[0:00] I'll go ahead and call this meeting to
order and ask for a roll call please s
[0:06] okay could everybody please unmute their
microphones before I
[0:13] start okay council member Kevin Reed
present council member Alex
[0:20] McCree here president Jennifer
Harrington here council member Jeff
[0:28] homb present
council member Dr David Gua here and we
[0:34] do have a
quorum okay um let's go ahead and do the
[0:39] Pledge of Allegiance in a moment of
silence
[0:44] um a pledge of allegiance to
flag United
[0:50] States to
the it
[0:57] stands under God
[1:03] Justice for
[1:12] All let's go on and move on to approval
of the agenda was there anything from
[1:19] staff no no modifications at this time
except uh unless you want to defer the
[1:25] reports now that we've wasted about 30
minutes of the time um what's is what
[1:29] what's the will of the Council on
that it'd be up to staff I'm okay with
[1:34] deferring reports um if we could maybe
just um move those to the first of the
[1:40] month next meeting we'd have two next
month we'd be glad to do that if it's
[1:44] okay with with
[1:47] Council okay with me okay I'm seeing
thumbs up but seeing approval yeah uh
[1:54] we'll just handle the the meeting
portion the action portions of the
[1:59] council okay sounds good um I would go
ahead and uh entertain a
[2:05] motion to approve without the
reports so
[2:11] moved I'll second I have a motion in a
second to go ahead and approve the
[2:16] agenda with the um reports being removed
for this meeting all those in favor I I
[2:25] I
I okay motion carried um were there any
[2:30] public comments any
[2:36] public if you have somebody in the
public that's not on here if you want to
[2:41] unmute if you're not uh don't have an
item that you're speaking to
[2:54] specifically doesn't appear that there's
any public comments okay I'll move on to
[2:59] the consent
[3:03] agenda I would entertain a motion for um
the consent agenda at this
[3:11] time so
moved
[3:15] second I have a motion in a second on
the consent agenda I would go ahead and
[3:24] um put it to a vote at this
time all those in favor say I I I I I
[3:34] motion carried on to um new business 7A
Burns and McDow water and Supply
[3:45] planning good evening mayor and Council
can you all hear me yes yes yes um as
[3:52] you know the city ma have been working
hard over the last couple years to U
[3:58] gain and and require additional water
rights and working on getting a third
[4:02] well and uh due to the growth our city
has experienced and forecasting over the
[4:07] coming years it's becoming a point where
we need to become a little more
[4:10] aggressive in pursuing additional water
rights and water
[4:14] infrastructure um we were approached by
Burns and McDonald to assist us with
[4:19] these efforts the burns and McDonald
McDonald team consists of
[4:23] hydrogeologists Engineers and experts in
the
[4:26] regulatory in regulatory operations uh
collectively as a team they've got over
[4:30] 60 years of experience working for
municipalities and the regulatory
[4:36] agencies that make the decisions um
regarding water rights and water supply
[4:42] infrastructure they've got years of
experience working with many cities to
[4:46] assist in their water supply efforts
including the city of wiah city of Hutch
[4:50] city of Valley Center mcferson and many
others uh the city manager and I have
[4:56] met with Brian and Danel over several
different occasions and we've got over
[5:00] some of the some of their approach to
helping us with our water rights um Nick
[5:06] and I have been pleased with those
conversations I'll let um Brian and
[5:10] Daniel kind of go over those with you a
little bit but um they'll be able to
[5:14] help us a little bit with our existing
water rights as well as um help us find
[5:19] additional water well sites and apply
for water rights applications and
[5:23] they've got lots of experience working
directly for those regulatory agencies
[5:28] that make those decisions
um the Bruns McDonald team um in my and
[5:33] Nick's opinion would Prov would provide
the city may as a topnotch and highly
[5:37] experienced group of Consultants that
would put us in the best possible
[5:40] position to uh acquire more water rights
and put our water system in a a much
[5:45] better spot um with that I'll let uh
Brian Meyer uh kind of go over a little
[5:51] bit of their expertise some of their
qualifications and share with you all um
[5:55] their approach and what they're going to
do to help
[5:58] us thanks Nick I really appreciate it um
Daniel you want to go ahead and share
