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To the flag
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the stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, liberty and justice for all

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the regular meeting for January 20th,
2026 with the Harrington City Commission

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to order. Is there public forum?

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No public forum.

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Okay. Do we have a motion to consider
the minutes from the January 6 regular

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meeting?
We approve the minutes from January 6,

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20 26 regular meeting.
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A motion in a second
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have any additions or deletions that
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a be a short recess

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I'll make a motion we approve the agenda
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» I'll second it.
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I'll make a motion that we approve the
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» I'll second.
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no proclamations, but I want to make
make a reminder that January 30th is a

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retirement ceremony for Lori Dorbush,
who is retiring from the city of

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Harrington as
our director for the Hilltop. So, I

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encourage you to come between 1 and 4
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thanks for your service.

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Now have a discussion on 2026 insurance
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» Mr. Becker, how are you?
>> Good evening. Thanks for the invite

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today.
>> Uh yeah, I've visited with uh city

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manager Modi here recently. We do have
the insurance renewal coming up. Uh we

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should start seeing numbers back for
that in probably the next week or two.

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Um, it's always our goal to get it out
to you guys plenty of time in that first

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week of March. So that way you at least
have a first read and a second if that's

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what you guys decide you want to do. Um,
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from EMC from the information we've been
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fairly I hate to use the word normal,
but uh more normal than they've been in

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the past few years, especially when it
comes to rate.

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the staff and um everybody you have
working for you has done a fantastic job

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the last couple years. Our loss ratio is
down on just right around 30%.

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Which is really really good. Um that
helps keep our rates rates low. This is

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still part of a dividend program. So um
that meaning they take all the

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municipalities that they write in the
state of Kansas at the end of the year

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if that is profitable they cut a check
back to us. So um like the last three

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years we've pushing right up on $80,000
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received from EMC. Um
couple things to keep in mind. Um cities

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are are very limited in the markets that
they have um to write it because they

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are so complex. I mean we have things
like power plants and you know obviously

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um directors and officers and their
program is is phenomenal when it comes

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to that. They have what's called a
linebacker program. So it protects you

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as a board. It protects the management
does ours

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and officers does our employer
liability. So if we let someone go and

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now we're in the middle of a lawsuit or
there's sexual harassment, it actually

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defends both ways. So it's the person
accusing and the accused. So um tends to

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keep you know lawyer cost down and get
to settlement rather quickly. Ly knock,

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we haven't had a lot of that in the last
three years or actually any long had

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some good good luck with weather as
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we do have some challenges coming up. We
we know that um EMC has decided that

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they are no longer doing any
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So, we do have some of that. Um, we will
have options for you guys and and have

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that out plenty of time that we can over
it with you as well. Um, it's nothing

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that the city has done. It's just a a
class of business that they say,

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"Listen, we don't do it anywhere else.
We don't do it. We don't write home and

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auto insurance." So, it's just we're not
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something they did at one time. So, um,
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you that you need to look pretty heavily
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way that things are changing in our
world, it's nothing for for bank

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accounts to get hacked or locked up or
froze. And we've talked about that in

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the past, but never um never really
pursued it. So, we're happy to offer

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that as well if that's something you
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It's a pretty tight window now. So, uh,
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always, um, if budget season rolls
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dive as a commission. We can sit down
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the department heads that I've met with
have done a really good job of trying to

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be cognizant of the taxpayers dollars.
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something that they don't utilize or use
anymore, that's going to surplus or they

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think it's going to go to surplus,
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lowering equipment if uh they're aging
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trying to do the best they can as
they're trying to add stuff. So um if

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you have any questions I'll do my best
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ahead and and get the numbers out to you
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» Uh I was attending some meetings before
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ensuring the hilltop.
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» It is. It is because there's a we have
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um insuring that building if we keep the
housing in it, which you guys absolutely

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can do and we can put that building on a
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for it. It just won't be on this policy.
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haven't liked to do for several years,
but we have not had losses. and we, you

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know, we fought to keep it on. They
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said, "We're doing no
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» so that'll include the hilltop and the
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» Yep. We should be able to put all that
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nothing that nothing that we did as a
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they're going. I have looked into some
other um carriers that are willing to c

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loss ratios being good, it's just they
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» I will say that [clears throat] even on
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we've kind of identified at Golden Age
for example and that's not on EMC

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obviously, but the insurance costs are
continuing to climb and it's our

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property management company has said
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they're struggling to find people to
ensure uh like apartment complexes and

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things of that nature. So I don't think
it's unique to see either. You look at a

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structure even like uh the Sunflower
building in Abene, it's an extremely

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large building.
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do because what would it cost to rebuild
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tall? And then could you afford the
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keep rent at a reasonable rate? It's
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not unique at all, but something that we
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» My question is about the Hilltop, too.
Are we seeing premium change that it's

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not with the EMC and it go with a
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change?
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the EMC policy. So, that will take the
EMC policy down. Where that lands on um

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the coverage they offer, what you guys
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give you some options.
could be up a little, could be down a

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little, but you know, it's gonna it's
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to make some decisions.
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75,000, maybe closer to 50,000 by the
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expected increase on the hilltop. But
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some options on good, better, best
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» and and the other thing that the other
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currently is that we we brought some
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And it's not has done. It's just been
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sure you've seen it in your homeowners.
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increase. Um the reason for that was,
you know, this is I'm I'm ding it way

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down for me. Um there's about five
reinsurers that insure the insurance

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companies and all of them got together
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so we're going to ratchet it up, but
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got to take more risk." So that really
has filtered everybody whether they've

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had losses or not. Um,
all that to be said, it is starting to

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soften now. I would bet in your home
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that you have seen in the past few
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state. They were just they were out
around for a little while think

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» okay well we will diligently be getting
these back to you as quick as we can and

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working with department heads if you
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got all my information free to contact
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» Mr. Becker personally I would like to
see when you bring back quotes for the

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housing also go ahead and just bring
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» Sure.
>> Just so that we can start looking at

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those earlier

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» we've been trying to coordinate with our
IT company on on that as well. So I'll

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follow up. So yeah, I'll make sure we
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» Thank you.
>> Thank you guys. Have a great night. You

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Let's have an update and presentation
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» I'm gonna kind of move over. So I'm in
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» Yeah, a lot of this will be up on the
screen just for reference. And good

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evening and thank you everyone for
having us today uh to talk about the

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Harington area wide plan and the report
that we'll be issuing here pretty soon

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in a couple weeks. So the plan itself um
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the entire planning process and we're
getting ready to issue that as a final

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report very soon. Um, so we're happy to
share this with you and to better inform

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you all about what to expect in that
plan so that you can share that better

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with constituents and help champion that
into the future as well. Um, so yeah, my

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name is Kate Paline. I am a landscape
architect and urban planner with Sant.

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We also have calling in today virtually
Caitlyn Woolard. She's with Sant as

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well. If you want to introduce yourself,
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» Sure. If you can hear me all right.
>> Yes. Um, I'm Caitlyn Mullard. Great. I'm

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Caitlyn Mullard. I'm a landscape
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work on our brownfield revitalization
team helping lots of communities just

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like Harrington uh work on site specific
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needs. Sorry I can't be there in person
but happy to be on the phone.

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Um and then from the city side, uh we've
worked really closely through this

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planning process with that with Lisa
from the rural champion role side of

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things. And um that's been a really good
relationship to keep um us on track

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through this whole process and make sure
that we understand uh everything from

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the point of view of the city as well.
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in this has been the Flint Hills
Regional Council. We have Jana um Jana

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Williams here today to represent the
Flint Hills region and they've been a

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major part of the project in that it
wouldn't exist without the Brownfields

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funding that we've been able to acquire
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council. So Caitlyn if you want to
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or if you can. There we go. Uh so yeah
today we'll just keep it kind of a brief

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overview of what to expect in the report
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and how it came about. uh what we
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downtown. Uh did community engagement in
a market study and then we'll wrap up

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just by talking about what to expect in
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recommendations as well as uh funding
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recommending.
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to the next slide. Um so if you can see
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planning area that we've selected for
this plan. So we really looking at um to

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the north boundary the Flint Hills
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Hills trail to the east we're looking at
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far as Trap Street and to the west as
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you see in that dash white boundary uh
within the larger boundaries of the

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city. But we did study the full regional
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where our recommendations lie within. Uh
the project started in 2024 uh with

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Flint Hills Regional Council being
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Grant. Uh that grant program supports
community revitalization through funding

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environmental assessment, cleanup, and
redevelopment planning for not just

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individual sites, but also um larger
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impacted communities. So, Harrington was
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Regional Council as an area that could
be in need of revitalization and some um

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engagement with the public to hear what
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redevelopment sites, illustrate design
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implementation. And like I said, we've
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2024 and planning to issue uh this
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what we saw in existing conditions when
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Um what we saw in the within the study
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Main Street and Broadway as the major
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south through the heart of downtown. Uh
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Maine and Broadway uh as well as the
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Walnut, thank you. Those are two
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for pedestrians to cross right now. They
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potentially could be a little bit safer.
They're really wide right now. you've

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got to cross out a stop sign and just
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visibility there in the future. So, that
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took note of the street lights that are
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scale. So, they're really really tall.
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downtown that is more pedestrian scale,
more comfortable for people who come

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here to visit, for people who walk
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maybe some lower pedestrian scale
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there as well as you know another thing
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vegetation. So those are things that
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and we saw some opportunities there to
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to the next slide too um I've got some
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took. Uh definitely noted that the
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community and that that's um are
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got a lot of great murals and a lot of
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on. Um something that we noted as well
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really wide. And while that's great as
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activity, it also gives an opportunity
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elements into the sidewalk, potentially
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people walking on the street in the form
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were things that we were starting to
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see where Broadway intersects with the
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with that being the trail being a major
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space that's very close adjacent to the
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looked at as well as having a lot of
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So, as I mentioned, we did community
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if you advance to the next slide,
Caitlyn. Um, I've got some just stats on

