[0:05] Call the city council meeting of October

[0:07] 11th or August 11, 2026 to order at 7

[0:11] p.m. Please call the roll.

[0:14] Council proper

[0:19] council

[0:20] >> here

[0:30] » please rise and pledge please

[0:35] al to the flag

[0:37] of America.

[0:52] I want to thank each of you who took

[0:53] time to attend tonight. Any guests who

[0:55] are physically present need to fill in

[0:57] this meeting signin sheet near the door.

[1:00] And we're running a hybrid meeting

[1:01] tonight to allow those who wish to

[1:03] attend remotely to do so.

[1:06] do cut down on background noise. Blue

[1:08] banks promoted attendee should mute

[1:09] themselves while not speaking. Staff

[1:12] members and guests on the agenda will

[1:13] need to unmute themselves and give

[1:15] reports to council and audience members

[1:17] may unmute themselves to speak during

[1:19] the public hearings and during citizen

[1:21] comments.

[1:23] The next item on the agenda is the

[1:25] consent agenda

[1:29] which contains financial report from

[1:31] July 2026 and the minutes from the

[1:33] council meeting held on July 21st.

[1:39] and vote on these individually or

[1:42] together. I would entertain a motion

[1:47] that the that the governing body of the

[1:49] city of Holly approved the business

[1:51] items in the consent agenda as

[1:53] submitted.

[1:55] >> Second. All in favor?

[1:57] >> I post.

[2:00] >> Thank you very much.

[2:03] Y do we have any agenda adjustments?

[2:06] >> Um we do have one small agenda

[2:09] adjustment and that is the matter we are

[2:10] already discussing some of the upcoming

[2:12] council meetings

[2:14] >> for October. There is a related there is

[2:17] another thing related to the September

[2:19] meeting. So I would like to add the

[2:21] discussion to the September meeting

[2:24] during that time. Okay. during the

[2:27] >> sometime I two

[2:29] >> and then

[2:30] >> oh yeah

[2:31] >> council

[2:33] approves that they can just entertain

[2:35] motion to add the address please.

[2:38] >> Okay.

[2:40] >> Have a question. We seconded the motion

[2:41] I missed.

[2:42] >> I second.

[2:43] >> Okay. Thank you.

[2:47] » So

[2:49] what does council say?

[2:52] >> You see the delegations?

[2:53] >> Yes.

[2:55] Okay.

[3:02] » So, next would be since Link County

[3:05] Sheriff's Office here, are you doing the

[3:06] report, Jen, or Steve?

[3:11] » Okay. You want to do that second or

[3:15] >> um make him circle back to see unless

[3:17] the other wants to present it. She's

[3:19] welcome to. It's up to you.

[3:20] >> Yeah, it's up to you, Jeff. I can I can

[3:22] present it. Okay.

[3:24] So in July of this year, poly usually

[3:27] had 72 contracted hours. Sheriff's

[3:29] office performed 73.25

[3:33] hours, which included two traffic

[3:36] citations, five traffic warnings, zero

[3:39] arrest, and the total number of

[3:41] incidents and investigated were 28.

[3:45] >> Pretty normal.

[3:46] >> Yeah.

[3:47] No story in the property times. There

[3:50] was a

[3:52] uh broken window. The investigation is

[3:55] still ongoing. Uh suspicious persons.

[3:58] Those persons were watching the trains

[4:01] and videoing trains and there was a lot

[4:04] of fireworks.

[4:06] >> Yeah.

[4:12] » Any questions, comments?

[4:15] I have a question on this one.

[4:17] >> Yes.

[4:18] >> Uh assisted another agency with getting

[4:20] a missing person's form signed.

[4:23] >> Yes.

[4:23] >> Is it the missing person signing the

[4:24] form or is it to say

[4:28] >> okay to say that they're missing?

[4:30] >> Yes.

[4:30] >> Okay. I was like, how do you get a

[4:32] missing person to sign a form?

[4:36] >> Okay.

[4:36] >> Yes.

[4:37] >> Thank you.

[4:43] Do you want to discuss the uh

[4:47] meeting now?

[4:50] >> Um

[4:51] >> or you want to move it to new business?

[4:54] >> Okay.

[4:56] >> Yeah.

[5:00] So, some comments,

[5:01] >> right? I just wonder if you want to do

[5:02] that meeting of delegations or new

[5:04] business

[5:07] meeting September.

[5:09] >> Oh, no. We can't talk about that in new

[5:11] business. Okay. I just want to make

[5:13] sure. Yeah.

[5:14] >> What?

[5:15] >> Just want to make sure.

[5:16] >> Okay.

[5:18] >> Next item on the agenda is citizen

[5:21] comment. This is time for interested

[5:23] citizens and anyone in the audience to

[5:24] address the council

[5:27] on any item of concern. Please limit

[5:29] your comments to about three minutes and

[5:30] please start by introducing yourself and

[5:32] stating your address. Um also do we have

[5:35] any written comments?

[5:36] >> We do.

[5:37] >> Okay. Start with that.

[5:38] >> Yes, please.

[5:39] >> Okay. We received a written comment via

[5:41] our comment submission form on August

[5:42] 8th from Mr. Zane Goodwin. Um the

[5:46] comment states

[5:48] in the June 9th city council minutes the

[5:50] city has stated that the H3 project is

[5:52] not considered a land action and that

[5:55] this conclusion has been affirmed by the

[5:56] city planner planning consultant with

[5:58] full council. I'm asking the city to

[6:00] revisit whether the that responsibly

[6:03] addresses appendix A of the Hollyy

[6:05] comprehensive plan. Appendix A section

[6:07] three states that the planning

[6:09] commission shall review and comment on

[6:10] proposed land actions and programs that

[6:12] may impact resources on the housing

[6:14] register of historical resources. Each

[6:17] part of that language matters. It says

[6:18] shall not pay. It includes both land

[6:21] actions and programs, not just land

[6:22] actions. And the threshold is whether

[6:24] something may impact a registered

[6:26] resource, not whether it physically

[6:28] alters and demolishes the historic

[6:29] building in it. The house at 791

[6:33] Westport Street is on these register of

[6:34] historic resources. The city's earlier

[6:36] explanation that there's no permit to

[6:38] alter or demolish the building appears

[6:40] to address a kind of a separate

[6:42] provision concerning alteration of and

[6:44] demolition permits. It does not appear

[6:46] to answer section three uh subsection 4

[6:50] which separately addresses land actions

[6:53] and programs that may impact registered

[6:54] historic resources. This question is

[6:57] more significant now that the August

[6:58] council packet describes the final H

[7:00] street design as including substantial

[7:02] storm water infrastructure, drainage and

[7:04] coverts and added system capacity in an

[7:06] area where most no storm facilities

[7:09] previously existed. Has the city

[7:11] determined whether the H street project

[7:13] is a program that may impact the house

[7:16] under appendix a section 3 section 4? If

[7:19] so, please identify where that

[7:21] determination can. If not, I

[7:23] respectfully ask that to the project be

[7:25] referred to the planning commission for

[7:26] review and comments required by P for

[7:29] construction.

[7:31] >> Okay.

[7:33] But I just want to clarify that in that

[7:36] June meeting we stated it was a land

[7:38] action because the land action was

[7:41] created by the adoption of the top plan

[7:44] and during that land action it

[7:46] identified and which previously I mean

[7:48] the land the road had been plotted since

[7:50] the 1870s but that very specific action

[7:53] was a state requirement to do a

[7:55] transportation component and that

[7:57] transportation component says these are

[7:58] roads

[7:59] >> right

[8:00] >> and they belong to the city and if we

[8:01] use them for roads and we improvements

[8:03] for roads then that's not a action or

[8:06] program. Um and so that is what I just

[8:08] want to provide that kind of clarity

[8:09] that is why it's not only in action is

[8:11] because the action was the comp plan.

[8:13] It's in the comprehensive plan, in the

[8:15] transportation plan, and also in that

[8:17] section of the plan, it says that we'll

[8:19] improve pay. You know, that I'm not I

[8:22] don't want to misspe because I know I'm

[8:24] not speaking verbatim, but it does state

[8:26] that we will improve city roads. And so,

[8:30] we're not trying to be dismissive, but

[8:32] that is why it is not a new action is

[8:34] that it's just literally not classified

[8:36] as a land action.

[8:38] Do

[8:38] >> we have our comp plan posted?

[8:41] Yes.

[8:50] Okay.

[8:52] So, anybody in the audience wish to

[8:54] speak?

[8:58] Okay. Moving on to reports to council.

[9:03] Start with the uh city administrative

[9:05] report.

[9:10] » Okay. So,

[9:13] I don't see

[9:16] >> I know

[9:16] >> don't sit at home and practice

[9:20] your report. So we as you know have lots

[9:23] of projects some large some also large

[9:27] um and the update on inflow and

[9:29] infiltration everything frankly is ready

[9:32] to start really fired up infiltration

[9:35] DQ approved the final bid documents we

[9:38] actually have um gone through we are

[9:41] developing our timelines which is what I

[9:43] will talk about in the September meeting

[9:46] and there are certain things that we're

[9:47] required to do so the DQ is the funding

[9:50] source We are required to send our bid

[9:52] documents to them for approval before we

[9:54] actually open the procurement. And so

[9:56] they've approved, they like the

[9:57] language, we followed all their rules

[9:58] and their contract language stuff. Our

[10:00] legal council reviewed it. Um we added

[10:03] the the things that they asked. They

[10:05] reviewed it again. Final approval. When

[10:08] you do this level of procurement, there

[10:09] are certain timelines that are required.