[6:02] your screen and bring the PowerPoint
[6:10] up thanks Dan yeah okay you guys can see
that okay
[6:15] perfect yeah hey wanted to express our
appreciation for the opportunity to be
[6:20] here tonight and and talk a little bit
about Burns Mack our experience and in
[6:24] our approach um Nick did a really good
job of describing a lot about Burns and
[6:30] Mac um but I wanted to go into it just a
little bit deeper and and then open it
[6:36] up for questions certainly um you know
one introductions I'm Brian Meyer with
[6:42] Burns Mack been doing water supply
planning for um going on 40 years now um
[6:48] all predominantly in Kansas and in in
Oklahoma spent the last 25 years with um
[6:55] Burns Mack um my role on this project is
kind of twofold
[7:00] it's not only is the water supply
planner but it's also to make sure that
[7:04] the project stays on track meets your
goals your expectations whether it's in
[7:08] regard to budget schedule project needs
at all times so be in close
[7:14] communication with with Nick to make
sure that it is staying on track with
[7:18] that Dan would you like to introduce
yourself hey thanks and I I would
[7:22] normally have my camera on but I am
recovering from the flu so I didn't
[7:26] figure I wanted to share that that
visual image with everybody but um um
[7:30] thanks for letting us join this evening
I um I've spent about 15 years in the
[7:34] industry and I've dedicated my career to
serving municipalities just like the
[7:38] city of ma and and and helping folks um
get to that next phase in their in their
[7:43] water supply um portfolio and and that's
range from traditional you know develop
[7:47] a single well and you know serving small
communities to to well fields that you
[7:51] know are over 15 20 30 you know 100
million gallons a day so um that range
[7:56] of experience is has been right here in
Kansas mostly but across the United
[8:00] States and then again it's a privilege
to serve um water is one of those those
[8:04] critical aspects that uh is going to
help you guys continue to grow so um my
[8:08] role in the project is going to be on
the technical lead side of of
[8:11] hydrogeology that's uh that's my main
focus but uh also on the project
[8:15] management side making sure we're headed
down paths that are going to be
[8:18] successful in anything that we pursue uh
for additional water rights um and then
[8:22] uh also on the technical side for welld
designed and things like
[8:26] that excellent thank thank you Daniel
couple other folks that on our team that
[8:31] I wanted to mention that aren't with us
here today uh Dave Barfield um is with
[8:36] Burns Mack he's the former chief
engineer for the Division of Water
[8:39] Resources um once he retired he came
over to work part-time with Burns Mack
[8:43] and he is a um a real asset to the team
when it comes to managing water ride
[8:49] issues and and dealing with challenging
situations so he's a great resource to
[8:54] have we also have Matt Gallagher Matt's
more on the infrastructure side as we
[8:58] know if we Iden identify a location uh
that's suitable um for production from
[9:04] from a water quality water right
standpoint the connections to the system
[9:08] and how that site's developed are are
critical so Matt's on our team to help
[9:12] with that aspect of it uh just just a
little bit of overall philosophy and it
[9:16] and it kind of says it here is that our
typical water supply planning process is
[9:21] to optimize what you have to make sure
that it's being used as efficiently and
[9:26] as effectively as possible and often
those initial U measures are non-
[9:33] capital projects anything that we can do
administratively to modify the water
[9:36] rights we'll talk about that a little
more detail and then we move on to
[9:41] things that would be um adding
additional Supply that have a
[9:46] infrastructure addition or cost to them
so um the easy the low hanging fruit
[9:50] first to provide the highest value to
the community
[9:54] so next slide Daniel
[10:02] as as Nick mentioned earlier um Burns
Max is 125 year old company we've been
[10:06] in witto area for 30 years but decades
working for communities around the state
[10:12] of Kansas and it really it really does
cover pretty much the full geography of
[10:17] the state and um there's active projects
in a lot of these communities right now
[10:22] so this is kind of an ongoing process we
develop in Partnership that um continues
[10:27] over time when we get the opportunity
unities serve a
[10:30] community um the the column on the right
the the agencies that that Nick
[10:35] referenced earlier as well that's