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how that went and what we did. Uh, we
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workshop. So that was just to really
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downtown, enlargements of zoning, that
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invited the public to share their
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as well as help us identify priority
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see improvements, see future uh changes
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people liked, what they would like to
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had 30 participants at that community
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that was offered in person as an online
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which was a great turnout and we got a
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that engagement there. Uh we also had a
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steering committee was made up of six
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the community. We had business owners
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us at three key meetings throughout the
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plans and our uh studies along the way
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that we gathered from the visioning, we
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area and uh the ideas that the community
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um within the context of downtown. We
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at that design workshop and we also
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different student groups uh at the local
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and high schoolers both and wanted to
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proposed designs from a student point of
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utilize? What's kind of missing? And
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them to, you know, feel like they wanted
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Like what things do they want to see in
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cities that they enjoy visiting?
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engagement, we did talk to six different
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Uh, so we got a lot of takeaways from
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a lot about strong community pride. We
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downtown are very valued, uh, with a lot
of potential for expansion and

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diversifying those offerings. Um but
strategically we heard from the public

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that maintenance is a a major thing that
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proposal anything new. They were very um
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existing parks uh needing to be
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brought up to uh facade improvements
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that was something that we heard. There
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being an opportunity downtown and then
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talked about being a catalyst for
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of the project was a market study. We
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that uh we had join our team and they
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as a whole. Um they looked at they have
a wealth of data that they were

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analyzing for population analytics from
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they took all of that information and
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report of this specific downtown site
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in the report as appendices. So that's a
whole another study that can be accessed

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as well that we'll share with the
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Caitlyn, if you advance to the next
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constraints, um takeaways that they
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our design thoughts. So uh they talked a
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hearing from the public, but this was
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they were studying. So the stabil
stabilized population base was something

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that they mentioned here in Harrington
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and cities. Uh incomes rising
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underutilized buildings. Key challenges

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on the flip side of that uh talked about
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there's an opportunity in that as well.
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difficulty of attracting retail when
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where you're off major highways. Uh it's
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roads. And so kind of started to
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companies like um or
chain not chain retail but um more

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unique offerings for for restaurant for
retail that sort of thing. Something

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that's more of a destination.
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This is uh the recommendations of the

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market study are a little more
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they broke down their recommendations
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restaurant focused, and downtown
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residential, especially in this area,
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existing units. There's not a lot of
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that are vacant right now. So, with the
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at or a few sites that we looked at,
really recommended modernization and um

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helping keep up with market resiliency
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construction costs.
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really encouraging to work with property
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buildings. Um talking about bringing
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character downtown, keeping rents
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uh the space options for new businesses.
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more of a illustrative um a lot of
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did throughout the design process and in
the re recommendation phase that all

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kind of illustrate um in a in a
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sometimes a plan view uh visions of what
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Harrington and just different
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to the next slide um a few of maps that
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at the area in plan view kind of from
different frameworks. So this first

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framework is looking just at open space
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existing and thinking about what should
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a second look at as potential um
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might be underutilized right now. So,
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you can kind of see it there, the orange
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that we're looking at in this plan as
being a really good opportunity to loop

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um, any future Flint Hills uh,
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physically with like an on street bike
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at. thinking that this would be a great
way to actually pull users of the trail

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into downtown. Have a place that's
designated that that bikes can be parked

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and people can dismount and walk and
visit downtown. Uh that could be done

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through some signage to indicate like at
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but we've got some illustrations to show
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All right. This and this um framework
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we're looking at the area just from like
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circulation point of view. Um, so as you
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these a little closer, but the main
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things were um that Broadway and Main
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mentioned. But each of those circles
that you see are major intersections

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that we flagged as having a lot of
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pedestrians, especially like we said,
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Broadway.
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connections and layered those into this
plan. Um such as the pink arrow to the

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north connecting to um the Harrington
school system in the future. Next slide,

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of recommendations is recreational
tourism recommendations. We think these

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are um going to be good ways to to uh
identify some like smaller, easily

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achievable goals uh to start looping
recreational tourism into the way that

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um decisions are made into new grant
opportunities. So, some of these ideas

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include bike friendly amenities. Uh
looking for grants that might uh offer

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ways to uh do ebike charging stations or
bike infrastructure. Thinking about ways

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that businesses could maybe start to
offer incentives to bikers. maybe bring

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your helmet in and you get a discount.
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and wayfinding could be done. Um, if not
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meantime, maybe there's some more
grassroot efforts that could include

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mural or street painting to to loop uh
those who are using the Flint Hills

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Regional Trail into Harrington and just
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And then this last framework map, um
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sites that have the most potential for
revitalization. So the dark red are

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really those uh key sites that we've
identified as having the most potential

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for brownfields funding, having the most
potential for um maybe it's a a vacant

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site or a site that has um no
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lot of potential to be worked into this
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And you can kind of see as far as the
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of more of a lighter touch that we're
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main street and Broadway corridors,
there's a um a lot of sites we

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identified that maybe the site itself
doesn't change, especially those

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residential sites, but flagging those as
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improvements.
looping and walkability, making sure

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sidewalks are all accessible and
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And the next three slides, these are
what we shared at the uh design workshop

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event in the summer. So, that was the
open house that we did to share our

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design ideas. Um, something to keep in
mind with this is any properties that

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you see that may not be cityowned right
now, they may have some proposed

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enhancements on them or ideas for the
future. Uh just keep in mind that this

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plan is meant to be for recommendations
for the future. And big picture ideas,

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big vision goals, and the goal would be
to have those discussions later on. Um,

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if there's a specific property that the
city thinks is a great idea to to do

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some improvements on or likes something
that's recommended here, uh, we're not

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proposing that this be implemented as is
shown. Um, it's big picture ideas and

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thinking about where it makes the most
sense for open space and for parking and

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that sort of thing. Um, one thing to
note from these plans is we are looking

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at uh, ideas for how we can get sh and
vegetation onto Broadway and Main

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Street. So, what you're seeing here is
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north is to the left. Uh,
one idea that we had is keeping the

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street uh striping as it is, but maybe
working into a few of the parking

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spaces, some some uh tree cutouts or
even bumpouts around uh those two key

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intersections at uh Maine and Broadway
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be way to uh increase pedestrian safety,
but also take advantage of those gaps

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between the angled parking and the
crosswalk zone that could become dining

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space, could become spaces that the
public could use uh or could be planted.

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Uh the next two slides are those same
sketch enlargements we shared with the

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um two engagement groups that we did uh
during the summer engagement. Uh this

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this slide as well as the next slide
will show just highle sketches of those

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in orange. see buildings that were
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mentioned as high priority redevelopment
sites. Um, and the pink, as you'll see

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in the report, if you get into this
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locations, for signage, just different
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And so this is the west end of Main
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too deep into to what uh sites might
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that site uh to all the way to the west
of Main Street where uh we're along Lime

415
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:54,880
Creek and where the terminus of the
Flint Hills Trail might be that that's

416
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:59,679
going to be a space for parking, a trail
head, and maybe a potential future

417
00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:06,760
connection of a recreational trail down
along uh Lime Creek to the south.

418
00:34:03,519 --> 00:34:06,760
Next slide.

419
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:14,320
All right. Um so this It's a little hard
to see from here and definitely

420
00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:18,639
encourage everyone to like zoom in on
this once uh the report's issued, but

421
00:34:16,879 --> 00:34:23,040
this is those three images that I just
showed from plan view, but taken at a

422
00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:26,399
bird's eye view and really pulled out to
see the plan as a whole with all of the

423
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:31,359
recommendations
layered into this plan. Um there's a key

424
00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:35,520
to kind of guide what those are and
there will be text in the report too to

425
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:41,359
kind of explain what these are. But the
big picture is uh the big picture ideas

426
00:34:38,399 --> 00:34:46,480
are the bike loop and that connection
along Main Street, that painted

427
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:50,800
dedicated bike lane. Um the orange sites
that we mentioned as high priority

428
00:34:48,399 --> 00:34:57,599
revitalization sites. And then some of
the connecting ideas for um pocket park

429
00:34:54,000 --> 00:35:01,280
areas for um some some park space that
connects to the Flint Hills Regional

430
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:04,280
Trail, that sort of thing. Next slide,
please.

431
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:12,000
And in addition to that, we've got two
um perspective renderings to really help

432
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:16,320
you vision uh have a vision of what
downtown could look like if this

433
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:21,839
transformation were to take place. Uh
and so this is a view of Maine and

434
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:28,160
Broadway looking west with uh gathering
grounds to the right. Uh

435
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:32,560
this is the view Yeah. looking west. So
you can see the the bike lane dedicated

436
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:36,400
that. What's great about this plan is
that there wouldn't be a big need for

437
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:40,720
any kind of major road infrastructure
changes. It could all be a restriping

438
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:45,839
exercise basically of just lanes
narrowing a bit and uh the bike lane

439
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:49,760
being brought in. The bumpouts would be
the most major recommendation in this

440
00:35:47,839 --> 00:35:53,599
view that you can kind of see those
where there's some people sitting and

441
00:35:51,359 --> 00:35:58,480
eating. There's already been some art
proposed in the sculpture in the bottom

442
00:35:55,760 --> 00:36:02,720
um left corner being what's proposed
there right now. So uh there's some

443
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:07,839
great ideas that are already uh coming
to fruition and you can start to see

444
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:11,920
that here in this illustration. Also
talking about those wide sidewalks that

445
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:16,880
I mentioned earlier that we saw like
there's a lot of room for some planters,

446
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:23,839
some benches, things that could be
really easy to achieve and could involve

447
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:31,160
the community. um but also provide some
separation between cars and people on

448
00:36:26,079 --> 00:36:31,160
the sidewalk. Next slide, please.

449
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:38,480
And this is our second rendering that we
did to look at Broadway and Walnut

450
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:42,480
looking north. So that's Broadway
station kind of in the center of the

451
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:46,880
image. Uh, another thing that you'll see
in both of these are some ideas for

452
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:52,240
bringing that lighting down to
pedestrian scale and also thinking about

453
00:36:49,119 --> 00:36:56,079
some banners that could associate with
directional signage. It could be

454
00:36:54,240 --> 00:37:00,240
something that's changed out seasonally.
Uh, that's just another element that

455
00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:05,440
brings things down to people scale,
pedestrian scale. And then the other

456
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:09,839
thing to note from this image is that uh
currently undeveloped property just

457
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:13,760
across the street from Broadway Station.
Again, noting that that's not a

458
00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:19,040
city-owned property right now, but just
a big picture idea of what that could be

459
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:22,880
if it were kept an open space and uh
maybe there's a shade structure over

460
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:26,079
that. Maybe it's a space that gets a lot
of visibility from people passing

461
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:30,480
through. The pocket park is a great
space right now for gathering, but this

462
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:34,720
could be a great site that like if
there's streets shut down, a big event,

463
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:39,200
if there's a outdoor movie night,
there's a lot of opportunities for a

464
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:42,680
space that size.
Next slide, please.