[10:11] So we have to close for a certain amount

[10:12] of time. We have to provide our notice

[10:15] of intent to award. And then we have to

[10:18] give seven days after posting that

[10:21] notice of intent to award. And it's

[10:22] essentially a period of time where other

[10:24] people can like object to our award and we would have to provide our

[10:30] tabulations and all the things that we

[10:31] use to make our determination for the

[10:33] contract we selected and then council

[10:37] approves our intent to award. So after

[10:40] that 70-day window. Um so that's where

[10:43] we're at. All of those things are

[10:45] timelined through the end of August and

[10:47] interly September. When we have the

[10:50] intent to award and we have the bid

[10:51] packages, we must submit those back to

[10:54] DEEQ.

[10:56] Again, that's why the September part

[10:57] kind of matters, right?

[10:58] >> We have to submit them back to DEEQ

[11:00] before we can actually award. And so

[11:02] they have to review our bid documents,

[11:05] our bids that we receive

[11:07] >> and our selection criteria and say like,

[11:09] yes, we've done everything with

[11:10] Fidelity. And then once they approve the

[11:13] contract be selected, we are allowed to

[11:15] then have council

[11:18] make that final or so lots of things

[11:21] going on with INI. Much of it very

[11:22] technical, timeline driven, not very

[11:25] crowded at all. Um, but that's that's

[11:28] rocking and rolling. That's exciting.

[11:30] Uh, the H Street project, it's design is

[11:32] complete for the H Street project. The

[11:34] final design, again, it it did include

[11:36] some substantial storm water

[11:37] infrastructure. Um,

[11:41] sections over there where we have

[11:42] already done some like French drains and

[11:46] things,

[11:46] >> right?

[11:47] >> So, um you know, just making sure that

[11:50] there's proper pulver works. This also,

[11:51] as you all know, includes a repair to

[11:54] existing storm water infrastructure

[11:56] that's actually pretty substantial. It

[11:57] goes like all the way underneath H

[11:59] Street and and then to the north like

[12:02] 300 feet or so. That's an exaggeration

[12:06] for sure. I'm wrong on this photo. Like

[12:08] 100 feet, but it's a lot. So the whole

[12:10] length of it is quite a bit,

[12:11] >> right?

[12:12] >> And so that's, you know, those those

[12:13] things need to be done while the road

[12:15] bed is dug up,

[12:16] >> right?

[12:17] >> But they're adding cost to the project.

[12:19] Some of those project costs there is um

[12:22] some opportunity for us to use some

[12:24] SDCs, but those are very limited

[12:26] opportunities. And so we want to be very

[12:28] diligent about our research in that

[12:29] regard. We are going to bid on this. We

[12:33] would like to we are working on the bid

[12:35] language to ensure that we're protecting

[12:37] ourselves to have the withhold the right

[12:40] to cancel the procurement and move the

[12:42] larger procurement or cancel items

[12:44] within the scope in order to get things

[12:46] within budget. Those are all things that

[12:47] we're allowed to do. You just want to be

[12:48] very very clear in the invitation to bid

[12:51] language and the language in that whole

[12:53] big packet so that you are covering

[12:55] yourself to do those things once you

[12:58] start getting into negotiations with

[13:00] their um there's also you know threshold

[13:03] things. So if the procurement exceeds

[13:06] 250,000

[13:07] to one person then it bumps into a

[13:11] higher level of legal review and some

[13:13] extra steps. It also bumps it into a

[13:15] review that would require us to go

[13:17] through a sealed bid more formal

[13:19] process. We don't anticipate one

[13:21] contractor. It should not be that one

[13:23] contractor would exceed that amount, but

[13:26] we just want to build in those

[13:27] protections in the procurement even

[13:28] though we're paying to have to go back

[13:29] to bid, you know,

[13:32] >> we are um positioning ourselves to

[13:35] regroup and do the whole process if it

[13:37] turns out that we need to. Um, but that

[13:40] one I'm writing now. It's very technical

[13:44] soon. We're gonna post that bid soon.

[13:46] It's really just about and and frankly

[13:48] once I write it, I have to send it to a

[13:50] legal team review, but it's ready to go.

[13:53] Um, I'll also double check with uh ODOT

[13:56] because it is a ODOT grant,

[13:58] >> right?

[13:58] >> To see if they have any I'll review and

[14:01] see if we have to send it for to them

[14:02] for review as well. Sometimes that's

[14:04] true. Um well 24 of park projects as you

[14:09] know it turns out we have to do one more

[14:11] pathway and fortunately there was

[14:12] leftover grant funds to do so. If you

[14:14] haven't seen them yet they should be in

[14:15] the park today. It is considered a small

[14:18] project. It'll be nice to be able to

[14:19] have something that we were easily baked

[14:21] to easy to take to procure it. Get it

[14:23] turned around and be finished this week.

[14:25] Uh that will create a path that goes

[14:27] from the updated path that we put in

[14:30] last year to one of the benches by the

[14:33] new playground. So, it'll just line

[14:34] right up. I think the only change order

[14:36] we might have now that they're on site

[14:38] is that we realized that the bench

[14:44] like the bench cement,

[14:45] >> they're 4 feet by eight, but APA for a

[14:48] walkway is recommended at 5 to six feet.

[14:52] So, our path, our existing path is 5t

[14:54] wide. The path that we are putting in,

[14:56] we can't do path that we're putting in

[14:58] to the playground also 5t wide. So we

[15:01] may there is funding left over. We may

[15:05] if the change order doesn't result in in

[15:08] too if it's not too much of a hassle

[15:10] actually create like an additional path

[15:12] on that back side of an additional foot

[15:13] so that it's at least square.

[15:15] >> Sure.

[15:16] >> So that would be potentially the only

[15:17] change order that I see on that project

[15:19] and we will wrap it up

[15:20] >> and then we're done with it. Right.

[15:22] >> Yes.

[15:22] >> Yay.

[15:23] >> Done with it. Other things at the park

[15:25] we have lined up for fall but those are

[15:27] just they're unrelated to the grant. Um

[15:30] it's just continuing to pour into that

[15:32] resource that we have. U we keep talking

[15:35] about planting trees. You have to plant

[15:36] them in the fall or spring,

[15:37] >> right?

[15:38] >> In spring we do budget. So all of my

[15:40] hopes and dreams about planting in the

[15:42] spring have been not come to fruition

[15:44] several times. So this year we are

[15:46] planting trees in the fall. Plant them

[15:48] not in the fall or spring. It just is

[15:50] really hard. It's a lot more effort and

[15:52] not the best practice. Um and then also,

[15:54] you know, we put in the annual flowers

[15:57] under the sign. And so I think it would

[15:59] be nice to consider what things are good

[16:00] for fall planting and start

[16:01] transitioning to those to perennials

[16:03] that won't be like the annual invest

[16:06] like spending money on all those flowers

[16:07] every year um when we could pick other

[16:10] more native solutions.

[16:13] >> True.

[16:13] >> Yeah. So fun stuff at the park. Easy

[16:16] stuff.

[16:17] >> You guys know trees, right? Lots of

[16:20] shovels. John needs a shovel. He knows

[16:23] how to do it. He does. Yeah.

[16:27] >> Yeah. Um the 24 project

[16:31] the EPA well project review continues

[16:36] that cross country. As you guys know we

[16:38] have different buckets of money for the

[16:40] grant. Both of them EPA both of them

[16:42] from different granting agencies. We're

[16:44] so grateful.

[16:46] We are

[16:47] um so

[16:52] I've sent all of the followup

[16:53] documentation to the people that we got

[16:55] the $350,000 grant from. but they're a

[16:57] pass through an eight. And so we got

[16:59] that grant through an organization

[17:00] called Philanthropy Northwest who

[17:02] essentially was the recipient of the

[17:03] grant and they subor these EPA cuts. We

[17:06] still have to follow all the EPA rules,

[17:07] but they're I talked to them and then

[17:09] they talked to the EPA. So I they say

[17:11] EPA wants this. I send it to them. Well,

[17:13] I had a conference with our pre-awward

[17:16] officer with the $700,000 loan and asked

[17:20] a million questions and I um we

[17:25] discussed that we were hoping to merge

[17:27] the cross cutters and say, "Hey, what

[17:29] about the rest of this project? Can we

[17:31] just add it to this already active

[17:33] review?" And she would like to keep them

[17:35] separate. Here was the benefit of that

[17:37] meeting.

[17:38] was with the EPA.

[17:40] >> Yeah.

[17:41] >> Oh, good. So I feel like the way that

[17:43] she was able to address my questions and

[17:45] no I mean absolutely I've been the other

[17:47] agency has been very helpful but to

[17:49] speak directly to the agency that you're

[17:51] receiving the money for that like enacts

[17:52] the rules uh it was really really

[17:55] beneficial. I actually pulled out the

[17:57] site plan and showed her the area and

[17:59] what would go where, where the grand

[18:01] survey like on Google Earth and she

[18:05] was optimistic that it was going to be

[18:07] easy to get through the process of

[18:08] shift.

[18:10] >> Again, we cannot hold over to that.

[18:13] Right.

[18:13] >> Right.

[18:14] >> She did not make any promises, but it

[18:16] was very um reassuring that it is again

[18:20] it's not a high impact project. It is on

[18:22] already developed area. is on our public

[18:24] works, you know, it's in our public

[18:26] workshop. So those things are all voting

[18:28] very well for us. So like fingers

[18:31] crossed we will get the exemption that

[18:32] we're

[18:33] >> good

[18:33] >> the exemption from the deep dive review.

[18:35] This is this is the top this is the

[18:37] first review.

[18:41] I am actively writing a I also want

[18:44] about making sure an engineer record is

[18:46] compliant with any of the federal

[18:48] recruitment rules because a engineer

[18:50] record on a federal grant project. You

[18:52] can but there are a lot of rules about

[18:54] it.