because of the work that we've done over
[10:39] the years we've developed those
relationships and those have been
[10:43] critical in making sure that we can move
a project from conception to
[10:48] implementation effectively and
understanding what the um pitfalls might
[10:53] be as we move through that is there a
permitting issue is there a is there a
[10:58] water qual issues or want a quantity
issue making sure that we have a good
[11:03] dialogue with all of the um permitting
agencies and the planning agencies um
[11:09] we've got the Kansas water office on
there and as you know we'll talk a
[11:13] little bit more about this in a minute
too um they've taken a more significant
[11:18] stance in recent in recent um in the
recent year the last 12 to 14 months in
[11:24] water supply planning and providing
funding for projects so they are a big
[11:29] player in this as well as as is the
Bureau of Reclamation so next slide
[11:36] Daniel just one of the things with with
those Decades of experience and and the
[11:41] benefit I think it brings to Mae is that
you know each and every project is
[11:45] unique so you got to take a little bit
different approach take a different um
[11:50] perspective on what success is and how
to get there um just wanted to throw up
[11:54] a few examples of projects that are
ongoing now or have been completed in
[11:58] the in the recent recent pass hay that's
that's a similar wellfield um in Edwards
[12:04] County um and about a 65 mile pipeline
that will go to Hayes and um be their
[12:11] future water supply to to support their
Community uh Dodge City take a little
[12:16] little different approach and um with
the depletions that we're all seeing in
[12:21] the ogalala out in Western Kansas they
they saw the writing on the table that
[12:25] they really needed look hard at
Wastewater reuse so that is the actual
[12:30] implementation process for using
Wastewater to recharge the aquifer in
[12:34] the vicinity of some of their Municipal
Wells and still meet all of the water
[12:39] quality standards um of
kdhe um Ark City that was a new water
[12:44] treatment plant um that would is now in
operation and it was designed to be
[12:51] compatible with their changing water
suppli as they started to see their
[12:55] chlorides increase they needed to change
the the treatment technology they were
[12:59] using so um M first that's one that just
got completed late last year um once
[13:06] again a wellfield um to provide uh water
supply for a declining aquifer in their
[13:12] area as well um in a more sustainable
area so they developed a well field
[13:17] about um 20 miles south of mcferson and
um we built the pipeline and a treatment
[13:24] plant to manage the water quality that
was going to come from that wellfield
[13:28] that um in mcferson so all different
types of projects all took a little bit
[13:33] different approach um and all of them
took a lot of planning to go in to make
[13:39] sure that it was the right project for
the community um and then then you do
[13:43] the project right so right project first
and make sure we execute it
[13:48] correctly next slide
Daniel thank you um just wanted to talk
[13:53] about something that's really come to
the Forefront in the last oh
[13:59] 24 months I mean and it's because of the
escalation we've seen all of the supply
[14:04] chain
challenges um projects sometimes take
[14:08] longer to get done we start focusing on
funding um at the beginning of the
[14:12] project once we understand what the
needs are what the goals are and what
[14:16] the nature of the project is we start to
think about what what funding sources
[14:20] might be out there and and of course we'
got a lot of the traditional sources the
[14:25] srf um loan funds
but we also look for Grant funds and
[14:31] we've been fairly successful over the
last couple of years these are just some
[14:35] of the examples um mcferson BPU project
came in it right right out of covid um
[14:43] and saw some tremendous escalation so we
were able to go and get some emerging
[14:47] contaminant funding and um some CDs
funding um is in the works right now to
[14:53] bring them about $6 million which
hopefully will get um their take some
[14:58] stress off their budget
couple of other success stories and the
[15:02] reason I wanted to point those out is
because each one's different Garden City
[15:07] really went down the road of CDs or
congressionally directed spending um and
[15:11] it was compatible with their project
Dodge City um went with Bureau of recre
[15:17] funding and that allowed them to access