465
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:49,280
All right. And then lastly, in the plan,
you'll see I'm not going to get into

466
00:37:47,359 --> 00:37:54,079
this deeply, but there's a ton of
implementation strategies that we've

467
00:37:51,599 --> 00:37:58,880
identified as action items. Um, and
listed in these tables like these

468
00:37:56,160 --> 00:38:06,480
screenshots that you see. So these range
from very small easily achievable ideas

469
00:38:01,839 --> 00:38:11,440
to very big um would take a lot of uh
cooperation and a lot of people working

470
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:15,680
together to get done but things that
were illustrated in the plan. Here's

471
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:20,240
some bite-sized ways to get those done.
And they're divided into four different

472
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:23,920
categories of mobility, placemaking,
parks, and land and economic

473
00:38:21,839 --> 00:38:30,160
development. And then each of those
action items comes with kind of what the

474
00:38:27,839 --> 00:38:33,839
uh timeline for that, who might be
parties that are involved, funding

475
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:38,320
opportunities that are out there, and
what kind of categories of funding it

476
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:42,480
might fall under. And then also the
level of investment that would be

477
00:38:40,079 --> 00:38:48,720
probably expected.
And next slide, please.

478
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:53,680
And those funding um icons that are in
the implementation

479
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:59,760
table relate directly to a funding
strategies section of the report which

480
00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:04,640
is the final section and that is uh our
team has come together and identified

481
00:39:02,079 --> 00:39:11,359
national and local grants that there
would be a lot of potential to uh get

482
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:15,839
and go after as a city or other
organizations might want to go after as

483
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:20,720
well. So it's calling those out knowing
what they could relate to back in the

484
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:25,440
implementation plan and kind of giving
um teams that might want to go after

485
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:30,320
these some steps that they would need to
plan to take if they were to do that.

486
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:35,200
And I think with that that is everything
that's included in the report and very

487
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:39,920
excited to share that with you all in
the coming weeks. Caitlyn, if you go to

488
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:44,839
the last slide. Yeah, we'll take any
questions if you have any. I know that

489
00:39:41,599 --> 00:39:44,839
was a lot.

490
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:52,480
Well, I appreciate you guys putting all
that together and I look forward to

491
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:57,119
actually being able to to look into a
lot more.

492
00:39:55,040 --> 00:40:01,760
I'm excited to see what kind of funding
opportunities are actually identified

493
00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:06,720
with those grants because it's we don't
have a lot of discretionary funding in

494
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:12,560
our budget, but if we can figure out a
way to get those grants, those are

495
00:40:10,079 --> 00:40:17,359
greatly appreciated.
And I hope if we put some trees on the

496
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:21,920
sidewalks that we do better than we did
last time because we had trees that

497
00:40:19,599 --> 00:40:25,920
uprooted all the sidewalk, you know.
>> Yes, we were aware of that for sure. And

498
00:40:24,079 --> 00:40:31,800
that's why looking at those off the
sidewalk maybe more in the streetscape

499
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:31,800
and also identifying the right tree.

500
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:39,000
» I think it's a great idea.
>> Any other questions?

501
00:41:02,079 --> 00:41:08,680
I greatly appreciate that.
>> Yes, we've needed that for a long time.

502
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:15,280
» Look forward to seeing the written
report.

503
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:19,960
» Yes. Thank you.
>> Uh this time, let's take a five minute

504
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,960
recess.

505
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:28,960
Call the meeting back to order.
Oh, Miss Slman, you want to provide us

506
00:44:27,359 --> 00:44:32,440
your status report for the world
champion program?

507
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:39,680
» Thank you.

508
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:59,720
Good evening.

509
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:07,520
So, as you know, the world champion, I'm
back. It's been a while. Um, I kind of

510
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:15,119
want to fill you in on what I've been up
to. Um, I'll start out with my grant.

511
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:22,160
Um, it was awarded last October 24th,
not last October, previous October. The

512
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:29,359
part-time position was a $20,800 salary
position. Um, the city put in 4,000

513
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:35,040
above that as a match along with Dickson
County as five brought in 5,000 and

514
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:41,040
Visit Harrington brought in 3,000
roughly covering my office space, uh,

515
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:48,720
laptop, computer, office the general
things that this kind of job needs.

516
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:55,680
Um that along with that I was to apply
for a an implementation grant in June

517
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:59,280
and that brought in an extra $25,000 for
my project. We'll get into that later,

518
00:45:57,839 --> 00:46:08,800
but that's our downtown character
project. Um of that 25,000 19 is focused

519
00:46:04,319 --> 00:46:14,640
on that uh the 6,000 remaining funed my
last quarter. so that I could continue

520
00:46:11,119 --> 00:46:19,920
working for the last of the year.
So, getting into that downtown character

521
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:24,000
project. Um, it is a streetcaping
project focused on North Broadway. The

522
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:29,040
first block will be right out front here
all the way down to Broadway station.

523
00:46:26,079 --> 00:46:33,040
Um, working on beautifification kind of
like what we were just talking about.

524
00:46:31,359 --> 00:46:39,520
I'm actually looking into the same types
of things, signage, benches, planters,

525
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:44,560
bike racks, those kind of things.
That's going to be a big part of it. Uh

526
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:49,440
the other wonderful thing we got added
to that is a street filter which you got

527
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:55,599
to see an image of which side didn't get
a close enough. Um that is funded by a

528
00:46:53,920 --> 00:47:01,040
$10,000 grant from our community
foundation of Dickson County that was

529
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:07,040
reported in August.
The artist is Jim Bryant and he will be

530
00:47:04,079 --> 00:47:12,319
working on that I think starting in
April and through August is the plan

531
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:17,920
that completed.
>> Where is that going to be?

532
00:47:14,720 --> 00:47:24,400
So by in my mind right now I have it
envisioned on the corner here either on

533
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:29,359
this side or that side of the street by
and I kind of envision a bump out but

534
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:35,920
it's probably going to be a painted bump
out not necessarily a fully cemented one

535
00:47:33,839 --> 00:47:40,560
for that right now but I will be working
on that.

536
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:45,760
Um the next thing I worked on let's see
is the commerce connections. So that

537
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:49,680
came about through visits with the
businesses and

538
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:53,040
a lot of them were curious who's our
city manager. We want to see him. We

539
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:58,560
want to talk to him. So we put that
together. And that and I sit down each

540
00:47:56,240 --> 00:48:02,640
month and meet with the business owners,
talk about whatever their needs are. If

541
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:09,920
there's ideas that they have for us to
look into, then that's what we do. And

542
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:14,720
we're working with uh Dickson County EDC
as a potential partner to bring in a

543
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:18,480
program, a storefront beautifification
program for some of our businesses. And

544
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:23,200
I just talked with her today again,
Natalie, um about bringing in some

545
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:29,599
training for our business owners,
whether it be, you know, tax things or

546
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:35,119
employee training things that they may
need. So, we're looking into what other

547
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:40,559
programs you can bring for them.
Um the one of the programs that I came

548
00:48:38,079 --> 00:48:44,720
across through some of my networking was
the um entrepreneurial conference which

549
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:52,800
was connecting entrepreneurial
communities. Uh that was uh

550
00:48:50,319 --> 00:48:58,160
last June. It was a conference in
Kingman that I took three

551
00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:04,559
four of our residents too that are
interested in becoming business owners.

552
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:08,559
Um that was funded through 2000 or
from Dickson County EDC and $1,000 from

553
00:49:06,559 --> 00:49:14,559
our city to match and that was
scholarship for the conference and hotel

554
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:18,240
stay. That was pretty beneficial. There
was a lot of learning crammed in two

555
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:22,720
days.
Good time. The other potential thing

556
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:26,960
we're looking into is creating maker
space with some of our downtown business

557
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:31,040
revitalization. There's some business,
some buildings that we are looking into

558
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:36,079
to kind of keep growing on that
entrepreneurial spirit to give them a

559
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:40,079
space to start out in that's not a
full-fledged building with all the

560
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:44,240
overhead, start out small, if it works
and grows, then be able to move into a

561
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:49,520
bigger building. That's something I
think would be beneficial for us. Um,

562
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:55,440
another thing that I worked on in June,
June was a very busy month for me, the

563
00:49:52,000 --> 00:50:00,800
science grant, I applied for three
businesses downtown, but because it was

564
00:49:57,839 --> 00:50:04,800
at the end of their funding
cycle, I guess the end of the fiscal

565
00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:10,079
year, we were only awarded for one, and
that was gathering grounds, they were

566
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:13,839
awarded two signs, $5,175.
And on the back, I have pictures of

567
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:18,000
their beautiful signage on their facade
and their plank sign. Didn't quite turn

568
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:22,119
out the way they planned it, but it's
still beautiful and it looks good.

569
00:50:22,319 --> 00:50:30,960
And currently the next round of signs is
open as of January 1st and it closes

570
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:36,640
February 28th. I am looking to apply for
the hometown dental office, the wild

571
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:41,640
flowers and Broadway station once more.
We'll see if we can get some fun going

572
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:41,640
for that.

573
00:50:42,559 --> 00:50:52,160
Another thing I'm working on with uh
Wendy Jones is a project that we took on

574
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:57,599
for the community, just a way to get out
word about events, uh church services,

575
00:50:56,160 --> 00:51:02,160
you know, just things going on in
general that happen month to month. Um

576
00:50:59,599 --> 00:51:05,200
the community really really spoke loud
about the tabletop calendars. I did not

577
00:51:03,839 --> 00:51:09,280
bring one with me, but I'm sure you guys
have seen them around. That is something

578
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:15,920
that we decided to bring back from the
dead and it has been widely appreciated.

579
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:19,359
So, if you're out and about,
I'm sure you'll find something you want

580
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:26,400
to do.
And last but not least, I'm kind of a

581
00:51:23,839 --> 00:51:33,200
conduit, if you will, or connector for
our fun committee, our visit Harrington.

582
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:36,720
I'm the secretary this round.
Don't know why. I guess I like to take

583
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:42,000
notes. [laughter]
Um, I also am a member of the Harrington

584
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:47,520
Creatives Guild, which is our new
group that started in August, I believe.