[18:56] >> And so I asked all the questions about

[18:58] that so that um we are going to go for

[19:01] another engineer record. We are still

[19:02] going to work with our current engineer

[19:03] record. We're just deepening our bench.

[19:05] We've talked about it a lot. I got all

[19:07] the information I need. So I'm

[19:08] developing that so we can go off for

[19:09] engineer engineer of record. I also will

[19:11] be calling meeting with our integrator

[19:13] of record which is basically our water

[19:14] treatment plant programmer to start

[19:17] really refining that portion of the

[19:18] project. Um as you know we've had some

[19:21] hiccups at the water treatment plant as

[19:23] of late and they have been frustrating

[19:25] and there it's showing its age. The guys

[19:27] are really good about keeping it running

[19:29] but it is showing its age. So, we're

[19:31] trying to position ourselves so that as

[19:33] soon as we get through that

[19:35] environmental review step, we are ready

[19:38] for we are just ready to develop bid

[19:40] packages and go to construction. Um, I

[19:43] also got approval once there's a couple

[19:45] more chat boxes we need to check, but

[19:47] some of the things that we will need for

[19:48] the water trainer plan, the computer

[19:50] components, some of them in talking to

[19:53] the integrators, the people who come out

[19:54] and do our programming and help us when

[19:56] our automations are not working right or

[19:58] something's going on. Um they had

[20:01] mentioned that there are things that are

[20:02] like six months out to order. And so I

[20:06] Yeah. And so one of the things that we

[20:09] want to do is again with that we want to

[20:10] make sure that we're compliant with all

[20:12] the rules. There's so many rules of

[20:13] federal advance. It's such hard money

[20:15] but we're grateful again. um if we could

[20:19] purchase those items

[20:21] prior to completion of the environmental

[20:23] review

[20:25] and if they are supply purchases under a

[20:27] certain cost threshold which all of them

[20:29] should be that is allowance. So once we

[20:34] like really have the scope of what we're

[20:35] going to need

[20:37] >> um in in discussions with the

[20:38] integrators, we can actually start

[20:40] ordering stuff

[20:42] >> and get it on the shelf and be ready

[20:43] again. Just be ready to rock and roll at

[20:45] that.

[20:46] >> Um that is the well project.

[20:52] » Okay. Safe to school. The project launch

[20:54] meeting was held last week. We des we

[20:56] did discuss all project activities. Um,

[20:59] and so there's going to be kind of a big

[21:00] push in early September. One of the

[21:03] things that we that is going to be

[21:05] asking is to participate in an

[21:07] interactive map. Like we want feedback

[21:09] from people who see kids walking to

[21:12] school, who have kids walking to school,

[21:14] drive and pick up their kids, but are

[21:15] like navigating that whole drop off

[21:17] pickup situation at the elementary

[21:19] school in particular. And so this

[21:21] interactive map allows community members

[21:23] to like go to a easy to access site,

[21:26] click on parts of like it's going to be

[21:28] like a map of our town and click on

[21:29] sections and make your comments on what

[21:32] issues you're seeing there. you can just

[21:34] like and we also requested if they could

[21:36] provide like a short three minute um you

[21:39] know one to three minute just like this

[21:41] is how it works video so we could

[21:43] develop like a landing page on the

[21:46] quality website that has some of those

[21:48] like supporting materials to help people

[21:49] navigate that tool.

[21:50] >> Yeah.

[21:51] >> Um and also pressure updates. So that's

[21:54] coming in the fall. Um, we are going to

[21:56] have enough materials to have a little

[21:59] bit of an info booth like coming soon

[22:01] and potentially even actually like QR

[22:03] codes and postcards and things for

[22:05] people to start participating at the

[22:07] summer barbecue.

[22:08] >> Okay.

[22:09] >> So, I let them know that timeline and

[22:12] that's a big event for us and that

[22:13] having those materials by them would be

[22:14] really really helpful. So, they're going

[22:15] to make sure that happens. Stacy and I

[22:18] also discussed, counselor Strauss and I

[22:20] also discussed um that we would

[22:25] meet up at the school during pick up and

[22:27] drop off and literally hand things out

[22:30] to people. We're going to just solicit

[22:33] them to participate in our survey. So,

[22:35] as long as

[22:36] >> join

[22:38] that then we're gonna be um doing that

[22:40] as well, you know, period. We're going

[22:42] to be doing that. So, we're going to

[22:43] really try to get the word out. Um, and

[22:45] that project goes on. So, a lot of fall

[22:48] stuff coming up. Uh, SMAT, so much so

[22:51] much updates, you guys. Smack has been

[22:53] hard at work this summer. Um, we

[22:55] definitely spent winter and spring

[22:59] restructuring. We've talked about how we

[23:01] went through the first long session. We

[23:03] partnered with a lobbyist, end up not

[23:05] being a good fit. got through that long

[23:07] session and you know back in 2024 and

[23:10] then following that we parted ways with

[23:12] that lobbyist and we have essentially

[23:14] been restructuring. So we spent 2025

[23:16] getting things back together doing some

[23:18] restructuring figuring out what SMAP

[23:20] looks like going forward and then we

[23:23] started delegating tasks. We have

[23:25] started having monthly meetings and we

[23:29] are moving forward some with onboarding

[23:32] a new lobbyist firm consultants group

[23:34] and um really looking into we've been

[23:37] providing some council training

[23:38] opportunities. So we're really

[23:41] I feel like it's rock and rolling and

[23:42] our goal is really the next step is that

[23:44] we are really trying to

[23:46] you know and so the effort of smack is

[23:49] to bring advocacy to the issues that

[23:53] face small city governments and to do

[23:57] that you know we really need our elected

[23:59] officials to feel emboldened and like

[24:03] they understand how to do that that you

[24:05] know if they have an interest in it that

[24:07] they're prepared to and that we're, you

[24:09] know, really dialed into talking to our

[24:11] legislators when we have, you know,

[24:12] unfunded mandates and other issues that

[24:14] come down from the state that maybe are

[24:17] not in alignment with home rule,

[24:19] >> right?

[24:19] >> So, um, you know, that's really where

[24:21] we're at with that. We do have, now that

[24:23] we're feeling like we've really

[24:25] solidified the restructuring,

[24:28] we will be very serious this fall about

[24:31] going out and doing recruiting at other

[24:32] cities. And that means visiting other

[24:34] city councils. So that will be some of

[24:37] the city administrators from partner

[24:39] cities and some members of council from

[24:41] partner cities that that are interested

[24:43] in participating in those efforts.

[24:45] Um more to come

[24:51] barbecue as well. This is our 150th year

[24:54] anniversary. We are planning a bunch

[24:56] more fun things and we really need

[24:58] volunteers. So you were given a signup

[25:00] sheet. you give me your signup sheet,

[25:03] but we really need we need people at all

[25:06] spots. We are trying to deepen our

[25:08] bench. We're going to reach out to other

[25:09] organizations locally to try to get out

[25:11] volunteers for this effort. I'm also

[25:14] asking local businesses for donations to

[25:16] sort of sponsor some of these added fun

[25:17] things that we're providing. We have um

[25:21] face painting from the librarian again.

[25:23] We have animal carnival tabletop game

[25:25] activities, a few inflatable carnival

[25:27] games. We also um are working we've asked our sheriff's department to

[25:33] bring a patrol car which they're working

[25:34] on. I'm going to touch base with Travis

[25:36] about maybe bringing one of their fire

[25:38] engines or other equipment if they're

[25:39] able

[25:41] so we understand if you can't you know.

[25:43] Um so a lot of really cool stuff. We're

[25:45] again doing a food drive uh with a

[25:48] raffle prize for sharing hands and we'll

[25:50] take donations and food items. So it's

[25:53] going to be a big event. I think that

[25:55] frankly for the carnival we're probably

[25:58] going to need like like at least eight

[26:01] people just for that and we still need

[26:02] all the people for the other things we

[26:04] always do. So just a friendly reminder

[26:08] event

[26:11] take what we can get

[26:14] uh upcoming events August 8th program

[26:17] but for now we just sat down this

[26:18] weekend was great. August 12th is the

[26:20] last connect county dinner so that's

[26:22] tomorrow night. Um, and that's over in

[26:24] Brownsville Park. They've been doing

[26:26] really cool stuff in the plumber.

[26:27] September or September 7th, we're closed

[26:30] in observance of Labor Day. September

[26:32] 8th is the school's first day of school.

[26:33] And September 11th is our

[26:37] Any questions

[26:41] or discussion?

[26:43] Anybody?

[26:48] » Okay.

[26:51] So the next item on the agenda then

[26:53] would be further planning.

[26:57] Audrey, do you please

[27:00] I could read it to you but that's

[27:03] >> any comments.

[27:05] >> Yeah, just wanted to kind of understand

[27:07] the difference between the agency and

[27:09] the HC

[27:14] code. So sometimes they talk to each

[27:16] other but not too often.

[27:20] I listed out the current permits that we

[27:23] have in progress. Um, house at 4 and H

[27:27] just came in and paid for their STC's

[27:29] and they're going to be putting in water

[27:31] very shortly soon by the end of the

[27:33] month. So, they're getting really really

[27:34] close to having a house,

[27:37] >> right?

[27:38] >> Which one is that?

[27:40] >> Fourth and um

[27:44] » that's right. the uh plan commission

[27:46] meeting tomorrow for the Miller Trust

[27:49] projects. Um and hopefully we'll find

[27:53] that

[28:07] any questions,

[28:09] comments?

[28:12] Okay, next item is the public works

[28:14] report. Is there anything else from

[28:16] anybody on that?

[28:21] » No. Unless anybody has questions, I'll

[28:24] do my best to answer. I'll take them

[28:25] back to follow up.