Bill Kansas or the infrastructure Hub as
[15:22] well so um two different types of
funding two different types of projects
[15:27] but we keep the keep the uh the
everything on the table until we know if
[15:32] there's something available and if it'll
fit and then we do what we can to go
[15:35] after it so that's that's a commitment
we
[15:38] make next slide
Daniel so this this is really kind of
[15:43] the project approach and and Nick did a
good job of of describing it as well and
[15:48] it goes back to that that traditional
philosophy that we apply to water supply
[15:53] planning projects you know and that's
looking at the water rights of your
[15:56] existing Wells first um and one of the
things that we are planning to do is is
[16:01] make a change so that each well serves
as a standby for the other well so that
[16:07] if one well goes down you can produce
the water rights um in total from both
[16:11] Wells from a single point um little more
redundancy reliability in that and
[16:17] that's that's a relatively easy change
the other significant thing with the
[16:22] existing Wells to optimize is is to look
to see if there is um a additional water
[16:29] supply available at one point in time
there was because I think applications
[16:34] were actually filed a number of years
ago um for a number of reasons those
[16:39] were never seen through to completion um
so we would take a look at that again
[16:44] make sure there's yield available and If
there is apply for additional water
[16:47] rights at the existing points of
diversion um so technically that would
[16:53] require no improvements to those Wells
we just take a look at the productivity
[16:57] to make sure that they can visit Bally
produce the water rights that would be
[17:01] obtained for those
Wells the um the next step is the
[17:05] addition of of a new well or well sites
um and once again there we take that
[17:11] conservative approach and I think the
initial screening has already been been
[17:15] done and been positive in that it looks
like it's in a reasonable place um from
[17:20] a water quality and quantity perspective
and could be permitted um now the proof
[17:26] comes in going out and actually
collecting the field data um where you
[17:30] would do the test drilling collect
formation samples do the water quality
[17:34] um collection water sample collection
and then do the pump testing what is the
[17:39] well going to yield um and then make and
then that becomes a decision Point are
[17:44] all of those factors um in line with
with what you need that well to produce
[17:49] and what water quality expectations you
have for your for your utility in your
[17:54] community so and then at that point if
everything's a go then it moves into um
[18:00] design and construction of that
particular site at the point where you
[18:05] build the confidence to know you're
going in the right
[18:07] direction um in in this scope we also um
factored in some of the U flexibility
[18:15] because there are opportunities as water
rights um are identified and or water
[18:22] right owners come forward are interested
in in some sort of um partnership that
[18:28] we can evaluate those and make sure we
understand is there something that's
[18:33] viable is there something that's
valuable for the community so those so
[18:36] that level of effort is kind of on as
assigned basis as they would be
[18:42] identified uh and we' be asked to
evaluate them then we we would be able
[18:46] to go forward with that so that's what
um that final task is and then I guess I
[18:53] would just sum that up with I mean
that's the commitment going through that
[18:57] process is to get you to a place where
you do have that long-term sustainable
[19:01] water supply that's going to meet the
community growth and future needs so
[19:07] with that um Daniel and I would be glad
to take any questions um about um our
[19:13] experience or our
[19:17] approach just uh really quick in the
event that this meeting runs out in two
[19:23] minutes um I think uh Tristan has
extended the time but I saw a timer that
[19:27] said there was five minutes minutes left
so um look at that that I don't know
[19:32] whether that's fixed or not so um just
in case that happens we'll send out
[19:37] another invite to everybody on this list
[19:47] apologize yeah I I don't have any
questions I think it's a good deal
[19:51] personally there are there's obviously
some significant cost with this but
[19:56] securing I think the securing the future
of our water rights is pretty
[20:00] critical um I think Nick kind of Hit the
hammer on the head um we want to have