585
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:53,599
And I've been, you know, members of
churches. I I get around with all of our

586
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:59,680
organizations, Revitalized Arington
and many, many others. Yeah. On the back

587
00:51:57,119 --> 00:52:04,720
side, if you want to look, there's a
picture of all 14 of us lovely gals,

588
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:10,640
rule champions that started out October
2024. There's some images of some of the

589
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:15,920
ideas I have for our downtown character
project. There's also an image for our

590
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:20,160
street sculpture that is I don't know if
you can read it very well, but that's

591
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:25,839
going to be about 7 feet tall. Not very
wide or deep per se, but about three

592
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:29,920
feet wide.
And then of course a flyer for our

593
00:52:27,599 --> 00:52:33,880
commerce connection, which
got another one coming up here.

594
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:41,920
Are there any questions?
>> Is is this a program that

595
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:46,720
can continue on from the Department of
Commerce or

596
00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:52,640
» the only the first year was funded for
the Department of Commerce and of course

597
00:52:50,079 --> 00:52:57,920
the program is meant for your world
champion to find a project and my

598
00:52:55,520 --> 00:53:05,520
project was more of a program I guess
you could say which is not uncommon as

599
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:05,520
in in my memory and I

600
00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:09,800
I think it's county.

601
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:18,240
Oh, Graham County. They're the only
other

602
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:24,000
rule champion that started as a program
and his program was a little bit more in

603
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:29,200
depth than mine, I think. But I started
small and I'm just I just keep myself

604
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:32,200
busy. That's not hard. There's a lot to
do.

605
00:53:33,359 --> 00:53:40,880
I thank you for all of your hard work.
Uh it shows I went to the one uh

606
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:48,400
commerce connection. Yes.
>> And uh I was disappointed of the shell

607
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:55,520
people showing up but uh I think it's a
great idea. I you know we we need

608
00:53:51,280 --> 00:54:01,760
someone coming with Thatcher and giving
him ideas and helping him.

609
00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:05,680
» Sure. Uh, and you know, you still have
people say that business owners, we've

610
00:54:03,839 --> 00:54:09,680
never seen Thatcher, but they never go
to the business connections either. When

611
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:14,640
they have an opportunity to do it, they
want him to come to the helm, you know,

612
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:18,160
but u
I think you've done a great job

613
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:21,599
» and I will say, you know, we we did go
out and vis visit quite a few businesses

614
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:25,440
personally before we kind of were
setting up the commerce connections and

615
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:30,880
going to get back to that in the future.
Um, you know, I think has done a really

616
00:54:28,319 --> 00:54:35,119
really wonderful job in the last year,
year and a half on developing this

617
00:54:33,359 --> 00:54:40,000
program and making this position
something beyond I think even what it

618
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:44,720
was you know set out to be by commerce.
So I I think she's gone above and beyond

619
00:54:42,079 --> 00:54:49,200
there and certainly excited to see uh
the project rounded out with the

620
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:54,240
community community character project.
That's important. But I I just say, you

621
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:59,200
know, when I arrived here, our chamber
had been shortly disbanded shortly

622
00:54:56,480 --> 00:55:04,079
before that. And that's not all that
uncommon in small towns. Uh it's getting

623
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:08,160
tougher and tougher to operate a chamber
without basically the city funding it.

624
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:12,079
And then, you know, I think a lot of our
business owners kind of had a sour taste

625
00:55:10,079 --> 00:55:17,119
from what happened with the with the
prior chamber. So just re-engaging those

626
00:55:15,359 --> 00:55:21,520
business owners has been, I think,
really helpful. And a lot of the owners

627
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:27,599
I would say maybe didn't even know each
other. So hopefully we can continue to

628
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:31,440
build on this program and uh as we round
out the project I think you know we'll

629
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:37,119
have to talk about during budget season
what where do we see this going you know

630
00:55:34,319 --> 00:55:42,480
um I like to think that this program has
kind of filled the void of what our

631
00:55:39,599 --> 00:55:47,680
chamber left behind at you know what I
would say is a fraction of the of the

632
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:51,760
cost uh for the city but as well as
someone that's able just with those

633
00:55:49,520 --> 00:55:57,119
smaller grants that I'm not able to keep
an eye on uh at all times. So, I think

634
00:55:55,760 --> 00:56:01,280
it's been a really good program and I
thank Lisa for her hard work and you

635
00:55:59,839 --> 00:56:08,480
know, I just hope that we can continue
to build on this in 2027 and beyond. So,

636
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:14,640
you know, I I was the director of the
chamber years ago. I know how hard it is

637
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:21,520
to get people to come and volunteer and
help you do things and uh it's sometimes

638
00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:25,200
like pulling teeth, you know, but you
know, with like Ronda and them with

639
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:29,040
their revitalization committees and
everything going out. I'm glad that

640
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:34,000
we're connecting everything together
there and

641
00:56:31,839 --> 00:56:42,520
like the army slowly, we're a community
of one, [laughter] one big family.

642
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:42,520
And I wrote,

643
00:56:59,839 --> 00:57:02,839
» right?

644
00:57:05,599 --> 00:57:08,599
and

645
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:24,440
built

646
00:57:27,304 --> 00:57:29,324
» [laughter]

647
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:43,960
» and all the business.

648
00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:59,240
Right.

649
00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:17,480
So,

650
00:58:32,799 --> 00:58:35,799
season.

651
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,240
Is that

652
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:58,839
for us.

653
00:59:15,839 --> 00:59:24,480
» Well, I noticed in your memo there was a
question. Uh oh. Yeah. Yeah, there was.

654
00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:28,319
» That question is does the city
commission want the real champion to

655
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:32,319
update them on the program benchmarks
obtained

656
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:36,079
at budget season?
Personally,

657
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:41,119
I understand that your program no longer
is funded.

658
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:46,319
However, I would hope that you would
continue to keep the city staff to task

659
00:59:44,319 --> 00:59:50,240
and maybe participate more in those
discussions come by the season.

660
00:59:52,799 --> 01:00:02,960
questions are coming. Did a great job.
>> I would like to see it continue.

661
01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:08,480
» Maybe there's a way we could fund that.
Maybe uh some other funding. We do have

662
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:12,421
» taken out of commissioner salary.
>> Wait a second.

663
01:00:10,401 --> 01:00:12,421
[laughter]

664
01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:21,799
» Give that a second. See if
>> Hey, Brad. on speaker here.

665
01:00:25,359 --> 01:00:32,079
» Brad on the phone here.
Brad, are you are you doing all right?

666
01:00:30,319 --> 01:00:35,760
» Yeah. Yeah, I'm feeling a lot better
these days. So,

667
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:41,200
» I think we're getting there.
>> That is good to hear. Um, so this first

668
01:00:38,319 --> 01:00:44,559
uh the first item on the agenda is the
update for the Idea Tech franchise

669
01:00:43,359 --> 01:00:48,880
agreement,
>> right? Were you able to go back through

670
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:54,880
the the edits that they were looking for
and see if there was anything that was a

671
01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:58,319
concern or
>> Yeah, based upon the the most recent

672
01:00:56,799 --> 01:01:04,960
one, at least I assume that's what I've
got and I can double check that. But u I

673
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:10,559
had made some suggested changes a
significant number of those all of which

674
01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:14,960
uh council had addressed I think um and
ultimately put together an agreement

675
01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:20,400
that I think had redlined uh most of
those changes. So so the short form

676
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:24,000
answer is yes. I think it uh it was
including unless they were not looking

677
01:01:22,079 --> 01:01:28,400
at the right version uh all the
suggested changes I had as well.

678
01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:31,760
» Okay. I I noticed that this is a
non-exclusive franchise. Is that

679
01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:35,200
correct?
>> Yes.

680
01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:38,960
» So, can you kind of explain for us what
the difference would be if it was an

681
01:01:36,559 --> 01:01:42,799
exclusive versus the non-exclusive?
>> If you grant an exclusive franchise in

682
01:01:41,119 --> 01:01:47,119
certain circumstances, particularly
within the municipality, uh what you're

683
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:53,040
doing is saying that you are the only
game in town, so to speak. if um if we

684
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:57,359
and sometimes that's by default you know
you'll have certain types of providers

685
01:01:55,040 --> 01:02:04,240
like an Evergy in the state of Kansas or
in certain parts of the state at Kansas

686
01:01:59,119 --> 01:02:08,480
Gas uh or um oh even a trash service and
there's competing ones around here for

687
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:11,760
example Newton has their own uh but then
there's a company called Nisley out of

688
01:02:10,079 --> 01:02:17,599
Hutchinson that does a lot of smaller
cities but also competes in the market

689
01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:21,440
um and even in those instances where the
municipality has its own unless they in

690
01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:26,240
some way shape or form and it's
difficult to do uh grant an exclusive

691
01:02:24,640 --> 01:02:32,319
franchise
um to particularly with an independent

692
01:02:28,559 --> 01:02:37,599
provider um that allows it's it's the
others are free to involve themselves.