[28:27] >> That's good.

[28:30] » The trees along 99 look good since they

[28:33] were

[28:35] new water every week. Right.

[28:38] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[28:41] Good.

[28:53] further issues, but never number two

[28:55] pump.

[28:57] >> Uh

[28:59] pump, we never operate service pumps.

[29:02] >> Yeah.

[29:03] >> Um like ever. And actually we mostly

[29:07] don't we try not to operate our high

[29:09] service pumps. They're there for back.

[29:10] We have a big draw and and we really

[29:12] never need three of them. Obviously, we

[29:14] want all of our pumps to be functional.

[29:16] But the pump number two was having kind

[29:19] of a commun was already not working. And

[29:23] then pump number one, high service, I

[29:25] want to say it was pump number one, was

[29:26] having a communication issue, which was

[29:29] then resulting in the reservoirs not

[29:32] filling because the jockey pump was

[29:34] kicking off. It wasn't telling the other

[29:35] pump to turn off. There was they robbed

[29:38] a part out of pump number two. They're

[29:40] not saying pump number one. The water

[29:44] treatment plan is showing its age.

[29:45] >> Yeah.

[29:46] >> So, they had a lot of headaches and it

[29:47] was like all in one week. It was like

[29:48] over and over and it was like something

[29:50] different every time. And now things are

[29:52] running smoothly, but we're really

[29:54] looking forward to upgrading.

[29:57] >> Definitely feels precarious when you

[29:59] have that many things going on in a

[30:01] short period of time.

[30:02] >> Like this thing. I see that we have

[30:05] projects under way for repairing that.

[30:12] » Questions.

[30:14] >> Okay, moving on to the library report.

[30:21] Sounds like reading was good.

[30:25] More people than we met.

[30:26] >> Yeah, we have more people registered

[30:28] this year. Um, two of our events did

[30:31] overlap with two of Brownsville's big

[30:33] events. So, there was a few like polls

[30:35] between um attendants, but it was it was

[30:38] good this year. There was a lot of new

[30:40] kids and a lot of excitement. Everyone

[30:42] enjoyed the presenters.

[30:44] We had a couple more signups. Actually,

[30:46] a few people that showed up for the last

[30:47] week, so I think it ended up being like

[30:49] 32

[30:50] kids, I think, that were officially

[30:51] registered for at like through the

[30:54] summer reading process from like this

[30:56] first week to the last week.

[30:59] >> Awesome. I was bummed to miss it this

[31:01] year. Between my schedule and the

[31:03] grandkid schedule,

[31:06] whatever next year.

[31:09] >> Any other questions, comments?

[31:14] » Okay.

[31:18] Then the next one is my report.

[31:19] Basically, I'm going to focus on the

[31:21] Oregon Mayor Association conference I

[31:23] just got back from. Um on these

[31:26] conferences I I tend to be pretty strict

[31:31] on the reason if I'm going to go or not.

[31:33] I use my three article rules for

[31:36] magazines. It has to have three good

[31:38] articles before I'll buy a magazine.

[31:40] We'll do the same thing with the

[31:41] conferences. But this year there were

[31:43] [clears throat] five. So it was a really

[31:45] good uh opportunity.

[31:49] A little bit less participation from

[31:51] some of the mayors around the state. Um

[31:52] I think most that's probably due to

[31:54] fires. Um but we had sessions on leading

[31:58] with purpose, civility, and working

[32:00] together uh in the community. Gave more

[32:03] community involvement engagement. Uh we

[32:06] discussed the 2026

[32:09] uh legislature 27th session. I'm on the

[32:13] government affairs committee for LOC.

[32:16] And so we had a lot of talk about what

[32:18] we're going to focus on, what had some

[32:20] wins, some losses this last short

[32:23] session. Um,

[32:26] so we're going to be discussing some of

[32:27] that a little bit later in the meeting.

[32:31] The other one is returning stability to

[32:33] governance. And what that is is making

[32:34] sure that we don't have

[32:38] such heated uh arguments. Unfortunately,

[32:41] in our organization, we don't. We tend

[32:44] to get along pretty well. I'm thankful

[32:46] for that. And then the biggest one I

[32:49] found be the most interesting was how

[32:51] the state and federal courts have

[32:52] impacted Oregon cities in the past year.

[32:56] And if you've watched the news and read

[32:58] the paper, it's been a lot a lot of

[33:00] stuff that's come down in the courts um

[33:04] positive and negatives.

[33:06] uh about

[33:09] probably the biggest negatives were a

[33:11] lot of uh unfunded mandates uh coming

[33:14] down and the court saying uh no you

[33:16] can't do that. There were two cases

[33:18] where

[33:20] they kind of dropped the ball and didn't

[33:22] address them. Uh there's some court

[33:25] cases coming up uh that probably won't

[33:27] be doing anything for the next at least

[33:29] year, possibly two that's going to have

[33:31] some positive impact on Oregon cities

[33:34] and LOC will be sending out some

[33:36] information on that hopefully in the

[33:38] next month or two. Um, and then part of

[33:42] my

[33:43] reason for going in is remote expat

[33:47] and

[33:49] was nice to print off some some pages

[33:52] and I got a lot of those distributed.

[33:54] Lots of positive responses,

[33:59] a lot of responses from communities in

[34:01] eastern Oregon, central Oregon, and the

[34:04] coastal uh communities.

[34:08] And I was surprised when one of the LC

[34:11] lobbyists that was there um spoke very

[34:14] highly of what Smack's been doing. So I

[34:17] think we're we're seeing some uh

[34:20] positive return on our investment time

[34:23] and money. Uh there was one of the uh

[34:26] governors

[34:29] oh at the term basically regional

[34:31] advisors was there and and spoken very

[34:34] highly and said that the governor is

[34:36] quite impressed with smack. Um so the

[34:39] governor's hearing about it we're making

[34:41] decent headway.

[34:43] >> So

[34:43] >> that's awesome to hear since it's like

[34:45] new and we're just pushing it again. I

[34:48] think part of what it is we had our

[34:50] first way at our first outing that gets

[34:54] their attention. So

[34:58] that's that. That's what I have for us.

[35:01] Any questions, comments?

[35:06] » That be it.

[35:08] >> That's it. So we have old business.

[35:14] » Didn't share that.

[35:15] >> Yeah, he did. But he's here now. Okay.

[35:17] >> Yeah.

[35:19] >> You have anything to add to your

[35:20] presentation?

[35:22] >> Not really. Unless somebody has

[35:24] questions about stuff going on outside

[35:26] of poly. We've had a lot of stuff.

[35:28] >> Yeah.

[35:28] >> On social media.

[35:30] >> Yeah.

[35:31] >> We had two deputies um that were at the

[35:35] scene of an offer ball shooting recently

[35:37] up next.

[35:38] >> Yeah.

[35:39] >> Um we had a drowning recently. We've had

[35:42] quite a few um rescues and stuff going

[35:45] on up in the mountains

[35:47] where hiker have passed away. U actually

[35:51] somebody we had a recent rescue up there

[35:55] where that person is actually still up

[35:58] there because the terrain so rough they

[36:00] can't do recovery.

[36:02] >> Um so it doesn't like affect Holly but

[36:04] it does in a way because we send so many

[36:07] resources away to some of these big

[36:09] calls. Um, I think Jenna uh does a great

[36:14] job of staying in touch. Um, and you can

[36:17] always reach out to me, but if you see

[36:18] some of this stuff on Facebook, um, that

[36:21] offer involved shooting in wheel

[36:24] crazy stuff. It was an active shooter.

[36:26] There were bodies everywhere, you know,

[36:29] like crazy crazy stuff. Um, I think she

[36:33] and I are quick to respond to stuff like

[36:36] that. you know, email us, um, reach out

[36:39] to anybody at the city. They can reach

[36:41] out to us. Doesn't have to be related to

[36:43] Holly. If you're curious about

[36:44] something, we don't have to wait 30 days

[36:46] for a meeting like this that, you know,

[36:49] we can try to get answers for you guys.

[36:51] But, um, I feel like summer has gone

[36:55] smooth, but the last couple weeks, it's

[36:58] like trying to leave its mark.

[37:00] >> Yeah.

[37:00] >> And a lot of a lot of bigger calls

[37:02] starting to pop up. has taken

[37:05] a large amount of resources that

[37:07] attracts the public's attention and then

[37:09] they start making up a whole bunch of

[37:11] stories. So, um, nothing really for

[37:16] Holly. Um, but yeah, re reach out if you

[37:20] have questions. Again, doesn't have to

[37:21] be about Holly.

[37:24] I know you and I talked when the 99

[37:28] project was wrapping up and had concerns

[37:30] about speeding and stuff like that.

[37:32] seeing that to be an issue.

[37:34] >> Uh to be an issue, no.

[37:36] >> Yeah.

[37:36] >> Um but

[37:38] there's always going to be speed,

[37:40] >> right?

[37:40] >> You're always going to have a car that

[37:42] like zip through somewhere like we just

[37:44] heard a couple minutes ago.

[37:45] >> Yeah. [laughter]

[37:47] >> So I pay attention to that stuff.

[37:49] >> I didn't.

[37:50] >> Yeah. Um so you're always going to have

[37:52] a car that speeds. I came from a council

[37:56] meeting an hour ago and their complaint

[37:59] was on speeding, but the reader board

[38:01] doesn't show that. We have some other

[38:03] data we can access. It doesn't show

[38:06] speeding a concern to where like Jenna

[38:10] should 12 hours of the 12 hour shift

[38:12] trying to

[38:14] >> right. You're always going to have that

[38:15] car that trips through that upset

[38:17] someone, but it's not a chronic issue

[38:20] that we're seeing that

[38:23] needs addressed regularly, but we're

[38:26] always keeping our eye out with radar

[38:28] looking from the one car that that does

[38:30] it.