[20:05] somebody that's going to guide us
through a process to guarantee our
[20:09] future of our water rights you you as a
council
[20:13] identified um you know securing those
water rights is a critical need um at at
[20:19] our recent Retreat and so um I think uh
in my mind just based upon conversations
[20:26] we've had with Burns and McDonald I I
think their approach gives us the most
[20:31] certainty going forward and um uh we uh
I would say uh we there there's a little
[20:38] bit of work to a little bit of work to
do on our contract with Burns and
[20:42] McDonald but um uh if if you were to
approve it today it would be subject to
[20:48] Legal review uh with the city attorney
uh but and when you talk about the scope
[20:53] of their work and some of the
deliverables I think they meet
[20:56] everything that we need to do uh going
forward as a as a city
[21:05] organization
[21:10] okay does anybody else have any other
questions Madam president I would
[21:16] entertain a
motion I would uh move that we approve
[21:22] the agreement with Burns and McDonald
for water rights Supply planning subject
[21:27] to City attorney's approval and
authorize the mayor to
[21:33] sign I'll
second we have a motion in a second on
[21:39] um the
[21:44] uh McDonald for the water rights uh
Supply planning subject to the city
[21:50] attorney's approval and authorize the
mayor city manager to sign all those in
[21:54] favor say I I I I I
those
[22:01] opposed motion
carries on to um item 7B May City of ma
[22:10] development agreement for future
development Brian and Daniel thank you
[22:14] very much for your time this evening we
appreciate you hanging in there thank
[22:18] you very much
[22:26] appreciate okay um
I'll kind of start this out here um I
[22:31] don't know if you want to chime in uh
Mitch as
[22:34] well you the um so as we look at uh our
moving forward as a community when we
[22:43] work with developers particularly
residential developers um there are um a
[22:49] number of things that requirements that
we have during the development process
[22:53] and um something that's not unusual that
I don't think U a has done near as much
[23:00] as other
communities is to come up with a
[23:05] development agreement when we
pass um when we work to approve um uh
[23:15] petitions and uh those those de the
development agreement and what a lot of
[23:19] communities use that for is it's a guide
guidance tool to explain the
[23:24] expectations that we have of our develop
ERS in our process and um it's it's not
[23:32] uncommon we did it when MC in mcferson
where I was at and there's a number of
[23:36] communities around us that do the same
thing um what we have before you if
[23:41] you're able to click on that link would
be a a draft of a template that we'd
[23:47] like to utilize um that kind of lays out
some of our expectations and I don't
[23:52] know uh Mitch are you on the line did
you want to kind of just hit on some of
[23:56] the high points of uh of that
sure Nick can you hear me
[24:01] okay yes okay uh public improvements is
and assur go with it uh one of the
[24:09] things we wanted to make sure that that
was key in this is like
[24:14] uh you know efforts for a rose control
residential areas make sure the
[24:19] compliance they confirm with the
compliance on that um a concrete wash
[24:25] out
area that meets Nick veering was key in
[24:29] this he said you know make sure that it
meets Environmental Protection Agency
[24:32] guidelines and then
we uh that we have that in place to
[24:39] where they can wash out their trucks and
uh in in a timely manner and all that
[24:44] and not make a huge
mess um then you know responsibility for
[24:49] infrastructure
damage um Nick Ving also brought to our
[24:54] attention that the uh damage that's
being caused on site by
[24:59] ERS um and and the lack of attention to
detail in that area so we wanted to
[25:04] cover that and then
permitting and things things of that
[25:09] nature I think that covers it for the
most
[25:13] part we did work with uh with with u the
City attorney on this Pro point that was
[25:20] brought up to me by one of the council
members I think is a really good point I
[25:23] just we just didn't get have time to get
it into places we also have a payment
[25:28] structure and an set of expectations
that we have um I think this is this is
[25:35] I'm not asking we're not necessarily
asking for your approval we wanted you
[25:39] to show the process that we're going
forward today um if if in theory a going
[25:45] forward with a developers agreement is
something that that um you guys are in