693
01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:42,880
So, you know, you can have a Vive, you
can have different other entities who

694
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:48,160
provide similar or same services who can
also come into town and if they they

695
01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:53,599
provide the uh uh the necessary
infrastructure or piggyback on someone

696
01:02:50,799 --> 01:03:00,400
else's and you pay wheeling fees, um
they can all compete within the uh the

697
01:02:57,520 --> 01:03:04,960
uh jurisdictional limits of the city. Uh
the only way that that doesn't occur as

698
01:03:02,079 --> 01:03:11,040
I said is if you do an actual exclusive
and those quite frankly anymore are

699
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:16,000
very much exceptions to the rule. There
has to be some tremendous advantage

700
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:22,319
that's presented uh to allow one
particular competitor in a marketplace

701
01:03:19,760 --> 01:03:25,920
um to uh to serve exclusively in terms
of providing services within the

702
01:03:24,079 --> 01:03:31,520
community. where I've had it happen over
the years, for example, is uh if they

703
01:03:28,799 --> 01:03:35,599
did all of the infrastructure extension
and have this massive expenditure and

704
01:03:33,760 --> 01:03:40,319
they were the only one initially who was
willing to provide to like a western

705
01:03:37,839 --> 01:03:47,280
Kansas town uh or some of these really
small cities that are not along a a

706
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:53,760
major trunk line uh for cable or for
internet or whatever it may be. Um but

707
01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:57,440
they were willing to come in um advance
all the infrastructure costs, put it in

708
01:03:56,160 --> 01:04:02,160
place so that there would be local
service. Um sometimes an exclusive was

709
01:04:00,319 --> 01:04:07,680
granted for a period of years so they
could at least reclaim their overall

710
01:04:05,119 --> 01:04:11,599
initial investment at least some portion
of it. Um without necessarily having to

711
01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:15,839
worry about okay now we provided all
this and we are compelled usually by

712
01:04:13,839 --> 01:04:20,799
state statute to allow others to use it
for a fee. Um but then we lose customers

713
01:04:19,039 --> 01:04:26,400
to these other services and they don't
have the startup expense that we had. So

714
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:32,799
even their cost structure is uh is more
advantageous to the consumer. Uh that's

715
01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:36,799
difficult. So in order to induce uh in
some cases you'll use an exclusive for

716
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:40,400
that reason. So probably getting into a
lot more than you were really looking

717
01:04:37,920 --> 01:04:44,400
for. But uh the short form answer is
non-exclusive means that competitors

718
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:49,599
have the freedom to come in to the
jurisdiction and offer their similar or

719
01:04:47,119 --> 01:04:53,839
same service. Exclusive it would be a
situation where only one and the one you

720
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:56,559
grant it to has the ability to provide
that particular service to the

721
01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:59,799
community.
>> Thank you.

722
01:05:01,760 --> 01:05:12,359
Where does and Brad you may this may not
be a question directly for you but where

723
01:05:07,200 --> 01:05:12,359
does the franchise fees go in our budget

724
01:05:13,440 --> 01:05:21,000
so it's not like you're marked for
any specific thing like that?

725
01:05:22,079 --> 01:05:29,200
Yeah, I think I can remember when I was
on the commission before we had some

726
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:34,400
exclusive like I think years ago AT&T
used to have an exclusive in Harrington

727
01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:38,640
when we couldn't get no one else. Uh but
that's since changed a lot with all

728
01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:42,880
these other companies coming in. I think
the state statute says something along

729
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:48,640
the lines. It's, you know, to be used
can be used for rightaway acquisition,

730
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:53,839
you know, maybe funding some of the city
operations it takes to keep up with some

731
01:05:51,760 --> 01:05:58,319
of the infrastructure is mainly where
it's used for. So, they have to go out

732
01:05:56,400 --> 01:06:01,880
and locate lines and stuff.
>> Sure.

733
01:05:58,880 --> 01:06:01,880
» Yeah.

734
01:06:02,720 --> 01:06:09,839
Um, all that aside, Brad, is there any
reason why the commission shouldn't

735
01:06:07,119 --> 01:06:13,599
shouldn't consider this agreement?
>> Not not that I'm aware of. I think you

736
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:17,920
can always do it and I oftentimes will
advocate for that just to compare notes

737
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:22,880
like with that as well since I've been
kind of out of pocket for what amounts

738
01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:26,160
to almost two months. Uh, you know, I
don't always like to rely totally on my

739
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:30,799
memory. So, you know, subject to
confirmation by staff that all of the

740
01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:35,280
requested changes were made. Um, and I'm
pretty certain they were because before

741
01:06:33,119 --> 01:06:41,760
that all was pretty much done before I
even um was absent. And so, um, I don't

742
01:06:40,079 --> 01:06:46,799
and I recall going back through it
multiple times, um, and making notes on

743
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:50,720
various types of potential changes and
they've been always been pretty good in

744
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:56,160
my experience with other communities and
trying to meet the expectations of each

745
01:06:53,839 --> 01:07:02,720
of the jurisdictions in which they do
business. Um, so I'm I'm not inherently

746
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:05,599
um overly concerned anyway. And they
have generally been again in my

747
01:07:04,559 --> 01:07:11,440
experience with these different
communities pretty good partner uh in

748
01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:17,119
terms of I I'm not going to necessarily
sit here and do a bandwagon advocacy for

749
01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:23,440
Idea Tech, but of some of the ones we've
experienced over the years um who

750
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:28,640
underdel um haven't necessarily found
that to be the case with them. uh they

751
01:07:26,319 --> 01:07:31,839
uh they tend to do what they'll tell you
they're going to do and they also tend

752
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:37,200
to be a good neighbor terms of being
participatory many times in the

753
01:07:33,520 --> 01:07:40,960
community. So, as an aside, um they uh
they have not caused any of the

754
01:07:39,520 --> 01:07:45,680
communities that I've worked with to
really regret having them there. uh the

755
01:07:43,760 --> 01:07:50,240
agreement itself by the time you know
I'd noted some of those changes they

756
01:07:47,119 --> 01:07:54,079
were small things few instances where I
I wanted some more assurance from them

757
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:58,720
as to what they were going to do how
they would restore property in the event

758
01:07:55,839 --> 01:08:06,319
of you know infrastructure extension
that would require them to uh uh disrupt

759
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:13,119
um different things whether it's a you
know roadway ditch u you know going

760
01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:19,600
through or crossing even if it is a
directional boring under a street. Um

761
01:08:16,480 --> 01:08:23,759
you know, any of that sort of thing. Um
kind of made some some noted changes to

762
01:08:22,319 --> 01:08:31,520
that and I believe those were all
included in the last u uh revisions to

763
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:34,880
the agreement. So, but I wouldn't mind,
you know, if even if you I don't see a

764
01:08:33,199 --> 01:08:40,000
problem with taking action on it if you
leave that because I then I, you know,

765
01:08:37,679 --> 01:08:43,520
uh, one final time, you know, I can I'm
happily willing to go back through and

766
01:08:42,319 --> 01:08:47,839
just make sure there wasn't anything
missed, but I I don't know of anything

767
01:08:46,319 --> 01:08:55,040
at this point and I know it was a pretty
thorough review when I last did it.

768
01:08:51,279 --> 01:08:59,199
» Anybody else have questions for
a motion? I make a motion that we

769
01:08:57,120 --> 01:09:07,199
approve the idea tech franchise
agreement with pending staff's reook

770
01:09:02,719 --> 01:09:14,239
with the next uh ordinance number
>> and authorize the mayor to sign

771
01:09:11,199 --> 01:09:20,359
» a second a motion and a second. Is there
discussion?

772
01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:20,359
Miss Lens

773
01:09:21,279 --> 01:09:24,279
» I

774
01:09:26,719 --> 01:09:32,960
If staff can review that, just let me
know and I can come back in

775
01:09:30,719 --> 01:09:37,920
and sign it.
>> Um Brad, before we open up this public

776
01:09:35,199 --> 01:09:41,600
hearing, I I do have a quick question.
Do I have to keep the public hearing

777
01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:45,679
open while we consider the actions in it
or do we open it? No.

778
01:09:43,839 --> 01:09:50,000
» No. the public hearing basically based
upon how the notice is done in that

779
01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:54,560
instance, you're allowing public input
before you take formal action because it

780
01:09:52,560 --> 01:10:00,560
is city property in essence in these
instances where we're vacating and we're

781
01:09:56,719 --> 01:10:06,480
doing so um on a permanent basis. We do
always statutoily reserve the right for

782
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:09,920
easement use, you know, if we had some
line that needed to go back in and that

783
01:10:07,840 --> 01:10:13,679
was I don't know ' 80s7s when that was
last amended. And the reason for that is

784
01:10:12,159 --> 01:10:18,159
you just never know what your needs are
going to be in the future and land is in

785
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:22,400
essence forever. Um we have a pretty
good idea in most cases when we vacate

786
01:10:20,159 --> 01:10:27,600
that wow there's just not any likelihood
or even a remote possibility that we're

787
01:10:24,239 --> 01:10:31,199
going to uh grow that direction anymore
need that kind of infrastructure

788
01:10:29,360 --> 01:10:34,560
extension through that area. We have
another good alternative that we now

789
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:39,840
have acquired and use. It can be any
number of things, but you know, um, at

790
01:10:37,840 --> 01:10:43,760
some point you look at it and city's
obligations with regard to maintenance,

791
01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:47,840
that sort of thing are, uh, are really
just outweigh the the advantage of

792
01:10:45,760 --> 01:10:53,360
owning it is outweighed by all of that
cost or or time spent. Um, and and other

793
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:58,800
instances where you've got private
development uh, that really can use it

794
01:10:56,239 --> 01:11:04,320
far more effectively to achieve a
greater good for the community than what

795
01:11:01,360 --> 01:11:07,440
we have now. So, uh, the hearing is to,
you know, always give the opportunity

796
01:11:06,239 --> 01:11:10,960
for the public to come in and say,
"Wait, have you considered or I object,

797
01:11:09,840 --> 01:11:14,400
I think that there's always the
possibility or in in rare instances

798
01:11:13,120 --> 01:11:19,440
where someone feels like they're
directly impacted because it's the

799
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:23,520
shortest distance to their property um,
for purposes of u whatever it might be,

800
01:11:22,400 --> 01:11:27,760
you know, like we've just been talking
about like fiber optic, which may not

801
01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:32,159
yet be in installed, but that would be a
great place to put it, they think." Um

802
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:39,679
and then you consider all of that.
That's the whole goal is before you um

803
01:11:35,920 --> 01:11:44,400
jettison or vacate a a property right in
that regard uh in particularly with with

804
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:47,840
surface rights ingress egress that kind
of thing. Um to make sure that the

805
01:11:46,400 --> 01:11:51,600
public has had the opportunity as
taxpayers to come in and voice their

806
01:11:50,159 --> 01:11:56,159
opinion if for any reason there's an
objection. Uh and again many of those

807
01:11:54,400 --> 01:12:01,679
objections are that I the example I just
gave on the fiber optic. We hold um in

808
01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:07,760
the reservation and the the final uh
vacation order um the ability uh because

809
01:12:04,960 --> 01:12:13,920
it's statutoily required for us to do so
uh to be able to enter on those premises

810
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:18,719
for that purpose. Um but everything else
in terms of like get rid of an alley and

811
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:24,239
um and you know the surface rights, the
the public right of way or the ability

812
01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:30,239
for the city to to um freely go across
it um and it's not private property per

813
01:12:26,719 --> 01:12:35,440
se, uh goes away with a vacation. Uh,
and if you don't specify, you know, if

814
01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:40,239
we don't sell it, um, and do something
in that fashion, this is the most common

815
01:12:37,199 --> 01:12:44,880
way we get rid of property we no longer
believe we will ever have need of,

816
01:12:41,840 --> 01:12:52,480
practically speaking. And then the law
sets in and if it's bounded on both

817
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:57,360
sides um by private property, one half
goes to one side, one half goes to the

818
01:12:54,480 --> 01:13:01,760
other. We do not necessarily have to go
ahead and deed those over. But in this

819
01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:05,600
instance, they've sent over a quit claim
deed having acquired all the contiguous

820
01:13:04,159 --> 01:13:10,400
properties so that it will go to one
owner who has has a need and a purpose

821
01:13:08,080 --> 01:13:14,480
for it. Um the quit claim deed, there's
nothing wrong with doing that as well.