[38:31] >> I'm glad to hear that. No, we had

[38:33] concern initially. So,

[38:35] >> I just saw a

[38:37] >> the speed sign down at the end of town,

[38:40] >> right?

[38:41] >> I just saw it there.

[38:43] >> Yeah, I saw that.

[38:44] >> Okay.

[38:45] No, I think you had a question.

[38:49] » So the car that we just heard earlier is

[38:52] that I mean when I hear that same speed

[38:55] is that like too loud or

[38:59] >> he was definitely speed [laughter]

[39:07] of speed. It's like speed racing. So

[39:10] let's say you don't speak but you go

[39:12] zero to 35 miles an hour as fast as you

[39:14] can. That's exhibition speed. There's no

[39:16] reason for

[39:18] gun.

[39:19] >> Yeah. You got it, but then you reach the

[39:21] speed limit and then you let off. That's

[39:23] still a violation. You can't go zero.

[39:29] >> Yeah. Can't use the car to like show off

[39:32] or exhibit, you know, the capability.

[39:36] >> So let's say he wasn't going fast.

[39:39] speedwise. The fact that he went from

[39:42] the soft side to here and I can tell by

[39:45] like the RPMs and stuff, there's no

[39:47] reason. So, he would get talked to and

[39:50] say like, "Okay, I can't believe that

[39:53] you're speeding, but the fact that you

[39:56] accept

[39:59] » Thank you.

[40:01] >> Yes. [laughter]

[40:04] >> In layman's term." Yes.

[40:05] >> Yep.

[40:06] Brianna, while I'm thinking about it,

[40:08] we're talking about traffic. And for you

[40:09] guys, since you're here, too. The hay

[40:11] trucks right now are flying by the park

[40:14] again down O. And I was at the park

[40:16] today with the kids and watched three of

[40:17] them run the stop sign.

[40:20] >> Yep. On 99. They like

[40:22] >> um from O like going to 99 like up

[40:24] towards Harrisburg. Just kind of went

[40:29] >> like a real real California stop there.

[40:32] Um, but they've been they've been coming

[40:34] real quick up and down like burning on

[40:37] to

[40:40] >> Yeah, it's been really bad the last

[40:41] since like just picked up really hard

[40:44] right now. Um, they're not

[40:54] » Brianna has a pretty good relationship

[40:56] with some of the companies down there,

[40:57] so she she talks to them often.

[41:02] Yeah,

[41:09] » contracts, you know.

[41:11] >> Yeah.

[41:13] >> They've been getting a little frisky on

[41:14] O.

[41:18] » Anybody else?

[41:21] Thank you.

[41:23] So, now we're going to move on to old

[41:26] business.

[41:30] the proposed street vacation of West A

[41:32] and West B Street.

[41:36] We received an update on the status of

[41:37] the vacation and prepare for executive

[41:39] session.

[41:41] You would

[41:42] >> um yeah, you know, it's really a

[41:44] timeline. This application has been a

[41:46] bit of a there's some weird stuff going

[41:47] on over there talk about. There is the a

[41:52] street which has

[41:54] an overlying ownership by one party with

[41:57] a budding a surrounding ownership of

[41:59] another party and then there's also the

[42:01] underlying predated ownership of the

[42:03] city have a plat predates everything and

[42:06] so when we receive information we we do

[42:10] our due diligence we work with engineers

[42:13] and we take applications but

[42:18] there has been some issues about whether

[42:20] or not that that a street piece in

[42:22] particular um is under question. And so

[42:26] we just want to make sure that we're

[42:27] doing our absolute due diligence on that

[42:30] matter. Um we need to make sure that the

[42:33] initial application is valid and we need

[42:36] to really hold and discuss with our

[42:39] legal counsel before we proceed. And so

[42:41] that is why we've really done the

[42:43] executive session is to make sure that

[42:45] we're talking those issues through. we

[42:47] have that opportunity to have, you know,

[42:49] council with our legal and that we're

[42:50] making all the correct steps because

[42:52] that has always been the city's intent that we don't want to have a

[42:58] misstep. We want correct information so

[43:00] that we can so you guys can make

[43:01] informed corrections.

[43:04] >> So, are we getting good information from

[43:06] the county?

[43:08] You know,

[43:11] there's there's a lot of research that

[43:13] went into this even before the initial

[43:14] application and um Audrey spent a lot of

[43:18] time on it. So that that area period, it

[43:21] has that weird six foot section,

[43:22] >> right,

[43:23] >> between the and the south property

[43:25] owners. That is very unusual. That does

[43:27] not happen. So that sixoot section is

[43:30] part of the church plot, but it is like

[43:33] doesn't make sense,

[43:34] >> right? Um so we had to do a ton of

[43:37] research on that and then again um you

[43:40] know we're getting deed history through

[43:42] the engineers. We have contacted the

[43:45] county and the county has you know I've

[43:49] just been like

[43:51] the existence of the row and whether or

[43:52] not the afferment and what information

[43:54] they have on it. Um what information how

[43:56] they interpret the the existing the deed

[43:58] record and all those things like that we

[44:00] use the county as the agency of record

[44:03] with situations. We don't try to make it

[44:05] up. They are the agency who determines

[44:07] how land is distributed. Also, when we

[44:09] do vacations, we must report them with

[44:11] the county or they don't exist,

[44:14] >> right?

[44:15] >> And so, the county is the one that gets

[44:16] to determine how those are distributed.

[44:18] We don't have the authority to do that.

[44:20] We have the authority to vacate or not

[44:22] to vacate, period. And so, again, if you

[44:26] have an application, it's it's very

[44:28] common for our street vacation 99.9% of

[44:31] the time to be a central lane split. And

[44:33] so when you have an applicant that's a

[44:34] property, we took an application of that

[44:37] regard. We just want to make sure that

[44:38] we're doing

[44:40] everything right. That is really what it

[44:42] is. We want to make sure that the

[44:44] application is valid. We want to make

[44:46] sure that we're making the right

[44:47] decisions with all of the information

[44:50] because

[44:53] >> the city doesn't actually benefit from

[44:55] anything else for that. Like we don't

[44:57] benefit from it at all, frankly.

[44:59] >> Right. Um so we c council has agreed

[45:03] that they would like to move to an

[45:04] executive session on that. Um

[45:08] we have scheduled an executive session.

[45:10] That date is actually set for August

[45:12] 26th.

[45:14] Um you know it's unfortunate that this

[45:16] has taken some time but that is the

[45:18] time. Let me double check. Let me triple

[45:20] check that.

[45:22] Um but once once we sort of confer on

[45:27] that we'll be able to come back for a

[45:29] street in particular but also any action

[45:32] on B Street. We currently do not have an active application on street. I also

[45:35] want to make that clear

[45:37] >> because it was voted on it and we voted

[45:38] down.

[45:39] >> If if another application comes forward,

[45:42] I think that we are informed by this

[45:44] process with any new developments, you

[45:46] know, and so certainly council has the

[45:48] opportunity to hear that matter again

[45:51] based off of any report and there may

[45:54] be, you know, that's important for

[45:56] making the decision. If there's new

[45:57] information, there's new information. At

[45:59] the time, we had an applicant that said,

[46:01] I don't have any plans.

[46:03] So, that's kind of where we're at on

[46:05] that.

[46:08] >> We have any new information?

[46:10] >> Um, we did hear from Kelsey Pim in

[46:14] email. Um, she did mention that she

[46:16] wanted me to speak and she may have some

[46:17] information which we would love to have

[46:19] regarding potential previous vacation,

[46:21] which again the county does not have

[46:23] record of. Um, and

[46:26] >> actually the county surveyor's website

[46:30] >> of a previous vacation.

[46:31] >> Yeah. written right on thereated

[46:35] 8.178.

[46:39] » So my question is why is the county

[46:40] providing that for us that

[46:42] >> yeah I mean I

[46:44] that's a very good question it answers

[46:47] the we always you look at the I should

[46:52] have brought multiple

[46:55] but

[46:57] you look at the

[46:58] >> you on the assessor website.

[47:01] Yeah,

[47:02] >> the surveyor.

[47:03] >> I did. And I should have I thought I

[47:06] printed it, but I didn't. So, it's

[47:08] always been here. I don't know if you

[47:10] guys can see, but so like this is a our

[47:13] field, our property line, and we've

[47:15] always own this little Lshaped thing

[47:17] here, which was street A. And we've

[47:21] never really understood where that came

[47:23] from. Didn't really care. Um, but that's

[47:27] because it was previously vacated. And

[47:29] if you look at previous aerial maps um

[47:33] which you only have from 60 like

[47:36] sometime in the 60s I think it's like 67

[47:39] and then you again have it in the 80s

[47:41] like there's nothing here like the

[47:43] church doesn't exist and then when you

[47:46] again have aerial maps in the 80s the

[47:49] church got built

[47:51] and so I'm not and also so did these

[47:54] little houses over here. So, um I'm my

[47:57] assumption is and so the attorney that

[48:00] pointed out to me, hey, because we were

[48:04] a little lost and so we had a land use

[48:07] attorney in Eugene um look at this for

[48:10] us. And he wrote back to me and said, "I

[48:14] don't know why a street is an issue. It

[48:16] was vacated in 1978. Should be a

[48:18] non-issue."

[48:20] And I was like,

[48:24] okay. Um, which makes sense why that is,

[48:29] you know, especially when you go log

[48:30] into GIS, why that's already adjacent to

[48:33] our property and in our labeled

[48:35] description of our deed.