[25:51] favor of we still got a lot of work to
doing this and we also want to talk
[25:56] about our current processes when when it
comes to um securing um securing uh
[26:04] commitments from a financial standpoint
currently we require letters of credit
[26:09] and we only dismiss those letters of
credit once they've reached a certain
[26:13] level of I think
35% is what they are 35% uh tax credits
[26:20] that apply and um once that once the
development's reached 35% completion
[26:26] we'll dismiss those um
dismiss those but they have to have
[26:30] constructed and actually have
permits uh actually certificates of
[26:35] occupancy on 35% of the structures
before we'll dismiss those so I think
[26:40] we'd incorporate some of that language
into there actually when we started to
[26:44] go back and look we couldn't find some
of the policies that apply to that so
[26:48] that part will have to be something we
incorporate but I think it's important
[26:52] to incorporate those aspects of it as
well so this is a just to understand
[26:57] this is a working document it's
something that will change over time it
[27:01] may not be the exact for every developer
but um some of the things that are in
[27:06] here I think should be consistently uh
done across the board for
[27:11] developers I just uh today was probably
as much about
[27:16] uh Mo giving staff some direction to
move continue to move forward with this
[27:21] process um I I really think it it's
there's a lot of things that are
[27:26] mentioned here that are help that are
mentioned in other aspects whether it's
[27:31] the erosion control requirements for the
city that are in different documents and
[27:36] it makes reference to those but it gets
it all into one document that I think
[27:40] the developer can
see are there any questions that anybody
[27:47] has um I have a comment I definitely
think this is the way we need to be
[27:51] moving I think that um with all the
developments we have already in progress
[27:58] and as much as we've been growing and
building I think some of this stuff is
[28:02] kind of been all over the board and each
time we're presented with a new uh
[28:07] Builder coming in we have to reinvent
the wheel almost and this would make a
[28:11] basis Baseline for us to start with to
be able to just say this is this is
[28:16] where we start this is what we have to
work with these are what our
[28:19] expectations are and I think um I think
it's definitely
[28:25] necessary we' tried to identify some of
the common issues that we frequently
[28:29] deal with and that's one of the reasons
that I think it's you know this may be
[28:33] something that does change over time as
we identify new new trends that we're
[28:37] seeing from Builders or developers um
but I think uh this gives you at least a
[28:42] snapshot of what we're looking
[28:48] at any other
[28:56] thoughts so far so good yeah okay we'll
just uh uh we'll
[29:04] continue with issuing these so you'll
see one of these likely the next time
[29:09] that you
get um next time we have a brand new
[29:13] development that doesn't have any
petitions already issued is where you'll
[29:17] probably see this um so a lot of the a
lot of the developments that are already
[29:21] in place um we probably will not
incorporate this so it'll just be new
[29:26] developments going forward
[29:30] if there's no other questions I'd
entertain a motion to recommend staff to
[29:35] move forward with drafting the
[29:40] template I guess my my question is are
we is the motion to move forward with
[29:46] drafting a template or to move forward
with the template that was presented to
[29:51] us I think it'd be move forward with the
template that's presented and make any
[29:57] improvements as as staff sees
[30:01] fit so I'd be on board with that but I
do think it's important to get some of
[30:08] the payment stuff in there as I had
emailed to you Nick so I don't know if
[30:13] it needs a final Council approval after
that or not but um I think that's an
[30:20] important piece of it I I think uh the
first one you see will have some of that
[30:24] language in there um uh so these will be
approved whenever you see a development
[30:31] so um what what we'll likely do is we'll
put out some of that information that we
[30:35] plan to incorporate into there we just
don't have it in a policy form at this
[30:39] point U and we're able to find that
current Administration was able to find
[30:44] so um we we will get some language out
there that you're able to
[30:49] see and um and the first time you see
one of these develop development