822
01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:20,640
It's just a, you know, it's a an an
extra step that definitively establishes

823
01:13:17,440 --> 01:13:24,320
no, we have in fact vacated this and
automatically by law it would go to

824
01:13:22,239 --> 01:13:27,520
these these property owners. But if
they'd like a quick claim deed, all

825
01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:31,760
we're doing is saying whatever interest
we had um we've quick claimed away to

826
01:13:30,159 --> 01:13:36,400
whoever is the proper and rightful
owner. Uh and that's the contiguous

827
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:39,400
property owner and it's filed a record.
So

828
01:13:40,560 --> 01:13:46,719
» this time I'll open up the public
hearing regarding the Union Pacific's

829
01:13:44,480 --> 01:13:54,600
petition for Ryway Vacation. Is there
any comments from the public that would

830
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:54,600
like to be

831
01:13:57,280 --> 01:14:02,960
hearing? None. We close the public
hearing.

832
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:06,880
» Yep.
We'll move to consider a petition for

833
01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:11,920
the vacation of a portion of the street
rideway from the city of Harrington to

834
01:14:08,640 --> 01:14:16,960
Union Pacific Road.
>> I just want to cl this is the property

835
01:14:13,760 --> 01:14:20,600
that is at the end of South N.
>> Yes, correct.

836
01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:29,840
» Should be an attachment in your packet
that exhibit A reflects that.

837
01:14:27,520 --> 01:14:34,960
I make a motion that we approve the
petition for vacation of uh proportion

838
01:14:33,040 --> 01:14:40,640
of the street of rightway in the city of
Harrington to the Union Pacific and

839
01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:45,280
authorize the mayor to sign. Second
motion in a second. Is there further

840
01:14:42,560 --> 01:14:48,520
discussion?
Miss L.

841
01:14:48,560 --> 01:14:54,120
I
>> I I

842
01:14:55,920 --> 01:15:03,760
moving on to consider the order. We have
not heard any public objection.

843
01:15:02,159 --> 01:15:08,800
Staff have anything else that they want
to present?

844
01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:14,800
Uh, no. It pretty much lays it all out.
I think Brad laid it all out perfectly.

845
01:15:13,600 --> 01:15:18,000
I think the one thing that I would
suggest and I know I talked with

846
01:15:15,920 --> 01:15:22,560
Thatcher about that briefly today is we
will do a double check because he asked

847
01:15:20,239 --> 01:15:27,440
me and I looked at it but you know again
if you glance at that legal uh that is a

848
01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:32,239
combined and it and it should cover
everything but I always like to do one

849
01:15:29,840 --> 01:15:37,440
last once we approve it and say okay
we're going to file a quick claim deed

850
01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:41,440
uh that they have produced um we compare
to make sure that we're not giving away

851
01:15:39,199 --> 01:15:45,440
something that we didn't actually vacate
or property that really we don't have

852
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:50,640
any right to to don't vacate. And more
importantly from their perspective,

853
01:15:47,679 --> 01:15:57,719
don't forget to include the entire track
that we intend to to vacate with the

854
01:15:53,600 --> 01:15:57,719
approval of the petition in order.

855
01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:06,239
Okay. I make a motion that we approve
the order to vacate portion of the

856
01:16:03,199 --> 01:16:12,960
rideway for the Union Pacific Railroad.
Authorize the mayor to sign

857
01:16:10,560 --> 01:16:17,280
and uh pending further staff review if
needed.

858
01:16:14,480 --> 01:16:22,679
» Second
motion and a second. Is there further

859
01:16:19,120 --> 01:16:22,679
discussion motion?

860
01:16:25,040 --> 01:16:29,239
I I

861
01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:43,679
So, regarding the quick claim deed,
that one probably we probably should

862
01:16:41,040 --> 01:16:46,880
approve pending staff review.
>> That's what I would suggest. You know,

863
01:16:45,520 --> 01:16:50,800
you can go through the kind of the same
motion process with it authorized

864
01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:55,600
signature but pending staff review. And
the only reason again the format of it

865
01:16:53,040 --> 01:16:59,920
is fine. It's just a question of let's
make sure that what they expected to

866
01:16:58,320 --> 01:17:05,440
have happen contiguous with all the
property they've acquired and what we

867
01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:10,400
have taken action on uh absolutely
mirror each other. Uh I don't anticipate

868
01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:14,800
a problem with that, but I've learned
the hard way to right before we go to

869
01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:20,239
the process of filing it that we check
all of that just to be certain and that

870
01:17:17,040 --> 01:17:25,520
they're in agreement. So,
>> okay. I'll make a motion that we approve

871
01:17:22,719 --> 01:17:30,239
the quick claim deed uh between the city
of Harrington and Union Pacific.

872
01:17:27,360 --> 01:17:32,640
Authorize the mayor to sign attending
staff review.

873
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:37,360
» Second.
>> It's a motion and a second. Further

874
01:17:35,520 --> 01:17:42,000
discussion.
Miss Lance.

875
01:17:39,600 --> 01:17:46,640
» I
>> I

876
01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:49,040
um I think is Brad needed for any more
or

877
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:51,120
» uh No, that's it. I think Brad. Thank
you. Brad, do you have anything?

878
01:17:50,239 --> 01:17:53,199
» Okay, you bet.
>> Do you have anything else since we

879
01:17:52,239 --> 01:17:56,400
haven't heard from you in a while that
that you need to impress upon the

880
01:17:54,640 --> 01:17:59,920
commission?
>> Nothing that I can think of right now. I

881
01:17:58,400 --> 01:18:04,400
I'm kind of in the process. Today was
really kind of the first full day that I

882
01:18:02,320 --> 01:18:08,000
actually been able to be in the office
and [snorts] I'm trying to play a little

883
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:11,840
catchup and go back over everything.
I'll uh I'm certain I'll sit down with

884
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:15,360
Thatcher also and kind of cover
everything we've got outstanding because

885
01:18:13,360 --> 01:18:20,080
there's some areas there that probably
have kind of hung while I've been

886
01:18:17,600 --> 01:18:23,280
absent. But nothing that that screams
out at me right now or that I need to

887
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:27,120
address this moment.
>> All right. Thank you, Brad. And feeling

888
01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:29,120
better. We look forward to seeing here
in person.

889
01:18:28,159 --> 01:18:32,520
» Thank you very much.
>> Thank you, Brad.

890
01:18:34,640 --> 01:18:41,000
» Megan, I'll wait to sign the order until
it's been reviewed.

891
01:18:41,040 --> 01:18:46,960
» All right. Consider 2026 goals and
objectives.

892
01:18:45,280 --> 01:18:51,760
Uh
>> well, city commissioners, we typically

893
01:18:49,679 --> 01:18:56,880
have this discussion usually around the
first or second meeting of the year. Um

894
01:18:54,719 --> 01:19:01,840
I will say this year the focus was kind
of to get through yesterday our budget

895
01:18:59,040 --> 01:19:07,920
workshop and and I encourage the
commission to think about that a little

896
01:19:04,560 --> 01:19:13,360
bit more. And so I haven't tasked you so
far with with the homework portion of of

897
01:19:10,640 --> 01:19:17,679
this, which is um to read our
comprehensive plan, go back through

898
01:19:15,040 --> 01:19:22,400
that. Um maybe go back through our
strategic plan along with our capital

899
01:19:20,159 --> 01:19:26,560
improvement plan and a couple of those
documents are too large to send via

900
01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:30,560
email, but they're accessible on the
website. And I'll send anything else

901
01:19:28,719 --> 01:19:36,080
that you don't have if you don't already
have it. Um but I guess annually I

902
01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:39,360
assign a little homework to the
commission and say, "Hey, run through

903
01:19:37,520 --> 01:19:44,159
those documents, identify the goals
sections and then uh merge that with

904
01:19:42,320 --> 01:19:48,719
maybe some of your individual goals that
you've had in the last year and bring

905
01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:54,080
that to our attention." And so I'd say
at this point given we don't have a full

906
01:19:51,120 --> 01:19:58,159
commission here and we had quite a long
day yesterday of maybe it's good to go

907
01:19:56,560 --> 01:20:04,560
marinate for a couple weeks and then
come back on February 3rd hopefully with

908
01:20:00,719 --> 01:20:10,320
a full body and I'll instruct or ask the
other few commissioners to review those

909
01:20:06,719 --> 01:20:14,719
critical documents and come back so we
can have a positive uh kind of

910
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:18,480
discussion to start the year of okay
what do we want to accomplish before

911
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:21,760
budget budget season. What do we want to
accomplish during budget season? What do

912
01:20:20,159 --> 01:20:27,280
we want to accomplish after budget
season? What do we want to accomplish in

913
01:20:24,239 --> 01:20:32,239
the next year and the next two years? Uh
so on and so forth. So um another

914
01:20:30,480 --> 01:20:38,320
document is there is the lake master
plan. And then I'll I'll come back on

915
01:20:36,159 --> 01:20:41,679
the on the third and and maybe reference
some of those prior goals that have been

916
01:20:40,080 --> 01:20:46,719
brought to my attention or those
outstanding projects that are kind kind

917
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:50,640
of already on my list. And then we'll
kind of shuffle things around and and

918
01:20:48,480 --> 01:20:54,880
see what we have time for. It's kind of
at a point in the year where we can make

919
01:20:52,800 --> 01:20:59,600
a big push to get a few things done kind
of before budget. Um or we can identify

920
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:05,040
the things we want to talk about,
whether it be projects or proposals

921
01:21:01,600 --> 01:21:08,320
during budget season and then uh keep
some other things on the back burner for