[48:37] >> Yeah. So, if you this is just if you go

[48:41] into GIS. Um, so

[48:44] I Yeah. So this um I'm writing upside

[48:50] down but this is also

[48:52] >> right

[48:52] >> and so this this at one time I think if

[48:55] you you can't really tell anymore simply

[48:58] because um this is all you know on the

[49:01] other side of this was a field but if

[49:03] you look at really really really old map

[49:05] like at one time this used to be a

[49:08] street

[49:08] >> and it was vacated

[49:10] >> and then so and I think what happened so

[49:13] we our family bought this property from

[49:16] Mrs. Bath in the early 1980s. And I

[49:19] think what happened is when this got

[49:22] vacated, it went to her because if you

[49:24] look at get the aerial map

[49:33] so everybody can look at this

[49:34] >> if we could. Yes. Um, if I can find my

[49:39] again. I need to I emailed my attorney

[49:43] today again and I got an automatic reply

[49:46] that he's on vacation for

[49:51] the biggest thing I want I want to make

[49:52] sure everyone understands that the more

[49:55] information we have, the more accurate

[49:57] it says that we can make. Right? That's

[49:59] why it's it feels like we're dragging

[50:02] our feet, but it's out of abundance of

[50:04] >> caution. So, this this is um this here,

[50:09] if you look in the in the late 60s, this

[50:12] none of this exists. This is just big

[50:14] field. She owns it and then boom, like

[50:16] when you have more another area, it's

[50:17] here. And I So, I'm assuming that in 78

[50:20] when this got vacated. I don't know. We

[50:22] need to find the records. And I was

[50:25] wondering, don't you guys have pretty

[50:27] compliments? Yes. And so we're gonna

[50:29] when he gave us that information of 1978

[50:31] that is helpful. That gives us like

[50:33] >> you could look it like six months prior

[50:35] or something. That's what I was thinking

[50:37] when he told me that later I'm like

[50:40] maybe there's some discussion somewhere.

[50:42] Um I will just tell you I I did a couple

[50:45] years ago a um a couple of century form

[50:47] applications. Um, and so I spent quite a

[50:50] bit of time in the um the county office.

[50:53] And I don't know if you've ever done one

[50:54] of those, but it's really extensive and

[50:56] you have to show the lineage and like

[50:58] all this stuff. And the county is is

[51:02] great and the people there are great,

[51:03] but there as I'm going through these

[51:06] files, I'm finding things that are

[51:09] misplaced and misfiled like like why is

[51:13] this should be like over here and like

[51:16] just whoever was in there or whoever was

[51:18] scanning the microfilm just like it's very difficult to say and my

[51:25] suspicion is like and how this even got

[51:28] built onto that like Let's just say this

[51:31] is a street, an existing street. Well,

[51:33] how did they build that onto a street?

[51:34] Like I mean there something got dropped

[51:36] somewhere.

[51:37] >> Oh, exactly.

[51:38] >> That's why we want to make sure we have

[51:40] all

[51:40] >> information. So, the reason that the Bee

[51:42] Street theme came up is because, as I've

[51:46] uh explained to previous people in the

[51:48] past is we when I a few years ago um

[51:53] went to go change insurance companies,

[51:55] um one of the things that came up as a

[51:57] flag for the insurance company was that

[52:00] I had there was this church that had a

[52:02] playground and they're they're building

[52:05] on our property, right? and they're

[52:06] like, um, well, that's a liability. You

[52:11] need to get that fixed. Um, and so we

[52:14] kind of talked to the church and you

[52:16] know, okay, they're going around and the church's attorney didn't dispute

[52:21] that with us and we hired a survey to do

[52:23] a lot line adjustment, which is why they

[52:26] said B Street needed to be vacated so we

[52:29] could do the lot line adjustment. Okay.

[52:31] Um, and but I don't really understand

[52:36] like why this and again the attorney was

[52:39] like, I don't even know why this is an

[52:41] issue. It was already vacated.

[52:43] >> Sure.

[52:43] >> Um, and it does

[52:45] >> Yeah.

[52:45] >> If we get as much information from you

[52:47] as you can.

[52:48] >> Yeah. And I I thought I was um and I

[52:51] didn't mean to be offensive earlier, but

[52:53] like it is harvest. I don't have time to

[52:55] do any of that.

[52:57] when my kids get back in school next

[52:59] month, I will, you know, go down the

[53:01] courthouse for a day or two and figure,

[53:05] you know, do what I can do.

[53:06] >> Sure.

[53:06] >> Um, but I just don't um have time to

[53:10] roll those.

[53:10] >> Well, I think that if you give us what

[53:12] you have right now, then we could deal

[53:14] with

[53:14] >> Yeah, I would be very interested where

[53:15] you found the thing that said previously

[53:17] vacation.

[53:18] >> Yeah, if you go to the county. So, um,

[53:22] >> I don't remember the name of the

[53:24] website, but if you just go to the

[53:25] county surveys website, and you know

[53:26] where you can pull up all the survey,

[53:28] >> I believe it's been a few days, but I

[53:31] believe when you pull up the main map,

[53:35] >> it says it's in lim. It says a vacated

[53:40] and then it has the date and then it has

[53:42] I what I'm assuming is the name of the

[53:44] surveyor like OC something or other,

[53:46] >> right? Okay. Well, whatever information

[53:49] you have, if you get to it, that'd be

[53:50] great. That'll give us something to look

[53:52] forward on.

[53:53] >> We already have an executive session

[53:55] scheduled. We don't want council them to

[53:57] be able to ask any questions, but if

[53:58] it's found that we get enough

[53:59] information ahead of that that negates

[54:02] the need for executive sessions

[54:04] >> because the county has like obviously I

[54:06] mean, I don't know how I'm going to go

[54:08] ask how that gets in there, but like

[54:10] we've been paying taxes on this for the

[54:12] last 40 years.

[54:17] than you.

[54:18] >> Yeah.

[54:18] >> Well, I mean, I think we own it. It says

[54:20] that on the thing, so I

[54:22] >> Yeah.

[54:23] >> Well, that there's going to be a

[54:25] resolution. It's just a matter of

[54:26] getting from point A to point B and

[54:29] making sure that everything is in

[54:30] alignment. And if somewhere

[54:33] the ball has been dropped by the county

[54:34] for whatever reason, we need to know

[54:36] about it so we can fix, get it fixed.

[54:39] >> Right. I will also reach out to you. I

[54:41] think this is really good information.

[54:42] It's very informative for H Street.

[54:44] Compass. Street is still a matter for

[54:46] discussion. I will email you because

[54:48] again it's not it's not something we're

[54:49] voting on tonight and I just want to

[54:50] explain like the now there's not an

[54:53] active application. It was already voted

[54:55] no.

[54:55] >> Yes. And we discussed that there and the

[54:58] reason I haven't filled out a new one is

[54:59] because I need we would like to vacate

[55:01] more than just each state simply because

[55:03] the issue is and I as I was explaining

[55:07] to Michelle um a couple of months ago is

[55:10] that when you pull up if as most people

[55:13] you know who are just you know not I

[55:15] shouldn't say most people but a lot of

[55:16] people they will pull up um their onx or

[55:19] whatever you know and they look and it

[55:21] looks like there are public rightway all

[55:24] throughout our

[55:26] Right.

[55:27] And um and the issue with that is that

[55:31] our equipment often gets damaged because

[55:34] there is you know pens and jeans and um

[55:43] things like uh well

[55:47] mention um that our combines in death

[55:51] and then cost multi thousands of

[55:53] repairs. Um, also frequently in the um

[55:58] when the when the ground is wet and

[55:59] mucky, we have people, you know, doing

[56:02] cookies with the right TVs and and other

[56:05] things out there, especially at where

[56:07] there's the alleyway ends there. I can't

[56:09] remember the street, but it's I think

[56:11] it's like C or

[56:13] >> we're at I think it

[56:15] >> Yeah. And then over there south of So G

[56:20] H that it's frequently they just They're

[56:23] always just like

[56:26] >> I can't tell you how many people we

[56:28] thought

[56:29] doing that and um we have absolutely no

[56:33] intention of ever developing this um

[56:36] like there's it's just not going to

[56:37] happen but

[56:39] >> you can't um

[56:42] >> you just can't um and so there's just no

[56:45] reason for that. So the reason I haven't

[56:46] fill refilled that out is because we

[56:48] were going to put another

[56:51] adjoin that with and again

[56:59] » there's also I want to give you the

[57:00] information about the options for how

[57:02] you perceive it because there's a couple

[57:03] of them but I will email

[57:04] >> that's fine that's fine.

[57:07] Thank you. That's a

[57:08] >> big thing I want to make sure that we

[57:10] all understand that it behooves us to be

[57:13] able to work together probably

[57:16] >> and if we start button heads that we're

[57:18] going to get nowhere. So, we just got to

[57:20] work together and information we have as

[57:22] much as we can.

[57:25] >> So,

[57:30] you want to add to that?

[57:31] >> No business. Thank you for coming.

[57:34] Helpful information.

[57:36] >> Genuinely just want the info so that we

[57:39] can get this over.

[57:44] » That's it for me on that.

[57:45] >> Okay. Any questions, comments, or

[57:55] » No.

[57:56] >> Uh just to because I know a few of the

[57:59] counters might not be able to be there.

[58:00] Um, can you send out like a text just to

[58:02] remind everyone when questions are due

[58:05] to you like at the end of the week?

[58:06] >> Yes.

[58:07] >> Thank you.

[58:17] » Okay,

[58:20] we move on to new business.

[58:27] Earth is LOC legislative priorities.

[58:32] You guys have a good chance to look at

[58:33] those

[58:35] any questions, comments.