[30:54] agreements that happen at the time of
development uh hopefully you'll see it
[30:57] in there
[31:00] and and Tom's read through all this
stuff right so we're all good with that
[31:03] too with
him uh yes that's
[31:08] correct okay yeah I want to make sure
that we got our tees are crossed and our
[31:12] eyes are dotted on all this here because
you know we're gonna get some um some
[31:16] Kickback we've uh we've met met on it
probably three or four times internally
[31:21] as a staff and we've added to it every
single
[31:25] time okay so uh not to be difficult but
if uh if an agreement every time an
[31:32] agreement comes up with a developer if
that's going to be put in front of
[31:35] council is there really any reason to
take action
[31:39] here uh I I'm okay if you don't
ultimately take action but I just want
[31:44] to make sure we're headed in the right
direction and that everybody's in
[31:47] agreement that this is something we
should be looking to do with all of our
[31:50] residential
developers I I would maybe it's more
[31:54] consensus I would Echo Jennifer's
comments that yes absolutely think we're
[31:58] moving in the right
direction Nick I think Nick I think one
[32:03] other point to make that's relevant is I
don't know if we noted it in here or not
[32:07] but we also talked about having that uh
pre-development meeting with the
[32:11] developers that's something that's not
happening right now as well that would
[32:14] go over all this in person with the with
the
[32:18] developer I think that's important as
[32:22] well we just want to have a different we
want to lay out our expect expectations
[32:27] so we think this is the best way to do
it um ultimately and and to go over this
[32:32] whenever we do meet with the developer I
think is
[32:38] important I important as we move forward
some of these are expectations of their
[32:44] builders that that are out there working
in here and so a lot of these uh you
[32:49] know the best person to hold those
Builders accountable is going to be the
[32:54] developer in a lot of cases
[33:00] I
[33:04] agree so we don't need to have a no as
as long as there's no there no no
[33:11] concerns with us moving forward there's
not really any action you need to take
[33:14] on
[33:17] this okay I'm I'm good with it okay as
long as you do you know what Jeff and
[33:24] Jennifer said so I'm good with that we
got to have certain
[33:30] standards okay with that being said um I
would go ahead and have us move on to
[33:36] business 7c Evans building project
series two 2019 IRB Amendment
[33:45] resolution okay um I'll try
to
[33:51] um we were approached by um Evans
building and by our bond attorney
[33:58] um Gilmore and Bell uh that Evans
building has an interest in selling off
[34:04] a portion of their property and for uh
we currently have an IRB standing IRB
[34:11] with Evans
building and Evans uh I don't know I'm
[34:17] not exactly sure
where where we're at in uh and terms of
[34:22] that IRB but we're several years into
that
[34:26] IRB and for that reason um what we need
to look to do is to amend the 2019 IRB
[34:35] that we had currently with Evans
building to remove that section for
[34:40] which they plan to develop uh it's
approximately 1.5 Acres I know uh on
[34:46] this call we do have Hunter Lem monion
that is um the realter assisting in this
[34:54] process I don't know if you have
anything else to add Hunter but um
[34:59] ultimately this is a this is just a
methodology that we do to remove the IRB
[35:04] portion from uh Evans building and it
the IRB that's currently in place would
[35:11] just apply to the section that that that
Evans building continues to
[35:16] own there's a what basically we're
asking for is to pass this resolution to
[35:22] mend those documents and then um any of
those supporting documents that we
[35:27] authorized signature of those as well
and the May mayor to sign any of those
[35:33] documents you want to chime in Hunter on
anything or did I did I represent that
[35:39] correctly I think you represented that
well um no that's exactly what we're um
[35:44] trying to accomplish here um a 60,000
square foot piece of property that Evans
[35:49] currently owns or akj Holdings um and
ultimately there is a another type of
[35:55] industrial user that has shown interest
in coming into that industrial park and
[36:00] yeah I think everything else that you
had shared there is
[36:07] accurate once again this does have has
had the legal review um uh we've heard
[36:12] from uh not only from our bond Council
but our City attorney and it's a very
[36:16] similar step we did when we went to