922
01:21:06,719 --> 01:21:12,080
once we're wrapped up with the budget
and we have a little bit uh have a

923
01:21:10,159 --> 01:21:15,920
little bit of runway to to get some of
these projects handled. So, you know, if

924
01:21:14,640 --> 01:21:19,600
there's there's anything you want to
talk about tonight, I'm happy to do

925
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:22,880
that. But I'd love to give you a break
and give you a chance to marinate on

926
01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:27,040
everything we talked about yesterday,
read some of those key documents, and

927
01:21:24,560 --> 01:21:31,440
then hopefully come back on February 3rd
and and have a good discussion as a

928
01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:35,679
group. Last year, it was streets and
that was pretty much the consensus and

929
01:21:33,520 --> 01:21:39,760
that was it. We're in a good position
there. We're going to talk about streets

930
01:21:37,679 --> 01:21:44,560
as we approach budget season and how we
want to, you know, utilize the sales tax

931
01:21:42,159 --> 01:21:48,960
and our city budget to to start to
tackle and plan for some of that. So,

932
01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:53,040
that's coming. Um, but any of those
other smaller projects or things that

933
01:21:51,520 --> 01:21:57,920
you've thought of or that we've talked
about in the last uh year or two or we

934
01:21:56,320 --> 01:22:02,880
identified in the comprehensive plan,
strategic plan, um, feel free to list

935
01:22:01,199 --> 01:22:06,080
those. if you want to, you know, if it's
too much to remember, you want to shoot

936
01:22:04,239 --> 01:22:10,719
me an email, I'll reference them during
the meeting if that's easier or if you

937
01:22:08,159 --> 01:22:15,679
want to just show up uh with your short
list at the meeting and kind of have an

938
01:22:14,159 --> 01:22:20,639
and it's your chance to get out your
individual goals and then a chance to

939
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:26,320
set our mutual goals. So, it's it's a
good opportunity to do that because and

940
01:22:23,040 --> 01:22:30,000
then we'll identify, you know, what's
first, what we have time to do, what's

941
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:35,120
the mutual priority, and go from there.
So,

942
01:22:32,159 --> 01:22:40,000
When does the planning commission meet
next to review the comprehensive plan?

943
01:22:37,679 --> 01:22:43,800
» So the planning commission meets on
January 20

944
01:22:44,480 --> 01:22:53,440
next next Tuesday. Um and we'll probably
actually on February 3rd the planning

945
01:22:50,960 --> 01:22:58,000
commission will be here to present uh
some of their recommendations based on a

946
01:22:55,360 --> 01:23:03,920
study group they had for the zoning
regulations rewrite. So that might be on

947
01:23:02,159 --> 01:23:09,600
our list of goals without you guys even
bringing it up but uh that was

948
01:23:07,760 --> 01:23:12,400
identified in our comprehensive plan has
been one of the major initiatives that

949
01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:19,120
the planning commission has worked on
for the last uh six months. Um so want

950
01:23:17,120 --> 01:23:23,679
to get planning commission
representative here and obviously we'll

951
01:23:21,600 --> 01:23:31,040
invite the entire planning commission as
it sits and um we'll have fire chief

952
01:23:27,520 --> 01:23:36,719
here with his inspector hat on and his
planning zoning regulations hat on to to

953
01:23:34,320 --> 01:23:42,000
help us work through that conversation.
So, and then based on that, we can we

954
01:23:40,239 --> 01:23:45,120
can decide if we want to set up a
eventually a joint workshop with the

955
01:23:43,760 --> 01:23:49,840
with the planning commission and the
city commission down the road to maybe

956
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:52,400
discuss those zoning regulations.
>> Sorry, that was a long answer to a short

957
01:23:51,840 --> 01:23:58,080
question.
>> You're you're absolutely fine.

958
01:23:55,280 --> 01:24:02,480
I think it's a great idea because you
know we've developed these program or

959
01:24:00,400 --> 01:24:06,159
the comprehensive plan everything we
need to keep looking at it

960
01:24:04,159 --> 01:24:12,080
» and see what's changed and what we need
to do and I think it's a great idea

961
01:24:09,440 --> 01:24:18,480
» and actually as early as next year I'd
say 2027 or even late 2026

962
01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:24,480
um it'll be that conversation
of okay we're three years into the plan

963
01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:28,320
and it's you know you're typically
around that three year mark, you're

964
01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:31,600
slated for a really in-depth look at
your comprehensive plan. And and

965
01:24:30,239 --> 01:24:36,000
somewhere between that three and
fiveyear mark, you're you're actually

966
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:40,480
tasked with going in and saying, "Okay,
what have we accomplished? Where where

967
01:24:37,920 --> 01:24:45,120
are we at on our goals list?" So on and
so forth. So yeah, the intent of this is

968
01:24:43,280 --> 01:24:49,760
just to keep that conversation going,
keep that document alive, and we're

969
01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:55,280
really early into it, but it's easy to
to let the the work we did on that slip

970
01:24:52,239 --> 01:24:58,239
away and, you know, goes up on a shelf,
so to speak, and that's what we're

971
01:24:56,960 --> 01:25:02,320
trying to avoid here with these
conversations. So,

972
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:06,960
» you know, any other committees that we
have? I don't think we have any other

973
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:10,639
boards other than the planning, but of
course we'd like to have Lisa there to

974
01:25:08,880 --> 01:25:17,800
get some of the things that she wants to
do and stuff too

975
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:17,800
» and have her input. My opinion,

976
01:25:17,920 --> 01:25:23,840
you know, the more people that we can
get their input and buy in to help, you

977
01:25:22,239 --> 01:25:28,480
know, some ideas.
>> Yeah.

978
01:25:26,800 --> 01:25:32,400
And, you know, I don't want the
commission to shy away from, you know,

979
01:25:30,239 --> 01:25:36,719
if you've got kind of an individual
Whether it's a little project or

980
01:25:34,400 --> 01:25:42,880
something related to parks or a sidewalk
or pothole, you know, this is I like to

981
01:25:39,679 --> 01:25:48,800
open up 15 20 minutes for us to express
that. And you know, what we decide as a

982
01:25:45,280 --> 01:25:53,520
group is is kind of where we we go. But
um you know, depending on what kind of

983
01:25:51,120 --> 01:25:57,280
time it's going to take, uh how much of
a priority it is, we can obviously set

984
01:25:55,360 --> 01:26:01,280
those goals and kind of manage
expectations on how quick we can get

985
01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:06,560
them accomplished, whether it's, you
know, two week thing or a two-month

986
01:26:02,960 --> 01:26:10,480
thing or a twoyear thing. So, but I
encourage the commission to bring up

987
01:26:08,320 --> 01:26:14,800
anything that they that they think they
want to try to get done in the next

988
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:19,199
year. So,
>> it'll be a spirited discussion of the

989
01:26:16,560 --> 01:26:19,199
next [laughter]

990
01:26:21,840 --> 01:26:30,080
all that aside, um I like paper form.
Can you just print those whole plans out

991
01:26:28,239 --> 01:26:36,159
for me and I'll come pick them up when I
sign these documents?

992
01:26:32,719 --> 01:26:40,560
» Sure. Thank you.
>> I look at enough screens all day long.

993
01:26:38,480 --> 01:26:44,080
» I've already I have them in my notebook.
I've printed them already.

994
01:26:42,159 --> 01:26:47,440
» So, yeah, just whenever
>> Sure.

995
01:26:44,480 --> 01:26:53,280
» you ask me to come in and sign documents
for sure.

996
01:26:50,560 --> 01:26:56,320
» All right. City comments. Anything other
than that?

997
01:26:53,840 --> 01:27:00,639
» Uh, I'll just run through a quick Again,
reminder of Lor's retirement. Encourage,

998
01:26:58,719 --> 01:27:06,960
you know, folks to stop by for that.
It's going to be a come and go, but um

999
01:27:03,600 --> 01:27:11,840
you know, celebrate her and celebrate 20
plus years of dedicated service to the

1000
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:15,199
to the Hilltop and a lot of the
especially the senior population of our

1001
01:27:13,840 --> 01:27:21,360
community. So, encourage everybody to
show up if they can. Um

1002
01:27:18,560 --> 01:27:24,560
had a budget workshop yesterday. I'll be
sending out some follow-up documents

1003
01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:28,639
from that pretty soon. So, keep an eye
out for that on some of what we talked

1004
01:27:26,400 --> 01:27:34,000
about. Uh potentially get some of that
uploaded to the website here soon and

1005
01:27:31,760 --> 01:27:38,560
hopefully uh use that as a building
block for our budget season this year.

1006
01:27:36,560 --> 01:27:43,760
Uh
continuing to schedule apartment

1007
01:27:41,040 --> 01:27:48,960
showings at Homestead Hilltop, trying to
work on getting units filled back up.

1008
01:27:46,560 --> 01:27:54,239
Um,
city crews, city staff going to be

1009
01:27:51,920 --> 01:27:58,159
preparing for extreme cold, potential
severe weather. It looks like some of

1010
01:27:55,920 --> 01:28:02,880
it's cleared out, but we're going to
keep an eye on it either way and try to

1011
01:28:00,159 --> 01:28:07,520
get into some of our public buildings to
make sure they're prepared for extreme

1012
01:28:05,040 --> 01:28:11,520
cold weather. Encourage everybody to be
safe this weekend.

1013
01:28:09,520 --> 01:28:15,760
uh
working on starting the plan for some of

1014
01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:20,560
the outstanding airport projects we want
to complete uh now that we're done with

1015
01:28:17,920 --> 01:28:27,600
our major FAA projects. So few do those
on the radar still or the fire station

1016
01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:33,760
uh potential uh new hangers and
uh hoping to utilize potentially some FA

1017
01:28:30,560 --> 01:28:38,320
uh CIP funding for maybe some asphalt
improvements out at the airport. I know

1018
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:42,480
that's been brought up in the past and
After we've gotten a big huge project

1019
01:28:40,320 --> 01:28:45,679
from the FA like we just did, we we
don't get another one of those for at

1020
01:28:43,840 --> 01:28:51,280
least a few years, but we get a little
bit of yearly funding in from the FA,

1021
01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:54,880
about $150,000. So, we're working with
our engineers at Lochner to figure out

1022
01:28:53,040 --> 01:28:58,880
how we can use that hopefully on some
asphalt improvements.