[58:40] I don't think any questions you have on

[58:42] is I'm on sit on that committee. So

[58:45] information I can get back.

[58:49] So there's if you get that list, choose

[58:53] four, six. Hopefully you have already,

[58:59] please let me know.

[59:11] » Do you guys want to go straight?

[59:17] » No. No. We need you for just a little

[59:19] bit longer.

[59:20] >> Yeah.

[59:28] » Thank you for being here though.

[59:30] >> Yes.

[59:32] >> If you have any questions about them,

[59:33] please let me know.

[59:38] » Hold up for this list.

[59:43] » I would be curious if anything stands

[59:44] out to people at a glance, right? We

[59:46] need to come up with a few. we have this

[59:48] month and next month and so

[59:49] >> right

[59:50] >> we have time. It would be nice if

[59:52] anybody has anything that stood out to

[59:54] them was like, "Ah, that's fantastic."

[59:56] >> Right.

[1:00:00] » If you want to think about emailing me,

[1:00:03] texting,

[1:00:05] >> I'll be out there.

[1:00:09] » Um, one that stands out to me, that's

[1:00:11] okay.

[1:00:12] >> Yes.

[1:00:12] >> Okay. One, May I chime in?

[1:00:15] >> Yeah.

[1:00:15] >> One that stands out to me is targeted

[1:00:17] prevailing wage changes.

[1:00:18] >> Yes. We've talked a lot about how a

[1:00:20] prevailing wage cost impacts the cost of

[1:00:23] projects and the threshold for what

[1:00:25] pushes something into a prevailing wage

[1:00:27] project or a public

[1:00:30] I can't public goods project I

[1:00:34] don't know anyways um the threshold

[1:00:38] instead of 50,000

[1:00:42] >> so it hasn't been updated a long time so

[1:00:44] once you hit

[1:00:46] a public project or a public works

[1:00:48] project once you hit 50,000 in a book

[1:00:50] and that means that you didn't have to

[1:00:51] do all the bully prevailing wage. So

[1:00:53] that means that like the guy with

[1:00:54] cooking and broom being paid $4 like it

[1:00:59] just I'm and

[1:01:01] I'm not saying that I don't want to see

[1:01:04] or trades people in a brew call or

[1:01:05] people making good money but I think

[1:01:06] that it makes um I think that it is

[1:01:13] perhaps not the most efficient

[1:01:15] >> right

[1:01:15] >> effective and responsible use of public

[1:01:18] funds

[1:01:20] frequently I mean even our grants are

[1:01:21] often taxpayer dollars

[1:01:23] um our project, our money is taxpayer

[1:01:25] dollars or it's a feast. Um it is public

[1:01:28] money and so that prevailing wage

[1:01:31] threshold we see a need for it to be

[1:01:33] raised so that that project limit

[1:01:36] doesn't get hit until higher. They are

[1:01:38] proposing 86,000. The other reason why

[1:01:40] this one falls on my radar is because

[1:01:42] our tax efforts are coming up with some

[1:01:44] policy

[1:01:46] priorities and one of them

[1:01:51] on their and we also support this. I

[1:01:53] will say however that we think 6,000 is

[1:01:57] dismal

[1:01:59] actually with what it would be if it

[1:02:00] would have kept number 10.

[1:02:03] >> And so we're our our policy is actually

[1:02:06] quite a bit higher above 200,000 because

[1:02:10] >> a $50,000 project is like nothing and it

[1:02:14] >> might have a ceiling at all.

[1:02:19] Um

[1:02:20] >> anyway,

[1:02:21] >> I think that to to object to and to undo

[1:02:25] the existence mining wage is another

[1:02:27] discussion. [laughter]

[1:02:31] » Yes.

[1:02:33] >> Project to that requirement is too low.

[1:02:37] I would agree. And and when I say it

[1:02:38] truly double project, it truly doubles

[1:02:41] the cost of a project. I have an example

[1:02:43] in my back pocket from Brownsville where

[1:02:45] they had a bathroom project that they

[1:02:48] had gone in and were going to be where

[1:02:51] it was estimated to be, you know,

[1:02:53] $49,000.

[1:02:55] And so they were advised that they

[1:02:57] should just go ahead with the

[1:02:58] procurement that would assume a bid

[1:03:00] higher than that because one change

[1:03:02] order, just one whatever would have put

[1:03:04] them in that special in trouble

[1:03:06] >> for not following your procurement p

[1:03:08] practice and not doing the bullying

[1:03:10] prevailing weight. And so when they went

[1:03:11] to bid, they they put in a requirements

[1:03:13] for prevailing wage and it was a 90 I

[1:03:15] would say $96,000 for one per bathroom.

[1:03:19] That is the kind of impact

[1:03:22] that

[1:03:24] this

[1:03:25] kind of impact to how much money it cost

[1:03:27] to complete a project. And that's also

[1:03:29] when you see things where like people

[1:03:31] say, I don't understand why the school

[1:03:32] can't fix this or the city can't fix

[1:03:33] this or why would the project cost that

[1:03:35] much. We are subject to much more

[1:03:37] scrutiny in our design in our

[1:03:40] expectation the things we have to put

[1:03:42] into projects but reporting requirements

[1:03:44] all those things and we are subject to

[1:03:47] this public impairment rule that means

[1:03:50] that immediately the trucks

[1:03:53] it's it's on average about 40%. is huge

[1:03:57] and it's pretty I mean small communities

[1:04:00] predominantly are being hammered or and having projects when they can't

[1:04:05] complete their water systems or anything

[1:04:09] like that because of that. Um

[1:04:12] there's two others that are really

[1:04:14] important to uh the governing committee.

[1:04:16] One is the administrative procedures act

[1:04:18] forth and what that is it's the rules

[1:04:21] that state agencies must follow

[1:04:24] and over the years it has gotten murkier

[1:04:27] and murkier and murkier where it was

[1:04:30] originally designed for transparency and

[1:04:32] it is anything but

[1:04:34] um and what that would do is force state

[1:04:36] to kind of

[1:04:39] I don't say reign in uh agencies

[1:04:43] but as would the state legislature,

[1:04:47] there's oversight when they create laws,

[1:04:49] but once it gets down to an agency who

[1:04:52] creates administrative rules, there is

[1:04:55] almost zero oversight. And we run into

[1:04:58] that as a small committee when you're

[1:04:59] trying to

[1:05:02] do wells and and and water systems to

[1:05:06] where you talk to one person in the

[1:05:07] agency and they say one thing and and

[1:05:10] another person you talk to says

[1:05:11] something completely different and get a

[1:05:14] bottleneck.

[1:05:16] So that's trying to get that

[1:05:18] clearly updated from 1971 to today you

[1:05:22] know. Uh then the next one's public

[1:05:25] meeting law clarity and that's

[1:05:26] predominantly towards uh the Oregon

[1:05:29] government ethics commission and

[1:05:34] there's never really been an intentions

[1:05:36] requirement that the proven intent and

[1:05:40] just we think you are that's it. Uh but

[1:05:44] there's more than that too. uh the hot

[1:05:47] dog rule. Remember guys talking about

[1:05:50] that where

[1:05:52] um if we have a meeting planning meeting

[1:05:54] we can't provide boot because it's

[1:05:57] considered payment kind that got a lot

[1:06:00] of push back and OGAC resented that so

[1:06:04] that that's where they're starting to

[1:06:06] realize oh maybe we are overstepping

[1:06:09] u so those are the two real big ones uh

[1:06:12] that we've talked about. So, if you have

[1:06:14] any other concern, shoot me a text. Let

[1:06:17] me know.

[1:06:19] And if there's anything that kind of

[1:06:22] boggles your mind right now on those,

[1:06:25] >> the land availability one was kind of

[1:06:27] interesting for me since um the land

[1:06:30] availability and streamlining,

[1:06:32] >> right?

[1:06:33] And also to an extent the water

[1:06:34] workforce development since we talked

[1:06:36] about that with the guy all the training

[1:06:38] programs especially like because it's

[1:06:40] going to affect us when Andy retires and

[1:06:42] we start having to

[1:06:43] >> he's not I'm sure he's allowed to ever

[1:06:46] >> at some point I think his wife

[1:06:48] >> well I'm sure

[1:06:50] >> but anyway um we can move on from that

[1:06:52] so if you have anything you want

[1:06:54] let me know.

[1:06:55] >> Thank you.

[1:06:59] Um, so I want to make some stars on this

[1:07:02] so that when we come back next month

[1:07:04] that we're ready now together,

[1:07:10] >> right?

[1:07:12] >> Good. We already have some ideas.

[1:07:14] >> Yeah. So I I heard availability

[1:07:19] had mine that was about the goal we have

[1:07:21] to be on the wage and then you said the

[1:07:24] administrative

[1:07:25] time

[1:07:26] >> uh the administrative uh

[1:07:29] >> the general government committee the

[1:07:31] public meeting the administrative

[1:07:33] procedures act reform.

[1:07:35] >> Yeah

[1:07:37] public meeting

[1:07:39] >> that was mine.

[1:07:50] and then the water.

[1:07:52] >> Yeah.

[1:07:53] >> Okay.

[1:07:54] >> So, if there's more, let me know. Chat

[1:07:56] about them. And then,

[1:07:57] >> um, as I was going through it, as I was

[1:07:59] taking notes as I was like thinking

[1:08:01] things, I'll send them to you. Do you

[1:08:03] want to be CCed on an email? Like, do

[1:08:04] you guys both want the

[1:08:07] like thoughts or questions on any of

[1:08:09] these specifically?

[1:08:11] Um, one of the things that we have to be

[1:08:13] careful about is sending these to

[1:08:15] multiple council members. So, send

[1:08:18] the two of you.