acquire a portion of the property Evans
[36:22] owns for our wellsite except in this
case we're not the city's not purchasing
[36:27] ing it's it's someone it's a
private uh property owner that's that's
[36:34] acquiring this section of the
[36:40] property any other
questions do we know what type of
[36:45] company is
acquiring at this at this point I don't
[36:50] think they've disclosed that um
okay I just want to make sure it fits
[36:56] kind of what our
goal they realize that there are some
[37:00] requirements that come along with the
zoning and the industrial park I believe
[37:04] and uh you whatever whatever user it is
I think is identified that um I I did
[37:11] have I did feel the call from the owner
of Evans building at one point uh to ask
[37:17] about um another user and whether they'
had availability of water and sewer for
[37:24] that location so um without um
without sharing that information we did
[37:30] talk a little bit about zoning as well
[37:38] so any specials or anything that would
be associated with that property would
[37:43] be transferable to the new owner is that
yeah in this case I would assume that
[37:48] would be the case um do you want us to
address that Hunter is is
[37:54] that new owner that
that is correct nope everything you said
[38:00] there um essentially throughout this we
would have kind of a respread type of
[38:05] agreement where they would
proportionately share what's the current
[38:09] special assessments that are on that
property so they would they would take
[38:12] portion in
[38:16] that unlike on the property we took
where we weren't accessing into the
[38:21] utilities um um we we moved all of the
specials onto that lot and it would be
[38:27] split between this property and and the
regular Evans building
[38:33] property that's the other difference
between the property we
[38:39] took
okay is there any other questions or
[38:44] discussion if not I would entertain a
motion uh Madam president I would move
[38:50] to pass the resolution to amend certain
documents relating to the series 2019
[38:56] industrial revenue bonds and authorize
the mayor to sign documents connected
[39:02] to said
[39:05] documents second I will second
it is that David or was that Kevin has
[39:13] Kevin I
think we both second okay
[39:21] Ty so at this point um you know we'll
defer the reports we'll bring those
[39:26] reports to you at the March meeting the
March 3rd meeting we still have to
[39:31] vote that's okay um we have a motion and
two seconds on on uh the recommendation
[39:39] to pass the resolution to amend certain
documents relating to the series 2019
[39:44] industrial revenue bonds and authorize
the mayor to sign the documents
[39:48] connected to the set amendments all
those in favor say I I I those opposed
[39:55] motion carries onto reports sorry
Nick uh I'll just say uh I think you
[40:02] guys decided at the beginning of the
meeting we'd defer there this reports so
[40:05] we'll bring those on the March 3rd um we
don't have a lot of items for that
[40:10] agenda so that probably will be workable
um to include those updates at that time
[40:16] I appreciate that I can't believe this
weather this is
[40:20] crazy there are no executive sessions um
so at this point if uh if a motion would
[40:26] be to go ahead and move forward with
adjournment that would be
[40:30] appropriate I I would move to
adjourn okay we have a motion
[40:36] to
Second Dave Dave
[40:43] second I have a motion from Jeff and a
second from David to go ahead and
[40:48] adjourn this meeting all those in favor
say I
[40:52] I and once again I apologize for all the
inconvenience that we had with getting
[40:57] set up Lessons Learned unfortunately so
de you have to learn them the hard way
[41:02] and I promise you our next experience
will probably hopefully be better and
[41:06] hopefully we don't have a weather
related concern like this anytime in the
[41:10] near future but you know we're in Kansas
so who knows I appreciate you guys
[41:15] sticking with us and letting us get
through it yeah this is still better
[41:19] than coming down
there yeah espec with everybody having
[41:23] you know the flu and all that stuff
going around so
[41:27] we will go ahead and get this uh we will
go ahead and get this onto um the uh our
[41:35] Facebook feed hopefully the clean
version of this one we actually started
[41:38] the meeting
so hopefully I think it's it has been
[41:42] recorded so we should that shouldn't be
a
[41:45] problem all right so good night
everybody thank you thank you thank you
[41:50] good night thank you good night
[41:56] bye e