1023
01:28:56,880 --> 01:29:05,600
Uh still working through the process of
the CDBG application for the potential

1024
01:29:02,639 --> 01:29:11,360
lake shower station. Um getting some
ideas of that. I'm going to try to start

1025
01:29:08,480 --> 01:29:15,679
exploring what's available from the CDBG
side at least to start uh for that

1026
01:29:13,679 --> 01:29:19,920
potential project.
Uh, and real quick, I should have

1027
01:29:17,840 --> 01:29:24,000
included this after the presentation
earlier, but I just of course want to

1028
01:29:22,080 --> 01:29:28,560
thank Stantech, but especially want to
thank Jana Williams, and she's kind of

1029
01:29:26,000 --> 01:29:32,239
been behind the scenes on the Brownfield
stuff, but that was I don't know if

1030
01:29:30,239 --> 01:29:36,639
anyone remembers a million half dollar
grant and they are starting in

1031
01:29:34,400 --> 01:29:40,639
Harrington and eventually within the
next four years going to move on to

1032
01:29:38,080 --> 01:29:45,040
Junction City and Manhattan. But they've
done they did a lot of leg work on that

1033
01:29:42,320 --> 01:29:50,159
for us to even get us to this point and
have done a lot of leg work on uh the

1034
01:29:47,760 --> 01:29:55,920
buildings and getting people signed up
for the assessments. So um just want to

1035
01:29:53,280 --> 01:30:00,400
point out that Jana Williams and Front
Hills Regional Council has been a really

1036
01:29:58,400 --> 01:30:04,639
good asset, really good partner, not on
just on this project but other some of

1037
01:30:02,159 --> 01:30:12,199
the other small grants we've we've done.
So, um, thanks to JNI.

1038
01:30:08,320 --> 01:30:12,199
I think that's all I had.

1039
01:30:12,239 --> 01:30:19,760
» Mr. May, your comments.
>> Uh, I want to thank Zapter for doing the

1040
01:30:16,880 --> 01:30:25,440
budget, uh, workshop for us. I think it
was very good. I want to thank him for

1041
01:30:22,239 --> 01:30:29,040
taking me on the tour of our facilities.
Uh, learn a lot about the buildings.

1042
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:33,120
I've lived here for quite a while, but
still learn a lot about the the

1043
01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:36,239
buildings and things. I'd suggest
anybody

1044
01:30:34,560 --> 01:30:40,679
doesn't like to see them, see what's
going on in the buildings and stuff.

1045
01:30:43,600 --> 01:30:48,480
» Um, I was just wondering how our board
numbers are now that we've had some

1046
01:30:47,360 --> 01:30:51,199
changes.
>> Um,

1047
01:30:49,440 --> 01:30:55,360
» and the planning commission.
>> Well, luckily on the housing authority,

1048
01:30:52,880 --> 01:30:57,760
we're at a full board now, so that's
good news.

1049
01:30:56,159 --> 01:30:59,520
» You got a full board with you still on
it?

1050
01:30:58,560 --> 01:31:03,840
» Yes.
>> Um,

1051
01:31:01,040 --> 01:31:08,239
and I'm, you know, my goal is to stay on
it as as long as I'm needed or until we

1052
01:31:06,719 --> 01:31:13,840
get a you know we find a proper
replacement. But I'm I'm happy to be

1053
01:31:10,080 --> 01:31:21,159
there. It's been good so far. Um CVB I
think we're close to a full board less

1054
01:31:15,600 --> 01:31:21,159
one two um

1055
01:31:22,239 --> 01:31:28,639
» right
but Ron's worked really hard to get the

1056
01:31:25,520 --> 01:31:34,000
CVB filled back up and then um planning
commission is where we need folks. So,

1057
01:31:31,760 --> 01:31:39,679
need an atlarge person which is within
three miles of the city limits but not

1058
01:31:36,239 --> 01:31:45,360
in the city limits. Um, need one more of
those. And then I think two potentially

1059
01:31:42,159 --> 01:31:49,440
two other open positions. So, you know,
someone that's passionate about that or,

1060
01:31:47,679 --> 01:31:54,639
you know, has a planning background or
even just cares about Harrington, it's

1061
01:31:52,320 --> 01:32:00,639
it's at most one hour, sometimes two
hours a month, uh, middle of the day

1062
01:31:56,639 --> 01:32:05,679
around lunch. Um, so you know, we've
already taken our planning commission

1063
01:32:02,080 --> 01:32:09,760
down from 10 to seven uh by redoing the
charter ordinance when I first got here.

1064
01:32:07,600 --> 01:32:14,400
So, you know, we really it's a hard
board to fill. It's it's a hard job, but

1065
01:32:11,679 --> 01:32:18,960
we try to make it as concise as we can.
Meaning, we meet once a month. We we

1066
01:32:16,880 --> 01:32:23,199
pack a lot of business in. We try to be
conscious and respectful of everyone's

1067
01:32:20,639 --> 01:32:27,679
time. Some people only have an hour and
so we do the best we can and but we

1068
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:31,760
really need uh board members on the
planning commission. So

1069
01:32:30,320 --> 01:32:35,520
» you don't have one person show up. You
will have qu

1070
01:32:33,120 --> 01:32:39,280
» pretty much which you know if we're just
talking about the comp plan or zoning

1071
01:32:37,199 --> 01:32:45,679
rags that's one thing. We can still kind
of have a workshop session where we um

1072
01:32:43,440 --> 01:32:50,560
informally have a discussion on those
things. But you know as soon as you need

1073
01:32:47,760 --> 01:32:57,280
a a variance or
uh you know any sort of land use zoning

1074
01:32:54,000 --> 01:33:02,320
change you're kind of hamstrung and can
leave people waiting around for that. So

1075
01:33:00,480 --> 01:33:07,520
uh we're tight on quorum. We definitely
if we can even get one more we'd be a

1076
01:33:04,239 --> 01:33:11,760
lot better off. So,
we posted it to the website and Facebook

1077
01:33:09,360 --> 01:33:16,520
a few times, but
I think it's going to be a word of mouth

1078
01:33:13,199 --> 01:33:16,520
thing, unfortunately.

1079
01:33:18,880 --> 01:33:24,080
» To piggy back on that a little bit,
I know you're still working on website

1080
01:33:23,280 --> 01:33:26,400
updates.
>> Yes.

1081
01:33:24,480 --> 01:33:30,880
» And setting up departments and pages and
whatnot.

1082
01:33:28,639 --> 01:33:36,639
» Does all the boards we have, do they
have a separate page that links to their

1083
01:33:33,679 --> 01:33:40,040
board?
And if not,

1084
01:33:40,800 --> 01:33:51,840
» uh, so I have accounted for all of what
I would say the city related boards, so

1085
01:33:46,400 --> 01:33:56,159
planning commission, um, land bank, um,
I'm thinking CVB, building and trades

1086
01:33:54,159 --> 01:34:00,800
board,
anything that we have to point to so

1087
01:33:59,040 --> 01:34:08,400
that it puts it further out into the
community, that board is there.

1088
01:34:04,960 --> 01:34:13,120
Yeah, we can we can work on that. Um,
you know, probably be mostly just basic

1089
01:34:10,960 --> 01:34:15,280
facts or whatever, but
>> doesn't have to be a lot, just

1090
01:34:14,560 --> 01:34:19,600
something.
>> Yeah,

1091
01:34:16,560 --> 01:34:26,800
» rather than just a every once in a while
a news article on or something.

1092
01:34:22,320 --> 01:34:31,440
» Um, the other thing is recently started
reattending the library board meetings,

1093
01:34:29,199 --> 01:34:39,520
sitting as mayor in the exeicial
capacity. So, I will be continuing those

1094
01:34:35,360 --> 01:34:44,719
attendance for meetings and the library
board will start well after they approve

1095
01:34:42,639 --> 01:34:48,480
their minutes the following meeting the
commission will see it but if there's

1096
01:34:46,159 --> 01:34:53,360
anything that comes up
of importance to them it will be

1097
01:34:50,719 --> 01:34:58,239
communicated through me during
commission comments. So right now their

1098
01:34:55,600 --> 01:35:02,800
biggest concern as we are aware is their
budget. Um and that's still a learning

1099
01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:06,440
track for
both sides that is

1100
01:35:06,719 --> 01:35:14,120
we'll look forward to getting more
regular involvement communication with

1101
01:35:11,120 --> 01:35:14,120
library

1102
01:35:14,320 --> 01:35:24,639
other than that cemetery software
is it ready to go or are we close to it

1103
01:35:23,455 --> 01:35:28,280
[clears throat]
>> as far as I know

1104
01:35:29,040 --> 01:35:37,560
unfortunately
The military training is a lot like

1105
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:45,040
they will not walk out of it.

1106
01:35:46,080 --> 01:35:53,320
You know what I mean?
>> But unfortunately a little bit

1107
01:36:12,639 --> 01:36:19,120
Speaking of tit,
>> how are we we've completely transferred

1108
01:36:17,840 --> 01:36:26,120
our software yet?
>> No. So, we are

1109
01:36:22,800 --> 01:36:26,120
next weekly.

1110
01:36:39,520 --> 01:36:42,600
And then

1111
01:36:43,280 --> 01:36:49,480
as well.
But then

1112
01:37:01,840 --> 01:37:06,760
unfortunately, we were supposed to have

1113
01:37:07,840 --> 01:37:13,639
the end of the year, but we lost our
Here

1114
01:37:33,760 --> 01:37:37,787
you go. Have a nice day. [laughter]

1115
01:37:43,280 --> 01:37:47,760
The reason I was the reason I asked that
and brought that up because I was going

1116
01:37:46,320 --> 01:37:53,239
to ask if the commission can start
receiving

1117
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:53,239
monthly general ledgers.

1118
01:37:53,360 --> 01:37:58,440
» That's why I was wondering where you're
at.

1119
01:37:55,199 --> 01:37:58,440
» Yeah. And

1120
01:38:05,040 --> 01:38:12,960
» I won't hold you to it.
Maybe by summer.

1121
01:38:10,159 --> 01:38:17,199
» I won't hold you to it.
I don't have anything else. So, anything

1122
01:38:15,360 --> 01:38:20,320
else for the good of the community?
>> I make a motion we adjourn.

1123
01:38:19,199 --> 01:38:25,679
» Second.
>> Miss Lurren.

1124
01:38:22,719 --> 01:38:25,679
I