[1:08:19] >> Then that would be

[1:08:20] >> Yeah, that's what I was saying. Do you

[1:08:21] want it too or do you just want us to

[1:08:22] send it to mayor?

[1:08:23] >> That's fine. And then we'll bring them

[1:08:25] back. We have to bring them back at the

[1:08:27] next public meeting. We'll any any notes

[1:08:29] we'll we'll make sure to bring forward.

[1:08:31] >> If you want to send it to me, I can get

[1:08:32] from create a spreadsheet of ranking.

[1:08:37] » And you can't discuss it,

[1:08:40] >> right? Yes.

[1:08:42] [clears throat]

[1:08:47] » I'll send you

[1:08:49] >> you can you can ask questions about

[1:08:50] LOC's intent please. That's can't have

[1:08:54] ongoing conversation

[1:08:57] other than you clarify.

[1:09:01] So if you have nothing else we can move

[1:09:02] on.

[1:09:06] We have to figure out the last topic.

[1:09:10] >> Yeah. For October.

[1:09:12] >> Well, I'll

[1:09:17] go hunting.

[1:09:18] >> Yeah.

[1:09:19] >> On the record. So, that season is what

[1:09:21] it is,

[1:09:22] >> right?

[1:09:23] >> And so, we have some date. I did get a

[1:09:25] hold of LLC about some training

[1:09:26] opportunities. They're on pause for

[1:09:27] training. So, it's actually not a good

[1:09:29] option for us right now.

[1:09:30] >> Um, it sounded like a good idea to me,

[1:09:33] but it's not going to work out.

[1:09:35] Um they do actually have their rentals

[1:09:36] trainings coming up again states are

[1:09:39] available that's you know ever

[1:09:43] um so good opportunity here in the

[1:09:45] middle of the week I asked them about

[1:09:46] that I know we're in the lead we lead

[1:09:47] weeds I said have you considered

[1:09:49] salaries

[1:09:51] most people work that are on city

[1:09:53] councils and they have a lot of reasons

[1:09:55] why that is not peaceful for them so I I

[1:09:57] am also looking into they do on the go

[1:10:00] training

[1:10:01] >> when when people are able to attend the

[1:10:03] trainings that they offer They are free

[1:10:06] so that's always nice. It's just driving

[1:10:08] there but there are options to bring

[1:10:10] people in. It does have a fee associated

[1:10:12] but it's not astronomical. So really

[1:10:14] good training opportunities and

[1:10:16] something that I do look into is holding

[1:10:20] you know every other year when we don't

[1:10:21] do our goal setting holding a work

[1:10:23] session that just dedicate to training.

[1:10:25] There is

[1:10:26] >> not a work session, but I'm just saying

[1:10:27] we hold a training in one time a year

[1:10:29] when we don't have full setting

[1:10:31] >> and this is a little bit further out but

[1:10:33] [clears throat] the 25th of February um

[1:10:36] there's a catchall

[1:10:39] uh virtual online so

[1:10:41] >> that's a little

[1:10:44] catch all

[1:10:45] >> I don't even know what I'm doing in

[1:10:46] September.

[1:10:47] >> Yeah.

[1:10:49] Well,

[1:10:51] their Lexi Essentials workshop, they're

[1:10:54] going to be setting some online

[1:10:56] trainings for those.

[1:10:58] >> So, it keep an eye on the LC website for

[1:11:01] the training section.

[1:11:08] But the the OG one, they paused out of

[1:11:13] that because it was found that

[1:11:16] trainings that that was trying to get

[1:11:18] approved through OG,

[1:11:20] they were not getting approved and then

[1:11:23] did a test where they took another

[1:11:25] agency to end their training that was

[1:11:28] approved by OG, change the name and

[1:11:31] still got rejected.

[1:11:33] So that's what that's what they paused.

[1:11:36] Okay.

[1:11:38] >> Yeah.

[1:11:39] >> Okay. So scheduling. Got

[1:11:41] >> way off topic. I started it.

[1:11:43] >> Um

[1:11:45] so the October meeting, we have some

[1:11:48] options. We could recess for October. Um

[1:11:52] if we don't have any pressing business,

[1:11:54] we can set it for the third Tuesday,

[1:11:57] which is kind of the placeholder that we

[1:11:58] they always hold for council meetings,

[1:12:00] which is the 20th. I would suggest we

[1:12:02] just hold that placeholder and if

[1:12:04] there's no pressing business, council

[1:12:05] can sort of decide what in the September

[1:12:07] meeting if they want to proceed with

[1:12:08] that date. The September meeting,

[1:12:12] the reason why I'm recommending that we

[1:12:16] the third Tuesday instead of the 8th is

[1:12:18] because of that timeline that I was

[1:12:20] talking about way, you know, right long

[1:12:22] ago about the ini,

[1:12:23] >> right? DQ has stated they need two weeks

[1:12:26] to review the close the post the

[1:12:30] timeline to post our intent to award is

[1:12:34] August 31st

[1:12:35] >> right

[1:12:35] >> that is in alignment with all the other

[1:12:37] previous things which is like how many

[1:12:39] how long it needs to be open our time to

[1:12:41] apply to to open bids when the bids

[1:12:43] close we review them all those things

[1:12:46] >> so that gives us seven days

[1:12:48] >> really

[1:12:49] >> right

[1:12:49] >> between our no intent to award and again

[1:12:53] during that one week you have to approve

[1:12:55] it before we could actually award it in

[1:12:59] our council meeting. So they told me

[1:13:02] that they prefer three weeks.

[1:13:05] So if they don't have it approved by

[1:13:07] then we would have to wait all the way

[1:13:08] until we would we would have to hold

[1:13:11] special sessionally.

[1:13:13] >> We would not wait until October.

[1:13:15] >> Yeah.

[1:13:15] >> We would have to hold special session

[1:13:16] because we have to award once

[1:13:19] it's approved. We have a timeline toward

[1:13:21] >> Right. So,

[1:13:24] um, that would be September.

[1:13:27] I have to look

[1:13:28] >> 15th. 15th.

[1:13:30] >> Yeah. And I know that that's, you know,

[1:13:31] it feels like not great timing because

[1:13:33] October was already being rescheduled,

[1:13:35] >> but

[1:13:38] it makes sense though.

[1:13:39] >> We could either keep our regular meeting

[1:13:41] and have a placeholder for a special

[1:13:43] session just to deal with the topic of

[1:13:45] the award or we would a full meeting and

[1:13:47] deal with it at that time. So, those are

[1:13:48] the the options for council. Move the

[1:13:51] meeting. I did.

[1:13:52] >> Yep. I'd move the meeting.

[1:13:54] >> Yeah,

[1:13:54] >> it's easier for me anyway. That is the

[1:13:56] first day of school, so I prefer not.

[1:13:58] >> Right.

[1:14:00] >> And it's right after Labor Day and

[1:14:01] barbecue. So, I would

[1:14:02] >> Right.

[1:14:02] >> So, September, we have to do this.

[1:14:05] >> Okay.

[1:14:07] >> October.

[1:14:09] >> And then

[1:14:13] is October like you said, I would favor

[1:14:15] your if you have to the 20th otherwise

[1:14:19] nothing. Right.

[1:14:20] >> Okay. So, tenatively hold the 20th and

[1:14:23] if there's no

[1:14:28] » potential I'll be out of town from the

[1:14:30] 17th to the 24th too. So,

[1:14:37] » no. Next year I

[1:14:40] >> October tenative

[1:14:42] 20th potential to cancel if not needed.

[1:14:53] And as to training, is there any

[1:14:54] training you guys want?

[1:14:56] >> Yes. Thank you.

[1:14:59] >> I always think that you know like public

[1:15:01] meeting rules and all that kind of

[1:15:04] stuff.

[1:15:05] >> Fundamentals like that.

[1:15:07] >> Yeah.

[1:15:09] >> If we could find somebody or

[1:15:11] >> shouldn't tech

[1:15:12] >> gone back and forth over the years about

[1:15:14] the whole Robert's rules or whatever.

[1:15:16] Not that we fully follow them, but some

[1:15:19] I don't know.

[1:15:20] >> Yeah.

[1:15:25] » So, what we can put together?

[1:15:27] >> Yeah. And I will I will send you guys

[1:15:30] they sent me some information from LC on

[1:15:32] that training on the go and so you have

[1:15:34] the pull elected essentials, but you can

[1:15:35] actually cherry pick the topics so you

[1:15:37] don't have to spend eight hours,

[1:15:38] >> right?

[1:15:39] >> So, you can say I only want to do two

[1:15:41] hours of driving,

[1:15:42] >> right? And so in that situation, we can

[1:15:45] really I can send that to you because

[1:15:46] they actually give kind of like a little

[1:15:48] summary of the different topics and they

[1:15:50] actually also provide how long they are,

[1:15:52] >> right?

[1:15:52] >> So this one's 90 minutes. This one's

[1:15:54] >> I'd like to spend five and a half hours,

[1:15:56] please.

[1:15:58] >> You know, and the topics are meeting a

[1:16:02] lot of things like what to know about

[1:16:03] land use as an elected official. Just a

[1:16:06] cool topic. So I'll send that out to

[1:16:08] folks so that they can have some ideas

[1:16:10] because then in the spring when they are

[1:16:13] allowing training again right

[1:16:17] would be a really cool opportunity.

[1:16:18] >> Yeah.

[1:16:20] >> Okay.

[1:16:21] >> Anybody else comments?

[1:16:23] >> 8:15.

[1:16:26] >> So there's no resolutions ordinances. So

[1:16:29] then we will adjourn at 8:16.

[1:16:33] >> There we [clears throat] go.

[1:16:36] picture. You can see my her first flag.

Halsey City Council Meeting- August 11, 2026

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