'm going to try and get um, the
Shafer Museum
[1:38:47] in November and kind of, I've got a
list
[1:38:49] I'm working my way through
[1:38:51] for the upcoming year.
[1:38:53] Um, so if you know of a business or
group that would
[1:38:56] enjoy being featured, have them reach
out to me.
[1:38:58] I'm I'm wide open to bring people in
and uh see
[1:39:00] what we can do to
[1:39:03] just kind of get people to know
what's going on
[1:39:05] and it starts at 6.
[1:39:07] Yes.
[1:39:08] Yep.
[1:39:09] Awesome.
[1:39:10] Is it like a presentation of those
businesses?
[1:39:12] Yes.
[1:39:13] Yeah.
[1:39:14] And in the case of places that deal
in food, we're trying
[1:39:16] to bring in samples. So,
[1:39:17] So, and I may see if
[1:39:19] may we may do like if I can get sha
[1:39:21] and we may work with
[1:39:22] them to maybe do a door prize for a
shaver pin,
[1:39:24] that sort of thing.
[1:39:27] So, we're going to try to have little
fun little giveaways.
[1:39:30] Thank you. You appreciate that.
[1:39:31] for adult program.
[1:39:33] Okay, I think staff is good this
evening.
[1:39:35] Um, our legal Dan is um, already off
to go finish
[1:39:38] seeing the rest of his son's little
football game.
[1:39:43] Mhm. And hats all catching some big
fish, so.
[1:39:46] Oh, no problem.
[1:39:48] So now we move on to the council
communications and
[1:39:50] mayor announcements.
[1:39:51] So Jerry, we're going to start with
you down there.
[1:39:53] Hey guys, tell you.
[1:39:55] Right now.
[1:39:56] Vested.
[1:39:57] No.
[1:39:58] It's waiting enough.
[1:39:59] Angela.
[1:40:00] can't
[1:40:02] [laughter]
Okay, I'm gonna follow suit
[1:40:04] and nothing here either.
[1:40:06] So, 7078 PM, the meeting is journed.
[1:40:09] [laughter]
[1:40:13] on and on and on
[1:40:14] because you
[1:40:15] You said A.A.
[1:40:16] [laughter]
[1:40:17] I'm so sorry.
[1:40:18] You should have just You should just
on and on